Modes of nutrition - Jamb Biology Past Questions and Answers

Question 1:

• JAMB 2019

A plant which grows on another plant without apparent harm to the host plant is called

A. An epiphyte
B. A saprophyte
C. A parasite
D. A predator
E. A hermaphrodite

Question 2:

• JAMB 2019

Rhizopus (or mucor) obtain its food from dead organic matter extracellularly. It is said to be

A. An autotroph
B. Saprophyte
C. A facultative parasite
D. A commensal
E. An obligate parasite

Question 3:

• JAMB 2019

An organism which lives on the remain of dead plant is

A. Symbiont
B. An endoparasite
C. Saprophyte
D. Ectoparasite
E. Commensal

Question 4:

• JAMB 1978

A plant which grows on another plant without apparent harm to the host plant is called

A. A parasite
B. An epiphyte
C. A saprophyte
D. A predator
E. A hermaphrodite

Question 5:

• JAMB 1978

A plant which grows on another plant without apparent harm to the host plant is called

A. A parasite
B. An epiphyte
C. A saprophyte
D. A predator
E. A hermaphrodite