JAMB and WAEC Biology questions: Variety of organisms

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1. Question 41· Variety of organisms· WAEC

   Animals without a backbone are called

   • Ainvertebrates
   • Bvertebrates
   • Cmammals
   • Dreptiles

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2. Question 42· Variety of organisms· WAEC

   The basic unit of biological classification is the

   • Akingdom
   • Bfamily
   • Cgenus
   • Dspecies

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3. Question 43· Variety of organisms· JAMB

   A characteristic feature of monocotyledonous plants is

   • Atwo seed leaves
   • Bnet venation
   • Cparallel leaf venation
   • Da tap root system

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4. Question 44· Variety of organisms· JAMB

   Gymnosperms differ from angiosperms in that gymnosperms

   • Areproduce only by spores
   • Bproduce flowers
   • Chave no vascular tissue
   • Dhave seeds that are not enclosed in an ovary

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5. Question 45· Variety of organisms· WAEC

   Volvox is described as a colonial organism because it

   • Alives inside other organisms
   • Bis a single cell
   • Cis a multicellular plant with roots
   • Dconsists of many similar cells living together in a hollow ball

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6. Question 46· Variety of organisms· JAMB

   Fungi are placed in a separate kingdom from plants because they:

   • Aare unicellular
   • Black chlorophyll and feed saprophytically
   • Creproduce by seeds
   • Dhave true roots

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7. Question 47· Variety of organisms· JAMB

   Euglena is said to show both plant and animal features mainly because it

   • Amakes its own food in light but can feed heterotrophically in darkness
   • Bhas a cell wall and a nucleus
   • Cmoves with cilia
   • Dreproduces by spores

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8. Question 48· Variety of organisms· JAMB

   Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of living things?

   • Acrystallisation
   • Birritability
   • Crespiration
   • Dexcretion

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9. Question 49· Variety of organisms· JAMB

   Hydra belongs to the phylum

   • AMollusca
   • BAnnelida
   • CArthropoda
   • DCnidaria (Coelenterata)

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10. Question 50· Variety of organisms· WAEC

    Fungi differ from green plants mainly because fungi lack

    • Acell walls
    • Bnuclei
    • Cchlorophyll
    • Dspores

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11. Question 51· Variety of organisms· WAEC

    An animal with a segmented body, jointed legs and an exoskeleton belongs to the phylum

    • AMollusca
    • BAnnelida
    • CArthropoda
    • DChordata

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12. Question 52· Variety of organisms· JAMB

    Dicotyledonous plants usually have

    • Afibrous roots only
    • Bparallel-veined leaves
    • Cnet-veined leaves
    • Dscattered vascular bundles

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13. Question 53· Variety of organisms· WAEC

    Which of the following organisms belongs to the kingdom Monera?

    • AFern
    • BAmoeba
    • CMushroom
    • DBacterium

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14. Question 54· Variety of organisms· WAEC

    A characteristic feature of insects is that they have

    • Ano antennae
    • Bfour pairs of legs
    • Cthree pairs of jointed legs
    • Dtwo body parts

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15. Question 55· Variety of organisms· WAEC

    Tilapia is classified as a fish rather than an amphibian mainly because it

    • Abreathes by gills throughout life and has scales
    • Blives in water
    • Clays eggs
    • Dis cold-blooded

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16. Question 56· Variety of organisms· WAEC

    Bryophytes such as mosses lack

    • Atrue vascular tissue
    • Bchlorophyll
    • Cspores
    • Drhizoids

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17. Question 57· Variety of organisms· JAMB

    The malaria parasite, Plasmodium, belongs to the group

    • AProtozoa (Protista)
    • BBacteria
    • CFungi
    • DInsecta

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18. Question 58· Variety of organisms· JAMB

    Animals with dry scaly skin that lay shelled eggs on land are

    • Amammals
    • Bamphibians
    • Cfishes
    • Dreptiles

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19. Question 59· Variety of organisms· JAMB

    Ferns differ from mosses because ferns

    • Aproduce seeds
    • Bhave vascular tissue
    • Cproduce flowers
    • Dlack true leaves

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20. Question 60· Variety of organisms· WAEC

    Which feature is shared by all fungi?

    • Athey lack chlorophyll
    • Bthey bear flowers
    • Cthey have true roots
    • Dthey make their own food

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