JAMB UTME - Biology - 1985

Which of the following events does NOT occur during anaerobic respiration of glucose?

Bowman's capsule is located in the part labeled

Partially digested food ready to leave the stomach is referred to as

An old man is likely to be long-sighted because age affects the

If a flower is protandrous then it

Which of the following food chains is in the correct sequence?

Which of the following is common to a dicotyledonous stem and monocotyledonous root?

In fish the sense organs which detect movements in water are located within the

Euglene is an autotrophic organism because it

Which of the following organs regulates the amount of amino acids and glucose in the body?

The maize grain is a fruit and not a seed because it

The initial volume of water poured into 60g bag of dry soil was 50ml and the amount that drained through was 35ml. The percentage water content of the fully soaked soil is therefore

The function of lymph nodes is to

Re-absorption of useful materials takes place in the part labelled

Irish potato is a

In mammals, the function of the sebaceous gland is to

In mammals, stimulus is transferred from the receptor muscles to the central nervous system through the

In an angiosperm leaf, the xylem is

Soil erosion CANNOT be controlled by

In spirogyra, the pyrenoid

If calcium is deficient in food this may cause

In which of the following groups of animals are flagella and cilia found?

Water retention is highest in soils which are rich in

The primary and secondary hosts respectively of bilharzia are

Germination which results in the cotyledons being brought above ground is called

A young plant showing yellow leaves is likely to be deficient in

At what stage in the life history of a toad is its mode of breathing similar to that of fish?

The hereditary material in a cell is known as

The mammalian endocrine system is responsible for

Tsetse fly is harmful to man because it is associated with the spread of

Atmospheric nitrogen is directly replenished in nature through

Which of the following is NOT caused by bacteria?

Blood platelets are important because they are

Each of the following is an anthropod EXCEPT the

which of the following is NOT true of mucor? it

A food substance which produces red colouration with Sudan III contain

Movements and positions of the head in man are detected by the

The appendicular skeleton is made up of the

Which of the following is seed bearing?

A relationship between living organisms which is of mutual benefit is

The vein which returns blood from the head and arms to the heart is called

The origin of mineral particles in the soil is

The characters by which an organism is recognized are termed its

Which of the following represents the sequence of protein hydrolysis? 1. polypeptides 2. Amino acides 3. Proteins 4. Peptones

If a child can receive blood from all donors , he belongs to the blood group

Identify which of the following are characteristics of the vertebrate respiratory surface 1. Moist 2. Vascularized 3. Semipermeable 4. Freely permeable 5. Dry

Bryophtes are different from flower because they

In lower plants like mosses, the structure which performs the functions of roots of higher plants is called

For pollen to be released in Crotalaria the insect must depress the

A group of similar cells performing the same function is