JAMB Biology 2002 Past Questions

An amoeba and an unlaid chicken egg are

In corns, food is usually stored in the

The animals that move by means of flagella include

When oil is poured into the breeding site of mosquitoes, it

The structure found only in the plant cells are

A flower that has both stamens and pistils is said to be

In the diagram, the hawk is

Example of competitors are

one of the adaptation of life on trees by a monkey is its possession of digits which are

The community of plants in which the same species occur from year to year is the

The most common means of transmiting the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is

Plants tend to prevent overcrowding by means of efficient

The physical and climatic factors of a region primarily determine the

A step in the movement of energy through an ecosystem is a description that best fits the term

In a field experiment, the frequency of water leaf was observed to be 48 after 20 tosses of a 2m² quadrat. What is the density of the plants in the field?

The supporting tissue in xylem is most poorly developed in

The addition of lime to clayed soil serves to

The excessive use of agro-chemicals could lead to the pollution of

In a population study using the transect method, a student is likely to record the highest number of species in

In his theory of evolution, Darwin implied that

The carnassial teeth of a carnivorous animal consist of the

Birds which are large with long straight pointed beaks, long necks and long legs are likely to be

A feature of the caste system of bees and termites ia that

The structure that is common in the embryos of mammals, amphibians, birds, fishes and reptiles and which is an evidence of their common ancestry is the

Animals aestivate when the environment in which they live becomes

Examples of organisms in which extracellular digestion occurs are

The mammalian erythrocytes differ from the leucocytes at maturity because the erythrocytes are

The presence of endoskeleton is characteristic of

The capture and digestion of insects by a pitcher plant is a special form of nutrition termed

Which of the following statement is correct about the experiment?

The experimental set-up can be used to demonstrate that

When a marine fish was taken from the ocean and put in a tank of fresh water, it died after a short period because

Which of the following pairs of organ is located in the anterior half of the mammalian body cavity?

The mode of nutrition exhibited by a tapeworm is

The organ located within the duodenal loop in the mamal is the

In which of the following groups of fruits is the pericarp inseparable from the seed coat?

A person that is obese must avoid meals containing

Tissue respiration is important for the

The function of the absorption is performed by the structure labelled

The structure labelled I represented the

The gland usually found in the position labelled I is the

To select and retain the desirable trait of large body size which a farmer has observed in his herd, the farmer needs to

In a population of living things, the parameters of size, height, weight and colour are examples of

If X^N is the dominant allele for normal vision and Xⁿ the recessive allele for colour blindness, a boy with the genotype YXⁿ will be

The first four children of a couple were all girls. The probability that the fifth will also be a girl is

Genetic counselling is important when a marriage is planned between a

What proportion of the offspring of a cross between two heterozygous parents will exhibit the recessive condition phenotypically

A hormone secreted at IV serves to

Ovoviparity is the type of fertilization exhibited by the organism labelled

The correct evolutionary sequence of the organisms represented is