JAMB Biology questions: Variety of organisms

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1. Question 1· Variety of organisms· JAMB

   Viruses are regarded as being on the borderline between living and non-living things because they

   • Aare very small
   • Breproduce only inside living cells
   • Ccause diseases
   • Dhave cell walls

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2. Question 2· Variety of organisms· JAMB

   Which of the following shows the correct order of classification groups, from the largest to the smallest?

   • Akingdom, class, phylum, order, genus, family, species
   • Bkingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
   • Cphylum, kingdom, class, family, order, genus, species
   • Dkingdom, phylum, order, class, family, species, genus

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3. Question 3· Variety of organisms· JAMB

   Arthropods with three body parts and six legs belong to the class

   • ACrustacea
   • BArachnida
   • CInsecta
   • DMyriapoda

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4. Question 4· Variety of organisms· JAMB

   Euglena is regarded as a link between plants and animals because it

   • Ahas roots
   • Bhas chloroplasts and also swims with a flagellum
   • Chas a backbone
   • Dlacks a nucleus

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5. Question 5· Variety of organisms· JAMB

   Which of the following is a bryophyte?

   • Apine
   • Bfern
   • Cmaize
   • Dmoss

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6. Question 6· Variety of organisms· JAMB

   A characteristic shared by all arthropods is

   • Ajointed appendages and an exoskeleton
   • Bfour pairs of legs
   • Cwings
   • Da backbone

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7. Question 7· Variety of organisms· JAMB

   Insects differ from spiders in having

   • Ano exoskeleton
   • Bno antennae
   • Ceight legs
   • Dthree pairs of legs instead of four

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8. Question 8· Variety of organisms· JAMB

   Organisms that make food using energy from chemical reactions rather than light carry out

   • Aparasitism
   • Bphotosynthesis
   • Cchemosynthesis
   • Dsaprophytism

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9. Question 9· Variety of organisms· JAMB

   Which of the following is a parasitic flatworm?

   • Aearthworm
   • Btapeworm
   • CPlanaria
   • Dleech

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10. Question 10· Variety of organisms· JAMB

    Rhizopus (bread mould) reproduces asexually by

    • Aspores formed in sporangia
    • Bbudding
    • Cbinary fission
    • Dseeds

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11. Question 11· Variety of organisms· JAMB

    Euglena moves by means of

    • Alegs
    • Bcilia
    • Cpseudopodia
    • Da flagellum

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12. Question 12· Variety of organisms· JAMB

    The tapeworm is adapted to its parasitic life by having

    • Awings
    • Bgills
    • Ca large gut
    • Dhooks and suckers for attachment

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13. Question 13· Variety of organisms· JAMB

    In the scientific name Homo sapiens, the word 'sapiens' is the

    • Aspecies name
    • Bgenus name
    • Cfamily name
    • Dorder name

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14. Question 14· Variety of organisms· JAMB

    Hydra, jellyfish and sea anemones all possess

    • Asegmented bodies
    • Bjointed legs
    • Ca backbone
    • Dstinging cells (cnidocytes)

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15. Question 15· Variety of organisms· JAMB

    Which of the following scientific names is correctly written?

    • AZea mays
    • Bzea mays
    • CZea Mays
    • DZEA MAYS

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16. Question 16· Variety of organisms· JAMB

    Which of these is a monocotyledonous plant?

    • Abean
    • Bmaize
    • Cmango
    • Dhibiscus

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17. Question 17· Variety of organisms· JAMB

    The kingdom Fungi includes

    • Aferns and mosses
    • Bmushrooms, moulds and yeasts
    • Cbacteria
    • Dalgae

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18. Question 18· Variety of organisms· JAMB

    Which of these organisms reproduces by binary fission?

    • AAmoeba
    • BHydra
    • CRhizopus
    • Da fern

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19. Question 19· Variety of organisms· JAMB

    A spider differs from an insect in having

    • Asix legs
    • Beight legs and two body parts
    • Cwings
    • Dantennae

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20. Question 20· Variety of organisms· JAMB

    A feature found only in mammals is the presence of

    • Ahair and mammary glands
    • Ba backbone
    • Clungs
    • Da four-chambered heart only

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