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Science Quiz : General Biology

Given the QUESTION, identify the ANSWER

1. How many teeth does an average human adult have?

A. 32 B. 31 C. 33 D. 36

2. What is the pulse rate of an average healthy human being?

A. 16 beats per minut B. 72 beats per minute
C. 65 beats per minute D.100 beats per minute

3. Which of the following are known as "aves"?

A. Reptiles B. Birds C. Mammals D. Fish

4. What is the name given to the green pigment in plants?

A. Stomata B. Chlorophyl C.Tendrils D. Starch

5. Which of the following animals is not extinct?

A.Brontosorus B. Cheetah C. Dodo D. Mammoth

6. Quinine is obtained from the bark of which tree?

A. Cinchona B. Redwood C. Eucalyptus D. Bunyan

7. How is the age of a tree determined?

A.By measuring its height B .By measuring its girth
C. By counting the annual rings in a cut trunk
D. By counting the number of its branches

8. Farmers can keep their soil fertile by

A. Crop Rotation B. Repeatedly growing the same crop
C.Irrigation D. Regular Tilling

9. What is quinine used for?

A .Curing Malaria B. Curing Aid C.Curing Typhoid D. Removing pimples

10. Which of the following are known as "pisces"?

A. Fish B. Reptiles C. Birds D. Mammals

11. What forms after the flowers have pollinated?

A. Leaves B. Thorns C. New Branches D.Fruits

12. Fish breathe through

A. Fins B. Lungs C. Gills D. Skin

13. What is the everyday name for the plants that are called Gramineae?
A. Grasses B. Nut C. Pulses D.Legumes

14. Bile is secreted by the

A. Stomach B.Gall Bladder C. Lungs D. Liver
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15. Which of the following carries malaria?

A. Cockroaches B. Bats C. Mosquitoes D. Earthworms

16. Which of the following helps keep body cool?

A. Respiration B. Mastication C. Perspiration D. Urination

17. The response of plants to light is known as

A. Hydrotropism B. Chemotropism C. Phototropi D.Thigmotropism

18. Which of the following is a parasite?

A. Zebra B.Pigs C. Ringworm D. Wolves

19. Which food stuff turns blue-black when brought in contact with iodine?
A. Proteins BVitamins

C.Unsaturated Fatty Acids D Starch

20. Which of the following is a characteristic shared by all animals?

a. Their bodies have many cells.
b. They eat autotrophs.
c. They reproduce asexually.
d. They have skeletons.

21. What is the term for a group of tissues that work together to perform a specific,
complex job?
a. organism
b. organ
c. autotroph
d. herbivore

22. The process by which a new organism forms from the joining of an egg cell
and a sperm cell is called
a. asexual reproduction.
b. sexual reproduction.
c. regeneration.
d. budding.

23. An animal that has a backbone is called a(n)

a. cnidarian.
b. predator.
c. vertebrate.
d. invertebrate.

24. Energy for an animal's body activities comes from

a. air.
b. water.
c. food.
d. growth.
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25. What is the term for an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food?
a. vertebrate
b. carnivore
c. predator
d. herbivore

26. Which of the following is an adaptation for escaping a predator?

a. eating only plants
b. having radial symmetry
c. being asymmetrical
d. having flesh that tastes bitter

27. Which of these animals has radial symmetry?

a. a sea anemone
b. a butterfly
c. a rabbit
d. a snail

28. An animal has bilateral symmetry if

a. no lines can be drawn to divide the animal into halves that are
mirror images.
b. many lines can be drawn to divide the animal into halves that
are mirror images.
c. one line can be drawn to divide the animal into halves that are
mirror images.
d. any line through the center of the animal divides it into halves
that are mirror images.

29. Which of the following is a characteristic of animals with radial symmetry?

a. They have no head or tail.
b. They must move quickly to catch prey.
c. They move faster on land than in water.
d. They have sense organs at the front of their bodies.

30. How does a sponge gather its food?

a. by trapping food in its pores
b. by killing food with its spikes
c. by trapping food in its collar cells
d. by absorbing food through its osculum

31. Sponges belong to the phylum

a. Platyhelminthes.
b. Porifera.
c. Cnidaria.
d. Invertebrata.

32. Which of these is a function of spikes in a sponge?

a. to support the sponge's body
b. to help the sponge reproduce
c. to digest and distribute food
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d. to eliminate wastes from the sponge

33. How do sponges reproduce sexually?

a. Sperm from a sponge fertilize eggs in the same sponge.
b. Water carries sperm from one sponge to eggs in another
sponge.
c. Water carries eggs from one sponge to sperm in another
sponge.
d. Eggs are fertilized by sperm within the sponge's collar cells.

34. Which of the following describes the feeding behavior of cnidarians?

a. They are herbivores.
b. They are omnivores.
c. They are carnivores.
d. They are autotrophs.

35. The bodies of cnidarians have

a. no symmetry.
b. radial symmetry.
c. bilateral symmetry.
d. both radial and bilateral symmetry.

36. How does a cnidarian capture prey?

a. by filtering prey from water
b. by paralyzing prey with venom
c. by pulling prey inside its osculum
d. by attaching itself to prey with suction

37. Which of these is a vase-shaped cnidarian?

a. a medusa
b. a polyp
c. a larva
d. a jellyfish

38. How are coral reefs created?

a. from the skeletons of dead corals
b. from the expelled waste of corals
c. from the skeletons of prey caught by corals
d. from the jelly produced by living corals

39. At the beginning of its life, a coral

a. has the medusa body plan.
b. is a free-swimming larva.
c. burrows into the mud on the ocean floor.
d. feeds only on sponges.

40. Which of the following best describes the kinds of animals found in a coral
reef?
a. There are only invertebrates.
b. Many kinds of animals live there.
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c. Only corals live there.

d. It is home to animals adapted to live in cold water.

41. Which of these is a phylum of worms?

a. Porifera
b. Annelida
c. Mollusca
d. Invertebrata

42. Which of these is NOT a major kind of worm?

a. flatworms
b. roundworms
c. silkworms
d. segmented worms

43. Which of the following is a flatworm?

a. a leech
b. an earthworm
c. a hookworm
d. a planarian

44. Which of these characteristics is shared by all worms?

a. They have a digestive system that is a tube.
b. They are parasites.
c. They live in soil.
d. They have a brain.

45. The ability of an organism to regrow lost parts is called

a. regeneration.
b. budding.
c. parasitism.
d. autotrophism.

46. Organisms that grow on or in other organisms are called

a. parasites.
b. hosts.
c. prey.
d. scavengers.

47. Which of the following describes a roundworm's digestive system?

a. Food enters the body and wastes leave the body through the
same opening.
b. Food enters through a feeding tube.
c. Food travels through the digestive system in two directions.
d. The digestive system is like a tube that is open at both ends.

48. A segmented worm's circulatory system

a. is closed.
b. is open.
c. is exactly the same in each segment.
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d. has a pumping organ in each segment.

49. What do earthworms do to soil?

a. They damage it by tunneling.
b. They add moisture to it.
c. They poison it with their wastes.
d. They make it more fertile with their wastes.