A germinating seed requires oxygen which is essential for
- A. Converting carbohydrate into glucose
- B. Transporting energy from one part of the plant to another
- C. The production of energy by oxidising essential carbohydrate
- D. Hydrolysis of proteins
- E. The formation of water molecules within the germinating seed
Which of these is a direct photosynthetic product?
- A. Glucose
- B. Starch
- C. Protein
- D. Fats
- E. Latex
Which one of the following statements about the mammalian kidney is false?
- A. The glomerulus is formed by a branch of the renal artery
- B. The glomerulus is a part of uriniferous tubules
- C. Tha bowmans capsule is in the cortex of the kidney
- D. The uriniferous tubules are richly supplied with blood vessels
- E. The glomerulusis lodged in the bowmans capsule
The figure above represents an experiment with two types of soil. The experiment demonstrates
- A. soil attraction of water
- B. soil porosity
- C. soil capilarity
- D. draining capacity of soils
- E. soil permeability
THE figure above shows diagram for the correction of shortsightedness. If the unbroken lines represents light rays from the object and the broken lines the refracted rays through the lens, which of these is correct
- A. A
- B. B
- C. C
- D. D
- E. E
Which of these plays no role in photosynthesis?
- A. 9
- B. 8
- C. 5
- D. 2
- E. 3
The structure responsible for trapping the sun’s energy during photosynthesis is
- A. 5
- B. 6
- C. 3
- D. 2
- E. 8
The number shown as 8 refers to
- A. upper epidermise
- B. cuticle
- C. stoma
- D. guard cell
- E. lower epidermis
During the movement of the fish from point A to target B, one of these parts is not involved
- A. 7
- B. 5
- C. 3
- D. 6
- E. 10
The part numbered 12 is
- A. pectoral fin
- B. scale
- C. opercular plate
- D. gill plate
- E. pectoral girdle
During reproduction of the organism in figure above(ameoba) the first structure to divide is?
- A. 1
- B. 2
- C. 3
- D. 4
- E. 5
In a breeding program a cross was made between two true breeding cow-pea types: one with round seeds and the other with wrinkled seed. If roundness is dominant why wrinkleness is recessive, in the first filial generation all the seeds produced will be
- A. 25% wrinkled, 75% round
- B. 100% wrinkled
- C. 50% wrinkled, 50% round
- D. 75% wrinkled, 25% round
- E. 100% round
Which of these products obtained from analyzing sweat from skin is not an excretory product?
- A. water
- B. Salts
- C. Dust
- D. Urea
- E. Urates
A germinating seed requires oxygen which is essential for
- A. converting carbonhydrate into glucose
- B. Transporting energy from part of the plant to another
- C. The production of energy by oxidising essential carbonhydrate
- D. hydrolysis of protein
- E. The formation of water molecules within the germinating seed
Which of these is not a characteristics of a wind pollinated flowers?
- A. A smaller quantities of sticky pollen produce
- B. Feathery styles of stigmas pendulously hang outrside the flower
- C. small inconspicuous scentless flower
- D. large anthers which are loosley attached to the filament
- E. Light pollen grains produced in large quantities from the anthers
In a photo-tropic experiment, young seedlings in a box were subjected to light from one direction. The seedling continue to grow erect. Which of the following statement is correct
- A. Only the tip of the seedling received the light
- B. The light was not strong enough
- C. The seedlings were rather too young
- D. The tip of the seedling may have been covered
- E. The box containing the seedling should have been placed on a laboratory bench
A carbohydrate molecule in the blood in the right ventricles of the heart is pumped into the cell of the toe of a man. Which of these structure is it unlikely to pass through en-route
- A. pulmonary artery
- B. lungs
- C. Heart
- D. liver
- E. aorta
A farmer X working in a swamp did not eat any food nor drink any water. Which of this diseases can he not contact
- A. Cholera
- B. Bilharzia
- C. River blindness
- D. Malaria
- E. Sleeping sickness
A spirogyra cell placed was placed in solution X after 1 minute the cell has been plasmolysed, solution X was
- A. Tap water
- B. a very strong sugar solution
- C. a weak sugar solution
- D. a very weak salt solution
- E. distilled water
The mammalian stomach can carry out a number of processes except
- A. absorption of glucose
- B. secretion of hydrochloric acid
- C. secretion gastric juice
- D. churning of food
- E. production of trypsin
a potometer was used to compare the rate of loss of the same volume of water from a plant under different environmental conditions as under a fan, at the sea shore, under the sun, in the airy laboratory and in cupboard. What time was likely to have been obtained in a cupboard?
- A. 15 secs
- B. 30secs
- C. 25secs
- D. 20secs
- E. 28secs