JAMB Biology Past Questions & Answers - Page 400

1,996.

Which of these is not true? grass in the above food chain

A.

trap all the sunlight

B.

trap a small percent of the sun energy

C.

are primary producers

D.

are eaten by primary consumers

E.

contains chlorophyll

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

1,997.

Grasses grasshopper lizard snakes hawks. In the food chain, the organism which are the least in number are

A.

grasses

B.

grasshopper

C.

lizards

D.

snakes

E.

 hawks

Correct answer is E

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

1,998.

The major function of contractile vacuole in amoeba is? 

A.

to secrete enzyme to digest food particles

B.

to store excess food materials

C.

to excrete nitrogenous waste

D.

to absorb water from the surrounding

E.

to collect and expel water in the cytoplasm

Correct answer is E

- The contractile vacuole (CV) complex is an osmoregulatory organelle of free-living amoebae and protozoa, which controls the intracellular water balance by accumulating and expelling excess water out of the cell, allowing cells to survive under hypotonic stress as in pond water.

- This implies that the contractile vacuole, as its name suggests, expels water out of the cell by contracting.

1,999.

Oxygen from the atmosphere reaches the mammalian blood stream through one of the path indicated below. Indicate the correct path, a = mouth, b = trachea, c = bronchiole, d = nostril, e = bronchus, f = alveoli

A.

a → b → e → f → d

B.

b → d → f → e → c

C.

d → b → e → c → f

D.

b → a → f → e → c

E.

f → e → c → d → c

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

1,000.

During thunderstorms the energy of lightning discharge causes

A.

oxygen and nitrogen to combine

B.

more carbon dioxide to be formed

C.

nitrites to be converted to nitrates

D.

nitrates to be converted to nitrogen

E.

death

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.