Biology Past Questions And Answers
(a)(i) Briefly explain the term respiration.
(ii) Name the two types of respiration and write a balanced equation to summarize each of them.
(b) Outline the mechanisms involved in: (i) inhalation; (ii) exhalation in human beings
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2006 THEORYEtiolation is caused by the influence of
- A. minerals salt
- B. water
- C. carbondioxide
- D. light
Th order in which organic evolution has progressed in plants is
- A. thallophyta, schizophyta, bryophyta, pteridophyta and spermatophyta
- B. schizophyta, thallophyta, bryophyta, pteridophyta and spermatophyta
- C. pteridophyta, spermatophyta, thallophyta, schizophyta and bryophyta
- D. bryophyta, pteridophyta, spermatphyta, thallophyta and schizophyta
In unicellular organisms, essential nutrients can be transported directly to all parts of the body by the process of diffusion only because unicellular organisms have:
- A) A large surface area to volume ratio
- B) A large volume to surface area ration
- C) Permeable cell membrane
- D) Their body is always immersed in the nutrient material
A boy who is fond of swimming in a pond finds himself passing urine with traces of blood. He is like to have contracted?
- A. schistosomiasis
- B. onchocerciasis
- C. poliomyelitis
- D. salmonellosis
Which of the following factors is not a source of variation in living organisms?
- A. Environment
- B. Inheritance
- C. Mitosis
- D. Meiosis
The sequence of the one-way gaseous exchange mechanism in a fish is?
- A. mouth --> operculum -> gills
- B. mouth -> gills > operculum
- C. operculum > gills -> mouth
- D. gills -> operculum --> mouth
Study the diagram of a food chain shown and use; it to answer the question. P ---> Q ---> R ---> S ---> T Which of the following statements best describes the organism designated R? It
- A. feeds on S
- B. is a primary consumer
- C. is a producer as well as a consumer
- D. is a secondary consumer
Which of these is not a function of the kidney?
- A. Production of urine
- B. Maintenance of acid-base balance in the body
- C. Osmo-regulation
- D. Production of bile
Identical twins inherit their genes from
- A. the same ovum and different sperms
- B. the same sperm and different ova
- C. different sperms and many ova
- D. the same ovum and the same sperm

