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