This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Biology – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Biology Quiz 14 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is a consequence of global temperature rise on arctic ecosystems? A) Increased rates of decomposition of detritus trapped in permafrost. B) Decrease of geographical range of habitats for temperate species. C) Decrease of pest species and increase of permafrost species. D) Increase of geographical range of habitats for permafrost species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increased rates of decomposition of detritus trapped in permafrost. 2. The construction of new coal-burning power plant would have the greatest impact on which environmental issue? A) Release of radiation. B) Increase in deforestation. C) Depletion of ozone. D) Production of acid rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Production of acid rain. 3. What protects a cell from bursting? A) They are strong. B) They are too big for pressure to build up. C) They have a cellulose cell wall. D) They have a strong membrane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They have a cellulose cell wall. 4. It is the study of identification, nomenclature and classification of organisms into groups and subgroups. A) Palaeotology. B) Taxonomy. C) Immunology. D) Physiology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taxonomy. 5. The science of classifying organisms is called? A) Ichthyology. B) Botany. C) Taxonomy. D) Genetics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taxonomy. 6. Which of the following is the main circulatory fluid in our body A) Plasma. B) Blood. C) Interstitial fluid. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blood. 7. Who is the father of embryology? A) Aristotle. B) Carolus Linnaeus. C) Charles Darwin. D) Gregor Mendel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aristotle. 8. How many daughter cells does Meiosis create? A) 2. B) 4. C) 8. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4. 9. What does the prefix "uni" means? A) 4.many. B) 1. Two. C) 3. more. D) 2. One. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2. One. 10. The plant transport system are made up of ..... types of tubes. A) 2. B) 3. C) Many. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 11. Study of MICROORGANISMS. A) Parasitology. B) Ornithology. C) Microbiology. D) Entomology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Microbiology. 12. Mircobiology can be also classified based on ....., in the cases of bacteriology, mycology, protozoology, and phycology A) Ecology. B) Biology. C) Taxonomy. D) Genetics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taxonomy. 13. Who is responsible for making sure safety procedures are followed when conducting an experiment? A) Your doctor. B) Anyone doing an experiment. C) Your parents. D) The teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anyone doing an experiment. 14. What is ergonomic reaction? A) Process energy is used up. B) Branches that is easily broken that hold together. C) Small molecules. D) Process that release energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Process that release energy. 15. Which of the following is NOT an example of natural selection? A) Bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics. B) Male birds of certain species inheriting colorful feathers that are more attractive to females. C) People selectively breeding hamsters for size. D) Insect populations developing resistance to certain pesticides. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) People selectively breeding hamsters for size. 16. What is the smallest form of life? A) Millions of cells that make up a body, like a bear, fish, or human. B) A few cells, like microscopic organisms, such as plankton, simple plants. C) Single cells, like bacteria and viruses. D) No cells, or molecules, like in the vacuum of space. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Single cells, like bacteria and viruses. 17. Where is energy the highest in the food chain:grass, rabbit, hawk, bacteria A) Grass. B) Rabbit. C) Hawk. D) Bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grass. 18. Any substance that is acted upon by an enzyme is called a(n)? A) Coenzyme. B) Polypeptide. C) Vitamin. D) Substrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Substrate. 19. The study of all living things is ..... A) Physical science. B) ChemistryChemistry. C) Biology. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biology. 20. Which blood vessel does the hepatic artery branch off from? A) Vena cava. B) Aorta. C) Pulmonary vein. D) Pulmonary artery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aorta. 21. What type of microscope would you use to see a virus? A) Light microscope. B) Electron microscope. C) Compound microscope. D) Stereoscope. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electron microscope. 22. Which statement correctly describes one specialisation of a sperm cell? A) Acrosome contains enzymes to digest outer portion of egg. B) Tail contains flagellum which generates ATP. C) Midpiece contains mitochondria which enter egg. D) Head contains chromosomes in homologous pairs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acrosome contains enzymes to digest outer portion of egg. 23. The ..... sharpens the image under high magnification. A) The ocular. B) Coarse adjustment knob. C) Fine adjustment knob. D) The diaphragm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fine adjustment knob. 24. A thin, flat part of the leaf that extends off the end of the petiole A) Blade. B) Cuticle. C) Petiole. D) Epidermis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blade. 25. Who is the father of parasitology? A) Herodotus. B) Francesco Redi. C) Eratosthenes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Francesco Redi. 26. What are the main organs of gas exchange in the respiratory system? A) Diapragm. B) Bronchi. C) Lungs. D) Trachea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lungs. 27. What is the order of Mitosis A) AMPT. B) MAPT. C) TAMP. D) PMAT. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) PMAT. 28. Botany is study of what? A) Study of plants. B) Study space. C) Study of animals. D) Study of microbes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Study of plants. 29. Which organelle contains DNA and directs activities of the cell? A) Chloroplasts. B) Ribosome. C) Nucleus. D) Mitochondria. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nucleus. 30. Common types of carbon compounds in living organisms are: A) DNA, enzymes, nitrogenous bases, and amylose. B) Nucleic acids, amino acids, carbohydrates, and lipids. C) Urea, amino acids, nucleic acids, and carbohydrates. D) Carbon dioxide, Lipids, carbohydrates, and proteins. E) Nucleic acids, proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Nucleic acids, proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids. 31. What is the correct way of naming organisms using the binomial system? A) Ranunculus acris. B) Ranunculus Acris. C) Common buttercup. D) Ranunculus acris. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ranunculus acris. 32. Normal-AGA-TTC-ATA-GCGMutant-AGA-TTC-AAT-AGC-GWhat is the type of mutation that has occurred? A) Deletion frameshift. B) Nonsense. C) Insertion frameshift. D) Substitution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Insertion frameshift. 33. How do minerals enter into plant cells? I. Active transportII. Bulk flow (with water)III. Transport by Phloem A) I only. B) I and II only. C) I, II and III. D) II and III only. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I and II only. 34. Which is an example of recycling? A) Making new glass bottles from old ones. B) Turning the water off while you brush your teeth. C) Turning all the lights on when it's dark. D) Using paper cups instead of glasses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Making new glass bottles from old ones. 35. Members of this kingdom are multicellular and heterotrophic A) Animalia. B) Protista. C) Plantae. D) Achaebacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Animalia. 36. Tool used by a taxonomist to identify an unknown organism is a: A) Dichotomous key. B) Binomial key. C) Scientific name. D) Binomial nmenclature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dichotomous key. 37. What do monomers do? A) Splits to make more cells. B) Bonds to make a Polymer. C) Stores energy. D) Creates Protiens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bonds to make a Polymer. 38. Which technique would most likely be used by forensic scientists? A) Karyotyping. B) Gene cloning. C) Gene therapy. D) DNA fingerprinting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) DNA fingerprinting. 39. What is the definition synthetic A) Made by humans to replace something natural. B) A basic of unit of molecules that can be made into a polymer. C) Most important part of the object. D) Something made up of things in nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Made by humans to replace something natural. 40. ..... is located between left vetricle and left atrium. A) Semilunar valve. B) Bicuspid valve. C) Tricuspid valve. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bicuspid valve. 41. What causes acid rain? A) CFCs. B) Pesticide use. C) High concentrations of sulfuric or nitric acid from pollution. D) Fertilizer use. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High concentrations of sulfuric or nitric acid from pollution. 42. During which stage of the cell cycle does the nucleus divide? A) Endocytosis. B) Mitosis. C) Cytokinesis. D) Interphase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mitosis. 43. RNA contains which sugar? A) Deoxyribose. B) Glucose. C) Ribose. D) Fructose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ribose. 44. Which enzyme removes the RNA primer during replication? A) DNA polymerase I. B) RNA primase. C) DNA polymerase III. D) DNA helicase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DNA polymerase I. 45. A group of similar cells working together form a(n) A) Organ. B) Organ system. C) Tissue. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tissue. 46. The variables that are kept the same between all test groups in an experiment. A) Experimental Variables. B) Control Variables. C) Test Variables. D) Special Variables. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Control Variables. 47. Which of these is true? A) Xylem vessels carry water and dissolved minerals up the plant. B) Phloem tissue carry water and dissolved minerals up the plant. C) Xylem vessels carry dissolved sucrose up and down the plant. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Xylem vessels carry water and dissolved minerals up the plant. 48. During digestion, the salivary amylase breaks A) Proteins. B) Carbohydrates. C) Lipids. D) Vitamins. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbohydrates. 49. How do viruses reproduce? A) They copy their own genetic material inside a protein coat. B) They kill a cell and reproduce inside it. C) They invade a living cell and use the cell's functions to replicate their genetic material. D) They do not reproduce because they are not technically living things. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They invade a living cell and use the cell's functions to replicate their genetic material. 50. BIOLOGICAL SPECIES CONCEPT WAS GIVEN BY A) LAMARCK. B) JOHN RAY. C) LINNAEUS. D) MILLER. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) JOHN RAY. 51. A segment of DNA has this sequence:ATA GCA CAT GTA What is the mRNA sequence transcribed from this segment? A) UAU CGU GUA CAU. B) TAT CGT GTA CAT. C) TAT GCT CTA GAT. D) UAU GCU CUA CAU. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) UAU CGU GUA CAU. 52. Red blood cells contain this to carry oxygen A) Hamaglobin. B) Haemoglobin. C) Globulin. D) Haemoglycan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Haemoglobin. 53. Which two mixtures can be made with water? A) Elements and compounds. B) Compounds and suspensions. C) Solutions and compounds. D) Solutions and suspensions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Solutions and suspensions. 54. What is the result when a single cell reproduces by mitosis? A) Two cells with genetic material identical to the parent cell. B) Four cells with genetic material identical to the parent cell. C) Two cells with half the genetic material of the parent cell. D) Four cells with half the genetic material to the parent cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two cells with genetic material identical to the parent cell. 55. Bauhinia variegata is the scientific name of? A) House Crow. B) Onion. C) Frog. D) Orchid tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Orchid tree. 56. Adding nitrogen to a field will make A) Crops yield better. B) Crops yield worse. C) Will not effect yield of crops. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crops yield better. 57. What is the function of the mitochondria? A) Structure that manufactures ribosomes. B) Structures that converts nutrients to energy. C) Stack of membranes that packages chemicals. D) Structure that contains DNA and directs the cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Structures that converts nutrients to energy. 58. Where does the combining of oxygen and haemoglobin take place? A) Body. B) Lungs. C) Stomach. D) Heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lungs. 59. Study of Chemical Processes and Transformation in Living Organisms. A) Microbiology. B) Biochemistry. C) Genetics. D) Phycology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biochemistry. 60. How is long-wave radiation emitted from earth? A) Surface of the earth emits short-wave energy from the sun;It then absorbs the energy in the form of long-wave radiation. B) Surface of the earth absorbs long-wave energy from the sun;It then re-emits the energy in the form of short-wave radiation. C) Surface of the earth emits long-wave energy from the sun;It then absorbs the energy in the form of short-wave radiation. D) Surface of the earth absorbs short-wave energy from the sun;It then re-emits the energy in the form of long-wave radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surface of the earth absorbs short-wave energy from the sun;It then re-emits the energy in the form of long-wave radiation. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesBiology Quiz 1Biology Quiz 2Biology Quiz 3Biology Quiz 4Biology Quiz 5Biology Quiz 6Biology Quiz 7Biology Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books