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.

261.

The possession of scales, laying of eggs with shells and bony structure of the head are characteristics shared by

A.

birds and reptiles

B.

fishes and birds

C.

reptiles and fishes

D.

birds and molluscs

Correct answer is A

Its long been recognized that birds and reptiles share many characteristics:
Both have skulls that abut the first neck vertebra with a single ball-and-socket joint.
Both birds and reptiles excrete nitrogenous wastes as uric acid; mammals excrete urea, fish ammonia.
Both lay similar highly yolked eggs
Bird feather is homologous to the reptile scale. Both develop from an epidermal elevation over a nourishing dermal core. Scales flatten, feather buds roll into a cylinder shaped tube.

262.

The product after the union of the male and female gamete in animals is called

A.

sperm

B.

egg

C.

embryo

D.

zygote

Correct answer is D

Human fertilization is the union of a human egg and sperm, usually occurring in the ampulla of the fallopian tube.
The result of this union is the production of a zygote cell, or fertilized egg, initiating prenatal development.

263.

Use the diagram to answer the question that follows

The structure is adapted for

A.

omnivores

B.

herbivores

C.

canivores

D.

omnivores and canivore

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

264.

The difference in structure, morphological and behavior of plant and animal is called

A.

adaptation

B.

evolution

C.

variation

D.

succession

Correct answer is C

Variation, in biology, any difference between cells, individual organisms, or groups of organisms of any species caused either by genetic differences (genotypic variation) or by the effect of environmental factors on the expression of the genetic potentials (phenotypic variation).
Variation may be shown in physical appearance, metabolism, fertility, mode of reproduction, behaviour, learning and mental ability, and other obvious or measurable characters.

265.

The protista that is a producer in an aquatic food chain is

A.

trypanosome

B.

paramecium

C.

chlamydomonas

D.

amoeba

Correct answer is C

Protists are single celled organisms that contain chloroplasts to aid photosynthesis.
Algae → Protozoa → Small Insects → Large aquatic Insects → Small fish → Large fish