SS 3 BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS (WAEC/NECO)HomeWAEC/NECO Exam Past QuestionsSS 3 BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS (WAEC/NECO)0% 39 Thank You for attempting our SSCE/NECO/GCE Biology Past Examination Questions.SSCE/NECO/GCE (BIOLOGY)BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS SSCE (App)These are Biology Past Questions. 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dodder mistletoe cassytha rhizopus 5 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSThe transfer of ripe pollen grains from another to the stigma of the same flower is termed fertilization self-pollination conjugation reproduction 6 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSWhich of the following statements about ecosystems is false? all the energy entering the ecosystem is placed on to decomposers energy transfer from one trophic level to the other is not 100% efficient the primary producers provide energy for herbivores and carnvores ecosystems must start with the capture of energy by autotrophs 7 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSIn the binomial system of naming organism, the second name is called the common name scientific name specific name generic name 8 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSWhich of the following substances has the highest amount of energy in joules per unit weight? vitamins proteins fats carbohydrate 9 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSThe effects of environmental degradation caused by human activities can be controlled by the following measures except reclaiming the land do nothing converting mining pits into fish ponds ( educating people 10 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSWhich of the following enzymes is not one of the main classes of enzymes lipases amylases sucrose proteases 11 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSWhich of the following substances is not a conservable natural resource? air soil minerals water 12 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSWhich of the organisms does not show colour adaptation to its environment? toad earthworm chameleon fish 13 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSWhich of the following statements is correct about organs? they are composed of specialized cells they are not found in plants they perform a certain overall function unicellular animals have few organs 14 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSThe order of prmary succession by plants in a very dry habitat is mesophytes – shrub – xerophytes xerophytes – mesophyte – shrub xerophytes – shrub – mesophytes mesophytes – xerophytes – shrub 15 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSPopulation growth rate may be defined as the number of a particular species per unit area net rate of nationality and mortality in the habitat ever a period number of times an organism occurs within a given period mortality rate per unit area over a period 16 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSWhich of the following instruments is used to measure wind speed? anemometer thermometer barometer hygrometer 17 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSWhich of the following statements about the development of the foetus is not correct? the foetus is surrounded by a water sac the circulatory system of foetus is directly connected to the maternal blood vessels the foetus depends on the mother’s blood for its food and oxygen food and oxygen are carried across the placenta to the embryo’s blood. 18 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSFinger prints are useful in crime detection because no two people have the same finger print finger prints are easy to make the police have sophisticated fingerprint machines thieves may leave their prints at the scene of a crime 19 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSWhat does the chemical composition of the genetic material of all living organisms consist of? adenosine diphosphate adenosine triphosphate follide stimulating hormone deoxyribonucleic acid 20 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSAn organisms which maintains a constant temperature irrespective of environment temperature fluctuation is an insect a fish an amphibian a mammal 21 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSThe mode of nutrition common to green plants is autorophic heterotrophic holozoic saprophytic 22 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSWhich of the following inherited conditions usually shows incomplete dominance? tongue rolling ability haemophilia sickle cell anaemia baldness 23 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSWhich of the following organisms is a primary consumer fungal dog sheep grass 24 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSWhich of the following pH values is the best for the action of the emzymes – renin and pepsin in the stomach? pH8 pH9 pH7 pH2 25 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSWhich of the following statements best describe pollination? The transfer of pollen grain from stigmas to stamens the anther of a flower to the stigma of another flower of a different species anther to stigmas anther to the ovary 26 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSPlant hormones includes the following except gibberellin insulin auxin cytokinin 27 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSThe importance of the concentration of chloroplast in the palisade layer of the leaf is for maximum exposure to carbon dioxide water light oxygen 28 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSThe order of evolutionary trend in plants is Bryophyte, Thallophyta, Pteridophyta, Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta Bryophyta, Pteridophyta, Spermatophyta and Thallophyta Spermatophyta, pteridophyta, Bryophyta and Thallophyta Thallophyta, Bryphyta, Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta 29 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSThe sudden change in a gene structure or chromosome number in an organism likely to cause known as mutation mitosis migration meiosis 30 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSWhich of the following processes does not contribute towards growth? cell differentiation cell enlargement cell plasmolysis cell division 31 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSWhich of the following organisms is well adapted for fluid feeding? grasshopper cockroach mosquito ants 32 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSEvidence for evolution include the following except geographical distribution of organisms comparative anatomy mutation of genes fossil records 33 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSThe following practice can contribute towards the conservation of natural resources except deforestation contour ploughing establishment of Game reserves afforestation 34 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSThe axial skeleton is composed of the limbs and girdies atlas and axis skull and vertebral column radius and ulna 35 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSWhich of the following organisms has kidney as their excretory organ? fishes, protozoans, amphibians, man fishes, amphibians, birds, man fishes, amphibians, annelids, insect fishes, reptiles, birds, tape worms 36 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSWhich of the following diseases is not hereditary colour blindness Albinism scabies haemophilia 37 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSWhich of the following organisms feeds both autotrophically and heterotrophically? euglena hydra mucor paramecium 38 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSThe persistent presence of glucose in a person’s urine indicates malfunctioning of the bladder stomach pancreas heart 39 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSTwo organelles directly involved in mitotic cell division are centriole and goligi apparatus nucleus and mitochondrion nucleus and centriole ribosome and nucleus 40 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSA seed of a flower plant can best be described as radicle and plumule the embryo and endosperm the developed ovule developed ovary 41 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSA termite with a relatively large head and powerful Jaws is likely to be soldier king queen reproductive 42 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSWhich of the following organisms are the producers in an aquatic habitat? phytoplanktons zooplanktons nektons benthons 43 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSThe accepted concepts for theory of Natural selection does not include struggle for existence survival of the fittest use and disuse of body parts tendency for organisms to over produces 44 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSTerritoriality is a phenomenon among plants of different species male animals with a group of females lower organisms animals and plants 45 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSThe colour that is associated with a positive iodine test is yellow blue-black brown red 46 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSThe following life processes are common to both plants and animals except reproduction growth photosynthesis respiration 47 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSWhich of the following processes is not an example of a reflex action? reading beating of the heart sneezing blinking of the eye 48 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSWhich of these diseases cannot be spread by an insect? measles malaria cholera trypanosomiasis 49 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSWhich of the following physical factor is likely to affect the distribution of plants in a pond? light temperature humidity wind 50 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONSThe first step in carrying out ecological studies in a terrestrial habitat as mapping the area quadrat sampling collective of organisms measuring abiotic factors. 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