THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA NATIONAL EXAMINATION COUNCIL

BIOLOGY FTNA 2011

(i)An experiment usually tests:

(ii)  Animals show irritability; this means they:

1. always move
2. are capable of growing
3. reproduce
4. respond to stimuli

(iii)  The movement of substances in and out of the cell is controlled by:

1. cell membrane 
2.  cell wall 
3. cytoplasm 
4.  vacuole

(iv)  The ability of the human body to resist infections caused by micro organisms is known as:

1. immunity 
2.  inoculation
3.  treatment 
4.  vaccination

(v)  Muscle fatigue in the body is caused by:

1. lack of carbon dioxide 
2. lack of lactic acid 
3.  lack of oxygen 
4.  pyruvic acid

(vi)  One of the following is not a risky behaviour:

1.   accepting favours and gifts from people of the opposite sex
2. having many sexual partners
3. keeping good company and avoiding immoral friends
4. using drugs such as bhang and cocaine

(vii)  The main product of photosynthesis is transported away from the

leaves by the:

1. Cambium
2. cortex
3. phloem
4. xylem

(viii) Rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults are conditions caused by lack of:

A.vitamin A 

B. vitamin B

 C. vitamin C  

D. vitamin D

(ix)A person with blood group O has the following antibodies in his blood plasma:

A.antibody a B. antibodies a and b C. antibody b        D. antibody o

(x)Which of the following is not a member of kingdom fungi?

A.Euglena     

 B. Mucor

 C. Mushroom  

 D. Yeast