This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Biology – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Biology Quiz 17 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which adaptation is correct for a cactus? A) Good hearing to detect predators. B) Large feet to help walk on snow. C) Long deep roots to absorb water from soil. D) Sharp claws and teeth for killing prey. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Long deep roots to absorb water from soil. 2. Which of the following are true of a sinusoid? I. it is involved in the exchange of materials between hepatocytes and bloodII. Kupffer cells contain microvilli for faster exchangeIII. blood from the hepatic artery and hepatic portal vein mixes within it A) I and II only. B) I and III only. C) II and III only. D) I, II and III. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I and III only. 3. Ali found that the leaves of his favourite plant have turned purple . What nutrient is the plant lacking of? A) Phosphorus. B) Nitrogen. C) Magnesium. D) Carbon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phosphorus. 4. What is the study of animals called? A) Anatomy. B) Zoology. C) Botany. D) Biology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zoology. 5. How many MAIN branches of biology are there A) 4. B) 10. C) 7. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. 6. The breakdown of glucose is called A) Respiration. B) Digestion. C) Photosynthesis. D) Transpiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Respiration. 7. Paleobotany is to the study of fossil plants as parasitology is to to study of ..... A) Flowers. B) Finger nails. C) Parasites. D) Humans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parasites. 8. This type of vertebrate uses gills to take in oxygen from the water? A) Mammal. B) Reptile. C) Fish. D) Bird. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fish. 9. Which of the following are needed for chlorophyll synthesis? A) Calcium and magnesium. B) Iron and nitrogen. C) Nitrogen and magnesium. D) Calcium and iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nitrogen and magnesium. 10. Euglena is a unicellular organism that feeds on bacteria and uses CO2 as a carbon source. Which described the nutrition of this organism? A) Autotrophic only. B) Heterotrophic only. C) Saprotrophic only. D) Autotrophic and heterotrophic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Autotrophic and heterotrophic. 11. Where is DNA and RNA made? A) Cytoplasm. B) Nucleus. C) Mitochondria. D) ER. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nucleus. 12. When you step out into the cold, your body shivers in order to keep its temperature at 98.6F. A) All living things use energy. B) All living things contain cells. C) All living things maintain homeostasis. D) All living things grow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All living things maintain homeostasis. 13. Two different populations of birds live in the same area and eat the same types of food. Which most likely describes the relationship between these two populations of birds? A) Parasitism. B) Predator-prey. C) Competition. D) Mutualism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Competition. 14. Transpiration helps the plant A) Make more sugars at night. B) Move water from the roots to the stem and leaves. C) Move sugars from the leaf to be stored in the stem & roots. D) Make more chloroplasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Move water from the roots to the stem and leaves. 15. In this equation:C6H12O6 + 6O2 + ADP + P $\rightarrow$6CO2 + 6H2O + Molecule AWhat would be the molecule shown as molecule A? A) Pyruvate. B) ADP. C) ATP. D) Phosphate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ATP. 16. Observations made during an experiment are considered: A) Data. B) Conclusions. C) Questions. D) Problems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Data. 17. Which organelles are only found in plant cells? A) Cell wall and Chloroplasts. B) Ribosomes and Golgi Bodies. C) Endoplasmic Reticulum and Cell Wall. D) Nucleus and Cell membrane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cell wall and Chloroplasts. 18. Find total magnification for:Eyepiece = 10X Objective lens = 4X A) 40x. B) 14x. C) 6x. D) 4x. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 40x. 19. Where does photosynthesis take place in the cell? A) Chloroplast. B) Nucleus. C) Cytoplasm. D) Golgi bodies. E) Mitochondria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chloroplast. 20. Most cellular respiration takes place in the A) Nucleus. B) Cytoplasm. C) Krebs cycle. D) Mitochondria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mitochondria. 21. Which are not amphibians? A) Snakes. B) Caecilians. C) Frogs. D) Salamanders. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Snakes. 22. For a neuron with a resting membrane potential at-70mv, an increase in the movement of sodium ions into the neuron's cytoplasm would result in: A) The replacement of potassium ions with calcium ions. B) The repolarization of the neuron. C) The depolarization of the neuron. D) The replacement of potassium ions with sodium ions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The depolarization of the neuron. 23. Decomposers are important in the food chain because they A) Produce their own food using sunlight from the sun. B) Stop the flow of energy from one organism to another. C) They are microscopic and other organisms cannot consume them. D) They break down organisms & recycle nutrients into the soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They break down organisms & recycle nutrients into the soil. 24. Treatment and prevention of diseases in both humans and animals. A) Biomedicine. B) Genetics. C) Biotechnology. D) Medicine and veterinary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Medicine and veterinary. 25. When your body tries to keep it's internal conditions within certain limits that is called ..... A) Sleeping. B) Running. C) Hibernating. D) Homeostasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Homeostasis. 26. ..... strengthens and stabilizes the cell membrane. A) Cholesterol. B) Carbohydrates. C) Proteins. D) Phospholipids. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cholesterol. 27. Which two animals go through metamorphosis during its life cycle? A) Frog and bird. B) Butterfly and horse. C) Fish and frog. D) Butterfly and frog. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Butterfly and frog. 28. Which statement best describes the relationship that exists among proteins, DNA, and cells? A) DNA is made up of proteins, which tell a cell how to function. B) Cells contain DNA, which controls the production of proteins. C) Proteins combine to produce cells, which produce DNA. D) Proteins are made up of DNA, which determines the cells that are produced. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cells contain DNA, which controls the production of proteins. 29. Each enzyme only has 1 substrate that will fit its active site. What is this called? A) Specific. B) Catalyst. C) Reusable. D) Fragile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Specific. 30. It is the study of fertilization, growth, division and differentiation of the zygote into embryo or early development of living beings before the attainment of structure and size of the offspring. A) Entomology. B) Ecology. C) Embryology. D) Socio-biology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Embryology. 31. This group of organisms have an exoskeleton, a segmented body, and pairs of jointed appendages. A) Cnidarians. B) Arthropods. C) Echinoderms. D) Mollusks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arthropods. 32. What kind of skin do amphibians have? A) Moist without scales. B) Dry with scales. C) Dry without scales. D) Moist with scales. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moist without scales. 33. What will most likely be the result if all of the mitochondria are removed from a plant cell? A) It will be unable to carry out respiration. B) It will break down the ribosomes in the cell. C) It will lose water through osmosis. D) It will be unable to photosynthesize. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It will be unable to carry out respiration. 34. A hypothesis is ..... A) A problem to be solved. B) Based on facts. C) Based on observations. D) Testable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Testable. 35. Cell division results in A) Genetically non identical cells. B) Genetically identical cells. C) None of the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genetically identical cells. 36. At which point is a biologist most likely to use reasoning? A) While taking observations. B) During hypothesis formulation. C) During data organization. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) During hypothesis formulation. 37. What treatment is most likely to lead to germination? A) Dehydrating the seeds. B) Soaking the seeds in a solution of gibberellins. C) Increasing CO2 concentration. D) Increasing light intensity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Soaking the seeds in a solution of gibberellins. 38. Which of the following is NOT occuring during interphase? A) Two new cells are made. B) Cell growth. C) DNA condensing. D) DNA being copied. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two new cells are made. 39. All of the following are involved in translocation EXCEPT: A) Living tissue. B) Diffusion. C) Companion cells. D) Thick cellulose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thick cellulose. 40. What is the gel-like substance inside of cells called? A) Photoplasm. B) Cytoplasm. C) Photosynthesis. D) Cytoskeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cytoplasm. 41. Which molecule regulates the flowering of plants? (active form) A) Phytochrome red. B) Phytochomer far red. C) Auxin. D) Chlorophyll. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phytochomer far red. 42. The plant tissue that carries food materials DOWNWARD from the leaves to the rest of the pant is the ..... A) Stomata. B) Xylem. C) Chlorophyll. D) Phloem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phloem. 43. Members of this kingdom never have a cell wall A) Protista. B) Archaebacteria. C) Plantae. D) Animalia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Animalia. 44. Which environmental concern is most associated with burning fossil fuels? A) Pollution of ocean waters. B) Decrease in levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide. C) Ozone layer destruction. D) Global climate change. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Global climate change. 45. SCIENTIC NAME OF POTATO A) SOLANUM TUBEROSUM. B) SOLANUM MELANOGENA. C) P.LEO. D) OCIMUM SANCTUM. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SOLANUM TUBEROSUM. 46. How does the amount of energy resulting from fermentation compare with that of aerobic respiration? A) Aerobic respiration results in more energy. B) Aerobic respiration results in less energy. C) Each process results in equal amounts of energy. D) Each process results in variable amounts of energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aerobic respiration results in more energy. 47. What IS NOT a key component of a healthy diet? A) Minerals. B) Carbohydrates. C) Fibre. D) Vitamins. E) Sebaceous secretion. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Sebaceous secretion. 48. If a cell is placed in a HYPOTONIC solution, water will move ..... of the cell, causing it to ..... A) Into, swell. B) Out of, shrivel. C) In and out of the cell, stay the same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Into, swell. 49. ..... means to use something old to make something new. A) Reduce. B) Reuse. C) Recycle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recycle. 50. Cells on which side of the stem will undergo elongation? A) Dark side. B) Light side. C) Both sides. D) In the middle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dark side. 51. Another term for equilibrium is ..... A) Too little. B) Not enough. C) Homeostasis. D) Too much. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Homeostasis. 52. DNA is replicated during the ..... phase of the cell cycle. A) G1. B) G2. C) G0. D) Synthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Synthesis. 53. In a trnsverse section, a typical microsporangium appears in outline as A) Oval. B) Longitudinal. C) Rectangular. D) Circular. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Circular. 54. How do water enter the roots from the soil? A) Active transport. B) Osmosis. C) Diffusion. D) Transpiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osmosis. 55. What is not a basic characteristic of life? A) Responding to the environment. B) They grow, reproduce, and expel waste. C) Hunting other organisms for survival and territory. D) They obtain nutrients for energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hunting other organisms for survival and territory. 56. Which of the following is/are true of nucleosomes? I. They contain six histone proteinsII. They control gene expressionIII. They help in DNA supercoiling A) I only. B) II only. C) II and III only. D) I, II and III. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) II and III only. 57. Plant transports food made in the leaves to ..... A) Roots. B) Stem. C) Flowers. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 58. Which of the following structures is found in plants cells but not in animal cells? A) Mitochondria. B) Chloroplast. C) Vacuole. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chloroplast. 59. Things that have all the characteristics of life are known as A) Species. B) Environments. C) Organisms. D) Stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organisms. 60. A fungicide is a chemical that kills fungi. A fungicide dissolved in water was applied to the soil in which a rose plant was growing. It later appeared in the leaves. How did the fungicide reach the leaves? A) Facilitated diffusion. B) Transpiration pull in xylem. C) Translocation in phloem. D) Movement up a water potential gradient. 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