Biology Past Questions And Answers
Fruits that develop without fertilization and are seedless are known as
- A) Parthenocarpic fruits
- B) Aggregate fruits
- C) Simple fruits
- D) Epicarpic fruits
When proteins are broken down they provide
- A) Oxygen
- B) Carbohydrate
- C) Energy
- D) Amino acids
Which of the following statements about nitrogen is not correct? Nitrogen is needed for
- A. protein synthesis
- B. activating certain enzymes
- C. the synthesis of chlorophyll
- D. healthy vegetative growth of plants
A man and his wife are both heterozyous for the sickle-cell trait. The likely percentage of their offspring that will be either carriers or sicklers is
- A. 75%
- B. 50%
- C. 25%
- D. 100%
An association between living organisms in which one organism lives on and feeds at the expense of the other organism is known as?
- A. mutualism
- B. commensalism
- C. parasitism
- D. predation
The process by which a drop of ink spreads uniformly in a beaker of water is called
- A. absorption
- B. osmosis
- C. plasmolysis
- D. diffusion
The phenotype of an individual can be summed the same sex hatched simultaneously from the as the
- A) totality of expressed traits
- B) individual's physical appearance
- C) individual's entire genetically appearance
- D) physiological traits of the individual
During respiration, air circulates round plant tissues via the
- A. lenticels
- B. stomata
- C. guard cells
- D. intercellular spaces
Which of the following plant tissues is responsible for transporting water and nutrients from the roots to the rest of the plant?
- A. Mesophyll
- B. Xylem
- C. Epidermis
- D. Phloem
A dry fruit formed from two or more carpels containing several seeds is a
- A. follicle
- B. legume
- C. capsule
- D. schizocarp

