This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Biology – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Biology Quiz 23 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which force causes water molecules to be drawn out of the xylem walls at the leaf? A) Cohesion. B) Adhesion. C) Tension. D) Gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adhesion. 2. How many daughter cells does mitosis produce? A) 2. B) 4. C) 6. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 3. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic shared by all living organisms? A) Ability to move. B) Ability to grow and develop. C) Made up of one or more cells. D) Responds to stimuli. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ability to move. 4. The statements describe four different plants. Which plant must be a monocotyledons? A) The flowers are wind pollinated. B) The flowers each have 5 petals. C) THe leaves are large with a clear network of veins in them. D) The leaves have parallel veins. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) THe leaves are large with a clear network of veins in them. 5. Plants rely heavily on ..... in the nitrogen cycle to incorporate nitrogen into organic compounds A) Bacteria. B) Viruses. C) Fungi. D) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bacteria. 6. Biochemistry A) Physical and biochemical functions and processes of organisms. B) The application of biological processes and living microorganisms in industry. C) Relationships between living organisms and their environment, and how they interact with both living and non-living components in the environment. D) Chemistry of living organisms, especially the structure and function of their chemical components. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chemistry of living organisms, especially the structure and function of their chemical components. 7. Why is the evaporation of water from leaves important? A) It cools leaves and helps move water up the plant. B) It makes the plant wilt. C) It helps the plant to respire. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It cools leaves and helps move water up the plant. 8. In decreasing order, which greenhouse gases have the largest warming effect within the atmosphere? A) Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, water vapor. B) Water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide. C) Methane, carbon dioxide, water vapor, nitrous oxide. D) Nitrous oxide, methane, carbon dioxide, water vapor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide. 9. What is biology? A) Study of past. B) Study of space. C) Study life and living thing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Study life and living thing. 10. When would you use the diaphragm? A) When you wanted to move the stage. B) When you wanted to adjust the light. C) When you wanted to put the microscope away. D) When you sneeze. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When you wanted to adjust the light. 11. Study of ECOSYSTEM. A) Zoology. B) Botany. C) Ecology. D) Genetics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecology. 12. Enzymes are an example of A) Lipids. B) Carbohydrate. C) Protein. D) Nucleic Acid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protein. 13. The carrying capacity is the ..... A) Maximum sustainable population that a given environment can support. B) Greatest number of different niches possible in a given area. C) Potential growth in the number of species in a given area. D) Limitation on numbers of species in a community. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maximum sustainable population that a given environment can support. 14. What is the main role of Kupffer cells in a sinusoid? A) Detoxifying blood. B) Producing plasma proteins. C) Producing cholesterol. D) Breaking down erythrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Breaking down erythrocytes. 15. Enzymes provide a site where reactants called substrates can be brought together in an enzyme-catalyzed reaction. The site is called the A) Enzyme substrate complex. B) Reaction site. C) Active site. D) Lock and key. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Active site. 16. How are prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells similar? A) Both contain a nuclei. B) Both contain ribosomes. C) Both contain membrane-bound organelles. D) Both contain cell walls. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Both contain ribosomes. 17. The phase in mitosis where chromosomes move away and are pulled apart by spindles to opposite sides of the cell. A) Prophase. B) Anaphase. C) Metaphase. D) Telephase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphase. 18. What is the best way to place a quadrat? A) Place it where you like. B) Divide the sample area into a grid and use a random number generator to choose a square. C) Throw the quadrat so it's random. D) Divide the sample area into a grid and choose a square. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Divide the sample area into a grid and use a random number generator to choose a square. 19. A group of tissues that work together to perform a similar function is called ..... (Examples include the heart, lungs or stomach) A) Cells. B) Tissues. C) Organs. D) Organ system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organs. 20. How is/are sinuosoids different to capillaries? I. sinusoids exchange materialsII. sinusoids have fenestrations (open pores)III. sinusoids have a complete basement membrane A) I only. B) II only. C) III only. D) II and III only. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) II only. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesBiology Quiz 1Biology Quiz 2Biology Quiz 3Biology Quiz 4Biology Quiz 5Biology Quiz 6Biology Quiz 7Biology Quiz 8Biology Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books