2018 NECO BIOLOGY PRACTICAL
(1ai)
Specimen A - Elephant Grass.
Specimen B- Grasshopper
Specimen C- Lizard.
Specimen D - Housefly.
(1aii)
Specimen B - Insecta
Specimen C - Reptilia in the sub-phylum vertebrata.
(1aiii)
Specimen D
Houseflies serve as intermediate hosts for several parasitic worms Eg Round worms in their developmental stage.
(1aiv)
Specimen B:
(i) Has fore and hind wing for flight.
(ii) Has cuticle to minimize loss of water.
(iii) Has antenna for feeling.
Specimen C:
(i) limbs are developed for movement on land.
(ii) dry scaly skin to protect it from drying up.
(iii) its digits end in claws for grasping and climbing
2ai)
G - Coconut Fruit
H - Cashew Fruit
I - Tomato Fruit
J - Tridax Fruit
(3)
(i) Flamboyant flower
(ii) Filament
(iii) Style
(iv) Sepal
Filament: it attaches the base of the flower and support the anther
Style: it assist with fertilization by being the location where pollen tubes travel to deliver sperm cells to the egg
Petals: it attracts pollination such as butterflies, bees and bats
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