JAMB UTME - Biology - 1986

In an ecosystem, animals which feed directly on plants are called

A major limitation in the use of the potometer for measuring the rate of transpiration is that

Which of the following has cones?

Viruses are regarded as non-living because they

Which of the following statement is NOT correct with respect to inhalation in mammals? The

In an agricultural ecosystem, the biotic component consists of

Which of these disease CANNOT be prevented by immunization?

Which of these is a trace element?

The three important organs that are situated close to the stomach are

If a woman who is a carrier of sickle cell trait (AS) married a man who is a sickler (SS) and they had four children, how many of them would be normal?

Sample of different soil types are packed in glass tubes whose lower ends are plugged with cotton wool, if these tubes are suspended in a trough of water, water will rise highest after a few hours in

The hormones which regulates the amount of glucose in the blood is called

Which of the following elements is essential for the formation of haemoglobin?

The male cockroach differs from the female by having

The swollen shoot disease of cocoa tree is caused by a

Which of the following ecological factors are common to both terrestrial and aquatic habitats?

The fins making up the limbs of the bony fish are

Two main distinguishing features of the cervical vertebra are the presence of

An instrument that can be used to demonstrate phototropism and geotropism in plants is the

Incomplete metamorphosis occurs in the

Evidence that a tooth is a living part of the mammalian can be found within the

Which of the following is NOT true of spirogyra?

The equation that can be used to summarize the process of anaerobic breakdown of sugar is

Blood circulation in a mammalian is said to be double because

Nastic movement is

Oxygen liberated during photosynthesis has been demonstrated to come from

The aperture between the left auricle and the left ventricle is guarded by the

Deamination occurs in the

In community, bacteria and fungi are referred to as

The structure labelled 1 is the

For effective functioning of a bird's quill feather, hooks fit on the ridge of the

In addition to the high calories derived from fats and oils, they are

If a person is bitten by a snake on the leg, it is advisable for him to

The main organic substances found in the human body are

Which of the following is an example of discontinuous variation?

The main function of the structure labelled 2 is to

Gestation in mammals is the period

Which of these animals is radially symmetrical?

A larger percentage of tropical soils tends to be acidic because they

Which is the correct order of water loss from the leaf? 1 Mesophyll 2 Veins 3 Substomatals cavity 4 Stomata

Which of the following pairs are fully adapted to terrestrial life?

The following are methods of soil conservation EXCEPT

The extract from food substance reacting with sodium hydroxide and copper sulphate solutions will produce violet to purple coloration if

In the mammalian skin, melanin and keratin are contained in the

Which of the following lacks chaetae, tentacles and antennae?

Which of the labelled parts will develop into a new maize plant?

The severe deficiency of vitamin C leads to

The stem differs from the root in having the xylem and phloem strands

When the original king and queen of termites die, they are replaced by

Fishes are cold blooded because their body temperature is