THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA NATIONAL EXAMINATION COUNCIL

BIOLOGY FTNA 2018

(i) Which of the following mineral salts is required by plants in large quantities? 

1. Calcium
2. Zinc
3. Copper
4. Iron

ii) Which of the following foods should be added to the diet of a person suffering from scurvy?

1.  Groundnuts 
2. Orange
3.  Cassava 
4. Fish

(iii)A term which describes organisms with similar nutritional habits is known as:

1. community 
2.  trophic level
3. food chain 
4. food web

(iv)   The movement of bulk fluid materials along a vessel or tube is termed as:.......

1. transport
2. osmosis
3. mass flow
4. oxidant.

(v)Which of the following labels indicates a substance which catches fire easily? .....

1. Corrosive 
2.  Flammable 
3.  Harmful 
4.  Oxidant

(vi)Which of the following types of waste cannot be recycled? ......... .

1. paper
2. metal scraps
3. used syringe
4. plastics

(vii)A respiratory surface of fish is called: ........... 

1. gills 
2.  spiracle
3. fins 
4.  operculum

(viii)A structure which encloses and protects the inner parts of a cell is called: ............ .

1. cell wall
2. chloroplast
3. cell membrane 
4.  nucleus

(ix)A communicable disease which affects a large number of people in a short period of time at a given locality is referred as: ...............

1. Pandemic 
2.  endemic
3. sporadic
4. epidemic

(x)Why are bats and birds not placed in the same species while they are closely related organisms? ...............

1. They cannot interbreed to produce a fertile offspring
2. They can interbreed to produce a fertile offspring
3. One lays eggs and another can give birth
4. One possesses feathers and another short beak.