Waec Biology 1988 Past Questions and Answers

Question 31:

• WAEC 1988

Terrestrial organisms which are capable of maintaining their body temperature constant within fairly close
limits are referred to as

A. Thermoclines
B. Homotherms
C. Poikilotherms
D. Eurytherms
E. Stenotherms

Question 32:

• WAEC 1988

Which of the following statements is not true of a climax vegetation? It

A. Is an ecological phenomenon
B. Is a stable community
C. Eliminates competition
D. Results from succession
E. Involves the colonization of a habitat

Question 33:

• WAEC 1988

The causative organism of sleeping sickness is the

A. Trypanosome
B. Plasmodium
C. Vibrio bacterium
D. Penicillin
E. Tsetse fly

Question 34:

• WAEC 1988

Which of the following are not causative organisms of plant diseases?

A. Fungi
B. Viruses
C. Bacteria
D. Nematodes
E. Cercariae

Question 35:

• WAEC 1988

The vector of the malarial parasite is the

A. Male Anopheles
B. Female Culex
C. Male Culex
D. Female Anopheles
E. Female Aedes