All animals are dependent on green plants because plants

A. shelter them from excessive heat from the sun

B. give them protection from enemies

C. are used for building houses and furniture

D. beautify their surroundings

E. manufacture food for animals

The scientist who discovered the cell while examining a thin slice of cork under the microscope was

A. Robert Hooke

B. Anton van Leeuwenhoek

C. Matthias Schleiden

D. Theodor Schwann

E. Alexander Fleming

The two important physical processes involved in the absorption and transport of materials in plants are

A. diffusion and plasmolysis

B. cohesion and adhesion

C. flaccidity and turgidity

D. osmosis and diffusion

E. plasmolysis and capillarity

The process by which plants manufacture food from carbondioxide and water, using energy from the sun is
termed

A. chemosynthesis

B. photosynthesis

C. autotrophism

D. heterotrophism

E. transpiration

The process in which insects undergo conspicuous changes in form and appearance during development
is known as

A. ecdysis

B. metamorphosis

C. aestivation

D. migration

E. hibernation

What is the foot labelled I adapted to?

A. Feeding on flesh

B. Eating grains

C. Swimming in water

D. Perching on trees

E. Catching insects in flight

The foot labelled III is strong and has blunt claws
on its digits, This implies that the bird

A. is a scavenger

B. is a bird of prey

C. is a marine bird

D. uses the foot to scratch the soil

E. uses the foot to supplement wing action in flight

The long and sharp claws in the font labelled ll show that the bird uses them to

A. hold onto its prey

B. paddle in water

C. glide in the alt

D. scratch the earth for worms

E. burrow into the soil

Conventional method of sewage disposal involves all the following except defaecating

A. into pit latrines

B. in open fields

C. into cesspit

D. into bucket latrine

E. into water home sewage system

Which of the following actions is not an example of a simple reflex action?

A. Knee jerk

B. Blinking of the eye

C. Withdrawal of hand from hot object

D. Reading a book

E. Contraction of the iris

In which of the following is a cellulose cell wall present

A. Amoeba

B. Mammalian white blood corpuscle

C. spirogyra

D. paramecium

E. parasitic worms

Which of the following organisms exists as a filament?

A. Euglena

B. Amoeba

C. Volvox

D. paramecium

E. Spirogyra