SS 3 BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS (WAEC/NECO) HomeWAEC/NECO Exam Past QuestionsSS 3 BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS (WAEC/NECO) 0% 39 Thank You for attempting our SSCE/NECO/GCE Biology Past Examination Questions. SSCE/NECO/GCE (BIOLOGY) BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS SSCE (App) These are Biology Past Questions. 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light humidity temperature wind 6 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Population growth rate may be defined as the number of times an organism occurs within a given period number of a particular species per unit area net rate of nationality and mortality in the habitat ever a period mortality rate per unit area over a period 7 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The importance of the concentration of chloroplast in the palisade layer of the leaf is for maximum exposure to oxygen carbon dioxide water light 8 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The following life processes are common to both plants and animals except reproduction respiration photosynthesis growth 9 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS A group of closely related organism capable of interbreeding to produce fertile offspring are known as members of family kingdom species class 10 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The axial skeleton is composed of the limbs and girdies skull and vertebral column radius and ulna atlas and axis 11 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following organisms is not considered as a parasitic plant? cassytha mistletoe rhizopus dodder 12 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following enzymes is not one of the main classes of enzymes sucrose lipases amylases proteases 13 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS A seed of a flower plant can best be described as the developed ovule the embryo and endosperm developed ovary radicle and plumule 14 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following organisms is well adapted for fluid feeding? grasshopper ants cockroach mosquito 15 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The ear pinna is strengthened by turgor pressure bone blood pressure cartilage 16 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS In the binomial system of naming organism, the second name is called the scientific name generic name specific name common name 17 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The colour that is associated with a positive iodine test is blue-black yellow brown red 18 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following statements is correct about organs? they are composed of specialized cells unicellular animals have few organs they perform a certain overall function they are not found in plants 19 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following processes does not contribute towards growth? cell division cell differentiation cell plasmolysis cell enlargement 20 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The first step in carrying out ecological studies in a terrestrial habitat as measuring abiotic factors. collective of organisms quadrat sampling mapping the area 21 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following organisms are the producers in an aquatic habitat? phytoplanktons benthons nektons zooplanktons 22 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following instruments is used to measure wind speed? anemometer barometer hygrometer thermometer 23 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS An organisms which maintains a constant temperature irrespective of environment temperature fluctuation is an insect a fish an amphibian a mammal 24 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following organisms has kidney as their excretory organ? fishes, amphibians, birds, man fishes, reptiles, birds, tape worms fishes, protozoans, amphibians, man fishes, amphibians, annelids, insect 25 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following organisms is a primary consumer sheep dog grass fungal 26 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The order of prmary succession by plants in a very dry habitat is xerophytes – mesophyte – shrub xerophytes – shrub – mesophytes mesophytes – shrub – xerophytes mesophytes – xerophytes – shrub 27 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The transfer of ripe pollen grains from another to the stigma of the same flower is termed fertilization reproduction self-pollination conjugation 28 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following substances has the highest amount of energy in joules per unit weight? vitamins proteins fats carbohydrate 29 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Territoriality is a phenomenon among lower organisms male animals with a group of females plants of different species animals and plants 30 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following diseases is not hereditary colour blindness haemophilia scabies Albinism 31 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Evidence for evolution include the following except geographical distribution of organisms fossil records comparative anatomy mutation of genes 32 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following statements about the development of the foetus is not correct? the circulatory system of foetus is directly connected to the maternal blood vessels the foetus is surrounded by a water sac food and oxygen are carried across the placenta to the embryo’s blood. the foetus depends on the mother’s blood for its food and oxygen 33 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The following practice can contribute towards the conservation of natural resources except contour ploughing establishment of Game reserves afforestation deforestation 34 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Finger prints are useful in crime detection because thieves may leave their prints at the scene of a crime the police have sophisticated fingerprint machines no two people have the same finger print finger prints are easy to make 35 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following processes is not an example of a reflex action? reading blinking of the eye sneezing beating of the heart 36 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following organisms feeds both autotrophically and heterotrophically? euglena hydra paramecium mucor 37 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The accepted concepts for theory of Natural selection does not include use and disuse of body parts struggle for existence survival of the fittest tendency for organisms to over produces 38 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS A man suffering from obesity must avoid meals containing beef and fish rice and beans margarine and butter carrots and oranges 39 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following pH values is the best for the action of the emzymes – renin and pepsin in the stomach? pH8 pH2 pH9 pH7 40 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following substances is not a conservable natural resource? soil air minerals water 41 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The order of evolutionary trend in plants is Thallophyta, Bryphyta, Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta Bryophyte, Thallophyta, Pteridophyta, Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta Bryophyta, Pteridophyta, Spermatophyta and Thallophyta Spermatophyta, pteridophyta, Bryophyta and Thallophyta 42 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the organisms does not show colour adaptation to its environment? earthworm chameleon fish toad 43 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following statements best describe pollination? The transfer of pollen grain from anther to the ovary the anther of a flower to the stigma of another flower of a different species anther to stigmas stigmas to stamens 44 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The persistent presence of glucose in a person’s urine indicates malfunctioning of the pancreas bladder stomach heart 45 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following statements about ecosystems is false? energy transfer from one trophic level to the other is not 100% efficient all the energy entering the ecosystem is placed on to decomposers ecosystems must start with the capture of energy by autotrophs the primary producers provide energy for herbivores and carnvores 46 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following inherited conditions usually shows incomplete dominance? tongue rolling ability haemophilia sickle cell anaemia baldness 47 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS What does the chemical composition of the genetic material of all living organisms consist of? follide stimulating hormone adenosine diphosphate adenosine triphosphate deoxyribonucleic acid 48 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Which of these diseases cannot be spread by an insect? measles trypanosomiasis cholera malaria 49 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS The effects of environmental degradation caused by human activities can be controlled by the following measures except reclaiming the land do nothing converting mining pits into fish ponds ( educating people 50 / 50 Category: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS Plant hormones includes the following except gibberellin insulin auxin cytokinin NameEmail Your score is LinkedIn Facebook VKontakte 0% Restart quiz Practice also: SS 3 AGRIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS (WAEC/NECO) SS 3 DATA PROCESSING PAST QUESTIONS (WAEC/NECO) SS 3 COMPUTER STUDIES PAST QUESTIONS (WAEC/NECO) SS 3 COMMERCE PAST QUESTIONS (WAEC/NECO) SS 3 CIVIC EDUCATION PAST QUESTIONS (WAEC/NECO)