JAMB UTME - Biology - 1982 | Green Bridge CBT

An hormoiothermic animal kept in a room where the temperature is lower than the body temperature may lose heat by four physical process. Which of the following processes is NOT connected with the body temperature regulation ?

Radiation

Sweat

Evaporation

Conduction

Convection Correct answer

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Organization Of Life

Classification

Regulation Of Internal Environment

Relevance Of Biology To Agriculture

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Question 35 Report

The mammalian pancreas is involved with the

digestion of food only

digestion and absorption of food

digestion of food and regulation of blood sugar

digestion of food, production of hormone and the regulation of blood Correct answer

digestion of food, and the regulation of blood

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Support And Movement

Reproduction

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Question 36 Report

If a farmer left his land uncultivated for five years before returning to it, he must be practising

modern agriculture

strip cropping

contour ridging

crop rotation

the bush fallow system Correct answer

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Resources To Be Conserved: Soil, Water, Wildlife, Forest And Minerals

Evolution (Recombination DNA)

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Question 37 Report

Which of the following is NOT a function of mammalian blood?

Engulfing bacteria

Production of hormones Correct answer

Transporting ureas

Distribution of heat

Transporting glucose

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Cell Structure

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Question 38 Report

In man, identical twins occur when

An ovum is fertilized by a sperm and then divide into two, each forming a separate embryo Correct answer

an ovum fertilized by two sperms and then divides into two, each forming an embryo

two ova are fertilized at the same tine each forming an embryo

two ova are fertilized by a single sperm each forming an embryo after fertilization

one ovum first divides into two and each half is fertilized by a sperm before developing into an embryo

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Chromosomes: The Basis Of Heredity

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Question 39 Report

Some of the major elements required by plants are

Potassium, nitrogen, phosphorus, sodium, calcium Correct answer

Nitrogen, phosphorus, molybdenum, sodium, calcium

Potassium, phosphorus, molybdenum, sodium, calcium

Potassium, nitrogen, iron , sodium, calcium

Potassium, nitrogen, phosphorus, silicon, cadmium

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Question 40 Report

When a person with blood belonging to group O has lost much blood due to an accident, he can be given blood from persons who have blood belonging to

group O only Correct answer

group A only

group AB only

groups A and O

groups AB and O

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Crime Detection

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Question 41 Report

The absence of stomata shows that a leaf may be

from a floating plant

from submerged plant Correct answer

varigated

from a terrestrial plant

from parasitic green plant

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Plant Nutrition

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Question 42 Report

If the gall bladder of a man is removed by surgery, which of the following processes will be most seriously affected?

Digestion of fats and oil Correct answer

Formation of urea

Digestion of starch

Conversion of protein

Storage and release of the urine

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Animal Nutrition

Population Studies By Sampling

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Question 43 Report

when an operculate fish breathes it takes in water through the

mouth and passes it out through the same way

mouth and passes it out through the operculum Correct answer

operculum and passes it out through the mouth

operculum and passes it out through the nostrils

nostrils and passes it out through the operculum

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Cellular Respiration

Cell Structure

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Question 44 Report

Which of these combinations is common to plant and animal cells?

Centriole, middle lamella, golgi bodies, mitrochondrion

Cytoplasm, sap, vacuole, starch grains, leucoplasts

Plasma membranes, chromosomes, mitochondria, lysosomes. Correct answer

Nucleus, nucleolus, cellulose cell wall, endoplasmic reticulum

Cytoplasm, centriole, cellulose cell wall, nucleolus

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Question 45 Report

The maize grain is regarded as a fruit and not a seed because

it has a coleorhiza

it has a coleoptile

of the relatively large endosperm

there is the remain of a style Correct answer

of the relatively small scutellum

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Adaptation For Survival

Nutrition

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Question 46 Report

Which of these parts of the mammalian ears is directly concerned with the sense of balance?

Cochlea

Eustachian tube

Ear-drum

Pinna

Semicircular canals Correct answer

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Question 47 Report

Treatment of a poor soil with lime supplies

Sulphur

Calcium Correct answer

Phosphorus

Sodium

Nitrogen

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Resources To Be Conserved: Soil, Water, Wildlife, Forest And Minerals

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Question 48 Report

When freshly tapped palm wine was kept overnight it was found to be more alcoholic. This effect must have been due to

the addition of saccharin

the addition of sugar

the addition of whisky or local gin

some complex hydrolytic reaction

anaerobic respiration of an organism Correct answer

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Adaptive Colouration

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Question 49 Report

Which of these animals is NOT metamerically segmented?

Tapeworm

Earthworm

Centipede

Crayfish

Shark Correct answer

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Organization Of Life

Classification

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Question 50 Report

Kwashiorkor is caused by severe deficiency of

Water

Oil

Drugs

Proteins Correct answer

Sugars

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Animal Nutrition

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