JAMB Biology Past Questions & Answers - Page 396

1,976.

Leguminous plants, e.g Mucana, are usually planted in cultivated farmlands because they

A.

enrich the soil with phoshates

B.

provide animals with food

C.

enrich the soil with organic nitrogen

D.

protect the soil from being over-heated

E.

protect the micro organisms in the soil

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

1,977.

if three 30 cm lengths of glass tubes are tightly packed with clay, sand and loamy soils respectively and then stood in a beaker of water for one week, the level of water will be 

A.

lowest in the tube with clay

B.

the same in all tubes

C.

lowest in the tube with loamy soil

D.

highest in the tube with sandy soil

E.

lowest in the tube with sandy soil

Correct answer is E

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

1,978.

The tips of some rice seedlings were cut off while some were left intact. Both were covered with a container which had not only one small hole to allow light through. After twenty-four hours it was observed that

A.

the cut tips was bent away from the light

B.

 the cut tips bent towards source of light

C.

the intact tips bent away from the light

D.

the intact tips bent towards the light

E.

both tips bent away from light

Correct answer is D

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

1,979.

An organism X lives entirely on the waste products in another organism Y. In this association X is a

A.

symbiont

B.

commensal

C.

saprophyte

D.

parasite

E.

epiphyte

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

1,980.

A student trying to find out the order in which organisms appear on a cleared plot is studying one of the following

A.

Ecosystem

B.

Food chain

C.

Food web

D.

Succession

E.

Community

Correct answer is D

No explanation has been provided for this answer.