Free account: track your progress — Sign up free

WAEC Biology 2009 Objective — Question 57

Question 57 of 60 from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Biology 2009 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

Advertisement

The importance of courtship in animals includes the following except

  • A. A. ensuring that the female chooses the right male species
  • B. B. arousing both male and female partnersCorrect
  • C. C. protection of territory
  • D. D. to coincide with the ovulation period and ensure fertilization

Explanation

Courtship is aimed at ensuring compatibility between intending couples, ensuring the female chooses the right species, protecting territory, and synchronising with the ovulation period to ensure fertilization; simply 'arousing both partners' is not, by itself, a distinct core function - it is the exception among the listed options.

Advertisement

Sign up free to unlock

  • Score tracking
  • Practice history
  • Saved questions
  • Progress dashboard
  • Personalized sessions
  • Weak-topic breakdown

…and/or go further with premium services and No Ads.