JAMB Biology questions: Nutrition

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All topics Cell structure and organisation · 30 Cellular activities · 32 Co-ordination and control · 31 Ecology · 38 Evolution · 27 Excretion · 30 Growth · 27 Heredity and variation · 36 Nutrition · 34 Reproduction · 33 Respiration · 30 Support and movement · 28 Transport · 30 Variety of organisms · 32

Question 1· Nutrition· JAMB
A deficiency of vitamin D in children causes
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Question 2· Nutrition· JAMB
Roughage in the diet helps to
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Question 3· Nutrition· JAMB
Hydrochloric acid in the stomach helps digestion by
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Question 4· Nutrition· JAMB
A food sample gives a blue-black colour with iodine solution and no colour change with Benedict's solution. The food contains
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Question 5· Nutrition· JAMB
A plant kept in a box without carbon(IV) oxide for two days will lack
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Question 6· Nutrition· JAMB
The end products of the digestion of proteins are:
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Question 7· Nutrition· JAMB
Benedict's solution is used to test for
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Question 8· Nutrition· JAMB
Herbivores such as cattle lack canine teeth and have a gap called the
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Question 9· Nutrition· JAMB
Before an experiment on photosynthesis, a potted plant is kept in darkness for 48 hours in order to
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Question 10· Nutrition· JAMB
Trypsin is secreted by the
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Question 11· Nutrition· JAMB
Bile aids digestion by
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Question 12· Nutrition· JAMB
To show that a leaf has carried out photosynthesis, it is tested with iodine solution for
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Question 13· Nutrition· JAMB
Trypsin digests proteins in the
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Question 14· Nutrition· JAMB
Villi are well adapted for absorption because they have
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Question 15· Nutrition· JAMB
The main function of the colon is the
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Question 16· Nutrition· JAMB
A lack of iron in the diet causes
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Question 17· Nutrition· JAMB
The light stage of photosynthesis produces
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Question 18· Nutrition· JAMB
Which enzyme in saliva begins the digestion of starch?
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Question 19· Nutrition· JAMB
Carnassial teeth are characteristic of
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Question 20· Nutrition· JAMB
The enzyme that begins the digestion of proteins in the stomach is
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JAMB Biology questions: Nutrition

A deficiency of vitamin D in children causes

Roughage in the diet helps to

Hydrochloric acid in the stomach helps digestion by

A food sample gives a blue-black colour with iodine solution and no colour change with Benedict's solution. The food contains

A plant kept in a box without carbon(IV) oxide for two days will lack

The end products of the digestion of proteins are:

Benedict's solution is used to test for

Herbivores such as cattle lack canine teeth and have a gap called the

Before an experiment on photosynthesis, a potted plant is kept in darkness for 48 hours in order to

Trypsin is secreted by the

Bile aids digestion by

To show that a leaf has carried out photosynthesis, it is tested with iodine solution for

Trypsin digests proteins in the

Villi are well adapted for absorption because they have

The main function of the colon is the

A lack of iron in the diet causes

The light stage of photosynthesis produces

Which enzyme in saliva begins the digestion of starch?

Carnassial teeth are characteristic of

The enzyme that begins the digestion of proteins in the stomach is