Question 21 to 28.

21. The upward movement of water and nutrients in plants is

primarily driven by_a) Capillary action b) Gravity c) Root pressure d) Transpiration

22. The word "cell" was first observed in 1665 by a scientist called a) Mathias Schleden b) Theodor Schwann c) Robert Hooke d) Aristotle Stragiritis

23. Resource competition which occurs when a number of organisms utilise

competition also called

common resources

that are in short supply a) Interference

b) Scramble c) Contest

d) Private

24.

is the percentage of individuals having a genotype that express the associated phenotype.

particular Codominance b) Penetrance c) Epistasis d) Expressivity

a) 25. The genotypic ratio of a monohybrid cross is

b) 3:1 c) 2:1:1 d) 9:3:3:1 26.

The assignment or placement of organisms to groups is a) Taxonomy b) Taxon c) Nomenclature d) Systematics called

a) 1:2:1

27. The alternate form of a gene is_a) Alternative b) Recessive character c) Allele d) Dominant character

28. One of the following is called stress plant hormone a) Ethylene b) Abscissic acid c) Cytokinins d) Auxins

1 answer

21. d) Transpiration
22. c) Robert Hooke
23. b) Scramble
24. d) Expressivity
25. b) 3:1
26. a) Taxonomy
27. c) Allele
28. b) Abscissic acid