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Goodluck! 1 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Climate change may lead to the following EXCEPT green house effect global warming flooding oil spilage 2 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Example of non-metal include these EXCEPT sodium iodine oxygen nitrogen 3 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The body hormones which contribute to body growth are ____________ and _________ pituitary, thyroxin insulin, progesterone acdrenaline, oestrogen parathyroid, testosterone 4 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Movement of food from the gullet down to the stomach is through __________ movement swallowing chuming peristalsis breaking 5 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The number of electrons an atom requires to lose to become an ion is termed __________ combining power atomic structure electronic configuration activity series 6 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Which of these statements is NOT an assumption of the kinetic theory? the particles of matter possess potential energy the particles are in constant motion matter is made up of tiny indivisible particles evaporation of liquid occurs at all temperature 7 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Ovulation is defined as the release of ___________ urine from the bladder sperm from the tests blood from the vagina ovum from the ovary 8 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION These are field forces EXCEPT __________ force frictional magnetic electric gravitational 9 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The atmospheric condition of a place studies over a short period is called the _________ weather environment topography climate 10 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION In the female reproductive system the part which houses the unborn baby is the ________ uterus cervix ovary oviduct 11 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION HIV/AIDS can be transmitted through ________ hand shake sharing bed unsafe sex insect bite 12 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The temperature at which a substance changes from liquid to solid is called _________ point sublimation melting freezing boiling 13 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The blood that fight against germs in the body is white blood cell platelets plasma red blood cell 14 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Electronic configuration is best described as _________ arrangement of electrons in an atoms attraction of electrons in an atom protons in the nucleus of atom electrons of the outer most orbit 15 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Dangers of radioactive ray does not include ____________ destruction of body cells and tissues death due to over exposure undesirable hereditary effects tracer of body defects 16 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Inadequate energy generation and supply affects quality of life in the following way EXCEPT ____________ poverty starvation technological advancement unemployment 17 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION These activities are responsible for our disappearing forest EXCEPT ___________ construction of building use of firewood for cooking cutting of timber for wood cultivation of crops 18 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The parts of the body that are responsible for movement are _______, _______ and joint cartilage, muscle bone, muscle bone, cartilage skeleton, cartilage 19 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Power is equal to __________ force/distance work done/time distance/time time/work done 20 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Activity series of non-metals is from most reactive to moderately reactive moderately reactive to passive least reactive to moderately reactive least reactive to most reactive 21 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The processing by which the constituents coal are separated is ________ distillation fractions lie-big thermal destructive 22 / 50 Category: CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS STUDIES PAST QUESTION Lack of vitamin B leads to beriberi bleeding scurvy ricket 23 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The most reactive non-metal is ____________ iodine chlorin fluorine bromine 24 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The nutrient gotten from protein food after digestion is glucose citric acid acid fatty acid 25 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Drugs can be obtained from the following Except roots and shrubs food material plant barks medicinal leaves 26 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The temperature of the sun’s radiation is ____________ 60 degrees 600 degrees 6000 degrees 60,000 degrees 27 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Children under five (5) years are immunized against these disease EXCEPT __________ diphtheria kwashiorkor measles tuberculosis 28 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The soil type mostly rich in nutrient is __________ gravel clay sandy loamy 29 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The outer layer of the human skin is known as __________ dermis epidermis sweet pores sweat gland 30 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Kunle added few drops of iodine solution to a piece of yam, the result was blue black colour which was formed at the surface of the yam. Which food item was being tested? protein fats and oil starch glucose 31 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The pigment which gives plants the green colour is chloroplast chloroform chlorophyll chloroplast 32 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The breakdown of food substances to release energy is referred to as _________ nutrition excretion respiration irritability 33 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Work = force X? power distance length acceleration 34 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The particles in a gaseous substance can move easily because the ______ particles are moving with great speed force between them is weak containing vessel is too big particles are free to move 35 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Oil spillage is NOT caused by _________ dripping of oil vehicles oil tank washing killing of fish with gemmalin 20 leaking of marine vehicle 36 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The bone-like structures found in the middle ear are called ___________ pinna blades earbone ossicles 37 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The slender structure, that carry blood to the heart is referred to as the ___________ vessel cell plasma tube 38 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The female part of a flower is made up of ___________ anther, filament, ovary stigma, style, overy anther, stigma, ovary stigma, style, anther 39 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION One major difference between plant and animals is ___________ respiration excretion movement reproduction 40 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION All these are microscopic organisms EXCEPT fungi bacteria spider virus 41 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Nigeria generate a lot of useful products from crude oil EXCEPT _________ kerosene bitumen petrol plastic 42 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Conditions necessary for germination are the following EXCEPT __________ water wind warmth air 43 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION One of the reasons why human beings are special animals is their ability to __________ communicate eat sleep walk 44 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Whale is a/an ______________ amphibian reptile mammal primate 45 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Ozone is a type of oxygen with __________ atoms of oxygen 3 6 2 4 46 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The theory that states that particles are always in motion is ________ joule newton Dalton kinetic 47 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The quantity of water in a body is termed ___________ weight pressure force mass 48 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The function of lipase is to digest __________ starch fats vitamins proteins 49 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION A food substance which contains sulphur, nitrogen and phosphorus in addition to carbon, hydrogen and oxygen is __________ fats protein carbohydrate mineral 50 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Coal is a mineral mined in ____________ Jos Ewekoro Enugu Ajaokuta Your score is 0% Restart quiz Practice also: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS JS 3 SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTIONS (BECE) JS 3 MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS (BECE) JS 3 ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAST QUESTIONS (BECE) JS 3 PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION (BECE)