- A dichotomous key is a tool created by scientists to help scientists and laypeople identify objects and organisms.
Functions:
- Dichotomous keys allow their users to reliably identify objects in the natural world.
- Dichotomous keys are most often used for identifying plant and animal species based on their characteristics.
- They can also be used to identify minerals – and in theory, any type of object that can be identified by a known set of observable characteristics.
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Define the following: (a) Prokaryote. (b)Binary fission. (c)Probiotic. (d)Horizontal gene transfer.(e) Eukaryotes.
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Define the following: (a) Prokaryote. (b)Binary fission. (c)Probiotic. (d)Horizontal gene transfer.(e) Eukaryotes.
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Outline the characteristics of insect-pollinated flowers.
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Outline the characteristics of insect-pollinated flowers.
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Describe in details the eleven organ systems found in a human body.
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Describe in details the eleven organ systems found in a human body
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Discuss the below cells under the following subheadings: (a)cell adaptations. (b)cell functions. (i)Skin cell (ii)Nerve cell (iii)Muscle cell (iv)Red blood cell (v)Root hair cell (vi)Sperm cell
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Discuss the below cells under the following subheadings: (a)cell adaptations. (b)cell functions.
i)Skin cell
ii)Nerve cell
iii)Muscle cell
iv)Red blood cell
v)Root hair cell
vi)Sperm cell
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Describe the adaptations of a mammalian ear to its functions.
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Describe the adaptations of a mammalian ear to its functions.
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Describe the adaptations of a mammalian eye to its functions.
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Describe the adaptations of a mammalian eye to its functions.
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What chemical compound is found in cassava 'root' present at the center making it unrawful.
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What chemical compound is found in cassava 'root' present at the center making it unrawful.
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State the post fertilization changes that occur in a vertebrate ovum
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State the post fertilization changes that occur in a vertebrate ovum
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Describe how a mammalian heart is structurally adapted to its
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Describe how a mammalian heart is structurally adapted to its
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Using a relevant example in each case, describe simple and
conditional reflex actions.
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Using a relevant example in each case, describe simple and
conditional reflex actions.
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State two factors which increase the rate of mutation
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State two factors which increase the rate of mutation.
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Name five methods of excretion in plants.
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Excretion in plants.
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State the reason for the decrease of biomass in the successive trophic levels?
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State the reason for the decrease of biomass in the successive trophic levels?
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Name the common heart diseases in humans
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State the characteristics of mutations?
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State the differences between somatic and autonomic systems of peripheral nervous system?
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State the differences between somatic and autonomic systems of peripheral nervous system?
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What are the functions of a synapse?
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State the functions of hormones in animals
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Explain how an eye viewing a near object adjusts to viewing a far object
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Explain how an eye viewing a near object adjusts to viewing a far object.
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State the general characteristics of vertebrae
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State the general characteristics of vertebrae
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