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Goodluck! 1 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The bone-like structures found in the middle ear are called ___________ ossicles pinna blades earbone 2 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Conditions necessary for germination are the following EXCEPT __________ wind warmth air water 3 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The number of electrons an atom requires to lose to become an ion is termed __________ atomic structure combining power activity series electronic configuration 4 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Kunle added few drops of iodine solution to a piece of yam, the result was blue black colour which was formed at the surface of the yam. Which food item was being tested? protein fats and oil glucose starch 5 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The breakdown of food substances to release energy is referred to as _________ respiration irritability excretion nutrition 6 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The atmospheric condition of a place studies over a short period is called the _________ topography climate environment weather 7 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The slender structure, that carry blood to the heart is referred to as the ___________ vessel tube plasma cell 8 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The particles in a gaseous substance can move easily because the ______ force between them is weak containing vessel is too big particles are free to move particles are moving with great speed 9 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Whale is a/an ______________ reptile amphibian primate mammal 10 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Example of non-metal include these EXCEPT sodium nitrogen iodine oxygen 11 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The parts of the body that are responsible for movement are _______, _______ and joint bone, cartilage cartilage, muscle bone, muscle skeleton, cartilage 12 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Work = force X? power length distance acceleration 13 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Inadequate energy generation and supply affects quality of life in the following way EXCEPT ____________ poverty unemployment technological advancement starvation 14 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The temperature of the sun’s radiation is ____________ 60,000 degrees 6000 degrees 60 degrees 600 degrees 15 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Dangers of radioactive ray does not include ____________ destruction of body cells and tissues death due to over exposure undesirable hereditary effects tracer of body defects 16 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The temperature at which a substance changes from liquid to solid is called _________ point boiling freezing melting sublimation 17 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The most reactive non-metal is ____________ fluorine iodine chlorin bromine 18 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The soil type mostly rich in nutrient is __________ clay gravel loamy sandy 19 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The nutrient gotten from protein food after digestion is acid fatty acid glucose citric acid 20 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION HIV/AIDS can be transmitted through ________ insect bite sharing bed hand shake unsafe sex 21 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION In the female reproductive system the part which houses the unborn baby is the ________ oviduct cervix ovary uterus 22 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Power is equal to __________ work done/time time/work done distance/time force/distance 23 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The outer layer of the human skin is known as __________ epidermis sweet pores dermis sweat gland 24 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Ovulation is defined as the release of ___________ ovum from the ovary blood from the vagina sperm from the tests urine from the bladder 25 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The theory that states that particles are always in motion is ________ newton kinetic joule Dalton 26 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Children under five (5) years are immunized against these disease EXCEPT __________ diphtheria tuberculosis kwashiorkor measles 27 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The blood that fight against germs in the body is plasma red blood cell platelets white blood cell 28 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Oil spillage is NOT caused by _________ oil tank washing killing of fish with gemmalin 20 dripping of oil vehicles leaking of marine vehicle 29 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Electronic configuration is best described as _________ protons in the nucleus of atom arrangement of electrons in an atoms electrons of the outer most orbit attraction of electrons in an atom 30 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Movement of food from the gullet down to the stomach is through __________ movement swallowing breaking chuming peristalsis 31 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The function of lipase is to digest __________ vitamins proteins starch fats 32 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION All these are microscopic organisms EXCEPT virus spider bacteria fungi 33 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION A food substance which contains sulphur, nitrogen and phosphorus in addition to carbon, hydrogen and oxygen is __________ mineral fats protein carbohydrate 34 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The processing by which the constituents coal are separated is ________ distillation thermal fractions lie-big destructive 35 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The body hormones which contribute to body growth are ____________ and _________ pituitary, thyroxin acdrenaline, oestrogen parathyroid, testosterone insulin, progesterone 36 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Climate change may lead to the following EXCEPT flooding oil spilage global warming green house effect 37 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Ozone is a type of oxygen with __________ atoms of oxygen 3 4 6 2 38 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION One major difference between plant and animals is ___________ excretion movement reproduction respiration 39 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION These activities are responsible for our disappearing forest EXCEPT ___________ cutting of timber for wood use of firewood for cooking construction of building cultivation of crops 40 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The female part of a flower is made up of ___________ stigma, style, overy anther, filament, ovary stigma, style, anther anther, stigma, ovary 41 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION These are field forces EXCEPT __________ force electric gravitational magnetic frictional 42 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Drugs can be obtained from the following Except roots and shrubs food material medicinal leaves plant barks 43 / 50 Category: CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS STUDIES PAST QUESTION Lack of vitamin B leads to ricket scurvy bleeding beriberi 44 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The pigment which gives plants the green colour is chloroplast chloroform chlorophyll chloroplast 45 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Nigeria generate a lot of useful products from crude oil EXCEPT _________ petrol plastic bitumen kerosene 46 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Activity series of non-metals is from least reactive to most reactive most reactive to moderately reactive moderately reactive to passive least reactive to moderately reactive 47 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Coal is a mineral mined in ____________ Ajaokuta Jos Ewekoro Enugu 48 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION The quantity of water in a body is termed ___________ weight pressure force mass 49 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION One of the reasons why human beings are special animals is their ability to __________ eat sleep walk communicate 50 / 50 Category: BECE BASIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTION Which of these statements is NOT an assumption of the kinetic theory? the particles are in constant motion matter is made up of tiny indivisible particles the particles of matter possess potential energy evaporation of liquid occurs at all temperature Your score is 0% Restart quiz Practice also: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS JS 3 SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTIONS (BECE) JS 3 MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS (BECE) JS 3 ENGLISH LANGUAGE 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