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

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