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Contents
1 Biological Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1 Viruses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.2 Viroids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
1.3 Prions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
1.4 Kingdom monera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
1.5 Kingdom protista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
1.6 Kingdom fungi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
1.7 Kingdom Plantae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
1.8 Kingdom Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
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5 Human physiology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866
5.1 Digestion and Absorption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866
5.2 Breathing and Respiration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883
5.3 Body Fluids and Circulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899
5.4 Locomotion and Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 911
5.5 Control and Coordination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 918
6 Reproduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 936
6.1 Reproduction in Organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 936
6.2 Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 962
6.3 Human Reproduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 977
6.4 Embryonic Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 994
9 Biotechnology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1246
9.1 Biotechnology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1246
9.2 Applications of Biotechnology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1307
10 Ecology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1310
10.1 Ecosystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1310
10.2 Biodiversity And Its Conservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1368
1
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1.1 Viruses
1. How can the cytoskeleton of a cell be de- A. Protein
scribed? B. Cells
A. Transport system C. Nucleic Acids
B. Semifluid material D. None of the abov
C. Selectively permeable series of mem-
5. Which organism requires a host cell for re-
branes
production?
D. A framework and anchor for or-
A. bacteria
ganelles
B. plant cells
2. What is produced in fertilization?
C. viruses
A. A single-celled zygote
D. animal cells
B. Gametes
6. What is the role of operons in prokaryote
C. Many zygotes
gene expression?
D. A multicellular organism
A. It makes the genes prokaryotes be
3. Which statement describes all living turned on
things? B. It accounts for the regulation of gene
A. Have organ systems that carry out life activity in response to the needs of the
processes cells
B. Reproduce asexually C. To make DNA for the gene
C. Can make their own food D. To make the gene turn of and off
D. Maintain a stable internal environment 7. Which of the following helps prevent the
spread of infectious viral diseases?
4. Viruses are NOT considered to be living
organisms because they are NOT made of A. Surgery
B. Medication
1. D 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. C 6. B 7. C
1.1 Viruses 3
C. Vaccines C. assembly
D. none of above D. release
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D. none of above B. 35%
C. 43%
19. Bacterial sexually transmitted disease
D. none of above
A. acne
25. Which of the following is found inside a
B. strep throat
prokaryote?
C. syphilis
A. cytoplasm
D. none of above
B. DNA
20. Which of the following is true for both bac- C. ribosomes
teria and viruses? D. all of these
A. both contain genetic material
26. Why do RNA viruses tend to have unusu-
B. can be killed using antibiotics ally high rates of mutation?
C. have a cell membrane A. RNA viruses can incorporate a variety
D. have a protein coat of nonstandard bases.
B. Replication of their genomes does not
21. Viral respiratory disease involve proofreading.
A. AIDS C. RNA viruses replicate faster.
B. cold D. RNA nucleotides are more unstable
C. warts than DNA nucleotides.
D. none of above 27. A protein that binds to the operator and
blocks the RNA polymerase
22. Prokaryotes do not have a nucleus. Which
A. regulator
of the following is an example of a
prokaryote? B. repressor
A. Virus C. activator
B. Plant D. corepressor
18. C 19. C 20. A 21. B 22. C 23. B 24. A 25. D 26. B 27. B 28. D 29. A
1.1 Viruses 5
29. Prokaryotic cells do not have 35. Which viral life cycle allows viral genetic
A. membrane bound organelles material to lay dormant while the host cell
reproduces?
30. A 31. A 32. D 33. B 34. A 35. C 36. C 37. A 38. B 39. D 40. B 41. A
1.1 Viruses 6
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42. Can genetic material be double or single-
strand of DNA? 48. Viral DNA that is inserted into the chromo-
some of a host bacterium is called
A. Double
A. an associated viral infection
B. Single
B. a lytic infection
C. Both
D. Neither C. a viroid
D. a prophage
43. In which of the following organelles is a
cell’s energy (ATP) produced 49. Asexual reproduction involves parent
A. Nucleus organism(s)
B. Lysosome A. One
C. Golgi apparatus B. Two
D. Mitochondria C. Many
44. What is found in both plant and animal D. It depends on the specific type
cells but is much larger in plant cells?
50. A computer virus can be described as be-
A. Nucleus
ing similar to a cough or a cold in humans.
B. Mitochondrion Why might this be?
C. Chloroplast A. Viruses make both humans and com-
D. Vacuole puters feel bad
45. What is the name of the stretch of DNA B. Viruses damage computers
where RNA polymerase binds? C. Computer viruses can copy them-
A. operator selves and spread
B. promoter D. none of above
C. enhancer
51. A pathogen becoming stronger over time
D. origin until it can no longer be treated by usual
46. Examples are mushrooms and yeast methods is known as
A. Fungi A. Immunization
B. Protista B. Antibiotic resistance
C. Plantae C. Lysogenic cycle
D. Animalia D. Memory cell misfunction
42. C 43. D 44. D 45. B 46. A 47. B 48. D 49. A 50. C 51. B 52. A
1.1 Viruses 7
53. B 54. A 55. B 56. C 57. B 58. B 59. C 60. B 61. B 62. B 63. A 64. A
1.1 Viruses 8
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C. species in the same family A. Protists
D. species in the same kingdom B. Animals
C. Archaea
65. Which statement is true about viruses?
D. Eubacteria
A. Viruses can eat and metabolize food.
71. In a bacteriophage, the sheath does this.
B. Viruses can reproduce only using a
host cell. A. contracts to force viral genetic mate-
rial into host cell
C. Viruses can reproduce on their own at
any time. B. produces DNA
D. Viruses contain DNA, so they are alive. C. produces RNA
D. contains the hereditary information
66. The process through which the monosac-
charides are joined together to form a 72. Which of the following is characteristic of
polysaccharide is known as what? the lytic cycle?
A. dehydration synthesis A. A large number of phages are released
at a time
B. linking
B. The virus-host relationship usually
C. catabolic reacting lasts for generations
D. enzymatic hybridization C. Viral DNA is incorporated into the host
genome
67. Contain genetic information in the form of
DNA or RNA D. The viral genome replicates without
destroying the host
A. Viruses
B. Bacteria 73. What is a difference between a Prokary-
otic cell (bacteria) and a Eukaryotic cell
C. Both viruses and bacteria (cheek cell)?
D. none of above A. Pro = Nucleus Eu= no nucleus
68. All of the following are found in both plant B. Pro= nucleus Eu= nucleus
and animal cells, except C. Pro= no nucleus Eu = no nucleus
A. Large central vacuole D. Pro = no nucleus Eu= nucleus
B. Mitochondria 74. In order to replicate, viruses use
C. Golgi apparatus A. Host cells
D. Plasma membrane B. Their own resources
65. B 66. A 67. A 68. A 69. B 70. C 71. A 72. A 73. D 74. A
1.1 Viruses 9
B. Thymine B. Bacterial
C. Cytosine C. Lytic
D. Adenine D. Retrovirus
75. D 76. D 77. A 78. B 79. C 80. B 81. A 82. B 83. C 84. A 85. D 86. C
1.1 Viruses 10
86. Viruses 91. This enzyme converts RNA into DNA; HIV
uses it to infect our white blood cells
A. use the host cell to copy themselves
and then viruses to synthesize their own A. transcriptase
proteins B. replicase
B. metabolize food to produce their own C. reverse transcriptase
ATP D. RNA polymerase
C. use the host cell to copy themselves
92. Viruses are found in
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and make viral proteins
A. air
D. manufacture their own ATP, proteins,
and nucleic acids B. water
C. soil
87. In order for a virus to get inside a cell they D. all of these
must first
93. Viruses are made up of three parts. Two
A. Synthesis
of those parts are
B. Assemble A. Nucleus, membrane
C. Attach B. Capsid, nucleus
D. Release C. Capsid, nucleic acid
D. Mitochondria, nucleus
88. What part of a virus is the protein cap-
sule that surrounds and protects the ge- 94. I am unicellularI am prokaryoticI am found
netic material (DNA/RNA)? in extreme ecosystemsWhat kingdom do I
A. tail belong to?
A. The Candy Kingdom
B. nucleus
B. Kingdom Plantae
C. capsid
C. Kingdom Animalia
D. glycoprotein
D. Kingdom Archaebacteria
89. The head of the bacteriophage sits on a 95. Bacteria, protists, fungi, and animals are
long all types of living things. Which of the fol-
A. DNA lowing must be true about all these organ-
isms?
B. tail fibers
A. they can all move
C. tail
B. they are made up of one or more cells
D. none of above
C. they can make their own food
90. What do Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes both D. they all need oxygen
share?
96. What is a capsid?
A. Ribosomes A. Genetic material
B. Cytoplasm B. subunit
C. DNA C. Cell membrane
D. Ribosomes, Cytoplasm and DNA D. none of the above
87. C 88. C 89. C 90. D 91. C 92. D 93. C 94. D 95. B 96. A 97. B
1.1 Viruses 11
98. A 99. C 100. B 101. D 102. D 103. C 104. B 105. C 106. C 107. C
1.1 Viruses 12
108. What does a virus do once it’s inside one 113. Are larger in size
of your cells? A. Viruses
A. It stays inside the cell for a while, and B. Bacteria
then leaves
C. Both viruses and bacteria
B. It eats up all of the machinery in the
D. none of above
cell
C. It uses the cell’s machinery to make 114. Influenza infects a cell and causes it to
lyse immediately. Which type of virus is
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copies of itself
influenza?
D. It prevents the mitochondria from con-
A. Lytic
verting glucoseto ATP
B. Lysogenic
109. What makes the endoplasmic reticulum C. Bacterial
rough?
D. None of the above
A. Vessicles
115. In the lac operon model, the genes within
B. Vacuoles
the operon will be expressed if
C. Ribosomes A. lactose is absent in the cell
D. Chromosomes B. glucose is present in the cell
110. Streptococcus is a bacterium that causes C. lactose is present in the cell
strep throat. What shape is this bac- D. tryptophan is present
terium?
116. The single deadliest entity on Earth is the
A. spherical
B. rod-shaped A. bacteria
C. corkscrew B. bacteriophage
D. spiral C. antibiotic
D. none of above
111. Streptococci and cyanobacteria are exam-
ples of 117. The watery liquid that fills the cell:
A. Protist A. Chromatin
B. Fungi B. Nucleolus
C. Archaea C. Cytoplasm
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of treatment?
131. Which of the following is one thing cells A. Antibiotics
and viruses have in common?
B. Penicillin
A. Both have a capsid
C. Vaccines
B. Both have a nucleus D. Broad Spectrum Antibiotics
C. Both are living
137. The host range of the virus is determined
D. Both contain genetic material (nucleic by
acids)
A. whether or not its nucleic acid is DNA
132. This virus attacks the white blood cells or RNA
(immune cells) of the human body. Eventu- B. the proteins on the surface and that of
ally, the immune system cannot handle the the host
viral invasion. This makes the body prone
to attack from other viruses and bacteria. C. the enzymes carried by the virus
What is the name of this infectious viral D. the protein’s in the hosts cytoplasm
disease?
138. What is the lytic and lysogenic cycle have
A. AIDS in common?
B. Cancer A. The host cell dies
C. Diabetes B. The virus dies
D. none of above C. The virus inserts its genetic informa-
tion into the host cell
133. What is used to cure a virus?
D. copies of the virus are immediately re-
A. Antibiotics leased from the host
B. Vaccine
139. What is the function of mitochondria?
C. Rest
A. Use chemicals to clean up the cell
D. Viruses have no cure
B. Converts sugar into energy for the cell
134. Term given to describe the 2 name nam- to use
ing system is: C. It is the control center of the cell
A. dichotmous key D. none of above
B. binomial nomenclature
140. Proteins are assembled within this cell or-
C. 2 scientific names ganelle.
D. binomial key A. nucleus
152. Prokaryotes reproduce asexually by 157. Which term best describes viruses?
A. binary fission. A. Miniscule
B. conjugation. B. Gargantuan
C. endospores. C. Harmless
D. Sterile
D. mutation.
158. I am a Mushroom that likes to show up
153. Viruses are surrounded by a protein coat
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in your yard after a lot of rain. I can break
known as a down materials to feed myself. What type
A. Capsid of cell would I be?
B. Capsule A. Bacteria cell
C. eukaryotic C. Fungi
D. none of above D. Archaea
165. A protein coat surrounding a virus is 171. The brain or “control center” of the cell.
called a A. Mitochondria
A. prophage. B. Cell Membrane
B. virus.
C. Cytoplasm
C. capsid.
D. Nucleus
D. bacteria.
172. Which of the following is NOT part of the
166. All members of which biological group re- cell theory?
quire a host cell to reproduce?
A. All living things are made of cells.
A. Protista
B. All new cells are formed from existing
B. Bacterium
cells.
C. Fung
C. All cells can reproduce on their own.
D. Virus
D. The cell is the most basic unit of life.
167. Members of Kingdom Animalia don’t
have these 173. Viruses require a host cell to
A. cell walls, or chloroplasts A. breathe and eat
B. nucleus B. move and sleep
C. Netflix membership C. replicate and use energy
D. Amazon Prime, man they are lame. D. make protein and carbohydrates
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to smallest. D. all of the above
A. None of these answer choices 181. The phase that starts mitosis is
B. D, K, F, P, C, O, G, S
A. prophase
C. D, K, C, P, F, O, G, S
B. metaphase
D. D, K, P, C, O, F, G, S
C. anaphase
176. A virus that infects a bacteria is called a
D. telophase
A. Pathogen
B. Bacteriophage 182. What is not effective towards a viral in-
fection?
C. Infection
D. Vaccine A. rest or sleep
B. healthy immune system
177. Prokaryotes are the of all the cells.
A. most complext C. antibiotics
179. In a bacteriophage, the protein coat does A. DNA that has genes from different or-
this. ganisms
A. provides support for the bacterio- B. DNA that has been combined with RNA
phage
B. contracts to push out genetic material C. DNA that is used to make carbohy-
drates instead of proteins
C. protects the nucleic acid and contains D. DNA that has genes that have never
proteins for attachment been edited
185. what is the function of a lysosome? 191. How can someone be exposed to a virus
A. To create energy for the cell in order to build immunity without experi-
encing symptoms?
197. Viruses typically cause disease by 202. Which does only eukaryotic cells con-
tain?
A. releasing toxins.
A. nucleus
B. infecting and then destroying cells.
B. DNA
C. destroying red blood cells.
C. cell membrane
D. causing mutations in the host cell DNA.
D. ribosomes
198. Viruses and cells are different in that
203. What is the basic structure of a virus?
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A. viruses reproduce asexually
A. DNA and Nucleus
B. viruses are living B. Capsid (protein coat) and Nucleic Acid
C. cells are not living (DNA or RNA)
D. cells reproduce sexually/asexually C. DNA and organelles
and viruses do not D. Capsid (Protein coat) and organelles
199. How do viruses infect to make us sick? 204. What is the difference between the lytic
and lysogenic virus reproductive cycles?
A. Each virus infects a specific tissue &
each virus infects differently A. lysogenic is longer
B. Viruses do not differentiate the type of B. they are the same
tissue they infect. C. Lytic is longer
C. All viruses infect the same way. D. Both are different each time
D. Viruses insert proteins into the target 205. Which of the following biomolecules pro-
cells. vides energy the quickest?
200. Which statement about viral reproduc- A. Lipids
tion is correct? B. Carbohydrates
A. A virus must complete interphase be- C. Nucleic Acids
fore entering mitosis
D. Proteins
B. A virus cannot repdouce on its own and
depends on the host cell 206. Bacteria that obtain energy by taking
in organic molecules for both energy and
C. A virus can only use a host to repro- a source of carbon to obtain energy are
duce if the host cell lacks a cell membrane called
A. Photoheterotrophs
D. none of above
B. Chemoheterophs
201. eukaryotes (animals, plants, fungi, C. Chemotrophic autotrophs
and protists) reproduce asexually D. Phototrophic autotrophs
A. Some
207. Some bacteria is known as and cause
B. All disease.
C. No A. pathogens
D. Most B. flagella
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C. Eubacteria 225. Which of the following can be multicellu-
lar?
D. Unicorn
A. Eukaryotes
220. Which is the meaning of prokaryote? B. Viruses
A. multicellular C. Prokaryotes
B. unicellular D. Prokaryotes and Viruses
C. with a nucleus 226. The following is an example of prokary-
D. without a nucleus otic organisms
A. animals and plants
221. Organelles that digest excess or worn-
out organelles and food particles and bac- B. viruses
teria and viruses that invade the cell are C. fungi and protists
the D. bacteria
A. Ribosomes
227. Where are Membrane bound organelles
B. Centriole found?
C. Lysosomes A. Inside the Eukaryotic cell
D. Secretory vesicles B. Inside our body
C. Inside the nucleus
222. Contain a caspid containing DNA or RNA
D. Inside the Prokaryotic cell
A. Viruses
B. Bacteria 228. Bacteria have a cell membrane
C. Both viruses and bacteria A. True
241. Which of the following are infectious 246. What is a hidden virus?
RNA particles that cause disease in A. A virus that takes over the cell func-
plants? tions immediately after entering the cell.
A. viroids
B. prions B. A virus that has not been discovered by
scientists yet.
C. viruses
C. A virus that becomes part of the ge-
D. bacteria
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netic material and stays inactive for a
while (sometimes years).
242. One difference between prokaryotes and
D. none of above
eukaryotes is that
A. nucleic acids are only in prokaryotes 247. Cells that do not have a true nucleus are
called
B. eukaryotes have more mitochondria
A. eukaryote
C. golgi is only in prokaryotes B. prokaryote
D. prokaryotes do not have a nucleus C. unicellular
D. multicellular
243. Which step does NOT occur in the lytic cy-
cle of a virus? 248. Which of the following is a characteristic
A. Virus injects its DNA/RNA into the host of both Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic cells?
A. ribosomes
B. Virus DNA is copied and assembled B. nucleus
into new viruses C. membrane bound organelles
C. Virus DNA is integrated into cell’s DNA D. simple
262. Gametes made in meiosis are 268. In binary fission how does the DNA of the
daughter cells compare to the DNA of the
A. Haploid
parent cell?
B. Diploid A. It is only half of the amount of DNA
C. Tetraploid found in the parent.
D. Octoploid B. It is identical.
C. It is a mix of the parent’s DNA.
263. Viruses are in size
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D. It has some similarities and some dif-
A. Microscopic ferences.
B. Macroscopic 269. Which microorganism produces much of
the oxygen that we breathe?
C. Both answers are correct
A. Algae
D. none of above
B. Fungi
264. Any organism or particle that can cause C. Protists
an infectious disease is called a D. Bacteria
A. bacteria
270. What helps prevent viral diseases?
B. virus A. Vaccines
C. viroid B. Antibiotics
D. pathogen C. Herbal tea
D. Gene Therapy
265. Chromosomes in bacteria are
271. A lytic infection concludes with the
A. long thin strands
A. bursting of the host cell
B. located in the nucleus
B. production of messenger RNA
C. located in the cell wall C. production of prophage
D. not located in a nucleus D. none of above
266. What is the capsid made from? 272. Which is not an example of a decom-
poser?
A. proteins
A. bacteria
B. lipids B. worms
C. carbohydrates C. fungi
D. nucleic acids D. tree
267. How many enzymes do Viruses have? 273. What is the COVID-19 vaccine made
from?
A. 200+
A. dead COVID-19 virus
B. none B. weakened COVID-19 virus
C. 1-5 depending on the type C. viral mRNA
D. only 1 D. none of above
274. Which of the following characteristics, 279. Which of the following levels of organi-
structures, or processes is common to both zation has the most life-forms?
bacteria andviruses?
A. a structure that directly causes cell ly- C. The cell is the basic unit of structure in
sis living things
D. All cells have a nucleus
B. the type of virus that attacks bacteria
C. the genetic material of a virus 281. What is the largest group of living
things?
D. the protein coat of a virus
A. Class
276. Which of the following is NOT a function B. Kingdom
of the endoplasmic reticulum? C. Phylum
A. Builds lipids D. Order
B. Makes proteins 282. bacteriophage means this
C. Transport proteins and other materi- A. “bacteria maker”
als
B. “bacteria eater”
D. Pulls chromosomes apart during cell C. “virus eater”
division
D. “virus maker”
277. A third way in which bacterial are bene- 283. What do viruses have in common with liv-
ficial: ing cells? They both
A. they are apex predators A. store genetic information
B. they cause the change of seasons B. have chloroplasts
C. they help with bioremediation C. use glucose for cellular respiration
D. they help with the process of mitosis D. have an endoplasmic reticulum
284. My structure is simpleUnlike more ad-
278. develops when a mother passes anti-
vanced cellsI am much smallerand have no
bodies to her unborn baby.
organellesWho am I?
A. natural immunity
A. prokaryote
B. codependency B. eukaryote
C. natural selection C. unicellular
D. none of above D. cell membrane
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the growth medium.
C. By random chance
286. In what cycle does the host cell make D. none of above
copies of the virus indefinitely?
292. Besides DNA or RNA, what else is a virus
A. lysogenic
made of?
B. lytic
A. a cell wall
C. reproductive
B. a cell membrane
D. none of above C. a protein coat
287. Most bacteria are surrounded by a strong D. a lipid coat
structure that acts like a shield for the
virus called the ? 293. Which of these cell parts are NOT found
in plant cells?
A. Cell Wall
A. Cell walls
B. Cell Membrane
B. Pair of centrioles
C. Protein Coat/ Capsid
C. Chloroplasts
D. DNA
D. Vacuoles
288. Who first proposed binomial nomencla-
294. Which statement regarding viruses is
ture as a way of classifying organisms?
true?
A. Carl Linnaeus
A. a virus can only reproduce inside of a
B. Carl’s Jr. living cell
C. Charles Darwin B. viruses do not contain DNA
D. Henry Groseclose C. viruses are unicellular
289. Reproduce on their own D. viruses are generally larger than cells
A. Viruses 295. The organization in the United States
B. Bacteria that tracks diseases and vaccinations is
called the
C. Both viruses and bacteria
A. CFC Combined Federal Campaign
D. Neither viruses or bacteria
B. CDC Center for Disease Control
290. In what kingdom would you find regular, and Prevention
everyday bacteria? C. NACDP National Association for
A. Kingdom Bacteria Control of Disease & Prevention
B. Kingdom Archaea D. none of above
296. Plants are 302. Which viral life cycle kills its host cell by
A. autotrophic and multicellular lysing?
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313. In a bacteriophage, the base plate does
308. What is a Lytic infection?
this.
A. Integrates its DNA (provirus) into the
A. helps it attach to host using proteins
host cell’s chromosomes
B. makes the hereditary information
B. Redirects the host into making more
virus particles, the host cell breaks down C. produces the capsid
(Lyses) and releases the virus D. contracts to push out the DNA or RNA
C. Breaks down the cell’s cytoplasm 314. Some bacteria move by using a long,
membrane whip-like structure called a(n)
D. All the above A. tail
309. What disease was brought to the New B. cillia
World and killed over 3, 000, 000 C. organs
Aztecs?
D. flagellum
A. smallpox
315. Which of the following diseases is caused
B. influenza by a virus that requires reverse transcrip-
C. staph infection tase to transcribe the genome inside the
host cell?
D. none of above
A. AIDS
310. In a bacteriophage, the “tail” does this. B. smallpox
A. makes nucleic acids C. herpes
B. attach directly to host D. influenza
C. compresses to expel viral DNA or RNA
316. Which cell organelle is where proteins are
into host cell
made?
D. makes attachment proteins
A. nucleus
311. What is a way to become immune to a B. ribosome
disease without first having the disease? C. mitochondria
A. antibiotics D. chloroplast
B. Anti-retroviral drugs
317. In a mycorrhizal relationship, what bene-
C. Vaccinations fit does the plant get from the fungus?
D. Exposure Therapies A. an energy source
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D. Neither viruses or bacteria
C. They are not cellular
D. They do not evolve 336. Which domain contains organisms that
are unicellular, prokaryotic, and can cause
330. Mushrooms, molds, mildew and yeast illness yet also make food such as yogurt.
are examples of
A. Eukarya
A. Protist
B. Archaea
B. Fungi
C. Bacteria
C. Archaea
D. none of above
D. Animals
337. This infectious viral disease has many
331. Bacteria and archaea differ in symptoms, from chills, fever, and aching
A. whether they have a nucleus muscles to coughing and sneezing to nau-
sea and vomiting. The symptoms show up
B. the makeup of their cell walls
within 2-7 days after the cell is infected.
C. size This is an example of?
D. whether they have a cell wall A. Lytic Cycle
332. Asexual reproduction produces geneti- B. Lysogenic Cycle
cally offspring C. Meiosis
A. Identical D. none of above
B. Similar
338. An organism that is photosynthetic but
C. Unique needs organic compounds as a carbon
D. It depends on the specific type source
A. chemoheterotroph
333. A vaccines main goal is to:
B. chemoautotroph
A. make people sick
B. prevent disease C. photoautotroph
342. What is distinctive about prions, com- C. does not include HIV
pared to other pathogens? D. is not dangerous
A. they take over the functions of a host 348. Which 2 molecules form the sides (back-
cell bone) of the DNA ladder?
B. they bypass the host’s immune system, A. deoxyribose sugar and adenine
causing disease
B. deoxyribose sugar and a hydrogen
C. they use their proteins as templates to bond
make genetic material
C. deoxyribose sugar and the nucleus
D. they contain no genetic material
D. deoxyribose sugar and phosphate
343. Prokaryotes are unlike all other organ-
349. A cell that has a nucleus and organelles
isms in that their cells
is called a
A. do not have a nucleus. A. prokaryotic cell
B. have membrane bound organelles. B. eukaryotic cell
C. have cell walls. C. bacterial cell
D. have DNA. D. cytoplasmic cell
344. Outer protein coat of a virus. 350. All living things are made of
A. Envelope A. atoms
B. Capsid B. water
C. Cell Wall C. cells
D. Chitin D. energy
345. Which do BOTH prokaryotes and eukary- 351. During conditions inside our body are
otes contain? kept stable (the same)
A. nucleus A. homeopathic
B. mitochondria B. Homo sapian
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C. respiration nanometers (nm).
D. conjugation A. Viruses
B. Prokaryotes
353. Which of the following biomolecules car-
C. Eukaryotes
ries genetic information?
D. Turtles
A. Lipids
359. Come in a variety of shapes and sizes
B. Carbohydrates
A. Viruses
C. Nucleic Acids
B. Bacteria
D. Proteins
C. Both viruses and bacteria
354. A structure within a cell that has a spe- D. Neither viruses or bacteria
cific function is called a(n)
360. What does a virus have on the inside?
A. Organ system A. DNA, but never RNA
B. Organelle B. RNA but never DNA
C. Organ C. DNA or RNA
D. Tissue D. neither DNA or RNA
355. The organelles that carry out photosyn- 361. Scientific names are written using which
thesis are the two levels of classification?
A. Kingdom phylum
A. Mitochondria
B. Kingdom class
B. Chloroplasts
C. Species genus
C. Nuclei
D. Genus species
D. Vacuoles
362. A pathogen is
356. Gametes are haploid, meaning they con- A. any substance that causes an immune
tain a set of response in your body
A. Half, chromosomes/DNA B. a genetic pathway
363. Peter went to the doctor and the doctor B. are microscopic structures.
discovered a living organism with a cell C. contain cytoplasm.
wall, but not a nucleus, inside of Peter’s
D. DNA A. bacteriphage
B. facultative anaerobes
367. An organism that requires a constant sup-
ply of oxygen in order to live C. obligate anaerobes
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year when the nucleic acid of the virus becomes
C. Vaccines are absorbed by the body af- part of the host cell?
ter a year A. lytic cycle
D. Vaccines get stronger over time B. lysogenic cycle
375. As a virus changes over time, it can af- C. vaccine
fect different systems within the organism.
D. antibiotic
This change of the virus is called a
A. mutation 381. What can you infer about the virus that
B. melanin causes the common cold?
C. metaphysics A. It is harmless
D. none of above B. It is pathogenic, but not usually deadly
384. All viruses have 390. What is the function of a viral capsid?
A. cytoplasm A. Bind to surface of host cell
385. What is the first step to both cycles? 391. An organism that requires a host cell for
A. The virus attaches to a host replication can be called
B. Eukaryote A. Virus
C. both B. Bacteria
389. Which of the following is an example of 395. Which class of biomolecules includes DNA
a prokaryote? and RNA?
A. Fungus A. carbohydrates
B. Animal B. lipids
C. Plant C. proteins
D. Bacteria D. nucleic acids
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C. they contain special DNA
397. The purpose of surface proteins/tail
D. they are used to make Diet Coke
fibers in viruses is to
A. Help with viral reproduction 403. When a virus invades a living cell, its
takes over the cell’s functions.
B. No purpose
A. outer coat
C. Attach virus to host cell
B. genetic material
D. Help virus spread to other organisms
C. core
398. The transfer of genes between two
D. cytoplasm
species of E. coli is
A. conjugation 404. How do viruses reproduce
B. transduction A. They take over the living cells machin-
ery
C. transformation
B. They slide in the cell on their own
D. plasmolysis
C. They can reproduce themselves
399. What does a virus do as soon as it
touches a cell? D. They put themselves in our blood-
stream first
A. Reproduce
B. It takes over the cell 405. What part of a virus houses the genetic
material (DNA/RNA)?
C. Eats
A. tail
D. Dies
B. nucleus
400. What is the outside, protein coat on a C. capsid
virus called?
D. lipid
A. genetic material
B. capsid 406. If you have a unicellular prokaryotic or-
ganism with a cell wall that does not have
C. envelope pepitdoglycan, could you tell which king-
D. tail fibers dom it belongs to?
407. Which type of viral replication causes the 413. An antibiotic is a drug that selectively
host cell to burst or lyse? kills
A. viruses
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copied
425. What does a plant cell have that an ani-
D. Organisms whose entire genome has mal cell doesn’t have?
been sequenced
A. Cell Membrane and Cell Wall
420. What do we call to a thread-like structure B. Cell Wall and Mitochondria
of fungi?
C. Cell Wall and Nucleus
A. roots
D. Cell Wall and Chloroplast
B. hyphae
C. flagella 426. Influenza is caused by a
D. none of above A. virus
421. Which viral life cycle allows the virus to B. bacteria
lay dormant, possibly for years, while the C. prion
virus incorporates its genetic material into
the host cell’s DNA while the host repro- D. none of above
duces?
427. Cell in which a virus reproduces
A. lytic
A. endospore
B. mitosis
B. host cell
C. lysogenic
C. bacteriophage
D. S phase
D. plasmid
422. What is the outside protective coating of
a virus made of? 428. Which is not an example of a pathogen?
A. lipids A. Protist
B. carbohydrates B. Bacteria
C. protein C. Virus
D. carbon
D. tick
423. Reproduce by hi-jacking host cell machin-
ery 429. Which can be treated with antibiotics?
A. Viruses A. Virus
B. Bacteria B. Bacteria
C. Both viruses and bacteria C. Mutagen
D. Neither viruses or bacteria D. Parasite
441. Sister chromatids are joined together at 446. If an organism is unicellular, has chloro-
the plast, and eukaryotic, could you tell which
kingdom it belongs to?
A. equator
A. Yes, Fungi
B. chromosome
B. Yes, Plantae
C. centromere
C. Yes, Animalia
D. ends D. Yes, Protista
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442. What is an operon? 447. The organelle that pulls chromosomes
apart in cell division is the
A. one gene that is expressed
A. Secretory vesicle
B. a group of genes that are expressed
together B. Centriole
C. Lysosome
C. a group of genes that do not express a
protein D. Vacuole
452. What is the function or reverse transcrip- 457. What type of cell are bacteria?
tase in retroviruses? A. eukaryote
463. Which describes most types of viruses? C. Both viruses and bacteria
B. genetic material wrapped in a protein 469. In what Kingdom would you find extreme
bacteria?
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coat
C. primitive bacteria cell A. Kingdom Bacteria
D. smallest type of cell B. Kingdom Archaea
C. Kingdom Microbiologica
464. Which of these organelles are not in a
typical bacterial cell? D. Kingdom Protista
A. Ribosome 470. Bacteria reproduce by a process called
B. Endoplasmic Reticulum A. sexual reproduction
C. Cytoplasm B. crossing over
D. Cell wall C. binary fission
465. Based on their names, Felis concolor and D. meiosis
Felis leo do NOT belong to the same
471. One important way to control the spread
A. species of viruses in through
B. genus A. the use of vaccines
C. order B. drinking a lot of tea
D. group C. the use of other types of bacteria
466. The is a membrane bound organelle D. the use of antibiotics
that contains an organism’s genetic mate-
472. What does a virus ALWAYS surrounding
rial and helps control and regulate cellular
the viral genome?
processes.
A. capsid
A. cell membrane
B. a fur coat
B. nucleus
C. membrane envelope
C. mitochondria
D. cell membrane
D. chloroplast
473. Which is the correct order of the steps of
467. Which of the following occurs after a the lytic cycle?
virus attaches to a host cell
A. Adsorption; replication; entry; assem-
A. The host cell dies bly; release
B. The virus dies B. Attachment; entry; replication; assem-
C. The virus inserts its genetic informa- bly; release
tion into the host cell C. Attachment; entry; assembly; replica-
D. the virus eats the cell tion; exit
B. They need a host’s energy because 490. What are the nucleotides made of?
they do not have their own energy
A. Sugar, Phosphate, nitrogen base
C. They produce wastes
B. Phosphate, Adenine, nitrogen base
D. They are really small
C. Thymine, Adenine, Cytomine
485. What is a virus?
D. Phosphate, Nitrogen, Adenine
A. a cell that can grow on its own.
B. An infective agent that is able to mul-
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491. Which of the following best describes a
tiply only within the living cells of a host. gene?
A. A section of DNA
C. A pathogen that is alive and can grow
on its own. B. A bundle of DNA
D. A virus is an organism that can only ef- C. Every cell in your body has 23 pairs of
fect humans. genes
486. Reproduction allows organisms to pro- D. All of the genetic material in your cells
duce
A. Offspring 492. Why do we need a new vaccine for In-
B. Parents fluenza every year?
C. Grandparents A. because the virus mutates very quickly
D. Viruses
B. because the virus is unknown
487. Which of the following cannot be used to
treat viral infections? C. because the vaccine works for a short
A. antibiotics time
B. antibodies D. none of the answers
C. white blood cells
493. HIV preferentially infects
D. none of above
A. the adrenal glands
488. An infectious particle made of a strand of
nucleic acid surrounded by protein is a B. pancreatic cells
A. bacteria C. gametes
B. virus D. white blood cells
C. viroid
D. prion 494. What is somatic cell nucleus transfer?
489. Both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells con- A. A cell replacement therapy
tain all of the following EXCEPT B. “therapeutic cloning”
A. Cell (Plasma) Membrane C. capable of forming any type of cell in
B. Chloroplast the adult body
C. Cytoplasm D. Capable of replacing damaged or dis-
D. Ribosomes eased adult tissue
495. One way in which bacteria are benefi- B. They are both made of sugar
cial: C. They both are bad for you
506. a cell organelle which contains chemicals 512. Vaccines work because the immune sys-
that break down large food particles into tem saves the information in the:
smaller ones and that can be used by the A. memory cells
rest of the cell
B. effector cells
A. chloroplasts
C. leukocytes
B. ribosomes
D. red blood cells
C. lysosomes
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D. cell membrane 513. Which of the following are one-celled
prokaryotes?
507. A molecule shaped like a double helix is
A. viruses
A. DNA
B. prions
B. RNA
C. viroids
C. a lipid
D. bacteria
D. a carbohydrate
514. What is the purpose of the nucleus?
508. What is a Viroid made of?
A. It is the command center, contains
A. DNA DNA, and cell division
B. DNA and RNA B. It protects the cell
C. RNA
C. It stores energy for the cell
D. virus
D. It gets rid of waste in the cell
509. The part you would find in a prokaryotic
515. Microorganisms are
cell is the
A. Autotrophs & heterotrophs
A. Endoplasmic reticulum
B. Mitochondria B. Autotrophs only
510. How can we prevent viruses from spread- 516. prokaryotes (bacteria) reproduce
ing? asexually
A. vaccines A. Some
B. not washing hands B. All
C. no education C. No
D. antibiotics D. Most
511. Prokaryotes that break down dead or- 517. One way to prevent disease is
ganisms and wastes are called A. Never get sick
A. decomposers B. Wash your hands with soap and water
B. producers
C. nitrogen fixers C. Wear a jacket
D. none of above D. Only eat apples
518. One way to protect you from a disease 523. In a bacteriophage, the nucleic acid does
is to get a this.
529. Some scientists propose that the kingdom C. About the size of a dime
Protista should be broken up into several
D. Smaller than a proton
kingdoms. Why?
A. Protists are very diverse organisms 535. A(n) is a virus that enters a bacterial
B. They do not fit into other kingdoms cell.
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D. all of the these answer choices C. decomposer
530. I’m full of holes, Flexible, and thin.I con- D. plasmid
trol what gets outAs well as what comes
in.Who am I? 536. If Alana has the flu and is showing symp-
A. cell membrane toms, the virus is in the cycle.
534. How could you describe the size of a B. Like some prokaryotes, they are au-
virus? totrophic
A. Smaller than bacteria C. Like animals, they lack cell walls
B. Larger than a parasite D. Like protists, they are eukaryotic
543. A virus can be classified by its type of C. DNA is a more complex molecule than
RNA
A. mitochondria
D. DNA contains genetic information,
B. chromosomes RNA does not
C. nucleic acid
549. doses of the flu vaccine in the United
D. carbohydrates States has been given (October 2019).
544. Two organisms in the same are the A. 16 Million
most related B. 6 Million
A. Kingdom C. 116 Million
B. Class D. none of above
C. Order
550. Contain ribosomes
D. Genus
A. Viruses
545. The viral genome is made up of B. Bacteria
A. DNA C. Both viruses and bacteria
B. RNA D. Neither viruses or bacteria
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D. Phototrophic autotroph
D. none of above
552. Which class of biomolecules is considered
the main structural molecule? This same 558. Which best describes the basic structure
class also makes up enzymes.. of a virus?
A. carbohydrates A. nucleic acid strand surrounded by a
B. lipids protein coat
C. proteins B. a tail surrounded by a protein coat
D. nucleic acids C. a tail surrounded by a carbohydrate
coat
553. Conjugation
D. nucleic acid strand surrounded by a
A. increases genetic variation carbohydrate coat
B. creates more bacteria
C. is bacterial sexual reproduction 559. Which type of cell has no nucleus?
573. During a lytic infection, the host cell 575. Can a virus change the normal activity of
A. is destroyed when it bursts a cell?
B. is not taken over right away by the A. No
virus B. Maybe
C. carries a prophage that stays part of C. Yes
the DNA for many generations
D. none of above
D. produces offspring that are infected by
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the virus. 576. Is a virus considered living or non-
574. How large are viruses? living?
A. 100-150 nm A. Living
B. 300-600nm B. Non-Living
C. 20-200 nm C. Neither
D. 10-100nm D. none of above
1.2 Viroids
1. are composed of 4. Infectious particles that cause neurodegen-
erative diseases such as Kuru and mad cow
A. Capsids:capsomeres
disease are called
B. Capsomeres:capsids A. viroids
C. Virion:nucleic acids B. virusoid
D. Nucleic acid:virions C. prions
D. retrroviruses
2. Viruses can have
A. only DNA 5. Viruses that infect bacteria are called
D. Prions infect humans and animals 7. Which of these is not considered a capsid
when they eat infected meat. shape?
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C. intermediate host
B. Viroid
D. nucleic acid
C. Virusoid
D. Prion 22. DNA viruses typically replicate in the
1.3 Prions
1. Infectious naked strands of RNA that af- 4. Viruses exhibit all the following except
fect plants are called
A. viroids A. shape
B. virions B. genes
C. spikes C. ability to infect cells
D. bacteriophage D. metabolism
2. What is the symptom of the novel prion 5. Persistent viruses that can reactivate peri-
disease? odically are
A. Kidney stones
A. cytopathic
B. Diarrhea and autonomic neuropathy
B. inclusion bodies
C. fever
C. oncoviruses
D. who knows!?!
D. chronic latent viruses
3. Particles of protein without a nucleic acid
that affect the shapes of the host’s pro- 6. Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease is
teins are calle: A. a spongiform encephalopathy of hu-
A. bacteriophages mans
B. emerging viruses B. caused by a viroid
C. prions C. initiated by an oncogenic virus
D. pathogens D. also called “mad cow disease”
7. What is the method of transmission for 13. Viruses that infect bacteria are specifically
CJD? (Creutzfeldt-Jackob Disease) called
12. Diagnosis of viral infections sometimes in- 17. Visible, clear, well-defined patches in a
volves analyzing the patient’s blood for monolayer of virus-infected cells in a cul-
specific that the immune system pro- ture are called
duces against the virus.
A. colony
A. antibodies
B. antigens B. patch
18. What structures are used by bacterio- 19. Host cells of viruses include
phages to attach to host cell receptors?
A. animals
A. nucleic acids
B. plants
B. tail fibers
C. viral sheaths C. bacteria
D. capsid heads D. all of these
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1.4 Kingdom monera
1. Which Monerans make spores in their D. none of above
gills?
6. Protozoa are this type of organisms:
A. ALL Monerans
B. SOME Monerans A. Multicellular
C. NO Monerans B. Unicellular
D. none of above C. Both
B. Lactobacillus A. yoghurt
C. Multicellular B. cheese
D. Prokariot C. bread
D. milk
11. Which Monerans cells have DNA floating
in the cytoplasm? 17. The site of respiration in bacteria is
A. ALL Monerans A. episome
B. SOME Monerans B. mesosome
C. NO Monerans C. ribosome
D. none of above D. microsome
12. Some bacteria cause disease. They are 18. Viroids differ from viruses in having
called A. DNA molecules with protein coat
A. nitrogen-fixing bacteria B. DNA molecules without protein coat
B. pathogens C. RNA molecules with protein coat
C. autotrophs D. RNA molecules without protein coat
D. sarcinae 19. Fungi are
13. Viruses that infect bacteria, multiply and A. Eukaryotic
cause their Lysis are called B. Prokaryotic
A. Iysozymes C. Autotrophic
B. Iytic D. Plasmid
C. lipolytic
20. Tobacco mosaic virus is a tubular filament
D. Iysogenic of size
14. Genophore bacterial genome or nucleoid is A. 700 x 30 nm
made of B. 300 x 10 nm
A. histones and non-histones C. 300 x 5 nm
B. RNA and histones D. 300 x 18 nm
C. a single double stranded DNA
21. The outer covering of a bacteria cell is
D. a single stranded DNA called the
15. What is formed in unfavourable conditions A. flagella
in bacteria? B. cytoplasm
A. Zygospore C. cell wall
B. Endospore D. none of above
22. kingdom protista consists of four phyla, B. extremely salty conditions that would
namely sporozoa, rhizopoda, ciliata and kill other organisms
C. common places like the air, or soil
A. Amoeba
D. Choices 1 and 2
B. flagellata
C. bacteria 28. Influenza virus has
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B. RNA
23. Which of the units below is not present in
a bacterial cell? C. Both (a) and (b)
A. Plasmid D. Only proteins and no nucleic acids
B. Mitochondria
29. The hereditary material present in the bac-
C. Flagella terium Escherischi coli is
D. Capsule A. single stranded DNA
24. IN bacterial chromosomes, the nucleic acid B. deoxyribose sugar
polymers are
C. double stranded DNA
A. linear DNA molecule
D. single stranded RNA
B. Circular DNA molecule
C. of two types-DNA and RNA 30. Organisms which obtain energy by the oxi-
dation of reduced inorganic compounds are
D. linear RNA molecule called
25. Bacillus A. homoautotrophs
A. spherical bacteria, 1 micrometer in di- B. chemoautotrophs
ameter
C. saprozoic
B. Spiral-shaped bacteria that are slightly
longer than cocci D. coproheterotrophs
33. Most Monera are 39. Escherichia coli is used extensively in bio-
A. multicellular logical research as it is
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A. I don’t know D. none of above
B. Unicellular
52. Penicillin is an antibiotic made from
C. Multicellular
A. Alga
D. Vertebrates
B. Fungus
47. flagellata is a phylum of Kingdom Pro- C. Bacteria
tista. flagella is a tool of movement which
D. Protozoa
means is
A. whip hair 53. Fungi
B. vibrating feathers A. Can’t move around and can’t make
their own food
C. pseudo legs
B. Can’t move around but they make their
D. have no means of movement
own food
48. The following statements is true about the C. They move around but can’t make their
importance of Kingdom Protista EXCEPT own food
D. They live attached to the soil and make
A. as food source their own food
B. can be used in sewage treatment
54. Vibrio cholerae is a harmful bacteria that
C. can affect human health can cause disease
D. symbiotic in human intestine A. Typhus
49. Hierarchical classification and Binomial B. Malaria
nomenclature are proposed by C. Measles
A. Carolus Linnaeus D. Kolera
B. Robert Whittaker
55. In the growth curve for microorganism
C. Carl Woese what is the phase of growth refereed
D. none of above to when death and production rates are
equal?
50. The following statements are true about
gram positive bacteria A. Log Phase
56. Which Monerans are autotrophic? 62. Like bacteria, fungi play an important role
A. ALL Monerans in breaking down the
68. The mode of nutrition found in most Proto- B. they have a true nucleus and mem-
brane bound organelles
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zoa is
A. autotrophic C. they do not have a membrane-bound
nucleus
B. chemotrophic
D. they like to sing karaoke
C. photosynthetic
D. heterotrophic 74. What is biodiversity?
69. Which protistan has a flagellum, an eye- A. The variety of living things in the earth
spot, and chloroplasts but can also be het-
erotrophic? B. The diversity of biology
A. Paramecium
C. The ecolution of the species
B. Amoeba
D. All the answers are correct.
C. Trypanosoma
D. Euglena 75. The main organisms included in the king-
dom Monera are?
70. Rhizopod is a type of protozoa that move
A. Bacteria and spermatophyta
using
B. Eubacteria and pteridophyta
A. pseudopods
B. Flagella C. Bacteria and eubacteria
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sists of
C. C. Chlamydia
A. Kingdom, Phyllum, Class, Order, Fam-
ily D. D. Proteobacteria
B. Monera, Protista, Plantae, Animalia, 97. Which Monerans have NO nucleus?
and Animals
A. ALL Monerans
C. Viruses, Monera, Protista, Plantae and
Animalia B. SOME Monerans
D. Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and C. NO Monerans
Animalia
D. none of above
92. Which Monerans are unicellular?
98. Euglena has chloroplasts so it is classified
A. ALL Monerans mainly as what?
B. SOME Monerans
A. Animal-like
C. NO Monerans
B. Plant-like
D. none of above
C. Fungus-like
93. What kind of nutrition do Protozoa have?
D. none of above
A. Autotrophic
B. Heterotrophic 99. The following are characteristics of bacte-
ria namely
C. Asexual
A. Is a multicellular organism
D. Heterotrophic and Autotrophic
B. Does not have a cell nucleus mem-
94. Which of the following statements is brane
wrong for viroids?
C. Has only one cell shape
A. They are smaller then viruses
D. Has no cell membrane
B. They cause infections
C. Their RNA is of high molecular weight 100. an example of a blue algae that produces
a single cell protein is
D. They lack a protein coat
A. Anabaena azolae
95. Pigment-containing membranous exten-
sions in some cyanobacteria are B. Glycocapsa
A. heterocysts C. oscillatory
B. basal bodies D. Spirulina maxima
106. The part of the body that is the locomo- B. All of them have helical symmetry
tion organ for bacteria C. They have ability to synthesise nucleic
A. Flagela acids and proteins
B. Membrane D. Antibiotics have no effect on them
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D. Viruses are obligate parasites
est living cells, known without a definite
cell wall, pathogenic to plants as well as 118. examples of bacteria that are beneficial
animals and can survive without oxygen? to life, ie
A. Bacillus A. Escherichia coli
B. Pseudomonas B. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
C. Clostridium tetani
C. Mycoplasma
D. Vibrio cholerae
D. Nostoc
119. Bacteria can be found in
114. bacteria cannot make their own food, the A. yogurt and some cheeses
term for living things that cannot make
B. your stomach
their own food is
C. in the soil
A. autotroph
D. all of the above
B. heterotrof
120. When an organism breaks down other liv-
C. chemoautotroph ing or once living things for nutrients.
D. fotoautotrof A. autotroph
B. decomposer
115. Which organisms are part of Protista
kingdom? C. heterotroph
A. Algae and Fungi D. gross, soggy, smelling and weird
123. The Cyanobacteria are also referred to as 129. Prokaryotic cells are
A. protists A. cells lack organized nucleus and
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C. Euglena
142. What are the bacteria called that contain
D. Diatom
chlorophyll?
136. Monera are made up of A. Algae
A. algae, amoeba and paramecia
B. Blue-green bacteria
B. mushrooms, yeast and mould
C. Plants
C. bacteria
D. Fungi
D. none of above
157. How fast do bacteria reproduce? 163. Photosynthetic bacteria have pigments
A. Every 20 hours in
A. leucoplasts
B. Every 20 minutes
B. chloroplasts
C. Every 20 seconds
C. chromoplasts
D. none of above
D. chromatophores
158. Which of the following are likely to be
164. “Algae” is a general term used to de-
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present in deep sea water?
scribe like protists.
A. Archaebacteria A. Plant
B. Eubacteria B. Fungi
C. Blue-green algae C. Animal
D. Saprophytic fungi D. Bacteria
159. What kind of nutrition do bacteria have? 165. Some very good bacteria live in your in-
testines. They are good because they
A. Autotrophic and Heterotrophic
A. can do the 200 meter dash
B. Heterotrophic
B. regrow the intestine linings
C. Autotrophic
C. break down proteins
D. They don’t have nutrition
D. help produce some vitamins
160. Which Monerans live in extreme environ- 166. Amoeba sp is an example of phylum
ments? kingdom
A. ALL Monerans A. rhizopoda, monera
B. SOME Monerans B. sporozoans, protists
C. NO Monerans C. rhizopoda, protista
D. none of above D. flagellates, monera
161. Bacteria that do not have a peptidoglycan 167. Bacteria that obtain food by breaking
layer, namely down dead organisms, namely
A. gram positive bacteria A. Saprophytic bacteria
B. gram negative bacteria B. Parasitic bacteria
181. Composition of the kingdom Monera 187. Identify the mode of nutrition of a mush-
room?
A. Viruses and Bacteria
A. saprophytic
B. Bacteria and Cyanophytes
B. photosynthetic
C. bacteria and fungi
C. holozoic
D. Cyanophytes and fungi
D. none of above
182. Animals are organisms.
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188. Which Monerans are are bacteria?
A. Unicellular
A. ALL Monerans
B. Multicellular
B. SOME Monerans
C. Unicellular and multicellular C. NO Monerans
D. none of above D. none of above
183. What are the fungal groups that exist? 189. Bacteria that play a role in the process of
A. Yeast, mushrooms, molds and lichens making cheese are
184. Bacterial leaf blight of rice is caused by a 190. What is called “true bacteria”?
species of A. autotrophic
A. Xanthomonas B. ameboid
B. Pseudomonas C. eubacteria
C. Alternaria D. archaebacteria
D. Erwinia 191. What Kingdom are amoebas, parameci-
ums and euglenas in?
185. Streptococcal form
A. Fungi
A. gang up
B. Protista
B. group
C. Plantae
C. spiral without flagella
D. Animalia
D. chains
192. Based on the means of locomotion, pro-
186. Algae are tozoa are grouped into four parts, namely
A. Unicellular and Multicellular
A. Amoeboid, flagellates, ciliates, sporo-
B. Unicellular
zoa
C. Multicellular
B. Amoeboid, Flagellates, sporozoans,
D. Prokaryotic and wateroids
194. Which one of the following statements is B. Algae make their own food through
wrong? photosynthesis, but amoeba and parame-
cia don’t
A. Golden algae are also called desmids
C. Some of them make their own food
B. Eubacteria are also called false bacte- while others don’t
ria
D. none of above
C. Phycomycetes are also called algal
fungi 200. What is a medicine that kills living
pathogens called?
D. Cyanobacteria are also called blue-
green algae A. vaccine
B. antibiotic
195. We use this to watch protozoa:
C. vitamins
A. Telescope
D. epipen
B. Microscope
C. Glasses 201. What are the 5 kingdoms in which living
things are classified?
D. Window
A. Monera, Archaea, Eukarya, Animala
196. Fungi reproduce and Plantae
A. By cells asexual reproduction B. Monera, Protista, Fungi, Animalia and
B. By sexual and asexual reproduction Plantae
C. With spores C. Bacteria, Protista, Fungi, Monera and
Plantae
D. None of these answers
D. Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya, Fungi and
197. What type of cell do the bacteria have? protista
A. Prokaryotic 202. Maximum nutritional diversity is found in
B. Eukaryotic the group
C. Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic A. Fungi
D. Multicellular B. Animalia
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C. nitrogen-fixing bacteria
B. always on the move D. nitrogenous bacteria
4. Which of the following would be examples 8. CILIA andFLAGELLA both aid in movement
of fungi-like protists? BUT flagella are
A. Slime Molds & Water Molds A. small hairs
B. Euglena & Algae B. small long strand
C. Amoeba & Paramecium C. small feet
D. Stentor & Diatoms D. none of above
12. Their cell walls contain chitin. B. tiny hairs that give protista movement
A. Algae
B. Fungi C. tails that give the protista movement
C. Protista D. none of above
D. Yeast
18. Chagas disease is spread by
13. Are phytoplankton plant-like, fungus-like, A. Mosquito
or animal-like?
B. Kissing Bug
A. Animal-like
B. plant-like C. Flea
C. fungus-like D. Tsetse Fly
D. none of above
19. A person who comes down with malaria
14. Identify the kingdom Microscopic uni- can infer that he or she contracted it from
cellular organism found in a mud puddle. A. contaminated water supplies.
Organism’s DNA is contained in a nucleus
and it moves by beating tiny hairs in the B. infection by the animal like protist Gia-
water. rdia.
A. Archaebacteria C. the bite of the Anopheles mosquito.
B. Eubacteria D. the bite of the tsetse fly.
20. Protista differs from Monera in having 26. Members of the green algae often differ
A. cell wall from members of the plant kingdom in that
some green algae
B. nuclear membrane
A. are heterotrophs
C. flagella
B. are unicellular
D. autotrophic nutrition
C. have chlorophyll a
21. Fungi obtain energy D. store carbohydrates as starch
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A. Directly from the sun
27. Most protists are aquatic. This means that
B. By engulfing their food. they
C. By absorbing organic (natural) materi- A. drink water
als
B. live in water
D. From nuclear fusion
C. hate water
22. Fungi get their food by D. speak Spanish
A. eating bugs 28. This kingdom is eukaryotic, multicellular,
B. absorbing sunlight heterotrophic, and can be an invertebrate,
C. releasing chemicals that breakdown or vertebrate.
organic matter and absorb the nutrients A. Protista
B. Plante
D. through animal waste and decaying C. Fungi
wood
D. Animalia
23. Plasmodium sp., a protist parasite causing
29. Which of the following type of protist is
malaria, is classified in the phylum
NOT correctly matched to an example?
A. Ciliophora
A. amoeba-protozoa
B. Protozoa B. algae-plant like
C. Apicomplexa C. water mold-fungus like
D. Euglenophyta D. paramecium-plant like
24. In which kingdom do I belong if I am uni- 30. The niche of an animal-like protist is
cellular, autotrophic, and eukaryotic?
A. producer
A. Archaebacteria
B. consumer
B. Protista
C. decomposer
C. Animalia
D. all of the above.
D. Plantae
31. Which of the following protists is multicel-
25. Mycorrhizae are found: lular?
A. in the leaves of plants A. Euglena sp.
B. as parasites of animals B. Fucus sp.
C. in stale bread loaves C. Chlamydomonas sp.
D. in roots of plants D. All protists are unicellular
32. What is the phylum name for green algae 38. Organisms under protozoa are classified
A. chlorophyta based on
C. rhodophyta B. shape
D. myxomycota C. organization level
D. locomotion
33. Two diseases caused by parasites
A. Tuberculosis and whooping cough 39. What are the three domains?
B. Influenza and Covid 19 A. Archaea, Bacteria, and Eubacteria
C. Malaria and African sleeping sickness B. Archaea, Protists, and Eubacteria
C. Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya
D. Dysentery and Polio
D. Archaea, Fungi, Animalia
34. The body of a plant-like organism that is
not divided into leaves, roots, or stems 40. All statements listed below are true about
Chlamydomonas sp. except for
A. thallus
B. cillia A. Its store carbohydrate in the form of
starch
C. cellulose
B. Its mode of nutrition is autotrophic
D. spore
C. It has green pigment called chlorophyll
35. A mass of hyphae is called a(n)
A. spore D. Its grouped under phylum Eugleno-
B. mycelium phyta
C. sporangium 41. Which of the following is evidence for the
D. conidiospore theory of endosymbiosis?
36. A protist that can make its own food is A. Mitochondria have their own DNA
considered to be an B. Chloroplasts make copies of them-
A. autotroph selves in a process similar to binary fis-
sion
B. heterotroph
C. Golgi bodies have membranes similar
C. amoeba
to bacteria
D. mammal
D. Both A and B
37. What event is thought to have contributed
to the evolution of eukaryotes? 42. The correct phylum for Spirogyra sp. is
43. What would happen to Earth’s atmosphere is the analogy used in the video to explain
if all diatoms were to suddenly go ex- how they are grouped?
tinct? A. a refrigerator
A. amount of oxygen would decrease B. an oven
B. amount of oxygen would increase C. a kitchen junk drawer
C. it would evaporate D. a bathroom
D. it would turn red 49. Which are examples of fungi?
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44. Which of the following is NOT TRUE of Eu- A. mold
glena? B. yeast
A. It is phototactic C. mushrooms
B. It contains chloroplasts D. all of the above
C. It moves by pseudopodia 50. Algae are not considered as plants even
D. Its cell body is not surrounded by a cell though they are autotrophic because
wall A. they lack true roots, stems and leaves
45. Animal like protists that use structures
called for movement and for feeding B. do not have cuticle
are members of the phylum Sarcodina. C. do not have multicellular gametangia
A. Pseudopods D. all of the choices
B. Cilia 51. Most protists are:
C. Flagella A. Multicellular
D. none of above B. Unicellular
C. Not made of cells
46. Amoebas are that cause
D. none of above
A. sporozoans, malaria
B. protozans, Hiker’s disease 52. Organisms in Phylum Sarcodina use what
to move?
C. flagellates, giardiasis
A. pseudopods
D. protozoans, dysentery
B. cilia
47. Which type of protist movement is de- C. flagellates
scribed as a “false foot” and used by
D. none of above
amoebas?
A. Flagella 53. Parasitism is defined as
A. A relationship where all organisms in-
B. Psuedopod
volved benefit from each other
C. Cilia
B. A relationship where one organism
D. none of above benefits and the other isn’t harmed
48. Kingdom Protista has organisms that are C. A relationship where one organism
like plants but not quite, like animals but benefits and the other is harmed
not quite, like fungi but not quite. What D. A nonexistent relationship
56. The reproductive structure of a fungus is 62. Which phyla does NOT contain multicellu-
the: lar organisms?
A. Gametophytes A. Phaeophyta
B. Fruiting Body B. Rhodophyta
C. Ascus C. Sarcodina
D. Stolon D. none of above
57. This is the most diverse Kingdom in the bio- 63. Which kingdom is autotrophic AND has a
diversity of the whole world (medjo slight cell wall?
exaggerated).
A. Bacteria
A. Protista
B. Fungi
B. Cnidaria
C. Plantae
C. Angiosperms
D. Protista
D. Fungi
64. Name the pigment plants and some Pro-
58. Which type of environment do protists live tists contain to make their own food
in?
A. Carotenoids
A. dry
B. Chlorophyll
B. moist
C. on land C. Choloroplasts
59. What is the common name for a shapeless 65. Pseudopods are
protist A. false feet that give protista movement
A. Flagellates
B. Amoeba B. tails that give the protista movement
C. Ciliates C. tiny hairs that give protista movement
D. Sporozoans D. none of above
66. Which one reproduces using spores? 72. Is algae plant-like, fungus-like, or animal-
A. Amoebas like?
B. Sporozoans A. Fungus-like
C. Flagellates B. Plant-like
D. Ciliates C. Animal-like
D. none of above
67. Which of the following organisms is NOT
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pathogenic? 73. Causes Malaria
A. plasmodium A. Trypanosoma
B. histolytica B. Plasmodium
C. toxoplasma C. Dinoflagellates
D. dinoflagium D. none of above
68. Tigers, Jellyfish, Gorillas and Sponges are 74. Which kingdom has organisms that are au-
all part of kingdom totrophic AND heterotrophic?
A. Animalia A. Protista
B. Plantae B. Fungi
C. Fungi C. Animalia
D. Bacteria D. Plantae
69. Euglena is an example of which type of 75. To say that an organism is heterotrophic
protist? means
A. Plant-like protist A. it cannot reproduce asexually
B. Animal-like protist B. it cannot make its own food
C. Fungi-like protist C. it cannot breathe oxygen gas
D. Bacteria-like protist D. none of above
70. “Protozoan” means and is another 76. Fungi are important to an ecosystem as
name for like protists. A. Producers
A. “First Animals” ; Animal B. Controllers
B. “First Plants” ; Plant C. Decomposers
C. “First Fungi” ; Fungi D. Regulators
D. none of above
77. A whip-like tail like movement in protista
71. A fungi like example of protista is come from
A. algae A. cilia
B. paramecium B. pseudopods
C. slime mold C. flagella
D. none of above D. diatoms
90. What is the most specific level of classifi- 96. What is the function of the cilia?
cation? A. Movement
A. Family
B. Eating
B. Domain
C. Reproduction
C. Species
D. Storage for genetic material
D. Carolus Linnaeus
97. They may or may not go through photosyn-
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91. What organelle carries out photosynthe- thesis
sis?
A. Algae
A. chloroplast
B. Mushrooms
B. contractile vacuole
C. Fungi
C. nucleus
D. Protista
D. nucleolus
98. Algae are classified according to:
92. microscopic alga with a hard shell
A. the way they move
A. diatom
B. their method of reproduction
B. fungi
C. the pigments they contain
C. lichen
D. their habitat
D. bacteria
99. What major characteristics is the same be-
93. What part of a fungus is used for repro-
tween animals and animal like protists?
duction?
A. They are heterotrophic
A. spores
B. flagellum B. They are autotrophic
94. Rhizopus is a common black mold found 100. They are also used for medicine and
on: food.
A. rocks A. Prokaryotic
B. bread B. Fungi
C. living fish C. Protista
D. mosquitoes D. Eukaryotes
95. All protists are 101. choose one that describes algae
A. prokaryotic A. prokaryotic
B. eukaryotic B. predatory
C. bikaryotic C. consumer
D. all of the above. D. plant-like
102. Which of the following questions would 107. Mushrooms belong to which of the fol-
have been useful to help early scientists lowing kingdoms
to create more classification groupings be-
105. This domain contains organisms that 110. Amoeba is an example of which type of
have a true nucleus in each of their cells. protist?
This domain breaks down into four king-
doms. A. Animal-like protists
A. Animalia B. Plant-like protists
B. Archaea C. Fungi-like protists
C. Bacteria D. Bacteria-like protists
D. Eukarya
111. The Plant-like protist that has 2 flagella
106. Kelp is an example of which type of al- and a type of armor is called a
gae?
A. red algae
A. Blue
B. Green B. brown algae
C. Red C. dinoflagellate
D. Brown D. euglenoid
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113. Common characteristics of protista amoeba?
A. no tissue, located in moist environ- A. Prokaryote
ment
B. Eukaryote
B. multi-cellular, located in warm dry en-
vironments C. Multicellular
C. tissue, with nucleus D. Daughter cell
D. none of above 119. Animal-like protist are also known as
114. When the amoeba like cells of a cellu-
lar slime molds fuse, they form structures A. Animals
with many nuclei called? B. Protozoa
A. Spores C. Plant
B. Zoosporangia D. Carnivores
C. Filaments
120. A protista that uses conjugation to repro-
D. Plasmodia duce is a
115. To what Kingdom does the amoeba be- A. paramecium
long? B. arcella
A. Monera C. ameoba
B. Animalia D. algae
C. Plantae
121. What special way do amoeba eat?
D. Protista
A. Photosynthesis
116. What is the name of an organism that
B. Engulfs food with pseudopods
cannot produce its own food and must get
it from another source? C. Sweeps food into gullet-like mouth
A. prokaryotic D. none of above
B. eukaryotic 122. What does Entamoeba histolytica
C. autotroph cause?
D. heterotroph A. African sleeping sickness
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A. Bacteria
fungus-like.
B. Archaea
A. Amoeba
C. Eukarya
B. Fungi
D. none of above C. Molds
136. Mycorrhizae are a fungus that have a D. Protista
relationship with a
142. What is the name of the hair-like struc-
A. commenalistic; arthropod tures on a protist?
B. mutualistic; root A. Eyespot
C. mutualistic; tree B. Glucose
D. parasitistic; animal C. Colia
D. Cilia
137. Which type of algae is often added to
toothpaste? 143. These structures attach some algae to
A. dinoflagellates rocks.
B. kelp A. contractile vacuoles
146. are tiny hairs all over the cell that are 152. During unfavorable conditions, the
used for locomotion. amoeba can create a
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C. II, III and IV C. They are all multicellular organisms
D. I, II, III and IV D. They perform asexual reproduction
158. Protists are alike in that all are only
168. Amoeba sp. is categorized under phylum 174. Which protist causes malaria?
A. Water mold
180. Which two protists are important parts 186. These two kingdoms contain multicellular
of the food chain? heterotrophs.
A. plant-like and fungus-like A. fungus and plant
B. fungus-like and animal-like B. plant and animal
C. plant-like and animal-like C. fungus and plant
D. all of the above. D. fungus and animals
181. Organisms in Phylum Mastiophora use
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what to move? 187. I have a nucleus, can perform photosyn-
thesis and am multicellular. What kingdom
A. pseudopods do I belong to?
B. cilia A. Animalia
C. flagellates
B. Archaebacteria
D. none of above
C. Plantae
182. Another name for animal-like protists is D. Protist
A. Archaea
D. they are heterotrophic and multicellu-
B. Bacteria lar.
C. Eukarya
D. Prokarya 189. Organisms that are classified as unicellu-
lar are
184. Alginic Acid is from Phylum A. seen with the naked eye
A. Pyrrophyta
B. many celled organisms
B. Rhodophyta
C. single celled organisms
C. Phaeophyta
D. able to make their own food
D. Chrysophyta
185. What kingdom is always multicellular, 190. Which protozoa removes bacteria from
heterotrophic and has NO cell wall? sewage water?
A. Protista A. Rhizopoda
B. Fungi B. Euglenophyta
C. Plantae C. Ciliophora
D. Animalia D. Apicomplexa
191. Red tides” and extensive fish kills are 197. Silica is a substance that makes up the
caused by population “blooms” of outer covering of these organisms.
192. Examples of fungi: 198. A lifecycle that has a haploid stage fol-
A. Algae, mushrooms, and Staphylococ- lowed by a diploid stage is:
cus A. fragmentation
B. Amoeba, molds, and Salmonella B. plasmodium
C. Water molds, yeast, and E. coli C. gametophyte
D. Yeast, mushrooms and molds D. alternation of generations
193. Tail like movement in protista’s come 199. what all types of protists have in com-
from mon is
A. cilia A. can make their own food by photosyn-
thesis
B. pseudopods
B. has a cell nucleus
C. flagella
C. live in places with high salt content
D. diatoms
D. multicellular
194. Organisms in Phylum Ciliophora use what
to move? 200. Protozoans are placed into four groups
on the basis of
A. pseudopods
A. cell membrane and cell wall compo-
B. cilia
nents
C. flagellates
B. heterotrophic or autotrophic mode of
D. none of above nutrition
195. These animals cultivate fungi as a food C. means of locomotion
source, much like humans grow crops. D. characteristics of the nucleus
A. Ants
201. are threadlike tubes in fungi.
B. Centipedes A. Heterotrophs
C. Wasps B. Hyphae
D. Badgers C. Spores
196. How does an amoeba move? D. Lichens
A. It uses cilia 202. The is the underside cap of a mush-
B. It uses flagellum room where spores form.
C. It uses pseudopods A. Lichen
D. It cannot move B. Ascopore
203. All organisms that do not fit into plant, 209. The sporozoan Plasmodium, carried from
fungi, and animal kingdoms but have a nu- host to host by mosquitoes, causes , a
cleus are: very serious infectious disease.
A. archaebacteria A. African Sleeping Sickness
B. eubacteria B. Potato Blight
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C. protists C. Malaria
D. fungus D. none of above
204. Where are protists found? 210. Which characteristic is shared by prokary-
A. in ponds and lakes otes and eukaryotes?
B. in deserts A. cytoskeleton
C. everywhere B. nuclear envelope
D. none of above C. DNA-based genome
D. mitochondria
205. Many algae switch back and forth be-
tween diploid and haploid stages during 211. The paramecium belongs to the Kingdom
their life cycle in a process known as and the Phylum
A. sexual reproduction A. Ciliphora, Protista
B. alternation of generations B. Protista, Ciliophora
C. fusion of opposite mating types C. Protozoa, Protista
D. asexual reproduction D. Animalia, Protista
206. Eubacteria cell walls are made out of 212. Amoeba often eat
A. Chitin A. euglena
B. Cellulose B. paramecium
C. Peptidoglycan C. other amoeba
D. Glucose D. algae
207. How do paramecium move? 213. Which of the following statements about
A. Cilia protists are TRUE?I. Amoeba uses pseu-
B. Flagella dopodium for locomotionII. Paramecium is
a ciliated heterotrophIII. Euglena has an
C. pseudopods eye spotIV. Euglena is photosynthetic
D. none of above A. I, II and III
208. Common name of Fucus sp. is B. I, II and IV
A. green algae C. II, III and IV
B. mosses D. I, II, III and IV
214. Which term best describes algae? 220. Which of the following groups of protists
A. Predatory produce spores?
226. What chemical is used as a thickening 232. Which of the following are classified as
agent? protists?
A. cellulose A. algae and protozoa
B. alginic acid B. fungi and sponges
C. red algae
C. bacteria and archea
D. diatomaceous earth
D. ferns and mosses
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227. Which of the following statements are
NOT TRUE about Chlamydomonas sp.? 233. How do the phylum mastigophora
move?
A. Stores laminarin
B. Motile A. they move using flagella
237. What is the nickname for Kingdom Pro- 243. The domain Eukarya has 4 kingdoms, Pro-
tista? tista, Fungi, Plantae and
248. Algae that is important in human food C. They live in saltwater environments
source is..
D. They are multicellular
A. Euglena sp.
B. Chorella sp. 254. Protists are classified by how they ob-
tain?
C. Plasmodium sp.
A. Food
D. Chlamydomonas sp.
B. Mates
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249. An example of a protista that has false
C. Oxygen
feet (pseudopods) are
D. Their habitat
A. paramedium
B. euglena 255. Which kingdom has organisms that repro-
C. diatoms duce sexually AND asexually?
C. fungus like protists 256. A unicellular algae with cell walls filled
D. animal-like protists with silica is called
A. dinoflagellates
251. Protist subgroup are the closest liv-
ing relatives to land plants. B. red algae
A. Charophytes C. diatoms
B. Chlorophytes D. green algae
C. Red algae
257. Ecological importance of plant-like pro-
D. Euglenozoans tists
252. Which statement describes how amoeba A. part of phytoplankton that produce oxy-
consume food? gen
A. The food diffuses through the mem- B. produce algal blooms
brane
C. are responsible for the potato blight
B. They use their pseudopods to engulf
D. cause many diseases
the prey
C. Amoeba don’t eat 258. I have locomotion and no cell walls. What
D. The food will eat the amoeba kingdom do I belong to?
A. Animalia
253. What do all protists have in common?
B. Archaebacteria
A. Their cells have nuclei
C. Eubacteria
B. They can make their own food through
photosynthesis D. Plantae
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A. Plantae C. not muticular gametangia
B. Fungi D. everything is true
C. Protista 277. Some red tides are dangerous because
D. Animalia
A. They can make everything red
272. Which of the following is not a way that B. They can kill marine life and/or poison
protists contribute to the food web? them
A. They fix carbon into organic molecules. C. They can bloom flowers
D. They can create bacteria
B. They occupy the apex producer niche.
C. They enter symbiotic relationships 278. Protozoa are called animal like protists
with animals. because they
D. They recycle nutrients back into the A. have cell membranes and cell walls
carbon and nitrogen cycles. B. have backbones
273. Which of the following does NOT belong C. are multicellular
to the protistans? D. cannot make their own food
A. bacteria
279. Most protists are unicellular. This means
B. protozoans they
C. chrysophytes A. are made of one type of cell
D. dinoflagellates B. are made of one cell
274. What structure is common to all 6 king- C. are made of many cells
doms? D. none of above
A. DNA
280. Mutualism is defined as
B. Nucleus
A. A relationship where all organisms in-
C. Cell wall
volved benefit from each other
D. Mitochondria
B. A relationship where one organism
275. Which of the following correctly pairs benefits and the other is not harmed
protists with its phylum? C. A relationship where one organism
A. Amoeba sp.-Ciliophora benefits and the other is harmed
B. Euglena sp.-Rhizopoda D. A nonexistent relationship
281. Are amoebas considered a heterotroph, C. they can move from one place to an-
autotroph, or decomposer? other.
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D. Cyanobacteria A. Prokaryotic
294. Many algae are used by humans as B. Eukaryotic
A. a food additive to make things creamy; C. Both prokaryotic and eukaryotic
ice cream and puddings D. Neither prokaryotic or eukaryotic
B. road paint-sparkle 301. Which of the following is a TRUE state-
C. cleaning agent ment regarding the organisms of the Phy-
D. decomposers lum Rhizopoda in the protozoa group?
A. move with flagella
295. What is an example of a fungus?
B. move with cilia
A. moss
C. moves with pseudopodia
B. mold
D. not moving
C. bryophyte
D. protist 302. A fungus is an organism whose cells have
A. a nuclei
296. Animal-like protists are classified by
B. cell walls
A. their cell wall composition
C. no chlorophyll
B. how many cells they have
D. A, B and C
C. their method of reproduction
D. how they move 303. Excess water is pumped out of a parame-
cium through its:
297. What is the function of cilia A. contractile vacuoles
A. to move B. pellicle
B. to eat C. gullet
C. for reproduction D. micronucleus or macronucleus
D. place of genetic material
304. Which protist can be found on ocean sur-
298. Where in our everyday life do we find al- faces and produces up to 80% of the
gae? world’s oxygen?
A. In our clothing A. Plasmodium
B. In our food B. Euglena
C. In our electronics C. Water mold
D. In our cars D. Phytoplankton
305. What does Plasmodium cause? D. One is bacteria and the is archaebac-
A. African sleeping sickness teria
D. It could not move 312. What do green algae and plants both
have?
307. Euglena move by using
A. cilia A. Stem
B. flagella B. Diatoms
C. pseudopodia C. Leaves
D. pili D. Photosynthetic pigments
308. This kingdom contains organisms that are 313. What is the phylum name for Diatoms?
eukaryotes. They can be both autotrophs
A. Euglenophyta
and heterotrophs. Some have cell walls.
Most are unicellular. B. Kinetoplastida
A. plant C. Bacillariophyta
B. animal D. Dinoflagellate
C. protist
314. This kingdom contains multicellular au-
D. bacteria totrophs.
309. An organism that is a eukaryote but NOT A. protist
a plant, animal or fungi is a
B. plant
A. spore
C. animal
B. protista
D. fungus
C. arcella
D. slime mold 315. Which of the following protists con-
tain chloroplasts and are therefore au-
310. What is the difference between unicellu- totrophic?
lar and multicellular?
A. Euglena
A. They are the same
B. Amoeba
B. One has a nucleus and one doesn’t
C. Paramecium
C. Unicellular has one cell and multicellu-
lar has many D. Slime Mold
316. Which Phylum contains organisms that A. green alga:fungal partner of lichen
naturally form spores? B. dinoflagellate:reef-building coral ani-
A. Sporozoa mal
B. Sacrodina C. Trichomonas:human
C. Mastigophora D. alga:certain foraminiferans
D. Ciliophora 322. Which process occurs when 2 protist join
together and exchange hereditary mate-
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317. This kingdom contains heterotrophic or-
ganisms that can be unicellular or multicel- rial?
lular. Organisms from this kingdom can A. Conjugation
sometimes cause athlete’s foot or ring- B. Asexual reproduction
worm.
C. Fission
A. Fungi
D. Fertilization
B. Animalia
323. Which of the following statements are
C. Protista
the importance of Kingdom Protista?I.
D. Archaebacteria CO2 fixationII. Food sourceIII. Algal
bloomIV. Symbiotic
318. Euglenas have an intricate, folded cell
membrane called a(an) A. I and II only
A. cell wall B. II and III only
B. eyespot C. III and IV only
C. trichocyst D. I, II and III only
D. pellicle 324. relationship between species where at
least one benefits
319. Which phylum contains both a macro-and
a micro-nucleus? A. mutualism
A. Ciliophora B. parasitism
B. sarcodina C. holdfast
C. Sporozoa D. symbiosis
D. Phaeophyta 325. Animals are grouped in supergroup
along with Choanoflagellates.
320. Fungi are , which means they cannot
make their own food. A. Amoebozoa
A. Autotrophs B. Archaeplastida
B. Heterotrophs C. Opisthokonta
C. Carnivores D. Rhizaria
338. Bacteria are prokaryotes which means 344. An example of a protista that just floats
they along is a
A. have a nucleus on their capsule A. euglena
B. do not contain a nucleus B. diatoms
C. can live in environments with and with- C. amoeba
out oxygen D. paramecium
D. none of above 345. This organism’s remains are used as an
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339. What kingdom do Euglena belong to? abrasive in toothpaste
A. monera A. diatoms
B. dinoflagellates
B. animal
C. macrocysts
C. plant
D. plankton
D. protist
346. Sarcodines use to move and look for
340. When DNA is contained in a nucleus, the food
cell is
A. pseudopods
A. eukaryotic
B. cilia
B. prokaryotic
C. flagellum
C. unicellular
D. all of the above
D. multicellular
347. What are some bad effects of fungi?
341. What does Trypanosoma cause? A. Athletes Foot
A. African sleeping sickness B. Ringworm
B. dysentery C. Mushroom’s produce deadly poison
C. malaria D. All of the above
D. toxoplasmosis 348. What organism is a symbiotic relation-
342. They have membrane-bound organelles ship between fungus and either a green
algae or cyanobacterium?
A. Eukaryotic
A. lichen
B. Prokaryotic
B. mychorrhiza
C. Diatomic C. ascus
D. none of above D. basidium
343. How many cells are found in Archaebac- 349. If an organism is unicellular but has a nu-
teria? cleus, then it belong to this kingdom.
A. Unicellular A. plant
B. Multicellular B. animal
C. Both C. protist
D. none of above D. bacteria
C. They eliminate our marine life 358. The primary grouping of protozoa is
D. All of the above based upon their
A. Feeding habits
353. A protista that reproduces using spores
is a B. Mode of reproduction
A. euglena C. Mode of locomotion
B. slime molds D. Mode of nutrition
C. arcella
359. What do you call Animal-like Protists?
D. none of above
A. Animalcules
354. I have a nuclear membrane, can do photo- B. Parasites
synthesis and am multicellular. What king-
dom do I belong to? C. Protozoans
A. Animalia D. Diatoms
B. Archaebacteria
360. The sporozoan parasite Plasmodium in-
C. Plantae fects cells of which of the following?
D. Protista A. blood
355. How do amoebas move? B. liver
A. Flagella C. brain
B. Cytoplasmic streaming (psuedopods) D. both blood and liver
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C. not a plant, animal or fungus
A. by flowers
D. all of the choices
B. by seeds
C. by spores 367. the amoeba uses a pseudopod to move
and to engulf its food-pseudopod means
D. by asexual reproduction
A. false face
363. Land plants are grouped in supergroup B. false feet
along with green algae.
C. false movement
A. Amoebozoa
D. none of above
B. Archaeplastida
C. Opisthokonta 368. are fungi that produce the gas that
makes bread rise.
D. Rhizaria
A. mushrooms
364. The part of sea weed that anchors it to
B. athlete’s foot
the ocean floor.
C. blue cheese
A. Stripe
D. yeast
B. Blades
C. Holdfast 369. Phytoplankton is a protist that
D. Float A. lives below 100’ of water
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C. Phototropism A. Fungology
D. Thigmotropism B. Mycology
C. Mushrooming
16. The one thing all protists have in common
D. Zygology
is the following:
A. They are all single-celled 22. What important role does the lichen pro-
vide for humans?
B. They are all multi-celled
A. Food
C. They are all prokaryotic (don’t have a
nucleus) B. Water
17. consist of several main roots that 23. All of the following are examples of fungi
branch off to form a mass of roots with ex- except one. Which of the following is NOT
amples being grass, corn, rice, lilies, and a type of fungus?
hay. A. yeast
A. Root hairs B. mold
B. Tap roots C. mushroom
C. Fibrous roots D. algae
D. Big roots 24. All statements below is true about impor-
tance of Kingdom Fungi EXCEPT
18. Which of the following is a characteristic
that makes fungi different from plants? A. act as pathogen
A. Fungi cannot grow in soil B. decomposers
B. Fungi are eukaryotic C. involved in nitrogen fixation
C. Fungi do not have chlorophyll D. pharmaceuticals
D. Fungi do not have cell walls 25. Which of the following statements are not
the unique characteristics of fungi?
19. Threadlike fibers that make up fungi
A. Reserve carbohydrate in form of glyco-
A. hyphae gen
B. spores B. Non-motile
C. gills C. Can reproduce asexually and sexually
D. cap D. Cell wall made of peptidoglycan
29. Which phyla does penicillin come from? 35. Mold is classified into which of the follow-
ing kingdoms?
A. Ascomycota
A. plantae
B. Basidiomycota
B. fungi
C. Deuteromycota
C. protista
D. Zygomycota
D. bacteria
30. Which of these is a club-like structure in
which nuclear fusion and meiosis occur dur- 36. Fungi spores disperse or travel to help
ing sexual reproduction of club fungi? them reproduce. What is/are the way(s)
they do this?
A. ascus
A. animals
B. basidium
B. wind
C. conidiospore C. water
D. sporangium D. all of the above
31. Agaricus sp. belongs to 37. Fungi are reproduced by production of
A. Ascomycota A. flower
B. Zygomycota B. seed
C. Basidiomycota C. spore
D. Apicomplexa D. cone
38. The organism used in bread, beer and wine 44. Which of the following features that acts
production is the as an important fungal identification and
A. Candida sp. classification in Basidiomycota?
B. Saccharomyces sp. A. Mycelium
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45. Which of the characteristics is true about
A. Eats the bacteria in their yards.
Penicillium sp.?
B. Makes pretty flower-like structures.
A. Asexual reproduction by conidia
C. Used dish soaps
B. Aseptate hyphae
D. Used in antibiotics
C. Produce spores within sporangia
40. Which two organisms combine to form a D. The phylum is Zygomycota
lichen?
46. Lichens
A. mushroom and yeast
A. cannot reproduce.
B. fungus and alga
B. need a nitrogen source to live.
C. alga and yeast
C. are parasitic on trees.
D. fungus and mushroom
D. are able to live in extreme environ-
41. What can be spread by wind and produced ments.
during asexual reproduction
47. Mutualistic relationships of fungus with
A. lichen plant’s root known as
B. spores A. Mycorrhizae
C. mycorrhiza B. Lichens
D. algae C. Haustoria
42. Most Fungi are multicellular organisms. D. Hyphae
This means they are made of: 48. What is the similarity between Kingdom
A. one cell Monera, Fungi and Plantae?
B. more than one cell A. All organisms consist of cell walls.
C. no cells B. All organisms are eukaryotes.
D. none of above C. All organisms are multicellular.
D. All organisms are not autotrophs.
43. Which type of protist captures food, does
not have cell walls, and can move from 49. Which of the following is a characteristic
place to place? of fungi?
A. animal-like protists A. Some fungi are motile.
B. fungus-like protists B. Store food in the form of glycogen.
C. plant-like protists C. Autotrophic
D. none of above D. Have cell walls made up of cellulose.
50. What is the branch of Biology that deals 55. How do mushrooms reproduce?
with the study of fungi? A. Spores
A. parasitic C. 3 divisions
D. 2 divisions
B. saprophytic
C. symbiotic 59. Which statement is true about Agaricus
sp.?
D. all of the above
A. Asexual spore is ascospore
54. Most fungi are multicellular and their B. Aseptate hyphae
chains of cells are called
C. Sexual spore is produced by basidium
A. hyphae D. Sexual spore is zygospore
B. spores
60. Hyphae that contains cross sections called
C. basidia septa would make this hyphae:
D. chitin A. Septate
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B. carbohydrate storage in the form of C. II, III and IV
starch D. I, II, III and IV
C. no chlorophyll
67. The best environment for fungi is
D. cell wall made of chitin
A. Cool and damp
62. The Baltomore Oriole has the scientific B. Warm and dry
name:Icterus galbula. What taxonomic
C. Cool and dry
levels do the scientific name include?
D. Warm and moist
A. Genus and species
B. Phylum and genus 68. This kingdom is one of the most diverse
groups and includes organisms that have
C. Kingdom and phylum characteristics similar to other groups.
D. Class and species Choose the kingdom.
A. Mutualist D. mouthwash
B. 1
C. Zygomycota forms zygospores in zy-
C. 2
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gosporangium
D. 3 D. Basidiomycota forms basidiospores
outside the basidium
84. What is the tangled, underground network
of hyphae that makes up the largest por- 89. Fungi store food energy in the form of
tion of a fungus? A. glycogen
A. Mycelium B. starch
B. Basidia C. glucose
C. Gills D. cellulose
D. Fruiting Body 90. When was Kingdom Fungi created?
A. 1999
85. A collective mass of hyphae are referred
to as B. 1969
A. parasitic C. 1880
B. fruiting D. 1860
B. very slow growth 93. Is a phylum of the Kingdom Fungi that, to-
gether with the Basidiomycota, forms sub-
C. large surface area
kingdom Dikarya. Its members are com-
D. pigmented cells monly known as the sac fungi.
105. spore-producing fungal reproductive 111. Fungi obtain energy three ways in their
structure environment. When fungi obtain energy
A. chitin by feeding off of dead or decaying organ-
ims, what is this called?
B. fruiting body
A. parasitic
C. hyphase
B. saprophytic
D. mycelium
C. symbiotic
106. Which of the following is true about al-
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gae? D. all of the above
A. make their own food 112. What is the above-ground, reproductive
B. have specialized ways to move structure produced by fungi?
C. absorb food from the surroundings A. Fruiting body
D. capture and trap food B. Hyphae
107. Feeds on decomposing matter. C. Mycelium
A. Mutualist D. Chitin
B. Parasite
113. What function does a chitin has for the
C. Saprophyte fungi?
D. none of above A. cell wall that is flexible and tough at
108. Which protist makes its own food and the same time
moves with flagella? B. it’s an essential nutrient
A. amoeba C. it boosts the fungi’s immune system
B. paramecium D. It makes food for the fungi
C. euglena
D. yeast 114. is asexual fungal reproduction which
takes place when the mycelium is physi-
109. What are fungi called when they live cally broken and the hyphae begin growing
with another living thing and both benefit again.
each other? A. Fragmentation
A. Parasite
B. Budding
B. Mutualist
C. Conjugation
C. Saprophyte
D. Binary Fission
D. Autotroph
110. To which phylum of fungi does bread mold 115. Penicillin is derived a type of fungus com-
belong? monly called a
A. Basidiomycota A. mildew
B. Ascomycota B. mold
C. Zygomycota C. mushroom
D. Deuteromycota D. yeast
116. How do fungi obtain their food? 122. Which kingdom is a part of the domain
A. Predation Bacteria?
D. fibrous strands that will grow towards 132. When a cell has a nucleus with two copies
food or water of each chromosome.
A. diploid
127. Fungi are classified into phyla based on
their: B. 1N
A. Taste C. haploid
D. biploid
B. Mycelium
133. The body of a fungus is made of tiny
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C. Smell
tubes that root the fungus into its growing
D. Reproductive Structures surface. These tubes are known as
128. To what phylum of fungi do baking yeast, A. spores
mildew, cup fungi, truffles, and morels be- B. hyphae
long? C. ascus
A. Basidiomycota D. sporangia
B. Ascomycota
134. Who discovered penicillin?
C. Zygomycota A. Alexander Graham-Bell
D. Deuteromycota B. Meselson Stahl
A. ascomycota A. Nonvascular
B. Vascular
B. chytridiomycota
C. Phloem
C. deuteromycota
D. Xylem
D. glomeromycota
146. What is the mutualistic relationship
141. How do fungi feed?
shown in lichens?
A. Photosynthesis
A. Fungi and Algae
B. Saprotrophic nutrition (external diges-
B. Fungi and Plants
tion)
C. Fungi and Insects
C. Decomposers
D. Fungi and Humans
D. Consumers (internal digestion)
147. Which of the following fungi is correctly
142. consist of one main root system matched with its phylum?
with smaller roots branching off to help
the plant become more anchored in the A. Basidiomycota-Saccharomyces sp.
ground and they some examples such as B. Basidiomycota-Rhizopus sp.
carrots, dandelions, and cacti.
C. Zygomycota-Agaricus sp.
A. Root hairs
D. Ascomycota-Penicillium sp.
B. Tap roots
148. In some fungi, the mycellia below the sur-
C. Fibrous roots face form together to create that push
D. Big roots up
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A. Bacteria is eukaryotic like protists?
B. Archaebacteria is multicellular A. on decaying logs
C. Archaebacteria can live in extreme en- B. in bright light
vironments C. on dry surfaces
D. They are the same D. on metal surfaces
156. To which phylum of fungi do athlete’s
150. Fungi that feed on and HELP the host.
foot, yeast infections, and penicillium be-
A. saprophytic long?
B. parasitic A. Basidiomycota
C. symbiotic B. Ascomycota
160. Organisms have the ability to reproduce 165. Fungi reproduce using
offspring that have similar characteristics A. flowers
to the parent(s). The process that involves
C. decomposers A. Ascomycota
B. Basidiomycota
D. none of above
C. Zygomycota
163. When hyphae grow together in a twisted D. none of above
mass, what do they form?
169. Puffball mushrooms are in the category
A. lichen
B. spores A. Sac fungi
C. mycorrhiza B. Club fungi
D. mycelium C. Zygote fungi
D. Mold
164. Which organelle is NOT present in fungi?
170. Fungi is classified based on
A. cell membrane
A. the types of hyphae structure
B. cell wall B. the modes of nutrition
C. nucleus C. the types of spore bearing structure
D. chloroplasts D. the types of reproduction structure
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172. What type of fungi forms the largest D. mucor (mould)
group?
178. Yeast is in the category
A. lichen
A. Sac fungi
B. imperfect fungi
B. Club fungi
C. club fungi
C. Zygote fungi
D. sac fungi
D. Mold
173. One death cap mushroom has enough tox-
ins to kill 179. The large, visible part of a fungus that is
above ground and supports spore making
A. an entire town structures:
B. a family of four A. Hyphae
C. one person B. Mycelium
D. 2.64 people C. Sporemaker
174. What greatly influences hyphal growth? D. Fruiting Body
A. a food source, presence of water, re- 180. A massive web of hyphae under the sur-
productive units of other fungi face is called:
B. A food source, phototropism and the A. Roots
presence of water B. Mycelium
C. only the presence of water C. Spores
D. only phototropism D. Fruiting Body
175. What are the reproductive cells of fungi? 181. The cell walls of a fungus cell are made
A. Seeds of
B. Sperm A. cilia
C. Spores B. cellulose
D. Eggs C. gills
D. chitin
176. Which plant group or phylum contains ex-
amples consisting of trees, bushes, shrubs, 182. What are the tubular structures that
grasses, and tomato plants? fungi are mostly composed of?
A. Nonvascular A. Hyphae
B. Vascular B. Mycelium
194. The deadly Death Cap mushroom has a 199. Which vascular tissue in a plant trans-
symbiotic relationship with and is al- ports water up from the roots through the
ways found near them. stem to the leaves?
A. mice A. phloem
B. beetles B. stem
C. trees C. roots
D. xylem
D. streams and rivers
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200. All statements listed below are true
195. How did fungi is classified into different about Rhizopus sp. (bread mold) except
phyla?
A. it’s hyphae is coenocytic
A. Based on type of hyphae
B. asexual reproduction by conidia
B. Based on asexual-spore bearing struc- C. it produces zygospore
ture
D. the phylum of Rhizopus sp. is Zygomy-
C. Based on the type of mycelium cota
D. Based on sexual-spore bearing struc-
201. The phylum of Rhizopus sp. is
ture
A. Ascomycota
196. The reproductive cells of fungi are called: B. Basidiomycota
A. pollen C. Zygomycota
B. seeds D. Porifera
C. spores 202. In early development, many species of
D. mold fungi will grow in response to light. This
response is called
197. help increase surface area of the A. autotropism
roots so they can absorb more nutrients
B. gravitropism
and water from the soil.
C. heterotropism
A. Root hairs
D. phototropism
B. Type of roots
203. The cells wall of fungi are made up of the
C. The phloem
following substances?
D. The xylem A. Chitin
198. All statements listed below are true B. Cellulose
about Rhizopus sp. except C. Peptidoglycan
A. it’s hyphae is coenocytic D. Lipopolysaccharides
B. asexual reproduction by conidia 204. Which of the followings are NOT the im-
C. it produces zygospore portance of fungi?
206. The most primitive division of fungus is 212. Fungi are important. They are important
for the following reasons:
A. chytridiomycota
A. for food
B. basidiomycota
B. as decomposers
C. glomeromycota
C. causing plant diseases and medical
D. ascomycota
problems
207. When a fungus obtains energy from an- D. all of these are important
other organism, and BOTH benefit
A. parasitic 213. If an organism reproduces by budding, it
is most likely
B. saprophytic
A. a fungi, most likely yeast
C. symbiotic
D. none of above B. a fungi, most likely mushroom
C. a protist
208. A sac or case in which spores are pro-
duced. D. a monera
A. septa 214. Mycorrhizae roots are those that
B. haustoria A. have a symbiotic relationship with
C. spore fungi
D. sporangium B. have a symbiotic relationship with bac-
teria
209. Which is not true about fungi?
C. contain hyphae of parasitic fungi
A. All are consumers
D. are above ground roots
B. All are multicellular
C. Are eukaryotic 215. Fungi are classified into three common
D. Can be useful to humans phyla based on their:
A. Taste
210. The walls of the cells in most fungi are
made of B. Mycelium
A. chitin C. Smell
B. cellulose D. Reproductive Structures
216. The ergot fungus that may have initi- 221. The cordyceps fungus infects its insect
ated the Salem Witch Trials attacks the host and moves the host to higher ground
plant that the people of Salem used in order to
to make bread. A. make the insect fall to its death
A. rye B. get a better view of the jungle
B. wheat C. spread its spores using the wind
C. corn D. reach the sunlight it needs for photo-
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D. oat synthesis
B. lichen C. 3
D. 4
C. mycelium
D. mycorrhiza 223. Which of the following is NOT a charac-
teristic of Kingdom Fungi?
218. Fungi obtain energy three ways in their A. Autotrophic
environment. When fungi obtain energy
by feeding off of the host and the fungi and B. Cell walls of chitin
the host share there nutrients and water C. Eukaryotic
what is this called? D. Saprotrophic
A. parasitic
224. fungi have
B. saprophytic
A. nucleus and cell wall
C. symbiotic
B. nucleus and no cell wall
D. all of the above C. no nucleus and no cell wall
219. To which phylum of fungi do mushrooms, D. none of above
puffballs, and jelly fungi belong?
225. anchor the plant to the ground, ab-
A. Basidiomycota sorb water and nutrients from the soil, and
B. Ascomycota store extra food for the plants.
A. Root hairs
C. Zygomycota
B. Roots
D. Deuteromycota
C. Phloem
220. A is a mass of hyphae D. Xylem
A. ascospore
226. The gills of mushrooms are the sites for
B. mycelium spore bearing structures known as
C. sporocarps A. ascocarps
D. zygospore B. basidia
B. The bread dough doubled in its size 234. The body of a fungus is known as the
C. The bread turns brown A. basidium
238. Which of these is NOT in the kingdom 244. A haploid reproductive cell with a hard
fungi? outer coat. Can develop into a new organ-
A. Sponges ism with out the fusion of gametes.
B. Molds A. septa
C. Mildews B. haustoria
D. Mushrooms C. spore
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totrophs III. parasitesIV. mutualists 245. Which plant phyla is the smallest group
A. I only that doesn’t have a well-developed sys-
B. I, II and III tem for transporting water and nutrients
throughout the plant and does not have
C. I, III and IV true roots, stems, and leaves, and must
D. I, II and III grow near their water source?
240. When fungus obtains energy from an or- A. nonvascular
ganism and harms the host B. vascular
A. parasitic C. phloem
B. saprophytic D. xylem
C. symbiotic
246. Fungi are more like animals than plants
D. none of above
because
241. What is the above-ground, reproductive A. they all reproduce sexually.
structure produced by fungi during sexual
B. they have similar DNA
reproduction?
A. Fruiting body C. they can move from one place to an-
other.
B. Hyphae
D. They are autotophic
C. Mycelium
D. Chitin 247. What is a saprophyte?
A. An organism that has its DNA pack-
242. The spore produced by sac and club fungi
aged inside a nucleus.
during asexual reproduction.
A. fruiting body B. An organism that participates in a sym-
biotic relationship with another organism.
B. zygospore
C. conidiospore C. An organism that feeds on dead and
D. dikaryotic decaying material.
243. a mushroom D. A predator
A. sac 248. The kingdom fungi include all of the fol-
B. club lowing except
C. threadlike A. amoeba
D. imperfect B. yeast
A. Saprotrophs C. monerans
B. Producers D. protista
3. All plants are which means they make D. most are multicellular but some are
their own food unicellular
A. heterotrophs 9. What are some adaptations plants use
B. autotrophs to maintain homeostasis in order to sur-
C. eukaryote vive?
D. prokaryote A. Tropisms
B. Long Day
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4. What gas is released by plants during pho-
tosynthesis? C. Annuals
D. all of the above
A. sulfur
B. carbon dioxide 10. To what Domain does Kingdom Plantae be-
long?
C. oxygen
A. Eukarya
D. hydrogen
B. Archaea
5. The ancestors of land plants were most
C. Bacteria
likely similar to modern
D. Plantae
A. conifers
B. ferns 11. Heterocysts are found in
C. green algae A. Oscillatoria
D. flowering plants B. Nostoc
C. Chlamydomonas
6. Sporophyte generation is in form.
D. Spirogyra
A. Diploid
B. Haploid 12. What do angiosperms cover with their
fruit?
C. Triploid
A. cones
D. Tetraploid
B. fruit
7. Reptiles, amphibians, , fish, and insects C. spores
are examples of cold blooded animals.
D. seeds
A. birds
B. spiders 13. Former kingdom that included all bacteria.
C. cats A. Monera
D. dogs B. Archaebacteria
C. Eubacteria
8. What body types do Archaebacteria
have? D. Protista
D. Lycopene A. Haploid
B. Diploid
17. Cycads, ginkgo, and conifers are examples C. triploid
of
D. tetraploid
A. Angiosperm
23. Nonvascular plants like moss are generally
B. Gymnosperm
very small because they lack the ability to
C. Pteridophytes do which of the following?
D. Bryophytes A. open and close their stomata
B. transport water long distances
18. What types of cells do Animalia have?
C. grow large due to their dry environ-
A. All are prokaryotic cells ment
B. All are eukaryotic cells D. harness the full potential of the sun’s
C. Some have prokaryotic cells and some energy
have eukaryotic cells
24. Refers to cells (organisms) that make their
D. all have some prokaryotic and some own food.
eukaryotic cell A. autotrophs
19. Most conifers have separate male and fe- B. heterotrophs
male reproductive parts on the same tree. C. prokaryotic
This condition is referred to as
D. eukaryotic
A. monoecious
25. For bryophytes, sperms are produced by
B. dioecious
C. homosporous A. rhizoid
D. heterosporous B. archegonia
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32. The haploid form of the life cycle of a
D. cuticle plant, characterized by ‘alternation of gen-
eration’ is called
27. What is fertilization?
A. seed
A. the transfer of pollen from the anther
to the stigma B. embryo
B. the union of pollen and egg cells in the C. sporophyte
ovary of the flower D. gametophyte
C. the dispersal of seeds to a new loca-
tion 33. Contains the “ancient” or extreme bacte-
ria.
D. the transfer of cash in a business
transaction between plants A. Archaebacteria
B. Eubacteria
28. What types of roots do monocots have
C. Fungi
A. Taproot
D. Protista
B. Fibrous
C. Monocots don’t have roots 34. Which of the following is NOT a character-
istic of pteridophytes?
D. Red ones
A. Sporophyte generation is dominant
29. What is the waxy layer on leaves? B. Gametophyte generation is dominant
A. Chloroplasts C. Produce spores
B. Plastic D. Has true roots, stems and leaves
C. Wax
35. Which of the following best describes the
D. Cuticle stigma?
A. The narrow “neck” of the pistil
30. Which of the following group of animals is
sessile? B. The part of the stamen that makes
pollen
A. Sponge
C. The base of the pistil that contains the
B. Jellyfish
seeds
C. PIgeon
D. The sticky part of the pistil designed to
D. Planaria catch pollen
D. Their seeds are enclosed within fruits. B. male and female stages
C. meiotic and mitotic stages
38. They enclose the egg cells inside the
ovaries. D. spore and seed stages
A. ovules 44. You have learned that warm blooded ani-
B. anther mals are
C. seeds A. can’t get wet.
D. angiosperms B. are always sick.
39. The life cycle of plants is made of C. are mammals and birds.
stages. D. none of above
A. 1
45. Which plants are examples of gym-
B. 2
nosperms?
C. 3
A. Lilacs and Roses
D. 5
B. Moss and Liverworts
40. Which of the following is NOT a function
C. Pine Trees and Evergreens
of the flower?
D. Apple trees and Corn Stalk
A. attract pollinators
B. contain female reproductive parts 46. The waxy waterproof layer on the leaves
C. contain male reproductive parts and some stems of plants is called the
47. When a vine wraps around a fence post, B. movement to land, vascular tissues,
the plant is exhibiting seeds, flowers
A. phototropism C. flowers, movement to land, vascular
B. gravitropism tissues, seeds
C. nastic movement D. vascular tissues, seeds, movement to
land, flowers
D. thigmotropism
53. Plants are both &
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48. Which of the following statements are
true about the plants in the Phylum A. multicellular & eukaryotic
Bryophyta?i. Dominant gametophyte gen-
erationii. Non vascular plantiii. Have true B. unicellular & eukaryotic
roots C. multicellular & prokaryotic
A. i only D. unicellular & prokaryotic
B. i and ii only
54. means flowering plant.
C. ii and iii only
D. i, ii and iii A. angiosperm
B. gymnosperm
49. Dominant generation is sporophyte gener-
ation. This statement is NOT TRUE for C. conifer
A. pteridophytes D. none of above
B. bryophytes
55. The two tissues vascular plants have are
C. angiosperms and
D. gymnosperms A. roots and stems
50. What is the MOST likely outcome for pho- B. stems and xylem
totropism?
C. xylem and phloem
A. growth towards sunlight
D. roots and phloem
B. growth away from sunlight
C. growth straight up 56. Plants belong to kingdom
D. none of these A. Plantae
70. Which types of plants produce asexually 76. Plants have cell walls made of ?
with spores? A. Cellulose
A. mosses & gymnosperms B. Paper
B. mosses & angiosperms C. Chitin
C. angiosperms & gymnosperms D. Chloroplasts
D. mosses & ferns
77. All chordates have at some stage in
71. Kingdom that used to be classified in the their life cycle
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plant kingdom.
A. pharyngeal cleft
A. Monera
B. bones
B. Fungi
C. spinal nerve cord protected by bone
C. Protista
D. all of the above
D. Eubacteria
78. Some land plants developed an internal
72. Which of the following is belonging to system of interconnected tubes and ves-
Pterophyta? sels called
A. Agaricus sp. A. cuticles
B. Polytrichum sp. B. nonvascular canals
C. Pinus sp. C. The circulatory system
D. Dryopteris sp. D. Vascular Tissue
73. Spore-producing sori are located on the un- 79. Evaporation of water from the stoma, a
derside of the leaves of a key part of the water cycle, is called
A. haploid gametophyte A. Photosynthesis
B. haploid sporophyte B. Respiration
C. diploid gametophyte C. Transpiration
D. diploid sporophyte
D. Germination
74. Angiosperm differ from the gymnosperms
80. The reproductive organs of Gymnosperms
A. in having compound leaves are called .
B. being evergreen A. Circinate
C. being smaller in size B. Strobilus
D. in having ovules enclose in ovary C. Seeds
75. Hard outer coverings that protect the bod- D. Flower
ies of some animals without backbones are
called 81. Vascular plants transport nutrients
through tube-like structures known as
A. invertebrates and non-vascular plants transport nutri-
B. internal ents from
C. vertebrates A. cell to cell, xylem and phloem
D. exoskeletons B. seeds, cell to cell
C. xylem and phloem, cell to cell 87. Means cells having a distinct nucleus and
D. xylem and phloem, seeds organelles.
A. prokaryotic
93. Which of these plant tissues is the only one 99. How do MOST plants reproduce?
where growth occurs? A. from spores
A. Dermal B. from bulbs
B. Vascular C. from parts of the plant
C. Meristematic D. from seeds
D. Ground
100. Plants with seeds in cones are called?
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94. Pinus sp. belongs to which group? A. gymnosperms
A. Pteridophytes B. angiosperms
B. Gymnosperms C. flowers
C. Angiosperms D. mosses
D. Bryophytes 101. Which of these features that makes An-
95. The tiny opening on the plant that lets air giosperms as the most successful terres-
in and holds water in is called the trial plants?
B. stomata B. Heterosporous
C. Fruits enclosing seeds
C. petal
D. Has vascular system
D. cuticle
102. Trees, wildflowers, and ferns are all con-
96. Angiosperms produce seeds in
sidered what kind of plants?
A. Ferns
A. Vascular
B. Gymnosperms B. Nonvascular
C. Fruits C. Fungi
D. Pine Tress D. Conifers
97. The large vacuole stores food, water, en- 103. What does an ovule become when it is
zymes and pollinated?
A. pollen A. a seed
B. stems B. a sprout
C. waste C. a fruit
D. chlorophyll D. it stays an ovule
98. Plants with unprotected seeds belongs to 104. Which of the following is an example of
a gymnosperm?
A. pteridophytes A. Ferns
B. gymnosperms B. Pine Tree
C. angiosperms C. Mosses
D. bryophytes D. Maple Tree
105. Plants are which means they make 111. Which of the following is NOT an adapta-
their own food. tion for a plant to live on land?
108. The challenges that faced early land A. to keep water from entering the leaf
plants included B. to keep water from leaving the leaf
A. conserving water.
C. to keep bacteria out of the leaf
B. reproducing on land.
D. to keep oxygen in the leaf
C. absorbing minerals from the rocky sur-
face.
114. Flowering plants belong to which group
D. All of the above of plants?
109. What types of cells do Fungi have? A. Bryophytes
A. All have prokaryotic cells B. Ferns
B. All have eukaryotic cells
C. Gymnosperms
C. Some have prokaryotic cells and some
have eukaryotic cells D. Angiosperms
D. All have some prokaryotic and some
eukaryotic cells 115. What compound makes up the cell walls
of plant cells?
110. Stems in vascular plants
A. Chitin
A. make food for the plants
B. Sporopollenin
B. support the plants.
C. hold plants in the soil. C. Cellulose
D. absorb nutrients from the soil. D. Peptidoglycan
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117. Seeds can be disbursed by animals, wa- B. heterotrophs
ter, and . C. prokaryotic
A. wind D. eukaryotic
B. earthquakes
123. Which of the following is least likely to
C. fire
occur along the sea coast
D. blizzards
A. Green Algae
118. what characteristics do ferns have that B. Brown algae
mosses do not have?
C. Red algae
A. vascular system
B. seeds D. Mosses
127. Which of the following will most likely 133. Plants are divided into two major groups,
increase the chances a plant will be polli- they are
nated by a bird?
131. What characteristic to ALL plants share? 137. Which of the following plants produce
seeds?
A. unicellular
A. Marchantia sp.
B. eukaryotic
B. Dryopteris sp.
C. heterotrophs
C. Zea mays
D. none of above
D. Fucus sp.
132. Which of these species belongs to Pyhlum
Anthophyta? 138. Flowering plants belong to which group?
A. Polytrichum sp. A. pteridophytes
B. Dryopteris sp. B. bryophytes
C. Pinus sp. C. gymnosperms
D. Hibiscus rosa-sinensis D. angiosperms
139. Gametophytic generation is dominant in 145. Which of the following are characteristics
A. Angiosperm of nonvascular plants?
B. Pteridophyte A. tall with xylem tubes
C. Bryophyte B. many leaves
D. Gymnosperm C. no roots, stems, or leaves
140. Bryophytes are of D. conifers
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A. Great economic importance 146. Choose a monoecious plant from the list
B. No importance A. Cycas sp.
C. Great ecological importance
B. Hibiscus plant
D. physiological importance
C. Papaya tree
141. The most diverse, successful, and familiar D. Salak tree
group of plants today are the
A. Gymnosperms 147. Which of the following shows the plant
B. Bryophytes (or plant like) examples in order from most
primitive to most complex?
C. Pteridophytes
A. Algae-Mosses-Ferns-Pine-Lily
D. Angiosperms
B. Ferns-Mosses-Algae-Lily-Pine
142. The sugars produced by photosynthesis
are transported by which structures in a C. Pine-Mosses-Ferns-Lily-Algae
vascular plant? D. Mosses-Algae-Pine-Lily-Ferns
A. Phloem
148. Which statement is true about Kingdom
B. Xylem Plantae?
C. Chloroplast A. Some are saphrophytic
D. Golgi Apparatus
B. Food storage is in the form of glycogen
143. Which of the following explains the
taxon relationship between Zea mays and C. Only reproduce sexually
Pinus?
D. Cell wall is made of cellulose
A. Same order, different families
B. Same class, different orders 149. The organisms in this kingdom are eu-
karyotic, get their food by decomposing
C. Same phylum, different class
organic material and absorbing it through
D. Same kingdom, different phylum their hyphae, are non-motile and have cell
144. Part of plant that works like a food fac- walls made of chitin. To which kingdom do
tory these organisms belong?
A. Root A. Eubacteria
B. Stem B. Protista
C. Leaf C. Fungi
D. Flower D. Animalia
150. Contains the “true” bacteria. 156. All plants contain vascular tissues except
A. Fungi
152. During photosynthesis plants use cellular 158. The protects the undeveloped plant
respiration for what purpose? (embryo) against injury and from drying
out.
A. To transport water
A. flower
B. To transport food
B. cotyledon
C. To break down food
C. environment (soil)
D. To store waste
D. seed coat
153. Which of the following produces “naked”
159. Includes mushrooms, mold, and yeasts.
seeds?
A. Monera
A. Angiosperms
B. Protista
B. Ferns
C. Plantae
C. Gymnosperms
D. Fungi
D. Bryophytes
160. Why Hibiscus sp. are considered more ad-
154. Water exits the leaf through the vanced compared to Pinus sp.?
A. Stomata A. Xylem consists of vessel and tracheid
B. Flower B. Reproduction by producing seeds
C. Roots C. Phloem consists of sieve tube
D. Phloem D. Has true roots, stem and leaves
155. The pollen grains are found in this part of 161. Which of the following statements are
the stamen. true about plants in the Phylum Conifero-
A. anther phyta? I Xylem tissue lacks xylem ves-
sels II Phloem tissue lacks companion cell
B. style III Heterosporous IV Shows alternation of
C. pistil generation
D. filament A. I, II, and III
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B. chloroplast
plants?
C. glucose
A. trees and bushes
D. dextrose
B. ferns and dandelions
163. Which of the following is unique to King- C. mosses and liverworts
dom Plantae?
D. mold and yeast
A. cell wall consist of peptidoplycan
169. Endosperm in gymnosperm is formed
B. cell wall consist of cellulose
A. at the time of fertilization
C. cell wall consist of chitin
B. before fertilization
D. no cell wall
C. after fertilization
164. Which is a NOT a characteristic that all D. along with the development of embryo
plants have in common?
170. What body types do Animalia have?
A. All plants are photosynthetic au-
totrophs A. all are unicellular
B. All plants have cell walls and chloro- B. all are multicellular
plasts. C. most are unicellular but some are mul-
C. All plants are vascular. ticellular
D. All plants make their own food. D. most are multicellular but some are
unicellular
165. Why Hibiscus rosa-sinensis are consid-
171. Why Zea mays are considered more ad-
ered more advanced than Pinus sp.?
vanced compared to Pinus sp.?
A. Reproduction by producing seeds.
A. Xylem consists of tracheid only
B. Reproduction by producing flowers. B. Reproduction by producing spores
C. Xylem consists of tracheid only. C. Phloem consists of sieve tube only
D. Phloem consists of sieve tube only. D. Reproduction by producing flower
166. The following are not characteristics of 172. Vascular plants have which one of the fol-
the kingdom Plantae namely . lowing?
A. Can move actively A. Only xylem
B. Eukaryotic B. only phloem
C. Chlorophyll C. vascular bundle or tissue
D. Multicellular D. no vascular bundle
173. Nonvascular plants, such as mosses, 178. Plants are cell organisms.
have neither vascular tissue nor true roots. A. prokaryotic
What are the root like structures found on
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D. Diploid and free living
A. Roots
185. Which of the following is a not character- B. Leaves
istic of Pteridophytes?
C. Stems
A. Sporophyte generation is dominant
D. Flowers
B. Gametophyte generation is dominant
191. Brightly colored parts of flowers that at-
C. Produce spores tract insects.
D. Has true roots, stems and leaves A. petals
186. Plants are: B. pistils
A. autotrophic eukaryotes, have cell C. stamen
walls D. filaments
B. autotrophic prokaryotes, have cell 192. What is the function of a chloroplast?
walls
A. Contains genetic information
C. heterotrophic eukaryotes, have cell
B. Stores water
walls
C. Controls what goes into and out of the
D. heterotrophic prokaryotes, have cell
cell
membranes
D. Site of photosynthesis
187. What types of cells do Protista have?
193. This type of angiosperm has only one
A. all are prokaryotic cells cotyledon and often has leaves in multiples
B. all are eukaryotic cells of 3.
C. some have prokaryotic cells and some A. Monocot
have eukaryotic cells B. Dicot
D. all have some prokaryotic and some C. Xylem
eukaryotic cells D. Phloem
188. Which of the following characteristics be- 194. Gases pass in and out of a leaf through
longs to Gymnosperms? the what?
A. Seedless plant A. vascular tissue
B. Non-woody plant B. mouth hole
C. Heterosporous plant C. stomata
D. Seed enclose in ovary D. cell wall
206. Part of plant that acts like an anchor A. Radial symmetry and body shape
A. Root B. Segmentation and number of germ lay-
ers in body wall
B. Stem
C. Segmentation and body cavities
C. Leaf
D. Body shape and radial symmetry
D. Flower
212. The veins in the leaf of a plant are made
207. What types of cells do Plantae have? up of bundles of
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A. All are prokaryotic cells A. palisade and spongy mesophyll
B. All are eukaryotic cells B. cuticle and epidermis
C. Some have prokaryotic cells and some C. anther and filament
have eukaryotic cells
D. xylem and phloem
D. All have some prokaryotic and some
eukaryotic cells 213. What is the function of a vacuole?
A. Contains genetic information
208. Which of the following is not a charac-
B. Stores water
teristic of organisms in the Kingdom Ani-
malia? C. Controls what goes into and out of the
cell
A. Storage of carbohydrates as starch
D. Site of photosynthesis
B. Multicellularity
C. Obtaining nutrients by ingestions 214. Conifers can tolerate extreme environ-
ments because of
D. Having eukaryotic cells without cell
A. Presence of vessels
walls
B. Thick cuticle
209. Which word means 1 seed leaf?
C. Superficial stomata
A. angiosperm D. Broad hardy leaves
B. gymnosperm
215. Angiosperms are the most successful ter-
C. dicot restrial plants. Which of these features is
D. monocot unique to them and helps account for their
success?
210. Which of the following characteristics
A. Dominant gametophytes
are similar between Zea mays and Dry-
opteris? B. Fruits enclosing seeds
A. Presence of vascular tissue C. Embryos enclosed within seed coats
B. Double fertilization D. Sperm cells without flagella
C. Water dependent male gametes 216. Which of the following plants is monoe-
cious?
D. Free living gametophyte generation
A. Pinus sp.
211. Which of the following features could B. Marchantia sp.
be used to distinguish between an earth-
worm(annelid) and a tapeworm (platy- C. Cycas sp.
helminth)? D. Papaya
217. Roots have gravitropism whereas 223. How do Protista obtain their food?
stems and leaves have gravitropism. A. all are autotrophs
229. The waxy protective covering of a land 235. The sexual reproductive structures for
plant is called a Polytrichum sp. is
A. cuticle. A. Sporangia
B. capsule. B. Antheridium and archeghonium
C. rhizome. C. Gemmae cup
D. stoma. D. none of above
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230. Gymnosperms and angiosperms have the 236. What part of the flower turns into the
following in common except fruit?
A. seeds A. Seeds
B. pollen B. Ovary
C. ovaries C. Stamen
D. ovules D. Sepals
231. The male part of the flower is known as 237. All statements below is true about Pinus
the- sp. except
A. pistil A. sporophyte generation is dominant
B. sepal B. gametophyte generation is dominant
C. ovaries C. produce cone
D. stamen D. has true roots, stems and leaves
232. The organs of plants are 238. A bryophyte differ from pteridophyte in
A. roots, tissue, leaves A. Archegonia
B. leaves, stems, chlorophyll B. Lack of vascular tissue
C. roots, stems, leaves C. Swimming antherozoids
D. none of above D. Independent gametophyte
234. The green pigment found in the chloro- 240. The general life cycle of plants is called
plasts of plant cells is called
A. chloroplast A. alternation of generation
B. chlorophyll B. gametophyte
C. cell wall C. sporophyte
D. vacuole D. gametes
241. Which word means ‘covered seed’ 247. Organism A produces fruits. Which is
A. angiosperm FALSE about organism A?
245. Below are non-vascular plants, namely 251. Phloem of gymnosperm differ from an-
giosperm in
A. having parenchyma
A. Deer antlers
B. having no companion cells
B. Moss
C. having no sieve tube
C. Coconut tree
D. having no scleremchyma
D. Mango tree
252. All statements below are true about
246. Vascular tissues that carry water from Gymnosperm except
the roots to the leaves are called
A. heterosporous
A. xylem
B. seed does not enclosed within ovary
B. phloem
C. non-vascular plants
C. stomata D. less dependent on water for fertiliza-
D. none of these tion
253. How do plants make food? 259. Gnetophyta has complete vascular sys-
A. Homeostasis tem. But why it is considered as Gym-
nosperm, instead of Angiosperm?
B. Budding
A. It has flower
C. Photosynthesis
D. Vacuoles B. It has seed
C. It has fruit
254. In vascular plants, transports water,
while transports sugars (food). D. Its seed is not covered by fleshy fruit
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A. Phloem; Xylem
260. What are the small, green leaf-like struc-
B. Xylem; Phloem
tures that protect the flower when it is a
C. Roots; Stem bud?
D. Stem; Roots A. Seeds
255. What are the products from photosynthe- B. Pollen
sis?
C. Petals
A. water and sugar
D. Sepals
B. water and sun
C. carbon dioxide and sugar 261. Kingdom Plantae and Kingdom Animalia
D. oxygen and sugar are both in Domain Eukarya. How to dis-
tinguish between these two kingdoms?
256. How do seedless vascular plants repro-
duce? A. Level of cell organization
A. by producing spores B. Type of organism
B. by making seeds C. Mode of nutrition
C. by making gametes D. Based on rRNA sequence
D. by making vascular tissues
262. Refers to organisms that are made of just
257. Which of the following does NOT describe one cell.
plants?
A. unicellular
A. Multicellular
B. Autotrophic B. multicellular
C. Eukaryotic C. prokaryotic
D. Decomposer D. eukaryotic
258. What types of cells do Eubacteria have? 263. Process by which green plants prepare
A. all are prokaryotic cells their own food
B. all are eukaryotic cells A. Germination
C. some have prokaryotic cells and some B. Pollination
have eukaryotic cells
C. Transpiration
D. all have both prokaryotic and eukary-
otic cells D. Photosynthesis
264. Marchantia sp. is an example of 270. Small grains that contain a plant’s male
A. moss reproductive cells are known as-
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283. The common name for the organism in the
A. It is multicellular phylum Bryophyta is
B. It has cell walls
A. horse tail
C. It makes its own food
D. It is supported B. clubmoss
D. Seeds
286. Which of the following is not belonging
281. Which one is NOT an exception in an- to Gymnosperm?
giosperms?
A. Anthophyta
A. Double fertilization
B. Coniferophyta
B. Secondary growth
C. Presence of vessels C. Ginkgophyta
D. Autotrophic nutrition D. Cycadophyta
287. Bryophytes are characterized by which of 292. The correct balanced chemical equation
the following? for photosynthesis is
→ H + CO2
297. The two type of vascular tissue in plants C. They are multicellular
are the and the ? D. They are heterotroph
A. bark, wood
303. Which of the following is a characteristic
B. ground, dermal
of both Pinus sp. and Dryopteris sp.?
C. roots, stem
A. Presence of vascular tissue
D. phloem, xylem
B. Production of seeds
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298. The male reproductive structure of C. Double fertilization
Bryophytes is called
D. Reproduce through spores
A. Anthegonium
B. Archegonium 304. All statements below are true about Se-
laginella sp. except
C. Antheridium
A. classification of Selaginella sp. is un-
D. Anther
der phylum Lycophyta
299. Which of the following would let you B. free-living gametophyte
know a plant is vascular?
C. produce one type of spores
A. Can live in a dry environment
D. antherozoids swim towards ovum
B. Does photosynthesis
C. Is living 305. What body types do Fungi have?
C. some are autotrophs and some are C. All seed-producing plants have fruit.
heterotrophs
D. none of above
D. they are neither autotrophs nor het-
erotrophs 325. What substance is transported in the
xylem?
320. Which plant structure is responsible for
taking in water and nutrients from the A. Carbon dioxide and oxygen
soil? B. Sugars made in the leaves
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A. Roots C. Hormones
B. Leaves
D. Water
C. Stems
D. Flowers 326. Which is true about nonvascular plants?
A. They don’t have vascular tissues.
321. Which of the following statements are
TRUE about plants in phylum Conifero- B. They grow tall.
phyta?I. Xylem tissue lacks xylem ves- C. They include pine trees.
selsII. Phloem tissue lacks companion cel-
lIII. HeterosporousIV. Shows alternation D. They don’t have cell walls.
of generation
327. Light energy is converted to chemical en-
A. I, II and III
ergy through the process of
B. I, II and IV
A. Cellular Respiration
C. II, III and IV
B. Protein Synthesis
D. I, II, III and IV
C. Glycolosis
322. Which of the following describes a mono-
D. Photosynthesis
cot?
A. two cotyledons 328. What body types do Plantae have?
B. circular vascular tubes lined up in A. all are unicellular
pairs
B. all are multicellular
C. 3 petals or multiples of 3
C. most are unicellular but some are mul-
D. wide leaves, branching veins ticellular
323. Which plant is heterosporous? D. most are multicellular but some are
A. Lycopodium sp. unicellular
B. Marchantia sp. 329. Seedless vascular plants, like ferns, re-
C. Selaginella sp. produce with the use of
D. none of above A. Seeds
341. Which of the following best describes or- 346. Sorus is a cluster of located underside
ganisms in Kingdom Plantae of sporophylls of Dryopteris sp.
A. eukaryotic, heterotrophic, multicellu- A. sporocyte
lar B. sporangiospore
B. prokaryotic, heterotrophic, multicellu- C. sporangia
lar
D. spores
C. eukaryotic, autotrophic, multicellular
347. What are the two groups that all plants
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D. none of above can FIRST be divided into?
342. Plants that produce flowers and develop A. Nonvascular or Vascular
fruit are known as B. Seeds or Seedless
A. Angiosperms C. Gymnosperms or Angiosperms
B. Gymnosperms D. Monocots or Dicots
C. Pteridophytes 348. Bryophyte includes
D. Bryophytes A. Liverworts and ferns
B. Mosses and ferns
343. Plants have various organs to carry out
tasks important for survival. Which of C. Mossess and liverworts
the following organs is most responsible D. None of these
for producing a plant’s supply of sugar
through photosynthesis? 349. Which of the following characteristics is
NOT true of vascular plants?
A. roots
A. Tall
B. stem
B. Has vascular tissue
C. leaves C. Must live near water
D. flowers D. Has true leaves and roots
344. During a Dryopteris sp. life cycle, meio- 350. What is the male reproductive material
sis take place in the to produce haploid of plants?
A. Seeds
A. sporophyte, gemmae B. Pollen
B. gametophyte, spores C. Fruit
C. sporophyte, spores D. Sepals
D. gametophyte, gamete 351. Plants have several types of tissues.
Which of the following transports sug-
345. The is the tiny plant inside of a seed. ars?
A. cotyledon A. xylem
B. embryo B. phloem
C. seed coat C. dermal tissue
D. flower D. adipose
352. The diploid form in a plant’s life cycle is 353. A fertilized egg is called a(n)
called the
A. stomata
A. Sporophyte
A. birds B. Vertebrates
B. fish C. Endoskeleton
C. mammals D. Exoskeleton
10. Which animals are warm-blooded and feed 16. The word Porifera
their babies milk? A. stinging
A. birds B. soft with shell
B. mammals C. porus
C. reptiles D. rings
D. amphibians 17. Class means “double life” because an-
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imals in this class live part of their life
11. A scientific name consist of which two cat-
in the water and part of their life on the
egories
land.
A. Class and Family A. Aves
B. Family and Genus B. Mammalia
C. Genus and Species C. Reptilia
D. Species and Class D. Amphibia
14. How many legs do insects have? 20. Animals compete for
A. four A. Food
B. eight B. Mates
C. two C. Territory
D. All of these
D. six
21. Vertebrate animals are under what phy-
15. The largest mammal is lum?
A. a human A. Arthropoda
B. the blue whale B. Chordata
C. a gorilla C. Porifera
D. a reptile D. none of above
22. In mollusca mouth contains a file like rasp- 28. Gnathostomata means
ing organ for feeding is called A. Absence of jaw
24. Because sponges are sessile, they get their 30. Ornithorhynchus is
food through
A. Kangaroo
A. scavenging the sea floor
B. Dolphin
B. filter fedding
C. Platypus
C. the spicules
D. Ant eater
D. tentacles
25. To what Domain does Kingdom Animalia 31. What category of animal has hair?
belong? A. Reptile
A. Animalia B. Amphibian
B. Bacteria C. Mammal
C. Eukarya D. Bird
D. Archaea
32. All arthropods have segmented bodies,
26. Which one of the following animals is NOT jointed appendages, and
a vertebrate animal?
A. tails
A. bear
B. lungs
B. frog
C. wings
C. bee
D. an exoskelton
D. dolphin
27. Protective body coverings of Animilia in- 33. Which of the following are the characteris-
clude.. tics of an earthworm
C. Quadriceps. B. vertebrates
D. Insect C. reptiles
D. mammals
35. The arthropod exoskeleton is made of
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A. chitin 41. Linnaeus is credited with:
B. species
A. Mammalia
C. genus
B. Chordata
D. none of above
C. Reptilia
39. If you want to take care of animals, you D. Echinodermata
should
A. buy products made with animals. 45. Cold blooded animals with scaly dry skin
are
B. buy endangered animals
A. Fish
C. respect their habitats and protect
them from the actions of man. B. Reptiles
57. The animal emerges from its den when he 62. While studying chimps in Africa, Jane
feels it is safe. The word emerges in this Goodall discovered that they live in
sentence means- A. herds
A. animals that live by eating other ani- B. families
mals
C. flocks
B. comes out of a hidden place D. schools
C. group of living things that are the same
63. Which of these 3 eat meat?
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A. Omnivore
D. not of affected by illnesses
B. Carnivors
58. Which statement best describes mimicry? C. Herbavors
A. Hawk moth caterpillars can act like D. none of above
snakes.
64. Which of the following is a characteristic
B. Polar bears have white fur to hid them- of ALL living things?
selves in the snow.
A. moving around
C. Grasshoppers blend into rocks or
B. sweating
leaves.
C. thinking
D. Chameleons can change their color.
D. responding to stimulus
59. To which domain would a cell without a nu-
65. Which Kingdom is referring to “old” bac-
cleus in the dead sea belong?
teria?
A. Eukarya
A. Eubacteria
B. Prokarya B. Archeabacteria
C. Archaea C. Fungi
D. Eubacteria D. Plantae
60. All plants in the plant kingdom have the 66. The correct order for classification is
following characteristics A. domain, kingdom, phylum, class, or-
A. Have chloroplast to make its own food der, family, genus, species
(producers) and multicellular B. phylum, domain, kingdom, class, or-
B. Consumers and unicellular der, family, species, genus
C. Consumers and multicellular C. domain, kingdom, phylum, class, or-
der, species, family, genus
D. none of above
D. none of above
61. The study of the early stages of life is 67. An animal that eats BOTH plants and ani-
called mals.
A. reproducing A. Insectivore
B. captivity B. Carnivore
C. embryology C. Herbivore
D. biology D. Omnivore
68. IN DIPLOBLASTIC ORGANISM THE GERM 74. Which animal belongs in the reptile king-
LAYER ABSENT IS dom?
A. dog
69. Choose the false sentence: 75. Which big cat has the best hunting skills?
72. odd one out (exclude 1 answer) 78. The animal that eats both plants and flesh
A. Bear
A. savannah
B. Cheetah
B. claws
C. Monkey
C. stream
D. Buffalo
D. cliff
79. Sharks are classified into the same class
73. Icthyopis is an as which other fish?
A. Amphibian A. Dolphins
B. Fish B. Rays and Skates
C. Reptile C. Trout and Bass
D. Echinoderm D. Whales
80. Organisms with this type of body plan 86. is an adaptation that fools other ani-
have no regular symmetry. mals with sounds, behaviors, or colors.
A. Bilateral A. camouflage
B. Radial B. mimicry
C. Symmetrical C. perch
D. Asymmetrical D. internal
81. Which of the following fish has a swim
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87. I’m red and I’ve got a fine bushy tail. I like
bladder? meat. I hunt and eat small animals. What
A. Shark am I?
B. Lamprey A. fox
C. Trout B. cat
D. Skate C. dog
104. Find information about rain forests. 110. Tick the insect below
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“Many rain forest are used as A. Rat
medicines.”
B. Crow
A. animals
C. Bear
B. trees
D. Louse
C. plants
D. ponds 111. Pearl oyster is
A. lineup
105. The function of Flame cells are:
B. Pinctada
A. Excretion and Osmoregulation
C. Aplysia
B. Digestion and excretion
D. Dental
C. Anchorage and excretion
D. none of above 112. The part of the animal that contains the
lower surface is the
106. How do most organisms who live on land A. dorsal
obtain oxygen?
B. posterior
A. Diffusion through skin.
C. ventral
B. Through gills.
D. anterior
C. Through lungs.
D. Through filter-feeding. 113. Butterflies, lady bugs, and beetles are all
examples of which animal group?
107. What is an example of a crustacean? A. amphibian
A. krill B. insect
B. spider C. mammal
C. ant D. bird
D. beetle
114. What would help you determine if an or-
108. Which animal is a vertebrate? ganism is in kingdom Animalia?
A. Jellyfish A. Chloroplasts
B. Cricket B. Unicellular
C. Worm C. Heterotroph
D. Deer D. Prokaryote
A. Reptiles D. Goat
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A. mobile, eukaryotic, consumers, many D. none of above
celled
B. mobile, can digest food, many celled, 133. were do amphibians live?
consumers, eukaryotic A. Water
C. many celled, producers, respiration, B. Swamps, vernal ponds and even farm-
have radical symmetry, are mobile land.
D. none of above C. land
128. An animals with radial symmetry is D. Island
A. jelly fish 134. Which Kingdom is referring to “new”
B. sea anemonie bacteria?
C. sponges A. Archeabacteria
D. butterfly B. Eubacteria
129. An example of a Annelida is a C. Fungi
A. hookworm D. Plantae
B. sea urchin 135. It is a group of fish whose skeletons
C. leech are made up of cartilage rather than
bones. They have jaws, tough scales and
D. octopus
breathe through the spiracles on top of
130. As it changes from tadpole to adult, a their heads.
frog’s body undergoes a series of dramatic A. Jawless fishes
changes. Hind legs develop and the tail dis-
appears. This process is called B. Cartilaginous fishes
A. India C. Birds
B. Africa D. Mammals
148. Which name literally means “double life”, 154. Which is the correct order?
describing animals that live part of their A. Kingdom Phylum Order Class
life in water and part of their life on land?
B. Class Order Family Genus
A. Amphibians
C. Domain Phylum Kingdom Species
B. Birds
D. Order Family Species Genus
C. Reptiles
155. What is one difference between insects
D. Mammals
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and birds?
149. Bombyx, Locusta and Limilus are included A. All birds can fly but not all insects can
in fly.
A. Arthropoda B. Birds have two legs but insects have
B. Mollusca six legs.
C. Annelida C. Birds have two body parts but insects
have three body parts.
D. Amphibia
D. Birds lay eggs but insects do not lay
150. Most animals eggs.
A. are invertebrates 156. I am a unicellular prokaryote that lives in
B. are arthropods extreme environments. What kingdom do
I belong to?
C. have jointed legs
A. archaebacteria
D. all of these
B. eubacteria
151. Parasite
C. fungi
A. lives in water
D. none of above
B. lives in dirt
157. The animal that eats grass and leaves
C. lives in or on another organism
A. Chameleon
D. lives a full life
B. Ant
152. Which group includes snails, clams, and C. Hare
squid?
D. Hyena
A. Porifera
158. The animals that live with us in our house
B. Cnidaria
are called
C. Mollusks
A. Domestic animals
D. Arthropoda
B. Wild animals
153. A parrot is a/an: C. Pet animals
A. vertebrate animal D. Water animals
B. invertebrate animal 159. Which creature is an example of a mol-
C. bird lusc?
D. A and C are correct A. snail
172. These vertebrates live on land and water. C. only mammals have teeth.
They undergo metamorphosis and must lay
D. only mammals brood their young.
their eggs in water.
A. Reptiles 178. A synonym for this word is:come out
B. Fish A. emerge
C. Amphibians B. predator
D. Birds
C. immune
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173. Tube like bodies, divided in segments, D. species
nervous system, blood vessels, breathe
through wet skin, digestive system: 179. I lay eggs, have gills, scales and fins,
A. worms what am I?
B. segmented worms A. frog
C. star fish B. dinosaur
D. skeleton C. toad
174. What animals do not have a backbone? D. fish
A. jellyfish
180. Give birth to their young, produce milk to
B. Crabs
feed their young, have hair or fur, warm
C. mammal blooded
D. fish A. Mammals
175. The process in which an organism’s body B. Arthropods
temperature is regulated externally. In-
C. Birds
cludes your fish, amphibians, and reptiles.
A. Exogenic D. Echinoderms
183. Which of these is the common example 189. An animal whose body temperature re-
for agnatha/jawless fish? mains the SAME no matter what the
outside temperature could be (Warm
D. a backbone A. Amphibians
B. Reptiles
188. do invertebrates have teeth
C. Birds
A. yes
D. Mammals
B. no
194. Endothermic, breathe with lungs, give
C. none of the above birth to live babies, have fur or hair, feed
D. none of above young milk.
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A. Segmented Worms mammals except
B. Arthropods A. they give birth to live young
C. Mollusks B. they produce milk
C. they breathe through gills
D. Sponges
D. they are covered with hair
196. Limbless amphibian
202. Animals with backbones are called
A. Bufo A. skeletons
B. Salamander B. vertebrates
C. Ichthyopis C. fungi
D. Rana tigris D. invertebrates
203. are vertebrates that give birth to
197. Which term describes a support structure
young ones and feed them with their own
on the outside of an animal?
milk.
A. Exothermic
A. Birds
B. Exoskeleton B. Reptiles
C. Endothermic C. Amphibians
D. none of above D. Mammals
198. Phylum Porifera includes: 204. How many categories of habitats does
Britannica list?
A. worms
A. 4
B. mollusks B. 6
C. sponges C. 8
D. viruses D. 10
199. Phylum Platyhelminthes? 205. Frogs, toads, and salamanders are all ex-
amples of which class?
A. roundworms
A. Amphibians
B. segmented worms B. Reptiles
C. aquatic worms C. Birds
D. flatworms D. Mammals
206. Reptiles and birds are similar because 212. Organisms that are bilateral body sym-
they both lay eggs and both are metry has germs layer
A. diploblastic
207. Which of the following is true about all 213. Horse, whale, and a dog are examples of
mammals? which kind of animal group?
A. They give birth to their young alive. A. bird
B. They have hair as an outer covering. B. fish
C. They can live on both land and water. C. reptile
D. They have wings. D. mammal
208. Which of the following are NOT charac- 214. Which level of classification contains the
teristics of mammals? fewest organisms?
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D. none of above
225. Which class of arthropods are mainly
A. flagellated protists aquatic?
B. amoebas A. Crustacea
C. ciliated paramecia B. Insecta
D. sessile sporozoans C. Diplopoda
220. Which is only reptile that has 4- D. Chilopoda
chambered heart 226. Which organ absorbs oxygen from the
A. Snake water?
B. Crocodile A. Lungs
C. Lizard B. Gills
D. None of the above C. Scales
D. Heart
221. When the temperature of the environ-
ment changes, the body temperature of a 227. Vertebrates that spend part of their lives
reptile in water and part of their lives on land
A. changes A. Mollusk
B. stays the same B. Amphibians
C. always increases C. Mammals
D. always decreases D. Fish
222. “jointed appendages” describes the Phy- 228. What supergroup are animals in
lum A. arecheaplatida
A. Porifera B. excavata
B. Arthropoda C. rhizarian
C. Nematoda D. opisthokonta
D. Echinodermata 229. A characteristic the organisms in the phy-
lum Porifera possess:
223. These animals are ectothermic. Some
have gills, some have lungs. What are A. Stinging cells.
they? B. The ability to photosynthesize.
A. Amphibians C. Have asymmetrical symmetry.
B. Reptiles D. Have radial symmetry.
230. Which animal belongs in the Phylum 236. Which of the following is not a domain
Mammalia? A. archea
232. What part of a cnidarian’s body allows 238. Can frogs live in Salt water
them to capture/kill their prey? A. Yes
A. the epidermis B. No
B. the polyp C. Probably
C. the nematocysts D. I don’t know
D. the nerve net
239. Which phyla’s key characteristics are a
233. how many phylum are in the invertebrate backbone or exoskeleton and spinal chord,
kingdom bilateral symmetry?
A. 5 A. Echinoderms
B. 7 B. Arthropods
C. 3 C. Annelids
D. 2 D. Chordates
234. The animal that eats grains 240. A medusa is
A. Pigeon
A. a free swimming cnidarian
B. Panda
B. a sessile cnidarian
C. Peacock
C. an agile predator
D. Penguin
D. incapable of sexual reproduction
235. An animal whose body cavity is lined
by tissue derived from mesoderm & endo- 241. Mushrooms and Mold belong in which
derm is known as Kingdom Classification?
A. coelomate A. Fungi
B. pseudocoelomate B. Protist
C. acoelomate C. Animal
D. acoelome D. Plant
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243. Which organisms belong in the same king-
dom as a wolf?
C. They have fins and flippers to swim.
A. Mushrooms and lichens
D. They can run fast and walk on the
B. Algae and amoeba ground.
C. Dandelion and daisy
D. lady bug and sea jelly 249. Which group of invertebrates does a clam
belong to?
244. Animals that have feathers, two wings, A. Sponge
two legs and beak are
B. Fish
A. Amphians
C. Echinoderm
B. Cows
C. Elephants D. Mollusk
253. What is the longest living animal 259. An animal that possess a body cavity
A. Crocodile lined by tissue completely derived from
mesoderm is known as
B. Amphibians A. Trygon
C. Platypus B. Torpedo
D. Insects C. Carchorodon
D. Scoliodon
257. WHAT ANIMAL WAS CROWNED THE
KING OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM 263. Which group do sponges belong to?
A. COYOTE A. Platyhelminthes
B. EAGLE B. Porifera
C. LION C. Nematodes
D. SHARK D. Cnidaria
258. Organisms that make their own food 264. What does the term echinoderm mean?
A. autotroph A. tube feet
B. heterotroph B. star shaped
C. selfietroph C. spiny skin
D. hunterotroph D. stomach foot
265. which animal lives in the desert? 271. Which is the most dangerous animal?
A. Fish A. Mosquito
B. Monkey B. Dog
C. Camel C. Shark
D. Bear D. Snake
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fied under phylum
A. GENUS A. Porifera
B. FAMILY B. Cnidaria
C. KEY C. Platyhelminthes
D. SPECIES D. Nematoda
267. An example of a Mollusca is 273. Which animals have been found to ex-
crete chemicals that help humans?
A. sea urchin
A. leopards and tigers
B. oysters
B. dogs and cats
C. leeches
C. birds and bugs
D. earth worm
D. leeches, snakes, and frogs
268. What surrounds the mouth of Cnidari- 274. The birds fly with the help of
ans?
A. Feathers
A. guard cells
B. Tail
B. pinococytes
C. Beak
C. tentacles
D. Wings
D. spines
275. Which is an example of an echinoderm?
269. There are types of vertebrates A. starfish
A. one B. bat
B. two C. millipede
C. five D. salamander
D. four 276. A group of similar organisms that can
mate with each other and produce off-
270. Panthera is the generic name of spring that can also mate and reproduce
A. Lion A. domain
B. Tiger B. species
C. Both Lion and tiger C. genus
D. Lion, tiger and Cheetah D. none of above
277. The only vertebrate that gives birth to 283. Warm blooded animals that feed their ba-
live young is bies with milk
279. Which of the following is an inverte- 285. Sponges get their food by
brate? A. going through photosynthesis
A. Cat B. decomposing it
B. Snail C. sponges do not eat
C. Goldfish D. filter feeding
D. Humans
286. When an animal blend in the surroundings
280. Which of these animals have the thickest to escape from predators is called
skin in the world?
A. migration
A. Blue whale
B. aestivation
B. Giraffe
C. camouflage
C. Orangutan
D. hibernation
D. Whale shark
287. Flatworms belong to the Phylum
281. The part of the animal that contains the
tail end is the A. Nematoda
A. dorsal B. Cnidaria
B. posterior C. Mollusca
C. ventral D. Platyhelminthes
D. anterior
288. Organisms that cannot make their own
282. We are in what kingdom? food
A. Plants A. autotroph
B. Animals B. heterotroph
C. Protists C. selfietroph
D. none of above D. hunterotroph
289. Which animal has the strongest bite? 295. Ctenophora is commonly called as:
A. Crocodile A. Flatworms
B. Whale B. Sea Anemone
C. Shark C. Comb Jellies
D. Lion D. Cnidaria
290. Which rank contains the largest amount 296. What scientist gave us the system of clas-
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of organisms? sification we still use today?
A. Genus A. Mendel
B. Species B. Linnaeus
C. Class C. Darwin
D. Order D. Watson
291. Vertebrates have a internal skeleton 297. In Which Domain can Kingdom Animalia
called be found?
A. backbone A. Archea
B. exoeskeleton B. Bacteria
C. vertebrae
C. Eukarya
D. skull
D. none of above
292. What is the outer layer of an animal cell
298. Most members of the phylum Chordata
that controls movement of materials in
have
and out of the cell?
A. radial symmetry
A. Capsule
B. Cell Membrane B. backbones
D. Cytoplasm D. feathers
293. Which animal is an example of a verte- 299. Which of the following is NOT a mam-
brate (animal with a backbone)? mal?
A. crab A. blue whale
B. bug B. bats
C. snake C. cats
D. shrimp D. crabs
294. The word Cnidaria means 300. Organisms that can’t make their food.
A. porus A. Heterotrophs
B. spiny B. Autotrophs
C. segmented rings C. Animals
D. stinging D. Plants
312. You would find mushrooms in which king- 318. which animal below doesn’t have claws
dom? A. tiger
A. Fungi B. koala
B. Protista C. octopus
C. Plantae D. bear
D. Animalia
319. Symmetry that is divided down the an-
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313. The animal that helps in farming imal’s length into similar right and left
halves is
A. Duck
A. Radial
B. Mouse
B. Bilateral
C. Bullock
C. Equal
D. Crow
D. Trilateral
314. Lizard, turtles, and snakes are all exam-
ples of which of animal group? 320. The process in which an organism’s body
temperature is regulated internally. In-
A. fish cludes your birds and mammals.
B. reptile A. Exothermic
C. bird B. Androgenic
D. insect C. Endothermic
315. do invertebrates move D. Ectothermic
A. yes 321. What type of animal is a crab?
B. no A. Fish
C. both B. Mammal
D. none of above C. Crustacean
A. The cellular level of organization. 322. This is the second word of an organism’s
scientific name.
B. Multicellular level of organization.
A. Class
C. Acellular level of organization.
B. Order
D. None.
C. Genus
317. Animals which are made of bone and car-
D. Species
tilage found internally (inside of you) have
a 323. A polyp is
A. endoskeleton A. a sessile cnidarian
B. exoskeleton B. a free swimming cnidarian
C. kitoskeleton C. not capable of asexual reproduction
D. hexoskeleton D. a cnidarian larvae
335. In which organelles does cellular respira- 341. When the anterior end of an animal has
tion take place? a gathering of sensory organs and nerve
A. Chloroplast cells this is known as
B. Mitochondria A. cephalization
B. nervous system
C. Ribosome
C. bilateral symmetry
D. Nucleus
D. segmentation
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336. are animals that hunt and eat smaller,
more helpless animals. 342. What evidence does the author primarily
use to support her message?
A. Prey
A. Facts about biodiversity
B. Predators
B. Expert opinions and interviews
C. Invertebrates
C. Personal observation and reflection
D. Mammals
D. Details about zoo practices
337. From where does the eukaryotic kingdom
Plantae acquire their energy? 343. Phylum Mollusca include all except:
A. Eating A. octopus
B. Water B. clam
C. snail
C. Sun
D. jellyfish
D. Ground
344. I am fat and pink. I live on the farm.
338. An Example of a platyhelminthes is a
What am I?
A. fluke
A. sheep
B. jellyfish B. horse
C. sea star C. goat
D. earth worm D. pig
339. Sponges use pores to 345. The animal that gives us milk
A. move from place to place. A. Snake
B. filter food from the water. B. Cow
C. defend themselves. C. Pigeon
D. none of above D. Butterfly
340. Many birds migrate in groups. What is a 346. Pseudocoelomate is a characteristic fea-
group of birds called? ture
A. school A. Porifera
B. plumage B. Annelida
C. flock C. Arthropoda
D. pack D. Aschelminthes
347. Flatworms belong to phylum: 353. The animal kingdom is divided into
A. Platyhelminthes. A. 1 group
348. This is the name for an external skeleton 354. Sea stars, sea brittle, sea cucumber, sea
urchin:
A. Skeletor
A. arthropods
B. Exoskeleton
B. mollusks
C. Endoskeleton
C. echinoderms
D. Interframe
D. Segmented worms
349. Symmetry that is divided along any plane
through a central axis into roughly equal 355. Who created the most commonly used
halves is system of taxonomy?
359. Which of the following is NOT a charac- 365. Which three parts of the body has an in-
teristic of mammals? sect?
A. They are warm-blooded A. Tencacles, head, legs
B. They have hair B. head, abdomen, legs
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366. This is the transmission of sound waves
360. Crabs are to locate an object or food, this is were
A. Arthropods bats rely to help them find their food
B. Mollusks A. Metamorphosis
C. Cnidarians B. Omnivores
C. Echolocation
D. Amphibians
D. Pollination
361. What is the world’s largest birds
367. How many rats were on the spaceshuttle
A. Ostrich Columbia’s on 1993
B. Dove A. 46
C. Kiwi B. 47
D. Penguin C. 48
D. 49
362. How many legs does an insect have?
368. Segmented worms are in the Phylum:
A. 2
A. Annelida
B. 6
B. Nematoda
C. 4
C. Arthropoda
D. 8 D. Cnidaria
363. Animals with backbones are known as 369. lizard, turtles, and snake are all exam-
A. Invertebrates ples of what kind of animal?
B. Vertebrates A. fish
B. reptile
C. Radial
C. bird
D. Bilateral
D. insect
364. A synonym for this word is:unaffected
370. Why are sponges classified as animals
A. Emerges A. they digest food
B. Predator B. they breathe through gills
C. Immune C. they use legs to move
D. Protect D. they have skeleton
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383. Which group of mammals give birth to im- B. Placentals
mature young that continue to develop in
C. Marsupials
the mother’s pouch?
D. All of these
A. monotremes
B. marsupials 389. Birds must have wings, feathers, and a
C. mammals in order to be classified as a bird.
393. Group of cells are loosely arranged and 399. Internal skeleton =
does not form true tissues are known as
A. Exothermic
404. The process in which organisms are bred bodies and some of the young form cysts
for specific, desired traits are called in the muscles of other animals.
A. Selective Breeding A. Platyhelminthes
B. Natural Selection B. Nematoda
C. Innate Behavior C. Mollusca
D. Learned Behavior D. Cnidaria
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405. An animal that has a backbone is called 410. Which of the following structures is
a(n) formed when fertilization occurs?
A. cnidarian A. egg
B. predator B. ovary
C. vertebrate C. sperm
D. embryo
D. invertebrate
411. A unicellular kingdom is
406. Major functions of animals include obtain-
ing food and oxygen, keeping internal con- A. Animal
ditions stable, movement, and B. Plants
A. adaptation C. Protist
B. reproduction D. Fungi
C. classification 412. Lungs and moist skin are characteristics
D. fertilization of..
A. Amphibians
407. The organ level organization is first seen
in: B. Fish
A. Concentrates. C. Mammals
B. Platyhelminthes. D. none of above
C. Nematahelminthes. 413. Mammals are
D. Arthropods. A. viviparous, and the females produce
milk
408. What are the 2 ways to classify animals.
B. oviparous
A. If they do or do not have a backbone,
C. oviparous and take care of their young
size
D. none of above
B. If they do or do not have a backbone,
symmetry 414. As we go on lower from kingdom to
C. If they do or do not have a tail, symme- species. the number of common characters
try A. Goes on increasing
D. none of above B. Goes on decreasing
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scales
C. Crustaceans
A. reptiles
D. Arachnida
B. fish
428. Which level of classification contains the C. reptiles and fish
MOST organisms?
D. reptiles, fish and amphibians
A. Family
434. bird =
B. Kingdom
A. endothermic; lay eggs, have feathers,
C. Species have beak, wings, 2 feet. breathe with
D. Phylum lungs
B. endothermic; breath with lungs; live
429. Which of the following is a structure that birth; have fur or hair; feed young milk
mammals share that enables them to feed
C. do not have a backbone or internal
their young?
skeleton; may have an exoskeleton
A. diphyodont
D. skeleton on the outside of body
B. mammary glands
435. Animals are divided into
C. sebaceous glands
A. vertebrates and invertebrates
D. aortic arch
B. mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians
430. what is a characteristics of a chordate? and fish
C. sponges, cnidarians, worms, molluscs,
A. a hollow nerve chord
echinoderms and arthropods
B. a huge brain D. unicellular and multicellullar
C. blue
436. An animals with spherical symmetry
D. gills their entire life
A. jelly fish
431. What percentage of all animal species are B. butterfly
invertebrates? C. dog
A. 10% D. sea urchin
B. 50%
437. Choose the correct sentence:
C. 75%
A. Invertebrate animals have a skeleton.
D. 95%
448. When something alive creates light, it is contains lizards and snakes with dry, scaly
called: skin
A. bioluminescence A. Aves
B. science B. Mammalia
C. awesome C. Reptilia
D. echolocation D. Amphibia
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449. short legs-scales-can swim what animal
is this? signed to lock and hold on to a , even
when they are sleeping.
A. cockroach
A. flexible
B. crocodile
B. internal
C. snake
C. perch
D. wallaby
D. burrow
450. The part of the animal that contains the 455. This animal breathes Air and lives on land,
sensory organs and the central nervous It’s body is covered in fur or skin.It’s a
system is the
A. Horse
A. dorsal
B. Fish
B. posterior
C. Hummingbird
C. ventral
D. Pigeon
D. anterior
456. Which LETTERS of the alphabet do NOT
451. Animals which have support made of a have any animals to explore?
chitin found externally (outside of you) A. E and J
have a
B. U and X
A. endoskeleton
C. Q and Z
B. exoskeleton
D. J and Q
C. kitoskeleton
457. Humans, Birds and Sea Urchins belong to
D. hexoskeleton
which Kingdom Classification?
452. THE NAME OF THE ANIMAL REPRESENT A. Animalia
SINGAPORE B. Plantae
A. MERMAID C. Protist
B. DOLPHIN D. Fungi
C. CAT
458. All of the following animal groups are ec-
D. MERLION tothermic except for one. Which one is
NOT ectothermic?
453. This class contains animals that produced
the first amniotic eggs, meaning they could A. Birds
reproduce outside of the water. Class B. Reptiles
463. Earthworms, and other segmented 468. this animal has a big body, large ears and
worms, belong to the Phylum long nose
A. Nematoda A. elephant
B. Annelida B. tiger
C. Mollusca C. bird
D. Platyhelminthes D. snake
469. Which of the following organisms is able 475. Which class of animals have scales and
to produce its own food? lay eggs?
A. bear A. Birds
B. turtle B. Amphibians
C. trees C. Reptiles
D. deer D. Mammals
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470. What percent of animals are verte-
brates? is called
A. 97% A. gestation
B. 3% B. adaptation
C. 5% C. asexual reproduction
D. 99% D. fertilization
471. What is the scientific name for a dog? 477. An example of a Porifera is
A. Dog A. sea anemone
B. familiarius B. coral
C. Canis familiarius C. sea sponge
D. Canis D. tapeworm
472. This group has jointed legs and seg- 478. An example of Echinodermata
mented bodies and exoskeletons: A. Sand dollars
A. Segmented Worms B. snails
B. Mollusks C. feather worms
C. Sponges D. trichina worm
D. Arthropods
479. What are the five groups of verte-
473. Which phylum first developed a mouth brates?
with a central digestive area due to the A. Mammals, bugs, spiders, fish, and
two cell layers, endoderm and ectoderm. birds
A. Porifera B. Mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and am-
B. Cnidaria phibians
C. Ctenophora C. Snakes, turtles, frogs, bugs, birds
D. Platyhelminthes D. Worms, insects, spiders, jellyfish,
sponges
474. Sponges below to the Phylum
480. a fluid or air-filled space separating the
A. Cnidaria digestive tract from the outer body wall is
B. Platyhelminthes known as
C. Porifera A. coelom
D. Nematoda B. cephalization
C. cavity B. cow
D. radiata C. pig
C. heterotrophic B. MAMOUTH
C. ORCA
D. ventraltrophic
D. WHALE
482. Which could help animals survive in areas
that have many wildfires? 488. Which of the following structures present
in all the chordates
A. using camoiflage
A. a. Cranium
B. traveling in herds
B. b. Notochord
C. going underground
C. c. Segmented body
D. hunting at night
D. None of the above
483. Bioluminescence is prominent in the phy- 489. Some examples of molluscs are
lum:
A. jellyfish and octopus
A. Porifera.
B. octopus, snail and mussel
B. Ctenophora.
C. Snail and snake
C. Platyhelminthes.
D. none of above
D. Nemtahelminthes.
490. All arthropods have
484. Animals move in different ways A. Soft bodies
A. FLY, SWIM B. Jointed Limbs (arms and legs)
B. FLY, SWIM, SLITHER AND WALK C. Vertebrates
C. WALK D. Stinging Cells
D. SLITHER AND SWIM 491. Visceral hump is present in
485. Organisms that are bilateral, triploblastic A. Echinodermata
and acoelomate can be classify under phy- B. Ctenophora
lum
C. Coelentrata
A. Platyhelminthes D. Mollusca
B. Nematoda
492. Find the habitat oceans. What per-
C. Cnidaria centage of Earth’s surface is covered by
D. Annelida ocean?
A. 27%
486. I am a big farm animal. I can be black,
white or brown. I like to eat green grass. B. 49%
I have horns. I give milk.I am C. 71%
A. horse D. 98%
493. Which of the following are examples of 499. Which phyla’s key characteristics are
worm blooded animals? “soft bodied” or “muscled foot” and most
A. Reptiles have a shell?
A. Mollusca
B. Amphibians
B. Cnidarians
C. Birds
C. Echinoderms
D. Fishes
D. Arthropods
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494. Class aves includes
500. Humans belong to the Class because
A. Neophron, Pavus and Sturthio we are warm-blooded, have hair, and give
B. Macropus, Pavus and Sturthio birth to live young.
C. Neophron, Bangarus and Sturthio A. Aves
D. Neophron, Hyla and Sturthio B. Mammalia
C. Reptilia
495. Scientific name for tape worm
D. Amphibia
A. Taenia
501. What symmetry do all insects have?
B. Cestoda
A. Radial
C. planaria
B. Asymmetry
D. liver fluke
C. Bilateral
496. Cockroach, ant, slugs and snail are exam- D. none of above
ples of
502. Animals that live on both land and in wa-
A. Amphibians
ter are:
B. Fish
A. mammals
C. Arboreal animals
B. insects
D. Invertebrates C. amphibians
497. What is the scientific word for warm- D. fish
blooded?
503. The scientific study of how living things
A. Warmtherm are classified
B. Ectotherm A. binomial nomenclature
C. Thermal B. classification
D. Endotherm C. taxonomy
498. Which kingdom has animals that can live D. none of above
on land and in water? 504. An example of Cnidaria is a
A. mammals A. jelly fish
B. birds B. fluke
C. amphibians C. sea sponge
D. fish D. leech
C. Genus A. sponge
D. Species B. platyhelminthes
C. nematodes
506. An external skeleton that is located on
the outside of an animal is called an D. chordata
A. Exoskeleton
512. The useful animals that we keep in homes
B. Endoskeleton made for them near our houses are called
C. Ectoskeleton A. Domestic animals
D. Endyskeleton B. Wild animals
507. Humans are classified as C. Pet animals
A. Amphibians D. Water animals
B. Reptiles
513. In amphibians
C. Birds
A. Skin is respiratory
D. Mammals
B. Exoskeleton is absent
508. A scientist has encountered a new or- C. Cold blooded
ganism in the kingdom Animalia with the
following characteristics:jointed legs, ex- D. All of the above
oskeleton, segmented body, and bilateral
symmetry. What is it? 514. Which statement is NOT true for mam-
mals?
A. Annelida
A. have hair/fur
B. Arthropoda
B. have ability to make milk (females)
C. Cnidaria
C. typically give birth to live young (fe-
D. Mollusca
males)
509. it is a nocturnal animal D. are cold-blooded
A. tiger
515. Jane Goodall made amazing discoveries
B. eagle
while studying animals in the wild in Africa.
C. ostrich Which animal did she observe and live
D. owl among for many years?
A. lions
510. The part of the animal that contains the
upper surface is the B. giraffes
A. dorsal C. gorillas
B. posterior D. chimpanzees
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D. Invertebrates
C. school
517. Cold-blooded vertebrate animal including D. none of above
frogs, tads, and newts are
A. Mammals 523. Fish with endoskeletons made of bone be-
long to the Class
B. Reptiles
C. Crustaceans A. Chondrichthyes
D. Amphibians B. Osteichthyes
C. Reptilia
518. All animals must be able to
D. Amphibia
A. reproduce
B. get rid of watse 524. Very simple animals with pores allow
C. take in oxygen and get rid of carbon water to flow through:
dioxide A. Sponges
D. all of the above B. Arthropods
519. Cartilaginous fish, such as sharks and C. Sea cucumbers
rays, belong to the Class in the Phy- D. star fish
lum Chordata.
A. Chondrichthyes 525. Humans have a skeleton that’s strong
enough to help stand up straight, yet
B. Osteichthyes
so we can move.
C. Mammalia
A. internal
D. Amphibia
B. flexible
520. Body structures that are repeated along
C. perch
one or more planes are known as
D. bending
A. Symmetrical
B. Even 526. Which phylum has the largest number of
C. Asymmetrical animals on Earth?
D. Uneven A. echinodermata
B. arthropoda
521. Which of the following represents inver-
tebrate chordates? C. asteroidea
A. lancelet D. crustacea
538. What type of animal is a “quetzal”? 544. It lives on land and breathes air, It has
feathers and wingsIt is a
A. mammal
A. Clownfish
B. reptile
B. Turtle
C. bird
C. Hummingbird
D. amphibian D. Snake
539. How do gills help fish? 545. What phyla has animals like birds, mice,
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A. Gills help protect fish from predators. frogs, fish, and lizards?
A. Cnidarian
B. Gills help fish swim faster.
B. Echinoderms
C. Gills help fish find food.
C. Arthropods
D. Gills help fish breathe underwater.
D. Chordates
540. Animals with no backbone is called a? 546. Why do scientists classify living things?
A. Vertebrates A. to help keep information about organ-
B. Exoskeletons isms
B. to make it easy to find information
C. Invertebrates
about an unknown species
D. Amphibians C. to communicate clearly with other sci-
entists about organisms
541. What is a vertebrate?
D. all of the above
A. an animal with a backbone
547. Hemidactylus is scientific name of
B. an animal with a notochord
A. Cockroach
C. an animal with a tongue
B. House lizard
D. an animal with no backbone
C. peacock
542. A body plan with NO symmetry. D. Tree frog
A. Trilateral Symmetry 548. What is the main category of extinct an-
B. Bilateral Symmetry imals?
A. dinosaurs
C. Radial Symmetry
B. mammoths
D. Asymmetrical Symmetry
C. saber-toothed cat
543. What phyla has bilateral symmetry, seg- D. pterodactyl
mented bodies, and can live in the water
or on land? 549. The water-vascular system is responsible
for movement in:
A. Cnidarian
A. Echinoderms
B. Arthropods B. Arthropods
C. Annelids C. Mollusks
D. Echinoderms D. Nematodes
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D. eposkeleton D. Dorsal and Ventral
574. I have long ears. I can hop. I like eating 580. Invertebrates don’t have skeletons
carrot.What am I? made of bones.
575. An animal that eats ONLY meat. 581. The animal that lives in water and on land
also
A. Insectivore
A. Frog
B. Carnivore
B. Cat
C. Omnivore
C. Parrot
D. Herbivore D. Sparrow
576. Animals that are fixed permanently to 582. Smooth moist skin which they can breath
some object are called? (sponges) through their skin, life part life in water &
A. motile the other half land.
B. sessile A. Frogs
C. networking B. Toads
D. embryonic C. Birds
D. Bugs
577. Scientists classify animals by their
583. Animals whose body parts are arranged
A. Color
the same on both sides have
B. Size
A. radial symmetry
C. Characteristics
B. asymmetry
D. Sound C. bilateral symmetry
578. The smallest part of an animal’s body is D. spherical symmetry
the
584. Invertebrates are animals that
A. Cell
A. eat meat
B. Organ
B. do not have a backbone
C. Tissue C. eat plants
D. Organ System D. have a backbone
579. An invertebrate with an exoskeleton 585. Which Phylum has animals that lays eggs
hard shell and has feathers?
A. Snail A. Birds
B. Insect B. Fish
C. Worm C. Mammals
D. Jellyfish D. Amphibians
586. Which of the following is NOT a charac- 592. The word Mollusca means
teristic of the animal kingdom? A. segmented rings
A. Eukaryotic cells B. soft with shell
B. Heterotrophic C. spiny
C. No tissues D. thread
D. Moves
593. Phylum contains a wide variety of
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587. Which phylum has hair, fur and makes soft bodied animals such as slugs, snails,
milk for their young? clams, scallops, octopus, and squid
A. Aves A. Arthropoda
B. Icthys B. Annelida
C. Amphibia C. Mollusca
D. Mammailia D. Echinodermata
588. Frogs and salamanders are which type of 594. I am the king of the jungle. I am the
vertebrate that lay eggs in water? biggest animal in the cat family. I like to
A. Amphibians eat meat. What am I?
B. Reptile A. giraffe
C. Birds B. lion
D. Mammals C. monkey
D. rhino
589. Which animal group has radial symme-
try? 595. The cold-blooded vertebrates are
A. Sea Stars (echinoderms) A. Amphibians and fish
B. Octopus (mollusks) B. Amphibians, fish, and reptiles
C. Beetles (insects) C. Reptiles and fish
D. Trout (fish) D. Amphibians, fish, and birds
590. Which group of animals gives birth to live 596. Trees and Flowers belong to which king-
young? dom classification?
A. mammals A. Animals
B. birds B. Fungi
C. fish C. Plants
D. amphibians D. Protist
591. Which of the following are endothermic? 597. What is an example of a predator?
A. Mammals and amphibians. A. bear
B. Reptiles and birds. B. cat
C. Birds and mammals. C. mouse
D. Reptiles and amphibians. D. fish
598. Which classification of animal can live in 603. What do protists, plants, fungi, and ani-
and out of waterbecause it can breathe mals have in common?
both with lungs and through its skin?
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A. Cuticle is absent-Roots B. B
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The Leaves. D. All of the above
A. Phloem
B. Xylem 15. Which is a product of photosynthesis?
19. Which of the following statements is incor- 24. The reproductive part of the plant that at-
rect about Collenchyma tissue? tracts bees and butterflies
23. WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING SHOWS 28. One cannot determine the age of a tree by
SECONDARY GROWTH? its rings, if that tree is located in which of
the following forest
A. MONOCOT STEM
A. Tropical deciduous
B. MONOCOT ROOT
B. Tropical evergreen
C. DICOT STEM
C. Temperate evergreen
D. BOTH DICOT STEM AND MONOCOT
STEM D. Temperate deciduous
29. My flowers are not sweet-scented and I 35. Identify the statement which is incorrect
do not produce nectar. How am I likely about Heart wood. It
dispersed? A. is centrally located secondary xylem
A. By wind B. has deposits of tannin, resin, gum etc
B. By insects C. is very hard and durable
C. By water
D. Conducts water
D. By explosive action
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36. Contains a young plant inside that grows
30. Small Holes In The Leaves That Allow In- into a big plant
halation Of Carbon Dioxide and Exhalation
A. Seed
Of Oxygen
B. Seed coat
A. Stomata
C. Seed leaves
B. Xylem
C. Phloem D. Seedling
41. The underground part that absorbs water 47. Protects the embryo.
and minerals from soil. A. cotyledon
54. IF A DICOT STEM HAS 100 DARK AND 60. Apical meristem are present at the
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LIGHT RINGS ON THE CUT SURFACE THEN A. Tip of roots
THE AGE OF THE PLANT WILL BE
B. Tip of shoot
A. 100 YEARS
C. Lateral sides of roots and shoots
B. 75 YEARS
D. Both a &b
C. 50 YEARS
61. In certain plant organ cells were found to
D. 25 YEARS
be isodiametric, thin cellulosic cell walled
55. The part of the flower that produces pollen and loosely packed having intercellular
is the space. Which type of plant tissue is being
discussed here?
A. filament
A. Parenchyma
B. style
B. Collenchyma
C. ovary
C. Sclerenchyma
D. anther
D. Phloem
56. What helps plants from losing too much
water and drying out? 62. Pollen from the anther of one flower land-
ing on the stigma of a different flower
A. cell walls
A. cross pollination
B. a waxy cuticle
B. self pollination
C. chloroplasts
C. germination
D. a seed coat
D. fruit development
57. What are the reactants for respiration?
63. Assertion:The two cotyledons in seed are
A. water, glucose and light
embryonic leaves. Reason:The embryo
B. oxygen and glucose contains radicle and plumule
C. water, carbon dioxide and ATP A. A
D. water, oxygen and ATP B. B
58. The stalk that supports or holds up the an- C. C
ther is the D. D
A. style 64. Which part of the flower is the most beau-
B. filament tiful and also attracts insects?
C. ovary A. The roots
D. pistil B. The stem
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77. A pollen grain landing on a stigma of a
flower of the same species produces a C. Sepals
A. gametophyte. D. Stamen
B. pollen tube. 83. The seed structure that is made of cells.
C. flower. A. seed coat
D. stamen. B. stamen
C. cotyledon
78. What is true about a monocot leaf?
D. embryo
A. Presence of reticulate venation
B. absence of bulliform cells 84. Which of these is not part of the stamen
80. From the following statements related to 86. Seeds will get caught in animals’ and
Xylem, identify the wrong statement then fall off elsewhere.
A. skin
A. Primary xylem may be Protoxylem and
Metaxylem B. paws
B. First formed xylem is Protoxylem C. fur
C. In stems, Protoxylem lies towards the D. teeth
perephery 87. Where does photosynthesis happen?
D. Primary xylem in stem is Endarch A. In the leaves
81. DORSIVENTRAL LEAF HAS MORE STOM- B. In the stem
ATA GENERALLY ON C. In the flower
A. ABAXIAL SURFACE D. In the roots
88. Which gas is removed from the atmo- B. plants with plumbing and seeds that
sphere during photosynthesis? develop into fruit
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100. What is created when the pollen and D. Produce Pollen
ovule join together?
106. Major xylary element in wood of a gym-
A. a seed
nospermic plant is
B. an ovary
A. Vessel
C. a pistil B. Tracheid
D. a stigma C. Xylem fibre
101. Wind-pollinated flowers usually have D. Xylem parenchyma
and petals.
107. Which organisms perform Photosynthe-
A. big bright sis?
B. small bright A. Only Autotrophs
C. big dull B. Only Heterotrophs
D. small dull C. Autotrophs and Heterotrophs
102. Dendrochronology deals with the study D. none of above
of
108. Which of the following is the correct
A. Phylogeny equation for PHOTOSYNTHESIS?
B. Numerical taxonomy A. CO2 + light + H2O → O2 + glucose
C. Age of trees B. CO2 + glucose + H2O → O2 + light
D. Grasses C. O2 + light + H2O → CO2 + glucose
D. CO2 + O2 + H2O → Light+ glucose
103. Assertion:Quiescent centre is found in the
centre of the root apex. Reason:It consists 109. The transfer of pollen from one plant to
of actively dividing cells another plant is called?
A. A A. Seed transfer
B. B B. Mating
C. C C. Pollination
D. D D. Flowering
104. Green leaf like structure that protects the 110. What part of the flower will turn into a
flower bud seed?
A. Sepal A. ovary
B. Pistil B. anther
122. This stalk supports the stigma. 128. Animals, wind, and water
A. filament A. pollen carriers
B. style B. pollinators
C. ovary C. pollen storage areas
D. anther D. pollen eaters
129. Flowers that include both male and fe-
123. How many nuclei are contained within an
male reproductive structures
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angiosperm embryo sac?
A. Plants
A. two
B. Perfect flower
B. four
C. Imperfect flower
C. six
D. Weed
D. eight
130. Plants perform photosynthesis through
124. Which part of the plant protects the style this organelle. It captures energy from the
and the stigma? sun and uses it to produce food for the
cell.
A. The petals
A. Chlorophyll
B. The leaves
B. Chloroplasts
C. The roots
C. Cuticle
D. Raw sap
D. Seed
125. The male part of the plant that sits on top 131. All xylem elements, when mature, are
of the filament dead except
A. Stamen A. Tracheids
B. Stigma B. Vessels
C. Anther C. Xylem parenchyma
D. Style D. Xylem fibres
126. What Is The Function Of The Petals? 132. What do we call the anther and the fila-
ment together?
A. Attract Pollinators
A. Stamen
B. Absorb Sunlight
B. Pistil
C. Produce Pollen
C. Style
D. Look Pretty For Girls
D. Stem
127. The flower structure that contains the 133. Which of the following tissue system con-
stigma and ovary. stitutes bulk of the plant body?
A. pistil A. Epidermal tissue system
B. stamen B. Ground tissue system
C. sepal C. Vascular tissue system
D. cotyledon D. Both (a) and (c)
134. What do we call all the female parts of a 140. Vascular Tissue In Plants That Moves Wa-
flower? ter And Nutrients Upward From The Root
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Leaf-Like C. stems
A. Sepal D. flowers
B. Petal 152. Assertion:Cuticle is also present in lower
C. Anther epidermal region of the leaf. Reason:The
D. Style lower epidermis contains a large number
of stomata
147. The female part of a flower is A. A
A. carpel
B. B
B. stamen
C. C
C. filament
D. D
D. sepal
148. Which is one of the two layers of the leaf 153. What are the products (what is made) of
that is responsible for carrying out photo- photosynthesis?
synthesis? A. Glucose and oxygen
A. upper epidermis layer B. sunlight energy
B. palisade layer C. carbon dioxide and water
C. cuticle D. chlorophyll
D. lower epidermis layer
154. What Is The Function Of The Sepals?
149. What is photosynthesis?
A. Protect A Bud
A. The process in which humans eat their
food B. Absorb Sunlight
B. When a photographer takes a photo. C. Attract Pollinators
C. To get your pictures from the photo lab. D. Anchor The Plant To The Ground
168. Dicot root is similar in all the given char- C. Shearing force of wind
acters to monocot root, except
D. Effect of growth
A. Radial, exarch vascular bundles
B. Unicelled root hairs 174. The male reproductive structure is known
as the
C. Pericycle forms the lateral roots
A. anther
D. Well developed pith
B. stigma
169. Cells of collenchyma have thickened cor-
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ners due to the deposition of C. stamen
A. Cellulose D. pistil
B. Hemicellulose 175. Specialised region of plant having active
C. Pectin cell divided are called
D. All of these A. Tissues
170. Assertion:Intercalary meristems in- B. Organs
crease length of plant like apical meris- C. Meristems
tems.Reason:It originates from the apical
meristems. D. All of the above
A. A 176. Where does the plant get its energy
B. B from?
C. C A. the Sun
D. D B. rain
171. The ovary, style, and the stigma make up C. air
the female part of a plant called the? D. none of above
A. stamen
B. petals 177. A dicot root can be identified by(a)
exarch vascular bundles(b) endarch vascu-
C. stem lar bundles(c) presence of numerous xylem
D. carpel (pistil) bundles(d) presence of large pith
190. What Is The Function Of The Pistil? 196. Assertion:Pith is large and well devel-
A. Collect Pollen And Mature Eggs oped in monocots. Reason:Monocot root
do not undergo any secondary growth
B. Collect Pollen
A. A
C. Connect The Stigma To The Ovary
B. B
D. Provide Support For The Anther
C. C
191. Phloem in gymnosperms lacks D. D
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A. Both sieve tubes and companion cells 197. The male reproductive structure of a
B. Albuminous and sieve cells flower is the
C. Sieve tubes only A. pistil
D. Companion cells only B. ovary
C. stamen
192. What does a plant make in photosynthe-
sis? D. ovule
A. sugar and oxygen 198. The transfer of pollen from the anther to
B. water and sunlight the stigma.
A. pollination
C. carbon dioxide and water
B. germination
D. none of above
C. photsynthesis
193. They enclose the egg cells/seeds inside D. reprodution
the ovaries.
A. ovules 199. Part Of A Plant Cell That Takes Sunlight
And Converts It Into Energy.
B. anther
A. Chloroplast
C. style
B. Mitochondria
D. angiosperms
C. Vacuole
194. What do the leaves of a plant do? D. Filament
A. They make the food for the plant. 200. The yellow, powdery stuff on the sta-
B. They soak up the water from the mens
ground. A. Pollen
C. They deliver water to the other parts B. Dust
of the plants C. Mites
D. They make seeds D. Germs
195. Interfascicular cambia originate from 201. Pollen traveling from the anther to the
cells of- stigma
A. Medullary ray A. fertilization
B. Cortex B. seed development
C. Endodermis C. fruit production
D. Fascicular cambia D. pollination
202. The flower structure that contains the an- B. Many environmental factors
ther and pollen. C. both a and b
206. Jute, Flax and Hemp are of commercial C. When organisms eat the fruit this pro-
importance. To which part of the plant do vides a means of dispersal for seed
they belong to? D. Provide nutrients for the embryo
A. Phloem Fibres
212. Why is fruit formed around an apple
B. Xylem Fibres seed?
C. Sieve tube A. Fruit is formed around the seed to pro-
D. Tracheids tect it.
B. Fruit is not formed around the seed.
207. The activity of cambium is under the con-
trol of- C. Fruit is everywhere.
A. Many physiological factors D. Fruit is different color.
213. Part Of A Plant That Anchors A Plant Into C. horses, cows, pugs, and sheep
The Ground And Absorbs Water.
D. elephants, giraffes, lions, and tigers
A. Roots
B. Phloem 219. What is the purpose of a flower?
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C. To reproduce
A. ovule
D. To be trampled by irresponsible
B. pollen
teenagers
C. ovary
D. seed 220. What Is The ENTIRE Female Part Of A
Flower?
215. Found inside the style, carries pollen from A. Stigma
stigma to the ovary
B. Filament
A. pollen straw
B. pollen capsule C. Ovary
B. B D. ferns
C. C 222. Which part of the flower holds the
D. D pollen?
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D. offspring will differ from the parent.
D. style
236. CORTEX HAS THREE LAYERS LIKE HYPO- 242. Pollen grains are produced by
DERMIS, CORTICAL LAYERS AND ENDO-
DERMIS IN A. the stamen
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placentaion is
A. one cotyledon
A. marginal
B. two cotyledons
B. basal
C. many cotyledons
C. free central
D. axile D. no cotyledon
3. What part of the flower attracts an insect 9. among China rose, mustard, brinjal,
to pollinate? potato, guava, cucumber, onion and tulip,
how many plants have superior overy?
A. Petal
A. Five
B. Anther
B. Six
C. Stigma
C. Three
D. Style
D. Four
4. Racemose inflorescence is identified by-
A. Acropetal arrangement of flowers on 10. Which part of the coconut produces coir?
peduncle A. Seed coat
B. Presence of sessile flowers B. Mesocarp
C. Continuous growth of main axis C. Epicarp
D. a and c D. Pericarp
5. Which of the following is not a stem mod- 11. Fruit of groundnut is
ification?
A. legume
A. Thorns of Citrus
B. carpopsis
B. Tendrils of cucumber
C. Flattened structures of Opuntia C. berry
24. Stems in sugarcane and maize develop 29. Leaf become modified into spines in
roots from the lower nodes of the stem A. Onion
meant for additional anchorage of the
B. Pea
plant to the soil. Name the type of root
best suited from the list below. C. Silk cotton
A. Prop root D. Opuntia
B. pneumatophore 30. Aestivation is arrangement of
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C. Stilt root A. seeds inside the fruit with respect to
other members
D. haustoria
B. leaves on the stem
25. refers to the pattern of arrange- C. flowers on the floral axis with respect
ment of leaves on the stem or the to other members
branch.Venation Venation Inflorescence In-
D. sepals / petals in floral bud with re-
florescence Phyllotaxy Phyllotaxy Taxon-
spect to other members of the same whorl
omy Taxonomy
A. Venation 31. The alternate type of phyllotaxy is found
in
B. Inflorescence
A. China rose
C. Phyllotaxy
B. Alstonia
D. Taxonomy
C. Calotropis
26. THE MID VEIN IN COMPOUND LEAF IS D. Guava
CALLED AS
32. The type of flower where the gynoecium
A. RAYS occupies the highest position while the
B. RACHIS other parts are situated below it.
C. PETIOLE A. Hypogynous
D. LAMINA B. perigynous
C. epigynous
27. MODIFIED ROOTS IN Rhizophora WHICH D. monogynous
HELP IN RESPIRATION ARE CALLED AS
33. The petiole is swollen & spongy in
A. CHROMATOPHORES
A. All of the below
B. PNEUMATOPHORES
B. Nepenthes
C. ANTHERIDIOPHORES
C. Trapa
D. NONE OF THESE ABOVE
D. Clematis
28. Which among the following is not a modi- 34. If more than two leaves arise at nodes, the
fied stem for storage purpose? phyllotaxy is which type?
A. Ginger A. Alternate
B. Zaminkand B. Whorled
C. Turmeric C. Opposite superposed
D. Sweet potato D. Opposite Decussate
35. Plant having column of vascular tissues, 41. Leaf bases expand into a sheath in
bearing fruits and having a tap root sys- A. Grasses
tem is
47. In Australian acacia plant 52. The root is covered at the apex by a
thimble-like structure called the root
A. leaves are short lived, petioles be-
hair root hair region of maturation re-
come leaf like
gion of maturation pneumatophore pneu-
B. leaves become fleshy matophore
C. leaves are modified into spines A. root cap
D. leaf tips are modified into tendrils B. root hair
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48. Given below is a set of four pair of modi- C. region of maturation
fication with examples. Identify the incor- D. pneumatophore
rect pairing.a) Colocasia-modified stemb)
Citrus thorn-modified leafc) Phylloclade of 53. MODIFIED STEM FOUND IN POTATO IS
Opuntia-modified stemd) Turnip-modified CALLED AS
root A. RHIZOME
A. a B. TUBER
B. b C. BULB
C. c D. CORM
D. d 54. Vegetation propagation in mint occurs by
49. LEAF PHYLLOTAXY FOUND IN Calotropis A. runner
IS B. offset
A. ALTERNATE C. rhizome
B. OPPOSITE D. sucker
C. WHORLED 55. The term polyadelphous is related to
D. NONE OF THESE A. Gynoecium
50. Root hairs arise from which of the follow- B. Corolla
ing regions? C. Androecium
A. Region of maturation D. none of above
B. Region of elongation
56. Root hairs develop from the region of
C. Region of meristematic activity A. Maturation
D. Root cap Root cap Root cap B. Elongation
51. when the margins of sepals or petals over- C. Root Cap
lap one another without any particular di- D. none of above
rection, the condition is termed as
57. Which one of the following statements is
A. vexillary
correct?
B. imbricate
A. The seed in grasses is not endosper-
C. twisted mic
D. valvate B. Mango is a parthenocarpic fruit
69. Radial symmetry is found in the flowers D. flowers are nice to work with
of
75. Vivipary is
A. Brassica
A. seed germination with subterranean
B. Trifolium cotyledons
C. Pisum B. seed germination with epiterranean
D. Cassia cotyledons
70. Arrangement of leaves on stem or its C. fruit development without pollination
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branches is called- D. seed germination inside the fruit while
A. Phyllotaxy attached to the plant
B. Venation 76. Free-central placentation is found in
C. Vernation A. Dianthus
D. Heterophylly B. Argemone
B. b and d A. Epiphyllous
C. b and c B. Epicaulous
D. a and d C. Adventitious
D. Fibrous
83. Stem modified into flat green organs per-
forming the functions of leaves are known 89. Phyllode is present in
as A. Asparagus
A. phyllodes B. Euphorbia
B. phylloclades C. Australian Acacia
C. scales D. Opuntia
D. cladodes
90. Parallel venation occurs in
84. Pneumatophores help the plant in A. Banana
A. Collects more minerals from the soil B. Peepal
B. getting oxygen from air C. Hibiscus
C. holding the plant tightly to the soil D. Mango
D. give mechanical support to the plant
91. When the ovules develop on the inner wall
85. Incision in the leaf does not reach the of the ovary or on the peripheral part the
midrib in placentation is
A. Simple leaf A. Axile
B. Bipinnately compound leaf B. Marginal
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D. pea C. Both a and b
93. Geocarpic fruit is D. Presence of sessile flower
94. In a cereal grain the single cotyledon of em- C. Hypogynous flowers have superior
bryo is represented by ovary
A. scutellum D. Epigynous flowers have superior ovary
B. prophyll 100. The type of placentation in which vary
C. coleoptile is syncarpous, unilocular and ovules on su-
tures is called
D. colearhiza
A. apical placentation
95. is an edible underground stem. B. parietal placentation
A. Sweet Potato C. marginal placentation
B. Carrot D. superficial placentation
C. Potato 101. the standard petal of a popilionaceous
D. none of above corolla is also called
A. pappus
96. What is common between the thorn of
Bougainvillea and tendril of cucurbits (cu- B. vexillum
cumber, pumpkin)? Select the most appro- C. corona
priate answer. D. carina
A. They have nothing in common
102. Which of the following plants have pneu-
B. Both grow on stems matophores?Maize Maize Sweet potato
C. Both are modified axillary buds Sweet potato Rhizophora Rhizophora Sug-
arcane Sugarcane
D. Both are modified leaves
A. Sweet potato
97. In which structure do seeds develop? B. Rhizophora
A. Anther C. Sugarcane
B. Ovary D. Maiza
115. Which of the following is not a type of 116. Placentation in which ovules develop on
Phyllotaxy? the inner wall of the ovary or in peripheral
part, is
A. Alternate
A. Basal
B. Opposite
B. Axile
C. Whorled C. Parietal
D. Imbricate D. Free central
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2.3 Structural Organisation in Animals
1. Caecum contains bacteria which helps in di- B. Chordata
gestion of C. Invertebrata
A. Protein D. Hemichordata
B. Lipid
6. Which class does leech belongs to?
C. Cellulose
A. cyclostmata
D. All the above B. hirudinea
2. Which muscle type can contract rapidly C. picses
with great force, BUT tires easily and must D. mammalia
rest after short periods of activity.
7. Earthworms don’t have teeth to grind
A. skeletal
their food so they use another organ to
B. smooth do so. It is called a
C. cardiac A. crop
D. none of above B. gizzard
3. Leeches are in nature. C. intestine
A. omnivorous D. esophagus
10. Choose the correctly matched pair. 15. A parasite that feed on the outer of the
A. Tendon-Specialised connective tissue host is called
A. endoparasite
C. The food is moved into the small intes- 19. Bone cells are present in spaces called
tine. A. oesteocytes
D. The food is completely digested and B. chondrocytes
absorbed into the bloodstream. C. lumbar region
14. Used in places where diffusion needs to oc- D. lacunae
cur, such as blood vessels and air sacs in 20. separate nitrogenous waste from the
the lungs blood in rabbit
A. Simple Cuboidal A. Liver
B. Simple Columnar B. Kidney
C. Simple Squamous C. Lungs
D. Stratified Squamous D. Both liver and kidney
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C. germany, britain, france afganistan
22. Study of the form and structure of organ-
isms and their specific structural features D. myanmar, bangladesh, afganistan,
is called canada
A. zoology 28. Which of the following features is not
B. splanchnology present in Periplaneta americana?
C. anatomy A. Indeterminate and radial cleavage dur-
D. morphology ing embryonic development
B. Exoskeleton composed of n-
23. What is the term for a group of cells that
acetylglucosamine
work together to perform a function?
C. Metemerically segmented body
A. cell
B. tissue D. Schizocoelom as body cavity
B. olive green C. 74
C. green D. 37
D. mint green 30. The Cell Theory states
25. Plants and animals have highly organized A. atoms create all matter
systems. Which list shows the level of B. living things evolve
complexity, from simplest to most com-
plex? C. the cell is the backbone of all matter
A. organism-organ-organ system D. cells are the basic unit of structure and
organization of organisms
B. organs-organ systems-organism
C. organ systems-organism-organs 31. Rabbit belongs to the class
D. organs-organism-organ systems A. Pisces
26. Mammals are animals B. Amphibia
A. Cold blooded C. Reptilia
B. Warm blooded D. Mammalia
32. Found in organs like the bladder that need C. Connective tissue
to stretch
D. Areolar tissue
A. Axon D. Appendix
B. Mylein sheath 39. Which organelle belongs in both plant and
C. Dentrites animal cells?
D. Neuroglia A. Cytoplasm
34. Each testis consists of numerous tubules B. Chloroplast
called C. Large Central Vacuole
A. Epididymis D. Cell Wall
B. Vas deferens
C. Seminiferous tubules 40. The connective tissue that connects bones
at the joints is
D. Rete testis
A. Cartilage
35. The animals which give birth to young ones
B. Bone
are
A. Oviparous C. Ligament
43. Lines ducts of kidneys 49. Protiens responsible for producing carti-
A. Simple Columnar lage is called
D. Transitional C. chondrin
D. none of above
44. Which organelle belongs in plant cells but
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not animal cells? 50. Which of the following connective tissues
A. Cell Membrane supports the soft tissues and reduces fric-
tion at joints?
B. Mitochondrion
A. Cartilage
C. Chloroplast
B. Muscle tissue
D. Nucleus
C. Bone tissue
45. In rabbit the teeth are of different types, D. Fibrous connective tissue
hence the dentition is called
A. Thecodont 51. Which of the following muscle has been ta-
pered at both ends
B. Heterodont
A. cardiac muscle
C. Diphyodont
B. non striated muscle
D. All the above
C. striated muscle
46. How many pairs of testes are present in D. chest muscle
leech??
A. 11 52. This tissue has lots of fixed fibroblasts and
connected the skin to underlying organs
B. 10
A. Adipose
C. 12
B. Blood
D. 22
C. Dense Connective
47. The segments on the ventral side of the D. Loose Connective
abdomen of cockroach is called
A. sclerite 53. The smallest unit that can perform the ba-
sic activities of life is
B. tergum
A. a cell
C. notum
B. a tissue
D. sternum
C. an organ
48. Which organelle belongs in animal cells D. an organism
only?
A. Chloroplast 54. A group of tissues that work together to
perform a similar function is called (Ex-
B. Cell Wall amples include the heart, lungs or stom-
C. Many Small Vacuole ach)
D. Nucleus A. cell
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D. scutes 69. Which of the following is not a type of tis-
67. The is the basic unit of life sue?
B. dogs C. Lateral
19. The cells that directly and specifically se- 25. What are the bone cells called as?
crete mucus are called cells. A. osteocytes
A. epithelial B. chondroblasts
B. endocrine C. fibroblasts
C. exocrine D. adipocytes
D. goblet
26. Negative Feedback Loops:
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20. Which cell has chloroplast? A. amplify processes
A. Plant cell B. prevent small changes from getting
B. Animal cell larger
C. Both C. are initiated during childbirth
D. Neither one of them have chloroplast D. are found only in plants
21. Which cell transmits an impulse from the 27. A tissue whose cells are capable of divid-
brain to the muscles in order to respond to ing and re-dividing is called
a situation? A. complex tissue
A. sensory neuron B. permanent tissue
B. motor neuron C. connective tissue
C. axon neuron D. meristematic tissue
D. dendrite neuron
28. What are adipose tissues?
22. The cartilage consists of a clear ground A. Tissues containing fat globules
substance called:
B. Tissues supporting the muscles to
A. bone work
B. matrix C. Protecting outer covering of skin
C. tendon D. none of above
D. lymph
29. If the environment gets cold, we will often
23. The most widespread and abundant tissue shiver in order to:
in the body is: A. keep body temperature the same as
A. epithelial. the external temperature
B. connective. B. decrease body temperature
C. muscle. C. increase body temperature
D. nervous. D. regulate blood pressure
24. Spherical thin walled cells 30. In what part of your body can you mostly
find the stratified squamous tissues? / In
A. Sclerenchyma which part of your body will you most of-
B. Xylem ten find stratified squamous epithelium?
C. Parenchyma A. Intestines / Derms
D. Phloem B. Kidneys / Niere
32. Sieve tubes and companion cells are 38. One of the main reasons why polar bears
present in can withstand the cold temperatures of the
North Pole is because of their large layer
A. xylem of lipids (fat). These lipids are part of the
B. phloem tissue
C. cambium A. adipose
D. cork B. muscular
33. Areolar tissue C. skeleton
A. binds the skin to underlying tissue D. epithelial
B. fluid surrounding blood cells.
39. Which of these is not a type of epithelial
C. cells filled with fat globules tissue?
D. transportation of substances A. Squamous Epithelium
34. Extracts resins, essential oils, nectar, etc. B. Cuboidal Epithelium
A. Meristematic tissue C. Circle Epithelium
B. Epithelial tissue D. Columnar Epithelium
C. Secretory tissue
40. Fluid connective tissue
D. Nervous tissue
A. Tendon
35. What is blood? B. Ligament
A. tissue
C. Cartilage
B. organ
D. Blood
C. organ system
D. the muscle 41. Identify the correct one
A. Heart-Cardiac Muscles
36. Shape of red blood cell Shape of red
blood cell B. Iris-Smooth Muscle
A. Biconcave C. Inner limbs-Striated muscle
B. Biconvex D. None
42. Which cells are called as Scavengesrs C. They have a large amount of cement-
A. Lymphocytes ing material between them.
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up of: B. Nervous tissue
A. Bones C. Ground tissue
B. Ligaments D. Secretory tissue
C. Muscles 49. Four types of tissues found in human
D. Aereolar body.
44. In the embryonic stage RBC are generated A. Skeletal, nervous, dermal, connective
in B. Ground, vascular, dermal
A. Bone marrow C. Muscle, connective, epithelial, ner-
B. Spinal Cord vous
C. Liver D. Dermal, epithelial, nervous, muscular
D. Muscles 50. Blood platelets are responsible for
45. Following are the types of white blood A. illness
cells B. Welthy ness
A. eosinophils, lymphocytes, platelets
C. Blood clotting
B. basophils, lymphocytes, monocytes
D. Blood bleading
C. eosinophils, lymphocytes, red blood
cells 51. Which is NOT one of the 3 components that
make up connective tissue?
D. eosinophils, macrophages, platelets
A. Extracellular matrix
46. This type of connective tissue has a liquid
matrix called plasma. B. Fibers
A. Bone C. Cells
53. helps to connect bones to each other. 59. Connective:Fibrous/Dense Connective Tis-
A. Tendons sue
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C. Muscle
D. cardiac muscle
D. Nervous
72. Cartilage is not present in
66. Neuroglial cells are found in the
A. Ear lobe
A. central nervous system and spinal
cord B. Eye socket
C. Trachea is the windpipe
B. Brain and ganglion
D. Ribcage
C. peripheral nervous system
D. spinal cord and ganglion 73. Uses electrical signals to carry out func-
tions
67. Iris of the eye made up of A. epithelial.
A. involuntary B. connective.
B. striated C. muscle.
C. cardiac D. nervous.
D. none of above 74. Which of the following is NOT a type of
Meristematic tissues?
68. Which part of the neuron receive informa-
tion from other neuron A. Apical
A. Axon B. Parenchyma
B. Cyton C. Intercalary
D. none of above
C. nerve endings, dendrite
D. synapse 75. Plant tissue that helps in increasing the
lenght of the shoot and root.
69. Single long part in a neuron is called A. Intercalary meristem
A. Axon B. Apical meristem
B. Dentrite C. lateral meristem
C. Cell body D. permanent tissues
D. None of the above 76. Stratified epithelium is typically used for
70. Animal tissue that helps in excreting the A. excretion
waste products B. secretion
A. connective tissue C. protection
B. epithelial tissue D. absorption
78. Muscle tissue that is involuntary 84. A complex conducting tissue, formed of
more than one cell type, found in vascular
A. cardiac muscle only
plants.
B. skeletal muscle only
A. vascular tissue
C. smooth muscle only
B. ground tissue
D. cardiac and smooth muscle
C. epidermal tissue
79. It is the living tissue in vascular plants that D. nervous tissue
transports the soluble organic compounds
made during photosynthesis. 85. Blood is a
A. xylem A. Epithelial tissue
B. phloem B. Nervous tissue
C. veins C. Connective tissue
89. Which is NOT a shape of epithelial cells? 95. Meristems at the tip of roots and shoots
A. cuboidal A. Lateral
B. columnar B. Apical
C. squamous C. Ploem
D. circular D. none of above
90. Name the tissue that forms inner lining of 96. muscle is found in only one place in the
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our mouth body-the heart, where it forms the bulk of
A. Nervous tissue the heart walls.
92. Which tissue assists in support and protec- 98. What is blood classified as?
tion of organs and limbs? A. tissue
A. epithelial B. organ
B. connective C. organ system
C. muscle D. none of above
D. nerve
99. Name the living matter of cell.
93. This tissue is found in the brain A. Protoplasm
A. Adipose tissue B. Ribosome
B. Cuboidal C. Golgi Apparatus
C. nervous tissue D. none of above
D. Circulating tissue
100. Which of the following muscle tissue is
94. To magnify NOT striated?
A. increase A. Skeletal Muscle
B. function B. Smooth Muscle
C. magnet C. Cardiac Muscle
D. the cloth D. none of above
101. This tissue makes the organ system that 106. You have observed cheek cells under mi-
controls the body’s movements, sends and croscope. Which type of tissue do they be-
carries signals to and from the different long to? Have you looked at cheek cells
104. Plant tissue that helps in increasing the 109. Plant tissue that helps in the conduction
size of the plant. of food from leaves to all parts of the
plant
A. meristem
A. Xylem
B. blood
B. phloem
C. parenchyma
C. xylem and phloem
D. dermis
D. None
105. Which tissue forms the outer layer of the
body and also lines many of the bodies cav- 110. Connective:Loose connective tissue
ities where it has a protective function?
A. Used to insulate and protect organs
A. epithelial
B. Is used to connect bone to bone or
B. connective muscle to bone.
C. muscle tissue C. Maintains body temperature
D. nerve tissue D. none of above
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112. What is also known as a nerve cell?
D. nervous
A. neuron
118. These tissues function in respiration and
B. sensory nerves
photosynthesis of plants.
C. dendrites
A. parenchyma
D. toes
B. collenchyma
113. Which Meristem is present at growing C. sclerenchyma
tips of stems and roots
D. xylem
A. Intercalary
119. Bone is a
B. Apical
A. Epithelial tissue
C. Lateral
B. Connective tissue
D. None of the above
C. Muscular tissue
114. A xylem and phloem are parts of which
D. None of the above
tissue?
A. vascular tissue 120. Which of the following is NOT a type of
muscle tissue?
B. ground tissue
A. Skeletal
C. epidermal tissue
B. Smooth
D. nervous tissue
C. Adipose
115. Which of the following is NOT true about
D. Cardiac
epithelial tissue?
A. it forms glandular tissue 121. Which of the following is not one of the
four major types of tissues?
B. it has a good blood supply
C. one side rests on a basement mem- A. epithelial
brane B. connective
D. it forms continuous cellular sheets C. nervous
A. Having one nucleus per cell 131. The group of organisms that use the pro-
B. Being attached to bone cess of homeostasis includes
A. mammals, only
C. Having striations
B. animals, only
D. Having voluntary or “willed” muscles
C. plants and animals
126. The main function of this tissue is to al-
D. all living things
low support and movement of the body
A. Epithelial 132. The vascular plant tissue for bidirectional
conductance.
B. Nervous
A. parenchyma
C. Muscular
B. collenchyma
D. Connective
C. xylem
127. Ken accidentally placed her hand over a D. phloem
flame and immediately pulled it back. She
felt the sensation of heat due to the action 133. The skeleton of the fish does not made of
of cartilage
A. Blood cells A. Ray
B. nucleus B. Shark Shark
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and upward movement of food.
D. skeletal
140. Which type of tissue includes bones,
135. Which is not a function of connective tis- blood and cushions and binds?
sue? A. Connective
A. Transport B. Epithelial
B. Defense C. Muscle
C. Support D. Nervous
D. Communication 141. an animal that depends on its envi-
ronment to warm its body.
136. This type of muscle has no striations and
is involuntary, which means that we can- A. Endotherm
not consciously control it. B. Metabolism
A. skeletal C. Maintain
B. smooth D. Ectotherm
C. cardiac 142. Simple permanent tissue in plants.
D. none of above A. meristem
B. dermal
137. Which of the following is not one of the
four basic types of tissue? C. parenchyma
A. epithelial D. stomata
157. Connective tissue with a fluid matrix is 163. The tissues made up of actively dividing
A. Cartilage cells.
A. Supportive
B. Blood
B. Collenchyma
C. Bone
C. Muscular
D. Nervous tissue
D. Meristematic
158. Its cells shorten to exert force
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164. Which blood cells are known as scav-
A. epithelial. engers?
B. connective. A. Esiniohils
C. muscle. B. Basophils
D. nervous C. Neutrophils
D. Urea B. cambium
C. xylem
162. What is Osmosis?
D. epidermis
A. equal concentration
168. Supports and reinforces body organs
B. diffusion of water through a
selectively-permeable membrane A. epithelial.
C. movement of sugar through a mem- B. connective.
brane C. muscle.
D. non-polar tail D. nervous.
169. Which type of muscle tissue would line 175. what type of plant tissue is used for take
the intestines? the sun for energy.
172. This type of tissue relays messages 178. State the level of organization of Bone.
A. epithelial A. Organism
B. connective B. Organ System
C. muscular C. Organ
D. nervous D. Tissue
173. These cells are small and flat 179. What is the function of columnar epithe-
A. Cuboidal lium that has cilia?
B. Columnar A. Absorption
C. Squamous B. Secretion
D. Pseudostratified C. Protection
D. Storage
174. Which type of tissue is the most similar
between plants and animals? 180. Our blood vessels are lined with mus-
A. ground tissue cles that allow for automatic dilation and
constriction based on environmental situa-
B. protective tissue tions. What kind of muscles lines the blood
C. connective tissue vessels?
D. none of above A. cardiac
B. Histology C. nervous
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D. none of above
C. Pharmacologist
D. none of above 188. Where is epithelial tissue found?
A. glands
182. Find the odd one out
B. covering body surfaces
A. Bone
C. lines organs
B. Epithelium
D. all of the above
C. Tendon
189. This type of tissue covers the internal or-
D. Cartilage gans and also makes up the skin
183. The tissue responsible for movement in A. epithelial
our body is B. connective
A. Connective tissue C. muscular
B. Muscular tissue D. nervous
C. Nervous tissue 190. The cells present in bone are called
D. Epithelial tissue A. Red blood cells
184. Cell of this tissue may absorb and/or se- B. Platelets
crete substances C. Monocytes
A. epithelial. D. Osteocytes
B. connective. 191. The rings indicate the age of the
C. muscle. stem.
D. nervous. A. xylem
B. phloem
185. Tissues which are found in the region of
growth of plants are called as C. meristematic tissue
A. Permanent D. protective tissue
B. Meristametic 192. Connective:Adipose Tissue
C. Supporting A. Maintain body temperature, protect or-
gans, and store excess energy.
D. Connective
B. Used to connect bone to bone or mus-
186. Which type of muscle controls digestion? cle to bone.
A. involuntary muscle C. Used to protect organs.
B. voluntary muscle D. none of above
B. skeletal D. sclerenchyma
204. A plant tissue with thick-walled cells that 210. Which of the following is not regulated
give support and flexibility to the plant. by homeostasis?
A. parenchyma A. body temperature
B. collenchyma B. blood sugar
C. chlorenchyma C. blood pH
D. sclerenchyma D. body movements
205. Animal tissue that is protective and form 211. transports oxygen from lungs to
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a thin outer covering on the body. body.
A. connective tissue A. Platelets
B. epithelial tissue B. White blood cells
C. skeletal muscle C. Red blood cells
D. nervous tissue D. Plasma
206. Erythrocytes are one of the aggregates 212. What type of muscle(s) is involuntary? /
of what type of tissue? Watter tipe spier(e) is onwillekeurig?
B. Bone tissue
B. cardiac and skeletal / hart en skelet
C. Cartilage
C. smooth and cardiac / gladde en hart
D. Loose connective tissue
D. skeletal / skelet
207. Lacks striations; produces involuntary
213. Adipose tissue is an example of what
movements of the digestive track
type of connective tissue?
A. skeletal muscle
A. Fibrous connective tissue
B. cardiac muscle B. Loose connective tissue
C. smooth muscle C. Cartilage
D. none of above D. Blood tissue
208. Glands that have no ducts but release 214. The plant tissue which provide flexible
their products directly into tissue fluid and mechanical support to plants.
blood are called:
A. parenchyma
A. endocrine.
B. collenchyma
B. exocrine.
C. sclerenchyma
C. holocrine.
D. all the options
D. apocrine.
215. Which of the following types of tissue is
209. How long can an axon be?? responsible for body movement
A. As long as 3 cm A. epithelial
B. As long as 1 cm B. connective
C. As short as 8 m C. muscular
D. As long as 1 m D. nervous
227. which tissue helps in packing and helps to 233. Characterized by having large amounts of
keep the organs in place extracellular matrix.
A. Adipose A. epithelial.
B. Areolar B. connective.
C. Bone C. muscle.
D. Cartilage D. nervous.
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228. A group of organs that work together to
234. is an animal that uses energy from
perform the same function is called ?
their body to keep their body at a steady
A. cells temperature.
B. tissues A. Ectotherm
C. organ system B. Cellular Respiration
D. organs C. Endotherm
229. Meristematic tissue helps with the of D. Herbivore
the plant.
235. What type of muscle is/are voluntary?
A. protection
/ Watter tipe spiere is willekeurig?
B. movement
A. smooth and cardiac / gladde en hart-
C. growth spier
D. transport B. smooth / gladde
230. The cell membrane is permeable. C. skeletal and smooth / skelet en gladde
A. selectively
B. somewhat D. skeletal / skelet
C. physically 236. muscle is found in only one place in
D. ionically the body. / spier word slegs in een
plek in die liggaam gevind.
231. Cartilage and bone are types of
A. skeletal / skelet
A. Muscular tissue
B. smooth / gladde
B. Connective tissue
C. cardiac / hart
C. Meristematic tissue
D. none of above
D. Epithelial tissue
232. An epithelium made up primarily of flat- 237. What is the cell membrane?
tened cells is called: A. Power House
A. squamous B. Its the outer layer of a cell
B. cuboidal C. Large sac that holds food, water, and
C. columnar waste
D. stratified D. Jelly like substance
249. Epithelial tissue is 254. I found below the skin and between in-
A. Bone, cartilage, dense connective tis- ternal organs, I store Fat globules. Who
sue, loose connective tissue, and blood am I?
A. Bone marrow
B. Highly specialized tissue that con-
tracts or shortens to produce movement B. Cartilage
C. Adipose
C. Lining and covering tissue of the body D. Areolar
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such as skin
255. Which is not a function of epithelial tis-
D. none of above
sue?
250. What is lymph? A. Absorption
A. RBCs and WBCs B. Secretion Secretion
B. Muscles connecting the bone to an- C. Assimilation
other bone D. Protection
C. Tissues connecting a muscle and a
256. The following tissue is not related to
bone
plants
D. The plasma with some leukocytes or
A. Connective tissue
white blood cells that have oozed out out
of blood capillaries B. Dermal Tissue
C. Muscle Tissue
251. This type of muscle tissue is found only
in the heart D. Epithelial tissue
A. cardiac 257. It transports water from roots to stems
B. smooth and leaves, but it also transports nutri-
ents.
C. skeletal
A. xylem
D. none of above
B. phloem
252. Which tissue is responsible for transport C. veins
of water in plants
D. arteries
A. Phloem
258. Packaging tissue
B. Xylem
A. parenchyma
C. Both xylem and phloem
B. collenchyma
D. None of the above
C. xylem
253. Which part of the neuron acquires infor- D. phloem
mation?
259. This tissue is formed between skin and
A. Cell body
muscles beneath, around blood vessels
B. Axon and nerve
C. Dendrites A. Areolar tissue
D. All the above B. Ligaments
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hormones? D. Muscle to blood
A. Connective
B. Epithelial 278. The vascular tissue in plants consists
which of the following?
C. Muscle
A. Adipose, Areolar
D. Nervous
B. Xylem, Phloem
273. Vascular tissue
C. Parenchyma, Collenchyma
A. Muscle
D. Sclerenchyma, Matrix
B. Conductive fabric
C. Connective tissue 279. When many organ systems work to-
D. Secretory tissue gether it can form
A. organ
274. Transitional epithelial tissues, which help
excretory organs to expand and stretch, B. cells
have cells which can convert from cells
C. organ system
to cells depending on the amount of
tension on it. D. organism
A. Squamous-Columnal
280. The major element of blood is
B. Glandular-Squamous
A. plasma
C. Columnal-Squamous
B. erythrocytes
D. Squamous-Cuboidal
C. leukocytes
275. Which of the Following Tissues are Multi-
Nucleated? D. thrombocytes
A. Striated Muscle Fibre.
281. Which of the following consists of a sin-
B. Cardiac Muscle Fiber. gle layer of cells covering the surface of
C. Smooth Muscle Fiber. our body or several layers lining body cav-
ities and organs?
D. None of the Above
A. Connective Tissues
276. Scales in reptiles and feathers in birds are
made from this tissue B. Epithelial Tissues
A. epithelial tissue C. Muscle Tissues
B. Connective tissue D. Nervous Tissues
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294. The tissue is responsible for movements
A. Blood C. Axon
B. Muscles D. Nails
C. Bone
300. Examples of an endotherm are
D. Ligaments
A. Examples of an endotherm are
295. What happens if red blood cells are not in B. reptiles and most fish
round shape? What happens if red blood
cells are not round? C. all mammals and birds
A. Blood flows with much speed. D. all mammals and snakes
B. Blood coagulates fastly.
301. What happens when bone is not present
C. Blood flow stopsdown Blood flow in our body? What would happen if our
stops body had no bones?
D. Oil of the above is none of the above. A. No shape
296. Bone cells are embedded in a hard ma- B. No strength
trix that is composed of and com-
C. No support to vital organs Vital organs
pounds.
do not have that thread
A. Calcium, phosphorus
D. All the above
B. Calcium, iron
C. magnesium, iron 302. What is the MATRIX of Blood tissue?
D. phosphorus, iron A. Collagen
304. What are specialized cells in areolar tis- 310. true or false, the connective tissue con-
sue that are repair in function called? nects the organs together.
What is the name of the repair cells in the
B. Blood B. Areolar
C. Cartilage C. Cartilage
D. None of these D. Ligaments
316. Blood has a fluid matrix called 322. Which of the following animals possess
A. Platelets blue colored blood? Which of the follow-
ing organisms have blue blood?
B. RBC
A. Camel and ilama Camel and llama
C. WBC
B. Cockroach and grosshopper
D. Plasma
C. Snail and crab
317. Adipose tissue, cartilage, and ligaments D. Shark and ray Shark and ray
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are what type of tissue?
A. muscle 323. The matrix of cartilage is made of
C. Absorption C. osteocytes.
D. Pathway D. osteoblasts.
329. Lines ducts and glands / Belyn kanale en 335. what is the control center of a animal
kliere cell?
A. Columnar / Kolom A. nucleus
B. Cuboidal / Kubus B. cytoplasm
B. Cartilage C. No
340. Muscles are under indivisual’s will. 346. and are absent in Lymphs.
A. Straited muscles A. Adipose, Areolar
B. Unstraited muscles B. WBC, RBC
C. Smooth muscles C. RBC, blood protiens
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D. Cardiac Muscles D. RBC, platletes
341. What is a function of simple columnar ep- 347. The outer layer of the skin is composed
ithelium? of
A. transitional epithelium
A. Secretes digestive enzymes.
B. pseudostratified columnar epithelium
B. Maintains the temperature of our body.
C. stratified squamous epithelium
C. Storage of nutrients. D. stratified columnar epithelium
D. None of the above. 348. In which of the following organs can you
find a simple cuboidal epithelium?
342. This type of tissue includes ligaments,
tendons, and cartilage A. Ovary
B. Heart
A. epithelial
C. Trachea
B. muscular
D. Skin
C. connective
D. nervous 349. Epithelial cells lining on stomach se-
cretes:
343. Lines cavities, tubes, covers body A. Sulfuric Acid
A. epithelial. B. Hydrochloric Acid
B. connective. C. Digestive Juices
C. muscle. D. Bile
D. nervous
350. If the skin is burned, this tissue can be
344. Striated; produces contractions of the damaged
muscles in the heart A. Cylindrical substrate
A. smooth muscle B. Scaly subart
B. cardiac muscle C. layered substrate
C. skeletal muscle D. Stambha Kara sub art
D. none of above 351. It carries oxygen around our body.
345. Which one of the following is NOT a part A. Fluid tissue
of the nervous system? B. Supportive Tissue
A. Bones C. Nervous Tissue
B. Brain D. Epithelial Tissue
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A. repair of body
and do not get tired throughout their life
B. fat storage
A. Smooth muscle
C. movement
B. Striated muscle
C. Cardiac muscle D. absorption
D. None of the above 371. Cells that can build bone matrix.
365. Which of the following correctly de- A. Osteoblasts
scribes cardiac muscle tissue? B. Osteoclasts
A. It’s smooth and involuntary C. Canaliculi
B. It’s striated and involuntary D. Lamellae
C. It’s smooth and voluntary
372. Sieve tubes and companion cells are part
D. It’s striated and voluntary of
366. Which of the following tissue act as a A. tracheid
reservoir of water and salt B. epithelial tissues
A. areolar tissue C. xylem
B. adipose tissue D. phloem
C. muscular tissue
373. Nervous tissue is made up of highly spe-
D. nervous tissue cialized cells called
367. Which type of muscle tissue would line A. Axons
the intestines? / Watter tipe spierweef- B. Dendrites
sel sal die ingewande belyn?
C. Neurons
A. Smooth / Gladde
D. Nucleus
B. Cardiac / Hart
C. Skeletal / Skelet 374. It is difficult to pull out the husk of co-
conut because
D. Transitional / Oorgangs
A. sclerenchyma cells are closely packed
368. Movement; mobility of the body.
A. Muscle B. collenchyma cells have thickened cor-
B. Epithelial ners
C. Connective C. xylem gives mechanical strength
D. Nervous D. epidermis has a thick cuticle
375. Which of the following tissues stores en- 381. A snake relies on the sun to keep its body
ergy in the form of fat? temperature at a safe range. This snake is
a(n)
C. Neurons B. Ectotherm
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the spinal cord and the brain. B. Epithelial tissues
A. Epithelial C. Connective tissues
B. Muscle D. Nervous tissues
C. Nervous 393. Four types of Animal tissues
D. Connective A. Simple, permanent
388. Which tissue enables various forms of B. Squamous, Cuboidal, Columnar, Cili-
movement, both voluntary and involun- ated
tary? C. Epithelial, Connective, Muscular, Ner-
A. Muscle vous
B. nerve D. Xylem, Phloem
C. connective 394. This type of muscle tissue is found in the
D. epithelial walls of hollow organs such as the stom-
ach, and blood vessels
389. Which Cells are called as Microscopic Po-
A. Skeletal
licemen
B. Cardiac
A. Monocytes
C. Smooth
B. Lymphocytes
D. All of the above
C. Neutrophils
D. Basophils 395. Muscles present in the heart are
A. Striated muscles
390. Which of the following tissues binds ev-
erything together? B. Cardiac muscles
A. Epithelial C. Non striated muscles
B. Connective D. All the above
C. Muscle 396. A group of different working to-
D. Nervous gether to perform a function is called an
organ.
391. The tissue responsible for protection
against injury and germs, and helpsin ab- A. Collenchyma
sorption, secretion, and sensation is B. tissues
A. Epithelial C. conducting
B. Connective D. none of above
397. Which is not a granulocyte 403. What is the correct order of organization
A. Monocyte A. tissues-cells-organs-organ systems-
B. Involuntary D. Areolar
C. Both 405. Striated; produces voluntary movements
D. None A. smooth muscle
400. Homeostasis in the human body is often B. cardiac muscle
maintained by a:
C. skeletal muscle
A. the brain only
D. none of above
B. solar feedback loop
C. the muscles 406. Which tissue is responsible for the carry-
D. negative feedback loop ing of electrical and chemical signals and
impulses from the brain and central ner-
401. The basic unit of life vous system to the periphery, and vice
versa?
A. atom
B. cell A. nerve
C. molecule B. connective
D. organelle C. muscle
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A. Areolar C. organ
B. Nail D. organism
C. Scales of fishes
D. Feathers of Birds 412. Cardiac Muscles
A. cell
410. In the nerve cell, The cell body is called
as B. tissue
A. Myeline Sheath C. organ
B. Cytoplasm D. organism
7. I wanted to be and make some money 12. My dog protects me and I take care of him
on my own over the summer, so I mowed in return, so we have a(n) relation-
lawns and took care of gardens for my ship.
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B. boring
for the elderly woman and carry her
C. clear bags to the train.
D. scary A. mature
B. buccaneer
19. CRED
C. nautical
A. fear, intense dislike
D. porter
B. cry out, declare
25. The suffix-ful means
C. believe
A. Full of
D. to do
B. Able to
20. What do plants produce that animals, in- C. Not
cluding humans, benefit from for their sur-
D. Happened in the past
vival?
A. food and oxygen 26. What is the meaning of a stockade?
34. What is the meaning of the word civiliza- B. extinct species are not related to living
tion?But the gods can’t die now, right? I species
mean, as long as Western civilization is C. different species can interbreed and
alive, they’re alive. produce offspring that can reproduce
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C. powerless B. the fear of Rick & Morty
D. helpful C. the fear of mortification
51. The two structures that limit transpiration 57. In order for , there must be light, car-
are known as bon dioxide, and water.
52. If two organisms have similar DNA they 58. Conjunctions are
are probably A. for, and, not, but, or, yet, so
A. share a common ancestor B. for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
B. share a common environment C. from, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
C. share a common population D. for, nor, but, or, yet
D. speciation 59. Biosphere has the prefix bio-, which
53. The earthworms and bacteria in the com- means
post pile are breaking down our trash. A. earth
A. biodegradable B. heat
B. photosynthesis C. study
C. philanthropist D. life
D. bibliophile 60. When an animal in the wild develops a
relationship with an animal of another
54. Would you like to write a(n) about
species that benefits both animals, it is
your life?
considered a(n) relationship.
A. symbiotic
A. biodegradable
B. biology B. biosphere
C. audible C. biography
D. autobiography D. symbiotic
55. The prefix im-means 61. How do water enter the roots from the
A. Tomorrow soil?
B. Today A. diffusion
C. Not B. osmosis
D. Yes C. transpiration
D. active transport
56. Which plant parts are the tubes that carry
water throughout the plant? 62. The large crowd caused quite a
A. xylem A. aquastorm
B. phloem B. clamor
C. roots C. phobia
D. leaves D. activity
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about butterflies recently.
64. The root word bio means
A. the study of animals
A. to carry
B. to measure animals at the zoo
B. not
C. the see or observe animals
C. life
D. the life of animals at the zoo
D. by yourself
70. The process by which populations slowly
65. Plants make food using and in the change over time is called
presence of sunlight.
A. selective breeding
A. water, oxygen
B. adaptation
B. water, carbon dioxide
C. sepeciation
C. minerals, oxygen
D. evolution
D. minerals, carbon dioxide
71. It is to arrive on time for the meeting
66. What three things does a plant need to so the others are not waiting for us.
take in to be able to go through photosyn-
A. measurable
thesis?
B. amphibious
A. sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide
C. immeasurable
B. sunlight, water, and oxygen
D. important
C. oxygen, carbon, and hydrogen
D. water, oxygen, and glucose 72. The music was turned down so low that it
was , so we had to turn up the volume.
67. Martin Luther King’s about nonvio- A. inaudible
lence influenced the Civil Rights Move-
B. audible
ment.
C. immature
A. philosophy
D. mature
B. philanthropist
C. biography 73. Which plant parts carry sugars and other
nutrients throughout the plant?
D. photons
A. phloem
68. “You scratch my back and I will scratch B. xylem
yours” is a saying that represents a
relationship because each person benefits C. roots
from the relationship. D. leaves
74. The study of is important so people 80. He stopped using plastic grocery bags be-
can learn how plants and animals live and cause they are not
grow.
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and I keep encouraging her to write her C. biography
own D. biodiversity
A. symbiotic
B. biodegradable 93. He wrote a(n) about his life as a
dancer, singer, and actor.
C. autobiography
A. biology
D. biography
B. symbiotic
88. Treasure Island was written by
C. autobiography
A. Roald Dahl
D. biodegradable
B. Andrew Clements
C. Robert Louis Stevenson 94. After the president left office, he wrote
D. Gary Paulson a(n) or a book about his own life.
A. biography
89. Whales are aquatic mammals that contain
a pelvis bone. Even though it does not aid B. biology
in its movement, the function must have
C. symbiotic
been used by a common ancestor of the
whale. Thus, the pelvis is referred to as D. autobiography
a(n)
A. vestigial structure 95. are all around us anytime there is light,
but you can’t see them individually be-
B. analogous structure cause they are so small.
C. homologous structure A. photons
D. none of above
B. biography
90. The prefixes-im and-in mean C. photosynthesis
A. to carry
D. photography
B. not
C. life 96. The suffix-able means
D. by yourself A. Full of
A. cytoplasm C. osmosis
B. cell membrane D. nuclear fission
C. cell wall
7. The prokaryotic cell has this structure that
D. ribosomes helps to protect it from its environment.
4. A cell organelle that converts the chemical A. cell membrane
energy stored in food into compounds that
are more convenient for the cell to use. B. cell wall
A. mitochondrion C. flagellum
B. chloroplast D. capsule
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D. The control how much oxygen enters a B. large or oddly shaped molecules move
cell across a cell membrane
C. water moves when energy is used
9. A protein that detects a signal molecule
and performs an action in response is D. proteins are built
called a
15. Which of the following pairs do both
A. receptor prokaryotes and eukaryotes share?
B. ligand A. Cytoplasm and Nucleus
C. vesicle B. Cell Membrane and Cytoplasm
D. proton C. Genetic Material and Membrane-
10. This type of cell is lacking a nucleus Bound Organelles
19. Used to scan the surface of an object, like 25. The movement of molecules against a con-
an insect or something like that. centration gradient
D. Cytoplasm B. chloroplast
24. An effect of osmosis where the concentra- 29. Match the definition with the wordAn
tion is the same inside and outside the cell. organelle found in plant and algae cells
Water molecules move at the same rate in where photosynthesis occurs
both directions.
A. Organelle
A. hypertonic
B. isotonic B. Cell
C. hypotonic C. Chlorophyll
D. osmotic pressure D. Chloroplast
30. The function of this organelle is to break 36. The difference between prokaryotic and
down food, worn out cell/cell organelles. eukaryotic cells involves the presence of
A. Nucleus A. a nucleus
B. Vacuole B. genetic material in the form of DNA
C. Ribosome
C. chloroplasts
D. Lysosome
D. a cell membrane
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31. A thin protective covering around a cell
37. What is the function of a cell wall?
A. cell membrane
B. nucleus A. to protect and support the cell
41. What organelle(s) act(s) as “the boss” in- 46. A student observes a plant cell under a mi-
side of a cell? croscope using the low power (4x) objec-
tive. If the eyepiece has a magnification
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B. cell
permeable membrane.
C. cell wall
A. osmotic pressure
B. diffusion pressure D. golgi body
C. facilitated diffusion 59. The part of a plant cell that helps the plant
D. cellular pressure create energy from the sun
63. Cells with a nucleus and membrane-bound 68. Afluid inside a cell contain other molecules
organelles are called A. Nucleus
D. chloroplast B. Metaphase
C. Interphase
66. If your father has brown eyes, you may D. Anaphase
also have brown eyes. If your mother has
curly hair, you might also end up having 72. A sperm cell and mucle cell needs a lot en-
curly hair. This transfer of characteristics ergy and it comes from
is due to the transfer of A. Nucleus
A. Mitochondria B. Acrosome
B. Chromosomes C. Mitochondria
C. Lysosomes D. Ribosome
D. Chloroplasts 73. specialized structure that performs impor-
tant cellular functions within a eukaryotic
67. Chromosomes are stored in the cell
A. Nucleus A. organelle
B. Cytoplasm B. cytoplasm
C. Lysosomes C. all the above
D. Golgi bodies D. centrioles
74. Vesicle filled with digestive enzymes that 79. Which organelle produces ribosomes?
break down lipids, carbohydrates, and pro- A. Nucleolus
teins into monomers. Recycle damaged or
unused organelles. B. Cell Membrane
C. Nucleus
A. ER
D. Mitochondria
B. Lysosome
C. Vacuole 80. The plant cell wall is made up of what?
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A. chitin
D. Mitochondria
B. peptidoglycan
75. Power house of the cell-produces energy C. cellulose
(ATP)
D. glycogen
A. vacuoles
81. Cell that does not conduct electrical im-
B. lysosomes pulses but instead support and insulate
C. mitochondria neurons is
D. nucleolus A. axon
B. neuron
76. Which of the following is not a postulate
C. cell body
of cell theory?
D. neuroglia
A. Cell is the basic unit of life.
B. All cells develop from pre-existing 82. This can be found in the nucleus, and are
cells. tiny strands that contain the instructions
for directing the cell’s functions.
C. All living cells have cell walls.
A. DNA/Chromatin
D. All living organisms are composed of
B. Chloroplasts
cells.
C. Golgi Bodies
77. What structure is common to all 6 king- D. ER
doms of living organisms?
83. makes proteins
A. Cell wall
A. nucleus
B. DNA
B. ribosomes
C. Nucleus
C. lysosomes
D. Mitochondria D. vacuoles
78. What is another term for “selectively per- 84. Joy took the notes shown below while
meable”? learning about cells.* Forms boundary be-
A. Porous tween a cell and the outside environment
* Controls the movement of materials into
B. Acts like a switch and out of the cell
C. Permanent A. endoplasmic reticulum
D. Semipermeable B. cell membrane
A. vacuole C. bacteria
95. Which organelles are only found in plant 100. Specialized structures that carry out spe-
cells? cific cell functions are called:
A. Cell Wall and cell membrane A. Organelles
B. Cell wall and chloroplast B. Proteins
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101. When an organism has cells with a nu-
96. A cell organelle consisting of RNA and pro- clues, they are called
tein found throughout the cytoplasm in a
cell; the site of protein synthesis. A. Archaea
B. Bacteria
A. golgi apparatus
C. Prokaryotes
B. ribosome
D. Eukaryotes
C. mitochondrion
D. endoplasmic reticulum 102. are the basic unit of living things.
A. Kittens
97. This organelle is like a recycling center for B. Organisms
the cell. It breaks down old materials. It
is like a vacuum cleaner that cleans up the C. Cells
waste in cells. D. Organelles
A. Ribosomes 103. Organelle that captures light energy from
B. Lysosomes the sun to make glucose sugar through
photosynthesis
C. Mitochondria
A. mitochondria
D. Chloroplasts
B. cell wall
98. this organelle contains enzymes that C. chloroplast
breaks down big molecules to smaller D. Golgi bodies
molecules (Analogy:garbage disposal)
A. lysosome 104. Permeable means
A. things can pass through
B. cell membrane
B. the concentration is different
C. vacuole
C. it is permanent
D. endoplasmic reticulum
D. things are stuck
99. packages proteins for delivery to other
105. Compared to a skin cell, a muscle cell is
parts of the cell
likely to have more-
A. Endoplasmic reticulum A. Golgi bodies
B. ribosomes B. chloroplasts
C. Golgi body C. cell membranes
D. lysosomes D. mitochondria
106. Which phrase best describes the property 111. Which organelles help provide cells with
of selective permeability? energy?
107. Which biomolecule is found in lysosomes 112. Plants use energy from sunlight, wa-
to help them digest and break down mate- ter, and carbon dioxide to produce sugar.
rials? Which structure is found only in plant cells
and helps plants capture energy from sun-
A. carbohydrate light?
B. lipid A. Vacoule
C. nucleic acid B. Nucleus
D. protein C. Cell membrane
108. This organelle receives materials from D. Chloroplast
the endoplasmic reticulum and sends them
113. Made of cellulose and provides support
to other parts of the cell.
for the cell which in turn supports the
A. ribosomes plant-millions of these give your vegeta-
B. mitchondria bles their crunch
C. cytoplasm A. vacuoles
D. golgi bodies B. cell wall
C. cell membrane
109. What structures distinguish a plant cell
from an animal cell? D. chloroplast
A. Plant cells have cell walls and ribo- 114. What is the job of the nucleus?
somes. A. Provide energy
B. Plant cells have cell walls and chloro- B. Stores water
plasts.
C. Controls cell functions
C. Plant cells have chloroplasts and ribo-
D. Stores and packages chemicals
somes.
D. Plant cells have chloroplasts and mito- 115. Surrounds & protects the nucleus.
chondria. A. Nucleolus
110. Which organelle converts energy found in B. Nuclear membrane
food into a form that cells can use? C. Nucleotide
A. Mitochondria D. Nuclear pores
B. Ribosomes
116. This organelle turns the light energy into
C. Nucleus a simple sugar.
D. Nucleolus A. Mitochondria
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C. Organs 123. In what organelle does photosynthesis
D. Organ Systems occur?
A. mitochondria
118. The function of the Golgi apparatus is to
B. stomata
A. Sort, package and modify macro-
C. xylem
molecules produced by the cell.
D. chloroplast
B. Produce proteins
C. Produce lipids 124. Which organism is made up of cells that
have both a cell membrane and a cell
D. Produce RNA wall?
119. Which of the following is present in both A. desert mouse
prokaryotes and eukaryotes? B. human
A. endoplasmic reticulum C. maple tree
B. ribosome D. zebra
C. Golgi body 125. Living thing made up of only one cell
D. nucleus A. multicellular organism
B. unicellular organism
120. What is a maze of tubular passage-
ways that lead from the nuclear membrane C. tissue
through the cytoplasm. D. organ
A. cell membrance
126. This cell part is in ALL cells. It is the gel-
B. ER like substance that provides cell shape.
C. Cytoplasm A. Chloroplasts
D. Ribosomes B. Chromosomes
C. Cytoplasm
121. The technique in which cellular compo-
nents are coloured for better observation D. Mitochondria
is called: 127. A living thing
A. Staining A. Cytoplasm
B. Dyeing B. Organism
C. Colouring C. Function
D. Pigmenting D. Cell Wall
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140. Which features do prokaryotes not have A. On the inner mitochondrial membrane
that eukaryotes do?
A. Nucleus and Genetic Information B. On the outer mitochondrial membrane
B. Membrane-bound organelles and Ge-
netic material C. In the matrix
C. Cell Wall and Ribosomes D. none of above
D. Membrane bound organelles and Nu- 146. Which of the following does NOT contain
cleus a nucleus?
141. Has cytoplasm A. plant cell
A. Prokaryote B. bacteria
B. Eukaryote C. animal cell
C. both D. fungi cell
D. none of above 147. How does the Surface Area to Volume
142. What is the liquid between the cell mem- ratio change as the size of the cell in-
brane and the nucleus called? creases?
A. Cytoplasm A. It increases
B. Organelle B. it decreases
143. What is the function of the rough endo- 148. Cell is discovered by
plasmic reticulum? A. Robert Brown
A. to make energy B. Robert Hooke
B. modify and transport proteins made by C. John Mendal
the ribosomes on it D. Charse Darwin
C. store water and other vital molecules
149. Where are proteins made in the cell?
D. to make new membranes and neutral-
ize toxins A. Golgi body
B. mitochondrion
144. Known as the powerhouses of the cell be-
cause they break down food to release en- C. nucleus
ergy! D. ribosomes
150. Which process always involves the move- 155. The process of diffusion in which
ment of materials from inside the cell to molecules pass across the membrane
outside the cell? through cell membrane channels.
C. mitochondria A. Nucleus
B. Lysosome
D. cell membrane
C. Chloroplast
153. What happens in the first part of Inter- D. Golgi Apparatus
phase?
159. In many cells, this is the structure that
A. Mitosis controls the cell’s activities.
B. Cell Growth A. Cell membrane
C. DNA Replication B. Organelle
D. Anaphase C. Nucleolus
D. Nucleus
154. Which organelle transports protein
throughout the cell? 160. The nucleus includes all of the following
EXCEPT
A. Cytoplasm
A. cytoplasm
B. Lysosomes B. a nuclear envelope
C. Cell Wall C. DNA
D. Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) D. a nucleolus
161. What is the term for the diffusion of wa- 167. What is the function of the immune sys-
ter across a semipermeable membrane? tem?
A. osmosis A. To digest food
B. equilibrium B. To fight against pathogens and dis-
C. transport eases
D. isotonic C. To help you breathe
162. Cells present in living organism differ in D. To remove waste from the body
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A. numbers 168. What is the function of the cell mem-
B. size brane?
C. shape A. Produces ATP
D. all of these B. Produces proteins and lipids
163. This plant structure is designed to trans- C. Keep the organelles in place
port water and mineral salts from the D. Control what enters and leaves the cell
roots to the stem and to the leaves of the
plant (uni-directional). 169. stores water, food and wastes in a cell
A. Xylem A. nucleus
B. Phloem
B. cell membrane
C. Cambium
C. vacoule
D. Cortex cells
D. none of above
164. Which macromolecule contains genetic in-
formation? 170. This organelle controls the cell’s main ac-
tivities; DNA is also found here. (Anal-
A. lipids
ogy:cockpit of an airplane)
B. nucleic acids
A. vacuole
C. carbohydrates
B. chloroplast
D. protein
C. nucleus
165. A organism is made of many cells,
each specialized to do certain jobs. D. mitochondria
183. collect sunlight which it converts to sug- 189. A group of cells that work together to
ars that the plant cell uses perform a job
A. chloroplasts A. Kleenex
B. cytoplasm B. tissue
C. cell wall C. membrane
D. mitochondria D. cytoplasm
190. Protect the cell and maintain its shape
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184. In which part of a plant cell does photo-
synthesis take place? A. Nucleus
A. Chloroplast B. Cell membrane
C. Cell wall
B. Nucleus
D. none of above
C. Cytoplasm
D. Ribosome 191. Organs work together to make the fol-
lowing.
185. Aid in cell division A. cells
A. cytoplasm B. organs
B. cytoskeleton C. organ systems
C. centrioles D. organism
D. none of above 192. is the ability of a cell to regulate it-
self and maintain an internal or equi-
186. Which organelle packages up waste to be librium.
eliminated?
A. Homeostasis, level
A. Golgi Complex
B. Equilibrium, level
B. ribosomes
C. Homeostasis, balance
C. nucleus
D. Equilibrium, balance
D. Endoplasmic Reticulum
193. Which structure contains DNA and con-
187. Which of the following organelle is found trols the cells processes?
in a plant cell but not in an animal cell? A. mitochondria
A. cell membrane B. vaculole
B. lysosome C. nucleus
C. cell wall D. golgi
D. nucleus 194. If a goat has 12 chromosomes in all it’s
somatic cells, how many chromosomes will
188. Where would you find cristae? it have after mitosis?
A. Vacuole A. 6
B. Chloroplast B. 24
C. Mitochondrion C. 12
D. Nucleus D. 36
197. For cells to stay alive they require what 202. Organelle that controls all activities of a
type of SA:V? cell and contains DNA
A. Large SA, Large V A. Nucleus
B. Small SA, Large V B. Nucleoid
C. Large SA, Small V C. Cytoplasm
D. Small SA, Small V D. Mitochondria
198. Which of these types of cells would have 203. are the basic unit of structure and
a nucleoid instead of DNA stored in a nu- function in living things.
cleus?
A. Atoms
A. animal
B. Rocks
B. bacteria
C. Cells
C. plant
D. Tissues
D. protist
204. Gives the cell a rigid, box-like shape; out-
199. Uh oh, someone heated fish in the mi- side of the cell membrane; in plants.
crowave. At first, I couldn’t smell it all
the way across the room. But now, the A. cytoplasm
molecules have spread out evenly through- B. chromatin
out the room and EVERYONE smells it!!
C. cell wall
A. passive transport
D. cell membrane
B. diffusion
205. The other name of cell membrane is
C. osmosis
A. plasma membrane
D. facilitated diffusion
B. nuclear membrane
200. Pandas have 30 chromosomes in their
somatic cells, how many chromosomes C. cell wall
would there be in their gametes? D. none of these
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D. osmosis B. I only
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229. Specialized structures that work together
inside a cell are called C. they produce seeds
239. Which of the following best describes the 244. This organelle is like a recycling center for
function of mitochondria? the cell. It contains enzymes that digest
material.
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B. Binary Fission A. The ribosomes
C. Meiosis B. The mitochondria
D. Cell Cycle
C. The Golgi bodies
251. Which best explains the function of a cell D. The cytoplasm
membrane?
257. control the cell’s activities; contains the
A. offers protection from the outside en-
cell’s DNA
vironment
B. provides a framework to help the cell A. mitochondria
move B. cell membrane
C. provides a framework to help the cell C. nucleus
move
D. golgi body
D. removes viruses from inside the cell
258. I am the “trash room” and aid the cell
252. Cells only come with waste removal. Who am I?
A. from prokaryotes A. Centriole
B. from other cells dividing B. Golgi Apparatus
C. from fungi C. Endoplasmic Reticulum
D. from eukaryotes
D. Lysosome
253. Another term for equilibrium is
259. The higher the magnification, the you
A. Equality see of the specimen.
B. Babycakes A. more
C. Homeostasis B. less
D. Balance C. higher
254. Which organelle ensures that after cell di- D. lower
vision each daughter cell has the correct
number of chromosomes? 260. What are pseudopodia?
A. the nuclues A. Vacuole of amoeba
B. the endoplasmic reticulum B. Eye of amoeba
C. the centriole C. False feet of amoeba
D. the cytoskeleton D. Heart of amoeba
D. Proteins A. Lysosomes
B. Mitochondria
264. All cells need energy to function. Which
cell organelle is responsible for producing C. Nucleolus
energy in the cell? D. Cell Wall
A. chloroplasts
270. Which cell organelle contains chloro-
B. mitochondria phyll?
C. nucleus A. Chloroplasts
D. vacuoles B. Chromosomes
265. What is another word for ‘body’ cells? C. Chromatids
A. karyotypes D. Vacuole
B. somatic
271. Which of the following can be found in
C. centromeres the cytoplasm and on the surface of the
D. DNA endoplasmic reticulum?
A. mitochondria
266. In an analogy, I might refer to this or-
ganelle as the “gatekeeper” of the cell. B. centrosomes
A. nucleus C. ribosomes
B. golgi apparatus D. centrioles
272. The basic structural and functional unit of 277. The amount of space something takes up
all living organism is is called the
A. cell A. Surface area
B. cell wall B. Perimeter
C. cell membrane C. Volume
D. chloroplasts D. Weight
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273. Which pair of structures best shows that 278. What type of cell does not have a defined
plants cells have functions different than nucleus or membrane bound organelles.
animal cells A. Animal Cell
A. Cytoplasm and mitochondria B. Prokaryote
B. Chloroplasts and cell walls C. Eukaryote
C. Nuclei and centrioles D. Plant Cell
D. Ribosomes and cell membranes 279. Semi-permeable layer around the cell
that encloses the contents of the cell
274. The cell membrane is selectively perme-
able, which means A. nucleus
A. All materials can enter and leave the B. cell membrane
cell C. cell wall
B. Certain things can enter while others D. chloroplast
cannot
280. This organelle creates ATP.
C. The cell manually sorts through all ma-
terials A. Nucleus
D. Only certain cells can interact with the B. Ribosome
cell. C. Mitochondria
275. What is cell theory? D. ER
A. All living organisms are composed of 281. directs all of the cell’s activities using
one or more cells. DNA instructions
B. The cell is the basic unit of structure A. nucleus
and organization in organisms. B. mitochondria
C. Cells arise from pre-existing cells. C. endoplasmic reticulum
D. All of the above D. lysosome
276. Both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells 282. Uses enzymes to break down food and
have all of the following EXCEPT: worn out cell parts.
A. Cytoplasm A. Lysosomes
B. Ribosomes B. Golgi apparatus
C. DNA C. Vacuoles
D. mitochondria D. Ribosome
283. This organelle is responsible for produc- C. nucleus, cell membrane, cytoplasm,
ing lipids and detoxifying poisons. ER, golgi bodies
294. A gel like fluid that takes up most of the 300. In diffusion
space inside the cell. The organelles are
A. water moves from a high concentra-
found scattered throughout it.
tion to a low concentration
A. Chloroplasts
B. water moves from a low concentration
B. Cell Wall to a high concentration
C. Cell Membrane
C. molecules move from a high concen-
D. Cytoplasm tration to a low concentration
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295. Which organelles supply energy to a D. molecules move from a low concentra-
cell? tion to a high concentration
A. mitochondria
301. Powerhouse of the cell, organelle that is
B. centrosomes the site of ATP ( energy production ) and
C. vacuoles cellular respiration in plants and animals.
D. ribosomes A. Nucleus
296. mainly found in plant cells B. Ribosomes
A. nucleus C. Mitochondria
B. cell wall D. Vacuoles
C. cell membrane
302. Which organelle makes energy using high
D. lysosome carbon sugars.
297. Which organelle synthesises proteins? A. vacuole
A. Vacuole B. cell membrane
B. Ribosome
C. endoplasmic reticulum
C. Mitochondrion
D. mitochondria
D. Golgi Apparatus
298. When cells form a vesicle to release ma- 303. This long tail appendage created by
terials, which form of transport is occur- MTOC’s aids the cell in swimming.
ring? A. Flagella
A. Endocytosis B. Cilia
B. Exocytosis C. Microfiliaments
C. Facilitated Diffusion
D. Golgi apparatus
D. Osmosis
304. Which phrase describes passive trans-
299. contains enzymes (proteins that speed up
port?
digestion and chemical reactions0
A. requires transport proteins
A. lysosome
B. ribosome B. requires no energy from the cell
C. nucleus C. requires isotonic solution
D. golgi body D. requires facilitation by enzymes
305. Which organelle is bigger in the plant cell 311. a sac like organelle that stores water,
than in the animal cell? food, and other matter
A. Nucleus D. cytoskeleton
B. Ribosomes
314. A gel-like fluid in which many different
C. Organelles organelles are found.
D. Vacuoles A. cell membrane
309. Nucleus is separated from cytoplasm by B. nucleus
A. nuclear membrane
C. organelle
B. nucleoplasm
D. cytoplasm
C. organs
D. cell membrane 315. Which part of the cell is often called “the
brain of the cell”?
310. Which is NOT found as part of all cells?
A. nuclear membrane
A. Cell wall
B. Cell membrane B. endoplasmic reticulum
C. Ribosomes C. nucleus
D. DNA D. ribosomes
316. Function of the cell membrane to not al- C. Preventing a cell from bursting due to
low the substance or substances to pass osmosis.
through the membrane.
D. Packaging cell products for export.
A. permeable
B. impermeable 322. Which organelle is the storehouse for
most of a cell’s genetic information?
C. semi-permeable
A. mitochondrion
D. none of above
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B. centriole
317. Cell membranes are made up of
C. chloroplast
A. lipid bilayers
D. nucleus
B. mitochondria
C. carbohydrates 323. This type of cell needs a cell wall and
D. ribosomes chloroplasts
A. Plant cell
318. This is a whip-like structure that cells can
have to help move them around. B. Animal Cell
A. cilia C. Bacteria
B. pili D. none of above
C. cytoskeleton
324. Just like Coke is a type of soda, is a
D. flagellum type of
319. Viruses reproduce by taking over normal A. diffusion, osmosis
healthy cells and their nucleic acid into
B. concentration, equilibrium
the cell.
A. rejecting C. equilibrium, concentration
327. This is used to transport materials in the 332. This structure is a storage area for the
cell. cell. Plants usually have one large one.
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339. Structures which tend to be much larger D. pin size
in plant cells to hold larger amounts of wa- 345. Specialised parenchyma cells which carry
ter out some of the metabolic function that are
A. cell wall needed to maintain the associated sieve
B. chloroplasts tube members are called the
C. vacuoles A. sieve cell
D. lysosomes B. vessel member
C. companion cells
340. When would you use the diaphragm?
D. tracheid
A. When you wanted to move the stage
B. When you wanted to adjust the light 346. What is the basic unit of an organism?
C. When you wanted to put the micro- A. Chloroplast
scope away B. Organelle
D. When you sneeze
C. Organ
341. The is the fluid portion of the cell out- D. Cell
side the nucleus
347. Which plant cell organelle is the site of
A. cell membrane
photosynthesis?
B. ribosome
A. nucleus
C. cytoplasm
B. mitochondria
D. lysosome
C. chloroplast
342. Which type of transport requires an input D. vacuole
of energy?
A. Passive Transport 348. Which of these statements best summa-
rizes the cell theory?
B. Osmosis
A. Cells contain a nucleus and other parts.
C. Simple Diffusion
D. Active Transport
B. Cells have ribosomes.
343. How does a cell maintain homeostasis? C. Cells can be seen through a micro-
A. Regulates what enters and leaves the scope.
cell D. Cells are the building blocks of living
B. Flexibility things.
C. vacuole A. Archaea
D. mitochondria B. Bacteria
C. Eukaryotes
351. What is one basic function of the vac-
uoles? D. Prokaryotes
352. The “filling” of the cell that provides the A. Plant cell
environment which all organelles live in; B. Nuclear Membrane
made up of about 90% water C. Prokaryotic cell
A. cell wall D. Eukaryotic cell
B. cell membrane
358. The can be found in plant and an-
C. chorophyll imal cells, and receive proteins and mate-
D. cytoplasm rials from the ER, packages them, and dis-
tributes them.
353. Which structures break down food and re-
lease energy? A. ER
D. Permeability does not matter with the 365. He discovered that all plants are made of
cell membrane. cells:
A. Anton van Leeuwenhoek
360. Which function do the lipids in a cell con-
trol? B. Theordor Schwann
A. a protective membrane C. Robert Hooke
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C. transport
like organelle that stores water, food, and
D. communication
other materials.
361. An effect of osmosis where the outside A. Wagon
solution has a higher concentration than B. Vacuole
the solution inside the cell. Movement of
water molecules out of the cell causes it to C. Cell Wall
shrink. D. Cell Membrane
A. hypertonic 367. Which is used to make proteins in the
B. isotonic cell?
C. hypotonic A. nucleus
373. Which structures do plant cells have that A. Red blood cells
animal cells do NOT have? B. Nerve cells
A. cell wall C. Sperm cells
B. large central vacuole D. White blood cells
C. chloroplasts
379. Which of the following are found in both
D. all of these plant and animal cells?
374. What a cell needs to transport particles A. Nucleus, Golgi body and chloroplasts
by active transport? B. Ribosomes, mitochondria and plasma
A. Sun membrane
381. Why do very active cells have lots of mi- 386. When an animal eats, food stays in the
tochondria? stomach for a period of time. When a
unicellular organism, such as Paramecium,
A. Mitochondria release energy to power
takes in food, the food is contained in
cells
which organelle?
B. Mitochondria help cells to divide in two
A. chloroplast
B. mitochondria
C. Mitochondria help give the cell their
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shape C. Vacuole
391. This outermost layer protects and sup- A. cells make energy through photosyn-
ports the cells of plants and some other thesis
organisms.
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respriation
D. It produces more latic acid than anaer- D. Cell wall
obic respriation 409. Passive transport requires no
403. also known as the “powerhouse” A. concentration gradients
A. cell membrane B. osmosis
B. storage C. motion
C. cytoskeleton D. energy
413. What part of the cell cycle results in the A. cell wall
splitting of the new cells? B. nuclear membrane
A. vacuole D. cell
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D. ribosome B. Digestive enzymes
C. RNA
425. What is the Powerhouse of the CELL?
D. Lipid molecules
A. Mitacondria
B. Ribosomes 431. Which of the following pair of organelles
have double membranes?
C. Nucleus
A. Chloroplast and mitochondria
D. Lysosomes
B. Mitochondria and ribosomes
426. Chloroplasts in plant cells are where this C. Nucleus and ribosomes
process takes place.
D. Chloroplast and ribosomes
A. cellular respiration
432. Which pair of structures best shows that
B. photosynthesis
plant cells have functions different from
C. protein production animal cells?
D. glycolysis A. Chloroplasts and cell walls
427. help organize the chromosomes before B. Cytoplasm and mitochondria
cell division C. Ribosomes and cell membranes
A. cell wall D. Nuclei and centrioles
B. centriole 433. This organelle is in all eukaryotic cells. It
C. cytoskeleton is the control center of the cell because it
D. mitochondria holds the DNA.
A. Mitochondria
428. Which of these supports the cell theory
B. Nucleus
as it is stated today?
C. Chloroplasts
A. New cells are produced by division of
existing cells D. Ribosomes
B. All organisms are composed of more 434. Match the definition with the word Carry
than one cell incoming information from the sensory re-
C. Cells must contain a nucleus ceptors to the brain and spinal cord
D. Not all cells are alive A. The Brain
B. Sensory Neurons
429. According to Cell Theory, which of the fol-
lowing is the smallest unit of structure and C. The Heart
function in living things? D. Selectively Permeable
439. Which phrase best describes the function A. makes cells larger
of mitochondria? B. makes cells smaller
A. Located in the cytoplasm C. makes the image of cells larger
B. Bacteria-sized organelle D. increases there size
C. Converts energy for cell use
445. The plasma membrane is permeable.
D. Contains a folded inner membrane
A. selectively
440. What cell is much larger than other ani-
mal cells? B. somewhat
A. Egg cell C. physically
B. Sperm cell D. ionically
446. The main difference between prokaryotic 451. Where is the genetic material found in the
and eukaryotic cells is that- cell?
A. eukaryotic cells have a smaller cell nu- A. Nucleolus
cleus B. Cytoplasm
B. prokaryotic cells are always much C. Nucleus
larger
D. Chloroplast
C. prokaryotic cells do not have a plasma
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membrane 452. What fluid can be found in cells that holds
organelles?
D. eukaryotic cells have a more complex
cellular organization A. Blood
B. Plasma
447. Mitochondria, ribosomes, and vacuoles
are examples of C. Chlorine
A. Tissues D. Cytoplasm
B. Cells 453. What makes up the cell membrane?
C. Organs A. Lipid Monolayer
D. Organelles B. Lipid Bilayer
C. lysosomes A. mitochondria
D. vacuoles B. nucleus
C. chloroplasts
459. What is happening during cytokinesis?
D. vacuoles
A. Spindle fibers form and the nuclear
membrane dissolves 464. I am the “security gate” of the cell and
B. Nuclear membrane reforms and you controls what enters and leaves. Who am
have two nuclei I?
C. The cytoplasm divides, finishing mito- A. Cell wall
sis B. Golgi Apparatus
D. Chromosomes move to the center of C. Cytoplasm
the cell
D. Cell membrane
460. A disease causing organism
465. Which of the following is true of the nu-
A. pathogen
cleus?
B. poison
A. The nucleus is considered the control
C. vaccine center of the cell.
D. none of above B. The nucleus contains all the cell’s DNA.
461. A type of cell with a membrane-
enclosed nucleus and membrane-enclosed C. All cells have a nucleus.
organelles. Examples of organisms with D. all of the above
these cells are protists, plants, fungi, and
animals. Has a nucleus. 466. Golgi bodies
A. Animal cell A. Provide energy for the cell
B. Contain genetic material 472. A jellylike fluid inside the cell in which the
C. Digest foreign particles organelles are floating in.
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B. Carbohydrate 473. moves substances within a cell (pipe like
C. Lipid structures)
D. Nucleic Acid A. endoplasmic reticulum
B. nucleus
468. Which plant organelle transforms light
into glucose to use as food? C. cytoplasm
A. Mitochondria D. vacuole
B. Vacuoles 474. What is the “Powerhouse” of the cell
C. Chloroplasts A. Vacuoles
D. Nucleus B. Mitochondria
469. A cell structure that forms a maze of pas- C. Lysosomes
sageways in which proteins and other ma- D. Chloroplast
terials are carried from one part of the cell
to another. 475. What is another name for cell mem-
brane?
A. Golgi Body
A. Great Wall of China
B. Ribosome
B. Berlin Wall
C. Cytoplasm
C. Plasma Membrane
D. Endoplasmic Reticulum
D. Cell Wall
470. Where is the location of protein synthesis
in the cell? 476. Animals store food as
A. Mitochondria A. starch
B. Ribosome B. glucose
C. Nucleus C. glycogen
D. Cytoplasm D. fructose
471. The only organelles would be ribosomes 477. Which organ consist of cells which have
that are used for the production of pro- the highest density of rough Endoplasmic
teins reticulum?
A. Prokaryotic Cells A. Stomach
B. Eukaryotic Cells B. Heart
C. Prekaryotic cells C. Brain
D. Aqua karyotic cells D. Kidney
478. This organelle controls the cell. 484. In what phase do the chromosomes line
A. Lysosome up in the middle of the cell?
A. Cytokinesis
D. Chromosomes C. Prophase
D. Telophase
479. Trisomy 21 is a genetic disorder caused
by 485. Which of these is NOT an example of a
eukaryotic cell?
A. Mutations
A. animal
B. Nondisjunction
B. bacteria
C. Gene linkage
C. plant
D. Crossing-over
D. protist
480. Groups of organs that perform the same
function is called ? 486. Chlorophyll
490. What is the function of the Endoplasmic 496. Cells are differentiatied so that they can
Reticulum (ER)? perform certain tasks. Which cells are
A. Package and ship proteins matched up correctly with their task?
B. Transport proteins A. Muscle Cells-Allow males to reproduce
C. Create energy for the cell
B. Nerve Cells-Fight Infections
D. Remove waste
C. Human Sperm Cells-Carry Impulses
491. Many different organelles that are used
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to carry out a variety of cellular functions D. Red Blood Cells-Carry Oxygen
A. Prokaryotic Cells 497. This structure is in plant cells and not an-
B. Eukaryotic Cells imal cells. It is outside of the cell mem-
C. Prekaryotic cells brane and adds more support/structure to
the plant.
D. Aqua karyotic cells
A. Cell membrane
492. Where are ribosomes produced (pre-
B. Cell Nucleus
cisely)?
A. Nucleus C. Cell Wall
B. Nucleolus D. Endoplasmic Reticulum
C. Rough ER 498. Maintaining a stable internal environ-
D. Smooth ER ment?
493. Plasmodesmata are A. homologous
A. used in energy transformation within B. homoeostasis
the cell. C. ribosomes
B. typical of animal cells more than plant D. cytoplasm
cells.
C. cross connections between cell walls. 499. are organelles responsible for digest-
D. found most frequently in bacteria. ing certain materials within the cell.
A. vacuoles
494. Allows materials in/out of the nucleus?
B. chloroplasts
A. Cell membrane
B. plasma membrane C. lysosomes
A. lysosomes A. nucleus
B. ribosomes B. organelle
C. chromosomes C. Endoplasmic Reticulum
D. cytoplasm D. Golgi bodies
501. Cell membranes are found in 507. What is the main component of cell mem-
A. Only animal cells branes?
513. What adaptation does a root hair cell 518. The process by which particles move from
have an area of high concentration to an area of
low concentration is known as
A. Lots of chloroplasts for photosynthesis
A. cytoplasm
B. It has animal cell parts B. diffusion
C. It can eat worms C. homeostasis
D. Long extension of the cell wall to ab- D. membranes
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sorb water and nutrients 519. Endocytosis moves material a cell via
514. What is the cytoplasm?
A. into; facilitated diffusion
A. A jelly-like fluid inside the cell.
B. into; membranous vesicles
B. A scary Halloween decoration.
C. out of ; diffusion
C. Web of proteins that acts as a muscle
and a skeleton. D. out of ; membranous vesicles
D. Rigid structure that supports plant 520. Which of these is an example of an un-
cells. safe practice in a lab?
A. detecting an odor by moving air toward
515. Organelles that package cellular materi-
you with your hand
als and transports them within the cell or
out of the cell. B. pulling your hair into a ponytail when
working with fire
A. Golgi Body
C. testing a substance by tasting it
B. Endoplasmic reticulum
D. watering a plant without wearing
C. Large central vacuole gloves
D. Lysosomes
521. Which organelle is considered to be the
516. endomembrane that lacks ribosomes and “garbage collector” of the cell?
makes products used for inside the cell (ex. A. Rough ER
lipids) B. vacuole
A. Smooth ER C. lysosome
B. Rough ER D. nucleus
C. cell membrane
522. Which of these statements is one of the
D. nucleus generalisations of the cell theory?
517. Which of these structures helps to sup- A. All cells contain nucleus.
port the shape of the cell? B. DNA is a genetic material found in all
cells.
A. centriole
C. New cells arise from pre-existing cells.
B. cytoskeleton
C. chloroplast
D. Eukaryotic cells evolved from prokary-
D. cytoplasm otic cells.
A. Chloroplast C. lysosomes
B. Mitochondria D. ribosomes
C. Ribosome 531. What do all cells use for energy?
D. Lysosome A. Carbs
526. The basic unit of structure and function in B. Protein
a living things. C. Fat
A. chloroplast D. ATP
B. nucleus
532. Jelly-like material that fills the space
C. cell
between cell organelles; is where many
D. cell membrane chemical reactions occur.
527. An organelle found in cells of plants and A. Cytoplasm
some other organisms that captures the B. Chromatin
energy from sunlight and converts it into
chemical energy. C. Chloroplast
A. vacuole D. Vacuole
B. mitochondrion 533. A structure that is found in plant cells but
C. chloroplast not animal cells is a
D. cell wall A. cell wall
B. nuclear envelope
528. Found in the nucleus, where ribosomes
are made? C. cell membrane
A. nucleus D. nucleus
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535. What organelle is also known as the
A. nucleus
“gate keeper”?
A. nucleus B. chloroplast
B. mitochondria C. mitochondria
C. ribosome D. cell membrane
D. plasma membrane 541. The structure that regulates what enters
536. When both inside and outside of a cell and exits a cell is the
have the same amount of water, the cell A. Plasma Membrane
has reached a state of
B. Nuclear Membrane
A. osmosis
C. Cell Wall
B. diffusion
D. Vacuoles
C. equilibrium
D. none of above 542. Which structures are found in ALL cells?
537. Tiny cell structures that carry out specific A. cell membrane and cytoplasm
functions within the cell. B. chloroplasts and mitochondria
A. membranes C. a cell wall and nucleus
B. nucleus D. chloroplasts and cell wall
C. organelles
543. Where would you find a nucleolus?
D. animalicules
A. Vacuole
538. Which of the following is NOT TRUE con-
B. Chloroplast
cerning the nuclear envelope?
A. It has two lipid bilayer. C. Mitochondrion
545. The liquid material in the nucleus is 550. Which organelles found in algae are the
sites of photosynthesis?
A. chromosomes
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C. Epidermal cell
562. A thin flexible envelope that surrounds
D. Parenchyma cell the cell; pores control what goes in and
out?
557. The cell was first discovered by:
A. endoplasmic reticulum
A. Matthias Jakob Schleiden
B. nuclear membrane
B. Theodor Schwann
C. cell membrane
C. Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
D. centrioles
D. Robert Hooke
563. Cell Membrane
558. Match the definition with the wordA cell A. protective covering of all cells that reg-
structure that controls which substances ulates interaction between cell and envi-
can enter or leave the cell. ronment
A. Cell Wall B. rigid structure that encloses and sup-
B. Cell Membrane ports plant cells
C. Selectively Permeable C. gel-like mixture inside cell
D. Blood Cells D. organelle containing hereditary mate-
rial and controls activities
559. Reproduction requires the copying of ge-
netic material stored in what part of the 564. I need energy! I am going to eat a
cell? good lunch. Then, the food molecules will
get broken down and absorbed into the
A. Nucleus cells. Then in the mitochondria, the glucose
B. Cell wall (food) meets with oxygen and this process
happens!
C. Cell membrane
A. Fermentation
D. Vacuole
B. Cellular Respiration
560. This protein serves as a tunnel across the C. Photosynthesis
membrane into the cytoplasm of the cell.
Functions like an open doorway between D. Glycolysis
the interstitual fluid and the cytoplasm. 565. What is the basic function of a vacuole?
A. Channel Proteins A. circulating oxygen
B. Pumps B. producing food
C. Carrier Proteins C. controlling cell processes
D. Cholesterol lubricated passageways D. storage
566. The nuclear membrane is dotted with 572. What is the function of the golgi body?
thousands of spaces called the nuclear A. Protein Synthesis
578. This part of the cell is where most of life’s 584. Which structure is not found in a prokary-
processes take place and contains both the otic cell?
cytoskeleton and organelles. A. Cell membrane
A. endoplasmic reticulum B. Endoplasmic reticulum
B. mitochondria C. Cytoplasm
C. cytoplasm D. DNA
D. nucleolus
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585. Where is the DNA located in an eukary-
579. Plants store food as otic cell?
A. Glycogen A. Inside the nucleus
B. Starch B. Floating in the cytoplasm
C. Glucose C. Inside the ribosomes
D. Sucrose D. Moving along the ER
580. Smooth ER lacks: 586. living thing made up of more than one cell
A. nuclei A. organ
590. Which of the following is a function of the 595. Which of the following is not present in
cell membrane? an animal cell?
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607. Very Primitive cells
B. mitochondria
A. Prokaryotic Cells
C. chloroplast
B. Eukaryotic Cells
D. ribosome
C. Prekaryotic cells
602. The cell membrane is D. Aqua karyotic cells
A. Semi-permeable
608. Most functions of a eukaryotic cell are
B. Selectively-permeable controlled by the cell’s:
C. Freely-permeable A. cell wall
D. Non-permeable B. ribosomes
C. nucleus
603. Which scientists are credited with Cell
Theory? D. mitochondria
A. Schleiden, Schwann, Virchow, and 609. In an analogy, I might refer to this or-
Hooke ganelle as “the boss” of the cell.
B. Watson and Crick A. mitochondria
C. Newton and Hooke B. lysosome
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only?
C. nucleus
A. Cell Membrane
D. ribosomes
B. Mitochondrion
C. Chloroplast 630. Which substance makes up the macro-
D. Nucleus molecule carbohydrate?
A. amino acid
625. Used to scan at the atomic level! Can ac-
tually see the atoms of an object. B. nucleic acids
A. TEM C. vitamins
B. SEM D. glucose/sugar
C. STM
631. breaks down food to release energy
D. ATM
A. nucleus
626. When using a microscope, the prepared
B. lysosomes
slide is placed on
A. the diaphragm C. mitochondria
639. What do plant cells have that animal cells A. Cell membrane
do not? B. Cell wall
A. Phospholipid and bi-layer C. Cytoplasm
B. Chloroplasts and cell walls D. Centriole
645. No Nucleus just a nucleod area where the 650. In what part of the plant cell does the
single strand of DNA can be found process of photosynthesis take place?
A. Prokaryotic Cells A. nucleus
B. Eukaryotic Cells B. mitochondria
C. Prekaryotic cells C. chloroplasts
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646. The rigid outer covering of plant cells con-
taining cellulose to give shape and support A. Cell membrane
656. Controls what comes into and out of a 662. What structures in animals have a similar
cell. function as a cell wall?
658. Directs all the cell’s activities. 664. In an animal cell, which among the follow-
ing organelles has its own DNA?
A. Nucleus
A. Chloroplast
B. Ribosome
B. Leucoplast
C. Vacuole
C. Chromoplast
D. Cell Membrane
D. Mitochondria
659. Which cells contain a true nucleus? 665. Encloses the cell, it acts like a gatekeeper,
A. prokaryotes allowing some materials to pass through it
B. eukaryotes but not others.
A. Chloroplasts
C. carbohydrate
B. Cell Wall
D. plant cells
C. Cell Membrane
660. What organelle is associated with the D. Cytoplasm
production of proteins?
666. What is a good analogy for a cytoplasm
A. nucleus
A. Jello
B. ribosome
B. Door
C. mitochondria
C. Gives organelles an object to float in
D. cell membrane
D. In plant and animal cells
661. The empty blank looking structures in the 667. Which structure is NOT found in animal
cytoplasm is cells?
A. plasma membrane A. cell wall
B. nucleus B. cell membrane
C. plastids C. mitochondrion
D. vacuoles D. vacuoles
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669. The part of a cell that controls all other C. is a jelly
parts D. helps the cell get bigger
A. cytoplasm
675. Which of the following releases oxygen
B. nucelus
into the atmosphere for other organisms
C. Smooth ER to use?
D. cell membrane A. Cellular Respiration
670. Hold/store water; mainly found in plant B. Photosythesis
cells.
C. Chemosynthesis
A. Nucleolus
D. Transpiration
B. Ribosomes
C. Golgi bodies 676. Besides the cytoplasm, where else do we
find ribosomes?
D. Vacuoles
A. Vacoule
671. Which part of a plant cell gives it struc-
B. Cell Membrane
ture and support?
C. Endoplasmic Reticulum
A. cell membrane
B. nucleus D. Lysosome
681. A cell organelle that is responsible for C. the same concentration of solutes as
waste removal in the cell. the cell
D. Lysosomes A. Nucleus
B. Ribosomes
682. Water, oxygen and carbon dioxide move
across the permeable cell membrane by C. Organelles
D. Vacuoles
A. diffusion 688. A flexible boundary that controls the
B. facilitated diffusion movement of substances into and out of
C. endocytosis the cell
B. living space, oxygen, food 689. These small structures function as facto-
C. oxygen, water, living space ries to produce proteins.
690. Which of the following is NOT part of the 695. A rigid structure that surrounds the cell
cell membrane? membrane for support and protection of
the cell.
A. Lipids
A. Chloroplasts
B. Carbs
B. Cell Wall
C. Proteins
C. Cell Membrane
D. Nucleic Acids
D. Cytoplasm
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691. What might happen if a cell gets too 696. Packages protein for transport
large?
A. Ribosome
A. Nothing they are supposed to be large.
B. Nucleus
C. Golgi apparatus
B. It will explode.
D. none of above
C. It will die.
D. The surface area will not allow it to 697. Which of the following is NOT found in
function properly. the nucleus?
A. cytoplasm
692. Small finger like projections make from B. nucleolus
microtubules that move the cell or move
materials around. C. chromatin
A. Cilla D. DNA
D. Lemmings B. Centrioles
C. Chloroplast
693. Rocks are not living because D. Cell membrane
A. they never move
699. Where is the site of chemical reactions in
B. they aren’t needed for humans the cell?
C. they are not made of cells A. Cytoplasm
D. they don’t break down B. Cell membrane
C. Nucleus
694. A flexible double-layered sheet that
makes up the cell membrane and forms a D. Vacuole
barrier between the cell and its surround-
700. Active transport “ “ materials across
ings.
the membrane.
A. cell membrane A. pumps
B. cell wall B. slides
C. nuclear membrane C. allows
D. lipid bilayer D. transports
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713. surrounds the cell; controls what en-
ters/leaves cell; maintains homeostasis D. Sponges
A. vacuole 719. What does it mean for cells to be differ-
B. cell wall entiated?
A. It can perform the same tasks for
C. cell membrane
prokaryotes
D. lysosome
B. It can change function spontanteously
714. A unicellular organism that lacks a nu-
cleus. C. It can perform a specific task for the
A. eukaryote organism
D. It can change shape depending on the
B. cell
task
C. organelle
720. What is one obvious difference between
D. prokaryote plant and animal cells?
715. What organelle is used as storage? A. Plants have chloroplast and a large
Hint:plants have a large one that filled vacuole. animals do not
with water. B. Animals have mitochondria and plants
A. Vacuole do not
B. Cell C. Animals have a very thin cell wall
C. Cell Wall D. Plant cells have lysosomes and animal
cells do not
D. Ribosome
721. Which best describes rough ER?
716. What technology was used to develop A. studded with ribosomes
cell theory?
B. protected by vesicles
A. Microwaves
C. connected to Golgi Apparatus
B. Telescopes
D. stored in the vacuole
C. Antibiotics
722. Which of the following is not made of
D. Microscopes cells?
717. describes the formation of eukaryotic A. sand
cells B. mushroom
A. Golgi apparatus C. leaf
B. endoplasmic reticulum D. dog
734. Gasoline is to a car as glucose is to a 740. When looking at the cell membrane,
A. mitochondrion where are the lipid tails located?
B. nucleus A. Inner part of the bilayer
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A. ribosome
concentration to areas less concentrated,
B. mitochondria this has taken place.
C. chloroplasts A. diffusion
D. nucleus B. mitosis
736. An organelle involved in breaking down C. endocytosis
lipids, proteins, carbohydrates, damage D. photosynthesis
organelles, and bacteria are
742. Functions in energy production, known as
A. Golgi Appaparatus the energy factory of the cell
B. Vesicles A. mitochondria
C. Vacule B. chloroplast
D. Lysosomes C. vacuole
737. Cell organelles that are responsible for D. cytoplasm
digesting food, worn out organelles and
743. Permeable means
other cellular wastes are called
A. things can pass through
A. Mitochondria
B. the concentration levels are different
B. Vacuoles
C. it is permanent
C. Lysosomes
D. things are stuck
D. Chlororplasts
744. All living things are made of cells, accord-
738. Both plant and animal cells contain this ing to what?
organelle.
A. theory of life
A. chlorophyll
B. cell rules
B. cell walls
C. cell hypothesis
C. chlorpolasts
D. cell theory
D. cytoplasm
745. What is the green pigment called inside
739. An organism made of only one cell is the chloroplast that gives it that green col-
called . oration?
A. Eukaryotic A. Chlorophyll
B. Mutlicellular B. cytoplasm
C. Monocellular C. ink
D. Unicellular D. gangrene
D. Transmission A. Lysosome
B. Mitochondria
748. The grain-like organelles on which pro-
teins are made are called C. Vacuole
A. mitochondria D. Chloroplast
B. ribosomes
754. Match the definition with the wordA tiny
C. nuclei cell structure that carries out a specific
D. Golgi bodies function within the cell.
A. Player
749. Cells are the basic unit of life-Cells come
from existing cells-All living things are B. Organelle
made of Cells C. Reflex
A. Cell Transport
D. Selectively Permeable
B. Cell Structure
C. Cell Theory 755. Function of the cell membrane to allow
substances to flow freely through, in and
D. Cell Division out of the cell.
750. green, plant cell organelle that converts A. permeable
sunlight, CO2, and water into sugar B. impermeable
A. Chloroplast
C. semi-permeable
B. Chlorophyll
D. none of above
C. Lysosome
D. Ribosome 756. A network protein forms a framework in-
side the cell
751. Which organelle may have allowed early A. Mitochondrion
eukaryotes to make food and produce oxy-
gen? B. Nucleus
A. the Golgi apparatus C. Cytoskeleton
B. the central vacuole D. Cell membrane
757. Which form of transport permits water to 762. Which cell structures are sometimes
move over a semi-permeable membrane? found attached to the endoplasmic reticu-
lum?
A. Osmosis
A. chloroplasts
B. Active Transport
B. nuclei
C. Diffusion
C. mitochondria
D. Facilitated Diffusion
D. ribosomes
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758. An effect of osmosis where the outside 763. Which structure produces energy for the
solution has a lower concentration than cell?
the solution inside the cell. Movement of
water molecules into the cell causes it to A. mitochondria
swell. B. nucleus
A. isotonic C. golgi
B. exotonic D. endoplasmic reticulum
B. Waste management-digests cell 766. This organelle packages, sort and dis-
waste and cleans up tribute cell products (Analogy:mail room or
Wal-Mart distribution center)
C. Farms-synthesizes proteins
A. cell membrane
D. Water tower-stores water
B. mitochondria
761. This is the control center of the cell. C. golgi body
A. Nucleus D. lysosome
B. Nuclear Membrane 767. What is the purpose of photosynthesis?
C. Chloroplasts A. make glucose
D. Golgi Aparatus B. make ATP
769. A cell organelle that breaks down lipids, A. cartilage, bone and blood.
carbohydrates, and proteins into small B. cell wall
molecules that can be used by the rest of
C. ribosome
the cell.
D. chloroplast
A. vesicle
B. vacuole 775. Examples include kidney, liver, heart,
C. lysosome brain, stomach, bladder, intestines
D. chloroplast A. cell
B. tissue
770. Plant and animal cells have
A. Mitochondria and chloroplasts C. organ
C. Cell wall and chloroplast 776. Which organelle would you expect to find
D. Mitochondria and cytoplasm in plant cells but NOT animal cells?
A. mitochondria
771. A microscope is supplied with 10x and
15x eyepieces and with 10x and 44x ob- B. ribosome
jective lenses. What is the maximum mag-
C. chloroplast
nification that can be obtained from this
microscope? D. endoplasmic reticulum
A. 59x 777. In an analogy, I might refer to this or-
B. 150x ganelle as “jell-0” like fluid in the empty
C. 440x spaces of the cell.
D. 660x A. chloroplast
B. cell membrane
772. The plasma membrane contains which of
the following? C. nucleus
A. phospholipids D. cytoplasm
778. has two types smooth and rough; work 784. The diffusion of water molecules through
on membranes and proteins a selectively permeable membrane is
A. endoplasmic reticulum (ER) called
B. ES A. Active Transport
B. Diffussion
C. all the above
C. Respiration
D. none of above
D. Osmosis
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779. Which type of cells lack a true nucleus?
785. Which process is occurring when a vesicle
A. animal cells fuses with the cell membrane and releases
B. prokaryotic cells its contents outside the cell?
C. eukaryotic cells A. endocytosis
D. plant cells B. phagocytosis
C. exocytosis
780. How many chromosomes total does a hu-
man have? D. osmosis
A. 23 786. Which of the following is NOT a phase of
B. 5 mitosis?
C. 46 A. Interphase
D. 7 B. Prophase
C. Metaphase
781. where cellular respiration takes place giv-
ing cells much needed energy D. Telophase
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C. Telescope 807. The organelles that have one single layer
of membrane areI. lysosomeII. vacuoleIII.
D. Microscope
nucleus
802. Unlike passive transport, active trans- A. I only
port requires B. I and II only
A. concentration gradients C. II and III only
B. diffusion D. I, II and III
C. energy from the cell
808. The network of passageways carries ma-
D. vesicles terials from one part of the cell to an-
other.
803. One of the key distinctions between plant
and animal cells is the presence of cells, A. endoplasmic reticulum
which is lacking in cells. B. golgi bodies
A. a Golgi body in plant; animal C. vacuole
B. a Golgi body in animal; plant D. cell
C. a vacuole in animal; plant
809. I am the tough exterior that protects
D. a vacuole in plant; animal plant cells and gives them their shape.
Who am I?
804. Most of the cell membrane is made of
A. Cell wall
A. Lipids
B. Cell membrane
B. Carbs
C. Cytoplasm
C. Proteins
D. Mitochondria
D. Nucleic acids
810. Plant cells are capable of making their
805. Which structure is responsible for struc- own food by photosynthesis. What spe-
ture and support in animal cells (made of cialized organelle do they have for captur-
microtubules!) ing the energy from sunlight?
A. cell wall A. cell membrane
B. cytoskeleton B. cell wall
C. centrioles C. chloroplast
D. lysosomes D. mitochondrion
811. This organelle takes food and turns it into 817. This organelle helps plants keep their
ENERGY for plant and animal cells. rigid structure.
812. How much interstitial fluid is found in the 818. Structure that contains the cell’s genetic
human body? material in the form of DNA
A. 3 gallons A. Vacuole
B. 3 pints B. Nucleolus
C. 5 gallons C. Nucleus
D. 50 gallons D. Ribosome
813. Many organs make up a(n) 819. This organelle is a gel-like fluid that
takes up most of the space inside the cell.
A. tissue
A. Cytoplasm
B. organ system
B. Cell Membrane
C. cell
C. Vacuole
D. molecule
D. Golgi Body
814. If this organelle was wiped out, the cell
820. a carbohydrate/complex that is involved
would not be able to produce proteins.
in intercellular communication and cell
A. mitochondria recognition
B. ribosome A. Recognition marker
C. Golgi apparatus B. Transport protein
D. cell membrane C. Phospholipid
815. break down (digest) worn out cell parts, D. Cholesterol channel
mostly in animal cells 821. What does hydrophilic mean?
A. cytoplasm A. Fills water up
B. lysosomes B. Hates water
C. mitochondria C. Loves water
D. vacuoles D. Only associates with water if it has to
816. This organelle can be found inside the nu- 822. When a protein needs to be made, which
cleus, and produces ribosomes. organelle is responsible for this task?
A. Nucleus A. Nucleus
B. Nucleolus B. Ribosomes
C. New Moon C. Golgi Body
D. New Balance Shoe D. Mitochondria
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D. Animal cell
D. Mitochondrion
830. a group of tissues that work together to
824. An organism whose cells contain a nu- perform a certain job
cleus.
A. tissue
A. prokaryote
B. heart
B. eukaryote
C. organ
C. organelle
D. none of above
D. cell
831. Brain of the cell-Directs cell activities
825. What directs all the activities of the cell? A. ER
A. cell wall B. nucleus
B. cytoplasm C. nucleolus
C. nucleus D. ribosomes
D. cell wall 832. In what organelle is the genetic material
found inside?
826. This type of cell contains DNA
A. Endoplasmic Reticulum
A. prokaryotic
B. Golgi Complex
B. eukaryotic
C. Nucleolus
C. both prokaryotic and eukaryotic
D. Nucleus
D. neither prokaryotic nor eukaryotic
833. the movement of water across the cell
827. What is the cell organelle that stores wa- membrane
ter, food and waste called? A. Osmosis
A. The cytoplasm B. Diffusion
B. The lysosomes C. Wave action
C. The vacuole D. Dehydration
D. The mitochondria 834. What do you have when organ systems
work together?
828. The organelles that break down lipids,
sugars, and proteins into small molecules A. organs
that can be used by the cell are called B. organism
A. vacuoles C. cells
B. lysosomes D. tissue
836. The cell theory states that all organisms 841. Prokaryotes have an approximate size
are made of cells; cells are the most basic of
unit of life; and A. 1 nanometer (nm)
A. all existing cells from by free-cell for- B. 1 micrometer (um)
mation
C. 1 millimeter (mm)
B. all cells have a nucleus
D. 1 centimeter (cm)
C. all existing cells are produced by other
living cells 842. Stores liquids and and excess materials
D. all cells are eukaryotic in-one central large one in a plant
A. vacuole
837. This type of protein is needed to move
things by active transport across the mem- B. lysosome
brane C. mitochondria
A. Channel Proteins D. nucleolus
B. Pumps 843. Name the prokaryote?
C. Carrier Proteins A. animal cell
D. Cholesterol lubricated passageways B. plant cell
838. Which of the following organelles pro- C. bacteria
vides extra support for the cell, gives it D. fungi cell
shape, is mostly made up of cellulose, and
found in plant cells? 844. The is the control center of the cell
A. endoplasmic reticulum A. cell membrane
B. cell membrane B. nucleus
C. cell wall C. nuclear envelope
D. nucleus D. ribosome
839. What distinguishes a eukaryotic cell from 845. What structure is in plant cells but not
a prokaryotic cell is the presence of animal cells?
A. A cell wall A. Cell Membrane
B. A nucleus B. Mitochondria
C. DNA C. Cell Wall
D. Ribosomes D. Vacuole
846. A type of active transport in which the 851. Tissues combine to form
vesicle inside the cell carries a particle to A. nucleus
the cell membrane. The membrane of the
vesicle sticks to and becomes part of the B. organism
cell membrane. The particle is forced out C. cells
of the cell. D. organs
A. diffusion
852. Cell walls is found in
B. endocytosis
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A. plant cells only
C. exocytosis B. animal cells only
D. osmosis C. both (a) and (b)
D. none of them
847. (2.1) Which of the following structures
helps maintain the shape of a plant cell 853. This structure holds and protects the ge-
even when water is scarce? netic information in the cell.
A. cell wall A. nucleus
B. endoplasmic reticulum B. nucleolus
857. Which organelle is responsible for making 863. Ribosomes can be found
proteins? A. On mitochondria
869. Discuss the polarity of the phospholipid 874. All living things are made of
bilayer A. atoms
A. Phosphate heads are polar, the tails B. cells
are not polar
C. bacteria
B. Both the phosphate heads and the lipid
tails are polar D. plants
C. the phosphate heads are not polar, but 875. Very small structures that make protein
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the lipid tails are polar A. cytoplasm
D. There is no polarity in the phospholipid B. ribosomes
bilayer
C. nucleus
870. The partially permeable membrane that D. none of above
surrounds the vacuole of a plant cell is
called the 876. This organelle moves substances within
the cell and has pipelike structures (Anal-
A. cell membrane
ogy:city buses or transportation vehicles)
B. cell wall
A. endoplasmic reticulum
C. tonoplast B. vacuole
D. nuclear envelope C. mitochondria
871. In bacteria, DNA is found D. lysosome
A. in the nucleus alone. 877. Main producer of ATP in all eukaryotes
B. in both the nucleus and organelles. A. chloroplast
C. in the nucleoid as a single circular B. mitochondria
thread.
C. lysosome
D. in organelles alone.
D. smooth er
872. Which cell structure is found in plant and 878. Which organelles are unique to plant
animals cells and controls what can come cells?
into or leave a cell?
A. ribosomes
A. cell membrane
B. vacuoles
B. cytoplasm
C. chloroplasts
C. nucleus
D. centrosomes
D. vacuole
879. Which tool is most likely used to produce
873. Which structures are present in animal a clear image of very tiny structures inside
and plant cells? a cell?
A. Vacuole, nucleus and chloroplast A. light microscope
B. Nucleus, cell wall, cytoplasm B. magnetic resonance imaging
C. Nucleus, cell membrane, cytoplasm C. electron microscope
D. Cell membrane, chloroplast, cell wall D. computer model
880. The purpose or job of something 886. Which of the following is an example of
A. Function active transport?
885. The movement of a substance across a 890. Which of the following is a network of
biological membrane against its concentra- proteins that supports and gives shape to
tion gradient with the help of energy input a cell?
is
A. vesicles
A. diffusion
B. active transport. B. vacuole
C. osmosis. C. cytoskeleton
D. facilitated diffusion. D. cytoplasm
891. In animal and plant cells, the is the 897. A group of similar cells combine to form
powerhouse of the cell where cellular res- A. organ
piration occurs.
B. organisms
A. cytoplasm
C. organelles
B. vacuole
D. tissue
C. chloroplast
D. mitochondria 898. Most plants appear green because chloro-
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phyll
892. Which two macromolecules offer energy A. absorbs green light.
storage to the cell?
B. absorbs violet light.
A. Lipids and carbohydrates
C. does not absorb green light.
B. lipids and nucleic acids
D. does not absorb violet light.
C. nucleic acids and proteins
D. proteins and carbohydrates 899. Sac-like structure which stores water,
food, and wastes.
893. How many cells are produced at the end A. lysosomes
of meiosis?
B. cell wall
A. 2 diploid cells
C. cytoplasm
B. 4 haploid cells
D. vacuoles
C. 4 diploid cells
D. 2 haploid cells 900. What is the function of the cell nucleus
found in both plant and animal cells?
894. What organelle is responsible for ATP en- A. to produce energy
ergy production?
B. to control cell activity
A. nucleus
C. to remove waste products
B. mitochondria
D. to allow molecules to enter the cell
C. ribosome
D. cell membrane 901. The smallest unit that is able to perform
the basic functions of life are called
895. The smallest unit of life is A. an organ system
A. a protist B. an organ
B. an atom C. a cell
C. bacteria D. a tisue
D. a cell
902. Which of the following are NOT compo-
896. The basic unit of all forms of life. nents of plasma membrane
A. nucleus A. Cholestrol
B. cell B. Phospholipid
C. DNA C. Sclereid
D. nuclear envelope D. Protein
903. What does DNA Replication mean? 908. Process that sterilizes bacteria so it is
safe to eat
A. DNA is made.
A. pasteurization
B. cells are the basic units of structure 912. These organelles capture energy from
and function of living things sunlight and use it to produce food for the
cell.
C. new cells are produced from existing
cells A. cell membrane
B. chloroplasts
D. cells never die
C. cell wall
907. Which of the following is NOT a part of D. ribosomes
cell theory?
913. This plant structure is designed to al-
A. All cells are produced from existing low sucrose and amino acids to be trans-
cells ported throughout the entire plant (bi-
B. All cells have organelles and nuclei directional).
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place? C. Golgi bodies
A. mitochondria D. none of above
B. chloroplast
921. What organelle receive, packages & dis-
C. nucleus tributes proteins and other materials?
D. Golgi complex A. Endoplasmic Reticulum
916. rigid structure that supports and protects B. Nucleus
cells of plants, algae, fungi, and bacteria
C. Mitochondria
A. Cell Wall
D. Golgi bodies
B. Cell Membrane
C. Cytoplasm 922. This nucleotide is made in the mitochon-
D. Capsule dria and is fuel for all cells.
A. Chloroplasts
917. Organelles where amino acids link to-
gether to form proteins. B. Glucose
A. Lysosomes C. ATP
B. Ribosomes D. ADP
C. Centrioles
D. Mitochondria 923. The control center that controls all the
functions of the cell
918. The movement of water across a selec- A. cytoplasm
tively permeable membrane without the
use of any energy is called B. cell wall
A. endocytosis C. cell membrane
B. diffusion D. nucleus
C. active transport
924. The thick, stiff covering that surrounds
D. osmosis
plant cells
919. A rigid layer of nonliving material that A. chloroplasts
surrounds the cells plants and some other
organisms. B. cell wall
A. Cell Membrane C. cell membrane
B. Cell Wall D. nucleus
925. The kitchen of the cell is called 931. Makes proteins for the cell, can be found
A. Cell wall attached to the endoplasmic reticulum or
free in the cytoplasm
936. High Surface area to volume ratio allows 942. Which organelles contain DNA?
cells to do what quickly? A. Nucleus and mitochondria
A. Move materials around inside the cell B. Mitochondria and lysosome
B. Move materials in and out of the cell C. Nucleus and Golgi body
C. Communicate to other cells D. Lysosome and Golgi body
D. Divide 943. What is the function of the ribosomes?
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937. Who discovered and named cells? A. Transport proteins
A. Schleiden B. Make proteins
B. Hooke C. Package and ship proteins
C. Virchow D. Store water, food, and wastes
D. Watson 944. A rigid outer layer that surrounds the
cells of plants that gives extra support and
938. Make proteins; found in nucleolus, in the protection.
cytoplasm or on rough ER
A. Plant cell
A. lysosomes
B. Chloroplast
B. mitochondria
C. Cytoplasm
C. chloroplasts D. Cell Wall
D. ribosomes
945. How many daughter cells are produced
939. These are passageways in the cell that during meiosis? Are the diploid or hap-
carry proteins and other materials from loid?
one part of the cell to another. A. 2; diploid
A. Golgi Body B. 2; haploid
B. Endoplasmic Reticulum C. 4; diploid
C. Ribosome D. 4; haploid
D. Nucleolus 946. What is the main function of the Golgi Ap-
940. Which plant organelle stores water? paratus?
A. communicate with other cells
A. nucleus
B. convert solar energy to chemical en-
B. ribosome
ergy
C. lysosome C. process and deliver proteins
D. vacuole D. copy genetic information
941. Which process occurs inside the chloro- 947. What structure is responsible for making
plasts? proteins?
A. detoxification A. Nucleus
B. ribosome assembly B. Mitochondria
C. photosynthesis C. Golgi Apparatus
D. protein synthesis D. Ribosome
948. You have strep throat which is caused by 953. Dark spot inside the nucleus-responsible
a bacteria. What type of cells are irritat- for making ribosomes in the cytoplasm
ing your throat?
D. Vacuole D. Nucleolus
958. Diffusion is the process by which
952. layer that surrounds the plasma mem- molecules move from an area of con-
brane of a plant cell centration to an area of concentration.
A. phospholipid bilayer A. lower, higher
B. endoplasmic reticulum B. lower, equal
C. cell wall C. higher, lower
D. Golgi Apparatus D. higher, equal
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B. cells
960. This scientist discovered and named the
C. mitochondria
cell.
D. none of above
A. Robert Hooke
B. Anton Van Leeuwenhoek 966. Cells from which of the following organ-
isms would be expected to contain cell
C. Goldberg walls?
D. Mathias Schleiden A. lady bug
961. The cell wall provides B. water lily
A. centrosomes C. Fungal
D. Bacterial
B. lysosomes
C. vacuoles 969. Relatively constant internal physical and
chemical conditions that organisms main-
D. chloroplasts tain.
964. What is the basic unit of structure and A. equilibrium
function in living things called? B. homeostasis
A. an atom C. cellular balance
B. an organelle D. isotonic
970. All of the following are principles of the 975. A cell structure that serves as an internal
cell theory EXCEPT delivery system for the cell.
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A. pasteurization 987. Which statement is NOT part of the cell
B. toxins theory?
991. Cushions and protects the internal or- 996. In what phase do the organelles disperse
ganelles? out into the daughter cells, and the cell pre-
pares for cytokinesis?
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ple upon which cell theory is based?
C. none
A. All cells form by free-cell formation.
D. none of above
B. All cells have DNA
1003. Group of cells C. All organisms are made of cells
A. Organ D. All cells are eukaryotic
1013. Which organelle assembles proteins 1015. jelly-like substance that is located be-
from amino acids? tween the cell membrane and the nucleus
8. Jelly-like substance that helps support and 13. What two organelles are found in plant
protect organelles in the cells. cells but not animal cells?
A. Cytoplasm A. nucleus, chloroplasts
B. Nucleus B. cell wall, cell membrane
C. Endoplasmic Reticulum C. nucleus, cell membrane
D. Centrioles D. cell wall, chloroplasts
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14. Which cell structure stores food, nutrients,
9. Which part of the cell contains the coded
and waste?
instructions for making proteins?
A. Vacuole
A. Chromatin (DNA)
B. cell membrane
B. Nucleus
C. vacuum
C. Ribosomes
D. cell body
D. Smooth ER
15. What is gel-like fluid that fills most of the
10. David is observing a cell under a micro- cell?
scope. He observes a mitochondria. Which
A. Nucleus
of the following is a conclusion he could
draw? B. Vacuoles
A. The cell is a prokaryotic cell. C. Cytoplasm
C. The cell could be either a prokaryotic 16. Which organelle helps cleanup the cell
or eukaryotic cell. A. Lysosome
D. none of above B. Cytoplasm
11. The tubular passageways that carry pro- C. Chloroplast
teins through the cell are called D. Nucleus
A. Endoplasmic Reticulum 17. This structure provides additional support
B. Mitochondria and protection to plant cells.
C. Chloroplasts A. Cell Wall
D. Nucleic Acid B. Cell Membrane
C. Cytoplasm
12. Harmful things that shouldn’t be entering
the cell are finding a way through and it’s D. Pellicle Membrane
because this structure is breaking down. 18. Which part of the cell regulates what en-
Which organelle is being described? ters and leaves the cell?
A. Cytoplasm A. Cell Membrane
B. Cell Membrane B. Cell Wall
C. Chloroplast C. Golgi
D. Golgi Body D. Vacuole
B. Nucleus A. endocytosis
C. Mitochondria B. exocytosis
D. Nucleolus C. both
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cell with a specific job?
B. fermentation
A. Lysosome
C. photosynthesis
B. Organelle
D. cellular respiration
C. Chloroplast
37. Digestive enzymes are found in which or-
D. Cytoplasm
ganelle?
32. I am a large storage unit in the cell. I am A. Lysosome
very large in plant cells and I store water, B. Vacuole
food and waste. I help support the plant.
When I start to shrink due to lack of water, C. Vesicle
the plant may wilt. I am the D. Ribosome
A. Cell Wall
38. Which cell organelle has the function of
B. Cell Membrane taking in nutrients, breaking them down,
C. Lysosome and creating energy for the cell?
A. mitochondria D. mitochondria
41. Has Mitochondria 47. This organelle uses energy from the sun to
A. Prokaryotes carry out photosynthesis and are closely
stacked, flattened sacs (plant cells only).
C. Microtubules C. Vesicle
D. Nucleus D. Ribosome
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C. mitochondrion
A. DNA D. cell wall
B. nucleus
59. If a cell was like a school what organelle
C. mitochondria could be represented by the Head custo-
D. chloroplast dian?
A. Cell membrane
54. The ability to carry out photosynthe-
sis/respiration is which characteristic of B. Ribosomes
life? C. Lysosomes
A. made of cells D. Cytoplasm
B. respond to stimulus
60. an area with a large amount of particles
C. use of energy is
D. grow and develop A. low concentration
55. Every cell has genetic material, but does B. high concentration
every cell have a nucleus? C. diffusion
A. Yes, all cells have a nucleus. D. osmosis
B. No, only eukaryotes have a nucleus.
61. The modifies proteins and trans-
C. No, only prokaryotes have a nucleus. ports them to other cell parts. Sometimes
D. No, none of the types of cells contain a called the Super Highway or Emergency
nucleus. Road!
A. Cell membrane
56. transports/delivers proteins
B. Endoplasmic reticulum
A. ribosomes
B. Golgi bodies C. Golgi complex (apparatus, bodies)
D. it is the “tough” part of the cell 73. Which of the following is a eukaryotic
cell?
68. The is the gel-like material which holds
the organelles in place inside the cell mem- A. Bacteria
brane. B. Plant
C. Plant and animal 79. Often called the powerhouse of the cell be-
cause it converts energy for cell use.
D. Animal
A. Mitochondria
74. stiff, protective outer layer of plant cells B. Ribosomes
A. cell membrane C. Chloroplast
B. nuclear membrane D. LCV
C. cell wall 80. breaks down food and release energy to
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D. cytoplasm the cell
A. Mitochondria
75. Main producer of ATP (energy) in cells B. Vacuole
A. chloroplast C. Lysosome
B. mitochondria D. Endoplasmic Reticulum
C. lysosome 81. What organelle stores large amounts of
D. endoplasmic reticulum water in plant cells?
A. Nucleus
76. What organelle gives the cell structure and
B. Mitochondria
support AND is found in all three types of
cells? C. Large Vacuole
A. Cell Wall D. Cytoplasm
95. An organelle in eukaryotic cells that is the 100. This organelle stores water, and is very
site of cellular respiration and generates big in plant cells
most of the cells ATP. A. nuclolus
A. mitochondria B. ribosomes
B. nucleus C. golgi bodies
C. membrane D. vacuoles
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verting them to hydrogen peroxide; detox-
96. When a cell needs energy, I take in nutri- ifies harmful poisons and other substances
ents, break them down and supply energy A. Mitochondria
to the cell. I can also convert stored en-
B. Lysosome
ergy in the cell to food. I am a
C. Peroxisome
A. Mitochondria
D. Ribosome
B. Nucleus
102. The function of the cell membrane is
C. Cytoplasm
A. to regulate what enters and leaves the
D. Ribosome cell.
B. fight bacteria and viruses that enter
97. are located near the nucleus, help or-
the cell.
ganize cell division, and are not found in
plant cells. C. provide rigid support and protection to
the cell.
A. vacuoles
D. make sure each cell can move
B. centrioles
103. The basic unit of life is called a (n)
C. chloroplasts
A. atom
D. organelles
B. compound
98. An organism with cholorplasts is a C. cell
A. producer D. energy
A. nucleolus C. Both
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B. Organic compound
A. photosynthesis
C. Cell
B. osmosis
D. Carbohydrates
C. diffusion
D. cellular respiration 124. The gel-like liquid that fills the cell is
128. What organelle is considered the “stor- 134. Large oval organelle that is the Cell’s con-
age tank “ in both the plant and animal trol center
cell?
129. What organelle contains the genetic ma- 135. An experiment for a new asthma medica-
terial of the cell? tion was set up into two groups. Group
A. Lysosome one was given the new drug for asthma,
B. Nucleus while group 2 was given a sugar pill. The
sugar pill serves as a
C. Nucleolus
A. control
D. Chromosomes
B. dependent variable
130. found only in plants; uses light energy to
make carbohydrates C. experimental variable
A. chloroplast D. constant
B. mitochondria
136. Which part of the cell makes lipids?
C. golgi body
D. none of above A. Centrioles
B. Nucleus C. chromosomes/DNA
C. Chromatin D. vacuole
D. Microtubules
138. In what organelle does the food (sugar)
133. Which biomolecule is classified as fats making process in plants take place?
that act as long term energy storage?
A. Endoplasmic Reticulum
A. Lipids
B. Vacuole
B. Carbohydrates
C. Protein C. Chloroplasts
D. Nucleic Acids D. Mitochondria
139. Hard outer covering that provides struc- 145. makes proteins, all cells have these
ture and support for a plant cell. A. ribosomes
A. cell wall B. mitochondria
B. cytoplasm C. endoplasmic reticulum
C. chloroplast D. none of above
D. cell membrane
146. Most of the reactions by which energy
from sugars is released for use by the cell
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140. it contains chromosomes with the DNA
A. Nucleus takes place within the
B. Vacuole A. vacuoles
B. nuclei
C. Mitochondria
C. ribosomes
D. Proteins
D. mitochondria
141. You would consider cholorplasts and mi-
tochondria in cell analogus to 147. The organelle that takes in sunlight and
uses it for photosynthesis to give the cell
A. waste dumps
energy. It is found only in plant cells.
B. factories
A. Cytoplasm
C. self-contained, noninteractive entities
B. Cell Wall
C. Chloroplast
D. resource depletion centers
D. Endoplasmic Reticulum
142. Animal cells do not have
148. Which of these choices is NOT an or-
A. mitochondria
ganelle?
B. lysosomes
A. mitochondria
C. vacuoles
B. chloroplast
D. chloroplasts
C. lung
143. A part of an organism; also refers to the D. Endoplasmic reticulum
way parts are put together.
149. When comparing cell organelles to a foot-
A. building
ball team, who or what is the cytoplasm?
B. structure A. stadium
C. function B. field
D. limb C. referee
144. Name the two organelles responsible for D. coach
energy transformation in the cell
150. Which organelle serves as an inter-
A. Ribosomes;chloroplasts nal transport system, and can be either
B. chloroplasts;Mitochondria “rough” or “smooth”?
C. mitochondria;cell wall A. Nucleus
D. chloroplasts;ribosomes B. Mitochondria
C. To protect the plant cell 159. If these organelles are absent, the cell
will be deprived of much-needed proteins.
D. To protect the animal cell Which organelle is being described?
154. I am the power house of the cell, and I A. Cell Membrane
make energy. I break down food to re- B. Cell Wall
lease ATP. What am I?
C. Ribosomes
A. ribosome
D. Golgi Body
B. mitochondria
160. I am the fluid in the cell that fills in all
C. chloroplast the space. My main purpose is to hold or-
D. lysosome ganelles in place. I am the
A. Cell Membrane
155. Which of the following are prokaryotic
B. Cytoplasm
cells?
C. Nucleus
A. Plant
D. Ribosome
B. Animal
161. A cell with chloroplasts and a cell wall
C. Bacteria
made of cellulose would likely belong to
D. Plant and Animal a(n)
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A. mitochondria
168. Which is true about active transport?
B. lysosomes
A. It requires energy
C. ribsomes
B. it does not require energy
D. None C. It moves substances down the concen-
tration gradient
163. Any cell or organism that possesses a
clearly defined nucleus. D. it moves material from high to low con-
centration
A. unicellular
B. multicellular 169. The part of the plant cell known as the
“brain” of the cell is the
C. prokaryotic
A. cell wall
D. eukaryotic
B. nucleus
164. Waste products are moved out of the cell C. cytoplasm
by
D. vacuole
A. endocytosis
170. Which organelle converts the energy in
B. diffusion food molecules to energy the cell can use
C. exocytosis to carry out its functions?
D. osmosis A. Mitochondria
B. Ribosomes
165. Contains digestive enzymes to break
down worn out parts of the cell. C. Cell Wall
A. vacuole D. Nucleus
166. The function of a vacuole is to: B. the nucleus holds all of the organelles
in place
A. Synthesize protein
C. the nucleus controls all of the activities
B. Package cell products
of the cell
C. Control the cell
D. the nucleus transports proteins
D. Store cell products and materials around the cell
172. This organelle digests excess or worn- 177. Which organelle is the “powerhouse” of
out cell parts, food particles and invading the cell? It provides energy for the cell.
viruses or bacteria.
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183. Help plants maintain shape, storage, di- C. How bacteria live
gestion and waste. This organelle can be-
come very enlarged when plants store wa- D. Why cells rely on one another
ter. 189. Which term best describes the fluid filled
A. Lysosome areas within the cell?
B. Vacuole A. Mitochondrion
C. Golgi Apparatus B. Vacuole
D. Cell membrane C. cytoplasm
D. Cell membrane
184. Where is the genetic information found in
a cell? 190. contains strong digestive enzymes to
A. nucleus break down proteins, carbohydrates and
lipids into small molecules that can be used
B. cytoplasm
by the rest of the cell.
C. mitochondrion
A. Golgi body
D. endoplasmic reticulum
B. Cell membrane
185. Which of the following organelles is C. lysosome
found in both eukaryotes and prokary-
D. Cytoplasm
otes?
A. Nucleus 191. Known as the “Power Houses” of the
cell. These organelles convert energy
B. Chloroplast
stored in food to energy that the cell can
C. Ribosomes use to live and function
D. Mitochondria A. Mitochondria
186. What creates the protein for the cell? B. Golgi Apparatus
A. Cytoplasm C. Cell membrane
B. Nucleus D. Endoplasmic Reticulum
C. Golgi bodies 192. Part of the cell involved the separation
D. Ribosomes of chromosomes during cell division
A. Chloroplast
187. This organelle is a firm, protective struc-
ture that gives the cell its shape in plants, B. Rough er
fungi, most bacteria and some protist. C. Smooth er
A. Cell membrane D. Centriole
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D. none of above
205. Breaks down food to release energy.
Known as the power plant of the cell. 211. KenQuavious is observing a cell under
A. Endoplasmic Reticulum a microscope. He observes a variety of
membrane-bound organelles. Which of the
B. Mitochondria
following is a conclusion he could draw?
C. Ribosomes
A. The cell is a prokaryotic cell.
D. Cell Wall
B. The cell is a eukaryotic cell.
206. I am the brain of the cell, or so they say. C. The cell could be either a prokaryotic
I regulate activities from day to day. I am or eukaryotic cell.
the
D. none of above
A. Cell Membrane
212. Which cell structures are similar in the
B. Lysosome
way that they protect, support, and hold
C. Nucleolus the other organelles together?
D. Nucleus A. cell wall, cytoplasm, & lysosomes
207. This organelle creates the energy for the B. cell membrane, cytoplasm, & ribo-
cell somes
A. mitochondria C. cell wall, cell membrane, & cytoplasm
B. cell membrane D. cell membrane, chloroplasts, & nu-
cleus
C. ribosome
D. endoplasmic reticulum 213. The basic unit of living things is a(n)-
A. molecule
208. This is the site of photosynthesis in a
plant cell B. cell
A. Chloroplast C. nucleus
B. Ribosome D. atom
C. Centriole 214. What organelle is the outer layer of a
D. Smooth ER plant cell and offers protection to the cell?
215. This organelle manages or controls all the 221. This is the site of protein synthesis in a
cell functions in eukaryotic cells. cell
C. Centrioles A. Cytoplasm
D. Lysosomes B. Ribosomes
217. directs the activity of a cell C. Lysosomes
A. Mrs. Budd D. Chromosomes
B. Neptune
223. Many tiny cell structures located within
C. Nucleus
the cell
D. Nucleolus
A. Nucleus
218. Through which cell structure does waste
exit the cell? B. Lysosome
A. chloroplast C. Ribosomes
B. cell membrane D. Organelle
C. vacuole
224. To control the processes of the cell
D. nucleus
through the use of DNA and RNA is a func-
219. Provides support and protection for the tion of
cell while also controlling the movement
A. Cell Wall
of materials in and out of the cell.
A. Cell Membrane B. Cytoplasm
B. Nucleus C. Nucleus
C. Ribosomes D. Mitochondria
D. Vacuole
225. The independent variable is the ONE thing
220. This small structures break down materi- you
als in the cell.
A. change
A. Cholorplasts
B. keep the same
B. Ribosomes
C. Lysosomes C. experiment with
D. Golgi Body D. investigate
226. Which organelle contains DNA and con- C. Cell Membrane and Cell Wall
trols everything within the cell?
D. Chloroplast and Cell Wall
A. Cell membrane
B. Nucleus 232. Animal cells are
C. Mitochondria A. Prokarytoic
D. none of above B. Eukaryotic
227. Only found in Plants, these organelles C. Both
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are filled with a green pigment called D. none of above
chlorophyll. They capture sunlight and turn
it into energy 233. Which of the following is a product of
A. Cell wall photosynthesis?
B. Chloroplasts A. glucose
C. Vacuole B. carbon dioxide
D. Lysosomes C. water
228. What is a constant? D. heat energy
A. the normal situation
234. What are the tiny structures that carry
B. the thing we measure in the end
out jobs inside cells called?
C. the thing we are testing
A. membranes
D. the thing we keep the same for every
part of the experiment B. nucleus
C. organelles
229. An organelle in the cell that holds the
cell’s DNA. D. animalicules
A. membrane
235. Which organelle serves as the “power-
B. nucleus house” of the cell?
C. ribosome A. Mitochondria
D. chloroplast
B. Nucleus
230. This is the jelly-like fluid that fills up the C. Cell Membrane
cell. What is it?
D. Endoplasmic Reticulum
A. Nucleus
B. Cell membrane 236. This organelle contains enzymes that
C. Cytoplasm break down food and protect against for-
eign invaders.
D. none of above
A. Chloroplast
231. Which pair of organelles are only found
in plant cells? B. Golgi Body
A. Lysosomes and Chloroplast C. White Blood Cells
B. Cell Wall and Nucleus D. Lysosomes
248. Which organelle stores DNA, and serves 254. Which of the following organelles is most
as the cell’s control center? important in providing energy to the cell?
A. Ribosome A. centrosome
B. Vacuole B. mitochondrion
C. Nucleus C. nucleus
D. Golgi Complex D. cytoplasm
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249. In the , sugars are created that serve
as “food” for plants. cell
A. Endoplasmic Reticulum A. Cytoplasm
B. Vacuole B. Cell wall
C. Chloroplasts C. Cell membrane
D. Mitochondria D. Cytoskeleton
250. The nucleus is the 256. rod shaped organelles that convert en-
ergy in food molecules to energy the cell
A. control center of a cell
can use to carry out its functions
B. stiff outer layer of a plant cell
A. ribosome
C. cell energy processor
B. golgi apparatus
D. storage space
C. mitochondria
251. This is the cell’s “control center.” D. nucleus
A. Endoplasmic Reticulum
257. This organelle contains chlorophyll, a
B. Golgi Body green pigment that traps energy from sun-
C. Nucleus light and gives plants their green color.
D. Cell Wall A. Chloroplasts
B. Vesicles
252. cells have a nucleus.
C. Cytoskeleton
A. Prokaryotic
D. Chromatin
B. Eukaryotic
C. Both 258. What is multicellular?
D. none of above A. one cell
B. no cells
253. Receives proteins and other newly
formed materials from the ER, packages C. many cells
them and distributes them to other parts D. no nucleus
of the cell or outside the cell
259. Located on the outside of a cellpushes the
A. Endoplasmic Reticulum cell forwardwhip like structure made of mi-
B. Mitochondria crotubles; 9 pair ring outside, 1 pair inside
C. Golgi Apparatus A. Cillia
D. Cytoplasm B. Flagellum
C. Mitochondria C. vacuole
D. Chloreoplast D. nucleolus
270. Consisting of many cells. 276. Which organelle takes sunlight and turns
A. prokaryote it into food?
B. multicellular A. Lysosome
C. eukaryote B. Cell membrane
D. bacteria C. Chloroplast
D. Mitochondria
271. Which two plant cell organelles work to-
gether like security guards to protect the 277. What is the control for the experiment?
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cell? A. the thing being tested
A. cytoplasm and nucleus B. the normal situation
B. cell membrane and cell wall C. what we measure in the end
C. nucleus and cell membrane D. what we change
D. cytoplasm and cell membrane
278. cells have a cell membrane
272. Which organelle carries proteins and A. Eukaryotic
other materials from one part of the cell
to another? B. Prokaryotic
282. When this organelle fails, a set of 287. Newly made protiens are inserted into
smaller, grain-shaped organelles has diffi- spaces of this organelle where they are
culty producing proteins. Which organelle modified and shaped into functioning pro-
283. I provide the cell with protection and con- 288. What am I? I am where respiration hap-
trols what comes in and out of the cell. pens to release energy.
A. nucleus A. Nucleus
D. mitochondria D. Mitochondria
292. This organelle is in both plants and ani- 297. A cell is the
mals. It is a barrier between the cell and A. storage space.
the environment
B. tiny unit of a living thing.
A. cell wall
C. cell energy processor .
B. cell membrane
D. stiff outer layer of a plant cell.
C. cell organelles
298. The liquid inside a living cell.
D. mitochondria
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A. cytoplasm
293. If a cell’s lysosomes were damaged,
B. gel
what would happen to the cell?
C. nucleus
A. The cell would produce too much pro-
tein D. blood
B. The cell would look yellow instead of 299. Which of these solutions will cause a cell
green to shrink?
C. The cell would be unable to break A. distilled water (hypotonic)
down the cell parts
B. soda pop (hypertonic)
D. The cell would not be able to repro-
C. an IV (isotonic)
duce
D. None of the above
294. these store water, waste and food; they
are very large in plant cells 300. This organelle’s function is to make pro-
tein.
A. lysosomes
A. Rough E.R.
B. ribosomes
B. Smooth E.R.
C. cytoplasm
C. Ribosome
D. vacuoles
D. Nucleus
295. The basic unit of all living things
301. What organelle is larger in plant cells
A. atom than in animal cells?
B. nucleus A. Vacuole
C. cell B. Cytoplasm
D. bones C. Golgi Complex
D. Lysosomes
296. The organelle that. break down sugar
molecules in the cell which are used as food 302. This organelle is like a storage tank. It
and energy supplies for the cell. holds wastes and water. What is it?
A. Cell Membrane A. Vacuole
B. Lysosome B. Lysosome
C. Mitochondria C. Nucleus
D. Endoplasmic Reticulum D. none of above
D. Rough ER B. nucleus
C. cell membrane
304. powerhouse of the cell; ATP is produced
here D. cell skin
A. chlorophyll
310. the thick fluid region of a cell located in-
B. golgi body side the cell membrane or between the cell
C. endoplasmic reticulum membrane and nucleus
D. mitochondria A. cytoplasm
B. cell wall
305. Structures within the cell are known as
C. organelle
A. cells
B. vacuoles D. golgi apparatus
314. a rigid supporting layer that surrounds 320. This organelle packages proteins for
the cells of plants and some other organ- transport out of the cell.
isms A. Golgi apparatus
A. cell membrane B. Chloroplasts
B. cell wall C. Vesicles
C. nucleus D. Ribosomes
D. cytoplasm
321. Which system of the human body has a
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315. What does ER stand for in smooth ER? function similar to that of a vacuole inside
a cell?
A. Expressing
A. circulatory
B. Endoplasmic Reticulum
B. digestive
C. Emergency Room
C. respiratory
D. Energy Reception
D. nervous
316. the passageway for proteins; they trans-
port the proteins and other substance 322. The are the power houses of the cell.
through cell They are in both plants and animals.
A. ribosomes A. Chloroplasts
337. The organelle that aids the cell in elim- A. there is one large vacuole that stores
inating waste and recycling materials water and helps hold up the plant
within the cell. Found only in animal cells. B. the vacuoles enter and leave through
A. Lysosomes the cell membrane
B. Ribosomes C. there are lots of small vacuoles
C. Vacuole D. there are not vacuoles
D. Endoplasmic Reticulum 343. Which of the following organelles would
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an organism that is a heterotroph not have
338. What is a difference between a prokary- in its cells?
ote & eukaryote cell?
A. mitochondria
A. Prokaryotes do not have a membrane
surrounding their DNA B. chloroplasts
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359. Helps perform cell division, and are only up in cells. Which organelle is being de-
found in animal cells. scribed?
A. Centrioles A. Vacuole
B. Gogli Apparatus B. Cell Membrane
C. A potatoe C. Chloroplast
D. Nucleus D. Lysosomes
360. Materials enter and leave the nucleus
365. What am I? I control what can enter or
through openings in its
leave the cell
A. organelles
A. Nucleus
B. DNA
B. Cell membrane
C. membrane
C. Cytoplasm
D. chromatin
D. Mitochondria
361. I am a protective layer around the cell,
366. Which cell structure is the gatekeeper,
but I am not one solid piece. I have tiny
controlling what goes in and out of the
openings that allow materials to pass in
cell?
and out of the cell. I am the
A. Cell Membrane
A. Cell Wall
B. Nuclear Membrane
B. Nucleus
C. Mitochondrial Membrane
C. Cell Membrane
D. Vacuolic Membrane
D. Endoplasmic Reticulum
367. Which organelle releases the energy
362. The vacuoles in plant cells are different
stored inside food
from the vacuoles in animal cells because
A. Chloroplast
A. they are membrane bound
B. plant cell vacuoles are typically larger B. Mitochondria
C. Lysosomes
C. plant vacuoles store water D. Nucleus
D. they hold different types of nutrients 368. This protective layer controls what en-
363. packages that carry things in, out, and ters and leaves the cell
around cells A. ribosome
A. vesicles B. cytoplasm
372. Which plant cell organelle converts sun- C. cytoplasm, nucleus, mitochondria
light into food? D. cell wall, cell membrane, nucleus
A. Mitochondria 378. Which term refers to maintaining a stable
B. Lysosome internal environment
C. Chloroplast A. metabolism
D. Cell Wall B. replication
C. respiration
373. I am a real “powerhouse”, that’s plain
to see. I break down food and release en- D. homeostasis
ergy. I am the 379. Tiny bean-shaped structures in the cyto-
A. Chloroplast plasm with a smooth outer membrane, and
a greatly folded inner membrane. They
B. Mitochondria
supply the energy for the cell by trans-
C. Nucleus forming sugars into energy.
D. Cell Membrane A. Ribosomes
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A. Chloroplast
B. Mitochondria 386. Genetic material is stored in
C. Lysosome A. cytoplasm
D. Ribosome B. mitochondria
C. chromosomes
381. a gel-like material inside the cell
D. membrane
A. Nucleus
B. Cytoplasm 387. Which cell structure functions like a
school principal’s office?
C. Ribosome
A. cell wall
D. Jelly bean
B. cell membrane
382. What is the main function of the ribo-
C. vacuole
somes?
D. nucleus
A. To produce energy (ATP)
B. To produce waste 388. Which organelle transports proteins from
one part of the cell to another?
C. To produce proteins
A. Endoplasmic reticulum
D. To produce food (photosynthesis)
B. Golgi Apparatus
383. This part gives plant cells a rigid struc-
C. Ribosome
ture.
D. none of above
A. Cell wall
B. Organelle 389. How are eukaryotes different from
prokaryotes?
C. Chloroplast
A. They aren’t different, except the
D. Cytoplasm spelling.
384. A Mitochondria is most like B. Eukaryotes have a NUCLEUS, prokary-
otes do NOT!
A. A powerplant
C. One is a plant cell, one is an animal cell.
B. City Hall
C. Warehouses
D. Prokaryotes have a NUCLEUS, eukary-
D. Post office otes do NOT!
390. This is a system of membranous tubules 395. This organelle breaks down (digest)
and sacs in eukaryotic cells that functions worn out cell parts
as a path along which molecules move
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I’m found only in plants, I’ve been there all B. Chloroplast
along. What am I?
C. Vacuole
A. chloroplast
D. Nucleolus
B. cell wall
C. mitochondria 408. Which organelle is found in both plants
and animals?
D. cell membrane
A. cell wall
403. Which organelle is missing from a cell
B. mitochondria
that is a prokaryote?
C. chloroplast
A. vacuole
B. nuclei D. large vacuole
412. Which of the following best describes an 417. This organelle regulates what goes in and
endosymbiont? out of the cell.
A. Vacuole
D. A cell capable of aerobic respiration 418. Transportation network for the cell,
moves materials around in the cell
413. This large structure in the plant cell is A. Lysosome
filled with water for storage
B. Nuclear Membrane
A. Chloroplast C. Endoplasmic Reticulum
B. Lysosome D. Centriole
C. Golgi body 419. Which organelle stores food, water, and
D. Central valcuole other materials needed by the cell?
A. Cytoplasm
414. the place where membrane lipids are
B. Lysosomes
manufactured
C. Vacuole
A. Rough ER
D. Nucleus
B. Smooth ER
420. Converts the energy stored in glucose
C. Golgi body into usable energy for the cell
D. Chloroplasts A. cell membrane
B. cell wall
415. Looks like a maze of passageways. This
organelle produces many substances and C. nucleus
is always found surrounding the nucleus. D. mitochondrion
The rough parts of this organelle ribo-
somes stick to. 421. photosynthesis occurs here; uses light en-
ergy to produce food, only plants have it
A. Golgi Apparatus
A. golgi body
B. Mitochondria B. chloroplast
C. Endoplasmic reticulum C. mitochondria
D. Cell Wall D. endoplasmic reticulum
416. it contains water and nutrients for the 422. What is the flexible covering that pro-
cell tects the inside of a cell from the environ-
ment outside of the cell?
A. Cell Membrane
A. Golgi Body
B. Jelly B. Cell Membrane
C. Cytoplasm C. Nucleus
D. Lysosome D. Cell Wall
423. This organelle controls what substances 428. the green pigment inside the chloroplast
come into and out of the cell A. cytoplasm
A. Cell membrane B. chlorophyll
B. Cell wall C. cell membrane
C. Nucleus D. none of above
D. Cytoplasm
429. Small sacs that transport materials
through the cells cytoplasm. Produced by
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424. An animal’s liver is very important. It
cleans the blood while also playing a key the Golgi.
role in digestion. Which level of biological A. Golgi apparatus
organization does the liver belong to? B. Endoplasmic reticulum
A. cell C. Vesicles
B. tissue D. Cytoskeleton
C. organ system
430. The is considered meaning it al-
D. organ lows some things in while stopping other
things.
425. are cells that enclose their DNA in nu-
clei. A. cell membrane, fully permeable
A. Phototophylites B. cell wall, selectively permeable
C. Eukaryote
D. cell wall, fully permeable
D. LocoKaryotes
431. Which organelles produce most of the en-
426. Which answer choice best describes the ergy needed by a cell?
function of the lysosome?
A. MItochondria
A. digest proteins and convert them in to
B. Chloroplasts
ATP energy.
C. Vacuoles
B. digest food, bacteria, and worn out or-
ganelles. D. Ribosomes
C. digest carbohydrates and synthesize 432. What organelle uses enzymes to help
them in to sugars. with digestion?
D. none of above A. lysosomes
B. ribosomes
427. A large, round sac found in the cytoplasm.
It stores water, food, wastes, or other ma- C. endoplasmic reticulum
terials needed by the cell. D. vacuoles
A. Lysosomes
433. I am the organelle that makes proteins.
B. Vacuoles Who am I?
C. Ribosomes A. Golgi Apparatus
D. Mitochondria B. Nucleus
445. If a cell was like a school what organelle 451. All living things are made of cells. In
could be represented by the School Kitchen order to stay alive and preserve their
workers? species, every living cell must perform all
A. Lysosomes of the following functions except-
B. Golgi body A. reproduce themselves
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D. perform photosynthesis
446. The type of endoplasmic reticulum to
which no ribosomes are attached 452. The kind of action or activity specific to a
thing or person.
A. Rough er
A. function
B. Smooth er
B. structure
C. Lysosome
C. job
D. Mitchondria
D. limb
447. The organelle packages proteins and has
NO ribosomes. 453. Which of these is part of the cell theory
A. Chloroplast D. vacuoles
B. Cell membrane
465. packages proteins for delivery
C. Cell wall
A. Endoplasmic reticulum
D. none of above
B. ribosomes
460. This organelle is a thin, flexible envelope
C. golgi apparatus
that surrounds the cell. It allows the cell to
change shape and control what goes into D. lysosomes
and out of the cell.
A. Nucleus 466. Which of the following structures is not
present in animal cells
B. Cytoplasm
A. cell membrane
C. Cell membrane
B. cell wall
D. Smooth ER
C. mitochondria
461. The function of is to combine with pro-
teins to form ribosomes. D. nucleus
A. rRNA
467. Which organelle releases broken down
B. tRNA substances so they can be used in an an-
C. mRNA imal cell?
D. DNA A. Ribosomes
468. What is the nickname for the mitochon- 473. Which of the following describes the func-
dria tion of the nucleolus?
A. Lightning A. Command Center for the Cell
B. Powerhouse B. Produce initial parts of ribosomes
C. Machine C. To hold chromosomes
D. Energizer D. To make DNA
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469. This sac with the cytoplasm stores wa- 474. Muscle cells need to quickly convert en-
ter, food, waste, products and other ma- ergy from food into a usable form, which
terials. of the following do the muscle cells have
A. vacoule in greater numbers than most other types
of cells?
B. organelle
A. chromosomes
C. cytoplasm
B. mitochondria
D. cell membrane
C. nuclei
470. Which statement best describes a con-
trolled experiment? D. vacuole
471. A worm turning away from light is an ex- 476. The organelle that packages up proteins
ample of and nutrients and sends them off to other
parts of the cell.
A. reproducing
A. Golgi bodies
B. doing cellular respiration
B. Endoplasmic Reticulum
C. having cells
C. Mitochondria
D. responding to its environment
D. Nucleus
472. Your science teacher has asked the class
to make a cell city model. Which building 477. I am found in plant cells. I am rigid,
or business in the city could represent the strong & stiff. I give support to the plant
mitochondria, and why? cell. I give the cell it’s box shape
A. city dump-waste storage A. cell membrane
B. city hall-control center B. cell wall
C. roads-transportation system C. chlorophyll
D. power company-produces energy D. mitochondria
478. A tadpole turning into a frog is which 484. This organelle is like a highway. It can be
characteristic of life? found in both plant and animal cells. This
organelle processes proteins and other ma-
489. control, read, and direct the cell using B. receptor protein
DNA instructions
C. transport protein
A. nucleus
D. an enzyme protein
B. mitochondria
C. endoplasmic reticulum 495. Which organelle gives a cell structure and
support
D. lysosome
A. Cell membrane
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490. The most basic units of structure and func-
B. Cell wall
tion in all organisms are
C. Nucleus
A. cells
B. organelles D. Endoplasmic Reticulum
B. Chloroplasts C. Nucleus
C. mitochondria D. Nucleolus
D. ribosomes 497. Which organelle is involved in the process
492. I am found only in plant cells. I am the of capturing energy from sunlight?
outermost part of the plant cell. I am make A. mitochondria
of a specialized sugar called cellulose. I
B. cell membrane
provide support and protection and give
plants their shape. I am the C. nucleus
A. Cell Wall D. chloroplast
B. Cell Membrane
498. What organelle stores waste and water
C. Nucleus in both plant and animal cells?
D. Lysosome A. Lysosomes
493. What is the cell organelle that separates B. Golgi Complex
the nucleus from the cytoplasm?
C. Vacuoles
A. nuclear membrane
D. Endoplasmic Reticulum
B. cell membrane
C. nucleus 499. The smallest unit of life
D. nucleolus A. organ
B. sand
494. Which cell membrane protein ‘helps move
substances across the cell membrane’? C. mustard seed
A. surface marker protein D. cell
500. These organelles are the sites of protein 505. Which biomolecule increases the rate of
synthesis. reaction and regulates cell division?
501. Which scientist examined cork cells using 506. Organelles that contain digestive en-
a primitive microscope and coined the term zymes and help cells extricate materials
‘cell’? and debris in the cell.
A. Robert Hooke A. Kylo Ren
B. Anton van Leeuwenhoek B. Ribosomes
C. Theodor Schwann C. Prokaryote
D. Mattias Schleiden D. Lysosomes
502. this organelle provides structural support 507. What organelle would best fit that anal-
and movement like our bones in the skele- ogy about cells and a school? Air in the
ton system. school-Fills the space throughout the en-
tire building.
A. cell membrane
A. Nucleus
B. cytoplasm
B. Cytoplasm
C. cytoskeleton
C. Mitochondria
D. none of above
D. Cell Membrane
503. What is the role of stem cells in the
body? 508. The convert chemical energy stored in
food into compounds the cells can use.
A. fight against infection
A. lipid corigidors
B. provide specialised roles in the body
B. mitochondria
C. used for fertility treatment
C. celluliptaz
D. they produce new specialised cells in
the body to replace old cells that are used D. permitria
up
509. Choose the similarity between prokary-
504. The basic unit that makes up living things otes and eukaryotes.
is the
A. All have cell walls.
A. cell membrane
B. All are able to reproduce by mitosis.
B. cell
C. Contains cytoplasm, ribosomes, and
C. cell wall DNA
D. mitochondria D. none of above
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absorb light energy from the sun and use B. membrane
it to convert carbon dioxide and water to C. vacuole
sugar and oxygen. I am NOT found in ani- D. chloroplast
mal cells.
A. Cell Wall 517. HOW DO animals get glucose
B. Central Vacuole A. EAT IT
C. Chloroplast B. MAKE IT
D. Mitochondria C. SING ABOUT IT
D. NOTHING
512. I am the “power house” of the cell. I
make most of the energy! 518. This part of the experiment serves as a
A. mitochondria basis of comparison; the one variable be-
ing tested has been omitted.
B. vacuole
A. experimental group
C. lysosome
B. control group
D. nuceus
C. data
513. these package proteins to be shipped out
D. variables
of the cell
A. proteins 519. Network of membranous sacs and tubes
active in membrane synthesis and other
B. ribosomes
synthetic and metabolic processes(Plant
C. golgi bodies and Animal)
D. endoplasmic reticulum A. Centrioles
514. What do eukaryotes have that prokary- B. Ribosomes
otes do not? C. Golgi Apparatus
A. DNA D. Endoplasmic ReticulumRough+Smooth
B. Cell membrane
520. Which cell structure acts like the brain of
C. nucleus the cell?
D. Cytoplasm A. Cell wall
515. What can only be found in plant cells? B. Cell membrane
A. Cell membrane C. Mitochondria
B. Vacuole D. Nuclues
D. Cytoplasm A. Nucleus
B. Cell membrane
522. Contains the cell’s DNA and controls all
cell activities C. Lysosome
A. Nucleus D. Endoplasmic reticulum
B. Mitochondria
528. What structure in a prokaryote cell con-
C. Golgi Body tains the DNA?
D. Chromosome A. peroxisome
523. Which of the following does not have a B. ribosomes
cell wall?
C. nucleus
A. animal cells
D. nucleoid
B. bacteria cells
C. plant cells 529. Which part of the cell makes ribosomes?
D. fungi A. Cytoskeleton
B. Lysosome
524. I am found only in plant cells. I’m as
green as can be. I make food for the plant C. Nucleolus
using the sun’s energy. I am the D. Vacuole
A. Cell Wall
530. Genetic material makes up which or-
B. Cell Membrane
ganelle?
C. Chloroplast
A. Cytoplasm
D. Mitochondria
B. Chromosome
525. When comparing cell organelles to a foot-
C. Golgi Body
ball team, who or what is the nucleus?
D. Chloroplast
A. sidelines
B. locker room 531. Which organelle was nicknamed the
C. cheerleader “Powerhouse” of the cell?
D. coach A. Chloroplast
B. Nuclear Membrane
526. knit membranes of cell together to pre-
vent fluid leakage between them C. Mitochondria
A. tight junctions D. Chlorophyll
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their green color. B. Ribosomes
A. mitochondria C. Golgi Apparatus
B. ribosome D. Endoplasmic ReticulumRough+Smooth
C. chloroplast 539. Which of the following correctly defines
D. nucleus the job of the ribosome?
A. digestive system
534. An experiment that tests only one factor
is celled a B. assembly of many proteins.
A. controlled experiment C. transport of lipids around the cell
B. control group D. makes protein using amino acid
C. experimental group 540. The main reason why plant cells undergo
D. independent variable the process of photosynthesis is that they
need to make
535. The primary function of a chloroplast is
A. sugar
to
B. oxygen
A. convert food into energy a cell can use
C. carbon dioxide
B. control the functions of a cell and con- D. water
trol genetic traits
541. Cells store waste in
C. convert radiant energy into chemical
A. ribosomes
energy through photosynthesis
B. DNA
D. store water and nutrients
C. chloroplasts
536. Located on outside of cellpushes cell for-
ward hair like(Plant and Animal) D. vacuoles
543. What is one place ribosomes cannot be 548. What is a characteristic of life?
found? A. living things make freinds
554. What organelle decides what goes in and 560. Which cell process produces carbon diox-
out of the cell and also offers protection to ide?
the cell?
A. photosynthesis
A. cell membrane
B. mitosis
B. nucleus
C. respiration
C. cytoplasm
D. elimination
D. chloroplast
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555. What part of a cell controls movement of 561. Made of a phospholipid bilayer embed-
materials in and out? ded with proteins and is selectively per-
meable.
A. Cell Membrane
B. Mitochondria A. Cell Membrane
565. If a cell was like a school what organelle 570. When this organelle fails, a set of
could be represented by the Main Office? smaller, grain-shaped organelles has dif-
ficulty producing proteins and being trans-
C. Nucleus B. Ribosomes
D. Golgi Body C. Cytoplasm
567. Who was the scientist who first named D. Cell Membrane
cells when he looked at a slice of cork un-
der a microscope and saw the cork’s cell 572. Tiny cell structures that carry out specific
walls? functions within the cell
A. Robert Hooke A. membranes
B. Matthias Schleiden B. nucleus
C. Anton van Leewenhoek C. organelles
D. Thedor Schwann D. animalicules
568. Complexes that makes proteins; Free
573. Thin strands of genetic material that fill
in cytosol or bound to rough ER or nu-
the nucleus, contains information for di-
clear envelope translate mRNA into amino
recting a cell’s function
acid(Plant and Animal)
A. Centrioles A. Cell membrane
B. Ribosomes B. Chloroplasts
C. Golgi Apparatus C. Vacuole
D. Endoplasmic ReticulumRough+Smooth D. Chromatin
569. Which organelle captures energy from
574. Plants perform photosynthesis through
the sun and uses it to produce food for the
this organelle:
cell
A. Chlorophyll
A. Chloroplast
B. Cell Wall B. Chloroplasts
C. Mitochondria C. Mitochondria
D. Vacuole D. Golgi Apparatus
575. The fluid that holds the organelles of the 581. When particles travel from an area of
cell is called the high concentration to an area of low con-
A. cytoplasm centration, it is called
B. cell wall A. photosynthesis
C. nucleus B. cellular respiration
D. ribosome C. active transport
576. If a cell was like a factory what organelle D. diffusion
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could be represented by the Maintenance
Crew? 582. Osmosis is the movement of through
A. Lysosome the cell membrane.
B. Endoplasmic Reticulum A. Salt
C. Mitochondria B. Proteins
D. Ribosomes C. Water
577. This porous structure surrounds the nu- D. Nutrients
cleus, keeping it intact
A. Lysosomes 583. What is the jelly-like substance that cells
are filled with?
B. Nuclear membrane
C. Golgi body A. Cell Wall
D. Centriole B. Lysosome
C. Chloroplasts C. ribosome
D. Vacuoles D. nucleus
586. I am found inside of the nucleus. I help 592. What is the function of pili?
produce ribosomes. I am the A. movement
598. What does the Cell Theory state? 604. Which organelle packages and distributes
A. That all living things are made of cells proteins and other newly formed materials
from the endoplasmic reticulum?
B. Every cell has only one nucleus
A. Golgi Body
C. That plants cannot have cells
B. Ribosomes
D. Animals are only one that have cells
C. Vacuole
599. Small grain-shaped organelles that pro- D. Mitochondria
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duce proteins.
605. This converts energy stored in the food
A. Lysosomes eaten into unusable cellular energy
B. Ribosomes A. Ribosome
C. Vacuole B. Rough ER
D. Nucleus C. Smooth ER
609. What is the function of the chloroplast? 615. Breaks down excess or worn out cell
A. To give the cell its round shape parts and food particles. Often call the
“recyclers of the cell
620. This organelle has the nickname “trash 625. help with cell division animal cells
collector” or “trash can” because they A. cytokseleton
break down food and old cell parts
(wastes). B. centrioles
C. central vacuole
A. Tissue
D. cytoplasm
B. Golgi complex (apparatus, bodies)
C. Endoplasmic reticulum 626. how do plants get glucose (sugar)
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D. Lysosome A. EAT IT
B. MAKE IT
621. Which of the following are only found in C. STEAL IT
animal cells?
D. SING ABOUT IT
A. lysosomes
627. This organelle is only found in plant cells.
B. ribosomes
It collects sunlight to make sugar for the
C. mitochondria plant. What is it?
D. chloroplasts A. Cell wall
B. Vacuole
622. I am the “brain” of the cell and I control
all the activities of the cell. I am located in C. Chloroplast
the cytoplasm, but you would not find me D. none of above
in prokaryotic cells. I am the
628. Which statement best describes a cell
A. Nucleus membrane?
B. Ribosomes A. it is found only in animal cells
C. Cell Membrane B. it controls reproduction in the cell
D. Mitochondria C. it is a cell
D. it controls passage of materials into
623. What is the food-making process in the cell
plants that uses energy from the sun?
A. photoaryotic 629. This organelle helps transport proteins.
A. Ribosomes
B. chloroform
B. Rough E.R.
C. chloroplasts
C. Golgi Body
D. photosynthesis
D. Smooth E.R.
624. Which organelle holds genetic material
630. The organelle that acts as a storage cen-
and is nicknamed the “brain” of the cell?
ter for the cell.
A. cytoplasm A. Ribosomes
B. cell membrane B. Mitochondria
C. vacuole C. Nucleus
D. nucleus D. Vacuole
631. Which part of the cell directs cellular ac- 637. Cell organelles work together to main-
tivities? tain
A. homeostasis
632. Which part of the cell maintains shape 638. What organelle is where proteins are
and helps with movement? made?
A. Cytoplasm A. ribosome
B. cytoplasm
B. Cytoskeleton
C. nucleus
C. Centriole
D. lysosome
D. Chloroplast
639. Protects and holds the organelles in place
633. Lysosomes are most like
A. cell membrane
A. Waste treatment/processing plant
B. cytoplasm
B. Power plant
C. cell wall
C. Factories D. nucleus
D. Warehouses
640. This cell organelle helps organisms main-
634. I’m full of holes, am flexible and thin. tain homeostasis by controlling what sub-
I control what gets out as well as what stances may enter or leave cells.
comes in. I am the A. vacuole
A. Cell Wall B. nucleus
B. Cell Membrane C. cell membrane
C. Endoplasmic Reticulum D. cell wall
D. Nucleus 641. This organelle traps sunlight and uses
635. What plant organelle uses photosynthe- that energy to convert it to food.
sis to convert sunlight into ATP energy? A. Mitochondria
A. chloroplast B. Chloroplasts
B. ribosomes C. Lysosomes
C. mitochondria D. Chlorophyll
D. nucleus 642. Which scientist was a German physician
who determined that all cells come from
636. I am fluid filled within the cell other cells?
A. Mitochondrion A. Anton van Leeuwenhoek
B. Vacuole B. Theodor Schwann
C. cytoplasm C. Mattias Schleiden
D. Cell membrane D. Rudolph Virchow
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the cell.
650. provides structure and support in plant
A. Cytoskeleton
cells
B. Cell wall
A. cytokseleton
C. Cytoplasm
B. cell wall
D. Vesicles
C. central vacuole
645. & are organelles that definitely
arose from endosymbiosis. D. cytoplasm
A. Rough ER & Smooth ER 651. Which of the following statements cor-
B. Mitochondria & Flagellum rectly matches a cell part with its func-
C. Chloroplast & Mitochondria tion?
D. Chloroplast and Golgi apparatus A. Cell membrane ships proteins around
654. Which of the following organelles would 659. The Smooth and Rough Endoplasmic Retic-
most likely be affected first if there was ulum’s are most like
no glucose present to convert into energy
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B. plants
A. Prokaryotic
C. tissues B. Eukaryotic
D. organs C. Both
D. none of above
666. Proteins are produced by these small,
round (grain-shaped) organelles. 672. The outermost layer of a plant cell and
A. Chloroplasts animal cell is
A. Plant cell-cell membrane, animal cell-
B. Lysosomes
cell wall
C. Ribosomes
B. Plant cell-cell wall; animal cell-cell
D. Vacuoles membrane
C. Plant and animal cell-cell wall
667. Consisting of one cell.
D. Plant and animal cell-cell membrane
A. multicellular
673. forms the outer boundary of the cell and
B. prokaryote allows only certain materials to move into
C. eukaryote or out of the cell
D. unicellular A. Cell Wall
B. Cell Membrane
668. Which part of the cell packages, trans-
C. Cytoplasm
ports, and exports proteins?
D. Chlorophyll
A. Chloroplasts
674. A Nucleus is most like
B. Golgi
A. City Hall
C. Rough ER
B. A Post Office
D. Ribosomes
C. Highways
669. What organelle is responsible for photo- D. Powerplant
synthesis in a plant cell?
675. Provides structure and support to the cell
A. Mitochondria
A. Chloroplast
B. Chloroplasts B. Cytoskeleton
C. Cell Wall C. Cell membrane
D. Nucleus D. Golgi apparatus
C. Constant A. synthesis
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694. what allows nutrients in and lets waste
D. chloroplast products out; it keeps the cytoplasm in-
side; the gatekeeper, all cells have this
689. Has ribosomes; synthesis of secretory
proteins and membrane production A. cell membrane
692. Acts like a subway system, carrying pro- A. chloroplasts to carry out photosynthe-
tein through the cell. sis.
B. mitochondria to form chemical energy.
A. Golgi Apparatus
B. Nuclear Membrane
C. vacuoles to store water and nutrients.
C. Ribosomes
D. Endoplasmic Reticulum D. a nucleus with DNA to replicate cells.
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710. A stiff structure that surrounds and pro- 716. The structure that produces ribosomes in
tects a cell; found in plant, fungus, and the cell.
some bacteria cells.
A. Nucleus
A. cell wall
B. DNA
B. membrane
C. Nucleolus
C. nucleus
D. chloroplast D. Mitochondria
711. The is the brain of the cell. 717. This organelle is a network of tube-like
A. Vacuole passageways that proteins from the ribo-
somes are transported through
B. Nucleus
C. Chromosomes A. Endoplasmic Reticulum
712. The part of the cell that makes protein. C. Cell Membrane
A. Vacuoles D. Nucleus
B. Ribosomes
718. A theory that states (1) all organisms are
C. Golgi Apparatus made of one or more cells; (2) cells are the
D. Cytoplasm smallest unit of life; (3) cells come from
pre-existing cells via cell division.
713. Uses energy from the sun to make food
for the plant. A. cell threory
A. Cell Wall B. Law of Conservation of Mass
B. Cell Membrane C. cell membrane
C. Chloroplasts D. cell wall
D. Vacuole
719. Photosynthesis occurs inside of which or-
714. Cells can only be seen with the help of a ganelle?
A. Cytoplasm
A. hand lens
B. magnifying glass B. Chromosome
720. The organelle that performs photosynthe- 726. This Organelle Controls which substances
sis in plants pass in and out of the cell. Everything a
cell needs (food particles, water, oxygen,
C. Energy C. lysosomes
D. Reproduction D. golgi bodies
731. A cell moving particles without the use of 737. Which has ribosomes?
energy is called A. Prokaryote
A. active transport
B. Eukaryote
B. passive transport
C. both
C. osmosis
D. none of above
D. endocytosis
738. What are the two main types of cells?
732. Used for temporary storage; stores wa-
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ter, waste materials, and other cell mate- A. lysosome and ribosomes
rials. B. animal cell and lymphocyte
A. Cell Wall C. eukaryotic cell and prokaryotic cell
B. Vacuole(s) D. cell wall and cell membrane
C. Mitochondria
739. RNA contains the sugar
D. Nulceus
A. ribose
733. Where does photosynthesis (making glu-
B. deoxyribose
cose) occur?
C. glucose
A. mitochondria
D. lactose
B. stomata
C. xylem 740. Which part of the cell digests wastes?
D. chloroplast A. Cytoskeleton
734. This type of ER makes lipids and can B. Nucleus
detoxify the cell. C. Lysosomes
A. Smooth D. Vacuoles
B. Rough
741. What is the cell organelle that contains
C. Curly chlorophyll and makes food for a PLANT
D. none of above cell?
735. Smallest living thing A. chlorophyll
A. tissue B. chloroplast
B. cell C. vacuole
C. organ D. mitochondria
D. organism 742. When a cell is worn out, which or-
736. the control center of the cell; it stores the ganelle is responsible for breaking down
DNA and “cleaning up” the structure?
A. golgi body A. lysosome
B. endoplasmic reticulum B. cytoplasm
C. cytoplasm C. ribosome
D. nucleus D. nucleus
743. If a cell was like a factory what or- 746. What organelle contains the DNA?
ganelle could be represented by the Fac-
A. nucleus
tory floor?
B. Cytoplasm B. Lysosome
C. Chloroplast C. Mitochondria
D. Ribosome D. Gogli Apparatus
D. S D. 20
5. In animal cells, the cell membrane pinches 10. Which of the following describes the
in, dividing the cytoplasm into 2 cells location of the chromosomes during
A. Metaphase metaphase?
B. Anaphase A. located in the nucleus of the cell
C. Telephase B. scattered throughout the cytoplasm
C. clustered at each pole of the cell
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D. Cytokinesis
6. In sexual reproduction, chromosome reduc- D. lined up along the equator of the cell
tion is necessary to
11. What is the structure in which DNA, hered-
A. ensure that all offspring have the cor- itary material that controls cell activities,
rect diploid number of chromosomes can be found.
B. ensure that all offspring have the cor- A. chromatids
rect haploid number of chromosomes
B. centromere
C. ensure that all daughter cells are iden-
tical C. chromosome
7. During what phase of the cell cycle does 12. Which cell cycle checkpoint determines
the cell divide into two cells? whether the DNA has been replicated cor-
rectly?
A. Cytokinesis
A. The G2 checkpoint
B. Mitosis phase
B. The G1checkpoint
C. S phase
D. G2 phase C. The metaphase checkpoint during mi-
tosis
8. In metaphase of mitosis, chromosomes D. none of above
A. form and the nuclear envelope disap-
pears. 13. The result of meiosis is:
B. are pulled toward opposite ends of the A. two diploid cells
cell. B. two haploid cells
C. chromosomes line up along the equa- C. four diploid cells
tor of the cell
D. four haploid cells
D. chromosomes begin to decondense
and the two new nuclei begin to form. 14. The cell cycle in prokaryotes produces cells
that are the as the parent cell by a pro-
9. If an organism starts with one cell and this
cess called
cell has 10 chromosomes how many
CELLS will there be after cell division? A. Different:sexual reproduction
A. 1 B. Same:mitosis
B. 2 C. Same:meiosis
C. 10 D. Equal:binary fission
15. Which of the following explains why a cell C. plant cells go through the process in
has to divide? reverse
D. antibiotics A. G1
B. S
18. Which stage of the cell cycle produces two
new cells? C. G2
A. Interphase D. M
B. S phase 24. A fruit fly body cell has 8 chromosomes.
C. cytokinesis After MITOSIS, how many chromosomes
will each of the 2 daughter cells have?
D. mitosis
A. 4
19. A cell spends 90% of its time in which
stage? B. 16
A. Interphase C. 8
26. The structure of coiled DNA and proteins 31. The stage of mitosis in which the chromo-
that forms in the cells nucleus prior to mi- somes divide into sister chromatids
tosis is A. metaphase
A. centromere B. prophase
B. centriole C. telophase
C. chromosome D. anaphase
D. chromatid 32. A process where one cell forms two iden-
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tical daughter calls is called
27. The structures that hold together sister
A. cell cycle
chromatids
B. interphase
A. tissues
C. meiosis
B. chromosomes
D. cytokinesis
C. spindle
33. During interphase, a cell grows, dublicates
D. centromeres organelles, and
28. Which of the following is NOT a phase in A. copies DNA
the cell cycle process? B. divides the nucleus
A. G1 C. divides the cytoplasm
B. G2 D. produces a new cell
37. These respond to events inside the cell. rapid reproduction of skin cells is due to
A. Centrioles the viruses stimulating uncontrolled-
A. synthsis
48. Why are HeLa cells important? 53. The pinching off of the cell membrane in
animal cells to begin the process of cytoki-
A. they are immortal
nesis?
B. they are used to create vaccines
A. cell wall
C. they have been used to test the effects
B. cell plate
of zero gravity in space
C. cleavage furrow
D. all choices are correct
D. cleavage churro
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49. What is a term for programmed cell
death? 54. Which of the following lists, in order, the
phases of mitosis?
A. apoptosis
A. interphase, metaphase, anaphase,
B. necrosis
telophase
C. cell death
B. prophase, metaphase, anaphase,
D. doom telophase
50. Which term best describes the type of C. prophase, metaphase, anaphase, in-
cell division in which parent cells produce terphase
daughter cells with the same number of D. prophase, anaphase, metaphase,
chromosomes as the parent cells? telophase
A. mitosis
55. How many of chromosomes in a normal hu-
B. meisosis man body cell?
C. spermatogenisis A. 23 chromosomes
D. oogenisis B. 36 chromosomes
58. a chromosome is made of two sister D. A substance that is not capable of caus-
A. chromatid ing cancer.
A. A substance capable of causing cancer 68. We are the threads that pull the sister
in living tissue. chromatids apart during anaphase
B. Is a cancerous tumor. A. poles
C. Is a non-cancerous tumor. B. centriole
C. spindle C. 8 chromosomes.
D. centromere D. 4 chromosomes.
69. The phase in the life cycle of a cell wherein 74. What usually happens when cells come
the cell grows in size, replicates its DNA, into contact with other cells?
and prepares for cell division. (Includes
G1, S, and G2 phases.) What phase am A. they divide more quickly
I? B. they stop growing
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A. Telophase C. they produce cyclins
B. Anaphase
D. they produce p53
C. Interphase
D. Prophase 75. What occurs after cytokinesis is com-
pleted?
70. Bacteria (also called prokaryotes) do not A. The cell organizes its microtubules
have a nucleus. To reproduce, they use a
process called B. The cell begins to replicate its DNA
A. Mitosis C. The cell enters G1
B. Meiosis D. The cell enters G2
C. Binary Fission
76. Squirrels have 40 chromosomes in its
D. Lysogenic Cycle diploid cells. How many chromosomes will
71. The chromosomes align in the middle of the you find in their egg cells
cell occurs during which stage? A. 40
A. Anaphase B. 23
B. Metaphase C. 20
C. Interphase D. Not enough information to answer the
D. Telophase question
72. When a cell cannot control it’s cell cycle due 77. Gametes are
to a mutation, it reproduces out of control.
What is the result of this overgrowth of A. Haploid
cells? B. Diploid
A. Cell cluster C. Body cells
B. Scar formation D. Homologous Chromosomes
C. Apoptosis
78. After which phase of mitosis does cytoki-
D. Cancer
nesis begin?
73. Fruit fly body cells have 8 chromosomes. A. prophase
After mitosis, you would expect a result-
ing fruit fly daughter cell to have- B. metaphase
A. 16 chromosomes. C. anaphase
B. 46 chromosomes. D. telophase
79. The division of the nucleus is known as: 85. The first three phases of the cell cycle are
A. Synthesis collectively known as
83. Cells are taking in nutrients Proteins are 88. Who are the scientists that discovered the
being synthesized Organelles are dupli- structure of DNA?
cated A. Garcia, Weir, and Lesh
A. G1
B. Schleiden, Schwann, and Virchow
B. S phase
C. Watson, Crick, and Franklin
C. G2
D. Anastasio, McConnell, and Gordon
D. none of above
89. In what stage are chromosomes separated
84. Which step of the cell cycle do cells spend
and moved to opposite poles?
a majority of their time?
A. Prophase A. prophase
B. Interphase B. metaphase
C. Mitosis C. anaphase
D. Cytokinesis D. telophase
90. G1 phase, S phase, and G2 phase are all a 95. Why do cells undergo mitosis?
part of-
A. to replace damaged cells
A. Interphase
B. create new chromosomes
B. Anaphase
C. obtain energy from sunlight
C. Prophase
D. release energy from food
D. Telophase
96. A scientist is trying to discover a new
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91. When homologous chromosomes match up, treatment to stop cancer cell from divid-
they form a structure call a ing. In the cancer cells, which of these pro-
A. tetrad (pair of chromosomes, one from cesses will stop if the treatment is success-
mom and one from dad) ful?
B. triad A. chemosynthesis
C. diploid B. binary fission
D. quad (group of 4 replicated chromo- C. genetic recombimation
somes, 2 from mom and 2 from dad) D. mitosis
92. What does the DNA molecule resemble?
97. Cells undergo cell division, which involves
A. long thin rod both mitosis and cytokinesis.
B. spiral staircase A. G1
C. round sphere B. S
D. single helix C. G2
93. Compared to small cells, large cells have D. M phase
more trouble
98. How many stages are in mitosis?
A. making copies of their DNA
A. 1
B. producing daugher cells
B. 2
C. moving needed materials in and waste
products out C. 3
D. dividing D. 4
94. The division of the cytoplasm and the 99. What are the subunits of DNA and their
plasma membrane following the division function
of the nucleus resulting into two cells, each A. Nucleotides that store information
having its own nucleus and cytoplasm sur-
rounded by a plasma membrane. What B. Monosaccharides that provide quick
phase am I? energy for the cell
C. cytokinesis B. repair
D. centromere C. reproduction
D. All of the above
101. All types of asexual reproduction involve
the process known as 107. The normal function of a tumor suppres-
sor gene is
A. mitosis
A. to produce growth signals
B. fertilization
B. to code for proteins that inhibit, or
C. artificial pollination
slow, cell division
D. reduction division
C. to cause the cell to move faster
102. Cells grow, carry out normal functions, through the cell cycle
and copy their organelles. D. to attack cancer cells in the body
A. G1 108. Chromatin is found during which phase?
B. S A. Prophase
C. G2 B. Metaphase
D. M phase C. Interphase
103. Which cells undergo cell division? D. Telophase
A. prokaryotic cells only 109. Which type of cell divides most fre-
B. Eukaryotic cells only quently?
C. Both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells A. Liver cell
D. none of above B. Skin cell
C. Blood cell
104. Chromosomes are formed and the nuclear
membrane dissolves during the phase. D. Nerve cell
A. prophase 110. Why do cells go through mitosis?
B. metaphase A. to make food from sunlight
C. anaphase B. to create proteins
D. telophase C. to get air into the cells
105. I am the second stage of mitosis during D. to reproduce, grow and repair/replace
which chromosomes line up in the middle 111. Cancer cells are different from other cells
of the cell because they are more likely to do which
A. interphase of the following within the cell cycle?
B. prophase A. Fail to complete S phase.
B. Mutate during G1 phase. 117. What is the correct order of the stages of
mitosis?
C. Repeat the cell cycle continuously.
A. Metaphase, prophase, telophase,
D. Die after completing mitosis.
anaphase
112. Programmed cell death is called B. Telophase, prophase, anaphase
metaphase,
A. apoptosis
C. Prophase, metaphase, anaphase,
B. cytokinesis
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telophase
C. interphase D. Anaphase, telophase, metaphase,
D. cancer prophase
C. organ D. telophase-metaphase-prophase-
D. tissue anaphase
134. During what phase of the cell cycle does 139. The nucleus divides into 2 nuclei during
nuclear division occur?
A. Interphase A. Mitosis
B. mitosis B. Replication
C. Cytokinesis
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C. S phase
D. G2 phase D. none of above
135. Which phase of mitosis does the nucleus 140. In this step of interphase, the cell carries
come back to surround two different sets out routine functions, grows in size, and
of DNA that have begun to uncoil? makes new proteins and organelles.
A. Prophase A. S
B. Metaphase B. G2
C. Anaphase C. G1
D. Telophase D. M
136. Which disease is caused by a cell continu- 141. The uncontrolled division of cells
ing to go through the cell cycle, leading to A. meiosis
a mass of cells? B. cancer
A. Diabetes C. nondisjunction
B. Alzheimer’s Disease D. crossing over
C. Cancer
142. Which type of tumor does not cause
D. none of above harm?
137. Where does a cell contain it’s genetic ma- A. Benign tumor
terial? B. Malignant tumor
A. nucleus C. Metastatic tumor
B. nucleolus D. none of above
C. cytoskeleton
143. What does the replication of DNA during
D. golgi interphase ensure (make sure of)?
138. Put the stages of mitosis in the correct A. Crossing-over occurs prior to cell divi-
order. sion.
A. prophase-metaphase-anaphase- B. Mutations are corrected before the
telophase cell divides.
B. metaphase-anaphase-prophase- C. Genetic variation is created in daugh-
telophase ter cells.
C. anaphase-prophase-telophase- D. Each daughter cell gets an exact copy
metaphase of the cell’s DNA.
155. Type of tumor that remains at original 160. The outputs of mitosis and cytokinesis
site are genetically identical cells with
of chromosomes compared to the original.
A. Benign
A. 4; a different number
B. Malignant
B. 2; a different number
C. Metastaasis
C. 2; the same number
D. checkpoint
D. 4; the same number
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156. The purpose of mitosis is to separate the 161. During the cell cycle, which phase does
two sets of DNA created during replication the cell spend most of its time?
and
A. cytokinesis
A. redirect the expression of genes B. interphase
B. discard the unwanted genes C. prophase
C. place them into two nuclei D. metaphase
D. mutate them into new sequences 162. Which process divides the nucleus into
two nuclei?
157. What is the Identical cell formed during
cell division Called? A. DNA Replication
B. Mitosis
A. Daughter Nucleus
C. Cytokinesis
B. Daughter Cycle
D. Reproduction
C. Daughter Cells
163. The process that causes cells to becomes
D. Daughter Organelles
specialized to a specific function
158. During interphase, the DNA is replicated A. multipotent
to create two complete sets of DNA. The B. apoptosis
DNA is copied during which stage of the
C. differentiation
cell cycle?
D. cancer
A. G1
164. There is adequate room in the environ-
B. S
ment for more cells.
C. G2 A. G2 checkpoint
D. M B. G1 checkpoint
159. In the synthesis phase of the cell cycle, a C. M checkpoint
body cell copies its DNA. This DNA replica- D. G1, G2, and M checkpoints
tion occurs in preparation for which of the
165. How many chromosomes does a human
following?
somatic (body) cell have?
A. mitosis A. 46
B. cellular respiration B. 23
C. facilitated diffusion C. 42
D. translation D. 26
A. Mitosis C. DNA
177. What is the correct term for “develops in 182. The cell membrane pinches in, dividing the
the middle plane of a plant cell separating cytoplasm into 2 cells
it into two daughter cells during cell divi-
A. Metaphase
sion”?
A. cell B. Anaphase
B. cell cycle C. Telephase
C. cell plate D. Cytokinesis
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D. centriole
183. What is it called when the gametes
178. At the end of the G1 phase, there’s a meet?
checkpoint. What is this checkpoint proba-
bly checking for? A. meiosis
A. To see if the cell has grown enough B. fertilization
B. To see if the DNA was correctly repli- C. cell division
cated
D. mitosis
C. To make sure the cell does not have
cancer
184. A cell went through the process of apop-
D. To make sure that the enzymes aren’t tosis after this checkpoint found that the
amalyzed DNA was not replicated completely.
179. The ensures that our body’s grow and A. S
repairthemselves.
B. G1
A. The cell growth
C. M
B. The cell repair
C. The cell recycle D. G2
D. The cell cycle
185. The process of the cell cycle produces two
180. During which phase of mitosis do the sis- identical:
ter chromatids separate and move to op-
A. daughter cells
posite poles of the cell?
A. metaphase B. strands
B. prophase C. chromosomes
C. telophase D. chromatids
D. anaphase
186. how many chromosomes in a human body
181. Checks for DNA damage and DNA replica- cell?
tion completeness.
A. 23
A. G1 checkpoint
B. 46
B. G2 checkpoint
C. Spindle checkpoint C. 100
D. DNA polymerase D. none of above
198. Cells replicate DNA. 203. Spindle fibers attach and chromosomes
start to line up in the middle of the cell.
A. G1
Name that stage!
B. S
A. Prophase
C. G2
B. Metaphase
D. M phase C. Anaphase
199. Which phase of mitosis is where the D. Telophase
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chromosomes condense and become visible
204. The division of the nucleus is know as
“X” shapes?
what?
A. Prophase
A. Synthesis
B. Metaphase B. G2 Phase
C. Anaphase C. Mitosis
D. Telophase D. G1 Phase
200. There is ample supply of energy and raw 205. DEFINE:What is the cell cycle?
materials available. A. doubled rod of condensed chromatin
A. G2 checkpoint B. process in which DNA is copied
B. G1 checkpoint C. regular sequence of growth and divi-
C. M checkpoint sion that cells undergo
C. The cytoplasm and its contents divide 214. the division of the cytoplasm is called
D. The nuclei and its contents divide A. mitosis
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221. Which of the following phases does the
cell have TWO nuclei? C. cellular respiration
B. Medicine D. homonucleus
224. of the cell’s life is spent during what A. It helps control cell growth and divi-
stage? sion.
225. Cells spend 90% of their time in this 230. What phase is made up of G1, S and G2?
stage of the cell cycle. This is the reason A. Interphase
you would see most cells in this stage if
viewed under a microscope. B. M phase
A. Prophase C. Mitosis
B. Metaphase D. Cytokinesis
231. Cells spend the majority of their lifes in D. both cyclins and cyclin-dependent ki-
A. interphase nases
B. Anaphase A. G1
C. Prophase B. G2
D. Telophase C. S
D. M
233. During this cell cycle check point the cell
checks for correctly replicated DNA 239. During which stage of the cell cycle does
A. G1 or Growth Phase 1 the cell spend a majority of its time?
B. G2 or Growth Phase 2 A. Prophase
C. Mitosis Phase B. Interphase
D. Cytokinesis C. Metaphase
D. Cytokinesis
234. Which of the following statements is true
of cytokinesis 240. Your chromosomes are made up of tightly
A. takes place in plant cells only coiled up strands of
B. completes the cell cycle A. Chromatids
C. organizes DNA B. Nucleus
D. occurs in prophase C. DNA
235. During what phase of the cell cycle does D. none of above
DNA MAKE copies or replicate?
241. During interphase, is replicated.
A. G1 phase
A. ATP
B. S phase
B. DNA
C. G2 phase
C. RNA
D. M phase
D. FBI
236. The cell cycle is regulated by this
242. Which of the following best describes the
A. cyclins function of cell regulators?
B. stem cells A. Tells the cell when it is ok (or not ok)
C. cyclin-dependent kinases to divide.
243. Which checkpoint of the cell cycle checks B. More sex cells
for the proper and complete replication of C. It insures there are less sperm cells
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DNA?
D. It makes sure there are more spindle
A. G2 fibers.
B. G1
249. A human cell has 46 chromosomes before
C. Spindle checkpoint
mitotic division. How many chromosomes
D. Cytokinesis will the daughter cells after mitosis.
244. Cells spend most of their life in which A. 12
stage of the cell cycle? B. 23
A. mitosis C. 46
B. meoisis
D. 92
C. interphase
D. anaphase 250. is the uncontrolled growth and divi-
sion of cells.
245. If one strand of DNA has the nitrogen A. Cancer
base sequenceTACCAGAA what would be
the comp, ementary (opposite) strand se- B. Apoptosis
quence? C. Cytokinesis
A. TACCAGAA D. Meiosis
B. AAGACCAT
251. Interphase does NOT include:
C. TTCTGGTA
D. ATGGTGTT A. G1
B. G2
246. One of the reasons why mitosis occurs in
humans C. Synthesis
A. growth D. Mitosis
B. hormones 252. Unicellular organisms, such as bacteria,
C. enzymes reproduce asexually through a process
D. immune system response known as
A. Binary Fission
247. The total number of cells in an organism
increases as a result of which process? B. Conjugation
A. respiration C. Meiosis
B. photosynthesis D. Mitosis
253. The Gap 1, Synthesis, and Gap 2 stages C. a process that results in a nucleus
of the cell cycle make up containing half of the number of chromo-
somes
256. Which of the following represents the 261. What are the life stages of a cell called?
phases of mitosis in their proper se- A. cell cycle
quence?
B. mitosis
A. prophase, metaphase, anaphase,
C. cytokinesis
telophase
D. cell plate
B. interphase, prophase, metaphase,
anaphase 262. Which is more associated with mitosis
C. interphase, prophase, metaphase, than with meiosis?
telophase A. Crossing over
D. prophase, metaphase, anaphase, B. Nondisjunction
telophase, cytokinesis
C. Production of sex cells
257. Mitosis can be described as D. Identical daughter cells
A. a process where the nucleus divides
two separate times 263. Bacteria reproduce by
B. where the cells formed have 1/2 the A. sexual reproduction only
number of chromocomes B. asexual reproduction only
C. usually asexual, sometimes sexual re- 269. The division of the cytoplasm following
production mitosis
D. a unique type of reproduction called A. cytoplasm
endosporosis B. cytokinesis
264. What is the final step in the cell cycle? C. telophase
A. Cell grows in the G1 phase D. mitosis
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B. Cell divides through mitosis 270.
ten resulting in a tumor or mass of abnor-
C. DNA replicates in the S phase
mal cells
D. Cytoplasm divides through cytokinesis
A. Cancer
265. G1, S, and G2 phases are combined into B. Apoptosis
one long phase called C. Radiation
A. interphase D. none of above
B. mitosis
271. the stage of mitosis in which the nu-
C. cytokinesis clear membrane reforms and the nucleus
D. cell cycle divides
A. metaphase
266. Which of the following is NOT a phase of
B. prophase
MITOSIS?
C. telophase
A. Prophase
D. anaphase
B. Metaphase
C. Anaphase 272. What is the main stage in which the cell
grows, carries out its normal functions,
D. Interphase and duplicates its DNA
267. Nuclear membranes form, cell begins to A. cytokinesis
pinch to begin splitting describes: B. meiosis
A. Prophase C. interphase
B. Metaphase D. mitosis
C. Anaphase 273. What disease did Henrietta Lacks die
D. Telophase from?
A. Thyroid cancer
268. A copy of the cells original chromosome
so that each cell gets a chromosome when B. Breast cancer
it splits apart. C. Lung cancer
A. Mother Cell D. Cervical cancer
B. Daughter Cell 274. The “M” in M phase is referring to
C. Sister Chromatids A. Mitosis
D. Centromere B. Membrane
C. Metaphase A. G2 checkpoint
D. Anaphase B. G1 checkpoint
C. M checkpoint
279. At this checkpoint, cell size and protein
D. G1, G2, and M checkpoints
reserves are assessed, and most impor-
tantly, the proper duplication of chromo- 285. What stages of the cell cycle make up in-
somes is assessed. terphase?
A. G1 checkpoint A. Prophase, Metaphase, and Telophase
B. S checkpoint B. Gap 1, Synthesis, and Cytokinesis
C. G2 checkpoint C. Gap 1, Gap 2, and Synthesis
D. M checkpoint D. Anaphase, Prophase, and Cytokinesis
286. What two processes make up the M 291. What type of cells does meiosis occur in?
stage? A. Sperm Cells Only
A. fermentation & mitosis B. Egg Cells Only
B. mitosis & cytokinesis C. Both Gametes
C. glycolysis & cytokinesis D. Daughter Cells
D. G1 & G2 292. The phase of mitosis in which the spindle
fibers shorten and the sister chromatids
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287. Which is NOT a phase of the cell cycle? separate from each other
A. Interphase A. prophase
B. Cytokinesis B. metaphase
C. Mitosis C. anaphase
D. Duplication D. telophase
293. During normal mitotic division, a parent
288. The cell cycle is responsible for: cell having 8 chromosomes will produce
A. A caterpillar that grows larger over the two daughter cells, each containing
summer A. two chromosomes
B. A seal that is swimming through icy wa- B. four chromosomes
ter
C. eight chromosomes
C. A maple tree that is losing its leaves in D. sixteen chromosomes
autumn
294. Which of the following events does NOT
D. All of the above
take place during interphase?
289. The chemical colchicine districts cell divi- A. Cell grows to mature size
sion. Which cell process would most likely B. DNA and organelles are copied
stop of colchicine were added to a culture
C. Cell prepares for division
of human liver cells?
D. Chromosomes line up in the middle of
A. Mitosis the cell.
B. Meiosis
295. The “G” in G1 stands for
C. Crossing over A. great
D. Active transport B. growth
290. The sister chromatids of each chromo- C. gap
some are separated (come apart) and D. germ
move to opposite ends of the cell. Name
296. Which cell structure produces the spindle
that Stage!
fibers?
A. Prophase A. Centromeres
B. Metaphase B. Centrioles
C. Anaphase C. Chromatids
D. Telophase D. Ribosomes
297. The individual strands on duplicated chro- 302. Distinct chromosomes begin to spread out
mosomes are called into a tangle of chromatin. Nuclear enve-
lope reforms. Spindle fibers break apart.
B. Prophase C. Interphase
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D. Cytokinesis
C. Metaphase
D. Anaphase 314. When does replication of chromosomes
occur in animal cell meiosis?
309. The daughter cells (gametes) have A. Before Meiosis I and Meiosis II
DNA compared to the parent cell after B. Before Meiosis II Only
meiosis.
C. Before Meiosis I Only
A. the same
D. During Prophase I and Prophase II
B. half as much
315. During anaphase
C. double
A. DNA lines up in the middle of the cell
D. identical and DNA attaches to spindle fibers
B. centrioles and spindle fibers appear
310. What is a series of events a cell goes
through as they grow and divide? C. Each DNA gets pull to the opposite
sides of the cell
A. Cell Division
D. DNA gets copied
B. Cell Cycle
316. G1 is associated with what event?
C. Cytokinesis
A. doubling of cell content
D. Mitosis
B. DNA replication
311. Chromosomes are made up of two C. The beginning of mitosis
which are held together by a D. breakdown of the nuclear membrane
A. Chromatids ; Chromosome
317. The cell cycle consists of the G1, S, G2,
B. Chromatids ; Centromere and the phase.
C. Chromosomes ; Chromatids A. G3
D. Centromeres ; Chromatin B. M
C. G4
312. The division of the nucleus is called
D. A
A. mitosis
318. During telophase
B. interphase
A. DNA lines up in the middle of the cell
C. cytokinesis and DNA attaches to spindle fibers
D. somatic B. centrioles and spindle fibers appear
C. Each DNA gets pull to the opposite 324. What forms when there are uncontrolled
sides of the cell and non-stop cell division?
A. Mitosis
330. In which stage of the cell cycle does the 335. What must occur during interphase so
cell split into two? that each daughter cell receives the correct
A. Mitosis number of chromosomes after mitosis and
cytokinesis?
B. G1
A. DNA transcription
C. Cytokinesis
B. Protein synthesis
D. S
C. DNA editing
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331. Which phase does the CHROMATIN con-
D. DNA replication
dense and can now be seen under a micro-
scope?
336. This checkpoint ensures that integrity of
A. interphase Chromosome Separation by making sure
B. prophase the chromosomes are correctly attached to
the spindle fibers.
C. metaphase
A. G1
D. telophase
B. S
332. The shortest of all the phases. Cen-
C. G2
tromeres line up among the imaginary
plate. Spindle fibers connect the cen- D. M
tromere of each chromosome to the two
pairs. 337. Where does DNA synthesis happen in eu-
karyotic cells?
A. Prophase
A. cytoplasm
B. Metaphase
C. Anaphase B. mitochondria
D. Telophase C. nucleus
D. Golgi apparatus
333. Which of the following is true of malig-
nant tumors? 338. After mitosis and cytokineses, one cell be-
A. They do not require treatment comes
B. They are easily removed through A. Two identical cells
surgery
B. Two genetically different cells
C. They can cause tumors in other parts
C. Four identical cells
of the body
D. Four genetically different cells
D. They contain cells that stay clustered
together
339. What is the name of the female gamete
334. Programmed Cell Death is called cell?
340. A copy a chromosome made during cell di- C. is how diploid body cells are produced.
vision are called:
351. The regular sequence of growth and divi- D. The cell’s volume increases.
sion that cells undergo is known as the
A. cellular respiration 357. Sister chromatids are held together by a
B. photosynthesis
A. Centrioles
C. replication
D. cell cycle B. Chromosomes
C. Chromatids
352. What are the steps of the cell cycle in or-
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der? D. Centromeres
A. Interphase, Mitosis, Cytokinesis
358. During meiosis I, what happens?
B. Interphase, Cytokinesis, Mitosis
A. Sister chromatids are split
C. Mitosis, Cytokinesis, Interphase
D. Cytokinesis, Mitosis, Interphase B. Homologous chromosomes are split
C. Four cells are created
353. Cells of organisms must go through cell
division for? D. None of the other choices are correct
A. growth
359. A substance that is known to cause can-
B. repair of damaged cells cer is known as a
C. replacement of dying cells.
A. Carcinogen
D. All of these
B. Pathogen
354. Uncontrolled growth can result in:
C. Virus
A. G0 phase
D. Deregulator
B. S phase
C. Replication 360. What are the phases that takes place dur-
D. Cancer ing Interphase?
A. Mitosis and cytokinesis
355. Which phase of mitosis does DNA con-
dense into chromosomes? B. Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and
A. Prophase telophase
B. Metaphase C. G1 phase, S phase, G2 phase, and M
phase
C. Anaphase
D. Telophase D. G1 phase, S phase, and G2 phase
356. Which of the following happens when a 361. Daughter cells created by mitosis have
cell divides?
A. half of the parents genetic material
A. Each daughter cell receives its own
copy of the parent cell’s DNA. B. twice the parent cell’s genetic material
B. The cell has DNA overload.
C. an exact copy of the parent cell
C. It becomes more difficult for the cell
to get enough oxygen and nutrients. D. have a brand new DNA structure
362. What could be the cause for a cell to un- 367. If a somatic cell has 10 chromosomes and
dergo apoptosis? it goes through mitosis and cytokinesis,
how many chromosomes are in the daugh-
C. G1, S, G2 B. randomness
D. G2, S, G1 C. rapidness
D. retention
373. The last part of the cell cycle, where
the cell finishes dividing into two cells, is 378. Matt uses a microscope to look at slides
called ? of plant cells. He sees a cell with two
A. prophase nuclei that have visible chromosomes. In
which stage of cell division is this cell?
B. cytokinesis
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A. anaphase
C. interphase
B. prophase
D. duplication
C. telophase
374. Disruptions that halt the production of D. interphase
cell regulators (such as cyclins and kinases)
would most likely lead to- 379. What does the G in G1 stand for?
A. cancer A. Gestation
B. apoptosis B. Gum
C. a decrease in the rate of mitosis C. Growth
D. an increase in the size of a cell D. Great
375. Which statement is NOT true about inter- 380. We are the parts of the chromosome that
phase? have the same DNA. We are held together
by a centromere.
A. It’s the longest phase of the cell cycle
A. chromosome
B. During interphase organelles dupli-
B. centriole
cate
C. centromere
C. During interphase, DNA replicates
D. sister chromatids
D. During interphase, the chromatin con-
denses into chromosomes. 381. What is cell differentiation?
376. Cancer often results in a tumor, or a mass A. Process by which cells produce more
of abnormal cells that are smaller than nor- cells
mal. Which part of the cell cycle is affected B. Process by which cells become special-
the most? ized
A. Mitosis C. Process by which cells become unspe-
B. Synthesis cialized
D. Process by which cells die
C. Gap 1
D. Gap 2 382. What are the enzymes that are involved
in DNA Replication?
377. The word “cycle” in cell cycle refers
A. Lactase, Helicase, Polmase
to the of growth, DNA duplication,
and cell division that occurs in eukaryotic B. Helicase, DNA Polymerase, Ligase
cells. C. DNA Polymerase, Lactase, Enzymase
A. repetition D. DNA Polymerase, Helicase, Lactase
394. What is not the prerequisite for clearance will each daughter cell have after mitosis
at the G2 checkpoint? is complete?
A. G1 checkpoint A. 48
B. G2 checkpoint B. 96
C. S checkpoint C. 192
D. M checkpoint D. 24
400. The process by which a cell nucleus di-
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395. Which of the following best describes the
vides is called:
overall process of mitosis?
A. interphase
A. Diploid → Diploid
B. mitosis
B. Diploid → Haploid
C. cytokinesis
C. Haploid → Haploid
D. cell cycle
D. Haploid → Diploid
401. Chromosome refers to the two chro-
396. The word cytokinesis has the prefix mosomes separating and moving to oppo-
cyto-that refers to a cell and the suffix- site ends of the cell.
kinesis that refers to division or move- A. segregation
ment. Therefore, cytokinesis is the pro-
cess where a cell’s cytoplasm B. Cells
A. divides C. replication
D. none of above
B. multiplies
C. increases 402. During metaphase
D. evaporates A. DNA lines up in the middle of the cell
and DNA attaches to spindle fibers
397. During what phase of the cell cycle does B. centrioles and spindle fibers appear
the cell grow?
C. 2 new identical cells are created
A. G1 phase
D. DNA gets copied
B. S phase
403. The phase of mitosis when chromosomes
C. M phase align in themiddle is called
D. Cytokinesis A. anaphase
398. Crucial to cell cycle control and assembles B. prophase
during interphase C. telophase
A. Chromosome D. metaphase
B. Chromatin 404. Body Cells are
C. Chromatid A. Haploid
D. Cyclin B. Diploid
399. The genome of a goldfish contains 96 C. Gametes
chromosomes. How many chromosomes D. prokaryotic
405. How many parts are there to the cell cy- B. Sister chromatids separate
cle? C. Spindle fibers break down
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417. Radiation is often used for cancer therapy A. Three cells
because it can trigger B. Four daughter cells
A. the immune system C. Two identical cells
B. apoptosis D. One clone cell
C. cells to skip the cell cycle
423. Put the following in order:G2, G1, S, mi-
D. further cell mutation tosis, cytokinesis.
418. In the eukaryotic cell, it is the longest A. G1, G2, S, Mitosis, cytokinesis
stage of the cell cycle and generally its B. G1, S, G2, Mitosis, cytokinesis
function is to prepare the cell to division
C. G1, G2, S, cytokinesis, mitosis
process.
D. G1, S, G2, cytokinesis, mitosis
A. Interphase
B. Mitotic phase 424. Cells that have the ability to become any
cell type are called
C. Synthesis Phase
A. stem cells
D. All of the above
B. tumor cells
419. The amount of nutrients needed is deter-
C. cyclins
mined by
D. regulators
A. The cell’s volume
B. The cell’s surface area 425. What process does a multi-cellular or-
ganism use to replace its damaged body
C. The cell’s Rough ER
cells?
D. The cell’s Smooth ER
A. mitosis
420. In order for a cell to continue past G1, the B. meiosis
cell must pass the C. replication
A. G0 checkpoint D. transcription
B. G2 checkpoint
426. A(n) is a stage in the eukaryotic cell
C. G1 checkpoint cycle at which the cell examines internal
D. mitosis checkpoint and external cues and “decides” whether
or not to move forward with division.
421. A type of CdK-cyclin complex that pro-
motes mitosis and peaks in concentration A. checkpoint
at the end of mitosis. B. chromosome
C. interphase C. anaphase
D. tumor D. Telophase
428. Which of the following is the correct or- D. the size of the organism
der of mitosis?
433. Spindle fibers originate from the
A. Prophase, Metaphase, Telophase,
A. Centriole
Anaphase
B. Chromosome
B. Metaphase, Prophase, Anaphase,
Telophase C. Chromatid
C. 92 C. meiosis
D. 0 D. mitosis
436. What is the division of cytoplasm called?
431. The stage where DNA condenses into
chromosomes and the chromosomes are A. chromosome
visible. B. mitosis
A. Prophase C. cytokinesis
B. metaphase D. the cell cycle
437. The first phase of mitosis is called . 442. I am the stage of mitosis where the sister
chromatids are pulled apart.
A. telophase
A. interphase
B. metaphase
B. metaphase
C. anaphase
C. anaphase
D. prophase
D. telophase
438. This is the cell cycle checkpoint that
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443. Which of the following is not a phase of
makes sure DNA has been replicated cor- mitosis?
rectly during S phase.
A. metaphase
A. G1 Checkpoint
B. telophase
B. G2 Checkpoint
C. anaphase
C. M Checkpoint D. interphase
D. I Checkpoint
444. DEFINE:What is a chromosome?
439. Human somatic sells contain 46 chromo- A. an organelle found only in a plant cell
somes; during meiosis, haploid SEX CELLS B. process in which DNA is copied
are formed with chromosomes each.
C. regular sequence of growth and divi-
A. 46 sion that cells undergo
B. 23 D. doubled rod of condensed chromatin
C. 92 445. During mitosis, DNA is found in the con-
D. 54 densed form called a
A. chromosome
440. The stage in which a parent cell splits
to create two identical daughter cells is B. centromere
called: C. centriole
A. interphase D. chromatin
B. mitosis 446. What is the importance of apoptosis?
C. cytokinesis A. To eliminate damaged or unnecessary
D. cell cycle cells
B. To create specialized cells
441. What is cancer? C. To produce two identical cells
A. The heart does not receive enough D. To cause uncontrolled cell growth
blood.
447. Which pair is correct?
B. Sudden disruption of blood flow to part
of the brain. A. G1 phase:DNA replication
C. Blood filled weak spot. B. G2:preparation for mitosis
448. Chromatin condenses to form discrete, 454. If the Diploid number of Carrots is 18, the
visible chromosomes- haploid number is
A. 18
449. What would most likely result if mitosis 455. Which of these cells divides the least?
was NOT accompanied by cytokinesis A. Liver cell
A. 2 cells each one nucleus B. Skin cell
B. 2 cells each without a nucleus C. Blood cell
C. one cell with 2 identical nuclei D. none of above
D. one without a nucleus 456. The phases of mitosis in the correct order
A. prophase, metaphase, anaphase,
450. In what part of the cell cycle does the
telophase
DNA make a copy of itself?
B. metaphase, prophase, anaphase,
A. Interphase
telophase
B. Prophase
C. anaphase, metaphase, prophase
C. Telophase telophase
D. Cytokinesis D. prophase, anaphase, metaphase,
telophase
451. Which step is not part of interphase in
the cell cycle? 457. What type of cell results from meiosis?
A. mitosis A. diploid
B. G1 B. haploid
C. S C. octoploid
D. G2 D. decaploid
452. A cell spends % of its cycle in 458. All chromosomes are attached to the spin-
dles.
A. 100, interphase
A. G2 checkpoint
B. 10, cytokinesis
B. G1 checkpoint
C. 40, mitosis C. M checkpoint
D. 90, interphase D. G1, G2, and M checkpoint
453. A repeating sequence of growth and divi- 459. What structure attaches to and separates
sion chromosomes during mitosis?
A. Mitosis A. spindle fibers
B. Interphase B. contromeres
C. Cell Cycle C. chromatids
D. Somatic D. centrioles
460. Which is not a phase of the cell cycle? 465. Put the following stages of mitosis in or-
der:anaphase, prophase, metaphase, and
A. Interphase
telophase.
B. Mitosis
A. prophase, metaphase, telophase,
C. Cytokinesis anaphase
D. Duplication B. prophase, anaphase, metaphase,
telophase
461. In which stage of the cell cycle does the
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C. prophase, metaphase, anaphase,
cell duplicate its DNA? telophase
A. G1 D. prophase, telophase, metaphase,
B. S anaphase
D. Reproducing B. sperm
C. fertilization
473. A spindle fiber is a specialized form of
D. egg
A. microtubule
479. Chromosomes duplicate, the cell grows
B. centrosome
and develops
C. centriole
A. Metaphase
D. chromosome
B. Telophase
474. Checks for chromosome attachment to C. Interphase
the spindle at the metaphase plate.
D. Anaphase
A. G1 checkpoint
480. A Goat has a diploid number of 60. What
B. G2 checkpoint is the number of chromosomes in one of its
C. Spindle checkpoint gametes?
D. DNA polymerase A. 60
B. 30 C. cytokinesis
C. 100 D. none of above
D. 120 486. The cell cycle is controlled by regulatory
481. The following describes during mito- at the three key checkpoints.
sis. The chromatin condenses and spindle A. Proteins
fibers form at each side of the cell. The B. Ribosomes
nuclear membrane breaks apart.
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C. Cytoplasm
A. prophase
D. none of above
B. metaphase
C. anaphase 487. During which stage of the cell cycle does
the cell membrane pinchthe cell into two
D. telophase daughter cells?
482. What does the M stage checkpoint look A. telophase
for? B. interphase
A. is the cell big enough to divide? C. prophase
B. is DNA copied properly? D. cytokinesis
C. are there errors in DNA?
488. The part of the cell cycle that divides the
D. have chromosomes properly attached cytoplasm of the cell
to spindle fibers?
A. Synthesis Phase
483. What the two major phases of the eu- B. G1 Phase
karytoic cell cycle
C. G2 Phase
A. Mitosis and DNA replication
D. Cytokinesis
B. DNA replication and Cytokinesis
489. Lung cancer cells do not respond to the
C. Mitosis and Cyotkinesis
signals that regulate the growth of normal
D. none of above lung cells. Which process is not regulated
in the cancerous cells?
484. What are chromosomes?
A. meiosis
A. They attach to the DNA and pull it to
the sides B. mitosis
B. They contain mitochondria C. fertilization
C. They contain ribosomes D. transpiration
D. DNA packaged into threadlike struc- 490. Which of these does not happen in
tures Prophase 1 of meiosis?
485. Which part of the cell cycle is divided A. Nucleus breaks down
into prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and B. Chromosomes cross over in tetrads
telophase? C. Independent assortment
A. interphase D. Spindle fibers begin to attach to cen-
B. mitosis tromeres
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B. G2 C. increases surface area to volume ratio
C. G1
D. reduces the volume of each cell
D. M
508. After cell division, the new cells are re-
503. What is the nondividing stage or resting
ferred to as:
stage of the cell cycle called?
A. Brother cells
A. G0 Stage
B. Twin cells
B. G1 Stage
C. Daughter cells
C. G2 Stage
D. none of above
D. G3 Stage
509. One long strand of DNA is called a
504. Put the following stages of the mitosis
cell cycle in the correct order A. nucleus
A. Interphase, Mitosis, Cytokinesis B. nucleolus
522. Which pair of nitrogenous bases will form 528. Binary fission
a bond in a DNA molecule?
A. Is how gametes form.
A. cytosine and adenine
B. Is how body cells form.
B. adenine and thymine
C. Is a form of asexual reproduction.
C. guanine and thymine
D. thymine and cytosine D. is how mammals reproduce.
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523. If the M checkpoint is not cleared, what 529. In which stage of the cell cycle does nu-
specific stage of mitosis will be blocked? clear splitting take place?
A. Anaphase A. G2
B. Metaphase
B. S
C. Prophase
C. Mitosis
D. Telophase
D. Cytokinesis
524. A cell containing one of each kind of chro-
mosome 530. Before cells can divide, what happens to
A. Diploid the DNA?
B. Haploid A. It is replicated
C. Sperm B. It increases in size
D. Egg C. It is divided in half
525. What is the final result of meiosis D. It decreases in size
A. 4 daughter cells/different
531. A picture to show the appearance and
B. 4 daughter cells/ identical
number of chromosomes used to determine
C. 2 daughter cells/ identical if there is a disease caused by a genetic
D. 2 daughter cells/ different mutation?
544. At what stage during mitosis does the nu- 549. The end result of mitosis is
clear envelope break up? A. 2 genetically different daughter cells
A. Metaphase B. 4 genetically identical daughter cells
B. Prophase C. 2 genetically identical daughter cells
C. Anaphase D. 4 genetically different daughter cells
D. Telophase 550. In which stage of the cell cycle is protein
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and organelle synthesis?
545. What is the role of the spindle during mi-
tosis? A. G1
A. It divides the cell in half. B. G2
B. It duplicates the DNA. C. S
C. It breaks down the nuclear membrane. D. Cytokinesis
B. 46 D. none of these
A. Sperm D. S
D. centromere A. G1 checkpoint
B. G2 checkpoint
556. What stage is a cell in when cleavage is
present in the cell division? C. S checkpoint
A. Interphase D. M checkpoint
B. Prophase 562. Medical researchers are interested in
C. Cytokinesis stem cells because they?
D. Metaphase A. are found in all types of tissues
B. can produce different cells types
557. We are the opposite sides of the cell
C. are highly specialized
A. poles
D. are found only in embryos
B. centromere
C. chromosome 563. The two main stages of cell division are
D. equator called
A. mitosis & interphase
558. is defined as division of the cyto-
plasm. B. synthesis & cytokinesis
565. These form during prophase and attach 570. What does shape does a chromosome re-
to chromosomes at the centromere to pull semble during metaphase?
them apart during cell division A. I
A. prophase B. L
B. nucleus C. X
C. spindle fibers D. none of the above
D. gene 571. In telophase of mitosis, chromosomes
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566. On a human karyotype, what chromo- A. form and the nuclear envelope disap-
some pair would have a mutation when pears.
there is a diagnosis of Klinefelter’s Syn- B. are pulled toward opposite ends of the
drome? cell.
A. The first pair of chromosomes C. chromosomes line up along the equa-
tor of the cell
B. The second pair of chromosomes
D. chromosomes begin to decondense
C. The 21st pair of chromosomes and the two new nuclei begin to form.
D. The 23rd pair of chromosomes
572. Which organisms undergo cellular respi-
ration?
567. How many cell cycle checkpoints are
there? A. autotrophs
A. 1 B. heterotrophs
B. 2 C. decomposers
D. all of the above
C. 3
D. 4 573. The phase of mitosis where the nuclear
membrane formsis called .
568. When is apoptosis initiated? A. anaphase
A. When DNA damage is repaired. B. prophase
B. When cells are removed from the cell C. metaphase
cycle. D. telophase
C. When DNA damage cannot be re-
574. After mitosis is complete, the new cells:
paired.
A. are all identical
D. none of above
B. are half identical and half different
569. The structure in the nucleus that is C. are all different
formed from DNA is called a
D. are all stretched out
A. chromosome
575. When DNA is tightly coiled it is called
B. organelle (a):
C. membraneds A. Chromatin
D. ribosome B. Chromosome
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588. DEFINE:What is replication? B. G2
A. process in which DNA is copied C. M
B. when the nucleus divides D. Cytokinesis
C. a type of photosynthesis 594. When DNA is tightly coiled (during mito-
D. final stage of the cell cycle sis) it is called (a):
D. a phosphate, a deoxyribose, and a ni- 603. If there are 20 chromosomes in the nu-
trogenous base cleus before mitosis, how many will there
be in each new daughter cell after cytoki-
599. Which processes is most important for 604. Crossing over creates
the replacement of worn out body cells? A. male genotype
A. diffusion B. genetic variation (differences)
B. meiosis C. DNA replication
C. mitosis D. mitosis
D. absorption
605. All living things are composed of cells.
600. The cell cycle is Which action is not accomplished by re-
A. the process of cells circling throughout peated cell division?
the body A. a plant using sunlight to make its own
B. the process of splitting the organelles food
B. a broken bone growing back together
C. a process where one cell gets energy C. a plant developing new leaves
D. the sequence of stages of growth and D. a baby growing into a teenager
division that a cell undergoes
606. What are the four phases of Mitosis
601. DNA replication occurs in what phase of
cell cycle? A. Telephone Phase, Metaphor phase,
Anaphase, Prophase
A. Interphase
B. Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase,
B. Growth phase
Telophase
C. Mitotic phase
C. Telophase, Anaphase, Prephase
D. Synthesis Phase
D. none of above
602. A sub-phase in the interphase wherein
the cell primarily duplicates its DNA via 607. Interphase contains three stages, includ-
semiconservative replication. What phase ing the G1 and G2 stages. Which of the
am I? following occurs during these gap stages?
A. Telophase A. separation of chromosomes
B. S Phase B. cellular growth
C. Prophase C. DNA replication
D. Interphase D. viral transformation
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skin cells. How many chromosomes would C. G1 phase, S phase, G2 phase, and M
its new daughter cells have? phase
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636. What holds the replicated sister chro-
C. be genetically identical to the parent matids together?
cell A. Centromere
D. synthesize the missing genetic mate- B. Centriole
rial on their own
C. Chromosomes
631. When DNA replication is complete, each D. Cycles
set DNA is
637. During which phase does the cell actu-
A. genetically identical ally separate into two individual daughter
B. contains gene splicing cells?
C. is genetically unique and is not like the A. Prophase
parent strand B. Cytokinesis
D. there are 46 new strands of DNA that C. Interphase
are all identical
D. Metaphase
632. Chromosomes are made up of two identi-
638. Which of the following terms means cy-
cal sister
toplasmic division?
A. chloroplasts
A. interphase
B. nuclei
B. mitosis
C. chromatids
C. cytokinesis
D. genes
D. cell cycle
633. Which is NOT a phase of the Cell Cycle? 639. During most of interphase, DNA is found
A. Duplication in a relaxed form called
B. Cytokinesis A. chromosome
C. Mitosis B. centromere
D. Interphase C. centriole
D. chromatin
634. Eukaryotic cells
A. do not divide. 640. If an organism starts with one cell and
this cell has 10 chromosomes how
B. undergo binary fission. many CHROMOSOMES will each new cell
C. undergo mitosis. have after cell division?
D. have cell walls. A. 1
B. 2 C. centromere
C. 10 D. centriole
651. The three stages of the cell cycle are , 657. a form of asexual reproduction in which
mitosis, andcytokinesis. one cell divides, forming two identical
A. interphase cells.
B. anaphase A. binary fission
C. metaphase B. conjugation
D. prophase C. decomposer
652. In which phase of mitosis do the sister D. pasteurization
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chromatids line up on the equator of the
cell? 658. During this phase the two copied
A. Prophase genomes get separated properly.
B. Metaphase A. G1 or Growth Phase 1
C. Anaphase B. G2 or Growth Phase 2
D. Telophase C. Mitosis Phase
653. What are the stages of the cell cycle? D. Cytokinesis Phase
A. I, M Phase, and C
659. Students in a science class use a micro-
B. PMAT
scope to look at a collection of onion cells.
C. I and C Which phase will most of the cells the stu-
D. None of these dents observe most likely be undergoing?
662. What pair of chromosomes determine D. time it takes for one cell to undergo mi-
gender in humans? tosis
673. this structure produces the spindle fiber C. For growth and repair of injuries.
A. chromatid D. All of the above.
B. chromatin 679. Which of the following represents chro-
C. centromenere mosome # during fertilization?
D. centriol A. n+n=2n
B. n=n
674. In the S stage of interphase
C. 2n=n+n
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A. the cell grows
D. 2n=2n
B. the nucleus divides
680. Cytokinesis is the creation of two identi-
C. the cell membrane divides
cal cells called
D. the DNA is replicated
A. children cells
675. The Chromosome number in a certain fish B. new cells
is 20. How many chromosomes would be C. daughter cells
found in bone cells of this fish?
D. son cells
A. 10
681. In prophase of mitosis, chromosomes
B. 20
A. form and the nuclear envelope disap-
C. 23
pears.
D. 40
B. are pulled toward opposite ends of the
676. the two halves of a chromosome after cell.
DNA has been replicated C. chromosomes line up along the equa-
A. centromeres tor of the cell
C. G2 C. 5
D. M D. 40
683. Which phase of the cell cycle is the
678. Which of the following best describes
longest?
why cells divide through the process of mi-
tosis? A. Interphase
A. To prevent cells from becoming too B. Metaphase
large. C. Anaphase
B. To make more of the same cells. D. Telophase
684. Which best describes DNA during G1? 690. Nondisjunction is related to a number
A. uncondensed and uncopied of serious human disorders. How does
nondisjunction cause these disorders?
695. The process by which a cell divides into 701. Why must cells of an organism repli-
two daughter cells is called cate?
A. cell division A. growth
B. metaphase B. repair of damaged cells
C. interphase
C. replacement of dying cells.
D. G1
D. All of the above
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696. the form of a chromosome that looks like
an “X” when going through cell division. 702. The stage of mitosis in which chromatids
A. duplicated chromosome are replicated, spindle fibers begin to form,
and the nuclear membrane disintegrates
B. chromatin
A. metaphase
C. chromatid
D. none of above B. prophase
C. meiosis C. Anaphase
D. telekinesis D. Interphase
706. The following describes during mito- 711. are mechanisms involving proteins
sis. The chromosomes line up along the and enzymes that regulate or control the
center of the cell and the spindle fibers cell cycle
716. A sub-phase in the interphase of the cell 721. In human beings, which factor determines
cycle wherein the cell continues to grow the sex of an individual?
and then prepares for cell division. What A. Number of chromosomes
phase am I?
B. Presence of Y chromosome
A. Anaphase
C. Pairing with the X chromosome
B. Metaphase
D. Formation of genetically identical cells
C. G1 Phase
722. Sister chromatids separate and move
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D. G2 Phase
apart along the spindle fibers. Each chro-
717. Cancerous cell can often develop a large matid is now one individual chromosome.
mass of cells called a tumor. The tumor is A. Prophase
the result of-
B. Metaphase
A. A group of dead and dying cells.
C. Anaphase
B. Inability of the immune system to kill
D. Telophase
pathogens.
C. Uncontrolled cell division. 723. A substance capable of causing cancer is
called a
D. Viral infections.
A. Radiation
718. What is the process of cell division that
B. Genome
forms two nuclei?
C. Carcinogen
A. homologous chromosomes
D. Spindle Fiber
B. mitosis
C. cell cycle 724. What is benign?
D. chromosomes A. A substance capable of causing cancer
in living tissue.
719. What are the different checkpoints in or-
B. Is a cancerous tumor.
der?
C. Is a non-cancerous tumor.
A. M checkpoint, G2 checkpoint, and G1
checkpoint D. A substance that is not capable of caus-
ing cancer.
B. G1 checkpoint, S checkpoint, G2 check-
point, and M checkpoint 725. The cell spends most of its time in (in be-
C. G1 checkpoint and G2 checkpoint tween) which phase?
D. G1 checkpoint, G2 checkpoint, and M A. anaphase
checkpoint B. interphase
720. Which is true in both mitosis and meio- C. prophase
sis? D. metaphase
A. Production of haploid cells 726. During this phase, chromosomes meet
B. Division of two cells into four and line up in the middle of the cell:
C. Cytokinesis after nuclear division A. prophase
D. Formation of genetically identical cells B. anaphase
C. metaphase A. Anaphase
D. telophase B. Metaphase
A. 1 D. Prophase
D. gap 2 A. prophase
B. telophase
738. At the end of the mitotic cell cycle, a cell
divides into two cells. What must happen C. interpahse
before the cell divides? D. anaphase
A. the number of organelles triples 744. The absorption of nutrients is determined
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B. chromosomes must be copied by
C. four nuclei must be formed A. The cell’s volume
D. the membrane thickens B. The cell’s surface area
742. In which stage of the cell cycle is protein C. process in which DNA is copied
and organelle synthesis. The cell prepares D. doubled rod of condensed chromatin
for mitosis.
748. The chromosomes align in the middle of
A. G1 the cell during which stage of the cell cy-
B. G2 cle?
C. S A. Anaphase
D. Cytokinesis B. Metaphase
760. Cancer tumors result from 766. A cell that does not divide will enter
A. rapid cell division and an accumulation phase.
of mutations A. G1
B. rapid DNA replication and apoptosis B. Interphase
C. slow cell division and angiogenesis
C. S
D. Short G1 Phase and long S-Phase
D. G0
761. What does NOT happen during inter-
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phase? 767. Chromatin refers to DNA that is
A. growth A. old and needs to be dissolved.
B. DNA replication B. completely unwound and ready for
C. obtaining nutrients replication.
D. cell divison C. tightly bound into chromosome-like
762. Which of the following phrases best de- structures.
scribes cytokinesis? D. relaxed like a bowl of spaghetti.
A. division of the cytoplasm
768. What happens in cytokinesis?
B. division of the nucleus
C. division of DNA A. The cell fully splits into two cells
763. Which is less likely to be a function of mi- C. The cell prepares for mitosis
tosis? D. There are eight important checkpoints
A. Organism growth there
B. Body tissue repair
769. Which is the longest stage of the cell cy-
C. Gamete development cle?
D. Asexual reproduction A. G1
764. Which of the following best describes B. S
apoptosis?
C. Mitosis
A. Programmed cell death.
D. Cytokinesis
B. Nucleic division.
C. Uncontrolled cell growth. 770. During what stage of the cell cycle would
D. none of above you expect to have the lowest amount
of cellular growth and synthesis taking
765. Before a cell can proceed to mitosis from place?
the gap 2 stage of the cell cycle, it must-
A. G2 Phase
A. double in size
B. complete a full cell cycle B. Mitosis
771. The cell carries out normal functions dur- B. are pulled toward opposite ends of the
ing.. cell.
B. 6 D. none of above
782. Cancer is a disorder in which some cells 788. Before DNA can be replicated, the DNA
have lost the ability to control their must separate
A. size A. between the phosphate groups
B. spindle fibers
B. behind the deoxyribose sugars
C. growth rate
C. from the sugar-phosphate backbone
D. surface
D. between the nitrogen bases
783. Two identical copies of a chromosome is
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A. centromere 789. As a cell increases in size, the surface
B. centrosome area to volume ratio
C. chromatid A. increases
D. chromosome B. decreases
784. Chromatids are held together by a C. stays the same
A. spindle fiber D. none of above
B. centromere
790. Match the definition with the word. A re-
C. cell plate
peating series of events that describes the
D. centriole life of a cell.
785. Which of the following describes the pur- A. Cell division
pose of the mitotic cell division?
B. Cell cycle
A. To make more of the same cells.
C. Cell growth
B. For growth and repair.
C. To prevent the cell from becoming too D. none of above
large.
791. During which phase of the cell cycle are
D. All of the above.
the chromosomes lined up in the middle of
786. During which phase of mitosis does cy- the cell?
tokinesis begin?
A. metaphase
A. prophase
B. prophase
B. metaphase
C. telophase
C. anaphase
D. telophase D. allophase
787. Which phase of mitosis are the sister 792. Prophase occurs in which phase of the cell
chromatids pulled apart to opposite ends cycle?
of the cell?
A. M phase
A. Prophase
B. S phase
B. Metaphase
C. Anaphase C. G0
D. Telophase D. Interphase
793. What does DNA polymerase do during C. the cytoplasm must be separated
replication? D. the cell membrane must be split
795. Which phase of the cell cycle ensures that 800. Mitosis is the stage of the cell cycle dur-
identical copies the parent cell DNA are ing which
made for the daughter cells? A. the cell’s nucleus divides into two new
A. G1 nuclei
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phase? C. mitosis
A. G3, S, G5 D. cell cycle
B. G1, S, G2
810. Which of the following represents the cor-
C. DNA replication, Chromosome separa- rect order of mitosis using only the first
tion, Cytokinesis letter of each word?
D. none of above A. PMAT
805. I am the first stage of mitosis during B. MAPT
which the nuclear envelope and nucleolus C. TAMP
disappear (nucleus disappears)
D. PAMT
A. interphase
811. the phase in mitosis where chromosomes
B. prophase
split and are pulled by spindles toward op-
C. metaphase posite sides of the cell.
D. anaphase A. prophase
806. What is the role of spindle fibers during B. anaphase
mitosis? C. metaphase
A. separate chromosomes D. telephase
B. breaks down nuclear membrane
812. This Check Point checks cell size, nutrient
C. duplicates DNA availability, growth factors and DNA dam-
D. divides the cell in half age.
A. G2
807. Which statement is true about the cell cy-
cle? B. S
A. It requires carbon dioxide C. M
B. Eukaryotes do it D. G1
C. It is only for epidermal cells 813. What is the first stage of the cell cycle
D. none of above called?
A. chromatin 823. Which part of the cell cycle does the cyto-
B. chromosomes plasm pinch off and a new daughter cell is
formed that is identical to the parent cell.
C. chromatid
A. Interphase
D. none of above
B. Mitosis
818. “Cyto” in cytokinesis means C. Cytokinesis
A. Cell D. none of above
B. Breaking
824. Which of the following processes would a
C. Lipid scientist trying to treat patients with can-
D. Two cer most likely target?
819. Pairs of similar chromosomes are called A. The cell cycle of the patient.
B. Homeostasis in the organism.
A. chromosomes C. Meiosis in the sex organs.
B. homologous chromosomes D. Rate of cellular respiration.
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A. 23 D. all of the above
B. 48 832. What happens in prophase of mitosis?
C. 46 A. The chromosomes become visible; nu-
D. 92 cleus disappear; spindles form
B. The chromosomes align in the middle
827. DEFINE:What is mitosis of the cell
A. stage of the cell cycle during which the C. The sister chromatids separate
cell’s nucleus divides
D. The chromosomes uncoil into chro-
B. first stage of the cell cycle matin; nucleus reappears; spindles disap-
C. the process of replication pear
D. the final stage of the cell cycle 833. What macromolecule group does DNA be-
828. What is the first checkpoint of the cell cy- long to?
cle? A. carbohydrates
A. Mitosis checkpoint B. lipids
B. G1 checkpoint C. nucleic acids
C. G2 checkpoint D. proteins
D. none of above 834. the phase in mitosis where chromosomes
829. Asexual reproduction will result in line up in the middle of the cell
A. Identical offspring to the parent A. prophase
B. Twins B. metaphase
C. Meiosis C. anaphase
D. Non-identical offspring to the parent D. telephase
830. The correct order of prokaryotic cell divi- 835. If the diploid number of chromosomes
sion is: of a dog is 92, how many chromosomes
would be in each gamete at the end of
A. DNA replication→Chromosome meiosis?
separation→Growth
A. 39 chromosomes
B. Growth→Cytokinesis→DNA replica-
tion B. 46 chromosomes
C. DNA replication→Chromosome C. 78 chromosomes
separation→Cytokinesis D. 184 chromosomes
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B. CGGTAA
the cell prepare for mitosis?
C. TTACCG
A. G1 phase
D. AATGGC
B. S phase
C. G2 phase 854. The cells produced by the process of meio-
sis are called:
D. M phase
A. gametes
849. The purpose of meiosis is to form
B. somatic cells
cells.
C. body cells
A. body
B. sex D. skin cells
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D. nerve cell D. the M phase and the S phase
23. What phase are cells in the longest? 28. Eukaryotic chromomes are made up of
A. Interphase A. centromeres
B. Metaphase B. chromatin
C. Anaphase C. chromatids
D. Telophase D. centrioles
24. Tell whether the given event in cell division 29. What is metastasis?
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happens during Mitosis only, Meiosis only, A. The original site of cancer growth, be-
or Both.Formation of two daughter cells nign, not harmful
A. Mitosis B. The movement of cancerous cells form
B. Meiosis the original site
33. An advantage of sexual reproduction over 38. The diploid number of chromosomes of a
asexual reproduction is that sexual repro- dog is 28. During Meiosis I, one of the ho-
duction mologous chromosome pairs does not sep-
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44. From which organelle does the spindle
fibers come from? 50. During interphase,
A. Endoplasmic Reticulum A. the cell divides into 2 unique daughter
B. Nucleus cells.
C. Cytoplasm B. the cell’s chromosomes are duplicated.
D. Centriole
C. the cell’s chromosomes condense into
45. The cellular process in which materials are chromatids.
moved across a membrane from an area of D. the cell divides into 2 identical daugh-
low concentration to an area of high con- ter cells.
centration is called
51. What process occurs in BOTH mitosis and
A. osmosis.
meiosis
B. simple diffusion. A. crossovers in prophase I
C. active transport. B. separation of sister chromatids
D. passive transport. C. anaphase II
46. the 2 rod-like parts that make up a chro- D. division of two genetically identical nu-
mosome are called clei
A. chromatids 52. In humans, the 4 daughter cells of meiosis
contain
B. spindle fiber
A. 46 chromosomes
C. centriole
B. 23 chromosomes
D. cell division
C. 92 chromosomes
47. cells are made D. No chromosomes
A. Mitosis
53. The kinases that drive the cell cycle are ac-
B. Meiosis tually present at a constant concentration
C. Binary Fission in a growing cell, but much of the time they
are inactive. To be active, kinases must be
D. Exocytosis attached to a
48. In the G2 stage of cell division, are A. centromere
made. B. centrosome
A. organelles C. chromosome
B. structures for cell division D. cyclin
54. Which of these organisms relies on mitosis 59. Which of the following processes is NOT
for reproduction? an example of a purpose for mitosis?
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65. produces 4 daughter cells A. the same number
A. mitosis B. half as many
B. meiosis C. twice as many
C. both D. four times as many
D. none of above
71. Name the event wherein the paternal and
66. After cell division, the new cells are re- maternal chromosomes change their mate-
ferred to as cells. rial with each other in cell division
A. cytoplasm A. Crossing over
B. daughter B. Synapsis
C. proteins C. Bivalent Formation
D. segregation D. Dyad formation
67. When a cell divides by mitosis, what will 72. The activity of helicase exposes
be the genetic composition of the resulting
A. Template parent strands
two cells?
A. They will be identical. B. Complementary daughter strands
A. Telophase D. Checkpoints
B. Anaphase 74. Phase where the sister chromatids are
C. Prophase pulled apart?
D. Metaphase A. Metaphase
B. Anaphase
69. The process in which cells become special-
ized to perform specific functions is called: C. Prophase
A. differentiation D. Interphase
75. During which stage of cell division does C. different from each other
a cleavage furrow or cell plate begin to
D. identical to each other and parent cell
form?
D. Telephase A. 3
B. 6
79. The resulting cells in meiosis and mitosis
are called the cells. C. 12
A. daughter D. 24
B. sons
85. the process in which the nucleus of the cell
C. mother divides
D. father A. cancer
80. daughter cells produced asexually are B. mitosis
A. identical to each other C. mitosis
B. identical to parent cell D. tumor
86. Chromosomes that are paired together be- C. Storing materials and waste products
cause they are similar in size, shape, and D. Moving needed materials in and waste
the genes they carry are called: products out
A. equal chromosomes
92. Cells that experience stress, such as DNA
B. homologous chromosomes damage, and do not pass certain internal
C. equivalent chromosomes checkpoints can go through programmed
cell death. This is called
D. ambiguous chromosomes
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A. Reduction division
87. The fertilized egg is termed a/an
B. Apoptosis
A. gamete
C. Homologous chromosomes
B. allele
D. Mitosis
C. homolog
93. What occurs in meiosis but NOT mitosis
D. zygote
A. crossovers between homologous chro-
88. Homologous chromosome pairs (tetrads) mosomes
exist during which phase?
B. crossovers between sister chromatids
A. Prophase 1 of meiosis
B. Prophase 2 of meiosis C. spindle formation
C. Prophase of mitosis D. chromosome number is conserved
D. All prophase stages in Mitosis and 94. What is the likely result if there is a muta-
Meiosis tion in the genes responsible for the check-
89. How many chromosomes in a normal hu- points in the cell cycle?
man sex cell? A. Tissues
A. 46 B. Organs
B. 23 C. Cancer
C. 92 D. Reproduction
D. 2 95. If an animal has 10 chromosomes in its
skin cells, how many chromosomes will be
90. In which phase of the cell cycle is DNA repli-
found in its gametes?
cated?
A. 20
A. gap 1
B. 10
B. gap 2
C. 5
C. mitosis
D. 15
D. synthesis
96. Substage of interphase in which the cell
91. If cells grow too large, they have more prepares for nuclear division and creates
trouble a protein to make microtubules for cell di-
A. Dividing vision
B. Producing daughter cells A. Interphase
108. Cell division is important to the pro- 113. a change in a gene or chromosome
duction of an offspring. A. mutation
A. repiration B. fertilization
B. repairing C. heterozygous
C. reproduction D. homozygous
D. results 114. This process results in the production of
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haploid reproductive cells
109. During , the nuclear envelope breaks
down A. Mitosis
B. Production of sex cells
A. prohase
C. Meiosis
B. metaphase
D. Production of reproductive cells
C. telophase
D. interphase 115. What structure is found in prokaryotic
cells, but not in eukaryotic cells?
110. Which of the following phrases best de- A. a singular, circular chromosome
scribes cancer? B. a chromosome wrapped around many
A. absence of cyclins in the DNA histones
B. multiple gene mutations on a chromo- C. a chromosome found in the nucleus
some of DNA D. mitotic spindle (spindle fibers)
C. uncontrolled cell growth caused by mu- 116. The time between cell divisions in the life
tations in genes that control the cell cycle cycle of the cell is called, the resting phase
A. anaphase
D. presence of genetic defects caused by
hereditary disorders B. interphase
C. prophase
111. Body cells are also called D. metaphase
A. Somatic cells
117. Division of the cytoplasm and or-
B. Lymphocytes ganelles.
C. Gametes A. Mitosis
D. Leukocytes B. Metaphase
C. Cytokinesis
112. cell growth and production of a new or-
ganells and enzymes are characteristic of D. Cytoplasm
prophase
118. All organisms are made of:
A. interphase A. organelles
B. metaphase B. cytoplasm
C. energy C. DNA
D. cytokinesis D. cells
119. Cell division is also known as 125. Humans have 46 chromosomes. During
A. interphase prophase, how many chromatids does the
cell have?
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C. chromosome
mitosis and cytokinesis, how many chro-
matids does each daughter cell have? D. chromatid
146. During which phase is DNA replicated (or 151. The production of four haploid gametes
copied)? from one mother cell is completed during
147. Before a cell can divide, what must hap- 152. Which of the following cells is a sex cell?
pen?
A. egg
A. Nothing, it is always ready to divide
B. bone
B. The number of chromosomes must be
cut in half C. heart
C. The DNA must be copied D. muscle
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154. Why are stem cells important? D. Parthenogenesis
A. They have specialized DNA
160. What is DNA composed of?
B. They are incapable of becoming cancer
A. Sugars, salts, and hydrogen bonds
cells
B. Phosphate, a pentose sugar, and a ni-
C. They have the potential to undergo cell
trogenous base
division
C. A nitrogenous base, hexose sugar, and
D. They have the potential to develop into polyphosphate
other cell types
D. A phosphate sugar, Ribonucleic acid,
155. The final stages of mitosis should have and hydrogen
how many cells?
161. What happens in cancer cells?
A. 1
A. The DNA mutates and is passed along
B. 2 to the daughter cells. Division happens
C. 3 rapidly and cancer spreads.
D. 46 B. The daughter cells do not divide
156. Many of the events of mitosis depend on C. The parent cell does not divide
mitotic spindle fibers which begin to form D. One daughter cell is bigger than the
in the during prophase other daughter cell
A. nucleus 162. What happens during the cell cycle when
B. cytoplasm the centromeres divide, and the chro-
matids move toward opposite poles?
C. cell membrane
A. Metaphase
D. none of above
B. Anaphase
157. M phase produces
C. Prophase
A. Identical daughter cells
D. Interphase
B. Different daughter cells
163. Cells divide for three important reasons:1
C. Identical parent cells
2.Repair3.Reproduction
D. Different parent cells A. growth
158. No genetic variation B. happiness
A. Sexual C. wealth
B. Asexual D. respiration
A. Metaphase D. mitosis
B. Prophase 174. During which phase of the cell cycle is
C. Anaphase DNA copied?
D. Telophase A. Interphase
B. Prophase
169. Where does DNA replication occur in eu-
karyotic cells? C. Anaphase
A. The nucleus D. Cytokinesis
C. Renewal A. Genes
D. All of the above B. Deoxyribonucleic Acid
C. Chromosomes
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176. A duplication process of cells
A. mitosis D. Nucleus
B. metaphase 182. What is the main consequence if body
C. telophase cells accumulate DNA mutations that dam-
D. prophase age the signals that regulate the cell cy-
cle?
177. Longest stage of mitosis. The centro- A. AIDS
somes are now at opposite ends of the
cells. the chromosomes convene on the B. cancer
equatorial plate. What phase is this? C. miscarriage
A. Telophase D. Down’s syndrome
B. Anaphase
C. Prophase 183. The sex chromosomes of a male are
D. Metaphase A. XX
B. XY
178. Which type of tumors remain clustered
and can be removed? C. YY
A. malignant D. VV
B. benign
184. A cell’s location within the helps de-
C. black termine how it will differentiate
D. carcinogens A. embryo
179. chart that shows all possible allele com- B. phase
binations for a genetic cross
C. heart
A. Punnett Square
D. brain
B. trait chart
C. family tree 185. Chromosomes replicate and divide during
which phase of interphase?
D. pedigree
A. gap 1
180. What process involves the division of cell
cytoplasm? B. synthesis
A. Meiosis I C. gap 2
B. Meiosis II D. none of above
197. Non-cancerous tumors are called Can- 202. Identify the correct order of the phases
cerous tumors are called of mitosis.
A. metastatic ; malignant A. interphase, metaphase, prophase,
anaphase
B. malignant ; benign
B. metaphase, prophase, anaphase,
C. benign ; malignant
telophase
D. benign ; metastatic
C. prophase, metaphase, anaphase,
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198. This is a special phase where the cell is telophase
considered to be in resting state (from di- D. telophase, interphase, metaphase,
vision). anaphase
A. G0 phase
203. Which of the following is the accurate se-
B. G1 phase quence of phases in Interphase?
C. G2 phase A. Mitosis-cytokinesis-S phase-Go phase
D. Synthesis phase B. G1-G2-S
201. Meiosis makes cells with the original 206. What type of cell division results in two
number of chromosomes. genetically identical cells?
A. Half A. Mitosis
B. Twice B. Meiosis
C. Same C. Both
D. none of above D. none of above
207. The basic unit of life is called a 213. Egg cells are , meaning they only have
A. atom half of the normal chromosome count.
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B. Plant cell
the chromosomes uncoil, and a new nuclear
envelope forms? C. Fungal cell
A. Interphase D. Bacterial cell
B. Telophase
226. Cell division in occurs by binary fis-
C. Prophase sion.
D. Meatphase A. Mitosis
221. Trisomy 21 is also known as B. chromosomes
A. Turner Syndrome C. prokaryotes (or bacteria)
B. Patau Syndrome
D. Interphase
C. Down Syndrome
D. Edward Syndrome 227. After S phase
A. the cell has duplicated its organelles
222. In what stage do chromosomes align in
the center of the cell? B. the cell has divided
A. prophase C. the cell has duplicated its DNA
B. metaphase D. the cell has created two egg cells
C. anaphase
D. telophase 228. The entire sequence of growth and divi-
sion of a cell
223. is a process of recognizing defective A. cell cycle
cells, letting them die, and replacing with
normal cells. B. mitosis
A. Mitosis C. anaphase
B. Apoptosis D. cancer
C. Interphase
229. True or false-living things grow by each
D. Metaphase
individual cell growing in size
224. paired chromosomes with genes for the A. True
same traits (one inherited from mom and
the other from dad) B. False
A. sister chromatids C. Neither
B. centromere D. none of above
230. When cells are grown in a laboratory, 236. During the phase, the cell’s DNA is
which of the following is a factor that can copied in the process of DNA replication.
stop normal cells from dividing?
231. One difference between cell division in 237. The division of the cytoplasm. In animal
plant cells and in animal cells is that plant cells a cleavage furrow appears. In plant
cells have cells, a cell plate forms. What phase is
A. centrioles this?
B. centromeres A. Telophase
C. a cell plate B. Anaphase
D. chromatin C. Prophase
232. Division of the nucleus. D. cytokinesis
A. Cytokinesis
238. Which of the following cell types is
B. Mitosis
formed by meiosis?
C. Prophase
A. skin cells
D. Interphase
B. sperm cells
233. Process that includes two cell divisions.
C. blood cells
A. Mitosis
D. muscle cells
B. Meiosis
C. Both Mitosis and Meiosis 239. What happens during the cell cycle when
D. none of above chromosomes condense, and the nuclear
envelope breaks down and the spindle
234. The spindle fiber attaches to which of the forms?
following:
A. Telophase
A. Nuclear membrane
B. Cell membrane B. Interphase
C. Centromere C. Prophase
D. Chromatin D. Metaphase
235. Cell growth during G1 and G2 ensures 240. Cytokinesis allows cells to
cells are after division
A. Divide their nucleus
A. Half the size
B. The correct size B. Replicate their nucleus
241. What is the final stage of the cell cycle? 246. the joining of a sperm and egg
A. Telophase A. fertilization
B. Meiosis B. meiosis
C. Cytokinesis C. mitosis
D. Mitosis D. genetics
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one way of thinking about A. gap 1
A. meiosis B. gap 2
B. mitosis C. synthesis
C. cancer D. cytokinesis
B. anaphase D. anaphase
B. The number of chromosomes doubled. 257. During which stage of interphase does
the cell form the special structures that
will be needed for division?
255. What is an tumor suppressor D. To let a person know when they need
to get out of the cold
A. A mutated gene that promotes uncon-
trolled cell division 261. How many cells are created at the end of
Mitosis?
B. A gene that normally suppresses the
cell cycle A. 1
C. A gene that regulates mitosis B. 2
D. none of above C. 3
D. 4
256. consists of the G1, S, and G2 phases
of the cell cycle. 262. has 1 division
A. Mitosis A. mitosis
B. cell cycle B. meiosis
C. Mitosis C. both
D. Interphase D. none of above
263. How many cells would there be after five 268. Cancer is a disorder in which some cells
divisions? have lost the ability to regulate their
A. 10 A. Size
B. 5 B. Cell cycle
C. 2 C. Spindle fibers
D. 20 D. Surface area
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264. During which phase of the cell cycle does 269. in the cell cycle ensure that the cell is
the cell spend the most time? ready to proceed before it moves on to the
next phase of the cycle.
A. Mitosis
A. segregation
B. Cytokinesis
B. proteins
C. Interphase
C. cytoplasm
D. none of above
D. Checkpoints
265. What is a secondary tumor?
270. A structures that contain identical copies
A. The original site of cancer growth, be-
of DNA joined together by the centromere
nign, not harmful
and eventually separated during cell divi-
B. The movement of cancerous cells form sion.
the original site
A. chromatin
C. The growth of tumors at new sites af-
B. chromosomes
ter metastasis, harmful
C. sister chromatids
D. none of above
D. spindle apparatus
266. If you started with 12 chromosomes in
the nucleus of a plant cell and it went 271. What part of cell division does this hap-
through meiosis, how many chromosomes pen? The cell divides in half. The cyto-
would each sperm in a pollen grain con- plasm divides and the cell “pinches” into
tain? two nearly equal parts.
A. 12 A. telophase
B. 6 B. anaphase
C. 24 C. cytokinesis
D. 20 D. metaphase
267. What structure assists in the cell division 272. Loose DNA is referred to as The DNA
of plant cells? is in this form during
A. cell wall A. chromatin; interphase
B. chloroplast B. chromatin; prophase
C. central vacuole C. chromosomes; interphase
D. cell plate D. chromosomes; metaphase
284. Which of the following statements cor- 289. phase of the cell cycle in which the cell’s
rectly describes meiosis? DNA is copied
A. Meiosis does not occur in reproductive A. binary fission
cells. B. cell cycle
B. The cells produced at the end are iden- C. synthesis phase
tical
D. DNA replication
C. the cells produced at the end contain
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half the # of chromosomes 290. Which of these is paired correctly?
D. cytokinesis D. 92
305. What do cyclins regulate? 311. During which phase of mitosis do the
A. cancer chromosomes line up along the middle of
the dividing cell?
B. mitosis
A. prophase
C. the cell cycle
D. seasons B. interphase
C. metaphase
306. tightly coiled DNA that contains the ge-
netic code D. anaphase
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A. meiosis
312. When a starfish grows a new body off a
B. chromosome broken arm, what kind of reproduction is
C. diploid this?
D. haploid A. Sexual
307. When do cells undergoing mitosis become B. Differentiation
haploid? C. Asexual
A. After Metaphase
D. Specialization
B. After Cytokinesis
C. After Telophase 313. For each of the following state if the cell
is haploid or diploid.a. Sperm cell = b.
D. They are always diploid nerve cell = c. Egg cell = d. stomach cell =
308. What is an oncogene? A. haploid, diploid, diploid, diploid
A. A mutated gene that promotes uncon- B. diploid, haploid, haploid, diploid
trolled cell division
C. diploid, haploid, diploid, haploid
B. A gene that normally suppresses the
cell cycle D. haploid, diploid, haploid, diploid
C. A gene that regulates mitosis
314. starting with a fertilized egg (zygote), a
D. none of above series of five cell divisions would produce
309. Substances known to promote cancer are an early embryo with how many cells?
called A. 4
A. nucleotides B. 8
B. growth factors C. 16
C. carcinogens
D. 32
D. malignant
315. The process that produces genetically
310. Which phase might be for a cancerous cell
IDENTICAL daughter cells
to undergo apoptosis?
A. Mitosis
A. G1
B. G2 B. Meiosis
C. G0 C. Both Mitosis and Meiosis
D. S D. none of above
316. What best causes genetic variation in 322. Time period between cell divisions.
meiosis? A. Anaphase
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329. How many chromosomes does a normal
human body cell have? C. apoptosis
A. 42 D. histones
B. 46 335. When a cell undergoing mitosis is viewed
C. 24 under the microscope, the chromosomes
are being pulled to opposite sides of the
D. 64
cell. What phase is it in?
330. Which phase does this describe:The chro- A. Prophase
mosomes migrate to the center of the cell
B. Metaphase
or the equatorial plate. Each centromere is
connected to two spindle fibers, one from C. Anaphase
each pole. D. Telophase
A. prophase 336. The method of reproduction used by
B. metaphase prokaryotic organisms (bacteria), in which
C. anaphase the organism divides into two genetically
identical organisms is called
D. telophase
A. conjugation
331. What type of cell division is used for B. meiosis
asexual reproduction?
C. sexual reproduction
A. Mitosis
D. binary fission
B. Meiosis
337. What term refers to cell division in eu-
C. Both
karyotes?
D. none of above A. binary fission
332. In prophase, a of fibers that attach B. budding
to the centromere of the chromosomes. C. mitosis
A. spindle D. chromatin
B. windle
338. Bacteria reproduce asexually by a pro-
C. swindle cess called
D. strand A. replication
333. Which phase of mitosis is associated with B. meiosis
formation of the nuclear envelope? C. mitosis
A. Prophase D. binary fission
339. Before cell division takes place, DNA has 344. Cells divide when tissues and organs are
to make an exact copy of itself. This is
called
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356. Which part of mitosis does this happen?
C. they are identical A nuclear membrane forms around each
D. they carry the same genetic informa- group of chromosomes.
tion A. telophase
B. Prophase A. mitosis
C. Metaphase B. meiosis
D. Anaphase C. both
D. none of above
354. Sister chromatids are separated at the
during anaphase 360. What is the order of Mitosis
A. Centromere A. MAPT
B. Telomere B. PMAT
C. Centrosome C. TAMP
D. Chromatin D. AMPT
361. Mitosis allows cells to 366. In which stage of cell division does
crossing-over take place?
A. Divide their nucleus
372. Tell whether the given event in cell divi- B. produce p53
sion happens during Mitosis only, Meiosis C. cause cancer
only, or Both.Separation of chromatids
D. work to heal wounds
A. Mitosis
B. Meiosis 378. How many chromosomes are produced
during mitosis?
C. Both
A. 23
D. none of above
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B. 46
373. What do cells divide C. 44
A. to allow for diffusion of nutrients and D. 38
waste
379. Cells go through mitosis
B. to produce new cells during an organ-
ism’s growth A. so an organism can grow
C. to replace damaged cells B. so parts of an organism can heal after
injury
D. all of the above
C. so an organism can maintain home-
374. Identify the correct order of the phases ostasis
of Interphase.
D. all of these
A. G2, S, G1
380. DNAP adds free nucleotides to
B. G1, S, G2
the ends of primers
C. Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase,
A. DNA, 3’
Telophase
B. DNA, 5’
D. G1, G2, S
C. RNA, 3’
375. What type of cells have not begun to dif-
D. RNA, 5’
ferentiate into specialized cells?
A. gametes 381. The new cells created by cell division with
mitosis have
B. stem cells
A. half of the original cell’s DNA
C. somatic cells
B. twice of the original cell’s DNA
D. neurons
C. an exact copy of the original cell’s DNA
376. Mitosis makes and Meiosis makes
. D. have a brand new DNA structure
A. Gametes, Clones
382. During mitosis, a parent cell with four
B. 4, 2 chromosomes will produce two daughter
C. Eggs, Sperm cells, each with
D. Clones, Gametes A. sixteen chromosomes
383. If you were to observe a sample of divid- 389. This develops in the middle of a plant cell
ing cells, which phase would MOST of the separating it into two daughter cells dur-
cells be in? ing cytokinesis
384. cell with two of each kind of chromosome 390. Which of the following normally results
(2n) from meiosis in a human cell that contains
46 chromosomes?
A. meiosis
A. an egg cell with 46 chromosomes
B. chromosome
B. a liver cell with 23 chromosomes
C. diploid
C. a sperm cell with 23 chromosomes
D. haploid
D. a blood cell with 46 chromosomes
385. the cell increases in size during which
phase of the cell cycle? 391. identical halves of the duplicated chromo-
some joined together by a centromere
A. G1
A. gametes
B. S
B. sister chromatids
C. G2
C. centromere
D. M
D. homologous chromosomes
386. DNA Replication occurs during which part
392. During the process of meiosis, chromo-
of the cell cycle?
somes replicate
A. G phase
A. once, during interphase I
B. S phase B. once, during interphase II
C. M phase C. twice, during prophase I and II
D. P phase D. twice, during interphase I and II
387. What portion of the cell cycle involves the 393. What do genes encode for?
actual dividing?
A. Lipids
A. interphase
B. Fats
B. mitosis
C. DNA
C. Gap 1
D. Proteins
D. Gap 2
394. Phase where the nuclear envelope breaks
388. Cells of organism make mitosis for? down?
A. growth A. Interphase
B. repair of damaged tissue B. Prophase
C. replacement of dying cells. C. Metaphase
D. All of the above D. Anaphase
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B. three diploid gametes
396. The cell is carrying out its typical func-
C. four diploid gametes
tions, not engaged in preparing for cell di-
vision D. four haploid gametes
A. S-phase 402. Which phase during interphase does
B. Gap 0 this happen?Organelles replicate and
molecules needed for cell division are pro-
C. Cytokinesis
duced; the shortest phase of interphase.
D. Anaphase
A. G2 Phase
397. What is the purpose of cytokinesis? B. G1 Phase
A. cell metabolism and growth C. S Phase
B. nucleic division D. Cytokinesis
C. cytoplasmic division
403. What is it called when a sperm and egg
D. none of above meet?
398. if the parent cell has 12 chromosomes, A. meiosis
how many chromosomes does each daugh- B. fertilization
ter cell have after mitosis?
C. cell division
A. 6
D. mitosis
B. 12
C. 24 404. Cell division allow organisms to do every-
thing except
D. 46
A. repair
399. an abnormal mass of cells
B. evolve
A. mitosis
C. grow
B. cancer
D. reproduce
C. cytokinesis
405. What stage in cell cycle that allows an ex-
D. tumor
act copy of the DNA to be synthesized?
400. What type of cells can divide and renew A. G0 phase
themselves for long periods of time, re-
main undifferentiated in form, and differ- B. G1 phase
entiate into a variety of specialized cells? C. G2 phase
A. cancer cells D. Synthesis phase
406. Which type of cell division involves rip- 411. In animal cells, what happens before the
ping “double” chromosomes into “single” cell splits in two?
chromosomes?
A. mitosis A. prophase
B. meiosis B. metaphase
C. both C. anaphase
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draw from the cell cycle
B. metaphase
417. Phase where DNA is copied?
C. anaphase
A. Prophase
D. telophase
B. Metaphase
C. Interphase 423. During mitosis, when do sister chro-
matids separate?
D. Cytokinesis
A. prophase
418. a picture of a cell’s chromosomes
B. metaphase
A. sister chromatids
C. anaphase
B. centromere
D. never
C. homologous chromosomes
D. karyotype 424. Name the growth phase of the cell cycle
for both Mitosis and Meiosis.
419. cell division allows organism to grow, re-
A. metaphase
pair damaged structures, and
A. reproduce B. telophase
427. tumors tend to be less dangerous A. So the offspring has genes from both
than tumors. parents
B. Salutations C. interphase
A. 23 A. prophase
B. 46 B. metaphase
C. 12 C. anaphase
D. 92 D. telophase
438. What role does the centromere play in cel- 443. A dog has a diploid number of 72 chromo-
lular reproduction? somes. How many chromosomes would be
in a dog cell AFTER meiosis?
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A. It is the area where microtubules are
formed. A. 144
B. It is the area where the nucleus is dur- B. 72
ing cell division. C. 36
C. It is the area of alignment for the chro- D. 2
mosomes.
444. Which of these phases of mitosis take
D. It is the area of attachment for chro-
place first?
matids.
A. anaphase
439. How many rounds of division do cells go
B. telophase
through in meiosis
C. prophase
A. one
D. metaphase
B. four
C. two 445. In eukaryotic cell division, the process of
cytoplasmic division is called
D. none
A. cytokinesis
440. An uncontrolled division of abnormal cells
B. cytomeiosis
in a part of the body is
C. cytoplasmosis
A. cancer
D. cytomitosis
B. cell division
C. cell cycle 446. In which of the following does DNA repli-
cation NOT occur
D. mitosis
A. Interphase of mitosis
441. Cells grow and divide to make copies of B. Interphase 1
themselves or to produce
C. Interphase 2
A. new cells
D. None of the above
B. old cells
C. bacteria 447. How many daughter cells are produced at
the end of meiosis?
D. atoms
A. 1
442. Which phase does this describe:The spin- B. 2
dle separates the chromatids to form indi-
vidual chromosomes and they move away C. 3
from each other towards the poles. D. 4
459. The two main stages of cell division are 465. How many new cells are produced from
called cell division with mitosis?
A. mitosis and interphase A. 1
B. synthesis and cytokinesis B. 2
C. the M phase and the S phase C. 4
D. mitosis and cytokinesis D. 6
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460. The human karyotype 466. phase of the cell cycle that includes the
A. is haploid G1, S, and G2 phases
462. This process results in the production of 468. In eukaryotic cells, the timing of the cell
diploid cells cycle is regulated by
A. Mitosis A. centrioles
B. Production of sex cells B. cyclins
C. Meiosis C. spindle fibers
D. Production of reproductive cells D. the nuclear membrane
463. Which disease causes cancer of blood 469. Which of these cells divides the least
cells? quickly?
A. Sickle Celled Anemia A. Liver cell
B. Diabetes B. Skin cell
C. Leukemia C. Blood cell
D. Insomnia D. none of above
464. What phase of interphase does DNA repli- 470. During this stage the cell grows and dou-
cate? ble sin size.
A. G1 A. G1
B. S B. G2
C. G2 C. M
D. G0 D. S
471. Which phase of the cell cycle copies 477. DNA will condense into
DNA? A. Centromeres
474. Sarah inherits a new mutation from her 480. the assembly of spindle microtubules
mother. During which stage of cell division starts at the
did the mutation likely occur?
A. centrosome
A. Prophase of Mitosis
B. centromere
B. Prophase 1 of Meiosis
C. centrioles
C. Telophase of Mitosis
D. cytokinesis
D. Cytokinesis of Meiosis 1
481. During which stage of the cell cycle does
475. In mitosis, the end product is the cell membrane pinch the cell into two?
A. 2 haploid cells
A. telophase
B. 2 diploid cells
B. interphase
C. 4 haploid cells
C. prophase
D. 4 diploid cells
D. cytokinesis
476. What phase is a cell in if the chromo-
somes are all lined up down the middle? 482. During cytokinesis, the divides.
A. Anaphase A. cytoplasm
B. Metaphase B. daughter
C. Prophase C. proteins
D. Telophase D. checkpoints
483. Identify which is NOT an advantage of 488. In which stage are cells prepared for cell
asexual reproduction? division?
A. the ability to produce a great number A. cytokinesis
of offspring
B. interphase
B. only 1 parent needed for reproduction
C. karyokinesis
D. s phase
C. less energy needed to reproduce
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D. creates genetic variety in the popula- 489. What are the phases in order of the cell
tion cycle?
484. When bacteria cells divide, where does A. Interphase, Prophase, Metaphase,
their DNA replicate? Anaphase, Telophase, Cytokinesis
A. a lower surface area/volume ratio 490. Meiosis can be carried out by cells in the
than the parent cell
A. Liver
B. a higher surface area/volume ratio
B. Testes
than the parent cell
C. Skin
C. more DNA in its nucleus than the par-
ent cell D. All of the above
D. less DNA in its nucleus than the parent 491. During mitosis, the are sorted and
cel separated to ensure that each daughter
486. as mitosis begins, a condensed chromo- cell receives a complete set.
some consists of two A. prokaryotes (or bacteria)
A. centromeres B. chromosomes
B. centrioles C. Mitosis
C. chromatins D. synthesis
D. chromatids
492. During which stage of cell division do sis-
487. Which term refers to the gene recombina- ter chromatids line up along the center of
tion that happens during prophase I? the cell?
A. crossing-over A. Prophase
B. cytokinesis B. Metaphase
C. cell plate C. Anaphase
D. cleavage furrow D. Telophase
493. Which of the following describes sister 498. The diffusion of WATER
chromatids? A. Mitosis
A. mitosis B. malignant
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510. Which phase during interphase doe this
C. Both happen? DNA replicates; each chromo-
D. none of above some divides to form sister chromatids
A. G1 Phase
505. It is the the first stage of the cell cycle
during which the cell matures and prepares B. G2 Phase
to divide and copies its DNA. C. S Phase
A. interphase D. P Phase
B. prophase
511. DNA replication ensures cells have of
C. metaphase the genome after division
D. anaphase A. A complete copy
506. If you look at a cell and the nuclear enve- B. 1/2 a copy
lope is gone and cells have condensed into C. 2 copies
chromosomes, the cell is in what stage?
D. Many copies
A. prophase
B. metaphase 512. How many daughter cells are produced
from meiosis?
C. anaphase
A. 10
D. telophase
B. 6
507. Cyclin D
C. 4
A. triggers entry into G1
D. 2
B. prepares DNA for replication in S-
phase 513. Cytoplasmic division is also known as
C. triggers DNA replication A. cytokinesis
D. promotes spindle formation at the end B. mitosis
of G2 C. interphase
508. Which of the following involves a “swap- D. cytotoxic
ping “ of DNA between homologous chro-
mosomes? 514. Goes through P.M.A.T two rounds
A. Independent Assortment A. Mitosis
B. Crossing Over B. Meiosis
C. Mitosis C. Osmosis
D. Cytokinesis D. Transcription
515. What are all living things made of? 521. A condition in which neither of two alle-
A. cells les for a gene is dominant or recessive.
A. codominance
517. What are somatic cells 523. Together, the G1 phase, S phase, and G2
phase make up
A. body cells
A. The cell cycle
B. sex cells B. Interphase
C. cancer cells C. Cyclins
D. stem cells D. None of these
518. When cells divide they make two 524. type of nuclear division that produces 4
cells. haploid daughter cells that are all geneti-
cally different
A. daughter
A. meiosis
B. son
B. chromosome
C. Mom
C. diploid
D. Dad D. haploid
519. Meiosis results in 525. Body cells, somatic cells
A. two unique daughter cells A. n
B. four identical daughter cells B. 2n
C. two identical daughter cells C. Haploid
D. four unique daughter cells D. Gametes
526. If a normal body cell in a butterfly con-
520. Each daughter cell ends up with the
tains 24 chromosomes, a butterfly egg
number of as the
would contain how many chromosomes?
A. chromosomes, parent cel, same A. 3
B. parent cell, same, chromosomes B. 6
C. same, daughter cell, chromosomes C. 12
D. same, chromosomes, parent cell D. 24
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C. smelly
ited traits of an organism to be passed
along by sexual reproduction? D. fake
538. A human cell with 46 chromosome goes 543. A female is and a male is
through cell division with mitosis. How A. XX, XY
many chromosomes will be in each new
A. 23 C. XX, XXY
B. 32 D. X, Y
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C. Prophase
A. gametes
D. Interphase
B. wametes
550. According to cell theory, C. sametes
A. All organisms are composed of cells D. lametes
B. Cells are alive and the basic living units 556. the passing of traits from parents to off-
of organization in all organisms. spring
C. All cells come from other cells. A. heredity
D. All of the above. B. genetics
C. mutation
551. Which part of mitosis does this happen?
The individual chromosomes move to oppo- D. hybrid
site sides of the cell.
557. During the metaphase, the line up in
A. telophase the middle, and each attaches to one of the
B. anaphase spindle fibers.
C. metaphase A. nucleus
B. cell wall
D. prophase
C. chromosomes
552. A newly replicated chromosome consists D. none of above
of two identical “ “ chromatids
558. What does mitosis do?
A. sister
A. regulates the cell cycle
B. brother
B. promotes spindle formation
C. cousin
C. suppresses cancer
D. son
D. results in the division of two geneti-
553. The nuclear membrane breaks downs. cally identical nuclei
The chromosomes coil up and condense. 559. Which of these cells would be produced
The 1st and longest phase of Mitosis. through meiosis?
A. prophase A. skin cells
B. anaphase B. liver cells
C. metaphase C. brain cells
D. telophase D. sperm cells
560. Another name for a sex cell is a: C. single base pair mutations
A. gamete D. nondisjunction
571. During , DNA is coiled up into individ- C. The cell prepared to divide
ual with the help of histone proteins.
D. The cell divides
A. interphase; chromatin
B. interphase; chromosomes 577. What type of cell division has homolo-
gous pairs line up together?
C. prophase; chromatin
A. Mitosis
D. prophase; chromosomes
B. Meiosis
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572. What is the process by which multicellu-
C. Both
lar organisms produce more cells?
D. none of above
A. Cell Division
B. Chromosomes 578. In which phase does the cell spend most
C. Chromatin of it’s life?
D. DNA A. Interphase
B. Prophase
573. Cells that can no longer divide are in:
C. Telophase
A. S phase
B. Go phase D. Mitosis
582. Reproduction that combines genetic ma- 588. If a bacteria with 8 chromosomes repro-
terial of two organisms duced asexually, how many chromosomes
would its offspring have?
593. Tell whether the given event in cell divi- 598. An example of an external regulator on
sion happens during Mitosis only, Meiosis cell division is
only, or Both.DNA replication A. Skin healing after a deep cut
A. Mitosis B. Cyclins
B. Meiosis C. P53 gene
C. Both D. None of these
D. none of above
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599. During which phase of the cell cycle is the
594. A tumor is considered if it will spread cell growing and preparing for cellular di-
and form tumors in other areas of the vision?
body. A. cytokinesis
A. benign B. prophase
B. malignant C. anaphase
C. malformed D. interphase
D. dangerous 600. If a body cell in a butterfly contains 24
chromosomes, a butterfly egg would con-
595. Humans have 46 chromosomes. After tain
both meiosis divisions, how many chro-
matids does each daughter cell have? A. 3
B. 6
A. 23
C. 12
B. 46
D. 24
C. 92
D. Impossible to know 601. What is the purpose of interphase?
A. growth and metabolism
596. Haploid cells are seen
B. nucleic division
A. After Meiosis 1
C. cytoplasmic division
B. After Metaphase of Mitosis
D. none of above
C. After Telophase of Mitosis
602. Chromatin is made up of DNA that wraps
D. Before Anaphase 1 of Meiosis around proteins at regular intervals. What
is the name of these proteins?
597. Tell whether the given event in cell divi-
sion happens during Mitosis only, Meiosis A. centromeres
only, or Both.Alignment of chromosomes B. telomeres
during metaphase
C. histones
A. Mitosis
D. chromosomes
B. Meiosis
603. A parent cell has 10 chromosomes. If one
C. Both
daughter cells after mitosis has 9 single
D. none of above chromosomes and the other has 9 single
chromosomes and 1 double chromosome 608. After fertilization, the zygote contains
when did the error occur? 28 chromosomes. What is the haploid
number?
606. Which part of mitosis is when the 611. Which of the following stages contains no
centromere splits fulling the chromatids trace of nuclear membrane?
away? A. Prophase 1
A. Prophase B. Telophase 2
B. Interphase C. Anaphase 1
C. Metaphase D. Prophase 2
D. Anaphase 612. DNA replication is described as a pro-
cess
607. During which stage of interphase does
the cell double in size and produce a sec- A. Conservative
ond set of cell organelles, and carry out B. Semi-conservative
normal cell functions? C. Hemi-conservative
A. G1 D. Anti-conservative
B. S
613. occurs when the cell cycle is no longer reg-
C. G2 ulated
D. All 3 stages A. cytokinesis
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C. atom cells
D. two abnormally small nuclei
D. animal cells
620. Once the sister chromatids separate they
615. Cell differentiation is when:
are considered to be individual
A. cells undergo mitosis A. chromatids
B. cells become specialized (into skin B. chromosomes
cells, nerve cells, etc.)
C. centromeres
C. cells undergo apoptosis
D. DNA
D. cells become cancerous
621. When a cell undergoes specialization or
616. What is the network of fibers extending differentiation,
from the centrioles-made of microtubules
to which chromatids attach and are pulled A. it’s DNA changes.
apart? B. it becomes more specialized depend-
A. centrioles ing on which part of the DNA gets acti-
vated.
B. spindle
C. it divides instantly, forming new cells
C. chromatids
D. its DNA gets copied for cell division.
D. nucleolus
622. the process by which bacterial cells di-
617. In which phase of the cell cycle does the vide
cell grow and prepare for DNA replication
A. binary fission
A. G1
B. cell division
B. S
C. DNA replication
C. G2
D. synthesis phase
D. M
623. Which of the following cannot be at-
618. Why is it important for the DNA in a cell tributed to Telophase?
to replicate?
A. Chromatids return to chromatin fibers
A. The more DNA the better!
B. So that both daughter cells have a com- B. Nucleolus reappears
plete set of instructions C. Cytoplasmic organelles get evenly dis-
C. It isn’t important tributed in both daughter cells
D. To show off for all the other cells, obvi D. Nuclear membrane reappears
C. Anaphase A. Sexually
D. Telophaes B. Asexually
6. Nucleic acids are the polymers of . 12. Speed up chemical reactions, protects
A. Nucleosides against infections, and structural compo-
nent of hair, skin, and muscles
B. Nucleotides
A. Carbohydrates
C. Bases
B. Lipids
D. Sugars
C. Proteins
7. what part of a nucleotide carried genetic D. Nucleic Acids
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information
A. sugar 13. Organic compounds all contain
B. phosphate A. carbon
C. base B. oxygen
9. The main bonding in the secondary struc- 15. The conditions for an enzyme to work need
ture of a protein is due to to be
A. covalent bonding A. specific
B. ionic bonding B. normal
C. hydrogen bonding C. variable
D. polar bonding D. don’t matter
10. Which of the following does NOT belong 16. This macromolecule is the main source of
to the classification of lipids? energy and serves as structural purposes
A. hemoglobin in plants .
B. phospholipids A. Carbohydrates
C. steroid B. Proteins
D. triglyceride C. Lipids
D. Nucleic Acid
11. If you have 40 adenine in a DNA molecule,
how many thymine can you expect? 17. what is the polymer for lipids
A. 20 A. polypeptide chain
B. 30 B. amino acid
C. 40 C. there’s no polymer
D. 50 D. oxygen
18. In a reaction that uses enzymes, a reactant 24. Which biomolecule does starch belong to?
is called the A. carbohydrates
20. Water travels up from the roots of a tree 26. Which of the following is NOT a lipid?
to the top because of A. Fats
A. adhesion and cohesion B. Oils
B. surface tension C. Waxes
C. specific heat capacity D. Proteins
D. density of water compared to ice 27. This type of molecule can be identified by
a sweet taste.
21. Enzymes are what type of Biomolecule?
A. Simple Carbohydrates
A. Carbohydrat
B. Complex Carbohydrates
B. Lipid
C. Lipids
C. Protein
D. Proteins
D. Nucleic Acid
28. Which biomolecule is your main source of
22. Mechanical digestion energy, quickly available from food?
A. is a physical process A. Nucleic Acid
B. is not a physical process B. Protein
C. does not break down food C. Lipid
D. results in a new substance D. Carbohydrate
23. Water is removed from digested food in 29. Photosynthesis uses CO2, water and en-
which organ of the digestive system? ergy to produce
A. mouth A. fructose
B. stomach B. galactose
C. small intestine C. glucose
D. large intestine D. sucrose
30. In a double helix model of DNA, how far is 36. Which group of biomolecules provide quick
each base pair from the next base pair? energy to organisms?
A. 3.4 nm A. proteins
B. 0.34 nm B. carbohydrates
C. 34 nm C. lipids
D. 0.034 nm D. nucleic acids
37. phobia
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31. Macro
A. old A. love
B. hate
B. water
C. against
C. sugar
D. fear
D. large
38. The monomer for a carbohydrate is
32. Sugars end-in what?
A. amino acid
A. -ose
B. nucleotide
B. -ase
C. monosaccharide
C. -tion
D. polysaccharide
D. none of above
39. Carbohydrates are made of which ele-
33. The four most common elements found in ments
biomolecules are: A. carbon, calcium, hydrogen
A. Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, B. carbon, hydrogen, oxygen
Bromine
C. carbon, oxygen, calcium
B. Sulfur, Nitrogen, Iron, Carbon
D. carbon, oxygen, nitrogen
C. Sulfur, Phosphorus, Carbon, Oxygen
40. Which of the following is a carbohydrate?
D. Carbon, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Hydrogen
A. DNA
34. Biruet’s Solution tests for B. Protein
A. Carbohydrates C. Sugars
B. Proteins D. Fats
C. Nucleic Acids 41. What is the key role (function) of a pro-
D. Lipids tein?
A. instant energy for the cell/body
35. Enzymes are special that speed up
chemical reactions. B. hormones, buoyancy, forms cell mem-
branes, insulation, energy storage
A. carbohydrates
C. growth, repair, and energy, immune
B. lipids
system, enzymes
C. proteins D. store and transmit genetic informa-
D. nucleic acids tion/heredity
42. Which biomolecule is important source of 47. Glucose, Fructose, and Lactose are all ex-
energy for humans; glucose for human amples of which molecule?
cells, tissues, and organs; provides fiber,
53. Mr. McAdams just finished an exhausting 58. What energy do carbohydrates provide?
workout. Which of the following carbohy- A. Long term energy
drates can be readily used by his body as
a source of fuel? B. Short term energy
C. potential energy
A. Glucose
D. kinetic energy
B. Cellulose
C. Glcogen 59. In which organs are glycogen stored in the
body?
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D. Starch
A. liver and spleen
54. What elements make up amino acids? B. liver and muscle
A. Carbon, hydrogen and oxygen only C. liver and bile
B. Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitro- D. liver and adipose tissue
gen only
60. An important feature of the lipid head
C. Carbon, hydrogen and phosphorus structure is that they are
only A. Hydrophobic
D. Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxy- B. Hydrophilic
gen
C. Round
55. Which is the monomer for lipids? D. Square
A. Fatty acid + glycerol 61. Proteins make amino acids. Insulin is an
B. amino acids amino acid that:
C. nucleotide A. Transport oxygen
56. What are the main molecules that make up C. Fight diseases
muscle fibers? D. Speed up the rate of chemical reaction
A. lipids
62. Which biomolecule is made of nu-
B. proteins cleotides?
C. carbohydrates A. Carbohydrate
D. none of above B. Lipids
C. Protein
57. This is a major insoluble fibrous protein
found in connective tissues such as ten- D. Nucleic Acid
dons, ligaments, skin, cartilage and the 63. Which biomolecule is your main source of
cornea of the eye. What is it? energy?
A. albumin A. Nucleic Acid
B. collagen B. Protein
C. keratin C. Lipid
D. pepsin D. Carbohydrate
75. What are the four biological molecules? 81. Polymer’s split apart to form , by
A. proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nu- A. monomers, hydrolysis
cleic acids B. monomers, dehydration synthesis
B. A, T, C, G C. amino acids, hydrolysis
C. water, air, earth, and fire D. amino acids, dehydration synthesis
D. Joe, Nick, and Kevin Jonas
82. Monomers combine to form through
76. which function has tissue repair? the process of
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A. carbohydrates A. polymers; hydrolysis
B. nucleic acids B. polymers; dehydration synthesis
C. proteins C. monomers; hydrolysis
D. lipids D. monomers; dehydration synthesis
77. DNA and RNA are an example of 83. Which biomolecule is made of the monomer
amino acids?
A. Amino Acids
A. Nucleic Acid
B. Proteins
B. Carbohydrate
C. Lipids
C. Protein
D. Nuclei Acids
D. Lipid
78. What type of relationship is it when ants
84. Which biomolecule is found in pastas and
live on an acacia tree and protect it from
breads?
insects? The acacia tree provides food for
the ants. A. Lipid
A. Commensalism B. Protein
B. Mutualism C. Nucleic Acid
C. Parasitism D. Carbohydrate
D. Predation 85. This macromolecule controls the rate of re-
actions, regulates cell processes, forms cel-
79. An important feature of lipid fatty acid lular structures, carry substances in and
tails is that they are out of the cell, and helps fight disease.
A. Hydrophobic (hate water) A. Carbohydrates
B. Hydrophilic (love water) B. Proteins
C. Long C. Lipids
D. Short D. Nucleic Acid
80. The basic unit of structure and function for 86. Amino acids are a monomer for which type
the body. of biomolecule?
A. cell A. Nucleic Acid
B. atom B. Carbohydrate
C. organelle C. Protein
D. nucleus D. Lipid
98. What elements make up carbohydrates? 104. The waxy, organic substances used by
A. Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen aquatic birds to coat their feathers, when
analyzed consists mostly of
B. sulfur, carbon, hydrogen
A. lipids
C. glucose and fructose B. proteins
D. carbon, hydrogen, oxygen C. carbohydrates
99. RNA and DNA are which type of macro- D. nucleic acids
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molecules? 105. Which biomolecule builds muscle?
A. Carbohydrate A. carbohydrates
B. lipid B. lipids
C. nucleic acid C. proteins
D. protein D. nucleic acids
100. Which biomolecule contains fats, oils, and 106. Which element is NOT found in carbohy-
waxes? drates?
A. Carbon
A. Proteins
B. Hydrogen
B. Nucleic Acid
C. Nitrogen
C. Lipids
D. Oxygen
D. Carbohydrate
107. A group of similar cells that come to-
101. Proteins are made of monomers called gether to perform a specific function is
a/an
A. Nucleotides A. organ
B. Monosaccharides B. organism
C. organ system
C. Amino Acids
D. tissue
D. Glycerol and fatty acids
108. Enzymes (catalysts) belong to which
102. what level is DNA group of biomolecules?
A. cel A. proteins
B. molecule B. carbohydrates
C. tissue C. lipids
D. organism D. nucleic acids
109. What elements (monomers) make up a
103. Enzymes are considered to be
protein?
A. Lipids A. C, H, O
B. Carbohydrate B. C, H, O, N, (S)
C. Protein C. C, H, O, N, P
D. Nucleic Acid D. none of above
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122. Which biomolecule are in starches and C. nucleic acids
fibers? D. proteins
A. Lipid
128. A sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitro-
B. Protein gen base form the building blocks of which
C. Nucleic Acid organic compound?
D. Carbohydrate A. carbohydrates
B. lipids
123. Which biomolecule’s monomer (or build-
ing block) is glycerol and fatty acid? C. nucleic acids
A. Lipids D. proteins
B. Proteins 129. What two biomolecules are used for en-
C. Carbohydrate ergy?
132. All polymers are made up of B. Stores & transmits genetic informa-
A. monosaccharides tion in every living cell
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144. Which biomolecules are significant fea-
tures of the cell membrane? B. Lipid
A. carbohydrate and nucleic acid C. Nucleic Acid
B. lipid and nucleic acid D. Protein
C. nucleic acid and protein 150. Which biomolecule is responsible for
D. protein and lipid protection of your vital organs through
“padding”?
145. Proteins function in all of the following
except A. Protein
A. as antibodies in defense B. Nucleic Acid
B. as enzymes catalyzing chemical reac- C. Lipid
tions D. Carbohydrate
C. in contraction as muscle fibers
151. The prefix “poly” means
D. as instructions to be passed down to
offspring A. One
B. Two
146. One of the building blocks of lipids, the
triglyceride, is composed of C. Many
A. 3 Fatty Acids and 3 Glycerol D. Want a cracker
B. 1 Fatty Acid and 3 Glycerol
152. Which hydrophobic biomolecule forms the
C. 3 Fatty Acids and 1 Glycerol cell membrane?
D. 1 Fatty Acid and 3 Glycerol A. Proteins
147. What is the monomer that makes up nu- B. Lipids
cleic acids? C. Carbohydrates
A. Monosaccharides D. Nucleic Acids
B. Fatty acids
153. What is the name for the mechanism of
C. Nucleotides enzyme activity?
D. Amino acids
A. Lock and key
148. Which characteristic of water will allow B. jigsaw puzzle
a paperclip to remain floating on water
C. hammer and nail
when the paperclip is gently placed on top
of the water? D. two hands pattern
154. Cell membranes are composed of: 160. Which of the following elements is not
A. Lipids frequently found in organic compounds?
A. Carbon
D. Nucleotides D. Carbohydrates
163. Many elements are found in living or-
157. The backbone of DNA is made up of ganisms either free or in the form ofcom-
& units. pounds. Which of the following is not
A. sugar & base found in living organisms?
B. sugar & phosphate A. Silicon
C. base & phosphate B. Magnesium
D. phosphate & phosphate C. Iron
D. Sodium
158. The test for carbohydrates is
164. One function of carbohydrates is short
A. Benedicts
term energy storage. Which other macro-
B. Biurets molecule also functions in storing energy?
C. Lugols Iodine A. Lipid
D. Brown Paper B. Protein
C. DNA
159. Four different nucleotides are used as
building blocks of DNA. Which of the fol- D. Nucleic Acid
lowing can be used to distinguish one nu- 165. What biomolecule stores Genetic Infor-
cleotide from another? mation?
A. The nitrogenous base A. Carbohydrate
B. The shape of the deoxyribose sugar B. Lipid
C. The length of the phosphate group C. Protein
D. The type of fatty acid D. Nucleic Acid
166. Which biomolecular group carries and 172. The function of a Protein is
passes on the hereditary information of A. Quick Energy
the organism?
B. Stored Energy
A. carbohydrates
C. Store Genetic Information
B. lipids
D. Do the jobs of cell
C. nucleic acids
173. What are the three main parts of a nu-
D. proteins
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cleotide?
167. Which base is only found in RNA? A. carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
A. Uracil B. phosphate, sugar, and nitrogen base
B. Thymine C. phosphate, sulfate, and nitrate
C. Adenine D. adenine, thymine, and uracil
D. Guanine 174. What do you call it when the shape of an
enzyme is changed?
168. Which 2 biomolecules are made of only
Carbon, Hydrogen, & Oxygen (CHO)? A. denaturing
B. denuturing
A. Amino Acid & Carbohydrates
C. decomposing
B. Amino Acids & Proteins
D. deshaping
C. Lipids & Carbohydrates
D. Carbohydrates & Proteins 175. Phospholipids are used in what biological
structure?
169. Which of the following is not a lipid? A. RNA
A. steroid B. DNA
B. cholesterol C. Cell membrane
C. wax D. Cell wall
D. cellulose 176. Which class of biomolecules is used to
170. What sugar is found in RNA? make cell membranes?
A. Carb
A. Ribose
B. protein
B. Fructose
C. nucleic acid
C. Glucose
D. lipids
D. Deoxyribose
177. When an enzyme is denatured, the reac-
171. Which option does not belong here? tant will and the product will
A. Carbohydrate A. increase ; decrease
B. Lipid B. decrease ; increase
C. Nucleotide C. decrease ; decrease
D. Protein D. increase ; increase
178. Which macromolecule contains C, H, O, 183. are small individual molecules that
and has hydrogen and oxygen in a 2:1 ra- when linked together form a
tio?
B. Nitrogen C. nitrogen
D. hydrogen
C. Hydrogen
D. Oxygen 185. What are the four macromolecules?
A. proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates,
180. How many categories of biomolecules are and lipids
there?
B. monosaccharides, lipids, polysacca-
A. 1 harides, and proteins
B. 2 C. RNA, DNA, proteins, and carbohy-
C. 3 drates
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opaque and firm when cooked because the
C. Carbohydrates heat
D. Nucleic Acid A. mutates the DNA
B. turns the protein into carbohydrates
190. The polymers that flow and can be re-
shaped are know as: C. stops protein formation
A. Thermopolymers D. changes the protein structure
D. Thermoplastics B. carbons
C. glucose
191. Which base is ONLY found in DNA? D. DNA
A. Cytosine
197. Which of the following elements is most
B. Guanine common in a molecule of vitamin D?
C. Thymine A. aluminum
D. Adenine B. carbon
C. magnesium
192. Which biomolecule would fats and oils be
considered? D. sodium
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212. Which biomolecule contain your genet- C. Base
ics?
D. Buffer
A. Carbohydrate
B. Lipid 217. Which biomolecule makes up antibodies
which help fight disease?
C. Nucleic Acid
A. Carbohydrate
D. Protein
B. Lipid
213. What is the difference between a plant
C. Nucleic Acid
cell and an animal cell?
D. Protein
A. Plant cell has a cell membrane and
chloroplasts 218. Proteins are found to have two differ-
B. planet cell has a cell wall and chloro- ent types of secondary structures viz. α -
plasts helix and β -pIeated sheet structure, α -
helix structure of protein is stabilised by
C. animal cell has a cell membrane and a
cell wall A. Peptide bonds
D. animal cell has a cell wall and chloro- B. van der Waals forces
plasts C. Hydrogen bonds
214. If you are looking for the quickest source D. Dipole-dipole interactions
of energy, you should eat a food that con-
tains a high percentage of 219. Which polypeptide stores oxygen in mus-
cles?
A. carbohydrates
A. enzyme
B. fat
C. proteins B. heme
D. sodium C. lipase
D. myoglobin
215. Matt started a new diet. After being on
the diet for a month, he is starting to no- 220. Fats, oils and cholesterol are all types of
tice that he has difficulty keeping his bal- what?
ance. His hair has been thinning and his
A. cell membranes
skin looks flakey. What biomolecule defi-
ciency does Matt have? B. hormones
A. Protein C. lipids
B. Carbohydrates D. fatty acids
221. Helicase is an example of a biomolecule 227. The term “hydrolysis” literally means
that can destroy bonds between DNA
strands during DNA replication.What A. to cut with water
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D. Derived protein
A. Lipids 240. Which organic molecule gives fast source
B. Proteins of energy?
C. Carbohydrates A. carbohydrates
D. Nucleic Acid B. lipids
C. nucleic acids
235. What is the only substance with a neutral
pH of 7? D. proteins
A. Milk 241. Sugars always ends with-ose.Which of
B. Orange Juice the following example is not a sugar?
C. Water A. Maltose
B. Lactose
D. Blood
C. Sucrose
236. Which biomolecule is a source of quick en-
D. Protease
ergy for cells?
A. carbohydrates 242. Which of the following is a polymer made
up of nucleotides?
B. lipids
A. DNA, RNA
C. proteins
B. Starch, Glycogen
D. nucleic acids
C. Enzymes, Antibodies
237. How how carbohydrates and lipids simi- D. Triglycerides, Steroids
lar?
243. Biomolecules are considered
A. both contain C, H, O, N, P and store en-
ergy A. Natural polymers
B. both contain C, H, O, N and give energy B. Synthetic polymers
C. Natural monomers
C. both contain C, H, O, N, S and store en- D. Synthetic monomers
ergy
244. Which biomolecule is the key source of
D. both contain C, H, O and give energy energy?
238. Which group of biomolecules contains A. Lipid
glycerol and fatty acids? B. Protein
A. carbohydrates C. Carbohydrate
B. lipids D. Nucleic Acid
245. Hemoglobin is an example of 251. This is one job proteins do NOT have in
A. Protein the body
C. Lipid B. structure
256. Observation would relate more closely to 262. If you want a reaction to speed up you
the science of need an
A. anatomy A. nucleic acid
B. physiology B. enzyme
C. Both anatomy and physiology C. nerve cell
D. none of above D. carbohydrate
263. ALL polymers (large molecules) are made
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257. What type of energy makes a battery
useful? up of
A. electrical A. monosaccharides
B. monomers
B. magnetic
C. proteins
C. chemical
D. None of these
D. nuclear
264. Carbohydrates are classified on the ba-
258. The monomers of nucleic acids are sis of their behaviour on hydrolysis and
A. Nucleotides also as reducing or non-reducing sugar. Su-
B. Amino Acids crose is a .
A. monosaccharide
C. Glycerol
B. reducing sugar
D. Glucose
C. non-reducing sugar
259. Which is a good example of saturated D. polysaccharide
fat?
A. butter 265. Which of these is NOT a lipid
A. fats
B. corn oil19
B. oils
C. olive oil
C. amino acids
D. sunflower oil
D. waxes
260. Any substance that is acted upon by an
enzyme is called a(n)? 266. Studying living subjects would relate
more closely to the science of
A. Coenzyme
A. anatomy
B. Substrate
B. physiology
C. Vitamin C. Both anatomy and physiology
D. Polypeptide D. none of above
261. In a DNA molecule the repeating 4 letter 267. What is the function of carbohydrates?
code is used for
A. quick, fast energy
A. Storing genetic information
B. structure and support
B. Energy C. store and transfer genetic information
C. Protecting the cell
D. Insulating the cell D. long-term energy storage
268. Fats oils & waxes are examples of which B. pentose sugar, purine, and pyrimidine
biomolecule?
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C. ATP
A. Nucleic Acid
D. Carbon dioxide
B. Carbohydrate
C. Protein 286. Pasta, Bread, and Potatoes are all exam-
D. Lipid ples of what kind of biomolecules?
A. Carbohydrates
281. The prefix “mono” means
B. Lipids
A. Two
B. One C. Proteins
294. Which organic macromolecules are com- D. the presence of membrane-bound or-
posed of chains of amino acids that join to ganelles
form the structural components of organ-
isms. 299. A monomer is
A. Carbohydrates A. a single atom
B. Proteins B. a building block for polymers
C. Amino Acids C. a single element
D. Lipids D. is an inorganic molecule
295. When amino acids are linked together 300. A basic ( alkaline ) solution has a
they form a polypeptide, which is also A. higher concentration of hydrogen ions
called a than hydroxide ions
A. carbohydrate B. equal concentration of hydroxide ions
B. lipid and hydrogen ions
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A. Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Uracil
C. Insulation
D. Cell Membrane Structure B. Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Phos-
phate
302. Which biomolecule stores your genetic in-
C. Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and
formation?
Thymine
A. Carbohydrate D. Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Sulfur
B. Lipid
308. The product of hydrolysis of a protein
C. Nucleic Acid would be
D. Protein A. monosaccharides
B. amino acids
303. Which macromolecule is made of simple
and complex sugars? C. nucleic acids
D. fatty acids
A. lipids
B. proteins 309. Eliminating waste is the primary function
of the
C. carbohydrates
A. Excretory System
D. nucleic acids B. Digestive System
312. If a cell has 20% Adenine in it, what % other living organisms, especially as re-
of Cytosine must it have? vealed by dissection and the separation of
parts is
C. 30% B. physiology
D. 80% C. Both anatomy and physiology
D. none of above
313. What are Nucleic Acids made up of?
A. Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Nitro- 318. Jessica is cooking with a frying pan. She
gen adds oil to the pan, and then she places a
B. Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, frozen hamburger on the skillet. Oil flies
and sometimes sulfur up off the pan. Why?
D. Protein
A. monosaccharide
315. Many single-celled organisms rely pri- B. unsaturated fatty acid
marily on monosaccharides and disaccha-
rides as their source of energy. Which C. saturated fatty acid
class of biomolecules provides the energy D. phospholipid
for these cells?
A. Lipids 320. Lipids are composed of:
B. Carbohydrates A. Monosaccharides
C. Nucleic Acids B. Aminoacids
D. Proteins C. Head-tail structures
322. What is an example of a protein? 328. Enzymes need certain environmental con-
A. Strawberries ditions in order to function properly. What
happens when enzymes are heated to a
B. Bread high temperature?
C. Pasta A. they die
D. Steak B. they denature (change shape)
323. Which best represents a long term energy C. they change their amino acid sequence
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storage molecule in animals?
A. cellulose D. they work better
B. cholesterol 329. Which of the following determines an en-
C. glycogen zyme’s effectiveness?
D. none of above A. heat
B. pH (acidic or basic)
324. What is a monomer of lipids?
C. not enough enzymes; too many sub-
A. Monosaccharides strates
B. Amino Acids D. all are correct
C. Nucleotides
330. Which of these is not part of a nu-
D. Fatty Acids cleotide?
325. Enyzmes are a very important type of A. sugar
protein used to B. phosphate
A. Build bones in skeleton C. nitrogen base
B. Send hormonal signals throughout D. phospholipid
body
331. Which of the following is essential for
C. Speed up chemical reactions natural selection to occur in a population?
D. Photosynthesize glucose in plants A. Individuals with different colored fur.
326. Hydrophobic = B. Individuals with identical DNA.
A. Water loving C. Multiple types of predators in the pop-
ulation.
B. Water hating
D. Genetic variation in the population.
C. Made of hydrogen
D. Made of water 332. Disaccharide is formed by combining two
monosaccharides. What do you call the
327. What contains information for making process of combining 2 or more simple sug-
the body’s proteins? ars?
A. Proteins A. Hydrolysis
B. Nucleic Acids B. Peptide bonding
C. Carbohydrates C. Condensation
D. Lipids D. Saccharide bonding
333. What are the three main functions of 338. Adenine, Thymine, Guanine and Cytosine
Lipids? are what?
344. If there are two polypeptide chains 350. In red blood cells, the compound carbonic
wrapped together, what level of structure anhydrase increases the rate at which car-
are the proteins? bon dioxide is converted to bicarbonate
A. Primary ions for transport in the blood. In red
blood cells, carbonic anhydrase acts as
B. Secondary which of the following?
C. Tertiary A. an enzyme
D. Quaternary B. a hormone
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345. Made of monomers of monosaccharides C. a lipid
A. Carbohydrates D. a sugar
B. Lipids 351. Where in a cell is each biomolecule syn-
C. Proteins thesized?
D. Nucleic Acids A. Carbohydrates-A; Proteins-D; Lipids-
B; ATP-C
346. Proteins are used by the body for immu-
nity, enzymes and B. Carbohydrates-D; Proteins-C; Lipids-
A; ATP-B
A. Storage of energy
C. Carbohydrates-A; Proteins-C; Lipids-
B. Storage of genetic Information D; ATP-B
C. Quick energy release D. Carbohydrates-A; Proteins-D; Lipids-
D. Structure C; ATP-B
347. collect sunlight which it converts to (en- 352. Hemoglobin is an amino acid that helps:
ergy) glucose A. Transport oxygen
A. chloroplasts B. Regulate the level of sugar in the blood
B. cytoplasm
C. cell wall C. Fight diseases
D. mitochondria D. Speed up the rate of chemical reaction
348. How many essential amino acids are 353. The monomers of proteins are called
there? A. fatty acids
A. 10 B. amino acids
B. 20 C. monosaccharides
C. 30 D. nucleotides
D. 40
354. The part of the enzyme that the substrate
349. Chains of amino acids are bonds to is called the
A. proteins A. active site
B. nucleic acids B. activation energy
C. carbohydrates C. bond site
D. lipids D. dehydration synthesis
357. Acts as a barrier and controls what en- 363. Fats provide long term energy storage
ters/leaves a cell and insulation to the human body. Fat
molecules are a member of which class of
A. cell membrane biomolecules?
B. Nuclear membrane A. Carbohydrate
C. cell wall B. Nucleic Acids
D. cytoplasm
C. Lipids
358. Which of the following is NOT a D. Proteins
biomolecule?
364. Which level of ecological organization
A. Water
is composed of many similar ecosystems
B. Nucleic Acid with the same climate and geographic lo-
C. Protein cations?
D. Lipid A. A community
A. CHO C. A biome
B. CHOMP D. A biosphere
C. CHO 365. By what kind of reaction is polyvinylchlo-
D. CHONP ride (PVC) obtained?
A. Redox
360. Which biomolecule does the subunit
amino acids belong to? B. Condensation
A. Lipids C. Addition
B. Proteins D. Elimination
366. A condensation reaction uses to 372. Proteins attach together using what
molecules bonds?
A. water, combine A. Phosphorous
B. water, split B. Peptide
C. heat, combine C. Hydrogen
D. heat, split D. Carbon
367. Which two biomolecules are made up only
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of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen? 373. Amino acids are the building blocks of
which group of biomolecules?
A. Protein and Nucleic Acid
A. proteins
B. Protein and Lipid
B. carbohydrates
C. Carbohydrate and Lipid
D. Carbohydrate and Nucleic Acid C. lipids
D. nucleic acid
368. building block (monomer) of protein
A. amino acid 374. The reaction to obtain a disaccharide from
B. monosaccharide two monosaccharides is a
C. nucleotide A. Addition
D. glycerol B. Elimination
377. The monomer of a nucleic acid is 383. Lipids are made up of which of the follow-
A. Monosaccharide ing?
378. Which biomolecule contains carbon, hy- 384. What is the main ingredient of every
drogen, oxygen, and nitrogen? cell?
A. Carbohydrate A. water
B. Lipid B. lipids
C. Protein C. proteins
379. How do enzymes speed up chemical reac- 385. What is an example of a lipid?
tion? A. DNA
A. Increasing activation energy B. Enzyme
B. Decreasing activation energy C. Phospholipid
C. Increasing deactivation energy D. Starch
D. Decreasing deactivation energy 386. Which biomolecule is important for long
term energy storage?
380. The sugar present in milk is
A. Proteins
A. Sucrose
B. Nucleic Acid
B. Maltose
C. Lipids
C. Glucose
D. Carbohydrate
D. lactose
387. Which biomolecule is responsible for insu-
381. This substance releases OH-into solution lation and long term energy storage?
A. Acid A. Protein
B. Base B. Nucleic Acid
C. Neutral C. Lipid
D. none of above D. Carbohydrate
382. What are the monomers of proteins? 388. The monomer for a lipid is:
A. amino acids A. monosaccharide
B. fatty acids B. fatty acid
C. macromolecules C. nucleotide
D. lipids D. amino acid
389. The monomer of a nucleic acid is called 395. Which is the correct pair?
A. glucose:disaccharide
A. an amino acid B. sucrose:monosaccharide
B. a fatty acid C. starch:polysaccharide
C. a monosaccharide D. triglyceride:poloysaccharide
D. a nucleotide
396. What organelle of the cell produces en-
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390. What is the monomer for carbohy- ergy?
drates? A. Mitochondria
A. Amino acid B. Golgi Body
B. Nucleotide C. Vesicle
C. Fatty acid D. Vacuole
D. Monosaccharide 397. Each amino acid is different from the
391. Biomolecule that helps build muscle. other due to
401. Which biomolecule helps form muscles? 407. This biomolecule provides short-term en-
ergy.
A. Nucleic Acid
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419. What biomolecule provides our cells with
C. An amino acid genetic instructions?
D. A glycerol A. Lipids
B. Nucleic Acids
414. Enzymes (catalysts) belong to which
group of macromolecules? C. Protein
A. proteins D. Carbohydrates
424. Lipids are made from this smaller unit 430. Which biomolecule is one of the main
A. nucleic acids sources of energy in the human body?
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A. Carbohydrates B. Lipids
B. Lipids
C. Carbohydrates
C. Proteins
D. Nucleic Acids
D. Nucleic Acids
443. DNA and RNA are examples of
438. What happens when enzymes are cooled
at a low temperature? A. proteins
A. The enzyme becomes inactive B. nucleic acids
B. The shapes of the enzyme are altered, C. carbohydrates
denatured
D. lipids
C. The enzymes’ amino acid sequence
changes. 444. The 3 elements found in carbohydrates
D. The enzymes remain the same are
439. Identify the key role of nucleic acids: A. Carbon, Oxygen, and Nitrogen
447. Plant cells have 453. What is the function of a nucleic acid?
A. Centrioles and more mitochondria A. Stores genetic information
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460. Which biomolecule is important for insu-
lation? A. it is needed to change glucose to en-
A. Lipid ergy
B. it is needed to store nutrients
B. Proteins
C. it is needed to repair tissue
C. Carbohydrates
D. it is needed to produce water
D. Nucleic acid
467. The branch of biology that deals with the
461. What is the name of protein polymers? normal functions of living organisms and
A. Polysaccharides their parts. is
B. Triglycerides A. anatomy
C. Polypeptides B. physiology
D. DNA and RNA C. Both anatomy and physiology
D. none of above
462. Large bodies of water do not quickly fluc-
tuate in temperature. Why? 468. Carbohydrates have C, H, O. What is the
A. Water is a solvent. ratio of elements?
A. 2:1:2
B. Water has a high heat capacity.
B. 1:3:1
C. Water acts as a buffer.
C. 1:2:1
D. Water is non-polar.
D. 3:1:3
463. Alpha helix and beta pleated sheets are
part of what level of protein structure? 469. Which biomolecules provides us with en-
ergy?
A. primary
A. Carbohydrate & Lipid
B. secondary
B. Nucleic Acid & Lipid
C. tertiary C. Carbohydrate & Protein
D. quaternary D. Protein & Nucleic Acid
464. All of the following are examples of lipids 470. What is a biomolecule?
except:
A. The dissolved particle in a solution
A. oil
B. One of the by-products of respiration
B. wax C. Large molecule that is present in living
C. fatty acid organisms
D. cellulose D. None of the above
474. Which of the following elements make up C. carbon bonds in many ways with itself
nucleic acids? to form chains.
482. Which biomolecule is known as an infor- 488. The excessive consumption of carbohy-
mation molecule and holds your genetics? drates is converted into which polysaccha-
A. Carbohydrate ride that is stored in the liver and in mus-
cles?
B. Lipid
A. creatinine
C. Nucleic Acid
B. glycogen
D. Protein
C. hemoglobin
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483. Which of the following is an example of D. uric acid
a nucleic acid?
A. Glucose 489. Which element is commonly found in liv-
ing things?
B. Phospholipid
A. Helium
C. Enzymes
B. Sulfur
D. DNA
C. Iron
484. Another name for fats and oils D. Potassium
A. proteins
490. What is the monomer (building block) of
B. sugar a protein?
C. lipids A. amino acids
D. nucleic acids B. nucleotide
485. Many monomers can be linked together C. fatty acid
to form D. monosaccharide
A. building blocks
491. Once an enzyme does it’s work, the en-
B. chemical reactions zyme is
C. polymers A. destroyed
D. energy B. unchanged
486. Which biomolecule helps control the rate C. duplicated
of reactions, regulates cell processes? D. changed
A. Lipids
492. In a positive test for Glucose (sugars) the
B. Nucleic Acids bennedicts solution will turn
C. Proteins A. blue
D. Carbohydrates B. purple
487. Glucose, fructose, sucrose and lactose all C. Orange/ yellow
provide energy for the cell D. dark purple/black
A. Carbohydrate 493. Carbon is the element of life because
B. Lipid A. is found in some biomolecules
C. Protein B. it is found in all the biomolecules and
D. Nucleic Acid bonds with many elements
C. can bond with hydrogen and oxygen 500. If you were some bad guy trying to sneak
D. can dissolve in water into an animal cell, who would be there to
stop you?
497. Which biomolecule builds muscle tissue? 503. Which class of biomolecule carries the
cell’s instructions in the form of genetic ma-
A. protein
terial?
B. nucleic acid
A. Proteins
C. carbohydrate
B. Lipids
D. lipid
C. Carbohydrates
498. Where does the substrate bind to the en-
zyme? D. Nucleic Acids
505. Monomers of nucleic acids are 511. What makes an enzyme substrate spe-
A. nucleotides cific?
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A. Polysaccharides
B. Triglycerides A. a monosaccharide
C. Polypeptides B. a fatty acid
D. DNA and RNA C. an amino acid
507. The arrangement of which three compo- D. a nucleotide
nents is used to distinguish one molecule
513. Fats and oils are composed of what two
from another?
groups of molecules?
A. carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
A. glucose and fructose
B. glucose, fructose, and ribose
B. starch and sugar
C. peptide, fatty acid, and purine C. water and cellulose
D. water, carbon dioxide, and notrogen D. fatty acids and glycerol
508. Lipids can be digested into what smaller 514. Which biomolecule’s monomer (or build-
subunits? ing block) is nucleotides?
A. nucleic acids A. Lipids
B. amino acids B. Proteins
C. fatty acids C. Carbohydrate
D. glucose D. Nucleic Acid
509. The suffix “saccharide” means 515. Oils are which type of macromolecule?
A. Sugar A. carbohydrates
B. Protein B. lipids
C. Lipid C. nucleic acids
D. Phospholipid D. proteins
510. Which of the biomolecules provides long- 516. You need a steady supply of amino acids
term energy? in your diet to maintain a healthy body.
In order to meet this need, you should
A. Lipids
make sure you eat enough of which class
B. Carbohydrates of biomolecule?
C. Nucleic Acids A. Protein
D. Proteins B. Carb
A. Mitochondria D. ase
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C. Vacuole A. systhesis
B. Enzymes can only be used once in a A. give permission for the reaction
chemical reaction. B. raise activation energy
C. Extreme pH can denature enzymes. C. speed up reactions
D. Enzymes speed up chemical reactions. D. control how many reactions occur
531. When a molecules inhibits an enzyme.. 537. Proteins are SO diverse because
A. They all have the same structure
A. the enzyme is still able to function
B. They have a wide range of structures
B. the enzyme is no longer able to func-
tion C. They just are, it has nothing to do with
structure
C. the enzyme is ruined forever
D. They are alive and can change their
D. the enzyme dissolves into amino acids function
532. What is a substance called if it speeds up 538. A molecule that is used by animals for
a chemical reaction? long term energy.
A. reusable A. Carbohydrates
B. catalyst B. Lipids
C. specific C. Protein
540. Why are simple carbs so easy for your B. immunity, muscles, structure for tis-
body to break down and use? sues, cell metabolism
543. What is the shape of DNA? 548. What are the building blocks for pro-
teins?
A. Double Helix
A. sugars
B. Chain-link Fence
B. nucleotides
C. Rocky Road
C. fatty acids
D. Jamaican Twister
D. amino acids
544. What are the three main functions of Car-
bohydrates. 549. AN enzyme is what kind of biomolecule
A. Short term energy, storage of energy, A. Carbohydrate
structure for plants and insects B. Lipid
B. catalyst, immune system support, hair C. Proteins
and nails
D. Nucleic Acids
C. Stores genetic information, hereditary
information 550. Which of the following is not a bio-
molecule?
D. long term energy, water proof, insula-
tion A. protein
551. Which of the following is a monosaccha- 557. Complex macromolecules that store and
ride which is used in dextrose? transmit genetic information
A. fructose A. Carbohydrates
B. galactose B. Lipids
C. glucose C. Proteins
D. lactose D. Nucleic Acids
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552. Which of these is not found in DNA? 558. Mono
A. adenine A. two
B. thymine B. sickness
C. phosphate C. virus
D. ribose D. one
553. The polysaccharide that is used for the 559. The number 1 inside the universal recy-
storage of glucose in animal livers. cling symbol refers to
A. starch A. PVC
B. glycogen B. Others
C. cellulose C. PETE
D. chitin D. HDPE
554. Which biomolecule’s monomer (or build- 560. The chemical reaction that breaks down a
ing block) is amino acids? molecule by adding water is
A. Lipids A. Dehydration Synthesis
B. Proteins B. Hydrophobia
C. Nucleic Acid C. Hydrolysis
D. Carbohydrate D. Dehydration
555. Which type of biomolecule makes up cell 561. The function of a Carbohydrate is
membranes? A. Quick Energy
A. carbohydrates B. Stored Energy
B. lipids C. Store Genetic Information
C. proteins D. Build Tissue
D. nucleic acids
562. A molecule that is needed to build and re-
556. Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and pair body structures and to regulate pro-
phosphorous make up which biomolecule? cesses in the body (cells).
A. Protein A. Proteins
B. Carbohydrates B. Lipids
C. Lipids C. Carbohydrates
D. Nucleic acid D. Nucleic Acid
564. Which 2 molecules contains the elements 570. The primary structure of a protein
C-H-O and function pertains to energy? molecule has
A. Lipids and Protein A. Two ends
B. Carbohydrates and Nucleic Acids B. One end
C. Protein and Carbohydrates C. Three ends
D. Carbohydrates and Lipids D. No ends
565. Which group of organic compounds con- 571. Which groups are all classified as polysac-
tains fatty acids? charides?
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D. none of above
D. ribonucleic acid
576. Which of the following biomolecules con-
tain only the elements carbon, hydrogen 582. Which of the following biomolecules typ-
and oxygen? ically contains both nitrogen and phos-
A. carbohydrates and lipids phate?
586. I am responsible for long term energy 592. The difference between fat and oil is that
storage in mammals. oil has fatty acids, is liquid at room
temperature and it comes from plants.
597. Made of monomers of amino acids 603. Which of the following are the main ele-
A. Carbohydrates ments found in biomolecules?
B. Lipids A. C, H, O, N, P, S
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lation and energy storage? 604. Protease, Lactase, and Amylase are all
A. Protein example of what?
B. Nucleic Acid A. protein
C. Lipid B. Enzymes
D. Carbohydrate C. Amino Acids
D. Monomer
599. An aminoacid under certain conditions
have both positive and negative charges 605. What is the monomer for organic com-
simultaneously in the same molecule. Such pounds like enzymes?
a form of aminoacid is called
A. Fatty acids
A. Acidic form
B. Amino acids
B. Basic form
C. Proteins
C. Aromatic form
D. Lipids
D. Zwitterionic form
606. Why does the shape of an enzyme deter-
600. What does hetero mean? mine its function?
A. same A. enzymes are specific to substrates
B. different (lock and key)
C. inside B. enzymes can work with any substrate
D. outside C. enzymes are activated by molecules
601. What is the smallest unit of a macro- D. enzymes are found everywhere
molecule?
607. Which biomolecule is the main source of
A. micromolecule energy for all living things?
B. glucose A. proteins
C. monomer B. nucleic acids
D. polymer C. lipids
602. Which solution releases H+ in solution? D. carbohydrates
A. Base 608. Which of the following is false about pro-
B. Acid teins?
C. Buffer A. they store energy in plants
D. Water B. as enzymes they speed up reactions
C. the transport material in & out of the 614. The active site is the:
cell A. Location on the substrate that binds to
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C. Protein
B. very simple cells, does not contain a
D. Nucleic Acid nucleus or membrane bound organelles
621. Muscle on animals are mostly made of C. centrioles and more mitochondria
what biomolecule? D. none of above
A. Carbohydrades
627. Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen and Nitrogen
B. Lipids are the elements that make up ?
C. Proteins A. Carbohydrate
D. Nucleic Acids B. Lipid
622. Acids have more what? C. Protein
631. When speaking about ‘organic’ 636. Which foods are considered carbohy-
molecules, which element must be drates?
present? A. potatoes & bread
642. The smallest level of organization of life D. muscle tissue, bone, epithelial cell
in an organism
A. tissue 648. How do enzymes increase the speed of
chemical reactions?
B. cell
A. reducing the number of products
C. organ
D. organ system B. reducing the activation energy
C. increasing the temperature of the cell
643. Which molecule contains the elements C-
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H-O-N-P and functions to build genetic ma-
terials? D. increasing the concentration of reac-
A. Lipids tants
B. Nucleic Acids 649. Which of the following is not a carbon
C. Protein compound?
D. Carbohydrates A. Carbohydrates
644. Genetic information is stored in which B. Lipids
class of organic compounds?
C. Nucleic Acids
A. proteins
D. Vitamins
B. lipids
C. nucleic acids 650. DNA and RNA are examples of this type
D. carbohydrates of biomolecule.
A. Carbohydrate
645. The function of a Nucleic Acid is
A. Quick Energy B. Lipid
B. Stored Energy C. Nucleic Acid
C. Store Genetic Information D. Protein
D. Build Tissue
651. Polymers are made up of ?
646. RNA and DNA are which type of organic
A. Monosaccharides
compound?
A. carbohydrate B. Monomers
B. lipid C. Proteins
C. nucleic acid D. None of the above
D. protein
652. How many carbons form the sugar in the
647. which is the correct order from least to backbone?
most complex
A. 3
A. skin cell, digestive system, cat
B. 4
B. cat, respiratory system, brain cell
C. 5
C. cardiac cell, circulatory system, hu-
man D. 6
653. Proteins are large macromolecules com- 658. Which biomolecule plays a role in muscle
posed of thousands of subunits. The struc- development and repair?
ture of the protein depends on the se-
664. Which of the following groups are all clas- 670. What is a molecule produced by a living
sified as polysaccharide? organism including large macromolecules
A. sucrose, glucose and fructose like proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, and
nucleic acid?
B. maltose, lactose and fructose
A. Sugar
C. glycogen, sucrose and maltose
B. Biomolecule
D. glycogen, cellulose and starch
C. Acids
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665. Which of the following is the most simple D. Fats
level of ecological organization?
671. Which of the four biomolecules provides
A. A community short-term energy?
B. An individual or species A. Lipids
C. A population B. Carbohydrates
D. An ecosystem C. Protein
666. What conditions usually do not cause de- D. Nucleic Acids
naturation? 672. What is the function of a monomer?
A. Extreme heat A. Bonds to make a polymer
B. Extreme pH B. Creates proteins
C. Dissolving in water C. Stores energy
D. none of above D. Primary source of energy
667. PO CH what elements essential 673. Which of the following is an inorganic
for life are missing from the acronym? compound?
A. Fe and Na A. C6H12O6
B. Ca and Na B. CaCO3
C. S and N C. CH4
D. S and Na D. CH3COOH
668. Which is not a part of a nucleotide? 674. Which of the following is a protein that
speeds up chemical reactions in the body?
A. nitrogenous base
A. Substrate
B. phosphate group
B. Saturated fatty acids
C. ribonucleic acid C. Lipids
D. sugar D. Enzymes
669. the smooth Endoplasmic reticulum is 675. amino acids are connected with bonds
made up of to form
A. carbohydrates A. peptide; proteins
B. protein B. peptide; lipids
C. lipids C. hydrogen; proteins
D. nucleic acid D. hydrogen; lipids
C. They are used as the structural com- 684. Which biomolecule is made of amino acid
ponents of the body (muscles and organs) monomers?
A. Nucleic Acid
D. They create the cell membrane
B. Carbohydrate
679. The loss of a protein’s structure is called
C. Protein
A. Denaturation D. Lipid
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688. A molecule that is used by plants and an- A. Carbohydrates
imals to store energy for a short time.
B. Lipids
A. Lipids C. Proteins
B. Carbohydrates D. Nucleic Acids
C. Proteins
694. What is the name of nucleic acid poly-
D. Nucleic Acid mers?
689. What elements are found in carbohy- A. Polysaccharides
drates and lipids? B. Triglycerides
A. Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen C. Polypeptides
B. Carbon, Hydrogen, and Nitrogen D. DNA and RNA
C. Carbon, Hydrogen, and Potassium 695. Includes DNA and RNA
D. Carbon, Hydrogen, and Iodine A. Carbohydrates
690. Which is the monomer that makes up car- B. Lipids
bohydrates? C. Proteins
A. Monosaccharides D. Nucleic Acids
B. Triglycerides
696. Glucose, Lactose, and Sucrose all end in-
C. Amino acids ose. This means they are sugars which
D. Nucleotides group of biomolecules do they belong to?
A. carbohydrates
691. All organic compounds contain the ele-
ment B. lipids
A. carbon C. proteins
D. nucleic acids
B. nitrogen
C. phosphorus 697. Which functional characteristics of pro-
teins distinguishes them from carbohy-
D. sulfur
drates?
692. What is dehydration synthesis? A. large amount of stored info
A. Joining molecules together by remov- B. ability to catalyse biochemical reac-
ing water tions
B. Breaking molecules apart by adding C. efficient storage of usable chemical
water energy
702. Which of these is true about DNA? 707. What do monomers do?
A. Has a double helix A. Bonds to make a Polymer
B. Has a single helix B. Creates Protiens
C. Contains uracil C. Stores energy
D. none of above D. Splits to make more cells
703. When a group of organs work together 708. Nitrogen bases for RNA:
to perform a particular function they cre- A. Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Uracil
ate a/an
A. organ system B. Adenine Guanine, Cytosine, and Sulfur
B. organism
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DRATES.
C. lipids
A. Amino Acid:Enzyme
D. proteins
B. Glucose:Starch
710. Aminoacids, have both an amino group
and a carboxyl group in their structure. C. Nucleotide:DNA
Which one of the following is an amino D. Fatty acid tail:triglyceride
acid?
A. Formic acid 713. Which biomolecule has sugars and
starches?
B. Glycerol
C. Glycolic Acid A. Lipids
D. Glycine B. Proteins
C. Carbohydrates
711. Which of the following is NOT an element
found in lipids? D. Nucleic Acid
2. Which of the following would likely not 5. This is the process in which plants sweat.
contribute to the surface area available for A. Transportation
water absorption from the soil by a plant
root system? B. Transpiration
B. endodermis D. Exportation
C. fungi associated with the roots 6. Which statement correctly identifies the
D. fibrous arrangement of the roots substance and direction it is transported in
the xylem?
3. What is the function of valves in heart?
A. Water, only upwards
A. To prevent the backflow of blood in the
B. Glucose, only upwards
chambers.
C. Water, up and down the plant
B. To allow the backflow of blood in the
heart. D. Glucose, up and down the plant
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D. Water molecules attracted to other A. passing of water from the roots to the
water molecules. leaves.
8. Process by wich plants capture sunlight to B. exchange of gases between the leaves
use its energy to transform carbon dioxide and the atmosphere.
and water into glucose and oxygen C. passage of water through the stomata
A. Botanist of the leaves.
B. Photosyntesis D. loss of water vapour from the leaves
and the stem.
C. Dicot
D. Phloem 14. Which of the following occupies the space
between the cell wall and the shrunken
9. What is created by water evaporating protoplast in a plasmolysed cell?
from the leaves of the plant? A. Isotonic solution
A. a positive pressure B. hypotonic solution
B. a negative pressure C. Hypertonic solution
C. there is no pressure change D. Water
D. sweat 15. During the translocation of food in plants,
the sink
10. the inside of the xylem
A. Has low osmotic pressure as com-
A. lumen pared to phloem sap
B. vessels B. Has more osmotic pressure as com-
C. tracheids pared to phloem sap
D. lignin C. Receives sucrose molecules from
phloem sap by facilitated diffusion
11. What part of blood is responsible for fight- D. Is the part that synthesises the food
ing infections?
A. Red Blood Cells 16. Why are vascular bundles arranged around
the edge in the stem?
B. White Blood Cells
A. To give a shorter diffusion distance
C. Platelets
B. To give strength and support
D. Plasma
C. To allow growth
12. which of the following is true of direction D. To leave space for sugars to travel up
of transport of Xylem and phloem the middle of the stem
17. What plant tissue transports water and C. the pull of water up a plant due to hy-
some nutrients up from the roots to the drogen bonding and transpiration
rest of the plant?
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29. ATP and protein is supplied to companion
C. thick outer wall
cells via
D. vacuole
A. sieve tubes
B. porous wall 35. Which theory of water transport states
C. cell wall that hydrogen bonding allows water to
maintain a continuous fluid column as wa-
D. vascular tissue ter is pulled from roots to leaves.
30. More water is lost from which part of the A. Fusion
plant?
B. Pressure flow
A. upper surface of leaf
C. Evaporation
B. flowers
D. Cohesion-tension
C. stem
D. lower surface of leaf 36. An increase in wind or temperature will
transpiration
31. Transpiration occurs from the leaves of
A. increase
a plant. Which environmental conditions
would produced the greatest transpiration B. decrease
rate? C. no change
A. Warm and still air
D. none
B. Warm and windy
C. Cold and still air 37. Apoplast pathway is located
39. Where is evaporation takes place at a 44. What process creates the low pressures
plant? needed for the movement of water up-
wards in the xylem?
50. A maize crop is successfully growing in a 55. Osmosis only concerns the movement of
field in which the water potential of the particles of
soil is-40 KPa.What is the most likely wa- A. salt
ter potential of the cell sap in the root hair
cell? B. water
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C. -20 KPa 56. The casparian strip at the endodermis
blocks which pathway
D. 0 KPa
A. Apoplast
51. which of these is seen in the xylem? B. Symplast
A. end plate C. Transpiration
B. sieve tube element D. Evaporation
C. lignin 57. Water travels through
D. nucleus A. phloem
52. What is the function of the heart? B. xylem
A. to carry blood from one part of the C. veins
body to another D. tubes
B. to push blood along the blood vessels 58. Structure of phloem consists all below, ex-
by pumping cept?
C. to absorb oxygen from the blood A. Sieve tube element
D. to carry carbon dioxide to the lungs B. Tracheids
53. The place in the plant cell where photosyn- C. Companion cell
thesis happens D. Sieve plate
A. Chlorophyll 59. How are the xylem and phloem arranged
B. xylem in plant roots?
C. phloem A. In the centre of the root
D. chloroplast B. In bundles near the edge of the root
C. Evenly spaced out across the root
54. Cacti grow in arid regions such as deserts.
Compared to other plants, transpiration in D. Randomly arranged in the root
cacti would most likely be 60. Where does most transpiration in a plant
A. lower take place?
B. higher A. cuticle
C. the same B. mesophyll cells
61. How do water molecules enter the roots B. a change in the growth of a plant in re-
from the soil? sponse to touch
63. What products are produced during photo- 68. Which apparatus is needed to measure the
synthesis? rates of transpiration?
64. Why is the evaporation of water from 69. If water is lost through transpiration more
leaves important? quickly than it is absorbed by the root
hairs, the plant cells will lose water. The
A. It cools leaves and helps move water leaves, stem and flower will droop. This
up the plant. is called
B. It makes the plant wilt
A. Drooping
C. It helps the plant to respire
B. Wilting
D. none of above
C. Loss of sap
65. What happens to the water potential D. Withering
when sucrose is transported into the sieve
tubes? 70. Define the term “Transpiration”.
A. No change A. Exchange of gases between the leaf
B. Increases and atmosphere.
71. Which of the following concept explained 76. The equation for photosynthesis is
the process of translocation? A. oxygen + water → glucose + carbon
A. Transpirational pull dioxide
B. Pressure flow hypothesis B. oxygen + glucose → carbon dioxide
+ water
C. Root pressure
C. carbon dioxide + water → glucose +
D. Cohesion and adhesion oxygen
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72. This is the definition for which word:The D. carbon dioxide + glucose → oxygen
movement of water molecules from a high + water
concentration of water to a low concentra-
77. What is the function of the phloem?
tion of water across a partially permeable
membrane. A. to transport water and mineral ions
A. Osmosis B. to transport sugars and amino acids
B. Diffusion C. to store food
C. Active transport D. to support the plant’s stem
C. leaves > stem > roots 79. How does light intensity affect the rate of
D. leaves > roots > stem transpiration?
A. Light intensity has no effect on the rate
74. What is the name given to the thin struc- of transpiration
tures that make up the phloem?
B. The higher the light intensity the lower
A. stomata tubes the rate of transpiration
B. sieve tubes C. The higher the light intensity the
higher the rate of transpiration.
C. palisade tubes
D. none of above
D. keratin tubes
80. What is the minimum number of cell mem-
75. The theory which states that transpiration branes that a water molecule must move
pull is responsible for carrying water up- through in getting from soil into a xylem
ward through the xylem is called vessel-
A. cortex-xylem theory A. 0
B. cohesion-pressure theory B. 1
C. cohesion-tension theory C. 2
D. pressure-tension theory D. 6
81. Which of the following is responsible for 86. What part of the plant structure trans-
the absorption of mineral ions? ports the food and nutrients?
92. The is the transport tissue that carries B. sucrose enters the sieve tubes by ac-
water from roots up to the rest of plant tive transport
A. xylem C. water leaves the sieve tubes by osmo-
B. phloem sis
D. sucrose leaves the sieve tubes by ac-
C. stomata
tive transport
D. roots
98. Xylem vessels are dead and have no cyto-
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93. Plant that absorbs water and other sub- plasm. This helps it so
stances directly through its cell walls in- A. water flow is not slowed down
stead of through tube-like structure; They
possess threadlike structures that anchor B. it forms an empty tube for water to
it to the ground know as rhizoids. flow through
A. Monocot C. water and minerals can enter and
leave the cells
B. Nonvascular plant
D. none of above
C. Photosyntesis
99. How does humidity affect the rate of tran-
D. Phloem
spiration?
94. Which process contributes most to the rise A. As humidity increases, the rate of tran-
of water in the xylem? spiration decreases.
A. capillarity B. As humidity increases, the rate of tran-
B. osmosis spiration increases.
C. root pressure C. As humidity increases, the rate of tran-
spiration stays constant.
D. transpiration
D. none of above
95. What the main driving force for movement
100. Which of the following do not take part
of water through xylem at day time
in conduction?
A. transpiration pull
A. Tracheids
B. root pressure
B. Vessels
C. turgor pressure C. Sieve tubes
D. capillary pressure D. Fibres
96. Which part of the plant takes in water? 101. Which feature of xylem vessel elements
A. leaf helps adhesion during transpiration?
B. stem A. lignin forms an incomplete secondary
wall
C. roots
B. new vessels carry extra water as
D. trunk
plants grow
97. What happens first during translocation in C. there are no cross walls between ves-
the phloem? sel elements
A. water enters the sieve tubes by osmo- D. the vessel elements form a narrow
sis tube
102. Which of the following is the part of 107. This plant structure is made of dead cells
apoplast? stacked end to end, forming a large, open,
straw like tube.
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113. Which of the following is used to trans-
port water & mineral ions, while also pro- C. cross walls and lignin cells
viding structural support to the plant? D. tube elements and sieve tissue cells
A. Phloem
119. The pores on leaves are called
B. Mesophyll
A. stomata
C. Stem
B. guard cells
D. Xylem
C. collenchyma
114. The process of transporting the product
of photosynthesis from leaves to entire D. phloem
parts of the plant is known as
120. For shoots growing from tubers, food
A. crossing over moves from the tubers to the shoots.
B. translocation Which of the following statements in cor-
C. guttation rect?
C. Leaves that are suffering in a drought. 121. Sink is any cell that
A. stores sugar
D. Water moving out of the guard cells.
B. makes sugar
116. Compared to plants, fungi cannot-?
C. excretes sugar
A. make thier own food.
D. give sugar
B. be used in helpful ways.
C. cause disease in other organisms. 122. What food substance is made by plants
during photosynthesis?
D. grow in large amounts.
A. Carbon dioxide
117. Xylem vessel elements are strengthened
by B. Glucose
A. lignin C. Granulated sugar
B. cellulose D. Oxygen
133. The plant tissue that carries sugar from 138. Which of the following allows transport
the leaves to the roots is of substances from a sieve element cell to
A. xylem a companion cell?
A. sieve plate
B. phloem
B. plasmodesmata
C. epidermis
C. cell wall
D. mesophyll
D. pits
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134. As the number of increases, the sur-
face area also increases, and the plant ab- 139. Which of the following is not a function
sorbs more water and minerals. of lignin in xylem vessels?
A. Root cap A. prevents xylem from collapsing in-
wards
B. Root hair
B. waterproofing to prevent water loss
C. Root tip
C. makes cell wall thicker
D. Root cells
D. allows water to be move into adjacent
135. What drives the flow of water through xylem vessels
the xylem?
140. Water is transported from roots to
A. passive transport by the endodermis shoots and leaves in:
B. the number of companion cells in the A. Xylem
phloem
B. Phloem
C. the evaporation of water from the
C. Stomata
leaves
D. Chlorophyll
D. active transport by sieve-tube ele-
ments 141. How does wind affect the rate of transpi-
ration?
136. Transpiration is the
A. More wind increases the rate of tran-
A. exchange of gases between the leaves spiration.
and the atmosphere
B. More wind decreases the rate of tran-
B. loss of water vapour through the stom- spiration.
ata of leaves
C. More wind has no effect on the rate of
C. movement of water from the roots to transpiration.
the leaves
D. none of above
D. transport manufactured food sub-
stances through the phloem 142. Vascular tissue that transports water
and minerals UPWARDS from a plant’s
137. What is the transport system of plants? roots is know as
A. circulatory system A. Chlorophyll
B. vascular system B. Phloem
C. respiratory system C. Stomata
D. digestive system D. Xylem
143. Ignoring all other factors, what kind of 148. When would a plant have maximum tran-
day would result in the fastest delivery spiration?
of water and minerals to the leaves of a
C. Chloroplasts C. roots
D. Central Vacuole D. flowers
154. Leaves need nutrients and water to 160. Irregularly shaped cell fragments that
A. Make food for the plant help clot blood
B. Make energy for the plant. A. Platelets
C. Keep the plant cool in the summer. B. Lymph
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D. Make water. C. Plasma
A. hormone
C. It transports water and is lignified
B. carbon dioxide
D. none of above
C. stimulus
D. chlorophyl 164. Epidermis of a leaf is made up of
A. single layer of epidermal cells
159. Which of the following is usually a source
for sucrose B. double layer of epidermal cells
A. leaves C. triple layer of epidermal cells
B. meristems D. none of above
165. Which part of the plant makes food? 170. What of these is needed for photosynthe-
A. leaf sis to begin?
C. how plants use sugars and oxygen to 181. Name the tissue that supplies energy to
produce energy to grow the sieve plate of the phloem for trans-
D. none of above portation of organic food.
A. Lamela
176. What does photosynthesis form in a leaf
first? B. Parencyma
B. Starch D. Epidermis
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C. Fat 182. The vessel that transports water and
D. Sugar minerals UPWARDS from a plant’s roots
is know as
177. What process in the natural world- A. Chlorophyll
converts radiant energy into chemicalen-
B. Phloem
ergy?
C. Stomata
A. interdependence
D. Xylem
B. symbiosis
C. photosynthesis 183. What external forces must an emergent
seedling overcome?
D. homeostasis
A. lack of water in the vacuole
178. The Na+/K+ pump of nerve cells
B. gravity, wind, rain
A. Is an energy-dependent membrane
C. a short phloem and xylem
transporter
D. herbivores and humans
B. Is involved in passive transport of ions
184. Which product of photosynthesis moves
C. Transports ions along their concentra- out of a green leaf through its stomata?
tion gradient A. carbon dioxide
D. Never shows saturation of transport B. glucose
179. From where the plants get the raw mate- C. oxygen
rials except CO2 for building plant body D. water
A. soil
185. Which cells in the leaf carry out the most
B. air photosynthesis?
C. rock A. Guard cells
D. 1&2 B. Palisade mesophyll cells
180. A plant that does not have adequate wa- C. Epidermal cells
ter in the soil may because of D. Spongy mesophyll cells
A. wilt ; water uptake 186. What is the form of sugar being move to
B. whither ; translocation companion cells?
C. wilt ; transpiration A. glucose
D. become flaccid ; osmosis B. maltose
197. This is the definition for which word:The C. Plant growth in a downward direction
movement of particles against a concentra- D. None of these
tion gradient (from a low to a high concen-
tration) across a partially permeable mem- 203. The diagram shows apparatus used to in-
brane which requires energy. vestigate water uptake by a cut leafy twig.
A. Transpiration In which sets of conditions would the tap
need to be used most often?
B. Osmosis
A. bright, still, humid
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C. Diffusion
B. bright, windy, dry
D. Active transport
C. dark, still, humid
198. which organelles occur in large numbers
in companion cells in phloem? D. dark, windy, dry
201. Growth of a plant in response to an ex- B. Create new proteins for the plant.
ternal stimulus, such as light C. Pull up new water and mineral ions
A. hormone from the roots to the leaves.
B. tropism D. Grow towards the light.
C. phototropism 207. the pholem is called the
D. stimulus A. food transporting system
202. What is negative tropism? B. water transporting
A. Plant growth away from a stimulus C. stem
B. Plant growth toward a stimulus D. root
219. Two main vascular bundles are the xylem C. Water and Sugar
and phloem. Food substances travel in the D. Water and minerals
and water and salts are mainly con-
ducted in the 225. What is the function of phloem tissue?
A. xylem; phloem A. to transport food up through the plant
B. phloem; xylem
B. to transport food up and down the
C. vessels; sieve tubes plant
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D. vascular bundles:vessels C. to transport water up through the
220. Auricles are walled while ventricles plant
are walled D. to transport water up and down the
A. Thick, Thin plant
241. During the summer which part of potato 246. What is the main reason for xylem form-
that act as sink? ing a continuous water column?
A. tuber A. Xylem cell walls contain lignin
B. leaves B. Xylem cell walls contain pits
C. root C. There are no end walls between xylem
cells
D. stem
D. There are no cell membranes
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242. Where are stomata found?
247. Mass or bulk flow of substance is called-
A. The stomata are found in the pollen of
A. Active transport
a plant.
B. Translocation
B. The stomata are found on the xylem of
the plant. C. Diffusion
D. Facilitated diffusion
C. The stomata are found on the upper
and lower epidermis of the leaf. 248. Which of the following would tend to in-
D. The stomata are found on the roots of crease transpiration?
the plant. A. a rainstorm
C. they need food to enter through the 259. What type of plant tissue transports wa-
holes ter and minerals?
262. Which is the correct equation for photo- 267. When water passes through the cyto-
synthesis? plasm of adjacent plant cells via the plas-
modesmata it is said to be moving by
A. carbon dioxide + light → oxygen +
which pathway?
water
A. Simplast
B. carbon dioxide + water → oxygen +
glucose B. Symplast
C. light + water → energy + glucose C. Apoplast
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D. oxygen + water → glucose + carbon D. Apolpast
dioxide
268. State one substance, other than sucrose,
that is produced in leaves and translocated
263. An increase in wind or temperature will
to other parts of the plant.
the rate of transpiration
A. amino acids
A. increase
B. glucose
B. decrease
C. oxygen
C. maintain
D. carbon dioxide
D. none of above
269. The plant transport system are made up
264. Which part of the vascular bundle is re- of types of tubes.
sponsible for the water uptake from the
A. 1
root to the leaves?
B. 2
A. Xylem
C. 3
B. Phloem
D. many
C. Veins
270. Which materials are transported in the
D. Arteries
xylem?
265. Plasma is the liquid part of the blood A. oxygen and water
which contains % water B. glucose and oxygen
A. 70% C. water and minerals
B. 80% D. glucose and minerals
C. 90%
271. Transpiration is a part of ?
D. None of the above
A. Condensation
266. What happens first when water flows B. Sublimation
through a plant? C. Evaporation
A. Transpired from the leaves D. Precipitation
B. Absorbed from soil by root hairs
272. What is translocation?
C. Flow upwards in stem
A. the transport of sucrose and amino
D. Move from roots to stem acids in phloem tissues
B. the transport of sucrose and amino 278. Where does Atrioventricular Valves (AV
acids in the xylem tissues valves) are located?
275. What is the role of xylem parenchyma? 280. What is the name of the long cells found
in the root?
A. To store food and tannin deposits,
which protects from herbivore attack A. Plant cell
B. To contain salts which are then trans- B. Palisade cell
ported in the xylem C. Root guard cell
C. To allow exchange of substances be- D. Root hair cell
tween the xylem and the phloem
281. The stronger the light intensity (amount
D. To give additional support to the plant
of light), the plant more water.
276. Which of these substances is/are trans- A. lose more
ported by the xylem?
B. lose less
A. water only
C. stop losing
B. water and sucrose
D. none of above
C. water and mineral salts
D. mineral salts and sucrose 282. Why do plants have a transport system?
A. It is a cool thing to have
277. How does glucose travel in the phloem
B. Animals also have a transport system
A. clockwise
C. It allows materials to reach various
B. in both direction parts quickly
C. up only D. It allows the plant to produce more
D. down only plants quickly
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D. blood, heart B. apoplast relies on active transport
C. symplast is non living
284. Most stomata are usually found in under-
side of leaves. Why? D. apoplast goes through the living cyto-
plasm and symplast via the cell walls
A. conserve water
B. get more CO2 290. Mineral ions move from the soil into the
C. prevent infection roots by the process of?
D. none A. osmosis
B. diffusion
285. What does a plant NOT use glucose for?
C. active transport
A. cell wall formation (cellulose)
B. ATP production D. none of the above
C. starch production to store energy over 291. An increase in which of the following
the winter would decrease the rate of transpiration?
D. phospholipid production A. light
286. The main vein running down a dicot leaf B. air movement
is called the C. temperature
A. mid rib
D. humidity
B. main vein
292. The products of photosynthesis will flow
C. central xylem
through which part of the phloem tissue?
D. vascular tissue
A. collenchyma cells
287. Where are carbohydrates made in a B. vessels
green leaf?
C. sieve tube cells
A. cell vacuoles
D. tracheids
B. chloroplasts
C. phloem 293. Which of the following is not an impor-
D. xylem tant use of water in plants?
A. To maintain turgor.
288. Stomata have bean-shaped guard cells
with a outer wall, b inner wall B. For photosynthesis
A. thin b. thick C. To keep cool
B. thick b. thin D. For cell division
294. What is the functions of a stem? B. Transports of carbon dioxide gas for
A. Absorbs water and nutrients photosynthesis
299. Which of the following is NOT the impor- B. food and water
tance of transport in plant? C. air, food and water
A. Water transport for photosynthesis D. food. water and minerals
304. The transpiration driven ascent of sap de- 309. Vascular tissue that forms tubes that
pends on which of the following physical transport dissolves food throughout a
properties of water? plant
A. Cohesion A. Nonvascular plant
B. Surface tension B. Monocot
C. Adhesion C. Phloem
D. All D. Dicot
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305. THE PURPOSE OF PLUCKING LEAVES 310. Name the equipment used to estimate
FROM A PLANT SEEDLING BEFORE RE- transpiration rate.
PLANTING IN AN ORCHARD IS TO RE- A. Respirometer
DUCE
B. Manometer
A. THE RATE OF WATER ABSORPTION
C. Potometer
B. THE RATE OF RESPIRATION
D. none of above
C. THE RATE OF TRANSPIRATION
311. Girdling experiment proves that
D. THE RATE OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS
A. Phloem is the tissue responsible for
306. What part of the human body is most sim- the translocation of food
ilar in function to the spongy mesophyll B. Transport via phloem essentially takes
layer in a leaf? place in one direction
A. Alveoli in the lungs C. The direction of food transport is
B. Erythrocytes in the blood downwards
C. Villi in the small intestine D. All the above
D. Sweat glands in the skin 312. Which two substances are transported in
the phloem?
307. Part of the water absorbed from the soil
is lost via transpiration, some is used for A. A amino acids and protein
photosynthesis and some used for ? B. B amino acids and sucrose
A. maintaining turgidity of cells C. C protein and starch
B. stored in fruits D. D starch and sucrose
C. stored in leaves
313. What is the need of plant transport sys-
D. stored in stem tem
A. to move energy store from leaves to
308. The function of hydathode is to cause
different parts
A. transpiration
B. to move raw material from roots to
B. photosynthesis leaves
C. guttation C. both 1&2
D. bleeding D. None
325. What does the water move through in C. warm, bright, and humid
the symplast pathway? D. cool, dim, and humid
A. The cell walls
331. What is the role of xylem fibres?
B. The intercellular spaces
A. To transport water
C. The cytoplasm
B. To wrap around the xylem to prevent
D. The vacuole them from leaking
326. What is the main source of nutrition for
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C. Provide extra strength to the plant
plants? D. To fill in the space between the xylem
A. Water and the phloem
B. Protein
332. In xylem, there are gaps within the lignin
C. Glucose called These allow surrounding cells to
D. Carbs be supplied with water.
A. holes
327. If carbon dioxide levels are too high the
stomata B. plasmolemma
A. opens C. pits
B. closes D. companion cells
C. does nothing 333. Which of the following transport mecha-
D. panics nisms shows saturation of transport but
does not show uphill transport?
328. This is the definition for which word:The
A. Simple diffusion
movement of particles down a concentra-
tion gradient (from a high concentration to B. Active transport
a low concentration) C. Facilitated diffusion
A. Osmosis D. Both simple and facilitated diffusion
B. Diffusion
334. What is the movement of sugars through
C. Active transport a plant called?
D. Transpiration A. Translation
329. Inorganic molecules that contained in B. Translocation
xylem sap. C. Transcription
A. CO2 and amino acids D. Transpiration
B. Magnesium and sucrose
335. Unidirectional flow of water, minerals,
C. Magnesium and potassium some organic nitrogen and hormones oc-
D. CO2 and zinc curs through-
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D. Transpiration C. Insulin-Producing Cells
348. WHICH ION INVOLVES IN THE OPENING D. none of above
AND CLOSING OF STOMATA?
354. Which of the following is the similar tis-
A. Potassium ion
sue found in xylem and phloem?
B. Calcium Ion
A. Vessel
C. Chloride Ion
B. Companion cell
D. Sodium Ion
C. Parencyma
349. After photosynthesis, plants store their D. Tracheid
glucose as in plants .
A. starch 355. During ventricular systole:
B. pigment A. the ventricles relax
C. sugar B. blood flows from the ventricles into the
D. Oxygen atria
C. the AV valves are open
350. Which of following is most easily trans-
ported in plant cells? D. blood flows from the ventricles to the
pulmonary arteries
A. starch
B. glucose 356. Where are the epidermal cells cover?
C. cellulose A. upper surface of a leaf
D. fat B. lower surface of a leaf
351. What does xylem tissue transport? C. both upper and lower surfaces of a leaf
A. Water
D. none of above
B. Sugar
C. Sun 357. It is the movement of the substances all
D. Carbohydrates throughout the plants.
A. Plant Transport
352. Movement of substances is one way in
and two way in the B. Animal Transport
A. xylem, phloem C. Plant Circulation
B. phloem, xylem D. Animal Circulation
358. Sucrose enters the phloem sieve-tube by 364. transpiration powers the movement of
water
370. How do mineral ions enter a plant? 376. Complete the blank:Sugar is transported
A. by osmosis in root hair cells the plant in living phloem.
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plant is put into a plastic bag?
377. transports sugar, proteins, and other
A. The humidity increases
organic materials.
B. The temperature increases
A. xylem
C. The light intensity increases
B. phloem
D. None of the above
C. stoma
372. Which cells have extra cellulose deposits
for structural support? D. spongy mesophyll
A. parenchyma 378. How many micrometres in a millimetre?
B. collenchyma
A. 1, 000µ m
C. palisade
B. 100µ m
D. spongy mesophyll
C. 10µ m
373. Which environmental condition lowers
the rate of transpiration? D. 10, 000µ m
392. What is the function of xylem tissue? 397. Plants need nitrates for what?
A. to transport food up through the plant A. make sugar
B. make proteins and DNA
B. to transport food up and down the pant C. make fats
D. move water
C. to transport water up through the
plant 398. Where do the plant get the materials for
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healthy grow?
D. to transport water up and down the
plant A. from the air only
B. from the air and soil
393. in apoplastic pathway, water moves
through the C. from the soil only
A. plasmodesmata D. from the shops
B. cell wall 399. What controls the opening and closing of
C. mesophyll stomata?
403. During plasmolysis what occurs? B. Air molecules around the leaf with less
A. the cell becomes turgid kinetic energy.
C. Water moves inside the cell until equi- D. Water molecules in the leaf with more
librium is reached kinetic energy.
408. Which of the following increases the rate D. palisade mesophyll cells to air spaces
of transpiration?
A. Air around the leaf with high humidity. 413. Waxy covering of leaves
A. cuticle
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B. From other cells to cell A D. all of the above
C. Water will not move
420. How are sucrose and amino acids trans-
D. Water will move up ported in a plant?
415. What is the function of a stomata? A. transferred into phloem tissue using
energy where osmotic pressure increases
A. cellular respiration and helps to take up water and push to tis-
B. sugar transportation sues
C. photosynthesis B. xylem
D. gas exchange C. xylem and phloem
424. A plant cell attains turgidity due to 430. Plant loses water through the
A. Electrolysis A. roots
C. Epidermis A. epidermis-cortex-endodermis-xylem
D. Waxy Cuticle B. epidermis-endodermis-cortex-xylem
426. What is significance of transpiration C. xylem-endodermis-cortex-epidermis
A. Creates suction force D. xylem-cortex-endodermis-epidermis
B. Helps in distribution of water and nu-
trients 432. What organelle in the leaves of plants
capture light energy from the sun to com-
C. Cooling effect for plants
plete photosynthesis?
D. All of the above
A. Chloroplasts
427. which feature of a root hair cell is not an
adaption for water uptake from the soil B. Mitochondria
solution? C. Nucleus
A. lack of waxy cuticle
D. Ribosomes
B. large numbers of mitochondria
C. long, thin extension to the cell 433. assimilates or sugars, move from one
part of the plant to another by
D. thin cellulose cell wall
A. transpiration
428. Which of the following factors will not in-
crease the rate of transpiration? B. translocation
A. Increased wind speed C. evacuation
B. Increased humidity D. innundation
C. Increased temperature
D. Increased surface area 434. The casparian strip prevents water and
minerals from entering the xylem through
429. How do root hair cells absorb water? the-
A. By osmosis A. Plasmodesmata
B. By diffusion
B. Apoplast
C. By active transport
C. symplast
D. first take up ions by active transport
then water moves to root hair by osmosis D. Xylem vessel
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436. Which of the following does NOT affect
C. Circulation
rate of transpiration?
D. Transpiration
A. Water in the soil
B. Temperature 442. Water vapour moves out of the plant leaf
C. Amount of sunlight by the process of
D. Wind A. osmosis
B. evaporation
437. What type of cells absorb water from the
soil? C. active transport
A. Palisade cells D. diffusion
B. Xylem vessels
443. Multidirectional flow of a variety of
C. Root hair cells organic and inorganic solutes occurs
D. none of above through-
A. Xylem
438. What uses stomata as its route into the
leaf? B. Vascular tissue
A. carbon dioxide C. Phloem
B. ions D. Root
C. sunlight
444. The food synthesised in the plants is
D. water transported through phloem in the form of
439. Cellulose in the cell walls of xylem, in- A. Sucrose
creases the of water molecules to help B. Starch
resist the effect of gravity.
C. Glucose
A. cohesion
D. Fats
B. pressure
C. adhesion 445. What causes green plants to wilt?
D. arrangement A. High humidity around the leaves.
440. In a leaf what is the tissue which in which B. Lack of minerals on the soils
most gas exchange occurs? C. How light intensity
A. upper epidermis D. Transpiration faster than uptake of wa-
B. spongy mesophyll ter
446. The vascular bundles of plants refers to C. accumulation of minerals and water in
and , and they can be found within leaves
the , stem, and roots.
447. What is the function of a root? B. It lets CO2 in and O2 and water out.
A. Where pollination occurs C. Protection and absorption of water
B. Absorbs water and nutrients for the and minerals
plant D. Tip of root that is growing into the soil
C. Produces food (area of mitosis)
457. Where are the epidermal cells cover at a 462. What is the purpose of lignin?
plant
A. To provide structure for xylem cells
A. upper surface of a leaf
B. To provide structure for phloem cells
B. lower surface of a leaf
C. To open and close the stomata
C. both upper and lower surfaces of a leaf
D. To increase surface area
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dry, hot climates is
458. Which of the following DOES NOT ex-
A. a thin waxy cuticle
plained the transportation of water and
minerals from root to leaves. B. small numerous stomata
A. Transpirational pull C. plants with stomata that open during
the night
B. Pressure flow hypothesis
D. ability to lose leaves during the
C. Root pressure
wettest part of the year
D. Capillary action
464. The plant tissue that carries food materi-
459. Transpiration rate can be measured using als bi-directionally from the leaves to the
which of the following? rest of the pant is the
A. potatometer A. Phloem
B. potometer B. Stomata
C. polymeter C. Chlorophyll
D. parameter D. Xylem
460. When transpiration rates increase, what 465. Where is xylem found in the plant?
will happen to the cohesion tension in the
A. leave → roots → stem
xylem?
B. roots → stem → leaves
A. decreases
C. root hairs → leaves → veins
B. increases
D. stem → roots
C. stays the same
D. none of above 466. Water enters the phloem at the source
because
461. Absorption of water plus macronutrients
A. the phloem has a negative pressure
and micronutrients through the root sys-
since its cells are dead
tem by
B. the phloem has a higher solute concen-
A. Diffusion
tration
B. Cohesion
C. the xylem has a higher pressure since
C. Circulation there is more water in the xylem
D. Transpiration D. none of above
478. The circulates water and minerals to B. Enable mineral salts to move more eas-
all parts of the plant. ily through the xylem.
A. Root C. Provide mechanical support to the
xylem.
B. Leaves
D. Make the xylem bitter so animals don’t
C. Stem
eat it.
D. none of above
484. The male part of the flower consists of
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479. Which of the following conditions is least
likely to increase the rate of transpiration A. Anther and Style
in a plant?
B. Stigma and Style
A. a rise in temperature
C. Anther and Filament
B. increased air movement
D. Stigma and Filament
C. an increase in humidity
485. Name the carbohydrate that is trans-
D. increased sunlight
ported in the phloem.
480. What is the main factor that influences A. starch
the rate of sugar transport?
B. glucose
A. movement of water
C. sucrose
B. Rate of photosynthesis D. fructose
C. capillary action
486. What carries the oxygenated blood from
D. uprooting plants the lungs to the left atrium of the heart?
481. The loss of water vapour from the leaves A. vena cava
of a plant. B. aorta
A. Transpiration C. pulmonary vein
B. Evaporation D. pulmonary artery
C. Translocation
487. The factory or storehouse of the plant is
D. Photosynthesis the
489. An example of adhesion is 495. Some fungi cause wilting in crop plants by
A. Water molecules sticking to each other growing within the xylem vessels. Which
process will be directly affected by these
493. Humans cannot make their own food, A. light intensity increases
what are they called? B. humidity increases
A. Autotrophs C. wind speed increases
B. Producers
D. temperature increases
C. Heterotrophs
D. Herbivores 499. The cell A has an osmotic potential of-20
bars and a pressure potential of +6 bars.
494. Plants use to convert sunlight into What will be its water potential?
food.
A. -14 bars
A. Phloem
B. Photosynthesis B. +14 bars
500. Movement of water through the cyto- 505. These are made up of group of specialised
plasm and plasmodesmata in the root, is cells that conduct water, dissolved salts
known as the: and food up or down the stem.
A. apoplastic pathway A. phloem
B. symplastic pathway B. xylem
C. cellular pathway C. vascular bundles
D. vacuolar pathway D. vessels
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501. Transpiration is the consequence of which 506. All of the following statements are true
feature of plants? but which one is the most precise?Water
is conducted through plant stems in .
A. the presence of symplast and apoplast
pathways A. the xylem,
510. Movement of water across the endoder- B. Phloem tissue carry water and dis-
mis cell can occur through the following EX- solved minerals up the plant
CEPT
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522. Why don’t xylem vessels collapse or C. Transpiration Tunnels
burst? D. Plant Arteries
A. They have thick side walls and rings of
hard lignin 528. What does xylem carry up the stem?
B. They have tiny pores A. Water
C. They have no cytoplasm B. Nutrients
D. none of above C. Water and Nutrients
523. Which of the following functions as a D. None of the above
source during translocation in plants?
A. Merismetic tissue in the root 529. What is Positive tropism?
B. Leaves A. Plant growth away from a stimulus
C. Roots B. Plant growth in an upward direction
D. Fruits and flowers C. Plant growth in a downward direction
524. What are the names of the two parts of D. Plant growth toward a stimulus
the vascular bundle of plants?
A. Palisade Mesophyll and Cuticle 530. The cells which control the opening and
closing of the stomata are
B. Xylem and Phloem
A. palisade cells
C. Phloem and Epidermis
B. guard cells
D. Veins and Arteries
C. spongy cells
525. In the symplast pathway through what
does the water move from cell to cell? D. Waxy cuticle
A. Plasmodesmata
531. What is transpiration?
B. Cell wall
A. The loss of water from leaves by osmo-
C. Vacuole sis
D. Nucleus B. The uptake of water through root hair
526. Xylem vessels are able to stay upright cells
due to C. The evaporation and diffusion of water
A. lignin from inside leaves
B. cellulose D. none of above
532. Which would be an adaptation of xero- A. transpiration of water out of the xylem.
phytes?
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D. Hydrotropism
D. Amendments
7. Cohesion theory of the ascent of sap was
2. Deficiency symptoms of nitrogen and given by
potassium are visible first in A. Dixon and Jolly
A. Senescent leaves B. J.C. Bose
B. Young leaves C. Munch
C. Roots D. Hales
D. Buds
8. Is the breakdown of glucose molecules to
release energy. (Occurs after photosyn-
3. In order for plants to create chlorophyll,
thesis)
they need to get from the soil.
A. Chemotropism
A. Nitrates
B. Photosynthesis
B. Phosphates
C. Nitrate
C. Magnesium
D. Respiration
D. Potassium
9. Conversion of starch into organic acid is es-
4. An immobile element in plants is sential for stomata.
A. Calcium A. closing
B. Potassium B. opening
C. Nitrogen C. initiation
D. Phosphorus D. growth
5. Which element is very essential for uptake 10. What causes plants to “grow” towards
and utilization of Ca+2, membrane func- light?
tion, pollen germination and carbohydrate
A. Auxins in the stem (elongating on dark
translocation via phloem-
side)
A. Cl
B. Auxins in the stem (elongating on the
B. Mg light side)
C. Mn C. Light
D. B D. Nitrate
11. The amount of macronutrients per kg of 17. Plants response to touch is called?
dry matter is-
A. Hydrotropism
D. H202 C. Mo
B. N A. mineral is a micronutrient
C. P B. Deficiency persists for a long time
D. K C. Mineral is very mobile within the plant
14. Plants obtain Fe in the form of-
A. Ferric ions D. Older leaves are in direct contact of
B. Ferrous ion sunlight
C. Either ferric or ferrous ions
20. Mottled chlorosis caused by the deficiency
D. FeSO4 of
15. Water is an universal A. Calcium
A. Solute B. Phosphorus
B. Solvant
C. Magnesium
C. Acid
D. Potassium
D. Powder
16. Which of the following is a component of 21. The common nitrogen-fixer in paddy fields
vitamin (thiamine, biotin), Acetyl CoA, cys- is
teine, methionine and ferrerdoxin?
A. Rhizobium
A. Fe
B. Azospirillum
B. S
C. Co C. Oscillatoria
D. K D. Frankia
22. In order for plants to create amino acids 28. Plants response to light..
and proteins, they need to get from A. Gravitropism
the soil.
B. Chemotropism
A. Nitrates
C. Hydrotropism
B. Phosphates
D. Phototropism
C. Magnesium
D. Potassium 29. Main role of minor elements is to act as
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23. Component of nitrogenase and nitrate re- A. Constituent of hormones
ductase is B. Binder of cell structure
A. Mn C. Cofactor of enzymes
B. Mo D. Constituent of amino acids.
C. Co
30. Essential elements (17) are-
D. Zn
A. Only macronutrients
24. For its action, nitrogenase requires
B. Only micronutrients
A. Light
C. Both macro and micronutrients
B. Mn2+
D. C, H, O and N only
C. Super oxygen radicals
D. High input of energy 31. The function of leghaemoglobin in the root
nodules of legumes is
25. Which mineral is required in larger amount
A. Oxygen removal
in comparison to other micronutrients
B. Nodule differentiation
A. Mo
C. Expression of nif gene
B. B
C. Fe D. Inhibition of nitrogenase activity
34. The following ions are necessary for the 40. In which of the following all three are
plants to absorb EXCEPT macronutrients?
A. Boron, zinc, manganese
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A. Convert free nitrogen to nitrogen com-
C. Ammonia
pounds
B. Convert proteins into ammonia D. Glutamate
C. Reduce nitrates to free nitrogen 53. Which one of the following is not an essen-
D. Oxidize ammonia to nitrates tial mineral element for plants while the
remaining three are?
48. In order for plants to maintain the concen-
tration of their cytoplasm and assist with A. Iron
active transport, they need to get from B. Manganese
the soil.
C. Cadmium
A. Nitrates
D. Phosphorus
B. Phosphates
C. Magnesium 54. Partial mineral element is-
D. Potassium A. N
49. During biological nitrogen fixation, inacti- B. P
vation of nitrogenase by oxygen poisoning
C. K
is prevented by:
A. Xanthophyll D. Fe
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The above roles are played by- soil? Choose the best answer.
A. Ca+2 A. To make glucose
B. Mg+2 B. To make amino acids
C. Mn+2 C. For growth
D. Cl- D. Because it is a mineral
70. The energy available for active ion uptake 76. Which one of the following is not a mi-
is from cronutrient?
A. Photosynthesis A. Molybdenum
B. Respiration B. Magnesium
C. Transpiration C. Zinc
D. Guttation D. Boron
71. Which is essential for the growth of root 77. Which of the following is the most common
tip? type of transpiration?
A. Fe A. Cuticular
B. Ca B. Lenticular
C. Mn C. Foliar
D. Zn D. Stomatal
72. An increase in CO2 concentration around 78. Facilitated diffusion takes place through.
the leaf causes A. Lipids
A. rapid opening of stomata B. Carbohydrates
B. partial closure of stomata C. Carrier proteins
C. Complete closure of stomata D. Fats
D. no effect on stomata
79. An element which with the help of Na+
73. Deficiency of which mineral causes defi- and K+, determines the solute concentra-
ciency of N- tion and anion-cation balance in cell is
A. Mo A. Cl
B. K B. S
C. Mn C. Zn
D. S D. Mo
4.3 Photosynthesis
1. What two monosaccharides make up mal- 6. Howie put his plants under a plant light.
tose? what was he helping his plants do by pro-
A. glucose + galactose viding light?
A. make food
B. glucose + glucose
B. attract insects
C. glucose + fructose
C. release pollen
D. glucose + glycogen
D. grow roots
2. What are located in the chloroplast?
7. Phloem carries-
A. Pigments A. Glucose all around the plant
B. Mitochondria B. Glucose to the roots only
C. Sucrose C. Water all around the plant
D. None of these answera D. Water up from the roots
3. Carbon dioxide is absorbed by plants 8. For humans to live, we need energy. What
through tiny holes in the leaves called is the name of the energy that the body
makes in cellular respiration?
A. stomata
A. sugar
B. vacuoles
B. glucose
C. pores
C. ATP
D. screens
D. fructose
4. Which of the following move through the
9. Which of the following are produced dur-
electron transport chain?
ing the light reactions?
A. Protons A. glucose, ADP, and NADP+
B. Electrons B. glucose, ADP, NADP+, carbon dioxide
C. Water
D. Carbon Dioxide C. ATP, NADPH, oxygen
D. ATP, NADP+, oxygen
5. what is the byproduct of photosynthesis
10. Which of the following is directly associ-
A. carbon dioxide
ated with Photosystem I?
B. nitrogen
A. harvesting light energy to make ATP
C. oxygen B. receiving electrons from the thylakoid
D. carbon monoxide membrane ETC
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C. chloroplast 17. If the plant had less of all of these avail-
D. nucleus able to it, which one would NOT slow
down photosynthesis?
12. Which ingredient is necessary for photo-
A. Amount of light
synthesis?
A. Water B. amount of glucose
A. NADPH D. Maltose
B. ATP 31. How many atoms are there TOTAL
C. RuBP in:H2SO4
D. G3P A. 6
B. 5
26. Where do the light reactions take place in-
side a chloroplast? C. 7
A. stroma D. 3
32. Which carries water and minerals from 38. An increase in which of the following sub-
roots to other parts of the plant? stances will cause an increase in the rate
A. xylem of photosynthesis until a maximum rate is
established?
B. phloem
A. carbon dioxide and light intensity
C. stoma
B. oxygen and light intensity
D. guard cell
C. temperature and carbon dioxide
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33. What are the REACTANTS (ingredients) for
photosynthesis? D. temperature and oxygen
A. glucose and oxygen 39. Tubes in the stem of the plant used to
B. water and carbon dioxide transport glucose or sugar to provide en-
C. water and glucose ergy to the plant.
43. What is the end product of photosynthe- 49. What gas does the process of photosyn-
sis? thesis release into the atmosphere?
44. At midnight, what is happening in the leaf 50. Which of the following is not necessary for
of a plant? photosynthesis
A. Respiration A. Chlorophyll
B. Photosynthesis B. Carbon dioxide gas
C. Photosynthesis and respiration C. Oxygen
D. None of the above D. Water
45. Which of the following is NOT a monosac- 51. What is the gas we breath out that plants
charide? use for photosynthesis?
A. starch A. sulfur
55. What is the ultimate source of energy for 61. What is the correct equation for photosyn-
life on Earth? thesis?
A. glucose A. Carbon Dioxide + Water + Light →
B. sunlight Glucose + Oxygen
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56. The main function of a carbohydrate is Water + Oxygen
A. long term energy storage D. none of above
B. stores genetic information 62. Much of the carbon dioxide produced by
C. short term energy storage green plants is not excreted as a metabolic
waste because it
D. regulates and controls all body proc-
cesses A. can be used for photosynthesis
B. is too large to pass through cell mem-
57. What are the reactants of photosynthe-
branes
sis?
C. is needed for cellular respiration
A. carbon dioxide and oxygen
D. can be used for the creation of pro-
B. water and oxygen
teins
C. carbon dioxide and water
63. Which product is produced by the splitting
D. water and glucose
of water during the light-dependent reac-
58. This color has the shortest wavelength tions of photosynthesis?
A. Indigo A. NADPH
B. red B. oxygen
C. Yellow C. glucose
D. violet D. carbon dioxide
59. Glucose ( C6H12O6 ) is made of 64. When a plant wilts (shrivels), the stomata
closes. How does this help the plant?
A. Carbon
A. It increases photosynthesis
B. Hydrogen
B. It reduces further water loss during
C. Oxygen transpiration.
D. All of the above C. It increases cellular respiration
60. Identify the main energy source that is a D. It reduces water intake by roots respi-
reactant in photosynthesis ration
A. Glucose 65. Which of these is not needed to make food
B. Sunlight in a plant?
C. Water A. Radiant energy
D. Carbon Dioxide B. Oxygen
68. All plants are 74. Which of the following equation explains
cellular respiration?
A. heterotrophs
A. sugar+water → salt+sunlight
B. prokaryotes
B. sugar+oxygen → water+carbon
C. eukaryotes dioxide+energy
D. carnivorous C. water+carbon dioxide+sunlight →
sugar+oxygen
69. Which is the correct formula for:three hy- D. Sugar+energy → water+carbon
drogen (H)one sulfur (S)four oxygen (O) dioxide+oxygen
A. H3SO4
75. In cellular processes, trees and grass re-
B. HSO4 lease , while a deer and bird only re-
C. H4S3O lease carbon dioxide.
A. oxygen
D. H2O
B. water
70. Which process takes place during day time C. food
in plants?
D. sugar
A. Photosynthesis
76. Which factor does not affect photosynthe-
B. Respiration sis?
C. Exotheremic A. Water
D. All of the above B. Sun
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C. from the air 83. How many sugar units make up polysac-
charides?
D. from other plants
A. one
78. What is the correct equation for cellular B. two
respiration?
C. more than two
A. 6O2 + C6H12O6 → 6CO2 + 6H2O +
Energy D. zero
88. Which of the following will increase the 93. Where on the plant does photosynthesis
rate of photosynthesis up until a point take place?
A. leaves
99. What is the compund that plants use to ab- C. Hydrogen ions and glucose
sorb the energy from sunlight? D. Excited electrons and proteins
A. Carbon dioxide
105. How many sugar molecules are produced
B. Chlorophyll
from every six molecules of carbon diox-
C. Nitrogen ide that enter the Calvin cycle?
D. H2O A. 1
100. What is the function of chlorophyll in
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B. 3
plants?
C. 6
A. To absorb sunlight
D. 12
B. To produce Oxygen
C. To absorb nutrients 106. Where does the Calvin Cycle occur?
110. Which of these would be considered a 115. What is another name for a het-
CAM pathway plant? erotroph?
111. A student conducts an experiment by col- 116. Where are most chloroplasts found in
lecting the gas given off by a green plant plants?
in bright sunlit at room temperature. The A. in the stomata
gas being collected is probably
B. in the epidermis
A. water
C. in the leaves
B. carbon dioxide D. in the roots
C. oxygen
117. What gas does a plant take in for photo-
D. ATP synthesis?
112. Glucose is a A. Carbon Dioxide
A. sugar B. Hyrdogen
B. carbohydrate C. Oxygen
C. source of quick energy D. Carbon Monoxide
D. all are correct 118. What is the name of the green pigment
found inside the chloroplasts?
113. Which of the following statements is cor-
rect with respect to the photosynthetic A. Chlorosome
pathway of grass or a cactus? B. Chlorophyll
A. In a cactus, carbon is fixed only during C. Chlorocell
the day. D. Chlorochondria
B. In grass, carbon is fixed only during
the night. 119. What does CAM plants store?
A. H20
C. In a cactus, carbon is fixed only during
the night. B. O2
D. none of above C. Sunlight
D. Carbon Dioxide
114. Cyclic photophosphorylation differs from
non-cyclic photophosphorylation in that 120. Which molecule in plant cells first cap-
is not made from the process tures the radiant energy from sunlight?
A. ATP A. Glucose
B. PGAL B. Carbon Dioxide
C. NADH C. Chlorophyll
D. NADPH D. Adenosine Triphosphate
121. The process by which plant cells use en- 126. In which photosystem does the electron
ergy from the sun to convert carbon diox- transport begin?
ide and water into make sugar and oxygen A. 1
is called
B. 2
A. Phototropism
C. 3
B. Cellular Respiration
D. 4
C. Mitosis
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127. If the proton (H+) pump in the thylakoid
D. Photosynthesis was not working which molecule could not
be made during the light reaction?
122. What organelle is responsible for doing
cellular respiration A. NADPH
A. chloroplast B. ATP
B. lungs C. Water
C. ribosomes D. Oxygen gas
C. in the direction of the pull of gravity 129. The rate of photosynthesis will decrease
only as
D. in the direction of water and away A. oxygen concentration decreases
from the pull of gravity B. carbon dioxide concentration de-
creases
124. A green substance that absorbs light and
aids in starting photosynthesis: C. light intensity increases
B. To capture energy and make sugar 137. Most of the oxygen in the Earth’s atmo-
C. To reflect green light sphere was produced by-
A. a big explosion
143. How do the number of H atoms compare 149. Which classification of cell experiences
to the number of O atoms in a carbohy- photosynthesis?
drate? A. Plants
A. There are TWICE as many H B. Chloroplasts
B. They are the same amount C. Eukaryotes
C. There are THREE times as many H D. All of the above
D. There are TWICE as many O
provides the energy necessary for
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150.
144. What is the location of photosynthesis photosynthesis.
A. chloroplast A. water
B. stomata B. sunlight
C. carbon dioxide C. glucose
D. energy D. soil
145. Photosynthesis occurs in: 151. What is the special feature of the leaves
of C4 plants?
A. Mitochondria
A. They contain chloroplasts both in the
B. Chloroplasts
mesophyll and bundle sheath cells
C. Humans
B. They contain chloroplasts only in the
D. Animals mesophyll cells.
146. What a plant moves or grows towards C. They contain chloroplasts only in the
the light, this is what we call- bundle sheath cells.
A. Photosynthesis D. none of above
B. Phototropism 152. What two things do plants create
C. Geotropism through photosynthesis?
D. Turgor Pressure A. Water and sunlight.
B. Sugar and green dye
147. Plants take in what gas from the atmo-
sphere to use in photosynthesis? C. Sugar and oxygen.
A. Oxygen D. Oxygen and carbon dioxide
B. Carbon Dioxide 153. The energy plants gain through photosyn-
C. Hydrogen thesis is stored in-
D. Helium A. carbon
B. nitrogen
148. What is chlorophyll’s main function?
C. carbon dioxide
A. to make the plant a vegetable
D. glucose
B. to blend into their environment
C. to capture energy from sunlight for 154. What is another word for Reactants?
photosynthesis A. Products
D. to help prevent water loss B. Raw Materials
B. chloroplast C. Niether
D. What’s Photosynthesis?
C. nucleus
D. cytoplasm 162. What kind of plants go through photosyn-
thesis?
157. In plants what absorbs all colors except A. All plants
green?
B. Plants with purple leaves
A. chlorophyll
C. Plants with green leaves
B. chloroplast
D. Plants with red leaves
C. ribosomes
163. Where is the main site of photosynthesis
D. rough er
on a plant?
158. CAM plants have a different adaptation A. Stem
to what climate B. Leaves
A. cold and wet C. Petals
B. hot and dry D. Pollen
C. both
164. Which part of a plant cell absorbs the
D. none of the above light in photosynthesis?
A. Nucleus
159. What are the 3 reactants of photosynthe-
sis? The reactants are the things needed B. Cell membrane
for photosynthesis to occur. C. Vacuole
A. oxygen, glucose, sunlight D. Chloroplast
B. sunlight, oxygen, water
165. Photosynthesis could not happen with-
C. water, oxygen, carbon dioxide out
D. carbon dioxide, sunlight, water A. The sun
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B. glucose + fructose D. support the plant
C. glucose + galactose
D. glucose + maltose 172. Which must be present for the final stage
of photosynthesis to occur?
167. How is photosynthesis beneficial to ani-
A. carbon dioxide
mals?
A. Provides animals with energy after an- B. chlorophyll
imals eat plants C. carbohydrates
B. Provides oxygen for animals to
breathe D. oxygen
C. Removes carbon dioxide from the at- 173. Cellular Respiration helps organisms to
mosphere get energy from
D. All the options are correct
A. sunlight
168. Which of the following are reactants of
B. oxygen
photosynthesis?
A. CO2 and H2O C. water
B. O2 D. food
C. H2O and Glucose
174. The of an object effects its gravita-
D. None of the above tional pull.
169. Solar energy absorbed by chlorophyll nec- A. Atmosphere
essary for photosynthesis.
B. Escape Velocity
A. sunlight
B. heat C. Mass
C. water D. Light
D. soil
175. Why are plants important for all life on
170. Which organelle stores water for use in Earth?
photosynthesis?
A. They make our world more beautiful.
A. Chloroplast
B. They make the planet look green.
B. Golgi
C. Vacuole C. They give us oxygen and food.
D. Canteen D. They provide shade on hot days.
187. REVIEW QUESTION:Which step of the sci- 192. What pigment absorbs sunlight for pho-
entific method is a “If then “ state- tosynthesis?
ment? A. chloroplast
A. hypothesis B. thylakoid
B. question C. grana
C. conclusion D. chlorophyll
D. experiment 193. In what part of the cell does photosyn-
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thesis occur?
188. Which tube is used to transport water?
A. Nucleus
A. Xylem
B. Chloroplast
B. Phloem C. Epidermis
C. Epidermis D. Vacuole
D. Guard Cell
194. These are all properties of a monosaccha-
ride EXCEPT:
189. During the process of photosynthesis, en-
ergy from the Sun is converted into A. simple sugar
A. chemical energy in the bonds of inor- B. 1:2:1 ratio
ganic molecules C. double sugar
B. chemical energy in the bonds of or- D. used for energy
ganic molecules
195. Why do some leaves turn from green to
C. enzymes used to produce inorganic red, orange, or yellow in the fall?
molecules
A. Chlorophyll breaks down and its stored
D. enzymes used to produce organic
molecules
B. Chlorophyll production increases
190. What does photo mean? C. Chlorophyll leaks out of the leaves
A. Print D. Chlorophyll changes colors in cool
weather
B. Picture
196. Which enzyme joins CO2 and RuBP?
C. Make
A. NADP+ reductase
D. Light or Color
B. rubisco
191. What is the purpose of splitting water in C. ATP synthase
PS2 of the light dependent reaction?
D. none of above
A. Provides e-for PS2 and H+ for the thy-
lakoid space 197. How does carbon dioxide in the atmo-
sphere become incorporated as carbon into
B. To produce Oxygen for animals living things?
C. There is no purpose A. through photosynthesis
D. none of above B. through cellular respiration
201. Which of the following would have affect 206. The two REACTANTS of photosynthesis
the rate of photosynthesis? are
A. amount of water A. Water and Carbon Dioxide
B. carbon dioxide concentration B. Water and Oxygen
C. temperature
C. Glucose and Oxygen
D. all of these
D. Glucose and Water
202. The part of the plant that holds the plant
in place and absorbs water and minerals 207. Which process uses sunlight to energize
from the soil. ADP to ATP?
208. In what way is photosynthesis and respi- plants need when they make their won
ration related to each other? food?
A. The reactants of photosynthesis are A. oxygen
the reactants of respiration. B. nitrogen
B. The products of photosynthesis are the C. hydrogen
reactants of respiration.
D. carbon dioxide
C. The products of photosynthesis are
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the products of respiration. 214. What is the independent variable in an
D. none of above experiment?
A. the variable the experimenter has con-
209. Which of the following statement is true trol over
regarding photosynthesis
B. the data the experimenter is collecting
A. creates oxygen for animals to breath
B. creates energy for consumers to use C. factors that do not change over the
C. creates food for plants to use course of the experiment
D. all of these are correct D. none of above
210. What time of day (24 hour period) do 215. Which is the correct formula for photo-
plants photosynthesize? synthesis?
A. nighttime only A. CO2 + H2O → (in sunlight) C6H12O6
+ O2
B. daytime only
B. sunlight + CO2 + H2O → C6H12O6 +
C. daytime and nighttime
O2
D. only in the summer months
C. C6H12O6 + O2 → (in sunlight) CO2 +
211. What is respiration? H2O
A. The way a plant grows D. CO2 + H2O → C6H12O6 + O2 + sun-
light
B. The way a plant releases excess waste
216. Which is the correct formula for:one car-
C. The way a plant makes its food bon (C)two oxygen (O)
D. When way a plant uses sugar for en- A. CO2
ergy B. CO
212. O2 is the chemical formula for C. C2O
A. Oxygen D. 2CO
B. Carbon Dioxide 217. Which reaction is needed to join two
C. Glucose monosaccharides?
D. Water A. Hydration
B. Dehydration
213. Martin grew some bean plants. He made
a list of what the bean plants needed to C. Dehydrogenation
survive and grow. Which gas do this D. Hydrolysis
218. are primary pigments used in photo- 224. The process in which plant cells make en-
systems ergy
219. How many elements are in H2O? 225. What are some accommodation to help
Astronaut in microgravity?
A. 1
A. Work out and Take supplements for
B. 2 proper nutrition
C. 3 B. Lift weights and pump iron
D. 4 C. They don’t need to do anything micro-
gravity makes you stronger
220. Which part of the plant holds the main
D. none of above
networks of xylem and phloem?
A. leaves 226. What gas is used to break apart sugar
during respiration?
B. petals
A. oxygen
C. stem
B. carbon dioxide
D. roots
C. nitrogen
221. What chemical indicator is used to test D. argon
for Starch or Complex Carbohydrates?
227. Which two things are produced during cel-
A. Benedicts lular respiration?
B. Biuret Solution A. carbon dioxide and water
C. Lugol’s (Iodine) B. carbon dioxide and food
D. Sudan IV C. oxygen and carbon dioxide
222. The scientific name for table sugar is D. oxygen and food
C. water C. grana
D. oxygen D. stroma
230. What do you get if you combine all of the 236. What is the food manufacturing process
colors in visible light? in plants?
A. bright light
A. reparation
B. white light
B. glucose
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C. brilliant light
C. chlorophyll
D. neon light
D. photosynthesis
231. how many stages does photosynthesis
have 237. What is a pigment?
A. 1 A. A chemical that absorbs light
B. 2 B. A chemical that produces glucose
C. 4 C. A chemical for cellular respiration
D. 6 D. A chemical that absorbs water
232. ATP-P =
238. What are the products of the light-
A. ADP dependent reactions of photosynthesis
B. ATP that are utilized in the light-independent
C. AMP reactions?
253. What opens and close the stomata? C. oxygen and glucose
A. guard cells D. carbon dioxide, sunlight, glucose
B. xylem
259. The raw ingredients (reactants) of photo-
C. phloem synthesis are sunlight along with?
D. cuticle
A. CO2 and H20
254. How does glucose travel in a producer B. CO2 AND C6H12O6
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(plant)? Name the structure.
C. oxygen and water
A. xylem
D. oxygen and CO2
B. phloem
C. stomata 260. Carbohydrates are made of what ele-
D. chlorophyll ments?
A. CHO
255. Which part of a plant anchors the plant to
the ground and soaks up water and miner- B. CHON
als? C. CHONP
A. stem D. CHONS
B. leaves
C. roots 261. Cellular respiration is the process where
cell creates ?
D. petals
A. food for the plant
256. What can change shape to open and close
B. energy for the plant
the stoma?
A. guard cells C. makes chlorophyll for the plant
264. Why do producers need humans? 269. Which one is known as producers?
A. Producers use the oxygen humans A. Raw Material
275. The arrow in a chemical equation means- 281. Which substance from the light-
A. stop. dependent reactions of photosynthesis is a
source of energy for the light-independent
B. greater than. reactions?
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C. equals. A. ADP
D. yields. B. H2O
276. All living organisms obtain energy either C. NADPH
directly or indirectly from what source. D. pyruvic acid
A. the sun
282. Which part of the plant soaks up nutri-
B. plants ents and water?
C. animals A. fruit
D. nuclear emissions B. leaves
277. What is the main pigment in plants? C. roots
A. Carton D. stem
B. Carotonoids 283. Which of the following DOES NOT use
C. Chloroplast photosynthesis?
D. Chlorophyll A. Plants
286. For a seed to develop into a new plant it 292. Where does a plant absorb the water
needs all of the following EXCEPT that it uses during photosynthesis?
287. What type of bond is formed between 293. What pigment absorbs sunlight during
two monosaccharides? photosynthesis?
A. Ester bond A. epidermis
B. Glycosidic bond B. stomata
C. Peptide bond C. chlorophyll
D. Double bond D. chloroplasts
288. Chlorophyll absorbs and light 294. What color of light provides the most en-
from the light. ergy to a plant?
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7 colors of the visible light spectrum are D. cytoplasm
305. Where do the dark reactions (Calvin cy-
A. reflected cle) take place?
B. abosrbed A. thylakoid membrane
C. diffracted B. lumen
D. refracted C. stroma
300. How many categories of carbohydrates D. none of above
are there? 306. What part of the leaf allows Carbon diox-
A. 1 ide in and oxygen out of the leaf?
B. 2 A. xylem
C. 3 B. phloem
D. There are no categories C. cuticle
D. stomata
301. REVIEW QUESTION:Which lab tool mea-
sures weight? 307. Photosynthesis is the process where:
A. pan balance A. Plants turn green
B. microscope B. Plants make their own food
C. telescope C. Plants grow
D. scale D. Plants make flowers
302. During this process, energy from another 308. Why do we eat food?
reaction is used to build sugar molecules A. to provide energy/fuel
from carbon dioxide. B. to eliminate waste products
A. light-dependent reaction C. to prevent diseases
B. light-independent reaction D. to kill pathogens
C. Calvin cycle
309. Where are the proteins that carry out the
D. photosynthesis light-dependent reactions located?
303. Oxygen & carbon dioxide can pass A. thylakoid membrane
through the on plant leaves. B. stroma
A. cell wall C. thylakoid space
B. stomata D. cytoplasm
321. If you are not an autotroph, then you C. chlorophyll a and accessory pigments
A. use energy from the sun D. jelly-like substance
B. can live without any form of energy
327. What color has the longest wavelength,
C. obtain energy from inorganic or the lowest frequency?
molecules
A. violet
D. must eat other organisms to survive
B. red
322. Chlorophyll is green because
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C. green
A. it absorbs green wavelengths of light
D. orange
B. it absorbs blue and yellow wave-
lengths of light 328. An average sized tree can produce
C. it reflects green wavelengths of light enough oxygen to keep how many people
alive?
D. it is an optical illusion caused by the
transmission of light A. 1
B. 2-4
323. Where in the Chloroplast does the Light
Independent phase(Clavin Cycle) of Photo- C. 50-100
synthesis take place? D. more than 100
A. Grana
329. The ETC of the light reactions
B. Stroma
A. are located in the stroma
C. Thylakoid
D. Photosystem B. are not similar to those of cellular res-
piration
324. Organisms which produce their own food C. shuttle electrons along a series of re-
are called dox reactions
A. Autotrophs
D. provide energy for the KREBS cycle
B. Heterotrophs
330. Plants do not usually need to eat other
C. Saprotrophs
organisms because plants
D. Parasites
A. do not need food energy to live.
325. What color of light reflects off of chloro- B. turn sunlight into food energy.
phyll?
C. get all their food energy from soil.
A. orange
D. keep food energy stored in their roots.
B. red
C. blue 331. Which of the following are produced dur-
D. green ing the Calvin Cycle?
A. glucose, ADP, NADP+
326. Photosystems in the thylakoid are com-
posed of B. ATP, NADPH, oxygen
A. chlorophyll b C. ATP, NADPH, carbon dioxide
B. accessory pigments D. ADP, NADP+, Oxygen
332. O 2 2 → C6H12O6 + 6O2In this chem- 338. Where does a plant get carbon dioxide
cial equation, the highlight red is called the from?
B. attract more light 339. The substance that absorbs some colors
C. control water loss of light and reflects others:
D. stop carbon dioxide and oxygen gases A. chlorophyll
escaping
B. pigment
334. Which of the following provides the en- C. thylakoid
ergy needed for photosynthesis?
D. Calvin cycle
A. water
B. sunlight 340. Why are most plants green?
C. plants A. Chlorophyll reflects green light
D. atoms B. Chlorophyll absorbs green light
335. What is the byproduct of photosynthe- C. Carotenoids reflect green light
sis? What does the plant release?
D. Green is the best color for plant
A. Oxygen growth
B. Carbon Dioxide
341. The light reactions occur in the and
C. Water
the dark reactions take place in the
D. Glucose
A. Chloroplast / thylakoid membrane
336. What three things do plants need?
B. stroma / thylakoid
A. Water, air, and sunlight.
C. mesophyl / stomata
B. Water, soil, and sunlight.
D. thylakoid membrane / stroma
C. Water, soil, and air.
D. Love, family, and Cheetos. 342. To test for SIMPLE sugars, what indicator
should be used?
337. Mitochondria and Chloroplasts are:
A. Iodine
A. organelles
B. cells B. Benedicts
C. only in humans C. Biuret
D. only in plants D. Sudan Red
343. Most oxygen exits a plant through the 349. The calvin cycle takes place in
as a waste product A. stroma
A. cuticle B. thylakoid membrane
B. stomata C. chlorophyll
C. epidermis D. granum
D. phloem
350. In photosynthesis, plants convert what
344. Is Sunlight a Raw Material (Ingredient) type of energy into what other type of en-
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or Product of Photosynthesis? ergy?
A. Product A. Light energy into mechanical energy
B. Raw Material B. Radiant energy into chemical energy
C. Niether C. Chemical energy into heat energy
D. What’s Photosynthesis? D. Mechanical energy into light energy
345. What are the reactants in Photosynthe- 351. In which parts of plants the starch is
sis? stored?
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D. Thylakoid
A. sunlight 373. how do you obtain energy
B. water A. photosynthesis
C. pesticides B. growing
D. carbon dioxide C. breathing
368. The process where extra water is re- D. cellular respiration
leased from the plant back into the atmo- 374. Which of the following need oxygen to
sphere is called survive?
A. photosynthesis A. Plants
B. exhaling B. Animals
C. glucose C. Plants and animals
D. transpiration D. None of the above
369. Which of the following is NOT needed for 375. Which is a graph of the rate of photosyn-
plants to survive? thesis?
A. Sunlight A. absorption spectrum
B. Pesticides B. action spectrum
C. Water C. electromagnetic spectrum
D. Carbon Dioxide D. none of the options
370. Photosynthesis is very important to 376. What gas is released from the plant dur-
other living things. Why? ing RESPIRATION?
A. Provides energy A. carbon dioxide
B. Maintain the balance of gas composi- B. oxygen
tion in the air C. nitrogen
C. Photosynthesis causes the imbalance D. argon
of air composition
377. Which of the following is NOT a product
D. none of above of the light reactions?
371. All plants are divided first into what 2 A. ATP
major categories? B. NADPH
A. vascular or non-vascular C. Oxygen
B. seed or seedless D. Glucose
378. Which gas leaves a stomata? 384. What do plants give off after photosyn-
A. Oxygen thesis?
390. How do plants obtain energy? 396. The chemical reaction of uses carbon
A. From the dirt dioxide gas from the atmosphere and the
energy carried by ATP and NADPH to make
B. From the stomata simple sugars.
C. From the sunlight A. light-dependent reaction
D. none of above
B. Krebs cycle
391. What is the primary function of the light- C. Calvin cycle
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dependent reactions of photosynthesis?
D. photosynthesis
A. To produce glucose
B. To produce NADPH and ATP 397. REVIEW QUESTION:Which lab tool mea-
sures heat?
C. To use ATP
D. To produce RuBP A. thermometer
B. telescope
392. What are the products of photosynthesis
(what is made)? C. microscope
A. Glucose and Chlorophyll D. scale
B. Glucose and Oxygen
398. How many atoms of aluminum are on
C. Water and Light each side of the following equation:4Al +
D. Carbon dioxide and Water 3O2 → 2Al2 O3
A. quantum B. 6
B. pigment C. 1
C. photon D. 4
D. phaser
399. is the process where green plants use
394. The photosynthesis begins in this part of light energy from the sun to make food.
the plant. A. photosynthesis
A. roots
B. respiration
B. stem
C. transpiration
C. leaves
D. glucose
D. petals
400. The Calvin cycle uses which of the follow-
395. Which of these is a waste product of
ing to produce glucose?
plant cells?
A. minerals A. oxygen
B. oxygen B. proteins
C. heat C. carbon dioxide and H+
D. water D. water
401. This light energy hits photosystem 2, 407. In an experiment to demonstrate the ef-
causes a water molecule to split-releasing fect light intensity has on the rate of pho-
what? tosynthesis..what plant is used
412. For photosynthesis, a plant needs water, 418. Which of the following does NOT occur
sun, and during the Calvin Cycle
A. oxygen A. carbon fixation
B. carbon dioxide B. oxidation of NADPH
C. glucose C. release of oxygen
D. mitochondria D. regeneration of the carbon dioxide ac-
ceptor
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413. Foods synthesized in the process of Pho-
tosynthesis by plants is stored as 419. Plants can create their own food, this
food is called
A. Starch
A. carbon dioxide
B. Protein
B. glucose
C. Vitamins
C. oxygen
D. Fats
D. chlorophyll
414. In a chemical reaction, everything to the
rightof the arrow is called 420. As carbon dioxide levels increase, what
happens to the temperature?
A. Products
A. It also increases
B. Yields
B. It decreases
C. Molecules
C. It stays the same
D. Reactants
D. There is no correlation
415. What are the two reactants of cellular
421. Is Oxygen a Reactant or Product of Pho-
respiration?
tosynthesis?
A. C6H12O6 & 6CO2
A. Product
B. 6 CO2 & 6H2O B. Reactant
C. C6H12O6 & 6O2 C. Niether
D. 6CO2 & 6O2 D. What’s Photosynthesis?
416. Animals, including humans, 422. What part of the chloroplast does the
A. do not need glucose. Calvin cycle take place?
B. make their own glucose. A. outer membrane
C. get glucose from the food they eat. B. thylakoid
D. get glucose from the sun’s energy. C. stroma
D. inner membrane
417. CO2 is a greenhouse gas, therefore it can
impact climate by: 423. How does Photosynthesis help us?
A. Allow plants to grow really well A. It gives us oxygen and Helium
B. Breaking down ozone B. makes our hair healthier
C. Trap heat in the atmosphere C. Gives us energy
D. Stabilize earth’s seasonal variations D. It gives us oxygen and energy
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C. 38 C. O2 and CO2 combine to make water
D. 16 and glucose
D. CO2 and glucose combine to make O2
437. In addition to oxygen, what else do
and water
plants produce during photosynthesis
A. chlorophyll 442. Where do people and animals get the
B. sugar oxygen they breathe?
C. light energy A. from plants
D. carbon dioxide B. from other animals
440. How does carbon dioxide and oxygen get 445. Where in a plant does photosynthesis oc-
in and out of a plant? cur?
A. Thylakoid A. Roots
B. Roots B. Leaves
C. Stoma C. Stem
D. Stroma D. Flower
457. Which are the reactants of photosynthe- 462. What is a limiting factor?
sis? products? A. The factor which increases the rate of
A. Reactants:Water, Oxygen, Carbon a reaction
DioxideProducts:Glucose and sunlight B. The factor that limits the reaction rate
B. Reactants:Water, Carbon Dioxide and
SunlightProducts:ATP and Water C. The factor that limits the rate at which
C. Reactants:Water, Carbon Dioxide and an enzyme is destroyed
SunlightProducts:Glucose and Oxygen
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D. none of above
D. none of above
463. How do animals get the carbon that they
458. The process by which ATP and NADPH are need?
used to make glucose is A. from the air
A. the dark or light independent reactions B. from water
C. from the soil
B. photosynthesis D. from their food
C. cell respiration
464. Is Oxygen a Raw Material (Ingredient) or
D. none of above Product of Photosynthesis?
459. Which of the following is not a factor that A. Product
affects the rate of photosynthesis? B. Raw Material
A. light intensity C. Niether
B. carbon dioxide concentration D. What’s Photosynthesis?
C. temperature
465. Plants breathe out ?
D. nitrogen concentration
A. Carbon dioxide
460. A leaf is the broadest part of the plant B. Oxygen
and this is good for photosynthesis be- C. Helium
cause, the broad leaf
D. Air
A. curls up when touched
B. increases surface area 466. What is the name of the simple sugar that
is produced in photosynthesis?
C. catches rain water
A. Sucrose
D. stores lipids for the plants
B. Dextrose
461. In order for a plant to reproduce C. Glucose
A. pollen must transfer from the anther D. Lactose
to the pistil
467. Which in an important sugar that results
B. pollen must transfer from the pistil to
from photosynthesis?
the anther
A. Mitochondrion
C. pollen must transfer from the stigma
to the ovule B. Chlorophyll
D. pollen must transfer from the ovule to C. Cellulose
the stigma D. Glucose
468. In which part of a tree does photosynthe- 474. Another name for a heterotroph is a
sis most likely take place? A. producers
472. What sugar does a plant produce in pho- 478. What does photosynthesis produce that
tosynthesis? helps plants grow?
A. Glucose A. water
B. Sucrose B. oxygen
C. Starch C. protein
D. Fructose D. sugar
473. Sunlight is used during photosynthesis 479. The light-dependent reaction takes place
to- in the
A. Break down the xylem A. mitochondria
B. Break down the stomata B. thylakoids
C. Break down the water C. ribosomes
D. Capture the water D. stroma
480. Glucose helps maintain life on our planet 486. In C4 plants, the Calvin cycle
by storing-
A. Takes place at night
A. chemical energy
B. Only occurs when the stomata are
B. usable minerals closed
C. carbon dioxide C. Takes place in the mesophyll
D. water
D. Takes place in the bundle-sheath cells
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481. produces the most ATP.
487. What is the waste product of photosyn-
A. Aerobic respiration thesis?
B. Anaerobic respriation
A. Oxygen
C. Glycolysis
B. Carbon Dioxide
D. Photosynthesis
C. Glucose
482. what powers photosynthesis D. Chlorophyll
A. sun
B. moon 488. How can photosynthesis be related to cel-
lular respiration?
C. asteroids
A. What’s produced (made) by one is
D. space needed (the reactants) for the other
483. Which of these conditions would decrease B. They both produce the same products
the rate of photosynthesis in a plant?
C. They both have the same reactants
A. Above average precipitation (need the same things)
B. Changing the daylight hours from 14 D. These 2 processes have nothing in
hrs to 10 hrs common
C. Changing the CO2 concentration from
380 ppm to 410 ppm 489. The food the green plant makes is called
D. All of these choices
A. carbon dioxide
484. How many elements are in C6H12O6?
B. water
A. 1
C. oxygen
B. 2
C. 3 D. glucose
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stores and releases energy? side of leaves
A. ATP C. plants do no take in carbon dioxide
B. Cytoplasm D. absorbed through roots
C. PTP 509. Leaves use the energy from the sun
D. Oxygen to change carbon dioxide and water into
what?
504. What are the 2 products of photosynthe-
sis? The products are the things made in A. chlorophyll
the process of photosynthesis. B. oxygen
A. water, sunlight C. carbon dioxide
B. glucose, carbon dioxide D. sugar
C. oxygen, glucose
510. How are plant cells different from animal
D. sunlight, oxygen cells?
505. Plants gather the sun’s energy with light- A. Only plant cells can grow
absorbing molecules called B. Only animal cells can store energy.
A. pigments.
C. Only animal cells can reproduce.
B. thylakoids.
D. Only plant cells can perform photosyn-
C. chloroplasts. thesis.
D. glucose.
511. the function of the leaves
506. In green plant photosynthesis, the elec- A. support the plant
tron donor for the light dependent reaction
is B. make the food
513. What does a plant release into the air? 518. Because plants carry out photosynthesis,
they are considered
A. Plants release carbon dioxide into the
524. .In the first stage of photosynthesis, 530. ATP and NADPH made during the light-
A. carbon compounds are produced independent reactions
B. the Calvin cycle takes place A. give electrons to ATP synthase
C. sunlight is required to generate ATP B. give electrons to chlorophyll
D. carbon dioxide is utilized
C. are used to make sugar in the Calvin
525. Energy is released from ATP when cycle
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A. a phosphate group is added D. combine with oxygen to make glucose
B. a phosphate group is removed
531. Which organelle inside plant cells helps
C. adenine binds to ribose
trap sunlight and produce food?
D. ATP is exposed to sun
A. chloroplast
526. Cellular respiration happens in the
B. chromatin
A. plants only
B. animals only C. cytoplasm
C. Nitrogen D. Hydrogen
D. Oxygen
534. Which term is the part of photosynthesis
529. How does carbon dioxide get into the when energy is used to make sugars like
leaves of a plant? glucose?
A. It’s absorbed by the roots A. light-independent reactions
B. It’s made in a chemical reaction in the
B. cellular respiration
stem
C. It enters through the stomata C. light-dependent reactions
D. It goes through the flowers D. photosynthesis
535. The energy released from sugar was once B. How plants reproduce.
energy from what? C. The process by which plants make
C. Stem C. chlorophyll
D. Root D. cytoplasm
540. Which of the following statements best 545. How is water transported from stems to
describes the term photosynthesis? leaves?
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C. carbon dioxide and water 552. Lactose is composed of
D. oxygen and glucose A. glucose + fructose
B. glucose + glucose
547. In photosynthesis, chlorophyll functions
in changing C. glucose + sucrose
A. glucose molecules to starch D. glucose + galactose
B. water and carbon dioxide to sugar 553. In a light-dependent reaction, water and
C. light energy to chemical bond energy sunlight is needed to make oxygen and
D. hydrogen bonds to water
A. carbon dioxide
548. What is the meaning of photosynthesis?
B. sugar
A. A process of plants to produce Oxygen
C. ATP
D. chlorophyll
B. A process of plants to make their on
food 554. Why C4 plants are able to carry out pho-
C. A process where plants respond to wa- tosynthesis efficiently?
ter A. They do not involve in Calvin cycle
D. A process where plants take in carbon B. They use PEP carboxylase to fix carbon
dioxide dioxide
549. What two forms of energy are produced C. They are adapted to cold climates
from the light-dependent reaction? D. They conserve water efficiently
A. Energy and water
555. The substances listed on the left side of
B. ATP and ADP a chemical equation are the
C. ATP and NADPH A. Products
D. NADP and NADPH B. Coefficients
550. Grana are connected to each other by C. Precipitates
structures called D. Reactants
A. lamellae 556. What are the products of the light depen-
B. stroma dent reaction in photosynthesis
C. thylakoid A. All of these
D. granum B. Oxygen
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569. Which of the following is not needed as A. heat
a key ingredient for photosynthesis? B. animals
A. sunlight C. liquid water
B. carbon dioxide D. solar energy
C. water
575. During this process, chlorophyll absorbs
D. oxygen energy from sunlight and water molecules
are broken down. Energy is transferred
570. In which eukaryotic organelles does pho-
to molecules (such as ATP) and oxygen is
tosynthesis occur?
released as a waste product.
A. mitochondria
A. light-dependent reaction
B. stomata
B. light-independent reaction
C. xylem
C. Calvin cycle
D. chloroplast
D. Photosynthesis
571. What would happen if you tore the
576. in addition to oxygen, what do plants
leaves off a plant?
produce during photosynthesis?
A. Nothing would happen.
A. water
B. It won’t be able to make food and it will
B. sugar
die.
C. carbon dioxide
C. It will fight back.
D. light energy
D. It won’t be able to take in water and
nutrients. 577. What gas is TAKEN IN during photosyn-
thesis?
572. Autotrophs (producers) can perform pho-
tosynthesis because they have- A. argon
A. Mitochondria B. nitrogen
B. Ribosomes C. oxygen
C. A Nucleus D. carbon dioxide
D. Chloroplasts 578. which of the following are products of
573. Why does Photosystem II go first photosynthesis
C. oxygen and glucose 584. How do plant leaves get the carbon diox-
D. glucose and water ide needed for photosynthesis?
A. Flowers B. nitrogen
B. Stem C. carbon dioxide
C. Roots D. hydrogen peroxide
D. Leaves
586. The main source of energy for all life
581. This molecule helps add a phosphate do a comes from
depleted energy molecule. A. the Earth
A. PS 2 B. the moon
B. PS 1 C. the sun
C. Electron Transport Chain
D. the food we eat/make
D. ATP Synthase
587. Carbon dioxide is taken in through the
582. In photosynthetic cells, synthesis of ATP stomata & water is taken in through the
by chemiosmosis occurs during roots. What else is needed to start the
A. photosynthesis only process of photosynthesis?
B. cellular respiration only A. Oxygen
C. both photosynthesis and cellular respi- B. Chemical energy
ration
C. Glucose
D. photophosphorylation only
D. Radiant energy
583. When a plant is able to break out of a
seed or goes from being wilted to full, this 588. The glucose is transported to all parts of
is because- the plant by
589. What is the primary function of chloro- 594. What to products of the Light Dependent
plasts? reactions are needed for the Light Indepen-
dent (Calvin Cycle)?
A. regulation of gas movement between
the leaf and the environment A. Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide
B. carrying out photosynthesis with the B. ATP and Water
help of chlorophyll C. NADPH and ATP
C. storing the carbohydrates produced by D. NADPH and water
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the cell 595. Another name for the Calvin Cycle is
D. none of above A. Light Dependent Reaction
B. Light Independent Reaction
590. Which of these is the correct equation for
photosynthesis? C. Cellular Respiration
A. Oxygen + glucose → carbon dioxide D. Cellular Transport
+ water 596. REVIEW QUESTION:Which lab tool is
B. Oxygen + carbon dioxide → glucose+ used to measure mass?
water A. graduated cylinder
C. Carbon dioxide + water → oxygen + B. hand lens
glucose C. pan balance
D. Carbon dioxide + glucose → oxygen+ D. scale
water
597. Is Carbon Dioxide (CO2) a Raw Mate-
591. What sugar is made in photosynthesis? rial (Ingredient) or Product of Photosyn-
thesis?
A. Sucrose
A. Product
B. Glucose B. Raw Material
C. Cellulose C. Niether
D. none of above D. What’s Photosynthesis?
592. Water is take in by the plant through the 598. Which best describes a process of photo-
synthesis? Photosynthesis is the process
A. Roots by which plants convert-
B. Stem A. radiant energy into chemical energy.
C. filament B. heat energy into mechanical energy.
D. flower C. heat energy and chemical energy.
D. chemical energy into heat energy.
593. What are moss plants produced from?
599. What is the location of respiration?
A. Seeds
A. stomata
B. Spores B. chloroplasts
C. Cones C. mitochondria
D. Spruce D. no location
600. A student is collecting the gas given off 606. what is the major photosynthetic region
from a plant in bright sunlight. The gas of the leaf?
being collected is probably
604. Photosynthesis occurs in 610. Most autotrophs obtain the energy they
need to sustain life through the chemical-
A. Humans process of-
B. Animals A. eating other organisms
C. Plants B. cellular respiration
D. All of the above C. autotrophic fermentation
612. The rate of photosynthesis decreases as 618. What is the main product of photosynthe-
the sis?
A. oxygen concentration decreases A. food
B. carbon dioxide concentration de- B. 78
creases C. leaves
C. light intensity increases D. chlorophyll
D. temperature becomes moderately
619. Photosynthesis can only occur in organ-
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warm
ism that has?
613. what are plants A. Cell wall
A. autotrophs B. Chloroplast
B. heterotrophs C. Vacuole
C. car salesmen D. Epiderm
D. trophs
620. The Calvin cycle can occur
614. How many Hydrogen are in 4H2O? A. only in the light
A. 6 B. only in the dark
B. 8 C. in either light or dark
C. 2 D. only in the presence of oxygen
D. 4
621. What is not required during respiration in
615. Which of the following is an example of plants?
an AUTOTROPH? A. Sunlight
A. Appletree B. Oxygen
B. Dog C. Glucose
C. Mushroom D. none of above
D. Human
622. What gas is RELEASED during photosyn-
616. Which of the following substances are thesis?
needed to make glucose? A. carbon dioxide
A. Hydrogen B. argon
B. Oxygen C. oxygen
C. Carbon D. nitrogen
D. All of the above.
623. In which compartment of the plant cell do
617. what is another name for the light inde- the light-independent reactions of photo-
pendent reaction synthesis take place?
A. krebs cycle A. thylakoid
B. calvin cycle B. stroma
C. atp cycle C. outer membrane
D. none of above D. mesophyll
624. Organism, such as plant or algae that can 630. The place in a plant where photosynthe-
generate photosynthesis is called as? sis happens is called
627. How does water enter the plant? B. splitting water molecules
A. Through the roots of the plant. C. chemiosmosis
B. Through the top of the leaf. D. electron transfer in photosystem II
C. Through the pistil in the flower. and I
D. Through the stomata in the underside
633. What absorbs energy from visible light?
of the leaf.
A. Chlorophyll
628. In cellular respiration, carbon starts out
in the glucose molecule, but ends up in a(n) B. Chloroplast
A. oxygen molecule C. Stroma
B. water molecule D. Carbon Dioxide
C. CO2 molecule
D. C6H12O2 molecule 634. A student is measuring the height of a
sunflower he grew. He is probably mea-
629. In which organelle does photosynthesis suring it in
occur?
A. degrees Celsius
A. Cell Wall
B. inches
B. Chlorophyll
C. Chloroplast C. meters
D. Cytoplasm D. pounds
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636. Which of the following molecule below is C. 12
fixed during light dependent reaction?
D. 24
A. Oxygen
642. Where does the light independent reac-
B. Carbon dioxide
tion take place?
C. ATP
A. Matrix
D. NADPH
B. Stroma
637. Which tubes transport the sugar from the C. Thylakoid membrane
leaves throughout the plant?
D. Cytoplasm
A. phloem
643. Which gas do plants remove from the at-
B. xylem
mosphere during photosynthesis?
C. stem
A. hydrogen
D. roots
B. oxygen
638. Why do humans NEED plants to survive? C. nitrogen
A. They produce water we drink D. carbon dioxide
B. We eat them for energy
644. Why are plants usually green?
C. We breath the oxygen they release
A. Because the chlorophyll reflects green
D. They absorb the carbon dioxide we re- light
lease
B. Because the chlorophyll absorbs green
639. Evan sees plants growing in a garden. light
In which way do the plants receive nutri- C. Because the accessory pigments com-
ents? bine to make green
A. from leaves decaying in the soil D. Because the accessory pigments only
B. from sunlight heating up the soil absorb green light
C. from wind blowing through the soil 645. Plants take in from the air as one key
D. from insects crawling on top of the soil ingredient for photosynthesis
646. Chlorophyll absorbs light. C. It drinks water from the soil the plant
A. red-blue is in.
657. What is the phenomena that allows C. Plants use the carbon dioxide humans
plants to know which way is up and make and turn it into oxygen.
down? D. Plants need humans to talk to them.
A. Photosynthesis
663. If a plant does not have enough carbon
B. Phototropism dioxide, which of the following events
C. Geotropism could happen?
D. Turgor Pressure A. It will make more glucose.
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658. Water in the roots travels through to B. It will make less glucose.
reach the leaves C. It will have no effect on photosynthe-
A. chloroplasts sis.
668. Which part of the plant makes the food? C. Glucose and Oxygen
A. roots D. Glucose and Carbon Dioxide
670. The role of water molecule in light depen- A. to break down food
dent reaction is to B. to create energy in the body
A. Hydrolyse NADP+ at the end of the C. to release energy from food
ETC
D. there is none; it’s a waste of time
B. Involve directly in the production of
ATP
676. Which polysaccharide makes up the ex-
C. Replace the excited electron of reac- oskeleton of insects?
tion centre molecule in photosystem II
A. cellulose
D. Involve directly in Calvin Cycle
B. starch
671. Photosynthesis:
C. chitin
A. a chemical process where light is con-
verted into stored chemical energy D. glycogen
B. a process where a plant grows 677. Water splits into what three things?
C. Cooking Show A. oxygen, electrons, hydrogen ions
D. Fluid-filled region within the chloro-
B. electrons, ATP, and NADPH
plast
C. Rubisco, RuBP, G3P
672. In what process does ATP get created?
D. hydrogen ions, electrons, carbon diox-
A. photosynthesis
ide
B. cellular respiration
C. radiation 678. REVIEW QUESTION:What does a gradu-
ated cylinder measure?
D. chemical
A. mass
673. The two PRODUCTS of photosynthesis
are B. weight
A. Water and Oxygen C. density
B. Water and Carbon Dioxide D. volume
679. Which of the following is not a compound 685. Where does cellular respiration take
involved in photosynthesis? place in the cell?
A. Water A. Cell Membrane
B. Sugar B. Nucleus
C. Oxygen C. Mitochondria
D. Carbon Dioxide D. Vacuole
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680. is a colorless, odorless gas exhaled
by animals A. Chlorophyll captures water from the
A. chlorophyll air.
B. water molecules B. Chlorophyll captures carbon dioxide
from the air.
C. carbon dioxide
C. Chlorophyll captures the energy of sun-
D. phloem
light.
681. A colorless, orderless gas released during D. Chlorophyll captures baseballs.
photosynthesis
687. Is Glucose (C6H12O6) a Raw Material
A. hydrogen
(Ingredient) or Product of Photosynthe-
B. carbon sis?
C. nitrogen A. Product
D. oxygen B. Raw Material
682. In which organism(s) does photosynthe- C. Niether
sis occur? D. What’s Photosynthesis?
A. plants
688. When does stomata close and opens?
B. algae
A. When sunlight needed
C. some bacteria
B. When lack of Glucose
D. all of these
C. When it loses water it closes and when
683. Why do living things need energy? it is filled with water it opens
A. To move around D. When it is cut
B. To reproduce 689. what is the storage(s) form of carbohy-
C. To carry out life’s functions drate found in mammals?
D. All of the above A. Glucose and glycogen
B. Glycogen
684. What molecule absorbs sunlight for pho-
tosynthesis? C. starch
A. chloroplast D. Fiber and glycogen
B. thylakoid 690. Photosynthesis occurs
C. grana A. in the cells of autotrophs.
D. chlorophyll B. in the cells of heterotrophs.
A. apple C. ATP
B. milk D. chlorophyll
A. Cordon dioxide + water-→Glucose + 707. A student is collecting the gas given off
oxygen from a plant in bright sunlight at a tem-
perature of 27◦ C. The gas being collected
B. C02 +H20-→ C6H12O6+O2
is probably
C. water
A. oxygen
D. carbon dioxide B. carbon dioxide
702. What are the products of the Calvin Cy- C. ATP
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cle? D. glucose
A. carbohydrates(glucose)
708. Increasing the intensity of light had what
B. water effect on photosynthesis?
C. oxygen A. It slowed it down
D. ATP B. It sped up
C. It stayed the same
703. The roots absorb what for the plant?
D. none of above
A. Water and Nutrients
709. These are the principal elements of the
B. Soil and Sun
photosynthesis.
C. Warmth and Water A. sun, water, soil
D. Sun and Photosynthesis B. water, air, sun
704. Plants breath in carbon dioxide and C. sunlight, water, carbon diaxide
breath out D. carbon dioxide. soil, air.
A. water 710. What does ATP synthase do?
B. oxygen A. Create ATP in chemiosmosis.
C. carbon dioxide B. Break down ATP in chemiosmosis.
D. transpiration C. Break down NADPH.
C. food and oxygen combine to deliver en- 729. The products of photosynthesis are
ergy A. water and carbon dioxide
D. sleep provides energy stored at night B. oxygen and water
for the next day
C. sugar and cabon dioxide
724. Which factor would not increase the pro- D. oxygen and sugar (glucose)
duction of glucose by photosynthesis in
plants? 730. What three things are always needed for
photosynthesis
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A. freezing temperatures
A. water, light, fertilizer, oxygen
B. extra rainfall
B. water, light, chlorophyll, oxygen
C. increased carbon dioxide levels
C. water, roots, stems, leaves
D. increased sunlight exposure
D. water, light, chlorophyll, carbon diox-
725. The process of converting carbon dioxide ide
into sugars is called what? 731. Leaves contain a natural subtance which
A. Photosynthesis makes plants green named
B. Glycolisis A. stem
C. The Calvin Cycle B. oxygen
D. Cellular Respiration C. carbon dioxide
D. Chlorophyll
726. What is the green pigment that “traps”
sunlight? 732. During photosynthesis, the atoms in the
water and carbon dioxide to form oxy-
A. Chlorophyll
gen and glucose.
B. Chloroplasts A. Change
C. Photosynthesis B. Multiply
D. ATP C. Rearrange
727. Which polysaccharide is used by plants to D. Disappear
make their cell wall?
733. Which of the following helps with plant
A. starch reproduction?
B. glycogen A. Pollen
C. cellulose B. Stem
D. chitin C. Roots
D. Leaves
728. Celery is an example of the of a plant
734. what is the earths magnetic field useful
A. Root
for
B. Flower
A. deflecting the solar wind, charged par-
C. Offspring ticles that come from the Sun.
D. Stem B. wind
746. Which of the following are raw materials C. They use carbon dioxide and give us
of photosynthesis? oxygen
A. Carbon dioxide and oxygen D. They provide shade for insects
B. Carbon dioxide and water
752. During photosynthesis, different gases
C. Glucose and oxygen move in and out of plant cells. Which
D. Water and glucose phrase best represents the net flow of
gases involved in photosynthesis?
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747. pick the balanced chemical equation for
A. Carbon dioxide moves in; nitrogen
photosynthesis.
moves out
A. C02 +H20-→ C6H12O6+O2
B. Carbon dioxide moves in; oxygen
B. Cordon dioxide + water-→Glucose + moves out
oxygen
C. Oxygen moves in; nitrogen moves out
C. Oxgyen
D. none of above
D. Water
753. Which of the following is NOT a limit-
748. What is another name for glucose?
ing factor for photosynthesis? (It is not
A. Chlorophyll needed for photosynthesis)
B. Chloroplasts A. light
C. Stomata B. oxygen
D. Sugar C. carbon dioxide
749. Releasing energy from food is called D. temperature
A. plant transpiration
754. Which equation best summarizes the pro-
B. perspiration cess of photosynthesis?
C. curculation A. Oxygen + carbon dioxide + light en-
D. cellular respiration ergy → sugars + oxygen
B. Sugars + oxygen + light energy →
750. In chemiosmosis in mitochondria, protons
water + carbon
flow from the intermembrane space into
the matrix, whereas in chemiosmosis in C. Water + carbon dioxide + light en-
chloroplasts, protons flow from ergy → sugars + oxygen
A. stroma into the cytosol D. none of above
B. stroma to the thylakoid space
755. Which of the following go through
C. thylakoid space to the stroma the process of photosynthesis (taking in
D. intermembrane space to the stroma CO2)?
A. bees
751. Why are producers (plants) important for
all life on Earth? B. corn plants
A. They make our world more beautiful C. humans
B. They make the planet look green D. dogs
758. The process of Photosynthesis produces 762. What time of day do plants photosynthe-
size?
A. Carbon Dioxide
A. Nighttime only
B. Nitrogen
B. daytime and night time
C. Oxygen
C. daytime only
D. Hydrogen
D. only in the summer
759. Plants gather the sun’s energy with light- 763. Which of the following carry out photo-
absorbing molecules called synthesis
A. thylakoid membranes. A. elephants
B. pigments. B. trees
C. granum. C. humans
D. glucose. D. ducks
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B. RNA Synthesis D. none of above
C. Aerobic Respiration 10. How do plants store sugar?
D. Anaerobic Respiration A. as fatty tissue in the veins
5. Where are the seeds located on an adult B. as starch to be broken down later
plant? C. as a thick liquid in the root cap
A. roots D. in underdeveloped leaves
B. stem
11. Throwback! Which of the following types
C. leaf
of cells contain mitochondria?
D. flower
A. Animal cells only
6. Leaf is the site of and process B. Animal and bacterial cells
A. Respiration C. Animal and plant cells
B. Photosynthesis D. Animal, plant and bacterial cells
C. Both 1 and 2
12. The equation below represents a biological
D. Secreation process. Where is this process completed?
7. What is the formula for photosynthesis? glucose + oxygen → carbon dioxide + wa-
ter + energy
A. Carbon dioxide + Water → Glucose +
Oxygen A. mitochondria
14. What do stomata takes during the photo- 19. Statement A) leaf is the site for photo-
synthesis? synthesis. Statement B) plants or trees
respire through stomata only
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C. Krebs Cycle tant(s) for the above chemical reaction is
which of the following?
D. Electron transport chain
A. C6 H12 O6 + 6O2
26. Plants also take in oxygen from air and B. 6CO2 + 6 H2O
give out
C. ATP
A. photosynthesis
D. C6 H12 O6
B. wastes
32. The respiration in roots takes place by
C. nutrients
process
D. carbon dioxide
A. Diffusion
27. Carbon Dioxide is to Photosynthesis as B. Osmosis
Oxygen is to C. Exchange
A. Anaerobic Respiration D. None of the above
B. Photosynthesis
33. The process carried out by yeast that
C. Cellular Respiration causes bread to rise is
D. Energy A. alcoholic fermentation
28. This is the first step of cellular respiration B. lactic acid fermentation
A. Glycolysis C. cellular respiration
47. is the process in which plants make 53. How is the food transported to the other
food. parts of the plant?
A. reproduction A. Through the stem
B. fertilization B. Through the roots
C. photosynthesis C. Through the air
D. binary fission D. none of above
48. What green pigment is used to trap light
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54. What are the products in cellular respira-
energy from the Sun to be used for photo- tion?
synthesis?
A. water and carbon dioxide
A. Chlorophyll
B. water and glucose
B. Xanthophyll
C. carbon dioxide and oxygen
C. Carotene
D. glucose and oxygen
D. Chloroplast
55. The water carrying vascular tissue of
49. Stem respire through plants
A. Stomata A. stomata
B. Lenticles B. phloem
C. Root hair
C. xylem
D. None
D. guard cells
50. responsible for opening and closing the
56. The main function of the leaves of a plants
stomata
is
A. cell membrane
A. carry out photosynthesis
B. phloem
B. support the plant
C. guard cells
C. get water to all plant parts
D. xylem
D. anchor the plant
51. The process that converts food (glucose)
into energy is called 57. carbon dioxide & water & ATP
A. Cellular Respiration A. products of cellular respiration
B. Photosynthesis B. products of photosynthesis
C. Chloroplast C. reactants of cellular respiration
D. Carbon dioxide D. reactants of photosynthesis
52. Glucose travels the plant, through the 58. In this part the plants make their own
food.
A. up, phloem A. Roots
B. down, phloem B. Stem
C. up, xylem C. Leaves
D. down, xylem D. none of above
59. This is referred to as the energy currency 65. reaches the air in the soil particles .
of the cell A. root
71. Covers and protects the plant 77. Macromolecules are large macromolecules
A. meristematic tissue that are made up of smaller molecules.
Which of the following correctly pairs a
B. dermal tissue
macromolecule with one of its parts?
C. vascular tissue
A. protein and fatty acid
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D. ground tissue
B. lipid and monosaccharide
72. Is the smallest unit with the basic proper- C. DNA and phosphate group
ties of life.
D. carbohydrate and amino acid
A. particle
B. cell 78. vascular tissue that transports sugars
throughout the plant
C. respiration
A. fermentation
D. none of above
B. ATP
73. The amount of sugar and oxygen that a
C. xylem
leaf produces is related to the leaf’s
D. phloem
A. volume
B. surface area 79. The respiratory organ of aquatic animals
C. color is
D. flexibility A. lungs
B. trachea
74. Cellular Respiration occurs in
C. nothing, they don’t breathe
A. only plants
D. gills
B. only animals
C. both plants and animals 80. Which organism uses Anaerobic Respira-
tion?
D. neight plants nor animals
A. Plants
75. Unlike photosynthesis, cellular respiration
occurs in B. Animals
94. At night, plants absorb more and re- 99. what does the plant release during the
lease more photosynthesis?
A. Absorb more water and release more A. oxygen
energy. B. carbon
B. Absorb more Carbon Dioxide and Re- C. carbon dioxide
lease more Oxygen.
D. none of above
C. Absorb more Oxygen and release
100. How are photosynthesis and cellular res-
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more Carbon Dioxide.
D. none of above piration related?
A. They have the same equation
95. Which of the following statements is incor-
rect for Anaerobic respiration? B. They both produce carbon dioxide
C. They have opposite equations
A. Incomplete breakdown of respiratory
substrate D. They both produce oxygen
B. End products ate Ethanol or Lactic acid 101. Throwback! A pseudoscience describes
with CO2 ideas or theories that seem scientific but
C. Occurs in the absence of O2 are not. Which of the following can be clas-
sified as pseudoscience?
D. It is common in higher plants
A. Ecology
96. This process does not make ATP alone, but
B. Geology
it allows glycolysis to continue making ATP
when oxygen is unavailable for cellular C. Phrenology
respiration. D. Genetics
A. Fermentation
102. What are the small holes on the under-
B. Electron Transport Chain side of plant leaves called?
C. Glycolysis A. Guard Cells
D. Kreb’s cycle B. Stomates
97. Cellular respiration is called an aerobic pro- C. Air Spaces
cess because it requires D. Vascular Cells
A. light
103. What gas is given off as a result of res-
B. exercise piration?
C. oxygen A. oxygen
D. glucose B. carbon dioxide
98. Which molecule is the product of Glycolysis C. hydrogen
and the reactant of the Krebs Cycle? D. nitrogen
A. pyruvic acid 104. Inside of which cell organelle does cellular
B. carbon dioxide respiration take place?
C. water A. Ribosome
D. oxygen B. Cell Membrane
116. What do the plants release during the res- 122. is called the energy currency of the
piration? cell.
A. Oxygen A. ALL OF THE BELOW
B. O2 B. ASAP(Adenosine Triphosphate)
C. Carbon Dioxide C. AFP (Adenosine Triphosphate)
D. CO2 D. ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate)
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117. Which organelle allows plants to convert
solar energy into chemical energy? eukaryotic. Which of the following struc-
A. Chloroplast tures is present in eukaryotic cells but NOT
in prokaryotic cells?
B. Mitochondria
A. DNA
C. Vesicle
B. Nucleus
D. ER
C. Cell Wall
118. Which process converts inorganic raw D. Cell Membrane
materials from the environment into or-
ganic molecules? 124. What do stomata takes during the respi-
ration?
A. Aerobic Respiration
A. O
B. Anaerobic Respiration
B. Carbon dioxide
C. Photosynthesis
C. oxygen
D. Homeostasis
D. none of above
119. Part of a plant that holds and protects
seeds 125. The also help to take air from the
soil
A. roots
A. root hairs
B. stem
B. photosynthesis process
C. fruit
C. plant’s roots
D. leaves
D. producing energy
120. Seed structure that grows become roots
126. Lactic acid fermentation occurs in your
A. radicle
muscles after a workout because your cells
B. plumule are struggling to get
C. cotyledon A. Glucose
D. endosperm B. Sunlight
121. What causes ATP to increase over time? C. Oxygen
A. Active transport D. Water
B. Cell movement 127. ATP has
C. Cellular Respiration A. 1 Phosphate
D. Photosynthesis B. 2 Phosphates
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lar respiration called
C. Flowers contain cells that carry out A. Epidermal cells
photosynthesis B. Stoma
D. Flowers contain cells that produce ga- C. Guard cells
metes
D. Chloroplast
140. During the day, as part of photosynthesis
what do plants produce more? 146. What type of sugar molecule is produced
by plants during photosynthesis?
A. Carbon dioxide
A. Oxygen
B. Oxygen
B. Starch
C. Glucose
C. Glucose
D. none of above
D. Water
141. Nora notices that her plants in her win-
dow planter lean toward the Sun. This be- 147. Most photosynthetic organisms are con-
havior is called tained within which two kingdoms?
A. photosynthesis A. Plantae and Protista
B. phototropism B. Eubacteria and Fungi
C. migration C. Animalia and Fungi
D. competition D. Animalia and Plantae
142. Which cells are responsible for opening 148. Aerobic breakdown of glucose yields en-
and closing stomates to regulate water ergy which is
loss & gas exchange?
A. 2870 kJ
A. Guard Cells
B. 1870 kJ
B. Gate Cells
C. 3870 kJ
C. Vascular Cells
D. Root Cells D. 3370 kJ
150. What is the net gain of ATP during glycol- 155. anaerobic cellular respiration can be used
ysis? to produce energy in the absence of
151. The primary role of oxygen in cellular res- 156. Which part of the plant oxygen and car-
piration is to bon dioxide go in and out?
A. yield energy in the form of ATP as it is A. Roots
passed down the respiratory chain
B. Stem
B. act as an acceptor for electrons and
C. Tiny holes in the leaf
hydrogen, forming water.
C. combine with carbon, forming CO2 D. None of the three
153. In which part of the cell does photosyn- 159. Parts of the plant that absorbs water and
thesis take place? minerals from the soil.
A. vacuole A. Leaves
B. mitochondria B. Stems
C. cell wall C. Roots
D. chloroplast D. All of the three.
154. Part of a plant that makes food 160. Where does growth happen in a plant?
A. roots A. Dermal Tissue
B. stem B. Ground Tissue
C. flower C. Vascular Tissue
D. leaves D. Meristem
161. What gas do plants need for aerobic res- C. from the soil
piration?
D. from fertilizer
A. Oxygen
B. Carbon Dioxide 167. A plant species lives in an area with lim-
ited sunlight. Which physiological adapta-
C. Nitrogen tion would be most useful to the plant?
D. Water
A. colorful flowers
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162. Which structure in the leaf controls the B. large leaves
opening and closing of the stoma?
C. deep roots
A. cuticle
D. thin cuticle
B. epidermis
C. guard cell 168. What are the reactants for aerobic cellu-
D. spongy mesophyll lar respiration?
A. Glucose & oxygen
163. The process of converting sunlight energy
into chemical energy stored in a molecule B. Glucose & carbon dioxide
is called C. Oxygen & water
A. Cellular respiration D. Water & carbon dioxide
B. Photosynthesis
C. Mitochondria 169. The process of respiration in plants oc-
curs
D. Carbon dioxide
A. When stomata are open
164. pores found on the epidermis of leaves
B. Only when photosynthesis stops
that allows for gas exchange
A. peduncle C. Only one photosynthesis in progress
172. The male reproductive organ of the C. The morning and night
flower
D. none of above
D. ATP A. Methamorphosis
B. Digestion
175. Which structure regulates gas exchange
during the processes of photosynthesis C. Photosynthesis
and respiration? D. none of above
A. CHLOROPLAST
B. CUTICLE 181. What gas do animals need for aerobic res-
piration?
C. STOMA/STOMATA
A. Oxygen
D. SEPAL
B. Carbon Dioxide
176. the place of secondary growth of stems
C. Nitrogen
and roots
A. cambium D. Water
B. phloem 182. Adenine, ribose and 3 phosphate groups
C. xylem make up
D. pith A. ATP
183. Seed structure that stores nutrients 189. The act or process of taking air into your
A. radicle lungs and releasing it.
B. plumule A. particle
C. testa B. cell
D. endosperm C. respiration
184. The reactants of cellular respiration are D. breathing
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the of photosynthesis.
A. reactants 190. In photosynthesis formation of com-
plex compounds from simple inorganic
B. glucose molecules is called
C. products
A. Anabolism
D. energy
B. Photosynthesis
185. Which of these statements about photo-
synthesis and respiration is true? C. Catabolism
194. Throwback! Cells produce many differ- 200. What are the “powerhouses” of the cell,
ent types of proteins. Where in the cell changing food into energy that the cell can
is an mRNA sequence translated to make use?
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207. Throwback! Water has several proper-
ties that make it essential to life as we D. Sun
know it. Which property of water is most
important for delivering nutrients to cells 213. light energy is converted into chemical en-
in the human body? ergy (glucose)
A. cellular respiration
A. High Specific heat
B. photosynthesis
B. Adhesion
C. endergonic reactions
C. Ability to dissolve many substances
D. exergonic reactions
D. cohesion
214. What function does ATP carry out in liv-
208. Which of the following is correct about ing things?
respiration?
A. aids in protein folding and coiling
A. Occurs during day and night
B. used to capture and transfer energy
B. Plant only
C. identifies DNA start sequences for
C. Need sunlight transcription
D. Use carbon dioxide (Carbon dioxide in) D. helps maintain the fluidity of cell mem-
branes
209. Cellular respiration happens in a cell’s
A. Mitochondria 215. Part of a plant used for support and has
tubes for carrying food, minerals, and wa-
B. Chloroplast ter
C. Nucleus A. roots
D. Cell wall B. stem
210. Where does the Krebs cycle take place? C. leaves
A. Cytoplasm D. flower
B. Inner Mitochondrial Membrane 216. A student is collecting the gas given off
from a plant in bright sunlight at a temper-
C. Outer Mitochondrial Membrane
ature of 27 degrees Celcius. The gas being
D. Mitochondrial Matrix collected is probably
211. Where does aerobic respiration occur in A. oxygen
animals? B. carbon dioxide
A. All cells C. ATP
B. Only in muscle cells D. glucose
217. Water travels the plant, through the 219. What is the energy source for photosyn-
thesis?
A. Photosynthesis A. plants
B. Glycolysis B. animals
C. Krebs Cycle C. fungus
D. Cellular respiration D. all of these
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C. dermis D. The pollen they collect helps them to
find a mate
D. guard cell
14. Plants have roots that take in water and
9. Which one of these plants is a nonvascular nutrients from
plant?
A. stem
A. cactus
B. soil
B. moss
C. sunlight
C. fern
D. air
D. pine
15. What is one way a plant propagates?
10. Chemical messengers that are produced in A. jumping
the plant and control growth.
B. runner
A. Hormones
C. pollinates
B. Tropisms
D. none of above
C. Compounds
16. Which of the following is correct relation-
D. Sugars ship between hormone and its function?
11. The fleshy, often sweet, part of a plant A. Absisic acid = Promote root growth
that holds the seeds. B. Ethylene = Fruit maturation
A. Fruit C. Auxin = Inhibit seed germination
B. Flower D. Cytokinin = Drought tolerance
C. Seed
17. What are specific characteristics of an in-
D. none of above dividual?
A. trait
12. What is the function of a plant’s roots?
B. gene
A. To help the plant grow next to other
plants C. phenos
B. To keep the plant in the ground and ab- D. offspring
sorb nutrients and water
18. What does a new seed need to grow?
C. To help the plant reproduce
A. dark, cold temperatures, nitrogen, and
D. To help the plant collect sunlight ice
B. light, water, nutrients, carbon dioxide, 24. Which type of plant cell has a thick pri-
and warm temperatures mary cell wall and no secondary cell wall?
Hint:It is used to support the growing
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C. Dandelions 36. What is the order of a plant’s life cycle?
D. lettuce A. seedling, seed, mature plant
B. mature plant, seedling, seed
31. How might the roots of a plant grow in C. seed, seedling, mature plant
space without gravity?
D. seed, mature plant, seedling
A. only down
37. Which of these is not a need of a plant?
B. only up
A. Air
C. all directions B. Space
D. only sideways C. Sun
D. Insects
32. Part 1Which do all plants need to grow?
38. This is a hormone that promotes fruit
A. Air
ripening.
B. Rocks A. Abscisic acid
C. Darkness B. Auxin
D. Hot temperatures C. Cytokinin
D. Ethylene
33. What is the scientific name for the root
that first emerges from the seed? 39. An adaptation is
A. Radicle A. a characteristic that increases an or-
ganism’s ability to survive and reproduce
B. Plumule in its environment
C. Monocot B. putting a plant in a pot
D. Dicot C. the predictable order of changes in a
community
34. When a tree grows wider in trunk diam- D. none of above
eter, this is an example of which of the
following? 40. Plants absorb nutrients from the soil with
their
A. Secondary growth
A. leaves
B. Primary growth B. roots
C. Photosynthesis C. buds
D. Xylem transport D. seedhead
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53. Maximal size in terms of wall thick- out
ening and protoplasmic modification are
D. leaves and roots spread out
achieved by-
A. Cells of divisional phase 59. Which part of a plant contains male sex
cells?
B. Cells of maturation phase
A. pistil
C. Cells of elongation phase
B. stamen
D. Cells of meristematic tissue
C. fruit
54. After fertilization, what does the ovule de-
D. seed
velop into?
A. fruit 60. Which of the following shows the correct
relationship between a hormone and its
B. seed
function?
C. bud
A. auxin=stimulates stem elongation
D. flower
B. ethylene=fruit maturation
55. Tissue in plants that conducts sugars and C. cytokinin=drought tolerance
other metabolic products from the leaves
to the rest of the plant. D. absisic acid=promote root growth
63. If a plant produces seed that are sticky or C. Plants can grow without water.
bristles, most likely moves the seed D. Plants can grow without air.
from one place to another.
75. moves away from light 81. The series of biochemical reactions in pho-
A. auxin tosynthesis that require light energy that
is captured by light-absorbing pigments
B. gibberellin (such as chlorophyll) to be converted into
C. cytokinin chemical energy.
D. ethylene A. Light-dependent reactions
76. Carl wants to compare how plants respond B. Carbon fixing reactions
to light. Which of the following investiga-
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C. Photoelectric effect
tions should he do?
D. Photons
A. put two plants in the freezer
B. put two plants in a warm spot 82. Which one of the following is a Precursor
C. put one plant in a cold spot and one un- of Auxin?
der a lamp A. Tryptophan
D. put one plant near a window and one B. Kaurene
plant in a dark corner
C. Zeatin
77. Which variable responds to what is being D. Methionine
tested?
A. independent 83. Which part of the flower is responsible for
B. dependent covering the plant before it blooms?
C. control A. stigma
D. none of above B. stamen
A. recessive D. pistil
B. dominant 84. Bromeliads are plants that live on trees,
C. passive rocks or other structures. Which of the fol-
D. aggressive lowing is NOT REQUIRED for bromeliads
and other plants to survive?
79. Dicots have cotyledon. A. air
A. Zero
B. water
B. One
C. soil
C. Two
D. Sun’s energy
D. Depends
80. What is the name of tiny plant inside the 85. Irises and lettuce flower when nights are
seed which grows into new plant? short. They are
D. sunlight A. Soil
B. Water
90. Which type of cell produces growth at the
root and stem of a plant? C. Minerals
A. Lateral meristems D. Sunlight
B. Apical meristems
96. The green pigment in plant leaves and
C. Vascular cambium stems that is able to trap energy from the
D. Cork cambium sun.
A. Chlorophyll
91. Which of the following is not considered a
factor that would influence dormancy? B. Bulb
A. Temperature C. Leaf
B. Mechanical constraint D. Runner
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98. Which one of these does not affect plant B. undifferentiated tissue; in apical and
growth? lateral meristems.
A. Temperature C. differentiated tissue, throughout plant
B. Water
D. differentiated tissue; in apical and lat-
C. Pot
eral meristems
D. Light
104. The outputs of Photosynthesis are
99. Which tissue provide support and strength
A. Carbon dioxide and Water
to mature plants?
B. Oxygen and Water
A. parenchyma tissue
C. Glucose and Oxygen
B. sclerenchyma tissue
D. Water and Oxygen
C. xylem tissue
D. collenchyma tisssue 105. The increase in length of the shoot and
the root is
100. This is a hormone that promotes and reg-
A. primary growth
ulates the growth in plants. It is produced
in the meristem tissue. B. secondary growth
A. Abscisic acid C. germination
B. Auxin D. dormancy
C. Cytokinin 106. Which do plants get most of their matter
D. Ethylene from?
A. Air
101. The process where meristematic cells be-
come specialized is called B. Soil
A. cell differentiation C. Fungi
B. cell derivation D. Other plants
C. cell enlargement 107. The functions of the stem is:
D. cell division A. to carry water and food to the plant
102. THE GROWING MEDIUM IN HYDRO- B. Produce seeds and fruit for new plants
PONIC PRODUCTION IS GENERALLY
KNOWN AS THIS C. Produces food for the plant
A. AGGREGATE D. none of above
108. Which is NOT a way that pollen can move 113. What is wood?
from one flower to another?
A. secondary xylem
111. Which of the following is most likely in- 116. What is the suitable temperature for
herited by flowering plants? seeds germinate?
A. leaning on a pole A. 10-37 0 C
B. the ability to produce seeds B. 30-35 0 C
C. forming different shapes when C. 40-50 0 C
trimmed
D. 0 0 C
D. none of above
117. Jenny saw a tree growing red apples.
112. The amount of darkness a plant receives What stage of the plant life cycle is the
determiners what in many plants? tree in?
A. time of flowering A. mature plant
B. time of reproducing B. seedling
C. time of eating C. young plant
D. time of wilting D. seed
118. helps plants to grow and not dry up D. Water can cause the seeds to germi-
A. water nate
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stems and other areas to become thicker. C. Cytokinin
A. Primary growth D. ABA
B. Secondary growth
125. Which plant stores water?
C. Cell enlargement
A. Pine trees
D. Turgor
B. Cactus
120. Which part of a plant lets oxygen exit the C. Shrubs
leaf?
D. Locoweed
A. root hairs
B. stem 126. Which structure protects the seed?
C. stomata A. root
D. xylem B. cotyledon
121. The development of a plant from a seed. C. stem
A. Germination D. seed coat
B. Vigorous 127. Why a linear curve is obtained in arith-
C. Dormancy metic growth?
D. Hardening off A. Because it has lag, log and stationary
phase
122. What was the rate of germination of the
seeds in batch B? B. Because one daughter cell remains
meristematic while the other daughter
A. 21%
cell differentiates and matures
B. 45%
C. Because of the effect of environment
C. 87% on mitosis
D. 62% D. None
123. Why do seeds being stored for future use 128. What are the three primary parts of a
have to be kept dry seed?
A. Water will cause the radicle to rot
A. Seed coating, stalk and embryo
B. Water interferes with the actions of
B. Stem, embryo and seed coating
enzymes
C. Seed coating, embryo and endosperm
C. Water will prevent the embryo from
growing D. Seed coating, embryo and indosperm
140. An angiosperm is a plant that 146. What part of the seed grows into the
new plant?
A. produces seeds inside of cones.
A. embryo
B. produces flowers and fruit.
B. seed coat
C. is wind pollinated.
C. scar
D. produces spores rather than seeds.
D. none of above
141. What is the survival of the fittest?
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147. A dandelion produces light, fluffy, seeds
A. natural selection that are carried by
B. reproduce A. stay inside
C. recessive B. wind
D. dominant C. fruits
D. water
142. What carries food from the roots to all
plant parts? 148. The stamen includes
A. phloem A. the filament and anther
B. xylem B. the stigma, style, and ovary
C. root hairs C. the stigma and style, only
D. stomata D. the sepals and petals
143. Light reaching the surface of a plant is 149. A stress response where plants may ex-
perience severe stress that could lead to
A. absorbed,
death.
B. reflected,
A. susceptible
C. transmitted B. tolerant
D. All of the above C. resistant
144. Annuals and biennials plants show D. avoidance
A. Primary growth 150. Which part of the seed grows first?
B. secondary growth A. First shoot
C. no growth B. Leaves
D. unlimited growth C. Root
D. Stem
145. A plant’s leaves are green because the
color green is back to our eyes. 151. Rate of growth per unit time is called as
A. Absorbed A. metabolism
B. Reflected B. efficiency index
C. Transmitted C. differentiation
D. None of the Above D. redifferentiation
152. Which type of plant tissue covers the 157. Where does the seed get its energy
outer surface of the plant and acts as a from?
protective layer? A. Food store
A. germination B. mitosis
C. transcription
B. pollination
D. translation
C. photosynthesis
D. life cycle 159. A region of tissue at the tips of shoots
and roots where rapid cell division occurs
154. Why do plants need air (carbon dioxide) to make that part of the plant longer.
to grow? A. Apical meristem
A. Plants use carbon dioxide to make B. Embryogenesis
food C. Mitosis
B. Plants use carbon dioxide to transport D. Phloem
food to different parts of the plants
160. Blue light
C. Plants use carbon dioxide to keep firm
A. causes plants to grow taller and thin-
ner
D. Plants use carbon dioxide to repro-
duce B. has no effect on plant growth
C. is not a part of visible light
155. The initial growth of a seed to produce a D. Causes plants to grow thicker stems
new plant.
161. Roots will always grow
A. Growing
A. towards the sun
B. Flowering
B. towards water
C. Germinating
C. away from the sun
D. Dispersing
D. away from water
156. In which plant part does carbon dioxide 162. A pH of 6 is 10 times more acid than a
enter? pH of 7
A. stomata A. True
B. xylem B. False
C. flower C. Maybe
D. roots D. none of above
163. Which of the following plant activity is 168. The green needle-shaped or broad flat
not an example of growth promotion ac- structures on the branches of plants which
tivity? make most of the plant’s food through pho-
A. Germination of seeds tosynthesis.
B. Cell division A. Roots
C. Delay in senescence B. Stems
D. Abscission C. Chlorophyll
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164. What is the difference between annuals D. Leaves
and perennials?
A. Annuals grow in the winter, perennials 169. A type of germination where the cotyle-
grow in the summer. don goes above the soil is called
B. Annuals need more sunlight A. Epicotyl
C. Perennials need more sunlight and wa- B. Hypocotyl
ter
D. Annuals live for one season then die, C. Dicots
perennials regrow every year. D. Epygeal
165. SOILS THAT HAVE A RICH, DARK BROWN
170. Dormancy helps plants survive freezing
OR ALMOST BLACK COLOR TYPICALLY
temperatures and the lack of
HAVE HIGH LEVELS OF THIS.
A. CLAY A. liquid water
B. ORGANIC MATTER B. frozen water
C. MUCK C. moonlight
D. SAND
D. air
166. Part 1What do all seeds need to germi-
nate? 171. Which one of the following is a precursor
of plant growth hormone Ethylene?
A. warmth & water
B. spores A. Tryptophan
C. cones B. IAA
D. photosynthesis C. Pyrophosphate
167. Why do seeds have tough, protective cov- D. Methionine
erings? Choose the best answer.
A. so they can travel long distances with- 172. The transfer of the pollen grains from the
out getting damaged anther to the stigma is called
B. so they can survive the fall from a tree A. Transpiration
to the ground
B. Pollination
C. so they can easily be digested by ani-
mals C. Fertilization
D. to serve as camouflage D. Ovulation
173. The four things that plants receive from 178. This is the type of meristem that in-
soil are creases plant length or height, known as
primary growth.
177. Characteristic of plant growth includes C. When sugars move to the embryo
which of the following- D. When photosynthesis begins
A. It is localised and generally determi-
182. The gas that plants take in from the air
nate
is
B. It is localized and generally indetermi-
A. carbon monoxide
nate
B. oxygen
C. It is non-measurable
C. carbon dioxide
D. It is diffused, determinate and non
measurable D. none of above
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184. What is reliable? A. Breathing
A. it gives the same result when you re- B. Photosynthesis
peat the entire experiment.
C. Photoperiod
B. it gives the different result when you
repeat the entire experiment. D. Respiration
C. it is not fair if we repeat the entire ex- 190. Types of plant hormone?
periment. A. Auxin, Gibberellin, Cytokinin
D. it means there is erorr with the exper- B. Auxin, Parenchymall, Collenchymal
iment
C. Parenchymall, Collenchymal, Scle-
185. A type of plant that produces one seed renchymal
leaf upon germination. D. Apical, Lateral, Intercalary
A. Monocot
191. What is the name of stem cells in plants?
B. Dicot A. Meristems
C. Hybrid B. Mitosis
D. Perennial C. Meiosis
186. reduce the growth of plants. D. DNA
A. Promoters 192. A very small and smooth pollen grain
B. Reducers with a very low mass would be expected
to have which dispersal method?
C. Stoppers
A. water
D. Inhibitors
B. animals
187. For growth which one(s) is essential- C. insects
A. Nutrients D. wind
B. H2O
193. A substance through which a plant’s
C. O2 roots grow and extract water and nutri-
D. All ents.
A. Cotyledons
188. occurs at the roots and stems of the
plant while occurs in the girth of the B. Growing medium
plant. C. Root apical meristem
A. Primary Growth, Secondary Growth D. Cambium
194. The name of the baby plant in the seed is C. young plant
called? D. seed
A. Cactus D. magnesium
205. Which one of the following plant hor- 210. All of the following are examples of seed
mone produce extraordinary elongation of disbursement except:
stem? A. wind
A. Gibberellins B. volcanic eruptions
B. Auxin C. physical movement (rolling)
C. Cytokinin D. animals feces
D. Zeatin 211. How do angiosperms differ from all other
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plants?
206. Most seeds do not light to germinate, be-
A. They have true roots, stems, and
cause
leaves.
A. Seeds can use the food stored inside. B. They produce seeds.
B. Seeds can do photosynthesis in the C. They do not need water for fertiliza-
dark soil. tion.
C. Seeds can produce light to make their D. They produce flowers.
own food.
212. Quantity of light depends on
D. Seeds can do photosynthesis without
A. *Geographical area
light.
B. *Competition from taller plants
207. What is the function of seed coat? C. all of these
A. it covers and protects the seed D. Cloud cover, shading, time of day
B. it is a place where photosynthesis hap- 213. In a fern life cycle, what is produced after
pen asexual reproduction?
C. it stores food A. flowers
D. it can develop into young plant B. cones
C. heart-shaped plant
208. What do we call the plant when it first
appears over the ground? D. moss
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moved from carbon dioxide to make other C. synthetic auxin
organic molecules such as sugars. D. anti auxin
A. Light-dependent reactions
234. Red light
B. Carbon fixing reactions
A. Causes plants to grow taller and thin-
C. Photoelectric effect ner
D. Photons
B. has no effect on plant growth
229. Secondary tissues in a dicot include C. is not a part of visible light
A. cortex D. causes plants to grow thicker stems
B. xylem
C. pith 235. The very top layer of soil is mostly made
of
D. cork cambium
A. Solid rock
230. Which of these does NOT happen during
B. Clay and mineral deposits
the seedling stage?
A. Roots begin to grow. C. A mixture of minerals and organic ma-
terial
B. Stems start to grow towards the light.
D. Mostly organic material (OM)
C. The seed starts to grow. 236. Which of the following is a PRIMARY nu-
D. Leaves start to form on the plant. trient?
249. The rate of growth is highest in- 255. Which seed can be eaten?
A. Lag phase A. Apple Seed
B. Log phase B. Lemon seed
C. Steady phase C. Avocado seed
D. None D. Sunflower Seed
250. Real growth is- 256. plants usually produce colorful
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A. Protoplasmic growth blooms in the spring.
B. Cell wall growth A. Roots
C. Growth in size B. Flowering
D. Growth in volume C. Growth chart
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D. none of above pod as a way of seed dispersal.
A. stay inside
274. Three nutrients that help plants grow are
B. wind
A. phosphorus, nirtogen, and potassium
C. fruits
B. nitrogen, oxygen, and potassium
C. potassium, hydrogen, and neon D. burst from
277. A hormone that allows fruit to ripen 283. Which of the following if deficient results
in purple leaves?
A. Auxin
A. nitrates
B. Cytokinin
B. phosphates
C. Ethylene
C. potassium
D. Gibberellin
D. magnesium
278. This is the type of meristem found at the
tips of roots and stems that causes pri- 284. A type of plant that produces two seed
mary growth? leaves upon germination.
A. Lateral meristem A. Monocot
B. Epidermis B. Dicot
C. Intercalary meristem C. Hybrid
D. Apical meristem D. Perennial
285. What is the function of a plant’s stem? 291. Plants get energy from the and is
A. To support the plant and transport called Photosynthesis.
297. A Human Factor that affects plants is: D. vascular cambium and secondary
A. Floods phloem
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differentiation? D. away from heat
A. Ground tissue 304. What is the plant’s way of making food?
B. Primary meristem A. flower
C. Cambium B. seed coat
D. Protoderm C. pollen
299. Steve wanted to see if the type of fertil- D. photosynthesis
izer made sunflowers grow larger. What
305. The plant growth process that allows
is the independent variable
cells to become specialized is
A. Type of fertilizer
A. Cell division
B. Size of sunflower
B. Cell differentiation
C. type of sun flower
C. Cell elongation
D. none of above
D. Cell maturation
300. Life Cycles of plants are adapted to their
306. What SUPPLIES energy that plants need
A. water to make sugars for food?
B. succession A. air
C. environments B. Sun’s energy
D. none of above C. soil
301. The growth response of a plant to light D. water
is called
307. The waxy coating on the surface of the
A. Gravitropism leaf is called
B. Tropism A. cuticle
C. Phototropism B. stomata
D. Aquatropism C. dermis
A. vascular cambium, secondary xylem 308. What is intrinsic factors that affect plant
and secondary phloem growth and development?
B. cork cambium and secondary xylem A. pH, Photosynthesis, Nutrients
C. cork cambium, cork and older sec- B. Temperature, Oxygen, Water and Nu-
ondary phloem trients
A. phenotype C. Runner
D. none of above
B. genotype
C. recessive 315. In which plant part does water move
through the plant?
D. trait
A. stomata
310. A tree’s roots grow downward. What
B. xylem
are the roots MOST LIKELY responding
to? C. flower
A. soil D. roots
B. gravity 316. Amy puts a plant in a dark corner for a
C. heat month. What will most likely happen?
D. light A. the plant will turn green
B. the stem will grow
311. A plant with a climbing stem that may
grow on the sides of a building, fence C. the plant will begin to die
or a tree. Select the correct option that D. the roots will spread out
matches this definition.
317. The process of cell division to create new
A. Tree cells for growth and repair of plant tis-
B. Shrub sues.
C. Vine A. Mitosis
D. none of above B. Meiosis
C. Embryogenesis
312. The form of growth wherein new cells
are always being added to the plant body D. Germination
by the activity of meristem is called- 318. A NUTRIENT DEFICIENCY REFERS TO
A. Open form of growth THIS.
B. Close form of growth A. A SURPLUS OF NUTRIENTS
C. Diffused form of growth B. A LACK OF NUTRIENTS
D. Discontinuous form of growth C. THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF NUTRIENTS
D. none of above
313. What are the things that a plant needs to
grow well, such as light energy, air, water 319. If a flower is missing either a pistil or a
and warmth called? stamen it is
A. necessary things A. Perfect
B. key elements B. Complete
C. factors C. Imperfect
D. none of above D. none of above
320. When the seed gets the proper amount of B. It can still live as long as it has water.
sunlight, air, and water the seed is going
through C. It can’t make food so it will die.
A. pollen D. It can still live as long as it has soil.
B. watering 326. Parthenocarpy is induced by
C. germination A. AUXINS
D. metamorphosis B. CYTOKININS
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321. The thickening of trunks of trees is due C. ETHYLENE
to D. GIBBERELLINS
A. non-meristemic tissue 327. Which tropism is a response to light?
B. the vascular cambium A. Lighttropism
C. the solar cambium B. Phototropism
D. lack of cambium C. Thigmotropism
D. Hydrotropism
322. Poppy seeds can be eaten on
A. Rice 328. Two types of germination
A. epigeal and endogeal
B. Water
B. hypogeal and hypergeal
C. Bread
C. epigeal and hypogeal
D. Vegetables
D. none
323. Which of the following is a pollinator? 329. Phototropism is
A. birds A. When plants grow away from the light
B. bats
C. bees B. When plants grow straight
D. all of the above C. Nothing to do with plants
D. When plants grow towards the light
324. Organic compound synthesized in one
part of a plant and translocated to another 330. A water soluble gas that moves through
part where, in very low concentrations, it the plant.
causes a physiological response. A. Auxin
A. tropism B. Cytokinin
B. edaphic C. Ethylene
C. plant hormone D. Gibberellin
D. exogenous rhythms 331. Hydroponic systems cannot ever use soil
A. True
325. What will happen if a plant does NOT get
air? B. False
A. It can still live as long as it has Sun’s C. Not sure
energy. D. none of above
332. Sandy soils, often called light soils, have 337. How do nonvascular plants get water
and nutrients from the environment?
A. large soil particle and large pore
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D. c, b, a
D. A seed begins to grow.
344. What is the name of the hormone that
helps the plant in root initiation, leaf ab- 350. The process of a plant using light to
scission and cell expansion? change carbon dioxide and water into glu-
A. Gibblerin cose for food is
B. Auxin A. germination
C. Ethylene B. plant growth
D. Cytokins C. photosynthesis
345. What is the function of nectar? D. life cycle
A. To provide food for the flower
351. A sigmoid growth curve is characteristic
B. To attract pollinators
of-
C. To attract animals to disperse the
A. Bacteria growing in culture medium
fruits
D. To produce perfumes for Man B. Organisms growing in natural habitat
C. All cells, tissue and organs
346. Which hormone that helps cell divisions
and elongation D. All
A. Auxin
352. A plant’s growth towards or away from
B. Gibberellin a stimulus is called a
C. Cytokinin A. tropism
D. Ethylene
B. hormone
347. Which variable is the one being tested? C. auxin
A. independent
D. dormancy
B. dependent
C. control 353. What best describes the way a plant’s
roots grow?
D. none of above
A. Roots grow in any direction
348. inside the seed grows into a new
plant. B. Roots grow down into the ground
A. cotyledon C. Roots grow up towards the sun
B. plumule D. Roots grow from the flowers
365. The inputs to Photosynthesis are 371. What might happen if a vascular plant’s
A. Carbon dioxide and Water xylem was damaged?
A. the plant could no longer undergo pho-
B. Oxygen and Water
tosynthesis
C. Glucose and Oxygen
B. the plant would no longer have leaves
D. Water and Oxygen C. the plant would not be able to receive
366. What part of the flower can be identified water and nutrients from the soil
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as the flower’s eggs? D. the plant would no longer have flowers
A. Ovary 372. Tom keeps a detailed of his crops to
B. Ovule test how effective his fertilizers are.
C. Anther A. flowering
D. Stigma B. photosynthesis
C. branches
367. A seed sprouts into a young plant called
D. growth chart
a
A. seedling 373. A TYPE OF SOILLESS MEDIA THAT IS
WHITE AND COMES FROM VOLCANOES
B. tree IS.
C. leaf A. VERMICULITE
D. none of above B. PERLITE
368. Apical meristems are C. PEAT MOSS
A. vegetative buds at the shoot tips D. COCONUT COIR
B. in the axils of leaves 374. Which type of cell produces growth in the
girth of the stem?
C. actively dividing
A. Lateral meristems
D. all of the choices
B. Apical meristems
369. Which mineral do phosphates contain? C. Vascular cambium
A. nitrates D. Cork cambium
B. phosphorous
375. Seed dormancy can be broken by:
C. potassium
A. ABA and GA3
D. magnesium B. GA3 and ethylene
370. Photosynthesis occurs in the of a C. IAA and ABA
plant. D. ABA and IPA
A. leaves
376. What is Photoperiod as it relates to
B. roots plants?
C. buds A. How much dark the plants get
D. stem B. How much light the plant gets
C. Both of the above 382. By weight, how much silt and clay do
sandy soils contain?
D. None of the above
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A. phloem
B. xylem A. It gets energy from the sunlight.
C. stomata B. It gets energy from another plant,
C. Fertilization A. SAND
D. Dormancy B. SILT
C. CLAY
392. There are a few different ways that sci-
D. MUCK
entists have classified plants. Which of
the following is not a way we have dis- 398. In which plant part do water and nutri-
cussed? ents enter?
A. Small vs. Large A. stomata
B. Seed vs. Seedless B. xylem
C. Vascular vs. Nonvascular C. flower
D. Angiosperms vs. Gymnosperms D. roots
399. Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Potassium 405. Certain plant food elements are called
are represented by the letters major elements because
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412. The tiny plant inside a seed is called a/an
C. germination
A. seed coat D. dormancy
B. food store 418. Potassium causes plants to
C. embryo A. produce more flowers and seeds
D. none of above B. resist disease and develop strong
roots
413. Water is needed for-
C. grow much larger thean they would
A. Cell-enlargement otherwise
B. Providing aqueous medium for enzy- D. none of above
matic reactions
C. Both a &b 419. The vascular cambium is located between
423. Plant hromone causing abscisssion of 429. Which way can the seeds move from their
leaves, senescence and inhibition of cell di- plants?
vision is A. Wind
A. IAA
B. Car
B. Ethylene
C. Bus
C. cytokinins
D. Mud
D. ABA
424. Where do seeds come from? 430. Under certain conditions regaining the
lost capacity of division by living cells is
A. Leaves called-
B. Roots
A. Dedifferentiation
C. Fruits
B. Providing aqueous medium for enzy-
D. Stem matic reactions
425. What do we call the genetic makeup of C. Differentiation
an organism?
D. Efficiency index
A. genotype
B. phenotype 431. Which one of the following is a “Fruit
Ripening Hormone”?
C. computer type
D. Mr. D type A. Auxin
B. ABA
426. Cell growth increases cell size, while cell
division (mitosis) increases C. Ethylene
A. the length of plants D. Polyamines
B. the production of ground tisuues
432. Soil is formed from
C. the number of cells
D. the division of cell A. The weathering of rocks or parent ma-
terial
427. Photosynthesis takes place in the B. From the eruption of volcanoes
A. flowers
C. From the dust in the air as it settles on
B. roots the earth
C. stems D. From material brought down from the
D. leaves mountains
433. Plants need so that they can have 438. What type of vascular tissue is respon-
strong stems and firm leaves. They also sible for transporting the sugars made
use to transport substances such as in photosynthesis from the leaves to the
food to all parts of the plant.Which word roots?
will complete the sentences above cor-
A. Cuticle
rectly?
B. Phloem
A. Light
B. Water C. Stomata
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C. Air D. Xylem
A. littering A. Leaves
B. picking flowers B. Seed
C. floods C. Root
D. space D. Stem
454. Which type of plant has seeds with two 460. What is the product of reproduction?
cotyledons? A. offspring
A. conifers B. phenotype
B. dicots C. trait
C. monocots D. genotype
D. none of above
461. What is a change in a way of life to suit
455. Plants give off which animals and new conditions?
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people breathe in. A. adaptation
A. oxygen B. variation
B. carbon dioxide C. gene
C. water D. trait
D. sunlight
462. Fruit and leaf drop at early stages can be
456. Growth that results in an increase in the prevented by the application of:
length of a plant is referred as A. Ethylene
A. Horizontal growth B. Auxins
B. Longitudinal growth C. Gibberellic acid
C. Primary growth D. Cytokinins
D. Secondary growth
463. Biomass is best represented by . . .
457. The two most important factors in plant A. The total mass of the root system at-
growth are tached to a plant
A. water and food B. The total mass of all leaves attached
B. air and water to a plant
C. soil and clay C. The total mass of a living organism
D. none of above D. The total mass of a plant and its sur-
rounding environment
458. What is the product made from plants
during photosynthesis? 464. Plants need to grow well.
A. carbon dioxide gas A. light, water and air
B. water B. light, water and warmth
C. Sun’s energy C. light and water
D. glucose (sugar) D. light, water, air and warmth
459. THE PROPORTION OF DIFFERENT SIZES 465. Which of the following is the anti ageing
OF MINERAL PARTICLES REFERS TO THIS. plant hormone?
A. SOIL COLOR A. IAA
B. SOIL TEXTURE B. CYTOKININS
C. SOIL PROFILE C. ETHYLENE
D. PORE SPACE D. GIBBERELLINS
466. More than one individual or population C. The number of chromosomes must
in an ecosystem that relies upon the same double
limited resource
471. Before a plant cell can divide, what must A. Food, which it uses until it can make its
happen? own food.
477. The pistil includes the 483. The period of growth is generally divided
A. filament and style into-
A. 3 phases
B. the filament and anther
B. 2 phases
C. the stigma, style, and ovary
C. 4 phases
D. the stigma, style, and anther
D. 6 phases
478. What is a segment of DNA called?
484. When do plants respire?
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A. gene A. All night
B. trait B. All day
C. mutation C. All day and night
D. variation D. Whenever it needs glucose
479. This is known as the plant’s self destruct 485. Which part of the flower traps and col-
mechanism: lects pollen?
A. Apical Dominance A. stigma
B. Ethylene B. stamen
C. Cytokinins C. sepal
D. Allelopathy D. petal
486. Plants respond to stimulus such as
480. What is the most powerful trait?
A. gravity
A. dominant
B. light
B. recessive
C. changes in temperature
C. environmental
D. all answer choices are correct
D. DNA
487. What are the cells called that can de-
481. A hormone manufactured primarily in the velop into new plants without fertiliza-
shoot tips, in embryos, and in parts of de- tion? Hint-They are in capsules on a moss
veloping flowers and seeds. plant, and enclosed in cases on a fern plant
A. auxin A. seeds
B. cytokinin B. flowers
C. gibberellins C. spores
D. cones
D. ethylene
488. A soil having equal parts of sand, silt, and
482. Seedless fruits can be induced by clay is called
A. ABA and IAA A. an aggregate
B. ABA and Zeatin B. a mixture
C. IAA and GA3 C. a loam
D. Ethylene and ABA D. none of above
489. Why is there a food store inside a seed? 495. Plants with air.
A. It helps the seed swell. A. turn oxygen into carbon dioxide
501. The layer that covers the apical meristem C. shape of nose
of a root is called the D. freckles
A. pericycle
507. Which of the following is NOT a symptom
B. taproot of nutrient deficiencies in seedlings (and
C. root cap mature plants)?
D. root hair A. Pale yellow leaves
B. Purpling leaves
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502. Which of the following is cytokinin?
A. Phytochrome C. Bright yellow veins
512. What is the process in which a seed 518. What would happen if you tried to grow
starts to grow with all the right conditions a plant without water?
given? A. It will not grow.
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C. Very acidic or Very Basic
that first emerges from a seed during ger- D. Only Neutral, plants cant live in acidic
mination? or Basic environments
A. Testa
531. Leaves fall off trees in the northern
B. Radicle
states as a response to
C. Cotyledon
A. gravity
D. Plumule
B. light
526. The predictable order of things in commu- C. changes in temperature
nities after a change occurs is
D. water
A. succession
532. Which of these is a function of the roots?
B. adaptation
A. creates food
C. collision
B. lets carbon dioxide in and oxygen out
D. none of above
C. absorbs water and nutrients from the
527. Which hormone causes internodes to soil
lengthen?
D. uses photosynthesis
A. Gibberelins
533. Which of the following is not the charac-
B. Etiolation
teristic of growth of an organism?
C. Tropism
A. It is accompanied by metabolic pro-
D. Cytokins cesses
528. A plant produces fruit or seeds that float. B. It is quantitative and intrinsic
Which is the most likely way its seeds are C. It is an irreversible permanent in-
moved from one place to another. crease in size of an organ / its part / an
A. wind individual cell
B. water D. None of the above
C. animals 534. The absorb sunlight to help make
D. none of above food for the plant.
A. IPA D. food
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A. phototropism A. water, smell and light
B. hydrotropism B. light, touch and smell
C. geotropism C. light, water and touch
D. chemotropism D. temperature, water and growth
8. if a plant grows towards a light source, 14. Plants are known as producers. What
then it is said to be displaying? stimuli is a main contributor for this being
true?
A. positive hydrotropism
A. light
B. positive phototropism
B. touch
C. positive tropism
C. temperature
D. negative tropism
D. water
9. Substances that act as chemical messen-
gers within plants controlling functions 15. The cytoplasmic streaming movement can
be deduced under the microscope through
A. Chemicals the movement of
B. Plant Hormones A. Ribosomes
C. Adrenaline B. nucleus
D. Photosynthesis C. chloroplasts
10. A plant’s root grow in a downward direc- D. mitochondria
tion in response to what force?
16. what is positive tropisms occur in pho-
A. sunlight totropism?
B. gravity A. plant grow towards stimulus
C. soil B. plant grow away from the stimulus
D. turgor pressure C. plant adapt towards environments
changes
11. An example of part movement in plants is
D. none of above
A. folding of leaves
17. Why does plant appear to be moving in
B. germination
tropic movements
C. hydrotropism
A. Because tropic movements are direc-
D. Both A and B tional
B. Because tropic movements and nondi- 23. Breaks seed dormancy and promotes
rectional growth (can make fruit bigger)
B. Away from the stimulus A. to find food, shelter and escape from
their enemies
C. Both
B. to find food, shelter and enjoy the en-
D. None vironment
C. to find food, stay fit and escape from
19. Auxins are responsible for of a plant
their enemies
A. Colour change D. to find a mate, shelter and escape
B. Watering from their enemies
C. Phototropism 25. Response to WATER is called
D. Growth A. Phototropism
B. Hydrotropism
20. What does thigmotropism mean
C. Thigmotropism
A. Movement in response to touch
D. Geotropism
B. Movement in response to light
26. How do plant cells change their shape
C. Movement in response to water
A. By changing the amount of water
D. Movement in response to gravity present in them
21. In the word photo tropism, photo means B. By swelling of shrinking in size
“photo” in the word photo tropism C. Both
A. Movement D. None
B. Picture 27. An example of a positional movement
C. Excite A. folding of leaves of insectivorous
D. Light plants
B. peristalsis movement
22. What are tendrils sensitive to
C. moving your legs while sitting down
A. Touch D. all the previous
B. Gravity
28. which of the following does not cause a
C. Light movement response in plants?
D. Water A. radiant energy
B. all answer choices cause a reaction in 34. How do plants respond to stimulus in
plants tropic movements
C. temperature A. Plants grow in a particular direction
D. gravitational pull B. Plants do not grow at all
C. Plants don’t care
29. Haptotropism or pulling movement is indi-
D. Plants care
cated by the
35. Ascent of sap in plants takes place
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A. tendrils of climbing plants
through
B. touch
A. Cortex
C. sleeping and awake movement B. Epidermis
D. cytoplasmic streaming C. Xylem
D. Phloem
30. Give an example of plants which are sen-
sitive to touch 36. which parts of the plant display positive
A. Mimosa pudica phototropism
A. roots and stem
B. Touch Me Not plant
B. leaves and stem
C. Pitcher plant
C. all of the plant
D. All
D. leaves and roots
31. In plea plant is not strong 37. What does hydrotropism mean mean
A. pulling action A. Movement in response to water
B. turgidity B. Movement in response to light
C. structural support C. Movement in response to gravity
D. cytoplasmic streaming D. Movement in response to touch
38. what is locomotion?
32. What does chemo tropism mean
A. the movement as a result of stimulus
A. Movement in response to chemicals
B. animals moving from one place to an-
B. Movement in response to light other
C. Movement in response to water C. the movement in one direction
D. Movement in response to gravity D. a powered railway vehicle
39. If a piece of wood is placed near a long
33. The loss of water vapour through the
bean plant, then what happens to the plant
stomata of leaves.
a few days later is
A. Osmosis
A. Leaves approach wood
B. Diffusion B. The tendrils approach the wood
C. Transpiration C. The tendrils twist the wood
D. Translocation D. Leaves stay away from wood
40. The column of water that is pulled up- 46. Which movement is due to growth of
wards is known as the plant?
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D. Movement
A. phototropism
59. What is the stimulus for Thigmatropism?
B. hydrotropism
A. Gravity
C. geotropism
B. Light
D. chemotropism
C. Mechanical
54. Roots of a tree growing towards the wa-
D. Wind
ter line of a house.
A. Gravitropism 60. pulling movement of roots happens in
B. Phototropism A. pea plant
C. Thigmotropism B. corms
D. Hydrotropism C. bulbs
D. both B and C
55. What type movement is shown by the clos-
ing of “Ngirum-kirum” (Mimosa pudica) 61. The shoot of a plant growing up.
leaves when touched?A. PhotonasticB.
A. Positive Gravitropism
ThigmotropismC. ThigmonasticD. ther-
motropism B. Negative Gravitropism
A. Photonastic Movement C. Thigmotropism
B. Thigmotropism D. Hydrotropism
C. Thigmonastic 62. Something that causes a positive or nega-
D. Thermotropism tive response in an organism is called
A. conversion
56. When a plant part moves in response to
light, it is called B. stimulus
A. geotropism C. reaction
B. hydrotropism D. photosynthesis
C. phototropism 63. When a plant part moves in response to
D. chemotropism water, it is called
64. What is the stimulus for Phototropism? 70. Marvil is a Florist who uses metal scaf-
A. Gravity folds for the plants to cling making it a nice
ornamental plant. Which of the following
76. In the word photo tropism, . tropism myself, which plant hormone would I give
means tropism in the word photo tropism my beanstalk?
A. Movement A. Cytokinesis
B. Increase B. Ethylene
C. Excite excitement C. Auxins
D. Light D. Gibberellins
82. Pulling tendrils move in and pulling
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77. geotropism is the same as?
roots move in
A. gravitropism
A. a. air, soil
B. ghettotropism
B. 2. soil, air
C. gamitropism C. 3. air, air
D. germination D. 4. soil, soil
78. The phenomenon whereby liquids will 83. Attraction force between water
spontaneously move up tubes that have a molecules.
very small bore.
A. Cohesion
A. Transpiration Pull B. Adhesion
B. Root Pressure C. Gravity
C. Capillarity D. Newton
D. Diffusion
84. How do pea plants climb supporting
79. What is the stimulus for Gravitropism? fences
A. Gravity A. Tendrils
B. Leaf
B. Light
C. Stem
C. Mechanical
D. Root
D. Wind
85. Which of the following is an example of
80. what would happen if a light source was chemotropism
placed below a plant?
A. Movement of pollen tube towards
A. the plant would respond negatively to Chemicals produced by ovary
gravity
B. Movement of stem towards light
B. the plant would respond positively to
C. Movement of roots towards water
gravity
D. Movement of tendril towards touch
C. the plant will grow in an upward posi-
tion 86. which part of the plant responds positively
to gravity?
D. the plant would exhibit negative pho-
totropism A. xylem
B. roots
81. In the story ‘Jack and the beanstalk’, Jack
grew a beanstalk that grew way into the C. stem
clouds. If I wanted to try and grow one D. leaves
87. All the following are types of movement 88. Which of the following shows geotropic
in plants except movement
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5.1 Digestion and Absorption
1. Bile is a digestive juice in our body. Which C. II and III only
of the following statements about bile is
D. I, II and III
correct?
A. It is produced by the gall bladder. 4. What is the main purpose of the small in-
testine?
B. It contains an enzyme that digests fat.
A. nutrients get absorbed into the
C. It helps break down fat into droplets. blood/lacteal
7. This is the process of nutrients leaving 13. What do chemoreceptors in the stomach
your digestive system and moving into mainly detect?
your blood, carrying nutrients to the rest
D. stomach D. villi
9. If iodine turns a substance to blue-black 15. Which of the following could be involved
colour, the substance is in treating a person who has phenylke-
tonuria (PKU)?I. a diet low in pheny-
A. cellulose
lalanineII. supplements of tyrosineIII. a
B. starch protein-rich diet
C. fats A. I and II only
D. proteins B. I and III only
10. is the largest gland in our body. C. II and III only
A. Skin D. I, II and III
B. Hand
16. What happens after we eat food?
C. Liver
A. Goes to the digestive system to be bro-
D. Leg ken down into nutrients
11. The chemicals that help to digest the food B. It goes to our stomach and then we ex-
are called crete it
A. digestive juice C. It goes to the bloodstream and then
B. vitamins absorbed into our cells
C. enzymes D. Goes to the digestive system and then
D. hormones we excrete it as waste
12. Which of the following animals does not 17. The breakdown products of carbohydrate
possess canine teeth? digestion are
A. cat A. monosaccharides
B. man B. amino acids
C. tiger C. glycerol
D. rabbit D. fatty acids
18. Which of the following organs produces 23. Enzymes in the pancreas
digestive juice that does not contain en- A. Travel through the blood stream to the
zymes? small intestine
A. liver
B. Travel through the pancreatic duct to
B. mouth the small intestine
C. stomach C. Are not entirely necessary for diges-
D. pancreas tion
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D. Are used to digest nucleic acids
19. Food is broken down into in our diges-
tive system 24. As the material moves through the in-
A. Waste testine, water is absorbed into the blood-
stream
B. Water and vitamins
A. large
C. Nutrients
D. Cells B. small
C. larrge
20. Which of the following are needed to make
gastric juice more acidic, when food enters D. none of above
the stomach?I. secretinII. medulla oblan-
25. Which of the following has/have been
gataIII. gastrin
shown to cause stomach ulcers?I. exces-
A. I and II only sive acid production by chief cellsII. Heli-
B. I and III only cobacter pyloriIII. antibiotics
C. II and III only A. I only
D. I, II and III B. II only
C. I and II only
21. Waves of contractions that move food
one way through the digestive system are D. III only
called
26. The liver is said to be a digestive gland be-
A. Impulse cause it
B. Peristalsis A. converts stored glycogen into glucose
C. Action Potential
D. Metabolism B. breaks down excess amino acids
39. Where do nutrients go after they leave the 45. thick, semi-liquid mixture that food in the
digestive system? gastrointestinal tract becomes by the time
A. To our intestines it leaves the stomach
A. nutrient
B. To our blood
B. food
C. To our cells
C. bolus
D. To the toilet
D. chyme
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40. The purpose of peristalsis is to
46. Which vessels associated with villi in the
A. Move food through the gut small intestine absorbs fats?
B. Move food in one direction A. capillaries
C. Move food a short distance at a time B. veins
to slow digestion C. lacteals
D. All of the above are correct D. arterioles
41. the removal of undigested food and other 47. What can enter the cell membrane?
wastes from the body A. Molecules that are small enough to fit
A. absorption through the holes
B. elimination B. Nothing enters through the cell mem-
brane
C. digestion
C. Everything can fit
D. ingestion
D. Any size food can fit through the cell
42. From where is gastrin produced? membrane
A. medulla oblangata 48. Where does protein digestion begin?
B. endocrine cells in the stomach A. mouth
C. chief cells B. stomach
D. exocrine cells in the stomach C. liver
D. small intestine
43. What is the function of bile?
49. Which of the following enzymes digests
A. digests fats
proteins?
B. emulsifies fats
A. Trypsin
C. accumulates fats B. Lipase
D. absorbs fats C. Peptidases
44. The enzyme secreted by the pancreas that D. Amylase
breaks down fats and oils 50. Breaks up fat molecules
A. Amylase A. liver
B. Protease B. anus
C. Lipase C. bile
D. none of above D. villi
51. Which of the following are needed to 56. Bile is stored in an organ called the
form gastric juice when food is seen or A. Gallbladder
smelled?I. gastrinII. parietal cellsIII. vagus
62. Which hormone and part of the brain are 67. Hydrochloric acid is secreted in the .
involved in ensuring that humans do not A. oesophagus
overeat?
B. stomach
A. melatonin and pituitary gland
C. large intestine
B. leptin and pituitary gland
D. small intestine
C. melatonin and medulla
D. leptin and hypothalamus 68. How do fatty acids and monoglycerides en-
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ter the epithelial cell?
63. What is the muscle action that propels A. Simple diffusion
food through the gut?
B. Facilitated diffusion
A. Peristalsis
C. Active transport
B. Myogenic muscle contraction
D. Osmosis
C. Voluntary muscle contraction
69. Which of the following features of the villi
D. Antagonistic muscle contraction
increase surface area?I. Microvilli of the
64. If a person has phenylketonuria (PKU), epithelial cellsII. Capillary network inside
which enzyme cannot be produced? the villusIII. Coiling of the small intestine
inside the body
A. phenylalanine hydrolase
A. I only
B. phenylalanine hydroxylase
B. I and II
C. tyrosine hydrolase
C. I, II and III
D. tyrosine hydroxylase
D. I and III
65. Why do nutrients get taken to our blood-
70. In an operation, a large part of the colon
stream?
of a person was removed. As a result, the
A. to be transported and excreted as person could not
waste
A. take in solid food
B. To be delivered to our lungs to be re-
B. produce sufficient digestive enzymes
leased
C. absorb amino acids efficiently
C. to be taken in as water and delivered
to cells D. produce solid faeces
D. to be taken to our cells throughout the 71. Protein digestion takes place
body
A. in the mouth
66. Protein is broken down into before B. in the stomach
they are asborbed into the small in-
C. in the stomach and duodenum
testines.
D. all of the above
A. fatty acids
B. amino acids 72. Which of the following food substances
is/are absorbed directly without diges-
C. citric acid tion?(1) vitamin C(2) sucrose(3) polypep-
D. hydrochiloric tide
84. Most nutrient absorption occurs in the 89. Which of these structures function to in-
. crease the surface area of the small intes-
A. mouth tine?
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85. Pancreas
90. Structure in which waste material is com-
A. Opening through which solid wastes pressed into solid form
exit the body
A. rectum
B. Produces Bile
B. anus
C. Produces enzymes that flow into the
C. bile
small intestine
D. villi
D. Tiny finger-shaped structures in the
small intestine in which absorption occurs 91. Which of the following can be used in
the treatment of stomach ulcers?I. proton
86. Which of the following is true of vitamin pump inhibitorsII. antacidsIII. surgery
D?
A. I and II only
A. It causes rickets
B. I and III only
B. It promotes calcium absorption in the
C. II and III only
gut
D. I, II and III only
C. Skin cells produce more of it in the win-
ter than in the summer 92. Enzymes are catalysts. What is a catalyst
D. Humans cannot make it due to lacking A. speeds up a chemical reaction
the necessary enzyme B. slows down a chemical reaction
87. Which of the following contribute to in- C. has no effect on a chemical reaction
creasing the pH of gastric juice, when pro- D. it slows dow and speeds up a chemical
tein has been digested?I. secretinII. acidic reaction
food in the small intestineIII. gastrin
93. Water from the undigested food is ab-
A. I and II only sorbed mainly in the
B. I and III only A. Stomach
C. II and III only B. Food Pipe
D. I, II and III C. Small Intestine
88. The greatest amount of digestion of food D. Large Intestine
in humans takes place in the 94. mechanical digestion begins in the
A. mouth A. large intestine
B. stomach B. small intestine
C. small intestine C. stomach
D. large intestine D. mouth
C. ileum is one cell thick 111. Which of the following is not true of
D. long phenylketonuria (PKU)?
A. An untreated person with PKU will
106. Villi epithelial cells contain large numbers have a high level of phenylalanine in the
of mitochondria to produce lots of ATP blood
by aerobic respiration.What is ATP mainly
used for by these cells? B. It is caused by a gene mutation
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before birth
B. facilitated diffusion
D. Phenylalanine is an essential amino
C. osmosis acid
D. active transport
112. Bile
107. In the large intestine, material is readied A. Produces enzymes that flow into the
for from the body small intestine
A. exit B. Structure in which waste material is
B. elimination compressed into solid form
C. waste C. Breaks up fat molecules
D. absorption D. Stores bile
108. Which of the following is/are absorbed 113. a long, narrow, tube-like organ of the
into the network of blood capillaries of digestive system where most chemical di-
villi? gestion of food and virtually all absorption
of nutrients take place
A. Glycerol
A. esophagus
B. Glucose
B. stomach
C. Glycogen
C. small intestine
D. Sucrose
D. large intestine
109. Which muscle type contracts behind the
food as it moves through the gut? 114. fluid produced by the liver and stored in
the gall bladder that is secreted into the
A. Circular muscle small intestine to help digest lipids and
B. Longitudinal muscle neutralize acid from the stomach
C. Oblique muscle A. bile
D. Skeletal muscle B. amylase
119. What is the function of the villi? 125. The inner walls of the stomach secrete
A. secretes enzymes
A. Mucus & hydrochloric acid
B. decreases absorption
B. Bile
C. increases surface area
C. Lime
D. creates bile
D. Salt
120. carbohydrates are broken down into 126. Chemical digestion stops in the
A. simple sugars A. Mouth
B. amino acids B. Stomach
C. fatty acids C. Small intestine
D. DNA D. Large intestine
127. Fatty acids cross the cell surface mem- A. I and II only
brane of an epithelial cell in the ileum be- B. I and III only
cause
C. II and III only
A. They are small
D. I, II and III
B. They are attached to micelles
C. They are polar 133. Which of the following are symptoms of
a deficiency in vitamin C?I. Skin discoloura-
D. They are lipid soluble tion and bruisingII. AnaemiaIII. Loosened
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128. process of breaking down food into nu- teeth and bleeding gums
trients that can be absorbed by blood or A. I and II only
lymph B. I and III only
A. chewing C. II and III only
B. mixing
D. I, II and III
C. digestion
134. Why do cells need nutrients?
D. absorption
A. To use for photosynthesis
129. What is the substrate of lipase?
B. To excrete them as waste
A. Triglycerides
C. To use for energy and other life pro-
B. Fatty acids cesses
C. Amino acids D. To use in our digestive system
D. Polypeptides
135. A muscular tube that connects the mouth
130. What is the primary function of the and the stomach.
colon? A. esophagus
A. Digestion B. liver
B. Absorption of carbs C. small intestine
C. Absorption of water D. Gall bladder
D. none of above
136. Which of the following are true of vita-
131. Substances produced by the liver, pan- min D?I. It is absorbic acidII. Oily fish are
creas and lining of the small intestine help a good source of itIII. A deficiency of it can
to complete cause an enlarged liver
A. Chemical digestion A. I and II only
B. Mechanic digestion B. I and III only
C. Absorption C. II and III only
D. Digestion D. I, II and III
D. produces enzymes that flow into the D. Tiny finger-shaped structures in the
small intestine small intestine in which absorption occurs
148. Which of these is not a type of amylase? 153. Amino acids are linked together chemi-
cally to form molecules of
A. Ileal amylase
A. Simple Carbohydrates
B. Salivary amylase
B. Complex Carbohydrates
C. Pancreatic amylase
C. Really Complex Carbohydrates
D. none of above
D. Proteins
149. Which of the following absorbs the prod- 154. The enzymes present in the saliva con-
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ucts of fat digestion? vert
A. Lacteal A. fats into fatty acids and glycerol.
B. Capillaries B. starch into simple sugars.
C. Veins C. proteins into amino acids.
D. Arteries D. complex sugars into simple sugars.
151. The system transports water soluble 156. Which of the following cannot be di-
nutrients after they are absorbed while gested by humans?
the system transports fat soluble nu- A. Cellulose
trients.
B. Starch
A. circulatory; lymphatic C. Glycogen
B. lymphatic; circulatory D. Lipids
C. endocrine; circulatory
157. Cholera is treated using oral rehydration
D. both circulatory therapy (ORT).What is present in this so-
lution, apart from water?I. ionsII. saltsIII.
152. Which of the following is not true of the urea
cholera toxin?
A. I and II only
A. It is produced by the virus Vibrio B. I and III only
cholerae
C. II and III only
B. It attaches to receptors on intestine
D. I, II and III
cells
C. It enters the cell by endocytosis 158. Where are lipases synthesised?
A. I only
B. so it can be excreted as waste
B. II only
C. so it can be used to for photosynthesis
C. III only
D. II and III only D. so it can fit inside the cell wall
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small intestine 176. What is involved in controlling the vol-
ume and composition of gastric juice?I.
D. Produces bile
nervous systemII. hormonal systemIII.
171. in the small intestines, the enzyme mal- medulla oblangata
tase breaks down maltose into . A. I and II only
A. glucose + fructose B. I and III only
B. glucose + glucose C. II and III only
C. glucose + galactose D. I, II and III
D. none of above 177. The helps in mixing saliva with food.
172. Which of the following is/are true of fi- A. Heart
bre?I. It is digested but not absorbedII. B. Stomach
Cellulose acts as fibre in the human gutIII.
It is egested C. Nose
D. Tongue
A. I only
B. II only 178. At about 6 meters, makes up two
thirds of the lenght of the digestive sys-
C. III only
tem.
D. II and III only
A. large intestine
173. What type of digestion involves the ac- B. small intestine
tual breaking apart of the food by our C. pancreas
teeth, tongue, or muscles?
D. liver
A. chemical digestion
B. diffusion 179. The pancreas produces digestive that
help break down starches, proteins and
C. mechanical digestion fats
D. peristalsis A. proteins
174. The folds of the small intestine are cov- B. carbohydrates
ered with fingerlive projections called C. enzymes
A. bolus D. saliva
B. bile
180. Opening through which solid wastes exit
C. villi the body
D. vicky A. rectum
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internal respiration and cellular respira-
D. I, II and III tion
5. The process of a molecule moving from an D. none of above
area of high concentration to an area of
low concentration is called 11. In which of the following parts of the
A. osmosis alimentary canal is starch MAINLY di-
gested?I. MouthII. StomachIII. Small in-
B. diffusion testineIV. Large intestine
C. active transport A. II only
D. mitosis
B. I and III
6. What is the majority of CO2 stored as? C. I and II
A. Carbaminohemoglobin D. I, II, and IV
B. Lactic acid
12. The breathing centre initiates ventilation
C. Carbonic acid
in response to-
D. Bicarbonate
A. A decrease in air pressure
7. An giraffe exhales B. A decrease in O2
A. carbon dioxide & water
C. An increase in CO2
B. ATP and carbon dioxide
D. The rate of gas exchange in the alveoli
C. carbon dioxide & glucose
D. glucose & oxygen 13. The main ORGAN responsible for breath-
ing is:
8. The place in the lungs where oxygen and
A. the Brain
carbon dioxide are exchanged
A. Diaphragm B. the Lungs
B. Heat D. stomata
C. Carbon Dioxide 24. What happens to the size of the space in
D. Oxygen the chest when you exhale?
26. Flap of skin that covers the opening to the 32. We receive oxygen and take out what
windpipe during swallowing from our bodies?
A. Stomach A. Our need to live
B. Trachea B. Carbon Dioxide
C. Pancreas C. Molecules unneeded to the body.
D. Epiglottis D. Chemicals needed to the body .
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27. What is the process by which oxygen en- 33. How does the diaphragm move when you
ters the cells exhale?
A. filtration A. upward towards the lungs
B. dissolving B. downward, away from the lungs.
C. diffusion C. H
D. crystallisation D. none of above
28. What is the site of gas exchange? 34. The respiratory/breathing center in brain
A. alveoli is located in
B. nose A. Midbrain
C. lung B. Pons
D. lipase C. Oxygen
D. Hydrogen
31. Which part of the body is NOT used for the
human breathing system to work? 37. Contains no cartilage just smooth muscle
A. Mouth A. Bronchi
B. Nose B. Bronchioles
C. Small intestine C. Lungs
D. Diaphragm D. Lungs and bronchioles
38. Why is oxygen needed in regards to NADH 43. When you breathe the diaphragm
and FADH2? creating more space for more air.
48. All living things do which of the follow- 53. What is the main organ of the circulatory
ing? system?
A. Chemosynthesis A. Bladder
B. Respiration B. Heart
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C. photosynthesis C. Veins
D. all of the answers D. Arteries
49. B7.2 What is missing from this word equa- 54. What are the main muscles of inhalation?
tion for respiration:oxygen + → car-
A. The diaphragm and intercostal mus-
bon dioxide + water
cles
A. water
B. The scalenes and the abdominal mus-
B. nitrogen dioxide cles
C. glucose C. The diaphram and abdominal muscles
D. oxygen D. The diaphragm and latissimus muscles
50. What molecule is supplied to cells in the 55. which kind of cells would have the most
bloodstream, and comes from digestion? mitochondria?
A. oxygen A. brain cells
B. carbon dioxide B. bone cells
C. glucose C. plant cells
D. water D. muscle cells
51. The overall equation for cellular respira- 56. Which organ excretes carbon dioxide?
tion is:
A. Lungs
A. C6H12O6 + energy → 6CO2 + 6H2O
B. Liver
+ energy
C. Heart
B. CH2O + O2 → CO2 + 6H2O + energy
D. Kidney
C. C6H12O6 + 6O2 → 6CO2 + 6H2O + 57. Why when you increase cavity space you
energy decrease pressure?
D. C6H12O6 + 6CO2 → 6O2 + 6H2O + A. Because the air that is contained in the
energy cavity has more space therefore pressure
52. This is the muscle in between your lungs goes down
that helps you take a deep, low breathe B. It does not decrease it increases
for singing better, longer, and easier. C. Because intercostal mucles and di-
A. diaphragm aphram relax
B. vocal fold D. none of above
58. Which organ breaks down lactic acid? 64. What controls the movement of the
A. Liver lungs?
C. Physical action of the moving of the 75. What is the equation for respiration?
lungs cavity A. carbon dioxide + water → oxygen +
D. Release of energy inside cells glucose
B. food + energy → oxygen + water
70. What happens in inhalation?
C. oxygen + glucose → carbon dioxide
A. the intercostal muscles relaxes + water
B. the diaphragm contracts and flattens D. Carbon dioxide + glucose → water +
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C. the ribs move inwards and downwards oxygen
85. Which phase of respiration is a passive 90. What is the main function of the respira-
process? tory system?
A. Inspiration/Inhalation A. To break food down
B. Expiration/Exhalation B. Circulate the blood
C. Both are passive processes C. Supply the blood with oxygen
D. All 3 options are incorrect D. none of above
91. What is produced during anaerobic respira- 96. What molecule is a store of energy?
tion in plants and fungi? A. ATP
A. Ethanol B. PTA
B. Lactic Acid and Water C. APT
C. Ethanol and Carbon Dioxide D. AQA
D. Ethanol and Water
97. Explain how lung cancer cells spread
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throughout the body
92. Muscles have the most mitochondria.
A. Abnormal cells reproduce
A. True:They undergo the most cell respi-
ration B. Abnormal cells attack healthy cells
B. True:They undergo fermentation C. Uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells
D. False:They do not have mitochondria 98. What does the lung send to blood cells
A. Oxygen
93. The breathing center, located in ‘Medulla
Oblongata’, is responsible to control B. Nitrogen
C. Both involuntary and voluntary con- 99. Which is the correct matching?
trols of breathing A. Mitochondria:photosnythesis
D. All 3 options are correct B. Thylakoids:Photosynthesis
102. B7.2 What is the word equation for res- 107. When you breathe, the diaphragm
piration creating more space for more air.
A. carbon dioxide + glucose → oxygen
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D. So that the surface area for absorption C. A-Levels
is increased D. Alveoli
113. Select the incorrect answer(s); 119. The respiratory system distributes to
A. Fermentation produces 4 ATP per glu- the body?
cose
A. Oxygen
B. Krebs cycle produces 2 CO2 per cycle
B. Carbon Dioxide
C. ETC produces 6 NADH per glucose
C. Nutrients
D. Glycolysis requires 2ATP per glucose
D. Carbon Monoxide
114. What is the process of respiration?
120. Breathing is
A. Breathing
A. Breaking down food
B. The release of energy from food
B. Making noise
C. Inhalation
C. Inhaling and Exhaling Air
D. Oxygen transfer
D. Producing energy from food
115. The blood vessels that surround the alve-
oli sacs are called 121. How do the lungs get rid of all the CO2
they’ve picked up from the blood?
A. Capillaries
B. Arteries A. They convert it into oxygen
116. Why is the lung important to other Body D. They compress and exhale
Systems?
A. It helps supply oxygen to the blood. 122. Which of the following correctly describe
respiration
B. It helps keep the blood cells red.
A. Chemcially breakdown of food to pro-
C. It gets rid of Carbon Dioxide in blood.
vide energy for the body cells
D. Answers Orange and Blue
B. Physical process of taking in air and re-
117. What percentage of waste is expelled in moving it from the body
breathing? C. Physical action of the moving of the
A. 10% lungs cavity
B. 25% D. Release of energy from glucose
123. The part of the gut into which the bile C. Anaerobic
empties is the D. Inhalation
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135. B7.3 What is needed for diffusion to take B. carbon dioxide
place
C. oxygen
A. A concentration gradient
D. alcohol
B. Energy
C. carrier proteins 141. Exchange of gases in plant leaf by the
process of-
D. water
A. Endo osmosis
136. Where does aerobic respiration take
B. Exo osmosis
place?
C. Diffusion
A. Mitochondria
B. Ribosomes D. Transpiration
145. Which of the following nutrients supply 151. Stomata open in day time due to-
the MOST energy? A. Photosynthesis
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racic cavity
D. test using lighted splinter
B. Increase in alveolar pressure
158. B7.1 What is the process that releases
C. A decrease in lung volume
energy in cells
D. A decrease in the volume of the tho-
A. respiration
racic cavity
B. photosynthesis
164. What happens to your pulse when you
C. transpiration
exercise?
D. excretion
A. It increases
159. The larynx is also known as the B. It decreases
A. Voice box C. It stays the same
B. Passage to the lungs D. none of above
C. Throat 165. Lenticels are pores present in-
D. Airway A. Leaf
160. Which gas is a product released during B. Root
photosynthesis that humans need for sur- C. seed
vival?
D. Bark
A. Carbon dioxide
166. What reactants are there in cellular res-
B. neon
piration?
C. nitrogen
A. Water and Glucose
D. oxygen
B. Oxygen and Glucose
161. Where in the body does respiration oc- C. Carbon Dioxide and Water
cur?
D. Twenty One Pilots
A. In the heart
167. If I exercise, what chemical does my body
B. In all living cells
produce more of? (Hint:Remember the ex-
C. In the muscles periment)
D. In the lungs A. CO2 (carbon dioxide)
162. What molecule is broken down to provide B. O2 (Oxygen)
energy for life processes? C. Glucose
A. oxygen D. none of above
168. Which of the following is not a feature of 173. B7.4 Which organ is involved in respira-
the alveoli? tion
D. Star 175. Tiny air sacs in the lungs that are the site
of gas exchange between the lungs and
170. What is the main bone structure that pro- blood.
tects the lungs?
A. alveoli
A. Vertebrae
B. relax
B. Rib cage C. diaphragm
C. Skull D. nose
D. Pelvis
176. What substance do we need to breathe
171. A product of Anaerobic respiration is out?
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C. 2 & 3 B. Closing of semilunar valves
D. 3 & 4 C. Blood pressure through aorta
13. standard ECG of a normal person. The P- 19. How does the lymphatic system help main-
wave represents the tain homeostasis?
A. Contraction of both the atria A. It returns lost fluids to the circulatory
B. b) Initiation of the ventricular contrac- system to maintain blood volume and pres-
tion sure
C. c) Beginning of the systole B. It pumps blood throughout the body
D. d) End of systole C. It aids in gas exchange with the lungs
14. ABO blood grouping is based on the pres- D. In moves the skeletal muscles
ence or absence of surface antigens
20. During the joint diastole heart receive?
A. 2
A. Deoxygenated blood
B. 3
B. Oxygenated blood
C. 6
D. 12 C. Venous blood
D. None
15. Histamine in the blood is secreted by
A. mast cells 21. The cells involved in inflammatory reac-
B. macrophages tions are
C. eosinophils A. Eosinophils
D. basophils B. Basophils
C. Neutrophils
16. The VOLUME of blood pumped out of a ven-
tricle with each heartbeat is known as D. Lymphocytes
A. Heart Rate
22. First heart sound is
B. Stroke Volume
A. Lubb sound at the end of systole
C. Cardiac Output
B. Lubb sound at the beginning of ventri-
D. Blood Pressure
cal systole
17. Pulse pressure is mm Hg C. Dup sound at the end of systole
A. 40 D. Dup sound at the beginning of ventrical
B. 25 systole
23. What produces systolic blood pressure? 29. Tick the correct answer:Erythroblastosis
A. Contraction of the right atrium foetalis is due to the destruction of
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A. Instrument for measuring heart beat 30. How do parasympathetic neural signals af-
B. Instrument for measuring pulse rate fect the working of the heart?
C. Auriculo-ventricular node that pro- A. Reduce both heart rate & cardiac out-
vides impulse for heart beat put
D. Sinu-aurical node that provides im- B. Heart rate is increased without affect-
pulse for heart beat ing cardiac output
25. In an open circulatory system- C. Both the heart rate & cardiac output
A. There is no heart increase
B. There is no need of blood vessels D. Heart rate decreases but cardiac out-
put increases
C. There is no distinction between blood
and tissue fluid 31. Fastest distribution of some injectable ma-
D. There are no open spaces or sinuses terial/ medicine & without any risk can be
in the body acchieved by injecting it into the
36. Cardiac output is determined by- 42. what is the largest artery
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52. Pace maker is situated in heart .. ..
A. AB
A. in the wall of right atrium
B. A
B. On interauricular septum
C. B
C. On interventricular septum
D. O
D. In the wall of left atrium
48. A labeled red blood corpuscle is released
into the arterial circulation in the left leg. 53. what happens in systemic circulation
It is recaptured 30 seconds later in the A. circulation for the entire body
left lung. What is the minimum number of
chambers of the heart it must have passed B. circulation in the heart only
through? C. circulation heart and lungs
A. 0 D. circulation to digestion system only
B. 1 54. What is interstitial fluid?
C. 2 A. Fluid in the stomach
D. 3 B. Fluid that surrounds tissue cells
49. A certain road accident patient with un- C. Fluid in the lungs
known blood group needs immediate blood D. Fluid in the rectum
transfusion. His one donor friend at once
offers his blood. What was the blood 55. Blood pressure in the pulmonary artery is:
group of the donor?
A. Blood Group B A. same as that in the aorta.
B. Blood group AB B. more than that in the carotid.
C. Blood group O C. more than that in the pulmonary vein.
D. Blood group A D. less than that in the venae cavae.
50. On the ECG recording the maximum ven- 56. As blood travels from arteries to veins,
tricular pressure would be
A. pressure builds.
A. At QRS complex
B. pressure drops.
B. At T wave
C. flow becomes turbulent.
C. Between QRS complex and T wave
D. diameter of the blood vessels gets pro-
D. Between P and QRS complex gressively smaller
57. What causes a heart attack? 62. Open circulatory system is found in-
A. Coronary arteries become blocked so A. Arthopods and molluscs
C. A faulty valve creates back flow in the 63. The neural center that regulates cardiac ac-
heart tivity through ANS is located in:
D. A hole forms in the septum between A. Cerebrum
the ventricles B. Hypothalamus
58. mm3 blood has how many blood C. Pons
platelets? D. Medulla
A. 150000-350000
64. the lumen of artery is than vein
B. 1.5 million to 3.5 million
A. narrower
C. 1500-3000
B. wider
D. 10 to 15 lacs
C. same
59. what is the purpose of circulation D. very much reduced
A. supply O2 and nutrients and remove 65. The hepatic portal vein drains blood to
waste liver from?
B. break down the food A. Stomach
C. get oxygen into the lungs B. kidneys
D. remove solid waste C. Brain
68. A doctor suggested to a couple not to have C. Systole of the left atrium
more than one child because of- D. Diastole of the right ventricle
A. Rh+ male and Rh-female
74. Percentage of cells in blood is
B. Rh-male and Rh+ female
A. 50%
C. Rh-male and Rh-female
B. 55%
D. Rh+ male and Rh+ female C. 40%
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69. one of the factors required for maturation D. 45%
of erythrocytes is
75. If you suspect major deficiency of antibod-
A. vitamin D ies in a person, to which of the follow-
B. vitamin A ing would you look for confirmatory evi-
dence?
C. vitamin B12
A. Serum globulins
D. vitamin C
B. Fibrinogin in plasma
70. In mammals, which blood vessel would C. Serum albumins
normally carry the largest amount of
urea? D. Haemocyte
A. Hepatic vein 76. Arteries are best defined as the blood ves-
sels which
B. Hepatic portal vein
A. Supply oxygenated blood to the differ-
C. Renal vein
ent organs
D. Dorsal aorta
B. Carry blood away from the heart to dif-
71. All of the following are granulocytes ferent organs
except- C. Breakup into capillaries which reunite
A. Neutrophils to form vein
81. Which white blood cell releases chemical C. middle aged elderly men and women
to inhibit blood clotting? D. children
A. Monocyte
87. The opening between right Atrium and
B. Eosinophil
right Ventricle is guarded by
C. Basophil
A. bicuspid valve
D. Neutrophil
B. semilunar valve
82. a human rbc is placed in 1.5 % salt solu-
C. tricuspid valve
tion it will
A. swell up D. none of the above
90. Which one of the following organ are often 96. human heart has SA node which makes it
called as “graveyard” of RBC
A. myogenic heart
A. Gall bladder
B. neurogenic heart
B. Kidney
C. digenic heart
C. Liver
D. rhinogenic heart
D. Spleen
97. Erythropoiesis starts in
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91. Blood in the coronary artery is
A. Spleen
A. high in oxygen, low in carbon dioxide
B. Red bone marrow
B. high in oxygen, high in carbon dioxide
C. Kidney
C. low in oxygen, low in carbon dioxide
D. low in oxygen, high in carbon dioxide D. Liver
92. is a condition where a blood clot forms 98. Lymph (tissue fluid) is composed of
in the circulatory system. A. Plasma
A. Thrombus B. Large proteins
B. Strombus C. Formed elements
C. Hematoma D. All of them
D. None of the above
99. what is the function of arteries
93. how is blood pressure created
A. take blood to heart
A. force of blood against artery wall
B. take blood away from heart
B. force of blood in the heart
C. take blood to colon
C. force of blood in the lungs
D. take blood to brain
D. force of blood in the goodwin
100. Cardiac output is blood
94. The most numerous WBC’s are
A. Received by heart per minute
A. Neutrophil
B. Pumped by ventricles per second
B. Lymphocyte
C. Monocyte C. Pumped by left ventricle per minute
95. Which one of the following is correct? 101. Which fat soluble vitamin helps in synthe-
sis of prothrombin?
A. Lymph = Plasma + RBC + WBC
A. Vit K
B. Blood = Plasma + RBC + WBC +
Platelets B. Vit A
C. Plasma = Blood-Lymphocytes C. Vit B
D. Serum = Blood + Fibrinogen D. Vit C
114. Advantages of closed circulatory sys- 120. The term that means heart contraction is
tem over open circulatory system includes
which of the following? A. diastole
A. Closed system can direct blood to spe- B. systole
cific tissues
C. tachycardia
B. Exchange occurs more rapidly
D. fibrillation
C. Close circulatory system can support
higher levels of metabolic activity
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121. Increases the pressure causing the
D. All closure of tricuspid and bicuspid valve
A. Atrial systole
115. Which blood cells can engulf bacteria by
phagocytosis? B. Ventricular systole
A. Eosinophil and Basophil C. Atrial diastole
B. Basophil and Lymphocyte D. Ventricular diastole
C. Neutrophil and Monocyte 122. In humans, is the difference between
D. Neutrophil and Lymphocyte systolic and diastolic pressure.
116. Electrocardiogram is a measure of- A. 40 mm Hg
A. Heart rate B. 20 mm Hg
B. Ventricular contraction C. 0 mm Hg
C. Volume of blood pumped D. None of the above
D. Electrical activity of heart 123. Is comparatively thin in the veins as
compared to arteries.
117. Rh factor is named after
A. tunica intima
A. dog
B. monkey B. tunica media
118. what is the function of the capillaries 124. thickening of arteries due to cholesterol
deposition is
A. take blood toward heart
A. atherosclerosis
B. take blood away from heart
B. rheumatic heart
C. exchange gases
C. blood pressure
D. exchange fluids
D. cardiac arrest
119. In case of emergency which blood group
could be safely transfused? 125. in single circulation the heart pumps
A. AB Rh- A. oxygenated blood
B. AB Rh+ B. deoxygenated blood
C. O Rh- C. mixed blood
D. O Rh+ D. blood-nutrients
5. Skeletal muscle can be found at.. 11. What is the red colored oxygen storing pig-
A. Lung ment in muscles called?
A. Haemoglobin
B. Heart
B. Myoglobin
C. Skeleton
C. Actinoglobin
D. Blood Vessels
D. Sarcoglobin
6. Number of subunits in troponin
12. Power stroke
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A. 1
A. 90◦
B. 2
B. 180◦
C. 3
C. 120◦
D. 4 D. 45◦
7. single sarcomere will contain: 13. What is the cause of muscular dystrophy?
A. 1I + 1/2A + 1I A. Decreased bone mass
B. 1/2I +1A + 1/2I B. Decreased levels of estrogen
C. 1I + 1A + 1I C. Genetic disorder
D. NONE D. Low Ca2+ in body fluid
8. sutures present between various bones of 14. ATP provides energy for muscle contrac-
skull are tion by allowing for
A. cartilaginous joints A. An action potential formation in the
muscle cell.
B. synovial joints
B. Cross-bridge detachment of myosin
C. hinge joints
from actin.
D. fibrous joints C. Cross-bridge attachment of myosin to
9. contracts and relaxes to produce move- actin.
ment. D. Release of Ca2+ from sarcoplasmic
A. bones reticulum.
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is-
A. Presence of Mitochondria
A. 80
B. Content of Myoglobin
B. 106
C. Oxygen usage and content
C. 206
D. No difference is present
D. None
37. Upon stimulation of skeletal muscles, cal-
31. joint between atlas and axis is cium ions are immediately made available
from
A. pivot joint
A. Blood
B. saddle joint
B. Endoplasmic reticulum
C. angular joint
C. Sarcoplasmic reticulum
D. hinge joint
D. Sarcosome
32. How much percentage of a human adult is 38. The source of Ca+2 for the muscle is-
contributed by muscles?
A. T-tubule
A. 20-30
B. Sarcosome
B. 40-50
C. Sarcolemma
C. 30-40
D. Sarcoplasmic reticulum
D. 60-70
39. In the arm we have seen how the biceps
33. Skeletal system consists of- flexes the elbow and the triceps straight-
ens it by extending the arm. This action is
A. Only bones
called
B. Only cartilage
A. agonist
C. A framework of bones and a few carti- B. antagonist
lage
C. antagonistic
D. A framework of cartilage and a few
D. prime mover
bones
40. Hip and shoulder have examples of this
34. What is the ‘F’ actin made up of? type of joint
A. ‘G’ actins A. ball and socket
B. Heavy Meromyosin(HMM) B. condyloid
C. Light Meromyosin(LMM) C. hinge
D. All of the above D. gliding
41. which is high energy compound in muscles 47. Where are the Ca2+ ions stored in a mus-
cle fibre?
A. glucose
53. spinal cord passes through 59. Which of the following cell show amoeboid
movement?
A. foramen of monro
A. erythrocytes
B. foramen ovale
B. leucocytes
C. obturator foramen
C. thrombocytes
D. foramen magnum
D. lymphocytes
54. What is the inflammation of joints called?
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60. Which of the following is a part of appen-
A. Gout dicular skeleton?
B. Osteoporosis A. Sternum
C. Tetany B. Vertebral column
D. Arthritis C. Girdle
D. Atlas
55. hypocalcemia may lead to
A. kidney stones 61. The component of a muscle fibre known as
sarcolemma functions as
B. cholelithiasis
A. a contractile myofilament
C. stronger muscle contractions
B. a chemical at the synapse
D. tetany
C. a cross bridge unit on the myosin
56. Which of the following cells exhibit amoe- D. a plasma membrane covering each cell
boid movement?
62. regulating proteins of muscles are:
A. Macrophages
A. a-troponin
B. Leucocytes
B. b-tropomyosin
C. RBC
C. both a and b
D. Both (a) and (b)
D. myofibrils
57. What structure is the cardiac muscles?
63. Hyoid / Tongue bone is-
A. Striated
A. T-shaped
B. Non-striated
B. J-shaped
C. Voluntary C. U-shaped
D. None of the above D. L-shaped
58. The motor end plate is a junction between 64. obturator foramen occurs in
A. motor neuron and neurilemma A. pelvic girdle
B. sensory neuron and sarcolemma B. pectoral girdle
C. sensory neuron and neurilemma C. cranium
D. motor neuron and sarcolemma D. vertebrae
65. How many bones make up the human 71. Which protozoan uses flagellar movement
skeleton? for locomotion?
66. Which protein constitutes the I-band? 72. Human adult vertebral formula is-
A. Myosin A. C4 T8 L4 S5 C8
B. Troponin B. C7 T8 L5 S6 C7
C. Actin C. C7 T112 L2 S1 C2
D. Meromyosin D. C7 T12 L5 S1 C1
67. The muscle fatigue occurs due to the accu- 73. The energy for muscle contraction is most
mulation of directly obtained from-
B. glycogen B. ATP
C. Anaerobic respiration
C. creatine phosphate
D. Aerobic respiration
D. carbon dioxide
74. cross arm in myosin contains:
68. actin binding sites are located on:
A. only globular head
A. a-troponin
B. a-globular head+short arm
B. b-tropomyosin
C. c-HMM
C. c-meromyosin
D. both b and c
D. both b and c
75. Cardiac / heart muscles are-
69. Which of the following is an example of a
hinge joint? A. Striated and involuntary
B. Branched
A. shoulders
C. Not fatigued
B. neck
D. All
C. knee
D. eyes 76. all of the following changes occur during
contraction of a muscle fibre except one:
70. The muscle band that remains unchanged
A. length of actin and myosin remains
during muscle contraction and relaxation
same
of the skeletal muscle is-
B. width of H zone decreases
A. I
C. width of A band & I band remains same
B. A
C. H D. actin filament slides over myosin fila-
D. Z-line ment
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wards light
A. axon
A. Auxin
B. retina
B. Gibberellins
C. cerebrum
C. Cytokinins
D. peripheral nervous system
D. Abscisic
2. In human, the number of cranial nerves is 7. receives neuron messages and sends them
A. 12 to the cell body
A. dendrite
B. 31
B. axon
C. 24
C. cochlea
D. 26
D. reflex
3. which plant hormone produces opposite ef- 8. Which of the following is an example of
fects? autonomous nervous system
A. dormancy and cotyledons A. Knee jerk reflex
B. dormancy and germination B. Swallowing of food
C. auxin and cytokins C. Peristalsis
D. auxins and ethylene D. Reflex action
11. The part of neuron which brings informa- 17. What substance is the urine of a person
tion towards the cell body is suffering from diabetes mellitus likely to
contain?answer choices
23. Phyto harmones that removes seed dor- C. gather information about the world
mancy D. move bones, air, blood, and food in the
A. auxin body
B. Gibberellin Gibberellin 29. Which of the following is not the three
C. Cytokinin Cytokinin parts of neuron Which of the follow-
ing is not the three parts of neuron
D. Ethelene Ethylene
A. Cyton is the cell body
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24. The first phytoharmone that is observed is B. Axon axis
named as .
C. Schwan cells are Schwann cells
A. Auxin D. Dendrites. Dendrites
B. Gibberellin Gibberellin
30. What do we call to an action or response
C. Both that is not in our control and performed on
D. ABA an impulse?
A. voluntary actions
25. Reflex action is controlled by-
B. reflex actions
A. CNS
C. reflect actions
B. PNS
D. none of above
C. ANS
31. Which of the following is not a hor-
D. None of these mone?answer choices
26. Which of the following is part of the pe- A. INSULIN
ripheral nervous system?answer choices B. GLUCOSE
A. BRAIN C. THYROXINE
B. SPINAL CHORD D. ADRENALINE
C. HEART MUSCLE 32. The system of the body that carries infor-
D. TASTE BUDS ON TONGUE mation to all parts of the body.
A. Nervous system
27. Refex arc Involuntary retaliatory arc
B. Spinal Cord
45. Spinal cord originates from 51. Plant that is kept in window grows out
A. Cerebrum of the window towards light. Which hor-
mone is responsible for bending plants to-
B. Medulla wards light? What plant hormone causes
C. Cerebellum the plant growing out of the window to
start growing out of the window?
D. Pons
A. Gibberellin Gibberellin
46. Which of these is NOT a function of the B. Etheline
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nervous system?
C. Auxin
A. maintains homeostasis
D. ABA
B. gathers information
52. the brain is filled with a fluid called
C. tells the body what to do
A. Plasma
D. stores minerals
B. Cerebrospinal Fluid
47. A duck flies 60 meters in 10 seconds. C. Plasma
What is the duck’s speed? D. Perilymph
A. 600m/s
53. I promote growth of stem and flowering.
B. 50m/s Who am I? I encourage stem growth and
C. 6m/s flowering Who am I?
D. 70m/s A. Auxin
B. Gibberellin Gibberellin
48. Which of the following is NOT part of a
C. Cytokinin Cytokinin
neuron?
D. All the above
A. dendrite
B. axon 54. Where is auxin synthesized
A. Leaves
C. myelin sheath
B. Stem
D. medulla oblongata
C. Root tip
49. Part of neuron where information is ac- D. Shoot tip
quired
55. what is the spinal cord an extension of
A. Axon
A. brain stem
B. Nerve endings
B. cerebrum
C. Synaps
C. spinal disk
D. Dendrite
D. cerebellum
50. Outer covering of brain is called as 56. Colour of eye is due to-
A. Pleura A. Iris
B. Meninges B. Lens
C. Peritoneum C. Pupil
D. Perimetrium D. Cornea
57. What does gustatory receptors detect 63. The nerve cell that carries impulses from a
A. Taste sense receptor to the brain or spinal cord
is a
A. Medulla C. Synapse
B. Cerebrum D. Membrane polarity
C. Cerebellum 66. Posture and balance of the body is con-
D. Pons Varoli trolled by
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C. receptors
the nervous system D. sensory
A. speeds up the transmission of nerve
impulses 75. Responds to information received from the
outside environment and inside your body.
B. receives information from other neu- For example, touching a hot stove is a
rones stimulus.
C. transmits impulses from the cell body A. Nerves
to neurones
B. Brain
D. facilitates the transmission of nerve
impulses in one direction C. Stimulus
D. Dendrite
70. Body coordination is maintained by-
A. Neuroendocrine system 76. Which of the following is the correct defi-
nition of stimulus?
B. Excretory system
A. The ability of an organism to respond
C. Endocrine system
B. the extent of changes in the surround-
D. Nervous system ing
71. Part of the brain that controls respiration, C. a change in the environment
heart beat and peristalsis is D. changes in pH
A. Cerebrum
77. Given these structures- ***A. Lens ***B.
B. Cerebellum Aqueous humour ****C. Vitreous humour
C. Hypothalamus ****D. Cornea Choose the correct sequence
D. Medulla of pathway of light from outside to inside
the eyeball-
72. involuntary, automatic response to a stim- A. D, B, A, C
ulus
B. A, B, C, D
A. cerebrum
C. D, C, B, A
B. reflex
D. A, D, B, C
C. dendrite
D. cochlea 78. Which of the following systems transmits
impulse from CNS to involuntary organs
73. Where are reflex arc formed and smooth muscles?
A. Brain A. Somatic neural system
B. Medulla oblongata B. Sympathetic neural system
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D. Rayon Rayon
B. Grams
91. In which part of the ear is sound changed C. Meters
into electrical signals which are then sent
to the brain? D. Meters per second per second
A. outer ear
97. carries messages away from neuron cell
B. middle ear body
C. inner ear A. motor neurons
D. hammer
B. central nervous system
92. The central nervous system consists of C. cerebrum
the:answer choices
D. axon
A. brain and spinal nerves
B. spinal nerves and cranial nerves 98. The basic unit of the nervous system is-
C. cranial nerves and spinal cord A. The axon
D. spinal cord and brain B. The dendrite
93. Mylene sheath is made of Mylene C. Cell body
sheath is made of .
D. Neuron
A. Proteins
B. Carbohydrates Carbohydrates 99. Which of these is not a reflex response?
C. Fats A. moving a hand off something hot
D. lipids are lipids B. sneezing
94. In reflex action, the reflex arc is formed C. picking up a book
by-
D. wink of eyes
A. Muscle, receptor, brain
B. Brain, spinal cord, muscle 100. What are the medium of transmission of
information in animals
C. Receptor, spinal cord, muscle
A. Electrical impulses
D. muscle, spinal cord, receptor
B. Nerves
95. what is your heartbeat rate an example of
when it is at work C. Neuron
A. somatic nervous system D. Spinal chord
112. Part of the brain responsible for hearing 117. A doctor advised a person to take injec-
is tion of insulin because his:
A. Cerebrum A. Blood pressure was high
B. Cerebellum B. Heart beat was high
C. Hypothalamus C. Blood sugar was high
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113. The gap that a message has to cross to
Earth. If you were able to travel to the
get from one neuron to the other is called
moon your weight would
the
A. Increase
A. synapse
B. Decrease
B. dendrite
C. Stay the same
C. axon
D. Vary with day and night
D. nucleus
119. Neurons those bring impulses to brain
114. Part of neuron where information travels neurons
as an electrical impulse A. Sensory knowledge
A. Axon B. Motor enough
B. Synaps C. Inter non-alcoholic
C. Dendrite D. All the above
D. Cell body 120. Smooth muscles, cardiac muscle and or-
gans are regulated by
115. A big tree falls in a forest, but its roots
A. Central nervous system
are still in contact with the soil. The
branches of this fallen tree grow straight B. Autonomous nervous system
up (vertically). This happens in response C. Peripheral nervous system
to: D. Somatic nervous system
A. Water and light
121. The nervous system works with the
B. Water and minerals system to control body movement.
C. Gravity and water A. skeletal
D. Light and gravity B. muscular
C. respiratory
116. Movement in leaves of touch me not
plant is an example for movements. D. nervous
Motion in a fig plant that shrinks when 122. regulation of steady, life-maintaining
touched is an example of motion conditions in an organism
A. Nostic is my stick A. brain stem
B. Tropic app B. central nervous system
C. Thigmo touch C. homeostasis
D. All the above D. cochlea
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C. Medulla
135. The light enters through you , and
D. Hypothalamus
goes through your eye lens.
A. iris 141. In humans, the number of spinal nerves
is
B. pupil
A. 12 pairs
C. lens
B. 31 pairs
D. retina
C. 33 pairs
136. The part of the brain that controls con-
D. 11 pairs
scious thoughts, senses, language and
memories. 142. Sensitivity possesses two stages. 1
A. Cerebellum ? 2. To show response to stimulus.
There are two stages in Shobhita. 1 ?
B. Cerebrum
2. Responding to a stimulus.
C. Dendrites
A. To retract stimulus
D. Brain Stem
B. To be neutral to stimulus
137. Which nerves arise from the brain and C. To receive stimulus. receiving stimu-
emerges through the skull lus.
A. Spinal nerves D. none of above
B. Thoracic nerves
143. In a neuron, conversion of electrical sig-
C. Cranial nerves nal to chemical signal occurs at
D. Lumbar nerves A. Axonal end
138. Where is the Eardrum located? B. Dendritic end
A. The Outer ear C. Cell body
B. The Inner Ear D. Axon
C. The Middle Ear 144. Which of the following is not a hor-
D. none of above mone?
145. What does rooting hormone powder do? C. Macula lutea, fovea
A. encourages growth of flowers D. macula, columella
156. What detects a stimulus?answer choices 162. When you slide a box across the floor
A. A detector what force must your push be stronger
than?
B. An effector
C. A receptor A. support force
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D. air resistance
A. Electric impulse
B. Signal activation 163. Which plant hormone promote growth of
stem
C. Synapse
D. Axon network A. Auxin
A. stimulus C. axon
B. sense organ D. sensory neuron
C. a relay neuron 177. Which of these is NOT a function of the
D. a part of nerve cell skeletal system?
A. contract and relax
172. The is filled with fluid and helps you
keep your equilibrium B. shape and support
A. Retina C. makes blood cells
B. Cochlea D. movement
178. Which one of the following objects has 184. Which of the following system relays im-
the greatest inertia? pulse from CNS to skeletal muscles?
A. Ping pong ball A. Somatic neural system
B. A golf ball B. Sympathetic neural system
C. A soft ball
C. Parasympathetic neural system
D. A bowling ball
D. Autonomic neural system
179. What is the largest area of the brain that
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controls everything conscious? 185. All hormones are produced in theanswer
choices
A. Cerebellum
B. Cerebrum A. endocrine glands
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6.1 Reproduction in Organisms
1. Tissue culture is an example of which type A. same number
of reproduction? B. half as many
A. budding C. twice as many
B. cloning D. three times as many
C. fission
5. When do homologous chromosomes line up
D. regeneration along the middle of the cell in meiosis?
2. Which of the following is an advantage A. telophase II
that asexual reproduction has over sexual B. anaphase I
reproduction?
C. prophase II
A. Higher genetic variation
D. metaphase I
B. Yields more offspring
C. No need to find a mate 6. The breeding of organisms for desired
traits is known as:
D. Asexual reproduction has no advan-
tage over sexual reproduction A. selective breeding
B. mitosis
3. All of the following are types of asexual
reproduction except? C. meiosis
A. Regeneration D. cloning
B. Fission 7. A cell that only has one chromosome from
C. Budding each pair:
D. Meiosis A. diploid
B. haploid
4. After meiosis, how many chromosomes
does each cell have compared to the origi- C. fission
nal cell? D. meiosis
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C. a paramecium undergoing mitosis
A. takes place in body cells
D. a new sea star growing from half a sea
B. takes place in reproductive organs
star
C. takes place in the stomach of humans
D. takes place in the heart 25. In a flower, the parts that produce male
and female gametes are-
20. In Spirogyra, asexual reproduction takes A. Stamen and anther
place by
B. Filament and style
A. Breaking up of filaments into smaller
bits C. Anther and ovary
B. Division of a cell into two cells D. Stamen and style
C. Division of a cell into many cells
26. In asexual reproduction, offspring are pro-
D. Formation of young cells from older duced page 195
cells.
A. from one parent
21. Type of reproduction in which the genetic
B. from two parents
material from two different cells combine,
producing an offspring. Page 183 C. from 46 chromosomes
A. sperm D. none of above
B. zygote
27. How many cells and nuclei are present in
C. sexual reproduction the embryo sac?
D. none of above A. 8 cells and 8 nuclei
22. Heredity includes all of the following ex- B. 7 cells and 8 nuclei
cept?
C. 1 cell and 1 nuclei
A. traits
D. 7 cells and 7 nuclei
B. nutrients
C. chromosomes 28. A feature of reproduction common to
amoeba, spirogyra and yeast is
D. phenotype
A. They reproduce asexually
23. Which among the following is a unicellular
organism that reproduces by budding? B. They are unicellular
A. Plants C. They reproduce sexually
B. Planaria D. They are multicellular
29. Sperm are produced in the 35. Binary fission is the bacterial process of
A. testis A. asexual reproduction
31. Bundled up, organized DNA is called a D. takes the place of cancer cells
40. Which one of the following is not a stage B. a change in a gene which is only bene-
in sexual reproduction? ficial
A. Germination C. a change in a gene which is only harm-
B. Fertilisation ful
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41. What is it called when an offspring grows
from a part of a parent plant? A. Replication
A. fission B. Translation
B. vegetative reproduction C. Transcription
C. cloning D. Protein Synthesis
D. budding 47. Which piece of equipment is the best to use
to observe the structure of a cell?
42. Vegetative propagation refers to forma-
tion of new plants from- A. magnifying glass
A. Stem, root, flower B. binoculars
B. Stem, root, leaves C. telescope
C. Stem, fruits, flower D. microscope
D. Stem, leaves, flower 48. What does DNA stand for?
43. a type of reproduction in which two sex A. Deoxyribonucleic acid
cells, usually an egg and a sperm, join to B. Denitrogenous acid
form a zygote, which will develop into a
new organism with a unique identity. C. Deribonucleic acid
A. asexual reproduction D. Diribonucleic acid
B. sexual reproduction 49. The process by which a new organism
C. mutation forms from the joining of an egg cell and a
sperm cell is called
D. meiosis
A. asexual reproduction
44. sex cells
B. sexual reproduction
A. type of cells that form through mitosis
C. adaptation
D. budding
B. type of cells that help with protection
C. type of cells that help humans breath 50. What is a female sex cell called?
D. type of cells that form through meiosis A. egg
B. sperm
45. What is a mutation?
A. a change in a gene which is harmful, C. zygote
beneficial, or has no effect at all D. diploid
51. What process happens when a sperm joins 56. Is budding an example of asexual or sex-
with an egg? ual reproduction?
D. Embryo, seedling, pollination, fertiliza- 58. Pollination via wind is also known as
tion A. Anemophily
53. If a diploid tomato cell has 24 chromo- B. Hydrophily
somes, how many chromosomes will the C. Entomophily
tomato’s sex cells have?
D. Malacophily
A. 12
59. What percentage of chromosomes are
B. 6 handed down by a sperm cell?
C. 24 A. 75%
D. 48 B. 25%
54. Cloning results in two organisms that are C. 50%
page 200 D. 100%
A. both adult mammals 60. Identify the diploid cell amongst the fol-
B. produced from cuttings lowing
C. genetically identical A. Secondary spermatocyte
D. none of above B. Primary spermatocyte
C. Spermatid
55. Estrous cycle is indication of
D. Spermatozoa
A. Breeding period
61. A simple multicellular animal having ten-
B. Estrogen secretion
tacles living in freshwater usually repro-
C. Pregnancy duces by the asexual process of:
D. Menopause A. Binary fission
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B. 2
a diploid human cell?
C. 4
A. 23
D. 1 B. 26
63. Out of the following organs which has the C. 44
regenerative capacity? D. 46
A. lungs 69. in sexual reproduction, the joining of a
B. liver sperm and egg.
C. stomach A. fertilization
D. intestine B. asexual reproduction
C. sexual reproduction
64. haploid (n) daughter cells
D. mutation
A. meiosis
70. Hydra reproduce through , where the
B. mitosis
offspring grows from the body of the par-
C. both ent organism.
D. none of above A. budding
65. An organism that has been reproduced by B. DNA
sexual reproduction received of its C. thymine
chromosomes from the male parent. D. mutations
A. 4
71. Which of the following best describes the
B. 25% appearance of an organism’s traits?
C. 50% A. genotype
D. 100% B. phenotype
C. homozygous
66. The number of chromosomes in the shoot
tip cells of a maize plant is 20. The number D. heterozygous
of chromosomes in the microspore mother 72. Asexual reproductive structure in sponge
cells of the same plant shall be: is called
A. 20 A. Zoospore
B. 10 B. Conidia
C. 40 C. Buds
D. 15 D. Gemmule
84. Which of the following describes the main 90. The asexual reproduction in the Spirogyra
advantages of sexual reproduction? involves
A. requires lots of time/energy A. Breaking up of filaments into smaller
B. no new gene combos can arise bits
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which reproduces by multiple fission is 91. A new cell that forms from fertilization.
known as: Page 183
A. Kala-azar A. egg
B. Marasmus B. zygote
C. Malaria C. haploid
D. Amoebiasis D. none of above
86. Characters transmitted from parents to 92. Which step occurs first in sexual reproduc-
offspring are present in tion?
A. Cytoplasm A. mating
B. Ribosome B. meiosis
C. cloning
C. Golgi bodies
D. fertilization
D. Genes
93. Offset is a vegetative propagule found in
87. Pairing of homologous chromosomes
A. Water hyacinth
A. meiosis
B. Potato
B. mitosis
C. ginger
C. both
D. Agave
D. none of above
94. What percentage of chromosomes are
88. A type of cell reproduction that produces handed down by a parent cell in asexual
sex cells is reproduction?
A. mitosis A. 75%
B. fertilization B. 25%
C. meiosis C. 50%
D. fission D. 100%
89. The process that produces haploid sex cells 95. What is a group of organs working to-
is gether is called?
A. mitosis A. Tissue system
B. fission B. organ system
C. meiosis C. An organism
D. interphase D. cell system
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C. fission
C. budding
D. none of above
D. mitotic cell division
113. Which out of the following processes
108. one parent organism produces offspring does not lead to the formation of clones:
without meiosis and fertilization. page A. Fertilisation
195
B. Fission
A. cloning C. Tissue culture
B. asexual reproduction D. Fragmentation
C. budding
114. What what are groups of similar cells
D. none of above that do the same sort of work called?
A. Organs
109. Male sex cells are called
B. Cells
A. egg cells
C. Tissues
B. sperm cells
D. Organ System
C. zygotes
115. diploid (2n) daughter cells
D. mitotic cells
A. meiosis
110. Cloning results in two organisms that are B. mitosis
A. both adult mammals C. both
B. seeds A. 10
C. leaves B. 20
C. 30
D. roots
D. 40
121. The correct sequence of reproductive
stages seen in flowering plants is 126. What is an advantage of sexual reproduc-
tion?
A. Gametes, zygote, embryo, seedling
A. Allows genetic variation
B. Zygote, gametes, embryo, seedling
B. Only needs one parent
C. Seedling, embryo, zygote, gametes
C. Happens very quickly
D. Gametes, embryo, zygote, seedling
D. Offspring are exact copies of parent
122. In general, asexual reproduction is used 127. What process happens when pollen falls
by organisms. on a flower’s pistil?
A. simple A. Pollination
B. extinct B. Pollen
C. complex C. Maturity
D. none of above D. Fertilization
128. A cell that has two of every chromosome C. They reproduce only sexually
is called a(n) cell.
D. They are all multicellular
A. haploid
B. diploid 134. During interphase, which structure of a
cell is duplicated?
C. zygote
A. Cell Plate
D. homologous
B. Chromosome
129. What kind of reproduction happens when
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one parent produces offspring without C. Mitochondrion
meiosis or fertilization? D. Chloroplast
A. sexual
135. Which female hormone maintains preg-
B. asexual nancy?
C. homologous A. Estrogen
D. fission
B. FSH
130. cell whose similar chromosomes occur in C. LH
pairs.
D. Progesterone
A. chromosome
B. haploid 136. Which result is caused by sexual repro-
C. diploid duction?
140. Horses have 32 chromosomes in their C. The only place mitosis can take place
haploid cells. How many chromosomes D. The only place meiosis can take place
would be in a diploid horse cell?
A. 32 146. Longitudinal binary fission takes place in-
case of
B. 44
A. Paramecium
C. 83
B. Planaria
D. 64
C. Euglena
141. In human meiosis, the gametes produced
from the diploid parental cells will be D. Amoeba
A. diploid and have 46 chromosomes 147. If a zygote does not have the correct num-
B. diploid and have 23 chromosomes ber of it will not develop properly.
C. haploid and have 23 chromosomes A. DNA
D. identical to the diploid parental cells B. chromosomes
142. division of the nucleus C. zygotes
A. meiosis D. diploids
B. mitosis
148. The carpel is made of the
C. both
A. Stigma & petals
D. none of above
B. Stigma, style & ovary
143. Formation of the sperm from spermatids
is known as C. Filament & anther
A. Spermatogenesis D. Petals
B. Spermiogenesis 149. Pairs of chromosomes that have genes
C. Spermiation for the same traits arranged in the same
order. page 184
D. Cytokinesis
A. Diploid
144. Which is not an example of vegetative
propagules in angiosperms B. homologous
A. Zoospores of Chlamydomonas C. chromosomes
B. Eyes of Potato D. none of above
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somes for each of its body cells. Cells are
B. mitosis
continuously being rubbed off and replaced.
The diploid number (2N) for this organism C. both
is D. none of above
A. 10
157. The type of asexual reproduction when
B. 20 an offspring grows from a piece of its par-
C. 40 ent
D. 5 A. fission
172. The surgical method which prevents the 177. An organism that has been reproduced by
sperms from reaching the ovum and preg- asexual means receives of its chromo-
nancy does not occur is: somes from its one parent.
A. IUCD A. 3
B. Vasectomy B. 25%
C. Condom C. 50%
D. Tubectomy D. 100%
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173. a type of reproduction-fission, budding, 178. Human reproduction involves which of
and regeneration-in which a new organism the following?
is produced from one organism an has DNA A. body cells
identical to the parent organism. B. sex cells
A. asexual reproduction C. skin cells
B. sexual reproduction D. mitochondria
C. fertilization 179. What is another word for egg or sperm?
D. meiosis A. chromosomes
174. Which of the following is NOT a disadvan- B. DNA
tage of asexual reproduction? C. zygotes
A. do not need a mate D. gametes
B. little genetic variation 180. Select all that are disadvantages of asex-
C. mutations can occur and be passed ual reproduction.
down A. There is little genetic variation in the
D. all susceptible to the same disease offspring.
B. It takes time and energy.
175. Appearance of vegetative propagules
from the nodes of plants such as sugarcane C. Only multi-cellular organisms repro-
and ginger is mainly because: duce asexually.
A. Nodes are shorter than internodes D. It requires two parent organisms.
B. Nodes have meristematic cells 181. The process when an egg cell combines
with a sperm cell to form a zygote is
C. Nodes are located near the soil
A. meiosis
D. Nodes have non-photosynthetic cells
B. budding
176. Characters that are transmitted from C. mitosis
parents to offspring during reproduction
show D. fertilization
183. A bacterium can reproduce by which 188. Pairs of chromosomes with genes for the
method? same traits arranged in the same order:
A. vegetative reproduction
B. , (3) and (4) 192. What is the process called when diploid
cells divide and make haploid sex cells?
C. and (4)
A. mitosis
D. , (3) and (4)
B. meiosis
187. This word means that a cell contains two C. reproduction
complete sets of chromosomes like found D. fertilization
in normal body cells (1 from each parent)
193. A female sex cell is called a(n)
A. Diploid
A. egg
B. Haploid B. sperm
C. zypher C. zygote
D. embregglio D. diploid
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195. Sexual reproduction requires par- C. Ginger
ent(s) and asexual reproduction requires
parent(s). D. Water hyacinth
216. The male sex cell is called the C. Organ system, organs, tissues, cells
A. zygote D. cells, tissues, organs, organ systems
B. egg 222. The new cell that forms as a result of fer-
C. sperm tilization is called a
D. cell A. zygote
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diploid cells. How many chromosomes C. egg cell
would a haploid sheep cell have?
D. hydra
A. 54
223. Cell division that forms two genetically
B. 51
identical cells:
C. 27
A. fission
D. 35
B. meiosis
218. Which of these is the method of reproduc- C. haploid
tion for hydra?
D. diploid
A. fission
224. Another name for reproductive cells
B. animal regeneration
would be:
C. budding
A. zygote
D. vegetative reproduction
B. gamete
219. contains all the information for mak- C. egg cell
ing flowers, leaves, and every part of a
plant. D. sperm cell
227. The transfer of pollen from the anther to 233. A diploid (2n) parent cell
the stigma is called A. meiosis
239. The joining of an egg and sperm is called 245. A type of reproduction in which one par-
A. homologous ent organism produces offspring without
meiosis and fertilization:
B. chromosomes
A. sexual reproduction
C. fertilzation
B. vegetative reproduction
D. asexual reproduction
C. regeneration
240. After fertilisation, the ovary develops D. asexual reproduction
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into
246. Which organisms have diploid body orga-
A. a flower
nization?
B. seeds
A. Monera and Fungi
C. a fruit B. Algae and Bryophytes
D. embryos C. Pteridophytes and Angiosperms
241. Prokaryotic cell division is called D. Both a and b
A. budding 247. A sea star has one of its arms break off.
B. fission That arm grows into its own separate or-
ganism through
C. mitotic cell division
A. sexual reproduction
D. meiosis
B. regeneration
242. new diploid cell formed when a sperm fer-
C. spindle fibers
tilizes an egg; will divide by mitosis and
develop into a new organism. D. chromosomes
A. sperm 248. Diploid cells have
B. egg A. triple chromosomes
C. sexual reproduction B. quadruple chromosomes
D. zygote C. single chromosomes
A. cell that forms in fertilization 249. Cell division in prokaryotic that forms
two genetically identical cells is known as-
B. cell that forms in mitosis
page 196
C. cell that forms in meiosis
A. fission
D. cell that forms in the cell cycle
B. budding
244. Human reproduction involves which of C. asexual reproduction
the following? page 184
D. none of above
A. body cells
250. The process of the division of cell into sev-
B. sex cells eral cells during reproduction in Plasmod-
C. skin cells ium is termed as:
D. none of above A. Fragmentation
A. genetic engineering 265. Where does an off spring get its traits in
asexual reproduction?
B. gene therapy
A. From both parents
C. budding
B. From only one parent
D. cloning
C. From neither parent
261. The cover and protect the flower D. There are no traits handed down
bud.
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266. The male gametes of rice plant have 12
A. Petals
chromosomes in their nucleus. The chro-
B. Stamen mosome number in the female gamete, zy-
gote and the cells of the seedling will be,
C. Sepals
respectively,
D. Anther
A. 12, 24, 12
262. Find the correct statement B. 24, 12, 12
A. In animals, Lowest number of chromo- C. 12, 24, 24
somes 2n=2 is found in Aulocantha sp. D. 24, 12, 24
B. In animals, highest number of chromo-
267. Reproduction is essential for living organ-
somes 2n=1600 is found in Ascaris mega-
isms in order to:
locephala.
A. Keep the individual organ alive
C. Aulocantha sp belongs to Protozoa
B. Fulfill their energy requirements
D. Ascaris megalocephala belongs to an-
nelida C. Maintain growth
D. Continue the species for ever
263. The process where a new organism
grows by mitosis and cell division on the 268. diploid cells
body of its parent: A. have one of every kind of chromosome
A. zygote
B. budding B. have two of every kind of chromosome
C. meiosis
C. have three of every kind of chromo-
D. cloning some
264. Tigers and household cats are members D. have four of every kind of chromosome
of the same family; however, their sizes 269. If offspring inherit different DNA from
are vastly different. What is the cause of their parents, each offspring will have
this difference? traits
A. biochemical makeup A. the same
B. behavioral makeup B. different
C. genetics C. zero
D. habitat size D. none of above
D. haploid cells have twice the number of 279. Which of the following is a modified
chromosomes as diploid cells. root?
280. Type of asexual reproduction when a cell 282. How much DNA does the sperm cell con-
divides and forms 2 genetically identical tribute to a new seedling.
cells?
A. all of the DNA
A. fission
B. Most of the DNA
B. budding
C. regeneration C. Half of the DNA
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281. How many homologous pairs of chromo- 283. Which among the following does not re-
somes will a diploid cell have if the original produce by spore formation?
cell has 32 chromosomes?
A. Penicillium
A. 8
B. 16 B. Yeast
C. 32 C. Mucor fungus
D. 64 D. Rhizopus
9. What solution helps the germination of 15. Diploid zygote will develop into and
pollen grain on stigma? finally forms the complete seed.
A. Salt solution A. embryo
B. Acidic solution B. endosperm
C. Alkaline solution C. testa
D. Sugary solution D. wall of fruit
10. The travels to the during fertiliza- 16. What is the transfer of pollen grains to the
tion to form a seed. female structures of a plant called?
19. Double fertilization is found without any C. helping support the plant
exception in
D. catching light
A. bryophytes
B. gymnosperms 25. How many times male part undergoes mi-
tosis to form male gametes?
C. angiosperms
A. 1
D. pteridophytes
B. 2
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20. The supports the stigma and keeps
it high above the plant to receive pollen C. 3
grains easily. D. 4
A. style
26. Which one of the following may require
B. filament pollinators, but is genetically similar to au-
C. stalk togamy?
D. stem A. Geitonogamy
21. A multicarpellary, syncarpous gynoecium B. Xenogamy
is found in C. Apogamy
A. Papaver D. Cleistogamy
B. Michelia
C. Hibiscus 27. The plant male sex cell is also called the
B. 1 D. ovule
A. anther and stigma 40. Rewards and attractants are required for
B. anther and filament A. entomophily
C. stigma and style B. cleistophily
D. stigma and ovary C. anemophily
D. hydrophily
35. Flowers that produce large amounts of
lightweight pollen are usually best suited 41. Another one male gamete fertilises with
for which type of pollination? two polar nuclei to form
A. insect pollination A. diploid zygote
B. bird pollination B. triploid nuclei
C. self pollination C. embryo
D. wind pollination D. interguments
42. Branch of study which deals with study of 48. The process of formation of seeds without
flowers is called fertilization in flowering plants is known
A. Apiculture as
B. Floriculture A. budding
C. Sericulture B. apomixis
D. Sylviculture C. sporulation
D. somatic hybridisation
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43. What is the sexual organ of a green
plant? 49. What becomes a seed?
A. Leaf A. stamen/anther
B. Flower B. pistil/carpel
C. Bud C. ovule
D. Shoot D. ovary
44. Mitosis takes place in the zone of 50. What is the female reproductive structure
A. Protection of a flower called?
B. Cell production A. petal
C. Elongation B. pistil
D. Differentiation C. sepal
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ditions to grow
D. none of above B. Ovule mature before maturity of pollen
C. water C. root
D. splitting D. cone
D. With variable ploidy 82. After meiosis, each microspores will un-
dergo mitosis two produce two haploid
77. Seed dispersal does not reduce competi- cells. Which cell is needed to divide again
tion between the seedlings and the parent before fertilisation?
plant for
A. Microsporocyte
A. minerals
B. Generative cell
B. water
C. Sperm cell
C. oxygen
D. Tube cell
D. light
78. How does water move through 83. What is the female reproductive organ of
bryophytes? a plant?
B. by reproduction B. sepal
C. by osmosis C. stamen
D. through choroplasts D. pistil
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C. gamete generation
centa by means of D. alternation generation
A. chalaza
93. An organism who can make their own food
B. funicle from the sun is known as a-
C. micropyle A. Heterotroph
D. hilum B. Eukaryote
88. The joining of an egg cell and a sperm cell C. Autotroph
is called D. Prokaryote
A. pollination
94. What is the purpose of the filament?
B. fertilization
A. Supports the stigma
C. seed dispersal
B. Supports the anther
D. germination
C. Supports the petals
89. Intine is made of D. It has no purpose
A. Sporopollenin
95. Filiform apparatus is characteristic feature
B. Pecto-cellulose of
C. Silica & cellulose A. Synergids
D. Only cellulose B. Generative cell
90. A flower of tomato plant following C. Nucellar embryo
the process of sexual reproduction 300 D. Aleurone cell
seeds.What is the minimum number of
pollen grains that must have been involved 96. A type of plant with a seed that has one
in the pollination of its pistil? food storage area
A. 600 A. monocot
B. 1200 B. dicot
C. 300 C. vascular
D. 150 D. nonvascular
91. During microsporogenesis meiosis occurs 97. When pollen grains from the anther con-
in tacts the sticky stigma of a pistil.
A. Endothecium A. Germination
B. Microspore mother cell B. Reproduction
109. The transfer of pollen from the male parts 115. The process of the pollen fusing with the
(stamens) to the female parts (pistils) of ovule is called
a flower is called A. pollination
A. germination B. fertilisation
B. seed dispersal C. germination
C. pollination D. reproduction
D. fertilization
116. How many nucleus are formed in an em-
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110. How are pines pollinated? bryo sac?
A. by wind A. 2
B. by bees B. 4
C. by birds C. 6
D. by gravity D. 8
111. The structures containing female repro- 117. part of a plant is removed to grow an-
ductive cells. other plant
A. seeds A. cutting
B. style B. planting
C. gametes C. tuber
D. anthers D. eating
112. Chasmogamous as well as cleistogamous 118. Apomixes in plant means development of
both types of flowers are found in a plant
A. Commelina A. From root cuttings
B. Arachis hypogea B. Without fusion of gametes
C. Mangifera indica C. From fusion of gametes
D. Zea mays D. From stem of cuttings
113. I have large petals and are usually 119. The fruit flesh is developed from the
brightly colored . How am I pollinated? after double fertilisation.
A. By animals A. ovule
B. By birds B. embryo sac
C. By insects C. ovary
D. All of the above D. petals
114. Which of the following is NOT a part of 120. How many times of mitosis occurs to
the plant’s SHOOT system? form an embryo sac?
A. Flower A. 1
B. Leaf B. 2
C. Stem C. 3
D. Root D. 4
121. Flowers which have single ovule in the 126. The prothallus is part of the life cycle of
ovary and are packed into inflorescence which group of plants?
are usually pollinated by
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bright and big is called
A. Petals D. gymnosperm
B. Flower 139. A particular species of a plant produces,
C. Stem light non sticky, numerous pollen grains
D. Stigma and long and feathery stigma. These mod-
ifications facilitates the pollination by
134. Which part the formation of pollen grain A. Insects
is produced?
B. Water
A. Pollen sac in anther
C. Wind
B. Ovule in ovary
C. Style D. Animals
D. none of above A. 36
B. 24
148. Which of the following pollination is com-
mon amongst abiotic agents? C. 12
A. Entomophily D. 48
154. Name the openings on the underside of 160. Functional megaspore in an angiosperm
leaves. develops into
A. Alveoli A. ovule
B. Stomata B. endosperm
C. Pores C. embryo sac
D. Veins D. embryo
155. Perisperm and endosperm differ in 161. Which of the following were the first land
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plants to evolve seeds?
A. Being a diploid tissue
A. angiosperms
B. Being a haploid tissue
B. gymnosperms
C. Having no reserve food
C. mosses
D. Formation of perisperm by fusion of
the secondary nucleus with many sperms D. ferns
156. I have air spaces within my fruit. What 162. My flowers are not sweet-scented and
is likely my dispersal method? I do not produce nectar. How am I polli-
nated?
A. wind
A. By wind
B. water
B. By insects
C. animals
C. By water
D. explosive action
D. By explosive action
157. The flower part that has the eggs
163. What is the tube-like part of the flower
A. Stamen that pollen grains move down?
B. Stigma A. anther
C. Pistil B. filament
D. Style C. style
158. What is the function of style? D. stamen
A. receives pollen grains 164. In the embryo of a typical dicot and a
B. support the stigma and joins the grass true homologous structures are
stigma to the ovary A. Coleorhiza, coleoptile
C. holds the anther B. Coleoptile, scutellum
D. becomes the seed once fertilisation C. Cotyledon, scutellum
has take place D. Hypocotyl, radicle
159. The formation of embryo sac begins with 165. A typical angiospermic anther is bilobed
a and tetragonal consisting of
A. pollen mother cell (2n) A. two microsporangia
B. embryo sac mother cell (2n) B. Three microsporangia
C. Ovule C. Four microsporangia
D. Anther D. Only one microsporangium
166. Triploid nuclei will develop into to sup- A. Synergies and primary endosperm cell
ply nutrients for the growth of embryo.
A. testa
8. when a woman’s menstrual cycle becomes 14. Where specifically is the source of estro-
irregular and stops gen during days 15-24 of the menstrual
A. ovulation cycle?
A. Ovarian follicle
B. menstruation
B. Oviduct glands
C. menopause
C. Ovarian corpus luteum
D. adolescence
D. Ovarian gland
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9. HIV stands for
15. What does IVF stand for?
A. Human Immunological Virus A. In vitro fertilisation
B. Human Deficiency Virus B. Insert viable foetus
C. Human Immunodeficiency Virus C. Internal variable fertilisation
D. Human Insexualdeficency Virus D. Internal vitro fertilisation
10. What the unborn baby is called from week 16. Where are eggs stored until ovulation?
9 of pregnancy until birth. A. Ovary
A. Zygote B. Uterus
B. Embryo C. Fallopian Tube
C. Fetus D. Epidydymus
D. none of above 17. Which structure is correctly paired with its
function?
11. Which structure carries sperm from the ep-
didymis to the urethra? A. ovary-provides milk for newborns
20. When is ovulation most likely to occur? 25. What is responsible for creating the hor-
mones Oestrogen & progesterone?
A. About halfway between the start of
31. What do you call the sac that contains the 37. In day 1 of the cycle women are in which
testes? phase?
A. penis A. Luteal
B. sperm B. Follicular
C. scrotum C. Menstrual
D. filament D. Ovulation
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32. What do you call the female sex cell? 38. During which trimester does the fetus
start to develop bones?
A. egg cell
A. 1st
B. sperm cell
B. 2nd
C. diploid
C. 3rd
D. haploid
D. none of above
33. Which phase involves the egg being re-
leased into the uterus? 39. The majority of the embryo’s organs are
formed
A. Menstruation
A. Germinal stage
B. Ovulation
B. Embryonal stage
C. Follicular
C. Fetal stage
D. Luteal
D. none of above
34. How often is an egg released?
40. Where does fertilisation take place?
A. weekly
A. Ovary
B. daily B. Womb
C. yearly C. Vagina
D. monthly D. Fallopian tube
35. The eggs are produced in 41. Age two to age 12
A. the ovaries. A. childhood
B. the womb B. adulthood
C. the fallopian tube C. infancy
D. the cervix D. adolescence
36. The female sterilization consists of 42. Which hormone signals ovulation?
A. a tubal ligation A. FSH
B. the uterus ligation B. LH
C. ovaires removal C. Inhibin
D. none of above D. Estrogen
43. The period during which a girl sexually ma- 49. Which of these contraceptives are called a
tures is called barrier method?
C. Follicular B. Womb
C. Vagina
D. Luteal
D. Fallopian tube
45. This carries the egg to the uterus.
51. The two hormones that maintain the lining
A. Fallopian tube of the uterus are:
B. Vagina A. FSH and Oestrogen
C. cervix B. LH and Oestrogen
D. Ovary C. Oestrogen
D. Progesterone and Oestrogen
46. Pubic and underarm hair
52. Fertilization usually takes place here.
A. female
A. uterus
B. male
B. fallopian tubes
C. both
C. vagina
D. none of above D. ovaries
47. Begins after age 20 53. On average, how many days does the men-
A. childhood strual cycle last?
B. adolescence A. 7
B. 14
C. adulthood
C. 21
D. infancy
D. 28
48. At which point is the embryo considered a
54. What is the male reproductive organs that
fetus?
produce sperms?
A. after 8 weeks A. Penis
B. at the time of conception B. Fallopian tube
C. at the time of implantation C. Testes
D. at the time of fertilization D. Ovary
55. often the first event a mom experiences 61. Which hormone causes the egg to ripen in
when she is about to deliver a baby the ovary?
A. amniotic sac breaks A. Progesterone
B. placenta is expelled B. FSH
C. uterus contracts/labor C. Oestrogen
D. bleeding D. Testosterone
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56. The is a sac of tissues that holds the
testes. A. the egg dies
A. Vagina B. the egg leaves the body when the
B. Scrotum uterus lining is shed
C. Epidydymus C. both
D. Testicles D. none of above
57. Which hormone spikes and consequently 63. In which of the following structures of the
causes the release of the ova into the female human reproductive system is the
uterus? blastocyst implanted during normal human
development?
A. LH
A. Ovary
B. FSH
B. uterus
C. Oestrogen
C. vagina
D. Progesterone
D. amniotic sac
58. The menstrual cycle repeats every?
64. What is the name of the tube that carries
A. Month
urine in males and females?
B. 28 days
A. Sperm duct
C. Week
B. Urethra
D. Year
C. Fallopian tube
59. How are identical twins formed? D. Cervix
A. two eggs fertilised
65. Spermatids are changed into spermatozoa
B. fertilized egg splits through
C. two identical eggs are released A. Spermiogenesis
D. two identical sperm fertilize the egg B. Spermiation
60. What are the major female sex organs C. Spermatogenesis
that produce eggs? D. Spermatosis
A. Fallopian Tubes 66. An organ that provides the chemical sub-
B. Testes stancess needed by a fetus is called the
C. Ovaries A. ovary
D. Gametes B. uterus
78. Signals for parturition arise from B. Many eggs are fertilised by one sperm.
A. Placenta
B. Fully developed foetus C. The fertilised egg develops in the stom-
ach.
C. Both placenta and fully developed foe-
tus D. Fertilisation occurs when a sperm and
an egg fuse.
D. Oxytocin released from maternal pitu-
itary 84. Which part of the uterus is connected to
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the vagina?
79. What is the scrotum?
A. The fallopian tubes
A. A pouch of skin surrounding the testes
B. The cervix
B. A fold of skin that protects the penis C. The ovaries
C. An additional gland located at the end D. none of above
of the urethra
85. How many chromosomes does a zygote
D. none of above have?
80. Which of the following are the female go- A. 46
nads? B. 23
A. Spermatozoa C. Half
B. Ova D. 42
C. Testes
86. The vagina is also known as the
D. Ovaries
A. Birth canal
81. What is the main sex hormone in fe- B. Womb
males?
C. Testes
A. LH
D. Ovum
B. Testosterone
C. Estrogen 87. In mammals, the placenta is essential to
the embryo for
D. Progesterone
A. nutrition, reproduction, and growth
82. Which of the following are NOT passed on
B. nutrition, respiration, and excretion
from parents to young?
C. locomotion, respiration, and excretion
A. blood disorder
B. voice patterns
D. nutrition, reproduction, and excretion
C. shape of nose
88. Facial hair
D. tongue rolling
A. female
83. Which of the following correctly describes
sexual reproduction in humans? B. male
89. The ovaries in the human female reproduc- 94. A fertilized egg undergoes several stages
tive system produced before it is implanted . In which of the
following structure of the female repro-
99. Which is the most valid reason why a 104. Pollination is the process by which the
woman may be advised to give birth in pollen grains are transferred from the
hospital? to the
A. The mother doesn’t want to be awake A. anther ovary
when she gives birth B. anther pistil
B. The father has an important date com- C. pistil ovary
ing up that he can’t miss D. pistil filament
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C. Younger or Older mother
105. Where is sperm produced?
D. To reduce stretch marks A. testes
100. Substances can diffuse from the mother’s B. penis
blood into the fetal blood through the C. prostate
structure known as the
D. epididymis
A. amnion
106. How many hormones are produced in the
B. fallopian tube menstrual cycle?
C. yolk sac A. 1
D. placenta B. 2
C. 3
101. Where are egg cells stored and released
from? D. 4
110. Urethral meatus refers to the 116. a developing baby from months three
A. Urogenital duct through nine is a(n)
A. embryo
122. What does ovulation mean? 128. This structure is a sac, shaped like an up-
A. A sperm is released side down pear, and where a fertilized egg
grows into a baby.
B. The lining of the uterus breaks down
A. Pelvis
C. An egg is released B. Uterus
D. Menstruation occurs C. Vagina
123. Where is the semen first ejaculated? D. Cervix
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A. vagina 129. During reproduction, what are passed
down from parents to their young?
B. uterus
A. Behaviours
C. oviduct
B. Blood
D. none of above
C. Characteristics
124. Which hormone causes the re-growth of D. Thumbprint
the endometrial lining of the uterus?
130. The best way to prevent sexually trans-
A. Testesterone mitted infections is
B. GnRH A. to use a condom during sexual inter-
C. Estrogen course
B. wash your genitals
D. Progesterone
C. go to the doctor
125. What does the term Gestation mean? D. none of above
A. The joining of the egg and sperm.
131. What is the main function of the luteal
B. The time it takes for the young to de- phase?
velop inside the mother. A. The shed the lining of the uterus
C. The release of sperm. B. The thicken the lining of the uterus
D. The release of an egg cell. C. To release the egg
A. the ovarian follicle 132. Where in the female body do the egg and
sperm fuse?
B. the pituitary gland
A. Cervix
C. the corpus luteum
B. Uterus
D. none of above
C. Ovary
127. In uterus, endometrium increases in thick- D. Fallopian tube
ness in response to
133. Which organ produces sperm cells?
A. Oxytocin A. testes
B. oestrogen B. epididymis
C. LH C. ovary
D. Relaxin D. prostate gland
134. Where does oogenesis take place? 140. Approximately how long is the menstrual
A. Uterus cycle?
C. The period of time when the female is B. the uterus to the vagina
having her period. C. the ovaries to the vagina
D. The act of mating. D. none of above
146. Which hormone that secrete by corpus lu- 152. What does the embryo form with the
teum uterus wall?
A. estrogen and progesterone A. the Fallopian tubes
B. estrogen and LH B. a cycle
C. progesetrone C. a period
D. FSH and LH D. the placenta
153. the last event that happens after the
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147. A fertilized egg will implant in which or-
gan? baby has been delivered
150. During a vasectomy we cut 156. What is the female reproductive organs
that produce eggs?
A. The testis
A. Ovary
B. the seminal tubes
B. Testes
C. the vasa deferens C. Womb
D. none of above D. Penis
151. What part of the flower must the pollen 157. What do you call the cells that have pairs
go down to reach the egg? of chromosomes?
A. Pistil A. Diploid
B. Stamen B. Haploid
C. Flower C. Sperm cell
D. Anther D. egg cell
162. The inability of sperm cells to move nor- 168. During which trimester do genitals begin
mally could prevent the production of off- to develop?
spring by interfering with A. 1st
A. meiosis B. 2nd
B. fertilization C. 3rd
C. mitosis D. none of above
D. differentiation 169. Where do the egg and sperm meet?
163. What hormone(s) is responsible for thick- A. The ovary
ening the lining of the uterus? B. The fallopian tube / oviduct
A. Oestrogen C. The vas deferens
B. progesterone D. The uterus
170. The ovarian cycle lasts about 176. Where does implantation take place?
A. 14 days A. vagina
B. 28 days B. uterus wall
C. one week C. ovary
D. 2 days D. oviduct
171. A sperm is produced by the 177. After fertilisation the zygote increases in
size and travels down the Fallopian tube
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A. testes in the female body to become embedded in the walls of the
B. ovaries in the female body womb. This process is known as
C. testes in the male body A. implantation
D. embryo B. tail
C. hair
183. The male reproductive system produces
D. none of above
sex hormones called
A. Estrogen 189. Which phase is the final phase to occur?
B. Progesterone A. Luteal
B. Ovulation
C. Testosterone
C. Follicular
D. Andresterone
D. Menstrual
184. Which hormone stimulates the build up of
the endometrium? 190. This is the a major male sex organ
that STORES mature sperm.
A. FSH
A. Prostate
B. LH B. Testes
C. Estrogen C. Epididymis
D. Progesterone D. Ovary
185. Which of the following come together 191. Chimpanzees have 48 chromosomes in
during fertilization? each normal body cell. How many chro-
mosomes does a chimpanzee gamete con-
A. egg and womb
tain?
B. egg and sperm
A. 23
C. ovary and sperm B. 24
D. ovary and testis C. 46
193. Hormone responsible for ovulation and 197. How else can pollen be moved besides
development of corpus luteum is pollinators?
A. FSH A. Sunlight
B. LH B. Wind
C. LTH C. Snow
D. ICSH D. Hail
194. Breasts develop
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198. The contraceptive pill contains which of
A. female the following hormones?
B. male A. FSH
C. both B. LH
D. none of above
C. Adrenaline
195. One function of the male reproductive D. Oestrogen and/or Progesterone
system in mammals is to
A. produce insulin necessary for sexual 199. What type of reproduction takes place
reproduction when one parent organism produces off-
spring without meiosis and fertilization?
B. transport eggs necessary for fertiliza-
tion A. pollination
C. allow for delivery of gametes needed B. sexual reproduction
for reproduction C. asexual reproduction
D. provide protection for the developing
D. fertilization
zygote
196. What is the benefit of sexual reproduc- 200. What do Boys AND Girls develop during
tion? puberty?
is thicker than normal which may signal 9. The process through which cells become
A. the onset of early menopause specialized in structure and function is
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B. Fertilization
nervous tissue is the
C. Cleavage
A. endoderm
D. Reproduction
B. mesoderm
C. ectoderm 21. What process does the zygote undergoe to
D. deuterostome become a blastula?
A. Cleavage
16. implants itself into the lining of the
uterus. B. Gastrulation
A. blastual C. Metamorphosis
B. gastrula D. Cephalization
C. blastocyst
22. The middle layer of the blastocyst is the
D. morula
A. endoderm
17. The main function of the menstrual cycle
B. ectoderm
is?
A. To make women have sex C. mesoderm
36. To create a hollow ball of cells, this must C. the study of energy conversions of liv-
occur. ing things
A. Cleavage D. the study of non-living things
B. Blastulation
42. Advantages:Embryo well protected +
C. Gastrulation not exposed to environmentDisadvan-
D. Mastication tages:Limited number of offspring, health
risks, much more energy spent by female,
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37. This female reproductive organ is similar takes longer to develop.
to the male penis.
A. Internal Fertilization
A. ovary
B. External Fertilization
B. clitoris
C. Internal Development
C. uterus
D. External Devlopment
D. fimbriae
43. This is the 32 cell stage of development.
38. Which male organ produces sperm?
A. zygote
A. testes
B. morula
B. scrotum
C. stem cells
C. penis
D. zona pellucida
D. epididymis
44. Most gene regulation happens at which
39. Twins can result from
step?
A. a fertilized egg dividing into two blas-
tocysts A. translation
B. adaptation D. Morula
C. speciation 46. This female reproductive organ is the site
D. evolution of fertilization.
A. ovary
41. Embryology is
B. uterine/fallopian tube
A. the study of living things
B. the study of the formation and early de- C. uterus
velopment of living things D. cervix
A. mesoderm C. Coelomate
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60. To prepare the uterus for a possible preg-
C. bilateral
nancy is the purpose of which of the fol-
lowing? D. none of above
A. the reproductive system
66. Master genes which produce transcription
B. the endocrine system factors, determining pattern of develop-
C. the urinary system ment in organisms.
70. Layer of cells that lines the gastrula and proteins, what is probably TRUE?
A. endoderm A. species A and B share a relatively re-
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7.1 Inheritance and Variation
1. What is an example of genetic engineer- 4. What is responsible for holding the two
ing? strands of the DNA double helix to-
A. using enzymes to make washing pow- gether?
ders A. hydrogen bonds
B. using pectinase to make fruit juice B. alleles
C. producing plants that have been given C. London dispersion forces
genes for resistance to insect pests
D. deoxyribose sugars
D. using yeast to make bread
19. Which of these factors does NOT influence C. Chicken pot pie
variation amongst a species? D. none of above
A. Mutations
25. Genetic trait in which two copies are
B. Parents of offspring needed for that trait to be expressed
C. Sibling DNA A. dominant
D. Environmental Factors B. variation
20. An example of an inherited characteristic
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C. recessive
is: D. offspring
A. eye colour
26. Continuous variation is usually influenced
B. a tattoo
by what?
C. a scar
A. the environment only
D. similarities in characteristics
B. Inheritance only
21. Which of the following is a dominant fea- C. Inheritance and the environment
ture?
D. none of the above
A. Brown eyes
27. Mutations are important because they
B. Blonde hair
bring about
C. Blue eyes
A. death of the organism in which they de-
D. Upturned nose velop
22. The process in which a cell splits in two B. genetic variation needed for a popula-
tion to evolve
A. Cell nucleus C. benefits for the individual, not for the
population
B. Cell division
D. Hardey-Weinberg equilibrium within a
C. Replication
population
D. Inherit
28. Natural selection can also be referred to
23. An organism’s genetic makeup as:
A. Homozygous A. Survival of the weakest
B. Mutation B. Survival
C. Allele C. Survival of the fittest
D. Genotype D. Artificial selection
24. Fossils show physical similarities between 29. Which sequence of DNA bases would pair
organisms and their ancient ancestors. If with this partial strandATG TGA CAG
such similarities were observed between
today’s birds and ancient reptiles, what A. ATG TGA CAG
theory could possibly be proposed? B. TAC ACT GTC
A. Birds evolved from reptiles C. GTA AGT GAC
B. Reptiles are not similar to birds D. CAT TCA CTG
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form that happens to some animals.?
B. asexual reproduction
A. synthesis
C. more effective new antibiotics
B. metamorphosis
D. natural selection
C. fusion
48. Chromosomes are considered to be the
D. none of above
for an organism.
43. It is to find out the genotype of the plant A. phenotype
showing dominant trait, the given plant is B. neutral solution
crossed with the recessive homozygote.
C. blueprint
A. test cross
D. best thing
B. dominance
C. dominant trait 49. Which is a trait that people are born
with?
D. none of the above
A. The dislike of certain foods
44. What classification is least specific B. The ability to play the piano
A. Genus C. The ability to roll your tongue
B. Species D. The ability to speak a foreign language
C. Class
50. How many chromosomes are found in a hu-
D. Kingdom man cell?
45. A single, highly organized and structured A. 46
piece of DNA B. 23
A. Chromosome C. 2
B. Inherited trait D. 92
C. Variation
51. IF THE THE NUMBER OF CHROMOSOME IN
D. Sexual Reproduction QUEEN BEE IS 32 THEN WHAT WILL BE THE
NUMBER OF CHROMOSOME IN WORKER
46. The inheritance pattern of a gene over gen- BEE AND DRONE RESPECTIVELY?
erations among humans is studied by the
pedigree analysis. Character studied in A. 32, 32
pedigree analysis is equivalent to B. 32, 64
A. Quantative trait C. 32, 16
B. Mendelian trait D. 16, 32
52. Centrioles would most likely be found in 57. How many chromosomes do you get from
each parent?
63. are located on the chromosomes of 69. Genes are located on the of DNA. Each
DNA, these are the instructions, which de- human contains 46. We get 23 from our
termines the inherited traits of offspring. mom and 23 from our dad.
A. Genes A. Traits
B. Traits
B. Cells
C. Chromosomes
C. Chromosomes
D. Cells
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D. Chloroplasts
64. What is NOT an example of an inherited
TRAIT? 70. In sexual reproduction, a(n) and a(n)
A. eye color combine genetic material.
B. tongue rolling A. sperm and egg
C. height B. zygote and embryo
D. speaking a language
C. sperm and embryo
65. Genetic drift (bottleneck or founder) tends
D. zygote and egg
to genetic variation (diversity).
A. increase 71. An organism’s physical appearance or vis-
B. decrease ible traits“What you look like”
C. stabilize A. DNA
D. exaggerate B. Phenotype
66. what did Mendel use to create his experi- C. Genotype
ments?
D. Mutation
A. beans
B. corn 72. A plant species lives in an area with limited
C. rice sunlight. Which structure would be most
helpful to the plant to help it survive?
D. peas
A. colorful flowers
67. Expression of the genotype which depends
on both your genotype and environment B. large leaves
A. Inheritance C. deep roots
B. Genotype D. tiny seeds
C. Phenotype
D. Genetics 73. How many chromosomes do you inherit
from each parent?
68. What season do frogs lay eggs?
A. 46
A. winter
B. 13
B. summer
C. spring C. 11.5
D. none of above D. 23
74. What would the genotype Tt be termed B. Plants and animals can choose their
as? own mates
85. An individual who has two identical alleles 91. Which of the following is not inherited
for a characteristic characteristic?
A. Carrier A. taste
B. Complete dominance B. mouth
C. Heterozygous C. teeth
D. Homozygous D. language
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86. Variation is:
cell and placed in a bacterium. The bac-
A. a disease terium can then make human insulin. What
B. the scientific name for fertilisation. is this process called?
C. differences in characteristics A. artificial selection
D. similarities in characteristics B. genetic engineering
C. heterozygous inheritance
87. What causes variation?
D. natural selection
A. Your environment
B. Your genes and your environment 93. “Features that help identify something”
What word does this describe?
C. Your genes
A. Characteristics
D. Your names
B. Variation
88. Which of the following is an example of C. Organisms
continuous variation?
D. Evidence
A. hair colour
94. What can you say about a baby plant?
B. height
A. Looks exactly like its parent plant
C. eye colour
B. Looks similar to its parents, with some
D. Gender
differences
89. Which is an example of a acquired charac- C. Looks very different from its parent
teristic? D. none of above
A. color of a dog’s fur
95. A person who codes for a trait but it is not
B. color blindness of a person expressed is called
C. the ability of a mouse to run a maze A. Epistasis
D. a person’s ability to roll their tongue B. Heterozygous
90. What is it called when a egg cell and sperm C. Carrier
cell join together? D. Homozygous
A. zygote
96. When every organism of a given species
B. haploid cells form has died
C. fertilization A. Natural Selection
D. sexual reproduction B. Homeostasis
99. Characteristics that ARE NOT carried on A. genetic information in the nuclei of
the X or Y chromosomes are carried on cells.
chromosomes. B. environmental factors
A. Autosome C. blood
B. Sex D. children learning things from their par-
C. Recessive ents.
C. three alleles, two dominant and one re- B. All offspring will be genotype bb.
cessive C. It is impossible to predict what the
D. three alleles, two recessive and one genotypes of the offspring will be.
dominant D. All offspring will be genotype Bb.
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D. none of above
A. One child has blue eyes and the other
114. Seven lizards hatch from the same nest.
has brown eyes.
Four have small yellow spots. Three have
B. One child has a scar and the other does large yellow spots. Their parents most
not. likely had
C. One child eats meat and the other is a A. No spots
vegetarian.
B. Yellow spots
D. One child is older than another. C. Red spots
109. Complete the complementary matching D. Yellow stripes
DNA nucleotide sequence:GCA
115. How many chromosomes does a human
A. CGT body cell contain?
B. GCA A. 2
C. CTG B. 23
D. GTA C. 46
110. Having two different alleles for a trait D. 56
A. Heterozygous 116. When a bee helps pollinate flowers, it is
B. Alleles assisting in
C. Mutation A. asexual reproduction
D. Homozgous B. sexual reproduction
C. vegetative propogation
111. The stronger (dominant) genes that show
up in offspring are known as Examples D. fragmentation
include brown eyes, brown hair
117. What is one advantage of variation
A. recessive genes among species?
B. inherited traits A. Everybody is unique and can feel indi-
C. learned behaviors vidual.
D. dominant genes B. Stronger genes are inherited which re-
duces the risk of diseases wiping out a
112. Which characteristic would a child not in- certain species.
herit from one or both of its parents? C. It creates a sense of different cultures
A. freckles across the world.
B. hair style D. none of the choices
119. Which of the following traits is not inher- 124. If a plant with the genotype PP is crossed
ited? with a plant with the genotype pp, what
are the possible genotypes of the off-
A. Fur color
spring?
B. Feathers
A. PP, Pp, pP, pp
C. Hair color
B. PP. pp. pp. PP
D. A suntan
C. Pp, Pp, Pp, Pp
120. Magda is a tall, 11 year old drummer.
She has a scar on her right cheek. She is D. Pp, PP, pp, PP
good at swimming. Which of her traits did
Magda most likely inherit? 125. Animals whose body temperature de-
pends on the temperature outside
A. height
A. offspring
B. the scar
C. ability to swim B. warm-blooded
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B. having the ability to cope with a lack of
a gene? water.
A. Chromosome C. having a low resistance to disease.
B. Chromatid D. producing large potatoes
C. DNA
135. What word has this definition?:An adult
D. Allele plant or animal that has offspring or
130. Why is it useful to insert a gene into let- young
tuce plants to make them frost resistant? A. Parent
A. Grow taller lettuce. B. Variation
B. Can grow them outside all year. C. Characteristics
C. Grow tastier lettuce. D. Evidence
D. Grow insect resistant lettuce.
136. Ocassionally a single gene may express
131. Characteristics which are passed on to more than one effect. This phenomenon is
children from parents are called called
A. Functions A. multiple allelism
B. Environmental Traits B. mosaicism
C. Inherited Traits C. pleiotropy
D. Learned Traits
D. polygeny
132. The frequency of recombination between
137. Cell with a single set of chromosomes.
gene pairs on the same chromosome as a
measure of the distance between genes A. Haploid
was explained by: B. Diploid
A. T.H. Morgan
C. Triploid
B. Gregor J. Mendel
D. Octaploid
C. Alfred Sturtevant
D. Sutton Boveri 138. What are the four bases of DNA?
A. ATGC
133. What is the ratio of one pair of contrast-
ing character in F2 of a dihybrid ratio. B. ATDC
A. 3:1 C. GCAS
B. 9:3:3:1 D. DNAB
C. Chromosome C. Allele
D. Inherited trait D. none of above
150. Gene located on the same locus but hav- 155. What is the first stage in the life cycle of
ing different expressions are a frog
A. oncogenes A. larva/tadpole
B. polygenes B. egg
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151. Blood vessels that carry blood away are
from the heart are called
A. evidence
A. veins
B. variations
B. arteries C. parents
C. capillaries D. organisms
D. lymphatic vessels
157. If a plant with the genotype Pp is al-
lowed to self-pollinate, what are the pos-
152. Two identical copies of a single replicated
sible genotypes of the offspring
chromosome that are connected by a cen-
tromere. A. PP, pp, pp, PP
A. Chromatin B. Pp, Pp, Pp, Pp
163. What is the study of organisms at the A. FSH, Oestrogen, LH and Progesterone
early stages of development?
A. DNA studies B. FSH, Oestrogen, and Progesterone
B. Comparative Embryology C. FSH, LH and Progesterone
C. Extinction D. FSH and LH
D. Fossil Record 169. Theoretically, the modified allele could be
responsible for the production of I. the
164. Which would be an example of a fossil?
normal / less efficient enzyme II. a non-
A. Sedimentary Rock functional enzyme III. no enzyme at all
B. Dinosaur Footprint A. I and II are correct
C. Oyster Pearl B. I and III are correct
D. Rotting Log C. I, II and III are correct
165. Which sentences are FALSE? D. II and III are correct
A. Humans are made up of 23 pairs of 170. Albinism is an inherited condition in which
chromosomes. pigment does not develop in the skin, hair
B. Human are made up of 46 chromo- and eyes.The allele for albinism is reces-
somes. sive. What are the chances of albino par-
C. Chromosomes is made up of cyto- ents having an albino child?
plasm. A. 0%
D. Chromosomes is located in the nucleus B. 25%
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C. Whorl MARRIED TO A WOMAN WITH BLOOD
GROUP B, THEN THEIR FIRST CHILD HAS
D. Radius BLOOD GROUP O .FIND OUT PROBABIL-
ITY OF OTHER BLOOD GROUPS THEIR
172. Having two identical alleles for the same
CHILDREN.
trait
A. A, B, AB
A. Gene
B. B, O
B. Homozygous
C. A, O
C. Expression gene
D. A, AB
D. Heterozygous
178. The ‘father of genetics’ studied the inher-
173. are the basic unit of inheritance and lo- itance of pea plants.
cated on chromosomes.
A. Gregor Mendel
A. inheritance
B. Crick and Mendel
B. genes
C. George Mendel
C. genetics
D. John Mendel
D. variation
179. Animals whose body temperature stays
174. What is the percentage of a woman hav- the same most of the time
ing a male child?
A. cold-blooded
A. 25%
B. warm-blooded
B. 50%
C. dominant
C. 75%
D. adaptation
D. 100%
180. The following terms are directly associ-
175. Which of these is an example of inherited ated with heredity and genetics, EXCEPT
variation only?
A. Eye colour A. Genes
B. Height B. Inherited Traits
C. Weight C. Chromosomes
D. Skin colour D. Learned Behaviors
185. A body part or behavior that helps a liv- 191. Which of these is an inherited trait?
ing thing survive in its environment A. a person’s height
A. variation B. where a person lives
B. cold-blooded C. a person’s ability to write
C. warm-blooded D. a person learning a new language
D. adaptation 192. Charles Darwin was credited for
A. Selective breeding
186. An alligator has 32 chromosomes in each
of the cells of its nose. How many chromo- B. Natural selection
somes will an alligator zygote contain? C. Genetic modification
A. 16 D. Fingerprinting
193. How are non-identical twins formed? 198. Selective breeding is:
A. one sperm cell fertilizes one egg cell A. an exciting new technology that may al-
ter our lives in the future.
B. one sperm cell fertilizes one egg cell
which then divides into two embryos B. a way of choosing the winners at ani-
mal shows.
C. one sperm cell fertilizes two egg cells
C. another name for when animals repro-
D. two sperm cells fertilize two different duce sexually.
egg cells
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D. a way of producing animals and plants
194. Why does sexual reproduction produce di- with features that are useful to humans.
verse offspring? 199. Characteristics passed from parents to
A. The cells of the offspring lack DNA. their offspring.
B. The offspring all grow at different A. behavior
rates. B. learned trait
C. The offspring have a unique combina- C. inherited trait
tion of DNA from its parents. D. function
D. The offspring are spores.
200. Persons having genotype IAIB would
195. one set of instructions for an inherited show the blood group AB. This is because
trait of
A. heredity A. Pleiotropy
B. Co-dominanace
B. allele
C. Segregation
C. trait
D. Incomplete dominanace
D. gene
201. Number of chromosomes in a sex cell (ga-
196. The colour based contrasting traits mete)
in seven contrasting pairs, studied by A. 23
Mendel in pea plant were
B. 44
A. 1
C. 46
B. 2
D. 2
C. 3
202. What does recessive mean?
D. 4
A. two different alleles
197. What adaptation prevented moths from B. two identical alleles
being eaten by birds?
C. Different forms of the same gene
A. Camouflage coloring D. only expressed if there are two copies
B. fast flying
203. Trait Variation refers to
C. Long necks
A. Differences in inherited traits within
D. Bright colours across relatives
214. The allele for detached earlobes is dom- 219. How does a frog breathe on land?
inant to the allele for attached ear- A. Lungs
lobes.Two parents are heterozygous for
detached earlobes. What is the probabil- B. Skin
ity of their first child having attached ear- C. Feet
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lobes? D. none of above
A. 0%
220. Selective, deliberate change of genes by
B. 25% man. (Putting genes from one organism
C. 50% into another)
D. 75% A. Genetic Engineering
B. Cloning
215. A person who has one dominant and one
recessive allele for a trait, but does not C. Hybridization
have the trait. D. Inbreeding
A. Clone
221. What are the possible blood groups of
B. Carrier the offspring of parents who have blood
C. Diseased group A and B?
D. Karyotype A. AB only
B. A and B
216. Identify which of the following is a ge-
netic mutation disease.. C. A, B and AB
224. A distinguishing characteristic of organ- 229. When human DNA is inserted into the
ism is a plasmid DNA of bacteria, which enzyme is
used to cut the DNA?
A. a characteristic one chooses to ex- 234. The scientist(s) who showed that while
press all species have the same four nitrogen
bases, the proportions of these four bases
B. a characteristic one receives from the
varies between species.
food one eats
A. Chargraff
C. a characteristic that is passed on from
one’s parents B. Avery
D. a characteristic that is influenced by C. Mendel
one’s surroundings D. Hershey & Chase
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when inherited from only one parent
236. The possible variations of alleles (in chro-
mosomes) for a particular trait within an A. dominant
individual. B. recessive
A. Inheritance C. offspring
B. Genotype D. species
C. Phenotype 242. Where do offspring get their genes?
D. Genetics A. Half from their mom, half from their
dad
237. Farmers have bred Holstein-Friesian cat-
tle to produce more milk than older breeds B. From their mom
of cattle. Which process was used to pro- C. From their dad
duce these cattle?
D. From their brains
A. adaptation
243. G = green, g = yellowThe genotype for a
B. genetic engineering yellow plant is
C. natural selection A. GG
D. selective breeding B. Gg
238. What is a cell without a nucleus called? C. gg
246. Differences in traits, such as flower color, 251. What is a trait for an elephant?
is called A. Huge
A. Dominant A. organism
B. genes
B. Recessive
C. offspring
C. Pure Breeding
D. species
D. Hybrid
255. What is a trait?
249. Which is recessive?
A. different forms of meiosis
A. None B. different forms of chromitids
B. XX C. different forms of a pedigree
C. xx D. different forms of a characteristic
D. Xx 256. When is evolution by natural selection
most likely to occur?
250. One problem with fossil evidence is
? A. when there is a stable population of
predators
A. Its not real
B. when there is a stable environment
B. Fossils are very old
C. when there is less variation in the pop-
C. There are far too many fossils ulation
D. There are very few fossils that show D. when there is more variation in the
missing links population
257. Which animal is NOT selectively breed? 263. What is the probability of the eye color
A. cows of a child that’s parents are RR for green
eyes and rr for blue eyes?
B. horses
A. Blue eyes
C. chickens
B. Neither
D. sparrows
C. Green eyes
258. Happens when instructions of the gene D. none of above
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are carried out
A. Expression (GENE) 264. How many types of gametes will be pro-
duced by individuals of AABbcc genotype?
B. Recessive allele
A. Two
C. DNA
B. Four
D. Gene
C. Six
259. Which example below is an inherited D. Nine
trait?
265. One or two alternative forms of a gene
A. tying your shoes
is called:
B. reading a book
A. RNA
C. Color of someone’s hair
B. Restrictin Enzyme
D. the language someone speaks
C. karyotype
260. According to natural selection, which or- D. allele
ganisms are most likely to survive?
266. An example of a behavioral adaptation is
A. The fastest organisms
A. The long neck of a giraffe
B. The biggest organisms
B. Penguins huddling together for
C. The best-adapted organisms
warmth
D. The most domesticated organisms
C. A camel’s hump used to store water
261. Which one of the following shows discon- D. A polar bear’s white fur used for cam-
tinuous variation? ouflage
A. Eye colour
267. Which is an example of a learned behav-
B. Height ior?
C. Strength A. blinking
D. Weight B. swallowing
262. Which of the following is NOT an argu- C. riding a bike
ment in favor of GMOs? D. crying
A. Reduced biodiversity 268. having two different genes for a trait
B. Disease resistant crops (sometimes called hybrid).
C. Food with extra nutrients A. protein
D. Controlled production of insulin B. homozygous
A. Different genes on the same chromo- 285. A double rodded condensed chromatin
some that carries genetic information
B. Centromeres A. Chromosomes
C. Non homologous chromosomes B. DNA
D. Heterologous chromosomes C. Recessive allele
280. Any change in the sequence of DNA is D. none of above
A. transgenic shift
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286. Differences among animals or people is
B. Single Genotype called
C. Monohybrid Trait A. traits
D. Mutation B. inherited
C. trait
281. The passing down of traits from parent
to offspring. D. variation
A. heredity 287. What is genetics?
B. environmental traits A. The study of DNA nucleotides
C. recessive trait B. The study of heredity
D. punnett square C. The study of a cell dividing into 2
282. Which of the following is an example of D. The study of eye color
environmental variation
288. What are small stretches of DNA that
A. Hair colour code for traits
B. Weight A. Nucleus
C. Shoe size B. Chromosomes
D. Blood type
C. Gene
283. What term do scientists use to describe D. Centromeres
the chemical process in which oxygen and
glucose react to release energy inside body 289. All of the following are inherited traits,
cells? EXCEPT
A. inhaling A. Having a dream
B. exhaling B. Scratching an itch
C. respiration C. Throwing a ball
D. breathing D. Crying in pain
284. Discontinuous variation is influenced by 290. The reproductive process in which a sin-
which? gle cell makes a copy of itself
A. The environment only A. Variation
B. Inheritance only B. Inherited trait
C. The environement and inheritance C. Inherited trait
D. none of the above D. Asexual reproduction
293. Which of these is not an inherited trait? 299. Which of the following traits are
learned:
A. a bird building a nest
A. eye color
B. a turtle burying its eggs
B. playing the piano
C. a bear hibernating in winter
C. freckles
D. a horse pulling a plow
D. attached or free ear lobes
294. Which organisms are most likely to sur-
300. A trait that is being masked of another
vive?
trait.
A. the best adapted A. recessive trait
B. the fastest B. heterozygous
C. the strongest C. dominant trait
D. the most domesticated (tamed) D. homozygous
295. Why do embryologist study embryos? 301. What do frogs love to eat?
A. to see if they are related A. Hamburger
B. to understand adaptations B. Frog legs
C. to determine the age C. flies
D. to learn what parents are vestigial D. none of above
296. When two alleles of a gene are the dif- 302. How is inheritance related to DNA?
ferent, they are A. DNA is a trait
A. heterozygous B. DNA is passed from parent to offspring
B. purebred.
C. there is no relationship between inher- 308. What is the transmission of genetic in-
itance and DNA formation from generation to generation
D. inheritance determines the DNA se- known as?
quence A. cell division
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B. skin colour
309. A feature that helps identify something
C. tongue rolling
A. characteristics
D. weight
B. variation
304. IF YOU CROSS A Gg X WITH A gg GOAT
THE PHENOTYPIC RATIO IS C. inherited
A. 3:1 D. trait
B. 2:2 310. When blood flows into the right atrium
C. 6:1 from the body, it contains.
D. none of above A. little oxygen and a lot of carbon dioxide
A. slower than before 322. Which letters represent the pairing of the
B. faster than before four bases?
C. at the same rate as before A. G-B, T-C
D. with less pressure than before B. G-C, T-A
317. What type of graph should be used to rep- C. A-G, C-T
resent discontinuous variation?
D. E-G, B-C
A. Bar chart
B. Pie chart 323. All the following are examples of inher-
C. venn diagram ited traits, except
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325. A group is D. a scar
A. differences among objects or organ- 331. What is variation caused by?
isms
A. All of these answers
B. passed on from parent to offspring
B. Environment
C. a number of individuals assembled to-
C. Genetics
gether or having a unifying relationship
D. Mutations
D. features that help identify something
332. What does homozygous mean?
326. WHO IS THE FATHER OF GENETICS?
A. two different alleles
A. ALFRED STURTEVANT
B. two identical alleles
B. GREGOR JOHAN MENDEL
C. Different forms of the same gene
C. TSCHERMAK
D. only expressed if there are two copies
D. T H MORGAN
333. It is passed on from parents to offspring.
327. An allele that is masked when a dominant A. characteristic
allele is present
B. trait
A. Genotype
C. inherited
B. Gene
D. evidence
C. Recessive allele
334. Traits passing from parents to offspring
D. none of above
are?
328. What causes mutations? A. meiosis
A. Mistakes in replication or environmen- B. genetic variation
tal substances C. environmental
B. The amino acids D. inherited
C. Passed down by genetics
335. The likelihood that a particular event will
D. It’s how your born occur
329. What do we call the process of turning A. heterozygous
DNA into mRNA? B. probability
A. replication C. genotype
B. transcription D. none of above
336. A permanent change in the sequence of 342. An organism’s appearance or other de-
DNA in a single gene is a tectable characteristic is a what?
337. Inherited trait that helps an organism sur- 343. One strand of a DNA molecule contains
vive is a(n) the base sequence AGT. What is the base
A. Fossil sequence on the other strand of the DNA
molecule?
B. Adaptation
A. AGT
C. Ancestor
B. GAT
D. Natural selection
C. TAC
338. What is phenotype? D. TCA
A. The genetic material in your DNA
344. Where are genes found?
B. What is expressed
A. In the mitochondria
C. Dust
B. In our bone marrow
D. Something else
C. Chromosomes, in the nucleus of a cell
339. What would the genotype Aa be termed
as? D. In our brains
A. Heterozygous
345. Which word does this definition de-
B. Homozygous Dominant scribe:Passed on from parent or offspring
C. Homozygous Recessive A. Organism
D. none of above B. Inherited
340. Inherited characteristics controlled by al- C. Evidence
leles of more than one gene are described D. none of above
as
346. having two of the same genes for the
A. homozygous
trait (sometimes called purebred).
B. dominant A. homozygous
C. polygenic B. hetrozygous
D. discrete C. protein
341. Which is a type of Asexual Reproduction D. chromosome
A. Sexual 347. What is not a feature of natural selec-
B. Binary fission tion?
C. Cells A. competition for resources
D. organism B. production of many offspring
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354. Which of the following is an example of
C. heredity
discrete variation?
D. genetics A. Length of index finger
349. is the branch of biology dealing with the B. Eye colour
principles and mechanism of inheritance C. Height
and variation.
D. Foot size
A. variation
355. In order for offspring to get a genetic mu-
B. heredity
tation, the mutation must occur in what
C. inheritance type of cell?
D. genetics A. Cells with no nucleus.
B. Any body cell after birth.
350. ONE TRAIT CAN BE INFLUENCED BY
MORE THAN ONE GENES, THIS IS THE C. Cells with no cell wall or cell mem-
CASE OF brane.
352. The ratio 9:7 is produced due to- C. passed on from parent to offspring
A. Biology A. gene
B. Chemistry B. DNA
C. Genetics C. chromosome
D. Zoology D. mitochondria
369. What does heterozygous mean? wife is pregnant again. If this baby is a
A. two different alleles girl, what is the chance that she will have
haemophilia?
B. two identical alleles
A. 0%
C. Different forms of the same gene
B. 25%
D. only expressed if there are two copies
C. 50%
370. A mutation can occur if a base pair is , D. 75%
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deleted, or substituted for another.
A. modified 375. Colour blindness is a condition that occurs
more frequently in men than in women.
B. added Which statement about this condition is
C. transferred correct?
D. none of above A. It affects the cornea.
D. Cell, chromosome, nucleus, DNA, base, 384. “Survival of the Fittest” describes which
gene. theory
B. 3 D. string theory
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396. A SINGLE characteristic of a living thing
D. All of the above A. evidence
391. Which of the following is suitable for ex- B. inherited
periments on linkage? C. trait
A. AABB x aabb D. characteristic
B. AaBb x AaBb
397. An allele whose trait always shows up in
C. aaBB x aaBB the organism when the allele is present
D. AAbb x AaBB A. DNA
392. Someone who is heterozygous for cystic B. Dominant allele
fibrosis is a
C. Trait
A. carrier
D. none of above
B. patient
398. Which is an inherited trait?
C. doctor
D. haulier A. learning how to sing
B. losing a claw
393. T H MORGAN EXPERIMENTALLY VERI-
FIED CHROMOSOMAL THEORY OF INHERI- C. having a hooked beak
TANCE BY USING Drosophila melanogaster D. learning a new trick
BECAUSE
399. Inheritance of skin colour in human beings
A. IT COMPLETES ITS LIFE CYCLE IN is an example of-
ABOUT TWO WEEKS
A. polygenic inheritance
B. IT PRODUCES LARGE NUMBER OF
PROGENIES IN SINGLE MATING B. Mendelian inheritance
C. MALE IS DISTINCT FROM FEMALE C. monogenic inheritance
D. ALL OF THE ABOVE D. complementary genes
394. In sickle cell anaemia, glutamic acid is re- 400. Describe why offspring will not necessar-
placed by valine. Which one of the follow- ily follow the expected genotype ratio
ing triplets codes for valine A. Fertilisation is random
A. GAA B. Fertilisation is inaccurate
B. GAG C. Punnet squares are not reliable
C. GUA D. Different alleles appear during fertili-
D. GUG sation
401. How do animals and plants transfer char- B. The variation of females and males
acteristics to their offspring? C. Variation of personalities
A. type A D. zygote
B. AA 5. If your mom has type AO blood and your
C. AB dad has type AB blood what are the chance
of you having type O blood?
D. BB
A. 0%
3. Hemophilia is a x-linked disorder. A
B. 25%
woman is a carrier for the disorder. Which
is the correct genotype? C. 50%
A. Hh D. 75%
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pure dominant blue fish mates with a pure C. Segregation
dominant red fish, what will be the off-
D. Homozygous
spring phenotype?
A. Bb 13. An interaction where one gene masks an-
B. BR other gene is called:
C. Blue with red stripes A. Polygenic Traits
D. Purple B. Epistasis
8. A homozygous dominant dog with brown C. X-Chromosome Inactivation
fur is crossed with a heterozygous dog
D. X-linked traits (same as sex-linked)
with brown fur. What are the percentages
of the possible genotypes?
14. A trait that overpowers or hides another.
A. 100% BB
A. recessive
B. 75% BB and 25%Bb
C. 50 % BB and 50% Bb B. dominant
A. A, AB C. hybrids
B. A, O D. alleles
C. AB, B
16. What is organized DNA
D. B, O
A. Nucleus
11. All of the following are examples of inher-
ited traits except B. Chromosomes
17. is the observable physical or biochem- 22. the condensed form of DNA is called
ical characteristics of an individual organ- A. an allele
ism, determined by both genetic make-up
A. Genotype C. a chromosome
B. Phenotype D. a phenotype
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D. Multiple Allele
A. 10
B. 5 34. A segment of a DNA that codes for a par-
C. 20 ticular phenotype is called
D. 30 A. genotype
48. Which of the following terms refers to the 53. An organism’s physical appearance or vis-
different possibilities of a gene? ible traits
A. chromosome A. fertilization
B. DNA B. genotype
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C. Punnett Squares C. phenotype
D. allele D. homozygous
49. In a fruit fly, the gene for grey body(B) 54. A dominant trait expresses itself
is dominant over the gene for black A. only in homozygous genotypes
body(b).Two grey fruit flies were mated B. only in heterozygous genotypes
and they produced 75 grey body flies and
25 black body flies.What is the most likely C. both in homozygous and heterozygous
genotype of the parents genotypes
A. bb x bb D. none of above
A. Homozygous B. BC
B. Selective Breeding C. bb
C. Mutation D. bc
D. Carrier 68. If you are homozygous dominant for a
trait (BB), can you have children with the
63. Which term(s) best describes the inheri-
recessive trait?
tance of human blood types?
A. Yes
A. incomplete dominance and multiple al-
leles B. No
B. codominance and epistasis C. Depends
C. codominance and multiple alleles D. Only if your partner is recessive
69. If a dog with black fur and a dog with B. asexual reproduction
white fur produce offspring with grey fur, C. sexual reproduction
what type of dominance is demonstrated?
D. internal development
A. complete dominance
B. incomplete dominance 75. F1 X F1 represents
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C. Pure breeding
70. Which disorder is characterized by degra-
dation of the nervous system and usually D. True breeding
results in death during infancy? 76. What are the gametes for BbDd? (USE
A. Tay-Sachs FOIL)
B. Cystic fibrosis A. B, b, D, d
C. Huntington’s B. BD, bD, Bd, bd
D. PKU C. BD, BD, Bd, bd
D. bD, bD, bd, bd
71. A pink poodle mates with a purple poodle.
The offspring is pink and purple plaid. 77. An organism that has two identical alleles
A. complete dominance for a trait (purebred)
B. incomplete dominance A. genotype
C. codominance B. phenotype
D. none of above C. homozygous
D. heterozygous
72. Which term is essentially the opposite of
pleiotropy? 78. Genes A, B, and C have these map dis-
A. multiple alleles tances between them:A and B-15 map
units; B and C-5 map units; A and C-10
B. polygenic inheritance
map units. What is the relative order of
C. incomplete dominance the three genes on the chromosome?
D. codominance A. ACB
73. An allele that is expressed if it is present B. ABC
A. gene C. BAC
B. dominant D. CAB
C. phenotype 79. Black hair is dominant to blonde hair which
D. recessive is recessive. What is the phenotype for
the following genotype? bb
74. A reproductive process that involves two A. Blonde hair
parents that combine genetic material to
produce a new organism, which differs B. black hair
from both parents. C. brown hair
A. external fertilization D. none of above
80. Black fur(B) in guinea pigs is dominant 85. If a man with blood type AB has children
over white fur(b). Find the probability of with a woman with blood type B, which of
a white offspring in a cross:Bb x bb (Use the following is NOT possible in their off-
90. If a trait is not sex-linked, it is 95. What is it called when a gene carries two
different types of alleles?
A. autosomal
A. Homozygous
B. dominant
B. Heterozygous
C. recessive
C. Monozygous
D. polygenic
D. Trizygous
91. A cross of a Green chicken (GG) with a 96. Point Mutation:InsertionCGA TAG → CGA
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white chicken (WW) produces all speck- TAGG
led offspring (GGWW). This type of inher-
itance is known as A. Nucleotide/Base is removed
B. Nucleotide/Base is inserted
A. incomplete dominance
C. Nucleotide/Base is replaced with an-
B. polygenic inheritance.
other
C. codominance D. none of above
D. multiple alleles.
97. How many chromosomes are in a sex
92. In some flowers, red and blue flower col- cell?
ors are codominant to each other and pro- A. 46
duce speckled flowers.Cross two speckled B. 23
flowers.
C. 26
A. 25% red, 50% speckled, 25% blue
D. 43
B. 50% red, 50% blue
98. A different form or variety of a gene is
C. 50% blue, 50% speckled also known as:
D. 25% red, 25% speckled, 50% blue A. allele
93. A single piece of coiled DNA found in the B. homozygous
cells; contains genes that encode traits. C. recessive
A. gene D. dominant
B. chromosome 99. T = tall an t = shortWhat is the phenotype
C. trait for Tt?
D. DNA A. short
B. tall
94. Two parents who are both PURE for brown
C. medium sized
eyes (BB) could have a percentage of child
with blue eye of D. neither tall or short
D. epistasis C. 50%
111. is the genetic make-up of an individ- 116. A woman with Type B blood (whose fa-
ual organism. Your functions as a set ther had type O blood) has children with a
of instructions for the growth and devel- man who has Type O blood.What percent-
opment of your body. age of their children could be expected to
A. Phenotype have Type O blood?
A. 100%
B. Genotype
B. 50%
C. Karyotype
C. 25%
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D. Chromosome
D. 75%
112. Which of the following is in the heterozy-
117. If short fur (L) is dominant to long fur
gous form?
(l), what is the similarity between animals
A. AA having genotype LL and ll?
B. Aa A. phenotype
C. aa B. DNA
D. HT C. genotype
D. gene
113. The theory of Law of segregation ap-
plies most specifically to events occurring 118. What is a punnett square for?
in preparation of
A. used to figure out which genetic dis-
A. offspring ease you have
B. zygotes B. used to find out your ancestors
C. homologous chromosomes C. used to help solve genetic problems
D. gametes D. used to figure out who your parents
are
114. Jackie is homozygous recessive for hav-
ing dimples (D). What is her genotype? 119. Which sex chromosomes are present in
all mature human sperm cells?
A. pp
A. both X and Y chromosomes
B. Dd
B. either X or Y chromosomes
C. dd
C. only X chromosomes
D. DD
D. only Y chromosomes
115. Hemophilia is a sex-linked recessive trait 120. In humans, brown eyes are dominant to
found on the x chromosome. Complete blue eyes. If a homozygous brown eyed
a cross between a woman who has female and a blue eyed male have children,
hemophilia and a normal man.What are what is the probability of having a blue
the chances of a child having hemophilia? eyed child?
A. 100% A. 25%
B. 75% B. 50%
C. 50% C. 100%
D. 25% D. 0%
121. what is the phenotype ratio for the cross- 126. Sperm cells can have
ing of of F1 individuals which are produced A. Only X chromosome
from the crossing of AABB x aabb
C. sperm C. O and B
D. zygote D. A and B
132. The height of pea plants from a cross 137. How many pairs of chromosomes are in
between parent plants heterozygous for your cells?
height in which tall is dominant would be
A. 23
A. all short.
B. 19
B. all tall.
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C. 12
C. 1 tall:3 short.
D. 10
D. 3 tall:1 short.
133. Human blood type is determined by multi- 138. Number of chromosomes in a body cell
ple alleles (A, B, and O). Which ratio would (somatic cell)
result from a cross between a man with A. 23
Type AB blood and a woman with Type O
B. 44
blood?
A. 50% Type A, 50% Type O C. 46
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sent a male on a pedigree? D. blended
A. Circle
160. Pea plant height follows the rules of com-
B. Square plete dominance T-tall and t = short. A tall
C. Star plant (TT) is crossed with a tall plant (Tt).
What is the probable genotypes?
D. Triangle
A. 2 TT:2 Tt:0 tt
155. Two heterozygous (Tt) tall pea plants are
B. 1 TT:2 Tt:1 tt
crossed. Which describes their offspring?
C. 2 TT:1 Tt:1 tt
A. 50% tall and 50% short
D. 0 TT:0 Tt:4 tt
B. 75%tall and 25% short
C. 100%short 161. The physical expression of the genes is
called this.
D. none of above
A. allele
156. the different forms of a gene B. chromosome
A. alleles C. gene
B. gene D. phenotype
C. punnett square
162. Which statement pertains to Mendel’s
D. incomplete dominance law of segregation?
157. A cross of a red cow with a white bull A. Two alleles for each trait separate dur-
produces all road offspring. This type of ing meiosis.
inheritance is known as B. Homozygous organisms are called hy-
A. codominance brids.
B. incomplete dominance C. Dominant traits are visible.
C. multiple alleles D. Allele pairs are called a genotype.
D. “breed time: 163. Point Mutation:DeletionCGA TAG → CGA
TA
158. If a population has the following geno-
type frequencies, AA=0.2, Aa=0.46, and A. Nucleotide/Base is removed
aa=0.12, what are the allele frequen- B. Nucleotide/Base is inserted
cies? C. Nucleotide/Base is replaced with an-
A. A=0.42, a=0.12 other
B. A=0.6, a=0.4 D. none of above
164. When a capital letter is used, what kind C. The alleles in the gametes of each par-
of allele is being represented? ent.
168. incomplete dominance means that there A. When both alleles can be observed in
traits are, , , a phenotype
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C. incomplete dominance
B. huntingtons disease
D. multiple alleles
C. galactosemia
D. Tay Sachs 181. A kitten has spots and stripes. The
mother has stripes and the father has
176. Which is the genotype of a male with a spots. Which law of inheritance does this
dominant sex-linked trait carried on the X show?
chromosome? A. incomplete dominance
A. XDY B. codominance
B. XDXD C. multiple alleles
C. XDYD D. polygenic inheritance
D. XdY
182. Flower colour of snapdragons is an ex-
ample of incomplete dominance. If a
177. A plant with a genotype of Rr is
pink (CrCw) plant is crossed with a white
A. homozygous dominant (CwCw) plant, their progeny plants will
be:
B. homozygous recessive
A. 100% pink
C. heterozygous
B. 50% pink, 50% white
D. none of above
C. 25% red, 25% pink, 25% white
178. An organism that has two different alle- D. 25% white, 75% red
les for a trait (hybrid)
A. fertilization 183. In Mendel’s time, most people believed
that
B. genotype
A. all genetic traits bred true.
C. homozygous
B. the characteristics of parents were
D. heterozygous blended in the offspring.
the disorder, what is the probability that 189. The different forms of a gene are called
her daughter will also be a carrier?
A. traits
195. If the dominant allele is G and the reces- 200. In a cross of a round hybrid pea with a
sive allele is g, an organism that is GG is true breeding round parent (Ww x WW),
called while an organism that is gg is what genotypic proportions would be ob-
called served in the offspring?
A. Homozygous / heterozygous A. Half heterozygous, half homozygous
dominant
B. Heterozygous / homozygous
B. Half round, half wrinkled
C. Homozygous / homozygous
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C. All heterozygous
D. Heterozygous / heterozygous
D. All round
196. the 2 alleles that control the phenotype
201. What results from meiosis of a diploid
of a trait
cell?
A. genotype
A. genetically different diploid cell
B. phenotype
B. genetically different haploid cell
C. allele C. genetically identical diploid cell
D. gene D. genetically identical haploid cell
197. If both a dominant and a recessive allele 202. If something is heterozygous, it is also
are in the genotype, which trait will be ex-
pressed?
A. purebred
A. acquired
B. hybrid
B. dominant C. dominant
C. hybrid D. recessive
D. recessive
203. map unit is equal to:
198. A cross between a dominant homozygous A. 1 nm
tall pea plant and homozygous recessive
B. 1% recombination
would yield ratios of
C. 1 chromosome
A. 1 homozygous tall:3 heterozygous tall
D. 1 mutation
B. 1 homozygous tall:1 heterozygous tall
C. 3 homozygous tall:1 heterozygous tall 204. Linked gene definition
A. genes that are close to each other on a
D. All heterozygous tall
chromosome and so are more likely than
199. Some alleles are dominant while others others to be inherited together
are recessive B. a trait controlled by a gene on a sex
A. Allele principle chromosome
C. describes the genotype of a trait for
B. principle of dominance
which the two alleles an individual carries
C. principle of genetics are the same
D. principle of inheritance D. none of above
216. A variation of a gene that determines the 222. In chickens, feather color is codominant.
trait is called a If a black chicken BB is mated with one
A. gene that is black and white (BW) what are the
chances of having a chicken that is black
B. chromosome and white?
C. allele A. 50%
D. dominant B. 0%
217. What is the probability of two heterozy- C. 25%
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gotes having two offspring that are also D. 100%
heterozygotes?
A. 25% 223. Black fur(B) in guinea pigs is dominant
over white fur(b). Find the probability of
B. 50% a white offspring in a cross between two
C. 100% heterozygous guinea pigs. (Use a Punnett
D. 12.5% square!)
A. 0%
218. The following is a genotype
B. 25%
A. Blue eyes
C. 50%
B. Brown hair
D. 75%
C. 50% blue eyes
D. Bb 224. a nucleus containing a single set of un-
paired chromosomes
219. This trait always shows up in an organ- A. diploid
ism when the allele is present
B. haploid
A. dominant allele
C. heterozygous
B. codominance
D. homozygous
C. probability
D. recessive allele 225. Which law states that organisms inherit
2 copies of each gene and donate one to
220. Possible causes due to Point Mutation their offspring
A. deletion, insertion and substitution A. law of independent assortment
B. adenine, thymine, cytosine, guanine B. law of segregation
C. deletion, insertion and amino acid syn- C. law of genetic linkage
thesis D. law of inheritance
D. proteins, amino acids, DNA
226. What is the probability of two cystic fi-
221. Alleles for this type of trait are repre- brosis carriers having a child with cystic
sented by capital letters. fibrosis?
A. acquired A. 0%
B. dominant B. 25%
C. hybrid C. 50%
D. recessive D. 100%
227. A phenotype that results from a domi- 232. Proteins on the surface of red blood
nant allele must have at least domi- cells that if unrecognized, can cause your
nant allele(s) present in the parent(s) immune system to produce antibodies
229. An allele whose trait only shows up when 234. Neither allele is dominant over the other
no dominant allele is present.Lowercase and each is equally expressed in a het-
letter. erozygote
A. hidden allele A. Complete dominance
B. dominant allele B. Incomplete dominance
C. recessive allele C. Co-Dominance
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C. XHY A. I only
D. XhY B. I and II only
C. II and III only
239. If a population is in Hardy-Weinberg equi-
librium, then D. I, II and III
A. It is not evolving 244. The plant that used by Mendel was
B. Mutations and selective mating have A. Mangifera indica
been taking place
B. Pisum sativum
C. The frequency of alleles has been fluc-
tuating C. Zea mays
248. Genes W, X, Y and Z are linked on the 253. Populations with little genetic variation
same chromosome. The following are the are at risk of which of the following?
cross-over values between the genes. W
251. How many copies of every gene (alleles) 256. A trait that will always be expressed in
does each person carry for a trait? the phenotype if it is in the genotype.
A. 1 A. acquired
B. 2 B. dominant
C. 3 C. hybrid
D. 4 D. recessive
252. Down Syndrome results from a(n) 257. Each human somatic cell contains how
chromosome. many alleles for a given trait?
A. extra A. 1
B. missing B. 2
C. enlarged C. 23
D. weak D. it depends on their genotype
258. Brown eye color is dominant. Blue eye 263. Hemophilia is a sex-linked recessive trait
color is recessive. Select the person that found on the x chromosome. Complete a
is a purebred for blue eyes. cross between a woman who is a carrier
A. AA and a man who is normal.What are the
chances, if they have a daughter, that she
B. Aa is a carrier?
C. aA A. 100%
D. aa B. 75%
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259. A recessive trait expresses itself C. 50%
A. only in homozygous genotypes D. 25%
C. Codominance C. 10
D. Incomplete dominance D. 16
278. Gene A, B, and C are on the same chro- 283. An organism’s genetic makeup, or allele
mosome. Gene A separates from gene B combination
15% of the time and gene B separates A. fertilization
from gene C 2% of the time. How far
apart are genes A and C in gene map? B. genotype
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A. 2 map units C. phenotype
D. heterozygous
B. 15 map units
C. 17 map units 284. A curly haired man married a straight
haired woman. All of their children have
D. 30 map units
wavy hair. What type of dominance does
279. Disorders on the X chromosome affect this show?
at a higher frequency. A. Codominance
A. males B. Incomplete dominance
B. females C. Dominant / Recessive Inheritance Pat-
C. They affect both males and females tern
evenly D. none of above
D. none of the above 285. According to , genes that are closer
280. A Punnett square shows you all the ways together on a chromosome, have a higher
in which can combine. chance of being inherited together.
B. phenotypes B. Polygenic
C. Alleles C. Pleiotropy
D. Epistasis
D. dogs
286. If short hair (L) is dominant to long hair
281. Which substance is coded for by a length
(l), then to determine the genotype of a
of DNA?
short-haired animal it should be crossed
A. fat with
B. fatty acid A. LL
C. glycerol B. Ll
D. lipase C. ll
282. There are three different genotypes re- D. all of these
sulting from a monohybrid self cross. How 287. Why do humans have such a wide vari-
many different genotypes would there be ety of phenotypes when it comes to eye
from a dihybrid self cross? color?
A. 4 A. it is controlled by many different genes
B. 8
B. the gene for eye color has three alleles 293. How much of your DNA do you inherit
from your mother?
B. 23 D. and d) only
C. 46
296. Which condition is inherited as a domi-
D. 44 nant allele?
291. A pattern of inheritance in which a trait A. cystic fibrosis
is carried on one of the sex-determining
B. albinism
chromosomes.
C. Huntington’s disease
A. Dominant Inheritance
B. Co-dominance D. Tay-Sacs disease
C. Incomplete dominance 297. A person does not have antigen A or anti-
D. Sex-linked inheritance gen B in the red blood cells. What is his
blood type?
292. How many of Mendel’s laws are there?
A. Blood type O
A. 3
B. 2 B. Blood type AB
C. 1 C. Blood type A
D. 4 D. Blood type B
298. Pairs of genes that control the same trait 303. Snap dragon color is a incomplete domi-
are known as nant trait. A red flower (RR) is crossed
with white flower (WW). What color are
A. allelles
flowers that are heterozygous?
B. gametes
A. Red
C. hybrids B. Red and White
D. loci C. White
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299. Assume alleles A and a for a trait. If D. Pink
two heterozygous individuals are crossed, 304. What is the phenotype of a person with
what is the resulting genotypic ratio? the genotype AO?
A. 1:2:1 (1AA:2Aa:1aa) A. type A
B. 3:1 B. type O
C. 1:2 C. AA
D. 1:4 D. OO
300. Sex determination in mammals is deter- 305. If an organism’s diploid number is 46,
mined by the in the chromosome. what is its haploid number?
A. SRY gene; X A. 2
B. 23
B. SRY gene; Y
C. 46
C. HERC2; 15
D. 92
D. BRCA1; 6
306. When genes with three or more alleles
301. What happens to the chromosome num- control traits
ber after meiosis and after mitosis? A. incomplete dominance
A. meiosis-halved; mitosis-halved B. polygenic
B. meiosis-halved; mitosis-stays the C. co-dominant
same
D. multiple alleles
C. meiosis-stays the same; mitosis-
halved 307. What gametes can be made from this par-
ents genes?AaBb
D. meiosis-stays the same; mitosis-stays
the same A. AA, aa, BB, bb
B. AB, ab
302. geneticists call how a trait appears or de-
C. A, a, B, b
scribed
D. AB, Ab, aB, ab
A. phenotype
308. Yellow, chocolate, and black Labrador Re-
B. genotype
trievers are a result of which inheritance
C. gene pattern?
D. allele A. Epistasis
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C. 75%
D. 50% D. none of above
325. Which of these is an inherited trait for
320. What defines a diploid nucleus?
humans?
A. a nucleus containing two sets of chro-
A. knowing how to read
mosomes
B. speaking English
B. a nucleus containing two unpaired
chromosomes C. being able to play the violin
C. a nucleus with two alternative forms D. having two arms
of a gene 326. In snapdragons, heterozygotes have pink
D. a nucleus with two separate threads of flowers, whereas homozygotes have red
DNA or white flowers. When plants with
red flowers are crossed with plants with
321. An allele that is expressed on the pheno- white flowers, what proportion of the off-
type when there is one or two of it, it can spring will have pink flowers?
mask the recessive allele. it is represented
A. 50%
with a capital letter.
B. 25%
A. recessive
C. 100%
B. heterozygous
D. 75%
C. dominant
327. This trait is hidden whenever the domi-
D. phenotype
nant allele is present
322. Tall (T) is dominant over dwarf (t) in a A. dominant allele
species of plant. A tall plant has an un-
B. codominance
known genotype. Which plant should it be
crossed with to ascertain this? C. recessive allele
A. TT D. Punnett Square
329. What type of chart is used to help or- 334. A human usually has total chromo-
ganize study and predict genetic inheri- somes in each cell.
tance?
330. When Mendel crossed true-breeding tall 335. One gene from an inherited pair is called
plants (TT) with true-breeding short plants this.
(tt), all of the offspring were tall because
A. an allele
331. What should you use to predict the traits A. the greater resemblance of offspring
of offspring when you know the genes of of to parents than to other individuals in
two parents? the population
C. Alleles C. Gene
D. Mendel’s code D. Trait
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D. formation of a Barr body
340. A person heterozygous for wet earwax
345. A chart or “family tree” that tracks
mates with a person homozygous reces-
which members of a family have a particu-
sive for dry earwax. What is the chance
lar trait
their baby is heterozygous?
A. Gene
A. 0%
B. Pedigree
B. 25%
C. Punnett Square
C. 50%
D. Dominant
D. 100%
346. When Mendel crossed yellow-seeded and
341. Tt is- green-seeded pea plants, all the offspring
A. homozygous dominant were yellow-seeded. When he took these
F1 yellow-seeded plants and crossed them
B. homozygous recessive to green-seeded plants, what genotypic
C. heterozygous ratio was expected?
D. none of these A. 1:2:1
B. 3:1
342. What do you call the non-Mendelian in-
heritance pattern where neither trait is C. 1:1
dominant and the traits appear to blend D. 1:1:1:1
together in heterozygous individuals?
347. What is the diploid number in human
A. Codominance cells?
B. Incomplete dominance A. 2
C. Polygenic traits B. 23
D. none of above C. 46
349. The inheritance pattern of hemophilia is 355. Which generation represents the initial
A. autosomal dominant cross?
360. How many alleles (letters) does a child 365. Some genetic disorders are caused by
get from each parent for each trait? what?
A. 1 A. alleles
B. 2 B. Mutations in the DNA of genes
C. 3 C. Phenotype
D. Genotype
D. 4
366. The set of alleles for a trait of an organ-
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361. Crossing an organism with an unknown ism is known as
genotype for a trait with an organism that
is homozygous recessive is called a A. homozygous
B. heterozygous
A. Punnet Square
C. phenotype
B. Testcross
D. genotype
C. Mendelian cross
367. Having two different alleles for a given
D. heterozygote
trait, usually one dominant and one reces-
sive
362. What gender has an X and a Y chromo-
some? A. Recessive
A. male B. Genotype
B. female C. Phenotype
D. Heterozygous
C. transgender
D. all of the above 368. Which of these is a learned behavior for
a dog?
363. A cross between two tall garden pea A. walking on four legs
plants produced 314 tall plants and 98
B. rolling over on command
short plants. What genotypes are the par-
ents? C. barking
A. TT and tt D. panting
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B. 1/4
D. Biology
C. 1/3
D. none (no chance for this offspring) 388. This law describes how each homologous
pair separates independently of any other
383. A man with crooked teeth marries a pairs during Anaphase I of meiosis
woman with straight teeth. Most of the
A. Law of Segregation
their children have straight teeth.
B. Law of Independent Assortment
A. complete dominance
B. incomplete dominance C. Law of Gravity
392. If a pea plant has a gray seed coat color, 397. is the observable physical or biochem-
is that the pea plants phenotype of geno- ical characteristics of an individual organ-
type? ism, determined by genetic make-up and
395. What is the definition of heterozygous? 400. If a Homozygous red snapdragon and
a Heterozygous pink snapdragon were
A. when an individual has two sets of the crossed-what percentage of the offspring
same allele would be homozygous white?
B. when it is neither dominant or reces- A. 0%
sive
B. 25%
C. A pair of genes where one is dominant
C. 50%
and one is recessive.
D. 75%
D. none of above
401. R=round seedr=wrinkled seed.Cross
396. If the results of a testcross reveal that a homozygous round with a wrinkled.
all offspring resemble the parents being Which statement predicts the results?
tested, then it may be concluded that the
parents are A. offspring will be Rr
B. offspring will be RR
A. heterozygous
C. round seeds will be recessive to wrin-
B. polygenic
kled
C. homozygous
D. Wrinkled will be observed in half of off-
D. recessive spring
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403. When, in a hybrid (heterozygous), BOTH D. dominant
alleles are expressed, the type of domi- 409. type of cell division where one body cell
nance is produces for gametes, each containing half
A. complete dominance the number of chromosomes in a parent’s
B. incomplete dominance body.
C. codominance A. mesiosis
D. multiple alleles B. mitosis
C. sperm
404. alleles of a gene are the same
D. egg
A. heterozygous
B. homozygous 410. Which of the following traits exhibit dis-
C. gene continuous variation?
D. phenotype A. weight
B. IQ (intelligence quotient)
405. What does a horizontal line between a
square and a circle mean? C. skin colour
A. They are siblings D. left or right handedness
B. They are cousins 411. Hemophilia is a recessive x-linked disor-
C. They are married (”together”) der. Which genotype represents a female
who is a carrier for hemophilia?
D. They are the children
A. XHXh
406. one of the pair of chromosomes responsi-
ble for determining the sex of an individ- B. XhXh
ual C. XHXH
A. karyotype D. XhY
B. sex chromosome
412. A carrier of a genetic disorder who does
C. genotype not show symptoms is most likely to be
D. pedigree to transmit it to offspring.
A. heterozygous for the trait and able
407. When bases pair up in the formation of
DNA, what is one of the pairings? B. heterozygous for the trait and unable
A. G and A C. homozygous for the trait and able
B. G and C D. homozygous for the trait and unable
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425. How many chromosomes are found in the
nucleus of a human sperm cell? A. sex-linked trait
A. 23 B. polygenic trait
B. 92 C. codominant trait
C. 46 D. incomplete dominance trait
D. 18
431. If an organism that is homozygous reces-
426. What is the genotype for a pea plant sive for a trait is crossed with a heterozy-
heterozygous for round seeds (R), and ho- gote, what is the chance of getting a ho-
mozygous recessive for green seeds (y)? mozygous recessive phenotype in the first
A. Ry generation?
B. RRyy A. 0%
C. RrYy B. 25%
D. Rryy C. 50%
D. 100%
427. Assume G codes for green color and g for
yellow. If two heterozygotes are crossed, 432. In a certain species of animal, black fur
what is the resulting phenotypic ratio? (B) is dominant over tan fur (b). Which
A. 100% green type of dominance does this cross show?
B. 100% yellow A. Complete Dominance
C. 3:1 (3 green, 1 yellow) B. Incomplete Dominance
D. 1:2:1 C. Codominance
428. Codominance results in D. Polygenic Inheritance
A. Full expression of both alleles 433. Green scales are completely dominant
B. A blend of the two alleles. over red scales. If you cross two heterozy-
gous parents for green scales, what are
C. Expression of the more dominant trait
the chances of their offspring being het-
erozygous green scales?
D. Expression of the more recessive trait
A. 0%
429. Which of the following represents the B. 100%
possible genotypes resulting from a cross
between an individual heterozygous (Bb) C. 50%
and one that is homozygous (bb)? D. 25%
434. Where is DNA mostly found within a pink flowers ( CRCW). If two pink flow-
cell? ers are crossed, what is the probability of
having a pink flower?
A. XB Y C. 3
B. Xb Y D. 4
D. an allele A. SS
B. Ss
439. When a plant with red flowers (CRCR) is
crossed with a plant that has white flow- C. ss
ers ( CWCW), the resulting offspring has D. none of above
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445. Any observable trait is the individual’s tion.
A. genetics C. recessive genes can never be ex-
B. genes pressed
454. If a woman has type A blood and her child 459. What is the genotype of a person with
has type O blood, the father must have type A blood, who had a father with type
which of the following blood types? O blood?
C. AB or B C. AA
D. OO
D. O only
460. How many PAIRS of sex chromosomes do
455. If a colorblind male marries a woman humans have?
who is a carrier, what percentage of their
FEMALE children will be colorblind? A. 23
B. 46
A. 0%
C. 1
B. 25%
D. 2
C. 50%
D. 100% 461. Evolution is
A. changes over time in populations
456. The genotype is the B. natural process that passes favorable
A. physical appearance traits
B. Genetic makeup C. historical timeline of fossils
C. Alleles gained from one parent D. the process in which an animal dies out
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B. X D. none of above
C. XY
471. A rabbit with white fur was crossed with
D. XXY
a rabbit with black fur. The cross produced
466. The set of genes carried by an organism offspring with black and white fur. This
is called this. type of inheritance is known as
A. dominant A. dihybrid recessive
B. genotype B. dominance
C. phenotype C. codominance
D. recessive
D. multiple alleles
467. a length of DNA that codes for a protein
is called 472. The factor that covers up another factor
A. an allele is a?
C. 44 C. Pure Breeding
D. 46 D. Hybrid
485. An organism which has two allelic forms 491. a model that predicts possible genotypes
of a particular gene is and phenotypes of offspring
A. genotype A. Punnett Cube
B. hybrid B. Punnett Circle
C. heterozygous
C. Punnett Square
D. homozygous
D. Punnett Rectangle
486. A human usually has total chromo-
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somes. 492. Human blood types are an example of:
A. 6 A. incomplete dominance
B. 22 B. polygenic traits
C. 4 C. multiple alleles
D. 46 D. co-dominance
487. a genetic trait that is expressed in a per-
son who has only one copy of the gene as- 493. Amniocentesis and chorionic villus sam-
sociated with the trait pling allow for and of the fetus
so that it can be tested for abnormalities.
A. genotype
A. imaging biochemical
B. phenotype
C. recessive trait B. imaging karyotyping
496. Assume short hair (L) is dominant to 501. What is a trait that will always be ex-
long hair (l) and black hair (B) is domi- pressed in the phenotype?
nant to brown (b). If you found a black
500. W=white hairw= non-white hairIf you 505. In Mendel’s second experiment, he
cross a horse with WW and a horse with crossed two purple flowers from the F1
ww what fraction of the offspring would generation. What were the resulting phe-
be expected to have white hair? notypes?
A. none A. 100% purple
B. 3/4 B. 100% white
C. 1/2 C. 75% purple, 25% white
D. all D. 75% white, 25% purple
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C. a trait controlled by a gene on a sex
chromosome C. recessive gene
D. none of above
D. physical appearance
507. Cross?
512. Mating an individual expressing a domi-
A. the breeding of organisms that differ
nant phenotype but those genotype is un-
in one of more traits
known with an individual expressing the
B. an individual that is heterozygous at corresponding recessive phenotype is an
two genetic zygous example of
C. describes the genotype of a trait from A. a heterozygous cross.
parents to offspring from genetic informa-
tion B. an F1 cross.
D. none of above C. a self cross.
525. What do you call the non-Mendelian in- D. genotypes of genetically related family
heritance pattern where both traits are members
dominant and both appear in the organism
with heterozygous genotype? 530. Which of these pertains to Mendel’s law
of independent assortment?
A. Codominance
A. observable characteristics of a trait
B. Incomplete dominance
B. protein production
C. Polygenic traits
C. random distribution of alleles
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D. none of above
D. separation of alleles during meiosis
526. A white mouse with red eyes is crossed
531. When both alleles of a pair are alike, the
with a black mouse with brown eyes. The
organism is said to be
white mouse is recessive for both of its
traits. The black mouse is dominant for A. Homozygous
both of its traits.This cross would be B. Heterozygous
A. BBEE x bbee C. Homologous
B. BBEe x BbEe D. Heterologous
C. BbEE x BbEe 532. A 1:1 phenotypic ratio in a test cross in-
D. BBee x BBEE dicates that
A. the alleles are dominant
527. The trait that will always be expressed
if at least one copy of an allele is present. B. one parent must have been homozy-
gous dominant
A. Recessive
C. the dominant parent was a heterozy-
B. Dominant
gote
C. DNA
D. the alleles segregated randomly
D. none of above
533. What type of inheritance do two alleles
528. When more than two versions of a gene have if their traits blend together?
for a particular trait exist in the human A. Incomplete Dominance
population, it is a trait.
B. Co-Dominance
A. sex-linked
C. Mendelian Inheritance
B. polygenic
D. Homozygous Inheritance
C. epistatic
534. How are Incomplete Dominance and Co
D. multiple allele
Dominance different than a complete dom-
529. What is polygenic inheritance? inance (Mendelian genetics) cross?
A. a phenotype determined by multiple A. There is no difference
genes B. The heterozygous genotype has a
B. a phenotype that is a blend of parents’ unique phenotype
phentotypes C. There is no heterozygous genotype
C. phenotype showing traits of both alle- D. There is only one phenotype regard-
les less of genotype.
535. B-black, b-brown. Two black mice mate 540. The passing of traits from one generation
and have some black and some brown mice. to another.
What is the genotype of the parents?
545. What is a probable reason that a trait 549. Which is the set of alleles that an individ-
skips a generation? ual possesses?
A. The trait is recessive. A. Agene
B. The trait is dominant. B. A genotype
C. The trait has been amplified. C. A genome
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550. What type of inheritance is determined
546. Which sex chromosomes are present in
by multiple genes located on different chro-
all mature human egg cells (ova)?
mosomes and there can be a range of pos-
A. both X and Y chromosomes sible traits? Ex:Eye Color
B. either X or Y chromosomes A. Codominance
C. only X chromosomes B. Incomplete dominance
D. only Y chromosomes C. Polygenic traits
D. none of above
547. Snap dragon color is a incomplete domi-
nant trait. A red flower (RR) is crossed 551. a test-cross consists of a cross
with white flower (rr)? What color are A. of two pure breeding to find out which
flowers that are Rr? form of a gene is dominant
A. Red B. between two unknown forms to deter-
B. Red and White mine their genotypes
13. DNA replication in bacteria occurs in 19. The amino acid attaches to the tRNA at its
A. G1 Phase A. 5’-end
B. G2 Phase
B. 3’-end
C. S Phase
C. anticodon site
D. M Phase
D. DHUloop.
14. What protein is DNA wrapped around for
packing in preparation for cell division?
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20. Which scientist experimentally proved
A. Histone that DNA is the sole genetic material in
B. DNA bacteriophage?
C. RNA A. Jacob and Monod
D. Primer B. Beadle and Tautum
15. In Lac operon which of the following reg- C. Messelson and Stahl
ulates the switching on and off of the
operon? D. Hershey and Chase
A. Repressor protein
21. First experimental proof for semi-
B. Lactose conservative DNA replication was shown
C. β -galactosidase in
D. Permease A. Streptococcus pneumoniae
16. Which scientist(s) determined that DNA B. Escherichia coli
replication was a semi-conservative pro-
cess? C. Neurospora crassa
A. Meselson & Stahl D. Rattus rattus.
B. Griffith
22. What is the function of tRNA
C. Hershey & Chase
D. Chargaff A. To synthesize protein
24. If a homozygous recessive is crossed with 29. RNA primase is used show where DNA
a heterozygous individual, what would be polymerase III is to attach to add nu-
the ratio of dominant to recessive individ- cleotides on the exposed lagging strand.
B. 2:1 A. telomere
D. 4:1 C. primer
D. topoisomerase
25. What rule determines how much of each
nucleotide there will be and what does it 30. The following is not a character of RNA:
tell us? A. RNA is unstable and degradable
A. Chargaff’s Rule (C=A & T=G) B. RNA mutates at faster rate than DNA
B. Avery’s Rule (A=G & C=T C. RNA evolves slowly
C. Griffiths Rule (T=C & G=A) D. RNA is catalytic /reactive
D. Chargaff’s Rule (A=T & G=C)
31. If DNA Polymerase is reading the follow-
26. The function of DNA polymerase I is to ing sequence:3’-AATCGC-5’ what will the
enzyme add to the growing DNA strand?
A. add nucleotide complements to the
growing strand. A. 5’-GCGATT-3’
B. remove the RNA primer. B. 5’-TTAGCG-3’
C. bond the Okazaki fragments together C. 5’-AATCGC-3’
on the lagging strand. D. 3’-AATCGC-5’
D. keep the DNA strands from reforming
32. Which of these enzymes is not a part of
after DNA helicase “unzips” them.
DNA Replication?
27. What makes the exact copying of DNA A. Helicase
molecules possible?
B. Topoisomerase
A. Base pairing
C. Ligase
B. Hydrogen bonding between nu-
D. Hexokinase
cleotides
C. Sugar-phosphate backbone 33. Which scientist(s) said that adenine and
guanine equals thymine and cytosine?
D. The double helix shape
A. Franklin & Watkins
28. If the total amount of adenine and thymine B. Chargaff
in a double-stranded DNA is 45%, the
amount of guanine in this DNA will be C. Griffith
A. 22.5% D. Hershey & Chase
B. 27.5% 34. Who discovered the double helix?
C. 45% A. Watson and Crick
D. 55% B. Chargaff
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B. RNA Primase D. the sticky end of a DNA fragment.
C. Ligase 41. The force that holds DNA together in a dou-
D. There are no RNA primers during DNA ble helix is
Replication A. The force of the twist
36. The fact that a purine base always paired B. covalent bonds
through hydrogen bonds with a pyrimidine C. ionic bonds or ionic interactions
base leads to, in the DNA double helix:
D. hydrogen bonds
A. the antiparallel nature
42. What are the labels and basic parts of a
B. the semiconservative nature nucleotide (the monomer of nucleic acids).
C. uniform width throughout DNA Describe their shape.
D. uniform length in all DNA A. Sugar (Circle), Phosphate (Rectangle),
Base (Circle)
37. Which was the first catalytic molecule dur- B. Phosphate (Circle), Sugar (Pentagon),
ing evolution of life? Base (Rectangle)
A. DNA C. DNA (Triangle), Sulfur (Hexagon),
B. rRNA Base (Rectangle)
D. mRNA 43. Find out the wrongly matched pair with re-
spect to lac operon.
38. Which of the following composes the ribo- A. Inducer-Lactose
somes?
B. Lac z-codes for repressor protein
A. mRNA
C. Presence of glucose-Switches off the
B. tRNA lac operon
C. rRNA D. Repressor protein-Negative control of
D. DNA lac operon
44. In eukaryotic genes, coding sequences are
39. What does DNA have that RNA doesn’t called
A. Presence of thymine A. introns
B. Presence of deoxyribose B. exons
C. Presence of ribose C. regulatory sequence
D. Both a and b D. repretitive DNA
45. Which enzyme is responsible for adding nu- C. contain different genes.
cleotides? D. express different genes.
56. The mutations that involve addition, dele- 62. The enzyme peptidyl transferase of
tion or substitution of a single pair in a prokaryotes resides in
gene are referred to as
A. 50S ribosome
A. point mutations
B. 30S ribosome
B. lethal mutations
C. silent mutations C. 40S ribosome
D. retrogressive mutations. D. 60S ribosome
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57. Control of gene expression takes place at
63. Which nitrogen base does RNA have that
the level of
DNA does not?
A. DNA-replication
A. Thymine
B. transcription
C. translation B. Adenine
67. Who proposed semi conservative mode of 72. What amino acid sequence will be gener-
replication in DNA through Experimental ated, based on the following mRNA codon
study in E.coli? sequence? 5’ AUG-UCU-UCG-UUA-UCC-
69. In a DNA strand the nucleotides are linked 74. What is the effect of a nonsense mutation
together by in a gene?
A. glycosidic bonds A. It has no effect on the amino acid se-
quence of the encoded protein.
B. phosphodiester bonds
B. It alters the reading frame of the
C. peptide bonds
mRNA.
D. hydorgen bonds. C. It introduces a premature stop codon
into the mRNA.
70. In 125 amino acid sequence if the codon for
25th amino acid is mutated to UAA, then D. It changes an amino acid in the en-
coded protein.
A. A polypeptide of 24 amino acids is
formed 75. Scientists at a university are examining a
B. A polypeptide of 124 amino acids is molecule that contains sugar, phosphate,
formed adenine, and uracil. Which of the follow-
ing molecules is being examined?
C. No polypeptides are formed
A. RNA
D. A polypeptide of 25 amino acids is
B. DNA
formed
C. protein
71. RNA polymerase I, transcribes all the D. enzyme
given types of RNA, except
A. 5.8 s rRNA 76. Which scientists used X-ray crystallogra-
phy to determine the helical structure of
B. 18 s rRNA DNA?
C. 5 s rRNA A. Watson & Crick
D. 28 s rRNA B. Hershey & Chase
C. Meselson & Stahl 82. The initial mechanism for repairing nu-
cleotide errors in DNA is
D. Franklin & Watkins
A. mismatch repair
77. When adding the next monomer to a grow- B. DNA polymerase proofreading
ing DNA strand, the monomer is added to
the C. nucleotide excision repair
D. thymine dimers
A. 1’ carbon of the deoxyribose
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B. 2’ carbon of the deoxyribose 83. When synthesizing a new DNA strand,
DNA polymerase writes
C. 3’ carbon of the deoxyribose
A. 5’ to 3’
D. 4’ carbon of the deoxyribose
B. 3’ to 5’
78. During the replication of DNA, the synthe- C. 3’ to 5’ or 5’ to 3’
sis of DNA as lagging strand takes place D. none of above
in segment, these segments are called
84. What is the role of DNA ligase in the elon-
A. Double helix segments gation of the lagging strand during DNA
B. Satellite segments replication?
C. Kornberg segments A. It catalyzes the lengthening of telom-
eres.
D. Okazaki segments
B. It synthesizes RNA nucleotides to
79. DNA fragments are make a primer.
87. what is the full form of VNTR 92. Select the incorreclty matched pair.
A. Variable nucleus transfer repeat A. Initation codons-AUG, GUG
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98. A complex of ribosomes attached to a sin-
gle strand of RNA is known as C. 240
A. Polysome D. 480
B. Polymer 104. What is central dogma
C. Polypeptide A. Formation of RNA from DNA and for-
D. Okazaki fragment mation of proteins from RNA
B. Formation of protein from DNA and for-
99. The basis of DNA fingerprinting is mation of RNA from protein
A. Double helix C. Formation of DNA from RNA and for-
B. Errorrs in base sequence mation of protein from DNA
C. Polymorphism in sequence D. None of the above
D. DNA replication 105. The structure of DNA is characterized by
a
100. The codon AUG is
A. right-or-left-handed double helix and
A. Ochre antiparallel strands
B. Amber B. right-handed double helix and antipar-
C. Initiation codon allel strands
D. Termination codon C. right-handed single helix
D. right-handed single helix and parallel
101. The nitrogenous bases (and the two
strands
strands of the DNA double helix) are held
together by 106. coupled transcription and translation
A. weak van der Waals forces found in
B. covalent bonds A. Prokaryotes
C. hydrogen bonds B. E.coli
D. a and b C. Both A&B
D. Plants
102. The unwinding of DNA at the replication
fork causes twisting and strain in the DNA 107. The experiments of Meselson and Stahl
ahead of the fork, which is relieved by an showed that DNA
enzyme called A. replicates in a semiconservative fash-
A. ligase ion
B. helicase B. is composed of nucleotides
C. codes for the amino acid sequences of C. an enzyme that catalyzes the associa-
proteins tion between the large and small riboso-
mal subunits
B. primase A. Tailing
C. ligase B. Transformation
D. DNA polymerase C. Capping
D. Splicing
109. Which of the following phenomena was
experimentally proved by Meselson and 114. Which of the following help(s) to hold the
Stahl? DNA strands apart while they are being
A. Transformation replicated?
B. Transduction A. RNA primase
C. Semi-conservative DNA replication B. single-strand binding proteins
D. Central dogma C. DNA polymerase I
D. DNA ligase
110. If a codon consists of 3 bases and there
are 5 different kinds of bases in a nucleic 115. If there are 999 bases in an RNA that
acid altogether. How many codon will be codes for a protein with 333 amino acids,
there? and the base at position 901 is deleted
A. 61 such that the length of the RNA becomes
998 bases, how many codons will be al-
B. 125
tered?
C. 27
A. 11
D. 64
B. 33
111. Removal of RNA polymerase III from nu- C. 333
cleoplasm will affect the synthesis of:
D. 1
A. t RNA
B. hn RNA 116. During replication, the new DNA strand
is synthesized
C. m RNA
A. in the 5’ to 3’ direction
D. r RNA
B. in the 3’ to 5’ direction
112. What is a ribozyme? C. in both the 3’ to 5’ and 5’ to 3’ direc-
A. an RNA with enzymatic activity tions from the replication fork.
B. an enzyme that synthesizes RNA as D. from one end to the other, in the 3’ to
part of the transcription process 5’ or the 5’ to 3’ directions
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B. AUG
118. Embryonic lethal mutations result in
? C. UAA
121. Which of the following is not true of RNA 126. DNA is a polymer made of
processing? A. sugars
A. Ribozymes(enzymes that work only on
B. amino acids
RNA) may function in RNA splicing.
C. fats
B. Exons are cut out before mRNA leaves
the nucleus. D. nucleotides
127. The main enzyme in DNA replication is 132. Which of the following components is re-
quired for DNA replication?
A. DNAse
130. Select the correct match of enzyme with 135. If one strand of DNA has the nitrogenous
its related function. base sequence at ATCTG, what would be
the complementary RNA strand sequence
A. DNA polymerase-Synthesis of DNA
strands A. TTAGU
B. UAGAC
B. Helicase-Unwinding of DNA helix
C. AACTG
C. Ligase-Joins together short DNA seg-
ments D. ATCGU
D. All of these 136. Discontinuous synthesis of DNA occurs in
one strand, because:
131. Which of these may be heterozygous?
A. DNA molecule being synthesised is
A. a haploid cell very long
B. an allele of a gene B. DNA dependent DNA polymearse catal-
C. an organism with a dominant pheno- yses polymerisation only in one direction
type (5’ → 3’)
137. During DNA replication, Okazaki frag- A. nuclease, DNA polymerase, and ligase
ments are used to elongate:
A. The lagging strand towards replication B. DNA polymerase, helicase, primase
fork. C. ligase, nuclease, and primase
B. The leading strand away from replica- D. nuclease, DNA polymerase, primase
tion fork.
143. Initiation of DNA strand synthesis is per-
C. The lagging strand away from the repli-
formed by:
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cation fork.
A. DNA polymerase I
D. The leading strand towards replication
fork. B. DNA Helicase
C. DNA Primase
138. Which enzyme catalyzes the elongation
D. DNA Topoisomerase
of a DNA strand in the 5’ → 3’ direction?
A. DNA polymerase I 144. If the sequence of the 5’-3’ strand is AAT-
GCTAC, then the complementary sequence
B. DNA polymerase III
has the following sequence:
C. helicase A. 3’-AATGCTAC-5’
D. topoisomerase B. 3’-CATCGTAA-5’
139. Who is credited with explaining the struc- C. 3’-TTACGATG-5’
ture of the DNA double helix? D. 3’-GTAGCATT-5’
A. Rosalind Franklin
145. Which enzyme is responsible for main-
B. Watson and Crick taining telomeres?
C. Hershey and Chase A. Hexokinase
D. Avery, McCarty, and MacLeod B. Telomerase
C. Topoisomerase
140. Meselson and Stahl experiment proved
D. Helicase
A. DNA is genetic material
B. Central Dogma 146. During the replication of DNA,
148. Which of the following attributes of DNA 152. RNA is the genetic material in
is most crucial to its accurate duplication? A. prokaryotes
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A. Adenine will be equal to Thymine C. tRNA
B. Cytosine will be equal to Thymine D. Proteins
C. Uracil will be equal to Guanine 165. In post transcription stage, which among
D. Adenine will be equal to Cytosine the following process is not involved.
A. Capping using Poly adenyl group
160. The net electric charge on DNA and his-
tones is B. Capping with methyl guanosine
triphosphate group
A. both positive
C. splicing
B. both positive
D. slicing
C. negative and positive, respectively
D. zero. 166. In the process of transcription in Eukary-
otes, the RNA polymerase I transcribes
161. State chargaff’s rule
A. Precursor of mRNA, hnRNA
A. Adenine=cytosine and gua-
B. mRNA with additional processing, cap-
nine=thymine
ping and tailing
B. Adenine=thymine and cyto-
C. tRNA, 5 srRNA and snRNAs
sine=guanine
D. rRNAs-28 S, 18 S and 5.8 S
C. Adenine=guanine and thymine=cytosine
167. Who’s work in x-ray crystallography
D. none of above helped to discover the shape of the double
helix?
162. Which one among the following was the
A. Watson and Crick
first genetic material?
B. Avery
A. DNA
B. RNA C. Griffith
180. In lac operon the i gene codes for 185. How introns are removed in eukaryotic
A. Inducer of lac operon cells
A. Silencing
B. Repressor of lac operon
B. Capping
C. Hydrolysis of Disaccharide
C. Tailing
D. Permease
D. Splicing
181. Which RNA carries the amino acids from
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the amino acid pool to mRnA during pro- 186. A frameshift mutation could result from
tein synthesis? A. a base insertion only.
A. rRNA B. a base substitution only.
B. mRNA C. a base deletion only.
C. /RNA D. either an insertion or deletion of a
D. hnRNA base.
193. The important enzyme required for the 198. Which of the following is odd in reference
process of transcrption from DNA to mRNA of genetic code?
is A. Valine
A. DNA ligase B. Alanine
B. DNA polymerase C. Glycine
C. RNA polymerase D. Tryptophan
D. DNA helicase
199. The contains
194. The association of histone H1 with a nu-
A. Leading Strand / Okazaki Fragments
cleosome indicates:
A. DNA replication is occurring. B. Lagging Strand / Okazaki Fragments
A. chargraff A. ATTCGAAG
B. hershey and chase B. TAAGCTAC
C. Rosalind Franklin C. AUUCGAUG
D. watson and crick D. NONE OF THE ABOVE
201. This set of experiments used bacterio- 206. The RNA polymerase holocnzyme tran-
phages (viruses that invade bacteria) to scribes
determine the DNA was the source of ge- A. the promoter, structural gene and the
netic information. terminator region.
A. Watson and Crick Experiment B. the promoter and the terminator re-
B. Griffith Experiment gion
C. Hershey Chase Experiment C. the structural gene and the terminator
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region
D. Avery Experiments
D. the structural gene only.
202. DNA replication results in two DNA
molecules, 207. Removal of introns and joining of exons
in a defined order during transcription is
A. each one with two original strands called:
B. each one with two new strands A. Looping
C. each one with one new strand and one B. Inducing
original strand
C. Slicing
D. one with two new strands and the
other with two original strands D. Splicing
211. what breaks the hydrogen bonds 216. Which was the last human chromosome
to be completely sequenced?
A. helicase
213. Which scientist(s) mixed a heat-killed 218. Which scientists determined that DNA
pathogenic strain of bacteria with a living was a double helix?
nonpathogenic strain can convert some of A. Franklin & Watkins
the living cells into the pathogenic form?
B. Hershey & Chase
A. Griffith
C. Meselson & Stahl
B. Watson & Crick
D. Watson & Crick
C. Meselson & Stahl
219. One of the following is true with respect
D. Chargaff to AUG
214. With regard to mature mRNA in eukary- A. It codes for methionine only
otes: B. It is also an initiation codon
A. exons and introns do not appear in the C. It codes for methionine in both
mature RNA prokaryotes and eukaryotes
B. exons appear but introns do not ap- D. All of the above
pear in the mature RNA
220. The semiconservative model of DNA repli-
C. introns appear but exons do not ap- cation tells us what about the end results
pear in the mature RNA of the process?
D. both exons and introns appear in the A. 1/2 of each is the original
mature RNA
B. 1/4 of each is the original
215. Which of the following RNAs should be C. 1/8 of each is the original
most abundant in animal cell? D. 1/6 of each is the original
A. t RNA
221. Which of the following criteria must be
B. m RNA fulfilled by a genetic material.
C. mi RNA A. Replication and Mutation
D. r RNA B. Stability
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C. Okazaki fragments B. the ratio of A to G is close to 1:1 and
the ratio of T to C is close to 1:1
D. phosphodiester linkage
C. the ratio of A to T is close to 1:1 and
223. Which of the following best represents the ratio of G to C is close to 1:1
the Central Dogma?
D. A + T = 50% of the total bases
A. DNA → RNA → proteins
227. The number of stop codons which do not
B. RNA → DNA → proteins
code for any amino acid is
C. DNA → proteins → RNA
A. 1
D. proteins → RNA → DNA
B. 2
224. Bacteriophage nucleic acids were labelled C. 3
by carrying out an infection of E. coli cells
growing in D. 4
A. 14C-labeled CO2 228. The deflection of pitch angle between
B. 3H-labeled water two successive steps (rungs) of DNA is
C. 32P-labeled phosphate A. 72o
D. 35S-labeled sulfate B. 54o
7.4 Evolution
1. Who built a model of DNA and discovered C. Gregor Mendel
the double helix structure D. Mr. Mayer
A. Gregor Mendel
3. To what domain do humans belong?
B. Watson and Crick
A. Animalia
C. Rosalind Franklin
B. Archaea
D. Charles Darwin
C. Eukaryota
2. Who is known as the father of evolution? D. Bacteria
A. Albert Einstein 4. The difference between transposons and
B. Charles Darwin retrotransposons is
A. one uses RNA, one doesn’t 9. Natural selection is when what happens
B. one copies DNA, one doesn’t
8. Which can cause an organism to develop 13. Which adaptation has occurred due to ge-
genetic variation that could be used to help netic variation allowing some species to
it survive? seem invisible to predators?
A. mutations A. ability to make loud noises
B. cloning B. exceptional vision
C. cancer C. camouflage
D. none of above D. none of above
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15. Permanent loss of a species is called
D. Hocuspocus
A. speciation
B. extinction 21. A measure of how commonly a particular
C. evolution allele occurs in a population is known as
the
D. artificial selection
A. gene pool
16. If all four offspring are heterozygous or
B. allele frequency
hybrid, what are the genotypes of the par-
ents? C. mutation rate
A. RR, rr D. phenotype
B. rr, rr
22. In biology, all of the individuals of a
C. Rr, Rr species that live together in one place at
D. rr, Rr one time are called a
A. Population
17. When two populations no longer inter-
breed, what is the result? B. Community
A. genetic equilibrium C. Species
B. reproductive isolation D. Ecosystem
C. stabilizing selection
23. Which kingdom is made up only of au-
D. recombinant DNA totrophs?
18. Two heterozygous tall pea plants mate, A. Protista
predict the GENOTYPES of the offspring. B. Animalia
A. 100% TT
C. Plantae
B. 100% Tt
D. Fungi
C. 25% TT-50% Tt-25% tt
D. 50% tt 50% TT-50% tt 24. Which is NOT an example of an extinct or-
ganism?
19. A random event causes near extinction of A. dinosaurs
a species; 95% of the species’ population
dies B. dodo bird
A. Natural Selection C. tiger
B. Gene Flow D. carrier pigeon
37. Mendel proposed that traits observed in 42. In mammals, the sex of the offspring is de-
pea plants resulted from a combination of termined by
“factors” inherited from each parent. His
A. Natural selection
description of these “factors” can be con-
sidered the first scientific definition of the B. the egg or the sperm
role of- C. the egg
A. meiosis
D. the sperm
B. genes
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C. ribosomes 43. What process is most responsible for the
extinction of most species of plants and an-
D. cell nuclei imals that have lived on earth?
38. Evolution is a gradual process. What does A. Gene mutation
“Gradual” mean?
B. Environmental changes
A. Quick
C. Selective breeding
B. Slow
D. Decrease in reproduction
C. Round
D. Graded 44. Over time, the length of giraffes’ necks
changed slightly to allow them to reach
39. In genetic engineering to manufacture taller trees. How should this change be
drugs such as insulin, where is the insulin classified?
gene inserted before being placed into a
bacterium? A. mutation
A. plasmid B. adaptation
B. nucleus C. acquired trait
C. cytoplasm D. genetic constant
D. chloroplast
45. Idea that all life evolved from the same
40. Wings of bat and that of a bird are exam- organisms over many generations
ples of A. Mutation
A. Vestigial organs
B. Genetics
B. Homologous organs
C. Theory of Evolution
C. Analogous organs
D. none of above
D. none of above
46. When were Mendel’s discoveries no-
41. Darwin’s finches, where one 14 species
ticed?
evolved from a common ancestor is called
A. immediately after his death
A. Magic B. years after his death
B. Adaptive Radiation C. before he died during a conference
C. Sexual Selection D. never; Mendel’s work was not impor-
D. Hybridization tant
47. If an individual has a genotype that is RR, 52. Which type of rock allows fossils to form
then this organism’s trait would be consid- easily within layers of the rock?
ered
49. Process by which organisms change over 54. If long ears (E) are dominant over short
time as those traits best suited to an envi- ears (e), what is the phenotype of an or-
ronment pass their traits to the next gen- ganism that has genotype ee?
eration. A. long ears
A. acquired traits B. one long ear; one short ear
B. natural selection C. medium length ears
C. adaptation D. short ears
D. unconformity 55. Adaptations can
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found worldwide.
A. habitat
D. Coconut trees are found on coastlines.
B. mimicry
C. camouflage 64. Populations of species which do not adapt
to their environment can eventually be-
D. adaptations come
59. Identify the DELETION mutation from the A. stronger
following DNA sequence:ATG CCA AAT
B. humans
A. ATG TCA AAT
C. extinct
B. ATG CCT AAA T
D. angry
C. ATC CA AT
D. ATG CCA AAT 65. How many pairs of chromosomes exist in
each of your cells?
60. The allele frequency of a “B” in a popula-
A. 10
tion with 5 BB mice, 2Bb mice and 3 bb
mice is B. 12
A. .1 or 10% C. 23
B. .5 or 50% D. 46
C. .6 or 60% 66. The branch of science that studies the early
D. .7 or 70% development of living things.
61. In evolutionary terms, we have more in A. taxonomy
common with B. anatomy
A. a Chimpanzee C. botany
B. a spider D. embryology
C. a bacterium
67. Why was Darwin nervous about his the-
D. an African school boy
ory of evolution?
62. What dressup theme do we have this Fri- A. He was worried he was copying some-
day? one else’s idea.
A. Pajama day B. He was worried because if went
B. Outer space day against the teachings of the church.
C. Superhero day C. His wife threatened to leave him.
D. none of above D. All of the above.
68. The term which refers to the fusion be- 73. Overproduction means (section 2)
tween a male sex cell (sperm) and a fe-
A. humans can selectively breed dog
male sex cell (egg).
78. Can you tell how old the Earth is according 83. Which factor(s) led to the finches having
to scientists by reading the geological time diversity?
scale? A. available food
A. 2 mya B. available habitat
B. 4 mya C. available food and habitat
C. 4.6 bya D. available food, habitat, and bill type
D. 1 mya
84. Which of the following is not a selectively
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79. According to Darwin, evolution occurs bred organism?
C. traits are dominant and recessive 95. Species with variation are likely to
D. some traits mix and others don’t survive.
A. more, less
90. Why did Darwin’s finches evolve with dif-
B. less, less
ferently shaped beaks?
C. less, more
A. they interbred
D. more, more
B. they had defective genes
C. they adapted to eating the same foods 96. This scientist discovered dominant and re-
on different islands cessive traits by experimenting with pea
plants
D. they adapted to eating different types
of foods A. Rosalind Franklin
B. Gregor Mendel
91. Organisms with the most beneficial traits
will survive. This is commonly known as C. Watson and Crick
D. Robert Hooke
A. theory of evolution
97. What is the study of the distribution of
B. variations species in geographic space and through
C. survival of the fittest time?
D. ecosystems A. Biology
B. Biogeography
92. How would a pedigree represent a “car-
rier” that is a male? C. Geography
A. a shaded square D. Geology
B. a half-shaded square 98. Which are the best examples of analogous
C. a circle structures?
D. a half-shaded circle A. A whale flipper and bat wing
B. A cat forelimb and human arm
93. What determined the survivability of Dar-
win’s finches? C. A human appendix and tailbone
A. wing length D. An insect wing and a bat wing
B. beak size 99. Which is evidence for evolution?
C. feather color A. Fossil Records
D. none of above B. Embryology
100. A change in DNA or alleles that can 106. The allele that is hidden by another allele
cause a change in a population’s traits over
A. dominant
time.
A. natural selection B. recessive
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C. genetic mutation D. phenotype
121. In the winter, the fur of the arctic fox is 126. If two organisms have similar traits of
white. in summer, the fur darkens to a red- DNA they are probably
dish brown. What most likely causes the A. share a common ancestor
fur of the fox to change color?
B. share a common environment
A. the amount of sunlight present
C. share a common population
B. the fox’s habitat
D. speciation
C. the fox’s genes
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127. Where the better adapted organisms sur-
D. the fox’s age
vive to pass traits along to offspring.
122. What makes up the genetic code in DNA? A. Evolution
A. the phosphate group B. Natural Selection
B. the nitrogen bases C. Extinction
C. the deoxyribose sugar D. Artifical Selection
D. the ribose sugar 128. What forms the chemical code within a
molecule of DNA?
123. Which is true about fossils?
A. The arrangement of the sugars and
A. They are remains of organisms that bases
lived on Earth.
B. The arrangement of the nitrogenous
B. They are documentation of evolution- bases
ary changes in every organism that has C. The arrangement of the chromosomes
ever lived on Earth.
C. They are most often found in igneous D. The arrangement of the phosphates
rock formations. and sugars
D. none of above
129. What is a characteristic Darwin found
124. What is a change in an organism that al- about the Saddleback Tortoise on the Gala-
lows for it to survive in its environment? pagos Islands?
131. A involves a change in the genetic 136. When organisms in a population are sep-
code of an organism. Because this change arated for so long they will no longer in-
occurs in the genetic code, it is passed on terbreed, has occurred.
B. fossils D. metabolism
D. Food C. variation
D. adaptation
135. Two organisms have homologous struc-
tures. Which can most likely be concluded 141. What can be used to find the exact age
about the two organisms? of a rock specimen?
A. They are unrelated. A. ice cores
B. They are the same organism. B. index fossils
C. They share a common ancestor. C. radioactive dating
D. They evolved in a similar environment. D. none of above
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143. give the complementary strand for the 148. Which of the following features of DNA
following sequence of bases GTACCTGA is the most important in determining the
phenotype of an organism?
A. TACCTGAC
A. the direction of the helical twist
B. CATGGACT
B. the number of deoxyribose sugars
C. ATACTGGA
C. the sequence of nitrogenous bases
D. GATCATCA
D. the strength of the hydrogen bonds
144. Which is an anatomical similarity that
149. In human beings, the 23rd pair of chromo-
indicates relatedness between two
some that defines the sex of the individual
species?
is known as
A. the tail of a fish and the tail of a mon-
A. Autosome
key
B. Sex Chromosome
B. the arm of a human and the wing of a
bird C. Chromosome
C. the wing of a butterfly and the wing of D. none of above
a bat
150. How does the middle finger represent mu-
D. the flipper of a dolphin and the fin of a tations?
shark
A. it has an “m” within the fingerprint and
145. A type of asexual reproduction in which that “m” stands for mutations
a cell or group of cells pinch off from the B. it doesn’t
parent
C. because it is closest to the pointer fin-
A. Budding ger
B. Pinching D. because it doesn’t like the thumb
C. Separation 151. The sides of the helix, referred to as the
D. Duplication backbone of DNA, are made up of:
A. alternating sugar and phosphate
146. Which is a source of genetic variation?
molecules
A. mutations
B. alternating base and phosphate
B. artificial selection molecules
C. exponential growth C. paired nitrogenous bases
D. genetic bottlenecking D. d. paired sugar molecules
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B. vestigual functions
170. Artificial selection is when decide
C. Darwin what traits are selectively passed on
D. evolution
A. nature
165. Which best helps scientists explore the B. humans
relationship between modern organisms
and ancestral species to create a system C. animals
of biological classification?
D. years
A. fossils
B. volcanic ash 171. Structure, behavior, or other trait in an
organism that helps it to survive in its en-
C. DNA evidence
vironment
D. igneous rock layers
A. breed
166. Why does evolution most likely happen?
B. adaptation
A. it’s random
C. evolution
B. because a species is facing a problem
D. ancestral trait
C. When someone studies about it
172. Sexual selection is a type of
D. Because a species is very intelligent
A. Natural Selection
167. A condition in which a person can respond
to a visual stimulus without consciously B. Mutation
experiencing it is known as
C. Small Population Size
A. the cocktail party effect
D. Nonrandom Mating
B. change blindness
C. choice blindness 173. Changes in the environment (climate,
D. blindsight food sources, predators etc ) that can
cause some organisms to survive better
168. Who did Alfred Russel Wallace get his than others.
Idea from?
A. adaptation
A. Hershey and Chase
B. mutation
B. Stanley Cohen
C. Charles Darwin C. natural selection
D. Oswald Avery D. environmental pressures
174. What word describes a trait that helps 179. Extinction occurs when
an organism survive in its environment?
A. Organisms of a species no longer exist
178. Mom is bb and Dad is Bb. If B = Brown 183. Process in which organisms with traits
and b= blue what is the probability the off- well suited to their environment, survive
spring will have brown eyes? and reproduce
A. 25% A. fitness
B. 50% B. competition
C. 75% C. natural selection
D. 100% D. adaptation
184. Most favorable/advantageous traits in a 190. As a fertilized egg divides, the cells dif-
population are selected for and passed on. ferentiate because they
A. Sexual Selection A. contain a lipid bilayer
B. Natural Selection B. can clump together
C. Non-random Mating C. metabolize sugars rapidly
D. Gene Flow D. have specific genes activated
185. DNA is what shape? 191. Which best describes the similar function
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of wings in birds and butterflies?
A. Helix
A. embryological structures
B. Triple Helix
B. homologous structures
C. Double Helix
C. analogous structures
D. Circular
D. vestigial structures
186. This mechanism of evolution occurs when
populations migrate. 192. An example of a homologous structure
196. Which of the following are the main com- 201. The increase of an allele in a population
ponents of a DNA nucleotide? is known as
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D. prey on its neighbors
B. vestigial structures
213. Which are the best examples of homolo-
C. DNA
gous structures?
D. analogous structures
A. Wisdom teeth and whale’s hipbones
208. Which is most likely the result of genetic
variation in organisms? B. A human appendix and tailbone
A. Mothers give birth to identical twins C. An insect’s wing and a bat’s wing
B. A virus wipes out an entire field of D. A whale’s flipper and a bat’s wing
crops
C. Some bacteria survive when exposed 214. Evo-Devo is what?
to antibiotic A. Evolutionary Development
D. none of above
B. Trick Question-A 90’s band
209. A change in DNA. C. Evolutionary Deviation
A. Competition
D. Evacuatory Development
B. Mutation
C. Species 215. is the loss of genetic variation that occurs
D. Fitness when a new population is established by
a very small number of individuals from a
210. A structure that is present in an organ- larger population.
isms’ ancestor but no longer serves its
A. Extinction
original purpose in the current species.
A. analogous B. Genetic Drift
B. mutation C. Bottleneck Effect
C. vestigial D. Founder Effect
D. homologous
216. When the DNA of an organism is altered
211. What mutation has occurred here? T-G- it is referred to as
A-C-C-AT-G-A-G-C-A
A. Mutation
A. Substitution
B. Deletion B. Gene Flow
217. What kind of evidence do scientists use 222. What kind of isolation occurs when
in evolution? two populations of birds have different
courtship dances?
228. Homologous structures indicate that or- 233. Which of the following would be an adap-
ganisms share a tation for survival in a desert?
A. structure A. an animal being active during the mid-
dle of the day
B. pair of limbs
B. a bird having dark feathers that absorb
C. common ancestor sunlight as heat
D. none of above C. a plant having a thick stem to store wa-
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ter
229. Which does NOT cause genetic varia-
tion? D. a plant having large leaves to gather
sunglight
A. crossing over in meiosis
234. Fitness, in biology is-
B. mutations
A. how smart an organism is
C. acquired traits
B. how fast an organism is
D. none of above
C. how strong an organism is
230. What is the process in which humans D. an organism’s ability to survive and re-
breed organisms for certain traits? produce
A. natural selection 235. Genes code for
B. inheritance A. Proteins
C. artificial selection B. Groups of proteins
D. descent withOUT modification C. all of the above
D. none of above
231. What will most likely happen if a species
can no longer produce offspring? 236. fossils are commonly found in
A. It will become extinct. A. sedimentary rock
B. It will evolve into another species. B. igneous rock
C. It will move into a new environment C. granite
and adapt. D. loose sand or granite
D. It will begin to mutate into another or- 237. IN genetic engineering, what is used to
ganism. “cut” a desired gene out of the genome of
an organism?
232. In DNA replication, three of the four
choices listed below are correctly paired. A. scissors
Select the exception. A. A-C B. C-G C. A-T B. acid
D. T-A
C. enzymes
A. A-C D. very tiny forceps
B. C-G
238. A giraffe with a long neck is a beneficial
C. A-T adaptation because it can
D. T-A A. Hear better better than other giraffe
B. Reach more food than other giraffe 244. Humans, birds, whales, and lizards all
C. Run faster than other giraffe have similar arm bones. What is the rea-
son for this?
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250. Proteins are made of:
B. Mendel
A. Amino Acids
C. Darwin
B. Fatty Acids
D. Einstein
C. Monosaccharides
D. Nucleic Acids 256. In DNA base pairs, Adenine bonds with:
251. A type of cell division, which produces ga- A. Guanine
metes (sex cells) containing half the num- B. Cytosine
ber of chromosomes as a parent’s body
cell. C. Thymine
A. Meiosis D. Adenine
B. Mitosis
257. Carbon 14 has a half life of 5, 730 years.
C. Osmosis If a fossil sample has 25% of the original
D. Chemitosis carbon 14 in it, how old is the fossil?
252. Horse breeding for specific desired traits A. 5, 730 years old
is an example of which type of evolution- B. 11, 460 years old
ary evidence?
C. 17, 190 years old
A. Artificial selection
D. none of above
B. Embryology
C. Fossils 258. Which is an example of a behavioral
adaptation?
D. Biochemical molecules
A. migration
253. Structures within the cell that carries the
genetic material that will be copied and B. mimicry
passed from generation to generation. C. camouflage
A. Chromosome D. chemical
B. Allele
259. In DNA base pairs, the Guanine binds to:
C. DNA
D. Protein A. Adenine
B. Cytosine
254. The phenomenon that studies how new
species are formed is known as C. Guanine
A. Gene flow D. Thymine
260. Body parts that function like each other, C. hip bones
but are different in structure. D. hind limbs
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272. During complementary base pairing, Ade- snake
nine pairs with what other nitrogenous
base? C. the thick fur and layer of fat of some
mammals in cold climates
A. Adenine
D. the sharp spines of a cactus
B. Cytosine
C. Guanine 278. molecular scissors that “cut’ DNA
D. Thymine A. plasmid
282. Which best represents an adaptation that 287. Despite alleles for A, B, and O being
allows ducks to survive in aquatic ecosys- present, only AB blood type is expressed.
tems? This is an example of which patterns of in-
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B. Mitosis D. none of above
C. Asexual Reproduction
299. What is suggested by the similarity of
D. Crossing Over early embryos of different species of ver-
tebrates?
294. Which of the following word pairs are
connected to the theory of natural selec- A. no evolutionary relationships between
tion? the groups
A. variation and adaptation B. recent common ancestry
B. adaptation and absolute age C. similar environments in the past
C. absolute age and radioactive dating D. evolution from a distant common an-
D. radioactive dating and variation cestor
295. Which term best describes a specially de- 300. Which of the following lists correctly
veloped characteristic that enables an or- name sthe DOMAINS of living things?
ganism to live in a specific environment? A. birds dinosaurs mammals
A. adaptations B. protists plants animals
B. natural selection C. archaea bacteria eukaryota
C. survival of the fittest D. prokaryota eukaryota
D. variations
301. What is a useless structure called?
296. Homeotic genes are commonly called A. homologous
A. Hoto genes B. vestigial
B. Hox genes C. adaptation
C. H genes D. variation
D. He-Ge’s
302. A characteristic that can be passed from
297. are mistakes in the DNA that cause parent to offspring through genes is called
variation within a species. a (section 2)
A. mutations A. selection
B. adaptations B. fossil
C. speciations C. sediment
D. isolations D. trait
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C. homologous and vestigial structures D. a sea turtule laying over 100 eggs
D. analogous and vestigial structures
320. Which is an example of an organism pro-
315. Breed an organism for a desired trait is tecting themselves from another organism
the definition of using structural adaptation?
316. Which era did the first bears live in? 321. Which of the following does speciation
create? (section 3)
A. Miocene era
A. offspring
B. Mesozoic era
B. a new species
C. Messinian era
C. ancestors
D. none of above
D. fossils
317. When alleles are separated or lost due to
random chance 322. How does a species change over time?
A. gene flow A. by adapting to the environment
B. genetic equilibrium B. changes in the gene frequencies in a
population
C. genetic drift
C. acquiring new traits
D. allele frequency
D. they do not change
318. Widow’s peak is dominant to straight
hair line. Cross a heterozygous widow’s 323. All living things that are best adapted to
peak female with a heterozygous widow’s their environments will be more likely to
peak male. What is the genotype ratio? survive. This idea is known as
A. 1:2:1 A. Mutation
B. 3:1 B. Adaptations
C. 1:1 C. Natural Selection
D. 1:0 D. Evolution
324. Brown mice survive and reproduce in 329. The best definition for biological evolu-
their desert environment better than tion is?
white mice because owls can see and eat
334. How are organisms classified as Eukarya A. They store twigs and sticks in their
different from organisms classified as Ar- nest
chaea and BActeria? B. They migrate to a warmer climate
A. They are multicellular C. They grow more feathers to stay warm
B. They all reproduce sexually in the winter
C. They all produce their own food D. They hide in bushes and wait for warm
D. They all have membrane-bound nuclei weather
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335. DNA containing genes from a foreign 340. Scientists have the ability to insert a hu-
donor man gene into E.coli to create insulin. Why
is this possible?
A. plasmid
A. all organisms have the same DNA
B. restriction enzymes bases
C. recombinant DNA B. all organisms have the same genome
D. gene C. all organisms have the same diet
336. What are the three lines of evidence that D. all organisms go through similar
support the theory of evolution? (section stages of development
1)
341. Related organisms have similar
A. fossils, anatomy, and DNA
A. Genetic Material
B. Darwin, Malthus, and Mendel
B. Diet
C. fossils, DNA, and expert opinion
C. Behavioral Patterns
D. pictures, videos, and models
D. none of above
337. Most adaptations that help an organism
survive are passed on from parent to child 342. Body part that has lost its original func-
as traits? tion through evolution
338. enable an organism to survive in its 343. What is another name for natural selec-
environment. tion?
339. Which of these BEST describes how some 344. changes in DNA by mistake or by environ-
birds survive when the weather gets mental factors
cold? A. DNA
349. Charles Darwin observe the plants and 354. The synthesis of a protein from an mRNA
animals on his voyage to which of the fol- template is called
lowing locations?
A. transcription
A. The Galapagos Islands
B. replication
B. South America
C. Hawaii C. translation
D. The South Pacific D. synthesis
355. What does the genotype need to be of 360. The shape of DNA is known as
two dominant parents who produce a re-
A. double helix
cessive child?
B. x-ray
A. BB x BB
B. Bb x Bb C. cominant
C. BB x bb D. recessive
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Lizards with longer legs are able to better
356. When a single specialized cell from a fe-
access food. Overtime Lizards with short
male merges with a specialized cell from a
legs became less common.What is the in-
male.
herited variation (trait)?
A. Sexual reproduction
A. Lizards
B. Asexual reproduction
B. Long legs
C. Diffusion reproduction
C. Leg size
D. Organic reproduction
D. Food
357. When two neighboring populations sud-
denly mix, what will result? 362. Sea level changes have least likely had
an impact on which of the following?
A. Offspring would have mutations
A. Weather patterns
B. Offspring would be forced to leave
C. Offspring would be identical to their B. Creating or destroying inland seas
parent C. Changing Earth’s landscapes
D. Offspring would have greater genetic D. Expanding or contracting continental
variety shelves
358. What word describes the process of hav- 363. Which of the following must occur for spe-
ing the advantageous traits that helps an ciation to happen?
organism survive and reproduce?
A. geographic isolation
A. natural selection
B. reproductive isolation
B. adaptation
C. temporal isolation
C. mutation
D. behavioral isolation
D. genetic engineering
359. What is the advantage of having differ- 364. Meitosis is the process of one cell split-
ent shaped beaks? ting into two identical cells, to make
A. To look different from other species. A. All cells of the body, except the egg
and sperm
B. To be able to eat the food readily avail-
able in the environment. B. The egg or sperm cells
C. To protect itself against predators. C. Just the sperm cells
D. To protect itself against prey. D. Just the cells of the ear
365. Which of these is a behavioral adapta- 370. Are point mutations mostly beneficial,
tion? neutral, or harmful?
A. genes. C. Carbohydrate
B. variations. D. Calcium
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study on the Galapagos islands? B. the physical traits of the offspring
397. In what type of rock do we usually find 402. When a stretch of code is copied and re-
a fossil? peated in the DNA, it is known as a
A. sedimentary A. Gene duplication event
B. igeneous B. Horizontal gene transfer
C. metamorphic C. transposable element domestication
D. none of above D. De novo origination
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403. What do scientists most often use to
398. Which characteristic of organisms allows
form the basis for biological classifica-
them to adapt to problems in their environ-
tion?
ment?
A. dietary habits
A. genetic variation
B. population size
B. genetic isolation
C. geographic location
C. genetic drift
D. comparative anatomy
D. none of above
404. When a human breeds two dogs based on
399. The natural differences between individ- the characteristics they like in this organ-
uals of a species is called isms, it is called
A. adaptations A. evolution
B. natural selection B. pedigree
C. genetic diversity and variation C. selective breeding
D. fitness D. natural selection
400. How are plant cells and human cells the 405. Natural selection could not occur without
same? A. biodiversity.
A. They can produce their own oxygen. B. adaptation.
B. They make their own food from sun- C. variation.
light. D. genotype.
C. They can receive nutrients through the
406. Two different frogs have different mat-
cell wall.
ing seasons. They won’t reproduce be-
D. They use mitochondria to release en- cause of this. This is called isolation.
ergy from sugars.
A. geographic
401. DNA molecule segment is:TTACGCAAG B. temporal
The mutated DNA segment is TTCGCAAG. C. behavioral
This is an example of mutation.
D. none of above
A. Substitution
407. Similar structure and function of a body
B. Deletion
structure but NO Common ancestry (Not
C. Insertion related)
D. Inversion A. Heterozygous
408. Finches had different sized beaks because B. Making it impossible for the animal’s
they became specialists. blood to clot
A. food C. neither of the above
B. drink D. none of above
C. flying
D. fighting 414. In the scientific name Limulus polyphe-
mus, which classification group is polyphe-
409. Structures in different species that are mus?
similar because of common ancestry.
A. species
A. homologous
B. genus
B. vestigial
C. analogous C. order
D. adaptation D. phylum
410. Which of the following is most closely
415. The ability of an organism to survive and
linked to Charles Darwin’s concept of nat-
reproduce in its specific environment
ural selection?
A. Predator-prey relationships strongly A. diversity.
influence change among organisms B. evolution
B. Survival of the fittest
C. adaptation
C. Competition strongly influences
change among organisms D. fitness
D. Survival of the nicest 416. All of the individuals in the population are
411. Adaptations are: slightly different from one another
A. Body parts that help an organism sur- A. theory of evolution
vive in their environment
B. natural selection
B. Behaviors that help an organism sur-
vive in their environment C. genetic variation
C. Body parts and behaviors that help an D. adaptation
organism survive in their environment
D. none of above 417. Fossil evidence suggests an evolutionary
relationship between and
412. Individuals who are considered fit, have:
A. cats and chipmunks
A. Stronger genes
B. birds and dinosaurs
B. Fewer mutations
C. More food C. butterflies and mice
D. More offspring D. none of above
418. The height of an individual is determined 423. Similar organisms that can reproduce by
by multiple genes working together. This interbreeding belong to the same
is an example of A. ecosystem
A. incomplete dominance B. environment
B. dominant-recessive C. habitat
C. polygenic inheritance D. species
D. Despite alleles for A, B, and O being
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present, only AB blood type is expressed. 424. Two different populations of birds live in
the same area and eat the same types of
419. How many genes are there in the human food. Which most likely describes the re-
genome? lationship between these two populations
of birds?
A. over 10, 000
A. Competition
B. over 20, 000
B. Mutualism
C. over 30, 000
C. Predator-Prey
D. over 40, 000
D. Parasitism
420. what gave Charles Darwin the idea of
425. What do we call a change in a species
evolution?
over time?
A. google
A. Adaptation
B. wikipedia
B. Evolution
C. mans attempt to destroy mankind
C. Extinction
D. finches in the Galapagos island
D. Environmental influences
421. term that refers to the transcription fac- 426. An animal, a Spoffalopomous, has 16
tors and chemical signals that govern pat- pairs of chromosomes in a normal body cell.
tern formation in the bodies of multicellu- The eggs and sperm of the Spoffalopomous
lar organisms and the genes that encode will have
them.
A. 16 chromosomes
A. genetic toolkit
B. 8 chromosomes
B. genetic mosaic
C. 16 pairs of chromosomes
C. genetic influence
D. 32 chromosomes
D. genetic evolution
427. Which is the main cause of the varia-
422. What type of selection can result in the tion in traits within a population of organ-
formation of new species? isms?
A. Disruptive A. genetic mutations
B. Directional B. common ancestors
C. Stabilizing C. reduction of habitats
D. Artificial D. environmental conditions
428. When scientists classify organisms, they B. studied animal behaviors in Chim-
A. arrange them in orderly groups panzees
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C. rocks are all the same age B. decreased competition
D. none of above
C. increased competition
440. Extracting a cell from an organism and us- D. new predators
ing it to create a new organism by mitosis
and cell differentiation in a lab setting is 445. The hereditary material that controls all
known as cellular activities is called-
A. transference A. ATP
B. transduction
B. chloroplast
C. recombinant DNA
C. DNA
D. cloning
D. cytoplasm
441. An inherited characteristic that increases
an organisms ability to survive and repro- 446. Which of the following is a TRUE State-
duce in its specific environment is called ment about bacteria?
a(n)
A. They are many celled
A. vestigial structure
B. All are autotrophs
B. speciation
C. Their cells have no nucleus
C. analogous structure
D. adaptation D. Their cells lack cell walls
442. You look at two species and see very sim- 447. is the change in the frequency of a
ilar DNA. What does this likely tell you? gene in a population as a result of chance.
A. These are the same animal. A. Gene Flow
B. These animals have a common ances- B. Evolution
tor.
C. Frequency Change
C. These animals are not likely related.
D. Genetic Drift
D. These animals are likely becoming one
species.
448. Recombination occurs during
443. Which part of Darwin’s theory of evolu- A. Mitosis
tion may be used to describe the results of
when lions prey on antelope? B. Replication
A. natural selection C. Meiosis
B. survival of the fittest D. Transcription
449. Stem cells can be obtained from C. Matter cannot be created or destroyed
A. embryos during chemical reactions
454. Which statement supports the theory of 459. A species is a group of similar organisms
evolution? that
A. All living things come from previous A. can mate with each other and produce
cells. fertile offspring.
B. All plants and animals have DNA. B. can live together on an island.
C. can migrate to an island from the main- 465. An example of overproduction would be
land. when:
D. all have exactly the same traits. A. lizards fight over a small animal
B. one light colored moth and one dark
460. The number of “b” alleles in a gene pool
colored moth
with 3 BB, 2 Bb and 3 bb mice.
C. a sea turtle laying over 100 eggs
A. 3
D. a frog going through metamorphosis
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B. 5
C. 6 466. The passing on of physical traits and char-
acteristics genetically from one generation
D. 8 to another.
461. A phenotype that improves an organ- A. Heredity
ism’s chance of survival in their environ- B. Variation
ment is considered a(n)
C. Evolution
A. natural selection D. Pedigree
B. adaption
467. The gradual change in species over time
C. speciation is
D. none of above A. Evolution
474. What is a weakness for the theory of A. All four offspring have brown fur.
evolution? B. Half of the offspring have white fur;
A. gaps in the fossil record half have brown fur.
B. natural selection C. 75% have brown fur.
C. DNA studies D. 25% have brown fur.
D. embryology
480. Which is not a type of adaptation?
475. Genes are found on
A. structural
A. chromosomes
B. alleles B. predatory
C. proteins C. physiological
D. anthers D. behavioral
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B. CGAGT
B. 50%
C. ACTCG
C. 0%
D. CATGG
D. none of above
482. Structures that have the same function 487. A species is-
but different structures are A. a group of organisms a part of the
A. homologous structures same community
483. A change in the DNA code/sequence is D. two organisms that look similar
known as a This can lead to benefi-
cial adaptations that can be selected for 488. Which is a process that allows scientists
through natural selection. to compare rock layers with others in a se-
quence to determine their age?
A. Gene
A. radiometric dating
B. Mutation
B. absolute dating
C. Migration
C. relative dating
D. Allele
D. none of above
484. The combined alleles of all of the individ-
uals in the population . 489. Process by which individuals that are bet-
ter suited to their environment survive and
A. gene flow
reproduce most successfully; also called
B. gene drift survival of the fittest.
C. gene pool A. evolution
D. Hardy-Weinberg Equation B. environmental pressures
485. Radiometric dating involves seeing how C. embryology
much of a radioisotope is present in a sam- D. natural selection
ple. Half-life of a radioactive atom is the
time it takes to be reduced to half the orig- 490. An inherited trait that increases an or-
inal amount. After 2 half lives, how much ganism’s chance of surviving and reproduc-
of the radioactive atom is still present? ing.
A. 50% A. variation
500. Logan was born with unique abilities for 505. In Deoxyribonucleic acid, cytosine pairs
quick healing and awesome claws that with the nitrogen base
stick out of his fingers. A. adenine
A. Gene flow B. thymine
B. Natural Selection C. guanine
C. Mutation D. uracil
D. Genetic Drift
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506. A process where a single cell divides into
two identical cells called daughter cells for
501. In human being the XY chromosome is the the purpose of growth and replacement of
genotype of a old or dead cells.
A. Female A. Mitosis
B. Male B. Meiosis
C. No idea C. Osmosis
D. none of above D. Chemitosis
502. What produces cells with half the normal 507. Mutations in a population
number of chromosomes? A. could affect natural selection
A. mitosis B. could affect sexual selection
B. meiosis C. could lead to evolution
C. alleles D. all of the above
515. What is Speciation? 520. You get chromosomes from mom and
A. the formation of new and distinct chromosomes from dad
species
A. 23
B. Happens at the individual level
B. 46
C. When an animal acquires new traits to
better survive in the environment C. 92
D. the ability to adapt D. 108
521. The chromosome structure in a cell ac- C. the bone structure of their wings
counts for genetic variation based on the
D. the color of their eyes
order of its
A. sugars 527. process by which different types of cells
B. phosphates arise from less specialized cells
C. nitrogenous bases A. morphogenesis
D. hydrogen bonds B. differentiation
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522. Which of the following environmental fac- C. determination
tors can put pressure on species?
D. genomic equivalence
A. changing climate
B. the introduction of a new predator 528. An organism that has either 2 dominant
C. changing pH of soil or 2 recessive alleles is said to be for
D. all of these that trait.
A. homozygous
523. The genetic makeup of a cell is called
A. Phenotype B. heterozygous
B. Genotype C. genotype
C. Meiosis D. phenotype
D. Mitosis
529. How did different beak sizes first arise?
524. genes that encode polypeptides that as-
sociate to form transcription factors; de- A. They arose because of their need to be
termine the formation of flower organs able to eat different food.
A. Hox genes B. The arose by chance (random muta-
B. induction genes tion).
531. Similarity in embryological development 536. Which would most likely produce a muta-
(at birth) among vertebrate species indi- tion that is passed on to offspring?
cates what?
A. The dinosaurs killed each other 538. Which of the following means “change
B. Humans destroyed all the dinosaurs over time”
535. Naming and classifying the diverse forms 540. Which kingdom of living things contain
of life. unicellular organisms with no nucleus?
A. taxonomy A. Fungi
B. embryology B. Bacteria
C. morphology C. Eukaryotes
D. chemistry D. Animalia
541. Which genotype indicates hybrid? 546. What would NOT represent an inherited
A. GG trait for a plant?
542. What do scientists draw to show how dif- D. The color of its flowers
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ferent species are related to one another?
547. A branch of biology that focuses on the
(section 1)
study of heredity and variations among or-
A. a contour map ganisms.
B. a bar graph A. Genetics
C. a branching diagram B. Evolution
D. a floor plan C. Reproduction
543. Which of the following is the most re- D. Topology
liable way of placing a living organism
correctly on an phylogenic (evolutionary) 548. Which of the following can be learned by
tree? using the fossil record?
A. Measuring its size A. When organisms changed or evolved
B. Sequencing its genome (all its DNA) B. when organisms appeared on Earth
C. Comparing its habitat and food C. when organisms became extinct
D. Investigating its body features D. All the above
544. Nature has a way of causing organisms 549. Genetic variation can arise from a ran-
that inherit advantageous traits to survive dom change in the DNA of a gene. The
and reproduce more successfully than the change is called a(n)
ones that don’t. This process is known as
A. mutation
A. natural selection B. gene flow
B. genetic variation C. gene pool
C. adaptation D. allele
D. overproduction 550. Polar bears have a thick coat with hollow
545. The opossum and kangaroo both incubate hair. How does this feature help them sur-
their young in a pouch. This provides evi- vive in the Arctic region?
dence that they A. It helps the animal store body fat.
A. are descended from a common ances- B. It helps the animal locate its prey.
tor
C. It traps air that keeps the animal
B. Have very similar skeletal structures warm.
C. belong to the same species D. It controls water loss from the ani-
D. must range great distances to eat mal’s skin.
554. Who would have stated “acquired traits” 559. When individuals move in or out of a pop-
such as a giraffe needing a long neck so ulation.
they stretch it over time. A. Gene Flow
A. Darwin B. Genetic Drift
B. Lamarck C. Mutation
C. Malthus D. Natural Selection
D. Wegener 560. What do transitional fossils best sup-
port?
555. What type of mutation is rep-
resented in the second strand of A. The theory of Biological Evolution
DNA?TACGGCACTTACGGCCACT B. The Law of Superposition
A. Deletion C. The theory of Geological Evolution
B. Insertion D. The theory of Continental Drift
C. Substitution 561. How does variation occur in popula-
D. No mutation tions?
A. different foods
556. An organized structure of DNA and pro-
tein found in cells that contains the genetic B. genetics
code of an individual C. phenotypes
A. Chromosome D. industrial revolution
562. Prokaryote vs. Eukaryote No nucleus selection might be used to describe this sit-
A. Eukaryote uation?
A. acquired characteristics
B. Prokaryote
B. reproductive isolation
C. Both
C. survival of the fittest
D. none of above
D. descent with modification
563. Humans have the evolution of bacte-
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ria. 568. Gradual change in species over time
A. sped up A. development
573. What are sources of genetic variation? C. Evolution causes natural selection.
A. mutations D. Natural selection is one aspect of evo-
C. mutations and genetic recombination 579. What is it called when humans decide
which traits of an organism are the most
D. mutations and migrations
desirable and only allow those organisms
574. Combination of alleles with the specific, desired traits to breed.
A. dominant A. biological evolution
B. recessive B. evolution by natural selection
C. genotype C. artificial selection
D. phenotype D. inbreeding
575. Which of the following is a mechanism for 580. Darwins finches each lived on a specific
evolution-shows how it can work? island based on what resource?
A. genetic flow A. size of island
C. fossils C. climate
D. anatomy D. food
576. A genetic representation of a family tree 581. Traits that are successful for the environ-
or history that diagrams the traceable in- ment will survive and get passed on to the
heritance of a trait or disease through sev- next generation. What is this called?
eral generations. A. Natural Selection
A. Pedigree B. Breeding
B. Geology C. Darwin
C. Budding D. Evolution
D. Selective breeding 582. As a species evolve, they develop and
others
577. Why are your chromosomes arranged in
pairs? A. old traits, save
A. Scientists have no idea B. new traits, save
B. Because you get one from your mom C. old traits, lose
and one from your dad D. new traits, lose
C. Because pairs can divide easier
583. How are new traits introduced into a pop-
D. Because DNA is awesome ulation?
578. Which best explains the relationship be- A. Photosynthesis
tween evolution and natural selection? B. Cell Membrane
A. Natural selection prevents evolution. C. Turtles
B. Evolution prevents natural selection. D. Mutations
584. This driving force of evolution is caused B. show actual allele results about possi-
by random changes in the genetic code. ble offspring
A. Genetic Drift C. trace a family history with squares and
B. Code Change circles
C. Mutations D. Show DNA results with base paris
D. Adaptions
590. Which is an example of temporal isola-
tion?
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585. A mistake or change in the DNA is called
a A. flowers that bloom in different months
A. Mutation
B. Mutilation B. birds that have different mating calls
C. Fossil C. fruit flies that mate in different loca-
D. Species tions
D. squirrels that have different fur colors
586. Y for yellow body is dominant over y for
blue body. What alleles would produce 591. Body parts that are structurally similar in
yellow bodies? related species provide evidence that the
A. YY, yy structures were inherited from a common
B. Yy, yy ancestor.
D. YY, Yy B. mold
C. petrified fossil
587. Any change in the relative frequency of
alleles in the gene pool of a population D. branching tree
over time is known as
A. variation 592. Which of these adaptations is LEAST im-
portant for human survival?
B. evolution
A. having thumbs
C. stabilizing selection
B. eye color
D. Founder effect
C. walking upright
588. The legs of a human and the limbs of a cat
are similar in structure. This is an example D. developing language
of structures
593. Body parts of organisms that are similar
A. homologous in structure and position but different in
B. analogous function
C. vestigial A. homologous structures
D. human B. vestigial structures
589. The function of a Punnett square is to C. analogous structures
A. predict future offspring D. fossilized structures
594. Which of these best describes the initial 599. The physical expression of a trait in an
change caused by a DNA mutation? organism is known as the-
604. The codon read using the genetic code to 609. Any inherited trait that gives an organ-
determine the amino acid is found in ism an advantage in its environment is
called
A. DNA
A. a mutation
B. mRNA
B. an adaptation
C. tRNA
C. evolution
D. rRNA
D. natural selection
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605. Genetic drift is change in the allele fre- 610. Struggle for survival as organisms try to
quency of a population due to find space, food, and mates
A. random chance A. fitness
B. natural selection B. competition
C. non-random mating (sexual selection) C. natural selection
D. adaptation
D. artificial selection
611. Which of the following best supports the
606. Which of the following can result in a pop- scientific theory of evolution?
ulation looking more similar over time and A. fossil evidence
can be described as selection against both B. religious documents
extremes of a trait?
C. numerical data
A. directional selection
D. climate change
B. stabilizing selection
612. A group sharing resources and gene pool
C. disruptive selection is a/an
D. species selection A. population
607. If smooth seeds are dominant to wrin- B. community
kled, what percentage of the offspring are C. entire species
hybrid when a purebred smooth is crossed D. none of above
with a purebred wrinkled?
A. 100% 613. Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection
A. Survival of the fittest
B. 50%
B. all about cells
C. 25%
C. how life started
D. 0%
D. none of above
608. similar structures but different functions 614. Which of these is LEAST likely to show
in a RELATED specie (Common Ancestry) common ancestry?
A. Heterogenous Structure A. Analogous Structures
B. Homologous Structure B. DNA
C. Homozygous Structure C. Vestigial Structures
D. none of above D. Homologous Structures
615. When there is two of the same gene, ei- B. Newton‘s Third Law
ther two dominant or two recessive. C. Law of Superposition
619. Inherited characteristics that increase C. A harmful trait that hurts an organ-
chances of survival. ism’s chance for survival
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C. homologous
a common type of mutation called what?
D. analogous
A. Insertion
627. Which characteristic of a population B. Substitution
would most affect its survival when C. Inversion
threatened by global climate change?
D. Deletion
A. biochemical adaptation
633. Which of the following is a fossil?
B. genetic specialization
A. a plant that has recently died
C. genetic diversity
B. a group of organisms that can repro-
D. none of above duce
628. An organism that survives longer is more C. a structure or organ that no longer
likely to produce offspring, which will functions
increase the overall species population. D. a trace of an organisms that existed in
A. less the past
B. the same amount 634. A molecule containing DNA from two dif-
C. more ferent organisms is called
A. a plasmid.
D. no
B. a polyploid.
629. What are 3-D printers useful for in fossil
C. a hybrid organism.
evolution?
D. recombinant DNA.
A. to study the composition of fossils
B. to prepare paper cutouts of organisms 635. How many alleles (letters) does a child
get from EACH parent for each trait?
A. 1
C. to create clones of extinct organisms
B. 2
D. to create replicas of fossils
C. 3
630. Which choice represents a purebred? D. 4
A. Tt
636. Which of the following most relates to
B. TTt the nature-nurture issue?
C. tt A. parents and peers
D. tT B. genes and environment
C. culture and norms 642. The struggle for existence against other
D. DNA and chromosomes members of an organisms species is
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spring is
649. Capital letters in a genotype represent
A. trait mechanisms
genes that are
B. origin of species
A. dominant
C. genetic principles
B. recessive
D. natural selection
C. phenotype
D. genotype 655. Which is a mechanism for change in allele
frequency?
650. female sex cell:
A. gene flow
A. sperm
B. genetic drift
B. hybrid
C. natural selection
C. zygote
D. all answers are correct
D. egg
656. Does genetic drift decrease genetic diver-
651. Which term refers to the process by sity?
which individuals that are better adapted
A. No, because you are gaining alleles
to their environment are more likely to sur-
vive and reproduce? B. No, because new traits are formed
A. natural selection C. Yes, because you lose alleles
B. overproduction D. Yes, because you gain alleles
C. competition 657. Scientists think that dolphins and whales
D. variation may have evolved from a common ances-
tor. What evidence supports this hypothe-
652. When the gene frequencies in a popula- sis?
tion are NOT changing, the population is
A. They swim the same way.
A. evolving rapidly
B. They eat the same food.
B. experiencing natural selection C. They live in the same area of the ocean.
C. at genetic equilibrium
D. going extinct D. They have similar anatomies.
653. What are the bases that can be found in 658. The control what enters and leaves
DNA? the cell.
A. adenine, thymine, uracil, cytosine A. cell membrane
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670. Similarity in embryological develop-
ment among vertebrate species indicates A. white color in the snow
what? B. hibernation during winter
A. common ancestry C. thick fur in the winter time
B. convergent evolution D. none of above
C. adaptation of interiors
676. Many members of one species in an area
D. most species that have ever lived are
now extinct A. Ecosystem
B. community
671. chromosomes are found in the of the
cell. C. biodiversity
A. chloroplast D. population
D. mitochondria A. Yes
B. No
672. what is Bb?
C. It depends on the species
A. ressesive
D. It depends on the problem
B. Dominate
C. Heterozygous 678. When every organism of a species has
died.
D. I don’t know
A. Evolution
673. Which characteristic is NOT inherited? B. Natural Selection
A. Hairline (straight or widow’s peak) C. Extinction
B. Spoken language (English, Spanish, D. Artificial Selection
etc )
C. Earlobes (attached or detached) 679. Which is the mRNA molecule that
would be transcribed from this DNA tem-
D. Hair type (straight or curly) plate:TGGCAAGTACGT
674. When an organism of a species has an A. ACCGTTCATGCA
adaptation, it will compete for resources B. UGGCAAGUACGU
better, survive longer and pass that adap-
tation on to it’s offspring. This process is C. UCCGUUCUUGCU
called D. ACCGUUCAUGCA
680. Individuals that are well adapted to their 685. The genotype of an individual
environment will survive and produce: A. DNA coding for protein production
691. Which is an example of an adaptation? B. They find fossils of animals that died
A. Camouflage suddenly.
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lection. When too many offspring are pro-
duced, what will happen? their genetic material is evidence that
A. Some offspring could die A. all organisms undergo natural selec-
tion.
B. Offspring have a better chance of sur-
viving B. all organisms may have descended
C. Increase in competition over time from a common ancestor.
701. Dolly the sheep is an example of B. Individuals learned new traits and
A. cloning pass them on
711. The discovery of DNA and genes proved 716. Which organelle helps bacteria move
that around?
A. Darwin was wrong A. Ribosomes
B. mutations create variations and come B. Cytoplasm
from genes C. Flagella
C. we are all the same species D. Cell Membrane
D. bats and butterflies have a very close 717. If a species can’t adapt to a changing en-
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common ancestor vironment, what could happen?
712. Eyes that can see in the dark is a(an) A. increase in population
inherited by nocturnal animals. B. reproduction of organisms
A. adaptation C. extinction
B. acquired trait D. healthy organisms
732. A helpful trait that makes survival easier A. The most fit organism is always the
is called strongest
A. an adaptation B. The most fit organism survives and
B. evolution produces more offspring
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733. Evolution is a change gene frequency in a
over time. 738. Identify the SUBSTITUTION mutation
from the following DNA sequence:ATG CCA
A. Population
AAT
B. Individuals
A. ATG TCA AAT
C. Ecosystems
B. ATG CCT AAA T
D. none of above
C. ATC CA AT
734. The standardized system for naming or- D. ATG CCA AAT
ganism is known as binomial nomenclature.
What two pieces of information are used 739. What is the role of hydrogen bonds in the
to name and identify organisms using this structure of DNA?
system?
A. to code for proteins
A. genus and species
B. to synthesize proteins
B. class and genus
C. to separate the strands
C. class and species
D. to connect the base pairs
D. domain and kingdom
740. A phenotype is the (hint:look closely
735. The trunk on Darwin’s evolutionary trees at the first 2 letters)
signified a
A. letter combination
A. speciation
B. dominant gene
B. adaptation
C. recessive gene
C. split
D. physical appearance
D. common ancestor
736. One of two identical halves of a copied 741. At one time, giraffes developed from an-
chromosome. imals with short necks to animals with
long necks. Which best explains how this
A. Chromatid change in the neck length of giraffes oc-
B. Allele curred?
C. Genomite A. Theory of Plate Tectonics
D. Chromoside B. Law of Superposition
C. Theory of Evolution
737. What does it mean if an organism is more
fit than another? D. none of above
742. How did the West African Black Rhinos 748. Survival of the Fittest and Evolution by
become extinct? Natural Selection were proposed by which
scientist?
A. heritable A. Camouflage
B. new B. Chromosomes
C. mutated C. Albinism
D. better than the best D. Freckles
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754. Cladograms are constructed by grouping
organisms together based on their C. Operation Transposon
characteristics. D. Genome Sequence Project (GSP)
A. shared
760. By observing fossils, examining genetic
B. different information and studying different species,
C. similar scientists learn all of the following ex-
cept..
D. opposite
A. how and why adaptations arise
755. A heterozygous organism has
B. how new species develop
A. 2 recessive alleles
C. how to reincarnate fossils
B. No alleles D. why many species are extinct
C. 2 dominant alleles
761. Which of the following provides evidence
D. 1 dominant, 1 recessive allele that Earth is about 4.6 billion years old?
756. What is an organism that has similar A. Seafloor spreading
characteristics and can reproduce? B. Relative dating of fossils
A. species C. Carbon-14 in rocks on earth
B. organism D. Uranium in meteorites and moon rocks
C. embryology
762. Which scientist visited the Galapagos Is-
D. vestigial lands and came up with the theory of nat-
ural selection?
757. Which best describes how organisms are
classified today? A. Theodor Schwann
764. What does Factor X do? 770. The number of times, an allele occurs in a
A. seals wounds gene pool.
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sive.
D. none of above
776. Genes can be turned on or off by?
782. Study of embryos of organisms to show
A. Through gene transcription
a common ancestor because of similarities
B. Methylation in development
C. Histone modification A. Evolution
D. All of the above B. Natural Selection
777. The statement that in undisturbed sedi- C. Speciation
mentary lock layers, older layers of rock D. Embrology
lie under younger rock layer is the
A. Law of superposition 783. Father of Evolution
C. four cells are produced from a single A. ACG GAT CTA TAG
cell B. TCG GTA CAT ATG
D. selection B. chromosome
C. triangle
791. Which statement best describes the pro-
D. double helix
cess of evolution?
A. Populations can survive in different lo- 797. In humans, which statement concerning a
cations on earth pair of alleles for a gene controlling a sin-
gle characteristic is true?
B. Environmental conditions limit the
number of species on Earth A. Both alleles come from the mother
C. Populations grow when resources are B. Both alleles come from the father
abundant C. One allele comes from the mother and
D. The traits of a species can change over one allele comes from the father
time D. none of above
798. Evolution is a change in over time. 804. Almost all adaptations started off as?
A. Populations A. selective breeding
B. Individuals B. physiological
C. Ecosystems C. structural
D. none of above D. mutation
799. All of these can be inherited by people 805. How does the thumb represent natural
EXCEPT-
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selection?
A. language
A. For thumb wrestling
B. blood type
B. It only has 2 bones
C. eye color
C. Nature votes thumbs up for adapta-
D. height tions that will do well in their environment.
800. The fact that a strain of yeast with a cer-
tain defective gene can use the human ver- D. It’s perfect for texting
sion of the gene to repair itself is evidence
that yeast and humans- 806. Why is biodiversity important to ecosys-
tems?
A. depend on the same food supply
A. it allows animals to feed permanently
B. have identical genomes
from one type of plant
C. both have eukaryotic cells
B. it increases at each level of the food
D. share a genetic code chain
801. All the different genes and traits in a pop- C. it helps populations adapt to ecologi-
ulation. cal changes
A. Genetic Flow D. it reduces the number of insects in a
B. Natural Selection given ecosystem
C. Evolution 807. A group of similar organisms that can
D. Gene Pool breed and produce fertile offspring.
809. These cause variations. 814. were the first organisms on Earth.
A. mutations A. humans
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gether:
C. temporal isolation
A. (A and T)(C and G)
D. anatomical isolation
B. (A and G)(C and T)
821. How many unique point mutations does C. (A, T and C)G dosn’t fit anywhere
each newborn child have?
D. like peas in a pod
A. about 20
827. A disadvantage of antibiotics is
B. about 50
A. speeds up human evolution
C. about 70
B. kills bad bacteria
D. about 100 C. they are not preventative
822. What does natural selection act directly D. cures of an infection
upon? Before answering this come up with
828. Differences in DNA between individuals
an example to think about.
or populations
A. genotype A. Environmental Variation
B. phenotype B. Genetic Variation
C. genotype and phenotype C. Adaptive Feature
D. neither genotype or phenotype D. Genetic Engineering
823. Woolyboogers that cannot eat enough 829. During which Era in the geologic time
food food are likely to scale was there a great increase in the va-
riety of life forms on Earth?
A. adapt
A. Cenozoic
B. become endangered
B. Paleozoic
C. migrate to another area
C. Mesozoic
D. all of the above are correct
D. Devonian
824. Evolution of life on Earth can be most 830. The males of a bird species do a “dance”
strongly linked to which of the following and “sing a song” each spring. What is
geological events? the main purpose of these behaviors?
A. Changes in bodies of water A. to scare off young birds
B. Formation of fossils B. to imprint young birds
C. Movement of lithospheric plates C. to clean their feathers
D. Movement of sediment D. to attract female birds
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D. cell membrane; cellular matrix D. 100%
843. The preserved remains of parts or whole 848. Genetic make up of a trait of an organism
of an organisms over a long period of time
gives rise to a A. Genotype
A. Pickled organism B. Phenotype
B. stone form organism C. Heterozygous
C. Extinct organism
D. none of above
D. Fossil
844. What is another way of saying “hybrid 849. genetic differences between organisms
‘’? of the same species.
A. heterozygous A. behavior
B. homozygous dominant B. enviroment
C. homozygous recessive C. variation
D. none of these choices
D. adaptation
845. What are personal characteristics called
that have been passed on to offspring 850. The allele that hides another allele
from parents, such as dimples or eye A. dominant
color?
A. recessive traits B. recessive
B. genetics C. genotype
C. inherited traits D. phenotype
D. gene
851. Which of the following best describes an
846. The bones of the forelimbs of the whale, adaptation?
the human and the bat are very similar.
This indicates that they all may A. a trait that helps an organism survive
A. have descended from a common an- B. any change in a gene or a chromosome
cestor
B. belong to the same species C. any trait of an organism
C. Have to range great distances to eat D. a trait that is passed from a parent to
D. none of above its offspring
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8.1 Human Health and Disease
1. A large percentage of MSW in the United C. both male and female
States is D. mosquitoes don’t drink blood
A. paper
5. Which of the following is a chemical haz-
B. plastic
ard?
C. food waste
A. Pathogens
D. metal
B. Earthquakes
2. Composed of Cranial and Spinal Cavity. C. Imbalanced Diet
A. Pelvic Cavity D. Pollutants
B. Thoracic Cavity
6. Match the word part to the terms be-
C. Ventral Cavity low.stasis, -static
D. Dorsal Cavity A. to control and maintain costant
3. “Cholera, Typhoid, Amoebic dysentery”is B. to reduce significantly
the common disease that is transmitted C. to increase slightly
through
D. movement
A. water / air
B. touch 7. What can you do to protect yourself from
germs?
C. vector / vektor
A. Wash your hands
D. water / air
B. Avoid touching your eyes nose and
4. Which mosquito drinks blood? mouth
A. female C. Cook foods thoroughly
B. male D. All of the above
8. Using risk measurement and other infor- 14. What structure seperates the thoracic and
mation to determine options and make de- abdominal cavities?
cisions about reducing or eliminating risks A. Diaphragm
20. According to the germ theory of disease, 26. A disease caused by uncontrolled cell
disease is caused by growth
A. decaying matter. A. Cancer
B. chemicals. B. Diabetes
C. microorganisms. C. Heart attack
D. miasma. D. Stroke
27. A diverse group of microbes might look
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21. Following are the causes that weaken the
immune system EXCEPT like
A. Stress A. only E.coli bacteria in the gut
B. Exposure to polluted air B. 3 different microbes in the gut
C. Exposure to pesticides C. Dozens of different microbes in the gut
D. Healthy diet
D. none of above
22. Which of the following is NOT a mineral?
28. Microbes are ubiquitous, this means that
A. Carbohydrate they are:
B. Iron A. found everywhere
C. Calcium B. able to communicate
D. Potassium C. photosynthesizers
23. Organic compounds that control several D. pathogenic
body functions. e.g. A, C, K
29. Which system is the heart in?
A. Carbohydrates
A. Circulatory
B. Metabolism B. Digestive
C. Vitamins C. Cardiovascular
D. Digestion D. Integumentary
24. “Cholera, Typhoid, Amoebic dysentery”is 30. Tuberculosis
the common disease that transmitted
through A. is transmitted by mosquitoes
B. has been almost entirely eliminated in
A. air
the world
B. touch
C. is caused by a virus
C. vector
D. has strains that have developed resis-
D. water tance to antibiotics
25. What is NOT symptoms of Dengue fever? 31. Why is most e-waste exported?
A. Vomiting A. Cheaper labor
B. High fever B. Disposal is cheaper
C. Nose bleeding C. Laws are less strict
D. Muscle pain D. All of the Above
32. What are environmental hazards that re- 38. A(n) disease is a disease that has
sult from where we live and our lifestyle appeared in the human population for
choices? the first time or that has existed for a
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44. What is the main reason for eating a wide
variety of foods? A. disturbance
B. resiliency
A. to learn the food label
C. recovery
B. to provide all the nutrients you need
D. diversity
C. to keep from getting bored with your
diet 50. Why live pathogens cannot be used to
D. to help improve physical fitness make vaccine?
A. It is very difficult to obtain live
45. Infectious diseases are diseases caused by pathogen
an organism such as a virus or a bacterium,
B. Live pathogen is easily dead
which is called a
C. Live pathogen will replicate in human
A. pathogen
body
B. toxicant
D. Live pathogen more expensive
C. pandemic
51. All of the following are considered four
D. carcinogen greatest risk except
46. VOCAB:The average number of years an A. Poverty
individual is expected to live. B. Obese
A. life expectancy C. Being born female
B. infant mortality D. Smoking
C. death rate 52. What term means “closer to the beginning
D. growth rate of a body part”?
A. Proximal
47. Which of the following best describes a re-
action to injury or infection that is charac- B. Distal
terized by pain, redness, and swelling? C. Inferior
A. pus D. Dorsal
B. swelling 53. . Identify the medication used to kill or
C. inflammation slow the growth of bacteria
D. bruising A. Antibiotics
B. Antibodies
48. It is where the cost and the decisions on
how to minimize the hazards that may C. Medicalsupplementation
happen. D. Herbalremedies
54. breaks down protein into polypep- 59. Plasmodium enters human body in an infec-
tides. tious form which is a stage of its life cycle.
Name it.
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B. It is caused by a nematode
C. The disease is transmitted by house 71. The amount of a toxin that causes the first
flies symptoms to appear is
D. Infection usually occurs in childhood A. Threshold Dose
and remains asymptomic
B. LD50
66. Which pathogen needs a host cell to repro- C. Lethal Dose
duce?
D. Route of Entry
A. virus
B. bacteria 72. What is the cause of an infectious dis-
C. fungus ease?
D. parasite A. inherited
B. Vegetable, Fruit, Grain, Chocolate, 92. A student should have a minimum of how
Milk many glasses of water per day?
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D. Grain, Protein, Apple, Vegetable B. 6
C. 7
87. Which of the following is known as decom-
poser? D. 8
91. Microbes that only cause disease under B. Exposure to polluted air
certain circumstances are called: C. Exposure to pesticides
A. pathogens D. Healthy diet
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B. carcinogen 114. Which waterborne diseases is transmit-
ted through water?
C. allergen
A. Dengue
D. toxican
B. Zika
109. Apakah patogen yang dibawa oleh nya- C. Malaria
muk Anopheles betina?Which pathogen is
brought by female Anopheles mosquito? D. Cholera
A. Anterior and Posterior 116. enables you to hear, see and think
B. Inferior and Superior A. nervous tissue
C. Anterior and Inferior B. connective tissue
D. Superior and Posterior C. muscle tissue
D. homeostasis
111. Components that are non-biodegradable
& lipid-soluble have a higher risk of 117. Atrazine and DDT are examples of
A. bioaccumulation A. neurotoxins
B. synergistic effects B. endocrine disruptors
C. having a lower LD50 C. carcinogens
D. carcinogenic D. teratogens
112. Pancreatic juice contains the following, 118. Match the word part to the terms be-
EXCEPT low.ologist
A. lipase A. specialist that studies.
B. pancreatic amylase B. general
C. protease C. white
D. salivary amylase D. entrance
119. Which factors most influence whether a 124. Nutrients that build and repair tissues
person will develop Alzheimer’s disease? and cells e.g. meat, milk, eggs.
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131. lateral means B. cells, muscles, nervous tissue, and or-
A. farther from the body midline. gans
B. more superficial C. all cells
C. towards the body midline D. muscles
D. closer to the attachment point of a limb 137. Which list is made up of toxic metal pol-
lutants?
132. VOCAB:Introduction of machinery pow-
ered by fossil fuels, marked by the shift A. PCB, BPA, mercury, & potassium
from a rural, agricultural-based society to B. cadmium, arsenic, lead, & mercury
an urban, industry-based society
C. DDT, cadmium, lead, potassium, & BPA
A. Industrial Revolution
B. Greenhouse Effect D. argon, neon, chromium, & mercury
C. Endangered Species Act
138. Which of the following is not considered
D. Climate Change to be a biological hazard?
133. True or False:Ecological medicine stud- A. flu virus
ies the infectious disease connections be-
B. pet dander
tween animals and humans
C. cigarette smoke
A. True
D. bacterium that causes strep throat
B. False
C. Maybe 139. What is a Superfund Site?
D. none of above A. A place where children are exposed to
a lot of toxins
134. The study of how to body parts in the
B. a place with a lot of contamination
body function and move.
A. Anatomy C. a location designated by the EPA re-
quiring major toxic cleanup
B. Physiology
D. none of above
C. Anatomical position
D. Lateral 140. Antara penyakit berikut yang manakah
berjangkit melalui air?Which of the follow-
135. is needed to speed up the blood- ing diseases is transmitted through wa-
clotting ter?
A. Vitamin A A. demam kepialu/typhoid fever
144. Includes lightning, heavy rain, and some- C. World Summit on Sustainable Develop-
times hail ment
D. General Assembly Resolution
A. mudslide
B. hurricane 150. VOCAB:a contrast that refers to the dif-
ference in assets and income between indi-
C. tornado viduals in a society or between nations
D. thunderstorm A. wealth gap
145. The two major phyla of bacteria in the B. developing nations
microbiome are: C. demographic shift
A. Bacteroidetes; Firmicutes D. population growth
B. Escherichia; Firmicutes 151. allows your body to move
C. Bacteroidetes; Enterobactericeae A. muscle tissue
D. Staphylococcus; Escherichia B. nervous tissue
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mon in small organisms body
C. breeding in areas that are very humid A. Physiology
D. all of these B. Anatomy
C. pandemic C. Mercury
D. outbreak D. DDT
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175. Which disease is spread by adult B. Aedes
mosquito? C. Rat
A. Ringworm D. Cockroach
B. Cholera
181. * The study of structural and functional
C. Influenza changes caused by disease.
D. Malaria A. Histology
176. is stored under the skin as a heat in- B. Cytology
sulator. C. Biology
A. Carbohydrate D. Physiology
B. Fat
182. Drugs that destroy or inhibit bacterial
C. Protein growth:
D. none of above A. NSAIDs
177. An emerging diseases is a disease B. toxic
that:Has appeared in the human popula- C. cholinesterase inhibitors
tion for the time.
D. antibiotics
A. 1st
B. 2nd 183. A white blood cell that destroys
pathogens by digesting them is called a
C. 3rd
D. 4th A. macrophage
178. Which is associated with a tornado? B. T cell
A. storm surge C. B cell
B. funnel of rotating air D. antibody
C. lightning and thunder 184. Which of the following is NOT a direc-
D. landslides and mudslides tional body plane?
185. Plastics are made from 191. Study of the adverse effects of chemicals
A. glass on health
196. Biomagnification of Hg can lead to prob- 201. She’s very hot and shivery, so I think she
lems with must have
A. the immune system A. rash
B. the nervous system B. migraine
C. the respiratory system C. flu
D. the digestive system D. none of above
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197. Which one is NOT a reason why emerg- 202. A patient suffering from a disease shows
ing diseases are particularly dangerous to the following symptoms:sustained high
humans? fever (39-40 degree celcius), intestinal
bleeding, red rashes, headache and loss of
A. Humans have little to no resistance to appetite. Identify the disease.
them
A. Typhoid
B. Methods of controlling emerging dis-
eases have not been invented yet B. Pneumonia
206. Where does MOST of the digestive pro- 211. The greatest reduction of MSW could be
cess take place? achieved by reducing
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D. giardiasis.
A. the dose that kills 50 % of a test popu-
lation 222. the smallest unit of organization in the
B. the dose at which 50 % of a population body
displays negative health effects A. cell
C. the dose at which the first individual in B. muscle tissue
a population dies from exposure
C. heart
D. the dose that causes 50% of the popu-
D. health
lation to become extinct
223. the process by which an organisms inter-
218. What hazards does epidemiology deal
nal environment is kept stable.
with?
A. homeostasis
A. physical
B. organism stableness
B. chemical
C. tissues combine
C. social
D. cardiac disease
D. biological
224. What does a substance’s toxicity depend
219. In the the United States, which agency
on besides what it is?
takes the lead for responding to emerging
diseases? A. if it was produced naturally
A. Centers for Diseases Control and Pre- B. its scientific name
vention (CDC) C. how much you are exposed to
B. Environmental Protection Agency D. where it is found in the environment
(EPA)
225. Which of the following is a dome of wa-
C. World Health Organization (WHO) ter that crashes along the coast?
D. Federal Emergency Management A. storm surge
Agency (FEMA)
B. hurricane
220. Which statement about ascariasis is not C. thunderstorm
correct?
D. tornado
A. Children 3-8 years are more likely to
be infected 226. When bacterial population size , au-
B. It is caused by a roundworm toinducer concentration
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B. toxicant
called?
C. pandemic
A. carcinogen
D. carcinogen
B. hazard
C. teratogen 244. Which of the following types of people
generally has a greater sensitivity to envi-
D. neurotoxin ronmental hazards than the other types of
239. Several members of Tyrone’s family have people?
problems with heart disease, To avoid de- A. teenager
veloping heart problems, Tyrone should
B. adult
probably do all of the following except:
C. infant
A. Get plenty of exercise
B. restrict intake of fats and sugar D. none; all have equal sensitivity
C. imuniti/immunity A. teratogen
D. vaccination/vaccination B. mutagen
C. carcinogen
250. A disease that is not spread from one per-
son to another D. metastasis
A. melanoma 256. What helps protect against leachate get-
B. cystic fibrosis ting into groundwater in sanitary land-
fills?
C. nontransmissible disease
A. pipes to extract methane gas
D. multiple sclerosis
B. plastic or clay liner
251. Ways to prevent infectious disease that
caused by vector C. a layer of gravel between the MSW
and soil
A. Avoid crowd places
D. the soil cap that covers the landfill af-
B. Conducting vector control ter it reaches capacity
C. Sanitize our hands
257. Analysis of mixed DNA from a micro-
D. Avoid personal sharing biome sample used to identify species and
252. Unlike eukaryotes, prokaryotes contain: common genes.
A. ribosomes A. Metagenomics
B. cytoplasm B. Polymorphism
C. nucleoid C. SDS-PAGE
D. cell membranes D. Deoxyribose nucleic acids
253. This infectious disease is transmitted by 258. What is the meaning of disease
the bite of an infected mosquito and is A. An illness that cause by toxic chemical
prevalent in sub-saharan Africa expose by our body.
A. West Nile B. Abnormal condition on body and mind
B. SARS that cause discomfort.
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B. recycling C. it always directly cause lung cancer
C. composting D. cholera was not caused by polluted wa-
D. municipal sewage treatment ter
265. Study of the patterns of disease or
260. Which of the following is an infectious
other harmful effects from toxic exposure
diseases?
within defined groups of people to find out
A. Cancer why some people get sick and some do not
B. Diabetes A. Toxicology
C. Flu B. pathology
D. Asthma C. phrenology
D. epidemiology
261. Which one is the correct statement for
passive natural immunity? 266. How does the body build immunity?
A. temporary and short-lived A. by receiving immunity from a mother
B. fast and temporary B. through vaccinations
C. occurs when a person recovers from C. by building memory cells
an infection D. all of the above
D. occurs when a vaccine is injected into
267. Eating which of the following will help
the body
you build muscle.
262. VOCAB:The average number of children a A. Carbs
female member of a population has during
B. Fat
her lifetime
C. Protein
A. total fertility rate
D. Grains
B. replacement fertility rate
C. growth rate 268. In landfills, must be transported to
a wastewater treatment facility while
D. death rate must be extracted to be burned off or used
as fuel.
263. This is the quantity of a harmful chemi-
cal that has been ingested, inhaled, or ab- A. methane, leachate
sorbed through the skin B. leachate, methane
A. dose C. leachate, heavy metals
B. size D. asbestos, radon
280. What are diseases such as a strep throat 285. What is an example of a controllable so-
and Athlete’s foot caused by? cial hazard?
A. miasma A. drinking alcohol
B. decaying matter B. emerging diseases
C. microorganisms C. pollution from dump near your home
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281. What is the most important genetic factor viruses that can make people sick?
influencing whether someone will develop
osteoporosis? A. diseases
A. diet B. vaccines
C. antibodies
B. gender
D. pathogens
C. exercise
D. age 287. Anterior means
A. on the backside of the body/dorsal
282. Anorexia Nervosa is a disease involving B. on the frontside of the body/ventral
self-starvation. Because the body needs
nutrients and is not getting them, which of C. to the midline of the body
the following can happen to someone who D. toward the fingers
is anorexic?
288. The body uses this to carry nutrients
A. Hair loss and waste. It also helps joints move
B. Dehydration smoothly.
C. Dry skin A. Fat
291. Which of the following is NOT the fac- 296. Which of the following is the least sus-
tor affecting the size of population in an ceptible to harmful health effects?
ecosystem?
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303. This body cavity is created by the bones
of the skull to protect the brain. D. none of above
313. Another word for back is 319. Maia’s family has a history of heart dis-
A. ventral ease. What can she do to help lower her
chance of having heart disease?
324. Animal that transmit pathogen from one 329. Which is an example of a brownfield?
host to another is called A. a home foreclosed by the bank
A. species B. abandoned shopping center
B. vector C. abandoned gas station
C. predator D. a landfill that has been capped and re-
D. prey purposed
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330. These are chemicals or forms of radiation
325. What is a disease that has appeared in
that cause or increase genetic mutations
the human population for the first time and
is increasing rapidly called? A. carcinogens
A. environmental B. mutagens
B. pandemic C. teratogens
C. emerging D. none of above
327. What will cause the WBC in the body to 332. used meat in three different sets of
slightly increase jars to show that living things can only
come from living things.
A. When we exposed to sunlight for few
hours A. John Snow
B. Francesco Redi
B. When we consume high amount of salt
C. Louis Pasteur
C. When there is virus infection in the D. none of above
body
333. Which of the following is involved in first
D. When we are exposed to pesticide line of defence
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C. MERS 352. VOCAB:how a population changes in size
D. Cholera during a specific period of time.
356. Lack of iodine will lead to 362. Infectious diseases are diseases caused
A. Goiter by a , such as a virus or a bacterium.
C. Anaemia B. toxicant
D. Rickets C. pandemic
D. carcinogen
357. The elbow is to the shoulder.
A. Proximal 363. Microsporum, Trichophyton and Epider-
mophyton are responsible for which of the
B. Distal following disease?
C. Anterior A. Ringworm
D. Lateral B. Elephantiasis
358. Animal that transmits pathogens from C. AIDS
one host to another is called / Animals D. Chicken Pox
that transmit pathogens from one host to
another is called 364. An emerging diseases is a disease that:Is
A. species spreading
C. transverse B. Tsunami
D. oblique C. Smoking
D. Poor Working Conditions
360. is important to prevent constipation.
A. Carbohydrate 366. Bile fat into small droplets.
B. Fat A. emulsifies
C. Protein B. digests
368. Osteoporosis is more prevalent among 373. Which of the following is NOT a part of
women than men because women gener- My Plate?
ally A. Grains
A. exercise more than men do. B. Fruit
B. have lower bone mass than men have. C. Candy
D. Protein
C. take in more calcium than men take in.
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374. A student recently developed strep
D. have more bones in their bodies than throat, what is the cause of his illness?
men have. A. Antibodies
A. carcinogen C. Bacteria
B. pathogen D. Virus
B. Pneumonia A. Meat/Beans
C. Malaria B. Fruits/Vegetables
372. DDT is in the environment. This 378. used a map to show that cholera was
means it doesn’t break down/decompose, caused by contaminated water and not poi-
instead it lasts a long time. sonous vapors.
A. persistent A. Louis Pasteur
B. synergistic B. Francesco Redi
C. acute C. John Snow
D. threshold D. none of above
390. Companies usually claim justification for 394. Match the word part to the terms be-
polluting local areas because they say it low.plas/i, plas/o, -plasia
is a small amount that will eventually dis- A. hope and deliverance
perse and not have an impact. This is an
example of B. repair
A. Tragedy of the Commons C. function and structure
B. Cradle-to-grave analysis D. growth and development
C. LD50 and environmental study
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395. How could recycling rates be increased?
D. none of these A. providing tax breaks and subsidies for
391. Which of the following issues is NOT the recycling
cause of the environmental impacts caused B. require items to be separated before
by humans? pickup
A. pollution C. decrease government purchases of re-
B. human population growth cycled materials
C. climate change D. decrease tipping fees for landfills
D. habitat destruction 396. Which of the following is an example of a
social hazard that can’t be controlled eas-
392. Most communities have a(n) attitude
ily?
about location of landfills and haz waste
sites. A. smoking cigarettes
A. “For the greater good” B. pollution from a factory near your
B. “Not in my backyard” house
393. A disbalance in the microbiome that af- 397. Vaccines will trigger your body to make
fects homeostasis is called: all of the following EXCEPT
A. disease A. antibodies
B. malnutrition B. memory cells
C. dysbiosis C. white blood cells
D. obesity D. red blood cells
3. Kharif crops are grown from period 8. One of the advantages for irrigation is:
A. April to May A. crops grow quickly
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20. The Principal cereal crop of India is
C. Mrigal
A. Sorghum
D. Hilsa
B. Maize
15. Who is the father of Green Revolution in C. Rice
the World?
D. Wheat
A. Norman Borlaug
21. Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium are
B. M.S Swaminathan examples of
C. Raj Krishna A. Micro-nutrients
D. R.K.V Rao B. Macro-nutrients
C. Fertilizers
16. Mullets, prawns, mussels are examples of
D. Both i and ii
A. Fresh-water fishes
B. Finned fishes 22. What is the name used to describe a ma-
ture male chicken?
C. Shell fishes
A. Hen
D. Marine fishes
B. Rooster
17. The management and production of fish is C. Tom
called D. Capon
A. Pisciculture
23. Which of the following fish is a middle
B. Apiculture zone feeder in the polyculture of fish?
C. Sericulture A. Catla
D. Aquaculture B. Mrigal
C. Rohu
18. fish farms exist in order to
D. Silver carp
A. decrease the amount of fish in the sea.
24. Which bees collect nectar from the flow-
ers?
B. increase the level of protein consump-
tion. A. Queen bee
C. prevent fish from extinction possibili- B. Worker Bee
ties. C. Male bee
D. increase types of fish species. D. None of these
37. Who is known as the father of white rev- 43. What is the other name for Apis cerana in-
olution in India? dica?
A. Mrs. Indira Gandhi A. Indian Buffalo
B. Shri Jai PrakashNarain B. Indian bee
C. Prof. M.S Swaminathan C. Indian cow
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44. Animal husbandry is done for the follow-
38. Blue revolution is related to
ing purposes (i) Milk Production (ii) Agri-
A. Crop production cultural work (iii) Meat production (iv) Egg
B. Fish production production
A. (i), (ii) and (iii)
C. Milk production
B. (ii), (iii) and (iv)
D. Egg production
C. (iii) and (iv)
39. pulses are rich in D. (i) and (iv)
A. proteins
45. What does NPK stand for?
B. Carbohydrates
A. Nutrients, Pancakes, Kittens
C. oils B. Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium
D. vitamins C. Nitrogen, Potassium, Phosphorus
40. Which one of the following species of D. none of above
honey bee is an Indian species? 46. Berseem, Oats or Sudan grass are exam-
A. Apis dorsata ples of
B. Apis florae A. Cereals
C. Apis cerana indica B. Pulses
D. Apis mellifera C. Spices
D. Fodder crops
41. Green Revolution refers to
47. Silver revolution is related to
A. Use of green manure
A. Crop production
B. Grow more crops
B. Milk production
C. High Yield Variety Programme
C. Egg production
D. Green Vegetation
D. Honey production
42. Which bees lay eggs in the bee hive? 48. Cyperinus and Parthenium are types of
A. Worker bee A. Diseases
B. Queen bee B. Pesticides
C. Male bee C. weeds
D. None of these D. pathogens
60. Which one is an oil yielding plant among 61. Identify the macronutrient-
the following?
A. Boron
A. Lentil
B. Zinc
B. Sunflower
C. Cauliflower C. Sulphur
D. Hibiscus D. Copper
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8.3 Microbes in Human Welfare
1. Cyclosporin A is produced from- B. filtration and removal of debris, sand,
A. Trichoderma polysporum (a fungus) grit, etc.
B. Methane, Hydrogen sulphide and CO2 8. Which of the following bacteria help in ni-
trogen fixation from atmosphere?A. Azo-
C. Methane, hydrogen sulphide and O2
tobacter B. Rhizobium C. Azospirillum D.
D. Hydrogen sulphide and CO2 Lactobacillus
4. In anaerobic sludge digesters, the anaero- A. A, C, D
bic bacteria B. A, B, C, D
A. Digest Fungi C. B, C, D
B. Digest Bacteria D. A, B, C
C. Both A and B 9. Streptomycin is produced from-
D. Digest the organic matter A. Streptomyces scoleus
5. What is the first step in the water treat- B. Streptomyces griseus
ment process? C. Streptomyces fradiae
A. coagulation D. Streptomyces venezuellae
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tems. 28. After the clarification step in wastewater
treatment, the solid waste called is
A. Algae
sold off and the liquid waste called
B. Bacteria moves on the be filtered and disinfected
C. Virus A. sewage and dirty water
D. Fungi B. sludge and effluent
23. Monascus purpureus is a yeast used com- C. effluent and slude
mercially in the production of D. dirty water and sewage
A. ethanol 29. Pectinases and proteases are used in
B. streptokinase for removing clots from A. detergents
the blood vessels.
B. perfumes
C. citric acid
C. bottle juices
D. blood cholesterol lowering statins.
D. none of above
24. statin is
30. name the firstly discovered antibiotics
A. an immunosupressive agent
A. penicillium
B. a blood cholesterol lowering agent B. penicillin
C. an alcohol C. tetracycline
D. a blood clot buster D. flemings
25. serve as an important bio-fertilizer in 31. What is the role of bacteria in the water
paddy fields. purification process?
A. Cyanobacteria A. digested organic matter
B. Azotobacter B. add chlorine
C. Methanobacterium C. nothing, we don’t want them in there
D. Mycorrhiza D. add nutrients to the sludge
26. Streptococcus produces streptokinase 32. The bioactive molecule Cyclosporin-A is
which is a / an used in-
A. clot buster A. whooping cough
B. cholesterol lowering agent B. diphtheria
C. immunosupressive agent C. leprosy
D. antibiotics D. organ-transplant patients
33. The bacterium that commonly lives in ani- 39. FRANKIA IS THE ASSOCIATION WITH
mal and human intestines is- WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING
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46. Which role is played by lactic acid bacteria
(LAB) in our stomach? C. Biochemical oxygen demand
A. Beneficial D. Dissolve oxygen
B. Harmful
52. NAME THE GROUP OF SPECIES SPECIFIC
C. Neutral GROUP OF VIRUSES USED IN BIO PEST
D. All of these CONTROL
A. NUCLEO POLYHEDRO VIRUS
47. Large holes in Swiss cheese are formed
due to production of a large amount of CO2 B. NUCLEO TETRA HEDRAL VIRUS
by C. M 13 VIRUS
A. Propionobacterium D. LAMBDA PHAGE
B. Mycobacterium
53. KVIC stands for
C. Saccharomyces
A. Khadi and village Institution Commis-
D. Penicillium sion
48. What gas must be maintained at precise B. Khadi and Village Industries Company
levels in the aeration tank? C. Khadi and Village Industries Commis-
A. CO2 sion
B. O2 D. Kanpur and Vallore industries Commis-
sion
C. H2
D. CO 54. IPM stands for
A. Indian Pollution Management
49. Fungi which form symbiotic associations
with plants are B. Institute of Pest Management
A. Rhizobium C. Integrated Pest Management
B. Mycorrhiza D. Institute of Pollution Management
C. Azospirillum 55. The symbiotic association between fungi
D. Oscillatoria and roots of higher plants is called-
56. Statins used for lowering blood- B. organic waste is turned into usable fer-
cholesterol level are extracted from: tilizer
A. PLEBOTOMA D. Mycorrhiza
67. Alexander Fleming was working on 73. Which of the following bacteria has a role
A. Salmonella in removing clots from our blood vessels?
A. Bacillus thuringiensis
B. Penicillin notatum
B. Clostridium butylicum
C. Streptococcus
C. Streptococcus
D. Staphylococci
D. Lactobacillus
68. who discovered penicillin
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74. and bacteria can fix atmospheric
A. George Beadle nitrogen while free living in the soil.
B. Alexander Flemming A. Lactobacillus
C. Charles Darwin B. Azospirillum and Azotobacter
D. Georges Cuvier C. Streptococcus and staphylococcus
71. The significance of Flocs in secondary Treat- 77. Which of the following cyanobacteria can
ment is not fix atmospheric nitrogen?A. Nostoc B. An-
abaena C. Oscillatoria D. Yeast
A. Consumption of organic matter
A. A, C, D
B. Reduction of BOD
B. C, D
C. Reduction in polluting potential C. A, C
D. Reduction of inorganic salts D. A, B C
72. The gas responsible for puffing-up appear- 78. are free living bacteria which fix atmo-
ance of dough comes from: spheric nitrogen in soil.
A. Aerobic respiration A. Azobacterium
B. Fermentation B. Acetobacterium
C. Photosynthesis C. Azotobacter
D. Photorespiration D. Azabacterium
79. MONASCUS PURPUREUS IS THE SOURCE 83. Which of the following food items is pro-
FOR THE PRODUCTION OF duced by fermentation by the microbes?A.
Idli B. Dosa C. Toddy D. Cheese
C. STEPTOKINASE B. C, D
D. DYSTROPHIN C. A, C
D. A, B, C
80. Used in detergent formulations
A. lipase 84. This is a good producer of citric acid
B. pentase A. Aspergillus
C. protease B. Clostridium
82. which bacteria is responsible for the set- 86. improved water quality can be achieved
tling of curd by
A. lactobacillus A. appropriate use of water
B. acetobactor B. careful water storage and handling
C. lactococcus C. proper land management
D. lactovirus D. all of the above
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9.1 Biotechnology
1. How does NC benefit from the biotechnol- 4. The process by which cells and systems
ogy industry? maintain a constant internal balance.
A. Jobs created A. genetics
B. Farmers have resistant crops B. agriculture
C. Healthier animals
C. engineering
D. All of the choices benefic NC.
D. homeostasis
2. How is artificial selection different from
genetic engineering? 5. Fabric detergents are becoming more effec-
A. Artificial selection is not related to ge- tive because of the addition of enzymes to
netic. their active ingredients. This is an exam-
ple of:
B. Artificial selection is not an example of
biotechnology. A. Agricultural biotechnology.
C. Artificial selection does not directly B. Food and consumer goods biotechnol-
change a single organism’s DNA. ogy.
D. none of above C. Environmental biotechnology.
3. The United Nations is very interested in D. Medical biotechnology
food biotechnology because it will:
A. Provide foods that cure disease. 6. An associates degree takes how many
B. Provide more food to feed a growing years?
population. A. 8
C. Provide a cash crop for low income na- B. 6
tions.
C. 4
D. Be funded by privately not costing the
UN any money. D. 2
7. Which is an example of an asexual pro- 12. Bacterial DNA is than human DNA
cess? A. More simple
17. The first step in the process of recombinant C. crops that taste better and stay fresh
DNA technology longer
A. Cutting and ligation of DNA at specific D. all of these
locations
22. Biotechnology is the application of technol-
B. Amplification of gene of interest using ogy to the study or manipulation of
PCR A. Plants
C. Isolation of the genetic material or B. Animals
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DNA
C. People
D. Insertion of recombinant DNA into the
D. Living things
host cell or organism
23. You see a pile of grass clippings, corn-
18. What is the biggest benefit for biotech- stalks, and tomato stems that are decay-
nologies being researched in North Car- ing. What is it?
olina?
A. An ant hill
A. More animals are modified in NC
B. A compost heap
B. Less farms in NC. C. An ethanol pile
C. Fewer scientists move to NC. D. A pile of manure
D. More jobs move to NC.
24. What statement about genes is TRUE?
19. Which is NOT a goal of agricultural bioengi- A. Nearly identical genes are found in a
neering? wide variety of organisms.
A. to boost nutrient content B. Genes are only found in humans.
B. to increase food production C. Genes are found in all living organisms,
but humans do not share genes with other
C. forensic science
organisms
D. to extend the average human life by D. Genes in all mammals are identical
preventing malnutrition
25. Which is a career that would use microor-
20. Biopesticides are microorganisms that do ganisms to remove pollutants from wa-
not harm humans, animals, fish or birds, ter?
but are:
A. medical specialist
A. Toxic to certain crop pests. B. DNA fingerprint specialist
B. Harmful if swallowed by livestock. C. Environmental Protection Agency spe-
C. Too expensive for use by most farmers. cialist
D. Center for Disease Control
D. Hard to grow in a laboratory. 26. Which food is most likely a product of
21. Recombinant DNA are currently used to biotechnology today?
produce A. potato
A. clothing dye, cheese, and laundry prod- B. chicken
ucts C. beef
B. human antibiotics and vaccines D. corn
38. This is the practice of inserting the DNA of 44. Using biotechnology techniques to solve
another species into an organism’s DNA so environmental issues.
that the organism gains a new trait.
A. biotechnolgy
A. Cloning
B. bioremediation
B. Gel Electrophoresis
C. Genetic Engineering C. agriculture
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39. Tissue culture may be used for: 45. What is a major advantage to Genetically
A. producing genetically identical plants. Modified Organisms?
B. disinfecting greenhouse structures. A. They evolve more quickly
C. sexual reproduction in floral crops. B. They are made in nature
D. sterilization of soil products.
C. Can make organisms not found in na-
40. This is the practice of choosing individuals ture
of a species to mate based on their desir-
D. They are not controversial
able characteristics
A. Bacterial recombination 46. What is the main reason for adding vita-
B. Natural selection min A content to golden rice?
C. Genetic modification A. to be able to grow rice in salty soil
D. Selective breeding B. to create better looking rice
41. Why is yeast used in breadmaking? C. to grow rice under drought conditions
A. to produce alcohol
D. to create rice that contains more nutri-
B. to produce carbon dioxide ents
C. to use up oxygen
47. Which of the following is not a benefit of
D. to use up sugar
GMO food?
42. What is the end goal of PCR?
A. herbicide tolerance
A. Look at banding patterns of DNA
B. disease resistance against fungus in-
B. Increase amount of DNA fections
C. Decrease the amount of DNA
C. gene transfer to other species
D. Fingerprinting
D. longer shelf life
43. All of the following are fields that biotech-
nology is most likely used in EXCEPT: 48. North Carolina’s #1 Biotech Industry is
A. Medicine A. Biomedical Research
B. Agriculture
B. Environmental Biotechnology
C. Food and Nutrition
C. Making Clones
D. Civil Engineering (engineer of roads
and bridges) D. Agriculture
49. To help meet the world’s demand for B. fear of the unknown health risks
food, which biotechnological process is C. biotech products are more costly
most likely to be used by agricultural in-
60. Of the following, what event happened 65. What is the process by which microor-
first? ganisms to change harmful chemicals into
A. DNA fingerprinting was developed. harmless ones called?
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61. What should a person working in a biotech
laboratory do if he/she has long hair? 66. GM crops that produce a higher yield per
plant than unmodified crops would
A. Cut it short
A. a. produce more food for the same
B. Wear a hair net or pin it back
acreage.
C. Use hair spray to keep the hair in place
B. a. produce less food for the same
acreage.
D. No special care is needed
C. a. produce more food but would use
62. If you want to make a GM crop that is more land.
purple, what is the first thing you need to D. produce less food and require more
do? land.
A. Find a plant that is naturally purple
67. The following limitations are the draw-
B. Paint a plant purple backs of siRNA as a therapeutic agent EX-
C. Use an enzyme to cut a gene out of a CEPT:
plant A. Off target effects.
D. Use a virus to insert a gene into a plant B. Poor penetrate biological membrane.
63. Which of the following cuts DNA into small C. Poor pharmacokinetics property.
pieces? D. Extensive chemical modification to
A. dissolving blue dye achieve satisfactory half-life.
B. restriction enzymes 68. Which area of biotechnology would create
C. surgically cutting DNA under micro- ethical issues within human society?
scope A. insulin produced by bacteria
D. none of above B. organ cloning for use in transplants
64. Chloe loves science, but she wants a ca- C. genetic engineering to improve agri-
reer in law enforcement. Chloe can be- cultural yields
come a scientist using biotechnology and D. DNA and forensic testing of crime
still help fight crime by improving methods scene evidence
for which of the following?
69. The tendency of female sheep to have
A. Disease prevention twins is due to:
B. DNA testing A. weather conditions
C. Identification of metals B. the sequence of the bases between
D. High-speed communication the DNA strands
C. the age of the ram 75. Which is a concern of scientists when ge-
D. the desire of the mother to have twins netically modifying plants?
80. What is one of the main purposes for 85. What do graders and sorters of agricultur-
why scientists study the human genome alproducts do?
project?
A. Transport, house, and provide meals
A. To understand human disease and aid forworkers
in creation of treatments.
B. Crop baling, husking, shelling, thresh-
B. To understand why humans exist. ing, and ginning
C. To study how the human brain is like a C. Grade, sort, or classify unprocessed
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computer. food
D. none of above D. Conduct research in production, and
yield of plants or crops
81. Which situation is most likely to raise eth-
ical questions about using biotechnology? 86. If a plasmid vector is digested with Eco R
I at a single site then
A. increased crop yields
A. one sticky end will be produced
B. new vaccine development
B. two sticky ends will be produced
C. increased job opportunities
C. four sticky ends will be produced
D. genetically modified food crops
D. six sticky ends will be produced
82. changes the genetic material of a living
organism. 87. Which enzyme would be used in a biologi-
cal washing powder?
A. Crossbreeding
A. DNA ligase
B. Genetic Modification
B. lactase
C. Bioremediation
C. pectinase
D. Genome
D. protease
83. Which of the following biotechnologies is
defined as the intentional reproduction of 88. ligase enzymes are used in genetic engi-
individuals in a population that have a par- neering to
ticular, desirable trait?
A. cut open plasmid DNA
A. Evolution
B. insert plasmids into bacteria
B. Genetic engineering
C. isolate the DNA making up a human
C. Artificial selection gene
D. Cloning D. join human DNA to plasmid DNA
84. Problems with selective breeding include 89. term used to refer to an organism that con-
tains genes from other organisms
A. Better animals
A. gene
B. More Meat
B. mutation
C. Animals can have bad health problems
C. transgenic
D. more diversity D. clone
90. Crop biotechnology involves genetic modi- 95. Mules are the offspring of a male donkey
fication techniques for the purpose of: and a female horse. What kind of biotech-
nology is used to create mules?
100. Hippocrates studied medicine in ancient 105. An antibiotic used to treat bacterial in-
Greece. How did he think illness should fections, produced naturally from certain
be treated? types of mold.
A. By praying to the ancient Gods A. tylenol
B. With chants, ringing bells and dance B. penicillin
C. With rest, a good diet, fresh air and C. vaccine
cleanliness
D. virus
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D. By bleeding the victim to release the
bad spirits 106. Messing with DNA by doing things like
putting genes from one organism into an-
101. What process uses bacteria to eat away other is
at unwanted iron and minerals, leaving the
A. Gene modification
valuable silver, copper and gold behind?
B. gene therapy
A. Fermentation
C. Selective breeding
B. Bioremediation
D. Animal husbandry
C. Biomining
D. Composting 107. Which is the most useful change made
to crops using applications of biotechnol-
102. During gel electrophoresis, the pieces ogy?
of DNA move farthest down the gel
A. Crops use more nutrients.
A. lightest
B. Crops need more fertilizer
B. heaviest
C. Crops resist more diseases.
C. ugliest
D. Crops take more time to grow
D. deadliest
108. Kelly plans to pursue a master’s degree.
103. The study of heredity or the passing of How might this degree MOST LIKELY af-
genes from parent to offspring. fect Kelly’s career?
A. genetics A. She will live a happier life.
B. inheritance B. She will have a better chance of becom-
ing a supervisor.
C. engineering
C. She will earn less money.
D. bioremediation
D. She will dislike her job.
104. Which is a use of GMOs in agriculture?
109. Which is a disadvantage of the use of
A. making human insulin
biotechnology in agriculture?
B. DNA fingerprint for blood left at a
A. increased crop yields
crime scene
B. reduction in pesticide use
C. producing corn that is resistant to her-
bicides C. unknown side effects
D. none of above D. higher nutritional values
114. Which substance is cut by restriction en- 119. What are some examples of biotechnol-
zymes? ogy being used in agriculture?
A. DNA A. Crop irrigation
B. carbohydrates B. DNA fingerprinting
C. proteins C. Gentically modified crops
D. lipids D. Crop rotation
115. Golden rice is a genetically modified or- 120. What is an example of a life form used in
ganism that has high vitamin A content. industrial biotechnology?
What is golden rice attempting to do?
A. Android
A. Grow rice in salty soil.
B. Bacteria
B. Grow rice under drought conditions.
C. Create rice that contains more nutri- C. Proton
ents. D. Oil
121. The process in which large numbers of 126. The experimental manipulation of DNA of
identical recombinant DNA molecules are different species, producing recombinant
produced is called? DNA is known as
A. test cross A. electrophoresis
B. selective breeding B. recombinant DNA technology
C. transgenic organism C. transformation
D. cloning D. somatic hybridization
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122. Which of these careers would a student 127. James Watson and Francis Crick were re-
studying biotechnology most likely pur- warded for their work win the discovery
sue? of DNA s structure in 1953. What did they
win?
A. electrical engineering
A. An academy award
B. astronomy
B. A faculty appointment at Duke Univer-
C. agricultural research
sity
D. geology
C. A Nobel Prize
123. Which of these is NOT a use for DNA Fin- D. A Pulitzer Prize
gerprinting?
128. Which potential problem could occur from
A. Identifying the person whose DNA was recent increases in genetically modified
left at a crime scene crops?
B. Determining the father of a child A. increased crop yield
C. Finding the likelihood of inheriting a ge- B. lower genetic diversity in crop species
netic disorder
D. Figuring out which species are more C. increased risk to crops from environ-
closely related mental stresses
124. When we refer to a “G.M.O.” we are D. improved taste, texture, appearance,
talking about and nutritional qualities of food
A. Guaranteed micro-organism 129. Genetically modified organisms that are
B. Gigantic money organization safety tested in laboratories and green-
houses before they are tested outdoors
C. Genetically modified organism
are also monitored by:
D. none of above
A. county government.
125. Using microbes like bacteria to remove B. nursery operators.
harmful toxins from the environment is
C. state and federal government.
called
D. chemical salespeople.
A. bioremediation
B. transgenic 130. Which category does the following
biotechnology fall under?Fungus is used at
C. tissue culturing paper mills to reduce pollution from soil en-
D. gene therapy tering the water table.
133. Which of the following careers are asso- 138. Cells that can differentiate into any type
ciated with biotechnology? of cell and are used to cure disease are cat-
A. life guard egorized as
A. specialized cells
B. fire fighter
B. cloning cells
C. agriculture research
C. somatic cells
D. none of the above
D. stem cells
134. Which would most likely increase the
amount of money made from agriculture 139. A bioprocessing factory receives daily de-
in North Carolina? liveries of oxygen to use for the:
A. Workers.
A. Sweet potatoes that are resistant to
disease. B. Microbes.
B. Sweet potatoes that are more expen- C. Machines.
sive. D. Purification.
C. Sweet potatoes that are a different
140. The performing of computations using bi-
color.
ological molecules, rather than traditional
D. Sweet potatoes that taste the same. silicon chips.
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D. Bioleaching
A. bacteria
146. Which is MOST important for biotechnol-
B. water ogy professionals who work with the gen-
C. body waste eral public?
D. hair follicles A. Have a good fashion sense
B. Able to read road maps
142. In 1982, Humulin was produced by
Genentech. What is significant about Hu- C. Communicate effectively
mulin? D. Practice lab safety
A. It was the first vaccine developed
147. Who is dolly the sheep?
B. It was the first antibiotic developed
A. A cloned sheep
C. It was the first biotech drug approved
B. A ordinary sheep
by the FDA
C. I don’t know
D. It was the first approved biotech treat-
ment for AIDS D. none of above
143. Modern biotechnology continues to use 148. Which of the following is NOT true
the basic research developed in the early about biotechnology research and develop-
1800s by: ment?
161. Which career in biotechnology requires a 167. Genetic modification is a technique used
minimum of a bachelor’s degree? in
A. Biological technician A. Herbicide-resistant crops
B. Technical writer B. Transgenic organisms
C. Laboratory assistant
C. Cloning
D. Industry secretary
D. All of the above
162. In what decade was Dolly the sheep
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cloned? 168. What is most likely the greatest eco-
nomic benefit for NC from biotech?
A. 1930s
B. 1950s A. Improvements in DNA testing leading
to more arrests
C. 1970s
B. fewer people who use laboratory cre-
D. 1990s
ated human insulin
163. What is the science of agriculture deal C. increased disease resistant crops and
with? greater crop yields
A. Farming (plant and animals)
D. none of above
B. Crime
C. Medical 169. Which of the following is when an or-
ganism’s DNA is modified for medicine, re-
D. Computers search, production, or industry?
164. Lactaid milk products produced using the A. Cloning
enzyme lactose.
B. Artificial Selection
A. Agriculture
C. Genetic Engineering
B. Industry
C. Medicine D. none of above
172. DNA is in the shape of a: 177. Which are most closely related to
biotech?
A. single helix.
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D. none of above
B. Perform tests on blood samples
C. Specialize in how diseases are trans- 189. In order for a new biotechnology product
mitted through family relationships to be approved, the product must be:
D. Use engineering principles to solve A. worth at least $1 million.
problems in surgery and medicine
B. tested to make sure that it is safe.
184. What does the term economics refer to? C. able to kill insects.
A. Health D. affordable to the average consumer.
B. Safety
190. What process occurs when bacteria are
C. Money
used to clean up oil spills?
D. Ethics
A. biomedication
185. To produce industrial ethanol, one needs B. bioremediation
corn, water, and what?
C. bioaccumulation
A. Sodium and Chlorine
D. none of above
B. Vitamins and minerals
C. Enzymes and yeast 191. A baby created in a laboratory to donate
D. Gas and oil organs, blood, or other bodily materials
for an ill sibling is an example of which
186. The way that crimes are solved today of the following?
was affected by which of the following
A. Artificial Selection
technologies?
B. Genetic Engineering
A. gene therapy
B. DNA fingerprinting C. Cloning
C. genetic testing D. none of above
D. Genetic modification 192. Mating and production offspring of ani-
187. Bioinformatics may be a smart career mals or plants for specific traits (artificial
choice for someone who likes to: selection).
193. The process of producing millions of 198. An Animal Technician is responsible for
copies of a specific DNA. the care of
203. Which one of the following restriction 208. Which best describes stem cells?
endonuclease is obtained from Escherichia
A. stem cells can only come from em-
coli?
bryos
A. BamH1
B. stem cells can only come from adult
B. Sua 3A1 bone marrow
C. Hind III C. stem cells do not ever change
D. EcoR1 D. stem cells can develop into different
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specialized cells
204. If a farmer asked the ethical question
“What are the long-term effects of creat- 209. Which is most important when investigat-
ing crops that are immune to pesticides ing ethical issues in biotechnology?
and diseases?” what topic would they dis-
cussing? A. cost of the technology
218. Which is a potential ethical issue result- 223. Which is the least beneficial to the field
ing from the use of biotechnology? of medicine?
A. harming the ozone layer A. Genetically modified crops
B. causing global warming B. Gene therapy
C. increasing pollution of natural re- C. Transgenic insulin production
sources D. The human genome project
224. A chemical agent that destroys plants or 229. the creation of genetically identical organ-
inhibits their growth; especially weeds: isms
A. Herbicide A. Bioremediation
B. Homicide B. Cloning
C. Pesticide C. Gene Therapy
D. Genocide D. Tissue Culturing
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225. Genetic engineering was a major factor 230. Which of these is biotechnology most
in the development of which of the follow- likely not going to be used in?
ing? A. Agriculture
A. High-strength metals B. Genetics
B. Miniature electronics C. Medicine
C. Synthetic fabrics D. Mining
D. Disease-resistant crops 231. Which would be the benefit of a trans-
genic crop?
226. What is an application of genetic engi-
neering? A. decreased drought tolerance
B. Apply chemical principles to study hu- 241. A form of technology that uses living or-
man diseases ganisms, usually genes, to modify prod-
C. Determine how emergencies are re- ucts (plants & animals)
sponded to A. biotechnology
D. Analyze evidence in criminal investiga- B. bioremediation
tions
C. genetic modification
237. Biotechnology is developing a new source
D. clone
for rennin. The old way to get rennin was
from: 242. an organism, cell, or piece of genetic ma-
A. Sheep liver extract. terial that is genetically identical to the
B. Inside a calf’s stomach. one from which it was derived; to make
a genetic duplicate
C. Ground horses hooves.
A. biotechnology
D. Lemon peels.
B. artificial selection
238. What is the benefit to society of using
Ethanol instead of regular gasoline? C. genetic engineering
A. Less expensive to produce D. clone
B. Reduces carbon monoxide emissions 243. What is Genetic Engineering?
to 25%
A. the manipulation of an organism’s
C. It is makes cars run faster genes
D. It is inflammable
B. a natural change in an organism’s
239. What is not a benefit of plant biotechnol- genes
ogy: C. a random and abrupt disruption to
A. Is less expensive than traditional agri- DNA
cultural mehods. D. the manipulation of an organism’s
B. Helps preserve the environment. physical appearance
244. A cloned daughter organism receives 249. In cloning, what is the purpose of the sur-
from the identical parent organism. rogate mother?
A. An egg A. Donate her DNA
B. The DNA (nucleus) B. Donate her egg cell
C. The DNA and egg C. Incubate and carry the baby until birth
D. none of above
D. Nothing. She’s useless.
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245. The Human Genome Project that locates
and identifies every gene in the human
250. Which would a person who pursues a ca-
body and what it does an example of:
reer in bioinformatics study?
A. Agricultural biotechnology.
A. ways DNA stores information
B. Food and consumer goods biotechnol-
B. ways of cross-breeding plants
ogy.
C. Environmental biotechnology. C. ways of cross-breeding animals
254. An example of biotechnology used in agri- and the power to solve complex human dis-
culture is eases.
255. Which is the best example of a transgenic 260. How does biotechnology most benefit the
organism? economy of North Carolina?
A. A cloned sheep A. Creation of hybrid plants
B. A newborn baby B. Creation of new medicines
C. A human insulin-producing bacterial C. Creation of transgenic species
cell D. Creation of jobs
D. A virus
261. Science of managing and analyzing bio-
256. Organisms that have DNA from a differ- logical data using advanced computers.
ent species artificially inserted into their A. Bioinformatics
cells are called
B. Genomics
A. bioremediated
C. Forensics
B. transgenic
D. Human Genome Project
C. cultured
262. What type of science allows us to alter
D. a clone
the DNA of a bacterial cell to produce hu-
257. Natural genetic engineer is man insulin?
A. Meloidegyne incognitia A. Geology
B. Agrobacterium tumificians B. Chemistry
C. Bacillus thuriengiensis C. Biology
D. Thermus aquiticus D. Biotechnology
258. Penicillin is made in a fermenter by grow- 263. The first biotech food on the market that
ing organisms.Which type of organism is could be transported without bruising?
used in the production of penicillin? A. Cucumber
A. bacterium B. Orange
B. fungus C. Tomato
C. protosctist D. Strawberry
D. virus 264. Development of agriscience skills is im-
259. A growing computational field of study portant because
to produce biotechnology with infinite A. a skill inventory is part of a career port-
amounts of storage, parallel computing, folio
B. personal agriscience skills help iden- 270. Which of the following would be an ex-
tify career interests ample of biotechnology?
C. skills lead to part time jobs A. studying rock layers
D. all of the above B. monitoring water quality
265. What is a restriction enzyme? C. developing plants that are resistant to
week killers
A. Enzyme that cuts DNA
D. developing hydropower energy
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B. Enzyme that add to the DNA strand
sources
C. Enzyme that builds proteins
D. Enzyme that breaks down lipids 271. What type of jobs are Secretaries, Ac-
countants and Computer Technicians con-
266. Which career field would most likely be sidered?
involved in the creation of transgenic or-
A. High paying jobs
ganisms that produce insulin?
A. agriculture B. Upper levels management jobs
A. Crossbreeding A. Cloning
B. Bioengineering B. Creeping
C. Selective Breeding C. Cuttings
D. Natural Selection D. Canteens
268. Small supplemental circles of DNA that 273. Which of these is not a way in which
can be exchanged between bacteria or im- biotechnology can benefit agriculture?
ported from the environment are called
A. increase crop population
A. Restriction enzyme
B. reducing the loss of crops to insects
B. Cloning
C. producing better-tasting fruits
C. Plasmid
D. improving farm machinery
D. RNA
269. a rice strain that has been genetically 274. What living organism did the Egyptians
modified to make Vitamin-A discover that made bread rise?
275. This is how a genetically modified organ- 281. Which area of biotechnology is most
ism is made likely to create ethical problems?
286. Which is an ethical issue surrounding the 291. The chemical molecule that is the basic ge-
use of genetically modified foods? netic material found in all cells.
A. cost of production A. DNA
B. long-term health effects B. GMO
C. ability to grow more nutritious foods C. Hybrid
D. ability to produce a lot of food quickly D. Protein
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287. All of the following are biotechnology 292. A company uses living organisms to make
tools except cosmetics. What technology is being
A. Protein used?
B. DNA A. Composting
C. Cells B. Biosensing
D. Crystals C. Bioprocessing
290. Which best describes the role of DNA? C. Make them larger
A. Provides genetic information for all liv- D. All answers are correct
ing and nonliving organisms
295. Correcting mistakes in DNA is
B. Provides genetic information for all liv-
A. Gene therapy
ing organisms
B. Gene modification
C. Produces carbohydrates for cellular
functions C. Selective breeding
D. Acts as cellular energy D. animal husbandry
296. Coal has long been used to produce en- 301. Both sense and antisense RNA together
ergy. It is classified as a: form
307. Plants that have been genetically modi- B. use of chemical insecticides
fied so that certain insects are toxic to it. C. practice of crop rotation techniques
A. GMO
D. practice of hydroponic farming tech-
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B. Pest resistant crops niques
C. Biotechnology
313. An example of post transcriptional gene
D. I don’t know
silencing is
308. Using living things or parts of living A. gene therapy
things to make a product or solve a prob-
lem: B. molecular diagnosis
A. biotechnology C. RNA interference
B. biological evolution D. Bioinformatics
C. geological evolution
D. transgenic 314. Which term refers to a farmer choosing
the best corn from this year to plant next
309. The type of bond formed by DNA ligase year?
between adjacent nucleotides is
A. natural selection
A. hydrogen bond
B. selective breeding
B. phosphodiester bond
C. genetic engineering
C. sulphide bond
D. diester bond D. genetic transformation
310. Rosalind Franklin was a scientist in Lon- 315. John recently earned his doctoral degree,
don at King s College in 1950-1952. She which job is he MOST LIKELY pursuing?
played an important part in the discovery
of: A. Research scientist
C. Biotechnology C. Transducted
D. Gentic Modification D. Plasmid
317. What is the benefit of geneticially modi- 322. Agrobacterium causes disease in
fied organisms? plants
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C. increased productivity a seed?
D. none of above A. Nectar
B. Fruit
329. Plants take in carbon dioxide from the air
and give off: C. Stem
A. Oxygen. D. Embryo
349. The Human Genome Project has made di- 354. The process when an electrical current
agnosing genetic disorders easier.Once a is used to separate a mixture of DNA is
genetic disorder is diagnosed, can be called
used as a possible treatment. A. Recombinant DNA
A. cell cultures B. Plasmid
B. gene therapy C. Gel electrophoresis
C. DNA fingerprinting D. Restriction enzyme
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D. PCR
355. Farmers implant a gene into a species of
350. Researchers have been working on tomato plants. The tomato then ripens
cloning animals such as sheep. Which re- faster and stays firm. Which best de-
sult is most likely to be a negative result scribes the benefit for consumers?
such as cloning? A. increased amount of toxins in tomatos
A. development of extra organs
B. premature death B. decreased size of tomatos
C. a low rate of genetic diseases C. increased seed production
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371. During PCR, DNA sample is cooled to 54 C. Sequence Endangered Species DNA
0C, allowing primers attach to opposite
D. All of the above
ends of the target sequence. That step in
the PCR is called: 377. Which of the following is NOT true about
A. Denaturation biotechnology?
B. Annealing A. It is a field with little to no controversy
C. Elongation
B. It has allowed for the production of
D. Condensation
many beneficial medical treatments
372. What is a product of the biotechnology C. It has allowed for a greater under-
industry? standing of human genetics
A. paper D. It impacts agriculture
B. plastics
378. Most farmworkers and laborers require
C. computers how much educational preparation?
D. medicines A. On-the-job training
373. Cells that have no job and can differenti- B. Certificate
ate to become other types of cells C. Associate degree
A. GMO D. Bachelor s degree
B. Hybrid
379. Which of these is used as a vector to in-
C. Stem Cells sert new DNA into an organism?
D. Genome A. Enzymes
374. In which area would biotechnology have B. Yeast
the greatest effect on agriculture? C. Viruses
A. development of biological weapons D. Plants
B. development of biopharmaceuticals
380. Plasmids, yeast, and viruses are known
C. development of biological pesticides as
D. development of biodegradable plastics A. restriction enzymes
375. In what decade was DNA discovered? B. vectors
A. 1950s C. genetically modified organisms
B. 1970s D. bacteria
391. The gene that is taken from one organism 396. Which organisms are used to manufac-
and inserted into another is called ture human insulin?
A. Plasmid A. Protozoans
B. Recombinant DNA B. Algae
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392. What cluster matches the following de- a gene can be inserted into a bacteria?
scription?Planning, managing, and provid-
ing therapeutic services, diagnostic ser- A. DNA sequence of the gene
vices, health informatics, support services, B. mRNA sequence of the gene
and biotechnology research and develop- C. tRNA sequence of the gene
ment.
D. protein sequence of the gene
A. Health Science
398. In the process of , breeders cross two
B. Human Services genetically different individuals
C. Hospitality & Tourism A. inbreeding
D. none of above B. cloning
C. PCR
393. The type of Supervised Agricultural Expe-
rience Jessica has if she raised her own D. hybridization
beef cattle is:
399. Medical research involving stem cells is
A. Analytical important for
B. Entrepreneurship A. to test the effectiveness of new drugs
C. Exploratory B. the generation of cells and tissues that
can be used in cell based therapies
D. Placement
C. to understand the consequences of
394. What does PCR stand for? turning genes off and on
A. Polypeptide Chain Reaction D. All of the above
A. Agriculture C. Environment
B. Industry D. Medicine
C. Environment 417. Which describes one of the earliest forms
D. Medicine of Biotechnology?
A. splicing human genes into bacteria to
412. What agricultural worker would drive produce insulin.
and control farm equipment to produce
crops? B. selectively breeding dogs to create a
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new breed.
A. Agricultural inspectors
C. producing a clone of a farm animal.
B. Agricultural equipment operators
D. determining the sequence of genes in
C. Animal breeders DNA fingerprinting.
D. Farm labor contractors
418. What is a toxicologist?
413. It is now possible to alter the DNA in A. Someone who studies Animals
potato plants so that they produce chem- B. Someone who studies murders
icals that can be used as bioplastics or bio-
C. Someone who studies chemicals and
fuels.State the name of the process used
drugs
to alter the DNA in plants
D. Someone who studies plants
A. artificial selection
B. genetic engineering 419. the use and application of living things
and biological processes
C. natural selection
A. biotechnology
D. selective breeding
B. artificial selection
414. Which of these has to do with genetic C. genetic engineering
modification?
D. clone
A. Crossbreeding
420. What would be a direct benefit of biotech-
B. Kidney surgery nology to agriculture in a time of severe
C. Gene splicing drought?
D. use of herbicides A. Planting crops in shaded areas.
B. Genetically modifying crops to be re-
415. Who was the first adult mammal success-
sistant to changes in weather
fully cloned?
C. Harvesting crops to have thick stems
A. Dolly the Sheep
and leaves.
B. Copy Cat the Cat D. none of above
C. Donald Trump the Donald
421. What agricultural worker works primar-
D. Agouti Gout the Mouse ily with plants?
416. PST Hormone injected into pigs to help in- A. Geneticist
crease the muscle and decrease the fat. B. Horticulturist
A. Agriculture C. Animal breeder
B. Industry D. First line supervisor
422. Conducting an activity in the daily routine 427. Which molecule from humans is inserted
of our society is said to be into bacteria to cause them to produce in-
sulin?
426. In 1973 Stanley Cohen and Herbert C. Who is responsible for the pollution.
Boyer perform the first successful recom- D. Where and what the pollution is.
binant DNA experiment using bacterial
cells. 431. The BASF institute in RTP is a biotech com-
pany that specializes in what area?
A. Separation of Siamese twins.
A. Developing Medicines
B. Methods used today to kill microbes in
milk. B. Agriculture
C. Human Genome Project. C. Industrial Products
D. Biotechnology revolution. D. none of above
432. What bacteria were genetically engi- 437. The only way to cure a genetic disease is
neered to produce insulin? to.
A. E. coli A. transplant affected tissue
B. Salmonella B. change the affected DNA sequence
C. Yeast C. induce mutations in affected gene
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433. a technology in which the genome of a liv-
ing for a job in Biotechnology?
ing cell is modified for medical or industrial
use A. typing
A. biotechnology B. reading, writing, mathematical and
speaking
B. artificial selection
C. irresponsibility
C. genetic engineering
D. tardiness and laziness
D. clone
439. What is an example of a biocatalyst?:
434. Genetic engineering has directly in- A. Enzyme
creased productivity in which U.S. indus-
try? B. Corn stalk
C. Electronic sensor
A. agriculture
D. Lubricant
B. automobile
C. media 440. Genetics is known as:
C. discovering the cause of hereditary 448. Which field would most likely NOT incor-
diseases porate biotechnology?
446. A Biomedical Chemist career falls under 451. Which of these is an example of a trans-
which Health Science pathway? genic organism?
A. Interpreter A. a mutation in an animal cell
B. Biotechnology Research and Develop- B. an animal cell with no mutation
ment C. bacteria with antibiotic resistance
C. Support Services D. a plant with bacterial DNA
D. Therapeutic Services
452. Bacteria are used in genetic engineering
447. What is the name of the international and biotechnology.Bacteria are used be-
effort to sequence a human’s DNA se- cause of the presence of which cell struc-
quence? ture?
A. The Gene Sequencing Project A. cell membrane
B. The DNA Fingerprinting Project B. cell wall
C. The Nuremberg Trials C. cytoplasm
D. The Human Genome Project D. plasmid
453. Susan has a highschool diploma and expe- 458. FDA, EPA and the USDA are all what
rience, she could interview for which job? types of agencies?
A. Toxicologist A. Regulatory Agency
B. Biophysicist B. Law Enforcement
C. Veterinary technician C. Engineering
D. Laboratory assistant D. Federal Bureau of Investigation
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454. Contains all the hereditary information 459. Which has the Human Genome Project
for a living organism. been useful in determining?
C. electronic communications devices 473. Which process uses a body cell to create
D. Global Positioning System (GPS) a new organism?
A. Crossbreeding
468. Studying Biotechnology is least likely to
be helpful for which career? B. cloning
A. Agricultural Researcher C. genetic modification
B. Pharmacist D. gene splicing
474. Scientists have produced plants that are 479. An individual who uses computers to an-
resistant to herbicides. Which applica- alyze biological data.
tion of biotechnology is most likely being A. Computer Systems Developer
used?
B. Network Security Analyst
A. genetic cloning
C. Software Developer
B. recombinant DNA
D. Bioinformatics Scientist
C. DNA fingerprinting
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480. bt toxin is coded by which genes
D. genetic engineering
A. cry
475. Contact lens solutions contain enzymes B. iac
to break down proteins that build up on
lenses. C. lap
D. noy
A. Agriculture
B. Industry 481. Issues that refer to people’s moral values
or the code of conduct by which they live
C. Environmenmt
A. Social issues
D. Medicine
B. Legal issues
476. Which best represents a negative impact C. Cultural issues
of biotechnology on agriculture
D. Ethical issues
A. cows increasing their milk production
482. Cows are selectively bred to produce
B. crop resistance to herbicides milk. Which of the following will cause the
C. crop resistance to insect pests next generation to receive the trait to pro-
duce large quantities of milk?
D. larger crop yield
A. nutrients in their food
477. What is a transgene? B. mineral in their water
A. A mutant chromosome C. electrical impulses to their brains
B. A gene that is different as a result of D. information in their chromosomes
genetic engineering
483. How many fragments will be generated
C. The offspring of a genetically engi-
if you digest a linear DNA molecule with a
neered animal
restriction enzyme having four recognition
D. A gene that does not carry any traits sites on the DNA
489. What is the science of forensics deal 494. The entire collection of genes within hu-
with? man cells is referred to as the
A. Farming (plants and animals) A. human genome
B. Crime B. karyotype
C. Medical C. pedigree
D. Computers D. gene map
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ism’s DNA
501. For what purpose is corn most often ge-
496. What is recombinant DNA netically modified?
A. DNA from 2 different organisms com- A. color change
bined B. disease resistance
B. DNA from 2 different ribosomes C. slower growth
C. DNA that is separated out from a vec- D. shorter growing season
tor
502. Which of the following careers would fall
D. none of above under the Biotechnology Research and De-
velopment Pathway?
497. Which is a biotechnology career that in-
volves designing and building new prod- A. Family Doctor
ucts? B. Epidemiologist
A. laboratory technician C. ER Nurse
B. engineer D. Radiologist
C. clinical research associate
503. Dr. Norman Borlaug won a Nobel Prize
D. none of above for Peace in 1970 for his efforts to:
498. After finding the location of a gene, how A. Develop human embryos to be used in
can a scientist take it out of a cell? making stem cells.
505. Two sides of DNA strands are held to- C. provides more food to feed a growing
gether by base pairs. Two bases that pair population.
together are: D. biotech foods are not controversial
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B. Message DNA or RNA.
sults in advances in what areas?
C. Lycopene.
A. Improved animal and human health
D. Recombinant DNA.
B. Sales and marketing
C. Less expense and more animals 523. Test Strips that indicate the level of glu-
D. Ethical and legal concerns cose in the blood.
A. Agriculture
518. What type Supervised Agricultural Expe-
rience does John have if he has a part-time B. Industry
job working on a poultry farm? C. Environment
A. Anaytical D. Medicine
B. Entrepreneurship
C. Experimental 524. When genes from one organism are in-
serted into the genes of another organism
D. Placement that is know as
519. Which of the following is not a tool of A. Stem Cell Therapy
genetic engineering?
B. Genetic Engineering
A. Cloning vector
C. Cloning
B. Restriction enzyme
D. Selective Breeding
C. Foreign DNA
D. GMO 525. Virus with RNA genome is
527. Which category does the following 532. Which of these scientists studies genes
biotechnology fall under?Using Roundup and how traits are inherited?
Ready cotton to improve cotton production
538. Genetic engineering has been used to B. Long-term health effects, genes from
develop bacteria strains to convert solid plants may cross over into wild plants.
waste from humans and livestock into: C. Ability to produce more food in less
A. paper and tissue time.
B. salt and pepper D. Ability to grow more nutritious food in
C. sugar and fuel less time.
D. wood and fiber 544. Which career is found at a customer loca-
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tion, planting, cultivating, and harvesting,
539. In EcoRI, what does ‘co’ stand for plants?
A. Genus
A. Agricultural equipment operator
B. Species
B. Nursery worker
C. Kingdom
C. First line supervisor
D. Phylum
D. General farmworker:
540. Which is true of DNA?
545. Which enzyme would be added to fruit in
A. Cannot be duplicated order to create a larger volume of juice out
B. Found in all living cells of the plant cells?
C. Found only in male cells A. Amylase
D. Produced only in a test tube B. Maltase
B. Cardiology B. Agricultural
C. Biotechnology C. Medical
558. In 1750 BC, the Sumerians are credited 563. How many years can it take to develop a
with being the first to use biotechnology. new drug?
What did they make?
A. 3-4 years
A. Penicillin
B. 5-7 years
B. Beer
C. 10-12 years
C. Rabies vaccine
D. 20 years
D. Olive oil
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564. Genetically altered crops that can grow
559. How are clones different from similar or- in exceptionally dry or wet, hot or cold cli-
ganisms produced through natural selec- mates are an example of:
tion?
A. Agricultural biotechnology.
A. They are selectively bred organisms.
B. Food and consumer goods biotechnol-
B. They are biologically similar organism. ogy.
C. Environmental biotechnology.
C. They are not living individuals.
D. Medical biotechnology.
D. They are genetically identical.
565. This cuts DNA at specific sequences
560. What is involved in creating genetically
modified bacteria? A. Plasmid
A. allowing them to reproduce freely B. Recombinant DNA
B. changing their food source C. Restriction enzyme
C. using biotechnology techniques D. Gel electrophoresis
D. growing them on selected plants
566. When using bioremediation, what hap-
561. Bioremediation uses toxin-degrading bac- pens to the bacteria when the pollutants
teria to clean up: are cleaned up?
568. The intentional mating of two of the 573. What connects the pairs of strands that
same organism to produce offspring with make up the double helix of DNA?
specific traits
579. Which of the following best describes C. Use your left hand to pat the person on
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“gel electrophoresis”? theshoulder.
A. A tool for separating DNA into bands D. Maintain eye contact and a sincere
based on size and charge smile.
B. A tool for editing someone’s genes 584. Dogs derived from wolves. Today, dogs
vary in size, color, and fur type. Which
C. Copying DNA to make an identical or-
process led to this variety?
ganism
A. Cloning
D. A tool for adding genes from one or-
ganism to another B. Genetic Engineering
C. Artificial Selection
580. What process uses bacteria to eat away
at minerals, leaving the silver, copper and D. none of above
gold behind?
585. Using biotechnology to change the ge-
A. Fermentation netic makeup of an organism is called
B. Bioremediation A. Tissue Culturing
C. Biomining B. Biotechnology
D. Composting C. Cloning
588. The name of the international effort to 593. Which of the following traits is not the
identify the sequence of human DNA. most common one in GM foods?
A. Seaweed. D. cloning
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B. Composting
605. Water like substance in a cell that sur-
C. Fermentation rounds the cell parts and transports chem-
D. Lactation ical and nutrients withing the cell?
A. Cytoplasm
600. organism that contains functional recom-
B. Nucleus
binant DNA from a different organism
C. Chloride
A. bacteria
D. Gel
B. plasmid
606. Which of the following is a preventative
C. transgenic organism
measure, and is used before to prevent
D. clone someone from getting sick?
601. Polymerase chain reaction is used to A. antibiotic resistance
609. Strawberries have been genetically mod- 614. What would a biotechnology engineer
ified to resist frost. How does this benefit not work with?
farmers?
619. Biotech foods look and taste the same 624. A scientist cloned a goat. Which of
as traditional crops. The difference is that these is a true statement about the cloned
biotech food goat?
A. Have fewer calories. A. It has new genes and traits
B. Have the addition of specific minerals. B. It lacks the genes for reproduction
C. It has the genes that are identical to
C. Has One or two genes that improve the original goat
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something about the plant. D. It looks the same but has different
D. Have a better chance of surviving a genes.
frost. 625. An example of a product developed
through biomanufacturing is:
620. The process of creating and modifying
technologies. A. Canned beans.
A. engineering B. Pain medicine.
C. animal and plant only 635. A lab attempts to create a transgenic pig.
D. animal only How can they tell if they were truly suc-
cessful?
631. This is the practice of cutting DNA and A. The pig lives to adulthood
separating it by the size of the pieces
B. The pig does not have any seizures
A. Cloning
C. The pig’s offspring inherit the new
B. Gel Electrophoresis gene
C. Genetic Engineering D. The pig is able to reproduce
D. PCR
636. The structure involved in genetic engi-
632. are used to DNA pieces by neering is:
A. Restriction enzymes, connect, fission A. Plasmid
B. Restriction enzymes, isolate, “snip- B. Plastid
ping” C. Codon
C. Plasmids, connect, fission D. Anticodon
D. Plasmids, isolate, “snipping”
637. What is recombinant DNA? (*hint think
633. An example of biotechnology being used recombining)
as a nutritional application is A. DNA brought together from two
A. biodegredable plastics sources
B. industrial strength fibers B. Original Plasmid
C. xenotransplantation C. DNA that restriction enzyme cuts
D. golden rice D. a cell with DNA
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4. An animal that has exactly the same set of
genes as its parent is an example of A. a section of the human genome
A. a pathogen B. a material that cuts DNA
B. a clone C. viral DNA
C. a spliced gene D. an accessory piece of DNA found in
D. a genome bacteria
5. Where are restriction enzymes naturally 11. The site where restriction enzymes cut are
found? a called:
A. in humans A. cut sites
B. in bacteria B. restriction sites
C. in algae C. recognition sites
D. they are not natural-all restriction en- D. cleave sites
zymes are made in the lab
12. Why do bacteria have restriction en-
6. Which DNA fragment bands move faster zymes?
and farther in a gel electrophoresis? A. To prevent being infected by viruses
A. there is no way to tell B. To help DNA get into the cell
B. the largest ones C. To be able to grow in an incubator
C. the smallest ones D. They don’t-viruses have restriction en-
D. none of these zymes
C. paper A. GMO
D. highlighter B. HBO
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10.1 Ecosystem
1. ariana and mac has 20 kids, 4 of them died 4. The temperate decisuous forest, the tropi-
but got replaced immmediately by 3 kids. cal rain forest, the desert, and the tundra
if ariana has 70 kids, what is her favorite are all examples of
color? A. the biopshere.
A. red B. biomes.
B. violet
C. ecosystems.
C. yellowish orange
D. communities.
D. lavender
5. Members of a species in a defined area
2. Beavers are a keystone species because
A. Ecosystem
C. it remains the same 24. Before plants can reuse many organic
D. it decreases, then increases materials, the materials must be broken
down by
19. This kingdom contains BOTH multicellular A. parasites
and Unicellular organisms
B. viruses
A. Protista
C. decomposers
B. Animalia
D. scavengers
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C. Plantae
D. Eubacteria 25. Which of the following is not a character-
istic of invasive plants?
20. This diagram shows the amount of energy
A. Lots of seeds
that moves from one feeding level to an-
other in a food web. B. Effective seed dispersal methods
A. Energy Pyramid C. Easily established
B. Food Web D. Native species like to eat it
C. Ecosystem
26. All the living and nonliving things that in-
D. Food Chain teract in a particular area make up a(n)
21. Which of the following types of succession A. ecosystem
would most likely occur following a forest B. population
fire?
C. community
A. old field succession
D. biome
B. lake succession
C. primary succession 27. Which species are best able to occupy the
same space?
D. secondary succession
A. those that eat the same foods
22. When more than one organism attempts to
B. those that compete for the same re-
use the same resource you have
sources
A. competition
C. those that have a predator/prey rela-
B. adaptation tionship
C. niche D. those whose needs differ significantly
D. death from each other
29. Which description fits with the term 34. Vaccination of the African Buffalo against
biomass? the Rinderpest virus had what affect on
the overall biodiversity of the Serengeti
30. An animal that eats other animals and may 35. cougars are predators that often eat
therefore be a 2◦ or 3◦ consumer weakened or diseased animals. this is a
description of the of cougars.
A. Herbivores
A. habitat
B. Carnivores
B. community
C. Detritivores
C. niche
D. All of them
D. none of these
31. The scientific name for something living is
a(an) 36. Position occupied by a group of organisms
in a food chain.
A. organism
A. Trophic Level
B. cell
B. Trophoc stage
C. tissue
C. Energy Level
D. human
D. Energy stage
32. Non-living factor that affects an ecosys-
tem 37. Barnacles use whales as a home but they
don’t affect the whales. What relation-
A. biotic factor
ship is this?
B. abiotic factor
A. Mutualism
C. food chain
B. Commensalism
D. biome
C. Parasitism
33. A complex description and interrelation D. Competition
amongst different species from the same
trophic levels, showing how they can feed 38. obtains energy and nutrients from au-
themselves on different sources is a totrophs
A. Food chain A. chemotroph
B. Food ladder B. heterotroph
C. Food web C. anerobe
D. Food cycle D. parasite
39. In a simple food chain, algae gives energy 44. Deserts, mountains, and rivers are all ex-
to small fish, which in turn gives energy amples of
to bigger fish, which at last, feeds a bear. A. biotic factors
Using this scenario, which of these would
have the largest amount of energy? B. tundra
A. algae C. ecosystems
B. bears D. wetlands
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D. small fish eats a small fish that has eaten algae is a
A. food web
40. The term for the formation of new and dis-
tinct species over the course of evolution B. food chain
is C. biomass pyramid
A. speciation D. pyramid of numbers
B. biological species concept 46. Organic material break down and the nu-
C. reproductive barrier trients would be available to other organ-
D. natural selection isms due to the activities of
A. herbivores
41. What will happen to a population if they
do not have enough resources? B. carnivores
A. The population will grow bigger C. detritivores and decomposers
B. The population will all die D. ominvores
C. The population will have to move away 47. What happens as depth increases in an
or they will die ocean?
D. The population will sit and wait for new A. Light decreases and it gets colder
resources B. Light increases and it gets warmer
42. Where does the food chain START? C. Nothing
A. with consumers that eat grass D. none of above
B. with the sun giving energy to produc- 48. Which is an example of a population?
ers
A. different kinds of bacteria
C. with the sun giving energy to con-
sumers B. A group of fish and sharks
D. with consumers eating other con- C. deer, bear, and rabbits
sumers D. A herd of cattle
43. A relationship where one species benefits 49. If a population grows larger than its envi-
and the other is harmed ronmental carrying capacity, then
A. mutualism A. death rate may rise.
B. commensalism B. death rate may fall significantly.
C. parasitism C. birth rate may rise significantly.
D. adaptation D. immigration rate may increase.
51. Any area in which organisms live is called 56. All of the different populations that live in
the a specific area.
A. Geosphere A. community
B. Ecosystem B. habitat
C. Biosphere C. ecosystem
D. Environment D. village
52. Ferns do not have seeds, they reproduce 57. Which materials can be cycled within an
with, ecosystem?
A. root A. Carbon
B. spores B. Water
C. flowers C. Nitrogen
D. cones D. All of the Above
53. What would most likely happen if an 58. Which is a non-living part of an ecosys-
ecosystem no longer received sunlight? tem?
A. The number of herbivores would in- A. Sunlight
crease
B. Air
B. The number of plants would increase
C. Water
C. all organisms would adapt
D. All of these
D. All living organisms would eventually
die 59. When a New England farm is abandoned,
its formerly plowed fields first become
54. Arthropods can be divided into many weedy meadows, then shrubby areas, and
groups. The three that we study are finally forest. This sequence of plant com-
munities is an example of
A. crustaceans, insects, arachnids
A. secondary succession.
B. echinoderms, segmented worms,
sponges B. evolution.
C. mammals, birds, fish C. primary succession
D. amphibians, reptiles, birds D. a trophic chain.
60. Which ecosystems share a similar connec- 66. All the organisms in a particular location,
tion with fresh water? including their nonliving environment
A. Oceans and Seas A. ecosystem
B. Lakes and Estuaries B. carnivore
C. Rivers and Oceans C. niche
D. Lakes and Oceans D. population
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61. Which is NOT a type of aquatic ecosys-
tem? size of a population of another organism
A. ocean is known as
B. estuary A. a measure
B. a limiting factor
C. monastery
C. factorization
D. wetland
D. predation
62. An organism that hunts its food
68. What are the three groups of the biotic fac-
A. Predator
tors?
B. Prey
A. Producer, Decomposer, and Consumer
C. Hunter
D. Gather B. Decomposer, Consumer, and Rocks
63. Choose the producer. C. Consumer, Water, and Producer
A. rock D. Weather, Consumer, and Decomposer
B. tree 69. Which of the following is NOT a biotic fac-
C. cow tor?
D. bird A. Coyote
B. air
64. Where does the Secondary Consumer get
its energy? C. elephant
A. Tertiary Consumers D. none of above
B. Primary Consumers 70. What should farmers add to their crops to
C. Producers help them grow properly?
D. Secondary Consumers A. Soil
B. Fertiliser
65. All the members of one species that live
within an area of an ecosystem is called C. Water
D. none of above
A. a population 71. All the different populations that live to-
B. a community gether in an area make up a(n)
C. a niche A. ecosystem
D. a nuisance B. community
C. marsh A. Community
D. estuary B. Population
B. 27% D. None
C. 10% 81. The part of the environment that is not liv-
D. 1& ing is called the
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gether and interact in an environment are
called a/an D. shoes
94. Putrefying organisms are 100. What is the definition of Biotic factors?
A. Producer organisms A. Dead things
96. How can you trap insects on the ground to D. Is the study of how the body work
count them and identify them? 102. Which one is not a consumer?
A. Quadrat A. anemone
B. Transect B. bear
C. Pitfall trap
C. shark
D. Observation
D. vulture
97. are consumers that eat plants and
103. What are interconnected food chains
meat.
called?
A. Herbivore
A. consumers
B. Omnivore
B. predators
C. Carnivore
C. food web
D. none of above
D. franchises
98. Seals each a lot of fish, so the insecticides
in the bodies of the seals. 104. Which if these lists both living and non-
living things in an ecosystem?
A. Swim
A. birds, trees, shrubs
B. Evaporate
B. trees, water, soil
C. Accumulate
C. water, soil, air
D. Digest
D. water, soil, rocks
99. Organisms that make up the living part of
an ecosystem. 105. what is the main source of energy
A. abiotic A. the sun
B. biotic factors B. the wind
C. ecology C. water
D. ecosystems D. plants
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A. Mutualism
ent species.
B. Commensalism
A. Intraspecific competition
B. Interspecific competition C. Parasitism
117. A forest full of many kinds of trees and 122. Sharks belong to which group of verte-
grasses is an example of a brates?
121. Describes a patter of long, stable periods 126. This is the ocean shore between the low-
interrupted by brief periods of more rapid est low tide and the highest high tide.
change
A. estuary
A. convergent evolution
B. intermoon zone
B. coevolution
C. punctuated equilibrium C. shore erosion
D. adaptive radiation D. intertidal zone
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128. Which of the following is an example of B. emigration
commensalism?
C. population shift
A. Barnacles on plant shoots
D. carrying capacity
B. Fungus on woody stem
134. When organisms move into and join a
C. Algae and Fungi in lichen new population
D. Remora fish and shark A. Immigration
129. Clostridium tetani is a type of bacteria B. Birth Rate
that causes tetanus. Which of the follow- C. Death Rate
ing organisms is most closely related to
D. Emigration
this bacteria?
A. Tetanus tocani 135. Within a piece of decaying cow dung
there are millions of organisms of different
B. Clostridium botulinum
species. These organisms together consti-
C. Streptobacillus clostridium tute:
D. None of the choices A. a family.
130. The emergence of new rivers or streams B. a habitat.
is a type of isolation. C. a community.
A. Temporal D. an ecosystem.
B. Mechanical 136. An uncut lawn eventually becomes a
C. Behavioral meadow and then a forest. This process
D. Geographic is an example of
A. aphotic zones
131. Which of these can be both primary and
B. primary succession
secondary consumers?
C. secondary succession
A. herbivores
D. estuary
B. carnivores
C. detritivores 137. one species becomes 2+
D. omnivores A. evolution
B. extinction
132. The algae and microscopic organisms on
the surface of lakes and ponds get their C. speciation
food D. divergence
138. Transfer of energy is represented by this 143. How are consumers and decomposers re-
in a food chain. lated?
148. Antonio and Javier are astronauts in C. It produces glucose from carbon diox-
space looking back at Earth and discussing ide and water.
how all the life on Earth interacts with D. It converts water to energy.
each other as well as the nonliving things.
What level of organization are they dis- 153. In addition to herbivores, another type of
cussing? consumer is a(n)
A. A community A. carnivore
B. A biome B. omnivore
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C. An ecosystem C. detritivore
D. A biosphere D. all of these
149. Which factor(s) affect aquatic ecosys- 154. cells with no nucleus are called
tems?
A. prokaryotic
A. depth
B. eukaryotic
B. flow
C. dead
C. nutrients
D. alive
D. all affect aquatic ecosystems
155. An angiosperm having one cotyledon and
150. Barnacles are animals that cannot move. parallel veins in their leaves.
In order to get food, they attach to whales
A. Gymnosperm
and catch any floating plankton in the
water. The whale is neither helped nor B. Monocot
harmed in the interaction. What type of C. Dicot
symbiosis is this?
D. Nonvascular plant
A. Mutualism
B. Commensalism 156. Maria and her classmates are observing
animals at the pond. They notice that
C. Parasitism wood storks and ibisies both feed on fish.
D. Amensalism Which of these describes the relationship
between these two birds.
151. Populations of different species that oc-
cupy a habitat are called A. Parasitism
A. An ecosystem B. Competition
158. What is biomass energy? 163. The types and numbers of plants that
grow in an ecosystem are controlled:
A. any organic matter that can be used as
168. The paths of a substance moving from the 173. What is a native species?
nonliving environment to living organism A. A specie that is local and has lived in
and back to the nonliving environment in the same place
closed circles is called
B. A specie who has come from another
A. living cycles state or country
B. environcycles C. A specie that has no “home” and trav-
C. biogeochemical cycles els for its whole life
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D. biotical cycles D. None of the above
A. Community C. Family
B. Species D. Class
B. Species first, genus second 195. a species at risk, but not yet extinct
C. Domain first, species second A. endangered
D. Species first, kingdom second B. exotic
C. endemic
190. Photosynthesis joins carbon dioxide and
D. threatened
A. Glucose
196. Fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and
B. Leaves
mammals all belong to which group?
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C. Sun
A. Vascular
D. Water B. Vertebrates
191. Which type of ecosystem has the great- C. Invertebrates
est variation in temperatures from its top D. Nonvascular
to the bottom?
197. Gymnosperms produce seeds usually in
A. Lake
A. cones
B. Pond
B. flowers
C. Estuary
C. fruit
D. Ocean
D. spores
192. Estuaries 198. Community
A. are always saltwater ecosystems. A. Different species sharing the re-
B. are always freshwater ecosystems sources in an ecosystem
C. are ecosystems where both fresh wa- B. The number of species in an environ-
ter and salt water are present. ment
D. prevent the development of salt C. The same organisms in an ecosystem
marshes. D. Members of one species living in an
ecosystem
193. A camel has eyelashes that work to keep
the dust and sand out of its eyes. 199. The arrows of a food chain point in the
direction:
A. All living things adapt to their environ-
ment A. that one organism consumes another.
B. All living things grow
B. of the apex predator.
C. All living things have cells
C. of the larger organism.
D. All living things use energy
D. that energy is being transferred.
194. On the coral reef ecosystem, which factor 200. The total of all different forms of genes
is abiotic? present in a particular species.
A. algae A. Genetic Diversity
B. rocks B. Species Diversity
C. sea horses C. Ecosystem Diversity
D. sponges D. Biosphere diversity
201. A relationship between two organisms in 206. The stable ecosystem that develops due
which one organism benefits and the other to succession is called
is unharmed
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otrophic and eutrophic lakes?
C. Insect Larva, nematodes
A. Eutrophic lakes are low in nutrients.
D. All the above
B. Oligotrophic lakes are low in nutrients
213. As you go from a lower trophic level to a
higher trophic level- C. Oligotrophic lakes support diverse life.
A. You gain energy
D. Eutrophic lakes usually are found at
B. You lose energy higher altitudes.
C. Energy remains unchanged
219. Which of the following does NOT release
D. You gain exactly 1.21 gigawatts carbon dioxide
A. Respiration
214. How does community differs from
ecosystem? B. Photosynsthesis
225. place where an organism spends its life 231. Changes in the population of a can
cause dramatic changes in the structure of
A. niche a community.
B. habitiat A. group
C. biolgical community B. prey
D. ecosystem C. predators
D. keystone species
226. Which is NOT a freshwater ecosystem?
232. In a trophic level, organisms are classi-
A. stream fied according to their
B. lake A. Reproductive skills
C. ocean B. Nutrition behaviour
D. river C. Interaction relationships
D. Scientific point of view
227. An organism that produces its own food
supply from inorganic compounds is called 233. relationship between organism in which
a(an) one organism benefits and the other is nei-
ther harmed or benefited
A. heterotroph
A. parasitism
B. consumer B. mutualism
C. detritivore C. commensalism
D. autotroph D. symbolism
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and extreme heat or cold that affects pop-
ulation regardless of their density C. Secondary consumers
A. density-dependent factor D. Top consumers
B. population density
241. Biotic factors include
C. dispersion
A. living things like animals, fungi, and
D. density-independent factor plants
236. Total organic matter present in an ecosys- B. landfills
tem is called C. nonliving things like soil, rocks, and
A. Biomass water
B. Biome D. both living and nonliving things
C. Litter 242. We expect that a keystone species that
D. Food is a predator will
A. reduce the diversity of the community.
237. The plant in the food chain-they make
food by photosynthesis.
B. harvest prey species down to extinc-
A. Consumer
tion.
B. Herbivore
C. help many of its prey reproduce.
C. Prey
D. maintain the species diversity in a com-
D. Producer munity.
238. A large region characterized by a specific 243. What can increase turbidity?
type of climate and certain types of plant
A. Faster currents
and animal communities
B. Higher salinity
A. population
C. Lower pH
B. community
D. Lower temperatures
C. biome
D. ecosystem 244. What is a example of an abiotic factor?
245. In which type of interaction do both 251. The following interactions are examples
species benefit? of mutualism EXCEPT
246. The number of species living within an 252. Which of these is always located at the
ecosystem is a measure of its bottom of an energy pyramid?
A. reproductive rate A. Producer
B. biodiversity B. Second-Level Carnivores
C. size C. Herbivores.
D. weight D. First-Level Consumers.
247. Which is the producer? 253. Which organism belongs to the first
trophic level in a food chain?
A. Tree
A. Producer
B. Lion
B. Primary consumer
C. Giraffe
C. Secondary consumer
D. none of above
D. Decomposer
248. How can you count the number of differ-
ent plants across a path? 254. What components must you have to com-
plete a food chain?
A. Quadrat
A. Fungi, bacteria, producer
B. Transect
B. Consumers, producers, decomposers
C. Pitfall trap
C. Consumers, fungi, bacteria
D. Observation
D. Scavengers, producers, consumers
249. More than one organisms eat krill what
255. What percentage of energy is passed on
kind of symbiotic relationship would they
to each tropic level?
have?
A. 10%
A. Mutualism
B. 50%
B. Commensalism
C. 90%
C. Parasitism
D. 100%
D. Competition
256. Which of the following is not an example
250. Abiotic factors in an aquatic ecosystem of mutualism?
A. temperature A. Bees pollinating flowers
B. sunlight, B. Hermit crabs occupying empty shells
C. water flow C. Pygmy possums collecting nectar from
D. All answers are correct a eucalypt
D. Mistletoe birds eating the fruit of a 262. A keystone species is one that
mistletoe plant A. eats a mixture of plants and animals.
257. Grassland of USA is referred to as B. is introduced into a community after a
A. Prairie major disturbance.
B. Steppes C. causes the amount of diversity in a
community to decrease.
C. Pampas
D. helps to stabilize the populations of
D. Veldts
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other species in a community.
258. How are decomposers important in the
263. Succession that begins on newly formed
cycling of matter?
rock or other areas that have no remnants
A. Decomposers kill nutrients of an older community is called
B. They break down dead organisms and A. Secondary Succession
put nutrients back into the soil
B. Primary Succession
C. Decaying matter takes a long time to
C. Primo Succession
recycle
D. No Succession
D. Decomposers are composed of hydro-
gen and titanium 264. Which will reduce competition within a
species’ population?
259. Coyotes cross the winter pack ice and en-
ter Newfoundland. The moose population A. fewer individuals
starts to decline. B. higher birthrate
A. Density-Dependent:Competition C. fewer resources
B. Density-Independent:Competition D. higher population density
C. Density-Dependent:Predator-Prey
265. Tiny holes in a leaf are:
D. Density-Independent:Predator-Prey
A. Stomata
260. The variety and variability of habitats, B. Veins
communities, and ecological process in the
C. Chlorophyll
biosphere is
D. Waxy layer
A. Ecosystem Adaptation
B. Ecosystem diversity 266. An animal that has an internal spine or
C. Ecosystem differential skeleton, usually made of bone
C. They can fight with other animals. 275. Living things respond to heat, light, and
sound. This means they respond to:
D. none of above
A. stimuli/ environment
270. Small consumers that are hunted and B. suction
eaten by larger consumers
C. Dr. Suess
A. producer
D. digestion
B. prey
276. The benefits provided by ecosystems to
C. predator
humans are called
D. none of above A. Ecosystem adaptations
271. Which is an abiotic factor that most limits B. Ecosystem services
the number of frogs living in a pond? C. Ecosystem benefits
A. the color of the water D. none of the above
B. the number of predators 277. Which of the following is NOT one of
C. the temperature of the water the factors that play a role in population
growth rate?
D. the populations of producers
A. immigration
272. A series of somewhat predictable events B. death rate
that occur in a community over time
C. emigration
A. Ecological Parasitism
D. demography
B. Ecological Community
278. Lizards and cacti are biotic factors in a
C. Ecological Succession
desert ecosystem that would rely on which
D. Ecological imprint abiotic factors?
279. The arrows in a food chain or web repre- 284. Biomass is measured in
sents what?
A. Kg/m3
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A. They point to the organism that is be-
B. g/L
ing eaten.
C. Kg/m2
B. It shows how sunlight flows within an
ecosystem. D. mg/m2
C. They show what direction the energy 285. Which of the following is the example of
is flowing between organisms. biological control method?
D. They represent how water is trans- A. Owl and rat
ferred within a habitat.
B. Tape worm and human intestine
280. A pill bug (roly poly) eats a carrot. C. Fungi and algae
A. All living things contain cells D. Remora fish and shark
B. All living things use energy
286. something (plants) that produces its own
C. All living things maintain homeostasis food is called a
D. All living things grow A. producer
281. All of the nonliving parts of an ecosys- B. maker
tem
C. foody
A. biotic factors
D. carnivor
B. abiotic factors
287. When a giraffe eats leaves from a tree,
C. niche
it incorporates the leaves into its own
D. habitat
A. niche
282. organisms that eat both plants and an- B. biome
imals like bears, humans, and mocking-
C. biomass
birds.
D. community
A. herbiovre
B. omnivores 288. Which of these organisms would most
likely be found at the top of an energy
C. carnivore
pyramid?
D. decomposer
A. clams
283. In a 4 levelled food pyramid, amount of B. sardines
energy in the Primary Consumer level is
2500J. Calculate the energy available at C. sharks
the tertiary consumer level? D. kelp (seaweed)
A. death rate may rise. 296. What is the term for each step in the
B. birthrate may rise transfer of energy and matter within an
ecosystem?
C. death rate must fal
A. energy path
D. birthrate must fall
B. food web
291. Which would be least likely to be affected
C. trophic level
by a density-dependent limiting factor?
D. food pyramid
A. a small, scattered population
B. a population with a high birthrate 297. In a food web the arrow always points
C. a large, dense population to
300. Which species would be most affected by 305. Bodies of water with very low salinities
the overfishing of Alaskan salmon? (or concentrations of dissolved salts) are
classified as what type of water body?
A. bears
A. Freshwater
B. crayfish
B. Marine
C. lobsters
C. Saltwater
D. opossum
D. Ocean
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301. If a country has a death rate of 30 and 306. A collection of organisms that make up a
a birth rate of 45 the natural rate of in- community as well as all of the nonliving
crease would show the population is aspects of the environment.
A. Increasing A. Population
B. Decreasing B. Community
C. Staying the same C. Habitat
D. Fluctuating too much D. Ecosystem
302. A species that plays a vital role in main- 307. Which member likes girls who eat car-
taining structure, stability, and diversity rots?
in an ecosystem. A. Louis
A. Nice Species B. Liam
B. Major Species C. Harry
C. Impact species D. Niall
310. Transport water and sugar in the leaf: 315. In which of the following areas would pri-
mary succession most likely occur?
A. Stomata
320. A food web consists of? 325. The total mass of the organisms in an
ecosystem is called
A. Many overlapping food chains in an
ecosystem. A. trophic level
B. A series of events in which one organ- B. energy level
ism eats another and obtains energy. C. biomass
C. Amount of energy that moves from one D. ecomass
feeding level to another.
326. The abiotic factors that determine where
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D. Many types of insects that are stuck. life lives in the ocean are
A. Light availability only
321. Which statement is TRUE.
B. The flow of the water
A. Animals bury themselves in the sand to
escape the sun during low tide. C. Light and nutrient availability
D. None of the above
B. There are lots of plants that can live in
sand. 327. Wetlands and estuaries purify water and
C. Animals living on the sandy shore love filter out
the heat from the sun during low tide. A. dead organisms
D. None of the above. B. waste products
C. salt
322. Photosynthetic algae would always be
found within the D. pollution
A. second trophic level 328. If conditions fall above or below the opti-
mum range an organisms will experience
B. third trophic level
A. Death
C. first trophic level
B. stress
D. fourth trophic level C. adaptation
323. A natural or human system’s ability to re- D. tolerance
cover after a disturbance is 329. In any ecosystem, the source of energy
A. adaptation comes from
B. ecosystem diversity A. Producer
C. commensalism B. Plants
C. Consumer
D. resilience
D. Sun
324. what is an animal called that eats pri-
330. This type of consumer obtains all of its
mary consumers
energy by eating only producers.
A. secondary consumer
A. Omnivore
B. carnivor B. Herbivore
C. herb eater C. Scavenger
D. none of above D. Carnivore
331. In an ecosystem, a fungus, such as the 336. Microbes in the soil have an important
mushroom pictured here, functions as a job. What is it
342. Limiting factors which impact the size of 347. located near the bottom of a pond or lake
a population no matter how large that pop- A. decomposers
ulation is.
B. littoral zone
A. Density Independent Limiting Factors
C. profundal zone
B. Density Dependent Limiting Factors
D. runoff
C. Carrying Capacity
D. Exponential Growth 348. A group of living organisms consisting of
similar individuals
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343. All of the living or once living things in A. Species
an ecosystem, or anything that originates
from a living thing. B. Community
C. People
A. biotic factors
D. Ecosystem
B. abiotic factors
C. niche 349. The Sandy Shore Ecosystem is important
because
D. habitat
A. They are a tourist attraction.
344. Some herbivore-plant interactions
B. They provide a habitat for many organ-
evolved through a series of reciprocal evo-
isms.
lutionary adaptations in both species. The
process is called C. they act as buffers between the land
and the sea.
A. coevolution.
D. All of the above
B. herbivory.
C. selection. 350. Which of the following is NOT a freshwa-
ter ecosystem?
D. trophism.
A. lake
345. A relationship between two organisms in
B. pond
which both organisms benefit.
C. estuary
A. Mutualism
D. stream
B. Competition
C. Parasitsm 351. A collection of organisms that belong to
different populations but all live in the
D. Commensalism same area and interact with one another.
346. Natural disasters can be considered limit- A. Population
ing factors. B. Ecosystem
A. true:density independent limiting fac- C. Community
tors
D. Ecosphere
B. false; natural disasters are not limit-
ing factors 352. What is the green colour in leaves
C. true:density dependent limiting fac- called?
tors A. Stomata
D. false:because Mrs. Schaffer said B. Veins
356. Field mice eat corn. Which would most 361. An organism that can make its own food
likely happen if the field mouse population is called?
grew?
A. Consumer
A. There would be more corn to feed the
field mice. B. Producer
B. Breaking down biotic wastes and dead 369. Carbon can be removed from the atmo-
organisms and returning raw materials to sphere by the
the ecosystem.
A. Heterotrophic nutrition
C. Soaking it up from the ground.
B. Autotrophic nutrition and Rock Assimi-
D. Feeding on other organisms. lation
364. Which of these is NOT a Biome? C. Volcanoes eruptions
A. stratosphere D. Rain
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B. temporate forest
370. Low levels of sunlight and oxygen char-
C. ocean acterize which lake zone?
D. savanna A. limnetic
365. There are typically more organisms at the B. profundal
of a food chain.
C. littoral
A. top
D. biotic
B. bottom
C. middle 371. Which population would be most affected
if there is a decrease in the population of
D. none of above aquatic insects?
366. The following processes are examples of A. elk
water sources EXCEPT
B. frog
A. Respiration
C. moose
B. Excretion
D. squirrel
C. Photosynthesis
D. Transpiration 372. relationship between organisms in which
one organism benefits at the expense of
367. Fixation of nitrogen from the atmosphere the other
is made by
A. mutualism
A. Plants
B. parasitism
B. Microorganisms
C. commensalism
C. Animals
D. symbolism
D. Funghi
368. Arthropods have which of the following 373. Which diagram can show us the AMOUNT
characteristics? OF ENERGY that flows from producers to
consumers?
A. filter-feeders
A. Food chain
B. metamorphosis
B. Food web
C. segmented bodies
C. Food pyramid
D. simplest organism with nervous sys-
tem D. none of above
375. A bird hitches a free, safe ride on the back A. burning of forests
of a grey elephant. The elephant doesn’t B. photosynthesis
seem to mind and barely notices the bird.
C. combustion of fossil fuels
Which type of relationship is this?
D. all of these
A. mutualism
B. commensalism 381. Why is there a limited amount of energy
that can be passed on to the next feeding
C. parasitism
level?
D. none of above
A. There is never enough sunlight avail-
376. As resources in a population become less able.
available, population growth B. Some ecosystems have limited re-
A. declines rapidly sources.
B. increases slowly C. Organisms use some of the energy
they get from eating.
C. reaches carrying capacity
D. All the energy is available to be passed
D. enters a phase of exponential growth
on.
377. What is the role of a decomposer in an
382. All life on Earth exists in a region known
ecosystem?
as
A. Allow the sun’s energy to speed up the
A. an ecosystem
decomposition process
B. a biome
B. Give nutrients back to the soil
C. the biosphere
C. To produce new plants
D. ecology
D. Consume other animals or plants
383. An example of a population is
378. Plants release water into the atmosphere
through a process known as A. all trees in a forest
A. perspiration B. all maple trees in a forest
B. assimilation C. all plants in a forest
C. transpiration D. all animals in a forest
D. nitrification 384. A species that is NOT native to a particu-
379. Number of organisms per unit of living lar region is called
area A. natural
A. Population density B. invasive
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C. Conversion 391. Which factor is an abiotic factor?
D. Burning A. Lion
B. plant
386. What animal group has radial symme-
try? C. water
A. echinoderms D. c and d
396. How does fungi benefit from the interac- 401. What kind of environment does the deep-
tion in lichen? sea ecosystem have?
A. Extreme
B. All the water forms on Earth 405. A close interdependent relationship be-
tween two species is called
C. All the atmospheric layers on Earth
A. symbiosis
D. All the areas of Earth that supports life
B. nice
400. The term biodiversity means: C. clinger
A. a wide variety of plants and animals in D. Mutual Relationship
an ecosystem 406. In a hypothetical food chain consisting
B. only a few types of plants and animals of grass, grasshoppers, sparrows, and
in an ecosystem hawks, the grasshoppers are
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C. neither
where there is no soil maybe after a catas- D. There is no dry land.
trophic event such as a volcanic eruption it
is best described as 414. Shows how energy flows from one organ-
A. secondary succession ism to another.
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C. Detritus 435. Denitrification is the process where nitro-
D. None of these gen
A. is changed into ammonium
430. Which of the following is the best defini-
tion of a neutral pH? B. is changed into nitrates
A. It is a 7 on the pH scale. C. nitrogen is removed from NO3 and
some of it returns back into the atmo-
B. Ocean water is an example of a neutral
sphere
pH.
C. Any pH value between 6 and 8 is con- D. nitrogen in taken in by plants and ani-
sidered neutral. mals
D. The lower the pH, the closer to neutral. 436. Which is NOT example of freshwater
ecosystems
431. Which describes the Pioneer Zone?
A. Coral Reef
A. Where the first plants start to grow.
B. Lake
B. Where larger trees and plants grow.
C. Pond
C. Where the humus is in most abun-
dance. D. Stream
D. Where the sand is only moistened by 437. An orchid living on a tree exhibit
the splash of waves.
A. Predator
432. Which is the renewable exhaustible nat-
B. Mutualism
ural energy resource?
C. Commensalism
A. Coal
D. Parasitic
B. Petrol
C. Biomass 438. What is the role a species can assume in
D. Kerosene an ecosystem? This encompasses all the
ways in which a species interacts with the
433. Photosynthesis takes place in ecosystem, such as what it eats.
A. Glucose A. Niche
B. Leaves B. Predator
C. Sun C. Community
D. Water D. Producer
450. Secondary consumers include 455. Which natural disaster is made worse
A. Strict carnivores when people destroy estuaries?
A. flooding and storm damage
B. Carnivores and Omnivores
B. tornados
C. Plantae and Funghi
C. earthquake
D. Autotrophic species
D. drought
451. When classifying environments it is im-
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portant to identify the physical and chem- 456. A graphic illustration that shows each
ical features of the soil substrate. Which trophic level and the amount of useable en-
of the following are not properties that de- ergy contained within.
termine soil type? A. Food chain
A. Location, depth B. Food web
B. Texture, colour C. Energy Pyramid
C. Porosity, pH D. All of these
D. Microorganism capacity 457. What zone do the animals in the deep sea
live in?
452. When an ecosystem is affected by loss of
shelter, what happens to the populations A. Disphotic and Aphotic
in that ecosystem? B. Aphotic
A. They can decrease or die out C. Mesopelagic
B. They are usually not affected D. Bathypelagic
C. They can readily adapt to the changes
458. The actual place an organism lives is its
D. The populations increase
A. house
453. Which is an abiotic factor that would af- B. habitat
fect the growth of a population within an C. ecosystem
ecosystem?
D. environment
A. the availability of water
B. the availability of producers 459. An organism that is hunted for food
A. Predator
C. the type of herbivores present
B. Gather
D. the number of carnivores present
C. Prey
454. What is an ecological model of the rela-
D. Hunter
tionships that form a network of complex
interactions among organisms in a commu- 460. Habitats where really small organisms
nity from producers to decomposers? live is called a
A. food web A. microenvironment
B. an ecosystem B. microhabitat
C. food chain C. microbiome
D. a population D. a and b
461. The most important organisms for an 466. Invasive species have a negative impact
ecosystem are on
472. These conditions enable organisms to find 477. How does energy enter an ecosystem?
enough energy and nutrients to maintain A. sunlight
homeostasis, to grow and reproduce
B. soil
A. adaptation
C. animals
B. microclimate D. invasive species
C. Tolerance
478. Habitat
D. Optimum Range
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A. The part of the earth that has living
things
473. A relationship where both species bene-
fit B. Interrelationship between plants and
animals
A. mutualism
C. A group of animals living together
B. commensalism
D. The place where species live
C. parasitism
479. Which is an example of an organism?
D. adaptation
A. a beetle
474. This is an example of population, branch B. a lake
of the ecological levels of organization: C. a rock
A. A pack of wolves D. a shell
B. A dog 480. How can humans best help an endan-
C. A turtle interacting with a lizzard gered species avoid extinction?
D. A squirrel on a tree A. they can feed the animals
B. they can put the animals in a zoo
475. A group of organisms of different species
C. they can protect the animal’s habitat
living together in a particular place is
called a D. they can take the animal to new habi-
tats
A. community
481. The process of entering one country to
B. population
take up permanent or semi-permanent res-
C. biome idence:
D. habitat A. immigration
B. emigration
476. Niche
C. migration
A. Non-living
D. supplication
B. An organisms functional role that it
plays in the community 482. An Example of an Aquatic Ecosystem:
A. tropical rain forest
C. Different species sharing the re-
sources in an ecosystem B. estuary
D. The parts of the earth that contain liv- C. taiga
ing things. D. none of above
483. Fungi and bacteria are considered to be 488. For a given area and time period, the
A. scavengers amount of solar energy converted to chem-
ical energy in organic compounds is called
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D. Brackish D. none of above
495. Temperature is an example of what kind 501. All food chains
of factor?
A. have more consumers than producers
A. biotic
B. abiotic
B. produce and use same amount of en-
C. dead ergy
D. living C. begin with a producer
496. A third-level consumer has to be which D. are unhealthy
type?
502. Which symbols best describe para-
A. Carnviore. sitism?
B. Decomposer. A. +, +
C. Producer. B. +, -
D. Herbivore.
C. +, 0
497. Where an organism lives D. -, 0
A. habitat
503. What is a group of ecosystems that share
B. niche similar climates and types of organisms
C. heterotrogh called?
D. biosphere A. A community
498. Both the alga and the fungus are ben- B. A biome
efited from their relationship in a lichen. C. An ecosystem
This relationship is one of D. A biosphere
A. coomensalism
504. Which of the following is the best descrip-
B. mutualism
tion of an estuary or brackish?
C. parasitism
A. Is the ocean floor
D. symbolism
B. Where tidewater makes a river.
499. Biotic or abiotic things that control the C. Is coastal water that is more salty than
size of a population the ocean.
A. Limiting factor D. Is an area where fresh and saltwater
B. density-dependent factor mix.
510. What types of conditions do organisms A. Die because they cannot survive
living in an intertidal zone need to be used B. Take over the area and edge out the
to? native competition
C. Enter the food chain and maintain bal- 521. What is a natural unit consisting of all
ance the biotic and abiotic factors which inter-
D. Breed with existing species act with each other in a given area?
A. Environment
516. Most invasive species get from their na-
tive ecosystem by: B. Ecosystem
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C. planted in landscapes 522. Study of interactions between organisms
D. all of the answers and their environment
A. niche
517. Any relationship in which two species live
closely together is called , which means B. community
“living together.” C. ecology
A. mutualism D. ecosystem
B. commensalism
523. The number of species in a community is
C. symbiosis
called the
D. predation
A. species population.
518. Nitrogen is released to the abiotic parts B. species index.
of the of the biosphere from the processes
of death and C. species diversity.
B. infiltration of the groundwater 524. The ecosystem with the greatest sustain-
C. runoff ability will be the one that has the-
D. lightning in the storm and clouds A. greatest variety of different organisms
537. Which of the following requires maxi- 543. Which vertebrate groups are warm
mum energy? blooded (have a constant body tempera-
A. Secondary consumer ture)
B. Decomposer A. only mammals and birds
C. Primary consume B. mammals, birds and reptiles
D. Primary producer C. only mammals
D. all vertebrates are warm blooded
538. Members of different populations can no
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longer mate successfully 544. States that no 2 species can occupy the
A. behavioral isolation same niche at the same time
B. geographic isolation A. competitive exclusion principle
C. reproductive isolation B. ecology
D. temporal isolation C. niche vs habitat
D. Frask’s ecology statement
539. All of the factors listed are abiotic factors
of this underwater ecosystem EXCEPT the 545. Groups of different species that live to-
A. sunlight gether in a defined area make up a(n)
B. water currents A. population
C. fish population B. community
D. water temperature C. ecosystem
D. biosphere
540. A non native species to an area. Added
accidentally or deliberately by humans. 546. A community is
A. Native Species A. individuals from all populations
B. Accidental Species B. biotic factors
C. Introduced Species C. abiotic factors
D. none of above D. nonorganic compounds
541. All of the nonliving parts of an ecosystem 547. Which abiotic factor has the LEAST effect
are on the ability of organisms to live in a cave
A. biography A. The amount of energy
B. biotic B. The amount of oxygen
C. abiotic C. The amount of water available
D. biology D. The shape of the cave
542. A group of bunnies living in the forest is 548. As you move upward, from level to level,
an example of a in an energy pyramid, energy
A. Population A. increases
B. Ecosystem B. decreases
C. Individual C. stays the same
D. Community D. increases exponentially
549. Which of the following is found within 554. Plants growing under shade are known
the nitrogen cycle? as
C. erosion C. Heliophytes
D. Monocots
D. ammonification
555. A symbiotic relationship in which one
550. This kingdom contains ONLY multicellular species benefits and the other is harmed
autotrophs
A. mutualism
A. Archaebacteria
B. predation
B. Fungi C. commensalism
C. Plantae D. parasitism
D. Eubacteria
556. Other than all the living things what else
is an essential component of all ecosys-
551. From which source do almost all produc-
tems?
ers obtain their energy?
A. Water
A. sunlight
B. All the non-living parts.
B. herbivores
C. Location
C. decaying matter
D. The plants
D. hydrothermal pools
557. The movement of individuals away from
552. Why are there so few aquatic plants a population
and phytoplankton that live at the bottom A. emigration
zones in the ocean?
B. immigration
A. The ocean floor contains many decom- C. dispersion
posers
D. population density
B. Most sunlight is absorbed before
reaching these levels 558. Which of the following is a key character-
istic of most invasive species?
C. Water is a limiting factor
A. Ability to breathe in the air & in the wa-
D. The temperature in these zones is ex- ter
tremely low
B. Large, sharp teeth
553. A species that is not native to an area is C. Produce many offspring
called:
D. Is a top predator
A. Native Species
559. Which of the following would be classi-
B. Natural Species fied as a decomposer?
C. Invasive Species A. a fox
D. Symbiotic Species B. a cherry tree
560. What is the main cause for species invad- 566. In a meadow ecosystem, a population of
ing? rabbits increases. What populations are
most likely to increase as a result?
A. Air Pollution
A. foxes, hawks, and other predators of
B. Wanting to be adventerous
the rabbits
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C. Human Means B. leafy plants that rabbits eat
D. Themselves C. rabbits that live elsewhere
561. An organism that hunts and feeds on an- D. worms that live in the meadow soil
other organism is a
567. What states that no two species can oc-
A. prey cupy exactly the same niche in exactly the
B. producer same habitat at the same time
C. predator A. competitive inclusion principle
D. decomposer B. competitive exclusion principle
C. competitive adaptation
562. wetland dominated by woody plants
D. competitive nice principle
A. swamp
568. What happens to the temperature of the
B. profundal zone
aquatic ecosystem as depth increases?
C. littoral zone
A. Increases because there is more light
D. marsh
563. The process in which toxins accumulate B. Decreases because there is less light
in the tissues of organisms as they pass C. No change
through a food chain/web. D. Increases because of volcanic activity
A. Eutrophication
569. Aquatic ecosystem that has a thin layer
B. Ecological succession of water covering soil that is wet most of
C. Biomagnification the time is called
D. Symbiosis A. wetland
B. estuary
564. Which is the predator?
C. lake
A. Tree
D. puddle
B. Lion
570. Each level in a food chain contains less en-
C. Giraffe
ergy than the one below it because some
D. none of above of the energy is
565. What is ecology? A. lost as heat
A. The scientific study about interaction B. added to the system
among organisms and their interaction C. consumed by carnivores
B. The study of living things D. incorporated into biomass
582. Large geographic areas with similar cli- 587. All of the populations that live in one area
mates and ecosystems. (Tundra, Desert, together
Grassland, etc) A. limiting factors
A. Niche B. populations
B. Ecosystem C. community
C. Biomes D. speed limit
D. Habitat
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588. An eats both plants and animals.
583. How do adaptations help animals? A. carnivore
B. omnivore
A. To escape animals
C. herbivore
B. to hunt for food
D. producer
C. to survive in their habitats
D. All of these are correct 589. Heterotrophs that prey on other het-
erotrophs, such as wolves, lions, and
584. The sum total of a population’s use of the lynxes are called
biotic and abiotic resources of its habitat A. carnivore
constitutes its B. herbivore
A. evolution. C. omnivore
B. range. D. decomposer
C. niche. 590. What does a pyramid of numbers dis-
D. environment. play?
A. a chain of feeding relationships
585. A community that is specific, uniform and
stable is called a B. a network of feeding relationships
604. When a disturbance affects an existing B. Members of the same species that in-
community but doesn’t completely destroy habit a particular area
it what occurs? C. Populations interacting within an
A. primary succession ecosystem
B. secondary succession D. The interaction of the biotic and abiotic
parts of an ecosystem
C. secondary adaptation
D. primary adaptation 610. The ocean ecosystem has a high sustain-
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ability because of
605. What do all Eukaryotic cells contain? A. strong, persistent currents
A. Cell Wall B. predator/prey relationships
B. Nucleus C. green plants growing on the bottom
C. Chlorophyll D. the large variety of different organ-
D. Chloroplast isms
611. Which organism make their own food
606. There are 150 dogs per square kilometer
through the process of photosynthesis?
in Milton-Freewater. To which population
characteristic does this information refer? A. decomposer
A. growth rate B. consumer
B. geographic distribution C. herbivore
D. producer
C. age structure
D. population density 612. The carrying capacity of an environment
for a particular species at a particular time
607. Insecticides are washed into rivers. Fish is determined by the
insecticides. A. number of individuals in the species.
A. Absorb B. distribution of the population.
B. Eat C. reproductive potential of the species.
C. Respire D. supply of the most limited resources
D. Recycle 613. The amount of energy that usually trans-
608. Regions of the planet with similar types fers from one trophic level to the next
of life and climates are called A. 10%
A. biomes B. 20%
B. kingdoms C. 80%
C. spheres D. 50%
615. A baby song bird hatches from its egg 621. what is at the bottom of the food chain
with both parent songbirds watching.
A. plants
616. What is another name for producer? 622. The place where an organism lives is its
A. consumer
B. herbivore A. habitat
C. autotroph B. abiotic
D. lichen C. ecosystem
617. The total of all genetically based varia- D. community
tion in all organisms in the biosphere is
called 623. Where is DNA found within a Eukaryotic
A. differentation cell?
B. superdiversity A. nucleus
C. biodiversity B. ribosomes
D. diversity C. vacuole
618. The study of how living organisms inter- D. cytoplasm
act with each other and their environment
is called 624. This includes several types of ecosys-
A. Biology tems, including continental shelves and in-
tertidal zones.
B. Biomeology
C. Ecology A. coral reefs
D. Entomology B. tropical oceans
626. When soil washes into a river from a 629. A bee depends on certain flowers for
stream or from land, what is added to the food. The flowers depend on the bee to
water?
A. dirt A. Carry pollen for reproduction
B. oxygen B. Make sugars for photosynthesis
C. rocks C. Remove waste for healthy growth
D. nutrients D. Sting herbivores for protection
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627. Who organized living things by creating 630. What are the producers in the deep sea
binomial nomenclature? ecosystem?
A. Algae and plankton
A. Carolus Linnaeus
B. Algae and fish
B. Robert Hooke
C. There are not any producers
C. Anton van Leeuwenhoek
D. none of above
D. James Watson
631. What is a carnivore?
628. Temperature, light, air, water, and soil
are all parts of the environment A. An organism that only eats plants
B. An organism that only eats other ani-
A. alive
mals
B. biotic
C. An organism that eats plants and ani-
C. abiotic mals
D. living D. none of above
5. The U.S. legislation designed specifically to 10. Raising and breeding organisms in con-
protect organisms such as manatees, polar trolled conditions, such as zoos or aquar-
bears, sea otters, and sea lions is the iums
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16. What is the definition of Endemic Species?
B. 5
A. a species of bug
C. 6
B. an extinct species
D. 7
C. Species found in more than one loca-
tion 22. What is the name of a common biodiver-
sity index?
D. Species found in only one location
A. Living
17. Adding natural predators to a degraded B. Carr
ecosystem is called
C. Elton
A. Biological remediation
D. Simpson
B. Biological augmentation
23. Name an advantage of using a seed bank
C. Biological magnifcation
as ex situ conservation
D. Biological introduction
A. Funding for conserving plants is
18. Among animals, the most species rich tax- harder to gain than for animals
onomic groupis B. Seeds loose viability over time
A. Fungi C. Large number of seeds can be stored
B. Vertebrates in a relatively small area
37. includes thing like minerals, fossil 42. What is the process of using living organ-
fuels, plants, animals, clean water, and so- isms to detoxify a location?
lar energy.
A. nonrenewable
A. Overexpoitation
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B. endemic
B. Natural Resources
C. bioremediation
C. Nonrenewable Resources
D. renewable
D. none of above
43. Which area would have less biodiversity?
38. Which of these is NOT a factor that makes
a better nature reserve? A. desert
47. The use of living natural organisms to C. Wildlife may try to eat plastics and
detoxify a polluted area? choke on them.
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59. Overexploitation was once the main cause tively short period of time is called
of what?
A. Species Extinction
A. Biodiversity
B. Mass Extinction
B. Extinction
C. Ecosystem Extinction
C. pollution
D. none of above D. Extinction
60. Which of the following is an example of 65. Campsites encourage campers to not bring
a method for managing whole ecosystems any left over firewood with them
and habitats? A. Because the wood belongs to the
A. captive breeding campsite
B. cloning B. Because other campsites will not
C. Species Survival Plans (SSPs) make a profit off of selling firewood
D. mapping biodiversity hotspots C. to prevent the spread of species from
their native environment
61. The variety of life in an area (number of
different species in an area) is called D. none of above
68. Invasive species thrive in their new envi- 73. Bans international trade in body parts of
ronments due to endangered species.
69. A region that includes tigers, eagles, 74. Renewable & Nonrenewable resources are
lizards, fish, rabbits, and many other two classes of what???
types of organisms would be described as
A. Biodiversity
having a high level of
B. Natural resources
A. taxonomic diversity.
C. Habitat loss
B. genetic diversity.
D. Fragmentation
C. ecosystem diversity.
D. species diversity. 75. Finding dead fish in a body of water is
an indicator of eutrophication. This means
70. Connect habitat fragments enabling once-
isolated populations to interbreed
A. There are not enough nutrients in the
A. Wildlife tunnels water
B. Wildlife over passes B. The flow rate of water has increased
C. wildlife corridors C. There is an excess of nutrients in the
water
D. wildlife corss walks
D. There was too much oxygen in the wa-
71. Tigers living in warm climates have thin- ter
ner coats of fur than tigers living in cool
climates. This is a result of 76. Speciation is generally a function of
A. genetic diversity. A. Area
B. species diversity. B. Volume
C. ecosystem diversity. C. Time
D. genera diversity. D. None of the above
72. The variation in Rauwolfia vomitoria 77. The number of different species and the rel-
growing in different Himalayan regions is ative abundance of each species in a biolog-
an example of ical community is called:
A. Genetic diversity A. species diversity
B. Species diversity B. genetic diversity
C. Species diversity C. ecosystem diversity
D. none of above D. biome diversity
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B. decreases toward the prime meridian.
79. Cowbirds benefit from the because
they forage in open areas but lay eggs just C. decreases in warmer climates.
inside the woodlands.
D. estivation.
A. biodiversity effect
85. Program to save individual species, in-
B. edge effect
cludes captive breeding, education, and re-
C. corridor effect search
D. migration effect A. cloning
80. The excessive use, or overuse, of a B. SSP (Species Survival Plan)
species, often leading to extinction. C. Captive Breeding
A. overexcitation D. none of above
B. overexploitation
86. What are species called that are found only
C. overusification in one geographic location?
D. overbioviolation A. nonrenewable
81. A method of using living things, such as B. endemic
bacteria, plants, or fungi, to remove tox- C. bioremediation
ins from a polluted area.
D. renewable
A. bioeffect
87. Which type of biodiversity increases as
B. bioendangerment
you move geographically from the polar re-
C. bioeutrophication gions to the equator?
D. bioremediation A. ecosystem diversity
82. An organism that is native to one specific B. genetic diversity
geographic area. C. social diversity
A. common D. species diversity
B. endemic 88. Which is NOT one of the three main levels
C. endangered of biodiversity?
D. pandemic A. species
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humans
B. Near-threatened
D. Species that are favorite for humans
C. Species of special concern
101. Variety of species in a given area refers D. Endemic
to what?
A. Ecosystem diversity 107. Adding natural predators to a degraded
ecosystem is called what???
B. Species diversity
C. Genetic Diversity A. Bioremediation
122. A place that stores seeds to preserve 128. Inserting DNA from an endangered
their genes for future use is known as a(n) species into a cultured egg cell; process
involves implanting eggs into mothers of
A. Botanical reserve closely related species
B. Plant depository A. cloning
C. Seed bank B. SSP (Species Survival Plan)
D. Herbarium C. Captive Breeding
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123. is the number of different ecosystems D. none of above
in a biosphere.
129. What is the major law in the United
A. Species diversity States that protects biodiversity?
B. Genetic diversity A. Convention on Biological Diversity
C. Ecosystem diversity
B. Endangered Species Act
D. Biodiversity
C. US Fish and Wildlife Service
124. Naturally occurring extinctions, occurring D. Species Survival Plan
one species at a time
A. Background Extinction 130. is the increase of toxic substances in
B. Mass Extinction organisms as you go up the trophic levels
in a food chain or web.
C. Natural Extinction
A. Biological magnification
D. Slow Extinction
B. Biological augmentation
125. Term Biodiversity was popularized by
C. Biological pollution
A. Paul Ehlrich
D. Biological toxicity
B. David Tilman
C. Edward Wilson 131. Resources that are replaced by natural
D. Robert May processes faster than they are consumed
are called (example:solar power)
126. The separation of a habitat into small A. Renewable resources
pieces of land is called
B. Nonrenewable resources
A. Corridors
B. Habitat C. Natural resources
133. A species that plays a critical role in main- 138. all populations of all species living in an
taining the ecosystem structure is called a ecosystem.
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A. I and III C. eutrophication
B. I and II D. suffocation
C. II and III
150. Biologists put extra effort into protecting
D. I, II and III these because they have many species liv-
145. What summarizesglobal population ing in them.
trends for certainterrestrial, freshwater, A. Cities
and marinespecies
B. Biodiversity Hotspots
A. U.S. Game and Fish
C. Farms
B. Department of Agriculture
C. Living Planet Index D. Conservation stations
154. The different genes or inheritable charac- C. They sting when threatened
teristics in a population is known as its D. They live in hives
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D. Rainforest
172. Which of the following is NOT true about
NGOs when comparing them to IGOs?
167. Which describes the current rate of
species disappearance? A. can take rapid action
A. background extinction B. enforce legislation
B. mass extinction C. good use of media to get conservation
message out to the public
C. natural extinction
D. none of above
D. progressive extinction
173. A plan to establish an 8000km long strip
168. What types of patterns does a climato- of land across eight SE Asian countries to
graph show? rejoin fragments of habitats is an example
A. rainfall and snowfall of
B. precipitation and humidity A. wildlife corridor
C. precipitation and temperature B. world biodiversity treaty
D. temperature and sunlight C. captive breeding program
D. conservation concession
169. Introduced or invasive species are often
difficult because: 174. the breaking of habitats into smaller
A. They contribute to habitat fragmenta- pieces is called
tion A. habitat division
B. They do not adapt well to new environ- B. habitat pollution
ments
C. habitat corruption
C. They increase biodiversity
D. habitat fragmentation
D. They often lack natural predators
175. The use of living organisms (like prokary-
170. Which of the following is NOT a type of otes, fungi, or plants) to detoxify a pol-
biodiversity? luted area is called
A. species diversity A. Remediation
B. genetic diversity B. De-pollution
C. individual diversity C. Bioremediation
D. ecosystem diversity D. Going green
176. What is species diversity? which the tigers could live. The mountains
A. the variety of different organisms in an are an example of a(n)
180. Which type of organism is HIGHEST in 185. The biggest cause of biodiversity loss to-
terms of species diversity? day is
A. plants A. climate change
B. mammals B. over-harvesting
C. insects C. habitat change and fragmentation
D. protists D. pollution
181. The Sikhote-Alin Mountains, and the 186. Which of the following represent single-
Siberian tigers living on them, are sep- species approaches to protecting biodiver-
arated from other mountain regions in sity?
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B. Plant depository 193. Another form of pollution that destroys
underwater habitats for fish and other
C. Seed bank species.
D. Herbarium
A. Eutrophication
188. means “excessive use of species for B. Biological magnification
economic value”
C. Fragmentation
A. Economy
B. Poaching D. Acid precipitation
C. Overexploitation 194. Patches of suitable habitat surrounded by
D. Exploitation unsuitable habitat
189. Conservation organizations raise money A. Habitat fagmentation
to pay off a nation’s debt in return for im- B. Habitat islands
proved conservation measures.
C. wildlife corridors
A. Debt for nature swap
B. conservation concession D. habitat patches
C. Economic assist 195. The four large divisions of the geologic
D. none of above time scale.
190. What is the number one cause of species A. eras
extinction today? B. periods
A. habitat loss
C. fossils
B. human predators
D. rotations
C. transported diseases
D. background extermination 196. Which is an example of bioremediation?
191. Relieving a nation from repaying some A. replanting trees in an area affected by
of the money it owes other nations in ex- acid rain
change for protecting its biodiversity is B. using microorganisms to detoxify an
called a oil spill
A. debt-for-nature swap.
C. enacting a law that protects endan-
B. conservation concession. gered amphibians
C. Species Survival Plan. D. introducing natural predators to con-
D. wildlife corridor. trol a crop pest
197. What biome contains the least amount of 202. An endangered species is
species biodiversity? A. One whose numbers are so small that
B. Reduce A. Biodiversity
200. Nonnative species that are transported 205. The number of different species and the
to a new habitat, and that are NOT a abundance of each species in a biological
threat to biodiversity in the new area are community.
called HINT:sometimes people do this A. genetic diversity
intentionally.
B. ecosystem diversity
A. Invasive species
C. extinction
B. Immigrated species
D. species diversity
C. Introduced species
D. New species 206. The complete disappearance of a species
when its last member dies.
201. Which of the following has most directly A. elimination
resulted in increased skin cancer rates in
Australia? B. threatened
B. Northern Spotted Owl 213. Which of the following countries has the
highest biodiversity?
C. Mountain Lion
A. Brazil
D. Grizzly Bear
B. South Africa
208. A process in which all of the members of
C. Russia
a species die out is called
D. India
A. Evaporation
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B. Emigration 214. Who came up with the theory of evolu-
tion?
C. Death
A. Charles Darwin
D. Extinction
B. Albert Einstein
209. Variety of habitats, ecosystems, commu-
C. Steven Hawking
nities refers to what?
D. Mr. Fletcher
A. Ecosystem diversity
B. Species diversity 215. Urbanisation and cities split up popula-
tions so they can no longer interbreed. So
C. Genetic Diversity
there is no gene flow. What type of biodi-
D. none of above versity does that affect?
A. Species Biodiversity
210. What is the variety of genes present?
B. Habitat Biodiversity
A. bidiversity
C. Genetic Biodiversity
B. species diversity
D. none of above
C. extinction
D. genetic diversity 216. When a large percentage of all living
species become extinct in a relatively short
211. Forest clearing, farming, and road build- period of time.
ing are all examples of
A. gradual extinction
A. Biodiversity
B. mass extinction
B. Population distribution
C. background extinction
C. Habitat loss
D. bio extinction
D. Climate Change
217. The increased concentration of toxic sub-
212. The easiest component of biodiversity to stances in organisms at a high trophic level
measure is in the food chain.
A. ecosystem diversity. A. species magnification
B. species diversity. B. biological magnification
C. genetic diversity. C. biological effect
D. ecosystem health. D. pollution effect
218. The most severe effect resulting from 223. The vertical movement of cold, nutrient-
loss of insect species globally would likely rich water from the ocean depths to its sur-
be face is called
219. The 3 different types of biodiversity (in 224. Amongst the animal groups given below,
IB ESS) are; which one has the highest percentage of
A. Genes, Species, Habitats endangered species
228. Greenbelts or hedgerows that provide 233. The gradual process of species becoming
natural corridors for migration, foraging extinct is known as:
and spreading of local species are known
A. mass extinction
as
B. bio extinction
A. corridors.
C. gradual extinction
B. pathways.
D. background extinction
C. links.
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D. clusters. 234. are different environmental condi-
tions that occur around the boundaries of
229. The layer below the photic zone is known a habitat.
as the
A. Development
A. intertidal zone
B. Edge effect
B. open ocean
C. Human interaction
C. flood plain
D. Boundary effect
D. aphotic zone
235. Which of the following actions would re-
230. Which of the following is an example of
duce global greenhouse emissions?
a nonrenewable resource?
A. Increasing the use of automobiles
A. solar
B. Decreasing the number of nuclear
B. wind
power plants
C. oil
C. Replacing coal-burning power plants
D. geothermal with wind farms
231. There is a plan to establish an 8000 km D. Converting tropical forests to rice pad-
long strip of land across eight southeast dies
Asian countries to rejoin fragments of tiger
habitat. This is an example of a 236. What is a renewable resource?
232. How can habitat disruption affect biodi- 237. A form of pollution that destroys under-
versity? water habitats for fish and other species
due to fertilizer is:
A. It can lead to loss of biodiversity.
A. Eutrophication
B. It will lead to new species taking over
all of the habitats. B. Biological magnification
C. It will lead to climate change. C. Fragmentation
D. It will cause the animals to get sick. D. Acid precipitation
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B. when the ecosystem has been de-
250. The aesthetic value of something is con-
stroyed
cerned with what?
A. Right and wrong C. when the ecosystem is given economic
value
B. Good and Bad
D. when the ecosystem provides useful
C. the appreciation of beauty
services
D. spirituality
256. Which organization publishes the Red
251. The species-area relationship on a loga-
Data Book?
rithmic scale (logscale) is
A. Rectangular parabola A. GEF
B. Rectangular hyperbola B. IUCN
C. Straight line/linear C. UNEP
D. Sigmoid D. WWF
252. The disappearance of a particular popu-
lation from a given area, but not of the 257. Areas of aquatic or terrestrial ecosys-
entire species globally, is called tems that have been protected in order
to conserve biodiversity, heritage, or are
A. extirpation. home to a unique species are known as
B. extinction.
A. nature reserves.
C. poaching.
B. safe spaces.
D. fragmentation.
C. invasive species zones.
253. What is the example of Ex situ?
D. recreation areas.
A. Taman negara
B. Jungle 258. What form of pollution is caused by ex-
C. Botanical garden tensive algae growth in waterways?
11. The more biodiversity 17. Natural disasters such as flooding and tor-
A. the less healthier it is. nadoes are linked to
A. primary
B. the more stable it is.
B. secondary
C. the more damage it will have.
C. old field
D. the less stable it is
D. ecosystem
12. When producers inhabit bare rock in an
18. Plants in a food web are:
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ecological community it is known as-
A. climax community A. consumers
B. decomposers
B. secondary succession
C. producers
C. primary succession
D. suppliers
D. deciduous forest community
19. Some monkeys live their entire lives in
13. Process by which an animal or plant trees. What body structure helps the mon-
species becomes fitted to its environment key move around in its habitat?
to help them survive.
A. brown fur with white patches
A. Interdependence
B. small ears and large eyes
B. Natural Selection
C. very small pointed teeth
C. Adaptation
D. grasping hands and feet
D. Competition
20. Where does an organism get its food, wa-
14. Cells that have a nucleus such as humans. ter, and other things it need to survive?
A. Vacuole A. Its body
B. Cytoplasm B. The sun
C. Eukaryotic C. Its habitat
D. Heterotroph D. none of above
15. Starts with BARE ROCK followed by lichen 21. A process of protecting ecosystems and
the organisms living in them.
A. primary succession
A. conservation
B. secondary succession
B. drought
C. both types of succession C. extinction
D. none of above D. succession
16. Which of the following is NOT a Learned 22. The position an organism occupies in the
Behavior? food web
A. Food Preference A. Tropic levels
B. Height B. Energy pyramid
C. Religion C. Food web
D. Language D. Food chain
34. Which of the following is an example of an 40. Which of the following choices only in-
instinct? cludes abiotic factors?
A. a baby bird is taught to fly by its parent A. Sunlight, algae, and temperature
B. Fish, crabs, oxygen
B. a bear hibernates in the winter
C. Sunlight, soil, and oxygen
C. a dog learns how to roll over
D. Algae, temperature, and dog
D. a bear learns how to catch a fish
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41. Which of the following gives an example
35. An organism that hunts and feeds on an- of how birds modify their environment to
other animal meet their needs?
A. predator
A. Birds use twigs to build a nest.
B. prey
B. Birds hatch eggs and feed their young.
C. producer
D. none of above C. Birds breathe air and drink water.
36. Fleas and ticks are examples of what? D. Birds find food.
A. predators
42. An ecosystem with great biological diver-
B. prey sity decreases-
C. hosts A. available space for organisms in the
D. parasites ecosystem
37. The Substances that pollute water are B. available food supply for organisms in
called? the ecosystem
A. Impure particles C. the number of species present in the
ecosystem
B. sewage, toxic chemical, silt etc
D. competition between different species
C. Water Pollutants
in the ecosystem
D. Water Pollution
43. The plants process of making food and re-
38. What’s genetic variation? leasing oxygen into the air is called:
A. DNA A. energy release
B. Differences that occur in individuals
B. photosynthesis
within a species
C. the carbon cycle
C. Your mom
D. none of above D. the oxygen cycle
39. Which are some examples of plant life in 44. What process uses the principal source of
a tropical rainforest? energy input into biological systems?
A. abundant trees, vines, lush growth A. ingestion
B. bushes/trees on banks, water plants B. decomposition
C. cypress trees, ferns, water lilies C. photosynthesis
D. lichens and mosses D. respiration
A. food and oxygen 55. You are standing on a bitterly cold, dry
plain with only few short trees scattered
B. sunshine and rain
around, and you spot a wolf in a distance.
C. carbon dioxide and food In which biome are you in?
D. herbivores and carnivores A. Tundra
50. all the living and nonliving things that in- B. Tropical Rainforest
teract with each other in an environment C. Desert
A. ecosystem D. Taiga
56. An organism that obtains energy by con- A. lack of oxygen in the water as they die
suming plants and animals.
A. Omnivores B. lack of oxygen as they grow
B. Carnivores C. more food for fish
C. Herbivores D. none of above
D. Humans 62. Who causes the most damage to coral
reefs?
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57. What’s an ecosystem?
A. Whales
A. Your mom
B. Fish
B. Tide Pods
C. Boats
C. All of the living & nonliving things inter-
acting in an area D. Humans
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A. Something that only eats plants C. Adaptation
B. Something that only gets energy from D. Population
the sun
C. something that gets energy from con- 84. Cell theory does not include the idea that:
suming organic material
A. all living things are made of cells
D. something that eats other animals
B. like cells carry similar functions
79. What role do people have in the food C. cells use energy from food to sustain
chain? life
A. They are producers. D. all cells in all the organisms of the
B. They are carnivores. same species carry the exact same ge-
C. They are herbivors. netic traits
88. Which organisms release oxygen into the C. Decomposing organic matter
air as part of the carbon dioxide-oxygen D. All answers are correct
cycle?
D. Heterotroph A. An organism
B. A population
90. Variety of life
C. A community
A. Natural Selection
B. Ecological Succession D. A biome
B. parasitism C. spider
C. habitat D. worm
D. abiotic factors 97. This happens when no rain falls for a long
period of time and can affect the organ-
92. A tapeworm lives in human intestines ab-
isms living in an environment.
sorbing the nutrients that would normally
be absorbed by the person. This eventu- A. 1.ice age
ally causes the person to experience health B. 2.Arbor Day
problems. This relationship is-
C. 3.drought
A. predator/prey
D. 4.extinction
B. parasite/host
C. herbivore/omnivore 98. What’s an adaptation?
D. consumer/producer A. A change in structures/behaviors that
improves an organism’s ability to survive
93. Carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere
by B. I don’t know
A. Burning fossil fuels C. Is water wet
B. Cellular respiration D. Yes
C. non-living B. Digestive
D. life C. Circulatory
D. Muscular
100. a species that may become extinct in the
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near future is called 106. An animal that is hunted as food for other
animals
A. keystone species
A. predator
B. endangered species
B. prey
C. threatened species
C. producer
D. mutant
D. none of above
101. Litter on the ground or harmful chemicals
in the water, air or land. 107. What is the role of different plants in the
food web?
A. Invasive species
A. predators
B. algae
B. consumers
C. drought
C. producers
D. Pollution
D. decomposers
102. Cells that do not have a nucleus such as
108. A living thing whose food comes from
bacteria.
eating other living things is called what?
A. Mitochondria
A. predator
B. Chloroplast B. prey
C. Prokaryotic C. producer
D. Nucleus D. consumer
103. action done on purpose to help with 109. The community of organisms that live in a
survival-by choice particular area, along with their non-living
A. structural adaptation environment.
B. behavioral A. Habitat
C. physiological B. Ecosystem
D. none of above C. Community
D. Population
104. Pablo has a hamburger and a salad for
lunch. Which term best describes Pablo. 110. Made of a single cell.
A. producer A. Unicellular
B. scavenger B. Multicellular
C. herbivore C. Unicycle
D. omnivore D. Eukaryote
111. If climate change affects an ecosystem, A. 100 percent of all energy gets passed
what will happen to the organisms that B. 45 percent of all energy gets passed
don’t change?
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123. A duck, a dragonfly, a morel mushroom for a mouse.
and a bobcat are all examples of C. A polar bear walking on the sea ice
A. organisms. searching for a seal.
B. populations. D. A barnacle attaching itself to a whale.
C. communties. 129. When algae levels increase in a body of
D. ecosystems. water, it
A. cuts off light to plants at the bottom.
124. A healthy environment, with no sudden
changes will helporganisms to- B. increases light to the plants on the bot-
tom.
A. die out.
C. causes dissolved Oxygen levels in-
B. perish.
crease.
C. move to new locations.
D. causes bacteria populations decrease.
D. thrive.
130. Respiration is the process by which
125. The efficiency of energy transfer from is consumed and is produced.
a lower trophic level to the next highest
A. Carbon, Oxygen
level is roughly
B. Oxygen, Carbon dioxide
A. 1%
C. H20, oxygen
B. 10%
D. Carbon, H2O
C. 100%
D. 1000% 131. When an environment changes and organ-
isms can nolonger meet their basic needs
126. An organism is they will most likely-
A. all the members of one species living A. thrive.
in the same area
B. perish.
B. made of a single cell
C. not be affected.
C. an alien species
D. none of the above
D. a living thing
132. Which would result in primary succes-
127. Smallest level of ecological organization sion?
A. An organism A. volcano destroying habitat leaving only
B. community soil and ash
B. Tornado destroying a crop leaving very 138. All of the student, faculty and staff at
little soil Hazelwood West high school are consid-
ered what level of organization?
D. Carbon dioxide lets plants absorb their 148. Organisms that make their own food also
roots. called autotrophs.
A. Producer
143. Which organisms in a prairie ecosystem
are producers? B. Consumer
A. prairie dogs, rabbits, and mice C. Scavenger
B. hawks, owls, and snakes D. Decomposer
C. grass and bushes 149. This is the formula for which process?6H
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D. All of the organisms are producers. 2 2 6 12 6 2
A. photosynthesis
144. Why do algae blooms happen?
B. precipitation
A. there are too many nutrients in the wa-
C. respiration
ter
D. decomposition
B. there are too many fish in the water
C. there is not enough turbidity in the wa- 150. Mutual dependence between organisms
ter in order to help them survive.
C. They are both getting some energy. D. Body patterns or coloring that make it
D. They are both being food producers. hard to see
A. Nervous B. Endocrine
B. Respiratory C. Nervous
C. Digestive D. Lymphatic/Immune
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165. Succession that occurs in an area with NO
SOIL C. recycling paper
A. ecological succession D. none of above
B. primary succession 171. Which of these correctly describe the
C. secondary succession NICHE of a rabbit?
D. pioneer speciles A. predator and herbivore
B. consumer, carnivore
166. Which process is part of the water cy-
cle? C. consumer, herbivore, prey
A. combustion D. producer and prey
B. fossilisation 172. What might happen if you remove a pri-
C. respiration mary consumer from the ecosystem?
175. In Which environment would a white rab- B. bare field after an eruption of an vol-
bit be best protected from predators? cano
A. carnivore C. brain
B. consumer D. skin
186. What are organisms that use other organ- C. they are unaffected
isms for food in order to gain energy?
D. they automatically change
A. decomposers
B. producers 192. A cactus a thick, waxy leaves that help
hold in water. This is an example of
C. herbivores adaptation.
D. consumers
A. behavioral
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187. the environment where an organism B. structural
lives
C. physiological
A. nonliving
D. none of above
B. living
C. habitat 193. Rigid support outside a plant cell only.
D. niche A. Cell Membrane
188. Which is an inherited trait in plants? B. Cell Wall
A. The amount of sunlight the plants re- C. Autotroph
ceive D. Heterotroph
B. The color of their flowers
C. The amount of water the plants re- 194. Which organisms eat other living organ-
ceive isms to survive?
B. Chloroplast D. scavengers
197. Identify the examples as:a organism, 202. Struggle between organisms of the same
population, community, or ecosystem.All or different species for food, space, light,
speckled sting-ray that live in the Pacific water, etc.
B. consumer C. mammals
D. reptiles
C. decomposer
D. none of above 204. What is Biodiversity
A. The number of organism in an ecosys-
199. What is an succession? tem
A. Series of gradual changes that occur B. The variety of organism in an ecosys-
after a disturbance tem
B. Changes that only happen when C. The number and variety of organisms
species die in an ecosystem
C. a series of changes that cause a popu- D. None of these
lation to increase or decrease
205. Trophic levels are represented by
D. an INSTANT change caused by a distur-
bance A. squares
B. circles
200. Which of the following could not survive
C. pyramids
in a forest ecosystem?
D. lines
A. Moss
B. Cactus 206. Organisms made up of more than one
cell.
C. Shrubs
A. abiotic factor
D. Ferns
B. biotic factor
201. Support and protection of soft body parts. C. unicellular
(bones, tendons) D. multicellular
A. Skeletal
207. The trees in this biome shed their leaves
B. Digestive and grow new ones each year:
C. Circulatory A. temperate deciduous forest
D. Muscular B. grasslands
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D. none of above present
209. are all the different populations that 214. Organisms that creates its own food
live together in an area. through photosynthesis or chemosynthe-
A. Herd sis.
D. Community C. Autotroph
D. Heterotroph
210. A nonliving part of an organism’s habi-
tat. 215. Very little rainfall, hot weather, and
A. Biotic factor cracked grounddescribe which change to an
environment?
B. Prokaryote
A. volcanic erruption
C. Decomposer
B. landslide
D. Abiotic factor
C. drought
211. Which environmental concern is most as-
sociated with burning fossil fuels? D. flood
218. Which option is abiotic? 224. A material used by living things for
A. Plants growth and other life functions is a
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230. A part of an organism’s habitat which describes-
keeps the population from growing past a
certain point A. a micro-habitat
A. Biotic factor B. primary succession
B. Abiotic factor C. secondary succession
C. Competition D. biodiversity
D. Limiting factor 236. Which of the following provides organ-
isms in an ecosystem with all their basic
231. What does a Primary Consumer eat?
requirements to survive?
A. Tertiary Consumers
A. soil
B. Secondary Consumers
B. air
C. Producers
C. habitat
D. none of above
D. producers
232. Organisms such as mushrooms, bacteria,
237. Controls mental and bodily functions.
worms and ants that get energy by break-
(brain, spinal cord)
ing down other dead organisms.
A. Integumentary
A. scavengers
B. Endocrine
B. consumers
C. Nervous
C. decomposers
D. Lymphatic/Immune
D. carnivores
238. All of the living and nonliving things in an
233. An organism that is able to capture en-
area and all of their interactions
ergy from sunlight or chemicals and use it
to PRODUCE ITS OWN FOOD. A. herbivore
A. Heterotroph B. ecosystem
B. Autobot C. food chain
C. Autotroph D. adaptation
D. Decomposer 239. At each stage in a food chain, energy is
234. Which of the following environments lost.What is a result of this?
could support both a herd of deer and pop- A. All living organisms respire.
ulation of owls? B. Food chains always begin with green
A. Wetlands plants.
C. Plants are called producers and ani- 245. a structure or behavior that helps an or-
mals consumers. ganism survive in its surroundings
C. Something that gets hunted 248. How does secondary succession help re-
D. Something that eats only meat store equilibrium to a region destroyed by
a flood?
243. a substance that an organism needs in or- A. It increases the number and types of
der to survive and grow species.
A. environment B. It brings back species from extinction.
B. ecosystem
C. species C. It stops other floods from occurring.
D. nutrient D. It decreases the rate of evolution.
244. The role or function or job of a species in 249. When an animal imitates (looks or acts
a community. like) another animal it is called
A. habitat A. camouflage
B. diet B. mimicry
C. niche C. warning coloration
D. ecosystem D. protective resemblance
250. Which ecosystem features permanently 255. A good adaptation for living in a grass-
frozen subsoil, sometimes called per- land would be-
mafrost? A. the ability to hibernate
A. Coniferous Forest B. The ability of plants to grow very high
B. Deciduous Forest to reach the sunlight
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prairie fires
251. The falcon has a sharp, hooked beak. It 256. Which of the following is a structural
also has sharp, curved claws called talons. adaptation that allows animals to live in
The falcon’s beak and talons are most an aquatic ecosystem?
likely adaptations for:
A. hooves
A. hiding B. long legs
B. hunting C. webbed feet
C. protection D. thick fur
D. swimming 257. the capacity to endure. In ecology, this
word describes how biological systems re-
252. Gas produced by cells during respiration;
main diverse and productive over time
plants use it in photosynthesis to make
food A. biodiversity
A. oxygen B. habitat
C. microhabitat
B. carbon dioxide
D. sustainability
C. water
258. The circulatory system uses to deliver
D. hydrogen
oxygen to the rest of the body.
253. Wastes produced by agriculture, house- A. blood cells
holds, industry, mining, and other human B. lungs and nose
activities can end up in
C. blood vessels
A. groundwater
D. brain and spinal cord
B. streams and rivers
259. What is an organism?
C. oceans
A. A nonliving thing
D. All of these choices
B. A living thing
254. behavior in, near or with something C. None of the above
A. interaction D. none of above
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B. decomposers
272. This happens when all the members of a
certain species die. C. herbivores
A. Extinction D. producers
B. Conservation
278. Movement of the body, attached to the
C. Pollution bones. (muscles, tendons)
D. Succession A. Uninary
273. All seeds contain this “baby plant” inside B. Digestive
of them. It’s called an
C. Skeletal
A. root
D. Muscular
B. leaf
C. embryo 279. Jelly like material inside all cells.
D. soil A. Vacuole
274. An animal that is hunted and eaten by B. Cytoplasm
other animals is called what?
C. Eukaryotic
A. prey
D. Heterotroph
B. predator
C. decomposer 280. Which organisms remove carbon dioxide
D. producer from the atmosphere?
A. Consumers
275. A wrasse fish feeds on the parasites
found on the black sea bass’s body. Both B. Decomposers
species benefit. C. Herbivores
A. Mutualism
D. Producers
B. Parasitism
C. Commensalism 281. complete the following population →
community →? → biome
D. none of above
A. biosphere
276. An increase in biodiversity contributes to
the of an ecosystem. B. ecosystem
A. sustainability C. organism
B. biodiversity D. organ system
282. When a tree falls into a dense forest, 287. what is adaptation
what changes are likely to take place? A. it is a place where things dont survir
292. Which of the following lists include only 297. An organism that cannot make its own
abiotic factors? food is called . . .
A. plants, animals, average daily temper- A. autotrophic
ature B. chemosynthetic
B. rainfall amounts, average daily tem- C. heterotrophic
perature, minerals in soil
D. photosynthetic
C. minerals in soil, plants, rainfall
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amounts 298. Which best describes an example of cam-
ouflage?
D. animals, rainfall amounts, soil compo-
sition A. Blackberries that are segmented
B. Parrots of strong wings to fly
293. Color or pattern that helps an animal C. Viceroy butterflies look like monarch
blend in with its habitat Adaptation:polar butterflies
bears in the Artic
D. Leopard seals have dark coats on their
A. Hibernation backs to blend in
B. Locomotion
299. Pioneer species are the first
C. Camouflage
A. Trees that replace the original trees af-
D. Migration ter a forest fire
B. Organisms to live in previously unin-
294. Which biome features permanently habited areas
frozen soil called permafrost?
C. Organisms to live in a forest canopy
A. Coniferous Forest
D. Trees to grow in an area that has been
B. Deciduous Forest disturbed
C. Desert
300. How would beavers building a dam cause
D. Tundra an increase in the fish population? The
dam
295. ends in a climax community
A. blocks a river and creates a lake.
A. primary succession B. causespredators to hunt more fish.
B. secondary succession C. forcesmany birds to leave the ecosys-
C. both types of succession tem.
302. factors are all living things located 307. What are groups of different populations
within an ecosystem. living togther in the same place at the
same time called?
304. Which of the following is NOT a het- 309. Fertilizer, sewage, and animal feces can
erotroph? wash in to water, leading to
B. secondary succession 318. Which two biomes have the least precip-
C. both types of succession itation?
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B. other animals
C. decomposers 319. This biome is found around the equator,
has a dense canopy, and is home to a large
D. the sun amount of biodiversity.
314. Identify the examples as:a organ- A. Deserts
ism, population, community, or ecosys- B. Tropical Rain Forests
tem.Water, Fish, Turtles, Oxygen, Rocks
and Moss interacting in a river system. C. Savannas
A. Organism D. Grasslands
D. Ecosystem A. population
B. microrganisms
315. What impact do humans have on ocean
systems? C. community
A. overfishing D. environment
B. dumping site for trash 321. Which experiences the least change over
C. creation of new ecosystems time?
317. Remove dead cells and foreign bodies C. Rank in the feeding heirarchy
from body fluids. (lymph nodes, liver, D. Amount of living tissue at the tropic
spleen) level
A. Integumentary 323. What is a biosphere?
B. Endocrine A. A model of a sphere that looks like
C. Nervous Earth
D. Lymphatic/Immune B. The sum of all living matter on Earth
C. A group of organisms 329. You are in a forest where trees shed their
D. A small part of the Earth leaves and grew new ones each yearIn
which biome are you in?
335. What is the lowest level of organiza- 340. organisms that grow, change, produce
tion of the biosphere, or the one with the waste, reproduce, and die, such as plants
fewest members? and animals
A. ecosystem A. niche
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B. population B. habitat
C. community C. living
D. organism D. nonliving
336. Site of cellular respiration in all cells and 341. Organism that cannot make its own food,
releases energy from food. so it must consume other organisms for en-
ergy.
A. Mitochondria
A. Vacuole
B. Chloroplast
B. Cytoplasm
C. Prokaryotic
C. Eukaryotic
D. Nucleus
D. Heterotroph
337. An adaptations is-
342. Photosynthetic plant that is the begin-
A. any characteristic that helps a plant or
ning of the food chain for many aquatic an-
animal survive
imals.
B. the role an organism plays in its envi-
A. Competition
ronment
B. Phytoplankton
C. when an animal becomes still in an en-
closed space and reduces bodily function C. Biodiversity
to save energy D. Natural Selection
D. the seasonal movement of animals
343. Controls the activities of the eukaryotic
from one place to another
cells.
338. Thermal pollution of water bodies is due A. Mitochondria
to:
B. Chloroplast
A. Discharge of heat (hot water) from
C. Prokaryotic
power plants.
D. Nucleus
B. Discharge of chemicals from indus-
tries. 344. Camels live in the desert and have wide,
C. Discharge of waste from mining. flat, leathery pads on the bottoms of their
feet. This adaptation most likely helps
D. Discharge of agricultural runoff. them-
339. What are Biotic Factors? A. find sources of water
A. Living parts of an environment B. climb rocky hills
C. sleep standing up 350. A flower bed is created but was left bare
D. walk on hot sand over the summer. What types of plants
might you see at the start of school?
349. As you move up from one trophic level to 354. When a population thrives, it means
another, why is only 10% of energy from that-
the previous level passed on? A. the number of organisms is decreas-
A. producers get 100% of the energy ing.
B. it’s lost as heat and to perform life B. it is growing strong and reproducing.
functions. C. the number of organisms is increasing.
C. primary consumers keep misplacing
the rest. D. the number of organisms stays the
D. none of these same.
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356. The total number of different species on over long periods of time
earth is known as B. the diversity of organisms present in a
particular ecosystem
A. biome
C. All of the above
B. ecology
D. none of above
C. biodiversity
D. abiotic factors 362. These gases, such as carbon dioxide, trap
heat in the Earth’s atmosphere causing
357. which of the following is an example of global warming
an abiotic factor. A. Global warming gases
A. rose bush B. Hot House gases
B. water C. Green House gases
C. grass D. Thermal pollution
D. rabbit 363. How do artificial reefs positively affect
ocean systems?
358. If farmers use a controlled burn to pre-
vent forest fires, what would most likely A. support large populations
be the first plants to return? B. force organisms to move
A. trees C. pollute the water
B. shrubs D. none of above
C. mosses 364. A trait or characteristic that helps an or-
D. grasses ganism is an
A. Adaptation
359. What is the function of autotrophs in the
carbon cycle? B. Environment
A. to use oxygen to produce glucose C. Population
B. to take in excess water D. Habitat
C. to use carbon dioxide to produce glu- 365. Which of the following is NOT a con-
cose sumer
D. to feed on herbivores A. grass
B. dog
360. A diagram that shows the amount of en-
ergy at each level of a food chain is called C. shark
an: D. fish
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B. carnivore
378. What is a producer?
C. omnivore
A. an organism that gets energy from eat-
ing other organisms D. producer
B. an organisms that uses sunlight to 383. Identify the examples as:a organ-
make its own food ism, population, community, or ecosys-
C. an organism that gets energy from eat- tem.Chicken, Cow, Grass, Buffalo, and
ing dead organisms, non-living material or Mouse living on farmland.
waste A. Organism
D. none of above B. Community
379. Which of the plants described above C. Population
would most likely be found in the rainfor- D. Ecosystem
est?
A. leaves with dry tips, climbing vines and 384. What’s a dichotomous key?
canopy covering A. An identification & organizational tool
B. grows in clumps, hairy leaves, small that’s used to identify organisms
C. nonporous leaves, extended roots B. A key to unlock special doors
D. absence of trees C. All of the above
D. none of above
380. The characteristics of a particular organ-
ism are listed below. * Is multicellular * Is 385. Which of the following do scientists think
a consumer * Has cells with nuclei * Repro- is the biggest threat to our ocean ecosys-
duces sexually * Is mobile * Digests foods tems?
internally In which kingdom should this or-
ganism be classified? A. Oil spills in the ocean.
A. Animalia B. Old oil platforms left in the ocean.
B. Fungi C. Overfishing of our oceans.
C. Archaea D. Sounds from commercial ships inter-
rupting animal communication.
D. Plantae
386. Which of the following are lists are ex-
381. What are the nonliving parts of the
amples of only abiotic factors?
ecosystem? This includes temperature,
water, sunlight, air, and soil. A. Water, air, mouse, mushroom
A. biotic factors B. Snake, mouse, owl
D. Scavenger B. overpopulation
C. pollution
390. Insects go through stages to grow and
change form. This process is called: D. none of above
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to?
C. Air, water, food, protection A. Toxic
D. Food, attention, change, water B. Sediment
399. Which organism in a food web is a pro- C. Nutrient
ducer? D. Bacterial
A. Aphid
404. The special features which enable living
B. Beetle organisms to survive in their surrounding
C. Rosebush is known as
D. Spider A. habitat
B. adaptation
400. Cutting down trees will:
C. abiotic
A. have very little affect on the living
things in the ecosystem. D. none of above
419. A living factor in an ecosystem, such as a C. high acid levels in a body of water.
plant or animal is D. high alkalinity levels in a body of water.
A. biotic
425. All organisms of the same species living
B. abiotic in the same area.
C. adaptation A. Population
D. producer B. Community
420. An animal that gets energy by eating C. Ecosystem
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both plants and animals D. Organism
A. herbivore
426. The more diverse an ecosystem is-
B. carnivore
A. the more stable it is
C. omnivore
B. the more similar the species will be
D. producer C. the fewer varieties of species are
421. You are sweating in the hot humid air, present
and you see all kinds of colorful plants and D. the more threatened its populations
insects everywhere you look. In which are
biome are you in?
427. Which of the following situations con-
A. Tundra tributes to the sustainability of an ecosys-
B. Tropical Rainforest tem?
C. Desert A. Increase in biodiversity
D. Taiga B. Decrease in biodiversity
422. Living things that make their own food C. Extinction of a population from the
using air, light, soil and water are called: ecosystem
430. Sasha made a model of a food chain. 435. Which of the following best describes an
The living things in her food chain were organism’s habitat?
a cricket, a frog, a snake, and a hawk.
A. Something that eats plants 436. Organisms, such as vultures, that FEED
B. something that hunts for its food on dead animals.
C. Something that gets hunted A. Producer
D. something that gets its energy from B. Scavenger
the sun C. Consumer
432. All living things are classified into two D. Parasite
major categories
437. The first organisms that appear in an eco-
A. Animals and Plants
logical community
B. Reptiles and Mammals
A. ecological succession
C. Living and non-living
B. primary succession
D. deciduous and coniferous
C. secondary succession
433. The greater a habitat’s biodiversity, the
D. pioneer species
greater will be that habitat’s-
A. sustainability over time with varying 438. The more diverse an ecosystem, the more
conditions. it is.
B. consumption of energy in the form of A. Biodiverse
sunlight.
B. Stable
C. temperature ranges across the sea-
C. Sustainable
sons.
D. Bright
D. distance to the nearest water source
434. At what level of organization in an 439. Organisms that BREAKDOWN dead pro-
ecosystem is an individual plant or ani- ducers and consumers such as mold, fun-
mal? gus, bacteria and worms.
A. population A. Producer
B. organism B. Parasite
C. community C. Decomposer
D. ecosystem D. Consumer
440. The sea water gets polluted mainly due 441. A path of energy transfer from one or-
to: ganism to another
A. Industrial waste. A. population
B. Oil spills. B. symbiotic relationship
C. Death of marine fauna C. food chain
D. None of these D. overpopulation
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10.4 Environmental Issues
1. What is leading to water pollution in the C. effects plants, animals, and people
Middle East? D. All of the above
A. increased population
6. Which environmental issue is being de-
B. increased industry
scribed:“Rainfall that is mixed with pollu-
C. all of the above tants in the air”
D. none of above A. Acid rain
2. Citizens ride bikes in Mexico to B. Air pollution
A. reduce air pollution C. Water pollution
B. reduce deforestation D. nuclear disaster
C. increase deforestation 7. Which of the following sources should you
D. none of the above use when gathering information to help
you make a decision about environmental
3. A natural resource that can be replaced at issues?
the same rate at which it is consumed is a
A. TV news
A. non-point-source pollutant
B. Local newspapers
B. renewable resource
C. Books and magazines
C. non-renewable resource
D. All of above
D. biodegradable resource
A. law A. Romance
B. theory B. Germanic
C. physics C. Slavic
D. biology D. none of above
C. Overuse of soil from poor farming tech- 15. Most people live on the western side of
niques the Ural mountains in this country
A. Russia
A. to try and clean up the river 20. Why do most Canadians live in the south
near the US border?
B. the bring an end to the cremations
A. the climate is less harsh
C. to end using the river for drinking wa-
ter B. there are more resources
D. to slow down the building of new fac- C. there are fewer wild animals
tories D. there is less pollution
21. process of land turning into desert due to 26. To reduce pollution in the environment,
deforestation and drought people should materials.
A. deforestation A. recycle
B. desertification B. pollute
C. industry C. throw away
D. drought D. clean
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27. A catastrophic decision to disable Cher-
22. What effect does poor soil and deforesta-
nobyl’s safety systems during this experi-
tion have on land in Africa?
ment resulted in the reactor and releas-
A. provides more jobs ing irradiated steam and particulate mat-
B. increases poverty ter into the atmosphereGroup of answer
choices
C. increases food productions
A. being replaced
D. has ended HIV/AIDS
B. losing electricity
23. What do trees help us do? C. exploding
A. Cut them down D. none of above
B. Breath 28. A road map is an example of a
C. Swim A. Graphical model
D. Consume water B. Mathematical model
C. Conceptual model
24. Which is a benefit of mining in Canada?
D. Physical model
A. Valuable mining lands are located near
cities. 29. Besides factories, what else causes acid
B. Waterways are polluted in the process rain to pollute the air in southeastern
of mining. Canada?
C. Over 1.5 million people work in the min- A. deforestation
ing industry. B. overfarming
D. Sulfer dioxide (SO2) is spewed into the C. vehicle exhaust
air and lands in waterways.
D. wind farms
25. What is the result when sunlight acts on 30. What is an effect of the pollution in Mex-
the gases from factory and car exhaust, or ico city?
when water in the air mixes with smoke
particles ? A. People can breathe fresh air
31. What contributes to flooding in both India C. belief in one holy book
and China? D. belief in many holy books
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43. What exports does the Canadian Shield B. emit
provide?
C. pour
A. minerals
D. release
B. lumber
49. Global warming in mexico
C. fish
A. cause
D. oil and natural gas
B. effect
44. What is the main contributor to air pollu-
tion in the UK today? C. solution
53. Why are there not a lot of cities along the C. Organization of Petroleum Exporting
banks of the Yellow River in China? Countries
56. Germany’s sulfur deposits, increased in- 61. What are the consequences of pollution?
dustrialization, and east-blowing winds A. Acid rain and greenhouse effect
all contribute to which environmental prob- B. Oxygen
lem?
C. Better air quality
A. nuclear disasters
D. none of above
B. melting glaciers
C. flash floods 62. Which problem is associated with too much
carbon dioxide in the air?
D. acid rain
A. algal bloom
57. Explain why the population of the Sahara
is low B. breathing problems
C. pollution A. nonpoint
D. none of above B. point
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65. The Middle East has a big problem with C. natural
to water. Not every country has D. none of above
the same opportunity to get to a water
source. 71. Oil reserves make up a large portion of
A. air pollution what country’s potential wealth?
75. Acid rain is destroying the Black Forest. 80. Which of the following contribute to water
This is a major problem for which coun- scarcity and pollution?
try?
79. What is the impact of the Canadian Shield D. Easy transportation to the seas
on Canada’s economy?
84. Total market value in current dollars of all
A. Provides access to travel and trade goods and services produced within a coun-
B. Provides vast mineral resources for try, usually during a year.
trade A. gross world product (GWP)
C. Reduces access to trade with the
B. consumer
United States
C. gross domestic product (GDP)
D. Reduces the amount of minerals
Canada produces D. pollution control
85. All of these fields of study contribute to 90. What resource makes up a large portion of
environmental science except Nigeria’s potential wealth?
A. astronomy. A. Mineral resources
B. biology. B. Oil reserves
C. ecology. C. Timber
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91. Which has been a major cause of desertifi-
86. This form of air pollution is especially bad
cation?
in London in the United Kingdom.
A. years of uncontrolled flooding
A. Acid Rain
B. overuse of the land by the people
B. Smog
C. heavy seasonal winds coming off the
C. Nuclear Radiation desert
D. Deforrestation D. sharp and unexpected changes in the
climate
87. Which physical features largely blocks
trade between North Africa and Southern 92. In Iraq, the water from the Euphrates and
Africa? Tigris rivers is reduced by what due to
A. Kalahari Desert dams in Turkey?
95. What is one way Mexico is trying to solve B. extremely dry without moisture
the problem of air pollution in Mexico C. deep and wide enough for ships to
City?
98. Too many organisms in one area for the C. It is starting to shut down logging com-
resources available is called panies
A. biodiversity D. The government has passes laws re-
B. overpopulation stricting logging.
C. pollution 104. Required emission test yearly
D. renewable resource A. effect
99. Which of the following is NOT a major con- B. none
tributor to air pollution in Canada? C. cause
A. factories D. solution
B. coal burning plants
105. What is recycling? It is the process of
C. automobiles
D. recycling companies A. converting waste materials into new
100. Define arable materials and objects
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B. Synthetic resources D. Arctic Ocean
C. Natural resources
112. and benefits of an environmental pro-
D. Common resources posal are often economic.
107. Zoos are built to save A. People
A. endangered animals B. Savings
B. extinct animals C. Costs
C. dangerous animals D. none of above
D. wild animals
113. Which of these is not an environmental
108. What is a cause for Air Pollution in the issue?
United Kingdom?
A. The solar system
A. Fires burning in the United Kingdom
B. Pollution
B. Smoke from coal burning factories.
C. Natural disasters
C. People burning trash
D. none of above D. none of above
109. How are acid rain, air pollution, and nu- 114. Toxic rain as a results of noxious gases
clear disasters all similar? in the air
A. The effects of all three are contained A. air pollution
within one country B. acid rain
B. All happened due to one time human C. environment
error
D. none of the above
C. They all happened in the same country
115. Why isn’t drip irrigation and desalination
D. Pollution spreads into many other used more often in SWA?
countries A. Most countries don’t know about this
110. What affect does the Sahel’s climate and technology
physical characteristics have on population B. Drip irrigation is not effective in a hot,
distribution? dry climate
A. Few people live here C. These technologies are very expensive
B. Many people live here to use
C. There is no effect D. Desalination is a failed technology
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C. human error during a power outage
west Asia? test
A. Chemical fertilizers and irrigation D. design flaws in the reactor
B. Chemical fertilizers, garbage, and
sewage 134. How much surface do forests approxi-
mately cover on the Earth’s land?
C. Chemical fertilizers and desalination
A. 20%
D. Chemical fertilizers and nuclear waste
B. 15%
129. The two most important rivers in India
C. 30%
A. Indian, Indus
D. 50%
B. Bengal, Indian
C. Ganges, Indus 135. Who was the leader of the Chinese com-
munist Party in 1949?
D. Ganges, Arabian
A. Chiang Kai-Shek
130. and mix in the air to cause acid B. Mao Zedong
rain.
C. Sun Yat-sen
A. Fossil fuels; hydrogen
D. Mulan
B. Pollutants; chemicals
C. Fossil fuels; rain 136. Risk is
D. Pollutants; rain A. The collection of numerical data
131. Broad process of global social, economic, B. The probability that something wanted
and environmental change that leads to an will happen
increasingly similar and integrated world. C. The probability that something un-
See information and globalization revolu- wanted will happen
tion. D. A group of similar things of interest to
A. environment a scientist
B. globalization
137. In the case of acid rain, what mixes and
C. ecology comes down with rain?
D. conservation A. chemicals
132. Cause for air pollution B. snow
A. automobile emission C. ice
B. factories D. leaves
148. The earth’s natural materials and pro- 153. The “Tuareg” or “Free men” are ,
cesses that sustain other species and us. moving frequently in the Sahara, in search
Compare financial resources, human re- of food and water.
sources, manufactured resources. A. children
A. reuse B. Muslims
B. natural resources C. animals
C. reduce D. nomads
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D. recycle
154. A accident that causes a serious escape
149. Which action has most helped reduce air of radioactive material.
pollution? A. acid rain
A. people walking instead of driving B. effect
B. vehicle emissions have been linked to C. nuclear disaster
disease like asthma
D. nuclear leak
C. acid rain has begun in other countries
D. replacing coal with cleaner fuels 155. Which of the following best describes the
overall climate found in Southwest Asia?
150. The industry must produce more food, A. Hot and dry climate
which means further pressure on natural
environment. B. Tropical and humid climate
A. creative C. Seasonal climate
B. agricultural D. Cold and dry climate
C. communication 156. an extended period of time without rain-
D. none of above fall
A. Water Pollution
151. Why does overgrazing lead to desertifi-
cation? B. Irrigation
A. Loss of grass destroys the soil. C. Drought
B. Loss of grass causes droughts. D. Climate
C. Increase in vegetation destroys the 157. is an explanation for many observa-
soil. tions
D. Increase in vegetation protects A. meniscus
against droughts. B. weight
152. Since many African societies value edu- C. law
cating a boy more than educating a girl, D. theory
A. The literacy rate for boys is higher
158. High infant mortality
B. The literacy rate for boys and girls is
the same A. solution
C. The literacy rate for girls is higher B. cause
D. The literacy rate in most African na- C. effect
tions is very high D. none
159. Coastal developments are popular be- A. the process of adding salt to fresh wa-
cause they offer views. ter.
169. Which historical figure do Judaism, Chris- 174. Mexico City is a huge industrial center.
tianity, and Islam have in common? Therefore, besides automobiles, what is
another major cause of air pollution in
A. Jesus
Mexico City?
B. Muhammad
A. factories
C. Abraham
B. mines
D. none of above
C. Sierra Madre Mountains
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170. The forceful movement of one object on D. baseball stadiums
another.
175. The number and variety of organisms in
A. impact an area is called
B. accident A. biodiversity
C. cause B. wilderness
D. effect C. habitat
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C. reuse
C. very expensive
D. sustainable living
D. none of above
191. contamination of bodies of water mainly
caused by industry and agriculture. 197. One of the worst nuclear disasters in his-
tory took place at the power plant in
A. Water Pollution
Pripyat, Ukraine-at that time, part of the
B. Air Pollution Soviet Union-in 1986
C. Lack of Water (Water Scarcity) A. Moscow
D. Overgrazing B. Berlin
192. According to our standard SS6G8, where C. Paris
in Europe has acid rain been an issue? D. Chernobyl
A. Italy 198. The process of the desert expanding into
B. Germany areas that had formerly been farmland is
C. Greece called
D. Russia A. deforestation.
B. defarmlandification.
193. What causes acid rain?
C. desertification.
A. nuclear disasters
D. resanding.
B. water pollution
199. Which ethnic group can most African lan-
C. deforestation
guages be traced to?
D. air pollution
A. Swahili
194. Another environmental problem in B. Bantu
Canada is what?
C. Arab
A. Pollution of Great Lakes
D. Ashanti
B. Increase in insects
200. What country has polluted their water
C. Erosion of Rocky Mountains
sources by tossing cremated remains into
D. Increase in snowfall the river?
195. Who is mostly affected by the pollution A. India
in Mexico City? B. Japan
A. Young children and the elderly C. North Korea
B. Middle aged people D. China
201. Why was the sloth in the city? 207. In recent times the Arabian Gulf countries
A. explore have all experienced very growth in
the oil and gas industries.
212. Which of the following describes the lo- A. to restrict individual freedoms
cation of Mexico City? B. to maintain rapid economic growth
A. high elevation yet surrounded by C. to protect the rights of businesses
mountains at a higher elevation
D. to ensure that resources are shared
B. in the middle of a rainforest fairly and used efficiently
C. on the east coast of Mexico along the
Gulf of Mexico 218. To use a resource again after processing
it.
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D. a high elevation above the Sierra
Madre Mountains A. Reduce
B. Reuse
213. This is a mixture of smoke and fog.
C. Recycle
A. Acid Rain
D. none of above
B. Dew
C. Radiation 219. Decisions about how to protect Earth’s at-
mosphere are made on a level.
D. Smog
A. local
214. What is the main pollution problem in B. national
Mexico City?
C. global
A. Oil pollution
D. personal
B. Air pollution
C. Water pollution 220. Which physical feature do the United
States and Canada share?
D. All of the above
A. Niagra Falls
215. Pollution in the atmosphere or ozone is B. Rocky Mountains
called
C. St. Lawrence River
A. Acid Rain
D. all of the above
B. Air Pollution
C. Water Pollution 221. is the largest country in South Amer-
ica.
D. Chernobyl
A. Cuba
216. Maintenance of resources in their present B. Chile
condition. (Protecting the environment
from further human impact). C. Brazil
A. Conservation D. Colombia
D. Recycling A. Humans
B. wildfires
217. Which of the following should be the
main goal of environmental decision- C. pollution
making and policy? D. animals
223. The supply of water to land or crops to 228. In what European country did the Cher-
help growth, typically by means ofchan- nobyl nuclear disaster take place?
nels.
D. the creation of acid rain A. within 100 miles of the border of the
United States.
234. This is the one of the main causes of air B. along the west coast of British
pollution in the United Kingdom. Columbia.
A. Power Stations C. beside the St. Lawrence waterway.
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B. Farms D. in the province of Quebec.
C. Planes
240. Which borders Canada?
D. Ships
A. Mexico
235. Which is NOT a cause of deforestation in B. United States
Africa?
C. Panama
A. clearing land for farms
D. Russia
B. logging
C. urban growth 241. Select the one below which is not a way
to recycle e-waste ethically
D. Foreign Aid Programs
A. Take to a recycling centre
236. Fewer girls are receiving an education in
B. Use for spare parts
areas of Africa because of
C. Give to someone who does not have a
A. malaria is spreading across Africa.
device
B. larger areas of farmland.
D. Throw in the bin
C. unequal access to clean water in
Africa. 242. Germany’s acid rain was impacted by this
European country
D. trees are growing back at quicker
rates. A. Russia
244. The Great of was a severe 249. Why do people kill animals in Brazil?
pollution event that affected the British A. To make money
capital of London for days in early De-
255. It is estimated that the radiation levels 260. Which of the following is a reason for pol-
are still so high in Chernobyl, that humans lution in developing countries (Lowest De-
cannot safely live there for the next veloped Countries-LDC’s)?
A. 2, 000 years A. Deforestation
B. 20, 000 years B. Pollution from over-consumption
C. 50 years C. Air pollution from too many cars
D. 100 years
D. Using resources at a greater rate per
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256. Which human activity would be most person
likely to have a negative impact on the en-
vironment? 261. Which of the following is an effect of de-
forestation?
A. Planting trees to control soil erosion
A. Soil erosion and lack of biodiversity
B. Limiting the use of chemicals that kill
weeds. B. Droughts and aridity
C. Stopping the draining of swamps. C. Habitat loss and climate change.
D. Burning coal and oil to generate elec- D. All of these answers are effects of de-
tric power. forestation.
257. In which year was Mexico City declared 262. What region in Africa is most vulnerable
the most polluted city in the world? to desertification?
A. 1986 A. Sahel
B. 2001
B. Savanna
C. 1992
C. Sahara
D. 1995
D. Tropical Rainforest
258. The largest threat to the African savanna
is the increasing number of 263. T/F Agricultural runoff is the main cause
of air pollution in India and China
A. animals
B. dams A. True
C. people B. False:desertification
D. wars C. False:burning fossil fuels
265. Which of the following is not a condition 270. Which physical feature is closest to the
of sustainability? border of the United States and Canada?
A. Great Lakes
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282. Which one of these best describes legal
A. key issues?
B. specific A. Issues that are considered right or
C. effect wrong in the eyes of the law.
A. Bullying that takes place over digital D. most cannot afford them
devices, such as phones or social media. 284. How much of the world’s oil supply is
found in Southwest Asia (Middle East)?
B. Bullying on social media only A. 25 percent
C. Bullying someone by hitting them with B. 75 percent
an ipad
C. 40 percent
D. none of above
D. 50 percent
280. Which industry would MOST LIKELY be 285. What environmental issue has become in-
found to be profitable in the area known creasingly problematic for the United King-
as the Canadian Shield? dom in recent decades?
A. mining A. acid rain
B. manufacturing B. air pollution
C. fishing C. nuclear waste
D. farming D. water pollution
286. Which has NOT contributed to the human 292. can be grouped in two categories,
population explosion? point source and nonpoint source.
287. to make something clear 293. Why are many major cities located near
or on rivers?
A. environmental
B. issue A. Necessary for farming
288. What are the name of the mountains that D. all of the above
trap Mexico City’s pollution
294. Country that is highly industrialized and
A. Andes mountains has a high per capita GNP. Compare devel-
B. Rocky Mountains oping country. Formerly called more devel-
C. Sierra Madre Mountains oped country (MDC).
D. Appalachian mountains A. developed country
A. explain C. environment
B. locate D. environmental science
C. investigate
295. Which of the following can cause pollu-
D. cause tion?
290. the destruction of trees and other vege- A. noise
tation
B. garbage
A. deforestation
C. chemicals
B. desertification
D. all of the above
C. industry
D. population distribution 296. Harmful chemicals from and have
caused acid rain to damage the Black For-
291. How do humans affect their environ-
rest in Germany.
ment?
A. factories/animals
A. positvely
B. negatively B. cars/factories
C. both C. humans/the sun
D. none of above D. factories/ships
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298. It is estimated that 80% of all is
untreated and flows directly into India’s C. how often you drive each week
rivers, causing pollution. D. how often you go hiking
A. erosion
304. Money cause
B. raw sewage
A. air pollution
C. pesticides
B. plant extinction
D. mining surplus
C. contamination
299. Air pollution in India is a serious environ- D. deforestation
mental problem. What is a cause of 70%
of the pollution? 305. Large or dispersed land areas such as
cropfields, streets, and lawns that dis-
A. Cremation
charge pollutants into the environment
B. Automobile emissions over a large area.
C. Trash A. nonpoint source
D. Government restrictions B. point source
B. logging and mining 306. How does desertification impact the peo-
ple living in the Sahel region?
C. oil spills
A. Income from tourism
D. over population
B. More people work in factories
301. Which ocean is most affected by pollu-
C. Increased starvation and poverty
tion?
D. Decreased support from the United Na-
A. Atlantic
tions
B. Pacific
307. Canada’s large amount of granite in its
C. Indian
geography makes it more at risk to be
D. none of above damaged by
302. Cutting trees and bushes for firewood A. climate change.
leads to B. acid rain.
A. larger numbers of migrating birds C. flooding.
B. desertification D. erosion
308. Which best describes a major use of the 313. Population density (amount of people liv-
Congo River? ing in an area) is generally higher in areas
around:
309. A shortage of fresh drinking water exists 314. Which process occurs when the water in
in the Middle East because: a river slows?
A. There are many deserts and it doesn’t A. erosion
rain much in the region B. condensation
B. There is a growing population that re- C. weathering
quires more water D. deposition
C. The vast majority of available freshwa-
ter is used for agriculture 315. All of these pollute water in Africa ex-
cept
D. All of the above
A. raw sewage
310. Which of the following environmental is- B. toxic mining chemicals
sues is most impacted by clear-cutting?
C. cheerios
A. Acid Rain
D. pesticides
B. Deforestation
316. The classification and collection of data
C. Water Pollution
that are in the form of numbers is called
D. Mining the Canadian Shield
A. Statistics
311. In what way does acid rain pose a threat B. Probability
to the German economy? C. Distribution
A. Acid rain damages the resources on D. Mean
which the timber industry relies.
B. Germany must pay to repair damaged 317. This environmental issue is responsible
bridges and roads. for destroying nearly half of the Black For-
est in Germany.
C. Germany must pay for health care due
to the health issues caused by acid rain. A. Smog
B. Acid Rain
D. none of above
C. Nuclear radiation
312. The results of a cause.
D. Earthquakes
A. effect
318. If the literacy rate in a country is low
B. air pollution
then the standard of living will probably
C. cause
D. acid rain A. go up
B. stay the same 324. Energy resources formed from plant and
C. skyrocket animal remains.
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325. When all the plants and trees are gone
B. Manufacturing A. environmental issue Panama
C. Tourism B. deforestation in Brazil
D. Oil
C. Environmental issue in Mexico
320. Which are causes of acid rain? D. Deforestation and environmental
A. coal burning factories
326. How many animals die a year because of
B. solar power sources garbage?
C. farms and forests A. 20 000
D. wind turbines blowing poison gases B. 5 000
321. Why is the population o the Gobi and Tak- C. 100 000
limakan so slow? D. none of above
A. hot
327. If an animal is nearly extinct, it is
B. arid
A. in danger
C. dry
B. endangered
D. all of the above
C. exotic
322. Which of the following could be consid- D. extinct
ered an example of a confederation form
of government? 328. The bad smoke from cars and factories
causes
A. The Diet
A. water pollution
B. The Indian National Congress
C. The Assembly of the People’s Republic B. air pollution
of China C. acid rain
D. The Association of Southeast Asian Na- D. desalination
tions
329. Demand for which resource has greatly
323. What country is home to the Amazon contributed to the destruction of the Ama-
Rainforest zon Rainforest?
A. America A. coal
B. Cuba B. diamonds
C. Brazil C. lumber
D. China D. oil
330. What is the biggest environmental threat 336. All of the following are potential conse-
to the African rainforests today? quences of global climate change (global
warming) except:
341. The Aswan High Dam changed farm- 346. Why does Turkey have a “water advan-
ing by allowing more crops to be grown. tage”?
A. Egyptian A. Turkey actually suffers from a severe
water shortage
B. South Africa
B. Turkey has access to multiple water
C. Kenya sources
D. Sudan C. The UN is supplying Turkey with addi-
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tional water
342. Seasons in South Asia depend MOSTLY
on D. Turkey receives a massive amount of
rainfall each year
A. cyclones
B. hurricanes 347. What is the major environmental issue in
Germany?
C. monsoons
A. Traffic Jams
D. tornadoes
B. Locust and Bees
343. Which of these are three types of pollu- C. Acid Rain
tion? D. none of above
A. noise, light, chemical
348. What is desalination?
B. global warming, climate change,
A. A synthetic substance used to help
greenhouse gases
crops grow
C. overpopulation, cities, landfills
B. The process of removing salt from sea
D. carbon dioxide, oxygen, nitrogen water for consumption
C. The slow and precise application of wa-
344. Where do the majority of Canadians
ter directly to plants
live?
D. Underground layers of rock or sand
A. near the western border with Alaska that contain water
B. near the northern border along the
Arctic Ocean 349. How is air pollution caused in rural ar-
eas?
C. near the southern border with the U.S.
A. deforestation
B. cars and boats
D. near the eastern border along the At-
lantic Ocean C. Burning coals to keep homes warm
D. oil spills
345. In addition to cars, add pollutants to
Mexico City’s air. 350. One natural cause of Germany’s acid rain
A. cars problem is
A. People haven’t completely stopped
B. baseball stadiums
driving cars.
C. factories
B. Air currents spread the toxins from
D. none of above other countries in Europe.
360. Use fewer resources and reduce the 366. What is the main crop grown in areas of
amount of waste. Buy and use less. Make deforestation?
choices about packaging (buy in bulk).
A. cocoa
A. Reduce
B. rubber
B. Reuse
C. soybeans
C. Recycle
D. none of above D. Brazil nuts
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361. The country below had had a Nuclear 367. Sensible and careful use of natural re-
Plant contamination issue. sources by humans.
A. Cuba A. resource
B. Ukraine B. conservation
C. Mexico
C. pollution
D. Germany
D. pollutant
362. Which of the following descriptors is NOT
one of the solution to Mexico City’s pollu- 368. leads to poor soil.
tion problems?
A. flooding
A. ride public transportation
B. desertification
B. educate people
C. find alternative types of fuel C. dirty water
363. Which is NOT an ethnic group? 369. Which environmental issue is being de-
A. Ashanti scribed:“Smoke and emissions contain pol-
lutants that are released into the air”
B. Bantu
C. Muslim A. Acid rain
D. Arab B. Water Pollution
365. How does a nation invest in capital A. They elect the executive only
goods? B. They elect the legislature only
A. Building schools
C. They elect the legislature and the ex-
B. Building roads ecutive
C. Developing natural resources D. They watch the candidates call each
D. Investing in new businesses other names
371. Which of these is an effect of air pollu- 376. Where is the garbage island?
tion? A. Between Portugal and Brazil
D. Denmark A. Taklimakan
B. Gobi
382. the pattern of where people live
C. Ganges
A. deforestation
D. Yangtze
B. desertification
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C. population distribution 388. What is the climate like in most of the
Middle East? (This also contributes water
D. drought
shortages.)
383. Where is pollution found on the earth? A. Lush rainforest
A. only in the air B. Arid desert
B. only on the land C. Mild climate with moderate rainfallFlat
C. only in the water plains
D. on land, in the air, and in the water D. Mild climate with large amounts of
rainfallRocky mountains
384. What country did we discuss having a big
problem with air pollution? 389. What are the two most valuable natu-
A. United Kingdom ral resources in Southwest Asia (Middle
East)?
B. Germany
A. water and cotton
C. Ukraine
B. phosphates and oil
D. Russia
C. oil and natural gas
385. In Germany, many of the trees in the
D. sulfur and natural gas
forests are dying. This is because the
waxy outer coating on their tree leaves is
390. English, Dutch, and Danish belong to
being damaged by which environmental is-
which language family?
sue?
A. Germanic
A. Acid Rain
B. Slavic
B. bugs and bees
C. Thunder and Lightenig C. Romance
386. How many years in the media does the 391. The Euphrates River goes through what
plastic delaydecompose? countries?
A. 100 years A. Iraq, Iran, Syria
B. 40 years B. Turkey, Syria, Iraq
C. 200 years C. Turkey, Iran, Pakistan
D. none of above D. Turkey, Jordan, Syria
403. Conserving wetlands and reducing defor- C. timber companies save money
estation will help D. wildlife loses large areas of land
A. protect habitats
409. What is the issue between Israel, Jordan
B. stop air pollution and Syria?
C. eliminate exotic species A. They are in conflict over rights to mon-
D. slow over population uments
404. Burning fossil fuels cause that cause B. They are in conflict over rights to nu-
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pollution. clear weapons
A. temperature decrease C. They are in conflict over rights to the
Jordan River
B. headaches
D. They are in conflict over rights to ac-
C. emissions cess the Suez Canal
D. natural pollution
410. Deforestation
405. What affect has deforestation had on
A. money
Africa?
B. cutting down trees
A. increased the number of jobs
C. taking natural resources
B. elminated HIV/AIDS
D. all of the above
C. caused a shortage of food
D. ended civil wars 411. Which of the following is the main cause
of water-borne diseases in Africa?
406. Which of the following gases is thought
A. Drought
to be responsible for increasing global tem-
peratures B. Not having proper waste-disposal sys-
tems
A. argon
C. nuclear power plants
B. nitrogen
D. deforestation
C. carbon dioxide
D. ozone 412. How does industry hurt African nations?
A. Industry causes the GDP to go up
407. Strict laws on omissions to lessen pollu-
tion were one of the solutions proposed by B. Industry causes the GDP to go down.
which country? C. Water is polluted by industrial run-off
A. Venezuela D. Lots of people move to areas with fac-
B. Brazil tories
C. Cuba 413. This is an area of extremely fertile land
D. Mexico stretching across northern Europe
A. Nile River region 429. All external conditions and factors, living
and nonliving (chemicals and energy), that
B. Sahel
affect an organism or other specified sys-
C. Savanna tem during its lifetime.
D. Tropical Rainforest A. pollution
B. environment
425. What other measures has the Mexican
government put in place to help reduce the C. ecology
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air pollution. D. resource
A. Limit how often people can drive cars.
430. Which of the following statements are in
the correct order
B. Close factories on days when air pollu-
A. Reuse Reduce Recycle
tion is high.
B. Reduce Recycle Reuse
C. Strict emissions inspections on cars.
C. Reduce Reuse Recycle
D. all of the above
D. none of above
426. What strategies would help in preventing
431. total of all living organisms and natural
the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa?
forces in a place
A. education on prevention
A. Sub-Saharan
B. radiation treatment B. Environment
C. ATVs C. Climate
D. natural healing D. Industry
427. London, England, the capital of the United 432. What is a major environmental concern in
Kingdom, has some of the worst of Mexico City?
any major city in Europe.Group of answer A. smog/air pollution
choices
B. extraction of natural resources
A. air pollution
C. deforestation
B. noise pollution
D. over-production of oil (spills/ leaks)
C. sound pollution
433. Which of the following is a cause of acid
D. none of above
rain?
428. The first Canadian-American plan to clean A. deforestation
the Great Lakes was to reduce which chem- B. emission converters on autombiles
ical?
C. clean air zones
A. detergent
D. emissions from automobiles
B. fertilizer
434. Name that country:Good climate for agri-
C. pesticide
culture and has safe, travelable rivers, un-
D. phosphorus fortunately the rivers run through other
countries before emptying into open wa- 439. How many people died in East Africa in
ter. the drought of 2011?
435. Which of the following is a solution to 440. Why do some kids not get as much edu-
water pollution? cation as we do
A. burn cleaner fuels A. Because they have to leave school to
go get water and eat
B. Build and maintain sewage treatment
plants B. because they go to school late
C. limit driving C. because they rarely ever go to school
D. burn all the trash D. because they only go to school on the
weekends
436. A leading cause of deforestation in the
Amazon Rain Forest is 441. What is a solution for Acid Rain in Ger-
many?
A. Oil Production
A. Replace power plants with water
B. Air pollution
power instead of coal burning.
C. Cattle Ranching
B. Use your umbrella more keep away
D. Tribal Conflicts from the rain.
437. The main reason for Canada’s cold climate C. Replace power plants with plant burn-
is its ing factories.
444. In the Sahel, reduced tropical rainforests 449. This form of air pollution occurs when
and overgrazing of vegetation are causes harmful chemicals mix with water in
of clouds and come back to earth in the form
A. flooding of rain.
B. hurricanes A. Smog
B. Acid Rain
C. tornadoes
C. Nuclear Radiation
D. desertification
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D. Dew
445. Different organisms have different roles
within a habitat. The role an organism 450. Which Latin American country borders
plays in its habitat is its the United States and has air pollution as
a problem in its capital?
A. population
A. Brazil
B. community
B. Mexico
C. ecosystem
C. Panama
D. niche
D. Cuba
446. Pollution sources fall into two cate-
451. What is one reason for continued water
gories:
pollution in African nations?
A. biotic and abiotic
A. Environmental activists
B. point source and nonpoint source
B. Government inaction
C. renewable and nonrenewable
C. Low birthrates
D. air and water
D. Drought
447. Which of the following is NOT a reason 452. Give things you do not want to some-
the Tigris, Euphrates, and Jordan Rivers one else instead of throwing them away.
are facing a water shortage? Not using disposable cups & dishes. Re-
A. Accidental Pollution pair/maintain things instead of getting
B. Overuse by cities and refugees new things. Use renewable sources of en-
ergy.
C. Countries using dams to siphon (take
out) water A. Reduce
454. A serious environmental problem facing 459. is to replace, refill, or build up again.
Mexico today is A. scarcity
458. Which of the following is a result of Wa- 464. Coal-burning factories and increased au-
ter Pollution or Unequal Access to Water? tomobile usage has caused the GREATEST
increase in which of these?
A. diseases
A. air pollution
B. better education B. nuclear waste
C. increased trade C. soil depletion
D. none of above D. water pollution
465. Deforestation is to Brazil as air pollution 471. Which two ethnic groups are heavily in-
is to which place? fluenced by the teachings of Islam?
A. Mexico city A. Arab and Swahili
B. Brazil B. Arab and Ashanti
C. Chile C. Bantu and Arab
D. America D. Bantu and Swahili
466. As environmental problems increase in
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472. Why is Canada’s government and timber
the Middle East, water pollution is a grow- industries working together?
ing concern. Which is a direct consequence
A. to manage the use of forests
of water pollution?
B. to manage the wildlife preservation
A. Decrease in government stability.
C. to monitor deer population
B. Reduced amounts of drinking water.
C. More deforestation D. to attack America
481. Over the past 200 years, the level of car- C. Water is polluted by industrial run-off
bon dioxide in the atmosphere has D. Lots of people move to rural areas to
A. increased steadily. get away from industry
B. increased, but recently decreased.
487. Oil
C. decreased steadily.
A. Renewable
D. shown no change.
B. Nonrenewable
482. In the Sahel, overgrazing and drought
C. Both
have resulted in a decrease in the grass-
land region. What is this process called? D. none of above
488. What is a solution to air pollution? 493. The radioactive fallout material has
caused
A. burn cleaner fuels
A. people to stay in there homes and not
B. clear silt from rivers and lakes
go to school and work for the last 30 years
C. encourage use of fertilizers in farming
B. different types of cancers, autoim-
D. build dams to contain water mune disorders, and birth defects
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C. more nuclear disasters across Europe
489. Turkey building dams on the Euphrates to
protect their water supply had what effect
on Iraq? D. none of above
B. The St. Lawrence River 503. ways to conserve resources include re-
C. The Great Lakes ducing, recycling, and
A. renaming
509. What causes the air pollution in Mexico B. replant trees along the rivers
City? C. monitor what industries do with their
A. 3.6 million vehicles wastes materials
B. Poor quality fuel D. regulate pollution from industry
C. Pollution is trapped by the Sierra 515. Which countries are the most oil-rich in
Madre mountains Southwestern Asia?
D. All of these are causes of the pollution A. Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia
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in Mexico City
B. Jordan, Israel, Syria, Lebanon
510. What is an environment? C. Iraq, Kuwait, Israel, Lebanon
A. Global Warmimg D. Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Israel
B. All the living things and the character- 516. Because no one nation owns the earth’s
istics of the area where they live. atmosphere, there is very little for any
C. Environmental issues around the one country to keep it clean.
world A. money
D. none of above B. time
511. means there is not enough of some- C. incentive
thing people need. D. reason
A. scarcity 517. The nuclear power plant explosion in
B. desalination Chernobyl, Ukraine led to increased cases
C. groundwater of in local citizens in the surrounding
area.
D. pollution
A. Bronchitus
512. What is the most efficient way that peo- B. Cancer
ple can reduce air pollution in Mexico?
C. Migraines
A. Making car emissions better
D. Chicken Pox
B. Ride Bikes
518. How does a nation invest in human capi-
C. Use public transportation
tal?
D. Airplane A. Building schools
513. Contamination of water supplies due to B. Building roads
chemicals, fertilizer, sewage, etc. C. Developing natural resources
A. Water Pollution D. Investing in new businesses
B. Irrigation
519. resource occurs natually in the envi-
C. Drought ronment and is used by people.
D. Climate A. An environmental
514. What is a solution to control flooding? B. A point source
A. set up clean-up campaigns along the C. A natural
rivers D. none of above
520. This week’s lesson is focused on 526. What are the two main reasons why de-
A. environmental issues forestation happens?
531. Organisations storing your data must 536. What are the health hazards caused by
careless storage of E-Waste?
A. Keep it up to date A. Lung cancer
B. Keep it for no longer than 5 years after
B. DNA damage
your death
C. Ask for more data than required C. Asthmatic bronchitis
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its accurate
537. Which of the following BEST describe the
532. What is an ongoing argument about nu- Sahara desert?
clear power?
A. Hot and dry, little to no animals
A. How to decrease air pollution and acid
rain B. Hot and mostly dry, some animals
B. How to get rid of the nuclear waste ma- C. Dry and Wet season, lots of animals
terial
D. Lots of rain, lots of animals
C. Where to get more fossil fuels to run
the nuclear plants
538. Asthma and pneumonia are both effects
D. How to save the trees of
533. “Rainfall that is mixed with pollutants in A. air pollution
the air”Which environmental issue is being
described? B. being a bad person
541. Pollution hanging over urban areas that C. factory owners in the area of the lakes.
causes reduced visibility is called
552. Rain mixes with which substances to be- 557. Name 1 correct MAIN evironmental issue
come acidic. in Brazil?
A. sulfur dioxide, oxygen, hydrogen A. Deforestation
B. hydrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide B. Hail
C. water molecules, carbon dioxide, hy- C. Air Pollution
drogen D. Ice Wedging
D. sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide, nitro-
558. Deforestation brings
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gen dioxide
A. more oxygen
553. Which contributes to air pollution prob-
lems in China? B. less oxygen
563. The Sahel’s climate can best be described B. The process of removing salt from sea
as: water for consumption
B. raw sewage 579. Vast areas of the Middle East are deserts.
How has this impacted the use of water?
C. pesticides
A. Irrigation is essential for growing
D. mining surplus
crops.
574. Human activity on the natural world B. In the Middle East, few people use wa-
A. environmental ter.
C. Water is plentiful in the Middle East.
B. environment
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D. All water is piped in from the Arabian
C. acid rain
Sea
D. air pollution
580. Why do most people of Southwest Asia
575. What is the Hudson Bay primarily used live close to water supplies?
for in Canada? A. Water is necessary for life
A. fishing and trading B. Water is needed to irrigate crops
B. mining and minerals C. Water is needed for many industries
C. wheat and grains D. All of the Above
D. oil and natural gas
581. What could the government do to help
576. Where does the Ganges River flow into prevent desertification?
the sea? A. End the droughts so there would be
enough water
A. Yellow Sea
B. Teach farmers better farming tech-
B. Sea of Japan
niques
C. Bay of Bengal
C. Move farmers to farming camps with
D. East China Sea better land
D. Build a wall to keep the sand from
577. Air pollution was found to be sever in
blowing on their land.
A. Sierra Madre Mountains
582. Why were other countries concerned
B. South America
about the disaster?
C. Mexico City. Mexico A. Chernobyl was immediately closed.
D. Latin America B. The cost of nuclear power increased.
578. What is the effect of water pollution in C. Radioactive material spread to other
the Ganges River? countries.
A. Water-borne diseases are spreading D. They did not have room for the sick
people in their hospitals.
B. Many species of plants and animals
are dying 583. Hazardous waste includes waste that
C. water is unsafe to drink can
A. H2O C. 1952
594. People can reduce waste by using prod- 600. Not having proper waste-disposal sys-
ucts that are tems leads to
A. biodegradable A. drought
B. disposable B. deforestation
C. fossil fuels C. desertification
D. none of above D. water-borne diseases in Africa
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595. What is smog?
A. fog + smog earth’s temperature to rise by 3 degrees.
597. Why are most rain forests gone today? 603. This county’s location allows it to do
much shipping of goods
A. Unchecked forest fires
A. Russia
B. Harsh drought and high winds
B. Germany
C. Diseases that attack the trees
C. Ukraine
D. Logging for industry, farming, and fuel
D. United Kingdom
598. air pollution which consists of water va-
por mixed with chemicals. 604. One effect of the acid rain problem in Ger-
many is
A. Smog
A. cleaned and restored statues and
B. Extiction buildings
C. Keystone species B. more automobile manufacturing facto-
D. none of above ries have been built
599. What environmental issue has the C. weakened and diseased trees and
densely populated area around the Great plants
Lakes caused for Canada? D. cleaner fossil fuels and water sources
A. acid rain 605. Animals are being found in the city be-
B. oil pollution cause of
C. waste issues A. air pollution
D. radiation B. global warming
616. Why are the monsoons important to the B. This nuclear explosion did not affect
people of India? any other part of Europe
A. Monsoons bring cold weather C. People came from all over to visit Cher-
B. They bring rain for crops nobyl and see the cracked reactor
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tle
A. Air pollution
617. Which of these is the MOST LIKELY con-
tributor to “acid rain”? B. Acid Rain
B. Poor people earn money from selling 630. What country is Ganges River is located
trees. in?
C. Native people have too much forest for A. China
their needs. B. Bangladesh
D. There is less forest to produce goods C. India
that humans need.
D. Pakistan
626. What is irrigation?
631. Why do developing countries take our e-
A. The process of bringing water to dry
waste?
land, especially for growing crops
A. It makes good money
B. The process of removing salt and other
chemicals from seawater B. They have huge free land
C. The process of collecting water from C. No government obligation for import
underground aquifers of e-waste
D. The process of flooding rivers to help D. none of above
crops grow
632. Factories are in Mexico
627. Why is acid rain in Germany of concern
A. cheap labor
to all of Europe?
A. because of the close proximity of Euro- B. always warm
pean nations to one another C. relaxed laws
B. because of the increase in potential for D. 1 and 3
extreme weather
633. The number and variety of organisms in
C. because of the reliance of European
an area at one time is called
nations on German water supplies
A. biodegradable
D. none of above
B. biodiversity
628. Which of the following will help us to re-
duce our carbon footprint C. point-source pollutant
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C. renewable resources
A. cleaner rivers D. air
B. diseased forests
642. What is the relationship between temper-
C. buildings and statues that look new ature and dissolved oxygen?
D. increased automobile manufacturing
A. Cold water holds less dissolved oxy-
637. The Amazon Rainforest is located in gen.
A. Venezuela B. Cold water holds more dissolved oxy-
gen.
B. Cuba
C. Warm water holds more dissolved oxy-
C. Brazil
gen.
D. Colombia
D. There is no relationship between tem-
638. Since the 1990s, more than 90% of West perature and dissolved oxygen.
African rainforests have been cut down.
What is this process called? 643. Bonus what is 27 x 3
A. pollution A. 34
B. desertification B. 173
C. flash flooding C. 33
D. deforestation D. 81
639. Why won’t the Canadian Government 644. Polluted water causes all of the following
STOP digging for minerals although it problems except
harms the environment? A. kills livestock
A. The minerals are Canada’s most valu- B. kills fish
able exports
C. spreads disease
B. The government has solved the prob-
lem D. obsesity
C. the minerals are NOT harming the land 645. Many of the largest cities in Southwest
D. none of above asia are located on or near
A. deserts.
640. An act were people cut down trees in
forests is called B. major rivers.
A. Air pollution C. large grasslands.
B. Deforestation D. mountain ranges.
646. What word refers to when forests are 651. When a population grows, the demand
cut down and the area is permanently for resources
cleared for another use?
B. animals can get their heads stuck in A. People moving to the area
containers. B. Air pollution
C. it can kill ocean plants and animals. C. Too much clean water
D. all of the above D. Desertification
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ter?
C. nuclear fallout from Ukraine
A. estuary
D. Car exhaust
B. flood plain
C. tributaries 663. As populations increase across Africa
many people find they have no access to
D. watershed
658. All of the following are major environ- A. fresh drinking water
mental issues in Africa EXCEPT
B. fertilizers
A. Air pollution
C. government
B. Unequal Water Distribution
D. land
C. Poor soil
D. Water pollution 664. Which physical feature is in Mexico with
high mountains & volcanoes?
659. Where did the worst nuclear disaster in
A. Andes Mountains
European history occur?
B. Atacama Desert
A. London
B. Chernobyl C. Amazon River
667. How do farms contribute to water pollu- 672. Which of the following resources is
tion? Canada’s most profitable export?
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B. overpopulation
678. can be grouped in two categories,
point source and nonpoint source.New C. global warming
Question New Question D. factories and industries
A. Environmental science
684. Burning of fossil fuels
B. Natural resources
C. Environmental issues A. increased levels of atmospheric CO 2
D. Logging on A. conservationist
B. ecologist
682. Which country in Southwest Asia is land-
locked? C. ecology
A. Afghanistan D. economic development
699. Which solution would MOST difficult to D. coal-burning factories in the United
implement to address the air pollution is- Kingdom
sue?
704. What is the climate like most of the year
A. Passing laws to limit car use
in Canada?
B. Encouraging mass transportation
A. short, mild summers and long, cold
C. Planting more trees winters
D. none of above B. tropical with long rainy and dry sea-
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700. What is the biggest cause of AIR pollu- sons
tion? C. a hot and dry desert-like climate
A. Factories D. temperate with hot summers and mild
B. Small fires winters
C. Transport such as cars and buses 705. Use the statements below to answer
D. Clouds the next question.1. Fish in lakes die.2.
Forests begin to die.3. Bicycle use in-
701. Biologist who investigates human im- creases.4. Stone statues begin to lose
pacts on the diversity of life found on the their features.Which statements are prob-
earth (biodiversity) and develops practical lems that result from acid rain?
plans for preserving such biodiversity.
A. 1, 2, 3
A. conservation biologist
B. 2, 3, 4
B. ecologist
C. environment C. 1, 2, 4
D. preservationist D. 1, 3, 4
702. Cattle ranching, road building, and the de- 706. What does the Amazon Rainforest pro-
velopment of new settlements were the vide for most of the earth?
cause of in A. plant
A. Air Pollution/Brazil B. Carbon Dioxide
B. Oil Pollution/Mexico
C. Water
C. Air Pollution/Venezuela
D. cloth
D. Deforestation/Brazil
707. What type of pollution is not created
703. Transboundary pollution from which when making new devices.
source causes acid rain in Germany?
A. Air Pollution
A. urban sprawl in Spain
B. Land Pollution
B. nuclear activity in Ukraine
C. unsustainable farming practices in C. Sea Pollution
Italy D. none of above
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13. The organisms that can tolerate wide C. Ecology
range of Salinity is called D. Phytosociology
A. Eurythermal 19. The Level of Biological Organisation in Ecol-
B. Stenohaline ogy considers
C. Euryhaline A. organisms, populations, communities
and biomes
D. Stenothermal
B. Organ System, Biome, communities
14. Which of the following is a limiting factor and biomes
in a population of organisms C. communities and biomes
A. reproductive replacement D. Population and Communities, organ-
B. life spans of the members isms, Niche
C. fluctuations in atmospheric tempera- 20. What are the key elements that lead to so
ture much variation in the physical and chemical
D. availability of food conditions of different habitats?
A. Temperature and light
15. Which of the characteristics is/are exhib-
ited by preys as defence mechanisms? B. Soil and water
A. Camouflage C. Only soil
34. The nonliving parts of an ecosystem B. Annual variations in intensity and dura-
A. Community tion of temperature
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system is known as
harmed
A. Habitat
B. One is beneficial, other is unaffected
B. Herbivory
C. Both of them are beneficial
C. Niche
D. None of them
D. Interaction
41. What is an ecosystem?
36. Which is not an example of commensal-
A. to habitat
ism?
B. Where only biotic things live
A. Egret and grazing cattle
C. Where only abiotic things live
B. Barnacles and Whales
D. Where abiotic and biotic things inter-
C. Epiphytes growing on mango tree
act with each other
D. None of the above
42. Predators are never
37. snakes, mice, small birds, crickets, hawks,
A. Herbivores
cactus, tumbleweed
B. Carnivores
A. organism
C. Omnivorous
B. community
D. Producers and herbivores
C. population
D. none of above 43. In Shallow south American lakes, visiting
Flamingos and native fish compete for a
38. Select the false statement- common resource food, zooplanktons. This
A. Average temperature on land varies is an example of
seasonally A. Interspecific competition
B. Temperature progressively decreases B. Intraspecific competition
from pole to equator C. Both of the above
C. Temperature progressively decreases D. None of the above
from plains to mountain tops
D. Our intestine is a unique habitat for 44. animals of colder areas have shorter ex-
hundreds of species of microbes tremities. it is
A. Allen’s law
39. Which of the following accounts for the for-
mation of major biomes? B. Bergman’s law
45. Which one is the famous plant ecologist of 49. Organisms that can tolerate wide varia-
India? tion in Temperature range are called
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D. 4 clude the following except
5. The major organ of the circulatory system, A. pelvis
the heart B. medulla
A. removes bodily waste C. cortex
B. pumps blood throughout the body D. oblongata
C. carries oxygen throughout the body
11. What is NOT a function of the kidneys
D. transmits impulses throughout the
body A. remove waste from blood
25. What is the function of the Ureter? C. Water, urea, ions and red blood cells
A. Carries urine from the kidney to the uri- D. none of above
nary bladder.
B. Tiny finger-like projections in the Small 31. Liquid waste is stored in the and solid
Intestine waste is stored in the
C. Absorbs water and minerals and holds A. kidneys and liver
waste B. colon and bladder
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D. none of above
C. bladder and colon
26. Which part of the excretory system is a D. esophagus and intestines
holding tank for urine before it leaves your
body? 32. Excretes water, salts, small amounts of
A. bladder nitrogen wastes, and other substances in
B. kidneys sweat
C. ureter A. Skin
D. urethra B. Kidneys
36. A short tube where urine is released from 41. Botanical name of rubber plant is the sci-
the body is the entific name of rubber plant
47. What is the kidney cortex/renal cortex? 53. How is the blood delivered to the nephron
A. The outer space between the wall and A. Tubes
medula
B. Tubules
B. Inside the medulla
C. Vessels
C. The wall
D. One of the renal veins D. none of above
48. Where is the glomerulus found? 54. Which of the following plants releases
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A. Around a convoluted tubule harmful alkaloid for humans? Which of the
following is a plant that produces an alka-
B. In the loop of Henle
loid harmful to humans
C. In the Bowman’s capsule
A. Tridax grass
D. none of above
B. Neem
49. What begins the process of chemical break-
down? C. Cincona Cincona
C. glomerulus C. stomach
D. Bowman’s capsule D. large intestine
52. Which parts of the respiratory system di- 57. Blood being pumped to the kidneys and
vide into smaller and smaller tubes in a then filtered by neurons is an example of
pattern that resembles the branches of a which two systems working together?
tree?
A. circulatory and muscular
A. pharynx
B. trachea B. excretory and circulatory
58. What are the different ways by which 63. The cluster of capillaries within a nephron
plants excrete waste products? that has a wider entry than exit.
B. arteries A. esophagus
C. capillaries B. stomach
C. small intestine
D. pacemaker
D. large intestine
61. Where is urea created?
67. The thick inner layer of the skin.
A. liver
A. dermis
B. kidneys
B. epidermis
C. stomach
C. plasma layer
D. all of the above
D. membrane layer
62. Who proved that the roots not only absorb 68. Which stage of urine production involves
fluid from soil but returns secretions back the removal of substances from the blood-
into it? stream?
A. Brugaman A. reabsorption
B. Charles Hufnagel Charles Hufnagel B. excretion
C. John Dolton C. filtration
D. Galen Galen D. secretion
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place by Pathway
D. filtering unit in the brain
A. Inosinic
B. Ornithine 76. Which substance remains in the blood as it
C. Purine passes through the kidney?
D. Pyrimidine A. protein
B. salts
71. Which of the plant part in jatropa plant is
used for preparation of bio desil? Which C. urea
part of jatropa plant is used in making D. water
biodiesel?
A. Leaves 77. Unicellular organisms remove waste prod-
ucts in this way.
B. Flowers are flowers
A. Simple diffusion method
C. Seeds
D. Fruit B. Water bathes almost all their cells
Because water circulation takes place
72. What stores bile? through all cells
A. Colon C. Flame cells
B. Gall Bladder D. Green glands
C. Small Intestine
78. Your kidneys play an important role in reg-
D. none of above ulating the amount of in your body.
73. The process of removal of metabolic waste A. food
products from the body is: B. oxygen
A. Deamination
C. sugar
B. Excretion
D. water
C. Diffusion
D. Cellular respiration 79. The dome-shaped muscle that plays an im-
portant role in breathing is the
74. Which excretory organ eliminates water A. diaphragm
and some chemical wastes in perspira-
tion? B. alveoli
A. lungs C. larynx
B. skin D. bronchus
80. Terrestrial organisms lose water through B. Create and absorb excess waste to be
evaporation. In what ecosystem might an regulated
entomologistfind a good study organism
82. What is the correct order of the steps of D. kidneys → bladder → ureters
function within the nephron? 88. What is the triangular structure at the bot-
A. Secretion, Reabsorption, Filtration tom of the bladder called
B. Filtration, Secretion, Reabsorption A. Triangle
C. Filtration, Reabsorption, Secretion B. Triagnog
D. Secretion, Filtration, Reabsorption C. Triagone
D. Trigone
83. What are the three types of nitrogenous
waste? 89. [1] Which diet will cause the liver to pro-
A. urea, excess water, ammonia duce the most urea?
B. urea, uric acid, ammonia A. high carbohydrate, low fat
C. salt, uric acid, urea B. high fat, hifh fibre
D. solutes, uric acid, ammonia C. high fat, low protein
D. high protein, low carbohydrate
84. An ureotelic group is
A. Frog and lizard 90. What is the function of ADH?
B. Mammals and shark A. decreases reabsorption of water and
salts
C. Snake and toad
B. increases reabsorption of hydrogen
D. Reptiles and birds ions
85. What is the function of the bladder? C. increase reabsorption of salts
A. Push out excess waste D. increases reabsorption of water
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D. consume large quantities of water properly.
A. homeostasis
92. The two narrow tubes that urine flows
through from the kidneys to the bladder B. dialysis
are the C. electrolytes
A. urethras D. dysuria
B. kidneys 98. Hair like structures that line the nasal cav-
C. esophagus ities and trachea are called
D. ureters A. cilia
B. mucus
93. Which process in the nephron is LEAST se-
lective? C. bronchi
A. active transport D. capillaries
B. secretion 99. Elastic, muscular organ that holds urine un-
C. reabsorption til it leaves the body through the urethra.
D. filtration A. Diaphram
B. Kidney
94. Where is all the filtering done
C. Bladder
A. Kidneys
D. Ureter
B. Bladder
100. Term for both the bunch of capillaries and
C. Urethera
the cup-shaped structure which forms part
D. Ureters of the nephron
95. As the blood enters the glomerulus, the A. Bowman’s capsule
waste product that enter the glomerular B. Glomerulus
space is called: C. Malpighian body
A. Urine D. Urethra
B. Stool
101. The main nitrogen-containing waste ex-
C. Feces creted in urine is
D. Filtrate A. Ammonia
96. Which of the following is an important B. Creatine phosphate
function of stomata in a leaf? C. Nucleotides
A. Absorbing water vapor from the air D. Urea
102. Which is NOT a major function of the ex- 108. Which of the following is not guanotelic
cretory system? animals
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115. Anti venom is produced from Ravulfea
plant by using its part Rahul Priya D. liver from NH3 and carbon dioxide
plant is used as an antidote for snake
121. Osmoregulatory adjustment via the
bites.
renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system can
A. Stem be triggered by
B. Fruit A. eating a pizza with olives and pepper-
C. Seed oni
D. Root separate B. drinking several glasses of water
C. sleeping for one hour
116. What is the main function of the excre-
tory system? D. severe sweating on a hot day
A. to collect and remove wastes from the 122. During the process of filtration in the
body nephron, most of the water, glucose, and
B. to strengthen skeletal muscles vitamins are:
C. to protect the nervous system A. stored in the bladder
D. to bring oxygen to body cells B. excreted through the ureters
117. How many layers of the bladder C. reabsorbed into the blood
A. 1 D. concentrated in the urine
B. 2 123. The Bowman’s capsule, glomerulus, and
C. 3 collecting duct are all part of the
D. 4 A. nervous system
125. In which part of the respiratory system 131. Nitrogen containing waste product of pro-
is the air first cleaned, moistened, and teinhint:main component of urine
warmed?
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hale? D. to remove excess water from the body
A. Air
144. Where does selective re-absorption of
B. Oxygen glucose happen in the nephron?
C. Stale Air A. In the proximal (first) convoluted
D. Blood tubule
B. In the distal (second) convoluted
139. Tissues join together to form:
tubule
A. Cells
C. In the collecting duct
B. Organs
D. none of above
C. Systems
145. (MCAS) Besides producing cholesterol
D. Organism
and bile, which of the following is a func-
140. The area influenced by hormones in order tion of the liver?
to regulate water balance in the body. A. digesting fiber
A. Loop of Henle B. making red blood cells
B. Proximal convoluted tubule C. removing toxins from blood
C. Glomerulus D. storing stomach contents for digestion
D. Collecting duct
146. Long tubes that connect the kidneys to
141. What is the definition for digestion? the bladder.
A. Breaking down food into smaller nutri- A. Urethra
ents B. Bladder
B. Getting rid of waste products C. Ureters
C. Getting food into our bodies D. Small intestine
D. Getting nutrients into our bloodstream, 147. What is the correct order in which food
so that our cells can use them passes through the digestive system?
142. Place the following events in sequence:A) A. mouth>stomach>large intes-
Urine passes through the uretersB) Urea tine>small intestine
enters the kidneysC) Urine enters the ure- B. esophagus>sm intestine>stomach>lg
thra intestine
A. B, A, C C. stomach>sm intestine>esophagus>mouth
B. C, B, A
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B. pelvis
A. ammonium ions
C. cortex
B. uric acid
D. glomerulus C. ammonia
160. The nonselective, passive process per- D. urea
formed by the glomerulus that forms blood
166. What substances are produced during res-
plasma without blood proteins is called
piration
A. water and oxygesn
A. glomerular filtration
B. oxygen and RBC
B. tubular reabsorption
C. carbon dioxide and water
C. glomerular reabsorption D. carbon dioxide and RBC
D. tubular secretion
167. What do the Ureters do?
161. From which plant rubber is made A. Clean the blood
A. Hevea braziliensisHevea braziliensis B. Bring urine from the kidneys to the
bladder
B. Jatropa
C. Bring blood from the kidneys to the
C. Acacia arabica Acacia arabica
bladder
D. Ajadirakta indicaAjadirakta indica D. make hormones
162. Which of the following is not in the renal 168. The liver is the site of deamination. This
cortex? term means
A. Loop of Henle A. Breaking down of amino acids
B. Bowman’s capsule B. Breaking down of proteins
C. Glomerulus C. Building up proteins
D. none of above D. Removing acids from the blood
169. What other than the medulla absorbs wa-
163. The medulla, cortex and pelvis are all
ter and electrolytes and prevents waster
part of the
products being reabsorbed
A. nervous system A. Tubules
B. nephron B. Bowmans
C. kidney C. Glomerules
D. excretory system D. none of above
170. Sweat is excreted from what organ? C. urethra, urinary bladder, ureters
A. Liver D. urinary bladder, urethra, ureters
181. stones in the kidneys are called: 187. Which of the following mainly excretes
A. renal calculi nitrogenous waste, water and salts?
B. retrocalculi A. skin
D. pyelocalculi C. lungs
D. gall bladder
182. Bean-shaped urinary system organ that
188. Which of the following parts is not found
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is made up of about 1 million nephrons and
filters blood, producing urine. in the urinary system?
A. Bean A. Ureters
B. Nephron B. Urethra
C. Kidneys C. Bladder
D. Bladder D. Rectum
183. What is normally found in urine? 189. In the collecting duct, what is reab-
sorbed?
A. red blood cells
A. Ions like Na+ and Cl-
B. bacteria
B. Nutrients like glucose and amino acids
C. glucose
D. urea
C. Substances like drug metabolites and
184. What is the relationship between rhizo- waste
bia and root nodules plant? What is the re- D. Water
lationship between rhizobium bacteria and
plants with root nodules? 190. What makes the colour of urine yellow?
A. Symbiosis A. billirubin
B. Commensalism B. fibrin
C. Parasitism C. urochrome
D. Mutualism Refugee living D. thrombin
D. urea C. heart
D. lungs
197. Which of the following plant’s produce
gums 203. Tube that carries urine from the bladder
to the outside of the body.
A. Hevea
A. ureter
B. Neem B. urethra
C. Acacia sneeze C. arethra
D. B and C D. curator
204. These two body systems bring oxygen 209. What’s the middle layer of the ureters
into your body and then move to all your A. Muscular
body parts. What are these two sys-
tems? B. Inner muscular
C. Fibrous
A. respiratory and muscular
D. none of above
B. digestive and circulatory
C. respiratory and digestive 210. What is a function of the kidneys of a
healthy person?
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D. circulatory and respiratory
A. break down toxins
205. The three stages of urine production are B. eliminate all salts
, , and C. reabsorb all glucose
A. filtration, reabsorption, and secretion D. retain all water
B. filtration, urine secretion, and leukocy-
211. Excretes nitrogen wastes, salts, water,
tosis
and other substances in urine
C. reabsorption, discretion, and secre- A. Kidneys
tion
B. Lungs
D. secretion, absorption, and dissemina-
C. Skin
tion
D. none of above
206. During cellular respiration which waste
products are released? 212. The stores urine until time for release
from the body
A. Carbon dioxide only
A. Kidney
B. Carbon dioxide and water
B. Ureter
C. Nitrogen C. Bladder
D. Oxygen D. Urethra
207. In which direction do substance move dur- 213. Which organ systems work together to
ing filtration? keep your body cool by perspiring?
A. Blood to Filtrate A. nervous and muscular
B. Filtrate to Blood B. nervous and circulatory
C. Tubules to Capillaries C. circulatory and muscular
215. Example for secretion Example for se- 221. A cluster of capillaries in the kidney
cretion A. Glomerulus
217. The process of formation of ammonia in 223. In homeostasis, the kidney regulates
the liver from excess of amino acids is the:
called A. levels of electrolytes
A. Detoxification B. amount of water in the body
B. Deamination C. pH
C. Translation D. all of the above
D. Egestion 224. What is found in the pelvic cavity
218. This structure is found on the skin and ex- A. Ureters
cretes sweat: B. Urethra
A. hair follicles C. Bladder
B. gastric glands D. Kidney
C. salivary glands 225. [1] After a meal, the concentration of
D. sweat glands blood glucose increases.What then causes
the concentration of blood glucose to re-
219. Which Kidney is slightly bigger? turn to normal?
A. Up Kidney A. adrenalin
B. Down Kidney B. blood cells
C. Left KIdney C. insulin
D. Right Kidney D. platelets
220. The area where all of the glucose is ab- 226. Which part of the digestive system elimi-
sorbed. nates solid wastes from the human body?
A. Loop of Henle A. kidneys
B. Proximal convoluted tubule B. liver
C. Distal convoluted tubule C. pharynx
D. Collecting tubule D. rectum
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D. Unwanted water
D. removal of an amino acid
228. When will the horse urinate
A. What the bladder is full 234. an organ of the digestive system that
makes chemicals to help the body break
B. When the bladder is a quarter full down fats and rid itself of harmful sub-
C. What the bladder is half full stances
D. When the bladder is three quarters full A. kidney
229. where urine is stored temporarily B. liver
A. bladder C. stomach
B. ureter D. mouth
C. urethra
235. A tube that carries urine from bladder to
D. bile outside body
230. Which one of the following is NOT one of A. Ureter
the functions of the kidneys?
B. Urethra
A. produce hormones that assist in diges-
tion C. Nephron
238. What word describes the function of the 243. What tube takes urine out of the bladder
nephrons? A. Ureters
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250. Excretory product of fresh water fishes D. cortex
is
256. How many layers does the Ureters have
A. Urea
A. 1
B. Uric acid
B. 2
C. Ammonia
C. 3
D. Guanine
D. 4
251. A tube through which urine passes before
it is removed from the body is a(n) 257. One organ listed is part of the digestive
system. Which organ below is incorrectly
A. bladder paired with a respiratory function?
B. urethra A. nose-filters and warms air
C. nephrons B. bronchi-moves air into the lungs
D. ureters C. diaphragm-muscle that powers
252. If you have kidney disease, what will breathing
complete the balancing of salts, glucose D. esophagus-moves air from the nose
concentration and removal of urea from into the lungs
the blood?
258. Increased antidiuretic hormone (ADH) se-
A. Your liver cretion is likely after
B. A placenta A. blood pressure becomes abnormally
C. Your bladder high
D. A kidney dialysis machine B. drinking lots of pure water
C. eating a small sugary snack
253. Sweating is a part of which organ sys-
tem? D. sweating-induced dehydration in-
creases plasma osmolarity
A. Sympathetic nervous system
B. Lymphatic system 259. The lungs and respiratory system work
closely with the system to make sure
C. muscular system
oxygen reaches all the cells of our body.
D. none of above A. circulatory
254. Where does gas exchange occur B. digestive
A. heart C. integumentary
B. alveoli D. nervous
260. The procedure to remove waste from the A. An area with a SMALL number of parti-
blood cles
262. is formed when small molecules like 267. the system of the body responsible for
salts, glucose, urea and water are forced storing and getting rid of waste products,
out from the blood plasma when blood such as urine
flows through the kidney tubules.
A. liver
A. Filtrate
B. kidney
B. Urine
C. stomach
C. Waste
D. skin
D. Excretion
268. Place the following events in sequence:A)
263. The process of excretion of water in Urine is made and passes through the
plants is called It takes place through ureters to the bladderB) Unfiltered blood
enters the kidneysC) Urine enters the ure-
A. Transportation Stomata Stomata thra and exits the body
B. Transpiration Stomata Stomata A. B, A, C
C. Transpiration Lenticels Lenticels B. C, B, A
D. Cells without Circulation Lenticels C. B, C, A
271. Which are the tubes that carry urine from A. Liver
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the kidney to the bladder? B. Large Intestine
A. Adrenal tubes C. Mouth
B. Kidneys D. none of above
C. Ureters 277. Cortex contains cuplike structures called
D. Urethras as
A. loop of Henle’
272. Which of the following is the function of
the liver? B. Renal capsule
A. produce bile C. Bowman’s capsule
B. storage of excess glucose D. Glomerulus capsule
C. metabolism of fat 278. what do the lungs do in the excretory sys-
D. all of these tem
A. dispose of carbon dioxide through ex-
273. The are made up of millions of
halation
A. kidneys, ureters
B. disposes of smog thru exhalation
B. nephrons, kidneys
C. dispose of ultraviolet rays through ex-
C. lungs, nephrons halation
D. kidneys, nephrons D. dispose of rays through exhalation
274. The adrenal glands sit on top of the kid- 279. How much water needed for elimination
neys. The release what hormone? and of 1 gm of uric acid
what is the function of this hormone in the A. 10 ml
body?
B. 50 ml
A. Adrenaline, growth
C. 300 to 500 ml
B. Growth stimulating hormone, growth
D. 100 ml
C. Adrenaline, fight or flight response
D. Anti-duriteic hormone, controls water 280. The organ where food doesn’t pass
release through but it does break down fats and
detoxify poisons?
275. The process that reduces the volume A. liver
of the kidney filtrate and returns sub-
stances (water, glucose, amino acids) to B. small intestine
the blood. C. stomach
A. reabsorption D. large intestine
281. gills, lungs, and skin are all classified as 287. The organ whose excretory functions in-
organs of clude detoxification of the blood and for-
mation of urea.
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the:
A. The removal of substances from the
A. loop of Henle
body
B. loop of Rachic
B. The removal of waste products from
the body C. loop of Henry
D. The release of enzymes or hormones 299. Of the following options, which would
by a gland SLOW diffusion?
A. Smaller Molecules
294. The advantage of excreting nitrogenous
wastes as urea rather than as ammonia is B. Larger Surface Area
that C. Smaller Concentration Gradient
A. urea is less toxic than ammonia D. Higher Temperature
B. less nitrogen is removed from the body 300. Which substance is lost from the body of
a healthy person by the kidneys, but not
C. urea does not affect the osmolar gra- by the lungs
dient A. carbon dioxide
D. urea can be exchanged for Na+ B. glucose
295. The is a sac-like muscular organ that C. urea
stores urine until it is ready to be released D. water
from the body
301. How many reigons does the kidey have?
A. Stomach
A. 1
B. Bladder
B. 2
C. Urethra
C. 3
D. Gallbladder
D. 4
296. Physical process called peristalsis occurs 302. Where is the blood filtered through
in glomeruli?
A. trachae A. Medulla
B. intestines B. Cortex
C. esophagus C. Renal pyramid
D. mouth only D. Nephron
303. Where is urea made and where is it re- 309. Physical change in digestion occurs in the
moved? A. stomach and intestines
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lar metabolism are removed from a organ- C. excretion
ism. D. transport
A. transport
B. respiration 322. What is the name of the filtration unit in
kidney
C. excretion
A. Neuron
D. egestion
B. Nephron
317. During gas exchange, which substance
moves from the alveoli into the blood? C. Neon
326. Freshwater organisms like Amoeba, 331. What begins the process of mechanical
Paramecium possess osmoregulatory or- breakdown?
ganelle called
A. Apple C. Blood
D. Dead skin cells
B. Orange
C. Mango 333. Which one among the following is a
waste product of photosynthesis?
D. Grapes
A. Glucose
328. Urine is transported from the urinary B. Oxygen
bladder to the outside of the body by the C. Carbondioxide
D. All of the above
A. urethra
334. What effect would there be in the urine
B. ureter production if someone is sweating a lot but
C. trigone not drinking any water?
D. collecting duct A. Increased volumes
B. Decreased volumes
329. remove urea from (filters) the blood and
C. No change in volume but decreased
regulate concentrations of most of the sub-
concentration
stances in the body fluids
D. Decreased concentration and in-
A. liver creased volume
B. kidney
335. Kidney tubules are also known as
C. urinary bladder A. Glomerulus
D. ureter B. Bowman’s capsule
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338. Sucrose is digested by D. none of above
A. glucase
344. What % Of Your Body Is Water?
B. sucrase
A. 90
C. lipase
B. 70
D. sucralase
C. 85
339. Which of the following enters into the
Bowman’s capsule, while the rest are left D. 69
behind in the capillaries?
345. Nitrogenous waste which is less toxic
A. White blood cells soluble in water and is formed during or-
B. Red blood cells nithine cycle is
C. Platelets A. Urea
D. Plasma B. Uric acid
340. the prefix “nephr-” means: C. Ammonia
A. urethra D. Amino acid
B. kidney
346. Blood vessels that carry blood containing
C. ureter oxygen away from the heart to all parts
D. renal pelvis of the body are called
359. is the diffusion of water molecules 364. carry oxygen throughout the human
from a dilute solution towards a concen- body.
trated solution, down the water’s concen- A. veins
tration gradient, across a partially perme-
able membrane. B. blood plasma
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C. Active Transport 365. Urine leaves the kidneys and then goes
D. Transpiration to the
A. stomach
360. The major organs in the excretory system
are B. liver
B. locomotion A. kidneys
370. the removal of metabolic wastes such as 375. Water and salt is mostly absorbed in the
carbon dioxide, water, salts, and urea A. esophagus
381. Fill in the blank:Excretion is the removal 387. Which of the following is not the primary
of of from the human body. metabolite in plants? Which of the fol-
A. needed products, digestion lowing is not a primary metabolic product
formed in plants?
B. waste products, metabolism
A. Carbohydrate Carbohydrate
C. waste products, photosynthesis
B. Fats
D. none of above
C. Water
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382. Elimination of nitrogenous waste is D. Amino acids Amino acids
called
A. Excretion 388. In which part of the kidney, the secretion
process happens?
B. Nutrition
A. cortex
C. Osmoregulation
B. medulla
D. Egestion
C. renal pelvic
383. What function do the kidneys perform D. urinary bladder
A. eliminate carbon dioxide
389. This is the functional unit of the kidney
B. supply oxygen to body cells
C. remove urea and excess water A. hilum
D. Play a role in gas exchange B. neurons
384. The lungs, kidney and skin are all part of C. nephrons
the D. medulla
A. nervous system
390. Another term for sweating; removal of
B. nephron water, salt and urea through the sweat
C. kidney glands in the skin.
D. excretory system A. perspiration
B. respiration
385. The area where glucose is selectively re-
absorbed is the C. reabsorption
A. Loop of Henle D. transport
B. Proximal convoluted tubule 391. What does the bladder do?
C. Distal convoluted tubule A. Holds the urine
D. Collecting tubule B. Make you pee
386. Blood flows into the liver from the heart C. Hep you drink milkshakes
and the D. hold the blood
A. stomach 392. Within a normally functioning kidney,
B. intestines blood can be found in
C. kidneys A. Bowman’s capsule
D. none of above B. the collecting duct
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410. What absorbs water and minerals and
A. Gallbladder
holds waste?
B. Ureter
A. Large Intestine (Colon)
C. Kidney
B. Small Intestine
D. Nephrons
C. Gall Bladder
405. Which of the following pair is wrong D. none of above
A. Uricotelic-Birds 411. Wastewater that contains excess water,
B. Ureotelic-insects salts, and other wastes that are not reab-
C. Ammonotelic-tadpole sorbed by the body.
D. Ureotelic-elephant A. Urea
B. Uric Acid
406. The outer layer of the skin.
C. Urine
A. dermis
D. Blood
B. epidermis
412. Nitrogenous wastes in plants useful for
C. plasma layer
defense
D. membrane layer
A. Resins
407. an organ in an animal’s body that re- B. Alkaloids Alkaloids
moves wastes and helps regulate chemi-
C. Both
cals in the blood:part of the excretory sys-
tem D. Gums
A. liver 413. From which plant biodiesel is made
B. kidney Biodiesel is made from which tree
C. stomach A. Hevea braziliensisHevea braziliensis
D. intestine B. Jatropa
C. Acacia arabica Acacia arabica
408. [1] Which target organ releases glucose
D. Azadirachta indica
into the blood-stream as a result of the ac-
tion of adrenaline? 414. The main excretory organ in snails is
A. adrenal gland A. malpighian tubules
B. kidney B. nephridium
C. liver C. kidneys
D. pancreas D. none of above
415. Under normal conditions, which of the fol- 420. What is the function of the urethra?
lowing substances is found in urine? A. It filters urea out of the bloodstream
C. water and solutes are driven across 425. What is the definition for absorption?
the wall of glomular capillaries A. Breaking down food into smaller nutri-
D. H+, K+, and urea are transported ents
into the filtrate B. Getting rid of waste products
C. Getting food into our bodies 431. As the filtrate passes through the kid-
D. Getting nutrients into our bloodstream, ney tubule, the capillary absorbs all sub-
so that our cells can use them stances that the body cannot afford to lose.
This process is called
426. Which organs excretes carbon dioxide
A. Filtration
and water vapor in exhaled air?
A. Lungs B. Osmoregulation
B. KIdneys C. Assimilation
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C. Skin D. Selective reabsorption
D. none of above
432. Amylase would be digested to
427. Two bean-shaped organs that filter the A. α glucose
blood.
B. amino acids
A. ureters
B. urinary bladder C. glycerol
C. pancreas D. β glucose
D. kidneys 433. Reptiles, Aves and mammals
428. The hormone that signals the kidneys to A. Kidneys
make less urine is
B. Water vascular system
A. urea
C. Meta nephridia
B. caffeine
C. ADH D. Nephridian
1. Foramen of Monro is an aperture be- 6. The function of our visceral organs are con-
tween: trolled by