This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Biology – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Biology Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which organisms listed below are necessary for cycling matter from plants by the process of decomposition? A) Decomposers such as worms & bacteria. B) Producers such as grass & trees. C) Consumers such as wolves & bears. D) Consumers such as cows & deer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decomposers such as worms & bacteria. 2. What is the charge of a hydrogen bonds A) Positive. B) Negative. C) Both positive and negative. D) Neutral. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both positive and negative. 3. The leaf has a shiny, waxy cuticle around it to A) Increase the rate of photosynthesis. B) Attract more light. C) Control water loss. D) Stop carbon dioxide and oxygen gases escaping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Control water loss. 4. Each single chromosome contains one very lone, linear DNA molecule that carries several hundred to a few thousand A) Genomes. B) Genes. C) Phenotype. D) Chromosomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genes. 5. What causes genetic variation in meiosis? A) Crossing over of chromosomes. B) Separation of chromosomes. C) Chromosomes pulling apart. D) Chromosomes lining up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crossing over of chromosomes. 6. "Al-Qanun-fi al-Tib" was written by A) Jabir bin Hayan. B) Bu Ali Sina. C) Ibn-e-Haitham. D) Abdul Malik Asmai. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bu Ali Sina. 7. Which blood vessel carries deoxygenated blood away from the liver? A) Hepatic vein. B) Hepatic portal vein. C) Aorta. D) Hepatic artery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hepatic vein. 8. Study of FUNCTIONS of the BODY PARTS A) Physiology. B) Anatomy. C) Genetics. D) Biochemistry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Physiology. 9. Why is cytokinin hormone used in micropropagation? A) To stimulate development of roots and shoots. B) To prevent dormancy. C) To stimulate cell division. D) To prevent dehydration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To stimulate development of roots and shoots. 10. A ..... tumor becomes invasive enough to impair the functions of one or more organs, thus an individual with this type of tumor is thought to have cancer A) Benign. B) Malignant. C) All of the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Malignant. 11. For single-celled organisms, ..... ismostly an increase in size.Multicellular organisms go through aprocess called ....., where cellsdivide and differentiate into differentkinds of cells. A) Growth, development. B) Evolve, respond to stimulus. C) Production, evolution. D) Expansion, progress. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Growth, development. 12. The earliest organisms that have been on earth the longest A) Plants. B) Prokaryotes. C) Animals. D) Eukaryotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prokaryotes. 13. What are the fundamental packaging units of eukaryotic chromosomes? A) Histones. B) Centromeres. C) Nucleoids. D) Nucleosomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nucleosomes. 14. A farmer plants two species of grass with similar nutrient needs on the same small plot of land. What kind of interaction will most likely occur between the two species? A) Competition. B) Mutualism. C) Commensalism. D) Parasitism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Competition. 15. This equation:C6H12O6 + 6O2 + ADP + P $\rightarrow$ 6CO2 + 6H2O + Molecule A summarizes the process known as: A) Photosynthesis. B) Aerobic cellular respiration. C) Kreb's cycle. D) Fermentation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aerobic cellular respiration. 16. Made of monomers of nucleotides A) Carbohydrates. B) Lipids. C) Nucleic Acids. D) Proteins. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nucleic Acids. 17. During the Calvin Cycle of photosynthesis ..... A) ATP is used to make sugar. B) Hydrogen molecules are being made. C) Electrons are combined to make chlorophyll. D) Energy from sunlight is used to create molecules of ATP. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ATP is used to make sugar. 18. Why is it important to have a control group in an experiment? A) Is serves as a comparison. B) It's the only group that has constants (controls). C) It's the group you experiment on. D) It receives the independent variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is serves as a comparison. 19. This structure packages, sorts and ships things within or out of the cell. A) Golgi apparatus. B) Lysosome. C) Ribosome. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Golgi apparatus. 20. The variable that changes in response to the independent variable is called the ..... variable. A) Control. B) Mystery. C) Dependent. D) Independent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dependent. 21. What is NOT a topic of biology? A) The relationship between fungi and trees. B) The distribution of sand on an ocean floor. C) The chemicals at work in the stomach. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The distribution of sand on an ocean floor. 22. Which process provides the raw materials needed for tissue repair? A) Nutrition. B) Excretion. C) Respiration. D) Growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nutrition. 23. If animals eat plants to get energy, where do plants get their energy? A) Wind. B) Sun. C) Water. D) Soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sun. 24. A particular forest contains snakes, lizards, hawks, squirrels, bears, oak trees, and several types of plants and mushrooms. Together these organisms make up the forest's ..... A) Community. B) Population. C) Habitat. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Community. 25. What does Protein do for our body? A) Helps us grow taller. B) Makes our bones stronger. C) Repairs muscles and helps them to grow. D) Helps us to see better. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repairs muscles and helps them to grow. 26. According to fossil records, the horses that lived 50 million years ago were much smaller, weaker and slower than modern horses. Which process is most likely responsible for the changes that have led to the increased size, strength, and speed in horses? A) Migration. B) Evolution by natural selection. C) Commensalism. D) Inbreeding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evolution by natural selection. 27. Identify where this occurs:Pairs of sister chromatids align at the equator. A) Metaphase II. B) Anaphase II. C) Metaphase I. D) Anaphase I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphase II. 28. If the convalent bond was broken what is release A) Ergonomic. B) Water molecules. C) Energy. D) Pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Energy. 29. Why would planting more trees be seen as a positive impact on the levels of CO2 in our atmosphere that have led to climate change? A) Plants store CO2 in the soil for later use. B) Plants remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere for photosynthesis. C) Plants are used to form fossil fuels. D) Plants provide food for consumers to complete cellular respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plants remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere for photosynthesis. 30. Which do sea turtles breathe with? A) Lungs. B) Gills. C) Spiracles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lungs. 31. Before cells can divide, what must be copied? A) Mitochondria. B) Cytoplasm. C) DNA. D) Cell Wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) DNA. 32. The summary at the end of an experiment that explains the results. A) Procedures. B) Materials. C) Hypothesis. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conclusion. 33. Heterotrophs are also known as: A) Autotrophs. B) Producers. C) Decomposers. D) Consumers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consumers. 34. What are the characteristics of artery? A) Thick, less muscular and elastic. B) Thin, less muscular and less elastic. C) Thin, muscular and less elastic. D) Thick, muscular and elastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thick, muscular and elastic. 35. When does the duplication of DNA occur? A) Interphase. B) Prophase. C) Telophase. D) Metaphase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interphase. 36. Which cells are alive but lack organelles? A) Tracheid cells. B) Xylem cells. C) Companion cells. D) Sieve tube cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sieve tube cells. 37. Which of the following correctly lists the levels of organization from least complex to most complex? A) Population, Community, Ecosystem, Organism. B) Community, Organism, Population, Ecosystem. C) Ecosystem, Community, Population, Organism. D) Organism, Population, Community, Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Organism, Population, Community, Ecosystem. 38. The science of heredity A) Gene. B) Genetics. C) Trait. D) Heredity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genetics. 39. A ..... is composed of a phosphate and glycerol head and 2 fatty acid chain tails. A) Carbohydrate. B) Cholesterol. C) Phospholipid. D) Protein. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phospholipid. 40. What organelle is called the "powerhouse" of a cell? A) Mitochondria. B) Endoplasmic Reticulum. C) Nucleolus. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mitochondria. 41. Appetite is controlled by a centre in which part of the brain? A) The cerebellum. B) The medulla oblongata. C) The hippocampus. D) The hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The hypothalamus. 42. What are not the advantages of cells being compartmentalized? A) Efficiency of metabolism. B) Toxic / damaging substances can be isolated. C) Localized conditions are idea for metabolic activity. D) Numbers and locations of organelles cannot be changed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Numbers and locations of organelles cannot be changed. 43. Molecular Biology is A) The branch of biology that deals with the form of living organisms, and with relationships between their structures. B) The branch of science that deals with microorganisms. C) The branch of biology that deals with the structure and function of the macromolecules essential to life. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The branch of biology that deals with the structure and function of the macromolecules essential to life. 44. What is the function of the cell wall? A) Allows plants and fungi to grow upward against the force of gravity. B) Keeps energy. C) Takes away sunlight. D) Stores food. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allows plants and fungi to grow upward against the force of gravity. 45. An alteration in an organism's characteristics that better enables it to survive in its environment. A) Adaptation. B) Carrying capacity. C) Climate. D) Competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adaptation. 46. What is NOT TRUE about the cell membrane A) It controls what enters and leaves the cell. B) Semipermeable. C) Phospholipid bilayer. D) Contains digestive enzymes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contains digestive enzymes. 47. How are carbohydrates used in biological processes A) Energy Storage. B) Metabolic Processes. C) Structural Protection. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 48. Which 2 molecules form the sides (backbone) of the DNA ladder? A) Deoxyribose sugar and adenine. B) Deoxyribose sugar and a hydrogen bond. C) Deoxyribose sugar and the nucleus. D) Deoxyribose sugar and phosphate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deoxyribose sugar and phosphate. 49. Reproduction that involves two cells from different parents unite to produce the first cell of a new organism. A) Budding. B) Division. C) Sexual. D) Asexual. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sexual. 50. What is Methane produced by? A) Combustion & Vehicle Exhaust. B) Evaporation & Transpiration. C) Anaerobic Respiration & Combustion. D) Anaerobic Respiration & Methanogenic Bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anaerobic Respiration & Methanogenic Bacteria. 51. What is the function of nitrogen in plant growth? A) Decrease of growth. B) Makes seeds. C) Increases disease resistance. D) Produces a healthy green color. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Produces a healthy green color. 52. Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells have many differences, but they also share some common features. Which of the following may be found in either type of cell? A) Ribosomes. B) Nucleus. C) Golgi bodies. D) Mitochondria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ribosomes. 53. Which of the following would be the appropriate response when the body's internal temperature drops below homeostasis? A) Death. B) Sweating. C) Shivering. D) Throwing up. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shivering. 54. Plants perform photosynthesis through this organelle. It captures energy from the sun and uses it to produce food for the cell. A) Cytoplasm. B) Chloroplasts. C) Cell Wall. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chloroplasts. 55. The MOST important factor influencing trees losing their leaves is ..... A) The amount of moisture available to the tree. B) Falling temperatures. C) The amount of sunlight available per day. D) The genetic or "biological" clock. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The amount of sunlight available per day. 56. At night, moths travel toward light. Which type of behavior does this describe? A) Learned behavior. B) Imprinting. C) Innate behavior. D) Habituation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Innate behavior. 57. Why does the energy needed by a human increase during the first ten years of life? A) The body is growing. B) The diet is more balanced. C) Energy is needed for gamete formation. D) Coordination and responses improve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The body is growing. 58. Metabolism is best defined as: A) A chemical reaction. B) The web of all enzyme-catalyzed reactions in a cell or organism. C) The web of all chemical reactions in a cell or organism. D) The web of all endergonic reactions in a cell or organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The web of all enzyme-catalyzed reactions in a cell or organism. 59. Reproduction that only involves one parent and all offspring are identical; for example, binary fission of bacteria or amoebas. A) Division. B) Asexual. C) Addition. D) Sexual. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asexual. 60. What is the study of plants called? A) Zoology. B) Botany. C) Biology. D) Physiology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Botany. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesBiology Quiz 1Biology Quiz 2Biology Quiz 3Biology Quiz 4Biology Quiz 5Biology Quiz 7Biology Quiz 8Biology Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books