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The dorsal fin The pectoral fin The caudal fin The anal fin 3 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEGenetically modified food products have not become universally accepted because they are usually costlier than others produced by conventional means their effect on human consumers is not yet fully understood the technology can be applied only in developed countries they are not tasty as others produced by conventional means 4 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEThe muscle cell fluid of an athlete was tested immediately after a 100m race and was found to contain a high concentration of lactic acid. Explain what could have caused this. The athlete must have eaten food containing a lactic acid athlete must have carried out anaerobic respiration during the race athlete must have inhaled lactic acid from the environment during the race athlete must have injected lactic acid into his blood just before the race 5 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMECirculation of blood to all parts of the body excepts the lungs is through Pulmonary circulation The pulmonary artery Systemic circulation The lymphatic system 6 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEMaize is best stored against insect attack in humid metal tanks while still on the cob in fumigated silos on raised platform 7 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEAn ecosystem is composed of all of the following except: Plants Meadows Temperature Animals 8 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEWhat is the term used to describe the sum total of biotic and abiotic factors in the environment of the organism? biome ecosystem habitat ecological niche 9 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEThe genetic make- up of an organism is called phenotype genotype variation gene 10 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMECarbohydrates are stored in animal cells as glucose glycogen maltase starch 11 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEThe random way genes recombine during meiosis and fertilization leads to phenotype genetic variation genome genotype 12 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEWhich of the following is NOT a function of the nucleus of a cell? It controls the life processes of the cell It translates genetic information for the manufacture of proteins It stores and carries hereditary information It is a reservoir of energy for the cell 13 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEIn the mammal, the autonomic system consists of spinal cord and spinal nerves sympathetic and parasympathetic systems brain and spinal nerves brain and cranial nerves 14 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEThe cocoon into which an earthworm lays its egg is produced in the prostomium peristomium chaeta clitellum 15 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEThe random way genes recombine during meiosis and fertilization leads to genome genotype genetic variation phenotype 16 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEThe division of nucleus is known as cytokinesis karyokinesis isogamy isopomy 17 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMESpear grass has underground structure called corm tap roots bulbs rhizomes 18 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEWhich of the following factors is not associated with aquatic habitat Temperature Humidity Light intensity Wave action 19 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEManufactured food in the plants is transported through the phloem xylem cambium cortex 20 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMES phase in growth curve is known as? shot phase rapid phase end Phase long phase 21 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEIn bony fishes, the swim bladder is used for adjusting the weight of the fish when swimming at different levels absorbing more water when the fish is about to descend to a lower level equalizing fluid pressures between the fish and the surrounding water extracting oxygen from water which enters the mouth of the fish 22 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEThe reproduction of cell is controlled by which of the following: DNA Mitosis mRNA RNA 23 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEThe sterile individuals in the honey bee are known as Queens Drone Workers None of these 24 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEA sudden change in a gene or genes is called variation heredity fertilization mutation 25 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEPrinciples of heredity can be applied in one of these biology medicine chemistry law 26 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEThe primary structure responsible for pumping blood for circulation through the mammalian circulatory systems is the Right auricle Left ventricle Veins Arteries 27 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEIn a food web, tertiary consumers belong to which trophic level Fourth Third First Second 28 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEOne of this is not a shape of fingerprints circles loop arches whorls 29 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEWhich of these animals is not metamerically segmented earthworm shark tapeworm centipede 30 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMERibosomes are found in all living cells. What is their function? excretion of waste products cellular respiration intracellular transport synthesis of proteins 31 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEThe theory that new organs or characteristics develop in organisms when there is a need for them was postulated by Gregor Mendel Lean Lamarck Charles Darwin Wallace 32 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEThe order of food passage in the digestive system is Colon-Ileum-Cecum-Rectum Colon-Cecum-Ileum-Rectum Ileum-Cecum-Colon-Rectum Ileum-Colon-Cecum-Rectum 33 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEIn plants, the structures that play roles similar to the arteries and veins of animals are the roots and stems Root hairs and xylem Xylem and Phloem Lenticels and phloem 34 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEThe rhesus factor of blood was first identified in a category of Human males Chimpanzees Monkeys Human females 35 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEOne of this is not a continuous variation skin colour height tongue rolling weight 36 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEThe roots hairs are absorption of water and salt penetration into the soil strength and support conducting liquid 37 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEIn insects, the structure that performs the same function as the kidney in man is the Malphigian tubule Flame cell Nephridium Trachea 38 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEPlants that are adapted to grow in dry land where water content is low are Halophytes Xerophytes Mesophytes Hydrophytes 39 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEWhich of these does not have respiratory and circulatory systems insects nematods annelids molluscs 40 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEThe hereditary factor of the material for inheritance is organ sex gene ovum 41 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEOne of the following is not an excretory structure flame cell kidney blood stomata 42 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEWhat happens to a man whose pancreas has been surgically removed? his weight would increase appreciably the glycogen content of the liver would increase the level of blood sugar would increase his blood pressure would decrease 43 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEOctopus is popularly known as __________ fish jelly cray devil shark 44 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEOne of the following is usually worm-like, cylindrical or flattened molluscs insects nematods annelids 45 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEThe sexual reproductive units produced by mature individuals of sexually reproducing species of organism is called ova sperms gametes zygotes 46 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMETwo plants with red flowers were back crossed, which of the following results indicates that the plants are heterozygous red flower, where red flowers are dominants? 100% white 50% red and 50% white 100% red 75%red and 25% white 47 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEIn a food web, tertiary consumers belong to which trophic level Second Fourth First Third 48 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEDaughters receives their X-chromosome from their father relative siblings mother 49 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEIn a cell, the genes are carried by Chromatin threads Nuclear membrane Mitochondria lysosomes 50 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY POST UTMEWhich of the following constitutes the main internal tissue of leaf? 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