JAMB Biology Past Questions & Answers - Page 265

1,321.

A certain savanna grasshopper changes colour from green during the rainy season to brown during the dry season and black after dry season bush fires. The reason for these colour changes is that the

A.

grasshopper is getting older

B.

environmental temperature is changing

C.

grasshopper is avoiding predation

D.

grasshopper is frequently moulting

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

1,322.

Examples of water-borne and sex linked diseases are?

A.

taeniasis and malaria

B.

cholera and gonorrhoea

C.

typhoid and syphilis

D.

dracunculiasis and haemophilia

Correct answer is D

Dracunculiasis, also called Guinea-worm disease, is a parasitic infection by the Guinea worm, Dracunculus medinensis. A person becomes infected from drinking water that contains water fleas infected with guinea worm larvae.

Some of the more familiar sex-linked traits are hemophilia, red-green color blindness, congenital night blindness, some high blood pressure genes, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and Fragile X syndrome.

1,323.

In a group of male Agama lizards, the one with the brightest head colour is the

A.

dominant

B.

youngest

C.

oldest

D.

largest

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

1,324.

The older fossil-bearing rocks, in contrast to the more recent ones, are more likely to contain?

A.

animal rather than plant remains

B.

invertebrates rather than birds

C.

flowering plants rather than mosses

D.

reptiles rather than fishes

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

1,325.

Blood grouping in human beings is derived from combinations of

A.

two different alleles

B.

four different alleles

C.

three different alleles

D.

two different genes

Correct answer is C

The four main blood groups A, B, AB, and O are controlled by three alleles: A, B, and O.