Year : 
2007
Title : 
Biology
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

41 - 50 of 60 Questions

# Question Ans
41.

Which of these values in kj/m2 likely represents the energy content of the producers in a habitat?

A. 5033

B. 100

C. 12

D. 10

A

42.

The major pollutant around airport residential areas is

A. oil spillage

B. soot

C. noise

D. dust

C

43.

The effect of chlorofluorocarbon is

A. reduction of oxygen concentration in the atmosphere

B. depletion of the ozone layer

C. screening of ultra violet rays

D. increase in carbon dioxide concentration

B

44.

The order of primary succession by plants in a very dry habitat is

A. xerophytes → mesophytes shrub

B. mesophytes → xerophytes → shrub

C. mesophytes → shrub -> xerophytes

D. xerophytes → shrub → mesophytes

A

45.

A population which exceeds its carrying capacity and then collapses is represented graphically as a

A. bell shaped curve

B. skewed curve

C. s-shape curve

D. linear curve

D

46.

Which of the following infections would not respond to an antibiotic treatment?

A. Gonorrhoea

B. Measles

C. Diarrhoea

D. Tuberculosis

Detailed Solution

Measles is an infectious illness caused by the rubeola virus. It spreads either through direct contact with a person who has the virus or through droplets in the air. Measles is a highly contagious disease that can lead to life-threatening complications.
The others are caused by Bacteria which can treated using antibiotics
47.

The vector of the sleeping sickness disease parasite is the

A. cockroach

B. mosquito

C. black fly

D. tse-tse fly

D

48.

Which of the following bacteria lives in the root nodules of leguminous plants?

A. Azotobacter

B. Nitrobacter

C. Rhizobium

D. Nitrosomonas

C

49.

Endangered species are organisms that ought to be

A. hunted

B. killed

C. poached

D. protected

D

50.

Which of the following substances is not a conservable natural resource?

A. Minerals

B. fire

C. Soil

D. Water

B

41.

Which of these values in kj/m2 likely represents the energy content of the producers in a habitat?

A. 5033

B. 100

C. 12

D. 10

A

42.

The major pollutant around airport residential areas is

A. oil spillage

B. soot

C. noise

D. dust

C

43.

The effect of chlorofluorocarbon is

A. reduction of oxygen concentration in the atmosphere

B. depletion of the ozone layer

C. screening of ultra violet rays

D. increase in carbon dioxide concentration

B

44.

The order of primary succession by plants in a very dry habitat is

A. xerophytes → mesophytes shrub

B. mesophytes → xerophytes → shrub

C. mesophytes → shrub -> xerophytes

D. xerophytes → shrub → mesophytes

A

45.

A population which exceeds its carrying capacity and then collapses is represented graphically as a

A. bell shaped curve

B. skewed curve

C. s-shape curve

D. linear curve

D

46.

Which of the following infections would not respond to an antibiotic treatment?

A. Gonorrhoea

B. Measles

C. Diarrhoea

D. Tuberculosis

Detailed Solution

Measles is an infectious illness caused by the rubeola virus. It spreads either through direct contact with a person who has the virus or through droplets in the air. Measles is a highly contagious disease that can lead to life-threatening complications.
The others are caused by Bacteria which can treated using antibiotics
47.

The vector of the sleeping sickness disease parasite is the

A. cockroach

B. mosquito

C. black fly

D. tse-tse fly

D

48.

Which of the following bacteria lives in the root nodules of leguminous plants?

A. Azotobacter

B. Nitrobacter

C. Rhizobium

D. Nitrosomonas

C

49.

Endangered species are organisms that ought to be

A. hunted

B. killed

C. poached

D. protected

D

50.

Which of the following substances is not a conservable natural resource?

A. Minerals

B. fire

C. Soil

D. Water

B