Year : 
2002
Title : 
Biology
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

1 - 10 of 57 Questions

# Question Ans
1.

Which of the following characteristics differentiates a palisade cell from a liver cell? The possession of

A. a cell wall and a cytoplasm

B. a vacuole and a nucleus

C. non-cell membrane and chloroplast

D. a cell wall and chloroplast

D

2.

Which of the following organism has both plant and animal-like features

A. Paramecium

B. Euglena

C. Amoeba

D. Spirogyra

B

3.

Which part of part of plant cell contains cellulose?

A. Vacuole

B. Cytoplasm

C. Cell wall

D. Chloroplast

C

4.

Animal cells are different from plant cells because animal cells have

A. definite cell wall

B. large vacuole

C. centrioles

D. Chloroplast

C

5.

Which of the following depicts the external features of a rat as mammal?

A. Long intestine and tail

B. Diaphragm and lungs

C. Milk and sweat production

D. Fur and whisker

D

6.

Which of the following represents the correct sequence, from the most complex of organisations?

A. Mitochondrion, Muscle, Alimentary canal, Rabbit, Heart, Neurone

B. Mitochondrion, Neurone, Muscle, Heart, Alimentary canal, Rabbit

C. Alimentary canal, Neurone, Muscle, Heart, Rabbit

D. Rabbit, Mitochondrion, Heart, Neurone, Alimentary canal, Muscle

B

7.

Which of the following will cause wilting in plants?

A. Humidity

B. Coldness

C. Adequate soil water

D. Excessive transpiration

D

8.

Which of the following definitions best describes excretion? The

A. liberation of energy from food

B. release of faeces from the body

C. breakdown of food molecules

D. removal of the waste products of metabolism.

D

9.

In an experiment to study the rate of water loss in plants, leaves of a potted plant were treated as follows: I. Upper surface covered with Vaseline
ll. Lower surface covered with Vaseline
III. Both surfaces covered with Vaseline
IV. None of the leaf surfaces covered.

Indicate in a descending order, the rate of water loss from the leaves

A. I, II, III and IV

B. II, I, III and IV

C. III, II, I and IV

D. IV, I, II and III

D

10.

The following are methods of measuring plant growth except

A. determining the fresh and dry weights of the plant

B. counting the number of fruits produced

C. measuring the increase in height of the shoot

D. measuring the length and breadth of a leaf.

B

1.

Which of the following characteristics differentiates a palisade cell from a liver cell? The possession of

A. a cell wall and a cytoplasm

B. a vacuole and a nucleus

C. non-cell membrane and chloroplast

D. a cell wall and chloroplast

D

2.

Which of the following organism has both plant and animal-like features

A. Paramecium

B. Euglena

C. Amoeba

D. Spirogyra

B

3.

Which part of part of plant cell contains cellulose?

A. Vacuole

B. Cytoplasm

C. Cell wall

D. Chloroplast

C

4.

Animal cells are different from plant cells because animal cells have

A. definite cell wall

B. large vacuole

C. centrioles

D. Chloroplast

C

5.

Which of the following depicts the external features of a rat as mammal?

A. Long intestine and tail

B. Diaphragm and lungs

C. Milk and sweat production

D. Fur and whisker

D

6.

Which of the following represents the correct sequence, from the most complex of organisations?

A. Mitochondrion, Muscle, Alimentary canal, Rabbit, Heart, Neurone

B. Mitochondrion, Neurone, Muscle, Heart, Alimentary canal, Rabbit

C. Alimentary canal, Neurone, Muscle, Heart, Rabbit

D. Rabbit, Mitochondrion, Heart, Neurone, Alimentary canal, Muscle

B

7.

Which of the following will cause wilting in plants?

A. Humidity

B. Coldness

C. Adequate soil water

D. Excessive transpiration

D

8.

Which of the following definitions best describes excretion? The

A. liberation of energy from food

B. release of faeces from the body

C. breakdown of food molecules

D. removal of the waste products of metabolism.

D

9.

In an experiment to study the rate of water loss in plants, leaves of a potted plant were treated as follows: I. Upper surface covered with Vaseline
ll. Lower surface covered with Vaseline
III. Both surfaces covered with Vaseline
IV. None of the leaf surfaces covered.

Indicate in a descending order, the rate of water loss from the leaves

A. I, II, III and IV

B. II, I, III and IV

C. III, II, I and IV

D. IV, I, II and III

D

10.

The following are methods of measuring plant growth except

A. determining the fresh and dry weights of the plant

B. counting the number of fruits produced

C. measuring the increase in height of the shoot

D. measuring the length and breadth of a leaf.

B