Waec Biology Past Questions

Question 21

Raw materials required by green plants to manufacture their food are

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  • A. mainly fluids
  • B. inorganic substances
  • C. living materials
  • D. mainly gases
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Question 22

Which of the following glands secretes a substance into the blood stream of a frightened person?

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  • A. Adrenal glands
  • B. Salivary glands
  • C. Gastric glands
  • D. Parathyroid glands
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Question 23

Which of the following takes place when a person’s body temperature rises above 37oC

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  • A. Sweating and vasoconstriction
  • B. Panting and vasoconstriction
  • C. Sweating and vasodilation
  • D. Panting and vasodilation
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Question 24

A faster colour change of a dry cobalt chloride paper affixed to the lower surface of a leaf than the upper one, indicates that

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  • A. sunlight slows down water loss from the upper surface
  • B. the lower surface of the leaf has more stomata
  • C. Sunlight causes the stomata on the upper surface to close
  • D. stomata are not present on the upper surface of a leaf
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Question 25

In plant respiration occurs in

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  • A. mesophyll cells only
  • B. the root only
  • C. the stomata and lenticel only
  • D. all living cells
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