JAMB and WAEC Biology questions: Ecology

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All topics Cell structure and organisation · 56 Cellular activities · 56 Co-ordination and control · 58 Ecology · 71 Evolution · 45 Excretion · 52 Growth · 45 Heredity and variation · 60 Nutrition · 64 Reproduction · 62 Respiration · 55 Support and movement · 50 Transport · 57 Variety of organisms · 60

Question 21· Ecology· WAEC
Which biome has tall trees with buttress roots, heavy rain all year and several canopy layers?
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Question 22· Ecology· WAEC
In the food chain maize → rat → snake → eagle, the snake is a
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Question 23· Ecology· JAMB
A quadrat is used in ecology to
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Question 24· Ecology· JAMB
Ecological succession is
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Question 25· Ecology· WAEC
A pyramid of energy can never be inverted because
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Question 26· Ecology· JAMB
Commensalism is a relationship in which
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Question 27· Ecology· JAMB
The relationship between a remora fish and a shark, in which the remora benefits and the shark is unaffected, is
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Question 28· Ecology· JAMB
An organism that feeds on dead organic matter is a:
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Question 29· Ecology· JAMB
A pyramid of numbers is inverted when
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Question 30· Ecology· JAMB
An edaphic factor is a factor related to the
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Question 31· Ecology· JAMB
A pyramid of numbers may be inverted when
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Question 32· Ecology· WAEC
Organisms that break down dead matter and return nutrients to the soil are
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Question 33· Ecology· WAEC
All the living and non-living things interacting in an area form
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Question 34· Ecology· JAMB
Which of the following is a biotic factor in an ecosystem?
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Question 35· Ecology· WAEC
An association between two organisms in which both benefit is
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Question 36· Ecology· WAEC
The relationship between nitrogen-fixing bacteria in root nodules and a leguminous plant is
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Question 37· Ecology· JAMB
In the food chain grass → grasshopper → frog → snake → hawk, the hawk is at the
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Question 38· Ecology· JAMB
A food web is
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Question 39· Ecology· WAEC
Nitrifying bacteria convert
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Question 40· Ecology· JAMB
The place where an organism lives is its
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JAMB and WAEC Biology questions: Ecology

Which biome has tall trees with buttress roots, heavy rain all year and several canopy layers?

In the food chain maize → rat → snake → eagle, the snake is a

A quadrat is used in ecology to

Ecological succession is

A pyramid of energy can never be inverted because

Commensalism is a relationship in which

The relationship between a remora fish and a shark, in which the remora benefits and the shark is unaffected, is

An organism that feeds on dead organic matter is a:

A pyramid of numbers is inverted when

An edaphic factor is a factor related to the

A pyramid of numbers may be inverted when

Organisms that break down dead matter and return nutrients to the soil are

All the living and non-living things interacting in an area form

Which of the following is a biotic factor in an ecosystem?

An association between two organisms in which both benefit is

The relationship between nitrogen-fixing bacteria in root nodules and a leguminous plant is

In the food chain grass → grasshopper → frog → snake → hawk, the hawk is at the

A food web is

Nitrifying bacteria convert

The place where an organism lives is its