Post Utme Biology Past Questions and Answers

Question 486:

Euglena moves by ____________

A. Whipping of its flagellum
B. Beating of its cilia
C. Rotating action of the flagella
D. Pushing out a jet of water from an organelle

Question 487:

The following life processes are common to both plants and animal except

A. Respiration
B. Growth
C. Reproduction
D. Photosynthesis

Question 488:

Which of the following statements is correct of hormones? Hormones are ____________

A. Secreted into the blood through ducts
B. Secreted directly into the blood stream
C. Inactive chemical substances in the blood stream
D. Non-specific in their mode of action

Question 489:

Water is necessary for a germinating seed because it ____________

A. Promotes aerobic respiration
B. Activates the enzymes
C. Wets the soil for proper germination
D. Protects the seed from desiccation.

Question 490:

The farming practice by which an exhausted land is left for a number of years before cultivation is known as ____________

A. Crop rotation
B. Continuous cropping
C. Mono cropping
D. Bush fallowing