JAMB UTME - Biology - 1980

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

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

The lime water in container B turned milky because

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

Reserved food materials is

A few grams of dried soil were first heated until red hot and then further heated until no more smoke was released. This experiment was to determine

A true fruit is formed from

The filament of spirogyra were put into equal volumes of sugar solutions X and Y. After 5 minutes, filaments from solution X had their cells contents rounded up while those from Y were unaffected. The experiment shows that

Which of the following organs produces bile?

The lime water in container C turned milky because

which part of the human brain is concerned with reflexes controlling the rate of heart beat and breathing?

If a baby is a female, her mother's ovum must have been fertilized by a sperm carry the chromosome

Which one of the following parts of the mammalian body is most closely associated with the production of urine?

One of the following statement is NOT true of spirogyra

Milk can be pasteurized by

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

The amount of water loss from a leaf can be detected using

In anaerobic respiration, glucose is converted to one of the following

The vacuole of a plant cell is

In Mucor or Rhizopus carbohydrate is absorb in the form of

In the figure above the structure which prevents friction between the bones is

Human beings require vitamins in their diet because vitamins

The part of the cell solely responsible for respiration is the

The organ through which food and oxygen are supplied to the human embryo and which also prevents harmful materials from reaching the embryo is the

A potometer is used to determine the rate at which a shoot

The center which controls respiratory activities the mammalian brain is the

A fresh Kolanut weighing 1g was put into salt solution. After 3 hour, the kolanut weighed 1.2g. This simple experiment demonstration that

Which of the following spreads malaria in Nigeria?

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

Which of the following food substances is digested in the stomach?

Which one of the following animals is NEVER a secondary host of tapeworms?

The conversion of excess amino acids into urea occurs in the

The testa

Water is required for seed germination to take place because it

During thunderstorms the energy of lightning discharge causes

Which of the labelled parts is the venga caval opening?

Why is the part labelled 5 thicker than 6?

Biconcave lenses are used in the correction of an eye defect called?

Some of the features of an animal are scales, teeth, nares and backbone. The animal is likely to be a

The joint between the atlas and axis vertebrae allows for

A mosquito which produces eggs which float, and whose larvae lie horizontal to the water surface, also rests at the angle on a vertical surface. This type of mosquito is

Below are some group of diseases. Which group of diseases is caused by bacteria?

A green plant growing in a compost pit is feeding

The following are connected with the movement of a reflex action (1) Central nervous (2) Muscles (3) Skin (4) Sensory nerve (5) Motor nerve. Which of the following sequences indicates a correct path?

For pollination and fruit formation, the essential part(s) of the flower should be the

During excretion of urea there is also a corresponding re-absorption of water into the blood. This re-absorption takes place in the

If the bark and phloem tissue of a woody shoot are peeled off by ringing, the whole plant will die eventually die because?

In animals, cilia, flagella, pseudopodia and chaetae, can be used for

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

Which of the following hormones is produced during fright or when agitated?