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 25 Report

A population is defined as the collection of

Similar organism that are found in the same habitat

Similar organisms that breed in the same habitat

Similar organisms that interbreed freely in the same habitat Correct answer

Similar organism eating the same food

Different organisms in the same habitat

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Question 26 Report

The main function of the swim-bladder is for

Swimming

Detecting sound

Buoyancy Correct answer

Breathing

Reproduction

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Relevance Of Biology To Agriculture

The Cell And Its Environment: Physical And Biophysical Processes

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Question 27 Report

In the figure above the structured labelled X is the

cellulose cell wall

plasma membrane

nuclear membrane

mucilage wall Correct answer

ectoplasm

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Movement Of Substances Into And Out Of Cells

Cell Structure

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Question 28 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 29 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 30 Report

External ears of mammals consist of

pinna and tympanum

pinna only

auditory meatus only

auditory meatus and pinna Correct answer

auditory meatus and tympanum

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Classification

Sense Organs (Eyes & Ears)

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Question 31 Report

A grass hopper respires by the means of its

Lung-books

Gills

Lungs

Antennae

Tracheal tubes Correct answer

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Variety Of Organisms

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Question 32 Report

The parts of the mammalian eye that strongly bend light rays are the

cornea and the lens

cornea and aqueous humour

cornea and vitreous humour

lens and aqueous humour

lens and vitreous humour Correct answer

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Sense Organs (Nose, Tongue & Skin)

Behavioural Adaptations In Social Animals

Reproduction (Courtship Behaviour In Animals)

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Question 33 Report

Which of the parts are used to recognize the bone in the figure above?

1 and 4

2 and 3

3 and 5

1, 2, and 6

4 and 5 Correct answer

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Tissues And Supporting Systems:

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Question 34 Report

In human reproduction, the zygote formed as a result of fertilization gets attached to the wall of the uterus. The process is called

Sexual reproduction

Cohesion

Pregnancy

Implantation Correct answer

Viviparity

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Reproduction (Physical Changes In Males And Females)

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Question 35 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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Question 36 Report

Which of these food chains is NOT possible in a forest?

Diatom → fly → toad → snake

Fly → toad → snake→ hawk

Leaves → antelope → man → lion

Leaves → caterpillar → bird → lion

Leaves →goat → man→ lion Correct answer

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Food Webs And Trophic Levels

Reproduction (Physical Changes In Males And Females)

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Question 37 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 38 Report

The three blood vessels that supply the mammalian alimentary canals are

segmented artery, hepatic artery and coeliac artery

coeliac artery, anterior mesenteric artery and posteroir mesenteric artery Correct answer

coelic artery, segmental artery and hepatic artery

hepatic artery, anterior mesenteric artery and posterior mesenteric artery

hepatic portal vein, anterior mesenteric artery and posterior mesenteric artery

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Ecological Management: Tolerance, Minimum And Maximum

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Question 39 Report

Which of the following tissue are made up of dead cells?

Meristematic

Xylem vessels Correct answer

Cambium

Mesophyll

Palisade

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Tissues And Supporting Systems:

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Question 40 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 41 Report

Which of the following is not associated with excretion in mammals

Glomerulus

Urea

Faeces Correct answer

Carbon Dioxide

Bowman's capsule

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Excretory System

Excretory Systems And Mechanisms; Types Of Excretory Systems

Excretion

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Question 42 Report

ONE of the major causes of haemophilia is lack of

firbrinogen Correct answer

amylase

white blood corpuscles

red blood corpuscles

plasma

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Heredity

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Question 43 Report

In an epigeal germination, it is the

epicotyl that elongates fast

hypocotyl that elongates fast Correct answer

hypogeal that elongates fast

plumule that elongates fast

roots that elongate fast

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Question 44 Report

Which of the following pairs are the products of sucrose hydrolysis?

Glucose + glucose

Fructose + fructose

Glucose + fructose Correct answer

Galactose + glucose

Fructose + galactose

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DNA Structure And Replication, RNA Transcription

Nucleic Acids

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Question 45 Report

Any dry fruit which can break into several parts each containing one seed is a

capsule

aggregrate fruit

legume

schizocarp Correct answer

follicle

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Question 46 Report

In man, spermatozoa are never found in the

testis

urethra

epididymis

prostrate glands Correct answer

vas deferens

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Ecological Management: Tolerance, Minimum And Maximum

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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

Where is the energy produced in a cell?

Nucleus

Nucleolus

Lysosomes

Chloroplast

Mitochondria Correct answer

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Nucleic Acids

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Question 49 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 50 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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