Biology Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

Biology is the study of life and living things. It can be divided into different areas that look at the structure, function, anatomy, and behavior of organisms.

• Question 591: Ecological succession ends with the formation of a stable Options:
  A) niche
  B) population
  C) pioneer community
  D) climax community
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 592: The correct order in a food chain involving the organisms (1)Grasses, (2)Hawks, (3)Snakes, (4)Grasshopper, (5)Lizards is Options:
  A) 1 2 3 4 5
  B) 5 4 3 2 1
  C) 1 4 5 3 2
  D) 3 2 4 5 1
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 593: The annulus of fern sporangium helps in Options:
  A) spore dispersal
  B) conduction of mineral salt
  C) trapping of light energy
  D) water retention
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 594:

  An ecological instrument used to measure wind direction is?

  Options:
  A) Secchi disc
  B) wind vane
  C) anemometer
  D) slope gauge
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 595: An arthropod that is destructive at early stage of its life cycle is Options:
  A) butterfly
  B) mosquito
  C) bee
  D) millepede
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 596: A trawler on a fishing trip caught a type of animal with hairs on its body. This animal could have been Options:
  A) An amphibian
  B) a reptile
  C) a shark
  D) a mammal
  E) a seagull
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 597: The breaking down of food in the alimentary canal is called Options:
  A) digestion
  B) egestion
  C) excretion
  D) ingestion
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 598: Oxygen from the atmosphere reaches the mammalian blood stream through one of the path indicated below. Indicate the correct path, a = mouth, b = trachea, c = bronchiole, d = nostril, e = bronchus, f = alveoli Options:
  A) a → b → e → f → d
  B) b → d → f → e → c
  C) d → b → e → c → f
  D) b → a → f → e → c
  E) f → e → c → d → c
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 599: A unique characteristics of the cervical vertebrate is the presence of Options:
  A) large centrum
  B) long transverse processes
  C) zgapophysis
  D) vertebrartarial canal
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 600:

  Examples of micronutrients include the following except

  Options:
  A) vitamins A
  B) Vitamin B6
  C) Biotin
  D) carbon
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  The correct answer is D .