Biology questions and answers

Biology Questions and Answers

How well do you understand living things and their vital processes? Whether you are preparing for JAMB, WAEC, NECO and Post-UTME, these Biology past questions and answers cover such subjects as the chemistry of life, botany, evolution, genetics, ecology etc to help you know what to expect, improve your speed and confidence and be really prepared for the actual aptitude test.

4,271.

In a breeding program a cross was made between two true breeding cow-pea types: one with round seeds and the other with wrinkled seed. If roundness is dominant why wrinkleness is recessive, in the first filial generation all the seeds produced will be?

A.

25% wrinkled, 75% round

B.

100% wrinkled

C.

50% wrinkled, 50% round

D.

75% wrinkled, 25% round

E.

100% round

Correct answer is E

Owing to the dominance of roundness, the crossing of the two seeds regularly would see all the offsprings having mixed genes but will be round.

4,272.

Which of these products obtained from analyzing sweat from skin is not an excretory product?

A.

water

B.

Salts

C.

Dust

D.

Urea

E.

 Urates

Correct answer is C

Dust is not an excretory product from the human.

4,273.

Which of these is not a characteristics of a wind pollinated flowers?

A.

A smaller quantities of sticky pollen produce

B.

Feathery styles of stigmas pendulously hang outrside the flower

C.

small inconspicuous scentless flower

D.

large anthers which are loosley attached to the filament

E.

Light pollen grains produced in large quantities from the anthers

Correct answer is A

Wind-pollinated grains are non-sticky and light, to ensure they can be blown by the wind.

4,274.

In a photo-tropic experiment, young seedlings in a box were subjected to light from one direction. The seedling continue to grow erect. Which of the following statement is correct?

A.

 Only the tip of the seedling received the light

B.

The light was not strong enough

C.

The seedlings were rather too young

D.

The tip of the seedling may have been covered

E.

The box containing the seedling should have been placed on a laboratory bench

Correct answer is A

Plants growing with an unshaded light source will grow straight up towards the sun because auxin is evenly distributed all around the shoot. Plants are able to “see” light using the tips of the plant shoots.

4,275.

A carbohydrate molecule in the blood in the right ventricles of the heart is pumped into the cell of the toe of a man. Which of these structure is it unlikely to pass through en-route?

A.

pulmonary artery

B.

lungs

C.

Heart

D.

liver

E.

aorta

Correct answer is D

Blood circulation holds in the circulatory system, the liver is a part of the digestive system. Hence, the liver can't be a part of the circulation process.