Enzyme ptyalin acts on starch in the
- A. oesophagus
- B. large intestine
- C. mouth
- D. stomach
The removal of remnant particles of digestion from the body is called
- A. assimilation
- B. egestion
- C. elimination
- D. excretion
White blood cells are also known as
- A. erythrocytes
- B. leucocytes
- C. lymphocytes
- D. phagocytes
The following are ductless glands except
- A. adrenal
- B. pancreatic
- C. parathyroid
- D. salivary
The vector that transmit trypanosome is the
- A. butterfly
- B. housefly
- C. mosquito
- D. tsetse fly
The following are examples of a true fruit, except
- A. mango
- B. oil palm
- C. orange
- D. pineapple
One of the following is the unit of life
- A. cell
- B. tissues
- C. organ
- D. system
De-oxygenated blood is transported to the lungs through the
- A. renal vein
- B. hepatic portal vein
- C. pulmonary artery
- D. pulmonary vein
Which of these is not the part of the eye?
- A. Cochlea
- B. Conjunctiva
- C. Cornea
- D. Iris
The part that supplies food from the mother to the foetus is
- A. Amnion
- B. Chorion
- C. Umbilical Cord
- D. Placenta
Which of the following is the end product of the digestion of oil
- A. glucose
- B. Glycerol
- C. amino acid
- D. glycogen
The following are examples of air borne diseases, except
- A. Chicken pox
- B. Cholera
- C. common cold
- D. Whooping cough
The study of plants is called
- A. Zoology
- B. Entomology
- C. Parasitology
- D. Botany
Plants that survive in marine habitats are called
- A. halophytes
- B. hydrophytes
- C. mesophytes
- D. xerophytes
Another name for a fertilized egg is a
- A. placenta
- B. zygote
- C. foetus
- D. ovum
Which of the following is not a pest of crops?
- A. Bird
- B. Rodent
- C. Bed bug
- D. Grasshopper
Snails belong to the phylum?
- A. Annelida
- B. Mollusca
- C. Echinodermata
- D. nematode
The basic functional unit of the kidney is the
- A. nephron
- B. bowman’s capsule
- C. glomerulus
- D. loop of henle
The following exist as free-living organisms except
- A. Amoeba
- B. Chlamydomonas
- C. Euglena
- D. Spirogyra
The process by which organisms keep their internal condition relatively stable is called
- A. metabolism
- B. evolution
- C. gametogenesis
- D. homeostasis
Behaviour conditioning was described by
- A. Felix Dujardin
- B. Gregormendel
- C. Ivan pavlov
- D. Mathias schnelden