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University of New Zealand.
B.A. Examination for Honours and M.A., 1885.
Natural Science.—Biology.
Paper a. General Principles.
Examiner: Prof. E. Ray Lankester, M.A., F.R.S.
1. | Give an account of the properties, chemical nature, and probable physiological significance of Hæmoglobin and of Chlorophyll. |
2. | "In plants the reproductive arrangements, in animals the nutritional, have determined the successive steps of structural elaboration." Illustrate and comment on this statement. |
3. | Enumerate and classify the chief tissues of plants and of animals. Point out tissues, in plants on the one hand and animals on the other, which have a structural similarity. |
4. | What are the main features of growth from the egg exhibited respectively by the Cœlenterate and the Cœlomate grades of the animal series. |
5. | To what generalization do the Carnivorous plants form an exception? Mention and describe the various kinds of Carnivorous plants which are known. |
6. | What arc zoo-geographical provinces? Mention the chief and their characteristics. In what respects is the flora of New Zealand peculiar? and in what respects is its fauna so? |