Biology Quiz 1

1. Arrange the following from ascending to descending order.

I. Sperm cell
II. Kidneys
III. Golgi bodies
IV. Lymphatic system
a. III, IV, II, I
b. IV, II, III, I
c. IV, II, I, III
d. III, II, I, IV
2. The main difference between a prokaryotic cell with a eukaryotic cell is:
a. The eukaryotic cell has no cytoplasm.
b. The prokaryotic cell has no nucleus.
c. The prokaryotic cells are usually found in higher level animals and plants.
d. The eukaryotic cells are found in ancient organisms.
3. What part of the animal cell functions as the one who digests the macromolecules coming into
the cell?
a. Perixosomes
b. Vacuoles
c. Lysosomes
d. Ribosomes
4. What part of the animal cell functions to synthesize proteins?
a. Perixosomes
b. Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum
c. Ribosomes
d. Lysosomes
5. A red blood cells examined in a clinic is observed to bursting due to fluid particles rapidly
entering the cells. What type of tonicity is observed in the situation?
a. The tonicity of the red blood cells is hypotonic.
b. The tonicity of the red blood cells is isotonic.
c. The tonicity of the red blood cells is hypertonic.
d. The data given in the situation is insufficient to describe the tonicity of the cells.
6. A fermentation process in which pyruvate is directly reduced by NADH to form lactate as an end
with no release of carbon dioxide is called.
a. Methanol Fermentation
b. Alcohol Fermentation
c. Acetic Acid Fermentation
d. Lactic Acid Fermentation
7. Which of the following stages in mitotic cell division is the longest stage lasting 20 minutes in
which the centromeres are at the opposite poles of the cells?
a. Interphase
b. Metaphase
c. Telophase
d. Anaphase
8. Blood Types are important to be documented so that a person knows what type could receive
and what to what type could one donate. In the realm of genetics, blood type AB is
a. An incomplete dominant trait
b. A recessive trait
c. A codominant trait
d. A heterozygotic trait
9. A white cat and a black cat mated and produced a gray cat offspring. What type of heredity was
shown in the situation?
a. Incomplete dominance
b. Codominance
c. Multiple Alleles
d. Sex-linked
10. ACTGCGTGCTG. Assuming the structure is a deoxyribonucleic acid, to which nitrogenous base
will the highlighted base match with?
a. Adenine
b. Thymine
c. Uracil
d. Cytosine
11. The stage of organismic development in which the embryonic tissue layers to determine the
different parts of the body of an organism is called _____________.
a. Cleavage
b. Fertilization
c. Gastrulation
d. Metamorphosis
12. Tomatoes easily turn its color from green to red when ripe. Bananas are ripe when its color
turns from green to yellow. What plant hormone is responsible for this change in color?
a. Cytokinin
b. Ethylene
c. Gibrellin
d. Auxin
13. Pedro was walking late at night to his apartment in Quezon City. When he was 3 blocks near his
home, a ferocious dog suddenly appeared which frightened him to run his way as fast as he can
to his apartment. Which part of his nervous system worked minutes after he had already
entered his apartment?
a. Autonomic Nervous System
b. Sympathetic Nervous System
c. Parasympathetic Nervous System
d. Central Nervous System
14. Which of the following is correct?
a. Cones are the part of the visual sense organ responsible for being able to see colors.
b. Rods are located at the center of the retina.
c. Cones are photoreceptors that make people see even in night time.
d. Rods are the parts of the visual sense organ responsible for color blindness.
15. Which lymphocyte is responsible for inducing the death of pathogen-infected cells?
 a. NK cells
b. Helper T cells
c. B cells
d. Cytotoxic T cells
16. Jada presents herself to your clinic. She describes herself as a night owl and says she has
difficulty in putting herself to sleep. If you were an endocrinologist, which of her glands would
you assume to have been malfunctioning?
a. Pituitary
b. Adrenal
c. Parathyroid
d. Pineal
17. Arrange the flow of blood in the circulatory system in order from the first to the last:
I. Blood entering the superior and inferior vena cava carrying deoxygenated blood
into the right atrium.
II. Blood leaves the heart through the pulmonic valve into the pulmonary artery
and flows into the lungs.
III. Blood flowing from right atrium to right ventricle through the tricuspid valve.
IV. Pulmonary vein carries oxygen-rich blood from the lungs into the left atrium.
a. I, II, III, IV
b. I, III, II, IV
c. III, I, II, IV
d. III, II, I, IV
18. The movement done by the esophagus and the intestines to digest the food coming in their
pathway is called:
a. Mastication
b. Ingestion
c. Peristalsis
d. Absorption
19. Elbows allow for the flexion and extension motion of the upper and lower arm. The elbow is an
example of a synovial joint called ____________.
a. Hinge joint
b. Ball-and-socket joint
c. Pivot joint
d. Saddle joint
20. The part of the brain responsible for relaying sensory and motor functions to the cerebral cortex
is called _____________.
a. Hypothalamus
b. Thalamus
c. Medulla Oblangata
d. Amygdala
21. Farmers use fertilizers usually with chemical compositions of nitrogen and phosphorus nutrients
which in turn damage the lentic and marine ecosystems. What phenomenon has occurred in the
situation above?
a. Eutrophication
 b. Salinization
c. Acidification
d. Ocean Deoxygenation
22. What kind of biome is described with the total land area being 3/4 th grassland and 1/4th forest in
which trees can grow singly or in small groups and the animals found are grazing animals such as
giraffes and zebras?
a. Chaparral
b. Taiga
c. Savanna
d. Tundra
23. Birds often build a nest on trees so that they have a safe place to keep their hatchlings. What
kind of ecological relationship is depicted in the situation?
a. Mutualism
b. Commensalism
c. Parasitism
d. Competition
24. A fire unravaged the Amazon Rain forest these past months. Years after, the Amazon was seen
to have grown in its former burnt area, grasses, shrubs and young palm trees. What ecological
succession was evident in the area?
a. Primary Succession; Climax Community
b. Primary Succession; Intermediate Species
c. Secondary Succession; Primary Species
d. Secondary Succession; Intermediate Species
25. Animals such as the Asian elephant and the Philippine’s Tamaraw face a high risk of extinction
from a few years from now. If you were a biologist, what conservation status would you give
these two animals?
a. Vulnerable
b. Extinct
c. Endangered
d. Invasive Species

Answer Key
1. C
2. B
3. C
4. C
5. A
6. D
7. B
8. C
9. A
10. D
11. C
12. B
13. C
14. A
15. D
16. D
17. B
18. C
19. A
20. B
21. A
22. C
23. B
24. D
25. C