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Which of the following is NOT regarded as a pollutant on land or in the air?

  • A. Smoke
  • B. Nitrogen
  • C. Noise
  • D. Sulphur dioxide
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275

When a Spirogyra cell is immersed in a salt solution more concentrated than its cell sap, it?

  • A. remains unchanged
  • B. takes tip water and burst
  • C. absorbs a little water
  • D. loses water and shrivels
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276

Flatworms and roundworms are said to be invertebrates because?

  • A. they are small animals
  • B. they can live inside the vertebrates
  • C. some of them are unicellular
  • D. they have no backbones
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277

Choose the sequence which represents the correct order of organisms in a food chain

  • A. Grass, snake, toad, grasshopper, hawk
  • B. Grass, grasshopper, toad, snake, hawk
  • C. Grass, grasshopper, snake, toad, hawk.
  • D. Grass, snake, grasshopper, toad, hawk
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278

Some of the features of an animal are scales, teeth, nares, and backbone. The animal is likely to be a?

  • A. toad
  • B. bird
  • C. lizard
  • D. rat
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279

Which of the statements below is not characteristic of wind-pollinated flowers?

  • A. Stigmas are usually large and feathery
  • B. Nectary is usually absent
  • C. The pollen grains have rough spiny surfaces
  • D. The flowers are not scented.
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280

One of the functions of the xylem is?

  • A. strengthening the stem
  • B. manufacturing food
  • C. reducing loss of water
  • D. conducting manufactured food
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281

Use the diagram to answer the question.

The structure labelled i is

  • A. photosensitive
  • B. radiosensitive
  • C. chemoreceptive
  • D. tactile
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282

Use the diagram to answer the question.

The type of protective adaption exhibited by the animal is

  • A. disruptive colouration
  • B. flash colouration
  • C. countershading colouration
  • D. warning colouration
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283

Which of the following vertebrates has the most simple structured heart

  • A. reptile
  • B. fish
  • C. mammal
  • D. Amphibian
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284

Which of the following is the best explanation for a child who is phenotypically short and born of two tall parents

  • A. both parent possess genes for shortness
  • B. the father possess a gene for shortness
  • C. nature makes the child short
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285

The only caste in the termite colony whose members can feed themselves are the

  • A. workers
  • B. reproductives
  • C. soldiers
  • D. nymphs
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286

When bacteria swim from cold to warm regions, this is known as

  • A. positive phototaxis
  • B. negative phototaxis
  • C. positive thermotaxis
  • D. negative chemotaxis
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287

Use the table to answer the question.

Which of the zones is likely to be a desert?

  • A. i
  • B. ii
  • C. iii
  • D. iv
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288

Use the table below to answer the question.

High relative humidity will be expected in Zones

  • A. ii and iv
  • B. ii and iii
  • C. i and iii
  • D. i and iv
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289

Paternity disputes can most accurately be resolved through the use of

  • A. blood group typing
  • B. finger printing
  • C. tongue rolling
  • D. DNA Analysis
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290

The noticeable adaptation of the animal to it’s aquatic habitat is the possession of

  • A. webbed digits
  • B. four limb
  • C. wide mouth
  • D. large eyes
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291

Use the diagram to answer the question.

The process of water loss and intake indicated by the arrows labelled i and ii are respectively

  • A. evaporation and osmosis
  • B. osmosis and exhalation
  • C. osmosis and diffusion
  • D. urination and diffusion
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292

In a population of living things, the parameters of size, height, weight and colours are examples of

  • A. continuous variation
  • B. non-heritable variation
  • C. discontinuous variation
  • D. physiological variation
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293

Both recesssive and dominant characters are found

  • A. on different chromosome in the cell
  • B. at the same logus of a homologous chromosome
  • C. at a different loci of a homologous chromosome
  • D. on the same chromatid in a chromosome
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294

The probability of a baby being a boy or a girl depends on the contribution of the

  • A. father's sex cells
  • B. father's stomatic chromosome
  • C. mother's sex cell
  • D. mother's X-chromosome
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