Post Utme Biology Past Questions and Answers

Question 1161:

All the following statements are consistent with the concept of trophic structure except ____________

A. At every feeding stage, some energy is wasted from the chain
B. The nearer the organism to the beginning of a food chain, the greater the availabic energy of the organism
C. The first trophic level is occupied by the autotrophs
D. There are few numbers of organisms at the start of a food chain

Question 1162:

All these statements about plants succession are correct except ____________

A. Plant succession is the process of community change at one place over time
B. Plant succession is usually measured over the course of several years to hundred years
C. Succession proceeds from pioneer to climax phases
D. Succession is often not directional and so difficult to predict

Question 1163:

Which of the following is not true about finger print?

A. It is useful in detecting crime
B. No two individuals have the same finger print
C. It is a heritable character
D. It is environmentally induced

Question 1164:

Characteristics of continuous variation include all of the following except ____________

A. Produced by many genes
B. Influenced by the environment
C. Occurs in a normal distribution curve
D. Most of the organisms in the population fall at the tail ends of the range

Question 1165:

Homeostasis is defined as ____________

A. Regulation of both external and internal conditions of organisms
B. Maintenance of internal environment of an organism
C. Maintenance of internal and extemal environment of an organism.
D. Regulation of the chemical environment of an organism