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141.An example of Vascular tissues is --------------
  • A. Trichome
  • B. Xylem
  • C. Stomata
  • D. Epidermis
142.The living part of phloem tissue is
  • A. sieve plate
  • B. companion cell
  • C. sieve element
  • D. cytoplasm
143.Which of the following tissues are made up of dead cells
  • A. meristems
  • B. xylem vessels
  • C. cambium
  • D. mesophyll
144.A plant vacuole contains
  • A. dissolved chemicals, sugars, salts, pigments and crystals
  • B. waste products of metabolism, DNA, RNA and crystals
  • C. pigments, crystals, DNA and waste products of metabolism
  • D. RNA, DNA, sugars and salts
145.Excessive loss of water in plants is known as
  • A. Osmosis
  • B. Osmoregulation
  • C. Transpiration
  • D. Excretion
146.Starch granules in plants is equivalent to _____________ granules in animals
  • A. Food
  • B. Chromatin
  • C. Lysosome
  • D. Glycogen
147.Which of the following is a plant excretory product?
  • A. Oil
  • B. Cytokinin
  • C. Resin
  • D. amino acids
148. A plant which grows on another without causing harm to the host plant is called ––
  • A. a parasite
  • B. a saprophyte
  • C. an epiphyte
  • D. a predator
149.Plants which can survive in places where water supply is limited are
  • A. bryophytes
  • B. mesophytes
  • C. xerophytes
  • D. hydrophytes
150.The muscle cell fluid of an athlete was tested immediately after a 100m race and was found to contain a high concentration of lactic acid. Explain what could have caused this. The
  • A. Athlete must have eaten food containing lactic acid
  • B. Athlete must have injected lactic acid into his blood just before the race
  • C. Athlete must have carried out anaerobic respiration during the race
  • D. Athlete must have inhaled lactic acid from the environment during the race
151.One of this is not a continuous variation
  • A. Height
  • B. Weight
  • C. Tongue rolling
  • D. Skin colour
152.One of the following is usually worm-like, cylindrical or flattened
  • A. Molluscs
  • B. Insects
  • C. Nematodes
  • D. Annelids
153.The roots hairs are for
  • A. Strength and support
  • B. Conducting liquid
  • C. Absorption of water and salt
  • D. Penetration into the soil
154.The random way genes recombine during meiosis and fertilization leads to
  • A. Genetic variation
  • B. Pheno type
  • C. Genome
  • D. Genotype
155.An ecosystem is composed of all of the following except
  • A. Plants
  • B. Animals
  • C. Temperature
  • D. Meadows
156.In a food web, tertiary consumers belong to which trophic level
  • A. First
  • B. Second
  • C. Third
  • D. Fourth
157.The primary structure responsible for pumping blood for circulation through the mammalian circulatory system is the
  • A. Veins
  • B. Right auricle
  • C. Arteries
  • D. Left ventricle
158.The cocoon into which an earthworm lays its egg is produced in the
  • A. Prostomium
  • B. Peristomium
  • C. Chaeta
  • D. Clitellum
159.In bony fishes, the swim bladder is used for
  • A. Adjusting the weight of the fish when swimming at different levels
  • B. Extracting oxygen from water which enters the mouth of the fish
  • C. Equalizing fluid pressures between the fish and the surrounding water
  • D. Absorbing more water when the fish is about to descend to a lower level
160.The theory that new organs or characteristics develop in organisms when there is need for them was postulated by
  • A. Charles Darwin
  • B. Wallace
  • C. Jean Lamarck
  • D. GregorMendel