- 1. 1. One of the following is not a phylum of the Animalia kingdom.
A) Euglenophyta
B) Arthropoda
C) Platyhelminthes
D) Annelida
- 2. 2. Which of the following is a plant parasite?
A) Sundew
B) Aphids
C) Butterwort
D) Dodder
- 3. 3. All of the following are found in the scolex of Taenia solium except --------
A) Stylet
B) Hook
C) Rostellum
D) Sucker
- 4. 4. The type of nutrition where organisms feed on dead and decaying organic materials is called -----
A) Holozoic nutrition
B) Holophytic nutrition
C) Parasitic nutrition
D) Saprophytic nutrition
- 5. 5. The kind of nutritional relationship between algae and fungi in lichen is called ------
A) Saprophytic nutrition
B) Parasitic nutrition
C) Chemosynthetic nutrition
D) Symbiotic nutrition
- 6. 6. The mosquito possesses a piercing mouth part called ----
A) Proboscis
B) Maxillae
C) Sponge
D) Labrum
- 7. 7. One of the following organisms exhibits biting and chewing mechanism.
A) Dodder
B) Housefly
C) Tapeworm
D) Grasshopper
- 8. 8. Filter feeding is common among --------
A) Pitcher- plant
B) Aquatic organisms
C) Mosquito
D) Rhizopus
- 9. 9. The liquid or aquatic part of the earth or living world is known as --------
A) Ecosphere
B) Hydrosphere
C) Biosphere
D) Lithosphere
- 10. 10. The study that is concerned with the study of the inter-relationships between groups of organisms or species of organisms living together in an area is called .......
A) Ecosystem
B) Autecology
C) Ecological niche
D) Synecology
- 11. 11. The total number of organisms of the same species living together in a given area is known as .........
A) Community
B) Environment
C) Population
D) Ecological niche
- 12. 12. The study of an individual organism or a single species of organism and its environment is known as ......
A) Synecology
B) Autecology
C) Biome
D) Ecology
- 13. 13. The following are the local biotic community in Nigeria except......
A) Desert
B) Afro-alphine
C) Swamp
D) Savanna
- 14. 14. Group of plants and animals that occupy a given area and are adaptable to the conditions of their environment is called ........
A) Ecological niche
B) Climax community
C) Environment
D) Community
- 15. 15. One of the following is not a characteristic of a swamp forest
A) High rainfall
B) Tal woody trees
C) Plants mainly have aerial roots
D) Few grasses, poorer and are in patches
- 16. 16. Lack of calcium in the body causes all of the following except ........
A) Anaemia
B) Ricket
C) Tooth decay
D) Osteomalacia
- 17. 17. One of the following is an example of monosaccharides (simple sugar).
A) Lactose
B) Fructose
C) Sucrose
D) Maltose
- 18. 18. One of the following is not a type of carbohydrates.
A) Disaccharides
B) Monossacharides
C) Monosaccharides
D) Polysaccharides
- 19. 19. Trapping and absorbing mechanisms are common among the ------------
A) Insectivorous plants
B) Mosquito larva
C) Filter feeders
D) Microphagous feeders
- 20. 20. The reaction known as nitrification involves the conversion of ammonium compounds first into nitrite by nitrifying bacteria called ........
A) Azotobacter
B) Nitrobacter
C) Clostridium
D) Nitrosomonas
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