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.

841.

Spider belongs to which of the following classes in the phylum arthropoda?

A.

Arachnida

B.

Chilopoda

C.

Crustacean

D.

Insect

E.

Myriapoda

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

842.

The group of organisms at the base of the pyramid of numbers are

A.

decomposers

B.

primary consumers

C.

producers

D.

secondary consumers

E.

tertiary consumers

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

843.

The type of association in which one organism benefits and the other neither benefits nor is harmed is called

A.

commensalism

B.

mutualism

C.

parasitism

D.

saprophytism

E.

symbiosis

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

844.

The organism that can carry out both autotropic and heterotrophic modes of nutritions is

A.

Chlamydomonas

B.

Eudorina

C.

Euglena

D.

Spirogyra

Correct answer is C

Euglena use their chloroplasts to produce nutrients through photosynthesis. It is a dual organism as it can act both as an autotroph, making its own food, and heterotroph, feeding on other substances.

845.

An example of osmosis in plants is the

A.

movement of water through the xylem

B.

loss of water vapour from the stomata

C.

translocation of food through the phloem

D.

absorption of water from the soil by the root

Correct answer is D

Osmosis is responsible for the ability of plant roots to draw water from the soil. Plants concentrate solutes in their root cells by active transport, and water enters the roots by osmosis.