Year : 
2008
Title : 
Biology
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

21 - 30 of 59 Questions

# Question Ans
21.

The process by which flowers produce fruit without the process of fertilization is called

A. viviparity

B. parthenocarpy

C. propagation

D. metamorphosis

B

22.

The part Q the young root that (pushes its way through the soil is the

A. root hair

B. tap root

C. root cap

D. lateral root.

C

23.

An example of a dehiscent fruit is

A. crotolaria

B. tomato

C. mango

D. orange

A

24.

Which of the following food substances gives the least amount of calories?

A. Rice

B. Groundnuts

C. cabbage

D. Egg yolk

C

25.

Analysis of the gut content of an animal showed that it contained small pieces of bone, seeds. roughages and insects. The animal is likely to be a/an.

A. carnivore

B. herbivore

C. insectivore

D. omnivore

D

26.

Filaments of Spirogyra placed in a beaker of water in a dark cupboard died because

A. the filaments could not photosynthesize

B. conjugation could not take place

C. the temperature was too high

D. the plant was overflooded

A

27.

The impedance of the concentration of chloroplast in the palisade layer of the leaf is for maximum exposure to

A. carbon dioxide

B. light

C. water

D. oxygen

B

28.

A community is best described as

A. living things in a habitat interacting with the non-living part of the environment

B. the total number of individuals of one species of organisms living in a particular habitat

C. populations of different species living together and interacting with each other in one habitat

D. the individuals of a particular group living together in an area and sharing the same resources

C

29.

Which of the following physical actors is likely to affect the distribution of plants in a pond?

A. light

B. Humid

C. Wind

D. Temperature

A

30.

Which of the following instruments is used to measure wind speed?

A. Thermometer

B. Barometer

C. Hygrometer

D. Anemometer

D

21.

The process by which flowers produce fruit without the process of fertilization is called

A. viviparity

B. parthenocarpy

C. propagation

D. metamorphosis

B

22.

The part Q the young root that (pushes its way through the soil is the

A. root hair

B. tap root

C. root cap

D. lateral root.

C

23.

An example of a dehiscent fruit is

A. crotolaria

B. tomato

C. mango

D. orange

A

24.

Which of the following food substances gives the least amount of calories?

A. Rice

B. Groundnuts

C. cabbage

D. Egg yolk

C

25.

Analysis of the gut content of an animal showed that it contained small pieces of bone, seeds. roughages and insects. The animal is likely to be a/an.

A. carnivore

B. herbivore

C. insectivore

D. omnivore

D

26.

Filaments of Spirogyra placed in a beaker of water in a dark cupboard died because

A. the filaments could not photosynthesize

B. conjugation could not take place

C. the temperature was too high

D. the plant was overflooded

A

27.

The impedance of the concentration of chloroplast in the palisade layer of the leaf is for maximum exposure to

A. carbon dioxide

B. light

C. water

D. oxygen

B

28.

A community is best described as

A. living things in a habitat interacting with the non-living part of the environment

B. the total number of individuals of one species of organisms living in a particular habitat

C. populations of different species living together and interacting with each other in one habitat

D. the individuals of a particular group living together in an area and sharing the same resources

C

29.

Which of the following physical actors is likely to affect the distribution of plants in a pond?

A. light

B. Humid

C. Wind

D. Temperature

A

30.

Which of the following instruments is used to measure wind speed?

A. Thermometer

B. Barometer

C. Hygrometer

D. Anemometer

D