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Contents
1 Biological Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1 Viruses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.2 Viroids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
1.3 Prions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
1.4 Kingdom monera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
1.5 Kingdom protista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
1.6 Kingdom fungi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
1.7 Kingdom Plantae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
1.8 Kingdom Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
2 Structural Organistion of plants and animals . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

2.1 Anatomy of Flowering plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
2.2 Morphology of Flowering plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
2.3 Structural Organisation in Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
2.4 Animal Tissues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
2.5 Morphology of animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
3 Cell structures and Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

3.1 Cell Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
3.2 Cell Organelle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
3.3 Cell cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
3.4 cell division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542
3.5 Bio Molecules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599
4 Plant Physiology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663
4.1 Transport in Plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663
4.2 Mineral Nutrition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714
4.3 Photosynthesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721
4.4 Respiration in Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 789
4.5 Plant Growth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 809
4.6 Plant Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857
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5 Human physiology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866
5.1 Digestion and Absorption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866
5.2 Breathing and Respiration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883
5.3 Body Fluids and Circulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899
5.4 Locomotion and Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 911
5.5 Control and Coordination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 918
6 Reproduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 936
6.1 Reproduction in Organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 936
6.2 Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 962
6.3 Human Reproduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 977
6.4 Embryonic Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 994
7 Genetics and evolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1002

7.1 Inheritance and Variation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1002
7.2 Genetic basis of Inheritance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1039
7.3 Molecular Basis of Inheritance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1092
7.4 Evolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1114
8 Biology in human welfare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1196

8.1 Human Health and Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1196
8.2 Improvement in food production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1232
8.3 Microbes in Human Welfare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1238
9 Biotechnology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1246
9.1 Biotechnology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1246
9.2 Applications of Biotechnology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1307
10 Ecology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1310
10.1 Ecosystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1310
10.2 Biodiversity And Its Conservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1368
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10.3 Organisms and the Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1393

10.4 Environmental Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1434

10.5 Organisms and Population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1500
10.6 Excretory Products and Their Elimination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1505
10.7 Neural Control and Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1544
1. Biological Classification
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1.1 Viruses
1. How can the cytoskeleton of a cell be de- A. Protein
scribed? B. Cells
A. Transport system C. Nucleic Acids
B. Semifluid material D. None of the abov
C. Selectively permeable series of mem-
5. Which organism requires a host cell for re-
branes
production?
D. A framework and anchor for or-
A. bacteria
ganelles
B. plant cells
2. What is produced in fertilization?
C. viruses
A. A single-celled zygote
D. animal cells
B. Gametes
6. What is the role of operons in prokaryote
C. Many zygotes
gene expression?
D. A multicellular organism
A. It makes the genes prokaryotes be
3. Which statement describes all living turned on
things? B. It accounts for the regulation of gene
A. Have organ systems that carry out life activity in response to the needs of the
processes cells
B. Reproduce asexually C. To make DNA for the gene
C. Can make their own food D. To make the gene turn of and off
D. Maintain a stable internal environment 7. Which of the following helps prevent the
spread of infectious viral diseases?
4. Viruses are NOT considered to be living
organisms because they are NOT made of A. Surgery
B. Medication
1. D 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. C 6. B 7. C
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C. Vaccines C. assembly
D. none of above D. release

8. Which statement is true? 13. protein shells are also known as
A. A virus has a nucleus, but no other or- A. Capsid
ganelles. B. Nuclei
B. A virus has a nucleus and ribosomes. C. Cell Envelope
C. A virus has no organelles, because it D. Chemical Machinery
has no cells, and it is non-living.
14. Yeast, mold, and mushrooms are part of
D. none of above
which category of microorganisms?
9. What is a virus that infects bacteria cell A. Bacteria
called?
B. Viruses
A. Bacteriophage
C. Fungi
B. Influenza virus
D. Protists
C. Coronavirus
15. In my kingdom, we have strange and
D. HIV
amazing members that don’t seem to fit
10. Which of the following statements is well in any of the other kingdoms.Who am
true? I?
A. Prokaryotic cells came before Eukary- A. Plantae
otic cells B. Animalia
B. Eukaryotic cells don’t have a nucleus C. Oz
and Prokaryotic cells do
D. Protista
C. Eukaryotic cells are simple and
Prokaryotic cells are complex 16. Which of the following is a risk of overus-
ing antibiotics to treat infections>
D. Prokaryotic cells are bigger than Eu-
karyotic cells A. Bacteria may become resistant to an-
tibiotics.
11. The ability to maintain a stable internal B. Antibiotics increase the rate of infec-
environment is called La capacidad de tion.
mantener un ambiente interno estable se
llama C. Antibiotics cause other diseases to de-
velop.
A. Metabolism
D. Antibiotics only work once.
B. Mitosis
C. Heterozygous 17. If a microbe lacks the basic cellular struc-
ture to reproduce, how does it make copies
D. Homeostasis of itself?
12. Viral DNA can remain hidden in a host via A. by creating new cells
what pathway? B. by combining an egg and a sperm
A. lytic C. by using the structures of the host cell
B. lysogenic
8. C 9. A 10. A 11. D 12. B 13. A 14. C 15. D 16. A 17. C

1.1 Viruses 4
D. by dividing the nucleus to make two A. conjugation

new microbes B. binary fission
18. A strong structure that acts like a shield C. endospore
for the virus called the ? D. nitrogen fixation
A. Cell Wall 24. Up to what percentage (%) of bacteria are
B. Cell Membrane killed by bacteriophages every day.
C. Protein Coat(Capsid) A. 40%
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D. none of above B. 35%
C. 43%
19. Bacterial sexually transmitted disease
D. none of above
A. acne
25. Which of the following is found inside a
B. strep throat
prokaryote?
C. syphilis
A. cytoplasm
D. none of above
B. DNA
20. Which of the following is true for both bac- C. ribosomes
teria and viruses? D. all of these
A. both contain genetic material
26. Why do RNA viruses tend to have unusu-
B. can be killed using antibiotics ally high rates of mutation?
C. have a cell membrane A. RNA viruses can incorporate a variety
D. have a protein coat of nonstandard bases.
B. Replication of their genomes does not
21. Viral respiratory disease involve proofreading.
A. AIDS C. RNA viruses replicate faster.
B. cold D. RNA nucleotides are more unstable
C. warts than DNA nucleotides.
D. none of above 27. A protein that binds to the operator and
blocks the RNA polymerase
22. Prokaryotes do not have a nucleus. Which
A. regulator
of the following is an example of a
prokaryote? B. repressor
A. Virus C. activator
B. Plant D. corepressor
C. Bacteria 28. Before DNA animals were classified by

D. Fungi
A. Types of cells
23. A type of asexual reproduction in which B. RNA
an organism replicates its DNA and divides
in half, producing two identical daughter C. geographical distribution
cells D. visible characteristics
18. C 19. C 20. A 21. B 22. C 23. B 24. A 25. D 26. B 27. B 28. D 29. A
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29. Prokaryotic cells do not have 35. Which viral life cycle allows viral genetic
A. membrane bound organelles material to lay dormant while the host cell
reproduces?

B. cell membrane
A. lytic
C. DNA or RNA
B. mitosis
D. life
C. lysogenic
30. Viruses are considered to be? D. S phase
A. non-living
36. The complexity of living systems:
B. very small bacteria
A. is the single defining characteristic of
C. a link between life and non-life living things.
D. primitive organisms B. is found only in humans
31. A chloroplast converts into C. is also highly organized
A. energy, glucose D. is unique to living systems
B. glucose, energy 37. Viral sexually transmitted disease
C. energy, protein A. AIDS
D. protein, glucose B. cold
32. All viruses have at least the following: C. warts
A. nucleic acid and a sheath D. none of above
B. protein coat and tail fibers 38. Contain a nucleoid region made up of DNA
C. protein coat and a base plate A. Viruses
D. protein coat and nucleic acid B. Bacteria
33. I can be either a heterotroph or an C. Both viruses and bacteria
autotroph-I can be either multicellular or D. Neither viruses or bacteria
unicellular-I can have cell walls or not-The
only thing for sure about me is that I have 39. To what would the phrase “is not a cell but
a nucleus in my cells I am Kingdom has the ability to reproduce within a living
. cell” best describe?
A. Plantae A. an alga
B. Protista B. a yeast
C. Animalia C. a bacterium
D. of Oz D. a virus
34. Spherical prokaryote 40. Viruses can also be called

A. coccus A. flagella
B. bacillus B. parasites
C. endospore C. decomposers
D. chemoautotroph D. pathogens
30. A 31. A 32. D 33. B 34. A 35. C 36. C 37. A 38. B 39. D 40. B 41. A
1.1 Viruses 6
41. Endospores are created by bacteria 47. Conjugation is

A. when environmental conditions be- A. sexual reproduction
come unfavorable
B. the passing of a DNA plasmid from one
B. to woo female bacteria bacteria to another
C. as a defense mechanism against in- C. the joining of sentences with the
vading viruses words “and” or “or”
D. when they produce eggs D. the way bacteria make food
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42. Can genetic material be double or single-
strand of DNA? 48. Viral DNA that is inserted into the chromo-
some of a host bacterium is called
A. Double
A. an associated viral infection
B. Single
B. a lytic infection
C. Both
D. Neither C. a viroid
D. a prophage
43. In which of the following organelles is a
cell’s energy (ATP) produced 49. Asexual reproduction involves parent
A. Nucleus organism(s)
B. Lysosome A. One
C. Golgi apparatus B. Two
D. Mitochondria C. Many
44. What is found in both plant and animal D. It depends on the specific type
cells but is much larger in plant cells?
50. A computer virus can be described as be-
A. Nucleus
ing similar to a cough or a cold in humans.
B. Mitochondrion Why might this be?
C. Chloroplast A. Viruses make both humans and com-
D. Vacuole puters feel bad
45. What is the name of the stretch of DNA B. Viruses damage computers
where RNA polymerase binds? C. Computer viruses can copy them-
A. operator selves and spread
B. promoter D. none of above
C. enhancer
51. A pathogen becoming stronger over time
D. origin until it can no longer be treated by usual
46. Examples are mushrooms and yeast methods is known as
A. Fungi A. Immunization
B. Protista B. Antibiotic resistance
C. Plantae C. Lysogenic cycle
D. Animalia D. Memory cell misfunction
42. C 43. D 44. D 45. B 46. A 47. B 48. D 49. A 50. C 51. B 52. A
1.1 Viruses 7
52. Are 200-300 nm in size C. 4

A. Viruses D. Many

B. Bacteria 58. nonliving organisms that cannot grow and
C. Both viruses and bacteria reproduce without a host or living cell
D. none of above A. bacterium
B. viruses
53. What do viruses and cells have in com-
mon? C. fungus
A. They both obtain/use energy D. cells
B. They both contain genetic material 59. Viruses are living organisms
C. They both respond to the environment A. True
B. False
D. They both contain organelles C. Uncertain
54. Which of the following is NOT a viral D. none of above
shape:
60. Which is the function of a flagellum?
A. rod shaped
A. food production
B. helical
B. movement
C. icosahedral
C. protein synthesis
D. envelope
D. reproduction
55. Which statement is TRUE about virus re-
61. Which of the following units are repeat-
production?
edly joined together to form a strand of
A. Viruses can reproduce on their own DNA?
B. Viruses need a host cell to reproduce A. amino acids
C. Viruses live in host cells, but do not use B. nucleotides
their machinery to reproduce C. fatty acids
D. none of above D. polysaccharides
56. Which two organisms are eukaryotic, con- 62. Why do viruses need a host cell?
tain a cell nucleus, and are considered liv-
A. because they aren’t living
ing?
B. because they need to reproduce
A. viruses and plant cells
C. because they can’t live without a host
B. bacteria and animal cels
cell
C. plant and animal cells
D. none of above
D. viruses and animal cells
63. The organism that a virus enters and uses
57. Mitosis produces cells (per round) to reproduce is called a
A. 1 A. host
B. 2 B. parasite
53. B 54. A 55. B 56. C 57. B 58. B 59. C 60. B 61. B 62. B 63. A 64. A
1.1 Viruses 8
C. guest 69. What is the 1st step of virus infection?

D. none of above A. Entry
B. Attachment
64. how many different host species is a virus
typically able to infect? C. Replication
A. only one-they are specific D. Assembly
B. species in the same genus 70. Extremophiles are examples of
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C. species in the same family A. Protists
D. species in the same kingdom B. Animals
C. Archaea
65. Which statement is true about viruses?
D. Eubacteria
A. Viruses can eat and metabolize food.
71. In a bacteriophage, the sheath does this.
B. Viruses can reproduce only using a
host cell. A. contracts to force viral genetic mate-
rial into host cell
C. Viruses can reproduce on their own at
any time. B. produces DNA
D. Viruses contain DNA, so they are alive. C. produces RNA
D. contains the hereditary information
66. The process through which the monosac-
charides are joined together to form a 72. Which of the following is characteristic of
polysaccharide is known as what? the lytic cycle?
A. dehydration synthesis A. A large number of phages are released
at a time
B. linking
B. The virus-host relationship usually
C. catabolic reacting lasts for generations
D. enzymatic hybridization C. Viral DNA is incorporated into the host
genome
67. Contain genetic information in the form of
DNA or RNA D. The viral genome replicates without
destroying the host
A. Viruses
B. Bacteria 73. What is a difference between a Prokary-
otic cell (bacteria) and a Eukaryotic cell
C. Both viruses and bacteria (cheek cell)?
D. none of above A. Pro = Nucleus Eu= no nucleus
68. All of the following are found in both plant B. Pro= nucleus Eu= nucleus
and animal cells, except C. Pro= no nucleus Eu = no nucleus
A. Large central vacuole D. Pro = no nucleus Eu= nucleus
B. Mitochondria 74. In order to replicate, viruses use
C. Golgi apparatus A. Host cells
D. Plasma membrane B. Their own resources
65. B 66. A 67. A 68. A 69. B 70. C 71. A 72. A 73. D 74. A
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C. Each other (copulation) 81. Transgenic Organisms (GMO’s) are:

D. none of above A. Organisms that have genes from a dif-

ferent species
75. Rod shaped prokaryote
A. coccus B. Organisms who have received new
stem cells to cure a disease
B. prokaryote
C. Organisms whose DNA has been
C. spirillum
copied
D. bacillus
D. Organisms whose entire genome has
76. What are pathogens been sequenced
A. FDA
82. Define “obligate parasites”
B. MRSA
A. can only replicate on the outside of an-
C. Ebola other living cell
D. Disease causing germs
B. can only replicate within another living
77. Which of the following is NOT used as a cell
criterion to classify viruses? C. can not replicate on a living cell
A. biochemical tests
D. none of above
B. morphology
C. nucleic acid 83. What did traditional classification take
into account when putting organisms in
D. size
categories?
78. What is the outer layer of a virus called? A. DNA
A. membrane B. RNA
B. capsid
C. Similar appearance
C. sheath
D. Types of cells
D. nucleic acid
79. When a virus enters a cell and it immedi- 84. Cells that have a true nucleus are called
ately makes copies of itself this is called
A. eukaryotes
A. remediation B. prokaryotes
B. replica C. unicellular
C. replication
D. multicellular
D. none of above
85. HIV is an example of which type of virus?
80. Adenine bonds with
A. Guanine A. Naked virus
B. Thymine B. Bacterial
C. Cytosine C. Lytic
D. Adenine D. Retrovirus
75. D 76. D 77. A 78. B 79. C 80. B 81. A 82. B 83. C 84. A 85. D 86. C
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86. Viruses 91. This enzyme converts RNA into DNA; HIV
uses it to infect our white blood cells
A. use the host cell to copy themselves
and then viruses to synthesize their own A. transcriptase
proteins B. replicase
B. metabolize food to produce their own C. reverse transcriptase
ATP D. RNA polymerase
C. use the host cell to copy themselves
92. Viruses are found in
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and make viral proteins
A. air
D. manufacture their own ATP, proteins,
and nucleic acids B. water
C. soil
87. In order for a virus to get inside a cell they D. all of these
must first
93. Viruses are made up of three parts. Two
A. Synthesis
of those parts are
B. Assemble A. Nucleus, membrane
C. Attach B. Capsid, nucleus
D. Release C. Capsid, nucleic acid
D. Mitochondria, nucleus
88. What part of a virus is the protein cap-
sule that surrounds and protects the ge- 94. I am unicellularI am prokaryoticI am found
netic material (DNA/RNA)? in extreme ecosystemsWhat kingdom do I
A. tail belong to?
A. The Candy Kingdom
B. nucleus
B. Kingdom Plantae
C. capsid
C. Kingdom Animalia
D. glycoprotein
D. Kingdom Archaebacteria
89. The head of the bacteriophage sits on a 95. Bacteria, protists, fungi, and animals are
long all types of living things. Which of the fol-
A. DNA lowing must be true about all these organ-
isms?
B. tail fibers
A. they can all move
C. tail
B. they are made up of one or more cells
D. none of above
C. they can make their own food
90. What do Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes both D. they all need oxygen
share?
96. What is a capsid?
A. Ribosomes A. Genetic material
B. Cytoplasm B. subunit
C. DNA C. Cell membrane
D. Ribosomes, Cytoplasm and DNA D. none of the above
87. C 88. C 89. C 90. D 91. C 92. D 93. C 94. D 95. B 96. A 97. B
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97. What is the function of nucleus? C. Fungi

A. Structure that organizes motion of D. Prokaryotes

chromosomes.
103. Which of the following occurs after a
B. Structure that contains DNA and di- virus attaches to a host cell in the viral re-
rects the cell production process?
C. Membrane that surrounds and pro- A. The host cell dies
tects the cell
B. The virus dies
D. Stack of membranes that packages
C. The virus inserts its genetic informa-
chemicals
tion into the host cell
98. Mitosis involves division(s) D. copies of the virus are immediately re-
A. 1 leased from the host
B. 2 104. If you wanted to develop antiviral drugs
C. 4 what would you study about a virus?
D. Many A. Protein capsid used by the virus
B. mechanism of how the virus infects the
99. Cause disease
host
A. Viruses C. DNA sequence of the virus
B. Bacteria D. The host cell which it infects
C. Both viruses and bacteria
105. Which of the following is NOT a charac-
D. Neither viruses or bacteria teristic of all living things
100. DNA polymerase is a(n) A. Growth & Development
A. lipid B. Ability to Reproduce
B. enzyme C. Ability to Move
C. sugar D. Response to the Environmnet
D. starch 106. Guanine bonds with
101. A bacterium reproduces asexually by di- A. Adenine
viding to form two new bacterial cells. B. Guanine
What is the name of the process by which
C. Cytosine
bacteria reproduce?
D. Thymine
A. meiosis
B. mitosis 107. What is a host?
C. budding A. Organism that lives on the cell and
causes it harm
D. binary fission
B. Something that causes harm to the cell
102. The first cells that led to evolution
were? C. Cell that the virus invades and takes
A. Animals over
B. Plants D. none of above
98. A 99. C 100. B 101. D 102. D 103. C 104. B 105. C 106. C 107. C
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108. What does a virus do once it’s inside one 113. Are larger in size
of your cells? A. Viruses
A. It stays inside the cell for a while, and B. Bacteria
then leaves
B. It eats up all of the machinery in the
D. none of above
cell
C. It uses the cell’s machinery to make 114. Influenza infects a cell and causes it to
lyse immediately. Which type of virus is
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copies of itself
influenza?
D. It prevents the mitochondria from con-
A. Lytic
verting glucoseto ATP
B. Lysogenic
109. What makes the endoplasmic reticulum C. Bacterial
rough?
D. None of the above
A. Vessicles
115. In the lac operon model, the genes within
B. Vacuoles
the operon will be expressed if
C. Ribosomes A. lactose is absent in the cell
D. Chromosomes B. glucose is present in the cell
110. Streptococcus is a bacterium that causes C. lactose is present in the cell
strep throat. What shape is this bac- D. tryptophan is present
terium?
116. The single deadliest entity on Earth is the
A. spherical
B. rod-shaped A. bacteria
C. corkscrew B. bacteriophage
D. spiral C. antibiotic
D. none of above
111. Streptococci and cyanobacteria are exam-
ples of 117. The watery liquid that fills the cell:
A. Protist A. Chromatin
B. Fungi B. Nucleolus
C. Archaea C. Cytoplasm
D. Eubacteria D. Cell Membrane

118. Living systems need energy to?
112. One way a virus can be classified by its
type of A. Replace worn-out parts and build new
parts.
A. mitochondria
B. Help maintain a relatively constant in-
B. cell membrane ternal environment.
C. nucleic acid C. Grow larger
D. carbohydrates D. All of the above
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119. A phage that only reproduces by the lytic B. mitosis

cycle is a
C. lysogenic

A. temperate phage
D. S phase
B. virulent phage
C. prophage 125. “Post office” of the cell that packages
proteins and fats:
D. retrovirus
A. ER
120. If an organism has a chloroplast can you
B. Golgi Body
figure out which kingdom it belongs to?
C. Nucleus
A. Yes Plantae
B. No, Protista or Plantae D. Cytoplasm
C. No, Animalia or Plantae 126. The envelope of an enveloped virus

D. Yes, Fungi A. helps the virus enter the cell
121. My organelles are abundantI am much B. is coded for by viral genes
more complexI’m larger and I made upThe
C. helps the virus insert its DNA into the
first trees and the t-rexWho am I?
host cell genome
A. eukaryote
D. accounts for viruses resistant to antibi-
B. prokaryote otics
C. vacuole
127. All bacteria are
D. cell
A. eukaryotic.
122. You would find mushrooms in what king-
B. prokaryotic.
dom?
C. eukaryotic and multicellular.
A. Plantae
B. Protists D. prokaryotic and unicellular.
C. Fungi 128. Proteins are made on the

D. Animalia A. Nucleus
123. How many kingdoms are there? B. Ribosome
A. 2 C. Vesicle
B. 3 D. Plasma membrane
C. 6
129. When a virus is latent and inserts its DNA
D. 8 into the host cells genome, we call this
124. In which viral life cycle does the virus in- what phase?
fect a host cell, replicates new virus parts, A. Lysogenic
and lyses or bursts through the cell mem-
B. Lytic
brane. This viral cycle takes place within
days of infection. C. Both lysogenic and lytic
A. lytic D. None of the above

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130. What part of a virus is the protein cap- 135. Apoptosis is

sule that contains the genetic material A. programmed cell death
(DNA/RNA)?
B. mysterious cell death
A. tail
C. programmed cellular mutation
B. nucleus
D. mysterious cellular mutation
C. capsid
136. Viruses can be prevented by what type
D. glycoprotein
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of treatment?
131. Which of the following is one thing cells A. Antibiotics
and viruses have in common?
B. Penicillin
A. Both have a capsid
C. Vaccines
B. Both have a nucleus D. Broad Spectrum Antibiotics
C. Both are living
137. The host range of the virus is determined
D. Both contain genetic material (nucleic by
acids)
A. whether or not its nucleic acid is DNA
132. This virus attacks the white blood cells or RNA
(immune cells) of the human body. Eventu- B. the proteins on the surface and that of
ally, the immune system cannot handle the the host
viral invasion. This makes the body prone
to attack from other viruses and bacteria. C. the enzymes carried by the virus
What is the name of this infectious viral D. the protein’s in the hosts cytoplasm
disease?
138. What is the lytic and lysogenic cycle have
A. AIDS in common?
B. Cancer A. The host cell dies
C. Diabetes B. The virus dies
D. none of above C. The virus inserts its genetic informa-
tion into the host cell
133. What is used to cure a virus?
D. copies of the virus are immediately re-
A. Antibiotics leased from the host
B. Vaccine
139. What is the function of mitochondria?
C. Rest
A. Use chemicals to clean up the cell
D. Viruses have no cure
B. Converts sugar into energy for the cell
134. Term given to describe the 2 name nam- to use
ing system is: C. It is the control center of the cell
A. dichotmous key D. none of above
B. binomial nomenclature
140. Proteins are assembled within this cell or-
C. 2 scientific names ganelle.
D. binomial key A. nucleus

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B. Golgi apparatus 146. Which of these molecules is NOT found in

C. lysosome cells?
A. Proteins

D. ribosome
B. Lipids
141. A vaccination C. Sugars
A. Is a type of white blood cell that eats D. All of these molecules are found in
bacteria cells
B. Protects your body via needle or cap- 147. I’m unicellular, asexual, prokaryotic and
sule you can find me in almost all environments.
C. Causes your body to react as if it had What am I?
met a pathogen A. Animalia
D. Is made up of collagen, and can be in B. Protista
the form of gelatine C. Fungi
142. A mitochondrion converts into D. Bacteria
A. energy, glucose 148. Kingdom Archaebacteria is
B. glucose, energy A. unicellular
C. protein, energy B. multicellular
D. energy, protein C. bigger than life!
D. really pretty, just so pretty.
143. An example of an emerging virus is?
149. In a bacteriophage, the collar does this.
A. Herpes
A. helps attach to a cell
B. Polio
B. connects the “head” to “tail” and
C. Rubella helps produce the nucleic acid
D. Ebola C. contracts to push out the nucleic acid
D. gives support and helps attach to a cell
144. An organism that uses energy from sun-
light to convert carbon dioxide and water 150. What does the lytic cycle result in?
to carbon compounds A. destruction of the infected cell and the
A. photoautotroph membrane
B. chemoautotroph B. multiple new cells
C. chemoheterotroph C. people going in sane
D. photoheterotroph D. none of above
151. The scientific name for an organism is
145. Spiral or corkscrew-shaped prokaryote
made from the:
A. coccus A. class and family name
B. bacillus B. genus and species name
C. spirillum C. domain and kingdom name
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152. Prokaryotes reproduce asexually by 157. Which term best describes viruses?
A. binary fission. A. Miniscule
B. conjugation. B. Gargantuan
C. endospores. C. Harmless
D. Sterile
D. mutation.
158. I am a Mushroom that likes to show up
153. Viruses are surrounded by a protein coat
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in your yard after a lot of rain. I can break
known as a down materials to feed myself. What type
A. Capsid of cell would I be?
B. Capsule A. Bacteria cell
C. Enzyme B. Prokaryotic Cell

C. Eukaryotic Cell
D. Nucleotide
D. none of above
154. Which sentence is true
159. Which structures, if found in a cell, would
A. Vaccinations are easier to make for provide the best evidence that the cell is
RNA based viruses eukaryotic?
B. RNA based viruses mutate more than A. chromosomes
DNA based viruses
B. cell walls
C. DNA based viruses mutate more than C. carbohydrates
DNA based viruses
D. internal membranes
D. none of above
160. Unlike animal cells, plant cells have
155. What’s special about the Chicken Pox and .
Virus? A. chloroplasts . . . mitochondria.
A. It is host specific B. centrioles . . . cell walls
B. It can affect many different groups of C. chloroplasts . . . cell wall
animals because it attacks common recep-
D. chloroplasts vacuoles
tors in the nerve cells
C. It is found everywhere 161. A type of spore formed when a bacterium
produces a thick internal wall that encloses
D. It can be dormant for years and then its DNA and a portion of its cytoplasm
pop up in adult hood and cause a new epi-
demic. A. conjugation
B. prokaryote
156. Which of these is a prokaryote?
C. facultative anaerobe
A. amoeba D. endospore
B. virus
162. Which of the following is not a typical
C. bacterium shape of a bacterium?
D. liver cell A. Rod

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B. Cube 168. All cells have

C. Sphere A. Nucleus

D. Spiral B. Membrane
163. How is a virus different from a bac- C. Chloroplast
terium? D. none of above
A. A virus has both DNA and RNA; a bac-
terium has only DNA 169. Which disease is NOT caused by a virus?
B. A virus cannot reproduce on its own; a A. flu
bacterium can B. chicken pox
C. A bacterium has organelles; a virus C. covid 19
doesn’t
D. bronchitis
D. a bacterium, can cause disease; a
virus cannot 170. Seaweed, slime, and paramecium are ex-
amples of
164. All bacteria are
A. Plants
A. unicellular
B. multicellular B. Protist
C. eukaryotic C. Fungi
D. none of above D. Archaea
165. A protein coat surrounding a virus is 171. The brain or “control center” of the cell.
called a A. Mitochondria
A. prophage. B. Cell Membrane
B. virus.
C. Cytoplasm
C. capsid.
D. Nucleus
D. bacteria.
172. Which of the following is NOT part of the
166. All members of which biological group re- cell theory?
quire a host cell to reproduce?
A. All living things are made of cells.
A. Protista
B. All new cells are formed from existing
B. Bacterium
cells.
C. Fung
C. All cells can reproduce on their own.
D. Virus
D. The cell is the most basic unit of life.
167. Members of Kingdom Animalia don’t
have these 173. Viruses require a host cell to
A. cell walls, or chloroplasts A. breathe and eat
B. nucleus B. move and sleep
C. Netflix membership C. replicate and use energy
D. Amazon Prime, man they are lame. D. make protein and carbohydrates

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174. Binary fission produces bacterial D. produces the DNA or RNA

cells
A. Two genetically identical 180. Reasons that viruses are considered to be
nonliving is because
B. Two genetically unique
A. They are not cellular
C. Four genetically identical
B. They cannot reproduce on their own
D. Four genetically unique
C. They cannot make proteins
175. List the classification levels from largest
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to smallest. D. all of the above
A. None of these answer choices 181. The phase that starts mitosis is
B. D, K, F, P, C, O, G, S
A. prophase
C. D, K, C, P, F, O, G, S
B. metaphase
D. D, K, P, C, O, F, G, S
C. anaphase
176. A virus that infects a bacteria is called a
D. telophase
A. Pathogen
B. Bacteriophage 182. What is not effective towards a viral in-
fection?
C. Infection
D. Vaccine A. rest or sleep
B. healthy immune system
177. Prokaryotes are the of all the cells.
A. most complext C. antibiotics
B. raddest D. antiviral medications

C. prettiest 183. What types of cells can Viruses infect
D. simplest
A. Only bacterial cells
178. A structure inside a eukaryotic cell that B. Only animal cells
performs a specific function is called a(n)
C. Only prokaryotic ones
A. organelle
D. all of them
B. organ tissue
C. tissue 184. Which of the following best describes
D. biocenter “recombinant DNA?”
179. In a bacteriophage, the protein coat does A. DNA that has genes from different or-
this. ganisms
A. provides support for the bacterio- B. DNA that has been combined with RNA
phage
B. contracts to push out genetic material C. DNA that is used to make carbohy-
drates instead of proteins
C. protects the nucleic acid and contains D. DNA that has genes that have never
proteins for attachment been edited

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185. what is the function of a lysosome? 191. How can someone be exposed to a virus
A. To create energy for the cell in order to build immunity without experi-
encing symptoms?

B. To command the cell what to do
A. Vaccines
C. To remove waste using digestive en-
zymes from the cell B. Pathogens
D. To protect the cell C. Microbes

D. Antibiotics
186. Which is not one of the characteristics of
all living things? 192. Which organelle is the command center
for eukaryotic (plant and animal) cells?
A. Needs oxygen
A. Cell wall
B. Grows and Develops
B. Nucleus
C. Reproduces
C. Mitochondria
D. Made of Cells
D. Lysosome
187. Which viral life cycle kills its host cell by
lysing (quickly)? 193. Analogy-what human made item below
best fits a virus’ characteristics
A. lytic
A. malware
B. mitosis
B. plastic
C. lysogenic
C. air pollution
D. S phase
D. fecal matter
188. Viruses grow and develop and can only
194. Which of the following is made only of
survive in a
RNA?
A. dead cell
A. bacterium
B. nonliving cell B. viroid
C. host (living cell) C. prion
D. none of above D. virus
189. The enzyme that unzips the DNA to pre- 195. Why is there no cure for AIDS?
pare for replication
A. AIDS inserts its DNA into our DNA
A. helicase
B. AIDS destroys your brain
B. replicase
C. AIDS kills to fast to be cured
C. polymerase
D. AIDS is caused by HIV
D. synthase
196. A tiny non-living particle that invades
190. How are viruses different from living or- and then multiplies inside of a living cell
ganisms? is called a:
A. contain no proteins A. vaccine
B. have no DNA or RNA B. virus
C. killed by antibiotics C. bacteria
D. use host cell to reproduce D. none of above

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197. Viruses typically cause disease by 202. Which does only eukaryotic cells con-
tain?
A. releasing toxins.
A. nucleus
B. infecting and then destroying cells.
B. DNA
C. destroying red blood cells.
C. cell membrane
D. causing mutations in the host cell DNA.
D. ribosomes
198. Viruses and cells are different in that
203. What is the basic structure of a virus?
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A. viruses reproduce asexually
A. DNA and Nucleus
B. viruses are living B. Capsid (protein coat) and Nucleic Acid
C. cells are not living (DNA or RNA)
D. cells reproduce sexually/asexually C. DNA and organelles
and viruses do not D. Capsid (Protein coat) and organelles
199. How do viruses infect to make us sick? 204. What is the difference between the lytic
and lysogenic virus reproductive cycles?
A. Each virus infects a specific tissue &
each virus infects differently A. lysogenic is longer
B. Viruses do not differentiate the type of B. they are the same
tissue they infect. C. Lytic is longer
C. All viruses infect the same way. D. Both are different each time
D. Viruses insert proteins into the target 205. Which of the following biomolecules pro-
cells. vides energy the quickest?
200. Which statement about viral reproduc- A. Lipids
tion is correct? B. Carbohydrates
A. A virus must complete interphase be- C. Nucleic Acids
fore entering mitosis
D. Proteins
B. A virus cannot repdouce on its own and
depends on the host cell 206. Bacteria that obtain energy by taking
in organic molecules for both energy and
C. A virus can only use a host to repro- a source of carbon to obtain energy are
duce if the host cell lacks a cell membrane called
A. Photoheterotrophs
D. none of above
B. Chemoheterophs
201. eukaryotes (animals, plants, fungi, C. Chemotrophic autotrophs
and protists) reproduce asexually D. Phototrophic autotrophs
A. Some
207. Some bacteria is known as and cause
B. All disease.
C. No A. pathogens
D. Most B. flagella

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C. influenza 213. Smallest living unit of a living organism

D. ebola A. Cells

B. ReproduceReproducir
208. Bacteria are used to make which of the
C. Genetic code Genetic code
following foods?
D. HomeostasisHomeostasis
A. yogurt
B. bread 214. What is the only thing that a virus and
cell have in common with each other?
C. pickles
A. genetic material
D. all of these are correct B. capsid
209. Which viruses have single stranded RNA C. cell membrane
that acts as a template for DNA synthe- D. ribosomes
sis?
215. Which of the following organelles is most
A. viroids important in providing a cell with energy?
B. bacteriophages A. mitochondria
C. retroviruses B. cell membrane
D. proviruses C. nucleus
D. ribosome
210. A virus consists of:
216. In a bacteriophage, the tail fibers do
A. RNA or DNA and a cell membrane
this.
B. RNA or DNA and a protein coat A. walk on the surface of the host cell
C. RNA and DNA and a protein coat B. twirl and drill into the host cell
D. proteins, cell membrane and RNA C. poke holes in the cell membrane of the
host
211. Conjugation is important because it D. provide support and contain protein re-
A. increases genetic variation ceptors to attach to the host cell
B. creates more bacteria 217. Bacteria are which means they have
C. is bacterial sexual reproduction no nucleus and protists have a nucleus and
therefore are even though they are
D. the joining of 2 bacteria into 1 super- both unicellular.
bacteria
A. prokaryotes, eukaryotes
212. What is the longest stage of the cell cycle B. eukaryotes, prokaryotes
called? C. parasites, pathogens
A. Cytokinesis D. pathogen, aquatic
B. M phase 218. What do antibiotics kill?
C. Interphase A. Bacteria
D. G1 Phase B. Viruses

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C. Fungi 224. The science of describing, classifying, and

naming living things is called:
D. Humans
A. Geology
219. I have cell wallsI am an autotrophI am
B. Biology
multicellularWhat am I?
C. Taxonomy
A. Plant
D. Chemistry
B. Animal
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C. Eubacteria 225. Which of the following can be multicellu-
lar?
D. Unicorn
A. Eukaryotes
220. Which is the meaning of prokaryote? B. Viruses
A. multicellular C. Prokaryotes
B. unicellular D. Prokaryotes and Viruses
C. with a nucleus 226. The following is an example of prokary-
D. without a nucleus otic organisms
A. animals and plants
221. Organelles that digest excess or worn-
out organelles and food particles and bac- B. viruses
teria and viruses that invade the cell are C. fungi and protists
the D. bacteria
A. Ribosomes
227. Where are Membrane bound organelles
B. Centriole found?
C. Lysosomes A. Inside the Eukaryotic cell
D. Secretory vesicles B. Inside our body
C. Inside the nucleus
222. Contain a caspid containing DNA or RNA
D. Inside the Prokaryotic cell
A. Viruses
B. Bacteria 228. Bacteria have a cell membrane
C. Both viruses and bacteria A. True
D. none of above B. False

C. Some do, some don’t
223. Most new viral diseases arise as a result
D. Only in certain temperature conditions
of
A. genetic engineering mistkaes 229. Bacterial respiratory disease
B. humans coming in contact with iso- A. acne
lated habitats B. strep throat
C. mutation of existing viruses C. syphilis
D. the overuse of antibiotics D. none of above

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230. What is a viroid? B. Bacteria

A. A virus C. Both viruses and bacteria

B. Genetic material D. none of above
C. pathogens and intracellular obligate
parasites 236. Which viral life cycle kills its host cell by
lysing (ie. a fast process)?
D. A virus particle outside the host cell
A. lytic
231. Which of the following is true?
B. mitosis
A. Plants have adaptations that minimize
light absorption. C. lysogenic
B. Plants require less water on sunny D. S phase
days.
237. What happens at the end of the lytic in-
C. Most plants get the water they need
fectious cycle?
from the soil.
D. Plants take carbon dioxide from the at- A. The cell makes more viruses
mosphere and do not use oxygen B. Lysis, bursting of the cell
232. A must be present in order for a virus C. lysogenesis, spread of the virus
to reproduce D. The virus continue replicating them-
A. another virus selves
B. host
238. Malaria is caused bby
C. compliment
A. Protozoa
D. chemicals
B. Virus
233. Enzyme injected into host cell which
C. Algae
copies viral RNA into DNA
A. polymerase D. Bacteria
B. lactase 239. Where do new viruses often come from?

C. helicase A. Animals
D. reverse transcriptase
B. Space
234. Choose the correct way to write the sci- C. Evil scientists’ labs
entific name for humans:
D. Vaccines
A. homo sapiens
B. Homosapiens 240. What are the “protein-makers” of a
cell?
C. Homo Sapiens
D. Homo sapiens A. Ribosomes
B. Mitochondria
235. Does not contain a nucleus or membrane-
bound organelles C. ER
A. Viruses D. Golgi Body

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241. Which of the following are infectious 246. What is a hidden virus?
RNA particles that cause disease in A. A virus that takes over the cell func-
plants? tions immediately after entering the cell.
A. viroids
B. prions B. A virus that has not been discovered by
scientists yet.
C. viruses
C. A virus that becomes part of the ge-
D. bacteria
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netic material and stays inactive for a
while (sometimes years).
242. One difference between prokaryotes and
D. none of above
eukaryotes is that
A. nucleic acids are only in prokaryotes 247. Cells that do not have a true nucleus are
called
B. eukaryotes have more mitochondria
A. eukaryote
C. golgi is only in prokaryotes B. prokaryote
D. prokaryotes do not have a nucleus C. unicellular
D. multicellular
243. Which step does NOT occur in the lytic cy-
cle of a virus? 248. Which of the following is a characteristic
A. Virus injects its DNA/RNA into the host of both Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic cells?
A. ribosomes
B. Virus DNA is copied and assembled B. nucleus
into new viruses C. membrane bound organelles
C. Virus DNA is integrated into cell’s DNA D. simple
249. Which of the following is a possible fu-

D. New viruses burst out of the cell sion in fertilization?
244. What are RNA viruses called? A. Sperm with egg
A. Haploid B. Egg with egg

C. Sperm with sperm
B. Organoids
D. none of above
C. Retroviruses
250. What happens during lysis?
D. none of them
A. Virus injects DNA
245. Who was the first person to use a micro- B. Cell kills virus
scope?
C. Cell makes more viruses
A. Jesus
D. Cell bursts and viruses are released
B. Jay-Z
251. A virus can multiply only when it is inside
C. Anton van Leeuwenhoek a living
D. Robert Hooke A. bacteria

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B. cell 257. The nucleic acid component of a virus con-

C. ribosome tains

D. nucleus A. Protein
B. DNA or RNA
252. What is an active virus?
C. Carbohydrates
A. A virus that becomes part of the ge-
netic material and stays inactive for a D. Lipids
while (sometimes years). 258. What is the FIRST step in the virus repro-
B. A virus that takes over the cell func- duction process?
tions immediately after entering the cell. A. The virus must attach to the receptor
site of a host cell
C. A new virus that causes many people B. The virus digests the host cell’s DNA.
to get sick quickly
C. The viral DNA integrates into the host
D. none of above DNA.
253. What happens in the lysogenic cycle? D. The cell lyses and releases newly con-
A. A virus injects DNA into a host cell structed viruses.
B. Bacteria injects genetic material into a 259. This cycle of a viruses allows the cell to
host cell remain dormant, meaning it will often take
C. Bacteria injects DNA into a host cell a long period of time to get sick (e.g. Shin-
gles or HIV).
D. A virus injects its genetic material into
a host cell A. Duplication
B. Lysogenic
254. What virus has been eradicated from na-
ture? C. Lytic
A. Smallpox D. Conjugation
B. Chicken pox 260. A retrovirus is different from other
C. Polio viruses because retroviruses have at
their core.
D. HIV
A. RNA and Reverse Transcriptase En-
255. What are the two types of cells? zymes
A. Prokaryotic & Eukaryotic B. RNA and Transcriptase Enzymes
B. Bacteria & Eukaryotic C. DNA and Reverse Transcriptase En-
C. Eukaryotic zymes
D. Animal & Plant D. DNA and Transcriptase Enzymes
256. the virus in the previous slide diagram is 261. Which levels in classification indicate the
called a bacteria phage. It only infects closest relationship?
A. bacteria A. family and genus
B. protista B. order and family
C. animals C. genus and species
D. Plants D. family and species

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262. Gametes made in meiosis are 268. In binary fission how does the DNA of the
daughter cells compare to the DNA of the
A. Haploid
parent cell?
B. Diploid A. It is only half of the amount of DNA
C. Tetraploid found in the parent.
D. Octoploid B. It is identical.
C. It is a mix of the parent’s DNA.
263. Viruses are in size
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D. It has some similarities and some dif-
A. Microscopic ferences.
B. Macroscopic 269. Which microorganism produces much of
the oxygen that we breathe?
C. Both answers are correct
A. Algae
D. none of above
B. Fungi
264. Any organism or particle that can cause C. Protists
an infectious disease is called a D. Bacteria
A. bacteria
270. What helps prevent viral diseases?
B. virus A. Vaccines
C. viroid B. Antibiotics
D. pathogen C. Herbal tea
D. Gene Therapy
265. Chromosomes in bacteria are
271. A lytic infection concludes with the
A. long thin strands
A. bursting of the host cell
B. located in the nucleus
B. production of messenger RNA
C. located in the cell wall C. production of prophage
D. not located in a nucleus D. none of above
266. What is the capsid made from? 272. Which is not an example of a decom-
poser?
A. proteins
A. bacteria
B. lipids B. worms
C. carbohydrates C. fungi
D. nucleic acids D. tree
267. How many enzymes do Viruses have? 273. What is the COVID-19 vaccine made
from?
A. 200+
A. dead COVID-19 virus
B. none B. weakened COVID-19 virus
C. 1-5 depending on the type C. viral mRNA
D. only 1 D. none of above

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274. Which of the following characteristics, 279. Which of the following levels of organi-
structures, or processes is common to both zation has the most life-forms?
bacteria andviruses?

A. Community
A. cell division B. biosphere
B. genetic material composed of nucleic C. ecosystem
acid D. population
C. ribosomes
280. According to cell theory
D. metabolism A. All cells have cell walls
275. A capsid is B. Cells can arise spontanously
A. a structure that directly causes cell ly- C. The cell is the basic unit of structure in
sis living things
D. All cells have a nucleus
B. the type of virus that attacks bacteria
C. the genetic material of a virus 281. What is the largest group of living
things?
D. the protein coat of a virus
A. Class
276. Which of the following is NOT a function B. Kingdom
of the endoplasmic reticulum? C. Phylum
A. Builds lipids D. Order
B. Makes proteins 282. bacteriophage means this
C. Transport proteins and other materi- A. “bacteria maker”
als
B. “bacteria eater”
D. Pulls chromosomes apart during cell C. “virus eater”
division
D. “virus maker”
277. A third way in which bacterial are bene- 283. What do viruses have in common with liv-
ficial: ing cells? They both
A. they are apex predators A. store genetic information
B. they cause the change of seasons B. have chloroplasts
C. they help with bioremediation C. use glucose for cellular respiration
D. they help with the process of mitosis D. have an endoplasmic reticulum
284. My structure is simpleUnlike more ad-
278. develops when a mother passes anti-
vanced cellsI am much smallerand have no
bodies to her unborn baby.
organellesWho am I?
A. natural immunity
A. prokaryote
B. codependency B. eukaryote
C. natural selection C. unicellular
D. none of above D. cell membrane

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285. The tryptophan operon is C. Kingdom Protista

A. permanently turned on. D. Kingdom Anamalia
B. turned on when tryptophan is present 291. How did sexual reproduction arise on
in the growth medium. Earth?
C. turned off only when glucose is A. The first living things reproduced sex-
present in the growth medium. ually
D. turned off when tryptophan is added to B. It evolved from asexual reproduction
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the growth medium.
C. By random chance
286. In what cycle does the host cell make D. none of above
copies of the virus indefinitely?
292. Besides DNA or RNA, what else is a virus
A. lysogenic
made of?
B. lytic
A. a cell wall
C. reproductive
B. a cell membrane
D. none of above C. a protein coat
287. Most bacteria are surrounded by a strong D. a lipid coat
structure that acts like a shield for the
virus called the ? 293. Which of these cell parts are NOT found
in plant cells?
A. Cell Wall
A. Cell walls
B. Cell Membrane
B. Pair of centrioles
C. Protein Coat/ Capsid
C. Chloroplasts
D. DNA
D. Vacuoles
288. Who first proposed binomial nomencla-
294. Which statement regarding viruses is
ture as a way of classifying organisms?
true?
A. Carl Linnaeus
A. a virus can only reproduce inside of a
B. Carl’s Jr. living cell
C. Charles Darwin B. viruses do not contain DNA
D. Henry Groseclose C. viruses are unicellular
289. Reproduce on their own D. viruses are generally larger than cells
A. Viruses 295. The organization in the United States
B. Bacteria that tracks diseases and vaccinations is
called the
A. CFC Combined Federal Campaign
D. Neither viruses or bacteria
B. CDC Center for Disease Control
290. In what kingdom would you find regular, and Prevention
everyday bacteria? C. NACDP National Association for
A. Kingdom Bacteria Control of Disease & Prevention
B. Kingdom Archaea D. none of above

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296. Plants are 302. Which viral life cycle kills its host cell by
A. autotrophic and multicellular lysing?

B. autotrophic and prokaryotic A. lytic
C. heterotrophic with cell walls B. mitosis
D. heterotrophic and unicellular
C. lysogenic
297. Which of the following is NOT a possible D. S phase
part of a virus?
A. Capsid 303. Which type of replication allows viral ge-
B. DNA netic material to lay dormant while the
host cell reproduces?
C. Nucleus
D. RNA A. active (lytic)
298. Asexual reproduction usually produces B. mitosis

C. hidden (lysogenic)
A. Many offspring quickly
D. cellular respiration
B. Many offspring slowly
C. Few offspring quickly 304. Once a virus gets into a cell, it
D. Few offspring slowly A. Releases its DNA or RNA to get to the
299. All viruses contain- nucleus
A. nucleic acids B. It begins to create DNA or RNA in the

cell.
B. ribosomes
C. mitochondria C. It destroys its own DNA and RNA in the
cell.
D. cytoplasm
D. none of above
300. What’s special about the Rabies Virus?
A. It is host specific 305. Which of these cell parts contains DNA?
B. It can affect many different groups of
A. Mitochondria
animals because it attacks common recep-
tors in the nerve cells B. Endoplasmic Reticulum
C. It is found everywhere C. Ribosomes
D. It can be dormant for years and then
D. Cell Membrane
pop up in adult hood and cause a new epi-
demic.
306. Kingdom Plantae is
301. Viruses are
A. autotroph
A. prokaryotic
B. heterotroph
B. eukaryotic
C. non-living C. trophy wife!
D. endospores D. none of above

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307. Gene therapy is when: 312. An infectious particle made of a strand of

nucleic acid surrounded by a protein is a
A. A person’s genes are edited
B. New genes are added to a person’s
A. bacterium
genome
B. virus
C. Bacterial DNA is incorporated into the
human genome C. viroid
D. Stem cells are used to cure a disease D. prion
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313. In a bacteriophage, the base plate does
308. What is a Lytic infection?
this.
A. Integrates its DNA (provirus) into the
A. helps it attach to host using proteins
host cell’s chromosomes
B. makes the hereditary information
B. Redirects the host into making more
virus particles, the host cell breaks down C. produces the capsid
(Lyses) and releases the virus D. contracts to push out the DNA or RNA
C. Breaks down the cell’s cytoplasm 314. Some bacteria move by using a long,
membrane whip-like structure called a(n)
D. All the above A. tail
309. What disease was brought to the New B. cillia
World and killed over 3, 000, 000 C. organs
Aztecs?
D. flagellum
A. smallpox
315. Which of the following diseases is caused
B. influenza by a virus that requires reverse transcrip-
C. staph infection tase to transcribe the genome inside the
host cell?
D. none of above
A. AIDS
310. In a bacteriophage, the “tail” does this. B. smallpox
A. makes nucleic acids C. herpes
B. attach directly to host D. influenza
C. compresses to expel viral DNA or RNA
316. Which cell organelle is where proteins are
into host cell
made?
D. makes attachment proteins
A. nucleus
311. What is a way to become immune to a B. ribosome
disease without first having the disease? C. mitochondria
A. antibiotics D. chloroplast
B. Anti-retroviral drugs
317. In a mycorrhizal relationship, what bene-
C. Vaccinations fit does the plant get from the fungus?
D. Exposure Therapies A. an energy source

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B. aid in seed dispersal 323. An amoeba is a unicellular organism.

Which characteristic of life is this?
C. products of photosynthesis

A. All living things use energy
D. aid in the absorption of water and min-
erals B. All living things contain cells
C. All living things respond to their envi-
318. The specialized leaves of a flower that do ronment
not produce gametophytes are the
D. All living things grow
A. carpel and stamens
B. filaments and anthers 324. What do prokaryotic AND eukaryotic
cells have in common
C. stigma and style.
A. nucleus
D. sepals and petals.
B. ribosome
319. During what stage does the G1, S and G2 C. endoplasmic reticulum
phases happen? D. golgi body
A. Interphase
325. Homo sapien is an example of
B. M phase
A. classification
C. Mitosis
B. binomial nomenclature
D. Cytokinesis
C. phylogeny
320. Which one is NOT true for a virus D. epithet
A. Has a protein coat called a capsid 326. All living organisms are made of
B. Has both DNA and RNA A. diatoms
C. Is specific to a certain type or group of B. cellulose
organisms
C. cells
D. Needs a host in order to reproduce
D. none of these
321. Viruses are difficult to treat because 327. According to the cell theory, a virus can-
they not be defined as an organism. This is be-
A. are very very sneaky cause a virus
B. they are constantly mutating A. is too small to see with a microscope.
C. they are immune to all medicines B. cannot replicate itself.
D. they move too fast to catch C. is not composed of cells.
D. does not contain DNA
322. Where do viruses reproduce?
328. Antibiotics are ineffective against viral in-
A. Outside of a cell
fections because
B. Inside of a cell
A. antibiotics attack life processes
C. They do not reproduce
B. viruses are not living so they can’t be
D. none of above “killed”

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C. viruses do not perform metabolic pro- C. party animal

cesses that antibiotics attack D. prophage
D. all of these
335. Are considered to be living organisms
329. Which of the following supports the argu- A. Viruses
ment that viruses are nonliving?
B. Bacteria
A. Their DNA does not encode proteins
B. They have RNA rather than DNA
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C. They are not cellular
D. They do not evolve 336. Which domain contains organisms that
are unicellular, prokaryotic, and can cause
330. Mushrooms, molds, mildew and yeast illness yet also make food such as yogurt.
are examples of
A. Eukarya
A. Protist
B. Archaea
B. Fungi
C. Bacteria
C. Archaea
D. none of above
D. Animals
337. This infectious viral disease has many
331. Bacteria and archaea differ in symptoms, from chills, fever, and aching
A. whether they have a nucleus muscles to coughing and sneezing to nau-
sea and vomiting. The symptoms show up
B. the makeup of their cell walls
within 2-7 days after the cell is infected.
C. size This is an example of?
D. whether they have a cell wall A. Lytic Cycle
332. Asexual reproduction produces geneti- B. Lysogenic Cycle
cally offspring C. Meiosis
A. Identical D. none of above
B. Similar
338. An organism that is photosynthetic but
C. Unique needs organic compounds as a carbon
D. It depends on the specific type source
A. chemoheterotroph
333. A vaccines main goal is to:
B. chemoautotroph
A. make people sick
B. prevent disease C. photoautotroph
C. start an epidemic D. photoheterotroph
D. start a pandemic 339. In plants, the diploid phase is known as
334. Viral DNA that is incorporated into a host A. the gametophyte

cell’s chromosome is called a B. alternation of generations
A. provirus C. the sporophyte
B. plasmid D. N phase

1.1 Viruses 33
340. Zygotes made in fertilization are C. ribosomes

A. Haploid D. cell wall

B. Diploid 346. Which kind of infectious agent can only
C. Tetraploid multiply inside the cells of a person?
D. Octoploid A. A virus
B. A parasite
341. When a virus attaches to a host, what
does it inject into the host? C. A fungus
A. Protein coat D. A bacterium
B. DNA/genetic material 347. A retrovirus
C. Capsid A. uses reverse transcriptase
D. Envelope B. only affects plants
342. What is distinctive about prions, com- C. does not include HIV
pared to other pathogens? D. is not dangerous
A. they take over the functions of a host 348. Which 2 molecules form the sides (back-
cell bone) of the DNA ladder?
B. they bypass the host’s immune system, A. deoxyribose sugar and adenine
causing disease
B. deoxyribose sugar and a hydrogen
C. they use their proteins as templates to bond
make genetic material
C. deoxyribose sugar and the nucleus
D. they contain no genetic material
D. deoxyribose sugar and phosphate
343. Prokaryotes are unlike all other organ-
349. A cell that has a nucleus and organelles
isms in that their cells
is called a
A. do not have a nucleus. A. prokaryotic cell
B. have membrane bound organelles. B. eukaryotic cell
C. have cell walls. C. bacterial cell
D. have DNA. D. cytoplasmic cell
344. Outer protein coat of a virus. 350. All living things are made of
A. Envelope A. atoms
B. Capsid B. water
C. Cell Wall C. cells
D. Chitin D. energy
345. Which do BOTH prokaryotes and eukary- 351. During conditions inside our body are
otes contain? kept stable (the same)
A. nucleus A. homeopathic
B. mitochondria B. Homo sapian

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C. homeostasis 357. What is not one of the cycles of a virus?

D. homologous A. Lysogenic
B. Lytic
352. A virus makes new viruses by which pro-
C. Lycra
cess?
D. none of above
A. replication
358. Which of the following is the smallest
B. binary fission
microscopic object, usually measured in
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C. respiration nanometers (nm).
D. conjugation A. Viruses
B. Prokaryotes
353. Which of the following biomolecules car-
C. Eukaryotes
ries genetic information?
D. Turtles
A. Lipids
359. Come in a variety of shapes and sizes
B. Carbohydrates
A. Viruses
C. Nucleic Acids
B. Bacteria
D. Proteins
354. A structure within a cell that has a spe- D. Neither viruses or bacteria
cific function is called a(n)
360. What does a virus have on the inside?
A. Organ system A. DNA, but never RNA
B. Organelle B. RNA but never DNA
C. Organ C. DNA or RNA
D. Tissue D. neither DNA or RNA
355. The organelles that carry out photosyn- 361. Scientific names are written using which
thesis are the two levels of classification?
A. Kingdom phylum
A. Mitochondria
B. Kingdom class
B. Chloroplasts
C. Species genus
C. Nuclei
D. Genus species
D. Vacuoles
362. A pathogen is
356. Gametes are haploid, meaning they con- A. any substance that causes an immune
tain a set of response in your body
A. Half, chromosomes/DNA B. a genetic pathway
B. Half, cellular organelles C. a protein that flags an invading bacte-

ria in your body
C. Complete, chromosomes/DNA
D. the cell that engulfs and destroys in-
D. Complete, cellular organelles vaders in your body

1.1 Viruses 35
363. Peter went to the doctor and the doctor B. are microscopic structures.
discovered a living organism with a cell C. contain cytoplasm.
wall, but not a nucleus, inside of Peter’s

blood. What type of infectious agent did D. have protective covering.
the doctor discover?
369. If a virus only passes its genetic material
A. a bacterium to the cell without making copies of itself
B. a fungus this means the virus is
C. a parasite A. active
D. a virus B. latent
C. sleeping
364. I am something that is alive or was once
alive D. none of above
A. Abiotic Factors 370. The instructions for making new copies of
B. Biotic Factors a virus are
C. Bionic Flavors A. part of a virus’s capsid
D. Biometric Robots B. coded in proteins on the surface mem-
brane
365. What is the purpose of the cell cycle?
C. coded in either RNA or DNA
A. To create new daughter cells
D. found only in bacteriophages
B. To prevent cancer from developing
371. Which is the correct sequence of increas-
C. To help the body fight viruses and bac-
ing organization?
teria
A. organelle, tissue, cell, organ
D. none of above
B. atom, molecule, tissue, cell
366. What do eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells
C. cell, tissue, organ, organ system
have in common?
D. molecule, cell, organelle, organ
A. Microtubules
B. Nucleus 372. Some prokaryotes are able to survive un-
C. Vacuoles favorable conditions by forming
D. DNA A. bacteriphage
B. facultative anaerobes
367. An organism that requires a constant sup-
ply of oxygen in order to live C. obligate anaerobes
A. obligate aerobe D. none of above
B. falcultative anaerobe 373. an organelle in a cell that receives pro-

C. obligate anaerobe teins and other newly formed materials
from the endoplasmic retiulum packages
D. anaerobe them and distributes them to other parts
368. Cells differ from viruses in that only of the cell
cells- A. vacuole
A. use genetic material. B. chloroplast

1.1 Viruses 36
C. ribosome 379. Can not reproduce without a host.

D. golgi apparatus A. Virus
374. Why do doctors suggest people get a flu B. Bacteria
vaccine every year? C. Fungus
A. Flu viruses replicate more rapidly over
D. Protozoan
time
B. Flu viruses can mutate from year to 380. Which type of viral replication occurs
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year when the nucleic acid of the virus becomes
C. Vaccines are absorbed by the body af- part of the host cell?
ter a year A. lytic cycle
D. Vaccines get stronger over time B. lysogenic cycle
375. As a virus changes over time, it can af- C. vaccine
fect different systems within the organism.
D. antibiotic
This change of the virus is called a
A. mutation 381. What can you infer about the virus that
B. melanin causes the common cold?
C. metaphysics A. It is harmless
D. none of above B. It is pathogenic, but not usually deadly
376. The ancestors of land plants likely

evolved from C. It is usually deadly, but not pathogenic
A. mosses that lived in the water

D. It cannot be spread by person-to-
B. an organism similar to green algae. person contact
C. a protist that lived on land
D. prokaryotes that carried on photosyn- 382. All organisms contain instruction
thesis molecules that help determine which traits
the organism will have is an example of
377. A bacteria cell takes up a segment of A. universal genetic code (DNA/RNA)
naked DNA.
B. metabolism
A. conjugation
C. evolution
B. transduction
C. transformation D. growth and development
D. plasmolysis 383. All members of which group require a
host cell to reproduce?
378. A virus attaches to a cell called the
A. bacteria cell A. Animals
B. host cell B. Bacteria

C. virus cell C. Fungi
D. bad cell D. Virus

1.1 Viruses 37
384. All viruses have 390. What is the function of a viral capsid?
A. cytoplasm A. Bind to surface of host cell

B. ribosomes B. Allow it to enter the cell
C. mitochondria C. Protect against other viruses
D. none of the above D. Protect against bacteria
385. What is the first step to both cycles? 391. An organism that requires a host cell for
A. The virus attaches to a host replication can be called
B. The virus injects genetic material A. infectious agent
C. The host gets sick B. flu
D. The cell is destroyed C. obligate parasite

D. pathogen
386. Has membrane bound organelles
A. Prokaryotes 392. Needs host cell to reproduce.
B. Eukaryote A. Virus
C. both B. Bacteria
D. none of above C. Fungus

D. Protozoan
387. Place a check by the following terms that
are LIVING 393. In budding, buds grow from
A. Bacteria A. A localized spot on the parent organ-
B. Viruses ism
C. Viroids B. Division of the parent cell
D. Prions C. Fragments created from splitting

D. Egg cells created by a parent organism
388. Antibiotics only work against what or-
ganisms? 394. Bacteria and archaea are different in
A. viruses A. size
B. bacteria B. weather they have a nucleus
C. prions C. the makeup of their cell wall
D. none of above D. none of above
389. Which of the following is an example of 395. Which class of biomolecules includes DNA
a prokaryote? and RNA?
A. Fungus A. carbohydrates
B. Animal B. lipids
C. Plant C. proteins
D. Bacteria D. nucleic acids

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396. In parthenogenesis, a female produces C. contraction

a(n) cell that divides by to become D. all of the above
a new organism
A. Egg, mitosis 402. Another way in which bacteria are bene-
ficial:
B. Egg, meiosis
A. they are decomposers
C. Sperm, mitosis
B. they are the powerhouse of cells
D. Sperm, meiosis
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C. they contain special DNA
397. The purpose of surface proteins/tail
D. they are used to make Diet Coke
fibers in viruses is to
A. Help with viral reproduction 403. When a virus invades a living cell, its
takes over the cell’s functions.
B. No purpose
A. outer coat
C. Attach virus to host cell
B. genetic material
D. Help virus spread to other organisms
C. core
398. The transfer of genes between two
D. cytoplasm
species of E. coli is
A. conjugation 404. How do viruses reproduce
B. transduction A. They take over the living cells machin-
ery
C. transformation
B. They slide in the cell on their own
D. plasmolysis
C. They can reproduce themselves
399. What does a virus do as soon as it
touches a cell? D. They put themselves in our blood-
stream first
A. Reproduce
B. It takes over the cell 405. What part of a virus houses the genetic
material (DNA/RNA)?
C. Eats
A. tail
D. Dies
B. nucleus
400. What is the outside, protein coat on a C. capsid
virus called?
D. lipid
A. genetic material
B. capsid 406. If you have a unicellular prokaryotic or-
ganism with a cell wall that does not have
C. envelope pepitdoglycan, could you tell which king-
D. tail fibers dom it belongs to?
401. What role does the cytoskeleton play in A. Eubacteria

a living cell? B. Archaea
A. Maintaining cell shape C. Plantae
B. movement D. Protista

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407. Which type of viral replication causes the 413. An antibiotic is a drug that selectively
host cell to burst or lyse? kills
A. viruses

A. lytic cycle
B. lysogenic cycle B. bacteria
C. vaccine C. fungi
D. all of the above
D. antibiotic
414. Which cell type is complex, well orga-
408. A vaccine triggers your body to produce nized, and contains a nucleus?
which help fight infections.
A. eukaryotic cell
A. antibiotics
B. prokaryotic cell
B. antibodies C. bacteria cell
C. antigens D. virus
D. none of above 415. Are not considered to be living organisms
409. Viruses are than bacterial cells A. Viruses
A. more complex B. Bacteria
B. much smaller C. Both viruses and bacteria
C. much larger
D. none of above 416. What are prions?
A. tiny circular molecules of RNA that can
410. Which of these is an animal virus? infect plants
A. Tobacco mosaic virus B. misfolded versions of normal proteins
B. bacteriophage that can causes disease
C. viral DNA that attaches itself to the
C. influenza
host cell genome and cause disease
D. none of above D. mobile segments of DNA
411. Bacteria are 417. A infection involves the phage com-
A. Unicellular eukaryotes bining its DNA with the host cells DNA. Of-
ten hiding for years.
B. Multicellular eukaryotes
A. lysogenic
C. Unicellular prokaryotes
B. lytic
D. Multicellular prokaryotes
C. vaccine
412. Canis lupus and Canis latrans both belong D. vinerial
to the same
418. Endospores form during
A. species A. binary fission
B. genus B. sunlight hours
C. family C. respiration
D. group D. harsh environmental conditions

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419. Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO’s) 424. prions are

are:
A. contagious segments of RNA
A. Organisms whose genes / DNA have
B. the first amino acid in eukaryotic pro-
been edited
teins
B. Organisms who have received new
stem cells to cure a disease C. the proteins that DNA winds around
C. Organisms whose DNA has been D. misfolded proteins
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copied
425. What does a plant cell have that an ani-
D. Organisms whose entire genome has mal cell doesn’t have?
been sequenced
A. Cell Membrane and Cell Wall
420. What do we call to a thread-like structure B. Cell Wall and Mitochondria
of fungi?
C. Cell Wall and Nucleus
A. roots
D. Cell Wall and Chloroplast
B. hyphae
C. flagella 426. Influenza is caused by a
D. none of above A. virus
421. Which viral life cycle allows the virus to B. bacteria
lay dormant, possibly for years, while the C. prion
virus incorporates its genetic material into
the host cell’s DNA while the host repro- D. none of above
duces?
427. Cell in which a virus reproduces
A. lytic
A. endospore
B. mitosis
B. host cell
C. lysogenic
C. bacteriophage
D. S phase
D. plasmid
422. What is the outside protective coating of
a virus made of? 428. Which is not an example of a pathogen?
A. lipids A. Protist
B. carbohydrates B. Bacteria
C. protein C. Virus
D. carbon
D. tick
423. Reproduce by hi-jacking host cell machin-
ery 429. Which can be treated with antibiotics?
A. Viruses A. Virus
B. Bacteria B. Bacteria
C. Both viruses and bacteria C. Mutagen
D. Neither viruses or bacteria D. Parasite

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430. During what process do prokaryotes ex- C. lytic viruses

change genetic information D. retroviruses

A. endospore formation
436. An organism that can survive with or
B. binary fission without oxygen
C. cell division A. anaerobe
D. conjunction B. aerobe
431. What is a way to become immune to a C. obligate anaerobe
virus or bacteria without having the infec- D. facultative anaerobe
tion?
437. What term describes any living organism
A. Antibiotics or particle that can cause an infectious dis-
B. Anti-retroviral drugs ease?
C. Vaccines A. virus
D. Anti-fungal drugs B. pathogen
C. viroid
432. The process of homostasis is?
D. prion
A. How cells produce energy
438. Which of the following is a true state-
B. How organisms maintain a relatively
ment about viruses?
constant internal environment.
A. They are only spread through person-
C. Living inside of a rock
to-person contact.
D. Homostasis is when living organisms
B. They can be spread in a number of dif-
evolve.
ferent ways.
433. An organism that does not require oxy- C. All of them are harmful to humans.
gen in order to live D. They can only be spread through expo-
A. obligate anaerobe sure to animal waste
B. facultative anaerobe 439. Mosses, hornworts, liverworts, ferns
C. endospore are examples of
D. obligate aerobe A. Protists
B. Fungi
434. Bacteria come in all of the following
shapes EXCEPT which? C. Plants
A. spiral D. Animals
B. rod-like 440. Which of the following best describes

“genome”?
C. rectangular
A. A section of DNA
D. spherical
B. A bundle of DNA
435. Viruses that copy backwards-from RNA C. Every cell in your body has 23 pairs of
to DNA instead of DNA to RNA-are called: genes
A. anti-virals D. All of the genetic material in an organ-
B. prophage ism

1.1 Viruses 42
441. Sister chromatids are joined together at 446. If an organism is unicellular, has chloro-
the plast, and eukaryotic, could you tell which
kingdom it belongs to?
A. equator
A. Yes, Fungi
B. chromosome
B. Yes, Plantae
C. centromere
C. Yes, Animalia
D. ends D. Yes, Protista
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442. What is an operon? 447. The organelle that pulls chromosomes
apart in cell division is the
A. one gene that is expressed
A. Secretory vesicle
B. a group of genes that are expressed
together B. Centriole
C. Lysosome
C. a group of genes that do not express a
protein D. Vacuole
D. All of the Above 448. What is the correct complimentary strand

for the following DNA? ATCGAG
443. Which of the following can be effective A. TACGAG
in preventing the onset of viral infection
B. ATCGAG
in humans?
C. TAGCTG
A. taking antibiotics
D. TAGCTC
B. taking vitamins
449. What are all living things composed of?
C. taking drugs that inhibit transcription
A. nucleic acids
D. getting vaccinated
B. proteins
444. A infection occurs when the viral nu- C. cells
cleic acid is inserted into the host cell’s D. microscopes
DNA, where it is copied along with the
host DNA without damaging the host. 450. A disease causing microorganism such as
fungi, protozoans, parasites, bacteria, and
A. lysogneic viruses.
B. lytic A. Pathogen
C. lymphatic B. Infectious Disease
D. none of above C. Virus
D. Bacteria
445. A virus can infect only a limited number
of species, called the 451. What is the only example of a Prokary-
otic cell?
A. vector
A. Bacteria
B. host range B. Mushroom
C. transposons C. Plant
D. distribution D. Dog

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452. What is the function or reverse transcrip- 457. What type of cell are bacteria?
tase in retroviruses? A. eukaryote

A. it uses viral RNA as a template for DNA B. prokaryote
synthesis
C. animal
B. it translates viral RNA into proteins
D. plant
C. it converts host cell RNA into viral DNA
458. Which of the following is not under the
Cell Theory?
D. it uses viral RNA as a template for mak-
ing complimentary RNA strands A. Cells are the basic unit of life
B. All organisms are made up of cells
453. Which of the following is not part of the C. Cells came from other cells
reproduction cycle of HIV?
D. A cell is an indestructible particle
A. Reverse transcription of the viral RNA
459. An antibody is
B. Reverse transcription of the viral DNA A. any substance that causes an immune
response in your body
C. Maturation of the viruses B. a genetic pathway
D. Biosynthesis of the viral mRNA C. a protein that flags an invading bacte-

ria in your body
454. DNA is a molecule that directly allows a D. the cell that engulfs and destroys in-
living thing to: vaders in your body
A. move 460. A disease caused by infectious agents
B. store information that is spread directly or indirectly from
person to person
C. speak
A. Pathogen
D. none of above
B. Infectious Disease
455. What do viruses need to reproduce? C. Virus
A. they need genetic material D. Bacteria
B. They need a host cell 461. Living organisms that have organelles
C. They need bacteria and the ability to reproduce without a
host
D. They need insulin
A. viruses
456. Sponges, cnidarians, mollusks, echino- B. fungus
derms are examples of
C. bacterium
A. Protists D. organisms
B. Plants
462. A tiny, nonliving particle that invades and
C. Animals then reproduces inside a living cell.
D. Fungi A. host cell

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B. bacteria 468. Are single-cell organisms

C. virus A. Viruses
D. pathogen B. Bacteria
463. Which describes most types of viruses? C. Both viruses and bacteria
A. small ball of infectious protein D. Neither viruses or bacteria
B. genetic material wrapped in a protein 469. In what Kingdom would you find extreme
bacteria?
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coat
C. primitive bacteria cell A. Kingdom Bacteria
D. smallest type of cell B. Kingdom Archaea
C. Kingdom Microbiologica
464. Which of these organelles are not in a
typical bacterial cell? D. Kingdom Protista
A. Ribosome 470. Bacteria reproduce by a process called
B. Endoplasmic Reticulum A. sexual reproduction
C. Cytoplasm B. crossing over
D. Cell wall C. binary fission
465. Based on their names, Felis concolor and D. meiosis
Felis leo do NOT belong to the same
471. One important way to control the spread
A. species of viruses in through
B. genus A. the use of vaccines
C. order B. drinking a lot of tea
D. group C. the use of other types of bacteria
466. The is a membrane bound organelle D. the use of antibiotics
that contains an organism’s genetic mate-
472. What does a virus ALWAYS surrounding
rial and helps control and regulate cellular
the viral genome?
processes.
A. capsid
A. cell membrane
B. a fur coat
B. nucleus
C. membrane envelope
C. mitochondria
D. cell membrane
D. chloroplast
473. Which is the correct order of the steps of
467. Which of the following occurs after a the lytic cycle?
virus attaches to a host cell
A. Adsorption; replication; entry; assem-
A. The host cell dies bly; release
B. The virus dies B. Attachment; entry; replication; assem-
C. The virus inserts its genetic informa- bly; release
tion into the host cell C. Attachment; entry; assembly; replica-
D. the virus eats the cell tion; exit

1.1 Viruses 45
D. Entry; adsorption; replication; assem- 479. Viral skin disease

bly; release A. AIDS

474. My Kingdom includes mushrooms and B. cold
yeast!
C. warts
A. Animalia
D. none of above
B. Plantae
480. What is the last step in the viral repro-
C. Eubacteria
duction cycle?
D. Fungi
A. A virus attaches to the surface of a
475. You accidentally touch a hot burner and host cell
quickly pull your hand away. The burner B. The proteins and genetic material
is start to assemble in the cell
A. homeostasis C. The host cell bursts open, releasing
B. a reaction the new viruses
C. ATP D. The virus injects its genetic material
into the cell
D. a stimulus
481. Only eukaryotic cells
476. What do viruses have in common with
your body’s cells? A. have DNA
A. Their genetic material is surrounded B. have membrane-bound organelles
by a nucleus C. have ribosomes
B. They contain many complex organelles D. have cytoplasm
C. They contain DNA or RNA 482. Complete this analogy:Atoms are to

molecules as
D. They are surrounded by capsids
A. organ systems are to cells
477. What would happen to a virus if it
B. tissues are to cells
couldn’t find a host cell to invade?
C. atoms are to tissues
A. It wouldn’t be able to multiply
D. tissues are to organs
B. It wouldn’t be able to travel through
the air 483. “Envelopes” of the cell, used for trans-
C. Its genetic information would wither porting material:
away A. Vesicles
D. It would not be able to exist B. Centrioles
478. Which of the following is living? C. ATP
A. flowers that have turned brown D. Mitochondria
B. corona virus 484. Why do scientists classify viruses as non-
C. waterfall living?
D. E. coli bacteria A. They DO respond to a stimulus

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B. They need a host’s energy because 490. What are the nucleotides made of?
they do not have their own energy
A. Sugar, Phosphate, nitrogen base
C. They produce wastes
B. Phosphate, Adenine, nitrogen base
D. They are really small
C. Thymine, Adenine, Cytomine
485. What is a virus?
D. Phosphate, Nitrogen, Adenine
A. a cell that can grow on its own.
B. An infective agent that is able to mul-
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491. Which of the following best describes a
tiply only within the living cells of a host. gene?
A. A section of DNA
C. A pathogen that is alive and can grow
on its own. B. A bundle of DNA
D. A virus is an organism that can only ef- C. Every cell in your body has 23 pairs of
fect humans. genes
486. Reproduction allows organisms to pro- D. All of the genetic material in your cells
duce
A. Offspring 492. Why do we need a new vaccine for In-
B. Parents fluenza every year?
C. Grandparents A. because the virus mutates very quickly
D. Viruses
B. because the virus is unknown
487. Which of the following cannot be used to
treat viral infections? C. because the vaccine works for a short
A. antibiotics time
B. antibodies D. none of the answers
C. white blood cells
493. HIV preferentially infects
D. none of above
A. the adrenal glands
488. An infectious particle made of a strand of
nucleic acid surrounded by protein is a B. pancreatic cells
A. bacteria C. gametes
B. virus D. white blood cells
C. viroid
D. prion 494. What is somatic cell nucleus transfer?
489. Both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells con- A. A cell replacement therapy
tain all of the following EXCEPT B. “therapeutic cloning”
A. Cell (Plasma) Membrane C. capable of forming any type of cell in
B. Chloroplast the adult body
C. Cytoplasm D. Capable of replacing damaged or dis-
D. Ribosomes eased adult tissue

1.1 Viruses 47
495. One way in which bacteria are benefi- B. They are both made of sugar
cial: C. They both are bad for you

A. they make food
D. They both provide energy
B. they cause disease
501. Who developed the method of classifica-
C. they cause food poisoning
tion in the 18th century?
D. they create sugar
A. Aristotle
496. Which organism contains a cell mem- B. Linnaeus
brane, ribosomes, a cell wall, a DNA loop,
and has no nucleus? C. Plato
A. Virus D. Darwin
B. Bacteria 502. What does HIV do to a person’s body
C. Plant cells when there are no symptoms for a period
of time?
D. Animal cells
A. Damages the integumentary system
497. Kingdom Animalia is
B. Damages the nervous system
A. Eukayotic
C. Damages the respiratory system
B. Prokaryotic
D. Damages the immune system
C. Pick me!
D. No, Pick me!! 503. What kind of genetic material is found in
most viruses that infect plants?
498. All living things are divided into three
A. none
groups called ‘domains’. They include, Do-
main Bacteria, Domain Archaea, and B. RNA
A. Domain Ikea C. DNA and RNA
B. Domain Eukarya D. double-stranded DNA
C. Domain Romain (Lettuce-based organ-
504. Organisms in this smallest taxonomic
isms)
group share many characteristics.
D. Domain of Spain Rains only on the
A. domain
Plains!
B. kingdom
499. Which of the following organisms are
LEAST closely related? C. species
A. organisms that share a domain D. class

B. organisms that share a family 505. Rank the following in order from smallest
C. organisms that share a genus to largest.
D. organisms that share a species A. Virus, eukaryotic cell, prokaryotic cell
B. Virus, prokaryotic cell, eukaryotic cell
500. Which statement describes how lipids
and carbohydrates are similar? C. Prokaryotic cell, virus, eukaryotic cell
A. They are both made of fat D. Eukaryotic cell, prokaryotic cell, virus

1.1 Viruses 48
506. a cell organelle which contains chemicals 512. Vaccines work because the immune sys-
that break down large food particles into tem saves the information in the:
smaller ones and that can be used by the A. memory cells
rest of the cell
B. effector cells
A. chloroplasts
C. leukocytes
B. ribosomes
D. red blood cells
C. lysosomes
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D. cell membrane 513. Which of the following are one-celled
prokaryotes?
507. A molecule shaped like a double helix is
A. viruses
A. DNA
B. prions
B. RNA
C. viroids
C. a lipid
D. bacteria
D. a carbohydrate
514. What is the purpose of the nucleus?
508. What is a Viroid made of?
A. It is the command center, contains
A. DNA DNA, and cell division
B. DNA and RNA B. It protects the cell
C. RNA
C. It stores energy for the cell
D. virus
D. It gets rid of waste in the cell
509. The part you would find in a prokaryotic
515. Microorganisms are
cell is the
A. Autotrophs & heterotrophs
A. Endoplasmic reticulum
B. Mitochondria B. Autotrophs only
C. Nucleus C. Saprophytes only
D. Cytoplasm D. Hetrotrophs only
510. How can we prevent viruses from spread- 516. prokaryotes (bacteria) reproduce
ing? asexually
A. vaccines A. Some
B. not washing hands B. All
C. no education C. No
D. antibiotics D. Most
511. Prokaryotes that break down dead or- 517. One way to prevent disease is
ganisms and wastes are called A. Never get sick
A. decomposers B. Wash your hands with soap and water
B. producers
C. nitrogen fixers C. Wear a jacket
D. none of above D. Only eat apples

1.1 Viruses 49
518. One way to protect you from a disease 523. In a bacteriophage, the nucleic acid does
is to get a this.

A. Polarization A. contains information on replication,
size, etc. of the virus
B. Procrastination
B. provides support
C. Vacation
C. protects the “tail” of the bacterio-
D. Vaccination phage
519. Which of these is a plant virus? D. does exactly what the capsid does
A. tobacco mosaic virus 524. Uncontrolled cell division which usually

leads to tumors and disease is called:
B. bacteriophage
A. Metaphase
C. influenza
B. Cytokinesis
D. polio
C. Cancer
520. How does a virus cause a person to de- D. Diabetes
velop the common cold?
525. Bacteria is known as in an ecosystem
A. invades the host cell to reproduce when feeding on dead organisms.
B. removes energy from the host cell A. decomposers
C. produces toxins in the host cell B. herbivores
D. protects the host cell from bacteria C. pathogens
D. infections
521. What do the viruses that cause HIV, hep-
atitis, and ebola have in common? 526. Are considered to be non-living organ-
A. They cannot replicate inside human isms
cells A. Viruses
B. They are spread through contaminated B. Bacteria
water C. Both viruses and bacteria
C. They are harmless viruses D. none of above
D. They can kill people 527. An organism whose cells lack a nucleus
522. How is a vaccine effective in fighting vi- A. spirillum
ral diseases? B. obligate aerobe
A. The immune system develops antibod- C. prokaryote
ies. D. chemoheterotroph
B. The virus attaches to uninfected
528. Meiosis allows for the production of
viruses.
A. Daughter cells
C. The rate of genetic mutation de-
creases. B. Gametes
D. Weakened viruses are unable to enter C. New organisms
the host organism. D. Stem cells

1.1 Viruses 50
529. Some scientists propose that the kingdom C. About the size of a dime
Protista should be broken up into several
D. Smaller than a proton
kingdoms. Why?
A. Protists are very diverse organisms 535. A(n) is a virus that enters a bacterial
B. They do not fit into other kingdoms cell.
C. They have characteristics of both A. endospore

plants and animals B. bacteriophage
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D. all of the these answer choices C. decomposer
530. I’m full of holes, Flexible, and thin.I con- D. plasmid
trol what gets outAs well as what comes
in.Who am I? 536. If Alana has the flu and is showing symp-
A. cell membrane toms, the virus is in the cycle.
B. cell wall A. lytic

C. cytoplasm B. lysogenic
D. DNA C. replicating
531. An infectious particle made only of pro- D. dormant

tein is called a
537. “Trans” means:
A. virus
A. “Across”
B. bacteria
B. “New”
C. prion
D. viroid C. “Different”
D. “Many”
532. Which of the following is an example of
how living things are classified? 538. What part of a virus is the protein
A. Differences capsule that houses the genetic material
B. Similarities (DNA/RNA)?
C. Movement Method A. tail

D. Habitat Location B. nucleus
C. capsid
533. Vaccines protect us against?
A. Viruses and bacteria D. glycoprotein
B. Viruses and fungi 539. Which of the following is true of fungi?
C. Viruses only A. Like plants, they carry out photosyn-
D. Viruses, fungi and bacteria thesis
534. How could you describe the size of a B. Like some prokaryotes, they are au-
virus? totrophic
A. Smaller than bacteria C. Like animals, they lack cell walls
B. Larger than a parasite D. Like protists, they are eukaryotic

1.1 Viruses 51
540. Examples are daisies and oak trees C. DNA or RNA

A. Fungi D. none of above

B. Plantae 546. What is a provirus?
C. Protista A. A host
D. Animalia B. A term for viral DNA when it has been
integrated into the DNA of its host cell’s
541. What is the function of the mitochon-
chromosome
dria?
C. RNA chromosome from the virus
A. Structure that manufactures ribo-
somes D. A virus
B. Structures that converts nutrients to 547. Symptoms of HIV do not show up imme-
energy diately because the virus can
C. Stack of membranes that packages A. stay dormant for years
chemicals
B. mutate quickly
D. Structure that contains DNA and di-
C. stay outside the cell for a long time
rects the cell
D. none of above
542. What can an Autotrophic organism due
that a heterotrophic organism can NOT? 548. What is the difference between DNA and
RNA?
A. Make their own food
A. RNA is a more complex molecule than
B. Have a nuclues DNA
C. Reproduce through binary fission B. RNA contains genetic information;
D. They’re the same DNA does not
543. A virus can be classified by its type of C. DNA is a more complex molecule than
RNA
A. mitochondria
D. DNA contains genetic information,
B. chromosomes RNA does not
C. nucleic acid
549. doses of the flu vaccine in the United
D. carbohydrates States has been given (October 2019).
544. Two organisms in the same are the A. 16 Million
most related B. 6 Million
A. Kingdom C. 116 Million
B. Class D. none of above
C. Order
550. Contain ribosomes
D. Genus
A. Viruses
545. The viral genome is made up of B. Bacteria
A. DNA C. Both viruses and bacteria
B. RNA D. Neither viruses or bacteria

1.1 Viruses 52
551. Bacteria that use light energy to convert C. fertilizers

carbon dioxide and water to carbon com-
D. solar panels
pounds and oxygen as a way to obtain en-
ergy is 557. Bacterial skin disease
A. Photoheterotrophs
A. acne
B. Chemoheterophs
B. strep throat
C. Chemptrophic autotroph
C. syphilis
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D. Phototrophic autotroph
D. none of above
552. Which class of biomolecules is considered
the main structural molecule? This same 558. Which best describes the basic structure
class also makes up enzymes.. of a virus?
A. carbohydrates A. nucleic acid strand surrounded by a
B. lipids protein coat
C. proteins B. a tail surrounded by a protein coat
D. nucleic acids C. a tail surrounded by a carbohydrate
coat
553. Conjugation
D. nucleic acid strand surrounded by a
A. increases genetic variation carbohydrate coat
B. creates more bacteria
C. is bacterial sexual reproduction 559. Which type of cell has no nucleus?
D. the joining of 2 bacteria into 1 super- A. Eukaryote

bacteria B. Prokaryote
554. Viruses C. Animal
A. have many cells D. Plant
B. are misfolded proteins
560. Which of the following is a disease
C. are a protein coat around genetic ma- caused by viruses to humans?
terial
A. Cowpox in cows
D. endospores
B. AIDS
555. May have flagella or pili
C. Rabies in dogs
A. Viruses
D. Dwarfism in rice
B. Bacteria
C. Both viruses and bacteria 561. What happens after the virus has been
taken up by the cell?
A. it begins making protein
556. The use of what modern technology has
cause the rise in resistant bacteria B. it divides, or replicates
A. vaccines C. it inserts into the host DNA
B. antibiotics D. it switches to infectious mode

1.1 Viruses 53
562. Which of the following is NOT true about B. Animalia

vaccines? C. Protista

A. the only way to control the spread of D. Fungi
viral diseases
B. made from live viruses 568. An organism that must take in organic
molecules for both energy and carbon
C. stimulate the body’s immune response
A. chemoheterotroph
D. none of above B. chemoautotroph

C. photoheterotroph
563. Particles made up of proteins, nucleic
acids, and sometimes lipids that can repro- D. photoautotroph
duce only by infecting living cells are called 569. Which viral life cycle allows viral ge-
netic material to lay dormant/”hibernate”
A. viruses. while the host cell reproduces (ie. slow
process)?
B. capsids.
A. lytic
C. prophages.
B. mitosis
D. bacteria.
C. lysogenic
564. Bacteriophage infect
D. S phase
A. bacteria
570. Which of the following is found in eukary-
B. other viruses
otic cells but NOT prokaryotic cells?
C. any host cell
A. Cell membrane
D. none of above
B. Mitochondria
565. As you move down the classification C. Ribosomes
pyramid, the variety of organisms:
D. DNA
A. Increases
571. When a virus enters a bacterial cell,
B. Stays the same
makes copies of itself and causes the cell
C. Decreases to burst or lyse, it is a infection
D. Doubles A. lysogenic
566. Which scientist named cells? B. lytic
A. Leuwenhoek C. lymphatic
B. Virchow D. none of above
C. Hooke 572. Which of the following is no longer
D. Schleiden alive?
A. Hepatitis B virus
567. I have no cell wallsI am eukaryoticI repro-
duce sexuallyI am multicellularWhat king- B. Dinosaur bones
dom do I belong to? C. Staph bacteria
A. Plantae D. Concrete

1.2 Viroids 54
573. During a lytic infection, the host cell 575. Can a virus change the normal activity of
A. is destroyed when it bursts a cell?
B. is not taken over right away by the A. No
virus B. Maybe
C. carries a prophage that stays part of C. Yes
the DNA for many generations
D. none of above
D. produces offspring that are infected by
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the virus. 576. Is a virus considered living or non-
574. How large are viruses? living?
A. 100-150 nm A. Living
B. 300-600nm B. Non-Living
C. 20-200 nm C. Neither
D. 10-100nm D. none of above
1.2 Viroids
1. are composed of 4. Infectious particles that cause neurodegen-
erative diseases such as Kuru and mad cow
A. Capsids:capsomeres
disease are called
B. Capsomeres:capsids A. viroids
C. Virion:nucleic acids B. virusoid
D. Nucleic acid:virions C. prions
D. retrroviruses
2. Viruses can have
A. only DNA 5. Viruses that infect bacteria are called
B. only RNA A. viroids
C. Both DNA and RNA B. prokaryotes

C. bacteriophages
D. DNA OR RNA, but never both
D. prion
3. Which of the following is FALSE about
prion disease? 6. Which of these processes can viruses carry
out on their own?
A. prion disease only occurs in human
A. go through metabolism
B. caused by misfolded form of prion pro-
B. respond to environmental conditions
tein
C. reproduce
C. infectious agent responsible for neu-
rodegenerative diseases D. none of these
D. Prions infect humans and animals 7. Which of these is not considered a capsid
when they eat infected meat. shape?

1.2 Viroids 55
A. helical 13. Where do enveloped viruses get their en-

B. polyhedral velope?

C. dodecahedral A. They are created when the viral DNA is
created
D. complex
B. from the host’s cell membrane
8. Some virions have a phospholipid layer C. They build them after they leave the
called a(n) host cell
A. prion D. none of these options
B. capsid
14. When a cow with bovine spongiform en-
C. envelope cephalopathy dies, the prions
D. viroid A. also die
9. What do ALL virionS have that a viroid B. still infectious
does not? C. slowly denatured
A. nucleic Acid D. will reproduce
B. capsid
15. Viroids differ from viruses is that they lack
C. an envelope
a
D. a sheath
A. Protein capsid
10. Brain disease caused by prions can be B. nucleic acid
treated with
C. Mitochondria
A. antibiotics
D. All answer is correct
B. antiviral agents
16. Viroids are comprised of a few hundred
C. herbal medication
base pairs
D. no treatment
A. Double-stranded DNA
11. Herpes simplex 1 virus can remain silent B. Single-stranded DNA
for extended periods of time. This period
C. Double-stranded RNA
of viral activity is said to be
D. Single-stranded RNA
A. chronic
B. latent 17. What classification of cell is a virus?
C. acute A. Prokaryote
D. persistent B. Viroid
12. What is the protein coat that surrounds a C. Eukaryote

virion’s nucleic acid called? D. none of these
A. prion 18. Which of the following is true of prions?
B. capsid A. They can be inactivated by boiling at
C. envelope 100 ◦ C.
D. viroid B. They contain a capsid.

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C. They are abnormal form of protein, C. bacteria

PrP. D. prions
D. They can be reliably inactivated by ir-
radiation 21. Groups of UNRELATED viruses are often
grouped by
19. Which of the following requires helper
A. evolutionary history
virus?
B. routes of infection
A. Virus
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C. intermediate host
B. Viroid
D. nucleic acid
C. Virusoid
D. Prion 22. DNA viruses typically replicate in the
20. Which of these infectious agents do not A. Nucleus

have nucleic acid? B. Cytoplasm
A. viroids C. Ribosome
B. viruses D. Cell Membrane
1.3 Prions
1. Infectious naked strands of RNA that af- 4. Viruses exhibit all the following except
fect plants are called
A. viroids A. shape
B. virions B. genes
C. spikes C. ability to infect cells
D. bacteriophage D. metabolism
2. What is the symptom of the novel prion 5. Persistent viruses that can reactivate peri-
disease? odically are
A. Kidney stones
A. cytopathic
B. Diarrhea and autonomic neuropathy
B. inclusion bodies
C. fever
C. oncoviruses
D. who knows!?!
D. chronic latent viruses
3. Particles of protein without a nucleic acid
that affect the shapes of the host’s pro- 6. Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease is
teins are calle: A. a spongiform encephalopathy of hu-
A. bacteriophages mans
B. emerging viruses B. caused by a viroid
C. prions C. initiated by an oncogenic virus
D. pathogens D. also called “mad cow disease”

1.3 Prions 57
7. What is the method of transmission for 13. Viruses that infect bacteria are specifically
CJD? (Creutzfeldt-Jackob Disease) called

A. Sporadic A. viroids
B. Hereditary B. bacteriophage
C. Acquired
C. prions
D. All of the above
D. satellite viruses
8. Infectious protein particles are called
A. spikes 14. What root words generated the name Pri-
ons?
B. viroids
C. virions A. Proton invasion of People
D. prions B. People Running Poorly
9. Mammalian viruses capable of starting tu- C. Protein Ruminant Protease

mors are D. Proteinaceous Infectious Particle
A. oncoviruses
15. A common method for cultivating viruses
B. latent
in the lab is to use in vitro systems called
C. syncytia cultures.
D. inclusion bodies A. egg
10. Mad Cow’s disease is caused by a(n): B. cell
A. virus C. bacteriophage
B. prion
D. embryo
C. bacterium
D. viroid 16. What was the quote in the photo on the
slide introducing Kuru? (slide 9)
11. What differentiates Prions from being as-
sociated with bacteria, viruses and fungi? A. but the meat underneath is very sweet.
A. Structure
B. Transmission strategy B. I have no idea.
C. Lack of nucleic acids C. but the meat is delicious.

D. Function D. sure I will pick this one.
12. Diagnosis of viral infections sometimes in- 17. Visible, clear, well-defined patches in a
volves analyzing the patient’s blood for monolayer of virus-infected cells in a cul-
specific that the immune system pro- ture are called
duces against the virus.
A. colony
A. antibodies
B. antigens B. patch
C. complement proteins C. plaque

D. glycoproteins D. pocks

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18. What structures are used by bacterio- 19. Host cells of viruses include
phages to attach to host cell receptors?
A. animals
A. nucleic acids
B. plants
B. tail fibers
C. viral sheaths C. bacteria
D. capsid heads D. all of these
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1.4 Kingdom monera
1. Which Monerans make spores in their D. none of above
gills?
6. Protozoa are this type of organisms:
A. ALL Monerans
B. SOME Monerans A. Multicellular
C. NO Monerans B. Unicellular
D. none of above C. Both
2. What kind of reproduction do protozoa D. none of above

have?
7. An organism breaks down other living or
A. Asexual once-living things to obtain nutrients
B. Sexual
A. autotroph
C. Asexual and sexual
B. dekomposer
D. Heterotrophic
C. heterotrophs
3. The plasmid
D. dirty, wet, smelly and weird
A. help in respiration
B. genes found inside nucleus 8. The best way to stop the growth of bacte-
ria is
C. is a component of cell wall of bacteria
A. soak in water
D. is the genetic part in addition to DNA
in microorganisms B. place in direct sunlight
4. Bacilli are C. raise the temperature to 98.6

A. Spherical bacteria D. boil, freeze or put under pressure
B. Curved bacteria
9. Examples where bacteria are useful in-
C. Long bacteria clude:
D. Corkscrew-shaped bacteria A. In the nitrogen cycle
5. Which Monerans form chains? B. Breaking down food in the digestive
A. ALL Monerans system
B. SOME Monerans C. Fighting pathogens
C. NO Monerans D. All of the above

10. One of the characteristics of the kingdom C. Antibiotics

monera is that it does not have a nuclear D. none of above
membrane which is also called

A. Unicellular 16. We use yeast for making
B. Lactobacillus A. yoghurt
C. Multicellular B. cheese
D. Prokariot C. bread
D. milk
11. Which Monerans cells have DNA floating
in the cytoplasm? 17. The site of respiration in bacteria is
A. ALL Monerans A. episome
B. SOME Monerans B. mesosome
C. NO Monerans C. ribosome
D. none of above D. microsome
12. Some bacteria cause disease. They are 18. Viroids differ from viruses in having
called A. DNA molecules with protein coat
A. nitrogen-fixing bacteria B. DNA molecules without protein coat
B. pathogens C. RNA molecules with protein coat
C. autotrophs D. RNA molecules without protein coat
D. sarcinae 19. Fungi are
13. Viruses that infect bacteria, multiply and A. Eukaryotic
cause their Lysis are called B. Prokaryotic
A. Iysozymes C. Autotrophic
B. Iytic D. Plasmid
C. lipolytic
20. Tobacco mosaic virus is a tubular filament
D. Iysogenic of size
14. Genophore bacterial genome or nucleoid is A. 700 x 30 nm
made of B. 300 x 10 nm
A. histones and non-histones C. 300 x 5 nm
B. RNA and histones D. 300 x 18 nm
C. a single double stranded DNA
21. The outer covering of a bacteria cell is
D. a single stranded DNA called the
15. What is formed in unfavourable conditions A. flagella
in bacteria? B. cytoplasm
A. Zygospore C. cell wall
B. Endospore D. none of above

22. kingdom protista consists of four phyla, B. extremely salty conditions that would
namely sporozoa, rhizopoda, ciliata and kill other organisms
C. common places like the air, or soil
A. Amoeba
D. Choices 1 and 2
B. flagellata
C. bacteria 28. Influenza virus has
D. blue algae A. DNA
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B. RNA
23. Which of the units below is not present in
a bacterial cell? C. Both (a) and (b)
A. Plasmid D. Only proteins and no nucleic acids
B. Mitochondria
29. The hereditary material present in the bac-
C. Flagella terium Escherischi coli is
D. Capsule A. single stranded DNA
24. IN bacterial chromosomes, the nucleic acid B. deoxyribose sugar
polymers are
C. double stranded DNA
A. linear DNA molecule
D. single stranded RNA
B. Circular DNA molecule
C. of two types-DNA and RNA 30. Organisms which obtain energy by the oxi-
dation of reduced inorganic compounds are
D. linear RNA molecule called
25. Bacillus A. homoautotrophs
A. spherical bacteria, 1 micrometer in di- B. chemoautotrophs
ameter
C. saprozoic
B. Spiral-shaped bacteria that are slightly
longer than cocci D. coproheterotrophs
C. rod-shaped bacteria, 1 micrometer in 31. Virus envelope is known as

diameter
A. capsid
D. none of above
B. Virion
26. Protoctista kingdom is formed by
C. nucleoprotein
A. Algae and fungi
D. core
B. Bacteria and algae
C. Algae and protozoa 32. means preventing contamination
D. Lichen and algae A. Sterile

B. Asepsis
27. Archaebacteria can live in
C. Disinfect
A. extremely hot conditions like geysers
in Yellowstone National Park D. none of above

33. Most Monera are 39. Escherichia coli is used extensively in bio-
A. multicellular logical research as it is

B. unicellular A. easily cultured
C. unicellular or simple colonial B. easily availbale
D. biselular C. easy to handle
34. What do fungi use to reproduce? D. easily multiplied in host

A. Hyphae 40. Fungi can be
B. Branches
A. Unicellular
C. Spores
B. Multicellular
D. They split apart
C. Unicellular and Multicellular
35. The primary role of Monera is to
D. none of above
A. create cells
B. move from one cell to another 41. Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV) genes are
C. decompose of things A. double stranded RNA
D. reproduce B. single stranded RNA
36. The correct writing of the Latin name of C. polyribouncleotides

the soy sauce mushroom is D. proteinaceous
A. Aspergillus wentii
42. Chromatophores take part in
B. aspergillus wentii
A. photosynthesis
C. Aspergillus Wentii
D. aspergillus Wentii B. growth
C. movemenet
37. Most bacteria reproduce asexually by a
simple fission process called? D. respiration
A. fragmentation
43. TO Diener discovered a
B. your conunga
A. free infectious RNA
C. binary fission
B. free infectious DNA
D. fertilization
C. infectious protein
38. A few organisms are known to grow and
multiply at temperatures of 100-105oC. D. bacteriophage
They belong to
44. Which Monerans can move?
A. Marine archebacteria
A. ALL Monerans
B. Thermophilic sulphur bacteria
B. SOME Monerans
C. hot-spring blue-green algae
(cyanobacteria) C. NO Monerans
D. thermophilic, subaerial fungi D. none of above

45. What is true for cyanobacteria? C. Has a thin peptidoglycan layer

A. Oxygenic with nitrogenase D. red when stained with Gram stain
B. Oxygenic without nitorgenase 51. Plants are living beings.
C. Non-Oxygenic with nitrognase A. Unicellular
D. Non-Oxygenic without nitrogenase
B. Multicellular
46. The bacterias are C. Unicellular and multicellular
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A. I don’t know D. none of above
B. Unicellular
52. Penicillin is an antibiotic made from
C. Multicellular
A. Alga
D. Vertebrates
B. Fungus
47. flagellata is a phylum of Kingdom Pro- C. Bacteria
tista. flagella is a tool of movement which
D. Protozoa
means is
A. whip hair 53. Fungi
B. vibrating feathers A. Can’t move around and can’t make
their own food
C. pseudo legs
B. Can’t move around but they make their
D. have no means of movement
own food
48. The following statements is true about the C. They move around but can’t make their
importance of Kingdom Protista EXCEPT own food
D. They live attached to the soil and make
A. as food source their own food
B. can be used in sewage treatment
54. Vibrio cholerae is a harmful bacteria that
C. can affect human health can cause disease
D. symbiotic in human intestine A. Typhus
49. Hierarchical classification and Binomial B. Malaria
nomenclature are proposed by C. Measles
A. Carolus Linnaeus D. Kolera
B. Robert Whittaker
55. In the growth curve for microorganism
C. Carl Woese what is the phase of growth refereed
D. none of above to when death and production rates are
equal?
50. The following statements are true about
gram positive bacteria A. Log Phase
A. Has a thick peptidoglycan layer B. Lag Phase
B. Has an outer membrane and an inner C. Decline Phase

membrane D. Stationary Phase

56. Which Monerans are autotrophic? 62. Like bacteria, fungi play an important role
A. ALL Monerans in breaking down the

B. SOME Monerans A. bodies of bugs
C. NO Monerans B. bodies of dead organisms
D. none of above C. animal waste
57. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a harmful D. bacteria

bacterium that causes disease
63. Select wrong statement.
A. TBC
A. the viroids were discovered by DJ
B. Malaria
Ivanowski
C. Typhus
B. WM Stanley showed that viruses could
D. DBD be crystallised
58. What is the process called in which bacte- C. The term ‘Contagium vivum fluidum’
ria help break down and recycle dead ma- was coined by WM Beijerinek
terial? D. Mosaic disease in tobacco and AIDS in
A. decomposition human being are caused by viruses
B. autotrophism
64. A prokaryotic cell
C. respiration
A. has no cell membrane and no nucleus
D. photosynthesis
B. has a cell membrane and a nucleus
59. A eukaryotic cell
C. has no cell wall
A. has no cell membrane and no nucleus
D. has a cell wall
B. has a cell membrane and a nucleus
C. has no cell wall 65. Which Monerans are round?
D. has a cell wall A. ALL Monerans
60. How do Monera reproduce? B. SOME Monerans
A. simple fission and endospores C. NO Monerans
B. through photosynthesis D. none of above
C. Through the fagilla
66. Amoebas and paramecia
D. Wth archaebacteria
A. Are multicellular and feed on other liv-
61. some hyperthermophilic organisms that ing things
grow in highly acidic habitats belong to the
B. Are unicellular and make their own
two groups called
food throiugh photosynthesis
A. eubacteria and archaea
C. Are unicellulaar and feed on other liv-
B. cyanobacteria and diatoms ing things
C. protists and mosses D. Are unicellular and multicellular and
D. liverworts and yeasts make their own food

67. Nuclear membrane is absent in D. Share some characteristics with Plant

A. penicillium kingdom
B. Agaricus 73. Protists are eukaryotic. What does this

C. Volvox mean?
D. Nostoc A. they sleep most of the time
68. The mode of nutrition found in most Proto- B. they have a true nucleus and mem-
brane bound organelles
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zoa is
A. autotrophic C. they do not have a membrane-bound
nucleus
B. chemotrophic
D. they like to sing karaoke
C. photosynthetic
D. heterotrophic 74. What is biodiversity?
69. Which protistan has a flagellum, an eye- A. The variety of living things in the earth
spot, and chloroplasts but can also be het-
erotrophic? B. The diversity of biology
A. Paramecium
C. The ecolution of the species
B. Amoeba
D. All the answers are correct.
C. Trypanosoma
D. Euglena 75. The main organisms included in the king-
dom Monera are?
70. Rhizopod is a type of protozoa that move
A. Bacteria and spermatophyta
using
B. Eubacteria and pteridophyta
A. pseudopods
B. Flagella C. Bacteria and eubacteria
C. Cillia D. Pteridophyta and bacteria

D. No movement 76. We can only see them with a
71. The bacteria that can cause typhus is A. I don’t know
A. Paramecium sp. B. Monera kingdom
B. Plasmodium sp. C. Animal
C. Vibrio cholerae D. Microscope
D. Salmonella typhosa
77. Protist kingdom is formed by organ-
72. Fungi kingdom isms.
A. Have their own characteristics. A. Unicellular
B. Share some characteristics with Mon-
B. Multicellular
era kingdom and Protista kingdom
C. Unicellular and multicellular
C. Share some characteristics with Ani-
mal kingdom and Plant kingdom D. none of above

78. Mode of nutrition for Algae is 84. parasitic means

A. autotrophic A. organism that swims

B. holozoic B. organism that has one cell
C. mixotrophic C. organism that cause a disease
D. heterotrophic D. organism that feed off of a living organ-
ism
79. Which characteristic below is NOT true of
the Monera Kingdom? 85. Living things that are prokaryotic and uni-
cellular are called
A. they are unicellular
A. Fungi
B. they have no nucleus
B. money
C. they are multicellular
C. Plantae
D. they are bacteria D. the animal
80. The most appropriate order of taxon for 86. How many cells are bacteria made of?
plants is
A. none
A. class-division-family-genus-species
B. one
B. division-family-class-genus-species
C. lots
C. phylum-class-genus-species
D. no one knows
D. phylum-family-class-genus-species
87. The structures that help some bacteria to
81. Which Kingdom does Bacteria belong too? attach to rocks and/or host tissues are
A. Fungi A. rhizoids
B. Animal B. fimbriae
C. Monera C. mesosomes
D. Protista D. holdfast
82. Pathogenic 88. Amoebas belong to this group of proto-

zoa:
A. feeds off other living organism for food
A. Rhizopods
B. Flagellates
B. causes a disease or sickness
C. Ciliates
C. uses chemicals for energy
D. Sporozoan
D. not able to manufacture its own food
89. What is the name of the association be-
83. Mushrooms are organisms tween fungus and alga?
A. Unicellular A. Lichen
B. Multicellular B. Yeast
C. Autotrophic C. Mushroom
D. Asexual D. Mould

90. Fungi are organisms C. pneumatophores

A. Autotrophic D. chromatophores
B. Heterotrophic
96. In the Dead Sea, what bacteria can sur-
C. Prokaryotic vive?
D. All the answers are correct
A. a. Archebacteria
91. The 5 Kingdom classification system con- B. b. Gram positive
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sists of
C. C. Chlamydia
A. Kingdom, Phyllum, Class, Order, Fam-
ily D. D. Proteobacteria
B. Monera, Protista, Plantae, Animalia, 97. Which Monerans have NO nucleus?
and Animals
A. ALL Monerans
C. Viruses, Monera, Protista, Plantae and
Animalia B. SOME Monerans
D. Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and C. NO Monerans
Animalia
D. none of above
92. Which Monerans are unicellular?
98. Euglena has chloroplasts so it is classified
A. ALL Monerans mainly as what?
B. SOME Monerans
A. Animal-like
C. NO Monerans
B. Plant-like
D. none of above
C. Fungus-like
93. What kind of nutrition do Protozoa have?
D. none of above
A. Autotrophic
B. Heterotrophic 99. The following are characteristics of bacte-
ria namely
C. Asexual
A. Is a multicellular organism
D. Heterotrophic and Autotrophic
B. Does not have a cell nucleus mem-
94. Which of the following statements is brane
wrong for viroids?
C. Has only one cell shape
A. They are smaller then viruses
D. Has no cell membrane
B. They cause infections
C. Their RNA is of high molecular weight 100. an example of a blue algae that produces
a single cell protein is
D. They lack a protein coat
A. Anabaena azolae
95. Pigment-containing membranous exten-
sions in some cyanobacteria are B. Glycocapsa
A. heterocysts C. oscillatory
B. basal bodies D. Spirulina maxima

101. To what Kingdom does the Amoeba sp. C. Rubos

belong?
D. Pilus

A. Monera
B. Animalia 107. Most Monera are
C. Plantae A. multicellular
D. Protista B. unicellular
102. What kind of nutrition do algae have? C. unicelular or simple colonial
A. Autotrophic D. bicellular
B. Heterotrophic
108. Algae are not considered as plants as
C. Autotrophic and Heterotrophic they LACK of
D. Asexual A. thallus
103. Fungi are classified as heterotrophs be- B. cuticle
cause
C. cell wall
A. have chlorophyll
D. chloroplasts
B. life does not need other living things
C. needs the rest of other living things to 109. Example of an Archaea
live
A. Diplococcus sp.
D. life is neither saprophyte nor parasitic
B. Vibrio cholerae
104. Which of the following are found in ex-
C. Sulfolobus sp.
treme saline conditions?
A. Archaebacteria D. Plasmodium sp.
B. Eubacteria 110. Organisms belonging to the kingdom

C. Cyanpbacteria Monera are single-celled organisms, in-
D. Mycobacteria cluding
A. bacteria and blue-green algae
105. Chromosomes in a bacterial cell can be 1- (Cyanobacteria)
3 in number and
B. bacteria and red algae
A. can be circular as well as linear within
the same cell C. red algae and green algae
B. are always circular D. green algae and red algae
C. are always linear
111. Which statement is wrong for viruses?
D. can be either circular of linear, but
never both within the same cell A. All are parasites
106. The part of the body that is the locomo- B. All of them have helical symmetry
tion organ for bacteria C. They have ability to synthesise nucleic
A. Flagela acids and proteins
B. Membrane D. Antibiotics have no effect on them

112. Methanogens belong to 117. Which one of the following statements

about viruses is correct?
A. eubacteria
A. Nucleic acid of viruses is known as cap-
B. archaebacteria sid
C. dinoflagellates B. Viruses possess their won metabolic
D. slime moulds system
C. All viruses contain both RNA and DNA
113. Which among the following are the small-
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D. Viruses are obligate parasites
est living cells, known without a definite
cell wall, pathogenic to plants as well as 118. examples of bacteria that are beneficial
animals and can survive without oxygen? to life, ie
A. Bacillus A. Escherichia coli
B. Pseudomonas B. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
C. Clostridium tetani
C. Mycoplasma
D. Vibrio cholerae
D. Nostoc
119. Bacteria can be found in
114. bacteria cannot make their own food, the A. yogurt and some cheeses
term for living things that cannot make
B. your stomach
their own food is
C. in the soil
A. autotroph
D. all of the above
B. heterotrof
120. When an organism breaks down other liv-
C. chemoautotroph ing or once living things for nutrients.
D. fotoautotrof A. autotroph
B. decomposer
115. Which organisms are part of Protista
kingdom? C. heterotroph
A. Algae and Fungi D. gross, soggy, smelling and weird
B. Algae and Protozoa 121. Plasmid is
C. Bacteria and Protozoa A. Fragment of DNA which acts as vector
D. Monera and Bacteria

B. fragment which joins two genes
116. The main role of bacteria in the carbon C. mRNA which acts as carrier
cycle involves D. autotrophic fragment
A. photosythesis 122. Protozoa and algae are living things that
B. chemosynthesis belong to the kingdom.
C. digestion or breakdown of organic A. money

compounds B. protista
D. assimilation of nitrogenous com- C. fungi
pounds D. plantae

123. The Cyanobacteria are also referred to as 129. Prokaryotic cells are
A. protists A. cells lack organized nucleus and

B. golden algae membrane-bound organelles
B. Cells that have a nucleus with cell wall
C. slime moulds
and membrane
D. blue-green algae
C. Cells that are free of ribosomes and
124. Yeasts are organisms DNA
A. Unicellular D. Cells that do not have a membrane or
flagellum
B. Multicellular
C. Prokarytoic 130. Where do we find bacteria?
D. Autotrophic A. Only in rotten food

B. Only outside
125. Viruses are no more ‘alive’ than isolated
C. Everywhere
chromosomes because
D. Only in our digestive system
A. both require the environment of a cell
to replicate 131. Organisms called methanogens are most
B. they require both RNA and DNA abundant in a
C. they both need food molecules A. cattle yard
D. they both require oxygen for respira- B. polluted stream
tion C. hot spring
126. Organisms in the kingdom monera repro- D. sulphur rock

duce by means of 132. Saprophytic bacteria are
A. Lay eggs A. Bacteria that feed on a living host
B. Give birth B. Bacteria that feed on dead organisms
C. Divide yourself C. Bacteria that use chemical reactions
D. Lay eggs and give birth to provide energy
D. none of above
127. The scientific name for red algae is
A. Phylum Chlorophyta 133. In eubacteria, a cellular component that
resembles eukaryotic cells is
B. Phylum Rhodophyta
A. nucleus
C. Phylum Phaeophyta
B. ribosomes
D. Red Robin
C. cell wall
128. Archaebacteria differ from eubacteria in D. plasma membrane
A. cell membrane structure
134. Which protozoa has a mixotroph mode of
B. mode of nutrition nutrition?
C. cell shape A. Plasmodium sp.
D. mode of reproduction B. Euglena sp.

C. Salmonella sp. 141. Which one of the following statements

D. Sulfolobus sp. about Mycoplasma is wrong?
A. They are also called PPLO
135. Which is NOT an example of a plant-like
protist? B. They are pleomorphic
A. Bacteria C. They are sensitive to penicillin
B. Algae D. They cause disease in plants
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C. Euglena
142. What are the bacteria called that contain
D. Diatom
chlorophyll?
136. Monera are made up of A. Algae
A. algae, amoeba and paramecia
B. Blue-green bacteria
B. mushrooms, yeast and mould
C. Plants
C. bacteria
D. Fungi
D. none of above
137. Monera’s primary role is to 143. Bacteria can reproduce every

A. make a cell A. year
B. move from one cell to another B. decade
C. decomposes/decomposes C. 20 hours
D. reproduction D. 20 minutes
138. Which Monerans have a nucleus?
144. Small protein produced by vertebrate
A. ALL Monerans cells naturally in response to viral infection
B. SOME Monerans and which inhibit multiplication of viruses
are called
C. NO Monerans
D. none of above A. immunoglobulins
B. interferons
139. Monera kingdom is formed by organ-
isms. C. antitoxins
A. Unicellular D. lipoproteins
B. Multicellular
145. Bacteria are living things that do not
C. Unicellular and multicellular
have a cell nucleus membrane. the term
D. none of above living things that do not have a cell nucleus
membrane is called
140. Cauliflower mosaic virus contains
A. eukaryotic
A. ssRNA
B. dsRNA B. prokaryotes
C. dsDNA C. biotic
D. ssDNA D. abiotic

146. Which Monerans have circulatory and B. Bacteria and fungi

respiratory organs?
C. Fungi and protozoa

A. ALL Monerans
D. Bacteria and algae
B. SOME Monerans
C. NO Monerans 152. The main difference in Gram (+)ve abd
Gram (-)ve bacteria resides in their
D. none of above
A. Cell Well
147. One type of Cyanobacteria that is bene-
ficial and can be used as high protein food B. Cell membrance
is C. Cytoplasm
A. Vibrio cholerae D. flagella
B. Anabaena azollae
153. Bacteria can live
C. Arthrospira
D. Entamoeba coli A. On land and in water
B. Only in water
148. Which of the following shows coiled RNA
strand and capsomeres? C. On land water and air
A. Polio virus D. none of above
B. Tobacco mosaic virus
154. Interferons are synthesised in response
C. measles virus to
D. Retrovirus A. Mycoplasma
149. What is true archaebacteria? B. bacteria
A. All Halophiles C. Viruses
B. All photosyntheitc D. fungi
C. All fossils
155. What is another name for the creatures
D. Oldest living beings
of the Kingdom Monera?
150. According to Darwin’s theory: A. bacteria
A. Surviving the best adapted organisms B. manara
in the environment
C. fungi
B. It is based on natural selection
C. new species originated from pre- D. virus
existing one and those thatdo not adapt
156. Bacteria that help break down dead ma-
to new environmental conditions become
terial in the environment are called
extinct.
D. All the answers are correct A. vaccines
B. decomposers
151. Lichens are formed by the symbiosis of
C. oats
A. Algae and fungi D. none of above

157. How fast do bacteria reproduce? 163. Photosynthetic bacteria have pigments
A. Every 20 hours in
A. leucoplasts
B. Every 20 minutes
B. chloroplasts
C. Every 20 seconds
C. chromoplasts
D. none of above
D. chromatophores
158. Which of the following are likely to be
164. “Algae” is a general term used to de-
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present in deep sea water?
scribe like protists.
A. Archaebacteria A. Plant
B. Eubacteria B. Fungi
C. Blue-green algae C. Animal
D. Saprophytic fungi D. Bacteria
159. What kind of nutrition do bacteria have? 165. Some very good bacteria live in your in-
testines. They are good because they
A. Autotrophic and Heterotrophic
A. can do the 200 meter dash
B. Heterotrophic
B. regrow the intestine linings
C. Autotrophic
C. break down proteins
D. They don’t have nutrition
D. help produce some vitamins
160. Which Monerans live in extreme environ- 166. Amoeba sp is an example of phylum
ments? kingdom
A. ALL Monerans A. rhizopoda, monera
B. SOME Monerans B. sporozoans, protists
C. NO Monerans C. rhizopoda, protista
D. none of above D. flagellates, monera
161. Bacteria that do not have a peptidoglycan 167. Bacteria that obtain food by breaking
layer, namely down dead organisms, namely
A. gram positive bacteria A. Saprophytic bacteria
B. gram negative bacteria B. Parasitic bacteria
C. Archaebacteria C. aerobic bacteria

D. Anaerobic bacteria
D. Eubacteria
168. are the largest group in the Monera
162. Which one belongs to the Monera? Kingdom
A. Amoeba A. Snail
B. Escherichia B. Bacteria
C. Gelidium C. Animal
D. spirogyra D. none of above

169. Choose the correct answer 175. In bacteria, plasmid is

A. Bacteria are part of Monera kingdom. A. extra-chromosomal material

B. Protozoa and algae are part of Monera B. main DNA
kingdom. C. non-functional DNA
C. Algae and bacteria form part of the D. repetitive gene
Protozoa kingdom.
176. Protists can live
D. Protozoa are multicellular animals.
A. On land and in water
170. An antibiotic made from a species of B. In water
thread-like fungus.
C. On land water and air
A. lichen
D. none of above
B. mold
C. penicillin 177. Coccus
A. spherical bacteria, up to 1 micrometer
D. asprin
in diameter
171. Interferons are B. rod-shaped bacteria, 1 micrometer in
A. antiviral proteins diameter
B. antibacterial proteins C. spiral-shaped bacteria, slightly longer
than spores
C. anticancer proteins
D. none of above
D. complex proteins
178. Beneficial bacteria that live in the human
172. Plasmodium sp. is an example of which
large intestine and play a role in the pro-
type of protist?
cess of decomposing food waste is
A. protozoa
A. Lactobacillus casei
B. algae B. Anabaena Azollae
C. mold C. Rhizopods
D. bacteria D. Escherichia coli
173. Sex factor in bacteria is 179. Which of the following is true about ALL
A. chromosomal replicon organisms in the Kingdom Protista?
B. F-replicon A. They are multicellular
C. RNA B. They live in moist environments
D. sex-pilus C. They only move by using cilia
D. They only move by using flagella
174. The primitive prokaryotes responsible for
the production of biogas from the dung of 180. Temperature tolerance of thermal blue-
ruminant animals, include the green algae is due to
A. thermoacidophiles A. Cell wall structure
B. methanogens B. cell organisation
C. eubacteria C. mitochondrial structure
D. halophiles D. homopolar bonds in their proteins

181. Composition of the kingdom Monera 187. Identify the mode of nutrition of a mush-
room?
A. Viruses and Bacteria
A. saprophytic
B. Bacteria and Cyanophytes
B. photosynthetic
C. bacteria and fungi
C. holozoic
D. Cyanophytes and fungi
D. none of above
182. Animals are organisms.
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188. Which Monerans are are bacteria?
A. Unicellular
A. ALL Monerans
B. Multicellular
B. SOME Monerans
C. Unicellular and multicellular C. NO Monerans
183. What are the fungal groups that exist? 189. Bacteria that play a role in the process of
A. Yeast, mushrooms, molds and lichens making cheese are
B. Red algae, brown algae and green al- A. Escherichia coli

gae B. Lactobacillus casei
C. Cilia, flagella and pseudopods C. Spirulina
D. Cocci, bacilli, spirilla and vibrio D. Arthrospira
184. Bacterial leaf blight of rice is caused by a 190. What is called “true bacteria”?
species of A. autotrophic
A. Xanthomonas B. ameboid
B. Pseudomonas C. eubacteria
C. Alternaria D. archaebacteria
D. Erwinia 191. What Kingdom are amoebas, parameci-
ums and euglenas in?
185. Streptococcal form
A. Fungi
A. gang up
B. Protista
B. group
C. Plantae
C. spiral without flagella
D. Animalia
D. chains
192. Based on the means of locomotion, pro-
186. Algae are tozoa are grouped into four parts, namely
A. Unicellular and Multicellular
A. Amoeboid, flagellates, ciliates, sporo-
B. Unicellular
zoa
C. Multicellular
B. Amoeboid, Flagellates, sporozoans,
D. Prokaryotic and wateroids

C. Amoeboid, Flagellata, sporozoa, and 198. What is true for photolithotrophs?

waterpark A. Obtain energy from radiations and hy-

D. Amoeboid, Flagellates, sporozoa, and drogen from organic compounds
sporozak B. Obtain energy from radiations and hy-
193. Bacteria lack alternation of generation drogen from inorganic compounds
because there is C. Obtain energy from organic com-
A. neither syngamy nor reducation divi- pounds
sion D. Obtain energy from inorganic com-
B. distinct chromosomes are absent pounds
C. no conjugation 199. In protist kingdom

D. no exchange of genetic material A. Thet do not make their own food
194. Which one of the following statements is B. Algae make their own food through
wrong? photosynthesis, but amoeba and parame-
cia don’t
A. Golden algae are also called desmids
C. Some of them make their own food
B. Eubacteria are also called false bacte- while others don’t
ria
D. none of above
C. Phycomycetes are also called algal
fungi 200. What is a medicine that kills living
pathogens called?
D. Cyanobacteria are also called blue-
green algae A. vaccine
B. antibiotic
195. We use this to watch protozoa:
C. vitamins
A. Telescope
D. epipen
B. Microscope
C. Glasses 201. What are the 5 kingdoms in which living
things are classified?
D. Window
A. Monera, Archaea, Eukarya, Animala
196. Fungi reproduce and Plantae
A. By cells asexual reproduction B. Monera, Protista, Fungi, Animalia and
B. By sexual and asexual reproduction Plantae
C. With spores C. Bacteria, Protista, Fungi, Monera and
Plantae
D. None of these answers
D. Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya, Fungi and
197. What type of cell do the bacteria have? protista
A. Prokaryotic 202. Maximum nutritional diversity is found in
B. Eukaryotic the group
C. Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic A. Fungi
D. Multicellular B. Animalia

1.5 Kingdom protista 76
C. Monera C. colonial way of life

D. Plantae D. heterotrophic way of eating
204. The soil bacteria that help absorb nitro-

203. Euglena is not suitable if it is only in-
gen from the air are called
cluded in animalia, because Euglena also
has the characteristics possessed by Plan- A. Moneranites
tae, namely B. Diplococcus
A. can carry out photosynthesis
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C. nitrogen-fixing bacteria
B. always on the move D. nitrogenous bacteria
1.5 Kingdom protista

1. An animal with a cell that is not a plant, 5. Where do paramecium live?
animal or fungi is a
A. rivers
A. spore
B. stagnant ponds
B. protista
C. ocean
C. arcella
D. ditches
D. slime mold
6. Which of the following may be found in a
2. Which of the following phytoplankton are bacteria cell?
able to move?
A. nucleus
A. Dinoflagellate
B. ribosomes
B. Diatoms
C. mitochondria
C. Coccolithophores
D. golgi bodies
D. Cyanobacteria
7. are classified more by what they are
3. How does the euglena detect sunlight? not than what they are.
A. Flagellum A. Algaes
B. Eyespot B. Protists
C. Vacuole C. Pigments
D. Cilia D. Eukaryotes
4. Which of the following would be examples 8. CILIA andFLAGELLA both aid in movement
of fungi-like protists? BUT flagella are
A. Slime Molds & Water Molds A. small hairs
B. Euglena & Algae B. small long strand
C. Amoeba & Paramecium C. small feet
D. Stentor & Diatoms D. none of above

9. Ferns and mosses belong to which king- C. Protista

dom?
D. Fungi

A. Kingdom Protista
B. Kingdom Fungi 15. In what way do Protists obtain food?
C. Kingdom Plantae A. Gathering
D. Kingdom Eubacteria B. Photosynthesis
10. What is the name of the group of protists C. Hunting
that have vibrating hair structures? D. Scavenging
A. The flagella
B. Amoeba 16. Chlorella is an important organism in King-
dom Protista as they play role in
C. Ciliata
A. sewage treatment
D. Sporozoa
B. eutrophication
11. A fungus like protist that has a mass of
cytoplasm with multiple nuclei are: C. human health
A. Phytoplankton D. food source

B. Cellular Slime Molds
17. Cilia are
C. Acellular Slime Molds
A. false feet that give protista movement
D. Pellicles
12. Their cell walls contain chitin. B. tiny hairs that give protista movement
A. Algae
B. Fungi C. tails that give the protista movement
C. Protista D. none of above
D. Yeast
18. Chagas disease is spread by
13. Are phytoplankton plant-like, fungus-like, A. Mosquito
or animal-like?
B. Kissing Bug
A. Animal-like
B. plant-like C. Flea
C. fungus-like D. Tsetse Fly
D. none of above
19. A person who comes down with malaria
14. Identify the kingdom Microscopic uni- can infer that he or she contracted it from
cellular organism found in a mud puddle. A. contaminated water supplies.
Organism’s DNA is contained in a nucleus
and it moves by beating tiny hairs in the B. infection by the animal like protist Gia-
water. rdia.
A. Archaebacteria C. the bite of the Anopheles mosquito.
B. Eubacteria D. the bite of the tsetse fly.

20. Protista differs from Monera in having 26. Members of the green algae often differ
A. cell wall from members of the plant kingdom in that
some green algae
B. nuclear membrane
A. are heterotrophs
C. flagella
B. are unicellular
D. autotrophic nutrition
C. have chlorophyll a
21. Fungi obtain energy D. store carbohydrates as starch
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A. Directly from the sun
27. Most protists are aquatic. This means that
B. By engulfing their food. they
C. By absorbing organic (natural) materi- A. drink water
als
B. live in water
D. From nuclear fusion
C. hate water
22. Fungi get their food by D. speak Spanish
A. eating bugs 28. This kingdom is eukaryotic, multicellular,
B. absorbing sunlight heterotrophic, and can be an invertebrate,
C. releasing chemicals that breakdown or vertebrate.
organic matter and absorb the nutrients A. Protista
B. Plante
D. through animal waste and decaying C. Fungi
wood
D. Animalia
23. Plasmodium sp., a protist parasite causing
29. Which of the following type of protist is
malaria, is classified in the phylum
NOT correctly matched to an example?
A. Ciliophora
A. amoeba-protozoa
B. Protozoa B. algae-plant like
C. Apicomplexa C. water mold-fungus like
D. Euglenophyta D. paramecium-plant like
24. In which kingdom do I belong if I am uni- 30. The niche of an animal-like protist is
cellular, autotrophic, and eukaryotic?
A. producer
A. Archaebacteria
B. consumer
B. Protista
C. decomposer
C. Animalia
D. all of the above.
D. Plantae
31. Which of the following protists is multicel-
25. Mycorrhizae are found: lular?
A. in the leaves of plants A. Euglena sp.
B. as parasites of animals B. Fucus sp.
C. in stale bread loaves C. Chlamydomonas sp.
D. in roots of plants D. All protists are unicellular

32. What is the phylum name for green algae 38. Organisms under protozoa are classified
A. chlorophyta based on

B. phaeophyta A. mood of nutrition
C. rhodophyta B. shape
D. myxomycota C. organization level
D. locomotion
33. Two diseases caused by parasites
A. Tuberculosis and whooping cough 39. What are the three domains?
B. Influenza and Covid 19 A. Archaea, Bacteria, and Eubacteria
C. Malaria and African sleeping sickness B. Archaea, Protists, and Eubacteria
C. Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya
D. Dysentery and Polio
D. Archaea, Fungi, Animalia
34. The body of a plant-like organism that is
not divided into leaves, roots, or stems 40. All statements listed below are true about
Chlamydomonas sp. except for
A. thallus
B. cillia A. Its store carbohydrate in the form of
starch
C. cellulose
B. Its mode of nutrition is autotrophic
D. spore
C. It has green pigment called chlorophyll
35. A mass of hyphae is called a(n)
A. spore D. Its grouped under phylum Eugleno-
B. mycelium phyta
C. sporangium 41. Which of the following is evidence for the
D. conidiospore theory of endosymbiosis?
36. A protist that can make its own food is A. Mitochondria have their own DNA
considered to be an B. Chloroplasts make copies of them-
A. autotroph selves in a process similar to binary fis-
sion
B. heterotroph
C. Golgi bodies have membranes similar
C. amoeba
to bacteria
D. mammal
D. Both A and B
37. What event is thought to have contributed
to the evolution of eukaryotes? 42. The correct phylum for Spirogyra sp. is
A. global warming A. Phaeophyta

B. glaciation B. Bryophyta
C. volcanic activity C. Coniferophyta
D. oxygenation of the atmosphere D. Chlorophyta

43. What would happen to Earth’s atmosphere is the analogy used in the video to explain
if all diatoms were to suddenly go ex- how they are grouped?
tinct? A. a refrigerator
A. amount of oxygen would decrease B. an oven
B. amount of oxygen would increase C. a kitchen junk drawer
C. it would evaporate D. a bathroom
D. it would turn red 49. Which are examples of fungi?
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44. Which of the following is NOT TRUE of Eu- A. mold
glena? B. yeast
A. It is phototactic C. mushrooms
B. It contains chloroplasts D. all of the above
C. It moves by pseudopodia 50. Algae are not considered as plants even
D. Its cell body is not surrounded by a cell though they are autotrophic because
wall A. they lack true roots, stems and leaves
45. Animal like protists that use structures
called for movement and for feeding B. do not have cuticle
are members of the phylum Sarcodina. C. do not have multicellular gametangia
A. Pseudopods D. all of the choices
B. Cilia 51. Most protists are:
C. Flagella A. Multicellular
D. none of above B. Unicellular
C. Not made of cells
46. Amoebas are that cause
D. none of above
A. sporozoans, malaria
B. protozans, Hiker’s disease 52. Organisms in Phylum Sarcodina use what
to move?
C. flagellates, giardiasis
A. pseudopods
D. protozoans, dysentery
B. cilia
47. Which type of protist movement is de- C. flagellates
scribed as a “false foot” and used by
D. none of above
amoebas?
A. Flagella 53. Parasitism is defined as
A. A relationship where all organisms in-
B. Psuedopod
volved benefit from each other
C. Cilia
B. A relationship where one organism
D. none of above benefits and the other isn’t harmed
48. Kingdom Protista has organisms that are C. A relationship where one organism
like plants but not quite, like animals but benefits and the other is harmed
not quite, like fungi but not quite. What D. A nonexistent relationship

54. A plant like protista is 60. The niche of a plant-like protist is

A. paramecium A. producer

B. slime mold B. consumer
C. algae C. decomposer
D. none of above D. all of the above.
55. relationship between different species 61. The main pigment found in red algae is:
where all benefit
A. Fucozanthin
A. symbiosis
B. Phycobilins
B. mutualism
C. Chlorophyll A
C. parasitism
D. holdfast D. Chlorophyll B
56. The reproductive structure of a fungus is 62. Which phyla does NOT contain multicellu-
the: lar organisms?
A. Gametophytes A. Phaeophyta
B. Fruiting Body B. Rhodophyta
C. Ascus C. Sarcodina
D. Stolon D. none of above
57. This is the most diverse Kingdom in the bio- 63. Which kingdom is autotrophic AND has a
diversity of the whole world (medjo slight cell wall?
exaggerated).
A. Bacteria
A. Protista
B. Fungi
B. Cnidaria
C. Plantae
C. Angiosperms
D. Protista
D. Fungi
64. Name the pigment plants and some Pro-
58. Which type of environment do protists live tists contain to make their own food
in?
A. Carotenoids
A. dry
B. Chlorophyll
B. moist
C. on land C. Choloroplasts
D. none of above D. Clorophorm
59. What is the common name for a shapeless 65. Pseudopods are
protist A. false feet that give protista movement
A. Flagellates
B. Amoeba B. tails that give the protista movement
C. Ciliates C. tiny hairs that give protista movement
D. Sporozoans D. none of above

66. Which one reproduces using spores? 72. Is algae plant-like, fungus-like, or animal-
A. Amoebas like?
B. Sporozoans A. Fungus-like
C. Flagellates B. Plant-like
D. Ciliates C. Animal-like
D. none of above
67. Which of the following organisms is NOT
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pathogenic? 73. Causes Malaria
A. plasmodium A. Trypanosoma
B. histolytica B. Plasmodium
C. toxoplasma C. Dinoflagellates
D. dinoflagium D. none of above
68. Tigers, Jellyfish, Gorillas and Sponges are 74. Which kingdom has organisms that are au-
all part of kingdom totrophic AND heterotrophic?
A. Animalia A. Protista
B. Plantae B. Fungi
C. Fungi C. Animalia
D. Bacteria D. Plantae
69. Euglena is an example of which type of 75. To say that an organism is heterotrophic
protist? means
A. Plant-like protist A. it cannot reproduce asexually
B. Animal-like protist B. it cannot make its own food
C. Fungi-like protist C. it cannot breathe oxygen gas
D. Bacteria-like protist D. none of above
70. “Protozoan” means and is another 76. Fungi are important to an ecosystem as
name for like protists. A. Producers
A. “First Animals” ; Animal B. Controllers
B. “First Plants” ; Plant C. Decomposers
C. “First Fungi” ; Fungi D. Regulators
D. none of above
77. A whip-like tail like movement in protista
71. A fungi like example of protista is come from
A. algae A. cilia
B. paramecium B. pseudopods
C. slime mold C. flagella
D. none of above D. diatoms

78. The phylum of animal like protists often re- C. malaria

ferred to as have a name that reflects D. toxoplasmosis
the fact that they use flagella for move-

ment. 84. What is the phylum name for red algae?
A. Zooflagellates A. Chlorophyta
B. Diflagellates B. Phaeophyta
C. Biflagellates C. Rhodophyta
D. Myxomycota
D. none of above
85. This kingdom is eukaryotic, multicellular
79. are a type of hyphae that spread and autotrophic.
across the surface of foods.
A. Animalia
A. Ascus
B. Fungi
B. Rhizoids
C. Plante
C. Stolons
D. Protista
D. Chitin
86. Which of the following protists move using
80. An over population of dinoflagellates “false feet”, also known as pseudopods?
causes A. Amoebas
A. Malaria B. Paramecium
B. slime mold C. Euglena
C. a colony to form D. Slime Molds
D. a toxic red tide 87. Euglenoids are examples of
81. Which of the following kingdoms includes A. unicellular algae
both unicellular and multicellular? B. multicellular algae
A. Kingdom Monera C. green algae
B. Kingdom Protista D. brown algae
C. Kingdom Plantae 88. Termites can’t digest the wood they eat.
D. Kingdom Animalia They have a gut full of
A. protists
82. Most protists are eukaryotic. This means
they are B. undigested wood
C. fat
A. primitive types of cells
D. none of above
B. cells with no nucleus
C. cells with organelles 89. What type of plant-like protist produces
much of the oxygen in the atmosphere?
D. none of above
A. Algal Blooms
83. What does Toxoplasma cause? B. Dinoflagellates
A. African sleeping sickness C. phytoplankton
B. dysentery D. Plasmodium

90. What is the most specific level of classifi- 96. What is the function of the cilia?
cation? A. Movement
A. Family
B. Eating
B. Domain
C. Reproduction
C. Species
D. Storage for genetic material
D. Carolus Linnaeus
97. They may or may not go through photosyn-
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91. What organelle carries out photosynthe- thesis
sis?
A. Algae
A. chloroplast
B. Mushrooms
B. contractile vacuole
C. Fungi
C. nucleus
D. Protista
D. nucleolus
98. Algae are classified according to:
92. microscopic alga with a hard shell
A. the way they move
A. diatom
B. their method of reproduction
B. fungi
C. the pigments they contain
C. lichen
D. their habitat
D. bacteria
99. What major characteristics is the same be-
93. What part of a fungus is used for repro-
tween animals and animal like protists?
duction?
A. They are heterotrophic
A. spores
B. flagellum B. They are autotrophic
C. cilia C. They are saprotrophic
D. hyphae D. They are prokaryotic
94. Rhizopus is a common black mold found 100. They are also used for medicine and
on: food.
A. rocks A. Prokaryotic
B. bread B. Fungi
C. living fish C. Protista
D. mosquitoes D. Eukaryotes
95. All protists are 101. choose one that describes algae
A. prokaryotic A. prokaryotic
B. eukaryotic B. predatory
C. bikaryotic C. consumer
D. all of the above. D. plant-like

102. Which of the following questions would 107. Mushrooms belong to which of the fol-
have been useful to help early scientists lowing kingdoms
to create more classification groupings be-

A. plantae
yond just plant and animal?
A. Does the organism obtain energy? B. animalia
B. Does the organism move? C. fungi
C. Is the organism multicellular? D. none of above
D. Where does the organism live?
108. Which of the following is the unique char-
103. I sometimes get confused by others to be acteristic of organisms in Kingdom Pro-
a plant. I’m heterotrophic and digest de- tista?i. Eukaryoticii. All of them are het-
caying material. What kingdom to I belong erotrophsiii. Can only reproduce sexual-
to? lyiv. Can be found in dry place
A. Archaebacteria A. i only
B. Animalia
B. ii and iii only
C. Fungi
C. i, ii and iii only
D. Plantae
D. all of the above
104. Choose the three categories of protists.
A. bacteria-like, plant-like, and fungus- 109. Filaments that are the basic structural
like units of a fungus are:
B. plant-like, animal-like, and bacteria- A. Hyphae
like
B. Mycelium
C. animal-like, fungus-like, and protist-
like C. Mycorrhizae
D. plant-like, animal-like, and fungus-like D. Saprobes
105. This domain contains organisms that 110. Amoeba is an example of which type of
have a true nucleus in each of their cells. protist?
This domain breaks down into four king-
doms. A. Animal-like protists
A. Animalia B. Plant-like protists
B. Archaea C. Fungi-like protists
C. Bacteria D. Bacteria-like protists
D. Eukarya
111. The Plant-like protist that has 2 flagella
106. Kelp is an example of which type of al- and a type of armor is called a
gae?
A. red algae
A. Blue
B. Green B. brown algae
C. Red C. dinoflagellate
D. Brown D. euglenoid

112. Which kingdom has organisms that are B. flagellated

unicellular AND multicellular? C. amoeba
A. All of the above D. sporozoan
B. Fungi
118. An amoeba is part of Kingdom Protista.
C. Animalia
It gets energy from eating other small
D. Plantae cells and digesting them with organelles
called lysosomes. What type of cell is an
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113. Common characteristics of protista amoeba?
A. no tissue, located in moist environ- A. Prokaryote
ment
B. Eukaryote
B. multi-cellular, located in warm dry en-
vironments C. Multicellular
C. tissue, with nucleus D. Daughter cell
D. none of above 119. Animal-like protist are also known as
114. When the amoeba like cells of a cellu-
lar slime molds fuse, they form structures A. Animals
with many nuclei called? B. Protozoa
A. Spores C. Plant
B. Zoosporangia D. Carnivores
C. Filaments
120. A protista that uses conjugation to repro-
D. Plasmodia duce is a
115. To what Kingdom does the amoeba be- A. paramecium
long? B. arcella
A. Monera C. ameoba
B. Animalia D. algae
C. Plantae
121. What special way do amoeba eat?
D. Protista
A. Photosynthesis
116. What is the name of an organism that
B. Engulfs food with pseudopods
cannot produce its own food and must get
it from another source? C. Sweeps food into gullet-like mouth
A. prokaryotic D. none of above
B. eukaryotic 122. What does Entamoeba histolytica
C. autotroph cause?
D. heterotroph A. African sleeping sickness
117. Pseudopodia are characteristic of which B. dysentery

of the following groups of protozoans? C. malaria
A. ciliated D. toxoplasmosis

123. Yeast commonly reproduce asexually C. Amoeba

through: D. Paramecium

A. mitosis
129. Which of the following statement is TRUE
B. fragmentation about the organisms from the phylum Rhi-
C. conjugation zopoda in group protozoa?
D. ambiability A. Movement using pseudopodia
B. Movement using cilia
124. African Sleeping sickness is spread by
this vector C. Movement using flagella
A. Mosquito D. Immobile
B. Kissing bug 130. What is the function of the nucleus?
C. Tsetse Fly A. detect light
D. Flea B. make proteins
125. Which of the following is an example of C. control the euglena
filamentous green algae? D. expel excess water
A. Chlamydomonas sp.
131. Through what process do Algae get en-
B. Fucus sp. ergy?
C. Spirogyra sp. A. Chemosynthesis
D. Pleurococcus sp. B. Photosynthesis
126. The paramecium belongs to which C. Fermentation
group? D. none of above
A. Sarcodines
132. CILIA andFLAGELLA both aid in movement
B. Zooflagellates BUT cilia are
C. Sporozoans A. small feet
D. Ciliates B. small hairs
127. Which is an example of a disease caused C. small contractile vacuoles
by fungi D. none of above
A. Diphtheria
133. Where is the cell’s main DNA located?
B. The Common Cold
A. nucleus
C. Strep Throat B. ectoplasm
D. Athlete’s Foot C. pellicle
128. Saprobe is another term which means D. chloroplast
“decomposer.” Identify an example of a
saprotrophic protist. 134. While looking through the microscope,
you observe a green, flagellated organism
A. Slime Mold with a definite nucleus. You are probably
B. Euglena seeing a(n):

A. protozoan 140. All the statements below are true about

B. bacterium Ciliophora except
A. they are heterotrophic
C. fungus-like protist
B. they move by pseudopodia
D. algae
C. they have cilia
135. The domain containing Kingdom Fungi, D. they are free-living
Protista, Animalia and Plantae
141. They can be animal-like, plant-like, and
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A. Bacteria
fungus-like.
B. Archaea
A. Amoeba
C. Eukarya
B. Fungi
D. none of above C. Molds
136. Mycorrhizae are a fungus that have a D. Protista
relationship with a
142. What is the name of the hair-like struc-
A. commenalistic; arthropod tures on a protist?
B. mutualistic; root A. Eyespot
C. mutualistic; tree B. Glucose
D. parasitistic; animal C. Colia
D. Cilia
137. Which type of algae is often added to
toothpaste? 143. These structures attach some algae to
A. dinoflagellates rocks.
B. kelp A. contractile vacuoles
C. red algae B. pseudopods

C. flagella
D. diatoms
D. holdfasts
138. Some mastigophora are parasites, one
example is Trypanosomes, which cause 144. Fungi reproduce by releasing into the
air.
A. leprosy
A. seeds
B. malaria
B. pollen
C. African sleeping sickness
C. cells
D. Dengue fever
D. spores
139. Fungi that live cooperatively with other 145. During conjugation, two paramecium join
organisms are together and exchange:
A. saprophytic A. micronuclei
B. parasitic B. enzymes
C. mutualistic C. macronuclei
D. none of above D. excess water

146. are tiny hairs all over the cell that are 152. During unfavorable conditions, the
used for locomotion. amoeba can create a

A. cilia A. cyst
B. flagella
B. endospore
C. pseudopods
C. pellicle
D. trichocysts
D. capsid
147. What chemical is the main component of
cell walls in fungi? 153. Which of the following share the most
A. cellulose similarities?
B. peptidoglycan A. paramecium and amoeba
C. chitin B. paramecium and euglena
D. spores
C. amoeba and euglena
148. Which of the following pairs is INCOR-
D. none of above
RECTLY matched?
A. Fungus like protists-Autotrophic 154. The ciliate Paramecium belongs to which
B. Plant like protists-Autotrophic phylum?
C. Animal like protists-Hetertrophic A. Sporozoa
D. Fungus like protists-Saprotrophic B. Ciliaphora
149. How do amoebas move? C. Dinoflagellata
A. can not move
D. Sarcodina
B. with cilia
C. with flagella 155. Protists that cause human disease are
found in the guts of
D. with pseudopodia
A. termites and Anopheles mosquito
150. Which of the following is true of ALL or-
ganisms in the protist kingdom? B. Anopheles mosquito and TseTse fly
A. They are multicellular C. Tse Tse fly and Sri Lanka mosquito
B. They live in moist environments D. none of above
C. They move using cilia
D. They move using flagella 156. Which structure of a paramecium is anal-
ogous to a “reserve copy” of all the cell’s
151. The thread like structures that make up genes?
the bodies of multi-cellular fungi are called
A. macronucleus
A. hyphae
B. trichocysts
B. nuclei
C. mold C. micronucleus
D. cell walls D. gullet

157. Which of the following statements about C. a photosynthetic cyanobacterium

Fucus are TRUE?I. Dominant photosynthe- D. membrane proliferation
sis pigment is fucoxanthinII. Carbohydrate
storage is starchIII. Consist of large thallu- 163. Which of the following statements is true
sIV. Non-vascular about green algae?
A. I, II and III A. They are non-photosynthetic
B. I, III and IV B. Their main energy storage is starch
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C. II, III and IV C. They are all multicellular organisms
D. I, II, III and IV D. They perform asexual reproduction
158. Protists are alike in that all are only
A. multicellular 164. A pseudopod is a(n)

B. eukaryotic A. extra nucleus for reproduction
C. photosynthetic B. false foot for locomotion
D. nonparasitic C. whip-like extension for locomotion
159. All protists are D. second stage of protozoan life cycle
A. Prokaryotic 165. These organisms are autotrophic, multi-
B. Eukaryotic cellular, eukaryotic, and have cell walls.
C. Unicellular A. Animal
D. Multicellular B. Plant
160. A protist is any organism that is not a C. Fungi
plant, an animal, a fungus, or a(an) D. Protist
A. Eukaryote
166. In the human body, Plasmodium first in-
B. Eubacterium fects liver cells, then cells, causing
C. Prokaryote them to burst.
D. Archaebacterium A. White Blood Cells
161. When algae bloom due to the large B. Liver cells

amounts of run off, it can cause a , C. Red Blood Cells
which poison and kill marine life.
D. Pancreas Cells
A. Red Death
167. Which of the two changes the shape con-
B. Green Wave
stantly and flows around its food engulf
C. Red Tide it?
D. Purple People Eaters A. Paramecium
162. Mitochondria most likely evolved by B. Euglena
A. endosymbiosis C. Protists
B. cytoskeletal elements D. Bacteria

168. Amoeba sp. is categorized under phylum 174. Which protist causes malaria?
A. Water mold

A. Phylum Phaeophyta B. Amoeba
B. Phylum Apicomplexa C. Plasmodium
C. Phylum Ciliophora D. Algae
D. Phylum Rhizopoda
175. Diatoms may be found in
169. Which are not the feeding modes of Pro- A. Toothpaste
tozoa?
B. ice cream
A. Photosynthetic
C. pet food
B. Parasitic D. sushi
C. Saprotrophic
176. What is the main difference between
D. Holozoic members of the plant and fungi king-
170. In an amoeba, a small cavity within the doms?
cytoplasm that stores food is called a A. fungus are multicellular
A. gullet B. fungus are heterotrophs
B. food vacuole C. fungus are eukaryotic
C. pseudopod D. fungus have a cell wall
D. contractile vacuole 177. A saclike structure in which nuclei de-
velop is known as the:
171. What kingdom do Paramecium and Eu-
glena belong to? A. Nuclear envelope
A. Protista B. Ascocarp
B. Animiala C. Ascus
C. Eubacteria D. Conidiophores
D. Arch-bacteria 178. Which of the following statements are
the importance of Kingdom Protista?I. Car-
172. Which kingdom has organisms that are bon dioxide fixationII. Food sourceIII. Al-
prokaryotes AND eukaryotes? gal bloomIV. Symbiotic
A. Protista A. I, II and III
B. Fungi B. II, III and IV
C. Animalia C. I, III and IV
D. None D. I, II, III and IV
173. These are animal like protists. 179. cause poisonous red tides.
A. Protozoa A. dinoflagellates
B. Algae B. diatoms
C. Bacteria C. euglena
D. Slime molds D. rhodophyta

180. Which two protists are important parts 186. These two kingdoms contain multicellular
of the food chain? heterotrophs.
A. plant-like and fungus-like A. fungus and plant
B. fungus-like and animal-like B. plant and animal
C. plant-like and animal-like C. fungus and plant
D. all of the above. D. fungus and animals
181. Organisms in Phylum Mastiophora use
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what to move? 187. I have a nucleus, can perform photosyn-
thesis and am multicellular. What kingdom
A. pseudopods do I belong to?
B. cilia A. Animalia
C. flagellates
B. Archaebacteria
D. none of above
C. Plantae
182. Another name for animal-like protists is D. Protist
A. algae 188. Kingdom Fungi and Kingdom Protista are

B. protozoans in Domain Eukarya because-
C. paramecium A. their cells lack a membrane-enclosed

nucleus.
D. diatoms
B. their cells have a membrane-enclosed
183. This domain is characterized by ancient nucleus.
bacteria that can live in extreme environ-
ments, such as volcanoes. C. they are autotrophic and multicellular.
A. Archaea
D. they are heterotrophic and multicellu-
B. Bacteria lar.
C. Eukarya
D. Prokarya 189. Organisms that are classified as unicellu-
lar are
184. Alginic Acid is from Phylum A. seen with the naked eye
A. Pyrrophyta
B. many celled organisms
B. Rhodophyta
C. single celled organisms
C. Phaeophyta
D. able to make their own food
D. Chrysophyta
185. What kingdom is always multicellular, 190. Which protozoa removes bacteria from
heterotrophic and has NO cell wall? sewage water?
A. Protista A. Rhizopoda
B. Fungi B. Euglenophyta
C. Plantae C. Ciliophora
D. Animalia D. Apicomplexa

191. Red tides” and extensive fish kills are 197. Silica is a substance that makes up the
caused by population “blooms” of outer covering of these organisms.

A. Euglena. A. Paramecium
B. specific dinoflagellates. B. Amoeba
C. diatoms. C. Diatoms
D. Plasmodium. D. Seaweed
192. Examples of fungi: 198. A lifecycle that has a haploid stage fol-
A. Algae, mushrooms, and Staphylococ- lowed by a diploid stage is:
cus A. fragmentation
B. Amoeba, molds, and Salmonella B. plasmodium
C. Water molds, yeast, and E. coli C. gametophyte
D. Yeast, mushrooms and molds D. alternation of generations
193. Tail like movement in protista’s come 199. what all types of protists have in com-
from mon is
A. cilia A. can make their own food by photosyn-
thesis
B. pseudopods
B. has a cell nucleus
C. flagella
C. live in places with high salt content
D. diatoms
D. multicellular
194. Organisms in Phylum Ciliophora use what
to move? 200. Protozoans are placed into four groups
on the basis of
A. pseudopods
A. cell membrane and cell wall compo-
B. cilia
nents
C. flagellates
B. heterotrophic or autotrophic mode of
D. none of above nutrition
195. These animals cultivate fungi as a food C. means of locomotion
source, much like humans grow crops. D. characteristics of the nucleus
A. Ants
201. are threadlike tubes in fungi.
B. Centipedes A. Heterotrophs
C. Wasps B. Hyphae
D. Badgers C. Spores
196. How does an amoeba move? D. Lichens
A. It uses cilia 202. The is the underside cap of a mush-
B. It uses flagellum room where spores form.
C. It uses pseudopods A. Lichen
D. It cannot move B. Ascopore

C. Mycelium C. red algae

D. Basidium D. brown algae
203. All organisms that do not fit into plant, 209. The sporozoan Plasmodium, carried from
fungi, and animal kingdoms but have a nu- host to host by mosquitoes, causes , a
cleus are: very serious infectious disease.
A. archaebacteria A. African Sleeping Sickness
B. eubacteria B. Potato Blight
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C. protists C. Malaria
D. fungus D. none of above
204. Where are protists found? 210. Which characteristic is shared by prokary-
A. in ponds and lakes otes and eukaryotes?
B. in deserts A. cytoskeleton
C. everywhere B. nuclear envelope
D. none of above C. DNA-based genome
D. mitochondria
205. Many algae switch back and forth be-
tween diploid and haploid stages during 211. The paramecium belongs to the Kingdom
their life cycle in a process known as and the Phylum
A. sexual reproduction A. Ciliphora, Protista
B. alternation of generations B. Protista, Ciliophora
C. fusion of opposite mating types C. Protozoa, Protista
D. asexual reproduction D. Animalia, Protista
206. Eubacteria cell walls are made out of 212. Amoeba often eat
A. Chitin A. euglena
B. Cellulose B. paramecium
C. Peptidoglycan C. other amoeba
D. Glucose D. algae
207. How do paramecium move? 213. Which of the following statements about
A. Cilia protists are TRUE?I. Amoeba uses pseu-
B. Flagella dopodium for locomotionII. Paramecium is
a ciliated heterotrophIII. Euglena has an
C. pseudopods eye spotIV. Euglena is photosynthetic
D. none of above A. I, II and III
208. Common name of Fucus sp. is B. I, II and IV
A. green algae C. II, III and IV
B. mosses D. I, II, III and IV

214. Which term best describes algae? 220. Which of the following groups of protists
A. Predatory produce spores?

B. Consumer A. downy mildews
B. sarcodines
C. Plant-like
C. flagellates
D. Prokaryotic
D. red algae
215. Which correctly describes a protist?
221. The thread like mass that makes up the
A. prokaryotic
main body of fungus is:
B. mostly unicellular
A. spores
C. mostly multicellular B. asci
D. none of above C. plasmodium
216. How do phylum sporozoa move? D. mycelium
A. they move using flagella 222. If you wanted to find a colony of protists,
B. they move from pseudopods (false where might you look?
feet) A. Forest
C. They have hairlike projections to pro- B. Desert
pel them towards food
C. Mountain
D. they have no special structures for lo-
D. Pond
comotion
223. Organelle containing chlorophyll for pho-
217. There are three main categories of pro-
tosynthesis
tists:animal like, plantlike, and like?
A. endoplasm
A. bacteria
B. vacuole
B. fungus
C. chloroplast
C. virus
D. thallus
D. slime
224. Euglena move with whiplike structure
218. Fungi can be called?
A. decomposers or producers A. Flagella
B. consumers or producers B. Spirilla
C. consumers or decomposers C. Protista
D. none of these D. none of above
219. What is your desired score? 225. An animal like protista is
A. 80-100 A. Algae
B. 75-79 B. paramedium
C. 60-74 C. slime mold
D. 50-59 D. none of above

226. What chemical is used as a thickening 232. Which of the following are classified as
agent? protists?
A. cellulose A. algae and protozoa
B. alginic acid B. fungi and sponges
C. red algae
C. bacteria and archea
D. diatomaceous earth
D. ferns and mosses
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227. Which of the following statements are
NOT TRUE about Chlamydomonas sp.? 233. How do the phylum mastigophora
move?
A. Stores laminarin
B. Motile A. they move using flagella
C. Has cup-shaped chloroplast B. they move from pseudopods (false

feet)
D. Has chlorophyll a and b
C. They have hairlike projections to pro-
228. Mushrooms are know as fungi. pel them towards food
A. club
D. they have no special structures for lo-
B. sac comotion
C. imperfect
234. An animal-like protist is also known as
D. zygote a(n):
229. If a protist can’t make its own food, it is A. protozoan
considered to be a
B. algae
A. autotroph
C. euglena
B. eukaryote
C. heterotroph D. sporophyte
D. ciliate 235. The cell wall of the fungus-like protist is

made of
230. Any method of reproducing that create
offspring identical to the single parent. A. cellulose
A. asexual B. concrete
B. budding C. chitin
C. sexual
D. sporogenesis
236. Fungi thrive in and environ-
ments.
algae?
A. warm and moist
A. Amoeba sp.
B. Paramecium sp. B. cool and dry
C. Chlamydomonas sp. C. oceans and lakes
D. Staphylococcus sp. D. cold and snowy

237. What is the nickname for Kingdom Pro- 243. The domain Eukarya has 4 kingdoms, Pro-
tista? tista, Fungi, Plantae and

A. “Kingdom of Everything” A. Animalia
B. “Junk Drawer Kingdom” B. Mammalia
C. “Crazy Kingdom”
C. Crustacea
D. “Kingdom of Nonsense”
D. Amphibia
238. The contains multiple copies of a cells
genome. 244. Without its hair-like structures, this or-
ganism would not be able to propel
A. DNA
through the water.
B. Micronucleus
A. The paramecium
C. Macronucleus
B. The amoeba
D. Chromosomes
C. The euglena
239. The disease Malaria is spread by:
D. none of above
A. Mosquitoes
B. Infected food 245. All statements listed below are true
C. Bats about Chlamydomonas sp. EXCEPT
D. Flies A. It has green pigment called chlorophyll
240. Sarcodines such as Amoeba use to

move and look for food. B. Its mode of nutrition is autotrophic
A. flagella C. Its grouped under phylum Eugleno-

phyta
B. cilia
C. pseudopods D. Its store carbohydrate in the form of
starch
D. all of the above
246. Fungus-like molds include
241. What is the phylum name for brown al-
gae? A. kelp and volvox
A. Chlorophyta B. water mold and slime mold
B. Rhodophyta C. mushrooms and toadstools
C. Phaeophyta
D. paramecium and amoeba
D. Myxomycota
247. Animals must eat other organisms for
242. A paramecium is an example of which
food, so they are classified as
type of protist?
A. heterotrophs
A. Animal-like protist
B. Plant-like protist B. autotrophs
C. Fungi-like protist C. eukaryotic
D. Bacteria-like protist D. prokaryotic

248. Algae that is important in human food C. They live in saltwater environments
source is..
D. They are multicellular
A. Euglena sp.
B. Chorella sp. 254. Protists are classified by how they ob-
tain?
C. Plasmodium sp.
A. Food
D. Chlamydomonas sp.
B. Mates
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249. An example of a protista that has false
C. Oxygen
feet (pseudopods) are
D. Their habitat
A. paramedium
B. euglena 255. Which kingdom has organisms that repro-
C. diatoms duce sexually AND asexually?
D. amoeba A. All of the above

B. Fungi
250. Protozoans are
C. Animalia
A. animal-like autotrophs
B. plantlike fungi D. Plantae
C. fungus like protists 256. A unicellular algae with cell walls filled
D. animal-like protists with silica is called
A. dinoflagellates
251. Protist subgroup are the closest liv-
ing relatives to land plants. B. red algae
A. Charophytes C. diatoms
B. Chlorophytes D. green algae
C. Red algae
257. Ecological importance of plant-like pro-
D. Euglenozoans tists
252. Which statement describes how amoeba A. part of phytoplankton that produce oxy-
consume food? gen
A. The food diffuses through the mem- B. produce algal blooms
brane
C. are responsible for the potato blight
B. They use their pseudopods to engulf
D. cause many diseases
the prey
C. Amoeba don’t eat 258. I have locomotion and no cell walls. What
D. The food will eat the amoeba kingdom do I belong to?
A. Animalia
253. What do all protists have in common?
B. Archaebacteria
A. Their cells have nuclei
C. Eubacteria
B. They can make their own food through
photosynthesis D. Plantae

259. All eukaryotic cells belong in which do- C. III only

main(s)? D. I and III only

A. Eukarya
265. What do protists, plants, fungi, and ani-
B. Bateria mals ALWAYS have in common? They are
C. Archaea all
D. Eukarya, Bacteria, and Archaea A. Multicellular
260. Fungi are classified by the way they: B. Eukaryotic
A. form symbiotic relationships C. Prokaryotic
B. produces spores D. Consumers

C. obtain their food 266. Algae are no longer considered to be
D. recycle nutrients plants mainly because
A. they lack roots, stems, and leaves
261. All of the following have a nucleus except
B. they are heterotrophic
A. Eubacteria C. they are sessile
B. Animalia D. they reproduce asexually
C. Plantae 267. In Paramecium sp., the surface of the cell
D. Protista is covered with thousands of short, hair-
like structures called
262. Which type of protist is ONLY parasitic?
A. plasmodemata
A. Ciliates
B. cilia
B. Sporozoans
C. pseudopodia
C. Flagellates
D. flagella
D. Amoebas
268. Fungi that recycle nutrients back into the
263. They do not contain chlorophyll, thus they environment by decomposing dead organic
do not undergo photosynthesis. matter are called:
A. Fungi A. parasites
B. Protista B. mutualists
C. Halophiles C. decomposers
D. Eukaryotes D. autotrophs
264. Which of the following statements about 269. The protists recycles sewage, waste, pro-
Algae are TRUE?I. Some algae have true duces oxygen and provide food for others
stemsII. Some algae are heterotrophsIII.
Some algae have true rootsIV. Some algae A. Phytoplankton
are motile B. Paramecium
A. IV only C. Amoeba
B. I and II only D. Slime mold

270. Protists are classified according to what C. Plasmodium sp.-Apicomplexa

and how they D. Paramecium sp.-Euglenophyta
A. move
276. algae are not classified as plants even
B. reproduce
though they are autotrophic, because
C. eat
A. have imperfect roots, stems, and
D. none of above leaves
271. Protists belong to which Kingdom? B. have no cuticles
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A. Plantae C. not muticular gametangia
B. Fungi D. everything is true
C. Protista 277. Some red tides are dangerous because
D. Animalia
A. They can make everything red
272. Which of the following is not a way that B. They can kill marine life and/or poison
protists contribute to the food web? them
A. They fix carbon into organic molecules. C. They can bloom flowers
D. They can create bacteria
B. They occupy the apex producer niche.
C. They enter symbiotic relationships 278. Protozoa are called animal like protists
with animals. because they
D. They recycle nutrients back into the A. have cell membranes and cell walls
carbon and nitrogen cycles. B. have backbones
273. Which of the following does NOT belong C. are multicellular
to the protistans? D. cannot make their own food
A. bacteria
279. Most protists are unicellular. This means
B. protozoans they
C. chrysophytes A. are made of one type of cell
D. dinoflagellates B. are made of one cell
274. What structure is common to all 6 king- C. are made of many cells
doms? D. none of above
A. DNA
280. Mutualism is defined as
B. Nucleus
A. A relationship where all organisms in-
C. Cell wall
volved benefit from each other
D. Mitochondria
B. A relationship where one organism
275. Which of the following correctly pairs benefits and the other is not harmed
protists with its phylum? C. A relationship where one organism
A. Amoeba sp.-Ciliophora benefits and the other is harmed
B. Euglena sp.-Rhizopoda D. A nonexistent relationship

281. Are amoebas considered a heterotroph, C. they can move from one place to an-
autotroph, or decomposer? other.

A. Autotroph D. They are not like animals.
B. Heterotroph 287. Diatoms are from Phylum
C. Decomposer A. mastigophora
D. none of above B. Sarcodina
282. These are all examples of Fungi except C. Chlorophyta
D. Chrysophyta
A. Yeast
288. Malaria is caused by as they are able
B. Molds to live in two host which are human and
C. Mushrooms mosquitoes.
D. Euglena A. Fucus sp.
B. Euglena sp.
283. “sac” within a cell bound by a membrane.
used to control the amount of water in a C. Plasmodium sp.
cell, or to store food while it’s being di- D. Paramecium sp.
gested within the cell.
289. Dinoflagellates are able to spin by means
A. thallus of:
B. spore A. their cilia
C. vaculole B. their pillbox shape
D. cilia C. two flagella
284. Paramecium is an example of which phy- D. a holdfast
lum?
290. What does a cilia belong to?
A. rhizopoda A. Amoeba
B. ciliophora B. Euglena
C. apicomplexa C. Paramecium
D. protozoa D. Volvox
285. Fungi: 291. What special way do paramecium eat?
A. do not contain chloroplasts A. Sweep food into gullet-like mouth
B. have cell walls made of chitin B. Photosynthesis
C. do not produce their own food C. Engulf food with pseudopods
D. all of the above D. none of above
286. Fungi are like animals because 292. Protozoans can be classified on the basis
A. they all reproduce sexually. of their
B. they get their food from other organ- A. life cycle.

isms. B. unique structures.

C. photosynthetic nature. 299. Members of this kingdom never have a

D. type of motility. cell wall
A. Animalia
293. Which of the following is an autotrophic
protist? B. Plantae
A. Chlamydomonas sp. C. Archaebacteria
B. Amoeba sp. D. Protista
C. Euglena sp. 300. A nucleus is found in what type of cell?
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D. Cyanobacteria A. Prokaryotic
294. Many algae are used by humans as B. Eukaryotic
A. a food additive to make things creamy; C. Both prokaryotic and eukaryotic
ice cream and puddings D. Neither prokaryotic or eukaryotic
B. road paint-sparkle 301. Which of the following is a TRUE state-
C. cleaning agent ment regarding the organisms of the Phy-
D. decomposers lum Rhizopoda in the protozoa group?
A. move with flagella
295. What is an example of a fungus?
B. move with cilia
A. moss
C. moves with pseudopodia
B. mold
D. not moving
C. bryophyte
D. protist 302. A fungus is an organism whose cells have
A. a nuclei
296. Animal-like protists are classified by
B. cell walls
A. their cell wall composition
C. no chlorophyll
B. how many cells they have
D. A, B and C
C. their method of reproduction
D. how they move 303. Excess water is pumped out of a parame-
cium through its:
297. What is the function of cilia A. contractile vacuoles
A. to move B. pellicle
B. to eat C. gullet
C. for reproduction D. micronucleus or macronucleus
D. place of genetic material
304. Which protist can be found on ocean sur-
298. Where in our everyday life do we find al- faces and produces up to 80% of the
gae? world’s oxygen?
A. In our clothing A. Plasmodium
B. In our food B. Euglena
C. In our electronics C. Water mold
D. In our cars D. Phytoplankton

305. What does Plasmodium cause? D. One is bacteria and the is archaebac-
A. African sleeping sickness teria

B. dysentery 311. Organisms in Kingdom Fungi have cell
C. malaria walls, similar to plants. However, fungi
are very different than plants because
D. toxoplasmosis
they are
306. What would happen if the cell did not A. heterotrophs
have the contractile vacuole?
B. autotrophs
A. It would starve
C. prokaryotes
B. It would explode
C. It could see D. multicellular
D. It could not move 312. What do green algae and plants both
have?
307. Euglena move by using
A. cilia A. Stem
B. flagella B. Diatoms
C. pseudopodia C. Leaves
D. pili D. Photosynthetic pigments
308. This kingdom contains organisms that are 313. What is the phylum name for Diatoms?
eukaryotes. They can be both autotrophs
A. Euglenophyta
and heterotrophs. Some have cell walls.
Most are unicellular. B. Kinetoplastida
A. plant C. Bacillariophyta
B. animal D. Dinoflagellate
C. protist
314. This kingdom contains multicellular au-
D. bacteria totrophs.
309. An organism that is a eukaryote but NOT A. protist
a plant, animal or fungi is a
B. plant
A. spore
C. animal
B. protista
D. fungus
C. arcella
D. slime mold 315. Which of the following protists con-
tain chloroplasts and are therefore au-
310. What is the difference between unicellu- totrophic?
lar and multicellular?
A. Euglena
A. They are the same
B. Amoeba
B. One has a nucleus and one doesn’t
C. Paramecium
C. Unicellular has one cell and multicellu-
lar has many D. Slime Mold

316. Which Phylum contains organisms that A. green alga:fungal partner of lichen
naturally form spores? B. dinoflagellate:reef-building coral ani-
A. Sporozoa mal
B. Sacrodina C. Trichomonas:human
C. Mastigophora D. alga:certain foraminiferans
D. Ciliophora 322. Which process occurs when 2 protist join
together and exchange hereditary mate-
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317. This kingdom contains heterotrophic or-
ganisms that can be unicellular or multicel- rial?
lular. Organisms from this kingdom can A. Conjugation
sometimes cause athlete’s foot or ring- B. Asexual reproduction
worm.
C. Fission
A. Fungi
D. Fertilization
B. Animalia
C. Protista
the importance of Kingdom Protista?I.
D. Archaebacteria CO2 fixationII. Food sourceIII. Algal
bloomIV. Symbiotic
318. Euglenas have an intricate, folded cell
membrane called a(an) A. I and II only
A. cell wall B. II and III only
B. eyespot C. III and IV only
C. trichocyst D. I, II and III only
D. pellicle 324. relationship between species where at
least one benefits
319. Which phylum contains both a macro-and
a micro-nucleus? A. mutualism
A. Ciliophora B. parasitism
B. sarcodina C. holdfast
C. Sporozoa D. symbiosis
D. Phaeophyta 325. Animals are grouped in supergroup
along with Choanoflagellates.
320. Fungi are , which means they cannot
make their own food. A. Amoebozoa
A. Autotrophs B. Archaeplastida
B. Heterotrophs C. Opisthokonta
C. Carnivores D. Rhizaria
D. Omnivores 326. Amoebas are able to store food in struc-

tures called:
321. Which of the following is not a mutualis-
tic partnerships that involve a protist and A. food vacuoles
a host organism? B. contractile vacuoles

C. gullets 332. A person who comes down with malaria

can be inferred that he or she has con-
D. oral grooves
tacted it from

327. This kingdom is prokaryotic, unicellular, A. contaminated water supply
and is found pretty much every where. B. infection by a Paramecium sp.
A. Archaebacteria C. the bite of Anopheles mosquito
B. Eubacteria D. the bite of tsetse fly
C. Fungi 333. Protists are often classified by
D. Protista A. how they obtain their nutrition and
how they move
328. The niche of a fungus-like protist is
B. how they move and by their color
A. producer
C. where they live and what they eat
B. consumer
D. if they are free living or parasitic
C. decomposer
334. Malaria is caused by a
A. Protists
329. Extensions of an amoeba’s cytoplasm B. Protozoan
that it uses for locomotion are called:
C. Bacteria
A. cilia
D. Virus
B. flagella
335. are reproductive cells that form with-
C. pseudopods out fertilization.
D. chloroplasts A. Spores
330. Commensalism is defined as B. Eggs

C. Zygotes
A. A relationship where all organisms
benefit D. Diatoms
B. A relationship where one organism 336. A protist has a true nucleus, so it is a
benefits and other isn’t harmed
A. Prokaryote
C. A relationship where one organism B. Cell
benefits and other is harmed
C. Eukaryote
D. A nonexistent relationship
D. Atom
331. The purpose of the CONTRACTILE VAC- 337. An animal like protista that moves with
UOLE in protists is to cilia is
A. store water A. Algae
B. remove water B. paramecium
C. store chlorophyll C. slime mold
D. none of above D. Amoeba

338. Bacteria are prokaryotes which means 344. An example of a protista that just floats
they along is a
A. have a nucleus on their capsule A. euglena
B. do not contain a nucleus B. diatoms
C. can live in environments with and with- C. amoeba
out oxygen D. paramecium
D. none of above 345. This organism’s remains are used as an
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339. What kingdom do Euglena belong to? abrasive in toothpaste
A. monera A. diatoms
B. dinoflagellates
B. animal
C. macrocysts
C. plant
D. plankton
D. protist
346. Sarcodines use to move and look for
340. When DNA is contained in a nucleus, the food
cell is
A. pseudopods
A. eukaryotic
B. cilia
B. prokaryotic
C. flagellum
C. unicellular
D. all of the above
D. multicellular
347. What are some bad effects of fungi?
341. What does Trypanosoma cause? A. Athletes Foot
A. African sleeping sickness B. Ringworm
B. dysentery C. Mushroom’s produce deadly poison
C. malaria D. All of the above
D. toxoplasmosis 348. What organism is a symbiotic relation-
342. They have membrane-bound organelles ship between fungus and either a green
algae or cyanobacterium?
A. Eukaryotic
A. lichen
B. Prokaryotic
B. mychorrhiza
C. Diatomic C. ascus
D. none of above D. basidium
343. How many cells are found in Archaebac- 349. If an organism is unicellular but has a nu-
teria? cleus, then it belong to this kingdom.
A. Unicellular A. plant
B. Multicellular B. animal
C. Both C. protist
D. none of above D. bacteria

350. The sporozoan Plasmodium causes the C. Cilia

disease known as
D. none of above

A. Amebic Dysentery
B. Algal Bloom 356. This kingdom contains organisms that are
unicellular, prokaryotic, and often live in
C. Malaria water. Amoeba, euglena, and paramecium
D. African Sleeping Sickness are a part of this kingdom.
A. Animalia
351. Firm, flexible coating outside the plasma
membrane B. Eubacteria
A. pseudopod C. Fungi
B. ectoplasm D. Protista
C. flagellate
357. The type of nutrition found in most Pro-
D. pellicle tozoa is
352. Algae are important because A. autotrophic
A. They produce most of the oxygen we B. chemotrophic
breathe in
C. photosynthetic
B. They produce most of the carbon diox-
ide we breathe in D. heterotrophic
C. They eliminate our marine life 358. The primary grouping of protozoa is
D. All of the above based upon their
A. Feeding habits
353. A protista that reproduces using spores
is a B. Mode of reproduction
A. euglena C. Mode of locomotion
B. slime molds D. Mode of nutrition
C. arcella
359. What do you call Animal-like Protists?
D. none of above
A. Animalcules
354. I have a nuclear membrane, can do photo- B. Parasites
synthesis and am multicellular. What king-
dom do I belong to? C. Protozoans
A. Animalia D. Diatoms
B. Archaebacteria
360. The sporozoan parasite Plasmodium in-
C. Plantae fects cells of which of the following?
D. Protista A. blood
355. How do amoebas move? B. liver
A. Flagella C. brain
B. Cytoplasmic streaming (psuedopods) D. both blood and liver

1.6 Kingdom fungi 108
361. The purpose of the oral groove in the B. pseudopods

paramecium is to C. flagella
A. Pump out water D. all of the above.
B. Move
366. The Kingdom Protista includes
C. Copy DNA
A. eukaryote
D. Capture food
B. unicellular and multicellular organism
362. How do fungi reproduce?
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C. not a plant, animal or fungus
A. by flowers
D. all of the choices
B. by seeds
C. by spores 367. the amoeba uses a pseudopod to move
and to engulf its food-pseudopod means
D. by asexual reproduction
A. false face
363. Land plants are grouped in supergroup B. false feet
along with green algae.
C. false movement
A. Amoebozoa
D. none of above
B. Archaeplastida
C. Opisthokonta 368. are fungi that produce the gas that
makes bread rise.
D. Rhizaria
A. mushrooms
364. The part of sea weed that anchors it to
B. athlete’s foot
the ocean floor.
C. blue cheese
A. Stripe
D. yeast
B. Blades
C. Holdfast 369. Phytoplankton is a protist that
D. Float A. lives below 100’ of water
365. The common protozoan, Paramecium, B. lives above 100’ of water

moves by what means? C. lives in cold water
A. cilia D. none of above
1.6 Kingdom fungi

1. Chitin is found in fungi and in: A. act as pathogen
A. Humans B. decomposers
B. Insects C. causes red tide
C. Plants D. pharmaceuticals
D. Bacteria 3. Which of the following is the result of
2. All statements below is true about impor- asexual reproduction?
tance of Kingdom Fungi except A. Sporangiospores

B. Ascospores 9. Which vascular tissue in a plant transports

C. Basidiospores food called sugar or glucose produced from
the sun in the process of photosynthesis

D. Zygospores which travels down the leaves through the
stem to the roots?
4. Heterotrophs that get energy by breaking
down dead matter are called? A. phloem
A. scavengers B. stem
B. decomposers C. roots
C. producers D. xylem
D. consumers 10. Which is an example of fungi?
5. A is the turning of all or part of an or- A. mold
ganism in a particular direction in response B. yeast
to a stimulus.
C. mushrooms
A. direction
D. all of the above
B. tropism
11. Scientists classify organisms to
C. horizon
A. Count the organisms quicker
D. vertices
B. Catch the organisms in the wild
6. What is the most important role that fungi C. Train the organisms to behave
provide to an ecosystem?
D. See how organisms are alike and dif-
A. Producers ferent from each other
B. Predators
12. Which of the following is the mode of di-
C. Decomposers gestion for fungi?
D. Autotrophs A. Photosynthetic
7. The fungi phylum that produces sexual B. Chemotrophic
spores in microscopic sac-like structure is C. Saprophytic
called
D. Holozoic
A. Ascomycota
13. What caused a lot of death before peni-
B. Zygomycota
cillin was discovered?
C. Basidiomycota
A. Diarrhoea
D. Eudimycota
B. Blood poisoning
8. In asexual reproduction, how many par- C. Fever
ents are there?
D. Flu
A. four
14. Organisms such as fungi return chemicals
B. two to the soil and the atmosphere and are
C. one called . .
D. three A. Autotrophs

B. Decomposers 20. Monera were prokaryotes.

C. Photosynthetic A. True
D. Prokaryotes B. False
C. 50/50
15. Which tropism is NOT done by fungi?
D. Spain but the s is silent.
A. Geotropism
B. Hydrotropism 21. What is the study of fungi called?
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C. Phototropism A. Fungology
D. Thigmotropism B. Mycology
C. Mushrooming
16. The one thing all protists have in common
D. Zygology
is the following:
A. They are all single-celled 22. What important role does the lichen pro-
vide for humans?
B. They are all multi-celled
A. Food
C. They are all prokaryotic (don’t have a
nucleus) B. Water
D. They are eukaryotic (do have a nu- C. Oxygen

cleus) D. Biomonitor
17. consist of several main roots that 23. All of the following are examples of fungi
branch off to form a mass of roots with ex- except one. Which of the following is NOT
amples being grass, corn, rice, lilies, and a type of fungus?
hay. A. yeast
A. Root hairs B. mold
B. Tap roots C. mushroom
C. Fibrous roots D. algae
D. Big roots 24. All statements below is true about impor-
tance of Kingdom Fungi EXCEPT
18. Which of the following is a characteristic
that makes fungi different from plants? A. act as pathogen
A. Fungi cannot grow in soil B. decomposers
B. Fungi are eukaryotic C. involved in nitrogen fixation
C. Fungi do not have chlorophyll D. pharmaceuticals
D. Fungi do not have cell walls 25. Which of the following statements are not
the unique characteristics of fungi?
19. Threadlike fibers that make up fungi
A. Reserve carbohydrate in form of glyco-
A. hyphae gen
B. spores B. Non-motile
C. gills C. Can reproduce asexually and sexually
D. cap D. Cell wall made of peptidoglycan

26. Each ascus contain 32. A specialized hyphae called is able to

A. 4 ascospores penetrate the tissues of their hosts.

A. septa
B. 5 ascospores
B. mycelia
C. 6 ascospores
C. haustoria
D. 8 ascospores
D. chitin
27. Which of the following is matched INCOR-
RECTLY? 33. Kingdom Fungi is classified into 3 Phylum
based on
A. Basidiomycota-club fungi
A. presence of septum in hyphae
B. Ascomycota-sac fungi
B. modes of nutrition
C. Ascomycota-yeast
C. spore-bearing structures
D. Zygomycota-lichens D. components of cell wall
28. What is the similarity between Kingdom 34. Which of the following is the mode of nu-
Monera, Plantae and Fungi? trition for fungi?
A. All organisms consist of cell walls. A. Photosynthetic
B. All organisms are multicellular. B. Chemotrophic
C. All organisms are eukaryotes. C. Saprophytic
D. All organisms are not autotrophs. D. Holozoic
29. Which phyla does penicillin come from? 35. Mold is classified into which of the follow-
ing kingdoms?
A. Ascomycota
A. plantae
B. Basidiomycota
B. fungi
C. Deuteromycota
C. protista
D. Zygomycota
D. bacteria
30. Which of these is a club-like structure in
which nuclear fusion and meiosis occur dur- 36. Fungi spores disperse or travel to help
ing sexual reproduction of club fungi? them reproduce. What is/are the way(s)
they do this?
A. ascus
A. animals
B. basidium
B. wind
C. conidiospore C. water
D. sporangium D. all of the above
31. Agaricus sp. belongs to 37. Fungi are reproduced by production of
A. Ascomycota A. flower
B. Zygomycota B. seed
C. Basidiomycota C. spore
D. Apicomplexa D. cone

38. The organism used in bread, beer and wine 44. Which of the following features that acts
production is the as an important fungal identification and
A. Candida sp. classification in Basidiomycota?
B. Saccharomyces sp. A. Mycelium
C. Penicillium sp. B. Hyphae
D. Agaricus sp. C. Sexual spores

D. Cell wall
39. How can humans benefit from fungi?
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45. Which of the characteristics is true about
A. Eats the bacteria in their yards.
Penicillium sp.?
B. Makes pretty flower-like structures.
A. Asexual reproduction by conidia
C. Used dish soaps
B. Aseptate hyphae
D. Used in antibiotics
C. Produce spores within sporangia
40. Which two organisms combine to form a D. The phylum is Zygomycota
lichen?
46. Lichens
A. mushroom and yeast
A. cannot reproduce.
B. fungus and alga
B. need a nitrogen source to live.
C. alga and yeast
C. are parasitic on trees.
D. fungus and mushroom
D. are able to live in extreme environ-
41. What can be spread by wind and produced ments.
during asexual reproduction
47. Mutualistic relationships of fungus with
A. lichen plant’s root known as
B. spores A. Mycorrhizae
C. mycorrhiza B. Lichens
D. algae C. Haustoria
42. Most Fungi are multicellular organisms. D. Hyphae
This means they are made of: 48. What is the similarity between Kingdom
A. one cell Monera, Fungi and Plantae?
B. more than one cell A. All organisms consist of cell walls.
C. no cells B. All organisms are eukaryotes.
D. none of above C. All organisms are multicellular.
D. All organisms are not autotrophs.
43. Which type of protist captures food, does
not have cell walls, and can move from 49. Which of the following is a characteristic
place to place? of fungi?
A. animal-like protists A. Some fungi are motile.
B. fungus-like protists B. Store food in the form of glycogen.
C. plant-like protists C. Autotrophic
D. none of above D. Have cell walls made up of cellulose.

50. What is the branch of Biology that deals 55. How do mushrooms reproduce?
with the study of fungi? A. Spores

A. Mycology B. A male and female
B. Botany C. through air
C. Taxonomy D. The ground
D. Genetics 56. Many plants form partnerships with the
fungi known as mycorrhizae. This fungus
51. Fungi resemble plants in that they both al- helps give these plants access to nutrients
ways in the soil and protects them against dis-
A. have stems. eases and toxins. What type of relation-
ship would this be?
B. are multicellular.
A. saprophytic
C. grow from the ground.
B. parasitic
D. have cell walls.
C. heterotrophic
52. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about D. symbiotic
Kingdom Fungi?
57. The Kingdom Fungi includes microorgan-
A. Heterotrophs isms such as:
B. All fungi are multicellular A. yeasts
C. The food storage is in the form of B. molds
glycogen C. mushrooms
D. Cell wall is made up of chitin D. all of the above
53. Fungi obtain energy three ways in their en- 58. How many are those divisions that were
vironment. When fungi obtain energy by classified in Kingdom Fungi?
feeding off of other living organisms their A. 5 divisions
host and eventually killing them, what is
this called? B. 4 divisions
A. parasitic C. 3 divisions
D. 2 divisions
B. saprophytic
C. symbiotic 59. Which statement is true about Agaricus
sp.?
D. all of the above
A. Asexual spore is ascospore
54. Most fungi are multicellular and their B. Aseptate hyphae
chains of cells are called
C. Sexual spore is produced by basidium
A. hyphae D. Sexual spore is zygospore
B. spores
60. Hyphae that contains cross sections called
C. basidia septa would make this hyphae:
D. chitin A. Septate

B. Aseptate 66. Which of the following statements about

C. Coenocytic organisms in the kingdom Fungi are
TRUE?I. Cell wall mainly made of chi-
D. heterotrophic tinII. Stores glycogenIII. Some fungi are
motileIV. Heterotrophs
61. All statements below are TRUE about King-
dom Fungi EXCEPT A. I, II and III
A. composed of mycelium B. I, II and IV
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B. carbohydrate storage in the form of C. II, III and IV
starch D. I, II, III and IV
C. no chlorophyll
67. The best environment for fungi is
D. cell wall made of chitin
A. Cool and damp
62. The Baltomore Oriole has the scientific B. Warm and dry
name:Icterus galbula. What taxonomic
C. Cool and dry
levels do the scientific name include?
D. Warm and moist
A. Genus and species
B. Phylum and genus 68. This kingdom is one of the most diverse
groups and includes organisms that have
C. Kingdom and phylum characteristics similar to other groups.
D. Class and species Choose the kingdom.
63. What is the mutualistic relationship shown A. animal

in mychorrizae? B. fungi
A. Fungi and Algae C. monerans
B. Fungi and Plants D. protists
C. Fungi and Insects 69. Mold on a decaying tree branch is an exam-
D. Fungi and Humans ple of obtaining energy by which means?
A. saprophytic
64. What is a beneficial relationship between
a plant and a fungus called? B. parasitic
A. radiolarian C. symbiotic
B. eukaryotic D. none of above
C. photosynthesis 70. cross wall that divides a hypha into cells
D. mycorrhiza A. septa
65. What are fungi called because they live on B. haustoria
dead or decaying organic material? C. spore
A. Parasite D. sporangium
B. Mutualist 71. Which of the following is NOT paired cor-
C. Saprophyte rectly?
D. Autotroph A. Fungi-Autotrophic

B. Fungi-Saprotrophic 77. Which of the following would BEST pro-

C. Fungi-Decomposers mote yeast activity?

D. Fungi-Eukaryotic A. sugar
B. bleach
72. Feeds on life-form without causing them
harm. C. vinegar
A. Mutualist D. mouthwash
B. Parasite 78. Which disease is caused by a fungus?

C. Saprophyte A. Athlete’s Foot
D. none of above B. Lyme Disease
73. Fungi are heterotrophs that break down C. Measels

and absorb dead matter, so they are clas- D. Tinitus
sified as
79. What vocabulary word describes the
A. saprophytes breaking off of dead things and recycling
B. autophytes it’s nutrients through the food chain?
C. basidiophytes A. Symbiosis
D. zygophytes B. Decomposing
74. Which of the following does NOT describe C. Budding

the purpose of spores in fungi? D. Mycelium
A. Absorb sunlight during photosynthesis 80. Organisms whose cells have NO nucleus
are classified as
B. Used for asexual reproduction A. Eukaryotic
C. Used for sexual reproduction B. Prokaryotic
D. Produced by the gills of the basidia C. Dead
75. Which is not a part of a mushroom? D. none of above
A. Gills 81. Which is the reason for classifying Penicil-
B. Scales lium sp. under the Kingdom Fungi instead
C. Ring of Plantae?
D. Leaves A. It reproduces by sporulation.

B. it consists of mycelia
76. Which characteristic of fungi that make
them good biological insecticides? C. It does not produce flowers, fruits and
seed.
A. They are saprophytic
D. It is a heterotroph.
B. They can reproduce sexually and asex-
ually 82. Which of the following best describes how
C. They are decomposers fungi obtain their nutrition and energy?
D. They are very specific to the insects A. Digest → Ingest

they attack B. Ingest → Digest

C. Photosynthesi 88. Which statement is FALSE about sexual re-

production of fungi?
D. Autotrophic
A. Basidiomycota forms basidiospores in-
83. Sexual Reproduction requires parents side the basidium
A. 0 B. Ascomycota forms ascospore in ascus
B. 1
C. Zygomycota forms zygospores in zy-
C. 2
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gosporangium
D. 3 D. Basidiomycota forms basidiospores
outside the basidium
84. What is the tangled, underground network
of hyphae that makes up the largest por- 89. Fungi store food energy in the form of
tion of a fungus? A. glycogen
A. Mycelium B. starch
B. Basidia C. glucose
C. Gills D. cellulose
D. Fruiting Body 90. When was Kingdom Fungi created?
A. 1999
85. A collective mass of hyphae are referred
to as B. 1969
A. parasitic C. 1880
B. fruiting D. 1860
C. mycelium 91. What is the study of classification called?

D. spores A. Taxonomy
B. Geology
86. To what domain does Kingdom Fungi be-
C. Anatomy
long?
D. Geometry
A. Eukarya
B. Archaea 92. Which of the following is NOT one of the
factors needed to support the growth of a
C. Bacteria fungus?
D. none of above A. warmth
B. moisture
87. Which feature is best associated with hy-
phae? C. cold
A. strong impermeable walls D. a food source
B. very slow growth 93. Is a phylum of the Kingdom Fungi that, to-
gether with the Basidiomycota, forms sub-
C. large surface area
kingdom Dikarya. Its members are com-
D. pigmented cells monly known as the sac fungi.

A. Yeast 99. All statements below are true about King-

B. Molds dom Fungi except

C. Ascomycota A. composed of mycelium
B. carbohydrate storage in the form of
D. Phylum
starch
94. Fungi have several ways of asexual repro- C. no chlorophyll
duction such as
D. cell wall made of chitin
A. produce spores enclosed in sporangia
100. Most fungi produce cell walls composed
of
B. naked spores known as conidia
A. cellulose
C. budding
B. chitin
D. all of the above
C. pectin
95. Fungi that hold their spores in club-shaped D. peptidoglycan
structure or cap belong to phylum
101. A fungal spore
A. Basidiomycota
A. contains an embryonic organism.
B. Ascomycota
B. is always windblown.
C. Zygomyota
C. is most often diploid.
D. Deuteromycota
96. Where do Kingdom Fungi live?
102. Johnny thinks water can speed up the
A. Oceans growth of bread mold. What is this an ex-
B. Coral reefs ample of?
C. Sand A. an analysis
D. Forest floor B. an experiment
C. a hypothesis
97. What are fungi called when they live on or
in a living thing and usually harm it? D. a conclusion
A. Parasite 103. Sac fungi were also called as ?
B. Mutualist A. Prokaryotes
C. Saprophyte B. Eukaryotes
D. Autotroph C. Core
D. Ascomycetes
98. Fungi use hyphae to obtain water and nu-
trients. Which of the following indicates 104. sexual reproductive spores in black bread
why this is necessary? mold known as
A. Fungi are multi-celled organisms. A. sporangiospores
B. Fungi grow in response to light B. zygospores
C. Fungi grow away from gravity C. basidiospores
D. Fungi lack a root system. D. ascospores

105. spore-producing fungal reproductive 111. Fungi obtain energy three ways in their
structure environment. When fungi obtain energy
A. chitin by feeding off of dead or decaying organ-
ims, what is this called?
B. fruiting body
A. parasitic
C. hyphase
B. saprophytic
D. mycelium
C. symbiotic
106. Which of the following is true about al-
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gae? D. all of the above
A. make their own food 112. What is the above-ground, reproductive
B. have specialized ways to move structure produced by fungi?
C. absorb food from the surroundings A. Fruiting body
D. capture and trap food B. Hyphae
107. Feeds on decomposing matter. C. Mycelium
A. Mutualist D. Chitin
B. Parasite
113. What function does a chitin has for the
C. Saprophyte fungi?
D. none of above A. cell wall that is flexible and tough at
108. Which protist makes its own food and the same time
moves with flagella? B. it’s an essential nutrient
A. amoeba C. it boosts the fungi’s immune system
B. paramecium D. It makes food for the fungi
C. euglena
D. yeast 114. is asexual fungal reproduction which
takes place when the mycelium is physi-
109. What are fungi called when they live cally broken and the hyphae begin growing
with another living thing and both benefit again.
each other? A. Fragmentation
A. Parasite
B. Budding
B. Mutualist
C. Conjugation
C. Saprophyte
D. Binary Fission
D. Autotroph
110. To which phylum of fungi does bread mold 115. Penicillin is derived a type of fungus com-
belong? monly called a
A. Basidiomycota A. mildew
B. Ascomycota B. mold
C. Zygomycota C. mushroom
D. Deuteromycota D. yeast

116. How do fungi obtain their food? 122. Which kingdom is a part of the domain
A. Predation Bacteria?

A. Archaebacteria
B. Absorption
B. Animalia
C. Photosynthesis
C. Eubacteria
D. Eating it
D. Protista
117. Fungi obtain water and minerals from the
soil through long fibrous strands because 123. Which one is NOT a KIND of fungus
they lack a root system. One of these long A. slime molds
strands is called a ?
B. sac
A. mycelium C. threadlike
B. fibers D. club
C. strands
124. Which plant phyla is the largest group
D. hyphae that has a well-developed system for
transporting water and nutrients through-
118. Where are the basidia located?
out the plant through true roots, stems,
A. On the gills of the mushroom and leaves?
B. On hyphae underground A. nonvascular
C. On the stem of the mushroom B. vascular
D. Inside the cell wall of mushroom C. phloem
D. xylem
119. Which fungus is fuzzy and shapeless?
A. penicillium 125. Which is NOT a way that fungi obtain en-
ergy?
B. mushroom
A. They secrete digestive juices onto a
C. yeast food source then absorb the dissolved
D. mold food
B. They make their own food through pho-
120. asexual reproduction of Fungi is via
tosynthesis
A. septate hyphae
C. They decompose dead organisms
B. mycelium
D. They live as parasites on a host organ-
C. spores ism
D. aseptate hyphae 126. Fungi obtain water and nutrients through
hyphae. What are hyphae?
121. Fungi are reproduced by
A. hair-like structures to gather food in
A. flower
water environments
B. seed
B. structures that help fungi to gather
C. spore light
D. cone C. structures that produce spores

D. fibrous strands that will grow towards 132. When a cell has a nucleus with two copies
food or water of each chromosome.
A. diploid
127. Fungi are classified into phyla based on
their: B. 1N
A. Taste C. haploid
D. biploid
B. Mycelium
133. The body of a fungus is made of tiny
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C. Smell
tubes that root the fungus into its growing
D. Reproductive Structures surface. These tubes are known as
128. To what phylum of fungi do baking yeast, A. spores
mildew, cup fungi, truffles, and morels be- B. hyphae
long? C. ascus
A. Basidiomycota D. sporangia
B. Ascomycota
134. Who discovered penicillin?
C. Zygomycota A. Alexander Graham-Bell
D. Deuteromycota B. Meselson Stahl
129. Fungi cells walls are made of a material C. Alexander Fleming

called D. Gregor Mendel
A. cellulose 135. Protists obtain their energy in several
B. fibers ways. Animal-like protists obtain food by
C. hyphae A. absorbing the food using spores

B. ingesting or capturing food after cap-
D. chitin
turing or trapping it
130. The basic building unit for fungi is hyphae C. producing food through photosynthe-
that can elongate and branching forming sis
D. producing food through respiration
A. Septate
136. This term describes a form of asexual re-
B. Aseptate production utilized by yeasts in which 2
identical cells are produced.
C. Mycelia
A. Budding
D. Coenocytic
B. Conjugation
131. How do fungi store carbohydrate? C. Fragmentation
A. Sucrose D. Fertilization
B. Glucose 137. Fungi are excellent:
C. Glycogen A. Autotrophs
D. Starch B. Decomposers

C. Consumers (internal digestion) 143. Fungi are made up of filaments known as

D. none of above , which allow the fungus to digest sub-
stances and absorb nutrients.

138. The cells walls of fungi are made of a A. Hyphae
chemical compound known as
B. Spores
A. Chitin
C. Roots
B. Cellulose
D. Fruiting Bodies
C. Phospholipid Bilayer
144. Within the plant kingdom, there are two
D. Calcium Carbonate
phyla which are split into two groups.
139. All statements listed below are true Those groups are:
about Rhizopus sp. EXCEPT A. invertebrates and vertebrates
A. it’s hyphae is coenocytic B. nonvascular and vascular
B. asexual reproduction by conidia C. invertebrates and nonvascular
C. it produces zygospore D. vascular and vertebrates
D. belongs to phylum Zygomycota 145. Which plant group or phylum contains ex-
140. Which of these divisions of fungi are no amples consist of mosses, liverworts, and
longer used? hornworts?
A. ascomycota A. Nonvascular
B. Vascular
B. chytridiomycota
C. Phloem
C. deuteromycota
D. Xylem
D. glomeromycota
146. What is the mutualistic relationship
141. How do fungi feed?
shown in lichens?
A. Photosynthesis
A. Fungi and Algae
B. Saprotrophic nutrition (external diges-
B. Fungi and Plants
tion)
C. Fungi and Insects
C. Decomposers
D. Fungi and Humans
D. Consumers (internal digestion)
147. Which of the following fungi is correctly
142. consist of one main root system matched with its phylum?
with smaller roots branching off to help
the plant become more anchored in the A. Basidiomycota-Saccharomyces sp.
ground and they some examples such as B. Basidiomycota-Rhizopus sp.
carrots, dandelions, and cacti.
C. Zygomycota-Agaricus sp.
A. Root hairs
D. Ascomycota-Penicillium sp.
B. Tap roots
148. In some fungi, the mycellia below the sur-
C. Fibrous roots face form together to create that push
D. Big roots up

A. fruiting bodies 154. Fungi with no known reproductive struc-

tures belong to phylum
B. sporangia
A. Basidiomycota
C. rhizoids
B. Ascomycota
D. zygomycetes
C. Zygomycota
149. What is the difference between Archae- D. Deuteromycota
bacteria and Eubacteria?
155. Where would you most likely find fungus-
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A. Bacteria is eukaryotic like protists?
B. Archaebacteria is multicellular A. on decaying logs
C. Archaebacteria can live in extreme en- B. in bright light
vironments C. on dry surfaces
D. They are the same D. on metal surfaces
156. To which phylum of fungi do athlete’s
150. Fungi that feed on and HELP the host.
foot, yeast infections, and penicillium be-
A. saprophytic long?
B. parasitic A. Basidiomycota
C. symbiotic B. Ascomycota
D. none of above C. Zygomycota

D. Deuteromycota
151. What are the cell walls of fungi made up
157. Rhizopus sp. belongs to
of?
A. Ascomycota
A. Cellulose
B. Zygomycota
B. Lipids
C. Basidiomycota
C. Polysaccharides D. Apicomplexa
D. Chitin
158. Fungi are NOT classified as plants be-
152. The taxonomy of fungi is based on cause
A. They do not have cell wall
A. sexual reproductive structures.
B. They produce asexual spores
B. node of nutrition.
C. They do not produce flowers
C. type of cell wall. D. They do not have chlorophyll
D. level of organization.
159. Which of these fungi was developed to
153. Feed at the cost of other organisms. be a brewer’s yeast by the French brew-
ing industry in the late 1850s?
A. Mutualist
A. Beauveria bassiana
B. Parasite B. Agaricus sp.
C. Saprophyte C. Saccharomyces cerevisiae
D. none of above D. Penicillium sp.

160. Organisms have the ability to reproduce 165. Fungi reproduce using
offspring that have similar characteristics A. flowers
to the parent(s). The process that involves

B. seeds
only one parent and produces identical off-
spring to the parent is known as repro- C. spores
duction. D. cones
A. asexual 166. Indicate whether the sentence or state-
B. combination ment is true or false. If false, change
the identified word or phrase to make the
C. morphimg sentence or statement true.All Fungi are
D. sexual prokaryotic heterotrophs.
A. False, eukaryotic
161. What is the mycelium?
B. False, multicellular
A. a structure for making spores for re- C. False, single celled
production.
D. True
B. a structure for movement.
167. An organism that decomposes remains is
C. a structure made of a mass of hyphae most likely to utilize which mode of nutri-
for obtaining water and nutrients tion?
D. none of above A. parasitic
B. saprotrophic
162. Fungi break down organic matter to get
their nutrients. Therefore they are C. ingestion
A. producers D. chemosynthesis
B. consumers 168. The phylum of Agaricus sp. is
C. decomposers A. Ascomycota
B. Basidiomycota
D. none of above
C. Zygomycota
163. When hyphae grow together in a twisted D. none of above
mass, what do they form?
169. Puffball mushrooms are in the category
A. lichen
B. spores A. Sac fungi
C. mycorrhiza B. Club fungi
D. mycelium C. Zygote fungi
D. Mold
164. Which organelle is NOT present in fungi?
170. Fungi is classified based on
A. cell membrane
A. the types of hyphae structure
B. cell wall B. the modes of nutrition
C. nucleus C. the types of spore bearing structure
D. chloroplasts D. the types of reproduction structure

171. Identify the group of fungi which get their C. Phloem

energy from decaying organic matter. D. Xylem
A. autotrophic
177. Which fungus is unicellular?
B. parasitic
A. toadstool
C. saprophytic
B. yeast
D. symbiotic
C. mushroom
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172. What type of fungi forms the largest D. mucor (mould)
group?
178. Yeast is in the category
A. lichen
A. Sac fungi
B. imperfect fungi
B. Club fungi
C. club fungi
C. Zygote fungi
D. sac fungi
D. Mold
173. One death cap mushroom has enough tox-
ins to kill 179. The large, visible part of a fungus that is
above ground and supports spore making
A. an entire town structures:
B. a family of four A. Hyphae
C. one person B. Mycelium
D. 2.64 people C. Sporemaker
174. What greatly influences hyphal growth? D. Fruiting Body
A. a food source, presence of water, re- 180. A massive web of hyphae under the sur-
productive units of other fungi face is called:
B. A food source, phototropism and the A. Roots
presence of water B. Mycelium
C. only the presence of water C. Spores
D. only phototropism D. Fruiting Body
175. What are the reproductive cells of fungi? 181. The cell walls of a fungus cell are made
A. Seeds of
B. Sperm A. cilia
C. Spores B. cellulose
D. Eggs C. gills
D. chitin
176. Which plant group or phylum contains ex-
amples consisting of trees, bushes, shrubs, 182. What are the tubular structures that
grasses, and tomato plants? fungi are mostly composed of?
A. Nonvascular A. Hyphae
B. Vascular B. Mycelium

C. Spores 188. Fungi that hold their spores in a sac-like

D. Mushrooms structure called an ascus belong to phylum

183. Fungi are like plants in many ways ex- A. Basidiomycota
cept fungi
B. Ascomycota
A. Do not have cellulose C. Zygomycota
B. Do not grow upward out of the soil D. Deutermycota
C. Cannot make their own food
189. Which kingdom is part of the domain Ar-
D. Do not have eukaryotic cells chaea?
184. Spore-producing and spore-disseminating A. Animalia

structure found in sac and club fungi. B. Archaebacteria
A. fruiting body C. Eubacteria
B. zygospore D. Plantae
C. conidiospore 190. What type of reproduction do fungi

have?
D. dikaryotic
A. Sexual
185. Mold on a piece of bread is an example B. Asexual
of
C. Both sexual and asexual
A. plant
D. Neither sexual and asexual
B. animal
191. Chemicals used to kill fungi are called
C. protist
A. insecticide
D. fungi
B. fungicide
186. How do fungus-like protists obtain their C. herbicide
food? D. genocide
A. absorbing the food using spores
192. This type of fungi live naturally in the
B. ingesting or absorbing food after cap- mouth, intestine, and vagina of humans
turing it or trapping it but can flourish and overtake these areas:
C. producing food through photosynthe- A. chytrids
sis B. truffles
D. externally as decomposers or para- C. yeast
sites
D. molds
187. Which of the following is not a structure 193. What kind of hyphae exists in all MULTI-
used by protists to move around? CELLULAR fungi?
A. flagella A. septate hypha
B. vacuole B. rhizoid hypha
C. cilia C. aerial hypha
D. pseudopod D. hydra hypha

194. The deadly Death Cap mushroom has a 199. Which vascular tissue in a plant trans-
symbiotic relationship with and is al- ports water up from the roots through the
ways found near them. stem to the leaves?
A. mice A. phloem
B. beetles B. stem
C. trees C. roots
D. xylem
D. streams and rivers
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200. All statements listed below are true
195. How did fungi is classified into different about Rhizopus sp. (bread mold) except
phyla?
A. it’s hyphae is coenocytic
A. Based on type of hyphae
B. asexual reproduction by conidia
B. Based on asexual-spore bearing struc- C. it produces zygospore
ture
D. the phylum of Rhizopus sp. is Zygomy-
C. Based on the type of mycelium cota
D. Based on sexual-spore bearing struc-
201. The phylum of Rhizopus sp. is
ture
A. Ascomycota
196. The reproductive cells of fungi are called: B. Basidiomycota
A. pollen C. Zygomycota
B. seeds D. Porifera
C. spores 202. In early development, many species of
D. mold fungi will grow in response to light. This
response is called
197. help increase surface area of the A. autotropism
roots so they can absorb more nutrients
B. gravitropism
and water from the soil.
C. heterotropism
A. Root hairs
D. phototropism
B. Type of roots
203. The cells wall of fungi are made up of the
C. The phloem
following substances?
D. The xylem A. Chitin
198. All statements listed below are true B. Cellulose
about Rhizopus sp. except C. Peptidoglycan
A. it’s hyphae is coenocytic D. Lipopolysaccharides
B. asexual reproduction by conidia 204. Which of the followings are NOT the im-
C. it produces zygospore portance of fungi?
D. the phylum of Rhizopus sp. is Zygomy- A. Decomposers

cota B. Pathogens

C. Food production C. amino acids

D. Nitrogen fixation D. carbohydrates

205. Which statement is true of the Kingdom 211. Fungi that hold their spores in a spo-
Fungi? rangium belong to phylum
A. Fungi do not digest at all A. Basidiomycota
B. Fungi eats food and digest internally B. Ascomycota
C. Some fungi digest outside of body,
C. Zygomycota
some within.
D. Deuteromycota
D. Fungi digest outside of their bodies
206. The most primitive division of fungus is 212. Fungi are important. They are important
for the following reasons:
A. chytridiomycota
A. for food
B. basidiomycota
B. as decomposers
C. glomeromycota
C. causing plant diseases and medical
D. ascomycota
problems
207. When a fungus obtains energy from an- D. all of these are important
other organism, and BOTH benefit
A. parasitic 213. If an organism reproduces by budding, it
is most likely
B. saprophytic
A. a fungi, most likely yeast
C. symbiotic
D. none of above B. a fungi, most likely mushroom
C. a protist
208. A sac or case in which spores are pro-
duced. D. a monera
A. septa 214. Mycorrhizae roots are those that
B. haustoria A. have a symbiotic relationship with
C. spore fungi
D. sporangium B. have a symbiotic relationship with bac-
teria
209. Which is not true about fungi?
C. contain hyphae of parasitic fungi
A. All are consumers
D. are above ground roots
B. All are multicellular
C. Are eukaryotic 215. Fungi are classified into three common
D. Can be useful to humans phyla based on their:
A. Taste
210. The walls of the cells in most fungi are
made of B. Mycelium
A. chitin C. Smell
B. cellulose D. Reproductive Structures

216. The ergot fungus that may have initi- 221. The cordyceps fungus infects its insect
ated the Salem Witch Trials attacks the host and moves the host to higher ground
plant that the people of Salem used in order to
to make bread. A. make the insect fall to its death
A. rye B. get a better view of the jungle
B. wheat C. spread its spores using the wind
C. corn D. reach the sunlight it needs for photo-
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D. oat synthesis
222. What step do we always start with when

217. What is the tangled mass of hyphal fila-
using dichotomous keys?
ments composing the vegetative body of a
fungus? A. 1
A. fruiting body B. 2
B. lichen C. 3
D. 4
C. mycelium
D. mycorrhiza 223. Which of the following is NOT a charac-
teristic of Kingdom Fungi?
218. Fungi obtain energy three ways in their A. Autotrophic
environment. When fungi obtain energy
by feeding off of the host and the fungi and B. Cell walls of chitin
the host share there nutrients and water C. Eukaryotic
what is this called? D. Saprotrophic
A. parasitic
224. fungi have
B. saprophytic
A. nucleus and cell wall
C. symbiotic
B. nucleus and no cell wall
D. all of the above C. no nucleus and no cell wall
219. To which phylum of fungi do mushrooms, D. none of above
puffballs, and jelly fungi belong?
225. anchor the plant to the ground, ab-
A. Basidiomycota sorb water and nutrients from the soil, and
B. Ascomycota store extra food for the plants.
A. Root hairs
C. Zygomycota
B. Roots
D. Deuteromycota
C. Phloem
220. A is a mass of hyphae D. Xylem
A. ascospore
226. The gills of mushrooms are the sites for
B. mycelium spore bearing structures known as
C. sporocarps A. ascocarps
D. zygospore B. basidia

C. basidiocarps 232. This level of classification is the first ma-

jor division of each kingdom.
D. conidiophores

A. species
227. Fungi are not classified as plants because B. class
A. they do not have cell walls C. phylum
B. they produce asexual spores D. kingdom
C. they do not produce flowers 233. The phylum of Mucor sp. is
D. they do not have chlorophyll A. Ascomycota
B. Basidiomycota
228. The use of yeast (S.cerevisiae) during
bread-making can be observed when C. Zygomycota
A. The bread is ready for consumption D. Bryophyta
B. The bread dough doubled in its size 234. The body of a fungus is known as the
C. The bread turns brown A. basidium
D. The bread tastes mouldy B. ascus

C. mycelium
229. Penicillium sp. belongs to D. sporangium
A. Ascomycota
235. Lichen is a symbiotic relationship be-
B. Zygomycota tween fungi and
C. Basidiomycota A. mycorrhizae
D. Apicomplexa B. algae
C. plant’s root
230. The cells walls of fungi are made of a
chemical compound known as which is D. protozoa
also in the exoskeletons of insects. 236. What is the extensive, feeding web of
A. Chitin tubular structures?
B. Cellulose A. Hyphae
B. Mycelium
C. Phospholipid Bilayer
C. Spores
D. Calcium Carbonate
D. Mushrooms
231. Specialized hyphae called penetrate
237. Organisms are placed into this classifica-
the cells of a host tree and absorb nutri-
tion based on their ability to make food
ents from the living cells of their host.
and the number of cells in their body.
A. haustoria A. class
B. septa B. family
C. hypha C. kingdom
D. cells D. order

238. Which of these is NOT in the kingdom 244. A haploid reproductive cell with a hard
fungi? outer coat. Can develop into a new organ-
A. Sponges ism with out the fusion of gametes.
B. Molds A. septa
C. Mildews B. haustoria
D. Mushrooms C. spore
239. Fungi can exist asI. saprotrophs II. au- D. sporangium
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totrophs III. parasitesIV. mutualists 245. Which plant phyla is the smallest group
A. I only that doesn’t have a well-developed sys-
B. I, II and III tem for transporting water and nutrients
throughout the plant and does not have
C. I, III and IV true roots, stems, and leaves, and must
D. I, II and III grow near their water source?
240. When fungus obtains energy from an or- A. nonvascular
ganism and harms the host B. vascular
A. parasitic C. phloem
B. saprophytic D. xylem
C. symbiotic
246. Fungi are more like animals than plants
D. none of above
because
241. What is the above-ground, reproductive A. they all reproduce sexually.
structure produced by fungi during sexual
B. they have similar DNA
reproduction?
A. Fruiting body C. they can move from one place to an-
other.
B. Hyphae
D. They are autotophic
C. Mycelium
D. Chitin 247. What is a saprophyte?
A. An organism that has its DNA pack-
242. The spore produced by sac and club fungi
aged inside a nucleus.
during asexual reproduction.
A. fruiting body B. An organism that participates in a sym-
biotic relationship with another organism.
B. zygospore
C. conidiospore C. An organism that feeds on dead and
D. dikaryotic decaying material.
243. a mushroom D. A predator
A. sac 248. The kingdom fungi include all of the fol-
B. club lowing except
C. threadlike A. amoeba
D. imperfect B. yeast

1.7 Kingdom Plantae 131
C. mold 253. This kingdom includes microorganisms as

D. mushrooms well as multicellular organisms such as
mushrooms. Choose the kingdom.

249. If plantae is multicellular autotrophs A. animal
while Animalia is multicellular consumers,
what about the Fungi ? B. fungi
A. Saprotrophs C. monerans
B. Producers D. protista
C. Watchers 254. A process that involves combining a fe-

D. Walkers male reproductive cell and a male repro-
ductive cell to produce offspring that has
250. What characteristic do amoeba, parame- characteristics of both parents.
cium, and euglena share? A. asexual reproduction
A. make their own food B. combination reproduction
B. have specialized ways to move C. morphing reproduction
C. absorb food from the surroundings D. sexual reproduction
D. have cell walls
255. What part of the fungus is the most visi-
251. This kingdom is unicellular and prokary- ble?
otic. A. mycelium
A. Bacteria B. reproductive structure
B. Protista C. hyphae
C. Fungi D. none of above
D. Animalia
256. Which are NOT a way that fungi are help-
252. Who proposed for the Kingdom Fungi ful to our environment
? A. are parasitic to plants and animals
A. Steve Hawking B. are recyclers through decomposing
B. Albert Einstein C. provide food such as bread and cheese
C. Percival A.
D. Robert Whittaker D. provide a source of an antibiotic
1.7 Kingdom Plantae

1. Small grains that contain a plant’s male re- 2. Alternation of generations in plants refers
productive cells. to the alternation of
A. stamen A. diploid and haploid stages
B. pollen B. male and female stages
C. anther C. meiotic and mitotic stages
D. stigma D. spore and seed stages

3. All plants are which means they make D. most are multicellular but some are
their own food unicellular
A. heterotrophs 9. What are some adaptations plants use
B. autotrophs to maintain homeostasis in order to sur-
C. eukaryote vive?
D. prokaryote A. Tropisms
B. Long Day
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4. What gas is released by plants during pho-
tosynthesis? C. Annuals
D. all of the above
A. sulfur
B. carbon dioxide 10. To what Domain does Kingdom Plantae be-
long?
C. oxygen
A. Eukarya
D. hydrogen
B. Archaea
5. The ancestors of land plants were most
C. Bacteria
likely similar to modern
D. Plantae
A. conifers
B. ferns 11. Heterocysts are found in
C. green algae A. Oscillatoria
D. flowering plants B. Nostoc
C. Chlamydomonas
6. Sporophyte generation is in form.
D. Spirogyra
A. Diploid
B. Haploid 12. What do angiosperms cover with their
fruit?
C. Triploid
A. cones
D. Tetraploid
B. fruit
7. Reptiles, amphibians, , fish, and insects C. spores
are examples of cold blooded animals.
D. seeds
A. birds
B. spiders 13. Former kingdom that included all bacteria.
C. cats A. Monera
D. dogs B. Archaebacteria
C. Eubacteria
8. What body types do Archaebacteria
have? D. Protista
A. all are unicellular 14. Male gametes of bryophytic plant are

B. all are multicellular called
C. most are unicellular but some are mul- A. Antheridium

ticellular B. Antheridiophore

C. Antherozoids 20. During pollination in plants, pollen grains

land on to the:
D. Antheridial head

A. carpel
15. Club moss refer to.. B. anther
A. Plants of Lycopodiophyta C. stigma
B. Plants of Bryophyta D. pistil
C. All Bryophytes 21. Mosses, hornworts, and liverworts all
D. none of above possess
A. fibrous roots
16. Green pigment that helps to absorb sun-
light B. spore capsules
A. Xanthophyll C. tap roots

D. green leaves
B. Carotene
C. Chlorophyll 22. Spore mother cell in Bryophyte is
D. Lycopene A. Haploid
B. Diploid
17. Cycads, ginkgo, and conifers are examples C. triploid
of
D. tetraploid
A. Angiosperm
23. Nonvascular plants like moss are generally
B. Gymnosperm
very small because they lack the ability to
C. Pteridophytes do which of the following?
D. Bryophytes A. open and close their stomata
B. transport water long distances
18. What types of cells do Animalia have?
C. grow large due to their dry environ-
A. All are prokaryotic cells ment
B. All are eukaryotic cells D. harness the full potential of the sun’s
C. Some have prokaryotic cells and some energy
have eukaryotic cells
24. Refers to cells (organisms) that make their
D. all have some prokaryotic and some own food.
eukaryotic cell A. autotrophs
19. Most conifers have separate male and fe- B. heterotrophs
male reproductive parts on the same tree. C. prokaryotic
This condition is referred to as
D. eukaryotic
A. monoecious
25. For bryophytes, sperms are produced by
B. dioecious
C. homosporous A. rhizoid
D. heterosporous B. archegonia

C. antheridium 31. Which of the following correctly pairs

plants with its phylum?
D. sorus
A. Cycas sp.-Coniferophyta
26. The waxy layer of the leaf is the
B. Mangifera indica-Anthophyta
A. dermis
C. Zea mays-Bryophyta
B. stoma
D. Selaginella sp.-Cycadophyta
C. sepal
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32. The haploid form of the life cycle of a
D. cuticle plant, characterized by ‘alternation of gen-
eration’ is called
27. What is fertilization?
A. seed
A. the transfer of pollen from the anther
to the stigma B. embryo
B. the union of pollen and egg cells in the C. sporophyte
ovary of the flower D. gametophyte
C. the dispersal of seeds to a new loca-
tion 33. Contains the “ancient” or extreme bacte-
ria.
D. the transfer of cash in a business
transaction between plants A. Archaebacteria
B. Eubacteria
28. What types of roots do monocots have
C. Fungi
A. Taproot
D. Protista
B. Fibrous
C. Monocots don’t have roots 34. Which of the following is NOT a character-
istic of pteridophytes?
D. Red ones
A. Sporophyte generation is dominant
29. What is the waxy layer on leaves? B. Gametophyte generation is dominant
A. Chloroplasts C. Produce spores
B. Plastic D. Has true roots, stems and leaves
C. Wax
35. Which of the following best describes the
D. Cuticle stigma?
A. The narrow “neck” of the pistil
30. Which of the following group of animals is
sessile? B. The part of the stamen that makes
pollen
A. Sponge
C. The base of the pistil that contains the
B. Jellyfish
seeds
C. PIgeon
D. The sticky part of the pistil designed to
D. Planaria catch pollen

36. Which of the following is an example of a B. bryophytes

seedless vascular plant?
C. gymnosperms

A. Ferns
D. angiosperms
B. Pine Tree
C. Mosses 42. What is the function of fruit in flowering
plants?
D. Maple Tree
A. to provide food for seeds
37. All of the following statements are true
B. to disperse seeds
about angiosperms EXCEPT
C. to keep animals away from seeds
A. The sporophyte is dominant phase of
an angiosperm life cycle. D. to enable plants to grow near water
B. Antheridia are formed in angiosperms.
43. Alternation of generations in plants refers
to the alternation of
C. The conducting cells in xylem consists
of tracheids only. A. diploid and haploid stages
D. Their seeds are enclosed within fruits. B. male and female stages
C. meiotic and mitotic stages
38. They enclose the egg cells inside the
ovaries. D. spore and seed stages
A. ovules 44. You have learned that warm blooded ani-
B. anther mals are
C. seeds A. can’t get wet.
D. angiosperms B. are always sick.
39. The life cycle of plants is made of C. are mammals and birds.
stages. D. none of above
A. 1
45. Which plants are examples of gym-
B. 2
nosperms?
C. 3
A. Lilacs and Roses
D. 5
B. Moss and Liverworts
40. Which of the following is NOT a function
C. Pine Trees and Evergreens
of the flower?
D. Apple trees and Corn Stalk
A. attract pollinators
B. contain female reproductive parts 46. The waxy waterproof layer on the leaves
C. contain male reproductive parts and some stems of plants is called the
D. transport of gases A. root

B. stomata
41. Non-vascular plants belongs to which
group? C. petal
A. pteridophytes D. cuticle

47. When a vine wraps around a fence post, B. movement to land, vascular tissues,
the plant is exhibiting seeds, flowers
A. phototropism C. flowers, movement to land, vascular
B. gravitropism tissues, seeds
C. nastic movement D. vascular tissues, seeds, movement to
land, flowers
D. thigmotropism
53. Plants are both &
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true about the plants in the Phylum A. multicellular & eukaryotic
Bryophyta?i. Dominant gametophyte gen-
erationii. Non vascular plantiii. Have true B. unicellular & eukaryotic
roots C. multicellular & prokaryotic
A. i only D. unicellular & prokaryotic
B. i and ii only
54. means flowering plant.
C. ii and iii only
D. i, ii and iii A. angiosperm
B. gymnosperm
49. Dominant generation is sporophyte gener-
ation. This statement is NOT TRUE for C. conifer
A. pteridophytes D. none of above
B. bryophytes
55. The two tissues vascular plants have are
C. angiosperms and
D. gymnosperms A. roots and stems
50. What is the MOST likely outcome for pho- B. stems and xylem
totropism?
C. xylem and phloem
A. growth towards sunlight
D. roots and phloem
B. growth away from sunlight
C. growth straight up 56. Plants belong to kingdom
D. none of these A. Plantae
51. What is the male sex cell of a plant? B. Plant

A. Pollen C. Bryophyta
B. Ovule D. Tracheophyta
C. Spore
57. Ferns are a type of
D. Anther
A. Vascular Seedless Plant
52. Four important steps plants went through
B. Nonvascular Plant
were:(IN ORDER)
C. Angiosperm
A. seeds, vascular tissues, flowers,
movement to land D. Vascular Seed Plant

58. How do Animalia obtain their food? C. gymnosperms

A. all are autotrophs D. none of above

B. all are heterotrophs 64. Which of the following is an advantage of
C. some are autotrophs and some are having a jointed skeleton
heterotrophs A. A location for muscle attachment
D. they are neither autotrophs nor het- B. Support
erotrophs C. Flexibility
59. Means cells lacking (not having) a distinct D. All of the above
nucleus or organelles. 65. Fucoxanthin pigment is present in
A. prokaryotic A. Blue green algae
B. eukaryotic B. Red algae
C. autotroph C. Brown algae
D. heterotroph D. Green algae
60. The vascular tissue (xylem and phloem) of 66. In Funaria, the haploid structure is a
plants is MOST similar in function to what A. Protonema
structures in the human body?
B. Capsule
A. veins, arteries, and capillaries
C. Columella
B. bone cells of the skeletal system D. Seta
C. cardiac muscle of the heart
67. Which of these species belongs to
D. outer layer of skin tissue bryophytes?
61. Mitosis is a cell division that will produce A. Polytrichum sp.
A. 2 haploid daughter cell B. Dryopteris sp.
B. 2 diploid daughter cell C. Pinus sp.

D. Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
C. 4 haploid daughter cell
D. 4 diploid daughter cell 68. When water penetrates the seed coat and
the embryo breaks open is referred to as
62. Photosynthesis occurs in which of the cell’s A. pollination
organelles?
B. germination
A. leaf
C. fragmentation
B. chloroplast
D. sprolation
C. cytoplasm
69. Part of the plant that attracts insects for
D. mitochondria pollination
63. Which is an example of bryophytes or non A. Root
vascular plants? B. Stem
A. angiosperms C. Leaf
B. liverworms D. Flower

70. Which types of plants produce asexually 76. Plants have cell walls made of ?
with spores? A. Cellulose
A. mosses & gymnosperms B. Paper
B. mosses & angiosperms C. Chitin
C. angiosperms & gymnosperms D. Chloroplasts
D. mosses & ferns
77. All chordates have at some stage in
71. Kingdom that used to be classified in the their life cycle
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plant kingdom.
A. pharyngeal cleft
A. Monera
B. bones
B. Fungi
C. spinal nerve cord protected by bone
C. Protista
D. all of the above
D. Eubacteria
78. Some land plants developed an internal
72. Which of the following is belonging to system of interconnected tubes and ves-
Pterophyta? sels called
A. Agaricus sp. A. cuticles
B. Polytrichum sp. B. nonvascular canals
C. Pinus sp. C. The circulatory system
D. Dryopteris sp. D. Vascular Tissue
73. Spore-producing sori are located on the un- 79. Evaporation of water from the stoma, a
derside of the leaves of a key part of the water cycle, is called
A. haploid gametophyte A. Photosynthesis
B. haploid sporophyte B. Respiration
C. diploid gametophyte C. Transpiration
D. diploid sporophyte
D. Germination
74. Angiosperm differ from the gymnosperms
80. The reproductive organs of Gymnosperms
A. in having compound leaves are called .
B. being evergreen A. Circinate
C. being smaller in size B. Strobilus
D. in having ovules enclose in ovary C. Seeds
75. Hard outer coverings that protect the bod- D. Flower
ies of some animals without backbones are
called 81. Vascular plants transport nutrients
through tube-like structures known as
A. invertebrates and non-vascular plants transport nutri-
B. internal ents from
C. vertebrates A. cell to cell, xylem and phloem
D. exoskeletons B. seeds, cell to cell

C. xylem and phloem, cell to cell 87. Means cells having a distinct nucleus and
D. xylem and phloem, seeds organelles.
A. prokaryotic

82. Dioecious plant is
B. eukaryotic
A. A plant with separate male and female
C. autotroph
reproductive structure
D. heterotroph
B. A plant with 2 different types of spores
88. How does carbon dioxide enter the leaf?
C. A plant with 2 different generation; the A. Through the xylem
gametophyte and sporophyte generations B. Through the stomata
D. none of above C. Through the phloem
83. A anchors a nonvascular seedless plant D. Through the roots
to a surface. 89. Gymnosperm means “naked seed.” This
A. cuticle category of plant is appropriately named
B. frond this because they carry seeds in
A. Flowers
C. rhizoid
B. Fruits
D. stoma
C. Cones
84. Which of the following characteristics are D. Spores
NOT found in all vascular plants?
A. Dominant sporophyte generation 90. Which of the following is NOT a character-
istic of all animals?
B. Production of seeds
A. They are multicellular
C. Lignified xylem
B. They have tissues, organs, and organ
D. Phloem tissue systems
85. As part of the reproductive process, both C. They are eukaryotes
gymnosperms and angiosperms produce D. They ingest their food
A. seeds enclosed in fruit 91. What part of a plant collects sunlight?
B. sperm that swim through water A. seed
C. pollen and seeds B. root
D. male and female cones C. leaf
86. What types of cells do Archaebacteria D. stem
have? 92. This type of angiosperm has only more
A. all are prokaryotic cells than one cotyledon and often has leaves
in multiples of 4 or 5.
B. all are eukaryotic cells
A. Monocot
C. Some have prokaryotic cells and some
have eukaryotic cells B. Dicot
D. all have both prokaryotic and eukary- C. Xylem
otic cells D. Phloem

93. Which of these plant tissues is the only one 99. How do MOST plants reproduce?
where growth occurs? A. from spores
A. Dermal B. from bulbs
B. Vascular C. from parts of the plant
C. Meristematic D. from seeds
D. Ground
100. Plants with seeds in cones are called?
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94. Pinus sp. belongs to which group? A. gymnosperms
A. Pteridophytes B. angiosperms
B. Gymnosperms C. flowers
C. Angiosperms D. mosses
D. Bryophytes 101. Which of these features that makes An-
95. The tiny opening on the plant that lets air giosperms as the most successful terres-
in and holds water in is called the trial plants?
A. guard cell A. Dominant generation is gametophyte
B. stomata B. Heterosporous
C. Fruits enclosing seeds
C. petal
D. Has vascular system
D. cuticle
102. Trees, wildflowers, and ferns are all con-
96. Angiosperms produce seeds in
sidered what kind of plants?
A. Ferns
A. Vascular
B. Gymnosperms B. Nonvascular
C. Fruits C. Fungi
D. Pine Tress D. Conifers
97. The large vacuole stores food, water, en- 103. What does an ovule become when it is
zymes and pollinated?
A. pollen A. a seed
B. stems B. a sprout
C. waste C. a fruit
D. chlorophyll D. it stays an ovule
98. Plants with unprotected seeds belongs to 104. Which of the following is an example of
a gymnosperm?
A. pteridophytes A. Ferns
B. gymnosperms B. Pine Tree
C. angiosperms C. Mosses
D. bryophytes D. Maple Tree

105. Plants are which means they make 111. Which of the following is NOT an adapta-
their own food. tion for a plant to live on land?

A. heterotrophs A. to obtain water
B. chemotrophs
B. to use its cuticle to retain water
C. autotrophs
C. to make its own food
D. liveotrophs
D. to transport food, water and minerals
106. The structure that allows gas exchange
in plants is called
112. Which is true of bryophytes (non-
A. xylem vascular plants)
B. phloem A. They have tissues that conduct water
C. stomata
B. They draw up water by osmosis
D. roots
C. They are not highly dependent upon
107. How do animals reproduce? water
A. Sexually
D. Algae and mosses are in this catagory
B. Asexually
C. Both 113. What is the function of the cuticle on a
D. none of above leaf?
108. The challenges that faced early land A. to keep water from entering the leaf
plants included B. to keep water from leaving the leaf
A. conserving water.
C. to keep bacteria out of the leaf
B. reproducing on land.
D. to keep oxygen in the leaf
C. absorbing minerals from the rocky sur-
face.
114. Flowering plants belong to which group
D. All of the above of plants?
109. What types of cells do Fungi have? A. Bryophytes
A. All have prokaryotic cells B. Ferns
B. All have eukaryotic cells
C. Gymnosperms
C. Some have prokaryotic cells and some
have eukaryotic cells D. Angiosperms
D. All have some prokaryotic and some
eukaryotic cells 115. What compound makes up the cell walls
of plant cells?
110. Stems in vascular plants
A. Chitin
A. make food for the plants
B. Sporopollenin
B. support the plants.
C. hold plants in the soil. C. Cellulose
D. absorb nutrients from the soil. D. Peptidoglycan

116. Plants that produce seeds in cones are B. Anthopyta-Anthoceros sp.

known as , while flower producing
C. Gnetophyta-Cycas sp.
plants are known as
D. Hepatophyta-Pinus sp.
A. Angiosperms; Gymnosperms
B. Nonvascular plants; Vascular plants 122. Refers to cells (organisms) that cannot
C. Vascular plants; Nonvascular plants make their own food.
D. Gymnosperms; Angiosperms A. autotrophs
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117. Seeds can be disbursed by animals, wa- B. heterotrophs
ter, and . C. prokaryotic
A. wind D. eukaryotic
B. earthquakes
123. Which of the following is least likely to
C. fire
occur along the sea coast
D. blizzards
A. Green Algae
118. what characteristics do ferns have that B. Brown algae
mosses do not have?
C. Red algae
A. vascular system
B. seeds D. Mosses
C. cones 124. The cell walls of plants are made up of?

D. flowers A. Chitin
119. What is pollination? B. protein
A. the transfer of pollen from the anther C. cellulose
to the stigma
D. Fats
B. the union of pollen and egg cells in the
ovary of the flower 125. Which of the following covers greater
C. the dispersal of seeds to a new loca- number of organisms
tion A. Phylum
D. the transfer of cash in a business
B. Class
transaction between plants
C. Family
120. A seedless plant, with vascular system
D. Genus
A. Marchantia sp.
B. Cycas sp. 126. Which of the following is NOT a charac-
teristic of all plants?
C. Lycopodium sp.
D. Hybiscus plant A. Multicellular
B. Autotrophic
121. Which plant has the correct match with
their phylum? C. Unicellular
A. Lycopodiophyta-Selaginella sp. D. Eukaryotic

127. Which of the following will most likely 133. Plants are divided into two major groups,
increase the chances a plant will be polli- they are
nated by a bird?

A. eukaryote & prokaryote
A. brightly colored flowers B. tracheophytes & bryophytes
B. long, shallow roots C. adaptation & homeostasis
C. stomata that open and close
D. none of above
D. seeds that crack open easily
134. One of the most prominent characteristics
128. Which of the following plants does not of ferns is .
produce seed?
A. Young leaves generally curl
A. Cycads
B. Small leaves
B. Pine
C. Can photosynthesize
C. Ferns
D. Has veins
D. Gnetum sp.
135. Definition:Regions containing actively di-
129. A plant with parallel veins leaves and sin- viding cells.
gle cotyledon would be classified as:
A. Vascular
A. monocot
B. Guard Cells
B. dicot
C. Meristem
C. gymnosperm
D. Xylem
D. pine tree
136. Which of the following is NOT a unique
130. The function of a plant’s vascular system
characteristic of Angiosperms?
is to
A. Double fertilization
A. allow air in and out of leaves
B. transport water and nutrients B. Formation of pollen tube
C. harden to form wood C. Seed is protected within ovary
D. prevent embryos from drying out D. Produce cone
131. What characteristic to ALL plants share? 137. Which of the following plants produce
seeds?
A. unicellular
A. Marchantia sp.
B. eukaryotic
B. Dryopteris sp.
C. heterotrophs
C. Zea mays
D. none of above
D. Fucus sp.
132. Which of these species belongs to Pyhlum
Anthophyta? 138. Flowering plants belong to which group?
A. Polytrichum sp. A. pteridophytes
B. Dryopteris sp. B. bryophytes
C. Pinus sp. C. gymnosperms
D. Hibiscus rosa-sinensis D. angiosperms

139. Gametophytic generation is dominant in 145. Which of the following are characteristics
A. Angiosperm of nonvascular plants?
B. Pteridophyte A. tall with xylem tubes
C. Bryophyte B. many leaves
D. Gymnosperm C. no roots, stems, or leaves
140. Bryophytes are of D. conifers
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A. Great economic importance 146. Choose a monoecious plant from the list
B. No importance A. Cycas sp.
C. Great ecological importance
B. Hibiscus plant
D. physiological importance
C. Papaya tree
141. The most diverse, successful, and familiar D. Salak tree
group of plants today are the
A. Gymnosperms 147. Which of the following shows the plant
B. Bryophytes (or plant like) examples in order from most
primitive to most complex?
C. Pteridophytes
A. Algae-Mosses-Ferns-Pine-Lily
D. Angiosperms
B. Ferns-Mosses-Algae-Lily-Pine
142. The sugars produced by photosynthesis
are transported by which structures in a C. Pine-Mosses-Ferns-Lily-Algae
vascular plant? D. Mosses-Algae-Pine-Lily-Ferns
A. Phloem
148. Which statement is true about Kingdom
B. Xylem Plantae?
C. Chloroplast A. Some are saphrophytic
D. Golgi Apparatus
B. Food storage is in the form of glycogen
143. Which of the following explains the
taxon relationship between Zea mays and C. Only reproduce sexually
Pinus?
D. Cell wall is made of cellulose
A. Same order, different families
B. Same class, different orders 149. The organisms in this kingdom are eu-
karyotic, get their food by decomposing
C. Same phylum, different class
organic material and absorbing it through
D. Same kingdom, different phylum their hyphae, are non-motile and have cell
144. Part of plant that works like a food fac- walls made of chitin. To which kingdom do
tory these organisms belong?
A. Root A. Eubacteria
B. Stem B. Protista
C. Leaf C. Fungi
D. Flower D. Animalia

150. Contains the “true” bacteria. 156. All plants contain vascular tissues except
A. Fungi

B. Protista A. lillies
B. mosses
C. Archaebacteria
C. grasses
D. Eubacteria
D. pine trees
151. The plant tissue that transports water
and dissolved nutrients is called 157. What is the study of plants called?
A. Vascular Tissue A. botany
B. Spongy Tissue B. anatomy
C. Nervous Tissue C. cytology
D. Muscle Tissue D. geology
152. During photosynthesis plants use cellular 158. The protects the undeveloped plant
respiration for what purpose? (embryo) against injury and from drying
out.
A. To transport water
A. flower
B. To transport food
B. cotyledon
C. To break down food
C. environment (soil)
D. To store waste
D. seed coat
153. Which of the following produces “naked”
159. Includes mushrooms, mold, and yeasts.
seeds?
A. Monera
A. Angiosperms
B. Protista
B. Ferns
C. Plantae
C. Gymnosperms
D. Fungi
D. Bryophytes
160. Why Hibiscus sp. are considered more ad-
154. Water exits the leaf through the vanced compared to Pinus sp.?
A. Stomata A. Xylem consists of vessel and tracheid
B. Flower B. Reproduction by producing seeds
C. Roots C. Phloem consists of sieve tube
D. Phloem D. Has true roots, stem and leaves
155. The pollen grains are found in this part of 161. Which of the following statements are
the stamen. true about plants in the Phylum Conifero-
A. anther phyta? I Xylem tissue lacks xylem ves-
sels II Phloem tissue lacks companion cell
B. style III Heterosporous IV Shows alternation of
C. pistil generation
D. filament A. I, II, and III

B. I, II and IV 167. Refers to organisms that are made of

C. II, III and IV more than one cell.
A. unicellular
D. I, II, III and IV
B. multicellular
162. What substance is made through photo-
C. autotroph
synthesis and is food for the plant?
D. heterotroph
A. chlorophyll
168. What are examples of nonvascular
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B. chloroplast
plants?
C. glucose
A. trees and bushes
D. dextrose
B. ferns and dandelions
163. Which of the following is unique to King- C. mosses and liverworts
dom Plantae?
D. mold and yeast
A. cell wall consist of peptidoplycan
169. Endosperm in gymnosperm is formed
B. cell wall consist of cellulose
A. at the time of fertilization
C. cell wall consist of chitin
B. before fertilization
D. no cell wall
C. after fertilization
164. Which is a NOT a characteristic that all D. along with the development of embryo
plants have in common?
170. What body types do Animalia have?
A. All plants are photosynthetic au-
totrophs A. all are unicellular
B. All plants have cell walls and chloro- B. all are multicellular
plasts. C. most are unicellular but some are mul-
C. All plants are vascular. ticellular
D. All plants make their own food. D. most are multicellular but some are
unicellular
165. Why Hibiscus rosa-sinensis are consid-
171. Why Zea mays are considered more ad-
ered more advanced than Pinus sp.?
vanced compared to Pinus sp.?
A. Reproduction by producing seeds.
A. Xylem consists of tracheid only
B. Reproduction by producing flowers. B. Reproduction by producing spores
C. Xylem consists of tracheid only. C. Phloem consists of sieve tube only
D. Phloem consists of sieve tube only. D. Reproduction by producing flower
166. The following are not characteristics of 172. Vascular plants have which one of the fol-
the kingdom Plantae namely . lowing?
A. Can move actively A. Only xylem
B. Eukaryotic B. only phloem
C. Chlorophyll C. vascular bundle or tissue
D. Multicellular D. no vascular bundle

173. Nonvascular plants, such as mosses, 178. Plants are cell organisms.
have neither vascular tissue nor true roots. A. prokaryotic
What are the root like structures found on

B. eukaryotic
mosses that anchor the plant to the ground
and take in water/nutrients through diffu- C. both
sions? D. none
A. Hyphae 179. Which of the following best describes
B. Mycelium plants called gymnosperms?
C. Sporangia A. Non-vascular, seedless, flowering
D. Rhizoids B. Non-vascular, seeds, non-flowering
C. Vascular, seedless, flowering
174. The largest cones produced on a pine tree,
D. Vascular, seeds, non-flowering
the ones we are typically most familiar
with, are the female cones that contain: 180. Vascular plants with seeds are split into
A. megasporangia what two groups?
B. microporangia A. angiosperms & bryosperms
B. gymnosperms & angiosperms
C. microspore
C. gametophytes & sporophytes
D. antheridia
D. sporophytes & gymnosperms
175. Where do cone-bearing plants produce
181. Leaves found on many plants, such as
their seeds?
magnolias, have thick waxy layers found
A. in the ovary on the outside. What is the purpose of this
B. in the petals adaptation?
C. in the cones A. Prevent oxygen loss
D. in the seeds B. Prevent water loss

C. Helps plants absorb sunlight
176. Vascular tissues that carry sugars from D. Prevents plants from being eaten
leaves to roots are called
182. Thigmotropism is a plant’s response to
A. xylem
B. phloem
A. Gravity
C. stomata B. Light
D. none of these C. Touch
177. Chloroplasts are filled with that at- D. none of above
tracts sunlight so the plant can make it’s 183. Seedless vascular plants reproduce with
own food the use of
A. leaves A. Seeds
B. phylum B. Spores
C. chlorophyll C. Eggs
D. tissue D. Sperm

184. Which of the following statements is 189. Most sponges are

TRUE about the prothallus of Dryopteris? A. bilaterally symmetrical
A. Haploid and dependent on the sporo- B. radiallly symmetrical
phyte generation
C. vertically symmetrical
B. Diploid and dependent on the gameto-
D. asymmetrical
phyte generation
C. Haploid and free living 190. Photosynthesis takes place mostly in the
of plants.
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D. Diploid and free living
A. Roots
185. Which of the following is a not character- B. Leaves
istic of Pteridophytes?
C. Stems
A. Sporophyte generation is dominant
D. Flowers
B. Gametophyte generation is dominant
191. Brightly colored parts of flowers that at-
C. Produce spores tract insects.
D. Has true roots, stems and leaves A. petals
186. Plants are: B. pistils
A. autotrophic eukaryotes, have cell C. stamen
walls D. filaments
B. autotrophic prokaryotes, have cell 192. What is the function of a chloroplast?
walls
A. Contains genetic information
C. heterotrophic eukaryotes, have cell
B. Stores water
walls
C. Controls what goes into and out of the
D. heterotrophic prokaryotes, have cell
cell
membranes
D. Site of photosynthesis
187. What types of cells do Protista have?
193. This type of angiosperm has only one
A. all are prokaryotic cells cotyledon and often has leaves in multiples
B. all are eukaryotic cells of 3.
C. some have prokaryotic cells and some A. Monocot
have eukaryotic cells B. Dicot
D. all have some prokaryotic and some C. Xylem
eukaryotic cells D. Phloem
188. Which of the following characteristics be- 194. Gases pass in and out of a leaf through
longs to Gymnosperms? the what?
A. Seedless plant A. vascular tissue
B. Non-woody plant B. mouth hole
C. Heterosporous plant C. stomata
D. Seed enclose in ovary D. cell wall

195. All organisms classified in kingdom Ani- C. Filament

malia must also be classified as which of
D. Stigma
the following?

A. Archaea 201. Which of the following explains the
B. Eubacteria taxon relationship between Mangifera sp.
and Pinus sp.?
C. Eukarya
A. Same order, different families
D. Protista
B. Same class, different order
196. The cell wall of a prokaryotic organism is
made of: C. Same phylum, different class
A. chitin D. Same kingdom, different phylum

B. cellulose 202. opens and closes the stomata.
C. neither chitin nor cellulose A. Guard cells
D. none of above
B. Xylem
197. Which of the following phyla exhibits a C. Roots
radial symmetry
D. Phloem
A. Cnidaria
B. Platyhelminthes 203. Which substances must a green plant ob-
C. Mollusca tain from its environment to carry on pho-
tosynthesis?
D. Chordata
A. carbon dioxide and oxygen
198. Which of the following organelles do
B. glucose and water
plant cells have?
A. cell wall C. carbon dioxide and water
B. large vacuole D. oxygen and chlorophyll

C. chloroplast 204. In conifers, the seed is found inside the
D. all of the above
199. Which of the following is the plant’s A. cone

food? B. flower
A. sunlight C. embryo
B. glucose D. none of above
C. water
205. The common name for the organism in
D. carbon dioxide
bryophytes is
200. What part of the female part of the A. mosses
flower is a tube that pollen travels
through? B. flowering plants
A. Ovary C. ferns
B. Style D. pines

206. Part of plant that acts like an anchor A. Radial symmetry and body shape
A. Root B. Segmentation and number of germ lay-
ers in body wall
B. Stem
C. Segmentation and body cavities
C. Leaf
D. Body shape and radial symmetry
D. Flower
212. The veins in the leaf of a plant are made
207. What types of cells do Plantae have? up of bundles of
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A. All are prokaryotic cells A. palisade and spongy mesophyll
B. All are eukaryotic cells B. cuticle and epidermis
C. Some have prokaryotic cells and some C. anther and filament
D. xylem and phloem
D. All have some prokaryotic and some
eukaryotic cells 213. What is the function of a vacuole?
A. Contains genetic information
208. Which of the following is not a charac-
B. Stores water
teristic of organisms in the Kingdom Ani-
malia? C. Controls what goes into and out of the
cell
A. Storage of carbohydrates as starch
D. Site of photosynthesis
B. Multicellularity
C. Obtaining nutrients by ingestions 214. Conifers can tolerate extreme environ-
ments because of
D. Having eukaryotic cells without cell
A. Presence of vessels
walls
B. Thick cuticle
209. Which word means 1 seed leaf?
C. Superficial stomata
A. angiosperm D. Broad hardy leaves
B. gymnosperm
215. Angiosperms are the most successful ter-
C. dicot restrial plants. Which of these features is
D. monocot unique to them and helps account for their
success?
210. Which of the following characteristics
A. Dominant gametophytes
are similar between Zea mays and Dry-
opteris? B. Fruits enclosing seeds
A. Presence of vascular tissue C. Embryos enclosed within seed coats
B. Double fertilization D. Sperm cells without flagella
C. Water dependent male gametes 216. Which of the following plants is monoe-
cious?
D. Free living gametophyte generation
A. Pinus sp.
211. Which of the following features could B. Marchantia sp.
be used to distinguish between an earth-
worm(annelid) and a tapeworm (platy- C. Cycas sp.
helminth)? D. Papaya

217. Roots have gravitropism whereas 223. How do Protista obtain their food?
stems and leaves have gravitropism. A. all are autotrophs

A. positive, negative B. all are heterotrophs
B. negative, positive C. some are autotrophs and some are
C. no, upward heterotrophs
D. downward, no D. they are neither autotrophs nor het-
erotrophs
218. A certain organism has many cells, each
containing a nucleus. If the organism 224. What do male cones produce?
makes its own food, it would be classified A. spores
as-
B. pollen
A. a bacterium
C. eggs
B. a fungus D. seeds
C. a plant
225. The Gymnosperm has an incomplete vas-
D. an animal cular system. This means..
219. What is not true of plants A. The phloem does not have tracheid
A. Cells have cell walls B. The xylem does not have sieve tube
B. Cells are eukaryotic C. The phloem does not have sieve plate
C. Cells contain Chitin D. The phloem does not have companion
cell
D. They are multicellular
226. A fern differs from moss in having
220. What is a fruit in biological terms?
A. an independent gametophyte
A. a ripened plant ovary
B. an independent sporophyte
B. a fleshy edible plant part
C. presence of archegonia
C. the sweet-tasting part of a plant
D. swimming antherozoid
D. the part that makes seeds
227. Angiosperms are plants that produce
221. The part of the plant that is female is
A. Cones
A. sepal
B. Spores
B. anther
C. Flowers
C. stamen
D. Rhizoids
D. pistil
228. The vascular tissue of plants is MOST sim-
222. Sexual reproduction unique to An- ilar in function to what structures in the
giosperms is called human body?
A. alternation of generation A. The veins, arteries, and capillaries
B. fertilization B. The bone cells of the skeletal system
C. syngamy C. The cardiac muscle of the heart
D. double fertilization D. The outer layer of skin tissue

229. The waxy protective covering of a land 235. The sexual reproductive structures for
plant is called a Polytrichum sp. is
A. cuticle. A. Sporangia
B. capsule. B. Antheridium and archeghonium
C. rhizome. C. Gemmae cup
D. stoma. D. none of above
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230. Gymnosperms and angiosperms have the 236. What part of the flower turns into the
following in common except fruit?
A. seeds A. Seeds
B. pollen B. Ovary
C. ovaries C. Stamen
D. ovules D. Sepals
231. The male part of the flower is known as 237. All statements below is true about Pinus
the- sp. except
A. pistil A. sporophyte generation is dominant
B. sepal B. gametophyte generation is dominant
C. ovaries C. produce cone
D. stamen D. has true roots, stems and leaves
232. The organs of plants are 238. A bryophyte differ from pteridophyte in
A. roots, tissue, leaves A. Archegonia
B. leaves, stems, chlorophyll B. Lack of vascular tissue
C. roots, stems, leaves C. Swimming antherozoids
D. none of above D. Independent gametophyte
233. Xylem carries what? 239. Water moves in bryophytes by means of

A. water A. diffusion
B. nutrients B. phloem
C. blood C. xylem
D. protein D. active transport
234. The green pigment found in the chloro- 240. The general life cycle of plants is called
plasts of plant cells is called
A. chloroplast A. alternation of generation
B. chlorophyll B. gametophyte
C. cell wall C. sporophyte
D. vacuole D. gametes

241. Which word means ‘covered seed’ 247. Organism A produces fruits. Which is
A. angiosperm FALSE about organism A?

A. It is vascular.
B. gymnosperm
B. It has seeds and leaves.
C. monocot
C. It has cones.
D. dicot
D. It belongs to Antophyta
242. Water exits from a sponge through the
248. Some of the most common vertebrates
are , birds, reptiles, and fish.
A. osculum
A. spiders
B. spicule
B. squid
C. choanocyte
C. mammals
D. amoebocyte D. starfish
243. Cell walls of plants are 249. Fungus are which feeds on dead or-
A. composed of cellulose ganic matter.
B. composed of chitin A. Autotrophs
C. composed of peptidoglycan B. saprophytes
D. unknown C. heterotrophs
D. none of above
244. The rigid cell wall provides what two
things to plants? 250. Arthropods have
A. green color and nice smell A. bilateral symmetry
B. height and bend B. radial symmetry
C. support and strength C. cubic symmetry
D. none of above D. no symmetry
245. Below are non-vascular plants, namely 251. Phloem of gymnosperm differ from an-
giosperm in
A. having parenchyma
A. Deer antlers
B. having no companion cells
B. Moss
C. having no sieve tube
C. Coconut tree
D. having no scleremchyma
D. Mango tree
252. All statements below are true about
246. Vascular tissues that carry water from Gymnosperm except
the roots to the leaves are called
A. heterosporous
A. xylem
B. seed does not enclosed within ovary
B. phloem
C. non-vascular plants
C. stomata D. less dependent on water for fertiliza-
D. none of these tion

253. How do plants make food? 259. Gnetophyta has complete vascular sys-
A. Homeostasis tem. But why it is considered as Gym-
nosperm, instead of Angiosperm?
B. Budding
A. It has flower
C. Photosynthesis
D. Vacuoles B. It has seed
C. It has fruit
254. In vascular plants, transports water,
while transports sugars (food). D. Its seed is not covered by fleshy fruit
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A. Phloem; Xylem
260. What are the small, green leaf-like struc-
B. Xylem; Phloem
tures that protect the flower when it is a
C. Roots; Stem bud?
D. Stem; Roots A. Seeds
255. What are the products from photosynthe- B. Pollen
sis?
C. Petals
A. water and sugar
D. Sepals
B. water and sun
C. carbon dioxide and sugar 261. Kingdom Plantae and Kingdom Animalia
D. oxygen and sugar are both in Domain Eukarya. How to dis-
tinguish between these two kingdoms?
256. How do seedless vascular plants repro-
duce? A. Level of cell organization
A. by producing spores B. Type of organism
B. by making seeds C. Mode of nutrition
C. by making gametes D. Based on rRNA sequence
D. by making vascular tissues
262. Refers to organisms that are made of just
257. Which of the following does NOT describe one cell.
plants?
A. unicellular
A. Multicellular
B. Autotrophic B. multicellular
C. Eukaryotic C. prokaryotic
D. Decomposer D. eukaryotic
258. What types of cells do Eubacteria have? 263. Process by which green plants prepare
A. all are prokaryotic cells their own food
B. all are eukaryotic cells A. Germination
C. some have prokaryotic cells and some B. Pollination
C. Transpiration
D. all have both prokaryotic and eukary-
otic cells D. Photosynthesis

264. Marchantia sp. is an example of 270. Small grains that contain a plant’s male
A. moss reproductive cells are known as-

B. liverwort A. stamen
C. hornwort B. pollen
D. clubmoss C. ovules
D. seeds
265. Which is an example of a conifer?
A. Maple tree 271. How do Plantae obtain their food?
B. Pine tree A. all are autotrophs
C. rose bush B. all are heterotrophs
D. Bermuda grass C. some are autotrophs and some are
heterotrophs
266. What body types do Eubacteria have?
D. they are neither autotrophs nor het-
A. All are unicellular erotrophs
B. All are multicellular
272. A seed is a form of reproduction.
C. most are unicellular but some are mul-
ticellular A. sexual
D. most are multicellular but some are B. asexual
unicellular C. simple
267. In a moss life cycle, the is the domi- D. none of above
nant generation
273. The xylem transports water while the
A. haploid gametophyte phloem transports
B. haploid sporophyte A. sunlight
C. diploid gametophyte B. food
D. diploid sporophyte C. waste
268. When a seed starts to grow, the embryo D. enzymes
gets nutrients from the
274. The two groups of seed plants are
A. seed coat
A. angiosperms and gymnosperms
B. large vacuole
B. vascular and nonvascular
C. cotyledon
C. spores and seeds
D. chloroplast
D. short and tall
269. Dominant generation is gametophyte
generation. This statement is TRUE for 275. When mosses and ferns reproduce, what
do they produce in the first cycle?
A. pteridophytes A. spores
B. bryophytes B. fronds
C. angiosperms C. sperm
D. gymnosperms D. egg

276. phototropism 282. Ferns, horsetails and club mosses are

A. response to light A. nonvascular plants
B. response to tough
B. vascular, seedless plants
C. response to gravity
C. angiosperms
D. response to water
D. gymnosperms
277. What does it mean if a plant is considered
to be an ‘autotroph’?
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283. The common name for the organism in the
A. It is multicellular phylum Bryophyta is
B. It has cell walls
A. horse tail
C. It makes its own food
D. It is supported B. clubmoss
278. In a fern life cycle, the is the dominant C. mosses

generation. D. ferns
A. haploid gametophyte
B. haploid sporophyte 284. What domain does Kingdom Plantae be-
long to?
C. diploid gametophyte
D. diploid sporophyte A. Archaea
279. Growth of plant towards or away from B. Bacteria

gravity C. Prokarya
A. gravitropism
D. Eukarya
B. phototropism
C. thigmotropism 285. What body types do Protists have?
D. none of above A. all are unicellular
280. Ferns are seedless vascular plants. B. all are multicellular
Which of the following is the primary
method of reproduction in ferns? C. most are unicellular but some are mul-
A. Parthenogenesis ticellular
B. Vegetative propogation D. most are multicellular but some are

C. Spores unicellular
D. Seeds
286. Which of the following is not belonging
281. Which one is NOT an exception in an- to Gymnosperm?
giosperms?
A. Anthophyta
A. Double fertilization
B. Coniferophyta
B. Secondary growth
C. Presence of vessels C. Ginkgophyta
D. Autotrophic nutrition D. Cycadophyta

287. Bryophytes are characterized by which of 292. The correct balanced chemical equation
the following? for photosynthesis is
→ H + CO2

A. A dominant gametophyte with depen- A. C6H12O6 CH3CH2O
dent sporophyte. + ATP
B. A dominant gametophyte with indepen- B. C6H12O6 + 6CO2 → 6H2O + 6O2
dent sporophyte.
C. A dominant sporophyte with indepen- C. C6H12O6 + 6O2 → 6CO2 + 6H2O +
dent gametophyte. ATP
D. A dominant sporophyte with gameto- D. 6CO2 + 6H2O-→ C6H12O6 + 6O2
phyte reduced to few cells.
293. An unsegmented, triploblastic animal
288. Which of the following is not belongs to with a head, muscular foot and visceral
Class Dicotyledonae? massare the characteristics of
A. Leaf vein is parallel arrangement A. nematodes
B. Leaf vein is reticulated arrangement B. molluscs
C. Number of flower parts usually in four C. echinoderms

or five D. chordates
D. Number of cotyledon is two 294. the chemical formula that plants use for
photosynthesis consists of
289. Angiosperms (flowering plants) produce
both a seed and a to nourish the seed. A. sunlight, oxygen, water
A. nut B. carbon dioxide, water
B. spore C. carbon dioxide, water, sunlight
C. fruit D. None of the above
D. cone 295. Which list of characteristics describes or-
ganisms classified as animals?
290. Pteridophytes differ from mosses in
A. unicellular, prokaryotic, autotrophic
A. Independent gametophyte
B. Multicellular, eukaryotic, het-
B. Dependent gametophyte erotrophic
C. Flagellated antherozoids C. Unicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic
D. Independent and dominant sporo- D. Multicellular, eukaryotic, autotrophic
phyte
296. What is the protective structure that con-
291. Which of the following is the unique char- tains the plant embryo, nutrients, and a
acteristics for Kingdom Plantae protective outer coat?
A. cell wall consist of peptidoplycan A. Cuticle
B. carbohydrate storage is glycogen B. Stomata
C. has alternation of generation C. Pollen
D. motile D. Seed

297. The two type of vascular tissue in plants C. They are multicellular
are the and the ? D. They are heterotroph
A. bark, wood
B. ground, dermal
of both Pinus sp. and Dryopteris sp.?
C. roots, stem
A. Presence of vascular tissue
D. phloem, xylem
B. Production of seeds
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298. The male reproductive structure of C. Double fertilization
Bryophytes is called
D. Reproduce through spores
A. Anthegonium
B. Archegonium 304. All statements below are true about Se-
laginella sp. except
C. Antheridium
A. classification of Selaginella sp. is un-
D. Anther
der phylum Lycophyta
299. Which of the following would let you B. free-living gametophyte
know a plant is vascular?
C. produce one type of spores
A. Can live in a dry environment
D. antherozoids swim towards ovum
B. Does photosynthesis
C. Is living 305. What body types do Fungi have?
D. Stays close to the ground A. all are unicellular

B. all are multicellular
a angiosperm? C. most are unicellular but some are mul-
ticellular
A. Ferns
D. most are multicellular but some ar uni-
B. Pine Tree
cellular
C. Mosses
306. These types of plants distribute seeds in-
D. Maple Tree
side of fruits.
301. All statements below is true about gym- A. angiosperms
nosperms EXCEPT
B. gynmosperms
A. heterosporous
C. conifer
B. seed does not enclosed within ovary
D. pine tree
C. non-vascular plants
D. less dependent on water for fertiliza- 307. Mosses and liverworts are called non-
tion vascular plant because
A. they lack motile sperm
302. Which of the following statement about
plants is INCORRECT? B. they lack seed
A. All are eukaryotes C. they lack vascular tissue
B. Non-motile organisms D. they lack true roots, stems and leaves

308. A plant that produces seeds on the scales C. binary fission

of cones instead of inside a fruit is called D. flowers

A. a gymnosperm
314. Marchantia sp. is classified under which
B. an angiosperm phylum?
C. a bryophyte A. bryophyta
D. a pterophyte B. hepatophyta
309. Why Gymnosperms is more advance com- C. coniferophyta
pared to Pteridophyes? D. lycophyta
A. Vascular plants
315. The enlarged base of the pistil that stores
B. Sporophyte generation is dominant the eggs of the plant is known as the-
C. Produce seed A. ovary
D. Has true roots, stems and leaves B. ovule
310. During the moss life cycle, sperm cells are C. stigma
carried to the egg by the D. style
A. wind
316. A spore in bryophytes germinate to form
B. water
A. prothallus
C. insects
B. gemmae
D. none of above
C. hyphae
311. Which of the following is not the unique D. protonema
characteristic of Angiosperms?
A. Double fertilization 317. In Lycopodium sp. life cycle, meiosis take
place in the to produce haploid
B. Formation of pollen tube
A. sporophyte, spores
C. Seed is protected within ovary
B. gametophyte, gamete
D. Produce cone
C. spores, sporophyte
312. Which of the following statements is not D. gamete, gametophyte
correct regarding plants?
A. Plants can make their own food. 318. Monocots have
B. Plants can also be called heterotrophs. A. Two Seed leaves

B. Parallel veined leaves
C. Plants can respond to stimuli such as C. Flowers in multiples of 4-5
light. D. All of the above
D. Plants can reproduce sexually.
319. How do Archaebacteria obtain their
313. Seedless plants reproduce with food?
A. spores A. all are autotrophs
B. seeds B. all are heterotrophs

C. some are autotrophs and some are C. All seed-producing plants have fruit.
heterotrophs
D. none of above
D. they are neither autotrophs nor het-
erotrophs 325. What substance is transported in the
xylem?
320. Which plant structure is responsible for
taking in water and nutrients from the A. Carbon dioxide and oxygen
soil? B. Sugars made in the leaves
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A. Roots C. Hormones
B. Leaves
D. Water
C. Stems
D. Flowers 326. Which is true about nonvascular plants?
A. They don’t have vascular tissues.
TRUE about plants in phylum Conifero- B. They grow tall.
phyta?I. Xylem tissue lacks xylem ves- C. They include pine trees.
selsII. Phloem tissue lacks companion cel-
lIII. HeterosporousIV. Shows alternation D. They don’t have cell walls.
of generation
327. Light energy is converted to chemical en-
A. I, II and III
ergy through the process of
B. I, II and IV
A. Cellular Respiration
C. II, III and IV
B. Protein Synthesis
D. I, II, III and IV
C. Glycolosis
322. Which of the following describes a mono-
D. Photosynthesis
cot?
A. two cotyledons 328. What body types do Plantae have?
B. circular vascular tubes lined up in A. all are unicellular
pairs
B. all are multicellular
C. 3 petals or multiples of 3
C. most are unicellular but some are mul-
D. wide leaves, branching veins ticellular
323. Which plant is heterosporous? D. most are multicellular but some are
A. Lycopodium sp. unicellular
B. Marchantia sp. 329. Seedless vascular plants, like ferns, re-
C. Selaginella sp. produce with the use of
D. none of above A. Seeds
324. Which is FALSE? B. Spores

A. All cone-producing plants have seeds. C. Eggs
B. All fruit-producing plants have seeds. D. Sperm

330. In plants, haploid gametes are produced B. pistil

as a result of
C. ovary

A. fertilization.
D. petal
B. meiosis
C. encapsulation 336. The diploid generation of plant life cycle
is named as
D. mitosis
A. seed
331. Plants with needle like leaves and no
B. gametophyte
fruit to protect their seeds are called
what? C. sporophyte
A. Monocots D. gamete
B. Dicots
337. The gymnosperm group with the fewest
C. Gymnosperms species belongs to Phylum
D. Angiosperms A. coniferophyta
332. Which of the following is an example of B. cycadophyta
a nonvascular plant?
C. ginkgophyta
A. Ferns
D. gnetophyta
B. Pine Tree
C. Mosses 338. Which phylum is comprised of acoelo-
mate, bilaterally symmetrical and
D. Maple Tree tripoblastic organisms?
333. Why Gnetum sp. have an advanced A. Annelida
features compared to other Gymnosperm
B. Nematoda
plants?
C. Cnidaria
A. Xylem consist of tracheid only
B. Phloem consists of sieve tube and com- D. Platyhelminthes
panion cell
339. The nematodes are also called
C. Produce spores
A. flatworms
D. Gametophyte is dominant
B. roundworms
334. What can some mosses and liverworts
C. tapeworms
do?
D. Spiralworms
A. reproduce in a single cycle
B. uncurl their leaves into fronds 340. What part of the female part of the
C. break rock into soil flower is the place that holds the eggs?
D. live for more than 300 million years A. Ovary

B. Style
335. The male part of the flower is known as
the C. Filament
A. stamen D. Stigma

341. Which of the following best describes or- 346. Sorus is a cluster of located underside
ganisms in Kingdom Plantae of sporophylls of Dryopteris sp.
A. eukaryotic, heterotrophic, multicellu- A. sporocyte
lar B. sporangiospore
B. prokaryotic, heterotrophic, multicellu- C. sporangia
lar
D. spores
C. eukaryotic, autotrophic, multicellular
347. What are the two groups that all plants
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D. none of above can FIRST be divided into?
342. Plants that produce flowers and develop A. Nonvascular or Vascular
fruit are known as B. Seeds or Seedless
A. Angiosperms C. Gymnosperms or Angiosperms
B. Gymnosperms D. Monocots or Dicots
C. Pteridophytes 348. Bryophyte includes
D. Bryophytes A. Liverworts and ferns
B. Mosses and ferns
343. Plants have various organs to carry out
tasks important for survival. Which of C. Mossess and liverworts
the following organs is most responsible D. None of these
for producing a plant’s supply of sugar
through photosynthesis? 349. Which of the following characteristics is
NOT true of vascular plants?
A. roots
A. Tall
B. stem
B. Has vascular tissue
C. leaves C. Must live near water
D. flowers D. Has true leaves and roots
344. During a Dryopteris sp. life cycle, meio- 350. What is the male reproductive material
sis take place in the to produce haploid of plants?
A. Seeds
A. sporophyte, gemmae B. Pollen
B. gametophyte, spores C. Fruit
C. sporophyte, spores D. Sepals
D. gametophyte, gamete 351. Plants have several types of tissues.
Which of the following transports sug-
345. The is the tiny plant inside of a seed. ars?
A. cotyledon A. xylem
B. embryo B. phloem
C. seed coat C. dermal tissue
D. flower D. adipose

1.8 Kingdom Animals 163
352. The diploid form in a plant’s life cycle is 353. A fertilized egg is called a(n)
called the
A. stomata
A. Sporophyte

B. zygote
B. Gametophyte
C. Alternation of Generations C. gamete
D. Parental Generation D. angiosperm
1.8 Kingdom Animals

1. Which current animal species are related D. amphibians
to the biggest dinosaur to ever live?
6. Animals that are born from soft eggs, cold-
A. Whales
blooded and can have scales or shells are
B. Turtle called
C. Crocodile A. mammals
D. Shark
B. reptiles
2. Which animal groups hatch from eggs? C. amphibians
A. Only Birds
D. invertebrates
B. Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, and Fish
C. Mammals and Reptiles 7. Starfish, sea urchins, and other spiny
skinned animals belong to the Phylum
D. none of above
A. Arthropoda
3. The vertebrates that breathe with gills
B. Chordata
are
A. Amphibians and fish C. Mollusca
B. Reptiles and amphibians D. Echinodermata
C. Reptiles and fish
8. scientific name of horse is
D. Fish and birds
A. Equus
4. How long is the life span of a cat? B. Elephas
A. 10
C. Pteropus
B. 20
D. Felis
C. 15
D. 25 9. Animals that have a backbone are called
5. I breathe with lungs, lay eggs, and am en-

dothermic (warm-blooded). What am I? A. Invertebrates
A. birds B. Vertebrates
B. fish C. Endoskeleton
C. mammals D. Exoskeleton

10. Which animals are warm-blooded and feed 16. The word Porifera
their babies milk? A. stinging
A. birds B. soft with shell
B. mammals C. porus
C. reptiles D. rings
D. amphibians 17. Class means “double life” because an-
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imals in this class live part of their life
11. A scientific name consist of which two cat-
in the water and part of their life on the
egories
land.
A. Class and Family A. Aves
B. Family and Genus B. Mammalia
C. Genus and Species C. Reptilia
D. Species and Class D. Amphibia
12. Sepia is 18. A flat worm has a simple

A. Cuttle fish A. Digestive System
B. star fish B. Nervous System
C. Hag fish C. Skeletal System
D. saw fish D. Bilateral System
19. The most primitive phylum in Kingdom An-

13. What symmetry is found in chordates imalia is
A. bilateral A. Porifera
B. radial B. Cnidaria
C. assymetrical C. Platyhelminthes
D. none of the above D. Chordata
14. How many legs do insects have? 20. Animals compete for
A. four A. Food
B. eight B. Mates
C. two C. Territory
D. All of these
D. six
21. Vertebrate animals are under what phy-
15. The largest mammal is lum?
A. a human A. Arthropoda
B. the blue whale B. Chordata
C. a gorilla C. Porifera
D. a reptile D. none of above

22. In mollusca mouth contains a file like rasp- 28. Gnathostomata means
ing organ for feeding is called A. Absence of jaw

A. Teeth
B. Oval shaped jaw
B. Gizzard
C. Circular jaw
C. Radula
D. Presence of jaw
D. Medula
29. Which classes of animals are endother-
23. Which of the following is a group of warm
mic?
blooded animals
A. Birds A. Mammals and birds
B. Fishes B. mammals and amphibians

C. Amphibians C. birds and worms
D. Reptiles D. reptiles and fish
24. Because sponges are sessile, they get their 30. Ornithorhynchus is
food through
A. Kangaroo
A. scavenging the sea floor
B. Dolphin
B. filter fedding
C. Platypus
C. the spicules
D. Ant eater
D. tentacles
25. To what Domain does Kingdom Animalia 31. What category of animal has hair?
belong? A. Reptile
A. Animalia B. Amphibian
B. Bacteria C. Mammal
C. Eukarya D. Bird
D. Archaea
32. All arthropods have segmented bodies,
26. Which one of the following animals is NOT jointed appendages, and
a vertebrate animal?
A. tails
A. bear
B. lungs
B. frog
C. wings
C. bee
D. an exoskelton
D. dolphin
27. Protective body coverings of Animilia in- 33. Which of the following are the characteris-
clude.. tics of an earthworm
A. feathers, fur A. Segmented body

B. shells, scales B. Parapodia
C. skin C. Nephridia
D. all of the above D. All of the given

34. Arthropod means: 40. Between 90-95% of all animals on earth

A. Jointed appendages. can be classified as
B. Bent legs. A. invertebrates
C. Quadriceps. B. vertebrates
D. Insect C. reptiles
D. mammals
35. The arthropod exoskeleton is made of
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A. chitin 41. Linnaeus is credited with:
B. melanin A. binomial nomenclature
C. resin B. theory of biogenesis
D. carbohydrates C. discovery of microscope

D. discovery of blood circulation
36. Vertebrate animals with moist skin
A. amphibians 42. Which of these MUST return to water to
reproduce?
B. reptiles
A. Amphibians
C. reptiles and amphibians
B. Reptiles
D. fish and amphibians
C. Birds
37. Which of the following is a set of amphib- D. Mammals
ians?
A. rattlesnake, crocodile, alligator 43. Which kingdom has live babies and is
warm blooded?
B. ostrich, crane, woodpecker
A. Mammals
C. salamander, toads, frogs
B. Reptiles
D. none of above
C. Insects
38. A classification grouping that consists of a D. Amphibians
number of similar, closely related species
A. domain 44. All vertebrate animals belong to Phylum
B. species
A. Mammalia
C. genus
B. Chordata
D. none of above
C. Reptilia
39. If you want to take care of animals, you D. Echinodermata
should
A. buy products made with animals. 45. Cold blooded animals with scaly dry skin
are
B. buy endangered animals
A. Fish
C. respect their habitats and protect
them from the actions of man. B. Reptiles
D. respect their habitats and invade C. Amphibians

them. D. Mammals

46. Cnidarians were the first animals to de- C. Echinodermata

velop cells so they could react to their D. Mollusca
environment.

A. epidermis 52. The study of the kingdom Animalia
B. nerve A. Bology
C. collar B. Cosmology
D. gastrodermis C. Zoology
47. Which animal’s life cycle begins with a live D. Entomology

baby? 53. Which of the following explains why some
A. bird insects are among the most successful an-
B. mammal imals on Earth?
C. amphibians A. Their fast reproductive cycles
D. reptile B. Having a closed circulatory system
C. Having the ability to molt their ex-
oskeleton
of animals with radial symmetry?
D. Their stinging tentacles
A. they have no distinct head or tail ends
B. they must move quickly to catch prey 54. What is the largest group in the animal
C. they move faster on land than in water kingdom.?
A. Annelids
D. they have sense organs at the front of B. Reptiles
their bodies
C. Crustaceans
49. Which characteristic is NOT true of organ- D. Arthropods
isms in the animal kingdom?
55. A(n) is a flexible, rod-shaped struc-
A. The are multicellular.
ture that supports the body of a develop-
B. They are producers. ing chordate.
C. They are consumers. A. notochord
D. They usually reproduce sexually. B. vertebrate
50. UP TO =????? C. spinal cord
A. AS MANY AS D. brain
B. AT LEAST
56. What happens when you double-click on
C. MINIMUM any word in Britannica?
D. NO MORE THAN A. You are taken to another site.
51. Organisms in this phylum have soft bodies B. You are given the definition.
covered by a mantle and a muscular foot. C. You can watch a video about that word.
A. Arthropoda
B. Porifera D. Nothing happens.

57. The animal emerges from its den when he 62. While studying chimps in Africa, Jane
feels it is safe. The word emerges in this Goodall discovered that they live in
sentence means- A. herds
A. animals that live by eating other ani- B. families
mals
C. flocks
B. comes out of a hidden place D. schools
C. group of living things that are the same
63. Which of these 3 eat meat?
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A. Omnivore
D. not of affected by illnesses
B. Carnivors
58. Which statement best describes mimicry? C. Herbavors
A. Hawk moth caterpillars can act like D. none of above
snakes.
B. Polar bears have white fur to hid them- of ALL living things?
selves in the snow.
A. moving around
C. Grasshoppers blend into rocks or
B. sweating
leaves.
C. thinking
D. Chameleons can change their color.
D. responding to stimulus
59. To which domain would a cell without a nu-
65. Which Kingdom is referring to “old” bac-
cleus in the dead sea belong?
teria?
A. Eukarya
A. Eubacteria
B. Prokarya B. Archeabacteria
C. Archaea C. Fungi
D. Eubacteria D. Plantae
60. All plants in the plant kingdom have the 66. The correct order for classification is
following characteristics A. domain, kingdom, phylum, class, or-
A. Have chloroplast to make its own food der, family, genus, species
(producers) and multicellular B. phylum, domain, kingdom, class, or-
B. Consumers and unicellular der, family, species, genus
C. Consumers and multicellular C. domain, kingdom, phylum, class, or-
der, species, family, genus
D. none of above
D. none of above
61. The study of the early stages of life is 67. An animal that eats BOTH plants and ani-
called mals.
A. reproducing A. Insectivore
B. captivity B. Carnivore
C. embryology C. Herbivore
D. biology D. Omnivore

68. IN DIPLOBLASTIC ORGANISM THE GERM 74. Which animal belongs in the reptile king-
LAYER ABSENT IS dom?
A. dog

A. ECTODERM
B. MESODERM B. snake
C. ENDODERM C. toad
D. MEOSGLOEA D. horse
69. Choose the false sentence: 75. Which big cat has the best hunting skills?
A. Invertebrate animals are those who A. Black footed cat

do not have a skeleton. B. Sumatra tiger
B. Invertebrate animals are divided into C. Snow leopard
five categories. D. Jaguar
C. Birds are not invertebrate animals. 76. Cold blooded organisms can not regulate
D. Annelids are invertebrate animals. the body temperature. Which of the fol-
lowing organisms are cold blooded organ-
70. What is the name of the internal structure isms
that controls a fish’s depth in the water?
A. Fishes
A. Liver
B. Amphibians
B. Air Pocket
C. Reptiles
C. Lung Bladder D. All of the above
D. Swim Bladder
77. Which animal is black and white, lives in
71. Which of the following is not a class of the the freezing cold, has wings but cannot
Phylum Platyhelminthes? fly?
A. Nematoda A. zebra
B. Trematoda B. polar bear
C. Cestoda C. penguin
D. Turbellaria D. wolf
72. odd one out (exclude 1 answer) 78. The animal that eats both plants and flesh
A. Bear
A. savannah
B. Cheetah
B. claws
C. Monkey
C. stream
D. Buffalo
D. cliff
79. Sharks are classified into the same class
73. Icthyopis is an as which other fish?
A. Amphibian A. Dolphins
B. Fish B. Rays and Skates
C. Reptile C. Trout and Bass
D. Echinoderm D. Whales

80. Organisms with this type of body plan 86. is an adaptation that fools other ani-
have no regular symmetry. mals with sounds, behaviors, or colors.
A. Bilateral A. camouflage
B. Radial B. mimicry
C. Symmetrical C. perch
D. Asymmetrical D. internal
81. Which of the following fish has a swim
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87. I’m red and I’ve got a fine bushy tail. I like
bladder? meat. I hunt and eat small animals. What
A. Shark am I?
B. Lamprey A. fox
C. Trout B. cat
D. Skate C. dog
82. Which of these is not a characteristic of a D. lion

mammal? 88. Which phylum possess hard exoskeleton
A. They lay eggs. A. Annelida
B. They have hair. B. Mollusca
C. They give milk.
C. Echinodermata
D. They are warm blooded.
D. Amphibians
83. They breathe with lungs
89. What is considered the ancestor of all ani-
A. mammals, birds, reptiles, adult am- mals?
phibians, fish
A. Algae
B. mammals, birds, reptiles, young am-
phibians B. Protozoans
C. mammals, birds, reptiles, adult am- C. Slime Molds

phibians D. Worms
D. mammals, birds and reptiles 90. A group of animals is called a
84. Roundworms belong to the Phylum A. taxon
A. Nematoda B. group
B. Annelida C. class
C. Mollusca D. combination
D. Platyhelminthes
91. Which kingdom has animals that lays eggs
85. An animal with a backbone is a(an) and has feathers?
A. Invertebrate A. Birds
B. Chordate B. Fish
C. Radical C. Mammals
D. Vertebrate D. Amphibians

92. In contrast to prokaryotic organisms, all C. BLACK PANTHER

eukaryotic organisms: D. OWL

A. Are multi-cellular
98. Which of the following is NOT a phyla of
B. Reproduce sexually animals?
C. Have cell nuclei A. Chordata
D. Breathe oxygen
B. Gymnosperm
93. Turtles, lizards, snakes and crocodiles are C. Porifera
all examples of what class?
D. Annelida
A. Amphibians
99. The type of mammal where offspring are
B. Reptiles
born fully devleoped
C. Birds
A. Monotremes
D. Mammals
B. Placentals (eutherians)
94. Symmetry around an axis (many lines C. Marsupials
through a single point) creating many mir-
D. All of these
ror images is considered
A. asymmetry 100. Azim found an unknown Animal X. Which
characteristic would allow him to tell
B. circular symmetry
whether Animal X is an insect?
C. bilateral symmetry
A. Number of legs
D. radial symmetry
B. Number of wings
95. Animals that do not have backbones are C. Whether it can swim
called:
D. Whether it can fly
A. vertebrates
B. invertebrates 101. Hippocampus is scientific name of
C. no idea A. Sea hare
D. none of above B. Sea horse

C. Sea snail
96. Some fish have skeletons made of bone
and D. Sea cucumber
A. skin 102. Which of the following statements is

B. cartilage false?
C. muscle A. all vertebrates are chordates
D. none of above B. vertebrates have a nerve cord en-

closed by a bony or cartilaginous column
97. WHICH ONE OF THESE ANIMALS IS NOT
RUMORED FOR BRINGING BAD LUCK C. all chordates are vertebrates
A. CROW D. vertebrates are sometimes called ani-
B. BLACK CAT mals with a backbone

103. An animal with bilateral symmetry is a 109. lion is a kind of

A. jelly fish A. reptile
B. star fish B. mammal
C. dog C. bird
D. butterfly D. primate
104. Find information about rain forests. 110. Tick the insect below
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“Many rain forest are used as A. Rat
medicines.”
B. Crow
A. animals
C. Bear
B. trees
D. Louse
C. plants
D. ponds 111. Pearl oyster is
A. lineup
105. The function of Flame cells are:
B. Pinctada
A. Excretion and Osmoregulation
C. Aplysia
B. Digestion and excretion
D. Dental
C. Anchorage and excretion
D. none of above 112. The part of the animal that contains the
lower surface is the
106. How do most organisms who live on land A. dorsal
obtain oxygen?
B. posterior
A. Diffusion through skin.
C. ventral
B. Through gills.
D. anterior
C. Through lungs.
D. Through filter-feeding. 113. Butterflies, lady bugs, and beetles are all
examples of which animal group?
107. What is an example of a crustacean? A. amphibian
A. krill B. insect
B. spider C. mammal
C. ant D. bird
D. beetle
114. What would help you determine if an or-
108. Which animal is a vertebrate? ganism is in kingdom Animalia?
A. Jellyfish A. Chloroplasts
B. Cricket B. Unicellular
C. Worm C. Heterotroph
D. Deer D. Prokaryote

115. What do fish use to breathe under wa- B. Eukarya

ter? C. Archaea

A. Gills D. Eubacteria
B. scales
121. Fish are aquatic animals. What does
C. scuba gear
aquatic mean?
D. cartilage
A. Aquatic means they are fishes.
116. Many birds are omnivores. What does B. Aquatic means they live underwater.
this mean? *Think about what different
C. Aquatic means they have an aqua
birds might eat.*
color.
A. Many birds eat both plants and ani-
D. Aquatic means they are cold-blooded.
mals.
B. Many birds eat only plants. 122. The animal that eats flesh of other ani-
mal
C. Many birds eat only animals.
A. Elephant
D. none of above
B. Giraffe
117. Which group of animals breathe with gills
as young and breathe with lungs on land? C. Tiger
A. Reptiles D. Goat
B. Amphibians 123. Animals that can cut body into similar

C. Mammals halves by many planes is said to have
symmetry.
D. Fish
A. radial
118. All animals B. bilateral
A. have a backbone C. asymmetry
B. are able to regulate their body temper- D. biradial
ature regardless of environmental factors
124. What is the name of the phylum sponges
C. are heterotrophs belong to?
D. all of the above A. mammals
B. chordate
119. What phylum do the chordates belong
to? C. cnidarians
A. porifera D. Porifera
B. cnidaria 125. The process of grouping things based on
C. nematoda their similarities
D. chordata A. binomial nomenclature
120. Lactobacillus is a good bacteria found in B. taxonomy

yogurt. Which domain does it belong? C. classification
A. Prokarya D. none of above

126. Both reptiles and birds C. Insects

A. have feathers. D. Amphibians
B. have air sacs.
132. Some examples of annelids are
C. migrate.
A. worm, snake and caterpillar
D. lay amniotic eggs
B. earthworm, worm and caterpillar
127. The 5 features of all animals are C. crocodile and worm
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A. mobile, eukaryotic, consumers, many D. none of above
celled
B. mobile, can digest food, many celled, 133. were do amphibians live?
consumers, eukaryotic A. Water
C. many celled, producers, respiration, B. Swamps, vernal ponds and even farm-
have radical symmetry, are mobile land.
D. none of above C. land
128. An animals with radial symmetry is D. Island
A. jelly fish 134. Which Kingdom is referring to “new”
B. sea anemonie bacteria?
C. sponges A. Archeabacteria
D. butterfly B. Eubacteria
129. An example of a Annelida is a C. Fungi
A. hookworm D. Plantae
B. sea urchin 135. It is a group of fish whose skeletons
C. leech are made up of cartilage rather than
bones. They have jaws, tough scales and
D. octopus
breathe through the spiracles on top of
130. As it changes from tadpole to adult, a their heads.
frog’s body undergoes a series of dramatic A. Jawless fishes
changes. Hind legs develop and the tail dis-
appears. This process is called B. Cartilaginous fishes
A. metamorphosis C. Bony fishes
B. fertilization D. none of above

C. photosynthesis 136. What kingdom would you find multicellu-
D. reproduction lar autotrophs in?
A. Eukarya
131. Which Phylum has live babies and is
warm blooded? B. Protista
A. Mammals C. Plantae
B. Reptiles D. Animalia

137. Which of the following is a characteristic C. Mexico

of an amphibian?
D. South America

A. They give live births and feed their
young with milk. 143. I am not a kitten but my children are.
B. They live on land and have fur. What am I?
C. They have feathers and breathe with A. dog
lungs.
B. cat
D. They have two stages to their life cy-
cle. C. rabbit
D. fox
138. How many features do all animals have?
A. 1 144. An offspring that is the result of asexual
B. 3 reproduction
C. 5 A. has two parents
D. 4 B. developed from a zygote
139. Behavior almost always helps an animal C. inherited genes from two parents
A. locate other animals of the same D. is genetically identical to its parent
species
B. either survive or reproduce 145. An example of a bony fish is the:
C. show that it is afraid or tired A. lamprey
D. protect itself from predators B. ray
140. I have dry and rough skin, lay eggs, C. tuna
breathe with lungs, and am ectothermic
(cold-blooded). What am I? D. octopus
A. Fish 146. Which animal has the longest migration

B. Mammals route?
C. Amphibians A. Grey wolf
D. Reptiles B. Arctic Tern
141. Animals that have hair or fur are C. Whales
A. Mammals D. Eagle
B. Birds
C. Fishes 147. Which class has organisms with dry,
scaly skin?
D. Reptiles
A. Amphibians
142. Where do whales migrate to once it is
winter in the arctic? B. Reptiles
A. India C. Birds
B. Africa D. Mammals

148. Which name literally means “double life”, 154. Which is the correct order?
describing animals that live part of their A. Kingdom Phylum Order Class
life in water and part of their life on land?
B. Class Order Family Genus
A. Amphibians
C. Domain Phylum Kingdom Species
B. Birds
D. Order Family Species Genus
C. Reptiles
155. What is one difference between insects
D. Mammals
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and birds?
149. Bombyx, Locusta and Limilus are included A. All birds can fly but not all insects can
in fly.
A. Arthropoda B. Birds have two legs but insects have
B. Mollusca six legs.
C. Annelida C. Birds have two body parts but insects
have three body parts.
D. Amphibia
D. Birds lay eggs but insects do not lay
150. Most animals eggs.
A. are invertebrates 156. I am a unicellular prokaryote that lives in
B. are arthropods extreme environments. What kingdom do
I belong to?
C. have jointed legs
A. archaebacteria
D. all of these
B. eubacteria
151. Parasite
C. fungi
A. lives in water
D. none of above
B. lives in dirt
157. The animal that eats grass and leaves
C. lives in or on another organism
A. Chameleon
D. lives a full life
B. Ant
152. Which group includes snails, clams, and C. Hare
squid?
D. Hyena
A. Porifera
158. The animals that live with us in our house
B. Cnidaria
are called
C. Mollusks
A. Domestic animals
D. Arthropoda
B. Wild animals
153. A parrot is a/an: C. Pet animals
A. vertebrate animal D. Water animals
B. invertebrate animal 159. Which creature is an example of a mol-
C. bird lusc?
D. A and C are correct A. snail

B. scorpion 166. I breathe with gills, lay eggs, live my

C. sloth whole life in water, and am ectothermic
(cold-blooded). What am I?

D. starfish
A. birds
160. Animals that are able to move are called B. fish
A. aquatic C. mammals
B. networking D. amphibians
C. crawlers
167. The scientific term for biological cate-
D. motile gories is:
161. A signal that causes an organism to react A. Taxon
in some way is called a(n) B. Domain
A. stimulus C. Rank
B. response D. Phylum
C. idea
168. Some animals remain inactive during sum-
D. message mers to maintain energy and body temper-
ature is called
162. Animal with name meaning “soft body”
A. Migration
A. Sponges
B. Hibernation
B. Mollusk
C. Aestivation
C. Worms
D. Camouflage
D. Osteichthyes
169. The excretory organ in cockroach (Arthro-
163. Mollusks have what type of symmetry pod)
A. asymmetry A. Kidney
B. bilateral B. Malphigian tubule
C. radial C. Nephridia
D. none of above D. Green glands
164. Largest phylum of Animalia which cover 170. Pouch formation from gut is in
two-thirds of all species on the earth is:
A. Enterocoelom
A. Platyhelminthes.
B. Schizocoelom
B. Nematahelminthes.
C. Pseudocoelom
C. Arthropods.
D. Acoelom
D. Chordates.
171. Choose the correct sequence of the frog’s
165. Tissue level organization is first seen in: life cycle
A. Coelenterates A. froglet, tadpole, frog, and egg
B. Platyhelminthes. B. egg, frog, tadpole, and froglet
C. Nematahelminthes. C. egg, tadpole, froglet, and frog
D. Arthropods. D. tadpole, froglet, frog, and egg

172. These vertebrates live on land and water. C. only mammals have teeth.
They undergo metamorphosis and must lay
D. only mammals brood their young.
their eggs in water.
A. Reptiles 178. A synonym for this word is:come out
B. Fish A. emerge
C. Amphibians B. predator
D. Birds
C. immune
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173. Tube like bodies, divided in segments, D. species
nervous system, blood vessels, breathe
through wet skin, digestive system: 179. I lay eggs, have gills, scales and fins,
A. worms what am I?
B. segmented worms A. frog
C. star fish B. dinosaur
D. skeleton C. toad
174. What animals do not have a backbone? D. fish
A. jellyfish
180. Give birth to their young, produce milk to
B. Crabs
feed their young, have hair or fur, warm
C. mammal blooded
D. fish A. Mammals
175. The process in which an organism’s body B. Arthropods
temperature is regulated externally. In-
C. Birds
cludes your fish, amphibians, and reptiles.
A. Exogenic D. Echinoderms
B. Androgenic 181. The animal that lives in water

C. Endothermic A. Tiger
D. Ectothermic
B. Fish
176. Which vertebrate group spends part of C. Dog
their lives in water and part of their lives
on land? D. Rabbit
A. Fish
182. Which organisms are multicellular, have
B. Birds no cell walls and consume food from a va-
C. Amphibians riety of sources?
D. Reptiles A. protists
177. Mammals are unique because B. plants

A. all mammals nurse their young. C. animals
B. all mammals lay hard-shelled eggs. D. fungi

183. Which of these is the common example 189. An animal whose body temperature re-
for agnatha/jawless fish? mains the SAME no matter what the
outside temperature could be (Warm

A. Sharks, Skates, and Rays
Blooded).
B. Lamprey and Hagfish
A. Endoskeleton
C. Flounder and Tuna
B. Ectothermic
D. Seahorses
C. Exothermic
184. The animal that gives us eggs D. Endothermic
A. Rat 190. Ectothermic, have gills, lay eggs, have
B. Cat scales, have fins & live in water.
C. Sheep A. Fish
D. Hen B. Birds
C. Mammals
185. What is the special structure of an arthro-
pod that provides structure and protection D. frogs
from the outside?
191. What are the domains based on?
A. An endoskeleton A. Number of cells
B. Spicules B. Type of cells
C. An exoskeleton C. Color of the cells
D. A shell D. None of the above
186. Choanocytes are also known as 192. arthropod =
A. epithelial cells A. jointed legs, segmented bodies, some
B. collar cells have wings Hard outer covering called ex-
oskeleton get oxygen through gills or air
C. pore cells tubes
D. amoeboid cells B. segmented worms
187. All vertebrates have C. echinoderms
A. 4 legs D. mollusks
B. wings 193. Which class has organisms with moist
C. lungs skin?
D. a backbone A. Amphibians
B. Reptiles
188. do invertebrates have teeth
C. Birds
A. yes
D. Mammals
B. no
194. Endothermic, breathe with lungs, give
C. none of the above birth to live babies, have fur or hair, feed
D. none of above young milk.

A. Frogs 200. The only vertebrate that goes through

metamorphosis is
B. Toads
A. Amphibians
C. Birds
B. Reptiles
D. Mammals
C. Birds
195. This group is made of filter feeders and D. Mammals
has lots of pores in its body:
201. All of the following are characteristics of
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A. Segmented Worms mammals except
B. Arthropods A. they give birth to live young
C. Mollusks B. they produce milk
C. they breathe through gills
D. Sponges
D. they are covered with hair
196. Limbless amphibian
202. Animals with backbones are called
A. Bufo A. skeletons
B. Salamander B. vertebrates
C. Ichthyopis C. fungi
D. Rana tigris D. invertebrates
203. are vertebrates that give birth to
197. Which term describes a support structure
young ones and feed them with their own
on the outside of an animal?
milk.
A. Exothermic
A. Birds
B. Exoskeleton B. Reptiles
C. Endothermic C. Amphibians
D. none of above D. Mammals
198. Phylum Porifera includes: 204. How many categories of habitats does
Britannica list?
A. worms
A. 4
B. mollusks B. 6
C. sponges C. 8
D. viruses D. 10
199. Phylum Platyhelminthes? 205. Frogs, toads, and salamanders are all ex-
amples of which class?
A. roundworms
A. Amphibians
B. segmented worms B. Reptiles
C. aquatic worms C. Birds
D. flatworms D. Mammals

206. Reptiles and birds are similar because 212. Organisms that are bilateral body sym-
they both lay eggs and both are metry has germs layer
A. diploblastic

A. cold-blooded
B. vertebrates B. triploblastic
C. warm-blooded C. ploblastic
D. invertebrates D. apoblastic
207. Which of the following is true about all 213. Horse, whale, and a dog are examples of
mammals? which kind of animal group?
A. They give birth to their young alive. A. bird
B. They have hair as an outer covering. B. fish
C. They can live on both land and water. C. reptile
D. They have wings. D. mammal
208. Which of the following are NOT charac- 214. Which level of classification contains the
teristics of mammals? fewest organisms?
A. Hair or fur on body A. Kingdom
B. Mothers make milk for babies B. Class

C. Genus
C. Cold-blooded
D. Species
D. Warm-blooded
215. Which of the following is NOT what a
209. Which behavior most distinguished mam-
sponge skeleton can be made of?
mals and birds from other vertebrates?
A. Spongin
A. methods of obtaining food
B. Cnidocyst
B. care of young after birth
C. Silica
C. aggressive defensive behavior
D. Spicule
D. construction of shelters
216. Dragonflies, stink bugs, and lady bugs
210. Fill-in-the-blank:Domain Kingdom are
Phylum
A. insects
A. Order
B. arthropods
B. Family
C. animals
C. Class
D. all of these
D. Species
217. Soft bodies with thick muscular foot,
211. Which of the following chordates is a ver- more developed then worms, some have
tebrate? shells, breathe with gills or lungs:
A. craniata A. echinoderms
B. cephalochordata B. Mollusks
C. urochordata C. arthropods
D. reptilia D. Segemented worms

218. Many birds migrate when the seasons C. Mammals

change. What does migrate mean? D. none of above
A. move
224. A bird’s feathers are also called:
B. nest
A. wings
C. flock
B. beak
D. eat C. plumage
219. The collar cells of sponges are similar to
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D. none of above
225. Which class of arthropods are mainly
A. flagellated protists aquatic?
B. amoebas A. Crustacea
C. ciliated paramecia B. Insecta
D. sessile sporozoans C. Diplopoda
220. Which is only reptile that has 4- D. Chilopoda
chambered heart 226. Which organ absorbs oxygen from the
A. Snake water?
B. Crocodile A. Lungs
C. Lizard B. Gills
D. None of the above C. Scales
D. Heart
221. When the temperature of the environ-
ment changes, the body temperature of a 227. Vertebrates that spend part of their lives
reptile in water and part of their lives on land
A. changes A. Mollusk
B. stays the same B. Amphibians
C. always increases C. Mammals
D. always decreases D. Fish
222. “jointed appendages” describes the Phy- 228. What supergroup are animals in
lum A. arecheaplatida
A. Porifera B. excavata
B. Arthropoda C. rhizarian
C. Nematoda D. opisthokonta
D. Echinodermata 229. A characteristic the organisms in the phy-
lum Porifera possess:
223. These animals are ectothermic. Some
have gills, some have lungs. What are A. Stinging cells.
they? B. The ability to photosynthesize.
A. Amphibians C. Have asymmetrical symmetry.
B. Reptiles D. Have radial symmetry.

230. Which animal belongs in the Phylum 236. Which of the following is not a domain
Mammalia? A. archea

A. frog
B. bacteria
B. fish
C. fungi
C. camel
D. eukarya
D. tortoise
237. Food storage in Kingdom Animalia is
231. Made of more than 1 cell:
A. Glycogen
A. Triple-cellular
B. Starch
B. multi-cellular
C. Mannitol
C. Double-cellular
D. one cell D. Chitin
232. What part of a cnidarian’s body allows 238. Can frogs live in Salt water
them to capture/kill their prey? A. Yes
A. the epidermis B. No
B. the polyp C. Probably
C. the nematocysts D. I don’t know
D. the nerve net
239. Which phyla’s key characteristics are a
233. how many phylum are in the invertebrate backbone or exoskeleton and spinal chord,
kingdom bilateral symmetry?
A. 5 A. Echinoderms
B. 7 B. Arthropods
C. 3 C. Annelids
D. 2 D. Chordates
234. The animal that eats grains 240. A medusa is
A. Pigeon
A. a free swimming cnidarian
B. Panda
B. a sessile cnidarian
C. Peacock
C. an agile predator
D. Penguin
D. incapable of sexual reproduction
235. An animal whose body cavity is lined
by tissue derived from mesoderm & endo- 241. Mushrooms and Mold belong in which
derm is known as Kingdom Classification?
A. coelomate A. Fungi
B. pseudocoelomate B. Protist
C. acoelomate C. Animal
D. acoelome D. Plant

242. Which animal belongs in the mammal C. chemical production

kingdom?
D. excretion
A. frog
B. fish 248. Which of the following is an adaptation
which arboreal animals have?
C. camel
A. They have hollow bones.
D. tortoise
B. They have strong limbs to climb trees.
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243. Which organisms belong in the same king-
dom as a wolf?
C. They have fins and flippers to swim.
A. Mushrooms and lichens
D. They can run fast and walk on the
B. Algae and amoeba ground.
C. Dandelion and daisy
D. lady bug and sea jelly 249. Which group of invertebrates does a clam
belong to?
244. Animals that have feathers, two wings, A. Sponge
two legs and beak are
B. Fish
A. Amphians
C. Echinoderm
B. Cows
C. Elephants D. Mollusk
D. Birds 250. Birds, cats, fish, and turtles are all

245. sea cucumber, brittle stars, and sea stars A. producers
A. Mollusks B. invertebrates
B. Echinoderms C. annelids
C. Segmented Worms D. vertebrates
D. Arthropods
251. An example of a vertebrate animal is
246. Which are all characteristics of the Ani-
mal Kingdom? A. Starfish
A. Multicellular consumers that do not B. Spider

move C. Seal
B. Multicellular consumers that move D. Butterfly
C. Multicellular producers that do not
move 252. Which of the following is a characteristic
that all mammals share?
D. Multicellular producers that move
A. they all have a pouch
247. When an animal gives off or eliminates
chemicals from its body it is called B. they all have a cloaca
A. bioluminescence C. they all have hair
B. reproducing D. they all have a short gestational period

253. What is the longest living animal 259. An animal that possess a body cavity
A. Crocodile lined by tissue completely derived from
mesoderm is known as

B. Turtle
A. coelomate
C. Whale
B. acoelomate
D. Elephant
C. pseudocoelomate
254. An example of a Nematoda is a D. acoelome
A. earth worm
260. Animales in english is
B. sea cucumber
A. anemals
C. nautilus
B. animales
D. trichina worm
C. animals
255. Which animal life cycle:Egg, larvae, pupa, D. enemals
and adult
A. fish 261. Which is a characteristic of an amphib-
ian?
B. mammal
A. Lives on both land and water.
C. reptile
B. They are warm blooded.
D. insect
C. They have feathers.
256. Vertebrates that have fins to move and D. They give milk.
gills to breathe
A. Fish 262. Fish that possess electric organ
B. Amphibians A. Trygon
C. Platypus B. Torpedo
D. Insects C. Carchorodon
D. Scoliodon
257. WHAT ANIMAL WAS CROWNED THE
KING OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM 263. Which group do sponges belong to?
A. COYOTE A. Platyhelminthes
B. EAGLE B. Porifera
C. LION C. Nematodes
D. SHARK D. Cnidaria
258. Organisms that make their own food 264. What does the term echinoderm mean?
A. autotroph A. tube feet
B. heterotroph B. star shaped
C. selfietroph C. spiny skin
D. hunterotroph D. stomach foot

265. which animal lives in the desert? 271. Which is the most dangerous animal?
A. Fish A. Mosquito
B. Monkey B. Dog
C. Camel C. Shark
D. Bear D. Snake
272. Animals that are parazoa will be classi-

266. BASIC UNIT OF CLASSIFICATION
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fied under phylum
A. GENUS A. Porifera
B. FAMILY B. Cnidaria
C. KEY C. Platyhelminthes
D. SPECIES D. Nematoda
267. An example of a Mollusca is 273. Which animals have been found to ex-
crete chemicals that help humans?
A. sea urchin
A. leopards and tigers
B. oysters
B. dogs and cats
C. leeches
C. birds and bugs
D. earth worm
D. leeches, snakes, and frogs
268. What surrounds the mouth of Cnidari- 274. The birds fly with the help of
ans?
A. Feathers
A. guard cells
B. Tail
B. pinococytes
C. Beak
C. tentacles
D. Wings
D. spines
275. Which is an example of an echinoderm?
269. There are types of vertebrates A. starfish
A. one B. bat
B. two C. millipede
C. five D. salamander
D. four 276. A group of similar organisms that can
mate with each other and produce off-
270. Panthera is the generic name of spring that can also mate and reproduce
A. Lion A. domain
B. Tiger B. species
C. Both Lion and tiger C. genus
D. Lion, tiger and Cheetah D. none of above

277. The only vertebrate that gives birth to 283. Warm blooded animals that feed their ba-
live young is bies with milk

A. Amphibians A. Mammals
B. Reptiles B. Birds
C. Birds C. Insects
D. Mammals D. amphibians
278. What is the source of energy animals 284. The salient feature of echinoderm is:
need to survive?
A. Closed vascular system.
A. minerals
B. Blood vascular system.
B. water
C. Water vascular system.
C. food
D. air D. Digestive system.
279. Which of the following is an inverte- 285. Sponges get their food by
brate? A. going through photosynthesis
A. Cat B. decomposing it
B. Snail C. sponges do not eat
C. Goldfish D. filter feeding
D. Humans
286. When an animal blend in the surroundings
280. Which of these animals have the thickest to escape from predators is called
skin in the world?
A. migration
A. Blue whale
B. aestivation
B. Giraffe
C. camouflage
C. Orangutan
D. hibernation
D. Whale shark
287. Flatworms belong to the Phylum
281. The part of the animal that contains the
tail end is the A. Nematoda
A. dorsal B. Cnidaria
B. posterior C. Mollusca
C. ventral D. Platyhelminthes
D. anterior
288. Organisms that cannot make their own
282. We are in what kingdom? food
A. Plants A. autotroph
B. Animals B. heterotroph
C. Protists C. selfietroph
D. none of above D. hunterotroph

289. Which animal has the strongest bite? 295. Ctenophora is commonly called as:
A. Crocodile A. Flatworms
B. Whale B. Sea Anemone
C. Shark C. Comb Jellies
D. Lion D. Cnidaria
290. Which rank contains the largest amount 296. What scientist gave us the system of clas-
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of organisms? sification we still use today?
A. Genus A. Mendel
B. Species B. Linnaeus
C. Class C. Darwin
D. Order D. Watson
291. Vertebrates have a internal skeleton 297. In Which Domain can Kingdom Animalia
called be found?
A. backbone A. Archea
B. exoeskeleton B. Bacteria
C. vertebrae
C. Eukarya
D. skull
D. none of above
292. What is the outer layer of an animal cell
298. Most members of the phylum Chordata
that controls movement of materials in
have
and out of the cell?
A. radial symmetry
A. Capsule
B. Cell Membrane B. backbones
C. Cell Wall C. exoskeletons
D. Cytoplasm D. feathers
293. Which animal is an example of a verte- 299. Which of the following is NOT a mam-
brate (animal with a backbone)? mal?
A. crab A. blue whale
B. bug B. bats
C. snake C. cats
D. shrimp D. crabs
294. The word Cnidaria means 300. Organisms that can’t make their food.
A. porus A. Heterotrophs
B. spiny B. Autotrophs
C. segmented rings C. Animals
D. stinging D. Plants

301. Cnidarians are both mobile and sessile C. Sponges

with the ability to do
D. Arthropods

A. Stun prey with stinging nematocysts
B. Hunt prey 307. Animals that have a skull and a backbone
are called
C. Hibernate
A. Invertebrates
D. Swim
B. Vertebrates
302. What are stinging organelles with a
coiled thread found in the tentacles which C. Endoskeleton
are used to capture prey or defend against D. Exoskeleton
predators?
A. cnidocytes 308. I am an eukaryote that contains a cell
wall, chloroplast and large vacuole. What
B. nematocytes kingdom do I belong to?
C. choanocytes A. plant
D. pinacocytes
B. animal
303. What is taxonomy? C. protist
A. The study of DNA and RNA D. none of above
B. The study of how organisms are re-
lated 309. When blood is contained within blood
C. The study of classifying and describing vessels the entire time it circulates the
organisms body is called a(n):
D. The study of organisms in their habitat A. open circulatory system

B. contained circulatory system
304. Which of the following are classified as a
mollusks? C. vessel circulatory system
A. Bees D. closed circulatory system
B. Slugs
310. What is invertebrate?
C. Frogs
A. an animal that lives in water
D. Monkeys
B. a warm blooded animal
305. Have a backbone, endoskeleton, blood
C. an animal without a backbone
vessels, nervous system, & move:
A. Animals D. a cold blooded animal
B. Exoskeleton 311. Have lungs, cold blooded, lay leathery
C. Invertebrates eggs, some have scales
D. Vertebrates A. Reptiles
306. The simplest invertebrate B. Amphibians

A. Mollusks C. Sponges
B. Echinoderms D. Arthropods

312. You would find mushrooms in which king- 318. which animal below doesn’t have claws
dom? A. tiger
A. Fungi B. koala
B. Protista C. octopus
C. Plantae D. bear
D. Animalia
319. Symmetry that is divided down the an-
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313. The animal that helps in farming imal’s length into similar right and left
halves is
A. Duck
A. Radial
B. Mouse
B. Bilateral
C. Bullock
C. Equal
D. Crow
D. Trilateral
314. Lizard, turtles, and snakes are all exam-
ples of which of animal group? 320. The process in which an organism’s body
temperature is regulated internally. In-
A. fish cludes your birds and mammals.
B. reptile A. Exothermic
C. bird B. Androgenic
D. insect C. Endothermic
315. do invertebrates move D. Ectothermic
A. yes 321. What type of animal is a crab?
B. no A. Fish
C. both B. Mammal
D. none of above C. Crustacean
316. Sponges exhibit: D. Amphibian
A. The cellular level of organization. 322. This is the second word of an organism’s
scientific name.
B. Multicellular level of organization.
A. Class
C. Acellular level of organization.
B. Order
D. None.
C. Genus
317. Animals which are made of bone and car-
D. Species
tilage found internally (inside of you) have
a 323. A polyp is
A. endoskeleton A. a sessile cnidarian
B. exoskeleton B. a free swimming cnidarian
C. kitoskeleton C. not capable of asexual reproduction
D. hexoskeleton D. a cnidarian larvae

324. Cicada, grasshopper, and butterfly are C. blubber

D. migration

A. insects
330. When you are immune from getting sick,
B. arthropods you-
C. animals A. need to take medicine so you don’t get
D. all of these sick
325. What are three main body parts of an in- B. are not affected by the sickness
sect? C. always get sick with the disease
A. Head, chest, tail D. need to stay away from other people
B. Head, antenna, abdomen
331. Which nocturnal animal has special silent
C. Thorax, antenna, heart feathers and can see in the dark to help it
D. Head, thorax, abdomen hunt prey at night?
A. bat
326. It lives in water.It has fins and it’s body
is covered in scales.It is a B. hawk
A. Bird C. hummingbird
B. Reptile D. owl
C. Human 332. is the process in which an animal com-
D. Fish pletely changes form as it develops from
an embryo/larva to an adult.
327. ICBN stands for
A. Mutation
A. International congress on botanical
B. Adaptation
nomenclature
C. Evolution
B. International code of botanical nomen-
clature D. Metamorphosis
C. indian congress of biological names 333. What two characteristics do all Arthro-
D. indian code of botanical nomenclature pods have?
A. two legs per body segment
328. They can live on land and water.They
breathe air.They have 4 legs.Some have B. jointed legs and a cephalothorax
a shell.They are C. three body segments and metamor-
A. Fish phosis
B. Amphibians D. jointed legs and segmented bodies
C. Reptiles 334. The following are characteristics of mam-
D. Birds mals except
329. Polar bears have thick layer of fat called A. hair

B. fur
A. camouflage C. feathers
B. hibernation D. mammary gland

335. In which organelles does cellular respira- 341. When the anterior end of an animal has
tion take place? a gathering of sensory organs and nerve
A. Chloroplast cells this is known as
B. Mitochondria A. cephalization
B. nervous system
C. Ribosome
C. bilateral symmetry
D. Nucleus
D. segmentation
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336. are animals that hunt and eat smaller,
more helpless animals. 342. What evidence does the author primarily
use to support her message?
A. Prey
A. Facts about biodiversity
B. Predators
B. Expert opinions and interviews
C. Invertebrates
C. Personal observation and reflection
D. Mammals
D. Details about zoo practices
337. From where does the eukaryotic kingdom
Plantae acquire their energy? 343. Phylum Mollusca include all except:
A. Eating A. octopus
B. Water B. clam
C. snail
C. Sun
D. jellyfish
D. Ground
344. I am fat and pink. I live on the farm.
338. An Example of a platyhelminthes is a
What am I?
A. fluke
A. sheep
B. jellyfish B. horse
C. sea star C. goat
D. earth worm D. pig
339. Sponges use pores to 345. The animal that gives us milk
A. move from place to place. A. Snake
B. filter food from the water. B. Cow
C. defend themselves. C. Pigeon
D. none of above D. Butterfly
340. Many birds migrate in groups. What is a 346. Pseudocoelomate is a characteristic fea-
group of birds called? ture
A. school A. Porifera
B. plumage B. Annelida
C. flock C. Arthropoda
D. pack D. Aschelminthes

347. Flatworms belong to phylum: 353. The animal kingdom is divided into
A. Platyhelminthes. A. 1 group

B. Nemtahelminthes. B. 2 groups
C. Ctenophora. C. 3 groups
D. Annelids. D. 10 groups
348. This is the name for an external skeleton 354. Sea stars, sea brittle, sea cucumber, sea
urchin:
A. Skeletor
A. arthropods
B. Exoskeleton
B. mollusks
C. Endoskeleton
C. echinoderms
D. Interframe
D. Segmented worms
349. Symmetry that is divided along any plane
through a central axis into roughly equal 355. Who created the most commonly used
halves is system of taxonomy?
A. Radial A. Niels Bohr
B. Bilateral B. Watson and Crick

C. Charles Darwin
C. Equal
D. Carl Linnaeus
D. Trilateral
356. Which one of the following categories
350. Chordates that have notochord in larval
does not belong to the group of inverte-
tail
brate animals?
A. Balanoglossus
A. Arthropods
B. Hemichordata B. Annelids
C. Cephalochordata C. Amphibians
D. Urochordata D. Sponges
351. An open circulatory system 357. I’ve got a long neck and long legs and I
A. relies of diffusion eat leaves from the trees.
B. does not contain blood A. elephant
C. Is less advanced than a closed circula- B. tiger
tory system C. lion
D. Is more advanced than a closed circu- D. giraffe
latory system
358. Animals that come out to hunt at night
352. An animal that eats ONLY plants. are called
A. Insectivore A. Camouflage
B. Carnivore B. Nocturnal animals
C. Herbivore C. Aerial animals
D. Omnivore D. Aquatic animals

359. Which of the following is NOT a charac- 365. Which three parts of the body has an in-
teristic of mammals? sect?
A. They are warm-blooded A. Tencacles, head, legs
B. They have hair B. head, abdomen, legs
C. They have exoskeletons C. Head, thorax, abdomen

D. Hair, bones, foot
D. They have backbones
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366. This is the transmission of sound waves
360. Crabs are to locate an object or food, this is were
A. Arthropods bats rely to help them find their food
B. Mollusks A. Metamorphosis
C. Cnidarians B. Omnivores
C. Echolocation
D. Amphibians
D. Pollination
361. What is the world’s largest birds
367. How many rats were on the spaceshuttle
A. Ostrich Columbia’s on 1993
B. Dove A. 46
C. Kiwi B. 47
D. Penguin C. 48
D. 49
362. How many legs does an insect have?
368. Segmented worms are in the Phylum:
A. 2
A. Annelida
B. 6
B. Nematoda
C. 4
C. Arthropoda
D. 8 D. Cnidaria
363. Animals with backbones are known as 369. lizard, turtles, and snake are all exam-
A. Invertebrates ples of what kind of animal?
B. Vertebrates A. fish
B. reptile
C. Radial
C. bird
D. Bilateral
D. insect
364. A synonym for this word is:unaffected
370. Why are sponges classified as animals
A. Emerges A. they digest food
B. Predator B. they breathe through gills
C. Immune C. they use legs to move
D. Protect D. they have skeleton

371. Which group of animals are verte- C. Animals with a backbone

brates? D. Animals without a backbone

A. Cnidarians
377. Non-chordates are:
B. Amphibians
C. Arthropods A. Porifera to Platyhelminthes.
D. Echinoderms B. Porifera to annelids.

C. Porifera to echinoderms
372. Which kingdom makes its own food and
has a cell wall? D. None
A. Animal 378. What are the two missing levels of clas-
B. Protist sification? Kingdom, phylum, , order,
C. Plant family, , species
D. Fungi A. class, genus

B. genus, class
shared by all animals? C. domain, genre
A. their bodies have many cells D. genre, domain
B. they eat plants
379. Which organelle is found only in animal
C. they reproduce asexually calls and contains digestive enzymes that
D. they have skeletons are used for breaking down waste and bro-
ken down cell parts?
374. Reptiles must live in a climate where they
A. Lysosome
can use the sun to keep warm. This means
they are B. Vacuole
A. cold-blooded C. Mitochondria
B. warm-blooded D. Ribosome
C. invertebrates
380. A structural adaptation is
D. bioluminescent
A. something the organisms learns to do
375. Insects, which belong to the Phylum , B. what plants do to grow
have hard exoskeletons made of chitin and
make up approximately 50% of all ani- C. feature (body part) which helps an an-
mals. imal or plant survive.
A. Arthropoda D. photosynthesis
B. Chordata 381. Which is an example of a cartilaginous
C. Mollusca fish?
D. Echinodermata A. Trout
376. What are invertebrates? B. Bass
A. Animals with an endoskeleton C. Shark
B. Animals with an exoskeleton D. Goldfish

382. Which two animals go through metamor- C. Echinoderms

phosis during its life cycle?
D. Arthropods
A. Frog and bird
B. butterfly and horse 388. The type of mammal where the females
have pouches where the offspring finish
C. fish and frog developing
D. butterfly and frog A. Monotremes
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383. Which group of mammals give birth to im- B. Placentals
mature young that continue to develop in
C. Marsupials
the mother’s pouch?
D. All of these
A. monotremes
B. marsupials 389. Birds must have wings, feathers, and a
C. mammals in order to be classified as a bird.
D. none of these A. nest

B. worm
384. Which animal is an invertebrate?
C. beak
A. bear
B. bird D. tweet
C. worm 390. In order, what 2 levels of classification

D. turtle make up an organism’s scientific name?
A. Kingdom Species
385. Jointed legs, segmented bodies, some
have wings, exoskeleton, get oxygen B. Kingdom Phylum
through gills or air tubes: C. Genus Species
A. echinoderms
D. Species Genus
B. Mollusks
C. Arthropods 391. A / An help an organism survive in
its ecosystem.
D. Segmented worms
A. oxygen
386. Animals that are covered with scales and B. A brain
use gills to breathe in the water are
C. backbone
A. Fish
D. adaptation
B. Chicken
C. Baby tiger 392. Land animal that lives near water.It has a
D. Cocodrile thin skinThey are oviparous.They are
A. Amphibians
387. Which phyla’s key characteristic is “spiny
skin?” B. Reptiles
A. Porifera C. Mammals
B. Cnidarian D. Birds

393. Group of cells are loosely arranged and 399. Internal skeleton =
does not form true tissues are known as
A. Exothermic

A. Parazoa
B. Exoskeleton
B. Eumetazoa
C. Endoskeleton
C. Unicellular
D. Endothermic
D. Multicellular
400. The animal that eats insects
394. butterflies, lady bugs, and beetles are all
examples of which animal? A. Hippopotamus
A. amphibian B. Horse
B. insect C. Donkey
C. mammal D. Spider
D. bird
401. Invertebrates do not have backbone, but
395. Endothermic, breathe with lungs, lay they could have an
eggs, have feathers, wings, 2 feet. A. Wings
A. Frogs B. Shell
B. Toads
C. Exoskeleton
C. Birds
D. Mouth
D. Reptiles
402. Find the article about JAGUARS. Which
396. What is the panda’s diet most of the fact is NOT true about Jaguars?
time?
A. The jaguar is the largest cat in the
A. leaves Americas.
B. Baboon
B. Jaguars are nocturnal (they hunt at
C. Bamboo night).
D. Meat C. Jaguars live mostly in the Amazon rain
forest.
397. Class contains animals with feathers,
like birds. D. The jaguar is smaller (and has smaller
A. Aves spots) than a leopard.
B. Mammalia 403. Which is NOT a characteristics of ani-

C. Reptilia mals?
D. Amphibia A. Have to obtain their food from outside
sources.
398. The animal that makes its own home
B. Have cells with a nucleus.
A. Deer
C. Are made of at least one or more cells.
B. Leopard
C. Cow D. Have either radial or bilateral symme-
D. Honey bee try.

404. The process in which organisms are bred bodies and some of the young form cysts
for specific, desired traits are called in the muscles of other animals.
A. Selective Breeding A. Platyhelminthes
B. Natural Selection B. Nematoda
C. Innate Behavior C. Mollusca
D. Learned Behavior D. Cnidaria
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405. An animal that has a backbone is called 410. Which of the following structures is
a(n) formed when fertilization occurs?
A. cnidarian A. egg
B. predator B. ovary
C. vertebrate C. sperm
D. embryo
D. invertebrate
411. A unicellular kingdom is
406. Major functions of animals include obtain-
ing food and oxygen, keeping internal con- A. Animal
ditions stable, movement, and B. Plants
A. adaptation C. Protist
B. reproduction D. Fungi
C. classification 412. Lungs and moist skin are characteristics
D. fertilization of..
A. Amphibians
407. The organ level organization is first seen
in: B. Fish
A. Concentrates. C. Mammals
B. Platyhelminthes. D. none of above
C. Nematahelminthes. 413. Mammals are
D. Arthropods. A. viviparous, and the females produce
milk
408. What are the 2 ways to classify animals.
B. oviparous
A. If they do or do not have a backbone,
C. oviparous and take care of their young
size
D. none of above
B. If they do or do not have a backbone,
symmetry 414. As we go on lower from kingdom to
C. If they do or do not have a tail, symme- species. the number of common characters
try A. Goes on increasing
D. none of above B. Goes on decreasing
409. The phylum that includes your tape- C. Remains Same

worms (parasitic). They have flattened D. No pattern is seen

415. Frogs are examples of 421. Which of the following is an example of

A. mammals a structural adaptation?

B. invertebrates A. Birds fly south for the winter.
B. Lizards play dead when enemies ap-
C. amphibians
proach.
D. vertebrates
C. Giraffes have long necks to reach
416. scaleless fish including lampreys and hag- leaves in tall trees.
fish D. Squirrels store nuts for the winter.
A. jawless fish 422. Do not have backbone or internal skele-
B. bony fish ton, may have exoskeleton.
C. fishy fish A. Vertebrates
D. cartilaginous fish B. Invertebrates
C. Exothermic
417. Which of these is the largest class of
fish? D. Endothermic
A. Jawless 423. A unique characteristic that helps an or-
B. Cartilaginous ganism to survive in their environment.
C. Bony A. Mutation
D. Bonless B. Regeneration
C. Adaptation
418. The animal’s digestive tract forms from
the D. Migration
A. endoderm 424. The kingdom of includes vertebrates

and invertebrates.
B. ectoderm
A. mammalia
C. mesoderm
B. animalia
D. protostome
C. plants
419. Ancylostoma is the scientific name of D. chordata
A. Hook worm
425. A mammal’s gestation period is the
B. Round worm length of time
C. Segmented worm A. during which the mammal depends on
D. Filaria worm its parents to bring it food
B. between fertilization and birth
420. A characteristic that helps an organism
survive in its environment is called C. between egg-laying and hatching
A. Adaptation D. for which it drinks its mother’s milk
B. Homeostasis 426. Echinodermata means
C. Selective Breeding A. spiny skin
D. Mutation B. two lives

C. jointed appendages 432. The type of mammal that lays eggs

D. two shells A. Monotremes
B. Placentals
427. Lobster, shrimp, and crabs are examples
of what group of Arthropods? C. Marsupials
A. Chilopoda D. All of these
B. Diplopoda 433. animals whose body is covered with
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scales
C. Crustaceans
A. reptiles
D. Arachnida
B. fish
428. Which level of classification contains the C. reptiles and fish
MOST organisms?
D. reptiles, fish and amphibians
A. Family
434. bird =
B. Kingdom
A. endothermic; lay eggs, have feathers,
C. Species have beak, wings, 2 feet. breathe with
D. Phylum lungs
B. endothermic; breath with lungs; live
429. Which of the following is a structure that birth; have fur or hair; feed young milk
mammals share that enables them to feed
C. do not have a backbone or internal
their young?
skeleton; may have an exoskeleton
A. diphyodont
D. skeleton on the outside of body
B. mammary glands
435. Animals are divided into
C. sebaceous glands
A. vertebrates and invertebrates
D. aortic arch
B. mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians
430. what is a characteristics of a chordate? and fish
C. sponges, cnidarians, worms, molluscs,
A. a hollow nerve chord
echinoderms and arthropods
B. a huge brain D. unicellular and multicellullar
C. blue
436. An animals with spherical symmetry
D. gills their entire life
A. jelly fish
431. What percentage of all animal species are B. butterfly
invertebrates? C. dog
A. 10% D. sea urchin
B. 50%
437. Choose the correct sentence:
C. 75%
A. Invertebrate animals have a skeleton.
D. 95%

B. Invertebrate animals are divided into B. Nephridia

five categories. C. Radula

C. Invertebrate animals are all marine D. Gills
animals.
443. I have hair or fur, give birth to live
D. Invertebrate animals do not have a
young, feed my babies milk, breathe
skeleton.
with lungs and am endothermic (warm-
438. What is the meaning of vertebrates? blooded). What am I?
A. an animal of a large group distin- A. Fish
guished by the possession of a back- B. Reptile
bone or spinal column, including mam- C. Bird
mals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and
D. Mammal
fishes.
B. kingdom 444. How many chambers does a fish heart
have?
C. fish
A. 1
D. love
B. 2
439. THE BODY IS CYLINDRICAL AND COM- C. 3
POSED OF PROBOSCIS, COLLAR AND
D. 4
TRUNK.WHICH ORGANISM HAS THIS
BODY PATTERN? 445. In which direction do animals with bilat-
A. Balaenoptera eral symmetry typically move?
B. Balanoglossus A. Forward
C. Pheretima B. Backwards
D. Echinus C. To the right

D. To the left
440. can live on land as well as in water.
446. Which of the four stages of complete
A. Amphibians metamorphosis is in the correct order?
B. Fish A. egg, adult, pupa, larva
C. Reptiles B. egg, larva, adult, pupa
D. Birds C. egg, larva, pupa, adult
441. Which class of vertebrates has scales and D. pupa, egg, larva, adult
lives only in water? 447. Which of the following would support
A. Amphibians that insects are consumers?
B. Reptiles A. Insects get their energy by eating
plants or animals.
C. Birds
B. Insects are able to make their own
D. Fish
food.
442. Rasping organ in molluscs C. Insects get their energy from the air.
A. Ctenidia D. Insects are able to live without energy.

448. When something alive creates light, it is contains lizards and snakes with dry, scaly
called: skin
A. bioluminescence A. Aves
B. science B. Mammalia
C. awesome C. Reptilia
D. echolocation D. Amphibia
454. Birds have claws and muscles that are de-
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449. short legs-scales-can swim what animal
is this? signed to lock and hold on to a , even
when they are sleeping.
A. cockroach
A. flexible
B. crocodile
B. internal
C. snake
C. perch
D. wallaby
D. burrow
450. The part of the animal that contains the 455. This animal breathes Air and lives on land,
sensory organs and the central nervous It’s body is covered in fur or skin.It’s a
system is the
A. Horse
A. dorsal
B. Fish
B. posterior
C. Hummingbird
C. ventral
D. Pigeon
D. anterior
456. Which LETTERS of the alphabet do NOT
451. Animals which have support made of a have any animals to explore?
chitin found externally (outside of you) A. E and J
have a
B. U and X
A. endoskeleton
C. Q and Z
B. exoskeleton
D. J and Q
C. kitoskeleton
457. Humans, Birds and Sea Urchins belong to
D. hexoskeleton
which Kingdom Classification?
452. THE NAME OF THE ANIMAL REPRESENT A. Animalia
SINGAPORE B. Plantae
A. MERMAID C. Protist
B. DOLPHIN D. Fungi
C. CAT
458. All of the following animal groups are ec-
D. MERLION tothermic except for one. Which one is
NOT ectothermic?
453. This class contains animals that produced
the first amniotic eggs, meaning they could A. Birds
reproduce outside of the water. Class B. Reptiles

C. Fish 464. I’ m grey and I’m very big. I live in jungle

but you can see me at the Zoo and in the
D. Amphibians
circus. I don’t eat meat. I like vegetables,

leaves, grass, and fruit. What am I?
459. A complex, multicellular, eukaryotic het-
erotrophic organism. Most can move and A. wolf
reproduce sexually.
B. tiger
A. Kingdom Fungi
C. elephant
B. Kingdom Protista
D. crocodile
C. Kingdom Plantae
465. Which Kingdom has organisms that ab-
D. Kingdom Animalia sorb their food from decaying animals?
460. Which group is an egg-laying mammal? A. Protist
A. Marcupial B. Fungi
B. Monotreme C. Animal
C. Placental D. Plant
D. none of above 466. What are parasites?
461. Obelia is A. Animals that get nutrition from other

living animals.
A. A fresh water polyp
B. Animals that eat other animals as their
B. bath sponge food.
C. be pen C. Animals that eat both plants and other
D. a simple polyp animals.
D. Animals that feed on dead animals.
462. Which of the following characteristic is
only found in amphibians? 467. Ectothermic, breath with lungs, have
A. They can breathe through their moist scales or plates, most lay eggs:
skin. A. Frogs
B. They lay eggs. B. Toads
C. They can breathe through their gills. C. Birds
D. They have four legs. D. Reptiles
463. Earthworms, and other segmented 468. this animal has a big body, large ears and
worms, belong to the Phylum long nose
A. Nematoda A. elephant
B. Annelida B. tiger
C. Mollusca C. bird
D. Platyhelminthes D. snake

469. Which of the following organisms is able 475. Which class of animals have scales and
to produce its own food? lay eggs?
A. bear A. Birds
B. turtle B. Amphibians
C. trees C. Reptiles
D. deer D. Mammals
476. The joining of an egg cell and sperm cell
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470. What percent of animals are verte-
brates? is called
A. 97% A. gestation
B. 3% B. adaptation
C. 5% C. asexual reproduction
D. 99% D. fertilization
471. What is the scientific name for a dog? 477. An example of a Porifera is
A. Dog A. sea anemone
B. familiarius B. coral
C. Canis familiarius C. sea sponge
D. Canis D. tapeworm
472. This group has jointed legs and seg- 478. An example of Echinodermata
mented bodies and exoskeletons: A. Sand dollars
A. Segmented Worms B. snails
B. Mollusks C. feather worms
C. Sponges D. trichina worm
D. Arthropods
479. What are the five groups of verte-
473. Which phylum first developed a mouth brates?
with a central digestive area due to the A. Mammals, bugs, spiders, fish, and
two cell layers, endoderm and ectoderm. birds
A. Porifera B. Mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and am-
B. Cnidaria phibians
C. Ctenophora C. Snakes, turtles, frogs, bugs, birds
D. Platyhelminthes D. Worms, insects, spiders, jellyfish,
sponges
474. Sponges below to the Phylum
480. a fluid or air-filled space separating the
A. Cnidaria digestive tract from the outer body wall is
B. Platyhelminthes known as
C. Porifera A. coelom
D. Nematoda B. cephalization

C. cavity B. cow
D. radiata C. pig

D. goat
481. For nutrition all animals are
A. homeotrophic 487. THE BIGGEST MAMMEL ON EARTH
B. astrophopic A. T-REX
C. heterotrophic B. MAMOUTH
C. ORCA
D. ventraltrophic
D. WHALE
482. Which could help animals survive in areas
that have many wildfires? 488. Which of the following structures present
in all the chordates
A. using camoiflage
A. a. Cranium
B. traveling in herds
B. b. Notochord
C. going underground
C. c. Segmented body
D. hunting at night
483. Bioluminescence is prominent in the phy- 489. Some examples of molluscs are
lum:
A. jellyfish and octopus
A. Porifera.
B. octopus, snail and mussel
B. Ctenophora.
C. Snail and snake
C. Platyhelminthes.
D. none of above
D. Nemtahelminthes.
490. All arthropods have
484. Animals move in different ways A. Soft bodies
A. FLY, SWIM B. Jointed Limbs (arms and legs)
B. FLY, SWIM, SLITHER AND WALK C. Vertebrates
C. WALK D. Stinging Cells
D. SLITHER AND SWIM 491. Visceral hump is present in
485. Organisms that are bilateral, triploblastic A. Echinodermata
and acoelomate can be classify under phy- B. Ctenophora
lum
C. Coelentrata
A. Platyhelminthes D. Mollusca
B. Nematoda
492. Find the habitat oceans. What per-
C. Cnidaria centage of Earth’s surface is covered by
D. Annelida ocean?
A. 27%
486. I am a big farm animal. I can be black,
white or brown. I like to eat green grass. B. 49%
I have horns. I give milk.I am C. 71%
A. horse D. 98%

493. Which of the following are examples of 499. Which phyla’s key characteristics are
worm blooded animals? “soft bodied” or “muscled foot” and most
A. Reptiles have a shell?
A. Mollusca
B. Amphibians
B. Cnidarians
C. Birds
C. Echinoderms
D. Fishes
D. Arthropods
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494. Class aves includes
500. Humans belong to the Class because
A. Neophron, Pavus and Sturthio we are warm-blooded, have hair, and give
B. Macropus, Pavus and Sturthio birth to live young.
C. Neophron, Bangarus and Sturthio A. Aves
D. Neophron, Hyla and Sturthio B. Mammalia
C. Reptilia
495. Scientific name for tape worm
D. Amphibia
A. Taenia
501. What symmetry do all insects have?
B. Cestoda
A. Radial
C. planaria
B. Asymmetry
D. liver fluke
C. Bilateral
496. Cockroach, ant, slugs and snail are exam- D. none of above
ples of
502. Animals that live on both land and in wa-
A. Amphibians
ter are:
B. Fish
A. mammals
C. Arboreal animals
B. insects
D. Invertebrates C. amphibians
497. What is the scientific word for warm- D. fish
blooded?
503. The scientific study of how living things
A. Warmtherm are classified
B. Ectotherm A. binomial nomenclature
C. Thermal B. classification
D. Endotherm C. taxonomy
498. Which kingdom has animals that can live D. none of above
on land and in water? 504. An example of Cnidaria is a
A. mammals A. jelly fish
B. birds B. fluke
C. amphibians C. sea sponge
D. fish D. leech

505. The first word of an organism’s scientific C. ventral

name.
D. anterior

A. Class
B. Order 511. Which Phylum has a notochord
C. Genus A. sponge
D. Species B. platyhelminthes
C. nematodes
506. An external skeleton that is located on
the outside of an animal is called an D. chordata
A. Exoskeleton
512. The useful animals that we keep in homes
B. Endoskeleton made for them near our houses are called
C. Ectoskeleton A. Domestic animals
D. Endyskeleton B. Wild animals
507. Humans are classified as C. Pet animals
A. Amphibians D. Water animals
B. Reptiles
513. In amphibians
C. Birds
A. Skin is respiratory
D. Mammals
B. Exoskeleton is absent
508. A scientist has encountered a new or- C. Cold blooded
ganism in the kingdom Animalia with the
following characteristics:jointed legs, ex- D. All of the above
oskeleton, segmented body, and bilateral
symmetry. What is it? 514. Which statement is NOT true for mam-
mals?
A. Annelida
A. have hair/fur
B. Arthropoda
B. have ability to make milk (females)
C. Cnidaria
C. typically give birth to live young (fe-
D. Mollusca
males)
509. it is a nocturnal animal D. are cold-blooded
A. tiger
515. Jane Goodall made amazing discoveries
B. eagle
while studying animals in the wild in Africa.
C. ostrich Which animal did she observe and live
D. owl among for many years?
A. lions
510. The part of the animal that contains the
upper surface is the B. giraffes
A. dorsal C. gorillas
B. posterior D. chimpanzees

516. This term refers to the ability of an or- B. lampreys

ganism to control their body temperature
C. snakes
from within (which means they are warm
blooded). D. sharks
A. Endothermic 522. When fish travel in groups, it’s called a:
B. Exothermic
A. flock
C. Vertebrates
B. pack
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D. Invertebrates
C. school
517. Cold-blooded vertebrate animal including D. none of above
frogs, tads, and newts are
A. Mammals 523. Fish with endoskeletons made of bone be-
long to the Class
B. Reptiles
C. Crustaceans A. Chondrichthyes
D. Amphibians B. Osteichthyes
C. Reptilia
518. All animals must be able to
D. Amphibia
A. reproduce
B. get rid of watse 524. Very simple animals with pores allow
C. take in oxygen and get rid of carbon water to flow through:
dioxide A. Sponges
D. all of the above B. Arthropods
519. Cartilaginous fish, such as sharks and C. Sea cucumbers
rays, belong to the Class in the Phy- D. star fish
lum Chordata.
A. Chondrichthyes 525. Humans have a skeleton that’s strong
enough to help stand up straight, yet
B. Osteichthyes
so we can move.
C. Mammalia
A. internal
D. Amphibia
B. flexible
520. Body structures that are repeated along
C. perch
one or more planes are known as
D. bending
A. Symmetrical
B. Even 526. Which phylum has the largest number of
C. Asymmetrical animals on Earth?
D. Uneven A. echinodermata
B. arthropoda
521. Which of the following represents inver-
tebrate chordates? C. asteroidea
A. lancelet D. crustacea

527. Which phylum have characters of C. It doesn’t have fur or hair

Metamerically segmented, Bilaterally sym-
D. All of the above
metrical and animals having appendages

A. Annelida 533. Butterflies, bumble bees, and spiders are
B. Arthropoda examples of which group?
C. Mollusca A. Arthropods
D. Echinodermata B. Segmented worms
528. Sand worm is common name of C. Sponges
A. Hook worm D. Echinoderms
B. Tape worm
534. Which is the following is an adaptation
C. Sand worm that helps a bird fly?
D. Earthworm A. Lightweight bones
529. The large opening at the top of the B. Down feathers
sponge is called the
C. Webbed Feet
A. Osculum
D. Large Beaks
B. Spicule
C. Porocyte 535. How does an anteater’s long snout help
D. Spongocoel it survive in its environment?
A. It helps protect the anteater from
530. tuatara will other creatures with
predators.
their teeth
A. hatch B. It helps the anteater keep warm.
B. survive C. It helps the anteater get food.
C. attack D. It helps the anteater grow larger.
D. prey
536. Bees belong to which kingdom?
531. Define eukaryotic. A. Trees
A. no nucleus bound membrane, has or-
B. Rodents
ganelles
B. nucleus bound membrane, has no or- C. Mammals
ganelles D. Insects
C. nucleus bound membrane, has organe-
les 537. The name “Felis catus” includes which of
the following ranks?
D. none of above
A. Genus and species
532. Why doesn’t a mushroom belong to the
animal kingdom? B. Kingdom and phylum
A. Because it doesn’t move to get food C. Class and order
B. It doesn’t reproduce D. Species and subspecies

538. What type of animal is a “quetzal”? 544. It lives on land and breathes air, It has
feathers and wingsIt is a
A. mammal
A. Clownfish
B. reptile
B. Turtle
C. bird
C. Hummingbird
D. amphibian D. Snake
539. How do gills help fish? 545. What phyla has animals like birds, mice,
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A. Gills help protect fish from predators. frogs, fish, and lizards?
A. Cnidarian
B. Gills help fish swim faster.
B. Echinoderms
C. Gills help fish find food.
C. Arthropods
D. Gills help fish breathe underwater.
D. Chordates
540. Animals with no backbone is called a? 546. Why do scientists classify living things?
A. Vertebrates A. to help keep information about organ-
B. Exoskeletons isms
B. to make it easy to find information
C. Invertebrates
about an unknown species
D. Amphibians C. to communicate clearly with other sci-
entists about organisms
541. What is a vertebrate?
D. all of the above
A. an animal with a backbone
547. Hemidactylus is scientific name of
B. an animal with a notochord
A. Cockroach
C. an animal with a tongue
B. House lizard
D. an animal with no backbone
C. peacock
542. A body plan with NO symmetry. D. Tree frog
A. Trilateral Symmetry 548. What is the main category of extinct an-
B. Bilateral Symmetry imals?
A. dinosaurs
C. Radial Symmetry
B. mammoths
D. Asymmetrical Symmetry
C. saber-toothed cat
543. What phyla has bilateral symmetry, seg- D. pterodactyl
mented bodies, and can live in the water
or on land? 549. The water-vascular system is responsible
for movement in:
A. Cnidarian
A. Echinoderms
B. Arthropods B. Arthropods
C. Annelids C. Mollusks
D. Echinoderms D. Nematodes

550. means to dig a hole. 556. Vertebrates with legs

A. Internal A. mammals, birds and adult amphibians

B. Perch
C. Burrowing B. mammals, reptiles, amphibians and
birds
D. Flexible
C. mammals, birds, reptiles, adult am-
551. Exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide phibians, fish
with the environment. Some animals use
gills, others use lungs, other exchange D. mammals, birds, adult amphibians and
gases through their body coverings. some reptiles
A. Respiration 557. The word Platyhelminthes means

B. Reproduction A. plate
C. Excretion B. stingin
D. Digestion C. porus
552. Animals that cannot control their own D. string
body temperature are
558. Animals that have backbones are
A. Self-regulating
A. Vertebrates
B. Warm-blooded
B. Invertebrates
C. Cold-blooded
C. Mollusk
D. Non-regulating
D. Lobster
553. which ecosystem has many plants and
trees? 559. An invertebrate has not got a
A. ocean A. skeleton
B. desert B. skeletaun
C. antarctica C. skleteaun
D. forest D. eskeleton
554. A parasite is 560. Animals without a backbone.
A. A things that eats plants
A. Vertebrates
B. Something that lives off of a host
B. Invertebrates
C. A type of crab
C. Chordata
D. An animal that eats only plants
D. Urochordata
555. Where would a bird seek protection from
the rain? 561. Which tree can survive salt water?
A. in the ocean A. Palm Tree
B. they open an umbrella B. Mango tree
C. in the trees or bushes C. Mangrove
D. on a roof D. Coconut tree

562. What is a rigid external covering for the C. Echinoderms

body in some invertebrate animals, espe- D. Sponges
cially arthropods, providing both support
and protection? 568. Two opposite anatomy of animals
A. endoskeleton A. Dorsal and Cephalic
B. ecoskeleton B. Posterior and Dorsal
C. exoskeleton C. Caudal and Medial
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D. eposkeleton D. Dorsal and Ventral
563. Animals are 569. What kingdom are Humans in?

A. Plantae
A. all unicellular
B. Fungi
B. all multicellular
C. Eubacteria
C. mostly unicellular
D. Animalia
D. mostly multicellular
570. Which animal does NOT have symme-
564. This phylum has jointed appendages, and try?
exoskeleton made of chitin
A. Sponge
A. mollusca
B. Horse
B. rotifera
C. Hydra
C. arthropoda
D. Jellyfish
D. echinodermata
571. Sponges have symmetry
565. Which phyla’s key characteristics are A. Radial
“stinging cells?”
B. Asymmetry
A. Porifera
C. Bilateral
B. Cnidarians
D. none of above
C. Arthropods
572. Warm-blooded animals that feed their
D. Chordates
young with milk, have backbones, and are
566. The period of inactivity during a hot, dry covered with hair are called
summer is called.. A. amphibians
A. Hibernation B. reptiles
B. Migration C. mammals
C. Estivation D. squid
D. none of above 573. Flame cells are the excretory structures
for
567. What group has a long tube-like body
with many sections and breathes through A. Annelida
its skin? B. Coelenterates
A. Segmented Worms C. Platyhelminthes
B. Arthropods D. Echinodermata

574. I have long ears. I can hop. I like eating 580. Invertebrates don’t have skeletons
carrot.What am I? made of bones.

A. cat A. internal
B. sheep B. external
C. rabbit C. vertebrates
D. dog D. outer
575. An animal that eats ONLY meat. 581. The animal that lives in water and on land
also
A. Insectivore
A. Frog
B. Carnivore
B. Cat
C. Omnivore
C. Parrot
D. Herbivore D. Sparrow
576. Animals that are fixed permanently to 582. Smooth moist skin which they can breath
some object are called? (sponges) through their skin, life part life in water &
A. motile the other half land.
B. sessile A. Frogs
C. networking B. Toads
D. embryonic C. Birds
D. Bugs
577. Scientists classify animals by their
583. Animals whose body parts are arranged
A. Color
the same on both sides have
B. Size
A. radial symmetry
C. Characteristics
B. asymmetry
D. Sound C. bilateral symmetry
578. The smallest part of an animal’s body is D. spherical symmetry
the
584. Invertebrates are animals that
A. Cell
A. eat meat
B. Organ
B. do not have a backbone
C. Tissue C. eat plants
D. Organ System D. have a backbone
579. An invertebrate with an exoskeleton 585. Which Phylum has animals that lays eggs
hard shell and has feathers?
A. Snail A. Birds
B. Insect B. Fish
C. Worm C. Mammals
D. Jellyfish D. Amphibians

586. Which of the following is NOT a charac- 592. The word Mollusca means
teristic of the animal kingdom? A. segmented rings
A. Eukaryotic cells B. soft with shell
B. Heterotrophic C. spiny
C. No tissues D. thread
D. Moves
593. Phylum contains a wide variety of
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587. Which phylum has hair, fur and makes soft bodied animals such as slugs, snails,
milk for their young? clams, scallops, octopus, and squid
A. Aves A. Arthropoda
B. Icthys B. Annelida
C. Amphibia C. Mollusca
D. Mammailia D. Echinodermata
588. Frogs and salamanders are which type of 594. I am the king of the jungle. I am the
vertebrate that lay eggs in water? biggest animal in the cat family. I like to
A. Amphibians eat meat. What am I?
B. Reptile A. giraffe
C. Birds B. lion
D. Mammals C. monkey
D. rhino
589. Which animal group has radial symme-
try? 595. The cold-blooded vertebrates are
A. Sea Stars (echinoderms) A. Amphibians and fish
B. Octopus (mollusks) B. Amphibians, fish, and reptiles
C. Beetles (insects) C. Reptiles and fish
D. Trout (fish) D. Amphibians, fish, and birds
590. Which group of animals gives birth to live 596. Trees and Flowers belong to which king-
young? dom classification?
A. mammals A. Animals
B. birds B. Fungi
C. fish C. Plants
D. amphibians D. Protist
591. Which of the following are endothermic? 597. What is an example of a predator?
A. Mammals and amphibians. A. bear
B. Reptiles and birds. B. cat
C. Birds and mammals. C. mouse
D. Reptiles and amphibians. D. fish

598. Which classification of animal can live in 603. What do protists, plants, fungi, and ani-
and out of waterbecause it can breathe mals have in common?
both with lungs and through its skin?

A. Multicellular
A. amphibian B. Eukaryotic
B. reptile C. Prokaryotic
C. mammal D. none of above
D. insect
604. BODY SYMMETRY IN CASE OF COELEN-
599. Which animal phyla is the only one that TERATES IS
are classified as vertebrates? A. RADIAL SYMMETRY
A. Sponges B. ASYMMETRICAL
B. Echinoderms C. BILATERAL SYMMETRY
C. Chordates D. NONE OF THESE
D. Cnidarian 605. Monkey’s belong to which kingdom?
600. When we say that animals are het- A. trees
erotrophic, it means that B. Rodents
A. they make nutrients from dead organ- C. Insects
isms
D. Mammals
B. they obtain nutrients from dead organ-
isms 606. Which of these is NOT a major group of
invertebrates?
C. they make their own nutrients
A. Fish
D. they obtain nutrients from other organ-
isms B. Worms
C. Mollusks
601. Which vertebrate group lays eggs and
has feathers? D. Sponges
A. mammal 607. where can you find invertebrates

B. reptile A. saltwater places
C. bird B. land
D. amphibian C. both
D. none of above
602. Usually many animals that are sessile or
planktonic have body symmetry 608. Some examples of echinoderms are
A. radial A. starfish and jellyfish
B. bilateral B. bee, snail and worm
C. asymmetrical C. starfish and urchins (erizos de mar)
D. diploblastic D. none of above

609. Dorsal means 610. Which sense is most helpful to hawks

finding food a long distance away?
A. front
A. sight
B. back
B. smell
C. side C. hearing
D. top D. taste
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2. Structural Organistion of plants
and animals
2.1 Anatomy of Flowering plants

1. What type of food does a plant make? C. Regulate transpiration-stomata
A. hamburger D. Bean shaped stomatal cells-subsidiary
cells
B. water
C. sugar 5. Which component is not found in phloem of
angiosperms?
D. none of above
A. Albuminous cell
2. What part of the flower will turn into a
B. Sieve tube
fruit?
C. Companion cell
A. petal
D. Wood fibre
B. ovary
C. ovule 6. What Is The Function Of The Stigma?
D. stamen A. Collect And Germinate Pollen

B. Connect Ovary To Stigma
3. The ovary is to the egg carton as the ovule
is to the C. Produce Pollen
D. Provide Support For The Anther
A. pollen
B. style 7. Assertion. In collateral vascular bundles,
phloem is situated towards inner side.
C. seed
Reason. In monocot stem, cambium is
D. egg present
4. Choose the incorrect pair A. A
A. Cuticle is absent-Roots B. B
B. Primary function of epidermis- C. C

protection D. D

2.1 Anatomy of Flowering plants 218
8. What word means the seed is growing? C. the filament

A. Germination D. the stamen
B. Propagation
14. Sclerenchyma fibres are
C. Fertilization
A. Thick walled
D. Pollination
B. Elongated
9. Vascular Tissue The Plant That Moves Sug-
ars And Other Products Downward From C. Pointend cells
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The Leaves. D. All of the above
A. Phloem
B. Xylem 15. Which is a product of photosynthesis?
C. Stomata A. oxygen gas

D. Roots B. carbon dioxide gas
10. Which of the following is not a component C. chlorophyll

of the Stomatal apparatus? D. water
A. Stomatal pore
16. Assertion:Epidermal cells have small
B. Guard cells
amount of cytoplasm and a large vacuole.
C. Subsidiary cells Reason:Guard cells are dumb bell shaped
D. Epidermis in dicots and bean shaped in monocots
A. A
11. Which of the following statement is cor-
rect B. B
A. Study of internal structure is called an- C. C
otomy
D. D
B. Plants have cells as the basic unit
which are organised into tissue 17. Which of the following is NOT a job of the
C. Tissues are organised into organs roots?
D. All of the above A. transpiration
12. When the ovules become fertilized, they B. anchoring plant to ground
will create C. absorb water and nutrients from soil
A. Seeds
D. store extra food
B. Fruit
C. Pollen 18. Which part of the male plant produces the
pollen?
D. none of above
A. the filament
13. The pistil has four parts:The ovary, the
style, the stigma and B. the anther
A. the ovules C. the stigma
B. the anther D. the style

19. Which of the following statements is incor- 24. The reproductive part of the plant that at-
rect about Collenchyma tissue? tracts bees and butterflies

A. Generally occurs below epidermis in A. Petals
dicot plants
B. Flower
B. Cells have thickened corners due to de-
position of lignin C. Stem
C. They are oval, spherical or polygonal D. Stigma

shaped cells
25. Annual or growth rings consist of-
D. Intercellular spaces are absent
A. Alternate rings of heart and early
20. PROTO XYLEM IS CALLED ENDARCH IF wood
A. PROTOXYLEM IS PRESENT TOWARDS B. Alternate rings of sapwood and heart
PITH AND METAXYLEM TOWARDS PE- wood
RIPHERY C. Alternate rings of early and late wood
B. METAXYLEM IS PRESENT TOWARDS
PITH AND PROTOXYLEM TOWARDS PE-
D. Alternate rings of porous and non-
RIPHERY
porous wood
C. BOTH 1 AND 2
D. NEITHER OF THESE 26. What structure forms during angiosperm
fertilization but does not form during fer-
21. What is a pollinator? tilization among other types of plants?
A. Animal that moves pollen from plant to A. a haploid egg cell
plant B. a diploid zygote
B. Animal that eats pollen
C. a haploid sperm cell
C. A plant that makes pollen
D. a triploid cell
D. A plant that does not make pollen
27. Where is pollen made?
22. The protective outer layer of a seed.
A. ovary
A. embryo
B. petal
B. pistil
C. pistil
C. cotyledon
D. anther
D. seed coat
23. WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING SHOWS 28. One cannot determine the age of a tree by
SECONDARY GROWTH? its rings, if that tree is located in which of
the following forest
A. MONOCOT STEM
A. Tropical deciduous
B. MONOCOT ROOT
B. Tropical evergreen
C. DICOT STEM
C. Temperate evergreen
D. BOTH DICOT STEM AND MONOCOT
STEM D. Temperate deciduous

29. My flowers are not sweet-scented and I 35. Identify the statement which is incorrect
do not produce nectar. How am I likely about Heart wood. It
dispersed? A. is centrally located secondary xylem
A. By wind B. has deposits of tannin, resin, gum etc
B. By insects C. is very hard and durable
C. By water
D. Conducts water
D. By explosive action
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36. Contains a young plant inside that grows
30. Small Holes In The Leaves That Allow In- into a big plant
halation Of Carbon Dioxide and Exhalation
A. Seed
Of Oxygen
B. Seed coat
A. Stomata
C. Seed leaves
B. Xylem
C. Phloem D. Seedling
D. Roots 37. The seeds of apple would probably be dis-

bursed by?
31. Casparian strips are found on radial and
inner walls of A. animals
A. Stem endodermis B. wind
B. Root endodermis C. water
C. Pericycle D. fire
D. Outer cortex 38. The thin stalk that supports the anther.
32. What Female Organ of a Flower Collects A. Pistil
And Germinates Pollen? B. Stamen
A. Style C. Anther
B. Petal D. Filament
C. Stigma
39. The stalk that supports the pistil of a plant
D. Pistil is the
33. The flower parts that are a varied color A. stamen
A. Seed B. stigma
B. Petals C. style
C. Stem D. ovary
D. Leaves
40. The long stalk-like part that supports the
34. The sepal stigma.
A. smells good A. Filament
B. protects and supports the flower B. Anther
C. attracts other animals C. Stigma
D. produces pollen grains D. Style

41. The underground part that absorbs water 47. Protects the embryo.
and minerals from soil. A. cotyledon

A. Leaves B. seed coat
B. Stem C. ovary
C. Petals D. pollen
D. Roots
48. Fruit
42. Which of these is not part of the pistil? A. protects and holds the seeds
A. Stigma B. Vegetable
B. Stamen C. Fruit
C. Ovary D. All of them
D. Anther 49. What protects the developing bud of a
43. Vascular bundle is enclosed within a well plant?
developed sclerenchymatous sheath in A. The sepals
A. Monocot stem B. The stem
B. Dicot stem C. The roots
C. Monocot root D. The style
D. Dicot root 50. The ovary, style, and the stigma make up
the female part of a plant called the
44. The reproductive organ of many plants.
A. stamen
A. berry
B. petals
B. fruit
C. stem
C. flower
D. pistil
D. leaf
51. The sticky top of the pistil that collects
45. The spores of the flowering plants are dis- pollen.
persed by wind because the spores are
A. stamen
A. big and flat B. anther

C. stigma
B. dry and black
D. pollen
C. hairy and sticky
D. very tiny and light 52. The transfer of pollen, containing the
sperm cells, to the female part of the
46. Sclereids posses flower.
A. Tapering ends A. seed disperal
B. Highly thickened walls B. pollination
C. Hemicellulosic wall C. germination
D. Broad lumen D. fertilization

53. Sapwood is 59. Broccoli, the vegetable, is a

A. Secondary xylem A. flower
B. Secondary phloem B. root
C. Phellem C. sepal
D. Secondary cortex D. pollen
54. IF A DICOT STEM HAS 100 DARK AND 60. Apical meristem are present at the
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LIGHT RINGS ON THE CUT SURFACE THEN A. Tip of roots
THE AGE OF THE PLANT WILL BE
B. Tip of shoot
A. 100 YEARS
C. Lateral sides of roots and shoots
B. 75 YEARS
D. Both a &b
C. 50 YEARS
61. In certain plant organ cells were found to
D. 25 YEARS
be isodiametric, thin cellulosic cell walled
55. The part of the flower that produces pollen and loosely packed having intercellular
is the space. Which type of plant tissue is being
discussed here?
A. filament
A. Parenchyma
B. style
B. Collenchyma
C. ovary
C. Sclerenchyma
D. anther
D. Phloem
56. What helps plants from losing too much
water and drying out? 62. Pollen from the anther of one flower land-
ing on the stigma of a different flower
A. cell walls
A. cross pollination
B. a waxy cuticle
B. self pollination
C. chloroplasts
C. germination
D. a seed coat
D. fruit development
57. What are the reactants for respiration?
63. Assertion:The two cotyledons in seed are
A. water, glucose and light
embryonic leaves. Reason:The embryo
B. oxygen and glucose contains radicle and plumule
C. water, carbon dioxide and ATP A. A
D. water, oxygen and ATP B. B
58. The stalk that supports or holds up the an- C. C
ther is the D. D
A. style 64. Which part of the flower is the most beau-
B. filament tiful and also attracts insects?
C. ovary A. The roots
D. pistil B. The stem

C. The sepals C. Stamen

D. The petals D. Sepal

65. Primary meristem is 71. The structure in the pistil that contains the
A. Apical meristem eggs.
B. Intercalary meristem A. stigma
C. Lateral meristem B. anther

D. Both a & b C. sepal
D. ovary
66. Vascular cambium and cork cambium are
examples of 72. Water moves from the roots to the leaves
A. Apical meristem to the atmosphere. This is called
B. Lateral meristem A. nitrogen cycle
C. Intercalary meristem B. carbon cycle
D. Promeristem C. transpiration
D. none of above
67. Early wood is formed-
A. In winter 73. Assertion:In stem, pericycle take active
part in secondary growth. Reason:In root,
B. In spring
pericycle take active part in secondary
C. Throughout the year growth
D. In Autumn A. A
68. A coconut would probably be disbursed B. B
by? C. C
A. animals D. D
B. wind
74. This occurs after a tube grows down from
C. water the pollen grain through the style to the
D. volcanos ovary.
A. pollination
69. This sticky top has the responsibility to
catch pollen. Its located at the top of the B. germination
pistil. C. fertilization
A. stigma D. seed dispersal
B. style
75. Heartwood is characterized by all, except
C. ovary
A. Presence of tyloses
D. anther
B. Presence of tannins, resins, oils, gums
70. Where would you find ovules etc.
A. Ovary C. Its commercial importance for timber
B. Anther D. Active in water conduction

76. The female reproductive part of an an- B. ADAXIAL SURFACE

giosperm. C. BOTH SURFACES
A. Stamen D. NEITHER OF THESE
B. Pistil
82. What Is The Male Part Of The Flower That
C. Spore Produces Pollen?
D. Sepal A. Anther
B. Filament
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77. A pollen grain landing on a stigma of a
flower of the same species produces a C. Sepals
A. gametophyte. D. Stamen
B. pollen tube. 83. The seed structure that is made of cells.
C. flower. A. seed coat
D. stamen. B. stamen
C. cotyledon
78. What is true about a monocot leaf?
D. embryo
A. Presence of reticulate venation
B. absence of bulliform cells 84. Which of these is not part of the stamen
C. Absence of vascular bundles A. filament

B. anther
D. Absence of differentiated mesophyll
C. stigma
79. Collenchyma differs from sclerenchyma
D. none of above
in(a) having thick cell walls(b) having wide
lumen(c) being flexible(d) being living at 85. This forms from the ovary and surrounds
maturity the seed.
A. A A. fruit
B. B B. vegetable
C. C C. flower
D. D D. pollen
80. From the following statements related to 86. Seeds will get caught in animals’ and
Xylem, identify the wrong statement then fall off elsewhere.
A. skin
A. Primary xylem may be Protoxylem and
Metaxylem B. paws
B. First formed xylem is Protoxylem C. fur
C. In stems, Protoxylem lies towards the D. teeth
perephery 87. Where does photosynthesis happen?
D. Primary xylem in stem is Endarch A. In the leaves
81. DORSIVENTRAL LEAF HAS MORE STOM- B. In the stem
ATA GENERALLY ON C. In the flower
A. ABAXIAL SURFACE D. In the roots

88. Which gas is removed from the atmo- B. plants with plumbing and seeds that
sphere during photosynthesis? develop into fruit

A. hydrogen C. plants with NO plumbing and NO seeds
B. oxygen
D. plants with plumbing and NO seeds
C. nitrogen
D. carbon dioxide 94. A flower that has only just male or just
female reproductive structures
89. The union of a male and female sex cell
A. Plants
(pollen and egg).
B. Perfect flower
A. germination
C. Imperfect flower
B. photosynthesis
D. Weed
C. fertilization
95. Cambium ring in dicot stem is
D. respiration
A. Primary meristem in origin
90. Increase in girth of the plant as a result
B. Secondary meristem in origin
of the activities of primary and secondary
lateral meristem is called C. Promeristem in origin
A. Primary growth D. Both primary and secondary meristem
in origin
B. Lateral growth
C. Secondary growth 96. Stem
D. Intercalary growth A. supports the plant

B. Absorbs water
91. Which of the following statements about
C. Part of a flower
Spring wood (Early wood) is incorrect?
D. Conducts photosynthesis
A. In spring cambium is more active
B. In this season, large number of xylary 97. Spot the correct statement from the fol-
elements are formed lowing
C. Xylary elements have wide cavity A. Phelloderm comprises Phellem, Phel-
logen and Periderm
D. Spring wood is dark in colour having
less density B. Cork is impervious due to deposits
Lignin in the cells
92. In angiosperms, pollen grains are produced C. Bark refers to periderm and secondary
in phloem
A. anthers. D. Sapwood is involved in conduction of
B. carpels. water and minerals from root to leaf
C. ovules. 98. What Is The Function Of The Stamen?
D. sepals. A. Produce Pollen For Pollinators
93. What is gymnosperm? B. Collect And Germinate Pollen
A. plants with plumbing and seeds that C. Hold And Mature Eggs
form in cones D. Provide Support For The Anther

99. Which is the reproductive adaptation C. Petal

found only in angiosperms? D. Stamen
A. spore capsule
105. What Is The Function Of The Ovary?
B. cone
A. Hold Eggs
C. flowers
B. Collect And Germinate Pollen
D. seeds
C. Provide Support For The Anther
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100. What is created when the pollen and D. Produce Pollen
ovule join together?
106. Major xylary element in wood of a gym-
A. a seed
nospermic plant is
B. an ovary
A. Vessel
C. a pistil B. Tracheid
D. a stigma C. Xylem fibre
101. Wind-pollinated flowers usually have D. Xylem parenchyma
and petals.
107. Which organisms perform Photosynthe-
A. big bright sis?
B. small bright A. Only Autotrophs
C. big dull B. Only Heterotrophs
D. small dull C. Autotrophs and Heterotrophs
102. Dendrochronology deals with the study D. none of above
of
108. Which of the following is the correct
A. Phylogeny equation for PHOTOSYNTHESIS?
B. Numerical taxonomy A. CO2 + light + H2O → O2 + glucose
C. Age of trees B. CO2 + glucose + H2O → O2 + light
D. Grasses C. O2 + light + H2O → CO2 + glucose
D. CO2 + O2 + H2O → Light+ glucose
103. Assertion:Quiescent centre is found in the
centre of the root apex. Reason:It consists 109. The transfer of pollen from one plant to
of actively dividing cells another plant is called?
A. A A. Seed transfer
B. B B. Mating
C. C C. Pollination
D. D D. Flowering
104. Green leaf like structure that protects the 110. What part of the flower will turn into a
flower bud seed?
A. Sepal A. ovary
B. Pistil B. anther

C. ovule 116. Y-shaped arrangement of xylem vessels

is found in
D. filament

A. Monocot stem
111. Sometimes referred to as the egg carton, B. Dicot stem
this is located at the bottom of the pistil.
C. Monocot root
A. filament
D. Dicot root
B. ovule
117. The enlarged base of the pistil that stores
C. ovary the eggs of the plant is the
D. style A. ovary
112. Insects carry pollen from one plant to an- B. ovule
other. What else carries pollen? C. stigma
A. wind D. style
B. sun 118. The sticky tip of the pistil
C. petals A. Stigma
D. roots B. Stamen
C. Ovary
113. What is the pigment in chloroplasts that
performs photosynthesis? D. Ovule
A. Chlorosynthesis 119. Bees carry from one plant to an-
B. Chlorophyll other.
A. water
C. ADP
B. dirt
D. Electron Transport
C. pollen
114. A thick and waxy outer covering of a D. nectar
plant that helps protect against moisture
loss. 120. The part of the plant that collects sun-
light
A. sepal
A. Leaves
B. pistil
B. Stem
C. stamen
C. Petals
D. cuticle
D. Ovary
115. What color of light produces the LEAST 121. This part of the plant holds it in the
amount of photosynthesis? ground
A. Blue A. stem
B. Green B. root
C. White C. leaf
D. Black D. seed

122. This stalk supports the stigma. 128. Animals, wind, and water
A. filament A. pollen carriers
B. style B. pollinators
C. ovary C. pollen storage areas
D. anther D. pollen eaters
129. Flowers that include both male and fe-
123. How many nuclei are contained within an
male reproductive structures
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angiosperm embryo sac?
A. Plants
A. two
B. Perfect flower
B. four
C. Imperfect flower
C. six
D. Weed
D. eight
130. Plants perform photosynthesis through
124. Which part of the plant protects the style this organelle. It captures energy from the
and the stigma? sun and uses it to produce food for the
cell.
A. The petals
A. Chlorophyll
B. The leaves
B. Chloroplasts
C. The roots
C. Cuticle
D. Raw sap
D. Seed
125. The male part of the plant that sits on top 131. All xylem elements, when mature, are
of the filament dead except
A. Stamen A. Tracheids
B. Stigma B. Vessels
C. Anther C. Xylem parenchyma
D. Style D. Xylem fibres
126. What Is The Function Of The Petals? 132. What do we call the anther and the fila-
ment together?
A. Attract Pollinators
A. Stamen
B. Absorb Sunlight
B. Pistil
C. Produce Pollen
C. Style
D. Look Pretty For Girls
D. Stem
127. The flower structure that contains the 133. Which of the following tissue system con-
stigma and ovary. stitutes bulk of the plant body?
A. pistil A. Epidermal tissue system
B. stamen B. Ground tissue system
C. sepal C. Vascular tissue system
D. cotyledon D. Both (a) and (c)

134. What do we call all the female parts of a 140. Vascular Tissue In Plants That Moves Wa-
flower? ter And Nutrients Upward From The Root

A. Pistil A. Xylem
B. Stamen B. Phloem
C. Ovary C. Stomata
D. Ovule D. Roots
135. Why are flowers very colorful (and why 141. Secondary growth occurs due to activity
do they produce odor?) of-
A. So people buy them A. Cork cambium
B. To make gardens look good B. Interfascicular cambium
C. To attract pollinators C. Vascular cambium
D. To attract sunlight D. Both a and c
136. The bottom of the style is this part which 142. Pollen from the anther landing on the
produces the eggs or ovules through meio- stigma of the same flower
sis.
A. cross pollination
A. Pollen
B. self pollination
B. Ovary
C. fertilization
C. Stigma
D. seed development
D. Pistil
143. The difference between a monocot root
137. The male structures of the flower
and dicot root seen as a section under a
A. Pistil microscope isa) Vascular bundle in mono-
B. Stamen cot root is polyarchb) Pith is large and
C. Pollination well developedc) Xylem and Phloem forms
patches numbered 2-4d) Pith is small
D. Petals
A. a, b
138. What part of the flower produces B. a, c
pollen?
C. a, d
A. Anther
D. s, d
B. Filament
C. Ovary 144. Which of the following statements is true
for Autumn wood (late wood)?
D. Sepal
A. Wood is lighter and has higher density
139. is a substance inside a plant’s cell that
gives leaves their green color.
B. Xylary elements have wide cavity
A. Chlorophyll
C. Ring of autumn wood alternates with
B. Sun spring wood to form annual ring
C. Soil D. Cambium is highly active during au-
D. Water tumn

145. When does respiration occur? C. By insects

A. During the day D. All of the above
B. During the night
151. What plant structure advertises to polli-
C. During the day and night nators?
D. Only on Tuesdays
A. leaves
146. Protects A Forming Flower And Prevents B. roots
It From Drying Out. Normally Green And
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Leaf-Like C. stems
A. Sepal D. flowers
B. Petal 152. Assertion:Cuticle is also present in lower
C. Anther epidermal region of the leaf. Reason:The
D. Style lower epidermis contains a large number
of stomata
147. The female part of a flower is A. A
A. carpel
B. B
B. stamen
C. C
C. filament
D. D
D. sepal
148. Which is one of the two layers of the leaf 153. What are the products (what is made) of
that is responsible for carrying out photo- photosynthesis?
synthesis? A. Glucose and oxygen
A. upper epidermis layer B. sunlight energy
B. palisade layer C. carbon dioxide and water
C. cuticle D. chlorophyll
D. lower epidermis layer
154. What Is The Function Of The Sepals?
149. What is photosynthesis?
A. Protect A Bud
A. The process in which humans eat their
food B. Absorb Sunlight
B. When a photographer takes a photo. C. Attract Pollinators
C. To get your pictures from the photo lab. D. Anchor The Plant To The Ground
155. What is does a plant need for photosyn-

D. The process in which plants make their
thesis
food.
A. oxygen
150. I have large petals and am unusually
brightly colored. How am I pollinated? B. sugar
A. By animals C. carbon dioxide
B. By birds D. none of above

156. The annual rings are bands of(a) spring- C. Petal

wood and autumn wood(b) secondary D. Chloroplast
xylem and primary xylem(c) xylem and

phloem(d) secondary phloem and primary 162. VASCULAR BUNDLE IN DICOT ROOT IS
phloem A. OPEN AND CONJOINT
A. A B. CLOSED AND CONJOINT
B. B C. OPEN AND RADIAL
C. C D. CLOSED AND RADIAL
D. D
163. Entire Male Part Of A Flower.
157. During secondary growth, a complete
A. Stamen
ring is formed by-
B. Anther
A. Only fascicular cambia
C. Sepal
B. Only interfascicular cambia
D. Filament
C. Fascicular (vascular) cambia and inter-
fascicular cambia 164. What is the function of the seed?
D. Fascicular cambia + Phellogen A. to be fertilized by pollen
158. The pistil consists of a sticky part where B. to allow the flower to grow
pollen grains land. C. to protect the zygote
A. Style D. to absorb nutrients
B. Stigma
165. After fertilization what does the ovary
C. Stamen develop into?
D. Anther A. Fruit
159. Secondary xylem is- B. Bud
A. Exarch C. Seed
B. Endarch D. Flower
C. Mesarch 166. When pollen from the anther contacts the
D. None sticky stigma of a pistil.
A. Germination
160. Grafting usually works best when plants
are B. Reproduction
A. growing. C. Regeneration
B. germinating. D. Pollination
C. dormant. 167. Stele includes
D. pollinating. A. Pericycle
161. Where does photosynthesis occur? B. Vascular bundles
A. Respiration C. Pith
B. Stem D. All of these

168. Dicot root is similar in all the given char- C. Shearing force of wind
acters to monocot root, except
D. Effect of growth
A. Radial, exarch vascular bundles
B. Unicelled root hairs 174. The male reproductive structure is known
as the
C. Pericycle forms the lateral roots
A. anther
D. Well developed pith
B. stigma
169. Cells of collenchyma have thickened cor-
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ners due to the deposition of C. stamen
A. Cellulose D. pistil
B. Hemicellulose 175. Specialised region of plant having active
C. Pectin cell divided are called
D. All of these A. Tissues
170. Assertion:Intercalary meristems in- B. Organs
crease length of plant like apical meris- C. Meristems
tems.Reason:It originates from the apical
meristems. D. All of the above
A. A 176. Where does the plant get its energy
B. B from?
C. C A. the Sun
D. D B. rain
171. The ovary, style, and the stigma make up C. air
the female part of a plant called the? D. none of above
A. stamen
B. petals 177. A dicot root can be identified by(a)
exarch vascular bundles(b) endarch vascu-
C. stem lar bundles(c) presence of numerous xylem
D. carpel (pistil) bundles(d) presence of large pith
172. Which Male Organ Of A Flower That Sup- A. A

ports The Anther? B. B
A. Stamen C. C
B. Filament D. D
C. Petal
178. Dispersion means to
D. Style
A. plant seeds
173. Vascular cambium forms xylem on the in-
side and phloem on the outside due to- B. pollinate plants
A. Differential action of hormones C. transport seeds
B. Intrafascicular nature D. stay in one place

179. The cheif water conducting elements of C. Softwood

xylem in gymnosperms are
D. Hardwood

A. Vessels
B. Fibres 185. Which part attracts insects and mammals
to the flower
C. Transfusion tissue
A. sepal
D. Tracheids
B. petal
180. Study carefully the statements related to
Epidermal Tissue System and find out the C. ovaries
incorrect statement. D. style
A. Epidermis is usually single cell layered
186. In endarch condition of xylem, pro-
B. Epidermal cells are parenchymatous toxylem lies of metaxylem.
C. Just below the epidermal layer is a A. On inner side

waxy layer called cuticle B. On outer side
D. Cuticle is absent in roots C. Both on inner and outer side
181. CASPARIAN STRIP IS PRESENT IN D. In centre
A. DICOT STEM ENDODERMIS
187. The part of a flower that is essential for
B. DICOT ROOT PERICYCLE
the attraction of animal pollinators is/are
C. DICOT ROOT ENDODERMIS the
D. MONOCT ROOT ENDODERMIS A. pistil
182. What is the sticky part of the flower that B. petals
catches pollen?
C. sepals
A. style
D. stament
B. stigma
C. ovary 188. What is the ultimate ORIGINAL source of
D. petal energy for living things
A. Sugar
183. Flowering plants?
B. Sun
A. angiosperms
B. gymnosperms C. Moon
C. mosses D. Carbon Dioxide
D. ferns
189. The energy source for the embryo.
184. In older trees, central dark coloured, non A. fruit
conducting part of secondary xylem is re-
ferred to as B. cotyledon
A. Heartwood C. seed coat
B. Sapwood D. ovary

190. What Is The Function Of The Pistil? 196. Assertion:Pith is large and well devel-
A. Collect Pollen And Mature Eggs oped in monocots. Reason:Monocot root
do not undergo any secondary growth
B. Collect Pollen
A. A
C. Connect The Stigma To The Ovary
B. B
D. Provide Support For The Anther
C. C
191. Phloem in gymnosperms lacks D. D
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A. Both sieve tubes and companion cells 197. The male reproductive structure of a
B. Albuminous and sieve cells flower is the
C. Sieve tubes only A. pistil
D. Companion cells only B. ovary
C. stamen
192. What does a plant make in photosynthe-
sis? D. ovule
A. sugar and oxygen 198. The transfer of pollen from the anther to
B. water and sunlight the stigma.
A. pollination
C. carbon dioxide and water
B. germination
D. none of above
C. photsynthesis
193. They enclose the egg cells/seeds inside D. reprodution
the ovaries.
A. ovules 199. Part Of A Plant Cell That Takes Sunlight
And Converts It Into Energy.
B. anther
A. Chloroplast
C. style
B. Mitochondria
D. angiosperms
C. Vacuole
194. What do the leaves of a plant do? D. Filament
A. They make the food for the plant. 200. The yellow, powdery stuff on the sta-
B. They soak up the water from the mens
ground. A. Pollen
C. They deliver water to the other parts B. Dust
of the plants C. Mites
D. They make seeds D. Germs
195. Interfascicular cambia originate from 201. Pollen traveling from the anther to the
cells of- stigma
A. Medullary ray A. fertilization
B. Cortex B. seed development
C. Endodermis C. fruit production
D. Fascicular cambia D. pollination

202. The flower structure that contains the an- B. Many environmental factors
ther and pollen. C. both a and b

A. stamen
D. Only photoperiod
B. pistil
208. What are the products of photosynthe-
C. sepal
sis?
D. petal
A. water and carbon dioxide
203. Assertion:Sclerenchyma cells do not B. oxygen and glucose
possess plasmodesmata.Reason:The cell
walls of some permanent tissues are heav- C. oxygen and carbon dioxide
ily lignified. D. oxygen and water
A. A
209. Which of the following is NOT part of the
B. B female structure of a flower?
C. C A. filament
D. D B. style
204. The reproductive organ of a flowering C. stigma
plant D. ovary
A. Seed
210. The process of a seed coming out of its
B. Flower
dormant state.
C. Pistil
A. germination
D. Stamen
B. pollination
205. Which Female Organ Of A Flower That C. reproduction
Connects The Stigma To The Ovary?
D. symbiosis
A. Anther
B. Style 211. Why are fruits beneficial to a plant?
C. Ovary A. Protects the seed from predators
D. Pistil B. Provide comfort for seed
206. Jute, Flax and Hemp are of commercial C. When organisms eat the fruit this pro-
importance. To which part of the plant do vides a means of dispersal for seed
they belong to? D. Provide nutrients for the embryo
A. Phloem Fibres
212. Why is fruit formed around an apple
B. Xylem Fibres seed?
C. Sieve tube A. Fruit is formed around the seed to pro-
D. Tracheids tect it.
B. Fruit is not formed around the seed.
207. The activity of cambium is under the con-
trol of- C. Fruit is everywhere.
A. Many physiological factors D. Fruit is different color.

213. Part Of A Plant That Anchors A Plant Into C. horses, cows, pugs, and sheep
The Ground And Absorbs Water.
D. elephants, giraffes, lions, and tigers
A. Roots
B. Phloem 219. What is the purpose of a flower?
C. Xylem A. To look pretty

D. Stomata B. Do be cut and given to someone on
Valentines Day
214. The female sex cell is known as the
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C. To reproduce
A. ovule
D. To be trampled by irresponsible
B. pollen
teenagers
C. ovary
D. seed 220. What Is The ENTIRE Female Part Of A
Flower?
215. Found inside the style, carries pollen from A. Stigma
stigma to the ovary
B. Filament
A. pollen straw
B. pollen capsule C. Ovary
C. pollen grain D. Pistil

D. pollen tube 221. Plants that produce cones and naked
216. Assertion:In grasses and cere- seeds
als, intercalary meristems are A. angiosperms
present.Reason:Intercalary meristems
B. gymnosperms
form permanent tissues.
A. A C. mosses
B. B D. ferns
C. C 222. Which part of the flower holds the
D. D pollen?
217. After fertilization what does the ovule A. Filament

and egg cells develop into? B. Anther
A. Fruit C. Stigma
B. Bud D. Petals
C. Seeds
223. In angiosperms, a zygote and endosperm
D. Flower
form as a result of
218. Other animals besides bees can pollinate A. germination.
flowers. These animals include:
B. double fertilization.
A. dogs, cats, birds, and bunnies
C. pollination.
B. bats, hummingbirds, butterflies, and
flies D. seed dispersal.

224. The male part of the flower is A. a, c

A. pistil B. c, d

B. sepal C. a, b
C. ovaries D. b, d
D. stamen 230. Age of a tree can be estimated by
225. The part of the flower that is under the A. Number of annual rings
petals B. Diameter of its heartwood
A. Stem C. Its height and grith
B. Roots D. Biomass
C. Sepal 231. The colorful flower structure that at-
D. Stalk tracts pollinators.
226. I am a flower that produces nectar. What A. sepals

is the function of the nectar? B. pistils
A. To provide food for the flower C. anthers
B. To attract pollinators D. petals
C. To attract animals to disperse the 232. Animals disperse seeds by
fruits
A. eating seeds and dropping waste later
D. To produce perfumes for Man on
227. The male sex cell of a flowering plant is B. hiding seeds for late and not coming
the back for them
A. pollen C. catching seeds on their fur and carry-
ing them to different places
B. pistil
D. all of the above
C. ovule
D. ovary 233. Assertion:Vascular bundle of monocot
stem is conjoint. Reason:Vascular bun-
228. The annual rings are formed due to dle of monocot stem are open and phloem
parenchyma is absent
A. Uniform environmental conditions
A. A
B. Non-uniform environmental conditions
B. B
C. Absence of secondary growth C. C
D. Absence of primary growth D. D
229. Identify the correct statementa) Stomata 234. Nonvascular plant?

are present on both epidermal layers in A. fern
isobilateral leavesb) Guard cells are dumb- B. moss
bell shaped in grass leavesc) Photosynthe-
sis do not occur in guard cellsd) Stomata C. pine tree
opens when guard cells are flaccid D. oak tree

235. When a plant reproduces vegetatively, C. Apical meristem

A. meiosis produces a new gametophyte. D. Intrafasicular cambium
241. The tip of the style that has sticky hairs
B. offspring are produced by mitosis to trap pollen is the
alone.
A. stamen
C. only root tissue can be used to pro- B. stigma
duce new offspring.
C. ovary
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D. offspring will differ from the parent.
D. style
236. CORTEX HAS THREE LAYERS LIKE HYPO- 242. Pollen grains are produced by
DERMIS, CORTICAL LAYERS AND ENDO-
DERMIS IN A. the stamen
A. DICOT LEAF B. the carpel

C. the flowers
B. DICOT STEM
D. the leaves
C. MONOCOT STEM
D. MONOCOT ROOT 243. The intercalary meristem results in(a)
apical growth(b) secondary tissues(c) pri-
237. Green cells of epidermis are mary tissues(d) cambium
A. Bulliform cells A. A
B. Subsidiary cells B. B
C. Motor cells C. C
D. Guard cells D. D
244. What Is The Function Of The Filament?
238. The part of the plant that holds the leaves
and flowers A. Provide Support For The Anther
A. Stalk B. Collect And Germinate Pollen
B. Stem C. Collect And Mature Eggs

D. Produce Pollen
C. Style
D. Filament 245. An unopened flower
A. Plant
239. Colorful leaf like structure that attracts
pollinators B. Seed
C. Leaf
A. Petals
D. Bud
B. Sepal
C. Leave 246. In what part of the flower does fertiliza-
tion take place?
D. Stamen
A. anther
240. Choose odd one out w.r.t origin B. stigma
A. Interfasicular cambium C. ovary
B. Intercalary meristem D. filament

2.2 Morphology of Flowering plants 239
247. Intercalary meristem is related to all, ex- B. carbon dioxide

cept
C. photosynthesis

A. Present between permanent cells
D. none of above
B. Primary meristem
C. Increasing the girth of axis 253. The part of the stamen that produces mi-
crospores that become pollen grains is the
D. Regenerates parts of grasses re-
moved by grazing herbivores
A. anther
248. Bark does not include
B. pistil
A. Secondary xylem
C. filament
B. Secondary phloem
D. ovary
C. Periderm
D. Both (a) and (b) 254. The filament
A. holds up the anther
249. Hypodermis is in sun flower stem and
in maize stem . B. protects the petal
A. Parenchymatous, collenchymatous C. is the male part of the flower
B. collenchymatous, sclerenchymatous D. catches pollen
C. sclerenchymatous, collenchymatous
255. Trichimes are epidermal hairs of
D. sclerenchymatous, Parenchymatous
A. Primary root
250. What anchor plants to the ground and ab-
B. Primary stem
sorb water and nutrients?
C. Primary leaves
A. Roots
B. Stem D. Secondary root
C. Xylem 256. What Is The Function Of The Anther?

D. Leaves A. Produce Pollen
251. Female Part Of The Flower Where The B. Attract Pollinators
Eggs Are Held.
C. Connect The Stigma To The Ovary
A. Ovary
D. Protect A Bud
B. Style
C. Stamen 257. Bark includes
D. Stigma A. Periderm + Secondary phloem

B. Periderm + Secondary xylem
252. What is the name of the process where
plants make food C. Secondary phloem + xylem
A. oxygen D. Secondary xylem + Cork cambium
2.2 Morphology of Flowering plants

1. Flowers are unisexual in 7. Root hairs develop from-

A. pea A. Region of maturation
B. cucumber B. Zone of elongation
C. China rose C. Meristematic region
D. onion D. Region of mature cells
2. In unilocular vary with a single ovule, the 8. The embryo in sunflower has
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placentaion is
A. one cotyledon
A. marginal
B. two cotyledons
B. basal
C. many cotyledons
C. free central
D. axile D. no cotyledon
3. What part of the flower attracts an insect 9. among China rose, mustard, brinjal,
to pollinate? potato, guava, cucumber, onion and tulip,
how many plants have superior overy?
A. Petal
A. Five
B. Anther
B. Six
C. Stigma
C. Three
D. Style
D. Four
4. Racemose inflorescence is identified by-
A. Acropetal arrangement of flowers on 10. Which part of the coconut produces coir?
peduncle A. Seed coat
B. Presence of sessile flowers B. Mesocarp
C. Continuous growth of main axis C. Epicarp
D. a and c D. Pericarp
5. Which of the following is not a stem mod- 11. Fruit of groundnut is
ification?
A. legume
A. Thorns of Citrus
B. carpopsis
B. Tendrils of cucumber
C. Flattened structures of Opuntia C. berry
D. Pitcher of Nepenthes D. nut
6. Edible part in mango is 12. The term ‘Polyadelphous’ is related to

A. mesocarp A. Gynoecium
B. epicarp B. androecium
C. endocarp C. corolla
D. epidemis D. calyx

13. Which statement about Parthenocaric fruit C. prop roots

is most correct?
D. pneumatophores

A. It develops from the ovary and bears
seeds 19. The morphological nature of the edible part
B. Fruit develops seed without fertiliza- of coconut is
tion
A. perisperm
C. no seeds are developed in the fruit and
formed without fertilization B. cotyledon
D. Parthenocarpic fruit and false fruit are C. endosperm
same
D. pericarp
14. What type of placentaion is seen in sweet
pea? 20. WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWINGS IS NOT
ALBUMINOUS
A. Axile
B. Free central A. MAIZE
C. Marginal B. WHEAT
D. Basal C. BARLEY
15. Placentation in tomato and lemon is D. PEA
A. parietal
21. Morphology means
B. free central
C. marginal A. Study of plants
D. axile B. Study of flowers
16. In some leguminous plants the leaf base C. Physics appearance

becomes swollen which is called D. Non of these
A. leaf sheath
B. bulbil 22. The mode of arrangement of sepals or
petals in floral bud is called as
C. thalamus
A. inflorescence
D. Pulvinus
B. phyllotaxy
17. The ‘eyes’ of the potato tuber are
C. aestivation
A. flower buds
B. shoot buds D. placentation
C. axillary buds
23. In pea flower, the stamens are
D. root buds
A. Free
18. The hanging structures that support a
banyan tree are its B. Monoadelphous
A. stilt roots C. Diadelphous

B. tap roots D. Polyadelphous

24. Stems in sugarcane and maize develop 29. Leaf become modified into spines in
roots from the lower nodes of the stem A. Onion
meant for additional anchorage of the
B. Pea
plant to the soil. Name the type of root
best suited from the list below. C. Silk cotton
A. Prop root D. Opuntia
B. pneumatophore 30. Aestivation is arrangement of
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C. Stilt root A. seeds inside the fruit with respect to
other members
D. haustoria
B. leaves on the stem
25. refers to the pattern of arrange- C. flowers on the floral axis with respect
ment of leaves on the stem or the to other members
branch.Venation Venation Inflorescence In-
D. sepals / petals in floral bud with re-
florescence Phyllotaxy Phyllotaxy Taxon-
spect to other members of the same whorl
omy Taxonomy
A. Venation 31. The alternate type of phyllotaxy is found
in
B. Inflorescence
A. China rose
C. Phyllotaxy
B. Alstonia
D. Taxonomy
C. Calotropis
26. THE MID VEIN IN COMPOUND LEAF IS D. Guava
CALLED AS
32. The type of flower where the gynoecium
A. RAYS occupies the highest position while the
B. RACHIS other parts are situated below it.
C. PETIOLE A. Hypogynous
D. LAMINA B. perigynous
C. epigynous
27. MODIFIED ROOTS IN Rhizophora WHICH D. monogynous
HELP IN RESPIRATION ARE CALLED AS
33. The petiole is swollen & spongy in
A. CHROMATOPHORES
A. All of the below
B. PNEUMATOPHORES
B. Nepenthes
C. ANTHERIDIOPHORES
C. Trapa
D. NONE OF THESE ABOVE
D. Clematis
28. Which among the following is not a modi- 34. If more than two leaves arise at nodes, the
fied stem for storage purpose? phyllotaxy is which type?
A. Ginger A. Alternate
B. Zaminkand B. Whorled
C. Turmeric C. Opposite superposed
D. Sweet potato D. Opposite Decussate

35. Plant having column of vascular tissues, 41. Leaf bases expand into a sheath in
bearing fruits and having a tap root sys- A. Grasses
tem is

B. Legumes
A. monocot
C. Prickly poppy
B. dicot
D. Mimosa
C. gymnosperm or dicot
42. THE PETIOLE IS MODIFIED TO FLAT LEAF
D. gymnosperm or monocot LIKE STRUCTURE IN
36. Pea flower is an example for A. Eucalyptus
A. Actinomorphic B. Australian Acacia
B. Zygomorphic C. Plum
C. Asymmetric D. Mango
D. none of above 43. Stem tendrils are not seen in
37. In Bougainvillea thorns are the modifica- A. pumpkin

tions of B. watermelon
A. stipules C. grapevines
B. adventitious root D. Bougainvillea
C. stem 44. Vexillum is found in
D. leag A. Crucferae
B. Rosaceae
38. EPIPHYLLOUS CONDITION IS FOUND IN
C. Solanaceae
A. SOLANACEAE
D. Papilionaceae
B. FABACEAE
C. LILIACEAE 45. A typical leaf consists of three main parts
D. MALVACEAE A. petiole, leaf margin and lamina

B. leaf base, petiole and lamina
39. Vexillary aestivation is characteristic of
C. leaf base, leaf apex and lamina
the family
D. leaf apex, petiole and lamina
A. Fabaceae
B. Asteraceae 46. Identify the stem type from the given de-
scription. These are slender and spirally
C. Solanaceae coiled stem modifications which develop
D. Brassicaceae from axillary buds and help plants climb
up a support.
40. An example of edible underground stem is
A. Underground stems
A. carrot
B. Stem tendrils
B. groundnut
C. Thorns
C. sweet potata D. Stems for spreading and vegetative
D. potato propagation

47. In Australian acacia plant 52. The root is covered at the apex by a
thimble-like structure called the root
A. leaves are short lived, petioles be-
hair root hair region of maturation re-
come leaf like
gion of maturation pneumatophore pneu-
B. leaves become fleshy matophore
C. leaves are modified into spines A. root cap
D. leaf tips are modified into tendrils B. root hair
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48. Given below is a set of four pair of modi- C. region of maturation
fication with examples. Identify the incor- D. pneumatophore
rect pairing.a) Colocasia-modified stemb)
Citrus thorn-modified leafc) Phylloclade of 53. MODIFIED STEM FOUND IN POTATO IS
Opuntia-modified stemd) Turnip-modified CALLED AS
root A. RHIZOME
A. a B. TUBER
B. b C. BULB
C. c D. CORM
D. d 54. Vegetation propagation in mint occurs by
49. LEAF PHYLLOTAXY FOUND IN Calotropis A. runner
IS B. offset
A. ALTERNATE C. rhizome
B. OPPOSITE D. sucker
C. WHORLED 55. The term polyadelphous is related to
D. NONE OF THESE A. Gynoecium
50. Root hairs arise from which of the follow- B. Corolla
ing regions? C. Androecium
A. Region of maturation D. none of above
B. Region of elongation
56. Root hairs develop from the region of
C. Region of meristematic activity A. Maturation
D. Root cap Root cap Root cap B. Elongation
51. when the margins of sepals or petals over- C. Root Cap
lap one another without any particular di- D. none of above
rection, the condition is termed as
57. Which one of the following statements is
A. vexillary
correct?
B. imbricate
A. The seed in grasses is not endosper-
C. twisted mic
D. valvate B. Mango is a parthenocarpic fruit

C. A proteinaceous aleurone layer is 63. In epiphyllous, stamens are attached to

present in maize grain the

D. A sterile pistil is called a staminode A. Perianth
B. Sepal
58. ENDOSPERM IS FORMED DUE TO FUSION
OF C. Petal
A. EGG WITH FIRST MALE GAMETE D. none of above
B. EGG WITH SEC NUCLEI 64. A drupe develops in

C. SECOND MALE GAMETE WITH POLAR A. wheat
NUCLEI B. pea
D. NONE OF THESE C. tomato
59. THE TYPE OF MODIFIED ROOTS FOUND IN D. mango
Ficus bengalensis IS CALLED AS
65. fused carpels are called
A. STILT ROOTS
A. syncarpous
B. PROP ROOTS B. polycarpous
C. FUSIFORM ROOTS C. apocarpous
D. NAPIFORM ROOTS D. acarpous
60. Perisperm differs from endosperm in 66. Vegetative reproduction of Agave occurs
A. being a haploid tissue A. rhizome
B. having no reserve food B. stolon
C. being a diploid tissue C. bulbils
D. its formation by fusion of secondary D. sucker
nucleus with several sperms
67. Which of the following features is exhib-
61. Sweet potato is a modified ited by the cells in the region of meristem-
atic activity?
A. Tap root
A. Large size
B. Adventitious root
B. Thick cell walls
C. Stem
C. Dense protoplasm
D. Rhizome D. Low rate of cell division
62. Petiole when becomes green, flat and tend 68. The technical term used for the androecium
to function as leaf, is called as in a flower of China rose
A. Phylloclade A. monadelphous
B. Cladode B. diadelphous
C. Cladophyll C. polyandrous
D. Phyllode D. polyadelphous

69. Radial symmetry is found in the flowers D. flowers are nice to work with
of
75. Vivipary is
A. Brassica
A. seed germination with subterranean
B. Trifolium cotyledons
C. Pisum B. seed germination with epiterranean
D. Cassia cotyledons
70. Arrangement of leaves on stem or its C. fruit development without pollination
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branches is called- D. seed germination inside the fruit while
A. Phyllotaxy attached to the plant
B. Venation 76. Free-central placentation is found in
C. Vernation A. Dianthus
D. Heterophylly B. Argemone
71. Placenta and pericarp are both edible por- C. Brassica

tions in D. Citrus
A. apple 77. More than two leaves at each node is
B. banana present in
C. tomata A. Alstonia
D. potato B. Sunflower
72. Arrangement of flowers on floral axis is C. Guava

called- D. Mustard
A. Placentation 78. What function does the flattened stem in
B. Phyllotaxy Opuntia serve?Photosynthesis Photosyn-
C. Inflorescence thesis Support Support Protection Protec-
tion Perenation Perenation
D. Angiology
A. Support Support
73. Roots play insignificant role in absorption B. Protection Protection
of water in
C. Perenation Perenation
A. sunflower
D. photosynthesis
B. Pistia
C. pea 79. Regions of root from base to root tip are-
D. wheat A. Maturation zone-Cell division zone-

Elongation zone
74. Floral features are chiefly used in an- B. Maturation zone-Elongation zone-Cell
giosperms identification because division zone
A. flowers are of various colours C. Cell division zone-Elongation zone-
B. flowers can be sagely pressed Maturation zone
C. reproductive parts are more stable D. Elongation zone-Cell division zone-
and conservative than vegetative parts Maturation zone

80. Which of the following shows whorled C. Tripinnately compound leaf

phyllotaxy? D. More than one option is correct

A. Calotropis
86. which type of placentation is found in sun-
B. Mustard flower?
C. China rose A. marginal
D. Alstonia B. basal
81. Oil reserve of groundnut is present in C. free central
A. embryo D. parietal
B. cotyledons 87. Tricarpellary, syncarpous gynoecium is
C. endosperm found in flowers of
D. underground tubers A. Solanaceae
82. In a flower the ovary is inferior. Which of B. Fabaceae

the following options supports this state- C. Poaceae
ment.a) Flower is hypogynousb) Flower is D. Liliaceae
Epigynousc) It is found in guava and cucum-
berd) It is found in mustard and Brinjal 88. Roots developing from plant parts other
A. a and c than radicle are-
B. b and d A. Epiphyllous
C. b and c B. Epicaulous
D. a and d C. Adventitious
D. Fibrous
83. Stem modified into flat green organs per-
forming the functions of leaves are known 89. Phyllode is present in
as A. Asparagus
A. phyllodes B. Euphorbia
B. phylloclades C. Australian Acacia
C. scales D. Opuntia
D. cladodes
90. Parallel venation occurs in
84. Pneumatophores help the plant in A. Banana
A. Collects more minerals from the soil B. Peepal
B. getting oxygen from air C. Hibiscus
C. holding the plant tightly to the soil D. Mango
D. give mechanical support to the plant
91. When the ovules develop on the inner wall
85. Incision in the leaf does not reach the of the ovary or on the peripheral part the
midrib in placentation is
A. Simple leaf A. Axile
B. Bipinnately compound leaf B. Marginal

C. Parietal C. Pollen Grain

D. Basal D. Spore
92. Non-albuminous seed is porduced in 98. Cymose inflorescence is identified by-

A. maize A. Basipetal arrangement of flowers on
the main axis (peduncle)
B. castor
B. The limited growth of the main axis as
C. wheat main axis terminates in a flower
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D. pea C. Both a and b
93. Geocarpic fruit is D. Presence of sessile flower
A. potato 99. Identify the correct statement:

B. groundnut A. Hypogynous flowers have inferior
ovary
C. onion
B. Perigynous flowers have inferior ovary
D. garlic
94. In a cereal grain the single cotyledon of em- C. Hypogynous flowers have superior
bryo is represented by ovary
A. scutellum D. Epigynous flowers have superior ovary
B. prophyll 100. The type of placentation in which vary
C. coleoptile is syncarpous, unilocular and ovules on su-
tures is called
D. colearhiza
A. apical placentation
95. is an edible underground stem. B. parietal placentation
A. Sweet Potato C. marginal placentation
B. Carrot D. superficial placentation
C. Potato 101. the standard petal of a popilionaceous
D. none of above corolla is also called
A. pappus
96. What is common between the thorn of
Bougainvillea and tendril of cucurbits (cu- B. vexillum
cumber, pumpkin)? Select the most appro- C. corona
priate answer. D. carina
A. They have nothing in common
102. Which of the following plants have pneu-
B. Both grow on stems matophores?Maize Maize Sweet potato
C. Both are modified axillary buds Sweet potato Rhizophora Rhizophora Sug-
arcane Sugarcane
D. Both are modified leaves
A. Sweet potato
97. In which structure do seeds develop? B. Rhizophora
A. Anther C. Sugarcane
B. Ovary D. Maiza

103. Which one of the following is a true C. Rose

fruit? D. Sugarcane

A. Apple
109. Pneumatophores occur in
B. Pear
A. Carnivorous plants
C. Cashewnut
B. Free-floating hydrophytes
D. Coconut
C. Halophytes
104. How many works you have completed? D. Submerged hydrophytes
A. All
110. Axile placentation is present in
B. Some are left
A. dianthus
C. Nothing
B. lemon
D.
C. pea
105. How many plants among Indigofera, D. Argemone
Sesbania, Salvia, Allium, Aloe, mustard,
groundnut, radish, gram and turnip have 111. THE TYPE OF PLACENTATION FOUND IN
stamens with different lengths in their LEMON IS
flowers? A. AXILE
A. Three B. PARIETAL
B. Four C. FREE CENTRAL
C. Five D. MARGINAL
D. Six 112. Stilt roots grow from-
106. Root hairs usually develop in which re- A. Lower internodes
gion of a typical tap root? B. Lower nodes
A. Region of Maturation C. Upper nodes
B. Region of Meristematic activity D. Upper internodes
C. Region of Elongation
113. Seed coat is not thin, membranous in
D. Root cap
A. maize
107. Phyllodes are observed in B. coconut
A. Pisum sativum C. groundnut
B. Allium cepa D. gram
C. Allium sativum
114. A few millimeters above the root cap is
D. Australian Acacia the region of-
108. Which of the following plants has a tap A. Elongation
root system? B. Maturation
A. Maize C. Meristematic activity
B. Wheat D. Root hairs

2.3 Structural Organisation in Animals 250
115. Which of the following is not a type of 116. Placentation in which ovules develop on
Phyllotaxy? the inner wall of the ovary or in peripheral
part, is
A. Alternate
A. Basal
B. Opposite
B. Axile
C. Whorled C. Parietal
D. Imbricate D. Free central
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2.3 Structural Organisation in Animals
1. Caecum contains bacteria which helps in di- B. Chordata
gestion of C. Invertebrata
A. Protein D. Hemichordata
B. Lipid
6. Which class does leech belongs to?
C. Cellulose
A. cyclostmata
D. All the above B. hirudinea
2. Which muscle type can contract rapidly C. picses
with great force, BUT tires easily and must D. mammalia
rest after short periods of activity.
7. Earthworms don’t have teeth to grind
A. skeletal
their food so they use another organ to
B. smooth do so. It is called a
C. cardiac A. crop
D. none of above B. gizzard
3. Leeches are in nature. C. intestine
A. omnivorous D. esophagus
B. insectivorous 8. Secretes mucus in the respiratory tract,

specifically the trachea
C. carnivorous
A. Transitional
D. sanguivorous
B. Pseudostratified Columnar
4. This name means that there are multiple C. Simple Squamous
layers of cells
D. Stratified Squamous
A. Simple
9. Which of the following is NOT a function
B. Stratified
of epithelial tissues?
C. Columnar
A. covering exposed surfaces
D. Pseudostratified
B. lining internal passageways
5. Rabbit belongs th the phylum C. producing glandular secretions
A. Vertebrata D. contracting to produce movement

10. Choose the correctly matched pair. 15. A parasite that feed on the outer of the
A. Tendon-Specialised connective tissue host is called
A. endoparasite

B. Adipose tissue-Dense connective tis-
sue B. ectoparasitic
C. Areolar tissue-Loose connective tis- C. Protozoa
sue D. bacteria
D. Cartilage-Loose connective tissue 16. Cell theory states:
11. What organelle is called the “power- A. All living cells must have a cell wall.
house” of a cell? B. All living cells require glucose for sur-
A. Endoplasmic Reticulum vival.
C. The basic unit of life is a cell.
B. Nucleus
D. All cells contain a nucleus
C. Mitochondria
D. Nucleolus 17. The body cells in cockroach discharge their
nitrogenous waste in the haemolymph
12. Which type of tissue correctly matches mainly in the form of
with its location? A. ammonia
A. Areolar tissue-Tendons B. potassium urate
B. Transitional epithelium-Tip of nose C. urea
C. Cudoidal epithelium-Lining of stomach D. calcium carbonate
18. The right and left cerebral hemispheres are
D. Smooth muscle-Wall of intestine connected by a transverse band of nerve
tissue called
13. What happens when food reaches the
A. Corpus albicans
stomach?
B. Corpus luteum
A. Digestive juices mix with the food.
C. Corpus callosum
B. Food is stored, but no digestion occurs.
C. The food is moved into the small intes- 19. Bone cells are present in spaces called
tine. A. oesteocytes
D. The food is completely digested and B. chondrocytes
absorbed into the bloodstream. C. lumbar region
14. Used in places where diffusion needs to oc- D. lacunae
cur, such as blood vessels and air sacs in 20. separate nitrogenous waste from the
the lungs blood in rabbit
A. Simple Cuboidal A. Liver
B. Simple Columnar B. Kidney
C. Simple Squamous C. Lungs
D. Stratified Squamous D. Both liver and kidney

21. This controls all cell organelles and their C. Poikilothermic

activity because it contains DNA instruc- D. All the above
tions.
A. mitochondria 27. Select the following places leeches are
found?
B. nucleus
C. cell membrane A. india, bangladesh, pakistan, srilanka
D. cytoplasm B. venice, polland, italy
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C. germany, britain, france afganistan
22. Study of the form and structure of organ-
isms and their specific structural features D. myanmar, bangladesh, afganistan,
is called canada
A. zoology 28. Which of the following features is not
B. splanchnology present in Periplaneta americana?
C. anatomy A. Indeterminate and radial cleavage dur-
D. morphology ing embryonic development
B. Exoskeleton composed of n-
23. What is the term for a group of cells that
acetylglucosamine
work together to perform a function?
C. Metemerically segmented body
A. cell
B. tissue D. Schizocoelom as body cavity
C. organ 29. pairs of spinal nerves are present in

D. atom rabbit
A. 34
24. Dorsal surface of leech is in colour.
A. red B. 38
B. olive green C. 74
C. green D. 37
D. mint green 30. The Cell Theory states
25. Plants and animals have highly organized A. atoms create all matter
systems. Which list shows the level of B. living things evolve
complexity, from simplest to most com-
plex? C. the cell is the backbone of all matter
A. organism-organ-organ system D. cells are the basic unit of structure and
organization of organisms
B. organs-organ systems-organism
C. organ systems-organism-organs 31. Rabbit belongs to the class
D. organs-organism-organ systems A. Pisces
26. Mammals are animals B. Amphibia
A. Cold blooded C. Reptilia
B. Warm blooded D. Mammalia

32. Found in organs like the bladder that need C. Connective tissue
to stretch
D. Areolar tissue

A. Simple Cuboidal
B. Stratified squamous 38. is a thin walled sac present at the junc-
tion of small and large intestion
C. Pseudostratified Columnar
A. Caecum
D. Transitional
B. Colon
33. Which part of the nerve cell covers more
than half of its volume C. Rectum
A. Axon D. Appendix
B. Mylein sheath 39. Which organelle belongs in both plant and
C. Dentrites animal cells?
D. Neuroglia A. Cytoplasm
34. Each testis consists of numerous tubules B. Chloroplast
called C. Large Central Vacuole
A. Epididymis D. Cell Wall
B. Vas deferens
C. Seminiferous tubules 40. The connective tissue that connects bones
at the joints is
D. Rete testis
A. Cartilage
35. The animals which give birth to young ones
B. Bone
are
A. Oviparous C. Ligament
B. Viviparous D. Both cartilage and bone

C. Ovoviviparous 41. pairs of cranial nerves present in rab-
D. All the above bit.
36. Which of the following junction cements A. 12

the neighbouring cells? B. 24
A. tight junction C. 14
B. adhering junction D. 28
C. gap junction
42. Which type of connective tissue cells se-
D. none of above
cretes proteins into the matrix to make
37. A form of connective tissue in which the fibers?
cells are specialized for the synthesis and A. fibroblasts
storage of energy-rich reserves of fat, or
lipid. B. chondrocytes
A. Hyaline cartilage C. mast cells
B. Adipose tissue D. macrophages

43. Lines ducts of kidneys 49. Protiens responsible for producing carti-
A. Simple Columnar lage is called
B. Simple Cuboidal A. collagen
C. Simple Squamous B. elastin
D. Transitional C. chondrin
D. none of above
44. Which organelle belongs in plant cells but
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not animal cells? 50. Which of the following connective tissues
A. Cell Membrane supports the soft tissues and reduces fric-
tion at joints?
B. Mitochondrion
A. Cartilage
C. Chloroplast
B. Muscle tissue
D. Nucleus
C. Bone tissue
45. In rabbit the teeth are of different types, D. Fibrous connective tissue
hence the dentition is called
A. Thecodont 51. Which of the following muscle has been ta-
pered at both ends
B. Heterodont
A. cardiac muscle
C. Diphyodont
B. non striated muscle
D. All the above
C. striated muscle
46. How many pairs of testes are present in D. chest muscle
leech??
A. 11 52. This tissue has lots of fixed fibroblasts and
connected the skin to underlying organs
B. 10
A. Adipose
C. 12
B. Blood
D. 22
C. Dense Connective
47. The segments on the ventral side of the D. Loose Connective
abdomen of cockroach is called
A. sclerite 53. The smallest unit that can perform the ba-
sic activities of life is
B. tergum
A. a cell
C. notum
B. a tissue
D. sternum
C. an organ
48. Which organelle belongs in animal cells D. an organism
only?
A. Chloroplast 54. A group of tissues that work together to
perform a similar function is called (Ex-
B. Cell Wall amples include the heart, lungs or stom-
C. Many Small Vacuole ach)
D. Nucleus A. cell

B. tissue 60. In male cockroaches, sperms are stored in

C. organ which part of the reproductive system?

A. Seminal vesicles
D. organ system
B. Mushroom glands
55. The movement of legs allows people to
C. Testes
walk. Which three body systems work
together closely to give the legs move- D. Vas deferens
ment?
61. All of the following are common locations
A. muscular, nervous, and skeletal of simple squamous epithlium EXCEPT
B. digestive, muscular, and respiratory A. lungs
C. circulatory, digestive, and muscular B. lining blood vessels
D. circulatory, digestive, and respiratory C. trachea
D. all of the above
56. Leeches is divided into segments.
A. 31 62. The body of rabbit is divided into
A. Head, neck, trunk and tail
B. 38
B. Head, trunk and tail
C. 35
C. Trunk and tail
D. 33
D. Head and trunk
57. Animal kingdom is divided into and
63. Frog’s heart when taken out of the body
A. Invertebrate and vertebrate continues to beat for sometime.I . Frog is
B. chordates and vertebrate a poikilotherm.II. Frog does not have any
coronary circulationIII. Hear is myogenic in
C. chordates and invertebrates
nature.IV. Hear is autoexcitable
D. Subphylum chordata and prochordata
A. Only III
58. Human organs and organ systems each B. Only IV
have specific functions, or jobs. Which C. I and II
pairing matches an organ with its main
function? D. III and iv
A. biceps:structure 64. Oryctolagus cuniculus is the scientific name

of
B. jaw bone:balance
A. Lion
C. lung:removal of oxygen
B. Rabbit
D. vein:carrying away wastes
C. Goat
59. The lens in the eye of cockroach is called D. Deer
A. Ommatidium
65. Which is the most flexible cartilage in the
B. omatia body
C. compound eye A. Hyaline cartilage
D. mosaic B. Elastic cartilage

2.4 Animal Tissues 256
C. fibro cartilage 68. Which of the following type of simple ep-

D. neuro cartilage ithelium tissue present in the lining of the
stomach and intestine?
66. Exoskeleton in cockroach forms plates
A. Columnar epithelium
called
B. Squamous epithelium
A. Scales
B. chitin C. Ciliated epithelium
C. sclerites D. Cuboidal epithelium
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D. scutes 69. Which of the following is not a type of tis-
67. The is the basic unit of life sue?
A. organ A. Epithelial tissue

B. cell B. Connective tissue
C. atom C. Cardiac tissue
D. tissue D. Neural tissue
2.4 Animal Tissues

1. Describes an organism made of more than 4. helps warm the human body when we
one (specialized) cell are cold.
A. unicellular A. sweating
B. specialized B. shivering
C. interdependent C. inhaling oxygen
D. multicellular D. exhaling carbon dioxide
2. What is the use of Areolar tissue? 5. An example of involuntary movement is
A. I don’t know, it’s useless? A. Movement of food in the alimentary

canal
B. To destroy the body
B. Blinking of the eyes
C. To help skin stretch and retain its orig-
C. Jumping
inal position
D. Singing
D. To protect internal organs from Me-
chanical Trauma and Extreme Cold 6. Girth of stem increases due to which type
of Meristem?
3. what tissue does plant use to bring the
sugar. A. Intercalary
A. transport tissue B. Apical
B. dogs C. Lateral
C. epithelial D. All of the above
D. none of above 7. The major animal tissue are

A. Two 13. What type of connective tissue contains

B. Six Areolar tissues, Adipose tissues, tendons
and ligaments?

C. Four
A. Supportive
D. Eight
B. Fluid
8. A group of similar cells to perform a spe- C. Fibrous
cific function form
D. none of above
A. organ
14. which of this tissues support the young
B. organ system
plants and woody plants?
C. organism
A. collenchyma tissue
D. tissue
B. parenchyma tissue
9. Nervous tissue is grouped into two main C. sclerenchyma tissue
categories:
D. xylem tissue
A. neurons and neuroglia
15. Cells of bones are called
B. mesophyll and neurons
A. Chondrocytes
C. neurons and dendrites
B. Fibroblasts
D. neurons and axons
C. Mast cells
10. What type of tissue serves to support,
D. Osteocytes
bind and cushion?
A. epithelial 16. Epithelial:Simple cuboidal epithelium
B. connective A. Absorption
C. nervous B. Secretion and reduces wear and tear
D. muscle C. Protection
D. none of above
11. In what part of your body you can mostly
find the stratified squamous tissues? 17. I am a covering layer of the body organs
A. Intestines in the inner surface and outer surface
B. Kidneys A. Cartillage
C. Lungs B. Nerve tissue
D. Skin C. Muscle tissue
D. Epithelial tissue
12. Dendrites of the neuron helps to
A. They conduct electrical messages to 18. This tissue is responsible for movements
the neuron cell body in our body.
B. They receive signals (information) A. connective

from other neurons. B. muscle
C. ALL OF THE ABOVE C. epithelial
D. none of above D. nervous

19. The cells that directly and specifically se- 25. What are the bone cells called as?
crete mucus are called cells. A. osteocytes
A. epithelial B. chondroblasts
B. endocrine C. fibroblasts
C. exocrine D. adipocytes
D. goblet
26. Negative Feedback Loops:
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20. Which cell has chloroplast? A. amplify processes
A. Plant cell B. prevent small changes from getting
B. Animal cell larger
C. Both C. are initiated during childbirth
D. Neither one of them have chloroplast D. are found only in plants
21. Which cell transmits an impulse from the 27. A tissue whose cells are capable of divid-
brain to the muscles in order to respond to ing and re-dividing is called
a situation? A. complex tissue
A. sensory neuron B. permanent tissue
B. motor neuron C. connective tissue
C. axon neuron D. meristematic tissue
D. dendrite neuron
28. What are adipose tissues?
22. The cartilage consists of a clear ground A. Tissues containing fat globules
substance called:
B. Tissues supporting the muscles to
A. bone work
B. matrix C. Protecting outer covering of skin
C. tendon D. none of above
D. lymph
29. If the environment gets cold, we will often
23. The most widespread and abundant tissue shiver in order to:
in the body is: A. keep body temperature the same as
A. epithelial. the external temperature
B. connective. B. decrease body temperature
C. muscle. C. increase body temperature
D. nervous. D. regulate blood pressure
24. Spherical thin walled cells 30. In what part of your body can you mostly
find the stratified squamous tissues? / In
A. Sclerenchyma which part of your body will you most of-
B. Xylem ten find stratified squamous epithelium?
C. Parenchyma A. Intestines / Derms
D. Phloem B. Kidneys / Niere

C. Lungs / Longe C. Concave

D. Skin / Vel D. Convex

31. This tissue carries nutrients, waste, respi- 37. Where can you find an embryonic stem
ratory gases, and many other substances cell?
throughout the body.
A. Plastocyst
A. Bone
B. Blastocyst
B. Cartilage
C. Embryo
C. Blood
D. Egg cell
D. Adipose
32. Sieve tubes and companion cells are 38. One of the main reasons why polar bears
present in can withstand the cold temperatures of the
North Pole is because of their large layer
A. xylem of lipids (fat). These lipids are part of the
B. phloem tissue
C. cambium A. adipose
D. cork B. muscular
33. Areolar tissue C. skeleton
A. binds the skin to underlying tissue D. epithelial
B. fluid surrounding blood cells.
39. Which of these is not a type of epithelial
C. cells filled with fat globules tissue?
D. transportation of substances A. Squamous Epithelium
34. Extracts resins, essential oils, nectar, etc. B. Cuboidal Epithelium
A. Meristematic tissue C. Circle Epithelium
B. Epithelial tissue D. Columnar Epithelium
C. Secretory tissue
40. Fluid connective tissue
D. Nervous tissue
A. Tendon
35. What is blood? B. Ligament
A. tissue
C. Cartilage
B. organ
D. Blood
C. organ system
D. the muscle 41. Identify the correct one
A. Heart-Cardiac Muscles
36. Shape of red blood cell Shape of red
blood cell B. Iris-Smooth Muscle
A. Biconcave C. Inner limbs-Striated muscle
B. Biconvex D. None

42. Which cells are called as Scavengesrs C. They have a large amount of cement-
A. Lymphocytes ing material between them.
B. Monocytes D. none of above
C. Collagen 48. Controls all processes in the body, forms

D. Cartilage the brain and nerves.
A. Vascular tissue
43. The skeletol or skeleton system is made
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up of: B. Nervous tissue
A. Bones C. Ground tissue
B. Ligaments D. Secretory tissue
C. Muscles 49. Four types of tissues found in human
D. Aereolar body.
44. In the embryonic stage RBC are generated A. Skeletal, nervous, dermal, connective
in B. Ground, vascular, dermal
A. Bone marrow C. Muscle, connective, epithelial, ner-
B. Spinal Cord vous
C. Liver D. Dermal, epithelial, nervous, muscular
D. Muscles 50. Blood platelets are responsible for
45. Following are the types of white blood A. illness
cells B. Welthy ness
A. eosinophils, lymphocytes, platelets
C. Blood clotting
B. basophils, lymphocytes, monocytes
D. Blood bleading
C. eosinophils, lymphocytes, red blood
cells 51. Which is NOT one of the 3 components that
make up connective tissue?
D. eosinophils, macrophages, platelets
A. Extracellular matrix
46. This type of connective tissue has a liquid
matrix called plasma. B. Fibers
A. Bone C. Cells
B. Loose connective D. Basement membrane

C. Blood 52. Which type of tissue consists of neurons
D. Adipose and receives and transmits chemical and
electrical impulses?
47. Give some Charecteristics of Epithelial Tis-
A. Connective
sues.
B. Epithelial
A. They are loosely packed.
B. They have almost no intercellular C. Muscle
Space. D. Nervous

53. helps to connect bones to each other. 59. Connective:Fibrous/Dense Connective Tis-
A. Tendons sue

B. Cartilage A. Used to insulate and protect organs
B. Maintains body temperature
C. Ligament
C. Used to connect bone to bone or mus-
D. Adipose
cle to bone
54. What are areolar tissues? D. none of above
A. Tissues containing fat globules
60. Saliva and stomach acid are examples of
B. Help the heart to pump blood substances that are expelled by cells.
C. Binds our skin to underlying tissue A. nervous
D. Kills germs B. secretory
55. This tissue is found in between other tis- C. lymphatic

sues everywhere in the body. Which tis- D. waterproof
sue is this?
61. which tissue provide support and mechan-
A. connective ical strength to the plant?
B. muscle A. parenchyma tissue
C. epithelial B. sclerenchyma tissue
D. nervous C. xylem tissue
56. Name the muscular tissue whose efficiency D. collenchyma tisssue
does not decrease with aging
62. The fatty connective tissue.
A. Striated muscle
A. Areolar tissue
B. Instructed muscle B. Adipose tissue
C. Cardiac muscle C. Blood
D. All of the above D. Lymph
57. The fluid part of blood after removal of cor- 63. This connects bones at a joint.
puscles is called
A. Tendon
A. WBC
B. Ligament
B. RBC
C. Facia
C. Plasma
D. Cartilage
D. Platelets
64. which of this tissues are not known as
58. Intercalated disc are seen in ground tissue?
A. striated muscle A. perenchyma tissue
B. smooth muscle B. collenchyma tissue
C. all of the above C. epidermal tissue
D. cardiac muscles D. sclerenchyma tissue

65. Which Tissue type includes:the extracellu- C. skeletal muscle

lar matrix; which generally consists of a D. nervous tissue
web of fibers embedded in a uniform foun-
dation that may be liquid, jelly like, or 71. Which muscle tissue is multinucleate, vol-
solid. untary, and bears striations?
A. Connective A. skeletal muscle
B. Epithelial B. smooth muscle
C. multiunit smooth muscle
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C. Muscle
D. cardiac muscle
D. Nervous
72. Cartilage is not present in
66. Neuroglial cells are found in the
A. Ear lobe
A. central nervous system and spinal
cord B. Eye socket
C. Trachea is the windpipe
B. Brain and ganglion
D. Ribcage
C. peripheral nervous system
D. spinal cord and ganglion 73. Uses electrical signals to carry out func-
tions
67. Iris of the eye made up of A. epithelial.
A. involuntary B. connective.
B. striated C. muscle.
C. cardiac D. nervous.
D. none of above 74. Which of the following is NOT a type of
Meristematic tissues?
68. Which part of the neuron receive informa-
tion from other neuron A. Apical
A. Axon B. Parenchyma
B. Cyton C. Intercalary
D. none of above
C. nerve endings, dendrite
D. synapse 75. Plant tissue that helps in increasing the
lenght of the shoot and root.
69. Single long part in a neuron is called A. Intercalary meristem
A. Axon B. Apical meristem
B. Dentrite C. lateral meristem
C. Cell body D. permanent tissues
D. None of the above 76. Stratified epithelium is typically used for
70. Animal tissue that helps in excreting the A. excretion
waste products B. secretion
A. connective tissue C. protection
B. epithelial tissue D. absorption

77. A tissue is: C. Liver

A. the most complex organizational unit D. None

of the body.
83. There are types of Epithelial Tissues.
B. a thin sheet of cells embedded in a ma-
trix. A. 1
C. a group of similar cells that perform a B. 4

common function. C. 3
D. a membrane that lines body cavities. D. 2
78. Muscle tissue that is involuntary 84. A complex conducting tissue, formed of
more than one cell type, found in vascular
A. cardiac muscle only
plants.
B. skeletal muscle only
A. vascular tissue
C. smooth muscle only
B. ground tissue
D. cardiac and smooth muscle
C. epidermal tissue
79. It is the living tissue in vascular plants that D. nervous tissue
transports the soluble organic compounds
made during photosynthesis. 85. Blood is a
A. xylem A. Epithelial tissue
B. phloem B. Nervous tissue
C. veins C. Connective tissue
D. arteries D. Muscular tissue
80. What are meristematic tissues? 86. Odd one out
A. Actively dividing cells A. Tip of ribs

B. Tip of the nose
B. Dormant cells
C. External ear
C. Cells having a very large vacuole
D. Skeleton
D. These cells are large and conspicuous
87. Forms the brain and spinal cord
81. This tissue is found everywhere in the
body among other tissues. What tissue is A. epithelial.
this? B. connective.
A. Connective C. muscle.
B. the muscle D. nervous.
C. Epithelial
88. The liquid part of blood.
D. Nervous
A. Plasma
82. Fat is stored in B. Platelets
A. Areolar C. red blood corpuscles
B. Adipose D. white blood corpuscles

89. Which is NOT a shape of epithelial cells? 95. Meristems at the tip of roots and shoots
A. cuboidal A. Lateral
B. columnar B. Apical
C. squamous C. Ploem
D. circular D. none of above
90. Name the tissue that forms inner lining of 96. muscle is found in only one place in the
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our mouth body-the heart, where it forms the bulk of
A. Nervous tissue the heart walls.
B. Muscular tissue A. skeletal
C. Epithelial tissue B. smooth
D. Connective tissue C. cardiac

D. none of above
91. What is the name given to a group of cells
with similar structure organised to do a 97. These cells are elongated and thick at the
common function corners.
A. Organs A. Parenchyma
B. Tissues B. Collenchyma
C. Cells C. Squamous
D. Nucleus D. Cubiod
92. Which tissue assists in support and protec- 98. What is blood classified as?
tion of organs and limbs? A. tissue
A. epithelial B. organ
B. connective C. organ system
C. muscle D. none of above
D. nerve
99. Name the living matter of cell.
93. This tissue is found in the brain A. Protoplasm
A. Adipose tissue B. Ribosome
B. Cuboidal C. Golgi Apparatus
C. nervous tissue D. none of above
D. Circulating tissue
100. Which of the following muscle tissue is
94. To magnify NOT striated?
A. increase A. Skeletal Muscle
B. function B. Smooth Muscle
C. magnet C. Cardiac Muscle
D. the cloth D. none of above

101. This tissue makes the organ system that 106. You have observed cheek cells under mi-
controls the body’s movements, sends and croscope. Which type of tissue do they be-
carries signals to and from the different long to? Have you looked at cheek cells

parts of the body, and has a role in con- under a microscope, what type of tissue
trolling bodily functions. Which tissue is do they belong to?
this?
A. Adipose
A. connective
B. Epithelial sub-art
B. muscle
C. Cartilage is cartilage
C. epithelial
D. Areolar areolar
D. nervous
107. Choosing from the following list of con-
102. Epithelial:Simple Squamous epithelium nective tissues, which one consists of cells
in a fluid matrix?
A. facilitates diffusion
A. loose connective tissue
B. protection
B. adipose tissue
C. absorption
C. bone
D. secretion
D. blood
103. These plant tissues consists of dead cells
at maturity. 108. which is the heterocrine gland
A. parenchyma A. ovary
B. collenchyma B. testis
C. sclerenchyma C. pancreas
D. phloem D. kidney
104. Plant tissue that helps in increasing the 109. Plant tissue that helps in the conduction
size of the plant. of food from leaves to all parts of the
plant
A. meristem
A. Xylem
B. blood
B. phloem
C. parenchyma
C. xylem and phloem
D. dermis
D. None
105. Which tissue forms the outer layer of the
body and also lines many of the bodies cav- 110. Connective:Loose connective tissue
ities where it has a protective function?
A. Used to insulate and protect organs
A. epithelial
B. Is used to connect bone to bone or
B. connective muscle to bone.
C. muscle tissue C. Maintains body temperature
D. nerve tissue D. none of above

111. Which part of a neuron carries messages C. Simple columnar

away from the cell body? D. Stratified squamous
A. axon
117. This tissue type functions in contraction.
B. axon terminal
A. epithelial.
C. dendrites
B. connective.
D. Node of Ranvier
C. muscle.
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112. What is also known as a nerve cell?
D. nervous
A. neuron
118. These tissues function in respiration and
B. sensory nerves
photosynthesis of plants.
C. dendrites
A. parenchyma
D. toes
B. collenchyma
113. Which Meristem is present at growing C. sclerenchyma
tips of stems and roots
D. xylem
A. Intercalary
119. Bone is a
B. Apical
A. Epithelial tissue
C. Lateral
B. Connective tissue
C. Muscular tissue
114. A xylem and phloem are parts of which
tissue?
A. vascular tissue 120. Which of the following is NOT a type of
muscle tissue?
B. ground tissue
A. Skeletal
C. epidermal tissue
B. Smooth
D. nervous tissue
C. Adipose
115. Which of the following is NOT true about
D. Cardiac
epithelial tissue?
A. it forms glandular tissue 121. Which of the following is not one of the
four major types of tissues?
B. it has a good blood supply
C. one side rests on a basement mem- A. epithelial
brane B. connective
D. it forms continuous cellular sheets C. nervous
116. What epithelial tissues are found along D. skeletal muscle

tissues that function to allow the ex- 122. What is a stem cell?
change of gases?
A. A cell that gives rise to all the cells in
A. Simple squamous the body including umbilical cord and pla-
B. Simple cuboidal centa.

B. A cell that gives rise to all the cell in C. Skin surface

the body ONLY. D. nerve cell

C. A cell that gives rise to the cells in an
organ where it is located. 128. In the fibrous connective tissues, matrix
is produced by
D. None of the above.
A. mast cells
123. If you put a plant in salt water it will B. wandering cells
A. swell because water diffuses into the C. fibroblast
cells
D. plasma cells
B. Nothing will happen
129. Which of the following is not one of the
C. shrivel because water diffuses out of
four tissue types?
the cell
A. Blood
D. none of above
B. Connective
124. Red Blood Cells are in red Colour due to
C. Epithelial
Presence of
D. Nervous
A. Heparin
B. Haemoglobin 130. A group of cells organize to form
C. Contractile A. organ
D. Fibers B. blood
C. tissue
125. Which of the following is not a character-
istic of skeletal muscles? D. organ system
A. Having one nucleus per cell 131. The group of organisms that use the pro-
B. Being attached to bone cess of homeostasis includes
A. mammals, only
C. Having striations
B. animals, only
D. Having voluntary or “willed” muscles
C. plants and animals
126. The main function of this tissue is to al-
D. all living things
low support and movement of the body
A. Epithelial 132. The vascular plant tissue for bidirectional
conductance.
B. Nervous
A. parenchyma
C. Muscular
B. collenchyma
D. Connective
C. xylem
127. Ken accidentally placed her hand over a D. phloem
flame and immediately pulled it back. She
felt the sensation of heat due to the action 133. The skeleton of the fish does not made of
of cartilage
A. Blood cells A. Ray
B. nucleus B. Shark Shark

C. Rohu Rohu 139. What are the function of Xylem rings?

D. All the above A. Manufacturing of Food
B. support the plant parts
134. What type of muscle(s) is involuntary?
C. Transport water and minerals ab-
A. skeletal and smooth sorbed by the roots from the soil to the
B. cardiac and skeletal leaves.
C. smooth and cardiac D. providing a passage for the downward
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and upward movement of food.
D. skeletal
140. Which type of tissue includes bones,
135. Which is not a function of connective tis- blood and cushions and binds?
sue? A. Connective
A. Transport B. Epithelial
B. Defense C. Muscle
C. Support D. Nervous
D. Communication 141. an animal that depends on its envi-
ronment to warm its body.
136. This type of muscle has no striations and
is involuntary, which means that we can- A. Endotherm
not consciously control it. B. Metabolism
A. skeletal C. Maintain
B. smooth D. Ectotherm
C. cardiac 142. Simple permanent tissue in plants.
D. none of above A. meristem
B. dermal
137. Which of the following is not one of the
four basic types of tissue? C. parenchyma
A. epithelial D. stomata
B. connective 143. These cells perform the function of ab-

sorption and found in inner wall lining of
C. muscle
kidney tubules.
D. avascular A. Squamous epithelium
138. Which type of tissue produces voluntary B. Cuboid epithelium
and involuntary movements by contract- C. Columnar epithelium
ing?
D. Ciliated Epithelium
A. Connective
144. A basic structural and functional unit of
B. Epithelial all the living organisms
C. Muscle A. Organ system
D. Nervous B. organ

C. tissue 151. Which animal is not using energy from its

D. cell food to do its activity? (hint:it needs en-
ergy from another source)

145. tissues are made up of muscle fibers A. A polar bear sleeps when it hibernates.
and arranged in bundles.
A. Epithelial Tissue B. A tiger rests as it digests its food.
B. Nervous Tissue C. A lizard sits in the sun to get warmer.
C. Muscular Tissue D. A crocodile lays eggs in a nest.
D. Connective tissue
152. A type of plant tissue that provides pro-
146. Epithelial:Pseudostratified epithelium tection.
A. Secretes mucus A. Vascular
B. absorption B. Dermal
C. protection C. Epithelial
D. none of above D. muscular
147. I make up proteins for the cell, what am 153. The muscle found in the heart is
I? A. striated
A. lysosome B. unstriated
B. Ribosome C. cardiac
C. mitochondria D. connective
D. chloroplast
154. What organelle helps with cell diges-
148. Tissues commonly found in the fruit wall tion?
of nuts A. Lysosomes
A. Parenchyma B. Golgi Complex
B. Sclerenchyma C. Ribosomes
C. Collenchyma D. ER
D. none of above
155. Voluntary muscles are found in
149. Ligament is made up of a protein called A. alimentary canal
A. Cartillage B. limbs
B. Collagen C. iris of the eye
C. Osteocytes D. bronchi of lungs
D. Fibroblast
156. helps to fight against unwanted
150. Name the tissue which stores fat pathogens and germs that enter the body.
A. Areolar A. White blood cells
B. Adipose B. Platelets
C. Muscular C. Red blood cells
D. Cartilage D. Plasma

157. Connective tissue with a fluid matrix is 163. The tissues made up of actively dividing
A. Cartilage cells.
A. Supportive
B. Blood
B. Collenchyma
C. Bone
C. Muscular
D. Nervous tissue
D. Meristematic
158. Its cells shorten to exert force
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164. Which blood cells are known as scav-
A. epithelial. engers?
B. connective. A. Esiniohils
C. muscle. B. Basophils
D. nervous C. Neutrophils
159. What sort of structure is heart? D. Monocytes
A. Cell 165. Motor neurons carry messages from the

CNS (central nervous system) to the
B. organ
A. muscle and glands
C. Tissue
B. spinal cord
D. organelle
C. brain
160. Areolar tissues are called as D. neuroglia
A. Fibers
166. Which of the following is a function of
B. Fibroblast simple cuboidal epithelial tissue?
C. Collagen A. Secretion and absorption.
D. Cartilage B. Pathway for food.
C. Support for organs.
161. Helps to prevent blood clotting in
blood vessels D. None of the above.
A. Amino acids 167. The upward conduction of water and min-
B. Glucose erals by
C. Heparin A. phloem
D. Urea B. cambium
C. xylem
162. What is Osmosis?
D. epidermis
A. equal concentration
168. Supports and reinforces body organs
B. diffusion of water through a
selectively-permeable membrane A. epithelial.
C. movement of sugar through a mem- B. connective.
brane C. muscle.
D. non-polar tail D. nervous.

169. Which type of muscle tissue would line 175. what type of plant tissue is used for take
the intestines? the sun for energy.

A. Smooth A. nervous tissue
B. Cardiac B. dogs
C. Skeletal C. photosynthetic tissue
D. Transitional D. plants
170. Cells make up 176. Epithelium that appears layered due to

A. Tissues the varying levels at which nuclei are
found in cells, but in reality is not layered,
B. Organs is
C. Organ systems A. transitional epithelium
D. more cells B. pseudostratified columnar epithelium
171. Being able to readily diffuse material C. stratified squamous epithelium
through itself, such as occurs in alveoli, is D. stratified columnar epithelium
a characteristic of which type of epithelial
tissue? 177. Red blood cells also known as
A. Stratified columnar A. Leucocytes
B. Stratified squamous B. Erythrocytes
C. Simple columnar C. Granulocytes
D. Simple squamous D. Agranulocytes
172. This type of tissue relays messages 178. State the level of organization of Bone.
A. epithelial A. Organism
B. connective B. Organ System
C. muscular C. Organ
D. nervous D. Tissue
173. These cells are small and flat 179. What is the function of columnar epithe-
A. Cuboidal lium that has cilia?
B. Columnar A. Absorption
C. Squamous B. Secretion
D. Pseudostratified C. Protection
D. Storage
174. Which type of tissue is the most similar
between plants and animals? 180. Our blood vessels are lined with mus-
A. ground tissue cles that allow for automatic dilation and
constriction based on environmental situa-
B. protective tissue tions. What kind of muscles lines the blood
C. connective tissue vessels?
D. none of above A. cardiac

B. smooth C. skeletal muscle

C. skeletal D. cardiac muscle
D. none of above 187. Tissue present in brain
181. What is the study of tissues known as? A. adipose
A. Bioltechnologist B. cuboidal
B. Histology C. nervous
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D. none of above
C. Pharmacologist
D. none of above 188. Where is epithelial tissue found?
A. glands
182. Find the odd one out
B. covering body surfaces
A. Bone
C. lines organs
B. Epithelium
D. all of the above
C. Tendon
189. This type of tissue covers the internal or-
D. Cartilage gans and also makes up the skin
183. The tissue responsible for movement in A. epithelial
our body is B. connective
A. Connective tissue C. muscular
B. Muscular tissue D. nervous
C. Nervous tissue 190. The cells present in bone are called
D. Epithelial tissue A. Red blood cells
184. Cell of this tissue may absorb and/or se- B. Platelets
crete substances C. Monocytes
A. epithelial. D. Osteocytes
B. connective. 191. The rings indicate the age of the
C. muscle. stem.
D. nervous. A. xylem
B. phloem
185. Tissues which are found in the region of
growth of plants are called as C. meristematic tissue
A. Permanent D. protective tissue
B. Meristametic 192. Connective:Adipose Tissue
C. Supporting A. Maintain body temperature, protect or-
gans, and store excess energy.
D. Connective
B. Used to connect bone to bone or mus-
186. Which type of muscle controls digestion? cle to bone.
A. involuntary muscle C. Used to protect organs.
B. voluntary muscle D. none of above

193. Muscular tissue that is found in the heart C. muscular

A. Skeletal D. nervous

B. Smooth
199. Which is the most abundant animal tis-
C. Cardiac sue?
D. Connective
A. Muscular Tissue
194. What is the function of nervous tissues B. Epithelial Tissue
in animals?
C. Connective Tissue
A. Protect inner lining of cells
D. none of above
B. Convey signals or messages
C. To help locomotion 200. Which of the following is the function of
D. none of above simple squamous epithelial tissue?
A. Absorption
195. Which part of a neuron has the nucleus
and cell organelles? / Watter deel van ‘n B. Secretion
neuron het ‘n selkern en selorganelle? C. Storage of nutrients.
A. axon / akson D. Connects one organ to another.
B. dendrite / dendriete
C. cell body / selliggaam 201. Type of parenchyma cells that has chloro-
phyll in it.
D. axon terminal / aksonterminale
A. Arenchyma
196. Which of the following muscle cells is con-
B. collenchyma
sidered voluntary?
A. cardiac C. chlorenchyma
B. skeletal D. sclerenchyma
C. smooth 202. Blood and Lymph are

D. none of above A. Not required
197. Portion of the epithelial tissue that folds B. Fluid connective tissue
inwards and forms a multicellular gland.
C. Liquid connective tissue
A. Cuboidal epithelium
D. Supportive connective tissue
B. Stratified squamous epithelium
C. Ciliated columnar epithelium 203. This type of muscle tissue is attached to
bones and helps control voluntary move-
D. Glandular epithelium
ment
198. This type of tissue lines the internal or- A. Skeletal
gans and covers the outside of the body
as skin B. Cardiac
A. connective C. Smooth
B. epithelial D. All of the above

204. A plant tissue with thick-walled cells that 210. Which of the following is not regulated
give support and flexibility to the plant. by homeostasis?
A. parenchyma A. body temperature
B. collenchyma B. blood sugar
C. chlorenchyma C. blood pH
D. sclerenchyma D. body movements
205. Animal tissue that is protective and form 211. transports oxygen from lungs to
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a thin outer covering on the body. body.
A. connective tissue A. Platelets
B. epithelial tissue B. White blood cells
C. skeletal muscle C. Red blood cells
D. nervous tissue D. Plasma
206. Erythrocytes are one of the aggregates 212. What type of muscle(s) is involuntary? /
of what type of tissue? Watter tipe spier(e) is onwillekeurig?
A. Blood tissue A. skeletal and smooth / skelet en gladde
B. Bone tissue
B. cardiac and skeletal / hart en skelet
C. Cartilage
C. smooth and cardiac / gladde en hart
D. Loose connective tissue
D. skeletal / skelet
207. Lacks striations; produces involuntary
213. Adipose tissue is an example of what
movements of the digestive track
type of connective tissue?
A. skeletal muscle
A. Fibrous connective tissue
B. cardiac muscle B. Loose connective tissue
C. smooth muscle C. Cartilage
D. none of above D. Blood tissue
208. Glands that have no ducts but release 214. The plant tissue which provide flexible
their products directly into tissue fluid and mechanical support to plants.
blood are called:
A. parenchyma
A. endocrine.
B. collenchyma
B. exocrine.
C. sclerenchyma
C. holocrine.
D. all the options
D. apocrine.
215. Which of the following types of tissue is
209. How long can an axon be?? responsible for body movement
A. As long as 3 cm A. epithelial
B. As long as 1 cm B. connective
C. As short as 8 m C. muscular
D. As long as 1 m D. nervous

216. The oesophagus and the lining of the A. cells

mouth are covered with
B. tissues

A. Squamous epithelium
C. organs
B. Ciliated columnar epithelium
D. atoms
C. Cuboidal epithelium
D. Columnar epithelium 222. Which animal has blue coloured blood
217. Some of the leukocytes have granules in A. Man

their cytosol that consist of a variety of B. Cockroach
chemicals involved in defending the body.
Which of the following cells typically do C. Snail
NOT contain granules? D. Frog
A. Basophils
223. Protein junctions from cell to cell create a
B. Eosinophils continuous sheet
C. Neutrophils
A. epithelial.
D. Monocytes
B. connective.
218. Which of the following is not true about C. muscle.
connective tissue?
D. nervous
A. It has compact arrangement of cells.
B. It has fibers. 224. tendons join
C. It is composed of extracellular matrix. A. ligament to bone
B. bone to muscle
D. Cells are scattered and varied.
C. muscle to skin
219. Secretion, absorption, protection, tran-
D. bone to bone
scellular transport, and sensing.
A. Connective 225. What type of muscle is/are voluntary?
B. Epithelial A. smooth and cardiac
C. Muscle B. smooth
D. Nervous
C. skeletal and smooth
220. Granulocytes are subtype of cells in.. D. skeletal
A. Leukocytes
226. Name the plant tissue which is found in
B. Platelets
the husk of a coconut
C. Agranulocytes
A. Parenchyma
D. RBC
B. Collenchyma
221. A group of cells that have similar func-
C. Sclerenchyma
tions? Examples are nervous, epithelial,
muscle and connective D. Aerenchyma

227. which tissue helps in packing and helps to 233. Characterized by having large amounts of
keep the organs in place extracellular matrix.
A. Adipose A. epithelial.
B. Areolar B. connective.
C. Bone C. muscle.
D. Cartilage D. nervous.
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228. A group of organs that work together to
234. is an animal that uses energy from
perform the same function is called ?
their body to keep their body at a steady
A. cells temperature.
B. tissues A. Ectotherm
C. organ system B. Cellular Respiration
D. organs C. Endotherm
229. Meristematic tissue helps with the of D. Herbivore
the plant.
235. What type of muscle is/are voluntary?
A. protection
/ Watter tipe spiere is willekeurig?
B. movement
A. smooth and cardiac / gladde en hart-
C. growth spier
D. transport B. smooth / gladde
230. The cell membrane is permeable. C. skeletal and smooth / skelet en gladde
A. selectively
B. somewhat D. skeletal / skelet
C. physically 236. muscle is found in only one place in
D. ionically the body. / spier word slegs in een
plek in die liggaam gevind.
231. Cartilage and bone are types of
A. skeletal / skelet
A. Muscular tissue
B. smooth / gladde
B. Connective tissue
C. cardiac / hart
C. Meristematic tissue
D. none of above
D. Epithelial tissue
232. An epithelium made up primarily of flat- 237. What is the cell membrane?
tened cells is called: A. Power House
A. squamous B. Its the outer layer of a cell
B. cuboidal C. Large sac that holds food, water, and
C. columnar waste
D. stratified D. Jelly like substance

238. are the most abundant and widely C. Apical tissue

distributed tissues of body.
D. Intercalary tissue

A. Epithelial Tissue
B. Connective Tissue 244. Xylem and phloem are examples of
C. Muscular Tissue A. epidermal tissue

D. Nervous Tissue B. connective tissue
239. The central Hollow portion of the bone is C. protective tissue

called D. vascular tissue
A. Osteocytes
245. Another name for plasma membrane is
B. Tedon
C. Bone marrow A. cell wall
D. Ligaments
B. Nuclear membrane
240. What is a type of epithelial tissue which C. Cell membrane
may just look stacked because of varying
height and functions as a lining of respira- D. plasma membrane
tory tract?
246. In which of the following organ can you
A. Psuedostratified columnar find simple columnar epithelium?
B. Simple squamous A. Stomach
C. Stratified cuboidal
B. Large intestine
D. Simple columnar
C. Small intestine
241. It consists of a special type of cells, which D. All of the above
has the ability to contract and relax. Thus,
it helps the body in its movement. Identify 247. The lining of the vagina is covered with
the tissue. cells.
A. Epithelial A. pseudostratified epithelium
B. Connective
B. stratified cuboidal
C. Muscle
C. stratified squamous
D. Nervous
D. mucus, columnar
242. which is know a liquied tissue
248. Connective tissue is
A. Areolar
B. Blood A. The tissue that protects, supports, and
binds together other body tissue
C. Plasma
B. Tissue that is the lining, covering, and
D. Heparin
glandular tissue of the body
243. Which tissue is unable to divide C. Tissue that contracts and shortens to
A. Meristematic tissue produce movement
B. Permanent tissue D. none of above

249. Epithelial tissue is 254. I found below the skin and between in-
A. Bone, cartilage, dense connective tis- ternal organs, I store Fat globules. Who
sue, loose connective tissue, and blood am I?
A. Bone marrow
B. Highly specialized tissue that con-
tracts or shortens to produce movement B. Cartilage
C. Adipose
C. Lining and covering tissue of the body D. Areolar
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such as skin
255. Which is not a function of epithelial tis-
D. none of above
sue?
250. What is lymph? A. Absorption
A. RBCs and WBCs B. Secretion Secretion
B. Muscles connecting the bone to an- C. Assimilation
other bone D. Protection
C. Tissues connecting a muscle and a
256. The following tissue is not related to
bone
plants
D. The plasma with some leukocytes or
A. Connective tissue
white blood cells that have oozed out out
of blood capillaries B. Dermal Tissue
C. Muscle Tissue
251. This type of muscle tissue is found only
in the heart D. Epithelial tissue
A. cardiac 257. It transports water from roots to stems
B. smooth and leaves, but it also transports nutri-
ents.
C. skeletal
A. xylem
D. none of above
B. phloem
252. Which tissue is responsible for transport C. veins
of water in plants
D. arteries
A. Phloem
258. Packaging tissue
B. Xylem
A. parenchyma
C. Both xylem and phloem
B. collenchyma
C. xylem
253. Which part of the neuron acquires infor- D. phloem
mation?
259. This tissue is formed between skin and
A. Cell body
muscles beneath, around blood vessels
B. Axon and nerve
C. Dendrites A. Areolar tissue
D. All the above B. Ligaments

C. Tendon 265. Your body is too hot. What senses your

D. Adipose tissue body temperature?

A. nerve cells
260. Total volume of the blood in the normal
adult human being is B. sweat cells
A. 6 liters C. blood cells
B. 11 liters D. muscle cells
C. 4 liters 266. Study of tissues is known as

D. 5 liters A. Cytology
261. Lines ducts and glands B. Mycology

A. Columnar C. Histology
B. Cuboidal D. Osteology
C. Simple Squamous 267. Cells divide and form other cells
D. Transitional A. Secretory tissue
262. The epithelial tissue that line the inside B. Dermal tissue
of the mouth, heart and blood vessels. C. Meristematic tissue
A. Squamous Epithelial Tissue D. Muscular tissue
B. Cubical Epithelial Tissue
268. Ligaments connect
C. Columnar Epithelial Tissue
A. Bone to muscle
D. Glandular Epithelial Tissue
B. Muscle to muscle
263. Pooja was observing a permanent slide
C. Bone to bone
of nervous tissue under a microscope.
Name the kind of cells observed in nervous D. None of the above
tissue.
269. Which of the following is not an animal
A. Neuron tissue of tissue?
B. Smooth muscle A. epithelial
C. Striated muscle B. connective
D. Cardiac muscle
C. muscle
264. What is a group of similar cells that are D. parenchyma
specialized for performing a common func-
tion? 270. Absorbs nutrients in the digestive tract
A. organ system A. Columnar
B. organ B. Cuboidal
C. tissue C. Simple Squamous
D. specialized cells D. Pseudostratified

271. Xylem is C. Circulating tissue

A. Simple permanent tissue D. Nervous tissue
B. Complex permanent tissue
277. Tendon connects
C. Meristematic tissue
A. Bone to bone
D. Protective tissue
B. Bone to muscle
272. Which type of tissue lines internal sur-
faces and secretes mucus, enzymes and C. Muscle to muscle
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hormones? D. Muscle to blood
A. Connective
B. Epithelial 278. The vascular tissue in plants consists
which of the following?
C. Muscle
A. Adipose, Areolar
D. Nervous
B. Xylem, Phloem
273. Vascular tissue
C. Parenchyma, Collenchyma
A. Muscle
D. Sclerenchyma, Matrix
B. Conductive fabric
C. Connective tissue 279. When many organ systems work to-
D. Secretory tissue gether it can form
A. organ
274. Transitional epithelial tissues, which help
excretory organs to expand and stretch, B. cells
have cells which can convert from cells
C. organ system
to cells depending on the amount of
tension on it. D. organism
A. Squamous-Columnal
280. The major element of blood is
B. Glandular-Squamous
A. plasma
C. Columnal-Squamous
B. erythrocytes
D. Squamous-Cuboidal
C. leukocytes
275. Which of the Following Tissues are Multi-
Nucleated? D. thrombocytes
A. Striated Muscle Fibre.
281. Which of the following consists of a sin-
B. Cardiac Muscle Fiber. gle layer of cells covering the surface of
C. Smooth Muscle Fiber. our body or several layers lining body cav-
ities and organs?
D. None of the Above
A. Connective Tissues
276. Scales in reptiles and feathers in birds are
made from this tissue B. Epithelial Tissues
A. epithelial tissue C. Muscle Tissues
B. Connective tissue D. Nervous Tissues

282. Which of the following functions of blood C. sclerenchyma

in the body DOES NOT BELONG? D. nervous tissue

A. Transport substance
288. The tissue that binds one tissue to an-
B. Body defenses other, and connects various organs and
C. Homeostasis also provides protection to various parts
of the animal body is
D. Collecting CO2 to distribute to the body
A. Epithelial
283. type of muscular tissue helps in the move-
B. Connective
ment of organism from one place to an-
other place. C. Muscle
A. skeletal muscle D. Nervous
B. smooth muscle 289. What is two or more types of tissues that
C. cardiac muscle perform a highly specialized function?
D. Skeletal and smooth muscle A. cells
B. tissues
284. Additional function for adipose tissue
C. organ systems
A. To store fat
D. organ
B. Protection from invasion
C. To insulate to keep warm 290. The father of blood groups is
D. All the above A. Jean lamarch

B. Leuis pasteur
285. Nissl’s granules are present in which part
of neuron? C. Leewen hoek
A. Cell body D. Carl Landsteiner
B. Axon 291. Hemo means

C. Dendrites A. Copper
D. All the above B. Magnesium Magnesium
C. Manganese Manganese
286. The cells of this tissue are small, actively
dividing, thin walled and lack spaces be- D. Iron
tween them
292. The types of animal tissues are classified
A. permanent tissue into:
B. complex tissue A. Connective, Muscular, Circulatory and
C. meristematic tissue Epithelial
D. None of the above B. Muscular, Circulatory, Nervous and
Connective
287. The tissue provides a passage for the C. Connective, Epithelial, Muscular and
transport of materials in the plant. Nervous
A. simple permanent tissue D. Digestive, Muscular, Circulatory and
B. complex permanent tissue Circulatory

293. The flexibility in plants is due to a tissue B. involuntary

called
C. voluntary
A. parenchyma
D. disobedient
B. chlorenchyma
C. collenchyma 299. add one out
D. sclerenchyma A. Myeline Sheath
B. Ranvier nodes
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294. The tissue is responsible for movements
A. Blood C. Axon
B. Muscles D. Nails
C. Bone
300. Examples of an endotherm are
D. Ligaments
A. Examples of an endotherm are
295. What happens if red blood cells are not in B. reptiles and most fish
round shape? What happens if red blood
cells are not round? C. all mammals and birds
A. Blood flows with much speed. D. all mammals and snakes
B. Blood coagulates fastly.
301. What happens when bone is not present
C. Blood flow stopsdown Blood flow in our body? What would happen if our
stops body had no bones?
D. Oil of the above is none of the above. A. No shape
296. Bone cells are embedded in a hard ma- B. No strength
trix that is composed of and com-
C. No support to vital organs Vital organs
pounds.
do not have that thread
A. Calcium, phosphorus
D. All the above
B. Calcium, iron
C. magnesium, iron 302. What is the MATRIX of Blood tissue?
D. phosphorus, iron A. Collagen
297. Binding and supporting, protecting, insu- B. Calcium and Salts

lating, and transporting substances within C. Plasma
the body.
D. Fat
A. Nervous
B. Connective 303. The cell membrane is mostly made of
what?
C. Epithelial
D. Muscle A. Membrane-spanning Proteins
B. Surface Proteins
298. The movement of a muscle which is not
controlled C. Phospholipids
A. involontaries D. Carbohydrates

304. What are specialized cells in areolar tis- 310. true or false, the connective tissue con-
sue that are repair in function called? nects the organs together.
What is the name of the repair cells in the

A. false
aerial tissue?
B. true
A. Macrophages are macrophases
B. Thromboblasts Thromboblasts C. dogs
C. Fibroblasts are fibroblasts D. none of above
D. All the above 311. Fat storing tissues in our body.
305. epithelial is like a A. Epithelial
A. plant suit B. Connective
B. skin suit C. Adipose
C. blanket on your body
D. Muscular
D. dog skin suit
312. the nervous tissue make up your
306. Which of the following dermal tissues
prevent the entry of pathogens into plants A. nervous
A. Epidermis B. lungs
B. Cork C. dogs
C. Cortex D. plants
D. Endodermis
313. Burial ground of RBC is
307. This name means that there are single
A. Spleen
layer of cells
A. Simple B. Kidney
B. Stratified C. Stomach
C. Columnar D. Liver
D. Pseudostratified
314. The cell of Nervous tissue is called
308. Each neuron has a single long part called A. Neuron
A. Dendrites B. Nephron
B. Axon
C. Neutrophil
C. Nucleus
D. Nephridium
D. Cyton
315. The tissue acts as a thermo insulator
309. Fat is stored in this tissue
A. Adipose tissue A. Adipose
B. Blood B. Areolar
C. Cartilage C. Cartilage
D. None of these D. Ligaments

316. Blood has a fluid matrix called 322. Which of the following animals possess
A. Platelets blue colored blood? Which of the follow-
ing organisms have blue blood?
B. RBC
A. Camel and ilama Camel and llama
C. WBC
B. Cockroach and grosshopper
D. Plasma
C. Snail and crab
317. Adipose tissue, cartilage, and ligaments D. Shark and ray Shark and ray
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are what type of tissue?
A. muscle 323. The matrix of cartilage is made of
B. connective A. Calcium and phosphorous

B. Sugar and protein
C. nervous
C. Plasma
D. epithelial
D. Basement membrane
318. Which tissue is certain to have no inter-
cellular space in between? 324. Homeostasis
A. Nervous Tissues A. allows for a wildly fluctuating internal
environment
B. Muscular Tissues
B. is impossible in vertebrates
C. Epithelial Tissues
C. is the maintenance of a relatively sta-
D. Connective Tissues
ble internal environment
319. Pseudo stratified epithelium is present in D. is the maintenance of a relatively sta-
A. urinarry bladder ble external environment
B. nephron 325. Which tissue connects the skin to the un-
C. larynx derlying organs?
D. trachea A. Adipose Tissue
B. Areolar Tissue
320. Epithelial:Stratified squamous epithe-
lium C. Bones
A. absorption D. Cartilage
B. facilitates diffusion 326. The covering or protective tissues in ani-
C. protection mal body are called
D. none of above A. connective tissue
B. Epithelial tissue
321. Which connective tissue contains a gel-
like matrix and is found in the nose, ear, C. Nervous tissue
and at the end of bones. D. None of the above
A. Bone 327. What is the function of transitional ep-
B. Cartilage ithelium?
C. Blood A. Storage
D. Adipose B. Neutralization

C. Absorption C. osteocytes.
D. Pathway D. osteoblasts.

328. Meristematic tissue that helps in the in- 334. Which of the following is not one of the
crease of the width of the plant. four tissue types?
A. Apical meristematic tissue A. blood
B. Intercalary meristematic tissue B. Connective
C. lateral meristematic tissue C. Epithelial
D. Neural tissue D. Nervous
329. Lines ducts and glands / Belyn kanale en 335. what is the control center of a animal
kliere cell?
A. Columnar / Kolom A. nucleus
B. Cuboidal / Kubus B. cytoplasm
C. Simple Squamous / Eenvoudige C. cell membrane

plaveisel D. cell wall
D. Transitional / Oorgangs 336. Striated muscles constitute about %
of the body weight
330. The connective tissue that connects mus-
cles to bone is called A. 25
A. Ligament B. 40
B. Tendon C. 50
C. Nervous tissue D. 70
D. All of these 337. An embryonic stem cell is multipotent?
331. prevents friction between the bones. A. Yes
A. Tendones B. Maybe
B. Cartilage C. No
C. Ligaments D. The statement is incomplete.
D. Blood 338. Which donot have the ability of regener-

ation
332. Plasma is
A. Epithelial tissue
A. Fluid part of blood
B. Nerve tissue
B. Solid part of blood
C. Muscle tissue
C. Fluid floats on coagulated blood
D. Blood
D. All the above
339. Which of the following is a type of muscle
333. The mature cells of bone are called: tissue
A. fibroblasts. A. Skeletal
B. osteoclasts. B. Cardiac

C. Smooth C. Spinal Cord

D. All of the above D. Nerves
340. Muscles are under indivisual’s will. 346. and are absent in Lymphs.
A. Straited muscles A. Adipose, Areolar
B. Unstraited muscles B. WBC, RBC
C. Smooth muscles C. RBC, blood protiens
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D. Cardiac Muscles D. RBC, platletes
341. What is a function of simple columnar ep- 347. The outer layer of the skin is composed
ithelium? of
A. transitional epithelium
A. Secretes digestive enzymes.
B. pseudostratified columnar epithelium
B. Maintains the temperature of our body.
C. stratified squamous epithelium
C. Storage of nutrients. D. stratified columnar epithelium
D. None of the above. 348. In which of the following organs can you
find a simple cuboidal epithelium?
342. This type of tissue includes ligaments,
tendons, and cartilage A. Ovary
B. Heart
A. epithelial
C. Trachea
B. muscular
D. Skin
C. connective
D. nervous 349. Epithelial cells lining on stomach se-
cretes:
343. Lines cavities, tubes, covers body A. Sulfuric Acid
A. epithelial. B. Hydrochloric Acid
B. connective. C. Digestive Juices
C. muscle. D. Bile
D. nervous
350. If the skin is burned, this tissue can be
344. Striated; produces contractions of the damaged
muscles in the heart A. Cylindrical substrate
A. smooth muscle B. Scaly subart
B. cardiac muscle C. layered substrate
C. skeletal muscle D. Stambha Kara sub art
D. none of above 351. It carries oxygen around our body.
345. Which one of the following is NOT a part A. Fluid tissue
of the nervous system? B. Supportive Tissue
A. Bones C. Nervous Tissue
B. Brain D. Epithelial Tissue

352. Which of the following is NOT a type of B. Cubed

connective tissue? C. Columns

A. Bone
D. Flat
B. Cartilage
358. How many muscles are present in human
C. Skin
body?
D. Blood
A. 655
353. Each nerve cell consists of a cell body B. 760
called
C. 639
A. Axon
D. 206
B. Dendrite
C. Neuron 359. Which of the given tissues are not of con-
nective? Which of the given tissues is not
D. Cyton
a connective tissue?
354. Meristematic tissue that helps in the in- A. Bone
crease of the width of the plant(secondary
growth) B. Cartilage is cartilage
A. Apical meristematic tissue C. Muscle
B. Intercalary meristematic tissue D. Blood

C. lateral meristematic tissue 360. How can epithelial tissue be described?
D. Neural tissue A. Forms glands
355. We celebrate Universal Blood Donors Day B. Contains mostly extracellular matrix
on C. Forms membranes
A. June 14th D. Both A and C
B. July 14th
361. Which of the following is not a function
C. Oct 14th
of epithelial cells?
D. May 20th
A. filter
356. Adipose tissue stores fat in the form of B. secretion
“ “. Adipose tissue stores fat in the
form of . C. Absorption
A. Fat globules D. contraction

B. Fattiacids are fatty acids 362. It is a single layer of cells that covers
C. Polysaccharides are polysaccharides the leaves, flowers, roots and stems of
plants.
D. Lipids Lipids
A. epidermal
357. Epithelial cells can be classified according
B. vascular
to shape. Which is not a characteristic
shape of epithelial cells? C. ground
A. Rectangular D. mesophyll

363. Fibrous connective tissue 369. Epithelial:Simple columnar epithelium

A. areolar tissue, adipose tissue, liga- A. Absorption
ment & tendon B. Protection
B. bone & cartilage C. facilitates diffusion
C. blood & lymph
D. none of above
D. xylem & phloem
370. Areolar tissue is involved in
364. Which muscles are involuntary striated
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A. repair of body
and do not get tired throughout their life
B. fat storage
A. Smooth muscle
C. movement
B. Striated muscle
C. Cardiac muscle D. absorption
D. None of the above 371. Cells that can build bone matrix.
365. Which of the following correctly de- A. Osteoblasts
scribes cardiac muscle tissue? B. Osteoclasts
A. It’s smooth and involuntary C. Canaliculi
B. It’s striated and involuntary D. Lamellae
C. It’s smooth and voluntary
372. Sieve tubes and companion cells are part
D. It’s striated and voluntary of
366. Which of the following tissue act as a A. tracheid
reservoir of water and salt B. epithelial tissues
A. areolar tissue C. xylem
B. adipose tissue D. phloem
C. muscular tissue
373. Nervous tissue is made up of highly spe-
D. nervous tissue cialized cells called
367. Which type of muscle tissue would line A. Axons
the intestines? / Watter tipe spierweef- B. Dendrites
sel sal die ingewande belyn?
C. Neurons
A. Smooth / Gladde
D. Nucleus
B. Cardiac / Hart
C. Skeletal / Skelet 374. It is difficult to pull out the husk of co-
conut because
D. Transitional / Oorgangs
A. sclerenchyma cells are closely packed
368. Movement; mobility of the body.
A. Muscle B. collenchyma cells have thickened cor-
B. Epithelial ners
C. Connective C. xylem gives mechanical strength
D. Nervous D. epidermis has a thick cuticle

375. Which of the following tissues stores en- 381. A snake relies on the sun to keep its body
ergy in the form of fat? temperature at a safe range. This snake is
a(n)

A. Ligament
B. Squamous Epithelium A. Endotherm
C. Neurons B. Ectotherm
D. Areolar Tissue C. Herbivore

D. Omnivore
376. The main function of nervous tissue is
A. receive and send nerve impulses 382. What are the different types of complex
permanent tissues in plants?
B. protect the body
A. Xylem and Phloem
C. hold the body
D. move the body B. Parenchyma
C. Phloem only
377. Which tissue forms tendons and liga-
ments? D. Collenchyma
A. Muscle 383. Which of the following epithelial func-

B. Nervous tions is a primary activity of glandular ep-
ithelium?
C. Connective
A. Protection
D. Epithelial
B. Secretion
378. Universal recepient blood group is
C. Sensation
A. A
D. Excretion
B. AB
C. O 384. Which is NOT a function of the mem-
brane?
D. Rh
A. it forms a selective barrier
379. What happens when thrombocytes. ab- B. it has receptors for chemical mes-
sent in blood? What happens if there are sages
no platelets in the blood?
C. it is the control center of the cell
A. Hemorrhage Hemorrhage
D. it is involved in self recognition
B. Thrombocytocis thrombocytosis
C. Leukemia Leukemia 385. Moving food through the digestive tract
and emptying the bowels and bladder
D. Thromboblastosis Thromboblastosis
are examples of “housekeeping” activi-
380. Dermal tissue ties normally handled by muscles.
A. epithelial A. skeletal
B. Muscle B. smooth
C. Cover fabric C. cardiac
D. Main D. none of above

386. Blood is an example of what type of tis- C. Muscle

sue? D. Nervous
A. muscle
392. Which of the following animal tissues is
B. epithelial consisted of relatively few cells and its
C. nervous function is to connect different body parts
D. connective together?
A. Muscle tissues
387. Receives stimuli and sends the impulse to
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the spinal cord and the brain. B. Epithelial tissues
A. Epithelial C. Connective tissues
B. Muscle D. Nervous tissues
C. Nervous 393. Four types of Animal tissues
D. Connective A. Simple, permanent
388. Which tissue enables various forms of B. Squamous, Cuboidal, Columnar, Cili-
movement, both voluntary and involun- ated
tary? C. Epithelial, Connective, Muscular, Ner-
A. Muscle vous
B. nerve D. Xylem, Phloem
C. connective 394. This type of muscle tissue is found in the
D. epithelial walls of hollow organs such as the stom-
ach, and blood vessels
389. Which Cells are called as Microscopic Po-
A. Skeletal
licemen
B. Cardiac
A. Monocytes
C. Smooth
B. Lymphocytes
D. All of the above
C. Neutrophils
D. Basophils 395. Muscles present in the heart are
A. Striated muscles
390. Which of the following tissues binds ev-
erything together? B. Cardiac muscles
A. Epithelial C. Non striated muscles
B. Connective D. All the above
C. Muscle 396. A group of different working to-
D. Nervous gether to perform a function is called an
organ.
391. The tissue responsible for protection
against injury and germs, and helpsin ab- A. Collenchyma
sorption, secretion, and sensation is B. tissues
A. Epithelial C. conducting
B. Connective D. none of above

397. Which is not a granulocyte 403. What is the correct order of organization
A. Monocyte A. tissues-cells-organs-organ systems-

B. Neutrophils organism
C. Basophils B. cell-tissue-organs-organ systems-
organism
D. Eosinophils
C. organism-cells-tissues-organ systems-
398. The connective tissue that keeps organs organism
in place is
D. tissues-cells-organs-organ sytems-
A. Squamous epithelium organism
B. Skin
C. Areolar tissue 404. Which Connective tissue Connects the
bones at the joints
D. Bhuvan
A. Ligament
399. The tissue is under the control of our
B. Tendon
will.what is the type of tissue called
A. Voluntary C. Bone
B. Involuntary D. Areolar
C. Both 405. Striated; produces voluntary movements
D. None A. smooth muscle
400. Homeostasis in the human body is often B. cardiac muscle
maintained by a:
C. skeletal muscle
A. the brain only
D. none of above
B. solar feedback loop
C. the muscles 406. Which tissue is responsible for the carry-
D. negative feedback loop ing of electrical and chemical signals and
impulses from the brain and central ner-
401. The basic unit of life vous system to the periphery, and vice
versa?
A. atom
B. cell A. nerve
C. molecule B. connective
D. organelle C. muscle
402. The part of the nerve cell that receives a D. epithelial

message. / The part of the nerve cell that
407. Where are epithelial tissues located?
receives messages.
A. Nerve A. Stomach
B. Brain / Brein B. renal vessels

C. Dendrite / Dendriet C. The liver
D. Axon / Akson D. Me the do

2.5 Morphology of animals 292
408. The function of Vascular tissue: C. Cyton

A. protection D. Ranvier nodes
B. message
411. It is the structural and functional unit of
C. support life.
D. movement of water & minerals A. tissue
409. Which not a modified epithelial tissue B. cell
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A. Areolar C. organ
B. Nail D. organism
C. Scales of fishes
D. Feathers of Birds 412. Cardiac Muscles
A. cell
410. In the nerve cell, The cell body is called
as B. tissue
A. Myeline Sheath C. organ
B. Cytoplasm D. organism
2.5 Morphology of animals

1. We went to the store to buy new shoes 4. You can read about Eleanor Roosevelt’s
and had a trip, as we all found shoes life in a
we like. A. biography
A. helpful B. biology
B. successful C. biodegradable
C. success D. bibliophile
D. careful
5. In order to become a doctor or a veterinar-
2. fiction means ian, you first have to learn about so
you understand how humans’and animals’
A. a true event bodies function.
B. imaginary, made up A. biology
C. to write a story B. symbiotic
D. a story made up of facts C. biography
D. autobiography
3. Frogs, toads, and salamanders are all
animals. 6. The prefix il-means
A. amphibious A. hot
B. measureable B. multiple
C. porter C. not
D. league D. scary

7. I wanted to be and make some money 12. My dog protects me and I take care of him
on my own over the summer, so I mowed in return, so we have a(n) relation-
lawns and took care of gardens for my ship.

neighbor. A. biosphere
A. important B. symbiotic
B. independent C. biology
C. immature D. biodegradable
D. inaudible 13. The founder of was strongly opposed
to violence.
8. depends on light to capture images.
A. Philadelphia
A. photography
B. philanthropist
B. photosynthesis
C. bibliophile
C. photons
D. photons
D. philosophy
14. Mai’s heart is full of love, which is why
9. Using your knowledge of roots/affixes, she is a , donating her time and money
what would most likely be the definition of to those in need.
the following made-up word:CREDCLAM
A. philanthropist
A. the fear of credible claims B. bibliophile
B. to have credit with clams C. Philadelphia
C. to have a believable claim D. philosophy
D. none of above
15. I am such a that I could live in a li-
10. What is the name of the organelle in the brary!
leaves of plants that absorbs the Sun’s en- A. bibilophile
ergy? B. philanthropist
A. roots C. biodegradable
B. chlorophyll D. photography
C. chloroplast
16. What is a sac-like structure used to store
D. stomata water and nutrients? These are much
larger in plant cells?
11. Replace erupted in the following sen-
tence:Noise erupted all around us, of a mil- A. Lysosomes
lion gears grinding, as if the whole pool B. Mitochondria
were turning into one giant machine. C. Vacuoles
A. burst out D. Golgi Body
B. quieted
17. Treasure Island was a(n) size about
C. moved nine miles long and five miles wide.
D. jumped A. important

B. mature 23. What is the function of the flower?

C. dependent A. To absorb water and nutrients
D. measurable B. To take in sunlight and make food
C. To hold the plant upright
18. What is one synonym for vivid?That night
I had a vivid dream. D. To attract pollinators and help the
plant reproduce
A. dark
24. The stranger was very kind to act as a(n)
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B. boring
for the elderly woman and carry her
C. clear bags to the train.
D. scary A. mature
B. buccaneer
19. CRED
C. nautical
A. fear, intense dislike
D. porter
B. cry out, declare
25. The suffix-ful means
C. believe
A. Full of
D. to do
B. Able to
20. What do plants produce that animals, in- C. Not
cluding humans, benefit from for their sur-
D. Happened in the past
vival?
A. food and oxygen 26. What is the meaning of a stockade?
B. water and carbon dioxide A. sailing ship

B. barrier used for protection or defense
C. oxygen only
D. glucose and carbon dioxide
C. weapon
21. Thermal has the prefix therm-, which D. small row boat
means
27. An up-and-coming author is writing a bi-
A. earth ography on Taylor Swift because of her in-
B. heat fluence in the music industry. Biography
most likely means
C. life
A. to see or observe the earth
D. to see, observe
B. a written account of the earth
22. My neighbor pays me to mow her lawn, so C. a written account of a life
we have a relationship. D. to see or observe a life
A. biology
28. If you want to learn another language, it
B. autobiography is to practice speaking it.
C. symbiotic A. helpless
D. porter B. senseless

C. power A. citizens under an order; a human soci-

D. helpful ety

B. a normal, everyday citizen
29. The prefix in-means
C. citizens showing good behavior
A. Able to
D. none of above
B. Full of
35. The suffix-ing means
C. Not
A. Happened yesterday
D. Can
B. Not
30. PHOBIA C. Happening right now
A. fear, intense dislike D. Will never happen
B. cry out, declare
36. The suffix-ed means
C. believe A. Currently happening
D. to do B. Happened in the past
31. Which word is NOT like invisible?But if C. Never happened
you saw me on the street, ninety-nine per- D. not
cent of you would walk right past like I’m
invisible. 37. My teacher says that it is to be on time
for class so that you do not miss anything.
A. concealed
A. important
B. unseen
B. independent
C. disguised
C. immature
D. obvious
D. inaudible
32. The root word port means
38. Roots perform all of the following func-
A. life tions EXCEPT
B. by yourself A. Carrying out the light reactions of pho-
C. to carry tosynthesis
D. not B. Anchoring the plant in the soil
C. Absorbing water and nutrients from
33. Meter is a root that means the soil
A. measure D. Storing water and minerals
B. life
39. What does Darwin’s theory of evolution
C. study suggest?
D. earth A. populations change over time
34. What is the meaning of the word civiliza- B. extinct species are not related to living
tion?But the gods can’t die now, right? I species
mean, as long as Western civilization is C. different species can interbreed and
alive, they’re alive. produce offspring that can reproduce

D. animals that look alike are not closely C. biography

related D. biodegradable
40. When we asked the police officers for di- 46. Using your knowledge of roots/affixes,
rections, her was very and tolld us ex- what would most likely be the def-
actly where wee needed to go. inition of the following made-up
A. helpless word:MORTPHOBIA
B. powerful A. the fear of death
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C. powerless B. the fear of Rick & Morty
D. helpful C. the fear of mortification
41. Plant absorbs water through the D. none of above
A. stem 47. Our teacher wrote an interesting

B. roots about the life of Blackbird, a famous pi-
rate.
C. leaves
A. biosphere
D. all of the above
B. autobiography
42. courage means C. biography
A. full of heart D. biology
B. scared
48. WIth lots of different plants and animals,
C. fearful Earth is considered a planet with great
D. happy A. mutiny
43. ACT B. biography
A. fear, intense dislike C. biodiversity
B. cry out, declare D. ferocious
C. believe 49. What is the region of rapid cell division in
D. to do plants?
44. My uncle is a fan of his favorite foot- A. Guard

ball team; he watches every game. B. Stomata
A. faithful C. Xylem
B. faith D. Meristem
C. power 50. The puppy isn trained yet, so he doe
D. powerful not know to stay in the yard or to only go
to the bathroom outside.
45. Instead of buying regular trash bags, my
family now buys trash bags because A. measurable
they are more environmentally friendly. B. immature
A. symbiotic C. mature
B. biology D. biodiversity

51. The two structures that limit transpiration 57. In order for , there must be light, car-
are known as bon dioxide, and water.

A. Guard cells and xylem A. photosynthesis
B. Stomata and guard cells B. photography
C. xylem and phloem C. philosophy
D. stomata and phloem D. biology
52. If two organisms have similar DNA they 58. Conjunctions are
are probably A. for, and, not, but, or, yet, so
A. share a common ancestor B. for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
B. share a common environment C. from, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
C. share a common population D. for, nor, but, or, yet
D. speciation 59. Biosphere has the prefix bio-, which
53. The earthworms and bacteria in the com- means
post pile are breaking down our trash. A. earth
A. biodegradable B. heat
B. photosynthesis C. study
C. philanthropist D. life
D. bibliophile 60. When an animal in the wild develops a
relationship with an animal of another
54. Would you like to write a(n) about
species that benefits both animals, it is
your life?
considered a(n) relationship.
A. symbiotic
A. biodegradable
B. biology B. biosphere
C. audible C. biography
D. autobiography D. symbiotic
55. The prefix im-means 61. How do water enter the roots from the
A. Tomorrow soil?
B. Today A. diffusion
C. Not B. osmosis
D. Yes C. transpiration
D. active transport
56. Which plant parts are the tubes that carry
water throughout the plant? 62. The large crowd caused quite a
A. xylem A. aquastorm
B. phloem B. clamor
C. roots C. phobia
D. leaves D. activity

63. I slept through my alarm because the vol- A. biology

ume was turned down so low that it was B. biography
C. autobiography
A. important
D. symbiotic
B. independent
69. What does zoology mean as it is used in
C. immature
this sentence:I am learning about insects
D. inaudible in zoology, and I have learned many things
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about butterflies recently.
64. The root word bio means
A. the study of animals
A. to carry
B. to measure animals at the zoo
B. not
C. the see or observe animals
C. life
D. the life of animals at the zoo
D. by yourself
70. The process by which populations slowly
65. Plants make food using and in the change over time is called
presence of sunlight.
A. selective breeding
A. water, oxygen
B. adaptation
B. water, carbon dioxide
C. sepeciation
C. minerals, oxygen
D. evolution
D. minerals, carbon dioxide
71. It is to arrive on time for the meeting
66. What three things does a plant need to so the others are not waiting for us.
take in to be able to go through photosyn-
A. measurable
thesis?
B. amphibious
A. sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide
C. immeasurable
B. sunlight, water, and oxygen
D. important
C. oxygen, carbon, and hydrogen
D. water, oxygen, and glucose 72. The music was turned down so low that it
was , so we had to turn up the volume.
67. Martin Luther King’s about nonvio- A. inaudible
lence influenced the Civil Rights Move-
B. audible
ment.
C. immature
A. philosophy
D. mature
B. philanthropist
C. biography 73. Which plant parts carry sugars and other
nutrients throughout the plant?
D. photons
A. phloem
68. “You scratch my back and I will scratch B. xylem
yours” is a saying that represents a
relationship because each person benefits C. roots
from the relationship. D. leaves

74. The study of is important so people 80. He stopped using plastic grocery bags be-
can learn how plants and animals live and cause they are not
grow.

A. biology
A. symbiotic B. biodegradable
B. biosphere C. symbiotic
C. biography D. biosphere
D. biology
81. The baby raccoon was without its
75. What does the word iconic mean? mother around to take care of it.
A. difficult A. help
B. danger B. senseless
C. pet C. sense
D. well-known D. helpless
76. In class we learned about how animals 82. If I wanted to measure the temperature in
adapt to survive in the world. my house, I would use a
A. biology A. microscope
B. biodegradable B. thermometer
C. philosophy C. periscope
D. Philadelphia D. thermos
77. I have and hope that everything will 83. Audible means able to
work out for the best. A. talk
A. sense B. hear
B. senseless C. carry
C. power D. move
D. faith
84. When my parents are not home, my older
78. The prefix ir-means sister has the to make the rules.
A. Full A. power
B. Not B. powerful
C. Today C. porter
D. Able to D. helpless
79. The two structures that limit transpiration 85. My sister said that it was to be afraid
or regulate water loss in the plant are of the dark, but my dad told me that even
known as adults are afraid of things.
A. Guard cells and xylem A. important
B. Stomata and guard cells B. independent
C. xylem and phloem C. immature
D. stomata and phloem D. inaudible

86. It would seem to take a shower while C. parrot

wearing a coat.
D. native
A. successful
B. senseless 92. Will you read the of George Washing-
ton?
C. power
A. biosphere
D. helpful
B. biology
87. My grandmother has had an incredible life
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and I keep encouraging her to write her C. biography
own D. biodiversity
A. symbiotic
B. biodegradable 93. He wrote a(n) about his life as a
dancer, singer, and actor.
C. autobiography
A. biology
D. biography
B. symbiotic
88. Treasure Island was written by
C. autobiography
A. Roald Dahl
D. biodegradable
B. Andrew Clements
C. Robert Louis Stevenson 94. After the president left office, he wrote
D. Gary Paulson a(n) or a book about his own life.
A. biography
89. Whales are aquatic mammals that contain
a pelvis bone. Even though it does not aid B. biology
in its movement, the function must have
C. symbiotic
been used by a common ancestor of the
whale. Thus, the pelvis is referred to as D. autobiography
a(n)
A. vestigial structure 95. are all around us anytime there is light,
but you can’t see them individually be-
B. analogous structure cause they are so small.
C. homologous structure A. photons
D. none of above
B. biography
90. The prefixes-im and-in mean C. photosynthesis
A. to carry
D. photography
B. not
C. life 96. The suffix-able means
D. by yourself A. Full of
91. What does the word tropical mean? B. Not

A. species C. Do over
B. warm climates D. Able to

3. Cell structures and Function
3.1 Cell Structure

1. the thread-like form of the chromosome is C. lysosome
called
D. ATP
A. strand
B. chromatin 5. What does the Nucleolus do?
C. chromatid A. Protects the Cell
D. nucleulos B. Makes food
2. The secrete the matrix that makes up C. Creates ribosomes
the ground substance of the cartilage.
D. Releases the energy for the cell
A. lacunae
B. osteocytes 6. What process occurs when WATER dif-
fuses across a membrane?
C. chondrocytes
D. chondrin A. endocytosis
3. suspends organelles in the cell B. mitosis
A. cytoplasm C. osmosis
B. cell membrane D. nuclear fission
C. cell wall
7. The prokaryotic cell has this structure that
D. ribosomes helps to protect it from its environment.
4. A cell organelle that converts the chemical A. cell membrane
energy stored in food into compounds that
are more convenient for the cell to use. B. cell wall
A. mitochondrion C. flagellum
B. chloroplast D. capsule

3.1 Cell Structure 302
8. What do lysosomes and Golgi bodies have B. nucleus

in common? C. cell envelope
A. They are the twin “command center” D. cytoplasm
of the cell
B. They break down food and release en- 14. During osmosis
ergy A. water moves from high to low concen-
C. They are examples of cell organelles tration
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D. The control how much oxygen enters a B. large or oddly shaped molecules move
cell across a cell membrane
C. water moves when energy is used
9. A protein that detects a signal molecule
and performs an action in response is D. proteins are built
called a
15. Which of the following pairs do both
A. receptor prokaryotes and eukaryotes share?
B. ligand A. Cytoplasm and Nucleus
C. vesicle B. Cell Membrane and Cytoplasm
D. proton C. Genetic Material and Membrane-
10. This type of cell is lacking a nucleus Bound Organelles
A. prokaryotic D. Cell Membrane and Membrane-Bound

Organelles
B. eukaryotic
C. both prokaryotic and eukaryotic 16. Membrane packages that carry molecules
around the cell or out of the cell.
D. neither prokaryotic nor eukaryotic
A. Golgi Apparatus
11. What is NOT found in an animal cell? B. Vacuole
A. mitochondria, golgi bodies C. Lysosome
B. vacoule, ribosome D. Vesicles
C. cell membrane, mitochondria
17. Which structures surround the cells?
D. cell wall, chloroplast
A. Cell Membrane and Cytoplasm
12. What happens when a person becomes de-
B. Cytoplasm and Cytoskeleton
hydrated
C. Cell Membrane and Cell Wall
A. Interstitial fluid becomes low
D. Cell Wall and Nucleus
B. Interstitial fluid becomes too high
C. the blood cells begin to rupture 18. Contains enzymes used to digest and recy-
cle food/substances in the cell
D. A shift in tonicity occurs
A. vacuole
13. Which cell structure contains the cell’s ge-
netic material and controls the cell’s activ- B. lysosomes
ities? C. mitochondria
A. organelle D. ribosomes

19. Used to scan the surface of an object, like 25. The movement of molecules against a con-
an insect or something like that. centration gradient

A. TEM A. simple diffusion
B. SEM B. facilitated diffusion
C. STM
C. active transport
D. ATM
D. osmosis
20. What is the fluid inside a cell called?
A. Endoplasimic Reticulum 26. Which of the following is used to store wa-
ter?
B. Orange Juice
C. Water A. large vacuole
D. Cytoplasm B. chloroplast
21. I am the control center of the cell and house C. ribosome

the DNA. Who am I? D. mitochondria
A. Cytoplasm
27. This organelle makes proteins and are the
B. Nucleus
round substances located on the rough
C. Ribosome endoplasmic reticulum (Analogy:lumber or
D. Golgi Apparatus brick yards)
22. Produces protein A. ribosomes

A. Cell membrane B. nucleus
B. Nucleus C. mitochondria
C. Ribosome D. lysosoe
D. none of above
28. Usually, the largest organelle in a cell is
23. An animal cell placed in a hypertonic (salty) the
solution will
A. cell membrane
A. Stay the same
B. Shrink-get smaller B. nucleus
C. Swell-get bigger C. ribosome

D. none of above D. vesicles
24. An effect of osmosis where the concentra- 29. Match the definition with the wordAn
tion is the same inside and outside the cell. organelle found in plant and algae cells
Water molecules move at the same rate in where photosynthesis occurs
both directions.
A. Organelle
A. hypertonic
B. isotonic B. Cell
C. hypotonic C. Chlorophyll
D. osmotic pressure D. Chloroplast

30. The function of this organelle is to break 36. The difference between prokaryotic and
down food, worn out cell/cell organelles. eukaryotic cells involves the presence of
A. Nucleus A. a nucleus
B. Vacuole B. genetic material in the form of DNA
C. Ribosome
C. chloroplasts
D. Lysosome
D. a cell membrane
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31. A thin protective covering around a cell
37. What is the function of a cell wall?
A. cell membrane
B. nucleus A. to protect and support the cell
C. golgi body B. to perform different functions in each

cell
D. cytoplasm
C. to prevent water from passing through
32. Helps cell in movement it
A. Nucleus
D. to prevent oxygen from entering the
B. Cell wall cell
C. Flagella
38. Which structure controls what enters and
D. none of above leaves the cell?
33. The Cell does have a nucleus, where the A. cell wall
DNA is protected by the Nuclear Mem-
brane B. nucleus
A. Prokaryotic Cells C. plasma membrane

B. Eukaryotic Cells D. golgi
C. Prekaryotic cells
39. converts sunlight into chemical energy
D. Aqua karyotic cells
A. cell
34. Which word describes the type of mem-
B. lysosomes
brane that substances can move across?
A. Semi-detached C. chloroplast
B. Semi-reticulated D. none of above

C. Semi-permeable
40. What is the function of the vacuole?
D. semi-inverted
A. A gel-like fluid that holds all the or-
35. The densely packed area of a cell that has ganelles in place
the DNA and controls the cell’s activities. B. Uses sunlight to perform photosynthe-
A. Chloroplast sis
B. Golgi Bodies C. Stores water and nutrients
C. Nucleus D. Uses oxygen to transform energy into
D. Mitochondria a form the cell can use

41. What organelle(s) act(s) as “the boss” in- 46. A student observes a plant cell under a mi-
side of a cell? croscope using the low power (4x) objec-
tive. If the eyepiece has a magnification

A. The alveoli
of 10x, what would be the total magnifi-
B. the mitochondria cation of the cell?
C. the nucleus A. 10x
D. the lysosomes B. 40x
C. 100x
42. In eukaryotic cells, chromosomes carrying
genetic information are found in the D. 400x
A. Ribosomes 47. An organism whose cells contain a nucleus
B. Lysosomes and many membrane bound organelles.
A. Prokaryote
C. Nucleus
B. cell
D. Cell Membrane
C. organelle
43. Holly is looking at cells under microscope D. Eukaryote
and decides he is observing an eukaryotic
cell, which structure did Holly most likely 48. organelle that acts as cellular storage
observe? A. vacuole
A. Genetic Mateial B. prokaryote
B. Cell Membrane C. none
C. Nucleus D. none of above
D. Cytoplasm 49. This type of cell may reproduce asexually
or sexually.
44. When looking through a microscope, what
A. prokaryotic
name is given to the lighted area that you
can see? B. eukaryotic
A. circle of light C. both prokaryotic and eukaryotic
B. circle of view D. neither prokaryotic nor eukaryotic
C. field of view 50. Specialized cells that absorb water by os-

mosis
D. point of view
A. Nerve Cell
45. Because plants can’t search out sources B. Xylem
of water, Madison wonders what special
C. Palisade Cell
adaptations they must have for storing
water. In plants, this is reflected in the D. Root Hair Cell
larger size of what organelle? 51. Cells which lack nuclear membrane are
A. Nucleus A. eukaryotic cells
B. Vacuole B. prokaryotic cells
C. Mitochondrion C. single cells
D. Chloroplast D. multicells

52. Where is the cell does respiration occur? C. Transport Proteins

A. Cytoplasm D. Peroxisome
B. Cell membrane
58. This thin layer protects the cell and regu-
C. Mitochondria
lates what substances enter and leave the
D. Chloroplasts cell.
53. Pressure that must be applied to prevent A. cell membrane
osmotic movement across a selectively
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B. cell
permeable membrane.
C. cell wall
A. osmotic pressure
B. diffusion pressure D. golgi body
C. facilitated diffusion 59. The part of a plant cell that helps the plant
D. cellular pressure create energy from the sun
54. When organisms are cold, they begin to A. nucleus

shake/shiver. What process does this rep- B. cell membrane
resent?
C. cell wall
A. Photosynthesis
D. chloroplasts
B. Homeostasis
C. Diabetes 60. Break down/ recycle old parts and waste
D. Cellular Respiration A. Cell Theory
55. Which part of the Cell Cycle takes the B. lysosomes
longest?
C. nucleus
A. Interphase
D. cytoplasm
B. Mitosis
C. Prophase 61. Which part of a cell controls movement of
D. Cytokinesis substances in and out of the cell?
A. Cell wall
56. Plant cells do not contain centrioles. When
the plant cell divides through mitosis, B. Ribosomes
what structure helps the plant cell to di- C. Nucleus
vide?
D. Cell membrane
A. Cell Plate
B. Cell Wall 62. In an analogy I might refer to this or-
C. Vacuole ganelle as the “power house of the cell”.
D. Chloroplasts A. nucleus
57. breaks down Hydrogen peroxide B. mitochondria

A. Vacuole C. lysosome
B. Plasma membrane D. ribosome

63. Cells with a nucleus and membrane-bound 68. Afluid inside a cell contain other molecules
organelles are called A. Nucleus

A. prokaryotes B. Cell membrane
B. eukaryotes C. Cell Wall
C. bacteria D. Cytoplasm
D. capsules 69. In what phase does chromatin condense to
form chromosomes?
function of vacuoles? A. Mitosis
A. Transferring energy throughout all B. Interphase

kinds of cells C. Prophase
B. Storing materials in plant cells D. Anaphase
C. Digesting food in animal cells 70. This structure of the cell regulates what
D. Protecting cells from the environment goes into and out of the cell through its
bilipid layer.
65. An organelle in cells that modifies, sorts, A. cell wall
and packages proteins and other materials B. gel-like capsule
from the endoplasmic reticulum for stor-
age in the cell or release outside the cell. C. nucleus
A. endoplasmic reticulum D. cell membrane
B. vacuole 71. What is the longest phase in MITOSIS?

C. golgi apparatus A. Prophase
D. chloroplast B. Metaphase
C. Interphase
66. If your father has brown eyes, you may D. Anaphase
also have brown eyes. If your mother has
curly hair, you might also end up having 72. A sperm cell and mucle cell needs a lot en-
curly hair. This transfer of characteristics ergy and it comes from
is due to the transfer of A. Nucleus
A. Mitochondria B. Acrosome
B. Chromosomes C. Mitochondria
C. Lysosomes D. Ribosome
D. Chloroplasts 73. specialized structure that performs impor-
tant cellular functions within a eukaryotic
67. Chromosomes are stored in the cell
A. Nucleus A. organelle
B. Cytoplasm B. cytoplasm
C. Lysosomes C. all the above
D. Golgi bodies D. centrioles

74. Vesicle filled with digestive enzymes that 79. Which organelle produces ribosomes?
break down lipids, carbohydrates, and pro- A. Nucleolus
teins into monomers. Recycle damaged or
unused organelles. B. Cell Membrane
C. Nucleus
A. ER
D. Mitochondria
B. Lysosome
C. Vacuole 80. The plant cell wall is made up of what?
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A. chitin
D. Mitochondria
B. peptidoglycan
75. Power house of the cell-produces energy C. cellulose
(ATP)
D. glycogen
A. vacuoles
81. Cell that does not conduct electrical im-
B. lysosomes pulses but instead support and insulate
C. mitochondria neurons is
D. nucleolus A. axon
B. neuron
76. Which of the following is not a postulate
C. cell body
of cell theory?
D. neuroglia
A. Cell is the basic unit of life.
B. All cells develop from pre-existing 82. This can be found in the nucleus, and are
cells. tiny strands that contain the instructions
for directing the cell’s functions.
C. All living cells have cell walls.
A. DNA/Chromatin
D. All living organisms are composed of
B. Chloroplasts
cells.
C. Golgi Bodies
77. What structure is common to all 6 king- D. ER
doms of living organisms?
83. makes proteins
A. Cell wall
A. nucleus
B. DNA
B. ribosomes
C. Nucleus
C. lysosomes
D. Mitochondria D. vacuoles
78. What is another term for “selectively per- 84. Joy took the notes shown below while
meable”? learning about cells.* Forms boundary be-
A. Porous tween a cell and the outside environment
* Controls the movement of materials into
B. Acts like a switch and out of the cell
C. Permanent A. endoplasmic reticulum
D. Semipermeable B. cell membrane

C. cell wall 90. This structure is only in plant cells. It

is outside of the cell membrane and adds
D. nucleus
more support/structure to the plant.

85. Cells work together to make the follow- A. Cell membrane
ing.
B. Cell Nucleus
A. tissues
C. Cell Wall
B. organs
D. Endoplasmic Reticulum
C. organ systems
D. organism 91. I am very present in muscles in order to
provide massive amounts of ATP for move-
86. Photosynthesis occurs at the cell level. ment and exercise. Who am I?
Which organelle is necessary for photosyn- A. Nucleus
thesis?
B. ER
A. mitochondria
C. Mitochondria
B. chloroplast
D. Ribosomes
C. ribosomes
D. nucleus 92. Which of the following organisms are
prokaryotes?
87. This organelle surrounds the cell; controls A. plants
what enters/leaves cell; maintains home-
ostasis. B. animals
A. vacuole C. bacteria
B. cell wall D. all of the above
C. cell membrane 93. Where proteins are made in the cells.

D. lysosome A. Nucleus
88. What type of cell has a defined nucleus and B. Ribosomes

membrane bound organelles. C. Mitochondria
A. Bacteria D. Vacuoles
B. Prokaryote
94. The following statements are about an or-
C. Eukaryote ganelle of a cell.#Exist freely in the cyto-
D. Archaeabacteria plasm or attached to the rough endoplas-
mic reticulum.#Site of the protein synthe-
89. energy-carrying molecule sis.What is the organelle?
A. mitochondria A. vacuole
B. phospholipid bilayer B. nucleus
C. ATP C. ribosome
D. cytoskeleton D. Golgi body

95. Which organelles are only found in plant 100. Specialized structures that carry out spe-
cells? cific cell functions are called:
A. Cell Wall and cell membrane A. Organelles
B. Cell wall and chloroplast B. Proteins
C. cell wall and ribosomes C. Carbohydrates

D. Animalcules
D. cell membrane and vacuole
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101. When an organism has cells with a nu-
96. A cell organelle consisting of RNA and pro- clues, they are called
tein found throughout the cytoplasm in a
cell; the site of protein synthesis. A. Archaea
B. Bacteria
A. golgi apparatus
C. Prokaryotes
B. ribosome
D. Eukaryotes
C. mitochondrion
D. endoplasmic reticulum 102. are the basic unit of living things.
A. Kittens
97. This organelle is like a recycling center for B. Organisms
the cell. It breaks down old materials. It
is like a vacuum cleaner that cleans up the C. Cells
waste in cells. D. Organelles
A. Ribosomes 103. Organelle that captures light energy from
B. Lysosomes the sun to make glucose sugar through
photosynthesis
C. Mitochondria
A. mitochondria
D. Chloroplasts
B. cell wall
98. this organelle contains enzymes that C. chloroplast
breaks down big molecules to smaller D. Golgi bodies
molecules (Analogy:garbage disposal)
A. lysosome 104. Permeable means
A. things can pass through
B. cell membrane
B. the concentration is different
C. vacuole
C. it is permanent
D. endoplasmic reticulum
D. things are stuck
99. packages proteins for delivery to other
105. Compared to a skin cell, a muscle cell is
parts of the cell
likely to have more-
A. Endoplasmic reticulum A. Golgi bodies
B. ribosomes B. chloroplasts
C. Golgi body C. cell membranes
D. lysosomes D. mitochondria

106. Which phrase best describes the property 111. Which organelles help provide cells with
of selective permeability? energy?

A. some molecules pass A. mitochondria and chloroplasts
B. all ions pass B. rough endoplasmic reticulum
C. large molecules pass C. smooth endoplasmic reticulum
D. all molecules pass D. Golgi apparatus and ribosomes
107. Which biomolecule is found in lysosomes 112. Plants use energy from sunlight, wa-
to help them digest and break down mate- ter, and carbon dioxide to produce sugar.
rials? Which structure is found only in plant cells
and helps plants capture energy from sun-
A. carbohydrate light?
B. lipid A. Vacoule
C. nucleic acid B. Nucleus
D. protein C. Cell membrane
108. This organelle receives materials from D. Chloroplast
the endoplasmic reticulum and sends them
113. Made of cellulose and provides support
to other parts of the cell.
for the cell which in turn supports the
A. ribosomes plant-millions of these give your vegeta-
B. mitchondria bles their crunch
C. cytoplasm A. vacuoles
D. golgi bodies B. cell wall
C. cell membrane
109. What structures distinguish a plant cell
from an animal cell? D. chloroplast
A. Plant cells have cell walls and ribo- 114. What is the job of the nucleus?
somes. A. Provide energy
B. Plant cells have cell walls and chloro- B. Stores water
plasts.
C. Controls cell functions
C. Plant cells have chloroplasts and ribo-
D. Stores and packages chemicals
somes.
D. Plant cells have chloroplasts and mito- 115. Surrounds & protects the nucleus.
chondria. A. Nucleolus
110. Which organelle converts energy found in B. Nuclear membrane
food into a form that cells can use? C. Nucleotide
A. Mitochondria D. Nuclear pores
B. Ribosomes
116. This organelle turns the light energy into
C. Nucleus a simple sugar.
D. Nucleolus A. Mitochondria

B. ER 122. jello-like material, fills the space be-

C. Chloroplast tween cell organelles, is where many
chemical reactions occur
D. Nucleus
A. cytoplasm
117. What makes up Tissues? B. chromatin
A. Cells C. chloroplast
B. Tissues D. cell membrane
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C. Organs 123. In what organelle does photosynthesis
D. Organ Systems occur?
A. mitochondria
118. The function of the Golgi apparatus is to
B. stomata
A. Sort, package and modify macro-
C. xylem
molecules produced by the cell.
D. chloroplast
B. Produce proteins
C. Produce lipids 124. Which organism is made up of cells that
have both a cell membrane and a cell
D. Produce RNA wall?
119. Which of the following is present in both A. desert mouse
prokaryotes and eukaryotes? B. human
A. endoplasmic reticulum C. maple tree
B. ribosome D. zebra
C. Golgi body 125. Living thing made up of only one cell
D. nucleus A. multicellular organism
B. unicellular organism
120. What is a maze of tubular passage-
ways that lead from the nuclear membrane C. tissue
through the cytoplasm. D. organ
A. cell membrance
126. This cell part is in ALL cells. It is the gel-
B. ER like substance that provides cell shape.
C. Cytoplasm A. Chloroplasts
D. Ribosomes B. Chromosomes
C. Cytoplasm
121. The technique in which cellular compo-
nents are coloured for better observation D. Mitochondria
is called: 127. A living thing
A. Staining A. Cytoplasm
B. Dyeing B. Organism
C. Colouring C. Function
D. Pigmenting D. Cell Wall

128. Organisms composed of many cells are C. Is good

called
D. helps with facilitated diffusion

A. Prokaryotic
B. Eukaryotic 134. Which of the following cells does not con-
tain a cell wall?
C. Unicellular
A. Animal
D. Multicellular
B. Plant
129. The act like the restaurants of a plant
C. Fungal
cell because they create food.
D. Bacterial
A. vacuoles
B. chloroplasts 135. The role of these specialised cells is to
C. mitochondria help fight off infection and foreign bodies.
D. cell walls A. Palisade Cells

B. Nerve Cells
130. A plant will wilt and die if it does not
have enough water in the C. White Blood Cells
A. lysosomes D. Red Blood Cells
B. nucleus
136. Round packets that contain chemicals
C. central vacuole that break down substances
D. vesicles A. Lysosomes
131. Phagocytosis is B. Golgi bodies
A. the process in which extensions of cy- C. nucleus
toplasm surround and engulf large parti-
D. chloroplasts
cles and take them inot the cell
B. a type of active transport 137. Organisms that cannot make their own
C. a process that involves energy food and must obtain energy from exter-
nal sources are called
D. all of the answers are correct
A. autotrophs
132. Which organelle would be absent in a B. heterotrophs
prokaryote?
C. thylakoids
A. DNA
D. plants
B. Ribosome
C. Cell membrane 138. Used for water/food storage in both
D. Endoplasmic Reticulum plant and animal cells
A. lysosome
133. Cholesterol
B. ribosome
A. Is bad
C. vacuole
B. provides stiffness and structure to the
cell’s semipermeable membrane D. cytoplasm

139. Uses energy from sugar to make energy A. vacuole

for the cell B. golgi body
A. Chloroplast C. nucleus
B. Mitochondria D. mitochondria
C. Nucleus
145. Where are stalked particles found in mi-
D. Cell Membrane tochondria?
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140. Which features do prokaryotes not have A. On the inner mitochondrial membrane
that eukaryotes do?
A. Nucleus and Genetic Information B. On the outer mitochondrial membrane
B. Membrane-bound organelles and Ge-
netic material C. In the matrix
C. Cell Wall and Ribosomes D. none of above
D. Membrane bound organelles and Nu- 146. Which of the following does NOT contain
cleus a nucleus?
141. Has cytoplasm A. plant cell
A. Prokaryote B. bacteria
B. Eukaryote C. animal cell
C. both D. fungi cell
D. none of above 147. How does the Surface Area to Volume
142. What is the liquid between the cell mem- ratio change as the size of the cell in-
brane and the nucleus called? creases?
A. Cytoplasm A. It increases
B. Organelle B. it decreases
C. Nucleolus C. it remains the same
D. Vacuole D. it is not affected by cell size
143. What is the function of the rough endo- 148. Cell is discovered by
plasmic reticulum? A. Robert Brown
A. to make energy B. Robert Hooke
B. modify and transport proteins made by C. John Mendal
the ribosomes on it D. Charse Darwin
C. store water and other vital molecules
149. Where are proteins made in the cell?
D. to make new membranes and neutral-
ize toxins A. Golgi body
B. mitochondrion
144. Known as the powerhouses of the cell be-
cause they break down food to release en- C. nucleus
ergy! D. ribosomes

150. Which process always involves the move- 155. The process of diffusion in which
ment of materials from inside the cell to molecules pass across the membrane
outside the cell? through cell membrane channels.

A. difusion A. osmosis
B. exocytosis B. aquaporin
C. active transport
C. endocytosis
D. facilitated diffusion
D. osmosis
156. The is where the assembly of ribo-
151. Which of the following statements is the somes begins
function of lysosomes? A. nuclear envelope
A. Involved in generating ATP by aerobic B. nuclear pores
metabolism C. nucleus
B. Destroy worn out organelles D. nucleolus
C. Involved in the separation of chromo- 157. Osmosis is the movement of across a
somes membrane.
D. Involved in modifying, sorting and A. food
transporting proteins and lipids
B. energy
152. Which organelle is only found in a plant C. oxygen
cell? D. water
A. nucleus 158. Which organelle is more present in liver
B. chloroplasts and kidney cells?
C. mitochondria A. Nucleus
B. Lysosome
D. cell membrane
C. Chloroplast
153. What happens in the first part of Inter- D. Golgi Apparatus
phase?
159. In many cells, this is the structure that
A. Mitosis controls the cell’s activities.
B. Cell Growth A. Cell membrane
C. DNA Replication B. Organelle
D. Anaphase C. Nucleolus
D. Nucleus
154. Which organelle transports protein
throughout the cell? 160. The nucleus includes all of the following
EXCEPT
A. Cytoplasm
A. cytoplasm
B. Lysosomes B. a nuclear envelope
C. Cell Wall C. DNA
D. Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) D. a nucleolus

161. What is the term for the diffusion of wa- 167. What is the function of the immune sys-
ter across a semipermeable membrane? tem?
A. osmosis A. To digest food
B. equilibrium B. To fight against pathogens and dis-
C. transport eases
D. isotonic C. To help you breathe
162. Cells present in living organism differ in D. To remove waste from the body
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A. numbers 168. What is the function of the cell mem-
B. size brane?
C. shape A. Produces ATP
D. all of these B. Produces proteins and lipids
163. This plant structure is designed to trans- C. Keep the organelles in place
port water and mineral salts from the D. Control what enters and leaves the cell
roots to the stem and to the leaves of the
plant (uni-directional). 169. stores water, food and wastes in a cell
A. Xylem A. nucleus
B. Phloem
B. cell membrane
C. Cambium
C. vacoule
D. Cortex cells
D. none of above
164. Which macromolecule contains genetic in-
formation? 170. This organelle controls the cell’s main ac-
tivities; DNA is also found here. (Anal-
A. lipids
ogy:cockpit of an airplane)
B. nucleic acids
A. vacuole
C. carbohydrates
B. chloroplast
D. protein
C. nucleus
165. A organism is made of many cells,
each specialized to do certain jobs. D. mitochondria
A. Eukaryotic 171. Which of the following is NOT TRUE

B. Multicellular about cells?
C. Prokaryotic A. There are many different types with
D. Unicellular different structures and functions.
B. In humans, the nucleus is usually
166. The Control center of the cell, holds DNA
bright red and the mitochondria are bright
A. Nucleus blue.
B. Nuclear Membrane C. They are microscopic.
C. Structure D. Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic are exam-
D. Function ples.

172. What cells have NO nucleus? C. oxygen

A. Leaf cells D. bones

B. Animal cells
178. The act like storage closets because
C. Red blood cells
they can store food and water.
D. egg cells
A. cell membranes
173. The plant organelle that captures light to B. cytoplasm
make energy is the:
C. chloroplasts
A. Cell Wall
B. Mitochondria D. vacuoles
C. Chloroplast 179. The process by which particles tend to

D. Ribosome move from an area where they are more
concentrated to an area where they are
174. Which organelle sorts, modifies and pack- less concentrated.
ages molecules for storage in the cell or
secretion out of the cell? A. diffusion
A. Mitochondria B. osmosis
B. Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum C. endocytosis
C. Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum D. exocytosis
D. Golgi Body
180. The digestive system includes the stom-
175. Which word describes the passive move- ach. What level is the stomach?
ment of particles from an area of high con-
A. organ
centration to an area of low concentration
A. Diffusion B. tissue
B. Osmosis C. cell
C. Active Transport D. organism
D. Respiration
181. Controls what enters and leaves the cell
176. Found only in ANIMAL cells, this or- A. Mitochondria
ganelle is responsible for digesting food,
worn out organelles and other cellular B. Cell Membrane
wastes: C. Cell Wall
A. Mitochondria
D. Nucleus
B. Vacuoles
C. Lysosomes 182. What does polar mean?
D. Chloroplasts A. Unequal charge
177. The basic unit of all living things is B. Equal charge

A. cells C. Arctic area
B. proteins D. Bear that drinks Coca-Cola

183. collect sunlight which it converts to sug- 189. A group of cells that work together to
ars that the plant cell uses perform a job
A. chloroplasts A. Kleenex
B. cytoplasm B. tissue
C. cell wall C. membrane
D. mitochondria D. cytoplasm
190. Protect the cell and maintain its shape
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184. In which part of a plant cell does photo-
synthesis take place? A. Nucleus
A. Chloroplast B. Cell membrane
C. Cell wall
B. Nucleus
D. none of above
C. Cytoplasm
D. Ribosome 191. Organs work together to make the fol-
lowing.
185. Aid in cell division A. cells
A. cytoplasm B. organs
B. cytoskeleton C. organ systems
C. centrioles D. organism
D. none of above 192. is the ability of a cell to regulate it-
self and maintain an internal or equi-
186. Which organelle packages up waste to be librium.
eliminated?
A. Homeostasis, level
A. Golgi Complex
B. Equilibrium, level
B. ribosomes
C. Homeostasis, balance
C. nucleus
D. Equilibrium, balance
193. Which structure contains DNA and con-
187. Which of the following organelle is found trols the cells processes?
in a plant cell but not in an animal cell? A. mitochondria
A. cell membrane B. vaculole
B. lysosome C. nucleus
C. cell wall D. golgi
D. nucleus 194. If a goat has 12 chromosomes in all it’s
somatic cells, how many chromosomes will
188. Where would you find cristae? it have after mitosis?
A. Vacuole A. 6
B. Chloroplast B. 24
C. Mitochondrion C. 12
D. Nucleus D. 36

195. The largest organell in the cell A. 30

A. The ribosomes B. 15

B. The nucleus C. 60
C. The mitochondrion D. 12
D. none of above
201. Which of the following is directly in-
196. Which of the following cells contain a vac- volved in the packaging and transportaton
uole? of materials inside/within the cell?
A. Animal A. Endoplasmic Reticulum
B. Plant B. Vacuole
C. Fungal C. Lysosome
D. Bacterial D. Mitochondria
197. For cells to stay alive they require what 202. Organelle that controls all activities of a
type of SA:V? cell and contains DNA
A. Large SA, Large V A. Nucleus
B. Small SA, Large V B. Nucleoid
C. Large SA, Small V C. Cytoplasm
D. Small SA, Small V D. Mitochondria
198. Which of these types of cells would have 203. are the basic unit of structure and
a nucleoid instead of DNA stored in a nu- function in living things.
cleus?
A. Atoms
A. animal
B. Rocks
B. bacteria
C. Cells
C. plant
D. Tissues
D. protist
204. Gives the cell a rigid, box-like shape; out-
199. Uh oh, someone heated fish in the mi- side of the cell membrane; in plants.
crowave. At first, I couldn’t smell it all
the way across the room. But now, the A. cytoplasm
molecules have spread out evenly through- B. chromatin
out the room and EVERYONE smells it!!
C. cell wall
A. passive transport
D. cell membrane
B. diffusion
205. The other name of cell membrane is
C. osmosis
A. plasma membrane
B. nuclear membrane
200. Pandas have 30 chromosomes in their
somatic cells, how many chromosomes C. cell wall
would there be in their gametes? D. none of these

206. A can of air freshener is sprayed in the op- C. Golgi Bodies

posite side of the room. Ten minutes later
D. Nucleus
you start to smell the scent. This is an ex-
ample of 212. Which of the following muscle tissues has
A. diffusion a striated appearance?I. SkeletalII. Car-
B. active transport diacIII. Smooth
C. endocytosis A. I and II only
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D. osmosis B. I only
207. Which organelle is found in BOTH eukary- C. II and III only

otes and prokaryotes. D. I, II and III
A. cytoplasm
213. This organelle makes proteins.
B. chloroplasts
A. Cell membrane
C. nucleus
B. Nucleus
D. mitochondria
C. Ribosome
208. Define Surface area
D. ER
A. The total area on the surface of an ob-
ject 214. If a cell has a nucleus it must have a:
B. Length X Width A. nuclear membrane
C. 6 X (length X width)
B. capsid
D. Add up the sides and divide by 4
C. cell wall
209. This organelle controls what comes in or D. central vacuole
out of the cell (selectively permeability) .
A. nucleus 215. Match the definition with the wordA
B. cell wall property of cell membranes that allows
some substances to pass through, while
C. cell membrane others cannot
D. vacuole A. Cell Membrane
210. Which cells that do not have a true nu- B. Selectively Permeable
cleus?
C. Cell
A. animal
D. Cell Wall
B. prokaryotes
C. eukaryotes 216. Produces hormones and lipid molecules
for cells
D. fungus
A. smooth endoplasmic reticulum
211. Pack and send proteins out of the cell-
close to the cell membrane B. rough endoplasmic reticulum
A. vacuoles C. nucleus
B. ER D. ribosome

217. What is the function of the respiratory A. Transport Proteins

system?
B. Cholesterol lubricated pumps

A. To digest your food
C. Phospholipids
B. To remove waste from the body
D. Sodium potassium pumps
C. To take in oxygen and remove carbon
dioxide 223. The command center of the cell which con-
D. To fight disease tains DNA/chromosomes, as well as the
nucleolus.
218. a thick strand of nuclear material that A. ribosomes
passes on traits from parent cell to daugh-
ter cell B. cell membrane
A. mitochondria C. nucleus
B. DNA D. endoplasmic reticulum
C. chromosome 224. Lysosomes are small organelles filled
D. none of above with enzymes that function as the cell’s
219. This organelle acts like a gatekeeper, al- A. power house

lowing some materials to pass through it, B. cleanup crew
but not others.
C. control center
A. Cytoplasm
D. outer boundary
B. Cell Membrane
C. Mitochondria 225. Who looked at cork and named the cell?
D. Vacuole A. Robert Hooke
B. Van Leeuwenhoek
220. Discovered cells by looking at cork
C. Robert Brown
A. Johnathan Doyle
D. Francesco Redi
B. Charles Darwin
C. Carolus Linnaeus 226. Acts like a gatekeeper-allowing some ma-
D. Robert Hooke terials to pass through it, but not others.
A. cytoplasm
221. while focusing a microscope on high
power a student crushed the cover slip. B. plasma membrane
The student probably C. mitochondria
A. closed the diaphragm D. vacuoles
B. turned up the light intensity
227. The cell theory applies to
C. rotated the eyepiece
A. bacteria only
D. used the course adjustment knob
B. plant cells and animal cells only
222. These structures will form a channel, or
C. only multicellular organisms.
a carrying mechanism, to allow passage
through the cell membrane D. all living cells

228. In a typical animal cell, which component C. Cell Wall

contains the greatest amount of water?
D. Chromatin
A. Cell membrane
B. Cytoplasm 234. Which characteristic do most plants have
in common?
C. Ribosomes
A. they are unicellular
D. Nucleus
B. they are prokaryotic
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229. Specialized structures that work together
inside a cell are called C. they produce seeds
A. organelles D. they all have cell wall and chloroplast

B. prokaryotes 235. A group of similar cells that perform a
C. eukaryotes particular function.
D. nuclei A. organ
230. Which cell organelle in plants is composed B. tissue
of cellulose? C. specialized cells
A. Cell wall D. muscles
B. Cell membrane
C. Ribosome 236. Which two parts of the cell are unique to
plant cells?
D. Nucleus
A. Cell membrane and cytoplasm
231. When looking at a specimen on your slide,
B. Cell wall and cytoplasm
you should always start with the
A. low objective lens C. Cell wall and chloroplasts
B. medium objective lens D. Cell membrane and chloroplasts
C. high objective lens 237. An increase in temperature does what to

D. super extra high power lens diffusion?
232. Basic structure of a virus includes a cap- A. Speeds it up

sid, , envelope, and B. Slows it down
A. receptors, nucleic acids C. Has no effect
B. protein coat, DNA or RNA D. I wish i knew. Really I do.
C. capsule, nuclear membranes
238. The control centre of all the activities of
D. attachment, cell membranes
a cell is
233. It maintains the shape of the plant, pro- A. nucleoplasm
tect the cell, and helps regulate the cell’s
uptake of water. B. nucleus
A. Chromosomes C. organelles
B. Chloroplasts D. cytoplasm

239. Which of the following best describes the 244. This organelle is like a recycling center for
function of mitochondria? the cell. It contains enzymes that digest
material.

A. Store water and nutrients for the cell
A. Ribosomes
B. Transport materials between parts of
the cell B. Lysosomes
C. Produce energy for the cell C. Mitochondria
D. Control the activities of the cell D. Chloroplasts
245. Which of the following organelles will

240. In many cells, the structure that controls
you NOT find in an animal cell?
the cell’s activities is the
A. Cell membrane
A. cell membrane
B. Cell wall
B. organelle
C. Golgi Apparatus
C. nucleolus
D. Lysosome
D. nucleus
246. Tiny cell structures that carry out specific
241. What do we call the inside of the cell? functions within the cell. (The organs of a
cell)
A. Cytoplasm
A. membranes
B. Organelle
B. nucleus
C. Nucleus
C. organelles
D. Cytoskeleton
D. animalicules
242. What is the main difference between 247. What are organelles that store food, wa-
plant and animal cells? ter, and waste material?
A. Animal cells are eukaryotes and plant A. vacuoles
cells are not
B. cytoplasm
B. Plant cells are eukaryotes and animal
C. cell wall
cells are not
D. Golgi bodies
C. Animals cells have cell walls and plant
cells do not 248. This type of cell has no nucleus, but it has
a cell wall and ribosomes, but no other or-
D. Plant cells have cell walls and animal
ganelles.
cells do not
A. Plant cells
243. A group of 2 or more tissues that carry B. Animals Cells
out the same function is an
C. Bacteria
A. Tissue
D. none of above
B. Cell
249. Which of the following pairs INCOR-
C. Organ System
RECTLY matches a cell structure with its
D. Organ function?

A. cell membrane:protein synthesis 255. How do bacteria move?

B. nucleus:information (DNA) storage A. flagella
C. vacuole:storage B. cilia
D. chloroplast:energy conversion C. they don’t
250. How do prokaryotic cells divide? D. none of above
A. Mitosis 256. What part of the cell makes protein?
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B. Binary Fission A. The ribosomes
C. Meiosis B. The mitochondria
D. Cell Cycle
C. The Golgi bodies
251. Which best explains the function of a cell D. The cytoplasm
membrane?
257. control the cell’s activities; contains the
A. offers protection from the outside en-
cell’s DNA
vironment
B. provides a framework to help the cell A. mitochondria
move B. cell membrane
C. provides a framework to help the cell C. nucleus
move
D. golgi body
D. removes viruses from inside the cell
258. I am the “trash room” and aid the cell
252. Cells only come with waste removal. Who am I?
A. from prokaryotes A. Centriole
B. from other cells dividing B. Golgi Apparatus
C. from fungi C. Endoplasmic Reticulum
D. from eukaryotes
D. Lysosome
253. Another term for equilibrium is
259. The higher the magnification, the you
A. Equality see of the specimen.
B. Babycakes A. more
C. Homeostasis B. less
D. Balance C. higher
254. Which organelle ensures that after cell di- D. lower
vision each daughter cell has the correct
number of chromosomes? 260. What are pseudopodia?
A. the nuclues A. Vacuole of amoeba
B. the endoplasmic reticulum B. Eye of amoeba
C. the centriole C. False feet of amoeba
D. the cytoskeleton D. Heart of amoeba

261. Which of the following are similarities be- C. cytoplasm

tween a plant cell and an animal cell? D. cell membrane

A. Both have a nucleus.
267. This structure surrounds the cytoplasm
B. Both have a cell wall.
of all cells and controls what enters and
C. Both have chloroplasts. leaves the cell.
D. Both have chlorophyll. A. Cell Membrane
262. Sac within the cytoplasm that is full of B. Cellophane
fluid; plants have one large; stores food, C. Cell Wall
water, etc.
D. Cellulose
A. vacuole
B. cell wall 268. ONLY found in a plant cell
C. lysosome A. lysosome
D. ribosome B. cell membrane
C. chloroplast
263. What substance do Golgi bodies prepare
for secretion? D. nucleus
A. Lipids 269. The organelles that clean plant and ani-
B. Carbohydrates mal cells by using chemicals to break down
C. Plasms food and worn out cell parts are
D. Proteins A. Lysosomes
B. Mitochondria
264. All cells need energy to function. Which
cell organelle is responsible for producing C. Nucleolus
energy in the cell? D. Cell Wall
A. chloroplasts
270. Which cell organelle contains chloro-
B. mitochondria phyll?
C. nucleus A. Chloroplasts
D. vacuoles B. Chromosomes
265. What is another word for ‘body’ cells? C. Chromatids
A. karyotypes D. Vacuole
B. somatic
271. Which of the following can be found in
C. centromeres the cytoplasm and on the surface of the
D. DNA endoplasmic reticulum?
A. mitochondria
266. In an analogy, I might refer to this or-
ganelle as the “gatekeeper” of the cell. B. centrosomes
A. nucleus C. ribosomes
B. golgi apparatus D. centrioles

272. The basic structural and functional unit of 277. The amount of space something takes up
all living organism is is called the
A. cell A. Surface area
B. cell wall B. Perimeter
C. cell membrane C. Volume
D. chloroplasts D. Weight
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273. Which pair of structures best shows that 278. What type of cell does not have a defined
plants cells have functions different than nucleus or membrane bound organelles.
animal cells A. Animal Cell
A. Cytoplasm and mitochondria B. Prokaryote
B. Chloroplasts and cell walls C. Eukaryote
C. Nuclei and centrioles D. Plant Cell
D. Ribosomes and cell membranes 279. Semi-permeable layer around the cell
that encloses the contents of the cell
274. The cell membrane is selectively perme-
able, which means A. nucleus
A. All materials can enter and leave the B. cell membrane
cell C. cell wall
B. Certain things can enter while others D. chloroplast
cannot
280. This organelle creates ATP.
C. The cell manually sorts through all ma-
terials A. Nucleus
D. Only certain cells can interact with the B. Ribosome
cell. C. Mitochondria
275. What is cell theory? D. ER
A. All living organisms are composed of 281. directs all of the cell’s activities using
one or more cells. DNA instructions
B. The cell is the basic unit of structure A. nucleus
and organization in organisms. B. mitochondria
C. Cells arise from pre-existing cells. C. endoplasmic reticulum
D. All of the above D. lysosome
276. Both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells 282. Uses enzymes to break down food and
have all of the following EXCEPT: worn out cell parts.
A. Cytoplasm A. Lysosomes
B. Ribosomes B. Golgi apparatus
C. DNA C. Vacuoles
D. mitochondria D. Ribosome

283. This organelle is responsible for produc- C. nucleus, cell membrane, cytoplasm,
ing lipids and detoxifying poisons. ER, golgi bodies

A. rough ER D. lysosomes, chloroplasts, ER, vacuoles
B. smooth ER 289. This structure is in plant cells but not ani-
C. mitochondrion mal cells. It is outside of the cell membrane
D. Golgi apparatus and adds more support/structure/rigidity
to the plant.
284. Rigid, protective outer layer of plant A. Cell membrane
cells.
B. Cell Nucleus
A. Cell membrane
C. Cell Wall
B. Nuclear membrane
C. Cytoplasm
D. Cell wall 290. The movement of molecules into or out of
the cell that requires energy is called
285. Controls cell growth and reproduction;
A. osmosis
contains chromosomes.
B. photosynthesis
A. Nucleus
C. active transport
B. Mitochondria
D. passive transport
C. Endoplasmic reticulum
D. Lysosome 291. This structure packages and distributes
proteins throughout the cell.
286. Which structure is found in plant cells and
A. Golgi Body
not in animal cells?
B. Lysosome
A. cell wall
C. Ribosome
B. centriole
D. Mitochondria
C. nucleus
D. cytoplasm 292. Which organelle is most like the post of-
fice because it packages and delivers ma-
287. What kind of organism is made of many terials throughout the cell?
cells, each with a special function?
A. Golgi Bodies
A. Multicellular
B. ER
B. Eukaryotic
C. Chloroplasts
C. Prokaryotic
D. Ribosomes
D. Unicellular
293. Which cell organelle supports and
288. Both plant AND animal cells contain strengthens the cell?
which of the following:
A. Cell wall
A. chloroplasts, nucleus, ER, golgi bodies
B. Cell membrane
B. cell walls, lysosomes, ER, mitochon- C. Plasmid

dria D. Nucleus

294. A gel like fluid that takes up most of the 300. In diffusion
space inside the cell. The organelles are
A. water moves from a high concentra-
found scattered throughout it.
tion to a low concentration
A. Chloroplasts
B. water moves from a low concentration
B. Cell Wall to a high concentration
C. Cell Membrane
C. molecules move from a high concen-
D. Cytoplasm tration to a low concentration
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295. Which organelles supply energy to a D. molecules move from a low concentra-
cell? tion to a high concentration
A. mitochondria
301. Powerhouse of the cell, organelle that is
B. centrosomes the site of ATP ( energy production ) and
C. vacuoles cellular respiration in plants and animals.
D. ribosomes A. Nucleus
296. mainly found in plant cells B. Ribosomes
A. nucleus C. Mitochondria
B. cell wall D. Vacuoles
C. cell membrane
302. Which organelle makes energy using high
D. lysosome carbon sugars.
297. Which organelle synthesises proteins? A. vacuole
A. Vacuole B. cell membrane
B. Ribosome
C. endoplasmic reticulum
C. Mitochondrion
D. mitochondria
D. Golgi Apparatus
298. When cells form a vesicle to release ma- 303. This long tail appendage created by
terials, which form of transport is occur- MTOC’s aids the cell in swimming.
ring? A. Flagella
A. Endocytosis B. Cilia
B. Exocytosis C. Microfiliaments
C. Facilitated Diffusion
D. Golgi apparatus
D. Osmosis
304. Which phrase describes passive trans-
299. contains enzymes (proteins that speed up
port?
digestion and chemical reactions0
A. requires transport proteins
A. lysosome
B. ribosome B. requires no energy from the cell
C. nucleus C. requires isotonic solution
D. golgi body D. requires facilitation by enzymes

305. Which organelle is bigger in the plant cell 311. a sac like organelle that stores water,
than in the animal cell? food, and other matter

A. Cell membrane A. vacuole
B. Vacuole B. lysosome
C. Cell wall
C. cytoplasm
D. Chloroplast
D. cell wall
306. Control center ; contains DNA; appeared
purple under the microscope 312. When two haploid cells unite to form a
A. Nucleus diploid cell, what is this process called?
B. Mitochondria A. Mitosis
C. Cell Membrane B. Spermatogenesis
D. Vacuole C. Zygote
307. Which process requires no energy from D. Fertilization
the cell?
A. exocytosishypotonic 313. A network of protein filaments in a eu-
karyotic cell that gives the cell its shape
B. endocytosis
and internal organization and is involved
C. active transport in movement.
D. facilitated diffusion A. centriole
308. Saclike structures that store materials B. golgi apparatus
such as water, salts, proteins, and carbo-
hydrates. C. lipid bilayer
A. Nucleus D. cytoskeleton
B. Ribosomes
314. A gel-like fluid in which many different
C. Organelles organelles are found.
D. Vacuoles A. cell membrane
309. Nucleus is separated from cytoplasm by B. nucleus
A. nuclear membrane
C. organelle
B. nucleoplasm
D. cytoplasm
C. organs
D. cell membrane 315. Which part of the cell is often called “the
brain of the cell”?
310. Which is NOT found as part of all cells?
A. nuclear membrane
A. Cell wall
B. Cell membrane B. endoplasmic reticulum
C. Ribosomes C. nucleus
D. DNA D. ribosomes

316. Function of the cell membrane to not al- C. Preventing a cell from bursting due to
low the substance or substances to pass osmosis.
through the membrane.
D. Packaging cell products for export.
A. permeable
B. impermeable 322. Which organelle is the storehouse for
most of a cell’s genetic information?
C. semi-permeable
A. mitochondrion
D. none of above
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B. centriole
317. Cell membranes are made up of
C. chloroplast
A. lipid bilayers
D. nucleus
B. mitochondria
C. carbohydrates 323. This type of cell needs a cell wall and
D. ribosomes chloroplasts
A. Plant cell
318. This is a whip-like structure that cells can
have to help move them around. B. Animal Cell
A. cilia C. Bacteria
B. pili D. none of above
C. cytoskeleton
324. Just like Coke is a type of soda, is a
D. flagellum type of
319. Viruses reproduce by taking over normal A. diffusion, osmosis
healthy cells and their nucleic acid into
B. concentration, equilibrium
the cell.
A. rejecting C. equilibrium, concentration
B. attaching D. osmosis, diffusion
C. injecting 325. What process occurs during meiosis that

D. projecting causes genetic variation?
320. Which does NOT require energy to oc- A. Cytokinesis

cur? B. Prophase II
A. Passive Transport C. Nondisjunction
B. Active Transport D. Crossing-over
C. Endocytosis
326. Where is DNA stored in a cell?
D. Exocytosis
A. Lysosomes
321. What does the cell membrane do for both
plant and animal cells? B. Golgi Complex
A. Controls passage of materials. C. Ribosomes
B. Controls all cell processes. D. Nucleus

327. This is used to transport materials in the 332. This structure is a storage area for the
cell. cell. Plants usually have one large one.

A. lysosome A. Lysosome
B. vessicle B. Vacuole
C. Ribosome
C. cytoskeleton
D. Golgi Body
D. cell membrane
333. Which organelles are involved in the pro-
328. Ok, no more fun stories. Here’s a defini- cess called endocytosis?
tion:the movement of molecules across the
A. ribosomes
cell membrane from LOW to HIGH concen-
tration. But wait there’s more!!!!! It needs B. vesicles
energy to do this!! C. centrioles
A. Passive Transport D. chloroplasts
B. Diffusion 334. cells that contain a true nucleus
C. Osmosis A. prokaryotes
D. Active Transport B. eukaryotes
C. carbohydrate
329. produces usable energy for the cell
D. plant cells
A. nucleus
335. This type of cell can survive in condi-
B. lysosomes tions without oxygen, such as deep ocean
C. mitochondria trenches.
D. vacuole A. prokaryotic
B. eukaryotic
330. control center of cell
C. both prokaryotic and eukaryotic
A. cell D. neither prokaryotic nor eukaryotic
B. nucleus
336. Where is the site of aerobic respiration in
C. ribosomes a cell?
D. none of above A. Mitochondria
B. Ribosome
331. Which of the following do all living organ-
isms have in common? C. Nucleus
D. Cytoplasm
A. Cells are held up by cell walls
B. The method to get water and food into 337. This structure is found in the nucleus and
their cells produces ribosomes.
A. mitochondria
C. Cells are made from pre-existing cells
B. vacuole
D. Special cells that can do many differ- C. nucleolus
ent things D. cytoskeleton

338. The is a densely packed area in a cell C. Protective barrier

that contains the genetic material-DNA-for D. Structure and support
controlling the cell’s activities.
A. Chloroplast 344. All cells come from cells.
B. Nucleus A. pregnant
C. Mitochondria B. pre-existing
D. Vacuole C. paternal
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339. Structures which tend to be much larger D. pin size
in plant cells to hold larger amounts of wa- 345. Specialised parenchyma cells which carry
ter out some of the metabolic function that are
A. cell wall needed to maintain the associated sieve
B. chloroplasts tube members are called the
C. vacuoles A. sieve cell
D. lysosomes B. vessel member
C. companion cells
340. When would you use the diaphragm?
D. tracheid
A. When you wanted to move the stage
B. When you wanted to adjust the light 346. What is the basic unit of an organism?
C. When you wanted to put the micro- A. Chloroplast
scope away B. Organelle
D. When you sneeze
C. Organ
341. The is the fluid portion of the cell out- D. Cell
side the nucleus
347. Which plant cell organelle is the site of
A. cell membrane
photosynthesis?
B. ribosome
A. nucleus
C. cytoplasm
B. mitochondria
D. lysosome
C. chloroplast
342. Which type of transport requires an input D. vacuole
of energy?
A. Passive Transport 348. Which of these statements best summa-
rizes the cell theory?
B. Osmosis
A. Cells contain a nucleus and other parts.
C. Simple Diffusion
D. Active Transport
B. Cells have ribosomes.
343. How does a cell maintain homeostasis? C. Cells can be seen through a micro-
A. Regulates what enters and leaves the scope.
cell D. Cells are the building blocks of living
B. Flexibility things.

349. These structures are specific to plant B. pumping

cells: C. endocytosis

A. cell wall, chloroplasts, vacuole D. osmosis
B. capsule, , cell wall, chloroplasts
355. The human brain is an example of a(n)
C. Chloroplasts, mitochondria, cytoskele-
ton A. cel
D. Vacuole, cell wall, centriole B. tissue

C. organ
350. Which organelle contains enzymes that
break down damaged cell parts? D. organism
A. centriole 356. Organisms with cells that have a nucleus

B. lysosomes are called . . .
C. vacuole A. Archaea
D. mitochondria B. Bacteria
C. Eukaryotes
351. What is one basic function of the vac-
uoles? D. Prokaryotes
A. circulating oxygen 357. A type of cell lacking a membrane-

B. producing food enclosed nucleus and membrane-enclosed
organelles. Organisms with prokaryotic
C. controlling cell processes cells (bacteria and archaea) are called
D. storing water prokaryotes. Does not have a nucleus.
352. The “filling” of the cell that provides the A. Plant cell
environment which all organelles live in; B. Nuclear Membrane
made up of about 90% water C. Prokaryotic cell
A. cell wall D. Eukaryotic cell
B. cell membrane
358. The can be found in plant and an-
C. chorophyll imal cells, and receive proteins and mate-
D. cytoplasm rials from the ER, packages them, and dis-
tributes them.
353. Which structures break down food and re-
lease energy? A. ER
A. Ribosomes B. Golgi Bodies
B. Mitochondria C. Cell Membrane
C. Golgi bodies D. none of above
D. vacuoles 359. How would you best describe the cell

membrane?
354. The movement of water molecules across
a membrane that does not let all materials A. permeable
pass through it is known as B. semi-permeable
A. exocytosis C. impermeable

D. Permeability does not matter with the 365. He discovered that all plants are made of
cell membrane. cells:
A. Anton van Leeuwenhoek
360. Which function do the lipids in a cell con-
trol? B. Theordor Schwann
A. a protective membrane C. Robert Hooke
B. hold genetic information D. Mattias Schleiden
366. Match the definition with the wordA sac-
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C. transport
like organelle that stores water, food, and
D. communication
other materials.
361. An effect of osmosis where the outside A. Wagon
solution has a higher concentration than B. Vacuole
the solution inside the cell. Movement of
water molecules out of the cell causes it to C. Cell Wall
shrink. D. Cell Membrane
A. hypertonic 367. Which is used to make proteins in the
B. isotonic cell?
C. hypotonic A. nucleus
D. homeostatic B. golgi apparatus

C. ribosomes
362. The constant random motion of particles.
D. vesicles
This movement of course is KINETIC
A. Brownian motion 368. Which of these structures is found in ani-
mal cells and not plant cells?
B. Red Shift
A. large central vacuole
C. Karmatic movement
B. cell wall
D. Climatic movement C. chloroplast
363. Which cell structure is correctly paired D. many small vacuoles
with its primary function?
369. Endomembrane studded with ribosomes
A. ribosome-movement that makes membrane proteins and pro-
B. mitocondria-energy production teins for export out of the cell
C. vacuole-cell division A. Smooth ER

B. Rough ER
D. nucleus-storage of nutrients
C. Nucleus
364. The “power plant” of the cell is the D. Golgi Body
A. nucleus
370. Which structure determines what
B. chloroplast molecules can enter and leave the cell?
C. ribosome A. the plasma membrane
D. mitochondria B. the cell wall

C. the nucleus 376. What makes rough endoplasmic reticulum

“rough”?
D. all the above

A. Vesicles
371. Produces lipid molecules for cells
B. Vacuoles
C. Ribosomes
B. rough endoplasmic reticulum
D. Chromosomes
C. nucleus
377. What surrounds the cytoplasm of all cells
D. ribosome and controls what goes in and out of the
cell?
372. What organelle controls the cell and di-
rects the cell’s activities? A. Cell Membrane
A. ribosomes B. Cell Wall
B. nucleolus C. Cellophane
C. nucleus D. Cellulose
D. organelle 378. Which cells carry electrical signals?
373. Which structures do plant cells have that A. Red blood cells
animal cells do NOT have? B. Nerve cells
A. cell wall C. Sperm cells
B. large central vacuole D. White blood cells
C. chloroplasts
379. Which of the following are found in both
D. all of these plant and animal cells?
374. What a cell needs to transport particles A. Nucleus, Golgi body and chloroplasts
by active transport? B. Ribosomes, mitochondria and plasma
A. Sun membrane
B. Wind C. Centrioles, cell walls and nucleolus
C. Energy D. Vacuoles, nucleolus and starch grains
D. Channels 380. What role does Cholesterol play in the

phospholipid bilayer?
375. The is like JELL-O, and is a gel-like
A. Holds the two phospholipid layers to-
fluid that fills plant and animal cells, and
gether.
is where the organelles are found.
B. Provides food for the cell membrane
A. Cytoplasm
C. Acts as a lubricant for transport pro-
B. Cell Membrane
teins.
C. Cell Wall
D. Acts as a self destruct mechanism for
D. JELL-O the cell.

381. Why do very active cells have lots of mi- 386. When an animal eats, food stays in the
tochondria? stomach for a period of time. When a
unicellular organism, such as Paramecium,
A. Mitochondria release energy to power
takes in food, the food is contained in
cells
which organelle?
B. Mitochondria help cells to divide in two
A. chloroplast
B. mitochondria
C. Mitochondria help give the cell their
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shape C. Vacuole
D. Mitochondria make hormones D. Nucleus
387. Water moves into a cell when the solu-

382. What is another name for a palisade
tion surrounding the cell is
cell?
A. hypertonic
A. Egg cell
B. hypotonic
B. Sperm Cell
C. isotonic
C. Leaf cell
D. concentrated
D. Animal cell
388. I am located in the leaves of plants, but
383. What organelle uses energy from the sun NOT the roots. Who am I?
to make sugar?
A. Lysosomes
A. mitochondria
B. Chloroplasts
B. ribosome C. Vacuole
C. chloroplast D. Mitochondria
D. vacuole
389. BONUS:How long is the whole cell cycle
384. A group of cells that perform similar func- for most animal cells?
tions is called a (an) A. 2-3 days
A. organ B. 24 hours
B. organ system C. 2-3 hours
C. tissue D. 23 hours
D. division of labor 390. Which of the following statements is part
of the cell theory?
385. The stores food, water, wastes, and
other materials in both plant and animal A. Cells are composed mostly of empty
cells. space.
A. Vacuole B. Only animals are made up of cells.

C. All cells are produced from existing
B. Mitochondria
cells.
C. Ribosomes
D. Cells are generally large enough for
D. Chromatin the unaided eye to see.

391. This outermost layer protects and sup- A. cells make energy through photosyn-
ports the cells of plants and some other thesis
organisms.

B. all living things are made of one or
A. Cell Membrane more cells
B. Cell Wall C. cells come from other cells
C. Cytoplasm D. cells are the basic units of structure
and function in living things
D. Golgi Apparatus
397. Consists of a jellylike substance that con-
392. In what organelle is the genetic material tains many organelles.
(DNA) found inside?
A. ribosomes
A. Endoplasmic Reticulum B. cytoplasm
B. Golgi Complex C. chloroplasts
C. Nucleolus D. cell wall
D. Nucleus 398. Transport proteins play a role in both
393. This is a process used to increase cell size, A. passive and active transport
make more body cells or even make new B. exocytosis and endocytosis
cells by way of asexual reproduction
C. diffusion and vesicle transport
A. Karyotype D. phagocytosis and passive transport
B. Meiosis
399. In eukaryotic cells, the cell’s genetic infor-
C. Synthesis mation is found in the
D. Mitosis A. ribosomes
B. lysosomes
394. Function of the cell membrane to block
the movement of certain sizes, shapes and C. nucleus
kinds of particles from entering the cell. D. cell membrane
A. permeable 400. This organelle function is to package,
B. impermeable modify and transport materials in/out of
cell.
C. semi-permeable
A. Rough E.R.
D. none of above
B. Smooth E.R.
395. Genetic variation among species is C. MItochondria
caused by
D. Golgi Body
A. Substitution
401. Structure in an animal cell that helps to
B. Asexual Reproduction organize cell division
C. Mitosis A. Nucleus
D. Meiosis B. Nucleolus
396. Which of the following isNOT part of Cell C. Endoplasmic reticulum
Theory? D. Centriole

402. Which is true about aerobic cellular respi- C. Golgi Body

ration? D. Ribosome
A. It produces more oxygen than anaero-
408. Which of the following is the non-living
bic respiration
part of the cell?
B. It produces more ATP than anaerobic
A. Cell membrane
respiration
B. Mitochondrion
C. It produces less ATP than anaerobic
C. Cytoplasm
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respriation
D. It produces more latic acid than anaer- D. Cell wall
obic respriation 409. Passive transport requires no
403. also known as the “powerhouse” A. concentration gradients
A. cell membrane B. osmosis
B. storage C. motion
C. cytoskeleton D. energy
D. mitochondria 410. What would happen to a red blood cell

that has a higher concentration of water
404. You are made up of on the outside of it than on the inside of
A. eukaryotic cells it?
B. prokaryotic cells A. It would swell up.
C. plant cells B. It would stay the same size.
D. bacterial cells C. It would shrivel up and shrink.
D. none of above
405. Cells whose DNA is held in a nucleus are
411. Which of the following organelles forms
a boundary between a cell and the outside
A. prokaryotic
environment and controls the movement
B. cytoplasm of materials into and out of the cell?
C. eukaryotic A. endoplasmic reticulum
D. mitochondria B. cell membrane
406. A group of similar cells that perform the C. cell wall
same function. D. nucleus
A. tissue 412. This is a double layer of phospholipids
B. organelle that creates a barrier between the cells in-
ternal and external environments; it con-
C. mass
trols what comes in or out of the cell (se-
D. tendon lective permeable)
407. A small grain-like structure in the cyto- A. Nucleus
plasm of a cell where proteins are made. B. Cilia
A. Vacuole C. Cell membrane
B. Cell D. Flagella

413. What part of the cell cycle results in the A. cell wall
splitting of the new cells? B. nuclear membrane

A. Interphase C. cell membrane
B. Mitosis D. cytoskeleton
C. Metaphase 419. cells that lack a true nuclues
D. Cytokinesis A. animal
414. What does “hydrophobic” mean? B. prokaryotes
A. water loving, associates with water C. eukaryotes
B. water fearing, does not associate with D. fungus
water 420. Storage of materials
C. a world war II submarine A. Cell Wall
D. an example would be solutes like B. Chloroplasts
sugar or salt
C. Vacuole
415. Where are proteins made? These D. Nucleus
are small, grain-like or rod shaped or-
ganelles. 421. What is the major difference between a
prokaryote and a eukaryote?
A. Golgi body
A. prokaryotes do not have a nucleus
B. Mitoichondrion
B. prokaryotes do not have ribosomes.
C. Chromosomes
C. prokaryotes do not have a cell mem-
D. Ribosomes brane.
416. This organelle controls the cell’s activi- D. prokaryotes do not contain DNA
ties; contains the cell’s DNA. 422. A ballerina is finishing her dance perfor-
A. mitochondria mance, and she notices she is struggling to
B. cell membrane breathe and hardly has the energy to fin-
ish performing. Which organelle is most
C. nucleus affected?
D. golgi body A. golgi apparatus
417. What structures are found in plant cells B. mitochondria
but not animal cells? C. centriole
A. cell wall, cell membrane, nucleus D. nucleus
B. chloroplast, cell wall, large vacuole 423. The region between the cell membrane
C. chloroplast, large vacuole, Golgi bod- and the nucleus that helps the organelles
ies stay in place.
D. large vacuole, cell wall, mitochondria A. Cytoplasm
B. Chorloplast
418. A thin, flexible barrier that surrounds all
cells; regulates what enters and leaves the C. Vacuole
cell. D. Cell Membrane

424. This organelle is the “powerhouse” of A. mitochondria

the cell; it breaks down food to release B. vacuoles
energy (Analogy:power plants or food pro-
cessing plants of a city) C. nucleus
A. vacuole D. cell
B. mitochondria 430. Lysosomes carry

C. nucleus A. Proteins
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D. ribosome B. Digestive enzymes
C. RNA
425. What is the Powerhouse of the CELL?
D. Lipid molecules
A. Mitacondria
B. Ribosomes 431. Which of the following pair of organelles
have double membranes?
C. Nucleus
A. Chloroplast and mitochondria
D. Lysosomes
B. Mitochondria and ribosomes
426. Chloroplasts in plant cells are where this C. Nucleus and ribosomes
process takes place.
D. Chloroplast and ribosomes
A. cellular respiration
432. Which pair of structures best shows that
B. photosynthesis
plant cells have functions different from
C. protein production animal cells?
D. glycolysis A. Chloroplasts and cell walls
427. help organize the chromosomes before B. Cytoplasm and mitochondria
cell division C. Ribosomes and cell membranes
A. cell wall D. Nuclei and centrioles
B. centriole 433. This organelle is in all eukaryotic cells. It
C. cytoskeleton is the control center of the cell because it
D. mitochondria holds the DNA.
A. Mitochondria
428. Which of these supports the cell theory
B. Nucleus
as it is stated today?
C. Chloroplasts
A. New cells are produced by division of
existing cells D. Ribosomes
B. All organisms are composed of more 434. Match the definition with the word Carry
than one cell incoming information from the sensory re-
C. Cells must contain a nucleus ceptors to the brain and spinal cord
D. Not all cells are alive A. The Brain
B. Sensory Neurons
429. According to Cell Theory, which of the fol-
lowing is the smallest unit of structure and C. The Heart
function in living things? D. Selectively Permeable

435. The acts as the gate of a cell because C. Leaf cell

it allows materials to pass in and out of
D. Root hair cell
cells.

A. mitochondria 441. a microscope that uses a stream of elec-
B. nucleus trons to form magnified images of objects
C. cell wall A. Optical Microscope

D. cell membrane B. Electron Microscope
436. In which organelle, of a eukaryotic cell, is C. Compound Microscope

the cell’s DNA located? D. Simple Microscope
A. Mitochondria
442. Isabella is learning the parts of the cell
B. Golgi Body and knows they require a structure to reg-
C. Nucleus ulate the transfer of materials in and out.
D. Cytoplasm This structure is which of the following?
A. Cell membrane
437. When both inside and outside of a cell
have the same amount of water it is said B. Mitochondrion
that the cell has reached a state of C. Nucleus
A. Osmosis D. Chloroplast
B. Diffusion
C. Equilibrium 443. Which of the following instruments can
be used to observe cells?
D. none of above
A. Barometer
438. Smallest Unit to perform life functions
B. Microscope
A. Molecule
C. Periscope
B. Protein
D. Telescope
C. Atom
D. Cell 444. The microscope
439. Which phrase best describes the function A. makes cells larger
of mitochondria? B. makes cells smaller
A. Located in the cytoplasm C. makes the image of cells larger
B. Bacteria-sized organelle D. increases there size
C. Converts energy for cell use
445. The plasma membrane is permeable.
D. Contains a folded inner membrane
A. selectively
440. What cell is much larger than other ani-
mal cells? B. somewhat
A. Egg cell C. physically
B. Sperm cell D. ionically

446. The main difference between prokaryotic 451. Where is the genetic material found in the
and eukaryotic cells is that- cell?
A. eukaryotic cells have a smaller cell nu- A. Nucleolus
cleus B. Cytoplasm
B. prokaryotic cells are always much C. Nucleus
larger
D. Chloroplast
C. prokaryotic cells do not have a plasma
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membrane 452. What fluid can be found in cells that holds
organelles?
D. eukaryotic cells have a more complex
cellular organization A. Blood
B. Plasma
447. Mitochondria, ribosomes, and vacuoles
are examples of C. Chlorine
A. Tissues D. Cytoplasm
B. Cells 453. What makes up the cell membrane?
C. Organs A. Lipid Monolayer
D. Organelles B. Lipid Bilayer
448. The movement of molecules from an area C. Protiens

of higher concentration to an area of lower D. Carbohydrate Chains
concentration is called
454. Why is the vacuole larger in a plant cell?
A. diffusion
A. Plants have more room for it.
B. forced transport
B. For storage of food and holding shape
C. active transport
D. engulfing C. To deliver water to the cells from roots
449. Which of these cell features is ABSENT in
a bacteria cell? D. They use water more efficiently than
an animal cell.
A. Plasma membrane
B. Nucleus 455. A series of pancake-like folded mem-
branes that gather simple molecules and
C. Nucleoid make into more complex substances; pack-
D. Cytoplasm ages and transports
A. endoplasmic reticulum
450. When cells form a vesicle to take in ma-
terials, which form of transport is occur- B. Golgi bodies
ring? C. vacuoles
A. Endocytosis D. lysosomes
B. Exocytosis
456. What produces spindles during cell divi-
C. Facilitated Diffusion sion?
D. Osmosis A. Vacuoles

B. Lysosomes B. Eukaryotic cell

C. Golgi apparatus C. Prokaryotic cell

D. Centrioles D. Plant cell
457. Smaller 462. This organelle is like a train station in
A. Prokaryote a city. It can be found in both plant and
animal cells. This organelle has passage-
B. Eukaryote
ways within the cell that carry proteins
C. both and other materials from one part of the
D. none of above cell to another.
A. Endoplasmic Reticulum
458. A series of folded membranes from the
nucleus to the cell membrane that produce, B. ET
package and transport proteins through C. Golgi Bodies
the cell; may or may not have ribosomes
on its surface. D. Nucleolus
A. Golgi bodies 463. Which organelle uses energy from sun-

B. endoplasmic reticulum light to make sugar?
C. lysosomes A. mitochondria
D. vacuoles B. nucleus
C. chloroplasts
459. What is happening during cytokinesis?
D. vacuoles
A. Spindle fibers form and the nuclear
membrane dissolves 464. I am the “security gate” of the cell and
B. Nuclear membrane reforms and you controls what enters and leaves. Who am
have two nuclei I?
C. The cytoplasm divides, finishing mito- A. Cell wall
sis B. Golgi Apparatus
D. Chromosomes move to the center of C. Cytoplasm
the cell
D. Cell membrane
460. A disease causing organism
465. Which of the following is true of the nu-
A. pathogen
cleus?
B. poison
A. The nucleus is considered the control
C. vaccine center of the cell.
D. none of above B. The nucleus contains all the cell’s DNA.
461. A type of cell with a membrane-
enclosed nucleus and membrane-enclosed C. All cells have a nucleus.
organelles. Examples of organisms with D. all of the above
these cells are protists, plants, fungi, and
animals. Has a nucleus. 466. Golgi bodies
A. Animal cell A. Provide energy for the cell

B. Contain genetic material 472. A jellylike fluid inside the cell in which the
C. Digest foreign particles organelles are floating in.
D. Store and package chemicals A. Cell Membrane

B. Chloroplast
467. This is a smaller molecule that combines
to form proteins. C. Cell Wall
A. Amino Acid D. Cytoplasm
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B. Carbohydrate 473. moves substances within a cell (pipe like
C. Lipid structures)
D. Nucleic Acid A. endoplasmic reticulum
B. nucleus
468. Which plant organelle transforms light
into glucose to use as food? C. cytoplasm
A. Mitochondria D. vacuole
B. Vacuoles 474. What is the “Powerhouse” of the cell
C. Chloroplasts A. Vacuoles
D. Nucleus B. Mitochondria
469. A cell structure that forms a maze of pas- C. Lysosomes
sageways in which proteins and other ma- D. Chloroplast
terials are carried from one part of the cell
to another. 475. What is another name for cell mem-
brane?
A. Golgi Body
A. Great Wall of China
B. Ribosome
B. Berlin Wall
C. Cytoplasm
C. Plasma Membrane
D. Cell Wall
470. Where is the location of protein synthesis
in the cell? 476. Animals store food as
A. Mitochondria A. starch
B. Ribosome B. glucose
C. Nucleus C. glycogen
D. Cytoplasm D. fructose
471. The only organelles would be ribosomes 477. Which organ consist of cells which have
that are used for the production of pro- the highest density of rough Endoplasmic
teins reticulum?
A. Prokaryotic Cells A. Stomach
B. Eukaryotic Cells B. Heart
C. Prekaryotic cells C. Brain
D. Aqua karyotic cells D. Kidney

478. This organelle controls the cell. 484. In what phase do the chromosomes line
A. Lysosome up in the middle of the cell?
A. Cytokinesis

B. Nucleus
C. Nucleolus B. Metaphase
D. Chromosomes C. Prophase
D. Telophase
479. Trisomy 21 is a genetic disorder caused
by 485. Which of these is NOT an example of a
eukaryotic cell?
A. Mutations
A. animal
B. Nondisjunction
B. bacteria
C. Gene linkage
C. plant
D. Crossing-over
D. protist
480. Groups of organs that perform the same
function is called ? 486. Chlorophyll
A. tissue A. green, light trapping pigment impor-

tant to photosynthesis
B. organ
B. powerhouse of the cell
C. organ system
C. DNA containing organelle
D. organism
D. enzymatic organelle
481. This organelle surrounds the cell and con-
487. What does the “fluid mosaic model”
trols what enters/leaves the cell (Anal-
mean about the cell membrane?
ogy:gates or doors of the school)
A. It can dissolve into fluid.
A. Golgi body
B. The cell is mostly made of mosaic
B. cell wall molecules.
C. cell membrane C. It looks like a flexible pattern.
D. vacuole D. Somebody else should name these
482. The name of, part of, or look of some- things.
thing 488. Organs working together to perform a
A. Cytoplasm function of the body
B. Function A. TIssue
C. Structure B. Organism
D. Nucleus C. Organ System
D. Structure
483. How many viable egg cells are produced
during oogenesis in females? 489. The main function of the cell wall is to
A. 1 A. support and protect the cell.
B. 2 B. store DNA
C. 3 C. move materials in and out of the cell
D. 4 D. build protein

490. What is the function of the Endoplasmic 496. Cells are differentiatied so that they can
Reticulum (ER)? perform certain tasks. Which cells are
A. Package and ship proteins matched up correctly with their task?
B. Transport proteins A. Muscle Cells-Allow males to reproduce
C. Create energy for the cell
B. Nerve Cells-Fight Infections
D. Remove waste
C. Human Sperm Cells-Carry Impulses
491. Many different organelles that are used
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to carry out a variety of cellular functions D. Red Blood Cells-Carry Oxygen
A. Prokaryotic Cells 497. This structure is in plant cells and not an-
B. Eukaryotic Cells imal cells. It is outside of the cell mem-
C. Prekaryotic cells brane and adds more support/structure to
the plant.
D. Aqua karyotic cells
A. Cell membrane
492. Where are ribosomes produced (pre-
B. Cell Nucleus
cisely)?
A. Nucleus C. Cell Wall
B. Nucleolus D. Endoplasmic Reticulum
C. Rough ER 498. Maintaining a stable internal environ-
D. Smooth ER ment?
493. Plasmodesmata are A. homologous
A. used in energy transformation within B. homoeostasis
the cell. C. ribosomes
B. typical of animal cells more than plant D. cytoplasm
cells.
C. cross connections between cell walls. 499. are organelles responsible for digest-
D. found most frequently in bacteria. ing certain materials within the cell.
A. vacuoles
494. Allows materials in/out of the nucleus?
B. chloroplasts
A. Cell membrane
B. plasma membrane C. lysosomes
C. nuclear membrane D. cell membrane

D. animal membrane 500. A network of tubes inside a cell that sub-
495. Organelle that digests harmful particles stances move from the nucleus to the or-
and cleans the cell? ganelles on. It’s like a highway
A. lysosomes A. nucleus
B. ribosomes B. organelle
C. chromosomes C. Endoplasmic Reticulum
D. cytoplasm D. Golgi bodies

501. Cell membranes are found in 507. What is the main component of cell mem-
A. Only animal cells branes?

B. Only plant cells A. Lipids
C. Some plant and animal cells B. Proteins

C. Phospholipids
D. All plant and animal cells
D. Carbohydrates
502. In a hypotonic solution, an animal cell will
508. The holds the DNA, and controls the
functions of plant and animal cells.
A. lyse.
A. Nucleus
B. experience turgor.
B. Nuclear Membrane
C. neither gain nor lose water.
C. Nucleolus
D. shrivel.
D. New Moon
503. What cell carries the father’s genetic in-
formation? 509. What is made in the nucleolus?
A. Sperm cell A. DNA
B. Egg cell B. Protiens

C. Ribosomes
C. Leaf cell
D. ATP
D. Red blood cell
510. If a cell has waste it needs to store, it
504. In a plant cell, a stiff wall surrounds the
will store it:
membrane, giving the cell a rigid, boxlike
shape. A. In the endoplasmic reticulum
A. cell membrane B. in the cytoplasm
B. cell C. in the nucleus
C. ribosome D. in vacuoles
D. cell wall 511. A structure made up of different types of
tissue and performs a specific job.
505. What is your biology teacher first
name? A. cells
B. tissue
A. Alex
C. organ
B. Kamuran
D. organ system
C. Tan
D. Roberto 512. Which organelle prepares proteins into
vesicles to transport from one area of a
506. Genes are located in cell to another?
A. cytoplasm A. gogli apparatus
B. lysosome B. chloroplasts
C. chrpmosomes C. rough ER
D. plastids D. mitochondrion

513. What adaptation does a root hair cell 518. The process by which particles move from
have an area of high concentration to an area of
low concentration is known as
A. Lots of chloroplasts for photosynthesis
A. cytoplasm
B. It has animal cell parts B. diffusion
C. It can eat worms C. homeostasis
D. Long extension of the cell wall to ab- D. membranes
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sorb water and nutrients 519. Endocytosis moves material a cell via
514. What is the cytoplasm?
A. into; facilitated diffusion
A. A jelly-like fluid inside the cell.
B. into; membranous vesicles
B. A scary Halloween decoration.
C. out of ; diffusion
C. Web of proteins that acts as a muscle
and a skeleton. D. out of ; membranous vesicles
D. Rigid structure that supports plant 520. Which of these is an example of an un-
cells. safe practice in a lab?
A. detecting an odor by moving air toward
515. Organelles that package cellular materi-
you with your hand
als and transports them within the cell or
out of the cell. B. pulling your hair into a ponytail when
working with fire
A. Golgi Body
C. testing a substance by tasting it
B. Endoplasmic reticulum
D. watering a plant without wearing
C. Large central vacuole gloves
D. Lysosomes
521. Which organelle is considered to be the
516. endomembrane that lacks ribosomes and “garbage collector” of the cell?
makes products used for inside the cell (ex. A. Rough ER
lipids) B. vacuole
A. Smooth ER C. lysosome
B. Rough ER D. nucleus
C. cell membrane
522. Which of these statements is one of the
D. nucleus generalisations of the cell theory?
517. Which of these structures helps to sup- A. All cells contain nucleus.
port the shape of the cell? B. DNA is a genetic material found in all
cells.
A. centriole
C. New cells arise from pre-existing cells.
B. cytoskeleton
C. chloroplast
D. Eukaryotic cells evolved from prokary-
D. cytoplasm otic cells.

523. The genetic material (DNA) in plant and B. chromosomes

animal cell is found in the C. ribosomes

A. central vacuole
D. nucleolus
B. ER
529. The single long tail that helps a unicellular
C. mitochondria
organism move is its
D. nucleus
A. Cilia
524. Sacs used for storage water and miner- B. Centriole
als are called They are very large in
plants C. Flagella
A. mitochondria D. Ribosome
B. ribosomes 530. Which organelles are filled with enzymes
C. nucleus that aid in intra-cellular digestion, break-
ing down wastes and old organelles?
D. vacuole
A. mitochondria
525. The organelle where cellular respiration
occurs is the: B. Golgi body
A. Chloroplast C. lysosomes
B. Mitochondria D. ribosomes
C. Ribosome 531. What do all cells use for energy?
D. Lysosome A. Carbs
526. The basic unit of structure and function in B. Protein
a living things. C. Fat
A. chloroplast D. ATP
B. nucleus
532. Jelly-like material that fills the space
C. cell
between cell organelles; is where many
D. cell membrane chemical reactions occur.
527. An organelle found in cells of plants and A. Cytoplasm
some other organisms that captures the B. Chromatin
energy from sunlight and converts it into
chemical energy. C. Chloroplast
A. vacuole D. Vacuole
B. mitochondrion 533. A structure that is found in plant cells but
C. chloroplast not animal cells is a
D. cell wall A. cell wall
B. nuclear envelope
528. Found in the nucleus, where ribosomes
are made? C. cell membrane
A. nucleus D. nucleus

534. Specialized cells that absorb water by os- A. Blood

mosis and active transport
B. Cytoplasm
A. Nerve Cell
C. Plasma
B. Xylem
D. Vacuole
C. Palisade Cell
D. Root Hair Cell 540. Which organelle is NOT found in an ani-
mal cell?
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535. What organelle is also known as the
A. nucleus
“gate keeper”?
A. nucleus B. chloroplast
B. mitochondria C. mitochondria
C. ribosome D. cell membrane
D. plasma membrane 541. The structure that regulates what enters
536. When both inside and outside of a cell and exits a cell is the
have the same amount of water, the cell A. Plasma Membrane
has reached a state of
B. Nuclear Membrane
A. osmosis
C. Cell Wall
B. diffusion
D. Vacuoles
C. equilibrium
D. none of above 542. Which structures are found in ALL cells?
537. Tiny cell structures that carry out specific A. cell membrane and cytoplasm
functions within the cell. B. chloroplasts and mitochondria
A. membranes C. a cell wall and nucleus
B. nucleus D. chloroplasts and cell wall
C. organelles
543. Where would you find a nucleolus?
D. animalicules
A. Vacuole
538. Which of the following is NOT TRUE con-
B. Chloroplast
cerning the nuclear envelope?
A. It has two lipid bilayer. C. Mitochondrion
B. There are pores in the membrane. D. Nucleus

C. Ribosomal subunits can pass out of the 544. What is the job of the endoplasmic retic-
nucleus. ulum?
D. DNA molecules are transported out A. Transport materials
through the pores
B. Controls cell functions
539. This fluid in the cell is where the or-
C. Store food
ganelles are found. It contains water and
chemicals the cell needs. D. Controls what enters and exits the cell

545. The liquid material in the nucleus is 550. Which organelles found in algae are the
sites of photosynthesis?
A. chromosomes

A. eyespots
B. nucleolus
B. mitochondria
C. nucleoplasm
C. chloroplasts
D. bacteria
D. contractile vacuoles
546. Which of the following is not a function 551. These structurest transport ions and
of the Golgi apparatus? other materials across the membrane.
A. modifies, sorts, packages, and dis- Used in Facilitated Diffusion.
tributes proteins A. Transport Proteins
B. prepare materials for export out of the B. Plasma membrane
cell C. Vacuoles
C. produce proteins from mRNA from the D. Spindle Fibers
nucleus
552. I am located in the nucleus-I produce ribo-
D. produces membrane packages called
somes
vesic
A. mitochondria
547. Match the definition with the wordCon- B. nucleolus
trol center of the cell
C. chloroplast
A. Mitochondria
D. cell membrane
B. Nucleus
553. Which of the following is NOT a cell the-
C. Mrs. Betz ory.
D. Organelles A. All non-living things are made of cells
B. All cells come from pre-existing cells
548. What organelle is the protein packaging
and shipping machine? C. Cells are the basic unit of structure
and function of all living things
A. Vacuole
D. none of above
B. Ribosome
554. Controls what enters/leaves a cell
C. Golgi Apparatus
A. cell membrane
B. Nuclear membrane
549. Which of the following is NOT included in C. cell wall
the Cell Theory?
D. cytoplasm
A. All cells can survive independently
555. The movement of molecules down a con-
B. All cells come from cells. centration gradient through transport pro-
C. All organisms are made of cells. teins in the cell membrane is a type of
D. The cell is the basic unit of organiza- A. selective transport

tion in an organism. B. osmosis

C. energy expenditure 561. What are the small structures inside

D. facilitated diffusion of cells that carry out specific functions
called?
556. Which of the following cells forms the ba- A. Animalcules
sic tissues in plants?
B. Organelles
A. Guard cell
C. Tissues
B. Xylem cell D. Organs
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C. Epidermal cell
562. A thin flexible envelope that surrounds
D. Parenchyma cell the cell; pores control what goes in and
out?
557. The cell was first discovered by:
A. Matthias Jakob Schleiden
B. nuclear membrane
B. Theodor Schwann
C. cell membrane
C. Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
D. centrioles
D. Robert Hooke
563. Cell Membrane
558. Match the definition with the wordA cell A. protective covering of all cells that reg-
structure that controls which substances ulates interaction between cell and envi-
can enter or leave the cell. ronment
A. Cell Wall B. rigid structure that encloses and sup-
B. Cell Membrane ports plant cells
C. Selectively Permeable C. gel-like mixture inside cell
D. Blood Cells D. organelle containing hereditary mate-
rial and controls activities
559. Reproduction requires the copying of ge-
netic material stored in what part of the 564. I need energy! I am going to eat a
cell? good lunch. Then, the food molecules will
get broken down and absorbed into the
A. Nucleus cells. Then in the mitochondria, the glucose
B. Cell wall (food) meets with oxygen and this process
happens!
C. Cell membrane
A. Fermentation
D. Vacuole
B. Cellular Respiration
560. This protein serves as a tunnel across the C. Photosynthesis
membrane into the cytoplasm of the cell.
Functions like an open doorway between D. Glycolysis
the interstitual fluid and the cytoplasm. 565. What is the basic function of a vacuole?
A. Channel Proteins A. circulating oxygen
B. Pumps B. producing food
C. Carrier Proteins C. controlling cell processes
D. Cholesterol lubricated passageways D. storage

566. The nuclear membrane is dotted with 572. What is the function of the golgi body?
thousands of spaces called the nuclear A. Protein Synthesis

A. envelope B. Pack, sort, & ship materials
B. chromatin C. Control center of the Cell
C. nucleolus D. Storage for food, water, and waste
D. pores 573. If you wanted to find DNA, where would
567. First to observe the Nucleus of plant you look?
cells. A. Inside a cell’s ribosome
A. Robert Brown B. inside a cell’s nucleus
B. Matthias Schleiden C. inside a cell’s Golgi bodies
C. Matthias Schleiden D. inside a cell’s vacuoles
D. Carl Heinrich Braun 574. This organelle is only found in plant cells.
568. Animal cells have all of the following ex- A. nucleus

cept B. cell wall
A. mitochondria C. cell membrane
B. chloroplasts D. lysosome
C. a nucleus 575. The dots on the endoplasmic reticulum
D. a cell membrane represent:
A. ribosomes
569. Modern cells
B. lysosomes
A. Prokaryotic Cells
C. mitochondria
B. Eukaryotic Cells
D. endoplasm
C. Prokaryotic cells
576. Match the definition with the wordGel-
D. Aqua eukaryotic cells like fluid that protects the other or-
570. Starch and water molecules in potato ganelles
cells are stored in what organelle? A. Cytoplasm
A. mitochondria B. Slime
B. nucleus C. Blood Cells
C. cell wall D. Gunk inside of the cell
D. vacuole 577. Cells with tiny hair like structures on it.It
functions to remove dust and bacteria from
571. Only eukaryotic cells have trachea.
A. membrane-bound organelles A. Sperm
B. DNA B. palisade
C. ribosomes C. Ciliated cell
D. cell membranes D. plant cell

578. This part of the cell is where most of life’s 584. Which structure is not found in a prokary-
processes take place and contains both the otic cell?
cytoskeleton and organelles. A. Cell membrane
A. endoplasmic reticulum B. Endoplasmic reticulum
B. mitochondria C. Cytoplasm
C. cytoplasm D. DNA
D. nucleolus
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585. Where is the DNA located in an eukary-
579. Plants store food as otic cell?
A. Glycogen A. Inside the nucleus
B. Starch B. Floating in the cytoplasm
C. Glucose C. Inside the ribosomes
D. Sucrose D. Moving along the ER
580. Smooth ER lacks: 586. living thing made up of more than one cell
A. nuclei A. organ
B. ribosomes B. unicellular organism

C. tissue
C. chloroplasts
D. multicellular organism
D. lysosomes
587. A cell wall is NOT in which type of cell
581. Which organelle is responsible for cellular
respiration? A. plants
A. Cell Membrane B. animals
B. Mitochondria C. fungi
C. Chloroplasts D. none of the above
D. R 588. What would the sex chromosomes for a
female human be?
582. The function of the rough ER is to:
A. XX
A. Produce and folding lipids
B. XY
B. Produce and folding proteins
C. ZZ
C. Produce and folding carbohydrates
D. ZW
D. Produce and folding Nucleic acids
589. this organelle holds materials like wa-
583. Which organelle is found in BOTH a plant ter and other products for storage (Anal-
cell and an animal cell ogy:water tower)
A. chloroplast A. lysosome
B. cell wall B. vacuole
C. mitochondria C. nucleus
D. cilia D. cell membrane

590. Which of the following is a function of the 595. Which of the following is not present in
cell membrane? an animal cell?

A. breaks down lipids, carbohydrates, A. Cell membrane
and proteins from foods B. Mitochondria
B. stores water, salt, proteins, and carbo- C. Permanent Vacuole
hydrates
D. Cytoplasm
C. synthesizes proteins and other macro-
molecules 596. Which of the following is not a part of
the current cell theory?
D. regulates the movement of materials
into and out of the cell A. All cells contain identical organelles
B. All living things are made of cells
591. releases energy for cells to use, most
common in animal cells C. The cell is the basic unit of life and
function
A. mitochondria
D. Cells come from other cells by binary
B. ribosomes fission or mitosis
C. lysosomes 597. What is the term for the jellylike sub-
D. nucleolus stance that is contained inside the cell
membrane?
592. Which of the following cells does not con-
A. DNA
tain mitochondria?
B. cytoplasm
A. Animal
C. organelle
B. Plant
D. nucleus
C. Fungal
598. stores and transports protein and lipid
D. Bacterial
molecules
593. The cell membrane is selectively perme- A. vesicle
able. What does “selectively permeable” B. centriole
mean?
C. vacuole
A. All thing can enter.
D. mitochondria
B. Nothing can enter.
599. In cells, the structure that contains the
C. Some things can, others can’t enter.
cell’s genetic material in the form of DNA.
D. none of above
A. nucleolus
594. Found in plant cells but not in animal cells B. chromosome
and provides protection C. DNA
A. Cell Membrane D. nucleus
B. Nucleus
600. What organelle controls the cell or is like
C. Mitochondria “the brain” of the cell?
D. Cell Wall A. Lysosome

B. Nucleus 606. What is the total magnification if you are

using an objective that is 40x?
C. Nucleolus
A. 4x
D. Chromosomes
B. 40x
601. What is the structure that produces pro- C. 400x
tein for the cell?
D. 4000x
A. golgi
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607. Very Primitive cells
B. mitochondria
A. Prokaryotic Cells
C. chloroplast
B. Eukaryotic Cells
D. ribosome
C. Prekaryotic cells
602. The cell membrane is D. Aqua karyotic cells
A. Semi-permeable
608. Most functions of a eukaryotic cell are
B. Selectively-permeable controlled by the cell’s:
C. Freely-permeable A. cell wall
D. Non-permeable B. ribosomes
C. nucleus
603. Which scientists are credited with Cell
Theory? D. mitochondria
A. Schleiden, Schwann, Virchow, and 609. In an analogy, I might refer to this or-
Hooke ganelle as “the boss” of the cell.
B. Watson and Crick A. mitochondria
C. Newton and Hooke B. lysosome
D. Linneaus, Jenner, Hooke, and Darwin C. nucleus

D. golgi apparatus
604. Xylem is composed of all of the following
cell types EXCEPT: 610. The function of the smooth ER is to:
A. tracheids A. Make proteins
B. vessel elements B. Make lipids
C. fibres and parenchyma C. Make carbohydrates

D. Make nucleic acids
D. sieve tube elements
611. During mitosis, the somatic cells do not
605. Eukaryotic organisms are: separte properly. What does this cause?
A. only unicellular A. Nondisjunction
B. only multicellular B. Zygote
C. unicellular or multicellular C. Mutation
D. colonial D. Polypeptide Bond

612. An organelle found in plant cells where B. slime

photosynthesis occurs, it makes food from C. blood
sun and water

D. mitochondria
A. Cytoplasm
B. Plant cell 618. Structures specific in plant cells but not in
animal cells include
C. Cell Wall
A. a large central vacuole
D. Chloroplast
B. the cell membrane
613. hold/store water, one large one is found
C. the mitochondria
in plant cells
D. the cytoplasts
A. nucleolus
B. ribosomes 619. I am way bigger in plant cells than I am
in animal cells. What am I?
C. golgi bodies
A. Golgi Apparatus
D. vacuoles
B. Nucleus
614. Which of the following is directly in-
volved in the transportation of materials C. Vacuole
inside/within the cell? D. Ribosomes
A. Endoplasmic Reticulum 620. This organelle moves substances within a
B. Vacuole cell (pipe like structures).
C. Lysosome A. endoplasmic reticulum
D. Mitochondria B. nucleus
615. In cells, water and food are stored in or- C. cytoplasm
ganelles referred to as D. vacuole
A. lysosomes
621. What is the function of the cytoplasm?
B. vacuoles
A. Stores water and mineral ions
C. Golgi bodies
B. It holds all the organelles in place
D. cell membrane
C. a. Controls what enters and leaves the
616. Acts like a barrier and gatekeeper for the cell
cell-allows certain particles inside and out D. Supports the cell
of the cell
A. cell wall 622. This organelle is in both plants and ani-
mals. It is a barrier between the cell and
B. cell membrane the environment. It controls what goes in
C. chloroplast and out of a cell.
D. chlorophyll A. cell wall
617. jelly like substance that organelles float B. cell membrane

in C. cell organelles
A. cytoplasm D. mitochondria

623. what is the control center in a cell C. MItosis

A. mitochondria D. Halitosis
B. DNA
629. A tiny cell structure that carries out a spe-
C. nucleus cific function within a cell.
D. movement
A. organelle
624. Which organelle belongs in plant cells B. cell
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only?
C. nucleus
A. Cell Membrane
D. ribosomes
B. Mitochondrion
C. Chloroplast 630. Which substance makes up the macro-
D. Nucleus molecule carbohydrate?
A. amino acid
625. Used to scan at the atomic level! Can ac-
tually see the atoms of an object. B. nucleic acids
A. TEM C. vitamins
B. SEM D. glucose/sugar
C. STM
631. breaks down food to release energy
D. ATM
A. nucleus
626. When using a microscope, the prepared
B. lysosomes
slide is placed on
A. the diaphragm C. mitochondria
B. the stage D. vacuole
C. the objective 632. A cell structure that controls which sub-

D. the ocular lens stances can enter or leave the cell.
627. The small structures inside cells with spe- A. Cytoplasm

cific functions that work together for the B. Cell Wall
cells life processes are called (they are sim-
ilar to our own organs) C. Nuclear Membrane
A. organism D. Cell Membrane

B. tissue 633. A single-celled organism that lacks a
C. organ membrane-bound nucleus, mitochondria,
or any other membrane-bound organelle .
D. organelles
A. Prokaryote
628. This is a process used to make sex cells
(gametes). B. Eukaryote
A. Necrosis C. Nucleus
B. Meiosis D. Single-celled organism

634. Separates a cell from its surround- C. Mitochondria and flagella

ing environment and controls what en- D. cell wall and cell membrane
ters/leaves the cell.

A. Cell wall 640. A cell structure that receives proteins and
other newly formed materials from the
B. Nulear membrane ER, packages them and distributes them to
C. Cell membrane parts of the cell.
D. Cytoplasm A. Golgi Bodies
635. Which statement is NOT part of cell the- B. Cytoplasm
ory C. Ribosome
A. All living things are made of cells D. Vacuole
B. All cells are produced from other cells
641. Having tissues that digest food, such as
in the jellyfish, is an example of
C. Cells are the basic unit of structure
A. cell-level organization.
and function in living thigs
B. tissue-level organization.
D. Cells are very small
C. organ-level organization.
636. How many sets of chromosomes do hu-
D. organ system-level organization.
mans have?
A. 23 642. What structure uses light to do photosyn-
thesis?
B. 5
A. vacuole
C. 46
B. mitochondria
D. 7
C. chloroplast
637. Rigid, outermost layer of the plant cell
D. nucleus
A. nucleus
643. In a plant cell, the acts like the Great
B. cell membrane
Wall of China, because it protects and sup-
C. cell wall ports the cell.
D. cytoplasm A. cell wall
638. Which of the following is not found in the B. cell membrane
nucleus? C. cytoplasm
A. DNA D. mitochondria
B. Nuclear Envelope
644. I am the structure that holds all the or-
C. Nucleolus ganelles in place within the cell. Who am
D. Golgi Apparatus I?
639. What do plant cells have that animal cells A. Cell membrane
do not? B. Cell wall
A. Phospholipid and bi-layer C. Cytoplasm
B. Chloroplasts and cell walls D. Centriole

645. No Nucleus just a nucleod area where the 650. In what part of the plant cell does the
single strand of DNA can be found process of photosynthesis take place?
A. Prokaryotic Cells A. nucleus
B. Eukaryotic Cells B. mitochondria
C. Prekaryotic cells C. chloroplasts
D. Aqua karyotic cells D. vacuoles

651. Produces energy
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646. The rigid outer covering of plant cells con-
taining cellulose to give shape and support A. Cell membrane
A. gel-like coating B. Mitochondria

C. Ribosome
B. chitin
D. none of above
C. cell wall
D. cytoskeleton 652. A structure in the cells of plants that cap-
tures energy from sunlight and uses it pro-
647. This organelle moves materials through- duce food.
out the cell. A. Mitochondria
A. Endoplasmic Reticulum B. Organelle
B. Ribosomes C. Cell Wall
C. FedEx D. Chloroplast
D. Golgi Complex 653. This organelle controls what goes in and
out of plant and animal cells.
648. The phospholipids molecules of most
A. Cell Wall
membranes have
B. Cell Membrane
A. a hydrophilic head and a hydrophilic
tail. C. Cytoplasm
D.
B. a hydrophobic head and a hydrophobic
tail. 654. Which organelle controls what enters and
C. a hydrophilic head and two hydropho- leaves the cell?
bic tails. A. vacuole
D. a hydrophobic head and two hy- B. cell wall
drophilic tails. C. cell membrane
649. Channels in the cell wall that allow the D. Nucleus
exchange of substances between adjacent 655. stiff, protective outer layer of plant cells
cells. that give them their shape
A. Peroxisome A. cell membrane
B. Plasmodesma B. nuclear membrane
C. Plasmodesmata C. cell wall
D. Vacuole D. cytoplasm

656. Controls what comes into and out of a 662. What structures in animals have a similar
cell. function as a cell wall?

A. Cell Membrane A. Blood
B. Cell Wall B. Mouth, Nose, and Ears
C. Cytoplasm C. Brain and Nerves
D. Vacuoles D. Skin and Bones

663. Organisms whose cells do not have a nu-
657. Which type of cell looks more square?
cleus are called
A. Animal Cells A. Eukaryotes
B. Plant Cells B. Multicellular
C. Both Plants and Animal Cells C. Unicellular
D. Skin cells D. Prokaryotes
658. Directs all the cell’s activities. 664. In an animal cell, which among the follow-
ing organelles has its own DNA?
A. Nucleus
A. Chloroplast
B. Ribosome
B. Leucoplast
C. Vacuole
C. Chromoplast
D. Cell Membrane
D. Mitochondria
659. Which cells contain a true nucleus? 665. Encloses the cell, it acts like a gatekeeper,
A. prokaryotes allowing some materials to pass through it
B. eukaryotes but not others.
A. Chloroplasts
C. carbohydrate
B. Cell Wall
D. plant cells
C. Cell Membrane
660. What organelle is associated with the D. Cytoplasm
production of proteins?
666. What is a good analogy for a cytoplasm
A. nucleus
A. Jello
B. ribosome
B. Door
C. mitochondria
C. Gives organelles an object to float in
D. cell membrane
D. In plant and animal cells
661. The empty blank looking structures in the 667. Which structure is NOT found in animal
cytoplasm is cells?
A. plasma membrane A. cell wall
B. nucleus B. cell membrane
C. plastids C. mitochondrion
D. vacuoles D. vacuoles

668. I am the “mail room” and aid in pack- B. endoplasmic reticulum

aging and shipping proteins and nutrients.
C. golgi apparatus
Who am I?
D. lysosome
A. Golgi Apparatus
B. ER 674. The cytoplasm is were
C. Lysosome A. chemicals go
D. Chloroplast B. chemical reactions take place
NARAYAN CHANGDER
669. The part of a cell that controls all other C. is a jelly
parts D. helps the cell get bigger
A. cytoplasm
675. Which of the following releases oxygen
B. nucelus
into the atmosphere for other organisms
C. Smooth ER to use?
D. cell membrane A. Cellular Respiration
670. Hold/store water; mainly found in plant B. Photosythesis
cells.
C. Chemosynthesis
A. Nucleolus
D. Transpiration
B. Ribosomes
C. Golgi bodies 676. Besides the cytoplasm, where else do we
find ribosomes?
D. Vacuoles
A. Vacoule
671. Which part of a plant cell gives it struc-
B. Cell Membrane
ture and support?
C. Endoplasmic Reticulum
A. cell membrane
B. nucleus D. Lysosome
C. cytoplasm 677. The coloured organelles which are found

D. cell wall in plants only are
A. chlorophyll
672. Active transport across a cell membrane
from low to high concentration, requires B. vacuoles
A. energy (ATP) C. WBC
B. no energy D. plastids
C. water
678. gel-like substance where work happens
D. oxygen within the cell
673. The internal membrane system found in A. Cytoplasm
eukaryotic cells; the place where lipid com-
B. Mitochondria
ponents of the cell membrane are assem-
bled. C. DNA
A. ribosome D. Chloroplasts

679. Which organelles are the site of cellu- A. Mitochondria

lar respiration and produce energy for the B. Nucleus
cell?

C. Lysosome
A. mitochondria
D. Ribosome
B. ribosomes
C. vacuoles 685. One difference between plant and animal
cells is that animal cells do not have
D. Golgi bodies
A. Nucleus
680. Plasma membranes are selectively per- B. Cell Membrane
meable. This means
C. Centrioles
A. anything can pass in and out
D. Chloroplasts
B. the membrane regulates the passage
of the material in and out of the cell 686. A solution that is hypertonic to a cell has
C. glucose cannot enter the cell A. more solutes than the cell
D. cholesterol cannot enter B. fewer solutes than the cell
681. A cell organelle that is responsible for C. the same concentration of solutes as
waste removal in the cell. the cell
A. Golgi Body D. too many solutes
B. Endoplasmic reticulum 687. Small structures in the cytoplasm that do

C. Large central vacuole special jobs.
D. Lysosomes A. Nucleus
B. Ribosomes
682. Water, oxygen and carbon dioxide move
across the permeable cell membrane by C. Organelles
D. Vacuoles
A. diffusion 688. A flexible boundary that controls the
B. facilitated diffusion movement of substances into and out of
C. endocytosis the cell
D. exocytosis A. Cell Membrane

B. Transport Proteins
683. What 3 things do all organisms need to
survive? C. Vacuole
A. food, water, oxygen D. Peroxisome
B. living space, oxygen, food 689. These small structures function as facto-
C. oxygen, water, living space ries to produce proteins.
D. food, water, living space A. mitochondria

B. golgi body
684. A small round cell structure containing
chemicals that break down large food par- C. endoplasmic reticulum
ticles into smaller ones. D. ribosomes

690. Which of the following is NOT part of the 695. A rigid structure that surrounds the cell
cell membrane? membrane for support and protection of
the cell.
A. Lipids
A. Chloroplasts
B. Carbs
B. Cell Wall
C. Proteins
C. Cell Membrane
D. Nucleic Acids
D. Cytoplasm
NARAYAN CHANGDER
691. What might happen if a cell gets too 696. Packages protein for transport
large?
A. Ribosome
A. Nothing they are supposed to be large.
B. Nucleus
C. Golgi apparatus
B. It will explode.
D. none of above
C. It will die.
D. The surface area will not allow it to 697. Which of the following is NOT found in
function properly. the nucleus?
A. cytoplasm
692. Small finger like projections make from B. nucleolus
microtubules that move the cell or move
materials around. C. chromatin
A. Cilla D. DNA
B. Flagellum 698. The outermost layer of a plant cell

C. Fingerlings A. Cell Wall
D. Lemmings B. Centrioles
C. Chloroplast
693. Rocks are not living because D. Cell membrane
A. they never move
699. Where is the site of chemical reactions in
B. they aren’t needed for humans the cell?
C. they are not made of cells A. Cytoplasm
D. they don’t break down B. Cell membrane
C. Nucleus
694. A flexible double-layered sheet that
makes up the cell membrane and forms a D. Vacuole
barrier between the cell and its surround-
700. Active transport “ “ materials across
ings.
the membrane.
A. cell membrane A. pumps
B. cell wall B. slides
C. nuclear membrane C. allows
D. lipid bilayer D. transports

701. Which organelle breaks down large mate- B. passive transport

rials such as food and recyles cell parts? C. exocytosis

A. ribosome D. active transport
B. lysosome
707. Inside of cell, outside of nucleus-holds ev-
C. endoplasmic reticulum erything in place, jelly like
D. mitochondrion A. lysosomes
702. The organelle that converts energy from B. organelle
food into energy the cell can use C. cell
A. Mitochondrion D. cytoplasm
B. Golgi body
708. No energy required for things to move
C. Nucleus into and out of the cell through the cell
D. Ribosomes membrane
A. passive transport
703. Transportation network for the cell,
moves (transports) materials around in B. active transport
the cell C. osmosis
A. Lysosome D. cellular respiration
B. Nuclear Membrane
709. What tool do you use to view cells?
A. metric ruler
D. Centriole
B. magnifying glass
704. Which is not true about Prokaryotic C. microscope
cells?
D. petri dish
A. They do not have a nucleus.
710. What structure keeps harmful chemicals
B. They have DNA.
out of animal cells?
C. They are larger than Eukaryotic cells.
A. cell membrane
D. Examples include cyanobacteria and E.
B. the cell wall
coli.
C. the Golgi apparatus
705. What process takes place at the chloro- D. the nucleus
plast?
A. cellular respiration 711. Students have been assigned to write
reports on cell organelles. Eric’s report
B. photosynthesis is about the organelle that supports and
C. protein production gives structure to plant cells. Which or-
D. Storage of water ganelle is Eric writing about?
A. Nucleus
706. Substances too large to pass through the
cell membrane enter the cell in a process B. Chloroplast
called C. Cell wall
A. endocytosis D. Mitochondrion

712. Which of the following is not a use of pro- C. cytoskeleton

teins that are created by the cell? D. endosymbiotic theory
A. Building materials
718. Chloroplasts are found only in the cells of
B. Hormones and some other organisms.
C. Enzymes A. Animals
D. Lubricants B. Insects
C. Plants
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713. surrounds the cell; controls what en-
ters/leaves cell; maintains homeostasis D. Sponges
A. vacuole 719. What does it mean for cells to be differ-
B. cell wall entiated?
A. It can perform the same tasks for
C. cell membrane
prokaryotes
D. lysosome
B. It can change function spontanteously
714. A unicellular organism that lacks a nu-
cleus. C. It can perform a specific task for the
A. eukaryote organism
D. It can change shape depending on the
B. cell
task
C. organelle
720. What is one obvious difference between
D. prokaryote plant and animal cells?
715. What organelle is used as storage? A. Plants have chloroplast and a large
Hint:plants have a large one that filled vacuole. animals do not
with water. B. Animals have mitochondria and plants
A. Vacuole do not
B. Cell C. Animals have a very thin cell wall
C. Cell Wall D. Plant cells have lysosomes and animal
cells do not
D. Ribosome
721. Which best describes rough ER?
716. What technology was used to develop A. studded with ribosomes
cell theory?
B. protected by vesicles
A. Microwaves
C. connected to Golgi Apparatus
B. Telescopes
D. stored in the vacuole
C. Antibiotics
722. Which of the following is not made of
D. Microscopes cells?
717. describes the formation of eukaryotic A. sand
cells B. mushroom
A. Golgi apparatus C. leaf
B. endoplasmic reticulum D. dog

723. Which structure provides protection to C. Mitochondria

the plant cell and gives it its shape? D. Ribosomes

A. plasma membrane
729. This organelle is a rigid outer layer that
B. vacuole protects plant cells.
C. cell wall A. Cell Membrane
D. endoplasmic reticulum B. Cell Wall
724. Sometimes called the “Brain of the Cell”, C. Nucleus
what is the function of the cell nucleus D. Chloroplast
found in BOTH plant and animal cells?
730. Unlike eukaryotic cells, prokaryotic cells
A. make energy
B. control cell activity A. have RNA, not DNA.
C. remove waste products B. do not have cell wall.
D. allow molecules to enter the cell C. have mesosome instead of mitochon-
dria.
725. Plant cells have two structures animal
cells do not, they are the D. have cell membranes as well as nu-
clear envelope.
A. cell membrane and chloroplast
731. Match the definition with the word Pow-
B. cell wall and mitochondria
erhouse of the cell
C. cell wall and chloroplast
A. Nucleus
D. cell membrane and mitochondria
B. Cell
726. The levels of organization in an organ- C. Mitochondria
ism go in which order:from smallest to D. Organelles
largest.
A. Cell, Tissue, Organ System, Organ 732. Which is true about Embryonic Stem
Cells.
B. Cell, Organ, Tissue, Organ System
A. They no longer do mitosis, their cell
C. Organ System, Organ, Tissue, Cell type is set and can not change
D. Cell, Tissue, Organ, Organ System B. They are limited to the type of cell they
can become
727. Which organelle is called the “suicide
bag” of the cell? C. They can become any cell type in the
body
A. Lysosomes
D. They are found in adults
B. Golgi apparatus
733. What is the gel-like substance inside of
C. Plastids
cells called?
D. Mitochondria
A. photoplasm
728. The power house of cell is called B. photosynthesis
A. Cell wall C. cytoskeleton
B. Nucleus D. cytoplasm

734. Gasoline is to a car as glucose is to a 740. When looking at the cell membrane,
A. mitochondrion where are the lipid tails located?
B. nucleus A. Inner part of the bilayer
C. vacuole B. Outer part of the bilayer
D. cell wall C. At the end of the bilayer

D. Goes through each end of the bilayer
735. The site of photosynthesis
741. When particles move from areas of high
NARAYAN CHANGDER
A. ribosome
concentration to areas less concentrated,
B. mitochondria this has taken place.
C. chloroplasts A. diffusion
D. nucleus B. mitosis
736. An organelle involved in breaking down C. endocytosis
lipids, proteins, carbohydrates, damage D. photosynthesis
organelles, and bacteria are
742. Functions in energy production, known as
A. Golgi Appaparatus the energy factory of the cell
B. Vesicles A. mitochondria
C. Vacule B. chloroplast
D. Lysosomes C. vacuole
737. Cell organelles that are responsible for D. cytoplasm
digesting food, worn out organelles and
743. Permeable means
other cellular wastes are called
A. things can pass through
A. Mitochondria
B. the concentration levels are different
B. Vacuoles
C. it is permanent
C. Lysosomes
D. things are stuck
D. Chlororplasts
744. All living things are made of cells, accord-
738. Both plant and animal cells contain this ing to what?
organelle.
A. theory of life
A. chlorophyll
B. cell rules
B. cell walls
C. cell hypothesis
C. chlorpolasts
D. cell theory
D. cytoplasm
745. What is the green pigment called inside
739. An organism made of only one cell is the chloroplast that gives it that green col-
called . oration?
A. Eukaryotic A. Chlorophyll
B. Mutlicellular B. cytoplasm
C. Monocellular C. ink
D. Unicellular D. gangrene

746. What is the role of the cell membrane? C. the plastids

A. Create ATP D. the cell wall

B. Create protiens
752. What can the cell cycle also be called?
C. Regulate temperature
A. Cell growth
D. Regulate the transport of in and out
B. DNA Replication
747. What is the process in which a plant
C. Preparation for Mitosis
makes usable energy?
D. Cell Divison
A. ATP
B. Cellular Respiration 753. The area in the cell that acts as a storage
C. Oxygen area.
D. Transmission A. Lysosome
B. Mitochondria
748. The grain-like organelles on which pro-
teins are made are called C. Vacuole
A. mitochondria D. Chloroplast
B. ribosomes
754. Match the definition with the wordA tiny
C. nuclei cell structure that carries out a specific
D. Golgi bodies function within the cell.
A. Player
749. Cells are the basic unit of life-Cells come
from existing cells-All living things are B. Organelle
made of Cells C. Reflex
A. Cell Transport
D. Selectively Permeable
B. Cell Structure
C. Cell Theory 755. Function of the cell membrane to allow
substances to flow freely through, in and
D. Cell Division out of the cell.
750. green, plant cell organelle that converts A. permeable
sunlight, CO2, and water into sugar B. impermeable
A. Chloroplast
C. semi-permeable
B. Chlorophyll
D. none of above
C. Lysosome
D. Ribosome 756. A network protein forms a framework in-
side the cell
751. Which organelle may have allowed early A. Mitochondrion
eukaryotes to make food and produce oxy-
gen? B. Nucleus
A. the Golgi apparatus C. Cytoskeleton
B. the central vacuole D. Cell membrane

757. Which form of transport permits water to 762. Which cell structures are sometimes
move over a semi-permeable membrane? found attached to the endoplasmic reticu-
lum?
A. Osmosis
A. chloroplasts
B. Active Transport
B. nuclei
C. Diffusion
C. mitochondria
D. Facilitated Diffusion
D. ribosomes
NARAYAN CHANGDER
758. An effect of osmosis where the outside 763. Which structure produces energy for the
solution has a lower concentration than cell?
the solution inside the cell. Movement of
water molecules into the cell causes it to A. mitochondria
swell. B. nucleus
A. isotonic C. golgi
B. exotonic D. endoplasmic reticulum
C. hypertonic 764. Organelles where photosynthesis occurs,

are green due to chlorophyll pigment found
D. hypotonic
in them.
759. What is the relatively constant internal A. Chloroplasts
physical and chemical conditions of a cell B. Cell Wall
or organism known as?
C. Cell Membrane
A. homeostasis
D. Cytoplasm
B. cell specialization
765. Tissues work together to make the fol-
C. level of organization lowing.
D. cellular communication A. cells
B. organs
760. If the lysosome were a part of the city it
would be the: C. organ systems
A. Mayor-controls the cell D. organism
B. Waste management-digests cell 766. This organelle packages, sort and dis-
waste and cleans up tribute cell products (Analogy:mail room or
Wal-Mart distribution center)
C. Farms-synthesizes proteins
A. cell membrane
D. Water tower-stores water
B. mitochondria
761. This is the control center of the cell. C. golgi body
A. Nucleus D. lysosome
B. Nuclear Membrane 767. What is the purpose of photosynthesis?
C. Chloroplasts A. make glucose
D. Golgi Aparatus B. make ATP

C. make light B. many proteins

D. release carbon dioxide C. cholesterol molecules

768. What is the function of the digestive sys- D. all of the above
tem?
773. What structure do plant and animal cells
A. It transports blood and oxygen to your use to store water?
cells
A. Vacuole
B. It breaks down food so the nutrients
can be absorbed by your body B. Mitochondria
C. It helps you breathe by taking in oxy- C. Lysosomes
gen and transporting carbon dioxide out D. Ribosomes
of your body
D. It helps you move 774. Special connective tissues include
769. A cell organelle that breaks down lipids, A. cartilage, bone and blood.
carbohydrates, and proteins into small B. cell wall
molecules that can be used by the rest of
C. ribosome
the cell.
D. chloroplast
A. vesicle
B. vacuole 775. Examples include kidney, liver, heart,
C. lysosome brain, stomach, bladder, intestines
D. chloroplast A. cell
B. tissue
770. Plant and animal cells have
A. Mitochondria and chloroplasts C. organ
B. Nucleus and chloroplast D. organ system
C. Cell wall and chloroplast 776. Which organelle would you expect to find
D. Mitochondria and cytoplasm in plant cells but NOT animal cells?
A. mitochondria
771. A microscope is supplied with 10x and
15x eyepieces and with 10x and 44x ob- B. ribosome
jective lenses. What is the maximum mag-
C. chloroplast
nification that can be obtained from this
microscope? D. endoplasmic reticulum
A. 59x 777. In an analogy, I might refer to this or-
B. 150x ganelle as “jell-0” like fluid in the empty
C. 440x spaces of the cell.
D. 660x A. chloroplast
B. cell membrane
772. The plasma membrane contains which of
the following? C. nucleus
A. phospholipids D. cytoplasm

778. has two types smooth and rough; work 784. The diffusion of water molecules through
on membranes and proteins a selectively permeable membrane is
A. endoplasmic reticulum (ER) called
B. ES A. Active Transport
B. Diffussion
C. all the above
C. Respiration
D. none of above
D. Osmosis
NARAYAN CHANGDER
779. Which type of cells lack a true nucleus?
785. Which process is occurring when a vesicle
A. animal cells fuses with the cell membrane and releases
B. prokaryotic cells its contents outside the cell?
C. eukaryotic cells A. endocytosis
D. plant cells B. phagocytosis
C. exocytosis
780. How many chromosomes total does a hu-
man have? D. osmosis
A. 23 786. Which of the following is NOT a phase of
B. 5 mitosis?
C. 46 A. Interphase
D. 7 B. Prophase
C. Metaphase
781. where cellular respiration takes place giv-
ing cells much needed energy D. Telophase
A. chloroplasts 787. What cells carry electrical signals?

B. mitochondria A. Red Blood Cells
C. nucleus B. Palisade Cells
D. endoplasmic reticulum C. Sperm cells
D. Nerve Cells
782. Makes proteins-smallest organelle
A. ribosomes 788. Diffusion is the movement of molecules
from an area of concentration to an
B. lysosomes concentration
C. ER A. High, low
D. nucleolus B. Low, high
783. What is the principle role of the mitochon- C. Low, low,
dria in cells? D. High, high
A. to eliminate wastes
789. Simple, single-celled organisms that lack
B. to produce energy a nucleus and organelles
C. to provide support A. Eukaryotes
D. to fight disease B. Plants

C. Prokaryotes 795. Rod-shaped structure, pass on traits of

D. Atoms cell to new cell?

A. lysosomes
790. What does “high concentration area”
B. chromosomes
mean?
C. nucleolus
A. Spread out
D. ribosomes
B. Tightly packed together
796. What do you call the gelatin-like mixture
C. Uncrowded
that flows throughout a cell?
D. Spacious
A. endoplasm
791. Which of the following organelles is B. ectoplasm
found in plant cells but NOT in animal C. cytoplasm
cells?
D. Plasma
A. Cell membrane
797. The following statements are character-
B. Nucleus
istics of a cell structure.#Permeable to all
C. Chloroplasts fluids#Rigid and not elasticWhich struc-
D. Mitochondria ture has these charateristics?
A. Vacuole
792. Amino acids link together by peptide
B. Cell wall
bonds to form proteins. In which cellular
structure would this process occur C. Golgi Apparatus
A. mitochondria D. Plasma membrane
B. ribosome 798. are mainly used to move materials
C. lysosome between cell organelles, as well as to and
from the cell surface
D. Golgi body
A. vacuole
793. Which vital organelle is NOT present in B. ribosome
red blood cells?
C. vesicles
A. Vacuole D. lysosome
B. Nucleus
799. Chromosomes are found in
C. Lysosome
A. nucleus
D. ER
B. nucleolus
794. Stem cells become different types of cells C. nucleoplast
through this process. D. vacuole
A. cell cycles
800. The large vacuole in plant cells contain a
B. cell replication liquid called
C. cell specialization A. cell wall
D. cell destruction B. cell membrane

C. tonoplast 806. Reflexes are rapid, unlearned, ac-

tions.
D. cell sap
A. voluntary
801. Some cells are microscopic, to see them
B. involuntary
we need to use a
C. sensitive
A. Printer
D. controlled
B. Microphone
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C. Telescope 807. The organelles that have one single layer
of membrane areI. lysosomeII. vacuoleIII.
D. Microscope
nucleus
802. Unlike passive transport, active trans- A. I only
port requires B. I and II only
A. concentration gradients C. II and III only
B. diffusion D. I, II and III
C. energy from the cell
808. The network of passageways carries ma-
D. vesicles terials from one part of the cell to an-
other.
803. One of the key distinctions between plant
and animal cells is the presence of cells, A. endoplasmic reticulum
which is lacking in cells. B. golgi bodies
A. a Golgi body in plant; animal C. vacuole
B. a Golgi body in animal; plant D. cell
C. a vacuole in animal; plant
809. I am the tough exterior that protects
D. a vacuole in plant; animal plant cells and gives them their shape.
Who am I?
804. Most of the cell membrane is made of
A. Cell wall
A. Lipids
B. Cell membrane
B. Carbs
C. Cytoplasm
C. Proteins
D. Mitochondria
D. Nucleic acids
810. Plant cells are capable of making their
805. Which structure is responsible for struc- own food by photosynthesis. What spe-
ture and support in animal cells (made of cialized organelle do they have for captur-
microtubules!) ing the energy from sunlight?
A. cell wall A. cell membrane
B. cytoskeleton B. cell wall
C. centrioles C. chloroplast
D. lysosomes D. mitochondrion

811. This organelle takes food and turns it into 817. This organelle helps plants keep their
ENERGY for plant and animal cells. rigid structure.

A. Chloroplast A. Cell wall
B. Mitochondria B. Cell membrane
C. Lysosome C. Chloroplast
D. Ribosome D. Nucleus
812. How much interstitial fluid is found in the 818. Structure that contains the cell’s genetic
human body? material in the form of DNA
A. 3 gallons A. Vacuole
B. 3 pints B. Nucleolus
C. 5 gallons C. Nucleus
D. 50 gallons D. Ribosome
813. Many organs make up a(n) 819. This organelle is a gel-like fluid that
takes up most of the space inside the cell.
A. tissue
A. Cytoplasm
B. organ system
B. Cell Membrane
C. cell
C. Vacuole
D. molecule
D. Golgi Body
814. If this organelle was wiped out, the cell
820. a carbohydrate/complex that is involved
would not be able to produce proteins.
in intercellular communication and cell
A. mitochondria recognition
B. ribosome A. Recognition marker
C. Golgi apparatus B. Transport protein
D. cell membrane C. Phospholipid
815. break down (digest) worn out cell parts, D. Cholesterol channel
mostly in animal cells 821. What does hydrophilic mean?
A. cytoplasm A. Fills water up
B. lysosomes B. Hates water
C. mitochondria C. Loves water
D. vacuoles D. Only associates with water if it has to
816. This organelle can be found inside the nu- 822. When a protein needs to be made, which
cleus, and produces ribosomes. organelle is responsible for this task?
A. Nucleus A. Nucleus
B. Nucleolus B. Ribosomes
C. New Moon C. Golgi Body
D. New Balance Shoe D. Mitochondria

823. I am a double-membraned cell organelle. C. ribosomes

I produce energy-rich molecules called ATP. D. microfilaments
I have my own genetic material. Who am
I? 829. Controls what goes in and out of the cell
A. Cell membrane A. Cell Membrane
B. Nucleus B. Nucleus
C. Plastid C. Nuclear Membrane
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D. Animal cell
D. Mitochondrion
830. a group of tissues that work together to
824. An organism whose cells contain a nu- perform a certain job
cleus.
A. tissue
A. prokaryote
B. heart
B. eukaryote
C. organ
C. organelle
D. none of above
D. cell
831. Brain of the cell-Directs cell activities
825. What directs all the activities of the cell? A. ER
A. cell wall B. nucleus
B. cytoplasm C. nucleolus
C. nucleus D. ribosomes
D. cell wall 832. In what organelle is the genetic material
found inside?
826. This type of cell contains DNA
A. prokaryotic
B. Golgi Complex
B. eukaryotic
C. Nucleolus
C. both prokaryotic and eukaryotic
D. Nucleus
D. neither prokaryotic nor eukaryotic
833. the movement of water across the cell
827. What is the cell organelle that stores wa- membrane
ter, food and waste called? A. Osmosis
A. The cytoplasm B. Diffusion
B. The lysosomes C. Wave action
C. The vacuole D. Dehydration
D. The mitochondria 834. What do you have when organ systems
work together?
828. The organelles that break down lipids,
sugars, and proteins into small molecules A. organs
that can be used by the cell are called B. organism
A. vacuoles C. cells
B. lysosomes D. tissue

835. Which is the diffusion of water? 840. Which is NOT a macromolecule?

A. Diffusion A. carbohydrates

B. Osmosis B. nucleic acids
C. Exocytosis C. proteins
D. Pinocytosis D. water
836. The cell theory states that all organisms 841. Prokaryotes have an approximate size
are made of cells; cells are the most basic of
unit of life; and A. 1 nanometer (nm)
A. all existing cells from by free-cell for- B. 1 micrometer (um)
mation
C. 1 millimeter (mm)
B. all cells have a nucleus
D. 1 centimeter (cm)
C. all existing cells are produced by other
living cells 842. Stores liquids and and excess materials
D. all cells are eukaryotic in-one central large one in a plant
A. vacuole
837. This type of protein is needed to move
things by active transport across the mem- B. lysosome
brane C. mitochondria
A. Channel Proteins D. nucleolus
B. Pumps 843. Name the prokaryote?
C. Carrier Proteins A. animal cell
D. Cholesterol lubricated passageways B. plant cell
838. Which of the following organelles pro- C. bacteria
vides extra support for the cell, gives it D. fungi cell
shape, is mostly made up of cellulose, and
found in plant cells? 844. The is the control center of the cell
A. endoplasmic reticulum A. cell membrane
B. cell membrane B. nucleus
C. cell wall C. nuclear envelope
D. nucleus D. ribosome
839. What distinguishes a eukaryotic cell from 845. What structure is in plant cells but not
a prokaryotic cell is the presence of animal cells?
A. A cell wall A. Cell Membrane
B. A nucleus B. Mitochondria
C. DNA C. Cell Wall
D. Ribosomes D. Vacuole

846. A type of active transport in which the 851. Tissues combine to form
vesicle inside the cell carries a particle to A. nucleus
the cell membrane. The membrane of the
vesicle sticks to and becomes part of the B. organism
cell membrane. The particle is forced out C. cells
of the cell. D. organs
A. diffusion
852. Cell walls is found in
B. endocytosis
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A. plant cells only
C. exocytosis B. animal cells only
D. osmosis C. both (a) and (b)
D. none of them
847. (2.1) Which of the following structures
helps maintain the shape of a plant cell 853. This structure holds and protects the ge-
even when water is scarce? netic information in the cell.
A. cell wall A. nucleus
B. endoplasmic reticulum B. nucleolus
C. Golgi apparatus C. nuclear membrane

D. cell membrane
D. plasma membrane
854. A cell organelle that stores materials such
848. A large surface area to volume ratio al- as water, salts, proteins, and carbohy-
lows cells to do what quickly? drates.
A. Move materials around inside the cell A. vacuole
B. Move materials in and out of the cell B. lysosome
C. Communicate to other cells C. ribosome
D. Divide D. vesicle
855. This organelle receives, sorts, and sends
849. Match the definition with the word Rapid, proteins to different parts of the cell.
unlearned, involuntary response
A. lysosome
A. Reproduction
B. Golgi apparatus
B. Cell Wall
C. Reflex D. vacuole
D. Cell Membrane
856. Which of the following in not a function
of the cell membrane?
850. Temporary storage within the cell
A. Regulates what enters and exits the
A. Vacuole
cell
B. Plasma membrane B. Decides how big the cell will grow
C. Transport Proteins C. Protects the contents
D. Peroxisome D. Holds the cell together

857. Which organelle is responsible for making 863. Ribosomes can be found
proteins? A. On mitochondria

A. Nucleus B. In the nucleus
B. Nucleolus C. In the cytoplasm
C. Lysosomes D. On golgi bodies
D. Ribosomes
864. Chloroplast is found in
858. Where are proteins made? A. Plant cell only
A. Golgi body B. Animal cell only
B. Mitochondrion C. Both of these
C. Chromosomes D. None of these
D. Ribosomes
865. Which structures are found in every liv-
859. Allows materials to come in and out of ing cell?
the cell A. cell membrane and cytoplasm
A. Cell Wall B. chloroplasts and mitochondria
B. Cell Membrane C. a cell wall and nucleus
C. Vacuole D. chloroplasts and cell wall
D. Mitochondria
866. What does hydrophobic mean?
860. Some cells have this structure to help A. Likes water as a friend
them detect levels of light.
B. Dissolves in water
A. psuedopodia
C. Loves water
B. eyespot
D. Hates water
C. contractile vacuole
D. cilia 867. How can a plant cell and animal cell be
identified?
861. Which organism listed below is a A. Plant Cells have Cell Membranes.
prokaryote?
B. Plants Cells have Cell Walls and Animal
A. dog Cells do not.
B. human C. Plant Cells have Cell Walls and make
C. sunflower their own food.
D. bacterial cell D. Animals Cells have a nucleus and plant
cells do not.
862. Found in plant cells; traps energy from
the sun to make food 868. What tool do you use to view the cells?
A. Cell Wall A. metric ruler
B. Cell Membrane B. centrifuge
C. Mitochondria C. microscope
D. Chloroplasts D. pipette

869. Discuss the polarity of the phospholipid 874. All living things are made of
bilayer A. atoms
A. Phosphate heads are polar, the tails B. cells
are not polar
C. bacteria
B. Both the phosphate heads and the lipid
tails are polar D. plants
C. the phosphate heads are not polar, but 875. Very small structures that make protein
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the lipid tails are polar A. cytoplasm
D. There is no polarity in the phospholipid B. ribosomes
bilayer
C. nucleus
870. The partially permeable membrane that D. none of above
surrounds the vacuole of a plant cell is
called the 876. This organelle moves substances within
the cell and has pipelike structures (Anal-
A. cell membrane
ogy:city buses or transportation vehicles)
B. cell wall
C. tonoplast B. vacuole
D. nuclear envelope C. mitochondria
871. In bacteria, DNA is found D. lysosome
A. in the nucleus alone. 877. Main producer of ATP in all eukaryotes
B. in both the nucleus and organelles. A. chloroplast
C. in the nucleoid as a single circular B. mitochondria
thread.
C. lysosome
D. in organelles alone.
D. smooth er
872. Which cell structure is found in plant and 878. Which organelles are unique to plant
animals cells and controls what can come cells?
into or leave a cell?
A. ribosomes
A. cell membrane
B. vacuoles
B. cytoplasm
C. chloroplasts
C. nucleus
D. centrosomes
D. vacuole
879. Which tool is most likely used to produce
873. Which structures are present in animal a clear image of very tiny structures inside
and plant cells? a cell?
A. Vacuole, nucleus and chloroplast A. light microscope
B. Nucleus, cell wall, cytoplasm B. magnetic resonance imaging
C. Nucleus, cell membrane, cytoplasm C. electron microscope
D. Cell membrane, chloroplast, cell wall D. computer model

880. The purpose or job of something 886. Which of the following is an example of
A. Function active transport?

B. Nucleus A. facilitated diffusion
C. Structure B. osmosis
D. Cytoplasm C. diffusion
881. All cells have all of the following except: D. endocytosis
A. Cell Membrane
887. What is the purpose of the cilia and flag-
B. Ribosomes ella on a prokaryotic cell?
C. DNA
A. Movement
D. ER
B. Food Gathering
882. DNA is found in which cell organelle
C. Reproduction
A. Ribosomes
D. Remove Waste
B. Lysosomes
C. Nucleus 888. The cell process where water moves
D. Cytoplasm through the cell membrane to an area of
higher concentration is
883. Enclosed by a cell membrane, with many
organelles, round shaped. A. photosynthesis
A. Chloroplast B. cell respiration

B. Cell Wall C. osmosis
C. Animal cell D. active transport
D. Plant cell
889. Which organelle makes proteins using in-
884. holds materials like water and is very structions from the nucleus?
large in a plant cell
A. cell membrane
A. nucleus
B. mitochondria
B. golgi body
C. chloroplast C. vacuole
D. vacuole D. ribosome
885. The movement of a substance across a 890. Which of the following is a network of
biological membrane against its concentra- proteins that supports and gives shape to
tion gradient with the help of energy input a cell?
is
A. vesicles
A. diffusion
B. active transport. B. vacuole
C. osmosis. C. cytoskeleton
D. facilitated diffusion. D. cytoplasm

891. In animal and plant cells, the is the 897. A group of similar cells combine to form
powerhouse of the cell where cellular res- A. organ
piration occurs.
B. organisms
A. cytoplasm
C. organelles
B. vacuole
D. tissue
C. chloroplast
D. mitochondria 898. Most plants appear green because chloro-
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phyll
892. Which two macromolecules offer energy A. absorbs green light.
storage to the cell?
B. absorbs violet light.
A. Lipids and carbohydrates
C. does not absorb green light.
B. lipids and nucleic acids
D. does not absorb violet light.
C. nucleic acids and proteins
D. proteins and carbohydrates 899. Sac-like structure which stores water,
food, and wastes.
893. How many cells are produced at the end A. lysosomes
of meiosis?
B. cell wall
A. 2 diploid cells
C. cytoplasm
B. 4 haploid cells
D. vacuoles
C. 4 diploid cells
D. 2 haploid cells 900. What is the function of the cell nucleus
found in both plant and animal cells?
894. What organelle is responsible for ATP en- A. to produce energy
ergy production?
B. to control cell activity
A. nucleus
C. to remove waste products
B. mitochondria
D. to allow molecules to enter the cell
C. ribosome
D. cell membrane 901. The smallest unit that is able to perform
the basic functions of life are called
895. The smallest unit of life is A. an organ system
A. a protist B. an organ
B. an atom C. a cell
C. bacteria D. a tisue
D. a cell
902. Which of the following are NOT compo-
896. The basic unit of all forms of life. nents of plasma membrane
A. nucleus A. Cholestrol
B. cell B. Phospholipid
C. DNA C. Sclereid
D. nuclear envelope D. Protein

903. What does DNA Replication mean? 908. Process that sterilizes bacteria so it is
safe to eat
A. DNA is made.
A. pasteurization

B. DNA makes new cells.
B. boiling
C. DNA copies itself.
C. juliette
D. DNA starts the cell cycle. D. none of above
904. A living thing which needs food, water, 909. Sclereids are found in
and a place to live. A. root tips.
A. organ system B. seed coats.
B. organ C. mesophyll cells that produce food.
C. organelle D. secretion.
D. organism 910. This organelle modifies proteins and pack-

ages them for distribution outside the cell
905. stores substances such as water, en- A. Golgi body
zymes, and salts in plant cells
A. cell wall C. Flagella
B. centriole D. Transport Vesicle
C. Golgi apparatus 911. Which cells are typically green?
D. central vacuole A. Animal cells
B. Blood cells
906. Which one of the following is not part of
the cell theory? C. Plant cells
A. all living things are made of cells D. Fungus cells
B. cells are the basic units of structure 912. These organelles capture energy from
and function of living things sunlight and use it to produce food for the
cell.
C. new cells are produced from existing
cells A. cell membrane
B. chloroplasts
D. cells never die
C. cell wall
907. Which of the following is NOT a part of D. ribosomes
cell theory?
913. This plant structure is designed to al-
A. All cells are produced from existing low sucrose and amino acids to be trans-
cells ported throughout the entire plant (bi-
B. All cells have organelles and nuclei directional).
C. Cells are the basic unit of structure A. Xylem

and function B. Phloem
D. Plants and animals are made up of C. Cambium
cells D. Cortex cells

914. Which of the following cells contain C. Golgi Body

chloroplasts?
D. Lysosome
A. Animal
B. Plant 920. Flattened folded sacs that package and
move materials like FED Ex
C. Fungal
A. ribosomes
D. Bacterial
915. Where does cellular respiration take
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place? C. Golgi bodies
A. mitochondria D. none of above
B. chloroplast
921. What organelle receive, packages & dis-
C. nucleus tributes proteins and other materials?
D. Golgi complex A. Endoplasmic Reticulum
916. rigid structure that supports and protects B. Nucleus
cells of plants, algae, fungi, and bacteria
C. Mitochondria
A. Cell Wall
D. Golgi bodies
B. Cell Membrane
C. Cytoplasm 922. This nucleotide is made in the mitochon-
D. Capsule dria and is fuel for all cells.
A. Chloroplasts
917. Organelles where amino acids link to-
gether to form proteins. B. Glucose
A. Lysosomes C. ATP
B. Ribosomes D. ADP
C. Centrioles
D. Mitochondria 923. The control center that controls all the
functions of the cell
918. The movement of water across a selec- A. cytoplasm
tively permeable membrane without the
use of any energy is called B. cell wall
A. endocytosis C. cell membrane
B. diffusion D. nucleus
C. active transport
924. The thick, stiff covering that surrounds
D. osmosis
plant cells
919. A rigid layer of nonliving material that A. chloroplasts
surrounds the cells plants and some other
organisms. B. cell wall
A. Cell Membrane C. cell membrane
B. Cell Wall D. nucleus

925. The kitchen of the cell is called 931. Makes proteins for the cell, can be found
A. Cell wall attached to the endoplasmic reticulum or
free in the cytoplasm

B. Vacuoles
A. Cell Wall
C. Nucleus
B. Golgi Body
D. Plastids
C. Ribosome
926. The term selectively permeable is best ap- D. Cytoplasm
plied to the
932. In the given scenario what will happen?
A. Cell Wall
An egg is placed in pure water for 48
B. Cell Membrane hours.
C. Nucleus A. The egg will gain water and swell.
D. Mitochondria B. Water will move in and out of the cell
equally, and the cell with neither shrink
927. create proteins for plant and animal nor swell.
cells.
C. The egg will lose water and shrink.
A. Ribosomes
D. none of above
B. Endoplasmic Reticulum
933. Who was the first person to see cells
C. Golgi Bodies
under the microscope and give them their
D. Lysosomes name?
928. The organism containing only a single cell A. Mattias Schleiden
is called B. Robert Hooke
A. unicellular organism C. Theordor Schwann
B. multicellular organism D. Anton van Leeuwenhoek
C. organelle 934. Prokaryotic
D. all of these A. are single celled organisms that do not
929. Cells custodians and SWAT team have a nucleus or membrane bound or-
members-Clean up Cell Parts and recycle ganelles
A. vacuoles B. a protective layer that covers the the

cells surface and acts as a barrier
B. mitochondria
C. is the smallest unit that can perform
C. lysosomes all the processes necessary for life
D. ribosomes D. none of above
930. Eukaryotic cells are between 935. Basic unit of all forms of life
A. 10-100 micrometers A. Cell
B. 10-100 nanometers B. Nucleus
C. 5-10 micrometers C. Prokaryote
D. 50-500 micrometers D. Eukaryote

936. High Surface area to volume ratio allows 942. Which organelles contain DNA?
cells to do what quickly? A. Nucleus and mitochondria
A. Move materials around inside the cell B. Mitochondria and lysosome
B. Move materials in and out of the cell C. Nucleus and Golgi body
C. Communicate to other cells D. Lysosome and Golgi body
D. Divide 943. What is the function of the ribosomes?
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937. Who discovered and named cells? A. Transport proteins
A. Schleiden B. Make proteins
B. Hooke C. Package and ship proteins
C. Virchow D. Store water, food, and wastes
D. Watson 944. A rigid outer layer that surrounds the
cells of plants that gives extra support and
938. Make proteins; found in nucleolus, in the protection.
cytoplasm or on rough ER
A. Plant cell
A. lysosomes
B. Chloroplast
B. mitochondria
C. Cytoplasm
C. chloroplasts D. Cell Wall
D. ribosomes
945. How many daughter cells are produced
939. These are passageways in the cell that during meiosis? Are the diploid or hap-
carry proteins and other materials from loid?
one part of the cell to another. A. 2; diploid
A. Golgi Body B. 2; haploid
B. Endoplasmic Reticulum C. 4; diploid
C. Ribosome D. 4; haploid
D. Nucleolus 946. What is the main function of the Golgi Ap-
940. Which plant organelle stores water? paratus?
A. communicate with other cells
A. nucleus
B. convert solar energy to chemical en-
B. ribosome
ergy
C. lysosome C. process and deliver proteins
D. vacuole D. copy genetic information
941. Which process occurs inside the chloro- 947. What structure is responsible for making
plasts? proteins?
A. detoxification A. Nucleus
B. ribosome assembly B. Mitochondria
C. photosynthesis C. Golgi Apparatus
D. protein synthesis D. Ribosome

948. You have strep throat which is caused by 953. Dark spot inside the nucleus-responsible
a bacteria. What type of cells are irritat- for making ribosomes in the cytoplasm
ing your throat?

A. nucleolus
A. plant cells B. cell membrane
B. eukaryotic cells C. cell wall
C. prokaryotic cells D. chloroplast
D. animal cells 954. Unlike a eukaryotic cell, a prokaryotic cell
does not have
949. Enclosed by a cell wall, one large vacuole,
contains chloroplast, square shaped. A. DNA
A. Cell Wall B. a cell membrane

C. cytoplasm
B. Plant cell
D. a nucleus
C. Animal cell
D. Chloroplast 955. Animal cells DO NOT have
A. Mitochondria
950. In a hypotonic solution, the concentration B. Lysosomes
of solutes outside the cell is lower than
the C. Vacuoles
A. concentration of fluids in the mem- D. Chloroplasts

brane 956. Name the outermost layer of a plant cell
B. concentration of osmosis that protects and supports it.
C. concentration of diffusion in the mem- A. Cell Membrane
brane B. Cell Wall
D. concentration of solutes inside the cell C. Golgi Apparatus
D. Cytoplasm
951. Plant cells have special organelles that
help them convert sunlight to sugar they 957. small organelle that contains and trans-
can use. What organelle is this? ports materials within the cytoplasm
A. Cell wall A. Vesicle
B. Cell membrane B. Cytoplasm
C. Chloroplast C. Ribosome
D. Vacuole D. Nucleolus
958. Diffusion is the process by which
952. layer that surrounds the plasma mem- molecules move from an area of con-
brane of a plant cell centration to an area of concentration.
A. phospholipid bilayer A. lower, higher
B. endoplasmic reticulum B. lower, equal
C. cell wall C. higher, lower
D. Golgi Apparatus D. higher, equal

959. Active transport is the movement of C. a cell

large materials across a cell membrane D. an organ
from to concentration
965. all living things are composed of cells;
A. high to low
that cells are the basic units of structure
B. low to high and function; and new cells comes from ex-
C. high to high isting cells.
D. low to low A. cell theory
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B. cells
960. This scientist discovered and named the
C. mitochondria
cell.
D. none of above
A. Robert Hooke
B. Anton Van Leeuwenhoek 966. Cells from which of the following organ-
isms would be expected to contain cell
C. Goldberg walls?
D. Mathias Schleiden A. lady bug
961. The cell wall provides B. water lily
A. Genetic Material C. cricket

D. human
B. Energy
C. Structure 967. All cells share certain functions necessary
for life. Which of the following is not a
D. Proteins function performed by every cell?
962. If a bacterial shape is described as being A. Take in energy
“strepto” smart patients know the bacte- B. gets rid of wastes
ria is growing in a
C. performs photosynthesis
A. clump D. replicates to make new cells
B. cluster
968. Which of the following cells does not con-
C. chain tain a nucleus and instead holds genetic in-
D. none of above formation in a plasmid?
A. Animal
963. Which organelles contain enzymes that
break down old cell parts? B. Plant
A. centrosomes C. Fungal
D. Bacterial
B. lysosomes
C. vacuoles 969. Relatively constant internal physical and
chemical conditions that organisms main-
D. chloroplasts tain.
964. What is the basic unit of structure and A. equilibrium
function in living things called? B. homeostasis
A. an atom C. cellular balance
B. an organelle D. isotonic

970. All of the following are principles of the 975. A cell structure that serves as an internal
cell theory EXCEPT delivery system for the cell.

A. all living things are made of one or A. Golgi Body
more cells B. Endoplasmic reticulum
B. all living things are made of one or C. Large central vacuole
more cells
D. Lysosomes
C. water is the main ingredient in every
cell 976. Cells use active transport proteins to
D. the cell is the smallest unit of life A. obtain molecules they need
B. break down molecules
971. organelle that processes proteins and
prepares them for use both inside and out- C. engulf large particles
side the cell D. detect the charge of molecules
A. Golgi apparatus
977. Where are proteins made? These are
B. cytoskeleton small, grain-like or rod shaped organelles.
C. mitochondria They are made in the nucleolus
D. vacuole A. Golgi body
B. Mitoichondrion
972. The sharpens the image under high
magnification. C. Chromosomes
A. the diaphragm D. Ribosomes
B. fine adjustment knob 978. Powerhouse of the cell-releases energy
C. coarse adjustment knob A. Chloroplast
D. the ocular B. Mitochondria
973. Is the structure located in a plant and an- C. Golgi Bodies

imal cell that is home to DNA, where new D. Lysosome
cells are made and directs cell activity
979. What organelle packages proteins into
A. Nucleus forms the cell can use, expel, or keep
B. Ribosomes stored?
C. Mitochondria A. centrioles
D. Vacuoles B. Golgi bodies
C. lysosomes
974. membrane-bound organelle that contains
several enzymes that break down pro- D. mitochondria
teins, nucleic acids, carbs, and lipids
980. The following information are features
A. Lysosomes of an organelle in a cell.# spherical or ob-
B. Ribosomes long shaped #smooth outer membrane and
folded inner membrane Which of the fol-
C. Nucleus lowing organelle has features as stated
D. Atom above?

A. Vacuole 986. A group of organs that work together to

B. Nucleus perform a specific function.
C. Chloroplast A. specialized cells
D. Mitocondria B. tissue
981. Special chemicals that some bacteria pro- C. organ
duce to stop other bacteria from growing D. organ system
or kill it
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A. pasteurization 987. Which statement is NOT part of the cell
B. toxins theory?
C. vaccines A. All living organisms are composed of

one or more cells.
D. none of above
B. Cells are the basic unit of organization
982. A group of tissues that work together to in organisms.
perform closely related functions.
C. Cells come from pre-existing cells.
A. organ system
B. tissue D. All cells have organelles.
C. organ 988. An organelle that captures energy from
D. specialized cells the sunlight in order to use it to produce
food in plant cells is
983. Hen’s egg is a
A. Chromatin
A. Organ system
B. Organ B. Chloroplast
C. cell C. Cytoplasm
D. Tissue D. Cell Membrane
984. The basic unit of structure and function in 989. A major function of glycoproteins and gly-
an organism is the . . . colipids in the membane is to
A. Cell
A. glue cells together to form tissues
B. Chloroplast
B. allow cells to identify each other
C. Lysosome
C. attach membrane to cytoskeleton
D. Ribosome
D. help retain shape
985. This specialized cell does not contain
a nucleus to allow it to carry more 990. Which of the following is NOT a principle
haemoglobin to increase the transport of of the cell theory?
oxygen.
A. Cells are the basic units of life.
A. Nerve Cell
B. Red Blood Cell B. All living things are made of cells.
C. White Blood Cell C. Very few cells reproduce.
D. Palisade cell D. All cells are produced by existing cells.

991. Cushions and protects the internal or- 996. In what phase do the organelles disperse
ganelles? out into the daughter cells, and the cell pre-
pares for cytokinesis?

A. chloroplasts
A. Prophase
B. vacuole
B. Interphase
C. cytoplasm
C. Mitosis
D. cell membrane
D. Telophase
992. What is the major difference between
997. What is the basic structural and func-
prokaryotic and eukaryotic?
tional unit of all living things?
A. prokaryotic has a nucleus; eukaryotic
A. atom
does not
B. cell
B. eukaryotic has a nucleus; prokaryotic
does not C. molecule
D. human
C. prokaryotic has DNA; eukaryotic does
not 998. Diffusion of water through a selectively
D. eukaryotic has a cell wall; prokaryotic permeable membrane.
does not A. diffusion
993. This particular type of transport protein B. osmosis

will attach to needed molecules and move C. passive transport
them across the membrane D. exocytosis
A. Channel Proteins
999. Which of the following is the smallest
B. Pumps unit of life that can carry out all life func-
C. Carrier Proteins tions?
D. Cholesterol lubricated passageways A. the mitochondria

B. the vacuoles
994. Which of the following is NOT a reflex?
C. the nucleus
A. sweating
D. the cell
B. screaming
1000. This organelle breaks down food to re-
C. coughing lease energy.
D. flinching A. nucleus
995. The powerhouse of the cell is the It B. lysosomes

converts energy from food into energy the C. mitochondria
cell can use D. vacuole
A. Mitochondrion
1001. In humans, the mitochondrion is only in-
B. Golgi body herited through the
C. Nucleus A. Mother
D. Ribosomes B. Father

C. Godmother 1007. What organelle controls the cell?

D. Godfather A. Lysosome
B. Nucleus
1002. controls what enters and leaves cell,
separates inside of cell from outside of cell C. Nucleolus
D. Chromosomes
A. plasma(cell) membrane
B. cell 1008. Which of the following is a major princi-
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ple upon which cell theory is based?
C. none
A. All cells form by free-cell formation.
D. none of above
B. All cells have DNA
1003. Group of cells C. All organisms are made of cells
A. Organ D. All cells are eukaryotic
B. Tissue 1009. Which phrase best describes rough ER?

C. Organism A. studded with ribosomes
D. Function B. protected by vesicles

C. connected to the Golgi apparatus
1004. A group of organs that work together D. stored in the central vacuole
to perform a major function is an organ
A. system 1010. Eukaryotic cells and prokaryoitic cells
both have:
B. column
A. ribosome, mitochondria, nucleus
C. bank B. DNA, ribosomes, cell membrane
D. stack C. chloroplast, cell membrane, ribo-
somes
1005. A fluid like vesicle that stores water and
provides support for the cell. D. nucleus, ribosomes, cell memebrane
A. Golgi Body 1011. In what phase do the chromosomes get

pulled apart into sister chromatid to oppo-
B. Endoplasmic reticulum site sides of the cell?
C. Large central vacuole A. Prophase
D. Lysosomes B. Interphase
C. Metaphase
1006. Contains chlorophyll and is where photo-
synthesis takes place. Found in plant cells D. Anaphase
only.
1012. The functional unit of life is called
A. mitochondria A. Cell
B. cholorplast B. Egg
C. vacuole C. Nucleus
D. cytoplasm D. None of these

3.2 Cell Organelle 393
1013. Which organelle assembles proteins 1015. jelly-like substance that is located be-
from amino acids? tween the cell membrane and the nucleus

A. Lipids A. mitochondria
B. Ribosomes B. vacuole
C. Carbohydrates
C. chloroplast
D. Nucleic Acids
D. cytoplasm
1014. A highly folded membrane that trans-
ports the protein from the Ribosome to the 1016. The main function of flagella is:
Golgi Apparatus
A. Movement
B. Flagella B. Provide Energy
C. Golgi apparatus C. Protection

D. Transport Vesicle D. Make Proteins
3.2 Cell Organelle

1. assembles ribosomes C. Cytoplasm
A. nucleus D. Vacuole
B. nuclear membrane 5. Which of the following scientists looked
C. nucleolus at a piece of cork under a microscope and
named the cell?
D. chromatin
A. Schwann
2. Which part of the cell provides structure
B. Schleiden
and support to plant cells?
C. Hooke
A. Cell Membrane
D. Virchow
B. Cell Wall
C. Golgi 6. When a plant is wilted what organelle
helps it survive?
D. Vacuole
A. vacuole
3. A specialized part of the cell B. chromosomes
A. Organ C. mitochondria
B. Organelle D. nuclei
C. Orphan
7. Which organelle directs the cells activi-
D. Cell ties?
4. The function of this organelle is to store A. Nucleus
water. Large ones are found in plants. B. Cell Membrane
A. Lysosome C. Lysosome
B. Golgi Body D. Mitochondria

8. Jelly-like substance that helps support and 13. What two organelles are found in plant
protect organelles in the cells. cells but not animal cells?
A. Cytoplasm A. nucleus, chloroplasts
B. Nucleus B. cell wall, cell membrane
C. Endoplasmic Reticulum C. nucleus, cell membrane
D. Centrioles D. cell wall, chloroplasts
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14. Which cell structure stores food, nutrients,
9. Which part of the cell contains the coded
and waste?
instructions for making proteins?
A. Vacuole
A. Chromatin (DNA)
B. cell membrane
B. Nucleus
C. vacuum
C. Ribosomes
D. cell body
D. Smooth ER
15. What is gel-like fluid that fills most of the
10. David is observing a cell under a micro- cell?
scope. He observes a mitochondria. Which
A. Nucleus
of the following is a conclusion he could
draw? B. Vacuoles
A. The cell is a prokaryotic cell. C. Cytoplasm
B. The cell is a eukaryotic cell. D. Cell Membrane
C. The cell could be either a prokaryotic 16. Which organelle helps cleanup the cell
or eukaryotic cell. A. Lysosome
D. none of above B. Cytoplasm
11. The tubular passageways that carry pro- C. Chloroplast
teins through the cell are called D. Nucleus
A. Endoplasmic Reticulum 17. This structure provides additional support
B. Mitochondria and protection to plant cells.
C. Chloroplasts A. Cell Wall
D. Nucleic Acid B. Cell Membrane
C. Cytoplasm
12. Harmful things that shouldn’t be entering
the cell are finding a way through and it’s D. Pellicle Membrane
because this structure is breaking down. 18. Which part of the cell regulates what en-
Which organelle is being described? ters and leaves the cell?
A. Cytoplasm A. Cell Membrane
B. Cell Membrane B. Cell Wall
C. Chloroplast C. Golgi
D. Golgi Body D. Vacuole

19. We direct the genetic information of the C. Ribosome

cell. We are made of DNA and found in
D. Golgi Body
the nucleus, usually in pairs. We are the

25. The lysosomes breaks down waste which
A. Nucleus is called and then it gets rid of the bro-
B. Cytoplasm ken down materials which is called
C. Chromosomes A. digestion, cellular respiration

D. Ribosomes B. excretion, digestion
20. What organelle is called the “power- C. digestion, excretion

house” of a cell and is the site of cellular D. cellular respiration, excretion
respiration?
A. Endoplasmic Reticulum 26. This uses energy
B. Nucleus A. endocytosis
C. Mitochondria B. exocytosis
D. Nucleolus C. both
21. Which part of the cell stores water? D. neither

A. Cytoskeleton 27. Protective outermost layer of animal
B. Nucleus cells:
C. Lysosomes A. Cell Membrane
D. Vacuoles B. Nucleus
22. Which of these organelles is only found in C. Chromatin
a plant cell? D. Microtubules
A. nucleus
B. chloroplast 28. I am strong, so getting through me is
rough. I am found only in plant cells. I’m
C. mitochondria what makes them so tough. I am the
D. cell membrane A. Cell Wall
23. When observing cells, which of the follow- B. Cell Membrane
ing optical tools is most appropriate?
C. Nucleus
A. Hand lens
D. Cytoplasm
B. Telescope
C. Petri dish 29. This part of the cell manufactures the ribo-
somal subunits
D. Microscope
A. Nucleus
24. This structure is a storage area for the
cell. B. Nucleolus
A. Lysosome C. Cytoplasm
B. Vacuole D. Central vacuole

30. Which organelle produces proteins? C. lysosome

A. Vacuole D. chloroplast
B. Ribosomes 36. The process by which plants, algae, and
C. Chloroplasts some bacteria use carbon dioxide, sunlight,
and water to make glucose and oxygen is
D. Endoplasmic Reticulum (E.R.)
called
31. Which cell part is a specialized part of the A. osmosis
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cell with a specific job?
B. fermentation
A. Lysosome
C. photosynthesis
B. Organelle
C. Chloroplast
37. Digestive enzymes are found in which or-
D. Cytoplasm
ganelle?
32. I am a large storage unit in the cell. I am A. Lysosome
very large in plant cells and I store water, B. Vacuole
food and waste. I help support the plant.
When I start to shrink due to lack of water, C. Vesicle
the plant may wilt. I am the D. Ribosome
A. Cell Wall
38. Which cell organelle has the function of
B. Cell Membrane taking in nutrients, breaking them down,
C. Lysosome and creating energy for the cell?
D. Central Vacuole A. nucleus

B. ribsome
33. I am green and photosynthesis happens
here. C. endoplasmic reticulum
A. mitochondria D. mitochondria
B. chloroplast 39. The pigment that enables plants to have

their green color.
C. Vacuole
A. chlorophyll
D. Cytoplasm
B. chloroplast
34. Why does a plant need to produce glu-
C. mitochondria
cose?
D. vacuole
A. in order to turn green
B. in order to move 40. The purpose of the cell wall is to
C. in order to obtain energy A. regulate what goes into and out of a
cell
D. in order to get sunlight
B. control the functions of a cell
35. Photosynthesis occurs in the C. provide structure for a cell
A. mitochondria D. convert energy from food into energy
B. stomata for a cell

41. Has Mitochondria 47. This organelle uses energy from the sun to
A. Prokaryotes carry out photosynthesis and are closely
stacked, flattened sacs (plant cells only).

B. Eukaryote
A. Lysosomes
C. both
D. none of above B. Chloroplast (grana)
42. Which organelle allows the cell to obtain
items from outside the cell? D. Cell wall
A. Nuclear membrane
48. Which type of cell has the closest thing re-
B. Vacuole
sembling a human skeletal system, which
C. Cell Membrane provides shape and structure?
D. Cell Wall A. bacteria cell
43. The fluid surrounding the organelles of a B. plant cell
cell is the
C. virus
A. chloroplast
D. animal cell
B. mitochondria
C. cytoplasm 49. Which cell structure is referred to as the
D. cell membrane gatekeeper because it directs substances
into and out of the cell?
44. fibers of the cytoskeleton that are made
of supercoiled cables of fibrous proteins A. Cell wall
A. microtubules B. Cell membrane
B. intermediate filaments C. Nucleus
C. microfilaments D. Vacuole
D. none of above
50. What cell part produces food in the plant
45. Paramecium cell?
A. are multicellular and have a nucleus
A. cell wall
B. are multicellular and don’t have a nu-
cleus B. nucleus
C. are unicellular and have a nucleus C. chloroplast

D. are unicellular and don’t have a nu- D. cell membrane
cleus
51. Which organelle stores extra water and
46. This organelle packages proteins and has nutrients?
ribosomes.
A. Lysosome
A. Smooth E.R.
B. Rough E.R. B. Vacuole
C. Microtubules C. Vesicle
D. Nucleus D. Ribosome

52. Which organelle digests and gets rid of C. nucleus

waste and worn-out cellular components? D. ER
A. Nucleus
58. Controls the cell activities; protects and
B. Ribosome stores DNA
C. Cytoplasm A. nucleus
D. Lysosome B. vacuole
53. Contains the nucleolus and rRNA
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C. mitochondrion
A. DNA D. cell wall
B. nucleus
59. If a cell was like a school what organelle
C. mitochondria could be represented by the Head custo-
D. chloroplast dian?
A. Cell membrane
54. The ability to carry out photosynthe-
sis/respiration is which characteristic of B. Ribosomes
life? C. Lysosomes
A. made of cells D. Cytoplasm
B. respond to stimulus
60. an area with a large amount of particles
C. use of energy is
D. grow and develop A. low concentration
55. Every cell has genetic material, but does B. high concentration
every cell have a nucleus? C. diffusion
A. Yes, all cells have a nucleus. D. osmosis
B. No, only eukaryotes have a nucleus.
61. The modifies proteins and trans-
C. No, only prokaryotes have a nucleus. ports them to other cell parts. Sometimes
D. No, none of the types of cells contain a called the Super Highway or Emergency
nucleus. Road!
A. Cell membrane
56. transports/delivers proteins
A. ribosomes
B. Golgi bodies C. Golgi complex (apparatus, bodies)
C. mitochondria D. Organ system
D. endoplasmic reticulum 62. What is the cell organelle that is a gel-like

material inside the cell that contains water
57. the nucleotide that contains the code for and nutrients?
the cell’s structure and activities; it is
found in the nucleus and does not leave A. rough ER
the nucleus B. smooth ER
A. DNA C. ribosomes
B. chloroplast D. cytoplasm

63. The clear, jelly-like material in a cell A. chromatin

that supports and protects the cell’s or- B. endoplasmic reticulum
ganelles.

C. mitochondria
A. Cytoplasm
D. cytoplasm
B. Cell Membrane
C. Nucleus 69. Prokaryotes are than Eukaryotes be-
cause they have fewer organelles and no
D. Mitochondria nucleus.
64. Which part of the cell makes proteins and A. Smaller
can be found on the rough ER? B. Bigger
A. Centrioles C. Same Size
B. Chloroplasts D. none of above
C. Golgi
70. The can be found in plant and animal
D. Ribosomes cells, and receive proteins and lipids from
the ER, packages them, and distributes
65. fasten cells together deep into the cyto-
them in vesicles.
plasm
A. ER
A. tight junctions
B. Golgi
B. anchoring junctions
C. Cell Membrane
C. gap junctions
D. Nucleus
D. sticky junctions
71. A buildup of waste is threatening the sta-
66. A structure in the cells of plants and
bility of this cell because these organelles,
some other organisms that captures en-
which some animal cells don’t have, are
ergy from sunlight and uses it to produce
malfunctioning. Which organelle is this?
food.
A. Lysosome
B. Vacuole
B. Mitochondria
C. Nucleus
C. Cell Wall
D. Golgi Complex
D. Chloroplast
72. What am I? I am where proteins are made
67. What does “powerhouse” of the cell
mean? A. Ribosomes
A. it give the cell greater speed B. Cell membrane
B. it allows the cell to grow larger C. Cytoplasm
C. it is the energy center D. Mitochondria
D. it is the “tough” part of the cell 73. Which of the following is a eukaryotic
cell?
68. The is the gel-like material which holds
the organelles in place inside the cell mem- A. Bacteria
brane. B. Plant

C. Plant and animal 79. Often called the powerhouse of the cell be-
cause it converts energy for cell use.
D. Animal
A. Mitochondria
74. stiff, protective outer layer of plant cells B. Ribosomes
A. cell membrane C. Chloroplast
B. nuclear membrane D. LCV
C. cell wall 80. breaks down food and release energy to
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D. cytoplasm the cell
A. Mitochondria
75. Main producer of ATP (energy) in cells B. Vacuole
A. chloroplast C. Lysosome
B. mitochondria D. Endoplasmic Reticulum
C. lysosome 81. What organelle stores large amounts of
D. endoplasmic reticulum water in plant cells?
A. Nucleus
76. What organelle gives the cell structure and
B. Mitochondria
support AND is found in all three types of
cells? C. Large Vacuole
A. Cell Wall D. Cytoplasm
B. Cytoskeleton 82. Individual microscopic organism with no

nucleus.
C. Vacuole
A. eukaryotic
D. Cell Membrane
B. prokaryotic
77. The genetic material of an animal cell is C. unicellular
found in the D. multicellular
A. mitochondria
83. Like a factory without a warehouse, a cell
B. cytoplasm without this organelle will have difficulty
C. vacuoles distributing materials. Which organelle is
being described?
D. nucleus
A. Golgi Complex
78. I make glucose, a sugar, and I’m found in B. Ribosomes
plants like trees. I’m green and I’m sly C. Centrioles
using the Sun’s energy. What am I?
D. Lysosomes
A. Chloroplast
84. The cell membrane is the
B. Mitochondria
A. jelly-like substance that fills plant and
C. Lysosome animal cells
D. Ribosome B. tiny unit of a living thing

C. thin layer that allows some material to C. cheerleader

pass in and out of plant and animal cells D. referee

D. stiff outer layer of a plant cell
90. Golgi bodies can be found in the following
85. What organelle is the “jelly-like” sub- types of cells:
stance that keeps all other organelles in A. only plant cells
place? It also helps keep the shape of the
cell. B. only animal cells
A. cytoplasm C. both plant and animal cells
B. cell membrane D. none of above
C. ribosomes 91. This organelle is a large, round/oval struc-
D. cell wall ture usually located near the center of the
cell. It is the control center for all the ac-
86. Which of the following are NOT found in tivities of the cell.
animal cells
A. Vacuole
A. chloroplasts and cytoplasm
B. Nucleus
B. chloroplasts and cell wall
C. Ribosome
C. cell wall and cell membrane
D. Lysosome
D. mitochondria and nucleus
92. Cells are composed of tiny structures that
87. Which BEST describes the net movement of carry out all of the functions of MRS.
molecules in diffusion? GREEN. These structures are called:
A. from an area of low concentration to A. chloroplasts
an area of high concentration
B. organelles
B. from an area of high concentration to
C. organisms
an area of low concentration
D. microbes
C. that it can not be observed
D. that it is dependent on living process 93. Which type of cell does NOT have a nu-
cleus?
88. Which organelle distributes substances
A. Eukaryote
within the cell?
B. Prokaryote
A. Golgi Body (Apparatus)
C. Animal
D. none of above
C. Vesicle
D. Cytoskeleton 94. I’m a small green organelle in plant cells
that turns sunlight into sugar.
89. When comparing cell organelles to a foot-
ball team, who or what is the chloro- A. Golgi body
plast? B. Mitoichondrion
A. offense C. Chromosomes
B. coach D. Chloroplast

95. An organelle in eukaryotic cells that is the 100. This organelle stores water, and is very
site of cellular respiration and generates big in plant cells
most of the cells ATP. A. nuclolus
A. mitochondria B. ribosomes
B. nucleus C. golgi bodies
C. membrane D. vacuoles
D. vacuole 101. Disarms dangerous free radicals by con-
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verting them to hydrogen peroxide; detox-
96. When a cell needs energy, I take in nutri- ifies harmful poisons and other substances
ents, break them down and supply energy A. Mitochondria
to the cell. I can also convert stored en-
B. Lysosome
ergy in the cell to food. I am a
C. Peroxisome
A. Mitochondria
D. Ribosome
B. Nucleus
102. The function of the cell membrane is
C. Cytoplasm
A. to regulate what enters and leaves the
D. Ribosome cell.
B. fight bacteria and viruses that enter
97. are located near the nucleus, help or-
the cell.
ganize cell division, and are not found in
plant cells. C. provide rigid support and protection to
the cell.
A. vacuoles
D. make sure each cell can move
B. centrioles
103. The basic unit of life is called a (n)
C. chloroplasts
A. atom
D. organelles
B. compound
98. An organism with cholorplasts is a C. cell
A. producer D. energy
B. consumer 104. Which organelle detoxify chemicals
C. prokaryote A. golgi apparatus

B. lysosomes
D. centromere
C. Peroxisomes
99. What is the function of the vacuole and D. ribosomes
central vacuole?
105. What is the smallest unit that can be con-
A. To protect the cell sidered alive?
B. To control what enters and exists the A. Cells
cell B. Elements
C. To produce proteins C. Molecules
D. To store water, wastes, and nutrients D. Organelles

106. What is one job of the cell membrane? C. mitochondria

A. To keep the shape of the cell D. golgi body

B. to protect the cell from harm
112. what provides strength and support in
C. allow certain materials into and out of plant cells, it is made of cellulose, only
the cell plant have this
D. attract other cells A. cell membrane
107. Both types of cells contain genetic mate- B. cell wall
rial in the form of what molecule? C. cytoplasm
A. Proteins D. chloroplast
B. Nucleic Acids
113. fibers of the cytoskeleton that are
C. Carbohydrates straight, hollow tubes of tubulin proteins
D. Lipids (largest)
108. Which of the following do both prokary- A. microtubules

ote and eukaryote cells have in common? B. microfilaments
A. DNA located inside of a nucleus C. intermediate filaments
B. Cytoplasm D. none of above
C. Flagella
114. which of the following terms means the
D. Mitochondria movement of water from high concentra-
tion to low concentration
109. What is the main function of the cell’s vac-
uole? A. diffusion
A. it stores materials B. prokaryotes
B. it breaks down sugar into energy C. osmosis
C. it produces proteins D. concentration
D. it protects the cell
115. Chloroplasts are found in cells.
110. What is the cell organelle that directs A. Animal
the activity of a cell that contains chromo-
somes with DNA? B. Plant
A. nucleolus C. Both
B. nucleus D. none of above

C. ribosomes 116. The packaging center for proteins that
D. golgi body can be compared to FedEX or UPS.
A. Golgi complex (apparatus, bodies)
111. This organelle uses food and oxygen to
release energy B. Endoplasmic reticulum
A. cytoplasm C. Cell Theory
B. chloroplasts D. Organic compounds

117. sorts and packages proteins C. vacuole

A. endoplasmic reticulum D. cell membrane
B. ribosomes
123. The building blocks of life; also referred
C. golgi body
to the smallest functioning unit of living
D. vacuole organisms.
118. When water diffuses into or out of a cell, A. Atom
it is called
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B. Organic compound
A. photosynthesis
C. Cell
B. osmosis
D. Carbohydrates
C. diffusion
D. cellular respiration 124. The gel-like liquid that fills the cell is
119. The fluid like substance found inside the A. acid

chloroplast is called B. oxygen
A. Cytoplasm C. water
B. Stroma
D. cytoplasm
C. Thykloids
D. Cell Wall 125. Which two structures are found ONLY in
plant cells?
120. Packages and distributes proteins that
A. vacuoles and ribosomes
they receive from the Endoplasmic Retic-
ulum. B. chloroplasts and ribosomes
A. Animal Cell C. cell walls and chloroplasts
B. Eukaryote D. endoplasmic reticulum and cell walls
C. Plant Cell
D. Golgi Apparatus 126. This organelle protects/holds the DNA
A. Mitochondria
121. If a cell was like a school what or-
ganelle could be represented by the Elec- B. Chloroplasts
trical room? C. Nucleolus
A. Mitochondria
D. Nucleus
B. Cell membrane
C. Endoplasmic Reticulum 127. recycling organelles; they contain en-
zymes to break down wastes and old cell
D. Nucleus
parts, in animal cells and rarely plant cells
122. Which organelle acts like a series of A. cell wall
roads, transporting nutrients throughout
the cell? B. lysosomes
A. Golgi body C. golgi bodies
B. endoplasmic reticulum D. cytoplasm

128. What organelle is considered the “stor- 134. Large oval organelle that is the Cell’s con-
age tank “ in both the plant and animal trol center
cell?

A. Vacuole
A. vacuoles
B. Mitochondria
B. cytoplasm
C. cell wall C. Cell membrane
D. golgi bodies D. Nucleus
129. What organelle contains the genetic ma- 135. An experiment for a new asthma medica-
terial of the cell? tion was set up into two groups. Group
A. Lysosome one was given the new drug for asthma,
B. Nucleus while group 2 was given a sugar pill. The
sugar pill serves as a
C. Nucleolus
A. control
D. Chromosomes
B. dependent variable
130. found only in plants; uses light energy to
make carbohydrates C. experimental variable
A. chloroplast D. constant
B. mitochondria
136. Which part of the cell makes lipids?
C. golgi body
D. none of above A. Centrioles
131. What organelle is considered to be the B. Lysosomes

“gatekeeper” for plant and animal cells? C. Rough ER
A. Cell Wall
D. Smooth ER
B. Cytoplasm
C. Nucleous 137. I am located in the nucleus-I’m the ge-
netic material of a cell
D. Cell Membrane
A. cytoplasm
132. Protective outermost layer of the cell:
A. Cell Membrane B. membrane
B. Nucleus C. chromosomes/DNA
C. Chromatin D. vacuole
D. Microtubules
138. In what organelle does the food (sugar)
133. Which biomolecule is classified as fats making process in plants take place?
that act as long term energy storage?
A. Lipids
B. Vacuole
B. Carbohydrates
C. Protein C. Chloroplasts
D. Nucleic Acids D. Mitochondria

139. Hard outer covering that provides struc- 145. makes proteins, all cells have these
ture and support for a plant cell. A. ribosomes
A. cell wall B. mitochondria
B. cytoplasm C. endoplasmic reticulum
C. chloroplast D. none of above
D. cell membrane
146. Most of the reactions by which energy
from sugars is released for use by the cell
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140. it contains chromosomes with the DNA
A. Nucleus takes place within the
B. Vacuole A. vacuoles
B. nuclei
C. Mitochondria
C. ribosomes
D. Proteins
D. mitochondria
141. You would consider cholorplasts and mi-
tochondria in cell analogus to 147. The organelle that takes in sunlight and
uses it for photosynthesis to give the cell
A. waste dumps
energy. It is found only in plant cells.
B. factories
A. Cytoplasm
C. self-contained, noninteractive entities
B. Cell Wall
C. Chloroplast
D. resource depletion centers
142. Animal cells do not have
148. Which of these choices is NOT an or-
A. mitochondria
ganelle?
B. lysosomes
A. mitochondria
C. vacuoles
B. chloroplast
D. chloroplasts
C. lung
143. A part of an organism; also refers to the D. Endoplasmic reticulum
way parts are put together.
A. building
ball team, who or what is the cytoplasm?
B. structure A. stadium
C. function B. field
D. limb C. referee
144. Name the two organelles responsible for D. coach
energy transformation in the cell
150. Which organelle serves as an inter-
A. Ribosomes;chloroplasts nal transport system, and can be either
B. chloroplasts;Mitochondria “rough” or “smooth”?
C. mitochondria;cell wall A. Nucleus
D. chloroplasts;ribosomes B. Mitochondria

C. Cell Wall 156. The characteristics of life include all of the

following except

A. must be able to move
151. What kind of cells have a cell mem- B. must have at least one cell
brane?
C. must be able to combust
A. Plant Cell
D. must be able to reproduce
B. Animal Cell
157. This organelle stores material within the
C. Bacteria Cell cell.
D. All of the above A. Cytoplasm
B. Nucleus
152. Which answer choice best describes the
function of the vacuole? C. Vacuole
A. to digest food and water. D. Ribosome
B. to store food and water. 158. this organelle has the same function as
C. to remove waste. the skin where it surrounds the compo-
nents and regulates what enters or exits.
D. to store proteins.
A. cell wall
153. What is the function of the cell wall? B. ribosomes
A. To control the cell’s activity C. cell membrane
B. To produce energy (ATP) D. none of above
C. To protect the plant cell 159. If these organelles are absent, the cell
will be deprived of much-needed proteins.
D. To protect the animal cell Which organelle is being described?
154. I am the power house of the cell, and I A. Cell Membrane
make energy. I break down food to re- B. Cell Wall
lease ATP. What am I?
C. Ribosomes
A. ribosome
D. Golgi Body
B. mitochondria
160. I am the fluid in the cell that fills in all
C. chloroplast the space. My main purpose is to hold or-
D. lysosome ganelles in place. I am the
A. Cell Membrane
155. Which of the following are prokaryotic
B. Cytoplasm
cells?
C. Nucleus
A. Plant
D. Ribosome
B. Animal
161. A cell with chloroplasts and a cell wall
C. Bacteria
made of cellulose would likely belong to
D. Plant and Animal a(n)

A. frog. 167. I’m large in plant cells and small in ani-

mal cells. I am a temporary storage unit
B. mushroom.
for water, waste and food.
C. oak tree.
A. lysosome
D. amoeba.
B. ribosome
162. Which organelle does the golgi apparatus C. chloroplast
produce? D. Vacuole
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A. mitochondria
168. Which is true about active transport?
B. lysosomes
A. It requires energy
C. ribsomes
B. it does not require energy
D. None C. It moves substances down the concen-
tration gradient
163. Any cell or organism that possesses a
clearly defined nucleus. D. it moves material from high to low con-
centration
A. unicellular
B. multicellular 169. The part of the plant cell known as the
“brain” of the cell is the
C. prokaryotic
A. cell wall
D. eukaryotic
B. nucleus
164. Waste products are moved out of the cell C. cytoplasm
by
D. vacuole
A. endocytosis
170. Which organelle converts the energy in
B. diffusion food molecules to energy the cell can use
C. exocytosis to carry out its functions?
D. osmosis A. Mitochondria
B. Ribosomes
165. Contains digestive enzymes to break
down worn out parts of the cell. C. Cell Wall
A. vacuole D. Nucleus
B. lysosome 171. Which of the following statements best

describes the function of the nucleus?
C. ribosome
A. the nucleus creates energy for the cell
D. nucleolus
166. The function of a vacuole is to: B. the nucleus holds all of the organelles
in place
A. Synthesize protein
C. the nucleus controls all of the activities
B. Package cell products
of the cell
C. Control the cell
D. the nucleus transports proteins
D. Store cell products and materials around the cell

172. This organelle digests excess or worn- 177. Which organelle is the “powerhouse” of
out cell parts, food particles and invading the cell? It provides energy for the cell.
viruses or bacteria.

A. Nucleus
A. Lysosomes
B. Ribosome
B. Cell wall
C. Mitochondria
C. Mitochondria
D. none of above
D. Ribosome
178. Only Found in Plants, this organelle has
173. What is the cell organelle that forms the a rigid layer that surrounds cells of plants.
outer boundary of a cell and allows certain Helps protect and support the cell
materials to move into and out of a cell?
A. Cell Wall
A. nucleus
B. Chloroplasts
B. cell membrane
C. Cytoplasm
C. cell wall
D. Cell membrane
D. cell barrier
179. When experimenting with the growth of
174. Cellular respiration allows an organism a plant, a scientist uses three (of the same
to get energy from type of) plants, two different fertilizers,
equal light, and equal water. What type
A. sunlight
of variable is the fertilizer?
B. water
A. Dependent
C. oxygen
B. Independent
D. glucose (food)
C. Control
175. Which organelle provides the cell with en- D. none of above
ergy?
180. The control system of the cell
A. Cell Wall
A. Mitochandria
B. Mitochondria
B. Nucleolus
C. Vacuole
C. Dna
D. Cytoplasm
D. Nucleus
176. What organelle would best fit that anal-
ogy about cells and a school? Principal’s 181. The concentration of water is higher in
Office-Where the principal controls the ac- the soil than in plant root cells. Water
tivities and functions of the school. moves into root cells of a plant by
A. Nucleus A. Facilitated Diffusion
B. Cytoplasm B. Simple Diffusion
C. Mitochondria C. Active Transport
D. Cell Membrane D. Osmosis

182. short numerous hair-like projections that B. Cell wall

movein wave patterns for movement C. Mitochondria
A. flagella D. Cytoplasm
B. vesicle
188. The theory of Endosymbiosis explains
C. microtubules
A. The origin of eukaryotes
D. cilia
B. How species develop
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183. Help plants maintain shape, storage, di- C. How bacteria live
gestion and waste. This organelle can be-
come very enlarged when plants store wa- D. Why cells rely on one another
ter. 189. Which term best describes the fluid filled
A. Lysosome areas within the cell?
B. Vacuole A. Mitochondrion
C. Golgi Apparatus B. Vacuole
D. Cell membrane C. cytoplasm
D. Cell membrane
184. Where is the genetic information found in
a cell? 190. contains strong digestive enzymes to
A. nucleus break down proteins, carbohydrates and
lipids into small molecules that can be used
B. cytoplasm
by the rest of the cell.
C. mitochondrion
A. Golgi body
D. endoplasmic reticulum
B. Cell membrane
185. Which of the following organelles is C. lysosome
found in both eukaryotes and prokary-
D. Cytoplasm
otes?
A. Nucleus 191. Known as the “Power Houses” of the
cell. These organelles convert energy
B. Chloroplast
stored in food to energy that the cell can
C. Ribosomes use to live and function
D. Mitochondria A. Mitochondria
186. What creates the protein for the cell? B. Golgi Apparatus
A. Cytoplasm C. Cell membrane
B. Nucleus D. Endoplasmic Reticulum
C. Golgi bodies 192. Part of the cell involved the separation
D. Ribosomes of chromosomes during cell division
A. Chloroplast
187. This organelle is a firm, protective struc-
ture that gives the cell its shape in plants, B. Rough er
fungi, most bacteria and some protist. C. Smooth er
A. Cell membrane D. Centriole

193. This organelle is made of RNA and used C. Rough ER

to make proteins.
D. Smooth ER

A. Nucleus
B. Ribosomes 199. Green pigment that absorbs light energy
in plant cells only
C. Cytoplasm
D. Cell wall A. cytoplasm
B. smooth ER
194. name for a specialized part of a cell
A. organ C. chlorophyll
B. organelle D. nucleus
C. organ system
200. Why is the mitochondria often described
D. cell helper as the “powerhouse” of the cell?
195. This organelle is a jelly-like substance in A. It makes food for the cell
the cell.
B. It releases energy from food.
A. Cell membrane
C. it acts as the “brain” of the cell.
B. Cytoplasm
D. it protects the cell against bacteria
C. Vesicles
D. Chloroplasts 201. Where is DNA found in an animal cell?
196. are parts of the cell that have specific A. inside a gene
jobs.
B. in the cytoplasm
A. Ribosome
C. in a strand of DNA
B. Organelles
C. Prokaryotes D. inside of the nucleus
D. Eukaryotes 202. The powerhouse of the cell is the

197. a thin flexible barrier that surrounds a A. Mitochondria
cell and controls which substances pass
into and out of a cell B. Golgi body
A. cell membrane C. Nucleus

B. cell wall D. Ribosomes
C. cytoplasm
203. Mr. S. sets up an experiment to see how
D. ribosome the mass of a ball affects the distance it
198. When newly formed proteins leave the rolls off a ramp. Identify the constant.
rough endoplasmic reticulum, they are A. distance traveled by the ball
transported to this organelle, where the
proteins are sorted and packaged B. height of the ramp
A. Golgi body C. mass of the ball

B. Nucleus D. weight of the ball

204. When comparing cell organelles to a foot- C. Mitochondria

ball team, who or what is the mitochon- D. Nucleus
dria?
A. staff 210. cells are large and complex.
B. stadium A. Eukaryotic
C. coach B. Prokaryotic
D. defense C. Both
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D. none of above
205. Breaks down food to release energy.
Known as the power plant of the cell. 211. KenQuavious is observing a cell under
A. Endoplasmic Reticulum a microscope. He observes a variety of
membrane-bound organelles. Which of the
B. Mitochondria
following is a conclusion he could draw?
C. Ribosomes
A. The cell is a prokaryotic cell.
D. Cell Wall
B. The cell is a eukaryotic cell.
206. I am the brain of the cell, or so they say. C. The cell could be either a prokaryotic
I regulate activities from day to day. I am or eukaryotic cell.
the
D. none of above
A. Cell Membrane
212. Which cell structures are similar in the
B. Lysosome
way that they protect, support, and hold
C. Nucleolus the other organelles together?
D. Nucleus A. cell wall, cytoplasm, & lysosomes
207. This organelle creates the energy for the B. cell membrane, cytoplasm, & ribo-
cell somes
A. mitochondria C. cell wall, cell membrane, & cytoplasm
B. cell membrane D. cell membrane, chloroplasts, & nu-
cleus
C. ribosome
D. endoplasmic reticulum 213. The basic unit of living things is a(n)-
A. molecule
208. This is the site of photosynthesis in a
plant cell B. cell
A. Chloroplast C. nucleus
B. Ribosome D. atom
C. Centriole 214. What organelle is the outer layer of a
D. Smooth ER plant cell and offers protection to the cell?
209. The organelle that provides energy for A. cell wall

the cell in the form of ATP is called B. cell membrane
A. Cell Membrane C. cytoplasm
B. Cell Wall D. mitochondria

215. This organelle manages or controls all the 221. This is the site of protein synthesis in a
cell functions in eukaryotic cells. cell

A. Nucleus A. Golgi body
B. Protein
B. Cell membrane
C. Mitochondria
C. Ribosomes
D. Microtubules
D. Cytoplasm
216. The “power plant” of the cell that pro-
duces energy. 222. This organelle are small grain-like bod-
A. Mitochondria ies made mostly of RNA. Proteins are con-
B. Cytoplasm structed here.
C. Centrioles A. Cytoplasm
D. Lysosomes B. Ribosomes
217. directs the activity of a cell C. Lysosomes
A. Mrs. Budd D. Chromosomes
B. Neptune
223. Many tiny cell structures located within
C. Nucleus
the cell
D. Nucleolus
A. Nucleus
218. Through which cell structure does waste
exit the cell? B. Lysosome
A. chloroplast C. Ribosomes
B. cell membrane D. Organelle
C. vacuole
224. To control the processes of the cell
D. nucleus
through the use of DNA and RNA is a func-
219. Provides support and protection for the tion of
cell while also controlling the movement
A. Cell Wall
of materials in and out of the cell.
A. Cell Membrane B. Cytoplasm
B. Nucleus C. Nucleus
C. Ribosomes D. Mitochondria
D. Vacuole
225. The independent variable is the ONE thing
220. This small structures break down materi- you
als in the cell.
A. change
A. Cholorplasts
B. keep the same
B. Ribosomes
C. Lysosomes C. experiment with
D. Golgi Body D. investigate

226. Which organelle contains DNA and con- C. Cell Membrane and Cell Wall
trols everything within the cell?
D. Chloroplast and Cell Wall
A. Cell membrane
B. Nucleus 232. Animal cells are
C. Mitochondria A. Prokarytoic
D. none of above B. Eukaryotic
227. Only found in Plants, these organelles C. Both
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are filled with a green pigment called D. none of above
chlorophyll. They capture sunlight and turn
it into energy 233. Which of the following is a product of
A. Cell wall photosynthesis?
B. Chloroplasts A. glucose
C. Vacuole B. carbon dioxide
D. Lysosomes C. water
228. What is a constant? D. heat energy
A. the normal situation
234. What are the tiny structures that carry
B. the thing we measure in the end
out jobs inside cells called?
C. the thing we are testing
A. membranes
D. the thing we keep the same for every
part of the experiment B. nucleus
C. organelles
229. An organelle in the cell that holds the
cell’s DNA. D. animalicules
A. membrane
235. Which organelle serves as the “power-
B. nucleus house” of the cell?
C. ribosome A. Mitochondria
D. chloroplast
B. Nucleus
230. This is the jelly-like fluid that fills up the C. Cell Membrane
cell. What is it?
A. Nucleus
B. Cell membrane 236. This organelle contains enzymes that
C. Cytoplasm break down food and protect against for-
eign invaders.
D. none of above
A. Chloroplast
231. Which pair of organelles are only found
in plant cells? B. Golgi Body
A. Lysosomes and Chloroplast C. White Blood Cells
B. Cell Wall and Nucleus D. Lysosomes

237. Which part of the cell is responsible for C. Chloroplast

the cell’s activities? D. Golgi bodies

A. mitochondria
243. Clear thick gel-like fluid that is constantly
B. cytoplasm
moving that organelles are found floating
C. nucleus in?
D. cell wall A. Cell Membrane
238. Bacteria B. Vacuole
A. Prokaryote C. Lysosomes
B. Eukaryote D. Cytoplasm
C. both 244. This can be found in the nucleus, coiled
D. none of above up DNA that contain the instructions for
directing the cell’s functions.
239. What organelle provides protection,
shape, support, and rigidity to the cell? A. Chromosomes
A. nucleus B. Chloroplasts
B. cell wall C. Golgi Bodies
C. mitochondrion D. ER
D. chromosome 245. What structure allows only certain things
to pass in and out of the cell?
240. I act like a digestive system in an animal
cell. I contain enzymes that break down A. cytoplasm
wastes and other materials. I am a B. cell membrane
A. Nucleus
C. ribosomes
B. Lysosome
D. golgi bodies
C. Golgi Apparatus
246. What is a bag like structure used to store
D. Mitochondria
water and sometimes other nutrients?
241. The part of the experiment that does NOT A. golgi body
contain the variable being tested is known
as B. vacuoles
A. conclusion C. nuclear membrane
B. experimental group D. lysosomes

C. control group 247. collect sunlight which it converts to sug-
D. controlled experiment ars
A. chloroplasts
242. The organelle that produces proteins for
the cell. B. cytoplasm
A. Lysosome C. cell wall
B. Ribosome D. mitochondria

248. Which organelle stores DNA, and serves 254. Which of the following organelles is most
as the cell’s control center? important in providing energy to the cell?
A. Ribosome A. centrosome
B. Vacuole B. mitochondrion
C. Nucleus C. nucleus
D. Golgi Complex D. cytoplasm
255. This organelle provides support for the
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249. In the , sugars are created that serve
as “food” for plants. cell
A. Endoplasmic Reticulum A. Cytoplasm
B. Vacuole B. Cell wall
C. Chloroplasts C. Cell membrane
D. Mitochondria D. Cytoskeleton
250. The nucleus is the 256. rod shaped organelles that convert en-
ergy in food molecules to energy the cell
A. control center of a cell
can use to carry out its functions
B. stiff outer layer of a plant cell
A. ribosome
C. cell energy processor
B. golgi apparatus
D. storage space
C. mitochondria
251. This is the cell’s “control center.” D. nucleus
257. This organelle contains chlorophyll, a
B. Golgi Body green pigment that traps energy from sun-
C. Nucleus light and gives plants their green color.
D. Cell Wall A. Chloroplasts
B. Vesicles
252. cells have a nucleus.
C. Cytoskeleton
A. Prokaryotic
D. Chromatin
B. Eukaryotic
C. Both 258. What is multicellular?
D. none of above A. one cell
B. no cells
253. Receives proteins and other newly
formed materials from the ER, packages C. many cells
them and distributes them to other parts D. no nucleus
of the cell or outside the cell
259. Located on the outside of a cellpushes the
A. Endoplasmic Reticulum cell forwardwhip like structure made of mi-
B. Mitochondria crotubles; 9 pair ring outside, 1 pair inside
C. Golgi Apparatus A. Cillia
D. Cytoplasm B. Flagellum

C. Mitochondria C. vacuole
D. Chloreoplast D. nucleolus

260. Name the process by which plants make 265. Moves proteins and other substances
sugar and energy from sunlight throughout the cell (theres are two
types).
A. photosynthesis
A. Nucleus
B. photoplasism
B. Catalyst
C. photography
C. Ribososmes
D. photons
261. Which biomolecule contains the genetic
code? 266. What am I? I am a jelly like substance
where chemical reactions happen
A. Lipids
A. Nucleus
B. Carbohydrates
B. Cell membrane
C. Protein
C. Cytoplasm
D. Nucleic Acids
D. Mitochondria
262. Without this substance, organelles in the
cell are unable to move around in the cell 267. I am the “brain” of the cell. I control all
and less able to receive materials such cell activities
as oxygen. Which organelle is being de- A. nucleus
scribed? B. lysosome
A. Chloroplast C. cytoplatelets
B. Cell Wall D. vacuole
C. Cytoplasm
268. The “Post office” of the cell that pack-
D. Endoplasmic Reticulum ages proteins and fats and gets them
ready for delivery.
263. Sally looked through her microscope and
found the following cell structures-cell A. Rough ER
wall, nucleus, chloroplasts, and endoplas- B. Smooth ER
mic reticulum. What type of cell was Sally
C. Golgi Bodies
looking at?
D. Lysosomes
A. Plant Cell
B. Animal Cell 269. In cells a large oval organelle that con-
tains the cells genetic material in the form
C. Nerve Cell
of DNA and controls many of the cells ac-
D. Muscle Cell tivities
264. provide structural support and aid in cell A. organelle
movement B. ribosome
A. cell membrane C. cell wall
B. cytoskeleton D. nucleus

270. Consisting of many cells. 276. Which organelle takes sunlight and turns
A. prokaryote it into food?
B. multicellular A. Lysosome
C. eukaryote B. Cell membrane
D. bacteria C. Chloroplast
D. Mitochondria
271. Which two plant cell organelles work to-
gether like security guards to protect the 277. What is the control for the experiment?
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cell? A. the thing being tested
A. cytoplasm and nucleus B. the normal situation
B. cell membrane and cell wall C. what we measure in the end
C. nucleus and cell membrane D. what we change
D. cytoplasm and cell membrane
278. cells have a cell membrane
272. Which organelle carries proteins and A. Eukaryotic
other materials from one part of the cell
to another? B. Prokaryotic
A. Endoplasmic Reticulum C. Both
B. Lysosomes D. none of above
C. Ribosomes 279. Which of the following are found in all

D. Cell Membrane living cells?
A. ribosomes
273. What organelle provides a plant cell with
strength, structure, and support? B. cytoplasm
A. Cell Membrane C. cell membrane
B. Cell Wall D. all of the above
C. Golgi Bodies 280. Like a factory without a warehouse,

D. Ribosome a cell without this organelle will have
difficulty sorting & packaging materials.
274. What is the jelly-like substance that Which organelle is being described?
keeps the organelles floating? A. Golgi Body
A. Cell Membrane B. Ribosomes
B. Nucleus C. Vacuole
C. ER D. Lysosomes
D. Cytoplasm
281. What is one structure that plant cells
275. This is the site of cellular respiration have that animal cell do NOT have?
A. Lysosome A. nucleus
B. Mitochandria B. cell membrane
C. Rough er C. chloroplasts
D. Smooth er D. ribosomes

282. When this organelle fails, a set of 287. Newly made protiens are inserted into
smaller, grain-shaped organelles has diffi- spaces of this organelle where they are
culty producing proteins. Which organelle modified and shaped into functioning pro-

is being described? teins
A. Cell Wall A. Rough ER
B. Mitochondria B. Centriole
C. Endoplasmic Reticulum C. Ribosome
D. Nucleus D. Smooth ER
283. I provide the cell with protection and con- 288. What am I? I am where respiration hap-
trols what comes in and out of the cell. pens to release energy.
A. nucleus A. Nucleus
B. cell wall B. Cell membrane
C. cell membrane C. Cytoplasm
D. mitochondria D. Mitochondria
289. diffusion is the movement of

284. This plant cell organelle contains the
chlorophyll and is the site of photosynthe- A. water from low to high concentration
sis (makes the food). B. particles from low to high concentra-
A. Cell wall tion
B. Large central vacuole C. water from high to low concentration
C. Mitochondria D. particles from high to lowconcentra-
tion
D. Chloroplast
290. “Endosymbiosis” means
285. A rigid structure that surrounds the cell
membrane and provides support to plant A. Living together
cells B. Living inside
A. Cell Wall C. Entering together
B. Cell Membrane D. Joining together
C. Chloroplast 291. What is the diffrence between prokary-
D. Cytoplasm otic and eukaryotic.
A. prokaryotic has a nucleus and eukary-
286. This organalle puts the “finishing
otic does not
touches” on proteins before they are
shipped to their final destination B. eukaryotic has a nucleus and prokary-
otic does not
A. Chloroplast ribosome
C. prokaryotic has DNA and eukaryotic
B. Golgi body
does not
C. Centriole
D. eucaryotic have a cell wall and prokary-
D. Lysosome otic

292. This organelle is in both plants and ani- 297. A cell is the
mals. It is a barrier between the cell and A. storage space.
the environment
B. tiny unit of a living thing.
A. cell wall
C. cell energy processor .
B. cell membrane
D. stiff outer layer of a plant cell.
C. cell organelles
298. The liquid inside a living cell.
D. mitochondria
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A. cytoplasm
293. If a cell’s lysosomes were damaged,
B. gel
what would happen to the cell?
C. nucleus
A. The cell would produce too much pro-
tein D. blood
B. The cell would look yellow instead of 299. Which of these solutions will cause a cell
green to shrink?
C. The cell would be unable to break A. distilled water (hypotonic)
down the cell parts
B. soda pop (hypertonic)
D. The cell would not be able to repro-
C. an IV (isotonic)
duce
294. these store water, waste and food; they
are very large in plant cells 300. This organelle’s function is to make pro-
tein.
A. lysosomes
A. Rough E.R.
B. ribosomes
B. Smooth E.R.
C. cytoplasm
C. Ribosome
D. vacuoles
D. Nucleus
295. The basic unit of all living things
301. What organelle is larger in plant cells
A. atom than in animal cells?
B. nucleus A. Vacuole
C. cell B. Cytoplasm
D. bones C. Golgi Complex
D. Lysosomes
296. The organelle that. break down sugar
molecules in the cell which are used as food 302. This organelle is like a storage tank. It
and energy supplies for the cell. holds wastes and water. What is it?
A. Cell Membrane A. Vacuole
B. Lysosome B. Lysosome
C. Mitochondria C. Nucleus
D. Endoplasmic Reticulum D. none of above

303. Which part of the cell holds the or- C. vesicle

ganelles, some nutrients, some gases, and
D. none of above
water?

A. Chloroplast 309. I am the outer most layer of an animal
B. Cytoplasm cell.
C. Nucleus A. cell wall
D. Rough ER B. nucleus
C. cell membrane
304. powerhouse of the cell; ATP is produced
here D. cell skin
A. chlorophyll
310. the thick fluid region of a cell located in-
B. golgi body side the cell membrane or between the cell
C. endoplasmic reticulum membrane and nucleus
D. mitochondria A. cytoplasm
B. cell wall
305. Structures within the cell are known as
C. organelle
A. cells
B. vacuoles D. golgi apparatus
C. mitochondria 311. A tiny structure within a cell that per-

D. organelles forms a specific function for that cell.
A. organelle
306. A cell has the following struc-
tures:nucleus, cell membrane, vacuole and B. atom
mitochondria. It could be a cell from C. nucleus
A. An animal, but not a plant
D. substructure
B. A plant, but not an animal
C. Either a plant or an animal 312. What organelle directs all cell activities
and contains the DNA?
D. Bacteria
A. nucleus
307. the fluid in the cell that flows inside the B. mitochondria
cell membrane, suspends organelle
C. chloroplast
A. cell membrane
D. cell membrane
B. cell wall
C. cytoplasm 313. Which organelle organizes the synthesis
D. chloroplast of new proteins?
A. Ribosome
308. This organelle digests, just like our stom-
ach B. Mitochondria
A. nucleus C. Endoplasmic Reticulum
B. lysosome D. Golgi Body (Apparatus)

314. a rigid supporting layer that surrounds 320. This organelle packages proteins for
the cells of plants and some other organ- transport out of the cell.
isms A. Golgi apparatus
A. cell membrane B. Chloroplasts
B. cell wall C. Vesicles
C. nucleus D. Ribosomes
D. cytoplasm
321. Which system of the human body has a
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315. What does ER stand for in smooth ER? function similar to that of a vacuole inside
a cell?
A. Expressing
A. circulatory
B. digestive
C. Emergency Room
C. respiratory
D. Energy Reception
D. nervous
316. the passageway for proteins; they trans-
port the proteins and other substance 322. The are the power houses of the cell.
through cell They are in both plants and animals.
A. ribosomes A. Chloroplasts
B. endoplasmic reticulum B. Mitochondria

C. Nucleus
C. gogli complex
D. mitochondria
323. is a stack of thylakoids
317. Which biomolecule acts as a temporary
source of energy? A. Granum
A. Lipids B. Stomata
B. Carbohydrates C. Stroma
C. Protein D. Chloroplast
D. Nucleic Acids 324. Which organelle gives the cell shape and
structure?
318. What organelle makes proteins?
A. Ribosome
A. Mitochondria
B. Lysosome
B. Lysosome
C. Cytoskeleton
C. Ribosome
D. Chloroplast
D. none of above
325. Package proteins to be distributed to
319. A state of biological balance OTHER cells or areas of the organism
A. homeostasis A. rough ER
B. turgor pressure B. ribosome
C. hypotonic C. golgi bodies
D. plasma membrane D. lysosome

326. The boundary that surrounds a cell and C. cell wall

controls which substances can enter or D. nucleolus
leave the cell.

A. cell wall 332. Cell theory states that
B. cell membrane A. all living things are made of cells
C. vacuole B. cells are the basic unit of life
D. nucleus C. living things come from other living
cells
327. Which part of the cell makes and modifies
proteins and has ribosomes? D. All of the above
A. Centrioles 333. What am I? I strengthen a plant cell and
B. Lysosomes give it extra support.
C. Rough ER A. Nucleus
D. Smooth ER B. Cell membrane
328. If a cell was like a factory what organelle C. Cell wall
would best be represented by the Packag- D. Mitochondria
ing department?
A. Golgi Complex/Body/Apparatus 334. Which statement BEST describes the func-
tion, or job, of the cell wall?
B. Cell Wall
A. It gives shape to plant cells.
C. Mitochondria
D. Lysosome B. It produces food from sunlight.
C. Its jelly-like fluid surrounds the nu-
329. Which of the following correctly matches cleus and the cell’s other internal parts.
an organelle with its function?
D. It contains the cell’s DNA.
A. mitochondrion photosynthesis
B. nucleus cellular respiration 335. Organelles that digest old, worn out cell
parts.
C. vacuole storage
D. chloroplast movement A. cell membrane
B. chromosomes
330. Which organelle modifies and packages
proteins? C. golgi apparatus
A. Golgi Body (Apparatus) D. lysosomes
B. Endoplasmic Reticulum 336. What structure is found in the nucleus
C. Vesicle and is responsible for the production of
D. Cytoskeleton new ribosomes?
A. nucleolus
331. In which part of the cell are the chromo-
somes found? B. Golgi complex
A. nucleus C. chromosomes
B. vacuole D. nucleus

337. The organelle that aids the cell in elim- A. there is one large vacuole that stores
inating waste and recycling materials water and helps hold up the plant
within the cell. Found only in animal cells. B. the vacuoles enter and leave through
A. Lysosomes the cell membrane
B. Ribosomes C. there are lots of small vacuoles
C. Vacuole D. there are not vacuoles
D. Endoplasmic Reticulum 343. Which of the following organelles would
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an organism that is a heterotroph not have
338. What is a difference between a prokary- in its cells?
ote & eukaryote cell?
A. mitochondria
A. Prokaryotes do not have a membrane
surrounding their DNA B. chloroplasts
B. Prokaryotes do not have genetic mate- C. vacuole

rial (DNA) D. nuclei
C. Eukaryotes do not have cytoplasm 344. Humans who have disorders of these or-
D. Prokaryotes do not have a cell wall ganelles often feel lethargic, as though
they have no energy. Which organelle is
339. Cell walls can be found in the following being described?
types of cells:
A. Mitochondria
A. only plant cells
B. Cytoplasm
B. only animal cells C. Vacuole
C. both plant and animal cells D. Endoplasmic Reticulum
D. none of above
345. What is the organelle that serves as the
340. cells are small and simple. “control center” of a cell?
A. Eukaryotic A. Vacuole
B. Prokaryotic B. Mitochondria
C. Both C. Nucleus
D. none of above D. Lysosome
346. Mitochondria are found in cells.

341. What organelle is like the “clean-up
crew” of the cell? It dissolves old cell A. Animal
parts. B. Plant
A. Ribosome C. Both
B. Golgi apparatus D. none of above
C. Lysosome
347. The holds the DNA, and controls the
D. none of above functions of eukaryotic cells.
342. Select a statement that best completes A. Nucleus

the phrase below.In a plant cell B. Nuclear Membrane

C. Mitochondria 353. If a cell was like a factory what or-

D. Chloroplast ganelle could be represented by the Assem-
bly line?

348. Controls what enters and leaves the cell
and recognizes signals A. Cytoplasm
A. Cell membrane B. Nucleus

B. Ribosome C. Lysosomes
C. Mitochandria D. Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)
D. Lysosome
354. Both plant and animal cells have this or-
349. Organelles used in plant cells that in- ganelle to store water (and sometimes
corporate photosynthesis to create food, food), but plants have a large
such as carbohydrates and glucose for the
plant. A. Ribosomes
A. Nucleus B. Vacuole
B. Mitochondria C. Mitochondria
C. Chloroplast(s)
D. Nucleus
D. Mitochondrion
350. Many animals have internal or external 355. What do we call the solution of nutrients
skeletons that provide support and struc- and organelles?
ture. Which of the following parts of plant A. Cell membrane
cells play a similar role?
B. Cytoplasm
A. cell membranes
C. Nucleus
B. cell walls
C. chloroplasts D. Cytoskeleton
D. cytoplasm
356. If a cell was like a factory what organelle
351. What type of cells have a cell wall and could be represented by the workers on
chloroplasts? the assembly line?
A. Plant cells A. Ribosome
B. Animal cells B. Cytoplasm
C. Plant and animal cells
C. Golgi Body
D. Neither plant NOR animal cells
352. If a cell was like a school what organelle
could be represented by the School Lunch 357. Has nucleus
Line?
A. Prokaryotes
A. Nucleus
B. Eukaryote
B. Lysosome
C. Endoplasmic Reticulum C. both
D. Cytoplasm D. none of above

358. What am I? I am filled with cell sap to B. gogli body

give a plant cell shape and keep it turgid. C. endoplasmic reticulum
A. Nucleus D. nucleus
B. Vacuole
364. More than 40 human diseases are caused
C. Cytoplasm by problems with these organelles, which
D. Mitochondria normally have important enzymes for
breaking down substances that can build
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359. Helps perform cell division, and are only up in cells. Which organelle is being de-
found in animal cells. scribed?
A. Centrioles A. Vacuole
B. Gogli Apparatus B. Cell Membrane
C. A potatoe C. Chloroplast
D. Nucleus D. Lysosomes
360. Materials enter and leave the nucleus
365. What am I? I control what can enter or
through openings in its
leave the cell
A. organelles
A. Nucleus
B. DNA
B. Cell membrane
C. membrane
C. Cytoplasm
D. chromatin
D. Mitochondria
361. I am a protective layer around the cell,
366. Which cell structure is the gatekeeper,
but I am not one solid piece. I have tiny
controlling what goes in and out of the
openings that allow materials to pass in
cell?
and out of the cell. I am the
A. Cell Membrane
A. Cell Wall
B. Nuclear Membrane
B. Nucleus
C. Mitochondrial Membrane
C. Cell Membrane
D. Vacuolic Membrane
367. Which organelle releases the energy
362. The vacuoles in plant cells are different
stored inside food
from the vacuoles in animal cells because
A. Chloroplast
A. they are membrane bound
B. plant cell vacuoles are typically larger B. Mitochondria
C. Lysosomes
C. plant vacuoles store water D. Nucleus
D. they hold different types of nutrients 368. This protective layer controls what en-
363. packages that carry things in, out, and ters and leaves the cell
around cells A. ribosome
A. vesicles B. cytoplasm

C. endoplasmic reticulum 374. A cell with a true nucleus is called a(n)

D. cell membrane

A. probiotic
369. Jelly-like liquid that helps provide sup-
B. nucleolus
port for the organelles
C. prokaryote
A. Genetic Material
D. eukaryote
B. Digestive Enzymes
C. Cytoplasm 375. Which structure is the boundary between
a living cell and its environment?
D. Cell Membrane
A. Cell membrane
370. Cells need to produce new cells in order B. cytoplasm
to
C. vacuole
A. create new chromosomes D. ribosome
B. replace cells that have died
376. What does it mean that a cell membrane
C. obtain energy from sunlight is semi-permeable?
D. release energy from food A. It allows all substances in
371. Acts as a protective layer that surrounds B. It allows some substances in

the cell and monitors what enters and C. It allows nothing in
leaves the cell. D. none of above
A. Cell Membrane
377. Found in most animal cells
B. Nucleus
A. vacuole, cell membrane, mitochondria
C. Mitochondria
D. Ribosomes B. Mitochondria, chloroplast, nucleus
372. Which plant cell organelle converts sun- C. cytoplasm, nucleus, mitochondria
light into food? D. cell wall, cell membrane, nucleus
A. Mitochondria 378. Which term refers to maintaining a stable
B. Lysosome internal environment
C. Chloroplast A. metabolism
D. Cell Wall B. replication
C. respiration
373. I am a real “powerhouse”, that’s plain
to see. I break down food and release en- D. homeostasis
ergy. I am the 379. Tiny bean-shaped structures in the cyto-
A. Chloroplast plasm with a smooth outer membrane, and
a greatly folded inner membrane. They
B. Mitochondria
supply the energy for the cell by trans-
C. Nucleus forming sugars into energy.
D. Cell Membrane A. Ribosomes

B. Lysosomes 385. The gel-like fluid within a cell that aids

in organelle movement and gives the cell
C. Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum
structure.
D. Mitochondria
A. Vacuole
380. This organelle takes food (glucose) and B. Mitochondria
turns it into ENERGY for plant and animal
cells.
D. Cytoplasm
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A. Chloroplast
B. Mitochondria 386. Genetic material is stored in
C. Lysosome A. cytoplasm
D. Ribosome B. mitochondria
C. chromosomes
381. a gel-like material inside the cell
D. membrane
A. Nucleus
B. Cytoplasm 387. Which cell structure functions like a
school principal’s office?
C. Ribosome
A. cell wall
D. Jelly bean
B. cell membrane
382. What is the main function of the ribo-
C. vacuole
somes?
D. nucleus
A. To produce energy (ATP)
B. To produce waste 388. Which organelle transports proteins from
one part of the cell to another?
C. To produce proteins
D. To produce food (photosynthesis)
B. Golgi Apparatus
383. This part gives plant cells a rigid struc-
C. Ribosome
ture.
D. none of above
A. Cell wall
B. Organelle 389. How are eukaryotes different from
prokaryotes?
C. Chloroplast
A. They aren’t different, except the
D. Cytoplasm spelling.
384. A Mitochondria is most like B. Eukaryotes have a NUCLEUS, prokary-
otes do NOT!
A. A powerplant
C. One is a plant cell, one is an animal cell.
B. City Hall
C. Warehouses
D. Prokaryotes have a NUCLEUS, eukary-
D. Post office otes do NOT!

390. This is a system of membranous tubules 395. This organelle breaks down (digest)
and sacs in eukaryotic cells that functions worn out cell parts
as a path along which molecules move

A. cytoplasm
from one part of the cell to another. Can
be rough or smooth. B. lysosomes
A. Mitochondria C. mitochondria
B. Chloroplast D. vacuoles
C. Endoplasmic reticulum 396. Vacuoles are largest in cells.
D. Centrioles A. plant
391. A damaged cell is having trouble break- B. animal
ing down and removing unwanted waste C. bacteria
from the cell after the cell has metabo-
lized. Which organelle is most likely re- D. protist
sponsible?
397. One example of a prokaryote is a
A. cytoplasm
A. fungus
B. lysosome
B. bacteria
C. mitochondira
C. animal
D. ribsome
D. plant
392. Which one of the following organelles is
only found in a plant cell? 398. This organelle is the membrane surround-
ing the cell.
A. large central vacuole
A. Cell wall
B. cell membrane
B. Cell membrane
C. mitochondria
C. Cell vesicles
D. cytoplasm
D. Cell Vacuoles
393. Which organelle converts the chemical en-
ergy stored in food into useable energy? 399. Which organelle performs energy conver-
sions in animal cells?
A. Chloroplast
A. Ribosome
B. Golgi apparatus
B. Chromosome
C. Mitochondria
D. mitochondrion
D. Chloroplast
394. What organelle digests food for the cell
and recycles old organelles? 400. Bacteria cells are
A. Lysosomes A. Prokarytoic
B. Vacuole B. Eukaryotic
C. Nucleous C. Both
D. ribsomes D. none of above

401. Which cell organelle acts like a brain? C. Rough E.R.

A. Mitochondria D. Nucleolus
B. Chloroplast
407. The jelly-like area between the nucleus
C. Nucleus and the cell membrane. It helps organelles
D. Vacuole move throughout the cell.
A. Cytoplasm
402. I’m rigid and stiff, and I keep a cell strong.
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I’m found only in plants, I’ve been there all B. Chloroplast
along. What am I?
C. Vacuole
A. chloroplast
D. Nucleolus
B. cell wall
C. mitochondria 408. Which organelle is found in both plants
and animals?
D. cell membrane
A. cell wall
403. Which organelle is missing from a cell
B. mitochondria
that is a prokaryote?
C. chloroplast
A. vacuole
B. nuclei D. large vacuole
C. mitochondria 409. channels for small molecules to flow

D. chloroplasts through between cells
A. tight junctions
404. This organelle supports and protects the
cell. It is only found in plant cells. B. anchoring junctions
A. Cell membrane C. gap junctions
B. Cell wall D. sticky junctions
C. Nucleus
D. Cytoplasm ball team, who or what is the cell wall?
405. If a cell was like a school what organelle A. stadium
could be represented by the School Door- B. referee
way?
C. coach
A. Cytoskeleton
D. cheerleader
B. Cytoplasm
C. Cell membrane 411. Which of the following is not a character-
D. Mitochondria istic of a Prokaryotic cell?
A. unicellular
406. Organelles inside nucleus function is to
make ribosomes B. floating DNA
A. Golgi Body C. very small
B. Lysosome D. complex

412. Which of the following best describes an 417. This organelle regulates what goes in and
endosymbiont? out of the cell.
A. Vacuole

A. A cell that lives within another cell
B. A cell capable of photosynthesis B. Mitochondria
C. Cell membrane
C. The host cell that allows other cells to
live in it D. Cell wall
D. A cell capable of aerobic respiration 418. Transportation network for the cell,
moves materials around in the cell
413. This large structure in the plant cell is A. Lysosome
filled with water for storage
B. Nuclear Membrane
A. Chloroplast C. Endoplasmic Reticulum
B. Lysosome D. Centriole
C. Golgi body 419. Which organelle stores food, water, and
D. Central valcuole other materials needed by the cell?
A. Cytoplasm
414. the place where membrane lipids are
B. Lysosomes
manufactured
C. Vacuole
A. Rough ER
D. Nucleus
B. Smooth ER
420. Converts the energy stored in glucose
C. Golgi body into usable energy for the cell
D. Chloroplasts A. cell membrane
B. cell wall
415. Looks like a maze of passageways. This
organelle produces many substances and C. nucleus
is always found surrounding the nucleus. D. mitochondrion
The rough parts of this organelle ribo-
somes stick to. 421. photosynthesis occurs here; uses light en-
ergy to produce food, only plants have it
A. Golgi Apparatus
A. golgi body
B. Mitochondria B. chloroplast
C. Endoplasmic reticulum C. mitochondria
D. Cell Wall D. endoplasmic reticulum
416. it contains water and nutrients for the 422. What is the flexible covering that pro-
cell tects the inside of a cell from the environ-
ment outside of the cell?
A. Cell Membrane
A. Golgi Body
B. Jelly B. Cell Membrane
C. Cytoplasm C. Nucleus
D. Lysosome D. Cell Wall

423. This organelle controls what substances 428. the green pigment inside the chloroplast
come into and out of the cell A. cytoplasm
A. Cell membrane B. chlorophyll
B. Cell wall C. cell membrane
C. Nucleus D. none of above
D. Cytoplasm
429. Small sacs that transport materials
through the cells cytoplasm. Produced by
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424. An animal’s liver is very important. It
cleans the blood while also playing a key the Golgi.
role in digestion. Which level of biological A. Golgi apparatus
organization does the liver belong to? B. Endoplasmic reticulum
A. cell C. Vesicles
B. tissue D. Cytoskeleton
C. organ system
430. The is considered meaning it al-
D. organ lows some things in while stopping other
things.
425. are cells that enclose their DNA in nu-
clei. A. cell membrane, fully permeable
A. Phototophylites B. cell wall, selectively permeable
B. Prokaryote C. cell membrane, selectively permeable
C. Eukaryote
D. cell wall, fully permeable
D. LocoKaryotes
431. Which organelles produce most of the en-
426. Which answer choice best describes the ergy needed by a cell?
function of the lysosome?
A. MItochondria
A. digest proteins and convert them in to
B. Chloroplasts
ATP energy.
C. Vacuoles
B. digest food, bacteria, and worn out or-
ganelles. D. Ribosomes
C. digest carbohydrates and synthesize 432. What organelle uses enzymes to help
them in to sugars. with digestion?
D. none of above A. lysosomes
B. ribosomes
427. A large, round sac found in the cytoplasm.
It stores water, food, wastes, or other ma- C. endoplasmic reticulum
terials needed by the cell. D. vacuoles
A. Lysosomes
433. I am the organelle that makes proteins.
B. Vacuoles Who am I?
C. Ribosomes A. Golgi Apparatus
D. Mitochondria B. Nucleus

C. Lysosome 439. This structure allows certain materials

D. Ribosome into or out of the cell.

A. Cytoplasm
434. This organelle stores extra material such
B. Golgi Body
as food, water & waste. It is much larger
in a plant cell than animal cell. C. DNA
A. Lysosome D. Cell Membrane
B. Mitochondra 440. What structures do plant cells have that
C. Cell Wall animal cells lack?
D. Vacuole A. nucleus and cell membrane
B. cell wall and chloroplasts
435. Each cell has a specific job. Whatever job
a cell does is called its C. cytoplasm and cell wall
A. Structure D. cell membrane and chloroplasts
B. Function 441. This part is the jelly-like fluid that sur-

C. Career rounds or cushions the organelles.
A. Cytoplasm
D. Jobanelle
B. Cell membrane
436. Most of the cell consists of a thick, clear,
C. Ribosomes
gel like fluid that the cell’s organelles are
suspended in. D. Cell wall
A. Nucleus 442. Protein synthesis occurs in the:
B. Cell Wall A. Endoplasmic Reticulum
C. Ribosomes B. Lysosome
D. Cytoplasm C. Vacuole
437. Which organelle converts the energy in D. Ribosome

food into energy for the cell (cellular respi- 443. Packages proteins into vesicles and ships
ration)? them out.
A. Ribosomes A. Endoplasmic Reticulum
B. Nucleolus B. Ribosomes
C. Mitochondria C. Golgi Apparatus
D. Golgi Body D. Nucleus
438. What would be the best scale for this 444. Substances enter any plant or animal cell
data?Days Cm 1 1.0 2 3.5 3 5.0 4 8.5 by passing through which of the following
A. count by fives to 10 A. nucleus
B. count by tens to 100 B. cell membrane
C. count by ones to 5 C. vacuole
D. count by ones to 10 D. chloroplast

445. If a cell was like a school what organelle 451. All living things are made of cells. In
could be represented by the School Kitchen order to stay alive and preserve their
workers? species, every living cell must perform all
A. Lysosomes of the following functions except-
B. Golgi body A. reproduce themselves
C. Cytoplasm B. metabolize nutrients
D. Ribosomes C. maintain homeostasis
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D. perform photosynthesis
446. The type of endoplasmic reticulum to
which no ribosomes are attached 452. The kind of action or activity specific to a
thing or person.
A. Rough er
A. function
B. Smooth er
B. structure
C. Lysosome
C. job
D. Mitchondria
D. limb
447. The organelle packages proteins and has
NO ribosomes. 453. Which of these is part of the cell theory
A. Golgi complex A. Cells are the basic unit of life
B. Lysosomes B. Only plant cells have a Chloroplast

C. All cells have a nucleus
C. Smooth E.R.
D. Animal cells are round and blob like
D. Rough E.R.
454. What types of organisms have cells with
448. The holds the dna for the cell
very large vacuoles?
A. vacuole
A. animals
B. smooth ER B. bacteria
C. rough ER C. plants
D. nucleus D. fungi
449. When comparing cell organelles to a foot- 455. I’m thick and like jelly. I fill up every
ball team, who or what is the vacuole? cell. I protect all that’s inside, including
A. locker room organelles. What am I?
B. stadium A. cytoplasm
C. sidelines B. ribosomes
D. offense C. vacuole
D. lysosomes
450. PHOTOSYNTHESIS HAPPENS IN THIS OR-
GANELLE 456. A cell in an isotonic solution will
A. MITOCHONDRIA A. swell
B. CHLOROPLAST B. shrink
C. CYTOPLASM C. stay the same size
D. CELL MEMEBRANE D. impossible to tell

457. A bacteria cell is also known as a C. organ

prokaryote because it
D. Tissue

A. contains a membrane bound nucleus
B. does not have a membrane bound nu- 463. What did the endosymbiont (cell living in-
cleus but a nucleoid side another) receive from its host cell?
C. makes its own food A. Shelter
D. it does not contain any mitochondria B. Energy
458. What organelle creates energy for the C. Motility
cell? D. Reproduction
A. Nucleus
B. Mitochondria 464. hold/store water, mainly found in plant
cells
C. Cell Wall
A. nuclolus
D. Ribosomes
B. ribosomes
459. Which organelle is found in BOTH plant
and animal cells? C. golgi bodies
A. Chloroplast D. vacuoles
B. Cell membrane
465. packages proteins for delivery
C. Cell wall
D. none of above
B. ribosomes
460. This organelle is a thin, flexible envelope
C. golgi apparatus
that surrounds the cell. It allows the cell to
change shape and control what goes into D. lysosomes
and out of the cell.
A. Nucleus 466. Which of the following structures is not
present in animal cells
B. Cytoplasm
A. cell membrane
C. Cell membrane
B. cell wall
D. Smooth ER
C. mitochondria
461. The function of is to combine with pro-
teins to form ribosomes. D. nucleus
A. rRNA
467. Which organelle releases broken down
B. tRNA substances so they can be used in an an-
C. mRNA imal cell?
D. DNA A. Ribosomes
462. Basic unit of life B. Lysosomes

A. Cell C. Golgi Bodies
B. Goku D. Chloroplasts

468. What is the nickname for the mitochon- 473. Which of the following describes the func-
dria tion of the nucleolus?
A. Lightning A. Command Center for the Cell
B. Powerhouse B. Produce initial parts of ribosomes
C. Machine C. To hold chromosomes
D. Energizer D. To make DNA
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469. This sac with the cytoplasm stores wa- 474. Muscle cells need to quickly convert en-
ter, food, waste, products and other ma- ergy from food into a usable form, which
terials. of the following do the muscle cells have
A. vacoule in greater numbers than most other types
of cells?
B. organelle
A. chromosomes
C. cytoplasm
B. mitochondria
D. cell membrane
C. nuclei
470. Which statement best describes a con-
trolled experiment? D. vacuole
A. it eliminates the need for dependent 475. The cell wall is

variable
A. the storage place.
B. it shows the effect of a dependent vari-
B. the stiff outer layer of a plant cell.
able on an independent variable
C. the cell energy processor.
C. it avoids the use of variables
D. the part of the plant cell that produces
D. it tests the effect of a single indepen-
food.
dent variable
471. A worm turning away from light is an ex- 476. The organelle that packages up proteins
ample of and nutrients and sends them off to other
parts of the cell.
A. reproducing
A. Golgi bodies
B. doing cellular respiration
C. having cells
C. Mitochondria
D. responding to its environment
D. Nucleus
472. Your science teacher has asked the class
to make a cell city model. Which building 477. I am found in plant cells. I am rigid,
or business in the city could represent the strong & stiff. I give support to the plant
mitochondria, and why? cell. I give the cell it’s box shape
A. city dump-waste storage A. cell membrane
B. city hall-control center B. cell wall
C. roads-transportation system C. chlorophyll
D. power company-produces energy D. mitochondria

478. A tadpole turning into a frog is which 484. This organelle is like a highway. It can be
characteristic of life? found in both plant and animal cells. This
organelle processes proteins and other ma-

A. made of cells
terials.
B. respond to stimulus
C. use of energy
B. ET
D. grow and develop
C. Golgi Bodies
479. This type of ER makes proteins from the
ribosomes located on them. D. Nucleolus
A. Smooth 485. Which organelles are present in plant

B. Rough cells but absent in animal cells?
C. Curly A. Cell membrane, Cell Wall, Mitochon-
dria
D. none of above
B. Central vacuole, Golgi Apparatus, Cyto-
480. jelly-like solution in which organelles are plasm
suspended
C. Chloroplast, Central Vacuole, Cell Wall
A. Smooth ER
B. rough ER D. Mitochondria, Endoplasmic Reticulum,
C. Cytoplasm Cell Wall
D. Golgi body
486. The genetic material for cells
481. what are two types of passive trans- A. DNA
port?
B. ATP
A. endo and exocytosis
C. cytoplasm
B. cookies and milk
D. ribosomes
C. active and passive
D. Osmosis and diffusion 487. Which part of the cell captures energy
from sunlight and convert it into chemical
482. Which organelle helps our bodies fend off energy stored in food?
viruses and bacteria?
A. Chloroplast
A. Ribosome
B. Cytoskeleton
B. Rough ER
C. Mitochondria
C. Lysosome
D. Nucleolus
D. Mitochondria
483. Makes ribosomes 488. Which organelle packages proteins?

A. Golgi Apparatus A. Golgi bodies
B. Nucleolus B. nucleus
C. Cell membrane C. vacuole
D. Endoplasmic Reticulum D. lysosome

489. control, read, and direct the cell using B. receptor protein
DNA instructions
C. transport protein
A. nucleus
D. an enzyme protein
B. mitochondria
C. endoplasmic reticulum 495. Which organelle gives a cell structure and
support
D. lysosome
A. Cell membrane
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490. The most basic units of structure and func-
B. Cell wall
tion in all organisms are
C. Nucleus
A. cells
B. organelles D. Endoplasmic Reticulum
C. organisms 496. Non-membranus structure involved in

D. humans production of ribosomes; a nucleus has one
or more nucleoi plant and animal
491. Which organelle is in a plant cell but not
A. Contractile Vacuole
an animal cell?
A. nucleus B. Cell Membrane
B. Chloroplasts C. Nucleus
C. mitochondria D. Nucleolus
D. ribosomes 497. Which organelle is involved in the process
492. I am found only in plant cells. I am the of capturing energy from sunlight?
outermost part of the plant cell. I am make A. mitochondria
of a specialized sugar called cellulose. I
B. cell membrane
provide support and protection and give
plants their shape. I am the C. nucleus
A. Cell Wall D. chloroplast
B. Cell Membrane
498. What organelle stores waste and water
C. Nucleus in both plant and animal cells?
D. Lysosome A. Lysosomes
493. What is the cell organelle that separates B. Golgi Complex
the nucleus from the cytoplasm?
C. Vacuoles
A. nuclear membrane
B. cell membrane
C. nucleus 499. The smallest unit of life
D. nucleolus A. organ
B. sand
494. Which cell membrane protein ‘helps move
substances across the cell membrane’? C. mustard seed
A. surface marker protein D. cell

500. These organelles are the sites of protein 505. Which biomolecule increases the rate of
synthesis. reaction and regulates cell division?

A. Ribosomes A. Lipids
B. Chloroplasts B. Carbohydrates
C. Proteins C. Protein
D. Vesicles D. Nucleic Acids
501. Which scientist examined cork cells using 506. Organelles that contain digestive en-
a primitive microscope and coined the term zymes and help cells extricate materials
‘cell’? and debris in the cell.
A. Robert Hooke A. Kylo Ren
B. Anton van Leeuwenhoek B. Ribosomes
C. Theodor Schwann C. Prokaryote
D. Mattias Schleiden D. Lysosomes
502. this organelle provides structural support 507. What organelle would best fit that anal-
and movement like our bones in the skele- ogy about cells and a school? Air in the
ton system. school-Fills the space throughout the en-
tire building.
A. cell membrane
A. Nucleus
B. cytoplasm
B. Cytoplasm
C. cytoskeleton
C. Mitochondria
D. none of above
D. Cell Membrane
503. What is the role of stem cells in the
body? 508. The convert chemical energy stored in
food into compounds the cells can use.
A. fight against infection
A. lipid corigidors
B. provide specialised roles in the body
B. mitochondria
C. used for fertility treatment
C. celluliptaz
D. they produce new specialised cells in
the body to replace old cells that are used D. permitria
up
509. Choose the similarity between prokary-
504. The basic unit that makes up living things otes and eukaryotes.
is the
A. All have cell walls.
A. cell membrane
B. All are able to reproduce by mitosis.
B. cell
C. Contains cytoplasm, ribosomes, and
C. cell wall DNA
D. mitochondria D. none of above

510. The cell wall is like which of the following C. Chloroplast

real world examples? D. Mitochondria
A. Post Office
516. Structure within the cells of plants and
B. Armed Forces green algae that is site of photosynthesis,
C. Walls of Your House the process in which light in converted into
D. The Brain chemical energy.
A. nucleus
511. I am a food processor for plants cells. I
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absorb light energy from the sun and use B. membrane
it to convert carbon dioxide and water to C. vacuole
sugar and oxygen. I am NOT found in ani- D. chloroplast
mal cells.
A. Cell Wall 517. HOW DO animals get glucose
B. Central Vacuole A. EAT IT
C. Chloroplast B. MAKE IT
D. Mitochondria C. SING ABOUT IT
D. NOTHING
512. I am the “power house” of the cell. I
make most of the energy! 518. This part of the experiment serves as a
A. mitochondria basis of comparison; the one variable be-
ing tested has been omitted.
B. vacuole
A. experimental group
C. lysosome
B. control group
D. nuceus
C. data
513. these package proteins to be shipped out
D. variables
of the cell
A. proteins 519. Network of membranous sacs and tubes
active in membrane synthesis and other
B. ribosomes
synthetic and metabolic processes(Plant
C. golgi bodies and Animal)
D. endoplasmic reticulum A. Centrioles
514. What do eukaryotes have that prokary- B. Ribosomes
otes do not? C. Golgi Apparatus
A. DNA D. Endoplasmic ReticulumRough+Smooth
B. Cell membrane
520. Which cell structure acts like the brain of
C. nucleus the cell?
D. Cytoplasm A. Cell wall
515. What can only be found in plant cells? B. Cell membrane
A. Cell membrane C. Mitochondria
B. Vacuole D. Nuclues

521. I am the jelly-like fluid inside the cell. B. anchoring junctions

I provide an area of movement for all
C. gap junctions
the dissolved molecules that keep the cell

working. I am the D. sticky junctions
A. Central Vacuole 527. If a cell was like a factory what organelle
B. Golgi Apparatus could be represented by the Shipping and
C. Lysosome Receiving Department?
D. Cytoplasm A. Nucleus
B. Cell membrane
522. Contains the cell’s DNA and controls all
cell activities C. Lysosome
A. Nucleus D. Endoplasmic reticulum
B. Mitochondria
528. What structure in a prokaryote cell con-
C. Golgi Body tains the DNA?
D. Chromosome A. peroxisome
523. Which of the following does not have a B. ribosomes
cell wall?
C. nucleus
A. animal cells
D. nucleoid
B. bacteria cells
C. plant cells 529. Which part of the cell makes ribosomes?
D. fungi A. Cytoskeleton
B. Lysosome
524. I am found only in plant cells. I’m as
green as can be. I make food for the plant C. Nucleolus
using the sun’s energy. I am the D. Vacuole
A. Cell Wall
530. Genetic material makes up which or-
B. Cell Membrane
ganelle?
C. Chloroplast
A. Cytoplasm
D. Mitochondria
B. Chromosome
C. Golgi Body
ball team, who or what is the nucleus?
D. Chloroplast
A. sidelines
B. locker room 531. Which organelle was nicknamed the
C. cheerleader “Powerhouse” of the cell?
D. coach A. Chloroplast
B. Nuclear Membrane
526. knit membranes of cell together to pre-
vent fluid leakage between them C. Mitochondria
A. tight junctions D. Chlorophyll

532. This organelle contains chlorophyll to cap- C. Chloroplasts

ture sunlight in plants. D. Golgi Aparatus
A. Chloroplast
538. Small microtubles arranged in specific
B. Chromosomes ways aids in cell division-anaphase moves
C. Golgi Complex to opposite poles-pulls sister chromatids
D. ER (Animal only)
A. Centrioles
533. Site of photosynthesis. Gives plants
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their green color. B. Ribosomes
A. mitochondria C. Golgi Apparatus
B. ribosome D. Endoplasmic ReticulumRough+Smooth
C. chloroplast 539. Which of the following correctly defines
D. nucleus the job of the ribosome?
A. digestive system
534. An experiment that tests only one factor
is celled a B. assembly of many proteins.
A. controlled experiment C. transport of lipids around the cell
B. control group D. makes protein using amino acid
C. experimental group 540. The main reason why plant cells undergo
D. independent variable the process of photosynthesis is that they
need to make
535. The primary function of a chloroplast is
A. sugar
to
B. oxygen
A. convert food into energy a cell can use
C. carbon dioxide
B. control the functions of a cell and con- D. water
trol genetic traits
541. Cells store waste in
C. convert radiant energy into chemical
A. ribosomes
energy through photosynthesis
B. DNA
D. store water and nutrients
C. chloroplasts
536. Located on outside of cellpushes cell for-
ward hair like(Plant and Animal) D. vacuoles
A. Flagella 542. Small round structures found in the cy-

B. Nucleus toplasm. They contain digestive enzymes
that break down large food particles into
C. Peroxisome sugars and other simple substances.
D. Cilia A. Lysosomes
537. The control center of the cell. B. Ribosomes
A. Nucleus C. Vacuoles
B. Nuclear Membrane D. Nucleus

543. What is one place ribosomes cannot be 548. What is a characteristic of life?
found? A. living things make freinds

A. Floating in the cytoplasm B. living things reporduce
B. Surface of the Rough ER C. living things talk
C. Surface of the Smooth ER D. living things draw pictures of dogs
D. none of above 549. Where are ribosomes produced?
544. I am the cell’s transport system. There A. Nucleolus
are two types of me, rough and smooth. B. Endoplasmic reticulum
The rough type has ribosomes attached. I C. Golgi body
am the
D. Vessicle
A. Ribosomes
550. What organelle surrounds and supports
B. Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)
plant cells so they can grow tall without
C. Nucleus bones?
D. Golgi Apparatus A. Cell Membrane
B. Cell Wall
545. Which organelle carries out photosynthe-
sis in plant cells? C. Nucleus
A. chloroplasts D. Golgi Complex
B. nuclei 551. What part of a plant cell controls the ac-

tivity of the cell?
C. vacuole
A. cell membrane
D. mitochondria
B. cell wall
546. Flattened sack of membrane that modi- C. chloroplast
fies, sorts, and packages proteins into sacs D. nucleus
called vesicles; for distribution outside of
the cell 552. Unicellular means
A. Golgi Apparatus A. single-celled
B. ER B. unicycle
C. Nucleolus C. multi-celled
D. Vacuole D. united cells

553. We build proteins in the cell. We can be
547. Organelle active in synthesis, modifica- found in several places in the cell, including
tion, sorting, and secretion of cell prod- in the cytoplasm and on the endoplasmic
ucts(Plant and Animal) reticulum. We are
A. Centrioles A. Ribosomes.
B. Ribosomes B. Nucleus
C. Golgi Apparatus C. Mitochondria
D. Endoplasmic ReticulumRough+Smooth D. Lysosome

554. What organelle decides what goes in and 560. Which cell process produces carbon diox-
out of the cell and also offers protection to ide?
the cell?
A. photosynthesis
A. cell membrane
B. mitosis
B. nucleus
C. respiration
C. cytoplasm
D. elimination
D. chloroplast
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555. What part of a cell controls movement of 561. Made of a phospholipid bilayer embed-
materials in and out? ded with proteins and is selectively per-
meable.
A. Cell Membrane
B. Mitochondria A. Cell Membrane
C. Endoplasmic Reticulum B. Cytosol

D. Ribosome C. Ribosome
556. The boundary of the cell is known as D. Vacuole

what?
562. Which of the following correctly lists
A. Cell Membrane the organelles involved in making and dis-
B. Cytoskeleton tributing protein?
C. Phospholipids A. lysosome, nucleus, vacuole
D. Endoplasmic Reticulum B. cell membrane, ER, nucleus
557. Gives the plant cells shape and struc- C. nucleus, ribosome, vacuole
ture.
D. ribosomes, Golgi, ER
A. Chloroplast
B. Endoplasmic Reticulum 563. Which organelle is responsible for storing
are enzymes for intracellular digestion?
C. Cell Wall
D. Vacuole(s) A. Chloroplasts
B. Centrioles
558. A cell is
A. the basic unit of structure and function C. Lysosomes
in living organism D. Nucleus
B. an organism
564. If the center of this large organelle fails,
C. a basic part of everything that we see ribosomes cannot be produced because this
D. found only in animals, not plants organelle contains the instructions. Which
organelle is being described?
559. What is the jelly-like interior of the cell?
A. Nucleus
A. cell wall
B. cell membrane B. Cytoplasm
C. cytoplasm C. Mitochondria
D. chromosomes D. Cell Wall

565. If a cell was like a school what organelle 570. When this organelle fails, a set of
could be represented by the Main Office? smaller, grain-shaped organelles has dif-
ficulty producing proteins and being trans-

A. Ribosomes
ported around the cell. Which organelle is
B. Nucleus being described?
C. Cell membrane
A. Cell Wall
B. Mitochondria
566. A buildup of waste is threatening the sta- C. Endoplasmic Reticulum
bility of this cell because these organelles
are malfunctioning. Which organelle is D. Nucleus
this?
571. Makes protein for the cell:
A. Lysosome
B. Vacuole A. Nucleus
C. Nucleus B. Ribosomes
D. Golgi Body C. Cytoplasm
567. Who was the scientist who first named D. Cell Membrane
cells when he looked at a slice of cork un-
der a microscope and saw the cork’s cell 572. Tiny cell structures that carry out specific
walls? functions within the cell
A. Robert Hooke A. membranes
B. Matthias Schleiden B. nucleus
C. Anton van Leewenhoek C. organelles
D. Thedor Schwann D. animalicules
568. Complexes that makes proteins; Free
573. Thin strands of genetic material that fill
in cytosol or bound to rough ER or nu-
the nucleus, contains information for di-
clear envelope translate mRNA into amino
recting a cell’s function
acid(Plant and Animal)
A. Centrioles A. Cell membrane
B. Ribosomes B. Chloroplasts
C. Golgi Apparatus C. Vacuole
D. Endoplasmic ReticulumRough+Smooth D. Chromatin
569. Which organelle captures energy from
574. Plants perform photosynthesis through
the sun and uses it to produce food for the
this organelle:
cell
A. Chlorophyll
A. Chloroplast
B. Cell Wall B. Chloroplasts
C. Mitochondria C. Mitochondria
D. Vacuole D. Golgi Apparatus

575. The fluid that holds the organelles of the 581. When particles travel from an area of
cell is called the high concentration to an area of low con-
A. cytoplasm centration, it is called
B. cell wall A. photosynthesis
C. nucleus B. cellular respiration
D. ribosome C. active transport
576. If a cell was like a factory what organelle D. diffusion
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could be represented by the Maintenance
Crew? 582. Osmosis is the movement of through
A. Lysosome the cell membrane.
B. Endoplasmic Reticulum A. Salt
C. Mitochondria B. Proteins
D. Ribosomes C. Water
577. This porous structure surrounds the nu- D. Nutrients
cleus, keeping it intact
A. Lysosomes 583. What is the jelly-like substance that cells
are filled with?
B. Nuclear membrane
C. Golgi body A. Cell Wall
D. Centriole B. Lysosome
578. Which organelle makes proteins? C. Vesicle

A. Mitochondria D. Cytoplasm
B. Chloroplast
584. The genetic material is found inside the
C. Ribosome
D. Lysosome A. Endoplasmic Reticulum
579. Helps to “clean up” or destroy any waste B. Golgi Complex
that might build up inside the cell
C. Nucleolus
A. Ribosome
D. Nucleus
B. Dna
C. Lysosome 585. an organelle that forms a maze of pas-
D. Mitochandria sageways in which proteins and other ma-
terials are carried from one part of the cell
580. Which structures store food, water, and to another
waste for the cell?
A. cytoplasm
A. Ribosomes
B. Chromosomes B. endoplasmic reticulum
C. Chloroplasts C. ribosome
D. Vacuoles D. nucleus

586. I am found inside of the nucleus. I help 592. What is the function of pili?
produce ribosomes. I am the A. movement

A. Endoplasmic Reticulum B. attach cells to structures
B. Mitochondria C. turns fatty acids into fuel
C. Nucleolus D. stores DNA
D. Ribosome
593. This molecule carries genetic information
587. What am I? I contain DNA and control from the nucleus to the ribosomes in the
what the cell does cytoplasm.
A. Nucleus A. rRNA
B. Cell membrane B. tRNA
C. Cytoplasm C. mRNA
D. Mitochondria D. DNA
588. cells have ribosomes 594. Which organelle is a gelatin substance
A. Eukaryotic that helps fill out the cell
B. Prokaryotic A. Chloroplast
C. Both B. Lysosomes
D. none of above C. Mitochondria
D. Cytoplasm
589. Endoplasmic reticulum can be found in the
following types of cells: 595. What is the smallest unit of life?
A. only plant cells A. chloroplast
B. only animal cells B. nucleus
C. both plant and animal cells C. cell
D. none of above D. cell membrane
590. fibers of the cytoskeleton that are a 596. Which part of the cell convert the chem-
twisted double chain of solid actin proteins ical energy stored in food into usable en-
(smallest) ergy?
A. microtubules A. Chloroplasts
B. intermediate filaments B. Lysosomes
C. microfilaments C. Mitochondria
D. none of above D. Smooth ER
591. If a cell was like a factory what organelle 597. What organelle surrounds and supports
could be represented by the Solar Panels plant cells?
A. Nucleus A. Cell Membrane
B. Chloroplast B. Cell Wall
C. Mitochondria C. Nucleus
D. Cell Memebrane D. Golgi Complex

598. What does the Cell Theory state? 604. Which organelle packages and distributes
A. That all living things are made of cells proteins and other newly formed materials
from the endoplasmic reticulum?
B. Every cell has only one nucleus
A. Golgi Body
C. That plants cannot have cells
B. Ribosomes
D. Animals are only one that have cells
C. Vacuole
599. Small grain-shaped organelles that pro- D. Mitochondria
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duce proteins.
605. This converts energy stored in the food
A. Lysosomes eaten into unusable cellular energy
B. Ribosomes A. Ribosome
C. Vacuole B. Rough ER
D. Nucleus C. Smooth ER
600. Which organelle holds the cell together? D. Mitochondria

(found in both an animal and plant cell) 606. The integumentary system is composed
A. Cell Wall of hair, skin, and nails. Its function is to
protect the body from the external envi-
B. Nucleus
ronment. Which animal cell organelle has
C. Cell Membrane similar function?
D. Ribosome A. cell membrane
601. Which demonstrates a correct analogy? B. nucleus

C. mitochondria
A. cytoplasm is like the jelly in a donut
D. ribosome
B. chloroplast is like a solar panel
C. vacuole is like backpack 607. Why do both plant and animal cells both
have mitochondria?
D. all of the above
A. both organisms need to make food
602. This organelle is used to store water B. both organisms need to store sugar
salts and other nutrients for the cell.
C. both organisms need to synthesize
A. Ribosomes protein
B. Nucleus D. both organisms need to break down
C. Cytoplasm sugar for energy
D. vacuole 608. The is a gel-like fluid that fills plant

and animal cells. It holds the organelles in
603. Proteins are made in organelles called place and gives each cell its shape.
A. chloroplasts A. Cytoplasm
B. golgi bodies B. Cell Membrane
C. ribosomes C. Cell Wall
D. DNA D. Chloroplast

609. What is the function of the chloroplast? 615. Breaks down excess or worn out cell
A. To give the cell its round shape parts and food particles. Often call the
“recyclers of the cell

B. To produce food in a plant cell through
photosynthesis A. Vacuole
C. To produce food in an animal cell B. Lysosome
D. To help the cell grow and reproduce C. Chloroplasts
610. What is an example of a single celled or- D. Nucleus
ganism?
A. Dog 616. This organelle is found in eukaryotic cells.
B. Cat It contains the DNA and controls the func-
tions.
C. Bacteria
A. Vacuole
D. Human
B. Cytoplasm
611. Which organelle acts as the “power-
house” of the cell by producing the energy C. Cell membrane
necessary for all of the cell’s functions?
D. Nucleus
A. nucleus
B. mitochondria 617. This organelle produces a usable form of
energy for the cell.
C. Golgi bodies
D. cytoplasm A. Vesicles
612. Food is moved into the cell by B. Mitochondria

A. endocytosis C. Vacuole
B. pinocytosis D. Ribosome
C. exocytosis
618. Protects the cell from the outside environ-
D. osmosis
ment. (Only Plants)
613. In what organelle does the food making
A. Cell Membrane
process in plants take place?
A. Endoplasmic Reticulum B. Chloroplasts
B. Vacuole C. Cell Wall

C. Chloroplasts D. Vacuoles
D. Mitochondria
619. Proteins are made in small structures
614. Which organelle helps protect and sup- called
port the cell?
A. chloroplast
A. Cytoplasm
B. lysosomes
B. Lysosome
C. Vacuole C. golgi bodies
D. Cell Wall D. ribosomes

620. This organelle has the nickname “trash 625. help with cell division animal cells
collector” or “trash can” because they A. cytokseleton
break down food and old cell parts
(wastes). B. centrioles
C. central vacuole
A. Tissue
D. cytoplasm
B. Golgi complex (apparatus, bodies)
C. Endoplasmic reticulum 626. how do plants get glucose (sugar)
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D. Lysosome A. EAT IT
B. MAKE IT
621. Which of the following are only found in C. STEAL IT
animal cells?
D. SING ABOUT IT
A. lysosomes
627. This organelle is only found in plant cells.
B. ribosomes
It collects sunlight to make sugar for the
C. mitochondria plant. What is it?
D. chloroplasts A. Cell wall
B. Vacuole
622. I am the “brain” of the cell and I control
all the activities of the cell. I am located in C. Chloroplast
the cytoplasm, but you would not find me D. none of above
in prokaryotic cells. I am the
628. Which statement best describes a cell
A. Nucleus membrane?
B. Ribosomes A. it is found only in animal cells
C. Cell Membrane B. it controls reproduction in the cell
D. Mitochondria C. it is a cell
D. it controls passage of materials into
623. What is the food-making process in the cell
plants that uses energy from the sun?
A. photoaryotic 629. This organelle helps transport proteins.
A. Ribosomes
B. chloroform
B. Rough E.R.
C. chloroplasts
C. Golgi Body
D. photosynthesis
D. Smooth E.R.
624. Which organelle holds genetic material
630. The organelle that acts as a storage cen-
and is nicknamed the “brain” of the cell?
ter for the cell.
A. cytoplasm A. Ribosomes
B. cell membrane B. Mitochondria
C. vacuole C. Nucleus
D. nucleus D. Vacuole

631. Which part of the cell directs cellular ac- 637. Cell organelles work together to main-
tivities? tain
A. homeostasis

A. Centriole
B. Mitochondria B. eukarya
C. Nucleus C. prokarya
D. Vacuole D. organisms
632. Which part of the cell maintains shape 638. What organelle is where proteins are
and helps with movement? made?
A. Cytoplasm A. ribosome
B. cytoplasm
B. Cytoskeleton
C. nucleus
C. Centriole
D. lysosome
D. Chloroplast
639. Protects and holds the organelles in place
633. Lysosomes are most like
A. cell membrane
A. Waste treatment/processing plant
B. cytoplasm
B. Power plant
C. cell wall
C. Factories D. nucleus
D. Warehouses
640. This cell organelle helps organisms main-
634. I’m full of holes, am flexible and thin. tain homeostasis by controlling what sub-
I control what gets out as well as what stances may enter or leave cells.
comes in. I am the A. vacuole
A. Cell Wall B. nucleus
B. Cell Membrane C. cell membrane
C. Endoplasmic Reticulum D. cell wall
D. Nucleus 641. This organelle traps sunlight and uses
635. What plant organelle uses photosynthe- that energy to convert it to food.
sis to convert sunlight into ATP energy? A. Mitochondria
A. chloroplast B. Chloroplasts
B. ribosomes C. Lysosomes
C. mitochondria D. Chlorophyll
D. nucleus 642. Which scientist was a German physician
who determined that all cells come from
636. I am fluid filled within the cell other cells?
A. Mitochondrion A. Anton van Leeuwenhoek
B. Vacuole B. Theodor Schwann
C. cytoplasm C. Mattias Schleiden
D. Cell membrane D. Rudolph Virchow

643. Cytoplasm is the 649. What organelle is the “powerhouse” of

A. jelly-like substance that fills plant and the cell and creates energy through cellular
animal cells. respiration?
B. tiny unit of a living thing. A. mitochondria
C. cell energy processor. B. ribosome
D. storage space. C. chloroplast
644. This organelle transports material within D. nucleus
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the cell.
650. provides structure and support in plant
A. Cytoskeleton
cells
B. Cell wall
A. cytokseleton
C. Cytoplasm
B. cell wall
D. Vesicles
C. central vacuole
645. & are organelles that definitely
arose from endosymbiosis. D. cytoplasm
A. Rough ER & Smooth ER 651. Which of the following statements cor-
B. Mitochondria & Flagellum rectly matches a cell part with its func-
C. Chloroplast & Mitochondria tion?
D. Chloroplast and Golgi apparatus A. Cell membrane ships proteins around
646. Produces fats and lipids B. Mitochondria performs photosynthe-

sis
C. The nucleus directs the cells activities
B. cell membrane
C. golgi complex
D. Lysosomes produce energy
D. rough endoplasmic reticulum
647. this organelles has the same function as 652. What organelle makes RNA into protein?
the brain where it stores information and It also floats freely throughout the cell.
controls the organism A. ribosomes
A. nucleus B. chloroplast
B. endoplasmic reticulum C. mitochondria
C. golgi apparatus
D. nucleus
D. none of above
653. This organelle helps with detoxification
648. what are two types of transport that re-
and the production of lipids.
quire energy?
A. Golgi Apparatus
A. osmosis and diffusion
B. endo and exocytosis B. Nucleus
C. cookies and milk C. Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum
D. active and passive D. Cell membrane

654. Which of the following organelles would 659. The Smooth and Rough Endoplasmic Retic-
most likely be affected first if there was ulum’s are most like
no glucose present to convert into energy

A. Highway
for cellular needs?
B. City Hall
A. Chloroplasts
C. Post Office
B. Ribosomes
D. Powerplant
C. Cell membrane
660. What is the cell organelle that is a stor-
D. Mitochondria age area for the cell?
655. Which of the following organelles is not A. golgi body
found in an animal cell? B. smooth ER
A. mitochondria C. ribosome
B. cell wall D. vacuole
C. cell membrane 661. Produces proteins for the cell and deliver
D. nucleus these proteins to the endoplasmic reticu-
lum .
656. This organelle is only found in plant cells. A. Ribosomes
It gives the plant cell shape and is its pro- B. Endoplasmic Reticulum
tective outer covering. What is it?
C. Lysosomes
A. Chloroplast
D. Nucleus
B. Cell wall
662. I’m a semi-permeable membrane, just
C. Cell membrane like a cell’s skin. I decide what goes out
D. none of above as well as what comes in. What am I?
A. nucleus
657. If the center of this large organelle fails,
ribosomes cannot be produced. Which or- B. cytoplasm
ganelle is being described? C. mitochondria
A. Nucleus D. cell membrane
B. Cytoplasm 663. This organelle consists of small bumps lo-
C. Mitochondria cated on portions of the endoplasmic retic-
ulum.
D. Cell Wall
A. Nuclear pores
658. These may be found free-floating in the B. Mitochondria
cytoplasm or atached to rough ER
C. Vesicles
A. Centriole D. Ribosomes
B. Ribosome
664. I am a gel like substance that supports
C. Smooth er the other organelles
D. Lysosome A. cell membrane

B. CO2 670. Where do plant cells store, food, water,

and waste?
C. cytoplasm
A. nucleus
D. chlorine
B. chloroplast
665. Groups of similar cells that carry out a C. vacuole
particular job are called:
D. cell membranes
A. animals
671. cells have DNA.
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B. plants
A. Prokaryotic
C. tissues B. Eukaryotic
D. organs C. Both
D. none of above
666. Proteins are produced by these small,
round (grain-shaped) organelles. 672. The outermost layer of a plant cell and
A. Chloroplasts animal cell is
A. Plant cell-cell membrane, animal cell-
B. Lysosomes
cell wall
C. Ribosomes
B. Plant cell-cell wall; animal cell-cell
D. Vacuoles membrane
C. Plant and animal cell-cell wall
667. Consisting of one cell.
D. Plant and animal cell-cell membrane
A. multicellular
673. forms the outer boundary of the cell and
B. prokaryote allows only certain materials to move into
C. eukaryote or out of the cell
D. unicellular A. Cell Wall
B. Cell Membrane
668. Which part of the cell packages, trans-
C. Cytoplasm
ports, and exports proteins?
D. Chlorophyll
A. Chloroplasts
674. A Nucleus is most like
B. Golgi
A. City Hall
C. Rough ER
B. A Post Office
D. Ribosomes
C. Highways
669. What organelle is responsible for photo- D. Powerplant
synthesis in a plant cell?
675. Provides structure and support to the cell
A. Mitochondria
A. Chloroplast
B. Chloroplasts B. Cytoskeleton
C. Cell Wall C. Cell membrane
D. Nucleus D. Golgi apparatus

676. When a cell structure is worn out or de- C. Chloroplast

fective, which organelle is responsible for D. Nucleolus
breaking down the material?

A. lysosome 682. The smooth ER does which of the follow-
ing
B. vacuole
A. DNA Replication
C. cytoplasm
B. Protein Synthesis
D. nucleus
C. Lipid Synthesis
677. Directs cell activity in the cell, the nucleus D. RNA Transcription
acts as the control center of the cell, con-
tains DNA and genetic information. 683. What organelle is the storage container
for food, water, and waste material?
A. Cell Membrane
A. vacuole
B. Chloroplasts
B. ribosomes
C. Cell Wall
C. mitochondria
D. Nucleus
D. chloroplast
678. Ribosomes are most like
684. The most important organelle in cell
A. Factories transport
B. Warehouses A. E.R.
C. A Powerplant B. cytoplasm
D. City Hall C. nucleus
679. The variable that you measure is the- D. cell membrane
A. IV 685. What is the main function of the vac-
B. DV uole?
C. Constant A. synthesis
D. Repeated Trial B. digestion

C. storage
680. The is like JELL-O, and is a gel-like
D. transport
fluid that fills plant and animal cells, and
surround the organelles. 686. Endo means
A. Cytoplasm A. Within
B. Cell Membrane B. Outside
C. Cell Wall C. Inside
D. JELL-O D. Cold
681. “Storage tanks” Can hold food, water or 687. What is the cell organelle that provides
waste for the cell structure to the outside of a PLANT cell?
A. Ribosomes A. cell wall
B. Vacuole B. cell membrane

C. nucleus 693. Which part of the cell helps the nucleus

divide?
D. nuclear membrane
A. Centriole
688. Stores food, water & waste
B. Lysosome
A. cell membrane C. Rough ER
B. cytoplasm D. Vacuole
C. vacuole
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694. what allows nutrients in and lets waste
D. chloroplast products out; it keeps the cytoplasm in-
side; the gatekeeper, all cells have this
689. Has ribosomes; synthesis of secretory
proteins and membrane production A. cell membrane
A. Rough ER B. cell wall

C. cytoplasm
B. Smooth ER
D. chloroplast
C. Nucleus
D. Golgi Apparatus 695. What is the cell organelle that breaks
down food and releases energy to the
690. A thick rigid membrane that gives the cell?
plant cell support and protection A. nucleus
A. cell membrane B. mitochondria
B. cell wall C. chloroplast
C. mitochondrion D. ribosome
D. nucleus
696. A tiny cavity in the cytoplasm of a plant
691. This is part of the endoplasmic reticulum cell containing air, liquids, food, and waste
that is used to make proteins that will be products.
used by other cells. It is lined with ribo- A. ribosome
somes. B. chloroplast
A. Vesicles C. vacuole
B. Lysosomes D. membrane
C. Rough ER
697. Animal and cells have all of the following
D. Smooth ER EXCEPT-
692. Acts like a subway system, carrying pro- A. chloroplasts to carry out photosynthe-
tein through the cell. sis.
B. mitochondria to form chemical energy.
A. Golgi Apparatus
B. Nuclear Membrane
C. vacuoles to store water and nutrients.
C. Ribosomes
D. Endoplasmic Reticulum D. a nucleus with DNA to replicate cells.

698. Which of the following is NOT part of the C. Mitochondria

CELL THEORY?
D. Vacuole

A. Cells must contain DNA
B. All living things are made from cells 704. is a jellylike substance in both the ani-
mal and the plant cell containing important
C. Cells can only come from other cells chemicals and acts like a matrix for the cell
D. Cells are the basic unit of life organelles.
699. This is where proteins are packaged and A. Chloroplast

then shipped out of the cell. What or- B. Cytoplasm
ganelle is it?
C. Mitochondria
A. Golgi apparatus
D. Vacuole
C. Lysosome 705. I’m the boss of the cell, telling others
D. none of above what to do. I control the cell’s activities,
which in turn controls YOU. What am I?
700. Which organelle is associated with cellu- A. Golgi body
lar respiration?
B. Mitochondrion
A. mitochondria
C. Chromosomes
B. chloroplast
C. ribosomes D. Nucleus
D. nucleus 706. All living things

701. “Substance” of the cell. The site of many A. Move
chemical reactions in the cell.
B. Use energy (eat)
A. cytoplasm
C. All of these are correct
B. nucleus
D. Need water
D. cell membrane 707. What is the cell’s central organelle?
702. Which organelle breaks down organelles A. Lysomes

that are no longer useful? B. Mitochondria
A. Golgi apparatus C. Ribosomes
B. lysosome D. Nucleus
708. This part of the cell stores water.
D. mitochondrion
A. lysosome
703. The part of the cell that is used for stor-
age. B. mitochondria
A. Nucleus C. ribosome
B. Cell Membrane D. vacuole

709. What am I? I contain chlorophyll which 715. What is a cell?

absorbs sunlight. This is used for photo-
A. basic unit of life
synthesis to make food for the plant.
A. Nucleus B. things all non-living things are made of
B. Cell membrane
C. habitat of an organism
C. Chloroplasts
D. Mitochondria D. none of above
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710. A stiff structure that surrounds and pro- 716. The structure that produces ribosomes in
tects a cell; found in plant, fungus, and the cell.
some bacteria cells.
A. Nucleus
A. cell wall
B. DNA
B. membrane
C. Nucleolus
C. nucleus
D. chloroplast D. Mitochondria
711. The is the brain of the cell. 717. This organelle is a network of tube-like
A. Vacuole passageways that proteins from the ribo-
somes are transported through
B. Nucleus
C. Chromosomes A. Endoplasmic Reticulum
D. 60 W light bulb B. Golgi apparatus
712. The part of the cell that makes protein. C. Cell Membrane
A. Vacuoles D. Nucleus
B. Ribosomes
718. A theory that states (1) all organisms are
C. Golgi Apparatus made of one or more cells; (2) cells are the
D. Cytoplasm smallest unit of life; (3) cells come from
pre-existing cells via cell division.
713. Uses energy from the sun to make food
for the plant. A. cell threory
A. Cell Wall B. Law of Conservation of Mass
B. Cell Membrane C. cell membrane
C. Chloroplasts D. cell wall
D. Vacuole
719. Photosynthesis occurs inside of which or-
714. Cells can only be seen with the help of a ganelle?
A. Cytoplasm
A. hand lens
B. magnifying glass B. Chromosome
C. 3D glasses C. Golgi Body

D. microscope D. Chloroplast

720. The organelle that performs photosynthe- 726. This Organelle Controls which substances
sis in plants pass in and out of the cell. Everything a
cell needs (food particles, water, oxygen,

A. ribosome
enters through this organelle
B. mitochondria
A. Cell Wall
C. chloroplast
D. nucleus B. Golgi Apparatus
C. Cell membrane
721. What organelle regulates what goes in
and out of the cell? D. Cytoplasm
A. Cell wall
727. I’m the outer layer of animal cells, but
I’m found just inside the cell wall on plant
C. Cell membrane cells, who am I?
D. none of above A. Chloroplast
722. Controls the movement of materials in B. Nucleus
and out of the nucleus.
C. Cell Membrane
A. Nuclear Membrane
D. Cell Wall
B. Cellular Membrane
C. Cytoplasm 728. If a cell was like a school what organelle
D. Endoplasmic Reticulum could be represented by the School Hall-
ways?
723. Organs that work together to perform a
related function is called ? A. Nucleus
A. cells B. Chloroplasts
B. tissues C. Golgi apparatus
C. organ system D. Cytoplasm
D. organs
729. why do cells move things in and out?
724. In plant cells, this structure captures en-
ergy from the sun to produce food. A. they are bored
A. Ribosomes B. why not
B. Cell Wall C. homeostatis, yo!
C. Vacuoles D. kittenskittens
D. Chloroplasts
730. Disposal of the cell; digests the cell’s
725. What did the host cell receive from its en- waste
dosymbiont (cell living inside of it)?
A. ribosomes
A. Shelter
B. Motility B. chloroplast
C. Energy C. lysosomes
D. Reproduction D. golgi bodies

731. A cell moving particles without the use of 737. Which has ribosomes?
energy is called A. Prokaryote
A. active transport
B. Eukaryote
B. passive transport
C. both
C. osmosis
D. none of above
D. endocytosis
738. What are the two main types of cells?
732. Used for temporary storage; stores wa-
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ter, waste materials, and other cell mate- A. lysosome and ribosomes
rials. B. animal cell and lymphocyte
A. Cell Wall C. eukaryotic cell and prokaryotic cell
B. Vacuole(s) D. cell wall and cell membrane
C. Mitochondria
739. RNA contains the sugar
D. Nulceus
A. ribose
733. Where does photosynthesis (making glu-
B. deoxyribose
cose) occur?
C. glucose
A. mitochondria
D. lactose
B. stomata
C. xylem 740. Which part of the cell digests wastes?
D. chloroplast A. Cytoskeleton
734. This type of ER makes lipids and can B. Nucleus
detoxify the cell. C. Lysosomes
A. Smooth D. Vacuoles
B. Rough
741. What is the cell organelle that contains
C. Curly chlorophyll and makes food for a PLANT
D. none of above cell?
735. Smallest living thing A. chlorophyll
A. tissue B. chloroplast
B. cell C. vacuole
C. organ D. mitochondria
D. organism 742. When a cell is worn out, which or-
736. the control center of the cell; it stores the ganelle is responsible for breaking down
DNA and “cleaning up” the structure?
A. golgi body A. lysosome
B. endoplasmic reticulum B. cytoplasm
C. cytoplasm C. ribosome
D. nucleus D. nucleus

3.3 Cell cycle 461
743. If a cell was like a factory what or- 746. What organelle contains the DNA?
ganelle could be represented by the Fac-
A. nucleus
tory floor?

B. cell membrane
A. Cell wall
B. Cytoskeleton C. cytoplasm
C. Cell membrane D. none of above
D. Cytoplasm 747. layer of proteins exterior to cell mem-
744. How many variables can be tested in a brane that holds cells together and pro-
controlled experiment? tects and supports membrane
A. one A. ECM
B. two B. cell wall
C. three C. cytoskeleton
D. as many as possible D. junction
745. An oval, green structure found in the cy-
748. I’ve been called the storage tank by
toplasm. It contains chlorophyll. It cap-
those with little taste. I am a sack filled
tures the sun’s energy and uses it to pro-
with water, food, enzymes and waste. I
duce sugars in a process called photosyn-
am the
thesis.
A. Vacuole A. Central Vacuole
B. Cytoplasm B. Lysosome
C. Chloroplast C. Mitochondria
D. Ribosome D. Gogli Apparatus
3.3 Cell cycle

1. The nuclear membrane breaks down occurs D. 56
during which stage?
3. The stage of mitosis where the sister chro-
A. Interphase matids separate:
B. Metaphase
A. prophase
C. Prophase
B. anaphase
D. Telophase
C. telophase
2. A cell containing 28 chromosomes under- D. metaphase
goes mitosis and cell division. How many
chromosomes will each of the daughter 4. Which of the following is not a part of in-
cells contain? terphase?
A. 7 A. G2
B. 14 B. M
C. 28 C. G1

3.3 Cell cycle 462
D. S D. 20
5. In animal cells, the cell membrane pinches 10. Which of the following describes the
in, dividing the cytoplasm into 2 cells location of the chromosomes during
A. Metaphase metaphase?
B. Anaphase A. located in the nucleus of the cell
C. Telephase B. scattered throughout the cytoplasm
C. clustered at each pole of the cell
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D. Cytokinesis
6. In sexual reproduction, chromosome reduc- D. lined up along the equator of the cell
tion is necessary to
11. What is the structure in which DNA, hered-
A. ensure that all offspring have the cor- itary material that controls cell activities,
rect diploid number of chromosomes can be found.
B. ensure that all offspring have the cor- A. chromatids
rect haploid number of chromosomes
B. centromere
C. ensure that all daughter cells are iden-
tical C. chromosome
D. none of above D. mitosis
7. During what phase of the cell cycle does 12. Which cell cycle checkpoint determines
the cell divide into two cells? whether the DNA has been replicated cor-
rectly?
A. Cytokinesis
A. The G2 checkpoint
B. Mitosis phase
B. The G1checkpoint
C. S phase
D. G2 phase C. The metaphase checkpoint during mi-
tosis
8. In metaphase of mitosis, chromosomes D. none of above
A. form and the nuclear envelope disap-
pears. 13. The result of meiosis is:
B. are pulled toward opposite ends of the A. two diploid cells
cell. B. two haploid cells
C. chromosomes line up along the equa- C. four diploid cells
tor of the cell
D. four haploid cells
D. chromosomes begin to decondense
and the two new nuclei begin to form. 14. The cell cycle in prokaryotes produces cells
that are the as the parent cell by a pro-
9. If an organism starts with one cell and this
cess called
cell has 10 chromosomes how many
CELLS will there be after cell division? A. Different:sexual reproduction
A. 1 B. Same:mitosis
B. 2 C. Same:meiosis
C. 10 D. Equal:binary fission

3.3 Cell cycle 463
15. Which of the following explains why a cell C. plant cells go through the process in
has to divide? reverse

A. volume increases D. plant cells go through two rounds of
B. surface area decreases mitosis while animal cells just do one
C. it will starve 21. The point on the chromosome where the

D. it will die from cytoplasm poisoning two chromatids are held together is the
A. centromere
16. If a body cell of a chimpanzee contains
48 chromosomes, a gamete produced by B. centriole
a chimpanzee will contain how many chro- C. chromosome
mosomes?
D. chromatid
A. 24 chromosomes
B. 36 chromosomes 22. The two main phases of the cell cycle are
, andcell division
C. 48 chromosomes
A. interphase
D. 96 chromosomes
B. Gap phase
17. Which is not a treatment for cancer?
C. M phase
A. chemotherapy
D. S-phase
B. surgical removal of a tumor
C. radiation therapy 23. During the phase, DNA is replicated.
D. antibiotics A. G1
B. S
18. Which stage of the cell cycle produces two
new cells? C. G2
A. Interphase D. M
B. S phase 24. A fruit fly body cell has 8 chromosomes.
C. cytokinesis After MITOSIS, how many chromosomes
will each of the 2 daughter cells have?
D. mitosis
A. 4
19. A cell spends 90% of its time in which
stage? B. 16
A. Interphase C. 8
B. M Phase D. none of above

C. Cytokinesis 25. What are three reasons for cells to repli-
D. S Phase cate?
A. to look nice
20. How does mitosis in plant cells differ from
mitosis in animal cells? B. growth, repair, replace old cells
A. animal cells form a cell plate C. cells do not replicate
B. plant cells form a cell plate D. no correct answer given

3.3 Cell cycle 464
26. The structure of coiled DNA and proteins 31. The stage of mitosis in which the chromo-
that forms in the cells nucleus prior to mi- somes divide into sister chromatids
tosis is A. metaphase
A. centromere B. prophase
B. centriole C. telophase
C. chromosome D. anaphase
D. chromatid 32. A process where one cell forms two iden-
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tical daughter calls is called
27. The structures that hold together sister
A. cell cycle
chromatids
B. interphase
A. tissues
C. meiosis
B. chromosomes
D. cytokinesis
C. spindle
33. During interphase, a cell grows, dublicates
D. centromeres organelles, and
28. Which of the following is NOT a phase in A. copies DNA
the cell cycle process? B. divides the nucleus
A. G1 C. divides the cytoplasm
B. G2 D. produces a new cell
C. M 34. A cell loses the ability to control its rate of

cell division is called
D. all of these are part of the cell cycle
A. specialized
29. What does the “S” phase stand for? What B. differentiation
its function
C. cancer
A. Slow phase where DNA sleeps D. none are correct
B. Synthesis phase where DNA grows
35. Each arm of the chromosome is called a
C. Synthesis phase where DNA is copied A. Centromere
D. none of above B. Chromosome
30. The phase following metaphase and pre- C. Replication
ceding telophase of cell divisions, and high- D. Chromatid
lighted by the separation and movement
36. When does the following take
of chromosomes from the metaphase plate
place:Chromosomes condense, the nucleus
towards the poles of the spindle. What
disappears, centrioles form and spindle
phase am I?
fibers form.
A. Anaphase A. Prophase
B. Telophase B. Interphase
C. Metaphase C. Anaphase
D. Interphase D. Telophase

3.3 Cell cycle 465
37. These respond to events inside the cell. rapid reproduction of skin cells is due to
A. Centrioles the viruses stimulating uncontrolled-
A. synthsis

B. Chromatids
B. cellular digestion
C. Internal regulators
C. mitotic cell division
D. External regulators
D. binary fission
38. This is the cell cycle checkpoint that makes 43. What does the cell do in G2?
sure the chromosomes are lined up in the
middle of the cell and are attached to mi- A. makes more organelles
crotubules/spindle fibers. B. prepares for cell division
A. G1 Checkpoint C. grows
B. G2 Checkpoint D. all of the above
C. M Checkpoint 44. Zygote is

D. I Checkpoint A. a form of bacteria.
B. The process of cell division.
39. DNA is called chromatin in this phase
C. The cell that forms from fertilization.
A. Interphase
D. What we call the haploid sex cells.
B. Prophase
45. The phase of mitosis that is characterized
C. Metaphase by the arrangement of all chromosomes
D. Anaphase along the equator of the cell is called
A. telophase
40. Sometimes cells can become non-
responsive to chemicals that control cell B. metaphase
growth. As a result the cell cycle I dis- C. anaphase
rupted and cells grow and divide uncon- D. prophase
trollably. This results in a disease called-
46. Which of the following is a form of asexual
A. HIV
reproduction?
B. Cancer A. Mitosis
C. Influenza B. Meiosis
D. E. coli C. Cell division
41. In which type of cells will mitosis occur? D. Interphase
A. egg cells 47. Affects only females, occurs when there is

a partial or complete absence of the 2nd
B. sperm cells
sex chromosome. Results in monosomy
C. jail cells and 45 chromosomes.
D. Body cells except the sperm and egg A. Down Syndrome
cells B. Turner’s Syndrome
42. Warts result when certain viruses cause C. Klinefelter’s Syndrome
skin cells to reproduce at a high rate. This D. Patau Syndrome

3.3 Cell cycle 466
48. Why are HeLa cells important? 53. The pinching off of the cell membrane in
animal cells to begin the process of cytoki-
A. they are immortal
nesis?
B. they are used to create vaccines
A. cell wall
C. they have been used to test the effects
B. cell plate
of zero gravity in space
C. cleavage furrow
D. all choices are correct
D. cleavage churro
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49. What is a term for programmed cell
death? 54. Which of the following lists, in order, the
phases of mitosis?
A. apoptosis
A. interphase, metaphase, anaphase,
B. necrosis
telophase
C. cell death
B. prophase, metaphase, anaphase,
D. doom telophase
50. Which term best describes the type of C. prophase, metaphase, anaphase, in-
cell division in which parent cells produce terphase
daughter cells with the same number of D. prophase, anaphase, metaphase,
chromosomes as the parent cells? telophase
A. mitosis
55. How many of chromosomes in a normal hu-
B. meisosis man body cell?
C. spermatogenisis A. 23 chromosomes
D. oogenisis B. 36 chromosomes
51. Which of the 3 main stages involves the C. 46 chromosomes

cytoplasm dividing to form 2 daughter D. none are correct
cells?
56. How many chromosomes does a human
A. Interphase
cell have?
B. Mitosis
A. 42
C. Cytokinesis
B. 46
D. none of above
C. 24
52. Substage of interphase in which the cell D. 64
prepares for nuclear division and a protein
that makes microtubules for cell division is 57. I am the final stage of mitosis during which
synthesized chromosomes become less visible
A. Interphase A. prophase
B. G1 B. metaphase
C. Synthesis C. telophase
D. G2 D. anaphase

3.3 Cell cycle 467
58. a chromosome is made of two sister D. A substance that is not capable of caus-
A. chromatid ing cancer.

B. chromatin 64. One difference between a regular cell and
C. centromenere a cancerous cell is
D. centriol A. that cancer cells continually cycle

through mitosis
59. All of these are stages of mitosis, except B. cancer cells spend the majority of their
A. prophase time in the G1 phase
B. metaphase C. cancer cells always stop at check
points
C. telophase
D. nothing is all that special about cancer
D. interphase
cells
65. Interphase has 3 stages; G1, S, and G2.
egg or sperm (gamete) cell have?
What happens during synthesis?
A. 23
A. Cells grow and carry out normal func-
B. 46 tions
C. 42 B. Cells copy organelles and prepare for
D. 26 a critical checkpoint
C. The cell splits into two new daughter
61. What part of the cell cycle results in the
cells
splitting of the cytoplasm
D. The cell makes a copy of its DNA
A. Interphase
B. Mitosis 66. The basic building block of all living organ-
isms is
C. Metaphase
A. tissue
D. Cytokinesis
B. cell
62. Compared to the number of chromosomes C. organ
contained in a body cell, how many chro-
mosomes would normally be contained in D. organ system
a gamete?
67. DNA is replicated during of the cell cy-
A. The same number cle.
B. One-fourth as many A. G1
C. Twice as many B. S
D. Half as many C. G2
63. What is carcinogen? D. G0
A. A substance capable of causing cancer 68. We are the threads that pull the sister
in living tissue. chromatids apart during anaphase
B. Is a cancerous tumor. A. poles
C. Is a non-cancerous tumor. B. centriole

3.3 Cell cycle 468
C. spindle C. 8 chromosomes.
D. centromere D. 4 chromosomes.
69. The phase in the life cycle of a cell wherein 74. What usually happens when cells come
the cell grows in size, replicates its DNA, into contact with other cells?
and prepares for cell division. (Includes
G1, S, and G2 phases.) What phase am A. they divide more quickly
I? B. they stop growing
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A. Telophase C. they produce cyclins
B. Anaphase
D. they produce p53
C. Interphase
D. Prophase 75. What occurs after cytokinesis is com-
pleted?
70. Bacteria (also called prokaryotes) do not A. The cell organizes its microtubules
have a nucleus. To reproduce, they use a
process called B. The cell begins to replicate its DNA
A. Mitosis C. The cell enters G1
B. Meiosis D. The cell enters G2
C. Binary Fission
76. Squirrels have 40 chromosomes in its
D. Lysogenic Cycle diploid cells. How many chromosomes will
71. The chromosomes align in the middle of the you find in their egg cells
cell occurs during which stage? A. 40
A. Anaphase B. 23
B. Metaphase C. 20
C. Interphase D. Not enough information to answer the
D. Telophase question
72. When a cell cannot control it’s cell cycle due 77. Gametes are
to a mutation, it reproduces out of control.
What is the result of this overgrowth of A. Haploid
cells? B. Diploid
A. Cell cluster C. Body cells
B. Scar formation D. Homologous Chromosomes
C. Apoptosis
78. After which phase of mitosis does cytoki-
D. Cancer
nesis begin?
73. Fruit fly body cells have 8 chromosomes. A. prophase
After mitosis, you would expect a result-
ing fruit fly daughter cell to have- B. metaphase
A. 16 chromosomes. C. anaphase
B. 46 chromosomes. D. telophase

3.3 Cell cycle 469
79. The division of the nucleus is known as: 85. The first three phases of the cell cycle are
A. Synthesis collectively known as

B. Mitosis A. interphase
C. G1 B. mitosis
D. G2 C. cytokinesis
80. Which is characteristic of the group of dis- D. cell division

eases known as cancer
86. Which statement is true about the rates of
A. uncontrolled cell division cell division in eukaryotes?
B. the formation of sex cells
A. They remain the same for the life of the
C. meiotic cell division in body cells organism.
D. the rapid formation of spindles B. They are faster than that of prokary-
otes.
81. Cell division occurs to allow for
A. Growth C. They increase with the age of the or-
ganism.
B. Reproduction
D. They vary greatly within an organism
C. Repair
D. All of the above 87. How many chromosomes are in a human
somatic cell? Is this a diploid or a hap-
82. During the gap 1 stage of the cell cycle, a loid?
cell
A. 46, Diploid
A. splits into two new cells.
B. 46, Haploid
B. carries out its normal functions.
C. 23, Diploid
C. duplicates its DNA.
D. divides its cytoplasm D. 23, Haploid
83. Cells are taking in nutrients Proteins are 88. Who are the scientists that discovered the
being synthesized Organelles are dupli- structure of DNA?
cated A. Garcia, Weir, and Lesh
A. G1
B. Schleiden, Schwann, and Virchow
B. S phase
C. Watson, Crick, and Franklin
C. G2
D. Anastasio, McConnell, and Gordon
D. none of above
89. In what stage are chromosomes separated
84. Which step of the cell cycle do cells spend
and moved to opposite poles?
a majority of their time?
A. Prophase A. prophase
B. Interphase B. metaphase
C. Mitosis C. anaphase
D. Cytokinesis D. telophase

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90. G1 phase, S phase, and G2 phase are all a 95. Why do cells undergo mitosis?
part of-
A. to replace damaged cells
A. Interphase
B. create new chromosomes
B. Anaphase
C. obtain energy from sunlight
C. Prophase
D. release energy from food
D. Telophase
96. A scientist is trying to discover a new
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91. When homologous chromosomes match up, treatment to stop cancer cell from divid-
they form a structure call a ing. In the cancer cells, which of these pro-
A. tetrad (pair of chromosomes, one from cesses will stop if the treatment is success-
mom and one from dad) ful?
B. triad A. chemosynthesis
C. diploid B. binary fission
D. quad (group of 4 replicated chromo- C. genetic recombimation
somes, 2 from mom and 2 from dad) D. mitosis
92. What does the DNA molecule resemble?
97. Cells undergo cell division, which involves
A. long thin rod both mitosis and cytokinesis.
B. spiral staircase A. G1
C. round sphere B. S
D. single helix C. G2
93. Compared to small cells, large cells have D. M phase
more trouble
98. How many stages are in mitosis?
A. making copies of their DNA
A. 1
B. producing daugher cells
B. 2
C. moving needed materials in and waste
products out C. 3
D. dividing D. 4
94. The division of the cytoplasm and the 99. What are the subunits of DNA and their
plasma membrane following the division function
of the nucleus resulting into two cells, each A. Nucleotides that store information
having its own nucleus and cytoplasm sur-
rounded by a plasma membrane. What B. Monosaccharides that provide quick
phase am I? energy for the cell
A. G1 Phase C. Lipids that store energy and provide in-

sulation
B. S Phase
D. Proteins that provide the building
C. Metaphase blocks and structural components of or-
D. Cytokinesis ganisms

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100. By using me, animal cells go through cy- C. metaphase

tokinesis. I look like an indentation in the D. anaphase
cell membrane where it is pinching in.

A. cleavage furrow 106. Why do cells go through the cell cycle?
B. cell plate A. growth
C. cytokinesis B. repair
D. centromere C. reproduction
D. All of the above
101. All types of asexual reproduction involve
the process known as 107. The normal function of a tumor suppres-
sor gene is
A. mitosis
A. to produce growth signals
B. fertilization
B. to code for proteins that inhibit, or
C. artificial pollination
slow, cell division
D. reduction division
C. to cause the cell to move faster
102. Cells grow, carry out normal functions, through the cell cycle
and copy their organelles. D. to attack cancer cells in the body
A. G1 108. Chromatin is found during which phase?
B. S A. Prophase
C. G2 B. Metaphase
D. M phase C. Interphase
103. Which cells undergo cell division? D. Telophase
A. prokaryotic cells only 109. Which type of cell divides most fre-
B. Eukaryotic cells only quently?
C. Both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells A. Liver cell
D. none of above B. Skin cell
C. Blood cell
104. Chromosomes are formed and the nuclear
membrane dissolves during the phase. D. Nerve cell
A. prophase 110. Why do cells go through mitosis?
B. metaphase A. to make food from sunlight
C. anaphase B. to create proteins
D. telophase C. to get air into the cells
105. I am the second stage of mitosis during D. to reproduce, grow and repair/replace
which chromosomes line up in the middle 111. Cancer cells are different from other cells
of the cell because they are more likely to do which
A. interphase of the following within the cell cycle?
B. prophase A. Fail to complete S phase.

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B. Mutate during G1 phase. 117. What is the correct order of the stages of
mitosis?
C. Repeat the cell cycle continuously.
A. Metaphase, prophase, telophase,
D. Die after completing mitosis.
anaphase
112. Programmed cell death is called B. Telophase, prophase, anaphase
metaphase,
A. apoptosis
C. Prophase, metaphase, anaphase,
B. cytokinesis
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telophase
C. interphase D. Anaphase, telophase, metaphase,
D. cancer prophase
118. What is the result of mitosis?

113. How many daughter cells does Meiosis
create? A. 1 cell
A. 2 B. 2 genetically identical cells
B. 4 C. 2 genetically different cells

D. 4 genetically identical cells
C. 8
D. 1 119. Identical cells formed during cell division
are called:
114. The specific molecular control signal sub- A. daughter organelles
stances in the cytoplasm of cells are pro-
B. daughter cycles
teins known as
C. daughter nucleus
A. kinases & cyclins
D. daughter cells
B. enzymes & cytosines
120. Most of the life cycle of a cell is spent in
C. helicases & ligases
in what phase of the cell cycle?
D. polymerases & primases A. Mitosis
115. The DNA has been completely replicated B. Interphase
and checked for errors. C. Cytokinesis
A. G2 checkpoint D. Sythesis
B. G1 checkpoint 121. In the G1 stage of the cell cycle, the cell
C. M checkpoint A. Grows
D. G1, G2, and M checkpoints B. Matures
C. Carries on normal activities
116. Cells enter a resting state in
D. All of the above
A. G0
122. Which stage of the cell cycle is MOST crit-
B. G1
ical for ensuring that daughter cells are
C. G2 identical?
D. G3 A. G1

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B. S 128. The process by which haploid sex cells

form is called
C. Prophase

A. Mitosis
D. G2
B. Meiosis
123. Which of the following cells is a gamete? C. fertilization
A. egg D. replication
B. bone
129. Which acronym accurately portrays the
C. heart order of the cell cycle?
D. muscle A. IPMATC
B. ICMATP
124. The shape of a DNA molecule
C. IGMATC
A. helix
D. IMAGTC
B. double helix
130. The formation of a cell plate is a charac-
C. twisted ladder
teristic of
D. coiled A. cytokinesis in plant cells
125. After meiosis is complete how many cells B. cytokinesis in animal cells
will there be? C. both A and B
A. 1 D. neither A nor B
B. 2 131. The stage of mitosis in which the chro-
C. 3 mosomes line up along the cell’s equator
and the spindle fibers attach to the cen-
D. 4
tromeres
126. When during the cell cycle are chromo- A. metaphase
somes visible? B. prophase
A. only during interphase C. telophase
B. only when they are being replicated D. anaphase
C. only during cell division (mitosis) 132. Which phase of mitosis do the chromo-
D. only during the G1 phase somes line up in the middle?
A. metaphase
127. In which phase of mitosis does the nu-
cleus disappear, centrioles move to the B. prophase
poles, and chromosomes condense into sis- C. interphase
ter chromatids? D. anaphase
A. Prophase
133. A group of cells working together to per-
B. Metaphase form the same function is called a
C. Anaphase A. organism
D. Telophase B. organ system

3.3 Cell cycle 474
C. organ D. telophase-metaphase-prophase-
D. tissue anaphase
134. During what phase of the cell cycle does 139. The nucleus divides into 2 nuclei during
nuclear division occur?
A. Interphase A. Mitosis
B. mitosis B. Replication
C. Cytokinesis
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C. S phase
D. G2 phase D. none of above
135. Which phase of mitosis does the nucleus 140. In this step of interphase, the cell carries
come back to surround two different sets out routine functions, grows in size, and
of DNA that have begun to uncoil? makes new proteins and organelles.
A. Prophase A. S
B. Metaphase B. G2
C. Anaphase C. G1
D. Telophase D. M
136. Which disease is caused by a cell continu- 141. The uncontrolled division of cells
ing to go through the cell cycle, leading to A. meiosis
a mass of cells? B. cancer
A. Diabetes C. nondisjunction
B. Alzheimer’s Disease D. crossing over
C. Cancer
142. Which type of tumor does not cause
D. none of above harm?
137. Where does a cell contain it’s genetic ma- A. Benign tumor
terial? B. Malignant tumor
A. nucleus C. Metastatic tumor
B. nucleolus D. none of above
C. cytoskeleton
143. What does the replication of DNA during
D. golgi interphase ensure (make sure of)?
138. Put the stages of mitosis in the correct A. Crossing-over occurs prior to cell divi-
order. sion.
A. prophase-metaphase-anaphase- B. Mutations are corrected before the
telophase cell divides.
B. metaphase-anaphase-prophase- C. Genetic variation is created in daugh-
telophase ter cells.
C. anaphase-prophase-telophase- D. Each daughter cell gets an exact copy
metaphase of the cell’s DNA.

3.3 Cell cycle 475
144. The phase of the cell cycle that occupies C. spindle

most of an average cell’s life is- D. cytokinesis

A. interphase
150. The chromatids are pulled to opposite
B. prophase ends of the cell during which phase of mi-
C. metaphase tosis?
D. cytokinesis A. prophase
B. metaphase
145. Normal cells become cancer when
C. anaphase
A. regulation of cell growth and division
occurs D. telophase
B. cells do not respond to checkpoints of 151. If you look at a cell under a microscope,
the cell cycle which phase is it MOST likely to be in?
C. cells respond to control mechanisms A. Cytokinesis
D. cell pass through G1 B. M phase
146. How many chromosomes does a human C. Interphase
somatic cell have? D. G1 Phase
A. 42
152. Determines whether all the sister chro-
B. 46 matids are correctly attached to the spin-
C. 23 dle microtubules before the cell enters the
irreversible anaphase stage.
D. 64
A. G1 checkpoint
147. Match the word with the definition. The B. G2 checkpoint
process in which one cell divides to form
two daughter cells. C. M checkpoint
A. DNA replication D. none of above
B. Cancer 153. A protein called p53 can keep cells from

dividing. To prevent cell division, this pro-
C. Cell division
tein most likely stops
D. none of above
A. osmosis
148. The process by which cells become spe- B. mitosis
cialized is known as?
C. respiration
A. stem cell research
D. mutation
B. embryonic development
154. Which of the following is NOT a reason
C. totipotent cell strucutre
we need mitosis.
D. cell differentiation
A. Growth
149. uncontrolled cell growth = B. Recovering from injuries
A. apoptosis C. Replacement of dead cells
B. cancer D. Sexual reproduction

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155. Type of tumor that remains at original 160. The outputs of mitosis and cytokinesis
site are genetically identical cells with
of chromosomes compared to the original.
A. Benign
A. 4; a different number
B. Malignant
B. 2; a different number
C. Metastaasis
C. 2; the same number
D. checkpoint
D. 4; the same number
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156. The purpose of mitosis is to separate the 161. During the cell cycle, which phase does
two sets of DNA created during replication the cell spend most of its time?
and
A. cytokinesis
A. redirect the expression of genes B. interphase
B. discard the unwanted genes C. prophase
C. place them into two nuclei D. metaphase
D. mutate them into new sequences 162. Which process divides the nucleus into
two nuclei?
157. What is the Identical cell formed during
cell division Called? A. DNA Replication
B. Mitosis
A. Daughter Nucleus
C. Cytokinesis
B. Daughter Cycle
D. Reproduction
C. Daughter Cells
163. The process that causes cells to becomes
D. Daughter Organelles
specialized to a specific function
158. During interphase, the DNA is replicated A. multipotent
to create two complete sets of DNA. The B. apoptosis
DNA is copied during which stage of the
C. differentiation
cell cycle?
D. cancer
A. G1
164. There is adequate room in the environ-
B. S
ment for more cells.
C. G2 A. G2 checkpoint
D. M B. G1 checkpoint
159. In the synthesis phase of the cell cycle, a C. M checkpoint
body cell copies its DNA. This DNA replica- D. G1, G2, and M checkpoints
tion occurs in preparation for which of the
following?
somatic (body) cell have?
A. mitosis A. 46
B. cellular respiration B. 23
C. facilitated diffusion C. 42
D. translation D. 26

3.3 Cell cycle 477
166. What do the cells look like at the end of C. S, G2, G1

mitosis? D. G2, S, G1

A. different from original cell
172. The material of chromosomes which is
B. similar to the original cell
made up of histones (proteins) and DNA
C. identical to the original cell is called
D. none of these A. Centromere
167. During which part of the cell cycle is DNA B. Chromatid
replicated? C. Karyotype
A. interphase D. Chromatin
B. mitosis
173. Which of the following is a type of pro-
C. cytokinesis tein that regulates the cell cycle?
D. none of above
A. actin
168. If a liver cell has 10 chromosomes, how B. myosin
many does a sperm cell have from the
C. cyclin
same species?
D. pepsin
A. 20
B. 10 174. When you start with 1 cell, at the end of
C. 5 mitosis, how many identical cells will you
have?
D. 40
A. 1
169. Put the following stages of Interphase in B. 2
the correct order
C. 3
A. G1, S, G2
D. 4
B. S, G1, G2
C. G1, G2, S 175. Before cells can divide, what must be
copied?
D. G2, S, G1
A. mitochondria
170. Cancer is the uncontrolled division of cells.
In other words, it is uncontrolled B. cytoplasm
A. Mitosis C. DNA
B. Meiosis D. Cell Wall

C. Cytokinesis 176. In this phase, the cell is preparing for the
D. Interphase cell division in the mitotic stage.
A. Go
171. Choose the correct order the cell follows
during the Interphase stage. B. G1
A. G1, S, G2 C. G2
B. G1, G2, S D. S

3.3 Cell cycle 478
177. What is the correct term for “develops in 182. The cell membrane pinches in, dividing the
the middle plane of a plant cell separating cytoplasm into 2 cells
it into two daughter cells during cell divi-
A. Metaphase
sion”?
A. cell B. Anaphase
B. cell cycle C. Telephase
C. cell plate D. Cytokinesis
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D. centriole
183. What is it called when the gametes
178. At the end of the G1 phase, there’s a meet?
checkpoint. What is this checkpoint proba-
bly checking for? A. meiosis
A. To see if the cell has grown enough B. fertilization
B. To see if the DNA was correctly repli- C. cell division
cated
D. mitosis
C. To make sure the cell does not have
cancer
184. A cell went through the process of apop-
D. To make sure that the enzymes aren’t tosis after this checkpoint found that the
amalyzed DNA was not replicated completely.
179. The ensures that our body’s grow and A. S
repairthemselves.
B. G1
A. The cell growth
C. M
B. The cell repair
C. The cell recycle D. G2
D. The cell cycle
185. The process of the cell cycle produces two
180. During which phase of mitosis do the sis- identical:
ter chromatids separate and move to op-
A. daughter cells
posite poles of the cell?
A. metaphase B. strands
B. prophase C. chromosomes
C. telophase D. chromatids
D. anaphase
186. how many chromosomes in a human body
181. Checks for DNA damage and DNA replica- cell?
tion completeness.
A. 23
A. G1 checkpoint
B. 46
B. G2 checkpoint
C. Spindle checkpoint C. 100
D. DNA polymerase D. none of above

3.3 Cell cycle 479
187. This check point of the cycle dictates C. telophase

whether the cell will continuously divide or D. anaphase
stop, and it also checks the cell size, pres-

ence of growth factors and damage of the 193. Which one is not a checkpoint?
DNA. A. G0 checkpoint
A. G1 checkpoint B. G1 checkpoint
B. G2 checkpoint C. G2 checkpoint
C. S checkpoint D. Spindle checkpoint
D. M checkpoint 194. The following describes during mito-
sis. The spindle fiber splits the centromere
188. What happens during crossing over?
and the chromatids move to opposite sides
A. Chromosomes collide of the cell.
B. Chromosomes die A. prophase
C. Chromosomes exchange genetic mate- B. metaphase
rial C. anaphase
D. Chromosomes replicate D. telophase
189. DNA is copied in the S part of this stage. 195. If a cell is cubic shaped with each side hav-
Name that Stage! ing a length of 3 cm, what is the surface
A. Interphase area to volume ratio of the cell?
B. Prophase A. 6:1
C. Metaphase B. 3:1
D. Anapahse C. 2:1
D. 1:1
190. What are cyclins and cyclin dependent ki-
nases? 196. In Meiosis if the parent cells has 40 chro-
mosomes, then how many will the daugh-
A. regulatory proteins
ter cells have
B. carcinogens
A. 40
C. mitotic proteins
B. 10
D. mutagens C. 20
191. During which stage of the cell cycle does D. 18
mitosis and cytokinesis occur?
197. The result of mitosis is two nuclei with
A. Interphase a duplicate set of chromosomes. The cell
B. S phase splits to make daughter cells. The two
new cells then begin the cell cycle all over
C. M phase
again beginning with interphase.
D. G1 phase
A. Cell division
192. The longest stage of mitosis B. Cytokinesis
A. metaphase C. Mitosis
B. prophase D. Telophase

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198. Cells replicate DNA. 203. Spindle fibers attach and chromosomes
start to line up in the middle of the cell.
A. G1
Name that stage!
B. S
A. Prophase
C. G2
B. Metaphase
D. M phase C. Anaphase
199. Which phase of mitosis is where the D. Telophase
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chromosomes condense and become visible
204. The division of the nucleus is know as
“X” shapes?
what?
A. Prophase
A. Synthesis
B. Metaphase B. G2 Phase
C. Anaphase C. Mitosis
D. Telophase D. G1 Phase
200. There is ample supply of energy and raw 205. DEFINE:What is the cell cycle?
materials available. A. doubled rod of condensed chromatin
A. G2 checkpoint B. process in which DNA is copied
B. G1 checkpoint C. regular sequence of growth and divi-
C. M checkpoint sion that cells undergo
D. G1, G2, and M checkpoints D. a type of cellular respiration
206. M phase, known as cell division is made

201. Which of the following is/are results of
up of two parts. What are they?
the cell cycle?
A. mitosis and cytokinesis
A. growth
B. interphase and mitosis
B. repair of damaged cells
C. interphase and cytokinesis
C. replacement of dying cells.
D. none of above
D. All of the above
207. The first period in the interphase wherein
202. A fruit fly has 4 chromosomes. At the end the cell primarily grows in cell size. What
of mitosis, what best describes the chro- Phase am I?
mosomes in the daughter cell A. S Phase
A. 4 chromosomes, each with 2 chro- B. G1 Phase
matids
C. Metaphase
B. 4 chromosomes, each with 1 chro-
D. Anaphase
matid
C. 2 chromosomes, each with 2 chro- 208. What happens during Cytokinesis?
matids A. The cell duplicates its contents (ex. or-
D. 2 chromosomes, each with 4 chro- ganelles, DNA, etc.)
matids B. The DNA coils into chromosomes

3.3 Cell cycle 481
C. The cytoplasm and its contents divide 214. the division of the cytoplasm is called
D. The nuclei and its contents divide A. mitosis

B. interphase
209. What is the longest stage of the cell cycle
called; in other words, in which stage does C. cytokinesisCytokinesis
a cell spend most of its life? D. somaticsomatic
A. Cytokinesis 215. The cell cycle is monitored as each cell
B. M phase passes through
C. Interphase A. S phase
D. G1 Phase B. checkpoints
C. interphase
210. What is the name given to the two new
cells formed at the end of cell division? D. cytokinesis
A. mother cell 216. Which of the following is the correct
B. daughter cells acronym for the stages of the cell cycle?
A. IPMATC
C. sister chromatids
B. MPIATC
D. chromatin
C. CAPMIT
211. Why do we need meiosis? D. IMATCP
A. To double the number of chromosomes
going into sex cells 217. When an animal cell goes through cytoki-
nesis,
B. To halve the number of chromosomes
A. a cell plate forms dividing the 2 new
going into sex cells
nuclei.
C. To triple the number of chromosomes
B. the cell membrane pinches off the 2
new cells.
D. To not change the number of chromo-
C. 4 new cells are formed.
somes going into sex cells
212. One advantage of sexual reproduction to
asexual is 218. Cells need to produce new cells in order
to
A. it is fast
A. replace cells that have died.
B. large numbers of offspring are pro-
B. create new chromosomes.
duced
C. obtain energy from sunlight.
C. offsrping are genetically different
D. release energy from food.
D. offspring are identical
219. An individual has three number 21 chro-
213. The cell spends most of it’s life in mosomes. Which is most likely the cause?
A. mitosis A. Disjunction
B. cytokinesis B. Crossing over
C. Interphase C. Gene mutation
D. None of the above D. Nondisjunction

3.3 Cell cycle 482
220. Which of the following is NOT true of reg- C. Anaphase

ulators?
D. Interphase
A. they control the cell cycle
B. they are internal to the cell 226. Cancer creates abnormal cells by disrupt-
ing
C. they are external to the cell
A. the cell cycle
D. they cause cancer
B. DNA replication
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221. Which of the following phases does the
cell have TWO nuclei? C. cellular respiration
A. telophase D. none of above

B. anaphase 227. A jelly-like substance found inside a cell
C. metaphase surrounding its organelles is
D. prophase A. cytokenisis
222. What occurs during G1? B. cytoplasm
A. Checkpoint after S phase C. mitosis
B. Chromosomes line up at the equator. D. epithelial
C. The cell grows and develops.
228. A pair of similar chromosomes are called:
D. Spindle fibers separate chromosomes
to opposite poles of the cell. A. homocycular
B. homologous
223. The cell cycle is regulated by
A. Checkpoints C. homocellular
B. Medicine D. homonucleus
C. Radiation 229. Why is regulation of the Cell Cycle impor-

D. Temperature tant to the survival of organisms?
224. of the cell’s life is spent during what A. It helps control cell growth and divi-
stage? sion.
A. Prophase B. It prevents DNA from replicating at all

times.
B. Anaphase
C. It keeps all cells in G0 phase.
C. Metaphase
D. Interphase D. It controls Cell differentiation.
225. Cells spend 90% of their time in this 230. What phase is made up of G1, S and G2?
stage of the cell cycle. This is the reason A. Interphase
you would see most cells in this stage if
viewed under a microscope. B. M phase
A. Prophase C. Mitosis
B. Metaphase D. Cytokinesis

3.3 Cell cycle 483
231. Cells spend the majority of their lifes in D. both cyclins and cyclin-dependent ki-
A. interphase nases

B. M 237. Which phase is the reverse of prophase?
C. S A. interphase
D. G2 B. metaphase
232. When does the following take C. anaphase
place:Spindle fibers attach to the cen- D. telephase
tromeres of chromosomes and line them
up along the middle of the cell. 238. When during the cell cycle is a cell’s DNA
A. Metaphase replicated?
B. Anaphase A. G1
C. Prophase B. G2
D. Telophase C. S
D. M
233. During this cell cycle check point the cell
checks for correctly replicated DNA 239. During which stage of the cell cycle does
A. G1 or Growth Phase 1 the cell spend a majority of its time?
B. G2 or Growth Phase 2 A. Prophase
C. Mitosis Phase B. Interphase
D. Cytokinesis C. Metaphase
D. Cytokinesis
234. Which of the following statements is true
of cytokinesis 240. Your chromosomes are made up of tightly
A. takes place in plant cells only coiled up strands of
B. completes the cell cycle A. Chromatids
C. organizes DNA B. Nucleus
D. occurs in prophase C. DNA
235. During what phase of the cell cycle does D. none of above
DNA MAKE copies or replicate?
241. During interphase, is replicated.
A. G1 phase
A. ATP
B. S phase
B. DNA
C. G2 phase
C. RNA
D. M phase
D. FBI
236. The cell cycle is regulated by this
A. cyclins function of cell regulators?
B. stem cells A. Tells the cell when it is ok (or not ok)
C. cyclin-dependent kinases to divide.

3.3 Cell cycle 484
B. Gives chemical signals torepair errors C. cell division

prior to mitosis.
D. fermentation
C. Ensures that no mistakeshave been
made prior to cell division. 248. Why is crossing over important?
D. All of the above. A. It ensures variety in offspring
243. Which checkpoint of the cell cycle checks B. More sex cells
for the proper and complete replication of C. It insures there are less sperm cells
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DNA?
D. It makes sure there are more spindle
A. G2 fibers.
B. G1
249. A human cell has 46 chromosomes before
C. Spindle checkpoint
mitotic division. How many chromosomes
D. Cytokinesis will the daughter cells after mitosis.
244. Cells spend most of their life in which A. 12
stage of the cell cycle? B. 23
A. mitosis C. 46
B. meoisis
D. 92
C. interphase
D. anaphase 250. is the uncontrolled growth and divi-
sion of cells.
245. If one strand of DNA has the nitrogen A. Cancer
base sequenceTACCAGAA what would be
the comp, ementary (opposite) strand se- B. Apoptosis
quence? C. Cytokinesis
A. TACCAGAA D. Meiosis
B. AAGACCAT
251. Interphase does NOT include:
C. TTCTGGTA
D. ATGGTGTT A. G1
B. G2
246. One of the reasons why mitosis occurs in
humans C. Synthesis
A. growth D. Mitosis
B. hormones 252. Unicellular organisms, such as bacteria,
C. enzymes reproduce asexually through a process
D. immune system response known as
A. Binary Fission
247. The total number of cells in an organism
increases as a result of which process? B. Conjugation
A. respiration C. Meiosis
B. photosynthesis D. Mitosis

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253. The Gap 1, Synthesis, and Gap 2 stages C. a process that results in a nucleus
of the cell cycle make up containing half of the number of chromo-
somes

A. interphase
D. none of the above are correct
B. prophase
C. telophase 258. All human have chromosomes
D. cytokinesis A. 23
B. 46
254. During normal mitosis, a parent cell hav-
ing 46 chromosomes will produce two C. Diploid
daughter cells each containing D. Haploid
A. 23 chromosomes
259. Why do cells go through cell division
B. 46 chromosomes
A. Growth
C. 92 chromosomes
B. Reproduction
D. 4 chromosomes
C. Repair
255. The process of mitosis and cellular divi- D. All of the above
sion allows multicellular organisms to do
which of the following? 260. During interphase, DNA is called
A. metabolize nutrients A. Sister Chromatid
B. perform photosynthesis B. Chromosome
C. grow larger C. Centromere
D. repair mutations D. Chromatin
256. Which of the following represents the 261. What are the life stages of a cell called?
phases of mitosis in their proper se- A. cell cycle
quence?
B. mitosis
A. prophase, metaphase, anaphase,
C. cytokinesis
telophase
D. cell plate
B. interphase, prophase, metaphase,
anaphase 262. Which is more associated with mitosis
C. interphase, prophase, metaphase, than with meiosis?
telophase A. Crossing over
D. prophase, metaphase, anaphase, B. Nondisjunction
telophase, cytokinesis
C. Production of sex cells
257. Mitosis can be described as D. Identical daughter cells
A. a process where the nucleus divides
two separate times 263. Bacteria reproduce by
B. where the cells formed have 1/2 the A. sexual reproduction only
number of chromocomes B. asexual reproduction only

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C. usually asexual, sometimes sexual re- 269. The division of the cytoplasm following
production mitosis
D. a unique type of reproduction called A. cytoplasm
endosporosis B. cytokinesis
264. What is the final step in the cell cycle? C. telophase
A. Cell grows in the G1 phase D. mitosis
is the uncontrolled growth of cells, of-
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B. Cell divides through mitosis 270.
ten resulting in a tumor or mass of abnor-
C. DNA replicates in the S phase
mal cells
D. Cytoplasm divides through cytokinesis
A. Cancer
265. G1, S, and G2 phases are combined into B. Apoptosis
one long phase called C. Radiation
A. interphase D. none of above
B. mitosis
271. the stage of mitosis in which the nu-
C. cytokinesis clear membrane reforms and the nucleus
D. cell cycle divides
A. metaphase
266. Which of the following is NOT a phase of
B. prophase
MITOSIS?
C. telophase
A. Prophase
D. anaphase
B. Metaphase
C. Anaphase 272. What is the main stage in which the cell
grows, carries out its normal functions,
D. Interphase and duplicates its DNA
267. Nuclear membranes form, cell begins to A. cytokinesis
pinch to begin splitting describes: B. meiosis
A. Prophase C. interphase
B. Metaphase D. mitosis
C. Anaphase 273. What disease did Henrietta Lacks die
D. Telophase from?
A. Thyroid cancer
268. A copy of the cells original chromosome
so that each cell gets a chromosome when B. Breast cancer
it splits apart. C. Lung cancer
A. Mother Cell D. Cervical cancer
B. Daughter Cell 274. The “M” in M phase is referring to
C. Sister Chromatids A. Mitosis
D. Centromere B. Membrane

3.3 Cell cycle 487
C. Mass 280. What is the result of meiosis I?

D. Mangrove A. 2 daughter cells with different genetic
information

275. the phase in mitosis where chromosomes
line up in the middle of the cell and the nu- B. 2 daughter cells with the same genetic
cleus disapears. information
A. prophase C. 46 daughter cells with different ge-

netic information
B. metaphase
D. 2 daughter cells with the same genetic
C. anaphase information
D. telephase
281. In regards to the size of cells, which is
276. During cytokinesis in plant cells most beneficial?
A. the cell wall breaks. A. high surface area to volume ratio
B. a cell plate forms, and the cell splits in B. low surface area to volume ratio
two. C. no surface area
C. a cell plate forms inside the two new D. none of above
cells.
282. Which statement about bacteria is true?
D. the cell loses some of its DNA.
A. All bacteria are prokaryotes
277. Cancer is B. All bacteria are eukaryotes
A. Uncontrolled cell division C. All bacteria are autotrophs
B. Normal cell division D. All bacteria are heterotrophs
C. A protein
283. What kind of cells are made in MEIOSIS?
D. A type of DNA
A. Haploid cells
278. Nucleolus and nuclear membrane start to B. Diploid Cells
disappear, chromatin condenses into chro-
C. Skin Cells
mosomes, and spindle fibers start to form.
Name that Stage! D. Liver Cells
A. Interphase 284. Which checkpoint appears to regulate
B. Prophase whether the cell in G0 or not?
C. Metaphase A. G2 checkpoint
D. Anaphase B. G1 checkpoint
C. M checkpoint
279. At this checkpoint, cell size and protein
D. G1, G2, and M checkpoints
reserves are assessed, and most impor-
tantly, the proper duplication of chromo- 285. What stages of the cell cycle make up in-
somes is assessed. terphase?
A. G1 checkpoint A. Prophase, Metaphase, and Telophase
B. S checkpoint B. Gap 1, Synthesis, and Cytokinesis
C. G2 checkpoint C. Gap 1, Gap 2, and Synthesis
D. M checkpoint D. Anaphase, Prophase, and Cytokinesis

3.3 Cell cycle 488
286. What two processes make up the M 291. What type of cells does meiosis occur in?
stage? A. Sperm Cells Only
A. fermentation & mitosis B. Egg Cells Only
B. mitosis & cytokinesis C. Both Gametes
C. glycolysis & cytokinesis D. Daughter Cells
D. G1 & G2 292. The phase of mitosis in which the spindle
fibers shorten and the sister chromatids
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287. Which is NOT a phase of the cell cycle? separate from each other
A. Interphase A. prophase
B. Cytokinesis B. metaphase
C. Mitosis C. anaphase
D. Duplication D. telophase
293. During normal mitotic division, a parent
288. The cell cycle is responsible for: cell having 8 chromosomes will produce
A. A caterpillar that grows larger over the two daughter cells, each containing
summer A. two chromosomes
B. A seal that is swimming through icy wa- B. four chromosomes
ter
C. eight chromosomes
C. A maple tree that is losing its leaves in D. sixteen chromosomes
autumn
294. Which of the following events does NOT
D. All of the above
take place during interphase?
289. The chemical colchicine districts cell divi- A. Cell grows to mature size
sion. Which cell process would most likely B. DNA and organelles are copied
stop of colchicine were added to a culture
C. Cell prepares for division
of human liver cells?
D. Chromosomes line up in the middle of
A. Mitosis the cell.
B. Meiosis
295. The “G” in G1 stands for
C. Crossing over A. great
D. Active transport B. growth
290. The sister chromatids of each chromo- C. gap
some are separated (come apart) and D. germ
move to opposite ends of the cell. Name
296. Which cell structure produces the spindle
that Stage!
fibers?
A. Prophase A. Centromeres
B. Metaphase B. Centrioles
C. Anaphase C. Chromatids
D. Telophase D. Ribosomes

3.3 Cell cycle 489
297. The individual strands on duplicated chro- 302. Distinct chromosomes begin to spread out
mosomes are called into a tangle of chromatin. Nuclear enve-
lope reforms. Spindle fibers break apart.

A. Centromeres
Nucleolus becomes visible in each daugh-
B. daughters ter cell.
C. Chromatids A. Prophase
D. Karyotypes B. Metaphase
C. Anaphase
298. Why do cells of organism need to repli-
cate? D. Telophase
A. growth 303. In which stage of the cell cycle does the

DNA replicate?
A. G1
B. S
D. All of the above
C. G2
299. A daughter cell that resulted from a mi- D. Mitosis
totic division has 24 chromosomes. How
304. What process duplicates the DNA during
many chromosomes did the parent cell
interphase?
have?
A. Replication
A. 6
B. Duplication
B. 12
C. Mitosis
C. 24
D. Cytokinesis
D. 48
305. What process must happen before cells
300. What type of gene prevents the cells start to divide?
with damage from continuing through the A. DNA must be replicated
cell cycle?
B. DNA must undergo respiration
A. tumor supressor C. Organelles must divide
B. proto-oncongene D. Organelles must be replicated
C. stem cell suppressor
306. cancer cells
D. stem cell initiator A. divide too frequently
301. Homologous chromosomes comes to- B. divide too quickly
gether to form tetrads during which C. ignore checkpoints
phase?
D. all of the above
A. Prophase I
307. Results of cell division or mitosis include
B. Prophase II all of the following EXCEPT?
C. Mitosis A. growth
D. Interphase B. repair damaged cells

3.3 Cell cycle 490
C. replace damaged cells 313. When does the following take

place:Chromatids reach poles, chromo-
D. dead cells
somes unwind, nucleus reforms, and cell
membrane pinches in.
308. During this phase, the spindle fibers at-
tach to the chromosomes. A. Telophase
A. Interphase B. Anaphase
B. Prophase C. Interphase
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D. Cytokinesis
C. Metaphase
D. Anaphase 314. When does replication of chromosomes
occur in animal cell meiosis?
309. The daughter cells (gametes) have A. Before Meiosis I and Meiosis II
DNA compared to the parent cell after B. Before Meiosis II Only
meiosis.
C. Before Meiosis I Only
A. the same
D. During Prophase I and Prophase II
B. half as much
315. During anaphase
C. double
A. DNA lines up in the middle of the cell
D. identical and DNA attaches to spindle fibers
B. centrioles and spindle fibers appear
310. What is a series of events a cell goes
through as they grow and divide? C. Each DNA gets pull to the opposite
sides of the cell
A. Cell Division
D. DNA gets copied
B. Cell Cycle
316. G1 is associated with what event?
C. Cytokinesis
A. doubling of cell content
D. Mitosis
B. DNA replication
311. Chromosomes are made up of two C. The beginning of mitosis
which are held together by a D. breakdown of the nuclear membrane
A. Chromatids ; Chromosome
317. The cell cycle consists of the G1, S, G2,
B. Chromatids ; Centromere and the phase.
C. Chromosomes ; Chromatids A. G3
D. Centromeres ; Chromatin B. M
C. G4
312. The division of the nucleus is called
D. A
A. mitosis
318. During telophase
B. interphase
C. cytokinesis and DNA attaches to spindle fibers
D. somatic B. centrioles and spindle fibers appear

3.3 Cell cycle 491
C. Each DNA gets pull to the opposite 324. What forms when there are uncontrolled
sides of the cell and non-stop cell division?
A. Mitosis

D. 2 new nuclei form
319. When a plant cell goes through cell divi- B. Cancer cells
sion, C. Cytokinesis
A. the 2 new nuclei are separated by the D. Homeostasis
cell membrane pinching off.
325. I am the center of the chromosome (the
B. 4 new cells are formed button) that holds the sister chromatids to-
C. a cell plate forms, dividing the 2 new gether
nuclei A. chromosome
D. None of the above B. centromere
320. The final phase following anaphase of cell C. spindle
divisions, and highlighted by the complete D. centriole
separation of the chromosomes. What
phase am I? 326. Which phase of the cell cycle shows two
Nuclear membranes forming around chro-
A. Cytokinesis mosomes?
B. Telophase A. Anaphase
C. G1 Phase B. Telophase
D. S Phase C. Prophase
321. What happens in the S phase? D. Metaphase
A. cell growth 327. A cell with only half the normal number
B. replication of chromosomes is called a cell.
C. preparing for mitosis A. haploid
D. nothing B. prokaryotic
C. heterotrophic
322. The structure of coiled DNA and pro-
teins that forms in the cells nucleus during D. eubacterial
prophase is known as a 328. Uncontrollable cell growth is known as
A. centromere
B. centriole A. obesity
C. chromosome B. cancer
D. chromatid C. diabetes
D. hepatitis
323. How do multi cellular organisms grow, re-
pair and reproduce cells? 329. What happens during anaphase?
A. meiosis A. chromosomes are pulled apart
B. mitosis B. chromosomes line up at the equator
C. migrate and differentiate C. nuclear membrane reforms
D. osmosis D. chromosomes replicate

3.3 Cell cycle 492
330. In which stage of the cell cycle does the 335. What must occur during interphase so
cell split into two? that each daughter cell receives the correct
A. Mitosis number of chromosomes after mitosis and
cytokinesis?
B. G1
A. DNA transcription
C. Cytokinesis
B. Protein synthesis
D. S
C. DNA editing
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331. Which phase does the CHROMATIN con-
D. DNA replication
dense and can now be seen under a micro-
scope?
336. This checkpoint ensures that integrity of
A. interphase Chromosome Separation by making sure
B. prophase the chromosomes are correctly attached to
the spindle fibers.
C. metaphase
A. G1
D. telophase
B. S
332. The shortest of all the phases. Cen-
C. G2
tromeres line up among the imaginary
plate. Spindle fibers connect the cen- D. M
tromere of each chromosome to the two
pairs. 337. Where does DNA synthesis happen in eu-
karyotic cells?
A. Prophase
A. cytoplasm
B. Metaphase
C. Anaphase B. mitochondria
D. Telophase C. nucleus
D. Golgi apparatus
333. Which of the following is true of malig-
nant tumors? 338. After mitosis and cytokineses, one cell be-
A. They do not require treatment comes
B. They are easily removed through A. Two identical cells
surgery
B. Two genetically different cells
C. They can cause tumors in other parts
C. Four identical cells
of the body
D. Four genetically different cells
D. They contain cells that stay clustered
together
339. What is the name of the female gamete
334. Programmed Cell Death is called cell?
A. Cell Division A. Sperm

B. Apoptosis B. Egg
C. Meiosis C. Skin
D. Cytokineses D. Lung

3.3 Cell cycle 493
340. A copy a chromosome made during cell di- C. is how diploid body cells are produced.
vision are called:

A. daughter chromatids D. is your best friend.
B. sister chromatids
346. Which process allows for an organism to
C. cell chromatids increase the number of body cells during
D. sister chromosome development?
341. Which of the following is a cause of can- A. meiosis

cer? B. budding
A. cells stop dividing C. mitosis
B. damage to DNA prevents regulators D. conjugation
from functioning properly
C. cell’s DNA doesn’t divide properly 347. Last year Diana was 5 feet tall. This
year, Diana is 5’5” tall. What cellular pro-
D. the surface area-to-volume ratio of cess allowed her to grow?
cells is too low to meet the needs of the
cell A. Mitosis
B. Meiosis
342. Stem cells are
C. Interphase
A. cells that grow uncontrollably.
B. undifferentiated and can develop into D. Cell division
many types of cells.
348. What is it called when cancer spreads
C. cells that never go through cell divi- from one area of the body to another?
sion.
A. metastasis
D. only found in embryos.
B. tumor creep
343. What do centrioles do? C. immigration
A. Attach 2 sister chromatids together
D. mission creep
B. Pull the nuclear membrane apart
349. Define apoptosis.
C. Pull chromosomes apart
D. Condense during Interphase A. Cell repair
B. Programmed cell death
344. the phase of mitosis in which the sister
chromatids separate from each other C. Protein synthesis
A. prophase D. DNA replication
B. metaphase 350. In which part of Interphase are the chro-
C. anaphase mosomes replicated?
D. telophase A. G0
345. Budding B. G1
A. is a from of asexual reproduction. C. S
B. is how gametes are formed. D. G2

3.3 Cell cycle 494
351. The regular sequence of growth and divi- D. The cell’s volume increases.
sion that cells undergo is known as the
A. cellular respiration 357. Sister chromatids are held together by a
B. photosynthesis
A. Centrioles
C. replication
D. cell cycle B. Chromosomes
C. Chromatids
352. What are the steps of the cell cycle in or-
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der? D. Centromeres
A. Interphase, Mitosis, Cytokinesis
358. During meiosis I, what happens?
B. Interphase, Cytokinesis, Mitosis
A. Sister chromatids are split
C. Mitosis, Cytokinesis, Interphase
D. Cytokinesis, Mitosis, Interphase B. Homologous chromosomes are split
C. Four cells are created
353. Cells of organisms must go through cell
division for? D. None of the other choices are correct
A. growth
359. A substance that is known to cause can-
B. repair of damaged cells cer is known as a
A. Carcinogen
D. All of these
B. Pathogen
354. Uncontrolled growth can result in:
C. Virus
A. G0 phase
D. Deregulator
B. S phase
C. Replication 360. What are the phases that takes place dur-
D. Cancer ing Interphase?
A. Mitosis and cytokinesis
355. Which phase of mitosis does DNA con-
dense into chromosomes? B. Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and
A. Prophase telophase
B. Metaphase C. G1 phase, S phase, G2 phase, and M
phase
C. Anaphase
D. Telophase D. G1 phase, S phase, and G2 phase
356. Which of the following happens when a 361. Daughter cells created by mitosis have
cell divides?
A. half of the parents genetic material
A. Each daughter cell receives its own
copy of the parent cell’s DNA. B. twice the parent cell’s genetic material
B. The cell has DNA overload.
C. an exact copy of the parent cell
C. It becomes more difficult for the cell
to get enough oxygen and nutrients. D. have a brand new DNA structure

3.3 Cell cycle 495
362. What could be the cause for a cell to un- 367. If a somatic cell has 10 chromosomes and
dergo apoptosis? it goes through mitosis and cytokinesis,
how many chromosomes are in the daugh-

A. DNA damage
ter cells?
B. Radiation
A. 10 chromosomes
C. Nutrient deficiency B. 5 chromosomes
D. All of the above C. 20 chromosomes
363. These respond to events outside the cell. D. 15 chromosomes
A. Centrioles 368. The cytoplasm is divided between the

cells splitting the cell into two. Name that
B. Chromatids Stage!
C. Internal regulators A. Cytokinesis
D. External regulators B. Interphase
C. Prophase
364. What is the correct order of the growth
phases of the cell cycle? D. Metaphase
A. G1 phase, G2 phase, S phase, and then 369. This process is the programmed death of
M phase. a cell
B. G1 phase, S phase, M phase, and then A. stem cell
G2 phase. B. regulation
C. G1 phase, S phase, G2 phase, and then C. apoptosis
M phase.
D. cytocide
D. S phase, M phase, G1 phase, and then
G2 phase. 370. In a eukaryotic cell, which of the follow-
ing processes directly involves DNA?
365. Where are chromosomes located in a A. translation
cell?
B. active transport of ions
A. Nucleus C. cellular respiration
B. Ribosome D. replication of chromosomes
C. ER
371. In what stage of the cell cycle does DNA
D. Mitochondria replicate?
A. G1
366. After meiosis II the daughter cells will
contain chromosomes if the original B. G2
cell contained 78. C. Synthesis
A. 78 D. Cytokinesis
B. 39 372. What is the order of interphase?
C. 23 A. G1, G2, S
D. 46 B. S, G1, G2

3.3 Cell cycle 496
C. G1, S, G2 B. randomness
D. G2, S, G1 C. rapidness
D. retention
373. The last part of the cell cycle, where
the cell finishes dividing into two cells, is 378. Matt uses a microscope to look at slides
called ? of plant cells. He sees a cell with two
A. prophase nuclei that have visible chromosomes. In
which stage of cell division is this cell?
B. cytokinesis
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A. anaphase
C. interphase
B. prophase
D. duplication
C. telophase
374. Disruptions that halt the production of D. interphase
cell regulators (such as cyclins and kinases)
would most likely lead to- 379. What does the G in G1 stand for?
A. cancer A. Gestation
B. apoptosis B. Gum
C. a decrease in the rate of mitosis C. Growth
D. an increase in the size of a cell D. Great
375. Which statement is NOT true about inter- 380. We are the parts of the chromosome that
phase? have the same DNA. We are held together
by a centromere.
A. It’s the longest phase of the cell cycle
A. chromosome
B. During interphase organelles dupli-
B. centriole
cate
C. centromere
C. During interphase, DNA replicates
D. sister chromatids
D. During interphase, the chromatin con-
denses into chromosomes. 381. What is cell differentiation?
376. Cancer often results in a tumor, or a mass A. Process by which cells produce more
of abnormal cells that are smaller than nor- cells
mal. Which part of the cell cycle is affected B. Process by which cells become special-
the most? ized
A. Mitosis C. Process by which cells become unspe-
B. Synthesis cialized
D. Process by which cells die
C. Gap 1
D. Gap 2 382. What are the enzymes that are involved
in DNA Replication?
377. The word “cycle” in cell cycle refers
A. Lactase, Helicase, Polmase
to the of growth, DNA duplication,
and cell division that occurs in eukaryotic B. Helicase, DNA Polymerase, Ligase
cells. C. DNA Polymerase, Lactase, Enzymase
A. repetition D. DNA Polymerase, Helicase, Lactase

3.3 Cell cycle 497
383. The first phase of a cell cycle where a cell C. metaphase

is doing its normal every day job, growing, D. mitosis
and increasing the number of its organelles

is: 389. Responsible for making sure that the cell
has enough nutrients and is the proper
A. G1
size.
B. G2
A. G1 checkpoint
C. Mitosis
B. G2 checkpoint
D. S C. M checkpoint
384. The G in G1 and G2 stands for D. G0 checkpoint
A. gap 390. the process consisting of four phases dur-
B. growth ing which the nucleus divides, and two ge-
netically IDNETICAL nuclei result
C. gap/growth
A. mitosis
D. none of these
B. meiosis
385. Following the mitosis cell cycle, C. cell cycle
daughter cells are produced which are ge-
netically ( identical to / different from ) D. cell division
the original parent cell. 391. In this step of interphase, the cell pre-
A. 4 ; different pares for cell division by forming other or-
ganelles or proteins that the cell may need
B. 4 ; identical
to divide.
C. 2 ; different
A. S
D. 2 ; identical
B. G1
386. What are the three stages of inter- C. G2
phase? D. M
A. Prophase, metaphase, telophase
392. Are the cells in Mitosis identical or
B. G1, S, and G2 unique?
C. G2, S, and G3 A. Identical
D. Prophase, G1, and S B. Unique
387. What is Apoptosis? C. It’s random
A. A tumor D. none of above
B. A protein 393. During mitosis chromosomes meet in the

middle to get divided into two daughter
C. Programmed cell death
cells in a phase called:
D. Cell cycle checkpoints
A. prophase
388. The longest phase of the cell cycle B. anaphase
A. prophase C. metaphase
B. interphase D. telophase

3.3 Cell cycle 498
394. What is not the prerequisite for clearance will each daughter cell have after mitosis
at the G2 checkpoint? is complete?
A. G1 checkpoint A. 48
B. G2 checkpoint B. 96
C. S checkpoint C. 192
D. M checkpoint D. 24
400. The process by which a cell nucleus di-
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vides is called:
overall process of mitosis?
A. interphase
A. Diploid → Diploid
B. mitosis
B. Diploid → Haploid
C. cytokinesis
C. Haploid → Haploid
D. cell cycle
D. Haploid → Diploid
401. Chromosome refers to the two chro-
396. The word cytokinesis has the prefix mosomes separating and moving to oppo-
cyto-that refers to a cell and the suffix- site ends of the cell.
kinesis that refers to division or move- A. segregation
ment. Therefore, cytokinesis is the pro-
cess where a cell’s cytoplasm B. Cells
A. divides C. replication
D. none of above
B. multiplies
C. increases 402. During metaphase
D. evaporates A. DNA lines up in the middle of the cell
and DNA attaches to spindle fibers
397. During what phase of the cell cycle does B. centrioles and spindle fibers appear
the cell grow?
C. 2 new identical cells are created
A. G1 phase
D. DNA gets copied
B. S phase
403. The phase of mitosis when chromosomes
C. M phase align in themiddle is called
D. Cytokinesis A. anaphase
398. Crucial to cell cycle control and assembles B. prophase
during interphase C. telophase
A. Chromosome D. metaphase
B. Chromatin 404. Body Cells are
C. Chromatid A. Haploid
D. Cyclin B. Diploid
399. The genome of a goldfish contains 96 C. Gametes
chromosomes. How many chromosomes D. prokaryotic

3.3 Cell cycle 499
405. How many parts are there to the cell cy- B. Sister chromatids separate
cle? C. Spindle fibers break down

A. 2
D. Cytoplasm divides
B. 3
411. Which disease is caused by a problem in
C. 4
the regulation of the cell cycle?
D. 5
A. cancer
406. The phase in mitosis where chromosomes B. Down syndrome
move away and are pulled apart by spin-
dles to opposite sides of the cell. C. diabetes
A. prophase D. sickle cell anemia
B. anaphase 412. Cancer is a disease that occurs when the
C. metaphase is no longer regulated
D. telephase A. Cell cycle
407. Which phase of mitosis is where the chro- B. Cell division

matids are being pulled apart to opposite C. Cancer
ends of the cell? D. none of above
A. Prophase
413. The mitotic cell division of a tomato cell
B. Metaphase
differs from the mitotic cell division of an
C. Anaphase earthworm cell in that?
D. Telophase A. form a spindle
408. During interphase, the DNA is in the form B. form a cell plate
of C. have centrioles
A. chromatin D. have cell membranes
B. chromosomes
414. In which phase does the nuclear mem-
C. chromatids
brane start to disappear?
D. centromeres
A. prophase
409. The synthesis (S) phase is characterized B. metaphase
by
C. anaphase
A. cell division
D. telephase
B. the division of cytoplasm
C. DNA replication 415. Checks for cell size, nutrients, growth fac-
tors, and DNA damage.
D. replication of mitochondria and other
organelles A. G1 checkpoint
B. G2 checkpoint
410. Which event takes place during anaphase
II of meiosis? C. Spindle checkpoint
A. Nuclear membrane breaks down D. DNA polymerase

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416. Which of the following does not help reg- A. p53

ulate a cell’s progress through the cell cy- B. RAS gene
cle
C. Platelet Derived Growth Factor (PDGF)
A. physical and chemical cues
B. kinases and cyclins D. Maturation (Mitosis) Promoting Factor
C. cell specialization (MPF)
D. cell cycle checkpoints 422. What is the result of the cell cycle?
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417. Radiation is often used for cancer therapy A. Three cells
because it can trigger B. Four daughter cells
A. the immune system C. Two identical cells
B. apoptosis D. One clone cell
C. cells to skip the cell cycle
423. Put the following in order:G2, G1, S, mi-
D. further cell mutation tosis, cytokinesis.
418. In the eukaryotic cell, it is the longest A. G1, G2, S, Mitosis, cytokinesis
stage of the cell cycle and generally its B. G1, S, G2, Mitosis, cytokinesis
function is to prepare the cell to division
C. G1, G2, S, cytokinesis, mitosis
process.
D. G1, S, G2, cytokinesis, mitosis
A. Interphase
B. Mitotic phase 424. Cells that have the ability to become any
cell type are called
C. Synthesis Phase
A. stem cells
D. All of the above
B. tumor cells
419. The amount of nutrients needed is deter-
C. cyclins
mined by
D. regulators
A. The cell’s volume
B. The cell’s surface area 425. What process does a multi-cellular or-
ganism use to replace its damaged body
C. The cell’s Rough ER
cells?
D. The cell’s Smooth ER
A. mitosis
420. In order for a cell to continue past G1, the B. meiosis
cell must pass the C. replication
A. G0 checkpoint D. transcription
B. G2 checkpoint
426. A(n) is a stage in the eukaryotic cell
C. G1 checkpoint cycle at which the cell examines internal
D. mitosis checkpoint and external cues and “decides” whether
or not to move forward with division.
421. A type of CdK-cyclin complex that pro-
motes mitosis and peaks in concentration A. checkpoint
at the end of mitosis. B. chromosome

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C. interphase C. anaphase
D. tumor D. Telophase

427. The process of mitosis and cytokinesis 432. Which of the following limits the maxi-
produce two identical mum size of a cell?
A. daughter cells A. the stage of the cell cycle
B. strands B. the ratio of cell surface area to volume
C. chromosomes
C. the number of mitochondria in the cell
D. chromatids
428. Which of the following is the correct or- D. the size of the organism
der of mitosis?
433. Spindle fibers originate from the
A. Prophase, Metaphase, Telophase,
A. Centriole
Anaphase
B. Chromosome
B. Metaphase, Prophase, Anaphase,
Telophase C. Chromatid
C. Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, D. Centromere

Telophase 434. The stages of cell division called
D. Anaphase, Metaphase, Prophase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and
Telophase telophase occur during which stage of the
cell cycle?
429. How many chromosomes does a normal
A. G1
human body cell contain?
B. S
A. 23
C. M
B. 44
D. C
C. 47
435. The final stage of cellular division in-
D. 46
volves the separation of the two nuclei
430. If a human has 46 chromosomes in each along with the cytoplasm into two new
of its body cells, how many chromosomes daughter cells. This process is known as
will be in each body cell after mitosis?
A. 23 A. cytokinesis
B. 46 B. repiration
C. 92 C. meiosis
D. 0 D. mitosis
436. What is the division of cytoplasm called?
431. The stage where DNA condenses into
chromosomes and the chromosomes are A. chromosome
visible. B. mitosis
A. Prophase C. cytokinesis
B. metaphase D. the cell cycle

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437. The first phase of mitosis is called . 442. I am the stage of mitosis where the sister
chromatids are pulled apart.
A. telophase
A. interphase
B. metaphase
B. metaphase
C. anaphase
C. anaphase
D. prophase
D. telophase
438. This is the cell cycle checkpoint that
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443. Which of the following is not a phase of
makes sure DNA has been replicated cor- mitosis?
rectly during S phase.
A. metaphase
A. G1 Checkpoint
B. telophase
B. G2 Checkpoint
C. anaphase
C. M Checkpoint D. interphase
D. I Checkpoint
444. DEFINE:What is a chromosome?
439. Human somatic sells contain 46 chromo- A. an organelle found only in a plant cell
somes; during meiosis, haploid SEX CELLS B. process in which DNA is copied
are formed with chromosomes each.
C. regular sequence of growth and divi-
A. 46 sion that cells undergo
B. 23 D. doubled rod of condensed chromatin
C. 92 445. During mitosis, DNA is found in the con-
D. 54 densed form called a
A. chromosome
440. The stage in which a parent cell splits
to create two identical daughter cells is B. centromere
called: C. centriole
A. interphase D. chromatin
B. mitosis 446. What is the importance of apoptosis?
C. cytokinesis A. To eliminate damaged or unnecessary
D. cell cycle cells
B. To create specialized cells
441. What is cancer? C. To produce two identical cells
A. The heart does not receive enough D. To cause uncontrolled cell growth
blood.
447. Which pair is correct?
B. Sudden disruption of blood flow to part
of the brain. A. G1 phase:DNA replication
C. Blood filled weak spot. B. G2:preparation for mitosis
D. Uncontrolled growth and spread of ab- C. S phase:cell division

normal cells. D. Mitosis:cell growth

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448. Chromatin condenses to form discrete, 454. If the Diploid number of Carrots is 18, the
visible chromosomes- haploid number is
A. 18

A. Early in G1
B. During S B. 9
C. During telophase C. 27
D. During prophase D. 36
449. What would most likely result if mitosis 455. Which of these cells divides the least?
was NOT accompanied by cytokinesis A. Liver cell
A. 2 cells each one nucleus B. Skin cell
B. 2 cells each without a nucleus C. Blood cell
C. one cell with 2 identical nuclei D. none of above
D. one without a nucleus 456. The phases of mitosis in the correct order
A. prophase, metaphase, anaphase,
450. In what part of the cell cycle does the
telophase
DNA make a copy of itself?
B. metaphase, prophase, anaphase,
A. Interphase
telophase
B. Prophase
C. anaphase, metaphase, prophase
C. Telophase telophase
D. Cytokinesis D. prophase, anaphase, metaphase,
telophase
451. Which step is not part of interphase in
the cell cycle? 457. What type of cell results from meiosis?
A. mitosis A. diploid
B. G1 B. haploid
C. S C. octoploid
D. G2 D. decaploid
452. A cell spends % of its cycle in 458. All chromosomes are attached to the spin-
dles.
A. 100, interphase
A. G2 checkpoint
B. 10, cytokinesis
B. G1 checkpoint
C. 40, mitosis C. M checkpoint
D. 90, interphase D. G1, G2, and M checkpoint
453. A repeating sequence of growth and divi- 459. What structure attaches to and separates
sion chromosomes during mitosis?
A. Mitosis A. spindle fibers
B. Interphase B. contromeres
C. Cell Cycle C. chromatids
D. Somatic D. centrioles

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460. Which is not a phase of the cell cycle? 465. Put the following stages of mitosis in or-
der:anaphase, prophase, metaphase, and
A. Interphase
telophase.
B. Mitosis
A. prophase, metaphase, telophase,
C. Cytokinesis anaphase
D. Duplication B. prophase, anaphase, metaphase,
telophase
461. In which stage of the cell cycle does the
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C. prophase, metaphase, anaphase,
cell duplicate its DNA? telophase
A. G1 D. prophase, telophase, metaphase,
B. S anaphase
C. G2 466. If your were to examine a sample of

1000 cells, in which of the phases listed
D. Mitosis
below would you expect to find most of
462. Why is it so important to replicate DNA? the cells?
A. Interphase
A. so that each daughter cell is unique
B. Metaphase
B. to release energy
C. Anaphase
C. to make sure that the daughter cells
are genetically identical to the parent cells D. Telophase
467. Genetic material is called (1) and then re-

D. all of the above ferred to as (2) and is clearly visible during
(3)
463. Cylinder shaped organelles found in ani- A. Chromatid (2) Chromosomes (3) Cell
mal cells that help form spindle fibers are Division
A. centriole B. Chromosomes (2) Chromatid (3) Mito-
B. centromere sis
C. chomatid C. Chromatid (2) Chromosomes (3) Mito-
sis
D. chromosome
D. Chromosomes (2) Chromosomes (3)
464. The attachment of nucleotides to form a Mitosis
complementary strand of DNA during repli- 468. What happens at the end of interphase?
cation
A. the cell splits into 2 identical cells
A. is accomplished by DNA polymerase
B. the cell’s nucleus divides
B. is accomplished only in the presence
C. the DNA unwinds
of tRNA
D. the cell prepares for mitosis
C. prevents separation of complemen-
tary strands of RNA 469. How many chromosomes are in human so-
D. is the responsibility of the proofread- matic cells? Gametes?
ing enzymes A. 46 ; 23

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B. 23 ; 46 475. Cycle of growth and division that cells un-

C. 36 ; 18 dergo is

D. 18 ; 36 A. replication
B. the cell cycle.
470. Organelles and chromosomes are copied
C. interphase.
during
D. mitosis.
A. cytokinesis.
B. the first stage of the eukaryotic cell cy- 476. If a parent cell going through mitosis
cle. starts with 22 chromosomes, how many
chromosomes will be in the daughter
C. the third stage of the eukaryotic cell
cells?
cycle.
A. 22
D. the second stage of the eukaryotic cell
cycle. B. 11
C. 44
471. The two halves of the doubled chromo-
some structure D. 15
A. centromeres 477. What happens in nondisjunction?
B. sister chromatids A. Chromosomes don’t separate cor-
C. spindle rectly causing genetic disorders
D. tissues B. There is no such thing as nondisjunc-
tion
472. Which of the following is NOT a reason C. Cells divide
we need MITOSIS?
D. Cells collide
A. Growth
B. Recovering from injuries 478. The female sex cell is called
C. Replacement of dead cells A. zygote
D. Reproducing B. sperm
C. fertilization
473. A spindle fiber is a specialized form of
D. egg
A. microtubule
479. Chromosomes duplicate, the cell grows
B. centrosome
and develops
C. centriole
A. Metaphase
D. chromosome
B. Telophase
474. Checks for chromosome attachment to C. Interphase
the spindle at the metaphase plate.
D. Anaphase
A. G1 checkpoint
480. A Goat has a diploid number of 60. What
B. G2 checkpoint is the number of chromosomes in one of its
C. Spindle checkpoint gametes?
D. DNA polymerase A. 60

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B. 30 C. cytokinesis
C. 100 D. none of above
D. 120 486. The cell cycle is controlled by regulatory
481. The following describes during mito- at the three key checkpoints.
sis. The chromatin condenses and spindle A. Proteins
fibers form at each side of the cell. The B. Ribosomes
nuclear membrane breaks apart.
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C. Cytoplasm
A. prophase
D. none of above
B. metaphase
C. anaphase 487. During which stage of the cell cycle does
the cell membrane pinchthe cell into two
D. telophase daughter cells?
482. What does the M stage checkpoint look A. telophase
for? B. interphase
A. is the cell big enough to divide? C. prophase
B. is DNA copied properly? D. cytokinesis
C. are there errors in DNA?
488. The part of the cell cycle that divides the
D. have chromosomes properly attached cytoplasm of the cell
to spindle fibers?
A. Synthesis Phase
483. What the two major phases of the eu- B. G1 Phase
karytoic cell cycle
C. G2 Phase
A. Mitosis and DNA replication
D. Cytokinesis
B. DNA replication and Cytokinesis
489. Lung cancer cells do not respond to the
C. Mitosis and Cyotkinesis
signals that regulate the growth of normal
D. none of above lung cells. Which process is not regulated
in the cancerous cells?
484. What are chromosomes?
A. meiosis
A. They attach to the DNA and pull it to
the sides B. mitosis
B. They contain mitochondria C. fertilization
C. They contain ribosomes D. transpiration
D. DNA packaged into threadlike struc- 490. Which of these does not happen in
tures Prophase 1 of meiosis?
485. Which part of the cell cycle is divided A. Nucleus breaks down
into prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and B. Chromosomes cross over in tetrads
telophase? C. Independent assortment
A. interphase D. Spindle fibers begin to attach to cen-
B. mitosis tromeres

3.3 Cell cycle 507
491. Normal cells become cancer cells when B. Meiosis

A. regulation of cell growth and division C. Hydrolysis

occurs D. Dehydration synthesis
B. cells respond to control mechanisms
497. The reason most cells have to divide is
C. cells pass through G1 due to:
D. cells do not respond to checkpoints A. High acidity within its environment
492. What causes genetic variation in meio- B. Mutated DNA
sis?
C. Surface Area:Volume ratio
A. chromosomes lining up
D. A faulty G2 checkpoint
B. crossing over of chromosomes
498. What is the correct order of Mitosis?
C. separation of chromosomes
A. Prophase, Metaphase, Telophase,
D. chromosomes pulling apart
Anaphase
493. What would happen if interphase didn’t B. Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase,
happen first? Telophase
A. Cells wouldn’t form correctly C. Interphase, Prophase, Cytokinesis,
B. Chromosomes wouldn’t form at all Anaphase
C. There would not be enough chromo- D. Metaphase, Prophase, Anaphase,
somes Telophase
D. Nothing would happen 499. What happens during Mitosis?
494. Each chromosome contains two identical A. The nucleus of the cell divides
B. The cytoplasm of the cell divides
A. chromatids C. The cell divides
B. chromosomes D. none of above
C. chromatin
500. Normal mitotic cell division results in
D. centromeres each daughter cell having
495. Some scientists name the stage where A. half the number of chromosomes
cells carry out their normal functions but B. the same number and kind of chromo-
are unlikely to divide. The name they give somes as the parent
this stage is
C. the same number but different kinds of
A. G0 chromosomes as parents cells
B. G1 D. twice the number of chromosomes as
C. G2 the parent cell
D. G3 501. What are the two main stages of the cell
496. Cell division in animal, plant, fungi, and cycle?
protists cells is called A. Prophase and Mitosis
A. Mitosis B. Mitosis and G1

3.3 Cell cycle 508
C. Interphase and Telophase 507. Which of the following is NOT a way

that cell division solves problems of cell
D. Interphase and Mitosis
growth?
502. In this step of interphase, DNA is repli- A. provides each daughter cell with its
cated (copied) and centrioles are dupli- own copy of DNA
cated.
B. Increases the mass of the original cell
A. S
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B. G2 C. increases surface area to volume ratio
C. G1
D. reduces the volume of each cell
D. M
508. After cell division, the new cells are re-
503. What is the nondividing stage or resting
ferred to as:
stage of the cell cycle called?
A. Brother cells
A. G0 Stage
B. Twin cells
B. G1 Stage
C. Daughter cells
C. G2 Stage
D. none of above
D. G3 Stage
509. One long strand of DNA is called a
504. Put the following stages of the mitosis
cell cycle in the correct order A. nucleus
A. Interphase, Mitosis, Cytokinesis B. nucleolus
B. Mitosis, Cytokinesis, Interphase C. chromosome
C. Cytokinesis, Interphase, Mitosis D. centromere
D. Mitosis, Interphase, Cytokinesis 510. A tumor is a
505. When cancer spreads to other areas of A. mass of DNA

the body, it is said to have B. mass of normal cells
A. metastisized C. mass of damaged cells
B. benigned D. mass of blue cells
C. tumored
511. Why is the metaphase important?
D. localized A. The DNA gets copied and the cell
grows and develops
506. Binary Fission is a type of cell divi-
sion. B. The DNA lines up so exact copies can
be pulled to each side
A. Eukaryotic
C. The nuclear membrane disappears
B. Prokaryotic
and the spindle fibers appear
C. Division
D. Two identical daughter cells are
D. none of above formed

3.3 Cell cycle 509
512. Decide if the following describes mitosis, B. 4

meiosis, or both. Daughter cells are iden-
C. 8
tical to parent cells.

D. 16
A. Mitosis
B. Meiosis 518. The stage where chromosomes condense
C. Both and the nucleus becomes visible
D. none of above A. Prophase
513. There are a TOTAL of chromosomes in B. Metaphase

human body cells. C. Anaphase
A. 23 D. Telephase
B. 46
519. Why is sexual reproduction better than
C. 92 asexual reproduction?
D. scientists don’t know
A. It gives an advantage to organisms to
514. The center of a chromosome, where the be different than the rest, if the environ-
spindle fibers attach. ment changes.
A. Mother Cell B. It is better for all organisms to be the
same.
B. Daughter Cell
C. Sister Chromatids C. It happens faster.
D. Centromere D. It helps skin cells divide faster to heal

wounds.
515. Why is DNA important
A. it provides the instructions/blueprint 520. Simon looks at an image of a slide and no-
for a cell tices that all of the chromosomes are lined
up in along the middle of the cell. He is
B. it makes energy likely looking at a cell that is in
C. it stores wastes A. prophase
D. it is responsible for making food
B. metaphase
516. What cells in your body proceed quickly C. anaphase
through the cell cycle?
D. telophase
A. Skin cells
B. Hair follicle cells 521. What happens during G2 phase?
C. Both skin and hair cells A. The cell grows by producing more pro-
D. Neither of these two proceed quickly teins and organelles.
through the cell cycle B. DNA replication occurs.
517. If a fruit fly has 8 chromosomes in each C. The cell grows and prepares for cell
of its body cells, how many chromosomes division with the appearance of centro-
will be in each daughter cell after mitosis? somes.
A. 2 D. Mitosis and cytokinesis occurs.

3.3 Cell cycle 510
522. Which pair of nitrogenous bases will form 528. Binary fission
a bond in a DNA molecule?
A. Is how gametes form.
A. cytosine and adenine
B. Is how body cells form.
B. adenine and thymine
C. Is a form of asexual reproduction.
C. guanine and thymine
D. thymine and cytosine D. is how mammals reproduce.
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523. If the M checkpoint is not cleared, what 529. In which stage of the cell cycle does nu-
specific stage of mitosis will be blocked? clear splitting take place?
A. Anaphase A. G2
B. Metaphase
B. S
C. Prophase
C. Mitosis
D. Telophase
D. Cytokinesis
524. A cell containing one of each kind of chro-
mosome 530. Before cells can divide, what happens to
A. Diploid the DNA?
B. Haploid A. It is replicated
C. Sperm B. It increases in size
D. Egg C. It is divided in half
525. What is the final result of meiosis D. It decreases in size
A. 4 daughter cells/different
531. A picture to show the appearance and
B. 4 daughter cells/ identical
number of chromosomes used to determine
C. 2 daughter cells/ identical if there is a disease caused by a genetic
D. 2 daughter cells/ different mutation?
526. Mitosis is made up of how many A. Nondisjunction

phases? B. Karyotype
A. 4
C. Diploid
B. 5
D. Haploid
C. 6
D. 7 532. What must occur during the cell cycle
to ensure proper division of the chromo-
527. What happens when something goes somes?
wrong during mitosis?
A. The cell must grow in size
A. Nothing
B. cancer B. The mitochondria must divide
C. diabetes C. The DNA of the cell must replicate

D. the cells die D. The cell membrane must dissolve

3.3 Cell cycle 511
533. the phase of mitosis in which the sister C. cell membrane

chromatids separate (pull apart) from each
D. cell plate
other

A. prophase 539. Cells of organism must replicate for?
B. metaphase A. growth
C. anaphase B. repair of damaged cells
D. telophase C. replacement of dying cells.
534. Cells go through additional growth. D. All of the above
A. G1
540. Which of the following produces identical
B. S nuclei in cells?
C. G2
A. osmosis
D. M phase
B. mitosis
535. A membrane that encloses the cells nu- C. pollination
cleus and separates the chromosomes from
the rest of the cell is D. fertilization
A. cell membrane 541. In which stage of the cell cycle is the cell
B. cell wall preparing for division?
C. nuclear membrane A. G1
D. spindle fibers B. S
536. Cancer cells: C. G2
A. Lose the ability to divide D. M
B. Divide more slowly than normal cells
542. This develops in the middle plane of a
C. Spend less time in Interphase plant cell separating it into two daughter
D. Spend less time in mitosis/cytokinesis cells during cell division.
537. Affects only males, occurs when an X A. cell wall

chromosome is present. Results in 47 chro- B. cell plate
mosomes
C. cell membrane
A. Down Syndrome
D. cytoplasm
B. Turner’s Syndrome
C. Klinefelter’s Syndrome 543. How many times does meiosis go through
P-M-A-T?
D. Patau Syndrome
A. 23
538. Which is formed during telophase in a
plant cell? B. 46
A. cell wall C. 1
B. cleavage furrow D. 2

3.3 Cell cycle 512
544. At what stage during mitosis does the nu- 549. The end result of mitosis is
clear envelope break up? A. 2 genetically different daughter cells
A. Metaphase B. 4 genetically identical daughter cells
B. Prophase C. 2 genetically identical daughter cells
C. Anaphase D. 4 genetically different daughter cells
D. Telophase 550. In which stage of the cell cycle is protein
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and organelle synthesis?
545. What is the role of the spindle during mi-
tosis? A. G1
A. It divides the cell in half. B. G2
B. It duplicates the DNA. C. S
C. It breaks down the nuclear membrane. D. Cytokinesis
551. How many times does the cell divide in

D. It helps separate the chromosomes. mitosis?
A. Once (PMAT)
546. How many chromosomes do human body
cells have? B. 4 times
A. 23 C. 2 times
B. 46 D. none of these
C. 92 552. In this phase, the cell is preparing for the

cell division of the mitotic phase.
D. None of these
A. Go
547. A haploid cell from a male camel has 35 B. G1
chromosomes. What type of cell is this?
Choose all that apply C. G2
A. Sperm D. S
B. Egg 553. The phase following prophase and preced-

ing anaphase of cell divisions, and high-
C. Heart Cell
lighted by the alignment of condensed
D. Muscle Cell chromosomes along the metaphase plate.
What phase am I?
548. Which statement best describes chromo-
somes? A. Metaphase
B. G2 Phase
A. They carry out cellular respiration
C. Interphase
B. They consist of the pigment chlorophyll
D. G1 Phase
C. Their structure is only visible during in- 554. I am the main event in telophase. I am
terphase the splitting of the cell membrane and cy-
D. They consist of tightly coiled strands of toplasm.
DNA and proteins A. spindle

3.3 Cell cycle 513
B. cytokinesis 560. What is a chromosome?

C. centromere A. It is condensed DNA

D. centriole B. It is the proteins that DNA wraps
around
555. After mitosis, the cytoplasm and or-
ganelles are divided between the two new C. It is a secret
forming cells in a process called D. It’s a painting technique
A. centriole
561. Which checkpoint ensures sister chro-
B. chromatin matids are positioned to be split cor-
C. cytokinesis rectly?
D. centromere A. G1 checkpoint
B. G2 checkpoint
556. What stage is a cell in when cleavage is
present in the cell division? C. S checkpoint
A. Interphase D. M checkpoint
B. Prophase 562. Medical researchers are interested in
C. Cytokinesis stem cells because they?
D. Metaphase A. are found in all types of tissues
B. can produce different cells types
557. We are the opposite sides of the cell
C. are highly specialized
A. poles
D. are found only in embryos
B. centromere
C. chromosome 563. The two main stages of cell division are
D. equator called
A. mitosis & interphase
558. is defined as division of the cyto-
plasm. B. synthesis & cytokinesis
A. cell cycle C. the M phase & the S phase
B. interphase D. mitosis & cytokinesis
C. mitosis 564. Which of the following is NOT a correct

D. cytokinesis statement about the events of the cell cy-
cle?
559. Which phase of mitosis do chromosomes A. interphase is usually the longest phase
line up in the middle of the cell?
A. Prophase B. DNA replicates during the S phase
B. Metaphase C. cell division ends with cytokinesis
C. Anaphase
D. most of the cell growth occurs during
D. Telophase the G2 phase

3.3 Cell cycle 514
565. These form during prophase and attach 570. What does shape does a chromosome re-
to chromosomes at the centromere to pull semble during metaphase?
them apart during cell division A. I
A. prophase B. L
B. nucleus C. X
C. spindle fibers D. none of the above
D. gene 571. In telophase of mitosis, chromosomes
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566. On a human karyotype, what chromo- A. form and the nuclear envelope disap-
some pair would have a mutation when pears.
there is a diagnosis of Klinefelter’s Syn- B. are pulled toward opposite ends of the
drome? cell.
A. The first pair of chromosomes C. chromosomes line up along the equa-
tor of the cell
B. The second pair of chromosomes
C. The 21st pair of chromosomes and the two new nuclei begin to form.
D. The 23rd pair of chromosomes
572. Which organisms undergo cellular respi-
ration?
567. How many cell cycle checkpoints are
there? A. autotrophs
A. 1 B. heterotrophs
B. 2 C. decomposers
D. all of the above
C. 3
D. 4 573. The phase of mitosis where the nuclear
membrane formsis called .
568. When is apoptosis initiated? A. anaphase
A. When DNA damage is repaired. B. prophase
B. When cells are removed from the cell C. metaphase
cycle. D. telophase
C. When DNA damage cannot be re-
574. After mitosis is complete, the new cells:
paired.
A. are all identical
D. none of above
B. are half identical and half different
569. The structure in the nucleus that is C. are all different
formed from DNA is called a
D. are all stretched out
A. chromosome
575. When DNA is tightly coiled it is called
B. organelle (a):
C. membraneds A. Chromatin
D. ribosome B. Chromosome

3.3 Cell cycle 515
C. Chromatids 581. Which event occurs during interphase

D. Chromosine A. centrioles appear

576. The process of crossing over occurs in B. the cells grow
what phase of meiosis? C. spindle fibers begin to form
A. anaphase 1 D. centromeres divide
B. prophase 1
582. What cell division process do prokaryotic
C. prophase 2 cells go through
D. telophase 1
A. Binary Fission
577. Which of the following describes the pur- B. Binary Fuison
pose of the mitosis cell cycle?
C. DNA replication
A. To make more of the same cells.
D. none of above
B. For growth and repair.
C. To prevent the cell from becoming too 583. During which stage of the cell cycle does
large. the nucleus divide?
D. All of the above. A. interphase
B. mitosis
578. Which of the following phases is not in-
cluded in interphase? C. endocytosis
A. G1 D. cytokinesis
B. S 584. In which stage of the cell cycle does the
C. G2 cell grow in size?
D. M A. G1
579. Place the stages of mitosis in the correct B. S
order. C. G2
A. Prophase, Metaphase, Telophase, D. Mitosis
Anaphase
B. Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, 585. Which of the following is NOT a phase of
Telophase the cell cycle?
C. Prophase, Telophase, Anaphase, A. M phase
Metaphase B. S phase
D. Prophase, Telophase, Metaphase, C. R phase
Anaphase
D. Interphase
580. To function efficiently, a good shape for
a large cell is 586. What type(s) of cells undergo mitosis?
A. A sphere A. sex cells
B. A cylinder B. gametes
C. A cube C. body cells
D. none of above D. sperm and egg cells

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587. What disease is caused by 3 chromo- B. Mitosis

somes on the last pair? C. Interphase
A. Down Syndrome D. none of above
B. Turner’s Syndrome
593. What stage of the cell cycle follows S
C. Klinefelter’s Syndrome phase?
D. Patau Syndrome A. G1
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588. DEFINE:What is replication? B. G2
A. process in which DNA is copied C. M
B. when the nucleus divides D. Cytokinesis
C. a type of photosynthesis 594. When DNA is tightly coiled (during mito-
D. final stage of the cell cycle sis) it is called (a):
589. During what phase of the cell cycle does A. Chromatin

cell division occur? B. Chromosome
A. Interphase C. Chromatids
B. M phase D. Chromosine
C. S phase 595. As a cell grows, it
D. G2 phase A. places more demands on its DNA
590. Which of the following is not a reason B. uses up food and oxygen more quickly
cells divide?
A. The cell gets too big to process and C. has more trouble moving enough ma-
transport nutrients terials across its cell membrane
B. New cells are needed for growth D. all are true
C. DNA cannot be copied quickly enough 596. Eukaryotic cells store their genetic infor-
in large cells mation(DNA) in
D. Surface area-to-volume ratio becomes A. Chromosomes
too large
B. Centromeres
591. During what phase of the cell cycle is DNA C. karyotypes
replicated?
D. Proteins
A. G1 phase
B. S phase 597. What three components make up a nu-
cleotide?
C. G2 phase
A. a deoxyribose, a phosphate, and an en-
D. M phase zyme
592. In eukaryotes, the first step in cell divi- B. a phosphate, an enzyme, and a nitroge-
sion is , and the second step is cytoki- nous base
nesis. C. an enzyme, a deoxyribose, and a ni-
A. Cell Division trogenous base

3.3 Cell cycle 517
D. a phosphate, a deoxyribose, and a ni- 603. If there are 20 chromosomes in the nu-
trogenous base cleus before mitosis, how many will there
be in each new daughter cell after cytoki-

598. The cell membrane splits and 2 new nesis?
daughter cells are formed
A. 10
A. Metaphase
B. 20
B. Anaphase
C. 40
C. Telephase
D. 200
D. Cytokinesis
599. Which processes is most important for 604. Crossing over creates
the replacement of worn out body cells? A. male genotype
A. diffusion B. genetic variation (differences)
B. meiosis C. DNA replication
C. mitosis D. mitosis
D. absorption
605. All living things are composed of cells.
600. The cell cycle is Which action is not accomplished by re-
A. the process of cells circling throughout peated cell division?
the body A. a plant using sunlight to make its own
B. the process of splitting the organelles food
B. a broken bone growing back together
C. a process where one cell gets energy C. a plant developing new leaves
D. the sequence of stages of growth and D. a baby growing into a teenager
division that a cell undergoes
606. What are the four phases of Mitosis
601. DNA replication occurs in what phase of
cell cycle? A. Telephone Phase, Metaphor phase,
Anaphase, Prophase
A. Interphase
B. Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase,
B. Growth phase
Telophase
C. Mitotic phase
C. Telophase, Anaphase, Prephase
D. Synthesis Phase
D. none of above
602. A sub-phase in the interphase wherein
the cell primarily duplicates its DNA via 607. Interphase contains three stages, includ-
semiconservative replication. What phase ing the G1 and G2 stages. Which of the
am I? following occurs during these gap stages?
A. Telophase A. separation of chromosomes
B. S Phase B. cellular growth
C. Prophase C. DNA replication
D. Interphase D. viral transformation

3.3 Cell cycle 518
608. the uncontrolled division of cells that re- C. chromosome

sults in malignant growth
D. protein
A. tissues
B. cancer 614. What takes place during mitosis?
C. mitosis A. Mitosis and cytokinesis

D. anaphase B. Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and
telophase
609. An organism has 50 chromosomes in its
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skin cells. How many chromosomes would C. G1 phase, S phase, G2 phase, and M
its new daughter cells have? phase
A. 50 D. G1 phase, S phase, and G2 phase

B. 25 615. Cells must pass through a critical check-
C. 100 point during which stages of the cell cy-
D. 45 cle?
A. G1
610. DNA normally exists in its long winding
form known as B. G2
A. Chromatin C. M phase
B. Chromosomes D. All of these are correct.
C. Chromatids
616. Cytokinesis in plant cells involves the for-
D. Centrioles mation of-
611. What is the correct term for “cylinder- A. a belt of protein threads
shaped organelles found in animal cells
B. a cell plate
which help to form spindle fibers during
cell division”? C. spindle fibers
A. centriole D. centrioles
B. nucleus
617. Which process produces oxygen?
C. spindle fibers
A. replication
D. cytokinesis
B. cytokinesis
612. What happens during the cell cycle when
C. cellular respiration
a cell becomes cancer?
A. Checkpoints repeat D. photosynthesis
B. Checkpoints don’t function properly 618. Chromatid pairs separate and move to op-
C. Mitosis is repeated posite ends of the cell
D. Cells shrink A. Metaphase
613. Tightly wound DNA is called a B. Telophase

A. chromatin C. Interphase
B. centromere D. Anaphase

3.3 Cell cycle 519
619. During interphase 624. What happens in mitosis during

metaphase?

and DNA attaches to spindle fibers A. Spindle fibers disappear
B. 2 new nuclei form B. Duplicated chromosomes pull apart
alone the metaphase plate
C. 2 new identical cells are created
C. The nuclear membrane disappears
D. DNA gets copied
D. The duplicated chromosomes line up
620. The first stage of the cell cycle during among the metaphase plate in the middle
which the cell matures and prepares to di- of the cell
vide and copies its DNA; The stage the cell
625. The final stage of the cell cycle is called:
stays in the most
A. Interphase
A. interphase
B. mitosis
B. prophase
C. cytokinesis
C. metaphase
D. daughter cells
D. anaphase
626. I am the center of the cell at which the
621. Contains the genetic material and serves chromosomes line up
as the control center of the cell A. poles
A. nuclear membrane B. spindle
B. spindle fibers C. equator
C. nucleus D. centriole
D. telophase 627. Which phase of mitosis is where the chro-
mosomes line up in the middle of the cell?
622. Which checkpoint is correctly described
below? A. Prophase
A. G1:ensure cells are resting B. Metaphase
B. G2:ensures the DNA is copied C. Anaphase

D. Telophase
C. M ensures the cells are the right size
D. none of the above are correct 628. In what phase of mitosis does DNA con-
dense into visible chromosomes?
623. What is apoptosis? A. Prophase
A. Programmed cell death (cell sui- B. Anaphase
cide) to prevent the spread of mu-
C. Telophase
tated/cancerous cells.
D. Metaphase
B. A type of cell division done by most of
your body cells. 629. Which base can only pair up with Cyto-
C. The final separation into two daughter sine?
cells and completion of the cell cycle. A. Adenine
D. Sperm and egg cells. B. Thymine

3.3 Cell cycle 520
C. Guanine 635. Cells of organisms must replicate for

D. all of the above can pair with cytosine what purposes?
A. growth
630. If the S-phase was eliminated from the
cell cycle, the daughter cell would
C. reproduction
A. have half the genetic material found in
the parental cell D. All of the above
B. be genetically identical
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636. What holds the replicated sister chro-
C. be genetically identical to the parent matids together?
cell A. Centromere
D. synthesize the missing genetic mate- B. Centriole
rial on their own
C. Chromosomes
631. When DNA replication is complete, each D. Cycles
set DNA is
637. During which phase does the cell actu-
A. genetically identical ally separate into two individual daughter
B. contains gene splicing cells?
C. is genetically unique and is not like the A. Prophase
parent strand B. Cytokinesis
D. there are 46 new strands of DNA that C. Interphase
are all identical
D. Metaphase
632. Chromosomes are made up of two identi-
638. Which of the following terms means cy-
cal sister
toplasmic division?
A. chloroplasts
A. interphase
B. nuclei
B. mitosis
C. chromatids
C. cytokinesis
D. genes
D. cell cycle
633. Which is NOT a phase of the Cell Cycle? 639. During most of interphase, DNA is found
A. Duplication in a relaxed form called
B. Cytokinesis A. chromosome
C. Mitosis B. centromere
D. Interphase C. centriole
D. chromatin
634. Eukaryotic cells
A. do not divide. 640. If an organism starts with one cell and
this cell has 10 chromosomes how
B. undergo binary fission. many CHROMOSOMES will each new cell
C. undergo mitosis. have after cell division?
D. have cell walls. A. 1

3.3 Cell cycle 521
B. 2 C. centromere
C. 10 D. centriole

D. 20 646. DEFINE:What is cytokinesis
641. These undifferentiated cells can become A. the first stage of the cell cycle
specialized cells after receiving a chemical B. final stage of the cell cycle
signal.
C. stage of the cell cycle during which the
A. stem cells cell’s nucleus divides
B. generic cells D. process in which DNA is copied
C. blank cells
647. Which of the following explains why a
D. empty cells cell’s size is limited?
642. Finish the DNA sequence?TGAACG A. volume increases faster than surface
area
A. TGAAGC
B. surface area increases faster than vol-
B. ACTTGG
ume
C. ACTTGC
C. homeostasis is disrupted by a cell that
D. TCGGG is too large
643. Which of the following shows the correct D. both a and c are correct
order for mitosis
648. In the G2 stage of cell division, .
A. Prophase, telophase, anaphase,
A. the cell prepares all cellular structures
metaphase
for mitosis
B. telophase, metaphase, anaphase,
B. the cell proof-reads the DNA.
prophase
C. the cell makes sure it still has enough
nutrients for the next stages of cell divi-
telophase
sion.
D. prophase, metaphase, telophase,
D. all of the above
anaphase
649. Signals the cell to move on the next
644. What is one goal of cellular differentia- stage
tion/specialization?
A. Centrioles
A. To create specialized cells to help or-
ganism maintain homeostasis. B. Chromatids
B. To many cells. C. Chromosomes
C. To make stem cells D. Cyclins
D. to make single celled organisms 650. What happens in the G2 phase?
645. A chromatid is attached to a spindle fiber A. cell growth

by the B. replication
A. nucleolus C. preparing for mitosis
B. deep furrow D. nothing

3.3 Cell cycle 522
651. The three stages of the cell cycle are , 657. a form of asexual reproduction in which
mitosis, andcytokinesis. one cell divides, forming two identical
A. interphase cells.
B. anaphase A. binary fission
C. metaphase B. conjugation
D. prophase C. decomposer
652. In which phase of mitosis do the sister D. pasteurization
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chromatids line up on the equator of the
cell? 658. During this phase the two copied
A. Prophase genomes get separated properly.
B. Metaphase A. G1 or Growth Phase 1
C. Anaphase B. G2 or Growth Phase 2
D. Telophase C. Mitosis Phase
653. What are the stages of the cell cycle? D. Cytokinesis Phase
A. I, M Phase, and C
659. Students in a science class use a micro-
B. PMAT
scope to look at a collection of onion cells.
C. I and C Which phase will most of the cells the stu-
D. None of these dents observe most likely be undergoing?
654. Which of the following phases is the DNA A. Interphase

in CHROMATIN form? B. Mitosis
A. interphase C. Cytokinesis
B. metaphase
D. Gap 1
C. anaphase
D. none of above 660. The time between cell divisions in the life
cycle of the cell is called
655. The phase of mitosis where the sister
chromatids separate and move to opposite A. anaphase
ends of the cell: B. interphase
A. prophase C. prophase
B. anaphase
D. metaphase
C. telophase
D. metaphase 661. During which state of the cell cycle is DNA
Replicated?
656. The plasma membrane consist of:
A. Interphase
A. One phospholipid bilayer
B. Two phospholipid bilayers B. Prophase
C. Three phosophlipid bilayers C. Anaphase

D. none of above D. Cytokinesis

3.3 Cell cycle 523
662. What pair of chromosomes determine D. time it takes for one cell to undergo mi-
gender in humans? tosis

A. 19th
668. The region of a chromosome where two
B. 21st sister chromatids are held together is
C. 23rd called a
D. 25th A. spindle
B. centromere
663. The first phase of mitosis is called
C. nucleosome
A. telophase
D. centriole
B. prophase
C. anaphase 669. Ensures all of the chromosomes have
been replicated and that the replicated
D. metaphase
DNA is not damaged before cell enters mi-
664. Does the number of chromosomes in mitosis.
tosis change? A. G1 checkpoint
A. Yes B. G2 checkpoint
B. no C. M checkpoint
C. none of these its asexual D. none of above
D. none of above
670. Replication is when
665. Which of these is NOT a source of genetic
A. the cell makes a copy of its DNA in nu-
variation
cleus
A. cytokinesis
B. the cell forms 2 identical cells
B. crossing over
C. the cell produces 2 sets of organelles
C. independent assortment
D. the cell continues to complete the
D. fertilization same function
666. Human eggs and sperm are , and each 671. Which of these cells never divides?
has chromosomes.
A. Skin cell
A. diploid, 23
B. Liver cell
B. diploid, 46
C. Nerve cell
C. haploid, 23
D. Blood cell
D. haploid, 46
672. About what percent of a cell’s life cycle
667. The cell cycle is the
is spent in interphase?
A. series of events that cells go through
A. 50-55%
as they grow and divide
B. 70-75%
B. period of time between birth and death
of a cell C. 80-85%
C. time from prophase until cytokinesis D. 85-90%

3.3 Cell cycle 524
673. this structure produces the spindle fiber C. For growth and repair of injuries.
A. chromatid D. All of the above.
B. chromatin 679. Which of the following represents chro-
C. centromenere mosome # during fertilization?
D. centriol A. n+n=2n
B. n=n
674. In the S stage of interphase
C. 2n=n+n
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A. the cell grows
D. 2n=2n
B. the nucleus divides
680. Cytokinesis is the creation of two identi-
C. the cell membrane divides
cal cells called
D. the DNA is replicated
A. children cells
675. The Chromosome number in a certain fish B. new cells
is 20. How many chromosomes would be C. daughter cells
found in bone cells of this fish?
D. son cells
A. 10
681. In prophase of mitosis, chromosomes
B. 20
A. form and the nuclear envelope disap-
C. 23
pears.
D. 40
B. are pulled toward opposite ends of the
676. the two halves of a chromosome after cell.
DNA has been replicated C. chromosomes line up along the equa-
A. centromeres tor of the cell
B. sister chromatids D. chromosomes begin to decondense

and the two new nuclei begin to form.
C. spindle
682. If a species’ liver cell has 10 chromo-
D. tissues
somes (5 pairs), how many chromosomes
677. DNA is replicated during the stage of does a sperm cell have from the same
Interphase. species?
A. G1 A. 20
B. S B. 10
C. G2 C. 5
D. M D. 40
683. Which phase of the cell cycle is the
678. Which of the following best describes
longest?
why cells divide through the process of mi-
tosis? A. Interphase
A. To prevent cells from becoming too B. Metaphase
large. C. Anaphase
B. To make more of the same cells. D. Telophase

3.3 Cell cycle 525
684. Which best describes DNA during G1? 690. Nondisjunction is related to a number
A. uncondensed and uncopied of serious human disorders. How does
nondisjunction cause these disorders?

B. uncondensed and copied
A. alters the number of zygotes
C. condensed and uncopied
B. alters the chromosome structure
D. condensed and copied
C. alters the number of gametes
685. What is the longest phase of The Cell Cy-
cle? D. alters the number of chromosomes
A. prophase 691. The following describes during mito-

B. interphase sis. The chromatin condenses and spindle
fibers form at each side of the cell. The
C. metaphase chromosomes begin to form and nuclear
D. mitosis membrane disappears.
686. A human usually has chromosomes in A. prophase
each somatic cell. B. anaphase
A. 6 C. metaphase
B. 22 D. telophase
C. 4
692. Diploid Cells are represented by
D. 46
A. 2n
687. Ultraviolet light can prevent the cell cycle
from occurring properly. Which of these B. n
phases will it affect the most? C. 4n
A. Mitosis D. 1/2 n
B. Synthesis
693. A 2n cell of a bat has 44 chromosomes,
C. Gap 1 how many chromosomes will you find in
D. Gap 2 one of his gametes
688. Which of the following is correct? A. 23
A. S phase, cell division B. 22

B. M phase, cell growth C. 44
C. G1 phase, DNA replication D. 88
D. G2 phase, preparation for division 694. What takes place during M phase?
689. Mitosis makes sure that all daughter cells A. Mitosis and cytokinesis
are
B. Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and
A. genetically identical, diploid telophase
B. genetically identical, haploid C. G1 phase, S phase, G2 phase, and M
C. genetically diverse, diploid phase
D. genetically diverse, haploid D. G1 phase, S phase, and G2 phase

3.3 Cell cycle 526
695. The process by which a cell divides into 701. Why must cells of an organism repli-
two daughter cells is called cate?
A. cell division A. growth
B. metaphase B. repair of damaged cells
C. interphase
D. G1
D. All of the above
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696. the form of a chromosome that looks like
an “X” when going through cell division. 702. The stage of mitosis in which chromatids
A. duplicated chromosome are replicated, spindle fibers begin to form,
and the nuclear membrane disintegrates
B. chromatin
A. metaphase
C. chromatid
D. none of above B. prophase
697. Which stage of the cell cycle usually lasts C. telophase

the longest? D. anaphase
A. prophase
703. Put the following in order:(Growth Phase
B. cytokenesis
2 or G2, Growth Phase 1 or G1, Mitosis,
C. interphase S-Phase, Cytokinesis
D. telophase A. G1, G2, S, Mitosis, cytokinesis
698. the stage in the cell cycle where cells B. G1, S, G2, Mitosis, cytokinesis
spend the majority of their lifetime.
C. G1, G2, S, cytokinesis, mitosis
A. mitosis
D. G1, S, G2, cytokinesis, mitosis
B. meoisis
C. interphase 704. Why do organisms use the cell cycle?
D. anaphase A. to grow
699. A human body cell usually has how many B. to make sugar
chromosomes?
C. to get energy
A. 6
B. 22 D. to make unique cells
C. 4 705. I am the phase of the cell cycle (not a mi-

D. 46 tosis phase) during which the DNA makes
a copy of itself
700. the splitting of one cell into two.
A. Prophase
A. cytokinesis
B. mitosis B. Metaphase
C. meiosis C. Anaphase
D. telekinesis D. Interphase

3.3 Cell cycle 527
706. The following describes during mito- 711. are mechanisms involving proteins
sis. The chromosomes line up along the and enzymes that regulate or control the
center of the cell and the spindle fibers cell cycle

attach to each chromosome at the cen- A. Cycles
tromere.
B. Synapses
A. prophase
C. Check Points
B. metaphase
D. Spindles
C. anaphase
712. Which process produces the most varia-
D. telophase
tion within a species?
707. If a parent cell has 23 chromosomes, how A. Asexual reproduction
many chromosomes will each new daugh- B. Binary fission
ter cell have after it divides?
C. Mitosis
A. 46 chromosomes
D. Sexual reproduction
B. 26 chromosomes
C. 43 chromosomes 713. The longest phase of mitosis. Chromo-
somes condense and become visible Spin-
D. 23 chromosomes dles form go help separate chromosomes.
Nucleolus disappears and the nuclear enve-
708. How do bacteria reproduce?
lope breaks down.
A. Sexual Reproduction
A. Prophase
B. Division
B. Metaphase
C. Binary Fission
C. Anaphase
D. Pollination
D. Telophase
709. Put the following stages of the cell cycle 714. What is the correct order of the 4 phases
in order:G2, S, G1, M. of mitosis?
A. G1, S, G2, M A. Telophase, Anaphase, Metaphase,
B. S, G1, G2, M Prophase
C. G1, M, G2, S B. Prophase, Anaphase, Metaphase,
D. M, G1, S, G2 Telophase
C. Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase,
710. The correct order for the parts of mitosis Telophase
are
D. Interphase, Prophase, Metaphase,
A. prophase, interphase, metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase, Cytokinesis
anaphase
715. The cell will spend 90% of its life during
B. telophase, anaphase, metaphase,
this stage.
prophase
A. Metaphase
C. interphase, prophase, metaphase,
telophase B. Cytokinesis
D. prophase, metaphase, anaphase, C. Interphase
telophase D. Mitosis

3.3 Cell cycle 528
716. A sub-phase in the interphase of the cell 721. In human beings, which factor determines
cycle wherein the cell continues to grow the sex of an individual?
and then prepares for cell division. What A. Number of chromosomes
phase am I?
B. Presence of Y chromosome
A. Anaphase
C. Pairing with the X chromosome
B. Metaphase
D. Formation of genetically identical cells
C. G1 Phase
722. Sister chromatids separate and move
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D. G2 Phase
apart along the spindle fibers. Each chro-
717. Cancerous cell can often develop a large matid is now one individual chromosome.
mass of cells called a tumor. The tumor is A. Prophase
the result of-
B. Metaphase
A. A group of dead and dying cells.
C. Anaphase
B. Inability of the immune system to kill
D. Telophase
pathogens.
C. Uncontrolled cell division. 723. A substance capable of causing cancer is
called a
D. Viral infections.
A. Radiation
718. What is the process of cell division that
B. Genome
forms two nuclei?
C. Carcinogen
A. homologous chromosomes
D. Spindle Fiber
B. mitosis
C. cell cycle 724. What is benign?
D. chromosomes A. A substance capable of causing cancer
in living tissue.
719. What are the different checkpoints in or-
B. Is a cancerous tumor.
der?
C. Is a non-cancerous tumor.
A. M checkpoint, G2 checkpoint, and G1
checkpoint D. A substance that is not capable of caus-
ing cancer.
B. G1 checkpoint, S checkpoint, G2 check-
point, and M checkpoint 725. The cell spends most of its time in (in be-
C. G1 checkpoint and G2 checkpoint tween) which phase?
D. G1 checkpoint, G2 checkpoint, and M A. anaphase
checkpoint B. interphase
720. Which is true in both mitosis and meio- C. prophase
sis? D. metaphase
A. Production of haploid cells 726. During this phase, chromosomes meet
B. Division of two cells into four and line up in the middle of the cell:
C. Cytokinesis after nuclear division A. prophase
D. Formation of genetically identical cells B. anaphase

3.3 Cell cycle 529
C. metaphase A. Anaphase
D. telophase B. Metaphase

727. How many stages are in mitosis only? C. Telophase
A. 1 D. Prophase
B. 2 733. When does the following take place:the

C. 3 cytoplasm is cut, producing two new
daughter cells.
D. 4
A. Cytokinesis
728. During which phase in the cell cycle do the B. Prophase
number of cells increase?
C. Anaphase
A. Interphase
D. Metaphase
B. Mitosis
C. Synthesis 734. Chromosomes that have corresponding
traits from the opposite sex parent are
D. Metaphase called:
729. What forms during prophase and later at- A. Heterogeneous chromosomes
tach and move chromosomes? B. homologous chromosomes
A. Chromatid C. Mother and Father chromosomes
B. Nuclei D. Grandmother and grandfather chromo-
C. Nucleolus somes
D. Spindles 735. What is a genome?
730. Apoptosis can’t kill which of the follow- A. A pair of two daughter cells.
ing? B. The genetic material of an organism.
A. Cell infected with viruses It consists of DNA.
B. Cell with DNA damage C. A pair of two sister chromatids.
C. Cancer cells D. The cytoskeletal structure of eukary-
D. Immune cells otic cells that forms during cell division
to separate sister chromatids between
731. What does a cell make during the synthe- daughter cells.
sis stage of the cell cycle?
736. The cells produced via meiosis are called:
A. more organelles
A. gametes
B. a copy of DNA
B. somatic cells
C. daughter cells
C. body cells
D. more surface area
D. skin cells
732. When does the following take
place:Spindle fibers shorten, pulling the 737. In which stage of the cell cycle do the nu-
chromosomes apart so that chromatids cleus and its contents divide?
travel to the opposite poles. A. synthesis

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B. gap 1 743. G1 phase, S phase, and G2 phaseare all

C. mitosis parts of
D. gap 2 A. prophase
B. telophase
738. At the end of the mitotic cell cycle, a cell
divides into two cells. What must happen C. interpahse
before the cell divides? D. anaphase
A. the number of organelles triples 744. The absorption of nutrients is determined
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B. chromosomes must be copied by
C. four nuclei must be formed A. The cell’s volume
D. the membrane thickens B. The cell’s surface area
739. Which term refers to the sequence of C. The cell’s ribosomes

events that cells go through as they grow D. The cell’s DNA
and divide?
745. Which phase of mitosis do chromosomes
A. active transport pull apart to opposite ends?
B. cell cycle A. metaphase
C. protein synthesis B. anaphase
D. cellular respiration C. interphase
740. The end of meiosis results in to each D. telophase
other.
746. The phase of the cell cycle in which the
A. 2 cells that are identical cell grows rapidly and performs many
B. 4 cells that are identical metabolic processes
C. 2 cells that are not identical A. Interphase
D. 4 cells that are not identical B. Growth Phase 1
741. Two new cells after cytokinesis are C. Growth phase 2

called D. none of above
A. Clones 747. DEFINE:What is interphase?
B. Daughter cells A. regular sequence of growth and divi-
C. sister chromatids sion that cells undergo
D. sex cells B. first stage of the cell cycle
742. In which stage of the cell cycle is protein C. process in which DNA is copied
and organelle synthesis. The cell prepares D. doubled rod of condensed chromatin
for mitosis.
748. The chromosomes align in the middle of
A. G1 the cell during which stage of the cell cy-
B. G2 cle?
C. S A. Anaphase
D. Cytokinesis B. Metaphase

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C. Interphase 754. Checks damage to DNA and other exter-

nal factors are evaluated.
D. Telophase
A. G1 checkpoint

749. During what phase of the cell cycle does B. G2 checkpoint
the cell first (1st) grow?
C. M checkpoint
A. G1 phase D. none of above
B. S phase
755. Chromosome movement in mitosis and
C. M phase meiosis is regulated by
D. Cytokinesis A. microtubules
B. microfilaments
750. Cells grow bigger Continue to make pro-
teins Energy is replenished Stops at G2 C. intermediate filaments
checkpoint D. All of thiese
A. G1 756. What happens during the S phase?
B. S phase A. A checkpoint over the connection of
the spindle fibers
C. G2
B. The cell grows
D. none of above
C. DNA is replicated
751. During which stage of interphase does D. The cell enters the G0 phase
the cell replicate its DNA?
757. During this cell cycle checkpoint the cell
A. G! checks that it has grown big enough to di-
B. S vide again.
A. G1 or Growth Phase 1
C. G2
B. G2 or Growth Phase 2
D. All 3 stages
C. Mitosis Phase
752. Which of these lists presents the stages D. Cytokinesis
of the cell cycle in the correct order?
758. A male shark has 40 chromosomes in
A. interphase, mitosis, cytokinesis each of its sex cells. How many would be
B. cytokinesis, mitosis, interphase present in its body cells?
A. 20
C. mitosis, interphase, cytokinesis
B. 40
D. interphase, cytokinesis, mitosis
C. 80
753. What is the longest stage of the cell cy- D. 160
cle?
759. Mitosis creates
A. Interphase
A. egg cells
B. Mitosis B. sperm cells
C. Cytokinesis C. somatic cells
D. Prophase D. gametes

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760. Cancer tumors result from 766. A cell that does not divide will enter
A. rapid cell division and an accumulation phase.
of mutations A. G1
B. rapid DNA replication and apoptosis B. Interphase
C. slow cell division and angiogenesis
C. S
D. Short G1 Phase and long S-Phase
D. G0
761. What does NOT happen during inter-
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phase? 767. Chromatin refers to DNA that is
A. growth A. old and needs to be dissolved.
B. DNA replication B. completely unwound and ready for
C. obtaining nutrients replication.
D. cell divison C. tightly bound into chromosome-like
762. Which of the following phrases best de- structures.
scribes cytokinesis? D. relaxed like a bowl of spaghetti.
A. division of the cytoplasm
768. What happens in cytokinesis?
B. division of the nucleus
C. division of DNA A. The cell fully splits into two cells
D. division of surface area B. The cell digests its extra DNA
763. Which is less likely to be a function of mi- C. The cell prepares for mitosis
tosis? D. There are eight important checkpoints
A. Organism growth there
B. Body tissue repair
769. Which is the longest stage of the cell cy-
C. Gamete development cle?
D. Asexual reproduction A. G1
764. Which of the following best describes B. S
apoptosis?
C. Mitosis
A. Programmed cell death.
D. Cytokinesis
B. Nucleic division.
C. Uncontrolled cell growth. 770. During what stage of the cell cycle would
D. none of above you expect to have the lowest amount
of cellular growth and synthesis taking
765. Before a cell can proceed to mitosis from place?
the gap 2 stage of the cell cycle, it must-
A. G2 Phase
A. double in size
B. complete a full cell cycle B. Mitosis
C. undergo cytokinesis C. G1 Phase

D. pass a critical checkpoint D. S Phase

3.3 Cell cycle 533
771. The cell carries out normal functions dur- B. are pulled toward opposite ends of the
ing.. cell.

A. interphase C. chromosomes line up along the equa-
tor of the cell
B. cytokinesis
C. mitosis
and the two new nuclei begin to form.
D. none of above
777. What does G1 stand for?
772. If a somatic (body) cell in a butterfly A. First growth phase
contains 24 chromosomes, a butterfly egg
would contain B. Ground phase
A. 3 C. Regrowth phase
B. 6 D. none of above
C. 12 778. What is malignant?

D. 24 A. A substance capable of causing cancer
in living tissue.
773. The sequence of stages of growth and di-
B. Is a cancerous tumor.
vision that a cell undergoes is called
C. Is a non-cancerous tumor.
A. cell
D. A substance that is not capable of caus-
B. cytoplasm ing cancer.
C. cell cycle
779. During interphase, what happens during
D. mitosis the S phase?
774. The condensation of chromatin into chro- A. The cell grows
mosomes is a characteristic of which phase B. The cell splits in two
of mitosis?
C. DNA replicates (makes a copy)
A. Metaphase
D. none of above
B. Anaphase
780. programmed cell death =
C. Telophase
A. apoptosis
D. Prophase
B. cancer
775. The process by which the nuclear material C. spindle
is divided equally between two new cells
D. cytokinesis
A. mitosis
781. During what phase of the cell cycle does
B. cancer
the cell divide the copied DNA into two sep-
C. spindle arate copies?
D. centromere A. Cytokinesis
776. In anaphase of mitosis, chromosomes B. Mitosis phase
A. form and the nuclear envelope disap- C. S phase

pears. D. G2 phase

3.3 Cell cycle 534
782. Cancer is a disorder in which some cells 788. Before DNA can be replicated, the DNA
have lost the ability to control their must separate
A. size A. between the phosphate groups
B. spindle fibers
B. behind the deoxyribose sugars
C. growth rate
C. from the sugar-phosphate backbone
D. surface
D. between the nitrogen bases
783. Two identical copies of a chromosome is
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A. centromere 789. As a cell increases in size, the surface
B. centrosome area to volume ratio
C. chromatid A. increases
D. chromosome B. decreases
784. Chromatids are held together by a C. stays the same
A. spindle fiber D. none of above
B. centromere
790. Match the definition with the word. A re-
C. cell plate
peating series of events that describes the
D. centriole life of a cell.
785. Which of the following describes the pur- A. Cell division
pose of the mitotic cell division?
B. Cell cycle
A. To make more of the same cells.
C. Cell growth
C. To prevent the cell from becoming too D. none of above
large.
791. During which phase of the cell cycle are
D. All of the above.
the chromosomes lined up in the middle of
786. During which phase of mitosis does cy- the cell?
tokinesis begin?
A. metaphase
A. prophase
B. prophase
B. metaphase
C. telophase
C. anaphase
D. telophase D. allophase
787. Which phase of mitosis are the sister 792. Prophase occurs in which phase of the cell
chromatids pulled apart to opposite ends cycle?
of the cell?
A. M phase
A. Prophase
B. S phase
B. Metaphase
C. Anaphase C. G0
D. Telophase D. Interphase

3.3 Cell cycle 535
793. What does DNA polymerase do during C. the cytoplasm must be separated
replication? D. the cell membrane must be split

A. binds nucleotides together and cor-
rects base pair errors 798. What could result if cells fail to recognize
the chemicals that regulate the cell cycle?
B. transmits messages that are trans-
lated into proteins A. The cell cycle could become disrupted.
C. attracts amino acids to the ribosomes

for assembly B. The DNA will continue to regulate cell
division.
D. recognizes and points out new origins
C. Mitosis will carry on at normal rates.
of replication
D. All cells will enter and stay in S phase.
794. What happens during S phase?
799. Interphase is the phase of the cell cycle
A. The cell grows by producing more pro-
that includes which of the following stages
teins and organelles.
B. DNA replication occurs.
A. Growth 1, anaphase, and synthesis
C. The cell grows and prepares for cell
B. Growth 1, synthesis, and growth 2
division with the appearance of centro-
somes. C. Growth 1, cytokinesis, and mitosis
D. Mitosis and cytokinesis occurs. D. Growth 1, synthesis, and mitosis
795. Which phase of the cell cycle ensures that 800. Mitosis is the stage of the cell cycle dur-
identical copies the parent cell DNA are ing which
made for the daughter cells? A. the cell’s nucleus divides into two new
A. G1 nuclei
B. Mitosis B. the cell’s DNA is replicated
C. G2 C. the cell divides into two new cells
D. S phase D. the cell’s cytoplasm divides
801. Begins after G1 checkpoint New DNA is

796. Each of the two threadlike strands in a
replicated Two DNA copies are made
chromosome
A. G1
A. Chromatid
B. S phase
B. Diploid
C. G2
C. Haploid
D. none of above
D. Sperm
802. Which phase of the interphase does DNA
797. Which of these must occur during the S replicate or make a copy of itself?
phase of the cell cycle so that two daugh-
ter cells can be produced during the Mitosis A. G1 phase
phase? B. S phase
A. the DNA must be replicated C. G2 phase
B. the chromosomes must be joined D. none of above

3.3 Cell cycle 536
803. Meiosis is the C. Sperm

A. nuclear division of gametes D. Egg
B. nuclear division of body cells 809. Among the following, the term that in-
C. division of body cells cludes the others is
D. division of sex cells A. interphase
804. What are the three phases of inter- B. nuclear division
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phase? C. mitosis
A. G3, S, G5 D. cell cycle
B. G1, S, G2
810. Which of the following represents the cor-
C. DNA replication, Chromosome separa- rect order of mitosis using only the first
tion, Cytokinesis letter of each word?
D. none of above A. PMAT
805. I am the first stage of mitosis during B. MAPT
which the nuclear envelope and nucleolus C. TAMP
disappear (nucleus disappears)
D. PAMT
A. interphase
811. the phase in mitosis where chromosomes
B. prophase
split and are pulled by spindles toward op-
C. metaphase posite sides of the cell.
D. anaphase A. prophase
806. What is the role of spindle fibers during B. anaphase
mitosis? C. metaphase
A. separate chromosomes D. telephase
B. breaks down nuclear membrane
812. This Check Point checks cell size, nutrient
C. duplicates DNA availability, growth factors and DNA dam-
D. divides the cell in half age.
A. G2
807. Which statement is true about the cell cy-
cle? B. S
A. It requires carbon dioxide C. M
B. Eukaryotes do it D. G1
C. It is only for epidermal cells 813. What is the first stage of the cell cycle
D. none of above called?
808. A cell with two of each kind of chromo- A. Interphase

some B. Mitosis
A. Diploid C. Cytokinesis
B. Haploid D. Prophase

3.3 Cell cycle 537
814. What occurs during interphase? C. cytokinesis

A. Two cells are formed D. DNA

B. The nucleus disappears 820. DNA coils into chromosomes during which
C. Chromosomes line up in the middle of phase of mitosis?
the cell A. prophase
D. DNA synthesized and cell grows
B. metaphase
815. The process of mitosis usually involves? C. anaphase
A. chromosome duplication and synapsis D. telophase
821. Cells that rarely divide will spend most

B. DNA replication and seperation of
of their time in what particular phase of
chromatids
the cell cycle?
C. tetrad formation and fertilization
A. Go
D. reduction in chromosomes number
B. G1
and format
C. G2
816. What kinds of molecules make up the
D. S
rungs of the DNA molecule?
A. sugars 822. During interphase, a cell grows, dupli-
cates organelles, and
B. nitrogen bases
A. copies DNA
C. starches
B. divides the nucleus
D. phosphates
C. divides the cytoplasm
817. the relaxed phase of chromosomes (looks
like a ball of yarn) D. produces a new cell
A. chromatin 823. Which part of the cell cycle does the cyto-
B. chromosomes plasm pinch off and a new daughter cell is
formed that is identical to the parent cell.
C. chromatid
A. Interphase
D. none of above
B. Mitosis
818. “Cyto” in cytokinesis means C. Cytokinesis
A. Cell D. none of above
B. Breaking
824. Which of the following processes would a
C. Lipid scientist trying to treat patients with can-
D. Two cer most likely target?
819. Pairs of similar chromosomes are called A. The cell cycle of the patient.
B. Homeostasis in the organism.
A. chromosomes C. Meiosis in the sex organs.
B. homologous chromosomes D. Rate of cellular respiration.

3.3 Cell cycle 538
825. is defined as division of the nucleus. D. none of above

A. cell cycle 831. Which of these is a risk factor for devel-
B. interphase oping cancer?
C. mitosis A. growing older
D. cytokinesis B. genetic inheritance
826. How many chromosomes do human so- C. exposure to carcinogens (toxins that
matic cells (body cells) have? can damage DNA)
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A. 23 D. all of the above
B. 48 832. What happens in prophase of mitosis?
C. 46 A. The chromosomes become visible; nu-
D. 92 cleus disappear; spindles form
B. The chromosomes align in the middle
827. DEFINE:What is mitosis of the cell
A. stage of the cell cycle during which the C. The sister chromatids separate
cell’s nucleus divides
D. The chromosomes uncoil into chro-
B. first stage of the cell cycle matin; nucleus reappears; spindles disap-
C. the process of replication pear
D. the final stage of the cell cycle 833. What macromolecule group does DNA be-
828. What is the first checkpoint of the cell cy- long to?
cle? A. carbohydrates
A. Mitosis checkpoint B. lipids
B. G1 checkpoint C. nucleic acids
C. G2 checkpoint D. proteins
D. none of above 834. the phase in mitosis where chromosomes
829. Asexual reproduction will result in line up in the middle of the cell
A. Identical offspring to the parent A. prophase
B. Twins B. metaphase
C. Meiosis C. anaphase
D. Non-identical offspring to the parent D. telephase
830. The correct order of prokaryotic cell divi- 835. If the diploid number of chromosomes
sion is: of a dog is 92, how many chromosomes
would be in each gamete at the end of
A. DNA replication→Chromosome meiosis?
separation→Growth
A. 39 chromosomes
B. Growth→Cytokinesis→DNA replica-
tion B. 46 chromosomes
C. DNA replication→Chromosome C. 78 chromosomes
separation→Cytokinesis D. 184 chromosomes

3.3 Cell cycle 539
836. is a critical point where stop and go B. cell plate

signals can regulate the cycle
C. equator

A. Metastasis
D. spindle
B. Checkpoint
C. Malignant 842. The holds the replicated sister chro-
matids together.
D. Benign
A. centriole
837. Stage in which the cells nuclear material
B. chromosomes
divides and seperates
C. centromere
A. G1
B. Synthesis D. cycles
C. G2 843. A cell produces more cells by first copying

D. Mitosis its
A. centioles
838. A haploid cell of a tiger has 19 chromo-
somes, how many chromosomes will you B. DNA
find in one of his gametes
C. chromatids
A. 38
D. cell membranes
B. 19
C. 9 844. During which process is the cytoplasm di-
vided into two new cells?
D. Cannot be determined
A. Interphase
839. Cell division that results in four geneti-
B. Mitosis
cally different haploid cells. Used to pro-
duce gametes in sexual reproducing organ- C. Cytokinesis
isms D. DNA Replication
A. Mitosis
845. During which stage of interphase does
B. Meiosis
the cell prepare for division?
C. Diploid
A. G1
D. Haploid
B. S
840. Responsible for making sure that the cell
C. G2
is ready to divide
D. All 3 stages
A. G1 checkpoint
B. G2 checkpoint 846. What happens during the S-phase of the
C. M checkpoint cell cycle?
D. G0 checkpoint A. a cell doubles in size

B. chromosomes form
841. By making one of me, plant cells complete
cytokinesis C. DNA replicates
A. cleavage furrow D. none of above

3.3 Cell cycle 540
847. Match the definition to the word. An ab- C. nucleus

normal mass of cells. D. chloroplasts
A. Tumor
853. If one strand of DNA has the sequence
B. Big cells
GCCATT, what would you expect to be the
C. Growth of cells sequence on the opposite strand?
D. none of above A. GCCATT
848. During what phase of the cell cycle does
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B. CGGTAA
the cell prepare for mitosis?
C. TTACCG
A. G1 phase
D. AATGGC
B. S phase
C. G2 phase 854. The cells produced by the process of meio-
sis are called:
D. M phase
A. gametes
849. The purpose of meiosis is to form
B. somatic cells
cells.
C. body cells
A. body
B. sex D. skin cells
C. somatic 855. Which of the following is NOT a reason

D. brain for a cell to divide?
A. Growth
850. During cytokinesis
A. DNA lines up in the middle of the cell B. Repair
and DNA attaches to spindle fibers C. Cloning
B. Cell membrane pinches to make 2 new D. Reproduction
identical daughter cells
856. During which stage of the cell cycle does
C. Each DNA gets pull to the opposite
DNA replication occur?
sides of the cell
D. 2 new nuclei form A. telophase
B. interphase
851. How is meiosis different from mitosis?
C. metophase
A. Mitosis is asexual and meiosis is not,
D. photosynthesis
B. Mitosis occurs in all cells except sex
cells 857. Why is the Cell Cycle often represented
C. Mitosis has 1 PMAT phase and Meiosis as a circle?
has 2 PMAT Phases
A. Because it is easy to draw
D. All choices are correct.
B. Because cell cycles has a distinct be-
852. Our DNA is located in the of our cells. ginning and end point
A. mitochondria C. to highlight the checkpoints
B. cytoplasm D. to show that it repeats over and over

3.3 Cell cycle 541
858. During which phase of mitosis do the B. Metaphase

chromosomes line up along the middle of
C. Anaphase
the cell?

D. Telophase
A. prophase
B. telophase 864. Humans have pairs of chromosomes.
C. metaphase A. 21
D. anaphase B. 23
859. The process of where one cell becomes C. 46
two cells, is called D. None of the above
A. photosynthesis
865. When cells go through mitosis repeatedly
B. cellular respiration
without entering interphase, this results
C. anaphase
A. arthritis
D. the cell cycle
B. cancer
860. The final part of the cell cycle and actually
C. mutation
contains two separate processes:Mitosis
and Cytokinesis D. diabetes
A. Cell Cycle 866. What part of the cell cycle is responsible
B. Cell Division for replacing old cells?
C. Mitosis A. Mitosis
D. Cyclin B. Meiosis
861. How many daughter cells are produced in C. Prophase
mitosis? D. Interphase
A. 4 new cells
867. What is it called when a cell goes through
B. 2 new cells
“programmed cell death”?
C. One new cell
A. metastasis
D. none of these
B. apoptosis
862. Programmed cell death is known as
C. totipotent
A. Apoptosis
D. multipotent
B. Oncogene
C. Proto-oncogene 868. Cancer that has the ability to spread
D. Tumor suppressor gene A. somatic

B. benign
863. During what stage are sister chromatids
separated and move to opposite poles? C. malignant
A. Prophase D. diploid

3.4 cell division 542
3.4 cell division

1. What type of cell is produced following 6. What are the two main stages of cell divi-
meiosis? sion?
A. gamete cell A. interphase and mitosis
B. somatic cell B. cytokinesis and mitosis
C. diploid cell C. cytokinesis and synthesis
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D. nerve cell D. the M phase and the S phase
7. Each duplicated chromosome has two

2. Phase where the cytoplasm splits into two
each containing identical DNA molecules
separate cells?
A. daughter cells
A. Cytokinesis
B. Telophase
C. homologous chromosomes
C. Interphase
D. none of above
D. Metaphase
8. What type of cells are gametes?
3. During which phase does the nuclear mem-
A. sex cells
brane disappears, centrosomes disappear,
and the spindle apparatus forms? B. body cells
A. interphase C. cancer cells
B. prophase D. stem cells
C. metaphase 9. Later in cell division, the two sister chro-

matids of each duplicated chromosome sep-
D. anaphase
arate and move into two new
4. These are the same size and have the same A. nuclei
genes at the same locations, but are not B. cytoplasms
identical.
C. they don’t move
A. Homologous chromosomes
D. none of above
B. Homozygous chromosomes
10. Chromosomes line up in the middle of the
C. Sister chromatids
cell
D. Analogous chromosomes
A. prophase
5. During which phase in the cell cycle does B. metaphase
the cell copy its DNA? C. anaphase
A. G1 phase D. telophase
B. S phase
11. In , a cell goes through two cell divi-
C. G2 phase sions and produces 4 daughter cells.
D. M phase A. meiosis

B. mitosis 17. If the “2n “ number is 10, how many chro-

C. interphase mosomes do gametes have?

D. prophase A. 10
B. 5
12. Cell division with mitosis results in all of
C. 20
the following EXCEPT?
D. 15
A. growth
B. repair damaged cells 18. Where is DNA located in the cell?
C. replace damaged cells A. golgi body
D. dead cells B. lysosomes
C. Nucleus
13. Which of the following events may lead to
genetic variation in living organisms? D. Mitochondria
A. Prophase I, metaphase I & anaphase I 19. During which phase do chromosomes un-
coil, nuclear envolope forms, and spindle
B. Propase I, prohase II & metaphase I fibers dissolve?
C. Prophase I, metaphase I & fertilisa- A. prophase
tion B. metaphase
D. Metaphase I, anaphase I & fertilisa- C. anaphase
tion D. telophase
14. The structure that holds together sister 20. A cell spends most of its life in
chromatids is called
A. Anaphase
A. centriole
B. Interphase
B. centromere
C. Metaphase
C. spindle fibers
D. Prophase
D. chromosome
21. What happens when cancer occurs?
15. In what phase is DNA replicated?
A. control of the cell cycle becomes im-
A. G1 paired
B. S-Phase B. apoptosis
C. G2 C. cells get stuck in G1
D. Cytokinesis D. cells cannot divide
16. The uncontrolled division of cells can cause 22. In which phase of the cell cycle does the
replication of DNA occurs?
A. meiosis A. G1 phase
B. cancer B. S phase
C. nondisjunction C. G2 phase
D. crossing over D. M phase

23. What phase are cells in the longest? 28. Eukaryotic chromomes are made up of
A. Interphase A. centromeres
B. Metaphase B. chromatin
C. Anaphase C. chromatids
D. Telophase D. centrioles
24. Tell whether the given event in cell division 29. What is metastasis?
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happens during Mitosis only, Meiosis only, A. The original site of cancer growth, be-
or Both.Formation of two daughter cells nign, not harmful
A. Mitosis B. The movement of cancerous cells form
B. Meiosis the original site
C. Both C. The growth of tumors at new sites af-

ter metastasis, harmful
D. none of above
D. none of above
25. Which of the following DOESN’T increase
30. What is the stage of cell cycle where
genetic variation?
the cell starts to grow and the growth
A. Sexual Reproduction is mostly attributed to the doubling of
B. Mitosis water content, the organelles, and other
biomolecules?
C. Meiosis
A. G2 phase
D. Independent Assortment
B. G1 phase
26. DNA replication is needed for C. Synthesis Phase
A. mitosis only D. G0 phase
B. meiosis
31. The process by which a nucleus divides to
C. mitosis & meiosis form two identical nuclei is known as
D. either mitosis or meiosis depending on A. Cell division
the type of cell. B. Cytokinesis
27. Which of the following best describes can- C. Mitosis
cer? D. Cancer
A. absence of cyclins in the DNA
32. The phase of mitosis where by spindle
B. Multiple gene mutations on a chromo- fibers pull chromosomes to opposite ends
some of DNA of the cell
C. Uncontrolled cell growth caused by A. prophase
mutations in genes that control the cell cy-
cle. B. metaphase
C. anaphase
D. Presence of genetic defects caused by
hereditary disorders. D. telophase

33. An advantage of sexual reproduction over 38. The diploid number of chromosomes of a
asexual reproduction is that sexual repro- dog is 28. During Meiosis I, one of the ho-
duction mologous chromosome pairs does not sep-

arate. How many chromosomes are there
A. takes less time
in one of the gametes?
B. requires more time
A. 13
C. provides genetic diversity B. 14
D. produces identical offspring C. 27
34. Where do sister chromatids attach for lin- D. 28
ing up?
39. In what stage does the cytoplasm divide?
A. Centrioles
A. Interphase
B. centromeres
B. Prophase
C. chromosomes C. Metaphase
D. nuclear envolope D. Cytokinesis
35. Last phase of mitosis in which the spindle 40. Tell whether the given event in cell division
fibers break down, chromosomes unwind happens during Mitosis only, Meiosis only,
and the nuclear membrane begins to form or Both.Two consecutive nuclear division
around each of the two sets of chromatids
A. Mitosis
A. prophase
B. Meiosis
B. metaphase C. Both
C. anaphase D. none of above
D. telo phase
41. Which of the following cannot be at-
36. Sperm and egg combine to make a diploid tributed to Metaphase?
which grows up through A. Chromosomes arrange themselves
A. zygote; mitosis along the equator
B. Spindle fibers get attached to the cen-
B. zygote; meiosis
tromeres
C. haploid; mitosis
C. Spindle fibers get attached to the nu-
D. chromosome; zygote cleosome
D. none of above
37. During which stage of cell division is the
cytoplasm divided resulting in 2 identical 42. Which stage of mitosis is the middle
cells? phase?
A. Interphase A. Prophase
B. Anaphase B. Metaphase
C. Telophase C. Interphase
D. Cytokinesis D. Anaphase

43. Which of the following is NOT a part of C. proteins

mitosis? D. all of the above
A. prophase
49. The nuclear membrane dissolves during
B. anaphase A. Prophase
C. metaphase B. Metaphase
D. interphase C. Anaphase
D. Telophase
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44. From which organelle does the spindle
fibers come from? 50. During interphase,
A. Endoplasmic Reticulum A. the cell divides into 2 unique daughter
B. Nucleus cells.
C. Cytoplasm B. the cell’s chromosomes are duplicated.
D. Centriole
C. the cell’s chromosomes condense into
45. The cellular process in which materials are chromatids.
moved across a membrane from an area of D. the cell divides into 2 identical daugh-
low concentration to an area of high con- ter cells.
centration is called
51. What process occurs in BOTH mitosis and
A. osmosis.
meiosis
B. simple diffusion. A. crossovers in prophase I
C. active transport. B. separation of sister chromatids
D. passive transport. C. anaphase II
46. the 2 rod-like parts that make up a chro- D. division of two genetically identical nu-
mosome are called clei
A. chromatids 52. In humans, the 4 daughter cells of meiosis
contain
B. spindle fiber
A. 46 chromosomes
C. centriole
B. 23 chromosomes
D. cell division
C. 92 chromosomes
47. cells are made D. No chromosomes
A. Mitosis
53. The kinases that drive the cell cycle are ac-
B. Meiosis tually present at a constant concentration
C. Binary Fission in a growing cell, but much of the time they
are inactive. To be active, kinases must be
D. Exocytosis attached to a
48. In the G2 stage of cell division, are A. centromere
made. B. centrosome
A. organelles C. chromosome
B. structures for cell division D. cyclin

54. Which of these organisms relies on mitosis 59. Which of the following processes is NOT
for reproduction? an example of a purpose for mitosis?

A. grumpy cat A. Growth
B. angry bird B. Repair of damaged cells
C. unicellular paramecium C. Replacement of dead cells
D. squishy jellyfish D. Sexual reproduction
60. The name of genetic material that has been

55. The time from the beginning of one cell di-
condensed is
vision to the beginning of the next is the
A. Chromatin
A. Cell cycle
B. Chromatid
B. Mitosis
C. Chromatic
C. Meiosis
D. Chrome Rims
D. None of these
61. The diploid number of chromosomes of a
56. During this stage of cell division the cell dog is 28. During Meiosis I, one of the ho-
copies the DNA mologous chromosome pairs does not sep-
A. G1 arate. How many chromosomes are there
in any one of the gametes that would be
B. G2 produced?
C. S A. 13
D. M B. 14
C. 27
57. Most cells grow in a single layer and
stop growing when they touch each other. D. 28
What types of cells continue growing?
62. Plants have rapid cell division within their
A. cancer cells meristematic tissue, such as is found at the
B. animal cells root tips. What kind of cell division allows
a plant to grow?
C. plant cells
A. Binary fission
D. skin cells
B. Mitosis
58. A cell with a defective p53 gene is likely C. Meiosis
to
D. Replication
A. stop responding to growth regulators
63. Which of the following is NOT occuring dur-
B. stop dividing to produce daughter cells ing interphase?
A. Cell growth
C. generate hormones that combat tu-
mors B. DNA being copied
D. produce cells without a defective p53 C. DNA condensing

gene D. Two new cells are made

64. Which molecule is synthesized during the B. cell cycle

S phase? C. cytokinesis
A. carbohydrates
D. mitosis
B. DNA
70. How many chromosomes does each daugh-
C. lipids
ter cell contain compared to the mother cell
D. proteins immediately after cell division?
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65. produces 4 daughter cells A. the same number
A. mitosis B. half as many
B. meiosis C. twice as many
C. both D. four times as many
D. none of above
71. Name the event wherein the paternal and
66. After cell division, the new cells are re- maternal chromosomes change their mate-
ferred to as cells. rial with each other in cell division
A. cytoplasm A. Crossing over
B. daughter B. Synapsis
C. proteins C. Bivalent Formation
D. segregation D. Dyad formation
67. When a cell divides by mitosis, what will 72. The activity of helicase exposes
be the genetic composition of the resulting
A. Template parent strands
two cells?
A. They will be identical. B. Complementary daughter strands
B. There will be major differences. C. Primers
C. They will have minor differences. D. RNA polymerase

D. They will have one half the genes of the 73. Uncontrolled cell growth and division is
original. called
68. The shortest stage of mitosis. Begins with A. Parkinson’s Disease
the two sister chromatids of each pair sud- B. Progeria
denly part. Each chromatid thus becomes
a chromosome. What phase is this? C. Cancer
A. Telophase D. Checkpoints
B. Anaphase 74. Phase where the sister chromatids are
C. Prophase pulled apart?
D. Metaphase A. Metaphase
B. Anaphase
69. The process in which cells become special-
ized to perform specific functions is called: C. Prophase
A. differentiation D. Interphase

75. During which stage of cell division does C. different from each other
a cleavage furrow or cell plate begin to
D. identical to each other and parent cell
form?

A. Interphase 81. During mitosis,
B. Anaphase A. the cell divides
C. Telophase B. the nucleus divides
D. Cytokinesis C. the cytoplasm divides
76. Meiosis results in this many MORE daugh- D. none of above
ter cells than mitosis
82. Two daughter nuclei begin to form. What
A. 1
phase is this?
B. 2
A. Telophase
C. 4
B. Anaphase
D. 8
C. Prophase
77. What is the diploid number of cells found D. Metaphase
in a human body cell?
A. 23 83. In meiosis, the haploid number of chromo-
somes in a human sex cell is:
B. 46
A. 46
C. 92
D. 47 B. 92
C. 22
78. The stage where chromosomes condense
and the nucleur membrane begins to disap- D. 23
pear?
84. If the diploid chromosome number of a
A. Prophase cloned plant is 12, the chromosome num-
B. metaphase ber of the plant cell used to produce the
C. anaphase cloned plant is
D. Telephase A. 3
B. 6
79. The resulting cells in meiosis and mitosis
are called the cells. C. 12
A. daughter D. 24
B. sons
85. the process in which the nucleus of the cell
C. mother divides
D. father A. cancer
80. daughter cells produced asexually are B. mitosis
A. identical to each other C. mitosis
B. identical to parent cell D. tumor

86. Chromosomes that are paired together be- C. Storing materials and waste products
cause they are similar in size, shape, and D. Moving needed materials in and waste
the genes they carry are called: products out
A. equal chromosomes
92. Cells that experience stress, such as DNA
B. homologous chromosomes damage, and do not pass certain internal
C. equivalent chromosomes checkpoints can go through programmed
cell death. This is called
D. ambiguous chromosomes
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A. Reduction division
87. The fertilized egg is termed a/an
B. Apoptosis
A. gamete
C. Homologous chromosomes
B. allele
D. Mitosis
C. homolog
93. What occurs in meiosis but NOT mitosis
D. zygote
A. crossovers between homologous chro-
88. Homologous chromosome pairs (tetrads) mosomes
exist during which phase?
B. crossovers between sister chromatids
A. Prophase 1 of meiosis
B. Prophase 2 of meiosis C. spindle formation
C. Prophase of mitosis D. chromosome number is conserved
D. All prophase stages in Mitosis and 94. What is the likely result if there is a muta-
Meiosis tion in the genes responsible for the check-
89. How many chromosomes in a normal hu- points in the cell cycle?
man sex cell? A. Tissues
A. 46 B. Organs
B. 23 C. Cancer
C. 92 D. Reproduction
D. 2 95. If an animal has 10 chromosomes in its
skin cells, how many chromosomes will be
90. In which phase of the cell cycle is DNA repli-
found in its gametes?
cated?
A. 20
A. gap 1
B. 10
B. gap 2
C. 5
C. mitosis
D. 15
D. synthesis
96. Substage of interphase in which the cell
91. If cells grow too large, they have more prepares for nuclear division and creates
trouble a protein to make microtubules for cell di-
A. Dividing vision
B. Producing daughter cells A. Interphase

B. G1 102. The final stage of the cell cycle, in which

C. Synthesis the cell’s cytoplasm divides distributing
the organelles into each of the two new

D. G2 daughter cells.
97. What cellular organelle organizes the A. interphase
framework of microtubles involved in cell B. mitosis
division? C. anaphase
A. centrioles D. cytokinesis
103. A tumor is considered if it won’t
C. centromeres spread and it’s not dangerous.
D. spindle A. benign
98. What type of cell is not yet specialized and B. malignant

can be turned into any type of cell? C. malformed
A. skin cell D. dangerous
B. blood cell 104. In meiosis, the daughter cells have
C. nerve cell the amount of DNA as the parent cell.
D. stem cell A. a third of

B. half of
99. In eukaryotic cells, the timing of the cell
C. the same
cycle is controlled by internal regulators
called D. none of
A. Centrioles 105. Which of the following are external reg-
ulators of the cell cycle?
B. Spindle fibers
A. cyclins
C. Cyclins
B. growth factors
D. The nuclear envelope
C. mitotic spindles
100. What is the female gamete? D. cancer cells
A. sperm
106. What type of cell division creates diploid
B. ovary cells?
C. teste A. Mitosis
D. egg B. Meiosis
C. Both
101. Which type of reproduction leads to in-
creased genetic variation on a popula- D. none of above
tion? 107. What is the correct expansion for DNA?
A. Parthenogenesis A. Deoxynucelic acid
B. Asexual reproduction B. Dioxynucleic acid
C. Sexual reproduction C. Dioxyribonucleic acid
D. Vegetative reproduction D. Deoxyribonucleic acid

108. Cell division is important to the pro- 113. a change in a gene or chromosome
duction of an offspring. A. mutation
A. repiration B. fertilization
B. repairing C. heterozygous
C. reproduction D. homozygous
D. results 114. This process results in the production of
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haploid reproductive cells
109. During , the nuclear envelope breaks
down A. Mitosis
B. Production of sex cells
A. prohase
C. Meiosis
B. metaphase
D. Production of reproductive cells
C. telophase
D. interphase 115. What structure is found in prokaryotic
cells, but not in eukaryotic cells?
110. Which of the following phrases best de- A. a singular, circular chromosome
scribes cancer? B. a chromosome wrapped around many
A. absence of cyclins in the DNA histones
B. multiple gene mutations on a chromo- C. a chromosome found in the nucleus
some of DNA D. mitotic spindle (spindle fibers)
C. uncontrolled cell growth caused by mu- 116. The time between cell divisions in the life
tations in genes that control the cell cycle cycle of the cell is called, the resting phase
A. anaphase
D. presence of genetic defects caused by
hereditary disorders B. interphase
C. prophase
111. Body cells are also called D. metaphase
A. Somatic cells
117. Division of the cytoplasm and or-
B. Lymphocytes ganelles.
C. Gametes A. Mitosis
D. Leukocytes B. Metaphase
C. Cytokinesis
112. cell growth and production of a new or-
ganells and enzymes are characteristic of D. Cytoplasm
prophase
118. All organisms are made of:
A. interphase A. organelles
B. metaphase B. cytoplasm
C. energy C. DNA
D. cytokinesis D. cells

119. Cell division is also known as 125. Humans have 46 chromosomes. During
A. interphase prophase, how many chromatids does the
cell have?

B. meiosis
A. 23
C. mitosis B. 46
D. replication C. 92
120. The cell cycle produces two identical D. Impossible to know
A. daughter cells 126. How many cell divisions take place in

meiosis?
B. strands
A. One
C. chromosomes
B. Two
D. chromatids
C. Four
121. Meiosis D. Eight
A. Sexual 127. The division of the cytoplasm following
B. Asexual mitosis resulting into two identical copies
of the originelle cell called daughter cells
C. Both
A. cytoplasm
D. none of above
B. cytokenisis
122. Which of the following is NOT an exam- C. telophase
ple of mitosis? D. mitosis
A. Growth
128. During which phase do cells spend most
B. Repai of damaged cells of their lives?
C. Replacement of dead cells A. mitosis
D. Reproducing B. interphase
C. anaphase
123. All of the following are problems that
growth causes for cells EXCEPT D. prophase
A. more demands on DNA 129. During which phase is DNA replicated?

B. excess oxygen A. M
B. G1
C. obtaining enough food
C. S
D. expelling wastes
D. G2
124. The stage where chromosomes condese,
130. The body’s ability to keep the internal
pair up, and the nucleus starts to dissolve
balance of the body stable.
A. Prophase A. Osmosis
B. metaphase B. PhotosynthesisPhotosynthesis
C. anaphase C. Homeostasis
D. Telephase D. Respiration

131. The correct order of the phases of mitosis C. interphase

and meiosis could be abbreviated as: D. metaphase
A. MAPT
137. The structure of coiled DNA that forms in
B. PAMT
the cells nucleus prior to mitosis is
C. TPAM
A. centromere
D. PMAT
B. centriole
132. Humans have 46 chromosomes. After
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C. chromosome
mitosis and cytokinesis, how many chro-
matids does each daughter cell have? D. chromatid
A. 23 138. During what phase do the chromosomes

B. 46 start to appear and the nuclear membrane
starts to disappear?
C. 92
A. Telophase
D. Impossible to know
B. Metaphase
133. The process where cells become special-
C. Anaphase
ized for a specific structure or function
during multicellular development is called D. Prophase
what?
139. Tell whether the given event in cell divi-
A. meiosis sion happens during Mitosis only, Meiosis
B. apoptosis only, or Both.Synapsis
C. cell differentiation A. Mitosis
D. cell growth B. Meiosis
134. Meiosis results in C. Both
A. 4 genetically distinct haploid gametes D. none of above
B. 2 genetically distinct cells 140. Identify which organism uses binary fis-
C. 2 genetically identical cells sion?
D. 4 genetically identical cells A. star fish
135. Chromatid pairs line up in the middle of B. hydra

the cell. C. bacteria
A. Metaphase D. aspen tree
B. Telophase
141. Which pair includes a phase of the cell cy-
C. Anaphase cle and a cellular process that occurs during
D. Interphase that phase?
A. G1 phase, DNA replication
136. In the 1st part of cell division, the nucleus
of the cell divides. This is called B. G2 phase, preparation for mitosis
A. mitosis C. S phase, cell division
B. cytokinesis D. M phase, cell growth

142. Replicated chromosomes remain attached D. The number of chromosomes must

to each other at a region called the triple.

A. centriole
148. If you started with 24 chromosomes in
B. centromere the nucleus of an animal cell and it went
C. centerpart through mitosis, how many chromosomes
would each new cell contain?
D. centralpark
A. 24
143. A human zygote should have chromo-
somes inside. B. 12
A. 46 C. 48
B. 23 D. 21
C. 92
149. In which part of the cell cycle does the
D. 64 cytoplasm divide?
144. Which part of the nucleus starts to ap- A. Interphase
pear during telophase? B. Nuclear Division
A. centromere
C. Cytokinesis
B. centrosome
D. S-Phase
C. nuclear membrane
D. spindle fibers 150. the process in which all of the nuclear
DNA is copied
145. At the end of mitosis you have cells
A. cell division
A. identical
B. synthesis phase
B. different
C. interphase
C. identical twins
D. DNA replication
D. variety
146. During which phase is DNA replicated (or 151. The production of four haploid gametes
copied)? from one mother cell is completed during
A. interphase A. anaphase meiosis I

B. prophase B. telophase meiosis I
C. telophase C. prophase meiosis II
D. metaphase D. telophase meiosis II
147. Before a cell can divide, what must hap- 152. Which of the following cells is a sex cell?
pen?
A. egg
A. Nothing, it is always ready to divide
B. bone
B. The number of chromosomes must be
cut in half C. heart
C. The DNA must be copied D. muscle

153. A haploid cell C. Both

A. has 2 sets of chromosomes D. none of above
B. has more than two sets of chromo- 159. What process do bacteria use to carry out
somes cell division?
C. has half the number of original chromo- A. Mitosis
somes
B. Binary Fission
D. cannot undergo meiosis
C. Meiosis
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154. Why are stem cells important? D. Parthenogenesis
A. They have specialized DNA
160. What is DNA composed of?
B. They are incapable of becoming cancer
A. Sugars, salts, and hydrogen bonds
cells
B. Phosphate, a pentose sugar, and a ni-
C. They have the potential to undergo cell
trogenous base
division
C. A nitrogenous base, hexose sugar, and
D. They have the potential to develop into polyphosphate
other cell types
D. A phosphate sugar, Ribonucleic acid,
155. The final stages of mitosis should have and hydrogen
how many cells?
161. What happens in cancer cells?
A. 1
A. The DNA mutates and is passed along
B. 2 to the daughter cells. Division happens
C. 3 rapidly and cancer spreads.
D. 46 B. The daughter cells do not divide
156. Many of the events of mitosis depend on C. The parent cell does not divide
mitotic spindle fibers which begin to form D. One daughter cell is bigger than the
in the during prophase other daughter cell
A. nucleus 162. What happens during the cell cycle when
B. cytoplasm the centromeres divide, and the chro-
matids move toward opposite poles?
C. cell membrane
A. Metaphase
D. none of above
B. Anaphase
157. M phase produces
C. Prophase
A. Identical daughter cells
D. Interphase
B. Different daughter cells
163. Cells divide for three important reasons:1
C. Identical parent cells
2.Repair3.Reproduction
D. Different parent cells A. growth
158. No genetic variation B. happiness
A. Sexual C. wealth
B. Asexual D. respiration

164. In both mitosis and meiosis, sister chro- B. The cytoplasm

matids separate during anaphase, but C. Ribosomes
there are haploid nuclei produced by

meiosis compared to diploid nuclei by D. Mitochondria
mitosis.
170. an organism has a haploid chromosome
A. 6, 3 number n=12. how many tetrads will
B. 4, 2 form during meiosis?
C. 2, 4 A. 3
D. 3, 6 B. 4
165. Requires gametes such as a sperm and an C. 6

egg. D. 12
A. Sexual
171. What type of cells may never undergo mi-
B. Asexual tosis and make new cells?
C. Both A. blood cells
D. none of above B. skin cells
166. When do homologues line up in the mid- C. nerve cells
dle of a cell? D. stomach cells
A. metaphase
172. How does cell differentiation occur?
B. metaphase I
A. certain genes are activated
C. metaphase II
D. none of above B. p53 triggers apoptosis
C. cyclins are activated to progress
167. Stage in which the cell’s nuclear material through the cell cycle
divides and separates
D. the mitotic spindle pulls chromosomes
A. G1 to opposite sides of the cell
B. Synthesis
173. Crossing over helps promote
C. G2
A. male genotype
D. Mitosis
B. genetic variation
168. In what stage do sister chromatids move
apart? C. DNA replication
A. Metaphase D. mitosis
B. Prophase 174. During which phase of the cell cycle is
C. Anaphase DNA copied?
D. Telophase A. Interphase
B. Prophase
169. Where does DNA replication occur in eu-
karyotic cells? C. Anaphase
A. The nucleus D. Cytokinesis

175. In humans, mitosis is used for which of C. Cytokinesis

the following:
D. Karyokinesis
A. Growth
B. Repair 181. What is organized DNA called?
C. Renewal A. Genes
D. All of the above B. Deoxyribonucleic Acid
C. Chromosomes
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176. A duplication process of cells
A. mitosis D. Nucleus
B. metaphase 182. What is the main consequence if body
C. telophase cells accumulate DNA mutations that dam-
D. prophase age the signals that regulate the cell cy-
cle?
177. Longest stage of mitosis. The centro- A. AIDS
somes are now at opposite ends of the
cells. the chromosomes convene on the B. cancer
equatorial plate. What phase is this? C. miscarriage
A. Telophase D. Down’s syndrome
B. Anaphase
C. Prophase 183. The sex chromosomes of a male are
D. Metaphase A. XX
B. XY
178. Which type of tumors remain clustered
and can be removed? C. YY
A. malignant D. VV
B. benign
184. A cell’s location within the helps de-
C. black termine how it will differentiate
D. carcinogens A. embryo
179. chart that shows all possible allele com- B. phase
binations for a genetic cross
C. heart
A. Punnett Square
D. brain
B. trait chart
C. family tree 185. Chromosomes replicate and divide during
which phase of interphase?
D. pedigree
A. gap 1
180. What process involves the division of cell
cytoplasm? B. synthesis
A. Meiosis I C. gap 2
B. Meiosis II D. none of above

186. What will happen to the cell if cytokinesis C. Telophase

does not take place? D. Metaphase

A. One cell without a nucleus will be pro-
duced. 192. In plant cells, what forms in telophase
that aids cell division?
B. Two cells without a nucleus will be pro-
duced. A. cell wall
C. One cell with two identical nuclei will B. centrioles
be produced. C. large vacuoles
D. Two cells with one nucleus each will be D. cell plate
produced.
193. Meiosis is the key process in the produc-
187. Sperm, egg, pollen tion of
A. n A. body cells
B. that B. RNA
C. Somatic cells C. white blood cells
D. Diploid D. gametes
188. The cells produced in M phase enter 194. When a cell goes through mitosis, the
A. G1 daughter cells
B. S A. are genetically unique from the mother
cell
C. G2
B. are genetically identical to the mother
D. G0
cell
189. Some cells are constantly being C. are used in sexual reproduction
A. copied D. have half the number of chromosomes
B. divided as the mother cell
C. replaced 195. Tell whether the given event in cell divi-
D. repaired sion happens during Mitosis only, Meiosis
only, or Both.Production of somatic cells
190. What type of cell division has DNA copied
A. Mitosis
before it happens?
B. Meiosis
A. Mitosis
B. Meiosis C. Both
C. Both D. none of above
D. none of above 196. When cancer spreads to other parts of

the body, it’s called
the chromosomes line up on the central A. Metastasis
plane of the cell? B. Benign
A. Cytokinesis C. Apoptosis
B. Anaphase D. None of these

197. Non-cancerous tumors are called Can- 202. Identify the correct order of the phases
cerous tumors are called of mitosis.
A. metastatic ; malignant A. interphase, metaphase, prophase,
anaphase
B. malignant ; benign
B. metaphase, prophase, anaphase,
C. benign ; malignant
telophase
D. benign ; metastatic
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198. This is a special phase where the cell is telophase
considered to be in resting state (from di- D. telophase, interphase, metaphase,
vision). anaphase
A. G0 phase
203. Which of the following is the accurate se-
B. G1 phase quence of phases in Interphase?
C. G2 phase A. Mitosis-cytokinesis-S phase-Go phase
D. Synthesis phase B. G1-G2-S
199. the process in which the cell makes an ex- C. G1-S-G2

act copy of the DNA in its nucleus is D. S-G1-G2
A. centriole
204. What structure connects the duplicate
B. energy halves of sister chromatids?
C. Replication A. chromatin
D. prophase B. centromere
200. Colchicine is a chemical that freezes cells C. microtubule

in metaphase by preventing chromosomes D. spindle
from moving to opposite sides of the cell.
It is most likely affects which part of the 205. During , centrioles form and create
cell? spindle fibers
A. chromosome structure A. nucleophase
B. spindle fibers B. interphase
C. cell membrane C. prophase
D. nuclear membrane D. metaphase
201. Meiosis makes cells with the original 206. What type of cell division results in two
number of chromosomes. genetically identical cells?
A. Half A. Mitosis
B. Twice B. Meiosis
C. Same C. Both

207. The basic unit of life is called a 213. Egg cells are , meaning they only have
A. atom half of the normal chromosome count.

B. compound A. diploid
C. cell B. haploid
D. energy C. triploid
D. tetraploid
208. Cells come from cells.
A. molecular 214. The cell cycle generally takes about hours
to complete.
B. pre-existing
A. 12
C. dead
B. 24
D. multiple
C. 36
209. In plant cytokinesis, cellulose is laid D. 48
down forming
A. a middle lamella 215. egg and sperm (sex cells)
B. cell walls A. gametes
C. a cell plate B. sister chromatids
D. a plasma membrane C. centromere
D. homologous chromosomes
210. What is a disadvantage to asexual repro-
duction? 216. The end of the cell cycle results in the final
A. It is more efficient for cells division of the cytoplasm. This is called
B. It uses less resources than sexual re- A. Cytokinesis
production B. Telophase I
C. cells lack traits to be able to adjust to C. Telophase II
the environment D. None of these
D. organisms reproducing sexually must
obtain a mate 217. The division of the nucleus is and the
division of the cell membrane/cytoplasm
211. Mitosis is an example of what type of is
reproduction? A. mitosis and meiosis
A. sexual reproduction B. mitosis and cytokinesis
B. asexual reproduction C. cytokinesis and mitosis
C. aerobic respiration D. meiosis and mitosis
D. transfer reproduction
218. What type of cell division starts with one
212. The goal of cell division is 2n cell and ends with four 1n cells?
A. Growth A. Mitosis
B. Repair B. Meiosis
C. Move materials out of the cell C. Both
D. Both Growth and Repair D. none of above

219. During which phase(s) of mitosis are chro- C. homologous chromosomes

matids visible?
D. karyotype
A. anaphase only
B. prophase, anaphase and metaphase 225. A contractile ring forms a cleavage fur-
row and the cell splits in two during
C. metaphase only
cytokinesis
D. anaphase and interphase
A. Animal cell
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B. Plant cell
the chromosomes uncoil, and a new nuclear
envelope forms? C. Fungal cell
A. Interphase D. Bacterial cell
B. Telophase
226. Cell division in occurs by binary fis-
C. Prophase sion.
D. Meatphase A. Mitosis
221. Trisomy 21 is also known as B. chromosomes
A. Turner Syndrome C. prokaryotes (or bacteria)
B. Patau Syndrome
D. Interphase
C. Down Syndrome
D. Edward Syndrome 227. After S phase
A. the cell has duplicated its organelles
222. In what stage do chromosomes align in
the center of the cell? B. the cell has divided
A. prophase C. the cell has duplicated its DNA
B. metaphase D. the cell has created two egg cells
C. anaphase
D. telophase 228. The entire sequence of growth and divi-
sion of a cell
223. is a process of recognizing defective A. cell cycle
cells, letting them die, and replacing with
normal cells. B. mitosis
A. Mitosis C. anaphase
B. Apoptosis D. cancer
C. Interphase
229. True or false-living things grow by each
D. Metaphase
individual cell growing in size
224. paired chromosomes with genes for the A. True
same traits (one inherited from mom and
the other from dad) B. False
A. sister chromatids C. Neither
B. centromere D. none of above

230. When cells are grown in a laboratory, 236. During the phase, the cell’s DNA is
which of the following is a factor that can copied in the process of DNA replication.
stop normal cells from dividing?

A. Interphase
A. contact with other cells
B. cell cycle
B. growth factors
C. synthesis
C. a cut in the skin
D. injection of cyclin D. Mitosis
231. One difference between cell division in 237. The division of the cytoplasm. In animal
plant cells and in animal cells is that plant cells a cleavage furrow appears. In plant
cells have cells, a cell plate forms. What phase is
A. centrioles this?
B. centromeres A. Telophase
C. a cell plate B. Anaphase
D. chromatin C. Prophase
232. Division of the nucleus. D. cytokinesis
A. Cytokinesis
238. Which of the following cell types is
B. Mitosis
formed by meiosis?
C. Prophase
A. skin cells
D. Interphase
B. sperm cells
233. Process that includes two cell divisions.
C. blood cells
A. Mitosis
D. muscle cells
B. Meiosis
C. Both Mitosis and Meiosis 239. What happens during the cell cycle when
D. none of above chromosomes condense, and the nuclear
envelope breaks down and the spindle
234. The spindle fiber attaches to which of the forms?
following:
A. Telophase
A. Nuclear membrane
B. Cell membrane B. Interphase
C. Centromere C. Prophase
D. Chromatin D. Metaphase
235. Cell growth during G1 and G2 ensures 240. Cytokinesis allows cells to
cells are after division
A. Divide their nucleus
A. Half the size
B. The correct size B. Replicate their nucleus
C. Double the size C. Divide their cytoplasm

D. none of above D. Replicate their cytoplasm

241. What is the final stage of the cell cycle? 246. the joining of a sperm and egg
A. Telophase A. fertilization
B. Meiosis B. meiosis
C. Cytokinesis C. mitosis
D. Mitosis D. genetics
247. Which is not a phase in interphase?

242. Excessive, uncontrolled cell division is
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one way of thinking about A. gap 1
A. meiosis B. gap 2
B. mitosis C. synthesis
C. cancer D. cytokinesis
D. proteins 248. Which of the following is the shortest

phase of mitosis in which the chromosome
243. Which phase of Mitosis does this happen? line up in the middle of the cell and the
The centrioles move to opposite sides of spindle fibers connect to the centromere?
the cell and stretch out the spindle fibers.
A. prophase
This causes the chromosomes to line up sin-
gle file down the middle of the cell. B. metaphase
A. prophase C. telophase
B. anaphase D. anaphase
C. metaphase 249. If the diploid number of chromosomes in

carrots is 18, the haploid number is
D. telophases
A. 18
244. Malignant tumors B. 9
A. Do not spread to other parts of the C. 27
body
D. 36
B. Invade and destroy surrounding tis-
sues 250. If you started with 68 chromosomes in
the nucleus of an animal cell and it went
C. Instruct a slow down of cell growth
through meiosis, how many chromosomes
D. None of these would each gamete contain?
A. 68
245. During which phase of mitosis do the
chromosomes condense, become thick and B. 34
are visible? C. 136
A. Prophase D. 30
B. Metaphase
251. What happen during replication in the S
C. Anaphase phase of the cell cycle?
D. Telophase A. The number of chromatids doubled.

B. The number of chromosomes doubled. 257. During which stage of interphase does
the cell form the special structures that
will be needed for division?

C. The number of homologous chromo-
somes doubled. A. G1
D. The amount of energy in mitochondria B. S
doubled. C. G2
252. it would take divisions for one origi- D. All 3 stages
nal cell to produce 128 new cells
258. In what part of the cell cycle do cells
A. ten spend the majority of their time?
B. two A. S-Phase
C. seven B. Cytokinesis
D. five C. Interphase
253. How many chromosomes are found in a D. Nuclear Division
human adult egg cell? 259. The cell cycle is regulated by
A. 23 A. cyclins
B. 46 B. chromosomes
C. 23 pairs C. centromeres
D. 46 pairs D. none of above
254. the sequence of growth and division of a 260. What is the job of internal or external
cell regulators?
A. cell cycle A. To decide if a person is hungry
B. mitosis B. To help a person to digest their food
C. anaphase C. To determine when a cell needs to di-
D. cancer vide or to stop dividing
255. What is an tumor suppressor D. To let a person know when they need
to get out of the cold
A. A mutated gene that promotes uncon-
trolled cell division 261. How many cells are created at the end of
Mitosis?
B. A gene that normally suppresses the
cell cycle A. 1
C. A gene that regulates mitosis B. 2
D. none of above C. 3
D. 4
256. consists of the G1, S, and G2 phases
of the cell cycle. 262. has 1 division
A. Mitosis A. mitosis
B. cell cycle B. meiosis
C. Mitosis C. both
D. Interphase D. none of above

263. How many cells would there be after five 268. Cancer is a disorder in which some cells
divisions? have lost the ability to regulate their
A. 10 A. Size
B. 5 B. Cell cycle
C. 2 C. Spindle fibers
D. 20 D. Surface area
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264. During which phase of the cell cycle does 269. in the cell cycle ensure that the cell is
the cell spend the most time? ready to proceed before it moves on to the
next phase of the cycle.
A. Mitosis
A. segregation
B. Cytokinesis
B. proteins
C. Interphase
C. cytoplasm
D. none of above
D. Checkpoints
265. What is a secondary tumor?
270. A structures that contain identical copies
A. The original site of cancer growth, be-
of DNA joined together by the centromere
nign, not harmful
and eventually separated during cell divi-
B. The movement of cancerous cells form sion.
the original site
A. chromatin
C. The growth of tumors at new sites af-
B. chromosomes
ter metastasis, harmful
C. sister chromatids
D. none of above
D. spindle apparatus
266. If you started with 12 chromosomes in
the nucleus of a plant cell and it went 271. What part of cell division does this hap-
through meiosis, how many chromosomes pen? The cell divides in half. The cyto-
would each sperm in a pollen grain con- plasm divides and the cell “pinches” into
tain? two nearly equal parts.
A. 12 A. telophase
B. 6 B. anaphase
C. 24 C. cytokinesis
D. 20 D. metaphase
267. What structure assists in the cell division 272. Loose DNA is referred to as The DNA
of plant cells? is in this form during
A. cell wall A. chromatin; interphase
B. chloroplast B. chromatin; prophase
C. central vacuole C. chromosomes; interphase
D. cell plate D. chromosomes; metaphase

273. In what stage does the nuclear membrane C. 4n

start to disappear?
D. 8n

A. Metaphase
B. Prophase 279. A number that describes how likely it is
that an event will occur
C. Anaphase
A. probability
D. Telophase
B. likelihood
274. The process that occurs in the formation
of sex cells by which the number of chro- C. fractions
mosomes is reduced by half. D. percents
A. meiosis
280. What type of cell division includes a step
B. mitosis called crossing over?
C. fertilization A. Mitosis
D. pacification
B. Meiosis
275. meoisis results in the production of C. Both
A. 2 haploid cells D. none of above
B. 2 diploid cells
C. 4 haploid cells 281. Cell division is one way through which
D. 4 diploid cells A. organisms can gain more energy.

B. organisms can grow.
276. What type of cell division ends in 4 ge-
netically unique cells? C. organisms can mate with other organ-
A. Mitosis isms.
B. Meiosis D. none of above

C. Both 282. Which of the following cells is produced
D. none of above by mitosis?
277. Each single chromosome contains one A. Egg

very lone, linear DNA molecule that carries B. Sperm
several hundred to a few thousand
C. Zygote
A. genes
D. Skin
B. chromosomes
C. genomes 283. In which stage of mitosis do nucleolus and
nuclear envelope disappear and turn into
D. phenotype
fragments?
278. Imagine there was a dragon that was oc- A. anaphase
toploid. What would its ploidy number
look like? B. metaphase
A. n C. prophase
B. 2n D. telophase

284. Which of the following statements cor- 289. phase of the cell cycle in which the cell’s
rectly describes meiosis? DNA is copied
A. Meiosis does not occur in reproductive A. binary fission
cells. B. cell cycle
B. The cells produced at the end are iden- C. synthesis phase
tical
D. DNA replication
C. the cells produced at the end contain
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half the # of chromosomes 290. Which of these is paired correctly?
D. cells divide only once during meiosis A. Adenine-GuanineCytosine-Thymine/Uracil
285. Chromosomes carry identical sets of B. Adenine-CytosineGuanine-Thymine/

what in their sister chromatids? Uracil
A. proteins C. Adenine-Thymine/ UracilCytosine-
Guanine
B. carbon molecules
D. Adenine-UracilCytosine-Guanine/
C. genetic information Thymine
D. phospholipids
291. A polyploid cell
286. If an intestinal cell in a butterfly con- A. has 2 sets of chromosomes
tains 24 chromosomes, a butterfly egg cell B. has more than two sets of chromo-
would contain somes
A. 12 chromosomes C. has half the number of original chromo-
B. 6 chromosomes somes
C. 3 chromosomes D. cannot undergo meiosis
D. 24 chromosomes 292. A parent cell that has a diploid number

of 46 pairs of chromosomes undergoes mi-
287. The phase that occurs before mitosis is tosis. How many chromosomes will the
known as daughter cells have?
A. prophase A. 13
B. interphase B. 23
C. metaphase C. 46
D. cytokinesis D. 92
293. Which of these is NOT a part of the Cell

288. During which phase in the cell cycle does
Theory?
mitosis happen?
A. Cells sell shelly some seashells
A. G1 phase
B. Cells are the basic unit of living things.
B. S phase
C. G2 phase C. All living things are one or more cells
D. M phase D. Cells come from cells

294. Daughter cells are genetically identical to C. Prophase

the parent and each other. D. Telophase

A. mitosis
300. Which part of the mitosis is the end phase
B. meiosis when the spindle fibers break down?
C. both A. Anaphase
D. none of above B. Telophase
295. Describes a cell that has two sets of chro- C. Interphase
mosomes, one from each parent D. Prophase
A. diploid
301. Most prokaryotes reproduce through
B. haploid which process
C. somatic A. sexual reproduction
D. body B. binary fission
296. What are the products of the meiotic cell C. meiosis
division? D. budding
A. 2 haploid daughter cells 302. Which of the following is NOT an exam-
B. 2 diploid daughter cells ple of asexual reproduction?
C. 4 haploid daughter cells A. strawberry plants expanding by vege-
D. 4 diploid daughter cells tative runners
B. strawberry plants using flowers to cre-
297. Through what process do cells become ate seed inside a red fruit
specialized so they can perform specific
functions within organisms? C. a hydra budding
A. mitosis D. binary fission
B. binary fission 303. While mitosis splits the contents of the

nucleus between the daughter cells, cytoki-
C. differentiation
neses
D. fertilization
A. uses microfilaments to pinch the cell in
298. In eukaryotes, chromatin (DNA) is two in animals
packed into what structure? B. forms a cell plate in plant cells
A. nucleosomes C. divides the cytoplasm and organelles
B. centrosomes between the daughter cells.
C. spindles D. all of these
D. chromosomes 304. A structure in the nucleus that contains
genetic material is called
299. What phase is a cell in if the chromo-
somes are moving away to opposite ends A. genetic material
of the cell? B. code
A. Anaphase C. nucleus
B. Metaphase D. chromosome

305. What do cyclins regulate? 311. During which phase of mitosis do the
A. cancer chromosomes line up along the middle of
the dividing cell?
B. mitosis
A. prophase
C. the cell cycle
D. seasons B. interphase
C. metaphase
306. tightly coiled DNA that contains the ge-
netic code D. anaphase
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A. meiosis
312. When a starfish grows a new body off a
B. chromosome broken arm, what kind of reproduction is
C. diploid this?
D. haploid A. Sexual
307. When do cells undergoing mitosis become B. Differentiation
haploid? C. Asexual
A. After Metaphase
D. Specialization
B. After Cytokinesis
C. After Telophase 313. For each of the following state if the cell
is haploid or diploid.a. Sperm cell = b.
D. They are always diploid nerve cell = c. Egg cell = d. stomach cell =
308. What is an oncogene? A. haploid, diploid, diploid, diploid
A. A mutated gene that promotes uncon- B. diploid, haploid, haploid, diploid
trolled cell division
C. diploid, haploid, diploid, haploid
B. A gene that normally suppresses the
cell cycle D. haploid, diploid, haploid, diploid
C. A gene that regulates mitosis
314. starting with a fertilized egg (zygote), a
D. none of above series of five cell divisions would produce
309. Substances known to promote cancer are an early embryo with how many cells?
called A. 4
A. nucleotides B. 8
B. growth factors C. 16
C. carcinogens
D. 32
D. malignant
315. The process that produces genetically
310. Which phase might be for a cancerous cell
IDENTICAL daughter cells
to undergo apoptosis?
A. Mitosis
A. G1
B. G2 B. Meiosis
C. G0 C. Both Mitosis and Meiosis
D. S D. none of above

316. What best causes genetic variation in 322. Time period between cell divisions.
meiosis? A. Anaphase

A. chromosomes lining up
B. Mitosis
B. crossing over of chromosomes
C. Cytokinesis
C. separation of chromosomes
D. Interphase
D. chromosomes pulling apart
323. What is a primary tumor?
317. Phase where the chromosomes unwind
back into chromatin? A. The original site of cancer growth, be-
nign, not harmful
A. Metaphase
B. The movement of cancerous cells form
B. Telophase
the original site
C. Anaphase
C. The growth of tumors after metastasis,
D. Interphase harmful
318. After G2, the cell has D. none of above
A. duplicated its DNA 324. At which sub-stage of Meiosis does cross-
B. duplicated its organelles ing over take place
C. divided A. Pachytene
D. created two gametes B. Zygotene
319. During which phase of cell division does C. Diplotene
the cell double in size and replicate its D. Diakinesis
DNA?
A. Prophase 325. Cell division results in
B. Telophase A. genetically non identical cells
C. Interphase B. genetically identical cells
D. Metaphase C. none of the above
320. cell structure that joins chromatids of a D. none of above

chromosome 326. Where is the female gamete produced?
A. sister chromatids
A. egg
B. centromere
B. ovary
C. sperm
D. karyotype
D. testes
321. During which part of the cell cycle does
DNA replication occur? 327. stages of interphase
A. G1 A. G1, M, G2
B. S B. M, C, S
C. G2 C. G1, S, G2
D. M D. P, M, G1

328. The stage where chromosomes condese B. Metaphase

and the nucleus is visible C. Anaphase
A. Prophase D. Telophase
B. metaphase
334. Proteins that stimulate cell division are
C. anaphase called what?
D. Telephase A. cancer cells
B. growth factors
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329. How many chromosomes does a normal
human body cell have? C. apoptosis
A. 42 D. histones
B. 46 335. When a cell undergoing mitosis is viewed
C. 24 under the microscope, the chromosomes
are being pulled to opposite sides of the
D. 64
cell. What phase is it in?
330. Which phase does this describe:The chro- A. Prophase
mosomes migrate to the center of the cell
B. Metaphase
or the equatorial plate. Each centromere is
connected to two spindle fibers, one from C. Anaphase
each pole. D. Telophase
A. prophase 336. The method of reproduction used by
B. metaphase prokaryotic organisms (bacteria), in which
C. anaphase the organism divides into two genetically
identical organisms is called
D. telophase
A. conjugation
331. What type of cell division is used for B. meiosis
asexual reproduction?
C. sexual reproduction
A. Mitosis
D. binary fission
B. Meiosis
337. What term refers to cell division in eu-
C. Both
karyotes?
D. none of above A. binary fission
332. In prophase, a of fibers that attach B. budding
to the centromere of the chromosomes. C. mitosis
A. spindle D. chromatin
B. windle
338. Bacteria reproduce asexually by a pro-
C. swindle cess called
D. strand A. replication
333. Which phase of mitosis is associated with B. meiosis
formation of the nuclear envelope? C. mitosis
A. Prophase D. binary fission

339. Before cell division takes place, DNA has 344. Cells divide when tissues and organs are
to make an exact copy of itself. This is
called

A. copied
A. duplication B. injured
B. fertilization C. divided
C. hybridization D. replaced
D. replication
345. The sea star will regenerate an arm if
340. Which phase does this describe:Chromosomes needed. What cellular process is directly
become visible and are scattered in the responsible for this regeneration?
cell. The nuclear membrane and nucleolus A. meiosis
are no longer present. The spindle fiber B. transpiration
forms.
C. mitosis
A. prophase
D. respiration
B. metaphase
346. If a daughter cell has 50 chromosomes af-
C. anaphase
ter mitosis, how many chromosomes were
D. telophase in the parent cell?
341. Tell whether the given event in cell divi- A. 25
sion happens during Mitosis only, Meiosis B. 50
only, or Both.Formation of gametes
C. 100
A. Mitosis D. 150
B. Meiosis
347. In eukaryotic cells, DNA is separated into
C. Both linear pieces called
D. none of above A. Chromosomes
342. The division of the cytoplasm is called cy- B. Chromotids
tokinesis. When does cytokinesis occur? C. Chromotins
A. After the synthesis phase D. Sister Chromotids
B. After interphase 348. During S phase,
C. After telophase A. The cell is growing
D. After anaphase B. DNA is replicated
343. A diploid cell C. chromosomes move to the opposite
sides of the cell
A. has 2 sets of chromosomes
D. the cell divides
B. has more than two sets of chromo-
somes 349. Phase where chromosomes line up in the
C. has half the number of original chromo- middle of the cell?
somes A. Prophase
D. cannot undergo meiosis B. Metaphase

C. Anaphase 355. mitosis results in the formation of two

D. Telophase daughter cells
A. energy
350. which statement correctly describes ho-
mologous chromosomes? B. cytokinesis
A. they are form during meoisis C. fermentation
B. they are held together by centromeres D. A and B
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356. Which part of mitosis does this happen?
C. they are identical A nuclear membrane forms around each
D. they carry the same genetic informa- group of chromosomes.
tion A. telophase
351. The stages of cell division called B. metaphase

prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and C. prophase
telophase occur during which stage of the D. anaphase
cell cycle shown in the diagram above?
A. G1 357. The cell that undergoes mitosis is often
called the cell.
B. S
A. parent
C. G2
B. daughter
D. M
C. son
352. Meiosis produces four cells with how D. mother
many chromosomes in them?
A. 46 358. The process of creating daughter cells is
called
B. 41
A. meiosis
C. 38
B. apoptosis
D. 23
C. mutation
353. Phase where the cell spends most of its D. mitosis
time
A. Interphase 359. produces cells identical to parents
B. Prophase A. mitosis
C. Metaphase B. meiosis
D. Anaphase C. both
D. none of above
354. Sister chromatids are separated at the
during anaphase 360. What is the order of Mitosis
A. Centromere A. MAPT
B. Telomere B. PMAT
C. Centrosome C. TAMP
D. Chromatin D. AMPT

361. Mitosis allows cells to 366. In which stage of cell division does
crossing-over take place?
A. Divide their nucleus

A. anaphase
B. Replicate their nucleus
B. metaphase
C. Divide their cytoplasm
C. prophase
D. Replicate their cytoplasm
D. telophase
362. If cells in the process of dividing are sub- 367. The fertilized egg is called a/an It
jected to colchicine, a chemical that inhibits was your very first cell.
the formation of spindle fibres, at which
stage will mitosis end? A. gamete
B. allele
A. Prophase
C. homolog
B. Metaphase
D. zygote
C. Anaphase
D. Telophase 368. Phase where the cell grows larger
A. Cytokinesis
363. Which effect is most likely caused by B. Telophase
nondisjunction during meiosis?
C. Prophase
A. an increase in nuclei
D. Interphase
B. an extra chromosome
369. Which of the following is NOT a gamete
C. only two types of nitrogenous bases (sex cell)?
D. increased survival benefits from traits A. egg
364. During interphase B. sperm
A. the mitotic spindle appears C. skin cell

D. all of the above are gametes
B. two new daughter cells are formed
C. the mature cell prepares itself by mak- 370. A zygote grows into a blastocyst, and
ing a copy of DNA eventually an embryo, by which process?
D. a new nuclear membrane appears and A. Meiosis

the mitotic spindle disappears B. Mitosis
C. Binary fission
365. After DNA duplication, the chromosomes
:each chromatin fiber becomes densely D. Fertilization
coiled and folded making chromosomes
371. For what reason or reasons must cells of
smaller and shorter
an organism replicate?
A. decondensed A. Multicellular organism growth.
B. duplicates B. Repair of damaged cells.
C. condensed C. Replacement of dying cells.
D. disappear D. All of these are true.

372. Tell whether the given event in cell divi- B. produce p53
sion happens during Mitosis only, Meiosis C. cause cancer
only, or Both.Separation of chromatids
D. work to heal wounds
A. Mitosis
B. Meiosis 378. How many chromosomes are produced
during mitosis?
C. Both
A. 23
D. none of above
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B. 46
373. What do cells divide C. 44
A. to allow for diffusion of nutrients and D. 38
waste
379. Cells go through mitosis
B. to produce new cells during an organ-
ism’s growth A. so an organism can grow
C. to replace damaged cells B. so parts of an organism can heal after
injury
D. all of the above
C. so an organism can maintain home-
374. Identify the correct order of the phases ostasis
of Interphase.
D. all of these
A. G2, S, G1
380. DNAP adds free nucleotides to
B. G1, S, G2
the ends of primers
C. Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase,
A. DNA, 3’
Telophase
B. DNA, 5’
D. G1, G2, S
C. RNA, 3’
375. What type of cells have not begun to dif-
D. RNA, 5’
ferentiate into specialized cells?
A. gametes 381. The new cells created by cell division with
mitosis have
B. stem cells
A. half of the original cell’s DNA
C. somatic cells
B. twice of the original cell’s DNA
D. neurons
C. an exact copy of the original cell’s DNA
376. Mitosis makes and Meiosis makes
. D. have a brand new DNA structure
A. Gametes, Clones
382. During mitosis, a parent cell with four
B. 4, 2 chromosomes will produce two daughter
C. Eggs, Sperm cells, each with
D. Clones, Gametes A. sixteen chromosomes
377. Cyclins are a family of closely related pro- B. eight chromosomes

teins that C. two chromosomes
A. regulate the cell cycle D. four chromosomes

383. If you were to observe a sample of divid- 389. This develops in the middle of a plant cell
ing cells, which phase would MOST of the separating it into two daughter cells dur-
cells be in? ing cytokinesis

A. Interphase A. cell wall
B. Cytokinesis B. cell plate
C. Telophase C. cell membrane
D. Prophase D. cytoplasm
384. cell with two of each kind of chromosome 390. Which of the following normally results
(2n) from meiosis in a human cell that contains
46 chromosomes?
A. meiosis
A. an egg cell with 46 chromosomes
B. chromosome
B. a liver cell with 23 chromosomes
C. diploid
C. a sperm cell with 23 chromosomes
D. haploid
D. a blood cell with 46 chromosomes
385. the cell increases in size during which
phase of the cell cycle? 391. identical halves of the duplicated chromo-
some joined together by a centromere
A. G1
A. gametes
B. S
C. G2
C. centromere
D. M
386. DNA Replication occurs during which part
392. During the process of meiosis, chromo-
of the cell cycle?
somes replicate
A. G phase
A. once, during interphase I
B. S phase B. once, during interphase II
C. M phase C. twice, during prophase I and II
D. P phase D. twice, during interphase I and II
387. What portion of the cell cycle involves the 393. What do genes encode for?
actual dividing?
A. Lipids
A. interphase
B. Fats
B. mitosis
C. DNA
C. Gap 1
D. Proteins
D. Gap 2
394. Phase where the nuclear envelope breaks
388. Cells of organism make mitosis for? down?
A. growth A. Interphase
B. repair of damaged tissue B. Prophase
C. replacement of dying cells. C. Metaphase
D. All of the above D. Anaphase

395. Which structure is responsible for the B. brain cells

movement of chromosome during nuclear C. stem cells
division?
D. animal cells
A. centriole
B. chromatin 401. Unlike mitosis, meiosis in male mammals
results in the formation of
C. kinetochore
A. one haploid gamete
D. spindle fibers
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B. three diploid gametes
396. The cell is carrying out its typical func-
C. four diploid gametes
tions, not engaged in preparing for cell di-
vision D. four haploid gametes
A. S-phase 402. Which phase during interphase does
B. Gap 0 this happen?Organelles replicate and
molecules needed for cell division are pro-
C. Cytokinesis
duced; the shortest phase of interphase.
D. Anaphase
A. G2 Phase
397. What is the purpose of cytokinesis? B. G1 Phase
A. cell metabolism and growth C. S Phase
B. nucleic division D. Cytokinesis
C. cytoplasmic division
403. What is it called when a sperm and egg
D. none of above meet?
398. if the parent cell has 12 chromosomes, A. meiosis
how many chromosomes does each daugh- B. fertilization
ter cell have after mitosis?
C. cell division
A. 6
D. mitosis
B. 12
C. 24 404. Cell division allow organisms to do every-
thing except
D. 46
A. repair
399. an abnormal mass of cells
B. evolve
A. mitosis
C. grow
B. cancer
D. reproduce
C. cytokinesis
405. What stage in cell cycle that allows an ex-
D. tumor
act copy of the DNA to be synthesized?
400. What type of cells can divide and renew A. G0 phase
themselves for long periods of time, re-
main undifferentiated in form, and differ- B. G1 phase
entiate into a variety of specialized cells? C. G2 phase
A. cancer cells D. Synthesis phase

406. Which type of cell division involves rip- 411. In animal cells, what happens before the
ping “double” chromosomes into “single” cell splits in two?
chromosomes?

A. cell membrane forms
A. Mitosis B. cell plate forms
B. Meiosis C. cleavage furrow
C. Both D. none of above
D. Neither
412. Normal cellular activities, such as protein
407. could produce an egg cell synthesis, occur primarily during
A. mitosis A. prophase
B. meiosis B. metaphase
C. both C. anaphase
D. none of above D. interphase
413. When meiosis is complete, how does DNA

408. Which statement is true of both mitosis
in the daughter cells compare to the DNA
and meiosis?
from the original parent cell?
A. both are involved in asexual reproduc-
A. half as much and genetically the same
tion
B. both occur only in reproductive cells
B. twice as much and genetically the
C. the final number of chromosomes is re- same
duced by half in both
C. half as much and genetically different
D. DNA replication occurs before division
D. twice as much and genetically differ-
of the nucleus
ent
409. What is being replicated (copied) during 414. Sex cells are also called
interphase?
A. Somatic cells
A. DNA
B. Gametes
B. mitochondria
C. Germ cells
C. glucose
D. Lymphocytes
D. lysosomes
415. The cell cycle is made up of 2 main
410. Each body cell in an erthworm contains stages:Interphase and Mitosis. What are
36 chromosomes. HOw many chromo- the phases of Interphase?
somes are in each of its gametes?
A. Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase,
A. 54 Telophase
B. 36 B. S1, G, S2
C. 72 C. G1, S, G2
D. 18 D. G1, GO, G2

416. What happens in Interphase? C. Anaphase

A. The cells are at rest before the active D. Telophase
division phase starts
422. Which phase does this describe:Two iden-
B. The cells are producing more nuclei
tical sets of chromosomes reach the poles,
C. The cells are synthesizing DNA, RNA, the spindle breaks down, and the nucleus
and proteins and nucleolus reappear.
D. The cells all go into G0 phase and with- A. prophase
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draw from the cell cycle
B. metaphase
417. Phase where DNA is copied?
C. anaphase
A. Prophase
D. telophase
B. Metaphase
C. Interphase 423. During mitosis, when do sister chro-
matids separate?
D. Cytokinesis
A. prophase
418. a picture of a cell’s chromosomes
B. metaphase
A. sister chromatids
C. anaphase
B. centromere
D. never
D. karyotype 424. Name the growth phase of the cell cycle
for both Mitosis and Meiosis.
419. cell division allows organism to grow, re-
A. metaphase
pair damaged structures, and
A. reproduce B. telophase
B. produce energy C. interphase

C. died D. anaophase
D. give energy 425. When a cell is not actively dividing, it is
in what phase?
420. The chromatin fibers become more tightly
coiled, condensing into discrete chromo- A. interphase
somes observable with a light microscope. B. anaphase
What phase is this?
C. prophase
A. Interphase
D. telophase
B. Anaphase
C. Prophase 426. What type of reproduction due unicellular
D. Cytokinesis organisms go through?
A. asexual
421. During which phase of mitosis are chro-
mosomes pulled apart at the centromere? B. sexual
A. Prophase C. unisexual
B. Metaphase D. none of above

427. tumors tend to be less dangerous A. So the offspring has genes from both
than tumors. parents

A. malignant; benign B. So the offspring has genes from one
B. benign; malignant parent
C. So the offspring has genes from nei-
C. metastatic; benign
ther parents
D. none of these
D. So the offspring makes its own genes
428. The organize a spindle of fibers that
433. In plants cells, what is the structure that
attach to the centromere of the chromo-
forms in between the divided nuclei?
somes.
A. cell membrane
A. centromeres
B. cell plate
B. centrioles
C. cleavage furrow
C. centriomes
D. none of above
D. chromosomes
434. Crossing over occurs in
429. may prevent apoptosis, and the de-
fective cell can replicate. A. prophase of mitosis
A. Mutations B. prophase I of meiosis
B. Salutations C. interphase
C. RNA D. during all stages of meiosis I
D. Mitosis 435. In which phase does the nuclear mem-

brane reappear?
430. Which of the following distinguishes
prophase 1 of meiosis from prophase of A. Prophase
mitosis? B. Metaphase
A. Spindle forms C. Anaphase
B. Chromosomes become visible D. Telophase
C. Nuclear membrane breaks down 436. The first stage of the cell cycle during
D. Pairing of homologous chromosomes which the cell matures and prepares to di-
vide and copies its DNA
431. If a diploid organism has a genome con-
A. interphase
sisting of 22 chromosomes, its gametes
will have chromosomes B. prophase
A. 44 C. metaphase
B. 22 D. anaphase
C. 11 437. A sperm fertilizes an egg in the fallopian
D. 20 tube of the female reproductive system,
each containing 23 chromosomes. How
432. What is another reason we need meio- many chromosomes are in the resulting zy-
sis? gote?

A. 23 A. prophase
B. 46 B. metaphase
C. 12 C. anaphase
D. 92 D. telophase
438. What role does the centromere play in cel- 443. A dog has a diploid number of 72 chromo-
lular reproduction? somes. How many chromosomes would be
in a dog cell AFTER meiosis?
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A. It is the area where microtubules are
formed. A. 144
B. It is the area where the nucleus is dur- B. 72
ing cell division. C. 36
C. It is the area of alignment for the chro- D. 2
mosomes.
444. Which of these phases of mitosis take
D. It is the area of attachment for chro-
place first?
matids.
A. anaphase
439. How many rounds of division do cells go
B. telophase
through in meiosis
C. prophase
A. one
D. metaphase
B. four
C. two 445. In eukaryotic cell division, the process of
cytoplasmic division is called
D. none
A. cytokinesis
440. An uncontrolled division of abnormal cells
B. cytomeiosis
in a part of the body is
C. cytoplasmosis
A. cancer
D. cytomitosis
B. cell division
C. cell cycle 446. In which of the following does DNA repli-
cation NOT occur
D. mitosis
A. Interphase of mitosis
441. Cells grow and divide to make copies of B. Interphase 1
themselves or to produce
C. Interphase 2
A. new cells
B. old cells
C. bacteria 447. How many daughter cells are produced at
the end of meiosis?
D. atoms
A. 1
442. Which phase does this describe:The spin- B. 2
dle separates the chromatids to form indi-
vidual chromosomes and they move away C. 3
from each other towards the poles. D. 4

448. Sperm cells are 454. During mitosis, when do homologous

A. haploid chromosomes separate?

B. diploid A. prophase
C. triploid B. anaphase
D. tetraploid C. telophase
449. The uncontrolled division of cells will re- D. never
sult to
455. What role does the mitotic spindle (spin-
A. psoriasis
dle fibers) play in cell division?
B. cancer
A. It breaks down the nuclear membrane
C. diabetes
D. heart attack
B. It replicates DNA
450. Which is not a phase of mitosis? C. It separates the chromosomes
A. prophase
D. it divides the cell
B. metaphase
C. anaphase 456. Cytokinesis usually occurs after mitosis.
If a cell completed mitosis but not cytoki-
D. cytokinesis nesis, what would be the result?
451. A chromosome has two homologous A. a cell with one nucleus
parts held together by a centromere.
What are those two parts? B. a cell with one really large nucleus
A. sister chromatids C. a cell with two nuclei

B. sister cells D. none of these are correct
C. daughter cells
457. During which phase do sister chromatids
D. daughter chromatids separate and move to opposite poles?
452. How many cells are produced during A. prophase
telophase I?
B. metaphase
A. 4
C. anaphase
B. 8
D. telophase
C. 2
D. 0 458. Cell division with allows multi cellu-
lar organisms to grow, repair, and mainte-
453. During , the nucleus of the cell di-
nance?
vides.
A. meiosis
A. Mitosis
B. cell cycle B. mitosis
C. chromosomes C. differentiate
D. synthesis D. osmosis

459. The two main stages of cell division are 465. How many new cells are produced from
called cell division with mitosis?
A. mitosis and interphase A. 1
B. synthesis and cytokinesis B. 2
C. the M phase and the S phase C. 4
D. mitosis and cytokinesis D. 6
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460. The human karyotype 466. phase of the cell cycle that includes the
A. is haploid G1, S, and G2 phases
B. shows 23 pairs of chromosomes A. synthesis phase
C. is from a gamete B. cell cycle
D. all of the above C. interphase

D. DNA replication
461. The chromosomes line up across the mid-
dle of the cell 467. Phase where chromosomes form
A. Anaphase A. Interphase
B. Interphase B. Telophase
C. Prophase C. Metaphase
D. Metaphase D. Prophase
462. This process results in the production of 468. In eukaryotic cells, the timing of the cell
diploid cells cycle is regulated by
A. Mitosis A. centrioles
B. Production of sex cells B. cyclins
C. Meiosis C. spindle fibers
D. Production of reproductive cells D. the nuclear membrane
463. Which disease causes cancer of blood 469. Which of these cells divides the least
cells? quickly?
A. Sickle Celled Anemia A. Liver cell
B. Diabetes B. Skin cell
C. Leukemia C. Blood cell
D. Insomnia D. none of above
464. What phase of interphase does DNA repli- 470. During this stage the cell grows and dou-
cate? ble sin size.
A. G1 A. G1
B. S B. G2
C. G2 C. M
D. G0 D. S

471. Which phase of the cell cycle copies 477. DNA will condense into
DNA? A. Centromeres

A. Prophase
B. Chromosomes
B. Interphase
C. Nuclei
C. Metaphase
D. Spindle fibers
D. Anaphase
478. the point at which crossing over has
472. Each daughter cell ends up with the taken place between homologous chromo-
number of as the in mitosis. some is called
A. chromosomes, parent cel, same A. centriole
B. parent cell, same, chromosomes
B. chiasma
C. same, daughter cell, chromosomes
C. centromere
D. same, chromosomes, parent cell
D. metaphase plate
473. a cell with one copy of each chromosome
(n) 479. At the end of mitosis, there are:
A. meiosis A. 2 cells, genetically identical
B. chromosome B. 2 cells, genetically different
C. diploid C. 4 cells, genetically identical
D. haploid D. 4 cells, genetically different
474. Sarah inherits a new mutation from her 480. the assembly of spindle microtubules
mother. During which stage of cell division starts at the
did the mutation likely occur?
A. centrosome
A. Prophase of Mitosis
B. centromere
B. Prophase 1 of Meiosis
C. centrioles
C. Telophase of Mitosis
D. cytokinesis
D. Cytokinesis of Meiosis 1
481. During which stage of the cell cycle does
475. In mitosis, the end product is the cell membrane pinch the cell into two?
A. 2 haploid cells
A. telophase
B. 2 diploid cells
B. interphase
C. 4 haploid cells
C. prophase
D. 4 diploid cells
D. cytokinesis
476. What phase is a cell in if the chromo-
somes are all lined up down the middle? 482. During cytokinesis, the divides.
A. Anaphase A. cytoplasm
B. Metaphase B. daughter
C. Prophase C. proteins
D. Telophase D. checkpoints

483. Identify which is NOT an advantage of 488. In which stage are cells prepared for cell
asexual reproduction? division?
A. the ability to produce a great number A. cytokinesis
of offspring
B. interphase
B. only 1 parent needed for reproduction
C. karyokinesis
D. s phase
C. less energy needed to reproduce
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D. creates genetic variety in the popula- 489. What are the phases in order of the cell
tion cycle?
484. When bacteria cells divide, where does A. Interphase, Prophase, Metaphase,
their DNA replicate? Anaphase, Telophase, Cytokinesis
A. nucleus B. Prophase, Anaphase, Telophase, Cy-

tokinesis
B. cytoplasm
C. Interphase, Mitosis, Telophase,
C. chloroplast Anaphase
D. mitochondria D. Cytokinesis, Interphase, Metaphase,
485. After cell division, each daughter cell has Telophase
A. a lower surface area/volume ratio 490. Meiosis can be carried out by cells in the
than the parent cell
A. Liver
B. a higher surface area/volume ratio
B. Testes
than the parent cell
C. Skin
C. more DNA in its nucleus than the par-
ent cell D. All of the above
D. less DNA in its nucleus than the parent 491. During mitosis, the are sorted and
cel separated to ensure that each daughter
486. as mitosis begins, a condensed chromo- cell receives a complete set.
some consists of two A. prokaryotes (or bacteria)
A. centromeres B. chromosomes
B. centrioles C. Mitosis
C. chromatins D. synthesis
D. chromatids
492. During which stage of cell division do sis-
487. Which term refers to the gene recombina- ter chromatids line up along the center of
tion that happens during prophase I? the cell?
A. crossing-over A. Prophase
B. cytokinesis B. Metaphase
C. cell plate C. Anaphase
D. cleavage furrow D. Telophase

493. Which of the following describes sister 498. The diffusion of WATER
chromatids? A. Mitosis

A. Identical copies of each other B. Respiration
B. “One from mom and one from dad” C. Osmosis
C. Chromosome 5 from Mom, chromo- D. Photosynthesis
some 5 from dad
499. Uncontrolled cell division is a characteris-
D. Coiled up DNA that separates during
tic of
meiosis 1
A. cancer
494. A cell that contains a complete set of chro-
B. meiosis
mosomes (1 from each parent) is called
C. budding
A. Diploid D. sporulation
B. Haploid 500. In its condensed form, the duplicated
C. Zygote chromosome has a narrow ‘waist’ at a
specialized region called the where the
D. Embryo two sister chromatids are most closely at-
tached
495. Which phase during interphase doe this
happen? The cell increases in size and pro- A. centrioles
duce new organelles and proteins B. cytokinesis
A. G2 C. centromere
B. G1 D. none of above
C. S
501. Tumors may proliferate and form new tu-
D. G3 mors by entering blood vessels and lymph
vessels, this spread of cancer is called
496. phase of the cell cycle in which the cell
makes final preparations to divide. A. benign
A. mitosis B. malignant
B. growth Phase 1 C. metastasis

D. none of above
C. growth phase 2
D. tumor 502. Why do cells go through cell division with
mitosis?
497. How do you know when chromosomes
A. to make food from sunlight
are homologous pairs?
B. to create proteins
A. when they are together
C. to get air into the cells
B. when they are different
D. to replace cells, grow and repair
C. when they have the same genes and
are the same height 503. Offspring are genetically and physically
D. when they have different genes and identical or clone like.
are not the same height A. Sexual

B. Asexual 509. the process in which one cell divides to

C. Both form two daughter cells
D. none of above A. cell division
B. binary fission
504. Increases Genetic Diversity (DNA in off-
spring is different than parents) C. cell cycle
A. Asexual D. DNA replication
B. Sexual
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510. Which phase during interphase doe this
C. Both happen? DNA replicates; each chromo-
D. none of above some divides to form sister chromatids
A. G1 Phase
505. It is the the first stage of the cell cycle
during which the cell matures and prepares B. G2 Phase
to divide and copies its DNA. C. S Phase
A. interphase D. P Phase
B. prophase
511. DNA replication ensures cells have of
C. metaphase the genome after division
D. anaphase A. A complete copy
506. If you look at a cell and the nuclear enve- B. 1/2 a copy
lope is gone and cells have condensed into C. 2 copies
chromosomes, the cell is in what stage?
D. Many copies
A. prophase
B. metaphase 512. How many daughter cells are produced
from meiosis?
C. anaphase
A. 10
D. telophase
B. 6
507. Cyclin D
C. 4
A. triggers entry into G1
D. 2
B. prepares DNA for replication in S-
phase 513. Cytoplasmic division is also known as
C. triggers DNA replication A. cytokinesis
D. promotes spindle formation at the end B. mitosis
of G2 C. interphase
508. Which of the following involves a “swap- D. cytotoxic
ping “ of DNA between homologous chro-
mosomes? 514. Goes through P.M.A.T two rounds
A. Independent Assortment A. Mitosis
B. Crossing Over B. Meiosis
C. Mitosis C. Osmosis
D. Cytokinesis D. Transcription

515. What are all living things made of? 521. A condition in which neither of two alle-
A. cells les for a gene is dominant or recessive.
A. codominance

B. atoms
B. heterozygous
C. molecules
C. diploid
D. bacteria
D. haploid
516. In animal cells a pair of is located at 522. How many daughter cells result from the
the center of the cell cycle?
A. centrioles, centrosome A. 4 new cells
B. microtubules, centrioles B. 2 new cells
C. centrosome, centrioles C. One new cell
D. centrosome, microtubules D. none of these
517. What are somatic cells 523. Together, the G1 phase, S phase, and G2
phase make up
A. body cells
A. The cell cycle
B. sex cells B. Interphase
C. cancer cells C. Cyclins
D. stem cells D. None of these
518. When cells divide they make two 524. type of nuclear division that produces 4
cells. haploid daughter cells that are all geneti-
cally different
A. daughter
A. meiosis
B. son
B. chromosome
C. Mom
C. diploid
D. Dad D. haploid
519. Meiosis results in 525. Body cells, somatic cells
A. two unique daughter cells A. n
B. four identical daughter cells B. 2n
C. two identical daughter cells C. Haploid
D. four unique daughter cells D. Gametes
526. If a normal body cell in a butterfly con-
520. Each daughter cell ends up with the
tains 24 chromosomes, a butterfly egg
number of as the
would contain how many chromosomes?
A. chromosomes, parent cel, same A. 3
B. parent cell, same, chromosomes B. 6
C. same, daughter cell, chromosomes C. 12
D. same, chromosomes, parent cell D. 24

527. Stage of the cell cycle in which the cell’s C. Mitosis

nuclear material divides and separates D. Zygote
A. G1
533. Cells make copies of themselves to re-
B. Synthesis
place cells.
C. G2
A. unhappy
D. Mitosis
B. damaged
528. What process is necessary for the inher-
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C. smelly
ited traits of an organism to be passed
along by sexual reproduction? D. fake
A. meiosis 534. A cell that has 68 chromosomes under-

B. mutation goes mitosis. How many chromosomes
does each of the 2 daughter cells have?
C. mitosis
A. 68
D. fission
B. 136
529. Which of the following does a chromo-
C. 34
some contain?
D. 23
A. One long DNA molecule.
B. One long RNA molecule. 535. What phase of the cell cycle where the
C. One long sequence of amino acids. cell continuously grow and prepare for cell
division by producing proteins that is im-
D. A single gene for a protein. portant for chromosome and mitotic spin-
530. During normal mitotic cell division, a par- dle formation?
ent cell that has four chromosomes will A. G0 phase
produce two daughter cells, each contain- B. G1 phase
ing
C. G2 phase
A. two chromosomes
D. Synthesis phase
B. four chromosomes
C. eight chromosomes 536. How many cell divisions are in Meiosis?
D. sixteen chromosomes A. one
531. As a result of meiosis, the daughter cells B. two

are to each other C. four
A. siimilar D. eight
B. identical
537. Which of the following is NOT a reason
C. not identical cells go through mitosis?
D. not happy A. Developement
532. A fertilized egg is called B. Growth
A. Hereditary C. Reproduction
B. Genes D. Repair

538. A human cell with 46 chromosome goes 543. A female is and a male is
through cell division with mitosis. How A. XX, XY
many chromosomes will be in each new

cell? B. XY, XX
A. 23 C. XX, XXY
B. 32 D. X, Y
C. 46 544. Which of these is not a significance of

D. 64 meiosis?
A. Chromosome number is halved
539. A cells size is limited by what?
B. Maternal and paternal chromosomes
A. surface area to volume ratio get mixed up
B. the cells life span C. Chiasmata
C. it’s not limited D. Production of ribosomes
D. the type of cell
545. Cytokinesis occurs at the same time as or
540. In most animals, a cell will contain the fol- immediately following
lowing number of chromosomes after mito- A. telophase
sis:
B. anaphase
A. n
C. prophase
B. 2n
D. metaphase
C. 4n
546. Which of the following describes a pur-
D. 8n
pose for mitosis?
541. A dog has a diploid number of 72 chro- A. For asexual reproduction
mosomes. How many chromosomes would
you find in a dog muscle cell?
C. To prevent the cell from becoming too
A. 144
large.
B. 72
C. 36
547. Which cell replication process allows in-
D. 2 dividuals to be different from their par-
542. What is one reason why we need meio- ents?
sis? A. mitosis
A. To double the number of chromosomes B. cytokinesis
going into sex cells C. meiosis
B. To halve the number of chromosomes D. interphase
C. To triple the number of chromosomes 548. The movement of molecules from high
going into sex cells concentration to low concentration
D. To not change the number of chromo- A. Diffusion

somes going into sex cells B. Mitosis

C. Homeostasis 554. Before the nucleus can divide, what must

D. Photosynthesis be copied?
A. mitochondria
549. Phase where the nuclear envelope re- B. cytoplasm
forms?
C. DNA
A. Telophase
D. cell wall
B. Cytokinesis
555. What is another name for sex cells?
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C. Prophase
A. gametes
D. Interphase
B. wametes
550. According to cell theory, C. sametes
A. All organisms are composed of cells D. lametes
B. Cells are alive and the basic living units 556. the passing of traits from parents to off-
of organization in all organisms. spring
C. All cells come from other cells. A. heredity
D. All of the above. B. genetics
C. mutation
551. Which part of mitosis does this happen?
The individual chromosomes move to oppo- D. hybrid
site sides of the cell.
557. During the metaphase, the line up in
A. telophase the middle, and each attaches to one of the
B. anaphase spindle fibers.
C. metaphase A. nucleus
B. cell wall
D. prophase
C. chromosomes
552. A newly replicated chromosome consists D. none of above
of two identical “ “ chromatids
558. What does mitosis do?
A. sister
A. regulates the cell cycle
B. brother
B. promotes spindle formation
C. cousin
C. suppresses cancer
D. son
D. results in the division of two geneti-
553. The nuclear membrane breaks downs. cally identical nuclei
The chromosomes coil up and condense. 559. Which of these cells would be produced
The 1st and longest phase of Mitosis. through meiosis?
A. prophase A. skin cells
B. anaphase B. liver cells
C. metaphase C. brain cells
D. telophase D. sperm cells

560. Another name for a sex cell is a: C. single base pair mutations
A. gamete D. nondisjunction

B. embryo
566. Which of the following animal cells has
C. bone cell already undergone meiotic cell division?
D. muscle cell
A. Sperm cell
561. The two halves of the doubled chromo- B. Muscle cell
some (X shaped) structure
C. Nerve cell
A. centromeres
D. Red blood cell
C. spindle 567. Duplication of chromosomes occurs in
D. tissues which of these phases in a cell cycle
A. M-Phase
sion happens during Mitosis only, Meiosis B. G1 Phase
only, or Both.Crossing-over C. G0-Phase
A. Mitosis D. S-Phase
B. Meiosis
C. Both 568. What is the first stage of the cell cycle
before cell division begins?
D. none of above
A. Interphrase
563. Before mitosis begins, which happens be-
B. Replication
fore the nucleus starts dividing?
A. The cytoplasm separates. C. Metaphase
B. The DNA replicates. D. Telophase
C. The sister chromatids separate. 569. division of the cytoplasm, resulting in

D. The homologous chromosomes cross two daughter cells
over. A. cytokinesis
564. Mitosis is the division of the cytoki- B. cancer
nesis is the division of the
C. mitosis
A. cytoplasm, nucleus
D. tumor
B. cytoplasm, DNA
C. DNA, nucleus 570. The material of chromosomes which is
made up of proteins and DNA is called
D. nucleus, cytoplasm
A. Centromere
565. Trisomy 21 is the result of , an error
of chromosomes not separating properly. B. Chromatid
A. translocation C. Karyotype
B. inversion D. Chromatin

571. During , DNA is coiled up into individ- C. The cell prepared to divide
ual with the help of histone proteins.
D. The cell divides
A. interphase; chromatin
B. interphase; chromosomes 577. What type of cell division has homolo-
gous pairs line up together?
C. prophase; chromatin
A. Mitosis
D. prophase; chromosomes
B. Meiosis
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572. What is the process by which multicellu-
C. Both
lar organisms produce more cells?
D. none of above
A. Cell Division
B. Chromosomes 578. In which phase does the cell spend most
C. Chromatin of it’s life?
D. DNA A. Interphase
B. Prophase
573. Cells that can no longer divide are in:
C. Telophase
A. S phase
B. Go phase D. Mitosis
C. Metaphse 579. Why do cells divide?

D. G1 phase A. All of the above
574. All BUT one event will occur during Meio- B. To repair
sis II? That is C. To replace
A. homologous chromosomes pair up
D. To copy and divide
B. sister chromatids move to opposite
ends of the cell 580. A tumor becomes invasive enough to
C. nuclear membrane form around newly impair the functions of one or more organs,
separated chromosomes thus an individual with this type of tumor
is thought to have cancer
D. spindle fibers align chromosomes
along the equator of the cell A. benign
B. malignant
575. The stages of mitosis are sometimes re-
ferred to as C. all of the above
A. PMAT D. none of above
B. PMAP
581. The chromosomes that pair up during
C. MPTA meiosis, are called chromosomes.
D. ATPM A. homozygous
576. What does not happen during interphase B. asexual
A. cell grows C. homologous
B. cell makes a copy of its DNA D. heterozygous

582. Reproduction that combines genetic ma- 588. If a bacteria with 8 chromosomes repro-
terial of two organisms duced asexually, how many chromosomes
would its offspring have?

B. Asexual Reproduction A. 4
C. Fertilization B. 8
D. Budding C. 16
583. Cancer affects D. none of above
A. humans only.
589. During which stage of cell division do the
B. unicellular organisms only
chromosomes shorten, condense, and be-
C. multicellular organisms only come visible?
D. multicellular and unicellular organ- A. Interphase
isms.
B. Prophase
584. Which is a result of mitosis?
C. Metaphase
A. four sex cells
D. Anaphase
B. four haploid cells
C. two diploid daughter cells 590. What is the first phase of mitosis?
D. two haploid daughter cells A. prophase
585. During which stage of cell division are B. anaphase
chromosomes pulled to opposite ends of
the cell? C. metaphase
A. Prophase D. interphase
B. Metaphase
591. We can see all 46 chromosomes during
C. Anaphase metaphase, image them, and line them up
D. Telophase to see how they compare. This image is
called a:
586. In the 2nd part of cell division, the cyto-
plasm divides. This is called A. microscope
A. interphase B. karyotype
B. mitosis C. person
C. cytokinesis D. cool picture bro
D. anaphase
592. What are the two major periods of the
587. which event does not occur during cell cyle?
prophase in an animal cell?
A. Interphase & Prophase
A. chromosome condense
B. spindle begins to form B. Cell-Division & Cytokinesis
C. chromosome replicate C. Interphase & Cell-Division

D. nuclear envelope disperses D. Interphase & Cell-Happiness

593. Tell whether the given event in cell divi- 598. An example of an external regulator on
sion happens during Mitosis only, Meiosis cell division is
only, or Both.DNA replication A. Skin healing after a deep cut
A. Mitosis B. Cyclins
B. Meiosis C. P53 gene
C. Both D. None of these
D. none of above
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599. During which phase of the cell cycle is the
594. A tumor is considered if it will spread cell growing and preparing for cellular di-
and form tumors in other areas of the vision?
body. A. cytokinesis
A. benign B. prophase
B. malignant C. anaphase
C. malformed D. interphase
D. dangerous 600. If a body cell in a butterfly contains 24
chromosomes, a butterfly egg would con-
595. Humans have 46 chromosomes. After tain
both meiosis divisions, how many chro-
matids does each daughter cell have? A. 3
B. 6
A. 23
C. 12
B. 46
D. 24
C. 92
D. Impossible to know 601. What is the purpose of interphase?
A. growth and metabolism
596. Haploid cells are seen
B. nucleic division
A. After Meiosis 1
C. cytoplasmic division
B. After Metaphase of Mitosis
D. none of above
C. After Telophase of Mitosis
602. Chromatin is made up of DNA that wraps
D. Before Anaphase 1 of Meiosis around proteins at regular intervals. What
is the name of these proteins?
sion happens during Mitosis only, Meiosis A. centromeres
only, or Both.Alignment of chromosomes B. telomeres
during metaphase
C. histones
A. Mitosis
D. chromosomes
B. Meiosis
603. A parent cell has 10 chromosomes. If one
C. Both
daughter cells after mitosis has 9 single
D. none of above chromosomes and the other has 9 single

chromosomes and 1 double chromosome 608. After fertilization, the zygote contains
when did the error occur? 28 chromosomes. What is the haploid
number?

A. prophase
A. 28
B. metaphase
B. 14
C. anaphase
C. 56
D. telophase
D. 46
604. During which phase does the cytoplasm
609. If there are 16 chromosomes in the egg
divide into two identical cells?
cells of an organism, how many chromo-
A. mitosis somes would be found in its muscle cells?
B. metaphase A. 16
C. interphase B. 32
D. cytokinesis C. 8
D. 64
605. If there are 20 chromosome in the egg
cells, how many chromosomes would be 610. The synthesis (S) phase is characterized
found in the sperm cells of the same by
species?
A. DNA replication
A. 10 B. cell division
B. 40 C. replication of mitochondria and other
C. 20 organelles
D. 80 D. the division of cytoplasm
606. Which part of mitosis is when the 611. Which of the following stages contains no
centromere splits fulling the chromatids trace of nuclear membrane?
away? A. Prophase 1
A. Prophase B. Telophase 2
B. Interphase C. Anaphase 1
C. Metaphase D. Prophase 2
D. Anaphase 612. DNA replication is described as a pro-
cess
607. During which stage of interphase does
the cell double in size and produce a sec- A. Conservative
ond set of cell organelles, and carry out B. Semi-conservative
normal cell functions? C. Hemi-conservative
A. G1 D. Anti-conservative
B. S
613. occurs when the cell cycle is no longer reg-
C. G2 ulated
D. All 3 stages A. cytokinesis

B. mitosis 619. cytokinesis usually but not always fol-

C. cancer lows mitosis. if a cell completed mitosis
but not cytokinesis, the result would be a
D. tumor cell with
614. All existing cells are produced by other A. two nuclei
A. living cells B. a single large nucleus
B. dead cells C. high concentration of actin and myosin
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C. atom cells
D. two abnormally small nuclei
D. animal cells
620. Once the sister chromatids separate they
615. Cell differentiation is when:
are considered to be individual
A. cells undergo mitosis A. chromatids
B. cells become specialized (into skin B. chromosomes
cells, nerve cells, etc.)
C. centromeres
C. cells undergo apoptosis
D. DNA
D. cells become cancerous
621. When a cell undergoes specialization or
616. What is the network of fibers extending differentiation,
from the centrioles-made of microtubules
to which chromatids attach and are pulled A. it’s DNA changes.
apart? B. it becomes more specialized depend-
A. centrioles ing on which part of the DNA gets acti-
vated.
B. spindle
C. it divides instantly, forming new cells
C. chromatids
D. its DNA gets copied for cell division.
D. nucleolus
622. the process by which bacterial cells di-
617. In which phase of the cell cycle does the vide
cell grow and prepare for DNA replication
A. binary fission
A. G1
B. cell division
B. S
C. DNA replication
C. G2
D. synthesis phase
D. M
623. Which of the following cannot be at-
618. Why is it important for the DNA in a cell tributed to Telophase?
to replicate?
A. Chromatids return to chromatin fibers
A. The more DNA the better!
B. So that both daughter cells have a com- B. Nucleolus reappears
plete set of instructions C. Cytoplasmic organelles get evenly dis-
C. It isn’t important tributed in both daughter cells
D. To show off for all the other cells, obvi D. Nuclear membrane reappears

3.5 Bio Molecules 599
624. The first step of mitosis, where chromo- C. prophase II

somes become visible and nuclear mem-
D. telophase II
brane dissolves.

A. Prophase 627. More complex organisms reproduce this
B. Metaphase way . . .
C. Anaphase A. Sexually
D. Telophaes B. Asexually
625. If abnormal cells remain at the original C. Both

site they are called D. none of above
A. benign tumor
628. When a cell is not dividing, and even as it
B. malignant tumor duplicates the DNA in preparation for cell
C. all of the above division, each chromosome is in the form a
D. none of above of along thin fiber
A. chromosome
626. During what phase of meiosis does cross-
ing over occur? B. sister chromatid
A. prophase I C. chromatin
B. metaphase I D. none of above
3.5 Bio Molecules

1. DNA and RNA belong to this biomolecule C. proteins
group. D. nucleic acids
A. carbohydrates
4. Which of the following are biomolecules?
B. lipids
A. RNA, DNA, proteins, lipids
C. proteins B. Proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, poly-
D. nucleic acids mers
2. The building block of nucleic acids is nu- C. Nucleic acid, lipids, carbohydrates,
cleotides. Which is the CORRECT compo- monomers
sition of a nucleotide? D. Proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, nu-
A. sugar and phosphate cleic acids
B. a base and a phosphate 5. Many plants have waxy coatings on some

surfaces. This coating reduces water loss
C. a base and a sugar
because it’s not water-permeable. What
D. a base, a sugar, and phosphate type of organicmolecule is it?
3. Which biomolecule is a source of fast, quick A. carbohydrate
energy for cells? B. lipid
A. carbohydrates C. nucleic acid
B. lipids D. protein

6. Nucleic acids are the polymers of . 12. Speed up chemical reactions, protects
A. Nucleosides against infections, and structural compo-
nent of hair, skin, and muscles
B. Nucleotides
A. Carbohydrates
C. Bases
B. Lipids
D. Sugars
C. Proteins
7. what part of a nucleotide carried genetic D. Nucleic Acids
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information
A. sugar 13. Organic compounds all contain
B. phosphate A. carbon
C. base B. oxygen
D. none of above C. hydrogen

D. water
8. What 3 letters do enzymes typically end
in? 14. Which monomer makes up lipids?
A. -ose A. Amino acid
B. -ase B. Nucleotide
C. -ese C. Fatty acid
D. -tic D. Monosaccharide
9. The main bonding in the secondary struc- 15. The conditions for an enzyme to work need
ture of a protein is due to to be
A. covalent bonding A. specific
B. ionic bonding B. normal
C. hydrogen bonding C. variable
D. polar bonding D. don’t matter
10. Which of the following does NOT belong 16. This macromolecule is the main source of
to the classification of lipids? energy and serves as structural purposes
A. hemoglobin in plants .
B. phospholipids A. Carbohydrates
C. steroid B. Proteins
D. triglyceride C. Lipids
D. Nucleic Acid
11. If you have 40 adenine in a DNA molecule,
how many thymine can you expect? 17. what is the polymer for lipids
A. 20 A. polypeptide chain
B. 30 B. amino acid
C. 40 C. there’s no polymer
D. 50 D. oxygen

18. In a reaction that uses enzymes, a reactant 24. Which biomolecule does starch belong to?
is called the A. carbohydrates

A. Active site B. lipids
B. Substrate C. nucleic acids
C. Activation Energy D. proteins
D. Products
25. Which biomolecule is a key part of the cell
19. Lipids are used for long-term storage of membrane and is needed in the formation
energy and also for of hormones?
A. Genetic Information A. Carbohydrates
B. Insulation B. Lipids
C. Structure C. Proteins
D. Fast energy D. Nucleic acids
20. Water travels up from the roots of a tree 26. Which of the following is NOT a lipid?
to the top because of A. Fats
A. adhesion and cohesion B. Oils
B. surface tension C. Waxes
C. specific heat capacity D. Proteins
D. density of water compared to ice 27. This type of molecule can be identified by
a sweet taste.
21. Enzymes are what type of Biomolecule?
A. Simple Carbohydrates
A. Carbohydrat
B. Complex Carbohydrates
B. Lipid
C. Lipids
C. Protein
D. Proteins
D. Nucleic Acid
28. Which biomolecule is your main source of
22. Mechanical digestion energy, quickly available from food?
A. is a physical process A. Nucleic Acid
B. is not a physical process B. Protein
C. does not break down food C. Lipid
D. results in a new substance D. Carbohydrate
23. Water is removed from digested food in 29. Photosynthesis uses CO2, water and en-
which organ of the digestive system? ergy to produce
A. mouth A. fructose
B. stomach B. galactose
C. small intestine C. glucose
D. large intestine D. sucrose

30. In a double helix model of DNA, how far is 36. Which group of biomolecules provide quick
each base pair from the next base pair? energy to organisms?
A. 3.4 nm A. proteins
B. 0.34 nm B. carbohydrates
C. 34 nm C. lipids
D. 0.034 nm D. nucleic acids
37. phobia
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31. Macro
A. old A. love
B. hate
B. water
C. against
C. sugar
D. fear
D. large
38. The monomer for a carbohydrate is
32. Sugars end-in what?
A. amino acid
A. -ose
B. nucleotide
B. -ase
C. monosaccharide
C. -tion
D. polysaccharide
D. none of above
39. Carbohydrates are made of which ele-
33. The four most common elements found in ments
biomolecules are: A. carbon, calcium, hydrogen
A. Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, B. carbon, hydrogen, oxygen
Bromine
C. carbon, oxygen, calcium
B. Sulfur, Nitrogen, Iron, Carbon
D. carbon, oxygen, nitrogen
C. Sulfur, Phosphorus, Carbon, Oxygen
40. Which of the following is a carbohydrate?
D. Carbon, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Hydrogen
A. DNA
34. Biruet’s Solution tests for B. Protein
A. Carbohydrates C. Sugars
B. Proteins D. Fats
C. Nucleic Acids 41. What is the key role (function) of a pro-
D. Lipids tein?
A. instant energy for the cell/body
35. Enzymes are special that speed up
chemical reactions. B. hormones, buoyancy, forms cell mem-
branes, insulation, energy storage
A. carbohydrates
C. growth, repair, and energy, immune
B. lipids
system, enzymes
C. proteins D. store and transmit genetic informa-
D. nucleic acids tion/heredity

42. Which biomolecule is important source of 47. Glucose, Fructose, and Lactose are all ex-
energy for humans; glucose for human amples of which molecule?
cells, tissues, and organs; provides fiber,

A. Simple carbohydrate
sugar, and starches; provides structural
support, cell wall, and cell membrane B. Complex Carbohydrate
maker? C. Protein
A. Nucleic Acid D. Fat
B. Lipid 48. Which biomolecule is made of nucleotides
C. Carbohydrate and include your DNA?
D. Protein A. Carbohydrate
B. Lipids
43. What is something that prokaryotic and
C. Protein
eukaryotic cells have in common?
D. Nucleic Acid
A. They have a nucleus.
B. They are multi-cellular. 49. Which most directly controls the rate at
which food is broken downs to release en-
C. They have DNA. ergy?
D. They have organelles that are A. enzymes
membrane-bound.
B. hormones
44. Which biomolecule would be starch be clas- C. nucleic acids
sified as?
D. vitamins
A. Lipid
50. Which monomer makes up nucleic acids?
B. Protein
A. Amino acid
C. Nucleic Acid
B. Nucleotide
D. Carbohydrate
C. Fatty acid
45. Which biomolecules contain the four ele- D. Monosaccharide
ments CHON (Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen
and Nitrogen)? 51. What are foods that are high in carbs?
A. Lipids A. Eggs, fish, poultry

B. Cheese, meats, vegetables
B. Carbohydrates
C. Bread, potatoes, and pasta
C. Protein
D. Multitude of oils, butter and condi-
D. Nucleic Acids ments
46. Which of the following, found ONLY in 52. Hemoglobin, Insulin, Melatonin, Elastin
plant cells, provides structure? are all examples of in the human body
A. cell wall A. Proteins
B. chloroplast B. Carbohydrates
C. mitochondria C. Nucleic Acids
D. vacuole D. Lipids

53. Mr. McAdams just finished an exhausting 58. What energy do carbohydrates provide?
workout. Which of the following carbohy- A. Long term energy
drates can be readily used by his body as
a source of fuel? B. Short term energy
C. potential energy
A. Glucose
D. kinetic energy
B. Cellulose
C. Glcogen 59. In which organs are glycogen stored in the
body?
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D. Starch
A. liver and spleen
54. What elements make up amino acids? B. liver and muscle
A. Carbon, hydrogen and oxygen only C. liver and bile
B. Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitro- D. liver and adipose tissue
gen only
60. An important feature of the lipid head
C. Carbon, hydrogen and phosphorus structure is that they are
only A. Hydrophobic
D. Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxy- B. Hydrophilic
gen
C. Round
55. Which is the monomer for lipids? D. Square
A. Fatty acid + glycerol 61. Proteins make amino acids. Insulin is an
B. amino acids amino acid that:
C. nucleotide A. Transport oxygen
D. monosaccharide B. Regulate the level of sugar in the blood
56. What are the main molecules that make up C. Fight diseases
muscle fibers? D. Speed up the rate of chemical reaction
A. lipids
62. Which biomolecule is made of nu-
B. proteins cleotides?
C. carbohydrates A. Carbohydrate
D. none of above B. Lipids
C. Protein
57. This is a major insoluble fibrous protein
found in connective tissues such as ten- D. Nucleic Acid
dons, ligaments, skin, cartilage and the 63. Which biomolecule is your main source of
cornea of the eye. What is it? energy?
A. albumin A. Nucleic Acid
B. collagen B. Protein
C. keratin C. Lipid
D. pepsin D. Carbohydrate

64. What does pH measure? C. Nucleic Acids-Catalyze reactions

A. the amount of hydrogen (H+) ions D. Proteins-long term energy storage

B. the amount of hydroxide (OH-) ions
70. Glycogen is a homopolymer made of
C. amount of water
A. Glucose units
D. all of the above
B. Galactose units
65. Which biomolecule is helpful for long term
C. Ribose units
energy storage?
D. Aminoacids
A. Nucleic acid
B. Protein 71. Which biomolecule makes up your genes?
C. Carbohydrate A. Carbohydrate
D. Lipid B. Lipid
66. Uni C. Nucleic Acid
A. one who does D. Protein
B. layer
72. A dog gets many nutrients from its food
C. fire including amino acids. Which of these can
D. one be built directly using the amino acids?
A. proteins
67. Which biomolecule does your body catabo-
lize (break down) for energy? B. carbohydrates
A. Nucleic Acid C. lipids
B. Protein D. minerals
C. Lipid
73. Which biomolecule cushions vital organs,
D. Carbohydrate insulates the body and is a source of long-
term energy?
68. Enzymes, which speed up chemical re-
actions, belong to which group of A. lipids
biomolecules? B. carbohydrates
A. carbohydrates
C. protein
B. lipids
D. nucleic acids
C. proteins
D. nucleic acids 74. The 3 categories of carbohydrates are:
A. Monosaccharide, disaccharide,
69. Which of the following answers links a polysaccharide
biomolecule with one of its proper func-
tions? B. glucose, fructose, galatose
A. Lipids-Store genetic information C. starch, cellulose, chitin
B. Carbohydrates-short term energy stor- D. There are no categories of carbohy-
age drates

75. What are the four biological molecules? 81. Polymer’s split apart to form , by
A. proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nu- A. monomers, hydrolysis
cleic acids B. monomers, dehydration synthesis
B. A, T, C, G C. amino acids, hydrolysis
C. water, air, earth, and fire D. amino acids, dehydration synthesis
D. Joe, Nick, and Kevin Jonas
82. Monomers combine to form through
76. which function has tissue repair? the process of
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A. carbohydrates A. polymers; hydrolysis
B. nucleic acids B. polymers; dehydration synthesis
C. proteins C. monomers; hydrolysis
D. lipids D. monomers; dehydration synthesis
77. DNA and RNA are an example of 83. Which biomolecule is made of the monomer
amino acids?
A. Amino Acids
A. Nucleic Acid
B. Proteins
B. Carbohydrate
C. Lipids
C. Protein
D. Nuclei Acids
D. Lipid
78. What type of relationship is it when ants
84. Which biomolecule is found in pastas and
live on an acacia tree and protect it from
breads?
insects? The acacia tree provides food for
the ants. A. Lipid
A. Commensalism B. Protein
B. Mutualism C. Nucleic Acid
C. Parasitism D. Carbohydrate
D. Predation 85. This macromolecule controls the rate of re-
actions, regulates cell processes, forms cel-
79. An important feature of lipid fatty acid lular structures, carry substances in and
tails is that they are out of the cell, and helps fight disease.
A. Hydrophobic (hate water) A. Carbohydrates
B. Hydrophilic (love water) B. Proteins
C. Long C. Lipids
D. Short D. Nucleic Acid
80. The basic unit of structure and function for 86. Amino acids are a monomer for which type
the body. of biomolecule?
A. cell A. Nucleic Acid
B. atom B. Carbohydrate
C. organelle C. Protein
D. nucleus D. Lipid

87. The test for protein is and if it is posi- C. carbohydrates

tive, will turn
D. salts

A. Benedicts, orange
B. Iodine, Black/purple 93. A is an organic molecule used as the
body’s primary source of energy.
C. Biurets, blue
A. protein
D. Biurets, purple
B. nucleic acid
88. Which of the following compounds is most
likely to be part of living organisms? C. carbohydrate
A. C6 H12O6 D. lipid
B. BF3
94. Which of the following is considered as the
C. MoCl2 building blocks of protein?
D. CsI A. amino acids
89. DNA and RNA are examples of B. nucleic acids
A. Carbohydrates C. nucleotides
B. Lipids
D. polypeptides
C. Proteins
D. Nucleic Acids 95. Which category of biomolecule has no true
monomer?
90. Which of the polymers of nucleic acids
A. carbohydrates
forms a double helix?
A. mRNA B. proteins
B. DNA C. lipids
C. tRNA D. nucleic acids
D. rRNA
96. A glycosidic bond is formed between two
91. Large bodies of water, such as lakes and
oceans, do not quickly fluctuate in temper- A. Lipids
ature. What is the reason for this phe-
nomenon? B. Carbohydrates
A. Water is an acid. C. Nucleic Acids
B. Water is a versatile solvent. D. Proteins
C. Water has a high heat capacity.
97. In a hydrolysis reaction, a large molecule
D. Water acts as a buffer.
becomes
92. Vegetable oils, such as corn oil, belong A. even larger
to which general class of organic sub-
stances? B. two smaller molecules
A. lipids C. two really large molecules
B. proteins D. none of above

98. What elements make up carbohydrates? 104. The waxy, organic substances used by
A. Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen aquatic birds to coat their feathers, when
analyzed consists mostly of
B. sulfur, carbon, hydrogen
A. lipids
C. glucose and fructose B. proteins
D. carbon, hydrogen, oxygen C. carbohydrates
99. RNA and DNA are which type of macro- D. nucleic acids
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molecules? 105. Which biomolecule builds muscle?
A. Carbohydrate A. carbohydrates
B. lipid B. lipids
C. nucleic acid C. proteins
D. protein D. nucleic acids
100. Which biomolecule contains fats, oils, and 106. Which element is NOT found in carbohy-
waxes? drates?
A. Carbon
A. Proteins
B. Hydrogen
B. Nucleic Acid
C. Nitrogen
C. Lipids
D. Oxygen
D. Carbohydrate
107. A group of similar cells that come to-
101. Proteins are made of monomers called gether to perform a specific function is
a/an
A. Nucleotides A. organ
B. Monosaccharides B. organism
C. organ system
C. Amino Acids
D. tissue
D. Glycerol and fatty acids
108. Enzymes (catalysts) belong to which
102. what level is DNA group of biomolecules?
A. cel A. proteins
B. molecule B. carbohydrates
C. tissue C. lipids
D. organism D. nucleic acids
109. What elements (monomers) make up a
103. Enzymes are considered to be
protein?
A. Lipids A. C, H, O
B. Carbohydrate B. C, H, O, N, (S)
C. Protein C. C, H, O, N, P
D. Nucleic Acid D. none of above

110. Bowhead whales can have a specialized D. none of above

layer of blubber up to 30 cm’s thick. This
acts as a special insulation that traps the 115. catalyst do what

heat their muscles create from movement. A. beat up stuff
What biomolecule is the blubber primarily
B. draw stuff
made of?
C. eat stuff
A. Carbohydrates
B. Lipids D. break stuff
C. Proteins 116. What elements (monomers) make up nu-

D. Nucleic Acids cleic acids?
A. C, H, O
111. The word “saccharide “ means:
B. C, H, O, N, (S)
A. sugar
B. protein C. C, H, O, N, P
C. amino acids D. none of above

D. none of above 117. Amino acids that must be supplied by
foods in the diet
112. What is it called when molecules move
across the cell membrane from an area of A. essential amino acid
high concentration to an area of low con- B. complete protein
centration through a carrier protein?
C. emulsion
A. Diffusion
D. collagen
B. Osmosis
C. Active Transport 118. Which biomolecule is frutose
D. Facilitated Diffusion A. Nucleic Acid
B. Protein
113. Which of the following is LEAST likely to
dissolve in water? C. Lipid
A. nonpolar fats and oils D. Carbohydrate
B. polar sugar molecules
119. When coiled together, DNA looks like a:
C. salt made of a positive sodium ion and
A. Single Helix
a negative chloride ion
B. Double Helix
D. all of the substances will dissolve eas-
ily in water C. Triple Helix
114. Where is chemical energy stored in D. Broken Ladder

molecules?
120. what is the monomer of a carbohydrate
A. In the atoms
A. polysaccharide
B. In the chemical bonds between atoms
B. monosaccharide
C. There is no energy stored in molecules C. trisaccharide

D. disaccharide

121. The enzyme lactase will break down the C. -ose

sugar lactose into which of the following D. -yme
components?
A. monosaccharides 127. Which nutrient group is used in the com-
position of waxes and responsible for in-
B. nucleic acids sulation of some organisms?
C. amino acids A. carbohydrates
D. phospholipids B. lipids
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122. Which biomolecule are in starches and C. nucleic acids
fibers? D. proteins
A. Lipid
128. A sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitro-
B. Protein gen base form the building blocks of which
C. Nucleic Acid organic compound?
D. Carbohydrate A. carbohydrates
B. lipids
123. Which biomolecule’s monomer (or build-
ing block) is glycerol and fatty acid? C. nucleic acids
A. Lipids D. proteins
B. Proteins 129. What two biomolecules are used for en-
C. Carbohydrate ergy?
D. Nucleic Acid A. Carbohydrates and Lipids

B. Nucleic Acids and Protiens
124. Why is it important for DNA to be ex-
tremely long? C. Lipids and Proteins
A. So it can hold massive amounts of DNA D. Proteins and Carbohydrates

130. What is the correct term to describe en-
B. Just in case it breaks, you have back zymes when active sites are full, and there
up is still a high concentration of substrates in
the area?
C. DNA is actually a very short molecule
A. Enzyme Saturation
D. So it can’t be damaged by the sun
B. Enzyme Anxiety
125. All living things contain what element?
C. Optimum Enzymatic Rate
A. helium
D. none of above
B. sodium
131. Jenny is constantly cold! She has also
C. copper
been struggling to finish workouts. What
D. carbon should she eat more often?
126. What suffix (word ending) is used in the A. Carbohydrates
names of most carbohydrates? B. Protein
A. -ase C. Nucleic Acids
B. -nic D. Lipids

132. All polymers are made up of B. Stores & transmits genetic informa-
A. monosaccharides tion in every living cell

C. Examples are DNA & RNA
B. monomers
D. All of the above
C. proteins
D. None of these 138. In aqueous solution, an amino acid exist
as
133. When temperature or high ph(acidity) be- A. cation
come to high and a enzyme loses it function
B. anion
it is referred as:
C. zwitter ion
A. denatured
D. neutral molecule
B. angry
C. senile 139. What are the 4 biomolecules essential for
life?
D. none of above
A. Carbohydrates, fats, lipids, proteins
134. Which is an example of a biotic factor? B. Carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids, nu-
A. The sun cleic acids
B. Water C. Carbohydrates, glycerol, proteins, nu-
cleic acids
C. Grass
D. Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nu-
D. Rocks cleic acids
135. A is an organic molecule used as the 140. Which of the following is NOT a function
body’s primary source of (short term) en- of proteins
ergy. A. Assist in blood clotting
A. protein B. Fight infections and diseases
B. nucleic acid C. Assist in the processing of glucose
C. carbohydrate D. None of the above
D. lipid 141. With what 3 letters do enzymes typically
136. Two similar proteins are pictured. Be- end?
cause these two proteins have different A. -ose
structures, they most likely- B. -ase
A. contain different elements C. -ese
B. have different functions D. -tic
C. contain different nucleotides 142. What is a protein:
D. store different amounts of energy A. A polymer composed of many sugars.
137. What is the following is true about nu- B. A polymer composed of many amino
cleic acids? acids.
A. Provides the blueprints for a living or- C. A polymer composed of fatty acids.
ganism D. A polymer composed of nucleotides.

143. What is the most important function of A. adhesion

lipids?
B. surface tension due to cohesion
A. Uses energy
C. solvent properties
B. Denatures energy
D. nonpolar
C. Lowers chemical reactions
D. Stores excess energy 149. An enzyme is an example of a ?
A. Carbohydrate
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144. Which biomolecules are significant fea-
tures of the cell membrane? B. Lipid
A. carbohydrate and nucleic acid C. Nucleic Acid
B. lipid and nucleic acid D. Protein
C. nucleic acid and protein 150. Which biomolecule is responsible for
D. protein and lipid protection of your vital organs through
“padding”?
145. Proteins function in all of the following
except A. Protein
A. as antibodies in defense B. Nucleic Acid
B. as enzymes catalyzing chemical reac- C. Lipid
tions D. Carbohydrate
C. in contraction as muscle fibers
151. The prefix “poly” means
D. as instructions to be passed down to
offspring A. One
B. Two
146. One of the building blocks of lipids, the
triglyceride, is composed of C. Many
A. 3 Fatty Acids and 3 Glycerol D. Want a cracker
B. 1 Fatty Acid and 3 Glycerol
152. Which hydrophobic biomolecule forms the
C. 3 Fatty Acids and 1 Glycerol cell membrane?
D. 1 Fatty Acid and 3 Glycerol A. Proteins
147. What is the monomer that makes up nu- B. Lipids
cleic acids? C. Carbohydrates
A. Monosaccharides D. Nucleic Acids
B. Fatty acids
153. What is the name for the mechanism of
C. Nucleotides enzyme activity?
D. Amino acids
A. Lock and key
148. Which characteristic of water will allow B. jigsaw puzzle
a paperclip to remain floating on water
C. hammer and nail
when the paperclip is gently placed on top
of the water? D. two hands pattern

154. Cell membranes are composed of: 160. Which of the following elements is not
A. Lipids frequently found in organic compounds?
A. Carbon

B. Carbohydrates
B. Hydrogen
C. Nucleic acids
C. Oxygen
D. Proteins
D. Chlorine
155. When a protein unfolds, it is
161. DNA molecule is made of which?
A. Denatured A. nucleotides
B. Building B. amino acids
C. Adding amino acids C. glucose
D. Making food D. fatty acids
156. What is the monomer of a lipid? 162. DNA and RNA are two types of
A. Amino Acids A. Proteins
B. Monosaccharides B. Nucleic acids
C. Fatty Acids and Glycerol C. Lipids
D. Nucleotides D. Carbohydrates
163. Many elements are found in living or-
157. The backbone of DNA is made up of ganisms either free or in the form ofcom-
& units. pounds. Which of the following is not
A. sugar & base found in living organisms?
B. sugar & phosphate A. Silicon
C. base & phosphate B. Magnesium
D. phosphate & phosphate C. Iron
D. Sodium
158. The test for carbohydrates is
164. One function of carbohydrates is short
A. Benedicts
term energy storage. Which other macro-
B. Biurets molecule also functions in storing energy?
C. Lugols Iodine A. Lipid
D. Brown Paper B. Protein
C. DNA
159. Four different nucleotides are used as
building blocks of DNA. Which of the fol- D. Nucleic Acid
lowing can be used to distinguish one nu- 165. What biomolecule stores Genetic Infor-
cleotide from another? mation?
A. The nitrogenous base A. Carbohydrate
B. The shape of the deoxyribose sugar B. Lipid
C. The length of the phosphate group C. Protein
D. The type of fatty acid D. Nucleic Acid

166. Which biomolecular group carries and 172. The function of a Protein is
passes on the hereditary information of A. Quick Energy
the organism?
B. Stored Energy
A. carbohydrates
C. Store Genetic Information
B. lipids
D. Do the jobs of cell
C. nucleic acids
173. What are the three main parts of a nu-
D. proteins
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cleotide?
167. Which base is only found in RNA? A. carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
A. Uracil B. phosphate, sugar, and nitrogen base
B. Thymine C. phosphate, sulfate, and nitrate
C. Adenine D. adenine, thymine, and uracil
D. Guanine 174. What do you call it when the shape of an
enzyme is changed?
168. Which 2 biomolecules are made of only
Carbon, Hydrogen, & Oxygen (CHO)? A. denaturing
B. denuturing
A. Amino Acid & Carbohydrates
C. decomposing
B. Amino Acids & Proteins
D. deshaping
C. Lipids & Carbohydrates
D. Carbohydrates & Proteins 175. Phospholipids are used in what biological
structure?
169. Which of the following is not a lipid? A. RNA
A. steroid B. DNA
B. cholesterol C. Cell membrane
C. wax D. Cell wall
D. cellulose 176. Which class of biomolecules is used to
170. What sugar is found in RNA? make cell membranes?
A. Carb
A. Ribose
B. protein
B. Fructose
C. nucleic acid
C. Glucose
D. lipids
D. Deoxyribose
177. When an enzyme is denatured, the reac-
171. Which option does not belong here? tant will and the product will
A. Carbohydrate A. increase ; decrease
B. Lipid B. decrease ; increase
C. Nucleotide C. decrease ; decrease
D. Protein D. increase ; increase

178. Which macromolecule contains C, H, O, 183. are small individual molecules that
and has hydrogen and oxygen in a 2:1 ra- when linked together form a
tio?

A. polymersmonomer
A. carbs B. carbohydrateslipid
B. lipids C. proteinsnucleic acid
C. proteins D. monomerspolymer
D. nucleic acid 184. Which of the following elements is NOT
present in carbohydrates?
179. Which element is not found in carbohy-
drates or lipids? A. carbon
A. Carbon B. oxygen
B. Nitrogen C. nitrogen
D. hydrogen
C. Hydrogen
D. Oxygen 185. What are the four macromolecules?
A. proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates,
180. How many categories of biomolecules are and lipids
there?
B. monosaccharides, lipids, polysacca-
A. 1 harides, and proteins
B. 2 C. RNA, DNA, proteins, and carbohy-
C. 3 drates
D. 4 D. proteins, DNA, RNA, and steroids
186. Used for long term energy storage, insu-

181. Which biomolecule is the main source
lation, and water proofing.
of energy for humans; glucose for hu-
man cells, tissues, and organs; provides A. carbohydrates
fiber, sugar, and starches; provides struc- B. proteins
tural support, cell wall, and cell membrane
C. lipids
maker?
D. nucleic acids
A. Nucleic Acid
B. Lipid 187. Chemical digestion
A. results in the formation of a new sub-
C. Carbohydrate
stance
D. Protein
B. does not break down food
182. What type of organic molecules ar en- C. is a physicial process
zymes? D. does not result in a new substance
A. carbohydrates does not result in a new substance
B. lipids 188. Which food(s) contain nucleic acids?
C. nucleic acids A. a carrot
D. proteins B. a pepperoni pizza

C. a bunch of bananas 194. Oils are which type of biomolecule?

D. all of the above A. carbohydrates
B. lipids
189. Which biomolecule includes sugars and
starches? C. nucleic acids
D. proteins
A. Lipids
B. Proteins 195. The clear proteins of egg white becomes
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opaque and firm when cooked because the
C. Carbohydrates heat
D. Nucleic Acid A. mutates the DNA
B. turns the protein into carbohydrates
190. The polymers that flow and can be re-
shaped are know as: C. stops protein formation
A. Thermopolymers D. changes the protein structure
B. Thermosets 196. Which is an example of a lipid?

C. Thermostables A. oils
D. Thermoplastics B. carbons
C. glucose
191. Which base is ONLY found in DNA? D. DNA
A. Cytosine
197. Which of the following elements is most
B. Guanine common in a molecule of vitamin D?
C. Thymine A. aluminum
D. Adenine B. carbon
C. magnesium
192. Which biomolecule would fats and oils be
considered? D. sodium
A. Proteins 198. Which biomolecule is your main source of

quick energy?
B. Nucleic Acid
A. Nucleic Acid
C. Lipids
B. Protein
D. Carbohydrate
C. Lipid
193. Which biomolecule is most likely associ- D. Carbohydrate
ated with a molecule whose name ends in-
199. Amino Acids are the building blocks of
ose?
which of the following
A. Lipid A. Proteins
B. Protein B. Carbohydrates
C. Nucleic Acid C. Lipids
D. Carbohydrate D. Nucleic Acids

200. Which biomolecule offers structural sup- C. Nucleus

port to plants and animals with exoskele-
D. Mitochondria
ton?

A. Carbohydrates 206. Which end of the water molecule has a
B. Lipids slightly positive charge?
C. Proteins A. the oxygen end
D. Nucleic Acids B. the hydrogen end

C. both ends are slightly positive
201. Of how many rings (cycles) are steroids
formed? D. neither end is positive
A. 3
207. A biomolecule that insulates and protects
B. 4 organs is
C. 5 A. Lipid
D. 6 B. Nucleic Acid
202. Which biomolecule is involved in long C. Carbohydrate
term energy storage? D. Protein
A. carbohydrates
208. α -D (+) glucose and β -D (+)-glucose are
B. lipids
A. Enantiomers
C. proteins
D. nucleic acids B. Geometrical isomers
C. Anomers
203. Carbohydrates are more easily metabo-
lized than lipids. However, on a gram-for- D. Epimers
gram basis lipids provide cells with more-
A. nitrogen of carbohydrates?
B. proteins A. Provides structure for cells
C. structure
B. Provides energy for all cellular activi-
D. energy ties
204. DNA / RNA are examples of C. Contain complex carbohydrates
known as starches
A. Carbohydrates
D. All of the above
B. Proteins
C. Nucleic Acids 210. WHICH BIOMOLECULES STORES LONG-
D. Lipids TERM ENERGY?
A. PROTEIN
205. When we homogenise any tissue in an
acid the acid soluble pool represents B. CARBS
A. Cytoplasm C. LIPIDS
B. cell membrane D. NUCLEIC ACIDS

211. Which biomolecule contains pastas and C. Lipids

breads? D. Nucleic Acids
A. Lipid
216. A(n) is a substance with a pH less
B. Protein
than 7
C. Nucleic Acid
A. Acid
D. Carbohydrate
B. Alkaline
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212. Which biomolecule contain your genet- C. Base
ics?
D. Buffer
A. Carbohydrate
B. Lipid 217. Which biomolecule makes up antibodies
which help fight disease?
C. Nucleic Acid
A. Carbohydrate
D. Protein
B. Lipid
213. What is the difference between a plant
C. Nucleic Acid
cell and an animal cell?
D. Protein
A. Plant cell has a cell membrane and
chloroplasts 218. Proteins are found to have two differ-
B. planet cell has a cell wall and chloro- ent types of secondary structures viz. α -
plasts helix and β -pIeated sheet structure, α -
helix structure of protein is stabilised by
C. animal cell has a cell membrane and a
cell wall A. Peptide bonds
D. animal cell has a cell wall and chloro- B. van der Waals forces
plasts C. Hydrogen bonds
214. If you are looking for the quickest source D. Dipole-dipole interactions
of energy, you should eat a food that con-
tains a high percentage of 219. Which polypeptide stores oxygen in mus-
cles?
A. carbohydrates
A. enzyme
B. fat
C. proteins B. heme
D. sodium C. lipase
D. myoglobin
215. Matt started a new diet. After being on
the diet for a month, he is starting to no- 220. Fats, oils and cholesterol are all types of
tice that he has difficulty keeping his bal- what?
ance. His hair has been thinning and his
A. cell membranes
skin looks flakey. What biomolecule defi-
ciency does Matt have? B. hormones
A. Protein C. lipids
B. Carbohydrates D. fatty acids

221. Helicase is an example of a biomolecule 227. The term “hydrolysis” literally means
that can destroy bonds between DNA
strands during DNA replication.What A. to cut with water

biomolecule is helicase?
B. to eat water
A. Carbohydrate
C. to combine with water
B. Lipid
D. to cut with lemons
C. Protein
228. What are the main dietary sources for
D. Nucleic Acid
carbohydrates
222. Which is an example of an abiotic fac- A. bread, pasta, fruit
tor? B. pasta, fruit, chicken
A. Grass C. fruit, bread, chicken
B. Trees D. bread, pasta, cheese
C. Rain
229. If one series of bases reads:TTGACTAGG,
D. Birds then the complementary set of bases
223. The synthesis of monosaccharides would would read:
produce A. TTGACTAGG
A. nucleotide B. AACTGATCC
B. fatty acid chain C. AATCGAACTT
C. polypeptide D. AAGTCATCC
D. polysaccharide 230. Which of the following would NOT in-
crease the activity of an enzyme?
224. What element needs to be present to con-
sider a molecule organic? A. higher concentration
A. Nitrogen B. higher temperature
B. Oxygen C. ideal pH
C. Carbon D. Low temperature
D. Phosphorous 231. Which group of biomolecules includes ge-
netic material (DNA and RNA)?
225. All 4 biomolecules-
A. carbohydrates
A. Contain C, H, O, N
B. lipids
B. Contain C, H, O
C. proteins
C. Are made up of Sulfur
D. nucleic acids
D. Are made up of Amino Acids
232. Carbohydrates function
226. This element makes molecules organic. A. make enzymes
A. Oxygen B. insulation
B. Hydrogen C. as the main source of energy for living
C. Carbon things
D. Sulfur D. used for genetic code

233. What does POLY-mean? C. proteins

A. Two D. nucleic acids
B. A name for a parrot 239. Keratin present in hair is an example of
C. Many A. Fibrous protein
D. One B. Globular protein
234. Sugars and starches are which type of C. Conjugated protein
biomolecule?
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D. Derived protein
A. Lipids 240. Which organic molecule gives fast source
B. Proteins of energy?
C. Carbohydrates A. carbohydrates
D. Nucleic Acid B. lipids
C. nucleic acids
235. What is the only substance with a neutral
pH of 7? D. proteins
A. Milk 241. Sugars always ends with-ose.Which of
B. Orange Juice the following example is not a sugar?
C. Water A. Maltose
B. Lactose
D. Blood
C. Sucrose
236. Which biomolecule is a source of quick en-
D. Protease
ergy for cells?
A. carbohydrates 242. Which of the following is a polymer made
up of nucleotides?
B. lipids
A. DNA, RNA
C. proteins
B. Starch, Glycogen
D. nucleic acids
C. Enzymes, Antibodies
237. How how carbohydrates and lipids simi- D. Triglycerides, Steroids
lar?
243. Biomolecules are considered
A. both contain C, H, O, N, P and store en-
ergy A. Natural polymers
B. both contain C, H, O, N and give energy B. Synthetic polymers
C. Natural monomers
C. both contain C, H, O, N, S and store en- D. Synthetic monomers
ergy
244. Which biomolecule is the key source of
D. both contain C, H, O and give energy energy?
238. Which group of biomolecules contains A. Lipid
glycerol and fatty acids? B. Protein
A. carbohydrates C. Carbohydrate
B. lipids D. Nucleic Acid

245. Hemoglobin is an example of 251. This is one job proteins do NOT have in
A. Protein the body

B. Carbohydrate A. storing genetic information
C. Lipid B. structure
D. Nucleic Acid C. speed up chemical reactions

D. transport things through cell mem-
246. The monomer of a carb is a brane
A. Monosaccharide
252. Biomolecules, also known as macro-
B. Amino Acid molecules, are the main groups of
C. Nucleotide molecules that make up all living
D. Triglyceride (3 Fatty Acids and 1 Glyc- things. Which of the following is not a
erol) biomolecule?
A. Protein
247. Which of the following organic com-
pounds is the main source of energy for B. Amino Acids
living things? C. Carbohydrates
A. carbohydrates D. Nucleic Acids
B. lipids 253. A phospholipid is found where in the
C. nucleic acids cell?
D. proteins A. Cell gate
248. What is an element found in protein that B. Cell entrance

is not found in lipids or carbohydrates? C. Cell membrane
A. hydrogen D. Cell cycle
B. carbon 254. are primary components of cell
C. oxygen membranes while are a class of
D. nitrogen biomolecules that provide structural com-
ponents for animal tissues such as hair and
249. How many different amino acids are fingernails.
there? A. Carbohydrates; proteins
A. 15 B. Lipids; carbohydrates
B. 20 C. Lipids; proteins
D. 30
255. Directional terms relate more closely to
250. DNA and RNA are the science of
A. Carbohydrates A. anatomy
B. Lipids B. physiology
C. Proteins C. Both anatomy and physiology
D. Nucleic Acid D. none of above

256. Observation would relate more closely to 262. If you want a reaction to speed up you
the science of need an
A. anatomy A. nucleic acid
B. physiology B. enzyme
C. Both anatomy and physiology C. nerve cell
D. none of above D. carbohydrate
263. ALL polymers (large molecules) are made
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257. What type of energy makes a battery
useful? up of
A. electrical A. monosaccharides
B. monomers
B. magnetic
C. proteins
C. chemical
D. None of these
D. nuclear
264. Carbohydrates are classified on the ba-
258. The monomers of nucleic acids are sis of their behaviour on hydrolysis and
A. Nucleotides also as reducing or non-reducing sugar. Su-
B. Amino Acids crose is a .
A. monosaccharide
C. Glycerol
B. reducing sugar
D. Glucose
C. non-reducing sugar
259. Which is a good example of saturated D. polysaccharide
fat?
A. butter 265. Which of these is NOT a lipid
A. fats
B. corn oil19
B. oils
C. olive oil
C. amino acids
D. sunflower oil
D. waxes
260. Any substance that is acted upon by an
enzyme is called a(n)? 266. Studying living subjects would relate
more closely to the science of
A. Coenzyme
A. anatomy
B. Substrate
B. physiology
C. Vitamin C. Both anatomy and physiology
D. Polypeptide D. none of above
261. In a DNA molecule the repeating 4 letter 267. What is the function of carbohydrates?
code is used for
A. quick, fast energy
A. Storing genetic information
B. structure and support
B. Energy C. store and transfer genetic information
C. Protecting the cell
D. Insulating the cell D. long-term energy storage

268. Fats oils & waxes are examples of which B. pentose sugar, purine, and pyrimidine
biomolecule?

A. Proteins C. nitrogen base and a phosphate group
B. Nucleic Acid D. DNA, phosphate group, monosaccha-
C. Lipids ride
D. Carbohydrate 274. Which element has the ability to bond

with itself and other elements to create
269. The best way to get more protein in your long chains?
diet is to eat more
A. Carbon
A. plants
B. Hydrogen
B. fruit
C. Oxygen
C. meat
D. Phosphorus
D. fat
275. The nucleus is like the of the cell.
270. After the enzyme and substrate bind to-
gether and perform the reaction, what A. foot
does the substrate become? B. hand
A. a substrate C. stomach
B. an enzyme D. brain
C. a product
276. Monomers of Lipids include
D. an active site
A. Monosaccharides
271. This structure supports and protects plant B. Polysaccharides
cells.
C. Fatty Acids/ Glycerol
A. Nucleus
D. Amino acids
B. Cell Wall
C. Cell membrane 277. Which biomolecule group includes fats,
oils, and waxes?
D. Cytoplasm
A. Proteins
272. Which biomolecule is also known as en-
B. Nucleic Acid
zymes?
C. Lipids
A. Carbohydrate
D. Carbohydrate
B. Lipid
C. Nucleic Acid 278. Starch and cellulose are complex carbohy-
drates found in
D. Protein
A. Plants
273. What are the components of a nu-
B. Animals
cleotide?
A. nitrogen base, phosphate group, and C. Soil
pentose sugar D. Air

279. What is a function of carbohydrates? C. Nucleic Acids

A. To provide energy to living organisms D. Polynucleotides
B. The provide the structure in muscles
285. The bonds within glucose are converted
C. Providing insulation by mitochondria into
D. Storing your genetic information
A. Chloroplasts
280. Which biomolecule is made of amino B. Water
acids?
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C. ATP
A. Nucleic Acid
D. Carbon dioxide
B. Carbohydrate
C. Protein 286. Pasta, Bread, and Potatoes are all exam-
D. Lipid ples of what kind of biomolecules?
A. Carbohydrates
281. The prefix “mono” means
B. Lipids
A. Two
B. One C. Proteins
C. Many D. Nucleic Acids

D. Few 287. Iodine is used to test for
282. Nutritional chemists have found that A. Monosaccharide
burning 1 gram if fat releases twice the
B. Starch
amount of heat energy as burning 1 gram
of starch. Based on this information, C. Proteins
which type of biomolecules would cause a D. Lipids
person to gain more weight?
A. carbohydrates 288. Which organ in the digestive system is
B. fat responsible for most of the nutrient ab-
sortion in the digestive system?
C. proteins
A. esophagus
D. nucleic acid
B. large intestine
283. Atom is the basic unit of a chemical ele-
C. small intestine
ment. What are the atoms that make up
carbohydrates? D. stomach
A. C and H
289. What is a polymer?
B. C, H and N
A. a large molecule made up of subunits
C. C, H and O (pieces)
D. C, H, O and N
B. building blocks
284. The polymer which folds into proteins C. a small molecule made up of a single
A. Polypeptide piece
B. Amino Acids D. none of the above

290. Carbohydrates are C. protein

A. chains of amino acids D. nucleic acid

B. a secondary source of energy
296. The brown bag paper test for lipids is
C. the primary source of energy positive when food is placed on the paper
D. nucleic acids and a spot forms which will allow light to
pass through it. Which food would give
291. What is the monomer for lipids? the most positive test for lipids?
A. nucleotide A. potato chips
B. monosaccharide B. bread
C. amino acid C. sugar
D. none D. carrots
292. Which biomolecule’s monomers are held 297. Large biological molecules (polymers) are
together by peptide bonds? made up of smaller subunits. What are
A. Proteins these smaller subunits called?
B. Nucleic Acid A. cells
C. Lipids B. enzymes
D. Carbohydrate C. organelles
293. Overheating an enzyme results in the en- D. monomers
zyme’s loss of-
298. What make eukaryotic cells more com-
A. net electrical charge plex than prokaryotic cells?
B. ability to catalyze a reaction A. the presence of ribosomes
C. storage of a large amount of chemical B. the presence of nucleic acids
energy
C. the presence of the plasma membrane
D. storage of inherited information
294. Which organic macromolecules are com- D. the presence of membrane-bound or-
posed of chains of amino acids that join to ganelles
form the structural components of organ-
isms. 299. A monomer is
A. Carbohydrates A. a single atom
B. Proteins B. a building block for polymers
C. Amino Acids C. a single element
D. Lipids D. is an inorganic molecule
295. When amino acids are linked together 300. A basic ( alkaline ) solution has a
they form a polypeptide, which is also A. higher concentration of hydrogen ions
called a than hydroxide ions
A. carbohydrate B. equal concentration of hydroxide ions
B. lipid and hydrogen ions

C. higher concentration of hydroxide ions 306. The monomer of polyethylene is:

than hydrogen ions A. Propene
D. none of above B. Ethene
C. Ethylene
301. Which is NOT a function for Lipids?
D. Polyethene
A. Long term Energy Storage
307. Nitrogen Bases for DNA:
B. Chubify
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A. Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Uracil
C. Insulation
D. Cell Membrane Structure B. Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Phos-
phate
302. Which biomolecule stores your genetic in-
C. Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and
formation?
Thymine
A. Carbohydrate D. Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Sulfur
B. Lipid
308. The product of hydrolysis of a protein
C. Nucleic Acid would be
D. Protein A. monosaccharides
B. amino acids
303. Which macromolecule is made of simple
and complex sugars? C. nucleic acids
D. fatty acids
A. lipids
B. proteins 309. Eliminating waste is the primary function
of the
C. carbohydrates
A. Excretory System
D. nucleic acids B. Digestive System
304. Lipids are insoluble in water because lipid C. Respiratory System

molecules are ? D. Integumentary system
A. hydrophilic 310. what is the 2nd source energy
B. neutral A. lipids
C. hydrophobic B. carbohydrates
D. Zwitter ions C. proteins

D. fats
305. Fast food like fried chicken would be
what kind of biomolecule. 311. Which element is not considered common
for life?
A. carbohydrates
A. Carbon
B. Lipids B. Hydrogen
C. Proteins C. Sulfur
D. Nucleic Acid D. Sodium

312. If a cell has 20% Adenine in it, what % other living organisms, especially as re-
of Cytosine must it have? vealed by dissection and the separation of
parts is

A. 10%
B. 20% A. anatomy
C. 30% B. physiology
D. 80% C. Both anatomy and physiology
D. none of above
313. What are Nucleic Acids made up of?
A. Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Nitro- 318. Jessica is cooking with a frying pan. She
gen adds oil to the pan, and then she places a
B. Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, frozen hamburger on the skillet. Oil flies
and sometimes sulfur up off the pan. Why?
C. Carbon Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, A. The pan was cold

and Phosphate B. There was ice on the hamburger.
D. Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen C. She tilted the pan up.
314. Steroids are a type of D. none of above
A. Nucleic Acid 319. What kind of molecule is rep-
B. Lipid resented by the structure be-
C. Cholesterol low?CH3CH2CH2CH2CH=CHCH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2
D. Protein
A. monosaccharide
315. Many single-celled organisms rely pri- B. unsaturated fatty acid
marily on monosaccharides and disaccha-
rides as their source of energy. Which C. saturated fatty acid
class of biomolecules provides the energy D. phospholipid
for these cells?
A. Lipids 320. Lipids are composed of:
B. Carbohydrates A. Monosaccharides
C. Nucleic Acids B. Aminoacids
D. Proteins C. Head-tail structures
316. what are proteins made of? D. Nucleotides
A. Meat 321. The sugar in RNA is , the sugar in DNA

B. Oils is
C. Amino Acids A. deoxyribose, ribose
D. Nucleotides B. ribose, deoxyribose
C. ribose, phosphate
317. The branch of science concerned with the
bodily structure of humans, animals, and D. ribose, uracil

322. What is an example of a protein? 328. Enzymes need certain environmental con-
A. Strawberries ditions in order to function properly. What
happens when enzymes are heated to a
B. Bread high temperature?
C. Pasta A. they die
D. Steak B. they denature (change shape)
323. Which best represents a long term energy C. they change their amino acid sequence
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storage molecule in animals?
A. cellulose D. they work better
B. cholesterol 329. Which of the following determines an en-
C. glycogen zyme’s effectiveness?
D. none of above A. heat
B. pH (acidic or basic)
324. What is a monomer of lipids?
C. not enough enzymes; too many sub-
A. Monosaccharides strates
B. Amino Acids D. all are correct
C. Nucleotides
330. Which of these is not part of a nu-
D. Fatty Acids cleotide?
325. Enyzmes are a very important type of A. sugar
protein used to B. phosphate
A. Build bones in skeleton C. nitrogen base
B. Send hormonal signals throughout D. phospholipid
body
331. Which of the following is essential for
C. Speed up chemical reactions natural selection to occur in a population?
D. Photosynthesize glucose in plants A. Individuals with different colored fur.
326. Hydrophobic = B. Individuals with identical DNA.
A. Water loving C. Multiple types of predators in the pop-
ulation.
B. Water hating
D. Genetic variation in the population.
C. Made of hydrogen
D. Made of water 332. Disaccharide is formed by combining two
monosaccharides. What do you call the
327. What contains information for making process of combining 2 or more simple sug-
the body’s proteins? ars?
A. Proteins A. Hydrolysis
B. Nucleic Acids B. Peptide bonding
C. Carbohydrates C. Condensation
D. Lipids D. Saccharide bonding

333. What are the three main functions of 338. Adenine, Thymine, Guanine and Cytosine
Lipids? are what?

A. Short term energy, storage of energy, A. Phosphates
structure for plants and insects B. Sugars
B. catalyst, immune system support, hair C. Nucleotides
and nails
D. Bases
C. Stores genetic information, hereditary
information 339. How do lipids function for cells?
D. long term energy, water proof, insula- A. store information
tion B. store energy
334. The monomers used to synthesize pro- C. breakdown wastes
teins are called D. join with substrates
A. Nucleotides
340. What will most likely happen if an appro-
B. Fatty Acids priate enzyme is added to a chemical reac-
C. Amino Acids tion?
D. Sugars A. The reaction rate will increase.
335. What is hydrolysis? B. The equilibrium of the reaction will be
maintained.
A. Joining molecules together by remov-
ing water C. The reaction rate will decrease.
B. Breaking molecules apart by adding D. The reaction will stop.
water 341. What is the monomer that makes up pro-
C. Joining molecules together by adding teins?
water A. Amino acids
D. Breaking molecules apart by removing B. Monosaccharides
water
C. Diglycerides
336. Which biomolecule is responsible for stor- D. Nucleotides
ing and transmitting your hereditary infor-
mation? 342. DNA and RNA differ in
A. Carbohydrate A. Sugar
B. Lipids B. Purines
C. Protein C. Pyrimidines
D. Nucleic Acid D. Both (a) and (c)
337. What is the name of a carbohydrate poly- 343. Enzymes the activation energy for a
mers? chemical reaction.
A. Polysaccharides A. raise
B. Triglycerides B. lower
C. Polypeptides C. do not change
D. DNA and RNA D. none of above

344. If there are two polypeptide chains 350. In red blood cells, the compound carbonic
wrapped together, what level of structure anhydrase increases the rate at which car-
are the proteins? bon dioxide is converted to bicarbonate
A. Primary ions for transport in the blood. In red
blood cells, carbonic anhydrase acts as
B. Secondary which of the following?
C. Tertiary A. an enzyme
D. Quaternary B. a hormone
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345. Made of monomers of monosaccharides C. a lipid
A. Carbohydrates D. a sugar
B. Lipids 351. Where in a cell is each biomolecule syn-
C. Proteins thesized?
D. Nucleic Acids A. Carbohydrates-A; Proteins-D; Lipids-
B; ATP-C
346. Proteins are used by the body for immu-
nity, enzymes and B. Carbohydrates-D; Proteins-C; Lipids-
A; ATP-B
A. Storage of energy
C. Carbohydrates-A; Proteins-C; Lipids-
B. Storage of genetic Information D; ATP-B
C. Quick energy release D. Carbohydrates-A; Proteins-D; Lipids-
D. Structure C; ATP-B
347. collect sunlight which it converts to (en- 352. Hemoglobin is an amino acid that helps:
ergy) glucose A. Transport oxygen
A. chloroplasts B. Regulate the level of sugar in the blood
B. cytoplasm
C. cell wall C. Fight diseases
D. mitochondria D. Speed up the rate of chemical reaction
348. How many essential amino acids are 353. The monomers of proteins are called
there? A. fatty acids
A. 10 B. amino acids
B. 20 C. monosaccharides
C. 30 D. nucleotides
D. 40
354. The part of the enzyme that the substrate
349. Chains of amino acids are bonds to is called the
A. proteins A. active site
B. nucleic acids B. activation energy
C. carbohydrates C. bond site
D. lipids D. dehydration synthesis

355. What are the three main functions of Nu- C. Carbs

cleic Acids? D. Nucleic Acids

A. Short term energy, storage of energy,
structure for plants and insects 361. Antibodies belong to this biomolecule
group:
B. catalyst, immune system support, hair
and nails A. Simple Carbohydrates
C. Stores genetic information, contains B. Proteins
hereditary information C. Lipids
D. long term energy, water proof, insula- D. Nucleic Acids
tion
362. Glucose does not react with
356. The function of a Lipid is
A. NH2OH
A. Quick Energy
B. Conc. HNO3
B. Stored Energy
C. (CH3CO)2O
C. Store Genetic Information
D. NaHSO3
D. Build Tissue
357. Acts as a barrier and controls what en- 363. Fats provide long term energy storage
ters/leaves a cell and insulation to the human body. Fat
molecules are a member of which class of
A. cell membrane biomolecules?
B. Nuclear membrane A. Carbohydrate
C. cell wall B. Nucleic Acids
D. cytoplasm
C. Lipids
358. Which of the following is NOT a D. Proteins
biomolecule?
364. Which level of ecological organization
A. Water
is composed of many similar ecosystems
B. Nucleic Acid with the same climate and geographic lo-
C. Protein cations?
D. Lipid A. A community
359. The main elements for nucleic acid B. A population
A. CHO C. A biome
B. CHOMP D. A biosphere
C. CHO 365. By what kind of reaction is polyvinylchlo-
D. CHONP ride (PVC) obtained?
A. Redox
360. Which biomolecule does the subunit
amino acids belong to? B. Condensation
A. Lipids C. Addition
B. Proteins D. Elimination

366. A condensation reaction uses to 372. Proteins attach together using what
molecules bonds?
A. water, combine A. Phosphorous
B. water, split B. Peptide
C. heat, combine C. Hydrogen
D. heat, split D. Carbon
367. Which two biomolecules are made up only
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of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen? 373. Amino acids are the building blocks of
which group of biomolecules?
A. Protein and Nucleic Acid
A. proteins
B. Protein and Lipid
B. carbohydrates
C. Carbohydrate and Lipid
D. Carbohydrate and Nucleic Acid C. lipids
D. nucleic acid
368. building block (monomer) of protein
A. amino acid 374. The reaction to obtain a disaccharide from
B. monosaccharide two monosaccharides is a
C. nucleotide A. Addition
D. glycerol B. Elimination
369. The end result of amino acids joining to- C. Condensation

gether in translation is a D. Redox
A. polysaccharide
375. Which contains carbon, hydrogen, oxy-
B. protein gen (CHO) in a 1:2:1 ratio and may have
C. DNA a ring-like structure?
D. RNA A. Nucleic acid
370. what are the main elements for carbohy- B. Carbohydrates
drates C. Proteins
A. CHY D. Lipids
B. VIP
376. All of the following places a function with
C. CHO
the correct biomolecule EXCEPT
D. CHI
A. Nucleic acid-carry instructions to
371. Which biomolecules play a role in the im- make proteins
mune system and in the structure of the
B. Lipid-primary component of cell mem-
cytoskeleton?
branes
A. Carbohydrates
C. Protein-store and transmit hereditary
B. Lipids information
C. Proteins D. Carbohydrate-source of primary en-
D. Nucleic Acids ergy

377. The monomer of a nucleic acid is 383. Lipids are made up of which of the follow-
A. Monosaccharide ing?

A. glycerol and fatty acids tails
B. Amino Acid
B. glycerol and monolipids
C. Nucleotide
C. fatty acids and phosolipids
D. Triglyceride (3 Fatty Acids and 1 Glyc-
erol) D. amino acids and nucleotides
378. Which biomolecule contains carbon, hy- 384. What is the main ingredient of every
drogen, oxygen, and nitrogen? cell?
A. Carbohydrate A. water
B. Lipid B. lipids
C. Protein C. proteins
D. Nucleic acid D. nucleic acids
379. How do enzymes speed up chemical reac- 385. What is an example of a lipid?
tion? A. DNA
A. Increasing activation energy B. Enzyme
B. Decreasing activation energy C. Phospholipid
C. Increasing deactivation energy D. Starch
D. Decreasing deactivation energy 386. Which biomolecule is important for long
term energy storage?
380. The sugar present in milk is
A. Proteins
A. Sucrose
B. Nucleic Acid
B. Maltose
C. Lipids
C. Glucose
D. Carbohydrate
D. lactose
387. Which biomolecule is responsible for insu-
381. This substance releases OH-into solution lation and long term energy storage?
A. Acid A. Protein
B. Base B. Nucleic Acid
C. Neutral C. Lipid
D. none of above D. Carbohydrate
382. What are the monomers of proteins? 388. The monomer for a lipid is:
A. amino acids A. monosaccharide
B. fatty acids B. fatty acid
C. macromolecules C. nucleotide
D. lipids D. amino acid

389. The monomer of a nucleic acid is called 395. Which is the correct pair?
A. glucose:disaccharide
A. an amino acid B. sucrose:monosaccharide
B. a fatty acid C. starch:polysaccharide
C. a monosaccharide D. triglyceride:poloysaccharide
D. a nucleotide
396. What organelle of the cell produces en-
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390. What is the monomer for carbohy- ergy?
drates? A. Mitochondria
A. Amino acid B. Golgi Body
B. Nucleotide C. Vesicle
C. Fatty acid D. Vacuole
D. Monosaccharide 397. Each amino acid is different from the
391. Biomolecule that helps build muscle. other due to
A. carb A. The R group
B. lipid B. The amino group

C. The carboxyl group
C. protein
D. The central carbon
D. nucleic acid
398. Which biomolecule is made up of
392. Which of the following may be caused by
monosaccharides?
a lack of enough proteins in your diets?
A. Lipid
A. Frail nails and hair
B. Protein
B. Fat deposit in your iris
C. Nucleic Acid
C. Low blood-sugar levels
D. Carbohydrate
D. High blood pressure
399. What kind of transport does not require
393. The monomer for a protein is: energy?
A. amino acid A. Active
B. fatty acid B. Vacuole
C. monosaccharide C. Passive
D. nucleotide D. Na/K Pump
394. What is the boundary of the cell that is 400. Which element is NOT present in carbo-
made of lipids? hydrates?
A. Cell Wall A. carbon
B. Chlroplast B. hydrogen
C. Nucleus C. nitrogen
D. Cell Membrane D. oxygen

401. Which biomolecule helps form muscles? 407. This biomolecule provides short-term en-
ergy.
A. Nucleic Acid

A. Protein
B. Carbohydrate
B. Lipids
C. Protein
C. Carbohydrates
D. Lipids
D. Nucleic Acids
402. Made of glycerol and fatty acids 408. The more bonds a molecule has, the more
A. Carbohydrates
B. Lipids A. water is stored
C. Proteins B. force is stored
D. Nucleic Acids C. energy is stored
D. oxygen is stored
403. A monosaccharide is a:
409. Nutritional chemists have found that
A. nucleic acid burning 1 gram of fat releases twice the
B. lipid amount of heat energy as burning 1 gram
of starch. Based on this information,
C. carbohydrate
which type of biomolecule would cause a
D. protein person to gain more weight?
A. carbohydrate
404. What is the monomer for proteins?
B. fat
A. Amino acid
C. proteins
B. Nucleotide
D. nucleic acid
C. Fatty acid
410. Where does mechanical and chemical di-
D. Monosaccharide
gestion take place?
405. Which of the following is a primary func- A. mouth
tion of carbohydrates? B. stomach
A. storage of energy C. small intesting
B. transmission of genetic material D. mouth and stomach
C. acceleration of chemical reactions 411. which is not a lipid
D. transport of molecules across mem- A. steroid
branes
B. cholesterol
406. Nucleotides are monomer for C. cellulose
A. Nucleic Acids D. wax
B. Proteins 412. Brown Paper Bag test is for
C. Carbohydrates A. Monosaccharides
D. Lipids B. Starch

C. Protein 418. Which kind of a molecule is represented

by the structure below?C6H12O6?
D. Lipids
A. glucose
413. A saponification reaction involves a tria- B. maltose
cylglycerol and ?
C. starch
A. A strong acid
D. glycogen
B. A strong base
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419. What biomolecule provides our cells with
C. An amino acid genetic instructions?
D. A glycerol A. Lipids
B. Nucleic Acids
414. Enzymes (catalysts) belong to which
group of macromolecules? C. Protein
A. proteins D. Carbohydrates
B. carbohydrates 420. Examples of this biomolecule normally

ends in-OSE
C. lipids
A. lipids
D. nucleic acids
B. carbohydrates
415. Lipids are broken down by the enzyme C. proteins
D. nucleic acids
A. amylase
421. Where do substrates bind on an en-
B. Lipase zyme?
C. Protease A. voltage-gated channels
D. Lactase B. surface receptor
C. calcium channels
416. Which type of molecule do whales use for
energy storage and insulation? D. active site
A. DNA 422. A polymer made of nucleotides is known

as a
B. glucose
A. Nucleic acid
C. fat
B. Carbohydrate
D. starch
C. Lipid
417. A mutation in DNA would initially start D. Polypeptide
with which biomolecules?
423. Its a natural polymer
A. carbohydrates A. Starch
B. lipids B. Polylactic acid
C. proteins C. Nylon
D. nucleic acids D. Low density polyethylene

424. Lipids are made from this smaller unit 430. Which biomolecule is one of the main
A. nucleic acids sources of energy in the human body?

B. amino acids A. Carbohydrates
C. fatty acids B. Lipids

D. glucose C. Proteins
D. Nucleic acids
425. What types of monomers form proteins?
A. Glucose 431. Waxes, oils and fats are examples of
B. Nucleotides A. Carbohydrates
C. Amino Acids B. Lipids
D. Polyatomic ions C. Proteins
426. Which biomolecule includes fats, such as D. Nucleic Acids

triglycerides, oils, waxes, and steroids 432. What are the largest carbohydrates
(cholesterol); insoluble in water; provides called?
energy storage, insulation, part of cell
membrane, and hormones A. monosaccarides
A. Nucleic Acid B. oligosaccarides
B. Lipids C. disaccarides
C. Carbohydrate D. polysaccarides
D. Protein 433. Nucleotides are monomers of
427. biomolecule that provides warmth and A. Carbohydrates
protection B. Lipids
A. proteins C. Proteins
B. Lipids D. Nucleic Acids
C. Carbohydrates
434. I have a large role in the immune system.
D. Nucleic Acid
A. Proteins
428. What is a monomer?
B. Carbohydrates
A. Many molecules linked together
C. Lipids
B. A large complex polymer
D. Nucleic Acids
C. A single molecule
435. Physics (the study of matter, energy and
D. A macromolecule
motion) of the human body would relate
429. Two examples of Nucleic Acids are more closely to the science of
A. Protein & enzyme A. anatomy
B. Monosaccharide & disaccharide B. physiology
C. DNA & RNA C. Both anatomy and physiology
D. Sugar & Phosphate D. none of above

436. Which is the monomer of protein? B. Valine, Histidine, Cysteine

A. amino acids C. DNA, RNA
B. glucose D. Unsaturated and Saturated Fats
C. fatty acids
442. This biomolecule provides short-term en-
D. starch
ergy and fuels ATP:
437. Monosaccharides are monomers of A. Protein
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A. Carbohydrates B. Lipids
B. Lipids
C. Carbohydrates
C. Proteins
D. Nucleic Acids
D. Nucleic Acids
443. DNA and RNA are examples of
438. What happens when enzymes are cooled
at a low temperature? A. proteins
A. The enzyme becomes inactive B. nucleic acids
B. The shapes of the enzyme are altered, C. carbohydrates
denatured
D. lipids
C. The enzymes’ amino acid sequence
changes. 444. The 3 elements found in carbohydrates
D. The enzymes remain the same are
439. Identify the key role of nucleic acids: A. Carbon, Oxygen, and Nitrogen
A. instant energy B. Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen

B. hormone, buoyancy, forms cell mem- C. Carbon, Oxygen, and Phosphorus
branes, insulation, energy storage D. Carbon, Hydrogen, and Posphorus
C. transport hemoglobin, immunity,
chemical reactions, regulate proteins, tis- 445. The polysaccharide that forms the ex-
sue structure oskeleton of insects.
D. store and transmit heredity, genetic in- A. starch
formation
B. glycogen
440. What type of bonds are found in C. cellulose
biomolecules?
D. chitin
A. Covalent bonds
B. Ionic bonds 446. Which biomolecule contains fats and
oils?
C. Metallic bonds
D. Non-metal bonds A. Proteins
B. Nucleic Acid
441. Which examples are a sources of en-
ergy? C. Lipids
A. Starch, cellulose, glycogen D. Carbohydrate

447. Plant cells have 453. What is the function of a nucleic acid?
A. Centrioles and more mitochondria A. Stores genetic information

B. Cell wall, chloroplast, large central B. Stores energy
vacuole C. Quick source of energy
C. very simple cells without a nucleus D. Builds structures
D. none of above
454. Which biomolecule helps the cell make
448. Biomolecules that are used to store en- proteins by providing the instructions to
ergy make a protein?
A. proteins and lipids A. Carbohydrate
B. Lipids and Nucleic Acids B. Lipid
C. Lipids and Carbohydrates C. Nucleic Acid
D. Carbohydrates and proteins D. Protein
449. The most abundant component of living 455. Which foods that are high in carbs?
organisms is A. Eggs, fish, poultry
A. Protein B. Cheese, meats, vegetables
B. Water C. Bread, potatoes, and pasta
C. Sugar D. Multitude of oils, butter and condi-
D. Nucleic acid ments
450. Which macromolecule stores energy, in- 456. Monosaccharides is the monomer of
sulates us, and makes up the cell mem- which of the following
brane? A. Proteins
A. lipids B. Lipids
B. proteins C. Carbohydrates
C. carbohydrates D. Nucleic Acids
D. nucleic acids
457. This takes substances into a cell
451. A peptide bond is form between two A. endocytosis
A. Lipids B. exocytosis
B. Monosaccharides C. both
C. Nucleic acids D. none of above
D. Amino acids
458. What biomolecules would help a bear
452. Which biomolecule contains carbon, hy- withstand months of hibernation without
drogen, oxygen, and nitrogen (CHON)? eating?
A. Carbohydrate A. Protein
B. Lipid B. Carbohydrates
C. Protein C. Nucleic Acids
D. Nucleic acid D. Lipids

459. If the pH of a solution is 7 the solution is 465. Glucose is a monomer of

said to be A. Carbohydrates
A. Acidic B. Lipids
B. Basic C. Proteins
C. Neutral D. Nucleic Acids
D. Tasty 466. Why is protein an important part of a
healthy diet?
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460. Which biomolecule is important for insu-
lation? A. it is needed to change glucose to en-
A. Lipid ergy
B. it is needed to store nutrients
B. Proteins
C. it is needed to repair tissue
C. Carbohydrates
D. it is needed to produce water
D. Nucleic acid
467. The branch of biology that deals with the
461. What is the name of protein polymers? normal functions of living organisms and
A. Polysaccharides their parts. is
B. Triglycerides A. anatomy
C. Polypeptides B. physiology
D. DNA and RNA C. Both anatomy and physiology
D. none of above
462. Large bodies of water do not quickly fluc-
tuate in temperature. Why? 468. Carbohydrates have C, H, O. What is the
A. Water is a solvent. ratio of elements?
A. 2:1:2
B. Water has a high heat capacity.
B. 1:3:1
C. Water acts as a buffer.
C. 1:2:1
D. Water is non-polar.
D. 3:1:3
463. Alpha helix and beta pleated sheets are
part of what level of protein structure? 469. Which biomolecules provides us with en-
ergy?
A. primary
A. Carbohydrate & Lipid
B. secondary
B. Nucleic Acid & Lipid
C. tertiary C. Carbohydrate & Protein
D. quaternary D. Protein & Nucleic Acid
464. All of the following are examples of lipids 470. What is a biomolecule?
except:
A. The dissolved particle in a solution
A. oil
B. One of the by-products of respiration
B. wax C. Large molecule that is present in living
C. fatty acid organisms
D. cellulose D. None of the above

471. What happens when enzymes are heated C. proteins

to a high temperature? D. lipids

A. The enzymes die.
477. what is the main source of energy out of
B. The shapes of the enzyme are altered the 4 biomolecules
denature
A. carbohydrates
C. The enzymes’ amino acid sequence
B. lipids
changes.
C. nucleic acid
D. The enzymes remain the same
D. proteins
472. building block (monomer) of a carbohy-
drate 478. Which biomolecule is also known to form
enzymes?
A. amino acid
A. Carbohydrate
B. monosaccharide
B. Lipid
C. nucleotide
C. Nucleic Acid
D. glycerol
D. Protein
473. A group of tissues working together
form 479. What characteristic of Carbon (C) makes
it essential to living organisms?
A. a cell
A. carbon forms crystal structures under
B. an organism certain conditions.
C. an organ system B. carbon can exist as a solid, liquid, or
D. an organ gas.
474. Which of the following elements make up C. carbon bonds in many ways with itself
nucleic acids? to form chains.
A. C, H, O D. carbon exists in radioactive forms.
B. C, H, O, N 480. One of the biomolecules stores all of the

information needed to produce the body’s
C. C, H, O, N, P
proteins. Which type of biomolecule is
D. C, H, O, Ca, S this?
475. Principles of chemistry in the body would A. Nucleic Acid
relate more closely to the science of B. Protein
A. anatomy C. Lipid
B. physiology D. Carbohydrate
C. Both anatomy and physiology
481. The process that builds molecules by re-
D. none of above moving water to bind them together is
476. The basic units of all living things are A. Hydrolysis
called B. Protein Synthesis
A. cells C. Dehydration Synthesis
B. macromolecules D. Lysis

482. Which biomolecule is known as an infor- 488. The excessive consumption of carbohy-
mation molecule and holds your genetics? drates is converted into which polysaccha-
A. Carbohydrate ride that is stored in the liver and in mus-
cles?
B. Lipid
A. creatinine
C. Nucleic Acid
B. glycogen
D. Protein
C. hemoglobin
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483. Which of the following is an example of D. uric acid
a nucleic acid?
A. Glucose 489. Which element is commonly found in liv-
ing things?
B. Phospholipid
A. Helium
C. Enzymes
B. Sulfur
D. DNA
C. Iron
484. Another name for fats and oils D. Potassium
A. proteins
490. What is the monomer (building block) of
B. sugar a protein?
C. lipids A. amino acids
D. nucleic acids B. nucleotide
485. Many monomers can be linked together C. fatty acid
to form D. monosaccharide
A. building blocks
491. Once an enzyme does it’s work, the en-
B. chemical reactions zyme is
C. polymers A. destroyed
D. energy B. unchanged
486. Which biomolecule helps control the rate C. duplicated
of reactions, regulates cell processes? D. changed
A. Lipids
492. In a positive test for Glucose (sugars) the
B. Nucleic Acids bennedicts solution will turn
C. Proteins A. blue
D. Carbohydrates B. purple
487. Glucose, fructose, sucrose and lactose all C. Orange/ yellow
provide energy for the cell D. dark purple/black
A. Carbohydrate 493. Carbon is the element of life because
B. Lipid A. is found in some biomolecules
C. Protein B. it is found in all the biomolecules and
D. Nucleic Acid bonds with many elements

C. can bond with hydrogen and oxygen 500. If you were some bad guy trying to sneak
D. can dissolve in water into an animal cell, who would be there to
stop you?

494. What does homo mean?
A. nucleus
A. same
B. mitochondria
B. different
C. cell membrane
C. inside
D. cell wall
D. outside
495. Which is the thin layer of the earth that 501. The monomer for a nucleic acid is:
supports life and also the largest level of A. fatty acid
ecological organization?
B. monosaccharide
A. A community
C. nucleotide
B. The biosphere
D. amino acid
C. A population
D. The biome 502. The energy from simple carbs is immedi-
ate and
496. Example of a protein is
A. Very long lasting
A. RNA
B. Very short lasting
B. Insulin
C. Can last 2 days
C. Fats
D. Sucrose D. none of above
497. Which biomolecule builds muscle tissue? 503. Which class of biomolecule carries the
cell’s instructions in the form of genetic ma-
A. protein
terial?
B. nucleic acid
A. Proteins
C. carbohydrate
B. Lipids
D. lipid
C. Carbohydrates
498. Where does the substrate bind to the en-
zyme? D. Nucleic Acids
A. Action site 504. What is a key difference between carbo-

B. Activation site hydrates and proteins?
C. Active site A. Carbohydrates contain carbon; pro-
D. Inactive site teins do not.
B. Proteins contain nitrogen; carbohy-
499. DNA & RNA are types of
drates do not.
A. proteins
C. Carbohydrates are biomolecules; pro-
B. lipids teins are not.
C. carbohydrates D. Proteins contain covalent bonds; car-
D. nucleic acids bohydrates do not.

505. Monomers of nucleic acids are 511. What makes an enzyme substrate spe-
A. nucleotides cific?
B. fatty acids A. Size

B. Shape
C. proteins
C. Name
D. carbs
D. Location it is found in
506. What is the name of lipid polymers?
512. The monomer of a carbohydrate is called
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A. Polysaccharides
B. Triglycerides A. a monosaccharide
C. Polypeptides B. a fatty acid
D. DNA and RNA C. an amino acid
507. The arrangement of which three compo- D. a nucleotide
nents is used to distinguish one molecule
513. Fats and oils are composed of what two
from another?
groups of molecules?
A. carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
A. glucose and fructose
B. glucose, fructose, and ribose
B. starch and sugar
C. peptide, fatty acid, and purine C. water and cellulose
D. water, carbon dioxide, and notrogen D. fatty acids and glycerol
508. Lipids can be digested into what smaller 514. Which biomolecule’s monomer (or build-
subunits? ing block) is nucleotides?
A. nucleic acids A. Lipids
B. amino acids B. Proteins
C. fatty acids C. Carbohydrate
D. glucose D. Nucleic Acid
509. The suffix “saccharide” means 515. Oils are which type of macromolecule?
A. Sugar A. carbohydrates
B. Protein B. lipids
C. Lipid C. nucleic acids
D. Phospholipid D. proteins
510. Which of the biomolecules provides long- 516. You need a steady supply of amino acids
term energy? in your diet to maintain a healthy body.
In order to meet this need, you should
A. Lipids
make sure you eat enough of which class
B. Carbohydrates of biomolecule?
C. Nucleic Acids A. Protein
D. Proteins B. Carb

C. Lipid C. Cell membrane

D. Nucleic Acids D. Cell wall

517. Water is a universal solvent because it 523. What is the monomer of nucleic acids?
A. Glycerol
A. It can be found anywhere B. Monosaccharides
B. It freezes when it gets cold C. Amino Acids
C. floats when frozen D. Nucleotides
D. Dissolves most substances
524. Which of the following contains the most
518. wax, steroids and cholesterol are exam- lipids
ples of A. Banana
A. carbohydrate B. Champorado
B. lipid C. Olive Oil
C. protein D. Cheese
D. nucleic acid 525. Which foods are a good source of quick
energy?
519. The pH scale is a range from:
A. Meats, Yogurt, Cheese
A. 1-7
B. Fruits, Vegetables, Whole Grains
B. 0-14
C. Ice Cream, Candy, Cookies
C. 1-14
D. none of above
D. 1-20
526. Which contains carbon, hydrogen, oxy-
520. Which biomolecule includes sugars, cellu- gen and has a ring-like structure?
lose and starch?
A. Nucleic acid
A. Lipids
B. Carbohydrates
B. Proteins
C. Proteins
C. Carbohydrates
D. Lipids
D. Nucleic Acid
527. Observing a heart pumping blood would
521. What does MONO-mean? relate more closely to the science of
A. Kissing disease A. anatomy
B. Three or more B. physiology
C. One C. Both anatomy and physiology
D. Two D. none of above
522. Lipids are used in what biological struc- 528. Which biomolecule is useful for insulation
ture? and energy storage in the human body?
A. RNA A. Carbohydrates
B. DNA B. Lipids

C. Nucleic Acids 534. What suffix tells identifies an enzyme?

D. Proteins A. ose
B. ese
529. Which cell organelle helps break down
food to release energy? C. ise
A. Mitochondria D. ase
B. Nucleus 535. what is called when something builds up
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C. Vacuole A. systhesis
D. Endoplasmic Reticulum B. logic

C. amino acids
530. Which of these is NOT true?
D. rrt
A. Enzymes can denature (change shape)
when the temperature gets too high. 536. What is the purpose of an enzyme?
B. Enzymes can only be used once in a A. give permission for the reaction
chemical reaction. B. raise activation energy
C. Extreme pH can denature enzymes. C. speed up reactions
D. Enzymes speed up chemical reactions. D. control how many reactions occur
531. When a molecules inhibits an enzyme.. 537. Proteins are SO diverse because
A. They all have the same structure
A. the enzyme is still able to function
B. They have a wide range of structures
B. the enzyme is no longer able to func-
tion C. They just are, it has nothing to do with
structure
C. the enzyme is ruined forever
D. They are alive and can change their
D. the enzyme dissolves into amino acids function
532. What is a substance called if it speeds up 538. A molecule that is used by animals for
a chemical reaction? long term energy.
A. reusable A. Carbohydrates
B. catalyst B. Lipids
C. specific C. Protein
D. fragile D. Nucleic Acids
539. Which of the following do NOT have cell

533. Which foods are a good energy source? walls?
A. Meats, Yogurt, Cheese A. animal cells
B. Ice Cream, Candy, Cookies B. bacteria cells
C. Fruits, Vegetables, Whole Grains C. plant cells
D. Butter, Lard, Oil D. all cells have a cell wall

540. Why are simple carbs so easy for your B. immunity, muscles, structure for tis-
body to break down and use? sues, cell metabolism

A. They have a very simple structure C. instant energy for cells and body func-
B. They are very large and complex tions
C. Structure has nothing to do with the D. genetic information (heredity)

function of molecules
546. Which molecule contains the elements C-
D. none of above H-O-N-S and functions to build muscles?
541. What’s another function of proteins? A. Lipids
A. Short Term energy B. Nucleic Acids
B. Genetic information storage C. Protein
C. Long term energy D. Carbohydrates
D. Provide structure 547. Which group of biomolecules is involved
in storing and transmitting genetic (hered-
542. Starch from food is a source of energy for
itary) material?
organisms. Starch is a type of
A. carbohydrates
A. protein
B. lipids
B. vitamin
C. proteins
C. nuclotide
D. carbohydrates D. nucleic acids
543. What is the shape of DNA? 548. What are the building blocks for pro-
teins?
A. Double Helix
A. sugars
B. Chain-link Fence
B. nucleotides
C. Rocky Road
C. fatty acids
D. Jamaican Twister
D. amino acids
544. What are the three main functions of Car-
bohydrates. 549. AN enzyme is what kind of biomolecule
A. Short term energy, storage of energy, A. Carbohydrate
structure for plants and insects B. Lipid
B. catalyst, immune system support, hair C. Proteins
and nails
D. Nucleic Acids
C. Stores genetic information, hereditary
information 550. Which of the following is not a bio-
molecule?
D. long term energy, water proof, insula-
tion A. protein
545. What is the key role (function) of carbo- B. lipid

hydrates? C. carbohydrate
A. energy storage D. water

551. Which of the following is a monosaccha- 557. Complex macromolecules that store and
ride which is used in dextrose? transmit genetic information
A. fructose A. Carbohydrates
B. galactose B. Lipids
C. glucose C. Proteins
D. lactose D. Nucleic Acids
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552. Which of these is not found in DNA? 558. Mono
A. adenine A. two
B. thymine B. sickness
C. phosphate C. virus
D. ribose D. one
553. The polysaccharide that is used for the 559. The number 1 inside the universal recy-
storage of glucose in animal livers. cling symbol refers to
A. starch A. PVC
B. glycogen B. Others
C. cellulose C. PETE
D. chitin D. HDPE
554. Which biomolecule’s monomer (or build- 560. The chemical reaction that breaks down a
ing block) is amino acids? molecule by adding water is
A. Lipids A. Dehydration Synthesis
B. Proteins B. Hydrophobia
C. Nucleic Acid C. Hydrolysis
D. Carbohydrate D. Dehydration
555. Which type of biomolecule makes up cell 561. The function of a Carbohydrate is
membranes? A. Quick Energy
A. carbohydrates B. Stored Energy
B. lipids C. Store Genetic Information
C. proteins D. Build Tissue
D. nucleic acids
562. A molecule that is needed to build and re-
556. Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and pair body structures and to regulate pro-
phosphorous make up which biomolecule? cesses in the body (cells).
A. Protein A. Proteins
B. Carbohydrates B. Lipids
C. Lipids C. Carbohydrates
D. Nucleic acid D. Nucleic Acid

563. monosaccharides combine to form 569. What is a Carbohydrate’s monomer?

A. carbohydrates A. Sugar

B. lipids B. Amino acids
C. proteins C. Monosacharide
D. nucleic acids D. Nucleotide
564. Which 2 molecules contains the elements 570. The primary structure of a protein
C-H-O and function pertains to energy? molecule has
A. Lipids and Protein A. Two ends
B. Carbohydrates and Nucleic Acids B. One end
C. Protein and Carbohydrates C. Three ends
D. Carbohydrates and Lipids D. No ends
565. Which group of organic compounds con- 571. Which groups are all classified as polysac-
tains fatty acids? charides?
A. carbohydrates A. sucrose, glucose, fructose
B. lipids B. maltose, lactose, fructose

C. glycogen, sucrose, maltose
C. nucleic acids
D. glycogen, cellulose, starch
D. proteins
572. Carries our genetic information that de-
566. Which biomolecule’s monomer (or build-
termines our physical traits
ing block) is monosaccharide?
A. Carbohydrate
A. Lipids
B. Lipids
B. Proteins
C. Proteins
C. Carbohydrate
D. Nucleic acids
D. Nucleic Acid
573. Which of the following is NOT a charac-
567. A(n) is a substance with a pH greater teristic of ALL Life
than 7.
A. Reproduces
A. Base
B. Uses nutrients and energy
B. Acid
C. Contains biomolecules
C. Buffer
D. Needs sunlight
D. Water
574. When digesting a complex carbohydrate,
568. The breakdown of supplies immedi- water is added and simple sugar is ob-
ate, quick energy for all cell activities. tained through which process?
A. carbohydrates A. Photosynthesis
B. lipids B. Condensation
C. proteins C. Hydrolysis
D. nucleic acids D. Dehydration

575. An acidic solution has a C. monosaccharide

A. higher concentration of hydrogen ions D. glycerol
than hydroxide ions
B. higher concentration of hydroxide ions 581. Which is termed as the blueprint of life?
than hydrogen ions A. deoxyribonucleic acid
C. equal concentration of hydrogen ions B. fatty acid
and hydroxide ions
C. nucleic acid
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D. none of above
D. ribonucleic acid
576. Which of the following biomolecules con-
tain only the elements carbon, hydrogen 582. Which of the following biomolecules typ-
and oxygen? ically contains both nitrogen and phos-
A. carbohydrates and lipids phate?
B. lipids and proteins A. Lipid

C. proteins and nucleic acids B. Protein
D. nucleic acids and carbohydrates C. Nucleic acid
577. Which biomolecule’s monomers are held D. Carbohydrate

together by glycosidic bonds?
583. Enzymes, which can speed up reactions,
A. Nucleic Acid belong in my category.
B. Protein A. Carbohydrates
C. Lipid
B. Lipids
D. Carbohydrate
C. Proteins
578. Studying dead specimens would relate D. Nucleic Acids
more closely to the science of
A. anatomy 584. Lipids key role (function ) is:
B. physiology A. immunity, chemical reactions in the
C. Both anatomy and physiology body, cell metabolism, contract muscles,
regulate other proteins
D. none of above
B. store energy
579. Which biomolecule is made up of fatty
C. instant energy for cells/body
acids?
A. Proteins D. heredity/genetic information
B. Nucleic Acid 585. Nucleotides build which of the following
C. Lipids biomolecules
D. Carbohydrate A. Proteins
580. Building blocks of polymers. B. Carbohydrates

A. monomer C. Lipids
B. polypeptide D. Nucleic Acids

586. I am responsible for long term energy 592. The difference between fat and oil is that
storage in mammals. oil has fatty acids, is liquid at room
temperature and it comes from plants.

A. Protein
B. Lipid A. saturated
C. Carbohydrate B. unstaturated
D. Nucleic Acid C. long
587. A bunch of sugars linked together make D. branched
what kind of carbohydrate?
A. Lipid 593. Proteins are composed of four elements,
namely:carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and
B. Sugar
what other element?
C. Starch
A. magnesium
D. Acid
B. nitrogen
588. Which is the correct pairing?
C. phosphorous
A. A-C
D. sulfur
B. A-T
C. A-G 594. Which biomolecule transmits genetic in-
D. none of above formation from one generation to the
next?
589. The surfaces of the leaves of many plants
help reduce water loss because they are A. Nucleic acid
not water-permeable. Which class of B. Protein
biomolecule coats the leaves of plants?
C. Lipid
A. Carbohydrate
D. Carbohydrate
B. Lipid
C. Nucleic Acids 595. Enzymes are an example of
D. Protein A. Lipids
590. four most common elements that make B. Carbohydrate
up all living things are carbon, hydrogen,
C. Protein
A. nitrogen, and iron.
D. Nucleic Acid
B. oxygen, and nitrogen.
C. calcium, and phosphorus. 596. Which biomolecules contain other ele-
D. oxygen, and iron. ments aside from carbon, hydrogen, and
oxygen?
591. Which is a Carbohydrate’s monomer?
A. carbohydrates, lipids
A. Sugar
B. Amino acids B. nucleic acids, lipids
C. Monosacharide C. nucleic acids, proteins

D. Nucleotide D. proteins, lipids

597. Made of monomers of amino acids 603. Which of the following are the main ele-
A. Carbohydrates ments found in biomolecules?
B. Lipids A. C, H, O, N, P, S
C. Proteins B. Ca, He, Os, Ni, Pt, Si

D. Nucleic Acids C. C, He, O, Mg, Pd, S
D. C, H, Os, Ma, Ni, Se
598. Which biomolecule is responsible for insu-
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lation and energy storage? 604. Protease, Lactase, and Amylase are all
A. Protein example of what?
B. Nucleic Acid A. protein
C. Lipid B. Enzymes
D. Carbohydrate C. Amino Acids
D. Monomer
599. An aminoacid under certain conditions
have both positive and negative charges 605. What is the monomer for organic com-
simultaneously in the same molecule. Such pounds like enzymes?
a form of aminoacid is called
A. Fatty acids
A. Acidic form
B. Amino acids
B. Basic form
C. Proteins
C. Aromatic form
D. Lipids
D. Zwitterionic form
606. Why does the shape of an enzyme deter-
600. What does hetero mean? mine its function?
A. same A. enzymes are specific to substrates
B. different (lock and key)
C. inside B. enzymes can work with any substrate
D. outside C. enzymes are activated by molecules
601. What is the smallest unit of a macro- D. enzymes are found everywhere
molecule?
607. Which biomolecule is the main source of
A. micromolecule energy for all living things?
B. glucose A. proteins
C. monomer B. nucleic acids
D. polymer C. lipids
602. Which solution releases H+ in solution? D. carbohydrates
A. Base 608. Which of the following is false about pro-
B. Acid teins?
C. Buffer A. they store energy in plants
D. Water B. as enzymes they speed up reactions

C. the transport material in & out of the 614. The active site is the:
cell A. Location on the substrate that binds to

D. they regulate cell processes needed an enzyme
for growth, repair, & structure B. Location on the enzyme that binds to a
substrate
609. Which biomolecule has three monomers?
C. Location on the product that binds to
A. Protein the enzyme
B. Nucleic Acid D. Amount of energy need to start a chem-
ical reaction
C. Lipid
D. Carbohydrate 615. The sum of all chemical reactions in the
body is called
610. Which biomolecule is responsible for insu- A. metabolism
lation of body heat? B. assimilation
A. Protein C. growth
B. Nucleic Acid D. digestion
C. Lipid 616. The molecule located to the right is
D. Carbohydrate and the portion labeled X is
A. DNA, nucleotide
611. Polysaccharides include, glycogen, cellu-
B. DNA, nucleic acid
lose and
C. RNA, nucleotide
A. stevia
D. RNA, nucleic acid
B. butter
617. What is another name for biomolecules
C. meat
A. Macromolecules
D. starch
B. Living molecules
612. Measuring an organ’s size would relate C. Biochemicals
more closely to the science of D. Big molecules
A. anatomy
618. What is the monomer that makes up
B. physiology lipids?
C. Both anatomy and physiology A. Monosaccharides
D. none of above B. Fatty acids
C. Nucleotides
613. Benedicts Solution tests for
D. Amino acids
A. Proteins
619. Which biomolecule helps form body struc-
B. Lipids tures like muscles?
C. Monosaccharides A. Nucleic Acid
D. Starch B. Carbohydrate

C. Protein C. the carboxyl and amine groups of the

D. Lipids amino acids
D. alpha-helix and beta-pleated sheets
620. Which biomolecule is made of nucleotides
and contain you DNA? 626. Prokaryotic cells
A. Carbohydrate A. more advanced cells, are specialized,
have 4 main parts-cell membrane, cyto-
B. Lipids
plasm, nucleus, and organelles
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C. Protein
B. very simple cells, does not contain a
D. Nucleic Acid nucleus or membrane bound organelles
621. Muscle on animals are mostly made of C. centrioles and more mitochondria
what biomolecule? D. none of above
A. Carbohydrades
627. Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen and Nitrogen
B. Lipids are the elements that make up ?
C. Proteins A. Carbohydrate
D. Nucleic Acids B. Lipid
622. Acids have more what? C. Protein
A. OH ions D. Nucleic acid
B. OH-ions 628. The monomer of a protein is called

C. H+ ions A. an amino acid
D. All of the above B. a monosaccharide
623. What is not a function of lipids? 9A C. a fatty acid

D. a nucleotide
A. Insulation
B. Store energy 629. are composed out of carbon (C), hy-
drogen (H), oxygen (O), nitrogen (N), and
C. Synthesize proteins
phosphorus (P)
D. Compose cell membrane
A. Carbohydrates
624. A solvent is B. Lipids
A. substance into which the solute dis- C. Proteins
solves
D. Nucleic Acids
B. a compound being dissolved
630. This macromolecule stores energy. It also
C. a substance that does not dissolve
forms parts of biological membranes and
D. None of the above acts as a waterproof covering.
625. The tertiary structure folding in proteins A. Carbohydrate
is primary due to the interactions of B. Protein
A. the ‘R’ groups C. Lipid
B. the peptide backbone D. Nucleic Acid

631. When speaking about ‘organic’ 636. Which foods are considered carbohy-
molecules, which element must be drates?
present? A. potatoes & bread

A. Carbon B. steak & fish
B. Hydrogen C. milk & cheese
C. Oxygen D. chicken & yogurt
D. Nitrogen 637. You have a big soccer game in 2 days;
which food should you eat?
632. Which of the biomolecules only have the
A. Chicken because it will give you energy.
elements CHO (Carbon, Hydrogen, and
Oxygen)?
B. Candy; it will give you energy!
A. Carbohydrates and Lipids
C. Something fried in oil; it will give you
B. Proteins and Nucleic Acids energy!
C. Proteins D. Pasta; it will give you energy!
D. Carbohydrates and Proteins 638. Many monomers can be cross-linked to-
gether to form
633. What is the correct function of a pro-
tein? A. molecules
B. plastic material
A. Store long-term energy
C. polymers
B. Store short-term energy
D. balloons and silly putty
C. Run reactions in the body
D. Provide instructions for your traits
an enzyme?
634. Biomolecules are also called “macro- A. glucose
molecules” because they are B. lipase
A. Large C. DNA
B. Small D. polysaccharide
C. Contain Carbon 640. Glucose on oxidation with Br2(aq) gives
D. None of these A. Gluconic acid
B. Tartaric acid
635. Your friend is really irritable while sitting
in class. He feels lightheaded and dizzy. C. Sachharic acid
He is also feeling a bit of confusion and D. Meso-oxalic acid
brain fog. What biomolecule does your
641. How many sugar-phosphate strands ex-
friend need?
ist in each RNA molecule?
A. Carbohydrates A. 4
B. Lipids B. 2
C. Proteins C. 1
D. Nucleic Acids D. None

642. The smallest level of organization of life D. muscle tissue, bone, epithelial cell
in an organism
A. tissue 648. How do enzymes increase the speed of
chemical reactions?
B. cell
A. reducing the number of products
C. organ
D. organ system B. reducing the activation energy
C. increasing the temperature of the cell
643. Which molecule contains the elements C-
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H-O-N-P and functions to build genetic ma-
terials? D. increasing the concentration of reac-
A. Lipids tants
B. Nucleic Acids 649. Which of the following is not a carbon
C. Protein compound?
D. Carbohydrates A. Carbohydrates
644. Genetic information is stored in which B. Lipids
class of organic compounds?
C. Nucleic Acids
A. proteins
D. Vitamins
B. lipids
C. nucleic acids 650. DNA and RNA are examples of this type
D. carbohydrates of biomolecule.
A. Carbohydrate
645. The function of a Nucleic Acid is
A. Quick Energy B. Lipid
B. Stored Energy C. Nucleic Acid
C. Store Genetic Information D. Protein
D. Build Tissue
651. Polymers are made up of ?
646. RNA and DNA are which type of organic
A. Monosaccharides
compound?
A. carbohydrate B. Monomers
B. lipid C. Proteins
C. nucleic acid D. None of the above
D. protein
652. How many carbons form the sugar in the
647. which is the correct order from least to backbone?
most complex
A. 3
A. skin cell, digestive system, cat
B. 4
B. cat, respiratory system, brain cell
C. 5
C. cardiac cell, circulatory system, hu-
man D. 6

653. Proteins are large macromolecules com- 658. Which biomolecule plays a role in muscle
posed of thousands of subunits. The struc- development and repair?
ture of the protein depends on the se-

A. carbohydrates
quence of
B. lipids
A. lipids
C. proteins
B. monosaccharides
D. nucleic acids
C. amino acids
659. Hydrophilic =
D. nucleotides
A. Water loving
654. Enzymes are B. Water hating
A. nucleic acids C. Made of hydrogen
B. proteins D. Made of water
C. lipids 660. Which of the following is the best exam-
D. carbohydrates ple of osmosis?
A. NA/K Pump
655. The amount of energy required for an sub-
strate to go through a reaction. B. Water moving though the cell mem-
brane
A. Kinetic energy
C. Kidneys
B. Activation energy
D. Photosynthesis
C. HOOMAN energy
661. Which bio-molecule is NEVER broken
D. Potential energy
down by the body for energy?
656. What is a function of lipids? A. Proteins
A. To provide short term energy to living B. Carbohydrates
organisms C. Nucleic Acids
B. The provide the structure in muscles D. Lipids
C. To provide long term storage of energy
662. Which biomolecule is not a true poly-
mer?
D. Storing your genetic information
A. Carbohydrates
657. Migratory birds that must fly long dis- B. Lipids
tances without eating use stored energy of C. Proteins
triglycerides to fuel their flights. Triglyc-
erides provide a long-term source of en- D. Nucleic acids
ergy. Triglycerides are which type of 663. An important feature of lipid tails is that
biomolecule? they are
A. Nucleic Acid A. Hydrophobic
B. Protein B. Hydrophilic
C. Lipid C. Long
D. Carbohydrate D. Short

664. Which of the following groups are all clas- 670. What is a molecule produced by a living
sified as polysaccharide? organism including large macromolecules
A. sucrose, glucose and fructose like proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, and
nucleic acid?
B. maltose, lactose and fructose
A. Sugar
C. glycogen, sucrose and maltose
B. Biomolecule
D. glycogen, cellulose and starch
C. Acids
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665. Which of the following is the most simple D. Fats
level of ecological organization?
671. Which of the four biomolecules provides
A. A community short-term energy?
B. An individual or species A. Lipids
C. A population B. Carbohydrates
D. An ecosystem C. Protein
666. What conditions usually do not cause de- D. Nucleic Acids
naturation? 672. What is the function of a monomer?
A. Extreme heat A. Bonds to make a polymer
B. Extreme pH B. Creates proteins
C. Dissolving in water C. Stores energy
D. none of above D. Primary source of energy
667. PO CH what elements essential 673. Which of the following is an inorganic
for life are missing from the acronym? compound?
A. Fe and Na A. C6H12O6
B. Ca and Na B. CaCO3
C. S and N C. CH4
D. S and Na D. CH3COOH
668. Which is not a part of a nucleotide? 674. Which of the following is a protein that
speeds up chemical reactions in the body?
A. nitrogenous base
A. Substrate
B. phosphate group
B. Saturated fatty acids
C. ribonucleic acid C. Lipids
D. sugar D. Enzymes
669. the smooth Endoplasmic reticulum is 675. amino acids are connected with bonds
made up of to form
A. carbohydrates A. peptide; proteins
B. protein B. peptide; lipids
C. lipids C. hydrogen; proteins
D. nucleic acid D. hydrogen; lipids

676. Which biomolecule is in charge of storing B. Fruit

and expressing genetic information?
C. Meat

A. Carbohydrates
D. Fat
B. Lipids
C. Proteins 682. What does the word organic mean?
D. Nucleic Acids A. has nitrogen
677. RNA contains the sugar B. has sulfur
A. Deoxyribose C. has carbon

B. Glucose D. has oxygen
C. Ribose
683. Measuring the acid content of the stom-
D. Lipids ach would relate more closely to the sci-
ence of
678. What is the function of proteins?
A. anatomy
A. They are used for cell to cell communi-
cation B. physiology
B. They insulate the body, are used for C. Both anatomy and physiology
short term energy and are found in glyco-
gen D. none of above
C. They are used as the structural com- 684. Which biomolecule is made of amino acid
ponents of the body (muscles and organs) monomers?
A. Nucleic Acid
D. They create the cell membrane
B. Carbohydrate
679. The loss of a protein’s structure is called
C. Protein
A. Denaturation D. Lipid
B. Unfolding 685. Which of the following sugars are the

C. Coiling components of lactose?
D. Inactivation A. glucose and galactose
680. Which one is NOT a type of organic B. fructose and galactose

molecules? C. glucose and fructose
A. Carbohydrates D. glucose and glucose
B. Proteins
686. A protein can also be called a
C. Lipids
D. Hydrochlorides A. lipid
B. polypeptide
681. are the best source of carbohy-
drates. C. nucleic acids
A. Plants D. carbohydrates

687. The monomer of a protein is C. Joining molecules together by adding

A. Monosaccharide water
B. Amino Acid D. Breaking molecules apart by removing

water
C. Nucleotide
693. Which biomolecules are necessary in mus-
D. Triglyceride (3 Fatty Acids and 1 Glyc-
cle contraction and in the formation of di-
erol)
gestive enzymes?
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688. A molecule that is used by plants and an- A. Carbohydrates
imals to store energy for a short time.
B. Lipids
A. Lipids C. Proteins
B. Carbohydrates D. Nucleic Acids
C. Proteins
694. What is the name of nucleic acid poly-
D. Nucleic Acid mers?
689. What elements are found in carbohy- A. Polysaccharides
drates and lipids? B. Triglycerides
A. Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen C. Polypeptides
B. Carbon, Hydrogen, and Nitrogen D. DNA and RNA
C. Carbon, Hydrogen, and Potassium 695. Includes DNA and RNA
D. Carbon, Hydrogen, and Iodine A. Carbohydrates
690. Which is the monomer that makes up car- B. Lipids
bohydrates? C. Proteins
A. Monosaccharides D. Nucleic Acids
B. Triglycerides
696. Glucose, Lactose, and Sucrose all end in-
C. Amino acids ose. This means they are sugars which
D. Nucleotides group of biomolecules do they belong to?
A. carbohydrates
691. All organic compounds contain the ele-
ment B. lipids
A. carbon C. proteins
D. nucleic acids
B. nitrogen
C. phosphorus 697. Which functional characteristics of pro-
teins distinguishes them from carbohy-
D. sulfur
drates?
692. What is dehydration synthesis? A. large amount of stored info
A. Joining molecules together by remov- B. ability to catalyse biochemical reac-
ing water tions
B. Breaking molecules apart by adding C. efficient storage of usable chemical
water energy

D. tendency to make cell membranes hy- C. tissue

drophobic D. organ

698. Which foods are high in protein?
704. Which of the following describes a DNA
A. Meats, cheeses, milk, eggs molecule?
B. Breads, pasta, grains A. It contains the base uracil
C. Butter, oil, lard B. It has a double helix shape
D. Apples, Bananas, Grapes C. It contains five phosphate groups per
nuclotide
699. Plants and animals are composed of or-
ganic compounds. Which of the following D. It has a backbone of twenty different
are the common elements found in organic nuclotides
compounds?
705. Antibodies help:
A. iron, oxygen, nickel, copper
A. Transport oxygen
B. sodium, potassium, gold, hydrogen
B. Regulate the level of sugar in the blood
C. helium, neon, argon, krypton
D. carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen C. Fight diseases
700. Which of the following is a correct pair? D. Speed up the rate of chemical reaction
A. Glucose:Disaccharide 706. What is a peptide bond?
B. Sucrose:Monosaccharide A. Bond that holds two amino acids to-
C. Starch:Polysaccharide gether.
D. Triglyceride:Polysaccharide B. A bond that holds hydrogen and oxy-
gen molecules together.
701. Lipids are made of
C. A bond that holds the phosphate group
A. monosaccharides
of one nucleotide and a sugar of a neigh-
B. amino acids boring nucleotide.
C. glycerol and 3 fatty acids D. A bond that is formed by the sharing of
D. nucleotides electrons.
702. Which of these is true about DNA? 707. What do monomers do?
A. Has a double helix A. Bonds to make a Polymer
B. Has a single helix B. Creates Protiens
C. Contains uracil C. Stores energy
D. none of above D. Splits to make more cells
703. When a group of organs work together 708. Nitrogen bases for RNA:
to perform a particular function they cre- A. Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Uracil
ate a/an
A. organ system B. Adenine Guanine, Cytosine, and Sulfur
B. organism

C. Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and A. Carbon

Thymine
B. Nitrogen
D. Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Phos-
C. Hydrogen
phate
D. Oxygen
709. Enzymes are..
A. nucleic acids 712. Which of the following shows the cor-
B. carbohydrates rect monomer to polymer for CARBOHY-
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DRATES.
C. lipids
A. Amino Acid:Enzyme
D. proteins
B. Glucose:Starch
710. Aminoacids, have both an amino group
and a carboxyl group in their structure. C. Nucleotide:DNA
Which one of the following is an amino D. Fatty acid tail:triglyceride
acid?
A. Formic acid 713. Which biomolecule has sugars and
starches?
B. Glycerol
C. Glycolic Acid A. Lipids
D. Glycine B. Proteins
C. Carbohydrates
711. Which of the following is NOT an element
found in lipids? D. Nucleic Acid

4. Plant Physiology
4.1 Transport in Plant

1. Which of the following statements about C. To initiate the flow of the blood in the
xylem is INCORRECT? heart.
A. It conducts material from root tips to D. none of above
leaves.
4. In a plant, water travels
B. The conducting cells are part of the
apoplast. A. downwards only
C. It transports mainly sugars and amino B. upwards only
acids.
C. sideways to the left only
D. No energy input is required for trans-
D. sideways to the right only
port.
2. Which of the following would likely not 5. This is the process in which plants sweat.
contribute to the surface area available for A. Transportation
water absorption from the soil by a plant
root system? B. Transpiration
A. root hairs C. Explanation
B. endodermis D. Exportation
C. fungi associated with the roots 6. Which statement correctly identifies the
D. fibrous arrangement of the roots substance and direction it is transported in
the xylem?
3. What is the function of valves in heart?
A. Water, only upwards
A. To prevent the backflow of blood in the
B. Glucose, only upwards
chambers.
C. Water, up and down the plant
B. To allow the backflow of blood in the
heart. D. Glucose, up and down the plant

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7. Describe COHESION. A. xylem; upward and downward, phloem

A. Water molecules attracted to other upward only
substances. B. xylem; upward only, phloem upward
and downwards
B. Water molecules climbing upwards
against the force of gravity. C. xylem and phloem upward only
C. Water molecules dissolving many sub- D. none of above
stances because of its polarity.
13. Transpiration is the
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D. Water molecules attracted to other A. passing of water from the roots to the
water molecules. leaves.
8. Process by wich plants capture sunlight to B. exchange of gases between the leaves
use its energy to transform carbon dioxide and the atmosphere.
and water into glucose and oxygen C. passage of water through the stomata
A. Botanist of the leaves.
B. Photosyntesis D. loss of water vapour from the leaves
and the stem.
C. Dicot
D. Phloem 14. Which of the following occupies the space
between the cell wall and the shrunken
9. What is created by water evaporating protoplast in a plasmolysed cell?
from the leaves of the plant? A. Isotonic solution
A. a positive pressure B. hypotonic solution
B. a negative pressure C. Hypertonic solution
C. there is no pressure change D. Water
D. sweat 15. During the translocation of food in plants,
the sink
10. the inside of the xylem
A. Has low osmotic pressure as com-
A. lumen pared to phloem sap
B. vessels B. Has more osmotic pressure as com-
C. tracheids pared to phloem sap
D. lignin C. Receives sucrose molecules from
phloem sap by facilitated diffusion
11. What part of blood is responsible for fight- D. Is the part that synthesises the food
ing infections?
A. Red Blood Cells 16. Why are vascular bundles arranged around
the edge in the stem?
B. White Blood Cells
A. To give a shorter diffusion distance
C. Platelets
B. To give strength and support
D. Plasma
C. To allow growth
12. which of the following is true of direction D. To leave space for sugars to travel up
of transport of Xylem and phloem the middle of the stem

17. What plant tissue transports water and C. the pull of water up a plant due to hy-
some nutrients up from the roots to the drogen bonding and transpiration
rest of the plant?

D. the attraction of water to the sides of
A. xylem the xylem
B. phloem
23. Where does cellular respiration occur?
C. stoma
A. mitochondria
D. spongy mesophyll
B. chloroplast
18. Where do water molecules move to di-
rectly after the xylem? C. chlorophyll
A. spongy mesophyll cells D. nucleus

B. stomata 24. Plants lose water through
C. root cortex
A. Translocation
D. palisade mesophyll cells
B. Transpiration
19. Which of these factors would not speed up C. Perspiration
the rate of transpiration?
D. Sweating
A. a very windy day
B. a hot day 25. Eutrophication is when ?
C. a very humid day A. A plant wilts due to lack of water
D. a very bright, sunny day B. Fertilisers cause rivers and lakes to
lack oxygen
20. the opening of stomata will cause
A. reduce of water C. Plants lack chlorophyll
B. increase of water D. Water and minerals flow into and out

of a plant
C. plant wilting
D. plant watered 26. what is the instrument used to measure
the rate of transpiration?
21. Which is not an example of an assimilate
that could be found in the phloem sieve A. photometer
tube element B. potometer
A. amino acids C. thermometer
B. sucrose D. none of above
C. potassium ions
27. From the sun to convert
D. hormones such as oestrogen
A. energy
22. Cohesion tension theory refers to
B. food
A. the pull of sugar up the plant due to in-
creased pressure C. carbon dioxide
B. cation exchange D. leaves

28. Why do stomata close in hot weather? C. stoma

A. To increase the rate of photosynthesis D. spongy mesophyll
B. To conserve water 34. Which of the following is important for the

uptake of water by root hair cells?
C. To increase transpiration rate
A. contractile fibres
D. none of above
B. large surface area
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29. ATP and protein is supplied to companion
C. thick outer wall
cells via
D. vacuole
A. sieve tubes
B. porous wall 35. Which theory of water transport states
C. cell wall that hydrogen bonding allows water to
maintain a continuous fluid column as wa-
D. vascular tissue ter is pulled from roots to leaves.
30. More water is lost from which part of the A. Fusion
plant?
B. Pressure flow
A. upper surface of leaf
C. Evaporation
B. flowers
D. Cohesion-tension
C. stem
D. lower surface of leaf 36. An increase in wind or temperature will
transpiration
31. Transpiration occurs from the leaves of
A. increase
a plant. Which environmental conditions
would produced the greatest transpiration B. decrease
rate? C. no change
A. Warm and still air
D. none
B. Warm and windy
C. Cold and still air 37. Apoplast pathway is located
D. Cold and windy A. Outside the plasma membrane

B. In the entire cytosol
32. Xylem fibres are made of-
C. On both sides of plasma membrane
A. Parenchyma cells
D. In the plasticity content
B. Collenchyma cells
C. Sclerenchyma cells 38. In which of the following can lignin be
D. Aerenchyma cells found?
A. Stalk
33. transports water and some nutrients
up from the roots to the rest of the plant. B. Xylem
A. xylem C. Phloem
B. phloem D. Leaves

39. Where is evaporation takes place at a 44. What process creates the low pressures
plant? needed for the movement of water up-
wards in the xylem?

A. trunk
A. Active translocation
B. root
B. Active transport
C. under the leaves
C. Evaporation of water from mesophyll
D. surface of leaves of leaves
D. Evaporation of water from guard cells
40. Rate of transpiration increases when con-
ditions become 45. Water moving through the apoplast from
A. more humid, more windy the soil to the xylem gets blocked by?
A. casparian strip
B. less humid, less windy
B. Cortex
C. more humid, less windy
C. cellulose
D. less humid, more windy
D. cytoplasm
41. What is meant by the term “Transloca- 46. Sugar is moved in a plant from source to
tion”? sink by this method
A. The process of releasing energy from A. transpiration
glucose.
B. transformation
B. The process of transporting manufac- C. cation exchange
tured food throughout the plant
D. translocation
C. The process by which water is lost in
the form of water vapour 47. Which valve sits between the right cham-
bers of the heart?
D. The process by which plants make
their own food. A. Pulmonary
B. Bicuspid
42. Three main things plants need to survive.
C. Aortic
A. sunlight, oxygen, soil D. Tricuspid
B. soil, carbon dioxide, sunlight
48. Plants need to conduct photosynthesis
C. sunlight, air, soil A. Oxygen
D. sunlight, air, water B. Soil
43. Which choice correctly shows the gases C. Carbon dioxide

that enter and exit plants during photosyn- D. Sugar
thesis?
49. Which cell provides energy for phloem?
A. Enter:OxygenExit:Carbon dioxide
A. Lignin Cell
B. Enter:Water vaporExit:Glucose B. Starch Cell
C. Enter:Carbon dioxideExit:Oxygen C. Companion Cell
D. Enter:LightExit:Water vapor D. Guard Cell

50. A maize crop is successfully growing in a 55. Osmosis only concerns the movement of
field in which the water potential of the particles of
soil is-40 KPa.What is the most likely wa- A. salt
ter potential of the cell sap in the root hair
cell? B. water
A. -60 KPa C. sugar

D. solute
B. -40 KPa
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C. -20 KPa 56. The casparian strip at the endodermis
blocks which pathway
D. 0 KPa
A. Apoplast
51. which of these is seen in the xylem? B. Symplast
A. end plate C. Transpiration
B. sieve tube element D. Evaporation
C. lignin 57. Water travels through
D. nucleus A. phloem
52. What is the function of the heart? B. xylem
A. to carry blood from one part of the C. veins
body to another D. tubes
B. to push blood along the blood vessels 58. Structure of phloem consists all below, ex-
by pumping cept?
C. to absorb oxygen from the blood A. Sieve tube element
D. to carry carbon dioxide to the lungs B. Tracheids
53. The place in the plant cell where photosyn- C. Companion cell
thesis happens D. Sieve plate
A. Chlorophyll 59. How are the xylem and phloem arranged
B. xylem in plant roots?
C. phloem A. In the centre of the root
D. chloroplast B. In bundles near the edge of the root
C. Evenly spaced out across the root
54. Cacti grow in arid regions such as deserts.
Compared to other plants, transpiration in D. Randomly arranged in the root
cacti would most likely be 60. Where does most transpiration in a plant
A. lower take place?
B. higher A. cuticle
C. the same B. mesophyll cells
D. plants in different environments can- C. stomata

not be compared D. xylem vessels

61. How do water molecules enter the roots B. a change in the growth of a plant in re-
from the soil? sponse to touch

A. diffusion C. a change in the growth of a plant in re-
B. osmosis sponse to light
C. transpiration D. a change in the growth of a plant in re-

sponse to gravity
D. active transport
67. What are the specialised protein channels
62. Which of the following statements is false
that help to transport water across the
about xylem vessels?
membrane in root hair cells?
A. They are made up of dead cells.
A. proton pumps
B. They contain chloroplasts and nuclei.
B. apoptosis channels
C. They are hydrophobic.
C. water channels
D. Their walls are made of cellulose and
D. aquaporins
lignin.
63. What products are produced during photo- 68. Which apparatus is needed to measure the
synthesis? rates of transpiration?
A. glucose and carbon dioxide A. Pipette
B. glucose and oxygen B. Potometer
C. glucose and water vapor C. Bunsen burner
D. oxygen and carbon dioxide D. Plants
64. Why is the evaporation of water from 69. If water is lost through transpiration more
leaves important? quickly than it is absorbed by the root
hairs, the plant cells will lose water. The
A. It cools leaves and helps move water leaves, stem and flower will droop. This
up the plant. is called
B. It makes the plant wilt
A. Drooping
C. It helps the plant to respire
B. Wilting
D. none of above
C. Loss of sap
65. What happens to the water potential D. Withering
when sucrose is transported into the sieve
tubes? 70. Define the term “Transpiration”.
A. No change A. Exchange of gases between the leaf
B. Increases and atmosphere.
C. Decreases B. Loss of water vapour from the leaves

and stems of the plant.
D. Random change
C. Movement of water from the roots to
66. What is phototropism? the leaves.
A. a change in the growth of a plant in re- D. Movement of water through the cells
sponse to water of the leaf.

71. Which of the following concept explained 76. The equation for photosynthesis is
the process of translocation? A. oxygen + water → glucose + carbon
A. Transpirational pull dioxide
B. Pressure flow hypothesis B. oxygen + glucose → carbon dioxide
+ water
C. Root pressure
C. carbon dioxide + water → glucose +
D. Cohesion and adhesion oxygen
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72. This is the definition for which word:The D. carbon dioxide + glucose → oxygen
movement of water molecules from a high + water
concentration of water to a low concentra-
77. What is the function of the phloem?
tion of water across a partially permeable
membrane. A. to transport water and mineral ions
A. Osmosis B. to transport sugars and amino acids
B. Diffusion C. to store food
C. Active transport D. to support the plant’s stem
D. Transpiration 78. A cross-like structure is indicative of a

A. root
73. In what direction does the xylem transport
water? B. stem
A. roots > stem > leaves C. branch
B. roots > leaves > stem D. leaf
C. leaves > stem > roots 79. How does light intensity affect the rate of
D. leaves > roots > stem transpiration?
A. Light intensity has no effect on the rate
74. What is the name given to the thin struc- of transpiration
tures that make up the phloem?
B. The higher the light intensity the lower
A. stomata tubes the rate of transpiration
B. sieve tubes C. The higher the light intensity the
higher the rate of transpiration.
C. palisade tubes
D. none of above
D. keratin tubes
80. What is the minimum number of cell mem-
75. The theory which states that transpiration branes that a water molecule must move
pull is responsible for carrying water up- through in getting from soil into a xylem
ward through the xylem is called vessel-
A. cortex-xylem theory A. 0
B. cohesion-pressure theory B. 1
C. cohesion-tension theory C. 2
D. pressure-tension theory D. 6

81. Which of the following is responsible for 86. What part of the plant structure trans-
the absorption of mineral ions? ports the food and nutrients?

A. Active transport A. leaf veins
B. Osmosis B. phloem
C. Diffusion C. xylem
D. Transpiration D. mycelium
87. Water moves up the plant mostly due to

82. Which of the following explain why an
increase in temperature leads to an in- A. transpiration
crease in the rate of transpiration?I. wa- B. photosynthesis
ter molecules have more kinetic energyII.
warmer air can hold more water vapourIII. C. translocation
more stomata will close D. transcription
A. I only 88. Plants need phosphorus for
B. II only A. DNA and phospholipid production
C. I and II only B. protein production
D. I, II and III C. carbohydrate production
D. keep their membranes fluid
83. Water gets into root hair cells through the
process of 89. What is created during cellular respira-
A. diffusion tion?
B. active transport A. ATP, energy for the cell
C. osmosis B. glucose, energy for the cell

C. carbon dioxide, a by product
D. none of above
D. oxygen, a by product
84. How will lowered humidity affect the rate
of transpiration? 90. What process moves water into the root
hair cells?
A. decrease it
A. Diffusion
B. increase it
B. Active Transport
C. no change
C. Osmosis
D. it depends
D. Magic
85. Some liquid is collected from the xylem in 91. Surface tension is the property of water in
the stem of a plant.What is present in the which
liquid?
A. water molecules at the surface tend to
A. cellulose stick together.
B. inorganic ions B. water spills easily.
C. starch C. water tends to be see-through.
D. sugar D. none of above

92. The is the transport tissue that carries B. sucrose enters the sieve tubes by ac-
water from roots up to the rest of plant tive transport
A. xylem C. water leaves the sieve tubes by osmo-
B. phloem sis
D. sucrose leaves the sieve tubes by ac-
C. stomata
tive transport
D. roots
98. Xylem vessels are dead and have no cyto-
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93. Plant that absorbs water and other sub- plasm. This helps it so
stances directly through its cell walls in- A. water flow is not slowed down
stead of through tube-like structure; They
possess threadlike structures that anchor B. it forms an empty tube for water to
it to the ground know as rhizoids. flow through
A. Monocot C. water and minerals can enter and
leave the cells
B. Nonvascular plant
D. none of above
C. Photosyntesis
99. How does humidity affect the rate of tran-
D. Phloem
spiration?
94. Which process contributes most to the rise A. As humidity increases, the rate of tran-
of water in the xylem? spiration decreases.
A. capillarity B. As humidity increases, the rate of tran-
B. osmosis spiration increases.
C. root pressure C. As humidity increases, the rate of tran-
spiration stays constant.
D. transpiration
D. none of above
95. What the main driving force for movement
100. Which of the following do not take part
of water through xylem at day time
in conduction?
A. transpiration pull
A. Tracheids
B. root pressure
B. Vessels
C. turgor pressure C. Sieve tubes
D. capillary pressure D. Fibres
96. Which part of the plant takes in water? 101. Which feature of xylem vessel elements
A. leaf helps adhesion during transpiration?
B. stem A. lignin forms an incomplete secondary
wall
C. roots
B. new vessels carry extra water as
D. trunk
plants grow
97. What happens first during translocation in C. there are no cross walls between ves-
the phloem? sel elements
A. water enters the sieve tubes by osmo- D. the vessel elements form a narrow
sis tube

102. Which of the following is the part of 107. This plant structure is made of dead cells
apoplast? stacked end to end, forming a large, open,
straw like tube.

A. Cell wall
B. Plasma membrane A. Phloem
C. Plasmodesmata B. Xylem Vessels
D. Cytoplasm C. Mesophyll cells

D. Stomata
103. Mineral ions get into the root hair cells
through 108. Which statement about xylem is true?
A. Diffusion A. it transports water from the leaves to
B. Active Transport the roots
C. Osmosis B. it transports amino acids from the
roots to the leaves
D. none of above
C. it transports sugar from the roots to
104. What is the role of the companion cell? the leaves
A. To give structural support to the D. it transports water from the roots to
phloem vessels the leaves
B. To connect the phloem vessels to the
xylem vessels 109. Water can be lost by a plant through
which process(es)?
C. Their function is unknown
A. evaportation
D. To act as “life support systems” for
phloem cells which have lost most of their B. transpiration
normal cell functions C. injury
105. What is the importance of plant root hav- D. all of these
ing high concentration of mineral ions com-
pare to in soil? 110. If a plant gets light from only one direc-
tion the shoots will
A. To ensure more mineral ions diffuse
into roots. A. grow straight up
B. To increase the surface area of roots. B. grow down
C. To ensure water potential in roots C. grow toward the light source

lower than in soils. D. grow faster
D. none of above
111. Vascular tissue (tubes) responsible for
106. A cell placed in a strong salt solution will the transportation of water and minerals
shrink because up from the roots and around the plant.
A. The cytoplasm will decompose A. Stomata
B. Mineral salts will break the cell wall B. Transpiration
C. Salt will leave the cell C. Phloem
D. Water will leave by exosmosis D. Xylem

112. mineral ions taken from soil by process C. melanin

called as
D. pericycle
A. active transport
B. endocytosis 118. Which two cells form phloem tissue?
C. osmosis A. sieve tube elements and companion

cells
B. phloem cells and tissue cells
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113. Which of the following is used to trans-
port water & mineral ions, while also pro- C. cross walls and lignin cells
viding structural support to the plant? D. tube elements and sieve tissue cells
A. Phloem
119. The pores on leaves are called
B. Mesophyll
A. stomata
C. Stem
B. guard cells
D. Xylem
C. collenchyma
114. The process of transporting the product
of photosynthesis from leaves to entire D. phloem
parts of the plant is known as
120. For shoots growing from tubers, food
A. crossing over moves from the tubers to the shoots.
B. translocation Which of the following statements in cor-
C. guttation rect?
D. active transport A. Sink to source

B. Source to sink
115. What causes the stoma to open?
A. Leaves placed in dark areas. C. Sink to sink
B. Water moving into the guard cells. D. Source to source
C. Leaves that are suffering in a drought. 121. Sink is any cell that
A. stores sugar
D. Water moving out of the guard cells.
B. makes sugar
116. Compared to plants, fungi cannot-?
C. excretes sugar
A. make thier own food.
D. give sugar
B. be used in helpful ways.
C. cause disease in other organisms. 122. What food substance is made by plants
during photosynthesis?
D. grow in large amounts.
A. Carbon dioxide
117. Xylem vessel elements are strengthened
by B. Glucose
A. lignin C. Granulated sugar
B. cellulose D. Oxygen

123. A piece of apparatus used for measuring C. A to B, C and D

the rate at which a plant shoot takes up D. B to A, C and D
water.

A. Potometer 128. This part of the transport system in
plants is made up of dead cells.
B. Thermometer
A. Xylem
C. Barometer
B. Phloem
D. Sphygmomanometer
C. Shoot
124. Colder temperatures cause stomata to re- D. Leaves
main closed. Based on this information,
if a plant were grown below 21oC would 129. Most of the water gets evaporated from
you expect transpiration rates to the plants from its
A. increase. A. Flowers
B. decrease. B. Stem
C. stay the same. C. Roots
D. you would not be able to determine a D. Leaves
difference in rate.
130. What is the function of sinks?
125. Where is evaporation takes place in a A. Storing molecules transported by the
plant? phloem
A. trunk B. Regulating the volume transported by
B. root the phloem
C. surface of leaves C. Extracting molecules from the phloem

for glycogen production
D. none of above
D. Moral support for the phloem
126. How does temperature affect the rate of
131. Phloem tissue is adapted by having no nu-
transpiration?
cleus and little cytoplasm so that
A. As temperature increases the rate of
A. there is more room for the central
transpiration decreases
channel
B. As temperature increases the rate of
B. liquids can flow from one cell to the
transpiration increases.
next
C. As temperature increases the rate of
C. so there is lots of energy
transpiration stays constant
D. none of above
D. none of above
132. Plants COULD NOT survive without
127. If a cell A with DPD = 5 bars is connected and
to cells B, C and D, whose OP and TP are
respectively 5 and 5, 10 and 4, and 8 and A. Transpiration and Gravity
3, the flow of water will be B. Oxygen and Water
A. C to A, B and D C. Seeds and Water
B. A and D to B and C D. Carbon Dioxide and Water

133. The plant tissue that carries sugar from 138. Which of the following allows transport
the leaves to the roots is of substances from a sieve element cell to
A. xylem a companion cell?
A. sieve plate
B. phloem
B. plasmodesmata
C. epidermis
C. cell wall
D. mesophyll
D. pits
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134. As the number of increases, the sur-
face area also increases, and the plant ab- 139. Which of the following is not a function
sorbs more water and minerals. of lignin in xylem vessels?
A. Root cap A. prevents xylem from collapsing in-
wards
B. Root hair
B. waterproofing to prevent water loss
C. Root tip
C. makes cell wall thicker
D. Root cells
D. allows water to be move into adjacent
135. What drives the flow of water through xylem vessels
the xylem?
140. Water is transported from roots to
A. passive transport by the endodermis shoots and leaves in:
B. the number of companion cells in the A. Xylem
phloem
B. Phloem
C. the evaporation of water from the
C. Stomata
leaves
D. Chlorophyll
D. active transport by sieve-tube ele-
ments 141. How does wind affect the rate of transpi-
ration?
136. Transpiration is the
A. More wind increases the rate of tran-
A. exchange of gases between the leaves spiration.
and the atmosphere
B. More wind decreases the rate of tran-
B. loss of water vapour through the stom- spiration.
ata of leaves
C. More wind has no effect on the rate of
C. movement of water from the roots to transpiration.
the leaves
D. none of above
D. transport manufactured food sub-
stances through the phloem 142. Vascular tissue that transports water
and minerals UPWARDS from a plant’s
137. What is the transport system of plants? roots is know as
A. circulatory system A. Chlorophyll
B. vascular system B. Phloem
C. respiratory system C. Stomata
D. digestive system D. Xylem

143. Ignoring all other factors, what kind of 148. When would a plant have maximum tran-
day would result in the fastest delivery spiration?
of water and minerals to the leaves of a

A. A hot, dry, windy day
tree?
B. A hot, humid, windy night
A. cool, dry day
C. A cool, dry, windy day
B. warm, dry day
D. A hot, humid, calm day
C. warm, humid day
149. Which of the following is not transported
D. cool, humid day in plants?
144. water movement through cellulose cell A. minerals

wall without entering protoplast of root B. oxygen
cells is called C. water
A. symplast pathway D. carbon dioxide
B. vacuolar pathway 150. What are the limiting factors of photo-
C. apoplast pathway synthesis?
D. cellulose pathway A. light intensity, CO2 concentration, tem-
perature
145. In which direction does the phloem trans- B. wavelengths of light, CO2 concentra-
port sugars? tion, temperature
A. upwards only C. light intensity, O2 concentration, tem-
B. downwards only perature
D. light intensity, CO2 concentration, air
C. both directions
humidity
D. none of above
151. What stores water in a plant?
146. What does the phloem carry up the A. vacuole
stem?
B. nucleus
A. Sugar C. mitochondria
B. Water D. cell wall
C. Oxygen
152. Which of these substances strengthens
D. All of the above the xylem?
A. Chitin
147. Which direction does the phloem trans-
port materials? B. Lignin
A. Up the plant at night and down the C. Cellulose
plant during the day D. Keratin
B. Up and down the plant all the time 153. What gives plants their green color?
C. Up the plant only A. Vacuoles
D. Down the plant only B. Chlorophyll

C. Chloroplasts C. roots
D. Central Vacuole D. flowers
154. Leaves need nutrients and water to 160. Irregularly shaped cell fragments that
A. Make food for the plant help clot blood
B. Make energy for the plant. A. Platelets
C. Keep the plant cool in the summer. B. Lymph
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D. Make water. C. Plasma
155. What happens to the transpiration rate D. White Blood Cells

as temperature increases? 161. What is geotropism?
A. It decreases
A. a change in the growth of a plant in re-
B. It stays the same sponse to water
C. It increases B. a change in the growth of a plant in re-
D. none of above sponse to light
C. a change in the growth of a plant in re-
156. What are two gases that stomata allow
sponse to touch
to enter or leave the plant?
D. a change in the growth of a plant in re-
sponse to gravity
B. nitrogen and hydrogen
C. carbon dioxide and hydrogen 162. Why does the stomata close when CO2
levels are too high?
D. oxygen and nitrogen
A. prevent water loss
157. As compared with xylem vessels, phloem B. prevent sugar loss
sieve tube cells
C. prevent oxygen loss
A. have nuclei.
D. prevent carbon dioxide loss
B. have cytoplasm.
C. have mitochondria. 163. Which statement describes the phloem
transport system of plants?
D. have empty lumen.
A. It transports sugar and is lignified
158. anything that causes a reaction or change
in an organism B. It transports sugar and is not lignified
A. hormone
C. It transports water and is lignified
B. carbon dioxide
D. none of above
C. stimulus
D. chlorophyl 164. Epidermis of a leaf is made up of
A. single layer of epidermal cells
159. Which of the following is usually a source
for sucrose B. double layer of epidermal cells
A. leaves C. triple layer of epidermal cells
B. meristems D. none of above

165. Which part of the plant makes food? 170. What of these is needed for photosynthe-
A. leaf sis to begin?

A. oxygen
B. roots
B. carbon dioxide
C. stem
C. sunlight or radiant energy
D. trunk
D. all of these
166. Water and minerals move upward from
the root to the rest of the plant in this vas- 171. The cell sap of a root hair has a higher
cular tissue. concentration of nitrate ions than the
surrounding soil. Which feature of the
A. Root cell maintains the higher concentration of
B. Xylem these ions in the cell sap?
C. Leaves A. cell membrane
D. Phloem B. cell wall
C. large surface area
167. As various ions from the soil are actively
transported into vascular tissues of root, D. large vacuole
water follows and increases the pressure
172. The stronger the wind, the plant more
inside the xylem. This positive pressure is
water.
called
A. lose more
A. Mass pressure
B. lose less
B. Root pressure
C. stop losing
C. osmotic potential
D. none of above
D. transpiration
173. What plant tissue transports sugar, pro-
168. Which condition will reduce water loss by teins, and other organic materials?
transpiration
A. xylem
A. increasing surface area of the leaf
B. phloem
B. increasing the number of hairs that C. stoma
cover the stomata
D. spongy mesophyll
C. placing the stomata on the top of the
leaf 174. Diffusion is not effective in
D. increasing the wind and temperature A. solids
B. liquids
169. When a farmer sprays a chemical on to
crop plants, how does the chemical travel C. gases
to the roots of the plants? D. all of the above
A. In the phloem, by active translocation
175. Photosynthesis is
B. In the phloem, by transpiration pull
A. how plants use sunlight to produce
C. In the xylem, by transpiration pull food
D. In the xylem, by active translocation B. how plants release water to the air

C. how plants use sugars and oxygen to 181. Name the tissue that supplies energy to
produce energy to grow the sieve plate of the phloem for trans-
D. none of above portation of organic food.
A. Lamela
176. What does photosynthesis form in a leaf
first? B. Parencyma
A. Cellulose C. Companion cell
B. Starch D. Epidermis
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C. Fat 182. The vessel that transports water and
D. Sugar minerals UPWARDS from a plant’s roots
is know as
177. What process in the natural world- A. Chlorophyll
converts radiant energy into chemicalen-
B. Phloem
ergy?
C. Stomata
A. interdependence
D. Xylem
B. symbiosis
C. photosynthesis 183. What external forces must an emergent
seedling overcome?
D. homeostasis
A. lack of water in the vacuole
178. The Na+/K+ pump of nerve cells
B. gravity, wind, rain
A. Is an energy-dependent membrane
C. a short phloem and xylem
transporter
D. herbivores and humans
B. Is involved in passive transport of ions
184. Which product of photosynthesis moves
C. Transports ions along their concentra- out of a green leaf through its stomata?
tion gradient A. carbon dioxide
D. Never shows saturation of transport B. glucose
179. From where the plants get the raw mate- C. oxygen
rials except CO2 for building plant body D. water
A. soil
185. Which cells in the leaf carry out the most
B. air photosynthesis?
C. rock A. Guard cells
D. 1&2 B. Palisade mesophyll cells
180. A plant that does not have adequate wa- C. Epidermal cells
ter in the soil may because of D. Spongy mesophyll cells
A. wilt ; water uptake 186. What is the form of sugar being move to
B. whither ; translocation companion cells?
C. wilt ; transpiration A. glucose
D. become flaccid ; osmosis B. maltose

C. sucrose 192. Which of the following are not found in

D. starch xylem cells?I. cytoplasmII. cell wallIII. cell
membrane

187. In the pressure flow hypothesis, what
causes the pressure? A. I and II only
A. Root pressure B. I and III only

B. The osmotic uptake of water by sieve C. II and III only
tubes at the sink
D. I, II and III
C. The osmotic uptake of water by sieve
tubes at the source 193. What is a function of the hairs (tri-
D. The accumulation of mineral and water chomes) on xerophytic leaves?
by the stele in the root
A. adding a waterproof layer
188. Water enters the root from the soil due B. protecting the stomata
to
A. the negative pressure in the xylem cell C. reducing the surface area
D. trapping a layer of moist air
B. the hydrogen bonds between water
molecules 194. What type of root has one main root
that grows deep in the ground with a few
C. high solute concentration in the root
smaller side roots?
D. cation exchange
A. Aerial roots
189. By which process is water lost from a
leaf? B. Fibrous roots
A. A active transport C. Prop roots

B. B diffusion D. Taproots
C. C osmosis
195. What is it called when water sticks to
D. D photosynthesis
water?
190. What substances are transported by the A. Cohesion
phloem?
A. water and mineral salts B. Adhesion
B. mineral salts and sucrose C. Capillary Action

C. sucrose and amino acids D. Xylem
D. amino acids and mineral salts
196. Which one of the following will not di-
191. Which part of a plant absorbs nutrients rectly affected transpiration?
from the soil?
A. Temperature
A. Roots
B. Light
B. Root hairs
C. Xylem C. Wind speed
D. Stem D. Chlorophyll content of leaves

197. This is the definition for which word:The C. Plant growth in a downward direction
movement of particles against a concentra- D. None of these
tion gradient (from a low to a high concen-
tration) across a partially permeable mem- 203. The diagram shows apparatus used to in-
brane which requires energy. vestigate water uptake by a cut leafy twig.
A. Transpiration In which sets of conditions would the tap
need to be used most often?
B. Osmosis
A. bright, still, humid
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C. Diffusion
B. bright, windy, dry
D. Active transport
C. dark, still, humid
198. which organelles occur in large numbers
in companion cells in phloem? D. dark, windy, dry
A. chloroplasts 204. Root hairs help in absorption of water by

B. lysosomes A. increasing the surface area
C. mitochondria B. decreasing the surface area
D. starch grains C. holding the plant in the soil
199. Increasing the rate of photosynthesis will D. none of the above
the rate of transpiration. What is the
missing word/s? 205. This vascular tissue carries substances
from the leaves to the other parts of the
A. increase plant.
B. decrease A. Phloem
C. not affect B. Leaves
D. none of above
C. Roots
200. sucrose loading into phloem requires D. Xylem
A. active transport
206. Without the process of transpiration, a
B. passive transport plant would be unable to
C. diffusion A. Move sucrose from the leaves to the
D. osmosis roots.
201. Growth of a plant in response to an ex- B. Create new proteins for the plant.
ternal stimulus, such as light C. Pull up new water and mineral ions
A. hormone from the roots to the leaves.
B. tropism D. Grow towards the light.
C. phototropism 207. the pholem is called the
D. stimulus A. food transporting system
202. What is negative tropism? B. water transporting
A. Plant growth away from a stimulus C. stem
B. Plant growth toward a stimulus D. root

208. Define “transpiration”. C. active transport of ions into the roots

A. The evaporation of water vapour from D. transpiration rate will increase to pull

the leaves through the stomata. water up
B. The transport of sugars from leaves to 214. How does water enter a plant?
other parts of the plant.
A. through the stomata
C. Where glucose is broken down with
oxygen to transfer energy-occurs in the B. through the roots
mitochondria. C. by active transport in root hair cells
D. none of above D. by osmosis in root hair cells
209. Casparian strip on endodermis cell are 215. Which of the following is the correct def-
made of inition of transpiration
A. lignin A. the movement of water along the
B. suberin xylem
C. pectin B. the movement of water from a high to
low concentration down a concentration
D. cellulose
gradient
210. What type of energy is glucose? C. is the evaporation of water through
A. chemical energy the stomata
B. radiant energy D. transport of sugars through phloem
C. thermal energy 216. The absorbs nutrients from the
D. mechanical energy ground.
A. Leaves
211. Which direction does the xylem transport
things? B. Roots
A. Root to leaves C. Stem
B. Leaves to roots D. none of above
C. Right to left 217. Apoplast is located
D. Left to right A. Outside the plasma membrane
212. What is mainly responsible for transport- B. In the entire cytosol
ing sucrose from source to sinks? C. On both sides of plasma membrane
A. osmosis D. In the plasticity content
B. active transport
218. Where is evaporation taking place in a
C. diffusion leaf?
D. mass flow A. xylem into palisade cell
213. What happens when a plant is in a con- B. root hair cell into cortex
centration soil solution? C. air spaces to surrounding environment
A. diffusion of solutes will take place
B. osmosis will occur out of the leaves D. palisade mesophyll cells to air spaces

219. Two main vascular bundles are the xylem C. Water and Sugar
and phloem. Food substances travel in the D. Water and minerals
and water and salts are mainly con-
ducted in the 225. What is the function of phloem tissue?
A. xylem; phloem A. to transport food up through the plant
B. phloem; xylem
B. to transport food up and down the
C. vessels; sieve tubes plant
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D. vascular bundles:vessels C. to transport water up through the
220. Auricles are walled while ventricles plant
are walled D. to transport water up and down the
A. Thick, Thin plant
B. Thin, Thick 226. The volume of blood in an average human

is
C. Thick, Thick
A. 3 to 4 litres
D. Thin, Thin
B. 4 to 5 litres
221. one function of the leaf is to make food C. 5 to 6 litres
what is the other function?
D. 9 to 10 milliliters
A. to keep the plant cool in hot weather
227. Process in which food substances are
B. to propagate certain species
moved to the rest of plant by phloem is
C. to take in water for the plant known as
D. to store food for the plant A. transpiration
222. Where are the epidermal cells covering a B. respiration
plant? C. photosynthesis
A. upper surface of a leaf D. translocation
B. lower surface of a leaf 228. How are the xylem and phloem arranged
C. both upper and lower surfaces of a leaf in leaves?
A. xylem above, phloem below
D. none of above B. xylem below, phloem above
223. Xylem and Phloem are both C. xylem and phloem side by side
A. Transpiration D. none of above
B. Absorption 229. Which of the following are xerophytic

adaptations?I. sunken stomataII. opening
C. Photosynthesis
stomata during the day and closing them
D. Vascular tissue at nightIII. rolled up leaves
224. Which two substances are transported by A. I and II only
xylem? B. I and III only
A. Water only C. II and III only
B. Sugar and Minerals D. I, II and III

230. What is translocation? 2016 Q27 B. Magnesium

A. the transport of food in the phloem tis- C. Nitrates

sues
D. Iron
B. the transport of food in the xylem tis-
sues 236. After water enters the plant, water trav-
C. the transport of water in the phloem els from the root hair cells, through the
tissues to the xylem vessels
D. the transport of water in the xylem tis- A. phloem
sues B. cortex
231. Highest water potential is observed in C. mesophyll cells
case of
D. cuticle
A. Solution in a beaker
B. Cell sap 237. Water in xylem is Glucose in phloem
is
C. Pure water solvent
D. All of the above A. Bidirectional, Unidirectional
B. Bidirectional, Bidirectional
232. Plants need for photosynthesis
C. Unidirectional, Unidirectional
A. oxygen
B. soil D. Unidirectional, Bidirectional
C. carbon dioxide 238. What is calculated using a potometer?

D. sugar A. rate of perspiration
233. How are root hair cells adapted for water B. rate of respiration
and mineral absorption?
C. rate of transpiration
A. have many chloroplasts
D. rate of absorption
B. Have extensions that increase surface
area 239. Which is a major source of nutrients in
C. have many air spaces plants?
D. none of above A. soil
234. Which of the following would be least B. leaves

likely to affect osmosis in plants? C. stem
A. proton pumps in the membrane D. roots
B. a difference in solute concentrations
240. Where is chlorophyll found in plants?
C. receptor proteins in the membrane
D. a difference in water potential A. Leaves
B. Root
235. What nutrient is needed for a plant to
make chlorophyll? C. Flower
A. Potassium D. Stem

241. During the summer which part of potato 246. What is the main reason for xylem form-
that act as sink? ing a continuous water column?
A. tuber A. Xylem cell walls contain lignin
B. leaves B. Xylem cell walls contain pits
C. root C. There are no end walls between xylem
cells
D. stem
D. There are no cell membranes
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242. Where are stomata found?
247. Mass or bulk flow of substance is called-
A. The stomata are found in the pollen of
A. Active transport
a plant.
B. Translocation
B. The stomata are found on the xylem of
the plant. C. Diffusion
D. Facilitated diffusion
C. The stomata are found on the upper
and lower epidermis of the leaf. 248. Which of the following would tend to in-
D. The stomata are found on the roots of crease transpiration?
the plant. A. a rainstorm
243. Which of the following features reduce B. sunken stomata

water loss from the leaves? 1 hairs on C. a thicker cuticle
the lower surface2 large surface area of D. higher stomatal density
the lamina3 waxy cuticle
249. Translocation occurs in phloem tubes.
A. 1 and 2
Aphids feed on the contents of phloem
B. 1 and 3 tubes.What type of food would be lacking
C. 2 and 3 in their diet?
D. 1, 2 and 3 A. amino acids

B. fat
244. Which of the following indicates the path-
C. sucrose
way of water through a plant?
D. water
A. root hair cell → xylem → stomata
B. stomata → root hair cell → xylem 250. Phloem is made from living cells called
A. sieve tube elements
C. xylem → stomata → root hair cell
B. vascular bundles
D. none of above
C. paranchema
245. The process of photosynthesis takes D. collenchyma
place in organelles called
251. The process by which carbon dioxide, wa-
A. Phloem
ter and sunlight are converted into glucose
B. Xylem and oxygen
C. Stomata A. xylem
D. Cholorplasts B. photosynthesis

C. oxygen C. removing the leaves from the plant

D. glucose D. shining a bright light on the plant

252. Which statement about phloem is true? 257. Which vessels carry nutrients and water
A. it carries nutrients to growing regions up a plant?
of the plant
A. Pholem
B. it carries nitrate ions from the leaves
B. Xylem
to the roots
C. it carries sugars from the roots to the C. Veins
leaves D. Vascular bundles
D. it carries water from the roots to the
leaves 258. Conducting cells in phloem are
A. Phloem parenchyma
253. Why does the plant even have holes in
the leaf if they lose water through them? B. Sieve tubes
A. they need O2 gas for photosynthesis C. Companion cells
B. they need CO2 gas for photosynthesis D. Phloem fibres
C. they need food to enter through the 259. What type of plant tissue transports wa-
holes ter and minerals?
D. they use the holes to convert sun en- A. Meristem

ergy to electron energy B. Xylem
254. Arteries, veins, and capillaries are three C. Phloem
types of D. none of above
A. heart valves
B. blood vessels 260. Elements which are transported through-
out plants are called
C. cells
A. Inorganic
D. robots
B. sieve elements
255. Which valve sits between the left cham-
C. key elements
bers of the heart?
A. Pulmonary D. phloem elements
B. Bicuspid 261. By what process does the water move
C. Aortic from one cell to another in the symplast
pathway between the root hair cell and
D. Tricuspid
the xylem?
256. What could increase the rate of water up- A. Mass transport
take (transpiration) by a plant?
B. Diffusion
A. Placing it in a refridgerator
C. Osmosis
B. placing a clear plastic bag over the
plant (increases humidity) D. Active transport

262. Which is the correct equation for photo- 267. When water passes through the cyto-
synthesis? plasm of adjacent plant cells via the plas-
modesmata it is said to be moving by
A. carbon dioxide + light → oxygen +
which pathway?
water
A. Simplast
B. carbon dioxide + water → oxygen +
glucose B. Symplast
C. light + water → energy + glucose C. Apoplast
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D. oxygen + water → glucose + carbon D. Apolpast
dioxide
268. State one substance, other than sucrose,
that is produced in leaves and translocated
263. An increase in wind or temperature will
to other parts of the plant.
the rate of transpiration
A. amino acids
A. increase
B. glucose
B. decrease
C. oxygen
C. maintain
D. carbon dioxide
D. none of above
269. The plant transport system are made up
264. Which part of the vascular bundle is re- of types of tubes.
sponsible for the water uptake from the
A. 1
root to the leaves?
B. 2
A. Xylem
C. 3
B. Phloem
D. many
C. Veins
270. Which materials are transported in the
D. Arteries
xylem?
265. Plasma is the liquid part of the blood A. oxygen and water
which contains % water B. glucose and oxygen
A. 70% C. water and minerals
B. 80% D. glucose and minerals
C. 90%
271. Transpiration is a part of ?
A. Condensation
266. What happens first when water flows B. Sublimation
through a plant? C. Evaporation
A. Transpired from the leaves D. Precipitation
B. Absorbed from soil by root hairs
272. What is translocation?
C. Flow upwards in stem
A. the transport of sucrose and amino
D. Move from roots to stem acids in phloem tissues

B. the transport of sucrose and amino 278. Where does Atrioventricular Valves (AV
acids in the xylem tissues valves) are located?

C. the transport of water and minerals in A. In between atria and ventricle cham-
the phloem tissues bers.
D. the transport of water and minerals in B. In the area where pulmonary artery
the xylem tissues leaves the right ventricle.
273. Why is water so sticky?? C. In the area where aorta leaves the left
ventricle.
A. Glue
D. In between left and right ventricles
B. Its a strong molecule
C. Hydrogen bonds 279. What is the function of plasmodesmata in
plant cells?
D. because its transparent
A. to act as a barrier to water-soluble
274. What is the role of the waxy cuticle in a substances
leaf.
B. to allow active transport of ions and su-
A. Contains chlorophyll to absorb light. crose between cells
B. Prevents too much water loss. C. to allow the symplastic movement of
C. It transports water to the leaf. substances between cells
D. none of above D. to enable cells to recognize each other
275. What is the role of xylem parenchyma? 280. What is the name of the long cells found
in the root?
A. To store food and tannin deposits,
which protects from herbivore attack A. Plant cell
B. To contain salts which are then trans- B. Palisade cell
ported in the xylem C. Root guard cell
C. To allow exchange of substances be- D. Root hair cell
tween the xylem and the phloem
281. The stronger the light intensity (amount
D. To give additional support to the plant
of light), the plant more water.
276. Which of these substances is/are trans- A. lose more
ported by the xylem?
B. lose less
A. water only
C. stop losing
B. water and sucrose
D. none of above
C. water and mineral salts
D. mineral salts and sucrose 282. Why do plants have a transport system?
A. It is a cool thing to have
277. How does glucose travel in the phloem
B. Animals also have a transport system
A. clockwise
C. It allows materials to reach various
B. in both direction parts quickly
C. up only D. It allows the plant to produce more
D. down only plants quickly

283. Lymph nodes are widely distributed C. flexible b. cellulose

throughout the body. Along the lymphatic D. variable b. homogenous
veins they filter the before it is re-
turned to the 289. The primary difference between the
A. lymph, blood apoplast and the symplast is that the-
B. lymph, heart A. apoplast goes through cell walls and
C. blood, lymph non-living spaces
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D. blood, heart B. apoplast relies on active transport
C. symplast is non living
284. Most stomata are usually found in under-
side of leaves. Why? D. apoplast goes through the living cyto-
plasm and symplast via the cell walls
A. conserve water
B. get more CO2 290. Mineral ions move from the soil into the
C. prevent infection roots by the process of?
D. none A. osmosis
B. diffusion
285. What does a plant NOT use glucose for?
C. active transport
A. cell wall formation (cellulose)
B. ATP production D. none of the above
C. starch production to store energy over 291. An increase in which of the following
the winter would decrease the rate of transpiration?
D. phospholipid production A. light
286. The main vein running down a dicot leaf B. air movement
is called the C. temperature
A. mid rib
D. humidity
B. main vein
292. The products of photosynthesis will flow
C. central xylem
through which part of the phloem tissue?
D. vascular tissue
A. collenchyma cells
287. Where are carbohydrates made in a B. vessels
green leaf?
C. sieve tube cells
A. cell vacuoles
D. tracheids
B. chloroplasts
C. phloem 293. Which of the following is not an impor-
D. xylem tant use of water in plants?
A. To maintain turgor.
288. Stomata have bean-shaped guard cells
with a outer wall, b inner wall B. For photosynthesis
A. thin b. thick C. To keep cool
B. thick b. thin D. For cell division

294. What is the functions of a stem? B. Transports of carbon dioxide gas for
A. Absorbs water and nutrients photosynthesis

B. Produces pollen C. Transport of organic nutrients by pho-
tosynthesis
C. Transports water and nutrients
D. Transport minerals to supply to plant
D. none of above cells
295. Translocation may occur as the mass flow
300. Water movement through cellulose cell
hypothesis. The pressure involved in this
wall without entering protoplast of root
hypothesis originates from
cells is called
A. The root pressure
A. symplast pathway
B. Transpiration in the leaves
B. cellulose pathway
C. Accumulation of minerals and water in
C. apoplast pathway
leaves
D. vacuolar pathway
D. The intake of water by sieve tubes in
the leaves 301. Which of the following allow water to
296. during transpiration, from where does be eventually moved into the cell walls of
the evaporation of water occur adjacent leaf cells?I. ligninII. pitsIII. adhe-
sion
A. intercellular spaces
A. I and II only
B. leaf surface
B. I and III only
C. mesophyll cell walls
C. II and III only
D. stomatal pores
D. I, II and III
297. What happens in the transpiration rate
as the temperature increases? 302. Which statements about water move-
ment in plants are correct? 1 Water can
A. Low (It decreases) pass through cellulose cell walls. 2 Wa-
B. Moderate ter can pass through lignified cell walls. 3
C. High (It increases) Water cannot pass through suberin in cell
walls.
D. No change (It stays the same)
A. 1, 2 and 3
298. what is the name of the root structure
B. 1 and 2 only
that increase the ability of roots to absorb
water and mineral? C. 1 and 3 only
A. root twig cell D. 2 and 3 only
B. guard cell 303. Name the substances transported inside
C. capillary plants.
D. root hair cell A. Air and water
299. Which of the following is NOT the impor- B. food and water
tance of transport in plant? C. air, food and water
A. Water transport for photosynthesis D. food. water and minerals

304. The transpiration driven ascent of sap de- 309. Vascular tissue that forms tubes that
pends on which of the following physical transport dissolves food throughout a
properties of water? plant
A. Cohesion A. Nonvascular plant
B. Surface tension B. Monocot
C. Adhesion C. Phloem
D. All D. Dicot
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305. THE PURPOSE OF PLUCKING LEAVES 310. Name the equipment used to estimate
FROM A PLANT SEEDLING BEFORE RE- transpiration rate.
PLANTING IN AN ORCHARD IS TO RE- A. Respirometer
DUCE
B. Manometer
A. THE RATE OF WATER ABSORPTION
C. Potometer
B. THE RATE OF RESPIRATION
D. none of above
C. THE RATE OF TRANSPIRATION
311. Girdling experiment proves that
D. THE RATE OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS
A. Phloem is the tissue responsible for
306. What part of the human body is most sim- the translocation of food
ilar in function to the spongy mesophyll B. Transport via phloem essentially takes
layer in a leaf? place in one direction
A. Alveoli in the lungs C. The direction of food transport is
B. Erythrocytes in the blood downwards
C. Villi in the small intestine D. All the above
D. Sweat glands in the skin 312. Which two substances are transported in
the phloem?
307. Part of the water absorbed from the soil
is lost via transpiration, some is used for A. A amino acids and protein
photosynthesis and some used for ? B. B amino acids and sucrose
A. maintaining turgidity of cells C. C protein and starch
B. stored in fruits D. D starch and sucrose
C. stored in leaves
313. What is the need of plant transport sys-
D. stored in stem tem
A. to move energy store from leaves to
308. The function of hydathode is to cause
different parts
A. transpiration
B. to move raw material from roots to
B. photosynthesis leaves
C. guttation C. both 1&2
D. bleeding D. None

314. Kidney shaped cells at the border of the C. To transport sugars

stomata
D. To transport mineral ions

A. Lenticels
B. Cuticle 320. What is the most abudant solute in
phloem sap?
C. Guard cells
A. amino acids
D. Hydathodes
B. hormones
315. What does xylem transport?
C. sugar
A. Water and minerals
D. minerals
B. Water only
C. Sugar 321. Companion cells are packed full of to
D. Food make ATP.
A. mitochondria
316. What is the function of the stoma?
B. chloroplasts
A. Protects the leaves without blocking
out light C. cytoplasm
B. Transport soluble food/sugar D. proton pumps
C. Pore to allow gases to diffuse into and
out of the leaf 322. The conducting tissues does the follwing
work
A. phloem carries water and minerals
317. Which of the following contains
B. xylem carries sucrose and amino acid
hemoglobin??Red blood cells, White blood
cells or Platelets?? C. Xylem carries water and minerals
A. Red blood cells D. support plant
B. White blood cells
323. The functions of stomata are
C. Platelets
A. support the plant and absorb water via
D. None of the above osmosis.
318. How does water travel from the soil into B. store starch grains and keep water.
the root hair cells?
C. photosynthesis and respiration.
A. Diffusion
D. transpiration and gas-exchange.
B. Active transport
C. Osmosis 324. A higher temperature will cause the plant
to water.
D. Transpiration
A. lose more
319. Which of the following is not a function
of xylem vessels? B. lose less
A. To help support the plant C. stop losing
B. To transport water D. none of above

325. What does the water move through in C. warm, bright, and humid
the symplast pathway? D. cool, dim, and humid
A. The cell walls
331. What is the role of xylem fibres?
B. The intercellular spaces
A. To transport water
C. The cytoplasm
B. To wrap around the xylem to prevent
D. The vacuole them from leaking
326. What is the main source of nutrition for
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C. Provide extra strength to the plant
plants? D. To fill in the space between the xylem
A. Water and the phloem
B. Protein
332. In xylem, there are gaps within the lignin
C. Glucose called These allow surrounding cells to
D. Carbs be supplied with water.
A. holes
327. If carbon dioxide levels are too high the
stomata B. plasmolemma
A. opens C. pits
B. closes D. companion cells
C. does nothing 333. Which of the following transport mecha-
D. panics nisms shows saturation of transport but
does not show uphill transport?
328. This is the definition for which word:The
A. Simple diffusion
movement of particles down a concentra-
tion gradient (from a high concentration to B. Active transport
a low concentration) C. Facilitated diffusion
A. Osmosis D. Both simple and facilitated diffusion
B. Diffusion
334. What is the movement of sugars through
C. Active transport a plant called?
D. Transpiration A. Translation
329. Inorganic molecules that contained in B. Translocation
xylem sap. C. Transcription
A. CO2 and amino acids D. Transpiration
B. Magnesium and sucrose
335. Unidirectional flow of water, minerals,
C. Magnesium and potassium some organic nitrogen and hormones oc-
D. CO2 and zinc curs through-
330. Which set of conditions will keep your A. Xylem

plants from wilting for the longest time? B. Phloem
A. cool, bright, and humid C. Root
B. warm, bright, and dry D. Vascular tissue

336. What is the stomata in plants? C. static

A. Large pores in the leaves D. hot

B. The green pigment
342. guard cells change shape and open the
C. The chloroplast stomata as they become
D. Tiny pores in the leaves A. flacid
337. The plant tissue that carries food mate- B. turgid
rials DOWNWARD from the leaves to the C. larger
rest of the pant is the
D. smaller
A. Phloem
B. Stomata 343. Which of these is not a reason that mul-
ticellular plants need transport systems?
C. Chlorophyll
A. To meet their metabolic demands
D. Xylem
B. Plants can grow to be very large
338. Why do root hairs cells have thin cell
C. A a whole, plants have a relatively
walls?
small SA:vol
A. So that the flow of water into root hair
D. To coordinate an immune resposne
cells is fast
B. So that they can photosynthesise 344. The evaporation of water from the stom-
faster ata (openings in the leaves) is the process
C. so the cells can burst of
D. none of above A. Transpiration

B. Translocation
339. This part of the transport system in
plants is made up of living cells. C. Diffusion
A. Xylem D. Perspiration
B. Shoots 345. which part of the leaf transports air to
C. Phloem the leaf?
D. Leaves A. leaf blade
340. The hold the branches, flowers and B. leaf stalk

fruits. C. stomata
A. Leaves D. veins
B. Stem
346. The Casparian strip contains a water-
C. Roots proof band made of that prevents fur-
D. none of above ther progress of water in the cell walls.
A. lignin
341. When photosynthesis takes place during
the day, stomata will B. cellulose
A. open C. suberin
B. close D. starch

347. This is the definition for which word:The C. stem, root

movement of ions from a low concentra-
D. none of above
tion to a high concentration against concen-
tration gradient using energy. 353. What is the term for Undifferentiated
A. Osmosis cells?
B. Diffusion A. Stem Cells
C. Active transport B. Bone Marrow Cells
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D. Transpiration C. Insulin-Producing Cells
348. WHICH ION INVOLVES IN THE OPENING D. none of above
AND CLOSING OF STOMATA?
354. Which of the following is the similar tis-
A. Potassium ion
sue found in xylem and phloem?
B. Calcium Ion
A. Vessel
C. Chloride Ion
B. Companion cell
D. Sodium Ion
C. Parencyma
349. After photosynthesis, plants store their D. Tracheid
glucose as in plants .
A. starch 355. During ventricular systole:
B. pigment A. the ventricles relax
C. sugar B. blood flows from the ventricles into the
D. Oxygen atria
C. the AV valves are open
350. Which of following is most easily trans-
ported in plant cells? D. blood flows from the ventricles to the
pulmonary arteries
A. starch
B. glucose 356. Where are the epidermal cells cover?
C. cellulose A. upper surface of a leaf
D. fat B. lower surface of a leaf
351. What does xylem tissue transport? C. both upper and lower surfaces of a leaf
A. Water
D. none of above
B. Sugar
C. Sun 357. It is the movement of the substances all
D. Carbohydrates throughout the plants.
A. Plant Transport
352. Movement of substances is one way in
and two way in the B. Animal Transport
A. xylem, phloem C. Plant Circulation
B. phloem, xylem D. Animal Circulation

358. Sucrose enters the phloem sieve-tube by 364. transpiration powers the movement of
water

A. Active transport A. down a concentration gradient
B. Water potential B. up a concentration gradient
C. Osmosis C. up & down concentration gradients
D. Diffusion D. all of the answers
359. This plant structure carries sugars, amino 365. The rate of transpiration decreases with
acids, and plant hormones. an increase in
A. Xylem Vessels A. Sunlight
B. Phloem B. Temperature
C. Plant Straws C. Humidity
D. Plant Blood Vessels D. Wind
360. What are the functions of vascular bun- 366. Hairs on the inner epidermis of xero-
dles? phytes reduce air-flow and trap moist air.
A. transport sugars They are called:
B. provide mechanical support for the A. sunken stomata
plant B. trichomes
C. transport water and minerals C. spikes
D. all of the above D. projections
361. What does phloem tissue transport? 367. Leaves make food in the form of
A. Water A. fats
B. Sugar B. sugar
C. Sun C. proteins
D. Carbohydrates D. vitamins
362. What happens to the rate of transpira- 368. By which of the following processes do
tion if wind speed increases? water molecules enter into the plant?
A. It decreases A. Osmosis
B. It stays the same B. Active transport
C. It increases C. Diffusion
D. increases and then decreases D. Transpiration
363. In which direction does food travel in a 369. Which of the following will decrease the
plant? rate of transpiration?
A. all directions A. High temperatures.
B. sideways only B. Low humidity.
C. downwards only C. A still and calm day.
D. upwards only D. An abundance of water.

370. How do mineral ions enter a plant? 376. Complete the blank:Sugar is transported
A. by osmosis in root hair cells the plant in living phloem.
B. by active transport in root hair cells A. up only

C. through the stomata B. down only
D. through the roots C. up and down
371. Why does water loss slow down if a D. none of above
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plant is put into a plastic bag?
377. transports sugar, proteins, and other
A. The humidity increases
organic materials.
B. The temperature increases
A. xylem
C. The light intensity increases
B. phloem
C. stoma
372. Which cells have extra cellulose deposits
for structural support? D. spongy mesophyll
A. parenchyma 378. How many micrometres in a millimetre?
B. collenchyma
A. 1, 000µ m
C. palisade
B. 100µ m
D. spongy mesophyll
C. 10µ m
373. Which environmental condition lowers
the rate of transpiration? D. 10, 000µ m
A. Abundant sunshine 379. What conditions will cause the highest

B. High humidity rate of transpiration in a well-watered
plant?
C. Cloudy days
D. High temperatures A. Hot, humid with bright sunshine and
still air
374. Where does carbon dioxide enter
B. Low humidity, hot, bright sunshine and
plants?
windy
A. The leaves
C. Windy, hot, cloudy and humid
B. Stomata
D. Windy, bright sunshine, humid and
C. Roots
cool
D. Stem
380. Plant transports food made in the leaves
375. Which cells act as packing tissue and have
to
many metabolic functions
A. roots
A. parenchyma
B. collenchyma B. stem
C. mesophyll C. flowers
D. vascular tissue D. all of the above

381. What is a description of transpiration? 386. A decrease in which factor normally

causes transpiration rate to increase?
A. A exchange of gases between the leaf

and the atmosphere A. humidity
B. B loss of water vapour from the leaves B. light intensity
and stems of a plant C. stomatal opening
C. C movement of water from the roots to D. temperature
the leaves
387. Stomata is found in the
D. D movement of water through the cells
of the leaf A. stems
B. roots
382. During photosynthesis, energy is stored C. leaves
in the form of-
D. flower
A. radiant energy
388. Plants need magnesium for what?
B. chemical energy
A. make chlorophyll
C. mechanical energy
B. make the stomata open
D. thermal energy
C. move sugar
383. During the day, plants take in and D. energy
give out to make food.
389. The direction of water along with dis-
A. oxygen carbon dioxide solved minerals in xylem is
B. carbon dioxide oxygen A. Bidirectional
C. carbon dioxide carbon dioxide B. Multidirectional
D. oxygen oxygen C. From shoot to roots
D. From roots to shoot
384. Pores called allow plants to exchange
gases for respiration and photosynthesis. 390. Function of phloem tissues in plants.
A. stomata A. Transport sucrose to the fruit.
B. guard cells B. Transport water to the leaf, which is
usedfor photosynthesis.
C. palisade mesophyll
C. Transport oxygen to the leaf, which is
D. cuticles usedfor photosynthesis.
385. This is a single layer of cells that helps to D. Transport of water to the fruit that is
keep the shape of the stem and cuts down neededfor development of fruit.
the loss of water vapour.
391. Which is NOT a function of roots?
A. epidermis A. Take in water
B. sieve tubes B. Take in nutrients
C. vessels C. Anchor plant to ground
D. vascular bundles D. Make food

392. What is the function of xylem tissue? 397. Plants need nitrates for what?
A. to transport food up through the plant A. make sugar
B. make proteins and DNA
B. to transport food up and down the pant C. make fats
D. move water
C. to transport water up through the
plant 398. Where do the plant get the materials for
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healthy grow?
D. to transport water up and down the
plant A. from the air only
B. from the air and soil
393. in apoplastic pathway, water moves
through the C. from the soil only
A. plasmodesmata D. from the shops
B. cell wall 399. What controls the opening and closing of
C. mesophyll stomata?
D. sieve tube elements A. Chloroplasts

B. Mitochondria
394. What molecule is the phloem responsible
C. Guard cells
for transporting?
D. none of above
A. Glucose
B. Water 400. What is the job of white blood cells??
C. Sucrose A. To clot the blood
D. Glycogen B. To transport oxygen
C. To fight against diseases and foreign
395. Which is the correct path of water in the materials
xylem?
D. To send information from the brain
A. leave → roots → stem
B. roots → stem → leaves 401. The loss of water in liquid phase from the
plant leaves is known as
C. root hairs → leaves → veins
A. Transpiration
D. stem → roots
B. Guttation
396. How does most of the water needed by C. Evaporation
the plant get into its leaves?
D. Diffusion
A. It enters through the stomata
402. Sugars made in leaves are transported
B. The roots absorb it and then it travels in:
up the xylem
A. xylem
C. It’s made during a chemical reaction in
the stem B. Phloem
D. The flowers capture water and deliver C. chloroplast

it to the leaves D. stomata

403. During plasmolysis what occurs? B. Air molecules around the leaf with less
A. the cell becomes turgid kinetic energy.

B. water is lost from the cell C. An absence of light falling on the leaf.
C. Water moves inside the cell until equi- D. Water molecules in the leaf with more
librium is reached kinetic energy.
D. O. P. of cell remains the same 409. Phloem is responsible

A. for downward translocation of organic
404. What do phloem and xylem have in com-
nutrients to root cell.
mon?
B. for upward translocation of minerals
A. they both transport materials
to stem tip.
B. they both make sugar in the plant
C. for providing support to the plant part.
C. they both store waste in the plant
D. They transport food D. for providing water to the neighbour-
ing cells.
405. What could increase the rate of water up-
take by a shoot? 410. Which two substances are the products
A. covering the shoot with a black plastic of photosynthesis?
bag A. carbon dioxide and glucose
B. covering the shoot with a clear plastic B. carbon dioxide and water
bag
C. oxygen and carbon dioxide
C. removing the leaves from the shoot
D. oxygen and glucose
D. shining a bright light onto the shoot
411. This is the definition for which word:The
406. Which cells actively transport sucrose? flow of water into a root hair cell, up the
A. Protein channels xylem vessels and evaporation out of the
leaves.
B. Phospholipids
A. Transpiration
C. Companion cells
B. Osmosis
D. Golgi Apparatus
C. Active transport
407. Xylem is tissue and phloem is tis- D. Respiration
sue.
A. dead, live 412. Where is diffusion taking place in a leaf?
B. live, dead A. xylem into palisade cell
C. live, live B. root hair cell into cortex
D. dead, dead C. air spaces to surrounding environment
408. Which of the following increases the rate D. palisade mesophyll cells to air spaces
of transpiration?
A. Air around the leaf with high humidity. 413. Waxy covering of leaves
A. cuticle

B. epidermis 419. Why don’t plants need a well developed

C. endodermis fast transport system
D. pericycle A. low energy needs as they are station-

ary
414. If cell A with OP = 5 and TP = 4 is sur- B. large number of dead cells
rounded by cells with OP = 3 and TP = 1,
C. Due to low energy needs as they don’t
what will be the direction of water?
move and have more dead cells than living
A. From cell A to other cells
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B. From other cells to cell A D. all of the above
C. Water will not move
420. How are sucrose and amino acids trans-
D. Water will move up ported in a plant?
415. What is the function of a stomata? A. transferred into phloem tissue using
energy where osmotic pressure increases
A. cellular respiration and helps to take up water and push to tis-
B. sugar transportation sues
C. photosynthesis B. xylem
D. gas exchange C. xylem and phloem
416. which of the following substances are D. by active transport

transportedby the plant transport system 421. What does a plant transport system
to different parts?A oxygenB waterC car- transport?
bon dioxideD sugar
A. water and food
A. A and D only
B. oxygen, water and food
B. A and C only
C. oxygen and water
C. B and D only
D. oxygen, carbon dioxide, food and wa-
D. A, B, C and D ter
417. Actively carries products from photosyn- 422. Cation exchange is used to do what?
thesis anywhere around a plant?
A. release Ca2+ from the soil
A. Xylem
B. get ride of extra H+ ions from the
B. Vascular bundles plant
C. Veins C. release NO3-from the soil
D. Phloem D. change charge of the soil
418. In symplastic pathway water moves 423. The bulk movement of a substance, such
from cell to cell through as water in the xylem is known as:
A. plasmodesmata A. group flow
B. cell walls B. mass flow
C. stomata C. co-ordinated flow
D. none D. team flow

424. A plant cell attains turgidity due to 430. Plant loses water through the
A. Electrolysis A. roots

B. Exosmosis
B. stomata
C. Plasmolysis
C. chlorophyll
D. Endosmosis
D. stem
425. What is the name given to the openings
in a leaf? 431. here is the correct order of root parts
A. Guard Cells from the highest to the lowest water po-
B. Stomata tential
C. Epidermis A. epidermis-cortex-endodermis-xylem
D. Waxy Cuticle B. epidermis-endodermis-cortex-xylem
426. What is significance of transpiration C. xylem-endodermis-cortex-epidermis
A. Creates suction force D. xylem-cortex-endodermis-epidermis
B. Helps in distribution of water and nu-
trients 432. What organelle in the leaves of plants
capture light energy from the sun to com-
C. Cooling effect for plants
plete photosynthesis?
D. All of the above
A. Chloroplasts
427. which feature of a root hair cell is not an
adaption for water uptake from the soil B. Mitochondria
solution? C. Nucleus
A. lack of waxy cuticle
D. Ribosomes
B. large numbers of mitochondria
C. long, thin extension to the cell 433. assimilates or sugars, move from one
part of the plant to another by
D. thin cellulose cell wall
A. transpiration
428. Which of the following factors will not in-
crease the rate of transpiration? B. translocation
A. Increased wind speed C. evacuation
B. Increased humidity D. innundation
C. Increased temperature
D. Increased surface area 434. The casparian strip prevents water and
minerals from entering the xylem through
429. How do root hair cells absorb water? the-
A. By osmosis A. Plasmodesmata
B. By diffusion
B. Apoplast
C. By active transport
C. symplast
D. first take up ions by active transport
then water moves to root hair by osmosis D. Xylem vessel

435. What is transported in the phloem and C. palisade mesophyll

what is the direction of transport?
D. No options are correct
A. starch, up and down
B. starch, up only 441. It is the loss of water from the plant
body.
C. sucrose, down and up
A. Diffusion
D. sucrose, down only
B. Cohesion
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436. Which of the following does NOT affect
C. Circulation
rate of transpiration?
D. Transpiration
A. Water in the soil
B. Temperature 442. Water vapour moves out of the plant leaf
C. Amount of sunlight by the process of
D. Wind A. osmosis
B. evaporation
437. What type of cells absorb water from the
soil? C. active transport
A. Palisade cells D. diffusion
B. Xylem vessels
443. Multidirectional flow of a variety of
C. Root hair cells organic and inorganic solutes occurs
D. none of above through-
A. Xylem
438. What uses stomata as its route into the
leaf? B. Vascular tissue
A. carbon dioxide C. Phloem
B. ions D. Root
C. sunlight
444. The food synthesised in the plants is
D. water transported through phloem in the form of
439. Cellulose in the cell walls of xylem, in- A. Sucrose
creases the of water molecules to help B. Starch
resist the effect of gravity.
C. Glucose
A. cohesion
D. Fats
B. pressure
C. adhesion 445. What causes green plants to wilt?
D. arrangement A. High humidity around the leaves.
440. In a leaf what is the tissue which in which B. Lack of minerals on the soils
most gas exchange occurs? C. How light intensity
A. upper epidermis D. Transpiration faster than uptake of wa-
B. spongy mesophyll ter

446. The vascular bundles of plants refers to C. accumulation of minerals and water in
and , and they can be found within leaves
the , stem, and roots.

D. the intake of water by sieve tubes in
A. xylem, phloem, flowers the leaves
B. xylem, phloem, leaves
452. What are the functions of the root hairs?
C. phloem, xylem, meristem
A. To increase surface are for absorption
D. phloem, leaves, Xylem
447. What is the function of a root? B. It lets CO2 in and O2 and water out.
A. Where pollination occurs C. Protection and absorption of water
B. Absorbs water and nutrients for the and minerals
plant D. Tip of root that is growing into the soil
C. Produces food (area of mitosis)
D. none of above 453. What does the xylem transport in a

plant?
448. What is the function of a root hair?
A. Water and dissolved sugars
A. it is place to store the food
B. Water and dissolved mineral salts
B. it has large surface area to absorb
more water C. Water only
C. it anchors the plant D. minerals
D. it transports carbohydrates 454. The function of lignin is..
449. I have a large lumen, I have thin and not A. to transport sugar
so muscular muscular walls, I pump blood B. to trap light
towards the heart
C. to transport water
A. Artery
D. to withstand pressue
B. Vein
C. Capillary 455. Which of the following is responsible for
the transport of sugars ONLY.
D. Arteriole
A. Spongy mesophyll
450. Wilting of a plant results from excessive
B. Epidermis
A. Respiration
C. Xylem
B. Absorbtion
D. Phloem
C. Transpiration
D. Absorption and Transpiration 456. What is the name given to the movement
of water through a plant system?
451. Translocation may occur as the mass flow
A. Photosynthesis
hypothesis. The pressure involved in this
hypothesis originates from B. Translation
A. the root pressure C. Transpiration
B. transpiration in the leaves D. Osmosis

457. Where are the epidermal cells cover at a 462. What is the purpose of lignin?
plant
A. To provide structure for xylem cells
A. upper surface of a leaf
B. To provide structure for phloem cells
B. lower surface of a leaf
C. To open and close the stomata
C. both upper and lower surfaces of a leaf
D. To increase surface area
D. none of above 463. A plant adaptation commonly found in
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dry, hot climates is
458. Which of the following DOES NOT ex-
A. a thin waxy cuticle
plained the transportation of water and
minerals from root to leaves. B. small numerous stomata
A. Transpirational pull C. plants with stomata that open during
the night
B. Pressure flow hypothesis
D. ability to lose leaves during the
C. Root pressure
wettest part of the year
D. Capillary action
464. The plant tissue that carries food materi-
459. Transpiration rate can be measured using als bi-directionally from the leaves to the
which of the following? rest of the pant is the
A. potatometer A. Phloem
B. potometer B. Stomata
C. polymeter C. Chlorophyll
D. parameter D. Xylem
460. When transpiration rates increase, what 465. Where is xylem found in the plant?
will happen to the cohesion tension in the
A. leave → roots → stem
xylem?
B. roots → stem → leaves
A. decreases
C. root hairs → leaves → veins
B. increases
D. stem → roots
C. stays the same
D. none of above 466. Water enters the phloem at the source
because
461. Absorption of water plus macronutrients
A. the phloem has a negative pressure
and micronutrients through the root sys-
since its cells are dead
tem by
B. the phloem has a higher solute concen-
A. Diffusion
tration
B. Cohesion
C. the xylem has a higher pressure since
C. Circulation there is more water in the xylem
D. Transpiration D. none of above

467. Most chloroplast are found in the B. It stays the same

A. palisade mesophyll C. It decreases

B. spongy mesophyll D. none of above
C. epidermis
473. Shoots consists of including and
D. xylem buds, flowering stems and flower buds.
468. Movement of water up a plant through A. roots; leaves
the xylem vessels is due to? I
B. stems; roots
Transipration-cohesion-tension mechanism
II Root pressure III Presure flow C. stems; leaves
A. I only D. flower; leaves
B. I and II only
474. Where does gas exchange occur within
C. II and III only the plant?
D. I, II and III A. Flower
469. location where substances enter the B. Leaf
phloem
C. Stem
A. source
D. Roots
B. sink
C. loci 475. The raw materials or reactants of photo-
synthesis are
D. pit
A. sugar and water.
470. The lower surface of the leaves through
B. sugar and oxygen.
which excess water is released in the form
of C. carbon dioxide and water.
A. Water D. carbon dioxide and oxygen.
B. Gas
476. Where does sugar transport begin?
C. Water Vapor
A. Roots
D. Glucose
B. Leaves
471. Transpiration is a process of
C. Root hairs
A. water gain in the form of liquid
D. Vascular bundles
B. water loss in the form of water vapour
477. Wind appeared to increase the rate of
C. water gain in the form of water vapour transpiration in most plants tested. This
is most likely due to the fact that:
D. none of above A. Humidity was increased

B. Evaporation was increased
472. What happens to the transpiration rate
as light intensity increases? C. Stomata were forced to close
A. It increases D. all of these

478. The circulates water and minerals to B. Enable mineral salts to move more eas-
all parts of the plant. ily through the xylem.
A. Root C. Provide mechanical support to the
xylem.
B. Leaves
D. Make the xylem bitter so animals don’t
C. Stem
eat it.
D. none of above
484. The male part of the flower consists of
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479. Which of the following conditions is least
likely to increase the rate of transpiration A. Anther and Style
in a plant?
B. Stigma and Style
A. a rise in temperature
C. Anther and Filament
B. increased air movement
D. Stigma and Filament
C. an increase in humidity
485. Name the carbohydrate that is trans-
D. increased sunlight
ported in the phloem.
480. What is the main factor that influences A. starch
the rate of sugar transport?
B. glucose
A. movement of water
C. sucrose
B. Rate of photosynthesis D. fructose
C. capillary action
486. What carries the oxygenated blood from
D. uprooting plants the lungs to the left atrium of the heart?
481. The loss of water vapour from the leaves A. vena cava
of a plant. B. aorta
A. Transpiration C. pulmonary vein
B. Evaporation D. pulmonary artery
C. Translocation
487. The factory or storehouse of the plant is
D. Photosynthesis the
482. Water potential of the root hair cells is A. flower
A. equal to soil water B. root

C. stem
B. more negative than that of soil water
D. leaves
C. more positive in comparison to soil wa-
ter 488. What is the purpose of root hairs?
D. none of the above A. To improve the plants structure
483. What is the function of lignin deposits in B. To keep the roots warm
the walls of xylem vessels? C. To increase surface area for water ab-
A. Enable water to move more easily sorption
through the xylem. D. To open the stoma

489. An example of adhesion is 495. Some fungi cause wilting in crop plants by
A. Water molecules sticking to each other growing within the xylem vessels. Which
process will be directly affected by these

fungi?
B. Water molecules sticking to cellulose
in xylem walls A. cohesion between water molecules
C. Magnets sticking to a metal wall B. development of root pressure
D. Gravity pulling water down C. mass flow during translocation
490. Plants that live in places where water D. uptake of water by root hair cells
supply is short are called
A. epiphytes 496. The green substance in plant that makes
it possible for them to make food from sun-
B. xerophytes
light, carbon dioxide, and water
C. dicots
A. Botanist
D. monocots
B. Phloem
491. water intake in root happen by
C. Chlorophyll
A. osmosis
D. Monocot
B. active transport
C. endocytosis 497. The most common sugar made by plants
D. pinocytosis is?
492. In spring season which part of the potato A. Sucrose

plant acts as a source? B. Gluten
A. leaves C. Cellulose
B. roots
D. Carbohydrates
C. stomata
D. tubers 498. rate of transpiration decreases when
493. Humans cannot make their own food, A. light intensity increases
what are they called? B. humidity increases
A. Autotrophs C. wind speed increases
B. Producers
D. temperature increases
C. Heterotrophs
D. Herbivores 499. The cell A has an osmotic potential of-20
bars and a pressure potential of +6 bars.
494. Plants use to convert sunlight into What will be its water potential?
food.
A. -14 bars
A. Phloem
B. Photosynthesis B. +14 bars
C. Stomata C. -20 bars

D. Xylem D. -26 bars

500. Movement of water through the cyto- 505. These are made up of group of specialised
plasm and plasmodesmata in the root, is cells that conduct water, dissolved salts
known as the: and food up or down the stem.
A. apoplastic pathway A. phloem
B. symplastic pathway B. xylem
C. cellular pathway C. vascular bundles
D. vacuolar pathway D. vessels
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501. Transpiration is the consequence of which 506. All of the following statements are true
feature of plants? but which one is the most precise?Water
is conducted through plant stems in .
A. the presence of symplast and apoplast
pathways A. the xylem,
B. the requirement for a transport sys- B. vascular bundles,

tem in plants C. vessels
C. the requirement for leaves to ex- D. veins
change gases
507. Which of the following is false about the
D. the thin waxy cuticle on the lower epi-
phloem tubes?
dermis of leaves
A. They do not contain cytoplasm
502. Indicate another term for red blood cells. B. They contain companion cells
A. plasma C. Their end walls have not been com-
B. leukocytes pletely broken down.
C. erythrocytes D. They transport sugars only.
D. albumin 508. What does phloem transport?
503. Movement of sugar from source to other A. Water
parts of plant is assist by B. Minerals
A. active transport C. Fruit
B. diffusion D. Sugar
C. endosmosis
509. Root pressure-
D. capillary action
A. Is not sufficient to rise water above
ground level
504. Which of the following do plants not use
water for B. Is negative in all except the tallest
trees
A. Photosynthesis
C. Is the driving force for the mass flow
B. carrying dissolved minerals
of sugar
C. Respiration
D. can push water upto small heights in
D. Keeping cells rigid the stem

510. Movement of water across the endoder- B. Phloem tissue carry water and dis-
mis cell can occur through the following EX- solved minerals up the plant
CEPT

C. Xylem vessels carry dissolved sucrose
A. vacuolar pathway up and down the plant
B. apoplast pathway D. none of above
C. symplast pathway 516. Transpiration helps the plant
D. none of above A. make more sugars at night
511. Which of the following is not a compo- B. move water from the roots to the stem
nent of the symplast? and leaves
A. cortex C. move sugars from the leaf to be stored
in the stem & roots
B. Endodermal cells
D. make more chloroplasts
C. Plasmodesmata
517. During the spring which part of potato
D. Xylem
that act as source?
512. Mineral ions usually get into the root hair A. leaves
cells through
B. stem
A. Diffusion
C. tubers
B. Active Transport D. none of above
C. Osmosis
518. Which of the floral parts below would at-
D. none of above tract butterflies to the flower?
513. Sugar moves from source into the phoem A. Sepals
how? B. Petals
A. active transport from low concentra- C. Stigma
tion to high
D. Anther
B. diffusion from high concentration to
low 519. What soil nutrient is needed for a plant
to make proteins?
C. osmosis
A. Magnesium
D. exocytosis
B. Iron
514. The circulates food C. Potassium
A. leaves D. Nitrates
B. Root
520. make food by photosynthesis and
C. Stem pass it back to the stem.
D. none of above A. stems
515. Which of these is true? B. roots
A. Xylem vessels carry water and dis- C. leaves

solved minerals up the plant D. buds

521. Which term describes the pathway of wa- C. melanin

ter through the cell walls of adjacent plant
D. pericycle
cells?
A. Symplast 527. These plant structures carry water and
B. Apoplast mineral ions.
C. Apotolast A. Xylem Vessels
D. Symplistc B. Phloem
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522. Why don’t xylem vessels collapse or C. Transpiration Tunnels
burst? D. Plant Arteries
A. They have thick side walls and rings of
hard lignin 528. What does xylem carry up the stem?
B. They have tiny pores A. Water
C. They have no cytoplasm B. Nutrients
D. none of above C. Water and Nutrients
523. Which of the following functions as a D. None of the above
source during translocation in plants?
A. Merismetic tissue in the root 529. What is Positive tropism?
B. Leaves A. Plant growth away from a stimulus
C. Roots B. Plant growth in an upward direction
D. Fruits and flowers C. Plant growth in a downward direction
524. What are the names of the two parts of D. Plant growth toward a stimulus
the vascular bundle of plants?
A. Palisade Mesophyll and Cuticle 530. The cells which control the opening and
closing of the stomata are
B. Xylem and Phloem
A. palisade cells
C. Phloem and Epidermis
B. guard cells
D. Veins and Arteries
C. spongy cells
525. In the symplast pathway through what
does the water move from cell to cell? D. Waxy cuticle
A. Plasmodesmata
531. What is transpiration?
B. Cell wall
A. The loss of water from leaves by osmo-
C. Vacuole sis
D. Nucleus B. The uptake of water through root hair
526. Xylem vessels are able to stay upright cells
due to C. The evaporation and diffusion of water
A. lignin from inside leaves
B. cellulose D. none of above

532. Which would be an adaptation of xero- A. transpiration of water out of the xylem.
phytes?

A. Large air spaces B. cohesion of water molecules to one an-
other
B. Large numbers of stomata
C. adhesion of water molecules to walls
C. Hairs on the leaves
of the xylem
D. Reduced roots
D. osmotic flow of water into the xylem
533. It is the evaporation of water from the
538. Why do sieve tube cells have little proto-
plant body.
plasm?
A. Diffusion
A. To reduce resistance to the flow of sub-
B. Cohesion stances in the phloem.
C. Circulation B. To reduce energy required for trans-
D. Transpiration port of mineral salts.
C. To increase the production of amino
534. Water loss during transpiration through acids.
D. none of above
A. root
539. Water loss in plants during transpiration
B. flower
occurs through
C. stomatal pores found in the epidermis
A. roots of plants
B. flowers
D. fruit
C. stomatal pores
535. Casparian strip on endodermis cell are D. none of above
made of
A. Lignin 540. Why do plants have root hairs?
B. Pectin A. to absorb water and minerals from the

soil
C. Suberin
B. to provide additional support in an-
D. Cellulose choring the plant
536. What are other raw materials needed by C. to absorb nutrients from the soil
plants to build plant body D. to grow into longer roots
A. N
541. Which direction does the Xylem transport
B. P water?
C. Fe, Cu, K, Mg A. both directions
D. All of the above B. upwards only
537. Root pressure which plays a small role in C. downwards only

xylem flow is caused by D. none of above

4.2 Mineral Nutrition 714
4.2 Mineral Nutrition

1. are needed in large quantities for 6. Plants response to minerals/nutrients
healthy plant growth.
A. Thigmotropism
A. Macronutrients B. Chemotropism
B. Micronutrients C. Gravitropism
C. Soils
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D. Hydrotropism
D. Amendments
7. Cohesion theory of the ascent of sap was
2. Deficiency symptoms of nitrogen and given by
potassium are visible first in A. Dixon and Jolly
A. Senescent leaves B. J.C. Bose
B. Young leaves C. Munch
C. Roots D. Hales
D. Buds
8. Is the breakdown of glucose molecules to
release energy. (Occurs after photosyn-
3. In order for plants to create chlorophyll,
thesis)
they need to get from the soil.
A. Chemotropism
A. Nitrates
B. Photosynthesis
B. Phosphates
C. Nitrate
C. Magnesium
D. Respiration
D. Potassium
9. Conversion of starch into organic acid is es-
4. An immobile element in plants is sential for stomata.
A. Calcium A. closing
B. Potassium B. opening
C. Nitrogen C. initiation
D. Phosphorus D. growth
5. Which element is very essential for uptake 10. What causes plants to “grow” towards
and utilization of Ca+2, membrane func- light?
tion, pollen germination and carbohydrate
A. Auxins in the stem (elongating on dark
translocation via phloem-
side)
A. Cl
B. Auxins in the stem (elongating on the
B. Mg light side)
C. Mn C. Light
D. B D. Nitrate

11. The amount of macronutrients per kg of 17. Plants response to touch is called?
dry matter is-
A. Hydrotropism

A. 10 mmole
B. Phototropism
B. Above 10 mmole
C. Less than 10 mmole C. Thigmotropism
D. 0.1 mg D. Chemotropism
12. Phosphorus is absorbed by the plants in
18. Which one is not a trace element /
the form of
micronutrient-
A. H2PO4
A. Mn
B. HNO
C. H, SO4 B. Cu
D. H202 C. Mo
13. Which of the following choices is not one D. K

of the three plant macronutrients included
in most fertilizers? 19. A mineral deficiency is likely to affect older
A. O leaves more than younger leaves if the-
B. N A. mineral is a micronutrient
C. P B. Deficiency persists for a long time
D. K C. Mineral is very mobile within the plant
14. Plants obtain Fe in the form of-
A. Ferric ions D. Older leaves are in direct contact of
B. Ferrous ion sunlight
C. Either ferric or ferrous ions
20. Mottled chlorosis caused by the deficiency
D. FeSO4 of
15. Water is an universal A. Calcium
A. Solute B. Phosphorus
B. Solvant
C. Magnesium
C. Acid
D. Potassium
D. Powder
16. Which of the following is a component of 21. The common nitrogen-fixer in paddy fields
vitamin (thiamine, biotin), Acetyl CoA, cys- is
teine, methionine and ferrerdoxin?
A. Rhizobium
A. Fe
B. Azospirillum
B. S
C. Co C. Oscillatoria
D. K D. Frankia

22. In order for plants to create amino acids 28. Plants response to light..
and proteins, they need to get from A. Gravitropism
the soil.
B. Chemotropism
A. Nitrates
C. Hydrotropism
B. Phosphates
D. Phototropism
C. Magnesium
D. Potassium 29. Main role of minor elements is to act as
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23. Component of nitrogenase and nitrate re- A. Constituent of hormones
ductase is B. Binder of cell structure
A. Mn C. Cofactor of enzymes
B. Mo D. Constituent of amino acids.
C. Co
30. Essential elements (17) are-
D. Zn
A. Only macronutrients
24. For its action, nitrogenase requires
B. Only micronutrients
A. Light
C. Both macro and micronutrients
B. Mn2+
D. C, H, O and N only
C. Super oxygen radicals
D. High input of energy 31. The function of leghaemoglobin in the root
nodules of legumes is
25. Which mineral is required in larger amount
A. Oxygen removal
in comparison to other micronutrients
B. Nodule differentiation
A. Mo
C. Expression of nif gene
B. B
C. Fe D. Inhibition of nitrogenase activity
D. Zn 32. The free-living, anaerobic nitrogen-fixer

is
26. Minerals associated with redox reaction
are- A. Beijerinckia
A. Na, Cu B. Rhodospirillum
B. N, Cu C. Rhizobium
C. Fe, Cu D. Azotobacter
D. Ca, Fe 33. Macronutrient which is component of all
27. Substances which are used to reduce the organic compounds but is not obtained
rate of transpiration are called as from soil is
A. Protranspirants A. Nitrogen
B. Antitranspirants B. Phosphorus
C. Growth Hormones C. Magnesium
D. Phytochromes D. Carbon

34. The following ions are necessary for the 40. In which of the following all three are
plants to absorb EXCEPT macronutrients?
A. Boron, zinc, manganese

A. Nitrate
B. Phosphate B. Nitrogen, Calcium, Magnesium
C. Magnesium C. Molybdenum, magnesium, manganese
D. Manganese
D. Nitrogen, nickel, phosphorus
35. Which one of the following elements in
plants is not remobilized? 41. Is the process in plants which converts
light energy to chemical energy?
A. Calcium
A. Phototropism
B. Potassium
B. Photosynthesis
C. Sulphur
C. Respiration
D. Phosphorus
D. Chemotropism
36. Plants response to grow towards or away
from gravity 42. Which elements do plants need for comple-
tion of their life cycle?
A. Gravitropism
A. Manure
B. Hydrotropism
B. Fertilizers
C. Thigmotropism
C. Essential Elements
D. Phototropism
D. Macroelements
37. Which is not a criterion for essentiality of
43. With a phosphorus deficiency plants usu-
a mineral?
ally display
A. Direct role in metabolism
A. Chlorosis of the leaves
B. Requirement is specific B. Stunted stems
C. Dispensible for growth C. Brown or purple leaf edges
D. Deficiency causes hunger sign D. Mottled or spotted discoloration
38. Enzyme is required to develop ion-carrier 44. This ion is needed for the creation of
complex chlorophyll
A. Kinase A. Magnesium
B. Catalase B. Iron
C. Dehydrogenase C. Phosphate
D. Phosphatase D. Sulphate
39. The metal ion involved in stomatal regula- 45. Growing of the plants without soil is called
tion is as
A. Fe A. Aeroponics
B. Mg B. Hydroponics
C. Zn C. Sand culture
D. K D. Quartz culture

46. Water available to the plants is C. Manganese

A. run-off water D. Zinc
B. gravitational water
52. The first stable product of fixation of at-
C. capillary water
mospheric nitrogen in leguminous plants is
D. hygroscopic water
A. NO2-
47. Nitrifying bacteria B. NO3-
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A. Convert free nitrogen to nitrogen com-
C. Ammonia
pounds
B. Convert proteins into ammonia D. Glutamate
C. Reduce nitrates to free nitrogen 53. Which one of the following is not an essen-
D. Oxidize ammonia to nitrates tial mineral element for plants while the
remaining three are?
48. In order for plants to maintain the concen-
tration of their cytoplasm and assist with A. Iron
active transport, they need to get from B. Manganese
the soil.
C. Cadmium
A. Nitrates
D. Phosphorus
B. Phosphates
C. Magnesium 54. Partial mineral element is-
D. Potassium A. N
49. During biological nitrogen fixation, inacti- B. P
vation of nitrogenase by oxygen poisoning
C. K
is prevented by:
A. Xanthophyll D. Fe
B. Carotene 55. The macronutrient responsible for the

C. Cytochrome transfer of starches and the formation of
D. Laghaemoglobin proteins is
A. Nitrogen
50. Positive response for gravitropism would
be B. Phosphorous
A. plant to look sad C. Potassium
B. plant to grow straight up D. Magnesium
C. plant to grow away from earth
56. Magnesium is component of
D. plant to grow towards earth
A. Chlorophyll
51. An element playing important role in nitro-
gen fixation is B. Enzymes
A. Molybdenum C. Florigen
B. Copper D. Haemoglobin

57. Plants response to water.. 63. Mineral known to be required in large

A. Hydroptropism amounts for plant growth include:

B. Chemotropism A. Phosphorus, potassium, sulphur, cal-
cium
C. Phototropism
B. Calcium, magnesium, manganese, cop-
D. Gravitropism per
58. Minerals which maintain cation-anion bal- C. Potassium, phosphorus, selenium,
ance in cells are- boron
A. Cl and K D. Magnesium, sulphur, iron, zinc
B. K and Fe
64. are macronutrients.
C. Cl and Mg
A. Ca and Mg
D. Ca and Mg
B. Fe and Mn
59. Micronutrients are needed in very small C. Mo and B
amount because-
D. Cu and CI
A. Most of them are mobile in the plants
65. Nitrogen is responsible for
B. They mainly function as cofactors of
enzyme A. Dark green leaf color
C. They play minor role in plant health B. Chlorosis
D. Only meristems need these nutrients C. Healthy root growth
60. Which of the following elements are re- D. Insect repellants

quired for chlorophyll synthesis- 66. Which one is the major constituent of
A. Fe and Mg proteins, nucleic acids, vitamins and hor-
B. Mo and Ca mones
C. Cu and Ca A. P
D. Ca and K B. N
C. K
61. In order to make proteins, plants need to
absorb D. S
A. Magnesium Ions 67. Active K* theory was proposed by
B. Nitrate Ions A. Darwin
C. Sucrose B. Levitt
D. Carbon Dioxide C. Scarth
62. Crop plants absorb carbon in the form of- D. Khorana
A. Elemental carbon from the soil 68. Which is a false statement regarding
B. CO2 from the soil macronutrients?
C. CO2 from the air A. Form plant structure
D. Carbonates B. Become toxic in slight excess

C. Develop osmotic potential 74. Grey speck of Oats disease is caused by

D. Component of energy-related com- the deficiency of
pounds A. Ca
69. I. Component of chlorophyll II. Helps to B. Mg
maintain ribosome structure III. Activator C. Mn
for Rubisco and Pepco IV. Activates the D. fe
enzymes of respiration and photosynthe-
sis V. Involved in synthesis of nucleic acids 75. Why does a plant need nitrates from the
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The above roles are played by- soil? Choose the best answer.
A. Ca+2 A. To make glucose
B. Mg+2 B. To make amino acids
C. Mn+2 C. For growth
D. Cl- D. Because it is a mineral
70. The energy available for active ion uptake 76. Which one of the following is not a mi-
is from cronutrient?
A. Photosynthesis A. Molybdenum
B. Respiration B. Magnesium
C. Transpiration C. Zinc
D. Guttation D. Boron
71. Which is essential for the growth of root 77. Which of the following is the most common
tip? type of transpiration?
A. Fe A. Cuticular
B. Ca B. Lenticular
C. Mn C. Foliar
D. Zn D. Stomatal
72. An increase in CO2 concentration around 78. Facilitated diffusion takes place through.
the leaf causes A. Lipids
A. rapid opening of stomata B. Carbohydrates
B. partial closure of stomata C. Carrier proteins
C. Complete closure of stomata D. Fats
D. no effect on stomata
79. An element which with the help of Na+
73. Deficiency of which mineral causes defi- and K+, determines the solute concentra-
ciency of N- tion and anion-cation balance in cell is
A. Mo A. Cl
B. K B. S
C. Mn C. Zn
D. S D. Mo

4.3 Photosynthesis 721
80. Cohesion tension is related to C. guttation

A. transpiration

B. respiration D. wilting
4.3 Photosynthesis
1. What two monosaccharides make up mal- 6. Howie put his plants under a plant light.
tose? what was he helping his plants do by pro-
A. glucose + galactose viding light?
A. make food
B. glucose + glucose
B. attract insects
C. glucose + fructose
C. release pollen
D. glucose + glycogen
D. grow roots
2. What are located in the chloroplast?
7. Phloem carries-
A. Pigments A. Glucose all around the plant
B. Mitochondria B. Glucose to the roots only
C. Sucrose C. Water all around the plant
D. None of these answera D. Water up from the roots
3. Carbon dioxide is absorbed by plants 8. For humans to live, we need energy. What
through tiny holes in the leaves called is the name of the energy that the body
makes in cellular respiration?
A. stomata
A. sugar
B. vacuoles
B. glucose
C. pores
C. ATP
D. screens
D. fructose
4. Which of the following move through the
9. Which of the following are produced dur-
electron transport chain?
ing the light reactions?
A. Protons A. glucose, ADP, and NADP+
B. Electrons B. glucose, ADP, NADP+, carbon dioxide
C. Water
D. Carbon Dioxide C. ATP, NADPH, oxygen
D. ATP, NADP+, oxygen
5. what is the byproduct of photosynthesis
10. Which of the following is directly associ-
A. carbon dioxide
ated with Photosystem I?
B. nitrogen
A. harvesting light energy to make ATP
C. oxygen B. receiving electrons from the thylakoid
D. carbon monoxide membrane ETC

C. generation of molecular oxygen 16. O2 + 6H20 + light energy → C 6 12 6 2

D. extraction of hydrogen electrons from In this chemcial equation, the highlight red
the splitting of water is called the
A. product
11. What is the organelle that contains the
chlorophyll used in photosynthesis? B. reactant
A. mitochondria C. yields
B. ribosome D. production
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C. chloroplast 17. If the plant had less of all of these avail-
D. nucleus able to it, which one would NOT slow
down photosynthesis?
12. Which ingredient is necessary for photo-
A. Amount of light
synthesis?
A. Water B. amount of glucose
B. Carbon Dioxide C. Amount of carbon dioxide
C. Sunlight D. amount of water
D. All of the above 18. Most of the photosynthesis in a leaf occurs

in the
13. What is the main goal of Cellular Respira-
tion? A. mesophyll layer (palisades and spongy
layers).
A. to break down Glucose in the form of
ATP B. epidermis.
B. to make Glucose which we use for en- C. xylem and phloem.
ergy D. stomates.
C. to create Carbon Dioxide for plants
19. OXYGEN released during photosynthe-
D. Respiration is a byproduct of photosyn- sis comes from breaking down WHAT
thesis MOLECULE during the light dependent re-
14. The pigment in chloroplasts that absorbs action?
light energy is called A. carbon dioxide
A. stroma B. water
B. stomata C. glucose
C. chlorophyll D. ATP
D. chlorofluorocarbon
20. Why do plants go through photosynthe-
15. Plants make their own food in a chemical sis?
process called A. To make food for us
A. Chlorophyll B. To make food for themselves
B. Sunlight C. They’re bored and have nothing else to
C. Sugar do
D. Photosynthesis D. none of above

21. Freebie! Get the question right and pick A B. lamellae

A. A C. chloroplast membrane

B. Not A D. thylakoid membrane
C. Definitely not A
27. Which of the following is an example of a
D. Don’t pick this one HETEROTROPH?
22. Identify the organism (s) that depend on A. Grass
photosynthesis for survival B. Algae
A. Plants, algae, and phytoplankton C. Lemon Tree
B. Mammals
D. Bear
C. Amphibians and reptiles
28. Which of these layers is underneath the cu-
D. Every living organism, in some manner,
ticle?
depends on photosynthesis
A. Epidermis
23. Compared to C3 plants, C4 plants
B. Phloem
A. ) have higher rates of photorespiration.
C. Guard Cell
B. cancontinue to fix CO2 even at rela- D. Mesophyll

tively low CO2 concentrations and high
29. Plants give off which gas as a result of
oxygen concentrations.
photosynthesis?
C. do not use rubisco for carbon fixation.
A. Oxygen
D. grow better under cool, moist condi- B. Carbon Dioxide

tions. C. Hydrogen
24. What is produced in the stroma? D. Helium

A. ATP 30. Which carbohydrate is found in dairy prod-
B. glucose/G3P ucts and helps with the absorption of cal-
cium and magnesium?
C. O2
A. Galactose
D. CO2
B. Sucrose
25. What does carbon combine with to form
glucose? C. Lactose
A. NADPH D. Maltose
B. ATP 31. How many atoms are there TOTAL
C. RuBP in:H2SO4
D. G3P A. 6
B. 5
26. Where do the light reactions take place in-
side a chloroplast? C. 7
A. stroma D. 3

32. Which carries water and minerals from 38. An increase in which of the following sub-
roots to other parts of the plant? stances will cause an increase in the rate
A. xylem of photosynthesis until a maximum rate is
established?
B. phloem
A. carbon dioxide and light intensity
C. stoma
B. oxygen and light intensity
D. guard cell
C. temperature and carbon dioxide
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33. What are the REACTANTS (ingredients) for
photosynthesis? D. temperature and oxygen
A. glucose and oxygen 39. Tubes in the stem of the plant used to
B. water and carbon dioxide transport glucose or sugar to provide en-
C. water and glucose ergy to the plant.
D. carbon dioxide and oxygen A. phloem

B. xylem
34. Which of the following will increase the
rate of photosynthesis C. oxygen
A. Increase light intensity D. stomata
B. Increase glucose
40. Tubes in the stem of the plant used to
C. Increase methane transport water throughout the plant.
D. Increase in water A. xylem
35. What part of the plant contains the B. phloem
seeds?
C. stomata
A. fruit
D. glucose
B. leaf
C. roots 41. In the chloroplast, sugars are made in the
D. stem compartment that is filled with a thick fluid
called the
36. Which of the following examples go A. stoma
through the process of photosynthesis?
B. thylakoid
A. bees
C. stroma
B. algae
C. humans D. mesophyll
D. mushrooms 42. Leaves look green because

37. Plants breathe in ? A. they eat their vegetables
A. Carbon dioxide B. to blend into their environment
B. Oxygen C. they contain a molecule named chloro-
C. Helium phyll
D. Air D. they are sick

43. What is the end product of photosynthe- 49. What gas does the process of photosyn-
sis? thesis release into the atmosphere?

A. carbon dioxide A. oxygen
B. water B. carbon dioxide
C. glucose C. water
D. methane D. nitrogen
44. At midnight, what is happening in the leaf 50. Which of the following is not necessary for
of a plant? photosynthesis
A. Respiration A. Chlorophyll
B. Photosynthesis B. Carbon dioxide gas
C. Photosynthesis and respiration C. Oxygen
D. None of the above D. Water
45. Which of the following is NOT a monosac- 51. What is the gas we breath out that plants
charide? use for photosynthesis?
A. starch A. sulfur
B. fructose B. carbon dioxide

C. oxygen
C. glucose
D. hydrogen
D. galactose
52. Photosynthesis produces Glucose for
46. The reactant of photosynthesis are
plants. This is a form of for plants.
A. sunlight and chlorophyll
A. Chemical energy
B. glucose and oxygen B. Thermal energy
C. carbon dioxide and water C. Light energy
D. sunlight and water D. Radiant energy
47. What are the reactants in the light inde- 53. In green plants, the primary function of the
pendent reaction or dark reaction in photo- Calvin cycle is to
synthesis?
A. Use ATP to release carbon
A. carbon dioxide
B. Split water to release oxygen.
B. oxygen
C. Construct simple sugars from carbon
C. glucose dioxide.
D. All of the above D. Use NADPH to release carbon
48. Where can be lenticels present? 54. What does chlorophyll do to a plant?
A. Stems A. Helps it breathe.
B. Roots B. Gives it nutrients.
C. Fruits C. Helps it grow
D. All of the above D. Turns it green.

55. What is the ultimate source of energy for 61. What is the correct equation for photosyn-
life on Earth? thesis?
A. glucose A. Carbon Dioxide + Water + Light →
B. sunlight Glucose + Oxygen
C. ATP B. Light + Carbon Dioxide → Water +

Glucose + Oxygen
D. H2O
C. Carbon Dioxide + Glucose + Light →
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56. The main function of a carbohydrate is Water + Oxygen
A. long term energy storage D. none of above
B. stores genetic information 62. Much of the carbon dioxide produced by
C. short term energy storage green plants is not excreted as a metabolic
waste because it
D. regulates and controls all body proc-
cesses A. can be used for photosynthesis
B. is too large to pass through cell mem-
57. What are the reactants of photosynthe-
branes
sis?
C. is needed for cellular respiration
D. can be used for the creation of pro-
B. water and oxygen
teins
63. Which product is produced by the splitting
D. water and glucose
of water during the light-dependent reac-
58. This color has the shortest wavelength tions of photosynthesis?
A. Indigo A. NADPH
B. red B. oxygen
C. Yellow C. glucose
D. violet D. carbon dioxide
59. Glucose ( C6H12O6 ) is made of 64. When a plant wilts (shrivels), the stomata
closes. How does this help the plant?
A. Carbon
A. It increases photosynthesis
B. Hydrogen
B. It reduces further water loss during
C. Oxygen transpiration.
D. All of the above C. It increases cellular respiration
60. Identify the main energy source that is a D. It reduces water intake by roots respi-
reactant in photosynthesis ration
A. Glucose 65. Which of these is not needed to make food
B. Sunlight in a plant?
C. Water A. Radiant energy
D. Carbon Dioxide B. Oxygen

C. Carbon Dioxide 71. Synthesis means

D. Chlorophyll A. oxygen

B. glue
66. Plants are able to carry out photosyn-
C. split
thesis because they contain the organelle
known as what? D. combine
A. Mitochondrion 72. Which of the following go through the pro-
B. Chloroplast cess of photosynthesis?
A. bees
C. Lysosomes
B. algae
D. Glucose
C. humans
67. Is Carbon Dioxide (CO2) a Reactant or D. mushrooms
Product of Photosynthesis?
73. Cellular respiration happens
A. Product
A. only in plants
B. Reactant
B. only in animals
C. Niether C. only in humans and animals
D. What’s Photosynthesis? D. in plants and animals
68. All plants are 74. Which of the following equation explains
cellular respiration?
A. heterotrophs
A. sugar+water → salt+sunlight
B. prokaryotes
B. sugar+oxygen → water+carbon
C. eukaryotes dioxide+energy
D. carnivorous C. water+carbon dioxide+sunlight →
sugar+oxygen
69. Which is the correct formula for:three hy- D. Sugar+energy → water+carbon
drogen (H)one sulfur (S)four oxygen (O) dioxide+oxygen
A. H3SO4
75. In cellular processes, trees and grass re-
B. HSO4 lease , while a deer and bird only re-
C. H4S3O lease carbon dioxide.
A. oxygen
D. H2O
B. water
70. Which process takes place during day time C. food
in plants?
D. sugar
A. Photosynthesis
76. Which factor does not affect photosynthe-
B. Respiration sis?
C. Exotheremic A. Water
D. All of the above B. Sun

C. Oxygen 82. The rate of photosynthesis is affected by

D. Temperature all of the following except
A. the amount of salt.
77. Where do plants get the carbon dioxide
B. the availability of water.
they need to survive?
C. light intensity.
A. from the ground
D. temperature (enzymes).
B. from the water
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C. from the air 83. How many sugar units make up polysac-
charides?
D. from other plants
A. one
78. What is the correct equation for cellular B. two
respiration?
C. more than two
A. 6O2 + C6H12O6 → 6CO2 + 6H2O +
Energy D. zero
B. 6O2 + C6H12O6 + Energy → 6CO2 + 84. An onion is an example of the of a

6H2O plant
C. 6CO2 + 6H2O → 6O2 + C6H12O6 + A. bulb
Energy B. Flower
D. 6CO2 + 6H2O + Energy → 6O2 + C. stem
C6H12O6
D. root
79. what is photosynthesis
85. REVIEW QUESTION:Which lab tool is used
A. plants eating food to make tiny objects look much bigger?
B. plants making sugar A. telescope
C. plants making water B. microscope
D. plants drinking water C. scale
80. The function of the light-dependent reac- D. graduated cylinder

tions is to when it 86. What are the two products that are
A. build sugars. formed in photosynthesis?
B. capture and transfer energy. A. Oxygen and carbon dioxide
C. release carbon dioxide. B. Water and oxygen
D. form water molecules. C. Oxygen and glucose
D. Water and glucose
81. In which part of the plant does photosyn-
thesis happen? 87. The products of cellular respiration are
A. roots A. air and water
B. leaves B. carbon dioxide, water, and ATP
C. stem C. glucose and carbon dioxide
D. flower D. ATP, glucose, and oxygen

88. Which of the following will increase the 93. Where on the plant does photosynthesis
rate of photosynthesis up until a point take place?
A. leaves

A. Increase in temperature
B. Increase in oxygen B. roots
C. stems
C. Increase in water
D. flower
D. Increase in methane
94. Identify all of the products of photosynthe-
89. Fermentation is used when there is no sis
A. oxygen A. Glucose
B. energy B. Water and Glucose
C. Glucose and Oxygen
C. sunlight
D. Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide
D. food
95. Which of these will not affect photosyn-
90. What is the chemical formula for glucose? thesis?
A. C6H12O6 A. Light
B. C6H6O12 B. Temperature
C. Glucose Availability
C. C12H6O12
D. Carbon Dioxide
D. C6O2H6
96. Chlorophyll is what makes green plants
91. Why do plants need sunlight for photosyn-
thesis? A. Green
A. The light creates heat needed for pho- B. Blue
tosynthesis to occur C. Yellow
B. The light provides the energy needed D. Purple
to power photosynthesis
97. What is being produced during photosyn-
C. Plants can’t absorb carbon dioxide in thesis?
darkness
A. sugar and oxygen
D. Plants can’t absorb water in darkness
B. sugar and carbon dioxide
92. How does water get into the leaves of a C. glucose
plant? D. gases
A. it goes into the stomata 98. Ryan learned that some organisms use
B. The roots absorb it and then it travels sunlight to make their own food. Which
up the xylem(stem) organism is able to make its own food?
C. it is made during a chemical reaction A. Flamingo

in the stem B. Luna Moth
D. The flowers capture water and deliver C. Sunfish
it to the leaves D. Sunflower Plant

99. What is the compund that plants use to ab- C. Hydrogen ions and glucose
sorb the energy from sunlight? D. Excited electrons and proteins
A. Carbon dioxide
105. How many sugar molecules are produced
B. Chlorophyll
from every six molecules of carbon diox-
C. Nitrogen ide that enter the Calvin cycle?
D. H2O A. 1
100. What is the function of chlorophyll in
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B. 3
plants?
C. 6
A. To absorb sunlight
D. 12
B. To produce Oxygen
C. To absorb nutrients 106. Where does the Calvin Cycle occur?
D. To produce glucose A. thylakoid

B. stroma
101. Which of the following is converted into
chemical energy during photosynthesis? C. lumen
A. oxygen D. mitochondria
B. sound energy
107. What are the PRODUCTS of photosynthe-
C. light energy sis
D. glucose A. glucose and oxygen
102. What is a product of photosynthesis AND B. water and carbon dioxide
a reactant for cellular respiration? C. water and glucose
A. oxygen
D. carbon dioxide and oxygen
B. water
108. Why is photosynthesis important?
C. carbon dioxide
D. Doctor Pepper A. creates oxygen for animals to breath
B. creates energy for heterotrophs to use
103. What would happen to us if plants
stopped producing oxygen?
C. creates food for plants to use
A. We would die since we breathe carbon
dioxide D. all of these are correct
B. We would keep living since we breathe 109. What is a control in an experiment?
carbon dioxide
A. the variable the experimenter has con-
C. Nothing
trol over
D. none of above
B. the data the experimenter is collecting
104. NADPH is formed when the electron ac-
ceptor NADP+ combines with C. factors that do not change over the
A. H+ and excited electrons course of the experiment
B. Excited electrons and ATP D. none of above

110. Which of these would be considered a 115. What is another name for a het-
CAM pathway plant? erotroph?

A. cactus A. Producer
B. corn B. Consumer
C. elm tree C. Carnivore
D. algae D. Herbivore
111. A student conducts an experiment by col- 116. Where are most chloroplasts found in
lecting the gas given off by a green plant plants?
in bright sunlit at room temperature. The A. in the stomata
gas being collected is probably
B. in the epidermis
A. water
C. in the leaves
B. carbon dioxide D. in the roots
C. oxygen
117. What gas does a plant take in for photo-
D. ATP synthesis?
112. Glucose is a A. Carbon Dioxide
A. sugar B. Hyrdogen
B. carbohydrate C. Oxygen
C. source of quick energy D. Carbon Monoxide
D. all are correct 118. What is the name of the green pigment
found inside the chloroplasts?
113. Which of the following statements is cor-
rect with respect to the photosynthetic A. Chlorosome
pathway of grass or a cactus? B. Chlorophyll
A. In a cactus, carbon is fixed only during C. Chlorocell
the day. D. Chlorochondria
B. In grass, carbon is fixed only during
the night. 119. What does CAM plants store?
A. H20
C. In a cactus, carbon is fixed only during
the night. B. O2
D. none of above C. Sunlight
D. Carbon Dioxide
114. Cyclic photophosphorylation differs from
non-cyclic photophosphorylation in that 120. Which molecule in plant cells first cap-
is not made from the process tures the radiant energy from sunlight?
A. ATP A. Glucose
B. PGAL B. Carbon Dioxide
C. NADH C. Chlorophyll
D. NADPH D. Adenosine Triphosphate

121. The process by which plant cells use en- 126. In which photosystem does the electron
ergy from the sun to convert carbon diox- transport begin?
ide and water into make sugar and oxygen A. 1
is called
B. 2
A. Phototropism
C. 3
D. 4
C. Mitosis
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127. If the proton (H+) pump in the thylakoid
D. Photosynthesis was not working which molecule could not
be made during the light reaction?
122. What organelle is responsible for doing
cellular respiration A. NADPH
A. chloroplast B. ATP
B. lungs C. Water
C. ribosomes D. Oxygen gas
D. mitochondria 128. The end products of the light dependent

reactions are ?
123. ) In which direction do the roots of plants
A. ATP and NADPH
grow?
B. glucose and carbon dioxide
A. in the direction of moisture only
C. water and oxygen
B. in the direction of water and the pull of
gravity D. chlorophyll A and Chloropyll B
C. in the direction of the pull of gravity 129. The rate of photosynthesis will decrease
only as
D. in the direction of water and away A. oxygen concentration decreases
from the pull of gravity B. carbon dioxide concentration de-
creases
124. A green substance that absorbs light and
aids in starting photosynthesis: C. light intensity increases
A. chlorophyll D. all of the above
B. pigment 130. Which part of a plant works as its “nos-

trils”?
C. thylakoid
A. stoma
D. Calvin cycle
B. guard cells
125. What part of the plant actually makes the C. chloroplasts
food?
D. all of the above
A. fruit
131. What is the main purpose of the light re-
B. leaf
actions?
C. roots
A. To provide the energy and electrons
D. stem for the calvin cycle

B. To capture energy and make sugar 137. Most of the oxygen in the Earth’s atmo-
C. To reflect green light sphere was produced by-
A. a big explosion

D. To make sugars
B. photosynthesis
132. What is the chemical formula for oxy- C. digestion
gen?
D. metabolism
A. H12O2
138. During photosynthesis, what form does
B. C6O2
the food take?
C. O3
A. The food takes the form of sugar.
D. O2 B. The food takes the form of carbon diox-
133. In the first stage of photosynthesis, ide.
absorbs light energy? C. The food takes the form of soil.
A. Photosystem I D. The food takes the form of a ham sand-
wich.
B. Chloroplast
C. Electron Transport Chain 139. An autotroph is an organism that can?
D. Photosystem 2 A. make its own food.

B. grow its own food
134. Which term is the part of photosynthesis
C. kill and eat other organisms.
when light energy is captured and trans-
ferred to a molecule, such as ATP? D. play ball with you.
A. light-independent reactions 140. Which reaction is needed to break down
complex sugars?
A. Hydration
C. light-dependent reactions
B. Dehydration
D. photosynthesis
C. Dehydrogenation
135. The three ingredients needed for photo- D. Hydrolysis
synthesis to occur are , and
141. What is the green pigment that absorbs
A. phloem, xylem and water
light called?
B. light energy, glucose, and phloem A. chloroplast
C. stomata, chloroplasts and transpira- B. photosystem
tion
C. chlorophyll
D. water, light energy and carbon dioxide
D. photosynthesis
136. What is the polysaccharide used by ani- 142. What is taken in by the leaves of a tree
mals to store glucose? so it can make its own food?
A. glycogen A. oxygen
B. fructose B. sugar
C. starch C. sunlight
D. cellulose D. water

143. How do the number of H atoms compare 149. Which classification of cell experiences
to the number of O atoms in a carbohy- photosynthesis?
drate? A. Plants
A. There are TWICE as many H B. Chloroplasts
B. They are the same amount C. Eukaryotes
C. There are THREE times as many H D. All of the above
D. There are TWICE as many O
provides the energy necessary for
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150.
144. What is the location of photosynthesis photosynthesis.
A. chloroplast A. water
B. stomata B. sunlight
C. carbon dioxide C. glucose
D. energy D. soil
145. Photosynthesis occurs in: 151. What is the special feature of the leaves
of C4 plants?
A. Mitochondria
A. They contain chloroplasts both in the
B. Chloroplasts
mesophyll and bundle sheath cells
C. Humans
B. They contain chloroplasts only in the
D. Animals mesophyll cells.
146. What a plant moves or grows towards C. They contain chloroplasts only in the
the light, this is what we call- bundle sheath cells.
A. Photosynthesis D. none of above
B. Phototropism 152. What two things do plants create
C. Geotropism through photosynthesis?
D. Turgor Pressure A. Water and sunlight.
B. Sugar and green dye
147. Plants take in what gas from the atmo-
sphere to use in photosynthesis? C. Sugar and oxygen.
A. Oxygen D. Oxygen and carbon dioxide
B. Carbon Dioxide 153. The energy plants gain through photosyn-
C. Hydrogen thesis is stored in-
D. Helium A. carbon
B. nitrogen
148. What is chlorophyll’s main function?
C. carbon dioxide
A. to make the plant a vegetable
D. glucose
B. to blend into their environment
C. to capture energy from sunlight for 154. What is another word for Reactants?
photosynthesis A. Products
D. to help prevent water loss B. Raw Materials

C. Stomata 160. Which equation below show photosyn-

D. Pigments thesis?

A. H2O+ O2→ C6H12O6+ CO2 (w light
155. Which statement is true for both photo- energy)
synthesis and cellular respiration?
B. C6H12O6 + CO2 → H2O + O2(w light
A. They both occur in the mitochondria energy)
B. They both are required for a cell to pro- C. C6H12O6 + O2 → H2O + CO2 (w light
duce ATP energy)
C. They both produce oxygen D. ATP + O2 + CO2 → H2O+C6H12O6
D. They both have sunlight as a reactant 161. Is Water (H2O) a Raw Material (Ingredi-
ent) or Product of Photosynthesis?
156. In which organelle does photosynthesis
take place? A. Product
A. chlorophyll B. Raw Material
B. chloroplast C. Niether
D. What’s Photosynthesis?
C. nucleus
D. cytoplasm 162. What kind of plants go through photosyn-
thesis?
157. In plants what absorbs all colors except A. All plants
green?
B. Plants with purple leaves
A. chlorophyll
C. Plants with green leaves
B. chloroplast
D. Plants with red leaves
C. ribosomes
163. Where is the main site of photosynthesis
D. rough er
on a plant?
158. CAM plants have a different adaptation A. Stem
to what climate B. Leaves
A. cold and wet C. Petals
B. hot and dry D. Pollen
C. both
164. Which part of a plant cell absorbs the
D. none of the above light in photosynthesis?
A. Nucleus
159. What are the 3 reactants of photosynthe-
sis? The reactants are the things needed B. Cell membrane
for photosynthesis to occur. C. Vacuole
A. oxygen, glucose, sunlight D. Chloroplast
B. sunlight, oxygen, water
165. Photosynthesis could not happen with-
C. water, oxygen, carbon dioxide out
D. carbon dioxide, sunlight, water A. The sun

B. The ocean 171. Which of the following is not a function

C. Their flowers of stems?
D. Their stems A. Carry substances between leaves and

roots
166. What makes up the disaccharide su-
crose? B. store food
A. glucose + glucose C. make food
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B. glucose + fructose D. support the plant
C. glucose + galactose
D. glucose + maltose 172. Which must be present for the final stage
of photosynthesis to occur?
167. How is photosynthesis beneficial to ani-
A. carbon dioxide
mals?
A. Provides animals with energy after an- B. chlorophyll
imals eat plants C. carbohydrates
B. Provides oxygen for animals to
breathe D. oxygen
C. Removes carbon dioxide from the at- 173. Cellular Respiration helps organisms to
mosphere get energy from
D. All the options are correct
A. sunlight
168. Which of the following are reactants of
B. oxygen
photosynthesis?
A. CO2 and H2O C. water
B. O2 D. food
C. H2O and Glucose
174. The of an object effects its gravita-
D. None of the above tional pull.
169. Solar energy absorbed by chlorophyll nec- A. Atmosphere
essary for photosynthesis.
B. Escape Velocity
A. sunlight
B. heat C. Mass
C. water D. Light
D. soil
175. Why are plants important for all life on
170. Which organelle stores water for use in Earth?
photosynthesis?
A. They make our world more beautiful.
A. Chloroplast
B. They make the planet look green.
B. Golgi
C. Vacuole C. They give us oxygen and food.
D. Canteen D. They provide shade on hot days.

176. The role of the guard cell is to B. water and air

A. help control the temperature of the C. sugar and water

plant D. sugar and oxygen
B. control how much water enters the
leaf 182. The distance not too far from and not too
close to a star in which life could exist is
C. control how much glucose is stored
called the
D. control the movement of water vapour
A. Gravitational edge
& gases
B. Ozone layer
177. The light-independent reactions of photo-
C. Happy
synthesis need
D. Habitable Zone
A. carbon dioxide.
B. oxygen. 183. In the Calvin Cycle, which enzyme helps
keep the cycle going?
C. water.
A. Hydrolase
D. cellulose.
B. Rubisco
178. Oxygen and glucose are broken down in
cells providing energy for animals. An- C. Pepsisco
imals breathe out carbon dioxide as a D. Re-starterase
waste.
184. Where does dark reaction or light inde-
A. photosynthesis pendent specifically occur?
B. chloroplast A. thylakoid membrane
C. cellular respiration B. Stroma of the chloroplast
D. oxygen
C. Grana
179. Which class of organisms produce about D. nuclear membrane
21% of Earth’s oxygen?
185. The correct symbol equation for photo-
A. autorophs
synthesis is?
B. heterotrophs
A. C6H12O6 + 6O2 → 6CO2 + 6H2O
C. consumers
B. 12CO2 + 12H2O → C6H12O6 + 12O2
D. fungi
180. Plants store food in: C. 6CO2 + 6H2O → C6H12O6 + 6O2

A. vacuoles D. 6CO2 + 6O2 → C6H12O6 + 6H2O
B. mitochondria 186. Molecules that absorb light energy are
C. nucleus called
D. cell membrane A. stromas
181. What are water and carbon dioxide con- B. chloroplasts

verted into by the end of photosynthesis? C. pigments
A. air and sunlight D. none of above

187. REVIEW QUESTION:Which step of the sci- 192. What pigment absorbs sunlight for pho-
entific method is a “If then “ state- tosynthesis?
ment? A. chloroplast
A. hypothesis B. thylakoid
B. question C. grana
C. conclusion D. chlorophyll
D. experiment 193. In what part of the cell does photosyn-
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thesis occur?
188. Which tube is used to transport water?
A. Nucleus
A. Xylem
B. Chloroplast
B. Phloem C. Epidermis
C. Epidermis D. Vacuole
D. Guard Cell
194. These are all properties of a monosaccha-
ride EXCEPT:
189. During the process of photosynthesis, en-
ergy from the Sun is converted into A. simple sugar
A. chemical energy in the bonds of inor- B. 1:2:1 ratio
ganic molecules C. double sugar
B. chemical energy in the bonds of or- D. used for energy
ganic molecules
195. Why do some leaves turn from green to
C. enzymes used to produce inorganic red, orange, or yellow in the fall?
molecules
A. Chlorophyll breaks down and its stored
D. enzymes used to produce organic
molecules
B. Chlorophyll production increases
190. What does photo mean? C. Chlorophyll leaks out of the leaves
A. Print D. Chlorophyll changes colors in cool
weather
B. Picture
196. Which enzyme joins CO2 and RuBP?
C. Make
A. NADP+ reductase
D. Light or Color
B. rubisco
191. What is the purpose of splitting water in C. ATP synthase
PS2 of the light dependent reaction?
D. none of above
A. Provides e-for PS2 and H+ for the thy-
lakoid space 197. How does carbon dioxide in the atmo-
sphere become incorporated as carbon into
B. To produce Oxygen for animals living things?
C. There is no purpose A. through photosynthesis
D. none of above B. through cellular respiration

C. through deposition 203. Why does an apple appear red?

D. through decomposition A. All colors are absorbed & none are re-

flected
198. If the wavelength of an electromagnetic
wave is longer, what is true about the en- B. All colors are absorbed except for blue,
ergy? which is reflected
A. Energy is higher. C. All colors are reflected and none are
absorbed
B. Energy is lower.
D. All colors are absorbed except for red,
C. Energy is not dependent on wave-
which is reflected
length.
D. energy is cancelled out 204. are organisms that do photosynthe-
sis
199. How do plants, such as a pine tree, get
energy to survive? A. photoautotrophs
A. from converting sunlight into sugars B. chemoautotrophs
B. from water C. heterotrophs
C. from other organisms D. prokayotes
D. from the soil
205. Which process uses energy to combine
200. Rubisco binds with both carbon dioxide inorganic molecules to synthesize organic
and oxygen in molecules?
A. C3 plants A. respiration
B. C4 plants B. digestion
C. CAM plants C. photosynthesis
D. C4 plants D. decomposition
201. Which of the following would have affect 206. The two REACTANTS of photosynthesis
the rate of photosynthesis? are
A. amount of water A. Water and Carbon Dioxide
B. carbon dioxide concentration B. Water and Oxygen
C. temperature
D. all of these
D. Glucose and Water
202. The part of the plant that holds the plant
in place and absorbs water and minerals 207. Which process uses sunlight to energize
from the soil. ADP to ATP?
A. stem A. Cellular Respiration

B. roots B. Light Dependent Reactions
C. leaves C. Light Independent Reactions
D. none of above D. Facilitated Diffusion

208. In what way is photosynthesis and respi- plants need when they make their won
ration related to each other? food?
A. The reactants of photosynthesis are A. oxygen
the reactants of respiration. B. nitrogen
B. The products of photosynthesis are the C. hydrogen
reactants of respiration.
D. carbon dioxide
C. The products of photosynthesis are
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the products of respiration. 214. What is the independent variable in an
D. none of above experiment?
A. the variable the experimenter has con-
209. Which of the following statement is true trol over
regarding photosynthesis
B. the data the experimenter is collecting
A. creates oxygen for animals to breath
B. creates energy for consumers to use C. factors that do not change over the
C. creates food for plants to use course of the experiment
D. all of these are correct D. none of above
210. What time of day (24 hour period) do 215. Which is the correct formula for photo-
plants photosynthesize? synthesis?
A. nighttime only A. CO2 + H2O → (in sunlight) C6H12O6
+ O2
B. daytime only
B. sunlight + CO2 + H2O → C6H12O6 +
C. daytime and nighttime
O2
D. only in the summer months
C. C6H12O6 + O2 → (in sunlight) CO2 +
211. What is respiration? H2O
A. The way a plant grows D. CO2 + H2O → C6H12O6 + O2 + sun-
light
B. The way a plant releases excess waste
216. Which is the correct formula for:one car-
C. The way a plant makes its food bon (C)two oxygen (O)
D. When way a plant uses sugar for en- A. CO2
ergy B. CO
212. O2 is the chemical formula for C. C2O
A. Oxygen D. 2CO
B. Carbon Dioxide 217. Which reaction is needed to join two
C. Glucose monosaccharides?
D. Water A. Hydration
B. Dehydration
213. Martin grew some bean plants. He made
a list of what the bean plants needed to C. Dehydrogenation
survive and grow. Which gas do this D. Hydrolysis

218. are primary pigments used in photo- 224. The process in which plant cells make en-
systems ergy

A. carotenoids A. Exothermic
B. chlorophylls B. Endothermic
C. reaction centres C. Cellular Respiration
D. carotene D. Photosynthesis
219. How many elements are in H2O? 225. What are some accommodation to help
Astronaut in microgravity?
A. 1
A. Work out and Take supplements for
B. 2 proper nutrition
C. 3 B. Lift weights and pump iron
D. 4 C. They don’t need to do anything micro-
gravity makes you stronger
220. Which part of the plant holds the main
D. none of above
networks of xylem and phloem?
A. leaves 226. What gas is used to break apart sugar
during respiration?
B. petals
A. oxygen
C. stem
B. carbon dioxide
D. roots
C. nitrogen
221. What chemical indicator is used to test D. argon
for Starch or Complex Carbohydrates?
227. Which two things are produced during cel-
A. Benedicts lular respiration?
B. Biuret Solution A. carbon dioxide and water
C. Lugol’s (Iodine) B. carbon dioxide and food
D. Sudan IV C. oxygen and carbon dioxide
222. The scientific name for table sugar is D. oxygen and food
A. lactose 228. What molecule absorbs sunlight during

photosynthesis?
B. sucrose
A. Epidermis
C. galactose
B. thylakoid
D. glucose
C. the leaf
223. What does hydrolysis mean? D. chlorophyll
A. breaking of water molecules
229. Which of the following is not needed for
B. Formation by water photosynthesis to occur?
C. Splitting by water A. sunlight
D. Getting rid of water molecules B. carbon dioxide

C. water C. grana
D. oxygen D. stroma
230. What do you get if you combine all of the 236. What is the food manufacturing process
colors in visible light? in plants?
A. bright light
A. reparation
B. white light
B. glucose
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C. brilliant light
C. chlorophyll
D. neon light
D. photosynthesis
231. how many stages does photosynthesis
have 237. What is a pigment?
A. 1 A. A chemical that absorbs light
B. 2 B. A chemical that produces glucose
C. 4 C. A chemical for cellular respiration
D. 6 D. A chemical that absorbs water
232. ATP-P =
238. What are the products of the light-
A. ADP dependent reactions of photosynthesis
B. ATP that are utilized in the light-independent
C. AMP reactions?
D. NADP A. O2 and glucose

B. H20 and O2
233. What is the chemical formula for carbon
dioxide? C. ATP and NADPH
A. H2O D. CO2 and glucose
B. CO2
239. Green plants are producers meaning they
C. CHO2 can make their own
D. CO2H A. seeds
234. What is the “waste” gas (product) pro- B. food
duced during photosynthesis?
C. sunlight
A. oxygen
D. carbon dioxide
B. nitrogen
C. helium 240. Where are chloroplast located on the
plant?
D. hydrogen
A. stems
235. Chloroplasts contain disklike sacs in
stacks called B. roots
A. cristae C. leaves
B. thylakoids D. none of above

241. ‘Photo’ means- C. cell wall

A. cells. D. chloroplast

B. putting together. 247. What protects Stomata and helps it in
C. light. opening and closing?
D. sugar. A. Guard Cells
B. Leaf
242. Which organelle does Cellular Respiration
C. Stem
occur in?
D. Carbon Dioxide
A. Nucleus
B. Mitochrondria 248. What part of a plant is most responsible
for making food?
C. Chloroplasts
A. Roots
D. Cytoplasm
B. Leaves
243. During this stage of photosynthesis (the C. Stem
first stage), light energy is absorbed by D. Flower
249. In the equation, 2Mg + O2 → 2MgO,
A. chloroplast
which are the reactants?
B. chlorophyll
A. Mg and O
C. light-independent
B. MgO
D. light-dependent C. Mg and MgO
244. If a plant receives more carbon dioxide, D. O and MgO
what happens to the rate of photosynthe-
250. What do plants do with sugar?
sis?
A. Release it through their stoma
A. Increases
B. Eat it for energy
B. Decreases
C. Convert it into oxygen
C. Stays the same
D. Convert it into water
D. none of above
251. Where does a plant get water from?
245. Where does the energy for photosynthe- A. Water is collected from the ocean.
sis come from?
B. Water is taken up from the soil or the
A. Sunlight air.
B. The soil C. Water is stored when it rains.
C. The air D. Water is bought from Costco.
D. The wind 252. How are sugars formed in nature?
246. In which part of the cell does respiration A. Photosynthesis
occur? B. Cellular respiration
A. vacuole C. Hydrolysis
B. mitochondria D. Dehydration

253. What opens and close the stomata? C. oxygen and glucose
A. guard cells D. carbon dioxide, sunlight, glucose
B. xylem
259. The raw ingredients (reactants) of photo-
C. phloem synthesis are sunlight along with?
D. cuticle
A. CO2 and H20
254. How does glucose travel in a producer B. CO2 AND C6H12O6
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(plant)? Name the structure.
C. oxygen and water
A. xylem
D. oxygen and CO2
B. phloem
C. stomata 260. Carbohydrates are made of what ele-
D. chlorophyll ments?
A. CHO
255. Which part of a plant anchors the plant to
the ground and soaks up water and miner- B. CHON
als? C. CHONP
A. stem D. CHONS
B. leaves
C. roots 261. Cellular respiration is the process where
cell creates ?
D. petals
A. food for the plant
256. What can change shape to open and close
B. energy for the plant
the stoma?
A. guard cells C. makes chlorophyll for the plant
B. xylem D. makes nutrients for the soil
C. phloem 262. How many products are produced during

D. vascular bundle photosynthesis?
257. The process by which plants, some Bac- A. 1

teria, and some Protists make their own B. 2
food is called
C. 3
A. Phototropism
D. 4
C. Mitosis 263. When bacteria use CO2 to make glucose
and oxygen
D. Photosynthesis
A. Cellular respiration
258. What are the raw materials need by
plants to carry out photosynthesis B. fermentation
A. oxygen, water, sunlight C. photosynthesis
B. carbon dioxide, water, sunlight D. chemosynthesis

264. Why do producers need humans? 269. Which one is known as producers?
A. Producers use the oxygen humans A. Raw Material

make B. Heterotrophs
B. Producers need someone to water C. Plants
them
D. Autotrophs
C. Producers use the carbon dioxide hu-
mans make and turn it into oxygen 270. In a plant cell, where are ATP synthase
complexes located?
D. Producers use the glucose humans
give them A. thylakoid membranes only
B. inner mitochondrial membranes only
265. What provides energy to a plant for it to C. thylakoid membrane and inner mito-
do photosynthesis? chondrial membranes
A. moon D. thylakoid membrane and plasma mem-
B. energy bar branes
C. sun 271. What is the main purpose of photosyn-
D. dirt/soil thesis?
A. To make food
266. The distance between one point of a B. To create energy
wave to the same point on the next
wave. C. To release oxygen
A. frequency D. To absorb sunlight
B. wavelength 272. The is the most photosynthetic part

of a plant.
C. amplitude
A. leaf
D. crest
B. flower
267. Which of the following is NOT another C. roots
word for the energy a plant takes in to
D. stem
make photosynthesis happen?
A. Sunlight 273. Important to the structural integrity of
plant cells, this is the single most popular
B. Radiant Energy polysaccharide in the world.
C. Light Energy A. Starch
D. Thermal Energy B. Glycogen
C. Cellulose
268. The reactants of photosynthesis are
D. Chitin
A. sugar and water.
274. Which of these substances in thylakoids
B. sugar and oxygen.
is essential for the light reaction of photo-
C. carbon dioxide and water. synthesis?
D. carbon dioxide and oxygen. A. carbon dioxide

B. carbohydrates B. carbon dioxide

C. chlorophyll C. hydrocarbons
D. oxygen D. methane
275. The arrow in a chemical equation means- 281. Which substance from the light-
A. stop. dependent reactions of photosynthesis is a
source of energy for the light-independent
B. greater than. reactions?
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C. equals. A. ADP
D. yields. B. H2O
276. All living organisms obtain energy either C. NADPH
directly or indirectly from what source. D. pyruvic acid
A. the sun
282. Which part of the plant soaks up nutri-
B. plants ents and water?
C. animals A. fruit
D. nuclear emissions B. leaves
277. What is the main pigment in plants? C. roots
A. Carton D. stem
B. Carotonoids 283. Which of the following DOES NOT use
C. Chloroplast photosynthesis?
D. Chlorophyll A. Plants
278. The main light-absorbing molecules found B. Trees

in plant leaves are called C. Algae
A. chloroplasts. D. Animals
B. thylakoids 284. Where do the light independent reactions
C. chlorophyll. of photosynthesis occur?
D. grana. A. cytoplasm
279. What part of the plant soaks up water B. stroma

for photosynthesis? C. stoma
A. roots D. mitochondria
B. petals 285. An organism that can make its own food
C. leaf is called a(n)
D. stem A. autotroph
280. Photosynthetic organisms derive their B. heterotroph

carbon from C. autoproducer
A. carbon monoxide D. autoconsumer

286. For a seed to develop into a new plant it 292. Where does a plant absorb the water
needs all of the following EXCEPT that it uses during photosynthesis?

A. light A. Leaves
B. water B. Stem
C. nutrients C. Roots
D. oxygen D. Petals
287. What type of bond is formed between 293. What pigment absorbs sunlight during
two monosaccharides? photosynthesis?
A. Ester bond A. epidermis
B. Glycosidic bond B. stomata
C. Peptide bond C. chlorophyll
D. Double bond D. chloroplasts
288. Chlorophyll absorbs and light 294. What color of light provides the most en-
from the light. ergy to a plant?
A. purple and green A. orange
B. red and blue B. red

C. blue
C. black and orange
D. green
D. yellow and green
295. The formula for glucose is
289. Which cells of a leaf undergo the MOST
photosynthesis? A. C12 H22 O11
A. Guard cells B. NaCl
B. Palisade cells C. NaOH
C. Epidermal cells D. C6 H12 O6
D. Cells in the spongy layer 296. Where do the leaves and stems of plants
get their green color from?
290. What is one thing that a plant does NOT
need for photosynthesis to take place? A. glucose
B. oxygen
A. Water
C. carbon dioxide
B. Sunlight
D. chlorophyll
C. Soil
D. Carbon dioxide 297. If guard cells are swollen with water,
then they are more likely to be
291. Where does photosynthesis take place?
A. OPEN with stomata
A. in the roots B. CLOSED with no stomata
B. under the leaves C. Cannot tell-the water amount doesn’t
C. in chloroplasts affect it at all.
D. in chromosomes D. none of above

298. Which organelle contains chlorophyll? C. cell membrane

A. Mitochondria D. cytoplasm
B. Nucleus 304. Photosystems are made of
C. Chloroplast A. chloroplasts
D. Ribosome B. chromosomes
299. If an object appears white, this means all C. chlorophyll
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7 colors of the visible light spectrum are D. cytoplasm
305. Where do the dark reactions (Calvin cy-
A. reflected cle) take place?
B. abosrbed A. thylakoid membrane
C. diffracted B. lumen
D. refracted C. stroma
300. How many categories of carbohydrates D. none of above
are there? 306. What part of the leaf allows Carbon diox-
A. 1 ide in and oxygen out of the leaf?
B. 2 A. xylem
C. 3 B. phloem
D. There are no categories C. cuticle
D. stomata
301. REVIEW QUESTION:Which lab tool mea-
sures weight? 307. Photosynthesis is the process where:
A. pan balance A. Plants turn green
B. microscope B. Plants make their own food
C. telescope C. Plants grow
D. scale D. Plants make flowers
302. During this process, energy from another 308. Why do we eat food?
reaction is used to build sugar molecules A. to provide energy/fuel
from carbon dioxide. B. to eliminate waste products
A. light-dependent reaction C. to prevent diseases
B. light-independent reaction D. to kill pathogens
C. Calvin cycle
309. Where are the proteins that carry out the
D. photosynthesis light-dependent reactions located?
303. Oxygen & carbon dioxide can pass A. thylakoid membrane
through the on plant leaves. B. stroma
A. cell wall C. thylakoid space
B. stomata D. cytoplasm

310. Why are plants important to life on B. producer

Earth? C. chloroplast

A. They make our world more beautiful D. protest
B. They make the planet look green
316. What do you call the process of a plant
C. They use carbon dioxide and give us making its own food?
oxygen
A. classification
D. They provide shade for insects
B. nutrients
311. Which of the following is not needed as C. photosynthesis
a key ingredient for photosynthesis to oc-
cur? D. vertebrate
A. sunlight 317. What are the two molecules synthesized

in the light dependent reactions that are
B. carbon dioxide
carried over to the light independent reac-
C. water tions?
D. oxygen A. ATP and ADP
312. Which of these is not a way we use B. NADPH and ATP
plants? C. Glucose and Carbon Dioxide
A. clothes D. none of above
B. gasoline
318. All of the following are accessory pig-
C. medicine ments except
D. All of these are actually ways we use A. chloropyll a
plants.
B. chlorophyll b
313. In C4 plants, reactions that fix CO2 into C. xanthophyll
four carbon compounds occur in
D. caratenoids
A. Guard cells
319. What gas do plants give off after conduct-
B. Epidermal cells
ing photosynthesis that humans/animals
C. Mesophyll cells need in order to live?
D. Bundle-sheath cells A. Oxygen
314. Where in the plant cell does photosynthe- B. Carbon
sis take place? C. Nitrogen
A. In the stroma D. Hydrogen
B. In the chloroplast 320. Which part of the plant takes in carbon-
C. In the mitochondria dioxide from the air for photosynthesis
D. In the cell wall A. Roothair
315. What is the term for an organism that B. stomata

makes its own source of chemical energy? C. leafveins
A. decomposer D. sepals

321. If you are not an autotroph, then you C. chlorophyll a and accessory pigments
A. use energy from the sun D. jelly-like substance
B. can live without any form of energy
327. What color has the longest wavelength,
C. obtain energy from inorganic or the lowest frequency?
molecules
A. violet
D. must eat other organisms to survive
B. red
322. Chlorophyll is green because
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C. green
A. it absorbs green wavelengths of light
D. orange
B. it absorbs blue and yellow wave-
lengths of light 328. An average sized tree can produce
C. it reflects green wavelengths of light enough oxygen to keep how many people
alive?
D. it is an optical illusion caused by the
transmission of light A. 1
B. 2-4
323. Where in the Chloroplast does the Light
Independent phase(Clavin Cycle) of Photo- C. 50-100
synthesis take place? D. more than 100
A. Grana
329. The ETC of the light reactions
B. Stroma
A. are located in the stroma
C. Thylakoid
D. Photosystem B. are not similar to those of cellular res-
piration
324. Organisms which produce their own food C. shuttle electrons along a series of re-
are called dox reactions
A. Autotrophs
D. provide energy for the KREBS cycle
B. Heterotrophs
330. Plants do not usually need to eat other
C. Saprotrophs
organisms because plants
D. Parasites
A. do not need food energy to live.
325. What color of light reflects off of chloro- B. turn sunlight into food energy.
phyll?
C. get all their food energy from soil.
A. orange
D. keep food energy stored in their roots.
B. red
C. blue 331. Which of the following are produced dur-
D. green ing the Calvin Cycle?
A. glucose, ADP, NADP+
326. Photosystems in the thylakoid are com-
posed of B. ATP, NADPH, oxygen
A. chlorophyll b C. ATP, NADPH, carbon dioxide
B. accessory pigments D. ADP, NADP+, Oxygen

332. O 2 2 → C6H12O6 + 6O2In this chem- 338. Where does a plant get carbon dioxide
cial equation, the highlight red is called the from?

A. A plant gets carbon dioxide from the
A. product soil.
B. reactant B. A plant gets carbon dioxide from the
C. yields air.
D. production C. A plant gets carbon dioxide from the
water.
333. The leaf has a shiny, waxy cuticle around
it to D. A plant gets carbon dioxide at the Shell
A. increase the rate of photosynthesis gas station.
B. attract more light 339. The substance that absorbs some colors
C. control water loss of light and reflects others:
D. stop carbon dioxide and oxygen gases A. chlorophyll
escaping
B. pigment
334. Which of the following provides the en- C. thylakoid
ergy needed for photosynthesis?
D. Calvin cycle
A. water
B. sunlight 340. Why are most plants green?
C. plants A. Chlorophyll reflects green light
D. atoms B. Chlorophyll absorbs green light
335. What is the byproduct of photosynthe- C. Carotenoids reflect green light
sis? What does the plant release?
D. Green is the best color for plant
A. Oxygen growth
B. Carbon Dioxide
341. The light reactions occur in the and
C. Water
the dark reactions take place in the
D. Glucose
A. Chloroplast / thylakoid membrane
336. What three things do plants need?
B. stroma / thylakoid
A. Water, air, and sunlight.
C. mesophyl / stomata
B. Water, soil, and sunlight.
D. thylakoid membrane / stroma
C. Water, soil, and air.
D. Love, family, and Cheetos. 342. To test for SIMPLE sugars, what indicator
should be used?
337. Mitochondria and Chloroplasts are:
A. Iodine
A. organelles
B. cells B. Benedicts
C. only in humans C. Biuret
D. only in plants D. Sudan Red

343. Most oxygen exits a plant through the 349. The calvin cycle takes place in
as a waste product A. stroma
A. cuticle B. thylakoid membrane
B. stomata C. chlorophyll
C. epidermis D. granum
D. phloem
350. In photosynthesis, plants convert what
344. Is Sunlight a Raw Material (Ingredient) type of energy into what other type of en-
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or Product of Photosynthesis? ergy?
A. Product A. Light energy into mechanical energy
B. Raw Material B. Radiant energy into chemical energy
C. Niether C. Chemical energy into heat energy
D. What’s Photosynthesis? D. Mechanical energy into light energy
345. What are the reactants in Photosynthe- 351. In which parts of plants the starch is
sis? stored?
A. Sun, CO2, glucose A. Roots, seed and leaf
B. glucose and oxygen B. Roots, leaf, stem

C. Roots, leaf, stem, fruit
C. sun, carbon dioxide, water
D. Fruit, roots, leaf, seed, stem
D. water, glucose
352. After photosynthesis, oxygen is released
346. The vascular tissue of the plant that
through small openings called .
transports water is the
A. blades
A. roots
B. stomata
B. phloem
C. epidermis
C. xylem
D. pores
D. stem
353. The leaf structure that allows carbon
347. I am testing for the presence of starch, dioxide to enter the leaf and Oxygen to
which pair would indicate a positive test? exit the leaf is
A. Benedicts/light blue A. phloem
B. Iodine/brown B. stomata
C. Benedicts/orange C. vein
D. Iodine/dark purple-black D. stem
348. Carbon dioxide enters plant leaves 354. What is another name for the food or
through the sugar made during photosynthesis?
A. stomata A. glucose
B. chloroplasts B. sucrose
C. xylem C. syrup
D. cuticle D. sodium chloride

355. The process by which carbon dioxide, wa- C. nutrients

ter, and sunlight are converted into glu- D. water
cose and oxygen by green plants.

A. glucose 361. The energy in sunlight becomes stored in
the form of chemical energy in the bonds
of
C. photosynthesis
A. carbon dioxide
D. phloem
B. Sugar
356. Plants growing in a pond release a gas
C. water
that fish need to survive. Which gas do
the plants release that the fish use? D. leaves
A. helium 362. What molecules created in the light de-
B. hydrogen pendent reactions supply the energy to run
C. nitrogen the Calvin cycle?
D. oxygen A. ATP & NADPH

B. ADP & NADH
357. What part of the plant transports wa-
ter and nutrients from the roots to all the C. chlorophyll & ATP
other parts of the plant? D. carotenoids & chlorophyll
A. fruit
363. What is the name of the sugars a plant
B. leaf
produces after photosynthesis
C. roots
A. Glucose
D. stem
B. Sugar
358. where does the light dependent reaction C. ATP
occur
D. Oxygen
A. thylakoid membrane
B. stroma 364. Which of the following is NOT an exam-
ple of a physical change?
C. grana
D. the cell A. crumpled paper
B. pencil sharpening
359. The substances listed on the right side of
a chemical equation are the C. shrunken clothing
A. Yields D. rust
B. Reactants 365. What two things do plants make during
C. Products photosynthesis?
D. Precipitates A. food and oxygen
360. What gives a plant its green color? B. carbon dioxide and food
A. chlorophyll C. oxygen and water
B. chloroplasts D. carbon dioxide and water

366. Blue light has a wavelength around C. angiosperms or gymnosperms

A. 450nm D. land or aquatic
B. 350nm 372. Which is not found in the chloroplast?
C. 550nm A. Stroma
D. 650nm B. Chlorophyll
367. Which of the following is NOT needed for C. Mitochondria
a plant to survive and do photosynthesis?
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D. Thylakoid
A. sunlight 373. how do you obtain energy
B. water A. photosynthesis
C. pesticides B. growing
D. carbon dioxide C. breathing
368. The process where extra water is re- D. cellular respiration
leased from the plant back into the atmo- 374. Which of the following need oxygen to
sphere is called survive?
A. photosynthesis A. Plants
B. exhaling B. Animals
C. glucose C. Plants and animals
D. transpiration D. None of the above
369. Which of the following is NOT needed for 375. Which is a graph of the rate of photosyn-
plants to survive? thesis?
A. Sunlight A. absorption spectrum
B. Pesticides B. action spectrum
C. Water C. electromagnetic spectrum
D. Carbon Dioxide D. none of the options
370. Photosynthesis is very important to 376. What gas is released from the plant dur-
other living things. Why? ing RESPIRATION?
A. Provides energy A. carbon dioxide
B. Maintain the balance of gas composi- B. oxygen
tion in the air C. nitrogen
C. Photosynthesis causes the imbalance D. argon
of air composition
377. Which of the following is NOT a product
D. none of above of the light reactions?
371. All plants are divided first into what 2 A. ATP
major categories? B. NADPH
A. vascular or non-vascular C. Oxygen
B. seed or seedless D. Glucose

378. Which gas leaves a stomata? 384. What do plants give off after photosyn-
A. Oxygen thesis?

B. Nitrogen A. Oxygen
C. Helium B. carbon
D. Carbon Dioxide C. nitrogen
D. hydrogen
379. Plants are called producers because they
385. Photosynthesis mainly occurs in the-
A. Produce energy A. roots.
B. Make their own food B. stems.
C. Are edible C. flowers.
D. Grow from seeds D. leaves.
380. These are all properties of a disaccharide 386. What are the three parts of an ATP
EXCEPT: molecule?A) C) B) D)
A. made up of two sugars A. adenine, thylakoids, stroma
B. sucrose B. adenine, ribose, 3 phosphate groups
C. 2 monosaccharides joined by dehydra- C. stroma, grana, chlorophyll
tion synthesis D. NADP+, NADPH, and FADH2
D. ratio of 1:2:1
387. Which statement below is TRUE
381. What does the arrow mean in the photo- A. Seeds dispersed far from the parent
synthesis equation? have a better chance of surviving
A. Forward B. Seeds germinate as soon as they hit
B. Yields the ground
C. Onward C. A plant embryo doesn’t need food until
D. Backward it germinates
D. Embryos don’t grow roots
382. How many raw materials (ingredients)
does photosynthesis require? 388. Where is glucose made in plants?
A. 1 A. thylakoid
B. 2 B. thylakoid membrane
C. 3 C. stroma
D. 4 D. outside the chloroplast
383. The role of the Sun during photosynthesis 389. What structure in the leaf is involved
is to serve as a source of- with gas exchange?
A. hydrogen atoms A. Xylem
B. radiant energy B. Stomata
C. gravitational pull C. Phloem
D. carbon dioxide D. Carbon Dioxide

390. How do plants obtain energy? 396. The chemical reaction of uses carbon
A. From the dirt dioxide gas from the atmosphere and the
energy carried by ATP and NADPH to make
B. From the stomata simple sugars.
C. From the sunlight A. light-dependent reaction
D. none of above
B. Krebs cycle
391. What is the primary function of the light- C. Calvin cycle
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dependent reactions of photosynthesis?
D. photosynthesis
A. To produce glucose
B. To produce NADPH and ATP 397. REVIEW QUESTION:Which lab tool mea-
sures heat?
C. To use ATP
D. To produce RuBP A. thermometer
B. telescope
392. What are the products of photosynthesis
(what is made)? C. microscope
A. Glucose and Chlorophyll D. scale
B. Glucose and Oxygen
398. How many atoms of aluminum are on
C. Water and Light each side of the following equation:4Al +
D. Carbon dioxide and Water 3O2 → 2Al2 O3
393. A packet of light energy is called a A. 2
A. quantum B. 6
B. pigment C. 1
C. photon D. 4
D. phaser
399. is the process where green plants use
394. The photosynthesis begins in this part of light energy from the sun to make food.
the plant. A. photosynthesis
A. roots
B. respiration
B. stem
C. transpiration
C. leaves
D. glucose
D. petals
400. The Calvin cycle uses which of the follow-
395. Which of these is a waste product of
ing to produce glucose?
plant cells?
A. minerals A. oxygen
B. oxygen B. proteins
C. heat C. carbon dioxide and H+
D. water D. water

401. This light energy hits photosystem 2, 407. In an experiment to demonstrate the ef-
causes a water molecule to split-releasing fect light intensity has on the rate of pho-
what? tosynthesis..what plant is used

A. neutron, hydrogen ion, oxygen A. Grass
B. oxygen, carbon dioxide, hydrogen
B. Clover
C. electron, neutron, proton
C. Pondweed
D. electron, hydrogen ion, oxygen
D. Daisy
402. How do humans get glucose so they can
live? 408. Which of the following equations repre-
A. breathe it in sents the overall chemical reaction for pho-
B. photosynthesis tosynthesis?
C. eat food A. 6O2+ 6H2O → C6H12O6+ 6O2

D. drink liquids B. C6H12O6 + 6H2O→ 6O2+ 6O2
403. The gel-like material that surrounds the C. 6CO2+ 6H2O→ C6H12O6+ 6O2
grana is called
D. 6O2 + 6H2O→ C6H12O6 + 6CO2
A. lamellae
B. granum 409. Which plant structure is extremely neces-
sary for photosynthesis to take place?
C. thylakoid
D. stroma A. leaves
404. What role do pigments play in photosyn- B. flower petals

thesis? C. anthers
A. Make plants green, which is calming
D. pistils
B. Capture sunlight
C. Absorb water in roots 410. What is the primary goal of Photosynthe-
sis?
D. Take in CO2
A. To produce energy in the form of light
405. C6H12O6 is the chemical formula for
A. Carbon Dioxide B. to produce oxygen
B. Water C. to produce chloroplasts

C. Oxygen D. to produce glucose for the plant
D. Glucose
411. What is the source of oxygen produced
406. The process of photosynthesis takes during Photosynthesis?
place in the:
A. Carbon Dioxide
A. Leaves of the Plant.
B. Water
B. Stem of the plant.
C. Roots of the plant. C. Air
D. All of the above. D. Glucose

412. For photosynthesis, a plant needs water, 418. Which of the following does NOT occur
sun, and during the Calvin Cycle
A. oxygen A. carbon fixation
B. carbon dioxide B. oxidation of NADPH
C. glucose C. release of oxygen
D. mitochondria D. regeneration of the carbon dioxide ac-
ceptor
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413. Foods synthesized in the process of Pho-
tosynthesis by plants is stored as 419. Plants can create their own food, this
food is called
A. Starch
A. carbon dioxide
B. Protein
B. glucose
C. Vitamins
C. oxygen
D. Fats
D. chlorophyll
414. In a chemical reaction, everything to the
rightof the arrow is called 420. As carbon dioxide levels increase, what
happens to the temperature?
A. Products
A. It also increases
B. Yields
B. It decreases
C. Molecules
C. It stays the same
D. Reactants
D. There is no correlation
415. What are the two reactants of cellular
421. Is Oxygen a Reactant or Product of Pho-
respiration?
tosynthesis?
A. C6H12O6 & 6CO2
A. Product
B. 6 CO2 & 6H2O B. Reactant
C. C6H12O6 & 6O2 C. Niether
D. 6CO2 & 6O2 D. What’s Photosynthesis?
416. Animals, including humans, 422. What part of the chloroplast does the
A. do not need glucose. Calvin cycle take place?
B. make their own glucose. A. outer membrane
C. get glucose from the food they eat. B. thylakoid
D. get glucose from the sun’s energy. C. stroma
D. inner membrane
417. CO2 is a greenhouse gas, therefore it can
impact climate by: 423. How does Photosynthesis help us?
A. Allow plants to grow really well A. It gives us oxygen and Helium
B. Breaking down ozone B. makes our hair healthier
C. Trap heat in the atmosphere C. Gives us energy
D. Stabilize earth’s seasonal variations D. It gives us oxygen and energy

424. What is the first process in photosynthe- C. Helium

sis? D. Carbon Dioxide

A. Photosystem I
430. Which helps protect the earth from radi-
B. Photosystem II ation?
C. Calvin Cycle A. Water
D. Dark Reactions B. Atmosphere
425. How is the water needed for photosyn- C. Mantle
thesis absorbed by the plant? D. Gravity
A. Through the leaves
431. Green plants reflect light.
B. Through the stomata
A. Red
C. Through the roots B. Green
D. Through the stem C. All
426. If plants breathe in carbon dioxide, what D. Red and Violet
do they breathe out?
432. When light intensity goes up, the rate of
A. Nitrogen photosynthesis goes
B. Oxygen A. up
C. Carbon monoxide B. down
D. Helium C. at the same rate. It does not change.
427. The flat sac (disk) in a chloroplast where D. none of above
photosynthesis takes place
433. Which part of a flower is known to at-
A. chlorophyll tract pollinators?
B. pigment A. Stem
C. thylakoid B. Leaf
D. Calvin cycle C. Pollen
D. Colorful Petals
428. Plants need carbon dioxide from their en-
vironment to produce glucose during which 434. What tissue contains cells where the ma-
stage of photosynthesis? jority of photosynthesis takes place?
A. The light-dependent stage A. spongy mesophyll
B. The light-independent stage (The B. palisade mesophyll
Calvin Cycle)
C. upper epidermis
C. The electron transport chain
D. guard cells
D. ATP formation
435. What are raw materials of cellular respi-
429. Which gas enters a stomata? ration
A. Oxygen A. carbon dioxide and water
B. Nitrogen B. oxygen and carbon dioxide

C. glucose and oxygen 441. Which sentence correctly describes photo-

D. oxygen and ATP synthesis. (assume there is enough sun-
light)
436. How many ATP molecules are released A. CO2 and water combine and make O2
during aerobic respiration? and glucose
A. 48
B. O2 and water combine to make glu-
B. 26 cose and CO2
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C. 38 C. O2 and CO2 combine to make water
D. 16 and glucose
D. CO2 and glucose combine to make O2
437. In addition to oxygen, what else do
and water
plants produce during photosynthesis
A. chlorophyll 442. Where do people and animals get the
B. sugar oxygen they breathe?
C. light energy A. from plants
D. carbon dioxide B. from other animals
438. Why is photosynthesis important to con- C. from water

sumers? D. from the sun
A. Consumers use oxygen produced by
443. where do plants get their food from?
photosynthesis
A. from the soil
B. Consumers supply the light energy
needed for photosynthesis B. from air
C. Consumers supply the water needed C. photosynthesis
for photosynthesis
D. none of above
D. Consumers supply the chloroplasts to
producers 444. What chemical reaction has almost the
same products and reactants as cellular
439. What are the 3 key ingredients needed respiration but reversed?
for photosynthesis
A. Rusting
A. glucose, oxygen, carbon dioxide
B. Photosynthesis
B. carbon dioxide, water, glucose
C. Combustion
C. water, soil, sunlight
D. Symphonies
D. sunlight, water, carbon dioxide
440. How does carbon dioxide and oxygen get 445. Where in a plant does photosynthesis oc-
in and out of a plant? cur?
A. Thylakoid A. Roots
B. Roots B. Leaves
C. Stoma C. Stem
D. Stroma D. Flower

446. What is the name of the enzyme that C. potential

fixes carbon in photosynthesis?
D. kinetic

A. Rubisco
B. NADPH reductase 452. From which component of the light-
dependent reactions does NADPH form
C. Carbon Fixase most directly?
D. Calvinase A. photosystem II
447. The two main stages of photosynthesis B. photosystem I
are the
C. cytochrome complex
A. light reactions and respiration
D. ATP synthase
B. dark reactions and the Calvin cycle
C. light reactions and the Calvin cycle 453. Chlorophyll absorbs a higher percentage
of and light.
D. dark reactions and fermentation
A. green and purple
448. The process that produces glucose using
B. red and blue
sunlight, water and carbon dioxide is:
C. black and orange
B. Krebs Cycle D. yellow and green
C. Osmosis 454. which of the following is a reactant to

D. Photosynthesis photosynthesis?
A. Oxygen
449. What is the ultimate source of energy for
all living things? B. Carbohydrates
A. Moon C. Glucose
B. Leaf D. Water
C. Sun
455. After photosynthesis, plants store their
D. Carbon Dioxide energy as .
450. Why is it important to know how to care A. chlorophyll
for plants? B. pigment
A. Its our responsibility to manage the
C. glucose (sugar)
plants well as part of having dominion
over the earth. D. Oxygen
B. We should keep the earth beautiful.
456. What gas does a plant produce with pho-
C. We need the oxygen that they make. tosynthesis?
D. We need the food they give us. A. Carbon dioxide
451. The sun gives us what type of energy? B. Hydrogen
A. chemical C. Oxygen
B. radiation D. Argon

457. Which are the reactants of photosynthe- 462. What is a limiting factor?
sis? products? A. The factor which increases the rate of
A. Reactants:Water, Oxygen, Carbon a reaction
DioxideProducts:Glucose and sunlight B. The factor that limits the reaction rate
B. Reactants:Water, Carbon Dioxide and
SunlightProducts:ATP and Water C. The factor that limits the rate at which
C. Reactants:Water, Carbon Dioxide and an enzyme is destroyed
SunlightProducts:Glucose and Oxygen
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D. none of above
D. none of above
463. How do animals get the carbon that they
458. The process by which ATP and NADPH are need?
used to make glucose is A. from the air
A. the dark or light independent reactions B. from water
C. from the soil
B. photosynthesis D. from their food
C. cell respiration
464. Is Oxygen a Raw Material (Ingredient) or
D. none of above Product of Photosynthesis?
459. Which of the following is not a factor that A. Product
affects the rate of photosynthesis? B. Raw Material
A. light intensity C. Niether
B. carbon dioxide concentration D. What’s Photosynthesis?
C. temperature
465. Plants breathe out ?
D. nitrogen concentration
A. Carbon dioxide
460. A leaf is the broadest part of the plant B. Oxygen
and this is good for photosynthesis be- C. Helium
cause, the broad leaf
D. Air
A. curls up when touched
B. increases surface area 466. What is the name of the simple sugar that
is produced in photosynthesis?
C. catches rain water
A. Sucrose
D. stores lipids for the plants
B. Dextrose
461. In order for a plant to reproduce C. Glucose
A. pollen must transfer from the anther D. Lactose
to the pistil
467. Which in an important sugar that results
B. pollen must transfer from the pistil to
from photosynthesis?
the anther
A. Mitochondrion
C. pollen must transfer from the stigma
to the ovule B. Chlorophyll
D. pollen must transfer from the ovule to C. Cellulose
the stigma D. Glucose

468. In which part of a tree does photosynthe- 474. Another name for a heterotroph is a
sis most likely take place? A. producers

A. bark B. consumer
B. roots
C. raw materials
C. trunk
D. plant
D. leaves
475. the products of photosynthesis are
469. What do leaves do for a plant?
A. glucose and sunlight
A. Attract pollinators
B. carbon dioxide and water
B. Make food
C. glucose and chlorophyll
C. Absorb water
D. Transport nutrients
476. Which of these substances is an end prod-
470. A colorless, ordorless gas absorbed by uct of photosynthesis?
plants during photosynthesis
A. carbon dioxide
A. CO2
B. chlorophyll
B. H20
C. carotenoids
C. nitrogen
D. carbohydrates
D. carbon
477. Where do the stem and leaves get their
471. When you decrease reactants in a chemi-
green color from?
cal reaction the products will
A. glucose
A. Increase
B. Decrease B. carbon dioxide
C. Stay consistent C. oxygen
D. none of above D. Chlorophyll
472. What sugar does a plant produce in pho- 478. What does photosynthesis produce that
tosynthesis? helps plants grow?
A. Glucose A. water
B. Sucrose B. oxygen
C. Starch C. protein
D. Fructose D. sugar
473. Sunlight is used during photosynthesis 479. The light-dependent reaction takes place
to- in the
A. Break down the xylem A. mitochondria
B. Break down the stomata B. thylakoids
C. Break down the water C. ribosomes
D. Capture the water D. stroma

480. Glucose helps maintain life on our planet 486. In C4 plants, the Calvin cycle
by storing-
A. Takes place at night
A. chemical energy
B. Only occurs when the stomata are
B. usable minerals closed
C. carbon dioxide C. Takes place in the mesophyll
D. water
D. Takes place in the bundle-sheath cells
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481. produces the most ATP.
487. What is the waste product of photosyn-
A. Aerobic respiration thesis?
B. Anaerobic respriation
A. Oxygen
C. Glycolysis
B. Carbon Dioxide
D. Photosynthesis
C. Glucose
482. what powers photosynthesis D. Chlorophyll
A. sun
B. moon 488. How can photosynthesis be related to cel-
lular respiration?
C. asteroids
A. What’s produced (made) by one is
D. space needed (the reactants) for the other
483. Which of these conditions would decrease B. They both produce the same products
the rate of photosynthesis in a plant?
C. They both have the same reactants
A. Above average precipitation (need the same things)
B. Changing the daylight hours from 14 D. These 2 processes have nothing in
hrs to 10 hrs common
C. Changing the CO2 concentration from
380 ppm to 410 ppm 489. The food the green plant makes is called
D. All of these choices
A. carbon dioxide
484. How many elements are in C6H12O6?
B. water
A. 1
C. oxygen
B. 2
C. 3 D. glucose
D. 4 490. How does Photosystem II create O2?

485. Plants need to take in for photosyn- A. It reduces H2O into H+ and O
thesis
B. O2 is actually generated in the Calvin
A. oxygen Cycle
B. soil C. It Oxidizes H2O into H+ and O
C. carbon dioxide D. Oxygen atoms are assembled in Photo-
D. sugar system II

491. Thylakoids are arranged in stacks called C. oxygen and hydrogen

D. glucose and carbon dioxide glucose

A. Lamellae and carbon dioxide
B. Stroma 497. In addition to carbon dioxide, is a re-
C. Granum actant of photosynthesis.
D. Glucose A. oxygen
B. glucose
492. It is important to create a concentration
of H+ in the thylakoid space so that the H+ C. carbon dioxide
can diffuse through to create D. water
A. ATP synthase, ATP
498. How many Sodium (Na) are in 6NaCl?
B. NADH, NADPH
A. 1
C. proton pump, protons
B. 12
493. How many membranes do chloroplast D. none of above
have?
499. Is Glucose (C6H12O6) a Reactant or
A. 1 Product of Photosynthesis?
B. 2 A. Product
C. 3 B. Reactant
D. 4 C. Niether
494. Which elements are used in Photosynthe- D. What’s Photosynthesis?
sis?6H2O + 6CO2 → C6H12O6 + 6O2
500. At the highest levels in our atmosphere,
A. Carbon the oxygen produced from photosynthesis
B. Hydrogen transforms into
C. Oxygen A. Ozone
D. All of the above B. Magnetic Field
C. CO2
495. In the Calvin Cycle, which enzyme helps
produce glucose? D. H2O
A. Hydrolase 501. The main characteristic of the first stage
B. Rubisco of photosynthesis is
C. ATP Synthase A. the production of hydrogen and glu-
cose
D. Re-starterase
B. the production of hydrogen and energy
496. Excess and atoms are released
back into the atmosphere through the C. the release of oxygen and carbon diox-
stomata ide
A. carbon dioxide and water D. the storage of glucose in the plant’s
B. water and oxygen cells

502. Most of the oxygen gas present in the C. 7

atmosphere is produced as a result of D. 8
A. photosynthesis
508. How does carbon dioxide get into plant
cells?
C. alcoholic fermentation
A. absorbed with water through the
D. dehydration synthesis leaves
503. What is the main chemical compound that B. taken in through stomata on the under-
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stores and releases energy? side of leaves
A. ATP C. plants do no take in carbon dioxide
B. Cytoplasm D. absorbed through roots
C. PTP 509. Leaves use the energy from the sun
D. Oxygen to change carbon dioxide and water into
what?
504. What are the 2 products of photosynthe-
sis? The products are the things made in A. chlorophyll
the process of photosynthesis. B. oxygen
A. water, sunlight C. carbon dioxide
B. glucose, carbon dioxide D. sugar
C. oxygen, glucose
510. How are plant cells different from animal
D. sunlight, oxygen cells?
505. Plants gather the sun’s energy with light- A. Only plant cells can grow
absorbing molecules called B. Only animal cells can store energy.
A. pigments.
C. Only animal cells can reproduce.
B. thylakoids.
D. Only plant cells can perform photosyn-
C. chloroplasts. thesis.
D. glucose.
511. the function of the leaves
506. In green plant photosynthesis, the elec- A. support the plant
tron donor for the light dependent reaction
is B. make the food
A. carbon dioxide C. soak up water

B. oxygen D. none of above
C. RuBP 512. Where does a light-dependent reaction
D. water take place?
507. If you string together 8 glucoses, how
many water molecules will come out? B. stroma
A. 1 C. grana
B. 4 D. lamellae

513. What does a plant release into the air? 518. Because plants carry out photosynthesis,
they are considered
A. Plants release carbon dioxide into the

air. A. heterotrophs
B. Plants release sugar into the air. B. autotrophs
C. Plants release oxygen into the air. C. consumers

D. unicellular
D. Plants release bacon into the air.
519. Listed below are the three parts of the
514. What are the raw materials of photosyn- Calvin Cycle except:
thesis?
A. RuBP regeneration
A. oxygen and carbon dioxide
B. Carbon dioxide fixation
B. oxygen and glucose
C. Reduction
C. carbon dioxide and water D. Glycolysis
D. water and glucose
520. What is the chemical formula for water?
515. Does the Calvin Cycle require light? A. H2O
A. yes B. HO2
B. no C. CHO2
C. depends on the amount of carbon diox- D. CO2H
ide 521. Which of the following gases does a plant
D. none of above absorb during photosynthesis?
A. oxygen
516. What is the main characteristic of the
first stage of photosynthesis? B. carbon dioxide
A. The production of hydrogen and en- C. hydrogen

ergy D. helium
B. The production of hydrogen and glu- 522. Where within the cell does photosynthe-
cose sis take place?
C. The release of oxygen and carbon diox- A. the cytoplasm
ide
B. the chloroplasts
D. The storage of glucose in the plant’s C. the mitochondria
cells.
D. the nucleus
517. What two materials are needed for pho-
523. Plants need from the air for photo-
tosynthesis?
synthesis.
A. Water and soil. A. oxygen
B. Carbon dioxide and water. B. soil
C. Carbon dioxide and chlorophyll. C. carbon dioxide
D. Peanut butter and jelly. D. sugar

524. .In the first stage of photosynthesis, 530. ATP and NADPH made during the light-
A. carbon compounds are produced independent reactions
B. the Calvin cycle takes place A. give electrons to ATP synthase
C. sunlight is required to generate ATP B. give electrons to chlorophyll
D. carbon dioxide is utilized
C. are used to make sugar in the Calvin
525. Energy is released from ATP when cycle
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A. a phosphate group is added D. combine with oxygen to make glucose
B. a phosphate group is removed
531. Which organelle inside plant cells helps
C. adenine binds to ribose
trap sunlight and produce food?
D. ATP is exposed to sun
A. chloroplast
526. Cellular respiration happens in the
B. chromatin
A. plants only
B. animals only C. cytoplasm
C. chloroplasts D. Golgi body

D. mitochondria
532. Living organisms obtain energy from
527. The most common way for photosynthe-
sizing to make carbohydrates from carbon A. Carbon Dioxide
dioxide: B. Food
A. chlorophyll
C. Water
B. pigment
D. Oxygen
C. thylakoid
D. Calvin cycle 533. Which of the following is NOT an element
involved in photosynthesis?
528. What gas do plants produce during pho-
tosynthesis that humans/animals need in A. Sugar
order to live?
B. Carbon
A. Carbon Dioxide
B. Helium C. Oxygen
C. Nitrogen D. Hydrogen
D. Oxygen
534. Which term is the part of photosynthesis
529. How does carbon dioxide get into the when energy is used to make sugars like
leaves of a plant? glucose?
A. It’s absorbed by the roots A. light-independent reactions
B. It’s made in a chemical reaction in the
stem
C. It enters through the stomata C. light-dependent reactions
D. It goes through the flowers D. photosynthesis

535. The energy released from sugar was once B. How plants reproduce.
energy from what? C. The process by which plants make

A. The energy from sugar was once en- their own food.
ergy from water. D. The process by which animals make
B. The energy from sugar was once en- their own food.
ergy from the air.
541. What three things do plants need for the
C. The energy from sugar was once en- process of photosynthesis?
ergy from the sun.
A. Sunlight, oxygen, and sugar
D. The energy from sugar was once en-
ergy from an iPad battery. B. Water, soil, and oxygen
C. Sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water
536. What source of energy do plants use?
D. Carbon dioxide, oxygen, and soil
A. Water
B. Plant Food 542. Fungi like Mushrooms are heterotrophs
but what is the scientific term for it in Sci-
C. Sunlight
ence?
D. Fertilizer
A. Decomposers
537. These are the only types of organisms B. Autotrophs
that go through photosynthesis.
C. Saprotrophs
A. autotrophs
D. Carnivores
B. heterotrophs
543. Plants “breathe” in carbon dioxide and
C. consumers
release oxygen through openings called
D. autotrophs and heterotrophs
538. What does the phloem transport? A. leaves

A. Sugar B. mouoths
B. Water C. openings
C. CO2 D. stomata
D. O2 544. The gel-like material surrounding the thy-
lakoid membrane with in a chloroplast is
539. Where does respiration in plants takes
called
place?
A. stoma
A. Fruits
B. Cytoplasm and mitochondria B. stroma
C. Stem C. chlorophyll
D. Root D. cytoplasm
540. Which of the following statements best 545. How is water transported from stems to
describes the term photosynthesis? leaves?
A. When plants absorb the energy from A. xylem

the sun. B. phloem

C. stems 551. How does oxygen get released by the

D. roots producer (plant)? Name the structure in
the leaf.
546. Plants need radiant energy and which of A. stomata
the following resources for photosynthe-
sis? B. xylem
A. glucose and water C. phloem
B. oxygen and water D. chloroplast
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C. carbon dioxide and water 552. Lactose is composed of
D. oxygen and glucose A. glucose + fructose
B. glucose + glucose
547. In photosynthesis, chlorophyll functions
in changing C. glucose + sucrose
A. glucose molecules to starch D. glucose + galactose
B. water and carbon dioxide to sugar 553. In a light-dependent reaction, water and
C. light energy to chemical bond energy sunlight is needed to make oxygen and
D. hydrogen bonds to water
A. carbon dioxide
548. What is the meaning of photosynthesis?
B. sugar
A. A process of plants to produce Oxygen
C. ATP
D. chlorophyll
B. A process of plants to make their on
food 554. Why C4 plants are able to carry out pho-
C. A process where plants respond to wa- tosynthesis efficiently?
ter A. They do not involve in Calvin cycle
D. A process where plants take in carbon B. They use PEP carboxylase to fix carbon
dioxide dioxide
549. What two forms of energy are produced C. They are adapted to cold climates
from the light-dependent reaction? D. They conserve water efficiently
A. Energy and water
555. The substances listed on the left side of
B. ATP and ADP a chemical equation are the
C. ATP and NADPH A. Products
D. NADP and NADPH B. Coefficients
550. Grana are connected to each other by C. Precipitates
structures called D. Reactants
A. lamellae 556. What are the products of the light depen-
B. stroma dent reaction in photosynthesis
C. thylakoid A. All of these
D. granum B. Oxygen

C. CO2 562. energy rich molecules created by Light De-

D. glucose pendent Reactions of Photosynthesis are:
A. ATP and ADP

557. Which of the following formulas repre-
B. ATP and NADPH
sents photosynthesis?
C. ADP and FADH
A. 6 H2O + 6 O2 = C6H12O6 + 6 CO2
D. ADP and NADP
B. 6 H2O + 6 CO2 = C6H12O6 + 6 O2
563. The light independent reactions of photo-
C. C6H12O6 + + 6 O2 = 6 H2O + 6 CO2
synthesis happen where?
A. stroma of chloroplast
D. none of above
B. mitochondrial matrix
558. Photo means C. stem
A. Photography D. thylakoid membrane
B. Sugar 564. What are the reactants of cellular respi-
C. Put together ration in plants?
D. Light A. carbon dioxide and water
B. glucose and carbon dioxide
559. The structure that allows gases to enter
and exit plant leaves C. the reactants of the electron transport
chain
A. Thylakoid
B. Stomata
565. Every living thing needs to move and
C. Roots grow.
D. Stems A. energy
560. The function of a is to absorb water, B. love
store food, and anchor plants. C. sunlight
A. flower D. water
B. leaf 566. Carbon used in the dark reaction comes
C. stem from what molecule from the atmo-
sphere?
D. root
A. Oxygen
561. What is are the accommodations for liv- B. Methane
ing and working in space?
C. Carbon Dioxide
A. Space shuttle, SpaceSuit, Exercising
D. Water
daily, freeze dried food
B. Space shuttle, SpaceSuit, Exercising 567. Plants obtain CO2 into the chloroplast by
daily, freeze dried food, Television A. active transport
C. Just a ship and their phone. That’s all B. diffusion
they need!! TWITTER IS LIFE!!! C. facilitated diffusion
D. none of above D. endocytosis

568. Photosynthesis process is important for B. Trick question, it doesn’t

humans to C. Because it was discovered second, but
A. create different kinds of plants. actually occurs before Photosystem I
B. make food D. Because the entire process was cre-
C. produce oxygen we need for breathing. ated in reverse order.
574. In order for life as we know it to exist, a

D. feed animals planet must have
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569. Which of the following is not needed as A. heat
a key ingredient for photosynthesis? B. animals
A. sunlight C. liquid water
B. carbon dioxide D. solar energy
C. water
575. During this process, chlorophyll absorbs
D. oxygen energy from sunlight and water molecules
are broken down. Energy is transferred
570. In which eukaryotic organelles does pho-
to molecules (such as ATP) and oxygen is
tosynthesis occur?
released as a waste product.
A. mitochondria
A. light-dependent reaction
B. stomata
B. light-independent reaction
C. xylem
C. Calvin cycle
D. chloroplast
D. Photosynthesis
571. What would happen if you tore the
576. in addition to oxygen, what do plants
leaves off a plant?
produce during photosynthesis?
A. Nothing would happen.
A. water
B. It won’t be able to make food and it will
B. sugar
die.
C. carbon dioxide
C. It will fight back.
D. light energy
D. It won’t be able to take in water and
nutrients. 577. What gas is TAKEN IN during photosyn-
thesis?
572. Autotrophs (producers) can perform pho-
tosynthesis because they have- A. argon
A. Mitochondria B. nitrogen
B. Ribosomes C. oxygen
C. A Nucleus D. carbon dioxide
D. Chloroplasts 578. which of the following are products of
573. Why does Photosystem II go first photosynthesis
A. Because scientists have complete dis- A. oxygen and carbon dioxide

dain for students B. carbon dioxide and ATP

C. oxygen and glucose 584. How do plant leaves get the carbon diox-
D. glucose and water ide needed for photosynthesis?

A. it is absorbed by the roots
579. What gas is needed in order to perform
respiration at the cellular level? B. it is made during the Calvin cycle
A. oxygen C. it enters through the stomata in the

leaves
B. carbon dioxide
D. it enters through the flowers
C. hydrogen
D. nitrogen 585. What do plants take from the air that
helps them make food?
580. Photosynthesis takes place in a plant’s
A. oxygen
A. Flowers B. nitrogen
B. Stem C. carbon dioxide
C. Roots D. hydrogen peroxide
D. Leaves
586. The main source of energy for all life
581. This molecule helps add a phosphate do a comes from
depleted energy molecule. A. the Earth
A. PS 2 B. the moon
B. PS 1 C. the sun
C. Electron Transport Chain
D. the food we eat/make
D. ATP Synthase
587. Carbon dioxide is taken in through the
582. In photosynthetic cells, synthesis of ATP stomata & water is taken in through the
by chemiosmosis occurs during roots. What else is needed to start the
A. photosynthesis only process of photosynthesis?
B. cellular respiration only A. Oxygen
C. both photosynthesis and cellular respi- B. Chemical energy
ration
C. Glucose
D. photophosphorylation only
D. Radiant energy
583. When a plant is able to break out of a
seed or goes from being wilted to full, this 588. The glucose is transported to all parts of
is because- the plant by
A. the vacuole of the plant is empty A. xylem

B. the vacuole of the plant is full B. root hairs
C. the chloroplast is absorbing water C. stomata
D. the mitochondria is absorbing water D. phloem

589. What is the primary function of chloro- 594. What to products of the Light Dependent
plasts? reactions are needed for the Light Indepen-
dent (Calvin Cycle)?
A. regulation of gas movement between
the leaf and the environment A. Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide
B. carrying out photosynthesis with the B. ATP and Water
help of chlorophyll C. NADPH and ATP
C. storing the carbohydrates produced by D. NADPH and water
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the cell 595. Another name for the Calvin Cycle is
D. none of above A. Light Dependent Reaction
B. Light Independent Reaction
590. Which of these is the correct equation for
photosynthesis? C. Cellular Respiration
A. Oxygen + glucose → carbon dioxide D. Cellular Transport
+ water 596. REVIEW QUESTION:Which lab tool is
B. Oxygen + carbon dioxide → glucose+ used to measure mass?
water A. graduated cylinder
C. Carbon dioxide + water → oxygen + B. hand lens
glucose C. pan balance
D. Carbon dioxide + glucose → oxygen+ D. scale
water
597. Is Carbon Dioxide (CO2) a Raw Mate-
591. What sugar is made in photosynthesis? rial (Ingredient) or Product of Photosyn-
thesis?
A. Sucrose
A. Product
B. Glucose B. Raw Material
C. Cellulose C. Niether
D. none of above D. What’s Photosynthesis?
592. Water is take in by the plant through the 598. Which best describes a process of photo-
synthesis? Photosynthesis is the process
A. Roots by which plants convert-
B. Stem A. radiant energy into chemical energy.
C. filament B. heat energy into mechanical energy.
D. flower C. heat energy and chemical energy.
D. chemical energy into heat energy.
593. What are moss plants produced from?
599. What is the location of respiration?
A. Seeds
A. stomata
B. Spores B. chloroplasts
C. Cones C. mitochondria
D. Spruce D. no location

600. A student is collecting the gas given off 606. what is the major photosynthetic region
from a plant in bright sunlight. The gas of the leaf?
being collected is probably

A. palasade mesophyll layer
A. oxygen B. spongy layer
B. carbon dioxide C. guard cells
C. ATP D. stomata
D. glucose 607. Which of the following environmental fac-
601. Where do plants get the energy for pho- tors do not effect on photosynthetic rate?
tosynthesis to take place? A. Light Intensity
A. nutrients in the soil B. Temperature
B. the sun C. Oxygen
C. chlorophyll D. Carbon Dioxide
D. bee pollination 608. Identify all of the products of cellular res-
piration:
602. Molecular oxygen is produced during-
A. Glucose and Oxygen
A. the Calvin Cycle
B. Carbon Dioxide and Water
B. the light reactions of photosynthesis
C. Carbon Dioxide, Water, and ATP
C. glycolysis
D. Oxygen, Water, and Glucose
D. the electron transfer chain
609. What do plants need for the photosynthe-
603. It’s an example of carbon dioxide: sis process?
A. soil A. a camera and tripod
B. oxygen B. light, carbon dioxide, and water
C. sunlight C. roots, flowers, and bees
D. human breath D. soil, air, and oxygen
604. Photosynthesis occurs in 610. Most autotrophs obtain the energy they
need to sustain life through the chemical-
A. Humans process of-
B. Animals A. eating other organisms
C. Plants B. cellular respiration
D. All of the above C. autotrophic fermentation
605. Identify the gas that is a reactant in pho- D. photosynthesis

tosynthesis: 611. What do the light reactions produce?
A. Nitrogen A. ATP, NADPH, O2
B. Oxygen B. H2O, O2, Glucose
C. Carbon Dioxide C. NADP+, ADP + P, O2
D. Chlorophyll D. NADPH, H2O, ATP

612. The rate of photosynthesis decreases as 618. What is the main product of photosynthe-
the sis?
A. oxygen concentration decreases A. food
B. carbon dioxide concentration de- B. 78
creases C. leaves
C. light intensity increases D. chlorophyll
D. temperature becomes moderately
619. Photosynthesis can only occur in organ-
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warm
ism that has?
613. what are plants A. Cell wall
A. autotrophs B. Chloroplast
B. heterotrophs C. Vacuole
C. car salesmen D. Epiderm
D. trophs
620. The Calvin cycle can occur
614. How many Hydrogen are in 4H2O? A. only in the light
A. 6 B. only in the dark
B. 8 C. in either light or dark
C. 2 D. only in the presence of oxygen
D. 4
621. What is not required during respiration in
615. Which of the following is an example of plants?
an AUTOTROPH? A. Sunlight
A. Appletree B. Oxygen
B. Dog C. Glucose
C. Mushroom D. none of above
D. Human
622. What gas is RELEASED during photosyn-
616. Which of the following substances are thesis?
needed to make glucose? A. carbon dioxide
A. Hydrogen B. argon
B. Oxygen C. oxygen
C. Carbon D. nitrogen
623. In which compartment of the plant cell do
617. what is another name for the light inde- the light-independent reactions of photo-
pendent reaction synthesis take place?
A. krebs cycle A. thylakoid
B. calvin cycle B. stroma
C. atp cycle C. outer membrane
D. none of above D. mesophyll

624. Organism, such as plant or algae that can 630. The place in a plant where photosynthe-
generate photosynthesis is called as? sis happens is called

A. Heterotrophic A. phloem
B. Plantae
B. chlorophyll
C. Autotrophic
C. chloroplasts
D. Living thing
D. oxygen
625. Where do the light reactions take place?
A. stroma 631. What happens to matter and energy as
B. thylakoid membranes they go through the process of photosyn-
thesis?
C. matrix
A. Both are lost
D. cytoplasm
B. Both are conserved
626. REVIEW QUESTION:Which lab tool al-
lows us to better see things that are far C. Matter is lost, energy is conserved
away?
D. Energy is lost, matter is conserved
A. microscope
B. hand lens 632. When oxygen is released as a result of
photosynthesis, it is a direct by-product of
C. telescope
D. scale A. reducing NADP+
627. How does water enter the plant? B. splitting water molecules
A. Through the roots of the plant. C. chemiosmosis
B. Through the top of the leaf. D. electron transfer in photosystem II
C. Through the pistil in the flower. and I
D. Through the stomata in the underside
633. What absorbs energy from visible light?
of the leaf.
A. Chlorophyll
628. In cellular respiration, carbon starts out
in the glucose molecule, but ends up in a(n) B. Chloroplast
A. oxygen molecule C. Stroma
B. water molecule D. Carbon Dioxide
C. CO2 molecule
D. C6H12O2 molecule 634. A student is measuring the height of a
sunflower he grew. He is probably mea-
629. In which organelle does photosynthesis suring it in
occur?
A. degrees Celsius
A. Cell Wall
B. inches
B. Chlorophyll
C. Chloroplast C. meters
D. Cytoplasm D. pounds

635. What is our best evidence that Earth has C. 10%

a magnetic field? D. 85%
A. All things fall toward Earth’s center
641. How many atoms of carbon (C) are in
B. A compass needle lines up with it C6H12O6?
C. Winds blow from east to west A. 3
D. Earth’s oceans all have currents
B. 6
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636. Which of the following molecule below is C. 12
fixed during light dependent reaction?
D. 24
A. Oxygen
642. Where does the light independent reac-
B. Carbon dioxide
tion take place?
C. ATP
A. Matrix
D. NADPH
B. Stroma
637. Which tubes transport the sugar from the C. Thylakoid membrane
leaves throughout the plant?
D. Cytoplasm
A. phloem
643. Which gas do plants remove from the at-
B. xylem
mosphere during photosynthesis?
C. stem
A. hydrogen
D. roots
B. oxygen
638. Why do humans NEED plants to survive? C. nitrogen
A. They produce water we drink D. carbon dioxide
B. We eat them for energy
644. Why are plants usually green?
C. We breath the oxygen they release
A. Because the chlorophyll reflects green
D. They absorb the carbon dioxide we re- light
lease
B. Because the chlorophyll absorbs green
639. Evan sees plants growing in a garden. light
In which way do the plants receive nutri- C. Because the accessory pigments com-
ents? bine to make green
A. from leaves decaying in the soil D. Because the accessory pigments only
B. from sunlight heating up the soil absorb green light
C. from wind blowing through the soil 645. Plants take in from the air as one key
D. from insects crawling on top of the soil ingredient for photosynthesis
640. About how much of earth’s atmosphere A. oxygen

is Nitrogen? B. soil
A. 78% C. carbon dioxide
B. 20% D. sugar

646. Chlorophyll absorbs light. C. It drinks water from the soil the plant
A. red-blue is in.

B. yellow D. It breathes in the carbon dioxide.
C. green 652. During photosynthesis in plants, what

D. light greens is the source of the carbon in the sugar
molecule (C6H12O6)?
647. What is the green pigment that absorbs
A. Carbon dioxide in the air
light energy?
B. The radiation from the Sun
A. Glucose
C. Carbon particles in the soil
B. Mitochondrion
D. Carbon particle in water
C. Chlorophyll
D. Chloroplast 653. In what organelle of plant cells does pho-
tosynthesis occur?
648. Intermediate metabolite which is formed
during the light independent reaction in A. mitochondria
photosynthesis is B. centrioles
A. NADH C. chloroplast
B. Oxygen D. ribosomes
C. Ribulose bisphosphate
654. The hydrogen ions from splitting water
D. Water are used directly to
649. The reactions of the Calvin Cycle take A. make NADPH
place in the B. make glucose
A. stroma
C. absorb light
B. thylakoid membrane
D. make ATP
C. matrix
655. Green plants absorb water from the soil
D. cytoplasm
through
650. What is the food that plants produce dur- A. xylem
ing photosynthesis?
B. phloem
A. chlorophyll
C. root hairs
B. glucose
D. chloroplasts
C. chloroplasts
D. carbon dioxide 656. What is the source of energy for the light
reaction of photosynthesis?
651. What part does chlorophyll play in photo-
A. ATP
synthesis?
B. glucose
A. It transports sugar and water to a
plants leaves C. the sun
B. It captures the sun’s energy D. all of these

657. What is the phenomena that allows C. Plants use the carbon dioxide humans
plants to know which way is up and make and turn it into oxygen.
down? D. Plants need humans to talk to them.
A. Photosynthesis
663. If a plant does not have enough carbon
B. Phototropism dioxide, which of the following events
C. Geotropism could happen?
D. Turgor Pressure A. It will make more glucose.
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658. Water in the roots travels through to B. It will make less glucose.
reach the leaves C. It will have no effect on photosynthe-
A. chloroplasts sis.
B. phloem D. The plant will grow faster.

C. root hairs 664. What gas is released by plants from the
D. xylem process of photosynthesis?
A. air
659. What is the function of NADPH and ATP?
B. carbon dioxide
A. They absorb light
C. oxygen
B. They power the light-dependent reac-
tions D. hydrogen
C. They are light-reflecting pigments 665. Which of the following is a sign that a
D. They act as short-term energy storage chemical reaction has occurred?
A. change in shape
660. Spinach is an example of the of the
plant B. melting
A. Leaves C. formation of a gas
B. Root D. dissolving
C. Stem 666. A green pigment in all plants responsible
D. Flower for the absorption of sunlight.
A. chloroplast
661. Which molecule must enter the Calvin cy-
cle continually for the light-independent re- B. chlorophyll
actions to take place? C. leave
A. RuBisCO D. glucose
B. RuBP
667. What gas do plants need to make their
C. 3-PGA own food?
D. C O2 A. Carbon Dioxide
662. Why do plants need humans? B. Hydrogen
A. Plants use the oxygen humans make. C. Nitrogen
B. Plants need someone to water them. D. Oxygen

668. Which part of the plant makes the food? C. Glucose and Oxygen
A. roots D. Glucose and Carbon Dioxide

B. stem
674. What molecule do cells use for their en-
C. leaf
ergy?
D. flower
A. ATP
669. Which carbohydrate do we store in our B. Oyxgen
liver and serves as an energy reserve?
C. Carbon
A. Starch
B. Glycogen D. Protein
C. Glucose 675. What is the purpose of cellular respira-

D. Cellulose tion?
670. The role of water molecule in light depen- A. to break down food
dent reaction is to B. to create energy in the body
A. Hydrolyse NADP+ at the end of the C. to release energy from food
ETC
D. there is none; it’s a waste of time
B. Involve directly in the production of
ATP
676. Which polysaccharide makes up the ex-
C. Replace the excited electron of reac- oskeleton of insects?
tion centre molecule in photosystem II
A. cellulose
D. Involve directly in Calvin Cycle
B. starch
671. Photosynthesis:
C. chitin
A. a chemical process where light is con-
verted into stored chemical energy D. glycogen
B. a process where a plant grows 677. Water splits into what three things?
C. Cooking Show A. oxygen, electrons, hydrogen ions
D. Fluid-filled region within the chloro-
B. electrons, ATP, and NADPH
plast
C. Rubisco, RuBP, G3P
672. In what process does ATP get created?
D. hydrogen ions, electrons, carbon diox-
A. photosynthesis
ide
C. radiation 678. REVIEW QUESTION:What does a gradu-
ated cylinder measure?
D. chemical
A. mass
673. The two PRODUCTS of photosynthesis
are B. weight
A. Water and Oxygen C. density
B. Water and Carbon Dioxide D. volume

679. Which of the following is not a compound 685. Where does cellular respiration take
involved in photosynthesis? place in the cell?
A. Water A. Cell Membrane
B. Sugar B. Nucleus
C. Oxygen C. Mitochondria
D. Carbon Dioxide D. Vacuole
686. What does chlorophyll capture?
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680. is a colorless, odorless gas exhaled
by animals A. Chlorophyll captures water from the
A. chlorophyll air.
B. water molecules B. Chlorophyll captures carbon dioxide
from the air.
C. carbon dioxide
C. Chlorophyll captures the energy of sun-
D. phloem
light.
681. A colorless, orderless gas released during D. Chlorophyll captures baseballs.
photosynthesis
687. Is Glucose (C6H12O6) a Raw Material
A. hydrogen
(Ingredient) or Product of Photosynthe-
B. carbon sis?
C. nitrogen A. Product
D. oxygen B. Raw Material
682. In which organism(s) does photosynthe- C. Niether
sis occur? D. What’s Photosynthesis?
A. plants
688. When does stomata close and opens?
B. algae
A. When sunlight needed
C. some bacteria
B. When lack of Glucose
D. all of these
C. When it loses water it closes and when
683. Why do living things need energy? it is filled with water it opens
A. To move around D. When it is cut
B. To reproduce 689. what is the storage(s) form of carbohy-
C. To carry out life’s functions drate found in mammals?
D. All of the above A. Glucose and glycogen
B. Glycogen
684. What molecule absorbs sunlight for pho-
tosynthesis? C. starch
A. chloroplast D. Fiber and glycogen
B. thylakoid 690. Photosynthesis occurs
C. grana A. in the cells of autotrophs.
D. chlorophyll B. in the cells of heterotrophs.

C. only in the upper troposphere. 696. In a light-independent reaction, ATP and

D. when plants or animals decompose. CO2 is needed to make

A. carbon dioxide
691. Which foods do not contain natural
sugar? B. sugar
A. apple C. ATP
B. milk D. chlorophyll
C. strawberry 697. Where does energy first come into an

D. none of the above ecosystem?
A. Producers make energy
692. What provides energy for the plant to
make its own food during photosynthe- B. The sunlight provides energy to pro-
sis? ducers
A. batteries C. Consumers obtain energy from ani-
mals
B. electricity
D. Scavengers obtain energy from dead
C. food plants
D. sunlight
698. If an object appears black, this means all
693. Explain why this statement is incor- 7 colors of the visible light spectrum are
rect:“Plants create energy through photo-
synthesis A. reflected
A. Plants create energy through respira-
B. abosrbed
tion.
C. diffracted
B. plants need food
D. none of above
C. plants make there own energy
D. plants need sun only 699. Plants use the process of photosynthesis
to do what?
694. Which of these would be considered a C4
A. Get bigger.
Pathway plant?
B. Make food.
A. cactus
C. Take photos.
B. sugar cane
D. none of above
C. oak tree
D. aglae 700. The type of food a plant stores is
A. fat
695. What are the little green bodies in the
plant that soak up sunlight? B. leaves
A. cholorophyll C. seeds
B. cholorplasts D. sugar
C. coloredgreens 701. pick the word equation for photosynthe-
D. photosynthesis sis.

A. Cordon dioxide + water-→Glucose + 707. A student is collecting the gas given off
oxygen from a plant in bright sunlight at a tem-
perature of 27◦ C. The gas being collected
B. C02 +H20-→ C6H12O6+O2
is probably
C. water
A. oxygen
D. carbon dioxide B. carbon dioxide
702. What are the products of the Calvin Cy- C. ATP
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cle? D. glucose
A. carbohydrates(glucose)
708. Increasing the intensity of light had what
B. water effect on photosynthesis?
C. oxygen A. It slowed it down
D. ATP B. It sped up
C. It stayed the same
703. The roots absorb what for the plant?
D. none of above
A. Water and Nutrients
709. These are the principal elements of the
B. Soil and Sun
photosynthesis.
C. Warmth and Water A. sun, water, soil
D. Sun and Photosynthesis B. water, air, sun
704. Plants breath in carbon dioxide and C. sunlight, water, carbon diaxide
breath out D. carbon dioxide. soil, air.
A. water 710. What does ATP synthase do?
B. oxygen A. Create ATP in chemiosmosis.
C. carbon dioxide B. Break down ATP in chemiosmosis.
D. transpiration C. Break down NADPH.
705. Which process releases oxygen? D. Create NADPH.
A. Light-Dependent Reactions 711. The production of ATP during photosyn-

thesis requires
B. Calvin Cycle
A. energy release when electrons move
C. Cytoplasmic Streaming down their concentration gradient
D. Osmosis B. ATP synthase binds H+ ions to ADP
706. What is the location of Transpiration C. Energy from electrons passing
through electron transport chains
A. The leave
D. spitting water
B. The petal
712. is a graph that shows the rate of
C. The stem
photosynthesis at different wavelengths
D. there is no location of light

A. absorption spectrum 718. Where is chlorophyll found in the chloro-

plast?
B. action spectrum

A. in the stroma
C. chlorophylls
B. within photosystems
D. carotenoids
C. in the ATP synthase
713. Why can’t animals do photosynthesis? D. in the electron carrier molecule
A. They are not green
719. This part of the plant acts like an “eleva-
B. Animals don’t need energy tor” carrying nutrients to the plant.
C. Animals don’t have chloroplasts A. roots
D. none of above B. stem
C. leaves
714. What are three things plants need to sur-
vive? D. flower
A. water 720. In photosynthesis, what kind of molecule

B. sunlight does hydrogen start in?
A. water
C. air
B. oxygen
D. all of the above
C. glucose
715. What is the function of NADP+? D. carbon dioxide
A. It absorbs light
721. The rate of photosynthesis decreases as
B. It is an electron carrier the
C. It is a light-reflecting pigment A. oxygen concentration decreases
D. It acts as long-term energy storage B. carbon dioxide concentration de-
creases
716. In which stage is light energy changed to
C. light intensity increases
cell energy in photosynthesis?
D. number of stomata increase
A. Stage 1
B. Stage 2 722. What part of the plant soaks up nutrients
from the ground?
C. Stage 3
A. leaves
D. Stage 4
B. stem
717. Which of the following is NOT a product C. roots
of the light-dependent reactions? D. flower
A. ATP
723. How do animals, such as humans, get en-
B. NADPH ergy?
C. Oxygen A. sunlight on the skin produces energy
D. Glucose B. water provides the majority of energy

C. food and oxygen combine to deliver en- 729. The products of photosynthesis are
ergy A. water and carbon dioxide
D. sleep provides energy stored at night B. oxygen and water
for the next day
C. sugar and cabon dioxide
724. Which factor would not increase the pro- D. oxygen and sugar (glucose)
duction of glucose by photosynthesis in
plants? 730. What three things are always needed for
photosynthesis
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A. freezing temperatures
A. water, light, fertilizer, oxygen
B. extra rainfall
B. water, light, chlorophyll, oxygen
C. increased carbon dioxide levels
C. water, roots, stems, leaves
D. increased sunlight exposure
D. water, light, chlorophyll, carbon diox-
725. The process of converting carbon dioxide ide
into sugars is called what? 731. Leaves contain a natural subtance which
A. Photosynthesis makes plants green named
B. Glycolisis A. stem
C. The Calvin Cycle B. oxygen
D. Cellular Respiration C. carbon dioxide
D. Chlorophyll
726. What is the green pigment that “traps”
sunlight? 732. During photosynthesis, the atoms in the
water and carbon dioxide to form oxy-
A. Chlorophyll
gen and glucose.
B. Chloroplasts A. Change
C. Photosynthesis B. Multiply
D. ATP C. Rearrange
727. Which polysaccharide is used by plants to D. Disappear
make their cell wall?
733. Which of the following helps with plant
A. starch reproduction?
B. glycogen A. Pollen
C. cellulose B. Stem
D. chitin C. Roots
D. Leaves
728. Celery is an example of the of a plant
734. what is the earths magnetic field useful
A. Root
for
B. Flower
A. deflecting the solar wind, charged par-
C. Offspring ticles that come from the Sun.
D. Stem B. wind

C. sun 740. A scientist is trying to test a solution for

D. light simple sugars. What solution or indicator
should he/she use?

735. Plants take in radiant energy and turn it A. Lugol’s (Iodine)
into what form of energy? B. Benedict’s
A. Chemical C. Biuret solution
B. Thermal D. Sudan IV
C. Potential
741. What does synthesis mean?
D. Kinetic A. Photo
736. Which gas is taken in by the plant during B. Make
photosynthesis? C. Light
A. hydrogen D. Color
B. oxygen 742. The chloroplast has stacked membranes,
C. nitrogen what is the purpose of the stacked mem-
branes in doing photosynthesis?
D. carbon dioxide
A. water absorption for photosynthesis
737. Chlorophyll is defined as B. increased CO2 absorption
A. Green Pigment C. increase surface area
B. the chemical process when plants D. support of the plant
make their own food
743. What is the energy conversion during
C. main product of plants making food photosynthesis?
D. the green pigment that captures the A. chemical → chemical
energy of sunlight
B. thermal → electrical
738. How many carbon dioxide molecule must C. chemical → electrical
be added to RuBP to make a single D. radiant → chemical
molecule of glucose?
744. What are the little holes underneath a
A. 3
leaf called?
B. 4
A. Ribosomes
C. 5 B. Roots
D. 6 C. Stomata
739. Which of the following represents the D. Pores
raw materials of photosynthesis? 745. How many Aluminum are in Al2O3?
A. carbon dioxide and oxygen A. 3
B. carbon dioxide and water B. 2
C. glucose and oxygen C. 5
D. water and glucose D. none of above

746. Which of the following are raw materials C. They use carbon dioxide and give us
of photosynthesis? oxygen
A. Carbon dioxide and oxygen D. They provide shade for insects
B. Carbon dioxide and water
752. During photosynthesis, different gases
C. Glucose and oxygen move in and out of plant cells. Which
D. Water and glucose phrase best represents the net flow of
gases involved in photosynthesis?
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747. pick the balanced chemical equation for
A. Carbon dioxide moves in; nitrogen
photosynthesis.
moves out
A. C02 +H20-→ C6H12O6+O2
B. Carbon dioxide moves in; oxygen
B. Cordon dioxide + water-→Glucose + moves out
oxygen
C. Oxygen moves in; nitrogen moves out
C. Oxgyen
D. none of above
D. Water
753. Which of the following is NOT a limit-
748. What is another name for glucose?
ing factor for photosynthesis? (It is not
A. Chlorophyll needed for photosynthesis)
B. Chloroplasts A. light
C. Stomata B. oxygen
D. Sugar C. carbon dioxide
749. Releasing energy from food is called D. temperature
A. plant transpiration
754. Which equation best summarizes the pro-
B. perspiration cess of photosynthesis?
C. curculation A. Oxygen + carbon dioxide + light en-
D. cellular respiration ergy → sugars + oxygen
B. Sugars + oxygen + light energy →
750. In chemiosmosis in mitochondria, protons
water + carbon
flow from the intermembrane space into
the matrix, whereas in chemiosmosis in C. Water + carbon dioxide + light en-
chloroplasts, protons flow from ergy → sugars + oxygen
A. stroma into the cytosol D. none of above
B. stroma to the thylakoid space
755. Which of the following go through
C. thylakoid space to the stroma the process of photosynthesis (taking in
D. intermembrane space to the stroma CO2)?
A. bees
751. Why are producers (plants) important for
all life on Earth? B. corn plants
A. They make our world more beautiful C. humans
B. They make the planet look green D. dogs

4.4 Respiration in Plants 789
756. Xylem carries- 760. Where do the light-dependent reactions

occur?
A. water up from the roots

B. water down from the leaves
B. stroma
C. Glucose from the roots
C. mesophyll
D. Glucose down the stem
D. mitochondria
757. I am testing for the presence of glucose (a
761. What group of pigments break down
monosaccharide/simple sugar), which pair
later in the year and give leaves their or-
would indicate a positive test?
ange, red, and yellow colors?
A. Benedicts/light blue A. carotenoids
B. Iodine/brown B. chlorophyll a
C. Benedicts/orange C. chlorophyll b
D. Iodine/dark blue D. rhodopsin
758. The process of Photosynthesis produces 762. What time of day do plants photosynthe-
size?
A. Carbon Dioxide
A. Nighttime only
B. Nitrogen
B. daytime and night time
C. Oxygen
C. daytime only
D. Hydrogen
D. only in the summer
759. Plants gather the sun’s energy with light- 763. Which of the following carry out photo-
absorbing molecules called synthesis
A. thylakoid membranes. A. elephants
B. pigments. B. trees
C. granum. C. humans
D. glucose. D. ducks
4.4 Respiration in Plants

1. One same common function is performed leave?
by A. Chloroplasts
A. stomata and veins B. Roots
B. stomata and lenticels C. Stomata
C. lenticels and sepals D. Seeds
D. lenticels and hydathodes 3. One function of roots is
2. Through what part of the plant are gases A. transport food
such as CO2 and O2 able to enter and B. anchor plant

C. carry out photosynthesis 9. If a closed container has 500 L of CO2 in

D. gas exchange it and a plant is placed inside, what will
happen to the amount of CO2 in the con-
4. Photosynthesis is a biochemical reaction in- tainer?
volving reactants and products. Which bio- A. It will increase
chemical process is the opposite of photo-
synthesis? B. It will decrease
A. DNA Synthesis C. It will stay the same
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B. RNA Synthesis D. none of above
C. Aerobic Respiration 10. How do plants store sugar?
D. Anaerobic Respiration A. as fatty tissue in the veins
5. Where are the seeds located on an adult B. as starch to be broken down later
plant? C. as a thick liquid in the root cap
A. roots D. in underdeveloped leaves
B. stem
11. Throwback! Which of the following types
C. leaf
of cells contain mitochondria?
D. flower
A. Animal cells only
6. Leaf is the site of and process B. Animal and bacterial cells
A. Respiration C. Animal and plant cells
B. Photosynthesis D. Animal, plant and bacterial cells
C. Both 1 and 2
12. The equation below represents a biological
D. Secreation process. Where is this process completed?
7. What is the formula for photosynthesis? glucose + oxygen → carbon dioxide + wa-
ter + energy
A. Carbon dioxide + Water → Glucose +
Oxygen A. mitochondria
B. Glucose + Oxygen → Carbon dioxide B. ribosomes

+ Water C. cell membrane
C. Carbon dioxide + Glucose → Oxygen D. chloroplasts
+ Water
13. What is cellular respiration?
D. Carbon dioxide + Oxygen → Glucose
+ Water A. the breakdown of glucose to release
ATP
8. What are the reactants in cellular respira-
tion? B. the breakdown of glucose to release
NADH
A. glucose and oxygen
C. the breakdown of glucose to release
B. glucose and carbon dioxide FADH
C. water and carbon dioxide D. the breakdown of glucose to release
D. oxygen and glucose carbon

14. What do stomata takes during the photo- 19. Statement A) leaf is the site for photo-
synthesis? synthesis. Statement B) plants or trees
respire through stomata only

A. O
A. Both A and B are true
B. Carbon dioxide
B. Both A and B are false
C. oxygen
C. A Is false and B is true
D. none of above
D. A Is true and B is false
15. Which step is the same in both forms of 20. Which tissue type is found in the center of
fermentation, as well as in cellular respi- a root that helps to transport water and
ration? minerals throughout the plant?
A. formation of carbon dioxide and alco- A. Vascular
hol
B. Dermal
B. formation of carbon dioxide and water C. Ground
D. Epidermal
C. breakdown of pyruvic acid
21. What is one of the reactants of cellular res-
D. breakdown of glucose
piration?
16. What molecules are produced by cellular A. energy
respiration? B. glucose
A. Water & glucose C. carbon dioxide
B. Water, carbon dioxide & ATP D. water
C. Glucose, oxygen & ATP 22. Organisms that are able to take inorganic
D. Oxygen & ATP raw materials and convert them into or-
ganic products to use for food are called
17. Primary growth is the result of growth of A. Autotrophs
cells made by the
B. Heterotrophs
A. cork cambium C. Decomposers
B. vascular cambium D. Consumers
C. apical meristem
23. What do plants absorb from the air?
D. primary xylem A. Oxygen
18. Plant cells that are specialized for cell divi- B. Carbon Dioxide
sion are most likely found in what part of C. None of the two.
the plant?
D. none of above
A. root tips
24. What is the female part of a flower
B. stem epidermis called?
C. leaf epidermis A. Stamen
D. vascular tissue B. Pistil

C. Petal 30. At night, when photosynthesis stops what

D. Anther do plants expel?
A. Oxygen
25. Which process in eukaryotic cells will pro-
B. Carbon dioxide
ceed normally whether oxygen (O2) is
present or absent? C. Both
A. electron transport D. none of above
B. glycolysis 31. O2 + 6H2O →C6H12O6 + O2 The reac-
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C. Krebs Cycle tant(s) for the above chemical reaction is
which of the following?
D. Electron transport chain
A. C6 H12 O6 + 6O2
26. Plants also take in oxygen from air and B. 6CO2 + 6 H2O
give out
C. ATP
A. photosynthesis
D. C6 H12 O6
B. wastes
32. The respiration in roots takes place by
C. nutrients
process
D. carbon dioxide
A. Diffusion
27. Carbon Dioxide is to Photosynthesis as B. Osmosis
Oxygen is to C. Exchange
A. Anaerobic Respiration D. None of the above
B. Photosynthesis
33. The process carried out by yeast that
C. Cellular Respiration causes bread to rise is
D. Energy A. alcoholic fermentation
28. This is the first step of cellular respiration B. lactic acid fermentation
A. Glycolysis C. cellular respiration
B. Lactic Acid Fermentation D. yeast mitosis
C. Alcoholic Fermentation 34. Throwback! The cells of animals and plants

D. Aerobic Respiration share many characteristics. Which of the
following cell structures in present in both
29. The maintenance of homeostasis in ani- animal and plant cells?
mals is MOST directly related to which? A. cell wall
A. recombination of chromosomes during B. chloroplast
meiosis
C. mitochondria
B. percentage of protein molecules in the
D. large central vacuole
organism
C. growth and development of the organ- 35. Fermentation occurs in the cell’s
ism A. cytoplasm
D. use and production of energy B. nucleus

C. cell membrane 41. The equation below represents a biological

process. Where is this process completed?
D. cristae
carbon dioxide + water → glucose + oxy-

36. In cellular respiration, the electron trans- gen
port chain takes place in A. mitochondria
A. the membrane of the mitochondrion B. ribosomes
B. the folds of the mitochondrion C. cell membrane
D. chloroplasts
C. the cytoplasm
D. the cell nucleus 42. Which is the biological importance of the
molecule adenosine triphosphate (ATP)?
37. When is lactic acid produced? A. creates glucose from light
A. Photosynthesis because of the glucose B. makes biological proteins
C. provides chemical energy
B. Anaerobic Respiration because of the D. repairs cell membranes
lack of oxygen
43. Product of photosynthesis are
C. Aerobic Respiration because of the A. carbon dioxide and glucose
oxygen
B. oxygen and glucose
D. Photosynthesis, when there isn’t
C. water and glucose
enough glucose
D. none of above
38. water evaporates from the leaf
44. Seed structure that protects seed
A. condensation A. radicle
B. transpiration B. plumule
C. evaporation C. testa
D. precipitation D. endosperm
45. Rate of transpiration is low in
39. produces new cells to increase plant
length A. .water plants
A. ground tissue B. Forest plant
C. Desert plant
B. vascular tissue
D. All of the above
C. meristematic tissue
46. If xylem were damaged, what would be
D. dermal tissue
the effect?
40. Glycolysis takes place in the A. Plant would not be able to transport
food down
A. mitochondria
B. Plant would not be able to transport
B. cell membrane water up
C. cytoplasm C. Plant cannot collect sunlight anymore
D. nucleus D. Plant will become diseased and die

47. is the process in which plants make 53. How is the food transported to the other
food. parts of the plant?
A. reproduction A. Through the stem
B. fertilization B. Through the roots
C. photosynthesis C. Through the air
D. binary fission D. none of above
48. What green pigment is used to trap light
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54. What are the products in cellular respira-
energy from the Sun to be used for photo- tion?
synthesis?
A. water and carbon dioxide
A. Chlorophyll
B. water and glucose
B. Xanthophyll
C. carbon dioxide and oxygen
C. Carotene
D. glucose and oxygen
D. Chloroplast
55. The water carrying vascular tissue of
49. Stem respire through plants
A. Stomata A. stomata
B. Lenticles B. phloem
C. Root hair
C. xylem
D. None
D. guard cells
50. responsible for opening and closing the
56. The main function of the leaves of a plants
stomata
is
A. cell membrane
A. carry out photosynthesis
B. phloem
B. support the plant
C. guard cells
C. get water to all plant parts
D. xylem
D. anchor the plant
51. The process that converts food (glucose)
into energy is called 57. carbon dioxide & water & ATP
A. Cellular Respiration A. products of cellular respiration
B. Photosynthesis B. products of photosynthesis
C. Chloroplast C. reactants of cellular respiration
D. Carbon dioxide D. reactants of photosynthesis
52. Glucose travels the plant, through the 58. In this part the plants make their own
food.
A. up, phloem A. Roots
B. down, phloem B. Stem
C. up, xylem C. Leaves
D. down, xylem D. none of above

59. This is referred to as the energy currency 65. reaches the air in the soil particles .
of the cell A. root

A. ADP B. root hair
B. ATP C. root particles
C. Mitochondria D. none of above
D. Nucleus
66. Which of the following statements about
60. First the roots ansorb Glycolysis is TRUE?
A. Water and vitamins A. Anerobes do not initiate respiration
B. Water and minerals with Glycolysis
B. It occurs in Mitochondria
C. Water and carbon dioxide
C. It was first described by Embden, Mey-
D. none of above
erhof and Parnas
61. What gas is released into the air during D. One molecule of glucose is broken
cellular respiration? down into 2 molecules of Lactic acid
A. oxygen
67. How do plants breathe?
B. carbon dioxide
A. Through the stem
C. water
B. Through the stomata
D. glucose
C. Through the chloroplast
62. Which of the following is correct about D. none of above
photosynthesis?
68. Bromothymol blue turns blue in the pres-
A. Occur during day and night
ence of Oxygen. When would it turn the
B. Use oxygen (Oxygen in) most blue?
C. Produce water A. When a plant is in the sunlight
D. Use carbon dioxide (Carbon dioxide in) B. When a plant is in the dark
63. What is the molecule called that mitochon- C. When cellular respiration is happening
dria produce when they respire glucose?
A. ATP D. When oxygen is removed from the air
B. ADP 69. When you eat food, what reactant of cel-
C. DNA lular respiration are you obtaining?
D. 80p A. ATP
B. oxygen
64. every in an organism needs oxygen to
perform life activities C. glucose
A. tissue D. carbon dioxide
B. cell 70. The photosynthesis ocurrs in:
C. organ A. The morning
D. veins B. The night

C. The morning and night C. both physical and chemical

D. none of above D. None
71. Covers and protects the plant 77. Macromolecules are large macromolecules
A. meristematic tissue that are made up of smaller molecules.
Which of the following correctly pairs a
B. dermal tissue
macromolecule with one of its parts?
C. vascular tissue
A. protein and fatty acid
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D. ground tissue
B. lipid and monosaccharide
72. Is the smallest unit with the basic proper- C. DNA and phosphate group
ties of life.
D. carbohydrate and amino acid
A. particle
B. cell 78. vascular tissue that transports sugars
throughout the plant
C. respiration
A. fermentation
D. none of above
B. ATP
73. The amount of sugar and oxygen that a
C. xylem
leaf produces is related to the leaf’s
D. phloem
A. volume
B. surface area 79. The respiratory organ of aquatic animals
C. color is
D. flexibility A. lungs
B. trachea
74. Cellular Respiration occurs in
C. nothing, they don’t breathe
A. only plants
D. gills
B. only animals
C. both plants and animals 80. Which organism uses Anaerobic Respira-
tion?
D. neight plants nor animals
A. Plants
75. Unlike photosynthesis, cellular respiration
occurs in B. Animals
A. animal cells only C. Bacteria
B. plant cells only D. Protist

C. prokaryotic cells only. 81. What is another word for anaerobic respi-
D. all eukaryotic cells ration?
A. Fermentation
76. The energy released in respiration process
is energy B. Breathing
A. Physical C. Glycolysis
B. Chemical D. Synthesis

82. What happens during photosynthesis? 88. Glycolysis is a process

A. Heterotrophs consume ATP. A. in which glycogen is broken down into

B. Heterotrophs produce ATP glucose
C. Autotrophs consume carbohydrates. B. which occurs in mitochondria
D. Autotrophs produce carbohydrates C. in which glucose is broken down into
pyruvate
83. In which organelle inside of plant cells does D. that occurs next to Krebs cycle
the process of photosynthesis occur?
A. Mitochondria 89. what does the plant release during the res-
piration?
B. Ribosomes
A. oxygen
C. Cell Wall
B. carbon
D. Chloroplasts
C. carbon dioxide
84. What colour is the red blood cell when it D. none of above
has just left a leg?
A. blue 90. What is the name of the structure on a leaf
that lets gasses flow in and out?
B. dark browny red
A. Stomata
C. colorless
B. Cell membrane
D. bright red
C. chlorophyll
85. What is the purpose of aerobic/cellular D. chloroplast
respiration?
A. to break down food 91. has diverse functions like photosynthesis
and nutrient storage
B. to create energy in the body
A. dermal tissue
C. to release energy from food
B. ground tissue
D. there is none; it’s a waste of time
C. vascular tissue
86. Fermentation is a type of Anaerobic Respi- D. meristematic tissue
ration. How does the energy compare to
Aerobic Respiration? 92. What acidic gas do animals produce in aer-
A. It is more obic respiration?
B. It is the same A. Oxygen
C. It is less B. Carbon Dioxide
D. It varies based on sunlight C. Nitrogen
D. Water
87. What turns from clear to cloudy when car-
bon dioxide is added to it? 93. What is the male part of the flower?
A. Acid A. Petals
B. Hydrogen Carbonate Indicator B. Sepals
C. Water C. Stamen
D. Limewater D. Pistil

94. At night, plants absorb more and re- 99. what does the plant release during the
lease more photosynthesis?
A. Absorb more water and release more A. oxygen
energy. B. carbon
B. Absorb more Carbon Dioxide and Re- C. carbon dioxide
lease more Oxygen.
D. none of above
C. Absorb more Oxygen and release
100. How are photosynthesis and cellular res-
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more Carbon Dioxide.
D. none of above piration related?
A. They have the same equation
95. Which of the following statements is incor-
rect for Anaerobic respiration? B. They both produce carbon dioxide
C. They have opposite equations
A. Incomplete breakdown of respiratory
substrate D. They both produce oxygen
B. End products ate Ethanol or Lactic acid 101. Throwback! A pseudoscience describes
with CO2 ideas or theories that seem scientific but
C. Occurs in the absence of O2 are not. Which of the following can be clas-
sified as pseudoscience?
D. It is common in higher plants
A. Ecology
96. This process does not make ATP alone, but
B. Geology
it allows glycolysis to continue making ATP
when oxygen is unavailable for cellular C. Phrenology
respiration. D. Genetics
A. Fermentation
102. What are the small holes on the under-
B. Electron Transport Chain side of plant leaves called?
C. Glycolysis A. Guard Cells
D. Kreb’s cycle B. Stomates
97. Cellular respiration is called an aerobic pro- C. Air Spaces
cess because it requires D. Vascular Cells
A. light
103. What gas is given off as a result of res-
B. exercise piration?
C. oxygen A. oxygen
D. glucose B. carbon dioxide
98. Which molecule is the product of Glycolysis C. hydrogen
and the reactant of the Krebs Cycle? D. nitrogen
A. pyruvic acid 104. Inside of which cell organelle does cellular
B. carbon dioxide respiration take place?
C. water A. Ribosome
D. oxygen B. Cell Membrane

C. Nucleus 110. What is the main purpose of seeds in

plants that have them?
D. Mitochondria

A. To protect and distribute the zygote
105. Which of the following is not an electron B. To entice animals to eat the plant
carrier in the Electron transport system in
Respiration? C. To be fertilized by other plants
A. Cyt b D. To store water for the mother plant
B. UQ 111. If the xylem in a young tree is damaged,

which process is first affected?
C. Cyt a
A. performing photosynthesis
D. O2
B. transporting sugar to the roots
106. What acidic gas do plants produce in aer- C. transporting water to the leaves
obic respiration?
D. absorbing water from the soil
A. Oxygen
112. Plants respire through
B. Carbon Dioxide
A. Root
C. Nitrogen
B. Stem
D. Water
C. Leaf
107. This part fixes the plant to the ground. D. All the above
A. Roots 113. Root hairs collect O2 from
B. Stem A. Water
C. Leaves B. Air
D. none of above C. Soil spaces
D. Both 1 and 2
108. In anaerobic respiration, is not re-
quired. 114. The energy released in respiration is in
the form of molecule
A. ATP
A. ATP
B. Glucose
B. Adenosine triphosphate
C. Oxygen
C. Nitrogen
D. None of these
D. Both 1 and 2
109. Cells require glucose and to undergo 115. The female reproductive organ of a
respiration flower
A. Water A. stamen
B. Soil B. petal
C. Carbon dioxide C. pistil
D. Oxygen D. sepal

116. What do the plants release during the res- 122. is called the energy currency of the
piration? cell.
A. Oxygen A. ALL OF THE BELOW
B. O2 B. ASAP(Adenosine Triphosphate)
C. Carbon Dioxide C. AFP (Adenosine Triphosphate)
D. CO2 D. ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate)
123. Throwback! Cells can be prokaryotic or
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117. Which organelle allows plants to convert
solar energy into chemical energy? eukaryotic. Which of the following struc-
A. Chloroplast tures is present in eukaryotic cells but NOT
in prokaryotic cells?
B. Mitochondria
A. DNA
C. Vesicle
B. Nucleus
D. ER
C. Cell Wall
118. Which process converts inorganic raw D. Cell Membrane
materials from the environment into or-
ganic molecules? 124. What do stomata takes during the respi-
ration?
A. Aerobic Respiration
A. O
B. Anaerobic Respiration
B. Carbon dioxide
C. Photosynthesis
C. oxygen
D. Homeostasis
D. none of above
119. Part of a plant that holds and protects
seeds 125. The also help to take air from the
soil
A. roots
A. root hairs
B. stem
B. photosynthesis process
C. fruit
C. plant’s roots
D. leaves
D. producing energy
120. Seed structure that grows become roots
126. Lactic acid fermentation occurs in your
A. radicle
muscles after a workout because your cells
B. plumule are struggling to get
C. cotyledon A. Glucose
D. endosperm B. Sunlight
121. What causes ATP to increase over time? C. Oxygen
A. Active transport D. Water
B. Cell movement 127. ATP has
C. Cellular Respiration A. 1 Phosphate
D. Photosynthesis B. 2 Phosphates

C. 3 Phosphates 133. and respiration processes are comple-

mentary to each other.
D. 4 Phosphates

A. Photosynthesis
128. The food is transported through the stem B. Aerobic respiration
to
C. Fermentation
A. The roots
D. none of above
B. All parts of the plant
134. Organisms that have to eat to get their
C. To the flower energy.
D. none of above A. Autotrophs
B. heterotrophs
129. The first step of cellular respirations is
C. producers
A. Krebs cycle
D. Plantae
B. ATP/ADP cycle
135. What are the products of anaerobic res-
C. Glycolysis piration?
D. ETC A. Glucose and oxygen
130. Cellular respiration is an essential pro-
cess that gives cells the energy they need C. Lactic acid/ Ethanol
for their life processes. What are the re- D. Carbon monoxide
actants of cellular respiration?
136. Which of the following organelles is re-
A. water and glucose
sponsible for cellular respiration?
B. water and carbon dioxide A. Mitochondria
C. oxygen and glucose B. Nucleus
D. glucose and ATP C. Endoplasmic Reticulum
D. Ribosome
131. can transport food and water throughout
the plant 137. Cellular respiration is
A. vascular tissue A. the process by which cells break down
glucose into energy.
B. dermal tissue
B. the process by which cells break light
C. meristematic tissue down into energy.
D. ground tissue C. the process by which cells communi-
cate with other cells.
132. Which molecule isn’t an energy carrier?
D. none of above
A. FADH2
138. The waste product produced during the
B. NADH Krebs cycle is
C. oxygen A. Oxygen
D. ATP B. Water

C. Carbon Dioxide 144. glucose & oxygen

D. ATP A. the products of photosynthesis
139. Which statement describes the role of B. the reactants of photosynthesis
flowers in plant survival? C. the products of cellular respiration
A. Flowers can absorb carbon dioxide for D. the reactants of glycolysis
sugar production.
B. Flowers produce oxygen through cellu- 145. Bean shaped structure in stomata are
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lar respiration called
C. Flowers contain cells that carry out A. Epidermal cells
photosynthesis B. Stoma
D. Flowers contain cells that produce ga- C. Guard cells
metes
D. Chloroplast
140. During the day, as part of photosynthesis
what do plants produce more? 146. What type of sugar molecule is produced
by plants during photosynthesis?
A. Carbon dioxide
A. Oxygen
B. Oxygen
B. Starch
C. Glucose
C. Glucose
D. none of above
D. Water
141. Nora notices that her plants in her win-
dow planter lean toward the Sun. This be- 147. Most photosynthetic organisms are con-
havior is called tained within which two kingdoms?
A. photosynthesis A. Plantae and Protista
B. phototropism B. Eubacteria and Fungi
C. migration C. Animalia and Fungi
D. competition D. Animalia and Plantae
142. Which cells are responsible for opening 148. Aerobic breakdown of glucose yields en-
and closing stomates to regulate water ergy which is
loss & gas exchange?
A. 2870 kJ
A. Guard Cells
B. 1870 kJ
B. Gate Cells
C. 3870 kJ
C. Vascular Cells
D. Root Cells D. 3370 kJ
143. Anaerobic respiration 149. In which tissue does growth happen?

A. doesn’t require CO2 A. Dermal
B. requires CO2 B. Meristematic
C. doesn’t require oxygen C. Ground
D. requires oxygen D. Vascular

150. What is the net gain of ATP during glycol- 155. anaerobic cellular respiration can be used
ysis? to produce energy in the absence of

A. 1 A. carbon dioxide
B. 2 B. oxygen
C. 3 C. glucose
D. 4 D. water
151. The primary role of oxygen in cellular res- 156. Which part of the plant oxygen and car-
piration is to bon dioxide go in and out?
A. yield energy in the form of ATP as it is A. Roots
passed down the respiratory chain
B. Stem
B. act as an acceptor for electrons and
C. Tiny holes in the leaf
hydrogen, forming water.
C. combine with carbon, forming CO2 D. None of the three
D. combine with lactate, forming pyruv 157. Gas exchange occurs by

ate
A. lungs
152. What is the difference between aerobic B. diffusion
and anaerobic respiration?
C. roots
A. Aerobic needs oxygen, Anaerobic does
D. nutrients and wastes
not
B. Aerobic does not need oxygen, Anaer- 158. The PHOTOSYNTHESIS produce
obic does A. Fruit
C. Aerobic occurs in plants, Anaerobic oc- B. Glucose and O2 (Oxygen)
curs in animals
C. Chlorophyll
D. Aerobic makes 2 ATP, Anaerobic
makes 32 ATP D. none of above
153. In which part of the cell does photosyn- 159. Parts of the plant that absorbs water and
thesis take place? minerals from the soil.
A. vacuole A. Leaves
B. mitochondria B. Stems
C. cell wall C. Roots
D. chloroplast D. All of the three.
154. Part of a plant that makes food 160. Where does growth happen in a plant?
A. roots A. Dermal Tissue
B. stem B. Ground Tissue
C. flower C. Vascular Tissue
D. leaves D. Meristem

161. What gas do plants need for aerobic res- C. from the soil
piration?
D. from fertilizer
A. Oxygen
B. Carbon Dioxide 167. A plant species lives in an area with lim-
ited sunlight. Which physiological adapta-
C. Nitrogen tion would be most useful to the plant?
D. Water
A. colorful flowers
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162. Which structure in the leaf controls the B. large leaves
opening and closing of the stoma?
C. deep roots
A. cuticle
D. thin cuticle
B. epidermis
C. guard cell 168. What are the reactants for aerobic cellu-
D. spongy mesophyll lar respiration?
A. Glucose & oxygen
163. The process of converting sunlight energy
into chemical energy stored in a molecule B. Glucose & carbon dioxide
is called C. Oxygen & water
A. Cellular respiration D. Water & carbon dioxide
B. Photosynthesis
C. Mitochondria 169. The process of respiration in plants oc-
curs
D. Carbon dioxide
A. When stomata are open
164. pores found on the epidermis of leaves
B. Only when photosynthesis stops
that allows for gas exchange
A. peduncle C. Only one photosynthesis in progress
B. sepal D. all the time
C. guard cells 170. When you breathe out, what reactant of

D. stomata photosynthesis are you exhaling?
165. Which type of respiration produces the A. Oxygen

most energy B. Carbon Dioxide
A. Anaerobic C. Steam
B. Aerobic D. Glucose
C. Both produce the same amount
171. Aerial roots are seen in
D. none of above
A. Tropical forest
166. How do plants get the carbon that they
need? B. Rainforest
A. from the air C. Mangroves
B. from water D. All of the aboveAll of the above

172. The male reproductive organ of the C. The morning and night
flower
D. none of above

A. pistil
B. sepal 178. Hydrogen carbonate indicator is pink.
Which colour does it turn if carbon dioxide
C. ovary is added to it?
D. stamen
A. Purple
173. Which term is the part of photosynthesis B. Blue
which uses ATP from the first stage in or-
der to produce glucose? Hint:Occurs in the C. Yellow
stroma! D. Orange
A. light-independent reactions
179. The release in energy from the sugar that
B. cellular respiration are in plant and animal cells is called
C. light-dependent reactions A. photosynthesis
D. photosynthesis
B. transpiration
174. What is NOT one fo the products of cellu- C. cellular respiration
lar respiration?
D. transition
A. CO2
B. C6H12O6 180. The whole process of making food in the
C. H2O leaves is called:
D. ATP A. Methamorphosis
B. Digestion
175. Which structure regulates gas exchange
during the processes of photosynthesis C. Photosynthesis
and respiration? D. none of above
A. CHLOROPLAST
B. CUTICLE 181. What gas do animals need for aerobic res-
piration?
C. STOMA/STOMATA
A. Oxygen
D. SEPAL
B. Carbon Dioxide
176. the place of secondary growth of stems
C. Nitrogen
and roots
A. cambium D. Water
B. phloem 182. Adenine, ribose and 3 phosphate groups
C. xylem make up
D. pith A. ATP
177. The respiration of the plants ocurrs in: B. DNA

A. The morning C. RNA
B. The night D. glucose

183. Seed structure that stores nutrients 189. The act or process of taking air into your
A. radicle lungs and releasing it.
B. plumule A. particle
C. testa B. cell
D. endosperm C. respiration
184. The reactants of cellular respiration are D. breathing
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the of photosynthesis.
A. reactants 190. In photosynthesis formation of com-
plex compounds from simple inorganic
B. glucose molecules is called
C. products
A. Anabolism
D. energy
B. Photosynthesis
185. Which of these statements about photo-
synthesis and respiration is true? C. Catabolism
A. Both processes produce food. D. None

B. Both processes release energy from
191. Dicots seed
food.
C. Photosynthesis produces oxygen; res- A. bean
piration does not. B. peanut
D. Photosynthesis produces carbon diox- C. cucumber
ide; respiration does not.
D. corn
186. What are the reactants in respiration?
A. glucose and oxygen 192. Where does cellular respiration happen?
B. glucose and carbon dioxide A. chloroplasts
C. water and carbon dioxide B. ribosomes
D. oxygen and water
C. mitochondria
187. Plants make their own food through D. cell membrane
A. Metamorphosis
B. Photosynthesis 193. What would happen if a plant didn’t have
stomates?
C. Symbiosis
A. It wouldn’t be able to regulate the loss
D. None of the three.
of glucose
188. Cellular Respiration’s goal is to B. It wouldn’t be able to regulate the loss
A. make water of water vapor
B. make ATP C. It wouldn’t be able to store carbohy-
C. make glucose drates
D. make oxygen D. It wouldn’t be able to trap sunlight

194. Throwback! Cells produce many differ- 200. What are the “powerhouses” of the cell,
ent types of proteins. Where in the cell changing food into energy that the cell can
is an mRNA sequence translated to make use?

protein A. mitochondria
A. Nucleus B. chromosomes
B. Ribosome C. vacuoles
C. Golgi Body D. nuclei
D. Mitochondria 201. Water and minerals travel uo to
195. Which help vascular plants to transport A. Leaves
materials? B. Stem
A. nutrients and water C. Roots
B. xylem and phloem D. none of above
C. oxygen and carbon dioxide 202. This is the “powerhouse” of the cell.
D. seeds and spores Most of an eukaryotic cell’s energy is
made here.
196. catabolism means process
A. mitochondria
A. building up
B. ribosomes
B. Breaking down
C. chloroplasts
C. combustion D. nucleus
D. none of these
203. The tiny hair like structure are called
197. The reactant(s) for photosynthesis are A. Root hairs
A. C6 H12 O6 + 6O2 B. Lenticles
B. 6CO2 + 6 H2O C. Aerial roots
C. ATP D. Stomata
D. C6 H12 O6 204. A chemical reaction where more energy
198. Anaerobic respiration normally occurs in is supplied and stored than released, like
photosynthesis.
A. Grass
A. endergonic
B. Cactus
B. exergonic
C. Coconut C. physical
D. Baker’s yeast D. entropy
199. When respiration occurs with oxygen, it 205. This part help the plants to stay upright
is called and support the branches and leaves.
A. anaerobic A. Roots
B. aerobic B. Stem
C. light-dependent C. Leaves
D. fermentation D. none of above

206. What gas do producers need in order to C. Only in organs

perform photosynthesis? D. Only in the brain
A. oxygen
212. Ultimate source of energy for all living
B. carbon dioxide organisms is
C. hydrogen A. Plants
D. nitrogen B. Atmosphere
C. Earth
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207. Throwback! Water has several proper-
ties that make it essential to life as we D. Sun
know it. Which property of water is most
important for delivering nutrients to cells 213. light energy is converted into chemical en-
in the human body? ergy (glucose)
A. High Specific heat
B. photosynthesis
B. Adhesion
C. endergonic reactions
C. Ability to dissolve many substances
D. exergonic reactions
D. cohesion
214. What function does ATP carry out in liv-
208. Which of the following is correct about ing things?
respiration?
A. aids in protein folding and coiling
A. Occurs during day and night
B. used to capture and transfer energy
B. Plant only
C. identifies DNA start sequences for
C. Need sunlight transcription
D. Use carbon dioxide (Carbon dioxide in) D. helps maintain the fluidity of cell mem-
branes
209. Cellular respiration happens in a cell’s
A. Mitochondria 215. Part of a plant used for support and has
tubes for carrying food, minerals, and wa-
B. Chloroplast ter
C. Nucleus A. roots
D. Cell wall B. stem
210. Where does the Krebs cycle take place? C. leaves
A. Cytoplasm D. flower
B. Inner Mitochondrial Membrane 216. A student is collecting the gas given off
from a plant in bright sunlight at a temper-
C. Outer Mitochondrial Membrane
ature of 27 degrees Celcius. The gas being
D. Mitochondrial Matrix collected is probably
211. Where does aerobic respiration occur in A. oxygen
animals? B. carbon dioxide
A. All cells C. ATP
B. Only in muscle cells D. glucose

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217. Water travels the plant, through the 219. What is the energy source for photosyn-
thesis?

A. up, phloem A. Enzymes
B. down, phloem B. Sunlight
C. up, xylem C. Glucose
D. down, xylem D. Carbohydrates
218. O2 + 6H2O →C6H12O6 + O2 The for-
mula above represents which chemical re- 220. In which organism(s) does respiration oc-
action? cur?
A. Photosynthesis A. plants
B. Glycolysis B. animals
C. Krebs Cycle C. fungus
D. Cellular respiration D. all of these
4.5 Plant Growth

1. Photoperiodism is the amount of dark or B. Internode
time without light that a plant gets C. Cambium
A. True
D. Turgor
B. False
5. Why do plants need water to germinate?
C. Maybe
A. It keeps the seed cool and dark
D. none of above
B. It releases energy stored in the seed
2. Light Intensity is
C. It causes the seed to swell and break
A. The color of the light open
B. How strong the light is D. It allows the seed to make food for the
C. How many hours the light is on young plant
D. None of the above 6. In which plant part does photosynthesis
happen?
3. PGR that affects leaf aging and leaf drop.
A. Leaves
A. Auxin
B. Roots
B. Cytokinin
C. Stems
C. Gibberellin
D. Seeds
D. Ethylene
7. Exponential growth cannot sustain for
4. The portion of a stem in a plant that is
long. The possible cause is-
between two successive leaves or leaf
pairs. A. Limited nutrient available
A. Node B. Limited space

C. Accumulation of toxic materials 13. How do some animal pollinators benefit

from helping to pollinate plants?
D. All
A. They use the petals to make their shel-
8. The tiny openings on the surface of the leaf ters
are called
B. The plants protect them from preda-
A. cuticle tors
B. stomata C. They gain pollen or nectar to eat
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C. dermis D. The pollen they collect helps them to
find a mate
D. guard cell
14. Plants have roots that take in water and
9. Which one of these plants is a nonvascular nutrients from
plant?
A. stem
A. cactus
B. soil
B. moss
C. sunlight
C. fern
D. air
D. pine
15. What is one way a plant propagates?
10. Chemical messengers that are produced in A. jumping
the plant and control growth.
B. runner
A. Hormones
C. pollinates
B. Tropisms
D. none of above
C. Compounds
16. Which of the following is correct relation-
D. Sugars ship between hormone and its function?
11. The fleshy, often sweet, part of a plant A. Absisic acid = Promote root growth
that holds the seeds. B. Ethylene = Fruit maturation
A. Fruit C. Auxin = Inhibit seed germination
B. Flower D. Cytokinin = Drought tolerance
C. Seed
17. What are specific characteristics of an in-
D. none of above dividual?
A. trait
12. What is the function of a plant’s roots?
B. gene
A. To help the plant grow next to other
plants C. phenos
B. To keep the plant in the ground and ab- D. offspring
sorb nutrients and water
18. What does a new seed need to grow?
C. To help the plant reproduce
A. dark, cold temperatures, nitrogen, and
D. To help the plant collect sunlight ice

B. light, water, nutrients, carbon dioxide, 24. Which type of plant cell has a thick pri-
and warm temperatures mary cell wall and no secondary cell wall?
Hint:It is used to support the growing

C. a spot right next to its parent plant
parts of the plant.
D. extra pollen from its parent plant
A. parenchyma
19. List three external conditions required for B. collenchyma
seed germination
C. schlerenchyma
A. soil, water, air
D. guard cells
B. suitable temperature, water, sunlight
C. oxygen, water, suitable temperature 25. The basic needs of a plant are:
D. none of above A. Air, water, light, space

B. Water, Light, Space
20. These variables keep the experiment fair
by keeping things the same C. Water, Light, Soil, Air, Space, Warmth
A. independent D. None of the above
B. dependent 26. Those will grow into flowers.

C. control A. roots
D. the law B. seedhead
21. Why do plants need air to receive matter? C. buds
A. It supplies energy D. leaves
B. It supplies sugar 27. Which condition is NOT needed for germi-

C. It supplies minerals nation?
D. It supplies carbon and oxygen A. Water

B. Oxygen
22. Birds, bats and monkeys are examples of
animals that eat the of plants and dis- C. Light
perse seeds in their droppings. D. Suitable temperature
A. an animal 28. Why do mosses require a wet environment
B. wind to reproduce
C. fruits A. The sporangia can form only in water
D. water B. The gametophyte needs to be in water
to produce gametes
23. Which is NOT true of vascular plants?
C. The spores must be dispersed by wa-
A. They are much smaller than non vascu- ter
lar plants
D. The sperm must swim thru water to
B. They can grow to be quite large reach an egg
C. Water and nutrients are absorbed
through the root hairs 29. What is another name for a seedling?
D. They have tissues that carry water and A. pollen

food B. sprout

C. mature plant 35. Increased vacuolation, cell enlargement

and new cell wall deposition are the char-
D. carbon dioxide
acteristics of cell in-
30. What is an example of a “Day-neutral A. divisional phase
plant”? B. enlongation phase
A. Pointsettias C. maturation phase
B. Irises D. differentiation phase
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C. Dandelions 36. What is the order of a plant’s life cycle?
D. lettuce A. seedling, seed, mature plant
B. mature plant, seedling, seed
31. How might the roots of a plant grow in C. seed, seedling, mature plant
space without gravity?
D. seed, mature plant, seedling
A. only down
37. Which of these is not a need of a plant?
B. only up
A. Air
C. all directions B. Space
D. only sideways C. Sun
D. Insects
32. Part 1Which do all plants need to grow?
38. This is a hormone that promotes fruit
A. Air
ripening.
B. Rocks A. Abscisic acid
C. Darkness B. Auxin
D. Hot temperatures C. Cytokinin
D. Ethylene
33. What is the scientific name for the root
that first emerges from the seed? 39. An adaptation is
A. Radicle A. a characteristic that increases an or-
ganism’s ability to survive and reproduce
B. Plumule in its environment
C. Monocot B. putting a plant in a pot
D. Dicot C. the predictable order of changes in a
community
34. When a tree grows wider in trunk diam- D. none of above
eter, this is an example of which of the
following? 40. Plants absorb nutrients from the soil with
their
A. Secondary growth
A. leaves
B. Primary growth B. roots
C. Photosynthesis C. buds
D. Xylem transport D. seedhead

41. Which one of the following is an Anti- C. The mature plant

auxin? D. The radicle

A. TIBA
47. The external factors that affect plant
B. Phosphon-D growth and development are
C. B-995 A. Temperature, Light, Gene
D. AMO-1618 B. Light, Auxin, Water
42. Which list shows all the things plants C. Water, Light, pH
MUST HAVE to survive? D. pH, Oxygen, Kalsium
A. water, sunlight, soil
48. Which part of the flower is responsible for
B. air, water, soil making seeds?
C. air, water, sunlight A. anther
D. sunlight, soil, water B. sepal
43. Pine trees each have two different kinds C. pistil
of cones. These are D. petal
A. Haploid and diploid
49. Instructions that determine how a plant
B. Male and female grows are
C. Homozygous and heterozygous A. successions
D. 1n and 2n B. genes
44. Which tropism is a response to gravita- C. adaptations

tional forces? D. none of above
A. Geotropism 50. What could happen to plants when their
B. Gravitiytropsim RESOURCES (such as water) are outside
of the required range?
C. Soiltropism
A. The plants chances of survival and
D. Hydrotropism
growth would DECREASE.
45. A plant’s response to seasonal changes in B. The plants chances of survival and
the length of night and day is called growth would INCREASE.
A. midnight C. The plants chances of survival and
B. photoperiodism growth would NOT CHANGE.
C. hormone D. none of above
D. auxin 51. The of a quinoa plant contains the
protein-rich harvest.
46. During dormancy, what plant stage is pro-
tected from extreme conditions by the A. roots
seed coat? B. buds
A. The seedling C. seedhead
B. The embryo D. leaves

52. Nastic movement resulting from contact or C. Reducer

mechanical disturbances such as shaking D. Response
A. Heliotropism
58. Because of gravity, a plant’s
B. Thermonasty
A. root grow down and stems grow up
C. Nyctinasty
B. roots grow up and stems grow down
D. Seismonasty
C. leaves grow down and roots spread
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53. Maximal size in terms of wall thick- out
ening and protoplasmic modification are
D. leaves and roots spread out
achieved by-
A. Cells of divisional phase 59. Which part of a plant contains male sex
cells?
B. Cells of maturation phase
A. pistil
C. Cells of elongation phase
B. stamen
D. Cells of meristematic tissue
C. fruit
54. After fertilization, what does the ovule de-
D. seed
velop into?
A. fruit 60. Which of the following shows the correct
relationship between a hormone and its
B. seed
function?
C. bud
A. auxin=stimulates stem elongation
D. flower
B. ethylene=fruit maturation
55. Tissue in plants that conducts sugars and C. cytokinin=drought tolerance
other metabolic products from the leaves
to the rest of the plant. D. absisic acid=promote root growth
A. Vascular cambium 61. The fungus associated with the discovery

B. Cork cambium and source of gibberellins is
C. Xylem A. Fusarium oxysporum
D. Phloem B. Fusarium solanii

C. Fusarium moniliforme
56. Define the term seed germination .
D. Fusarium longipes
A. This is the growth of a shoot
B. process where an embryo sprouts 62. How is collenchyma and sclerenchyma tis-
from a seed sue similar?
C. the growth of a plant A. They both provide protection for the

plant
D. none of above
B. They both transport material through-
57. cause faster growth. out the plant
A. Inhibitor C. They both provide support
B. Promoter D. They both provide energy for the plant

63. If a plant produces seed that are sticky or C. Plants can grow without water.
bristles, most likely moves the seed D. Plants can grow without air.
from one place to another.

69. The three layers of a normal soil are
A. an animal
A. sand, silt, and clay
B. the wind
B. topsoil, subsoil, and root zone
C. flowers
C. topsoil, subsoil, and bedrock
D. stay inside
D. none of above
64. What is an example of a “Short-day
plant”? 70. The process where seeds grow and be-
come tiny plants is called
A. Pointsettias
A. miracles
B. Irises
B. germination
C. Dandelions
C. xylem
D. Rice
D. photosynthesis
65. Hormone responsible for plant ans seed 71. Plants are successful when they
dormancy during draught is
A. make a seed
A. IBA
B. make a flower
B. NAA
C. germinate
C. ABA
D. go through the entire life cycle
D. Zeatin
72. What are things outside the organism that
66. Which of the following is NOT a stimuli can impact it?
that plants respond to? A. environmental factors
A. Animals B. genetic factors
B. Light C. habitat factors
C. Gravity D. phenotype factors
D. Water
73. Which are growth hormones that are pro-
67. What hormone speeds up the rate at which duced by the apical meristem?
a plant’s cells grow? A. Gibberelins
A. hormone B. Auxins
B. auxin C. Cytokins
C. darknessium D. Etiolations
D. visuals 74. Which part of the plant is responsible for
reproduction?
68. Which of the following is true about plant
growth? A. stem
A. Plants cannot grow without warmth. B. roots
B. Plants can grow without Sun’s energy. C. flower
D. leaf

75. moves away from light 81. The series of biochemical reactions in pho-
A. auxin tosynthesis that require light energy that
is captured by light-absorbing pigments
B. gibberellin (such as chlorophyll) to be converted into
C. cytokinin chemical energy.
D. ethylene A. Light-dependent reactions
76. Carl wants to compare how plants respond B. Carbon fixing reactions
to light. Which of the following investiga-
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C. Photoelectric effect
tions should he do?
D. Photons
A. put two plants in the freezer
B. put two plants in a warm spot 82. Which one of the following is a Precursor
C. put one plant in a cold spot and one un- of Auxin?
der a lamp A. Tryptophan
D. put one plant near a window and one B. Kaurene
plant in a dark corner
C. Zeatin
77. Which variable responds to what is being D. Methionine
tested?
A. independent 83. Which part of the flower is responsible for
B. dependent covering the plant before it blooms?
C. control A. stigma
D. none of above B. stamen
78. What traits of organisms are masked? C. sepal
A. recessive D. pistil
B. dominant 84. Bromeliads are plants that live on trees,
C. passive rocks or other structures. Which of the fol-
D. aggressive lowing is NOT REQUIRED for bromeliads
and other plants to survive?
79. Dicots have cotyledon. A. air
A. Zero
B. water
B. One
C. soil
C. Two
D. Sun’s energy
D. Depends
80. What is the name of tiny plant inside the 85. Irises and lettuce flower when nights are
seed which grows into new plant? short. They are
A. Embryo A. short-day plants

B. Food store B. long-day plants
C. Seed coat C. dormant plants
D. Scar D. day-neutral plants

86. Two other elements that help with plant C. Light

growth are
D. Soil Production

A. space and music
B. space and containers 92. What is the key to continued growth and
repair of plant cells?
C. space and time
A. Pholem
D. none of above
B. Germination
87. What will happen if a plant does not get
C. Meristem
any sunlight?
D. Diversity
A. it will turn brown and die
B. it grows new leaves 93. What is the job of the roots?
C. it will shrink A. Roots hold the plant up.
D. it grows flowers B. They capture energy from the sun for
photosynthesis.
88. During the process of germination, first
the grows downwards. C. Collect water from the ground and
transfer it to the plant.
A. roots
B. shoot D. none of above
C. seeds 94. Growth at cellular level, is principally a

D. leaf consequence in the amount of-
A. Protoplasm
89. What are plants searching for when they
grow out of the ground? (hint:it makes B. Apoplast
them grow tall) C. Cell wall
A. good air
D. Apoplasm
B. peace of mind
C. green grass 95. Which do seeds need to germinate?
D. sunlight A. Soil
B. Water
90. Which type of cell produces growth at the
root and stem of a plant? C. Minerals
A. Lateral meristems D. Sunlight
B. Apical meristems
96. The green pigment in plant leaves and
C. Vascular cambium stems that is able to trap energy from the
D. Cork cambium sun.
A. Chlorophyll
91. Which of the following is not considered a
factor that would influence dormancy? B. Bulb
A. Temperature C. Leaf
B. Mechanical constraint D. Runner

97. This is the range of certain wavelengths B. SOIL MIX

of light that a plant can use for photosyn- C. GROW MIX
thetic reactions.
D. POTTING SOIL
A. Chlorophyl A
B. Chlorophyl B 103. What is meristematic tissue AND where
is it found?
C. Photon
A. undifferentiated tissue; throughout en-
D. Absorption spectrum tire plant.
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98. Which one of these does not affect plant B. undifferentiated tissue; in apical and
growth? lateral meristems.
A. Temperature C. differentiated tissue, throughout plant
B. Water
D. differentiated tissue; in apical and lat-
C. Pot
eral meristems
D. Light
104. The outputs of Photosynthesis are
99. Which tissue provide support and strength
A. Carbon dioxide and Water
to mature plants?
B. Oxygen and Water
A. parenchyma tissue
B. sclerenchyma tissue
D. Water and Oxygen
C. xylem tissue
D. collenchyma tisssue 105. The increase in length of the shoot and
the root is
100. This is a hormone that promotes and reg-
A. primary growth
ulates the growth in plants. It is produced
in the meristem tissue. B. secondary growth
A. Abscisic acid C. germination
B. Auxin D. dormancy
C. Cytokinin 106. Which do plants get most of their matter
D. Ethylene from?
A. Air
101. The process where meristematic cells be-
come specialized is called B. Soil
A. cell differentiation C. Fungi
B. cell derivation D. Other plants
C. cell enlargement 107. The functions of the stem is:
D. cell division A. to carry water and food to the plant
102. THE GROWING MEDIUM IN HYDRO- B. Produce seeds and fruit for new plants
PONIC PRODUCTION IS GENERALLY
KNOWN AS THIS C. Produces food for the plant
A. AGGREGATE D. none of above

108. Which is NOT a way that pollen can move 113. What is wood?
from one flower to another?
A. secondary xylem

A. birds
B. secondary phloem
B. insects
C. cork cambium, cork and older sec-
C. rain ondary phloem
D. wind D. vascular cambium and secondary
xylem
109. Which is a way animals can help spread
seeds? 114. Which of these is an example of how a
plant can adapt to lose less water?
A. Eating fruit.
A. Have a waxy layer on the leaves to stop
B. Eating leaves.
transpiration
C. Digging up plants.
B. Store water in the petals
D. Eating stems.
C. Have leaves spread out
110. Why is too much algae unhealthy to a wa- D. Have no roots
ter ecosystem?
115. What are the 3 most important parts of
A. Algae makes too much carbon dioxide
a seed?
that animals need.
A. Flower, germination, pollination
B. Algae uses oxygen that is needed by
the animals in the ecosystem. B. Embryo, seed coat, cotyledon
C. Algae makes too much oxygen that an- C. The floss, fortnite rap battles, Back-
imals need. street boys
D. none of above D. Perennials and annuals
111. Which of the following is most likely in- 116. What is the suitable temperature for
herited by flowering plants? seeds germinate?
A. leaning on a pole A. 10-37 0 C
B. the ability to produce seeds B. 30-35 0 C
C. forming different shapes when C. 40-50 0 C
trimmed
D. 0 0 C
D. none of above
117. Jenny saw a tree growing red apples.
112. The amount of darkness a plant receives What stage of the plant life cycle is the
determiners what in many plants? tree in?
A. time of flowering A. mature plant
B. time of reproducing B. seedling
C. time of eating C. young plant
D. time of wilting D. seed

118. helps plants to grow and not dry up D. Water can cause the seeds to germi-
A. water nate
B. oxygen 124. Which one of the following is a Gaseous

C. roots plant Hormone?
D. floods A. Auxin
B. Ethylene
119. The type of growth in a plant that causes
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stems and other areas to become thicker. C. Cytokinin
A. Primary growth D. ABA
B. Secondary growth
125. Which plant stores water?
C. Cell enlargement
A. Pine trees
D. Turgor
B. Cactus
120. Which part of a plant lets oxygen exit the C. Shrubs
leaf?
D. Locoweed
A. root hairs
B. stem 126. Which structure protects the seed?
C. stomata A. root
D. xylem B. cotyledon
121. The development of a plant from a seed. C. stem
A. Germination D. seed coat
B. Vigorous 127. Why a linear curve is obtained in arith-
C. Dormancy metic growth?
D. Hardening off A. Because it has lag, log and stationary
phase
122. What was the rate of germination of the
seeds in batch B? B. Because one daughter cell remains
meristematic while the other daughter
A. 21%
cell differentiates and matures
B. 45%
C. Because of the effect of environment
C. 87% on mitosis
D. 62% D. None
123. Why do seeds being stored for future use 128. What are the three primary parts of a
have to be kept dry seed?
A. Water will cause the radicle to rot
A. Seed coating, stalk and embryo
B. Water interferes with the actions of
B. Stem, embryo and seed coating
enzymes
C. Seed coating, embryo and endosperm
C. Water will prevent the embryo from
growing D. Seed coating, embryo and indosperm

129. Which of the following if deficient causes B. Meristems

yellow older leaves and poor growth?
C. Xylem

A. nitrates
D. Phloem
B. phosphates
C. potassium 135. How does temperature affect photosyn-
thesis?
D. magnesium
A. Increases the rate at which enzymes
130. The flower for the plant. work by increasing the kinetic energy
A. makes food B. Gives the plant energy to grow
B. makes seeds
C. Allows enzymes to live or be killed
C. collects water and nutrients
D. It does not
D. does not do anything
136. What does a seedling need energy for?
131. What word means “of each other” “to
suffer?” A. Photosynthesis
A. Gibberellins B. Growth
B. Apical dominance C. Movement
C. Allelopathy D. Reproduction
D. Auxins
137. When is the ideal time to transplant
132. A plant produces berries that have seeds seedlings?
inside them. What is the most likely way
that the seeds are moved from one place A. After they are tall
to another? B. When the first true leaves appear
A. wind C. When they flower
B. water D. none of above
C. animals
138. A is a fertilized ovule of a plant
D. none of above
A. root
133. A perennial plant’s state of temporary
metabolic inactivity. In this state the plant B. seed
stops growing and conserves energy. C. flower
A. Germination D. dicot
B. Vigorous
139. In general, plants need , and
C. Dormancy
to grow well.
D. Hardening off
A. light, water, air and cool condition
134. The embryonic leaves which are the
B. dry place, dark condition and warmth
first leaves to appear in a germinating
seed/seedling. C. light, water, air and warmth
A. Cotyledons D. medium, cold temperature, and light

140. An angiosperm is a plant that 146. What part of the seed grows into the
new plant?
A. produces seeds inside of cones.
A. embryo
B. produces flowers and fruit.
B. seed coat
C. is wind pollinated.
C. scar
D. produces spores rather than seeds.
D. none of above
141. What is the survival of the fittest?
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147. A dandelion produces light, fluffy, seeds
A. natural selection that are carried by
B. reproduce A. stay inside
C. recessive B. wind
D. dominant C. fruits
D. water
142. What carries food from the roots to all
plant parts? 148. The stamen includes
A. phloem A. the filament and anther
B. xylem B. the stigma, style, and ovary
C. root hairs C. the stigma and style, only
D. stomata D. the sepals and petals
143. Light reaching the surface of a plant is 149. A stress response where plants may ex-
perience severe stress that could lead to
A. absorbed,
death.
B. reflected,
A. susceptible
C. transmitted B. tolerant
D. All of the above C. resistant
144. Annuals and biennials plants show D. avoidance
A. Primary growth 150. Which part of the seed grows first?
B. secondary growth A. First shoot
C. no growth B. Leaves
D. unlimited growth C. Root
D. Stem
145. A plant’s leaves are green because the
color green is back to our eyes. 151. Rate of growth per unit time is called as
A. Absorbed A. metabolism
B. Reflected B. efficiency index
C. Transmitted C. differentiation
D. None of the Above D. redifferentiation

152. Which type of plant tissue covers the 157. Where does the seed get its energy
outer surface of the plant and acts as a from?
protective layer? A. Food store

A. Dermal B. sunlight
B. Vascular C. embryo
C. Ground D. animals
D. Connective 158. Name the cellular process responsible for
repair, growth, and development in living
153. The process of a plant using light to con-
organisms.
vert carbon dioxide and water into glucose
for food is know as A. meiosis
A. germination B. mitosis
C. transcription
B. pollination
D. translation
C. photosynthesis
D. life cycle 159. A region of tissue at the tips of shoots
and roots where rapid cell division occurs
154. Why do plants need air (carbon dioxide) to make that part of the plant longer.
to grow? A. Apical meristem
A. Plants use carbon dioxide to make B. Embryogenesis
food C. Mitosis
B. Plants use carbon dioxide to transport D. Phloem
food to different parts of the plants
160. Blue light
C. Plants use carbon dioxide to keep firm
A. causes plants to grow taller and thin-
ner
D. Plants use carbon dioxide to repro-
duce B. has no effect on plant growth
C. is not a part of visible light
155. The initial growth of a seed to produce a D. Causes plants to grow thicker stems
new plant.
161. Roots will always grow
A. Growing
A. towards the sun
B. Flowering
B. towards water
C. Germinating
C. away from the sun
D. Dispersing
D. away from water
156. In which plant part does carbon dioxide 162. A pH of 6 is 10 times more acid than a
enter? pH of 7
A. stomata A. True
B. xylem B. False
C. flower C. Maybe
D. roots D. none of above

163. Which of the following plant activity is 168. The green needle-shaped or broad flat
not an example of growth promotion ac- structures on the branches of plants which
tivity? make most of the plant’s food through pho-
A. Germination of seeds tosynthesis.
B. Cell division A. Roots
C. Delay in senescence B. Stems
D. Abscission C. Chlorophyll
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164. What is the difference between annuals D. Leaves
and perennials?
A. Annuals grow in the winter, perennials 169. A type of germination where the cotyle-
grow in the summer. don goes above the soil is called
B. Annuals need more sunlight A. Epicotyl
C. Perennials need more sunlight and wa- B. Hypocotyl
ter
D. Annuals live for one season then die, C. Dicots
perennials regrow every year. D. Epygeal
165. SOILS THAT HAVE A RICH, DARK BROWN
170. Dormancy helps plants survive freezing
OR ALMOST BLACK COLOR TYPICALLY
temperatures and the lack of
HAVE HIGH LEVELS OF THIS.
A. CLAY A. liquid water
B. ORGANIC MATTER B. frozen water
C. MUCK C. moonlight
D. SAND
D. air
166. Part 1What do all seeds need to germi-
nate? 171. Which one of the following is a precursor
of plant growth hormone Ethylene?
A. warmth & water
B. spores A. Tryptophan
C. cones B. IAA
D. photosynthesis C. Pyrophosphate
167. Why do seeds have tough, protective cov- D. Methionine
erings? Choose the best answer.
A. so they can travel long distances with- 172. The transfer of the pollen grains from the
out getting damaged anther to the stigma is called
B. so they can survive the fall from a tree A. Transpiration
to the ground
B. Pollination
C. so they can easily be digested by ani-
mals C. Fertilization
D. to serve as camouflage D. Ovulation

173. The four things that plants receive from 178. This is the type of meristem that in-
soil are creases plant length or height, known as
primary growth.

A. anchorage of roots, food storage, air,
and moisture A. Apical meristem
B. anchorage of roots, oxygen, moisture, B. Lateral meristem:vascular cambium
and nutrients
C. epidermis
C. nitrogen, phosphorus, photosynthesis,
D. Intercalary meristem
and minor elements
D. none of above 179. Which example below is the site of pri-
mary growth that results in the plant in-
174. Seedless plants disperse to new areas us- creasing in height?
ing
A. bud scales
A. Cones
B. apical meristems
B. Gametes
C. nodes
C. Capsules
D. axillary buds
D. Spores
180. This is the type of meristem that in-
175. What effects plant growth? creases plant width or girth, known as sec-
ondary growth.
A. the quality
A. Shoot Apical meristem
B. quantity,
B. Lateral meristem:vascular cambium
C. duration of light
C. epidermis
D. All of these
D. Intercalary meristem
176. When a seed sprouts and begins the early
growth of a young plant. 181. At what point is a young plant called a
seedling?
A. germination
A. When the embryo breaks out of the
B. pollination
seed coat
C. seed dispersal
B. When the radicle breaks through the
D. fertilization seed coat
177. Characteristic of plant growth includes C. When sugars move to the embryo
which of the following- D. When photosynthesis begins
A. It is localised and generally determi-
182. The gas that plants take in from the air
nate
is
B. It is localized and generally indetermi-
A. carbon monoxide
nate
B. oxygen
C. It is non-measurable
C. carbon dioxide
D. It is diffused, determinate and non
measurable D. none of above

183. A coconut fruit can function in dispersing B. Secondary growth, Indeterminate

coconut seeds by Growth
A. Floating in the water C. Secondary growth, Primary Growth
B. being carried by the wind D. Indeterminate Growth, Primary
Growth
C. Sticking to animal’s fur
D. Being grown by humans 189. The process by which green plants manu-
facture food
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184. What is reliable? A. Breathing
A. it gives the same result when you re- B. Photosynthesis
peat the entire experiment.
C. Photoperiod
B. it gives the different result when you
repeat the entire experiment. D. Respiration
C. it is not fair if we repeat the entire ex- 190. Types of plant hormone?
periment. A. Auxin, Gibberellin, Cytokinin
D. it means there is erorr with the exper- B. Auxin, Parenchymall, Collenchymal
iment
C. Parenchymall, Collenchymal, Scle-
185. A type of plant that produces one seed renchymal
leaf upon germination. D. Apical, Lateral, Intercalary
A. Monocot
191. What is the name of stem cells in plants?
B. Dicot A. Meristems
C. Hybrid B. Mitosis
D. Perennial C. Meiosis
186. reduce the growth of plants. D. DNA
A. Promoters 192. A very small and smooth pollen grain
B. Reducers with a very low mass would be expected
to have which dispersal method?
C. Stoppers
A. water
D. Inhibitors
B. animals
187. For growth which one(s) is essential- C. insects
A. Nutrients D. wind
B. H2O
193. A substance through which a plant’s
C. O2 roots grow and extract water and nutri-
D. All ents.
A. Cotyledons
188. occurs at the roots and stems of the
plant while occurs in the girth of the B. Growing medium
plant. C. Root apical meristem
A. Primary Growth, Secondary Growth D. Cambium

194. The name of the baby plant in the seed is C. young plant
called? D. seed

A. seed coat
200. Where does a plant make food?
B. nectar
A. In its stem
C. photosynthesis
B. In its flower
D. embryo
C. In its leaves
195. In general, seeds need the things below, D. none of above
EXCEPT
201. What is the purpose of the sepals?
A. water
A. to make the flower more showy and at-
B. warmth
tractive to pollinators
C. air
B. to make the flower attach to the stem
D. light more securely
196. The number of hours of darkness that C. to hold the flower petals open when
dertmines wether or not a plant will blooming
flower is called D. to protect the flower bloom before it
A. hormone opens
B. irises 202. Which of the following if deficient does
C. lettaceism NOT causes yellow leaves?
D. critical night length A. nitrates

B. phosphates
197. In a desert food web, which of the fol-
lowing is a consumer? C. potassium
A. Cactus D. magnesium
B. Snake 203. What did you conclude from this investi-

gation?
C. Shrub
A. A plant is not stable and will likely be
D. Tree
carried away by wind or other factors.
198. Which of the following are lateral meris- B. All the above.
tems?
C. Root system take in water and nutri-
A. bundle sheaths ents from the soil to help the plant to grow
B. axillary buds and reproduce.
C. vascular cambium D. none of above
D. leaf primordia 204. Which PGR is a natural growth in-
hibitor?
199. Jeffrey saw a green stem sticking out of
the soil. What stage in the plant life cycle A. Auxin
is the plant in? B. Gibberellin
A. seedling C. Cytokinin
B. germination D. Abscisic Acid

205. Which one of the following plant hor- 210. All of the following are examples of seed
mone produce extraordinary elongation of disbursement except:
stem? A. wind
A. Gibberellins B. volcanic eruptions
B. Auxin C. physical movement (rolling)
C. Cytokinin D. animals feces
D. Zeatin 211. How do angiosperms differ from all other
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plants?
206. Most seeds do not light to germinate, be-
A. They have true roots, stems, and
cause
leaves.
A. Seeds can use the food stored inside. B. They produce seeds.
B. Seeds can do photosynthesis in the C. They do not need water for fertiliza-
dark soil. tion.
C. Seeds can produce light to make their D. They produce flowers.
own food.
212. Quantity of light depends on
D. Seeds can do photosynthesis without
A. *Geographical area
light.
B. *Competition from taller plants
207. What is the function of seed coat? C. all of these
A. it covers and protects the seed D. Cloud cover, shading, time of day
B. it is a place where photosynthesis hap- 213. In a fern life cycle, what is produced after
pen asexual reproduction?
C. it stores food A. flowers
D. it can develop into young plant B. cones
C. heart-shaped plant
208. What do we call the plant when it first
appears over the ground? D. moss
A. A flowering plant 214. A plant hormone used for inducing mor-

phogennesis in plant tissue culture is
B. Fully grown plant
A. Abscicic acid
C. Seedling
B. Gibberellins
D. none of above
C. Cytokinins
209. Red light and Blue light have the most af- D. Ethylene
fect on the growth of plants
215. In which plant part does sunlight enter?
A. True
A. stomata
B. False B. xylem
C. Maybe C. top of leaf
D. none of above D. roots

216. How would a plant with red flowers B. Irises

most likely be affected if you removed the
C. Dandelions
red petals?

D. Rice
A. It would be less able to attract animal
pollinators
222. Seeds are produced in plant’s
B. It would be less able to pollinate using
the wind A. Ovule
C. It would not be able to grow as tall B. Seed

D. It would not be able to produce pollen C. Embryo
217. Most seeds do not need to germinate D. Thorn

because they can germinate in the dark
223. In order for a seed to sprout it does NOT
soil.
need proper amounts of:
A. warmth
A. Water
B. light
B. Light
C. air
C. Oxygen
D. water
D. Soil
218. This part of the plant produces seeds and
creates pollen. 224. Plant development is the plants
A. roots A. progress through its lifecycle
B. flower
B. ability to withstand heat
C. stem
C. progress through its germination
D. leaves
D. ability to be diverse
219. A large and hard seed inside an avocado
is called 225. Diego wants to know how drinking milk
affects how tall Dora grows. Which is the
A. a bean
independent variable?
B. a pit
A. Drinking milk.
C. an embryo
B. Diego’s growth.
D. none of above
C. Dora’s growth.
220. How do minerals enter the plant?
D. Chocolate or plain milk.
A. leaves
B. flowers 226. In photosynthesis, the word photo means
C. roots
D. stem A. putting together
B. take picture
221. What is an example of a “Long-day
plant”? C. light
A. Pointsettias D. air

227. Ammonium nitrate contains percent C. mutation

nitrogen
D. reservation
A. 45
B. 10 233. TIBA (2, 3, 5-triiodobenzoic acid func-
tions as
C. 33
A. a phytohormone
D. none of above
B. cytokinins
228. The chemical reactions where carbon is re-
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moved from carbon dioxide to make other C. synthetic auxin
organic molecules such as sugars. D. anti auxin
A. Light-dependent reactions
234. Red light
B. Carbon fixing reactions
A. Causes plants to grow taller and thin-
C. Photoelectric effect ner
D. Photons
B. has no effect on plant growth
229. Secondary tissues in a dicot include C. is not a part of visible light
A. cortex D. causes plants to grow thicker stems
B. xylem
C. pith 235. The very top layer of soil is mostly made
of
D. cork cambium
A. Solid rock
230. Which of these does NOT happen during
B. Clay and mineral deposits
the seedling stage?
A. Roots begin to grow. C. A mixture of minerals and organic ma-
terial
B. Stems start to grow towards the light.
D. Mostly organic material (OM)
C. The seed starts to grow. 236. Which of the following is a PRIMARY nu-
D. Leaves start to form on the plant. trient?
231. A seed that is encapsulated in a brightly A. calcium

colored juicy fruit would be expected to B. magnesium
have which dispersal method?
C. zinc
A. wind
D. potassium
B. water
C. animals 237. This is a hormone that promotes cell divi-
sion in roots and shoots.
D. all of the above
A. Abscisic acid
232. What is a difference between individuals
of the same species? B. Auxin
A. variation C. Cytokinin
B. adaptation D. Ethylene

238. Which of the following includes all of the C. Zeatin

male reproductive structures of a flower?
D. ABA

A. the pistil
B. the stigma 244. What are the things that plants need in
order to grow?
C. the stomata
A. sunlight, water, CO2, and animals
D. the stamen
B. water, soil, sunlight, air
239. * are released by the weathering of
C. CO2, H20
rocks or the breakdown of dead organic
matter by bacteria and fungi D. none of above
A. organic nutrients
245. The vascular cambium produces
B. Inorganic nutrients
A. secondary phloem to the outside and
C. water secondary xylem to the inside.
D. soil B. secondary phloem to the inside and
secondary xylem to the outside.
240. Where do plants make their own food?
C. cork to the outside.
A. On their stem
B. On their flovers D. cork to the outside and inside.
C. On their roots 246. During differentiation cell undergoes

D. On their leaves structural changes in their-
A. Cell wall only
241. Which part of an angiosperm is responsi-
ble for reproduction? B. Protoplasm only
A. stem C. Apoplast only
B. roots D. Cell wall and protoplast
C. flower
247. What two substances are produced dur-
D. leaf ing photosynthesis?
242. Many plants can reproduce asexually. A. sugar and carbon dioxide
Which of these is an example of asexual B. sugar and water
reproduction?
C. sugar and carbon monoxide
A. a potato growing roots
D. sugar and oxygen
B. night-blooming cactus flowers
C. cross-pollination of a tomato 248. What is the hard outside of the seed
D. the formation of a pine cone called?
A. seed coat
243. A cytokinin like substance isolated from
milky endosperm of Zea mays is known as B. embryo
A. Auxin C. food storage
B. Nucellus D. seed jacket

249. The rate of growth is highest in- 255. Which seed can be eaten?
A. Lag phase A. Apple Seed
B. Log phase B. Lemon seed
C. Steady phase C. Avocado seed
D. None D. Sunflower Seed
250. Real growth is- 256. plants usually produce colorful
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A. Protoplasmic growth blooms in the spring.
B. Cell wall growth A. Roots
C. Growth in size B. Flowering
D. Growth in volume C. Growth chart
251. Which do plants need for photosynthe- D. Quinoa

sis? 257. Photosynthesis takes place in their
A. Sunlight A. leaves
B. Oxygen B. stems
C. Pollen
C. roots
D. Bees
D. fruits
252. What process occurs when the plant em-
258. Which of the following is needed for mak-
bryo breaks out of the seed coat?
ing chlorophyll?
A. Pollination
A. nitrates
B. Fertililzation
B. phosphates
C. Growth
C. potassium
D. Germination
D. magnesium
253. A fruit is another name for what part of
a plant? 259. The pore space in a soil filled with per-
cent water and percent air is an ideal
A. the pistil ratio.
B. the stamen A. 25, 25
C. the seed
B. 40, 10
D. the ovary
C. None of these
254. A layer of tissue in plants that undergoes D. none of above
secondary growth and creates xylem and
phloem. 260. Gymnosperms are plants that
A. Vascular cambium A. produce seeds inside of cones.
B. Cork cambium B. produce flowers and fruit.
C. Internode C. are pollinated by animals.
D. Zone of elongation D. produce spores rather than seeds.

261. GROWING PLANTS AND FISH IN A HY- C. control

DROPONICS SYSTEM IS KNOWN AS D. ruler

A. AGGREGATE CULTURE
267. What is the outer layer of cells in a leaf
B. AQUAPONICS is called?
C. AQUASOPHY A. stomata
D. FISH PRODUCTION B. epidermis
262. Why do plants need air to grow? C. chloroplasts
A. Plants must anchor themselves D. xylem
B. Plants cannot keep cool on their own 268. Which of the following is NOT needed for
C. Plants need heat to release their en- plant growth?
ergy A. soil
D. Plants use carbon dioxide to make B. water
food C. air
263. Which one prevent premature fall of D. Sun’s energy
fruit? 269. What is a change in the genetic code?
A. NAA A. mutation
B. Ethylene B. variation
C. GA3 C. selection
D. Zeatin D. adaptation
264. Colorful fragrant flowers are most likely 270. What does the plant use sunlight for?
pollinated by A. so the plant will die
A. Animals B. for pollination
B. Wind C. to make food energy for the plant
C. Spores D. to change into seed
D. Water
271. Monocots have cotyledon.
265. This is the name of the first step of ger- A. One
mination and occurs when water is taken B. Two
in by the seed.
C. Depends on the plant
A. Pollination
D. Zero
B. Imbibition
272. OF THE 3 MAIN MINERAL PARTICLES
C. Seedling Development
THAT MAKE UP SOIL, WHICH IS THE
D. Mobilization SMALLEST?
266. In your experiment, the thing you mea- A. SAND
sure is called the B. SILT
A. independent C. CLAY
B. dependent D. MUCK

273. What is germination? 279. Plants that undergo secondary growth

A. The development of seeds into young A. Mostly monocots
plants B. Short life span
B. The process by which the plant grows C. No woody tissues
in size.
D. Have woody tissues
C. Changes in the whole organism in
terms of organization and function. 280. Some plants have seeds that a seed-
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D. none of above pod as a way of seed dispersal.
A. stay inside
274. Three nutrients that help plants grow are
B. wind
A. phosphorus, nirtogen, and potassium
C. fruits
B. nitrogen, oxygen, and potassium
C. potassium, hydrogen, and neon D. burst from
D. none of above 281. Which is a method of reproduction used

by plants that don’t make seeds?
275. What is the outside of the seed called?
A. cones
A. pollen
B. stamens
B. seed coat
C. pollen
C. embryo
D. photosynthesis
D. chlorophyll
282. What is seed dispersal?
276. A BROWN, FIBROUS MATERIAL THAT IS
OBTAINED FROM COCONUT HUSKS IS. A. plant reproduction
A. COIR B. ability of plants to make food
B. PEAT MOSS C. moving seeds to a new location
C. BARK D. adaptation of plants to produce more
D. VERMICULITE seeds
277. A hormone that allows fruit to ripen 283. Which of the following if deficient results
in purple leaves?
A. Auxin
A. nitrates
B. Cytokinin
B. phosphates
C. Ethylene
C. potassium
D. Gibberellin
D. magnesium
278. This is the type of meristem found at the
tips of roots and stems that causes pri- 284. A type of plant that produces two seed
mary growth? leaves upon germination.
A. Lateral meristem A. Monocot
B. Epidermis B. Dicot
C. Intercalary meristem C. Hybrid
D. Apical meristem D. Perennial

285. What is the function of a plant’s stem? 291. Plants get energy from the and is
A. To support the plant and transport called Photosynthesis.

nutrients and water between the plant’s A. water
roots and leaves B. floods
B. To make the plant taller C. sun
C. To help the plant reproduce D. animals
D. To keep the plant in the ground
292. Which one(s) is/are redifferentiated
286. What do you call something that causes a cell(s)?
plant to grow or move in a certain way? A. Cork
A. response B. Secondary cortex
B. stimulus C. Both
C. energy D. None
D. root
293. Synthetic rooting hormones that you can
287. When a plant is placed on its side buy at the store typically contain:
A. it will die A. Auxins
B. the stem will continue to grow straight B. Cytokinins
out C. Ethylene
C. the stem bends and grows downward D. Chemical Retardants
D. the stem bends and grows upward
294. Genetic factors are traits that animals
288. a hair-forming cell on the epidermis of a [BLANK] that either positively or nega-
plant root tively influence their growth
A. Root cap A. Inherit
B. Root hair B. Growth
C. Waxy layer C. Biotic
D. Apical Maristem D. Abiotic
289. Which do plant cells break down for en- 295. PGR stands for?
ergy? A. Plant growth response
A. Salt B. Plant growing regulator
B. Sugar C. Plant growth regulator
C. Pollen D. Plant grow relate
D. Carbon Dioxide
296. The quality of will affect plant
290. What does radicle mean? growth.
A. Seed coat A. gravity
B. First shoot B. soil
C. First root C. clouds
D. Food Store D. bugs

297. A Human Factor that affects plants is: D. vascular cambium and secondary
A. Floods phloem
B. Extreme Heat 303. Which way do plant stems grow?

C. Littering A. toward light
D. Humans do not affect plant growth B. away from light
298. Which one is one of the apical meristem C. toward heat
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differentiation? D. away from heat
A. Ground tissue 304. What is the plant’s way of making food?
B. Primary meristem A. flower
C. Cambium B. seed coat
D. Protoderm C. pollen
299. Steve wanted to see if the type of fertil- D. photosynthesis
izer made sunflowers grow larger. What
305. The plant growth process that allows
is the independent variable
cells to become specialized is
A. Type of fertilizer
A. Cell division
B. Size of sunflower
B. Cell differentiation
C. type of sun flower
C. Cell elongation
D. none of above
D. Cell maturation
300. Life Cycles of plants are adapted to their
306. What SUPPLIES energy that plants need
A. water to make sugars for food?
B. succession A. air
C. environments B. Sun’s energy
D. none of above C. soil
301. The growth response of a plant to light D. water
is called
307. The waxy coating on the surface of the
A. Gravitropism leaf is called
B. Tropism A. cuticle
C. Phototropism B. stomata
D. Aquatropism C. dermis
302. Bark consists of what tissue? D. guard cell
A. vascular cambium, secondary xylem 308. What is intrinsic factors that affect plant
and secondary phloem growth and development?
B. cork cambium and secondary xylem A. pH, Photosynthesis, Nutrients
C. cork cambium, cork and older sec- B. Temperature, Oxygen, Water and Nu-
ondary phloem trients

C. The Increase of Cell Numbers 314. A section of a plant capable of developing

D. Genetic Factor and Plant Hormones into a new plant.
A. Bulb

309. What are the physical characteristics of
an organism? B. Cutting
A. phenotype C. Runner
D. none of above
B. genotype
C. recessive 315. In which plant part does water move
through the plant?
D. trait
A. stomata
310. A tree’s roots grow downward. What
B. xylem
are the roots MOST LIKELY responding
to? C. flower
A. soil D. roots
B. gravity 316. Amy puts a plant in a dark corner for a
C. heat month. What will most likely happen?
D. light A. the plant will turn green
B. the stem will grow
311. A plant with a climbing stem that may
grow on the sides of a building, fence C. the plant will begin to die
or a tree. Select the correct option that D. the roots will spread out
matches this definition.
317. The process of cell division to create new
A. Tree cells for growth and repair of plant tis-
B. Shrub sues.
C. Vine A. Mitosis
D. none of above B. Meiosis
C. Embryogenesis
312. The form of growth wherein new cells
are always being added to the plant body D. Germination
by the activity of meristem is called- 318. A NUTRIENT DEFICIENCY REFERS TO
A. Open form of growth THIS.
B. Close form of growth A. A SURPLUS OF NUTRIENTS
C. Diffused form of growth B. A LACK OF NUTRIENTS
D. Discontinuous form of growth C. THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF NUTRIENTS
D. none of above
313. What are the things that a plant needs to
grow well, such as light energy, air, water 319. If a flower is missing either a pistil or a
and warmth called? stamen it is
A. necessary things A. Perfect
B. key elements B. Complete
C. factors C. Imperfect

320. When the seed gets the proper amount of B. It can still live as long as it has water.
sunlight, air, and water the seed is going
through C. It can’t make food so it will die.
A. pollen D. It can still live as long as it has soil.
B. watering 326. Parthenocarpy is induced by
C. germination A. AUXINS
D. metamorphosis B. CYTOKININS
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321. The thickening of trunks of trees is due C. ETHYLENE
to D. GIBBERELLINS
A. non-meristemic tissue 327. Which tropism is a response to light?
B. the vascular cambium A. Lighttropism
C. the solar cambium B. Phototropism
D. lack of cambium C. Thigmotropism
D. Hydrotropism
322. Poppy seeds can be eaten on
A. Rice 328. Two types of germination
A. epigeal and endogeal
B. Water
B. hypogeal and hypergeal
C. Bread
C. epigeal and hypogeal
D. Vegetables
D. none
323. Which of the following is a pollinator? 329. Phototropism is
A. birds A. When plants grow away from the light
B. bats
C. bees B. When plants grow straight
D. all of the above C. Nothing to do with plants
D. When plants grow towards the light
324. Organic compound synthesized in one
part of a plant and translocated to another 330. A water soluble gas that moves through
part where, in very low concentrations, it the plant.
causes a physiological response. A. Auxin
A. tropism B. Cytokinin
B. edaphic C. Ethylene
C. plant hormone D. Gibberellin
D. exogenous rhythms 331. Hydroponic systems cannot ever use soil
A. True
325. What will happen if a plant does NOT get
air? B. False
A. It can still live as long as it has Sun’s C. Not sure
energy. D. none of above

332. Sandy soils, often called light soils, have 337. How do nonvascular plants get water
and nutrients from the environment?
A. large soil particle and large pore

spaces A. they create it
B. good drainage but little moisture- B. they drink it in through roots
holding capacity C. they absorb it directly to cells
C. good aeration D. none of above
D. all of the above
338. All living things need to survive.
333. Meristem tissue consist of dividing active A. animals
cells. below are the characteristic of these
cells except B. plants
A. small nucleus C. soil
B. small vacuole D. water
C. thin cell wall 339. Parts of a mature gametophyte produce

D. large cytoplasm gametes through a process of
A. Meiosis
334. Plant growth regulators can be both
and B. Alternation of generations
A. Natural, synthetic C. Mitosis
B. Hard, soft D. Fertilization
C. Synthetic, helpful 340. What word is used to describe a seed

that is inactive?
D. Inhibiting, dormant
A. Sleeping
335. Tissue in plants that conducts water and
B. Dormant
nutrients up from the roots to the rest of
the plant. It also forms the woody part of C. Metabolism
plants. D. Radicle
A. Vascular cambium
341. Examples of Growing Media are:
B. Cork cambium
A. Soil
C. Xylem
B. Rockwool
D. Phloem
C. Gravel
336. Under the right conditions, a seed can ger- D. All of the above
minate in the ground. What is the best
synonym for “germinate?” 342. What are traits passed through genes?
A. sprout A. genetic factors
B. die B. physical factors
C. travel C. x factors
D. divide D. natural selection

343. Place the following events in sequence:A) C. radicle

A plant’s ovary begins growing larger and
D. embryo
fleshier; B) The seed inside a plant begins
to grow; C) Pollen fertilizes a plant’s egg
349. What happens right after pollination?
A. b, c, a
A. Animals eat the flowers.
B. c, a, b
B. The seeds die.
C. a, b, c
C. The plant grows up.
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D. c, b, a
D. A seed begins to grow.
344. What is the name of the hormone that
helps the plant in root initiation, leaf ab- 350. The process of a plant using light to
scission and cell expansion? change carbon dioxide and water into glu-
A. Gibblerin cose for food is
B. Auxin A. germination
C. Ethylene B. plant growth
D. Cytokins C. photosynthesis
345. What is the function of nectar? D. life cycle
A. To provide food for the flower
351. A sigmoid growth curve is characteristic
B. To attract pollinators
of-
C. To attract animals to disperse the
A. Bacteria growing in culture medium
fruits
D. To produce perfumes for Man B. Organisms growing in natural habitat
C. All cells, tissue and organs
346. Which hormone that helps cell divisions
and elongation D. All
A. Auxin
352. A plant’s growth towards or away from
B. Gibberellin a stimulus is called a
C. Cytokinin A. tropism
D. Ethylene
B. hormone
347. Which variable is the one being tested? C. auxin
A. independent
D. dormancy
B. dependent
C. control 353. What best describes the way a plant’s
roots grow?
D. none of above
A. Roots grow in any direction
348. inside the seed grows into a new
plant. B. Roots grow down into the ground
A. cotyledon C. Roots grow up towards the sun
B. plumule D. Roots grow from the flowers

354. The of a plant absorb and store nutri- B. Gibberellins

ents and support or anchor the plant. C. Auxins

A. water
D. Cytokinins
B. roots
360. A period where an organism’s growth or
C. floods
activity stops is called
D. stem
A. night
355. What plant stimulus causes fruit to be- B. dormancy
come ripe?
C. day
A. gravity
D. zzz zzz
B. light
C. changes in temperature 361. In general, plants need the things below,
EXCEPT
D. water
A. water
356. A region of plant cells that are capable
of dividing and developing into specialized B. light
plant tissues. C. carbon dioxide
A. Phloem D. oxygen
B. Stomata
362. What is the first stage of germination?
C. Tropism
A. seed
D. Meristems
B. mature plant
357. When a tree grows taller, this is an ex- C. seedling
ample of which of the following?
D. seed pod
A. Secondary growth
B. Primary growth 363. This variable in an experiment is the one
being deliberately changed by the scien-
C. Photosynthesis
tist.
D. Xylem transport
A. dependent variable
358. The advantages of a good artificial B. independent variable
medium are
C. data
A. it is sterile and uniform in content
D. control group
B. it is lighter in weight and therefore eas-
ier to handle and ship than natural soil 364. This is a hormone that regulates dor-
C. it has good drainage and moisture mancy of a plant and stomata closure in
holding capacity the leaves.
D. all of the above A. Abscisic acid
B. Auxin
359. Which one of these hormones does NOT
stimulate plant growth? C. Cytokinin
A. Ethylene D. Ethylene

365. The inputs to Photosynthesis are 371. What might happen if a vascular plant’s
A. Carbon dioxide and Water xylem was damaged?
A. the plant could no longer undergo pho-
B. Oxygen and Water
tosynthesis
B. the plant would no longer have leaves
D. Water and Oxygen C. the plant would not be able to receive
366. What part of the flower can be identified water and nutrients from the soil
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as the flower’s eggs? D. the plant would no longer have flowers
A. Ovary 372. Tom keeps a detailed of his crops to
B. Ovule test how effective his fertilizers are.
C. Anther A. flowering
D. Stigma B. photosynthesis
C. branches
367. A seed sprouts into a young plant called
D. growth chart
a
A. seedling 373. A TYPE OF SOILLESS MEDIA THAT IS
WHITE AND COMES FROM VOLCANOES
B. tree IS.
C. leaf A. VERMICULITE
D. none of above B. PERLITE
368. Apical meristems are C. PEAT MOSS
A. vegetative buds at the shoot tips D. COCONUT COIR
B. in the axils of leaves 374. Which type of cell produces growth in the
girth of the stem?
C. actively dividing
A. Lateral meristems
D. all of the choices
B. Apical meristems
369. Which mineral do phosphates contain? C. Vascular cambium
A. nitrates D. Cork cambium
B. phosphorous
375. Seed dormancy can be broken by:
C. potassium
A. ABA and GA3
D. magnesium B. GA3 and ethylene
370. Photosynthesis occurs in the of a C. IAA and ABA
plant. D. ABA and IPA
A. leaves
376. What is Photoperiod as it relates to
B. roots plants?
C. buds A. How much dark the plants get
D. stem B. How much light the plant gets

C. Both of the above 382. By weight, how much silt and clay do
sandy soils contain?

A. less than 20 percent
377. Cytokinin involves B. more than 30 percent
A. Kinetin, zeatin, BAP C. 40 percent
B. GA3, IBA, Kinetin D. 50 percent
C. Zeatin, GA3, BAP 383. Seeds sprout at different temperatures.
D. IAA, Zeatin, kinetin Which word means “to sprout”?
A. reproduce
378. This is a particle or ‘packet’ of light that
B. germinate
travels to the chloroplasts and is used to
drive photosynthesis. C. environment
A. Photon D. temperature
B. Cytokinin 384. Which one is the example of dedifferenti-
C. Proton ated cells?
A. Procambium + Vascular cambium
D. Chlorophyll
B. Vascular cambium + Interfascicular
379. In a controlled experiment, how many cambium
variables can be worked with at a time? C. Phellogen + Procambium
A. one D. Cork cambium + Interfascicular cam-
B. none bium
C. two or more 385. Before we started our class experiment,

we made a prediction of what was going
D. how ever many makes sense. to happen called a
380. PGR that controls tropisms, plant re- A. water
sponses. B. floods
A. Cytokinin C. oxygen
B. Gibberellin D. hypothesis
C. Auxin 386. What is a hormone that helps fruit
D. Ethylene ripen?
A. Gibberelins
381. Which of the following includes the fe-
B. Etiolation
male reproductive structures of a flower?
C. Tropism
A. the stigma
D. Ethylene
B. the stamen
387. What is the name of the hormone that
C. the anther
helps the plant develop its fruit and in
D. the pistil stem elongation?

A. Gibblerin 393. Function of Auxin, except

B. Auxin A. promote seed germination
C. Ethlyene B. Stimulate differentiation of xylem and
phloem
D. Cytokins
C. stimulate cell elongation
388. What carries food from leaves to all plant
D. delaying leaf senescence
cells?
394. How do seeds get energy to germinate?
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A. phloem
B. xylem A. It gets energy from the sunlight.
C. stomata B. It gets energy from another plant,
D. root hairs C. It gets energy from the food stored in

the soil.
389. What does weathering mean? D. It gets energy from the food stored in
A. To form or create new the seed.
B. To build up 395. What helps a plant make its own food?
C. To break down A. soil
D. To completely destroy B. shelter
390. what is the bone of plants called? C. sunlight
A. Apical Meristem D. rocks
B. Primary Meristem 396. Which plant growth hormone promotes

cell division?
C. Secondary Meristem
A. Auxin
D. Cork
B. Cytokinin
391. The period of time where the seed is un-
C. ABA
der decreased metabolic activity because
of its environment is called D. Ethylene
A. Germination 397. OF THE 3 MAIN MINERAL PARTICLES OF
B. Pollination SOIL, WHICH ONE IS LARGEST?
C. Fertilization A. SAND
D. Dormancy B. SILT
C. CLAY
392. There are a few different ways that sci-
D. MUCK
entists have classified plants. Which of
the following is not a way we have dis- 398. In which plant part do water and nutri-
cussed? ents enter?
A. Small vs. Large A. stomata
B. Seed vs. Seedless B. xylem
C. Vascular vs. Nonvascular C. flower
D. Angiosperms vs. Gymnosperms D. roots

399. Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Potassium 405. Certain plant food elements are called
are represented by the letters major elements because

A. N, P, PH A. plants use them in large amounts
B. N, P, K B. they are the first elements listed on
C. A, B, C the fertilizer bag
D. None of the above C. they are plentiful in the soil
D. none of above
400. Locoweed produces
A. Water 406. What do cotyledons do for a seed?
B. Poison A. They supply food for the young plant.
C. Seeds B. It brings water into the plant.
D. Fungi C. It grows seeds for it.
D. It is big and green.
401. Where’s cork cambium lies?
A. Apical meristems and Root cap 407. When do plants photosynthesise?
B. Root cap and Root hair A. All night
C. Between xylem and epidermis B. All day when there is light
D. Between epidermis and phloem C. Whenever it needs glucose
D. Whenever it needs energy
402. Why do the leaves of some trees change
color in autumn? 408. Which best identifies what plants receive
A. The chlorophyll in the leaves is break- from sunlight?
ing down. A. Energy
B. The chlorophyll in the leaves is grow- B. Nitrogen
ing. C. Oxygen
C. The plant is old. D. Sugars
D. The plant is dying.
409. When a sperm of a conifer fertilizes an
403. Superphosphate fertilizer contains egg, it forms a(n)
percent phosphate. A. Flagellum
A. 30 B. Zygote
B. 20 C. Ovule
C. 15 D. Seed
D. none of above
410. Which plant stimulus causes some flow-
404. When the plant has leaves but no flower ers to open during the day and close at
or fruit, the plant is in the stage. night?
A. seed A. gravity
B. mature plant B. light
C. young plant C. changes in temperature
D. germination D. water

411. To survive, plants need air, water, and C. B horizon

D. C horizon
A. wind
417. The growth that results from cell division
B. people that causes the stems and roots to thicken
C. fertilizer is
D. sunlight A. primary growth
B. secondary growth
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412. The tiny plant inside a seed is called a/an
C. germination
A. seed coat D. dormancy
B. food store 418. Potassium causes plants to
C. embryo A. produce more flowers and seeds
D. none of above B. resist disease and develop strong
roots
413. Water is needed for-
C. grow much larger thean they would
A. Cell-enlargement otherwise
B. Providing aqueous medium for enzy- D. none of above
matic reactions
C. Both a &b 419. The vascular cambium is located between
D. oxidising glucose to provide energy A. the meristem

B. the seed pod
414. The cork cambium produces
C. the xylem and the pholem
A. vascular cambium
D. the xylem and the root
B. cork in the vascular cambium
420. Which of the following is a TRUE state-
C. cork in the xylem
ment about plant growth?
D. cork in the bark layer
A. Plants cannot grow without warmth.
415. Which part of the plant is NOT used for B. Plants can grow without Sun’s energy.
reproduction?
A. leaves C. Plants can grow without water.
B. spores D. Plants can grow without air.
C. flowers
421. What are the basic needs of plants?
D. cones
A. air, water, nutrients, sun, temperature
416. Identify the soil horizon:Consists of top- and space.
soil (mostly sand and some clay) rich in hu- B. air, water, nutrients, sun, roots, food,
mus (O horizon) and leached soil deficient shelter.
in humus and minerals. C. air, water, sun, shelter, nutrients, and
A. O horizon space.
B. A horizon D. none of above

422. Which of the following involved in pri- 428. What is a seedling?

mary growth?
A. a noisy seed

A. Vascular cambium
B. a plant that is just starting to grow
B. Cork cambium
C. a flower seed
C. Apical meristem
D. a leaf
D. Embryo sac
423. Plant hromone causing abscisssion of 429. Which way can the seeds move from their
leaves, senescence and inhibition of cell di- plants?
vision is A. Wind
A. IAA
B. Car
B. Ethylene
C. Bus
C. cytokinins
D. Mud
D. ABA
424. Where do seeds come from? 430. Under certain conditions regaining the
lost capacity of division by living cells is
A. Leaves called-
B. Roots
A. Dedifferentiation
C. Fruits
B. Providing aqueous medium for enzy-
D. Stem matic reactions
425. What do we call the genetic makeup of C. Differentiation
an organism?
D. Efficiency index
A. genotype
B. phenotype 431. Which one of the following is a “Fruit
Ripening Hormone”?
C. computer type
D. Mr. D type A. Auxin
B. ABA
426. Cell growth increases cell size, while cell
division (mitosis) increases C. Ethylene
A. the length of plants D. Polyamines
B. the production of ground tisuues
432. Soil is formed from
C. the number of cells
D. the division of cell A. The weathering of rocks or parent ma-
terial
427. Photosynthesis takes place in the B. From the eruption of volcanoes
A. flowers
C. From the dust in the air as it settles on
B. roots the earth
C. stems D. From material brought down from the
D. leaves mountains

433. Plants need so that they can have 438. What type of vascular tissue is respon-
strong stems and firm leaves. They also sible for transporting the sugars made
use to transport substances such as in photosynthesis from the leaves to the
food to all parts of the plant.Which word roots?
will complete the sentences above cor-
A. Cuticle
rectly?
B. Phloem
A. Light
B. Water C. Stomata
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C. Air D. Xylem
D. Warmth 439. Pressure inside a cell that pushes the cell

membrane outward into the cell wall. This
434. What is the process by which plants
occurs when more water enters into the
make food called?
cell.
A. chloroplasts
A. Turgor
B. stomata
B. Monocarpic growth
C. xylem
C. Respiration
D. photosynthesis
D. Photosynthesis
435. The moisture holding capacity of soil is
sometimes improved by 440. Which part of the flower makes and holds
pollen?
A. adding organic matter
A. stigma
B. using tile drains
C. irrigation B. ovary
D. none of above C. pistil

D. anther
436. Something that is needed by organisms
and is not infinite in its abundance in the 441. The shape of a tree’s leaves is
environment; if it is exhausted, then the
organisms that need it cannot survive A. determined by the color of the tree
A. Resources B. a learned characteristic of plants
B. Limited Resources C. predicted by the size of the parent tree
C. Competition
D. passed on from generation to genera-
D. Population
tion
437. is an environmental factor that affect
plant growth 442. All plants grow from
A. littering A. Leaves
B. picking flowers B. Seed
C. floods C. Root
D. space D. Stem

443. Which of the following statement is C. Germination

wrong about Abscisic acid:
D. apical maristem

A. It helps in general plant metabolism
B. It is antagonistic to GA3 449. The cells inside of a seed that will even-
tually turn into the plant’s roots, shoots,
C. It helps in seed maturation & dor-
and leaves.
mancy
A. Meristems
D. Morphogenesis
B. Phloem
444. In exponential growth the final size de-
pends upon- C. Embryo
A. Initial size D. Mitosis
B. Growth rate
450. Plants needs space because:
C. Time of growth
A. It helps plants from freezing
D. All
B. It provides them with room to grow
445. Carotenoids absorbs and not become crowded
A. yellow and green spectrum C. helps plants not dry up
B. red spectrum
D. oplants don’t need space
C. *blue-green spectrum
D. orange spectrum 451. The three different types of weathering
are
446. Which statement describes one way that
A. Man made, Natural and Synthetic
a plant responds to its environment?
A. Its roots grow towards light B. Physical, Mechanical and Chemical
B. Its stem grows towards light C. Chemical, Physical and Biological
C. Its roots grow against the force of D. Water, Air and Plant
gravity
D. Its stem grows down in response to 452. Which is NOT part of a seed?
gravity A. seed coat
447. A lack of what will make a plant grow B. embryo
long, thin stems and become weak? C. pollen
A. water
D. food store
B. light
C. air 453. Prevents stems of flowers from getting
tall and gangly:
D. warmth
A. Chemical Retardant (PGRs)
448. A plant embryo resumes its growth in a
process called B. Gibberellic Acid
A. Epigeal C. Stimulants
B. Hypogeal D. Dwarfing Rootstock

454. Which type of plant has seeds with two 460. What is the product of reproduction?
cotyledons? A. offspring
A. conifers B. phenotype
B. dicots C. trait
C. monocots D. genotype
D. none of above
461. What is a change in a way of life to suit
455. Plants give off which animals and new conditions?
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people breathe in. A. adaptation
A. oxygen B. variation
B. carbon dioxide C. gene
C. water D. trait
D. sunlight
462. Fruit and leaf drop at early stages can be
456. Growth that results in an increase in the prevented by the application of:
length of a plant is referred as A. Ethylene
A. Horizontal growth B. Auxins
B. Longitudinal growth C. Gibberellic acid
C. Primary growth D. Cytokinins
D. Secondary growth
463. Biomass is best represented by . . .
457. The two most important factors in plant A. The total mass of the root system at-
growth are tached to a plant
A. water and food B. The total mass of all leaves attached
B. air and water to a plant
C. soil and clay C. The total mass of a living organism
D. none of above D. The total mass of a plant and its sur-
rounding environment
458. What is the product made from plants
during photosynthesis? 464. Plants need to grow well.
A. carbon dioxide gas A. light, water and air
B. water B. light, water and warmth
C. Sun’s energy C. light and water
D. glucose (sugar) D. light, water, air and warmth
459. THE PROPORTION OF DIFFERENT SIZES 465. Which of the following is the anti ageing
OF MINERAL PARTICLES REFERS TO THIS. plant hormone?
A. SOIL COLOR A. IAA
B. SOIL TEXTURE B. CYTOKININS
C. SOIL PROFILE C. ETHYLENE
D. PORE SPACE D. GIBBERELLINS

466. More than one individual or population C. The number of chromosomes must
in an ecosystem that relies upon the same double
limited resource

D. The number of chromosomes must
A. Limited Resource triple.
B. Competition 472. Glucose is a type of
C. Dependent Interaction A. Dairy Product
D. Organism
B. Protein
467. Plants need light from the C. Salt
A. moon D. Sugar
B. sun
473. Most of the tissues and cell types
C. stars represent-
D. ground A. Division phase
468. In an experiment, the variable you B. Elongation phase
change is called the C. Enlargement phase
A. independent D. maturation phase
B. dependent
474. PGR that stimulates stem growth, cell
C. control elongation and cell division.
D. spam A. Gibberellin
469. Which plant hormone help in Stomata B. Abscisic Acid
Closing? C. Auxin
A. Auxin D. Ethylene
B. Ethylene
475. The increase in size and fresh weight of
C. Cytokinin a newly formed plant is mostly accounted
D. ABA for by
A. Absorption of water
470. Phosphorus causes plants to
B. Formation of cellulose
A. produce more flowers and seeds
C. High rate of respirations
B. resist disease and develop strong
roots D. Uptake of minerals salt
C. mature more rapidly 476. Besides the plant embryo, what else is
D. all of the above inside the seed?
471. Before a plant cell can divide, what must A. Food, which it uses until it can make its
happen? own food.
A. Nothing, it is always ready to divide B. grass
B. The number of chromosomes must be C. life span

cut in half D. source of light

477. The pistil includes the 483. The period of growth is generally divided
A. filament and style into-
A. 3 phases
B. the filament and anther
B. 2 phases
C. the stigma, style, and ovary
C. 4 phases
D. the stigma, style, and anther
D. 6 phases
478. What is a segment of DNA called?
484. When do plants respire?
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A. gene A. All night
B. trait B. All day
C. mutation C. All day and night
D. variation D. Whenever it needs glucose
479. This is known as the plant’s self destruct 485. Which part of the flower traps and col-
mechanism: lects pollen?
A. Apical Dominance A. stigma
B. Ethylene B. stamen
C. Cytokinins C. sepal
D. Allelopathy D. petal
486. Plants respond to stimulus such as
480. What is the most powerful trait?
A. gravity
A. dominant
B. light
B. recessive
C. changes in temperature
C. environmental
D. all answer choices are correct
D. DNA
487. What are the cells called that can de-
481. A hormone manufactured primarily in the velop into new plants without fertiliza-
shoot tips, in embryos, and in parts of de- tion? Hint-They are in capsules on a moss
veloping flowers and seeds. plant, and enclosed in cases on a fern plant
A. auxin A. seeds
B. cytokinin B. flowers
C. gibberellins C. spores
D. cones
D. ethylene
488. A soil having equal parts of sand, silt, and
482. Seedless fruits can be induced by clay is called
A. ABA and IAA A. an aggregate
B. ABA and Zeatin B. a mixture
C. IAA and GA3 C. a loam
D. Ethylene and ABA D. none of above

489. Why is there a food store inside a seed? 495. Plants with air.
A. It helps the seed swell. A. turn oxygen into carbon dioxide

B. It helps seed coat split. B. always breathe
C. It provides energy for germination. C. do not do anything
D. none of above D. turn carbon dioxide into oxygen
496. If a plant is tipped onto its side the stem
490. Plant growth is
will bend and continue to grow upward
A. dry weather and not straight out because of its re-
B. size increase by cell division and en- sponse to
largement A. gravity
C. size increase by vegetative state B. light
D. seed germination C. changes in temperature
D. water
491. What will happen if a resource that a
species is dependent on becomes limited? 497. In order to increase the yield of sugar-
cane crop, which of the following plant
A. The species will also decrease
growth regulators should be sprayed?
B. The species will increase
A. Cytokinins
C. nothing B. Ethylene
D. none of above C. Auxins
492. In scientific terms, a fruit is a flower’s D. Gibberellin
A. Mature ovary 498. What are the products formed during res-
B. Sweet-tasting structure piration?
A. energy only
C. Brightly colored structure
B. 6CO 2 + 6H2O + energy
D. Enlarged seed
C. C 6H 12O 6 + 6O 2
493. Which best identifies how plants use car- D. 6O 2
bon dioxide?
499. Nitrogen causes plants to:
A. For energy
A. Become more green
B. To take in light
B. Grow taller
C. For keeping cool
C. Die
D. To make food
D. Both A and B
494. The seed is protected by an outer cover- 500. A hormone that stimulates stem elonga-
ing called: tion
A. food store A. tropism
B. embryo B. auxin
C. seed coat C. gibberellins
D. germination D. cytokinin

501. The layer that covers the apical meristem C. shape of nose
of a root is called the D. freckles
A. pericycle
507. Which of the following is NOT a symptom
B. taproot of nutrient deficiencies in seedlings (and
C. root cap mature plants)?
D. root hair A. Pale yellow leaves
B. Purpling leaves
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502. Which of the following is cytokinin?
A. Phytochrome C. Bright yellow veins
B. LeucineEthylene D. Dark green color

C. ethylene 508. The type of growth in a plant that causes
D. Zeatin the plants roots and shoots to become
longer.
503. HEALTHY SOILS WILL USUALLY HAVE A. Primary growth
HIGH LEVELS OF,
B. Secondary growth
A. LEAD
C. Cell enlargement
B. CLAY
D. Turgor
C. MICROORGANISMS
D. LIMESTONE 509. Which factor helps a plant transport food
to all parts of it?
504. The transfer of pollen from the male part
A. air
of a flower to the female part
B. water
A. Germination
C. light
B. Pollination
D. none of above
C. Photosynthesis
D. none of above 510. What do we call a chemical that effects
how plants grow and develop?
505. A lateral meristem that functions in sec-
A. hormone
ondary growth and replaces the epidermis
in the roots and stems. B. auxin
A. Vascular cambium C. photoperiodism
B. Cork cambium D. cnl
C. Xylem 511. Jeffrey saw a small plant with a green
D. Phloem stem sticking out of the soil. What stage
in the plant life cycle is the plant in?
506. All of the following area likenesses that
are inherited from parent to offspring EX- A. seedling
CEPT: B. germination
A. table manners C. young plant
B. eye color D. seed

512. What is the process in which a seed 518. What would happen if you tried to grow
starts to grow with all the right conditions a plant without water?
given? A. It will not grow.

A. growing process B. It will grow upside down.
B. termination C. It will grow fine.
C. germination D. It will grow small.
D. none of above
519. What is the function of cotyledon?
513. It is a leaf movement or orientation fol- A. proctect the seed
lowing the direction of the sun’s ray. B. small holes that enable water and air
A. Heliotropism to enter the seed
B. Geotropism C. stores food
C. Hydrotropism D. embryo that develops into root
D. Gravitropism 520. What does it mean for an organism to
514. Vascular cambium is responsible for SURVIVE?
A. Producing the outer covering of stems. A. To simply not die

B. To keep on keepin’ on
B. Producing xylem cells only C. To participate in the show “SURVIVOR”
C. Producing phloem cells only
D. To die
D. Producing vascular tissues and in-
creases the thickness of stems over time. 521. If it is midday, cold and raining outside,
what is the main limiting factor?
515. What is the first stage of the plant life
cycle? A. Temperature
A. seedling B. Rainfall
B. seed C. Carbon Dioxide
C. adult plant D. Light
D. germination 522. What is name of plant that doesn’t have
secondary meristem?
516. the only plant hormone that is a gas
A. Water hyacinth
A. auxin
B. Rose
B. gibberellin
C. Herbaceous
C. cytokinin
D. cactus
D. ethylene
523. What name is given to the food store
517. Thigmotropism is a response to within a seed?
A. sound A. Monocot
B. light B. Dicot
C. touch C. Cotyledon
D. smell D. Hilum

524. What will happen if a plant does not get C. Biennials

water? D. Herbaceous
A. it becomes a seed
530. What is the pH range most suitable for
B. it grows slower corn to grow effectively?
C. it grows faster A. Neutral to slightly acidic
D. it will dry up and die B. Neutral to slightly basic
525. What is the scientific name for the shoot
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C. Very acidic or Very Basic
that first emerges from a seed during ger- D. Only Neutral, plants cant live in acidic
mination? or Basic environments
A. Testa
531. Leaves fall off trees in the northern
B. Radicle
states as a response to
C. Cotyledon
A. gravity
D. Plumule
B. light
526. The predictable order of things in commu- C. changes in temperature
nities after a change occurs is
D. water
A. succession
532. Which of these is a function of the roots?
B. adaptation
A. creates food
C. collision
B. lets carbon dioxide in and oxygen out
D. none of above
C. absorbs water and nutrients from the
527. Which hormone causes internodes to soil
lengthen?
D. uses photosynthesis
A. Gibberelins
533. Which of the following is not the charac-
B. Etiolation
teristic of growth of an organism?
C. Tropism
A. It is accompanied by metabolic pro-
D. Cytokins cesses
528. A plant produces fruit or seeds that float. B. It is quantitative and intrinsic
Which is the most likely way its seeds are C. It is an irreversible permanent in-
moved from one place to another. crease in size of an organ / its part / an
A. wind individual cell
B. water D. None of the above
C. animals 534. The absorb sunlight to help make
D. none of above food for the plant.
529. A plant that lives for more than two A. seed

years. B. stem
A. Perennial C. roots
B. Annuals D. leaves

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535. What is secondary meristem function? A. carbon dioxide

A. allow growth in diameter (secondary B. water

growth) in woody plants C. oxygen
B. remain undifferentiated, and supply D. nicotin
new cells for growth and the formation of
tissues. 538. What is the part of the plant that con-
C. none tains the seeds?
D. thickening stem A. flower

B. pollen
536. Which of the following is a potent weed-
icide? C. photosynthesis
A. IPA D. food
B. TIBA 539. What would happen if you tried to grow

C. BAP a plant in the dark?
D. 2, 4-D A. It will not grow.

B. It will grow upside down.
537. What do plants release during photosyn-
thesis that is important for human and an- C. It will grow fine.
imals? D. It will grow small.
4.6 Plant Movement

1. Which kind of movement is not found in B. Chemical message
plants but restricted to animals? C. Electrochemical message
A. cytoplasmic streaming D. All of them
B. movement from one place to another
4. A plant’s stem grows towards the source
C. positional movement of light to it’s left. This is known as
D. continuous movement A. phototropism
2. The continuous influx of water from the B. negative phototropism
soil causes an upward force that develops C. positive phototropism
in the roots.
D. neutral phototropism
A. Capillarity
B. Transpiration pull 5. Excess growth of tendril causes
C. Osmosis A. Tendril to coil around support
D. Root pressure B. Tendril to clean around the support

C. Both
3. How do sensitive plants transfer informa-
tion from point of touch to point of move- D. None
ment 6. The movement of water through a semi-
A. Electrical message permeable membrane is called?

A. cell membrane 12. which one reacts to external stimulus?

B. respiration A. Tropism
C. osmosis B. Nastic response
D. diffusion C. Movement
D. Growth
7. When a plant part moves in response to
chemical stimulus, it is called 13. Three stimuli to which plants respond are
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A. phototropism A. water, smell and light
B. hydrotropism B. light, touch and smell
C. geotropism C. light, water and touch
D. chemotropism D. temperature, water and growth
8. if a plant grows towards a light source, 14. Plants are known as producers. What
then it is said to be displaying? stimuli is a main contributor for this being
true?
A. positive hydrotropism
A. light
B. positive phototropism
B. touch
C. positive tropism
C. temperature
D. negative tropism
D. water
9. Substances that act as chemical messen-
gers within plants controlling functions 15. The cytoplasmic streaming movement can
be deduced under the microscope through
A. Chemicals the movement of
B. Plant Hormones A. Ribosomes
C. Adrenaline B. nucleus
D. Photosynthesis C. chloroplasts
10. A plant’s root grow in a downward direc- D. mitochondria
tion in response to what force?
16. what is positive tropisms occur in pho-
A. sunlight totropism?
B. gravity A. plant grow towards stimulus
C. soil B. plant grow away from the stimulus
D. turgor pressure C. plant adapt towards environments
changes
11. An example of part movement in plants is
D. none of above
A. folding of leaves
17. Why does plant appear to be moving in
B. germination
tropic movements
C. hydrotropism
A. Because tropic movements are direc-
D. Both A and B tional

B. Because tropic movements and nondi- 23. Breaks seed dormancy and promotes
rectional growth (can make fruit bigger)

C. Because tropic movements do not care A. Auxin
B. Gibberellin
D. All C. Cytokinins
D. Ethylene
18. In which direction the plant moves in a
tropic movement 24. which of the following are some main rea-
A. Towards the stimulus sons why animals move?
B. Away from the stimulus A. to find food, shelter and escape from
their enemies
C. Both
B. to find food, shelter and enjoy the en-
D. None vironment
C. to find food, stay fit and escape from
19. Auxins are responsible for of a plant
their enemies
A. Colour change D. to find a mate, shelter and escape
B. Watering from their enemies
C. Phototropism 25. Response to WATER is called
D. Growth A. Phototropism
B. Hydrotropism
20. What does thigmotropism mean
C. Thigmotropism
A. Movement in response to touch
D. Geotropism
B. Movement in response to light
26. How do plant cells change their shape
C. Movement in response to water
A. By changing the amount of water
D. Movement in response to gravity present in them
21. In the word photo tropism, photo means B. By swelling of shrinking in size
“photo” in the word photo tropism C. Both
A. Movement D. None
B. Picture 27. An example of a positional movement
C. Excite A. folding of leaves of insectivorous
D. Light plants
B. peristalsis movement
22. What are tendrils sensitive to
C. moving your legs while sitting down
A. Touch D. all the previous
B. Gravity
28. which of the following does not cause a
C. Light movement response in plants?
D. Water A. radiant energy

B. all answer choices cause a reaction in 34. How do plants respond to stimulus in
plants tropic movements
C. temperature A. Plants grow in a particular direction
D. gravitational pull B. Plants do not grow at all
C. Plants don’t care
29. Haptotropism or pulling movement is indi-
D. Plants care
cated by the
35. Ascent of sap in plants takes place
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A. tendrils of climbing plants
through
B. touch
A. Cortex
C. sleeping and awake movement B. Epidermis
D. cytoplasmic streaming C. Xylem
D. Phloem
30. Give an example of plants which are sen-
sitive to touch 36. which parts of the plant display positive
A. Mimosa pudica phototropism
A. roots and stem
B. Touch Me Not plant
B. leaves and stem
C. Pitcher plant
C. all of the plant
D. All
D. leaves and roots
31. In plea plant is not strong 37. What does hydrotropism mean mean
A. pulling action A. Movement in response to water
B. turgidity B. Movement in response to light
C. structural support C. Movement in response to gravity
D. cytoplasmic streaming D. Movement in response to touch
38. what is locomotion?
32. What does chemo tropism mean
A. the movement as a result of stimulus
A. Movement in response to chemicals
B. animals moving from one place to an-
B. Movement in response to light other
C. Movement in response to water C. the movement in one direction
D. Movement in response to gravity D. a powered railway vehicle
39. If a piece of wood is placed near a long
33. The loss of water vapour through the
bean plant, then what happens to the plant
stomata of leaves.
a few days later is
A. Osmosis
A. Leaves approach wood
B. Diffusion B. The tendrils approach the wood
C. Transpiration C. The tendrils twist the wood
D. Translocation D. Leaves stay away from wood

40. The column of water that is pulled up- 46. Which movement is due to growth of
wards is known as the plant?

A. Diffusion stream A. Nastic movements
B. Transpiration stream B. Tropic movement
C. Transpiration column C. Both
D. Osmosis stream D. None
41. Auxin is added to fertilizers used in agri- 47. The aim of pulling movement in tendrils is
culture; what effect does auxin have on
plants stem?
A. pulling the root downwards
A. Inhibits elongation
B. pulling the roots upward
B. Inhibits cell division
C. growth of the stem vertically upwards
C. Promotes cell division
D. Promotes elongation D. growth of the stem horizontally
42. Force of attraction between water 48. The skeleton could be external as in the
molecules and the walls of the xylem ves-
sels.
A. cartilaginous fish
A. Cohesion
B. bony fish
B. Adhesion
C. arthropods
C. Gravity
D. humans
D. Newton
49. give example of plant that sensitive to-
43. Physiological support is clear in tissue
wards touch
A. cork
A. Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
B. collenchyma
B. Bougainvillea
C. schlarenchyma
C. Mimosa Pudica
D. xylem vessels
D. tiger fern
44. example of tropic response including
50. The root of a plant growing down.
A. gravitropism
A. Positive Gravitropism
B. histotropism
B. Negative Gravitropism
C. dermatoropism
C. Thigmotropism
D. none of above
D. Hydrotropism
45. The point of touch and the point of move-
ment in sensitive plant is 51. What is an example of thigmotropism
A. Different A. Movement of tendril towards support
B. Same B. Movement of water towards stem
C. In different countries C. Movement of stem towards water
D. Different universes D. All

52. Mechanism of stomatal opening based on C. Both

A. cytoplasmic streaming D. None
B. osmosis 58. Which one is reversible?
C. cutin A. Tropism
D. cellulose B. Nastic response
53. When a plant part moves in response to C. Growth
gravity, it is called
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D. Movement
A. phototropism
59. What is the stimulus for Thigmatropism?
B. hydrotropism
A. Gravity
C. geotropism
B. Light
D. chemotropism
C. Mechanical
54. Roots of a tree growing towards the wa-
D. Wind
ter line of a house.
A. Gravitropism 60. pulling movement of roots happens in
B. Phototropism A. pea plant
C. Thigmotropism B. corms
D. Hydrotropism C. bulbs
D. both B and C
55. What type movement is shown by the clos-
ing of “Ngirum-kirum” (Mimosa pudica) 61. The shoot of a plant growing up.
leaves when touched?A. PhotonasticB.
A. Positive Gravitropism
ThigmotropismC. ThigmonasticD. ther-
motropism B. Negative Gravitropism
A. Photonastic Movement C. Thigmotropism
B. Thigmotropism D. Hydrotropism
C. Thigmonastic 62. Something that causes a positive or nega-
D. Thermotropism tive response in an organism is called
A. conversion
56. When a plant part moves in response to
light, it is called B. stimulus
A. geotropism C. reaction
B. hydrotropism D. photosynthesis
C. phototropism 63. When a plant part moves in response to
D. chemotropism water, it is called
57. Which of the following shows phototropic A. phototropism

movement B. geotropism
A. Bending of stem towards a light C. chemotropism
B. Bending of roots away from light D. hydrotropism

64. What is the stimulus for Phototropism? 70. Marvil is a Florist who uses metal scaf-
A. Gravity folds for the plants to cling making it a nice
ornamental plant. Which of the following

B. Light tropism is exhibited by the plant?
C. Mechanical A. Phototropism
D. Wind B. Thigmotropism
C. Gravitropism
65. Poison Ivy growing on a tree by touch.
D. Hydrotropism
A. Gravitropism
71. The winding movement of a climbing plant
B. Phototropism
is called
C. Thigmotropism A. thigmotropism
D. Hydrotropism B. hydrotropism
66. Which part of tendril grows faster when it C. geotropism
comes in contact with support D. chemotropism
A. Part of tendril away from object 72. All the following play roles in the plant
B. Part of tendril in contact with object structural support except
C. Both A. a, xylem
B. b. collencyma
D. None
C. c. root epidermis
67. when a plant grows in response to a stim- D. d. leaf eppidermis
ulus, it is referred to as
73. The Casparian strips are found in the
A. tropism
A. Cortex
B. photosynthesis
B. Endodermis
C. turgor pressure
C. Xylem
D. respiration D. Root hairs
68. Venus Flytrap flower reacts to a bug. 74. Response to TOUCH is called
A. Nastic Movement A. Phototropism
B. Negative Gravitropism B. Hydrotropism
C. Thigmotropism C. Thigmotropism
D. Hydrotropism D. Geotropism
75. What term is used to describe any factor
69. What will be the speed of growth related
which causes some sort of change in an or-
movements
ganism’s body or behaviour?
A. Slow A. growth
B. Fast B. stimulus
C. 10 metre per second C. response
D. Hundred metre per second D. movement

76. In the word photo tropism, . tropism myself, which plant hormone would I give
means tropism in the word photo tropism my beanstalk?
A. Movement A. Cytokinesis
B. Increase B. Ethylene
C. Excite excitement C. Auxins
D. Light D. Gibberellins
82. Pulling tendrils move in and pulling
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77. geotropism is the same as?
roots move in
A. gravitropism
A. a. air, soil
B. ghettotropism
B. 2. soil, air
C. gamitropism C. 3. air, air
D. germination D. 4. soil, soil
78. The phenomenon whereby liquids will 83. Attraction force between water
spontaneously move up tubes that have a molecules.
very small bore.
A. Cohesion
A. Transpiration Pull B. Adhesion
B. Root Pressure C. Gravity
C. Capillarity D. Newton
D. Diffusion
84. How do pea plants climb supporting
79. What is the stimulus for Gravitropism? fences
A. Gravity A. Tendrils
B. Leaf
B. Light
C. Stem
C. Mechanical
D. Root
D. Wind
80. what would happen if a light source was chemotropism
placed below a plant?
A. Movement of pollen tube towards
A. the plant would respond negatively to Chemicals produced by ovary
gravity
B. Movement of stem towards light
B. the plant would respond positively to
C. Movement of roots towards water
gravity
D. Movement of tendril towards touch
C. the plant will grow in an upward posi-
tion 86. which part of the plant responds positively
to gravity?
D. the plant would exhibit negative pho-
totropism A. xylem
B. roots
81. In the story ‘Jack and the beanstalk’, Jack
grew a beanstalk that grew way into the C. stem
clouds. If I wanted to try and grow one D. leaves

87. All the following are types of movement 88. Which of the following shows geotropic
in plants except movement

A. tropism A. Bending of roots towards Gravity
B. muscular contraction B. Bending of stem away from Gravity
C. haptotropism C. Both
D. cytoplasmic streaming D. None

5. Human physiology
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5.1 Digestion and Absorption
1. Bile is a digestive juice in our body. Which C. II and III only
of the following statements about bile is
D. I, II and III
correct?
A. It is produced by the gall bladder. 4. What is the main purpose of the small in-
testine?
B. It contains an enzyme that digests fat.
A. nutrients get absorbed into the
C. It helps break down fat into droplets. blood/lacteal
D. It stimulates peristaltic movement of B. bile is produced

the small intestine. C. water is removed
2. The mass of digesting food in your stom- D. nutrients are assimilated

ach is called
5. Produces bile
A. gross
A. liver
B. acid
B. gallbladder
C. chyme
C. pancreas
D. feces
D. rectum
3. Which of the following are true of
anorexia?I. heart muscle can be broken 6. The produces bile for the digestive sys-
down in serious casesII. food is not eaten tem
because it is not availableIII. the body’s
A. pancreas
daily energy requirements are not sus-
tained B. liver
A. I and II only C. stomach
B. I and III only D. saliva

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7. This is the process of nutrients leaving 13. What do chemoreceptors in the stomach
your digestive system and moving into mainly detect?
your blood, carrying nutrients to the rest

A. glucose
of your body.
B. fatty acids
A. Absorption
C. amino acids
B. Acidification
D. starch
C. Digestion
D. Nutrification 14. Tiny finger-shaped structures in the small
intestine in which absorption occurs
8. iron is absorbed in
A. rectum
A. duodenum
B. anus
B. ileum
C. jejunum C. bile
D. stomach D. villi
9. If iodine turns a substance to blue-black 15. Which of the following could be involved
colour, the substance is in treating a person who has phenylke-
tonuria (PKU)?I. a diet low in pheny-
A. cellulose
lalanineII. supplements of tyrosineIII. a
B. starch protein-rich diet
C. fats A. I and II only
D. proteins B. I and III only
10. is the largest gland in our body. C. II and III only
A. Skin D. I, II and III
B. Hand
16. What happens after we eat food?
C. Liver
A. Goes to the digestive system to be bro-
D. Leg ken down into nutrients
11. The chemicals that help to digest the food B. It goes to our stomach and then we ex-
are called crete it
A. digestive juice C. It goes to the bloodstream and then
B. vitamins absorbed into our cells
C. enzymes D. Goes to the digestive system and then
D. hormones we excrete it as waste
12. Which of the following animals does not 17. The breakdown products of carbohydrate
possess canine teeth? digestion are
A. cat A. monosaccharides
B. man B. amino acids
C. tiger C. glycerol
D. rabbit D. fatty acids

18. Which of the following organs produces 23. Enzymes in the pancreas
digestive juice that does not contain en- A. Travel through the blood stream to the
zymes? small intestine
A. liver
B. Travel through the pancreatic duct to
B. mouth the small intestine
C. stomach C. Are not entirely necessary for diges-
D. pancreas tion
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D. Are used to digest nucleic acids
19. Food is broken down into in our diges-
tive system 24. As the material moves through the in-
A. Waste testine, water is absorbed into the blood-
stream
B. Water and vitamins
A. large
C. Nutrients
D. Cells B. small
C. larrge
20. Which of the following are needed to make
gastric juice more acidic, when food enters D. none of above
the stomach?I. secretinII. medulla oblan-
25. Which of the following has/have been
gataIII. gastrin
shown to cause stomach ulcers?I. exces-
A. I and II only sive acid production by chief cellsII. Heli-
B. I and III only cobacter pyloriIII. antibiotics
C. II and III only A. I only
D. I, II and III B. II only
C. I and II only
21. Waves of contractions that move food
one way through the digestive system are D. III only
called
26. The liver is said to be a digestive gland be-
A. Impulse cause it
B. Peristalsis A. converts stored glycogen into glucose
C. Action Potential
D. Metabolism B. breaks down excess amino acids
22. Which of the following would be expected C. produces bile

if a baby with PKU is left untreated af- D. stores iron
ter birth?I. a high level of tyrosine in the
bloodII. mental retardationIII. a high level 27. By which process do fatty acids and glyc-
of phenylalanine hydroxylase in the blood erol enter the epithelial cells of the ileum?
A. I only A. Endocytosis
B. II only B. Simple Diffusion
C. III only C. Facilitated Diffusion
D. I, II and III D. Active Transport

28. Which monosaccharide is the disaccharide C. chymotrypsin

maltose then broken down into?
D. lipase

A. Galactose + Glucose
B. Fructose + Glucose 34. Glucose combines with oxygen and pro-
duces
C. Sucrose + Glucose
A. Gas
D. Glucose + Glucose
B. Energy
29. What is the role of bile?I) Breaks down
large fat droplets into smaller onesII) C. Liquid
Breaks down fats into fatty acidsIII) In- D. Carbon
creases surface area of fat droplets
A. I and III 35. What is the job of the circulatory system?
B. I and II A. Break down food into nutrients

C. I, II and III B. Transport molecules around the body
D. I only C. Transfer food to the respiratory sys-
tem
30. The enzyme secreted by the pancreas that
breaks down proteins D. Eliminate waste from the body
A. Amylase 36. Produces enzymes that flow into the small
B. Protease intestine
C. Lipase A. liver
D. none of above B. gallbladder
31. what are enzymes made up of? C. pancreas
A. sugars D. rectum
B. proteins
37. Amylase is responsible for digesting
C. fats
A. Starch
D. fiblre
B. Triglycerides
32. Membrane-bound disaccharidases are en-
C. Nucleic acids
zymes attached to the cell surface mem-
brane of what kind of cells in the ileum? D. Glycogen
A. Endothelial cells
38. Which of the following is a function of fi-
B. Goblet cells bre?
C. Epithelial cells A. Increases risk of constipation
D. Smooth muscle cells
B. Increases risk of colon cancer
33. enzyme responsible for protein digestion C. Increases rate of absorption of glu-
secreted by the stomach cose
A. amylase D. Avoids overlong exposure to fat-
B. pepsin soluble chemicals

39. Where do nutrients go after they leave the 45. thick, semi-liquid mixture that food in the
digestive system? gastrointestinal tract becomes by the time
A. To our intestines it leaves the stomach
A. nutrient
B. To our blood
B. food
C. To our cells
C. bolus
D. To the toilet
D. chyme
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40. The purpose of peristalsis is to
46. Which vessels associated with villi in the
A. Move food through the gut small intestine absorbs fats?
B. Move food in one direction A. capillaries
C. Move food a short distance at a time B. veins
to slow digestion C. lacteals
D. All of the above are correct D. arterioles
41. the removal of undigested food and other 47. What can enter the cell membrane?
wastes from the body A. Molecules that are small enough to fit
A. absorption through the holes
B. elimination B. Nothing enters through the cell mem-
brane
C. digestion
C. Everything can fit
D. ingestion
D. Any size food can fit through the cell
42. From where is gastrin produced? membrane
A. medulla oblangata 48. Where does protein digestion begin?
B. endocrine cells in the stomach A. mouth
C. chief cells B. stomach
D. exocrine cells in the stomach C. liver
D. small intestine
43. What is the function of bile?
49. Which of the following enzymes digests
A. digests fats
proteins?
B. emulsifies fats
A. Trypsin
C. accumulates fats B. Lipase
D. absorbs fats C. Peptidases
44. The enzyme secreted by the pancreas that D. Amylase
breaks down fats and oils 50. Breaks up fat molecules
A. Amylase A. liver
B. Protease B. anus
C. Lipase C. bile
D. none of above D. villi

51. Which of the following are needed to 56. Bile is stored in an organ called the
form gastric juice when food is seen or A. Gallbladder
smelled?I. gastrinII. parietal cellsIII. vagus

nerve B. Pancreas
A. I and II only C. Rectum
B. I and III only D. Villi
C. II and III only 57. Which of the following is NOT a nutrient?

D. I, II and III A. Fats
B. Water
52. How does the capillary network inside
the villus provide an adaptation to absorp- C. Fiber
tion? D. Vitamins
A. It maintains a high concentration gra-
58. Pepsin and Trypsin are BOTH examples
dient
of?
B. It creates a long diffusion path
A. Peptidases
C. It enables active transport B. Endopeptidases
D. It transports fats around the body C. Exopeptidases
53. Bile is produced by the D. Dipeptidases
A. Liver 59. Which of the following can be used by
B. Pancreas the body in aerobic respiration as an en-
ergy source?I. carbohydrateII. amino acid-
C. Small Intestine
sIII. lipids
D. Large Intestine
A. I only
54. Water from the undigested food is ab- B. II and II only
sorbed mainly in the C. II and III only
A. stomach D. I, II and III
B. foodpipe
60. Sucrase breaks down sucrose to which
C. small intestine two monosaccharides?
D. large intestine A. Glucose + fructose
55. Which of the following contribute to caus- B. Galactose + glucose
ing heartburn?I. circular muscle stays con- C. Glucose + glucose
tracted at the of the stomachII. excessive
D. Galactose + fructose
acid production in the stomachIII. acid in
the oesophagus 61. Amylase is secreted by
A. I and II only A. salivary glands only
B. I and III only B. pancreatic glands only
C. II and III only C. Salivary and pancreatic glands
D. I, II and III D. liver and small intestine

62. Which hormone and part of the brain are 67. Hydrochloric acid is secreted in the .
involved in ensuring that humans do not A. oesophagus
overeat?
B. stomach
A. melatonin and pituitary gland
C. large intestine
B. leptin and pituitary gland
D. small intestine
C. melatonin and medulla
D. leptin and hypothalamus 68. How do fatty acids and monoglycerides en-
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ter the epithelial cell?
63. What is the muscle action that propels A. Simple diffusion
food through the gut?
B. Facilitated diffusion
A. Peristalsis
C. Active transport
B. Myogenic muscle contraction
D. Osmosis
C. Voluntary muscle contraction
69. Which of the following features of the villi
D. Antagonistic muscle contraction
increase surface area?I. Microvilli of the
64. If a person has phenylketonuria (PKU), epithelial cellsII. Capillary network inside
which enzyme cannot be produced? the villusIII. Coiling of the small intestine
inside the body
A. phenylalanine hydrolase
A. I only
B. phenylalanine hydroxylase
B. I and II
C. tyrosine hydrolase
C. I, II and III
D. tyrosine hydroxylase
D. I and III
65. Why do nutrients get taken to our blood-
70. In an operation, a large part of the colon
stream?
of a person was removed. As a result, the
A. to be transported and excreted as person could not
waste
A. take in solid food
B. To be delivered to our lungs to be re-
B. produce sufficient digestive enzymes
leased
C. absorb amino acids efficiently
C. to be taken in as water and delivered
to cells D. produce solid faeces
D. to be taken to our cells throughout the 71. Protein digestion takes place
body
A. in the mouth
66. Protein is broken down into before B. in the stomach
they are asborbed into the small in-
C. in the stomach and duodenum
testines.
D. all of the above
A. fatty acids
B. amino acids 72. Which of the following food substances
is/are absorbed directly without diges-
C. citric acid tion?(1) vitamin C(2) sucrose(3) polypep-
D. hydrochiloric tide

A. only 78. Which of the following is not a component

of a micelle?
B. only
A. Lipases

C. and (3) only
B. Bile salts
D. and (3) only
C. Monoglycerides
73. Liver secrets D. Fatty acids
A. Acid 79. Breaking down of food into simple, soluble
B. Bile Juice compounds is called
A. ingestion
C. Base
B. digestion
D. Water
C. nutrition
74. The act of eating or putting food in the D. egestion
mouth
80. A type of digestion where chemical re-
A. digestion actions break down pieces of food into
B. ingestion smaller molecules
A. mechanical digestion
C. absorption
B. indigestion
D. elimination
C. chemical digestion
75. form of stored energy in animals D. such thing does not exist
A. fatty acids 81. transports the nutrients from the undi-
B. starch gested food to every cell of the body.
A. Oxygen
C. glucose
B. Blood
D. glycogen
C. Water
76. In the alimentary canal, most water is ab- D. Nitrogen
sorbed in the
82. This is the enzyme that breaks down the
A. oesophagus sugar lactose in your small intestine.
B. stomach A. pepsin
C. small intestine B. HCl
D. colon C. Bicarbonate
D. Lactase
77. What system does food go to AFTER the
digestive system? 83. Saliva contains this enzyme to start the di-
gestive process.
A. Respiratory system
A. spit
B. Circulatory system B. amylase
C. Digestive System C. hydrochloric acid
D. Integumentary System D. sodium bicarbonate

84. Most nutrient absorption occurs in the 89. Which of these structures function to in-
. crease the surface area of the small intes-
A. mouth tine?
B. stomach A. circular folds

B. villi
C. large intestines
C. microvilli
D. small intestines
D. all of the above
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85. Pancreas
90. Structure in which waste material is com-
A. Opening through which solid wastes pressed into solid form
exit the body
A. rectum
B. Produces Bile
B. anus
C. Produces enzymes that flow into the
C. bile
small intestine
D. villi
D. Tiny finger-shaped structures in the
small intestine in which absorption occurs 91. Which of the following can be used in
the treatment of stomach ulcers?I. proton
86. Which of the following is true of vitamin pump inhibitorsII. antacidsIII. surgery
D?
A. I and II only
A. It causes rickets
B. I and III only
B. It promotes calcium absorption in the
C. II and III only
gut
D. I, II and III only
C. Skin cells produce more of it in the win-
ter than in the summer 92. Enzymes are catalysts. What is a catalyst
D. Humans cannot make it due to lacking A. speeds up a chemical reaction
the necessary enzyme B. slows down a chemical reaction
87. Which of the following contribute to in- C. has no effect on a chemical reaction
creasing the pH of gastric juice, when pro- D. it slows dow and speeds up a chemical
tein has been digested?I. secretinII. acidic reaction
food in the small intestineIII. gastrin
93. Water from the undigested food is ab-
A. I and II only sorbed mainly in the
B. I and III only A. Stomach
C. II and III only B. Food Pipe
D. I, II and III C. Small Intestine
88. The greatest amount of digestion of food D. Large Intestine
in humans takes place in the 94. mechanical digestion begins in the
A. mouth A. large intestine
B. stomach B. small intestine
C. small intestine C. stomach
D. large intestine D. mouth

95. The piercing and tearing teeth is called C. Absorption

A. incisor D. Egestion

B. Canine 101. The large intestine is the primary site of
C. Pre-molar , sodium, potassium, and chloride ab-
sorption.
D. Molar
A. calcium
96. During digestion, fats are changed into
B. glucose
A. amino acids
C. water
B. fatty acids and glycerol
D. none of above
C. glucose
102. How are exocrine glands different from
D. sugar endocrine glands?
97. How does glucose leave the epithelial cell A. Exocrine glands are ductless
and enter the capillaries? B. Exocrine glands secrete substances di-
A. Facilitated diffusion through a mem- rectly into the blood
brane transport protein C. Endocrine glands secrete substances
B. Active transport through the mem- onto the surface of the body
brane pump D. Exocrine glands secrete digestive
C. Simple diffusion through the plasma juices
membrane
103. How does Helicobacter pylori cause stom-
D. Osmosis ach ulcers?I. by causing inflammation of
the stomach liningII. production of toxins
98. secretes pancreatic juice.
and enzymesIII. entering parietal cells
A. Liver A. I and II only
B. Brain B. I and III only
C. Pancreas C. II and III only
D. Skin D. I, II and III
99. A simple carbohydrate that serves as a ma- 104. The protective substance that lines the
jor source of energy for your body is stomach is called
A. Glucose A. Mucus
B. Vitamin K B. Saliva
C. Fiber C. Pepsin
D. Giant Turkey Leg from Six Flags D. Trypsin
100. Name the process by which the digested 105. Which of these increase does not allow
food molecules are taken up by the intes- the ileum to be adapted for absorption
tine wall and sent to circulatory system. A. large surface area
A. Assimilation B. richly supplied with blood capillaries
B. Digestion and lymphatic capillaries

C. ileum is one cell thick 111. Which of the following is not true of
D. long phenylketonuria (PKU)?
A. An untreated person with PKU will
106. Villi epithelial cells contain large numbers have a high level of phenylalanine in the
of mitochondria to produce lots of ATP blood
by aerobic respiration.What is ATP mainly
used for by these cells? B. It is caused by a gene mutation
A. simple diffusion C. An child with PKU will show symptoms
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before birth
B. facilitated diffusion
D. Phenylalanine is an essential amino
C. osmosis acid
D. active transport
112. Bile
107. In the large intestine, material is readied A. Produces enzymes that flow into the
for from the body small intestine
A. exit B. Structure in which waste material is
B. elimination compressed into solid form
C. waste C. Breaks up fat molecules
D. absorption D. Stores bile
108. Which of the following is/are absorbed 113. a long, narrow, tube-like organ of the
into the network of blood capillaries of digestive system where most chemical di-
villi? gestion of food and virtually all absorption
of nutrients take place
A. Glycerol
A. esophagus
B. Glucose
B. stomach
C. Glycogen
C. small intestine
D. Sucrose
D. large intestine
109. Which muscle type contracts behind the
food as it moves through the gut? 114. fluid produced by the liver and stored in
the gall bladder that is secreted into the
A. Circular muscle small intestine to help digest lipids and
B. Longitudinal muscle neutralize acid from the stomach
C. Oblique muscle A. bile
D. Skeletal muscle B. amylase
110. The enzyme found in saliva and the small C. trypsin

intestine that breaks down carbohydrates D. bacteria
A. Amylase 115. a type of digestion where food is physi-
B. Protease cally broken into smaller pieces
C. Lipase A. chemical digestion
D. none of above B. mechanical digestion

C. indigestion 121. What is starch broken down into?

D. automatic digestion A. Maltose

B. Glucose
116. What is starch broken down by?
C. Galactose
A. Carboxylase
D. Fructose
B. Starchase
122. Which hormone stimulates the release of
C. Peptidase gastric enzymes and HCL production?
D. Amylase A. Secretin
117. What is a similarity between active B. Gastrin
transport and passive transport? C. Peptide
A. Both use a membrane protein D. CCK
B. Both use ATP 123. This hormone s timulates the pancreas to
C. Both move particles along the concen- release bicarbonate to the small intestine.
tration gradient A. Gastrin
D. Both move particles against the con- B. Peptide
centration gradient
C. CCK
118. Acid reflux happens when acidic contents D. Secretin
of the stomach pass through the (Blank)
sphincter. 124. The opening at the end of the digestive
track where feces exit the body.
A. Upper esophageal
A. Anus
B. Lower esophageal B. Mouth
C. Pyloric C. Intestine
D. none of above D. Stomach
119. What is the function of the villi? 125. The inner walls of the stomach secrete
A. secretes enzymes
A. Mucus & hydrochloric acid
B. decreases absorption
B. Bile
C. increases surface area
C. Lime
D. creates bile
D. Salt
120. carbohydrates are broken down into 126. Chemical digestion stops in the
A. simple sugars A. Mouth
B. amino acids B. Stomach
C. fatty acids C. Small intestine
D. DNA D. Large intestine

127. Fatty acids cross the cell surface mem- A. I and II only
brane of an epithelial cell in the ileum be- B. I and III only
cause
C. II and III only
A. They are small
D. I, II and III
B. They are attached to micelles
C. They are polar 133. Which of the following are symptoms of
a deficiency in vitamin C?I. Skin discoloura-
D. They are lipid soluble tion and bruisingII. AnaemiaIII. Loosened
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128. process of breaking down food into nu- teeth and bleeding gums
trients that can be absorbed by blood or A. I and II only
lymph B. I and III only
A. chewing C. II and III only
B. mixing
D. I, II and III
C. digestion
134. Why do cells need nutrients?
D. absorption
A. To use for photosynthesis
129. What is the substrate of lipase?
B. To excrete them as waste
A. Triglycerides
C. To use for energy and other life pro-
B. Fatty acids cesses
C. Amino acids D. To use in our digestive system
D. Polypeptides
135. A muscular tube that connects the mouth
130. What is the primary function of the and the stomach.
colon? A. esophagus
A. Digestion B. liver
B. Absorption of carbs C. small intestine
C. Absorption of water D. Gall bladder
D. none of above
136. Which of the following are true of vita-
131. Substances produced by the liver, pan- min D?I. It is absorbic acidII. Oily fish are
creas and lining of the small intestine help a good source of itIII. A deficiency of it can
to complete cause an enlarged liver
A. Chemical digestion A. I and II only
B. Mechanic digestion B. I and III only
C. Absorption C. II and III only
D. Digestion D. I, II and III
132. Which of the following are true of vita- 137. Liver

min C?I. It is needed to make collagenII. A. stores bile
A deficiency of it can cause scurvyIII. Hu-
mans cannot make it due to lacking the nec- B. produces bile
essary enzyme C. breaks up fat molecules

D. produces enzymes that flow into the D. Tiny finger-shaped structures in the
small intestine small intestine in which absorption occurs

138. where do we find a semi permeable mem- 143. Right
brane in the digestive system?
A. Opening through which solid wastes
A. stomach exit the body
B. gall bladder B. breaks up fat molecules
C. liver C. stands bile
D. small intestine D. structure in which waste material is
139. Which hormone slows down gastric motil- compressed into solid form
ity and s timulates the pancreas to release
144. This is the enzyme that works on pro-
lipase and the gallbladder to release bile?
tein.
A. Gastrin
A. pepsin
B. CCK
B. HCl
C. Secretin
C. Bicarbonate
D. none of above
D. Lactase
140. In terms of the visking tubing, what is a
semi-permeable membrane? 145. Digestion involves hydrolysis reactions,
these reactions break bonds by adding
A. a membrane that allows anything to what?
pass through it
A. Lipid
B. a membrane that allows large
molecules to pass through it B. Water
C. a membrane that allows small C. Oxygen
molecules to pass through it D. Carbon Dioxide
D. a membrane that does nothing
146. The enzyme responsible for the digestion
141. Where does all the blood go after absorp- of carbohydrates is produced by the
tion?
A. salivary glands and pancreas
A. The liver
B. stomach and pancreas
B. The pancreas
C. pancreas and liver
C. The kidney
D. liver and small intestines
D. The large intestine
147. Most chemical digestion and the absorp-
142. Villi
tion of nutrients take place in
A. Stores bile
A. pancreas
B. Produces enzymes that flow into the
B. liver
small intestine
C. large intestine
C. Structure in which waste material is
compressed into solid form D. small intestine

148. Which of these is not a type of amylase? 153. Amino acids are linked together chemi-
cally to form molecules of
A. Ileal amylase
A. Simple Carbohydrates
B. Salivary amylase
B. Complex Carbohydrates
C. Pancreatic amylase
C. Really Complex Carbohydrates
D. none of above
D. Proteins
149. Which of the following absorbs the prod- 154. The enzymes present in the saliva con-
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ucts of fat digestion? vert
A. Lacteal A. fats into fatty acids and glycerol.
B. Capillaries B. starch into simple sugars.
C. Veins C. proteins into amino acids.
D. Arteries D. complex sugars into simple sugars.
155. Which of the following methods is used

150. In the alimentary canal, bacteria in food
to bring glucose from the lumen into the
are mainly killed by
epithelial cell?
A. saliva
A. Secondary active transport
B. mucus B. Active transport
C. gastric juice C. Simple diffusion
D. pancreatic juice D. Facilitated diffusion
151. The system transports water soluble 156. Which of the following cannot be di-
nutrients after they are absorbed while gested by humans?
the system transports fat soluble nu- A. Cellulose
trients.
B. Starch
A. circulatory; lymphatic C. Glycogen
B. lymphatic; circulatory D. Lipids
C. endocrine; circulatory
157. Cholera is treated using oral rehydration
D. both circulatory therapy (ORT).What is present in this so-
lution, apart from water?I. ionsII. saltsIII.
152. Which of the following is not true of the urea
cholera toxin?
A. I and II only
A. It is produced by the virus Vibrio B. I and III only
cholerae
C. II and III only
B. It attaches to receptors on intestine
D. I, II and III
cells
C. It enters the cell by endocytosis 158. Where are lipases synthesised?
D. It causes Cl-and HCO3-ions to enter A. Pancreas

the intestine lumen B. Gall bladder

C. Stomach 164. Mostly grass eating animals are called

D. Ileum
A. Carnivore

159. Most chemical digestion takes place in
B. Omnivore
which organ?
C. Ruminants
A. Stomach
D. Scavenger
B. Small intestine
165. Bile juice helps in the digestion of fat be-
C. Rectum
cause it contains
D. Esophagus A. enzymes
160. Stores bile B. vitamins
A. liver C. bile salts
B. gallbladder D. bile pigments
C. pancreas 166. The process by which the body breaks

down food so that it can be used for en-
D. right
ergy.
161. Which of the following is/are the func- A. Digestion
tion of colon? B. Respiration
A. Digest food materials C. Circulation
B. Absorb digested food D. Absorb
C. Absorb water from indigestible materi- 167. The digestive system is also commonly re-
als ferred to as the:
D. Stores indigestible materials A. Digestive Liver
162. Chyme enters the large intestine through B. Alimentary Canal
the (blank) valve. C. Pancreas
A. pyloric D. Excretory System
B. gastric 168. Bile is produced in the
C. ileocecal A. stomach
D. cecual B. small intestine
C. pancreas
163. Which of the following is/are role(s)
of hydrogen ions in gastric juice?I. in- D. liver
creases the risk of food poisoningII. con- 169. Why do we need to digest food?
verts pepsin to pepsinogenIII. provides an
optimum pH for pepsin A. so it can fit through the cell membrane
A. I only
B. so it can be excreted as waste
B. II only
C. so it can be used to for photosynthesis
C. III only
D. II and III only D. so it can fit inside the cell wall

170. Anus 175. The process of food intake is known as

A. Opening through which solid wastes
exit the body A. Excretion
B. Tiny finger-shaped structures in the B. Calculation
small intestine in which absorption occurs C. Respiration
D. Ingestion.
C. Produces enzymes that flow into the
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small intestine 176. What is involved in controlling the vol-
ume and composition of gastric juice?I.
D. Produces bile
nervous systemII. hormonal systemIII.
171. in the small intestines, the enzyme mal- medulla oblangata
tase breaks down maltose into . A. I and II only
A. glucose + fructose B. I and III only
B. glucose + glucose C. II and III only
C. glucose + galactose D. I, II and III
D. none of above 177. The helps in mixing saliva with food.
172. Which of the following is/are true of fi- A. Heart
bre?I. It is digested but not absorbedII. B. Stomach
Cellulose acts as fibre in the human gutIII.
It is egested C. Nose
D. Tongue
A. I only
B. II only 178. At about 6 meters, makes up two
thirds of the lenght of the digestive sys-
C. III only
tem.
D. II and III only
A. large intestine
173. What type of digestion involves the ac- B. small intestine
tual breaking apart of the food by our C. pancreas
teeth, tongue, or muscles?
D. liver
A. chemical digestion
B. diffusion 179. The pancreas produces digestive that
help break down starches, proteins and
C. mechanical digestion fats
D. peristalsis A. proteins
174. The folds of the small intestine are cov- B. carbohydrates
ered with fingerlive projections called C. enzymes
A. bolus D. saliva
B. bile
180. Opening through which solid wastes exit
C. villi the body
D. vicky A. rectum

5.2 Breathing and Respiration 883
B. anus A. fatty acids

C. bile B. amino acids

D. villi C. fats
181. Occurs when the cells of the digestive D. proteins
system take in small molecules of digested
food 185. Which of the following is true of choles-
terol?
A. absorption
A. It is transported by HDLs from the liver
B. digestion to body tissues
C. elimination
B. It is transported by LDLs from body tis-
D. ingestion sues to the liver and removed from blood
182. Which enzyme is NOT secreted by the
pancreas? C. It is a trans-unsaturated fat
A. lactase D. It is transported in lipoproteins
B. amylase 186. After eating a hamburger, chemical diges-
C. lipase tion begins in the
D. protease A. mouth cavity
183. What is the name of the flap that pre- B. oesophagus
vents food from entering your lungs? C. stomach
A. epiglottis D. small intestine
B. tongue
187. The main purpose of the large intestine.
C. pancreas
A. absorb hormones
D. chyme
B. absorb protein
184. The fluid inside the lacteals of the intesti-
nal villi becomes milky after a meal. This C. absorb nutrients
is due to the presence of D. absorb water
5.2 Breathing and Respiration

1. B7.5 What is the function of the lungs B. test using litmus paper
A. To breathe C. test using limewater
B. To exchange gases (respiration) D. test using lighted splinter
C. To inflate
3. What happens to your breathing rate
D. To photosynthesize when you exercise?
A. It increases
2. Which of the following is used to test car-
bon dioxide in exhaled air? B. It decreases
A. test using cobalt chloride paper C. It stays the same

D. none of above 10. Respiration can be divided into two pro-

cesses:inspiration and expiration.
4. Which of the following are features of the
alveoli that speed up diffusion?I. High sur- A. False; It can be divided into external,
face areaII. Thin wallsIII. Few capillaries internal respiration
A. I and II only B. True; these are the only processes
that occur
B. I only
C. II and III C. False; It can be divided into external,
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internal respiration and cellular respira-
D. I, II and III tion
5. The process of a molecule moving from an D. none of above
area of high concentration to an area of
low concentration is called 11. In which of the following parts of the
A. osmosis alimentary canal is starch MAINLY di-
gested?I. MouthII. StomachIII. Small in-
B. diffusion testineIV. Large intestine
C. active transport A. II only
D. mitosis
B. I and III
6. What is the majority of CO2 stored as? C. I and II
A. Carbaminohemoglobin D. I, II, and IV
B. Lactic acid
12. The breathing centre initiates ventilation
C. Carbonic acid
in response to-
D. Bicarbonate
A. A decrease in air pressure
7. An giraffe exhales B. A decrease in O2
A. carbon dioxide & water
C. An increase in CO2
B. ATP and carbon dioxide
D. The rate of gas exchange in the alveoli
C. carbon dioxide & glucose
D. glucose & oxygen 13. The main ORGAN responsible for breath-
ing is:
8. The place in the lungs where oxygen and
A. the Brain
carbon dioxide are exchanged
A. Diaphragm B. the Lungs
B. Alveolus C. the Liver

C. Bronchi Tube D. the Kidneys
D. Trachea 14. CO2 is carried in blood by hemoglobin in
9. Cells do cell respiration in order to make the form of:
A. water A. Sodium bicarbonate
B. glucose B. Potassium bicarbonate
C. energy (ATP) C. Carbamino compound
D. oxygen D. Methaemoglobin

15. What are the reactants of aerobic respira- C. Mitochondria

tion?
D. cytoplasm

A. glucose and oxygen
B. glucose and water 21. What is the equation for photosynthesis?
C. carbon dioxide and water A. carbon dioxide + water → oxygen +

glucose
D. lactic acid and energy
B. food + energy → oxygen + water
16. What is the name of the tiny air sacs in
your lungs? C. oxygen + glucose → carbon dioxide
+ water
A. Bronchioles
D. Carbon dioxide + glucose → water +
B. Ravioli
oxygen
C. Alveoli
D. Bronchus 22. What would happen if your breathing sys-
tem stopped working?
17. Kim is studying certain blood vessels in the A. Nothing
body. Blood vessels travel from the heart
to the muscles in the upper arm. Which B. You will die
type of vessel is Kim studying? C. You have to remove your lung
A. Veins D. You will be happy
B. arteries
C. capillaries 23. Carbon dioxide and oxygen both enter and
leave the leaf at the
D. lymph ducts
A. pore
18. Which is not a waste product of cellular
B. spongy measophyll
respiration?
A. Water C. guard cells
B. Heat D. stomata
C. Carbon Dioxide 24. What happens to the size of the space in
D. Oxygen the chest when you exhale?
19. When we inhale, the Intercostal muscles A. becomes larger

contract to cause the ribs to move B. becomes smaller
A. Upwards and outwards C. remains the same size
B. Inwards and downwards D. none of above
C. Forwards and outwards
25. The mitochondria is responsible for
D. Backwards and inwards
A. photosynthesis
20. Which organelle does respiration take
place in our cells? B. anaerobic respiration
A. Nucleus C. aerobic respiration
B. Cell membrane D. fermentation

26. Flap of skin that covers the opening to the 32. We receive oxygen and take out what
windpipe during swallowing from our bodies?
A. Stomach A. Our need to live
B. Trachea B. Carbon Dioxide
C. Pancreas C. Molecules unneeded to the body.
D. Epiglottis D. Chemicals needed to the body .
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27. What is the process by which oxygen en- 33. How does the diaphragm move when you
ters the cells exhale?
A. filtration A. upward towards the lungs
B. dissolving B. downward, away from the lungs.
C. diffusion C. H
D. crystallisation D. none of above
28. What is the site of gas exchange? 34. The respiratory/breathing center in brain
A. alveoli is located in
B. nose A. Midbrain
C. lung B. Pons
D. bronchi C. Medulla oblongata

D. Spinal cord
29. What substance is significantly increased
when we breathe out? 35. Oxygen from the air enters the blood
A. Water stream at what location?
B. Carbon dioxide A. Cardiac Notch
C. Oxygen B. Pulmonary Vein
D. Carbon monoxide C. Alveoli

D. Paranasal Sinuses
30. Which enzyme is concerned with the break-
down of lipids? 36. When you breathe in air, you inhale oxy-
A. pepsin gen into your lungs and exhale
B. amylase A. Carbon dioxide
C. trypsin B. Carbon monoxide
D. lipase C. Oxygen
D. Hydrogen
31. Which part of the body is NOT used for the
human breathing system to work? 37. Contains no cartilage just smooth muscle
A. Mouth A. Bronchi
B. Nose B. Bronchioles
C. Small intestine C. Lungs
D. Diaphragm D. Lungs and bronchioles

38. Why is oxygen needed in regards to NADH 43. When you breathe the diaphragm
and FADH2? creating more space for more air.

A. If O2 is lacking, they cannot lose elec- A. raises high
trons
B. raises low
B. If O2 is lacking, they cannot gain elec-
C. lifts high
trons
D. flattens out
C. If O2 is lacking, they cannot lose all of
their electrons 44. A food sample is boiled with dilute hy-
D. If O2 is lacking, they lose to many elec- drochloric acid and neutralized. When
trons tested with Benedict’s solution, an orange-
red colour is produced. This indicates that
39. Which part of the Respiratory System the food contains
collects air from the environment &
heats/moistens the air before entering A. non-reducing sugar
the body? B. lipids
A. lungs C. proteins
B. nose D. amino acids
C. heart
45. A vegetarian diet
D. brain
A. lacks fats and oils which are not pro-
40. What substance do we need to breathe duced by plants
in?
B. gets inferior quality vitamins from
A. Water plants
B. Carbon dioxide C. requires large qualities of food to sup-
C. Oxygen ply essential amino acids
D. Carbon monoxide D. requires large quantities of food to
supply essential mineral nutrient
41. When the diaphragm and intercostal mus-
cles contract they decrease the volume of 46. We can test the presence of carbon dioxide
the thoracic cavity? in exhaled air by bubbling it into .
A. True A. limewater
B. False B. lime juice
C. No effect C. lime
D. All 3 options are incorrect D. water
42. Which of the following is essential in the
47. The trachea is a part of the respiratory sys-
diet of a mammal to develop strong bones
tem. What can the trachea also be called
and teeth?
and what is its function?
A. vitamin C
A. Windpipe, conduct and filters the air
B. vitamin A we breathe
C. Calcium B. Windpipe, releases air out of the body
D. Iron

C. Tubes; carries air to the lungs C. glutes

D. Tubes; carries air to the liver D. trachea
48. All living things do which of the follow- 53. What is the main organ of the circulatory
ing? system?
A. Chemosynthesis A. Bladder
B. Respiration B. Heart
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C. photosynthesis C. Veins
D. all of the answers D. Arteries
49. B7.2 What is missing from this word equa- 54. What are the main muscles of inhalation?
tion for respiration:oxygen + → car-
A. The diaphragm and intercostal mus-
bon dioxide + water
cles
A. water
B. The scalenes and the abdominal mus-
B. nitrogen dioxide cles
C. glucose C. The diaphram and abdominal muscles
D. oxygen D. The diaphragm and latissimus muscles
50. What molecule is supplied to cells in the 55. which kind of cells would have the most
bloodstream, and comes from digestion? mitochondria?
A. oxygen A. brain cells
B. carbon dioxide B. bone cells
C. glucose C. plant cells
D. water D. muscle cells
51. The overall equation for cellular respira- 56. Which organ excretes carbon dioxide?
tion is:
A. Lungs
A. C6H12O6 + energy → 6CO2 + 6H2O
B. Liver
+ energy
C. Heart
B. CH2O + O2 → CO2 + 6H2O + energy
D. Kidney
C. C6H12O6 + 6O2 → 6CO2 + 6H2O + 57. Why when you increase cavity space you
energy decrease pressure?
D. C6H12O6 + 6CO2 → 6O2 + 6H2O + A. Because the air that is contained in the
energy cavity has more space therefore pressure
52. This is the muscle in between your lungs goes down
that helps you take a deep, low breathe B. It does not decrease it increases
for singing better, longer, and easier. C. Because intercostal mucles and di-
A. diaphragm aphram relax
B. vocal fold D. none of above

58. Which organ breaks down lactic acid? 64. What controls the movement of the
A. Liver lungs?

B. Lung A. The Rib cage
C. Heart B. Your heart rate

D. Bladder C. The Diaphragm
D. The autonomic nervous system
59. Your body couldn’t breathe without this
system. Which one is it? 65. What is the name of the body’s fuel?
A. Perspiration system A. Protein
B. Photosynthesis B. Oxygen
C. Urinary system C. Glucose
D. Respiratory system D. Carbon dioxide
60. The trachea is a part of the respiratory sys- 66. Which muscles control the inhalation and
tem. What can the trachea also be called? exhalation of breathing?
A. Windpipe the air we breathe A. Ribs and Diaphragm
B. Oesophagus B. Lungs and Intercostal Muscles
C. Larynx C. Diaphragm and Intercostal Muscles
D. Sinuses D. Trachea and Bronchi
61. Which of the following delivers oxygen to 67. What is the process of breathing in also
cells? called?
A. Red Blood cells A. Respiration
B. White blood cells
B. Exhalation
C. Platelets
C. Combustion
D. Plasma
D. Inhalation
62. What is the correct order for air entering
68. Which phase of respiration is an active pro-
the lungs?
cess?
A. Trachea-Bronchi-Bronchioles-Alveoli
A. Inspiration/Inhalation
B. Trachea-Tracheoles-Bronchi
B. Expiration/Exhalation
C. Alveoli-Bronchi-Bronchioles-Spiracles
C. Both are active processes
D. Trachea-Bronchioles-Bronchi-Alveoli
D. All 3 options are incorrect
63. What keeps mucus and dirt out of your
lungs? 69. Which of the following correctly describe
breathing?
A. Your diaphragm
A. Chemcially breakdown of food to pro-
B. Your medula vide energy for the body cells
C. Your heart B. Physical process of taking in air and re-
D. Cilia moving it from the body

C. Physical action of the moving of the 75. What is the equation for respiration?
lungs cavity A. carbon dioxide + water → oxygen +
D. Release of energy inside cells glucose
B. food + energy → oxygen + water
70. What happens in inhalation?
C. oxygen + glucose → carbon dioxide
A. the intercostal muscles relaxes + water
B. the diaphragm contracts and flattens D. Carbon dioxide + glucose → water +
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C. the ribs move inwards and downwards oxygen
76. Which enzyme has the ability to work

D. the air in the lungs are forced out BEST in an acidic pH?
A. pepsin
71. Cellular respiration takes place in the
B. amylase
A. nucleus
C. trypsin
B. cytoplasm
D. lipase
C. ribosomes
77. Which bones protect the lungs and are also
D. mitochondria needed for breathing to happen?
72. Respiration is A. ribs
A. The movement of the diaphragm B. radius and ulna
B. Breaking down starch to sugar C. cranial bones

D. jaw bones
C. Releasing energy from glucose
D. Breathing 78. The mechansism of breathing in human be-
ing is a .
73. Which of the following teeth would be A. Inspiration-pump mechanism
MOST suitable for peeling cane or remov-
ing meat from a bone? B. Expiration-pump mechanism
C. Suction-pump mechanism
A. Canines
D. Sensory-motor mechanism
B. Incisors
C. Premolars 79. Tubes that move air from the trachea to
the lungs.
D. Molars
A. Alveoli
74. What is the equation for Aerobic Respira- B. Bronchi
tion? C. Veins
A. Energy = CO2 + Water + O2 D. Arteries
B. Glucose «< O2 + Water + Energy
80. Which of the following organs involved in
C. Glucose + O2 »> Energy + CO2 + the digestive system does NOT produce di-
Water gestive enzymes?
D. none of above A. pancreas

B. stomach 86. Which portion of the breathing center in-

hibits inspiration and stimulates expira-
C. ileum
tion?

D. liver
A. Dorsal and lateral
81. What is produced during anaerobic respira- B. Ventral and lateral
tion in humans?
C. Medial and lateral
A. Lactic Acid
D. Central and lateral
B. Lactic Acid and Water
87. An oxygen debt occurs in muscles when
C. Lactic Acid and Carbon Dioxide
D. Carbon Dioxide and Water
A. more carbon dioxide has been pro-
duced
82. How much oxygen concentration must de-
crease in the air to double the breathing B. the breathing rate increases
rate of an individual?
C. anaerobic respiration has taken place
A. 05%
D. the pulse rate increases
B. 10%
88. All of the following factors play role in the
C. 15%
regulation of respiratory rhythm except-
D. 20%
A. CO2
83. Another name for sugar is B. H+ conc.
A. ATP C. O2
B. Cellular D. None of the above is correct
C. Glucose
89. What is a product?
D. Fall Out Boy
A. The substance is you start with in a
chemical reaction
84. What does the word “inhale” mean?
B. A chemical reaction that creates oxy-
A. breath out
gen
B. breath in
C. The cell part that breaks food up
C. choke
D. The substance that is formed after a
D. none of above chemical reaction.
85. Which phase of respiration is a passive 90. What is the main function of the respira-
process? tory system?
A. Inspiration/Inhalation A. To break food down
B. Expiration/Exhalation B. Circulate the blood
C. Both are passive processes C. Supply the blood with oxygen
D. All 3 options are incorrect D. none of above

91. What is produced during anaerobic respira- 96. What molecule is a store of energy?
tion in plants and fungi? A. ATP
A. Ethanol B. PTA
B. Lactic Acid and Water C. APT
C. Ethanol and Carbon Dioxide D. AQA
D. Ethanol and Water
97. Explain how lung cancer cells spread
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throughout the body
92. Muscles have the most mitochondria.
A. Abnormal cells reproduce
A. True:They undergo the most cell respi-
ration B. Abnormal cells attack healthy cells
B. True:They undergo fermentation C. Uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells
C. False:They undergo fermentation so

they dont require oxygen D. Genetic condition
D. False:They do not have mitochondria 98. What does the lung send to blood cells
A. Oxygen
93. The breathing center, located in ‘Medulla
Oblongata’, is responsible to control B. Nitrogen
A. Involuntary control of breathing C. Carbon Dioxide
B. Voluntary control of breathing D. none of above
C. Both involuntary and voluntary con- 99. Which is the correct matching?
trols of breathing A. Mitochondria:photosnythesis
D. All 3 options are correct B. Thylakoids:Photosynthesis
94. What does the Larynx hold? C. Chloroplast:Respiration
A. The larynx holds the whole respitory D. Chloroplast:Photosynthesis

system. 100. This structure contains a ciliated mucous
B. The larynx holds the trachea. membrane and is reinforced with cartilage
rings.
C. The larynx holds the vocal chords.
A. Larnyx
D. The larynx hold the wind pipe.
B. Pharynx
95. During exhalation the volume of the tho- C. Trachea
racic cavity decreases because the inter-
D. Epiglottis
costal muscles and diaphragm relax, forc-
ing air 101. B7.5 What is the function of the bronchi
A. Into the stomach A. To expand and contract
B. To the heart B. To breathe
C. Out of the body C. Bring gases to and from the lungs
D. Into the lungs D. To pump blood

102. B7.2 What is the word equation for res- 107. When you breathe, the diaphragm
piration creating more space for more air.
A. carbon dioxide + glucose → oxygen

A. Raises high
+ water
B. Raises low
B. oxygen + water → carbon dioxide +
glucose C. Lifts high
C. oxygen + glucose → carbon dioxide D. Flattens out

+ water
108. Which of the following are features of
D. oxygen + carbon dioxide → water + the alveoli that adapt them to gas ex-
glucose change?I. High surface areaII. Thin wall-
103. The correct word equation for Anaerobic sIII. Dry surfaces
respiration is A. I and II only
A. glucose → lactic acid + oxygen B. I only
B. glucose → lactic acid (+ energy re- C. II and III
leased)
D. I, II and III
C. glucose + oxygen → lactic acid (+ en-
ergy released)
109. Which of the following does NOT make
D. lactic acid → energy released up part of the lungs?
104. B7.8 What happens to breathing rate A. Alveoli

when you exercise B. Bronchioles
A. increases C. Trachea
B. decreases
D. Bronchi
C. stays the same
D. none of above 110. Milky colour of lime solution is due to
mixing of which gas-
105. Which of the following happens during
A. Calcium carbonate
expiration?
B. Carbon di oxide
A. Internal intercostal muscles contract
B. External intercostal muscles contract C. Oxygen
C. Diaphragm contracts D. Nitrogen

D. Abdominal muscles relax 111. When you breathe in air, you bring oxy-
gen gases into your lungs and blow out
106. The respiratory system is a group of
gas.
and
A. Muscles and tendons A. Carbon dioxide
B. Veins and bones B. Carbon monoxide

C. Tissues and organs C. Oxygen
D. Cartilage and skin D. Hydrogen

112. Why must respiration occur is a moist en- C. 70%

vironment? D. 100%
A. So that CO2 and O2 are dissolved in wa-
ter 118. What are the tiny air sacs on the surface
of the lungs?
B. So that the nasal cavity doesn’t get ir-
ritated A. Alveolus
C. It makes the absorption of O2 easier B. Capillaries
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D. So that the surface area for absorption C. A-Levels
is increased D. Alveoli
113. Select the incorrect answer(s); 119. The respiratory system distributes to
A. Fermentation produces 4 ATP per glu- the body?
cose
A. Oxygen
B. Krebs cycle produces 2 CO2 per cycle
B. Carbon Dioxide
C. ETC produces 6 NADH per glucose
C. Nutrients
D. Glycolysis requires 2ATP per glucose
D. Carbon Monoxide
114. What is the process of respiration?
120. Breathing is
A. Breathing
A. Breaking down food
B. The release of energy from food
B. Making noise
C. Inhalation
C. Inhaling and Exhaling Air
D. Oxygen transfer
D. Producing energy from food
115. The blood vessels that surround the alve-
oli sacs are called 121. How do the lungs get rid of all the CO2
they’ve picked up from the blood?
A. Capillaries
B. Arteries A. They convert it into oxygen
C. Veins B. They inhale to bring in fresh air
D. vessels C. They send it back into the bloodstream
116. Why is the lung important to other Body D. They compress and exhale
Systems?
A. It helps supply oxygen to the blood. 122. Which of the following correctly describe
respiration
B. It helps keep the blood cells red.
A. Chemcially breakdown of food to pro-
C. It gets rid of Carbon Dioxide in blood.
vide energy for the body cells
D. Answers Orange and Blue
B. Physical process of taking in air and re-
117. What percentage of waste is expelled in moving it from the body
breathing? C. Physical action of the moving of the
A. 10% lungs cavity
B. 25% D. Release of energy from glucose

123. The part of the gut into which the bile C. Anaerobic
empties is the D. Inhalation

A. duodenum
129. Adenosine triphosphate is more com-
B. caecum monly known as
C. ileum A. ADP
D. stomach B. ATP
124. Which one is needed for all the rest? C. DNA
A. Krebs cycle D. Sugar
B. Glycolysis 130. How many chambers does the heart
C. Pyruvate Oxidation have?
D. ETC A. 4
B. 6
125. The respiratory system is made up of the
trachea, the lungs, and the C. 3
A. Liver D. 1
B. Diaphragm 131. What might happen if the product of
C. Esophagus anaerobic respiration continue to accumu-
late in the muscle cells?
D. Pancreas
A. muscles will be stronger
126. B7.4 which organ is not in the respiratory B. muscles will be destroyed
system
C. muscles will be strained and even
A. stomach cramp up
B. lungs D. muscles will just feel warm and even-
C. trachea tually go away
D. Bronchi 132. Which portion of the breathing center, lo-
cated in the medulla oblongata, is called
127. Which is correct?
the ‘inspiratory center’?
A. Mitochondria do respiration and
A. Dorsal
chloroplasts do fermentation
B. Ventral
B. Mitochondria do photosynthesis and
chloroplasts do respiration C. Dorsal and lateral
C. Mitochondria do glycolysis and chloro- D. Ventral and lateral
plasts do respiration
133. When you breath out what happens to
D. Mitochondria do respiration and the diaphragm
chloroplasts do photosynthesis
A. Relaxes
128. The process of breathing in is called? B. Contracts
A. Exhalation C. decreases
B. Aerobic D. increases

134. Where in the cell does aerobic respiration C. Lungs

take place?
D. Heart
A. Nucleus
B. Cytoplasm 140. A yeast is producing bubbles when it is
placed in sugar water. What are the bub-
C. Mitochondria bles?
D. Cell membrane A. acid
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135. B7.3 What is needed for diffusion to take B. carbon dioxide
place
C. oxygen
A. A concentration gradient
D. alcohol
B. Energy
C. carrier proteins 141. Exchange of gases in plant leaf by the
process of-
D. water
A. Endo osmosis
136. Where does aerobic respiration take
B. Exo osmosis
place?
C. Diffusion
A. Mitochondria
B. Ribosomes D. Transpiration
C. Lysosomes 142. carry blood to the heart.

D. Cytoplasm A. Arteries
137. A man has poor night vision and his gums B. Veins
bleed whenever he brushes his teeth. He C. Capillaries
could improve his health by eating more
D. Vena Cava
A. fish liver oil and eggs
B. carrots and oranges 143. what is the part of the lung called where
C. brown rice and carrots Gas exchange occurs?
D. milk and fish A. Bronchi

B. Bronchioles
138. Which of the following breaks down lac-
tic acid in the body? C. Trachea
A. Glucose D. Aveoli
B. Carbon dioxide
144. What is the mode of nerve impulses dis-
C. Oxygen charge from the breathing center in the
D. Water brain (medulla oblongata)?
A. Continuous
139. During oxygen debt, the lactic acid is re-
moved from B. Intermittent, after every 5 seconds
A. Liver C. Rhythmic
B. Muscles D. Discharge after a stimulus

145. Which of the following nutrients supply 151. Stomata open in day time due to-
the MOST energy? A. Photosynthesis

A. glucose B. Respiration
B. starch C. Guttation
C. proteins D. Fermentation
D. lipids
152. The villus of the ileum is BEST adapted to
146. Which portion of the breathing center in- A. absorb water from undigested food
creases the rate and depth of inspiration?
B. help in digestion
A. Dorsal
C. increase the surface area for absorp-
B. Ventral tion
C. Medial D. decrease movement of food
D. Central
153. The process which moves food through
147. B7.5 what is the function of the alveoli the alimentary canal is called
A. to breathe A. peristalsis
B. transport water to and from the blood- B. swallowing
stream C. mastication
C. transport blood D. digestion
D. exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide 154. Fermentation is which type of process-
molecules to and from the bloodstream.
A. Aerobic
148. Neural control of breathing is in the B. Anaerobic
A. cerebrum C. Both aerobic and anaerobic
B. Diaphragm D. None of the above
C. Medulla
155. What is produced by anaerobic respira-
D. Olfactory lobe tion?
149. Muscular structure containing mucous to A. Lactic acid and energy
clean air B. Carbon dioxide and energy
A. Pharynx and Larynx C. Lactic acid and oxygen
B. Pharynx D. Oxygen and energy
C. Nasal Cavity
156. Glucose is Oxidized in Cellular Respira-
D. Nasal cavity and Larynx tion, what defines Oxidation?
150. The trachea leads to the A. The Removal of a Hydrogen ion from a
glucose
A. Bronchioles
B. The Removal of a proton from a
B. Bronchi molecule
C. Esophagus C. The Addition of a hydrogen ion to a
D. Pulmonary Vessel molecule

D. The Removal of a proton and electron B. carbon dioxide

from a molecule C. glucose
157. Which of the following is used to test wa- D. water
ter vapour in exhaled air?
163. A contraction of the diaphragm during in-
A. test using cobalt chloride paper halation causes it to flatten. What else
B. test using litmus paper does the contraction result in?
C. test using limewater A. An increase in the volume of the tho-
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racic cavity
D. test using lighted splinter
B. Increase in alveolar pressure
158. B7.1 What is the process that releases
C. A decrease in lung volume
energy in cells
D. A decrease in the volume of the tho-
A. respiration
racic cavity
B. photosynthesis
164. What happens to your pulse when you
C. transpiration
exercise?
D. excretion
A. It increases
159. The larynx is also known as the B. It decreases
A. Voice box C. It stays the same
B. Passage to the lungs D. none of above
C. Throat 165. Lenticels are pores present in-
D. Airway A. Leaf
160. Which gas is a product released during B. Root
photosynthesis that humans need for sur- C. seed
vival?
D. Bark
A. Carbon dioxide
166. What reactants are there in cellular res-
B. neon
piration?
C. nitrogen
A. Water and Glucose
D. oxygen
B. Oxygen and Glucose
161. Where in the body does respiration oc- C. Carbon Dioxide and Water
cur?
D. Twenty One Pilots
A. In the heart
167. If I exercise, what chemical does my body
B. In all living cells
produce more of? (Hint:Remember the ex-
C. In the muscles periment)
D. In the lungs A. CO2 (carbon dioxide)
162. What molecule is broken down to provide B. O2 (Oxygen)
energy for life processes? C. Glucose
A. oxygen D. none of above

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168. Which of the following is not a feature of 173. B7.4 Which organ is involved in respira-
the alveoli? tion

A. small surface area A. Trachea
B. thin B. heart
C. good blood supply C. small intestine
D. large surface area D. liver
174. is not good for your lungs.

169. When the diaphragm relaxes it moves
back up into what shape? A. Exercising
A. Cube B. Singing
B. Pyramid C. Smoking
C. Dome D. Yelling
D. Star 175. Tiny air sacs in the lungs that are the site
of gas exchange between the lungs and
170. What is the main bone structure that pro- blood.
tects the lungs?
A. alveoli
A. Vertebrae
B. relax
B. Rib cage C. diaphragm
C. Skull D. nose
D. Pelvis
176. What substance do we need to breathe
171. A product of Anaerobic respiration is out?
A. Lactic acid A. Water

B. Carbon dioxide
B. sugar
C. Oxygen
C. glucose
D. Carbon monoxide
D. oxygen
177. To some extent, the ‘rate and depth’
172. What is the process of breathing out also of breathing can be controlled voluntarily.
called? When this voluntary control is used?
A. Respiration A. During forced breathing
B. Exhalation B. During speech and singing
C. Combustion C. During sneezing and coughing
D. Inhalation D. All 3 options are correct
5.3 Body Fluids and Circulation

1. Which two of the following changes usu- B. 45

ally tend to occur in the plain dwellers C. 90
when they move into high altitudes?1. In-
crease in RBC’s size2. Increase in RBC pro- D. 10
duction3. Increased breathing rate4. In- 7. Typical lub-dub sound heard in heart beat
creased thrombocyte count are due to
A. 1 & 4 A. Closing of bicuspid and tricuspid
B. 1 & 2 valves followed by semilunar valves.
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C. 2 & 3 B. Closing of semilunar valves
D. 3 & 4 C. Blood pressure through aorta
2. The amount of water present in blood D. Closer of bicuspid valves

plasma is- 8. what percentage of ventricular filling is
A. 99% achieved by atrial contraction
B. 90-92% A. 30
C. 10% B. 50
D. 55% C. 70
D. 90
3. the thread like tendons of papillary mus-
cles inserted upon the flaps of tricuspid 9. Which one of the following statement is
and bicuspid valves are correct regarding blood pressure?
A. chordae tendinae A. 130/90 mm Hg is considered high & re-
B. yellow elastin fibres quires treatment
C. reticulate fibres B. 100/55 mm Hg is considered an ideal
blood pressure
D. collagen fibres
C. 105/50 mm Hg makes one very active
4. Fully mature human RBC has
D. 190/110 mm Hg may harm vital organs
A. A Nucleus like brain & kidney
B. No nucleus
10. Mammalian RBCs are in shape-
C. Nucleus may or may not be present
A. Oval
B. Biconvex
5. Heart receives C. biconcave
A. Pure Blood D. Sickle like
B. Venous Blood 11. the machine taking the reading of electrical
C. Mixed Blood activity of heart is known as
D. Impure Blood A. electrocardiogram
6. Plasma is a straw coloured, viscous fluid B. electrocardiograph

constituting nearly % of blood- C. MRI
A. 55 D. biopsy

12. During each cardiac cycle two prominent C. 120

sounds are produced which can be easily
D. 80
heard through a stethoscope. If during

check up the heart sounds are not clear it 18. what happens in coronary circulation
indicates
A. circulation to the heart
A. Cardiac arrest
B. circulation to the body
B. Heart failure
C. Leaky valves C. circulation to the lungs
D. Atherosclerosis D. circulation to small intestine
13. standard ECG of a normal person. The P- 19. How does the lymphatic system help main-
wave represents the tain homeostasis?
A. Contraction of both the atria A. It returns lost fluids to the circulatory
B. b) Initiation of the ventricular contrac- system to maintain blood volume and pres-
tion sure
C. c) Beginning of the systole B. It pumps blood throughout the body
D. d) End of systole C. It aids in gas exchange with the lungs
14. ABO blood grouping is based on the pres- D. In moves the skeletal muscles
ence or absence of surface antigens
20. During the joint diastole heart receive?
A. 2
A. Deoxygenated blood
B. 3
B. Oxygenated blood
C. 6
D. 12 C. Venous blood
D. None
15. Histamine in the blood is secreted by
A. mast cells 21. The cells involved in inflammatory reac-
B. macrophages tions are
C. eosinophils A. Eosinophils
D. basophils B. Basophils
C. Neutrophils
16. The VOLUME of blood pumped out of a ven-
tricle with each heartbeat is known as D. Lymphocytes
A. Heart Rate
22. First heart sound is
B. Stroke Volume
A. Lubb sound at the end of systole
C. Cardiac Output
B. Lubb sound at the beginning of ventri-
D. Blood Pressure
cal systole
17. Pulse pressure is mm Hg C. Dup sound at the end of systole
A. 40 D. Dup sound at the beginning of ventrical
B. 25 systole

23. What produces systolic blood pressure? 29. Tick the correct answer:Erythroblastosis
A. Contraction of the right atrium foetalis is due to the destruction of
B. Contraction of the right ventricle A. Foetal suffers from artheroscelorosis

C. Contraction of the left atrium B. Foetal RBCs
D. Contraction of the left ventricle C. Foetal WBCs
24. Pacemaker is D. Both B and C
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A. Instrument for measuring heart beat 30. How do parasympathetic neural signals af-
B. Instrument for measuring pulse rate fect the working of the heart?
C. Auriculo-ventricular node that pro- A. Reduce both heart rate & cardiac out-
vides impulse for heart beat put
D. Sinu-aurical node that provides im- B. Heart rate is increased without affect-
pulse for heart beat ing cardiac output
25. In an open circulatory system- C. Both the heart rate & cardiac output
A. There is no heart increase
B. There is no need of blood vessels D. Heart rate decreases but cardiac out-
put increases
C. There is no distinction between blood
and tissue fluid 31. Fastest distribution of some injectable ma-
D. There are no open spaces or sinuses terial/ medicine & without any risk can be
in the body acchieved by injecting it into the
26. right side of the heart is high in A. Muscles

A. O2 B. Arteries
B. H C. Veins
C. C D. Lymph vessels
D. CO2
32. is a blood disorder where the
27. what is the function of the veins haemoglobin is defective
A. take blood toward heart A. Heterochromia
B. take blood away from heart B. Alopecia
C. remove waste C. Haemolysis
D. take blood to stomach D. Sickle cell anaemia
28. If liver is removed, the component that in-
33. Closed circulatory system is found in-
creases in blood
A. Protein A. Arthopod and chordates
B. Urea B. Molluscs and chordates

C. Uric acid C. Amphibians and molluscs
D. Ammonia D. Annelids and chordates

34. High blood pressure 40. Erythroblastosis Fetalis occurs when

A. Heart Failure mother’s blood is and foetus blood
is

B. Atherosclerosis
A. RH positive, RH negative
C. Myocardial Infarction
B. RH negative, RH positive
D. Hypertension
C. RH negative, RH negative
35. Which one of the following plasma pro- D. RH positive, RH positive
teins are involved in the coagulation of
blood? 41. what does a ventricle do
A. Albumin A. force blood out
B. Serum amylase B. let blood in
C. Globulin C. exchange gases
D. Fibrinogen D. remove waste
36. Cardiac output is determined by- 42. what is the largest artery
A. Heart rate A. radial
B. Stroke volume B. aorta

C. ulnar
C. Blood flow
D. femoral
D. Both a and b
43. Which of the following blood groups is uni-
37. “Bundle of His” is a network of
versal donor and universal acceptors re-
A. Muscle fibres distributed throughout spectively?
the heart walls
A. AB, O
B. Muscle fibres found only on the ventri- B. O, AB
cle wall
C. AB, A
C. Nerve fibres distributed in ventricles
D. A, AB
D. Nerve fibres found throughout the
heart 44. the lub sound of heart is produced during
which phase of cardiac cycle
38. The heart rate is maximum in
A. ventricular systole
A. Adult Males
B. atrial systole
B. Foetus
C. joint diastole
C. Elderly People
D. atrial systole
D. Adult Females
45. A substance present over the surface of
39. what happens in pulmonary circulation RBC and is genetically heritable is called
A. circulation to the lungs A. Blood group
B. circulation to the body B. Haemoglobin
C. circulation in the heart C. Antibody
D. circulation to the brain D. None

46. Megacaryotes produce- 51. Blood pressure in the mammalian aorta is

maximum during:
A. Leucocytes
A. Diastole of the right atrium
B. Lymphocytes
B. Systole of the left atrium
C. Bone cells
C. Diastole of the right ventricle
D. Blood platelets (thrombocytes)
D. Systole of the left ventricle
47. Most common blood group is
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52. Pace maker is situated in heart .. ..
A. AB
A. in the wall of right atrium
B. A
B. On interauricular septum
C. B
C. On interventricular septum
D. O
D. In the wall of left atrium
48. A labeled red blood corpuscle is released
into the arterial circulation in the left leg. 53. what happens in systemic circulation
It is recaptured 30 seconds later in the A. circulation for the entire body
left lung. What is the minimum number of
chambers of the heart it must have passed B. circulation in the heart only
through? C. circulation heart and lungs
A. 0 D. circulation to digestion system only
B. 1 54. What is interstitial fluid?
C. 2 A. Fluid in the stomach
D. 3 B. Fluid that surrounds tissue cells
49. A certain road accident patient with un- C. Fluid in the lungs
known blood group needs immediate blood D. Fluid in the rectum
transfusion. His one donor friend at once
offers his blood. What was the blood 55. Blood pressure in the pulmonary artery is:
group of the donor?
A. Blood Group B A. same as that in the aorta.
B. Blood group AB B. more than that in the carotid.
C. Blood group O C. more than that in the pulmonary vein.
D. Blood group A D. less than that in the venae cavae.
50. On the ECG recording the maximum ven- 56. As blood travels from arteries to veins,
tricular pressure would be
A. pressure builds.
A. At QRS complex
B. pressure drops.
B. At T wave
C. flow becomes turbulent.
C. Between QRS complex and T wave
D. diameter of the blood vessels gets pro-
D. Between P and QRS complex gressively smaller

57. What causes a heart attack? 62. Open circulatory system is found in-
A. Coronary arteries become blocked so A. Arthopods and molluscs

the heart tissue cannot receive oxygen B. Annelids and Chordates
and dies off
C. Annelids and arthopods
B. An artery in the brain becomes blocked
and caused damage D. Fishes and molluscs
C. A faulty valve creates back flow in the 63. The neural center that regulates cardiac ac-
heart tivity through ANS is located in:
D. A hole forms in the septum between A. Cerebrum
the ventricles B. Hypothalamus
58. mm3 blood has how many blood C. Pons
platelets? D. Medulla
A. 150000-350000
64. the lumen of artery is than vein
B. 1.5 million to 3.5 million
A. narrower
C. 1500-3000
B. wider
D. 10 to 15 lacs
C. same
59. what is the purpose of circulation D. very much reduced
A. supply O2 and nutrients and remove 65. The hepatic portal vein drains blood to
waste liver from?
B. break down the food A. Stomach
C. get oxygen into the lungs B. kidneys
D. remove solid waste C. Brain
60. The phrase “graveyard of RBC” is used D. Heart

for
66. left side of the heart is high in
A. Liver
A. O2
B. Spleen B. CO2
C. Bone marrow C. N
D. Heart D. H
61. The duration of cardiac cycle in a normal 67. by counting the number of QRS complex,
man is- one may get which information
A. 0.8 seconds A. rate of breathing
B. 80 seconds B. cardiac output
C. 60 seconds C. heart beat rate
D. 72 seconds D. stroke volume

68. A doctor suggested to a couple not to have C. Systole of the left atrium
more than one child because of- D. Diastole of the right ventricle
A. Rh+ male and Rh-female
74. Percentage of cells in blood is
B. Rh-male and Rh+ female
A. 50%
C. Rh-male and Rh-female
B. 55%
D. Rh+ male and Rh+ female C. 40%
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69. one of the factors required for maturation D. 45%
of erythrocytes is
75. If you suspect major deficiency of antibod-
A. vitamin D ies in a person, to which of the follow-
B. vitamin A ing would you look for confirmatory evi-
dence?
C. vitamin B12
A. Serum globulins
D. vitamin C
B. Fibrinogin in plasma
70. In mammals, which blood vessel would C. Serum albumins
normally carry the largest amount of
urea? D. Haemocyte
A. Hepatic vein 76. Arteries are best defined as the blood ves-
sels which
B. Hepatic portal vein
A. Supply oxygenated blood to the differ-
C. Renal vein
ent organs
D. Dorsal aorta
B. Carry blood away from the heart to dif-
71. All of the following are granulocytes ferent organs
except- C. Breakup into capillaries which reunite
A. Neutrophils to form vein
B. Eosinophils D. Carry blood from one visceral organ to

another visceral organ
C. Basophils only
77. a decrease in plasma albumin level is likely
D. Lymphocytes and monocytes
to affect
72. In cardiac cycle, blood pressure is maxi- A. clot formation
mum during
B. oxygenation of hemoglobin
A. Atrial systole C. osmotic balance
B. Atrial diastole D. immune functions
C. Ventricular systole
78. Cardiac centre can moderate the cardiac
D. Ventricular diastole functions through
73. Blood pressure in mammalian Aorta is A. Somatic neural system
maximum during. B. Parasympathetic nervous system only
A. Systole of the left ventricle C. Autonomic nervous system (ANS)
B. Diastole of the right atrium D. Sympathetic nervous system only

79. Name the blood cells, whose reduction in C. Bundle of HIS

number can cause clotting disorder, lead-
D. Purkinje fibres
ing to excessive loss of blood from the

body.
85. In humans, blood passes from the post
A. Neutrophils caval to the diastolic right atrium of heart
B. Thrombocytes due to
C. Erythrocytes A. Stimulation of Sino auricular node
D. Leucocytes B. Pressure difference between the post
caval & atrium
80. Valves are important in the heart because
they C. Pushing open of the venous valves
A. Create the heart beat D. Suction pull
B. Are vessels that carry blood
86. Angina is more common in
C. Prevent back flow as blood moves
through the heart A. young men
D. House white blood cells B. aged women
81. Which white blood cell releases chemical C. middle aged elderly men and women
to inhibit blood clotting? D. children
A. Monocyte
87. The opening between right Atrium and
B. Eosinophil
right Ventricle is guarded by
C. Basophil
A. bicuspid valve
D. Neutrophil
B. semilunar valve
82. a human rbc is placed in 1.5 % salt solu-
C. tricuspid valve
tion it will
A. swell up D. none of the above
B. shrink 88. Blood clotting pathways cause-

C. remain unaffected A. Conversion of Vit. K to prothrombin
D. burst
B. Conversion of Vit. K to prothrombin
83. The most abundant WBC is C. Conversion of thrombin to prothrom-
A. neutrophil bin
B. basophil D. None of the above
C. eosinophil
89. Which of the following is cell fragments?
D. lymphocytes
A. Leucocytes
84. Other name of PACE MAKER in human
heart is B. RBCs
A. AV Node C. Blood platelets
B. SA Node D. None

90. Which one of the following organ are often 96. human heart has SA node which makes it
called as “graveyard” of RBC
A. myogenic heart
A. Gall bladder
B. neurogenic heart
B. Kidney
C. digenic heart
C. Liver
D. rhinogenic heart
D. Spleen
97. Erythropoiesis starts in
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91. Blood in the coronary artery is
A. Spleen
A. high in oxygen, low in carbon dioxide
B. Red bone marrow
B. high in oxygen, high in carbon dioxide
C. Kidney
C. low in oxygen, low in carbon dioxide
D. low in oxygen, high in carbon dioxide D. Liver
92. is a condition where a blood clot forms 98. Lymph (tissue fluid) is composed of
in the circulatory system. A. Plasma
A. Thrombus B. Large proteins
B. Strombus C. Formed elements
C. Hematoma D. All of them
99. what is the function of arteries
93. how is blood pressure created
A. take blood to heart
A. force of blood against artery wall
B. take blood away from heart
B. force of blood in the heart
C. take blood to colon
C. force of blood in the lungs
D. take blood to brain
D. force of blood in the goodwin
100. Cardiac output is blood
94. The most numerous WBC’s are
A. Received by heart per minute
A. Neutrophil
B. Pumped by ventricles per second
B. Lymphocyte
C. Monocyte C. Pumped by left ventricle per minute
D. Basophil D. Pumped by left ventricle per hour
95. Which one of the following is correct? 101. Which fat soluble vitamin helps in synthe-
sis of prothrombin?
A. Lymph = Plasma + RBC + WBC
A. Vit K
B. Blood = Plasma + RBC + WBC +
Platelets B. Vit A
C. Plasma = Blood-Lymphocytes C. Vit B
D. Serum = Blood + Fibrinogen D. Vit C

102. Rh factor is concerned with blood group- B. a thick muscular wall

ing. It derives its name from- C. a thin fibrous tissue

A. Man D. a thick fibrous tissue
B. Chimpanzee
108. The heart beat is maximum in.
C. Monkey A. Adult males
D. Rat B. Foetus
103. Which of the following use water from C. Elderly people
their environment as circulating fluid- D. Adult females
A. Sponges 109. Which one of the following blood cells is
B. Coelenterates involved in antibody production?
C. Both Sponges and Coelenterates A. B-Lymphocytes
D. Fishes B. T-Lymphocytes
C. RBC
104. What is the correct order of these
events? 1. Conversion of fibrinogen to fib- D. Neutrophils
rin 2. Clot retraction and leakage of serum 110. On an average human female has of
3. Thromboplastin formation 4. Conver- RBC per cubic mm
sion of prothrombia to thrombin
A. 5.0-5.5 million
A. 3, 2, 1, 4
B. 4.0-4.5 billion
B. 3, 4, 1, 2
C. 4.0-4.5 million
C. 3, 4, 2, 1
D. 5.0-5.5 billion
D. 4, 1, 3, 2
111. Formed elements of blood include-
105. medulla oblongata regulates the cardiac A. RBC, WBC and blood platelets
activity via
B. Proteins present in blood
A. CNS
C. All solutes present in blood
B. ANS
D. All minerals (elements)
C. PNS
112. the component of blood which prevents
D. CNS and PNS its coagulation in the blood vessels
106. In which of the following situation there A. haemoglobin
is risk of erythroblastosis foetalis? B. plasma
A. Mother Rh+, father Rh+ C. thrombin
B. Mother Rh-, father Rh- D. heparin
C. Mother Rh-, father Rh+ 113. Maximum lobed nucleus is found in
D. Mother Rh+, father Rh- A. Neutrophil
107. the inter atrial septum in the human heart B. Basophil
can be best described as C. Monocyte
A. a thin muscular wall D. Eosinophil

114. Advantages of closed circulatory sys- 120. The term that means heart contraction is
tem over open circulatory system includes
which of the following? A. diastole
A. Closed system can direct blood to spe- B. systole
cific tissues
C. tachycardia
B. Exchange occurs more rapidly
D. fibrillation
C. Close circulatory system can support
higher levels of metabolic activity
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121. Increases the pressure causing the
D. All closure of tricuspid and bicuspid valve
A. Atrial systole
115. Which blood cells can engulf bacteria by
phagocytosis? B. Ventricular systole
A. Eosinophil and Basophil C. Atrial diastole
B. Basophil and Lymphocyte D. Ventricular diastole
C. Neutrophil and Monocyte 122. In humans, is the difference between
D. Neutrophil and Lymphocyte systolic and diastolic pressure.
116. Electrocardiogram is a measure of- A. 40 mm Hg
A. Heart rate B. 20 mm Hg
B. Ventricular contraction C. 0 mm Hg
C. Volume of blood pumped D. None of the above
D. Electrical activity of heart 123. Is comparatively thin in the veins as
compared to arteries.
117. Rh factor is named after
A. tunica intima
A. dog
B. monkey B. tunica media
C. bird C. tunica externa
D. tortoise D. all of the above
118. what is the function of the capillaries 124. thickening of arteries due to cholesterol
deposition is
A. take blood toward heart
A. atherosclerosis
B. take blood away from heart
B. rheumatic heart
C. exchange gases
C. blood pressure
D. exchange fluids
D. cardiac arrest
119. In case of emergency which blood group
could be safely transfused? 125. in single circulation the heart pumps
A. AB Rh- A. oxygenated blood
B. AB Rh+ B. deoxygenated blood
C. O Rh- C. mixed blood
D. O Rh+ D. blood-nutrients

5.4 Locomotion and Movement 911
126. Blood, a special type of connective B. Pulmonary artery

tissue- C. Vena cava

A. Consists of a fluid matrix (Plasma) D. Hepatic vein
B. Has formed elements
130. Which one of the following animals has
C. Is the most commonly used body fluid
two seperate circulatory pathways
by most of the higher organisms
A. Whale
D. All
B. Shark
127. what does an atrium do
C. Frog
A. let blood in
D. Lizard
B. let blood out
C. exchange gases 131. Serum differs from blood in
D. remove waste A. Lacking globulins

B. Lacking albumins
128. What is the amount of haemoglobin
present in 100 ml blood of human blood? C. Lacking clotting factors
A. 45 g D. Lacking antibodies
B. 18-20 g 132. Life span of human RBC is-
C. 12-16 g A. 120 hours
D. 10-12 g B. 120 month
129. Blood vessel carrying least CO2 is C. 120 days
A. Pulmonary vein D. 102 days
5.4 Locomotion and Movement

1. According to the sliding filament theory- 3. ATPase enzyme for muscle contraction is
A. Actin (thin filament) moves past located in
myosin (thick filament) A. Myosin
B. Myosin moves past actin B. Tropomyosin
C. Both myosin and actin move past each C. F-Actin
other D. G-Actin
D. None of these is correct 4. Select the true statement(s)-
2. which elements are involved in muscle con- A. A-band is present in the middle of sar-
traction: comere
A. Ca2+, Mg2+ B. H-zone is present in the middle of A-

band
B. Ca2+, Na+
C. M-line is present in the middle of H-
C. Na+, K+ zone
D. Mg2+, K+ D. All of the above

5. Skeletal muscle can be found at.. 11. What is the red colored oxygen storing pig-
A. Lung ment in muscles called?
A. Haemoglobin
B. Heart
B. Myoglobin
C. Skeleton
C. Actinoglobin
D. Blood Vessels
D. Sarcoglobin
6. Number of subunits in troponin
12. Power stroke
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A. 1
A. 90◦
B. 2
B. 180◦
C. 3
C. 120◦
D. 4 D. 45◦
7. single sarcomere will contain: 13. What is the cause of muscular dystrophy?
A. 1I + 1/2A + 1I A. Decreased bone mass
B. 1/2I +1A + 1/2I B. Decreased levels of estrogen
C. 1I + 1A + 1I C. Genetic disorder
D. NONE D. Low Ca2+ in body fluid
8. sutures present between various bones of 14. ATP provides energy for muscle contrac-
skull are tion by allowing for
A. cartilaginous joints A. An action potential formation in the
muscle cell.
B. synovial joints
B. Cross-bridge detachment of myosin
C. hinge joints
from actin.
D. fibrous joints C. Cross-bridge attachment of myosin to
9. contracts and relaxes to produce move- actin.
ment. D. Release of Ca2+ from sarcoplasmic
A. bones reticulum.
B. tendons 15. How many cranial bones are there?

C. muscles A. 4
D. toes B. 8
C. 10
10. Which of the following situations make the
usage of visceral muscles? D. 5
A. Locomotory actions 16. during muscle contraction

B. Changes of body postures A. ATP is broken down
C. Transportation of food through the di- B. ATP is formed
gestive tract C. GTP is broken down
D. Presence in the heart D. none of the above

17. during complete contraction of muscle, 23. Human skull is-

which zone is completely disappeared: A. dicondylic

A. i zone B. Monocondylic
B. A zone C. Procoelous
C. H zone D. Hetercoelous
D. O zone 24. stimulation of a muscle fibre by a motor
neuron occurs at:
18. length of which zone/band increases dur-
ing complete muscular contraction: A. sarcoplasmic reticulum
A. H zone B. neuromuscular junction
C. t tubules
B. A band
D. troponin
C. O zone
D. I band 25. each actin is surrounded by myosin fil-
aments, while each myosin is surrounded
19. components of thin filament of a sarcom- by actin filaments.
ere are: A. 2, 4
A. myosin, troponin B. 6, 3
B. LMM, HMM C. 3, 6
C. actin, troponin, tropomyosin D. 4, 2
D. actin, Ca+ 26. Which of these are not a property of mus-
cles?
20. Unit of contraction in muscles
A. Excitability
A. Sarcomere
B. Extensibility
B. H zone
C. Relaxability
C. A band
D. Elasticity
D. I band
27. below all are the properties of muscles and
21. What is the portion between two succes- neurons . which is not the property of a
sive ‘Z’ lines? neuron but of a muscle:
A. Sarcomere A. elasticity
B. Sarcoplasm B. extensibility
C. Sarcoplasmic reticulum C. contractibility

D. all
D. Fascicles
28. Sarcoplasmic reticulum is a storehouse of
22. Sarcomere is the area between- which ion
A. 2 H-zones A. Ca2+
B. 2 Z-lines B. Na+
C. 2 M-lines C. K+
D. 2 A-bands D. Fe2+

29. Motor end plate is a- 35. Dark bands are

A. Neuromuscular junction A. A-band
B. Plate of motor neuron B. B-band
C. Dendron of motor neuron C. I-band
D. Gradient of proton motive force D. Z-line
36. What is the main difference between red
30. Number of bones in human axial skeleton
fibres and white fibres?
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is-
A. Presence of Mitochondria
A. 80
B. Content of Myoglobin
B. 106
C. Oxygen usage and content
C. 206
D. No difference is present
D. None
37. Upon stimulation of skeletal muscles, cal-
31. joint between atlas and axis is cium ions are immediately made available
from
A. pivot joint
A. Blood
B. saddle joint
C. angular joint
C. Sarcoplasmic reticulum
D. hinge joint
D. Sarcosome
32. How much percentage of a human adult is 38. The source of Ca+2 for the muscle is-
contributed by muscles?
A. T-tubule
A. 20-30
B. Sarcosome
B. 40-50
C. Sarcolemma
C. 30-40
D. Sarcoplasmic reticulum
D. 60-70
39. In the arm we have seen how the biceps
33. Skeletal system consists of- flexes the elbow and the triceps straight-
ens it by extending the arm. This action is
A. Only bones
called
B. Only cartilage
A. agonist
C. A framework of bones and a few carti- B. antagonist
lage
C. antagonistic
D. A framework of cartilage and a few
D. prime mover
bones
40. Hip and shoulder have examples of this
34. What is the ‘F’ actin made up of? type of joint
A. ‘G’ actins A. ball and socket
B. Heavy Meromyosin(HMM) B. condyloid
C. Light Meromyosin(LMM) C. hinge
D. All of the above D. gliding

41. which is high energy compound in muscles 47. Where are the Ca2+ ions stored in a mus-
cle fibre?
A. glucose

A. Sarcoplasm
B. starch
B. Sarcomere
C. glycogen
C. Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
D. creatine phosphate
D. Sarcolemma
42. Sonia Gandhi has how many ear ossicle- 48. actin protein occurs in which of the follow-
A. 3 ing forms:
B. 6 A. polymeric F actin and monomeric G
actin
C. 9
B. monomeric F actin, polymeric G actin
D. None
C. globular F and G actin
43. Skeletal muscles are controlled by D. more then one correct
A. sympathetic nerves 49. which is apart of pectoral girdle
B. parasympathetic nerves A. glenoid cavity
C. autonomic nerves B. sternum
D. somatic nerves C. ilium
D. acetabulum
44. Contraction of muscles require enough
blood supply. Why? 50. Of what origin is a muscle?
A. To provide more ATP A. Mesodermal
B. To increase breathing rate B. Ectodermal

C. Endodermal
C. To increase heart beat
D. All of the above
D. To move the hands
51. A strong connective tissue that holds mov-
45. Which muscle is not under direct control of able joints together, bone to bone connec-
nervous system? tion:
A. Skeletal (Striated muscles) A. marrow
B. Smooth (Non-striated muscles) B. cartilage
C. Cardiac muscles C. ligament
D. All of these D. tendon
52. which of the following joint is found be-
46. red muscle fibres are rich in
tween sternum and the ribs in humans
A. golgi bodies A. angular joint
B. mitochondria B. fibrous joint
C. lysosomes C. cartilaginous joint
D. ribosomes D. gliding joint

53. spinal cord passes through 59. Which of the following cell show amoeboid
movement?
A. foramen of monro
A. erythrocytes
B. foramen ovale
B. leucocytes
C. obturator foramen
C. thrombocytes
D. foramen magnum
D. lymphocytes
54. What is the inflammation of joints called?
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60. Which of the following is a part of appen-
A. Gout dicular skeleton?
B. Osteoporosis A. Sternum
C. Tetany B. Vertebral column
D. Arthritis C. Girdle
D. Atlas
55. hypocalcemia may lead to
A. kidney stones 61. The component of a muscle fibre known as
sarcolemma functions as
B. cholelithiasis
A. a contractile myofilament
C. stronger muscle contractions
B. a chemical at the synapse
D. tetany
C. a cross bridge unit on the myosin
56. Which of the following cells exhibit amoe- D. a plasma membrane covering each cell
boid movement?
62. regulating proteins of muscles are:
A. Macrophages
A. a-troponin
B. Leucocytes
B. b-tropomyosin
C. RBC
C. both a and b
D. Both (a) and (b)
D. myofibrils
57. What structure is the cardiac muscles?
63. Hyoid / Tongue bone is-
A. Striated
A. T-shaped
B. Non-striated
B. J-shaped
C. Voluntary C. U-shaped
D. None of the above D. L-shaped
58. The motor end plate is a junction between 64. obturator foramen occurs in
A. motor neuron and neurilemma A. pelvic girdle
B. sensory neuron and sarcolemma B. pectoral girdle
C. sensory neuron and neurilemma C. cranium
D. motor neuron and sarcolemma D. vertebrae

65. How many bones make up the human 71. Which protozoan uses flagellar movement
skeleton? for locomotion?

A. 948 A. Dinoflagellate
B. 96 B. Slime moulds
C. 796 C. Euglena
D. 206 D. None of the above
66. Which protein constitutes the I-band? 72. Human adult vertebral formula is-
A. Myosin A. C4 T8 L4 S5 C8
B. Troponin B. C7 T8 L5 S6 C7
C. Actin C. C7 T112 L2 S1 C2
D. Meromyosin D. C7 T12 L5 S1 C1
67. The muscle fatigue occurs due to the accu- 73. The energy for muscle contraction is most
mulation of directly obtained from-
A. lactic acid A. Phosphocreatine
B. glycogen B. ATP
C. Anaerobic respiration
C. creatine phosphate
D. Aerobic respiration
D. carbon dioxide
74. cross arm in myosin contains:
68. actin binding sites are located on:
A. only globular head
A. a-troponin
B. a-globular head+short arm
B. b-tropomyosin
C. c-HMM
C. c-meromyosin
D. both b and c
D. both b and c
75. Cardiac / heart muscles are-
hinge joint? A. Striated and involuntary
B. Branched
A. shoulders
C. Not fatigued
B. neck
D. All
C. knee
D. eyes 76. all of the following changes occur during
contraction of a muscle fibre except one:
70. The muscle band that remains unchanged
A. length of actin and myosin remains
during muscle contraction and relaxation
same
of the skeletal muscle is-
B. width of H zone decreases
A. I
C. width of A band & I band remains same
B. A
C. H D. actin filament slides over myosin fila-
D. Z-line ment

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77. The compound or pigment acting as an oxy- B. Haemoglobin

gen store in skeletal muscles is- C. Myokinase or ATP
A. Myoglobin D. Cytochrome
5.5 Control and Coordination

1. eye tissue composed or rods and cones 6. Which plant hormone informs to grow to-
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wards light
A. axon
A. Auxin
B. retina
B. Gibberellins
C. cerebrum
C. Cytokinins
D. peripheral nervous system
D. Abscisic
2. In human, the number of cranial nerves is 7. receives neuron messages and sends them
A. 12 to the cell body
A. dendrite
B. 31
B. axon
C. 24
C. cochlea
D. 26
D. reflex
3. which plant hormone produces opposite ef- 8. Which of the following is an example of
fects? autonomous nervous system
A. dormancy and cotyledons A. Knee jerk reflex
B. dormancy and germination B. Swallowing of food
C. auxin and cytokins C. Peristalsis
D. auxins and ethylene D. Reflex action
9. A nerve cell is also known as aanswer

4. Which is not a reflex action
choices
A. Swallowing A. cerebrum
B. Coughing B. neuron
C. Knee jerk C. cerebellum
D. Closing of eyes on flashing light D. nucleus
10. made up of nerves that connect the brain

5. Gas releases from ripened fruits
and spinal cord to other parts of body
A. Ethene Ethene
A. brain stem
B. Acetaline acetylene B. homeostasis
C. Ethelene is ethylene C. peripheral nervous system
D. Ally he above all of the above D. retina

11. The part of neuron which brings informa- 17. What substance is the urine of a person
tion towards the cell body is suffering from diabetes mellitus likely to
contain?answer choices

A. Dendrites
B. Axon A. amino acids
C. Myelin B. fatty acids
D. Synaptic Knob C. glucose

D. proteins
12. The centre of reflex action is
A. Brain 18. Which plant hormone is a gas?
B. Nerves A. auxin
C. Spinal cord B. gibberellin
D. Medulla C. ethene
D. cytokinin
13. The blind spot is the region where-
A. Image is dim 19. The gaps between neurons are called
B. Image is formed in strong light A. Effectors
C. Optic disc is present B. neurotransmitters
D. Image is formed in the dark C. reflexes
14. When a person thinks and solve problems, D. synapses

which area of the cerebrum is involved?
20. Reflex is controlled by-
A. Frontal lobe
A. Spinal cord
B. Parietal lobe
B. ANS
C. Occipital lobe
C. PNS
D. Temporal lobe
D. Sympathetic nervous system
15. largest part of the brain, where impulses
from the senses are interpreted 21. The disease Diabetesmellitus is most often
associated with which hormone?
A. midbrain
A. ADRENALINE
B. cerebrum
B. INSULIN
C. cerebellum
C. THYROXINE
D. pons
D. ADH
16. The main control center in an animal body;
part of the central nervous system. 22. in vision, light rays pass through what
A. Brain A. lens
B. Brain Stem B. optic nerve
C. Spinal Cord C. cornea
D. Nervous System D. retina

23. Phyto harmones that removes seed dor- C. gather information about the world
mancy D. move bones, air, blood, and food in the
A. auxin body
B. Gibberellin Gibberellin 29. Which of the following is not the three
C. Cytokinin Cytokinin parts of neuron Which of the follow-
ing is not the three parts of neuron
D. Ethelene Ethylene
A. Cyton is the cell body
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24. The first phytoharmone that is observed is B. Axon axis
named as .
C. Schwan cells are Schwann cells
A. Auxin D. Dendrites. Dendrites
B. Gibberellin Gibberellin
30. What do we call to an action or response
C. Both that is not in our control and performed on
D. ABA an impulse?
A. voluntary actions
25. Reflex action is controlled by-
B. reflex actions
A. CNS
C. reflect actions
B. PNS
D. none of above
C. ANS
31. Which of the following is not a hor-
D. None of these mone?answer choices
26. Which of the following is part of the pe- A. INSULIN
ripheral nervous system?answer choices B. GLUCOSE
A. BRAIN C. THYROXINE
B. SPINAL CHORD D. ADRENALINE
C. HEART MUSCLE 32. The system of the body that carries infor-
D. TASTE BUDS ON TONGUE mation to all parts of the body.
A. Nervous system
27. Refex arc Involuntary retaliatory arc
B. Spinal Cord
A. Shortest path for showing response. C. Neuron

Each action shows the closest path. D. Brain
B. Dealt by spinal cord. Carried by the 33. When you walk across the ground and
spinal cord push on it with your feet
C. Pathway of quick reactions A. There is no effect on the ground
D. All the above B. The ground pushes back less strongly
than your feet
28. What is the main function of the muscular
C. The ground pushes back more strongly
system?
than your feet
A. send signals throughout the body D. The ground pushes back on your feet
B. protect vital internal organs with equal force

34. Which part of the brain controls reflexes? B. pineal

A. Cerebrum C. adrenals

B. Cerebellum D. thyroid
C. Brain stem
40. Nerves are attached to your , which is
D. Spinal cord in the back of your eye.
35. What is the function of the axon of a sen- A. iris
sory neuron?
B. pupil
A. To release neurotransmitter in the
C. lens
synaptic cleft.
B. To carry impulse away from the cell D. retina
body
41. Which are the main divisions of the ner-
C. To speed up the conduction of impulse vous system?
A. afferent and efferent
D. To carry impulse towards the cell body
B. peripheral and central
36. The chemical secreted by the stigma en-
C. somatic and autonomic
ables the pollen to settle on. The action
of the chemical is known as . D. sympathetic and parasympathetic
A. Thigmo tropism touch app 42. Correct sequence of electrical impulse
B. Chemo tropism is a chemical applica- transmission in a neuron is from
tion
A. dendrite, axon, axonal end, cell body
C. Both
B. cell body, dendrite, axon, axonal end
D. Hydro tropism Hydro app
C. dendrite, cell body, axon, axonal end
37. What is the eye an example of? D. axonal end, axon, cell body, dendrite
A. a stimulus
43. Which of the following cells are photore-
B. a sense organ
ceptor cells in human eye?
C. a relay neuron
A. Only cones
D. a part of nerve cell
B. Only amacrine cells
38. Which neurons carry messages from the
C. Only rods
brain to the body?
D. Only rods and cones
A. sensory neuron
B. motor neuron 44. Immediate involuntary response to stimu-
C. interneuron lus is-
D. afferent A. Reflex action

B. Autonomic response
39. which endocrine gland is called the master
glandanswer choices C. Action control
A. pituitary D. None of these

45. Spinal cord originates from 51. Plant that is kept in window grows out
A. Cerebrum of the window towards light. Which hor-
mone is responsible for bending plants to-
B. Medulla wards light? What plant hormone causes
C. Cerebellum the plant growing out of the window to
start growing out of the window?
D. Pons
A. Gibberellin Gibberellin
46. Which of these is NOT a function of the B. Etheline
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nervous system?
C. Auxin
A. maintains homeostasis
D. ABA
B. gathers information
52. the brain is filled with a fluid called
C. tells the body what to do
A. Plasma
D. stores minerals
B. Cerebrospinal Fluid
47. A duck flies 60 meters in 10 seconds. C. Plasma
What is the duck’s speed? D. Perilymph
A. 600m/s
53. I promote growth of stem and flowering.
B. 50m/s Who am I? I encourage stem growth and
C. 6m/s flowering Who am I?
D. 70m/s A. Auxin
B. Gibberellin Gibberellin
48. Which of the following is NOT part of a
C. Cytokinin Cytokinin
neuron?
D. All the above
A. dendrite
B. axon 54. Where is auxin synthesized
A. Leaves
C. myelin sheath
B. Stem
D. medulla oblongata
C. Root tip
49. Part of neuron where information is ac- D. Shoot tip
quired
55. what is the spinal cord an extension of
A. Axon
A. brain stem
B. Nerve endings
B. cerebrum
C. Synaps
C. spinal disk
D. Dendrite
D. cerebellum
50. Outer covering of brain is called as 56. Colour of eye is due to-
A. Pleura A. Iris
B. Meninges B. Lens
C. Peritoneum C. Pupil
D. Perimetrium D. Cornea

57. What does gustatory receptors detect 63. The nerve cell that carries impulses from a
A. Taste sense receptor to the brain or spinal cord
is a

B. Smell
A. Motor Neuron
C. Impulse
B. Sensory Neuron
D. Chemical
C. Relay Neuron
58. Which system controls involuntary re-
sponses? D. none of above
A. somatic 64. Which part of the eye is where images

B. autonomic are converted to nerve impulses? answer
choices
C. sympathetic
A. Retina
D. parasympthetic
B. Cornea
59. Thinking part of brain is
C. Optic Nerve
A. Hind brain
D. Lens
B. Mid brain
C. Fore brain 65. Unidirectional transmission of the nerve
impulse is maintained by-
D. Hypothalamus
A. Interneurons
60. Which part of the brain controls the pos-
ture and balance of the body? B. Myelin sheath
A. Medulla C. Synapse
B. Cerebrum D. Membrane polarity
C. Cerebellum 66. Posture and balance of the body is con-
D. Pons Varoli trolled by
61. Colioptile of seed grows as part of A. Cerebrum

plant. The seed coat of the prawn grows B. Cerebellum
to .
C. Medulla
A. Root separate
D. Pons
B. Stem
C. Both 67. The nerve cells in your body are called
neurons. From which part of the neuron
D. Branch is most likely responsible for carrying sig-
62. Which of the following is a function of mus- nals between the cell body and axon ter-
cular system? minal?answer choices
A. shape and support A. soma
B. gather information B. axon
C. create heat to maintain temperature C. Node of Ranvier
D. stores minerals D. Schwann cell

68. The gaps between neurons are calledan- C. Spinal cord

swer choices D. Nerves
A. Effectors
74. Which part of the nervous system is not
B. neurotransmitters involved in producing reflex actions?
C. reflexes A. brain
D. synapses B. spinal cord
69. What is the role of the neurotransmitter in
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C. receptors
the nervous system D. sensory
A. speeds up the transmission of nerve
impulses 75. Responds to information received from the
outside environment and inside your body.
B. receives information from other neu- For example, touching a hot stove is a
rones stimulus.
C. transmits impulses from the cell body A. Nerves
to neurones
B. Brain
D. facilitates the transmission of nerve
impulses in one direction C. Stimulus
D. Dendrite
70. Body coordination is maintained by-
A. Neuroendocrine system 76. Which of the following is the correct defi-
nition of stimulus?
B. Excretory system
A. The ability of an organism to respond
C. Endocrine system
B. the extent of changes in the surround-
D. Nervous system ing
71. Part of the brain that controls respiration, C. a change in the environment
heart beat and peristalsis is D. changes in pH
A. Cerebrum
77. Given these structures- ***A. Lens ***B.
B. Cerebellum Aqueous humour ****C. Vitreous humour
C. Hypothalamus ****D. Cornea Choose the correct sequence
D. Medulla of pathway of light from outside to inside
the eyeball-
72. involuntary, automatic response to a stim- A. D, B, A, C
ulus
B. A, B, C, D
A. cerebrum
C. D, C, B, A
B. reflex
D. A, D, B, C
C. dendrite
D. cochlea 78. Which of the following systems transmits
impulse from CNS to involuntary organs
73. Where are reflex arc formed and smooth muscles?
A. Brain A. Somatic neural system
B. Medulla oblongata B. Sympathetic neural system

C. Parasympathetic neural system 84. Name the 3 bones in your ear

D. Autonomic neural system A. Hammer, Stirrup, Anvil

B. Hammer, Anvil, Stirrup
79. Growth of roots towards soil is an exam-
ple for tropism. An example of the C. Rods, Cones, Anvil
application of is the rise of names to- D. none of above
wards the ground.
A. Hydro water 85. Which hormone promotes seed germina-
tion?
B. Geo gravity
A. abscisic acid
C. Both
B. ethylene
D. Chemo is chemical
C. gibberellin
80. What forces are acting on a dropped book D. auxin
that falls to the floor?
86. Carry message from body to brain from
A. Gravity only the brain to body.
B. gravity and air resistance A. Nerves
C. air resistance B. Neuron
D. friction only C. Brain
81. Identify the name of the white insulating D. Spinal Cord
substance that often covers the axon of a
87. Taste receptors are
neuron and helps speed up the conduction
of the message A. Phonoreceptors
A. MYELIN B. Statoreceptors
B. NEROTRANSMITTER C. Olfactory receptors
C. SYNAPSE D. Gustatory receptors
D. VESICLE 88. A beetle crawls 2cm/minute for 10 min-
utes. How far did it crawl?
82. Testosterone causes:answer choices
A. 8cm
A. Ovaries to produce oestrogen
B. 5cm
B. Testes to produce sperm
C. 0.20cm
C. Pituitary gland to release ADH
D. 20cm
D. Pancreas to secrete glucagon
89. Which cell relays messages from one tis-
83. Where is the Auditory Canal located? sue to another?
A. The Inner Ear A. Red Blood Cell-RBC
B. The Middle Ear B. White Blood Cell-WBC
C. The Outer Ear C. Neuron
D. none of above D. Tissue

90. Who postulated that there are two types B. cerebrum

of nerves in the human body? who
C. homeostasis
stated that there are two types of nerves
in the human body. D. cerebellum
A. Galen is a gallon
96. What unit do scientists use to measure
B. Malen Milin force?
C. Milan Milan
A. Newtons
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D. Rayon Rayon
B. Grams
91. In which part of the ear is sound changed C. Meters
into electrical signals which are then sent
to the brain? D. Meters per second per second
A. outer ear
97. carries messages away from neuron cell
B. middle ear body
C. inner ear A. motor neurons
D. hammer
B. central nervous system
92. The central nervous system consists of C. cerebrum
the:answer choices
D. axon
A. brain and spinal nerves
B. spinal nerves and cranial nerves 98. The basic unit of the nervous system is-
C. cranial nerves and spinal cord A. The axon
D. spinal cord and brain B. The dendrite
93. Mylene sheath is made of Mylene C. Cell body
sheath is made of .
D. Neuron
A. Proteins
B. Carbohydrates Carbohydrates 99. Which of these is not a reflex response?
C. Fats A. moving a hand off something hot
D. lipids are lipids B. sneezing
94. In reflex action, the reflex arc is formed C. picking up a book
by-
D. wink of eyes
A. Muscle, receptor, brain
B. Brain, spinal cord, muscle 100. What are the medium of transmission of
information in animals
C. Receptor, spinal cord, muscle
A. Electrical impulses
D. muscle, spinal cord, receptor
B. Nerves
95. what is your heartbeat rate an example of
when it is at work C. Neuron
A. somatic nervous system D. Spinal chord

101. Negative gravitropism is exhibited in , C. Sensory impulses

because there is more auxin on side of
D. Voluntary motor impulses
a shoot.

A. shoots, shaded 107. The inner parts of cerebral hemispheres
B. shoots, light and a group of associated deep structures
like amygdala, hippocampus, etc; form a
C. roots, shaded complex structure called-
D. roots, light
A. Reticular system
102. Neurons- B. Corpora quadrigemina
A. Can detect different kinds of stimuli C. Limbic lobe / limbic system
B. Can receive different kinds of stimuli
D. Arbor vitae
C. Can transmit different kinds of stimuli
108. What does the skeletal system do for the
D. All spinal cord in the nervous system?
A. brings it oxygen
103. Branch-like extensions of the neuron that
receive chemical messages and carry them B. protects it
to the cell body. C. sends it messages
A. Dendrites D. allows it to contract and relax
B. Neurons
C. Nerves 109. Which plant hormone stops growth
D. Spinal Cord A. Auxin

B. Gibberellins
104. Which organ system makes red blood
cells? C. Cytokinins
A. muscular D. Abscisic
B. circulatory
110. What is function of medulla?answer
C. skeletal choices
D. nervous A. controls heart RATE
105. The autonomic nervous system has con- B. memory
trol over
C. controls balance
A. Reflex actions
D. conscious thought
B. Sense organs
C. Skeletal muscles 111. The involuntary actions in the body are
controlled by
D. Internal organs
A. Cerebellum
106. Destruction of the anterior horn cells of
the spinal cord would result in loss of B. Medulla in forebrain
A. Commissural impulses C. Spinal Cord
B. Integrating impulses D. Medulla in hindbrain

112. Part of the brain responsible for hearing 117. A doctor advised a person to take injec-
is tion of insulin because his:
A. Cerebrum A. Blood pressure was high
B. Cerebellum B. Heart beat was high
C. Hypothalamus C. Blood sugar was high
D. Medulla D. Thyroxine level in blood was high

118. The moon has a smaller mass than the
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113. The gap that a message has to cross to
Earth. If you were able to travel to the
get from one neuron to the other is called
moon your weight would
the
A. Increase
A. synapse
B. Decrease
B. dendrite
C. Stay the same
C. axon
D. Vary with day and night
D. nucleus
119. Neurons those bring impulses to brain
114. Part of neuron where information travels neurons
as an electrical impulse A. Sensory knowledge
A. Axon B. Motor enough
B. Synaps C. Inter non-alcoholic
C. Dendrite D. All the above
D. Cell body 120. Smooth muscles, cardiac muscle and or-
gans are regulated by
115. A big tree falls in a forest, but its roots
A. Central nervous system
are still in contact with the soil. The
branches of this fallen tree grow straight B. Autonomous nervous system
up (vertically). This happens in response C. Peripheral nervous system
to: D. Somatic nervous system
A. Water and light
121. The nervous system works with the
B. Water and minerals system to control body movement.
C. Gravity and water A. skeletal
D. Light and gravity B. muscular
C. respiratory
116. Movement in leaves of touch me not
plant is an example for movements. D. nervous
Motion in a fig plant that shrinks when 122. regulation of steady, life-maintaining
touched is an example of motion conditions in an organism
A. Nostic is my stick A. brain stem
B. Tropic app B. central nervous system
C. Thigmo touch C. homeostasis
D. All the above D. cochlea

123. CNS is the site of 129. A nerve cell.

A. coordination and control A. Neuron

B. information retaining and control
B. Spinal cord
C. sensory and motor control
C. Dendrite
D. information processing and control
D. Brain
124. Most highly developed part of human
brain is 130. Which plant hormone promote cell divi-
A. Pons sion
B. Medulla A. Auxin
C. Cerebrum B. Gibberellins
D. Cerebellum
C. Cytokinins
125. where your reflex responses are con-
D. Abscisic
trolled
A. midbrain 131. Which of the following is an example of
B. cerebrum reflex action?
C. cerebellum A. Touching hot objet
D. spinal cord B. Eating
126. Which of the following is not part of the C. Sleeping
brain?
D. Thinking
A. Medulla oblongata
B. Talamus 132. What happens when you place an over
C. Spinal cord ripe banana in a fruit bowl with other
fruit?
D. Hipotalamus
A. Nothing will happen
127. The part of the brain that controls bal-
ance, coordination, and unconscious muscle B. The other fruit will grow in size
activities.
C. Ethylene gas will cause the fruit to
A. Cerebrum grow mold
B. Cerebellum D. Ethylene gas will cause the other fruit
C. Brain to ripen
D. Spinal Cord
133. The cells that respond to stimuli are
128. The thalamus and hypothalamus are lo- called;
cated in the
A. reciever cells
A. cerebrum
B. stimulus cells
B. cerebellum
C. diencephalon C. receptor cells
D. medulla oblongata D. response cells

134. Which part of the nervous system C. Gibberellin gibberellin

is not involved in producing reflex ac- D. All the above
tions?answer choices
A. brain 140. Centre for regulating body temperature
is
B. spinal cord
A. Pons
C. receptor
B. Cerebellum
D. sensory
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C. Medulla
135. The light enters through you , and
D. Hypothalamus
goes through your eye lens.
A. iris 141. In humans, the number of spinal nerves
is
B. pupil
A. 12 pairs
C. lens
B. 31 pairs
D. retina
C. 33 pairs
136. The part of the brain that controls con-
D. 11 pairs
scious thoughts, senses, language and
memories. 142. Sensitivity possesses two stages. 1
A. Cerebellum ? 2. To show response to stimulus.
There are two stages in Shobhita. 1 ?
B. Cerebrum
2. Responding to a stimulus.
C. Dendrites
A. To retract stimulus
D. Brain Stem
B. To be neutral to stimulus
137. Which nerves arise from the brain and C. To receive stimulus. receiving stimu-
emerges through the skull lus.
A. Spinal nerves D. none of above
B. Thoracic nerves
143. In a neuron, conversion of electrical sig-
C. Cranial nerves nal to chemical signal occurs at
D. Lumbar nerves A. Axonal end
138. Where is the Eardrum located? B. Dendritic end
A. The Outer ear C. Cell body
B. The Inner Ear D. Axon
C. The Middle Ear 144. Which of the following is not a hor-
D. none of above mone?
139. Harmone that is having functional role in A. INSULIN

closing of stomata B. GLUCOSE
A. Abscisic acid Abscisic acid C. THYROXINE
B. Auxin D. ADRENALINE

145. What does rooting hormone powder do? C. Macula lutea, fovea
A. encourages growth of flowers D. macula, columella

B. encourages growth of stems
151. What is function of cerebellum?
C. inhibits growth of roots
A. controls balance
D. encourages growth of roots
B. memory center
146. Part where electrical impulse is con-
verted in chemicals C. conscious thought
A. Cyton D. control hearth rate
B. Cell body
152. How does the muscular system help the
C. Synaps skeletal system?
D. Nerve ending A. contract and relax to move bones
147. consists of the brain and spinal cord B. supports the body
A. dendrite C. sends signals to bones
B. motor neurons
D. helps bones maintain homeostasis
C. central nervous system
D. homeostasis 153. Connected to spinal cord, controls heart-
beat, breathing, blood pressure, diges-
148. Phyto harmone responsible for prolon- tion.
gation of seed dormancy The name
A. Nerves
of phytohormone responsible for prolonga-
tion of seed dormancy ! B. Brain Stem
A. ABA C. Dendrites
B. Auxin D. Brain
C. Etheline
D. None is none 154. Which of the following is not a reflex ac-
tion?
149. Which of the following are involuntary A. BLINKING
actions?I Riding a bicycleII Heart beatIII
Blinking eyeIV Peristalsis B. COUGHING
A. I and II C. SNEEZING
B. I and III D. EATING
C. II and IV
155. The peripheral nervous system consists
D. III and IV
of:
150. At the posterior pole of eye latter to blind A. brain and cranial nerves
spot, there is a yellowish pigmented spot
called with a central pit called B. spinal cord and spinal nerves
A. Corpus luteum, Fovea C. cranial and spinal nerves
B. Macula, fovea D. brain and spinal cord

156. What detects a stimulus?answer choices 162. When you slide a box across the floor
A. A detector what force must your push be stronger
than?
B. An effector
C. A receptor A. support force
D. A Simulator B. friction force
157. Functional region of neurons Func- C. gravity

tional region of neurons
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D. air resistance
A. Electric impulse
B. Signal activation 163. Which plant hormone promote growth of
stem
C. Synapse
D. Axon network A. Auxin
158. Nucleus bearing neuron part Nucleus B. Gibberellins

bearing neuron part C. Cytokinins
A. Axon axis
D. Abscisic
B. Cyton is the cell body
C. Both 164. Example for reflex reaction
D. None is none A. To close eye on falling light.
159. Hormones released in plants are known B. To draw back leg when it touches
as Hormones released in plants are sharp object.
known as .
C. To move knee on hitting.
A. Myco harmones Myco hormones
B. Phyto harmones Phyto hormones D. All the above
C. Zoo harmones Zoo hormones
165. Which force always pulls downwards on
D. None of the above objects?
160. The function of Photo receptors is A. support force
A. Detect smell B. friction force
B. Detect light
C. gravity
C. Detect taste
D. air resistance
D. Detect touch
161. The microscopic gap between two adja- 166. synaptic knob is made up of chemicals
cent neurons throgh which a nerve impulse called
passes is
A. neurochemicals
A. Neurotransmitter
B. neurohormones
B. Synapse
C. Axon terminal C. neuroreceptor
D. Dendrite D. neurotransmitters

167. Which nerves transmit impulses from the C. spinal cord

central nervous system towards muscle D. iris
cells?

A. Sensory nerves 173. The system controls all the functions by
coordinating organs is known as What
B. Relay nerves
is the organ system that coordinates all
C. Motor nerves the body parts and performs physiological
D. Cranial nerves functions?
A. Circulatory system
168. The nerve cell that connects sensory and
motor neurons is a B. Digestive system
A. Motor Neuron C. Nervous system.
B. Sensory Neuron D. All the above
C. Interneurons 174. Identify the part of the brain that takes
D. Glial cells up the greatest volumeanswer choices
169. If you laid out all of the blood vessels in A. BRAIN STEM
your brain end-to-end, they would stretch B. CEREBELLUM
halfway to the moon (about 120, 000
C. PONS
miles)
D. CEREBRUM
A. yes
B. no 175. fluid-filled structure in inner ear shaped
C. maybe like a snail’s shell
D. none of above A. cochlea

B. axon
170. To show response to stimulus
C. homeostasis
A. Sensitisation sensitivity.
D. olfactory cells
B. Sensitivity
C. Sensation is knowledge. 176. where does an impulse move from one
neuron to another across a small space
D. All the above
A. synapse
171. What is the eye an example of?answer
choices B. interneuron
A. stimulus C. axon
B. sense organ D. sensory neuron
C. a relay neuron 177. Which of these is NOT a function of the
D. a part of nerve cell skeletal system?
A. contract and relax
172. The is filled with fluid and helps you
keep your equilibrium B. shape and support
A. Retina C. makes blood cells
B. Cochlea D. movement

178. Which one of the following objects has 184. Which of the following system relays im-
the greatest inertia? pulse from CNS to skeletal muscles?
A. Ping pong ball A. Somatic neural system
B. A golf ball B. Sympathetic neural system
C. A soft ball
C. Parasympathetic neural system
D. A bowling ball
D. Autonomic neural system
179. What is the largest area of the brain that
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controls everything conscious? 185. All hormones are produced in theanswer
choices
A. Cerebellum
B. Cerebrum A. endocrine glands
C. Diencephalon B. blood stream

D. Brain Stem C. brain
180. Growth responses at the shoot tip or D. pancreas

root tip towards or away from stimulus
is known as 186. A bundle of nerves that runs along the
back of a vertebrate within the spinal col-
A. Nastic umn.
B. Tactic
A. Dendrites
C. Tropism
B. Stimulus
D. Geostic
C. Brain Stem
181. A force is described as
D. Spinal cord
A. a push only
B. a pull only 187. The test paper is sitting at rest on your
desk. Which of the following statements
C. a push or a pull
best describes this situation?
D. none of the above
A. There are no forces acting on your pa-
182. Which hormone is known as the ‘fight or per
flight’ hormone?answer choices
B. Your paper pushes on the desk only
A. GROWTH HORMONE
C. The desk pushes on your paper only
B. ADRENALINE
D. The forces acting on the paper are bal-
C. OESTROGEN
anced
D. ANTIDURETIC HORMONE
188. The is the part of your eye that gives
183. The central nervous system consists of
you your eye color.
the:
A. Iris
A. brain and spinal nerves
B. spinal nerves and cranial nerves B. Pupil
C. cranial nerves and spinal cord C. Lense
D. spinal cord and brain D. Retina

189. A change to an objects motion is caused B. homeostasis

by C. olfactory cells

A. Balanced forces D. retina
B. unbalanced forces
193. Sensitive pigmented layer of eye is-
C. Acceleration
A. Retina
D. Velocity
B. Cornea
190. Structure and functional unit of nervous C. Sclera
system is
D. None of these
A. Axon
194. Who is the scientist who conducted ex-
B. Cyton
periments on phototropism? Who is the
C. Neuron scientist who experimented with light ap-
D. Nephron plication in plants?
A. Francis Darwin
191. The neurons that conduct information to-
wards the CNS are answer choices B. Charles Darwin Charles Darwin
A. interneurons C. Both
B. motor neurons D. HW went HW Went
C. sensory neurons 195. Nerves are formed by bundles of .
D. efferent neurons A. Nephrons Nephrons.
192. brain part coordinating involuntary mus- B. Nerve endings

cles C. Neurons Neurons.
A. brain stem D. All the above.

6. Reproduction
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6.1 Reproduction in Organisms
1. Tissue culture is an example of which type A. same number
of reproduction? B. half as many
A. budding C. twice as many
B. cloning D. three times as many
C. fission
5. When do homologous chromosomes line up
D. regeneration along the middle of the cell in meiosis?
2. Which of the following is an advantage A. telophase II
that asexual reproduction has over sexual B. anaphase I
reproduction?
C. prophase II
A. Higher genetic variation
D. metaphase I
B. Yields more offspring
C. No need to find a mate 6. The breeding of organisms for desired
traits is known as:
D. Asexual reproduction has no advan-
tage over sexual reproduction A. selective breeding
B. mitosis
3. All of the following are types of asexual
reproduction except? C. meiosis
A. Regeneration D. cloning
B. Fission 7. A cell that only has one chromosome from
C. Budding each pair:
D. Meiosis A. diploid
B. haploid
4. After meiosis, how many chromosomes
does each cell have compared to the origi- C. fission
nal cell? D. meiosis

6.1 Reproduction in Organisms 937
8. Which term refers to groups of different B. Hydra

tissues that have combined to form a sin- C. Bryophyllum
gle structure?

D. Paramecium
A. Cells
B. Organs 13. Each human skin cell has of chromo-
somes.
C. organ system
D. Organisms A. 13
B. 23
9. A make believe organism has 10 chromo-
somes for each of its body cells. Cells are C. 46
continuously being rubbed off and replaced. D. 92
The mature eggs of this female would con-
tain how many chromosomes? 14. In a heterozygous genotype, the allele
takes over in the phenotype.
A. 5
A. recessive
B. 10
C. 20 B. dominant
D. 30 C. lower case letter

D. both
10. Why is genetic variation considered
strongly beneficial to a species? 15. Organisms that reproduce asexually gen-
A. Differences among individuals allows erally have offspring that are
the species to adapt to change A. unicellular.
B. A world without differences would be B. multicellular.
boring
C. genetically varied.
C. Genetic variation prevents harmful mu-
tations D. genetically identical.
D. Genetic variation actually harms a 16. Which statement is most appropriate to
species define LIFE SPAN?
11. Which phase of meiosis II results in 4 hap- A. Period from birth till natural death of
loid cells? an organism
A. Telophase I B. Period from birth till death of an organ-
ism
B. Anaphase I
C. Metaphase II C. Period as long an organism lives
D. Telophase II D. Life span cannot be defined
12. An organism capable of reproducing by 17. The stamen is made of the

two asexual reproduction methods one A. Anther & filament
similar to the reproduction in yeast and
B. Anther & petal
the other similar to the reproduction in Pla-
naria is: C. Fliament & ovary
A. Spirogyra D. Ovary & style

18. What kind of information does DNA C. Yeast

carry?
D. Spirogyra
A. genetic
B. nuclear 24. Which situation is NOT an example of
C. cell structure
A. a pair of rabbits mating
D. it doesn’t carry any info
B. a bacterium splitting in half
19. meiosis
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C. a paramecium undergoing mitosis
A. takes place in body cells
D. a new sea star growing from half a sea
B. takes place in reproductive organs
star
C. takes place in the stomach of humans
D. takes place in the heart 25. In a flower, the parts that produce male
and female gametes are-
20. In Spirogyra, asexual reproduction takes A. Stamen and anther
place by
B. Filament and style
A. Breaking up of filaments into smaller
bits C. Anther and ovary
B. Division of a cell into two cells D. Stamen and style
C. Division of a cell into many cells
26. In asexual reproduction, offspring are pro-
D. Formation of young cells from older duced page 195
cells.
A. from one parent
21. Type of reproduction in which the genetic
B. from two parents
material from two different cells combine,
producing an offspring. Page 183 C. from 46 chromosomes
A. sperm D. none of above
B. zygote
27. How many cells and nuclei are present in
C. sexual reproduction the embryo sac?
D. none of above A. 8 cells and 8 nuclei
22. Heredity includes all of the following ex- B. 7 cells and 8 nuclei
cept?
C. 1 cell and 1 nuclei
A. traits
D. 7 cells and 7 nuclei
B. nutrients
C. chromosomes 28. A feature of reproduction common to
amoeba, spirogyra and yeast is
D. phenotype
A. They reproduce asexually
23. Which among the following is a unicellular
organism that reproduces by budding? B. They are unicellular
A. Plants C. They reproduce sexually
B. Planaria D. They are multicellular

29. Sperm are produced in the 35. Binary fission is the bacterial process of
A. testis A. asexual reproduction

B. ovaries B. obtaining food
C. lab C. producing energy
D. nucleus D. forming endospores
30. These parts attract insects 36. mitosis
A. Stem & leaves A. takes place in the reproductive organs
B. Stigma, Style & Ovary
C. Anther & filament B. takes the place of sex cells
D. Petals & nectary C. takes place in the body cells
31. Bundled up, organized DNA is called a D. takes the place of cancer cells
A. gene 37. A make believe organism has 10 chromo-

B. trait somes for each of its body cells. Cells are
continuously being rubbed off and replaced.
C. chromosome How many homologous pairs of chromo-
D. nucleotide somes will this organism have?
32. Prokaryotes reproduce asexually A. 1

through- B. 2
A. Spore formation C. 4
B. Vegetative propagation D. 5
C. Binary fission
38. During which phase of the cell cycle does
D. none of above DNA replicate (double)?
33. How many chromosomes do human cells A. Interphase
have? B. Prophase
A. 46
C. Metaphase
B. 23
D. Telophase
C. 2
D. 44 39. Michael looked at a cell through a micro-
scope. He identified a nucleus, chloro-
34. Which is NOT a form of asexual reproduc- plast, and cytoplasm. What kind of cell
tion? did Michael observe?
A. binary fission A. animal
B. meiosis B. plant
C. budding C. vertebrate
D. parthenogenesis D. bacteria

40. Which one of the following is not a stage B. a change in a gene which is only bene-
in sexual reproduction? ficial
A. Germination C. a change in a gene which is only harm-
B. Fertilisation ful
C. Photosynthesis D. no change in the gene
D. Pollination 46. A process in which DNA has the unique abil-

ity to make an exact copy of itself.
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41. What is it called when an offspring grows
from a part of a parent plant? A. Replication
A. fission B. Translation
B. vegetative reproduction C. Transcription
C. cloning D. Protein Synthesis
D. budding 47. Which piece of equipment is the best to use
to observe the structure of a cell?
42. Vegetative propagation refers to forma-
tion of new plants from- A. magnifying glass
A. Stem, root, flower B. binoculars
B. Stem, root, leaves C. telescope
C. Stem, fruits, flower D. microscope
D. Stem, leaves, flower 48. What does DNA stand for?
43. a type of reproduction in which two sex A. Deoxyribonucleic acid
cells, usually an egg and a sperm, join to B. Denitrogenous acid
form a zygote, which will develop into a
new organism with a unique identity. C. Deribonucleic acid
A. asexual reproduction D. Diribonucleic acid
B. sexual reproduction 49. The process by which a new organism
C. mutation forms from the joining of an egg cell and a
sperm cell is called
D. meiosis
A. asexual reproduction
44. sex cells
B. sexual reproduction
A. type of cells that form through mitosis
C. adaptation
D. budding
B. type of cells that help with protection
C. type of cells that help humans breath 50. What is a female sex cell called?
D. type of cells that form through meiosis A. egg
B. sperm
45. What is a mutation?
A. a change in a gene which is harmful, C. zygote
beneficial, or has no effect at all D. diploid

51. What process happens when a sperm joins 56. Is budding an example of asexual or sex-
with an egg? ual reproduction?

A. Maturity A. sexual
B. Pollination B. both
C. Fertilization C. asexual
D. Germination D. neither
57. A wind-pollinated flower will have

52. Which of the following is the correct se-
quence of events of sexual reproduction in A. small petals, nectar and produce scent
a flower?
A. Pollination, fertilization, seedling, em- B. small petals, large anthers and have a
bryo feathery stigma
B. Seedling, embryo, fertilization, pollina- C. large anthers, coloured petals and pro-
tion duce nectar
C. Pollination, fertilization, embryo, D. large petals, small anthers and pro-
seedling duce scent
D. Embryo, seedling, pollination, fertiliza- 58. Pollination via wind is also known as
tion A. Anemophily
53. If a diploid tomato cell has 24 chromo- B. Hydrophily
somes, how many chromosomes will the C. Entomophily
tomato’s sex cells have?
D. Malacophily
A. 12
59. What percentage of chromosomes are
B. 6 handed down by a sperm cell?
C. 24 A. 75%
D. 48 B. 25%
54. Cloning results in two organisms that are C. 50%
page 200 D. 100%
A. both adult mammals 60. Identify the diploid cell amongst the fol-
B. produced from cuttings lowing
C. genetically identical A. Secondary spermatocyte
D. none of above B. Primary spermatocyte
C. Spermatid
55. Estrous cycle is indication of
D. Spermatozoa
A. Breeding period
61. A simple multicellular animal having ten-
B. Estrogen secretion
tacles living in freshwater usually repro-
C. Pregnancy duces by the asexual process of:
D. Menopause A. Binary fission

B. Spore formation 67. The cell that is formed when fertilization

C. Budding occurs is called a page 183
A. zygote
D. Fragmentation
B. mutation
62. How many divisions of the nucleus are C. chromosome
there in meiosis?
D. none of above
A. 0
68. How many chromosomes are contained in
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B. 2
a diploid human cell?
C. 4
A. 23
D. 1 B. 26
63. Out of the following organs which has the C. 44
regenerative capacity? D. 46
A. lungs 69. in sexual reproduction, the joining of a
B. liver sperm and egg.
C. stomach A. fertilization
D. intestine B. asexual reproduction
64. haploid (n) daughter cells
D. mutation
A. meiosis
70. Hydra reproduce through , where the
B. mitosis
offspring grows from the body of the par-
C. both ent organism.
D. none of above A. budding
65. An organism that has been reproduced by B. DNA
sexual reproduction received of its C. thymine
chromosomes from the male parent. D. mutations
A. 4
B. 25% appearance of an organism’s traits?
C. 50% A. genotype
D. 100% B. phenotype
C. homozygous
66. The number of chromosomes in the shoot
tip cells of a maize plant is 20. The number D. heterozygous
of chromosomes in the microspore mother 72. Asexual reproductive structure in sponge
cells of the same plant shall be: is called
A. 20 A. Zoospore
B. 10 B. Conidia
C. 40 C. Buds
D. 15 D. Gemmule

73. Eggs are produced in the C. zygote

A. testis D. diploid

B. ovaries
79. What is one disadvantage of sexual repro-
C. lab duction?
D. nucleus A. Only one parent needed
74. The ability of a cell to divide into several B. Off spring are exact copies of parents
cells during reproduction in Plasmodium is C. Happens very quickly
called
D. Needs two parents
A. Budding
B. Reduction division 80. Where does an offspring get its DNA in
C. Binary fission
A. from both parents
D. Multiple fission
B. from only one parent
75. How many chromosomes are there in meio-
C. from neither parent
cyte of apple?
D. none of above
A. 17
B. 34 81. Monoecious plant of Chara shows occur-
C. 20 rence of
D. 10 A. Antheridiophore and Archegoniophore

on the same plant
76. What process happens when a small root B. Stamen and Carpel on the same plant
and a plant begin to grows out of a seed?
C. Upper Antheridium and lower Oogo-
A. Cone
nium on the same plant
B. Cycle
D. Upper Oogonium and lower antherid-
C. Flower ium on the same plant
D. Germination
82. Which describes cells that have only one
77. If a plant produces seeds that are sticky, copy of each chromosome?
an most likely moves the seeds from A. diploid
one place to another.
B. haploid
A. Wind
C. homologous
B. Water
D. zygote
C. Animal
D. Fire 83. Which is the site of fertilisation?
A. Uterus
78. What is the cell called that results from
fertilization? B. Vagina
A. egg C. Fallopian tubes
B. sperm D. Cervix

84. Which of the following describes the main 90. The asexual reproduction in the Spirogyra
advantages of sexual reproduction? involves
A. requires lots of time/energy A. Breaking up of filaments into smaller
B. no new gene combos can arise bits
C. diversity B. Division of a cell into many cells
D. looks identical to the parent C. Division of a cell into two cells

D. Formation of a large number of buds
85. The disease caused by micro-organism
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which reproduces by multiple fission is 91. A new cell that forms from fertilization.
known as: Page 183
A. Kala-azar A. egg
B. Marasmus B. zygote
C. Malaria C. haploid
D. Amoebiasis D. none of above
86. Characters transmitted from parents to 92. Which step occurs first in sexual reproduc-
offspring are present in tion?
A. Cytoplasm A. mating
B. Ribosome B. meiosis
C. cloning
C. Golgi bodies
D. fertilization
D. Genes
93. Offset is a vegetative propagule found in
87. Pairing of homologous chromosomes
A. Water hyacinth
A. meiosis
B. Potato
B. mitosis
C. ginger
C. both
D. Agave
D. none of above
94. What percentage of chromosomes are
88. A type of cell reproduction that produces handed down by a parent cell in asexual
sex cells is reproduction?
A. mitosis A. 75%
B. fertilization B. 25%
C. meiosis C. 50%
D. fission D. 100%
89. The process that produces haploid sex cells 95. What is a group of organs working to-
is gether is called?
A. mitosis A. Tissue system
B. fission B. organ system
C. meiosis C. An organism
D. interphase D. cell system

96. What is it called when a new organism B. sperm

grows on the body of its parent? C. fertilization

A. fission D. none of above
B. budding
102. What are chromosome pairs that have
C. regeneration genes for the same traits arranged in the
D. cloning same order?
97. dogs reproduce, 2 sex cells join together A. homologous
& form offspring. The resulting offspring B. daughter cells
is likely
C. zygotic
A. to express only recessive traits
D. mitotic
B. to be identical to ONE parent
103. In asexual reproduction, all of the off-
C. to share some traits from BOTH of its
spring are:
parents
A. Physically Identical
D. none of above
B. Genetically Identical
98. What happens during meiosis? page 185
C. Physically and Genetically Identical
A. two sex cells combine
D. Not Identical
B. chromosome pairs separate and are
distributed into new sex cells 104. reproductive process that produces four
haploid sex cells from one diploid cell and
C. each sex cell copies itself to form four
ensures offspring will have the same num-
new chromosomes
ber of chromosomes as the parent organ-
D. none of above isms.
99. Which reproduction requires a mate? A. mitosis
A. asexual B. sexual reproduction
B. sexual C. meiosis
C. neither D. asexual reproduction
D. none of above 105. Which of the following types of organ-
isms lack genetic variation?
100. What happens during meiosis?
A. dogs
A. two sex cells combine
B. two new sex cells are formed B. humans
C. each sex cell copies itself to form four C. trees

new chromosomes D. bacteria
D. chromosome pairs remain together 106. a new organism grows by mitosis
when new sex cells are formed and cell division on the body of its parent.
101. Female sex cell forms in the ovary. page page 197
183 A. regeneration
A. egg B. cloning

C. budding 112. a type of asexual reproduction per-

formed n laboratory that produces identi-
D. none of above
cal individual from a cell or from a cluster
of sells taken from a multicultural organ-
107. Which process is NOT a type of asexual
ism.
reproduction?
A. cloning
A. fission
B. regeneration
B. mating
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C. fission
C. budding
D. none of above
D. mitotic cell division
113. Which out of the following processes
108. one parent organism produces offspring does not lead to the formation of clones:
without meiosis and fertilization. page A. Fertilisation
195
B. Fission
A. cloning C. Tissue culture
B. asexual reproduction D. Fragmentation
C. budding
114. What what are groups of similar cells
D. none of above that do the same sort of work called?
A. Organs
109. Male sex cells are called
B. Cells
A. egg cells
C. Tissues
B. sperm cells
D. Organ System
C. zygotes
115. diploid (2n) daughter cells
D. mitotic cells
A. meiosis
110. Cloning results in two organisms that are B. mitosis
A. both adult mammals C. both
B. produced from cuttings D. none of above
C. genetically similar 116. The process of produces identical in-

dividuals in a laboratory from cells taken
D. genetically identical
from a multicellular organism.
111. How does the genetic material of the new A. budding
organism (asexual reproduction) compare B. meiosis
to that of the parent organism?
C. cloning
A. exactly the same D. animal regeneration
B. completely different
117. A zygote of a human contains how many
C. a little different chromosomes?
D. it is diploid A. 1

B. 22 123. What form of asexual reproduction is rep-

resented by plants sending out runners
C. 46
called stolons over the soil allowing new

D. 23 plants grow from the runners?
A. mitotic cell division
118. What is NOT a possible way that pollina-
tion can happen? B. budding
A. sunlight C. fission
B. wind D. vegetative reproduction
C. insects 124. Oestrus cycle occurs in

D. water A. Primates like monkey, apes and hu-
mans
119. Hydra can reproduce via
B. Primates like cow sheep and rats
A. Regeneration C. Non Primates like monkey, apes and
B. Budding humans
C. Sexual reproduction D. Non Primates like cow sheep and rats
D. All of the following 125. A make believe organism has 10 chromo-
somes for each of its body cells. Cells are
120. The vegetative reproduction occurs in continuously being rubbed off and replaced.
plants without need of How many chromosomes will be contained
A. stems in each new skin cell that is replaced?
B. seeds A. 10
C. leaves B. 20
C. 30
D. roots
D. 40
121. The correct sequence of reproductive
stages seen in flowering plants is 126. What is an advantage of sexual reproduc-
tion?
A. Gametes, zygote, embryo, seedling
A. Allows genetic variation
B. Zygote, gametes, embryo, seedling
B. Only needs one parent
C. Seedling, embryo, zygote, gametes
C. Happens very quickly
D. Gametes, embryo, zygote, seedling
D. Offspring are exact copies of parent
122. In general, asexual reproduction is used 127. What process happens when pollen falls
by organisms. on a flower’s pistil?
A. simple A. Pollination
B. extinct B. Pollen
C. complex C. Maturity
D. none of above D. Fertilization

128. A cell that has two of every chromosome C. They reproduce only sexually
is called a(n) cell.
D. They are all multicellular
A. haploid
B. diploid 134. During interphase, which structure of a
cell is duplicated?
C. zygote
A. Cell Plate
D. homologous
B. Chromosome
129. What kind of reproduction happens when
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one parent produces offspring without C. Mitochondrion
meiosis or fertilization? D. Chloroplast
A. sexual
135. Which female hormone maintains preg-
B. asexual nancy?
C. homologous A. Estrogen
D. fission
B. FSH
130. cell whose similar chromosomes occur in C. LH
pairs.
D. Progesterone
A. chromosome
B. haploid 136. Which result is caused by sexual repro-
C. diploid duction?
D. meiosis A. one clone

B. several sex cells
131. In asexual reproduction, offspring are
produced C. new organism(s)
A. from one parent D. four haploid cells
B. from two parents
137. What is the type of asexual reproduction
C. from 46 chromosomes when one cell divides to form two identical
D. from 8 chromosomes cells?
132. What is it called when 2 sex cells com- A. Binary Fission

bine through fertilization and create an off- B. Budding
spring?
C. Vegetative Propagation
A. mating
D. Fragmentation
C. asexual reproduction 138. Cells that have pairs of chromosomes are
called
D. mitosis
A. diploid cells
133. A feature of reproduction that is common
to Amoeba, Spirogyra and Yeast is that B. haploid cells
A. They reproduce asexually C. zygotes
B. They are all unicellular D. homologous chromosomes

139. The muscle cells of an elephant contain 62 C. Rhizome of Ginger

chromosomes. How many chromosomes
D. Bulbil of Agave
are in an elephant egg cell?

A. 31 145. In a laboratory
B. 62 A. The only place cell division can take
C. 122 place
D. 244 B. The only place cloning can take place
140. Horses have 32 chromosomes in their C. The only place mitosis can take place
haploid cells. How many chromosomes D. The only place meiosis can take place
would be in a diploid horse cell?
A. 32 146. Longitudinal binary fission takes place in-
case of
B. 44
A. Paramecium
C. 83
B. Planaria
D. 64
C. Euglena
141. In human meiosis, the gametes produced
from the diploid parental cells will be D. Amoeba
A. diploid and have 46 chromosomes 147. If a zygote does not have the correct num-
B. diploid and have 23 chromosomes ber of it will not develop properly.
C. haploid and have 23 chromosomes A. DNA
D. identical to the diploid parental cells B. chromosomes
142. division of the nucleus C. zygotes
A. meiosis D. diploids
B. mitosis
148. The carpel is made of the
C. both
A. Stigma & petals
D. none of above
B. Stigma, style & ovary
143. Formation of the sperm from spermatids
is known as C. Filament & anther
A. Spermatogenesis D. Petals
B. Spermiogenesis 149. Pairs of chromosomes that have genes
C. Spermiation for the same traits arranged in the same
order. page 184
D. Cytokinesis
A. Diploid
144. Which is not an example of vegetative
propagules in angiosperms B. homologous
A. Zoospores of Chlamydomonas C. chromosomes
B. Eyes of Potato D. none of above

150. Which of the following is a phenotype? A. vegetative reproducion

A. Aa B. regeneration
B. black hair C. cloning
C. heterozygous genes D. none of above
D. mutated DNA
156. cell division
151. A make believe organism has 10 chromo- A. meiosis
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somes for each of its body cells. Cells are
B. mitosis
continuously being rubbed off and replaced.
The diploid number (2N) for this organism C. both
is D. none of above
A. 10
157. The type of asexual reproduction when
B. 20 an offspring grows from a piece of its par-
C. 40 ent
D. 5 A. fission
152. Which is the greatest benefit of sexual B. budding

reproduction? C. regeneration
A. capable of reproducing by meiosis D. cloning
B. ability to reproduce without a mate
158. Which of the following genotypes is het-
C. ability to produce genetically different erozygous?
offspring
A. Bb
D. capable of producing offspring geneti-
cally identical to parent B. BB
C. bb
153. two chromosomes that have genes for
the same traits in the same order D. B
A. homologous chromosomes 159. All of these animals are pollinators EX-

B. meiosis PECT
C. mitosis A. Bee
D. fertilization B. Bird
C. Butterfly
154. Which phase occurs first?
D. Fish
A. prophase I
B. telophase I 160. Which of the following organism repro-
duces by multiple fission?
C. metaphase II
A. Leishmania
D. anaphase I
B. Amoeba
155. Asexual reproduction occurs when an off-
spring grows from a piece of its parent. C. Plasmodium
page 198 D. Bacteria

161. During meiosis A. Prophase I

A. A haploid parent cell divides into four B. Prophase II

haploid cells. C. Metaphase I
B. A haploid parent cell divides into two D. Telophase II
haploid cells.
167. During which phase of meiosis does the
C. A diploid parent cell divides into four
nuclear membrane reappear around chro-
haploid cells.
mosomes?
D. A diploid parent cell divides into two
A. Prophase I
haploid cells.
B. Metaphase II
162. In a flower, the parts that produce male C. Anaphase I
and female gametes (germ cells) are
D. Telophase II
A. Stamen and anther
B. Filament and stigma 168. What phase do homologous chromosome
pairs line up in the center of the cell?
C. Anther and ovary
A. Prophase I
D. Stamen and style
B. Metaphase I
163. The seeds of a flower are produced in the C. Metaphase II
D. Anaphase II
A. Pistil
169. Which is an advantage of sexual repro-
B. Ovule
duction?
C. Stamen
A. Offspring are identical to the parents.
D. Sepal B. Offspring with genetic variation are
164. an egg cell and a sperm cell join together. produced.
Page 183 C. Organisms don’t have to search for a
A. egg mate.
B. sperm D. Reproduction is rapid.
C. fertilization 170. The sperm cells of a frog have 20 chro-
D. none of above mosomes. How many chromosomes are
found in a body cell of the same animal?
165. Reproduction involving a single organism A. 10 chromosomes
where genetic copies of itself are made.
B. 20 chromosomes
C. 40 chromosomes
B. Asexual Reproduction
D. 80 chromosomes
C. storkism
171. Ovulation takes place
D. Pollination
A. At 28th day of menstrual cycle
166. What phase does one cell begin to pre- B. At 14th day of menstrual cycle
pare to divide by having the nuclear mem-
brane disappear and spindle fibers ap- C. At 7th day of menstrual cycle
pear? D. At 21st day of menstrual cycle

172. The surgical method which prevents the 177. An organism that has been reproduced by
sperms from reaching the ovum and preg- asexual means receives of its chromo-
nancy does not occur is: somes from its one parent.
A. IUCD A. 3
B. Vasectomy B. 25%
C. Condom C. 50%
D. Tubectomy D. 100%
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173. a type of reproduction-fission, budding, 178. Human reproduction involves which of
and regeneration-in which a new organism the following?
is produced from one organism an has DNA A. body cells
identical to the parent organism. B. sex cells
A. asexual reproduction C. skin cells
B. sexual reproduction D. mitochondria
C. fertilization 179. What is another word for egg or sperm?
D. meiosis A. chromosomes
174. Which of the following is NOT a disadvan- B. DNA
tage of asexual reproduction? C. zygotes
A. do not need a mate D. gametes
B. little genetic variation 180. Select all that are disadvantages of asex-
C. mutations can occur and be passed ual reproduction.
down A. There is little genetic variation in the
D. all susceptible to the same disease offspring.
B. It takes time and energy.
175. Appearance of vegetative propagules
from the nodes of plants such as sugarcane C. Only multi-cellular organisms repro-
and ginger is mainly because: duce asexually.
A. Nodes are shorter than internodes D. It requires two parent organisms.
B. Nodes have meristematic cells 181. The process when an egg cell combines
with a sperm cell to form a zygote is
C. Nodes are located near the soil
A. meiosis
D. Nodes have non-photosynthetic cells
B. budding
176. Characters that are transmitted from C. mitosis
parents to offspring during reproduction
show D. fertilization
A. Only similarities with parents 182. Occurs in somatic (body) cells

B. Only variations with parents A. meiosis
C. Both similarities and variations with B. mitosis
parents C. both
D. Neither similarities nor variations D. none of above

183. A bacterium can reproduce by which 188. Pairs of chromosomes with genes for the
method? same traits arranged in the same order:
A. vegetative reproduction

A. budding
B. cloning B. asexual reproduction
C. fission
D. regeneration
189. How many haploid cells are produced dur-
184. How would you describe offspring cre- ing the process of meiosis?
ated by asexual reproduction? A. 2
A. Unlike the parents in any way B. 3
B. A blending of both parent, sharing C. 4
traits from both D. 6
C. Only sharing traits with the mother 190. What type of reproduction produces fungi
D. Exact copies of the parent that are different from either parent?
A. budding
185. The male sex cell forms in a testis. Page
B. asexual reproduction
183
A. egg
D. dividing
B. sperm
191. In order to grow two of the exact same
C. fertilization plants, a person would reproduce them
D. none of above asexually because the
A. genetic diversity is greater.
186. In the list of organisms given below,
B. offspring would be genetically identi-
those that reproduce by the asexual
cal.
method are(1) Banana(2) Dog(3) Yeast(4)
Amoeba C. recessive traits would emerge.
A. and (4) D. negative traits are suppressed.
B. , (3) and (4) 192. What is the process called when diploid
cells divide and make haploid sex cells?
C. and (4)
A. mitosis
D. , (3) and (4)
B. meiosis
187. This word means that a cell contains two C. reproduction
complete sets of chromosomes like found D. fertilization
in normal body cells (1 from each parent)
193. A female sex cell is called a(n)
A. Diploid
A. egg
B. Haploid B. sperm
C. zypher C. zygote
D. embregglio D. diploid

194. The process that produces haploid sex B. Aa

cells is page 185 C. AA
A. mitosis D. aa
B. fission
200. Bulbil is a vegetative propagule in
C. meiosis
A. Bryophyllum
D. interphase
B. Agave
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195. Sexual reproduction requires par- C. Ginger
ent(s) and asexual reproduction requires
parent(s). D. Water hyacinth
A. one, one 201. Animal occurs when an offspring

B. two, two grows from a piece of its parent.
C. two, one A. regeneration
D. one, two B. budding

C. cloning
196. Which of the following is homozygous re-
cessive? D. none of above
A. Tt 202. Why are gametes the only haploid cells

B. tt in your body?
C. TT A. Because it takes four gametes to make

a zygote.
D. T
B. Because half of an offspring’s DNA will
197. The part of a flower that contains the come from each parent.
ovary and the ovule. C. Because they are the only cells not do-
A. Anther ing a job.
B. Stamen D. They are not haploid, they are diploid.
C. Petals 203. What type of reproduction produces fungi
D. Pistil that are different from either parent?
Page 195
198. Which of the following is not cor-
rectly matched:Conidia-Penicillium Offset- A. budding
Water Hyacinth Rhizobium-banana Bulbil- B. asexual reproduction
Turmeric C. sexual reproduction
A. 1 D. none of above
B. 2
204. pairs
C. 3
A. number of chromosomes in human
D. 4 skin
199. Which of the following genotypes is ho- B. number of chromosomes in bird skin
mozygous dominant? C. number of chromosomes in reptile
A. A skin

D. number of chromosomes in reproduc- C. zygote cells

tive cells
D. epithelial cells

205. cells that have pairs of chromosomes.
Page 184 211. Daughter cells are genetically identical to
parent
A. Homologous
A. meiosis
B. chromosomes
C. Diploid B. mitosis
D. none of above C. both

D. none of above
206. An allele that is hidden or masked is
called
212. How much genetic material is provided by
A. dominant the parents in sexual reproduction?
B. recessive A. 0% from each
C. sex-linked
B. 25% from each
D. invisible
C. 50% from each
207. Amoeba and Yeast reproduce asexually D. 100% from each
by fission and budding respectively, be-
cause they are 213. Which organelle is DNA usually found
A. Microscopic organisms in?
B. Heterotrophic organisms A. cell membrane
C. Unicellular organisms B. vacuole
D. Uninucleate organisms. C. chloroplast
208. Oral contraceptives prevent the D. nucleus
A. Fertilisation
214. The joining of an egg cell and a sperm cell
B. Implanatation is called page 183
C. Entrance of sperms in vagina
A. stability
D. Ovulation
B. adaptation
209. During which process cyst is formed?
C. fertilization
A. Binary fission
D. none of above
B. Multiple fission
C. Sporulation 215. What is the new cell called that forms
from fertilization?
D. Budding
A. egg
210. Which type of cells form through meio-
sis? B. sperm
A. sex cells C. diploid
B. body cells D. zygote

216. The male sex cell is called the C. Organ system, organs, tissues, cells
A. zygote D. cells, tissues, organs, organ systems
B. egg 222. The new cell that forms as a result of fer-
C. sperm tilization is called a
D. cell A. zygote
217. Sheep have 54 chromosomes in their B. sperm cell
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diploid cells. How many chromosomes C. egg cell
would a haploid sheep cell have?
D. hydra
A. 54
223. Cell division that forms two genetically
B. 51
identical cells:
C. 27
A. fission
D. 35
B. meiosis
218. Which of these is the method of reproduc- C. haploid
tion for hydra?
D. diploid
A. fission
224. Another name for reproductive cells
B. animal regeneration
would be:
C. budding
A. zygote
D. vegetative reproduction
B. gamete
219. contains all the information for mak- C. egg cell
ing flowers, leaves, and every part of a
plant. D. sperm cell
A. pollination 225. A type of asexual reproduction that oc-

B. embryo curs when an offspring grows from a piece
of its parent.
C. DNA
A. regeneration
D. growth hormone
B. fertilization
220. Daughter cells formed after the division C. vegetative reproduction
of zygote are known as
D. asexual reproduction
A. Blastula
B. Blastomeres 226. If fission takes place every 20 minutes in
some bacteria, then starting with one bac-
C. Morula terial cell, how many bacterial cells would
D. Blastocyst be produced in the span of 4 hours?
221. Which level of organization is in order A. 512

from smallest to largest? B. 360
A. Cells, organs, tissues, organ systems C. 1024
B. Tissues, cells, organ systems, organs D. 4096

227. The transfer of pollen from the anther to 233. A diploid (2n) parent cell
the stigma is called A. meiosis

A. pollination B. mitosis
B. fertilisation C. both mitosis and meiosis
C. seed dispersal
D. none of above
D. germination
234. How does the pine tree reproduce?
228. Heterozygous is when
A. By producing cones
A. the alleles are the same
B. By producing flowers
B. the alleles are different
C. By producing spores
C. the alleles are absent
D. none of above
D. the alleles are present
235. The ratio of number of chromosomes in a
229. What is it called when an egg and sperm human zygote and a human sperm is:
cell join together?
A. 2:1
A. mating
B. 3:1
B. joining
C. 1:2
C. fertilization
D. 1:3
D. zygote
236. Female sex cells are called
230. Non flagellate spores are called conidia.
In which organism they are seen? A. zygotes
A. Penicillium B. sperm cells
B. Hydra C. mitotic cells
C. Amoeba D. egg cells
D. Chlamydomonas 237. Spores are formed in a structure known
231. A mode of reproduction by which an or- as
ganism arises from a single organism and A. Sporangia
inherit the identical genes of that parent B. Gametagia
A. Asexual Reproduction
C. Pollen sac
B. Sexual Reproduction
D. Gemmule
C. Genetic Variation
238. There is no natural death in single celled
D. Alleles
organisms like Amoeba and bacteria be-
232. Characters transmitted from parents to cause
offspring are present in A. They cannot reproduce sexually
A. Cytoplasm B. They reproduce by binary fission
B. Ribosome C. Parental body is distributed among the
C. Golgi bodies offspring
D. Genes D. They are microscopic

239. The joining of an egg and sperm is called 245. A type of reproduction in which one par-
A. homologous ent organism produces offspring without
meiosis and fertilization:
B. chromosomes
A. sexual reproduction
C. fertilzation
B. vegetative reproduction
D. asexual reproduction
C. regeneration
240. After fertilisation, the ovary develops D. asexual reproduction
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into
246. Which organisms have diploid body orga-
A. a flower
nization?
B. seeds
A. Monera and Fungi
C. a fruit B. Algae and Bryophytes
D. embryos C. Pteridophytes and Angiosperms
241. Prokaryotic cell division is called D. Both a and b
A. budding 247. A sea star has one of its arms break off.
B. fission That arm grows into its own separate or-
ganism through
C. mitotic cell division
D. meiosis
B. regeneration
242. new diploid cell formed when a sperm fer-
C. spindle fibers
tilizes an egg; will divide by mitosis and
develop into a new organism. D. chromosomes
A. sperm 248. Diploid cells have
B. egg A. triple chromosomes
C. sexual reproduction B. quadruple chromosomes
D. zygote C. single chromosomes
243. zygote D. pairs of chromosomes
A. cell that forms in fertilization 249. Cell division in prokaryotic that forms
two genetically identical cells is known as-
B. cell that forms in mitosis
page 196
C. cell that forms in meiosis
A. fission
D. cell that forms in the cell cycle
B. budding
244. Human reproduction involves which of C. asexual reproduction
the following? page 184
D. none of above
A. body cells
250. The process of the division of cell into sev-
B. sex cells eral cells during reproduction in Plasmod-
C. skin cells ium is termed as:
D. none of above A. Fragmentation

B. Budding 255. What kind of asexual reproduction is per-

C. Multiple fission formed in a lab producing genetic copies of
the parent?

D. Binary fission
A. fission
251. Which among the following are not the B. budding
functions of testes at puberty? (i) Forma-
C. regeneration
tion of germ cells (ii) Secretion of testos-
terone (iii) Development of placenta (iv) D. cloning
Secretion of estrogen
256. Where do chloroplasts get energy from
A. (i) and (ii) to help make food?
B. (i) and (iii) A. Chlorophy
C. (ii) and (iv) B. Leaves
D. (iii) and (iv) C. Stored Sugar
252. Why does sexual reproduction result in D. Sun
more genetic diversity than asexual repro-
257. Which process is a step in sexual repro-
duction?
duction?
A. Traits from two parents are combined.
A. budding
B. fertilization
B. More organisms reproduce this way.
C. regeneration
C. Offspring grow in different environ-
ments. D. fission
D. Offspring come from identical parents. 258. Spores are formed in some fungi inside a
structure called
253. Parthenogenesis is
A. bud
A. Development of embryo without fertil-
ization B. zygote
B. Development of fruit without fertiliza- C. sporangium
tion D. central disc
C. Development of fruits without hor-
259. In Rhizopus, tubular thread-like struc-
mones
tures bearing sporangia at their tips are
D. Development of embryo from egg with- called
out fertilization
A. Filaments
254. Crossing-over (the exchanging of genetic B. Hyphae
material) occurs in which stage of meio-
C. Rhizoids
sis?
D. Roots
A. Prophase I
B. Prophase II 260. Which is a type of asexual reproduction
performed in a laboratory that produces
C. Anaphase I identical copies of individuals from a cell
D. Anaphase II of a multicellular organism?

A. genetic engineering 265. Where does an off spring get its traits in
B. gene therapy
A. From both parents
C. budding
B. From only one parent
D. cloning
C. From neither parent
261. The cover and protect the flower D. There are no traits handed down
bud.
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266. The male gametes of rice plant have 12
A. Petals
chromosomes in their nucleus. The chro-
B. Stamen mosome number in the female gamete, zy-
gote and the cells of the seedling will be,
C. Sepals
respectively,
D. Anther
A. 12, 24, 12
262. Find the correct statement B. 24, 12, 12
A. In animals, Lowest number of chromo- C. 12, 24, 24
somes 2n=2 is found in Aulocantha sp. D. 24, 12, 24
B. In animals, highest number of chromo-
267. Reproduction is essential for living organ-
somes 2n=1600 is found in Ascaris mega-
isms in order to:
locephala.
A. Keep the individual organ alive
C. Aulocantha sp belongs to Protozoa
B. Fulfill their energy requirements
D. Ascaris megalocephala belongs to an-
nelida C. Maintain growth
D. Continue the species for ever
263. The process where a new organism
grows by mitosis and cell division on the 268. diploid cells
body of its parent: A. have one of every kind of chromosome
A. zygote
B. budding B. have two of every kind of chromosome
C. meiosis
C. have three of every kind of chromo-
D. cloning some
264. Tigers and household cats are members D. have four of every kind of chromosome
of the same family; however, their sizes 269. If offspring inherit different DNA from
are vastly different. What is the cause of their parents, each offspring will have
this difference? traits
A. biochemical makeup A. the same
B. behavioral makeup B. different
C. genetics C. zero
D. habitat size D. none of above

270. When sex cells combine to produce off- C. chromosome

spring, each sex cell will contribute D. cytoplasm

A. one fourth the number of chromo-
somes in body cells 275. Vegetative propagation refers to the for-
mation of new plants from the following
B. half the number of chromosomes in existing organs of the old plants:
body cells
A. Stems, roots and flowers
C. the normal number of chromosomes in
body cells B. Stems, roots and leaves
D. twice the number of chromosomes in C. Stems, flowers and fruits
body cells D. Stems, leaves and flowers
271. Pairs of chromosomes having genes for 276. in meiosis, the daughter cells have
the same traits are called the number of chromosomes compared to
A. homologous the parent cell
B. similar A. 1/3
C. opposite B. 1/2
D. diploid C. 6/6
D. 2/2
272. What are the 4 nitrogen bases?
A. adenine, thymine, cytoplasm, and gua- 277. In which of the following organisms inter-
nine nal bud formation is seen?
B. adenine, thymine cytosine, and gua- A. Amoeba, Plasmodium
nine B. Amoeba, Paramecium
C. adenine, thymine, cytosine, and gyl- C. Planaria, Hydra
cerol
D. Spongilla, Sycon
D. adenine, thymine, cytosine, and glu-
cose 278. A hydra reproduces when an outgrowth,
or bud, forms and continues to develop un-
273. Which statement is NOT true about the til if falls off of the parent. This is an ex-
number of chromosomes? ample of:
A. egg and sperm cells are haploid A. Binary Fission
B. haploid cells have half the number of B. Sporulation
chromosomes as diploid
C. Budding
C. a zygote is diploid and the parent is
diploid D. Vegetative Propagation
D. haploid cells have twice the number of 279. Which of the following is a modified
chromosomes as diploid cells. root?
274. The cell that is formed when fertilization A. Potato

occurs is called a B. Sweet potato
A. zygote C. Ginger
B. mutation D. Onion

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280. Type of asexual reproduction when a cell 282. How much DNA does the sperm cell con-
divides and forms 2 genetically identical tribute to a new seedling.
cells?
A. all of the DNA
A. fission
B. Most of the DNA
B. budding
C. regeneration C. Half of the DNA
D. cloning D. Almost none of the DNA
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281. How many homologous pairs of chromo- 283. Which among the following does not re-
somes will a diploid cell have if the original produce by spore formation?
cell has 32 chromosomes?
A. Penicillium
A. 8
B. 16 B. Yeast
C. 32 C. Mucor fungus
D. 64 D. Rhizopus
6.2 Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

1. Male gamete in angiosperms are formed 4. Flowering plants that contain EITHER the
by the division of male or the female reproductive parts?
A. generative cell A. Perfect flower
B. vegetataive cell B. Imperfect Flower
C. microspore mother cell C. Incomplete Flower

D. Complete Flower
D. microspore
5. Sexual reproduction involves the fertilisa-
2. What are small grains that contain a tion of
plant’s male reproductive cells?
A. two ova
A. stamen
B. two eggs
B. pollen
C. two sperm
C. pistil D. two gametes
D. stigma
6. The part of the stamen that produces
3. Special type of tissue, present in synergids pollen grains is the
which escort entry of pollen tube into A. anther
ovule is
B. pistil
A. nucellus C. filament
B. sporogenous tissue D. ovary
C. filiform apparatus
7. Functional megaspore in angiosperms de-
D. archesporium velops into:

A. Embryo 13. Which of the following plant provide safe

B. Endosperm place to insect for laying eggs?

A. Sage plant
C. Ovule
B. Centaurea
D. Embryosac
C. Ophrys
8. Which nucleus is responsible for the direc-
D. Amorphophallus
tion of the pollen tube towards embryo
sac? 14. Daffodils have venation.
A. Generative nucleus A. Netted
B. Tube nucleus B. Parallel
C. Polar nuclei C. Reticulate
D. Triploid nuclei D. none of above
9. What solution helps the germination of 15. Diploid zygote will develop into and
pollen grain on stigma? finally forms the complete seed.
A. Salt solution A. embryo
B. Acidic solution B. endosperm
C. Alkaline solution C. testa
D. Sugary solution D. wall of fruit
10. The travels to the during fertiliza- 16. What is the transfer of pollen grains to the
tion to form a seed. female structures of a plant called?
A. anther travels to the ovule A. asexual reproduction

B. ovulation
B. pollen travels to the ovule
C. agents
C. anther travels to thestigma
D. pollination
D. pollen travels to the stigma
17. New plants produced from roots, stems
11. Wind pollination is common in and leaves
A. legumes A. propagation
B. lilies B. vegetation propagation
C. grasses C. vegetative propagation
D. orchids D. none of above
12. Joining of an egg cell and sperm cell from 18. What structures aid in the absorption of
two different organisms water in the plant?
A. sexual reproduction A. Xylem vessels
B. asexual reproduction B. Root hairs
C. growth C. Leaves
D. development D. lenticels

19. Double fertilization is found without any C. helping support the plant
exception in
D. catching light
A. bryophytes
B. gymnosperms 25. How many times male part undergoes mi-
tosis to form male gametes?
C. angiosperms
A. 1
D. pteridophytes
B. 2
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20. The supports the stigma and keeps
it high above the plant to receive pollen C. 3
grains easily. D. 4
A. style
26. Which one of the following may require
B. filament pollinators, but is genetically similar to au-
C. stalk togamy?
D. stem A. Geitonogamy
21. A multicarpellary, syncarpous gynoecium B. Xenogamy
is found in C. Apogamy
A. Papaver D. Cleistogamy
B. Michelia
C. Hibiscus 27. The plant male sex cell is also called the
D. More than one option is correct

A. anther
22. How many parent(s)are needed for asex-
B. pollen grain
ual?
A. 4 C. ovary
B. 1 D. ovule
C. 9 28. This part of the plant uses the sunlight to

D. 100 produce food for the plant
23. Which of the following is part of a sta- A. Flower

men? B. Cone
A. stigma C. Leaf
B. style D. Seed
C. anther
29. The flower parts that produce pollen
D. petal
A. Stigma
24. Other than transporting water, what is a
function of xylem? B. Style
A. making food C. Stamens
B. transporting food D. Stem

30. Asexual reproduction involves 36. The ovule of an angiosperm is technically

A. two gametes equivalent to:

B. fertilisation A. megaspore mother cell
C. a single sex cell B. megaspore

C. megasporangium
D. a single parent plant
D. megasporophyll
31. After fertilisation, the seeds are formed in-
side the 37. What is the male part of the flower
called?
A. ovule
A. pistil
B. ovary
B. petal
C. flower
C. stamen
D. stalk
D. leaf
32. The produces pollen grains.
38. Which of the following is an abiotic factor
A. ovary affecting germination?
B. anther A. Erosion by digestive enzymes
C. stigma B. Oxygen availability
D. none of above C. Level of Gibberellin
33. One male gamete fertilises an egg cell to D. Level of inhibitor
form
39. Name 2 nuclei in an embryo sac that
A. diploid zygote involved in fertilisation with male ga-
B. triploid nuclei metes?
C. haploid embryo A. Antipodal cell & synergid cell
D. endosperm B. Polar nuclei & antipodal cell
C. Synergid cell & egg cell
34. Which two parts of a flower make up the
stamen? D. Egg cell & polar nuclei
A. anther and stigma 40. Rewards and attractants are required for
B. anther and filament A. entomophily
C. stigma and style B. cleistophily
D. stigma and ovary C. anemophily
D. hydrophily
35. Flowers that produce large amounts of
lightweight pollen are usually best suited 41. Another one male gamete fertilises with
for which type of pollination? two polar nuclei to form
A. insect pollination A. diploid zygote
B. bird pollination B. triploid nuclei
C. self pollination C. embryo
D. wind pollination D. interguments

42. Branch of study which deals with study of 48. The process of formation of seeds without
flowers is called fertilization in flowering plants is known
A. Apiculture as
B. Floriculture A. budding
C. Sericulture B. apomixis
D. Sylviculture C. sporulation
D. somatic hybridisation
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43. What is the sexual organ of a green
plant? 49. What becomes a seed?
A. Leaf A. stamen/anther
B. Flower B. pistil/carpel
C. Bud C. ovule
D. Shoot D. ovary
44. Mitosis takes place in the zone of 50. What is the female reproductive structure
A. Protection of a flower called?
B. Cell production A. petal
C. Elongation B. pistil
D. Differentiation C. sepal
45. In a fertilized embryo sac, haploid, diploid, D. stamen

triploid structures are
51. What is a testa?
A. Synergid, zygote, PEN
A. pore in the seed for water absorption
B. Synergids, antipodal, polar nuclei
B. embryonic root
C. Antipodal, synergids, PEN
C. outer coating of the seed
D. Synergids, polar nuclei, zygote
D. an easier version of a test
46. What part of the flower makes pollen?
52. The process by which plants make food
A. pistil/ carpel
A. Photosynthesis
B. stamen/anther
B. phototropism
C. ovule
C. embryo
D. ovary
D. seeds
47. The of one flower receives pollen
grains from another flower. 53. A complete pollen grain consists of
A. anther A. Tube nucleus only
B. ovary B. Generative nucleus only
C. style C. Tube nucleus and generative nucleus
D. stigma D. Male gametes

54. What is an ovary? 59. Following is not an example of outbreed-

ing device
A. the female part of the flower that be-
A. protandry

comes a fruit
B. the female part of the flower that ac- B. protogyny
cepts the pollen C. self incompability
C. the male part of the flower that pro- D. bisexuality
duces pollen
60. Which amongst these is NOT a part of the
D. another name for the stem of the plant pistil?
A. stigma
55. After a pollen grain has reached the
stigma, it travels through the to reach B. stamen
the ovary. C. style
A. style D. ovary
B. stalk 61. The transport of seed from one location to
C. stigma another is called
A. seed dispersal
D. stem
B. pollination
56. In majority of angiosperms pollen grains C. fertilization
are released in 2 celled stage, where in
D. germination
rest of the angiosperms pollen grains are
released in 62. Which of the following is/are types of pol-
A. 4 celled stage lination?A) wind pollination B) Insect pol-
lination C) explosive pollination
B. 5 celled stage
A. B only
C. 3 celled stage
B. A and B only
D. None of these C. All of the above
57. The female sex cells in flowering plants is D. none of above
called? 63. How many male gamete are formed in one
A. pollen pollen grain?
B. sperm A. 2
C. egg B. 4
C. 6
D. ovary
D. 8
58. The fertilisation in flowering plants is
64. Mark the odd option (w.r.t contrivances of
known as fertilisation.
autogamy)
A. single A. Homogamy
B. double B. Cleistogamy
C. tripple C. Dicliny
D. none of above D. Bud pollination

65. Which are one of the reasons seed disper- B. Water

sal is important? C. Insects and Birds
A. It prevents overcrowding of plants in D. Bats
an area
B. Humans and animals find seeds and 71. Autogamy can occur in a chasmogamouus
eat them flower if
C. Some seeds don’t get the proper con- A. Pollen matures before maturity of
ovule
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ditions to grow
D. none of above B. Ovule mature before maturity of pollen
66. The travels to the during FERTIL-

C. Both ovule and pollen matures simulta-
IZATION to form a seed.
neously
A. anther travels to the ovule
D. Both anther and stigma are of equal
B. pollen travels to the ovule length
C. anther travels to thestigma
72. Which of the following cell is binucleate in
D. pollen travels to the stigma an embryo sac?
67. Select the odd one out w.r.t. wall layers A. Antipodal cell
of microsporangium in flowering plants. B. Central cell
A. Endothecium C. Female gamete
B. Middle layers D. synergid
C. Tapetum
73. In which of the following plant the number
D. Integument of ovules in an ovary is one?
68. Multicarpellary syncarpous ovary is found A. Mango
in B. Orchids
A. Papaver C. Water melon
B. Michaelia D. Papaya
C. Triticum
74. The sprouting of a plant from a seed is
D. Oryza called
69. Photosynthesis occurs in the while cel- A. germination
lular respiration occurs in the B. pollination
A. Chloroplast; Vacuole C. fertilization
B. Vacuole; Mitochondria D. seed dispersal
C. Mitochondria; Chloroplast
75. Fruit X is fleshy and bright-red in colour.
D. Chloroplast; Mitochondria The likely dispersal method for its seeds
70. Callistemon (Bottle brush) pollination oc- is by
curs through A. animal
A. Wind B. wind

C. water C. root
D. splitting D. cone

76. In a flower, if megaspore mother cell 81. Stomata allow which of the following to
forms megaspore, without undergoing occur?
meiosis and if one megaspore develops
A. Carbon dioxide in and oxygen out
into an embryo sac its nuclei would be
B. Oxygen and carbon dioxide out
A. Haploid
B. Diploid C. Carbon dioxide and oxygen in
C. A few haploid, a few diploid D. Oxygen in and carbon dioxide out
D. With variable ploidy 82. After meiosis, each microspores will un-
dergo mitosis two produce two haploid
77. Seed dispersal does not reduce competi- cells. Which cell is needed to divide again
tion between the seedlings and the parent before fertilisation?
plant for
A. Microsporocyte
A. minerals
B. Generative cell
B. water
C. Sperm cell
C. oxygen
D. Tube cell
D. light
78. How does water move through 83. What is the female reproductive organ of
bryophytes? a plant?
A. with flagella A. anther
B. by reproduction B. sepal
C. by osmosis C. stamen
D. through choroplasts D. pistil
79. Micropropagation is 84. Which of the following fruit is produced by

parthenocarpy?
A. Germination of seed with cotyledons
above the soil A. brinjal
B. A technique to obtain new plants by B. apple
cultivating the cells or tissues in culture C. banana
medium
D. jackfruit
C. To manufacture hormones
D. The mature stage of endosperm 85. What part of the flower protects the bud
(before the flower blooms)?
80. This part of the plant takes in water and
A. Leaves
nutrients from my habitat, and hold the
plant in place. B. Petals
A. flower C. Sepals
B. seed D. Pistil

86. Which structure of a plant is responsible C. Microspore tetrad

for anchoring it to the ground? D. pollen grains
A. Flower
92. What is the 2n stage of a plant life cycle
B. Leaf called?
C. Stem A. sporophyte generation
D. Roots B. gametophyte generation
87. The ovule is stalked and attached to pla-
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C. gamete generation
centa by means of D. alternation generation
A. chalaza
93. An organism who can make their own food
B. funicle from the sun is known as a-
C. micropyle A. Heterotroph
D. hilum B. Eukaryote
88. The joining of an egg cell and a sperm cell C. Autotroph
is called D. Prokaryote
A. pollination
94. What is the purpose of the filament?
B. fertilization
A. Supports the stigma
C. seed dispersal
B. Supports the anther
D. germination
C. Supports the petals
89. Intine is made of D. It has no purpose
A. Sporopollenin
95. Filiform apparatus is characteristic feature
B. Pecto-cellulose of
C. Silica & cellulose A. Synergids
D. Only cellulose B. Generative cell
90. A flower of tomato plant following C. Nucellar embryo
the process of sexual reproduction 300 D. Aleurone cell
seeds.What is the minimum number of
pollen grains that must have been involved 96. A type of plant with a seed that has one
in the pollination of its pistil? food storage area
A. 600 A. monocot
B. 1200 B. dicot
C. 300 C. vascular
D. 150 D. nonvascular
91. During microsporogenesis meiosis occurs 97. When pollen grains from the anther con-
in tacts the sticky stigma of a pistil.
A. Endothecium A. Germination
B. Microspore mother cell B. Reproduction

C. Regeneration 103. In female flower stalk, of the following

D. Pollination plant, is coiled to reach the water surface
to receive the pollen grains from water cur-

98. Pollen grains are well-preserved as fossils rents.Name the plant
because of the presence of A. Zostera
A. Sporopollenin B. Hydrilla
B. Cellulose C. Eichhornia
C. Pectin D. Vallisneria
D. Carotenoids
104. Dioecy states
99. Which one of the following is a feature of A. Uniseuality of flwer
a wind-pollinated flower?
B. Bisexuality of flower
A. The flower has a large amount of
pollen grains. C. Bisexuality of plant
B. The carpels are located inside the D. Unisexuality of a plant

petals. 105. A male gametophyte of a seed plant de-
C. The stamen are located inside the velops into McKain Miller
petals. A. ovule
D. The petals are brightly coloured. B. pollen grain
100. My pod splits open and seeds are thrown C. pollen tube
out with a force. What is likely my disper- D. cotyledons
sal method?
A. wind 106. Produced when the pollen fertilizes the
egg.
B. water
A. seed
C. animals
B. Roots
D. explosive action
C. fruit
101. Which part of the flower protects the D. petals
flower until it blooms?
A. petals 107. These are the male parts of the flower
B. sepals A. stamen and pistil
C. anther B. stamen and sperm
D. stigma C. pistil and sperm

D. pistil, ovary, and egg
102. The stigma, the style and the ovary are
contained in the 108. What becomes a fruit?
A. stamen A. ovary
B. carpel B. ovule
C. petals C. pistil/carpel
D. seed D. stamen/anther

109. The transfer of pollen from the male parts 115. The process of the pollen fusing with the
(stamens) to the female parts (pistils) of ovule is called
a flower is called A. pollination
A. germination B. fertilisation
B. seed dispersal C. germination
C. pollination D. reproduction
D. fertilization
116. How many nucleus are formed in an em-
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110. How are pines pollinated? bryo sac?
A. by wind A. 2
B. by bees B. 4
C. by birds C. 6
D. by gravity D. 8
111. The structures containing female repro- 117. part of a plant is removed to grow an-
ductive cells. other plant
A. seeds A. cutting
B. style B. planting
C. gametes C. tuber
D. anthers D. eating
112. Chasmogamous as well as cleistogamous 118. Apomixes in plant means development of
both types of flowers are found in a plant
A. Commelina A. From root cuttings
B. Arachis hypogea B. Without fusion of gametes
C. Mangifera indica C. From fusion of gametes
D. Zea mays D. From stem of cuttings
113. I have large petals and are usually 119. The fruit flesh is developed from the
brightly colored . How am I pollinated? after double fertilisation.
A. By animals A. ovule
B. By birds B. embryo sac
C. By insects C. ovary
D. All of the above D. petals
114. Which of the following is NOT a part of 120. How many times of mitosis occurs to
the plant’s SHOOT system? form an embryo sac?
A. Flower A. 1
B. Leaf B. 2
C. Stem C. 3
D. Root D. 4

121. Flowers which have single ovule in the 126. The prothallus is part of the life cycle of
ovary and are packed into inflorescence which group of plants?
are usually pollinated by

A. angiosperms
A. water B. conifers
B. bee C. ferns
C. wind D. mosses
D. bat 127. The outermost and innermost wall layers
of a microsporangium in an anther are
122. The male reproductive part is known as
A. Endothecium, tapetum
A. Pistil B. Epidermis, endodermis

C. Epidermis, middle layers
B. Stamen
D. Epidermis, tapetum
C. Petal
D. Carpel 128. It is the second layer of microsporangium
which helps in dehiscence and protects in-
123. After meiosis, each microspores will un- ner part of it.The layer is
dergo mitosis two produce two haploid A. Tapetum
cells. which cell is needed to create a path- B. Middle layers
way inside carpel?
C. Endothecium
A. Microsporocyte
D. Epidermis
B. Generative cell
129. Monocots typically have flower parts in
C. Sperm cell multiples of
D. Tube cell A. 4
124. Which process takes place when new B. 5
plants grow from parts of an existing C. 2
plant? D. 3
A. binary fission
130. Advantage of cleistogamy is
A. Higher genetic variability
C. transplanting B. More vigorous offspring
D. asexual reproduction C. No dependence on pollinators
125. Which of the following option about tape- D. Vivipary
tum is correct? 131. I have hooks to cling to animal fur. What
A. Nutritive tissue is likely my dispersal method?
B. Sporogenous tissue A. wind
C. Protective and haploid tissue B. water
D. External layer of microsporangium C. animals
wall D. explosive action

132. Which of the following is zygomorphic? C. Sexual Reproduction

A. Petunia D. Anchorage
B. Atropa belladona
138. Any seed plant that has no woody stem.
C. Trifolium
A. monocot
D. Ashwagandha
B. dicot
133. The part of the flower that colourful,
C. herbaceous
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bright and big is called
A. Petals D. gymnosperm
B. Flower 139. A particular species of a plant produces,
C. Stem light non sticky, numerous pollen grains
D. Stigma and long and feathery stigma. These mod-
ifications facilitates the pollination by
134. Which part the formation of pollen grain A. Insects
is produced?
B. Water
A. Pollen sac in anther
C. Wind
B. Ovule in ovary
C. Style D. Animals
D. Filament 140. Pollination executed through bat is called

135. What are the main reproductive organs A. Ornithophily
of flowering plants?
B. Chiropterophily
A. stamens
C. Entomophily
B. petals
D. Anemophily
C. sepals
D. flowers 141. What is the underground stem that pro-
duces roots in a fern called?
136. How does fertilization takes place in
flowers? A. archegonium
A. Bees help to provide nectar for flow- B. frond

ers. C. prothallus
B. Male cells from pollen tube fuse with D. rhizome
ovules in the ovary.
C. Pollen grains get suck on the stigma 142. What are the dominant forms of plant life
on Earth?
D. The wind blows pollen grains from
flower A. mosses
137. The function of the flower is B. protists

A. Photosynthesis C. plants that make spores
B. Transpiration D. plants that make seeds

143. Non-flowering plants e.g. ferns, do not B. Hydrophily

reproduce by seeds. Instead, they repro-
C. Ornithophily
duce by

D. Anemophily
A. Sperm
B. Spores 149. These are the female parts of a flower
C. Eggs A. stamen and pistil
D. Cells B. stamen and sperm
144. What is the purpose of a fruit? C. pistil and sperm
A. It protects the seeds D. pistil, ovary, and egg
B. It’s tasty
150. My fruits have wings to move with wind
C. It makes pollen
. What is likely my dispersal method?
D. It attracts pollinators
A. wind
145. In the formation of embryo sac, only B. water
megaspore (n) is developed into 8 nuclei.
C. animals
A. 1
B. 2 D. explosive action
C. 3 151. Coconut water from a tender coconut is

D. 4 A. Degenerated nucellus
146. What does the fertilization of an egg B. Immature embryo
form?
C. Free nuclear endosperm
A. flowers
D. Innermost layers of the seed coat
B. sperm
C. sporophytes 152. Pollination in water hyacinth and water
lily is brought about by the agency of
D. a zygote
A. water
147. Which statement best describes the pro-
cess of asexual reproduction? B. bat
A. production of new organisms that are C. insects or wind
genetically identical to the parent D. bird
B. the reproductive cycle involves the pro-
duction of games 153. A plant has 24 chromosomes in its mi-
crospore mother cell. The number of chro-
C. nuclei of sex cells fuse to form a zygote
mosomes in its endosperm will be
D. none of above A. 36
B. 24
148. Which of the following pollination is com-
mon amongst abiotic agents? C. 12
A. Entomophily D. 48

154. Name the openings on the underside of 160. Functional megaspore in an angiosperm
leaves. develops into
A. Alveoli A. ovule
B. Stomata B. endosperm
C. Pores C. embryo sac
D. Veins D. embryo
155. Perisperm and endosperm differ in 161. Which of the following were the first land
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plants to evolve seeds?
A. Being a diploid tissue
A. angiosperms
B. Being a haploid tissue
B. gymnosperms
C. Having no reserve food
C. mosses
D. Formation of perisperm by fusion of
the secondary nucleus with many sperms D. ferns
156. I have air spaces within my fruit. What 162. My flowers are not sweet-scented and
is likely my dispersal method? I do not produce nectar. How am I polli-
nated?
A. wind
A. By wind
B. water
B. By insects
C. animals
C. By water
D. explosive action
D. By explosive action
157. The flower part that has the eggs
163. What is the tube-like part of the flower
A. Stamen that pollen grains move down?
B. Stigma A. anther
C. Pistil B. filament
D. Style C. style
158. What is the function of style? D. stamen
A. receives pollen grains 164. In the embryo of a typical dicot and a
B. support the stigma and joins the grass true homologous structures are
stigma to the ovary A. Coleorhiza, coleoptile
C. holds the anther B. Coleoptile, scutellum
D. becomes the seed once fertilisation C. Cotyledon, scutellum
has take place D. Hypocotyl, radicle
159. The formation of embryo sac begins with 165. A typical angiospermic anther is bilobed
a and tetragonal consisting of
A. pollen mother cell (2n) A. two microsporangia
B. embryo sac mother cell (2n) B. Three microsporangia
C. Ovule C. Four microsporangia
D. Anther D. Only one microsporangium

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166. Triploid nuclei will develop into to sup- A. Synergies and primary endosperm cell
ply nutrients for the growth of embryo.
A. testa

B. Synergids and antipodal cell
B. wall of fruit
C. Antipodal cell and primary endosperm
C. endosperm cell
D. plumule
D. Egg and antipodals
167. What is a cotyledon?
A. A seed 169. Scutellum is
B. A seed coat A. Grass embryo
C. A seed leaf
B. Grass seed
D. none of above
C. Grass fruit
168. In an embryo sac, the cells that degener-
ate after fertilization are D. Grass cotyledon
6.3 Human Reproduction

1. The penis and testes are kept outside of C. Cowper’s Gland
the male body because they must be: D. Testis Gland
A. Warmer than the rest of the body
5. Which characteristics are unique to hu-
B. Protected by clothing mans?
C. Closer to the oxygen in the air A. fingerprint
D. Cooler than the rest of the body
B. type of earlobes
2. Where is Oestrogen made? C. dimples
A. Ovaries D. height
B. Testes
6. What is the function of the placenta?
C. Vagina
A. transfer nutrients from mother to em-
D. Penis byro
3. Production of sperm B. provide a place for development of em-
bryo
A. female
C. produce estrogen
B. male
D. produce testosterone
C. both
D. none of above 7. Testosterone directly affects the
4. Which gland does NOT produce fluid to cre- A. formation of a zygote

ate semen? B. changes within an ovary
A. Prostate Gland C. production of sperm cells
B. Seminal Vesicles D. development of a placenta

8. when a woman’s menstrual cycle becomes 14. Where specifically is the source of estro-
irregular and stops gen during days 15-24 of the menstrual
A. ovulation cycle?
A. Ovarian follicle
B. menstruation
B. Oviduct glands
C. menopause
C. Ovarian corpus luteum
D. adolescence
D. Ovarian gland
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9. HIV stands for
15. What does IVF stand for?
A. Human Immunological Virus A. In vitro fertilisation
B. Human Deficiency Virus B. Insert viable foetus
C. Human Immunodeficiency Virus C. Internal variable fertilisation
D. Human Insexualdeficency Virus D. Internal vitro fertilisation
10. What the unborn baby is called from week 16. Where are eggs stored until ovulation?
9 of pregnancy until birth. A. Ovary
A. Zygote B. Uterus
B. Embryo C. Fallopian Tube
C. Fetus D. Epidydymus
D. none of above 17. Which structure is correctly paired with its
function?
11. Which structure carries sperm from the ep-
didymis to the urethra? A. ovary-provides milk for newborns
A. vas deferens B. placenta-storage of released eggs

C. uterus-produces estrogen
B. seminal vesicle
D. testis-development of sperm
C. prostate
D. penis 18. The urethra
A. allows urine and semen to exit the pe-
12. What is the result of fertilization? nis
A. an egg B. is where fertilization takes place
B. sperm C. is the tube that is the passageway for
C. an embryo egg to reach uterus
D. is part of the female reproductive sys-
D. a zygote
tem
13. Where are spermatozoa stored while they 19. The primary function of the human male
are maturing? reproductive system is to
A. In the prostate A. provide a site for fertilization
B. In the epidymis B. produce and transport gametes
C. In the testes C. protect and nourish the embryo
D. In the seminal vesicle D. prevent urine from leaving the body

20. When is ovulation most likely to occur? 25. What is responsible for creating the hor-
mones Oestrogen & progesterone?
A. About halfway between the start of

one menstruation and the next A. The Pituitary gland
B. At the start of menstruation B. The Hypothalamus
C. 1-5 days before the start of menstrua- C. The ovaries
tion
D. The Fallopian Tubes
D. 5-10 days after the start of menstrua-
tion 26. The connects the ovary to the uterus.
A. Testes
21. Testosterone is
B. Vagina
A. The main sex hormone in humans
C. Cervix
B. The main sex hormone in females
D. Fallopian Tubes
C. the main sex hormone in animals
D. The main reproductive hormone in 27. What is dilation?
males
A. the thinning of the cervix
22. Kangaroos are mammals that lack a pla- B. the widening of the cervix
centa. Therefore, they must have an al-
C. labor pains
ternate way of supplying the developing
embryo with D. the baby crowning
A. nutrients 28. In oogenesis, when does meiosis finish?
B. carbon dioxide A. Before a girl is born
C. enzymes B. At puberty
D. genetic information C. After ovulation
23. What area connects the vagina to the D. After fertilisation
uterus?
29. Follicle stimulating hormones function is to
A. Cervix
A. mature eggs in the uterus
B. Vulva
B. mature eggs in the womb
C. Endometrium
C. mature eggs in the cervix
D. Myometrium
D. mature eggs in the ovaries
24. After a zygote is formed, specialization of
cells occurs. Through which process do the 30. The structure that makes nutrients most di-
cells of a zygote become specialized? rectly available to a human embryo is the
A. sexual reproduction A. gamete
B. meiosis B. ovary
C. fertilization C. stomach
D. differentiation D. placenta

31. What do you call the sac that contains the 37. In day 1 of the cycle women are in which
testes? phase?
A. penis A. Luteal
B. sperm B. Follicular
C. scrotum C. Menstrual
D. filament D. Ovulation
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32. What do you call the female sex cell? 38. During which trimester does the fetus
start to develop bones?
A. egg cell
A. 1st
B. sperm cell
B. 2nd
C. diploid
C. 3rd
D. haploid
D. none of above
33. Which phase involves the egg being re-
leased into the uterus? 39. The majority of the embryo’s organs are
formed
A. Menstruation
A. Germinal stage
B. Ovulation
B. Embryonal stage
C. Follicular
C. Fetal stage
D. Luteal
D. none of above
34. How often is an egg released?
40. Where does fertilisation take place?
A. weekly
A. Ovary
B. daily B. Womb
C. yearly C. Vagina
D. monthly D. Fallopian tube
35. The eggs are produced in 41. Age two to age 12
A. the ovaries. A. childhood
B. the womb B. adulthood
C. the fallopian tube C. infancy
D. the cervix D. adolescence
36. The female sterilization consists of 42. Which hormone signals ovulation?
A. a tubal ligation A. FSH
B. the uterus ligation B. LH
C. ovaires removal C. Inhibin
D. none of above D. Estrogen

43. The period during which a girl sexually ma- 49. Which of these contraceptives are called a
tures is called barrier method?

A. menstrual cycle A. The pill
B. puberty B. Condom
C. childhood C. The rhythm method

D. An implant
D. teens
50. In which of the following structures of the
44. What is the second phase of the cycle? female human reproductive system is the
A. Ovulation fertilised egg develops?
B. Menstrual A. Ovary
C. Follicular B. Womb
C. Vagina
D. Luteal
D. Fallopian tube
45. This carries the egg to the uterus.
51. The two hormones that maintain the lining
A. Fallopian tube of the uterus are:
B. Vagina A. FSH and Oestrogen
C. cervix B. LH and Oestrogen
D. Ovary C. Oestrogen
D. Progesterone and Oestrogen
46. Pubic and underarm hair
52. Fertilization usually takes place here.
A. female
A. uterus
B. male
B. fallopian tubes
C. both
C. vagina
D. none of above D. ovaries
47. Begins after age 20 53. On average, how many days does the men-
A. childhood strual cycle last?
B. adolescence A. 7
B. 14
C. adulthood
C. 21
D. infancy
D. 28
48. At which point is the embryo considered a
54. What is the male reproductive organs that
fetus?
produce sperms?
A. after 8 weeks A. Penis
B. at the time of conception B. Fallopian tube
C. at the time of implantation C. Testes
D. at the time of fertilization D. Ovary

55. often the first event a mom experiences 61. Which hormone causes the egg to ripen in
when she is about to deliver a baby the ovary?
A. amniotic sac breaks A. Progesterone
B. placenta is expelled B. FSH
C. uterus contracts/labor C. Oestrogen
D. bleeding D. Testosterone
62. If fertilisation does not occur
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56. The is a sac of tissues that holds the
testes. A. the egg dies
A. Vagina B. the egg leaves the body when the
B. Scrotum uterus lining is shed
C. Epidydymus C. both
D. Testicles D. none of above
57. Which hormone spikes and consequently 63. In which of the following structures of the
causes the release of the ova into the female human reproductive system is the
uterus? blastocyst implanted during normal human
development?
A. LH
A. Ovary
B. FSH
B. uterus
C. Oestrogen
C. vagina
D. Progesterone
D. amniotic sac
58. The menstrual cycle repeats every?
64. What is the name of the tube that carries
A. Month
urine in males and females?
B. 28 days
A. Sperm duct
C. Week
B. Urethra
D. Year
C. Fallopian tube
59. How are identical twins formed? D. Cervix
A. two eggs fertilised
65. Spermatids are changed into spermatozoa
B. fertilized egg splits through
C. two identical eggs are released A. Spermiogenesis
D. two identical sperm fertilize the egg B. Spermiation
60. What are the major female sex organs C. Spermatogenesis
that produce eggs? D. Spermatosis
A. Fallopian Tubes 66. An organ that provides the chemical sub-
B. Testes stancess needed by a fetus is called the
C. Ovaries A. ovary
D. Gametes B. uterus

C. placenta 72. A tissue or group of tissues that make and

releases hormones.
D. fallopian tube
A. Circulatory system

67. This occurs on days 1 to 5 of the menstrual B. Pancreas
cycle.
C. Flight or Fight Response
A. The lining of the uterus remains in D. Endocrine Glands
place in preparation for the possible ar-
rival of an early embryo. 73. Which hormones cause the endometrium to
grow?
B. Shedding of the lining of the uterus
A. LH and progesterone
C. An egg is released from the ovaries
B. FSH and LH
D. The lining of the uterus builds up
C. Oestrogens and progesterone
68. After conception, where does the em- D. none of above
bryo/fetus develop?
74. Which process would not occur if a zygote
A. vagina implants into the uterine wall?
B. fallopian tubes A. mitosis
C. uterus B. menstruation
C. differentiation
D. ovaries
D. implantation
69. During which trimester can the fetus de-
75. What is the name for the part of the sex
tect light?
cells where the genetic material (chromo-
A. 1st somes) are located?
B. 2nd A. Cytoplasm
C. 3rd B. Nucleus
D. none of above C. Mitochondrion

D. Stomata
70. The is the FEMALE sex cell.
76. A temporary suspension of the menstrual
A. Ovary cycle normally occurs during
B. Ovum/Egg A. menstruation
C. Sperm B. pregnancy
D. Period C. ovulation
D. menopause
71. Where is the genetic material (DNA) lo-
cated in the spermatozoa? 77. The period from fertilisation to the birth of
the baby is called
A. In the head
A. menstruation
B. In the tail B. labor
C. In the middle piece C. pregnancy

78. Signals for parturition arise from B. Many eggs are fertilised by one sperm.
A. Placenta
B. Fully developed foetus C. The fertilised egg develops in the stom-
ach.
C. Both placenta and fully developed foe-
tus D. Fertilisation occurs when a sperm and
an egg fuse.
D. Oxytocin released from maternal pitu-
itary 84. Which part of the uterus is connected to
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the vagina?
79. What is the scrotum?
A. The fallopian tubes
A. A pouch of skin surrounding the testes
B. The cervix
B. A fold of skin that protects the penis C. The ovaries
C. An additional gland located at the end D. none of above
of the urethra
85. How many chromosomes does a zygote
D. none of above have?
80. Which of the following are the female go- A. 46
nads? B. 23
A. Spermatozoa C. Half
B. Ova D. 42
C. Testes
86. The vagina is also known as the
D. Ovaries
A. Birth canal
81. What is the main sex hormone in fe- B. Womb
males?
C. Testes
A. LH
D. Ovum
B. Testosterone
C. Estrogen 87. In mammals, the placenta is essential to
the embryo for
D. Progesterone
A. nutrition, reproduction, and growth
82. Which of the following are NOT passed on
B. nutrition, respiration, and excretion
from parents to young?
C. locomotion, respiration, and excretion
A. blood disorder
B. voice patterns
D. nutrition, reproduction, and excretion
C. shape of nose
88. Facial hair
D. tongue rolling
A. female
83. Which of the following correctly describes
sexual reproduction in humans? B. male
A. Fertilisation of the egg takes place in- C. both

side the male’s body. D. none of above

89. The ovaries in the human female reproduc- 94. A fertilized egg undergoes several stages
tive system produced before it is implanted . In which of the
following structure of the female repro-

A. egg cell
ductive system is the blastocyst (fertilized
B. ovules egg) implanted.
C. sperm cell A. Ovary
D. pollen grain B. uterus
90. How does an egg cell move through the C. vagina

fallopian tube? D. amniotic sac
A. Via diffusion
95. In humans, the oocyte is maintained in a
B. Ciliated epithelial cells move it along state of meiotic arrest by secretion of
C. Via gas exchange A. Granulosa cells
D. It drifts through the liquid in the fallop- B. Zona pellucida
ian tube
C. Cumulus oophorus
91. Describe the events that occur when hu- D. Theca
mans reproduce. A) Sperms leave the male
body. B) Sperms enter the female body. C) 96. On what day of the cycle is ovulation?
A sperm fuses with the egg inside the fe-
A. Day 4
male body. D) Testes produce sperms.
B. Day 8
A. A, B, C, D
C. Day 14
B. B, A, D, C
D. Day 28
C. C, B, D, A
D. D, A, B, C 97. Which is not the function of placenta
A. Secretes oxytocin during parturition
92. Which of these is not a barrier method of
contraception? B. secretes estrogen
A. Diaphragm C. Facilitates removal of CO2 and waste
B. Condom D. facilitates supply of oxygen and nutri-
ents to embryo
C. Femidom
D. Implant 98. A fertilized egg undergoes several stages
before it is implanted. In which of the fol-
93. When the egg and sperm join together, it lowing structure of the female reproduc-
is known as tive system is the egg fertilized?
A. intercourse A. Ovary
B. ovulation B. Uterus
C. fertilization C. Fallopian tube
D. mitosis D. Cervix

99. Which is the most valid reason why a 104. Pollination is the process by which the
woman may be advised to give birth in pollen grains are transferred from the
hospital? to the
A. The mother doesn’t want to be awake A. anther ovary
when she gives birth B. anther pistil
B. The father has an important date com- C. pistil ovary
ing up that he can’t miss D. pistil filament
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C. Younger or Older mother
105. Where is sperm produced?
D. To reduce stretch marks A. testes
100. Substances can diffuse from the mother’s B. penis
blood into the fetal blood through the C. prostate
structure known as the
D. epididymis
A. amnion
106. How many hormones are produced in the
B. fallopian tube menstrual cycle?
C. yolk sac A. 1
D. placenta B. 2
C. 3
101. Where are egg cells stored and released
from? D. 4
A. The uterus. 107. What is an adequate way to prevent

pregnancy and STIs during sex?
B. The testes.
A. Condoms
C. The ovaries.
B. Birth Control Pill
D. The cervix. C. Diva Cup
102. That fusion of the male and female ga- D. IUD
mete to form a zygote is known as? 108. What are the initial phases of embryonic
A. fertilisation development?
B. menstruation A. Fertilisation, implantation, cleavage
C. pollination B. Implantation, fertilisation, cleavage

C. Fertilisation, cleavage, implantation
D. ejaculation
D. none of above
103. What do you call the cell that forms from
109. Which of the following are reproductive
fertilization?
cells? A EggB Testis C Ovary D Sperm
A. fertilized egg
A. A and C only
B. sperm cell B. A and D only
C. zygote C. B and C only
D. egg cell D. A, B, C and D

110. Urethral meatus refers to the 116. a developing baby from months three
A. Urogenital duct through nine is a(n)
A. embryo

B. Opening of vas deferens into urethra
B. fetus
C. external opening of the urogenital duct
C. newborn
D. muscles surrounding the urogenital D. infant
duct 117. The main function of the human male re-
productive system is to
111. The menstrual cycle is controlled by hor-
mones released by the- A. provide a site for fertilization
A. ovaries B. produce and transport male sex cells
C. protect and nourish the embryo
B. fallopian tubes
D. prevent urine from leaving the body
C. testes
D. uterus 118. What is a male sex cell ( GAMETE) called
A. Zygote
112. Acne
B. Egg
A. female
C. Sperm
B. male D. none of above
C. both
119. The source of FSH in the body is
D. none of above
A. ovary
113. The human reproductive system ensures B. ovarian corpus luteum
the C. anterior pituary gland
A. digestion of food D. pineal gland
B. continuation of the human species 120. It is the tube which leads from the womb
C. intake of oxygen into the body out of the body.
D. transport of food around the baby A. fallopian tube
B. pollen tube
114. The external female genitalia are
C. vagina
A. The vulva and uterus
D. uterus
B. The vagina and labia
121. What would be the result of cutting both
C. The labia and clitoris
the sperm ducts in a male animal?
D. none of above A. Male sex hormones would no longer
115. What is a hormone? circulate in the blood.
B. The animal would be unable to pass
A. A Chemical messanger
urine.
B. A biological messenger
C. The animal would be unable to develop
C. A physical messenger sperms.
D. Mr Casey’s Pet D. The animal would become sterile.

122. What does ovulation mean? 128. This structure is a sac, shaped like an up-
A. A sperm is released side down pear, and where a fertilized egg
grows into a baby.
B. The lining of the uterus breaks down
A. Pelvis
C. An egg is released B. Uterus
D. Menstruation occurs C. Vagina
123. Where is the semen first ejaculated? D. Cervix
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A. vagina 129. During reproduction, what are passed
down from parents to their young?
B. uterus
A. Behaviours
C. oviduct
B. Blood
D. none of above
C. Characteristics
124. Which hormone causes the re-growth of D. Thumbprint
the endometrial lining of the uterus?
130. The best way to prevent sexually trans-
A. Testesterone mitted infections is
B. GnRH A. to use a condom during sexual inter-
C. Estrogen course
B. wash your genitals
D. Progesterone
C. go to the doctor
125. What does the term Gestation mean? D. none of above
A. The joining of the egg and sperm.
131. What is the main function of the luteal
B. The time it takes for the young to de- phase?
velop inside the mother. A. The shed the lining of the uterus
C. The release of sperm. B. The thicken the lining of the uterus
D. The release of an egg cell. C. To release the egg
126. The FSH hormone is secreted by D. To ripen the egg
A. the ovarian follicle 132. Where in the female body do the egg and
sperm fuse?
B. the pituitary gland
A. Cervix
C. the corpus luteum
B. Uterus
D. none of above
C. Ovary
127. In uterus, endometrium increases in thick- D. Fallopian tube
ness in response to
133. Which organ produces sperm cells?
A. Oxytocin A. testes
B. oestrogen B. epididymis
C. LH C. ovary
D. Relaxin D. prostate gland

134. Where does oogenesis take place? 140. Approximately how long is the menstrual
A. Uterus cycle?

A. 21 days
B. Fallopian tubes
B. 28 days
C. Ovaries
C. 32 days
D. Vagina
D. 18 days
135. The term “uterus” is another name for?
141. How does the baby exchange substances
A. the womb
between the baby and the mother?
B. ovary A. Ovary
C. placenta B. Womb
D. vagina C. umbilical cord
136. What do glands produce D. Fallopian tube
A. receptor molecules 142. The time in a woman’s life when menstru-
B. hormones ation usually no longer occurs
C. neurotransmitters A. Late 50s
D. glucose B. Mid 40s
C. Early 20s
137. What is the correct term for sex cells
(sperm and eggs in humans)? D. Teens
A. Blastocysts 143. The menstrual cycle lasts about

B. Zygotes A. 14 days
C. Gametes B. 28 days
D. Periods C. one week
D. 2 days
138. When is a zygote called an embryo?
A. after 8 weeks 144. When puberty takes place in girls, which
one of the following does not happen?
B. at the time of fertilization
A. Womb grows bigger
C. at the time of implantation
B. Shoulders broaden
D. at the time of conception
C. Eggs start producing
139. What is ovulation? D. Breasts enlarge
A. The release of an egg into an oviduct.
145. The fallopian tubes connect
B. The joining of an egg cell and a sperm
cell. A. the ovaries to the uterus
C. The period of time when the female is B. the uterus to the vagina
having her period. C. the ovaries to the vagina
D. The act of mating. D. none of above

146. Which hormone that secrete by corpus lu- 152. What does the embryo form with the
teum uterus wall?
A. estrogen and progesterone A. the Fallopian tubes
B. estrogen and LH B. a cycle
C. progesetrone C. a period
D. FSH and LH D. the placenta
153. the last event that happens after the
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147. A fertilized egg will implant in which or-
gan? baby has been delivered
A. cervix A. uterus contracts

B. amniotic sac breaks
B. fallopian tube
C. placenta is expelled
C. ovary
D. bleeding
D. uterus
154. How long does the female approximately
148. How many chromosomes are in the ga- carry a child in the womb?
metes (sperm and egg cells)?
A. 12 months
A. 21
B. 9 years
B. 23
C. 9 months
C. 46
D. 38 months
D. 92
155. Which of the following are the female ga-
149. Which is the male sex cell? metes?
A. Egg A. Spermatozoa
B. Seminal vesicle B. Ovum
C. Sperm C. Testes
D. Penis D. Ovaries
150. During a vasectomy we cut 156. What is the female reproductive organs
that produce eggs?
A. The testis
A. Ovary
B. the seminal tubes
B. Testes
C. the vasa deferens C. Womb
D. none of above D. Penis
151. What part of the flower must the pollen 157. What do you call the cells that have pairs
go down to reach the egg? of chromosomes?
A. Pistil A. Diploid
B. Stamen B. Haploid
C. Flower C. Sperm cell
D. Anther D. egg cell

158. What is the female part of the flower C. FSH & LH

used during reproduction? D. LH only

A. Pistil
164. Which of the following is not a hormonal
B. Petal contraceptive
C. Stigma A. Intrauterine device (coil)
D. Stamen B. Spermicide jelly
159. What happens if an early embryo splits C. Implant
just before implantation? D. Pill
A. Non-identical twins 165. muscular organ where a baby develops
B. Identical twins A. uterus
C. This cannot occur and would harm the B. vagina
embryo
C. Fallopian tubes
D. Semi-identical twin
D. ovaries
160. What is the name of the internal wall of 166. Birth to two years old
the uterus?
A. childhood
A. endometrium
B. adulthood
B. exometrium
C. infancy
C. testometrium
D. adolescence
D. none of above
167. Where in their female reproductive sys-
161. a thin membrane called the protects tem is fertilisation most likely to take
and cushion the developing baby place?
A. placenta A. fallopian tube
B. umbilical cord B. uterus
C. amniotic sac C. vagina
D. Uterus D. cervix
162. The inability of sperm cells to move nor- 168. During which trimester do genitals begin
mally could prevent the production of off- to develop?
spring by interfering with A. 1st
A. meiosis B. 2nd
B. fertilization C. 3rd
C. mitosis D. none of above
D. differentiation 169. Where do the egg and sperm meet?
163. What hormone(s) is responsible for thick- A. The ovary
ening the lining of the uterus? B. The fallopian tube / oviduct
A. Oestrogen C. The vas deferens
B. progesterone D. The uterus

170. The ovarian cycle lasts about 176. Where does implantation take place?
A. 14 days A. vagina
B. 28 days B. uterus wall
C. one week C. ovary
D. 2 days D. oviduct
171. A sperm is produced by the 177. After fertilisation the zygote increases in
size and travels down the Fallopian tube
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A. testes in the female body to become embedded in the walls of the
B. ovaries in the female body womb. This process is known as
C. testes in the male body A. implantation
D. ovaries in the male body B. ovulation

C. menstruation
172. Which of the following is not a birth con-
D. conception
trol method?
A. Condom 178. Withdrawl of which hormone is the im-
mediate cause of menstruation?
B. Pill
A. Estrogen
C. Diaphragm
B. FSH
D. Morning after pill
C. Progesterone
173. Which hormone stimulates follicle D. LH
growth?
179. Most of the skeleton of a human embryo
A. FSH is composed of connective tissue known
B. LH as
C. Oestrogen A. cartilage
D. none of above B. tendons
C. ligaments
174. Using condom as contraception is the
type of method D. bone
A. Mechanical 180. Ovulation phase typically occurs on what

day of the cycle?
B. Chemical
A. 1
C. Natural
B. 14
D. Surgical
C. 20
175. Without fertilisation, the corpus luteum D. 7
A. gets bigger
181. In a rabbit, the embryo normally devel-
B. evolves ops within the
C. disintegrates A. placenta
D. none of above B. uterus

C. yolk sac 187. What is a target organ?

D. umbilical cord A. Where a hormone is made

B. Where a hormone acts
182. a fertilized egg during the first two
months of pregnancy is called C. A hormone
A. fetus D. The blood
B. infant 188. The sperm moves because it has

C. newborn A. cilia
D. embryo B. tail
C. hair
183. The male reproductive system produces
D. none of above
sex hormones called
A. Estrogen 189. Which phase is the final phase to occur?
B. Progesterone A. Luteal
B. Ovulation
C. Testosterone
C. Follicular
D. Andresterone
D. Menstrual
184. Which hormone stimulates the build up of
the endometrium? 190. This is the a major male sex organ
that STORES mature sperm.
A. FSH
A. Prostate
B. LH B. Testes
C. Estrogen C. Epididymis
D. Progesterone D. Ovary
185. Which of the following come together 191. Chimpanzees have 48 chromosomes in
during fertilization? each normal body cell. How many chro-
mosomes does a chimpanzee gamete con-
A. egg and womb
tain?
B. egg and sperm
A. 23
C. ovary and sperm B. 24
D. ovary and testis C. 46
186. Where are adult sperm stored until they D. 48

leave the body? 192. Egg matures
A. Seminal Vesicle A. female
B. Testis B. male
C. Vas Deferens C. both
D. Epidydymus D. none of above

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193. Hormone responsible for ovulation and 197. How else can pollen be moved besides
development of corpus luteum is pollinators?
A. FSH A. Sunlight
B. LH B. Wind
C. LTH C. Snow
D. ICSH D. Hail
194. Breasts develop
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198. The contraceptive pill contains which of
A. female the following hormones?
B. male A. FSH
C. both B. LH
D. none of above
C. Adrenaline
195. One function of the male reproductive D. Oestrogen and/or Progesterone
system in mammals is to
A. produce insulin necessary for sexual 199. What type of reproduction takes place
reproduction when one parent organism produces off-
spring without meiosis and fertilization?
B. transport eggs necessary for fertiliza-
tion A. pollination
C. allow for delivery of gametes needed B. sexual reproduction
for reproduction C. asexual reproduction
D. provide protection for the developing
D. fertilization
zygote
196. What is the benefit of sexual reproduc- 200. What do Boys AND Girls develop during
tion? puberty?
A. it makes identical copies A. Pubic Hair

B. it is more efficient B. Deeper voice
C. it leads to greater diversity C. Gradually Deeper Voice
D. it creates stronger off spring D. Body becomes more Muscular
6.4 Embryonic Development

1. The process of creating a solid ball of cells 2. In embryonic development, the process by
in the first step of embryonic development which cells specialize is called
is A. differentiation
A. Gastrulation B. morphogenesis
B. Cleavage C. cell division
C. Blastulation D. endoplasmic reticulum
D. Embryonation 3. The lining of the uterus, the endometrium

is thicker than normal which may signal 9. The process through which cells become
A. the onset of early menopause specialized in structure and function is

B. ovulation A. Transcription
C. the onset of pregnancy B. Gene Expression
D. the onset of maturity C. Differentiation

D. RNA Interference
4. Evolutionary ancestor to animals
A. green algae 10. High amounts of progesterone in the urine
or blood indicates
B. fungus
A. menopause
C. choanoflagelates
D. reptiles B. puberty
C. pregnancy
5. Repeated cell divisions during embryonic
cell development is known as: D. none of the choices
A. Fertilization 11. Human reproduction usually involves

B. Cleavage A. internal fertilization and internal devel-
C. oogenesis opment
D. spermatogensis B. external fertilization and external de-
velopment
6. When an egg is not fertilized it
C. internal fertilization and external de-
A. returns to the ovary velopment
B. passes out of the woman’s body unno- D. external fertilization and internal de-
ticed velopment
C. is absorbed in the abdomen
12. These little proteins determine the axes of
D. leaves the woman’s body in search of an organism
sperm
A. morphogens
7. Embryos are used as evidence for B. mutagens
A. mutations
C. hex genes
B. artificial selection
D. none of these
C. evolution/common ancestry
13. Differentiation and morphogenesis are
D. embryos
controlled by internal transcription factors,
8. Embryonic structure of an animal that con- proteins and organelles in the cell this
sists of TWO cell layers is called
A. blastula A. cytoplasmic determinants
B. gastrula B. inductive signals
C. morula C. endosymbiotic theory
D. blastocyst D. epigenetic inheritance

14. If the opening in the gastrula turns into the C. gastrulation

organisms mouth then it must be a
D. foetus
A. deuterostome
B. protostome 20. The process that transforms developing
cells into specialized cell with different
C. human structures and functions:
D. dog
A. Differentiation
15. The embryo layer that forms the skin and
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B. Fertilization
nervous tissue is the
C. Cleavage
A. endoderm
D. Reproduction
B. mesoderm
C. ectoderm 21. What process does the zygote undergoe to
D. deuterostome become a blastula?
A. Cleavage
16. implants itself into the lining of the
uterus. B. Gastrulation
A. blastual C. Metamorphosis
B. gastrula D. Cephalization
C. blastocyst
22. The middle layer of the blastocyst is the
D. morula
A. endoderm
17. The main function of the menstrual cycle
B. ectoderm
is?
A. To make women have sex C. mesoderm
B. To improve fertility D. deuterostome

C. To stop reproduction 23. The joining of a sperm cell and an egg cell
D. To make us attractive to men is called
18. Which of the following is true of a zy- A. Fertilization

gote? B. Labor
A. It forms into a blastocyst C. Zygote
B. It is an unfertilized egg D. STOP ASKING ME THESE IMPOSSIBLE
C. It produces haploid male gameto- QUETSIONS!!
phytes
24. Growth of embryo inside the body of the
D. It is made up of only one cell
female parent
19. The stage of embryonic development dur- A. Internal Fertilization
ing which the 3 embryonic germ layers de-
velop: B. External Fertilization
A. cleavage C. Internal Development
B. blastulation D. External Devlopment

25. Single layer of cells surrounding a fluid- B. gastrula

filled space that forms during early devel- C. ectoderm
opment

D. mesoderm
A. morula
B. gastrula 31. The female organ that provides nutrients
and oxygen without mixing the mother’s
C. blastocyst
blood with the baby’s blood is called
D. blastula what?
26. These genes control the body plan of an A. placenta
embyro B. amnion
A. Epistasis Genes C. ovary
B. Hox Genes D. fimbriae
C. Stem Genes
32. A Goat has 60 chromosomes in its body
D. Meso Genes cells. What is the haploid number?
27. Layers of cells on the outer surface of the A. 60
gastrula B. 30
A. ectoderm C. 100
B. endoderm D. 120
C. mesoderm
33. Factors that determine embryonic Develop-
D. none of above ment:
28. Meiosis and fertilization are important A. cell division
processes because they may most imme- B. cell differentiation
diately result in
C. Morhphogenisis
A. many body cells
D. all are determinants
B. immune responses
C. genetic variation 34. Growth of embryo outside the body of the
parent organism (water and land)
D. natural selection
A. Internal Fertilization
29. External fertilization is common for organ-
B. External Fertilization
isms that live in:
C. Internal Development
A. Trees
D. External Devlopment
B. Water
C. Land 35. How many polar bodies are found in ooge-
nesis?
D. Ummm, I’m pretty sure you didn’t
teach us this A. 4
30. The innermost layer of the blastocyst is B. 6

the C. 3
A. endoderm D. 2

36. To create a hollow ball of cells, this must C. the study of energy conversions of liv-
occur. ing things
A. Cleavage D. the study of non-living things
B. Blastulation
42. Advantages:Embryo well protected +
C. Gastrulation not exposed to environmentDisadvan-
D. Mastication tages:Limited number of offspring, health
risks, much more energy spent by female,
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37. This female reproductive organ is similar takes longer to develop.
to the male penis.
A. ovary
B. clitoris
C. uterus
D. fimbriae
43. This is the 32 cell stage of development.
38. Which male organ produces sperm?
A. zygote
A. testes
B. morula
B. scrotum
C. stem cells
C. penis
D. zona pellucida
D. epididymis
44. Most gene regulation happens at which
39. Twins can result from
step?
A. a fertilized egg dividing into two blas-
tocysts A. translation
B. two eggs being released at the same B. transcription

time, and both are fertilized C. signal transduction
C. two embryos implanted in the uterus D. DNA replication
through invitro fertilization
45. This is when cells begin to differentiate.
D. all of these can result in twins
A. Totipotent Stem Cells
40. The process by which populations slowly
change over time is called B. Pluripotent Stem Cells
A. selective breeding C. Blastocyte
B. adaptation D. Morula
C. speciation 46. This female reproductive organ is the site
D. evolution of fertilization.
A. ovary
41. Embryology is
B. uterine/fallopian tube
A. the study of living things
B. the study of the formation and early de- C. uterus
velopment of living things D. cervix

47. Differentiation and morphogenesis are 53. Humans are:

controlled by external factors, such as con- A. coelomates
tact and signals from neighboring cells

this is called B. psuedocoelomates
A. cytoplasmic determinants C. acoelomates
B. inductive signals D. none of above
C. endosymbiotic theory 54. What type of animal has no body cavity?

D. epigenetic inheritance A. Acoelomate
48. The cells in the outer most germ layer. B. Pseudocoelomate
A. mesoderm C. Coelomate
B. endoderm D. none of above
C. ectoderm 55. Gametes join outside of the organism’s

D. extraderm body (water)
49. Fertilization of the ovum takes place in the
A. ovary
B. cervix
C. uterus
D. oviduct 56. In embryonic development, the physical
process of an organism developing its
50. Animal with a mouth that does NOT de- shape is called
velop from the opening in the gastrula. A. differentiation
A. deuterostome B. morphogenesis
B. protostome C. cell division
C. insect D. topoisomerase
D. snail
57. The third cell layer formed in the develop-
51. A dog has 78 chromosomes in its body ing embryo
cells. What is the diploid number? A. endoderm
A. 78 B. mesoderm
B. 39 C. ectoderm
D. 100
58. Which germ layer will form the muscles
52. Homeotic genes control and bones?
A. tissue layer development A. ectoderm
B. nervous system B. mesoderm
C. body plan/pattern C. endoderm
D. gamete production D. extraderm

59. What two hormones are involved in the C. Internal Development

menstrual cycle?
A. estrogen & testosterone
B. FSH & LH 65. Type of symmetry which is found among
cephalized animals
C. insulin and progesterone
A. asymmetry
D. insulin and testosterone
B. radial
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60. To prepare the uterus for a possible preg-
C. bilateral
nancy is the purpose of which of the fol-
lowing? D. none of above
A. the reproductive system
66. Master genes which produce transcription
B. the endocrine system factors, determining pattern of develop-
C. the urinary system ment in organisms.
D. the menstrual cycle A. Promoter

B. Operator
61. The process of a diploid gamete producing
haploid sperm and egg cells is C. Activators
A. gametogenesis D. Homeotic Genes
B. photosynthesis
67. A human has 46 chromosomes in its body
C. anaerobic respiration cells. What is the diploid number?
D. mitosis A. 46
62. An organism that hasn’t been born or B. 23
hatched yet is called a C. 1
A. alien
D. 100
B. ember
C. embryo 68. If a fertilized egg is received, what phase
of the cycle will the body remain in?
D. planet
A. Menstruation
63. What type of animal has a complete body B. Post Menstruation
cavity?
C. Ovulation
A. Acoelomate
D. Premenstruation
B. Pseudocoelomate
C. Coelomate 69. A human has 46 chromosomes in their
D. none of above body cells. What is the haploid number?
A. 46
64. Gametes join inside the female reproduc-
tive tract (Land adaptation) B. 92
A. Internal Fertilization C. 23
B. External Fertilization D. 12

70. Layer of cells that lines the gastrula and proteins, what is probably TRUE?
A. endoderm A. species A and B share a relatively re-

cent common ancestor
B. ectoderm
B. species A evolved independently of
C. mesoderm
species B for a long period
D. protostome
C. species A is younger than species B
71. If species A and B have very similar genes D. species A is older than species B

7. Genetics and evolution
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7.1 Inheritance and Variation
1. What is an example of genetic engineer- 4. What is responsible for holding the two
ing? strands of the DNA double helix to-
A. using enzymes to make washing pow- gether?
ders A. hydrogen bonds
B. using pectinase to make fruit juice B. alleles
C. producing plants that have been given C. London dispersion forces
genes for resistance to insect pests
D. deoxyribose sugars
D. using yeast to make bread
2. THERE ARE 6 GENOTYPES TO REPRE- 5. What name is given to a length of DNA

SENT 4 BLOOD GROUPS IN HUMAN BE- that codes for a characteristic?
INGS.WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING A. Chromosome
GENOTYPES SHOWS CODOMINANCE
B. Nucleus
A. IAIA
C. Gene
B. IBIB
C. IAI D. Base
D. IAIB 6. In a dihybrid cross if you get 9:3:3:1 ratio,

it denotes that
3. What characteristic did Darwin observe
about the finches on the Galapagos Is- A. The alleles of two genes are interact-
lands? ing with each other
A. Their feathers B. Its multigenic inheritance
B. Genotypes C. It exhibits multiple allelism
C. Their beaks D. The alleles of two genes are segregat-
D. Their body sizes ing independently

7.1 Inheritance and Variation 1003
7. Which of the following is homozygous 13. What is an “organism”?

dominant? A. Information that supports an idea.

A. Yy B. An adult plant or animal that has off-
B. Y spring.
C. yy C. Any living thing.
D. YY D. Something passed on from parent to
offspring.
8. The father of Genetics:
A. Albert Einstein 14. Which plant is NOT selectively bred?
B. Gregor Mendel A. tomato plants
C. Robert Hooke B. potato plants
D. Theodore Schwann C. dandelions

D. apple trees
9. What do scientists look at to classify living
things? 15. Is blood group environmental, genetic or
A. their diseases both types of variation?
B. their likes and dislikes A. Environmental
C. their characteristics B. Genetic
D. their ages C. Both

D. none of above
10. The process of selecting a few organisms
with desired traits to serve as parents of 16. What would be a trait that a starfish
the next generation. would share with it’s offspring?
A. Gene Therapy A. eyes
B. Genome B. five arms
C. Selective Breeding C. green color
D. Pedigree D. similar sprouts
11. A haploid cell has 17. Polygenes are

A. only a half set of chromosomes A. genes which control continuously vari-
B. one set of chromosomes able characters like height, weight, etc.
C. two sets of chromosomes B. multiple copies of a single gene
D. four sets of chromosomes C. always linked genes

D. pseudogenes
12. Which is NOT a true statement?
A. Maple trees have maple tree offspring 18. Living things reproduce and create
A. reproduce
B. Snakes have worm offspring B. traits
C. Alligators have alligator offspring C. offspring
D. Lobsters have lobster offspring D. variations

19. Which of these factors does NOT influence C. Chicken pot pie
variation amongst a species? D. none of above
A. Mutations
25. Genetic trait in which two copies are
B. Parents of offspring needed for that trait to be expressed
C. Sibling DNA A. dominant
D. Environmental Factors B. variation
20. An example of an inherited characteristic
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C. recessive
is: D. offspring
A. eye colour
26. Continuous variation is usually influenced
B. a tattoo
by what?
C. a scar
A. the environment only
D. similarities in characteristics
B. Inheritance only
21. Which of the following is a dominant fea- C. Inheritance and the environment
ture?
A. Brown eyes
27. Mutations are important because they
B. Blonde hair
bring about
C. Blue eyes
A. death of the organism in which they de-
D. Upturned nose velop
22. The process in which a cell splits in two B. genetic variation needed for a popula-
tion to evolve
A. Cell nucleus C. benefits for the individual, not for the
population
B. Cell division
D. Hardey-Weinberg equilibrium within a
C. Replication
population
D. Inherit
28. Natural selection can also be referred to
23. An organism’s genetic makeup as:
A. Homozygous A. Survival of the weakest
B. Mutation B. Survival
C. Allele C. Survival of the fittest
D. Genotype D. Artificial selection
24. Fossils show physical similarities between 29. Which sequence of DNA bases would pair
organisms and their ancient ancestors. If with this partial strandATG TGA CAG
such similarities were observed between
today’s birds and ancient reptiles, what A. ATG TGA CAG
theory could possibly be proposed? B. TAC ACT GTC
A. Birds evolved from reptiles C. GTA AGT GAC
B. Reptiles are not similar to birds D. CAT TCA CTG

30. When a bee helps pollinate flowers, it is A. Chromosomes

assisting in B. Sexual reproduction

A. asexual reproduction C. Gene
B. sexual reproduction D. DNA
C. vegetative propogation 36. is the basis of heredity and by this pro-
D. fragmentation cess, traits are passed on from the parents
to the offsprings. Continuity of the gene
31. When a plant fertilizes itself, it is called pool is maintained by the process of inher-
a(n) itance.
A. allele plant A. inheritance
B. self-pollinating plant B. genes
C. true-breeding plant C. heredity
D. cross-pollinating plant D. genetics
32. where do we get our genes from? 37. Offspring resulting from asexual reproduc-
A. from our mum tion are always-
A. flowering plants
B. from our dad
B. sterile
C. some from both
C. genetically diverse
D. half from each parent
D. genetically uniform
33. Why are advantageous traits more likely
38. What would the genotype type Tt be
to be passed onto offspring?
termed as?
A. Because they are more likely to sur-
A. homozygous
vive and reproduce.
B. heterozygous
B. Because they come from dominant al-
leles. C. homozygous recessive
C. Because they come from recessive al- D. none of above
leles. 39. The chance that an event will occur is
D. Because the trait is an acquired pheno- called?
type. A. Prediction
34. Two brown eyed parents (Bb) have a baby. B. Solution
What is the chance the baby is blue eyed? C. Probability
A. 0 % D. Procedure
B. 25% 40. The man who studied genetics and came up
C. 50% with genetics is
D. 75% A. Watson
B. Crick
35. The genetic material that carries informa-
tion about an organism passed from par- C. Mendel
ents D. Darwin

41. Which trait cannot be inherited? C. Maternal trait

A. scars D. Polygenic trait
B. brown eyes 47. Over the last 30 years some antibiotics
C. big feet have become less effective in treating bac-
terial infection. What is the reason for
D. red hair
this?
42. What do you call the changes in the body A. artificial selection
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form that happens to some animals.?
A. synthesis
C. more effective new antibiotics
B. metamorphosis
C. fusion
48. Chromosomes are considered to be the
D. none of above
for an organism.
43. It is to find out the genotype of the plant A. phenotype
showing dominant trait, the given plant is B. neutral solution
crossed with the recessive homozygote.
C. blueprint
A. test cross
D. best thing
B. dominance
C. dominant trait 49. Which is a trait that people are born
with?
A. The dislike of certain foods
44. What classification is least specific B. The ability to play the piano
A. Genus C. The ability to roll your tongue
B. Species D. The ability to speak a foreign language
C. Class
50. How many chromosomes are found in a hu-
D. Kingdom man cell?
45. A single, highly organized and structured A. 46
piece of DNA B. 23
A. Chromosome C. 2
B. Inherited trait D. 92
C. Variation
51. IF THE THE NUMBER OF CHROMOSOME IN
D. Sexual Reproduction QUEEN BEE IS 32 THEN WHAT WILL BE THE
NUMBER OF CHROMOSOME IN WORKER
46. The inheritance pattern of a gene over gen- BEE AND DRONE RESPECTIVELY?
erations among humans is studied by the
pedigree analysis. Character studied in A. 32, 32
pedigree analysis is equivalent to B. 32, 64
A. Quantative trait C. 32, 16
B. Mendelian trait D. 16, 32

52. Centrioles would most likely be found in 57. How many chromosomes do you get from
each parent?

A. geranium leaf cells A. 22
B. mushroom spore cells B. 23
C. E. coli bacterial cells C. 44
D. grasshopper muscle cells D. 46
53. Which statement applies to eukaryotic 58. The entire genetic makeup of an organism
cells but not prokaryotic cells? or the combination of genes for one or
A. utilize mitochondria during energy pro- more specific traits is
duction
A. genetic variation
B. flow of nutrients and wastes occurs
B. genotype
across a membrane
C. gene
C. contain DNA as genetic material
D. has no nucleus, but has genetic mate- D. allele
rial 59. A different form of a gene
54. he concept of natural selection originally A. Alleles
developed in the absence of a valid theory
B. Genotype
of heredity. Who wrote about this idea at
first? C. Homozygous
A. Gregor Mendel D. none of above
B. Charles Darwin 60. What sound does a frog make, ?
C. Aristotle
A. howl
D. James Watson
B. incessant chattering
55. The theory of states that species C. croak
evolve slowly over a relatively slow
time. D. none of above
A. behavioral 61. These are alleles that have nonidentical

B. evolution genes.?
C. adaptation A. allele
D. speciation B. heterozygous alleles
56. IF A PEA PLANT WITH GENOTYPE RRYy C. homozygous alleles

IS CROSSED WITH ANOTHER PEA PLANT D. trait
WITH GENOTYPE RrYy THEN FIND OUT
THE PHENOTYPIC RATIO OF F1 HYBRIDS. 62. Characteristics are
A. 6:3 A. Traits
B. 6:2 B. Offspring
C. 1:2:1 C. Parent
D. 9:3:3:1 D. none of above

63. are located on the chromosomes of 69. Genes are located on the of DNA. Each
DNA, these are the instructions, which de- human contains 46. We get 23 from our
termines the inherited traits of offspring. mom and 23 from our dad.
A. Genes A. Traits
B. Traits
B. Cells
C. Chromosomes
C. Chromosomes
D. Cells
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D. Chloroplasts
64. What is NOT an example of an inherited
TRAIT? 70. In sexual reproduction, a(n) and a(n)
A. eye color combine genetic material.
B. tongue rolling A. sperm and egg
C. height B. zygote and embryo
D. speaking a language
C. sperm and embryo
65. Genetic drift (bottleneck or founder) tends
D. zygote and egg
to genetic variation (diversity).
A. increase 71. An organism’s physical appearance or vis-
B. decrease ible traits“What you look like”
C. stabilize A. DNA
D. exaggerate B. Phenotype
66. what did Mendel use to create his experi- C. Genotype
ments?
D. Mutation
A. beans
B. corn 72. A plant species lives in an area with limited
C. rice sunlight. Which structure would be most
helpful to the plant to help it survive?
D. peas
A. colorful flowers
67. Expression of the genotype which depends
on both your genotype and environment B. large leaves
A. Inheritance C. deep roots
B. Genotype D. tiny seeds
C. Phenotype
D. Genetics 73. How many chromosomes do you inherit
from each parent?
68. What season do frogs lay eggs?
A. 46
A. winter
B. 13
B. summer
C. spring C. 11.5
D. none of above D. 23

74. What would the genotype Tt be termed B. Plants and animals can choose their
as? own mates

A. Heterozygous C. It can create optimum plants and ani-
mals
B. Homozygous Dominant
D. It doesn’t create new plants and ani-
C. Homozygous Recessive
mals
D. none of above
80. What is one set of instructions for an in-
75. The following are inherited traits of hu- herited trait?
mans EXCEPT A. gene
A. long hair B. allele
B. blue eyes C. phenotype
C. long eyelashes D. genotype
D. small dimples 81. Which characteristic would most likely be
inherited by a baby?
76. An adaptive feature of an organism is de-
fined as one that helps the organism to A. brown hair
B. crying a lot
A. change. C. ability to jump high
B. disperse to new habitats. D. his ability to talk
C. grow 82. An example of a characteristic that is de-
D. survive and reproduce. termined only by inheritance is
A. Height
77. A chart that shows all the possible com-
binations of alleles that can result from a B. Tattoos
genetic cross C. Blood group
A. punnett square D. Intelligence
B. probability 83. Mark is heterozygous. If B is for brown
C. phenotype hair, and b is for blonde hair, what is
Mark’s phenotype if brown hair is com-
D. none of above pletely dominant?
78. The chromosomes that make a pair, one A. Brown Hair
from each parent. B. Blonde Hair
A. sister chromosomes C. Brown and Blonde Hair
B. homologous chromosomes D. Black Hair
C. diploid 84. One form of a gene is called a(n)
D. chromatin A. gamete
79. What is the advantage of selective breed- B. phenotype
ing? C. trait
A. You can choose your own mate D. allele

85. An individual who has two identical alleles 91. Which of the following is not inherited
for a characteristic characteristic?
A. Carrier A. taste
B. Complete dominance B. mouth
C. Heterozygous C. teeth
D. Homozygous D. language
92. A gene for insulin is taken from a human
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86. Variation is:
cell and placed in a bacterium. The bac-
A. a disease terium can then make human insulin. What
B. the scientific name for fertilisation. is this process called?
C. differences in characteristics A. artificial selection
D. similarities in characteristics B. genetic engineering
C. heterozygous inheritance
87. What causes variation?
A. Your environment
B. Your genes and your environment 93. “Features that help identify something”
What word does this describe?
C. Your genes
A. Characteristics
D. Your names
B. Variation
88. Which of the following is an example of C. Organisms
continuous variation?
D. Evidence
A. hair colour
94. What can you say about a baby plant?
B. height
A. Looks exactly like its parent plant
C. eye colour
B. Looks similar to its parents, with some
D. Gender
differences
89. Which is an example of a acquired charac- C. Looks very different from its parent
teristic? D. none of above
A. color of a dog’s fur
95. A person who codes for a trait but it is not
B. color blindness of a person expressed is called
C. the ability of a mouse to run a maze A. Epistasis
D. a person’s ability to roll their tongue B. Heterozygous
90. What is it called when a egg cell and sperm C. Carrier
cell join together? D. Homozygous
A. zygote
96. When every organism of a given species
B. haploid cells form has died
C. fertilization A. Natural Selection
D. sexual reproduction B. Homeostasis

C. Extinction 102. What is a generation?

D. Selective Breeding A. People with similar experiences

B. Anyone born around a similar time
97. In asexual reproduction, there is/are
parent. C. Members of a family born and living
around the same point in time.
A. one
D. none of above
B. two
C. three 103. An affected female and a carrier male had
a child, what is the chance that the child
D. four
has SCD?
98. A trait that mask the expression of an- A. 0%
other trait. B. 50%
A. recessive trait C. 25%
B. heterozygous D. 100%
C. homozygous
104. an inherited characteristic is caused by
D. dominant trait
99. Characteristics that ARE NOT carried on A. genetic information in the nuclei of
the X or Y chromosomes are carried on cells.
chromosomes. B. environmental factors
A. Autosome C. blood
B. Sex D. children learning things from their par-
C. Recessive ents.
D. Dominant 105. If B=brown & and b=red, what would

the genotype(s) be for an individual with
100. Evolution means that animals and plants brown hair?
change over
A. bb
A. Hundreds of years
B. Bb
B. Thousands of years
C. BB
C. Millions of years
D. BB and Bb
D. Billions of years
106. What will two homozygous-dominant
101. ABO blood groups is determined by parents (BB and BB) produce for off-
A. three recessive alleles spring?
B. three codominant alleles A. All offspring will be genotype BB.
C. three alleles, two dominant and one re- B. All offspring will be genotype bb.
cessive C. It is impossible to predict what the
D. three alleles, two recessive and one genotypes of the offspring will be.
dominant D. All offspring will be genotype Bb.

107. Multiple alleles control the character of C. eye color

A. only skin colour D. dimples
B. only blood groups 113. What is a trait for a duck?
C. blood groups and skin colour A. Feathers
D. sickle-cell anaemia B. Cute
108. Which of the following is an example of C. Parent
genetic variation?
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D. none of above
A. One child has blue eyes and the other
114. Seven lizards hatch from the same nest.
has brown eyes.
Four have small yellow spots. Three have
B. One child has a scar and the other does large yellow spots. Their parents most
not. likely had
C. One child eats meat and the other is a A. No spots
vegetarian.
B. Yellow spots
D. One child is older than another. C. Red spots
109. Complete the complementary matching D. Yellow stripes
DNA nucleotide sequence:GCA
A. CGT body cell contain?
B. GCA A. 2
C. CTG B. 23
D. GTA C. 46
110. Having two different alleles for a trait D. 56
A. Heterozygous 116. When a bee helps pollinate flowers, it is
B. Alleles assisting in
C. Mutation A. asexual reproduction
D. Homozgous B. sexual reproduction
C. vegetative propogation
111. The stronger (dominant) genes that show
up in offspring are known as Examples D. fragmentation
include brown eyes, brown hair
117. What is one advantage of variation
A. recessive genes among species?
B. inherited traits A. Everybody is unique and can feel indi-
C. learned behaviors vidual.
D. dominant genes B. Stronger genes are inherited which re-
duces the risk of diseases wiping out a
112. Which characteristic would a child not in- certain species.
herit from one or both of its parents? C. It creates a sense of different cultures
A. freckles across the world.
B. hair style D. none of the choices

118. Where are genes located? B. UNKNOWN HYBRID IS CROSSED

A. On the chromosome, in the nucleus WITH HETEROZYGOUS PARENT

B. On the nucleus inside the chromosome C. UNKNOWN HYBRID IS CROSSED
WITH HOMOZYGOUS RECESSIVE PARENT
C. on the ribosome in the mitochondria
D. on the moon D. NONE OF THE ABOVE
119. Which of the following traits is not inher- 124. If a plant with the genotype PP is crossed
ited? with a plant with the genotype pp, what
are the possible genotypes of the off-
A. Fur color
spring?
B. Feathers
A. PP, Pp, pP, pp
C. Hair color
B. PP. pp. pp. PP
D. A suntan
C. Pp, Pp, Pp, Pp
120. Magda is a tall, 11 year old drummer.
She has a scar on her right cheek. She is D. Pp, PP, pp, PP
good at swimming. Which of her traits did
Magda most likely inherit? 125. Animals whose body temperature de-
pends on the temperature outside
A. height
A. offspring
B. the scar
C. ability to swim B. warm-blooded
D. ability to play drums C. adaptation
121. The genetic transmission (passing on) of D. cold-blooded

characteristics from parents to offspring.
126. A woman with normal vision has a colour-
A. Inheritance blind father. she marries a colourblind
B. Genotype man. What proportion of their children
will be colourblind?
C. Phenotype
D. Genetics A. 25%
B. 0%
122. A behavior that is developed by observ-
ing others or by being taught is a C. 50%
A. Acquired trait D. 100%
B. inherited trait
127. During interphase, the DNA is in the form
C. adaptation
of
D. function
A. chromatin
123. IN THE TEST CROSS B. chromosomes
A. UNKNOWN HYBRID IS CROSSED
C. chromatids
WITH HOMOZYGOUS DOMINANT PARENT
D. centromeres

128. Heredity is the passing of traits from C. 5:3

to D. 1:2:2:4:1:2:1:2:1
A. predators to prey
134. Which of these would be the least useful
B. water to rain
characteristic in potato plants for a potato
C. parents to offspring farmer.
D. fungi to protists A. producing a high yield
129. What term is given to a different form of
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B. having the ability to cope with a lack of
a gene? water.
A. Chromosome C. having a low resistance to disease.
B. Chromatid D. producing large potatoes
C. DNA
135. What word has this definition?:An adult
D. Allele plant or animal that has offspring or
130. Why is it useful to insert a gene into let- young
tuce plants to make them frost resistant? A. Parent
A. Grow taller lettuce. B. Variation
B. Can grow them outside all year. C. Characteristics
C. Grow tastier lettuce. D. Evidence
D. Grow insect resistant lettuce.
136. Ocassionally a single gene may express
131. Characteristics which are passed on to more than one effect. This phenomenon is
children from parents are called called
A. Functions A. multiple allelism
B. Environmental Traits B. mosaicism
C. Inherited Traits C. pleiotropy
D. Learned Traits
D. polygeny
132. The frequency of recombination between
137. Cell with a single set of chromosomes.
gene pairs on the same chromosome as a
measure of the distance between genes A. Haploid
was explained by: B. Diploid
A. T.H. Morgan
C. Triploid
B. Gregor J. Mendel
D. Octaploid
C. Alfred Sturtevant
D. Sutton Boveri 138. What are the four bases of DNA?
A. ATGC
133. What is the ratio of one pair of contrast-
ing character in F2 of a dihybrid ratio. B. ATDC
A. 3:1 C. GCAS
B. 9:3:3:1 D. DNAB

139. What is NOT a feature of natural selec- D. The key to life

tion?
145. Where is all the genetic information in a

A. competition for resources
cell?
B. production of many offspring
A. Nucleus
C. selection by humans
B. Nucleotides
D. variation within the population
C. Chromosomes
140. In sweet pea, the epistatic interaction
between the genes for purple and white D. Cytoplasm
colour produced the two colours in the
ratio- 146. This scientist(s) found a “transforming
principle” that changed harmless bacteria
A. 3:1 into harmful bacteria
B. 8:8
A. Mendel
C. 9:3:3:1
B. Avery
D. 9:7
C. Chargraff
141. What does “Binomial Classification”
mean? D. Griffith
A. two systems 147. A Punnett square is

B. two classifications A. expressed when two different alleles
C. two names are present.
D. two hamburgers B. an allele only.
142. what are alleles? C. a grid system for predicting genotypes
A. different genes from a cross
B. different forms of the same genes D. not an allele.

C. different proteins 148. A characteristic that an organism can
D. different cells pass on to its offspring through its genes
(physical)
143. Different forms or versions of something
A. Trait
A. Variation
B. Asexual reproduction B. Expression (gene)
C. Chromosome C. Allele
D. Inherited trait D. none of above
144. What is a key (genetics)? 149. A thing that is inherited (received)

A. Something to open a lock A. variation
B. Something that tells us which object B. inheritance
something is
C. recessive
C. A method of identifying a unknown or-
ganism D. dominant

150. Gene located on the same locus but hav- 155. What is the first stage in the life cycle of
ing different expressions are a frog
A. oncogenes A. larva/tadpole
B. polygenes B. egg
C. multiple alleles C. adult frog

D. none of above
D. codominants
156. Differences among objects or organisms
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151. Blood vessels that carry blood away are
from the heart are called
A. evidence
A. veins
B. variations
B. arteries C. parents
C. capillaries D. organisms
D. lymphatic vessels
157. If a plant with the genotype Pp is al-
lowed to self-pollinate, what are the pos-
152. Two identical copies of a single replicated
sible genotypes of the offspring
chromosome that are connected by a cen-
tromere. A. PP, pp, pp, PP
A. Chromatin B. Pp, Pp, Pp, Pp
B. Homologous chromosomes C. Pp, PP, pp, PP

D. PP, Pp, pP, pp
C. Sister chromatid
D. Centromere 158. Which type of cell is produced by meio-
sis?
153. When humans breed organisms with spe- A. fertilised egg cell
cific traits to influence the traits of the
B. leaf cell
next generation, it is
C. red blood cell
A. Adaptation
D. sperm cell
B. Natural breeding
159. What does “variation” mean?
C. Natural selection
A. Information that supports an idea.
D. Selective breeding
B. Differences among objects or organ-
154. All genes located on the same chromo- isms.
some C. An adult plant or animal that has off-
A. forms different groups depending spring or young.
upon their relative distance D. none of above
B. form one linkage group 160. Is weight environmental, genetic or both
C. will not form any linkage groups types of variation?
D. forms interactive group that affect the A. Environmental

phenotype B. Genetic

C. Both 166. A woman needs a kidney transplant. The

D. none of above best candidate to donate a kidney to her
is her

161. IN Mirabilis jalapa WHEN THE PLANT A. co-worker.
WITH RED FLOWER CROSSED WITH THAT
OF WHITE FLOWER F1 HYBRIDS SHOW B. daughter.
FLOWERS WITH PINK COLOUR, THIS IS C. friend.
DUE TO
D. husband.
A. MENDELIAN DOMINANCE
167. We are combination of
B. CODOMINANCE
A. 20% from mother and 80% from father
C. INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE
D. ALL OF THE ABOVE
B. 50% from mother and 50% from father
162. Which of these features is NOT just an
inherited characteristic? C. 70% from mother and 30% from father
A. skin colour
B. eye colour D. 40% from mother and 60% from father
C. blood group 168. What hormones are releases by the Pitu-
D. natural hair colour itary Gland?
163. What is the study of organisms at the A. FSH, Oestrogen, LH and Progesterone
early stages of development?
A. DNA studies B. FSH, Oestrogen, and Progesterone
B. Comparative Embryology C. FSH, LH and Progesterone
C. Extinction D. FSH and LH
D. Fossil Record 169. Theoretically, the modified allele could be
responsible for the production of I. the
164. Which would be an example of a fossil?
normal / less efficient enzyme II. a non-
A. Sedimentary Rock functional enzyme III. no enzyme at all
B. Dinosaur Footprint A. I and II are correct
C. Oyster Pearl B. I and III are correct
D. Rotting Log C. I, II and III are correct
165. Which sentences are FALSE? D. II and III are correct
A. Humans are made up of 23 pairs of 170. Albinism is an inherited condition in which
chromosomes. pigment does not develop in the skin, hair
B. Human are made up of 46 chromo- and eyes.The allele for albinism is reces-
somes. sive. What are the chances of albino par-
C. Chromosomes is made up of cyto- ents having an albino child?
plasm. A. 0%
D. Chromosomes is located in the nucleus B. 25%

C. 75% 176. Where do mutations occur?

D. 100% A. DNA and RNA
B. DNA
171. Which of the following is NOT a type of
fingerprint? C. RNA
A. Loop D. mRNA and tRNA
B. Arch 177. WHEN A MAN WITH BLOOD A GETS
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C. Whorl MARRIED TO A WOMAN WITH BLOOD
GROUP B, THEN THEIR FIRST CHILD HAS
D. Radius BLOOD GROUP O .FIND OUT PROBABIL-
ITY OF OTHER BLOOD GROUPS THEIR
172. Having two identical alleles for the same
CHILDREN.
trait
A. A, B, AB
A. Gene
B. B, O
B. Homozygous
C. A, O
C. Expression gene
D. A, AB
D. Heterozygous
178. The ‘father of genetics’ studied the inher-
173. are the basic unit of inheritance and lo- itance of pea plants.
cated on chromosomes.
A. Gregor Mendel
A. inheritance
B. Crick and Mendel
B. genes
C. George Mendel
C. genetics
D. John Mendel
D. variation
179. Animals whose body temperature stays
174. What is the percentage of a woman hav- the same most of the time
ing a male child?
A. cold-blooded
A. 25%
B. warm-blooded
B. 50%
C. dominant
C. 75%
D. adaptation
D. 100%
180. The following terms are directly associ-
175. Which of these is an example of inherited ated with heredity and genetics, EXCEPT
variation only?
A. Eye colour A. Genes
B. Height B. Inherited Traits
C. Weight C. Chromosomes
D. Skin colour D. Learned Behaviors

181. If a haemophilic woman marries a normal B. 32

man C. 46

A. all their children will be normal D. 64
B. all their sons will be haemophilic
187. Passing of features from the offsprings
C. all their daughters will be haemophilic are called as
A. Keys
D. 50% sons and 50% daughters will be B. DNA
haemophilic
C. Genes
182. If there is a Rr and rr which is going to D. Inheritance
show?
188. Genetic disorders are caused by
A. rr
A. pedigrees
B. Rr
B. mutations
C. Neither
C. dominant alleles
D. Both
D. sicks-shaped cells
183. How many chromosomes do you get? 189. The set of information that controls a
A. 31 trait
B. 23 A. Dominant allele
C. 46 B. Genotype
D. 6 C. Gene
D. none of above
184. Hippos and elephants are animals that
eat plants. Both have flat teeth because 190. The young plant always looks like the
parent plant?
A. they ate plants since they were young A. True
B. live in the same place B. False
C. travel to where there are plants C. Never
D. inherited this trait from their parents D. none of above
185. A body part or behavior that helps a liv- 191. Which of these is an inherited trait?
ing thing survive in its environment A. a person’s height
A. variation B. where a person lives
B. cold-blooded C. a person’s ability to write
C. warm-blooded D. a person learning a new language
D. adaptation 192. Charles Darwin was credited for
A. Selective breeding
186. An alligator has 32 chromosomes in each
of the cells of its nose. How many chromo- B. Natural selection
somes will an alligator zygote contain? C. Genetic modification
A. 16 D. Fingerprinting

193. How are non-identical twins formed? 198. Selective breeding is:
A. one sperm cell fertilizes one egg cell A. an exciting new technology that may al-
ter our lives in the future.
B. one sperm cell fertilizes one egg cell
which then divides into two embryos B. a way of choosing the winners at ani-
mal shows.
C. one sperm cell fertilizes two egg cells
C. another name for when animals repro-
D. two sperm cells fertilize two different duce sexually.
egg cells
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D. a way of producing animals and plants
194. Why does sexual reproduction produce di- with features that are useful to humans.
verse offspring? 199. Characteristics passed from parents to
A. The cells of the offspring lack DNA. their offspring.
B. The offspring all grow at different A. behavior
rates. B. learned trait
C. The offspring have a unique combina- C. inherited trait
tion of DNA from its parents. D. function
D. The offspring are spores.
200. Persons having genotype IAIB would
195. one set of instructions for an inherited show the blood group AB. This is because
trait of
A. heredity A. Pleiotropy
B. Co-dominanace
B. allele
C. Segregation
C. trait
D. Incomplete dominanace
D. gene
201. Number of chromosomes in a sex cell (ga-
196. The colour based contrasting traits mete)
in seven contrasting pairs, studied by A. 23
Mendel in pea plant were
B. 44
A. 1
C. 46
B. 2
D. 2
C. 3
202. What does recessive mean?
D. 4
A. two different alleles
197. What adaptation prevented moths from B. two identical alleles
being eaten by birds?
C. Different forms of the same gene
A. Camouflage coloring D. only expressed if there are two copies
B. fast flying
203. Trait Variation refers to
C. Long necks
A. Differences in inherited traits within
D. Bright colours across relatives

B. Differences in inherited traits across A. 25%

all animals B. 0%

C. Differences in learned traits within a C. 50%
family
D. 75%
D. none of above
209. The transfer of a gene from the DNA of
204. Which characteristic shows discontinuous one organism into another organism in or-
variation in humans? der to produce an organism with desired
A. height traits.
B. length of foot A. Genetic Engineering
C. tongue rolling B. Karyotype
D. weight C. Pedigree
205. What is the abbreviation for deoxyri- D. Genome

bonucleic acid? 210. The science that study heredity.
A. RNA A. genes
B. DOA B. genetic variation
C. DNA C. genetics
D. DBN D. DNA
206. What happens to cause air to be exhaled 211. Scientists have produced yellow rice
from the lungs? called Golden Rice. Golden Rice has been
A. The rib muscles contract and move out- produced by the insertion of genes into rice
ward plants. What is involved in the production
B. The chest cavity expands and grows of Golden Rice?
larger. A. genetic engineering
C. The diaphragm relaxes and moves up- B. mutation
ward. C. natural selection
D. The lungs contract and then expand. D. selective breeding
207. What term is used to describe the differ- 212. What kind of traits seem to disappear in
ences that exist between members of the the first generation?
same species?
A. genotypes
A. Chromosomes
B. phenotypes
B. Inheritance
C. dominant traits
C. Variation
D. recessive traits
D. Fertilisation
213. The two gametes found in plants are
208. What is the probability of a child be- called:
ing born with blue eyes if one parent has
brown eyes (BB) and one parent has blue A. The mono and the poly
eyes (Bb)? B. The pollen grain and the egg cell

C. The pollen grain and the sperm cell. C. fertilization

D. The sperm cell and the egg cell. D. replication
214. The allele for detached earlobes is dom- 219. How does a frog breathe on land?
inant to the allele for attached ear- A. Lungs
lobes.Two parents are heterozygous for
detached earlobes. What is the probabil- B. Skin
ity of their first child having attached ear- C. Feet
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lobes? D. none of above
A. 0%
220. Selective, deliberate change of genes by
B. 25% man. (Putting genes from one organism
C. 50% into another)
D. 75% A. Genetic Engineering
B. Cloning
215. A person who has one dominant and one
recessive allele for a trait, but does not C. Hybridization
have the trait. D. Inbreeding
A. Clone
221. What are the possible blood groups of
B. Carrier the offspring of parents who have blood
C. Diseased group A and B?
D. Karyotype A. AB only
B. A and B
216. Identify which of the following is a ge-
netic mutation disease.. C. A, B and AB
A. Common head cold D. A, B, AB and O
B. Down Syndrome 222. In a red and white-flowered cross of

C. Heart attack Mirabilis jalapa, F2 generation has red,
pink and white-flowered plants in the ra-
D. Chicken pox tio of
217. What is the definition of a genotype? A. 2:1:1
A. An individuals alleles for a particular B. 1:1:2
characteristic C. 1:2:1
B. An individuals physical appearance D. 1:0:1
C. The differences between members of
223. Mutations can benefit humans because
the same species
they can:
D. Variation that can be measured
A. Cause illness
218. Mendel’s Law of Segregation states that B. Make an organism more suited to live
alleles separate during the process of in its environment.
A. mitosis C. Make organisms live shorter lives
B. meiosis D. Cause organisms to grow extra limbs.

224. A distinguishing characteristic of organ- 229. When human DNA is inserted into the
ism is a plasmid DNA of bacteria, which enzyme is
used to cut the DNA?

A. variation
A. DNA ligase
B. adaptation
B. lipase
C. trait
C. protease
D. chromosome
D. restriction enzyme
225. Distance between genes and advantages
of recombination shows 230. A change or difference in something
A. genes
A. direct relationship
B. offspring
B. inverse relationship
C. variation
C. parallel relationship
D. organism
D. no relationship
231. is known as the product of parents
226. In a flowering plant species, red flower
A. Infant
color (R) is dominant over white flower
color (r). What is the genotype of any B. Toddler
red-flowering plant resulting from this C. Offspring
species?
D. Adolescent
A. rr
232. A single, self-contained living thing is
B. R
A. a parent
C. RR
B. a variation
D. RR or Rr
C. evidence
227. What do you call a frog that still has a D. an organism
tail?
233. What characteristic would a child NOT in-
A. tadpole herit from the parents?
B. froglet A. Freckles
C. frog B. Eye colour
D. none of above C. Hair style
228. Which best describes an inherited trait? D. Dimples
A. a characteristic one chooses to ex- 234. The scientist(s) who showed that while
press all species have the same four nitrogen
bases, the proportions of these four bases
B. a characteristic one receives from the
varies between species.
food one eats
A. Chargraff
C. a characteristic that is passed on from
one’s parents B. Avery
D. a characteristic that is influenced by C. Mendel
one’s surroundings D. Hershey & Chase

235. An example of a physical adaptation is 240. The disappearance of a species.

A. Evolution
A. a turtle hiding inside its shell B. Extinction
B. The spikes on a porcupine fish C. Migration
C. a rabbit burrowing underground D. Mutation
D. a viper biting when threatened 241. An inherited trait that is present even
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when inherited from only one parent
236. The possible variations of alleles (in chro-
mosomes) for a particular trait within an A. dominant
individual. B. recessive
A. Inheritance C. offspring
B. Genotype D. species
C. Phenotype 242. Where do offspring get their genes?
D. Genetics A. Half from their mom, half from their
dad
237. Farmers have bred Holstein-Friesian cat-
tle to produce more milk than older breeds B. From their mom
of cattle. Which process was used to pro- C. From their dad
duce these cattle?
D. From their brains
A. adaptation
243. G = green, g = yellowThe genotype for a
B. genetic engineering yellow plant is
C. natural selection A. GG
D. selective breeding B. Gg
238. What is a cell without a nucleus called? C. gg
A. Prokaryote D. all of the choices result in yellow
B. Eukaryote 244. What causes a species bacteria to become

resistant to antibiotics?
C. Heterotroph
A. Variation
D. Dead
B. Natural selection
239. Which of the following all show discrete C. Genetics
variation?
D. Adaptation
A. body height, hair type, heart rate
245. What are the building blocks of proteins
B. blood type, eye colour, fingerprint type
called?
A. DNA
C. foot length, tongue rolling ability, hand
span B. RNA
D. body mass, eye colour, earlobes at- C. Ribosomes

tached D. Amino Acids

246. Differences in traits, such as flower color, 251. What is a trait for an elephant?
is called A. Huge

A. different B. Tusks
B. same C. Sweet
C. variation D. none of above
D. parent 252. Which of the following is an inherited
trait?
247. A fish and a turtle both hatch from eggs.
Why do they both hatch from eggs? A. Tara’s red hair
B. Ryan’s bank account
A. They live in a similar place and have
the same needs C. Betty’s dancing skills
B. They inherited egg-laying from their D. Marco’s excellent Spanish
parents
253. In DNA, Adenine bonds with
C. They breathe by taking in gas from the A. Guanine
air and into their bodies
B. Thymine
D. They eat the same types of food
C. Cytosine
248. A trait that will only be expressed in D. Adenine
the absence of the allele for the dominant
trait. 254. A living thing
A. Dominant A. organism
B. genes
B. Recessive
C. offspring
C. Pure Breeding
D. species
D. Hybrid
255. What is a trait?
249. Which is recessive?
A. different forms of meiosis
A. None B. different forms of chromitids
B. XX C. different forms of a pedigree
C. xx D. different forms of a characteristic
D. Xx 256. When is evolution by natural selection
most likely to occur?
250. One problem with fossil evidence is
? A. when there is a stable population of
predators
A. Its not real
B. when there is a stable environment
B. Fossils are very old
C. when there is less variation in the pop-
C. There are far too many fossils ulation
D. There are very few fossils that show D. when there is more variation in the
missing links population

257. Which animal is NOT selectively breed? 263. What is the probability of the eye color
A. cows of a child that’s parents are RR for green
eyes and rr for blue eyes?
B. horses
A. Blue eyes
C. chickens
B. Neither
D. sparrows
C. Green eyes
258. Happens when instructions of the gene D. none of above
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are carried out
A. Expression (GENE) 264. How many types of gametes will be pro-
duced by individuals of AABbcc genotype?
B. Recessive allele
A. Two
C. DNA
B. Four
D. Gene
C. Six
259. Which example below is an inherited D. Nine
trait?
265. One or two alternative forms of a gene
A. tying your shoes
is called:
B. reading a book
A. RNA
C. Color of someone’s hair
B. Restrictin Enzyme
D. the language someone speaks
C. karyotype
260. According to natural selection, which or- D. allele
ganisms are most likely to survive?
266. An example of a behavioral adaptation is
A. The fastest organisms
A. The long neck of a giraffe
B. The biggest organisms
B. Penguins huddling together for
C. The best-adapted organisms
warmth
D. The most domesticated organisms
C. A camel’s hump used to store water
261. Which one of the following shows discon- D. A polar bear’s white fur used for cam-
tinuous variation? ouflage
A. Eye colour
267. Which is an example of a learned behav-
B. Height ior?
C. Strength A. blinking
D. Weight B. swallowing
262. Which of the following is NOT an argu- C. riding a bike
ment in favor of GMOs? D. crying
A. Reduced biodiversity 268. having two different genes for a trait
B. Disease resistant crops (sometimes called hybrid).
C. Food with extra nutrients A. protein
D. Controlled production of insulin B. homozygous

C. heterozygous 274. An individual who has two different alle-

les for a characteristic
D. genotype

A. Carrier
269. Children or young of a particular animal
B. Complete dominance
C. Heterozygous
A. species
D. Homozygous
B. inheritance
C. offspring 275. The study of biological inheritance pat-
terns and variation in organisms is
D. genes
A. generous.
270. Survival of the fittest and Evolution were B. generic.
proposed by who?
C. general ed.
A. Steven Hawking
D. genetics.
B. Albert Einstein
276. What will cause the rate of mutation to
C. Charles Darwin increase?
D. Isaac Newton A. increase in exposure to ionising radia-
tion
271. In the levels of classification, what comes
after phylum? B. increase in genetic variation in a popu-
lation
A. class
C. increase in phenotypic variation in a
B. family population
C. genus D. increase in the rate of reproduction
D. order
277. Exercise is important for cardiovascular
272. Why do traits vary within families? health because it
A. No one knows why traits vary A. increases blood pressure
B. Inherited traits do not vary within fam- B. strengthens heart muscle

ilies C. slows the heartbeat
C. Traits can mutate due to errors when D. reduces sodium in the blood
copying them to children
278. Differences between members of the
D. none of above same species are called
273. Is language environmental, genetic or A. predators
both types of variation? B. traits
A. Environmental C. selections
B. Genetic D. variations
C. Both
279. In keeping with the law of independent
D. none of above assortment what is actually assorted?

A. Different genes on the same chromo- 285. A double rodded condensed chromatin
some that carries genetic information
B. Centromeres A. Chromosomes
C. Non homologous chromosomes B. DNA
D. Heterologous chromosomes C. Recessive allele
280. Any change in the sequence of DNA is D. none of above
A. transgenic shift
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286. Differences among animals or people is
B. Single Genotype called
C. Monohybrid Trait A. traits
D. Mutation B. inherited
C. trait
281. The passing down of traits from parent
to offspring. D. variation
A. heredity 287. What is genetics?
B. environmental traits A. The study of DNA nucleotides
C. recessive trait B. The study of heredity
D. punnett square C. The study of a cell dividing into 2
282. Which of the following is an example of D. The study of eye color
environmental variation
288. What are small stretches of DNA that
A. Hair colour code for traits
B. Weight A. Nucleus
C. Shoe size B. Chromosomes
D. Blood type
C. Gene
283. What term do scientists use to describe D. Centromeres
the chemical process in which oxygen and
glucose react to release energy inside body 289. All of the following are inherited traits,
cells? EXCEPT
A. inhaling A. Having a dream
B. exhaling B. Scratching an itch
C. respiration C. Throwing a ball
D. breathing D. Crying in pain
284. Discontinuous variation is influenced by 290. The reproductive process in which a sin-
which? gle cell makes a copy of itself
A. The environment only A. Variation
B. Inheritance only B. Inherited trait
C. The environement and inheritance C. Inherited trait
D. none of the above D. Asexual reproduction

291. An example of selective breeding is C. homozygous.

A. a dog breeder mating 2 dogs to make D. traits.

more dogs
297. the passing of genetic traits from parent
B. a farmer grows bees to pollinate the to offspring.
plants on his farm
A. heredity
C. a person pollinates 2 white rose plants
B. trait
to only create white roses
C. gene
D. none of above
D. allele
292. If a heterozygous tall pea plant is crossed
with a short pea plant, what are the pos- 298. What is the definition for allele?
sible genotypes of the future offspring? A. Different forms of the same gene
A. 100% Tt B. two identical alleles
B. 50% Tt, 50% tt C. only expressed if there are two copies
C. 75%Tt, 25%tt
D. 25%TT, 50%Tt, 25%tt D. the physical characteristic
293. Which of these is not an inherited trait? 299. Which of the following traits are
learned:
A. a bird building a nest
A. eye color
B. a turtle burying its eggs
B. playing the piano
C. a bear hibernating in winter
C. freckles
D. a horse pulling a plow
D. attached or free ear lobes
294. Which organisms are most likely to sur-
300. A trait that is being masked of another
vive?
trait.
A. the best adapted A. recessive trait
B. the fastest B. heterozygous
C. the strongest C. dominant trait
D. the most domesticated (tamed) D. homozygous
295. Why do embryologist study embryos? 301. What do frogs love to eat?
A. to see if they are related A. Hamburger
B. to understand adaptations B. Frog legs
C. to determine the age C. flies
D. to learn what parents are vestigial D. none of above
296. When two alleles of a gene are the dif- 302. How is inheritance related to DNA?
ferent, they are A. DNA is a trait
A. heterozygous B. DNA is passed from parent to offspring
B. purebred.

C. there is no relationship between inher- 308. What is the transmission of genetic in-
itance and DNA formation from generation to generation
D. inheritance determines the DNA se- known as?
quence A. cell division
303. Which human characteristic is an example B. inheritance

of discontinuous variation? C. meiosis
A. height D. mitosis
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B. skin colour
309. A feature that helps identify something
C. tongue rolling
A. characteristics
D. weight
B. variation
304. IF YOU CROSS A Gg X WITH A gg GOAT
THE PHENOTYPIC RATIO IS C. inherited
A. 3:1 D. trait
B. 2:2 310. When blood flows into the right atrium
C. 6:1 from the body, it contains.
D. none of above A. little oxygen and a lot of carbon dioxide
305. In sexual reproduction, the offspring re-

ceives percent of the genetic material B. a lot of oxygen and little carbon dioxide
of each parent.
A. 25 C. a lot of both oxygen and carbon dioxide
B. 50
D. little of either oxygen or carbon dioxide
C. 75
D. 100 311. Trisomy-21 is
306. Units of inherited information A. Down’s syndrome
A. genetic variation B. Click on subscription

B. mendelian genetics C. Klinefelter’s syndrome
C. genetics D. Turner’s syndrome
D. genes
312. Cacti have fewer stomata than other
307. What is the genus and species name of a plants. How does this help them to sur-
human? vive in desert conditions?
A. Canis domesticus A. It increases loss of water.

B. Animalia primates B. It increases uptake of carbon dioxide.
C. Homo sapiens C. It reduces loss of water.
D. Ursus maritimus D. It reduces uptake of carbon dioxide.

313. F2 generation in a Mendelian cross C. a genotype

showed that both genotypic and pheno-
D. a phenotype
typic ratios are same as 1:2:1. It repre-

sents a case of:
319. How does a frog breathe in water?
A. Co-dominance
A. lungs
B. Dihybrid cross
B. skin
C. Monohybrid cross with complete dom-
inance C. feet
D. Monohybrid cross with incomplete D. none of above
dominance
320. What is an example of a characteristic
314. What inherited traits are
that shows discontinuous variation in hu-
A. recessive mans?
B. dominant A. blood group
C. organism
B. body mass
D. genes
C. height
315. What shape graph do you see for many
D. width of hand
examples of continuous variation?
A. A straight line downwards 321. Which of the following is heterozygous?
B. A straight line upwards
A. FF
C. A bell-shape
B. tt
D. A flat line
C. Gg
316. Your pulse rate increases, your heart is
beating D. RR
A. slower than before 322. Which letters represent the pairing of the
B. faster than before four bases?
C. at the same rate as before A. G-B, T-C
D. with less pressure than before B. G-C, T-A
317. What type of graph should be used to rep- C. A-G, C-T
resent discontinuous variation?
D. E-G, B-C
A. Bar chart
B. Pie chart 323. All the following are examples of inher-
C. venn diagram ited traits, except
D. line graph A. The color of the flower
318. A capital letter represents B. The size of the leaf
A. a recessive allele C. The number of leaves

B. a dominant allele D. none of above

324. Inherited traits are passed down from C. translation

our parents to us, their offspring, by the D. none of above
information that is coded in our parents’
330. An example of an inherited trait could be
A. RNA
B. antibodies
A. long nails
C. chromosomes.
B. curly hair
D. plasma.
C. speaking English
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325. A group is D. a scar
A. differences among objects or organ- 331. What is variation caused by?
isms
A. All of these answers
B. passed on from parent to offspring
B. Environment
C. a number of individuals assembled to-
C. Genetics
gether or having a unifying relationship
D. Mutations
D. features that help identify something
332. What does homozygous mean?
326. WHO IS THE FATHER OF GENETICS?
A. two different alleles
A. ALFRED STURTEVANT
B. two identical alleles
B. GREGOR JOHAN MENDEL
C. TSCHERMAK
D. only expressed if there are two copies
D. T H MORGAN
333. It is passed on from parents to offspring.
327. An allele that is masked when a dominant A. characteristic
allele is present
B. trait
A. Genotype
C. inherited
B. Gene
D. evidence
C. Recessive allele
334. Traits passing from parents to offspring
D. none of above
are?
328. What causes mutations? A. meiosis
A. Mistakes in replication or environmen- B. genetic variation
tal substances C. environmental
B. The amino acids D. inherited
C. Passed down by genetics
335. The likelihood that a particular event will
D. It’s how your born occur
329. What do we call the process of turning A. heterozygous
DNA into mRNA? B. probability
A. replication C. genotype
B. transcription D. none of above

336. A permanent change in the sequence of 342. An organism’s appearance or other de-
DNA in a single gene is a tectable characteristic is a what?

A. gene A. phenotype
B. variation B. gene
C. mutation C. allele
D. adaptation D. genetic variation
337. Inherited trait that helps an organism sur- 343. One strand of a DNA molecule contains
vive is a(n) the base sequence AGT. What is the base
A. Fossil sequence on the other strand of the DNA
molecule?
B. Adaptation
A. AGT
C. Ancestor
B. GAT
D. Natural selection
C. TAC
338. What is phenotype? D. TCA
A. The genetic material in your DNA
344. Where are genes found?
B. What is expressed
A. In the mitochondria
C. Dust
B. In our bone marrow
D. Something else
C. Chromosomes, in the nucleus of a cell
339. What would the genotype Aa be termed
as? D. In our brains
A. Heterozygous
345. Which word does this definition de-
B. Homozygous Dominant scribe:Passed on from parent or offspring
C. Homozygous Recessive A. Organism
D. none of above B. Inherited
340. Inherited characteristics controlled by al- C. Evidence
leles of more than one gene are described D. none of above
as
346. having two of the same genes for the
A. homozygous
trait (sometimes called purebred).
B. dominant A. homozygous
C. polygenic B. hetrozygous
D. discrete C. protein
341. Which is a type of Asexual Reproduction D. chromosome
A. Sexual 347. What is not a feature of natural selec-
B. Binary fission tion?
C. Cells A. competition for resources
D. organism B. production of many offspring

C. selection by humans 353. It is the last stage in the life cycle of a

frog..
D. variation within the population
A. egg
348. is a process of transmission of heritable B. tadpole
traits from parents to their offsprings.
C. adult frog
A. inheritance
D. none of above
B. variation
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C. heredity
discrete variation?
D. genetics A. Length of index finger
349. is the branch of biology dealing with the B. Eye colour
principles and mechanism of inheritance C. Height
and variation.
D. Foot size
A. variation
355. In order for offspring to get a genetic mu-
B. heredity
tation, the mutation must occur in what
C. inheritance type of cell?
D. genetics A. Cells with no nucleus.
B. Any body cell after birth.
350. ONE TRAIT CAN BE INFLUENCED BY
MORE THAN ONE GENES, THIS IS THE C. Cells with no cell wall or cell mem-
CASE OF brane.
A. PLEIOTROPY D. Cells like eggs or sperm cells that are

undergoing reproduction.
B. POLYGENIC INHERITANCE
356. What levels of classification are used in
C. CODOMINANCE
the scientific name?
D. ALL OF THE ABOVE A. Kingdom Phylum
351. The passing of traits from parent(s) to B. Kingdom Species
offspring is: C. Genus Species
A. heredity D. Phylum Genus
B. chromosomes 357. A parent is
C. genes A. a single, self-contained living thing
D. recessive B. information that supports an idea
352. The ratio 9:7 is produced due to- C. passed on from parent to offspring
A. complementary genes D. an adult plant or animal that has off-

spring or young
B. supplementary genes
358. A trait that requires only ONE allele to be
C. lethal genes
present for its expression in a heterozy-
D. epistatic genes gote

A. Dominant 364. Which characteristic is inherited?

B. Recessive A. hair color

C. Pure Breeding B. sleeping late
D. Hybrid C. enjoying hiking
359. Variation in a species is influenced by D. loving to read
genes and the
365. A feature of some plants that live in
A. cell wall thickness dry places is that the leaves are reduced
B. environment to spines. What is an advantage of the
C. length of your chromosomes leaves being reduced to spines?
D. sun A. decrease in photosynthesis

B. decrease in transpiration
360. In a human, chromosomes come in
C. increase in photosynthesis
A. different colors
D. increase in transpiration
B. pairs
C. packages 366. Which is a sudden change in a gene or
D. small, medium and large chromosome?
A. allele
361. An organism’s appearance or some other
detectable characteristic is it’s ? B. genotype
A. phenotype C. mutation
B. gene D. phenotype
C. allele
367. A somatic cell is
D. genetic variation
A. any cell of a living organism other than
362. What is another way of saying “pure- the reproductive cells.
bred ‘’? B. The reproductive cells of an organism.
A. homozygous
B. dominant C. an undifferentiated cell of a multicellu-
lar organism
C. recessive
D. heterozygous D. one or more layers of densely packed
cells
363. is the study of heredity; the study of
the passing on of inherited traits from par- 368. What are the major structures in the nu-
ents to offspring. cleus that are made of DNA called?
A. Biology A. gene
B. Chemistry B. DNA
C. Genetics C. chromosome
D. Zoology D. mitochondria

369. What does heterozygous mean? wife is pregnant again. If this baby is a
A. two different alleles girl, what is the chance that she will have
haemophilia?
B. two identical alleles
A. 0%
B. 25%
D. only expressed if there are two copies
C. 50%
370. A mutation can occur if a base pair is , D. 75%
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deleted, or substituted for another.
A. modified 375. Colour blindness is a condition that occurs
more frequently in men than in women.
B. added Which statement about this condition is
C. transferred correct?
D. none of above A. It affects the cornea.
371. Alleles B. It can pass from father to son.
A. The reproductive process involving C. It is a sex-linked characteristic.

two parents whose genetic material is D. The gene is on the Y chromosome.
combined to produce a new organism dif-
ferent from themselves 376. A cell that becomes a gamete (sex cell).
B. Different versions of a gene A. Gametes
C. Different forms or versions of some- B. Gonads

thing C. Somatic cell
D. A characteristic that is passed from D. Germ cell
parent to offspring
377. What do scientists look at when they
372. Mutations are a change in what? classify living things?
A. DNA A. the diseases the organisms suffer
B. tRNA from
C. genotype B. what the organisms like and dislike
D. phenotype C. the characteristics the organisms

have in common
373. Who proposed the theory of natural se- D. the ages of the organisms
lection?
A. Isaac Newton 378. Which order best describes the arrange-
ment of structures from smallest to
B. Neil Armstrong largest?
C. Albert Eintstein A. Nucleus, gene, chromosome, cell,
D. Charles Darwin DNA, base.
374. Haemophilia is a sex-linked recessive B. Nucleus, cell, chromosome, DNA,

condition. A haemophiliac man has one base, gene.
son who has inherited haemophilia and C. Base, DNA, gene, chromosome, nu-
two more sons who have not. The man’s cleus, cell.

D. Cell, chromosome, nucleus, DNA, base, 384. “Survival of the Fittest” describes which
gene. theory

A. natural selection
379. how many laws of inheritance did he give
based on his data and observations? B. gravity
A. 5 C. heredity
B. 3 D. string theory
C. 7 385. The purpose of selective breeding is

D. 2 A. get bigger animals
B. Get smaller animals
380. Group of animals, plants, or other living
things that all share common characteris- C. Create animals with desired traits
tics and are classified as alike in some man- D. Create animals with bad traits
ner
386. Which of the following is NOT a variation
A. warm-blooded between different people?
B. cold-blooded A. hair color
C. organism B. number of ears
D. species C. eye color
D. skin tone
381. Survival of the Fittest and Evolution
were proposed by what scientist? 387. Which of the following is an advantage
A. Charles Darwin of Genetically modified crops?
A. GM crops can disrupt food chains.
B. Albert Einstein
B. People might be allergic to the new
C. Steven Hawking
genes.
D. Isaac Newton C. GM can increase yield (production) of
crops.
382. What is a phenotype?
D. Don’t know the long term effects of GM
A. Blue eyes
crops on human health.
B. RR
388. How much of your DNA do you inherit
C. Green wall from your mom?
D. Rr A. 10%
383. Survival of the fittest or when favor- B. 25%
able adaptations reproduce faster is called C. 50%
what? D. it varies
A. Evolution
389. “A single characteristic of a living thing.”
B. Adaptation What word has this definition?
C. Natural selection A. Variation
D. Fossilization B. Trait

C. Inherited 395. Two black cats produce a litter of black

D. Evidence kittens. This is an example of
A. camouflage
Inherited variation? B. chromosomes
A. Eye colour C. inheritance
B. Blood type D. mimicry
C. Skin colour
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396. A SINGLE characteristic of a living thing
D. All of the above A. evidence
391. Which of the following is suitable for ex- B. inherited
periments on linkage? C. trait
A. AABB x aabb D. characteristic
B. AaBb x AaBb
397. An allele whose trait always shows up in
C. aaBB x aaBB the organism when the allele is present
D. AAbb x AaBB A. DNA
392. Someone who is heterozygous for cystic B. Dominant allele
fibrosis is a
C. Trait
A. carrier
D. none of above
B. patient
398. Which is an inherited trait?
C. doctor
D. haulier A. learning how to sing
B. losing a claw
393. T H MORGAN EXPERIMENTALLY VERI-
FIED CHROMOSOMAL THEORY OF INHERI- C. having a hooked beak
TANCE BY USING Drosophila melanogaster D. learning a new trick
BECAUSE
399. Inheritance of skin colour in human beings
A. IT COMPLETES ITS LIFE CYCLE IN is an example of-
ABOUT TWO WEEKS
A. polygenic inheritance
B. IT PRODUCES LARGE NUMBER OF
PROGENIES IN SINGLE MATING B. Mendelian inheritance
C. MALE IS DISTINCT FROM FEMALE C. monogenic inheritance
D. ALL OF THE ABOVE D. complementary genes
394. In sickle cell anaemia, glutamic acid is re- 400. Describe why offspring will not necessar-
placed by valine. Which one of the follow- ily follow the expected genotype ratio
ing triplets codes for valine A. Fertilisation is random
A. GAA B. Fertilisation is inaccurate
B. GAG C. Punnet squares are not reliable
C. GUA D. Different alleles appear during fertili-
D. GUG sation

7.2 Genetic basis of Inheritance 1039
401. How do animals and plants transfer char- B. The variation of females and males
acteristics to their offspring? C. Variation of personalities

A. through the nuclei of body cells D. The differences between the individu-
B. through the nuclei of sex cells als in a species
C. through the nuclei of blood cells
404. Conditions of a karyotype 2n+1 and 2n
D. through the cytoplasm of sex cells ± 2 is called
402. exists among individuals of one species. A. Monosomy
Variation is due to crossing over, recom- B. Aneuploidy
bination, mutation and environmental ef-
fects on the expression of genes present C. Alloploidy
on chromosomes. D. Polyploidy
A. genetics
405. Passed on from parent to offspring
B. inheritance means
C. Variation A. variation
D. heredity B. inherited
403. What is variation? C. group
A. Racial diversity D. evidence
7.2 Genetic basis of Inheritance

1. Traits such as skin color and height happen- B. XHXh
ing from the interaction of many different
C. hh
alleles is called:
D. XhXh
A. incomplete dominance
B. co-dominance 4. having two identical alleles of a particular
gene or genes
C. polygenic traits
D. luck of the draw A. homozygous
B. heterozygous
2. A personal with type AB blood has which
genotype? C. dominant trait
A. type A D. zygote
B. AA 5. If your mom has type AO blood and your
C. AB dad has type AB blood what are the chance
of you having type O blood?
D. BB
A. 0%
3. Hemophilia is a x-linked disorder. A
B. 25%
woman is a carrier for the disorder. Which
is the correct genotype? C. 50%
A. Hh D. 75%

6. Having two of the SAME alleles for a trait C. hair length.

(example HH or hh):
D. hair type.
A. homozygous
B. heterozygous 12. Having two different alleles for a particu-
lar gene
C. recessive
D. dominant A. Fertilization
B. Heterozygous
7. In fish, scale color is CODOMINANT. If a
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pure dominant blue fish mates with a pure C. Segregation
dominant red fish, what will be the off-
D. Homozygous
spring phenotype?
A. Bb 13. An interaction where one gene masks an-
B. BR other gene is called:
C. Blue with red stripes A. Polygenic Traits
D. Purple B. Epistasis
8. A homozygous dominant dog with brown C. X-Chromosome Inactivation
fur is crossed with a heterozygous dog
D. X-linked traits (same as sex-linked)
with brown fur. What are the percentages
of the possible genotypes?
14. A trait that overpowers or hides another.
A. 100% BB
A. recessive
B. 75% BB and 25%Bb
C. 50 % BB and 50% Bb B. dominant
D. 50% Bb and 50% bb C. codominant
9. An example of polygenic inheritance is D. incomplete dominant
A. Skin Color 15. Each parent contributes one of the genes

B. hitch hikers thumb for a particular trait. The genes of the pair
C. blood types are called:
D. none of above A. variables
10. Blood type A can donate blood to: B. gametes
A. A, AB C. hybrids
B. A, O D. alleles
C. AB, B
16. What is organized DNA
D. B, O
A. Nucleus
11. All of the following are examples of inher-
ited traits except B. Chromosomes
A. eye color. C. Gene

B. eye shape. D. Centromeres

17. is the observable physical or biochem- 22. the condensed form of DNA is called
ical characteristics of an individual organ- A. an allele
ism, determined by both genetic make-up

and environmental influences B. a gene
A. Genotype C. a chromosome
B. Phenotype D. a phenotype
C. Karyotype 23. What is the Punnett square used to pre-

dict?
D. Chromosome
A. possible genotypes for the cross
18. Genes which exist at identical positions
B. which traits are dominant
on a pair of homologous chromosomes are
known as C. which traits are recessive
A. double helix. D. the number of offspring
B. genotypes. 24. A white rose and a red rose produce a pink
C. phenotypes. rose, which type of inheritance does this
show?
D. alleles
19. During meiosis, how do the chrom- B. codominance
somes/chromatids separate?
C. Multiple alleles
A. Anaphase
D. Polygenic inheritance
B. deliberately
25. How are the x and Y chromosomes differ-
C. randomly
ent?
D. gamete
A. The Y chromosome is bigger
20. Ova (egg) cells can have B. The x chromosome has many genes
A. Only X chromosome that affect traits.
B. Only Y chromosome C. The x chromosome has genes for de-

velopment of male offspring.
C. Either X or Y chromosome
D. The Y chromosomes has many more
D. Only XX chromosomes genes
21. What do Tay Sachs and PKU have in com- 26. Physical characteristics of an organism
mon?
A. Polygenic trait
A. Both are conditions where the geno-
B. Genetics
type is the same as how the person looks
C. Incomplete dominance
B. Both have respiratory failure D. Phenotype
C. Both are caused by a lack of enzyme 27. What are the blood types of the possible
production children that a woman (type O) and man
D. Neither show outward physical symp- (type AB) can have?
toms A. O and AB

B. O and A 33. In a hybrid (heterozygous), the DOMI-

C. O and B NANT shows and the recessive allele is
masked. What type of dominance is this?
D. A and B
A. Complete dominance
28. A and B are linked genes. In a study of
100 offspring, 80 parental genotypes for B. Incomplete Dominance
A and B, while 20 were recombinants. A C. Codominance
and B are how many map units apart?
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D. Multiple Allele
A. 10
B. 5 34. A segment of a DNA that codes for a par-
C. 20 ticular phenotype is called
D. 30 A. genotype
29. Choose the one that represent pure breed- B. phenotype

ing C. gene
A. AA x Aa
D. locus
B. Aa x Aa
C. AA x aa 35. If two alleles of a gene are different
D. none of above A. homozygous
30. A factor that triggers a mutation B. heterozygous
A. Mutagen C. gene
B. Point Mutation D. allele
C. Cancer
D. Mutagenic impact 36. Which two genotypes would have the
same blood type?
31. In a hybrid (heterozygote), there is a
BLEND of the two alleles and a new pheno- A. IAIA and IAi
type is produced. What type of dominance B. IBIB and IAIB
is this?
C. IBi and ii
A. Incomplete dominance
D. IAIA and IAIB
B. Dominant / Recessive Inheritance Pat-
tern
37. Define Alleles
C. Codominance
A. Molecule which contains the genetic in-
D. none of above
formation for an organism.
32. The following is homozygous dominant B. Different versions of the same gene.
A. Aa
C. all the chromosomes/DNA that code
B. aa for an individual’s traits.
C. AB D. Condensed DNA that is visible during
D. AA cell division.

38. For any given trait there may be more than A. 0%

two choices for alleles, the trait may be in- B. 25%
herited on more than one gene or chromo-

some, and there are many types of inheri- C. 50%
tance patterns it may follow, however, for D. 100%
each trait you may only inherit how many
alleles? 43. Which of the following represents the pos-
sible F2 genotype(s) resulting from a cross
A. 1 between plant with blue flowers (BB) and
B. 2 white flowered plant (bb)?
C. 23 A. Bb only
D. 46 B. BB only
C. BB and Bb
39. An organism with the genotype Gg will
have the same phenotype as an organism D. BB, Bb and bb
with which genotype?
44. Colorblindness is a recessive x-linked dis-
A. GG order. Which genotype represents a male
B. gg with normal vision?
C. Tt A. XNXN
D. none of these are correct B. XnXn
C. XNY
40. If a normal woman carrying the recessive
sex linked gene for color blindness marries D. XnY
a normal male, what percentage of their
45. The usual F2 phenotypic ratio of a mono-
sons will be color blind?
hybrid cross is
A. 0%
A. 1:1.
B. 25%
B. 2:1.
C. 50%
C. 9:3:3:1.
D. 100%
D. 3:1
41. Cross definition
46. In order for a recessive X-linked trait to
A. describes the genotype of a trait for appear in a female, she must inherit a re-
which the two alleles an individual carries cessive allele from
differ from each other A. Neither parents
B. the breeding of organisms that differ B. Both parents
in one or more traits
C. Only her father
C. a trait controlled by a gene on a sex
chromosome D. Only her mother
D. none of above 47. One alternative form of a gene is called
42. If a man has blood group O and a woman

has blood group AB, what is the probabil- A. a DNA
ity that their child will be blood group O? B. a Phenotype

C. a trait C. 75% purple, 25% white

D. an allele D. 75% white, 25% purple
48. Which of the following terms refers to the 53. An organism’s physical appearance or vis-
different possibilities of a gene? ible traits
A. chromosome A. fertilization
B. DNA B. genotype
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C. Punnett Squares C. phenotype
D. allele D. homozygous
49. In a fruit fly, the gene for grey body(B) 54. A dominant trait expresses itself
is dominant over the gene for black A. only in homozygous genotypes
body(b).Two grey fruit flies were mated B. only in heterozygous genotypes
and they produced 75 grey body flies and
25 black body flies.What is the most likely C. both in homozygous and heterozygous
genotype of the parents genotypes
A. bb x bb D. none of above
B. Bb x Bb 55. What plant did Gregor Mendel study inher-

C. Bb x bb itance with?
A. daisy
D. Bb x BB
B. pea plant
50. Which of the following disorders is a direct
C. rose
result of nondisjunction?
D. apple tree
A. Turner’s Syndrome
B. sickle cell disease 56. The AB blood type is an example of
C. Huntington’s disease A. codominance
D. Cystic fibrosis B. incomplete dominance

C. mutation
51. An allele whose trait only shows up when
no dominant allele is present. D. multiple allele
A. hidden allele 57. How many chromosomes are in a body cell

in a human?
B. dominant allele
A. 46
C. recessive allele
B. 23
D. present allele
C. 26
52. In Mendel’s first experiment, he crossed D. 43
two a purple flower with a white flower.
What were the F1 generation pheno- 58. How many chromosomes does a “normal”
types? individual have?
A. 100% purple A. 23
B. 100% white B. 40

C. 46 D. incomplete dominance and codomi-

D. 52 nance

59. In a species of bird, the feather coloration 64. How many chromosomes does a person
are either blue, grey, or speckled blue and have with Edward Syndrome?
grey. What type of dominance does this A. 45
trait show?
B. 46
C. 47
B. complete dominance
D. 48
C. codominance
D. multiple alleles 65. A single gene has 3 or more alternative
forms. These are called
60. Incomplete dominance results in A. heterozygotes
A. Full expression of both alleles B. multiple alleles
B. A blend of the two alleles. C. epistatic
C. Expression of the more dominant trait D. polygenic
D. Expression of the more recessive trait 66. whats heterozygous

A. describes the genotype of a trait from
61. The crossover frequency between genes E
parents to offspring from genetic informa-
and F is 6%, between E and G is 10% and-
tion
between F and G is 4%. What is the cor-
rect order of the genes on a chromosome? B. holds both a dominant and recessive
trait.
A. E-F-G
C. all of the above
B. F-E-G
C. F-G-E D. none of above
D. E-G-F 67. Which represents the genotype of a ho-

mozygous condition?
62. A person who has one recessive allele for
a trait, but does not have the trait A. Bb
A. Homozygous B. BC
B. Selective Breeding C. bb
C. Mutation D. bc
D. Carrier 68. If you are homozygous dominant for a
trait (BB), can you have children with the
63. Which term(s) best describes the inheri-
recessive trait?
tance of human blood types?
A. Yes
A. incomplete dominance and multiple al-
leles B. No
B. codominance and epistasis C. Depends
C. codominance and multiple alleles D. Only if your partner is recessive

69. If a dog with black fur and a dog with B. asexual reproduction
white fur produce offspring with grey fur, C. sexual reproduction
what type of dominance is demonstrated?
D. internal development
A. complete dominance
B. incomplete dominance 75. F1 X F1 represents
C. codominance A. Test cross
D. sex-linked trait B. Self cross
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C. Pure breeding
70. Which disorder is characterized by degra-
dation of the nervous system and usually D. True breeding
results in death during infancy? 76. What are the gametes for BbDd? (USE
A. Tay-Sachs FOIL)
B. Cystic fibrosis A. B, b, D, d
C. Huntington’s B. BD, bD, Bd, bd
D. PKU C. BD, BD, Bd, bd
D. bD, bD, bd, bd
71. A pink poodle mates with a purple poodle.
The offspring is pink and purple plaid. 77. An organism that has two identical alleles
A. complete dominance for a trait (purebred)
B. incomplete dominance A. genotype
C. codominance B. phenotype
D. none of above C. homozygous
D. heterozygous
72. Which term is essentially the opposite of
pleiotropy? 78. Genes A, B, and C have these map dis-
A. multiple alleles tances between them:A and B-15 map
units; B and C-5 map units; A and C-10
B. polygenic inheritance
map units. What is the relative order of
C. incomplete dominance the three genes on the chromosome?
D. codominance A. ACB
73. An allele that is expressed if it is present B. ABC
A. gene C. BAC
B. dominant D. CAB
C. phenotype 79. Black hair is dominant to blonde hair which
D. recessive is recessive. What is the phenotype for
the following genotype? bb
74. A reproductive process that involves two A. Blonde hair
parents that combine genetic material to
produce a new organism, which differs B. black hair
from both parents. C. brown hair
A. external fertilization D. none of above

80. Black fur(B) in guinea pigs is dominant 85. If a man with blood type AB has children
over white fur(b). Find the probability of with a woman with blood type B, which of
a white offspring in a cross:Bb x bb (Use the following is NOT possible in their off-

a Punnett Square!) spring? Assume you do not know if the
woman is homozygous or heterozygous.
A. 25%
A. Type AB
B. 50%
B. Type A
C. 75%
C. Type B
D. 100%
D. Type O
81. Cell division has the following functions.1
86. Complementary DNA strand of:GGT ATC
asexual reproduction2 growth3 produc-
CAG
tion of gametes4 repair of damaged tis-
sue5 replacement of cellsWhich functions A. CCA TAG GTC
are specific to mitosis? B. CCA TAG GTC CCA TAG GTC
A. 1, 2, 3 and 4 C. GGA TAG GTG
B. 1, 2, 4 and 5 D. CCA AAG GTC
C. 2, 3 and 4 only
87. genetic makeup
D. 3, 4 and 5 only
A. phenotype
82. A person who is heterozygous for a trait B. genotype
but does not display the recessive trait. C. heterozygous
A. Carrier D. alleles
88. Skin color in a certain species of fish is in-
C. Hybrid herited by a single gene with four differ-
D. Homozygous ent alleles. How many different types of
gametes would be possible in this organ-
83. A mutation that happens due to a change ism?
in the DNA involving a single base-pair A. 2
A. Mutagen B. 4
B. Point Mutation C. 8
C. Cancer D. 16
D. Mutagenic impact 89. Two brown eyed parents (Bb) have a baby.
What is the chance the baby is blue eyed?
84. Albinism affects (B=brown eyes and b=blue eyes)
A. pigment proteins A. 0 %
B. vesicle formation B. 25%
C. facial features C. 50%
D. brain formation D. 75%

90. If a trait is not sex-linked, it is 95. What is it called when a gene carries two
different types of alleles?
A. autosomal
A. Homozygous
B. dominant
B. Heterozygous
C. recessive
C. Monozygous
D. polygenic
D. Trizygous
91. A cross of a Green chicken (GG) with a 96. Point Mutation:InsertionCGA TAG → CGA
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white chicken (WW) produces all speck- TAGG
led offspring (GGWW). This type of inher-
itance is known as A. Nucleotide/Base is removed
B. Nucleotide/Base is inserted
C. Nucleotide/Base is replaced with an-
B. polygenic inheritance.
other
C. codominance D. none of above
D. multiple alleles.
97. How many chromosomes are in a sex
92. In some flowers, red and blue flower col- cell?
ors are codominant to each other and pro- A. 46
duce speckled flowers.Cross two speckled B. 23
flowers.
C. 26
A. 25% red, 50% speckled, 25% blue
D. 43
B. 50% red, 50% blue
98. A different form or variety of a gene is
C. 50% blue, 50% speckled also known as:
D. 25% red, 25% speckled, 50% blue A. allele
93. A single piece of coiled DNA found in the B. homozygous
cells; contains genes that encode traits. C. recessive
A. gene D. dominant
B. chromosome 99. T = tall an t = shortWhat is the phenotype
C. trait for Tt?
D. DNA A. short
B. tall
94. Two parents who are both PURE for brown
C. medium sized
eyes (BB) could have a percentage of child
with blue eye of D. neither tall or short
A. 100% 100. Do a Punnett Square. for hemophilia mar-

ries a normal male. If they produce a
B. 50%
son, what are the chances he will have
C. 25% hemophilia?
D. 0% A. 100%

B. 50% 106. In pea plant, tall (T) is dominant over

C. 0% dwarf (t) and yellow (Y) is dominant over
green (g). In a test cross of true-breeding

D. Impossible to tell tall, yellow plant and dwarf, green plant,
101. What determines gender in humans? what proportion of the progenies are tall
with yellow peas?
A. the X and Y chromosome
A. 0%
B. chromosome 21
C. codominance B. 25%
D. epistasis C. 50%
102. What is the map distance if the follow- D. 100%

ing offspring are produced:345 wild, 8
wild/yellow, 10 vestigial/wild, 325 yel- 107. Where, in the eukaryotic cell, is DNA lo-
low/vestigial? (note:these are not given cated?
as percents!) A. ribosomes
A. 97.3 B. nucleus
B. 2.6 C. E.R.
C. 18
D. cytoplasm
D. 1.8
108. In a karyotype, the 22nd pair of chromo-
103. What are the possible blood types of an
somes is always the:
offspring from a type A mother and a type
AB father? A. largest
A. A, B, AB and O B. smallest
B. A, B and AB C. sex chromosomes
C. A and B
D. heterozygous
D. A only
109. What is an organisms genotype?
104. Having two identical alleles for a particu-
lar gene A. feather color
A. Polygenic trait B. genetic makeup
B. Genetics C. physical appearance
C. Trait D. phenotype
D. Homozygous
110. An individual who has two of the same
105. A man who carries an X-linked allele will allele is said to be
pass it on to
A. Homozygous
A. all of his daughters.
B. half of his daughters. B. Hemizygous
C. all of his sons. C. Homologous
D. all of his children. D. Heterozygous

111. is the genetic make-up of an individ- 116. A woman with Type B blood (whose fa-
ual organism. Your functions as a set ther had type O blood) has children with a
of instructions for the growth and devel- man who has Type O blood.What percent-
opment of your body. age of their children could be expected to
A. Phenotype have Type O blood?
A. 100%
B. Genotype
B. 50%
C. Karyotype
C. 25%
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D. Chromosome
D. 75%
112. Which of the following is in the heterozy-
117. If short fur (L) is dominant to long fur
gous form?
(l), what is the similarity between animals
A. AA having genotype LL and ll?
B. Aa A. phenotype
C. aa B. DNA
D. HT C. genotype
D. gene
113. The theory of Law of segregation ap-
plies most specifically to events occurring 118. What is a punnett square for?
in preparation of
A. used to figure out which genetic dis-
A. offspring ease you have
B. zygotes B. used to find out your ancestors
C. homologous chromosomes C. used to help solve genetic problems
D. gametes D. used to figure out who your parents
are
114. Jackie is homozygous recessive for hav-
ing dimples (D). What is her genotype? 119. Which sex chromosomes are present in
all mature human sperm cells?
A. pp
A. both X and Y chromosomes
B. Dd
B. either X or Y chromosomes
C. dd
C. only X chromosomes
D. DD
D. only Y chromosomes
115. Hemophilia is a sex-linked recessive trait 120. In humans, brown eyes are dominant to
found on the x chromosome. Complete blue eyes. If a homozygous brown eyed
a cross between a woman who has female and a blue eyed male have children,
hemophilia and a normal man.What are what is the probability of having a blue
the chances of a child having hemophilia? eyed child?
A. 100% A. 25%
B. 75% B. 50%
C. 50% C. 100%
D. 25% D. 0%

121. what is the phenotype ratio for the cross- 126. Sperm cells can have
ing of of F1 individuals which are produced A. Only X chromosome
from the crossing of AABB x aabb

B. Only Y chromosome
A. 3:1
C. Either X or Y chromosome
B. 1:2:1
D. Either XX or XY chromosomes
C. 1:1:1:1
127. A segment of DNA found on a chromo-
D. 9:3:3:1 some that determines the inheritance of a
particular trait.
122. A woman with blood genotype I(A)i mar-
ries a man with blood genotype I(B)i. A. Cell
What is the probability that they would B. Gene
have a child with type O blood?
C. Phenotype
A. 1/1
D. Trait
B. 1/2
128. In a population with two alleles, B and b,
C. 1/3 the allele frequency of b=0.4. What would
D. 1/4 be the frequency of heterozygotes if the
population is at equilibrium?
123. having only one of a particular type of A. 0.16
chromosome is called-
B. 0.24
A. monosomy
C. 0.48
B. trisomy
D. 0.6
C. trisomy 21
129. What type of chromosomal abnormality
D. Down Syndrome do people with Down Syndrome have?
124. This is when a trait is controlled by more A. trisomy 21
than one gene. B. monosomy 21
A. Multiple alleles C. recessive inheritance
B. Polygenetic inheritance D. dominant inheritance
C. Codominance 130. If all offspring of a cross have the geno-
D. Incomplete Dominance type Aa, the parents of the cross would
most likely be
125. Blood group in humans is determined by A. AA x aa
three alleles, IA, IB and IO. What is the
possible genotype for a person having a B. Aa x aa
blood group B?I IAIA II IBIBIII IBIO IV IAIB C. Aa x Aa.
A. I and II D. AA x Aa
B. II and III 131. Female reproductive cell in animals
C. I and IV A. egg
D. III and IV B. pollen

C. sperm C. O and B
D. zygote D. A and B
132. The height of pea plants from a cross 137. How many pairs of chromosomes are in
between parent plants heterozygous for your cells?
height in which tall is dominant would be
A. 23
A. all short.
B. 19
B. all tall.
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C. 12
C. 1 tall:3 short.
D. 10
D. 3 tall:1 short.
133. Human blood type is determined by multi- 138. Number of chromosomes in a body cell
ple alleles (A, B, and O). Which ratio would (somatic cell)
result from a cross between a man with A. 23
Type AB blood and a woman with Type O
B. 44
blood?
A. 50% Type A, 50% Type O C. 46
B. 75% Type A, 25% Type B D. 2
C. 50% Type A, 50% Type B 139. An organism’s appearance is known as

D. 100% Type O its
A. heredity
134. In a cross between RR x rr, what would
the genotypes of offspring be? B. phenotype
A. RR and rr C. genotype
B. RR, Rr and rr D. pedigree
C. RRrr
140. Having two of the same genes for the
D. only Rr trait (TT, tt); Both dominant or both reces-
sive.
135. An organism which has two different al-
lelic forms of a particular genes is a A. homozygous or purebred
A. homozygote. B. heterozygous or hybrid
B. heterozygote. C. twin offspring
C. genotype. D. pairs of chromosomes
D. hybrid.
141. The Law of Segregation states that alle-
136. What are the blood types of the possible les separate during the process of
children that a woman (type O) and man A. Mitosis
(type AB) can have? Use a Punnett square
if you need to. B. Meiosis
A. O and AB C. Fertilization
B. O and A D. Replication

142. A mating between an individual with C. hybrid

dominant phenotype but unknown geno- D. recessive
type and an individual with recessive phe-

notype is known as 148. If a cell has an abnormal number of chro-
mosomes, usually from meiosis, what is
A. a heterozygous cross.
this considered? Choose the best answer.
B. a back cross.
A. Chromosome mutation
C. an F1 cross.
B. Nondisjunction
D. a test cross. C. Sex-linked mutation
143. The first 22 chromosomes are known as D. Inversion
A. Gametes 149. In a randomly breeding population, 16%
B. Autobots of them carry recessive trait. Assuming C
is dominant over c, what percent are the
C. Sex Chromosomes
carrier individuals?
D. Autosomes
A. 36%
144. Recessive alleles are- B. 48%
A. capital C. 63%
B. lowercase D. 84%
C. both 150. What is the expected phenotypic ratio if
D. neither you cross two heterozygotes for a single
trait?
145. when one allele is not completely domi-
A. 1:1
nant over the other-blending of two traits
B. 2:2
A. Codominance
C. 3:1
D. 1:1:1:1
C. Incomplete dominance
151. T = tall and t = shortTT and Tt would re-
D. none of these
sult in the following phenotype
146. If you were to cross to heterozygotes for A. short
a given trait, what is the probability of
B. tall
producing another heterozygote?
C. both tall and short
A. 25%
D. neither tall or short
B. 50%
152. A person with type O blood marries a per-
C. 75%
son with type AB blood. Possible blood
D. 100% genotypes of their children are
147. A trait that will be expressed in the phe- A. I(A)i and I(B)I(B)
notype only if both alleles are the same. B. I(B)I(B) and I(A)I(A)
A. acquired C. I(A)i and I(B)i
B. dominant D. I(A)I(B) and ii

153. Mutation of red-blood cells that provides C. A=0.65, a=0.35

resistance to malaria D. A=0.76, a=0.24
A. Sickle cell
159. Incomplete dominance means that there
B. Vector traits are
C. Anemia A. expressed equally
D. Pathogen B. dominant
154. What symbol do geneticists use to repre- C. recessive
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sent a male on a pedigree? D. blended
A. Circle
160. Pea plant height follows the rules of com-
B. Square plete dominance T-tall and t = short. A tall
C. Star plant (TT) is crossed with a tall plant (Tt).
What is the probable genotypes?
D. Triangle
A. 2 TT:2 Tt:0 tt
155. Two heterozygous (Tt) tall pea plants are
B. 1 TT:2 Tt:1 tt
crossed. Which describes their offspring?
C. 2 TT:1 Tt:1 tt
A. 50% tall and 50% short
D. 0 TT:0 Tt:4 tt
B. 75%tall and 25% short
C. 100%short 161. The physical expression of the genes is
called this.
D. none of above
A. allele
156. the different forms of a gene B. chromosome
A. alleles C. gene
B. gene D. phenotype
C. punnett square
162. Which statement pertains to Mendel’s
D. incomplete dominance law of segregation?
157. A cross of a red cow with a white bull A. Two alleles for each trait separate dur-
produces all road offspring. This type of ing meiosis.
inheritance is known as B. Homozygous organisms are called hy-
A. codominance brids.
B. incomplete dominance C. Dominant traits are visible.
C. multiple alleles D. Allele pairs are called a genotype.
D. “breed time: 163. Point Mutation:DeletionCGA TAG → CGA
TA
158. If a population has the following geno-
type frequencies, AA=0.2, Aa=0.46, and A. Nucleotide/Base is removed
aa=0.12, what are the allele frequen- B. Nucleotide/Base is inserted
cies? C. Nucleotide/Base is replaced with an-
A. A=0.42, a=0.12 other
B. A=0.6, a=0.4 D. none of above

164. When a capital letter is used, what kind C. The alleles in the gametes of each par-
of allele is being represented? ent.

A. Recessive Allele D. The actual genotypes of the offspring.
B. Codominance 170. A heterozygote that shows a phenotype
C. Punnett Squares between that of the homozygotes. For ex-
D. Dominant Allele ample, a Red and White homozygous drag-
onsnap makes a heterozygous Pink drag-
165. In humans, a male has onsnap offspring.
A. one X chromosome only. A. Complete dominance
B. two X chromosomes B. Incomplete dominance
C. one X chromosome and one Y chromo- C. Co-Dominance
some
D. Homozygous advantage
D. two Y chromosomes.
171. The following is a hybrid
166. In a pedigree are circles and organ-
A. BB
isms who express the trait under study
are B. bb
A. females / not shaded in C. Bb
B. males / not shaded in D. BC
C. females / shaded in 172. An individual with two normal sets of au-
D. males / shaded in tosomes and a single X chromosome has
A. Patau Syndrome
167. The genotype “Tt” is
B. Turner Syndrome
A. Homozygous dominant
C. Klinefelter Syndrome
B. Heterozygous
D. Down Syndrome
C. Homozygous Recessive
D. none of above 173. What is codominance?
168. incomplete dominance means that there A. When both alleles can be observed in
traits are, , , a phenotype
A. expressed equally B. Having two of the same allele for a

gene
B. dominant
C. Change in the nucleotide sequence of
C. recessive a gene
D. blended D. Process of making protein from RNA
169. A Punnett square shows all of the follow- 174. A breed of chicken shows codominance
ing EXCEPT for feather color. One allele codes for
A. All possible results of a genetic cross. black feathers, another codes for white
feathers. The feathers of heterozygous
B. The possible genotypes of the off- chickens of this breed will be:
spring. A. all black

B. all white 180. If in a plant, a pure breeding (homozy-

gous) for blue flower and pure breeding
C. all gray
(homozygous) for red flower is crossed
D. speckled black and white and produces plants with all blue flowers,
what pattern of inheritance is shown?
175. A dominant disorder called affects the
nervous system and brain.
B. codominance
A. sickle cell anemia
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C. incomplete dominance
B. huntingtons disease
D. multiple alleles
C. galactosemia
D. Tay Sachs 181. A kitten has spots and stripes. The
mother has stripes and the father has
176. Which is the genotype of a male with a spots. Which law of inheritance does this
dominant sex-linked trait carried on the X show?
chromosome? A. incomplete dominance
A. XDY B. codominance
B. XDXD C. multiple alleles
C. XDYD D. polygenic inheritance
D. XdY
182. Flower colour of snapdragons is an ex-
ample of incomplete dominance. If a
177. A plant with a genotype of Rr is
pink (CrCw) plant is crossed with a white
A. homozygous dominant (CwCw) plant, their progeny plants will
be:
B. homozygous recessive
A. 100% pink
C. heterozygous
B. 50% pink, 50% white
D. none of above
C. 25% red, 25% pink, 25% white
178. An organism that has two different alle- D. 25% white, 75% red
les for a trait (hybrid)
A. fertilization 183. In Mendel’s time, most people believed
that
B. genotype
A. all genetic traits bred true.
C. homozygous
B. the characteristics of parents were
D. heterozygous blended in the offspring.
179. An allele is C. acquired characteristics were inher-

ited.
A. one of the bases of DNA
D. the inheritance of traits was controlled
B. an alternative form of a gene by blood.
C. responsible for sex determination
184. A female is a carrier for an X-linked dis-
D. found in mitochondria but not nucleus order. Assuming her mate does not have

the disorder, what is the probability that 189. The different forms of a gene are called
her daughter will also be a carrier?
A. traits

A. 50%
B. 0% B. hybrids
C. 25% C. alleles
D. 100% D. none of above

190. Many genetic disorders of humans are
185. If tall (D) is dominant to dwarf (d) and
caused by
true breeding are crossed between par-
ents, what phenotype can be seen in A. multiple alleles
progeny? B. recessive alleles
A. all tall C. smoking during pregnancy
B. all dwarf D. a mutation in the zygote
C. all intermediate forms 191. A dog gives birth to 5 puppies. What
D. 1 tall:1 dwarf percentage of the chromosomes does each
puppy share with the mother?
186. In a purebred black rabbit, what term is A. 25%
used when the two alleles are BB? B. 50%
A. Heterozygous C. 75%
B. Homozygous D. 100%
C. co-dominant 192. If short hair (L) is dominant to long hair
D. recessive (l), animals LL and ll have the same
A. parents
187. Which of these statements is not true of
inbreeding? B. genotypes
A. Desired traits can be passed to off- C. phenotypes
spring. D. alleles
B. Undesired traits can be eliminated. 193. Genetic recombination is the result of
C. Two closely related organisms are during meiosis.
bred together. A. crossing over
D. Harmful recessive traits can never be B. mutations
passed to offspring. C. sex linking
188. A red eye dragon mates with a yellow D. genetic mapping
eye dragon. Their offspring has yellow 194. A picture of a person’s chromosomes in
eyes. order is called:
A. complete dominance A. Pedigree
B. incomplete dominance B. Punnett Square
C. codominance C. Karyotype

195. If the dominant allele is G and the reces- 200. In a cross of a round hybrid pea with a
sive allele is g, an organism that is GG is true breeding round parent (Ww x WW),
called while an organism that is gg is what genotypic proportions would be ob-
called served in the offspring?
A. Homozygous / heterozygous A. Half heterozygous, half homozygous
dominant
B. Heterozygous / homozygous
B. Half round, half wrinkled
C. Homozygous / homozygous
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C. All heterozygous
D. Heterozygous / heterozygous
D. All round
196. the 2 alleles that control the phenotype
201. What results from meiosis of a diploid
of a trait
cell?
A. genotype
A. genetically different diploid cell
B. phenotype
B. genetically different haploid cell
C. allele C. genetically identical diploid cell
D. gene D. genetically identical haploid cell
197. If both a dominant and a recessive allele 202. If something is heterozygous, it is also
are in the genotype, which trait will be ex-
pressed?
A. purebred
A. acquired
B. hybrid
B. dominant C. dominant
C. hybrid D. recessive
D. recessive
203. map unit is equal to:
198. A cross between a dominant homozygous A. 1 nm
tall pea plant and homozygous recessive
B. 1% recombination
would yield ratios of
C. 1 chromosome
A. 1 homozygous tall:3 heterozygous tall
D. 1 mutation
B. 1 homozygous tall:1 heterozygous tall
C. 3 homozygous tall:1 heterozygous tall 204. Linked gene definition
A. genes that are close to each other on a
D. All heterozygous tall
chromosome and so are more likely than
199. Some alleles are dominant while others others to be inherited together
are recessive B. a trait controlled by a gene on a sex
A. Allele principle chromosome
C. describes the genotype of a trait for
B. principle of dominance
which the two alleles an individual carries
C. principle of genetics are the same
D. principle of inheritance D. none of above

205. In a cross between RR x rr, what would C. pollination

the genotypes of F1 be? D. fertilization

A. RR and rr
211. A trait that can be hidden is
B. RR, Rr and rr
A. recessive
C. RRrr
B. dominant
D. only Rr
C. homozygous
206. In a test cross between a tall plant and
a dwarf plant, how do we determine that D. heterozygous
the genotype of the unknown plant is het- 212. What is GENE?
erozygous?
A. A part of DNA that encodes for a par-
A. if all of the offspring is tall
ticular characteristics
B. if most of the offspring is tall
B. A part of DNA that determine all of our
C. if half of the offspring is tall characteristics
D. if all of the offspring is dwarf C. The chromosome
207. What is the probability of a woman hav- D. The chromatid
ing a male child?
213. Which genetic disorder or disease is a
A. 25% sex-linked trait and carried on the X chro-
B. 50% mosome?
C. 75% A. Cystic Fibrosis
D. 100% B. Sickle-cell Disease
208. having two different alleles of a particu- C. Hemophilia
lar gene or genes. D. Down Syndrome
A. homozygous
214. A trait that is only found on “X” sex chro-
B. recessive trait mosomes.
C. heterozygous A. X-Linked
D. zygote B. Y-Linked
209. Which sentence is TRUE? C. ABO Linked
A. Acquired traits are passed from par- D. Mutagen
ents to offspring
215. Which statement is not true of genes lo-
B. Inherited traits are passed from par-
cated close together on the same chromo-
ents to offspring
some?
C. Behaviors are never inherited
A. They are linked together.
D. Behaviors are always inherited
B. They do not segregate independently.
210. The joining of male and female sex cells C. They travel together during gamete
A. asexual reproduction formation.
B. internal fertilization D. They always segregate independently.

216. A variation of a gene that determines the 222. In chickens, feather color is codominant.
trait is called a If a black chicken BB is mated with one
A. gene that is black and white (BW) what are the
chances of having a chicken that is black
B. chromosome and white?
C. allele A. 50%
D. dominant B. 0%
217. What is the probability of two heterozy- C. 25%
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gotes having two offspring that are also D. 100%
heterozygotes?
A. 25% 223. Black fur(B) in guinea pigs is dominant
over white fur(b). Find the probability of
B. 50% a white offspring in a cross between two
C. 100% heterozygous guinea pigs. (Use a Punnett
D. 12.5% square!)
A. 0%
218. The following is a genotype
B. 25%
A. Blue eyes
C. 50%
B. Brown hair
D. 75%
C. 50% blue eyes
D. Bb 224. a nucleus containing a single set of un-
paired chromosomes
219. This trait always shows up in an organ- A. diploid
ism when the allele is present
B. haploid
A. dominant allele
C. heterozygous
B. codominance
D. homozygous
C. probability
D. recessive allele 225. Which law states that organisms inherit
2 copies of each gene and donate one to
220. Possible causes due to Point Mutation their offspring
A. deletion, insertion and substitution A. law of independent assortment
B. adenine, thymine, cytosine, guanine B. law of segregation
C. deletion, insertion and amino acid syn- C. law of genetic linkage
thesis D. law of inheritance
D. proteins, amino acids, DNA
226. What is the probability of two cystic fi-
221. Alleles for this type of trait are repre- brosis carriers having a child with cystic
sented by capital letters. fibrosis?
A. acquired A. 0%
B. dominant B. 25%
C. hybrid C. 50%
D. recessive D. 100%

227. A phenotype that results from a domi- 232. Proteins on the surface of red blood
nant allele must have at least domi- cells that if unrecognized, can cause your
nant allele(s) present in the parent(s) immune system to produce antibodies

against them, are called:
A. 1
A. genomes
B. 2
B. epistatic
C. 3
C. alleles
D. 4
D. antigens
228. How many chromosomes are there in a
233. Involves two parents and produces off-
normal human body cell?
spring different from parents
A. 47
A. external fertilization
B. 23 B. sexual reproduction
C. 46 C. internal fertilization
D. 52 D. asexual reproduction
229. An allele whose trait only shows up when 234. Neither allele is dominant over the other
no dominant allele is present.Lowercase and each is equally expressed in a het-
letter. erozygote
A. hidden allele A. Complete dominance
B. dominant allele B. Incomplete dominance
C. recessive allele C. Co-Dominance
D. present allele D. Homozygous advantage
235. Which of the following is a hybrid?

230. Cinnabar eye color is a sex-linked, reces-
sive characteristic in fruit flies. If a fe- A. BB
male having cinnabar eyes is crossed with B. bb
a wild-type male, what percentage of the
C. Bb
F1 males will have cinnabar eyes?
D. none of above
A. 0%
B. 25% 236. Sex-linked genes are mostly found on
which chromosome?
C. 50%
A. XX
D. 100%
B. XY
231. An allele that is only expressed when C. Y only
there is no dominant allele present D. X only
A. gene
237. What is the phenotypic ratio in the F1
B. dormant generation of a dihybrid testcross?
C. phenotype A. 3:1
D. recessive B. 1:2:1

C. 9:3:3:1 B. true breeding.

D. 1:1:1:1 C. dominance.
238. Hemophilia is a recessive x-linked disor- D. a dihybrid cross.

der. Which genotype represents a male
243. The following statements is/are related
with hemophilia?
to Mendel’s principle except I. polygenic
A. XHXh (multiple gene) inheritance II. random seg-
B. XhXh regation III. allelic dominance
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C. XHY A. I only
D. XhY B. I and II only
C. II and III only
239. If a population is in Hardy-Weinberg equi-
librium, then D. I, II and III
A. It is not evolving 244. The plant that used by Mendel was
B. Mutations and selective mating have A. Mangifera indica
been taking place
B. Pisum sativum
C. The frequency of alleles has been fluc-
tuating C. Zea mays
D. Selective pressure is causing specia- D. Monstera sp

tion happen 245. Which of Mendel’s laws states that alle-
240. If a pea plant were homozygous reces- les are distributed to gametes independent
sive for height, how would its alleles be of one another?
represented? A. Law of Dominance
A. TT B. Law of Segregation
B. Tt C. Law of Independent Assortment
C. tt D. Law of Meiosis
D. tT
246. A baby has type AB blood. What could
241. These are responsible for the inherited the genotypes of the baby’s parents be?
characteristics that distinguish one individ- A. IAi x ii
ual from another.
B. IBIB x IBIB
A. cells
C. IAIA x IBi
B. genes
D. ii x ii
C. lowercase letters
247. Which of the following disorders can be
D. capital letters
observed in a human karyotype?
242. A cross between homozygous purple- A. colorblindness
flowered and homozygous white-
flowered pea plants results in offspring B. Trisomy 21
with purple flowers. This demonstrates C. cystic fibrosis
A. the blending model of genetics. D. sickle cell disease

248. Genes W, X, Y and Z are linked on the 253. Populations with little genetic variation
same chromosome. The following are the are at risk of which of the following?
cross-over values between the genes. W

A. lower rates of predation
and X-38% W and Y-26% X and Z-16%
Y and Z-4%The sequence of genes on the B. increased access to mates
chromosome is C. decreased resistance to disease
A. W Y Z X D. ability to adapt to changing environ-
B. W Z Y X . mental conditions
C. Y Z X W
254. A brown eyed man of genotype Bb mar-
D. X Z Y W . ries a blue eyed woman. What is the
chance that their third child is brown
249. This law describes how each member of a eyed?
homologous pair is pulled randomly to one
side or another in anaphase I A. 25%
A. Law of Segregation B. 50%
B. Law of Independent Assortment C. 75%
C. Law of Gravity D. 100%

D. Law of Mathematical Order 255. Which of the following distances be-
tween linked genes would have the great-
250. Two traits are blended or create a “new”
est chances of crossing over?
trait
A. 22 map units
B. 10 map units
B. incomplete dominance
C. 15 map units
C. codominance
D. 2 map units
D. none of above
251. How many copies of every gene (alleles) 256. A trait that will always be expressed in
does each person carry for a trait? the phenotype if it is in the genotype.
A. 1 A. acquired
B. 2 B. dominant
C. 3 C. hybrid
D. 4 D. recessive
252. Down Syndrome results from a(n) 257. Each human somatic cell contains how
chromosome. many alleles for a given trait?
A. extra A. 1
B. missing B. 2
C. enlarged C. 23
D. weak D. it depends on their genotype

258. Brown eye color is dominant. Blue eye 263. Hemophilia is a sex-linked recessive trait
color is recessive. Select the person that found on the x chromosome. Complete a
is a purebred for blue eyes. cross between a woman who is a carrier
A. AA and a man who is normal.What are the
chances, if they have a daughter, that she
B. Aa is a carrier?
C. aA A. 100%
D. aa B. 75%
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259. A recessive trait expresses itself C. 50%
A. only in homozygous genotypes D. 25%
B. only in heterozygous genotypes 264. In a cross that follows a single trait, if

C. in both homozygous and heterozygous a homozygous dominant is crossed with
genotypes a heterozygote for a given trait, the off-
spring would be
D. none of above
A. all of dominant phenotype
260. Flower color is an INCOMPLETE dominant B. a quarter of them with recessive phe-
trait. If you cross RR (red) x rr (white), notype
what will be the phenotype of the off-
C. all homozygous dominant
spring?
D. all homozygous recessive
A. Rr
B. RR 265. Do a Punnett Square. blood reproduce.
What is true of this genetic cross?
C. Red
A. 50% type O:50% type AB
D. Pink
B. 50% type B:50% type A:25% type O
261. The Law of Segregation states: C. 25% type AB:50% type B:25% type A
A. alleles are inherited together D. 50% type AB:25% type A:25% type B
B. alleles separate during gamete forma-
tion 266. In a flowering plant species, red flower
color (R) is dominant over white flower
C. only dominant genes are inherited color (r). What is the probability of hav-
D. none of above ing a white flowered plant if the parents
were heterozygous red and homozygous
262. Recessive allele will.. red?
A. fully expressed in the phenotype of a A. 0%
heterozygote B. 25%
B. partially expressed in the phenotype of C. 50%
heterozygote
D. 100%
C. partially expressed in the phenotype of
homozygote 267. Who was responsible for the laws gov-
D. be fully expressed in the phenotype of erning Inheritance of Traits?
a homozygote A. Albert Einstein

B. Gregor Mendel 272. a nucleus containing two sets of chromo-

somes
C. Charles Darwin

A. diploid
D. Isaac Newton
B. haploid
268. Mating a true breeding pink rose plant C. heterozygous
with a true breeding pink rose plant will
D. homozygous
produce
A. plants with pink and white roses. 273. Which of the following genotypes is ho-
mozygous recessive?
B. only plants with pink roses.
A. RR
C. plants with red or white roses in a 3:1
B. Rr
ratio.
C. rr
D. none of above
D. None of the Above
269. whats an Allele?
274. Different allele combinations for a trait,
A. an individual who carries one allele for a heterozygous organism
a recessive trait and does not exhibit the A. Dominant
trait.
B. Recessive
B. the genes that an organism carries for
a particular trait C. Pure Breeding
D. Hybrid
C. alternative versions of a gene
D. manifested structure, functions, and 275. one of the alternative forms of a gene
behaviors of an individual that governs a characteristic
A. allele
270. Which statements about mitosis are cor-
B. phenotype
rect?1 Mitosis produces genetically identi-
cal cells.2 Mitosis produces genetically dif- C. gene
ferent cells.3 Mitosis produces gametes.4 D. genetic variation
Mitosis produces body cells.
276. If a trait, like colorblindness, is a sex-
A. 1 and 3 linked trait, who is more likely to get the
B. 1 and 4 disorder?
C. 3 and 4 A. Females
D. 2 and 3 B. Males
C. Females and males equally
271. Photograph of chromosomes grouped in
D. No one is likely to get the disorder
ordered pairs
A. pedigree 277. The inheritance pattern in which two al-
leles are both expressed in the heterozy-
B. Punnett Square gous individual is called
C. Venn Diagram A. Polygenic
D. Karyotype B. Multiple alleles

C. Codominance C. 10
D. Incomplete dominance D. 16
278. Gene A, B, and C are on the same chro- 283. An organism’s genetic makeup, or allele
mosome. Gene A separates from gene B combination
15% of the time and gene B separates A. fertilization
from gene C 2% of the time. How far
apart are genes A and C in gene map? B. genotype
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A. 2 map units C. phenotype
D. heterozygous
B. 15 map units
C. 17 map units 284. A curly haired man married a straight
haired woman. All of their children have
D. 30 map units
wavy hair. What type of dominance does
279. Disorders on the X chromosome affect this show?
at a higher frequency. A. Codominance
A. males B. Incomplete dominance
B. females C. Dominant / Recessive Inheritance Pat-
C. They affect both males and females tern
evenly D. none of above
D. none of the above 285. According to , genes that are closer
280. A Punnett square shows you all the ways together on a chromosome, have a higher
in which can combine. chance of being inherited together.
A. Genes A. Gene Linkage
B. phenotypes B. Polygenic
C. Alleles C. Pleiotropy
D. Epistasis
D. dogs
286. If short hair (L) is dominant to long hair
281. Which substance is coded for by a length
(l), then to determine the genotype of a
of DNA?
short-haired animal it should be crossed
A. fat with
B. fatty acid A. LL
C. glycerol B. Ll
D. lipase C. ll
282. There are three different genotypes re- D. all of these
sulting from a monohybrid self cross. How 287. Why do humans have such a wide vari-
many different genotypes would there be ety of phenotypes when it comes to eye
from a dihybrid self cross? color?
A. 4 A. it is controlled by many different genes
B. 8

B. the gene for eye color has three alleles 293. How much of your DNA do you inherit
from your mother?

C. eye color is controlled by sex-linked A. 10%
genes
B. 25%
D. eye color is controlled by a recessive
allele C. 50%
288. Testing the amniotic fluid for birth de- D. it varies

fects.
294. Cell division in which sister chromatids
A. Chorionic Villi Sampling fail to separated properly is called:
B. Ultrasound
C. Amniocentesis
B. non-disjunction
D. Embryo Test
C. polygenic division
289. Which genetic disorder causes the body
D. karyotyping
to produce unusually thick mucus in the
lungs and intestines?
295. The ABO blood grouping system has alle-
A. hemophilia les of IA, IB and i. What is this an exam-
B. Down syndrome ple of?a) co-dominanceb) multiple allelesc)
sex-lingaged) polygenic traits
C. cystic fibrosis
D. sickle-cell disease A. only
B. and b) only
290. There are autosomes in humans.
A. 2 C. and c) only
B. 23 D. and d) only
C. 46
296. Which condition is inherited as a domi-
D. 44 nant allele?
291. A pattern of inheritance in which a trait A. cystic fibrosis
is carried on one of the sex-determining
B. albinism
chromosomes.
C. Huntington’s disease
A. Dominant Inheritance
B. Co-dominance D. Tay-Sacs disease
C. Incomplete dominance 297. A person does not have antigen A or anti-
D. Sex-linked inheritance gen B in the red blood cells. What is his
blood type?
292. How many of Mendel’s laws are there?
A. Blood type O
A. 3
B. 2 B. Blood type AB
C. 1 C. Blood type A
D. 4 D. Blood type B

298. Pairs of genes that control the same trait 303. Snap dragon color is a incomplete domi-
are known as nant trait. A red flower (RR) is crossed
with white flower (WW). What color are
A. allelles
flowers that are heterozygous?
B. gametes
A. Red
C. hybrids B. Red and White
D. loci C. White
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299. Assume alleles A and a for a trait. If D. Pink
two heterozygous individuals are crossed, 304. What is the phenotype of a person with
what is the resulting genotypic ratio? the genotype AO?
A. 1:2:1 (1AA:2Aa:1aa) A. type A
B. 3:1 B. type O
C. 1:2 C. AA
D. 1:4 D. OO
300. Sex determination in mammals is deter- 305. If an organism’s diploid number is 46,
mined by the in the chromosome. what is its haploid number?
A. SRY gene; X A. 2
B. 23
B. SRY gene; Y
C. 46
C. HERC2; 15
D. 92
D. BRCA1; 6
306. When genes with three or more alleles
301. What happens to the chromosome num- control traits
ber after meiosis and after mitosis? A. incomplete dominance
A. meiosis-halved; mitosis-halved B. polygenic
B. meiosis-halved; mitosis-stays the C. co-dominant
same
D. multiple alleles
C. meiosis-stays the same; mitosis-
halved 307. What gametes can be made from this par-
ents genes?AaBb
D. meiosis-stays the same; mitosis-stays
the same A. AA, aa, BB, bb
B. AB, ab
302. geneticists call how a trait appears or de-
C. A, a, B, b
scribed
D. AB, Ab, aB, ab
A. phenotype
308. Yellow, chocolate, and black Labrador Re-
B. genotype
trievers are a result of which inheritance
C. gene pattern?
D. allele A. Epistasis

B. Pleiotropy C. a trait found on the X chromosome

C. Multiple Alleles D. a codominant allele

D. Polygenic inheritance 314. The combination of genes for a specific
trait is a
309. is a situation in which both alleles in
a heterozygote have an effect on the phe- A. genetic variation
notype. B. genotype
A. codominance C. gene
B. incomplete dominance D. allele
C. dominance 315. Whats co-dominance?
D. homozygous A. describes an allele that masks the phe-
notypic effect of the other
310. Which disease is an example of sex-
linked (X-linked) inheritance? B. the case in which the hetero-zygote
displays characteristics of both alleles.
A. AIDS
C. describes the genotype of a trait for
B. Down syndrome
C. Sickle-cell anemia are the same
D. Hemophilia D. none of above
311. A cross between a red flower and a white 316. If a human is composed of 46 chromo-
flower produces red and white spotted somes, how many chromosomes would be
flowers. Which type of inheritance pattern in a human SPERM (sex) cell?
is indicated by these results? A. 23
A. polygenic B. 25
B. codominance C. 46
C. multiple alleles D. 52
D. incomplete dominance
317. Which of the following would be an ex-
312. Originally, Mendel crossed two true ample of codominant inheritance in hu-
breeding plants (RR x rr) for Round and mans
Wrinkled peas. What is the genotype(s) A. Type A
of the offspring that he then allowed to B. Type AB
self-pollinate in the first generation?
C. Type O
A. RR x Rr
D. Type B
B. Rr x Rr
318. Complex molecule that carries genetic
C. rr x RR
information that defines an organism’s
D. rr x Rr traits. It is stored in the nucleus.
313. A wild type is: A. DNA
A. the dominant allele B. protein
B. the phenotype most commonly found C. RNA
in nature D. glucose nucleic acid (GNA)

319. Purple nails are completely dominant C. it depends on the trait

over pink nails. If you cross two heterozy- D. none of above
gous parents for purple nails what per-
centage of their offspring will have purple 324. What is the passing of traits from par-
nails? ents to offspring known as?
A. 100% A. Heredity
B. 25% B. Genetics
C. Punnett Square
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C. 75%
325. Which of these is an inherited trait for
320. What defines a diploid nucleus?
humans?
A. a nucleus containing two sets of chro-
A. knowing how to read
mosomes
B. speaking English
B. a nucleus containing two unpaired
chromosomes C. being able to play the violin
C. a nucleus with two alternative forms D. having two arms
of a gene 326. In snapdragons, heterozygotes have pink
D. a nucleus with two separate threads of flowers, whereas homozygotes have red
DNA or white flowers. When plants with
red flowers are crossed with plants with
321. An allele that is expressed on the pheno- white flowers, what proportion of the off-
type when there is one or two of it, it can spring will have pink flowers?
mask the recessive allele. it is represented
A. 50%
with a capital letter.
B. 25%
A. recessive
C. 100%
B. heterozygous
D. 75%
C. dominant
327. This trait is hidden whenever the domi-
D. phenotype
nant allele is present
322. Tall (T) is dominant over dwarf (t) in a A. dominant allele
species of plant. A tall plant has an un-
B. codominance
known genotype. Which plant should it be
crossed with to ascertain this? C. recessive allele
A. TT D. Punnett Square
B. Tt 328. Pea plants can be either yellow or green.

Yellow is the dominant trait and green is
C. tt
the recessive. What would the genotype
D. none of above be of a green pea plant?
323. For a given trait, you get allele from A. YY
you mom and allele from your dad. B. Yy
A. 1;1 C. yy
B. 2;2 D. there is no way to know for sure

329. What type of chart is used to help or- 334. A human usually has total chromo-
ganize study and predict genetic inheri- somes in each cell.
tance?

A. 6
A. Punnett square
B. 22
B. flow chart
C. 23
C. graph
D. diagram D. 46
330. When Mendel crossed true-breeding tall 335. One gene from an inherited pair is called
plants (TT) with true-breeding short plants this.
(tt), all of the offspring were tall because
A. an allele
A. The allele for tall plants is recessive. B. a cell

B. The allele for short plants is dominant. C. a chromosome
D. a trait
C. The allele for tall plants is dominant
D. none of above 336. what is heredity
331. What should you use to predict the traits A. the greater resemblance of offspring
of offspring when you know the genes of of to parents than to other individuals in
two parents? the population
A. a graph B. the case in which the the heterozygote

has a phenotype intermediate between
B. a flow chart
those of the two homozygotes
C. a data table
C. genes that are close to each other on
D. a Punnett square a chromosome
332. Diagram that can be used to predict the D. none of above
genotype and phenotype combinations of
a genetic cross 337. Characteristics that are passed from par-
A. Punnett square ent to offspring are called this.
B. Heterozygous A. acquired traits
C. Incomplete dominance B. inherited traits
D. Multiple allele
C. sex cells
333. Homologous chromosomes will have sim- D. sexual reproduction
ilar genes on them. However, they could
have different versions of these genes. 338. Which of the following is a sex cell?
These different versions are called
A. Chromosome
A. Mutants
B. Recombinants B. Egg
C. Alleles C. Gene
D. Mendel’s code D. Trait

339. whats a pedigree? 344. Errors in meiosis or damaging agents

such as radiation can cause breakage of a
A. in genetics a type of family tree that
chromosome which can lead to changes in
maps the occurrence of a trait in a family
chromosome structure such as
B. A contract
A. deletion and inversion
C. written description of all genes world-
B. linking and unlinking
wide
C. recombination
D. none of above
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D. formation of a Barr body
340. A person heterozygous for wet earwax
345. A chart or “family tree” that tracks
mates with a person homozygous reces-
which members of a family have a particu-
sive for dry earwax. What is the chance
lar trait
their baby is heterozygous?
A. Gene
A. 0%
B. Pedigree
B. 25%
C. Punnett Square
C. 50%
D. Dominant
D. 100%
346. When Mendel crossed yellow-seeded and
341. Tt is- green-seeded pea plants, all the offspring
A. homozygous dominant were yellow-seeded. When he took these
F1 yellow-seeded plants and crossed them
B. homozygous recessive to green-seeded plants, what genotypic
C. heterozygous ratio was expected?
D. none of these A. 1:2:1
B. 3:1
342. What do you call the non-Mendelian in-
heritance pattern where neither trait is C. 1:1
dominant and the traits appear to blend D. 1:1:1:1
together in heterozygous individuals?
347. What is the diploid number in human
A. Codominance cells?
B. Incomplete dominance A. 2
C. Polygenic traits B. 23
343. What genotype is present most among D. 92

the progeny (F2) of a dihybrid cross (AaBb 348. characteristic that is inherited; can be ei-
x AaBb)? ther dominant or recessive
A. AaBb A. genes
B. AAbb B. allele
C. aaBB C. chromosome
D. AABB D. trait

349. The inheritance pattern of hemophilia is 355. Which generation represents the initial
A. autosomal dominant cross?

B. autosomal recessive A. P generation
C. sex-linked dominant B. F1 generation
D. sex-linked recessive C. F2 generation
350. X linked recessive traits affect mostly D. O generation
A. males
356. Codominance definition
B. females
A. in genetics a type of family tree that
C. both equally maps the occurrence of a trait in a family
D. none of the above often over many generations
351. Dominant alleles are- B. alternative versions of a gene

A. capital C. the case in which the heterozygote dis-
B. lowercase plays characteristics of both alleles
C. both D. none of above

D. neither 357. Photograph of chromosomes grouped in
352. is the genetic make-up of an individ- ordered pairs is called a
ual organism. A. pedigree
A. Phenotype B. Punnett Square
B. Genotype
C. Venn Diagram
C. Karyotype
D. Karyotype
D. Chromosome
358. Brown (B) is dominant over white (b).
353. The chromosomes that determine all
Which genotype is a purebred for brown
traits, except gender are called:
fur?
A. Karyotypes
A. BB
B. Autosomes
B. Bb
C. Sex Chromosomes
D. none of above C. bb
D. All of the above
354. In cattle, hide color is CODOMINANT. If
a tan cow (WW) mates with a brown cow
359. What must be the genotype of a color-
(RR) what will the offspring look like?
blind female?
A. Tan, because W is dominant
A. XCXC
B. Brown because R is dominant
B. XCXc
C. Tan with brown spots because both W
and R are dominant C. XcXc
D. Light brown because WR is hybrid D. XcXC

360. How many alleles (letters) does a child 365. Some genetic disorders are caused by
get from each parent for each trait? what?
A. 1 A. alleles
B. 2 B. Mutations in the DNA of genes
C. 3 C. Phenotype
D. Genotype
D. 4
366. The set of alleles for a trait of an organ-
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361. Crossing an organism with an unknown ism is known as
genotype for a trait with an organism that
is homozygous recessive is called a A. homozygous
B. heterozygous
A. Punnet Square
C. phenotype
B. Testcross
D. genotype
C. Mendelian cross
367. Having two different alleles for a given
D. heterozygote
trait, usually one dominant and one reces-
sive
362. What gender has an X and a Y chromo-
some? A. Recessive
A. male B. Genotype
B. female C. Phenotype
D. Heterozygous
C. transgender
D. all of the above 368. Which of these is a learned behavior for
a dog?
363. A cross between two tall garden pea A. walking on four legs
plants produced 314 tall plants and 98
B. rolling over on command
short plants. What genotypes are the par-
ents? C. barking
A. TT and tt D. panting
B. TT and Tt 369. Polygenic inheritance is very common in

determining characteristics that are
C. Tt and Tt
A. Qualitative in nature.
D. TT and TT
B. Quantitative in nature.
364. A chromosome that is not directly in- C. Primarily hidden.
volved in determining sex, as opposed to
D. simple Mendelian traits
a sex chromosome is called a
A. autosome 370. A process in which homologous chromo-
somes cross over each other & exchange
B. chromosome DNA is known as:
C. allele A. anaphase
D. karyotype B. cytokinesis

C. crossing-over 376. Which of the following statement is TRUE

D. ETC about allele?

A. Alleles are codes for recessive traits
371. In a make believe world, Panda bears are
B. Alleles are alternative form of genes
the offspring of a black bear and a polar
bear because bear coat color follows what C. Recessive allele produces phenotype
kind of inheritance pattern? for heterozygous
A. Codominance D. When both alleles are same, the indi-
vidual is heterozygous
B. Incomplete dominance
C. Epistatic inheritance 377. How many pairs of chromosomes does
each person have?
D. Additive inheritance
A. 46
372. Which of the following could be the geno- B. 23
type of a carrier?
C. 2
A. BB
D. 1, 046, 023
B. Hh
378. Variations of a trait are
C. tt
A. genes
D. DD
B. chromosomes
373. Which of the following alleles is homozy- C. hybrids
gous recessive?
D. alleles
A. Tt
B. tt 379. How many traits did Mendel study in his
pea plants?
C. TT
A. 1
D. T
B. 3
374. How many alleles does someone have for C. 5
a genotype?
D. 7
A. 1
380. A is a chart or family tree that tracks
B. 2 which members of a family have a particu-
C. 3 lar trait.
D. 4 A. Punnett square
B. Pedigree
375. Male to male transmission (fathers to
sons) is NOT seen in which type of inheri- C. Karyotype
tance? D. History Check
A. AD
381. What combination represents a “het-
B. AR erozygous” genotype?
C. X-linked A. TT
D. seen in all types B. tt

C. Tt C. They have codominance.

382. If short hair (L) is dominant to long hair 387. The scientific study of heredity is
(l), then what fraction of the offspring pro-
duced by a cross of Ll x ll will be homozy- A. Genetics
gous dominant? B. Punnett squares
A. 1/2 C. Inheritance
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B. 1/4
D. Biology
C. 1/3
D. none (no chance for this offspring) 388. This law describes how each homologous
pair separates independently of any other
383. A man with crooked teeth marries a pairs during Anaphase I of meiosis
woman with straight teeth. Most of the
A. Law of Segregation
their children have straight teeth.
B. Law of Independent Assortment
B. incomplete dominance C. Law of Gravity
C. codominance D. Law of Mathematical Order

D. none of above 389. A test that uses sound waves to create a
sonogram.
384. In alleles for blood type, “A” and “B”
shows what type of dominance? A. Amniocentesis
A. Incomplete dominance B. Ultrasound
B. Codominance C. Germinal Sampling
C. Complete dominance D. Chorionic Villi Sampling
D. Recessiveness
390. Besides genetics, what else influences an
385. Gregor Mendel is known as the: organism’s phenotype?
A. Father of Genetics A. environment
B. Father of Heredity
B. diet
C. Father of Pea Plants
C. stage of the organism’s life cycle
D. Father of the Punnett Square
D. all of these are true
386. If a homozygous dominant red fish is
crossed with a homozygous white fish, 391. The passing of characters from parents to
but all the offspring are pink. What can offspring is called?
we conclude about the offsprings’ pheno- A. Monohybrid cross
type?
B. Heredity
A. They are both dominant and recessive
C. True breeding
B. They have incomplete dominance D. Genetics

392. If a pea plant has a gray seed coat color, 397. is the observable physical or biochem-
is that the pea plants phenotype of geno- ical characteristics of an individual organ-
type? ism, determined by genetic make-up and

the environment.
A. genotype
A. Genotype
B. I don’t really care
B. Phenotype
C. BLAH BLAH BLAH
C. Karyotype
D. phenotype
D. Chromosome
393. A trait associated with a gene that is car-
398. What is it called when a gene carries two
ried on the X or Y chromosome.
of the same alleles?
A. sex linked
A. Homozygous
B. polygenic
B. Heterozygous
C. multiple alleles C. Monozygous
D. codomiance D. Mamazygous
394. What is a suspected heterozygous indi- 399. Which of the following alleles is homozy-
vidual crossed with in a test cross? gous (purebred) recessive?
A. Homozygous dominant A. Tt
B. Homozygous Recessive B. tt
C. Heterozygous dominant C. TT
D. Heterozygous recessive D. t
395. What is the definition of heterozygous? 400. If a Homozygous red snapdragon and
a Heterozygous pink snapdragon were
A. when an individual has two sets of the crossed-what percentage of the offspring
same allele would be homozygous white?
B. when it is neither dominant or reces- A. 0%
sive
B. 25%
C. A pair of genes where one is dominant
C. 50%
and one is recessive.
D. 75%
D. none of above
401. R=round seedr=wrinkled seed.Cross
396. If the results of a testcross reveal that a homozygous round with a wrinkled.
all offspring resemble the parents being Which statement predicts the results?
tested, then it may be concluded that the
parents are A. offspring will be Rr
B. offspring will be RR
A. heterozygous
C. round seeds will be recessive to wrin-
B. polygenic
kled
C. homozygous
D. Wrinkled will be observed in half of off-
D. recessive spring

402. One reason for Mendel’s success with ge- C. G and G

netic studies of peas was that he D. G and T
A. used only hybrid pea plants
408. Another word for homozygous is
B. used peas with large chromosomes
A. purebred
C. studied large numbers of offspring
B. hybrid
D. discovered the sources of variation in
peas C. heterozygous
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403. When, in a hybrid (heterozygous), BOTH D. dominant
alleles are expressed, the type of domi- 409. type of cell division where one body cell
nance is produces for gametes, each containing half
A. complete dominance the number of chromosomes in a parent’s
B. incomplete dominance body.
C. codominance A. mesiosis
D. multiple alleles B. mitosis
C. sperm
404. alleles of a gene are the same
D. egg
A. heterozygous
B. homozygous 410. Which of the following traits exhibit dis-
C. gene continuous variation?
D. phenotype A. weight
B. IQ (intelligence quotient)
405. What does a horizontal line between a
square and a circle mean? C. skin colour
A. They are siblings D. left or right handedness
B. They are cousins 411. Hemophilia is a recessive x-linked disor-
C. They are married (”together”) der. Which genotype represents a female
who is a carrier for hemophilia?
D. They are the children
A. XHXh
406. one of the pair of chromosomes responsi-
ble for determining the sex of an individ- B. XhXh
ual C. XHXH
A. karyotype D. XhY
B. sex chromosome
412. A carrier of a genetic disorder who does
C. genotype not show symptoms is most likely to be
D. pedigree to transmit it to offspring.
A. heterozygous for the trait and able
407. When bases pair up in the formation of
DNA, what is one of the pairings? B. heterozygous for the trait and unable
A. G and A C. homozygous for the trait and able
B. G and C D. homozygous for the trait and unable

413. whats genotype? C. Homozygous Recessive

A. physical appearance and inheritance D. none of above

B. how an animal looks because of genes 419. If all offspring of a cross have the geno-
type Aa, the parents of the cross would
C. the genes that an organism carries for most likely be
a particular trait A. AA x aa
D. none of above B. Aa x Aa
414. According to the Law of Segregation, al- C. Aa x aa
leles are separated during the process of D. AA x Aa
420. How many alleles (letters) do each per-
A. Mitosis son carry for a trait?
B. Meiosis A. 1
C. Osmosis B. 2
D. Translation C. 3
415. What is NOT a possible genotype for D. 4
someone with type B blood? 421. Alternative forms of a gene at a given
A. BB locus are called
B. AB A. chromatids
C. BO B. alleles
D. none of above C. loci
D. chiasmata
416. The trait that will be expressed only if
two copies of the allele are present. 422. What is the definition of Homozygous?
A. Recessive A. When one allele is dominant and one
is recessive
B. Dominant
B. When an individual has two sets of the
C. DNA
same allele.
D. none of above
C. when it is neither dominant or reces-
417. If short hair (L) is dominant to long hair sive
(l), animals LL and Ll have the same D. none of above
A. genotypes. 423. A male beetle has the genotype Ttbb. If
B. phenotypes. this beetle mates with a female with geno-
type TTBb, what is the chance their off-
C. alleles.
spring will have the genotype TtBb?
D. genes.
A. 3/16
418. Tt is an example of B. 4/16
A. Homozygous Dominant C. 8/16
B. Heterozygous D. 12/16

424. An individual who is heterozygous for a A. BB and Bb

recessive disorder is called a(n)- B. Bb and bb
A. carrier
C. BB only
B. pedigree
D. Bb only
C. autosome
430. If a gene is found only on the X chromo-
D. affected
some and not the Y chromosome, it is said
to be what?
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425. How many chromosomes are found in the
nucleus of a human sperm cell? A. sex-linked trait
A. 23 B. polygenic trait
B. 92 C. codominant trait
C. 46 D. incomplete dominance trait
D. 18
431. If an organism that is homozygous reces-
426. What is the genotype for a pea plant sive for a trait is crossed with a heterozy-
heterozygous for round seeds (R), and ho- gote, what is the chance of getting a ho-
mozygous recessive for green seeds (y)? mozygous recessive phenotype in the first
A. Ry generation?
B. RRyy A. 0%
C. RrYy B. 25%
D. Rryy C. 50%
D. 100%
427. Assume G codes for green color and g for
yellow. If two heterozygotes are crossed, 432. In a certain species of animal, black fur
what is the resulting phenotypic ratio? (B) is dominant over tan fur (b). Which
A. 100% green type of dominance does this cross show?
B. 100% yellow A. Complete Dominance
C. 3:1 (3 green, 1 yellow) B. Incomplete Dominance
D. 1:2:1 C. Codominance
428. Codominance results in D. Polygenic Inheritance
A. Full expression of both alleles 433. Green scales are completely dominant
B. A blend of the two alleles. over red scales. If you cross two heterozy-
gous parents for green scales, what are
C. Expression of the more dominant trait
the chances of their offspring being het-
erozygous green scales?
D. Expression of the more recessive trait
A. 0%
429. Which of the following represents the B. 100%
possible genotypes resulting from a cross
between an individual heterozygous (Bb) C. 50%
and one that is homozygous (bb)? D. 25%

434. Where is DNA mostly found within a pink flowers ( CRCW). If two pink flow-
cell? ers are crossed, what is the probability of
having a pink flower?

A. . in the ribosomes within the nucleus
B. in the cytoplasm within the cell wall A. 0%
C. in the chromosomes within the nu- B. 25%

cleus C. 50%
D. . in the mitochondria within the cell D. 75%
wall
440. How many alleles does an individual
435. Colorblindness is a recessive, X-linked have for each trait?
trait. Which of the following could be the A. 1
genotype of a colorblind male? (using the
letter “B” for the gene) B. 2
A. XB Y C. 3
B. Xb Y D. 4
C. X Yb 441. Which of Mendel’s laws states that alle-

D. X YB les are separated during meiosis?
A. Law of Dominance
436. A can determine an exact genotype.
B. Law of Segregation
A. test cross
C. Law of Independent Assortment
B. hybridization process
D. Law of Meiosis
C. phenotype
442. If you crossed two tall pea plants and
D. genome
25% of the offspring are dwarf pea
437. If all F1 generation is Aa, then the ex- plants, what can you deduce about the par-
pected crossing between parents’ geno- ents genotypes?
types are A. You can’t tell anything for sure
A. AA x Aa B. One of them is homozygous recessive
B. AA x aa C. They are both heterozygotes
C. Aa x Aa D. They express codominance
D. none of above
443. If “S” stands for a dominant form of
438. One form of a gene is called the “smooth” gene in a plant (producing
smooth leaves), and “s” stands for a re-
A. a DNA cessive form of the “smooth” gene (pro-
B. a Phenotype ducing wrinkled leaves), what gene struc-
C. a trait ture would a hybrid plant have?
D. an allele A. SS
B. Ss
439. When a plant with red flowers (CRCR) is
crossed with a plant that has white flow- C. ss
ers ( CWCW), the resulting offspring has D. none of above

444. Which of the following is the evidence C. internal fertilization

used mainly in the construction of a link- D. external fertilization
age map?
A. Rf value 450. The Law of Independent Assortment
states:
B. Crossover value
A. most genes are inherited together
C. RQ value
D. Microscopy B. organisms inherit two alleles (one
from each parent) during sexual reproduc-
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445. Any observable trait is the individual’s tion.
A. genetics C. recessive genes can never be ex-
B. genes pressed
C. genotype D. allele pairs separate independently

during the formation of gamete
D. phenotype
451. What conclusion about gene linkage did
446. Dominant alleles are represented by a:
Thomas Hunt Morgan reach?
A. Male gene
A. Linked traits are on different chromo-
B. lowercase letter somes.
C. recessive trait B. Fruit flies have eight linkage groups.
D. capital letter C. Genes assort independently during
447. what’s a dominant allele? meiosis.
A. describes the genotype of a trait for D. Chromosomes assort independently

which the two alleles an individual carries during meiosis.
are the same
452. How can genetic counselors predict ge-
B. an individual that is heterozygous at netic disorders/
two genetic zygous
A. by studying karyotypes and pedigree
C. all answers are correct charts
D. describes an allele that masks the phe- B. by taking pictures of a baby before it is
notypic effect of the other born
448. Each human gamete contains how many C. by exploring new methods of genetic
alleles for a given gene. engineering
A. 1 D. by eliminating codominant alleles in
B. 2 the parents
C. 3 453. The 23rd pair of chromosomes that differ
D. 23 in males and females are called
A. autosomes
449. Type of reproduction that makes an iden-
tical copy of a parent cell B. sex chromosomes
A. sexual reproduction C. multiple alleles
B. asexual reproduction D. polygenic

454. If a woman has type A blood and her child 459. What is the genotype of a person with
has type O blood, the father must have type A blood, who had a father with type
which of the following blood types? O blood?

A. A, B, or O A. AB
B. A or O B. AO
C. AB or B C. AA
D. OO
D. O only
460. How many PAIRS of sex chromosomes do
455. If a colorblind male marries a woman humans have?
who is a carrier, what percentage of their
FEMALE children will be colorblind? A. 23
B. 46
A. 0%
C. 1
B. 25%
D. 2
C. 50%
D. 100% 461. Evolution is
A. changes over time in populations
456. The genotype is the B. natural process that passes favorable
A. physical appearance traits
B. Genetic makeup C. historical timeline of fossils
C. Alleles gained from one parent D. the process in which an animal dies out
D. none of above 462. the genetic makeup of an organism

A. heterozygous
457. What is the relationship between pheno-
type and genotype? B. punnet square
A. The phenotype determines the geno- C. genotype

type. D. phenotype
B. The genotype determines the pheno- 463. How are Incomplete Dominance and
type. Co Dominance different than traditional
C. There is no relationship between phe- crosses?
notype and genotype. A. There is no difference
D. none of above B. The heterozygous genotype has a
unique phenotype
458. How many phenotypes are there in ABO
C. There is no heterozygous genotype
blood types?
D. There is only one phenotype regard-
A. 3 less of genotype.
B. 4
464. Genes for a specific trait are generally in-
C. 6 herited this many at a time.
D. 12 A. 0

B. 1 470. A straight horn unicorn mates with a spi-

C. 2 ral horn unicorn. Their offspring has a
zigzag horn.
D. 3
465. Which sex chromosomes would indicate a
typical human male? B. incomplete dominance
A. XX C. codominance
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B. X D. none of above
C. XY
471. A rabbit with white fur was crossed with
D. XXY
a rabbit with black fur. The cross produced
466. The set of genes carried by an organism offspring with black and white fur. This
is called this. type of inheritance is known as
A. dominant A. dihybrid recessive
B. genotype B. dominance
C. phenotype C. codominance
D. recessive
D. multiple alleles
467. a length of DNA that codes for a protein
is called 472. The factor that covers up another factor
A. an allele is a?
B. a gene A. Recessive gene

C. a chromosome B. not the best one
D. a phenotype C. allele
468. whats a dihybrid cross D. dominant factor
A. an individual that is heterozygous at
two genetic zygous 473. Where is DNA in a human cell?
B. a trait controlled by a gene on a sex A. Cytoplasm
chromosome
B. Cell membrane
C. a mating in which the homozygous re-
cessive individuals of unknown genotype C. Nucleus
that have the dominant phenotype D. Vacuole
D. none of above
474. An organism for which 2 alleles for a
469. A normal human karyotype displays gene are the same
pairs of autosomes.
A. Dominant
A. 22
B. 23 B. Recessive
C. 44 C. Pure Breeding
D. 46 D. Hybrid

475. In a pedigree, if an organism is half 480. Point Mutation:SubstitutionCGA TAG →

shaded in and half not shaded in, what are CGA TAC
two terms that are correct about that or-

A. Nucleotide/Base is removed
ganism?
B. Nucleotide/Base is inserted
A. heterozygote / carrier
C. Nucleotide/Base is replaced with an-
B. homozygote / carrier other
C. heterozygote / affected D. none of above
D. homozygote / affected
481. Considering tall plant is dominant over
476. A woman who is a carrier of an X-linked dwarf plant. To determine the genotype
recessive trait will have a chance of of a tall plant, we should cross the plant
passing that trait to her sons. with:
A. 0% A. a tall plant of different species
B. 50% B. a tall plant of the same species
C. 25% C. a dwarf plant of different species
D. 100% D. a dwarf plant of the same species
482. polygenic means that control a char-

477. According to Mendel, what kind of genes
acteristic
“disappear” in F1 pea plants
A. many genes
A. sex-linked
B. single genes
B. dominant
C. 3 genes
C. recessive
D. no genes
D. codominant
483. Who was the scientist that studied pea
478. What type of inheritance occurs when the plants to determine heredity?
phenotypes of parents blend in the off-
spring? A. Rosalind Franklin
A. dominant B. Leroy Jethro Gibbs
B. recessive C. Gregor Mendel
C. incomplete dominance D. James Watson
D. codominance 484. Disorder when blood cells are misshapen,

resulting in a decrease of oxygen and
479. is a section on a chromosome that had ge- caused by a defective allele for a polypep-
netic information for one trait tide in hemoglobin
A. gene A. Duschenne’s muscular dystrophy
B. alleles B. Turner’s Syndrome
C. phenotype C. sickle cell anemia
D. genotype D. Down Syndrome

485. An organism which has two allelic forms 491. a model that predicts possible genotypes
of a particular gene is and phenotypes of offspring
A. genotype A. Punnett Cube
B. hybrid B. Punnett Circle
C. heterozygous
C. Punnett Square
D. homozygous
D. Punnett Rectangle
486. A human usually has total chromo-
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somes. 492. Human blood types are an example of:
A. 6 A. incomplete dominance
B. 22 B. polygenic traits
C. 4 C. multiple alleles
D. 46 D. co-dominance
487. a genetic trait that is expressed in a per-
son who has only one copy of the gene as- 493. Amniocentesis and chorionic villus sam-
sociated with the trait pling allow for and of the fetus
so that it can be tested for abnormalities.
A. genotype
A. imaging biochemical
B. phenotype
C. recessive trait B. imaging karyotyping
D. Dominant trait C. karyotyping biochemical testing
488. Which blood types are codominant? D. none of above
A. IA and IB 494. A man of blood group A and a woman of

B. IA and IO blood group B have a child. If both are
heterozygous for the gene, what are the
C. IB and IO
chances of them having a child with blood
D. IAB and IBA group B?
489. The protective caps at the end of chromo- A. 0%
somes are called:
B. 25%
A. centromeres
C. 50%
B. polygenic caps
D. 75%
C. telomeres
D. dysjunctions 495. When one allele is completely expressed
while the other is masked in the pheno-
490. Which disease or disorder is the result of
type
having an extra chromosome?
A. Complete dominance
A. Cystic Fibrosis
B. Down Syndrome B. Incomplete dominance
C. Colorblindness C. Co-Dominance
D. Sickle-cell Disease D. Homozygous advantage

496. Assume short hair (L) is dominant to 501. What is a trait that will always be ex-
long hair (l) and black hair (B) is domi- pressed in the phenotype?
nant to brown (b). If you found a black

A. a recessive trait
short-haired animal, you could determine
its genotype by crossing it to an animal B. a hybrid trait
with a genotype of C. an incomplete trait
A. LLBB. D. a dominant trait
B. llbb. 502. In some flowers, red and blue flower col-
C. llBB. ors are codominant to each other and pro-
D. LLbb duce speckled flowers.Cross a red flower
with a speckled flower. What is the phe-
497. In an AD inheritance pattern, affected in- notypic ratio?
dividuals would have which of the follow- A. 50% red, 50% speckled
ing genotypes?
B. 50% red, 50% blue
A. AA or Aa
C. 50% blue, 50% speckled
B. aa
D. none of above
C. AA only
D. Aa only 503. Which statement is NOT true of carri-
ers?
498. The “universal recipient” is blood type: A. They are heterozygous for a recessive
A. O disorder
B. A B. They can pass on gene for a recessive
C. B disorder
D. AB C. They express the recessive trait

D. They have one dominant allele
499. If the four existing children in a family
are all sons, what chance would there be 504. Chromosomes that do not control the sex
that the next child would also be a son? of the offspring are called
A. 75% A. sex chromosomes
B. 50% B. somatic chromosomes
C. 25% C. autosomal chromosomal
500. W=white hairw= non-white hairIf you 505. In Mendel’s second experiment, he
cross a horse with WW and a horse with crossed two purple flowers from the F1
ww what fraction of the offspring would generation. What were the resulting phe-
be expected to have white hair? notypes?
A. none A. 100% purple
B. 3/4 B. 100% white
C. 1/2 C. 75% purple, 25% white
D. all D. 75% white, 25% purple

506. carrier? B. Cell membrane

A. describes the genotype of a trait for C. Nucleus
are the same D. Vacuole
B. an individual who carries one allele for 511. A phenotype is the

a recessive trait and does not exhibit the
trait. A. letter combination
B. dominant gene
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C. a trait controlled by a gene on a sex
chromosome C. recessive gene
D. none of above
D. physical appearance
507. Cross?
512. Mating an individual expressing a domi-
A. the breeding of organisms that differ
nant phenotype but those genotype is un-
in one of more traits
known with an individual expressing the
B. an individual that is heterozygous at corresponding recessive phenotype is an
two genetic zygous example of
C. describes the genotype of a trait from A. a heterozygous cross.
parents to offspring from genetic informa-
tion B. an F1 cross.
D. none of above C. a self cross.
508. a recessive genetic disorder that affects D. a test cross

chloride ion uptake in cells causing excess
mucus production is 513. If a son has an X-linked trait, from whom
must he have inherited it?
A. Tay Sachs
A. Mother
B. Cystic Fibrosis
B. Father
C. PKU
D. Albinism C. Mother or Father
D. Depends on whether trait is recessive
509. How are locations of genes determined in
or dominant
gene maps?
A. How often chromosomes separate in 514. The term ‘true breeding’ refers to
anaphase 1
A. organisms that are homozygous for all
B. frequency of genes separating by traits.
crossing over
B. organisms that come from genetically
C. how homologous pairs pair up in pure lines.
metaphase 1
C. organisms that will produces offspring
D. frequency of cells separating in cytoki-
with the same characteristics as the par-
nesis
ents.
510. Where is DNA in a eukaryotic cell? D. organisms that have a high rate of re-
A. Cytoplasm production.

515. You inherited 520. Which of the following would be coded in

A. most of your chromosomes from your your DNA?

mother A. proteins and hormones
B. most of your chromosomes from your B. athletic ability
father
C. reading and speaking
C. a random number of chromosomes
D. dance routines
from each parent
D. half your chromosomes from your 521. Trait determined by more than one gene,
mother and half from your father. sometimes hundreds of genes.
516. The gene responsible for huntington’s dis- A. polygenic

ease normally B. multiple alleles
A. directs vesicle activity C. codominant
B. directs muscle formation D. sex linked
C. directs bone formation
522. Phenotype definition
D. directs lens formation
A. the manifested structure, function,
517. In a pedigree, a half-filled circle repre- and behaviors of an individual the expres-
sents a sion of the genotype of an organism
A. Male carrier (heterozygous) B. a phenomenon in which an individual
gene influences multiple traits
B. Autotroph
C. describes an allele whose phenotypic
C. Female
effect is masked by a dominant allele
D. Female carrier (heterozygous)
D. none of above
518. Micrograph images of chromosomes used
to study possible disorders are called: 523. If there are 2 alleles for a trait, and one
has the ability to totally “cover up” the
A. telomeres other, the one that can be “covered up” is
B. centromeres called
C. karyotypes A. Dominant
D. pedigrees B. Recessive
519. the probability that crossing over may oc- C. Primary

cur between two genes depend on D. Genetic
A. distance of the two genes from the cen-
524. Alleles for these traits are represented
tromere
by lowercase letters.
B. the phenotype controlled by the genes
A. acquired
B. dominant
C. the distance between the two genes
on the chromosome C. hybrid
D. the length of the chromosome D. recessive

525. What do you call the non-Mendelian in- D. genotypes of genetically related family
heritance pattern where both traits are members
dominant and both appear in the organism
with heterozygous genotype? 530. Which of these pertains to Mendel’s law
of independent assortment?
A. Codominance
A. observable characteristics of a trait
B. Incomplete dominance
B. protein production
C. Polygenic traits
C. random distribution of alleles
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D. none of above
D. separation of alleles during meiosis
526. A white mouse with red eyes is crossed
531. When both alleles of a pair are alike, the
with a black mouse with brown eyes. The
organism is said to be
white mouse is recessive for both of its
traits. The black mouse is dominant for A. Homozygous
both of its traits.This cross would be B. Heterozygous
A. BBEE x bbee C. Homologous
B. BBEe x BbEe D. Heterologous
C. BbEE x BbEe 532. A 1:1 phenotypic ratio in a test cross in-
D. BBee x BBEE dicates that
A. the alleles are dominant
527. The trait that will always be expressed
if at least one copy of an allele is present. B. one parent must have been homozy-
gous dominant
A. Recessive
C. the dominant parent was a heterozy-
B. Dominant
gote
C. DNA
D. the alleles segregated randomly
D. none of above
533. What type of inheritance do two alleles
528. When more than two versions of a gene have if their traits blend together?
for a particular trait exist in the human A. Incomplete Dominance
population, it is a trait.
B. Co-Dominance
A. sex-linked
C. Mendelian Inheritance
B. polygenic
D. Homozygous Inheritance
C. epistatic
534. How are Incomplete Dominance and Co
D. multiple allele
Dominance different than a complete dom-
529. What is polygenic inheritance? inance (Mendelian genetics) cross?
A. a phenotype determined by multiple A. There is no difference
genes B. The heterozygous genotype has a
B. a phenotype that is a blend of parents’ unique phenotype
phentotypes C. There is no heterozygous genotype
C. phenotype showing traits of both alle- D. There is only one phenotype regard-
les less of genotype.

535. B-black, b-brown. Two black mice mate 540. The passing of traits from one generation
and have some black and some brown mice. to another.
What is the genotype of the parents?

A. Cell Division
A. BB x Bb
B. Dominance
B. BB x bb
C. Heredity
C. Bb x Bb
D. Recessiveness
D. Bb x bb
541. Which of the following is purebred?
536. A cross between YY and yy parents could
A. AA
produce what type of offspring?
B. aa
A. YY only
C. Aa
B. yy only
D. Both AA and aa
C. Yy only
D. YY, Yy and yy 542. Which inheritance pattern produces off-
spring that have only 2 possible pheno-
537. If a phenotype expresses a recessive types (when looking at the inheritance of
trait, then the genotype is only one gene)?
A. homozygous dominant A. Codominance
B. homozygous recessive B. incomplete dominance
C. heterozygous C. Dominant / Recessive Inheritance Pat-
tern
D. none of above
D. none of above
538. A condition that appears only in individ-
uals who have received two copies of a 543. Blue hair (B) is incompletely dominant to
mutant gene, one copy from each parent. yellow hair (b) and produce green hair in
heterozygous individuals.If you cross two
A. recessive trait
parents with green hair, what percentage
B. mutation of the offspring will have yellow hair?
C. sex chromosome A. 0%
D. anemia B. 25%
539. If XB = normal vision and Xb = colour C. 50%

blind, what are the chances of a colour D. 75%
blind female having a colour blind son if
she has children with a man with normal 544. Which term describes an individual with
vision? two identical alleles for a particular trait?
A. 100% A. homozygous
B. 75% B. heterozygous
C. 50% C. dominant
D. 0% D. recessive

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545. What is a probable reason that a trait 549. Which is the set of alleles that an individ-
skips a generation? ual possesses?
A. The trait is recessive. A. Agene
B. The trait is dominant. B. A genotype
C. The trait has been amplified. C. A genome
D. The trait is extinct. D. A genus
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550. What type of inheritance is determined
546. Which sex chromosomes are present in
by multiple genes located on different chro-
all mature human egg cells (ova)?
mosomes and there can be a range of pos-
A. both X and Y chromosomes sible traits? Ex:Eye Color
B. either X or Y chromosomes A. Codominance
C. only X chromosomes B. Incomplete dominance
D. only Y chromosomes C. Polygenic traits
D. none of above
547. Snap dragon color is a incomplete domi-
nant trait. A red flower (RR) is crossed 551. a test-cross consists of a cross
with white flower (rr)? What color are A. of two pure breeding to find out which
flowers that are Rr? form of a gene is dominant
A. Red B. between two unknown forms to deter-
B. Red and White mine their genotypes
C. White C. between an offspring and its parent

D. of an F1 hybrid to an homozygous re-
D. Pink
cessive
548. a recessive genetic disorder called re- 552. The probability that a human sperm cell
sults in the lack of melanin. (pigment) will carry a Y chromosome is:
A. achondroplasia A. 0%
B. albinism B. 25%
C. cystic fibrosis C. 50%
D. achondroplasia D. 100%
7.3 Molecular Basis of Inheritance

1. found that DNA was the reason that D. Rosalind Franklin
Griffith’s bacterial strains transformed
and killed the mice 2. We cannot predict the correct sequence of
m-RNA from sequence of amino acid. It is
A. Watson and Crick due to which property of genetic code.
B. Hershey and Chase A. universality
C. Meselson and Stahl B. degeneracy

C. unambiguoty 8. The building blocks for a new DNA

D. non overlapping nature molecule are

A. deoxyribose nucleoside monophos-
3. The ends of the linear chromosomes are phates
maintained by
B. deoxyribose nucleoside diphosphates
A. helicase
C. deoxyribose nucleoside triphosphates
B. primase
C. DNA polymerase
D. deoxyribose nucleoside tetraphos-
D. telomerase phates
4. Which one of the following is the starter 9. on the lagging strand of DNA, the poly-
codon? merase cannot just follow the DNA as it is
A. AUG separated. Because of this, it makes small
segments called
B. UGA
A. okazaki fragments
C. UAA
B. restriction fragments
D. UAG
C. ligase
5. In some viruses, DNA is synthesised by us-
ing RNA as template. Such a DNA is called D. SSB proteins
A. A-DNA 10. where translation takeplace

B. B-DNA A. Ribosome
C. cDNA B. Nucleus
D. rDNA C. Cytoplasm
6. Which enzyme proofreads the DNA after D. Mitochondria
replication to catch any mistakes?
11. Which scientist(s) stated that DNA con-
A. primase tains phosphorus while proteins contain
B. proof-read-ase sulfur?
C. DNA polymerase A. Meselson & Stahl
D. helicase B. Hershey & Chase
7. The Hershey-Chase experiment deter- C. Watson & Crick

mined that D. Franklin & Watkins
A. protein and DNA are the hereditory
12. During translation, activated amino acids
materials of viruses
get linked to tRNA. This process is com-
B. protein, not DNA, is the hereditary ma- monly called as
terial of viruses
A. charging of tRNA
C. viruses do not contain hereditary ma-
B. discharging of tRNA
terial
D. DNA, not protein, is the hereditary ma- C. aminoacylation of tRNA
terial of viruses. D. both (a) and (c)

13. DNA replication in bacteria occurs in 19. The amino acid attaches to the tRNA at its
A. G1 Phase A. 5’-end
B. G2 Phase
B. 3’-end
C. S Phase
C. anticodon site
D. M Phase
D. DHUloop.
14. What protein is DNA wrapped around for
packing in preparation for cell division?
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20. Which scientist experimentally proved
A. Histone that DNA is the sole genetic material in
B. DNA bacteriophage?
C. RNA A. Jacob and Monod
D. Primer B. Beadle and Tautum
15. In Lac operon which of the following reg- C. Messelson and Stahl
ulates the switching on and off of the
operon? D. Hershey and Chase
A. Repressor protein
21. First experimental proof for semi-
B. Lactose conservative DNA replication was shown
C. β -galactosidase in
D. Permease A. Streptococcus pneumoniae
16. Which scientist(s) determined that DNA B. Escherichia coli
replication was a semi-conservative pro-
cess? C. Neurospora crassa
A. Meselson & Stahl D. Rattus rattus.
B. Griffith
22. What is the function of tRNA
C. Hershey & Chase
D. Chargaff A. To synthesize protein
17. What is the source of genetic variation B. To help in replication

upon which natural selection operates? C. a binding site for RNA polymerase
A. Genetic Disorders
D. To carry amino acids to ribosome
B. Mutations
C. Chromosomal Issues 23. Sickle cell anemia results from a single
D. Inoperable Cells base substitution in a gene, thus it is an
example of
18. Which is not part of a DNA nucleotide?
A. point mutation
A. phosphate group
B. frame-shift muttion
B. ribose
C. nitrogen base C. silent mutation
D. deoxyribose D. both (a) and (b).

24. If a homozygous recessive is crossed with 29. RNA primase is used show where DNA
a heterozygous individual, what would be polymerase III is to attach to add nu-
the ratio of dominant to recessive individ- cleotides on the exposed lagging strand.

uals in the offspring? What is the name of the promoter strand
A. 1:1 on the DNA lagging strand called?
B. 2:1 A. telomere
C. 3:1 B. TATA box
D. 4:1 C. primer
D. topoisomerase
25. What rule determines how much of each
nucleotide there will be and what does it 30. The following is not a character of RNA:
tell us? A. RNA is unstable and degradable
A. Chargaff’s Rule (C=A & T=G) B. RNA mutates at faster rate than DNA
B. Avery’s Rule (A=G & C=T C. RNA evolves slowly
C. Griffiths Rule (T=C & G=A) D. RNA is catalytic /reactive
D. Chargaff’s Rule (A=T & G=C)
31. If DNA Polymerase is reading the follow-
26. The function of DNA polymerase I is to ing sequence:3’-AATCGC-5’ what will the
enzyme add to the growing DNA strand?
A. add nucleotide complements to the
growing strand. A. 5’-GCGATT-3’
B. remove the RNA primer. B. 5’-TTAGCG-3’
C. bond the Okazaki fragments together C. 5’-AATCGC-3’
on the lagging strand. D. 3’-AATCGC-5’
D. keep the DNA strands from reforming
32. Which of these enzymes is not a part of
after DNA helicase “unzips” them.
DNA Replication?
27. What makes the exact copying of DNA A. Helicase
molecules possible?
B. Topoisomerase
A. Base pairing
C. Ligase
B. Hydrogen bonding between nu-
D. Hexokinase
cleotides
C. Sugar-phosphate backbone 33. Which scientist(s) said that adenine and
guanine equals thymine and cytosine?
D. The double helix shape
A. Franklin & Watkins
28. If the total amount of adenine and thymine B. Chargaff
in a double-stranded DNA is 45%, the
amount of guanine in this DNA will be C. Griffith
A. 22.5% D. Hershey & Chase
B. 27.5% 34. Who discovered the double helix?
C. 45% A. Watson and Crick
D. 55% B. Chargaff

C. Hershey Chase 40. In recombinant DNA methods, the term

D. Rosalind Franklin vector can refer to
A. a SNP marker.
35. What enzyme is responsible for laying B. a plasmid used to transfer DNA into a
down the RNA primers during DNA Repli- living cell.
cation?
C. the enzyme that cuts DNA into restric-
A. Helicase tion fragments.
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B. RNA Primase D. the sticky end of a DNA fragment.
C. Ligase 41. The force that holds DNA together in a dou-
D. There are no RNA primers during DNA ble helix is
Replication A. The force of the twist
36. The fact that a purine base always paired B. covalent bonds
through hydrogen bonds with a pyrimidine C. ionic bonds or ionic interactions
base leads to, in the DNA double helix:
D. hydrogen bonds
A. the antiparallel nature
42. What are the labels and basic parts of a
B. the semiconservative nature nucleotide (the monomer of nucleic acids).
C. uniform width throughout DNA Describe their shape.
D. uniform length in all DNA A. Sugar (Circle), Phosphate (Rectangle),
Base (Circle)
37. Which was the first catalytic molecule dur- B. Phosphate (Circle), Sugar (Pentagon),
ing evolution of life? Base (Rectangle)
A. DNA C. DNA (Triangle), Sulfur (Hexagon),
B. rRNA Base (Rectangle)
C. tRNA D. none of above
D. mRNA 43. Find out the wrongly matched pair with re-
spect to lac operon.
38. Which of the following composes the ribo- A. Inducer-Lactose
somes?
B. Lac z-codes for repressor protein
A. mRNA
C. Presence of glucose-Switches off the
B. tRNA lac operon
C. rRNA D. Repressor protein-Negative control of
D. DNA lac operon
44. In eukaryotic genes, coding sequences are
39. What does DNA have that RNA doesn’t called
A. Presence of thymine A. introns
B. Presence of deoxyribose B. exons
C. Presence of ribose C. regulatory sequence
D. Both a and b D. repretitive DNA

45. Which enzyme is responsible for adding nu- C. contain different genes.
cleotides? D. express different genes.

A. Topoisomerase
51. Chemically, RNA is (i) reactive and (ii) sta-
B. DNA Polymerase ble as compared to DNA.
C. Ligase A. (i) equally, (ii) equally
D. Primase B. (i) less, (ii) more
46. The first genetic material could be C. (i) more, (ii) less
A. protein D. (i) more, (ii) equally
B. cabohydrates 52. Chargaff’s rule states that

C. DNA A. DNA must be replicated before a cell
can divide
D. RAN
B. viruses enter cells without their pro-
47. Packing of DNA makes it difficult for what tein coat
to occur? C. only protein from the infecting phage
A. Cell Regeneration can also be detected in progeny phage
B. Replication D. the amount of cytosine equals the
C. Making of Proteins amount of guanine
D. Building Template Strands 53. The lactose operon is likely to be tran-

scribed when ?
48. If there is an error that occurs in DNA repli-
A. there is glucose but no lactose in the
cation, a nuclease can cut out and replace
cell.
damaged stretches of DNA in a process
called what? B. the cyclic AMP levels are low.
A. Excision Repair C. the cyclic AMP and lactose levels are
both high within the cell.
B. Cell Regeneration
D. there is more glucose in the cell than
C. Protein Synthesis lactose.
D. Strand Binding
54. In DNA, 10% of nitrogen bases are gua-
49. These proteins bind to single-stranded nine.Then find out the percentage of Ade-
DNA to help stabilize the structure during nine.
replication. A. 90
A. Strand-binding Proteins B. 80
B. Transportation Proteins C. 40
C. Leading Strand Proteins D. 20
D. Regular Proteins 55. What enzyme joins Okazaki fragments?
50. Muscle cells differ from nerve cells mainly A. DNA ligase
because they B. primase
A. have unique ribosomes. C. helicase
B. use different genetic codes. D. DNA polymerase

56. The mutations that involve addition, dele- 62. The enzyme peptidyl transferase of
tion or substitution of a single pair in a prokaryotes resides in
gene are referred to as
A. 50S ribosome
A. point mutations
B. 30S ribosome
B. lethal mutations
C. silent mutations C. 40S ribosome
D. retrogressive mutations. D. 60S ribosome
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57. Control of gene expression takes place at
63. Which nitrogen base does RNA have that
the level of
DNA does not?
A. DNA-replication
A. Thymine
B. transcription
C. translation B. Adenine
D. none of the above. C. Uracil
58. At each end of a DNA replication bubble is D. Cytosine
A. a telomere 64. Which of the following statements is the

most appropriate for sickle cell anaemia?
B. a replication fork
A. It cannot be treated with iron supple-
C. a ribosome
ments.
D. an origin of replication
B. It is a molecular disease.
59. Name the person who discovered ‘nuclein’
C. It conferes resistance to acquiring
A. Fredrick Miecher
malaria.
B. Watson
C. Crick
D. Basel 65. Which one of the following is not found in
DNA?
60. Who proposed the semiconservative na-
ture of DNA A. Carbon
A. Fredrick griffith B. Oxygen
B. Francis crick and watson
C. Nitrogen or Hydrogen
C. Darwin
D. Sulfur
D. Meselson and stahl
61. Which component is not directly involved 66. RNA act as genetic material in
in translation?
A. Plants
A. ribosomes
B. Animals
B. tRNA
C. mRNA C. Retro virus
D. DNA D. Bacteria

67. Who proposed semi conservative mode of 72. What amino acid sequence will be gener-
replication in DNA through Experimental ated, based on the following mRNA codon
study in E.coli? sequence? 5’ AUG-UCU-UCG-UUA-UCC-

UUG 3’
A. Griffith
A. met-arg-glu-arg-glu-arg
B. Hershy and Chase
B. met-ser-leu-ser-leu-ser
C. Avery and McCleod
C. met-ser-ser-leu-ser-leu
D. Meselson and Stahl
D. met-glu-arg-arg-glu-leu
68. An enzyme that joins the strands of nucleic
73. Identify the type of RNA which is not in-
acid is
volved in gene expression
A. synthetase
A. rRNA
B. polymerase B. mRNA
C. helicase C. tRNA
D. ligase D. hnRNA
69. In a DNA strand the nucleotides are linked 74. What is the effect of a nonsense mutation
together by in a gene?
A. glycosidic bonds A. It has no effect on the amino acid se-
quence of the encoded protein.
B. phosphodiester bonds
B. It alters the reading frame of the
C. peptide bonds
mRNA.
D. hydorgen bonds. C. It introduces a premature stop codon
into the mRNA.
70. In 125 amino acid sequence if the codon for
25th amino acid is mutated to UAA, then D. It changes an amino acid in the en-
coded protein.
A. A polypeptide of 24 amino acids is
formed 75. Scientists at a university are examining a
B. A polypeptide of 124 amino acids is molecule that contains sugar, phosphate,
formed adenine, and uracil. Which of the follow-
ing molecules is being examined?
C. No polypeptides are formed
A. RNA
D. A polypeptide of 25 amino acids is
B. DNA
formed
C. protein
71. RNA polymerase I, transcribes all the D. enzyme
given types of RNA, except
A. 5.8 s rRNA 76. Which scientists used X-ray crystallogra-
phy to determine the helical structure of
B. 18 s rRNA DNA?
C. 5 s rRNA A. Watson & Crick
D. 28 s rRNA B. Hershey & Chase

C. Meselson & Stahl 82. The initial mechanism for repairing nu-
cleotide errors in DNA is
D. Franklin & Watkins
A. mismatch repair
77. When adding the next monomer to a grow- B. DNA polymerase proofreading
ing DNA strand, the monomer is added to
the C. nucleotide excision repair
D. thymine dimers
A. 1’ carbon of the deoxyribose
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B. 2’ carbon of the deoxyribose 83. When synthesizing a new DNA strand,
DNA polymerase writes
C. 3’ carbon of the deoxyribose
A. 5’ to 3’
D. 4’ carbon of the deoxyribose
B. 3’ to 5’
78. During the replication of DNA, the synthe- C. 3’ to 5’ or 5’ to 3’
sis of DNA as lagging strand takes place D. none of above
in segment, these segments are called
84. What is the role of DNA ligase in the elon-
A. Double helix segments gation of the lagging strand during DNA
B. Satellite segments replication?
C. Kornberg segments A. It catalyzes the lengthening of telom-
eres.
D. Okazaki segments
B. It synthesizes RNA nucleotides to
79. DNA fragments are make a primer.
A. Positively charged C. It unwinds the parental double helix.

D. It joins Okazaki fragments together.
B. Negatively charged
C. Neutral 85. What is the name given to viruses, like
HIV and rabies, that are single-stranded
D. none of above RNA that acts as a template for DNA syn-
thesis?
80. Spliceosomes are not found in cells of
A. retroviruses
A. Fungi
B. proviruses
B. Animals C. viroids
C. Bacteria D. bacteriophage
D. Plants
86. Which of the following is true of DNA but
not of RNA?
81. Which of the following be named for DNA
produced from RNA A. It is made up of a single strand of nu-
cleotides.
A. A-DNA
B. It contains the sugar deoxyribose.
B. B-DNA
C. It leaves the nucleus to translate pro-
C. C-DNA tein.
D. Z-DNA D. It contains the nitrogen base uracil.

87. what is the full form of VNTR 92. Select the incorreclty matched pair.
A. Variable nucleus transfer repeat A. Initation codons-AUG, GUG

B. valuable of number technology repeat B. Stop codons-UAA, UAG, UGA
C. Methionine-AUG
C. Variable number tandem repeats D. Anticodons-mRNA
93. At the end of each replication bubble is a
88. The role of DNA polymerases in DNA repli- Y-shaped region referred to as what?
cation is to A. Okazaki Fragments
A. attach free nucleotides to the new DNA B. Helicase
strand
C. Leading Strand
B. synthesize an RNA primer to initiate
D. Replication Fork
DNA strand synthesis
C. link together short strands of DNA 94. Which one of the following group of
codons is called as degenerate codons?
D. separate the two strands of DNA
A. UAA, UAG and UGA
89. One strand of a DNA molecule has the base
B. GUA, GUG, GCA, GCG and GAA
sequence 5’-ATAGGT-3’. The complemen-
tary base sequence on the other strand of C. UUC, UUG, CCU, CAA and CUG
DNA will be 3’ 5’. D. UUA, UUG, CUU, CUC and CUG
A. TGGAUA
95. Who amongst the following scientist had
B. UAUCCA no contribution in the development of the
C. TATCCA double helix model for the structure of DN
A?
D. ATAGGT
A. Rosalind Franklin
90. A nucleotide includes ? B. Maurice Wilkins
A. pentose sugar C. Erwin Chargaff
B. nitrogenous base D. Meselson and Stahl
C. phosphate group
96. If the sequence of initrogen bases of the
D. all of the above coding strand of DNA in a transcription unit
is:5’-ATGAATG-3’, the sequence of bases
91. Adenine forms hydrogen bonds with in its RNA transcript would be
Thymine from opposite strand and vice-
versa. Similarly, Guanine is bonded with A. 5’-AUG A AUG-3’
Cytosine with H-bonds. B. 5’-UACUU AC-3’
A. two, two C. 5’-CAUUCAU-3’
B. three, three D. 5’-GUAAGUA-3’.
C. two, three
97. If DNA Polymerase is responsible for syn-
D. three, two thesizing DNA on the Leading Strand,

what enzyme synthesizes DNA on the Lag- C. primase

ging Strand? D. topoisomerase
A. Primase
103. A segment of DNA has 120 adenine and
B. RNA Polymerase 120 cytosine bases.The total number of nu-
C. DNA Polymerase cleotides present in the segment is
D. Helicase A. 60
B. 120
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98. A complex of ribosomes attached to a sin-
gle strand of RNA is known as C. 240
A. Polysome D. 480
B. Polymer 104. What is central dogma
C. Polypeptide A. Formation of RNA from DNA and for-
D. Okazaki fragment mation of proteins from RNA
B. Formation of protein from DNA and for-
99. The basis of DNA fingerprinting is mation of RNA from protein
A. Double helix C. Formation of DNA from RNA and for-
B. Errorrs in base sequence mation of protein from DNA
C. Polymorphism in sequence D. None of the above
D. DNA replication 105. The structure of DNA is characterized by
a
100. The codon AUG is
A. right-or-left-handed double helix and
A. Ochre antiparallel strands
B. Amber B. right-handed double helix and antipar-
C. Initiation codon allel strands
D. Termination codon C. right-handed single helix
D. right-handed single helix and parallel
101. The nitrogenous bases (and the two
strands
strands of the DNA double helix) are held
together by 106. coupled transcription and translation
A. weak van der Waals forces found in
B. covalent bonds A. Prokaryotes
C. hydrogen bonds B. E.coli
D. a and b C. Both A&B
D. Plants
102. The unwinding of DNA at the replication
fork causes twisting and strain in the DNA 107. The experiments of Meselson and Stahl
ahead of the fork, which is relieved by an showed that DNA
enzyme called A. replicates in a semiconservative fash-
A. ligase ion
B. helicase B. is composed of nucleotides

C. codes for the amino acid sequences of C. an enzyme that catalyzes the associa-
proteins tion between the large and small riboso-
mal subunits

D. is the genetic material
D. an enzyme that uses RNA as a sub-
108. The removal of the RNA primer and ad- strate
dition of DNA nucleotides to the 3’ end of
Okazaki fragments in its place is carried 113. Removal of introns and joining of exons
out by in a defined order in a transcription unit is
A. nuclease called
B. primase A. Tailing
C. ligase B. Transformation
D. DNA polymerase C. Capping
D. Splicing
109. Which of the following phenomena was
experimentally proved by Meselson and 114. Which of the following help(s) to hold the
Stahl? DNA strands apart while they are being
A. Transformation replicated?
B. Transduction A. RNA primase
C. Semi-conservative DNA replication B. single-strand binding proteins
D. Central dogma C. DNA polymerase I
D. DNA ligase
110. If a codon consists of 3 bases and there
are 5 different kinds of bases in a nucleic 115. If there are 999 bases in an RNA that
acid altogether. How many codon will be codes for a protein with 333 amino acids,
there? and the base at position 901 is deleted
A. 61 such that the length of the RNA becomes
998 bases, how many codons will be al-
B. 125
tered?
C. 27
A. 11
D. 64
B. 33
111. Removal of RNA polymerase III from nu- C. 333
cleoplasm will affect the synthesis of:
D. 1
A. t RNA
B. hn RNA 116. During replication, the new DNA strand
is synthesized
C. m RNA
A. in the 5’ to 3’ direction
D. r RNA
B. in the 3’ to 5’ direction
112. What is a ribozyme? C. in both the 3’ to 5’ and 5’ to 3’ direc-
A. an RNA with enzymatic activity tions from the replication fork.
B. an enzyme that synthesizes RNA as D. from one end to the other, in the 3’ to
part of the transcription process 5’ or the 5’ to 3’ directions

117. Meselson and Stahl’s experiments C. RNA splicing can be catalyzed by

proved that DNA replicates by which spliceosomes.
mode?
D. Nucleotides may be added at both
A. conservative ends of the RNA.
B. semi-conservative
122. What methionine code for
C. dispersive
A. UGA
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B. AUG
118. Embryonic lethal mutations result in
? C. UAA
A. phenotypes that prevent fertilization. D. CGA

B. death during pupation. 123. Largest gene in human is
C. failure to express maternal effect A. oncogene
genes.
B. tumour suppressing gene
D. phenotypes that are never
born/hatched. C. Dystrophin
119. Information used by Watson and Crick to D. Insulin

determine the structure of DNA included
124. Which of these enzymes is responsible
A. electron micrographs of individual for breaking the hydrogen bonds which
DNA molecules “unzips” the DNA molecule?
B. light micrographs of bacteriophage A. Topoisomerase
particles
B. Primase
C. nuclear magnetic resonance analysis
of DNA C. Helicase
D. X-ray crystallography of double- D. zippase
stranded DNA
125. If a cell contains 26% thymine, what per-
120. Which of the following components is not centage do the other three bases make up
involved during the formation of the repli- of the organism’s DNA?
cation fork?
A. A-26% = T-26%G-24% = C 24%
A. single-stranded binding proteins
B. A-26% = C-26%T-24% = G-24%
B. helicase
C. A-24% = T-26%G-26% = C 24%
C. origin of replication
D. ligase D. G-26% = T-26%A-24% = C 24%
121. Which of the following is not true of RNA 126. DNA is a polymer made of
processing? A. sugars
A. Ribozymes(enzymes that work only on
B. amino acids
RNA) may function in RNA splicing.
C. fats
B. Exons are cut out before mRNA leaves
the nucleus. D. nucleotides

127. The main enzyme in DNA replication is 132. Which of the following components is re-
quired for DNA replication?
A. DNAse

A. messenger RNA
B. Proteinase
B. RNA primer
C. RNAse
C. proteases
D. DNA Polymerase
D. ribosomes
128. A particular triplet of bases in the tem-
133. During proofreading, which of the follow-
plate strand of DNA is 5’ AGT 3’. The
ing enzymes reads the DNA?
corresponding codon for the mRNA tran-
scribed is A. primase
A. 3’ ACU 5’. B. topoisomerase
B. 3’ UGA 5’ C. DNA polymerase
C. 3’ UCA 5’. D. helicase
D. 5’ TCA 3’. 134. The building of the new “daughter”

strand of DNA cannot just start on its own.
129. DNA replication begins at particular sites It requires an initial nucleotide strand of
called what? RNA only 5-10 nucleotides called what?
A. Replication Forks A. RNA Polymerase
B. Origins of Replication B. Leading Strand Nucleotides
C. DNA Primer C. DNA Primer
D. Leading Strand D. Helicase
130. Select the correct match of enzyme with 135. If one strand of DNA has the nitrogenous
its related function. base sequence at ATCTG, what would be
the complementary RNA strand sequence
A. DNA polymerase-Synthesis of DNA
strands A. TTAGU
B. UAGAC
B. Helicase-Unwinding of DNA helix
C. AACTG
C. Ligase-Joins together short DNA seg-
ments D. ATCGU
D. All of these 136. Discontinuous synthesis of DNA occurs in
one strand, because:
131. Which of these may be heterozygous?
A. DNA molecule being synthesised is
A. a haploid cell very long
B. an allele of a gene B. DNA dependent DNA polymearse catal-
C. an organism with a dominant pheno- yses polymerisation only in one direction
type (5’ → 3’)
D. an organism with a recessive geno- C. it is a more efficient process

type D. DNA ligase has to have a role

137. During DNA replication, Okazaki frag- A. nuclease, DNA polymerase, and ligase
ments are used to elongate:
A. The lagging strand towards replication B. DNA polymerase, helicase, primase
fork. C. ligase, nuclease, and primase
B. The leading strand away from replica- D. nuclease, DNA polymerase, primase
tion fork.
143. Initiation of DNA strand synthesis is per-
C. The lagging strand away from the repli-
formed by:
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cation fork.
A. DNA polymerase I
D. The leading strand towards replication
fork. B. DNA Helicase
C. DNA Primase
138. Which enzyme catalyzes the elongation
D. DNA Topoisomerase
of a DNA strand in the 5’ → 3’ direction?
A. DNA polymerase I 144. If the sequence of the 5’-3’ strand is AAT-
GCTAC, then the complementary sequence
B. DNA polymerase III
has the following sequence:
C. helicase A. 3’-AATGCTAC-5’
D. topoisomerase B. 3’-CATCGTAA-5’
139. Who is credited with explaining the struc- C. 3’-TTACGATG-5’
ture of the DNA double helix? D. 3’-GTAGCATT-5’
A. Rosalind Franklin
145. Which enzyme is responsible for main-
B. Watson and Crick taining telomeres?
C. Hershey and Chase A. Hexokinase
D. Avery, McCarty, and MacLeod B. Telomerase
C. Topoisomerase
140. Meselson and Stahl experiment proved
D. Helicase
A. DNA is genetic material
B. Central Dogma 146. During the replication of DNA,
C. Transformation A. both strands of a molecule act as tem-

plates
D. Semi Conservative DNA replication
B. the cell undergoes mitosis
141. Which of the following steps in transcrip- C. only one strand of the molecule acts as
tion is catalysed by RNA polymerase? a template
A. Initiation D. errors never occur
B. Elongation 147. Lac operon
C. Termination A. Is associated with anabolic process
D. All of the above B. Is a repressible operon
142. Which set of enzymes is involved in nu- C. Has three structural genes
cleotide excision repair? D. Is constituted by five structural genes

148. Which of the following attributes of DNA 152. RNA is the genetic material in
is most crucial to its accurate duplication? A. prokaryotes

A. its deoxyribose sugar and phosphate B. eukaryotes
groups
C. Tabacco Mosaic Virus (TMV)
B. its helical nature and hydrogen bond- D. E.coli.
ing
153. What is the function of lactose in lac
C. its specific sequence of bases operon
D. its specific base pairing through hydro- A. to bind with repressor protein
gen bonds
B. To initiate the transcription
149. If you were to observe the activity of C. To synthesize structural genes
methylated DNA, you would expect it to D. All of the above
A. be replicating nearly continuously. 154. In which direction does DNA replication
B. be very actively transcribed and trans- take place?
lated. A. 5’-3’
C. have turned off or slowed down the B. 3’-5’
process of transcription. C. 5’
D. be unwinding in preparation for pro- D. 3’
tein synthesis.
155. DNA polymerase adds nucleotides to the
150. Identify the correct order of organisation of the leading strands, and to the
of genetic material from largest to small- of the lagging strands (Okazaki frag-
est. ments).
A. Genome, chromosome, gene, nu- A. 5’ end 3’ end
cleotide B. 3’ end 5’ end
B. Chromosome, genome, nucleotide, C. 3’ end 3’ end
gene D. sugar group phosphate group
C. Chromosome, gene, genome, nu- 156. The molecules that function to replicate
cleotide DNA in the cell are
D. Genome, chromosome, nucleotide, A. DNA nucleoside triphosphates
gene B. DNA polymerases
151. Why does the DNA double helix have a C. nucleoside polymerases
uniform diameter? D. DNases
A. Purines pair with pyrimidines. 157. Monomers for the synthesis of DNA are
B. C nucleotides pair with A nucleotides. called
A. amino acids
C. Deoxyribose sugars bind with ribose
sugars. B. monosaccharides
D. Nucleotides bind with nucleoside C. nucleotides
triphosphates. D. fatty acids

158. To initiate translation, the wiRNA first C. ER

bind to D. Ribosomes
A. the smaller ribosomal sub-unit
164. Which of the following molecules func-
B. the larger ribosomal sub-unit tions to transfer information from one gen-
C. the whole ribosome eration to the next?
D. no such specificity exists. A. DNA
159. Chargraff’s Rule says that B. mRNA
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A. Adenine will be equal to Thymine C. tRNA
B. Cytosine will be equal to Thymine D. Proteins
C. Uracil will be equal to Guanine 165. In post transcription stage, which among
D. Adenine will be equal to Cytosine the following process is not involved.
A. Capping using Poly adenyl group
160. The net electric charge on DNA and his-
tones is B. Capping with methyl guanosine
triphosphate group
A. both positive
C. splicing
B. both positive
D. slicing
C. negative and positive, respectively
D. zero. 166. In the process of transcription in Eukary-
otes, the RNA polymerase I transcribes
161. State chargaff’s rule
A. Precursor of mRNA, hnRNA
A. Adenine=cytosine and gua-
B. mRNA with additional processing, cap-
nine=thymine
ping and tailing
B. Adenine=thymine and cyto-
C. tRNA, 5 srRNA and snRNAs
sine=guanine
D. rRNAs-28 S, 18 S and 5.8 S
C. Adenine=guanine and thymine=cytosine
167. Who’s work in x-ray crystallography
D. none of above helped to discover the shape of the double
helix?
162. Which one among the following was the
A. Watson and Crick
first genetic material?
B. Avery
A. DNA
B. RNA C. Griffith
C. Protein D. Rosalind Franklin
D. Nuclein 168. Both deoxyribose and ribose belong to a

class of sugars called:
163. Splicing is one of the steps of post-
transcriptional modifications which occurs A. trioses
in B. hexoses
A. Nucleus C. pentoses
B. Cytoplasm D. polysaccharides

169. What is the function of primer C. replication

A. to help DNA polymerase for initiation D. transduction

B. To help RNA polymerase for initiation
175. For the backwards build, the new strand
C. To help DNA polymerase for termina- must be built in chunks called what? What
tion joins them?
D. To help RNA polymerase for termina-
A. Okazaki Fragments, DNA Ligase
tion
B. Leading Strands, DNA Ligase
170. These enzymes untwist and unzip the
double helix C. Helicase, DNA Ligase
A. Helicase D. Histones, DNA Ligase

B. DNA Primer 176. What is the nature of the strands of the
C. Histone DNA duplex?
D. RNA Polymerase A. Anti-parallel and complementary
171. What type of bond forms between the B. Identical and complementary
two strands of DNA? C. Anti-parallel and non-complementary
A. Polar Covalent D. Dissimilar and non-complementary
B. Hydrogen
C. Ionic 177. A nucleoside differs from a nucleotide. It
lacks the:
D. Phosphodiester
A. base
172. Other than DNA polymerase, which are
B. sugar
the enzymes involved in DNA synthesis?
A. Topoisomerase C. phosphate group
B. Helicase D. hydroxyl group
C. RNA primase 178. DNA and RNA are macromolecules in the

D. All of these category of
173. The human chromosome with the highest A. Proteins

and least number of genes in them are re- B. Lipids
spectively
C. Nucleic Acids
A. chromosome 21 and Y
D. Carbohydrates
B. chromosome 1 and X
C. chromosome 1 and Y 179. The equivalent of a structural gene is:
D. chromosome X and Y. A. Operon
174. Okazaki fragments are seen during B. Recon

A. transcription C. Muton
B. translation D. Cistron

180. In lac operon the i gene codes for 185. How introns are removed in eukaryotic
A. Inducer of lac operon cells
A. Silencing
B. Repressor of lac operon
B. Capping
C. Hydrolysis of Disaccharide
C. Tailing
D. Permease
D. Splicing
181. Which RNA carries the amino acids from
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the amino acid pool to mRnA during pro- 186. A frameshift mutation could result from
tein synthesis? A. a base insertion only.
A. rRNA B. a base substitution only.
B. mRNA C. a base deletion only.
C. /RNA D. either an insertion or deletion of a
D. hnRNA base.
187. On the lagging strand in replication, the

182. If the base sequence of a codon in mRNA
Okazaki fragments must be joined by
is 5’-AUG-3’ the sequence of tRNA pairing
which enzyme?
with it must be
A. DNA polymerase
A. 5’-UAC-3’
B. primase
B. 5’-CAU-3’
C. ligase
C. 5’-AUG-3’
D. helicase
D. 5’-GUA-3’
188. Which of the following techniques was
183. To prove that DNA is the genetic mate- most helpful to Watson and Crick in de-
rial, which radioactive isotopes were used veloping their model for the structure of
by Hershey and Chase (1952) in experi- DNA?
ments?
A. transgenic animals
A. 33S and 15N
B. cloned DNA
B. 32P and 35S
C. X-ray crystallography
C. 32P and 15N
D. radioactive labeling
D. 14N and 15N
189. Which one of the following is not applica-
184. Thymine makes up 42% of the nu- ble to RNA?
cleotides in a sample of DNA from an or-
A. Heterocyclic nitrogenous bases
ganism. Approximately what percentage
of the nucleotides in this sample will be B. Chargaff’s rule
cytosine? C. Complementary base pairing
A. 42% D. 5’ phosphoryl and 3’ hydroxyl ends
B. 31%
190. What enzyme builds the “start” se-
C. 16% quence?
D. 8% A. DNA Primer

B. RNA Polymerase 196. Double-stranded DNA looks a little like a

C. Mutations ladder that has been twisted into a helix
or spiral. The side supports of the ladder

D. Histones are
191. A DNA nucleotide may be made up of a A. individual nitrogenous bases
phosphate group, along with
B. alternating bases and sugars
A. deoxyribose sugar and uracil
C. alternating bases and phosphate
B. ribose sugar and adenine groups
C. deoxyribose sugar and thymine D. alternating sugars and phosphates
D. ribose sugar and cytosine
197. In eukaryotes, what is the DNA wrapped
192. DNA double helix does not have which of around?
the following?
A. single-stranded binding proteins
A. antiparallel configuration
B. sliding clamp
B. complementary base pairing
C. polymerase
C. major and minor grooves
D. histones
D. uracil
193. The important enzyme required for the 198. Which of the following is odd in reference
process of transcrption from DNA to mRNA of genetic code?
is A. Valine
A. DNA ligase B. Alanine
B. DNA polymerase C. Glycine
C. RNA polymerase D. Tryptophan
D. DNA helicase
199. The contains
194. The association of histone H1 with a nu-
A. Leading Strand / Okazaki Fragments
cleosome indicates:
A. DNA replication is occurring. B. Lagging Strand / Okazaki Fragments
B. The DNA is condensed into a Chro- C. Leading Strand / Topoisomerase

matin Fibre. D. Lagging Strand / dispersive replica-
C. The DNA double helix is exposed. tion
D. Transcription is occurring. 200. If the sequence of bases in the DNA is
195. what scientist(s) used bacteriophages to ATTCGATG (POLARITY IS 5’ TO 3’), THEN
show that DNA is what carries our genetic THE SEQUENCES OF BASES IN THE TRAN-
material SCRIPT WILL BE
A. chargraff A. ATTCGAAG
B. hershey and chase B. TAAGCTAC
C. Rosalind Franklin C. AUUCGAUG
D. watson and crick D. NONE OF THE ABOVE

201. This set of experiments used bacterio- 206. The RNA polymerase holocnzyme tran-
phages (viruses that invade bacteria) to scribes
determine the DNA was the source of ge- A. the promoter, structural gene and the
netic information. terminator region.
A. Watson and Crick Experiment B. the promoter and the terminator re-
B. Griffith Experiment gion
C. Hershey Chase Experiment C. the structural gene and the terminator
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region
D. Avery Experiments
D. the structural gene only.
202. DNA replication results in two DNA
molecules, 207. Removal of introns and joining of exons
in a defined order during transcription is
A. each one with two original strands called:
B. each one with two new strands A. Looping
C. each one with one new strand and one B. Inducing
original strand
C. Slicing
D. one with two new strands and the
other with two original strands D. Splicing
208. The two polynucleotide chains in DNA

203. DNA sequences that code for protein are
are
known as
A. Discontinuous
A. Intron
B. Antiparalllel
B. Exon
C. Semi conservative
C. Control Regions
D. Parallel
D. Intervening Sequences
209. DNA has the following bases:GGT AGG
204. The steps (rungs) of the DNA ladder are CCAWhat mRNA would be created from
made up of this strand?
A. phosphate groups A. CCA UCC GGU
B. sugars B. CCA TCC CCT
C. nitrogen bases C. GGU UCC CCA
D. amino acids D. CCT TCC CCA
205. tRNA is present corresponding to each of 210. Which of the following region(s) does not
the following specified codons, except the code for any proteins?(i) Introns(ii) Ex-
codon ons(iii) VNTRs
A. UUU A. Only i and iii
B. UGG B. Only ii and iii
C. AUG C. Only i
D. UGA D. All i, ii and iii

211. what breaks the hydrogen bonds 216. Which was the last human chromosome
to be completely sequenced?
A. helicase

A. Chromosome 1
B. polymerase
B. Chromosome 11
C. topoisomerase
C. Chromosome 21
D. ligase
D. Chromosome X
212. In eukaryotes, RNA polymerase III catal-
217. Which of the following life processes is
yses the synthesis of
evolved around RNA?
A. 5 S rRNA, tRNA & SnRNA
A. Metabolism
B. mRNA, HnRNA & SnRNA B. Translation
C. 28 S rRNA, 18 S rRNA & 5 S rRNA C. Splicing
D. All types of rRNA & tRNA D. All of these
213. Which scientist(s) mixed a heat-killed 218. Which scientists determined that DNA
pathogenic strain of bacteria with a living was a double helix?
nonpathogenic strain can convert some of A. Franklin & Watkins
the living cells into the pathogenic form?
B. Hershey & Chase
A. Griffith
C. Meselson & Stahl
B. Watson & Crick
D. Watson & Crick
C. Meselson & Stahl
219. One of the following is true with respect
D. Chargaff to AUG
214. With regard to mature mRNA in eukary- A. It codes for methionine only
otes: B. It is also an initiation codon
A. exons and introns do not appear in the C. It codes for methionine in both
mature RNA prokaryotes and eukaryotes
B. exons appear but introns do not ap- D. All of the above
pear in the mature RNA
220. The semiconservative model of DNA repli-
C. introns appear but exons do not ap- cation tells us what about the end results
pear in the mature RNA of the process?
D. both exons and introns appear in the A. 1/2 of each is the original
mature RNA
B. 1/4 of each is the original
215. Which of the following RNAs should be C. 1/8 of each is the original
most abundant in animal cell? D. 1/6 of each is the original
A. t RNA
221. Which of the following criteria must be
B. m RNA fulfilled by a genetic material.
C. mi RNA A. Replication and Mutation
D. r RNA B. Stability

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C. Express itself in the form of A. 0.34 nm

‘Mendelian Characters’ B. 3.4 nm
D. All of the above
C. 34 nm
222. Which of the following does the enzyme D. 0.034 nm
primase synthesize?
226. Chargaff found that for DNA
A. DNA primer
B. RNA primer A. A + T = G + C
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C. Okazaki fragments B. the ratio of A to G is close to 1:1 and
the ratio of T to C is close to 1:1
D. phosphodiester linkage
C. the ratio of A to T is close to 1:1 and
223. Which of the following best represents the ratio of G to C is close to 1:1
the Central Dogma?
D. A + T = 50% of the total bases
A. DNA → RNA → proteins
227. The number of stop codons which do not
B. RNA → DNA → proteins
code for any amino acid is
C. DNA → proteins → RNA
A. 1
D. proteins → RNA → DNA
B. 2
224. Bacteriophage nucleic acids were labelled C. 3
by carrying out an infection of E. coli cells
growing in D. 4
A. 14C-labeled CO2 228. The deflection of pitch angle between
B. 3H-labeled water two successive steps (rungs) of DNA is
C. 32P-labeled phosphate A. 72o
D. 35S-labeled sulfate B. 54o
225. The distance between a base pair in a he- C. 36o

lix is approximately D. 18o
7.4 Evolution
1. Who built a model of DNA and discovered C. Gregor Mendel
the double helix structure D. Mr. Mayer
A. Gregor Mendel
3. To what domain do humans belong?
B. Watson and Crick
A. Animalia
C. Rosalind Franklin
B. Archaea
D. Charles Darwin
C. Eukaryota
2. Who is known as the father of evolution? D. Bacteria
A. Albert Einstein 4. The difference between transposons and
B. Charles Darwin retrotransposons is

7.4 Evolution 1115
A. one uses RNA, one doesn’t 9. Natural selection is when what happens
B. one copies DNA, one doesn’t

A. having too many offsprings
C. one alters DNA, one doesn’t
B. permanent change in dna
D. there is no real difference between the
two C. nature chooses which organism sur-
vive based on their adaptations
5. Who was Alfred Russel Wallace?
D. the imprint or remains of an extinct or-
A. A Chemist ganism
B. A Naturalist
10. The ‘T’ in DNA stand for:
C. Bacteriologist
A. Thymine
D. Physician
B. Tyrosine
6. One of the parents of a child has phenylke- C. Talcum
tonuria (PKU), which is caused by reces- D. Terrence
sive alleles. The other parent does not
have the PKU alleles. What is the chance 11. A “haploid” cell contains
that the couple will have a child with
phenylketonuria? A. one set of chromosomes, from the
mum
A. 0%
B. one set of chromosomes in the egg or
B. 50% the sperm
C. 75% C. three sets of chromosomes, one spare
D. 100% (just in case)
D. two sets of chromosomes, one from
7. Natural selection causes each parent
A. changes in the weather
12. In order for natural selection to occur,
B. plants and animals that always get what must exist in a species?
larger
A. Stability
C. changes in the frequencies of certain
trait variations in a population B. Low mutation rate
D. plants and animals that always get C. Variation

smaller D. none of above
8. Which can cause an organism to develop 13. Which adaptation has occurred due to ge-
genetic variation that could be used to help netic variation allowing some species to
it survive? seem invisible to predators?
A. mutations A. ability to make loud noises
B. cloning B. exceptional vision
C. cancer C. camouflage

7.4 Evolution 1116
14. The synthesis of an RNA strand from a C. Genetic Variation

DNA template is called
D. Genetic Drift
A. transcription
B. replication 20. Sexual reproduction creates genetic
C. translation A. Is like cloning
D. synthesis B. Identical, it involves one parent

C. Diversity, it involves 2 parents
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15. Permanent loss of a species is called
D. Hocuspocus
A. speciation
B. extinction 21. A measure of how commonly a particular
C. evolution allele occurs in a population is known as
the
D. artificial selection
A. gene pool
16. If all four offspring are heterozygous or
B. allele frequency
hybrid, what are the genotypes of the par-
ents? C. mutation rate
A. RR, rr D. phenotype
B. rr, rr
22. In biology, all of the individuals of a
C. Rr, Rr species that live together in one place at
D. rr, Rr one time are called a
A. Population
17. When two populations no longer inter-
breed, what is the result? B. Community
A. genetic equilibrium C. Species
B. reproductive isolation D. Ecosystem
C. stabilizing selection
23. Which kingdom is made up only of au-
D. recombinant DNA totrophs?
18. Two heterozygous tall pea plants mate, A. Protista
predict the GENOTYPES of the offspring. B. Animalia
A. 100% TT
C. Plantae
B. 100% Tt
D. Fungi
C. 25% TT-50% Tt-25% tt
D. 50% tt 50% TT-50% tt 24. Which is NOT an example of an extinct or-
ganism?
19. A random event causes near extinction of A. dinosaurs
a species; 95% of the species’ population
dies B. dodo bird
A. Natural Selection C. tiger
B. Gene Flow D. carrier pigeon

7.4 Evolution 1117
25. Change over time 31. Change in an organism over time.

A. Evolution A. Genetics

B. Variation B. Biology
C. Adaptation C. Natural Selection
D. Natural Selection D. Evolution
26. What is the system of classification of all 32. term that describes a group of cells in the
living things? blastocyst that retain the ability to form
A. Evolution all the cells of the body
B. Natural Selection A. myopotent
C. Genetic Variation B. multipotent
D. Taxonomy C. totipotent
D. pluripotent
27. Which of the following are examples of
common descent involving molecular biol- 33. Physical appearance of a trait
ogy? A. Genotype
A. homologous structures B. Phenotype
B. fossils C. Heterozygous
C. analogous proteins D. none of above
D. universal genetic code in DNA
34. A population’s gene pool is
28. Change over time A. all alleles available to make offspring
A. Natural Selection B. the number of individuals
B. Selective Breeding C. a population reduction
C. Homeostasis D. the differences between individuals
D. Evolution
35. The more genetic variation a population
29. beneficial trait that allows an organism to has, the more likely it is for some individ-
be better suited for survival and reproduc- uals to
tion A. evolve
A. adaptation B. migrate
B. genetics C. survive
C. genes D. mutate
D. law of genetic balance
36. If global warming increases, which animal
30. Genes are located in which part of the is most likely to be selected against for
cell? survival?
A. Vacuole A. monkey
B. Chromosome B. polar bear
C. Ribosome C. grizzly bear
D. Cytoplasm D. none of above

7.4 Evolution 1118
37. Mendel proposed that traits observed in 42. In mammals, the sex of the offspring is de-
pea plants resulted from a combination of termined by
“factors” inherited from each parent. His
A. Natural selection
description of these “factors” can be con-
sidered the first scientific definition of the B. the egg or the sperm
role of- C. the egg
A. meiosis
D. the sperm
B. genes
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C. ribosomes 43. What process is most responsible for the
extinction of most species of plants and an-
D. cell nuclei imals that have lived on earth?
38. Evolution is a gradual process. What does A. Gene mutation
“Gradual” mean?
B. Environmental changes
A. Quick
C. Selective breeding
B. Slow
D. Decrease in reproduction
C. Round
D. Graded 44. Over time, the length of giraffes’ necks
changed slightly to allow them to reach
39. In genetic engineering to manufacture taller trees. How should this change be
drugs such as insulin, where is the insulin classified?
gene inserted before being placed into a
bacterium? A. mutation
A. plasmid B. adaptation
B. nucleus C. acquired trait
C. cytoplasm D. genetic constant
D. chloroplast
45. Idea that all life evolved from the same
40. Wings of bat and that of a bird are exam- organisms over many generations
ples of A. Mutation
A. Vestigial organs
B. Genetics
B. Homologous organs
C. Theory of Evolution
C. Analogous organs
D. none of above
D. none of above
46. When were Mendel’s discoveries no-
41. Darwin’s finches, where one 14 species
ticed?
evolved from a common ancestor is called
A. immediately after his death
A. Magic B. years after his death
B. Adaptive Radiation C. before he died during a conference
C. Sexual Selection D. never; Mendel’s work was not impor-
D. Hybridization tant

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47. If an individual has a genotype that is RR, 52. Which type of rock allows fossils to form
then this organism’s trait would be consid- easily within layers of the rock?
ered

A. Metamorphic
A. Homozygous Recessive B. Sedimentary
B. Heterozygous Dominant C. Igneous
C. Heterozygous Recessive D. None of the above
D. Homozygous Dominant 53. When Mendel worked with pea plants, he
noticed that some traits, like round seeds,
48. What is the term for a feature that allows
seemed to hide other traits, like wrinkled
an organism to survive better in its envi-
seeds. What do we call the trait that hides
ronemtn?
or masks another trait?
A. variation A. A recessive trait
B. adaptation B. Incomplete dominance
C. homologous structure C. DNA replication
D. vestigial structure D. A dominant trait
49. Process by which organisms change over 54. If long ears (E) are dominant over short
time as those traits best suited to an envi- ears (e), what is the phenotype of an or-
ronment pass their traits to the next gen- ganism that has genotype ee?
eration. A. long ears
A. acquired traits B. one long ear; one short ear
B. natural selection C. medium length ears
C. adaptation D. short ears
D. unconformity 55. Adaptations can
50. How did evolution affect giraffes? A. be helpful.

B. be harmful.
A. It made them herbivorous
C. have no effect.
B. It eventually gave them bigger tails
D. All the above
C. It eventually gave them a long and big-
ger head 56. is a group of organisms that can inter-
breed and produce fertile offspring.
D. It eventually gave them longer necks
A. An ecosystem
51. Natural selection is when decides who B. A community
survives and who doesn’t
C. A sack of marshmallows
A. nature
D. A population
B. humans
57. The theory that present day species devel-
C. animals
oped from earlier, very different species
D. years over the course of earth’s history.

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A. theory of evolution 63. What evidence supports the theory that

B. biological evolution continents were once a large landmass?
C. natural selection A. The continents share a similar climate.
D. survival of the fittest
B. Similar fossils have been found on dif-
58. Adaptations that help an animal blend in ferent continents.
with its surroundings to avoid being seen
C. Minerals like gold and copper are
is called
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found worldwide.
A. habitat
D. Coconut trees are found on coastlines.
B. mimicry
C. camouflage 64. Populations of species which do not adapt
to their environment can eventually be-
D. adaptations come
59. Identify the DELETION mutation from the A. stronger
following DNA sequence:ATG CCA AAT
B. humans
A. ATG TCA AAT
C. extinct
B. ATG CCT AAA T
D. angry
C. ATC CA AT
D. ATG CCA AAT 65. How many pairs of chromosomes exist in
each of your cells?
60. The allele frequency of a “B” in a popula-
A. 10
tion with 5 BB mice, 2Bb mice and 3 bb
mice is B. 12
A. .1 or 10% C. 23
B. .5 or 50% D. 46
C. .6 or 60% 66. The branch of science that studies the early
D. .7 or 70% development of living things.
61. In evolutionary terms, we have more in A. taxonomy
common with B. anatomy
A. a Chimpanzee C. botany
B. a spider D. embryology
C. a bacterium
67. Why was Darwin nervous about his the-
D. an African school boy
ory of evolution?
62. What dressup theme do we have this Fri- A. He was worried he was copying some-
day? one else’s idea.
A. Pajama day B. He was worried because if went
B. Outer space day against the teachings of the church.
C. Superhero day C. His wife threatened to leave him.
D. none of above D. All of the above.

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68. The term which refers to the fusion be- 73. Overproduction means (section 2)
tween a male sex cell (sperm) and a fe-
A. humans can selectively breed dog
male sex cell (egg).

species
A. Fertilization
B. Every offspring an organism produces
B. Combination will survive to maturity
C. Difibulation
C. All of an organism’s offspring will be
D. Plantation the same
69. A farmer has bred his pineapple plants D. Organisms can produce more off-
from the sweetest pineapples from his last spring than can survive to maturity.
harvest to get even sweeter pineapple
plants. What is this an example of? 74. How much of the human genome is actu-
ally turned into proteins?
B. Natural selection A. 50%
C. Extinction B. 92%
D. Mutagenesis C. 1.5%
70. How are natural selection and artificial se- D. .003%
lection similar?
75. An organism’s combination of alleles for a
A. Neither of them depends on variation particular trait is called its
within populations.
A. genetic code.
B. Nature plays a role in both.
C. They both require variation in popula- B. gene frequency.
tions. C. genotype.
D. None of the above. D. phenotype.
71. Type of cell division that occurs in sexual
76. A random change in a small population’s
reproduction
allele frequency is known as
A. Heterozygous
A. a gene pool
B. Mitosis
B. genetic drift
C. Meiosis
D. none of above C. variation
D. fitness
72. Evolution by natural selection is affected
by (section 3)
77. The process of biological change by which
A. scientists and selective breeding. populations become different from their
B. genetic variation and environmental ancestors over many generations
factors. A. Heredity
C. environmental factors and social fac- B. Transitioning
tors.
C. Adaptation
D. selective breeding and genetic varia-
tion. D. Evolution

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78. Can you tell how old the Earth is according 83. Which factor(s) led to the finches having
to scientists by reading the geological time diversity?
scale? A. available food
A. 2 mya B. available habitat
B. 4 mya C. available food and habitat
C. 4.6 bya D. available food, habitat, and bill type
D. 1 mya
84. Which of the following is not a selectively
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79. According to Darwin, evolution occurs bred organism?
A. during half-life periods of 5, 730 years A. Dog (Canis familiaris)

B. Horse (Equus caballus)
B. by chance C. Sweetcorn (Zea mays)
C. because of natural selection D. Wolf (Canis lupus)
D. rapidly 85. What is the phenotype of an individual?
80. The repeating code that determines an or- A. The characteristics that an individual
ganism’s traits and can be used to show exhibits
common ancestry. B. DNA coding for protein production
A. DNA C. The genes present in an individual
B. mutations D. Part of a chromosome
C. embryo 86. Vestigial structures are homologous struc-
D. none of above tures that are:
A. Still used
81. A Purebred is crossed with a hybrid.
Which choice represents the BEST choice B. No longer used
for this? C. Occasionally used
A. YY and yy D. none of above
B. Yy and Yy 87. A physical or behavioral trait that helps an
C. yy and yY organism survive and reproduce in its en-
D. yy and Yy vironment is called a what?
A. An adaptation
82. Why is genetic drift not a type of natural
B. A response to a stimulus
selection?
C. A mutation
A. It’s random; not due to advantages
that the individual has D. Evolution
B. It’s due to the environment, rather 88. Which term refers to the process by which
than chromosomal changes animals that are better suited to their en-
C. Humans are involved, making genetic vironment will survive and reproduce?
drift artificial selection A. natural selection
D. none of above B. overproduction

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C. variation 94. Individuals who are better adapted for

D. competition a changed/altered environment are more
likely to

89. Which describes how people believed A. Survive and Reproduce
traits were inherited before Mendel’s dis-
coveries? B. Face Extinction
A. Traits blend like paint colors C. Undergo Mutation
B. traits segregate into groups D. Migrate to a new location
C. traits are dominant and recessive 95. Species with variation are likely to
D. some traits mix and others don’t survive.
A. more, less
90. Why did Darwin’s finches evolve with dif-
B. less, less
ferently shaped beaks?
C. less, more
A. they interbred
D. more, more
B. they had defective genes
C. they adapted to eating the same foods 96. This scientist discovered dominant and re-
on different islands cessive traits by experimenting with pea
plants
D. they adapted to eating different types
of foods A. Rosalind Franklin
B. Gregor Mendel
91. Organisms with the most beneficial traits
will survive. This is commonly known as C. Watson and Crick
D. Robert Hooke
A. theory of evolution
97. What is the study of the distribution of
B. variations species in geographic space and through
C. survival of the fittest time?
D. ecosystems A. Biology
B. Biogeography
92. How would a pedigree represent a “car-
rier” that is a male? C. Geography
A. a shaded square D. Geology
B. a half-shaded square 98. Which are the best examples of analogous
C. a circle structures?
D. a half-shaded circle A. A whale flipper and bat wing
B. A cat forelimb and human arm
93. What determined the survivability of Dar-
win’s finches? C. A human appendix and tailbone
A. wing length D. An insect wing and a bat wing
B. beak size 99. Which is evidence for evolution?
C. feather color A. Fossil Records
D. none of above B. Embryology

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C. Similar body structure C. Unique

D. All the above D. Inherited traits
100. A change in DNA or alleles that can 106. The allele that is hidden by another allele
cause a change in a population’s traits over
A. dominant
time.
A. natural selection B. recessive
B. genetic flow C. genotype
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C. genetic mutation D. phenotype
D. sexual reproduction 107. A red and white flower are cross-

pollinated. The offspring are all red. Red
101. Which is an example of a trait that is an
is classified as
structural adaptation for cold climate?
A. disorder
A. thick fur and fat
B. purebred
B. long claws for gripping
C. dominant
C. camouflaged into environment
D. long and floppy ears D. recessive
102. A male sex cell: 108. Which of the following is an example of

a vestigial structure?
A. egg
A. the wings of a red-tailed hawk
B. zygote
B. the hind limbs of a house cat
C. sperm
C. the fins of sharks
D. hybrid
D. the wings of an ostrich
103. Who is the father of evolution?
A. Darwin 109. Where would the oldest fossils be
found?
B. Mendel
A. Bottom
C. Newton
B. Top
D. Einstein
C. Middle
104. Any event that changes genetic structure
D. none of above
a change in a gene or chromosome.
A. mutation 110. Which is an example of the forelimbs
of humans and bats having the same ba-
B. adaptation
sic skeletal structure but derived from the
C. evolution same evolutionary origin?
D. natural selection A. cellular structures
105. What is the study of heredity called? B. analogous structures
A. Genes C. homologous structures
B. Genetics D. none of above

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111. Biological fitness is defined as 116. A plant that has traits(characteristics)

identical to the parent plant provides ev-
A. the average life span of an organism
idence that the plant

B. the ability of an organism to survive
and reproduce A. resulted from sexual reproduction.
C. the percentage of energy that is dedi- B. resulted from asexual reproduction.

cated to mating C. will develop many seeds.
D. the amount of energy an organism can D. will have large leaves.
use in the environment
117. the study of comparison of the structures
112. An organism’s physical appearance is its of different biological organisms
A. comparative anatomy
A. chromosome
B. vestigial structures
B. allele
C. physical changes
C. genotype
D. organelles
D. phenotype
118. Theory, based on scientific evidence, that
113. Evolution can best be described as which
describes how organisms change over
type of change?
many generations
A. absolute change
A. earth history
B. extreme change
B. Darwin
C. gradual change
C. evolution
D. none of above
D. adaptation
114. Which of these is the first step in selec-
tive breeding flowers. 119. What do we call the process of dividing
living things into different groups based
A. Repeat the process only with the off- on their evolutionary relationships to each
spring with the desired traits other?
B. watch the seeds grow A. Lamarkism
C. Choose plants that have the desired B. natural selection
trait to pollinate
C. Linnaeus
D. chose which trait is desirable
D. classification
115. Which of the following BEST describes an
adaptation? 120. Which scientist developed a system of
classification for living things?
A. A trait that is passed from its parent to
the offspring A. Carl Linnaeus
B. Any trait of an organism B. Charles Darwin
C. A trait that helps an organism survive C. Linus Pauling
D. Any change in a gene or chromosome D. Issac Newton

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121. In the winter, the fur of the arctic fox is 126. If two organisms have similar traits of
white. in summer, the fur darkens to a red- DNA they are probably
dish brown. What most likely causes the A. share a common ancestor
fur of the fox to change color?
B. share a common environment
A. the amount of sunlight present
C. share a common population
B. the fox’s habitat
D. speciation
C. the fox’s genes
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127. Where the better adapted organisms sur-
D. the fox’s age
vive to pass traits along to offspring.
122. What makes up the genetic code in DNA? A. Evolution
A. the phosphate group B. Natural Selection
B. the nitrogen bases C. Extinction
C. the deoxyribose sugar D. Artifical Selection
D. the ribose sugar 128. What forms the chemical code within a
molecule of DNA?
123. Which is true about fossils?
A. The arrangement of the sugars and
A. They are remains of organisms that bases
lived on Earth.
B. The arrangement of the nitrogenous
B. They are documentation of evolution- bases
ary changes in every organism that has C. The arrangement of the chromosomes
ever lived on Earth.
C. They are most often found in igneous D. The arrangement of the phosphates
rock formations. and sugars
D. none of above
129. What is a characteristic Darwin found
124. What is a change in an organism that al- about the Saddleback Tortoise on the Gala-
lows for it to survive in its environment? pagos Islands?
A. homologous A. short neck

B. raised shell
B. vestigial
C. ground level vegetation
C. variation
D. shell close to body
D. adaptation
130. A behavior that an animal develops
125. The ability to recognize a predator is an by observing other animals or by being
example of a adaptation? taught.
A. behavioral A. learned behavior
B. structural B. inherited trait
C. physiological C. job
D. none of above D. function

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131. A involves a change in the genetic 136. When organisms in a population are sep-
code of an organism. Because this change arated for so long they will no longer in-
occurs in the genetic code, it is passed on terbreed, has occurred.

to future generations. A. natural selection
A. Morphology B. fitness
B. Mutation C. biodiversity
C. Gene Flow D. speciation
D. Genetic Drift
137. The study of life.
132. Which of these would not be used by a A. biology
scientist to determine the evolutionary re-
lationship between two species? B. biosphere
A. bone structure C. DNA
B. fossils D. metabolism
C. DNA 138. Differences in traits among organisms

D. population size A. variations
133. The surroundings and conditions in which B. competition

an organism lives and operates. C. natural selection
A. Evolution D. adaptation
B. Population 139. Normal differences that exist among in-
C. Environment dividuals of the same species
D. Biological diversity A. vestigial structures
134. Some lizards have different size legs. B. overproduction

Lizards with longer legs are able to bet- C. genetic variation
ter access food. Overtime Lizards with D. analogous structures
short legs became less common.What is
the adaptation? 140. The change over time in populations of
A. Lizards related species.
B. Long legs A. biological evolution
C. Leg size B. transition
D. Food C. variation
D. adaptation
135. Two organisms have homologous struc-
tures. Which can most likely be concluded 141. What can be used to find the exact age
about the two organisms? of a rock specimen?
A. They are unrelated. A. ice cores
B. They are the same organism. B. index fossils
C. They share a common ancestor. C. radioactive dating
D. They evolved in a similar environment. D. none of above

7.4 Evolution 1128
142. Darwin’s expedition was called the Voy- 147. Probability is

age of the A. always expressed as a ratio
A. HMS Titanic B. a 50% chance that an event will occur
B. HMS Beagle C. the mathematical chance that an event
C. HMS Mayflower will occur
D. HMS Santa Maria D. a 3:1 chance that an event will occur
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143. give the complementary strand for the 148. Which of the following features of DNA
following sequence of bases GTACCTGA is the most important in determining the
phenotype of an organism?
A. TACCTGAC
A. the direction of the helical twist
B. CATGGACT
B. the number of deoxyribose sugars
C. ATACTGGA
C. the sequence of nitrogenous bases
D. GATCATCA
D. the strength of the hydrogen bonds
144. Which is an anatomical similarity that
149. In human beings, the 23rd pair of chromo-
indicates relatedness between two
some that defines the sex of the individual
species?
is known as
A. the tail of a fish and the tail of a mon-
A. Autosome
key
B. Sex Chromosome
B. the arm of a human and the wing of a
bird C. Chromosome
C. the wing of a butterfly and the wing of D. none of above
a bat
150. How does the middle finger represent mu-
D. the flipper of a dolphin and the fin of a tations?
shark
A. it has an “m” within the fingerprint and
145. A type of asexual reproduction in which that “m” stands for mutations
a cell or group of cells pinch off from the B. it doesn’t
parent
C. because it is closest to the pointer fin-
A. Budding ger
B. Pinching D. because it doesn’t like the thumb
C. Separation 151. The sides of the helix, referred to as the
D. Duplication backbone of DNA, are made up of:
A. alternating sugar and phosphate
146. Which is a source of genetic variation?
molecules
A. mutations
B. alternating base and phosphate
B. artificial selection molecules
C. exponential growth C. paired nitrogenous bases
D. genetic bottlenecking D. d. paired sugar molecules

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152. If D = dimples and d = no dimples, then C. mRNA to protein

what are the alleles? D. mRNA to amino acids

A. dimples and no dimples
158. How do scientists cut DNA into smaller
B. DD, Dd, dd strands?
C. D and D A. restriction enzymes
D. D and d B. scissors
153. What are the two main sources of genetic C. ligase
variation in living things? D. agarose
A. Equilibrium and Relative Frequency
159. Which of these characteristics BEST helps
B. Mutations and Gene Shuffling scientists classify organisms?
C. Single-gene and Polygenic traits A. size
D. Asexual Reproduction and Gene Pools B. color
154. Which of the following could be ethical C. gender
considerations for genetic screening? D. structure
A. The potential for discrimination
160. GMO stands for
B. Confidentiality Issues
A. Genetically modified organism
C. Inappropriate applications of genetic
testing B. Genetically made organism
D. All of the above C. Generically made organ

D. Genetically modified organisms
155. Wisdom teeth and Vermiform appendix
in human being are examples of 161. Which of the following statements about
A. Homologous organs DOMAINS is true?
B. Analogous organs A. All three domains contain eukaryotes
C. Vestigial organs B. Archaea and bacteria are prokaryotic
D. none of above C. Only bacteria are prokaryotic

D. Archaea and eukaryota are eukaryotic
156. What is the definition of a fossil?
A. An actual body or body parts of an or- 162. The process of new species coming into
ganism existence from existing species is:
B. A trace of an ancient organism that has A. Evolution

been preserved in rock B. Variation
C. a sticky substance that can trap in- C. Mutation
sects D. Speciation
D. An expensive watch
163. When all of the organisms of a species
157. What is transcription? have died it is called
A. DNA to mRNA A. evolution
B. DNA to tRNA B. extinction

7.4 Evolution 1130
C. adaptation 169. Changes in living organisms over many

D. natural selection generations
164. survival of the fittest; organisms best A. adaptation

suited for survival are the ones that suc- B. DNA
cessfully reproduce and pass on their ben-
eficial characteristics C. Biological Evolution
A. natural selection D. none of above
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B. vestigual functions
170. Artificial selection is when decide
C. Darwin what traits are selectively passed on
D. evolution
A. nature
165. Which best helps scientists explore the B. humans
relationship between modern organisms
and ancestral species to create a system C. animals
of biological classification?
D. years
A. fossils
B. volcanic ash 171. Structure, behavior, or other trait in an
organism that helps it to survive in its en-
C. DNA evidence
vironment
D. igneous rock layers
A. breed
166. Why does evolution most likely happen?
B. adaptation
A. it’s random
C. evolution
B. because a species is facing a problem
D. ancestral trait
C. When someone studies about it
172. Sexual selection is a type of
D. Because a species is very intelligent
A. Natural Selection
167. A condition in which a person can respond
to a visual stimulus without consciously B. Mutation
experiencing it is known as
C. Small Population Size
A. the cocktail party effect
D. Nonrandom Mating
B. change blindness
C. choice blindness 173. Changes in the environment (climate,
D. blindsight food sources, predators etc ) that can
cause some organisms to survive better
168. Who did Alfred Russel Wallace get his than others.
Idea from?
A. adaptation
A. Hershey and Chase
B. mutation
B. Stanley Cohen
C. Charles Darwin C. natural selection
D. Oswald Avery D. environmental pressures

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174. What word describes a trait that helps 179. Extinction occurs when
an organism survive in its environment?
A. Organisms of a species no longer exist

A. natural selection worldwide
B. mutation B. Organisms with a certain trait no
longer exist in a population
C. camouflage
C. The dominant trait is more common
D. adaptation
than the recessive trait
175. This scientist took an x-ray of DNA and D. Competition eliminates a particular
discovered its spiral shape phenotype
A. Rosalind Franklin 180. characters are similar characteristics
B. Watson and Crick that have evolved separately in two unre-
lated organisms.
C. Gregor Mendel
A. analogous
D. none of above
B. homologous
176. In a certain insect, round wings (R) are C. cladistic
dominant to pointed wings (r). Which
cross will produce the greates number of D. phylogenic
genotypic and phenotypic variations?
181. Who is often referred to as the “Father
A. rr X rr of Genetics?”
B. Rr X Rr A. Anton van Leeuwenhoek
C. Rr X RR B. Charles Darwin
D. RR X RR C. Rosalind Franklin
D. Gregor Mendel
177. A slight difference in an inherited trait
between individual members of the same 182. beneficial trait that allows organisms to
species. be better suited
A. variations A. genetics
B. adapatations B. DNA
C. homologous structures C. Adaptation
D. analogous structures D. none of above
178. Mom is bb and Dad is Bb. If B = Brown 183. Process in which organisms with traits
and b= blue what is the probability the off- well suited to their environment, survive
spring will have brown eyes? and reproduce
A. 25% A. fitness
B. 50% B. competition
C. 75% C. natural selection
D. 100% D. adaptation

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184. Most favorable/advantageous traits in a 190. As a fertilized egg divides, the cells dif-
population are selected for and passed on. ferentiate because they
A. Sexual Selection A. contain a lipid bilayer
B. Natural Selection B. can clump together
C. Non-random Mating C. metabolize sugars rapidly
D. Gene Flow D. have specific genes activated
185. DNA is what shape? 191. Which best describes the similar function
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of wings in birds and butterflies?
A. Helix
A. embryological structures
B. Triple Helix
B. homologous structures
C. Double Helix
C. analogous structures
D. Circular
D. vestigial structures
186. This mechanism of evolution occurs when
populations migrate. 192. An example of a homologous structure
A. Extinction A. human arm and bird wing
B. Gene flow B. rat appendix and human appendix

C. wing of butterfly and bird wing
C. Genetic drift
D. none of above
D. Natural Selection
193. A deer inherits some of its features from
187. An entire specie is no longer iving
its parents. Other features come from its
A. dead environment. Which feature would a deer
B. Abiotic most likely inherit from its parents?
C. Extinct A. a long scar
D. none of above B. brown eyes
C. missing teeth
188. In pea plants, the purple trait is dominant.
If a purebred purple plant crosses with a D. a broken antler
hybrid purple plant, the offspring will be 194. Analogous structures share
A. Similar function but different structure
A. mostly white
B. 75% purple; 25% white B. Similar function and structure
C. all purple C. Similar structure but different function
D. 50% purple; 50% white
D. none of above
189. A sequence of DNA that determines a
trait is called? 195. A gene is
A. Allele A. a set of instructions for each trait
B. Phenotype B. instructions on how to make protein
C. Nucleotide C. a portion of a strand of DNA
D. Gene D. All of the above

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196. Which of the following are the main com- 201. The increase of an allele in a population
ponents of a DNA nucleotide? is known as

A. Ribose-sugar, phosphate, nitrogen A. dominant
base B. recessive
B. Deoxyribose-sugar, nitrogen base, C. allelic frequency
phosphorous
D. mutation
C. Deoxyribose-sugar, phosphate, nitro-
gen base 202. What is knowing the age of something in
D. Glucose, nitrogen base, phosphate comparison to other things?
A. carbon dating
197. Survival of the fittest leads to adaptation
B. relative dating
to changing environments
C. vestigial
A. Bio Diversity
D. DNA studies
B. Natural Selection
C. Natural Species 203. Happens only in small populations, and is
the change in the frequency of a gene vari-
D. none of above
ant (allele) in a population due to random
198. Which is not an example of specia- sampling of organisms.
tion/evolution we studied in class? A. Extinction
A. Darwin’s Finches (different beak sizes) B. Genetic Drift
C. Bottleneck Effect
B. Anole Lizards D. Founder Effect
C. Rock Pocket Mouse Fur Color
204. A change in the genetic makeup of species
D. Humans breeding dogs for more favor- over time is called
able traits
A. Camouflage
199. If a particular form of a trait is always B. Evolution
present when the allele controlling it is
present, then the allele must be C. Genetic Drift
D. Survival
A. mixed
B. recessive 205. What term accurately defines the defini-
tion below?All the alleles (for a specific
C. hybrid
gene) within a population.
D. dominant
A. Speciation
200. What characteristic would a child not in- B. Evolution
herit from parents?
C. Gene Pool
A. freckles
D. Allele Frequency
B. eye color
206. The process by which organisms that are
C. hair style best suited to a particular environment sur-
D. dimples vive and reproduce

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A. natural selection 212. If an environment changes and the traits

B. evolution of a species don’t help it survive, it may
(section 3)
C. adaptation
A. reproduce successfully
D. none of above
B. become isolated
207. Which of these is least likely to show
common ancestry? C. become extinct
A. homologous structures
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D. prey on its neighbors
B. vestigial structures
213. Which are the best examples of homolo-
C. DNA
gous structures?
D. analogous structures
A. Wisdom teeth and whale’s hipbones
208. Which is most likely the result of genetic
variation in organisms? B. A human appendix and tailbone
A. Mothers give birth to identical twins C. An insect’s wing and a bat’s wing
B. A virus wipes out an entire field of D. A whale’s flipper and a bat’s wing
crops
C. Some bacteria survive when exposed 214. Evo-Devo is what?
to antibiotic A. Evolutionary Development
D. none of above
B. Trick Question-A 90’s band
209. A change in DNA. C. Evolutionary Deviation
A. Competition
D. Evacuatory Development
B. Mutation
C. Species 215. is the loss of genetic variation that occurs
D. Fitness when a new population is established by
a very small number of individuals from a
210. A structure that is present in an organ- larger population.
isms’ ancestor but no longer serves its
A. Extinction
original purpose in the current species.
A. analogous B. Genetic Drift
B. mutation C. Bottleneck Effect
C. vestigial D. Founder Effect
D. homologous
216. When the DNA of an organism is altered
211. What mutation has occurred here? T-G- it is referred to as
A-C-C-AT-G-A-G-C-A
A. Mutation
A. Substitution
B. Deletion B. Gene Flow
C. Insertion C. Genetic Drift

D. Frameshift D. Sexual Selection

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217. What kind of evidence do scientists use 222. What kind of isolation occurs when
in evolution? two populations of birds have different
courtship dances?

A. soil, sand, fossils
A. geographic isolation
B. rock, mountains, fossils
B. sexual isolation
C. fossils, geological time scale, and com-
parative anatomy C. temporal isolation
D. behavioral isolation
D. only fossils
223. Variation among species
218. A trait or characteristic passed down
A. Genetics
from generation to generation, controlled
by genes B. Biodiversity
A. inherited trait C. Fossil
D. none of above
B. acquired trait
C. recessive trait 224. Scientists compare organisms’ anatomy
and DNA to support the theory that
D. ancestral trait species share common (section 1)
219. How many genes do identical twins A. separation
share? B. populations
A. 90% C. ancestors
B. 100% D. environments
C. 50% 225. What is a process by which better-suited

organisms survive and reproduce?
D. 0%
A. Endangerment
220. What is speciation? B. Extinction
A. combining of two species to form one C. Gymnosperm
with different traits D. Natural Selection
B. isolation that affects mating behaviors
226. An organisms scientific name is made of
(in order)
C. timing of mating that prevents normal A. species, class
sexual selection
B. genus, kingdom
D. divergence of two or more species
C. genus, species
from an existing one
D. species
221. Which gene would help you fight the
227. Genetic variations are created by
corona?
A. genetic drift and natural selection
A. Rnase 1
B. mutation and natural selection
B. Rnase 2
C. natural selection and artificial selec-
C. Rnase 3 tion
D. Rnase 4 D. mutation and sexual reproduction

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228. Homologous structures indicate that or- 233. Which of the following would be an adap-
ganisms share a tation for survival in a desert?
A. structure A. an animal being active during the mid-
dle of the day
B. pair of limbs
B. a bird having dark feathers that absorb
C. common ancestor sunlight as heat
D. none of above C. a plant having a thick stem to store wa-
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ter
229. Which does NOT cause genetic varia-
tion? D. a plant having large leaves to gather
sunglight
A. crossing over in meiosis
234. Fitness, in biology is-
B. mutations
A. how smart an organism is
C. acquired traits
B. how fast an organism is
D. none of above
C. how strong an organism is
230. What is the process in which humans D. an organism’s ability to survive and re-
breed organisms for certain traits? produce
A. natural selection 235. Genes code for
B. inheritance A. Proteins
C. artificial selection B. Groups of proteins
D. descent withOUT modification C. all of the above
D. none of above
231. What will most likely happen if a species
can no longer produce offspring? 236. fossils are commonly found in
A. It will become extinct. A. sedimentary rock
B. It will evolve into another species. B. igneous rock
C. It will move into a new environment C. granite
and adapt. D. loose sand or granite
D. It will begin to mutate into another or- 237. IN genetic engineering, what is used to
ganism. “cut” a desired gene out of the genome of
an organism?
232. In DNA replication, three of the four
choices listed below are correctly paired. A. scissors
Select the exception. A. A-C B. C-G C. A-T B. acid
D. T-A
C. enzymes
A. A-C D. very tiny forceps
B. C-G
238. A giraffe with a long neck is a beneficial
C. A-T adaptation because it can
D. T-A A. Hear better better than other giraffe

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B. Reach more food than other giraffe 244. Humans, birds, whales, and lizards all
C. Run faster than other giraffe have similar arm bones. What is the rea-
son for this?

D. Is cuter than other giraffe
A. The function of these bones is the
239. How do species change over time? same in all animals
A. frequency (amount) of certain alleles B. They live in similar environments
in a population C. They have a common ancestor
B. towards perfection D. All organisms resemble humans
C. through individual evolution
245. If a child develops a liking for sports be-
D. through acquired traits cause she practices playing soccer every
day with her dad, it would be evidence of
240. A characteristic that improves an individ-
ual’s ability to survive and reproduce in a A. nature
particular environment. B. nurture
A. adaptation C. interaction
B. environmental pressures D. none of above
C. embryology
246. When organisms selects their mates
D. Charles Darwin based on traits-ex. bright coloring,
feather size, and sounds
241. Idea that all of Earth was one land mass
called Pangaea A. Natural Selection
A. Law of Superpositions B. Inbreeding
B. Theory of Plate tectonics C. Gene Flow

D. Non-random Mating
C. theory of Evolution
D. none of above 247. simple ring of DNA from prokaryotes
A. plasmid
242. Which energy transformation occurs dur-
ing active transportation in a cell? B. restriction enzymes
A. light energy to chemical energy C. recombinant DNA
B. kinetic energy to potential energy D. gene
C. chemical energy to mechanical energy 248. Dear King Phillip Came Over For Good
Spaghetti uses a mnemonic device that
D. mechanical energy to electrical energy helps one remember
A. the scientific names of different organ-
243. Which worm had the highest fitness?
isms
A. yellow
B. the six kingdoms
B. blue C. the eight levels of classification
C. white D. the difference between prokaryotic
D. green and eukaryotic cells

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249. Which one shows the correct pairing of B. Genetic drift

bases in DNA??
C. Speciation
A. A and C, T and G
D. Founder effect
B. A and G, C and T
C. A and T, C and G 255. Who is considered to be the “Father of
Genetics”?
D. A and C, T and G
A. Watson
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250. Proteins are made of:
B. Mendel
A. Amino Acids
C. Darwin
B. Fatty Acids
D. Einstein
C. Monosaccharides
D. Nucleic Acids 256. In DNA base pairs, Adenine bonds with:
251. A type of cell division, which produces ga- A. Guanine
metes (sex cells) containing half the num- B. Cytosine
ber of chromosomes as a parent’s body
cell. C. Thymine
A. Meiosis D. Adenine
B. Mitosis
257. Carbon 14 has a half life of 5, 730 years.
C. Osmosis If a fossil sample has 25% of the original
D. Chemitosis carbon 14 in it, how old is the fossil?
252. Horse breeding for specific desired traits A. 5, 730 years old
is an example of which type of evolution- B. 11, 460 years old
ary evidence?
C. 17, 190 years old
A. Artificial selection
D. none of above
B. Embryology
C. Fossils 258. Which is an example of a behavioral
adaptation?
D. Biochemical molecules
A. migration
253. Structures within the cell that carries the
genetic material that will be copied and B. mimicry
passed from generation to generation. C. camouflage
A. Chromosome D. chemical
B. Allele
259. In DNA base pairs, the Guanine binds to:
C. DNA
D. Protein A. Adenine
B. Cytosine
254. The phenomenon that studies how new
species are formed is known as C. Guanine
A. Gene flow D. Thymine

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260. Body parts that function like each other, C. hip bones
but are different in structure. D. hind limbs

A. embryos
266. A single segment of DNA that controls
B. homologous structures
protein production and the cell cycle.
C. analogous structures
A. Gene
D. vestigial structures
B. Allele
261. Sources of variations include and C. Chromosome
?
D. Chromatid
A. sexual reproduction, mutations
B. asexual reproduction, mutations 267. The term that describes the characteris-
tics that are inherited and passed from
C. biological evolution, genetics generation to generation.
D. biological evolution, genetics
A. Trait
262. A characteristic a living thing gets during B. Variation
their lifetime.
C. Evolution
A. inherited trait
D. Pedigree
B. acquired trait
C. ancestral trait 268. Which characteristic is a lion least likely
to pass on to its offspring?
D. hidden trait
A. fur color
263. In Deoxyribonucleic acid, Adenine pairs B. length of tail
with the nitrogen base
C. scars on leg
A. cytosine
D. body size
B. uracil
C. guanine 269. Trilobite fossils from different time pe-
riods show small changes in appearance.
D. thymine
What might account for the changes?
264. What type of speciation would involve A. catastrophic geologic events
mating during different seasons?
B. weathering and erosion
C. increase in greenhouse gases
B. reproductive isolation
D. response to environmental changes
C. habitat isolation
D. gametic isolation 270. Which of the following is NOT character-
istic of RNA?
265. Which of the following features did
A. Ribose Sugar
whales possibly inherit from a four-legged
ancestor? (section 1) B. Thymine
A. legs C. Guanine
B. gills D. Cytosine

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271. Strands of DNA that are twisted together B. Cambrian

are called- C. Holocene
A. nitrogen bases
D. Precambrian
B. genotypes
277. Which of these are vestigial structures?
C. chromosomes
D. recessive A. the wings of a butterfly
B. the hip bones found in some species of
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272. During complementary base pairing, Ade- snake
nine pairs with what other nitrogenous
base? C. the thick fur and layer of fat of some
mammals in cold climates
A. Adenine
D. the sharp spines of a cactus
B. Cytosine
C. Guanine 278. molecular scissors that “cut’ DNA
D. Thymine A. plasmid
273. What are fossils? B. restriction enzymes
A. molds and casts of organisms that live C. recombinant DNA

today D. gene
B. drawings of ancient animals and other
279. Codes for a single protein
organisms
A. DNA
C. footprints or burrows of small animals
that live today B. Gene
D. the preserved remains or traces of or- C. Chromosome
ganisms that lived in the past D. Chromatin
274. What is the site of Protein Synthesis?
280. An organism with adaptations that en-
A. El Cerro able it to survive and reproduce in a popu-
B. Ribosomes lation is said to have high
C. Mitochondria A. biodiversity
D. Lysosomes B. fitness
275. The double helix backbone of DNA is C. natural selection

formed from which structural features: D. artificial selection
A. Phosphate and deoxyribose
281. Organisms can be separated by their
B. Phosphate and nitrogenous base MOST basic characteristics into the broad-
C. Deoxyribose and Nitrogenous base est groups known as
D. none of above A. kingdoms
B. domains
276. The earliest part of Earth’s history is
called the C. phyla
A. Cenozoic D. order

7.4 Evolution 1141
282. Which best represents an adaptation that 287. Despite alleles for A, B, and O being
allows ducks to survive in aquatic ecosys- present, only AB blood type is expressed.
tems? This is an example of which patterns of in-

heritance?
A. Ducks are warm-blooded.
A. multiple allele
B. Ducks breathe through lungs.
B. polygenic inheritance
C. Ducks have waterproof feathers.
C. dominant-recessive
D. none of above
D. incomplete dominance
283. Mendel chose
288. Older Rocks are on bottom and younger
A. Scented brick on top
B. Mangifera indica A. Law of Layers
C. Malus domestica B. Law of Evolution
D. Pea C. Law of Superposition
D. none of above
284. How is do RNA and DNA differ?
A. DNA contains adenine, RNA contains 289. An example of a vestigial structure:
thymine A. bird wing and human arm
B. DNA contains a sugar and RNA does B. bird wing and butterfly wing
not C. rat appendix and human appendix
C. DNA is double stranded, RNA is single D. none of above
stranded
290. On which islands did Darwin observe the
D. DNA is found in the cytoplasm, RNA is
finches with different beaks?
only in the nucleus
A. Canary Islands
285. The type of genetic drift that follows the B. Hawaiian Islands
colonization of a new habitat by a small
group of individuals is called C. Galapogos Islands
A. the Hardy-Weinburg principle D. Aleutian Islands
B. the founder effect 291. Which of the following statements is

TRUE about genetic variation?
C. directional selection
A. It leads to diversity of physical traits.
D. the bottleneck effect
B. It allows for natural selection to occur.
286. Humans and bats having similar looking
forelimbs is which type of evolutionary ev- C. It allows for the survival of some indi-
idence? viduals during difficult times.
A. anatomical D. All answers are correct.
B. biochemical
292. A trait that helps a species survive is a(n)
C. embryological
D. geographical A. characteristic

7.4 Evolution 1142
B. adaptation 298. A plant with white flowers is allowed

C. survival trait to self-pollinate. Generation after genera-
tion, it produces only white flowers. This
D. variation is an example of
293. Gene shuffling includes independent as- A. True-breeding/ pure breeding
sortment as well as B. Hybridization
A. Mutations C. Polygenetics
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B. Mitosis D. none of above
C. Asexual Reproduction
299. What is suggested by the similarity of
D. Crossing Over early embryos of different species of ver-
tebrates?
294. Which of the following word pairs are
connected to the theory of natural selec- A. no evolutionary relationships between
tion? the groups
A. variation and adaptation B. recent common ancestry
B. adaptation and absolute age C. similar environments in the past
C. absolute age and radioactive dating D. evolution from a distant common an-
D. radioactive dating and variation cestor
295. Which term best describes a specially de- 300. Which of the following lists correctly
veloped characteristic that enables an or- name sthe DOMAINS of living things?
ganism to live in a specific environment? A. birds dinosaurs mammals
A. adaptations B. protists plants animals
B. natural selection C. archaea bacteria eukaryota
C. survival of the fittest D. prokaryota eukaryota
D. variations
301. What is a useless structure called?
296. Homeotic genes are commonly called A. homologous
A. Hoto genes B. vestigial
B. Hox genes C. adaptation
C. H genes D. variation
D. He-Ge’s
302. A characteristic that can be passed from
297. are mistakes in the DNA that cause parent to offspring through genes is called
variation within a species. a (section 2)
A. mutations A. selection
B. adaptations B. fossil
C. speciations C. sediment
D. isolations D. trait

7.4 Evolution 1143
303. Whether or not a variation is an adapta- B. Meiosis

tion is dependent on the organism’s C. Cytokinesis

A. Environment D. Protein Synthesis
B. Genotype
309. Which of the following populations is
C. Phenotype most likely to avoid extinction?
D. Selection A. small population with low genetic di-
304. Which of the following is a genetic varia- versity
tion? B. small population with high genetic di-
A. Todd eats meat but his brother is a veg- versity
etarian. C. large population with low genetic di-
B. Julie has a scar on her arm, but her versity
sister does not. D. large population with high genetic di-
C. Two siblings have different eye color. versity
D. I am older than my sister. 310. Gene flow happens as a result of ,
members of a population exchange genes
305. A boy and his father each have a small
with one another.
scar on one arm. Which best describes the
boy’s scar? A. Mating
A. learned behavior B. Speciation
B. inherited trait C. Recombination
C. acquired trait D. Gene Exchange
D. inherited behavior 311. Where are all genetic traits, chromo-
somes, DNA, located in the cell?
306. The number of different species in an area
or habitat. A. Nuclei/Nucleus
A. adaptation B. Mitochondria
B. classification C. Cholorplast
C. biodiversity D. Ribosomes
D. theory of evolution 312. What is the following most likely to
cause the extinction of a species?
307. Which of the following means “genetic
change over time” A. mutation
A. natural selection B. a changing environment
B. speciation C. natural selection
C. evolution D. genetic variation
D. fitness 313. What adaptation would help a rabbit sur-
308. Which of the following processes pro- vive well in the winter
duces gametes? A. Smaller Size
A. Mitosis B. Thick Fur

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C. Longer Ears 319. The best example of the term “variation”

is
D. Larger tail
A. lizards fighting over a small animal
314. The tentacles of an octopus and the limbs
B. one light colored moth and one dark
of a lizard are an example of
colored moth
A. homologous structures
C. an organism will gills survives easier
B. analogous structures in the water
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C. homologous and vestigial structures D. a sea turtule laying over 100 eggs
D. analogous and vestigial structures
320. Which is an example of an organism pro-
315. Breed an organism for a desired trait is tecting themselves from another organism
the definition of using structural adaptation?
A. selective breeding A. white color in the snow
B. natural selection B. hibernation during winter
C. natural breeding C. thick fur in the winter time
D. biological evolution D. migrating during winter
316. Which era did the first bears live in? 321. Which of the following does speciation
create? (section 3)
A. Miocene era
A. offspring
B. Mesozoic era
B. a new species
C. Messinian era
C. ancestors
D. none of above
D. fossils
317. When alleles are separated or lost due to
random chance 322. How does a species change over time?
A. gene flow A. by adapting to the environment
B. genetic equilibrium B. changes in the gene frequencies in a
population
C. genetic drift
C. acquiring new traits
D. allele frequency
D. they do not change
318. Widow’s peak is dominant to straight
hair line. Cross a heterozygous widow’s 323. All living things that are best adapted to
peak female with a heterozygous widow’s their environments will be more likely to
peak male. What is the genotype ratio? survive. This idea is known as
A. 1:2:1 A. Mutation
B. 3:1 B. Adaptations
C. 1:1 C. Natural Selection
D. 1:0 D. Evolution

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324. Brown mice survive and reproduce in 329. The best definition for biological evolu-
their desert environment better than tion is?
white mice because owls can see and eat

A. When Earth’s processes cause change
the white mice more easily. In this situa-
overtime.
tion, what is doing the selecting?
B. When rock’s change over time.
A. Owl
C. When a species changes overtime.
B. Desert Background
D. none of above
C. Brown Mice
D. White Mice 330. How regular cells divide
325. Scientist who developed the theory of A. mitosis

evolution; wrote “The Origin of Species” B. meiosis
A. Gregor Mendel C. DNA
B. Dimitri Mendelev D. none of above
C. Carl Linnaeus
331. A flood drowns a large portion of an in-
D. Charles Darwin sect population, with only a few random
individuals surviving. This is an example
326. Fossils give us evidence about which of
of
the following?
A. genetic drift
A. how weathering and erosion break
down rocks B. adaptation
B. the other planets in our solar system C. natural selection
C. plants and animals that lived long ago D. none of above
D. the transfer of energy from one form
332. Which organisms are most closely related
to another
based on comparison of anatomical struc-
327. The passing of physical characteristics ture?
from parent to offspring is A. Jellyfish and clam
A. genetics B. Snake and worm
B. heredity C. Pig and human
C. genes D. Bird and bee
D. traits
333. An inherited behavior or trait that makes
328. Bird wings and butterfly wings are an ex- an individual better fit for their environ-
ample of ment would be a(n)
A. Homologous structure A. accommodation
B. Analogous structure B. variation
C. Mimicry C. adaptation
D. Camoflague D. selection

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334. How are organisms classified as Eukarya A. They store twigs and sticks in their
different from organisms classified as Ar- nest
chaea and BActeria? B. They migrate to a warmer climate
A. They are multicellular C. They grow more feathers to stay warm
B. They all reproduce sexually in the winter
C. They all produce their own food D. They hide in bushes and wait for warm
D. They all have membrane-bound nuclei weather
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335. DNA containing genes from a foreign 340. Scientists have the ability to insert a hu-
donor man gene into E.coli to create insulin. Why
is this possible?
A. plasmid
A. all organisms have the same DNA
B. restriction enzymes bases
C. recombinant DNA B. all organisms have the same genome
D. gene C. all organisms have the same diet
336. What are the three lines of evidence that D. all organisms go through similar
support the theory of evolution? (section stages of development
1)
341. Related organisms have similar
A. fossils, anatomy, and DNA
A. Genetic Material
B. Darwin, Malthus, and Mendel
B. Diet
C. fossils, DNA, and expert opinion
C. Behavioral Patterns
D. pictures, videos, and models
D. none of above
337. Most adaptations that help an organism
survive are passed on from parent to child 342. Body part that has lost its original func-
as traits? tion through evolution
A. adaptable A. homologous structures
B. physical B. analogous structures
C. more C. vestigial structures
D. inherited D. fossilized structures
338. enable an organism to survive in its 343. What is another name for natural selec-
environment. tion?
A. adaptations A. survival of the smartest
B. natural selections B. survival of the fastest
C. divergence C. survival of the biggest
D. extinctions D. survival of the fittest
339. Which of these BEST describes how some 344. changes in DNA by mistake or by environ-
birds survive when the weather gets mental factors
cold? A. DNA

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B. Mutation 350. Adaptations increase an organisms

C. Phenotype A. range of habitats

D. none of above
B. survival chance
345. What was the name of the ship Darwin C. reproduction
traveled the world on?
D. Survival and reproduction
A. HMS Beagle
B. SS Beagle 351. A hurricane kills half of the largemouth
C. HMS Bugle bass fish population in the area. How is
D. SS Bugle the change in allelic frequencies best de-
scribed?
346. In Peter and Rosemary Grant’s study of
the Galapagos finches, what process was A. natural selection
encourage by ecological competition during B. mutation
the dry season?
C. genetic drift
A. Natural selection
B. Stabilizing Selection D. punctuated equilibrium
C. Diversifying Selection 352. A process that occurs when a single par-

D. Directional selection ent organism produces genetically identi-
cal offspring.
347. Individuals with favorable traits survive,
reproduce, and pass their traits onto their A. Asexual reproduction
offspring. This is called
B. Sexual reproduction
A. Mutation
C. Genetic reproduction
B. Adaptation
C. Evolution D. Evolutionary reproduction
D. Natural Selection 353. A group of individuals that normally

348. Grouping organisms based on their tax- breed only among themselves is a(n)
onomy A. Community
A. Genetics
B. Species
B. Natural selection
C. Population
C. Biological classification
D. none of above D. Organism
349. Charles Darwin observe the plants and 354. The synthesis of a protein from an mRNA
animals on his voyage to which of the fol- template is called
lowing locations?
A. transcription
A. The Galapagos Islands
B. replication
B. South America
C. Hawaii C. translation
D. The South Pacific D. synthesis

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355. What does the genotype need to be of 360. The shape of DNA is known as
two dominant parents who produce a re-
A. double helix
cessive child?
B. x-ray
A. BB x BB
B. Bb x Bb C. cominant
C. BB x bb D. recessive
D. bb x bb 361. Some lizards have different size legs.
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Lizards with longer legs are able to better
356. When a single specialized cell from a fe-
access food. Overtime Lizards with short
male merges with a specialized cell from a
legs became less common.What is the in-
male.
herited variation (trait)?
A. Sexual reproduction
A. Lizards
B. Asexual reproduction
B. Long legs
C. Diffusion reproduction
C. Leg size
D. Organic reproduction
D. Food
357. When two neighboring populations sud-
denly mix, what will result? 362. Sea level changes have least likely had
an impact on which of the following?
A. Offspring would have mutations
A. Weather patterns
B. Offspring would be forced to leave
C. Offspring would be identical to their B. Creating or destroying inland seas
parent C. Changing Earth’s landscapes
D. Offspring would have greater genetic D. Expanding or contracting continental
variety shelves
358. What word describes the process of hav- 363. Which of the following must occur for spe-
ing the advantageous traits that helps an ciation to happen?
organism survive and reproduce?
B. adaptation
C. temporal isolation
C. mutation
D. behavioral isolation
D. genetic engineering
359. What is the advantage of having differ- 364. Meitosis is the process of one cell split-
ent shaped beaks? ting into two identical cells, to make
A. To look different from other species. A. All cells of the body, except the egg
and sperm
B. To be able to eat the food readily avail-
able in the environment. B. The egg or sperm cells
C. To protect itself against predators. C. Just the sperm cells
D. To protect itself against prey. D. Just the cells of the ear

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365. Which of these is a behavioral adapta- 370. Are point mutations mostly beneficial,
tion? neutral, or harmful?

A. swallows building a nest A. beneficial
B. cactus plants having long spines B. neutral
C. insects looking like leaves to blend in C. harmful
with real leaves D. bussin’
D. butterflies producing a foul-tasting
chemical 371. The ‘C’ in DNA stands for:
A. Cytosine
366. The differences among a species, like dif-
ferent bird beaks, are called B. Cysteine
A. genes. C. Carbohydrate
B. variations. D. Calcium
C. traits. 372. Which division of geologic time is the

D. theories. longest?
A. eon
367. The process of man choosing organisms
with the most desirable traits and mating B. period
them is known as C. era
A. Cloning D. epoch
B. Natural selection 373. What is sweet pea?
C. Selective breeding A. Pisum sativum
D. none of above B. Lathyrus odoratus
368. Which geological event is most likely to C. Mangifera indica
cause greater diversity in animal popula- D. Malus domestica
tions?
A. landmasses splitting apart 374. The process by which populations slowly
change over time is called (section 1)
B. landmasses coming together
A. selective breeding
C. landmasses becoming larger
B. speciation
D. landmasses sinking beneath the sea
C. selection
369. is when members of a species that D. evolution
are best suited for their environment sur-
vive and reproduce at a higher rate than 375. Who figured out that Evolution happens
other members of the species by Natural Selection?
A. natural selection A. Charles Darwin
B. artificial selection B. Rosalind Franklin
C. speciation C. Watson & Crick
D. adaptation D. Robert Hooke

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376. When did humans start selectively breed- C. variations

ing plants and animals? D. evolution
A. about 2 million years ago
382. Which is the best sign of the ability of an
B. 1982 organism to survive and reproduce in evo-
C. in the 1700s lutionary biology?
D. about 10, 000 years ago A. the number of offspring that survive to
reproduce
377. Which animal and feature did Darwin
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study on the Galapagos islands? B. the physical traits of the offspring
A. Finches’ wings C. the behavior of the offspring
B. Alligator’s tail D. none of above
C. Finches’ beak 383. Organisms with a common ancestor have

D. Penguin’s teeth features of different functions but similar
structures:
378. Characters that are passed on from par- A. Homologous structures
ents to offspring are also known as
B. Analogous structures
A. inherited characters
C. Vestigial structures
B. acquired characters
D. none of above
C. evolving characters
D. none of above 384. Two different salamanders live in differ-
ent parts of California. They won’t repro-
379. Evolution of an animal into a wide vari- duce because of this. This is called iso-
ety of types adapted to specialized modes lation.
of life? A. geographic
A. Phylogeny B. temporal
B. Biogeography C. behavioral
C. Fossil Record D. none of above
D. Adaptive radiation
385. the process in which populations change
380. characters may or may not be simi- over time
lar between two organisms but they de- A. basketball
veloped from a common ancestor.
B. natural selection
A. homologous
C. evolution
B. analogous
D. mutation
C. cladistic
D. phylogenic 386. If the giraffe had lived in a habitat that
flourished with plants (specifically low to
381. Differences that exist naturally among the ground) do you think they would’ve
members of a population or species ? evolved to have long necks?
A. mutation A. No
B. adaptation B. Yes

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C. maybe B. Environmental Change

D. I don’t know C. Adaptation

387. What is one reason why bacteria have D. Variation
evolved so quickly?
392. The small segments of a chromosome
A. They reproduce quickly that help code for a trait are called-
B. There is not selection pressure A. genes
C. They can reproduce sexually
B. genotypes
D. Their DNA does not mature
C. proteins
388. What is the name of the process in which D. nucleotides
humans reproduce plants an animals in or-
der to promote particular genetic charac- 393. One parent is PP and the other is pp; pre-
teristics? dict the genotypes of the offspring.
A. natural selection A. 100% PP
B. sexual selection B. 100% Pp
C. genetic engineering C. 50% PP-50% pp
D. selective breeding
D. 25% PP 50%-Pp 25%-pp
389. What is suggested by the anatomical
similarity of different species of verte- 394. This happens after a rapid population re-
brates? duction.
A. no evolutionary relationships between A. Extinction

the groups B. Genetic Drift
B. recent common ancestry C. Bottleneck Effect
C. similar environments in the past D. Fonder Effect
D. evolution from a distant common an-
cestor 395. Which of the following do scientists think
was an ancestor of whales? (section 1)
390. a branched diagram that shows the rela-
A. an ancient eel
tionships among organisms, including com-
mon ancestors B. an ancient shark
A. cladogram C. an ancient fish
B. phylogenetic tree D. an ancient land mammal
C. dichotomous key
396. The molecule that transports the amino
D. none of above acid to the ribosome is called the
391. The white feathers of a snowy owl allow A. DNA
it to blend in with its environment during
B. mRNA
the winter months (snow). This is an ex-
ample of C. tRNA
A. Species D. rRNA

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397. In what type of rock do we usually find 402. When a stretch of code is copied and re-
a fossil? peated in the DNA, it is known as a
A. sedimentary A. Gene duplication event
B. igeneous B. Horizontal gene transfer
C. metamorphic C. transposable element domestication
D. none of above D. De novo origination
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403. What do scientists most often use to
398. Which characteristic of organisms allows
form the basis for biological classifica-
them to adapt to problems in their environ-
tion?
ment?
A. dietary habits
A. genetic variation
B. population size
B. genetic isolation
C. geographic location
C. genetic drift
D. comparative anatomy
D. none of above
404. When a human breeds two dogs based on
399. The natural differences between individ- the characteristics they like in this organ-
uals of a species is called isms, it is called
A. adaptations A. evolution
B. natural selection B. pedigree
C. genetic diversity and variation C. selective breeding
D. fitness D. natural selection
400. How are plant cells and human cells the 405. Natural selection could not occur without
same? A. biodiversity.
A. They can produce their own oxygen. B. adaptation.
B. They make their own food from sun- C. variation.
light. D. genotype.
C. They can receive nutrients through the
406. Two different frogs have different mat-
cell wall.
ing seasons. They won’t reproduce be-
D. They use mitochondria to release en- cause of this. This is called isolation.
ergy from sugars.
A. geographic
401. DNA molecule segment is:TTACGCAAG B. temporal
The mutated DNA segment is TTCGCAAG. C. behavioral
This is an example of mutation.
D. none of above
A. Substitution
407. Similar structure and function of a body
B. Deletion
structure but NO Common ancestry (Not
C. Insertion related)
D. Inversion A. Heterozygous

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B. Heterogenous 413. Some snake venom works by

C. Analogous A. causing blood clotting throughout the

D. none of above victim’s body
408. Finches had different sized beaks because B. Making it impossible for the animal’s
they became specialists. blood to clot
A. food C. neither of the above
B. drink D. none of above
C. flying
D. fighting 414. In the scientific name Limulus polyphe-
mus, which classification group is polyphe-
409. Structures in different species that are mus?
similar because of common ancestry.
A. species
A. homologous
B. genus
B. vestigial
C. analogous C. order
D. adaptation D. phylum
410. Which of the following is most closely
415. The ability of an organism to survive and
linked to Charles Darwin’s concept of nat-
reproduce in its specific environment
ural selection?
A. Predator-prey relationships strongly A. diversity.
influence change among organisms B. evolution
B. Survival of the fittest
C. adaptation
C. Competition strongly influences
change among organisms D. fitness
D. Survival of the nicest 416. All of the individuals in the population are
411. Adaptations are: slightly different from one another
A. Body parts that help an organism sur- A. theory of evolution
vive in their environment
B. natural selection
B. Behaviors that help an organism sur-
vive in their environment C. genetic variation
C. Body parts and behaviors that help an D. adaptation
organism survive in their environment
D. none of above 417. Fossil evidence suggests an evolutionary
relationship between and
412. Individuals who are considered fit, have:
A. cats and chipmunks
A. Stronger genes
B. birds and dinosaurs
B. Fewer mutations
C. More food C. butterflies and mice
D. More offspring D. none of above

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418. The height of an individual is determined 423. Similar organisms that can reproduce by
by multiple genes working together. This interbreeding belong to the same
is an example of A. ecosystem
A. incomplete dominance B. environment
B. dominant-recessive C. habitat
C. polygenic inheritance D. species
D. Despite alleles for A, B, and O being
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present, only AB blood type is expressed. 424. Two different populations of birds live in
the same area and eat the same types of
419. How many genes are there in the human food. Which most likely describes the re-
genome? lationship between these two populations
of birds?
A. over 10, 000
A. Competition
B. over 20, 000
B. Mutualism
C. over 30, 000
C. Predator-Prey
D. over 40, 000
D. Parasitism
420. what gave Charles Darwin the idea of
425. What do we call a change in a species
evolution?
over time?
A. google
A. Adaptation
B. wikipedia
B. Evolution
C. mans attempt to destroy mankind
C. Extinction
D. finches in the Galapagos island
D. Environmental influences
421. term that refers to the transcription fac- 426. An animal, a Spoffalopomous, has 16
tors and chemical signals that govern pat- pairs of chromosomes in a normal body cell.
tern formation in the bodies of multicellu- The eggs and sperm of the Spoffalopomous
lar organisms and the genes that encode will have
them.
A. 16 chromosomes
A. genetic toolkit
B. 8 chromosomes
B. genetic mosaic
C. 16 pairs of chromosomes
C. genetic influence
D. 32 chromosomes
D. genetic evolution
427. Which is the main cause of the varia-
422. What type of selection can result in the tion in traits within a population of organ-
formation of new species? isms?
A. Disruptive A. genetic mutations
B. Directional B. common ancestors
C. Stabilizing C. reduction of habitats
D. Artificial D. environmental conditions

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428. When scientists classify organisms, they B. studied animal behaviors in Chim-
A. arrange them in orderly groups panzees

B. give them many common names C. observed that a mold called Penicillium
killed germs
C. decide whether they are useful
D. discovered how oxygen molecules at-
D. ignore evolutionary relationships tach to the iron atoms of hemoglobin
429. Taxonomy most directly refers to which 434. is the process by which parts of ho-
branch of science? mologous chromosomes are exchanged be-
A. Ecology tween on another.
B. Evolution A. Mutation
C. Classification B. Reproduction
D. Cytology C. Meiosis
430. Which statement about translation is cor- D. Recombination
rect?
435. An organism that can pass either the dom-
A. Amino acids are assembled into a pro- inant or recessive allele to its offspring is
tein on the ribosome
A. mutated
B. Ribosomal RNA and transfer RNA form
B. the fittest
base pairs
C. homozygous
C. Messenger RNA is made from DNA
D. heterozygous
D. Transfer RNA contains the genetic
code copied from DNA 436. Which best describes an inherited trait
that gives an organism a survival advan-
431. A Genetic Disorder is
tage in its particular environment?
A. something that can be passed on to off-
A. an adpatation
spring
B. an offspring
B. a mistake on the DNA
C. a mutation
C. changing, adding or subtracting a chro-
mosome D. none of above
D. all of the above are correct 437. Which is the process that moves sedi-
ment from one location to another?
432. The scientific name given to a fertilized
egg cell. A. Weathering
A. Zygote B. Erosion
B. Gamete C. Deposition
C. Fetus D. Volcanic Eruption
D. Infant 438. Which one of the following is not part of
433. What did Peter and Rosemary Grant the steps of natural selection
study? A. overproduction
A. The evolution of Darwin’s finches B. genetic variation

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C. selective breeding C. adaptation to environment

D. successful reproduction D. variation in species
439. Which statement best describes the Law
444. Which of the following is NOT an environ-
of Superposition?
mental condition that can lead to extinc-
A. older on top younger on bottom tion? (section 3)
B. younger on top older on bottom A. loss of habitat
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C. rocks are all the same age B. decreased competition
D. none of above
C. increased competition
440. Extracting a cell from an organism and us- D. new predators
ing it to create a new organism by mitosis
and cell differentiation in a lab setting is 445. The hereditary material that controls all
known as cellular activities is called-
A. transference A. ATP
B. transduction
B. chloroplast
C. recombinant DNA
C. DNA
D. cloning
D. cytoplasm
441. An inherited characteristic that increases
an organisms ability to survive and repro- 446. Which of the following is a TRUE State-
duce in its specific environment is called ment about bacteria?
a(n)
A. They are many celled
A. vestigial structure
B. All are autotrophs
B. speciation
C. Their cells have no nucleus
C. analogous structure
D. adaptation D. Their cells lack cell walls
442. You look at two species and see very sim- 447. is the change in the frequency of a
ilar DNA. What does this likely tell you? gene in a population as a result of chance.
A. These are the same animal. A. Gene Flow
B. These animals have a common ances- B. Evolution
tor.
C. Frequency Change
C. These animals are not likely related.
D. Genetic Drift
D. These animals are likely becoming one
species.
448. Recombination occurs during
443. Which part of Darwin’s theory of evolu- A. Mitosis
tion may be used to describe the results of
when lions prey on antelope? B. Replication
A. natural selection C. Meiosis
B. survival of the fittest D. Transcription

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449. Stem cells can be obtained from C. Matter cannot be created or destroyed
A. embryos during chemical reactions

B. some adult tissues D. Fossils provide evidence that verte-
brates share a common ancestor.
C. umbilical cord blood
D. all of the above 455. When an organism has a trait that allows
it to blend in with its environment, we call
450. The living cell formed in Miller-Urey ex- that
periment was named as A. mimicry
A. Rama-pethicus B. camouflage
B. Co-acervate C. lucky
C. Blastocyst D. sonic hedgehog gene
D. Australopethicus
456. Which of the following is found in RNA
451. What caused trees in England to change nucleotides but not in DNA nucleotides?
color and therefore also change the domi- A. Nitrogen-containing base
nant color in the moth population?
B. Phosphate group
A. rain
C. Ribose sugar
B. paint
D. Deoxyribose sugar
C. birds
D. pollution 457. Evidence from fossils and rocks indicate
that the Earth’s continents were all joined
452. Which best demonstrates analogous together in a super continent known as
structures in animals? A. Pandora
A. cat fur and dog fur B. Pangaea
B. whale fins and human arms C. Panacea
C. bird wings and insect wings D. Panera
D. gills in fish and lungs in mammals
458. What would happen to an organism’s
453. Which bases pair together in an DNA trait after years of natural selection
molecule? against it?
A. TC & GA A. population would increase
B. KL & MN B. extinction
C. AT & CG C. variation
D. KM & LN D. population would stay the same
454. Which statement supports the theory of 459. A species is a group of similar organisms
evolution? that
A. All living things come from previous A. can mate with each other and produce
cells. fertile offspring.
B. All plants and animals have DNA. B. can live together on an island.

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C. can migrate to an island from the main- 465. An example of overproduction would be
land. when:
D. all have exactly the same traits. A. lizards fight over a small animal
B. one light colored moth and one dark
460. The number of “b” alleles in a gene pool
colored moth
with 3 BB, 2 Bb and 3 bb mice.
C. a sea turtle laying over 100 eggs
A. 3
D. a frog going through metamorphosis
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B. 5
C. 6 466. The passing on of physical traits and char-
acteristics genetically from one generation
D. 8 to another.
461. A phenotype that improves an organ- A. Heredity
ism’s chance of survival in their environ- B. Variation
ment is considered a(n)
C. Evolution
A. natural selection D. Pedigree
B. adaption
467. The gradual change in species over time
C. speciation is
D. none of above A. Evolution
462. When an organism completely dies out, it B. Nucleotide

is called C. Adaptation
A. extinction D. Natural Selection
B. Adaption 468. The passing of traits from parents to off-
C. mutation spring is called
D. fossilization A. probability
B. recessive
463. The evolution of a new species from an
existing species. C. heredity
D. genes
A. habitat
B. ancestral offspring 469. What is an organism called that has two
different genes for a trait? (examples:Mm
C. speciation
or Rr)
D. index fossils A. A purebred
464. Besides the species name, what other cat- B. A hybrid
egory is used for the scientific name? C. An endangered species
A. Phylum D. A mutation
B. Class
470. The total collection of genes in a popula-
C. Order tion at any one time.
D. Genus A. population genetics

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B. gene pool 476. A group of organisms that can mate with

C. gene flow each other to produce fertile offspring is
known as a(n) (section 1)

D. allele frequency
A. adaptation
471. What is it called when there is a change in
a species’ DNA that leads to a new trait? B. population
A. adaptation C. species
B. natural selection D. evolution
C. bacteria
477. The measure of how common a certain al-
D. mutation
lele is in the population.
472. States that organisms change and de- A. population genetics
velop over time to adapt and increase rate
of survival. B. gene pool
A. theory of evolution C. Hardy Weinberg equilibrium
B. biological evolution D. allele frequency
C. natural selection
D. survival of the fittest 478. A human has chromosomes
A. 23
473. What is the theory of evolution?
A. The idea that things change quickly B. 92
over time C. 108
B. The idea that things change slowly D. 46
over time
C. the idea that when something is more 479. In a Punnett square, all four predicted off-
adapted they survive spring are heterozygous where brown fur
D. The idea that humans interfere in is dominant over white. Which statement
changing organisms is true?
474. What is a weakness for the theory of A. All four offspring have brown fur.
evolution? B. Half of the offspring have white fur;
A. gaps in the fossil record half have brown fur.
B. natural selection C. 75% have brown fur.
C. DNA studies D. 25% have brown fur.
D. embryology
480. Which is not a type of adaptation?
475. Genes are found on
A. structural
A. chromosomes
B. alleles B. predatory
C. proteins C. physiological
D. anthers D. behavioral

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481. In certain plants the allele for yellow B. 25%

seeds is dominant to green seeds. If a ho- C. 100%
mozygous yellow seeded plant is crossed
with a homozygous green seeded plant, D. 0%
what percentage of offspring will be green
486. Complete the following code using base
seeded? (If you are unsure, draw a Pun-
pairs:ATCGAGTTA
nett square).
A. GCTCA
A. 100%
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B. CGAGT
B. 50%
C. ACTCG
C. 0%
D. CATGG
D. none of above
482. Structures that have the same function 487. A species is-
but different structures are A. a group of organisms a part of the
A. homologous structures same community
B. analogous structures B. a group of organisms in the same area

that are able to breed
C. vestigial structures
C. different populations in the same area
D. embryology
483. A change in the DNA code/sequence is D. two organisms that look similar
known as a This can lead to benefi-
cial adaptations that can be selected for 488. Which is a process that allows scientists
through natural selection. to compare rock layers with others in a se-
quence to determine their age?
A. Gene
A. radiometric dating
B. Mutation
B. absolute dating
C. Migration
C. relative dating
D. Allele
D. none of above
484. The combined alleles of all of the individ-
uals in the population . 489. Process by which individuals that are bet-
ter suited to their environment survive and
A. gene flow
reproduce most successfully; also called
B. gene drift survival of the fittest.
C. gene pool A. evolution
D. Hardy-Weinberg Equation B. environmental pressures
485. Radiometric dating involves seeing how C. embryology
much of a radioisotope is present in a sam- D. natural selection
ple. Half-life of a radioactive atom is the
time it takes to be reduced to half the orig- 490. An inherited trait that increases an or-
inal amount. After 2 half lives, how much ganism’s chance of surviving and reproduc-
of the radioactive atom is still present? ing.
A. 50% A. variation

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B. adaptation A. Bats evolved from humans.

C. vestigial structure B. Dogs evolved from humans.

D. mutation C. These organisms share a common an-
491. Which is a group of organisms with sim- cestor.
ilar characteristics and are able to inter- D. These organisms are classified as the
breed to produce offspring same species.
A. Variation
496. A term that refers to the changes in the
B. Species
characteristics of a species over several
C. Fitness generations of time.
D. Gene A. Evolution
492. Which of the following processes would B. Genetics
farmers use to produce vegetables that
will grow in a specific climate? (section C. Reproduction
2) D. Variable
497. Which best explains why the wing of a
B. selective breeding
bat and the fin of a whale are similar?
C. evolution
A. a mutation in nature that caused them
D. genetic variation to be similar
493. Which of the following best describes B. a common ancestor between the bat
evolution? and the whale
A. Rapid change within a species C. a simple coincidence between the bat
B. Gradual change over time and the whale
C. A quick emergence of new species D. none of above
D. Passing of traits from parent to off-
spring 498. Enviromentals changes leads to
A. variations
494. What is the purpose of biological classifi-
cation systems? B. pollution
A. to group animals for mate selection C. predation
B. to better understand animal behaviors D. artificial selection
C. to organize organisms based on simi- 499. Which of the following is an example of

larities a homozygous/purebred genotype?
D. to sort animals based on the places A. GG
they live
B. Gg
495. What can be inferred from observed sim-
C. Brown
ilarities in the forelimbs of humans, dogs
and bats? D. Green

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500. Logan was born with unique abilities for 505. In Deoxyribonucleic acid, cytosine pairs
quick healing and awesome claws that with the nitrogen base
stick out of his fingers. A. adenine
A. Gene flow B. thymine
B. Natural Selection C. guanine
C. Mutation D. uracil
D. Genetic Drift
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506. A process where a single cell divides into
two identical cells called daughter cells for
501. In human being the XY chromosome is the the purpose of growth and replacement of
genotype of a old or dead cells.
A. Female A. Mitosis
B. Male B. Meiosis
C. No idea C. Osmosis
D. none of above D. Chemitosis
502. What produces cells with half the normal 507. Mutations in a population
number of chromosomes? A. could affect natural selection
A. mitosis B. could affect sexual selection
B. meiosis C. could lead to evolution
C. alleles D. all of the above
D. chromosomes 508. Genetic drift is most likely to impact a

population
503. Which is one reason scientists produce A. That has a low mutation rate
transgenic organisms?
B. In which natural selection is occurring
A. Create new species of organisms
B. Control Microorganisms in the soil C. That is very small
C. prevent habitats from being destroyed D. For which environmental conditions
are changing
D. Treat certain diseases 509. New species are result of
504. A process that involves choosing par- A. No variation in the population
ents with particular characteristics in order B. Variation in the population
to produce offspring with more desirable
C. unlimited food resources
characteristics.
D. none of above
510. Two people believe they are related.
B. Clone breeding
Which would be the best technique to de-
C. Genetic breeding termine if they are related?
D. Manipulative breeding A. testing blood types

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B. comparing DNA 516. The term that describes an organism’s re-

C. examining karyotypes productive; also referred to as sex cells.

D. testing for genetic disorders A. Gamete
511. Which will most likely prevent a species B. Zygote

from becoming extinct? C. Sperm
A. absence of a predator species
D. Egg
B. large habitat areas for the species
C. genetic variability within the species 517. The similarities found in the DNA se-
quences of two species the recently the
D. adequate sources of water for the
species evolved from a common ancestor.
species
A. more, less
512. Mutations in the genetic code can be
caused by B. more, more
A. magic C. less, more
B. too much homework D. less, less
C. radiation, chemical damage, sponta-
neous copying errors 518. Which of the following can be caused by
D. A diet high in saturated fats a single point mutation in a dog?
A. Longer hair
513. The genetic information in a population is
called a B. mean personality
A. variation C. trustworthy characteristics
B. genotype D. dislike for being held
C. phenotype
D. gene pool 519. Similarities in the Cat’s leg, Dolphin’s flip-
per, Bat’s wing and our arms suggest
514. Organisms are the same when they
can have offspring, then those have more A. that we have a common ancestor mil-
offspring. lions of years ago.
A. Class B. that all could fly at one time.

B. Family C. they can’t be related because bats
C. Species can’t swim.
D. Phylum D. that cats love to swim.
515. What is Speciation? 520. You get chromosomes from mom and
A. the formation of new and distinct chromosomes from dad
species
A. 23
B. Happens at the individual level
B. 46
C. When an animal acquires new traits to
better survive in the environment C. 92
D. the ability to adapt D. 108

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521. The chromosome structure in a cell ac- C. the bone structure of their wings
counts for genetic variation based on the
D. the color of their eyes
order of its
A. sugars 527. process by which different types of cells
B. phosphates arise from less specialized cells
C. nitrogenous bases A. morphogenesis
D. hydrogen bonds B. differentiation
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522. Which of the following environmental fac- C. determination
tors can put pressure on species?
D. genomic equivalence
A. changing climate
B. the introduction of a new predator 528. An organism that has either 2 dominant
C. changing pH of soil or 2 recessive alleles is said to be for
D. all of these that trait.
A. homozygous
523. The genetic makeup of a cell is called
A. Phenotype B. heterozygous
B. Genotype C. genotype
C. Meiosis D. phenotype
D. Mitosis
529. How did different beak sizes first arise?
524. genes that encode polypeptides that as-
sociate to form transcription factors; de- A. They arose because of their need to be
termine the formation of flower organs able to eat different food.
A. Hox genes B. The arose by chance (random muta-
B. induction genes tion).
C. organ identity genes C. The environment made the change

happen.
D. morphogen
D. The finches beaks changed a little at a
525. A type of trait an organism has that can time each generation.
be masked by a stronger form of the trait.
A. Recessive trait 530. The principle of states that in an
B. Dominant trait undisturbed layer of rocks, the oldest
rocks are at the bottom and they get pro-
C. Passive trait
gressively younger as the layers move up-
D. Invisible trait wards.
526. What body part of the Galapagos finches A. unconformity
appears to have been most modified by
B. fault
natural selection?
A. their webbed feet C. superposition
B. their beaks D. relative age

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531. Similarity in embryological development 536. Which would most likely produce a muta-
(at birth) among vertebrate species indi- tion that is passed on to offspring?
cates what?

A. radiation changing the DNA sequence
A. common ancestry in skin cells
B. adaptation B. a gamete with an extra chromosome
forming
C. most species that have ever lived are
now extincted C. tobacco smoke altering the genes in
lung cells
D. exposure to chemicals altering nerve
532. Punnett Squares determine cell function
A. results of meiosis 537. In an embryo, the formation of many
B. probably outcome of a cross types of tissues and organs occurs as a re-
sult of
C. actual outcome of a cross
A. fertilization
D. actual genetics of offspring
B. genetic sorting
533. Which is the best hypothesis for the ex- C. differentiation
tinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the
Cretaceous period? D. gene recombination
A. The dinosaurs killed each other 538. Which of the following means “change
B. Humans destroyed all the dinosaurs over time”
C. Mammals evolved and killed the di- A. natural selection

nosaurs B. speciation
D. The climate changed and the di- C. evolution
nosaurs could not adapt.
D. isolation
534. Ability to survive and reproduce in a spe- 539. What type of mutation has occurred
cific environment here? T-G-A-C-C-A T-G-A-G-C-A
A. fitness A. Substitution
B. competition B. Deletion
C. natural selection C. Insertion
D. adaptation D. Frameshift
535. Naming and classifying the diverse forms 540. Which kingdom of living things contain
of life. unicellular organisms with no nucleus?
A. taxonomy A. Fungi
B. embryology B. Bacteria
C. morphology C. Eukaryotes
D. chemistry D. Animalia

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541. Which genotype indicates hybrid? 546. What would NOT represent an inherited
A. GG trait for a plant?
B. gg A. How tall it grows

C. Gg B. The type of fruit it produces
D. GG; gg C. If it receives enough rain
542. What do scientists draw to show how dif- D. The color of its flowers
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ferent species are related to one another?
547. A branch of biology that focuses on the
(section 1)
study of heredity and variations among or-
A. a contour map ganisms.
B. a bar graph A. Genetics
C. a branching diagram B. Evolution
D. a floor plan C. Reproduction
543. Which of the following is the most re- D. Topology
liable way of placing a living organism
correctly on an phylogenic (evolutionary) 548. Which of the following can be learned by
tree? using the fossil record?
A. Measuring its size A. When organisms changed or evolved
B. Sequencing its genome (all its DNA) B. when organisms appeared on Earth
C. Comparing its habitat and food C. when organisms became extinct
D. Investigating its body features D. All the above
544. Nature has a way of causing organisms 549. Genetic variation can arise from a ran-
that inherit advantageous traits to survive dom change in the DNA of a gene. The
and reproduce more successfully than the change is called a(n)
ones that don’t. This process is known as
A. mutation
A. natural selection B. gene flow
B. genetic variation C. gene pool
C. adaptation D. allele
D. overproduction 550. Polar bears have a thick coat with hollow
545. The opossum and kangaroo both incubate hair. How does this feature help them sur-
their young in a pouch. This provides evi- vive in the Arctic region?
dence that they A. It helps the animal store body fat.
A. are descended from a common ances- B. It helps the animal locate its prey.
tor
C. It traps air that keeps the animal
B. Have very similar skeletal structures warm.
C. belong to the same species D. It controls water loss from the ani-
D. must range great distances to eat mal’s skin.

7.4 Evolution 1167
551. Which of the following is not a type of B. Exon

speciation? C. Gene

A. Peripatric D. Intron
B. Sympatric
557. The sum total of all genes in a population
C. Allopatric is known as the
D. Orthopatric A. Genetic equilibrium
552. If an organism survives and reproduces, B. Genetic drift
this will lead to an increase in the- C. Gene pool
A. frequency of genes in the population D. Gene frequency
B. Frequency of genes in one individual 558. A low-level species in a food web sud-
C. Frequency of genes in the ecosystem denly becomes extinct. Of its predators,
which will most likely survive?
D. none of above
A. the predators that are genetically sim-
553. Which of the following is a cause of ex- ilar
tinction?
B. the predators that feed on many differ-
A. lack of resources ent organisms
B. competition between species C. the predators that primarily feed on
C. loss of habitat the now-extinct species
D. all of the above D. none of above
554. Who would have stated “acquired traits” 559. When individuals move in or out of a pop-
such as a giraffe needing a long neck so ulation.
they stretch it over time. A. Gene Flow
A. Darwin B. Genetic Drift
B. Lamarck C. Mutation
C. Malthus D. Natural Selection
D. Wegener 560. What do transitional fossils best sup-
port?
555. What type of mutation is rep-
resented in the second strand of A. The theory of Biological Evolution
DNA?TACGGCACTTACGGCCACT B. The Law of Superposition
A. Deletion C. The theory of Geological Evolution
B. Insertion D. The theory of Continental Drift
C. Substitution 561. How does variation occur in popula-
D. No mutation tions?
A. different foods
556. An organized structure of DNA and pro-
tein found in cells that contains the genetic B. genetics
code of an individual C. phenotypes
A. Chromosome D. industrial revolution

7.4 Evolution 1168
562. Prokaryote vs. Eukaryote No nucleus selection might be used to describe this sit-
A. Eukaryote uation?
A. acquired characteristics
B. Prokaryote
C. Both
C. survival of the fittest
D. none of above
D. descent with modification
563. Humans have the evolution of bacte-
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ria. 568. Gradual change in species over time
A. sped up A. development
B. slowed down B. evolution
C. not had an impact on C. adaptation

D. environment
D. none of above
569. The physical makeup of a cell is called
564. What did Darwin conclude about the
finches on the Galapagos Islands? A. mitosis
A. They evolved from a common ancestor B. meiosis
on the main land C. genotype
B. They evolved from many different D. phenotype
types of birds
570. Below are the % similarities of DNA be-
C. They all came from different countries tween whales and other species. Based
and continents on this, which are whales most closely re-
D. They developed from other types of or- lated to?
ganisms A. Pig, 68.4%
565. Transgenic organisms contain B. Hippo, 83.4%
A. genes from other species. C. Mouse, 38.4%
B. cells of another organism. D. none of above
C. genes of only one parent. 571. What are the evidences for Evolution?
D. one or more human genes. A. Fossil Records
566. The preserved remains or traces of an or- B. Embryology

ganism that lived in the past. C. Similar body structure
A. fossil D. All the above
B. adaptation 572. is the process by which populations
C. evolution change in response to their environment.
D. natural selection A. natural selection
B. adaptation
567. When lions prey on a herd of antelope
some antelopes are killed and some escape. C. reproductive isolation
Which part of Darwin’s concept of natural D. divergence

7.4 Evolution 1169
573. What are sources of genetic variation? C. Evolution causes natural selection.
A. mutations D. Natural selection is one aspect of evo-

B. genetic recombination lution.
C. mutations and genetic recombination 579. What is it called when humans decide
which traits of an organism are the most
D. mutations and migrations
desirable and only allow those organisms
574. Combination of alleles with the specific, desired traits to breed.
A. dominant A. biological evolution
B. recessive B. evolution by natural selection
C. genotype C. artificial selection
D. phenotype D. inbreeding
575. Which of the following is a mechanism for 580. Darwins finches each lived on a specific
evolution-shows how it can work? island based on what resource?
A. genetic flow A. size of island
B. embryology B. type of tree
C. fossils C. climate
D. anatomy D. food
576. A genetic representation of a family tree 581. Traits that are successful for the environ-
or history that diagrams the traceable in- ment will survive and get passed on to the
heritance of a trait or disease through sev- next generation. What is this called?
eral generations. A. Natural Selection
A. Pedigree B. Breeding
B. Geology C. Darwin
C. Budding D. Evolution
D. Selective breeding 582. As a species evolve, they develop and
others
577. Why are your chromosomes arranged in
pairs? A. old traits, save
A. Scientists have no idea B. new traits, save
B. Because you get one from your mom C. old traits, lose
and one from your dad D. new traits, lose
C. Because pairs can divide easier
583. How are new traits introduced into a pop-
D. Because DNA is awesome ulation?
578. Which best explains the relationship be- A. Photosynthesis
tween evolution and natural selection? B. Cell Membrane
A. Natural selection prevents evolution. C. Turtles
B. Evolution prevents natural selection. D. Mutations

7.4 Evolution 1170
584. This driving force of evolution is caused B. show actual allele results about possi-
by random changes in the genetic code. ble offspring
A. Genetic Drift C. trace a family history with squares and
B. Code Change circles
C. Mutations D. Show DNA results with base paris
D. Adaptions
590. Which is an example of temporal isola-
tion?
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585. A mistake or change in the DNA is called
a A. flowers that bloom in different months
A. Mutation
B. Mutilation B. birds that have different mating calls
C. Fossil C. fruit flies that mate in different loca-
D. Species tions
D. squirrels that have different fur colors
586. Y for yellow body is dominant over y for
blue body. What alleles would produce 591. Body parts that are structurally similar in
yellow bodies? related species provide evidence that the
A. YY, yy structures were inherited from a common
B. Yy, yy ancestor.
C. YY only A. homologous structures
D. YY, Yy B. mold
C. petrified fossil
587. Any change in the relative frequency of
alleles in the gene pool of a population D. branching tree
over time is known as
A. variation 592. Which of these adaptations is LEAST im-
portant for human survival?
B. evolution
A. having thumbs
C. stabilizing selection
B. eye color
D. Founder effect
C. walking upright
588. The legs of a human and the limbs of a cat
are similar in structure. This is an example D. developing language
of structures
593. Body parts of organisms that are similar
A. homologous in structure and position but different in
B. analogous function
C. vestigial A. homologous structures
D. human B. vestigial structures
589. The function of a Punnett square is to C. analogous structures
A. predict future offspring D. fossilized structures

7.4 Evolution 1171
594. Which of these best describes the initial 599. The physical expression of a trait in an
change caused by a DNA mutation? organism is known as the-

A. a change in the sequence of base pairs A. chromosome
B. genotype
B. a change in the production of enzymes C. phenotype
D. double helix
C. a change in the number of nucleo-
somes within a cell 600. When Dallas began to tie her own shoes,
D. a change in the number of hydrogen she was demonstrating what kind of char-
bonds between the bases acteristic?
A. inherited
595. relates to the passing of genes from par-
B. recessive
ent to off spring
C. learned
A. genetics
D. innate
B. adaptation
C. DNA 601. When organisms are better adapted to
their environment they will survive and re-
D. fingerprints produce more successfully than organisms
less adapted. This process is called what?
596. The fossil record help scientists
A. better understand the kind of organ-
ism that lived in the past B. Natural Selection
B. better understand how the environ- C. Cloning
ment has changed over time D. Evolution of all species
C. better understand how organisms
have evolved over time 602. How is relative-age dating used to deter-
mine the ages of fossils?
D. all of the above
A. by using radioactive isotopes
597. In a pedigree, a female is represented by B. by observing the formation of sedimen-
A. a star tary rocks
B. a square C. by the formation of igneous rocks
C. a circle D. by identifying the way the fossils were

formed
D. a venus symbol
603. Which assignment is due today (the one
598. An organism that survives longer is more you should have completed in class last
likely to produce offspring Wednesday)?
A. less A. 5 Fingers of Evolution-Edpuzzle
B. the same amount B. I don’t know
C. more C. Wait what class am I in?
D. no D. none of above

7.4 Evolution 1172
604. The codon read using the genetic code to 609. Any inherited trait that gives an organ-
determine the amino acid is found in ism an advantage in its environment is
called
A. DNA
A. a mutation
B. mRNA
B. an adaptation
C. tRNA
C. evolution
D. rRNA
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605. Genetic drift is change in the allele fre- 610. Struggle for survival as organisms try to
quency of a population due to find space, food, and mates
A. random chance A. fitness
B. natural selection B. competition
C. non-random mating (sexual selection) C. natural selection
D. adaptation
D. artificial selection
611. Which of the following best supports the
606. Which of the following can result in a pop- scientific theory of evolution?
ulation looking more similar over time and A. fossil evidence
can be described as selection against both B. religious documents
extremes of a trait?
C. numerical data
A. directional selection
D. climate change
B. stabilizing selection
612. A group sharing resources and gene pool
C. disruptive selection is a/an
D. species selection A. population
607. If smooth seeds are dominant to wrin- B. community
kled, what percentage of the offspring are C. entire species
hybrid when a purebred smooth is crossed D. none of above
with a purebred wrinkled?
A. 100% 613. Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection
A. Survival of the fittest
B. 50%
B. all about cells
C. 25%
C. how life started
D. 0%
D. none of above
608. similar structures but different functions 614. Which of these is LEAST likely to show
in a RELATED specie (Common Ancestry) common ancestry?
A. Heterogenous Structure A. Analogous Structures
B. Homologous Structure B. DNA
C. Homozygous Structure C. Vestigial Structures
D. none of above D. Homologous Structures

7.4 Evolution 1173
615. When there is two of the same gene, ei- B. Newton‘s Third Law
ther two dominant or two recessive. C. Law of Superposition

A. Dominant D. Theory of Evolution
B. Recessive
621. A change in a gene pool due to chance.
C. Heterozygous
A. Genetic drift
D. Homozygous
B. gene pool
616. What type of species has the best chance
C. Founder effect
of surviving through significant environ-
mental change? D. Bottleneck effect
A. genetically-diverse species 622. Both mutations and recombination are re-
B. genetically-homogenous species sponsible for the development of in
and among species.
C. species with highly-specialized traits
A. Genetic diversity
D. none of above
B. Adaptations
617. Contains a phosphate group
C. Niches
A. DNA
D. Heredity
B. RNA
623. How much DNA is inherited by offspring
C. Both
from the mother?
D. none of above
A. Females receive 75%
618. What is the relative frequency of brown B. Males receive 75%
fur for a population or rabbits with 100
C. 50% regardless of gender
different alleles for coat color where 25
of the rabbits are white and the rest are D. none of above
brown?
624. Which best describes an adaptation?
A. 25% Brown
A. A tight bundle of genetic material in
B. 50% Brown the nucleus of cells
C. 75% Brown B. A segment of DNA that codes for a trait
D. 100% Brown
619. Inherited characteristics that increase C. A harmful trait that hurts an organ-
chances of survival. ism’s chance for survival
A. variation D. A beneficial trait that allows an organ-

ism to be better suited for survival
B. adaptation
C. fitness 625. The scientific term that refers to the ob-
servable physical traits of an organism as
D. competition a result of the organism’s genetic make-up
620. The explanation for the appearance of or sequencing
new organisms is the basis of the A. Phenotype
A. Law of Conservation of Mass B. Genotype

7.4 Evolution 1174
C. Marcotype 631. What type of genetic drift occurs when

D. Sequotype the population size is greatly decreased?
A. Founder Effect
626. Body parts that share a common function,
B. Bottleneck Effect
but not structure.
C. Gene Flow
A. mutation
D. Reduction Effect
B. vestigial
632. When one base replaces another, this is
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C. homologous
a common type of mutation called what?
D. analogous
A. Insertion
627. Which characteristic of a population B. Substitution
would most affect its survival when C. Inversion
threatened by global climate change?
D. Deletion
A. biochemical adaptation
633. Which of the following is a fossil?
B. genetic specialization
A. a plant that has recently died
C. genetic diversity
B. a group of organisms that can repro-
D. none of above duce
628. An organism that survives longer is more C. a structure or organ that no longer
likely to produce offspring, which will functions
increase the overall species population. D. a trace of an organisms that existed in
A. less the past
B. the same amount 634. A molecule containing DNA from two dif-
C. more ferent organisms is called
A. a plasmid.
D. no
B. a polyploid.
629. What are 3-D printers useful for in fossil
C. a hybrid organism.
evolution?
D. recombinant DNA.
A. to study the composition of fossils
B. to prepare paper cutouts of organisms 635. How many alleles (letters) does a child
get from EACH parent for each trait?
A. 1
C. to create clones of extinct organisms
B. 2
D. to create replicas of fossils
C. 3
630. Which choice represents a purebred? D. 4
A. Tt
636. Which of the following most relates to
B. TTt the nature-nurture issue?
C. tt A. parents and peers
D. tT B. genes and environment

7.4 Evolution 1175
C. culture and norms 642. The struggle for existence against other
D. DNA and chromosomes members of an organisms species is

A. Competition
637. Different versions of the same genes are
called
C. gene flow
A. Sex cells
D. genetic drift
B. alleles
C. heredity 643. Lowercase letters in a genotype repre-
sent genes that are
D. anthers
A. dominant
638. One parent contributes the gene for blue B. recessive
eyes and another parent contributes the
C. phenotype
gene for brown eyes. The offspring have
brown eyes. Which word describes the D. genotype
gene for BLUE eyes? 644. What did Alfred Russel Wallace dis-
A. hybrid cover?
B. recessive A. Human Genome Project
C. dominant B. The structure of DNA
D. pedigree C. Biological Classification System
D. Evolution and Natural selection
639. Which will most likely cause variations to
occur within a species? 645. Temporal isolation occurs when two dif-
A. Competition ferent populations
A. develop different mating behaviors
B. Mutation
B. become geographically separated
C. Mutualism
C. reproduce at different times
D. Predation
D. interbreed
640. Which scientist developed the 3 DOMAIN
system of classifying all living things? 646. All of the directions for how an organism
is put together is stored in its
A. Carl Carter
A. Brain
B. Carl Woese
B. Adaptations
C. Calvin Klein
C. DNA
D. Marie Curie D. Bone Marrow
641. Which types of traits are controlled by 647. If you are a boy, what percent of your
many different genes? genes did you get from your dad?
A. Single-gene traits A. 25%
B. Sologenic traits B. 50%
C. Polygenic traits C. 75%
D. Multiple alleles D. 100%

7.4 Evolution 1176
648. Are all mutations harmful? B. thymine, cytosine, phosphate, guanine

A. Yes, they are caused by toxic chemi-
cals and radiation C. cytosine, guanine, adenine, thymine
B. No, all mutations are beneficial D. guanine, thymine, uracil, cytosine
C. Yes, mutations cause fatal diseases 654. The process in which organisms with
D. No, some can be useful in a changing traits well suited to an environment are
environment more likely to survive and to produce off-
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spring is
649. Capital letters in a genotype represent
A. trait mechanisms
genes that are
B. origin of species
A. dominant
C. genetic principles
B. recessive
C. phenotype
D. genotype 655. Which is a mechanism for change in allele
frequency?
650. female sex cell:
A. gene flow
A. sperm
B. genetic drift
B. hybrid
C. zygote
D. all answers are correct
D. egg
656. Does genetic drift decrease genetic diver-
651. Which term refers to the process by sity?
which individuals that are better adapted
A. No, because you are gaining alleles
to their environment are more likely to sur-
vive and reproduce? B. No, because new traits are formed
A. natural selection C. Yes, because you lose alleles
B. overproduction D. Yes, because you gain alleles
C. competition 657. Scientists think that dolphins and whales
D. variation may have evolved from a common ances-
tor. What evidence supports this hypothe-
652. When the gene frequencies in a popula- sis?
tion are NOT changing, the population is
A. They swim the same way.
A. evolving rapidly
B. They eat the same food.
B. experiencing natural selection C. They live in the same area of the ocean.
C. at genetic equilibrium
D. going extinct D. They have similar anatomies.
653. What are the bases that can be found in 658. The control what enters and leaves
DNA? the cell.
A. adenine, thymine, uracil, cytosine A. cell membrane

7.4 Evolution 1177
B. cell wall 664. A “diploid” cell contains

C. nucleus A. One set of chromosomes, from the dad

D. cytoplasm
B. two complete sets of chromosomes
659. Codes for Genes
C. one set of chromosomes, in the egg or
A. Phenolype
sperm
B. DNA
D. 5 sets of chromosomes
C. Allele
665. Who Was Charles Darwin?
D. none of above
A. responsible for the laws of inheritance
660. What is a different version of a gene
called?
B. the founder of the evolutionary theory
A. Allele
B. Dominant C. building the first microscope
C. Gene
D. father of genetics
D. Nucleotide
666. How much of your DNA do you receive
661. Which types of traits are only controlled from your mother?
by one gene?
A. 25%
A. Single-gene traits
B. 50%
B. Sologenic traits
C. 75%
C. Polygenic traits
D. 100%
D. Multiple Alleles
667. Which of the following pieces of evolu-
662. One species splitting into two species is
tion evidence contain both homologous and
called
vestigial structures?
A. Mass extinction
A. fossil record
B. Speciation
B. comparing embryology
C. Sexual Selection
C. comparing biochemistry
D. None of these
D. comparing anatomy
663. Which statement is part of Darwin’s the-
ory of evolution by natural selection? 668. Scientist think that whales may have
evolved from a common ancestor. What
A. More offspring are produced than can
evidence supports this hypothesis?
possibly survive.
A. They swim the same way
B. The organisms that are the fittest are
always largest and strongest. B. They eat the same food
C. The number of offspring is not related C. They live in the same area of the ocean
to fitness.
D. none of above D. They have similar anatomies

7.4 Evolution 1178
669. A change in the genetic information of an A. evolution by natural selection

organism. B. artificial selection
A. Genetic Drift C. inbreeding
B. Gene Flow D. outbreeding
C. Mutation
675. Which is an example of an organism pro-
D. Natural Selection tecting themselves from another organism
?
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670. Similarity in embryological develop-
ment among vertebrate species indicates A. white color in the snow
what? B. hibernation during winter
A. common ancestry C. thick fur in the winter time
B. convergent evolution D. none of above
C. adaptation of interiors
676. Many members of one species in an area
D. most species that have ever lived are
now extinct A. Ecosystem
B. community
671. chromosomes are found in the of the
cell. C. biodiversity
A. chloroplast D. population
B. cytoplasm 677. Does evolution save endangered

C. nucleus species?
D. mitochondria A. Yes
B. No
672. what is Bb?
C. It depends on the species
A. ressesive
D. It depends on the problem
B. Dominate
C. Heterozygous 678. When every organism of a species has
died.
D. I don’t know
A. Evolution
673. Which characteristic is NOT inherited? B. Natural Selection
A. Hairline (straight or widow’s peak) C. Extinction
B. Spoken language (English, Spanish, D. Artificial Selection
etc )
C. Earlobes (attached or detached) 679. Which is the mRNA molecule that
would be transcribed from this DNA tem-
D. Hair type (straight or curly) plate:TGGCAAGTACGT
674. When an organism of a species has an A. ACCGTTCATGCA
adaptation, it will compete for resources B. UGGCAAGUACGU
better, survive longer and pass that adap-
tation on to it’s offspring. This process is C. UCCGUUCUUGCU
called D. ACCGUUCAUGCA

7.4 Evolution 1179
680. Individuals that are well adapted to their 685. The genotype of an individual
environment will survive and produce: A. DNA coding for protein production

A. Fewer mutations B. Epigenetics
B. Stronger genes C. Part of a chromosome
C. More offspring D. The genes present in an individual
D. Better traits
686. According to Mendel’s work, one trait
681. Where did Wallace travel to collect spec- will appear more often. This trait is called
imens? the: trait
A. Brazil and East Indies A. dominant
B. London, England B. recessive
C. Ireland, Poland C. purebred
D. Germany, France D. hybrid
682. which of the following is NOT a result of 687. An example of an analogous structure in-
natural selection? cludes:
A. rat snakes have different coloration A. wing of a butterfly and bird wing
depending on their habitats B. bird wing and human arm
B. Giraffes have long necks in order to C. rat appendix and human appendix
feed from trees
D. none of above
C. development of genetically modified
organisms 688. What do you call all of the genes in a pop-
D. pesticide-resistant insects ulation?
A. Gene pool
683. Which of the following information could
NOT be found on a phylogenetic tree B. Relative Frequency
(cladogram)? C. Genetic Drift
A. Predator-prey relationships of extant D. Allele pool
species
689. What is the correct abbreviation for de-
B. Common ancestors of extant species oxyribonucleic acid?
C. Which species are descended from A. DOA
which other species
B. DNA
D. How closely related various extant
species are C. DM, Inc
D. RNA
684. Organs which have different origin and
shape but perform similar function are ex- 690. What is the genotypic ratio of Monohy-
amples of brid cross?
A. Vestigial organs A. 1:3
B. Analogous organs B. 3:1
C. Homologous organs C. 1:3:1
D. none of above D. 1:2:1

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691. Which is an example of an adaptation? B. They find fossils of animals that died
A. Camouflage suddenly.
B. Evolving beaks C. They find a sudden disappearance of

many fossil species.
C. Natural selection
D. They find evidence of changes in
D. species
Earth’s atmosphere.
692. Overproduction is a factor of Natural Se-
697. The fact that all organisms have DNA as
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lection. When too many offspring are pro-
duced, what will happen? their genetic material is evidence that
A. Some offspring could die A. all organisms undergo natural selec-
tion.
B. Offspring have a better chance of sur-
viving B. all organisms may have descended
C. Increase in competition over time from a common ancestor.
D. All of the above? C. selective breeding takes place every

day.
693. When an ecologist compares the diversity
D. genetic resistance rarely occurs.
of different communities by counting the
number of species, the measure of diver- 698. A tool that helps to show all possible com-
sity being used is called binations of sex cells in a cross between
A. biodiversity. parents to predict the probability of their
B. speciation. offspring possessing certain physical char-
acteristics.
C. genetics.
A. Punnett Square
D. species richness.
B. Rubrics Cube
694. What is likely to happen to a tree species
that cannot adapt to a bark beetle? C. Probability Circle
A. mutation D. Reproduction Table

B. overproduction 699. What lets us know the exact date of a
C. extinction fossil?
D. camouflage A. carbon dating
695. What is a structure that is similar across B. relative dating
species? C. fossil records
A. vestigial D. DNA studies
B. homologous
700. Any change in the sequence of DNA is a
C. adaptaion
D. variation A. recombination
B. mutation
696. How do scientists know when a mass ex-
tinction took place? C. chromatin
A. They find more fossils of plants. D. independent assortment

7.4 Evolution 1181
701. Dolly the sheep is an example of B. Individuals learned new traits and
A. cloning pass them on

B. selective breeding C. sudden change in the environment
cause a species change
C. stem cells
D. small changes pass down through
D. transgenic organisms
many generations
702. When plant seeds are spread to new ar-
eas this causes 707. Who is best known as “The Father of Evo-
lution?”
A. gene flow
A. Carolus Linnaeus
B. genetic drift
C. stabilizing selection B. Charles Darwin
D. natural selection C. Robert Hooke

D. James Watson
703. A well-tested concept that explains a
wide range of observations is called 708. The scientific term that refers to the gene
a(an): combination of an organism.
A. hypothesis
A. Genotype
B. experiment
B. Allelotype
C. cause and effect
C. Phenotype
D. scientific theory
D. Monotype
704. What type of cell accurately describes a
bacteria cell? 709. Which is the best “first step” in selec-
A. Plant tively breeding domesticated bananas?
B. Animal A. Carefully collect bananas with the de-

sired characteristics
C. Eukaryote
B. Eat the biggest bananas
D. Prokaryote
C. Collect all bananas and dry them
705. Embryos of chickens, fish and humans
look very similar. They all have folds D. Only select the diseased bananas and
known as gill pouches in the neck region. obtain their seeds
What may this suggest?
710. Suppose an ecosystem changes. Onekind
A. they all formed in the ocean of organism CANNOT adapt to this change
B. they all evolved from a common ances- and they begin to die off fasterthan they
tor can reproduce. This organism is most likely
to
C. they are all going extinct
D. none of above A. recover
B. become angry hiding
706. Evolution works by
C. become extinct
A. individuals changing to suit their envi-
ronment D. go into hiding

7.4 Evolution 1182
711. The discovery of DNA and genes proved 716. Which organelle helps bacteria move
that around?
A. Darwin was wrong A. Ribosomes
B. mutations create variations and come B. Cytoplasm
from genes C. Flagella
C. we are all the same species D. Cell Membrane
D. bats and butterflies have a very close 717. If a species can’t adapt to a changing en-
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common ancestor vironment, what could happen?
712. Eyes that can see in the dark is a(an) A. increase in population
inherited by nocturnal animals. B. reproduction of organisms
A. adaptation C. extinction
B. acquired trait D. healthy organisms
C. learned ability 718. The theory of evolution by natural se-

lection means that what is changing over
D. none of above
time?
713. What does GM mean? A. The inherited traits of a population.
A. giant monsanto B. The acquired traits of a population.
B. genetic mutation C. Hair color and eye color

D. Attractive features.
C. genetically modified
D. gene manipulation 719. What did Charles Darwin discovered?
A. discovered dna is genetic material
714. Evolution, gravity, and plate tectonics
B. studied mice and pneumonia
are all examples of scientific
C. scientists that identified cells using a
A. hypotheses microscope
B. theories D. the theory of evolution and natural se-
C. laws lection.
D. none of above 720. What is the correct mRNA strand from
this DNA?CAC-GTG-ACA-GCG
715. By comparing bone structures of organ-
A. GTG-CAC-TGT-CGC
isms, scientists are able to determine
that: B. CAC-GUG-ACA-GCG
A. organisms had similar diets C. GUG-CAC-UGU-CGC
D. none of above
B. organisms lived in the same environ-
ment 721. A change in the order of bases in DNA is
C. organisms shared a common ancestor called a
A. mutation
D. none of above B. mutagen

7.4 Evolution 1183
C. pedigree 727. Which is an example of a trait that is

D. punnett square an adaptation for cold climate but not for
warm climate?

722. What is the principle of superposition? A. thick fur and fat
A. When younger rocks are on bottom
B. long claws
when plates haven’t shifted
C. camoflauge
B. When older rocks are on bottom
C. When plates move and cause a shift in D. poisonous chemicals
the earth
728. The fact that an organism’s offspring are
D. When oldest rocks are on bottom and not identical is known as (section 3)
youngest at top
A. adaptation
723. Fill in the Blank:Peter and Rosemary B. reproduction
Grant spent years on the Galapagos Is-
lands studying changes in popula- C. inherited variation
tions. D. genetics
A. minimum viable population
729. Humans appeared in the era
B. absolute
A. Cenozoic
C. finch
B. Paleozoic
D. metapopulations
C. Mesozoic
724. The scientific study of living organisms.
D. Devonian
A. Biology
B. Geology 730. The name that refers to a series of genes
that make up chromosomes and determine
C. Psychology the hereditary characteristics an organism
D. Theology will process from previous generations.
725. Some whales have a pelvis and femur A. Alleles

bones (bones used for walking). This is B. Genes
an example of:
C. DNA
A. Vestigial structure
D. Proteins
B. DNA sequencing
C. Homologous structures 731. What is the process called in which or-
ganisms that are better adapted to their
D. Fossils environment survive and reproduce more
726. A permanent change in DNA is called successfully than less well-adapted organ-
what? isms do? (section 3)
A. Genetic disorders A. species separation
B. Mutation B. genetic change
C. Gene Expression C. genetic resistance
D. Mutagen D. natural selection

7.4 Evolution 1184
732. A helpful trait that makes survival easier A. The most fit organism is always the
is called strongest
A. an adaptation B. The most fit organism survives and
B. evolution produces more offspring
C. mutation C. The most fit organism is definitely the

fastest
D. none of above
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733. Evolution is a change gene frequency in a
over time. 738. Identify the SUBSTITUTION mutation
from the following DNA sequence:ATG CCA
A. Population
AAT
B. Individuals
A. ATG TCA AAT
C. Ecosystems
B. ATG CCT AAA T
D. none of above
C. ATC CA AT
734. The standardized system for naming or- D. ATG CCA AAT
ganism is known as binomial nomenclature.
What two pieces of information are used 739. What is the role of hydrogen bonds in the
to name and identify organisms using this structure of DNA?
system?
A. to code for proteins
A. genus and species
B. to synthesize proteins
B. class and genus
C. to separate the strands
C. class and species
D. to connect the base pairs
D. domain and kingdom
740. A phenotype is the (hint:look closely
735. The trunk on Darwin’s evolutionary trees at the first 2 letters)
signified a
A. letter combination
A. speciation
B. dominant gene
B. adaptation
C. recessive gene
C. split
D. physical appearance
D. common ancestor
736. One of two identical halves of a copied 741. At one time, giraffes developed from an-
chromosome. imals with short necks to animals with
long necks. Which best explains how this
A. Chromatid change in the neck length of giraffes oc-
B. Allele curred?
C. Genomite A. Theory of Plate Tectonics
D. Chromoside B. Law of Superposition
C. Theory of Evolution
737. What does it mean if an organism is more
fit than another? D. none of above

7.4 Evolution 1185
742. How did the West African Black Rhinos 748. Survival of the Fittest and Evolution by
become extinct? Natural Selection were proposed by which
scientist?

A. They were part of big game hunting
B. They were poached for their horn A. Charles Darwin
C. All of the above B. Alfred Wegener
D. They had an epidemic C. Harry Hess
743. Which of the following is not an environ- D. Isaac Newton
mental factor that could influence an or-
ganism’s survival? (section 3) 749. Which 2 organisms have the fewest char-
acteristics in common?
A. predators
A. 2 organisms in the same kingdom
B. genetic disease
B. 2 organisms in the same genus
C. viral disease
D. loss of habitat C. 2 organisms in the same species
D. 2 organisms in the same family
744. DNA
A. is made up of three subunits 750. Consist of all genes, including all the dif-
B. has a structure like a twisted ladder ferent alleles for each gene in a popula-
tion.
C. cannot be repaired if it is mutated
A. Allele Frequency
D. all of the above
B. Gene pool
745. Meiosis is a form of what?
C. Jean pool
D. Population frequency
C. crossing over 751. Which statement below does not agree
D. a hybrid with Darwin’s theory of evolution?
A. Species evolve in response to changes
746. Which of the following is NOT a factor in their environment.
that affects the process of natural selec-
tion? B. Today’s species were created in their
current forms about 6, 000 years ago.
A. Overpopulation
B. Fossils C. All species on earth today have
evolved from one common ancestor
C. Competition
D. none of above
D. Variations
747. Natural selection results in change over 752. Which is the best example of an adapta-
time by acting on traits that are tion?
A. heritable A. Camouflage
B. new B. Chromosomes
C. mutated C. Albinism
D. better than the best D. Freckles

7.4 Evolution 1186
753. Which of these is due entirely to inheri- B. niche

tance in humans? C. phenotype
A. Eye color D. population
B. Endurance
759. The work done to map out the entire ge-
C. Reading skill nomic sequence in humans was called
D. Broken bones A. gene mapping
B. the Human Genome Project
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754. Cladograms are constructed by grouping
organisms together based on their C. Operation Transposon
characteristics. D. Genome Sequence Project (GSP)
A. shared
760. By observing fossils, examining genetic
B. different information and studying different species,
C. similar scientists learn all of the following ex-
cept..
D. opposite
A. how and why adaptations arise
755. A heterozygous organism has
B. how new species develop
A. 2 recessive alleles
C. how to reincarnate fossils
B. No alleles D. why many species are extinct
C. 2 dominant alleles
761. Which of the following provides evidence
D. 1 dominant, 1 recessive allele that Earth is about 4.6 billion years old?
756. What is an organism that has similar A. Seafloor spreading
characteristics and can reproduce? B. Relative dating of fossils
A. species C. Carbon-14 in rocks on earth
B. organism D. Uranium in meteorites and moon rocks
C. embryology
762. Which scientist visited the Galapagos Is-
D. vestigial lands and came up with the theory of nat-
ural selection?
757. Which best describes how organisms are
classified today? A. Theodor Schwann
A. according to their biological ancestry B. Gregor Mendel
B. according to their reproductive parts C. Charles Darwin

D. Rudolf Virchow
C. according to the person who discov-
ered them 763. The scientific name for a giraffe is Giraffa
D. according to the habitats where they camelopardalis. What two levels of classi-
are found fication does this name represent?
A. family and order
758. The combined genetic information of all
members of a particular population forms B. kingdom and genus
a C. phylum and domain
A. gene pool D. genus and species

7.4 Evolution 1187
764. What does Factor X do? 770. The number of times, an allele occurs in a
A. seals wounds gene pool.

B. digests proteins A. Gene frequency
C. breaks down DNA B. Allele number
D. creates venom C. Allele frequency
765. What is the definition of biodiversity? D. Gene Population
A. the variety of life on earth
771. Which technique would most likely be
B. the variety of life in your town used by forensic scientists?
C. the variety of life in your state A. Gene Cloning
D. the variety within a population of or-
B. Gene Therapy
ganisms
C. DNA Fingerprinting
766. What is the binomial species name for
modern humans? D. Karyotyping
A. Homo habilis 772. Which type of selection is directed by hu-
B. Pan troglodytes mans?
C. Homo sapiens A. Natural Selection
D. Animalia Chordata Mammalia Primate B. Artificial Selection
Homonidae Homo sapiens
C. Evolution
767. An inheritable characteristic that gives a
survival advantage to the organism D. Adaptations
A. speciation 773. How are fossils compared to one another

B. adaption for biological classification?
C. rapid speciation A. by their size
D. derived character B. by their estimated life spans
768. Deoxyribonucleic acid; contains heredi- C. by the geographic locations where
tary information for a living organism they are found
A. DNA D. by similarities and differences in their
B. cells body structures
C. atoms 774. Refers to changes or diversity in gene fre-
D. molecules quencies that contribute to the differences
between individuals or to the differences
769. Traits that help an organism survive are
between populations.
called
A. Genetic Variation
A. evolution
B. natural selection B. Genetic Similarities
C. adaptations C. Genetics Overture
D. habitats D. Genetic Reproduction

7.4 Evolution 1188
775. What is NOT a principle of genetics? D. all of the above

A. The recessive trait will always show 781. Organs which are of similar origin and
up. shape but perform different functions are
B. Traits are determined by gene pairs. examples of
C. Traits are passed from parents to off- A. Vestigial organs
spring. B. Analogous organs
D. Genes are usually dominant or reces-
C. Homologous organs
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sive.
D. none of above
776. Genes can be turned on or off by?
782. Study of embryos of organisms to show
A. Through gene transcription
a common ancestor because of similarities
B. Methylation in development
C. Histone modification A. Evolution
D. All of the above B. Natural Selection
777. The statement that in undisturbed sedi- C. Speciation
mentary lock layers, older layers of rock D. Embrology
lie under younger rock layer is the
A. Law of superposition 783. Father of Evolution
B. Geological time scale A. Lineaus
C. Process of Natural Selection B. Darwin
D. Theory of the plate tectonics C. Mendel

D. none of above
778. The geologic time scale is a record of
A. The history of fossils only 784. The purpose of selective breeding is to
B. The history of rocks A. Get bigger animals
C. The history of rock layers and fossils B. get smaller animals
D. Geologist notes C. create animals with desirable traits
D. create animals with bad traits
779. What does point mutations do to the in-
formation that’s already there? 785. What is required for evolution?
A. takes information away A. overproduction (too many organisms)
B. adds information B. competition
C. edits information C. variation
D. none of the above D. all of these
780. In meiosis, 786. A strand of DNA has these bases:AGC
A. the chromosomes are copied twice CAT GTA TAC What is the complementary
B. the nucleus divides once DNA strand?
C. four cells are produced from a single A. ACG GAT CTA TAG
cell B. TCG GTA CAT ATG

7.4 Evolution 1189
C. TGC CTA GAT ATC 792. Which is an example of a hypothesis?

D. UCG CUA CAU AUG A. evolution

787. gradual change over time is B. a highly tested explanation
A. mutation C. If I put my bananas in the fridge, they

will take longer to ripen.
B. evolution
D. none of above
793. Brown eyes are dominant over blue.
A man is heterozygous for brown eyes.
788. Where are the effects of genetic drift What is his GENOTYPE?
more drastic? A. BB
A. Large populations B. Bb
B. Small populations C. bb
C. The United States D. Brown Eyes
D. Asia 794. The ‘A’ nitrogenous base in DNA stands
789. DNA is sometimes referred to as a ladder. for:
Which two molecules make up the sides of A. Adenine
the DNA ladder? B. Alanine
A. phosphate and ribose C. Ascorbic acid
B. nitrogen base and ribose D. Adam
C. phosphate and deoxyribose
795. The process that produces sex cells is
D. phosphate and nitrogen base
A. mitosis
790. A trait that helps an organism survive B. photosynthesis
and reproduce in its environment is called
C. meiosis
a(n) (section 1)
D. probability
A. adaptation
B. genetic change 796. The shape of the DNA molecule is a
C. genetic variation A. twist
D. selection B. chromosome
C. triangle
791. Which statement best describes the pro-
D. double helix
cess of evolution?
A. Populations can survive in different lo- 797. In humans, which statement concerning a
cations on earth pair of alleles for a gene controlling a sin-
gle characteristic is true?
B. Environmental conditions limit the
number of species on Earth A. Both alleles come from the mother
C. Populations grow when resources are B. Both alleles come from the father
abundant C. One allele comes from the mother and
D. The traits of a species can change over one allele comes from the father
time D. none of above

7.4 Evolution 1190
798. Evolution is a change in over time. 804. Almost all adaptations started off as?
A. Populations A. selective breeding
B. Individuals B. physiological
C. Ecosystems C. structural
D. none of above D. mutation
799. All of these can be inherited by people 805. How does the thumb represent natural
EXCEPT-
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selection?
A. language
A. For thumb wrestling
B. blood type
B. It only has 2 bones
C. eye color
C. Nature votes thumbs up for adapta-
D. height tions that will do well in their environment.
800. The fact that a strain of yeast with a cer-
tain defective gene can use the human ver- D. It’s perfect for texting
sion of the gene to repair itself is evidence
that yeast and humans- 806. Why is biodiversity important to ecosys-
tems?
A. depend on the same food supply
A. it allows animals to feed permanently
B. have identical genomes
from one type of plant
C. both have eukaryotic cells
B. it increases at each level of the food
D. share a genetic code chain
801. All the different genes and traits in a pop- C. it helps populations adapt to ecologi-
ulation. cal changes
A. Genetic Flow D. it reduces the number of insects in a
B. Natural Selection given ecosystem
C. Evolution 807. A group of similar organisms that can
D. Gene Pool breed and produce fertile offspring.
802. Section of DNA that determines a trait A. Fossils

A. gene B. Species
B. phenotype C. Descendants
C. mutation D. Evolution
D. natural selection 808. Which of these catastrophes do scientists
803. Which best explains the separate evolu- think led to the mass extinction of the di-
tion of African and Asian elephants? nosaurs?
A. overhunting A. Asteroid Impact
B. volcanic activity B. Volcanic Eruption
C. splitting of Pangaea C. Earthquake
D. extinction of dinosaurs D. Ice Age

7.4 Evolution 1191
809. These cause variations. 814. were the first organisms on Earth.
A. mutations A. humans

B. adaptations B. dinosaurs
C. a desire to change C. multicellular eukaryotes
D. injuries D. single-celled prokaryotes
810. The process of making changes in the 815. asexual reproduction produces offspring
DNA code of a living organism is called with
A. selective breeding A. half of a single parent’s genes
B. genetic engineering B. the same genes as the parent
C. inbreeding C. a mix of genes from two parents
D. hybridization D. lots of genetic variation
811. Which of the following is the correct or- 816. The separation of a group of individuals
der from largest to smallest group? from the rest of the population is referred
A. kingdom class family genus phylum to as
species A. genetic drift
B. phylum kingdom order class species B. natural selection
genus
C. geographic isolation
C. kingdom phylum class order family
genus species D. survival of the fittest
D. genus species phylum order class fam- 817. Protein sequences in one organism that
ily kingdom resemble those of another suggest a
812. The scientific name for the European tiger A. coincidence
lily is Nymphaea alba. What is the genus B. lack of evolutionary relationship
to which this plant belongs
C. great number of mutations
A. Nymphaea
D. shared ancestry
B. alba
818. Study of heredity and variation is known
C. tiger lily
as ?
D. alba lily
A. Genetics
813. Which of the following would be the most B. Allelism
immediate result of a gene mutation in an
C. Heredity
organism?
A. A change in a protein produced by the D. Phenotype
organism 819. Structures that are very different in
B. Increased reproductive success of the structure or anatomy but have similar func-
organism tions such as the wings of a bird and a but-
C. Shortened life span of the organism terfly.
D. Decreased need for resources by the A. Vestigial Structures

organism B. Homologous Structures

7.4 Evolution 1192
C. Analogous Structures 825. Which cellular organelle modifies fatty

D. Cladogram acids?
A. Chloroplast
820. The lava released by a volcanic eruption
B. Mitochondrion
separates two populations of a species of
monkey. What does this represent? C. Golgi Complex
A. biological isolation D. Endoplasmic Reticulum
B. geographical isolation 826. Base pairs on DNA (T, A, C, G) fit to-
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gether:
C. temporal isolation
A. (A and T)(C and G)
D. anatomical isolation
B. (A and G)(C and T)
821. How many unique point mutations does C. (A, T and C)G dosn’t fit anywhere
each newborn child have?
D. like peas in a pod
A. about 20
827. A disadvantage of antibiotics is
B. about 50
A. speeds up human evolution
C. about 70
B. kills bad bacteria
D. about 100 C. they are not preventative
822. What does natural selection act directly D. cures of an infection
upon? Before answering this come up with
828. Differences in DNA between individuals
an example to think about.
or populations
A. genotype A. Environmental Variation
B. phenotype B. Genetic Variation
C. genotype and phenotype C. Adaptive Feature
D. neither genotype or phenotype D. Genetic Engineering
823. Woolyboogers that cannot eat enough 829. During which Era in the geologic time
food food are likely to scale was there a great increase in the va-
riety of life forms on Earth?
A. adapt
A. Cenozoic
B. become endangered
B. Paleozoic
C. migrate to another area
C. Mesozoic
D. all of the above are correct
D. Devonian
824. Evolution of life on Earth can be most 830. The males of a bird species do a “dance”
strongly linked to which of the following and “sing a song” each spring. What is
geological events? the main purpose of these behaviors?
A. Changes in bodies of water A. to scare off young birds
B. Formation of fossils B. to imprint young birds
C. Movement of lithospheric plates C. to clean their feathers
D. Movement of sediment D. to attract female birds

7.4 Evolution 1193
831. Long-tailed dogs and short-tailed A. atomic structure

dogsproduce offspring with medium- B. creation
length tail is an example of

C. evolution
A. dominant-recessive
D. relativity
B. incomplete dominance
C. polygenic inheritance 837. Which is true?
D. multiple allele A. A grizzly bear evolved from a polar

bear
832. The change in the genetic make up of a B. A polar bear evolved from a grizzly
population is called bear
A. Population C. the polar bear and grizzly bear evolved
B. Random mating to be what they are today at the same time
C. Evolution
D. none of above
D. None of these
838. Which organism is not a heterotroph?
833. structures are reduced in size or func-
tion. A. Cactus
A. vestigial B. Mushroom
B. homologous C. Mould
C. cladistic D. Cat
D. phylogenic 839. The finches on the Galapagos island were
similar in form except for variations of
834. Which term refers to the process by
their beaks. Darwin observed that these
which individuals that are better suited
variations were useful for:
to the environment survive and reproduce
therefore passing down their genes to A. attracting a mate
their offspring? B. defending territory
A. Evolution C. building nests
B. Variation D. gathering food
C. Adaptation
840. Which term refers to a species creating
D. Natural Selection more offspring than can possibly survive?
835. The ‘G’ in DNA stands for A. natural selection
A. Guanine B. overproduction
B. Glucose C. evolution
C. Gelatine D. variation
D. Gary 841. sets the developmental fate of a cell

(what it will become)
836. Scientists have found a great deal of ev-
idence that supports Darwin’s theory of A. determination
B. differentiation

7.4 Evolution 1194
C. morphogenesis 847. A mom with the heterozygous gene for

D. growth Widows peak and a father with the het-
erozygous gene for Widows peak:odds
842. Transcription takes place in the , while their baby HAS a widow’s peak?
translation takes place in the
A. 0%
A. cytoplasm; nucleus
B. 25%
B. mitochondria; chloroplast
C. nucleus; cytoplasm C. 75%
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D. cell membrane; cellular matrix D. 100%
843. The preserved remains of parts or whole 848. Genetic make up of a trait of an organism
of an organisms over a long period of time
gives rise to a A. Genotype
A. Pickled organism B. Phenotype
B. stone form organism C. Heterozygous
C. Extinct organism
D. none of above
D. Fossil
844. What is another way of saying “hybrid 849. genetic differences between organisms
‘’? of the same species.
A. heterozygous A. behavior
B. homozygous dominant B. enviroment
C. homozygous recessive C. variation
D. none of these choices
D. adaptation
845. What are personal characteristics called
that have been passed on to offspring 850. The allele that hides another allele
from parents, such as dimples or eye A. dominant
color?
A. recessive traits B. recessive
B. genetics C. genotype
C. inherited traits D. phenotype
D. gene
851. Which of the following best describes an
846. The bones of the forelimbs of the whale, adaptation?
the human and the bat are very similar.
This indicates that they all may A. a trait that helps an organism survive
A. have descended from a common an- B. any change in a gene or a chromosome
cestor
B. belong to the same species C. any trait of an organism
C. Have to range great distances to eat D. a trait that is passed from a parent to
D. none of above its offspring

7.4 Evolution 1195
852. A giraffes neck is an example of adap- B. low mutation rate

tation. C. small population

A. structural D. genetic diversity
B. functional
856. Which fossils do invertebrate paleontolo-
C. behavioral gists study?
D. physiological A. bacteria
853. Two different birds have two different B. human
mating calls. They won’t reproduce be- C. mollusk
cause of this. This is called isolation.
D. snakes
A. geographic
857. What is the process of traits best suited
B. temporal
to the environment surviving?
C. behavioral
D. none of above
B. variation
854. An observable stronger trait of an organ- C. macro-evolution
ism that masks a weaker form of a trait.
D. embryology
A. Dominant trait
858. The different shapes of bird beaks are ex-
B. Recessive trait
amples of to different food sources and
C. Primary trait environments.
D. Secondary trait A. fossils
855. Which would best allow a species to sur- B. adaptation

vive environmental changes? C. naturalism
A. similar physical features D. competition

8. Biology in human welfare
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8.1 Human Health and Disease
1. A large percentage of MSW in the United C. both male and female
States is D. mosquitoes don’t drink blood
A. paper
5. Which of the following is a chemical haz-
B. plastic
ard?
C. food waste
A. Pathogens
D. metal
B. Earthquakes
2. Composed of Cranial and Spinal Cavity. C. Imbalanced Diet
A. Pelvic Cavity D. Pollutants
B. Thoracic Cavity
6. Match the word part to the terms be-
C. Ventral Cavity low.stasis, -static
D. Dorsal Cavity A. to control and maintain costant
3. “Cholera, Typhoid, Amoebic dysentery”is B. to reduce significantly
the common disease that is transmitted C. to increase slightly
through
D. movement
A. water / air
B. touch 7. What can you do to protect yourself from
germs?
C. vector / vektor
A. Wash your hands
D. water / air
B. Avoid touching your eyes nose and
4. Which mosquito drinks blood? mouth
A. female C. Cook foods thoroughly
B. male D. All of the above

8.1 Human Health and Disease 1197
8. Using risk measurement and other infor- 14. What structure seperates the thoracic and
mation to determine options and make de- abdominal cavities?
cisions about reducing or eliminating risks A. Diaphragm

A. risk assessment B. Liver
B. risk analysis C. Hip bones
C. risk communication D. Lungs
D. risk management
15. Which body cavity is surrounded by the
9. Which of the following is not the end prod- pelvic bones?
uct of digestion? A. abdominal
A. fatty acids B. pelvic
B. starch C. thoracic
C. amino acids D. cranial
D. glucose 16. Developing countries might show higher
10. Where are chemical hazards present out- rates of all of the following except
doors? A. unsafe drinking water
A. air B. indoor air pollution effects
B. land C. under and malnutrition
C. water D. high blood pressure and obesity
D. all are correct 17. These produces antibodies that can protect
your body from diseases and harmful sub-
11. connects and supports parts of your body
stances
A. connective tissue
A. Muscular System
B. easy tendon B. Excretory System
C. cell C. Skeletal System
D. fat D. Immune System
12. Toxicology deals primarily with what 18. What do antibiotics cure?
types of hazards?
A. bacteria
A. biological and social
B. virus
B. both chemical and physical
C. parasite
C. human-made
D. fungus
D. natural disasters
19. The following items are required by law to
13. Name the disease which is confirmed by be on a food label EXCEPT
WIDAL Test? A. name of the food
A. Chicken Pox B. review of the food
B. Malaria C. net weight or volume
C. Typhoid D. address of manufacturer, distributor,
D. Diphtheria or packager

20. According to the germ theory of disease, 26. A disease caused by uncontrolled cell
disease is caused by growth
A. decaying matter. A. Cancer
B. chemicals. B. Diabetes
C. microorganisms. C. Heart attack
D. miasma. D. Stroke
27. A diverse group of microbes might look
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21. Following are the causes that weaken the
immune system EXCEPT like
A. Stress A. only E.coli bacteria in the gut
B. Exposure to polluted air B. 3 different microbes in the gut
C. Exposure to pesticides C. Dozens of different microbes in the gut
D. Healthy diet
D. none of above
22. Which of the following is NOT a mineral?
28. Microbes are ubiquitous, this means that
A. Carbohydrate they are:
B. Iron A. found everywhere
C. Calcium B. able to communicate
D. Potassium C. photosynthesizers
23. Organic compounds that control several D. pathogenic
body functions. e.g. A, C, K
29. Which system is the heart in?
A. Carbohydrates
A. Circulatory
B. Metabolism B. Digestive
C. Vitamins C. Cardiovascular
D. Digestion D. Integumentary
24. “Cholera, Typhoid, Amoebic dysentery”is 30. Tuberculosis
the common disease that transmitted
through A. is transmitted by mosquitoes
B. has been almost entirely eliminated in
A. air
the world
B. touch
C. is caused by a virus
C. vector
D. has strains that have developed resis-
D. water tance to antibiotics
25. What is NOT symptoms of Dengue fever? 31. Why is most e-waste exported?
A. Vomiting A. Cheaper labor
B. High fever B. Disposal is cheaper
C. Nose bleeding C. Laws are less strict
D. Muscle pain D. All of the Above

32. What are environmental hazards that re- 38. A(n) disease is a disease that has
sult from where we live and our lifestyle appeared in the human population for
choices? the first time or that has existed for a

A. physical hazards while, but is increasing rapidly or spread-
ing around the world.
B. chemical hazards
A. environmental
C. biological hazards
B. pandemic
D. social hazards
C. emerging
33. The blood cells that fight pathogens. D. infectious
A. White blood cells
39. The selective absorption and concentration
B. Red blood cells of elements or compounds by cells in a liv-
C. Plasma ing organism, most commonly fat-soluble
D. Hemoglobin compounds is known as
A. biomagnification
34. The study of the formation, structure, and
function of cells. B. bioaccumulation
A. Biology C. Toxicity
B. Pathology D. Dose-response
C. Histology 40. The process of measuring the chance that
D. Cytology an environmental hazard will cause harm
is called
35. Both the pleural and pericardial cavities A. toxicology
are located within the cavity.
B. epidemiology
A. spinal
C. a dose-response relationship
B. cranial
D. risk assessment
C. abdominal
D. thoracic 41. A person’s age, sex, weight, health issues,
and genetic makeup influence how he or
36. When large amounts of snow fall at the she responds to
same time it creates a A. risk assessment
A. avalanche B. natural disasters
B. thunderstorm C. antibiotic resistance
C. earthquake D. environmental hazards
D. volcano
42. A toxin, such as DDT, builds up in the fatty
37. the opening in the skin through which per- tissue of an organism. This is referred to
spiration exits the body. as
A. pores A. biomagnification
B. glands B. bioaccumulation
C. acne C. synergism
D. blackheads D. dose-response

43. When concentrations of toxicants increase A. Risk Assessment

each step up the food chain it is called? B. Risk Management
A. biomagnification C. Hazard
B. toxicology D. Risk
C. risk assessment 49. When someone takes an antibiotic, we
D. epidemiology would call that a to the microbiome
community.
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44. What is the main reason for eating a wide
variety of foods? A. disturbance
B. resiliency
A. to learn the food label
C. recovery
B. to provide all the nutrients you need
D. diversity
C. to keep from getting bored with your
diet 50. Why live pathogens cannot be used to
D. to help improve physical fitness make vaccine?
A. It is very difficult to obtain live
45. Infectious diseases are diseases caused by pathogen
an organism such as a virus or a bacterium,
B. Live pathogen is easily dead
which is called a
C. Live pathogen will replicate in human
A. pathogen
body
B. toxicant
D. Live pathogen more expensive
C. pandemic
51. All of the following are considered four
D. carcinogen greatest risk except
46. VOCAB:The average number of years an A. Poverty
individual is expected to live. B. Obese
A. life expectancy C. Being born female
B. infant mortality D. Smoking
C. death rate 52. What term means “closer to the beginning
D. growth rate of a body part”?
A. Proximal
47. Which of the following best describes a re-
action to injury or infection that is charac- B. Distal
terized by pain, redness, and swelling? C. Inferior
A. pus D. Dorsal
B. swelling 53. . Identify the medication used to kill or
C. inflammation slow the growth of bacteria
D. bruising A. Antibiotics
B. Antibodies
48. It is where the cost and the decisions on
how to minimize the hazards that may C. Medicalsupplementation
happen. D. Herbalremedies

54. breaks down protein into polypep- 59. Plasmodium enters human body in an infec-
tides. tious form which is a stage of its life cycle.
Name it.

A. Salivary amylase
A. Sporozoites
B. Protease
B. Gametocytes
C. Lipase
C. Merozoites
D. none of above
D. Hypnozoites
55. Bacterial signal proteins released into the 60. Example disease that can help to prevent
environment for communication with other when we get the Natural Active Immunity
bacterial cells. is
A. autoinducers A. polio
B. positive feedback signals B. fever
C. hydrolyzers C. Rubella
D. upregulators D. mumps
61. Right Upper Quadrant.

56. Chemicals, such as atrazine & bisphenol A
(BPA), that mimic hormones and can lead A. RUQ
to birth defects, developmental disorders, B. LUQ
and gender imbalances in fish and other
C. RLQ
species.
D. LLQ
A. teratogens
B. endocrine disruptors 62. Which one is NOT a reason why infectious
diseases are less of a threat in developed
C. mutagens nations?
D. carcinogens A. Better sanitation (clean)
B. Access to medicine
57. What is the name for the measure of how
harmful a substance is? C. They are smarter
A. toxicity D. none of above
B. response 63. The brain is to the spinal cord

C. dose A. superficial
D. biomagnification B. medial
C. superior
58. The study of disease in human populations
D. inferior
is
A. epidemiology 64. This infectious disease is caused by a bac-
terium transmitted through water contam-
B. toxicology inated with fecal matter
C. a dose-response relationship A. cholera
D. risk assessment B. MERS

C. Tuberculosis 70. Upregulation of virulent genes by bacteria

D. SARS occurs:
A. during transcription
65. Study the statements about Filariasis /
Elephantiasis. Find the incorrect state- B. when bacterial population density is
ment. low
A. Elephantiasis is common name of Lym- C. within the microbiome
phatic Filariasis
D. within biofilms
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B. It is caused by a nematode
C. The disease is transmitted by house 71. The amount of a toxin that causes the first
flies symptoms to appear is
D. Infection usually occurs in childhood A. Threshold Dose
and remains asymptomic
B. LD50
66. Which pathogen needs a host cell to repro- C. Lethal Dose
duce?
D. Route of Entry
A. virus
B. bacteria 72. What is the cause of an infectious dis-
C. fungus ease?
D. parasite A. inherited
67. Which of the following is correct about B. environmental factors

H1N1? C. pathogens
A. It can be caught from eating fishes D. none of above
B. It is a non-transmissible disease
C. It is only a local epidemic disease 73. VOCAB:the total fertility rate for a nation
that would keep its population size stable
D. It is an airborne disease
A. replacement fertility rate
68. Which federal law deals w/cleanup of
B. total fertility rate
abandoned hazardous waste sites?
A. RCRA C. growth rate
B. CERCLA (Superfund) D. death rate

C. NIMBY
74. What is the definition of risk?
D. Safe Drinking Water Act
A. The possibility of suffering harm or
69. What occurs when stress builds up in tec- loss
tonic plates is suddenly released? B. The scientific process of estimating
A. mudslide the threat that particular hazards pose to
B. earthquake human health.
C. tsunami C. The possibility of fear or danger
D. avalanche D. The possibility of suffering harm

75. What genetic factor contributes to devel- B. burning of coal

oping heart disease?
C. volcanic eruptions

A. diet
D. sea spray
B. stress
C. age 81. BPA has been shown to reduce the amount
of testosterone in males of some species.
D. ethnicity
BPA can be classified as a(n)
76. Airborne disease can be prevented by prac- A. carcinogen
tising the following, except
B. teratogen
A. cover nose and mouth when sneezing
or cough. C. endocrine disruptor
B. wash your hand with water only D. mutagen
C. avoid being in crowded places
82. What caused the cholera outbreak?
D. avoid handshake
A. Unhealthy Food
77. Which of the following is an example of B. Obesity
a social hazard that cannot easily be con-
trolled? a. smoking cigarettes c. lack of C. Poor sanitation
exercise D. Contaminated water
A. smoking cigarettes
83. Vaccines are most often associated with
B. pollution from a factory near your
this pathogen.
school
C. lack of exercise A. Virus
D. a high-fat diet B. Bacteria

C. Fungus
78. It is the greatest health risk
A. Poverty D. none of above
B. Malnutrition 84. It is the chemical’s ability to resist being

C. Overpopulation broken down into other safe substances
D. Disease Outbreak A. Persistence
79. Elements essential for good health. e.g. B. Pestilence

Calcium, Iron, Potassium C. Solubility
A. Protein D. Toxicity
B. Fat
85. Quorum sensing is:
C. Minerals
D. Carbohydrates A. viral communication
B. bacterial communication
80. The primary anthropogenic source of Hg in
the environment is C. bacterial reproduction
A. seafood D. viral reproduction

86. What are the five components of My B. nonpathogens

Plate? C. opportunists
A. Vegetable, Fruit, Grain, Protein, Water D. viruses
B. Vegetable, Fruit, Grain, Chocolate, 92. A student should have a minimum of how
Milk many glasses of water per day?
C. Fruit, Vegetable, Grain, Protein, Milk A. 5
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D. Grain, Protein, Apple, Vegetable B. 6
C. 7
87. Which of the following is known as decom-
poser? D. 8
A. Caterpillar 93. VOCAB:the study of how environmental

factors affect human health and our qual-
B. Chicken
ity of life
C. Paddy plant
A. environmental health
D. Mushroom
B. demography
88. Which of the following can cause infections C. biology
to open cuts?
D. hazardology
A. Baceteria
94. These cells are responsible for making an-
B. Viruses
tibodies.
C. Fungi
A. Helper T Cells
D. All of them
B. Killer T Cells
89. VOCAB:study of disease in human popula- C. B Cells
tion
D. Macrophages
A. epidemiology
B. toxicology
social hazard that can’t be controlled eas-
C. biology ily by an individual?
D. pathology A. smoking cigarettes
90. Apakah protein yang dihasilkan oleh sel B. pollution from a factory near your
darah putih?What is the protein produced house
by white blood cells? C. lack of exercise
A. antibodi/antibody D. high fat diet
B. antigen/antigen 96. Following are the causes that weaken the
C. imuniti/immunity immune system except
D. vaksin/vaccine A. Stress
91. Microbes that only cause disease under B. Exposure to polluted air
certain circumstances are called: C. Exposure to pesticides
A. pathogens D. Healthy diet

97. These are chemicals that harm or cause C. Bareborne

birth defects. D. Waterborne

A. carcinogens
103. What is the main environmental concern
B. mutagens with sanitary landfills?
C. teratogens A. leachate contamination of groundwa-
D. none of above ter
B. generation of CO gas
98. Which o f the following types of people
have a greater sensitivity to environmen- C. attracting disease-carrying organisms
tal hazards?
A. teenagers D. slow and incomplete degradation
B. adults 104. Indoor environmental pollution
C. infants A. is not as dangerous as outdoor pol-
D. none lution.
B. can be worse than outdoor pollu-
99. I was hit on the head and
tion.
A. came round C. can be 100% avoided with some
B. passed out simple measures.
C. got over D. none of above
D. none of above 105. The full name of WHO is
100. It is the quantity of harmful chemical that A. The World Healing Organization
has been ingested, inhaled, or absorbed B. The World Health Organization
through the skin.
C. The World Football Organization
A. Persistence
D. The World Human Organization
B. Dose
C. Toxicity 106. What do asbestos, radon, volatile or-
ganic compounds, carbon monoxide, and
D. Solubility lead all have in common?
101. It is the study of infectious disease con- A. They are chemical hazardsthat can be
nections between animals and humans. found indoors.
A. Medical Connection B. They are highly dangerouscarcinogens
B. Therapeutic Bond
C. Exposure to them cannot beprevented.
C. Ecological Medicine
D. Medical Connection
D. They are unnatural and madeonly by
102. A disease spread through the air is called humans.
107. Which of the following planes divides the

A. Airborne body into left and right halves?
B. Dropletborne A. frontal

B. transverse 113. a place on the body where 2 bones come

together
C. horizontal
A. joint
D. sagittal
B. ligament
108. Any substance that poses a chemical haz-
C. tendon
ard is considered a(n)
D. cramp
A. pathogen
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B. carcinogen 114. Which waterborne diseases is transmit-
ted through water?
C. allergen
A. Dengue
D. toxican
B. Zika
109. Apakah patogen yang dibawa oleh nya- C. Malaria
muk Anopheles betina?Which pathogen is
brought by female Anopheles mosquito? D. Cholera
A. virus denggidengue virus 115. The skin is to the muscles

B. plasmodium malariae A. deep
C. bakteria Leptospira sp. B. superficial
D. Bakteria Salmonella typhi C. medial
110. Frontal Plane D. anterior
A. Anterior and Posterior 116. enables you to hear, see and think
B. Inferior and Superior A. nervous tissue
C. Anterior and Inferior B. connective tissue
D. Superior and Posterior C. muscle tissue
D. homeostasis
111. Components that are non-biodegradable
& lipid-soluble have a higher risk of 117. Atrazine and DDT are examples of
A. bioaccumulation A. neurotoxins
B. synergistic effects B. endocrine disruptors
C. having a lower LD50 C. carcinogens
D. carcinogenic D. teratogens
112. Pancreatic juice contains the following, 118. Match the word part to the terms be-
EXCEPT low.ologist
A. lipase A. specialist that studies.
B. pancreatic amylase B. general
C. protease C. white
D. salivary amylase D. entrance

119. Which factors most influence whether a 124. Nutrients that build and repair tissues
person will develop Alzheimer’s disease? and cells e.g. meat, milk, eggs.

A. the person’s environment and social in- A. Fat
teraction B. Minerals
B. the person’s genetics and environ- C. Vitamins
ment
D. Protein
C. the person’s gender and age
125. substance capable of causing cancer in liv-
D. the person’s salt intake and stress ing tissue
level
A. mutagen
120. What types of hazards does toxicology B. carcinogen
deal with? C. cancer
A. biological and social D. teratogen
B. chemical and physical
126. ” The organisms that can cause disease’
C. human made is called
D. natural disasters A. bacteria
B. pathogen
121. The process through which pollutants get
increasingly more concentrated at each C. probiotic
step up the food chain is D. biosome
A. biomagnification 127. Which of the following immunities is ob-
B. anaphylaxis tained through antiserum injections?
C. toxicity A. Natural active immunity
D. bioaccumulation B. Artificial active immunity

C. Natural passive immunity
122. VOCAB:The study of human population D. Artificial passive immunity
statistics
A. demography 128. What type of pathogen is most likely
found in warm, moist environments?
B. biology
A. virus
C. microbiology
B. bacteria
D. ecology C. fungi
123. About how much exercise do you need D. none of above
each day?
129. Going towards the head of the body.
A. 15 minutes A. Inferior
B. 30 minutes B. Lateral
C. 45 minutes C. Anterior
D. 60 minutes D. Superior

130. Non-digestible carbohydrates (nonliving) B. Vitamin B

that serve as food for normal healthy bac- C. Vitamin E
teria :
D. Vitamin K
A. Probiotics
B. Prebiotics 136. what are the levels of organization in the
human body?
C. Monosaccharides
A. Cells, tissues, organs, and organ sys-
D. Triglycerides
tems
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131. lateral means B. cells, muscles, nervous tissue, and or-
A. farther from the body midline. gans
B. more superficial C. all cells
C. towards the body midline D. muscles
D. closer to the attachment point of a limb 137. Which list is made up of toxic metal pol-
lutants?
132. VOCAB:Introduction of machinery pow-
ered by fossil fuels, marked by the shift A. PCB, BPA, mercury, & potassium
from a rural, agricultural-based society to B. cadmium, arsenic, lead, & mercury
an urban, industry-based society
C. DDT, cadmium, lead, potassium, & BPA
A. Industrial Revolution
B. Greenhouse Effect D. argon, neon, chromium, & mercury
C. Endangered Species Act
138. Which of the following is not considered
D. Climate Change to be a biological hazard?
133. True or False:Ecological medicine stud- A. flu virus
ies the infectious disease connections be-
B. pet dander
tween animals and humans
C. cigarette smoke
A. True
D. bacterium that causes strep throat
B. False
C. Maybe 139. What is a Superfund Site?
D. none of above A. A place where children are exposed to
a lot of toxins
134. The study of how to body parts in the
B. a place with a lot of contamination
body function and move.
A. Anatomy C. a location designated by the EPA re-
quiring major toxic cleanup
B. Physiology
D. none of above
C. Anatomical position
D. Lateral 140. Antara penyakit berikut yang manakah
berjangkit melalui air?Which of the follow-
135. is needed to speed up the blood- ing diseases is transmitted through wa-
clotting ter?
A. Vitamin A A. demam kepialu/typhoid fever

B. sifilis/siphilis 146. If your muscles are tense, sit or and

close your eyes.
C. gonorea

A. come round
D. selesema/flu
B. lie down
141. Which way a pathogen can enter the C. vomit
body?
D. none of above
A. Nose
147. Which animal causes Leptospirosis dis-
B. Injured skin
ease?
C. Mouth A. Elephant
D. All of the above B. Giraffe
142. This is the probability of one’s health be- C. Rat
ing harmed by a hazard that can cause in- D. Hamster
jury, disease, or death.
148. This disease can be transmitted through
A. risk blood and sexual fluids.
B. risk assessment A. smallpox
C. risk management B. cholera
D. none of above C. HIV
D. malaria
143. What is held in the abdominal cavity?
A. the brain 149. Which targeted 12 POPS (persistent or-
ganic pollutants) shown to be the most
B. The stomach dangerous?
C. the heart A. Stockholm Convention
D. the lungs B. Montreal Protocol
144. Includes lightning, heavy rain, and some- C. World Summit on Sustainable Develop-
times hail ment
D. General Assembly Resolution
A. mudslide
B. hurricane 150. VOCAB:a contrast that refers to the dif-
ference in assets and income between indi-
C. tornado viduals in a society or between nations
D. thunderstorm A. wealth gap
145. The two major phyla of bacteria in the B. developing nations
microbiome are: C. demographic shift
A. Bacteroidetes; Firmicutes D. population growth
B. Escherichia; Firmicutes 151. allows your body to move
C. Bacteroidetes; Enterobactericeae A. muscle tissue
D. Staphylococcus; Escherichia B. nervous tissue

C. connective tissue 157. A plane divides the body into equal

D. cardiac tissue right and left
A. midsagital
152. Ticks and mosquitos can be vectors for
B. frontal
diseases. In both cases, these organisms
acquire the disease-causing organism by C. transverse
A. feeding on a host animal D. oblique
B. a random mutation that is more com- 158. The study of the structures of the human
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mon in small organisms body
C. breeding in areas that are very humid A. Physiology
D. all of these B. Anatomy
153. Is the vaccine to protect the body from Tu- C. Sagital

berculosis? What is the vaccine to protect D. Anatomical position
the body from Tuberculosis?
159. Which of the following diseases is infec-
A. Tetanus tious? Which of the following is an infec-
B. Japanese Encephalitis (JE) tious disease?
C. Inactive Polio Vaccine(IPV) A. cancer/cancer
D. Bacillus Calmette-Guerin(BCG) B. Asma/ I take a shower
C. influenza/influenza
154. Which of the following is not a step in
risk management? D. diabetes / diabetes
A. Comparative Risk Analysis 160. Which of the following foods is not a

B. Risk Reduction Strategy grain source?
A. Brown Rice
C. Financial Commitment
B. Nuts
D. Hazard Identification
C. Wheat Bread
155. Organism that produces disease
D. Spaghetti
A. pathogen
161. It is an outbreak happening if there are
B. Ebola more than two countries being affected by
C. tuberculosis the disease.
D. maleria A. Dienemic
B. Epidemic
156. The diagram shows the level of antibod-
ies in blood. What is the tyep of immu- C. Pandemic
nity. D. Psychedelic
A. Natural active immunity
162. A global outbreak of an infectious disease
B. Natural passive immunity is called a or an
C. Arificial active immunity A. epidemic
D. Artificial passive immunity B. endemic

C. pandemic C. Mercury
D. outbreak D. DDT

163. A colorless, toxic, radioactive gas is 169. what are the 4 basic types of tissue
A. asbestos A. muscle tissue, nervous tissue, connec-
B. radon tive tissue, + epithelial tissue.
C. carbon monoxide B. nervous and muscle
D. lead C. connective
164. What is a vector? D. skeletal
A. pathogen 170. Which is TRUE of Bisphenol A (BPA)?
B. organism that carries pathogen
A. used as a herbicide
C. type of infectious disease
B. toxic chemical found in plastics
D. type of emerging disease
C. contains mercury
165. Which of the following is a disease that D. it can be spread by person-to-person
is not infectious? Which of the following contact, especially in developing coun-
is a disease that is not infectious? tries
A. Tinea
171. Which body cavity ranges from the di-
B. Tuberculosis / Dry cough
aphragm to the top of the pelvic girdle?
C. Dengue fever
A. abdominal
D. cancer
B. pelvic
166. An agent or factor that causes birth de- C. throacic
fects
D. abdominopelvic
A. carcinogen
B. teratogen 172. When was Ebola first recorded in human
populations?
C. mutation
D. mutagen A. 1977
B. 1967
167. Disease in which cells multiply uncontrol-
lably and invade surrounding tissue. C. 1976
A. mutation D. 2014
B. cancer 173. Effects of not taking immunization injec-
C. infectious disease tion from various aspect, except
D. transmissible disease A. Human capital
168. Which of the following is a neurotoxin? B. Repetition of controlled dieases
A. Asbestos C. Quality of work affected
B. Thalidomide D. Reduce the death rate

174. ” The organisms that can cause disease’ C. To become taller

is called “Organisms that can cause D. To make body weaken by weakened
disease ‘are called pathogen
A. bacteria
180. Infectious diseases are spread by
B. pathogen pathogens.Which of the following organ-
C. pubg isms are known as pathogens?
D. mobile legends A. Virus
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175. Which disease is spread by adult B. Aedes
mosquito? C. Rat
A. Ringworm D. Cockroach
B. Cholera
181. * The study of structural and functional
C. Influenza changes caused by disease.
D. Malaria A. Histology
176. is stored under the skin as a heat in- B. Cytology
sulator. C. Biology
A. Carbohydrate D. Physiology
B. Fat
182. Drugs that destroy or inhibit bacterial
C. Protein growth:
D. none of above A. NSAIDs
177. An emerging diseases is a disease B. toxic
that:Has appeared in the human popula- C. cholinesterase inhibitors
tion for the time.
D. antibiotics
A. 1st
B. 2nd 183. A white blood cell that destroys
pathogens by digesting them is called a
C. 3rd
D. 4th A. macrophage
178. Which is associated with a tornado? B. T cell
A. storm surge C. B cell
B. funnel of rotating air D. antibody
C. lightning and thunder 184. Which of the following is NOT a direc-
D. landslides and mudslides tional body plane?
179. Why we need second dose of vaccination A. Sagital
A. To boost the production of antibody B. Transverse

above the immunity level C. Coronal
B. To waste government money D. Flat

185. Plastics are made from 191. Study of the adverse effects of chemicals
A. glass on health

B. paper A. epidemiology
C. petroleum B. immunology
D. sand C. Toxicology
186. Lacteal in the villi absorbs D. phrenology
A. glucose
192. Some mercury that we are exposed to
B. Vitamin B comes from natural sources, but most
C. fatty acids comes from anthropogenic sources, in par-
ticular from
D. amino acids
A. automobile exhaust
187. Which of the following is disease that is
not infectious? B. coal-burning power plants
A. Tinea C. old paint in homes
B. Tuberculosis D. runoff from livestock waste
C. Dengue fever
193. Most MSW in the United States ends up
D. cancer in , but many developing nations use
188. Inspect antigen, attacks & kills antigen,
if it is recognized A. composting facilities, sanitary landfills
A. Macrophage
B. T Cells B. sanitary landfills, open dumps
C. B Cells C. recycling plants, sanitary landfills
D. none of above D. open dumps, recycling facilities
189. What happen to the host when infected
by pathogens? 194. The basic building block of a carbohydrate
is a molecule.
A. show symptom of the disease like
cough, fever, cold etc. A. sugar
B. gain extra energy and power B. calcium
C. do not show any sign of body deterio- C. sodium
ration
D. none of above
D. none of above
195. Which disease can be caused by UV rays
190. soft connective tissue that fills the inter-
from the sun and tanning beds?
nal spaces in bone
A. Diabetes
A. marrow
B. spongy bone B. Skin Cancer
C. fat C. AIDS
D. cholesterol D. Parkinson’s disease

196. Biomagnification of Hg can lead to prob- 201. She’s very hot and shivery, so I think she
lems with must have
A. the immune system A. rash
B. the nervous system B. migraine
C. the respiratory system C. flu
D. the digestive system D. none of above
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197. Which one is NOT a reason why emerg- 202. A patient suffering from a disease shows
ing diseases are particularly dangerous to the following symptoms:sustained high
humans? fever (39-40 degree celcius), intestinal
bleeding, red rashes, headache and loss of
A. Humans have little to no resistance to appetite. Identify the disease.
them
A. Typhoid
B. Methods of controlling emerging dis-
eases have not been invented yet B. Pneumonia
C. Humans catch diseases faster than an- C. Malaria

imals D. Ascariasis
D. none of above 203. Specialized cells that secrete material
used elsewhere in the body.
198. Anything that triggers an immune re-
sponse is a/n A. Organs
A. lymph cell B. Organisms
B. antigen C. Structures
C. antibody D. Glands
D. neutrop 204. Disease that can be transmitted from one
individual to another individual is called
199. LD50 shows
A. the dose that kills 50 % of a population A. non-infectious disease / disease is not
contagious
B. the dose at which 50 % of a population B. infectious disease / infectious disease
displays negative health effects
C. the dose at which the first individual in C. genetic disease / genetic disease
a population dies from exposure
D. instagram disease
D. all of these
205. Amount of a toxic material per unit of
200. The microbes that colonize humans are body weight of test animals that kills half
collectively referred to as the: the test population in a certain time
A. organ system A. risk assessment
B. human microbiome B. risk management
C. organic molecules C. LD50
D. 2nd skin D. LD60

206. Where does MOST of the digestive pro- 211. The greatest reduction of MSW could be
cess take place? achieved by reducing

A. Small intestine A. electronics manufactured
B. Stomach B. packaging and containers
C. Large intestine C. the use of cars with low fuel efficiency
D. Liver
D. construction debris
207. Which law gave the EPA the ability
to track haz waste from “Cradle-to- 212. The amount of a potentially harmful sub-
grave”? stance an individual ingests, inhales, or ab-
sorbs through the skin.
A. Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (RCRA) A. dose
B. CERCLA (Sueperfund) B. LD50
C. National Environmental Protection Pol- C. median lethal dose
icy (NEPP)
D. dose-response curve
D. Brownfields
213. It is the dosage necessary to kill half of
208. is used to synthesise enzymes, hor- the population of test organism.
mones and antibodies.
A. LC50
A. Protein
B. TD50
B. Carbohydrate
C. Half Population Dosage
C. Fat
D. LD50
D. none of above
214. E-waste can be especially harmful due to
A. the heavy and toxic metals that can be
low.path/o, pathy
released
A. disease
B. the size and weight of most e-waste
B. route items
C. trail C. wildlife eating it and becoming ill or dy-
ing
D. hope
D. the single-use “throw-away” design of
210. Why do we need to wear a face mask most e-waste products
during a flu?
215. Disease that can be transmitted from one
A. to avoid habukto avoid dust
individual to other individual is called
B. to prevent others from getting infected
A. non-infectious disease
B. infectious disease
C. to improve health
C. genetic disease
D. to practice a healthy lifestyle to adopt
a healthy lifestyle D. sporadic disease

216. Another word for front is D. There is no standardised treatment for

A. ventral the disease
B. posterior 221. An example of a communicable disease is

C. dorsal A. cancer.
D. sagital B. chronic respiratory disease.
C. diabetes.
217. LD-50 shows
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D. giardiasis.
A. the dose that kills 50 % of a test popu-
lation 222. the smallest unit of organization in the
B. the dose at which 50 % of a population body
displays negative health effects A. cell
C. the dose at which the first individual in B. muscle tissue
a population dies from exposure
C. heart
D. the dose that causes 50% of the popu-
D. health
lation to become extinct
223. the process by which an organisms inter-
218. What hazards does epidemiology deal
nal environment is kept stable.
with?
A. homeostasis
A. physical
B. organism stableness
B. chemical
C. tissues combine
C. social
D. cardiac disease
D. biological
224. What does a substance’s toxicity depend
219. In the the United States, which agency
on besides what it is?
takes the lead for responding to emerging
diseases? A. if it was produced naturally
A. Centers for Diseases Control and Pre- B. its scientific name
vention (CDC) C. how much you are exposed to
B. Environmental Protection Agency D. where it is found in the environment
(EPA)
225. Which of the following is a dome of wa-
C. World Health Organization (WHO) ter that crashes along the coast?
D. Federal Emergency Management A. storm surge
Agency (FEMA)
B. hurricane
220. Which statement about ascariasis is not C. thunderstorm
correct?
D. tornado
A. Children 3-8 years are more likely to
be infected 226. When bacterial population size , au-
B. It is caused by a roundworm toinducer concentration
C. Spreads due to poor sanitation and in- A. increases; increases

fected food and soil B. increases; decreases

C. decreases; increases 232. Which of the following is a substance

D. decreases; decreases usually prepared from killed or weaken
pathogens?

227. Jorge has a cold but feels well enough to
A. White blood cells
study with his friends Lisa and Jin. Lisa
and Jin become sick. Which term describes B. Antibodies
Jorge’s condition when he was studying
C. Lymph
with his friends?
A. noninfectious D. Vaccines
B. contagious 233. We put some and a bandage on his
C. immune knee.
D. deadly A. plaster
228. Pollutants, such as oil and pesticides, B. painkiller
which are damaging to soil and water sup-
plies are called C. ointment
A. incineration D. none of above

B. hazardous wastes
234. Infectious diseases can be spread by
C. solid wastes
A. contaminated water
D. litter
B. human contact
low.poster/o C. animals
A. front D. all the above

B. back
235. Naturally occurring pollutants usually be-
C. side come hazardous to health when they are
D. middle above their normal levels in the envi-
ronment
230. VOCAB:factors that threaten or are
harmful to human health A. concentrated
A. hazards B. added
B. pathogens C. collected
C. risks D. none of above
D. biology
236. VOCAB:describes the relative numbers of
231. Which of the following nutrients is impor- organisms of each age within a population
tant for body, cell, and muscle growth and and is often represented by a graph
repair?
A. age structure diagram
A. vitamins
B. fats B. population growth rate
C. proteins C. demographic transition

D. carbohydrates D. fertility rate

237. A pattern of eating that includes how C. carcinogen

much, what, and how often a person eats. D. toxicant
A. Metabolism
243. Infectious diseases are diseases caused
B. Diet
by an organism such as a virus or a bac-
C. Calories terium, which is called a:
D. Vitamins A. pathogen
238. What are chemicals that cause cancer
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B. toxicant
called?
C. pandemic
A. carcinogen
D. carcinogen
B. hazard
C. teratogen 244. Which of the following types of people
generally has a greater sensitivity to envi-
D. neurotoxin ronmental hazards than the other types of
239. Several members of Tyrone’s family have people?
problems with heart disease, To avoid de- A. teenager
veloping heart problems, Tyrone should
B. adult
probably do all of the following except:
C. infant
A. Get plenty of exercise
B. restrict intake of fats and sugar D. none; all have equal sensitivity
C. avoid contact with family 245. Cellulose is a type of

D. reduce stress A. carbohydrate
240. Which of the following nutrients provides B. protein
energy to the body? C. fat
A. carbohydrates
D. fibre
B. vitamins
246. Layers of microbial cells that stick to sur-
C. water
faces and each other.
D. minerals
A. colonies
241. examples of ball and socket joints are B. biofilms
C. autoinducers
A. hips and shoulders
D. nucleoids
B. toes and fingers
C. elbows and knees 247. Which one is NOT a mechanisms by which
D. the patella and the knee cap infectious diseases are transmitted?
A. Humans
242. What is any substance that poses a chem-
ical hazard considered? B. Water and Food
A. VOC C. Organisms
B. allergen D. Weather

248. covers the surfaces of your body + lines C. Malaria

your internal organs. it protects the deli- D. Cholera
cate structures that lie beneath it.

A. epithelial tissue 254. VOCAB:number of males compared to fe-
males in a population
B. homeostasis
A. sex ratio
C. cell
B. age structure
D. connective tissue
C. growth rate
249. The process by which white blood cells
D. population shift
swallow and digest pathogens using en-
zymes is known as 255. Chemical or form of radiation that causes
A. antibodi/antibody inheritable changes in the DNA molecules
B. fagositosis/phagocytosis in the genes found in chromosomes
C. imuniti/immunity A. teratogen
D. vaccination/vaccination B. mutagen
C. carcinogen
250. A disease that is not spread from one per-
son to another D. metastasis
A. melanoma 256. What helps protect against leachate get-
B. cystic fibrosis ting into groundwater in sanitary land-
fills?
C. nontransmissible disease
A. pipes to extract methane gas
D. multiple sclerosis
B. plastic or clay liner
251. Ways to prevent infectious disease that
caused by vector C. a layer of gravel between the MSW
and soil
A. Avoid crowd places
D. the soil cap that covers the landfill af-
B. Conducting vector control ter it reaches capacity
C. Sanitize our hands
257. Analysis of mixed DNA from a micro-
D. Avoid personal sharing biome sample used to identify species and
252. Unlike eukaryotes, prokaryotes contain: common genes.
A. ribosomes A. Metagenomics
B. cytoplasm B. Polymorphism
C. nucleoid C. SDS-PAGE
D. cell membranes D. Deoxyribose nucleic acids
253. This infectious disease is transmitted by 258. What is the meaning of disease
the bite of an infected mosquito and is A. An illness that cause by toxic chemical
prevalent in sub-saharan Africa expose by our body.
A. West Nile B. Abnormal condition on body and mind
B. SARS that cause discomfort.

C. Normal condition by body react to cer- C. measurement

tain foreign substance D. none of above
D. none of above
264. Pollution causes illnesses, which pair is
259. Which current approach could help correct?
greatly reduce the volume and mass of A. it can cause disease directly or indi-
current MSW in the United States? rectly
A. incineration B. it can only cause illness indirectly
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B. recycling C. it always directly cause lung cancer
C. composting D. cholera was not caused by polluted wa-
D. municipal sewage treatment ter
265. Study of the patterns of disease or
260. Which of the following is an infectious
other harmful effects from toxic exposure
diseases?
within defined groups of people to find out
A. Cancer why some people get sick and some do not
B. Diabetes A. Toxicology
C. Flu B. pathology
D. Asthma C. phrenology
D. epidemiology
261. Which one is the correct statement for
passive natural immunity? 266. How does the body build immunity?
A. temporary and short-lived A. by receiving immunity from a mother
B. fast and temporary B. through vaccinations
C. occurs when a person recovers from C. by building memory cells
an infection D. all of the above
D. occurs when a vaccine is injected into
267. Eating which of the following will help
the body
you build muscle.
262. VOCAB:The average number of children a A. Carbs
female member of a population has during
B. Fat
her lifetime
C. Protein
A. total fertility rate
D. Grains
B. replacement fertility rate
C. growth rate 268. In landfills, must be transported to
a wastewater treatment facility while
D. death rate must be extracted to be burned off or used
as fuel.
263. This is the quantity of a harmful chemi-
cal that has been ingested, inhaled, or ab- A. methane, leachate
sorbed through the skin B. leachate, methane
A. dose C. leachate, heavy metals
B. size D. asbestos, radon

269. Bacteria responsible for the creation and C. 3

maintenance of atmospheric oxygen: D. 4

A. Bacteroidetes
275. Which one of the following is NOT a
B. Firmicutes method for handling non-degradable solid
C. Cyanobacteria waste?
D. Escherichia A. burning
B. burying
270. Which of the following is true about most
C. recycling
fast foods?
D. composting
A. theyare low in nutrient density
B. theyare high in fat and calories 276. DDT, PCB’s, BPA and phthalates are all
examples of
C. theyare low in vitamins and minerals
A. insecticides
D. allof the above
B. hormonally active agents
271. These chemical substance causes tempo- C. plastic additives
rary or permanent harm or death to any D. all of these
organism.
277. How does human acquires malaria?
A. Teratogen
A. Ingestion of contaminated food
B. Mutagen
B. Biting of vector
C. Carcinogen
C. Swimming in infected lake
D. Toxic
D. Use homemade solution for contact
272. What are viruses, bacteria, and organ- lense
isms in the environment that causes human 278. How did Francesco Redi disprove the idea
health classified as? of spontaneous generation?
A. social hazards A. He showed that flies were not pro-
B. biological hazards duced by meat.
C. chemical hazards B. He showed that microorganisms are
present in air.
D. physical hazards
C. He showed that microorganisms cause
273. Which nutrient supplies the most calories disease.
per gram? D. He showed that flies spread disease.
A. carbohydrates
279. The increase in concentration of sub-
B. fats stances per unit of body tissue that occurs
C. protein in successively higher trophic levels of a
food chain or in a food web is known as
D. water
A. bioaccumulation
274. How many type of disease? B. synergy
A. 1 C. biomagnification
B. 2 D. toxicity

280. What are diseases such as a strep throat 285. What is an example of a controllable so-
and Athlete’s foot caused by? cial hazard?
A. miasma A. drinking alcohol
B. decaying matter B. emerging diseases
C. microorganisms C. pollution from dump near your home
D. temperature changes D. natural disasters

286. What do scientists call bacteria and
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281. What is the most important genetic factor viruses that can make people sick?
influencing whether someone will develop
osteoporosis? A. diseases
A. diet B. vaccines
C. antibodies
B. gender
D. pathogens
C. exercise
D. age 287. Anterior means
A. on the backside of the body/dorsal
282. Anorexia Nervosa is a disease involving B. on the frontside of the body/ventral
self-starvation. Because the body needs
nutrients and is not getting them, which of C. to the midline of the body
the following can happen to someone who D. toward the fingers
is anorexic?
288. The body uses this to carry nutrients
A. Hair loss and waste. It also helps joints move
B. Dehydration smoothly.
C. Dry skin A. Fat
D. All of the above B. Water

C. Minerals
283. An outbreak of dengue fever has occurred D. Vitamin
in a village.What can be done to control
the outbreak? 289. Lead poisoning affects which of the fol-
A. Cover the food lowing systems the most?
A. respiratory
B. Clear stagnant water
B. circulatory
C. Avoid contact with the patients
C. nervous
D. Have an effcient sanitary system
D. integumentary
284. What causes people to respond differ- 290. What is the correct order of most impact
ently to environmental hazards (greatest to least) for the 3 Rs?
A. sex A. reduce, reuse, recycle
B. weight B. recycle, reduce, reuse
C. health issues C. reuse, recycle, reduce
D. all are correct D. reading, riting, rithmetic

291. Which of the following is NOT the fac- 296. Which of the following is the least sus-
tor affecting the size of population in an ceptible to harmful health effects?
ecosystem?

A. Young Adult
A. Disease attack B. Children
B. Presence of predator C. Infant
C. Climate change D. Old Adult
D. Growth of organism 297. What is the effect as a result to exposure
of a substance?
292. What is the scientific term for spreading
A. dose
a disease?
B. response
A. Passing
C. toxicology
B. Catching
D. threshold dose
C. Transmitting
298. What creates mudflows and ash clouds?
D. Giving
A. storms
293. Some bacteria release , poisons that B. tsunamis
specifically target neurons. C. earthquakes
A. neurotoxins D. volcanic eruptions
B. autoinducers 299. What is the most important genetic factor
C. inducers influencing whether someone will develop
Alzheimer’s disease?
D. bacteriocins
A. ethnicity
294. Amalia has the flu, a communicable dis- B. exercise
ease that causes a cough and a runny nose.
C. age
Which best describes how she likely got
it? D. stress
A. She inherited it from her parents. 300. Resiliency means

B. She touched the doorknob in a class- A. to continue causing a disturbance
room. B. to bounce back after a disturbance
C. She has a poor diet. C. to have multiple options
D. She does not exercise. D. none of above
301. The sum total of all the waste produced
295. Body parts are organized into systems ac-
by individuals, industries, mining, and agri-
cording to
culture is referred to as
A. Location
A. trash
B. Specialization B. the waste stream
C. Function C. municipal solid waste
D. Structure D. none of above

302. A form of pneumonia caused by a virus C. Mutagen

that is transferred by inhaling or touching D. Sustagen
infected fluids
A. SARS 308. How do viruses make you sick?
B. Cholera A. invade a host cell
C. Zika B. multiply once they are in a host cell
D. Plague C. both of the answer choices are correct
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303. This body cavity is created by the bones
of the skull to protect the brain. D. none of above
A. cranial 309. boiled meat broth in different flasks

B. spinal to prove that living things did not sponta-
neously generate.
C. vertebral
A. Louis Pasteur
D. thoracic
B. Francesco Redi
304. Which of the following planes divides the
C. John Snow
body into front and back sections?
D. none of above
A. transverse
B. frontal 310. Which would be the best method to re-
C. mid-sagittal duce MSW?
D. sagittal A. increase amount of MSW that is incin-

erated
305. Viruses bacteria, and other organisms in B. composting organic waste at the indi-
the environment that harm human health vidual level
are classified as
C. recycle a higher percentage of metals
A. biological hazards
B. social hazards
D. reduce input by waste prevention
C. chemical hazard
311. A disease that kills Helper-T cells is
D. physical hazard
A. AIDS
306. The liver is to the heart
B. Ebola
A. medial
C. Influenza
B. lateral
D. HIV
C. superficial
D. inferior 312. This is a measure of the ability of a sub-
stance to cause injury, illness or death
307. These chemicals harm and causes devel-
A. toxicity
opmental fetal defects that can be passed
on to the next generation. B. natural chemicals
A. Carcinogen C. phytochemicals
B. Teratogen D. none of above

313. Another word for back is 319. Maia’s family has a history of heart dis-
A. ventral ease. What can she do to help lower her
chance of having heart disease?

B. anterior
A. Lower her whole grain consumption.
C. dorsal
D. sagital B. Decrease social interactions.
C. Lower her sodium intake.
314. Which human disease is spread by
mosquitos D. Increase her calcium intake.
A. Cholera
320. Groups of identical cells that grow from
B. Measles a single bacterial cell.
C. Bubonic plague A. colonies
D. West Nile Virus
B. biofilms
315. This disease is spread through the bac- C. autoinducers
terium Vibrio cholerae .
D. nucleoids
A. smallpox
B. malaria 321. Infectious disease are spread by (i) ,
C. cholera transmitted by infected person called (ii)
D. HIV
A. pathogens, vector
316. Material that is synthetic or not able to
be broken down is called B. vector, pathogens
A. biodegradable C. pathogen, host

B. trash D. host, medium
C. non-degradable
322. The study of tissues, which are composed
D. hazardous waste of cells that join together to perform spe-
cific functions.
317. A is when your body temperature
rises in an attempt to fight off a disease. A. Pathology
A. fight B. Histology
B. specific immunity C. Biology
C. fever
D. Cytology
D. infection
323. Which of the following is a biological haz-
318. This substance can cause tempo-
ard?
rary/permanent harm or death
A. Bacteria
A. toxicity
B. toxic chemical B. Poverty
C. chemical hazard C. Carbon Monoxide
D. none of above D. Fire

324. Animal that transmit pathogen from one 329. Which is an example of a brownfield?
host to another is called A. a home foreclosed by the bank
A. species B. abandoned shopping center
B. vector C. abandoned gas station
C. predator D. a landfill that has been capped and re-
D. prey purposed
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330. These are chemicals or forms of radiation
325. What is a disease that has appeared in
that cause or increase genetic mutations
the human population for the first time and
is increasing rapidly called? A. carcinogens
A. environmental B. mutagens
B. pandemic C. teratogens
C. emerging D. none of above
D. infectious 331. This is a type of hazard that are from

harmful chemicals that we can get from air,
326. Which of the following is a “sometimes” water, soil, food and human-made prod-
food? ucts.
A. salad A. Biological hazards
B. soup B. Chemical hazards
C. chicken C. Natural hazards
D. doughnut D. none of above
327. What will cause the WBC in the body to 332. used meat in three different sets of
slightly increase jars to show that living things can only
come from living things.
A. When we exposed to sunlight for few
hours A. John Snow
B. Francesco Redi
B. When we consume high amount of salt
C. Louis Pasteur
C. When there is virus infection in the D. none of above
body
333. Which of the following is involved in first
D. When we are exposed to pesticide line of defence
328. Organization trying to characterize and A. White blood cell

analyze the role of microbes in human B. Antibody
health and disease: C. Skin
A. Human Microbiome Project D. Hormone
B. Human Genome Project
334. Which of the following is NOT a carcino-
C. World Wildlife Federation gen?
D. Metagenomic Society of America A. asbestos

B. formaldehyde 340. What term means “further from the be-

C. radon ginning of a body part”?

D. BPA A. Proximal
B. Distal
335. What type of natural disasters occur in
C. Anterior
Georgia?
D. ventral
A. tsunami
B. storms 341. External defenses include all of the fol-
lowing EXCEPT
C. volcanic eruption
A. skin
D. mudslide
B. hair
336. It states that “take action now to reduce C. nails
suspected consequences, rather than wait
for scientific results to show conclusive ef- D. fever
fects” 342. Which disease is NOT typically spread
A. Passive Principle when there are flood conditions
B. Precautionary Principle A. HIV
C. Prevention Principle B. Cholera
D. Proactive Principle C. Malaria
D. Typhoid
337. immunity is when the bodies makes
its own antibodies. 343. The gut microbiome trains what type of
A. passive immune cells:
B. active A. antigen presenting cells
C. cell mediated B. red blood cells
D. false C. sickle cells
D. nervous cells
338. Which food class provide the highest en-
ergy value? 344. the strong connective tissue that at-
A. Carbohydtare taches muscle to bone is called
A. tendon
B. Protein
B. ligament
C. Fat
C. joint
D. Vitamin
D. skeletal tissue
339. Pollutant can come from both sources
and human activities. 345. A bacterial infection that typically at-
tacks the lungs. It is spread by breathing
A. natural
in the bacteria from the bodily fluids of an
B. under water infected person.
C. nature A. Tuberculosis
D. none of above B. Plague

C. SARS 351. Which of the following is a non-

D. Malaria transmissible disease?
A. tuberculosis
346. Caused by bites from infected mosquitoes
and can be transmitted through sexual con- B. measles
tact. Can lead to microcephaly.
C. HIV
A. Zika
D. diabetes
B. Malaria
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C. MERS 352. VOCAB:how a population changes in size
D. Cholera during a specific period of time.
347. These chemicals do not easily break down A. growth rate

in the environment because they are syn- B. infant mortality
thetic, carbon-based molecules (such as
DDT and PCBs). C. life expectancy
A. Endocrine Disruptors D. death rate

B. POP’s (Persistent Organic Pollutants)
353. What is the purpose of the second injec-
C. Carcinogens tion in artificial active immunity?
D. Neurotoxins A. To gain passive
348. Roman says that the risk of osteoporosis B. To increase the level of immunity
can be reduced by making certain lifestyle
choices. Which lifestyle choice could Ro- C. To produce more antibodies
man be referring to? D. To produce more white blood cells
A. increasing social interaction opportu-
nities 354. what are the two reasons why people in
developing countries suffer greater health
B. lowering salt intake
impacts.
C. managing stressful situations
A. crowded areas and poor sanitation
D. increasing calcium intake
B. crowded areas and good sanitation
349. The head is to the heart.
C. spread-out population and good health
A. Superior care
B. inferior
D. spread-out population and poor health
C. posterior care
D. lateral
355. Any compound that stimulates the
350. VOCAB:Number of babies out of 1000 growth of beneficial microorganisms :
that die during their first year of life
A. Probiotic
A. infant mortality
B. child mortality B. Prebiotic
C. life expectancy C. Carbohydrate

D. growth rate D. Organic molecule

356. Lack of iodine will lead to 362. Infectious diseases are diseases caused
A. Goiter by a , such as a virus or a bacterium.

B. Osteoporosis A. pathogen
C. Anaemia B. toxicant
D. Rickets C. pandemic
D. carcinogen
357. The elbow is to the shoulder.
A. Proximal 363. Microsporum, Trichophyton and Epider-
mophyton are responsible for which of the
B. Distal following disease?
C. Anterior A. Ringworm
D. Lateral B. Elephantiasis
358. Animal that transmits pathogens from C. AIDS
one host to another is called / Animals D. Chicken Pox
that transmit pathogens from one host to
another is called 364. An emerging diseases is a disease that:Is
A. species spreading
B. vector A. Around the world
C. predators / predators B. Around the region
D. prey / prey C. Around the district

D. Around the biome
359. A plane divides the body into upper
and lower. 365. Which of the following is a natural haz-
A. sagital ard?
B. frontal A. Food Poisoning
C. transverse B. Tsunami
D. oblique C. Smoking
D. Poor Working Conditions
360. is important to prevent constipation.
A. Carbohydrate 366. Bile fat into small droplets.
B. Fat A. emulsifies
C. Protein B. digests
D. Fibre C. breaks down

D. none of above
361. Which of the following will cause you not
to be infected with HIV 367. what are heart muscles called??
A. sex A. cardiac muscles
B. kissing B. skeletal muscles
C. blood transfusions C. smooth muscles
D. sharing injections D. soft muscles

368. Osteoporosis is more prevalent among 373. Which of the following is NOT a part of
women than men because women gener- My Plate?
ally A. Grains
A. exercise more than men do. B. Fruit
B. have lower bone mass than men have. C. Candy
D. Protein
C. take in more calcium than men take in.
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374. A student recently developed strep
D. have more bones in their bodies than throat, what is the cause of his illness?
men have. A. Antibodies
369. Chemicals called cause cancer. B. Antibiotics
A. carcinogen C. Bacteria
B. pathogen D. Virus
C. neurotoxin 375. VOCAB:disease-causing agents

D. teratogen A. pathogens
370. A patient suffering from a disease shows B. germs

the following symptoms:sustained high C. hazards
fever (39-40 deg centigrade), stomach D. bugs
pain, headache, constipation, loss of ap-
petite. Identify the diasese. 376. What 2 foods groups should take up half
A. Typhoid of your plate?
B. Pneumonia A. Meat/Beans
C. Malaria B. Fruits/Vegetables
D. Ascariasis C. Ice cream/Soda

D. Meat/Potatoes
371. A large ocean wave often created by an
ocean floor earthquake is a (an) 377. the lungs are to the heart
A. avalanche A. lateral
B. tornado B. inferior
C. tsunami C. superior
D. mudslide D. deep
372. DDT is in the environment. This 378. used a map to show that cholera was
means it doesn’t break down/decompose, caused by contaminated water and not poi-
instead it lasts a long time. sonous vapors.
A. persistent A. Louis Pasteur
B. synergistic B. Francesco Redi
C. acute C. John Snow
D. threshold D. none of above

379. A child shows symptoms of lead toxic- B. tissue

ity, which is linked to lead based paint on C. organ
found on the bedroom walls. This type of

poisoning would be considered D. organ system
A. Acute 385. Chemicals, ionizing radiation, and viruses
B. Synergism that cause or promote the development of
uncontrolable growth
C. Chronic
D. Antagonism A. mutagen
B. carcinogen
380. Sars-Cov2 virus that lead to Covid19 dis-
ease is example of (i) disease that C. cancer
transmitted through (ii) transmission. D. teratogen
A. (i) waterborne (ii) water
386. Lack of vitamin C will lead to
B. (i) touch (ii) parasite
A. night blindness
C. (i) airborne (ii) droplet
B. Scurvy
D. none of above
C. Beri-beri
381. The pesticide Atrazine is a(n) D. Rickets
A. neurotoxin
387. Millon’s reagent is used to detect the
B. mutagen
presence of in food.
C. endocrine disruptor
A. carbohydrate
D. viral disease spread by mosquitoes
B. protein
382. The category of chemicals that effects the C. lipid
central nervous system is
D. glucose
A. neurotoxins
B. teratogens 388. The process happened in the second line
of defense called
C. carcinogens
A. Photosynthesis
D. endocrine disrupters
B. Respiratosis
383. A disease that is caused by living organ-
isms and can spread from one person to C. Phagocytosis
another D. Skin Analysis
A. Huntingtons disease
389. Which body cavity is located above the
B. Downs syndrome diaphragm and is surrounded by the rib
C. transmissible disease cage?
D. sickle cell anemia A. abdominal
B. pelvic
low.hits/o, histi/o C. thoracic
A. cell D. vertebral

8.2 Improvement in food production 1232
390. Companies usually claim justification for 394. Match the word part to the terms be-
polluting local areas because they say it low.plas/i, plas/o, -plasia
is a small amount that will eventually dis- A. hope and deliverance
perse and not have an impact. This is an
example of B. repair
A. Tragedy of the Commons C. function and structure
B. Cradle-to-grave analysis D. growth and development
C. LD50 and environmental study
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395. How could recycling rates be increased?
D. none of these A. providing tax breaks and subsidies for
391. Which of the following issues is NOT the recycling
cause of the environmental impacts caused B. require items to be separated before
by humans? pickup
A. pollution C. decrease government purchases of re-
B. human population growth cycled materials
C. climate change D. decrease tipping fees for landfills
D. habitat destruction 396. Which of the following is an example of a
social hazard that can’t be controlled eas-
392. Most communities have a(n) attitude
ily?
about location of landfills and haz waste
sites. A. smoking cigarettes
A. “For the greater good” B. pollution from a factory near your
B. “Not in my backyard” house
C. “Bioaccumulation life cycle analysis” C. lack of exercise

D. “Cost benefit analysis” D. high fat diet
393. A disbalance in the microbiome that af- 397. Vaccines will trigger your body to make
fects homeostasis is called: all of the following EXCEPT
A. disease A. antibodies
B. malnutrition B. memory cells
C. dysbiosis C. white blood cells
D. obesity D. red blood cells
8.2 Improvement in food production

1. Rabi crop is 2. D is an example of
A. Summer crop A. Fungicide
B. Winter crop B. Weedicide
C. Autumn crop C. Insecticide
D. none of above D. Fumigant

3. Kharif crops are grown from period 8. One of the advantages for irrigation is:
A. April to May A. crops grow quickly

B. August to September B. water evaporates quickly
C. June to October C. a layer of salt may form on the surface

of the soil can be toxic to plants
D. November to April
D. none of above
4. Name 2 oil seeds and what does it pro- 9. Which type of irrigation sends water to
vides us? the root zone of plants?
A. Black gram, soyabean. Provides pro- A. drip
teins.
B. pop-up heads
B. sunflower, ground nut. Provides fats. C. side-roll watering
C. lentil, linseed. Provides carbohydrate. D. transpiration
10. Karan Swiss is a cross breed obtained by

D. mustard, chana. Provides Vitamin and
crossing
minerals.
A. Sahiwal and Brown Swiss
5. What is Photoperiods? B. Holstein and Sahiwal
A. Duration of sunlight C. Brown Swiss and tharparkar
B. Duration D. Tharparkar and Holstein
C. Duration of light. 11. Which of the following type of bees are
D. none of above found very less number in the bee hive?
A. Worker Bee
6. Which of the following is not macro-
B. Queen bee
nutrient?
C. Male bee
A. Iron
D. None of these
B. Potassium
12. Leghorn is related to
C. Nitrogen
A. Apiculture
D. Phosphorus
B. Dairy farming
7. To solve the food problem of the country, C. Poultry
which among the following is necessary?
D. Pisciculture
A. Increased production and storage of
food grains 13. Growing different crops sequentially on
the same plot of land to improve soil
B. Easy access of people to the food grain health, optimize nutrients in the soil, and
combat pest and weed pressure is known
C. People should have money to purchase as
the grains A. Mixed cropping
D. All of the above B. Crop rotation

C. Intercropping 19. Which one is not a source of carbohy-

drate?
D. All of these
A. Rice
14. Which of the following is a marine species B. Millets
of fish?
C. Sorghum
A. Rohu
D. Gram
B. Catla
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20. The Principal cereal crop of India is
C. Mrigal
A. Sorghum
D. Hilsa
B. Maize
15. Who is the father of Green Revolution in C. Rice
the World?
D. Wheat
A. Norman Borlaug
21. Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium are
B. M.S Swaminathan examples of
C. Raj Krishna A. Micro-nutrients
D. R.K.V Rao B. Macro-nutrients
C. Fertilizers
16. Mullets, prawns, mussels are examples of
D. Both i and ii
A. Fresh-water fishes
B. Finned fishes 22. What is the name used to describe a ma-
ture male chicken?
C. Shell fishes
A. Hen
D. Marine fishes
B. Rooster
17. The management and production of fish is C. Tom
called D. Capon
A. Pisciculture
23. Which of the following fish is a middle
B. Apiculture zone feeder in the polyculture of fish?
C. Sericulture A. Catla
D. Aquaculture B. Mrigal
C. Rohu
18. fish farms exist in order to
D. Silver carp
A. decrease the amount of fish in the sea.
24. Which bees collect nectar from the flow-
ers?
B. increase the level of protein consump-
tion. A. Queen bee
C. prevent fish from extinction possibili- B. Worker Bee
ties. C. Male bee
D. increase types of fish species. D. None of these

25. In order to obtain a higher yield, farmers C. Apiculture

must undertake various agricultural prac- D. Sericulture
tices. Which is the first step in this pro-

cess? 31. is a type of farming which involves
both the growing of crops and the raising
A. Addition of manure
of livestock.
B. Preparation of soil
A. Mixed cropping
C. Harvesting B. Crop rotation
D. Irrigation C. Intercropping
26. The branch of agricultural science dealing D. All of these
with production of field crops and manage- 32. Which of the following is a shell fish?
ment of the soil is called
A. Mullets
A. Genetic engineering
B. Bhetki
B. Agronomy
C. Tuna
C. Anatomy
D. Prawns
D. Astronomy
33. Which of the following is a Rabi crop?
27. The place where bees are reared are called A. Pea
A. Apiary B. Soya bean
B. Apiculturing C. Paddy
C. Bee wax D. Maize
D. Bee hives 34. Rohu and catla are types of
28. Xanthium and Parthenium are A. Freshwater fish
A. Cash crops B. Marine water fish
B. Cereals C. Both I and II

D. None of these
C. Vegetables
D. Weeds 35. The unwanted plants which grow with
main crops are called
29. The desirable agronomic characters im- A. Weeds
proved using crop variety programmes are
called B. Crops
C. Grasses
A. Tallness and dwarfness
D. Herbs
B. draught
C. salinity 36. Who was the father of Green Revolution
in India?
D. cold
A. Norman Borlaug
30. Pasturage is related to B. M.S Swaminathan
A. Cattle C. Raj Krishna
B. Fishery D. R.K.V Rao

37. Who is known as the father of white rev- 43. What is the other name for Apis cerana in-
olution in India? dica?
A. Mrs. Indira Gandhi A. Indian Buffalo
B. Shri Jai PrakashNarain B. Indian bee
C. Prof. M.S Swaminathan C. Indian cow
D. Dr. V. Kurien D. Indian horse
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44. Animal husbandry is done for the follow-
38. Blue revolution is related to
ing purposes (i) Milk Production (ii) Agri-
A. Crop production cultural work (iii) Meat production (iv) Egg
B. Fish production production
A. (i), (ii) and (iii)
C. Milk production
B. (ii), (iii) and (iv)
D. Egg production
C. (iii) and (iv)
39. pulses are rich in D. (i) and (iv)
A. proteins
45. What does NPK stand for?
B. Carbohydrates
A. Nutrients, Pancakes, Kittens
C. oils B. Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium
D. vitamins C. Nitrogen, Potassium, Phosphorus
40. Which one of the following species of D. none of above
honey bee is an Indian species? 46. Berseem, Oats or Sudan grass are exam-
A. Apis dorsata ples of
B. Apis florae A. Cereals
C. Apis cerana indica B. Pulses
D. Apis mellifera C. Spices
D. Fodder crops
41. Green Revolution refers to
47. Silver revolution is related to
A. Use of green manure
A. Crop production
B. Grow more crops
B. Milk production
C. High Yield Variety Programme
C. Egg production
D. Green Vegetation
D. Honey production
42. Which bees lay eggs in the bee hive? 48. Cyperinus and Parthenium are types of
A. Worker bee A. Diseases
B. Queen bee B. Pesticides
C. Male bee C. weeds
D. None of these D. pathogens

49. What is the scientific name of the Italian C. Rhizobium

bee?
D. Azolla

A. Apis cerana indica
B. Apis mellifera 55. What is the process of growing two or
more crops in a definite pattern?
C. Apis dorsata
A. Crop rotation
D. Apis folrea
B. Inter-cropping
50. Malathion is an example of
C. Mixed cropping
A. Weedicide
D. Organic cropping
B. Insecticide
C. Fungicide 56. Irrigation means
D. Herbicide A. growing new plants in the desert.

B. using the date palm trees to build
51. Crossing between genetically dissimilar
houses.
plants to obtain crops having useful char-
acteristics C. putting water on to dry land so that
crops will grow well.
A. Genetically modified organisms
B. Hybridization D. none of above
C. Agronomics 57. Increase in milk production is

D. None of them A. Green revolution
52. Aseel is a breed of B. White revolution
A. Horse C. yellow revolution
B. Goat D. none of above
C. Domestic Fowl
58. Kharif crop is
D. Cattle
A. summer season crop
53. The Green Revolution in India was an intro- B. Winter season crop
duction of high-yielding varieties (HYV) of
seeds for C. Rainy season crop
A. Millet D. none of above
B. Pulse
59. What are the two ways to increase pro-
C. Wheat duction?
D. Oilseed A. Only increasing production
54. Root nodules of leguminous Plants contain B. Dividing the land and Increasing pro-
that fixes atmospheric Nitrogen to en- duction
rich/replenish the soil C. Increasing land and Increasing pro-
A. Anabaena duction
B. Mycorrhiza D. none of above

8.3 Microbes in Human Welfare 1238
60. Which one is an oil yielding plant among 61. Identify the macronutrient-
the following?
A. Boron
A. Lentil
B. Zinc
B. Sunflower
C. Cauliflower C. Sulphur
D. Hibiscus D. Copper
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8.3 Microbes in Human Welfare
1. Cyclosporin A is produced from- B. filtration and removal of debris, sand,
A. Trichoderma polysporum (a fungus) grit, etc.
B. Bacillus (a bacterium) C. flocs

D. concentation
C. Aspergillus (a fungus)
D. all of these 6. During which stage of sewage treatment
microbes are used?
2. Scientists have introduced gene into A. Primary treatment
plants to impart resistance to insect
pests. B. Secondary treatment
A. Ct gene C. Tertiary treatment

D. All of these
B. Bt gene
C. Tt gene 7. Dragonflies are useful to get rid of
D. Mt gene A. Ladybird
B. Aphids
3. What gases are produced in anaerobic
sludge digesters? C. Mosquitoes
A. Methane and CO2 only D. Both (b) and (c)
B. Methane, Hydrogen sulphide and CO2 8. Which of the following bacteria help in ni-
trogen fixation from atmosphere?A. Azo-
C. Methane, hydrogen sulphide and O2
tobacter B. Rhizobium C. Azospirillum D.
D. Hydrogen sulphide and CO2 Lactobacillus
4. In anaerobic sludge digesters, the anaero- A. A, C, D
bic bacteria B. A, B, C, D
A. Digest Fungi C. B, C, D
B. Digest Bacteria D. A, B, C
C. Both A and B 9. Streptomycin is produced from-
D. Digest the organic matter A. Streptomyces scoleus
5. What is the first step in the water treat- B. Streptomyces griseus
ment process? C. Streptomyces fradiae
A. coagulation D. Streptomyces venezuellae

10. The remaining major part of activated C. is unnecessary.

sludge is pumped into large tanks called D. is useless.

A. Aerobic fermenters 16. The semi-solid organic material that comes
out of a wastewater treatment plant after
B. Anaerobic fermenters completion of the wastewater treatment
C. Aerobic Sludge digesters process is called
D. Anaerobic sludge digesters A. wastewater.
B. pathogenic.
11. Which of the following show the compet-
itive inhibition in the pathway of choles- C. sewage.
terol synthesis? D. sludge.
A. Cyclosporin A
17. The primary treatment of sewage
B. Statins involves-
C. Streptokinase A. digestion
D. Citrate B. decomposition
12. Streptokinase is isolated from C. sedimentation and filtration
A. Streptococcus bacteria D. none of these
B. Staphylococcus bacteria 18. Which of the following organisms is used
C. Saccharomyces Yeast in the production of beverages?
D. none of above A. Penicillium notatum

B. Saccharomyces cerevisiae
13. During which stage of the purification of
the sewage water are microbes used? C. Aspergillus niger
A. Primary treatment D. Clostridium butylicum
B. Secondary treatment 19. LAB PRODUCES WHICH OF THE FOLLOW-

ING VITAMIN
C. Tertiary treatment
A. VIT A
D. Both (a) and (b)
B. VIT B12
14. The nutritive media for growing bacteria
C. VIT B3
and other microorganisms in the labora-
tory is called- D. VIT B9
A. colonies 20. What does a high value of
B. culture media BOD(Biochemical Oxygen Demand) indi-
cate?
C. baking media
A. That water is pure
D. fermentation
B. that water is less polluted
15. Preliminary treatment C. that water is highly polluted
A. prevents toxic chemicals. D. that consumption of organic matter by
B. removes large objects. microbes is higher in the water

21. pectinase is used to 27. In cheese manufacture, the micro-

A. clarify bottle juicies organisms are used for-
B. immuno supressive agent A. the souring of milk only
C. detergent making B. the ripening only
D. alcohols preparations C. development of resistance to spoilage
22. Trichoderma species are free living D. Both a and b

that are very common in the root ecosys-
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tems. 28. After the clarification step in wastewater
treatment, the solid waste called is
A. Algae
sold off and the liquid waste called
B. Bacteria moves on the be filtered and disinfected
C. Virus A. sewage and dirty water
D. Fungi B. sludge and effluent
23. Monascus purpureus is a yeast used com- C. effluent and slude
mercially in the production of D. dirty water and sewage
A. ethanol 29. Pectinases and proteases are used in
B. streptokinase for removing clots from A. detergents
the blood vessels.
B. perfumes
C. citric acid
C. bottle juices
D. blood cholesterol lowering statins.
D. none of above
24. statin is
30. name the firstly discovered antibiotics
A. an immunosupressive agent
A. penicillium
B. a blood cholesterol lowering agent B. penicillin
C. an alcohol C. tetracycline
D. a blood clot buster D. flemings
25. serve as an important bio-fertilizer in 31. What is the role of bacteria in the water
paddy fields. purification process?
A. Cyanobacteria A. digested organic matter
B. Azotobacter B. add chlorine
C. Methanobacterium C. nothing, we don’t want them in there
D. Mycorrhiza D. add nutrients to the sludge
26. Streptococcus produces streptokinase 32. The bioactive molecule Cyclosporin-A is
which is a / an used in-
A. clot buster A. whooping cough
B. cholesterol lowering agent B. diphtheria
C. immunosupressive agent C. leprosy
D. antibiotics D. organ-transplant patients

33. The bacterium that commonly lives in ani- 39. FRANKIA IS THE ASSOCIATION WITH
mal and human intestines is- WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING

A. Bacillus anthraces A. WHEAT
B. Vibrio cholerae B. RICE
C. Escherichia coli C. LEGUMINOUS PLANTS
D. Corynebacterium D. PINE
34. A patient brought to a hospital with my- 40. What is effluent?
ocardial infarction is normally immediately A. the suspended solids in the water
given:
B. the partially treated wastewater mov-
A. Penicillin ing through the facility
B. Streptokinase C. the solids that come out of the di-
C. Cyclosporin-A gesters
D. Statins D. water-borne diseases
35. Aspergillus niger is the producer 41. In Swiss cheese, big holes are made by a
A. citric acid A. bacterium producing methane gas
B. butyric acid B. machine
C. acetic acid C. fungus releasing a lot of gases while
D. none of above its metabolic activities
D. bacterium producing large quantities
36. The oily stains from laundry can be re- of carbon dioxide
moved by
A. Lipases 42. Which of the following is used in organ
transplant patients?
B. Esterase
A. Cyclosporin A
C. Ligases
B. Statins
D. Endonuclease
C. Streptokinase
37. Lactic Acid Bacteria grow in D. Pectinase
A. Milk
43. acetic acid is produced by
B. Curd
A. Aspergillus niger
C. Water
B. Clostridium butylicum
D. Juice
C. Acetobacter aceti
38. Which of the following microbes are used D. none of above
for the commercial production of citric
acid? 44. Yeast is used for commercial production
A. Xanthomonas citri A. butanol
B. Azolla B. ethanol
C. Azospirillum C. methanol
D. Aspergillus D. acetic acid

45. The bio-active molecule cyclosporin A is C. Breakdown of cellulose

used in- D. Synthesis of polysaccharides
A. whooping cough
51. The amount of oxygen required by the mi-
B. diphtheria crobes in the decomposition of organic mat-
C. leprosy ter is called:
D. organ-transplant patients A. Chemical oxygen demand
B. Biological oxygen demand
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46. Which role is played by lactic acid bacteria
(LAB) in our stomach? C. Biochemical oxygen demand
A. Beneficial D. Dissolve oxygen
B. Harmful
52. NAME THE GROUP OF SPECIES SPECIFIC
C. Neutral GROUP OF VIRUSES USED IN BIO PEST
D. All of these CONTROL
A. NUCLEO POLYHEDRO VIRUS
47. Large holes in Swiss cheese are formed
due to production of a large amount of CO2 B. NUCLEO TETRA HEDRAL VIRUS
by C. M 13 VIRUS
A. Propionobacterium D. LAMBDA PHAGE
B. Mycobacterium
53. KVIC stands for
C. Saccharomyces
A. Khadi and village Institution Commis-
D. Penicillium sion
48. What gas must be maintained at precise B. Khadi and Village Industries Company
levels in the aeration tank? C. Khadi and Village Industries Commis-
A. CO2 sion
B. O2 D. Kanpur and Vallore industries Commis-
sion
C. H2
D. CO 54. IPM stands for
A. Indian Pollution Management
49. Fungi which form symbiotic associations
with plants are B. Institute of Pest Management
A. Rhizobium C. Integrated Pest Management
B. Mycorrhiza D. Institute of Pollution Management
C. Azospirillum 55. The symbiotic association between fungi
D. Oscillatoria and roots of higher plants is called-
50. What is the role of bacteria present in the A. lichen

rumen of cattle? B. mycorrhiza
A. Production of methane C. biofertilizer
B. Regulation of digestion D. BOD

56. Statins used for lowering blood- B. organic waste is turned into usable fer-
cholesterol level are extracted from: tilizer

A. Algae C. anaerobic bacteria processes organic
B. Bacteria waste
C. Virus D. chlorine is added to disinfect biosolids
D. Yeast 62. The mixture of gases released during

anaerobic digestion of sludge is called
57. Process used in water treatment process
where water is pushed through screens, A. methane
sand, gravel and coal to remove organisms B. carbon dioxide
and trash
C. biogas
A. filtration
D. flammable gases
B. chlorination
63. This is not a biofertilizer
C. coagulation
D. bioreactors A. Agrobacterium
B. Nostoc
58. MYCORRHYZA BELONGS TO WHICH
GENUS C. Rhizobium
A. PLEBOTOMA D. Mycorrhiza
B. GLOMUS 64. Which one of the following sets includes

C. GLOBULUS bacterial diseases?
D. GLOBULAR A. Tetanus, tuberculosis, measles

B. Diphtheria, leprosy, plague
59. Which of the following serve as biofertil-
izer in paddy fields? C. Cholera, typhoid, mumps
A. Bacteria D. Malaria, mumps, poliomyelitis
B. Yeast 65. BUTYRIC ACID IS PREPARED BY WHICH
C. Cyanobacteria OF THE FOLLOWING
D. Fungi A. ACETOBACTER ACETI
B. CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYLICUM
60. Which of the following group of diseases
are treated using antibiotics? C. ASPERGILLUS NIGER
A. Plague, diphtheria, whooping cough D. LAB
B. Diphtheria, leprosy, common cold 66. The large vessels for growing microbes on
C. Leprosy, common cold, plague an industrial scale are called
D. Common cold, malaria, plague A. Petri dish
B. Digestors
61. What happens in the digesters?
A. aerobic bacteria processes organic C. Biogas vessel
waste D. Fermentors.

67. Alexander Fleming was working on 73. Which of the following bacteria has a role
A. Salmonella in removing clots from our blood vessels?
A. Bacillus thuringiensis
B. Penicillin notatum
B. Clostridium butylicum
C. Streptococcus
C. Streptococcus
D. Staphylococci
D. Lactobacillus
68. who discovered penicillin
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74. and bacteria can fix atmospheric
A. George Beadle nitrogen while free living in the soil.
B. Alexander Flemming A. Lactobacillus
C. Charles Darwin B. Azospirillum and Azotobacter
D. Georges Cuvier C. Streptococcus and staphylococcus
69. Biogas contains- D. Cyanobacteria and Nostoc
A. CO2 75. Acetic acid is produced by a:

B. H2S A. Fungus
C. CH4 B. Bacterium
D. all of these C. Yeast
D. Virus
70. The solids which settle after primary treat-
ment of sewage are called: 76. What is produced in the digesters?
A. Primary sludge A. methane gas
B. Activated sludge B. chlorine
C. Flocs C. fertilizer
D. Total solids D. effluent
71. The significance of Flocs in secondary Treat- 77. Which of the following cyanobacteria can
ment is not fix atmospheric nitrogen?A. Nostoc B. An-
abaena C. Oscillatoria D. Yeast
A. Consumption of organic matter
A. A, C, D
B. Reduction of BOD
B. C, D
C. Reduction in polluting potential C. A, C
D. Reduction of inorganic salts D. A, B C
72. The gas responsible for puffing-up appear- 78. are free living bacteria which fix atmo-
ance of dough comes from: spheric nitrogen in soil.
A. Aerobic respiration A. Azobacterium
B. Fermentation B. Acetobacterium
C. Photosynthesis C. Azotobacter
D. Photorespiration D. Azabacterium

79. MONASCUS PURPUREUS IS THE SOURCE 83. Which of the following food items is pro-
FOR THE PRODUCTION OF duced by fermentation by the microbes?A.
Idli B. Dosa C. Toddy D. Cheese

A. STATINS
B. CYCLOSPORIN A A. A, B, C, D
C. STEPTOKINASE B. C, D
D. DYSTROPHIN C. A, C
D. A, B, C
80. Used in detergent formulations
A. lipase 84. This is a good producer of citric acid
B. pentase A. Aspergillus
C. protease B. Clostridium
D. none of above C. Saccharomyces

D. Pseudomonas
81. The gases that evolve from anaerobic
sludge digester constitute 85. Citric acid is produced by-
A. Natural gas A. Acetobacter aceti (a bacterium)
B. Biogas B. Yeast (a fungus)
C. Water gas C. Aspergillus niger (a fungus)
D. None of these D. Streptococcus (a bacterium)
82. which bacteria is responsible for the set- 86. improved water quality can be achieved
tling of curd by
A. lactobacillus A. appropriate use of water
B. acetobactor B. careful water storage and handling
C. lactococcus C. proper land management
D. lactovirus D. all of the above

9. Biotechnology
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9.1 Biotechnology
1. How does NC benefit from the biotechnol- 4. The process by which cells and systems
ogy industry? maintain a constant internal balance.
A. Jobs created A. genetics
B. Farmers have resistant crops B. agriculture
C. Healthier animals
C. engineering
D. All of the choices benefic NC.
D. homeostasis
2. How is artificial selection different from
genetic engineering? 5. Fabric detergents are becoming more effec-
A. Artificial selection is not related to ge- tive because of the addition of enzymes to
netic. their active ingredients. This is an exam-
ple of:
B. Artificial selection is not an example of
biotechnology. A. Agricultural biotechnology.
C. Artificial selection does not directly B. Food and consumer goods biotechnol-
change a single organism’s DNA. ogy.
D. none of above C. Environmental biotechnology.
3. The United Nations is very interested in D. Medical biotechnology
food biotechnology because it will:
A. Provide foods that cure disease. 6. An associates degree takes how many
B. Provide more food to feed a growing years?
population. A. 8
C. Provide a cash crop for low income na- B. 6
tions.
C. 4
D. Be funded by privately not costing the
UN any money. D. 2

9.1 Biotechnology 1247
7. Which is an example of an asexual pro- 12. Bacterial DNA is than human DNA
cess? A. More simple

A. A cat has a litter of kittens B. More complex
B. Plants are cross pollinated C. uglier
C. A bacterial cell splits in half to make a D. deadlier
new identical cell
13. Different type cells found in the same or-
D. Two humans have a baby
ganism have
8. What type of science allows us to alter the A. Different DNA but the same activated
DNA of a corn plant so that it will contain genes
more protein?
B. The same DNA but different genes
A. biology have been activated
B. biotechnology C. Different DNA with different activated
C. geology genes
D. physiology D. The same DNA but with the same acti-

vated genes
9. What is an antibiotic?
14. Feeding and treating animals, and main-
A. a substance that changes the body’s taining their living space, is called:
DNA
A. Veterinary medicine.
B. A substance that helps the body fight
B. Artificial insemination.
an infection
C. Animal breeding.
C. a drug that kills bacteria and slows
their growth D. Animal husbandry.
D. a drug that kills viruses and slows their 15. In which field would a student most likely
growth pursue a career after obtaining a degree in
biotechnology?
10. Gregor Mendel mixed different types of
peas to bring out their desirable traits. A. geology
This is called: B. civil engineering
A. Pollination. C. astronomy
B. Gene therapy. D. pharmaceuticals
C. Composting. 16. When microbes are grown so that their
D. Selective breeding.(Hybridization) amino acids can be used to produce a prod-
uct such as Spelenda sweetener or Sweet-
11. Using a virus to enter a cell and replace de- n-Low it is an example of:
fective genes with healthy genes is called
A. Agricultural biotechnology.
A. tissue culturing
B. Food and consumer goods biotechnol-
B. bioremediation ogy.
C. cloning C. Environmental biotechnology.
D. gene therapy D. Medical biotechnology

17. The first step in the process of recombinant C. crops that taste better and stay fresh
DNA technology longer
A. Cutting and ligation of DNA at specific D. all of these
locations
22. Biotechnology is the application of technol-
B. Amplification of gene of interest using ogy to the study or manipulation of
PCR A. Plants
C. Isolation of the genetic material or B. Animals
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DNA
C. People
D. Insertion of recombinant DNA into the
D. Living things
host cell or organism
23. You see a pile of grass clippings, corn-
18. What is the biggest benefit for biotech- stalks, and tomato stems that are decay-
nologies being researched in North Car- ing. What is it?
olina?
A. An ant hill
A. More animals are modified in NC
B. A compost heap
B. Less farms in NC. C. An ethanol pile
C. Fewer scientists move to NC. D. A pile of manure
D. More jobs move to NC.
24. What statement about genes is TRUE?
19. Which is NOT a goal of agricultural bioengi- A. Nearly identical genes are found in a
neering? wide variety of organisms.
A. to boost nutrient content B. Genes are only found in humans.
B. to increase food production C. Genes are found in all living organisms,
but humans do not share genes with other
C. forensic science
organisms
D. to extend the average human life by D. Genes in all mammals are identical
preventing malnutrition
25. Which is a career that would use microor-
20. Biopesticides are microorganisms that do ganisms to remove pollutants from wa-
not harm humans, animals, fish or birds, ter?
but are:
A. medical specialist
A. Toxic to certain crop pests. B. DNA fingerprint specialist
B. Harmful if swallowed by livestock. C. Environmental Protection Agency spe-
C. Too expensive for use by most farmers. cialist
D. Center for Disease Control
D. Hard to grow in a laboratory. 26. Which food is most likely a product of
21. Recombinant DNA are currently used to biotechnology today?
produce A. potato
A. clothing dye, cheese, and laundry prod- B. chicken
ucts C. beef
B. human antibiotics and vaccines D. corn

27. All of the following are advantages of C. Decreased nutrition

GMO’s except D. Increase crop yield

A. pest resistant crops
33. Creating a transgenic organism is an exam-
B. more nutritional foods
ple of
C. unknown long term health effects
A. PCR
D. creating more human insulin
B. Genetic Engineering
28. Which of the following subjects would C. Gel Electrophorsis
someone most likely study if he or she
wanted to work in the biotechnology D. Gene Therapy
field? 34. Oil released into the environment is a
A. Chemistry well-recognized problem in today s world.
B. Genetics What famous oil spill led to today s
biodegradation of oil?
C. Physics
A. Wesson oil spill
D. Environmental Science
B. Exxon Valdez spill
29. Who discovered the DNA molecular struc-
C. Canola oil spill
ture?
D. The sinking of the Titanic
A. George Washington Carver
B. Louis Pasteur 35. All of the following are benefits of GMOs
C. James Watson and Francis Crick except
D. Linus Pauling A. pest resistant crops

B. unknown long term health effects
30. Bioinformatics deal primarily with biologi-
cal information maintained in: C. more nutritional foods
A. A logbook. D. creating more human insulin
B. A database. 36. The prefix, bio refers to
C. A locked safe. A. Technical Devices
D. A storage facility. B. People
31. Finding and recording the location of genes C. Useful Items
is called: D. Living things
A. matching.
37. This implantable device can be used for
B. mapping.
various functions such as monitoring the
C. meshing. activities of the body or inducing therapeu-
D. combining. tic effects.
A. Biotech software
32. What is a biggest benefit of using biotech-
nologies in agriculture? B. Biological Computers
A. Increase modifications C. Sequencing implant
B. Increase resistance D. DNA plots

38. This is the practice of inserting the DNA of 44. Using biotechnology techniques to solve
another species into an organism’s DNA so environmental issues.
that the organism gains a new trait.
A. biotechnolgy
A. Cloning
B. bioremediation
B. Gel Electrophoresis
C. Genetic Engineering C. agriculture
D. DNA Fingerprinting D. engineering
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39. Tissue culture may be used for: 45. What is a major advantage to Genetically
A. producing genetically identical plants. Modified Organisms?
B. disinfecting greenhouse structures. A. They evolve more quickly
C. sexual reproduction in floral crops. B. They are made in nature
D. sterilization of soil products.
C. Can make organisms not found in na-
40. This is the practice of choosing individuals ture
of a species to mate based on their desir-
D. They are not controversial
able characteristics
A. Bacterial recombination 46. What is the main reason for adding vita-
B. Natural selection min A content to golden rice?
C. Genetic modification A. to be able to grow rice in salty soil
D. Selective breeding B. to create better looking rice
41. Why is yeast used in breadmaking? C. to grow rice under drought conditions
A. to produce alcohol
D. to create rice that contains more nutri-
B. to produce carbon dioxide ents
C. to use up oxygen
47. Which of the following is not a benefit of
D. to use up sugar
GMO food?
42. What is the end goal of PCR?
A. herbicide tolerance
A. Look at banding patterns of DNA
B. disease resistance against fungus in-
B. Increase amount of DNA fections
C. Decrease the amount of DNA
C. gene transfer to other species
D. Fingerprinting
D. longer shelf life
43. All of the following are fields that biotech-
nology is most likely used in EXCEPT: 48. North Carolina’s #1 Biotech Industry is
A. Medicine A. Biomedical Research
B. Agriculture
B. Environmental Biotechnology
C. Food and Nutrition
C. Making Clones
D. Civil Engineering (engineer of roads
and bridges) D. Agriculture

49. To help meet the world’s demand for B. fear of the unknown health risks
food, which biotechnological process is C. biotech products are more costly
most likely to be used by agricultural in-

dustries? D. any of the above
A. crop rotation 55. The first restriction endonuclease reported

B. crop diversification was
C. use of transgenic crops A. Hind II
D. spraying organic herbicides B. EcoRl

C. Hind III
50. Organisms that contain genes from differ-
ent species are called organisms. D. BamHI
A. Blended 56. What is the name of the cloned sheep?

B. Hybrid A. Jeff
C. Transgenic B. Dolly
D. Freaky C. Fred
D. Sally
51. A cell that has not yet differentiated into
a specialized cell 57. Choosing which organisms can have off-
A. germ cell spring is
B. somatic cell A. Selective Breeding
C. stem cell B. Gene Modification
D. gamete C. Gene Therapy
D. Animal Husbandry
52. Why are thermophilic bacteria used in the
biomining of gold? 58. What microorganism eats the sugar in
A. They work in high temperatures bread dough which gives off CO2 gas and
alcohol?
B. They work without oxygen
A. Virus
C. They are inexpensive to produce
B. Bacteria
D. They work in California
C. Amoeba
53. Which of the following careers would D. Yeast
a student studying biotechnology most
likely pursue? 59. What is biotechnology?
A. electrical Engineering A. The history and experiences of techno-
B. Astronomy logical advances
C. Agricultural research B. Using living organisms to modify pro-
cesses and create new products
D. Geology
C. Living in a world where technology is
54. Some consumers are opposed to the use of everywhere
biotechnology because of D. Creating new social media sites for liv-
A. ethical questions ing organism

60. Of the following, what event happened 65. What is the process by which microor-
first? ganisms to change harmful chemicals into
A. DNA fingerprinting was developed. harmless ones called?
B. First test tube baby was born. A. eutrophication
C. Dolly the sheep was cloned. B. bioremediation
D. The Hippocratic Oath was created. C. chemosynthesis

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61. What should a person working in a biotech
laboratory do if he/she has long hair? 66. GM crops that produce a higher yield per
plant than unmodified crops would
A. Cut it short
A. a. produce more food for the same
B. Wear a hair net or pin it back
acreage.
C. Use hair spray to keep the hair in place
B. a. produce less food for the same
acreage.
D. No special care is needed
C. a. produce more food but would use
62. If you want to make a GM crop that is more land.
purple, what is the first thing you need to D. produce less food and require more
do? land.
A. Find a plant that is naturally purple
67. The following limitations are the draw-
B. Paint a plant purple backs of siRNA as a therapeutic agent EX-
C. Use an enzyme to cut a gene out of a CEPT:
plant A. Off target effects.
D. Use a virus to insert a gene into a plant B. Poor penetrate biological membrane.
63. Which of the following cuts DNA into small C. Poor pharmacokinetics property.
pieces? D. Extensive chemical modification to
A. dissolving blue dye achieve satisfactory half-life.
B. restriction enzymes 68. Which area of biotechnology would create
C. surgically cutting DNA under micro- ethical issues within human society?
scope A. insulin produced by bacteria
D. none of above B. organ cloning for use in transplants
64. Chloe loves science, but she wants a ca- C. genetic engineering to improve agri-
reer in law enforcement. Chloe can be- cultural yields
come a scientist using biotechnology and D. DNA and forensic testing of crime
still help fight crime by improving methods scene evidence
for which of the following?
69. The tendency of female sheep to have
A. Disease prevention twins is due to:
B. DNA testing A. weather conditions
C. Identification of metals B. the sequence of the bases between
D. High-speed communication the DNA strands

C. the age of the ram 75. Which is a concern of scientists when ge-
D. the desire of the mother to have twins netically modifying plants?

A. Plants will pass on diseases to animals.
70. Which is an application of genetic engineer-
ing?
B. There will be a decrease in biodiver-
A. destroying all bacteria sity.
B. creating synthetic insulin C. Plants will have a longer growing sea-
C. producing cells from nonliving mate- son.
rial D. There will be a decrease in revenue for
D. preventing weeds from spreading to pesticide manufacturers.
farmland
76. Segment of DNA that codes for a trait
71. If you were a student studying biotech- A. Nucleus
nology, which of the following would you B. Gene
most likely pursue?
C. Chromosome
A. astronomy
D. Cell
B. forensic science
77. A cloned pig has a diploid chromosome
C. geology
number of 35. What is the diploid chro-
D. hydrology mosome number of the pig cell that was
used to produce the clone?
72. Why is DNA fingerprinting used?
A. 17.5
A. To determine who is the child’s father
B. 70
B. Link suspects to a crime scene
C. 35
C. determine if a family relationship exist
between two people D. 23
D. all of the above 78. Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer invented
the technique of DNA cloning and are re-
73. When an electrical current is used to sepa- sponsible for the:
rate a mixture of DNA
A. Separation of Siamese twins.
A. electricity
B. Methods used today to kill microbes in
B. restriction maps milk.
C. gel electrophoresis C. Human Genome Project.
D. electron map D. Biotechnology revolution.
74. What naturally occurring soil bacterium is 79. What does a Geneticist do?
a protein that wards off the European corn
A. Repair medical equipment
borer?
B. Specializes in how diseases are trans-
A. Carotene mitted through family relationships
B. Lycopene C. Protect the safety and health of people
C. Hepatitis B in the workforce
D. Bt D. none of above

80. What is one of the main purposes for 85. What do graders and sorters of agricultur-
why scientists study the human genome alproducts do?
project?
A. Transport, house, and provide meals
A. To understand human disease and aid forworkers
in creation of treatments.
B. Crop baling, husking, shelling, thresh-
B. To understand why humans exist. ing, and ginning
C. To study how the human brain is like a C. Grade, sort, or classify unprocessed
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computer. food
D. none of above D. Conduct research in production, and
yield of plants or crops
81. Which situation is most likely to raise eth-
ical questions about using biotechnology? 86. If a plasmid vector is digested with Eco R
I at a single site then
A. increased crop yields
A. one sticky end will be produced
B. new vaccine development
B. two sticky ends will be produced
C. increased job opportunities
C. four sticky ends will be produced
D. genetically modified food crops
D. six sticky ends will be produced
82. changes the genetic material of a living
organism. 87. Which enzyme would be used in a biologi-
cal washing powder?
A. Crossbreeding
A. DNA ligase
B. Genetic Modification
B. lactase
C. Bioremediation
C. pectinase
D. Genome
D. protease
83. Which of the following biotechnologies is
defined as the intentional reproduction of 88. ligase enzymes are used in genetic engi-
individuals in a population that have a par- neering to
ticular, desirable trait?
A. cut open plasmid DNA
A. Evolution
B. insert plasmids into bacteria
B. Genetic engineering
C. isolate the DNA making up a human
C. Artificial selection gene
D. Cloning D. join human DNA to plasmid DNA
84. Problems with selective breeding include 89. term used to refer to an organism that con-
tains genes from other organisms
A. Better animals
A. gene
B. More Meat
B. mutation
C. Animals can have bad health problems
C. transgenic
D. more diversity D. clone

90. Crop biotechnology involves genetic modi- 95. Mules are the offspring of a male donkey
fication techniques for the purpose of: and a female horse. What kind of biotech-
nology is used to create mules?

A. Increasing the amount of time it takes
for crops to grow. A. Cloning
B. Growing vaccines and other plant- B. Artificial Selection
produced drugs. C. Genetic Engineering
C. Improving the yield and quality of food. D. none of above
96. Which is an application of biotechnology in
D. Growing plants without water or oxy- agriscience?
gen.
A. Genetic engineering
91. Someone who enjoys caring for animals B. Planting seed
might consider which biotechnology ca- C. Stem cuttings
reer?
A. Research associate
97. What is most likely the greatest economic
B. Laboratory assistant benefit for North Carolina from biotechnol-
C. Greenhouse technician ogy?
D. Veterinary technician A. improvements in DNA testing leading
to more arrests
92. Which of the following is a product made B. fewer people who use laboratory-
by biotechnology created human insulin
A. Bread C. increased disease-resistant crops and
B. Cheese greater crop yields
C. Penicillin D. none of above
D. All of these 98. Which category does the following biotech-

nology fall under?Using bacteria to clean
93. Doctors use biosensors in the medical field wastewater in a wastewater treatment
to test for: plant.
A. Mental illness. A. Forensic
B. Headaches. B. Environmental
C. Strep throat. C. Medical
D. Fractures. D. Consumer Goods

99. Which is NOT a skill that a bioinformatics
94. A circular piece of DNA, found in bacteria,
specialist should have?
is called:
A. Good written and Oral Communication
A. A plasmid Skills
B. mRNA B. Poor attention to detail
C. Ribosome C. Good Teamwork skills
D. Nucleotide D. Logic and Critical Thinking

100. Hippocrates studied medicine in ancient 105. An antibiotic used to treat bacterial in-
Greece. How did he think illness should fections, produced naturally from certain
be treated? types of mold.
A. By praying to the ancient Gods A. tylenol
B. With chants, ringing bells and dance B. penicillin
C. With rest, a good diet, fresh air and C. vaccine
cleanliness
D. virus
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D. By bleeding the victim to release the
bad spirits 106. Messing with DNA by doing things like
putting genes from one organism into an-
101. What process uses bacteria to eat away other is
at unwanted iron and minerals, leaving the
A. Gene modification
valuable silver, copper and gold behind?
B. gene therapy
A. Fermentation
C. Selective breeding
B. Bioremediation
D. Animal husbandry
C. Biomining
D. Composting 107. Which is the most useful change made
to crops using applications of biotechnol-
102. During gel electrophoresis, the pieces ogy?
of DNA move farthest down the gel
A. Crops use more nutrients.
A. lightest
B. Crops need more fertilizer
B. heaviest
C. Crops resist more diseases.
C. ugliest
D. Crops take more time to grow
D. deadliest
108. Kelly plans to pursue a master’s degree.
103. The study of heredity or the passing of How might this degree MOST LIKELY af-
genes from parent to offspring. fect Kelly’s career?
A. genetics A. She will live a happier life.
B. inheritance B. She will have a better chance of becom-
ing a supervisor.
C. engineering
C. She will earn less money.
D. bioremediation
D. She will dislike her job.
104. Which is a use of GMOs in agriculture?
109. Which is a disadvantage of the use of
A. making human insulin
biotechnology in agriculture?
B. DNA fingerprint for blood left at a
A. increased crop yields
crime scene
B. reduction in pesticide use
C. producing corn that is resistant to her-
bicides C. unknown side effects
D. none of above D. higher nutritional values

110. Environmental biotechnology involves D. Create better looking rice.

the use of science to clean up:
116. Root knot disease of tobacco is caused

A. Pollution.
by
B. Space waste.
A. Agrobacterium tumificians
C. Hands and lower arms.
B. Meloidegyne incognitia
D. The language in biotech publications.
C. Bacillus thuriengiensis
111. A biological molecule made of amino acids D. Thermus aquiticus
and is crucial for life functions is a
A. lipid 117. When cloning an organism, DNA is re-
moved and placed into an empty
B. carbohydrate
C. protein A. virus
D. nucleic acid B. sperm cell

C. bacteria cell
112. One example of biotechnology is the pro-
cess of making fuel from D. egg cell
A. Oil Spills 118. Restriction enzymes are used in genetic
B. Corn engineering because:
C. Steam Cells A. They can cut DNA at specific base se-
D. Cheese quence
B. They are nuclease that can cut DNA at
113. DNA is an acronym for: variable sites
A. dynamite alert.
C. They can join different DNA fragments
B. dibonucleic acid.
C. dioxynucleic acid. D. They are proteolytic enzymes which
D. deoxyribonucleic acid. can degrade harmful proteins.
114. Which substance is cut by restriction en- 119. What are some examples of biotechnol-
zymes? ogy being used in agriculture?
A. DNA A. Crop irrigation
B. carbohydrates B. DNA fingerprinting
C. proteins C. Gentically modified crops
D. lipids D. Crop rotation
115. Golden rice is a genetically modified or- 120. What is an example of a life form used in
ganism that has high vitamin A content. industrial biotechnology?
What is golden rice attempting to do?
A. Android
A. Grow rice in salty soil.
B. Bacteria
B. Grow rice under drought conditions.
C. Create rice that contains more nutri- C. Proton
ents. D. Oil

121. The process in which large numbers of 126. The experimental manipulation of DNA of
identical recombinant DNA molecules are different species, producing recombinant
produced is called? DNA is known as
A. test cross A. electrophoresis
B. selective breeding B. recombinant DNA technology
C. transgenic organism C. transformation
D. cloning D. somatic hybridization
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122. Which of these careers would a student 127. James Watson and Francis Crick were re-
studying biotechnology most likely pur- warded for their work win the discovery
sue? of DNA s structure in 1953. What did they
win?
A. electrical engineering
A. An academy award
B. astronomy
B. A faculty appointment at Duke Univer-
C. agricultural research
sity
D. geology
C. A Nobel Prize
123. Which of these is NOT a use for DNA Fin- D. A Pulitzer Prize
gerprinting?
128. Which potential problem could occur from
A. Identifying the person whose DNA was recent increases in genetically modified
left at a crime scene crops?
B. Determining the father of a child A. increased crop yield
C. Finding the likelihood of inheriting a ge- B. lower genetic diversity in crop species
netic disorder
D. Figuring out which species are more C. increased risk to crops from environ-
closely related mental stresses
124. When we refer to a “G.M.O.” we are D. improved taste, texture, appearance,
talking about and nutritional qualities of food
A. Guaranteed micro-organism 129. Genetically modified organisms that are
B. Gigantic money organization safety tested in laboratories and green-
houses before they are tested outdoors
C. Genetically modified organism
are also monitored by:
D. none of above
A. county government.
125. Using microbes like bacteria to remove B. nursery operators.
harmful toxins from the environment is
C. state and federal government.
called
D. chemical salespeople.
A. bioremediation
B. transgenic 130. Which category does the following
biotechnology fall under?Fungus is used at
C. tissue culturing paper mills to reduce pollution from soil en-
D. gene therapy tering the water table.

A. Forensic 135. This is the process of creating a unique

image of an individual’s alleles based on
B. Agricultural
their size and using that image to identify

C. Environmental an individual’s DNA
D. Consumer Goods A. Cloning
131. Biotechnology may make it possible to
customize the genetic makeup of crop C. Genetic Engineering
plants so they can grow in exceptionally D. DNA Fingerprinting
dry or wet, hot or cold climates.
136. What is an example of how biotechnol-
A. Agriculture
ogy is used to improve health?
B. Industry
A. DNA fingerprinting
C. Medicine B. New fuels
D. Environment C. Bioremediation
132. In 1987 this famous surgeon was the D. Development of vaccines
first to successfully separate Siamese
137. corn with a gene from a bacteria that pro-
twins joined at the head
duces a natural pesticide
A. Dr. Norman Borlaug
A. Bt Corn
B. Dr Ben Carson B. Bacteria Corn
C. Dr. Jenner C. Healthier Corn
D. Dr. Ian Wilmut. D. Remediated Corn
133. Which of the following careers are asso- 138. Cells that can differentiate into any type
ciated with biotechnology? of cell and are used to cure disease are cat-
A. life guard egorized as
A. specialized cells
B. fire fighter
B. cloning cells
C. agriculture research
C. somatic cells
D. stem cells
134. Which would most likely increase the
amount of money made from agriculture 139. A bioprocessing factory receives daily de-
in North Carolina? liveries of oxygen to use for the:
A. Workers.
A. Sweet potatoes that are resistant to
disease. B. Microbes.
B. Sweet potatoes that are more expen- C. Machines.
sive. D. Purification.
C. Sweet potatoes that are a different
140. The performing of computations using bi-
color.
ological molecules, rather than traditional
D. Sweet potatoes that taste the same. silicon chips.

A. Biotechnology 145. Kathy tested fifty soil samples in one

B. Nano-Biological Motors day, pinpointed the source of contamina-
tion, and decided how to clean it up. What
C. Telemedicine was Kathy using?
D. DNA Computing A. Biosensors
141. Which of the following could be the B. Biodegradation
source of new applications in biotechnol- C. Biomedicine
ogy
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D. Bioleaching
A. bacteria
146. Which is MOST important for biotechnol-
B. water ogy professionals who work with the gen-
C. body waste eral public?
D. hair follicles A. Have a good fashion sense
B. Able to read road maps
142. In 1982, Humulin was produced by
Genentech. What is significant about Hu- C. Communicate effectively
mulin? D. Practice lab safety
A. It was the first vaccine developed
147. Who is dolly the sheep?
B. It was the first antibiotic developed
A. A cloned sheep
C. It was the first biotech drug approved
B. A ordinary sheep
by the FDA
C. I don’t know
D. It was the first approved biotech treat-
ment for AIDS D. none of above
143. Modern biotechnology continues to use 148. Which of the following is NOT true
the basic research developed in the early about biotechnology research and develop-
1800s by: ment?
A. Hippocrates. A. Focuses on studying diseases
B. Jonas Salk. B. Creates new diseases

C. Discovers new treatments
C. Francis Crick.
D. Invents or improves medical devices
D. Gregor Mendel.
149. The first recombinant DNA was produced
144. Biobased energy companies want to re-
by
place fossil fuels with renewable, raw ma-
terials such as sugars. One fuel that can A. Smith and Nathans
be made in this way is ethanol. It comes B. Cohen and Boyer
from:
C. Arber and Cohen
A. Seaweed.
D. Herber and Stanford
B. Corn.
150. Fingerprints have often been used in the
C. Viruses. past because they are considered what
D. Rain water. type of characteristic?

A. Group 156. Someone has a wild cat breed with a

B. Partner house cat in order to have a cat that looks
wild but is more gentle. This is

C. Couple
A. Genetic Modification
D. Individual
B. Gene Therapy
151. Where is much of Biotechnology research
C. Animal Husbandry
done?
A. Colleges / Universities
B. Warehouses 157. using living things or parts of living
C. Zoos things to produce a product or solve a prob-
lem
D. Industry offices
A. biotechnology
152. Which would most likely increase the
B. tissue culturing
amount of money made from agriculture
in NC C. bioremediation
A. Tomatoes that are resistant to disease D. transgenic
158. Why are bacteria well suited to produce

B. Tomatoes that taste the same useful substances as a result of biotechnol-
C. Tomatoes that are more expensive ogy?
D. none of above A. They are prokaryotes
153. The process of changing the genetic ma- B. They reproduce rapidly
terial of a living organism C. They are not harmful to humans
A. Genetic Modification D. They are resistant to antibiotics
B. Taxonomy
159. In 1928 Dr. discovers penicillin, the
C. Adapting first antibiotic?
D. Bioremediation
A. Norman Borlaug
154. siRNA will be accumulated mostly in the B. Ben Carson
following cellular compartment after being
C. Ian Wilmut
taken up by the cell:
A. Cytoplasm. D. Alexander Fleming
B. Mitochondrial. 160. Which area of biotechnology would most

C. Lysosome. likely create ethical issues within human
society?
D. Nucleus.
A. insulin production by bacteria
155. Mobile genetic elements
B. organ cloning for use in transplants
A. therapeutics
C. genetic engineering to improve agri-
B. transposons cultural yields
C. telophase D. DNA and forensic testing of crime
D. thyllakoid scene evidence

161. Which career in biotechnology requires a 167. Genetic modification is a technique used
minimum of a bachelor’s degree? in
A. Biological technician A. Herbicide-resistant crops
B. Technical writer B. Transgenic organisms
C. Laboratory assistant
C. Cloning
D. Industry secretary
D. All of the above
162. In what decade was Dolly the sheep
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cloned? 168. What is most likely the greatest eco-
nomic benefit for NC from biotech?
A. 1930s
B. 1950s A. Improvements in DNA testing leading
to more arrests
C. 1970s
B. fewer people who use laboratory cre-
D. 1990s
ated human insulin
163. What is the science of agriculture deal C. increased disease resistant crops and
with? greater crop yields
A. Farming (plant and animals)
D. none of above
B. Crime
C. Medical 169. Which of the following is when an or-
ganism’s DNA is modified for medicine, re-
D. Computers search, production, or industry?
164. Lactaid milk products produced using the A. Cloning
enzyme lactose.
B. Artificial Selection
A. Agriculture
C. Genetic Engineering
B. Industry
C. Medicine D. none of above
D. Environment 170. Science related to farming and raising

165. RNA interference is a method of cellular crops for consumption.
defence mechanism in A. bioremediation
A. eukaryotes B. biotechnology
B. prokaryotes C. engineering
C. bacteria
D. agriculture
D. cyanobacteria
171. Which of the following is when an organ-
166. The first step in the scientific method of
ism is bred for desired traits?
problem-solving is to:
A. Cloning
A. collect data.
B. prepare a written report. B. Artificial Selection
C. identify the problem. C. Genetic Engineering
D. draw conclusions. D. none of above

172. DNA is in the shape of a: 177. Which are most closely related to
biotech?
A. single helix.

A. medicine and agriculture
B. single circle.
B. water treatment and electricity gener-
C. double circle. ation
D. double helix. C. construction and engineering
173. Which procedure is the final step in the D. communication and information tech-
production of a transgenic organism? nology
A. Recombinant DNA is transferred to a 178. Bioremediation would most likely be

bacterial cell used to improve the quality of
B. A specific gene in a DNA sequence is A. Schools
identified. B. Entertainment
C. The DNA segment is combined into a C. Water or Soil
plasmid.
D. Merchandise
D. The DNA segment to be inserted is iso-
lated. 179. Bacteria that are attracted to oil used to
clean up oil spills are called:
174. A clone is A. bioindicators
A. recombinant DNA B. oleophilic
B. a transgenic organism C. algae
C. plasmid D. lichens
D. genetically identical 180. Produce energy for cellular process, the
“power house” of the cell
175. What did Gregor Mendel use to conduct
his experiments? A. Mitochondria
B. Nucleus
A. Wisconsin Fast Plants
C. Cell Wall
B. Pea plants
D. Cytoplasm
C. Mice
181. A genetically engineered organism that
D. Daisies
contains a new gene from a different or-
176. GM foods look and taste the same as tra- ganism is called?
ditional foods and crops. The only differ- A. Bacterial
ence is that GM foods can have B. Genetic
A. Better shelf life C. Transgenic
B. Genes with traits that improve some D. Multigenic
characteristics of a plant.
182. There is a fungus which is used to break
C. Addition nutrients
down a wood preservative that contami-
D. All are possible nates the soil near old sawmills.

A. Agriculture 188. What type of job would a person who

B. Industry studied biotechnology in college be likely
to have?
C. Environment
A. A job making medicines
D. Medicine
B. A job studying stars.
183. What does a Toxicologist do?
C. A job studying the physical features on
A. Learn about toxins at the molecular Earth.
level
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D. none of above
B. Perform tests on blood samples
C. Specialize in how diseases are trans- 189. In order for a new biotechnology product
mitted through family relationships to be approved, the product must be:
D. Use engineering principles to solve A. worth at least $1 million.
problems in surgery and medicine
B. tested to make sure that it is safe.
184. What does the term economics refer to? C. able to kill insects.
A. Health D. affordable to the average consumer.
B. Safety
190. What process occurs when bacteria are
C. Money
used to clean up oil spills?
D. Ethics
A. biomedication
185. To produce industrial ethanol, one needs B. bioremediation
corn, water, and what?
C. bioaccumulation
A. Sodium and Chlorine
D. none of above
B. Vitamins and minerals
C. Enzymes and yeast 191. A baby created in a laboratory to donate
D. Gas and oil organs, blood, or other bodily materials
for an ill sibling is an example of which
186. The way that crimes are solved today of the following?
was affected by which of the following
A. Artificial Selection
technologies?
A. gene therapy
B. DNA fingerprinting C. Cloning
C. genetic testing D. none of above
D. Genetic modification 192. Mating and production offspring of ani-
187. Bioinformatics may be a smart career mals or plants for specific traits (artificial
choice for someone who likes to: selection).
A. Play computer games. A. mutation

B. Have a flower garden. B. clone
C. Care for animals. C. selective breeding
D. Work on cars. D. transgenic

193. The process of producing millions of 198. An Animal Technician is responsible for
copies of a specific DNA. the care of

A. PCR A. Zoo animals
B. PPA B. Laboratory animals
C. RNA C. Patients at a rest home
D. PTB D. Animals at the pound
194. Which is the most likely result of genetic 199. Which information was most important
manipulation in agriculture? to the development of genetic engineering
A. Increased use of chemical pesticides techniques?
B. Less use of chemical pesticides A. the observation of nondominant alle-
les
C. Lower production of crops and animals
B. the discovery of lethal genes
D. One cloned species that controls all C. the formulation of Punnett squares
others D. the structure of the DNA molecule
195. Gel electrophoresis is used for 200. How can biotechnology deal with over-
A. Construction recombinant DNA by join- population of the Earth?
ing with cloning vectors A. It will slow down the growth rate in hu-
B. Cutting of DNA into fragments mans
C. separation of DNA fragments accord- B. It will allow us to mass produce food
ing to their size to provide more food at a quicker rate.
D. Isolation of DNA molecules C. It will engineer a gene to help adults
lose weight.
196. What statement about leadership is D. none of above
true?
A. Leaders praise and give credit to oth- 201. A scientist who works in forest biotech-
ers nology might use biotechnology to pro-
duce:
B. Effective leaders are born that way
A. Better irrigation systems.
C. The president or chairperson is always
the leader B. Better tools for chopping down trees.
D. A leader is always chosen by others in C. Trees that won?t burn during forest
an election fires.
D. Insect-resistant trees.
197. Which category does the following
biotechnology fall under?Fingerprints 202. Branch of biotechnology that alters the
were found at a crime scene and show genes in biological organisms to achieve a
a criminal was present during a crime. medical or agricultural purpose.
A. Forensic A. genetic modification
B. Agricultural B. biotechnology
C. Environmental C. engineering
D. Consumer Goods D. bioremediation

203. Which one of the following restriction 208. Which best describes stem cells?
endonuclease is obtained from Escherichia
A. stem cells can only come from em-
coli?
bryos
A. BamH1
B. stem cells can only come from adult
B. Sua 3A1 bone marrow
C. Hind III C. stem cells do not ever change
D. EcoR1 D. stem cells can develop into different
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specialized cells
204. If a farmer asked the ethical question
“What are the long-term effects of creat- 209. Which is most important when investigat-
ing crops that are immune to pesticides ing ethical issues in biotechnology?
and diseases?” what topic would they dis-
cussing? A. cost of the technology
A. GMOs B. advantage of the technology
B. Cloning C. public opinion of the technology
C. DNA fingerprinting D. benefits of the technology outweighing

the harm
D. Gene therapy
210. Which of the following can NOT be
205. What is one of the pros of Herbicide
cloned?
use?
A. A Tree
A. It makes weeding easier and cheaper
for farmers B. A Squirrel
B. It keeps animals away from crops C. A Pencil
C. Plants grow taller and stronger D. A Strawberry
D. It makes more organic crops 211. Which term is not related to the word
206. One of the first commercial products cre- “agriculture”?
ated by genetic engineering was: A. farming
A. artificial sweetener. B. crops
B. buttermilk. C. cultivation
C. insulin. D. physics
D. synthetic oil.
212. What statement about bioremediation
207. Which of the following is the process of and bacteria is true?
using technology to create or modify living A. All bacteria are helpful to humans
things?
B. All bacteria are harmful to humans
A. Biotechnology
C. Some bacteria are harmful and some
B. GMO are helpful to humans
C. Pest resistant crops D. Most bacteria are neither harmful nor
D. Transpiration helpful to humans

213. An organism that is genetically identical D. introducing a genetically-altered

to the organism from which it was pro- species
duced.

219. Which of the following is true about plas-
A. gene mids
B. genetic modification A. small circular piece of DNA
C. clone B. small circular piece of RNA
D. penicillin C. located in bacteria
214. Problems with selective breeding such as D. small circular piece of DNA that is lo-
inbreeding include cated in bacteria
A. Better animals 220. What does transgenic mean?
B. More Meat A. An organism that can change its genes
C. Animals can have health problems at will
D. more diversity B. A stem cell that can differentiate into
anything
215. Bt toxin genes were isolated from C. An organism that has had another
A. beetle species’ DNA put in it
B. bacillius thuringenesis D. A bacteria that reproduces asexually
C. yeast 221. For most agricultural and health care
D. mushrooms careers, what type of shoes should be
worn?
216. Asexual plant reproduction requires:
A. Trendy fashion shoes
A. Only one organism.
B. Tennis shoes
B. A male and a female C. Sandals
C. A clone D. Shoes appropriate to the profession
D. A pistil and a stamen.
222. In agriscience as well as other sciences,
217. Which is used to cut DNA molecules at the method used to solve a problem is
specific points? called the:
A. gel electrophoresis A. educated-guess method.
B. PCR analysis B. most-popular-decision technique.
C. a restriction enzyme C. process of elimination.
D. recombinant DNA D. scientific method.
218. Which is a potential ethical issue result- 223. Which is the least beneficial to the field
ing from the use of biotechnology? of medicine?
A. harming the ozone layer A. Genetically modified crops
B. causing global warming B. Gene therapy
C. increasing pollution of natural re- C. Transgenic insulin production
sources D. The human genome project

224. A chemical agent that destroys plants or 229. the creation of genetically identical organ-
inhibits their growth; especially weeds: isms
A. Herbicide A. Bioremediation
B. Homicide B. Cloning
C. Pesticide C. Gene Therapy
D. Genocide D. Tissue Culturing
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225. Genetic engineering was a major factor 230. Which of these is biotechnology most
in the development of which of the follow- likely not going to be used in?
ing? A. Agriculture
A. High-strength metals B. Genetics
B. Miniature electronics C. Medicine
C. Synthetic fabrics D. Mining
D. Disease-resistant crops 231. Which would be the benefit of a trans-
genic crop?
226. What is an application of genetic engi-
neering? A. decreased drought tolerance
A. destroying all bacteria B. decreased disease resistance
B. creating synthetic (fake) insulin C. increased resistance to pests

D. increased demands for nutrients
C. producing cells from non-living mate-
rial 232. Klenow enzyme is the product of enzy-
D. preventing weeds from spreading to matic breakdown of
farmland A. DNA polymerase I
227. What is the biggest negative to using B. DNA polymerase II
cloned crops? C. DNA polymerase III
A. Disease could wipe out an entire crop D. RNA polymerase
B. All the plants would look the same
233. Corn is most often genetically modified
C. You are increasing genetic variation for what purpose?
D. There are no negatives to using cloned A. Slower growth
crops B. Herbicide resistance
228. The transfer of genes between species is C. Shorter growing season
called gene modification, and the new or- D. Color change
ganism created is called a
234. Which is a use of genetically engineered
A. Plasmid
bacteria?
B. Vector
A. making human insulin
C. Transgenic
B. DNA fingerprint for blood left at a
D. Restriction enzyme crime scene

C. producing corn that is resistant to her- C. Increases the income of farmers.

bicides
D. Controls our nation?s obesity problem.

D. none of above
240. Which of these is an example of Biotech-
235. Which enzyme is used as gum to join ends nology?
of DNA?
A. using vaccines to prevent the spread
A. EcoRI of disease.
B. Ligase
B. using bioindicators to monitor the wa-
C. Cellulose ter qualilty.
D. Pectinase C. using fossils to study how Earth’s or-
ganisms have changed.
236. Which of the following is true about
Biomedical Chemists. D. using genetically modified bacteria to
A. Do not perform scientific research make human insulin.
B. Apply chemical principles to study hu- 241. A form of technology that uses living or-
man diseases ganisms, usually genes, to modify prod-
C. Determine how emergencies are re- ucts (plants & animals)
sponded to A. biotechnology
D. Analyze evidence in criminal investiga- B. bioremediation
tions
C. genetic modification
237. Biotechnology is developing a new source
D. clone
for rennin. The old way to get rennin was
from: 242. an organism, cell, or piece of genetic ma-
A. Sheep liver extract. terial that is genetically identical to the
B. Inside a calf’s stomach. one from which it was derived; to make
a genetic duplicate
C. Ground horses hooves.
A. biotechnology
D. Lemon peels.
238. What is the benefit to society of using
Ethanol instead of regular gasoline? C. genetic engineering
A. Less expensive to produce D. clone
B. Reduces carbon monoxide emissions 243. What is Genetic Engineering?
to 25%
A. the manipulation of an organism’s
C. It is makes cars run faster genes
D. It is inflammable
B. a natural change in an organism’s
239. What is not a benefit of plant biotechnol- genes
ogy: C. a random and abrupt disruption to
A. Is less expensive than traditional agri- DNA
cultural mehods. D. the manipulation of an organism’s
B. Helps preserve the environment. physical appearance

244. A cloned daughter organism receives 249. In cloning, what is the purpose of the sur-
from the identical parent organism. rogate mother?
A. An egg A. Donate her DNA
B. The DNA (nucleus) B. Donate her egg cell
C. The DNA and egg C. Incubate and carry the baby until birth
D. none of above
D. Nothing. She’s useless.
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245. The Human Genome Project that locates
and identifies every gene in the human
250. Which would a person who pursues a ca-
body and what it does an example of:
reer in bioinformatics study?
A. ways DNA stores information
B. ways of cross-breeding plants
ogy.
C. Environmental biotechnology. C. ways of cross-breeding animals
D. Medical biotechnology. D. ways of storing and retrieving biologi-

cal data
246. Which of the following careers is within
the Biotechnology Research & Develop- 251. How does each person’s DNA differ?
ment pathway? A. The bonds in the DNA are all different.
A. Public Heath Educators
B. MRI Technologist B. There are different orders of nitroge-
C. Biomedical Engineer nous bases.
D. Health Information Technician C. The phosphates in the DNA are differ-

ent.
247. Oil spills are a recognized problem. What
D. There are different kinds of sugars in
oil spill led to todays biodegradation of
the nucleotides.
oil?
A. Wesson oil spill 252. Hippocrates was a Greek physician who
B. Exxon Valdez spill is known as the:
C. Canola oil spill A. Father of Medicine.
D. The sinking of the Titanic B. Founder of Infection Control.

C. Greek Dr. Freud.
248. is an application of the human
genome project that involves the insertion D. Ancient Wonder of the World.
of normal genes into cells with defective
genes in order to correct genetic disor- 253. Decreasing pesticide applications falls
ders. into which category of biotechnology?
A. gene gun A. Agriculture
B. gene mapping B. Diagnostics
C. gene linkage C. Therapeutics
D. gene therapy D. Bioremediation

254. An example of biotechnology used in agri- and the power to solve complex human dis-
culture is eases.

A. cloning A. DNA Computing
B. embryo transfer B. Telemedicine
C. transgenic crops C. Molecular sequencing
D. all the above D. Data Science
255. Which is the best example of a transgenic 260. How does biotechnology most benefit the
organism? economy of North Carolina?
A. A cloned sheep A. Creation of hybrid plants
B. A newborn baby B. Creation of new medicines
C. A human insulin-producing bacterial C. Creation of transgenic species
cell D. Creation of jobs
D. A virus
261. Science of managing and analyzing bio-
256. Organisms that have DNA from a differ- logical data using advanced computers.
ent species artificially inserted into their A. Bioinformatics
cells are called
B. Genomics
A. bioremediated
C. Forensics
B. transgenic
D. Human Genome Project
C. cultured
262. What type of science allows us to alter
D. a clone
the DNA of a bacterial cell to produce hu-
257. Natural genetic engineer is man insulin?
A. Meloidegyne incognitia A. Geology
B. Agrobacterium tumificians B. Chemistry
C. Bacillus thuriengiensis C. Biology
D. Thermus aquiticus D. Biotechnology
258. Penicillin is made in a fermenter by grow- 263. The first biotech food on the market that
ing organisms.Which type of organism is could be transported without bruising?
used in the production of penicillin? A. Cucumber
A. bacterium B. Orange
B. fungus C. Tomato
C. protosctist D. Strawberry
D. virus 264. Development of agriscience skills is im-
259. A growing computational field of study portant because
to produce biotechnology with infinite A. a skill inventory is part of a career port-
amounts of storage, parallel computing, folio

B. personal agriscience skills help iden- 270. Which of the following would be an ex-
tify career interests ample of biotechnology?
C. skills lead to part time jobs A. studying rock layers
D. all of the above B. monitoring water quality
265. What is a restriction enzyme? C. developing plants that are resistant to
week killers
A. Enzyme that cuts DNA
D. developing hydropower energy
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B. Enzyme that add to the DNA strand
sources
C. Enzyme that builds proteins
D. Enzyme that breaks down lipids 271. What type of jobs are Secretaries, Ac-
countants and Computer Technicians con-
266. Which career field would most likely be sidered?
involved in the creation of transgenic or-
A. High paying jobs
ganisms that produce insulin?
A. agriculture B. Upper levels management jobs
B. medicine C. Support Staff jobs
C. manufacturing D. College staff

D. none of above 272. Molly removes a stem and leaves from a
267. When two different organisms are bred plant and puts it in soil, hoping to grow a
together new plant from?
A. Crossbreeding A. Cloning
B. Bioengineering B. Creeping
C. Selective Breeding C. Cuttings
D. Natural Selection D. Canteens
268. Small supplemental circles of DNA that 273. Which of these is not a way in which
can be exchanged between bacteria or im- biotechnology can benefit agriculture?
ported from the environment are called
A. increase crop population
A. Restriction enzyme
B. reducing the loss of crops to insects
B. Cloning
C. producing better-tasting fruits
C. Plasmid
D. improving farm machinery
D. RNA
269. a rice strain that has been genetically 274. What living organism did the Egyptians
modified to make Vitamin-A discover that made bread rise?
A. Brown Rice A. Helium

B. Yellow Rice B. Egg
C. Golden Rice C. Yeast
D. Vitamin Rice D. Bacteria

275. This is how a genetically modified organ- 281. Which area of biotechnology is most
ism is made likely to create ethical problems?

A. Translation A. creating insulin through bacteria
B. Transformation B. cloning organs
C. Mutation C. genetic engineering crops to increase
D. Restriction enzyme how much is grown (yield)
D. forensic testing of crime scene evi-
276. Which would provide the least genetic ev-
dence
idence of a crime?
A. fingerprints 282. When animal feed products are enhanced
with proteins to boost nutrition and con-
B. saliva
trol disease it is an example of:
C. hair
D. blood
277. Permeability is the rate of movement of ogy.
what through the soil? C. Environmental biotechnology.
A. air and fertilizer D. Medical biotechnology
B. water and air
283. Which example represents a modern
C. water and fertilizer biotechnology technique that raises poten-
D. water and microorganisms tial ethical issues?
278. Antibiotics are prescribed to A. selective breeding to get better corn
A. kill bacteria. B. adding animal genes to a plant

B. breed bacteria. C. using bacteria in the making of food
C. work as vaccines. D. crossbreeding two different plants
D. assist in PCR. 284. The term chemical knife refers to
279. What is a product of biotechnology A. Polymerases
A. Video surveillance cameras B. Endonucleases
B. Oil-eating bacteria C. Ribonuclease
C. Electronic communications devices D. Cellulases
D. Recycling bins
285. What is the process in which an unspecial-
280. Vitamin A is a nutrient that helps pre- ized stem cell turns into a specialized body
vent? cell?
A. cancer A. DNA Replication
B. diabetes B. Differentiation
C. loss of eyesight C. Respiration
D. viruses D. Genetic Modification

286. Which is an ethical issue surrounding the 291. The chemical molecule that is the basic ge-
use of genetically modified foods? netic material found in all cells.
A. cost of production A. DNA
B. long-term health effects B. GMO
C. ability to grow more nutritious foods C. Hybrid
D. ability to produce a lot of food quickly D. Protein
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287. All of the following are biotechnology 292. A company uses living organisms to make
tools except cosmetics. What technology is being
A. Protein used?
B. DNA A. Composting
C. Cells B. Biosensing
D. Crystals C. Bioprocessing
288. Genetic modification is carried out by D. Nuclear reaction

gene transfer between species. The name
293. Which best describes how using engi-
of the enzyme that joins the sticky ends,
neered crops can impact the economy of
fixing the gene into the plasmid is:
North Carolina?
A. Restriction enzyme
A. increased crop yields and income for
B. DNA Ligase farmers
C. Recombinant plasmid enzyme B. decreased crop yields and debt for
D. Vector farmers
C. decreased availability of productive
289. Dr. Ian Wilmut continues to do stem land
cell research for the treatment of diseases
such as diabetes, but he is best known as D. increased jobs in the field of agricul-
the scientist who: ture
A. Cloned Dolly. 294. In which ways can genetic engineering
B. Sterilized milk. can improve crops
C. Discovered DNA. A. Make them pest or drought resistant
D. Invented genetically modified foods. B. Make them more nutritious
290. Which best describes the role of DNA? C. Make them larger
A. Provides genetic information for all liv- D. All answers are correct
ing and nonliving organisms
295. Correcting mistakes in DNA is
B. Provides genetic information for all liv-
A. Gene therapy
ing organisms
B. Gene modification
C. Produces carbohydrates for cellular
functions C. Selective breeding
D. Acts as cellular energy D. animal husbandry

296. Coal has long been used to produce en- 301. Both sense and antisense RNA together
ergy. It is classified as a: form

A. Sugar. A. dsRNA
B. Bacteria. B. ssRNA
C. Fossil fuel. C. cRNA
D. Natural electric source. D. siRNA
302. Flu vaccine in the form of a nasal spray is

297. A company that creates hair dye would
an example of:
most likely employ a bio-technician for
which job? A. Agricultural biotechnology.
A. researching trends B. Food and consumer goods biotechnol-
ogy.
B. developing new colors
C. Environmental biotechnology.
C. creating cost effective packaging
D. Medical biotechnology
D. developing a product that will be safe
for consumers 303. All of the following are advantages
(things that are helpful) of GMO’s EX-
298. All of the following are modern biotech- CEPT:
nology tools except
A. pest resistant crops
A. proteins B. more nutritional foods
B. cells C. unknown long term health effects
C. DNA D. creating more human insulin
D. crystals
304. The sticky ends of a fragmented DNA
299. Kumi graduated from a community col- molecule are made of
lege and is lab technician . What degree A. Calcium salts
did she receive? B. Endonuclease enzyme
A. Doctoral C. Unpaired bases
B. Associate D. Methyl groups
C. Bachelor s
305. What do the these industrial prod-
D. Master s ucts have in common:vitamins, antibiotics,
acids, and glues?
300. Administers first aid treatment or life
support care to sick or injured persons in A. They all prevent infection
the pre-hospital setting. The first to assist B. They are all made with fermentation
with a car accident and emergencies C. They are all sources ofenergy
A. EMT D. They are all made of sugars
B. ENT
306. growing human tissue and organs in a
C. ELO laboratory
D. EKG A. Gene Therapy

B. Bioremediation 312. Which would be reduced as a result of the

C. Tissue Culturing development of pest-resistant crops?
D. Cloning A. use of organic fertilizers
307. Plants that have been genetically modi- B. use of chemical insecticides
fied so that certain insects are toxic to it. C. practice of crop rotation techniques
A. GMO
D. practice of hydroponic farming tech-
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B. Pest resistant crops niques
C. Biotechnology
313. An example of post transcriptional gene
D. I don’t know
silencing is
308. Using living things or parts of living A. gene therapy
things to make a product or solve a prob-
lem: B. molecular diagnosis
A. biotechnology C. RNA interference
B. biological evolution D. Bioinformatics
C. geological evolution
D. transgenic 314. Which term refers to a farmer choosing
the best corn from this year to plant next
309. The type of bond formed by DNA ligase year?
between adjacent nucleotides is
A. hydrogen bond
B. selective breeding
B. phosphodiester bond
C. genetic engineering
C. sulphide bond
D. diester bond D. genetic transformation
310. Rosalind Franklin was a scientist in Lon- 315. John recently earned his doctoral degree,
don at King s College in 1950-1952. She which job is he MOST LIKELY pursuing?
played an important part in the discovery
of: A. Research scientist
A. DNA. B. Sales representative

B. Pasteurization. C. Technical writer
C. Stem cells. D. Veterinary technician
D. Pea plants.
316. Another name for GMO (Genetically Mod-
311. A process used to treat contaminated wa- ified Organsim) is
ter, soil and surface us microorganisms
A. Transgenic
A. Bioremediation
B. Forensic Testing B. Transplanted
C. Biotechnology C. Transducted
D. Gentic Modification D. Plasmid

317. What is the benefit of geneticially modi- 322. Agrobacterium causes disease in
fied organisms? plants

A. They may be better looking or more A. rust
productive/effective B. gall
B. They are easily reproduced C. smut
C. They are higher in population D. blight
D. They live longer/stronger
323. Making changes in the DNA of an organ-
318. A DNA fingerprint is ism is
A. unique sequence of repeating units in A. selective breeding

a section of DNA B. artificial selection
B. a gene inserted into a bcteril chromo- C. genetic engineering
some D. genetic transformation
C. the complete sequence of an organ-
324. What is 1 significant issue with many Ge-
ism’s DNA
netically Modified Organisms?
D. a copy of a chromosome
A. They are too expensive to be useful
319. A person that studies crime scenes is B. Take a long time to make
called a
C. May affect other organisms in their en-
A. Forensic Scientist vironment
B. Police officer D. Might evolve more quickly
C. Chemist 325. bt toxin requires which medium to be-
D. Zoologist come active
A. acidic
320. What are Herbicide Resistant Crops?
B. alkaline
A. genetically modified seeds that allows
weed to grow near it C. neutral
B. genetically modified seeds that are re- D. none
sistant to weed killer 326. The manipulation of DNA is called
C. genetically modified seeds that grow A. Genetic engineering
super fast
B. Karyotype
D. genetically modified seeds that are re-
sistant to lack of rain C. Plasmid
D. Gel electrophoresis
321. Human growth hormone to counteract
dwarfism. 327. Where in the Supervised Agricultural Ex-
perience records should “observing and
A. Agriculture
helping a veterinarian for one day” be en-
B. Industry tered?
C. Environment A. Analytical
D. Medicine B. Experimental

C. Exploratory 333. Name the two types of stem cells.

D. Improvement A. Reproductive and Therapeautic
B. Adult (bone marrow) and Reproductive
328. Which improvement to agriculture is
most likely a result of biotechnology?
C. Embryonic and Therapeutic
A. increased land
D. Embryonic and Adult (bone marrow)
B. increased fertilizer
334. What is the name of the tiny plant inside
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C. increased productivity a seed?
D. none of above A. Nectar
B. Fruit
329. Plants take in carbon dioxide from the air
and give off: C. Stem
A. Oxygen. D. Embryo
B. Nectar 335. the process of creating a genetically iden-

tical copy of an organism or gene
C. Sugar.
A. cloning
D. Steam.
B. gel electrophoresis
330. Which of these is a concern about the use C. polymerase chain reaction
of biotechnology? D. restriction enzymes
A. increased crop yield
336. Which careers are most closely related to
B. development of new vaccines biotechnology?
C. increased job opportunities A. Construction and engineering
D. creation of new pathogens. B. Water treatment and electricity gener-

ation
331. Which biotechnology is used to make ex- C. Medicine and agriculture
act DNA copies of an organism? D. Communication and information tech-
A. Gel electrophoresis nology
B. Genetic Engineering 337. Of the following, what happened first in
C. Inbreeding the field of genetics?
A. Cloning sheep
D. Cloning
B. Mendel s peas
332. Which of the following is true in regards C. DNA fingerprinting
to gene therapy? We insert a
D. Gene therapy
A. Vaccine
338. Which of the following industries use
B. Protein biotechnology?
C. Gene A. crime fighting
D. Lipid B. agriculture

C. medicine 344. What is a benefit of using biotechnologies

D. all of these in agriculture?

A. Increase modifications
339. Which category does the following
biotechnology fall under?Using biodiesel B. Increase resistance
instead of petroleum based fuels. C. Decreased nutrition
A. Forensic D. Increase crop yield
B. Environmental
345. Study of genes and their function.
C. Medical
A. Forensics
D. Consumer Goods
B. Bioinformatics
340. The latter R in EcoRI is derived from C. Genomics
A. The name of genus D. Human Genome Project
B. The name of strain
346. Before transgenic animals, farmers prac-
C. The name of species ticed selective breeding. An example is:
D. The term restriction A. Kangaroo
341. Which North Carolina industry profits the B. Mule

most from biotechnology advancements? C. Gelding
A. textiles D. Race Horse
B. computer software
347. Scientists have been able to cause some
C. auto manufacturing bacteria to produce insulin. In which area
D. medicine of science would these scientists most
likely work?
342. Changing a characteristic by removing A. biotechnology
and inserting genes into DNA is known as
gene: B. nuclear engineering
A. mapping. C. marine biology

B. masking. D. chemistry
C. splicing. 348. Recombinant DNA technology can best be
D. swapping. described as involving the:
A. design of farm equipment through
343. A DNA fingerprint may do which of the computer imaging.
following?
B. implementation of soil conservation
A. Identify a suspect using crime scene practices.
DNA
C. manipulation of the genetic content of
B. Reproduce an individual cells.
C. Disrupt a crime scene D. study of rock formations using global
D. Provide irrelevant information positioning satellites.

349. The Human Genome Project has made di- 354. The process when an electrical current
agnosing genetic disorders easier.Once a is used to separate a mixture of DNA is
genetic disorder is diagnosed, can be called
used as a possible treatment. A. Recombinant DNA
A. cell cultures B. Plasmid
B. gene therapy C. Gel electrophoresis
C. DNA fingerprinting D. Restriction enzyme
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D. PCR
355. Farmers implant a gene into a species of
350. Researchers have been working on tomato plants. The tomato then ripens
cloning animals such as sheep. Which re- faster and stays firm. Which best de-
sult is most likely to be a negative result scribes the benefit for consumers?
such as cloning? A. increased amount of toxins in tomatos
A. development of extra organs
B. premature death B. decreased size of tomatos
C. a low rate of genetic diseases C. increased seed production
D. delayed aging D. enhanced flavor and availability

356. Which is a positive result of the use of
351. Besides the nucleus, which other or-
ganelle in your cell has DNA in it?
A. Increased use of pesticides
A. Mitochondria
B. Increased cost
B. Vacuole
C. Increased yield
C. Ribosomes
D. Increased use of preservatives
D. Lysosomes
357. Biotechnology uses a procedure called ge-
352. Why are bacteria useful in biotechnology netic engineering. Which best describes ge-
and genetic engineering? netic engineering.
A. Bacteria do not have cell vacuoles A. making artificial DNA in the laboratory
B. Bacteria do not have mitochondria from chemicals
C. Bacteria have cell walls B. cutting out pieces of DNA from an or-
D. Bacteria share their genetic code with ganism under a microscope
all other organisms C. adding DNA from one organism into
the DNA of another organism
353. Which of these fields are most likely re-
D. none of above
lated to the use of biotechnology?
A. construction and engineering 358. Scientific techniques used in crime scene
investigations.
B. medicine and agriculture
A. engineering
C. water treatment and electricity gener-
ation B. bioremediation
D. communication and computer technol- C. forensics
ogy D. agriculture

359. One of the limitations of bioremediation, 364. What is a clone?

as compared to the use of chemical tech- A. A baby
niques, is:

B. a copy of another organism
A. emissions
C. An egg cell
B. space
D. none of above
C. time
365. It is the transfer of genetic material for
D. oil
the purpose of treating human disease.
360. Which is the most likely result of having a A. chemotherapy
large number of biotechnology companies
B. gene therapy
located in North Carolina?
C. gene transfer
A. decrease in available jobs
D. gene editing
B. improvement in crop yields
C. increase in antibiotic resistance 366. Genetic engineering has been used to pro-
duce
D. decrease in vaccine effectiveness
A. medicines.
361. Which is NOT a standard part of PCR? B. food animals.
A. Use of a heat-resistant polymerase C. improved crops.
B. Breaking of the hydrogen bonds that D. all of these.
connect two complementary DNA strands
367. Who is known as the father of genetics
because of his research with pea plants
C. upply of large numbers of A, C, G and
and hybridization?
T nucleoside triphosphates
A. Ben Carson
D. Breaking of covalent bonds within the
backbone of DNA strands B. Gregor Mendel
C. Stanley Cohen
362. Which of the following is when an organ-
ism’s DNA is duplicated? D. Norman Wilmut
A. Cloning 368. The function of a cell determines the cell’s

B. Artificial Selection
C. Genetic Engineering A. number of chromosomes
B. volume
D. none of above
C. size
363. Using methane (natural gas)-producing
D. shape
bacteria to heat homes in third-world coun-
tries an example of: 369. Which of the following is NOT an exam-
A. Agricultural biotechnology. ple of genetic engineering?
B. Food and consumer goods biotechnol- A. Gene isolation
ogy. B. Basic molecular biology
C. Environmental biotechnology. C. Gene modification
D. Medical biotechnology D. Develop transgenes

370. Where humans have bred organisms to- C. 1980s

gether based on traits we like. D. 1990s
A. Evolution
376. What applications can gel electrophoresis
B. Natural Selection be used for?
C. Extinction A. Parental Testing
D. Artificial Selection
B. Criminal Investigations
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371. During PCR, DNA sample is cooled to 54 C. Sequence Endangered Species DNA
0C, allowing primers attach to opposite
D. All of the above
ends of the target sequence. That step in
the PCR is called: 377. Which of the following is NOT true about
A. Denaturation biotechnology?
B. Annealing A. It is a field with little to no controversy
C. Elongation
B. It has allowed for the production of
D. Condensation
many beneficial medical treatments
372. What is a product of the biotechnology C. It has allowed for a greater under-
industry? standing of human genetics
A. paper D. It impacts agriculture
B. plastics
378. Most farmworkers and laborers require
C. computers how much educational preparation?
D. medicines A. On-the-job training
373. Cells that have no job and can differenti- B. Certificate
ate to become other types of cells C. Associate degree
A. GMO D. Bachelor s degree
B. Hybrid
379. Which of these is used as a vector to in-
C. Stem Cells sert new DNA into an organism?
D. Genome A. Enzymes
374. In which area would biotechnology have B. Yeast
the greatest effect on agriculture? C. Viruses
A. development of biological weapons D. Plants
B. development of biopharmaceuticals
380. Plasmids, yeast, and viruses are known
C. development of biological pesticides as
D. development of biodegradable plastics A. restriction enzymes
375. In what decade was DNA discovered? B. vectors
A. 1950s C. genetically modified organisms
B. 1970s D. bacteria

381. What are some benefits of Biotechnol- C. Taq polymerase

ogy?
D. Palindromic nucleotide sequences

A. It can improve health and reduce
hunger simultaneously. 386. Which of these would be a concern about
B. It creates flexibility within the food the use of biotechnology?
chain. A. creation of new pathogens
C. It offers medical advancement oppor- B. making of new vaccines
tunities.
C. increased opportunities for jobs
D. All of the above
D. increased crop yield
382. Which describes a way scientists use
biotechnology in the field of agriculture? 387. Bioreporters are useful in detecting:
A. DNA evidence is used to convict crimi- A. Environmental contaminants.
nals
B. Coal mines.
B. Fruits and vegetables are altered to be
more nutritious C. Diseases.
C. Vaccines are developed to help us live D. Underground water.
longer
D. Bacteria are created to clean up oil 388. Which task is best accomplished with
spills the use of specific genetic information in
biotechnology?
383. Which best describes genetic modifica-
A. Conserving water
tion?
A. It is used to alter crops to become B. Cleaning up oil spills
insect-resistant. C. Producing synthetic hormones
B. It allows large quantities of medica- D. Creating ethanol fuel from corn
tions to be produced.
C. It improves the removal of pollution 389. Flu vaccine that is not a shot-it is a nasal
from soil and water. spray.
D. none of above A. Agriculture
384. Humans with genetic diseases can have a B. Industry
gene inserted into their body using a virus. C. Environment
This is called:
D. Medicine
A. Gene therapy
B. Cloning 390. What is genetic engineering?
C. DNA fingerprinting A. Manipulation of genes
D. none of above B. Naturally breeding two animals with
385. The term molecular scissors refers to desired traits
A. Recombinant DNA C. Cross-pollinating two crops
B. Restriction enzymes D. Harvesting stem cells

391. The gene that is taken from one organism 396. Which organisms are used to manufac-
and inserted into another is called ture human insulin?
A. Plasmid A. Protozoans
B. Recombinant DNA B. Algae
C. Restriction enzyme C. Bacteria

D. Amoebas
D. Cloning
397. What information must be known before
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392. What cluster matches the following de- a gene can be inserted into a bacteria?
scription?Planning, managing, and provid-
ing therapeutic services, diagnostic ser- A. DNA sequence of the gene
vices, health informatics, support services, B. mRNA sequence of the gene
and biotechnology research and develop- C. tRNA sequence of the gene
ment.
D. protein sequence of the gene
A. Health Science
398. In the process of , breeders cross two
B. Human Services genetically different individuals
C. Hospitality & Tourism A. inbreeding
D. none of above B. cloning
C. PCR
393. The type of Supervised Agricultural Expe-
rience Jessica has if she raised her own D. hybridization
beef cattle is:
399. Medical research involving stem cells is
A. Analytical important for
B. Entrepreneurship A. to test the effectiveness of new drugs
C. Exploratory B. the generation of cells and tissues that
can be used in cell based therapies
D. Placement
C. to understand the consequences of
394. What does PCR stand for? turning genes off and on
A. Polypeptide Chain Reaction D. All of the above
B. Polysacharide Chain Reaction 400. Which of the following could be used as

a vector for a human gene?
C. Polymerase Chain Reaction
A. Bacterial Plasmid
D. Periodical Chain Restriction
B. Bacteria
395. Which is a product of genetic engineering C. A mitochondria
related to weed control?
D. mRNA
A. Roundup-ready soybeans
401. Which of the following is known as chem-
B. High-oleic peanuts ical knife of DNA?
C. Bt corn A. Ligase
D. Delayed-ripening tomatoes B. Polymerases

C. Endonucleases 407. Which practice is an example of biotech-

D. Transcriptase. nology?

A. monitoring seismic activity
402. The transmission of characteristics from
an organism to its offspring through genes B. analyzing the vitamin content of an ap-
in reproductive cells is known as: ple
C. observing the migratory habits of but-
A. progeny.
terflies
B. traits.
D. altering tomatoes to grow in adverse
C. heredity. conditions
D. genetics.
408. Which is what scientists think may be
403. What is a greenhouse technician? a disadvantage of genetically modifying
plants?
A. Someone that cares for plants
A. Plants will pass on diseases to animals
B. Someone that cares for animals
C. A green person B. There will be a decrease in biodiversity
D. a computer specilaist
404. DNA fingerprinting is used in C. Pesticide manufacturers might lose

money
A. Forensic science
D. Plants will have a longer growing sea-
B. Paternal disputes son
C. Research work
409. If a gene is found only on the X chromo-
D. All of the aove some and not the Y chromosome, it is said
to be
405. If a company genetically modifies corn to
produce an odor that repels insects, which A. an x-linked trait
best describes how the corn was modi- B. polygenic trait
fied?
C. codominant trait
A. by crop rotation techniques
D. incomplete dominance trait
B. by chemical exposure
410. Biotechnology that allows computers to
C. by harvesting at different times
do a large amount of tasks simultaneously
D. by techniques used in biotechnology (continuous processing from parallel com-
puting)
406. In 1988, Congress funded the Human
Genome Project, a massive effort to: A. Telemedicine
A. Research the use of gene therapy to B. Nano-Biological Motors

treat immune disorders. C. DNA-Based Storage
B. Perform DNA fingerprinting on all crim- D. Structure Sequencing
inals.
411. BST hormone that is given to cows to help
C. Clone farm animals. increase their milk production by as much
D. Map the human genetic code. as 20%.

A. Agriculture C. Environment
B. Industry D. Medicine
C. Environment 417. Which describes one of the earliest forms
D. Medicine of Biotechnology?
A. splicing human genes into bacteria to
412. What agricultural worker would drive produce insulin.
and control farm equipment to produce
crops? B. selectively breeding dogs to create a
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new breed.
A. Agricultural inspectors
C. producing a clone of a farm animal.
B. Agricultural equipment operators
D. determining the sequence of genes in
C. Animal breeders DNA fingerprinting.
D. Farm labor contractors
418. What is a toxicologist?
413. It is now possible to alter the DNA in A. Someone who studies Animals
potato plants so that they produce chem- B. Someone who studies murders
icals that can be used as bioplastics or bio-
C. Someone who studies chemicals and
fuels.State the name of the process used
drugs
to alter the DNA in plants
D. Someone who studies plants
A. artificial selection
B. genetic engineering 419. the use and application of living things
and biological processes
A. biotechnology
414. Which of these has to do with genetic C. genetic engineering
modification?
D. clone
A. Crossbreeding
420. What would be a direct benefit of biotech-
B. Kidney surgery nology to agriculture in a time of severe
C. Gene splicing drought?
D. use of herbicides A. Planting crops in shaded areas.
B. Genetically modifying crops to be re-
415. Who was the first adult mammal success-
sistant to changes in weather
fully cloned?
C. Harvesting crops to have thick stems
A. Dolly the Sheep
and leaves.
B. Copy Cat the Cat D. none of above
C. Donald Trump the Donald
421. What agricultural worker works primar-
D. Agouti Gout the Mouse ily with plants?
416. PST Hormone injected into pigs to help in- A. Geneticist
crease the muscle and decrease the fat. B. Horticulturist
A. Agriculture C. Animal breeder
B. Industry D. First line supervisor

422. Conducting an activity in the daily routine 427. Which molecule from humans is inserted
of our society is said to be into bacteria to cause them to produce in-
sulin?

A. lab experience
A. DNA
B. real world experience
B. Lipids
C. simulation
C. Proteins
D. supervised occupational experience
D. Carbohydrates
423. Genome is
428. Human insulin is being commercially pro-
A. RNA
duced from a transgenic species of
B. Genetic makeup
A. Rhizobium
C. a step in PCR
B. Eschericha
D. used to help restriction enzymes
C. mycobacterium
424. How are scientists able to produce a type D. saccharomyces
of corn that will repel insects?
429. An argument against the use of technol-
A. by not spraying the corn plants
ogy to grow genetically modified crops
B. by soaking corn seeds in insect spray would be
C. by changing the genetics of the corn A. to increase crop production
plants
B. to produce insect resistant plants
D. by altering the temperature of soil so
C. to always result in corps that do not
the insects will die
taste good
425. A lab technique used in crime fighting D. that there are unknown consequences
to prove a suspects innocence or guilt is to the environment
known as:
430. When using biosensors to fight pollution,
A. genetic engineering
the biosensor is helpful in telling us:
B. PCR
A. What caused the pollution.
C. electrophoresis
B. How long the pollution has been
D. gene therapy present.
426. In 1973 Stanley Cohen and Herbert C. Who is responsible for the pollution.
Boyer perform the first successful recom- D. Where and what the pollution is.
binant DNA experiment using bacterial
cells. 431. The BASF institute in RTP is a biotech com-
pany that specializes in what area?
A. Separation of Siamese twins.
A. Developing Medicines
B. Methods used today to kill microbes in
milk. B. Agriculture
C. Human Genome Project. C. Industrial Products
D. Biotechnology revolution. D. none of above

432. What bacteria were genetically engi- 437. The only way to cure a genetic disease is
neered to produce insulin? to.
A. E. coli A. transplant affected tissue
B. Salmonella B. change the affected DNA sequence
C. Yeast C. induce mutations in affected gene
D. Listeria D. remove the affected gene
438. What are important skills to have if look-
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433. a technology in which the genome of a liv-
ing for a job in Biotechnology?
ing cell is modified for medical or industrial
use A. typing
A. biotechnology B. reading, writing, mathematical and
speaking
C. irresponsibility
D. tardiness and laziness
D. clone
439. What is an example of a biocatalyst?:
434. Genetic engineering has directly in- A. Enzyme
creased productivity in which U.S. indus-
try? B. Corn stalk
C. Electronic sensor
A. agriculture
D. Lubricant
B. automobile
C. media 440. Genetics is known as:
D. none of the above A. the science of heredity.

B. the study of plant biology.
435. Which use of biotechnology most benefits
C. biochemistry.
North Carolina agriculture?
D. biotechnology.
A. producing human vaccines
B. producing disease resistant crops 441. a technology that combines biological sci-
ence, computer science, and information
C. producing new medicines from bacte- technology to enable the discovery of new
ria biological insights and unifying principles
D. producing enzymes to eliminate pollu- A. bioethics
tants
B. bioinformatics
436. Which positive ways has Biotechnology C. genetic engineering
impacted our environment? D. polymerase chain reaction
A. Reduced Pesticides use
442. Which was most likely the earliest way
B. Improved color and taste of vegeta- biotechnology was studied by humans?
bles
A. finding evidence of crimes
C. Improved our waterways
B. making new medicines to cure sick-
D. All of the above nesses

C. discovering the cause of hereditary 448. Which field would most likely NOT incor-
diseases porate biotechnology?

D. breeding better varieties of crops and A. Agriculture
livestock B. Genetics
443. Bt cotton is not C. Medicine
A. genetically modified plant D. Mining
B. insect resistant
449. Which is a genetic engineering advance-
C. bacterial gene modified plant ment directly related to a career in biotech-
D. butterfly nology?
444. Which is a widely used bio-indicator A. improving solar energy collection

species used to detect air that is badly pol- B. transporting textiles at higher rates
luted with sulfur dioxide? C. creating crop foods that resist insect
A. E. coli pests
B. bacteria D. repairing historical sites with quality
C. lichens materials
D. viruses 450. A gene gun and a virus may both be clas-
sified as because they are mechanisms
445. Which is not a purpose or benefit of SAEs
by which foreign DNA may be transferred
A. Become established in an agriscience into a host cell.
occupation
A. bacteria
B. permit early graduation
B. plasmids
C. permit individualized instruction
C. vectors
D. provide educational and practical ex-
periences D. splicers
446. A Biomedical Chemist career falls under 451. Which of these is an example of a trans-
which Health Science pathway? genic organism?
A. Interpreter A. a mutation in an animal cell
B. Biotechnology Research and Develop- B. an animal cell with no mutation
ment C. bacteria with antibiotic resistance
C. Support Services D. a plant with bacterial DNA
D. Therapeutic Services
452. Bacteria are used in genetic engineering
447. What is the name of the international and biotechnology.Bacteria are used be-
effort to sequence a human’s DNA se- cause of the presence of which cell struc-
quence? ture?
A. The Gene Sequencing Project A. cell membrane
B. The DNA Fingerprinting Project B. cell wall
C. The Nuremberg Trials C. cytoplasm
D. The Human Genome Project D. plasmid

453. Susan has a highschool diploma and expe- 458. FDA, EPA and the USDA are all what
rience, she could interview for which job? types of agencies?
A. Toxicologist A. Regulatory Agency
B. Biophysicist B. Law Enforcement
C. Veterinary technician C. Engineering
D. Laboratory assistant D. Federal Bureau of Investigation
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454. Contains all the hereditary information 459. Which has the Human Genome Project
for a living organism. been useful in determining?
A. RNA A. the gender of an individual
B. DNA B. the frequency of crossing-over during

meiosis
C. ribosomes
C. whether a fetus has Down Syndrome
D. cytoplasm
D. whether individuals could carry genes
455. Which career may need a know of ar- for a certain condition
tificial insemination techniques and equip-
460. A is a small ring of DNA found in a
ment use?
bacterial cell.
A. Nursery workers
A. virus
B. Agricultural equipment operators
B. plasmid
C. Animal breeders C. gene bullet
D. Farm labor contractors D. PCR
456. Below is an image of a gel electrophore- 461. Gene therapy is beneficial to people who
sis of a hair left at a crime scene.Gel elec- suffer from
trophoresis is a laboratory method used to
separate mixtures of DNA. A. The flu
A. the suspect’s cell type B. Genetic disorders

C. A cold
B. the suspect’s DNA
D. Strep throat
C. the suspect’s blood type
D. none of above 462. Clones have the exact same
A. intelligence levels
457. Microbes that can clean up waste water
before it enters streams and lakes are an B. physical appearances
example of: C. genetic material
A. Agricultural biotechnology. D. personalities
463. What is one way to genetically modify an
ogy.
existing organism?
A. by adding genes to its DNA from an-
D. Medical biotechnology other organism

B. by modifying the genes of a similar or- C. Auto Mechanic

ganism D. Livestock Breeder

C. by removing all of its genes
469. Why could gene therapy be beneficial in
D. by making it mutate
medicinal practice?
464. Dr. Ben Carson gained world-wide recog- A. Gene therapy allows patients to seek
nition for his work in separating Siamese advice for their genetic disorders
twins who were joined at the back of the
head. Dr. Carson is a: B. Gene therapy treats the cause of dis-
ease
A. Genetic engineer.
C. Gene therapy is a simple process
B. Neurosurgeon.
D. none of above
C. Biologist.
D. Pediatrician. 470. Genetic engineering is used for all the fol-
lowing EXCEPT
465. How can using genetically engineered
A. Medicine
crops impact North Carolina’s economy?
B. Farming
A. Improve quality of farm equipment.
B. Decreased availability of productive C. Agriculture
land. D. Machinery
C. Decreased food production and more
471. Which chemical reaction is catalysed by
debt for farmers.
maltase?
D. Increased food production and income
A. glycogen → glucose + maltose
for the farmers.
B. maltose → glucose + glucose
466. What technique was used to clean up the
Exxon Valdeze oil spill? C. maltose → starch
A. bioremediation D. starch → glucose + maltose

B. indicator species 472. What is a fermented alcohol made from
C. phytoremediation the sugar found in corn?
D. genetic engineering A. Oxygen
B. Hydrogen
467. Which is a product of biotechnology?
A. video surveillance camera C. Acetone
B. soil-eating bacteria D. Ethanol
C. electronic communications devices 473. Which process uses a body cell to create
D. Global Positioning System (GPS) a new organism?
A. Crossbreeding
468. Studying Biotechnology is least likely to
be helpful for which career? B. cloning
A. Agricultural Researcher C. genetic modification
B. Pharmacist D. gene splicing

474. Scientists have produced plants that are 479. An individual who uses computers to an-
resistant to herbicides. Which applica- alyze biological data.
tion of biotechnology is most likely being A. Computer Systems Developer
used?
B. Network Security Analyst
A. genetic cloning
C. Software Developer
B. recombinant DNA
D. Bioinformatics Scientist
C. DNA fingerprinting
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480. bt toxin is coded by which genes
A. cry
475. Contact lens solutions contain enzymes B. iac
to break down proteins that build up on
lenses. C. lap
D. noy
A. Agriculture
B. Industry 481. Issues that refer to people’s moral values
or the code of conduct by which they live
C. Environmenmt
A. Social issues
D. Medicine
B. Legal issues
476. Which best represents a negative impact C. Cultural issues
of biotechnology on agriculture
D. Ethical issues
A. cows increasing their milk production
482. Cows are selectively bred to produce
B. crop resistance to herbicides milk. Which of the following will cause the
C. crop resistance to insect pests next generation to receive the trait to pro-
duce large quantities of milk?
D. larger crop yield
A. nutrients in their food
477. What is a transgene? B. mineral in their water
A. A mutant chromosome C. electrical impulses to their brains
B. A gene that is different as a result of D. information in their chromosomes
genetic engineering
483. How many fragments will be generated
C. The offspring of a genetically engi-
if you digest a linear DNA molecule with a
neered animal
restriction enzyme having four recognition
D. A gene that does not carry any traits sites on the DNA
478. What invention helped people discover A. 3

that microbes could be beneficial to our B. 6
food and beverages? C. 5
A. Photo Booth D. 4
B. Microscope
484. Sillage contains protein, oil and water
C. Camera and can be used as:
D. Telescope A. An industrial antiseptic.

B. Animal feed. 490. Nematodes may be free living or par-

C. A gasoline substitute. asitic.A parasitic Nematode of Tobacco
plants is

D. Hair gel.
A. Meloidogyne incognita
485. The technique that Sumerians used to pro- B. Agrobacterium tumefaciens
duce beer and bread is called
C. bacillus thuringiensis
A. Penicillin
D. Caenorhabditis elegans
B. Fermintation
C. Aviation 491. Enzymes used to cut DNA molecules in re-
combinant DNA research are
D. Hybridization
A. cofactors
486. What plant substance turns plants green
and helps the plant capture light? B. coenzymes
A. Eosinophil C. restriction enzymes

B. Chlorophyll D. isomerases
C. Slime 492. Which of the following is not an example
D. Pollen of a use of biotechnology?
A. Growing a kidney in a lab for a trans-
487. In 2001, President Bush decided to per-
plant
mit federal funding for research using:
A. Existing stem cell lines. B. Injecting stem cells into an injury to
speed up recovery
B. Human insulin.
C. Identifying the father of a child by com-
C. Rabies vaccines. paring DNA
D. DNA fingerprinting. D. Identifying the sex of a baby using
488. A form of technology that uses liv- sonogram
ing organisms, usually genes, to modify
493. This is the practice of producing a geneti-
products (plants, animals) to manufacture
cally identical cell or organism
medicine and other technologies.
A. Cloning
A. biotechnology
B. bioremediation
C. genetic modification C. Genetic Engineering
D. clone D. DNA Fingerprinting
489. What is the science of forensics deal 494. The entire collection of genes within hu-
with? man cells is referred to as the
A. Farming (plants and animals) A. human genome
B. Crime B. karyotype
C. Medical C. pedigree
D. Computers D. gene map

495. A genome is 500. Roderick recently earned his doctoral de-

gree Which job is he MOST LIKELY pursu-
A. part of a chromosome
ing?
B. a gene inserted into a chromosome of
A. Research scientist
bacteria
B. Sales representative
C. a sequence of units in a short segment
of DNA C. Technical writer
D. the complete sequence of an organ- D. Veterinary technician
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ism’s DNA
501. For what purpose is corn most often ge-
496. What is recombinant DNA netically modified?
A. DNA from 2 different organisms com- A. color change
bined B. disease resistance
B. DNA from 2 different ribosomes C. slower growth
C. DNA that is separated out from a vec- D. shorter growing season
tor
502. Which of the following careers would fall
D. none of above under the Biotechnology Research and De-
velopment Pathway?
497. Which is a biotechnology career that in-
volves designing and building new prod- A. Family Doctor
ucts? B. Epidemiologist
A. laboratory technician C. ER Nurse
B. engineer D. Radiologist
C. clinical research associate
503. Dr. Norman Borlaug won a Nobel Prize
D. none of above for Peace in 1970 for his efforts to:
498. After finding the location of a gene, how A. Develop human embryos to be used in
can a scientist take it out of a cell? making stem cells.
A. Using a microscope B. Map the human genome.
B. Using PCR C. Find vaccines to prevent communica-

ble diseases.
C. Using scissors
D. Improve wheat to fight starvation in
D. Using enzymes developing countries.
499. Artificial selection has the greatest im- 504. * The poultry industry will make good use
pact on society by providing which of the of keratinase enzyme technology because
following? this process can be used to:
A. More efficient energy A. Prevent the spread of infection.
B. Improved food sources B. Produce enzymes that eat oil.
C. Reduced air pollution C. Break down chicken feathers.
D. Increased gas mileage D. Clone eggs.

505. Two sides of DNA strands are held to- C. provides more food to feed a growing
gether by base pairs. Two bases that pair population.
together are: D. biotech foods are not controversial

A. guanine and adenine
511. SAEs should be planned
B. adenine and cytosine A. at home with parent/guardian
C. adenine and thymine B. in the classroom
D. thymine and guanine C. on the job with employers
506. Endonuclease which cleaves dsRNA is D. all of the above
A. ricer 512. The controlled use of biological agents,
B. dicer such as microorganisms or cellular compo-
nents, for beneficial use is called
C. RISC
A. plant biology
D. slicer
B. biochemistry
507. This project was established to identify C. biotechnology
all 300, 000+ genes found in our DNA. D. molecular biology
A. Human genome project
513. What is unique (special) about a stem
B. Animal DNA study cell?
C. Human genetics road map project A. It can become a plant stem.
D. The DNA solution B. It can reproduce by itself.
C. It can become any type of animal cell.
508. Gene therapy is being looked into as a
possible treatment for D. It can become any type of plant cell.
A. genetic diseases 514. Why is biotechnology-produced BST
given in supplemental doses to dairy
B. contagious diseases
cows?
C. infectious diseases
A. increase muscle for meat
D. viruses B. produce only female offspring
509. Use of living organisms to serve humans C. produce large calves
is D. increase milk production
A. biotechnology
515. Which of these is an advantage of pro-
B. human biology ducing human insulin using human genes
C. service biology inserted into bacteria
D. social biology A. The insulin could be from different

species
510. An argument in favour of food biotechnol- B. Large amounts of insulin are produced
ogy is that it quickly
A. provides foods that cure disease. C. Depends on donations from other hu-
B. provides a cash crop for low income mans
nations. D. Irregular supply

516. What is the most useful change biotech- C. England.

nology has made in agriculture?
D. Pittsburgh.
A. Crops need more water
B. Crops need more nutrients 522. When we cut a gene out of a strand of
DNA and paste it into another strand of
C. Crops need more time to grow DNA, we have:
D. Crops resist more diseases
A. Ribosomes
517. Combining biotechnology and animals re-
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B. Message DNA or RNA.
sults in advances in what areas?
C. Lycopene.
A. Improved animal and human health
D. Recombinant DNA.
B. Sales and marketing
C. Less expense and more animals 523. Test Strips that indicate the level of glu-
D. Ethical and legal concerns cose in the blood.
A. Agriculture
518. What type Supervised Agricultural Expe-
rience does John have if he has a part-time B. Industry
job working on a poultry farm? C. Environment
A. Anaytical D. Medicine
B. Entrepreneurship
C. Experimental 524. When genes from one organism are in-
serted into the genes of another organism
D. Placement that is know as
519. Which of the following is not a tool of A. Stem Cell Therapy
genetic engineering?
A. Cloning vector
C. Cloning
B. Restriction enzyme
D. Selective Breeding
C. Foreign DNA
D. GMO 525. Virus with RNA genome is
520. Which is an agricultural benefit of A. bacteriophage

biotechnology for farmers in North Car- B. baculovirus
olina?
C. retrovirus
A. Cost of fuel
D. cyanophages
B. Smaller vegetables
C. Longer lasting vegetables 526. Where would you most likely find a job
involving biotechnology?
D. There are no benefits
A. On a farm
521. In 1978 the first test tube baby, Louise
Brown, was born in: B. At a college
A. Russia. C. In a restaurant
B. China. D. Driving a truck

527. Which category does the following 532. Which of these scientists studies genes
biotechnology fall under?Using Roundup and how traits are inherited?
Ready cotton to improve cotton production

A. Nutritionist
on a farm.
B. Genetics
A. Forensic
C. Entomologist
B. Agricultural
D. chemist
C. Medical
533. *The process called Thermophilic Anaero-
D. Consumer Goods bic Digestion can be used to:
528. Using bacteria to clean up toxic waste A. Help in the mining of emeralds.
spills in the environment is known as B. Manage animal waste.
A. yeast fermentation C. Cure several types of cancer.
B. domestication D. Prevent the flu.
C. bioremediation 534. Which best describes the process where
D. selective breeding genes from one organism are inserted into
the DNA of another organism?
529. Which of the following is an application
A. genetic coding
of agricultural biotechnology?
B. genetic evolution
A. genetic testing and screening
C. genetic adaption
B. vaccine therapy
C. transgenic crops
535. What does Bio mean?
D. genetically engineered enzymes
A. Life
530. Which of these macromolecules is cut by
B. Skillfully made; tool
restriction enzymes?
C. Study of
A. DNA
D. none of above
B. carbohydrates
536. Which of these is a problem without hav-
C. proteins
ing the pasteurization of milk?
D. lipids
A. Diabetes
531. How has genetic engineering helped B. Smallpox
farming? C. Food-borne illness
A. by developing better fertilizer for D. none of above
crops
537. A cloned pig has a diploid chromosome
B. by creating crops that resist some dis-
number of 35. What is the diploid
eases
A. 17.5
C. by producing soil that makes crops
grow better B. 70
D. by producing faster ways to harvest C. 35
crops D. 23

538. Genetic engineering has been used to B. Long-term health effects, genes from
develop bacteria strains to convert solid plants may cross over into wild plants.
waste from humans and livestock into: C. Ability to produce more food in less
A. paper and tissue time.
B. salt and pepper D. Ability to grow more nutritious food in
C. sugar and fuel less time.
D. wood and fiber 544. Which career is found at a customer loca-
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tion, planting, cultivating, and harvesting,
539. In EcoRI, what does ‘co’ stand for plants?
A. Genus
A. Agricultural equipment operator
B. Species
B. Nursery worker
C. Kingdom
C. First line supervisor
D. Phylum
D. General farmworker:
540. Which is true of DNA?
545. Which enzyme would be added to fruit in
A. Cannot be duplicated order to create a larger volume of juice out
B. Found in all living cells of the plant cells?
C. Found only in male cells A. Amylase
D. Produced only in a test tube B. Maltase
541. What would an environmental biotechnol- C. Pepsin

ogist use to clean up an oil spill? D. Pectinase
A. Ethanol 546. Which is a transgenic organism?
B. Gene therapy A. a mutation in an animal cell
C. Oil-eating bacteria B. an animal cell with no mutation
D. Oil-dissolving detergent
C. bacteria with antibiotic resistance
542. Gel electrophoresis is a laboratory tech- D. a plant with bacterial DNA
nique used to
547. Which is an agricultural benefit of
A. Replicate DNA under laboratory condi-
biotechnology in North Carolina?
tions
A. farmers’ growing cost of fuel
B. Separate DNA fragments based on
their size B. farmers growing smaller vegetables
C. Replicate DNA or RNA under labora- C. farmers growing longer lasting vegeta-
tory conditions bles
D. Separate and isolate proteins or DNA D. none of above
fragments based on size
548. Which scientific field is responsible for
543. What would be a negative side of genet- developing vaccinations against infectious
ically modified foods? diseases?
A. Lower cost of production. A. Kinesiology

B. Cardiology B. Agricultural
C. Biotechnology C. Medical

D. Endotology D. Consumer Goods
549. uses bacteria to clean up our sur- 554. Which are most closely related to biotech-
rounding. nology?
A. Genome A. medicine and agriculture
B. Bioremediation
B. construction and engineering
C. Genetic Modification
C. water treatment and electricity gener-
D. Crossbreeding ation
550. Workers in the Biotechnology Research & D. communication and information tech-
Development pathway: nology
A. Are responsible for cleaning and main-
555. You are in a garden and see a pile of grass
taining health care facilities
clippings, old cornstalks, bean vines and
B. Use advancements in science and tech- tomato stems that are decaying to return
nology to improve health care nutrients to the soil. What is it?
C. Record valuable health care informa- A. An ant hill
tion
B. A compost heap
D. none of above
C. An ethanol pile
551. In bread making, what microorganism D. A pile of manure
eats the sugar in bread dough which gives
off carbon dioxide gas and alcohol? 556. Which advance in biotechnology has
A. Virus likely caused the greatest ethical debate?
B. Bacteria A. mapping human DNA (human genome)
C. Amoeba
D. Yeast B. using embryonic stem cells to cure dis-
eases
552. the human practice of breeding animals or
C. forming new drugs for treating dis-
plants that have certain desired traits
eases
A. biotechnology
D. genetic engineering corn to produce
B. artificial selection more ears
557. Which is another term for selective breed-
D. clone ing?
553. Which category does the following A. Asexual reproduction
biotechnology fall under?Doctors have
B. Artificial selection
used genetic testing to devise the first
treatment for MS in 20 years. C. Natural selection
A. Forensic D. Survival of the fittest

558. In 1750 BC, the Sumerians are credited 563. How many years can it take to develop a
with being the first to use biotechnology. new drug?
What did they make?
A. 3-4 years
A. Penicillin
B. 5-7 years
B. Beer
C. 10-12 years
C. Rabies vaccine
D. 20 years
D. Olive oil
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564. Genetically altered crops that can grow
559. How are clones different from similar or- in exceptionally dry or wet, hot or cold cli-
ganisms produced through natural selec- mates are an example of:
tion?
A. They are selectively bred organisms.
B. They are biologically similar organism. ogy.
C. They are not living individuals.
D. Medical biotechnology.
D. They are genetically identical.
565. This cuts DNA at specific sequences
560. What is involved in creating genetically
modified bacteria? A. Plasmid
A. allowing them to reproduce freely B. Recombinant DNA
B. changing their food source C. Restriction enzyme
C. using biotechnology techniques D. Gel electrophoresis
D. growing them on selected plants
566. When using bioremediation, what hap-
561. Bioremediation uses toxin-degrading bac- pens to the bacteria when the pollutants
teria to clean up: are cleaned up?
A. Gold and silver. A. The area is treated with antibiotics.
B. Hazardous material. B. The area is treated with concentrated

oxygen.
C. Dirty instruments.
C. The bacteria run out of food and die off
D. Viral infections. naturally.
562. Someone who is interested in pursuing a D. They die due to a lack of oxygen.
marketing career in the biotech industry
should enjoy: 567. Which is a negative result of the use of
A. Working in a lab with various machines
A. Increased crop yields
B. Conducting pharmaceutical research B. Reduction in pesticide use
C. Caring for a variety of lab animals. C. Unknown side effects
D. Meeting and talking with people. D. Higher nutritional values

568. The intentional mating of two of the 573. What connects the pairs of strands that
same organism to produce offspring with make up the double helix of DNA?
specific traits

A. Bases
B. Starches
B. Selective Breeding
C. Sugars
C. Crossbreeding
D. Tar
D. Artificial Selection
574. RNA interference helps in
569. Using cloning as a form of regenerating
A. Cell proliferation
cells for damaged tissues is viewed at
which level? B. Micropropagation
A. Naked eye C. Cell defence
B. Microscopic D. Cell differentiation
C. Too small to even see 575. are produced when DNA from another
D. Macroscopic species is inserted into the genome of an
organism, which then begins to produce
570. Which would least likely be a result of the protein encoded on the recombinant
biotechnology in agriculture? DNA.
A. increase in soil erosion A. vectors
B. decrease in use of pesticide B. plasmids
C. increase in nutritional value of food C. transgenic organisms
D. decrease in amount of land used for D. gene guns
farmland
576. Transgenic organisms have
A. genes combined from a male and fe-
biotechnology?
male of the same species
A. developing hydropower energy
B. a small number of genes
sources
C. genes added from a different organ-
B. studying how viruses cause diseases
ism
C. developing crop plants that are resis-
D. genes living outside their bodies
tant to weed killers
D. using bioindicators to monitor water 577. Over the next years, job growth in North
quality Carolina’s biotechnology industry is ex-
pected to:
572. Restriction enzymes were discovered by
A. Increase by over 80, 000 people.
A. Smith and Nathans
B. Increase by 50 people.
B. Berg
C. Remain essentially the same.
C. Alexander Fleming
D. Actually decrease in most communi-
D. None ties.

578. Influenza is caused by 583. What should you do when shaking

hands?
A. a virus
A. Grasp the other person s fingertips
B. fungus
withyour fingertips.
C. parasite
B. Pump the other person s hand ten
D. bacterium times.
579. Which of the following best describes C. Use your left hand to pat the person on
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“gel electrophoresis”? theshoulder.
A. A tool for separating DNA into bands D. Maintain eye contact and a sincere
based on size and charge smile.
B. A tool for editing someone’s genes 584. Dogs derived from wolves. Today, dogs
vary in size, color, and fur type. Which
C. Copying DNA to make an identical or-
process led to this variety?
ganism
A. Cloning
D. A tool for adding genes from one or-
ganism to another B. Genetic Engineering
C. Artificial Selection
580. What process uses bacteria to eat away
at minerals, leaving the silver, copper and D. none of above
gold behind?
585. Using biotechnology to change the ge-
A. Fermentation netic makeup of an organism is called
B. Bioremediation A. Tissue Culturing
C. Biomining B. Biotechnology
D. Composting C. Cloning
581. Why do farmers choose to use GM crops D. Genetic Engineering

rather than regular crops? 586. Which career supplies flowering plants to
A. They are safer a florist?
B. They are more productive A. Floral designer
C. They are less expensive B. Forest ranger
D. They are less controversial C. Greenhouse manager
D. Landscape architect
582. Which of these is an ethical issue in the
field of biotechnology? 587. Which is an example of a transgenic ani-
A. The cost is very expensive. mal?
B. We can live longer and healthier lives. A. Dog

B. Lion
C. Sometimes the harm outweighs the C. Mouse that carries a florescent green
good. protein
D. Public opinion of the technology. D. Cat

588. The name of the international effort to 593. Which of the following traits is not the
identify the sequence of human DNA. most common one in GM foods?

A. The Gene Sequencing Project A. Stay fresh longer
B. The DNA Fingerprinting Project B. Resist insects
C. The Cell Differentiation Project C. Tolerate herbicides

D. Resist viruses
D. The Human Genome Project
594. Gene therapy is successful if the
589. What does a Blood Bank Technology Spe-
cialist do? A. DNA can be placed in a virus
B. Virus carrying the gene can insert it
A. Determine how emergencies are re-
into DNA
sponded to
C. New gene is expressed as a protein
B. Analyze evidence in criminal investiga-
tions D. New gene is replicated in DNA
C. Perform tests on blood samples 595. What type of biotechnology can develop
D. Learn about toxins at the molecular different types of cells or tissues from an
level undifferentiated cell?
A. DNA fingerprinting
590. Biobased energy companies want to re- B. stem cell therapy
place fossil fuels with biofuels like ethanol
made from C. restricted enzymes
A. Seaweed. D. cloning
B. Corn. 596. One function of gel electrophoresis is to

C. Viruses.
A. separate DNA fragments
D. Rain water
B. cut DNA
591. Planting trees at a site polluted by indus- C. lengthen DNA
trial chemicals to absorb the chemicals is
D. extract DNA
called:
A. genetic engineering 597. A fingerprint with DNA may do which of
the following?
B. biostimulation
A. disrupt a crime scene
C. oleophilic cleanup
B. reproduce an individual
D. phytoremediation C. provide irrelevant information
592. Source of complementary RNA in RNAi is D. identify a suspect using crime scene
DNA
A. retrovirus
598. What biotechnology allows a researcher
B. transposons
to make thousands of copies of a DNA
C. both strand?
D. none A. Cloning

B. PCR 604. What do the following industrial prod-

C. gene therapy ucts have in common:vitamins, antibiotics,
acids, fabrics and glues?
D. gel electrophoresis
A. They all prevent infection
599. What process was used in prehistoric B. They are all made with fermentation
times to make cheese and wine? C. They are all sources of energy
A. Bioremediation D. They are all made of sugars
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B. Composting
605. Water like substance in a cell that sur-
C. Fermentation rounds the cell parts and transports chem-
D. Lactation ical and nutrients withing the cell?
A. Cytoplasm
600. organism that contains functional recom-
B. Nucleus
binant DNA from a different organism
C. Chloride
A. bacteria
D. Gel
B. plasmid
606. Which of the following is a preventative
C. transgenic organism
measure, and is used before to prevent
D. clone someone from getting sick?
601. Polymerase chain reaction is used to A. antibiotic resistance
A. determine the sequence of DNA. B. gene therapy

C. stem cells
B. make copies of a DNA sequence.
D. vaccines
C. selectively breed plants and animals.
D. produce mutations in bacteria. 607. Which is a way the agricultural industry
could have a positive impact on the envi-
602. Two humans believe they are related. ronment?
Which would be the best technique to de- A. by increasing the use of wind farms to
termine if they are related? produce electricity
A. testing blood types B. by making robots to produce large
B. comparing DNA farm machines
C. examining karyotypes C. by reducing the need for countries to

import food
D. testing for genetic disorders
D. none of above
603. What is the recognition sequence and 608. Biotechnology Research and Develop-
site of cleavage for restriction enzyme Eco ment includes all of the following, except
R1?
A. 5’GGATCC3’ A. Epidemiologist
B. 5’GAATTC3’ B. Biomedical Chemist
C. 5’AAGCTT3’ C. Geneticist
D. 5’CCCGGG3’ D. Transport Technician

609. Strawberries have been genetically mod- 614. What would a biotechnology engineer
ified to resist frost. How does this benefit not work with?
farmers?

A. astronomy
A. A longer growing season. B. farming
B. A pest-resistant berry. C. crime
C. A larger berry. D. pharmaceuticals
D. Easier harvesting.
615. Microbes are capable of cleaning up fuel
spills from gas stations.
610. A biotechnologist who specializes in
aquaculture would work MOSTLY with: A. Agriculture
A. Plants. B. Industry
B. Bacteria. C. Environment
C. Fish. D. Medicine
D. Birds. 616. Biotechnology uses a procedure called ge-

netic engineering. Which best describes ge-
611. Which might be a potential benefit of netic
cloning animals for production purposes?
A. making artificial DNA in the laboratory
A. to produce identical genotypes from chemicals
B. to produce uniform products such as B. cutting out pieces of DNA from an or-
chicken drumsticks ganism under a microscope
C. for saving a species C. adding DNA from one organism into
the DNA of another organism
D. for research purposes
D. none of above
612. crystal contain toxic
617. Genetic code for all living organisms
A. protein which looks like a zipper or ladder found in
B. carbohydrate chromosomes containing genes (also called
the Double Helix)
C. fats
A. stem cells
D. nucleic acids
B. cloning
613. What would increase the money made by C. DNA
farmers in North Carolina through biotech-
D. RNA
nology?
A. Tomatoes that are different in color. 618. What year was biotechnology used
first?
B. Tomatoes that are smaller.
A. 1931
C. Tomatoes that taste the same.
B. 1919
D. Tomatoes that are resistant to disease,
have a higher crop yield, and are more fla- C. 1820
vorful. D. 1972

619. Biotech foods look and taste the same 624. A scientist cloned a goat. Which of
as traditional crops. The difference is that these is a true statement about the cloned
biotech food goat?
A. Have fewer calories. A. It has new genes and traits
B. Have the addition of specific minerals. B. It lacks the genes for reproduction
C. It has the genes that are identical to
C. Has One or two genes that improve the original goat
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something about the plant. D. It looks the same but has different
D. Have a better chance of surviving a genes.
frost. 625. An example of a product developed
through biomanufacturing is:
620. The process of creating and modifying
technologies. A. Canned beans.
A. engineering B. Pain medicine.
B. biotechnology C. Soccer balls.

D. Hospital beds.
C. genetic modification
D. selective breeding 626. What do all organisms have in common?
A. They use DNA and RNA to pass on in-
621. Which career field is most related to formation.
biotechnology?
B. They are all eukaryotes.
A. journalism
C. They are all prokaryotes.
B. medicine
D. They are genetically identical.
C. meterology
627. All living things receive ALL their genetic
D. political science traits from their:
622. The linking of antibodies resistance gene A. Parents
with plasmid vector became possible with B. Mother
A. DNA ligase C. Father
B. Exonucleases D. Brother
C. endonucleases 628. What carries the code that tells a plant
D. DNA polymerase what color it will be or how it will taste?
A. Corm
623. Louis Pasteur was a French scientist in
the 1800s who is well known for his study B. Stem
of: C. Flower
A. Evil spirits that cause disease. D. Gene
B. The structure of DNA. 629. What is the first cloned mammal?
C. Cloning human embryos. A. goat
D. Germs and the rabies vaccine. B. cat

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C. sheep 634. A segment of DNA on a chromosome that

D. cow codes for a specific trait.

A. gene
630. With which kingdoms do bacteria share
the same genetic code? B. bioremediation
A. animal, plant, fungus and protoctist C. clone
B. animal, plant and fungus only D. genetic modification
C. animal and plant only 635. A lab attempts to create a transgenic pig.
D. animal only How can they tell if they were truly suc-
cessful?
631. This is the practice of cutting DNA and A. The pig lives to adulthood
separating it by the size of the pieces
B. The pig does not have any seizures
A. Cloning
C. The pig’s offspring inherit the new
B. Gel Electrophoresis gene
C. Genetic Engineering D. The pig is able to reproduce
D. PCR
636. The structure involved in genetic engi-
632. are used to DNA pieces by neering is:
A. Restriction enzymes, connect, fission A. Plasmid
B. Restriction enzymes, isolate, “snip- B. Plastid
ping” C. Codon
C. Plasmids, connect, fission D. Anticodon
D. Plasmids, isolate, “snipping”
637. What is recombinant DNA? (*hint think
633. An example of biotechnology being used recombining)
as a nutritional application is A. DNA brought together from two
A. biodegredable plastics sources
B. industrial strength fibers B. Original Plasmid
C. xenotransplantation C. DNA that restriction enzyme cuts
D. golden rice D. a cell with DNA
9.2 Applications of Biotechnology

1. Restriction enzymes belong to class of en- 2. Plasmids are found in bacteria. Scientists
zymes: use plasmids to
A. .Peptidase A. Insert eukaryotic genes into bacteria
B. insert eukaryotic genes into humans
B. .Amylases
C. insert clones into the parent organism
C. .Lipases
D. .Nucleases D. none of above

3. Restriction enzymes 9. Which of these is an example of genetic

A. Cut DNA at a specific site modification?
B. Can be used to isolate a gene of inter- A. use of herbicides

est B. crossbreeding
C. Can be used to cut vector DNA C. heart surgery
D. Do all of these things D. gene splicing
10. What is a plasmid?
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4. An animal that has exactly the same set of
genes as its parent is an example of A. a section of the human genome
A. a pathogen B. a material that cuts DNA
B. a clone C. viral DNA
C. a spliced gene D. an accessory piece of DNA found in
D. a genome bacteria
5. Where are restriction enzymes naturally 11. The site where restriction enzymes cut are
found? a called:
A. in humans A. cut sites
B. in bacteria B. restriction sites
C. in algae C. recognition sites
D. they are not natural-all restriction en- D. cleave sites
zymes are made in the lab
12. Why do bacteria have restriction en-
6. Which DNA fragment bands move faster zymes?
and farther in a gel electrophoresis? A. To prevent being infected by viruses
A. there is no way to tell B. To help DNA get into the cell
B. the largest ones C. To be able to grow in an incubator
C. the smallest ones D. They don’t-viruses have restriction en-
D. none of these zymes
7. Restriction Enzymes are . . . 13. DNA is created by using the from a

bacteria and splicing a section of DNA into
A. proteins
it.
B. DNA A. recombinant, plasmid
C. fats B. Cloning, ribosome
D. carbohydrates C. transcription, translation
8. What charge is DNA? D. cumulus, mitochondria
A. positive 14. Restriction enzymes are analogous to
B. negative what common school supply?
C. neutral A. glue
D. none of above B. scissors

C. paper A. GMO
D. highlighter B. HBO

15. A DNA molecule produced by combining C. EPA
DNA from different sources is called? D. none of above
A. Mutant DNA
19. Restriction Enzymes . . .
B. Polyploid DNA
A. cut DNA at precise locations
C. Diploid DNA
B. help bacteria to pick up DNA
D. Recombinant DNA
C. move DNA through a gel
16. What is small, circular piece of DNA lo-
D. copy DNA
cated in the cytoplasm of many bacteria
A. Genome 20. The process of putting recombinant DNA
into an organism is called
B. RNA
A. Transformation
C. Deoxyribose
D. Plasmid B. Ligating
C. Electrophoresis
17. A cloning vector must possess?
D. Incubating
A. ori
B. selectable marker 21. Which was the first Restriction Enzyme
discovered?
C. both of above
A. .HindII
D. non of these
B. . EcoRI
18. An organism that has had it’s genetical in-
formation altered by humans for a specific C. .BamHI
purpose. D. .HindIII

10. Ecology
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10.1 Ecosystem
1. ariana and mac has 20 kids, 4 of them died 4. The temperate decisuous forest, the tropi-
but got replaced immmediately by 3 kids. cal rain forest, the desert, and the tundra
if ariana has 70 kids, what is her favorite are all examples of
color? A. the biopshere.
A. red B. biomes.
B. violet
C. ecosystems.
C. yellowish orange
D. communities.
D. lavender
5. Members of a species in a defined area
2. Beavers are a keystone species because
A. Ecosystem
A. They have the greatest biomass in the B. community

ecosystems they inhabit C. biodiversity
B. They are apex predators D. population
C. They reduce biodiversity 6. Which cycle would most likely be associ-
D. They change their environment ated with combustion?
through cutting down trees and building
A. water
dams
B. nitrogen
3. Photosynthetic organisms are found
C. carbon
mainly in shallow water due to the avail-
ability of D. oxygen
A. oxygen 7. An animal that hunts and eats other ani-
B. nutrients mals for energy.
C. sunlight A. prey
D. salt B. predator

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C. decomposer 13. Largest number of individuals of a popula-

D. consumer tion that a environment can support

A. population
8. What is the term for each step in the trans-
fer of energy and matter within a biologi- B. limiting factor
cal community? C. carrying capacity
A. energy path D. none of these
B. food web 14. A microhabitat has its own set of environ-
C. trophic level mental conditions called its
D. food pyramid A. climate
B. macroclimate
9. How can you count the number of spar-
rows seen at a bird table? C. microclimate
A. Quadrat D. small biome
B. Transect 15. A lion and a cheetah attempt to occupy the
C. Pitfall trap same niche. The more aggressive lion sur-
vives; the cheetah does not.
D. Observation
A. Density-Dependent:Competition
10. Competition between males for mating fe-
B. Density-Independent:Competition
males
C. Density-Dependent:Predator-Prey
A. intrasexual selection
D. Density-Independent:Predator-Prey
B. intersexual selection
C. coevolution 16. All of the following are limiting factors EX-
CEPT
D. competitive coevolution
A. immigration
11. What will happen if people keep on har-
B. competition
vesting timber for crops and livestock pas-
tures in tropical rainforest? C. predation
A. animal and plant species become ex- D. human activities
tinct
17. In ocean environments, limiting factors do
B. many plants and animals will live not include:
longer
A. water temperature
C. mutations form B. ocean depth
D. chains of volcanoes eruption C. light intensity
12. Insects, arachnids, worms and mollusks all D. salt concentration
belong to which group?
18. What happens to the amount of available
A. Vertebrates energy in the pyramid as it moves up
B. Invertebrates through the different levels?
C. Vascular A. it increases
D. Nonvascular B. it decreases

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C. it remains the same 24. Before plants can reuse many organic
D. it decreases, then increases materials, the materials must be broken
down by
19. This kingdom contains BOTH multicellular A. parasites
and Unicellular organisms
B. viruses
A. Protista
C. decomposers
B. Animalia
D. scavengers
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C. Plantae
D. Eubacteria 25. Which of the following is not a character-
istic of invasive plants?
20. This diagram shows the amount of energy
A. Lots of seeds
that moves from one feeding level to an-
other in a food web. B. Effective seed dispersal methods
A. Energy Pyramid C. Easily established
B. Food Web D. Native species like to eat it
C. Ecosystem
26. All the living and nonliving things that in-
D. Food Chain teract in a particular area make up a(n)
21. Which of the following types of succession A. ecosystem
would most likely occur following a forest B. population
fire?
C. community
A. old field succession
D. biome
B. lake succession
C. primary succession 27. Which species are best able to occupy the
same space?
D. secondary succession
A. those that eat the same foods
22. When more than one organism attempts to
B. those that compete for the same re-
use the same resource you have
sources
A. competition
C. those that have a predator/prey rela-
B. adaptation tionship
C. niche D. those whose needs differ significantly
D. death from each other
23. The variety of environmental conditions 28. Population

which an organism survives and repro- A. Different species sharing the re-
duces is called sources in an ecosystem
A. adaptation B. Members of a species in a habitat
B. microbiome C. Members of one species living in an
C. tolerance ecosystem
D. optimum range D. Living things

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29. Which description fits with the term 34. Vaccination of the African Buffalo against
biomass? the Rinderpest virus had what affect on
the overall biodiversity of the Serengeti

A. the producer-to-consumer ratio in the
ecosystem?
ecosystem
A. It increased biodiversity.
B. the mass of all living things on Earth
B. It decreased biodiversity.
C. the unused material excreted as waste
in an ecosystem C. Biodiversity is not affected by disease.
D. the mass of living and dead organisms
in a given area D. none of above
30. An animal that eats other animals and may 35. cougars are predators that often eat
therefore be a 2◦ or 3◦ consumer weakened or diseased animals. this is a
description of the of cougars.
A. Herbivores
A. habitat
B. Carnivores
B. community
C. Detritivores
C. niche
D. All of them
D. none of these
31. The scientific name for something living is
a(an) 36. Position occupied by a group of organisms
in a food chain.
A. organism
A. Trophic Level
B. cell
B. Trophoc stage
C. tissue
C. Energy Level
D. human
D. Energy stage
32. Non-living factor that affects an ecosys-
tem 37. Barnacles use whales as a home but they
don’t affect the whales. What relation-
A. biotic factor
ship is this?
B. abiotic factor
A. Mutualism
C. food chain
B. Commensalism
D. biome
C. Parasitism
33. A complex description and interrelation D. Competition
amongst different species from the same
trophic levels, showing how they can feed 38. obtains energy and nutrients from au-
themselves on different sources is a totrophs
A. Food chain A. chemotroph
B. Food ladder B. heterotroph
C. Food web C. anerobe
D. Food cycle D. parasite

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39. In a simple food chain, algae gives energy 44. Deserts, mountains, and rivers are all ex-
to small fish, which in turn gives energy amples of
to bigger fish, which at last, feeds a bear. A. biotic factors
Using this scenario, which of these would
have the largest amount of energy? B. tundra
A. algae C. ecosystems
B. bears D. wetlands
C. big fish 45. The series of steps in which a large fish
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D. small fish eats a small fish that has eaten algae is a
A. food web
40. The term for the formation of new and dis-
tinct species over the course of evolution B. food chain
is C. biomass pyramid
A. speciation D. pyramid of numbers
B. biological species concept 46. Organic material break down and the nu-
C. reproductive barrier trients would be available to other organ-
D. natural selection isms due to the activities of
A. herbivores
41. What will happen to a population if they
do not have enough resources? B. carnivores
A. The population will grow bigger C. detritivores and decomposers
B. The population will all die D. ominvores
C. The population will have to move away 47. What happens as depth increases in an
or they will die ocean?
D. The population will sit and wait for new A. Light decreases and it gets colder
resources B. Light increases and it gets warmer
42. Where does the food chain START? C. Nothing
A. with consumers that eat grass D. none of above
B. with the sun giving energy to produc- 48. Which is an example of a population?
ers
A. different kinds of bacteria
C. with the sun giving energy to con-
sumers B. A group of fish and sharks
D. with consumers eating other con- C. deer, bear, and rabbits
sumers D. A herd of cattle
43. A relationship where one species benefits 49. If a population grows larger than its envi-
and the other is harmed ronmental carrying capacity, then
A. mutualism A. death rate may rise.
B. commensalism B. death rate may fall significantly.
C. parasitism C. birth rate may rise significantly.
D. adaptation D. immigration rate may increase.

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50. Assimilation refers to 55. If the population of prey increases, the

population of predators will because
A. the absorption of nitrogen into plants
of the availability of food.

and animals
A. decrease
B. the changing from a liquid to a gas
B. stay the same
C. the variety of organisms within an
ecosystem C. increase
D. the pathway from abiotic to biotic D. freak out
51. Any area in which organisms live is called 56. All of the different populations that live in
the a specific area.
A. Geosphere A. community
B. Ecosystem B. habitat
C. Biosphere C. ecosystem
D. Environment D. village
52. Ferns do not have seeds, they reproduce 57. Which materials can be cycled within an
with, ecosystem?
A. root A. Carbon
B. spores B. Water
C. flowers C. Nitrogen
D. cones D. All of the Above
53. What would most likely happen if an 58. Which is a non-living part of an ecosys-
ecosystem no longer received sunlight? tem?
A. The number of herbivores would in- A. Sunlight
crease
B. Air
B. The number of plants would increase
C. Water
C. all organisms would adapt
D. All of these
D. All living organisms would eventually
die 59. When a New England farm is abandoned,
its formerly plowed fields first become
54. Arthropods can be divided into many weedy meadows, then shrubby areas, and
groups. The three that we study are finally forest. This sequence of plant com-
munities is an example of
A. crustaceans, insects, arachnids
A. secondary succession.
B. echinoderms, segmented worms,
sponges B. evolution.
C. mammals, birds, fish C. primary succession
D. amphibians, reptiles, birds D. a trophic chain.

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60. Which ecosystems share a similar connec- 66. All the organisms in a particular location,
tion with fresh water? including their nonliving environment
A. Oceans and Seas A. ecosystem
B. Lakes and Estuaries B. carnivore
C. Rivers and Oceans C. niche
D. Lakes and Oceans D. population
67. Any thing or organism that regulates the
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61. Which is NOT a type of aquatic ecosys-
tem? size of a population of another organism
A. ocean is known as
B. estuary A. a measure
B. a limiting factor
C. monastery
C. factorization
D. wetland
D. predation
62. An organism that hunts its food
68. What are the three groups of the biotic fac-
A. Predator
tors?
B. Prey
A. Producer, Decomposer, and Consumer
C. Hunter
D. Gather B. Decomposer, Consumer, and Rocks
63. Choose the producer. C. Consumer, Water, and Producer
A. rock D. Weather, Consumer, and Decomposer
B. tree 69. Which of the following is NOT a biotic fac-
C. cow tor?
D. bird A. Coyote
B. air
64. Where does the Secondary Consumer get
its energy? C. elephant
A. Tertiary Consumers D. none of above
B. Primary Consumers 70. What should farmers add to their crops to
C. Producers help them grow properly?
D. Secondary Consumers A. Soil
B. Fertiliser
65. All the members of one species that live
within an area of an ecosystem is called C. Water
D. none of above
A. a population 71. All the different populations that live to-
B. a community gether in an area make up a(n)
C. a niche A. ecosystem
D. a nuisance B. community

10.1 Ecosystem 1317
C. habitat C. Carrying Capacity

D. organism D. It won’t stop growing

72. wetland dominated by non woody plants 78. An environment that includes biotic and
A. swamp abiotic factors as well as one of more com-
B. runoff munities
C. marsh A. Community
D. estuary B. Population
73. What makes a species invasive? C. Eck-osystem
A. Moving to a new ecosystem and taking D. Ecosystem

resources from natives
79. The crab and barnacle have a symbiotic re-
B. Not having papers lationship, what kind do they have?
C. Species that can’t adapt A. Mutualism
D. Plants that take up too much space
B. Commensalism
74. Consumer that eats plants C. Parasitism
A. heterotroph D. Competition
B. herbivore
C. producer 80. Food chain:algae>plankton>blue whale-
Which of the following is the primary pro-
D. community ducers?
75. What percentage of energy is passed from A. Algae
one organism to the next, between each
B. Plankton
link in a food chain?
A. 15% C. Blue whale
B. 27% D. None
C. 10% 81. The part of the environment that is not liv-
D. 1& ing is called the
76. Define BIOLOGY. A. Biotic factors

A. The study of life and living organisms. B. Non-biotic factors
C. Abiotic factors
B. The study of animals. D. Non living factors
C. They study of matter.
82. What is the order of the food chain?
D. The study of earth and its atmosphere.
A. Tree → Giraffe → Lion
77. As a population grows, it will most likely
stop growing at what size? B. Tree → Lion → Giraffe
A. Growth limit C. Lion < Giraffe < Tree
B. Exponential limit D. none of above

10.1 Ecosystem 1318
83. The amount of salt contained in water C. a population.

A. oxygen level D. a community.
B. salinity
89. Demography is the scientific study of
C. water flow
A. parasitism and disease
D. none of above
B. modernized countries
84. A group of different species that live to- C. human populations
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gether and interact in an environment are
called a/an D. shoes
A. community 90. What are areas where freshwater meets

B. habitat saltwater called?
C. population A. wetlands
D. ecosystem B. estuaries
C. coastal byways
85. Which of the following is a marine ecosys-
tem? D. intertidal zones
A. wetland 91. When individuals in a population repro-
B. lake duce at a constant rate, it is called
C. estuary A. logistic growth
D. river B. growth density
86. A lion, captures and eats other animals. C. exponential growth
What is he considered? D. multiple growth
A. prey
92. A farmer plants two species of grass with
B. predator similar nutrient needs on the same small
C. producer plot of land. What kind of interaction
will most likely occur between the two
D. vegan
species?
87. Which of the following is a population? A. parasitism
A. hawks, barred owls, and eagles on NC B. competition
coast
C. commensalism
B. mountain stream
D. mutualism
C. all the species of frogs in a pond
D. blue-tailed skinks (lizards) around a 93. Which of the folllowing is the highest
barn trophic level?
A. Secondary Consumer
88. The smallest unit of life that can sustain
itself is called B. Primary Consumer
A. an organism. C. Quaternary Consumer
B. the biosphere. D. Tertiary Consumer

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94. Putrefying organisms are 100. What is the definition of Biotic factors?
A. Producer organisms A. Dead things

B. Reducer organisms B. plants
C. Consumer organisms C. Living things or organisms
D. Parasitic organisms D. soil
95. Why doesn’t photosynthesis occur in deep 101. Ecology
ocean water?
A. Is the study of the interrelationships
A. There is no sunlight between plants, animals and their envi-
B. There are not enough nutrients ronment
C. The salinity level of the water is too B. Is the study of plants and animals
high C. Is the study of plants, animals and the
D. The temperature is too cold place in which they live
96. How can you trap insects on the ground to D. Is the study of how the body work
count them and identify them? 102. Which one is not a consumer?
A. Quadrat A. anemone
B. Transect B. bear
C. Pitfall trap
C. shark
D. Observation
D. vulture
97. are consumers that eat plants and
103. What are interconnected food chains
meat.
called?
A. Herbivore
A. consumers
B. Omnivore
B. predators
C. Carnivore
C. food web
D. none of above
D. franchises
98. Seals each a lot of fish, so the insecticides
in the bodies of the seals. 104. Which if these lists both living and non-
living things in an ecosystem?
A. Swim
A. birds, trees, shrubs
B. Evaporate
B. trees, water, soil
C. Accumulate
C. water, soil, air
D. Digest
D. water, soil, rocks
99. Organisms that make up the living part of
an ecosystem. 105. what is the main source of energy
A. abiotic A. the sun
B. biotic factors B. the wind
C. ecology C. water
D. ecosystems D. plants

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106. The ability to maintain an ecological bal- C. omnivore

ance is known as: D. decomposer
A. temperature range
112. In the sea, little fish called pilot fish swim
B. ecological balance
closely to sharks. The pilot fish clean the
C. sustainability sharks, and the sharks provide protection
D. pollution balance for the pilot fish. What type of symbiosis
is this?
107. Competition between members of differ-
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A. Mutualism
ent species.
B. Commensalism
A. Intraspecific competition
B. Interspecific competition C. Parasitism
C. resource partitioning D. Amensalism
D. competitive exclusion 113. Which organism provides oxygen and

food in a deciduous forest ecosystem?
108. Bacteria and fungi typically serve what
role in an ecosystem? A. Bushes
A. herbivore B. Fungi
B. carnivore C. Protists
C. omnivore D. Bacteria
D. decomposer 114. Organisms that breaks down and ab-
109. As the number of avaliable prey in- sorbs nutrients from dead organisms
creases, you would expect the number of A. consumer
predators to B. trophic level
A. Increase
C. decomposer
B. Decrease
D. species
C. Stay the same
115. Having to do with lakes, rivers, ponds,
D. The number of predators is random
the water is not salty
110. Which of these organisms would most A. Marine
likely be found at the bottom of a biomass
pyramid? B. Fresh water
A. giant squids C. Estuary

B. sand sharks D. none of above
C. sea cucumbers 116. step in the passage of energy and matter
D. green algae through an ecosystem
A. food chain
111. A heterotroph that eats only plants is an
such as a cow, a rabbit, or grasshopper. B. trophic level
A. herbivore C. habitat
B. carnivore D. niche

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117. A forest full of many kinds of trees and 122. Sharks belong to which group of verte-
grasses is an example of a brates?

A. group A. Mammals
B. organism
B. Fish
C. population
C. Amphibians
D. community
D. Invertebrates
118. A symbiotic relationship in which one or-
ganism benefits and the other species is 123. In order to be considered living an organ-
neither harmed or helped ism must have
A. mutualism
A. blood
B. predation
B. cells
C. commensalism
D. parasitism C. brains
D. hair
119. Where an organism lives and what it
does for a living, including how they in-
124. Which of the following best describes abi-
teract with biotic and abiotic factors is a
otic factors?
species
A. habitat A. All of the animals in an environment.
B. ecosystem B. All of the living things in an environ-
C. niche ment.
D. community C. All of the nonliving things in an environ-
ment.
120. Ecological Homeostasis
D. All of the bacteria in an environment
A. Is the adaptation of a whole ecosys-
tem to shifting circumstances, both natu-
125. Leopard seals eat only meat. What are
ral and artifical (man made).
leopard seals?
B. Is the changes in the biotope of an
ecosystem. A. herbivores
C. Ecosystems are not able to adapt to B. detritivores
changes this causes the ecological succes-
C. omnivores
sion to occur.
D. none of above D. carnivores
121. Describes a patter of long, stable periods 126. This is the ocean shore between the low-
interrupted by brief periods of more rapid est low tide and the highest high tide.
change
A. estuary
A. convergent evolution
B. intermoon zone
B. coevolution
C. punctuated equilibrium C. shore erosion
D. adaptive radiation D. intertidal zone

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127. How can you estimate the number of dan- A. by photosynthesis

delions on a field, by taking a sample in B. by eating
small squares?
C. through their gills
A. Quadrat
D. through their stomata
B. Transect
133. The movement of organisms into a given
C. Pitfall trap
area from another area is called
D. Observation
A. immigration
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128. Which of the following is an example of B. emigration
commensalism?
C. population shift
A. Barnacles on plant shoots
D. carrying capacity
B. Fungus on woody stem
134. When organisms move into and join a
C. Algae and Fungi in lichen new population
D. Remora fish and shark A. Immigration
129. Clostridium tetani is a type of bacteria B. Birth Rate
that causes tetanus. Which of the follow- C. Death Rate
ing organisms is most closely related to
D. Emigration
this bacteria?
A. Tetanus tocani 135. Within a piece of decaying cow dung
there are millions of organisms of different
B. Clostridium botulinum
species. These organisms together consti-
C. Streptobacillus clostridium tute:
D. None of the choices A. a family.
130. The emergence of new rivers or streams B. a habitat.
is a type of isolation. C. a community.
A. Temporal D. an ecosystem.
B. Mechanical 136. An uncut lawn eventually becomes a
C. Behavioral meadow and then a forest. This process
D. Geographic is an example of
A. aphotic zones
131. Which of these can be both primary and
B. primary succession
secondary consumers?
C. secondary succession
A. herbivores
D. estuary
B. carnivores
C. detritivores 137. one species becomes 2+
D. omnivores A. evolution
B. extinction
132. The algae and microscopic organisms on
the surface of lakes and ponds get their C. speciation
food D. divergence

10.1 Ecosystem 1323
138. Transfer of energy is represented by this 143. How are consumers and decomposers re-
in a food chain. lated?

A. Circles A. Decomposers provide soil for con-
B. Arrows sumers
C. neon lights B. Consumers provide nutrients for de-

composers
D. pyramids
C. Decomposers provide food for carniv-
139. What most likely happen first if you re- orous consumers
move a primary consumer from the ecosys- D. Consumers change the sun’s energy
tem? so it is useful for decomposers.
A. There would be more food for sec-
ondary consumers. 144. Photosynthesis uses energy from the
B. The number of primary consumers A. Glucose
would increase. B. Leaves
C. The number of plants would increase. C. Sun
D. The number of secondary consumers D. Water
would increase.
145. A(n) is a group of organisms that are
140. All of the living and nonliving things in
physically similar and can mate with each
an area that interact with each other are
other to produce offspring that can also
called a/an
mate and reproduce.
A. community
A. organism
B. habitat
B. species
C. population
C. population
D. ecosystem
D. community
141. Which human activity can maintain an
ecosystem balance? 146. This is the zone between high-tide and
low-tide (literally means between tides)
A. Deforestration
A. Twilight Zone
B. Industrial activity
B. Neretic Zone
C. Burning of fossil fuel
C. Open-ocean Zone
D. Recycling activity
D. Intertidal Zone
142. Predators eat prey; therefore, they can-
not be 147. Having to do with oceans, salty
A. Consumers A. Marine
B. Primary Consumers B. Fresh water
C. Secondary Consumers C. Estuary
D. Prey D. none of above

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148. Antonio and Javier are astronauts in C. It produces glucose from carbon diox-
space looking back at Earth and discussing ide and water.
how all the life on Earth interacts with D. It converts water to energy.
each other as well as the nonliving things.
What level of organization are they dis- 153. In addition to herbivores, another type of
cussing? consumer is a(n)
A. A community A. carnivore
B. A biome B. omnivore
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C. An ecosystem C. detritivore
D. A biosphere D. all of these
149. Which factor(s) affect aquatic ecosys- 154. cells with no nucleus are called
tems?
A. prokaryotic
A. depth
B. eukaryotic
B. flow
C. dead
C. nutrients
D. alive
D. all affect aquatic ecosystems
155. An angiosperm having one cotyledon and
150. Barnacles are animals that cannot move. parallel veins in their leaves.
In order to get food, they attach to whales
A. Gymnosperm
and catch any floating plankton in the
water. The whale is neither helped nor B. Monocot
harmed in the interaction. What type of C. Dicot
symbiosis is this?
D. Nonvascular plant
A. Mutualism
B. Commensalism 156. Maria and her classmates are observing
animals at the pond. They notice that
C. Parasitism wood storks and ibisies both feed on fish.
D. Amensalism Which of these describes the relationship
between these two birds.
151. Populations of different species that oc-
cupy a habitat are called A. Parasitism
A. An ecosystem B. Competition
B. A species C. Predator and prey
C. A community D. Producer and consumer
D. A population 157. Exotic or invasive species leads to all of

these problems except
152. Which one of the following is true of
grass in an ecosystem? A. increased biodiversity
A. It converts oxygen to glucose. B. loss of biodiversity
B. It produces carbon dioxide from oxy- C. disease

gen and water. D. loss of native species

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158. What is biomass energy? 163. The types and numbers of plants that
grow in an ecosystem are controlled:
A. any organic matter that can be used as

an energy source A. by the various biotic factors of the
ecosystem.
B. radiant energy emitted by the sun
B. by both the biotic and abiotic factors of
C. is the heat from the Earth
the ecosystem.
D. is a form of solar energy
C. by the various abiotic factors of the
ecosystem.
159. An environmental factor such as preda-
tion, disease, and competition that de- D. entirely by the amount of water avail-
pends on the number of members in a pop- able.
ulation per unit
164. Which term best describes two predators
A. dispersion living in the same habitat who feed on the
B. density-independent factor same prey?
C. density-dependent factor A. coexistence
D. population growth rate B. competition
C. mutualism
160. Wetlands contain which of the follow-
ing? D. none of above
A. only freshwater 165. Energy is “lost” in every trophic level

B. only saltwater due to
C. either freshwater or saltwater A. inefficiency of heat
D. very little nutrients B. energy being used for Life Processes

C. matter being cycled in an ecosystem
161. When all the ecosystems on Earth are
D. Biotic and Abiotic Factors
combined it is called
A. a community. 166. How much energy is available to be
passed on to the next trophic level in an
B. a biome.
ecosystem?
C. a biosphere.
A. 100%
D. an Earthsphere. B. 10%
162. Ecology is the study of the interaction of C. 50%
living organisms D. 75%
A. with one another and their biotic fac-
tors 167. How fast a specific population grows
B. and their communities A. dispersion
C. with one another and their physical en- B. population density

vironment C. population growth rate
D. and the food they eat D. density-independent factor

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168. The paths of a substance moving from the 173. What is a native species?
nonliving environment to living organism A. A specie that is local and has lived in
and back to the nonliving environment in the same place
closed circles is called
B. A specie who has come from another
A. living cycles state or country
B. environcycles C. A specie that has no “home” and trav-
C. biogeochemical cycles els for its whole life
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D. biotical cycles D. None of the above
174. organisms that break down dead organ-

169. Which of the following lists has ONLY bi-
isms
otic factors?
A. nitrite bacteria
A. snail, algae, guppy, sunlight
B. decomposers
B. temperature, Daphnia (water flea),
snail, guppy (fish) C. herbiovores
D. carnivores
C. snail, guppy (fish), Daphnia (water
flea), algae 175. manufactures food using energy from the
D. temperature, pH, conductivity, nitrite sun or from chemical compounds
concentration A. autotroph
170. Which of the following is not a kingdom? B. heterotroph

C. scavenger
A. Plant
D. decomposer
B. Animal
C. Protists 176. Parasitism, mutualism, and commensal-
ism are examples of
D. Chordata
A. food chains
171. Parks, farms, and similar structures B. food webs
A. are natural ecosystems C. symbiosis
B. are sustainable ecosystems D. trophic levels
C. are ecosystems only formed by biotic 177. Which organism provides oxygen and
factors food in an ecosystem?
D. are unsustainable ecosystems A. Algae
172. Which of the following tells you popula- B. Fungi

tion density? C. Protists
A. the number of births per year D. Bacteria
B. the number of frogs in a pond. 178. Which of these determines what types of
C. the number of deaths per year organisms live in water?
D. the number of bacteria per square mil- A. water temperature

limeter B. oxygen levels of the water

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C. sunlight and nutrients 184. What is a herbivore?

D. all of the above A. An animal that eats only animals

B. An animal that eats only plants
179. the variety of life in the world or in a par-
ticular habitat or ecosystem C. A plant
A. biodiversity D. Something that eats both plants and

animals
B. demography
185. Two different species of reptile would be
C. carrying capacity
most related if they share which level of
D. poaching classification?
A. Domain
180. Organisms that can produce offpsrings
and whose offsprings can reproduce. B. Phylum
A. Community C. Family
B. Species D. Class
C. Habitat 186. The place where an organism lives in or-

der to obtain its food, water, shelter and
D. Symbiosis other things needed for survival is called
what?
181. These were released in Australia to eat
cane beetles, but now they are an invasive A. Niche
species and number in the millions. B. Habitat
A. dingo C. Home
B. Kangaroo D. Ecosystem
C. Cane toad 187. What is the form of energy contained
D. Rabbits within primary producer?
A. Physical energy
182. what is an animal who eats producers
called B. Chemical energy
C. Light energy
A. primary consumer
D. Heat energy
B. unprimary deduction
C. vegan 188. What is the original source of almost all
energy in most ecosystems?
D. none of above
A. carbohydrates
183. All living things need and factors B. sunlight
to survive. C. water
A. food and plants D. carbon
B. biotic and abiotic
189. When writing an organism’s scientific
C. sunlight and good weather name, what is the correct order?
D. cans of tuna and water A. Genus first, species second

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B. Species first, genus second 195. a species at risk, but not yet extinct
C. Domain first, species second A. endangered
D. Species first, kingdom second B. exotic
C. endemic
190. Photosynthesis joins carbon dioxide and
D. threatened
A. Glucose
196. Fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and
B. Leaves
mammals all belong to which group?
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C. Sun
A. Vascular
D. Water B. Vertebrates
191. Which type of ecosystem has the great- C. Invertebrates
est variation in temperatures from its top D. Nonvascular
to the bottom?
197. Gymnosperms produce seeds usually in
A. Lake
A. cones
B. Pond
B. flowers
C. Estuary
C. fruit
D. Ocean
D. spores
192. Estuaries 198. Community
A. are always saltwater ecosystems. A. Different species sharing the re-
B. are always freshwater ecosystems sources in an ecosystem
C. are ecosystems where both fresh wa- B. The number of species in an environ-
ter and salt water are present. ment
D. prevent the development of salt C. The same organisms in an ecosystem
marshes. D. Members of one species living in an
ecosystem
193. A camel has eyelashes that work to keep
the dust and sand out of its eyes. 199. The arrows of a food chain point in the
direction:
A. All living things adapt to their environ-
ment A. that one organism consumes another.
B. All living things grow
B. of the apex predator.
C. All living things have cells
C. of the larger organism.
D. All living things use energy
D. that energy is being transferred.
194. On the coral reef ecosystem, which factor 200. The total of all different forms of genes
is abiotic? present in a particular species.
A. algae A. Genetic Diversity
B. rocks B. Species Diversity
C. sea horses C. Ecosystem Diversity
D. sponges D. Biosphere diversity

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201. A relationship between two organisms in 206. The stable ecosystem that develops due
which one organism benefits and the other to succession is called
is unharmed

A. niche
A. Mutualism B. habitat
B. Competition C. forest
C. Parasitsm D. climax community
D. Commensalism 207. aquatic zone found near the shore
202. Which describes a decomposer? A. estuary
A. an organism that eats only plants B. marsh
B. an organism that makes its own food C. profundal zone

D. littoral zone
C. an organism that breaks down dead
matter 208. How do ecologists classify aquatic
D. an organism that recieves energy from ecosystems?
the sun A. Salinity
203. Why do the populations of invasive B. Depth

species grow so quickly? C. Availability of nutrients
A. Invasive Species are native to an area. D. All of the above
209. Which of the following is an EXAMPLE of

B. Invasive species are prey to many ani- a limiting factor?
mals.
A. Water
C. Invasive species have no predators.
B. the color of the sky
D. Invasive species keep the ecosystems C. Migration
in equilibrium.
D. Thick fur
204. Which of these animals is an introduced
210. Biomass does not accumulate equally in
animal to Australia?
all ecosystems. Why?
A. Rabbit
A. the same limiting resources are not
B. Kangaroo available in all biomes
C. Koala B. the same limiting resources are avail-
able in the same amounts in all biomes
D. Platypus
C. this isn’t true
205. the top predator in the food chain is D. Because I said so
called
211. A is the most accurate way to track
A. apex predator
the flow of energy in an ecosystem be-
B. huge predator tween trophic levels
C. abstract predator A. Food Chain
D. none of above B. Food Web

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C. Trophic Cascade 217. What is an example of a biotic factor?

D. Trophic Level A. skunk
B. rocks
212. Primary consumers in the detritus food
chain are C. soil
D. water
A. Herbivores
B. Bacteria and fungi 218. What is the difference between olig-
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otrophic and eutrophic lakes?
C. Insect Larva, nematodes
A. Eutrophic lakes are low in nutrients.
D. All the above
B. Oligotrophic lakes are low in nutrients
213. As you go from a lower trophic level to a
higher trophic level- C. Oligotrophic lakes support diverse life.
A. You gain energy
D. Eutrophic lakes usually are found at
B. You lose energy higher altitudes.
C. Energy remains unchanged
219. Which of the following does NOT release
D. You gain exactly 1.21 gigawatts carbon dioxide
A. Respiration
214. How does community differs from
ecosystem? B. Photosynsthesis
A. Interaction with decomposers C. Combustion

D. Decay
B. Interaction with consumers
C. Interaction with biotic components 220. Growth of biological organisms which
goes on unhindered when resources are un-
D. Interaction with abiotic components limited.
215. Which of the following is NOT a way that A. population density

ecologists study the natural world? B. carrying capacity
A. Observing C. exponential growth
B. Modeling D. survivorship curve
C. Experimenting 221. Animals that feed on plants are at least

in the
D. All of these are correct
A. first trophic level
216. study of how living things relate to each B. second trophic level
other and their environment
C. third trophic level
A. evolution D. fourth trophic level
B. ecology
222. The system that contains all living things
C. parasitology on Earth.
D. ethology A. Biosphere

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B. Atmoshpere 228. Makes glucose using carbon dioxide and

water by plants.
C. Hydrosphere
A. Photosynthesis

D. Geosphere
B. Chemosynthesis
223. The track and explain how matter cy- C. Fermentation
cles throughout our plant. D. Respiration
A. Material Cycles
229. A covering on the leaf.
B. Biohistorical Cycles A. Stomata
C. Geobiochemical Cycles B. Veins
D. Biogeochemical Cycles C. Chlorophyll
D. Waxy layer
224. A relationship between a producer and
consumer is best illustrated by a 230. Each of the following is a density-
dependent limiting factor EXCEPT
A. snake eating a bird
A. competition
B. fox eating a mouse
B. predation
C. lion eating a zebra C. crowding
D. zebra eating grass D. disease
225. place where an organism spends its life 231. Changes in the population of a can
cause dramatic changes in the structure of
A. niche a community.
B. habitiat A. group
C. biolgical community B. prey
D. ecosystem C. predators
D. keystone species
226. Which is NOT a freshwater ecosystem?
232. In a trophic level, organisms are classi-
A. stream fied according to their
B. lake A. Reproductive skills
C. ocean B. Nutrition behaviour
D. river C. Interaction relationships
D. Scientific point of view
227. An organism that produces its own food
supply from inorganic compounds is called 233. relationship between organism in which
a(an) one organism benefits and the other is nei-
ther harmed or benefited
A. heterotroph
A. parasitism
B. consumer B. mutualism
C. detritivore C. commensalism
D. autotroph D. symbolism

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234. The place where an organisms lives C. population density

A. Home D. migration
B. Habitat 240. When a big fish eats a small fish which
C. Community eats water fleas supported by phytoplank-
D. Population ton water fleas are
A. Producers
235. An environmental factor such as storms
B. Primary consumers
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and extreme heat or cold that affects pop-
ulation regardless of their density C. Secondary consumers
A. density-dependent factor D. Top consumers
B. population density
241. Biotic factors include
C. dispersion
A. living things like animals, fungi, and
D. density-independent factor plants
236. Total organic matter present in an ecosys- B. landfills
tem is called C. nonliving things like soil, rocks, and
A. Biomass water
B. Biome D. both living and nonliving things
C. Litter 242. We expect that a keystone species that
D. Food is a predator will
A. reduce the diversity of the community.
237. The plant in the food chain-they make
food by photosynthesis.
B. harvest prey species down to extinc-
A. Consumer
tion.
B. Herbivore
C. help many of its prey reproduce.
C. Prey
D. maintain the species diversity in a com-
D. Producer munity.
238. A large region characterized by a specific 243. What can increase turbidity?
type of climate and certain types of plant
A. Faster currents
and animal communities
B. Higher salinity
A. population
C. Lower pH
B. community
D. Lower temperatures
C. biome
D. ecosystem 244. What is a example of an abiotic factor?
239. Number of births each year per 1, 000 A. Panda

people B. Turtle
A. birth rate C. Butterfly
B. population growth D. weather

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245. In which type of interaction do both 251. The following interactions are examples
species benefit? of mutualism EXCEPT

A. predation A. Sea anemone and clown fish
B. mutualism B. Barnacles on whale
C. commensalism C. Hermit crab and anemone
D. parasitism D. Bees and bunga raya
246. The number of species living within an 252. Which of these is always located at the
ecosystem is a measure of its bottom of an energy pyramid?
A. reproductive rate A. Producer
B. biodiversity B. Second-Level Carnivores
C. size C. Herbivores.
D. weight D. First-Level Consumers.
247. Which is the producer? 253. Which organism belongs to the first
trophic level in a food chain?
A. Tree
A. Producer
B. Lion
B. Primary consumer
C. Giraffe
C. Secondary consumer
D. none of above
D. Decomposer
248. How can you count the number of differ-
ent plants across a path? 254. What components must you have to com-
plete a food chain?
A. Quadrat
A. Fungi, bacteria, producer
B. Transect
B. Consumers, producers, decomposers
C. Pitfall trap
C. Consumers, fungi, bacteria
D. Observation
D. Scavengers, producers, consumers
249. More than one organisms eat krill what
255. What percentage of energy is passed on
kind of symbiotic relationship would they
to each tropic level?
have?
A. 10%
A. Mutualism
B. 50%
B. Commensalism
C. 90%
C. Parasitism
D. 100%
D. Competition
256. Which of the following is not an example
250. Abiotic factors in an aquatic ecosystem of mutualism?
A. temperature A. Bees pollinating flowers
B. sunlight, B. Hermit crabs occupying empty shells
C. water flow C. Pygmy possums collecting nectar from
D. All answers are correct a eucalypt

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D. Mistletoe birds eating the fruit of a 262. A keystone species is one that
mistletoe plant A. eats a mixture of plants and animals.
257. Grassland of USA is referred to as B. is introduced into a community after a
A. Prairie major disturbance.
B. Steppes C. causes the amount of diversity in a
community to decrease.
C. Pampas
D. helps to stabilize the populations of
D. Veldts
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other species in a community.
258. How are decomposers important in the
263. Succession that begins on newly formed
cycling of matter?
rock or other areas that have no remnants
A. Decomposers kill nutrients of an older community is called
B. They break down dead organisms and A. Secondary Succession
put nutrients back into the soil
B. Primary Succession
C. Decaying matter takes a long time to
C. Primo Succession
recycle
D. No Succession
D. Decomposers are composed of hydro-
gen and titanium 264. Which will reduce competition within a
species’ population?
259. Coyotes cross the winter pack ice and en-
ter Newfoundland. The moose population A. fewer individuals
starts to decline. B. higher birthrate
A. Density-Dependent:Competition C. fewer resources
B. Density-Independent:Competition D. higher population density
C. Density-Dependent:Predator-Prey
265. Tiny holes in a leaf are:
D. Density-Independent:Predator-Prey
A. Stomata
260. The variety and variability of habitats, B. Veins
communities, and ecological process in the
C. Chlorophyll
biosphere is
D. Waxy layer
A. Ecosystem Adaptation
B. Ecosystem diversity 266. An animal that has an internal spine or
C. Ecosystem differential skeleton, usually made of bone
D. Ecosystem standard A. classify

B. organism
261. What is it called when you have groups
of different populations along with their C. vertebrates
abiotic factors? D. invertebrates
A. An organism 267. What does every food chain start with?
B. A population (Even if it’s not drawn or written there!)
C. A community A. producers
D. An ecosystem B. sun

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C. consumer 273. Which provides most of the energy in

ecosystem?
D. decomposers

A. carnivores
268. What colour is chlorophyll? B. producers
A. Black C. generalists
B. Blue D. keystone species
C. Green
274. Which of the following statements is true
D. none of above of reptiles?
A. They are cold-blooded.
269. Why can an invasive species be bad for
an ecosystem? B. They have gills.
A. They can provide too much food for the C. Their babies drink their mother’s milk.
other organisms.
B. They can disrupt the natural ecosys- D. They spend part of their lives in the wa-
tem. ter and part of their lives on land.
C. They can fight with other animals. 275. Living things respond to heat, light, and
sound. This means they respond to:
D. none of above
A. stimuli/ environment
270. Small consumers that are hunted and B. suction
eaten by larger consumers
C. Dr. Suess
A. producer
D. digestion
B. prey
276. The benefits provided by ecosystems to
C. predator
humans are called
D. none of above A. Ecosystem adaptations
271. Which is an abiotic factor that most limits B. Ecosystem services
the number of frogs living in a pond? C. Ecosystem benefits
A. the color of the water D. none of the above
B. the number of predators 277. Which of the following is NOT one of
C. the temperature of the water the factors that play a role in population
growth rate?
D. the populations of producers
A. immigration
272. A series of somewhat predictable events B. death rate
that occur in a community over time
C. emigration
A. Ecological Parasitism
D. demography
B. Ecological Community
278. Lizards and cacti are biotic factors in a
C. Ecological Succession
desert ecosystem that would rely on which
D. Ecological imprint abiotic factors?

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A. insects and sun A. 25J

B. water and insects B. 2.5J
C. snakes and temperature C. 2500J
D. water and soil D. 25000J
279. The arrows in a food chain or web repre- 284. Biomass is measured in
sents what?
A. Kg/m3
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A. They point to the organism that is be-
B. g/L
ing eaten.
C. Kg/m2
B. It shows how sunlight flows within an
ecosystem. D. mg/m2
C. They show what direction the energy 285. Which of the following is the example of
is flowing between organisms. biological control method?
D. They represent how water is trans- A. Owl and rat
ferred within a habitat.
B. Tape worm and human intestine
280. A pill bug (roly poly) eats a carrot. C. Fungi and algae
A. All living things contain cells D. Remora fish and shark
B. All living things use energy
286. something (plants) that produces its own
C. All living things maintain homeostasis food is called a
D. All living things grow A. producer
281. All of the nonliving parts of an ecosys- B. maker
tem
C. foody
A. biotic factors
D. carnivor
B. abiotic factors
287. When a giraffe eats leaves from a tree,
C. niche
it incorporates the leaves into its own
D. habitat
A. niche
282. organisms that eat both plants and an- B. biome
imals like bears, humans, and mocking-
C. biomass
birds.
D. community
A. herbiovre
B. omnivores 288. Which of these organisms would most
likely be found at the top of an energy
C. carnivore
pyramid?
D. decomposer
A. clams
283. In a 4 levelled food pyramid, amount of B. sardines
energy in the Primary Consumer level is
2500J. Calculate the energy available at C. sharks
the tertiary consumer level? D. kelp (seaweed)

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289. How would you determine the trophic C. Spongy mesophyll

level in a food chain? D. Guard cells

A. Based on the organism body size
295. The process by which plants make food
B. Based on the organism physical char-
from sunlight is called
acteristics
A. Respiration
C. Based on the energy flow
B. Photosynthesis
D. Based on the heat flow
C. Transpiration
290. If a population grows larger than the car-
rying capacity of the environment, the D. Using food webs
A. death rate may rise. 296. What is the term for each step in the
B. birthrate may rise transfer of energy and matter within an
ecosystem?
C. death rate must fal
A. energy path
D. birthrate must fall
B. food web
291. Which would be least likely to be affected
C. trophic level
by a density-dependent limiting factor?
D. food pyramid
A. a small, scattered population
B. a population with a high birthrate 297. In a food web the arrow always points
C. a large, dense population to
D. a population with a high immigration A. the consumer

rate B. the prey
292. Nonliving factor that affects an ecosys- C. producer
tem D. autotroph
A. biotic factor
298. All of the following are characteristics of
B. abiotic factor all living things EXCEPT
C. food chain A. Respond to stimulus
D. biome B. Grow and develop
293. paramecium live in 2 gallons of pond wa- C. maintain homeostasis
ter. What is the population density? D. Movement
A. 50 paramecium/ gallon
299. If an ecologist wanted to understand how
B. 25 paramecium/ gallon
an alligator gets along with other alliga-
C. 5 paramecium/ gallon tors, they would study the alligator at
D. 50 which scale?
A. community
294. What is the layer on the top of a leaf that
reduces water loss called? B. population
A. Palisade mesophyll C. organism
B. Waxy cuticle D. ecosystem

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300. Which species would be most affected by 305. Bodies of water with very low salinities
the overfishing of Alaskan salmon? (or concentrations of dissolved salts) are
classified as what type of water body?
A. bears
A. Freshwater
B. crayfish
B. Marine
C. lobsters
C. Saltwater
D. opossum
D. Ocean
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301. If a country has a death rate of 30 and 306. A collection of organisms that make up a
a birth rate of 45 the natural rate of in- community as well as all of the nonliving
crease would show the population is aspects of the environment.
A. Increasing A. Population
B. Decreasing B. Community
C. Staying the same C. Habitat
D. Fluctuating too much D. Ecosystem
302. A species that plays a vital role in main- 307. Which member likes girls who eat car-
taining structure, stability, and diversity rots?
in an ecosystem. A. Louis
A. Nice Species B. Liam
B. Major Species C. Harry
C. Impact species D. Niall
D. Keystone Species 308. Which statement best describes produc-

ers?
303. As part of the nitrogen cycle, animals ac-
A. Producers in both water and land
quire some amino acids by doing which of
ecosystems are mainly trees.
the following?
B. Producers in water ecosystems are
A. Breathing air mainly algae.
B. Eating plants C. Producers in both water and land
C. Drinking water ecosystems are mainly green plants.
D. Producing waste D. Producers in land ecosystems are

mainly grasses.
304. The Biome where there is a lush tropi-
309. When and organism dies, the nutrients in
cal region that receives lots of rainfall and
its body are released back into the envi-
supports a wide variety of life. is called:
ronment by
A. rainforest A. amphibians
B. desert B. reptiles
C. tundra C. detritivores
D. temperate forest D. decomposers

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310. Transport water and sugar in the leaf: 315. In which of the following areas would pri-
mary succession most likely occur?
A. Stomata

A. A new island formed by the eruption of
B. Veins
an undersea volcano
C. Chlorophyll B. A clearing in a forest left by cutting
D. Waxy layer down the trees
C. An abandon junkyard
311. Primary consumers are also known as
D. none of above
A. Plants
B. Carnivores 316. Produces ethanol and carbon dioxide by
yeast.
C. Omnivores
A. Photosynthesis
D. Herbivores
B. Chemosynthesis
312. If an organism found within the first C. Fermentation
trophic level has obtained 1, 000 calories D. Respiration
how many calories would an organism re-
ceive if it is in the fourth trophic level? 317. When insecticides accumulate inside
A. 1, 000 calories deals bodies, this is called?
B. 100 calories A. Respiration

B. Bioaccumulation
C. 1 calorie
C. Evaporation
D. 10 calories
D. Interdependence
313. Which human activity would be most de-
structive to the biodiversity? 318. Which is a HARMFUL change that plants
can make to their ecosystem?
A. The burning of wood and coal in rural
areas A. They put oxygen in the atmosphere.
B. They can grow over other plants and
B. The release of species of freshwater
steal their space and nutrients.
trout in lakes
C. Their roots keep the ground stable and
C. The removal of plants from the food
prevents erosion.
webs they support
D. They provide shelter for many animals.
D. The removal of erosion barriers from
forest boundaries 319. the number of people, other living or-
ganisms, or crops that a region can sup-
314. What mineral is missing if a plant has yel- port without environmental degradation
low leaves and dead patches? or population collapse
A. Magnesium A. Extinction rate
B. Potassium B. Carrying Capacity
C. Nitrates C. Population Ecology
D. Phosphates D. Immigration

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320. A food web consists of? 325. The total mass of the organisms in an
ecosystem is called
A. Many overlapping food chains in an
ecosystem. A. trophic level
B. A series of events in which one organ- B. energy level
ism eats another and obtains energy. C. biomass
C. Amount of energy that moves from one D. ecomass
feeding level to another.
326. The abiotic factors that determine where
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D. Many types of insects that are stuck. life lives in the ocean are
A. Light availability only
321. Which statement is TRUE.
B. The flow of the water
A. Animals bury themselves in the sand to
escape the sun during low tide. C. Light and nutrient availability
B. There are lots of plants that can live in
sand. 327. Wetlands and estuaries purify water and
C. Animals living on the sandy shore love filter out
the heat from the sun during low tide. A. dead organisms
D. None of the above. B. waste products
C. salt
322. Photosynthetic algae would always be
found within the D. pollution
A. second trophic level 328. If conditions fall above or below the opti-
mum range an organisms will experience
B. third trophic level
A. Death
C. first trophic level
B. stress
D. fourth trophic level C. adaptation
323. A natural or human system’s ability to re- D. tolerance
cover after a disturbance is 329. In any ecosystem, the source of energy
A. adaptation comes from
B. ecosystem diversity A. Producer
C. commensalism B. Plants
C. Consumer
D. resilience
D. Sun
324. what is an animal called that eats pri-
330. This type of consumer obtains all of its
mary consumers
energy by eating only producers.
A. secondary consumer
A. Omnivore
B. carnivor B. Herbivore
C. herb eater C. Scavenger
D. none of above D. Carnivore

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331. In an ecosystem, a fungus, such as the 336. Microbes in the soil have an important
mushroom pictured here, functions as a job. What is it

A. autotroph A. Decomposers
B. heterotroph B. giving nutrients to plants
C. Absorption
C. decomposer
D. A and b
D. predator
337. Which is the prey?
332. A habitat is
A. Tree
A. the place or kind of place in which an B. Lion
animal or plant naturally lives.
C. Giraffe
B. is how plants produce their own food.
D. none of above
C. is an animal that only eats meat.
338. Process that cells use to release energy.
D. the place where only one animal lives. Involved in the carbon cycle.
333. What is a trophic level? A. Respiration

B. Digestion
A. Each level represented within a food
chain or web. C. Photosynthesis
B. Levels of ecosystems that the world is D. Combustion
divided into. 339. Where freshwater meets salty sea
C. Different levels of nutrients present water-coasts or coastal wetlands
within an organism. A. Marine
D. The levels of sunlight an autotroph B. Fresh water
needs to survive. C. Estuary
334. Which of the following is a negative ef- D. none of above
fect of the burning of fossil fuels to create 340. simple model for showing how matter
electricity? and energy move through an ecosystem
A. increase in volcanoes A. food web
B. decrease in soil erosion B. trophic levels
C. increase in air pollution C. food chain
D. decrease of food available D. habitat
341. Organisms that feed on detritus (dead or
335. The number of different species in the bio-
decaying material) giving it a bigger sur-
sphere, or in a particular area
face area for microorganisms to work on
A. Ecosystem Diversity
A. Detritivores
B. Genetic Diversity B. Carnivores
C. Species Diversity C. Herbivores
D. Biosphere diversity D. Omnivores

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342. Limiting factors which impact the size of 347. located near the bottom of a pond or lake
a population no matter how large that pop- A. decomposers
ulation is.
B. littoral zone
A. Density Independent Limiting Factors
C. profundal zone
B. Density Dependent Limiting Factors
D. runoff
C. Carrying Capacity
D. Exponential Growth 348. A group of living organisms consisting of
similar individuals
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343. All of the living or once living things in A. Species
an ecosystem, or anything that originates
from a living thing. B. Community
C. People
A. biotic factors
D. Ecosystem
B. abiotic factors
C. niche 349. The Sandy Shore Ecosystem is important
because
D. habitat
A. They are a tourist attraction.
344. Some herbivore-plant interactions
B. They provide a habitat for many organ-
evolved through a series of reciprocal evo-
isms.
lutionary adaptations in both species. The
process is called C. they act as buffers between the land
and the sea.
A. coevolution.
D. All of the above
B. herbivory.
C. selection. 350. Which of the following is NOT a freshwa-
ter ecosystem?
D. trophism.
A. lake
345. A relationship between two organisms in
B. pond
which both organisms benefit.
C. estuary
A. Mutualism
D. stream
B. Competition
C. Parasitsm 351. A collection of organisms that belong to
different populations but all live in the
D. Commensalism same area and interact with one another.
346. Natural disasters can be considered limit- A. Population
ing factors. B. Ecosystem
A. true:density independent limiting fac- C. Community
tors
D. Ecosphere
B. false; natural disasters are not limit-
ing factors 352. What is the green colour in leaves
C. true:density dependent limiting fac- called?
tors A. Stomata
D. false:because Mrs. Schaffer said B. Veins

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C. Chlorophyll 358. area where fresh water mixes with salt

D. Waxy layer water

A. estuary
353. Eukaryotic cells
B. marsh
A. do not have a nucleus
C. runoff
B. do not have membrane bound or-
ganelles D. swamp
C. have a nucleus 359. A community of living organisms and
D. are all heterotrophs their nonliving environment
354. Which of the following is a grizzly bear’s A. Ecosystem
correct scientific name? B. Desert
A. Ursus Arctos C. Climate
B. ursus arctos D. none of above
C. Ursus arctos
360. Which of these relationships is an exam-
D. Ursus arctos
ple of parasitism?
355. The natural place of an organism or com- A. a bird building a nest on a tree branch
munity is known as
A. Niche B. a bat pollinating a saguaro cactus
B. Biome C. a flea living on a cat’s blood
C. Habitat D. ants protecting a tree that produces
D. Habit the ants’ only food
356. Field mice eat corn. Which would most 361. An organism that can make its own food
likely happen if the field mouse population is called?
grew?
A. Consumer
A. There would be more corn to feed the
field mice. B. Producer
B. There would be less corn due to the C. Decomposer

mice eating it. D. Herbivore
C. The habitat would get overpopulated
362. relationship between organisms in which
because the mice woudl eat too much.
both organisms benefit
D. none of above
A. parasitism
357. When speaking of pioneer species which B. commensalism
organism below would best fit this term.
C. symbolism
A. large oak tree
D. mutualism
B. lichens
C. redwood tree 363. A consumer gets energy by doing what?
D. maple tree A. Making it themselves.

10.1 Ecosystem 1344
B. Breaking down biotic wastes and dead 369. Carbon can be removed from the atmo-
organisms and returning raw materials to sphere by the
the ecosystem.
A. Heterotrophic nutrition
C. Soaking it up from the ground.
B. Autotrophic nutrition and Rock Assimi-
D. Feeding on other organisms. lation
364. Which of these is NOT a Biome? C. Volcanoes eruptions
A. stratosphere D. Rain
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B. temporate forest
370. Low levels of sunlight and oxygen char-
C. ocean acterize which lake zone?
D. savanna A. limnetic
365. There are typically more organisms at the B. profundal
of a food chain.
C. littoral
A. top
D. biotic
B. bottom
C. middle 371. Which population would be most affected
if there is a decrease in the population of
D. none of above aquatic insects?
366. The following processes are examples of A. elk
water sources EXCEPT
B. frog
A. Respiration
C. moose
B. Excretion
D. squirrel
C. Photosynthesis
D. Transpiration 372. relationship between organisms in which
one organism benefits at the expense of
367. Fixation of nitrogen from the atmosphere the other
is made by
A. mutualism
A. Plants
B. parasitism
B. Microorganisms
C. commensalism
C. Animals
D. symbolism
D. Funghi
368. Arthropods have which of the following 373. Which diagram can show us the AMOUNT
characteristics? OF ENERGY that flows from producers to
consumers?
A. filter-feeders
A. Food chain
B. metamorphosis
B. Food web
C. segmented bodies
C. Food pyramid
D. simplest organism with nervous sys-
tem D. none of above

10.1 Ecosystem 1345
374. Which of the following is a density- B. dispersion

independent limiting factor? C. carrying capacity

A. natural disaster D. population growth rate
B. predation
380. Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere enters
C. disease the biotic parts of the biosphere through
D. parasitism
375. A bird hitches a free, safe ride on the back A. burning of forests
of a grey elephant. The elephant doesn’t B. photosynthesis
seem to mind and barely notices the bird.
C. combustion of fossil fuels
Which type of relationship is this?
D. all of these
A. mutualism
B. commensalism 381. Why is there a limited amount of energy
that can be passed on to the next feeding
C. parasitism
level?
D. none of above
A. There is never enough sunlight avail-
376. As resources in a population become less able.
available, population growth B. Some ecosystems have limited re-
A. declines rapidly sources.
B. increases slowly C. Organisms use some of the energy
they get from eating.
C. reaches carrying capacity
D. All the energy is available to be passed
D. enters a phase of exponential growth
on.
377. What is the role of a decomposer in an
382. All life on Earth exists in a region known
ecosystem?
as
A. Allow the sun’s energy to speed up the
A. an ecosystem
decomposition process
B. a biome
B. Give nutrients back to the soil
C. the biosphere
C. To produce new plants
D. ecology
D. Consume other animals or plants
383. An example of a population is
378. Plants release water into the atmosphere
through a process known as A. all trees in a forest
A. perspiration B. all maple trees in a forest
B. assimilation C. all plants in a forest
C. transpiration D. all animals in a forest
D. nitrification 384. A species that is NOT native to a particu-
379. Number of organisms per unit of living lar region is called
area A. natural
A. Population density B. invasive

10.1 Ecosystem 1346
C. endemic 390. Series of steps in which organisms trans-

D. extraordinary fer energy by eating and being eaten
A. foodweb
385. The most common way to release
B. consumer
biomass is?
C. food chain
A. Bacterial Decay
D. omnivore
B. Fermentation
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C. Conversion 391. Which factor is an abiotic factor?
D. Burning A. Lion
B. plant
386. What animal group has radial symme-
try? C. water
A. echinoderms D. c and d
B. mollusks 392. Which of the following are not abiotic fac-

tors?
C. arthropods
A. temperature
D. sponges
B. water
387. A bird living in a tree is an example of
C. rocks
A. parasitism
D. decomposers
B. mutualism
393. What does reproduce mean?
C. commensalism
A. They grow
D. predatory-prey
B. They are living things
388. Indicates the greatest number of any C. Organisms make other organisms
species that can indefinitely exist within
a specific habitat without threatening the D. none of above
existence of other species also living in 394. Water is lost to the abiotic parts of the
that habitat biosphere from the biotic parts by
A. carrying capacity A. precipitation
B. population density B. photosynthesis
C. population C. transpiration
D. population demographics D. infiltration
389. Group of individuals of a species that live 395. What special adaptations do species liv-
in the same area is called ing in estuaries have?
A. Species A. to resist UV rays
B. Population B. to survive exposure to air
C. Biome C. to survive heavy waves
D. Ecosystem D. adapted to varying amounts of salinity

10.1 Ecosystem 1347
396. How does fungi benefit from the interac- 401. What kind of environment does the deep-
tion in lichen? sea ecosystem have?
A. Extreme

A. Fungi get support from algae
B. Fungi get nutrients from algae B. Ocean
C. Water
C. Fungi get protection from algae
D. Intense
D. Fungi get gases from algae
402. The main source of energy in the food
397. The number of trophic levels in a food chain is
chain is limited to 4 or 5 because A. the sun
A. The amount of food produced by pro- B. the plants
ducer is limited. C. the consumers
B. Consumer’s demand is high. D. the decomposeres
C. 90% of the food is lost as heat at each 403. A peacock eats snakes which eat frog
transfer between trophic levels. these eat hoppers which in turn thrive on
D. Activity of decomposer is poor. leaves of the plants, the peacock is
A. Primary consumer
398. Sand is created by
B. Secondary consumer
A. The ground up shells of animals. C. Decomposer
B. Erosion of rocks. D. Apex of the food pyramid
C. The breaking off of small particles 404. How low can the temperature reach?
from coral skeletons.
A. 50 degrees Fahrenheit
D. All of the above
B. 32 degrees Fahrenheit
399. The biosphere is: C. 30 degrees Fahrenheit
A. all the land forms on Earth D. 45 degrees Fahrenheit
B. All the water forms on Earth 405. A close interdependent relationship be-
tween two species is called
C. All the atmospheric layers on Earth
A. symbiosis
D. All the areas of Earth that supports life
B. nice
400. The term biodiversity means: C. clinger
A. a wide variety of plants and animals in D. Mutual Relationship
an ecosystem 406. In a hypothetical food chain consisting
B. only a few types of plants and animals of grass, grasshoppers, sparrows, and
in an ecosystem hawks, the grasshoppers are
C. an ecosystem composed mostly of A. primary producers.

plants B. secondary producers.
D. an ecosystem composed mostly of ani- C. primary consumers.
mals D. secondary consumers.

10.1 Ecosystem 1348
407. What is the main cause of the destruction C. predation

of the rainforests. D. mutualism
A. people cut down the trees.
413. The biosphere ONLY includes plants and
B. Forest fires animals that live on dry land.
C. drought A. true
D. flooding B. false
408. When succession takes place in an area
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C. neither
where there is no soil maybe after a catas- D. There is no dry land.
trophic event such as a volcanic eruption it
is best described as 414. Shows how energy flows from one organ-
A. secondary succession ism to another.
B. volcanic succession A. food cycle
C. primary succession B. prey chain
D. pioneer succession C. food chain

D. predator cycle
409. Matter is , while energy in an
ecosystem. 415. What type of organism always starts the
A. created, creates food chain?
B. Flows, Cycles A. Producer (Plants)
C. Cycles, is created B. Consumers (Organisms)
D. Cycled, Flows C. Predators (Organisms)

D. Decomposers
410. Nitrogen is an important component of
A. fats 416. This area starts several kilometers from
the coast.
B. water
A. intertidal zone
C. carbohydrates
B. coral reef
D. proteins and DNA/RNA
C. continental shelf
411. How do people use water from freshwa- D. open ocean
ter ecosystems?
A. drinking 417. The first species to colonize barren areas
B. bathing A. first species
C. crop irrigation B. pioneer species
D. all of the above C. pioneer adapter

D. new life
412. An owl and a hawk both eat mice. Which
of these describes the relationship be- 418. Organisms that are trying for the same
tween a hawk and an owl? food is an example of
A. parasitism A. Mutualism
B. competition B. Competition

10.1 Ecosystem 1349
C. Parasitsm 424. Organisms that eat fragments of dead

D. Commensalism matter in an ecosystem, return nutrients
to the soil, air, and water where the nutri-

419. Sandy Shore Ecosystems are found on the ents can be reused by organisms. they in-
side of the island. clude worms and many aquatic insects that
live on stream bottoms.
A. Windward
A. herbivores
B. Leeward
B. detritivores
C. None of the above
C. carnivores
D. All of the above
D. omnivores
420. If an ecologist wanted to understand how
425. In the water cycle, how can the ground
an alligator relates to all the biotic and
gets the water?
abiotic components in a given area, they
would study the alligator at which scale? A. Respiration
A. community B. Transpiration
B. population C. Precipitation
C. organism D. Evaporation
D. ecosystem 426. Which of the following levels of classifi-
cation contains the most number of organ-
421. are larger and deeper than isms?
A. lakes, ponds A. Species
B. streams, rivers B. Class
C. lakes, oceans C. Order
D. puddles, lakes D. Genus
422. Deforestation causes all of the following 427. The following list represents characteris-
except: tics of a living thing:
A. Loss of minerals in the soil A. made of cells, has lungs, can repro-
B. Significant economic benefit for indige- duce
nous peoples B. grows and develops, responds to sur-
C. Loss of important species roundings, can move
D. Climate change C. has similar chemicals, makes noises,

made of cells
423. When one species benefits and the other D. made of cells, grows and develops,
is not harmed uses energy
A. mutualism
428. Plants growing under direct sunlight are
B. commensalism known as
C. parasitism A. Heliophytes
D. adaptations B. Sciophytes

10.1 Ecosystem 1350
C. Psamophytes 434. What do the arrows represent on a food

D. Dicots web
A. Inheritence of Genetics
429. Which of the food chain directly depends
on solar radiations? B. Direction of Movement
A. Predator C. Transfer of Energy
B. Grasses D. Transfer of Mass
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C. Detritus 435. Denitrification is the process where nitro-
D. None of these gen
A. is changed into ammonium
430. Which of the following is the best defini-
tion of a neutral pH? B. is changed into nitrates
A. It is a 7 on the pH scale. C. nitrogen is removed from NO3 and
some of it returns back into the atmo-
B. Ocean water is an example of a neutral
sphere
pH.
C. Any pH value between 6 and 8 is con- D. nitrogen in taken in by plants and ani-
sidered neutral. mals
D. The lower the pH, the closer to neutral. 436. Which is NOT example of freshwater
ecosystems
431. Which describes the Pioneer Zone?
A. Coral Reef
A. Where the first plants start to grow.
B. Lake
B. Where larger trees and plants grow.
C. Pond
C. Where the humus is in most abun-
dance. D. Stream
D. Where the sand is only moistened by 437. An orchid living on a tree exhibit
the splash of waves.
A. Predator
432. Which is the renewable exhaustible nat-
B. Mutualism
ural energy resource?
C. Commensalism
A. Coal
D. Parasitic
B. Petrol
C. Biomass 438. What is the role a species can assume in
D. Kerosene an ecosystem? This encompasses all the
ways in which a species interacts with the
433. Photosynthesis takes place in ecosystem, such as what it eats.
A. Glucose A. Niche
B. Leaves B. Predator
C. Sun C. Community
D. Water D. Producer

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439. precipitation that can carry pollutants A. food

into aquatic ecosystems B. shelter

A. estuary C. space
B. salinity D. water
C. decomposers
445. When organisms leave a population and
D. runoff move away
440. The process of vernalization is practised A. Emigration
in B. Immigration
A. Cold countries C. Birth Rate
B. Hot countries D. Death Rate
C. Only in sub-tropical countries
446. plants that convert energy from the sun
D. Only in tropical countries
A. decomposer
441. What is a omnivore? B. primary consumer
A. An organism that only eats plants C. secondary consumer
B. An organism that only eats other ani- D. producer
mals
C. An organism that eats plants and ani- 447. When a plant is eaten by a caterpillar and
mals the caterpillar is eaten by a frog, the frog
belongs to
D. none of above
A. Producer
442. A food chain consists of B. Primary consumer
A. Producers C. Secondary consumer
B. Consumers D. Tertiary consumer
C. Decomposers
448. This portion of an aquatic ecosystem is
D. Producers and Consumers characterized by abundant sunlight, sup-
443. Runoff fertilizer and livestock waste porting photosynthesis.
from farms can result in in a river, A. Photic zone
pond or lake. B. Benthic zone
A. excess nutrients (nitrogen and phos- C. Aphotic zone
phorus)
D. Brackish zone
B. excess oxygen
C. excess carbon dioxide 449. Which one of the following would not be
part of an organism’s ecological niche?
D. lower amounts of nutrients (nitrogen
and phosphorus) A. The time they feed
B. Their function within the environment
444. As populations grow, they tend to spread
out into new territory. Which limiting fac- C. Where they live
tor is most likely to become an issue? D. How long they live

10.1 Ecosystem 1352
450. Secondary consumers include 455. Which natural disaster is made worse
A. Strict carnivores when people destroy estuaries?
A. flooding and storm damage
B. Carnivores and Omnivores
B. tornados
C. Plantae and Funghi
C. earthquake
D. Autotrophic species
D. drought
451. When classifying environments it is im-
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portant to identify the physical and chem- 456. A graphic illustration that shows each
ical features of the soil substrate. Which trophic level and the amount of useable en-
of the following are not properties that de- ergy contained within.
termine soil type? A. Food chain
A. Location, depth B. Food web
B. Texture, colour C. Energy Pyramid
C. Porosity, pH D. All of these
D. Microorganism capacity 457. What zone do the animals in the deep sea
live in?
452. When an ecosystem is affected by loss of
shelter, what happens to the populations A. Disphotic and Aphotic
in that ecosystem? B. Aphotic
A. They can decrease or die out C. Mesopelagic
B. They are usually not affected D. Bathypelagic
C. They can readily adapt to the changes
458. The actual place an organism lives is its
D. The populations increase
A. house
453. Which is an abiotic factor that would af- B. habitat
fect the growth of a population within an C. ecosystem
ecosystem?
D. environment
A. the availability of water
B. the availability of producers 459. An organism that is hunted for food
A. Predator
C. the type of herbivores present
B. Gather
D. the number of carnivores present
C. Prey
454. What is an ecological model of the rela-
D. Hunter
tionships that form a network of complex
interactions among organisms in a commu- 460. Habitats where really small organisms
nity from producers to decomposers? live is called a
A. food web A. microenvironment
B. an ecosystem B. microhabitat
C. food chain C. microbiome
D. a population D. a and b

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461. The most important organisms for an 466. Invasive species have a negative impact
ecosystem are on

A. Herbivorous A. the ecosystem
B. Carnivorous B. the economy
C. Green plants C. Both the ecosystem and the economy
D. Protozoa D. None of these
467. amount of dissolved salts in water

462. Which of the following is a type of biotic
factor? A. swamp
A. The amount of sunlight B. decomposers
B. The level of rainwater C. salinity
C. The amount of grass growing D. marsh
D. The type of soil 468. Which is NOT an abiotic factor:

A. soil
463. Which is a true statement about biomass
B. air
A. It is defined as the total mass in an en-
tire food web or ecosystem. C. bacteria;
B. The lower trophic levels have more D. water

biomass than the upper trophic levels 469. something that eats other plants and an-
C. Individual organisms at lower trophic imals for food is called a
levels tend to be bigger than those in up- A. consumer
per trophic levels
B. eater
D. none of above
C. hungry
464. Symbiotic mutualism can be seen on D. none of above
A. Ox and bird 470. The total mass of living tissue at each
B. Ants and grasshoper trophic level can be shown in a(n)
C. Dolphin and shark A. energy pyramid
D. Crocodile and bull B. pyramid of numbers
C. biomass pyramid
465. Bacteria breaking down ammonium
D. biogeochemical cycle
(NH4) into a more usable compound
known as nitrate (NH3) is best described 471. Living factors or organisms that affect an
as ecosystem
A. assimilation A. abiotic factors
B. nitrification B. species
C. evaporation C. trophic level
D. denitrification D. biotic factors

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472. These conditions enable organisms to find 477. How does energy enter an ecosystem?
enough energy and nutrients to maintain A. sunlight
homeostasis, to grow and reproduce
B. soil
A. adaptation
C. animals
B. microclimate D. invasive species
C. Tolerance
478. Habitat
D. Optimum Range
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A. The part of the earth that has living
things
473. A relationship where both species bene-
fit B. Interrelationship between plants and
animals
A. mutualism
C. A group of animals living together
B. commensalism
D. The place where species live
C. parasitism
479. Which is an example of an organism?
D. adaptation
A. a beetle
474. This is an example of population, branch B. a lake
of the ecological levels of organization: C. a rock
A. A pack of wolves D. a shell
B. A dog 480. How can humans best help an endan-
C. A turtle interacting with a lizzard gered species avoid extinction?
D. A squirrel on a tree A. they can feed the animals
B. they can put the animals in a zoo
475. A group of organisms of different species
C. they can protect the animal’s habitat
living together in a particular place is
called a D. they can take the animal to new habi-
tats
A. community
481. The process of entering one country to
B. population
take up permanent or semi-permanent res-
C. biome idence:
D. habitat A. immigration
B. emigration
476. Niche
C. migration
A. Non-living
D. supplication
B. An organisms functional role that it
plays in the community 482. An Example of an Aquatic Ecosystem:
A. tropical rain forest
C. Different species sharing the re-
sources in an ecosystem B. estuary
D. The parts of the earth that contain liv- C. taiga
ing things. D. none of above

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483. Fungi and bacteria are considered to be 488. For a given area and time period, the
A. scavengers amount of solar energy converted to chem-
ical energy in organic compounds is called

B. omnivores
A. secondary succession.
C. autotrophs
B. secondary production.
D. decomposers
C. primary production.
484. Which of the following symbiotic relation- D. primary succession.
ships is considered parasitic?
489. Estuaries are productive ecosystems be-
A. Ticks feeding on a dog cause they constantly receive nutrients
B. Bees transporting pollen from flowers from
A. rivers and oceans.
C. Pilotfish swimming under sharks B. coral reefs
D. Birds eating the insects fromo the back C. lakes and ponds
of hippo D. photosynthesis
485. Uses oxygen to release energy from glu- 490. Green plants are
cose by plants and animals.
A. producers
A. Photosynthesis
B. consumers
B. Chemosynthesis C. herbivores
C. Fermentation D. omnivores
D. Respiration
491. The largest number of individuals in a
486. Which of the following describes an inter- species that an environment can support
action between a biotic factor and an abi- long term
otic factor? A. carrying capacity
A. A pair of birds build a nest in a tree B. emigration
B. A black bear uses a cave for a winter C. immigration
home D. population density
C. A squirrel gathers nuts to store for
492. Biotic components include:
winter
A. Plants and Animals
D. A vulture eats the remains of a wild pig
B. Temperature and sunlight
487. Biomass transfers in food chains are inef- C. Wind and Rocks
ficient because.
D. Rocks and dirt
A. Organisms find it difficult to find
enough food. 493. Precipitation is part of the cycle
B. Biomass increases up the food chain A. Nitrogen
C. Not all parts of an organism are edible. B. Water (Hydrologic)
C. Carbon
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494. The bottom of a water body often has C. density-independent factot

different conditions than the surface, es- D. tolerance
pecially in the ocean. What term is used
to describe the bottom of a water body? 500. Producers get their energy from
A. Benthic A. food.
B. Turbid B. other plants.
C. Photic C. the Sun.
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D. Brackish D. none of above
495. Temperature is an example of what kind 501. All food chains
of factor?
A. have more consumers than producers
A. biotic
B. abiotic
B. produce and use same amount of en-
C. dead ergy
D. living C. begin with a producer
496. A third-level consumer has to be which D. are unhealthy
type?
502. Which symbols best describe para-
A. Carnviore. sitism?
B. Decomposer. A. +, +
C. Producer. B. +, -
D. Herbivore.
C. +, 0
497. Where an organism lives D. -, 0
A. habitat
503. What is a group of ecosystems that share
B. niche similar climates and types of organisms
C. heterotrogh called?
D. biosphere A. A community
498. Both the alga and the fungus are ben- B. A biome
efited from their relationship in a lichen. C. An ecosystem
This relationship is one of D. A biosphere
A. coomensalism
504. Which of the following is the best descrip-
B. mutualism
tion of an estuary or brackish?
C. parasitism
A. Is the ocean floor
D. symbolism
B. Where tidewater makes a river.
499. Biotic or abiotic things that control the C. Is coastal water that is more salty than
size of a population the ocean.
A. Limiting factor D. Is an area where fresh and saltwater
B. density-dependent factor mix.

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505. Which statement is correct? A. Direct sunlight, exposure to the air

A. A population is the same as a commu- B. They must be used to all of these con-

nity ditions
B. A community is a group of populations C. Saltwater and waves
D. Regularly changing sea levels
C. A community is a part of a population
511. What contains numerous producers and
D. A population is a group of communities
many consumers on several trophic levels
506. All of the following are abiotic factors of A. food chain
a habitat except
B. food pyramid
A. soil
C. food niche
B. plants
D. food web
C. water
512. The series of predictable changes that oc-
D. weather
cur in a community over time is called
507. An ecologist who studies how several A. natural selection
species in an area interact with one an-
other and with the abiotic parts of the en- B. ecology
vironment is interested in the biological or- C. commensalism
ganization level called a(n) D. succession
A. organism
513. A diagram that can show the relative
B. population
amounts of energy, biomass, or numbers
C. community of organisms at each trophic level in an
D. ecosystem ecosystem.
A. food chain
508. What biome is the deep sea a part of?
B. ecological pyramid
A. Water
C. food web
B. Ocean
D. ecological triangle
C. Desert
D. Aquatic 514. breaks down dead organisms
A. autotroph
509. Which of the following is not example of
ecosystem? B. scavenger
A. Group of gazelle C. decomposer
B. Desert D. parasite
C. Tropical forest 515. What do invasive species do when they
D. River enter into a new area?
510. What types of conditions do organisms A. Die because they cannot survive
living in an intertidal zone need to be used B. Take over the area and edge out the
to? native competition

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C. Enter the food chain and maintain bal- 521. What is a natural unit consisting of all
ance the biotic and abiotic factors which inter-
D. Breed with existing species act with each other in a given area?
A. Environment
516. Most invasive species get from their na-
tive ecosystem by: B. Ecosystem
A. the exotic pet trade C. Habitat

B. transported by human D. Niche
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C. planted in landscapes 522. Study of interactions between organisms
D. all of the answers and their environment
A. niche
517. Any relationship in which two species live
closely together is called , which means B. community
“living together.” C. ecology
A. mutualism D. ecosystem
B. commensalism
523. The number of species in a community is
C. symbiosis
called the
D. predation
A. species population.
518. Nitrogen is released to the abiotic parts B. species index.
of the of the biosphere from the processes
of death and C. species diversity.
A. decay by bacteria D. species richness.
B. infiltration of the groundwater 524. The ecosystem with the greatest sustain-
C. runoff ability will be the one that has the-
D. lightning in the storm and clouds A. greatest variety of different organisms
519. A species of animal or plant that is seri-

B. highest annual precipitation
ously at risk of extinction.
C. lowest population of harmful insects
A. Mass Extinction
D. fastest growing season of green
B. Biodiversity
plants
C. Solitary Species
D. Endangered Species 525. Which of the following situations con-
tributes to stability in an ecosystem?
520. A carnivore eats only other animals. A. increase in biodiversity
Which is an example?
B. decrease in biodiversity
A. Bison
C. extinction of a population from the
B. Elephant ecosystem
C. Caterpillar D. removal of many populations of organ-
D. Coyote isms

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526. are consumers that eat only meat. C. limiting factor

A. Herbivore D. growth factor

B. Omnivore
532. A hurricane is an example of a
C. Carnivore
A. density-independent factor.
D. none of above
B. density-dependent factor.
527. Which species are often pioneer species?
C. carrying capacity.
A. cattails and algae
D. symbiosis.
B. pinetrees and oaks
C. sagebrush and tumbleweed 533. Which biome is characterized by low tem-
D. lichen and moss peratures and low amounts of rainfall?
A. Tundra
528. In order for population to grow
B. Hot Desert
A. death rate must be higher than birth
rate C. Temperate Deciduous Forest
B. heart rate must be lower than death D. Tropical Rainforest
rate
C. birth rate must equal death rate 534. Uses chemicals as a source of energy by
bacteria.
D. birth rate must be higher than death
rate A. Photosynthesis
B. Chemosynthesis
529. A group of individuals belonging to a sin-
gle species that live together in a defined C. Fermentation
area is termed a(n) D. Respiration
A. population
B. community 535. Productivity (of an organism, trophic
level or ecosystem) is the ratio amongst
C. ecosystem
D. family A. Production of Biomass and Biomass.
530. What is NOT an effect humans are having B. Biomass and production of biomass of
on animals in ocean ecosystems a trophic level.
A. Polluting their water C. Gross production of biomass and
B. Over fishing areas biomass in a ecosystem.
C. Trapping Marine life in nets D. none of above
D. Increasing habitats
536. Tertiary consumers are also known as
531. A biotic or an abiotic resource in the en- A. Plants
vironment that causes population size to
decrease is a B. Apex
A. carrying capacity C. Omnivores
B. limiting nutrient D. Fruitvores

10.1 Ecosystem 1360
537. Which of the following requires maxi- 543. Which vertebrate groups are warm
mum energy? blooded (have a constant body tempera-
A. Secondary consumer ture)
B. Decomposer A. only mammals and birds
C. Primary consume B. mammals, birds and reptiles
D. Primary producer C. only mammals
D. all vertebrates are warm blooded
538. Members of different populations can no
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longer mate successfully 544. States that no 2 species can occupy the
A. behavioral isolation same niche at the same time
B. geographic isolation A. competitive exclusion principle
C. reproductive isolation B. ecology
D. temporal isolation C. niche vs habitat
D. Frask’s ecology statement
539. All of the factors listed are abiotic factors
of this underwater ecosystem EXCEPT the 545. Groups of different species that live to-
A. sunlight gether in a defined area make up a(n)
B. water currents A. population
C. fish population B. community
D. water temperature C. ecosystem
D. biosphere
540. A non native species to an area. Added
accidentally or deliberately by humans. 546. A community is
A. Native Species A. individuals from all populations
B. Accidental Species B. biotic factors
C. Introduced Species C. abiotic factors
D. none of above D. nonorganic compounds
541. All of the nonliving parts of an ecosystem 547. Which abiotic factor has the LEAST effect
are on the ability of organisms to live in a cave
A. biography A. The amount of energy
B. biotic B. The amount of oxygen
C. abiotic C. The amount of water available
D. biology D. The shape of the cave
542. A group of bunnies living in the forest is 548. As you move upward, from level to level,
an example of a in an energy pyramid, energy
A. Population A. increases
B. Ecosystem B. decreases
C. Individual C. stays the same
D. Community D. increases exponentially

10.1 Ecosystem 1361
549. Which of the following is found within 554. Plants growing under shade are known
the nitrogen cycle? as

A. evaporation A. Psamophytes Sciophytes Monocots
B. combustion B. Sciophytes
C. erosion C. Heliophytes
D. Monocots
D. ammonification
555. A symbiotic relationship in which one
550. This kingdom contains ONLY multicellular species benefits and the other is harmed
autotrophs
A. mutualism
A. Archaebacteria
B. predation
B. Fungi C. commensalism
C. Plantae D. parasitism
D. Eubacteria
556. Other than all the living things what else
is an essential component of all ecosys-
551. From which source do almost all produc-
tems?
ers obtain their energy?
A. Water
A. sunlight
B. All the non-living parts.
B. herbivores
C. Location
C. decaying matter
D. The plants
D. hydrothermal pools
557. The movement of individuals away from
552. Why are there so few aquatic plants a population
and phytoplankton that live at the bottom A. emigration
zones in the ocean?
B. immigration
A. The ocean floor contains many decom- C. dispersion
posers
D. population density
B. Most sunlight is absorbed before
reaching these levels 558. Which of the following is a key character-
istic of most invasive species?
C. Water is a limiting factor
A. Ability to breathe in the air & in the wa-
D. The temperature in these zones is exter
tremely low
B. Large, sharp teeth
553. A species that is not native to an area is C. Produce many offspring
called:
D. Is a top predator
A. Native Species
559. Which of the following would be classi-
B. Natural Species fied as a decomposer?
C. Invasive Species A. a fox
D. Symbiotic Species B. a cherry tree

10.1 Ecosystem 1362
C. bacterium C. Study of the organisms’s habitat

D. a blue jay D. Study of matter
560. What is the main cause for species invad- 566. In a meadow ecosystem, a population of
ing? rabbits increases. What populations are
most likely to increase as a result?
A. Air Pollution
A. foxes, hawks, and other predators of
B. Wanting to be adventerous
the rabbits
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C. Human Means B. leafy plants that rabbits eat
D. Themselves C. rabbits that live elsewhere
561. An organism that hunts and feeds on an- D. worms that live in the meadow soil
other organism is a
567. What states that no two species can oc-
A. prey cupy exactly the same niche in exactly the
B. producer same habitat at the same time
C. predator A. competitive inclusion principle
D. decomposer B. competitive exclusion principle
C. competitive adaptation
562. wetland dominated by woody plants
D. competitive nice principle
A. swamp
568. What happens to the temperature of the
B. profundal zone
aquatic ecosystem as depth increases?
C. littoral zone
A. Increases because there is more light
D. marsh
563. The process in which toxins accumulate B. Decreases because there is less light
in the tissues of organisms as they pass C. No change
through a food chain/web. D. Increases because of volcanic activity
A. Eutrophication
569. Aquatic ecosystem that has a thin layer
B. Ecological succession of water covering soil that is wet most of
C. Biomagnification the time is called
D. Symbiosis A. wetland
B. estuary
564. Which is the predator?
C. lake
A. Tree
D. puddle
B. Lion
570. Each level in a food chain contains less en-
C. Giraffe
ergy than the one below it because some
D. none of above of the energy is
565. What is ecology? A. lost as heat
A. The scientific study about interaction B. added to the system
among organisms and their interaction C. consumed by carnivores
B. The study of living things D. incorporated into biomass

10.1 Ecosystem 1363
571. Runoff fertilizer and livestock waste C. reproduce

from farms can add to the of a pond? D. make their own food

A. nutrients
577. In which ecosystem can the greatest va-
B. oxygen riety of organisms be found?
C. pollution A. Lake
D. biotic factors B. Desert
572. This kingdom contains ONLY multicellular C. Rain Forest
organisms D. Estuary
A. Archaebacteria 578. Which statement most accurately de-
B. Eubacteria scribes pollution?
C. Protist A. Being nasty.
D. Animalia B. Not cleaning/sanitizing your environ-
ment.
573. What is the MAIN thing that uses up our C. The presence in or introduction into
energy (but not ALL of our energy!)? the environment of a substance which has
A. Used in reproduction harmful or poisonous effects.
B. Stored as body fat D. None of the above
C. Stored as body tissue 579. In a food web, each depends on the
D. Given off as heat trophic level below it for energy.
A. consumer
574. A caterpillar hibernates in a cocoon and
emerges as a butterfly. B. producer
A. All living things adapt to their environ- C. decomposer
ment D. detritivore
B. All living things use energy 580. A includes all living and non-living
C. All living things respond to their envi- things in an environment.
ronment A. population
D. All living things grow B. niche
575. Camouflage typically evolves as a result C. abitotic
of D. ecosystem
A. mutualism. 581. Zooxanthellae (an algae) that lives
B. herbivory. within the coral cannot live in water tem-
peratures below 18 degrees celcius, and
C. predation.
above 35 degrees celcius. This range is
D. interspecific competition. know as the:
576. Organisms that are classified as au- A. The survival range.
totrophic are able to- B. Optimum range.
A. be seen with the human eye C. Tolerance range.
B. move D. Zone of intolerance.

10.1 Ecosystem 1364
582. Large geographic areas with similar cli- 587. All of the populations that live in one area
mates and ecosystems. (Tundra, Desert, together
Grassland, etc) A. limiting factors
A. Niche B. populations
B. Ecosystem C. community
C. Biomes D. speed limit
D. Habitat
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588. An eats both plants and animals.
583. How do adaptations help animals? A. carnivore
B. omnivore
A. To escape animals
C. herbivore
B. to hunt for food
D. producer
C. to survive in their habitats
D. All of these are correct 589. Heterotrophs that prey on other het-
erotrophs, such as wolves, lions, and
584. The sum total of a population’s use of the lynxes are called
biotic and abiotic resources of its habitat A. carnivore
constitutes its B. herbivore
A. evolution. C. omnivore
B. range. D. decomposer
C. niche. 590. What does a pyramid of numbers dis-
D. environment. play?
A. a chain of feeding relationships
585. A community that is specific, uniform and
stable is called a B. a network of feeding relationships
A. adapt community C. the amount of biomass in an ecosys-

tem
B. climax community
D. the number of organisms in an ecosys-
C. new commuinty tem
D. balanced community 591. Which group of vertebrates is found only
in water?
586. A niche
A. Fish
A. is the function that an organism per-
forms in the food web of that community. B. Crustaceans
C. Amphibians
B. includes everything else the organism D. Fish and amphibians
does and needs in its environment.
592. Which of the following is a factor that
C. is specific to each individual animal influences where an organism lives in an
and plant. aquatic ecosystem?
D. All of the above. A. sunlight

10.1 Ecosystem 1365
B. nutrient availability 598. The bottom area where production is less

C. temperature than respiration in a pond ecosystem is
termed as

D. all of the above
A. Profundal zone
593. An organism that cannot make its own B. Tidal zone
food
C. Benthic zone
A. consumer
D. Limnetic zone
B. producer
C. tree 599. Organisms that digest molecules in or-
ganic material and convert them into inor-
D. leaf ganic forms are
594. What does fungi do to dead plants and A. detritivores.
animals? B. primary producers.
A. Leave them there C. decomposers.
B. Decompose them D. primary consumers.
C. Wait for other animals to eat them
600. An illustration that uses arrows to show
D. Move away the MANY possible directions in which
matter and energy can pass through the
595. NON-living things found in an ecosys-
organisms in an ecosystem.
tem.
A. Food chain
A. biotic
B. Food web
B. abiotic
C. Energy Pyramid
C. habitat
D. Succession Map
D. nich
601. Any necessity essential for live is called
596. Greater genetic variation in a population
A. food
A. more likely some individuals will sur-
vive B. water
B. causes more problems C. a resource
C. mutations are more likely to occur D. shelter
D. more likely some individuals will mi- 602. The term abiotic means;-
grate A. Not a robot or robotic
597. A food chain is? B. Living Things
A. Overlapping food chains in an ecosys- C. Water based environments
tem. D. Non-living things
B. The amount of energy that moves from
603. Food chain always starts with
one feeding level to another in a food web.
A. Photosynthesis
C. A series of events in which one organ- B. Respiration
ism eats another and obtains energy. C. Nitrogen fixation
D. biotic and abiotic factors in an area. D. Decay

10.1 Ecosystem 1366
604. When a disturbance affects an existing B. Members of the same species that in-
community but doesn’t completely destroy habit a particular area
it what occurs? C. Populations interacting within an
A. primary succession ecosystem
B. secondary succession D. The interaction of the biotic and abiotic
parts of an ecosystem
C. secondary adaptation
D. primary adaptation 610. The ocean ecosystem has a high sustain-
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ability because of
605. What do all Eukaryotic cells contain? A. strong, persistent currents
A. Cell Wall B. predator/prey relationships
B. Nucleus C. green plants growing on the bottom
C. Chlorophyll D. the large variety of different organ-
D. Chloroplast isms
611. Which organism make their own food
606. There are 150 dogs per square kilometer
through the process of photosynthesis?
in Milton-Freewater. To which population
characteristic does this information refer? A. decomposer
A. growth rate B. consumer
B. geographic distribution C. herbivore
D. producer
C. age structure
D. population density 612. The carrying capacity of an environment
for a particular species at a particular time
607. Insecticides are washed into rivers. Fish is determined by the
insecticides. A. number of individuals in the species.
A. Absorb B. distribution of the population.
B. Eat C. reproductive potential of the species.
C. Respire D. supply of the most limited resources
D. Recycle 613. The amount of energy that usually trans-
608. Regions of the planet with similar types fers from one trophic level to the next
of life and climates are called A. 10%
A. biomes B. 20%
B. kingdoms C. 80%
C. spheres D. 50%
D. systems 614. Photosynthesis makes

A. Glucose
609. Which of the following best describes a
community? B. Leaves
A. The portion of Earth where living C. Sun
things exist D. Water

10.1 Ecosystem 1367
615. A baby song bird hatches from its egg 621. what is at the bottom of the food chain
with both parent songbirds watching.
A. plants

A. All living things reproduce
B. nachos
B. All living things maintain homeostasis
C. pizza
C. All living things use energy
D. All living things grow D. apex predators
616. What is another name for producer? 622. The place where an organism lives is its
A. consumer
B. herbivore A. habitat
C. autotroph B. abiotic
D. lichen C. ecosystem
617. The total of all genetically based varia- D. community
tion in all organisms in the biosphere is
called 623. Where is DNA found within a Eukaryotic
A. differentation cell?
B. superdiversity A. nucleus
C. biodiversity B. ribosomes
D. diversity C. vacuole
618. The study of how living organisms inter- D. cytoplasm
act with each other and their environment
is called 624. This includes several types of ecosys-
A. Biology tems, including continental shelves and in-
tertidal zones.
B. Biomeology
C. Ecology A. coral reefs
D. Entomology B. tropical oceans
619. network of interconnected food chains C. open oceans

A. ecosystem D. coastal oceans
B. food web
625. A community is composed of
C. trophic levels
A. living organisms and their nonliving en-
D. biological community
vironment.
620. What type of organism always ends the B. one species of organism living in a spe-
food chain? cific environment on Earth.
A. Producer (Plants)
C. the factors that constitute an organ-
B. Consumers (Organisms) ism’s niche.
C. Predators (Organisms) D. potentially interacting populations of
D. Decomposers different kinds of organisms.

10.2 Biodiversity And Its Conservation 1368
626. When soil washes into a river from a 629. A bee depends on certain flowers for
stream or from land, what is added to the food. The flowers depend on the bee to
water?
A. dirt A. Carry pollen for reproduction
B. oxygen B. Make sugars for photosynthesis
C. rocks C. Remove waste for healthy growth
D. nutrients D. Sting herbivores for protection
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627. Who organized living things by creating 630. What are the producers in the deep sea
binomial nomenclature? ecosystem?
A. Algae and plankton
A. Carolus Linnaeus
B. Algae and fish
B. Robert Hooke
C. There are not any producers
C. Anton van Leeuwenhoek
D. none of above
D. James Watson
631. What is a carnivore?
628. Temperature, light, air, water, and soil
are all parts of the environment A. An organism that only eats plants
B. An organism that only eats other ani-
A. alive
mals
B. biotic
C. An organism that eats plants and ani-
C. abiotic mals
D. living D. none of above
10.2 Biodiversity And Its Conservation

1. Differences in DNA among individuals 3. Which factor has the greatest impact on
refers to what? a country’s rate of natural resource con-
sumption?
A. Ecosystem diversity
A. land area
B. Species diversity
B. population
C. Genetic Diversity
C. industrialization
D. none of above
D. availability of resources
2. By far, the biggest cause of biodiversity 4. Which type of organism dwarfs all others
loss today is in terms of species diversity?
A. climate change. A. plants
B. over-harvesting. B. mammals
C. habitat change and fragmentation. C. insects
D. pollution. D. protists

5. The U.S. legislation designed specifically to 10. Raising and breeding organisms in con-
protect organisms such as manatees, polar trolled conditions, such as zoos or aquar-
bears, sea otters, and sea lions is the iums

A. Endangered Species Act A. cloning
B. National Marine Fisheries Act B. SSP (Species Survival Plan)
C. Marine Mammal Protection Act C. Captive Breeding
D. The Lacey Act D. none of above
11. The variety of ecosystems present in the

6. Nonnative species that are transported to
biosphere is called:
a new habitat.
A. species diversity
A. introduced species
B. genetic diversity
B. new species
C. ecosystem diversity
C. intrusive species
D. biome diversity
D. innovative
12. an ecosystem with increasing plant and an-
7. Which has indirect economic value? imals is said to have which diversity?
A. ecosystems that decompose wastes A. ecosystem diversity
B. organisms that provide food and shel- B. genetics diversity
ter C. species diversity
C. plants that contain medicinal sub- D. NONE
stances
D. species that have desirable genetic 13. What is bioremediation?
traits A. The process of isolating and making
copies of a DNA segment.
8. The larger the area the the biodiver-
B. Using living organisms to get rid of
sity
toxic waste.
A. Lower C. The process of cloning genes to trans-
B. Higher form bacterial cells.
C. there is no relationship D. none of above
D. none of above 14. There’s been five major ones. We think
this due to rapid change of climate, natu-
9. When excess nutrients make their way ral disaster (volcanic eruption, meteorite
into the waterways in runoff from lawns: impact?), so species die as they can’t sur-
A. fish populations increase vive the change in conditions.
B. algal blooms increase A. Mass extinction
C. frog population increases B. Hot Spots
D. people get more vitamins in their wa- C. Keystone Species

ter D. Background Extinction

15. Which is most likely to be an indicator C. Ecological diversity

species? D. All of the above
A. tree frogs
21. During the long period ( > 3 billion years)
B. Rabbits since theorigin and diversification of life
C. Horseshoe crabs on earth there arehow many episodes of
mass extinction of species?
D. Sharks
A. 4
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16. What is the definition of Endemic Species?
B. 5
A. a species of bug
C. 6
B. an extinct species
D. 7
C. Species found in more than one loca-
tion 22. What is the name of a common biodiver-
sity index?
D. Species found in only one location
A. Living
17. Adding natural predators to a degraded B. Carr
ecosystem is called
C. Elton
A. Biological remediation
D. Simpson
B. Biological augmentation
23. Name an advantage of using a seed bank
C. Biological magnifcation
as ex situ conservation
D. Biological introduction
A. Funding for conserving plants is
18. Among animals, the most species rich tax- harder to gain than for animals
onomic groupis B. Seeds loose viability over time
A. Fungi C. Large number of seeds can be stored
B. Vertebrates in a relatively small area
C. Invertebrates D. none of above
D. Crustacean 24. Which of these describes genetic diver-

sity?
19. Geographic isolation for a long period of
A. number of different species in an
time can lead to the creation of a new
ecosystem
A. fossil
B. the number of species on the planet
B. environment
C. variety in genotypes across a popula-
C. species tion
D. none of above D. number of populations in an ecosys-
tem
20. Deserts. rain forests. mangroves. coral
reefs, wetlands, estuaries and alpine 25. Which is the National Aquatic Animal of In-
meadows can be employed to describe dia
A. Genetic diversity A. Gangetic shark
B. Species diversity B. River dolphin

C. Blue whale 31. The genetic variation shown by Rauwolfia

might be in terms of
D. Sea horse

A. Potency of Reserpine
26. is the gradual process of species be- B. Concentration of Reserpine
coming extinct.
C. Fragrance of Reserpine
A. Extinction
D. Both A and B
B. Background extinction
32. What is sustainability?
C. Mass extinction
A. to maintain an ecological balance in
D. Species extinction our planet.
B. no to use the natural resources
27. Which is NOT a type of biodiversity we are
working to conserve? C. the use of ocean resources only
A. genetic D. the use of scientific tecnology to save
the planet
B. systems
33. Events when extinction rates far exceed
C. ecosystems
the normal background rate
D. species A. Background Extinction
28. The movement of soil from one are to an- B. Mass Extinction
other by wind or water is called C. General Extinction
A. Erosion D. none of above
B. Natural Hazards 34. Acts as a symbol for an environmental
C. Landslides habitat, movement, campaign or issue.
They can be mascots for entire ecosys-
D. Renewable resources tems.
29. As biodiversity decreases, the sustainabil- A. Indicator Species

ity of an ecosystem B. Flagship Species
A. Increases C. Predators
B. Decreases D. I like turtles!
C. Stays the same 35. A species is likely to become endangered

soon.
D. All of these are correct
A. threatened
30. River barriers such as dams cause species B. endangered
endangerment because of
C. extinct
A. exotic species introduction D. extirpated
B. direct exploitation
36. Which organization publishes the Red List
C. habitat alteration of species is
D. pollution A. ICFRE

B. IUCN B. tropical rain forests

C. UNEP C. polar ice regions
D. WWF D. rocks
37. includes thing like minerals, fossil 42. What is the process of using living organ-
fuels, plants, animals, clean water, and so- isms to detoxify a location?
lar energy.
A. nonrenewable
A. Overexpoitation
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B. endemic
B. Natural Resources
C. bioremediation
C. Nonrenewable Resources
D. renewable
D. none of above
43. Which area would have less biodiversity?
38. Which of these is NOT a factor that makes
a better nature reserve? A. desert
A. smaller size B. forest
B. less “edge” C. ocean

C. clustered reserves rather than frag- D. lake
mented
44. Conservation organizations buy the rights
D. habitat corridors to conserve resources, instead of harvest-
ing them.
39. What is mean by in situ?
A. Debt for nature swap
A. Protection, upliftment and scientific
management to biodiversity B. conservation concession
B. The preservation of components of bi- C. Economic assist
ological outside their natural habitats D. none of above
C. The conservation of species in their
natural habitats 45. An event in which a large percentage of
all living species become extinct in a rela-
D. none of above tively short period of time.
40. are all materials and organisms found A. Habitat fragmentation
in the biosphere, including minerals, fos- B. Mass extinction
sil fuels, plants, animals, soil, clean water,
etc. C. Overexploitation
A. Natural resources D. Background extinction
B. Renewable resources 46. Which of the following is NOT one of the
C. Non-renewable resources major causes of biodiversity loss?
D. Pollutants A. Pollution
B. Invasive species
41. Where are many biodiversity hotspots lo-
cated? C. Climate change
A. deserts D. Captive breeding programs

47. The use of living natural organisms to C. Wildlife may try to eat plastics and
detoxify a polluted area? choke on them.

A. Biological Augmentation D. Trash and litter removes their camou-
flage.
B. Introduced Species
C. Bioremediation 53. what are the 3 types of biodiversity?
D. none of above A. Genetic, forest, aquatic
B. Agriculture, pharmaceutical, defor-
48. For which human activity is sustainable estation
use not possible?
C. Genetic, Species, Ecosystem
A. farming
D. Biology, chemistry, geography
B. logging
54. The separation of an ecosystem into small
C. oil drilling
pieces of land is called:
D. commercial fishing
A. edge effect
49. Pollution damages ecosystems and de- B. edge fragmentation
creases biodiversity by doing what? C. habitat effect
A. Causing genetic diversity D. habitat fragmentation
B. Causing species diversity
55. A declining population of one species can
C. Releasing harmful substances affect an entire what???
D. none of above A. Edge effect
50. Which of the following group exhibit more B. Habitat
species diversity C. Ecosystem
A. Angiosperm D. Community
B. Algae 56. Different environmental, or ecosystem,
C. Bryophytes conditions along an ecosystem’s bound-
aries.
D. Fungi
A. bio effect
51. A species that is at a serious risk of facing
B. ecosystem effect
extinction is considered to be
C. edge effect
A. Threatened
D. habitat effect
B. Endagered
57. happens when fertilizers, animal
C. Extinct
waste, sewage or other substances rich in
D. Exterminated nitrogen and phosphorus are lost into wa-
terways causing excessive algae growth.
52. Which is one reason that trash and litter
can hurt wildlife? A. Eutrophication
A. Wildlife are afraid of human garbage. B. Introduced species
B. Trash covers the scent of other ani- C. Biological Augmentation
mals they are hunting. D. Nonrenewable Resource

58. U.S. law that protects biodiversity, passed A. Nitrification

in 1973
B. Denitrification
A. CITES
C. Phosphorylation
B. Convention on Biological
D. Eutrophication
C. Endangered Species Act
D. none of above 64. An event in which a large percentage of
all living species become extinct in a rela-
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59. Overexploitation was once the main cause tively short period of time is called
of what?
A. Species Extinction
A. Biodiversity
B. Mass Extinction
B. Extinction
C. Ecosystem Extinction
C. pollution
D. none of above D. Extinction
60. Which of the following is an example of 65. Campsites encourage campers to not bring
a method for managing whole ecosystems any left over firewood with them
and habitats? A. Because the wood belongs to the
A. captive breeding campsite
B. cloning B. Because other campsites will not
C. Species Survival Plans (SSPs) make a profit off of selling firewood
D. mapping biodiversity hotspots C. to prevent the spread of species from
their native environment
61. The variety of life in an area (number of
different species in an area) is called D. none of above
A. Biome 66. The variety of life in an area that is deter-

B. Biodiversity mined by the number of different species
in that area.
C. Diversity
D. Biomass A. Biodiversity
B. Genetic diversity
62. A species is defined as endangered when
it C. Species diversity
A. suffers from damage to its habitat. D. Ecosystem diversity
B. suffers from disease or predation.
67. Biodiversity has value regardless of its
C. when there are hazards to the contin- usefulness to humans. What is the biodi-
ued life of the species. versity value of that?
D. all of the above A. Practical value
63. occurs when fertilizers, animal waste, B. Intrinsic value
sewage, and other substances with lots of
C. Aesthetic value
nitrogen and phosphorous flow into water-
ways, causing extensive algae growth. D. Ecological value

68. Invasive species thrive in their new envi- 73. Bans international trade in body parts of
ronments due to endangered species.

A. Few predators A. CITES
B. Reproducing quickly B. Convention on Biological
C. Quick adaptability C. Endangered Species Act
D. All of the above D. none of above
69. A region that includes tigers, eagles, 74. Renewable & Nonrenewable resources are
lizards, fish, rabbits, and many other two classes of what???
types of organisms would be described as
A. Biodiversity
having a high level of
B. Natural resources
A. taxonomic diversity.
C. Habitat loss
B. genetic diversity.
D. Fragmentation
C. ecosystem diversity.
D. species diversity. 75. Finding dead fish in a body of water is
an indicator of eutrophication. This means
70. Connect habitat fragments enabling once-
isolated populations to interbreed
A. There are not enough nutrients in the
A. Wildlife tunnels water
B. Wildlife over passes B. The flow rate of water has increased
C. wildlife corridors C. There is an excess of nutrients in the
water
D. wildlife corss walks
D. There was too much oxygen in the wa-
71. Tigers living in warm climates have thin- ter
ner coats of fur than tigers living in cool
climates. This is a result of 76. Speciation is generally a function of
A. genetic diversity. A. Area
B. species diversity. B. Volume
C. ecosystem diversity. C. Time
D. genera diversity. D. None of the above
72. The variation in Rauwolfia vomitoria 77. The number of different species and the rel-
growing in different Himalayan regions is ative abundance of each species in a biolog-
an example of ical community is called:
A. Genetic diversity A. species diversity
B. Species diversity B. genetic diversity
C. Species diversity C. ecosystem diversity
D. none of above D. biome diversity

78. Which one BEST describes a nonrenewable B. Zone of Aeration

resource? C. Aquifer
A. It is one that will run out one day and D. Drainage Basin
can’t be replaced.
B. It will last for about 100 years. 84. The latitudinal gradient is a natural pat-
tern in which species diversity generally
C. It can be replaced again and again.
A. increases toward the equator.
D. It will never run out.
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B. decreases toward the prime meridian.
79. Cowbirds benefit from the because
they forage in open areas but lay eggs just C. decreases in warmer climates.
inside the woodlands.
D. estivation.
A. biodiversity effect
85. Program to save individual species, in-
B. edge effect
cludes captive breeding, education, and re-
C. corridor effect search
D. migration effect A. cloning
80. The excessive use, or overuse, of a B. SSP (Species Survival Plan)
species, often leading to extinction. C. Captive Breeding
A. overexcitation D. none of above
B. overexploitation
86. What are species called that are found only
C. overusification in one geographic location?
D. overbioviolation A. nonrenewable
81. A method of using living things, such as B. endemic
bacteria, plants, or fungi, to remove tox- C. bioremediation
ins from a polluted area.
D. renewable
A. bioeffect
87. Which type of biodiversity increases as
B. bioendangerment
you move geographically from the polar re-
C. bioeutrophication gions to the equator?
D. bioremediation A. ecosystem diversity
82. An organism that is native to one specific B. genetic diversity
geographic area. C. social diversity
A. common D. species diversity
B. endemic 88. Which is NOT one of the three main levels
C. endangered of biodiversity?
D. pandemic A. species
83. An area underground that water flows B. genetic

through is called an C. ecosystem
A. Water Table D. general

89. Which of the following types of organisms C. endemic

experience seasonal loss of leaves as an D. threatened
adaptation?

A. coniferous trees 95. To manage, protect, and reintroduce
threatened and endangered species are the
B. succulent plants
goals of
C. deciduous trees
A. wildlife corridors.
D. grasses
B. conservation concessions.
90. The major cause of extinction is C. Species Survival Plans.
A. climate change D. biodiversity hotspots.
B. habitat destruction
96. This is the extinction of a species one by
C. pollution one, not a sudden loss of many species
D. poaching
A. background extinction
91. Which is not a renewable resource? B. mass extinction
A. solar energy C. fragmentation
B. fossil fuels D. biotic potential
C. agricultural plants
97. Which biome has the highest biodiver-
D. clean water sity?
92. What are resources call that are found in A. Tundra
limited amounts or are replaced by natural B. Deciduous forest
processes over extremely long periods of
time? C. Desert
A. nonrenewable D. Tropical Rainforest
B. endemic 98. What is the primary factor that has endan-
C. bioremediation gered the North American bison and the
white rhinoceros?
D. renewable
A. habitat loss
93. What two factors would make biodiver-
sity increase? B. eutrophication
A. Tornadoes and hurricanes C. overexploitation
B. Large amount of producers and water D. nonnative predators
99. What is the variety of ecosystems that are

C. More predators and competition present in the biosphere?
D. The water cycle and ocean warming A. species diversity
94. a species at risk, but not yet endangered B. genetic diversity
A. endangered C. ecosystem diversity
B. exotic D. biodiversity

100. There are several categories for a conser- B. biomass

vation. Which of the option below is not
C. wind
correct?
D. sun
A. Species that are under threat of extinc-
tion 106. What is the IUCN label for species that
B. Species of ecological importance are at high risk of extinction?
C. Species that have economic value to A. Threatened
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humans
B. Near-threatened
D. Species that are favorite for humans
C. Species of special concern
101. Variety of species in a given area refers D. Endemic
to what?
A. Ecosystem diversity 107. Adding natural predators to a degraded
ecosystem is called what???
B. Species diversity
C. Genetic Diversity A. Bioremediation
D. none of above B. Biological augmentation

C. Endemic
102. Which endangered population in the
United States has benefitted from a highly D. Sustainable use
successful captive breeding program?
108. Species that are clearly critical to the
A. Grey Wolf functioning of an ecosystem are known as
B. Northern Bison
A. biodiversity
C. California Condor
B. keystone species
D. American Alligator
C. main species
103. High levels of biodiversity tend to D. native species
A. have little or no effect on ecosystems.
109. The theory of evolution says that living
things
B. decrease an ecosystem’s resistance.
C. make an ecosystem less resilient. A. grow and develop
D. increase the stability of an ecosystem. B. change over time

C. stay the same throughout history
104. Which resource is nonrenewable?
D. change very quickly
A. agricultural plants
B. clean water 110. Organisms with the most beneficial traits
C. forest timber will survive. This is commonly known as
D. mineral deposits A. theory of evolution.

B. variations.
105. Which of the following is NOT a potential
source of sustainable energy? C. survival of the fittest.
A. oil D. ecosystems.

111. The variety of species in a particular area B. species diversity

is known as: C. biome diversity

A. biospeciation D. ecosystem diversity
B. biodiversity
117. Species that are only found in a specific
C. species variety geographic area are
D. species assortment A. Introduced species
112. An example of an aesthetic value of bio- B. Local species
diversity would be: C. Endemic
A. enjoying a hike through a beautiful for- D. Biodiversity hot spot
est
118. What is the correct hierarchy of taxo-
B. having clean drinking water
nomic groups, from largest to smallest?
C. nutrient rich soil
A. family, genus, species, subspecies
D. catching lots of fish when fishing
B. genus, family, subspecies, species
113. The region of Biosphere Reserve which is C. family, genus, subspecies, species
legally protected and where no human ac-
D. genus, family, species, subspecies
tivity is allowed is known as
A. Buffer zone 119. Where are most extinctions likely to oc-
cur in the near future?
B. Transition zone
A. deserts
C. Restoration zone
B. grasslands
D. Core zone
C. tropical forests
114. What are resources called that are re-
D. temperate forests
placed by natural processes faster than
they are consumed? 120. If we accept May’s global estimates.
A. nonrenewable then the totalspecies that have been
recorded so far are about
B. endemic
A. 70%
C. bioremediation
B. 22%
D. renewable
C. 68%
115. What is mean by biodiversity D. 8.1%
A. Variety of human life
121. What happens when species become ex-
B. Variety of plant and human life tinct?
C. Variety of community A. a few are still alive
D. none of above B. the adults are dead but some eggs still
116. The variety of genes or inheritable char- have not hatched
acteristics that are present in a population C. the whole species does not exist
compromises its: D. the species do not exist in some parts
A. genetic diversity of the world

122. A place that stores seeds to preserve 128. Inserting DNA from an endangered
their genes for future use is known as a(n) species into a cultured egg cell; process
involves implanting eggs into mothers of
A. Botanical reserve closely related species
B. Plant depository A. cloning
C. Seed bank B. SSP (Species Survival Plan)
D. Herbarium C. Captive Breeding
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123. is the number of different ecosystems D. none of above
in a biosphere.
129. What is the major law in the United
A. Species diversity States that protects biodiversity?
B. Genetic diversity A. Convention on Biological Diversity
C. Ecosystem diversity
B. Endangered Species Act
D. Biodiversity
C. US Fish and Wildlife Service
124. Naturally occurring extinctions, occurring D. Species Survival Plan
one species at a time
A. Background Extinction 130. is the increase of toxic substances in
B. Mass Extinction organisms as you go up the trophic levels
in a food chain or web.
C. Natural Extinction
A. Biological magnification
D. Slow Extinction
B. Biological augmentation
125. Term Biodiversity was popularized by
C. Biological pollution
A. Paul Ehlrich
D. Biological toxicity
B. David Tilman
C. Edward Wilson 131. Resources that are replaced by natural
D. Robert May processes faster than they are consumed
are called (example:solar power)
126. The separation of a habitat into small A. Renewable resources
pieces of land is called
B. Nonrenewable resources
A. Corridors
B. Habitat C. Natural resources
C. Human interference D. Manufactured resources

D. Habitat Fragmentation 132. Which of the following terms describes
127. Which is the most direct way in which bio- the net amount of organic matter that an
diversity can provide a source of income? ecosystem or biome produces?
A. medicines A. gross production

B. ecotourism B. net productivity
C. research C. photosynthetic mass
D. agriculture D. net primary production

133. A species that plays a critical role in main- 138. all populations of all species living in an
taining the ecosystem structure is called a ecosystem.

A. population
A. flagship species B. community
B. trophic species C. ecosystem
C. keystone species D. species
D. leading species 139. Which is not a of a type of conservation
group?
134. The practice of harvesting or hunting to
such a degree that remaining individuals A. IGO
may not be able to replenish the popula- B. NGO
tion is called C. NO
A. biomagnification D. GO
B. overexploitation
140. International treaty to conserve biodiver-
C. edge effects sity and ensure its resposible use and dis-
D. natural resource tribution
A. CITES
135. Which one is a nonrenewable resource. B. Convention on Biological
A. Solar energy C. Endangered Species Act
B. Fossil fuel D. none of above
C. Plants 141. Which of the following is not an invasive
D. Clean Water alien species in the Indian context?
A. Lantana
136. Materials or organisms found in the bio-
sphere. B. Cynodon
A. natural bio materials C. Pathenium

D. Eichhornia
B. bio materials
C. bio resources 142. One way that zoos and aquariums help
increase wildlife populations is through
D. natural resources
A. captive breeding programs.
137. Protecting areas to promote sustainable B. international biodiversity treaties.
development for the good of future gen-
C. conservation concessions.
erations and the right of individuals or
species to exist is its D. wildlife corridors.
A. Ecological value 143. Anything that can decrease the size of a

population including living (biotic) and non
B. Economic value
living (abiotic) features of an ecosystem
C. Aesthetic value such as predators and drought.
D. Ethical value A. limiting factor

B. habitat 149. Water pollution that occurs when sub-

C. ecosystem stances rich in nitrogen and phosphorous
flow into waterways which causes a
D. carrying capacity dense growth of plant life and death of an-
144. Which factor contributes to species en- imal life from lack of oxygen.
dangerment? I. Habitat destruction A. endemication
II.Exotic species introduction III.Increasing
human populations B. oligiotrophication
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A. I and III C. eutrophication
B. I and II D. suffocation
C. II and III
150. Biologists put extra effort into protecting
D. I, II and III these because they have many species liv-
145. What summarizesglobal population ing in them.
trends for certainterrestrial, freshwater, A. Cities
and marinespecies
B. Biodiversity Hotspots
A. U.S. Game and Fish
C. Farms
B. Department of Agriculture
C. Living Planet Index D. Conservation stations
D. Wildlife Federation 151. What is NOT factor that threatens biodi-

146. The excessive use of a species that has versity?
economic value. A. Population growth
A. Biodiversity B. Habitat Loss
B. Natural resources C. Overexploitation
C. Overexploitation
D. Clean water
D. population growth
152. Which is NOT one of the five major causes
147. The number of different species, and the
of biodiversity loss.
abundance (how much) of each species, is
known as the area’s A. habitat alteration/loss
A. genetic diversity B. invasive species
B. species diversity C. overharvesting
C. diversity D. cloning
D. biomass
153. Which of the following is currently a pri-
148. What is the main goal of conservation bi- mary cause of species decline worldwide?
ology?
A. habitat destruction
A. Protecting habitats
B. Create new laws B. intraspecific competition
C. Create pollution C. random mating
D. Spend more money D. viral outbreaks

154. The different genes or inheritable charac- C. They sting when threatened
teristics in a population is known as its D. They live in hives

A. Genetic diversity 160. The pattern of biodiversity is affected by
B. Genetics A. Latitudinal gradients

B. Species-area relationships
C. Genetic drift
C. Both A and B
D. Natural Selection
155. Which factor is most responsible for the
lack of plants in polar regions? 161. What type of substances causes eutroph-
ication of aquatic ecosystems
A. heavy grazing by herbivores
A. acid rain
B. little precipitation
B. fertilizers
C. no soil for plants to take root
C. PCBs
D. not enough sunlight
D. pesticides
156. The biggest threat to biodiversity is
162. Which of the following IUCN categories
A. climate change has the MOST organisms remaining on
B. overharvesting Earth?
C. habitat loss A. Near threatened
D. pollution B. Critically endangered
C. Vulnerable
157. State one type of biodiversity
D. Conservation dependent
A. Population diversity
B. Spesific diversity 163. A treaty is a(n)
C. Genetic diversity A. state law to protect wildlife.
D. none of above B. agreement under international law.

C. trade-off with landowners.
158. Which is the highest level of biodiver-
D. biodiversity program run by zoos.
sity?
A. genera diversity 164. A species that is at serious risk of extinc-
tion is called a(n)
B. ecosystem diversity
A. threatened species.
C. species diversity
B. invasive species.
D. increases toward the poles.
C. endangered species.
159. Why are bees considered a keystone D. extirpated species.
species?
A. The honey they make supports the 165. If a species is only found in one place on
bear population Earth we call it a(n)
B. They pollinate flowers that produce A. Local species

fruit which supports the ecosystem B. Lonesome species

C. Allopatric species 171. A species that is likely to become extinct

if protective measures are not taken imme-
D. Endemic species
diately is known as
166. Which biome is more biodiverse? A. threatened species
A. Desert B. endemic species
B. Taiga C. keystone species
C. Tundra D. endangered species
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D. Rainforest
172. Which of the following is NOT true about
NGOs when comparing them to IGOs?
167. Which describes the current rate of
species disappearance? A. can take rapid action
A. background extinction B. enforce legislation
B. mass extinction C. good use of media to get conservation
message out to the public
C. natural extinction
D. none of above
D. progressive extinction
173. A plan to establish an 8000km long strip
168. What types of patterns does a climato- of land across eight SE Asian countries to
graph show? rejoin fragments of habitats is an example
A. rainfall and snowfall of
B. precipitation and humidity A. wildlife corridor
C. precipitation and temperature B. world biodiversity treaty
D. temperature and sunlight C. captive breeding program
D. conservation concession
169. Introduced or invasive species are often
difficult because: 174. the breaking of habitats into smaller
A. They contribute to habitat fragmenta- pieces is called
tion A. habitat division
B. They do not adapt well to new environ- B. habitat pollution
ments
C. habitat corruption
C. They increase biodiversity
D. habitat fragmentation
D. They often lack natural predators
175. The use of living organisms (like prokary-
170. Which of the following is NOT a type of otes, fungi, or plants) to detoxify a pol-
biodiversity? luted area is called
A. species diversity A. Remediation
B. genetic diversity B. De-pollution
C. individual diversity C. Bioremediation
D. ecosystem diversity D. Going green

176. What is species diversity? which the tigers could live. The mountains
A. the variety of different organisms in an are an example of a(n)

environment A. mass extirpation.
B. the number of individuals in a popula- B. invasive species.
tion C. mass extinction.
C. the number of habitats on a continent D. habitat fragment.
D. how much food is available in a habitat
182. What is THE most major cause of extinc-
177. Programs that breed animals in captivity tion today?
then release them to the wild are called A. habitat destruction by humans
B. poaching
A. Kidnapping
C. disease
B. Breeding Buildings
D. hunting
C. Captive Breeding Programs
D. Catch and Release Programs 183. According to the principles of island
biogeography, what factors influence
178. #1 cause of Biodiversity Loss is species richness? I. Increased proximity
A. Habitat loss to the mainland II.Increased island size
III.Increased amount of edge habitat
B. pollution
A. I only
C. invasisve species
B. II only
D. poaching/overharvesting
C. II and III
179. What is the primary reason for the over- D. I and II
harvesting of species?
A. Apathy towards species conservation 184. Which is referred to as Lungs of the
Planet Earth’?
B. Lack of legislation to protect species
A. Western ghat
C. Market demand for goods associated
with a species B. Lake Victoria
D. Lack of awareness about endangering C. Greenland

species D. Amazon Rain forest
180. Which type of organism is HIGHEST in 185. The biggest cause of biodiversity loss to-
terms of species diversity? day is
A. plants A. climate change
B. mammals B. over-harvesting
C. insects C. habitat change and fragmentation
D. protists D. pollution
181. The Sikhote-Alin Mountains, and the 186. Which of the following represent single-
Siberian tigers living on them, are sep- species approaches to protecting biodiver-
arated from other mountain regions in sity?

A. building wildlife corridors 192. The species confined to a particular region

B. selling conservation concessions and not found elsewhere is termed as
C. captive breeding and cloning A. Alien
D. mapping biodiversity hotspots B. Endemic
187. A place that stores seeds to preserve C. Rare
their genes for the future is called a/n D. Keystone
A. Botanical preserve
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B. Plant depository 193. Another form of pollution that destroys
underwater habitats for fish and other
C. Seed bank species.
D. Herbarium
A. Eutrophication
188. means “excessive use of species for B. Biological magnification
economic value”
C. Fragmentation
A. Economy
B. Poaching D. Acid precipitation
C. Overexploitation 194. Patches of suitable habitat surrounded by
D. Exploitation unsuitable habitat
189. Conservation organizations raise money A. Habitat fagmentation
to pay off a nation’s debt in return for im- B. Habitat islands
proved conservation measures.
C. wildlife corridors
A. Debt for nature swap
B. conservation concession D. habitat patches
C. Economic assist 195. The four large divisions of the geologic
D. none of above time scale.
190. What is the number one cause of species A. eras
extinction today? B. periods
A. habitat loss
C. fossils
B. human predators
D. rotations
C. transported diseases
D. background extermination 196. Which is an example of bioremediation?
191. Relieving a nation from repaying some A. replanting trees in an area affected by
of the money it owes other nations in ex- acid rain
change for protecting its biodiversity is B. using microorganisms to detoxify an
called a oil spill
A. debt-for-nature swap.
C. enacting a law that protects endan-
B. conservation concession. gered amphibians
C. Species Survival Plan. D. introducing natural predators to con-
D. wildlife corridor. trol a crop pest

197. What biome contains the least amount of 202. An endangered species is
species biodiversity? A. One whose numbers are so small that

A. Desert it is at risk of extinction
B. Tundra B. One whose not been spotted after
C. Tropical Rainforest many years.
D. Ocean C. One whose numbers are abundant.

D. none of above
198. means using resources at a rate that
they can be replaced or restored. 203. The variety of ecosystems that are
A. Recycle present in the biosphere.
B. Reduce A. Biodiversity
C. Re-use B. Genetic diversity
D. Sustainable use C. Species diversity

D. Ecosystem diversity
199. About tbe total number of species
present on earth, amore conservative and 204. The three types of biodiversity are
scientifically sound estimate wasmade by A. genetic, species and ecosystem
A. Robert May B. medical, agricultural, ethical
B. Robert Costanza C. habitat loss, pollution, overharvesting
C. Alexander Von Humboldt D. camera traps, invasive species, cook-
D. Both A and B ies
200. Nonnative species that are transported 205. The number of different species and the
to a new habitat, and that are NOT a abundance of each species in a biological
threat to biodiversity in the new area are community.
called HINT:sometimes people do this A. genetic diversity
intentionally.
B. ecosystem diversity
A. Invasive species
C. extinction
B. Immigrated species
D. species diversity
C. Introduced species
D. New species 206. The complete disappearance of a species
when its last member dies.
201. Which of the following has most directly A. elimination
resulted in increased skin cancer rates in
Australia? B. threatened
A. Water pollution in the Antarctic Ocean C. endangered

D. extinction
B. Ozone depletion in the stratosphere 207. Which endangered species is associated
C. Increased immigration of Asian people with logging of old growth forests in the
into Australia Pacific Northwest?
D. The occurrence of a solar maximum A. Black Footed Ferret

B. Northern Spotted Owl 213. Which of the following countries has the
highest biodiversity?
C. Mountain Lion
A. Brazil
D. Grizzly Bear
B. South Africa
208. A process in which all of the members of
C. Russia
a species die out is called
D. India
A. Evaporation
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B. Emigration 214. Who came up with the theory of evolu-
tion?
C. Death
A. Charles Darwin
D. Extinction
B. Albert Einstein
209. Variety of habitats, ecosystems, commu-
C. Steven Hawking
nities refers to what?
D. Mr. Fletcher
A. Ecosystem diversity
B. Species diversity 215. Urbanisation and cities split up popula-
tions so they can no longer interbreed. So
C. Genetic Diversity
there is no gene flow. What type of biodi-
D. none of above versity does that affect?
A. Species Biodiversity
210. What is the variety of genes present?
B. Habitat Biodiversity
A. bidiversity
C. Genetic Biodiversity
B. species diversity
D. none of above
C. extinction
D. genetic diversity 216. When a large percentage of all living
species become extinct in a relatively short
211. Forest clearing, farming, and road build- period of time.
ing are all examples of
A. gradual extinction
A. Biodiversity
B. mass extinction
B. Population distribution
C. background extinction
C. Habitat loss
D. bio extinction
D. Climate Change
217. The increased concentration of toxic sub-
212. The easiest component of biodiversity to stances in organisms at a high trophic level
measure is in the food chain.
A. ecosystem diversity. A. species magnification
B. species diversity. B. biological magnification
C. genetic diversity. C. biological effect
D. ecosystem health. D. pollution effect

218. The most severe effect resulting from 223. The vertical movement of cold, nutrient-
loss of insect species globally would likely rich water from the ocean depths to its sur-
be face is called

A. an increase in disease vectors A. upwelling
B. a decline in food crop pollination. B. downwelling
C. an increase in soil erosion C. tides
D. a loss of aesthetic value. D. surface currents
219. The 3 different types of biodiversity (in 224. Amongst the animal groups given below,
IB ESS) are; which one has the highest percentage of
A. Genes, Species, Habitats endangered species
B. Genes, Species, Ecosystems A. Insects
C. Species, Habitats, Communities B. Mammals
D. Biosphere, Genes, Habitats C. Amphibians

D. Reptiles
220. Resources that are limited in amount or
take an extremely long time to replace are 225. What global phenomenon has caused
called (example:oil) some organisms to move toward the poles
A. Renewable resource or to higher altitudes?
B. Nonrenewable resource A. habitat fragmentation
C. Natural resource B. pollution
D. Pollution C. invasive species

D. warming temperatures
221. Using resources at a rate at which they
can be replaced or recycled while preserv- 226. The unknown value in the potential of the
ing the long-term health of the biosphere. species for agriculture, medicine, genetic
A. maintainable use diversity and biotechnology is its
B. sustainable use A. Ecological value
C. varied use B. Economic value
D. supportable use C. Aesthetic value

D. Ethical value
222. Define habitat fragmentation.
A. The excessive use of a species that has 227. The act to prevent extinction, recover im-
economic value. periled plants and animals, and protect the
ecosystems on which they depend upon is
B. All species dying in one area called
C. The different environmental condi- A. The Fossil Fuel Burning Act of 2000
tions that occur along the boundaries of
an ecosystem. B. Congressional Bill 78655
D. The separation of an ecosystem into C. The Endangered Species Act of 1973

small areas. D. Project Save

228. Greenbelts or hedgerows that provide 233. The gradual process of species becoming
natural corridors for migration, foraging extinct is known as:
and spreading of local species are known
A. mass extinction
as
B. bio extinction
A. corridors.
C. gradual extinction
B. pathways.
D. background extinction
C. links.
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D. clusters. 234. are different environmental condi-
tions that occur around the boundaries of
229. The layer below the photic zone is known a habitat.
as the
A. Development
A. intertidal zone
B. Edge effect
B. open ocean
C. Human interaction
C. flood plain
D. Boundary effect
D. aphotic zone
235. Which of the following actions would re-
duce global greenhouse emissions?
a nonrenewable resource?
A. Increasing the use of automobiles
A. solar
B. Decreasing the number of nuclear
B. wind
power plants
C. oil
C. Replacing coal-burning power plants
D. geothermal with wind farms
231. There is a plan to establish an 8000 km D. Converting tropical forests to rice pad-
long strip of land across eight southeast dies
Asian countries to rejoin fragments of tiger
habitat. This is an example of a 236. What is a renewable resource?
A. wildlife corridor. A. one that can be replaced quickly
B. worldwide biodiversity treaty B. one that is man-made
C. captive breeding program. C. one that comes from the sun
D. conservation concession. D. one that will never run out
232. How can habitat disruption affect biodi- 237. A form of pollution that destroys under-
versity? water habitats for fish and other species
due to fertilizer is:
A. It can lead to loss of biodiversity.
A. Eutrophication
B. It will lead to new species taking over
all of the habitats. B. Biological magnification
C. It will lead to climate change. C. Fragmentation
D. It will cause the animals to get sick. D. Acid precipitation

238. In the United States, what is the major C. Endemic

law that protects biodiversity? D. Natural resource

A. Convention on Biological Diversity
244. Which is NOT one of the three main goals
B. Endangered Species Act
of Species Survival Plans?
C. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
A. manage species
D. Species Survival Plan
B. protect species
239. If current trends continue, the modern ge- C. reintroduce species
ologic era, known as the Quaternary pe-
riod, may see the extinction of D. clone species
A. almost 20 percent of all species. 245. An abrupt transition in habitat that

B. more than half of all species. brings two communities into contact with
each other is called
C. all species on Earth.
A. an edge habitat.
D. one or two species per century.
B. a riparian zone.
240. The species that plays the biggest role in
C. a corridor.
the habitat is?
D. an ecotone
A. Smaller species
B. Larger species 246. The one horned rhinoceros is specific to
C. Keystone Species which of the following sanctuary?
D. Evolving species A. Bhitar kanika

B. Bandipur
241. Variation between individuals in a
species in a given area refers to the C. Kaziranga
A. Species diversity D. Corbett park
B. Habitat diversity 247. Using resources at a rate in which they
C. Genetic diversity can be replacedor recycled while preserv-
ing the long-term environmental health of
D. none of above
the biosphere.
242. Species that are only found in a certain A. Sustainable use
geographic area are called
B. Natural Resources
A. Endemic
C. Renewable resources
B. Epidemic
D. Non-renewable resources
C. Invasive
D. Introduced 248. Which product is often derived from the
natural environment?
243. Any material or organism in the bio-
A. cooking oil
sphere including water, soil, fuel and
plants and animals. B. medicines
A. bioremediation C. fuel
B. Introduced species D. all of the above

249. What is an invasive species? C. extinct

A. A native (naturally found) species D. extirpated
which are added to an area.
B. A non-native (not naturally found) 255. When does the aesthetic value of an
species added to an area. ecosystem become most apparent?
C. A keystone species in an environment A. when scientists begin to study the
D. none of the above ecosystem
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B. when the ecosystem has been de-
250. The aesthetic value of something is con-
stroyed
cerned with what?
A. Right and wrong C. when the ecosystem is given economic
value
B. Good and Bad
D. when the ecosystem provides useful
C. the appreciation of beauty
services
D. spirituality
256. Which organization publishes the Red
251. The species-area relationship on a loga-
Data Book?
rithmic scale (logscale) is
A. Rectangular parabola A. GEF
B. Rectangular hyperbola B. IUCN
C. Straight line/linear C. UNEP
D. Sigmoid D. WWF
252. The disappearance of a particular popu-
lation from a given area, but not of the 257. Areas of aquatic or terrestrial ecosys-
entire species globally, is called tems that have been protected in order
to conserve biodiversity, heritage, or are
A. extirpation. home to a unique species are known as
B. extinction.
A. nature reserves.
C. poaching.
B. safe spaces.
D. fragmentation.
C. invasive species zones.
253. What is the example of Ex situ?
D. recreation areas.
A. Taman negara
B. Jungle 258. What form of pollution is caused by ex-
C. Botanical garden tensive algae growth in waterways?
D. none of above A. acid precipitation
254. A species is at serious risk of extinction. B. eutrophication
A. threatened C. biological magnification

B. endangered D. edge effects

10.3 Organisms and the Environment 1393
10.3 Organisms and the Environment

1. The final stable community of plants and B. food chain
animals is called: C. population
A. pioneer community D. overpopulation
B. farmland
7. The pioneer species is responsible for car-
C. climax community rying out what during primary succes-
D. old field sion?
2. Break down food for absorption into the A. Photosynthesis

blood. (mouth, stomach, intestines) B. Survive any predator
A. Skeletal C. migrate during the winter
B. Digestive D. live at high altitudes.
C. Circulatory 8. One indicator that biodiversity in an
D. Muscular ecosystem is decreasing is-
A. A decrease in annual rainfall and tem-
3. when animals graze so much that the veg-
perature
etation is damaged
B. A decrease in the number of different
A. impact
species in the area
B. overpopulation
C. A decrease in the number of tourists
C. overgrazing visiting the area
D. fertilize D. Fewer sightings of coyotes and bob-
cats
4. An interconnected set of food chains
A. impact 9. physical feature that helps an organism
survive-body part
B. food web
A. structural adaptation
C. camouflage
B. behavioral adaptation
D. habitat
C. physiological adaptation
5. Organisms also have that make them D. none of above
very successful living in their environ-
ment. 10. A hurricane hits coastal prairie and de-
A. Adaptations stroys the habitat. Years later there is
an appearance of small plants with rapidly
B. Families spreading roots on newly formed coastal
C. Habits sand dunes. The vegetation describes-
D. Traits A. a microhabitat
6. All of the interacting members of a species B. primary succession

in an area C. secondary succession
A. symbiotic relationship D. biodiversity

11. The more biodiversity 17. Natural disasters such as flooding and tor-
A. the less healthier it is. nadoes are linked to
A. primary
B. the more stable it is.
B. secondary
C. the more damage it will have.
C. old field
D. the less stable it is
D. ecosystem
12. When producers inhabit bare rock in an
18. Plants in a food web are:
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ecological community it is known as-
A. climax community A. consumers
B. decomposers
B. secondary succession
C. producers
C. primary succession
D. suppliers
D. deciduous forest community
19. Some monkeys live their entire lives in
13. Process by which an animal or plant trees. What body structure helps the mon-
species becomes fitted to its environment key move around in its habitat?
to help them survive.
A. brown fur with white patches
A. Interdependence
B. small ears and large eyes
C. very small pointed teeth
C. Adaptation
D. grasping hands and feet
D. Competition
20. Where does an organism get its food, wa-
14. Cells that have a nucleus such as humans. ter, and other things it need to survive?
A. Vacuole A. Its body
B. Cytoplasm B. The sun
C. Eukaryotic C. Its habitat
D. Heterotroph D. none of above
15. Starts with BARE ROCK followed by lichen 21. A process of protecting ecosystems and
the organisms living in them.
A. primary succession
A. conservation
B. secondary succession
B. drought
C. both types of succession C. extinction
D. none of above D. succession
16. Which of the following is NOT a Learned 22. The position an organism occupies in the
Behavior? food web
A. Food Preference A. Tropic levels
B. Height B. Energy pyramid
C. Religion C. Food web
D. Language D. Food chain

23. What are some things that can cause an C. extinct

animal to become endangered or extinct? D. habitat

A. habitat loss
29. An adaptation to protect itself by looking
B. disease
like another kind of animal or plant is
C. climate change
A. Mimicry
D. all of the above
B. Habitat
24. A has the physical adaptation of sharp C. Traits
claws to help it survive.
D. Population
A. Eagle
B. Turtle 30. What is Ecological Succession?
C. Leopard Seal A. Competition between plants in a soci-
ety
D. Viceroy Butterfly
B. A natural disaster such as a flood or
25. When tissues come together, they form fire
C. The cycle of a tomato plant
A. cells
D. The change an ecosystem experiences
B. atoms over time
C. organs
31. If all of the water dries up in a pond, the
D. systems fish will-
26. Long term environmental changes A. move into a new pond.
A. Allow adaptation to occur B. swim faster.
B. Do not allow for adaptation to occur C. thrive.
C. Occur suddenly and are very cata- D. perish.
clysmic
32. Pollution traced to a single point
D. Kill everything suddenly (mass extinc-
tion) A. water shed
27. Which of the following is an abiotic factor B. permeable

in an ecosystem? C. point source pollution
A. Plants D. non-point source pollution
B. Bacteria
33. Which of these environments is most likely
C. Soil to experience the arrival of a pioneer
D. Insects species?
A. A mature forest
28. The way energy is passed from one organ-
ism to another B. An undisturbed prairie
A. food chain C. An established mountain lake
B. energy D. A newly formed volcanic island

34. Which of the following is an example of an 40. Which of the following choices only in-
instinct? cludes abiotic factors?
A. a baby bird is taught to fly by its parent A. Sunlight, algae, and temperature
B. Fish, crabs, oxygen
B. a bear hibernates in the winter
C. Sunlight, soil, and oxygen
C. a dog learns how to roll over
D. Algae, temperature, and dog
D. a bear learns how to catch a fish
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41. Which of the following gives an example
35. An organism that hunts and feeds on an- of how birds modify their environment to
other animal meet their needs?
A. predator
A. Birds use twigs to build a nest.
B. prey
B. Birds hatch eggs and feed their young.
C. producer
D. none of above C. Birds breathe air and drink water.
36. Fleas and ticks are examples of what? D. Birds find food.
A. predators
42. An ecosystem with great biological diver-
B. prey sity decreases-
C. hosts A. available space for organisms in the
D. parasites ecosystem
37. The Substances that pollute water are B. available food supply for organisms in
called? the ecosystem
A. Impure particles C. the number of species present in the
ecosystem
B. sewage, toxic chemical, silt etc
D. competition between different species
C. Water Pollutants
in the ecosystem
D. Water Pollution
43. The plants process of making food and re-
38. What’s genetic variation? leasing oxygen into the air is called:
A. DNA A. energy release
B. Differences that occur in individuals
B. photosynthesis
within a species
C. the carbon cycle
C. Your mom
D. none of above D. the oxygen cycle
39. Which are some examples of plant life in 44. What process uses the principal source of
a tropical rainforest? energy input into biological systems?
A. abundant trees, vines, lush growth A. ingestion
B. bushes/trees on banks, water plants B. decomposition
C. cypress trees, ferns, water lilies C. photosynthesis
D. lichens and mosses D. respiration

45. living thing B. niche

A. organism C. organism

B. species D. interaction
C. ecosystem 51. How can we protect the coral reef even if
D. interaction we don’t live near it?
A. Don’t do anything
46. There are several million different types of
organisms on Earth. Which of the follow- B. Go diving and take fish out
ing is the best way to organize them? C. Don’t throw anything in the ocean
A. By the name of the person who discov- D. Clean the reefs with soap
ered them
52. What do we call the land area that sup-
B. By features or characteristics they plies water to a river system?
share
A. runoff
C. Chronologically by date of discovery
B. recharge
D. Numerically by their age
C. watershed
47. A plant depends on the sun for energy. D. valley
The plant turns the suns energy into food
through a process called- 53. Which of the following is a learned behav-
ior of a kitten?
A. cooking
A. Having gray fur
B. radiation
B. Playing with yarn
C. photosynthesis
C. Drinking Water
D. mitochondria
D. Having two ears
48. An underground water supply is
54. What’s biodiversity?
A. erosion A. The diversity of organisms present in
B. river a particular ecosystem
C. water shed B. the ability of the environment to meet
D. aquifer the needs of organisms that live there
over long periods of time
49. Plants rely on animals to produce carbon C. Both
dioxide. What do plants produce that ani-
mals need to survive? D. none of above
A. food and oxygen 55. You are standing on a bitterly cold, dry
plain with only few short trees scattered
B. sunshine and rain
around, and you spot a wolf in a distance.
C. carbon dioxide and food In which biome are you in?
D. herbivores and carnivores A. Tundra
50. all the living and nonliving things that in- B. Tropical Rainforest
teract with each other in an environment C. Desert
A. ecosystem D. Taiga

56. An organism that obtains energy by con- A. lack of oxygen in the water as they die
suming plants and animals.
A. Omnivores B. lack of oxygen as they grow
B. Carnivores C. more food for fish
C. Herbivores D. none of above
D. Humans 62. Who causes the most damage to coral
reefs?
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57. What’s an ecosystem?
A. Whales
A. Your mom
B. Fish
B. Tide Pods
C. Boats
C. All of the living & nonliving things inter-
acting in an area D. Humans
D. Only living objects 63. A place where an organism lives.

A. Terrain
58. How do producers obtain energy?
B. Habitat
A. They conduct photosynthesis.
C. Community
B. They consume plants.
D. Population
C. They consume primary consumers.
D. They consume secondary consumers. 64. Breaking News! A new island has formed
off of Hawaii! What must occur for it to
59. Gradual and orderly process of change in become an ecosystem?
an ecosystem brought about by the pro- A. Secondary Succession
gressive replacement of one community by
B. Aquatic succession
another until a stable community is estab-
lished. C. Primary Succession
A. Competition D. Ferns must grow
B. Ecological Succession 65. Students observe ecological succession of
C. Biodiversity a field that has been left bare. Which of
the following are the students likely to ob-
D. Natural Selection serve first?
60. An example of typical pioneer species, that A. Growth of shrubs and trees
is one that appears in the earliest stages B. Formation of topsoil
of ecological succession is:
C. A mature grassland community
A. Oak Trees
D. Growth of grasses and weeds
B. Spiders
66. What is the difference between a primary
C. Weeds
vs. secondary succession?
D. Small Conifer Trees
A. secondary occurs where there was no
61. Fertilizer runoff causes algae blooms previous community
which cause what? B. they are the same

C. secondary occurs in an area that was C. Water

only partially destroyed D. Wolf

D. primary ocurs in an area that was only
partially destroyed 72. Which of the following directly use the
Sun’s energy to produce their own food?
67. A group of similar organisms is called a(n) A. decomposers
B. carnivores
A. Flock
C. consumers
B. Species
D. producers
C. Community
73. Choose the list that BEST describes what
D. Friends
plants and animals need to survive.
68. Choose which of these is an abiotic factor A. soil, water, sunlight, food, and air
that makes up part of the desert habitat.
B. air, water, sunlight, and a source of
A. sparse growth of trees food or energy
B. extremes of daytime and nighttime C. food, air, oxygen, space, and water
temperatures
D. environment, habitat, space and sun-
C. limited numbers of predators light
D. leafless, waxy-coated plant with sharp 74. The organisms that live around a pond
spines interact with biotic and abiotic factors.
69. Which of these is NOT a biotic factor Which of the following is a biotic factor of
the pond environment?
A. temperature
A. muddy soil
B. fungi
B. cattail plants
C. plants
C. slowly flowing water
D. animals
D. warm temperatures
70. In which situation would an ecosystem
75. Bacteria that live on the deep ocean floor
have the greatest number of limiting fac-
are able to survive without-
tors?
A. water
A. After clearing land for a highway
B. energy
B. After a river floods a cornfield?
C. sunlight
C. After a forest fire destroys the plant
growth. D. nutrients
D. After a lava flow creates a new section 76. An adaptation that allows an organism to
of land blend in with its surroundings is called
71. What is the first element of the food A. Camouflage
web? B. Habitat
A. Eagle C. Population
B. Sun D. Adaptation

77. A nonliving element in an ecosystem is an C. blizzard

A. animal D. global warming
B. abiotic factor
83. A place where an organism lives and can
C. biotic factor find everything it needs to survive is a
D. organism
A. Habitat
78. A producer is B. Environment
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A. Something that only eats plants C. Adaptation
B. Something that only gets energy from D. Population
the sun
C. something that gets energy from con- 84. Cell theory does not include the idea that:
suming organic material
A. all living things are made of cells
D. something that eats other animals
B. like cells carry similar functions
79. What role do people have in the food C. cells use energy from food to sustain
chain? life
A. They are producers. D. all cells in all the organisms of the
B. They are carnivores. same species carry the exact same ge-
C. They are herbivors. netic traits
D. They are consumers. 85. Organisms that live in or on another organ-

ism and benefit at the host’s expense.
80. An ecosystem is made up of all the and
factors in an area. A. Parasite
A. not/without B. Producer
B. Limiting Factor/ Carrying Capacity C. Scavenger
C. Living/ Nonliving D. Decomposer
D. life/ biotic factor
86. Bio means
81. types of adaptations of plants or animals
are: A. non-living
A. physical and behavioral B. not/without

B. weather and climate C. life
C. location and direction D. living
D. distance and time
87. What is prey?
82. Which of the following will have the A. An organism that is consumed
longest term impact on organisms in an
ecosystem? B. An organism that consumes
A. flooding C. Neither
B. oil spill D. An organism that hunts

88. Which organisms release oxygen into the C. Decomposing organic matter
air as part of the carbon dioxide-oxygen D. All answers are correct
cycle?

A. Consumers 94. Which of the following obtains energy
without depending on another organism?
B. Decomposers
C. Predators A. Mushroom
D. Producers B. Elm tree

C. Mountain lion
89. Storage areas in all cells and is usually
larger in plant cells. D. Cottontail rabbit
A. Vacuole 95. What is it called when a group of the same
B. Cytoplasm organisms living together in the same
C. Eukaryotic place at the same time?
D. Heterotroph A. An organism
B. A population
90. Variety of life
C. A community
B. Ecological Succession D. A biome
C. Interdependence 96. WHich of the following is NOT an inverte-

D. Biodiversity brate?
A. crayfish
91. All living organisms in an environment
A. biotic factors B. salamander
B. parasitism C. spider
C. habitat D. worm
D. abiotic factors 97. This happens when no rain falls for a long
period of time and can affect the organ-
92. A tapeworm lives in human intestines ab-
isms living in an environment.
sorbing the nutrients that would normally
be absorbed by the person. This eventu- A. 1.ice age
ally causes the person to experience health B. 2.Arbor Day
problems. This relationship is-
C. 3.drought
A. predator/prey
D. 4.extinction
B. parasite/host
C. herbivore/omnivore 98. What’s an adaptation?
D. consumer/producer A. A change in structures/behaviors that
improves an organism’s ability to survive
93. Carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere
by B. I don’t know
A. Burning fossil fuels C. Is water wet
B. Cellular respiration D. Yes

99. Living or once-living organisms in an 105. Transport of materials (blood, oxygen,

ecosystem are called nutrients) to and from the body cells.
A. abiotic factor (heart, arteries, veins).
B. biotic factor A. Uninary
C. non-living B. Digestive
D. life C. Circulatory
D. Muscular
100. a species that may become extinct in the
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near future is called 106. An animal that is hunted as food for other
animals
A. keystone species
A. predator
B. endangered species
B. prey
C. threatened species
C. producer
D. mutant
D. none of above
101. Litter on the ground or harmful chemicals
in the water, air or land. 107. What is the role of different plants in the
food web?
A. Invasive species
A. predators
B. algae
B. consumers
C. drought
C. producers
D. Pollution
D. decomposers
102. Cells that do not have a nucleus such as
108. A living thing whose food comes from
bacteria.
eating other living things is called what?
A. Mitochondria
A. predator
B. Chloroplast B. prey
C. Prokaryotic C. producer
D. Nucleus D. consumer
103. action done on purpose to help with 109. The community of organisms that live in a
survival-by choice particular area, along with their non-living
A. structural adaptation environment.
B. behavioral A. Habitat
C. physiological B. Ecosystem
D. none of above C. Community
D. Population
104. Pablo has a hamburger and a salad for
lunch. Which term best describes Pablo. 110. Made of a single cell.
A. producer A. Unicellular
B. scavenger B. Multicellular
C. herbivore C. Unicycle
D. omnivore D. Eukaryote

111. If climate change affects an ecosystem, A. 100 percent of all energy gets passed
what will happen to the organisms that B. 45 percent of all energy gets passed
don’t change?

C. 10 percent of all energy gets passed
A. they will form a new ecosystem
D. 0 percent of all energy gets passed
B. they can disappear
117. What is algal bloom?
C. they are unaffected
A. Plants bloom early down stream
D. human development
B. Water becomes cloudy
112. The transfer of food energy in a sequence C. Too much of nutrients
of living things is a
D. Extremely rapid growth of algae
A. consumer
118. A living thing that gets energy by break-
B. producer ing down dead plant and animal matter is
C. nutrient a
D. food chain A. decomposer
B. prey
113. When ecosystems have similar climates
and are home to similar organisms, they C. photosynthesis
are classified as- D. herbivore
A. niches 119. The red-tailed hawk and mice are part of
B. habitats the ecosystem in the forest near grandfa-
C. biomes ther’s farm. Which of the following de-
scribes the relationship between the hawk
D. communites and a mouse?
114. the surroundings that an organism lives A. friendly
in B. competitive
A. niche C. predator/prey
B. adaptation D. beneficial
C. species 120. A has the physical adaptation of a
D. environment hard shell to help it survive.
A. Eagle
115. What do scientist call organisms that are
not native to an ecosystem and cause harm B. Turtle
to native organisms? C. Leopard Seal
A. native plants D. Viceroy Butterfly
B. invaders 121. Biodiversity is the variety of in a com-
C. invasive species munity.
D. natural species A. genes
B. population
116. About how much percent of energy is
passed on from one organism to to the C. species
next on a food web pyramid. D. community

122. Surrounds all cells, lets materials in and C. population

out of the cell, protects the cell, and holds D. None of the above
the cell together.
A. Cell Membrane 128. Which does not describe a predator/prey
behavior?
B. Cell Wall
A. Dolphins working in a team to roundup
C. Autotroph
a school of fish.
D. Heterotroph
B. An eagle soaring above a field looking
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123. A duck, a dragonfly, a morel mushroom for a mouse.
and a bobcat are all examples of C. A polar bear walking on the sea ice
A. organisms. searching for a seal.
B. populations. D. A barnacle attaching itself to a whale.
C. communties. 129. When algae levels increase in a body of
D. ecosystems. water, it
A. cuts off light to plants at the bottom.
124. A healthy environment, with no sudden
changes will helporganisms to- B. increases light to the plants on the bot-
tom.
A. die out.
C. causes dissolved Oxygen levels in-
B. perish.
crease.
C. move to new locations.
D. causes bacteria populations decrease.
D. thrive.
130. Respiration is the process by which
125. The efficiency of energy transfer from is consumed and is produced.
a lower trophic level to the next highest
A. Carbon, Oxygen
level is roughly
B. Oxygen, Carbon dioxide
A. 1%
C. H20, oxygen
B. 10%
D. Carbon, H2O
C. 100%
D. 1000% 131. When an environment changes and organ-
isms can nolonger meet their basic needs
126. An organism is they will most likely-
A. all the members of one species living A. thrive.
in the same area
B. perish.
B. made of a single cell
C. not be affected.
C. an alien species
D. a living thing
132. Which would result in primary succes-
127. Smallest level of ecological organization sion?
A. An organism A. volcano destroying habitat leaving only
B. community soil and ash

B. Tornado destroying a crop leaving very 138. All of the student, faculty and staff at
little soil Hazelwood West high school are consid-
ered what level of organization?

C. Glacier retreating exposing bare rock
D. limiting factors A. A population
B. A community
133. Pollution that cannot be traced to a single
C. A biome
point because comes from many sources
D. An ecosystem
A. estuary
B. water shed 139. Some desert animals are most active at
dusk and dawn. This adaptation is MOST
C. non point source pollution helpful for-
D. point source pollution A. preying on plant species
134. Can cause extinctions of organism B. finding new water sources
A. Short term impact C. avoiding high temperatures
B. Long term impact D. hiding from hungry animals
C. Both Short and Long Term 140. Community is the level of organization
D. none of above which is best described as all-
A. members of a certain species in a
135. A consumer that eats only plants is given area
A. decomposer B. members of a species, regardless of
B. prey where they live
C. photosynthesis C. living things, regardless of species, in
an area
D. herbivore
D. living and non-living components of an
136. Overflow of water from the land and into area
a body of water.
141. Organisms have that allow them to
A. Runoff survive in their habitat.
B. Ecological Succession A. Adaptations
C. Biodiversity B. Families
D. Natural Selection C. Habits
137. How do landfills effect the environ- D. Traits
ment?
142. Why is carbon dioxide important for
A. Landfills cause fish to be poisoned and plants?
die.
A. Carbon dioxide gives plants their
B. Landfills support plant growth and green color.
healthy soil. B. Plants can release carbon dioxide into
C. Landfills cause smog in the air. the air.
D. Landfills cause chemicals from trash C. Plants use carbon dioxide to make
to absorb into the soil and harm plants. their own food.

D. Carbon dioxide lets plants absorb their 148. Organisms that make their own food also
roots. called autotrophs.
A. Producer
143. Which organisms in a prairie ecosystem
are producers? B. Consumer
A. prairie dogs, rabbits, and mice C. Scavenger
B. hawks, owls, and snakes D. Decomposer
C. grass and bushes 149. This is the formula for which process?6H
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D. All of the organisms are producers. 2 2 6 12 6 2
A. photosynthesis
144. Why do algae blooms happen?
B. precipitation
A. there are too many nutrients in the wa-
C. respiration
ter
D. decomposition
B. there are too many fish in the water
C. there is not enough turbidity in the wa- 150. Mutual dependence between organisms
ter in order to help them survive.
D. all of these options A. Competition

B. Interdependence
145. A hurricane hits a coastal prairie and de-
C. Adaptation
stroys the habitat. Years later there is
an appearance of small plants with rapidly D. Natural Selection
spreading roots.
151. Two or more food chains that share links
A. secondary succession make a
B. biodiversity A. community
C. a microhabitat B. fossil
D. primary succession C. food web
D. none of above
146. When changes to an environment happen,
animals- 152. Changes to an environment may make it
A. move. more difficult for an organism to find-
B. perish. A. food.
C. adapt. B. shelter.
D. all of the above C. water.

D. all of the above
147. All the members of one species living in
the same area. 153. For breakfast, Madison ate cereal with
milk. For breakfast, a chipmunk ate
A. Community
seeds. How are Madison and the chipmunk
B. Family alike?
C. Population A. They are both being herbivores.
D. Heterotroph B. They are both being carnivores.

C. They are both getting some energy. D. Body patterns or coloring that make it
D. They are both being food producers. hard to see

159. things that do not grow, change and re-
154. What can happen to fish when there is
produce, such as rocks, water, soil, miner-
not enough oxygen in the water?
als, air and sunlight
A. They can suffocate
A. species
B. They can’t float
B. adaptation
C. They can’t see.
C. living
D. Nothing. Fish don’t need oxygen.
D. nonliving
155. (7.12B) When people run long distances, 160. Protects the body and prevents water
their muscles require increased amounts of loss. (skin, hair, nails)
oxygen. Which system is responsible for
carrying this oxygen to the muscles? A. Integumentary
A. Nervous B. Endocrine
B. Respiratory C. Nervous
C. Digestive D. Lymphatic/Immune
D. Circulatory 161. In multicellular organisms, tissues are

comprised of
156. The non-living factors in an ecosystem
A. organs
such as rocks, water and temperature.
B. systems
C. cells
B. biotic
D. blood
C. biodiversity
D. abiotic 162. What advantages do geese have when
they travel in a large group?
157. What would happen if a disease tar- A. They can fly slower
geted a specific species in a low biodiverse
area? B. They won’t fall out of the sky
A. Ecosystem would suffer C. They can cope with a changing environ-

ment
B. The ecosystem would thrive
D. They are hidden from predators
C. nothing would happen
163. Andrea is on the grils cross country tream.
D. All the animals would live happily ever
She is heading out for a run when she
after.
comes across 20 Canadian geese. What
158. What is camouflage? level of organization is this group of Cana-
dian geese?
A. Colors or markings to make it look like
something else A. organism
B. A chemical that is used to defend itself B. population
C. community
C. A hard shell or covering D. biome

164. The greatest biodiversity on earth is B. decomposers

found in the biome. C. primary consumers
A. taiga D. secondary consumers
B. grassland
170. Which of the following would have a neg-
C. temperate deciduous forest ative impact on an ecosystem
D. tropical rainforest A. constructing highways
B. planting trees
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165. Succession that occurs in an area with NO
SOIL C. recycling paper
A. ecological succession D. none of above
B. primary succession 171. Which of these correctly describe the
C. secondary succession NICHE of a rabbit?
D. pioneer speciles A. predator and herbivore
B. consumer, carnivore
166. Which process is part of the water cy-
cle? C. consumer, herbivore, prey
A. combustion D. producer and prey
B. fossilisation 172. What might happen if you remove a pri-
C. respiration mary consumer from the ecosystem?
D. transpiration A. There would be more food for sec-

ondary consumers.
167. Tropical climates have warm temper- B. The number of primary consumers
atures and abundant sunlight all year. would increase.
What must be available for plants in these
C. The number of plants would increase.
climates to make their own food through-
out the year? D. The number of secondary consumers
would increase.
A. Bacteria
B. Birds 173. An organism that needs sunlight, water,
and carbon dioxide to make its own food
C. Shade
is a
D. Water A. consumer
168. An organism that breaks down dead B. producer
biomass C. nutrient
A. producer D. food chain
B. consumer
174. A frog eats a fly. The frog and fly are
C. decomposer demonstrating
D. none of above A. mutualism
169. What is the role of algae in an ocean food B. competition
web? C. predator/prey
A. producers D. parasitism

175. In Which environment would a white rab- B. bare field after an eruption of an vol-
bit be best protected from predators? cano

A. A shady forest C. side of a cliff
B. A snowy field D. none of above
C. A grassy lawn
181. A(n) shows the relationships among
D. A muddy riverbank all species in an ecosystem.
176. An animal that is eaten by another animal A. environmental change
is a B. energy pyramid
A. decomposer C. food web
B. prey D. food chain
C. photosynthesis
182. The is the main organ of the nervous
D. herbivore
system.
177. Producer→??→Consumer→DecomposerWhich A. heart
word best replaces the question marks in
the food chain? B. lungs
A. carnivore C. brain
B. consumer D. skin
C. predator 183. What is the starting source energy for all

D. producer food chains?
A. grass
178. A squirrel makes a change to its environ-
ment when it- B. sun
A. climbs a tree C. bug
B. digs a hole to bury an acorn D. mushrooms
C. collects acorns
184. Autotrophic organisms can do what?
D. jumps from tree to tree
A. breathe air
179. Series of predictable changes that occurs B. hunt and fish
in a community over time?
C. make their own food
A. Ecological Succession
D. Move
B. Biodiversity
C. Adaptation 185. All of the following are examples of In-
herited Traits EXCEPT-
D. Competition
A. Eye Color
180. Which scenario would the following
B. Skin Color
diagram illustrate?Grasses→ flowering
plants→ shrubs → native trees. C. Foot Size
A. An abandoned wheat feild D. Speaking Spanish

186. What are organisms that use other organ- C. they are unaffected
isms for food in order to gain energy?
D. they automatically change
A. decomposers
B. producers 192. A cactus a thick, waxy leaves that help
hold in water. This is an example of
C. herbivores adaptation.
D. consumers
A. behavioral
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187. the environment where an organism B. structural
lives
C. physiological
A. nonliving
D. none of above
B. living
C. habitat 193. Rigid support outside a plant cell only.
D. niche A. Cell Membrane
188. Which is an inherited trait in plants? B. Cell Wall
A. The amount of sunlight the plants re- C. Autotroph
ceive D. Heterotroph
B. The color of their flowers
C. The amount of water the plants re- 194. Which organisms eat other living organ-
ceive isms to survive?
D. The kind of animal that eats its leaves A. producers

B. consumers
189. Site of photosynthesis in plant cells.
A. Mitochondria C. decomposers
B. Chloroplast D. scavengers
C. Prokaryotic 195. What is responsible for delivering oxy-

D. Nucleus gen and removing carbon dioxide from the
body?
190. Which type of pollution can lead to harm-
ful “algal blooms”? A. cell nucleus
A. thermal pollution B. excretory system

B. oil spills C. nervous tissue
C. nutrient pollution D. respiratory system
D. bacteria
196. Non-living parts of an environment
191. If climate change affects an ecosystem, A. biotic factors
what could happen to the organisms that
are not adapted to this climate change? B. parasitism
A. they will form a new ecosystem C. habitat
B. they could disappear D. abiotic factors

197. Identify the examples as:a organism, 202. Struggle between organisms of the same
population, community, or ecosystem.All or different species for food, space, light,
speckled sting-ray that live in the Pacific water, etc.

Ocean A. Interdependence
A. Organism B. Natural Selection
B. Population C. Adaptation
C. Community D. Competition
D. Ecosystem 203. Which animal group has gills and then
lungs?
198. An organism that gets energy by eating
other organisms A. amphibians
A. producer B. birds
B. consumer C. mammals
D. reptiles
C. decomposer
D. none of above 204. What is Biodiversity
A. The number of organism in an ecosys-
199. What is an succession? tem
A. Series of gradual changes that occur B. The variety of organism in an ecosys-
after a disturbance tem
B. Changes that only happen when C. The number and variety of organisms
species die in an ecosystem
C. a series of changes that cause a popu- D. None of these
lation to increase or decrease
205. Trophic levels are represented by
D. an INSTANT change caused by a distur-
bance A. squares
B. circles
200. Which of the following could not survive
C. pyramids
in a forest ecosystem?
D. lines
A. Moss
B. Cactus 206. Organisms made up of more than one
cell.
C. Shrubs
A. abiotic factor
D. Ferns
B. biotic factor
201. Support and protection of soft body parts. C. unicellular
(bones, tendons) D. multicellular
A. Skeletal
207. The trees in this biome shed their leaves
B. Digestive and grow new ones each year:
C. Circulatory A. temperate deciduous forest
D. Muscular B. grasslands

C. deserts 213. Complete this statement.The more di-

D. tundra verse and ecosystem is-
A. The more threatened its populations
208. A plant or animal in an ecosystem is a- are
A. organism B. the more similar the species will be
B. community C. the more stable it is
C. population D. The fewer varieties of species are
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D. none of above present
209. are all the different populations that 214. Organisms that creates its own food
live together in an area. through photosynthesis or chemosynthe-
A. Herd sis.
B. School A. Cell Membrane
C. Population B. Cell Wall
D. Community C. Autotroph
D. Heterotroph
210. A nonliving part of an organism’s habi-
tat. 215. Very little rainfall, hot weather, and
A. Biotic factor cracked grounddescribe which change to an
environment?
B. Prokaryote
A. volcanic erruption
C. Decomposer
B. landslide
D. Abiotic factor
C. drought
211. Which environmental concern is most as-
sociated with burning fossil fuels? D. flood
A. global climate change 216. The number and variety of species in an

B. pollution of ocean waters area tells you about its:
C. ozone layer destruction A. diversity

D. decrease in levels of atmospheric car- B. population
bon dioxide C. ecosystem
212. Sometimes a species that is introduced D. none of above
to an area grows quickly and crowds out
organisms that were already living there. 217. The living organisms in an ecosystem
What is this introduced species called? such as plants and animals
A. native species A. adaptation
B. protective species B. biotic
C. invasive species C. decomposer
D. beneficial species D. abiotic

218. Which option is abiotic? 224. A material used by living things for
A. Plants growth and other life functions is a

B. Bacteria A. consumer
B. producer
C. Water
C. nutrient
D. Fungi
D. food chain
219. A has the physical adaptation of cam-
ouflage to help it survive. 225. During which stage of complete metamor-
phosis does an insect change itself com-
A. Leopard Seal
pletely from a larva to an adult?
B. Eagle
A. Egg stage
C. Turtle B. Larva stage
D. Viceroy Butterfly C. Nymph stage
220. Which of the following is produced by D. Pupa stage
photosynthesis?
226. Which of the following body systems
A. water work together for support, protection, and
B. glucose (sugar) movement?
C. sunlight A. respiratory and cardiovascular
D. carbon dioxide B. skeletal and muscular
C. skeletal and integumentary
221. To keep our ecosystem healthy, we must
keep our? D. digestive and respiratory
A. biodegradability 227. List the levels of organization from least
B. earth complex to most complex.
C. sun A. community, organism, population,
ecosystem
D. biodiversity
B. population, community, ecosystem, or-
222. Biotic factors of an ecosystem are: ganism
A. non-living C. organism, population, community,
ecosystem
B. plants
D. ecosystem, population, organism,
C. living things
community
D. soil
228. Exchange of gases between blood and
223. The disappearance of all members of a the environment. (nose, mouth, lungs, tra-
species from the Earth is called chea)
A. endangered A. Respiratory
B. dinosaurs B. Digestive
C. extinction C. Circulatory
D. Hide-and-seek D. Muscular

229. All the different populations living to- B. Artic

gether in a particular area. C. Desert
A. Population D. Forest
B. Hangout
235. A hurricane hits a coastal prairie and
C. Autotroph destroys the habitat. Years later there
D. Community is an appearance of small plants with
rapidly spreading roots. This vegetation
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230. A part of an organism’s habitat which describes-
keeps the population from growing past a
certain point A. a micro-habitat
A. Biotic factor B. primary succession
B. Abiotic factor C. secondary succession
C. Competition D. biodiversity
D. Limiting factor 236. Which of the following provides organ-
isms in an ecosystem with all their basic
231. What does a Primary Consumer eat?
requirements to survive?
A. Tertiary Consumers
A. soil
B. Secondary Consumers
B. air
C. Producers
C. habitat
D. none of above
D. producers
232. Organisms such as mushrooms, bacteria,
237. Controls mental and bodily functions.
worms and ants that get energy by break-
(brain, spinal cord)
ing down other dead organisms.
A. Integumentary
A. scavengers
B. Endocrine
B. consumers
C. Nervous
C. decomposers
D. Lymphatic/Immune
D. carnivores
238. All of the living and nonliving things in an
233. An organism that is able to capture en-
area and all of their interactions
ergy from sunlight or chemicals and use it
to PRODUCE ITS OWN FOOD. A. herbivore
A. Heterotroph B. ecosystem
B. Autobot C. food chain
C. Autotroph D. adaptation
D. Decomposer 239. At each stage in a food chain, energy is
234. Which of the following environments lost.What is a result of this?
could support both a herd of deer and pop- A. All living organisms respire.
ulation of owls? B. Food chains always begin with green
A. Wetlands plants.

C. Plants are called producers and ani- 245. a structure or behavior that helps an or-
mals consumers. ganism survive in its surroundings

D. There are very few food chains with A. nutrient
more than five organisms. B. adaptation
240. Humans breeding two organisms for de- C. environment
sired traits. D. habitat
246. a group of organisms of the same kind
B. GMOs that can mate and produce offspring like
C. Selective Breeding themselves
D. none of above A. species
241. Man-made, underwater structure, typi- B. organism

cally built for the purpose of promoting ma- C. living
rine life in areas of generally featureless
D. nonliving
bottom.
A. artificial reef 247. Which of the following is an example of
an interaction between a biotic and abiotic
B. overharvesting
factor in an ecosystem?
C. biodiversity
A. A deer drinks from a pond.
D. none of above
B. A robin lays eggs.
242. A prey is C. A fish eats an insect.
A. Something that hunts for its food D. Bacteria break down the remains of a
B. something that only plants dead plant
C. Something that gets hunted 248. How does secondary succession help re-
D. Something that eats only meat store equilibrium to a region destroyed by
a flood?
243. a substance that an organism needs in or- A. It increases the number and types of
der to survive and grow species.
A. environment B. It brings back species from extinction.
B. ecosystem
C. species C. It stops other floods from occurring.
D. nutrient D. It decreases the rate of evolution.
244. The role or function or job of a species in 249. When an animal imitates (looks or acts
a community. like) another animal it is called
A. habitat A. camouflage
B. diet B. mimicry
C. niche C. warning coloration
D. ecosystem D. protective resemblance

250. Which ecosystem features permanently 255. A good adaptation for living in a grass-
frozen subsoil, sometimes called per- land would be-
mafrost? A. the ability to hibernate
A. Coniferous Forest B. The ability of plants to grow very high
B. Deciduous Forest to reach the sunlight
C. Desert C. thick, insulating fur

D. The ability of plants to regrow after
D. Tundra
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prairie fires
251. The falcon has a sharp, hooked beak. It 256. Which of the following is a structural
also has sharp, curved claws called talons. adaptation that allows animals to live in
The falcon’s beak and talons are most an aquatic ecosystem?
likely adaptations for:
A. hooves
A. hiding B. long legs
B. hunting C. webbed feet
C. protection D. thick fur
D. swimming 257. the capacity to endure. In ecology, this
word describes how biological systems re-
252. Gas produced by cells during respiration;
main diverse and productive over time
plants use it in photosynthesis to make
food A. biodiversity
A. oxygen B. habitat
C. microhabitat
B. carbon dioxide
D. sustainability
C. water
258. The circulatory system uses to deliver
D. hydrogen
oxygen to the rest of the body.
253. Wastes produced by agriculture, house- A. blood cells
holds, industry, mining, and other human B. lungs and nose
activities can end up in
C. blood vessels
A. groundwater
D. brain and spinal cord
B. streams and rivers
259. What is an organism?
C. oceans
A. A nonliving thing
D. All of these choices
B. A living thing
254. behavior in, near or with something C. None of the above
A. interaction D. none of above
B. organism 260. Process by which organisms that are

suited to a particular environment are bet-
C. habitat
ter able to survive and reproduce than
D. ecosystem other organisms that are not.

A. Competition 266. One way people can help conserve habi-

B. Ecological Succession tats is by

C. Biodiversity A. 1.mining
D. Natural Selection B. 2.building landfills
C. 3.replanting trees
261. High biodiversity in an ecosystem is im-
portant, because it increases- D. 4.cutting down forests
A. The stability and sustainability of the 267. Which of the following characteristics
area best describe the animal kingdom?
B. The amount of radiant energy from the A. heterotrophic, prokaryotic, unicellular
Sun
C. The rate of photosynthesis in plants
B. autotrophic, eukaryotic, multicellular
and algae
C. heterotrophic, eukaryotic, multicellu-
D. The value of the land for urban devel-
lar
opment
D. heterotrophic, prokaryotic, multicellu-
262. starts with bare rock followed by lichen lar
A. primary succession
268. Which of these words does NOT describe
B. secondary succession an invasive species?
C. both types of succession A. alien
D. none of above
B. intruder
263. What’s a microhabitat? C. non-native
A. Your mom’s tide pods D. natural
B. A small, specialized habitat within a
larger habitat 269. Which of these describes a community?
C. A larger habitat in a smaller one A. one member of a species in a given
area.
D. All of the above
B. all the members of a species in a given
264. An animal that gets energy by only eat- area
ing plants
C. all of the members of a species that
A. herbivore live anywhere
B. carnivore D. all of the different species of living
C. omnivore things in an area.
D. producer 270. Controls homeostasis by releasing hor-
265. The gradual change of organisms in an mones. (thyroid, adrenal gland, pituitary
ecosystem is called gland)
A. extinction A. Integumentary
B. succession B. Endocrine
C. conservation C. Nervous
D. limiting D. Lymphatic/Immune

271. Identify the examples as:a organism, C. succession

population, community, or ecosystem.A
D. primary succession
beautiful butterfly.
A. Organism 277. Bacteria and fungi obtain energy from
B. Population dead organic materialWhich of these terms
accurately describes bacteria and fungi?
C. Community
A. carnivores
D. Ecosystem
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B. decomposers
272. This happens when all the members of a
certain species die. C. herbivores
A. Extinction D. producers
B. Conservation
278. Movement of the body, attached to the
C. Pollution bones. (muscles, tendons)
D. Succession A. Uninary
273. All seeds contain this “baby plant” inside B. Digestive
of them. It’s called an
C. Skeletal
A. root
D. Muscular
B. leaf
C. embryo 279. Jelly like material inside all cells.
D. soil A. Vacuole
274. An animal that is hunted and eaten by B. Cytoplasm
other animals is called what?
C. Eukaryotic
A. prey
D. Heterotroph
B. predator
C. decomposer 280. Which organisms remove carbon dioxide
D. producer from the atmosphere?
A. Consumers
275. A wrasse fish feeds on the parasites
found on the black sea bass’s body. Both B. Decomposers
species benefit. C. Herbivores
A. Mutualism
D. Producers
B. Parasitism
C. Commensalism 281. complete the following population →
community →? → biome
D. none of above
A. biosphere
276. An increase in biodiversity contributes to
the of an ecosystem. B. ecosystem
A. sustainability C. organism
B. biodiversity D. organ system

282. When a tree falls into a dense forest, 287. what is adaptation
what changes are likely to take place? A. it is a place where things dont survir

A. Lichens and moss inhabit the area.
B. adaptation is the process by which liv-
B. The rate of erosion increases. ing organism learns to survive and repro-
C. Saplings and small plants grow better duce in its environment
in the sunlight. C. i have no idea
D. There is a marked decrease in the D. it is the process by which we eat burg-
amount of available oxygen. ers and sleep
283. In a food chain, energy does NOT flow 288. An organism that uses sunlight to make
directly from its own food for energy
A. producer to decomposer A. producer
B. producer to consumer B. consumer
C. consumer to decomposer C. decomposer
D. consumer to producer D. none of above
284. Allowing liquids to pass through, such as
289. Horses get energy by eating grass and
water through the ground
oats. Florida panthers get energy from
A. permeable eating deer and raccoons. Raccoons get en-
B. pollution ergy by eating frogs and fruit. Bobcats get
energy by eating lizards and birds. Which
C. impermeable animal is a herbivore?
D. yup, you know it
A. bobcat
285. One coastal cholla cactus can house the B. horse
nest of the cactus wren containing three
C. panther
adults and up to four young. Four cholla
cacti are counted in a study area. What is D. raccoon
the maximum number of cactus wrens that
could nest in the area? 290. One natural event that causes the envi-
ronment to change quickly is
A. 28
A. ice age
B. 21
B. eroding of mountains
C. 35
C. carving of canyons
D. 16
D. earthquake
286. Two organisms that are so similar they
can interbreed in nature and produce fer- 291. A has the physical adaptation of
tile offspring mimicry to help it survive.
A. biotic factor A. Eagle
B. herbivore B. Turtle
C. ecosystem C. Leopard Seal
D. species D. Viceroy Butterfly

292. Which of the following lists include only 297. An organism that cannot make its own
abiotic factors? food is called . . .
A. plants, animals, average daily temper- A. autotrophic
ature B. chemosynthetic
B. rainfall amounts, average daily tem- C. heterotrophic
perature, minerals in soil
D. photosynthetic
C. minerals in soil, plants, rainfall
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amounts 298. Which best describes an example of cam-
ouflage?
D. animals, rainfall amounts, soil compo-
sition A. Blackberries that are segmented
B. Parrots of strong wings to fly
293. Color or pattern that helps an animal C. Viceroy butterflies look like monarch
blend in with its habitat Adaptation:polar butterflies
bears in the Artic
D. Leopard seals have dark coats on their
A. Hibernation backs to blend in
B. Locomotion
299. Pioneer species are the first
C. Camouflage
A. Trees that replace the original trees af-
D. Migration ter a forest fire
B. Organisms to live in previously unin-
294. Which biome features permanently habited areas
frozen soil called permafrost?
C. Organisms to live in a forest canopy
A. Coniferous Forest
D. Trees to grow in an area that has been
B. Deciduous Forest disturbed
C. Desert
300. How would beavers building a dam cause
D. Tundra an increase in the fish population? The
dam
295. ends in a climax community
A. blocks a river and creates a lake.
A. primary succession B. causespredators to hunt more fish.
B. secondary succession C. forcesmany birds to leave the ecosys-
C. both types of succession tem.
D. none of above D. removestrees from around the river.
301. An organism that cannot adapt to

296. All of the living and nonliving things that
changes in the environment will most
surround and affect an organism is an
likely-
A. Environment A. produce more offspring
B. Camouflage B. die
C. Mimicry C. change its traits to survive
D. Habitat D. store more food

302. factors are all living things located 307. What are groups of different populations
within an ecosystem. living togther in the same place at the
same time called?

A. biotic
A. An organism
B. abitotic
B. A population
C. biome
C. A community
D. niche
D. A biosphere
303. All organisms of a single species in a 308. the role that an organism plays in its habi-
given area is a(n)- tat
A. ecosystem A. niche
B. organism B. organism
C. population C. adaptation
D. community D. habitat
304. Which of the following is NOT a het- 309. Fertilizer, sewage, and animal feces can
erotroph? wash in to water, leading to
A. Producer A. thermal pollution

B. eutrophication
B. Omnivore
C. photosynthesis
C. Carnivore
D. industrial pollution
D. Omnivore
310. Organisms that digest dead producers
305. A relationship between organisms where and consumers such as mold, fungus, bac-
one organism benefits and the other is teria and worms.
harmed? A. Producer
A. Mutualism B. Consumer
B. Commensalism C. Scavenger
C. Parasitism D. Decomposer
D. Host 311. The more diverse an ecosystem is
306. Saguro Cacti live in parts of California, A. the more threatened its populations
Arizona and Mexico. Gila woodpeckers are
build their nests inside saguro cacti. The B. the more similar the species will be
saguro cacti and the gila woodpeckers are
C. the more sustainable it is
both part of the same:
D. the fewer varieties of species are
A. atmosphere present
B. ecosystem
312. Reaches a climax community quicker be-
C. food web cause soil is already present
D. species A. primary succession

B. secondary succession 318. Which two biomes have the least precip-
C. both types of succession itation?
D. none of above A. tropical rain forest and temperate

grasslan
313. From where do producers get their en- B. savanna and tropical dry forest
ergy?
C. tundra and desert
A. the ground
D. boreal forest and temperate woodland
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B. other animals
C. decomposers 319. This biome is found around the equator,
has a dense canopy, and is home to a large
D. the sun amount of biodiversity.
314. Identify the examples as:a organ- A. Deserts
ism, population, community, or ecosys- B. Tropical Rain Forests
tem.Water, Fish, Turtles, Oxygen, Rocks
and Moss interacting in a river system. C. Savannas
A. Organism D. Grasslands
B. Population 320. What are all members of one kind of or-

C. Community ganism that live in a particular area?
D. Ecosystem A. population
B. microrganisms
315. What impact do humans have on ocean
systems? C. community
A. overfishing D. environment
B. dumping site for trash 321. Which experiences the least change over
C. creation of new ecosystems time?
D. all of the above A. Pioneer Species

B. Primary Succession
316. Organisms grouped together with the
same characteristics are in the same C. Aquatic Succession
A. Taxonomic Group D. Climax Community
B. Community 322. Biomass refers to

C. Ecosystem A. Chemical Energy
D. Biotic factor B. Light Energy
317. Remove dead cells and foreign bodies C. Rank in the feeding heirarchy
from body fluids. (lymph nodes, liver, D. Amount of living tissue at the tropic
spleen) level
A. Integumentary 323. What is a biosphere?
B. Endocrine A. A model of a sphere that looks like
C. Nervous Earth
D. Lymphatic/Immune B. The sum of all living matter on Earth

C. A group of organisms 329. You are in a forest where trees shed their
D. A small part of the Earth leaves and grew new ones each yearIn
which biome are you in?

324. An ecosystem that is found on land. A. Tundra
A. Terrestrial ecosystem B. Tropical Rainforest
B. Marine ecosystem C. Deciduous Forest
C. Freshwater ecosystem D. Desert
D. Aquatic ecosystem
330. What’s a biome?
325. If a kestrel (type of bird) eats a mouse A. Your mom eating a tide pod
that eats grass, the kestrel B. A region of Earth where the climate de-
A. producer termines the types of organisms that live
B. secondary consumer there
C. I like tide pods
C. primary consumer
D. Is H20 wet
D. decomposer
331. is the organism that usually causes
326. Production of sex cells. (uterus, ovaries,
harm to the without immediately
testes)
killing it.
A. Integumentary
A. decomposer, parasite
B. Endocrine
B. host, parasite
C. Reproductive C. organisms, parasite
D. Lymphatic/Immune D. parasite, host
327. Animals in this group breathe through 332. is the term to describe all the mem-
lungs, have dry scaly skin, and a body bers of one species living in a particular
temperature that changes with the envi- area.
ronment. What animal group is it?
A. Community
A. amphibians
B. Pod
B. birds
C. Population
C. fish
D. Gaggle
D. reptiles
333. An area where an organism lives.
328. Why does chemical waste need to be dis-
A. niche
posed of carefully?
B. habitat
A. It encourages excessive plant growth
C. abiotic factors
B. It contains heavy metals which build
up in the tissues of living organisms. D. biotic factors
C. It is not biodegradable 334. What is needed for plants to produce

D. It depletes the oxygen levels in the wa- sugar?
ter A. water, sunlight, carbon dioxide

B. water, sunlight, oxygen B. Nonliving parts of a habitat.

C. water, sunlight, nitrogen C. Living parts of an organism
D. water, glucose, sunlight D. Nonliving parts of an organism
335. What is the lowest level of organiza- 340. organisms that grow, change, produce
tion of the biosphere, or the one with the waste, reproduce, and die, such as plants
fewest members? and animals
A. ecosystem A. niche
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B. population B. habitat
C. community C. living
D. organism D. nonliving
336. Site of cellular respiration in all cells and 341. Organism that cannot make its own food,
releases energy from food. so it must consume other organisms for en-
ergy.
A. Mitochondria
A. Vacuole
B. Chloroplast
B. Cytoplasm
C. Prokaryotic
C. Eukaryotic
D. Nucleus
D. Heterotroph
337. An adaptations is-
342. Photosynthetic plant that is the begin-
A. any characteristic that helps a plant or
ning of the food chain for many aquatic an-
animal survive
imals.
B. the role an organism plays in its envi-
A. Competition
ronment
B. Phytoplankton
C. when an animal becomes still in an en-
closed space and reduces bodily function C. Biodiversity
to save energy D. Natural Selection
D. the seasonal movement of animals
343. Controls the activities of the eukaryotic
from one place to another
cells.
338. Thermal pollution of water bodies is due A. Mitochondria
to:
B. Chloroplast
A. Discharge of heat (hot water) from
C. Prokaryotic
power plants.
D. Nucleus
B. Discharge of chemicals from indus-
tries. 344. Camels live in the desert and have wide,
C. Discharge of waste from mining. flat, leathery pads on the bottoms of their
feet. This adaptation most likely helps
D. Discharge of agricultural runoff. them-
339. What are Biotic Factors? A. find sources of water
A. Living parts of an environment B. climb rocky hills

C. sleep standing up 350. A flower bed is created but was left bare
D. walk on hot sand over the summer. What types of plants
might you see at the start of school?

345. A waste product produced by plants dur- A. nothing
ing photosynthesis that we can use
B. weeds
A. oxygen
C. shrubs (bushes)
B. carbon dioxide
C. water D. Trees
D. hydrogen 351. An animal that is dependent on other or-

ganisms for food is a
346. What do consumers do in the food chain?
A. consumer
A. They obtain energy from other organ-
isms. B. producer
B. They break down dead plant and ani- C. nutrient
mal material. D. food chain
C. They use sunlight to make food.
352. Ecosystem change for many different rea-
D. They are parasites of plants.
sons. Which of the following is a natural
347. the maximum population size that can be cause of changes in an ecosystem?
sustained by a given environment A. Farming
A. carrying capacity B. Housebuilding
B. adaptation C. Hurricanes
C. migration
D. Pollution
D. impact
353. Nonliving elements in an ecosystem are
348. An organism that kills and eats another called
organism is a(n)
A. biotic factor
A. prey
B. abiotic factor
B. predator
C. limiting factor
C. population
D. carrying capacity
D. herbivore
349. As you move up from one trophic level to 354. When a population thrives, it means
another, why is only 10% of energy from that-
the previous level passed on? A. the number of organisms is decreas-
A. producers get 100% of the energy ing.
B. it’s lost as heat and to perform life B. it is growing strong and reproducing.
functions. C. the number of organisms is increasing.
C. primary consumers keep misplacing
the rest. D. the number of organisms stays the
D. none of these same.

355. Some insects hatch directly from eggs A. environmental change

during incomplete metamorphosis. These B. energy pyramid
young insects are called:
C. ecosystem
A. adults
D. none of above
B. larva
361. What’s sustainability?
C. nymphs
A. the ability of the environment to meet
D. pupa the needs of organisms that live there
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356. The total number of different species on over long periods of time
earth is known as B. the diversity of organisms present in a
particular ecosystem
A. biome
C. All of the above
B. ecology
D. none of above
C. biodiversity
D. abiotic factors 362. These gases, such as carbon dioxide, trap
heat in the Earth’s atmosphere causing
357. which of the following is an example of global warming
an abiotic factor. A. Global warming gases
A. rose bush B. Hot House gases
B. water C. Green House gases
C. grass D. Thermal pollution
D. rabbit 363. How do artificial reefs positively affect
ocean systems?
358. If farmers use a controlled burn to pre-
vent forest fires, what would most likely A. support large populations
be the first plants to return? B. force organisms to move
A. trees C. pollute the water
B. shrubs D. none of above
C. mosses 364. A trait or characteristic that helps an or-
D. grasses ganism is an
A. Adaptation
359. What is the function of autotrophs in the
carbon cycle? B. Environment
A. to use oxygen to produce glucose C. Population
B. to take in excess water D. Habitat
C. to use carbon dioxide to produce glu- 365. Which of the following is NOT a con-
cose sumer
D. to feed on herbivores A. grass
B. dog
360. A diagram that shows the amount of en-
ergy at each level of a food chain is called C. shark
an: D. fish

366. How does a bird “change its environ- B. earth

ment” to meet its NEEDS? C. sun

A. builds a nest D. biodiversity
B. flies around
372. You are in an environment that did not
C. catches bugs receive any rain and you saw the large
D. looks for something to eat ears of a jackrabbit hiding behind a rock
In which biome are you in?
367. Your Unit 5 Test is on !!!
A. Tundra
A. Friday
B. Tropical Rainforest
B. Sunday
C. Desert
C. Thursday
D. Taiga
D. Tuesday
373. Animals that have something they DO to
368. Plants are known as producers because live. This includes things like hibernation,
they produce their own food. How do migration etc.
producers receive the energy for this pro-
A. warning coloration
cess?
B. camouflage
A. By consuming soil nutrients
C. behavioral adaptation
B. By absorbing sunlight
D. mimicry
C. By releasing water
D. By producing oxygen 374. What factor contributes most to the sus-
tainability of a habitat?
369. Organisms that feed on dead animals
A. Competition among large predators
such as vultures.
B. Large variety of organisms
A. Producer
C. Presence of volcanic rock
B. Consumer
D. Absence of bacterial species
C. Scavenger
D. Decomposer 375. Which of the following is an abiotic factor
that makes up a part of a desert habitat?
370. Taking more from the land (or sea) than it A. cottonwood trees
can replace such as extreme farming, fish-
ing and using fresh water. B. extreme day and night temperatures
A. artificial reef C. few large predetors
B. overharvesting D. waxy-coated plants
C. competition 376. After a forest fire what type of succes-
D. none of above sion would follow?
A. Primary
371. A variety of species with genetic varia-
tions that allow an ecosystem the ability B. Secondary
to maintain a healthy environment. C. Conitinous
A. succession D. deforestation

377. Put the levels of organization in an B. communities

ecosystem in order from the largest to the C. abiotic factors
smallest.
D. microorganisms
A. population, organism, community
B. organism, community, population 382. An animal that gets energy by eating only
other animals
C. community, population, organism
A. herbivore
D. community, organism, population
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B. carnivore
378. What is a producer?
C. omnivore
A. an organism that gets energy from eat-
ing other organisms D. producer
B. an organisms that uses sunlight to 383. Identify the examples as:a organ-
make its own food ism, population, community, or ecosys-
C. an organism that gets energy from eat- tem.Chicken, Cow, Grass, Buffalo, and
ing dead organisms, non-living material or Mouse living on farmland.
waste A. Organism
D. none of above B. Community
379. Which of the plants described above C. Population
would most likely be found in the rainfor- D. Ecosystem
est?
A. leaves with dry tips, climbing vines and 384. What’s a dichotomous key?
canopy covering A. An identification & organizational tool
B. grows in clumps, hairy leaves, small that’s used to identify organisms
C. nonporous leaves, extended roots B. A key to unlock special doors
D. absence of trees C. All of the above
D. none of above
380. The characteristics of a particular organ-
ism are listed below. * Is multicellular * Is 385. Which of the following do scientists think
a consumer * Has cells with nuclei * Repro- is the biggest threat to our ocean ecosys-
duces sexually * Is mobile * Digests foods tems?
internally In which kingdom should this or-
ganism be classified? A. Oil spills in the ocean.
A. Animalia B. Old oil platforms left in the ocean.
B. Fungi C. Overfishing of our oceans.
C. Archaea D. Sounds from commercial ships inter-
rupting animal communication.
D. Plantae
386. Which of the following are lists are ex-
381. What are the nonliving parts of the
amples of only abiotic factors?
ecosystem? This includes temperature,
water, sunlight, air, and soil. A. Water, air, mouse, mushroom
A. biotic factors B. Snake, mouse, owl

C. Decomposers feasting on a deceased C. digestive

animal D. skeletal

D. Soil, sunlight, rock
392. A bear receives the energy it needs to sur-
387. If the mouse population disappeared vive after it-
from the ecosystem, the fox would most A. drinks plenty of water
likely:
B. eats fish and berries
A. hunt owls and birds
C. takes a nap
B. eat grasses and grains
D. rests in the sunlight
C. disappear from the food web
393. An animal that hunts other animals for
D. eat more rabbits and squirrels
food is a
388. How do lichens contribute to primary suc- A. herbivore
cession? B. predator
A. Lichens decompose organic matter C. prey
from animals and plants
D. omnivore
B. Lichens begin to break down rock to
form soil 394. Another name for a consumer is a
C. Lichens are nitrogen fixing bacteria A. heterotroph
D. Lichens convert carbohydrates into B. autotroph
fossil fuels. C. producer
389. Organisms that eat other organisms (het- D. plant
erotroph).
395. When a certain population becomes so
A. Producer dense that it harms or changes the quality
B. Parasite of life in that environment, we have
C. Consumer A. a population
D. Scavenger B. overpopulation
C. pollution
390. Insects go through stages to grow and
change form. This process is called: D. none of above
A. adaptation 396. Another name for a producer is an

B. cycle A. heterotroph
C. development B. autotroph
D. metamorphosis C. herbivore
D. carnivore
391. The main purpose of the system is to
break food particles into pieces that can be 397. The smallest level of ecological organiza-
used. tion is called
A. circulatory A. Organism
B. respiratory B. Tissue

C. Ecosystem C. how animals compete for food in an

D. Organ System ecosystem.
D. the organism living near each other in
398. Every ecosystem supplies the basic needs an ecosystem.
for the organisms that live there. What
are the basic needs of all organisms? 403. A farmer applies excess fertilizer to one
of her fields just before a rainstorm. What
A. Air, water, food, habitat
kind of pollution is this most likely to lead
B. Food, water, habitat, space
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to?
C. Air, water, food, protection A. Toxic
D. Food, attention, change, water B. Sediment
399. Which organism in a food web is a pro- C. Nutrient
ducer? D. Bacterial
A. Aphid
404. The special features which enable living
B. Beetle organisms to survive in their surrounding
C. Rosebush is known as
D. Spider A. habitat
B. adaptation
400. Cutting down trees will:
C. abiotic
A. have very little affect on the living
things in the ecosystem. D. none of above
B. affect most of the plants and animals 405. Biodiversity refers to

in the ecosystem. A. extinct species
C. only affect animals that live in trees of B. the variety of species on Earth
the ecosystem.
C. nonrenewable resources
D. only affect animals that live in the
D. the rate of species decline
ecosystem.
406. Which is the initial source of energy in
401. Control of water balance and chemical
most ecosystems?
makeup of blood. (kidneys, bladder,
ureters) A. sunlight
A. Uninary B. decomposers
B. Digestive C. nutrients in soil
C. Skeletal D. oxygen in the air
D. Muscular 407. In an ecosystem, at which stage is most
energy lost?
402. The purpose of a food chain is to show:
A. Sunlight → trophic level 1
A. the flow of energy through an ecosys-
tem. B. Trophic level 1 → trophic level 2
B. the number of organism in an ecosys- C. Trophic level 2 → trophic level 3

tem. D. Trophic level 3 → trophic level 4

408. The water found in cracks and pores in A. stay anchored

sand, gravel and rocks below the surface B. absorb sunlight

A. sediment C. avoid predators
B. ground water D. capture fish
C. ocean water 414. Some aquatic animals die due to algal
D. surface water bloom because of lack of
409. Define natural selection? A. Oxygen

B. Nitrogen
A. Your mom & your dad
C. Carbon dioxide
B. The process by which organisms that
inherit helpful traits tend to reproduce D. Sculpture
more successfully 415. All of the different biotic organisms found
C. People in the same area.
D. All of the above A. Organism
B. Population
410. A living or once living part of an organ-
ism’s habitat. C. Community
A. Antibiotic factor D. Ecosystem
B. Abiotic factor 416. Which event would most likely cause an
C. Biotic factor ecosystem to have the lowest biodiversity
and population sizes 3 years later?
D. A ghost
A. Clearing land for a highway
411. Which of the following is a nonflowering B. A river floods a cornfield
plant?
C. A forest fire destroys the plant growth
A. grass
B. oak tree D. A lava flow creates a new section of
C. pine tree land
D. tomato plant 417. In which ecosystem would animals be the

most likely to develop the adaptation of hi-
412. All of the members of a certain kind of bernation?
plant or animal in an environment is a
A. The tropical rainforest
A. Population
B. The desert
B. Camouflage C. The taiga
C. Adaptation D. The grasslands
D. Habitat
418. Coming after, the next generation
413. Aquatic plants have adaptations that A. population
help them live in water. For example, the B. species
structures needed for making food are lo-
cated on the tops of floating plant leaves. C. biodiversity
This adaptation helps the plants- D. subsequent population

419. A living factor in an ecosystem, such as a C. high acid levels in a body of water.
plant or animal is D. high alkalinity levels in a body of water.
A. biotic
425. All organisms of the same species living
B. abiotic in the same area.
C. adaptation A. Population
D. producer B. Community
420. An animal that gets energy by eating C. Ecosystem
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both plants and animals D. Organism
A. herbivore
426. The more diverse an ecosystem is-
B. carnivore
A. the more stable it is
C. omnivore
B. the more similar the species will be
D. producer C. the fewer varieties of species are
421. You are sweating in the hot humid air, present
and you see all kinds of colorful plants and D. the more threatened its populations
insects everywhere you look. In which are
biome are you in?
427. Which of the following situations con-
A. Tundra tributes to the sustainability of an ecosys-
B. Tropical Rainforest tem?
C. Desert A. Increase in biodiversity
D. Taiga B. Decrease in biodiversity
422. Living things that make their own food C. Extinction of a population from the
using air, light, soil and water are called: ecosystem
A. changers D. Removal of many populations of organ-

isms
B. consumers
428. In a forest ecosystem, which type of or-
C. decomposers
ganism has the most direct access to the
D. producers main energy source?
423. An includes all living and nonliving A. decomposers
things together in an area. B. consumers
A. population C. producers
B. ecosystem D. scavengers
C. consumers
D. producers a biotic component of the environment?
424. Eutrophication is A. wind
A. too few nutrients in a body of water. B. vegetation
B. too many nutrients in a body of water. C. water
D. temperature

430. Sasha made a model of a food chain. 435. Which of the following best describes an
The living things in her food chain were organism’s habitat?
a cricket, a frog, a snake, and a hawk.

A. The abiotic factors that an organism
Which is missing from the model of Sasha’s
depends on.
food chain?
B. The other organisms in its population.
A. prey
B. consumer
C. The biotic factors that an organism de-
C. producer pends on.
D. food source D. The biotic and abiotic factors that an
431. A predator is organism depends on.
A. Something that eats plants 436. Organisms, such as vultures, that FEED
B. something that hunts for its food on dead animals.
C. Something that gets hunted A. Producer
D. something that gets its energy from B. Scavenger
the sun C. Consumer
432. All living things are classified into two D. Parasite
major categories
437. The first organisms that appear in an eco-
A. Animals and Plants
logical community
B. Reptiles and Mammals
A. ecological succession
C. Living and non-living
B. primary succession
D. deciduous and coniferous
C. secondary succession
433. The greater a habitat’s biodiversity, the
D. pioneer species
greater will be that habitat’s-
A. sustainability over time with varying 438. The more diverse an ecosystem, the more
conditions. it is.
B. consumption of energy in the form of A. Biodiverse
sunlight.
B. Stable
C. temperature ranges across the sea-
C. Sustainable
sons.
D. Bright
D. distance to the nearest water source
434. At what level of organization in an 439. Organisms that BREAKDOWN dead pro-
ecosystem is an individual plant or ani- ducers and consumers such as mold, fun-
mal? gus, bacteria and worms.
A. population A. Producer
B. organism B. Parasite
C. community C. Decomposer
D. ecosystem D. Consumer

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440. The sea water gets polluted mainly due 441. A path of energy transfer from one or-
to: ganism to another
A. Industrial waste. A. population
B. Oil spills. B. symbiotic relationship
C. Death of marine fauna C. food chain
D. None of these D. overpopulation
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10.4 Environmental Issues
1. What is leading to water pollution in the C. effects plants, animals, and people
Middle East? D. All of the above
A. increased population
6. Which environmental issue is being de-
B. increased industry
scribed:“Rainfall that is mixed with pollu-
C. all of the above tants in the air”
D. none of above A. Acid rain
2. Citizens ride bikes in Mexico to B. Air pollution
A. reduce air pollution C. Water pollution
B. reduce deforestation D. nuclear disaster
C. increase deforestation 7. Which of the following sources should you
D. none of the above use when gathering information to help
you make a decision about environmental
3. A natural resource that can be replaced at issues?
the same rate at which it is consumed is a
A. TV news
A. non-point-source pollutant
B. Local newspapers
B. renewable resource
C. Books and magazines
C. non-renewable resource
D. All of above
D. biodegradable resource
4. is a summary of manu experimental 8. Russian, Polish, and Ukranian are part of

results and observations which language famly?
A. law A. Romance
B. theory B. Germanic
C. physics C. Slavic
D. biology D. none of above
5. Pollution 9. Which of the following is a reason for pol-

lution in developed countries (MDC’s)?
A. is harmful materials put into the envi-
ronment A. Deforestation
B. found in air, water, and land B. Wood fires

C. Overuse of soil from poor farming tech- 15. Most people live on the western side of
niques the Ural mountains in this country
A. Russia

D. Using resources at a greater rate per
person B. United Kingdom
10. What is the population of India? C. Italy
A. 900 million D. Germany
B. 340 million 16. What country did we discuss having a big
C. 50 million problem with the nuclear incident at Cher-
nobyl?
D. 1.3 billion
A. Germany
11. An example of habitat destruction is B. Ukraine
A. planting trees C. United Kingdom
B. cleaning up oil spills D. Russia
C. clearing a tropical rainforest 17. This is the main cause of air pollution in the
D. preventing nonpoint-source pollution United Kingdom.
A. Factories
12. What is causing conflict between Turkey,
Syria and Iraq? B. Automobiles
A. They are in disagreement over access C. Planes
to water sources D. Ships
B. Turkey wants the land in Syria and Iraq 18. After the Great London Smog,
A. fossil fuels were completely banned
C. Iraq is secretly building dams on the
B. there was a nuclear explosion in Lon-
rivers
don
D. Syria has been bombing both countries
C. King Edward banned fires
13. Which is a cause of acid rain? D. smokeless zones were created
A. coal burning factories 19. What can farmers use to prevent the harm-
B. solar power sources ing of beneficial insects?
C. farms and forests A. spray insecticides
D. wind turbines blowing poison gases B. natural pest control
C. new pestisides
14. What was the purpose of the Ganges Ac-
tion plan begun in the 1980’s? D. nonaerosal insecticides
A. to try and clean up the river 20. Why do most Canadians live in the south
near the US border?
B. the bring an end to the cremations
A. the climate is less harsh
C. to end using the river for drinking wa-
ter B. there are more resources
D. to slow down the building of new fac- C. there are fewer wild animals
tories D. there is less pollution

21. process of land turning into desert due to 26. To reduce pollution in the environment,
deforestation and drought people should materials.
A. deforestation A. recycle
B. desertification B. pollute
C. industry C. throw away
D. drought D. clean
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27. A catastrophic decision to disable Cher-
22. What effect does poor soil and deforesta-
nobyl’s safety systems during this experi-
tion have on land in Africa?
ment resulted in the reactor and releas-
A. provides more jobs ing irradiated steam and particulate mat-
B. increases poverty ter into the atmosphereGroup of answer
choices
C. increases food productions
A. being replaced
D. has ended HIV/AIDS
B. losing electricity
23. What do trees help us do? C. exploding
A. Cut them down D. none of above
B. Breath 28. A road map is an example of a
C. Swim A. Graphical model
D. Consume water B. Mathematical model
C. Conceptual model
24. Which is a benefit of mining in Canada?
D. Physical model
A. Valuable mining lands are located near
cities. 29. Besides factories, what else causes acid
B. Waterways are polluted in the process rain to pollute the air in southeastern
of mining. Canada?
C. Over 1.5 million people work in the min- A. deforestation
ing industry. B. overfarming
D. Sulfer dioxide (SO2) is spewed into the C. vehicle exhaust
air and lands in waterways.
D. wind farms
25. What is the result when sunlight acts on 30. What is an effect of the pollution in Mex-
the gases from factory and car exhaust, or ico city?
when water in the air mixes with smoke
particles ? A. People can breathe fresh air
A. smog B. Many people have respiratory ill-

nesses
B. fog
C. no limits on driving
C. smoke
D. there are no health issues in Mexico
D. steam City

31. What contributes to flooding in both India C. belief in one holy book
and China? D. belief in many holy books

A. cutting down trees, improper farming
methods, and monsoons 37. The process of recovering valuable or use-
ful materials from waste is called
B. lack of dams, pollution, and monsoons
A. recycling
C. beavers, bears, and tigers B. renewing
D. deforestation and desertification C. rebuilding
D. reducing
32. What fossil fuel
A. gases or smoke 38. Which region in Africa is most vulnerable
to deforestation?
B. problems with the earth system
A. Sahel
C. the dab
B. Sahara
D. fuel formed in the earth from plants or
animals remain coal, oil, and natural gas C. Savanna
D. tropical rainforest
33. This country has many natural resources,
but can not reach them due to the harsh 39. Are deforestation and desertification re-
climate lated?
A. United Kingdom A. Yes; desertification and deforestation
B. Italy are the same thing.
C. Russia B. Yes; deforestation contributes to de-
sertification
D. Germany
C. No, they re not related
34. We can reduce our need for fossil fuels by
D. It is unknown if they are related.
developing
A. alternative energy sources 40. Brazilians and natives cutting trees
B. natural gas pipelines A. cause
C. gasoline powered cars B. effect
D. new oil sources C. solution
35. How does a nation invest in en- D. none of above

trepreneurs? 41. What is the purpose of the Panama
A. Building hospitals Canal?
B. Building roads A. to improve relations among South &
C. Developing natural resources Central America
D. Investing in new businesses B. to provide a shorter route for trade

C. to avoid ocean currents that could de-
36. What does the word monotheistic mean? stroy ships
A. belief in more than one god D. to use all of South American ports for
B. belief in one god trade

42. The action of clearing a wide area of B. increased snowfall

trees. C. fish dying
A. population distribution D. polluted lakes
B. desertification
48. Many factories harmful pollutants into
C. industry
the atmosphere.
D. deforestation
A. spill
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43. What exports does the Canadian Shield B. emit
provide?
C. pour
A. minerals
D. release
B. lumber
49. Global warming in mexico
C. fish
A. cause
D. oil and natural gas
B. effect
44. What is the main contributor to air pollu-
tion in the UK today? C. solution
A. automobile emissions D. none of above
B. nuclear energy 50. Smoke from factories is the biggest issue

C. human health hazards of .
D. coal burning fires A. Water pollution

B. Global warming
45. A symbiotic relationship in which an organ-
ism benefits and the other is not affected C. Air pollution
is known as D. none of above
A. mutualism
51. What is the most dangerous environmen-
B. parasitism tal issue in Mexico?
C. commensalism A. Water contamination
D. friendshipism B. Deforestation
46. What effect does the physical character- C. Air Pollution
istics of the Tropical Rain Forest have on D. Over population
trade?
A. Large highways make trade easy. 52. Sustainable use and management of
natural resources (renewable or non-
B. Poor roads make trade challenging renewable). Using our resources for hu-
C. Physical characteristics have no effect man needs, but thinking about the future
on trade (saving).
D. none of above A. Conservation
47. Which of these is not a problem caused by B. Preservation

acid rain? C. Depletion
A. trees dying D. Recycling

53. Why are there not a lot of cities along the C. Organization of Petroleum Exporting
banks of the Yellow River in China? Countries

A. Violation of the Hindu religion D. Oil Planning and Environmental Com-
B. It is in the desert mittee
C. Constant flooding 59. Which climate is mostly present in the Mid-
D. none of above dle East?
A. Humid
54. Which country launched the first satellite
into space called Sputnik? B. Arid
A. USSR C. Tropical
B. USA D. Tundra
C. Poland 60. Person concerned primarily with setting
D. Russia aside or protecting undisturbed natural ar-
eas from harmful human activities.
55. Which is an effect of acid rain?
A. biologist
A. Asthma
B. geologist
B. Cleaner freshwater
C. ecologist
C. Destroyed forests and trees
D. preservationist
D. Increased manufacturing
56. Germany’s sulfur deposits, increased in- 61. What are the consequences of pollution?
dustrialization, and east-blowing winds A. Acid rain and greenhouse effect
all contribute to which environmental prob- B. Oxygen
lem?
C. Better air quality
A. nuclear disasters
D. none of above
B. melting glaciers
C. flash floods 62. Which problem is associated with too much
carbon dioxide in the air?
D. acid rain
A. algal bloom
57. Explain why the population of the Sahara
is low B. breathing problems
A. lack of water C. cooler air trapped at Earth’s surface

B. continual warfare D. oil slicks on the Caribbean coastline
C. too many polar bears living there 63. Population density (amount of people liv-
D. frequent flooding ing in an area) is generally higher in areas
around
58. What does OPEC stand for?
A. mountains
A. Official Petroleum Expecting Conti-
B. water
nents
B. Oil and Petroleum Exporting Conti- C. deserts
nents D. canyons

64. Moving around using means of transport, C. Jordan

and many other activities, uses energy and
D. Turkey
produces various types of
A. delusion 70. Air pollution in Los Angeles is a
B. solution source.
C. pollution A. nonpoint
D. none of above B. point
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65. The Middle East has a big problem with C. natural
to water. Not every country has D. none of above
the same opportunity to get to a water
source. 71. Oil reserves make up a large portion of
A. air pollution what country’s potential wealth?
B. water pollution A. South Africa

C. acid rain B. Kenya
D. unequal access C. Nigeria
66. Which European country is NOT located on D. none of above

continental Europe?
72. happens when trash, toxic waste,
A. Russia and sewage is spilled into rivers and other
B. United Kingdom bodies of water.
C. Spain A. air pollution
D. Italy B. water pollution
67. What is the capital city of India? C. fossil water
A. Ankara D. rain water
B. Istanbul
73. Which of the following is NOT as cause of
C. Warsaw air pollution in India?
D. New Delhi A. Coal-burning factories
68. What are two things people rely of forests B. Homes burning coal for heat
for?
C. automobile emissions
A. food and transportation
D. flooding during monsoon season
B. oxygen and filter for pollutants
C. shelter and transportation 74. What contributes the MOST to heavy
smog in London, England?
D. water and oxygen
A. agricultural runoff
69. Which country is the MOST water scarce
country in the Middle East? B. clear-cutting forests
A. Iraq C. automobile emissions
B. Saudi Arabia D. slash-and-burn farming

75. Acid rain is destroying the Black Forest. 80. Which of the following contribute to water
This is a major problem for which coun- scarcity and pollution?
try?

A. growing populations
A. Russia
B. lack of water
B. Ukraine
C. Increase in industry
C. Germany
D. All the above
D. United Kingdom
76. Why were other countries concerned about 81. The African savanna covers almost of
the Chernobyl disater? the continent.
A. Chernobyl was immediately closed. A. 1/2

B. The cost of nuclear power increased. B. 1/3
C. Radioactive material fell on other C. 1/4
countries. D. 1/5
D. They did not have room for sick people
in the hospitals. 82. Populations in cities in South Asia are
growing rapidly because
77. China’s massive and rapid industrialization
since the 1990s has resulted in A. there are better jobs and better educ-
tion
A. an end to the Communist party
B. there are better farms and cleaner air
B. an increase healthcare conditions
C. a decrease in international gas prices
C. there is no place else for people to go
D. significant and widespread air pollu-
tion D. flooding along the coasts has forced
people to move inland
78. Many people in the Middle East live in or
relocate to live in areas where what is 83. Why have the lands around the Tigris and
found? Euphrates been home to civilizations in the
A. Farms Middle East for thousands years?
B. Oil A. Rich oil fields

C. Livestock B. Fertile soil and freshwater
D. Rivers C. Natural protection from enemies
79. What is the impact of the Canadian Shield D. Easy transportation to the seas
on Canada’s economy?
84. Total market value in current dollars of all
A. Provides access to travel and trade goods and services produced within a coun-
B. Provides vast mineral resources for try, usually during a year.
trade A. gross world product (GWP)
C. Reduces access to trade with the
B. consumer
United States
C. gross domestic product (GDP)
D. Reduces the amount of minerals
Canada produces D. pollution control

85. All of these fields of study contribute to 90. What resource makes up a large portion of
environmental science except Nigeria’s potential wealth?
A. astronomy. A. Mineral resources
B. biology. B. Oil reserves
C. ecology. C. Timber
D. chemistry. D. Commercial agriculture
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91. Which has been a major cause of desertifi-
86. This form of air pollution is especially bad
cation?
in London in the United Kingdom.
A. years of uncontrolled flooding
A. Acid Rain
B. overuse of the land by the people
B. Smog
C. heavy seasonal winds coming off the
C. Nuclear Radiation desert
D. Deforrestation D. sharp and unexpected changes in the
climate
87. Which physical features largely blocks
trade between North Africa and Southern 92. In Iraq, the water from the Euphrates and
Africa? Tigris rivers is reduced by what due to
A. Kalahari Desert dams in Turkey?
B. Nile River A. 80%

B. 100%
C. Sahara Desert
C. 40%
D. Niger River
D. 10%
88. What environmental problem did Saddam
Hussein cause in Iraq? 93. Air pollution travels across country bound-
aries. Which European country’s burning
A. He caused the Jordan river to dry up of fossil fuels has greatly contributed to
B. His Glory Canal project drained the pollution issues in other European coun-
marshlands tries like Germany?
C. He allowed industries to dump waste A. Russia
freely into the rivers B. Italy
D. Saddam Hussein helped to end water C. Spain
pollution and shortages
D. United Kingdom
89. What country causes 50-75% of Canada’s 94. Which of the following is the most impor-
air pollution problems? tant source of income in Venezuela?
A. Alaska A. ranching
B. Russia B. farming
C. Mexico C. petroleum sales
D. United States D. fishing

95. What is one way Mexico is trying to solve B. extremely dry without moisture
the problem of air pollution in Mexico C. deep and wide enough for ships to
City?

pass
A. working to preserve the Amazon rain- D. designated as a city
forest
B. encouraging people to use subways 101. Where does 50% of Canada’s air and wa-
and buses ter pollution come from?
C. banning the use of cars in the city A. USA
D. limiting the number of people who can B. Europe

live in the city C. Mexico
96. The Amazon Rainforest helps convert D. Hudson Bay area

into clean breathable air. 102. Biodiversity can be maintained by pro-
A. hydrogen tecting
B. carbon dioxide A. natural resourses
C. helium B. habitats
D. plants C. exotic species
97. Brazil is home for D. wilderness
A. amazon rainforest 103. How is Brazil’s government tried to fix

B. amazon river deforestation concerns?
C. sierra madre mountains A. It is banning logging production.
D. 1 and 2 B. It is not addressing the problem at all.
98. Too many organisms in one area for the C. It is starting to shut down logging com-
resources available is called panies
A. biodiversity D. The government has passes laws re-
B. overpopulation stricting logging.
C. pollution 104. Required emission test yearly
D. renewable resource A. effect
99. Which of the following is NOT a major con- B. none
tributor to air pollution in Canada? C. cause
A. factories D. solution
B. coal burning plants
105. What is recycling? It is the process of
C. automobiles
D. recycling companies A. converting waste materials into new
100. Define arable materials and objects
A. land good for farming; capable of pro- B. reusing waste

ducing crops C. using disposable products

D. bringing down to a smaller extent, size, D. none of above

amount, number.
111. What area in Canada is most affected by
106. are materials or substances such as acid rain?
minerals, forests, water, and soil that oc-
cur in nature and can be used for economic A. Canadian Shield
gain. B. Rocky Mountains
A. Fossil fuels C. Great Lakes
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B. Synthetic resources D. Arctic Ocean
C. Natural resources
112. and benefits of an environmental pro-
D. Common resources posal are often economic.
107. Zoos are built to save A. People
A. endangered animals B. Savings
B. extinct animals C. Costs
C. dangerous animals D. none of above
D. wild animals
113. Which of these is not an environmental
108. What is a cause for Air Pollution in the issue?
United Kingdom?
A. The solar system
A. Fires burning in the United Kingdom
B. Pollution
B. Smoke from coal burning factories.
C. Natural disasters
C. People burning trash
109. How are acid rain, air pollution, and nu- 114. Toxic rain as a results of noxious gases
clear disasters all similar? in the air
A. The effects of all three are contained A. air pollution
within one country B. acid rain
B. All happened due to one time human C. environment
error
C. They all happened in the same country
115. Why isn’t drip irrigation and desalination
D. Pollution spreads into many other used more often in SWA?
countries A. Most countries don’t know about this
110. What affect does the Sahel’s climate and technology
physical characteristics have on population B. Drip irrigation is not effective in a hot,
distribution? dry climate
A. Few people live here C. These technologies are very expensive
B. Many people live here to use
C. There is no effect D. Desalination is a failed technology

116. Forests C. flash flood

A. Renewable D. deforestation

B. Nonrenewable
122. What is the major environmental concern
C. Both in the United Kingdom?
D. none of above A. Acid Rain
117. Which of the following is one of the B. Air Pollution
causes of desertification? C. Earth quake
A. Clearing land for more homes D. none of above
B. Cutting trees and bushes for firewood
123. Why is acid rain dangerous to the envi-
ronment in China?
C. Wild animals eating all of the plants
A. May cause chemical fires
D. larger numbers of migrating birds
B. can harm plants and animals
118. What is used to transport goods from
C. often leads to massive flooding
Western Africa to Peru and Chile?
D. it causes an increase in air tempera-
A. Amazon River
ture
B. Atlantic Ocean
C. Panama Canal 124. Which country was NOT affected by the
Chernobyl nuclear disaster?
D. Pacific Ocean
A. Sweden
119. What has damaged China’s crops and B. Russia
caused millions of deaths throughout
China’s history? C. Belarus
A. flooding of rivers D. China
B. air pollution 125. A model of dinosaur is an example of a
C. deforestation model.
D. tsunamis A. graphical
120. Most people in Southwest Asia live on or B. mathematical

near what? C. conceptual
A. Trees D. physical
B. Water sources
126. The Sierra Madre Mountains trapped
C. Deserts smog, created by and , in Mexico
D. Dry land City, Mexico.
A. Car/Emissions/Factories
121. The absence of rainfall is referred to as
B. Acid Rain/Over-Extraction
A. drought C. Deforestation/People
B. famine D. Inuit/Global Warming

127. What country did we discuss having a big C. heat

problem with acid rain? D. all of the above
A. United Kingdom
133. Which was NOT a cause of the nuclear
B. Germany
disaster at Chernobyl, Ukraine?
C. Ukraine
A. exhaust from automobile emissions
D. Russia
B. failure to follow safety procedures
128. What is causing water pollution in South-
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C. human error during a power outage
west Asia? test
A. Chemical fertilizers and irrigation D. design flaws in the reactor
B. Chemical fertilizers, garbage, and
sewage 134. How much surface do forests approxi-
mately cover on the Earth’s land?
C. Chemical fertilizers and desalination
A. 20%
D. Chemical fertilizers and nuclear waste
B. 15%
129. The two most important rivers in India
C. 30%
A. Indian, Indus
D. 50%
B. Bengal, Indian
C. Ganges, Indus 135. Who was the leader of the Chinese com-
munist Party in 1949?
D. Ganges, Arabian
A. Chiang Kai-Shek
130. and mix in the air to cause acid B. Mao Zedong
rain.
C. Sun Yat-sen
A. Fossil fuels; hydrogen
D. Mulan
B. Pollutants; chemicals
C. Fossil fuels; rain 136. Risk is
D. Pollutants; rain A. The collection of numerical data
131. Broad process of global social, economic, B. The probability that something wanted
and environmental change that leads to an will happen
increasingly similar and integrated world. C. The probability that something un-
See information and globalization revolu- wanted will happen
tion. D. A group of similar things of interest to
A. environment a scientist
B. globalization
137. In the case of acid rain, what mixes and
C. ecology comes down with rain?
D. conservation A. chemicals
132. Cause for air pollution B. snow
A. automobile emission C. ice
B. factories D. leaves

138. What is a wetland? B. air pollution

A. all of the land area surrounding a river C. deforestation

system D. desertification
B. the area at a river’s mouth where
fresh water meets salt water 143. The two main sources of air pollution in
the UK are
C. a low-lying area that is saturated with
water A. planes and trains
D. an area on the side of a river that B. people and dogs

floods periodically C. cars and factories
139. What is the government of Canada doing D. none of above

to protect the forests? 144. UK’s solutions to air pollution include
A. planting seeds and seedlings. A. laws requiring bicycles instead of cars
B. spending billions of dollars selling
forests. B. monitoring air quality
C. encouraging clear-cutting to keep lum- C. allowing factories to produce what
ber costs down. they choose
D. providing new homes for wildlife and D. making it illegal to use fuels in vehicles
new areas for human recreation.
145. Which physical feature is a huge region
140. Orange smoke is an example of rich in minerals, trees, and water but is
A. air pollution not good for farming?
B. deforestation A. The Hudson Bay
C. Rain forest B. The St. Lawrence River
D. smog C. The Canadian Shield
D. The Rocky Mountains
141. What is the difference between a
biodegradeable and nondegradeable sub- 146. mountain range that is home to the high-
stance? est mountains in the world
A. biodegradeable breaks down in the en- A. caste
vironment B. Sanskrit
B. biodegradeable causes pollution C. monsoon
C. nondegradeable breaks down in the D. Himalaya
environment
D. none of above 147. Water found just underneath the Earth’s
surface is called It is used for wells and
142. An increase in industrial activity along springs.
with increased use of automobiles in In- A. rain water
dia and China the last several decades has
caused an increase the severity of which B. acid rain
major environmental problem? C. groundwater
A. flooding D. none of above

148. The earth’s natural materials and pro- 153. The “Tuareg” or “Free men” are ,
cesses that sustain other species and us. moving frequently in the Sahara, in search
Compare financial resources, human re- of food and water.
sources, manufactured resources. A. children
A. reuse B. Muslims
B. natural resources C. animals
C. reduce D. nomads
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D. recycle
154. A accident that causes a serious escape
149. Which action has most helped reduce air of radioactive material.
pollution? A. acid rain
A. people walking instead of driving B. effect
B. vehicle emissions have been linked to C. nuclear disaster
disease like asthma
D. nuclear leak
C. acid rain has begun in other countries
D. replacing coal with cleaner fuels 155. Which of the following best describes the
overall climate found in Southwest Asia?
150. The industry must produce more food, A. Hot and dry climate
which means further pressure on natural
environment. B. Tropical and humid climate
A. creative C. Seasonal climate
B. agricultural D. Cold and dry climate
C. communication 156. an extended period of time without rain-
D. none of above fall
A. Water Pollution
151. Why does overgrazing lead to desertifi-
cation? B. Irrigation
A. Loss of grass destroys the soil. C. Drought
B. Loss of grass causes droughts. D. Climate
C. Increase in vegetation destroys the 157. is an explanation for many observa-
soil. tions
D. Increase in vegetation protects A. meniscus
against droughts. B. weight
152. Since many African societies value edu- C. law
cating a boy more than educating a girl, D. theory
A. The literacy rate for boys is higher
158. High infant mortality
B. The literacy rate for boys and girls is
the same A. solution
C. The literacy rate for girls is higher B. cause
D. The literacy rate in most African na- C. effect
tions is very high D. none

159. Coastal developments are popular be- A. the process of adding salt to fresh wa-
cause they offer views. ter.

A. wonderful B. the process of removing oil from the
B. dirty ground
C. unpleasant C. the process of removing salt from sea-

water.
D. none of above
D. process of making crude oil into gaso-
160. What is a cause of pollution in the line for cars
Yangtze River?
165. How do people in a parliamentary democ-
A. industrial runoff
racy exercise their power in their govern-
B. human waste ment?
C. bodies A. They elect the executive only
D. human pollution B. They elect the legislature only
161. is the water found trapped in lay- C. They elect the legislature and the ex-
ers of rock for thousands of years. ecutive
A. desalination D. They watch the candidates call each
other names
B. fossil water
C. groundwater 166. What can excessive wood extraction pro-
voke?
D. surface water
A. More Oxygen
162. What is it called when a scientist can de-
termine the exact place that is the source B. Increase of terrestrial species
of a pollutant? C. Greenhouse
A. point source pollution D. none of above
B. non-point source pollution
167. The rain forest will supply
C. widespread pollution
A. 75% of the country’s oxygen
D. less hazardous pollution
B. 20% of the world’s oxygen
163. Describe Canada’s Northern subarctic cli- C. 50% of the world’s fresh water
mate.
D. 20% of the world’s fresh water
A. long cold winters with short cool sum-
mers 168. All of the following are ways to help stop
B. long hot summers with short winter pollution execpt
C. long cold winters with long hot sum- A. Smokestack filters and cleaner fuels
mer B. Continue to burn fossil fuels like coal
D. none of above C. Encase Chernobyl in cement
164. Saudi Arabia uses desalination. What is D. Use new types of energy like solar,
desalination? wind, and water power

169. Which historical figure do Judaism, Chris- 174. Mexico City is a huge industrial center.
tianity, and Islam have in common? Therefore, besides automobiles, what is
another major cause of air pollution in
A. Jesus
Mexico City?
B. Muhammad
A. factories
C. Abraham
B. mines
D. none of above
C. Sierra Madre Mountains
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170. The forceful movement of one object on D. baseball stadiums
another.
175. The number and variety of organisms in
A. impact an area is called
B. accident A. biodiversity
C. cause B. wilderness
D. effect C. habitat
171. Most common land in Southwest Asia D. wildlife
A. desert 176. What steps were taken by the govern-

B. river valley ment to make the reactor safe?
C. mountain A. The reactor was taken apart
D. grassland B. The reactor was buried in concrete

C. The government quit using nuclear
172. Does deforestation contribute to global power
warming?
D. The reactor was moved to the exclu-
A. Yes, the vehicles that cut down the sion zone.
trees.
177. Today, what is the major reason for the
B. No, trees don’t cause pollution.
air pollution in the United Kingdom?
C. Yes, without trees less CO2 is turned
A. nuclear fallout from Ukraine
to Oxygen.
B. exhaust from automobiles
D. none of above
C. acid rain from Germany
173. In the 21st century, extinction is a big D. Factories that are water powered
problem because
A. the rate of extinction is much faster 178. Industrial waste, agricultural runoff, and
than ever before human/animal sewage leads to which of
the following?
B. there is no such thing as extinction in
the 21st century A. Fair allocation of water
C. now we can record when it happens B. Water regulations

C. Water pollution
D. the rate of extinction is much slower
than ever before D. Economic stability

179. Which ocean borders Canada’s northern C. pollution source

coast? D. fossil fuels

A. Arctic
185. Biodiversity can be maintained by pro-
B. Indian
tecting
C. Pacific
A. habitats
D. Southern
B. exotic species
180. Pollution of water in the rivers, lakes, C. crops
and oceans is called
D. factories
A. Acid Rain
B. Air Pollution 186. What are major water problems in the
Middle East?
C. Water Pollution
A. Scarcity
D. Chernobyl
B. Pollution
181. Improvement of living standards by eco-
C. Unequal distribution
nomic growth. Compare economic growth,
environmentally sustainable economic de- D. All of the Choices
velopment.
187. No longer existing, as an animal species
A. environment
A. Habitat
B. national product
B. Extinct
C. economic development
C. Resources
D. ecology
D. none of above
182. What could be happening if a macroinver-
tebrate no longer lives in a stream? 188. What is the preservation and wise use of
natural resources called?
A. The water quality is improving.
B. The water quality is unchanged. A. Conservation
C. The water quality is decreasing. B. Ecology
D. There is no connection between water C. Habits

quality and macroinvertebrates. D. Biodiversity
183. On which continent is India situated? 189. What is true about the fresh water sup-
A. Europe ply in Southwest Asia?
B. Asia A. Desalination plants make fresh water
cheaply
C. Africa
B. Fresh water is plentiful and easily ac-
D. North America
cessed
184. The of an environmental proposal are C. Fresh water resources are evenly dis-
often economic. tributed in the region
A. costs and benefits D. Many conflicts in the region are about
B. population growth access to fresh water

190. Taking no more potentially renewable re- C. animals

sources from the natural world than can be D. twenty year olds
replenished naturally and not overloading
the capacity of the environment to cleanse 196. Some countries use desalinization plants
and renew itself by natural processes. to create more freshwater. What is a
A. sustainable society problem of these plants?
A. increased freshwater
B. sustainability
B. decreased water pollution
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C. reuse
C. very expensive
D. sustainable living
D. none of above
191. contamination of bodies of water mainly
caused by industry and agriculture. 197. One of the worst nuclear disasters in his-
tory took place at the power plant in
A. Water Pollution
Pripyat, Ukraine-at that time, part of the
B. Air Pollution Soviet Union-in 1986
C. Lack of Water (Water Scarcity) A. Moscow
D. Overgrazing B. Berlin
192. According to our standard SS6G8, where C. Paris
in Europe has acid rain been an issue? D. Chernobyl
A. Italy 198. The process of the desert expanding into
B. Germany areas that had formerly been farmland is
C. Greece called
D. Russia A. deforestation.
B. defarmlandification.
193. What causes acid rain?
C. desertification.
A. nuclear disasters
D. resanding.
B. water pollution
199. Which ethnic group can most African lan-
C. deforestation
guages be traced to?
D. air pollution
A. Swahili
194. Another environmental problem in B. Bantu
Canada is what?
C. Arab
A. Pollution of Great Lakes
D. Ashanti
B. Increase in insects
200. What country has polluted their water
C. Erosion of Rocky Mountains
sources by tossing cremated remains into
D. Increase in snowfall the river?
195. Who is mostly affected by the pollution A. India
in Mexico City? B. Japan
A. Young children and the elderly C. North Korea
B. Middle aged people D. China

201. Why was the sloth in the city? 207. In recent times the Arabian Gulf countries
A. explore have all experienced very growth in
the oil and gas industries.

B. find food
A. gradual
C. lost
B. slow
D. find a home
C. rapid
202. Acid rain destroys the following:
D. none of above
A. Destroys plants
208. Which of the following environmental
B. Pollutes water sources and soil
problems does the Kyoto Protocol Not aim
C. Erodes buildings to resolve
D. All of the above A. Reducing the amount of cattle that is
ranched in the US.
203. Select the term that matches this defini-
tion:Removing or clearing away trees B. Reduce CO2 Global emissions
A. Air Pollution C. Reduce the amount of CFC emissions
B. Deforestation D. Reduce the global temperature in-
C. Urbanization creases in the future.
D. Arable Land 209. Which two main religious groups are

found in Africa?
204. Why is farming so difficult in the Sahel?
A. Jews and Hindus
A. Government programs have moved too
many people to the area. B. Christians and Jews
B. No rain falls in the region. C. Muslims and Hindus
C. Little rain falls in the region. D. Muslims and Christians
D. Too many animals live in the Sahel. 210. The term applied to a species that has no
205. The process by which land becomes in- living members is
creasingly dry to a point of being useless. A. endangered
A. desertification B. threatened
B. marginal land C. extinct
C. drought D. troubled
D. pastoral nomads
211. Venezuela’s economy relies on this natu-
206. What problem besides water-born dis- ral resource for 90% of it’s income. How-
eases does a lack of clean water cause in ever, it is also responsible for great de-
Africa? struction and environmental damage.
A. fewer trees A. Timber
B. smaller deserts B. Coal
C. difficult to irrigate crops C. Gold
D. easier to prevent desertification D. Oil

212. Which of the following describes the lo- A. to restrict individual freedoms
cation of Mexico City? B. to maintain rapid economic growth
A. high elevation yet surrounded by C. to protect the rights of businesses
mountains at a higher elevation
D. to ensure that resources are shared
B. in the middle of a rainforest fairly and used efficiently
C. on the east coast of Mexico along the
Gulf of Mexico 218. To use a resource again after processing
it.
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D. a high elevation above the Sierra
Madre Mountains A. Reduce
B. Reuse
213. This is a mixture of smoke and fog.
C. Recycle
A. Acid Rain
D. none of above
B. Dew
C. Radiation 219. Decisions about how to protect Earth’s at-
mosphere are made on a level.
D. Smog
A. local
214. What is the main pollution problem in B. national
Mexico City?
C. global
A. Oil pollution
D. personal
B. Air pollution
C. Water pollution 220. Which physical feature do the United
States and Canada share?
D. All of the above
A. Niagra Falls
215. Pollution in the atmosphere or ozone is B. Rocky Mountains
called
C. St. Lawrence River
A. Acid Rain
D. all of the above
B. Air Pollution
C. Water Pollution 221. is the largest country in South Amer-
ica.
D. Chernobyl
A. Cuba
216. Maintenance of resources in their present B. Chile
condition. (Protecting the environment
from further human impact). C. Brazil
A. Conservation D. Colombia
B. Preservation 222. What is the biggest threat to the African

C. Depletion rainforests today?
D. Recycling A. Humans
B. wildfires
217. Which of the following should be the
main goal of environmental decision- C. pollution
making and policy? D. animals

223. The supply of water to land or crops to 228. In what European country did the Cher-
help growth, typically by means ofchan- nobyl nuclear disaster take place?
nels.

A. United Kingdom
A. Irrigation B. Germany
B. Water Pollution C. Italy
C. Drought D. Ukraine
D. Desertification 229. This incident caused poisonous air, ther-
mal burns, animal mutations, and made a
224. Solar energy from the sun reaching the 30 mile area uninhabitable.
earth.
A. air pollution
A. resource
B. acid rain
B. preservationist
C. Chernobyl
C. solar capital D. Cuban Missile Crisis
D. pollutant
230. Mexico City is
225. A is something that scientists use to A. In the lowland valleys of the mountains
represent an object or process
A. mass B. at a high elevation atop an extinct vol-
cano, surrounded by mountains
B. matter
C. on the coast of Mexico
C. model
D. At such an elevation it is actually above
D. weight the Sierra Madre Mountains.
226. Which of the following is Not an environ- 231. The process in which the Earth grows
mental issue the world faces today? warmer over time.
A. Apartheid A. Greenhouse effect
B. Global Warming B. Polar melting
C. Pollution C. Reforestation
D. Deforestation D. Global warming
232. Which area of Africa is most at risk for

227. What is desertification? desertification?
A. The cutting down of a large area of A. The Sahel
trees
B. The Sahara
B. The build up of salt in soil due to chem-
C. Congo s rainforests
ical fertilizers
D. The Gabon s rainforests
C. When rivers become too polluted and
dry up like a desert 233. Which environmental concern is MOST as-
D. When the land gradually turns into a sociated with Canada’s timber industry?
desert A. the reduction of air quality

B. the pollution of fresthwater 239. Nearly 90% of Canada’s population

C. the destruction of habitats lives
D. the creation of acid rain A. within 100 miles of the border of the
United States.
234. This is the one of the main causes of air B. along the west coast of British
pollution in the United Kingdom. Columbia.
A. Power Stations C. beside the St. Lawrence waterway.
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B. Farms D. in the province of Quebec.
C. Planes
240. Which borders Canada?
D. Ships
A. Mexico
235. Which is NOT a cause of deforestation in B. United States
Africa?
C. Panama
A. clearing land for farms
D. Russia
B. logging
C. urban growth 241. Select the one below which is not a way
to recycle e-waste ethically
D. Foreign Aid Programs
A. Take to a recycling centre
236. Fewer girls are receiving an education in
B. Use for spare parts
areas of Africa because of
C. Give to someone who does not have a
A. malaria is spreading across Africa.
device
B. larger areas of farmland.
D. Throw in the bin
C. unequal access to clean water in
Africa. 242. Germany’s acid rain was impacted by this
European country
D. trees are growing back at quicker
rates. A. Russia
237. Most water pollution is the result of B. United Kingdom
A. human activities. C. Spain
B. animals living in the water. D. Italy
C. volcanic eruptions. 243. How do mountains affect where people

D. storms. live?
A. They are a natural barrier against in-
238. lack of access to clean water, or only ac- vaders
cess to polluted water.
B. They help people trade back and forth
A. Lack of Fresh Water (Water Scarcity)
C. They provide minerals for the econ-
B. Draining of Marshland omy.
C. Salinization D. They don’t stop people from living
D. Water Pollution there.

244. The Great of was a severe 249. Why do people kill animals in Brazil?
pollution event that affected the British A. To make money
capital of London for days in early De-

cember of that year. B. To get fur
C. To do it for fun
A. Deluge; 1954; water; 6
D. To trade
B. Fog;1956; air; 4
C. Deluge; 1952; air; 3 250. How much radioactive material was re-
leased in to the environment in the Cher-
D. Smog; 1952; air; 5 nobyl nuclear disaster?
245. Providing water to land for agriculture A. 90 lbs.
(artificially). B. 9 tons
A. Water Pollution C. 90 tons
B. Irrigation D. 9 kilograms
C. Drought 251. The “Bedouins” are Southwest Asians
D. Climate who have traditionally lived in and around
A. oil fields
246. “Smoke and emissions contain pollutants B. urban areas
that are released into the air”Which envi-
ronmental issue is being described? C. major deserts
A. acid rain D. large river systems
B. water pollution 252. Which ocean borders Canada’s western

coast?
C. air pollution
A. Atlantic
D. nuclear disaster
B. Pacific
247. What is the largest enviromental concern C. Arctic
for Mexico City? D. Indian
A. Smog / Air Pollution
253. What is the leading cause of death in
B. Extraction of Natural Resources China due to the Asian Brown Cloud.
C. Deforestation A. Automobile accidents
D. Over-production of Oil (spills/ leaks) B. Homocides
C. Respiratory and heart diseases
248. Which statement about Deforestation is
true? D. Military conflicts (wars)
A. Deforestation is good for the soil. 254. The world gets about 20% of what from
the Amazon Rainforest?
B. Deforestation is beneficial for the en-
vironment. A. water
C. Deforestation is helpful to native ani- B. carbon dioxide
mal species. C. radiation
D. Deforestation can cause soil erosion. D. oxygen

255. It is estimated that the radiation levels 260. Which of the following is a reason for pol-
are still so high in Chernobyl, that humans lution in developing countries (Lowest De-
cannot safely live there for the next veloped Countries-LDC’s)?
A. 2, 000 years A. Deforestation
B. 20, 000 years B. Pollution from over-consumption
C. 50 years C. Air pollution from too many cars
D. 100 years
D. Using resources at a greater rate per
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256. Which human activity would be most person
likely to have a negative impact on the en-
vironment? 261. Which of the following is an effect of de-
forestation?
A. Planting trees to control soil erosion
A. Soil erosion and lack of biodiversity
B. Limiting the use of chemicals that kill
weeds. B. Droughts and aridity
C. Stopping the draining of swamps. C. Habitat loss and climate change.
D. Burning coal and oil to generate elec- D. All of these answers are effects of de-
tric power. forestation.
257. In which year was Mexico City declared 262. What region in Africa is most vulnerable
the most polluted city in the world? to desertification?
A. 1986 A. Sahel
B. 2001
B. Savanna
C. 1992
C. Sahara
D. 1995
D. Tropical Rainforest
258. The largest threat to the African savanna
is the increasing number of 263. T/F Agricultural runoff is the main cause
of air pollution in India and China
A. animals
B. dams A. True
C. people B. False:desertification
D. wars C. False:burning fossil fuels
259. What happens when an ecosystem be- D. none of above

comes less biodiverse?
264. Which Canadian feature allows swift
A. The health of the ecosystem increases. trade passage between the Great Lakes
and the Atlantic Ocean?
B. The health of the ecosystem de- A. Great Lakes
creases.
B. Pacific Ocean
C. The health of the ecosystem remains
the same. C. Hudson Bay
D. The ecosystem cannot survive. D. St. Lawrence River

265. Which of the following is not a condition 270. Which physical feature is closest to the
of sustainability? border of the United States and Canada?
A. Great Lakes

A. considering ways of not being harmful
to the environment B. Hudson Bay
B. avoiding depleting natural resources C. Arctic Ocean
C. using resources without regard to the D. Canadian Shield
effects on the environment
271. Canadian forestry products, such as tim-
D. supporting long-term ecological bal- ber and processed wood, amount for al-
ance most $15 billion of international trade an-
266. Contaminated air due to smoke and harm- nually. The majority of these products are
ful gases sold to
A. Mexico
A. air pollution
B. the United States
B. nuclear disaster
C. the European Union
C. acid rain
D. China
D. explosion
272. Area of Africa south of the Sahara desert
267. What caused the Chernobyl nuclear disas-
A. Sub-Saharan
ter on April, 26, 1986?
B. Environment
A. one of the reactors exploded
C. Climate
B. one of the staff set it on fire
D. Industry
C. Russia bombed it as an act of war
D. No one knows why it happened 273. How many million of people lack drink-
able water in Mexico?
268. How much pollution comes from the A. 15 million
United States to southern Canada?
B. 5 million
A. 30 to 45 percent C. 12 million
B. 45 to 60 percent D. 2 million
C. 50 to 75 percent
274. What is the main cause of Deforestation
D. 40 to 70 percent in Africa?
269. So many different languages are spoken A. climate change
in West Africa because B. human activity
A. many immigrants have come to West C. migratory animals
Africa D. overgrazing
B. people are able to speak more than
275. Near the equator
one language
A. cause
C. each ethnic group speaks a separate
language B. effect
D. each religious denomination speaks a C. solution
separate language D. none

276. Describe the effects of deforestation. 281. What is a drought?

A. increases animal habitats A. Loss in vegetation
B. it cannot be reversed B. Allowing animal herds to consume all
vegetation
C. it is good for the soil
C. A long period without rainfall
D. it can lead to desertification
D. When fertile soil turns barren
277. clearly defined
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282. Which one of these best describes legal
A. key issues?
B. specific A. Issues that are considered right or
C. effect wrong in the eyes of the law.
D. explain B. Issues that people with different be-

liefs or cultures are concerned about.
278. What was the Southeastern Anatolia C. Issues that are considered right or
Project? wrong by society.
A. A project used to build desalination D. none of above
plants in Iraq
283. Why don’t more Africans infected with
B. A project created to supply water to HIV/AIDS take the antiretroviral drugs
less fortunate people (AVTs) that can slow down the progress
C. A project used to build dams along of the disease?
rivers in Turkey A. they are only made once a year
D. A failed project by Saddam Hussein B. they are extremely rare
that drained marshlands
C. they are banned by most African gov-
279. What is cyberbullying? ernments
A. Bullying that takes place over digital D. most cannot afford them
devices, such as phones or social media. 284. How much of the world’s oil supply is
found in Southwest Asia (Middle East)?
B. Bullying on social media only A. 25 percent
C. Bullying someone by hitting them with B. 75 percent
an ipad
C. 40 percent
D. none of above
D. 50 percent
280. Which industry would MOST LIKELY be 285. What environmental issue has become in-
found to be profitable in the area known creasingly problematic for the United King-
as the Canadian Shield? dom in recent decades?
A. mining A. acid rain
B. manufacturing B. air pollution
C. fishing C. nuclear waste
D. farming D. water pollution

286. Which has NOT contributed to the human 292. can be grouped in two categories,
population explosion? point source and nonpoint source.

A. modern preventive medicine A. Environmental science
B. increase in life expectancy B. Natural resources
C. improved waste disposal
C. Pollution
D. increase in recycling and reusing prod-
D. Population growth
ucts
287. to make something clear 293. Why are many major cities located near
or on rivers?
A. environmental
B. issue A. Necessary for farming
C. explain B. Shipping for trade

D. disaster C. Transportation
288. What are the name of the mountains that D. all of the above
trap Mexico City’s pollution
294. Country that is highly industrialized and
A. Andes mountains has a high per capita GNP. Compare devel-
B. Rocky Mountains oping country. Formerly called more devel-
C. Sierra Madre Mountains oped country (MDC).
D. Appalachian mountains A. developed country
289. To carry out research and discover facts B. conservation
A. explain C. environment
B. locate D. environmental science
C. investigate
295. Which of the following can cause pollu-
D. cause tion?
290. the destruction of trees and other vege- A. noise
tation
B. garbage
A. deforestation
C. chemicals
B. desertification
D. all of the above
C. industry
D. population distribution 296. Harmful chemicals from and have
caused acid rain to damage the Black For-
291. How do humans affect their environ-
rest in Germany.
ment?
A. factories/animals
A. positvely
B. negatively B. cars/factories
C. both C. humans/the sun
D. none of above D. factories/ships

297. What is the main cause of deforestation C. fewer grazing animals

in Africa today? D. increased population
A. desertification
303. Measures used to determine your ecolog-
B. commercial logging ical footprint include all of the following
C. water pollution EXCEPT
D. air pollution A. the size of your home
B. the amount of packaged food you eat
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298. It is estimated that 80% of all is
untreated and flows directly into India’s C. how often you drive each week
rivers, causing pollution. D. how often you go hiking
A. erosion
304. Money cause
B. raw sewage
A. air pollution
C. pesticides
B. plant extinction
D. mining surplus
C. contamination
299. Air pollution in India is a serious environ- D. deforestation
mental problem. What is a cause of 70%
of the pollution? 305. Large or dispersed land areas such as
cropfields, streets, and lawns that dis-
A. Cremation
charge pollutants into the environment
B. Automobile emissions over a large area.
C. Trash A. nonpoint source
D. Government restrictions B. point source
300. What is a cause of deforestation? C. pollution
A. car emissions D. recycle
B. logging and mining 306. How does desertification impact the peo-
ple living in the Sahel region?
C. oil spills
A. Income from tourism
D. over population
B. More people work in factories
301. Which ocean is most affected by pollu-
C. Increased starvation and poverty
tion?
D. Decreased support from the United Na-
A. Atlantic
tions
B. Pacific
307. Canada’s large amount of granite in its
C. Indian
geography makes it more at risk to be
D. none of above damaged by
302. Cutting trees and bushes for firewood A. climate change.
leads to B. acid rain.
A. larger numbers of migrating birds C. flooding.
B. desertification D. erosion

308. Which best describes a major use of the 313. Population density (amount of people liv-
Congo River? ing in an area) is generally higher in areas
around:

A. Irrigation and fishing
A. mountains
B. a. Supplying water to Egypt
B. water
C. a. Water for the Sahel animals.
C. deserts
D. Transportation of goods and people
from the Nile to the Red Sea. D. canyons
309. A shortage of fresh drinking water exists 314. Which process occurs when the water in
in the Middle East because: a river slows?
A. There are many deserts and it doesn’t A. erosion
rain much in the region B. condensation
B. There is a growing population that re- C. weathering
quires more water D. deposition
C. The vast majority of available freshwa-
ter is used for agriculture 315. All of these pollute water in Africa ex-
cept
D. All of the above
A. raw sewage
310. Which of the following environmental is- B. toxic mining chemicals
sues is most impacted by clear-cutting?
C. cheerios
A. Acid Rain
D. pesticides
B. Deforestation
316. The classification and collection of data
C. Water Pollution
that are in the form of numbers is called
D. Mining the Canadian Shield
A. Statistics
311. In what way does acid rain pose a threat B. Probability
to the German economy? C. Distribution
A. Acid rain damages the resources on D. Mean
which the timber industry relies.
B. Germany must pay to repair damaged 317. This environmental issue is responsible
bridges and roads. for destroying nearly half of the Black For-
est in Germany.
C. Germany must pay for health care due
to the health issues caused by acid rain. A. Smog
B. Acid Rain
D. none of above
C. Nuclear radiation
312. The results of a cause.
D. Earthquakes
A. effect
318. If the literacy rate in a country is low
B. air pollution
then the standard of living will probably
C. cause
D. acid rain A. go up

B. stay the same 324. Energy resources formed from plant and
C. skyrocket animal remains.
D. go down A. Renewable resources

B. Greenhouse effect
319. What is the most popular industry in
Mexico City that contributes to its air pol- C. Fossil fuels
lution problem? D. Soil exhaustion
A. Agriculture
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325. When all the plants and trees are gone
B. Manufacturing A. environmental issue Panama
C. Tourism B. deforestation in Brazil
D. Oil
C. Environmental issue in Mexico
320. Which are causes of acid rain? D. Deforestation and environmental
A. coal burning factories
326. How many animals die a year because of
B. solar power sources garbage?
C. farms and forests A. 20 000
D. wind turbines blowing poison gases B. 5 000
321. Why is the population o the Gobi and Tak- C. 100 000
limakan so slow? D. none of above
A. hot
327. If an animal is nearly extinct, it is
B. arid
A. in danger
C. dry
B. endangered
D. all of the above
C. exotic
322. Which of the following could be consid- D. extinct
ered an example of a confederation form
of government? 328. The bad smoke from cars and factories
causes
A. The Diet
A. water pollution
B. The Indian National Congress
C. The Assembly of the People’s Republic B. air pollution
of China C. acid rain
D. The Association of Southeast Asian Na- D. desalination
tions
329. Demand for which resource has greatly
323. What country is home to the Amazon contributed to the destruction of the Ama-
Rainforest zon Rainforest?
A. America A. coal
B. Cuba B. diamonds
C. Brazil C. lumber
D. China D. oil

330. What is the biggest environmental threat 336. All of the following are potential conse-
to the African rainforests today? quences of global climate change (global
warming) except:

A. deforestation
B. wildfires A. flooding
C. pollution B. more areas that can now grow crops
D. animals C. increase in disease
331. Lung disease is an effect D. none of above
A. get wet
337. This environmental issue occurred in
B. frozen air 1986 in Chernobyl, Ukraine.
C. deforestation A. Smog
D. air pollution
B. Noise Pollution
332. What is a cause of malnutrition? C. Nuclear Power Plant explosion
A. too little nutrients and vitamins in the
D. Acid Rain
food eaten
B. too many sweets are eaten 338. Chernobyl disaster is an ongoing concern,
C. too much protein in the food eaten as is the increased incidence rate of in-
northern Ukraine
D. none of above
A. cancer
333. is presenting someone else’s work as
your own. B. open wounds
A. Identity theft C. rashes

B. Plagiarism D. none of above
C. Phishing
339. What animal is getting rarer in the Ama-
D. Hacking zon Rainforest?
334. Which of the following is NOT an effect A. bird
of acid rain in Germany?
B. Dolphins
A. destruction of the Black Forest
C. monke
B. damage to statues and buildings
D. Cicada beetle
C. contamination of drinking water
D. radiation released into the air 340. Why do people cut trees down?
335. Which of the following is NOT a benefit A. To clear land to create more living
from living near a water resource? space
A. Fertile soil B. To free up space for agricultural rea-
B. Flooding sons
C. Trading C. To sell lumber
D. Fishing D. All of these choices

341. The Aswan High Dam changed farm- 346. Why does Turkey have a “water advan-
ing by allowing more crops to be grown. tage”?
A. Egyptian A. Turkey actually suffers from a severe
water shortage
B. South Africa
B. Turkey has access to multiple water
C. Kenya sources
D. Sudan C. The UN is supplying Turkey with addi-
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tional water
342. Seasons in South Asia depend MOSTLY
on D. Turkey receives a massive amount of
rainfall each year
A. cyclones
B. hurricanes 347. What is the major environmental issue in
Germany?
C. monsoons
A. Traffic Jams
D. tornadoes
B. Locust and Bees
343. Which of these are three types of pollu- C. Acid Rain
tion? D. none of above
A. noise, light, chemical
348. What is desalination?
B. global warming, climate change,
A. A synthetic substance used to help
greenhouse gases
crops grow
C. overpopulation, cities, landfills
B. The process of removing salt from sea
D. carbon dioxide, oxygen, nitrogen water for consumption
C. The slow and precise application of wa-
344. Where do the majority of Canadians
ter directly to plants
live?
D. Underground layers of rock or sand
A. near the western border with Alaska that contain water
B. near the northern border along the
Arctic Ocean 349. How is air pollution caused in rural ar-
eas?
C. near the southern border with the U.S.
A. deforestation
B. cars and boats
D. near the eastern border along the At-
lantic Ocean C. Burning coals to keep homes warm
D. oil spills
345. In addition to cars, add pollutants to
Mexico City’s air. 350. One natural cause of Germany’s acid rain
A. cars problem is
A. People haven’t completely stopped
B. baseball stadiums
driving cars.
C. factories
B. Air currents spread the toxins from
D. none of above other countries in Europe.

C. People continue to litter. 355. How do political conflicts (wars) some-

D. Solar and wind power sources are not times lead to famine?

being used. A. they don’t
351. What effect does Climate have on pop- B. cropsnever seem to grow well in times
ulation distribution in the savannas of of war
Africa? C. conflictsdisrupt farming so little food
A. Few people live here because there is is produced
no rain for farming
D. leaders order all farmers to stop farm-
B. People choose to live here because ing and join the army
there is rain for farming
C. Climate does not effect where people 356. Where would you find wild animals and
choose to live wheat and oats being grown?
D. none of above A. Sahara
B. Sahel
352. What effect does an increase in a coun-
try’s literacy rate have on the people who C. Savanna
live there? D. Rainforest
A. it decreases the infant mortality rate
B. it decreases the average number of 357. Because of deforestation the air is going
years a student is in schools to be less
C. it lowers the GDP A. Dense

D. it increase the average earnings per B. Moist
citizen C. Cold
353. Using a product over and over again in D. Breathable
the same form. An example is collecting,
washing, and refilling glass beverage bot- 358. There are limited places in Africa that
tles. have enough access to water to support
A. reduse industry How could the government help
with this problem?
B. reuse
A. Promote better farming techniques
C. recycle
B. End droughts
D. all above
C. Build more infrastructure
354. Venezuela is one of the world leaders
in oil production. However, it also leads D. Attract water-free industries
South America in the production of ,
359. What environmental issues do Africans
which is harmful to the breathing of chil-
face?
dren and the elderly.
A. Carbon Dioxide A. drought
B. Acid Rain B. deforestation
C. Toxic Sludge C. water pollution
D. Widespread Panic D. all of the above

360. Use fewer resources and reduce the 366. What is the main crop grown in areas of
amount of waste. Buy and use less. Make deforestation?
choices about packaging (buy in bulk).
A. cocoa
A. Reduce
B. rubber
B. Reuse
C. soybeans
C. Recycle
D. none of above D. Brazil nuts
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361. The country below had had a Nuclear 367. Sensible and careful use of natural re-
Plant contamination issue. sources by humans.
A. Cuba A. resource
B. Ukraine B. conservation
C. Mexico
C. pollution
D. Germany
D. pollutant
362. Which of the following descriptors is NOT
one of the solution to Mexico City’s pollu- 368. leads to poor soil.
tion problems?
A. flooding
A. ride public transportation
B. desertification
B. educate people
C. find alternative types of fuel C. dirty water
D. make people use the cars every day D. decreased population
363. Which is NOT an ethnic group? 369. Which environmental issue is being de-
A. Ashanti scribed:“Smoke and emissions contain pol-
lutants that are released into the air”
B. Bantu
C. Muslim A. Acid rain
D. Arab B. Water Pollution
364. Desertification is a major problem in C. Air pollution

A. Sahel D. Nuclear disaster
B. Savanna
370. How do people in a presidential democ-
C. Tropical Rain Forest racy exercise their power in their govern-
D. Madagascar ment?
365. How does a nation invest in capital A. They elect the executive only
goods? B. They elect the legislature only
A. Building schools
C. They elect the legislature and the ex-
B. Building roads ecutive
C. Developing natural resources D. They watch the candidates call each
D. Investing in new businesses other names

371. Which of these is an effect of air pollu- 376. Where is the garbage island?
tion? A. Between Portugal and Brazil

A. Respiratory problems B. Between Hawaii and California
B. Reduced food sources for humans C. Between the U.S. and Spain
C. Increased disease for humans D. none of above
D. Decrease in global temperatures 377. This form of pollution kills trees, dam-
ages buildings or statues, and takes min-
372. The Ganges River flows into what body
erals out of the soil.
of water?
A. Smog
A. Sea of Bengal
B. Nuclear Radiation
B. Arabian Sea
C. Acid Rain
C. Yellow Sea
D. Deforrestation
D. Bay of Bengal
378. Many of the largest cities in Southwest
373. Device or process that removes or re- Asia are located on or near
duces the level of a pollutant after it has
A. deserts
been produced or has entered the envi-
ronment. Examples are automobile emis- B. major rivers
sion control devices and sewage treatment C. large grasslands
plants.
D. mountain ranges
A. ecology
379. What is something the United Kingdom’s
B. pollution cleanup government has done to help combat air
C. point source pollution?
D. non point source A. created smokeless zones
B. given everyone a car that burns a lot
374. Why is central and western China less of gas
populated than eastern China?
C. built more coal-burning factories
A. it is covered in mountains and deserts
D. cleaned the plastic and trash out of
rivers and streams
B. it has better farmland
380. What religion did Arab traders bring with
C. there are too many wars
them to Africa around 700 CE?
D. rivers do not reach that far inland
A. Christianity
375. loss of forest cover that cannot be grown B. Swahili
back naturally C. Islam
A. desertification D. Judaism
B. deforestation
381. Which country is the first to officially ban
C. drought deforestation?
D. irrigation A. Philippines

B. Norway 387. What water feature is the most highly

C. Japan populated river basin in the world?
D. Denmark A. Taklimakan
B. Gobi
382. the pattern of where people live
C. Ganges
A. deforestation
D. Yangtze
B. desertification
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C. population distribution 388. What is the climate like in most of the
Middle East? (This also contributes water
D. drought
shortages.)
383. Where is pollution found on the earth? A. Lush rainforest
A. only in the air B. Arid desert
B. only on the land C. Mild climate with moderate rainfallFlat
C. only in the water plains
D. on land, in the air, and in the water D. Mild climate with large amounts of
rainfallRocky mountains
384. What country did we discuss having a big
problem with air pollution? 389. What are the two most valuable natu-
A. United Kingdom ral resources in Southwest Asia (Middle
East)?
B. Germany
A. water and cotton
C. Ukraine
B. phosphates and oil
D. Russia
C. oil and natural gas
385. In Germany, many of the trees in the
D. sulfur and natural gas
forests are dying. This is because the
waxy outer coating on their tree leaves is
390. English, Dutch, and Danish belong to
being damaged by which environmental is-
which language family?
sue?
A. Germanic
A. Acid Rain
B. Slavic
B. bugs and bees
C. Thunder and Lightenig C. Romance
386. How many years in the media does the 391. The Euphrates River goes through what
plastic delaydecompose? countries?
A. 100 years A. Iraq, Iran, Syria
B. 40 years B. Turkey, Syria, Iraq
C. 200 years C. Turkey, Iran, Pakistan
D. none of above D. Turkey, Jordan, Syria

392. Which was an effect of the nuclear disas- B. nonpoint

ter at Chernobyl? C. natural

A. People and animals did not get sick.
D. common
B. Drinking water was unsafe for months.
398. Which problem is associated with the de-
bate about nuclear power?
C. Forests got healthier than they had
been. A. acid rain
D. All the nuclear power plants in the wor B. deforestation
393. Which country is working to protect the C. disposing of nuclear waste

Amazon Rainforest, most of which lies D. having enough oil to run nuclear power
within its borders? plants
A. Venezuela
399. a strong wind that blows one way in win-
B. Ecuador ter and another in summer
C. Colombia A. Sanskrit
D. Brazil B. caste
394. The Ganges is very sacred to the re- C. raja
ligion. D. monsoon
A. Islamic
400. What is another cause of deforestation
B. Indian
involved with animals in Brazil?
C. Jewish
A. Cattle ranching and farming
D. Hindu
B. Burning wood
395. long period of time with extremely dry C. Playing soccer
weather.
D. Buses and transportation
A. desertification
B. drought 401. Who is affected first by carbon dioxide
pollution?
C. deforestation
A. healthy adults
D. irrigation
B. children and the elderly
396. What major issues threaten present day
Africa? C. farmers along Lake Maracaibo
A. diseases D. fisherman along the Caribbean coast

B. famine 402. All of the following are causes of air pol-
C. civil unrest lution and acid rain except for
D. all of the above A. burning fossil fuels like coal
B. vehicle emissions into the air
397. Air pollution in Pittsburgh is a point
source. C. manufacturing
A. True D. solar, wind and water power

403. Conserving wetlands and reducing defor- C. timber companies save money
estation will help D. wildlife loses large areas of land
A. protect habitats
409. What is the issue between Israel, Jordan
B. stop air pollution and Syria?
C. eliminate exotic species A. They are in conflict over rights to mon-
D. slow over population uments
404. Burning fossil fuels cause that cause B. They are in conflict over rights to nu-
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pollution. clear weapons
A. temperature decrease C. They are in conflict over rights to the
Jordan River
B. headaches
D. They are in conflict over rights to ac-
C. emissions cess the Suez Canal
D. natural pollution
410. Deforestation
405. What affect has deforestation had on
A. money
Africa?
B. cutting down trees
A. increased the number of jobs
C. taking natural resources
B. elminated HIV/AIDS
D. all of the above
C. caused a shortage of food
D. ended civil wars 411. Which of the following is the main cause
of water-borne diseases in Africa?
406. Which of the following gases is thought
A. Drought
to be responsible for increasing global tem-
peratures B. Not having proper waste-disposal sys-
tems
A. argon
C. nuclear power plants
B. nitrogen
D. deforestation
C. carbon dioxide
D. ozone 412. How does industry hurt African nations?
A. Industry causes the GDP to go up
407. Strict laws on omissions to lessen pollu-
tion were one of the solutions proposed by B. Industry causes the GDP to go down.
which country? C. Water is polluted by industrial run-off
A. Venezuela D. Lots of people move to areas with fac-
B. Brazil tories
C. Cuba 413. This is an area of extremely fertile land
D. Mexico stretching across northern Europe
408. What is a problem related to clear cut- A. Scandinavian Peninsula

ting? B. European Plain
A. soil is turned up C. Great Rift Valley
B. erosion of soil stops D. Iberian Peninsula

414. Name that country:This country’s loca- 419. Soil

tion makes it easy to trade. Has an abun- A. Renewable
dance of natural resources and good cli-

mate for agriculture B. Nonrenewable
A. United Kingdom C. Both
B. Germany D. none of above
C. Italy 420. What problems have Brazil faced when

cutting down to much of the Amazon?
D. Russia
A. They get scolded
415. According to our standard, which Euro- B. Many timber businesses and people
pean country is famous for terrible air pol- have faced charges
lution?
C. People are being shipped out of the
A. France country
B. Spain D. Innocent children are going to jail
C. United Kingdom
421. The majority of Europeans are followers
D. Italy of this religion.
416. The process in which the Earth’s atmo- A. Protestant Christian

sphere traps heat energy. B. Judaism
A. Greenhouse effect C. Islam
B. Polar melting D. Roman Catholic (Christian)
C. Reforestation 422. What was one effect of the Chernobyl nu-
D. Global warming clear explosion?
A. Nuclear power plants everywhere
417. Which is a problem related to clear- were closed.
cutting?
B. Drinking water was contaminated.
A. Soil is turned up.
C. People got sick but not animals.
B. Erosion of soil stops.C. Timber compa-
D. Air pollution began to improve.
nies save money.
C. Wildlife loses large areas of habitat. 423. What are the main causes of acid rain?
D. none of above A. farms and forests
B. water power and electricity
418. What part of Canada is experiencing ma-
jor problems with the over-extraction of C. coal burning factories and automobile
minerals? emissions
D. solar power and wind turbines blowing
A. The Great Lakes
poisonous gases
B. Canadian Shield
424. What is one part of Africa that is expe-
C. Eastern Canada
riencing major problems with desertifica-
D. St. Lawrence Seaway tion?

A. Nile River region 429. All external conditions and factors, living
and nonliving (chemicals and energy), that
B. Sahel
affect an organism or other specified sys-
C. Savanna tem during its lifetime.
D. Tropical Rainforest A. pollution
B. environment
425. What other measures has the Mexican
government put in place to help reduce the C. ecology
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air pollution. D. resource
A. Limit how often people can drive cars.
430. Which of the following statements are in
the correct order
B. Close factories on days when air pollu-
A. Reuse Reduce Recycle
tion is high.
B. Reduce Recycle Reuse
C. Strict emissions inspections on cars.
C. Reduce Reuse Recycle
D. all of the above
D. none of above
426. What strategies would help in preventing
431. total of all living organisms and natural
the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa?
forces in a place
A. education on prevention
A. Sub-Saharan
B. radiation treatment B. Environment
C. ATVs C. Climate
D. natural healing D. Industry
427. London, England, the capital of the United 432. What is a major environmental concern in
Kingdom, has some of the worst of Mexico City?
any major city in Europe.Group of answer A. smog/air pollution
choices
B. extraction of natural resources
A. air pollution
C. deforestation
B. noise pollution
D. over-production of oil (spills/ leaks)
C. sound pollution
433. Which of the following is a cause of acid
D. none of above
rain?
428. The first Canadian-American plan to clean A. deforestation
the Great Lakes was to reduce which chem- B. emission converters on autombiles
ical?
C. clean air zones
A. detergent
D. emissions from automobiles
B. fertilizer
434. Name that country:Good climate for agri-
C. pesticide
culture and has safe, travelable rivers, un-
D. phosphorus fortunately the rivers run through other

countries before emptying into open wa- 439. How many people died in East Africa in
ter. the drought of 2011?

A. Russia A. 250
B. Italy B. 250, 000
C. United Kingdom C. 2500
D. Germany D. 25
435. Which of the following is a solution to 440. Why do some kids not get as much edu-
water pollution? cation as we do
A. burn cleaner fuels A. Because they have to leave school to
go get water and eat
B. Build and maintain sewage treatment
plants B. because they go to school late
C. limit driving C. because they rarely ever go to school
D. burn all the trash D. because they only go to school on the
weekends
436. A leading cause of deforestation in the
Amazon Rain Forest is 441. What is a solution for Acid Rain in Ger-
many?
A. Oil Production
A. Replace power plants with water
B. Air pollution
power instead of coal burning.
C. Cattle Ranching
B. Use your umbrella more keep away
D. Tribal Conflicts from the rain.
437. The main reason for Canada’s cold climate C. Replace power plants with plant burn-
is its ing factories.
A. high mountains D. none of above
B. northern location 442. What is Brazil’s main environmental is-

C. distance from water sue?
D. lakes and rivers A. Oil pollution

B. Air pollution
438. In an effort to improve air quality in the
city, the government of Mexico City C. desertification
A. promotes the use of cars by all resi- D. deforestation

dents.
443. Where did the nuclear explosion take
B. has set aside large areas of forest in place?
parks.
A. Ukraine
C. encourages residents to use public
B. Russia
transportation.
C. Germany
D. increased the export of natural re-
sources. D. United Kingdom

444. In the Sahel, reduced tropical rainforests 449. This form of air pollution occurs when
and overgrazing of vegetation are causes harmful chemicals mix with water in
of clouds and come back to earth in the form
A. flooding of rain.
B. hurricanes A. Smog
B. Acid Rain
C. tornadoes
C. Nuclear Radiation
D. desertification
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D. Dew
445. Different organisms have different roles
within a habitat. The role an organism 450. Which Latin American country borders
plays in its habitat is its the United States and has air pollution as
a problem in its capital?
A. population
A. Brazil
B. community
B. Mexico
C. ecosystem
C. Panama
D. niche
D. Cuba
446. Pollution sources fall into two cate-
451. What is one reason for continued water
gories:
pollution in African nations?
A. biotic and abiotic
A. Environmental activists
B. point source and nonpoint source
B. Government inaction
C. renewable and nonrenewable
C. Low birthrates
D. air and water
D. Drought
447. Which of the following is NOT a reason 452. Give things you do not want to some-
the Tigris, Euphrates, and Jordan Rivers one else instead of throwing them away.
are facing a water shortage? Not using disposable cups & dishes. Re-
A. Accidental Pollution pair/maintain things instead of getting
B. Overuse by cities and refugees new things. Use renewable sources of en-
ergy.
C. Countries using dams to siphon (take
out) water A. Reduce
D. The rivers are not supplied by B. Reuse

snowmelt C. Recycle
D. none of above
448. Cell phones and the Internet have both
had the effect of 453. Increase in the capacity to provide peo-
A. Reducing poverty and malnutrition ple with goods and services produced by
an economy; an increase in real GNP.
B. Radio
A. economic development
C. improving medical technology in devel-
oping countries B. economic growth
D. making the world a smaller place by in- C. national growth product
creasing communication speeds D. environment

454. A serious environmental problem facing 459. is to replace, refill, or build up again.
Mexico today is A. scarcity

A. loss of the world’s largest living coral B. replenish
habitat. C. rely
B. air pollution in Mexico City. D. depend
C. loss of the Amazon Rainforest. 460. Economic activity concerned with the pro-
D. the Chernobyl nuclear accident. cessing of raw materials and the manufac-
ture of goods in factories.
455. leads to an increase in carbon dioxide A. industry
which contributes to global warming.
B. deforestation
A. Acid Rain C. desertification
B. Oil Pollution D. population distribution
C. Deforestation 461. What are the two reasons why safe,
D. Over-Extraction clean water is hard to find?
A. dead bird and whales
456. In the United Kingdom, a low-lying blan-
B. air pollution and fog
ket of thick air pollution is known as
C. water pollution and unequal access to
A. Acid rain water
B. Smog D. none of above
C. Carbon dioxide 462. The by-product of human existence is
D. Ozone layer A. population growth.
B. natural resources.
457. Which one of these best describes ethical
issues? C. biodiversity.
A. Issues that are considered right or D. pollution.
wrong by society. 463. Canada is bordered by this body of water
B. Issues that people with different be- on the east.
liefs or cultures are concerned about. A. Atlantic Ocean
C. Issues that are considered right or B. Pacific Ocean
wrong in the eyes of the law C. Indian Ocean
D. none of above D. Antarctic Ocean
458. Which of the following is a result of Wa- 464. Coal-burning factories and increased au-
ter Pollution or Unequal Access to Water? tomobile usage has caused the GREATEST
increase in which of these?
A. diseases
A. air pollution
B. better education B. nuclear waste
C. increased trade C. soil depletion
D. none of above D. water pollution

465. Deforestation is to Brazil as air pollution 471. Which two ethnic groups are heavily in-
is to which place? fluenced by the teachings of Islam?
A. Mexico city A. Arab and Swahili
B. Brazil B. Arab and Ashanti
C. Chile C. Bantu and Arab
D. America D. Bantu and Swahili
466. As environmental problems increase in
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472. Why is Canada’s government and timber
the Middle East, water pollution is a grow- industries working together?
ing concern. Which is a direct consequence
A. to manage the use of forests
of water pollution?
B. to manage the wildlife preservation
A. Decrease in government stability.
C. to monitor deer population
B. Reduced amounts of drinking water.
C. More deforestation D. to attack America
D. Increase in population. 473. What is pollution that comes out of cars

called?
467. The largest and longest river in China.
A. photosynthesis
A. Yellow River
B. excellerate
B. Yangtze River
C. emissions
C. Ganges River
D. none of above
D. none of above
474. What are the main causes of water pollu-
468. Water
tion?
A. Renewable
A. bathing in the rivers and lakes
B. Nonrenewable
B. fertilizers and industrial waste
C. Both
C. unclean fish
D. none of above
D. too much rain
469. Many Indians are too poor for a ,
so they place the bodies in the water in- 475. important topic or problem
stead. A. cause
A. burial B. effect
B. baptism C. impact
C. cremation D. issue
D. fureral
476. What body of water separates France
470. Deforestation is from United Kingdom?
A. frozen land in the forest A. Rhine River
B. breaking frozen ice B. Mediterranean Sea
C. clearing a wide area of trees C. Baltic Sea
D. saving a large part of the forest D. English Channel

477. Which is a leading cause of death in A. Deforestation

China?
B. Unequal distribution

A. skin cancer
C. Desertification
B. respiratory and heart disease
D. Environmental Pollution
C. injuries from automobile accidents
D. injuries related to industrial and fac- 483. What do trees produce that humans
tory accidents need?
478. An example of a natural resource is A. Water

A. oil B. Radiation
B. air C. Carbon dioxide
C. water D. Oxygen
D. all of these
484. Desalination is the process of
479. Country that has low to moderate indus-
A. removing salt from water.
trialization and low to moderate per capita
GNP. Most are located in Africa, Asia, and B. removing chemicals from water.
Latin America. C. removing iron from water.
A. developed country
D. removing sulfur from water.
B. developing country
C. doubling time 485. Acid rain can damage
D. earth resources A. Drinking water sources
480. The primary cause of Germany’s acid rain B. Aquatic life

is C. Architecture/buildings
A. too many people dumping trash D. All options are correct
B. too many loud airplanes
486. How does industry help African nations?
C. emissions from its many coal-burning
power plants A. Industry causes the GDP to go up
D. none of above B. Industry causes the GDP to go down.
481. Over the past 200 years, the level of car- C. Water is polluted by industrial run-off
bon dioxide in the atmosphere has D. Lots of people move to rural areas to
A. increased steadily. get away from industry
B. increased, but recently decreased.
487. Oil
C. decreased steadily.
A. Renewable
D. shown no change.
B. Nonrenewable
482. In the Sahel, overgrazing and drought
C. Both
have resulted in a decrease in the grass-
land region. What is this process called? D. none of above

488. What is a solution to air pollution? 493. The radioactive fallout material has
caused
A. burn cleaner fuels
A. people to stay in there homes and not
B. clear silt from rivers and lakes
go to school and work for the last 30 years
C. encourage use of fertilizers in farming
B. different types of cancers, autoim-
D. build dams to contain water mune disorders, and birth defects
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C. more nuclear disasters across Europe
489. Turkey building dams on the Euphrates to
protect their water supply had what effect
on Iraq? D. none of above
A. There was no effect 494. Name 1 MAIN environmental issue in

Mexico?
B. Iraq went to war and took over Turkey
A. Water Pollution
C. Decreased shipping routes from the B. Landslides
Persian Gulf C. Air Pollution
D. Reduced the amount of water flowing D. Blizzards
downstream to Iraq
495. The River is highly polluted with dan-
490. A person or thing that brings action. gerous bacteria and cities along the its
banks have the highest rates of water-
A. accident borne diseases in India.
B. impact A. Ganges
C. investigate B. Chang Jiang
D. cause C. Huang He
D. Mekong River
491. What are some things that cause Mexico
to have air pollution problems? 496. What is drip irrigation?
A. Carbon Monoxide, Sulfur Dioxide A. A synthetic substance used to help
which is emitted from vehicles. crops grow
B. Climate change B. The process of removing salt from sea
water for consumption
C. Deforestation
D. Breathing ter directly to plants
492. Which are sources of chemicals in acid D. Underground layers of rock or sand
rain? that contain water
A. forests 497. Which physical feature is a major source

of US-Canada and overseas trading that
B. walkers
connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic
C. bicycles Oceans?
D. coal-burning power plants A. The Hudson Bay

B. The St. Lawrence River 503. ways to conserve resources include re-
C. The Great Lakes ducing, recycling, and
A. renaming

D. The Rocky Mountains
B. rebuilding
498. Which one of these is NOT a result of ed-
ucating girls in rural areas in Africa? C. reusing
A. Their children are more likely to get an D. rethinking

education 504. Portugal shares the Iberian Peninsula
B. The national GDP goes up with which other country?
C. The poverty rate goes up A. Italy
D. They share knowledge and skills with B. Russia
people in the village C. France
499. Which of these reasons explain why D. Spain
trees shouldn’t be cut down? 505. How does mining in the Canadian Shield
A. trees taste yum impact its environment?
B. Deforestation provides jobs A. causes damage and ruins the environ-
C. Many natural habitats lie within trees ment
and other plants B. destroys pollution
D. they’re just trees C. attracts more animals and insects
500. What were the long term effects of Cher- D. provides more fresh air
nobyl? 506. Relaxed government laws
A. radiation caused cancer A. deforstation
B. farm animals died B. bribery
C. Europe was polluted C. air pollution
D. The USSR became Russia D. none
501. The process of forests being destroyed 507. Which physical feature forms the bound-
to make way for human development is ary between Europe and Asia?
called
A. Rhine River
A. desertification.
B. Ural Mountains
B. detreeing.
C. Pyrenees
C. deforestation. D. Danube River
D. leveling.
508. What is environmental science?
502. Pollution A. the study of how humans interact with
A. does nor affect humans the environment
B. can make humans sick B. the study of how humans use re-
C. makes humans sick only after many sources
years C. the study of how humans pollute
D. none of the above D. all of these

509. What causes the air pollution in Mexico B. replant trees along the rivers
City? C. monitor what industries do with their
A. 3.6 million vehicles wastes materials
B. Poor quality fuel D. regulate pollution from industry
C. Pollution is trapped by the Sierra 515. Which countries are the most oil-rich in
Madre mountains Southwestern Asia?
D. All of these are causes of the pollution A. Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia
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in Mexico City
B. Jordan, Israel, Syria, Lebanon
510. What is an environment? C. Iraq, Kuwait, Israel, Lebanon
A. Global Warmimg D. Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Israel
B. All the living things and the character- 516. Because no one nation owns the earth’s
istics of the area where they live. atmosphere, there is very little for any
C. Environmental issues around the one country to keep it clean.
world A. money
D. none of above B. time
511. means there is not enough of some- C. incentive
thing people need. D. reason
A. scarcity 517. The nuclear power plant explosion in
B. desalination Chernobyl, Ukraine led to increased cases
C. groundwater of in local citizens in the surrounding
area.
D. pollution
A. Bronchitus
512. What is the most efficient way that peo- B. Cancer
ple can reduce air pollution in Mexico?
C. Migraines
A. Making car emissions better
D. Chicken Pox
B. Ride Bikes
518. How does a nation invest in human capi-
C. Use public transportation
tal?
D. Airplane A. Building schools
513. Contamination of water supplies due to B. Building roads
chemicals, fertilizer, sewage, etc. C. Developing natural resources
A. Water Pollution D. Investing in new businesses
B. Irrigation
519. resource occurs natually in the envi-
C. Drought ronment and is used by people.
D. Climate A. An environmental
514. What is a solution to control flooding? B. A point source
A. set up clean-up campaigns along the C. A natural
rivers D. none of above

520. This week’s lesson is focused on 526. What are the two main reasons why de-
A. environmental issues forestation happens?

B. movement and migration A. timber and mining
C. time and change B. food production and mining
D. culture C. timber and food production
521. Into what country does the Ganges River D. mining and urbanization (build cities)
flow after it leaves India?
A. China 527. What is the name of the law that makes
B. Pakistan hacking illegal?
C. Bangladesh A. Data Protection Act

D. Afghanistan B. Computer Misuse Act
522. The destruction or loss of forests. C. Copyright, Designs and Patents Act
A. Reforestation D. Hacking Act
B. Greenhouse effect
528. What are the leading causes of water pol-
C. Deforestation
lution in African nations?
D. Soil exhaustion
A. Car emissions
523. Name that country. Very cold climate,
long coastline but northern rivers are not B. Deforestation
navigable, area of highest population den- C. Desertification
sity is not close to trade routes.
D. Industrial run-off
A. Germany
B. Russia 529. What is Deforestation?
C. United Kingdom A. A forest in which there are too many
D. Italy deers.
524. the production of goods and services in B. A forest party where deers hang out
an economy
C. The adding of trees in a forest.
A. deforestation
D. The clearing of trees; transforming of
B. desertification a forest into cleared land.
C. industry
D. population distribution 530. A resource which occurs naturally in the
environment and is used by people is re-
525. Which of the following are two of the ferred to as
chemicals that helps create acid rain?
A. an environmental resource.
A. carbon dioxide and H2O
B. a point source.
B. sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide
C. ammonia and car exhaust C. a natural resource.
D. none of above D. technology.

531. Organisations storing your data must 536. What are the health hazards caused by
careless storage of E-Waste?
A. Keep it up to date A. Lung cancer
B. Keep it for no longer than 5 years after
B. DNA damage
your death
C. Ask for more data than required C. Asthmatic bronchitis
D. Wait for you to contact them to ensure D. All of the above
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its accurate
537. Which of the following BEST describe the
532. What is an ongoing argument about nu- Sahara desert?
clear power?
A. Hot and dry, little to no animals
A. How to decrease air pollution and acid
rain B. Hot and mostly dry, some animals
B. How to get rid of the nuclear waste ma- C. Dry and Wet season, lots of animals
terial
D. Lots of rain, lots of animals
C. Where to get more fossil fuels to run
the nuclear plants
538. Asthma and pneumonia are both effects
D. How to save the trees of
533. “Rainfall that is mixed with pollutants in A. air pollution
the air”Which environmental issue is being
described? B. being a bad person
A. acid rain C. living near Chernobyl

B. air pollution D. acid rain
C. water pollution
539. Which is one of the most common in-
D. nuclear pollution
dustrial pollutants found in the Yangtze
534. What man made structure was built in River?
Central America in 1914 to create a water A. Arsenic
way from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic
Ocean? B. oil
A. Panama Canal C. Nuclear Waste
B. Bering Strait D. human sewage
C. Golden Gate Bridge
D. Colombia-Venezuela Bridge 540. Essentially inexhaustible resource on a
human time scale. Solar energy is an ex-
535. weather conditions in an area over a long ample. See renewable resource.
period of time
A. nonpoint source
A. Water Pollution
B. point source
B. Irrigation
C. Drought C. perpetual resource
D. Climate D. reuse

541. Pollution hanging over urban areas that C. factory owners in the area of the lakes.
causes reduced visibility is called

A. Air pollution D. people who get their drinking water
B. Temperature inversion from the lakes,
C. Light pollution 547. What is acid rain?
D. Smog A. fog + smog
542. What caused the Chernobyl incident to oc- B. smoke + frogs
cur?
C. smoke with chemicals + fog
A. air pollution
D. smoke with chemicals + rain
B. acid rain
C. faulty reactor and misuse by workers 548. What mountain range is Mexico City lo-
cated in?
D. it was a natural disaster
A. Andes Mts.
543. Resources that natural processes contin-
B. Sierra Madre Mts.
uously replace
C. Rocky Mts.
A. fossil fuels
B. nonrenewable resources D. Appalachian Mts..
C. renewable resources 549. What is sustainable development?

D. fossil water A. being green
544. We are protected from the sun’s UV rays B. using resources to meet current and
by the future needs
A. atmosphere C. buying less goods
B. ozone layer D. industrial growth
C. UV barrier
550. The two main problems with water are
D. ezone layer that humans pollute it and it.
545. Which Chinese river is affected by water A. drink
pollution? B. cook using
A. Yangtze River
C. overuse
B. Nile River
D. swim in
C. Yellow River
D. Indus River 551. Three general categories of environmen-
tal issues are related to pollution, resource
546. Which people are likely to be against use, and
the Great Lakes Water Quality Treatment
A. science
Agreement?
B. population growth
A. fishermen who catch fish in the lakes.
B. homeowners who live along the lakes. C. organisms
D. none of above

552. Rain mixes with which substances to be- 557. Name 1 correct MAIN evironmental issue
come acidic. in Brazil?
A. sulfur dioxide, oxygen, hydrogen A. Deforestation
B. hydrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide B. Hail
C. water molecules, carbon dioxide, hy- C. Air Pollution
drogen D. Ice Wedging
D. sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide, nitro-
558. Deforestation brings
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gen dioxide
A. more oxygen
553. Which contributes to air pollution prob-
lems in China? B. less oxygen
A. The shrinking population C. 20% oxygen

B. use of coal-burning power plants for D. more H2O
energy 559. Which was an effect of the nuclear disas-
C. the gradual drop in the number of new ter at Chernobyl, Ukraine?
factories A. all nuclear power plants in the world
D. the lack of automobiles and trucks in were closed
rural areas B. forests were healthier than they have
554. Almost every activity has an effect ever been
on the natural environment. C. radiation spread across Europe
A. classroom D. people and animals did not get sick
B. aerobic 560. The groundwater level at which all cracks
C. human and spaces in rock are filled with water.
D. none of above A. Aquifer
555. What is the main cause of air pollution in B. Water table
the United Kingdom? C. Fossil water
A. solar power D. Soil exhaustion
B. factory smoke 561. If a resource is “scarce” that means the
C. use of fossil fuels resource is
D. automobile emissions A. Available in abundance
556. What is an aquifer? B. available in small amounts
A. A synthetic substance used to help C. man-made
crops grow D. none of above
B. The process of removing salt from sea 562. How big is India?
water for consumption
A. 7th biggest country in the world
ter directly to plants B. the biggest country in the world
D. Underground layers of rock or sand C. 10th biggest country in the world
that contain water D. 2nd biggest country in the world

563. The Sahel’s climate can best be described B. The process of removing salt from sea
as: water for consumption

A. Arid C. The slow and precise application of wa-
ter directly to plants
B. Semi-Arid
D. Underground layers of rock or sand
C. Tropical
that contain water
D. Grassy and mild
569. Which is one of the United Kingdom’s so-
564. What term describes the loss of vegeta- lutions to the air pollution problem?
tion and trees? A. Monitoring air quality
A. deforestation B. Restricting driving miles
B. desertification C. Allowing factories to pollute without
C. desalinization monitoring
D. physical scarcity D. Keeping drivers from using gasoline in
their cars
565. A natural resource that forms more
slowly than the rate at which it is con- 570. Why is 25% of China’s farmland located
sumed is called in the Yangtze River basin?
A. biodiversity A. food
B. point-source pollutant B. water sources
C. renewable resource C. grass
D. non-renewable resource D. land
571. Mexico City, Mexico is

566. What is the number one reason for defor-
estation? A. between 2 mountain ranges
A. Agricultural expansion B. between 3 mountain ranges
B. For paper C. Near the desert
C. The need for wood D. borders the United States
D. To make forests less dark 572. What are causes of the pollution in the
Great Lakes?
567. An unwanted change in the environment
that is caused by substances or forms of A. waste from factories
energy B. run off from ground pollution (fertiliz-
A. renewable resource ers, grease, pesticides
C. sewage treatment plants
B. non-renewable resource
D. All of these
C. pollution
D. point-source pollutant 573. It is estimated that 80% of all is un-
treated and flows directly into the India’s
568. What are chemical fertilizers? rivers, making it a major source of water
A. A synthetic substance used to help pollution.
crops grow A. erosion

B. raw sewage 579. Vast areas of the Middle East are deserts.
How has this impacted the use of water?
C. pesticides
A. Irrigation is essential for growing
D. mining surplus
crops.
574. Human activity on the natural world B. In the Middle East, few people use wa-
A. environmental ter.
C. Water is plentiful in the Middle East.
B. environment
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D. All water is piped in from the Arabian
C. acid rain
Sea
D. air pollution
580. Why do most people of Southwest Asia
575. What is the Hudson Bay primarily used live close to water supplies?
for in Canada? A. Water is necessary for life
A. fishing and trading B. Water is needed to irrigate crops
B. mining and minerals C. Water is needed for many industries
C. wheat and grains D. All of the Above
D. oil and natural gas
581. What could the government do to help
576. Where does the Ganges River flow into prevent desertification?
the sea? A. End the droughts so there would be
enough water
A. Yellow Sea
B. Teach farmers better farming tech-
B. Sea of Japan
niques
C. Bay of Bengal
C. Move farmers to farming camps with
D. East China Sea better land
D. Build a wall to keep the sand from
577. Air pollution was found to be sever in
blowing on their land.
A. Sierra Madre Mountains
582. Why were other countries concerned
B. South America
about the disaster?
C. Mexico City. Mexico A. Chernobyl was immediately closed.
D. Latin America B. The cost of nuclear power increased.
578. What is the effect of water pollution in C. Radioactive material spread to other
the Ganges River? countries.
A. Water-borne diseases are spreading D. They did not have room for the sick
people in their hospitals.
B. Many species of plants and animals
are dying 583. Hazardous waste includes waste that
C. water is unsafe to drink can
D. All of these are effects of water pollu- A. catch fire

tion B. make people sick

C. explode 589. In making environmental decisions and

D. all of the above policies, governments interact with

A. organizations.
584. what word describes when timber com-
panies cut all the trees and leave a large B. businesses.
gap in the forest floor C. citizens.
A. acid rain D. all of these.
B. clear-cutting
590. In what year did the reactor at the Cher-
C. tree extraction nobyl nuclear power plant explode?
D. mineral extraction A. 2000
585. Clean fuel is made in Camilla, Ga out of B. 1986
A. H2O C. 1952
B. sun energy D. 2016
C. corn 591. Why is most rainforest area lost today?

D. oil A. human activities
586. Rock layers where groundwater is plen- B. wildfires

tiful. C. animal activities
A. Aquifer D. hurricanes and flooding
B. Water table
592. Though acid rain is of great concern to
C. Fossil water the German people, why might German
D. Soil exhaustion leaders resist passing strict environmental
laws?
587. What factors have worsened the AIDS A. Europe gets most of its grain from Ger-
pandemic in Africa? many.
A. formation of the African Union B. The German economy relies on manu-
B. international aid facturing.
C. unstable governments C. The German economy relies on mining.
D. trade agreements
D. none of above
588. In the 1950s, what became the primary
source by which people throughout the 593. When you REUSE something you
world gained access to up to date news A. use something new until it’s no longer
and global events? useful
A. Radio B. buy second-hand goods
B. Internet C. recycle waste
C. Newspaper D. use something again, sometimes for a
D. TV different purpose

594. People can reduce waste by using prod- 600. Not having proper waste-disposal sys-
ucts that are tems leads to
A. biodegradable A. drought
B. disposable B. deforestation
C. fossil fuels C. desertification
D. none of above D. water-borne diseases in Africa
601. Scientists say that may cause the
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595. What is smog?
A. fog + smog earth’s temperature to rise by 3 degrees.
B. smoke with chemicals + fog A. world warming

B. global heating
C. smoke + frogs
C. global warming
D. smoke with chemicals + rain
D. world heating
596. What are many of the largest cities in
Asia located on or near? 602. Canada’s land is divided up into
A. Bay’s A. states
B. Lakes B. territories
C. Rivers C. provinces
D. None of the Above D. both provinces and territories
597. Why are most rain forests gone today? 603. This county’s location allows it to do
much shipping of goods
A. Unchecked forest fires
A. Russia
B. Harsh drought and high winds
B. Germany
C. Diseases that attack the trees
C. Ukraine
D. Logging for industry, farming, and fuel
D. United Kingdom
598. air pollution which consists of water va-
por mixed with chemicals. 604. One effect of the acid rain problem in Ger-
many is
A. Smog
A. cleaned and restored statues and
B. Extiction buildings
C. Keystone species B. more automobile manufacturing facto-
D. none of above ries have been built
599. What environmental issue has the C. weakened and diseased trees and
densely populated area around the Great plants
Lakes caused for Canada? D. cleaner fossil fuels and water sources
A. acid rain 605. Animals are being found in the city be-
B. oil pollution cause of
C. waste issues A. air pollution
D. radiation B. global warming

C. deforestation C. factories and cars

D. money D. cars that produce little or no air pollu-

tion
606. is the process of removing salt from
the sea. 611. Forests cover about how much land in
A. desalination Canada?
B. desert A. one-half
C. despite B. one-third
D. deface C. one-fourth
D. three-fourths
607. Time it takes (usually in years) for the
quantity of something growing exponen- 612. The change from arable (good, growable
tially to double. It can be calculated by di- land) to desert
viding the annual percentage growth rate
into 70. A. deforestation
A. environment B. desertification
B. doubling time C. drought
C. capital D. water pollution
D. ecological footprint 613. Due to soil becomes nearly useless
608. What problem do the Sierra Madre Mts. due to nutrient loss.
cause Mexico City? A. Reforestation
A. trap the pollution in the city since it B. Greenhouse effect
can’t be blown away by winds
C. Deforestation
B. stops the water from flowing to the
D. Soil exhaustion
oceans
C. allows the air pollution to be blown 614. Advances in medicine and in farming have
away by the winds increased
D. none of above A. human population growth
609. French and Italian are part of which lan- B. biodiversity

guage family? C. renewable resources
A. Slavic D. exotic species
B. Germanic
615. Climate change is caused by rising levels
C. Romance of
D. none of above A. the oceans.
610. What are the main sources of air pollu- B. carbon dioxide and other greenhouse
tion in Mexico City? gases.
A. intense sunlight C. oxygen in the atmosphere.
B. the high altitude D. fossil fuels.

616. Why are the monsoons important to the B. This nuclear explosion did not affect
people of India? any other part of Europe
A. Monsoons bring cold weather C. People came from all over to visit Cher-
B. They bring rain for crops nobyl and see the cracked reactor
C. They give people an opportunity to D. none of above

build new homes
621. is carried by the air currents and
D. Because they make it easy to raise cat- causes acid rain in Germany.
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tle
A. Air pollution
617. Which of these is the MOST LIKELY con-
tributor to “acid rain”? B. Acid Rain
A. cars that run on gasoline C. Chernobyl
B. ranches that raise cattle D. Smokeless Zones

C. erosion from desertification 622. Which of the following is a possible short-
D. power plants that burn coal term consequence of creating a nature pre-
serve?
618. Undesirable change in the physical, chem-
ical, or biological characteristics of air, wa- A. Decrease in habitat destruction
ter, soil, or food that can adversely af- B. a. An increase in property values near
fect the health, survival, or activities of the preserve
humans or other living organisms.
C. a. A restriction of recreational activi-
A. recycling ties on private land within the preserve
B. resource D. All of the above
C. renewable
D. pollution 623. Increasing desertification most likely
causes
619. Collecting and reprocessing a resource so A. an increase in farming
it can be made into new products. An ex-
ample is collecting aluminum cans, melting B. a reduction in farm-able land
them down, and using the aluminum to C. an increase in standard of living
make new cans or other aluminum prod-
ucts. D. an increase in infant mortality rate
A. recycling 624. What is an important resource that Cana-
B. reduse dians share with the United States in
C. reuse which both are looking to prevent chemi-
cals from harming?
D. all of the above
A. the Great Lakes
620. How did this nuclear explosion in Ukraine B. Hudson Bay
affect other parts of Europe?
C. Canadian Shield
A. winds spread the radioactive material
and polluted groundwater D. the Flint River

625. Which is a problem associated with defor- B. contamination

estation? C. control

A. More oxygen is available on the planet.
D. conservation
B. Poor people earn money from selling 630. What country is Ganges River is located
trees. in?
C. Native people have too much forest for A. China
their needs. B. Bangladesh
D. There is less forest to produce goods C. India
that humans need.
D. Pakistan
626. What is irrigation?
631. Why do developing countries take our e-
A. The process of bringing water to dry
waste?
land, especially for growing crops
A. It makes good money
B. The process of removing salt and other
chemicals from seawater B. They have huge free land
C. The process of collecting water from C. No government obligation for import
underground aquifers of e-waste
D. The process of flooding rivers to help D. none of above
crops grow
632. Factories are in Mexico
627. Why is acid rain in Germany of concern
A. cheap labor
to all of Europe?
A. because of the close proximity of Euro- B. always warm
pean nations to one another C. relaxed laws
B. because of the increase in potential for D. 1 and 3
extreme weather
633. The number and variety of organisms in
C. because of the reliance of European
an area at one time is called
nations on German water supplies
A. biodegradable
D. none of above
B. biodiversity
628. Which of the following will help us to re-
duce our carbon footprint C. point-source pollutant
A. Taking the car to work D. deforestation

B. Recycling our paper 634. Which of the following are NOT causes of
C. Ordering new office equipment regu- water pollution in the Yangtze river?
larly A. Dumping of sewage
D. none of above B. Chemicals from agricultural runoff
629. The of Earth’s land, water, or air is C. fertilizers and arsenic from industries
called pollution.
A. condition D. dead bodies and cremated remains

635. Which of the following forms of pollution C. Endangered species

IS NOT a problem in Latin America? D. none of above
A. Deforestation
641. Resources that cannot be replaced natu-
B. Over-Fishing
rally after they have been used
C. Smog
A. forests
D. Oil Pollution
B. nonrenewable resources
636. Which situation is an effect of acid rain?
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C. renewable resources
A. cleaner rivers D. air
B. diseased forests
642. What is the relationship between temper-
C. buildings and statues that look new ature and dissolved oxygen?
D. increased automobile manufacturing
A. Cold water holds less dissolved oxy-
637. The Amazon Rainforest is located in gen.
A. Venezuela B. Cold water holds more dissolved oxy-
gen.
B. Cuba
C. Warm water holds more dissolved oxy-
C. Brazil
gen.
D. Colombia
D. There is no relationship between tem-
638. Since the 1990s, more than 90% of West perature and dissolved oxygen.
African rainforests have been cut down.
What is this process called? 643. Bonus what is 27 x 3
A. pollution A. 34
B. desertification B. 173
C. flash flooding C. 33
D. deforestation D. 81
639. Why won’t the Canadian Government 644. Polluted water causes all of the following
STOP digging for minerals although it problems except
harms the environment? A. kills livestock
A. The minerals are Canada’s most valu- B. kills fish
able exports
C. spreads disease
B. The government has solved the prob-
lem D. obsesity
C. the minerals are NOT harming the land 645. Many of the largest cities in Southwest
D. none of above asia are located on or near
A. deserts.
640. An act were people cut down trees in
forests is called B. major rivers.
A. Air pollution C. large grasslands.
B. Deforestation D. mountain ranges.

646. What word refers to when forests are 651. When a population grows, the demand
cut down and the area is permanently for resources
cleared for another use?

A. Lessens
A. erosion B. Grows
B. weathering C. Stays the same
C. deforestation D. none of above
D. global warming
652. Which is false about desalination?
647. This form of pollution killed fish A. It is expensive and uses a lot of energy
and forced many resorts to close in
Venezuela.
B. It is effective in removing salt from
A. Smog seawater
B. Deforestation C. Its use is limited to high salt concen-
C. Oil Pollution tration areas like the Dead Sea
D. Over-Harvesting D. Several Middle Eastern countries use

this technique
648. Where do almost all pollutants eventu-
653. What are some African countries, like
ally end up?
Kenya, trying to do to protect the sa-
A. in rivers vanna?
B. in the ocean A. Setting land aside as national parks
C. in the air B. Tariffs against countries who cut trees.
D. in landfills
C. Stopping all commercial logging in cen-
649. What has led to the rapid increase in tral Africa.
the human population over the past 200
years? D. Refusing to let people move into the sa-
vanna area
A. the agricultural revolution
654. The Swahili people can be found in
B. the industrial revolution
A. North Africa
C. improvements in waste disposal and
medicine B. East Africa
D. all of these C. South Africa
D. West Africa
650. Trash in the environment is a problem be-
cause 655. Why is there less farmable land in the Sa-
A. animals can eat it and die. hel region of Africa?
B. animals can get their heads stuck in A. People moving to the area
containers. B. Air pollution
C. it can kill ocean plants and animals. C. Too much clean water
D. all of the above D. Desertification

656. What causes tsunamis? C. exhaust from automobiles

A. underwater earthquakes D. all of the above
B. climate change
662. In the past, most of the United Kingdom’s
C. air pollution air pollution came from ?
D. deforestation A. factories burning coal
657. What part of a river system has salty wa- B. acid rain from germany
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ter?
C. nuclear fallout from Ukraine
A. estuary
D. Car exhaust
B. flood plain
C. tributaries 663. As populations increase across Africa
many people find they have no access to
D. watershed
658. All of the following are major environ- A. fresh drinking water
mental issues in Africa EXCEPT
B. fertilizers
A. Air pollution
C. government
B. Unequal Water Distribution
D. land
C. Poor soil
D. Water pollution 664. Which physical feature is in Mexico with
high mountains & volcanoes?
659. Where did the worst nuclear disaster in
A. Andes Mountains
European history occur?
B. Atacama Desert
A. London
B. Chernobyl C. Amazon River
C. Berlin D. Sierra Madre Mountains

D. Paris 665. What is a good thing Brazilians get from
Deforestation?
660. This Canadian feature is located on the
western edge of the country and shared A. A rash
with the United States. It is a popular B. Source of money
tourist destination and has gold.
C. Oranges
A. Rocky Mountains
D. Apples
B. Canadian Shield
C. St. Lawrence River 666. Which country did we say has a terrible
D. Hudson Bay problem with acid rain?
A. Germany
661. What are the causes of air pollution in In-
dia? B. United Kingdom
A. rapidly growing population C. France
B. heavy industry D. Ukraine

667. How do farms contribute to water pollu- 672. Which of the following resources is
tion? Canada’s most profitable export?

A. fertilizers and pesticides have chemi- A. timber
cals that run off into water sources B. fruits
B. fertilizers and pesticides are dumped C. oil
into lakes and rivers
D. furs
C. farmers dump unsold produce into the
river 673. Canada’s acid rain problem comes mainly
D. none of above from what?
A. clearcutting of trees
668. Most water pollution in Africa is caused
B. emissions from factories and vehicles
by
C. polluted farmland
A. factories
D. mining waste seeping into ground wa-
B. pesticides
ter
C. Insects, Parasites, and Diseases
674. Person concerned about the impact of
D. animal waste people on environmental quality who be-
lieves that some human actions are de-
669. This country is mostly desert and has no
grading parts of the earth’s life support
rivers.
systems for humans and many other forms
A. Jordan of life.
B. Saudi Arabia A. physicist
C. Iraq B. environmentalist
D. Israel C. ornithologist
670. When it is not possible to conduct an ex- D. herpetologist

periment, scientists test their predictions 675. Which of the following is NOT a result of
by clear cutting?
A. Examining correlations A. reduced water quality
B. Using a control B. erosion of the soil
C. Testing for one variable C. loss of wildlife habitat
D. Remaining skeptical D. reduced amounts of timber for trade
671. How does air pollution effect people? 676. Which is a result of desertification for the
A. It can cause people to have difficulty people living in the Sahel region?
breathing. A. increased tourism
B. It can make sick people even sicker. B. more jobs in manufacturing
C. Sometimes, air pollution can cause C. increased starvation and poverty
cancer.
D. decreased support from the United Na-
D. All of the above tions

677. All of the following are causes for Mex- B. Turkey

ico’s air pollution problems, EXCEPT
C. Israel
A. Sunlight and closeness to the equator
D. Saudi Arabia
B. Thousands of factories in the city
C. Millions of vehicles in the city 683. Which is the MAIN cause of China’s wa-
ter and air pollution problems?
D. logging in the nearby Sierra Madre
Rainforest A. lack of government regulation
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B. overpopulation
678. can be grouped in two categories,
point source and nonpoint source.New C. global warming
Question New Question D. factories and industries
A. Environmental science
684. Burning of fossil fuels
B. Natural resources
C. Environmental issues A. increased levels of atmospheric CO 2
D. Pollution B. decreased levels of atmospheric CO 2

C. both
679. Animal waste runoff is an example of
which of the following? D. none of above
A. point source pollution 685. An organism that makes a home for itself
B. nonpoint source pollution in a new place is called a (an)
C. widespread air pollution A. endangered species
D. widespread hazardous waste pollution B. new species
680. What word refers to cutting and burning C. strange species
down parts of a forest to make room for D. exotic species
crops?
A. deforestation 686. People can reduce waste by using prod-
ucts that are
B. clear-cutting
C. erosion A. non-renewable
D. slash and burn B. fossil fuels

C. biodegradable
681. What is gaining unauthorised access to a
computer system also known as? D. exotic
A. Hacking 687. Biological scientist who studies relation-
B. Spamming ships between living organisms and their
C. Phishing environment.
D. Logging on A. conservationist
B. ecologist
682. Which country in Southwest Asia is land-
locked? C. ecology
A. Afghanistan D. economic development

688. What is the cause of Brazil’s environmen- C. East China Sea

tal issue? D. South China Sea

A. illegal fishing
694. What will happen after a period of time
B. greenhouse effect to the forest floor if all the trees are re-
C. global warming moved?
D. illegal logging of trees A. The trees will grow back
B. The rich soil will turn into barren
689. Where in Canada are the most valuable desert area
minerals found?
C. The land will become a large mud pond
A. Hudson Bay
B. Canadian Shield D. Jesus will make new trees
C. Golden Horseshoe
695. What can deforestation in large forests
D. St. Lawrence Seaway cause?
690. In the Sahel, overgrazing, poor farming A. The growth of new forests
methods, and drought have resulted in a B. Increased CO2 release to the atmo-
decrease in the grassland region. What is sphere
this process called? C. New habitats
A. Deforestation D. More Oxygen
B. Unequal distribution
696. India has the second highest population
C. Desertification in Asia. Which country has the HIGHEST
D. Environmental Pollution population?
A. China
691. Solution for air pollution
B. Japan
A. ride bikes
C. Russia
B. cleaner fuel
D. Pakistan
C. public transportation
697. One of the main causes of desertification
D. all of the above
is
692. Which of the following do the religions Ju- A. storing water indoors
daism, Christianity, and Islam have in com-
B. overgrazing of livestock
mon?
C. clearing trees for larger cities
A. all are monotheistic
D. people irrigating their farms
B. all share the same holidays
698. Geographically, what helped the United
C. all are polytheistic
Kingdom become a leader in world trade?
D. all use the same holy book
A. Abundance of natural resources
693. Into what body of water does the B. Climate:plenty of rainfall and good
Yangtze flow? temperature for agriculture
A. Indian Ocean C. It’s an island so trading is easy
B. Bay of Bengal D. High literacy rate

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699. Which solution would MOST difficult to D. coal-burning factories in the United
implement to address the air pollution is- Kingdom
sue?
704. What is the climate like most of the year
A. Passing laws to limit car use
in Canada?
B. Encouraging mass transportation
A. short, mild summers and long, cold
C. Planting more trees winters
D. none of above B. tropical with long rainy and dry sea-
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700. What is the biggest cause of AIR pollu- sons
tion? C. a hot and dry desert-like climate
A. Factories D. temperate with hot summers and mild
B. Small fires winters
C. Transport such as cars and buses 705. Use the statements below to answer
D. Clouds the next question.1. Fish in lakes die.2.
Forests begin to die.3. Bicycle use in-
701. Biologist who investigates human im- creases.4. Stone statues begin to lose
pacts on the diversity of life found on the their features.Which statements are prob-
earth (biodiversity) and develops practical lems that result from acid rain?
plans for preserving such biodiversity.
A. 1, 2, 3
A. conservation biologist
B. 2, 3, 4
B. ecologist
C. environment C. 1, 2, 4
D. preservationist D. 1, 3, 4
702. Cattle ranching, road building, and the de- 706. What does the Amazon Rainforest pro-
velopment of new settlements were the vide for most of the earth?
cause of in A. plant
A. Air Pollution/Brazil B. Carbon Dioxide
B. Oil Pollution/Mexico
C. Water
C. Air Pollution/Venezuela
D. cloth
D. Deforestation/Brazil
707. What type of pollution is not created
703. Transboundary pollution from which when making new devices.
source causes acid rain in Germany?
A. Air Pollution
A. urban sprawl in Spain
B. Land Pollution
B. nuclear activity in Ukraine
C. unsustainable farming practices in C. Sea Pollution
Italy D. none of above
10.5 Organisms and Population

1. Which of the following is a fascinating ex- 7. An association between two or more

ample of Brood parasitism? species in which both are benefited is
known as

A. Cuckoo and Crow
B. Sparrow and pigeon A. mutualism
C. Crow and sparrow B. cooperation
D. Cuckoo and pigeon
C. symbiosis
2. Ecology (=oekologie) was coined by D. comensalism
A. Linnaeus
B. Haeckel 8. plant which produces highly poisonous car-
diac glycoside
C. Harvey
D. Odum / Lamarck A. acacia
3. Major biomes of India include- B. partthenium

A. Tropical rain forest C. calotropis
B. Deciduous forest D. pinus
C. Desert and sea coast
D. All 9. sunken stomata occur in
4. Parasites that feed on the external surface A. hydrophyte

of the host body are knwon as B. xerophyte
A. Ectoparasite
C. mesophyte
B. Endoparasite
D. opsanophyte
C. Mesoparasites
D. All of the above 10. Basic unit of ecological hierarchy is
5. When a species becomes extinct, the A. Ecosystem
plants and animals species associated with
it in obligatory way also becomes extinct B. Biological community
as seen in fish parasites. This is called C. Population
A. Coextinction
D. Individual
B. Co-evolution
C. Co-existence 11. False statement is-
D. A and C A. habitat includes both biotic and abiotic
factors
6. Which of the following are abiotic factors
that shape ecosystems? B. Ecology at the organismic level is es-
A. worms, plants and temperature sential physiological ecology
B. wind, precipitation, and soil type C. Abiotic and biotic components interact
C. niches, trees, and bacteria constantly with each other
D. sunlight, mushrooms, and wind D. None of the above

12. The orchid species employs which of the C. Population

event to get pollinated by a species of D. Flora and fauna
bees?
18. The study of inter-relationship between
A. Sexual reproduction
living organisms and their environment is
B. Sexual deceit called
C. Pseudocopulation A. Ecosystem
D. B and C B. Phytogeography
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13. The organisms that can tolerate wide C. Ecology
range of Salinity is called D. Phytosociology
A. Eurythermal 19. The Level of Biological Organisation in Ecol-
B. Stenohaline ogy considers
C. Euryhaline A. organisms, populations, communities
and biomes
D. Stenothermal
B. Organ System, Biome, communities
14. Which of the following is a limiting factor and biomes
in a population of organisms C. communities and biomes
A. reproductive replacement D. Population and Communities, organ-
B. life spans of the members isms, Niche
C. fluctuations in atmospheric tempera- 20. What are the key elements that lead to so
ture much variation in the physical and chemical
D. availability of food conditions of different habitats?
A. Temperature and light
15. Which of the characteristics is/are exhib-
ited by preys as defence mechanisms? B. Soil and water
A. Camouflage C. Only soil
B. Mimicry D. Temperature, light, soil and water
C. Morphological modification 21. types of interaction that occurs in preda-

tion, parasitism are
D. All of the above
A. +-, +-
16. Autecology is study of ecology of
B. +0, ++
A. Individual C. +0, +-
B. Population D. +0,
C. Species
22. Which of the following is the most ecolog-
D. Both (b) and (c) ically relevant environmental factor?
17. Individuals of a species which occur in a A. Water
particular area constitute B. Light
A. Flora C. Temperature
B. Fauna D. Soil

23. Synecology is study of inter-relationship C. sticks to host for so long

between an environment and D. makes minimum demands from its

A. Individual plant host
B. A population 29. A regional ecological unit having a specific
C. A community climate is-
D. Individual animal A. Biome
B. Landscape
24. Two closely related species competing for
the same resources can not co-exist to- C. Ecosystem
gether in a niche.What is this principle D. Biotic community
called?
30. Predators play all the roles except
A. Competitive exclusion principle
A. Biological control
B. Resource partitioning
B. Conduits of energy transfer
C. Competitive release
C. Species diversity maintenance
D. Co-evolution
D. Ecosystem instability
25. Which of these is not a parasitic adapta-
tion? 31. which of the following are exotic species
and introduced to india
A. Presence of suckers
A. lantana and water hyacinth
B. High multiplication ability
B. acacia and calotropis
C. Presence of digestive system
C. ficus religiosa and lantana
D. absence of some sensory organs
D. nile perch and ficus religiosa
26. The highest level of ecological hierarchy is
32. Mycorrhizal association, Lichen and fig
A. Ecosystem tree and wasp represent which of the fol-
B. Biosphere lowing interaction?
C. Biome A. Mutualism
D. Landscape B. Parasitism
C. Commensalism
27. Among the red, green and brown algae
that inhabit the sea, which is likely to be D. Ammensalism
found in the deepest waters?
33. Two plants can be conclusively said to be-
A. Red Algae long to the same species if they
B. Green Algae A. Can reproduce freely with each other
C. Brown Algae and form seeds
D. All at same levels B. Have more than 90 percent similar
genes
28. A successful parasite is the one who C. Look similar and possess identical sec-
A. Grows rapidly ondary metabolites
B. reproduce fast D. Have same number of chromosomes

34. The nonliving parts of an ecosystem B. Annual variations in intensity and dura-
A. Community tion of temperature
B. Population C. Annual variation in precipitation
C. Biotic factors D. b and c
D. Abiotic factors 40. Parasitism is an mutualism between two

organisms in which
35. The role of an organism in an ecological
A. One is beneficial, while the other is
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system is known as
harmed
A. Habitat
B. One is beneficial, other is unaffected
B. Herbivory
C. Both of them are beneficial
C. Niche
D. None of them
D. Interaction
41. What is an ecosystem?
36. Which is not an example of commensal-
A. to habitat
ism?
B. Where only biotic things live
A. Egret and grazing cattle
C. Where only abiotic things live
B. Barnacles and Whales
D. Where abiotic and biotic things inter-
C. Epiphytes growing on mango tree
act with each other
42. Predators are never
37. snakes, mice, small birds, crickets, hawks,
A. Herbivores
cactus, tumbleweed
B. Carnivores
A. organism
C. Omnivorous
B. community
D. Producers and herbivores
C. population
D. none of above 43. In Shallow south American lakes, visiting
Flamingos and native fish compete for a
38. Select the false statement- common resource food, zooplanktons. This
A. Average temperature on land varies is an example of
seasonally A. Interspecific competition
B. Temperature progressively decreases B. Intraspecific competition
from pole to equator C. Both of the above
C. Temperature progressively decreases D. None of the above
from plains to mountain tops
D. Our intestine is a unique habitat for 44. animals of colder areas have shorter ex-
hundreds of species of microbes tremities. it is
A. Allen’s law
39. Which of the following accounts for the for-
mation of major biomes? B. Bergman’s law
A. Annual variations in intensity of tem- C. Dollo’s law

perature D. cope’s law

10.6 Excretory Products and Their Elimination 1505
45. Which one is the famous plant ecologist of 49. Organisms that can tolerate wide varia-
India? tion in Temperature range are called

A. Charles Darwin A. Euryhaline
B. Ramdeva Misra B. Eurythermal
C. Birbal Sahani C. Senothermal
D. Jagdish Chandra Bose D. Stenohaline
50. Which is not an ectoparasite?

46. Ecology takes into account only
A. Tick on dogs
A. Environmental factors
B. Lice in hairs
B. Plant adaptations
C. Leech
C. Effect of environment on plants
D. Fasciola hepatica
D. All of the above
51. The living or once living things in an ecosys-
47. mutualism occurs between tem
A. butterfly and flower A. Abiotic factors
B. E.coli and man B. Ecosystems
C. Zoochlorellae and hydra C. Biotic factors

D. Populations
D. hermit crab and sea anemone
52. Some organisms cryptically coloured to
48. All the organisms of the same species that avoid being detected easily by the preda-
live in the same area at the same time. tors. This is called
A. Population A. Mimicry
B. Abiotic factors B. Diapause
C. Biotic factors C. Camouflage
D. Habitat D. Biological control
10.6 Excretory Products and Their Elimination

1. The machine for hemodialysis is sometimes A. high temperature, high activity
termed a B. high temperature, low activity
A. peritoneal C. low temperature, low activity
B. artificial kidney D. low temperature, high activity
C. calculus
3. The presence of what condition would in-
D. KUB dicate the urgent need for a kidney trans-
plant or dialysis?
2. Which set of conditions would make the
percent of water in urine DECREASE the A. kidney stones
most? B. kidney failure

C. retention B. achieves the conversion of toxic ammo-

D. oliguria nia to less toxic urea
C. regulates the speed of blood flow
4. How many kidneys do mammals have? through the nephrons
A. 1
D. maintains homeostasis of pH in body
B. 2 fluids
C. 3
10. The three main parts of your kidneys in-
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D. 4 clude the following except
5. The major organ of the circulatory system, A. pelvis
the heart B. medulla
A. removes bodily waste C. cortex
B. pumps blood throughout the body D. oblongata
C. carries oxygen throughout the body
11. What is NOT a function of the kidneys
D. transmits impulses throughout the
body A. remove waste from blood
6. Ammonia B. remove excess water from blood
A. is soluble in water C. regulate pH
B. has low toxicity relative to urea D. absorb nutrients from blood

C. is the major nitrogenous waste ex- 12. In Plants, CO2 and water are excreted
creted by insects resp. by
D. is metabolically more expensive to syn- A. Transportation; Excretion
thesize than urea
B. Transpiration; Leaf
7. The excretory system’s function is to: C. Stomata; Transpiration
A. pump blood D. Vacuoles; Transportation
B. get rid of waste
13. Correct sequence of urine formation is
C. exchange carbon dioxide for oxygen
A. Filtration, reabsorption, secretion
D. deliver nutrients to our body
B. Secretion, reabsorption, filtration
8. Where does most digestion occur?
C. Reabsorption, secretion, filtration
A. Stomach
D. Reabsorption, filtration secretion
B. Salivary gland
C. Small intestine 14. What organ allows us to exhale CO2 from
body?
D. none of above
A. kidneys
9. Processing of filtrate in the proximal and
B. lungs
distal tubules
A. reabsorbs urea to maintain osmotic C. liver
balance D. rectum

15. Which of these is NOT a normal character- B. Nephron

istic of freshly-voided urine in a healthy
C. Bladder
adult?

D. none of above
A. pale, straw (yellowish) color
B. Sterile 21. Due to high pressure, 20% of the fluid in
C. Slightly aromatic the blood is squeezed out from the into
the Bowman’s capsule.
D. Normal pH of around 8 (slightly alka-
line) A. tubules
16. Which of the following is NOT an example B. blood vessels

of an excretory waste product? C. glomerulus
A. carbon dioxide D. none of above
B. oxygen
22. Most living things need oxygen to survive.
C. urea You breathe in oxygen and it is carried to
D. water this organ. Here the red blood cells pick
up the oxygen and carry the oxygen to all
17. The breakdown of excess protein in the the body cells that need it. What is this
liver to urea is know as what process? organ?
A. Respiration
A. diaphragm
B. Deamination
B. heart
C. Protein Synthesis
C. lungs
D. Ureanation
D. trachea
18. Name the process by which plants excrete
excess water 23. Your kidneys work to filter liquid waste
A. Transpiration from your blood. They also play an impor-
tant role in regulating the amount of
B. Excretion in your body.
C. Respiration A. food
D. Diffusion
B. oxygen
19. What term is sued to describe the chemical C. sugar
process in which oxygen and glucose react
to release energy inside body cells? D. water
A. respiration 24. Your circulatory system helps to move the
B. inhaling oxygen to all of your cells. What carries
the oxygen to every cell in your body?
C. exhaling
D. breathing A. blood
B. food
20. “Filtrate” is the name given to the fluid in
the C. heart
A. Capillaries D. veins

25. What is the function of the Ureter? C. Water, urea, ions and red blood cells
A. Carries urine from the kidney to the uri- D. none of above
nary bladder.
B. Tiny finger-like projections in the Small 31. Liquid waste is stored in the and solid
Intestine waste is stored in the
C. Absorbs water and minerals and holds A. kidneys and liver
waste B. colon and bladder
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D. none of above
C. bladder and colon
26. Which part of the excretory system is a D. esophagus and intestines
holding tank for urine before it leaves your
body? 32. Excretes water, salts, small amounts of
A. bladder nitrogen wastes, and other substances in
B. kidneys sweat
C. ureter A. Skin
D. urethra B. Kidneys
27. What contracts to expel urine C. Lungs
A. Smooth muscle D. none of above

B. Cardiac muscle
33. Urea is best described as
C. Skeletal muscle
A. a tube you urinate out of
D. none of above
B. waste from the breakdown of proteins
28. Which excretory organ eliminates water
and some chemical wastes in sweat?
C. an organ
A. lungs
D. waste product of cellular respiration
B. skin
C. liver 34. The heart is part of the system.
D. kidneys A. cardiovascular
29. secrete wastes including water, salts, and B. nervous
small amounts of urea C. reproductive
A. appendix
D. respiratory
B. gall bladder
C. salivary glands 35. The role of the respiratory system is to
bring what substance into the body?
D. sweat glands
A. water
30. What does the filtrate in the Bowman’s
capsule contain? B. oxygen
A. Water, ions, urea and proteins C. carbon dioxide
B. Water, ions, urea and glucose D. red blood cells

36. A short tube where urine is released from 41. Botanical name of rubber plant is the sci-
the body is the entific name of rubber plant

A. Ureter A. Hevea braziliensisHevea braziliensis
B. Kidney B. Jatropa
C. Bladder C. Acacia arabica Acacia arabica
D. Urethra D. Azadirachta indica
42. What churns food and breaks it down fur-

37. The kidneys are supplied with blood from
ther using strong acids?
the renal artery. Is this blood filtered
or unfiltered? Oxygenated or deoxy- A. Stomach
genated? B. Salivary glands
A. Filtered and oxygenated C. Liver
B. Filtered and deoxygenated D. none of above
C. unfiltered and oxygenated 43. What makes parthenium allergic to us?
D. unfiltered and deoxygenated A. Pollen grains are pollen grains
38. Which organs that produces waste in the B. Flowers
form of sweat? C. Stigmagram
A. Lungs D. Leaves
B. Kidneys 44. The presence of what condition would in-
C. Skin dicate the urgent need for a kidney trans-
plant?
D. none of above
A. kidney stones
39. The role of the excretory system is to rid B. kidney failure
the body of toxic waste products. Which
of these body systems also plays a direct C. retention
role in removing waste products from the D. oliguria
body?
45. A liquid nitrogenous waste composed of
A. endocrine water, urea and salts.
B. nervous A. urine
C. respiratory B. carbon dioxide
D. skeletal C. bile
40. One major function of the excretory sys- D. gastric juice

tem is to clean the what? 46. Chemical change in digestion occurs in the
A. urine A. esophagus
B. blood B. stomach and intestines
C. kidneys C. mastication stage
D. bladder D. none of above

47. What is the kidney cortex/renal cortex? 53. How is the blood delivered to the nephron
A. The outer space between the wall and A. Tubes
medula
B. Tubules
B. Inside the medulla
C. Vessels
C. The wall
D. One of the renal veins D. none of above
48. Where is the glomerulus found? 54. Which of the following plants releases
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A. Around a convoluted tubule harmful alkaloid for humans? Which of the
following is a plant that produces an alka-
B. In the loop of Henle
loid harmful to humans
C. In the Bowman’s capsule
A. Tridax grass
D. none of above
B. Neem
49. What begins the process of chemical break-
down? C. Cincona Cincona
A. Liver D. None None

B. Salivary glands
55. The organ that removes metabolic wastes
C. Colon including urea, excess water, and salts
D. none of above from the blood.
50. When an amino acid is deaminated, what A. lung

products are formed? B. liver
A. urea and carbon dioxide C. kidney
B. ammonia and a keto acid
D. colon
C. keto acid and urea
D. urea and ammonia 56. Where extra water and minerals are ab-
sorbed through the cells of this organ
51. The outer layer of the kidney
A. liver
A. medulla
B. cortex B. small intestine
C. glomerulus C. stomach
D. Bowman’s capsule D. large intestine
52. Which parts of the respiratory system di- 57. Blood being pumped to the kidneys and
vide into smaller and smaller tubes in a then filtered by neurons is an example of
pattern that resembles the branches of a which two systems working together?
tree?
A. circulatory and muscular
A. pharynx
B. trachea B. excretory and circulatory
C. bronchi C. nervous and excretory

D. epiglottis D. nervous and muscular

58. What are the different ways by which 63. The cluster of capillaries within a nephron
plants excrete waste products? that has a wider entry than exit.

A. Through dead tissues with falling A. glomerulus
leaves B. alveoli
B. Stored resins and gums in old xylem C. aorta
C. Into the soil from roots D. vein
D. All of the above 64. a muscular organ in the body where chem-
ical and mechanical digestion take place
59. The organ that moves air from the nose to
the lungs and is often called the windpipe A. stomach
is B. kidney
A. larynx C. liver
B. pharynx D. skin
C. esophagus 65. Excretory systems of human being have
D. trachea following parts
A. Two kidney
60. These are very small vessels where oxy-
gen and nutrients leave the blood to go B. Two ureters
into the cells and carbon dioxide and other C. Urinary bladder & Urethra
waste products enter the blood from the
D. All of the above
cells.
A. veins 66. of nutrients are absorbed in the
B. arteries A. esophagus
C. capillaries B. stomach
C. small intestine
D. pacemaker
D. large intestine
61. Where is urea created?
67. The thick inner layer of the skin.
A. liver
A. dermis
B. kidneys
B. epidermis
C. stomach
C. plasma layer
D. all of the above
D. membrane layer
62. Who proved that the roots not only absorb 68. Which stage of urine production involves
fluid from soil but returns secretions back the removal of substances from the blood-
into it? stream?
A. Brugaman A. reabsorption
B. Charles Hufnagel Charles Hufnagel B. excretion
C. John Dolton C. filtration
D. Galen Galen D. secretion

69. Where is the nephron found C. liver

A. Medulla D. kidneys
B. Renal pyramid
75. What is a nephron?
C. Bladder
A. filtering unit in the kidney
D. Cortex
B. neuron
70. Synthesis of uric acid from ammonia takes
C. filtering unit in the heart
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place by Pathway
D. filtering unit in the brain
A. Inosinic
B. Ornithine 76. Which substance remains in the blood as it
C. Purine passes through the kidney?
D. Pyrimidine A. protein
B. salts
71. Which of the plant part in jatropa plant is
used for preparation of bio desil? Which C. urea
part of jatropa plant is used in making D. water
biodiesel?
A. Leaves 77. Unicellular organisms remove waste prod-
ucts in this way.
B. Flowers are flowers
A. Simple diffusion method
C. Seeds
D. Fruit B. Water bathes almost all their cells
Because water circulation takes place
72. What stores bile? through all cells
A. Colon C. Flame cells
B. Gall Bladder D. Green glands
C. Small Intestine
78. Your kidneys play an important role in reg-
D. none of above ulating the amount of in your body.
73. The process of removal of metabolic waste A. food
products from the body is: B. oxygen
A. Deamination
C. sugar
B. Excretion
D. water
C. Diffusion
D. Cellular respiration 79. The dome-shaped muscle that plays an im-
portant role in breathing is the
74. Which excretory organ eliminates water A. diaphragm
and some chemical wastes in perspira-
tion? B. alveoli
A. lungs C. larynx
B. skin D. bronchus

80. Terrestrial organisms lose water through B. Create and absorb excess waste to be
evaporation. In what ecosystem might an regulated
entomologistfind a good study organism

C. Collect urine from the kidneys before
to examine the prevention of water loss? disposal by urination
A. desert D. none of above
B. wet rain forest
86. What Organ Filters Liquid Waste From
C. prairie Your Blood?
D. chaparral A. Kidney
81. Which of the following is an example of B. Urethra
excretion? C. Uretera
A. Release of insulin from the pancreas D. Bladder
B. Release of saliva from salivary glands
87. Correct path of urine in body?
C. Removal of carbon dioxide from the
lungs A. bladder → urethra → kidneys
D. Removal of faeces from the alimentary B. kidneys → ureters → bladder

canal C. liver → blood → kidneys → bladder
82. What is the correct order of the steps of D. kidneys → bladder → ureters
function within the nephron? 88. What is the triangular structure at the bot-
A. Secretion, Reabsorption, Filtration tom of the bladder called
B. Filtration, Secretion, Reabsorption A. Triangle
C. Filtration, Reabsorption, Secretion B. Triagnog
D. Secretion, Filtration, Reabsorption C. Triagone
D. Trigone
83. What are the three types of nitrogenous
waste? 89. [1] Which diet will cause the liver to pro-
A. urea, excess water, ammonia duce the most urea?
B. urea, uric acid, ammonia A. high carbohydrate, low fat
C. salt, uric acid, urea B. high fat, hifh fibre
D. solutes, uric acid, ammonia C. high fat, low protein
D. high protein, low carbohydrate
84. An ureotelic group is
A. Frog and lizard 90. What is the function of ADH?
B. Mammals and shark A. decreases reabsorption of water and
salts
C. Snake and toad
B. increases reabsorption of hydrogen
D. Reptiles and birds ions
85. What is the function of the bladder? C. increase reabsorption of salts
A. Push out excess waste D. increases reabsorption of water

91. To maintain homeostasis freshwater fish B. Allowing gaseous waste products to

must leave the plant
A. excrete large quantities of electrolytes C. Producing chlorophyll for photosynthe-
sis
B. excrete large quantities of water D. none of above
C. take in electrolytes through simple dif- 97. The procedure to remove waste from the
fusion blood when the kidneys do not function
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D. consume large quantities of water properly.
A. homeostasis
92. The two narrow tubes that urine flows
through from the kidneys to the bladder B. dialysis
are the C. electrolytes
A. urethras D. dysuria
B. kidneys 98. Hair like structures that line the nasal cav-
C. esophagus ities and trachea are called
D. ureters A. cilia
B. mucus
93. Which process in the nephron is LEAST se-
lective? C. bronchi
A. active transport D. capillaries
B. secretion 99. Elastic, muscular organ that holds urine un-
C. reabsorption til it leaves the body through the urethra.
D. filtration A. Diaphram
B. Kidney
94. Where is all the filtering done
C. Bladder
A. Kidneys
D. Ureter
B. Bladder
100. Term for both the bunch of capillaries and
C. Urethera
the cup-shaped structure which forms part
D. Ureters of the nephron
95. As the blood enters the glomerulus, the A. Bowman’s capsule
waste product that enter the glomerular B. Glomerulus
space is called: C. Malpighian body
A. Urine D. Urethra
B. Stool
101. The main nitrogen-containing waste ex-
C. Feces creted in urine is
D. Filtrate A. Ammonia
96. Which of the following is an important B. Creatine phosphate
function of stomata in a leaf? C. Nucleotides
A. Absorbing water vapor from the air D. Urea

102. Which is NOT a major function of the ex- 108. Which of the following is not guanotelic
cretory system? animals

A. maintain salt levels A. Scorpion
B. clean the blood B. Squirrel
C. regulate blood volume C. Spider
D. control bodily functions D. Penguin
103. Which organ of the excretory system is 109. Kidneys do not help in
responsible for filtering liquid waste from A. osmoregulation
your blood?
B. maintaining body temperature
A. Bladder
C. maintaining composition of blood
B. kidneys plasma
C. ureter D. regulation of blood pH
D. urethra
110. White blood cells
104. What is the inner layer of the bladder? A. help fight disease
A. Fibrous muscle B. take up oxygen and deliver to cells
B. Fibrous connective tissue C. help form blood clots
C. Fibrous tissue D. helps carries nutrients
D. Muscle ‘Detrusor”
111. Which of the following is secrected during
105. Urea is carried from the to the tubular secretion
A. stomach, liver A. glucose
B. liver, kidneys B. urea
C. kidneys, stomach C. uric acid
D. kidneys, liver D. H ion
106. System of excretory organs that rids the 112. Which of the following is not a function
blood of wastes, controls blood volume by of the kidney tubules?
removing excess water, and balances con- A. absorb plasma
centrations of salts and water.
B. filter blood
A. Nervous
C. decide how much water is excreted
B. Circulatory
D. remove waste
C. Respiratory
D. Urinary 113. What is the function of the excretory sys-
tem?
107. What surrounds the kidney? A. protect the nervous sytem
A. Peri fat B. strengthen skeletal muscles
B. Perirenel fat C. bring oxygen to body cells
C. Perirenal fat D. collect and remove wastes from the
D. Periretal fat body

114. Excretory organs known as Malpighian C. liver

tubules are present in D. skin and kidneys
A. sea stars
120. Urea is produced in the
B. jellyfish
A. liver from glycogen
C. insects
B. kidneys from glycerol and fatty acids
D. flatworms
C. bladder from uric acid and water
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115. Anti venom is produced from Ravulfea
plant by using its part Rahul Priya D. liver from NH3 and carbon dioxide
plant is used as an antidote for snake
121. Osmoregulatory adjustment via the
bites.
renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system can
A. Stem be triggered by
B. Fruit A. eating a pizza with olives and pepper-
C. Seed oni
D. Root separate B. drinking several glasses of water
C. sleeping for one hour
116. What is the main function of the excre-
tory system? D. severe sweating on a hot day
A. to collect and remove wastes from the 122. During the process of filtration in the
body nephron, most of the water, glucose, and
B. to strengthen skeletal muscles vitamins are:
C. to protect the nervous system A. stored in the bladder
D. to bring oxygen to body cells B. excreted through the ureters
117. How many layers of the bladder C. reabsorbed into the blood
A. 1 D. concentrated in the urine
B. 2 123. The Bowman’s capsule, glomerulus, and
C. 3 collecting duct are all part of the
D. 4 A. nervous system
118. Urea diffuses into the of blood. B. kidney
A. red blood cells C. nephron
B. eukaryotes D. excretory system

C. plasma 124. What does a band of the detrusor muscle
D. white blood cells form at opening of bladder
A. Spincter
119. Which organs perform the process of ex-
cretion? B. Sphincter
A. Skin C. Sincter
B. Kidneys D. Siphincter

125. In which part of the respiratory system 131. Nitrogen containing waste product of pro-
is the air first cleaned, moistened, and teinhint:main component of urine
warmed?

A. Bile
A. nose B. HCl
B. lungs C. Urea
C. pharynx D. Glucose
D. bronchi
132. The acts as a filter to ‘clean’ waste
126. Who is Brugaman? products from the blood.
A. a botanist is a botanist A. Liver
B. a plant physiologists B. Kidney
C. a chemist C. Pancreas
D. a psychologist D. Blader
127. an organ of the digestive system that re- 133. The Bowman’s capsule, glomerulus, and
moves nutrients and water from digested collecting tubule are all part of the
food A. nervous system
A. kidney B. kidney
B. liver C. nephron
C. mouth D. excretory system
D. intestine
134. What produces chemicals that break
128. What is the name of the small flap of tis- down fats, starches and proteins?
sue that seals off the trachea during swal- A. Pulmonary artery
lowing?
B. Pancreas
A. Pharynx
C. Pituitary gland
B. larynx
D. none of above
C. epiglottis
D. alveoli 135. What do kidneys filter?
A. ammonia
129. Liquid waste is stored in the
B. nitrogenous wastes
A. kidneys and liver
C. urine
B. colon
D. blood
C. bladder
D. esophagus 136. The process by which substances pass
from the blood into the nephron of the kid-
130. What is filtered through the nephron ney.
A. Blood A. digestion
B. Water B. respiration
C. Waste fluid C. filtration
D. Oxygen D. excretion

137. Which of the following is NOT part of the C. B, C, A

excretory system? D. A, C, B
A. Lungs
143. What is the most important function of
B. Skin sweating?
C. Stomach A. to remove excess heat from the body
D. Kidneys B. to remove excess sals from the body
138. What do the lungs push out when you ex- C. to remove excess urea from the body
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hale? D. to remove excess water from the body
A. Air
144. Where does selective re-absorption of
B. Oxygen glucose happen in the nephron?
C. Stale Air A. In the proximal (first) convoluted
D. Blood tubule
B. In the distal (second) convoluted
139. Tissues join together to form:
tubule
A. Cells
C. In the collecting duct
B. Organs
D. none of above
C. Systems
145. (MCAS) Besides producing cholesterol
D. Organism
and bile, which of the following is a func-
140. The area influenced by hormones in order tion of the liver?
to regulate water balance in the body. A. digesting fiber
A. Loop of Henle B. making red blood cells
B. Proximal convoluted tubule C. removing toxins from blood
C. Glomerulus D. storing stomach contents for digestion
D. Collecting duct
146. Long tubes that connect the kidneys to
141. What is the definition for digestion? the bladder.
A. Breaking down food into smaller nutri- A. Urethra
ents B. Bladder
B. Getting rid of waste products C. Ureters
C. Getting food into our bodies D. Small intestine
D. Getting nutrients into our bloodstream, 147. What is the correct order in which food
so that our cells can use them passes through the digestive system?
142. Place the following events in sequence:A) A. mouth>stomach>large intes-
Urine passes through the uretersB) Urea tine>small intestine
enters the kidneysC) Urine enters the ure- B. esophagus>sm intestine>stomach>lg
thra intestine
A. B, A, C C. stomach>sm intestine>esophagus>mouth
B. C, B, A

D. mouth>esophagus>stomach>sm in- 153. ADH is made in the

testine>lg intestine A. pituitary gland

148. The is/are responsible for urine stor- B. kidney
age. C. liver
A. Bladder D. ureter
B. Kidneys
154. Chemical change in digest occurs when
C. Ureter
A. food is moving from one organ to an-
D. Urethra other
149. stores excess glucose in the form of B. you drink fruit juices
glycogen. C. only bacteria is present in the in-
A. Kidney testines
B. Pancreas D. salvia, acids and enzymes are present
C. Muscle cells 155. Organs of excretion that maintain home-
D. Liver ostasis include the kidneys, lungs, skin,
and
150. Urine production takes place in the:
A. bronchus.
A. nephrons
B. diaphragm.
B. bladder
C. bladder.
C. ureter
D. liver.
D. renal pelvis
156. What is the functional filtration unit in
151. What happens if the blood plasma is too the kidney?
concentrated?
A. hilum
A. Less ADH is released, causing more
B. calyx
water to be reabsorbed in the nephrons
C. nephron
B. More ADH is released, causing less D. bladder
157. What organ in the excretory system gets
rid of carbon dioxide and water vapor?
C. More ADH is released, causing more
A. Kidneys
B. Lungs
D. none of above
C. Skin
152. Which organ produces urea through D. none of above
deamination?
A. Bladder 158. Your excretory system is simple but very
important. Which part of the excretory
B. Kidney system is a holding tank for urine before
C. Liver it leaves your body?
D. Pancreas A. bladder

B. kidneys 164. What is the outer layer of the bladder

C. ureter A. Fibrous muscle
D. urethra B. Fibrous connective tissue
C. Fibrous tissue
159. What is the middle layer of the kidneys
D. Muscle (Detrusor)
called?
A. medulla 165. Which nitrogenous waste has the great-
est number of nitrogen atoms?
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B. pelvis
A. ammonium ions
C. cortex
B. uric acid
D. glomerulus C. ammonia
160. The nonselective, passive process per- D. urea
formed by the glomerulus that forms blood
166. What substances are produced during res-
plasma without blood proteins is called
piration
A. water and oxygesn
A. glomerular filtration
B. oxygen and RBC
B. tubular reabsorption
C. glomerular reabsorption D. carbon dioxide and RBC
D. tubular secretion
167. What do the Ureters do?
161. From which plant rubber is made A. Clean the blood
A. Hevea braziliensisHevea braziliensis B. Bring urine from the kidneys to the
bladder
B. Jatropa
C. Bring blood from the kidneys to the
C. Acacia arabica Acacia arabica
bladder
D. Ajadirakta indicaAjadirakta indica D. make hormones
162. Which of the following is not in the renal 168. The liver is the site of deamination. This
cortex? term means
A. Loop of Henle A. Breaking down of amino acids
B. Bowman’s capsule B. Breaking down of proteins
C. Glomerulus C. Building up proteins
D. none of above D. Removing acids from the blood
169. What other than the medulla absorbs wa-
163. The medulla, cortex and pelvis are all
ter and electrolytes and prevents waster
part of the
products being reabsorbed
A. nervous system A. Tubules
B. nephron B. Bowmans
C. kidney C. Glomerules
D. excretory system D. none of above

170. Sweat is excreted from what organ? C. urethra, urinary bladder, ureters
A. Liver D. urinary bladder, urethra, ureters

B. Lungs 176. The kidneys purify the blood of metabolic
C. Skin waste substances mentioned to form urine,
D. Kidneys except for:
A. Urea
171. is the result of the excretory system
B. Uric acid
balancing the amount of water and salts in
your body and it is stored in your bladder C. Amino acids
until it is excreted. D. Creatinine
A. feces
177. Humans have three main excretory prod-
B. lymph ucts, which of the following is not one of
C. urine them.
D. water A. carbon dioxide
B. salts
172. Materials are returned to the blood from
the filtrate by which of the following pro- C. urea
cesses? D. faeces
A. filtration 178. Metabolic activities means
B. excretion A. Nutrition
C. selective reabsorption B. respiration
D. secretion C. photosynthesis
173. The process of removal of the body’s D. all of the above
wastes is called
179. After drinking alcoholic beverages, in-
A. gas exchange. creased urine excretion is the result of
B. respiration. A. increased blood pressure
C. excretion. B. inhibited secretion of antidiuretic hor-
D. filtration. mone (ADH)
C. increased reabsorption of water in the
174. Which part of the respiratory system is
proximal tubule
also part of the digestive system?
D. increased aldosterone production
A. nose
B. bronchi 180. Low selectivity of solute movement is a
characteristic of
C. pharynx
A. H+ pumping to control pH
D. trachea
B. secretion along the distal tubule
175. Which sequence correctly traces the path C. filtration from the glomerular capillar-
of urine after it leaves the kidneys? ies
A. ureters, urinary bladder, urethra D. reabsorption mechanisms along the
B. urinary bladder, ureters, urethra proximal tubule

181. stones in the kidneys are called: 187. Which of the following mainly excretes
A. renal calculi nitrogenous waste, water and salts?
B. retrocalculi A. skin
C. bladder calculi B. kidney
D. pyelocalculi C. lungs
D. gall bladder
182. Bean-shaped urinary system organ that
188. Which of the following parts is not found
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is made up of about 1 million nephrons and
filters blood, producing urine. in the urinary system?
A. Bean A. Ureters
B. Nephron B. Urethra
C. Kidneys C. Bladder
D. Bladder D. Rectum
183. What is normally found in urine? 189. In the collecting duct, what is reab-
sorbed?
A. red blood cells
A. Ions like Na+ and Cl-
B. bacteria
B. Nutrients like glucose and amino acids
C. glucose
D. urea
C. Substances like drug metabolites and
184. What is the relationship between rhizo- waste
bia and root nodules plant? What is the re- D. Water
lationship between rhizobium bacteria and
plants with root nodules? 190. What makes the colour of urine yellow?
A. Symbiosis A. billirubin
B. Commensalism B. fibrin
C. Parasitism C. urochrome
D. Mutualism Refugee living D. thrombin
185. Blood is composed of 191. What is the definition for elimination?

A. red blood cells A. Breaking down food into smaller nutri-
ents
B. white blood cells
B. Getting rid of waste products
C. platelets and plasma
C. Getting food into our bodies
D. all of the above
D. Getting nutrients into our bloodstream,
186. What does urine contain? so that our cells can use them
A. Water and urea only 192. Where are nutrients absorbed into the
B. Water and salts only blood?
C. Water, urea and salts A. esophagus
D. none of above B. small intestine

C. stomach 198. Blood enters the kidneys through the

D. mouth A. renal arteries

B. renal veins
193. Fluid normally found inside the Bowman’s
C. tubules
capsule is called?
D. ureter
A. blood
199. Which of the following is the chief excre-
B. plasma
tory organ
C. urine A. Lungs
D. filtrate B. Kidney
C. Skin
194. unicellular organism remove the waste
by the process of D. Liver
A. diffusion 200. ADH causes the kidney tubules to become
B. active transport
A. No effect
C. pump mechanism
B. More permeable
D. vacuole excretion
C. Less permeable
195. What starts the process of chemical D. Ruined
breakdown?
201. Tiny filtering structures where urine is
A. Saliva produced in the kidneys are called
B. Oxygen A. ureters.
C. Hydrogen B. alveoli.
D. none of above C. nephrons.

D. bronchi.
196. Which of the following does a healthy kid-
ney NOT remove from blood? 202. A a small closed container with two bal-
loons could be used to modeled what type
A. excess water of human body function?
B. red blood cells A. circulation
C. excess salts B. digestion
D. urea C. heart
D. lungs
197. Which of the following plant’s produce
gums 203. Tube that carries urine from the bladder
to the outside of the body.
A. Hevea
A. ureter
B. Neem B. urethra
C. Acacia sneeze C. arethra
D. B and C D. curator

204. These two body systems bring oxygen 209. What’s the middle layer of the ureters
into your body and then move to all your A. Muscular
body parts. What are these two sys-
tems? B. Inner muscular
C. Fibrous
A. respiratory and muscular
D. none of above
B. digestive and circulatory
C. respiratory and digestive 210. What is a function of the kidneys of a
healthy person?
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D. circulatory and respiratory
A. break down toxins
205. The three stages of urine production are B. eliminate all salts
, , and C. reabsorb all glucose
A. filtration, reabsorption, and secretion D. retain all water
B. filtration, urine secretion, and leukocy-
211. Excretes nitrogen wastes, salts, water,
tosis
and other substances in urine
C. reabsorption, discretion, and secre- A. Kidneys
tion
B. Lungs
D. secretion, absorption, and dissemina-
C. Skin
tion
D. none of above
206. During cellular respiration which waste
products are released? 212. The stores urine until time for release
from the body
A. Carbon dioxide only
A. Kidney
B. Ureter
C. Nitrogen C. Bladder
D. Oxygen D. Urethra
207. In which direction do substance move dur- 213. Which organ systems work together to
ing filtration? keep your body cool by perspiring?
A. Blood to Filtrate A. nervous and muscular
B. Filtrate to Blood B. nervous and circulatory
C. Tubules to Capillaries C. circulatory and muscular
D. Tubules to Arterioles D. circulatory and respiratory

214. While running you breathe faster and
208. tube from the bladder to the outside of harder and your heart rate increases. This
the body illustrates that body systems
A. urethra A. work together
B. ureter B. work independently
C. large intestine C. all have the same function
D. I.V D. have no connection one another

215. Example for secretion Example for se- 221. A cluster of capillaries in the kidney
cretion A. Glomerulus

A. Sweat B. Nephron
B. Ill C. Ureter
C. Hormone D. Urethra
D. All the above
222. What is the muscular sac where urine is
216. Where can we find resin vessels? stored?
A. Gymnosperms are echinoderms A. kidneys
B. Angiosperms are angiosperms B. bladder
C. Monocots are monocots C. urethra
D. Docots have dicotyledonous seeds D. ureters
217. The process of formation of ammonia in 223. In homeostasis, the kidney regulates
the liver from excess of amino acids is the:
called A. levels of electrolytes
A. Detoxification B. amount of water in the body
B. Deamination C. pH
C. Translation D. all of the above
D. Egestion 224. What is found in the pelvic cavity
218. This structure is found on the skin and ex- A. Ureters
cretes sweat: B. Urethra
A. hair follicles C. Bladder
B. gastric glands D. Kidney
C. salivary glands 225. [1] After a meal, the concentration of
D. sweat glands blood glucose increases.What then causes
the concentration of blood glucose to re-
219. Which Kidney is slightly bigger? turn to normal?
A. Up Kidney A. adrenalin
B. Down Kidney B. blood cells
C. Left KIdney C. insulin
D. Right Kidney D. platelets
220. The area where all of the glucose is ab- 226. Which part of the digestive system elimi-
sorbed. nates solid wastes from the human body?
A. Loop of Henle A. kidneys
B. Proximal convoluted tubule B. liver
C. Distal convoluted tubule C. pharynx
D. Collecting tubule D. rectum

227. is a chemical that is made when C. renal vein

your body breaks down protein from meat,
D. glomerulus
beans, nuts, and other foods and can be
quite harmful to your body. 233. What is meant by deamination?
A. Carbon dioxide
A. removal of a carbon atom
B. Platelets
B. removal of a nitrogen atom
C. Urea
C. removal of an NH2 molecule
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D. Unwanted water
D. removal of an amino acid
228. When will the horse urinate
A. What the bladder is full 234. an organ of the digestive system that
makes chemicals to help the body break
B. When the bladder is a quarter full down fats and rid itself of harmful sub-
C. What the bladder is half full stances
D. When the bladder is three quarters full A. kidney
229. where urine is stored temporarily B. liver
A. bladder C. stomach
B. ureter D. mouth
C. urethra
235. A tube that carries urine from bladder to
D. bile outside body
230. Which one of the following is NOT one of A. Ureter
the functions of the kidneys?
B. Urethra
A. produce hormones that assist in diges-
tion C. Nephron
B. convert vitamin D from its inactive to D. Collecting duct

its active form
236. What organ is not involved directly in the
C. regulate blood volume urinary system?
D. dispose of metabolic waste products A. Uretha
231. Which of these is a solute NOT normally B. Bladder
found in urine?
C. Large Intestine
A. Glucose
D. Ureter
B. Sodium and potassium ions
C. Ammonia 237. The area where the pH of the blood is
controlled.
D. Bicarbonate ions
A. Loop of Henle
232. The blood vessel carrying blood from the
aorta into the kidney is the B. Proximal convoluted tubule
A. renal artery C. Distal convoluted tubule
B. hepatic artery D. Collecting tubule

238. What word describes the function of the 243. What tube takes urine out of the bladder
nephrons? A. Ureters

A. Tube B. Bladder
B. Passageway C. Kidney
C. Filter D. Urethra
D. Reservoir 244. The waste products produced by cellular
life processes the most important of which
239. Wastes in fruits are stored in the form of are carbon dioxide, water, urea and min-
. eral salts.
A. Raphides are fossil cells A. ATP
B. Toxins Toxins B. metabolic wastes
C. Resins C. feces
D. All the above D. enzymes
245. During which process is 99% of the wa-
240. When you breathe in oxygen it is carried ter returned to the blood vessels?
to this organ. Here the red blood cells pick
up the oxygen and carry the oxygen to all A. Filtration
parts of the body. What is this organ? B. Reabsorption
A. diaphragm C. Secretion
B. heart D. none of above
C. lungs 246. The materials which do not require for

normal growth and development are
D. trachea
A. Secondary metabolites
241. Natural selection should favor the high- B. Primary metabolites are primary
est proportion of juxtamedullary nephrons metabolites
in which of thefollowing species?
C. Hormones
A. a mouse species living in a temperate D. Growth substances are growth regula-
broadleaf forest tors
B. a mouse species living in a tropical rain
247. Urea is made from
forest
A. amino acid
C. a mouse species living in a desert
B. fat
D. a river otter
C. fibre
242. What is the tube like passageway for D. salts
food, liquid, and air called?
248. A major waste product located in urine
A. pharynx A. urea
B. larynx B. urologist
C. trachea C. UTI
D. bronchi D. polyuira

249. Carbon dioxide that is released during C. pharynx

respiration is sent out in plants through D. trachea
.
A. Stomata are the pores 255. What is the outermost layer of the kid-
neys?
B. Lenticels Lenticels
A. glomerulus
C. Both
B. medulla
D. A is only A
C. pelvis
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250. Excretory product of fresh water fishes D. cortex
is
256. How many layers does the Ureters have
A. Urea
A. 1
B. Uric acid
B. 2
C. Ammonia
C. 3
D. Guanine
D. 4
251. A tube through which urine passes before
it is removed from the body is a(n) 257. One organ listed is part of the digestive
system. Which organ below is incorrectly
A. bladder paired with a respiratory function?
B. urethra A. nose-filters and warms air
C. nephrons B. bronchi-moves air into the lungs
D. ureters C. diaphragm-muscle that powers
252. If you have kidney disease, what will breathing
complete the balancing of salts, glucose D. esophagus-moves air from the nose
concentration and removal of urea from into the lungs
the blood?
258. Increased antidiuretic hormone (ADH) se-
A. Your liver cretion is likely after
B. A placenta A. blood pressure becomes abnormally
C. Your bladder high
D. A kidney dialysis machine B. drinking lots of pure water
C. eating a small sugary snack
253. Sweating is a part of which organ sys-
tem? D. sweating-induced dehydration in-
creases plasma osmolarity
A. Sympathetic nervous system
B. Lymphatic system 259. The lungs and respiratory system work
closely with the system to make sure
C. muscular system
oxygen reaches all the cells of our body.
D. none of above A. circulatory
254. Where does gas exchange occur B. digestive
A. heart C. integumentary
B. alveoli D. nervous

260. The procedure to remove waste from the A. An area with a SMALL number of parti-
blood cles

A. homeostasis B. An area with a LARGE number of parti-
B. dialysis cles
C. electrolytes C. An area with an UNEVEN number of

particles
D. dysuria
D. An area with no particles
261. a substance such as a fat, a protein, or a
carbohydrate that a living thing needs to 266. What would you find inside the glomeru-
survive lus?
A. anus A. Urea
B. esophagus B. Urine
C. nutrients C. Blood
D. stomach D. Lymph
262. is formed when small molecules like 267. the system of the body responsible for
salts, glucose, urea and water are forced storing and getting rid of waste products,
out from the blood plasma when blood such as urine
flows through the kidney tubules.
A. liver
A. Filtrate
B. kidney
B. Urine
C. stomach
C. Waste
D. skin
D. Excretion
268. Place the following events in sequence:A)
263. The process of excretion of water in Urine is made and passes through the
plants is called It takes place through ureters to the bladderB) Unfiltered blood
enters the kidneysC) Urine enters the ure-
A. Transportation Stomata Stomata thra and exits the body
B. Transpiration Stomata Stomata A. B, A, C
C. Transpiration Lenticels Lenticels B. C, B, A
D. Cells without Circulation Lenticels C. B, C, A
264. What does ADH mean? D. A, C, B

A. Attention deficit syndrome 269. What do we call the process of physical
B. Antidiuretic hormone breakdown?
C. Aging decreases health A. esophagus
D. Anticoncentrating hormone B. chemical digestion
C. small intestine
265. What does a ‘region with high concentra-
tion’ mean? D. mechanical digestion

270. Which of the following is not uricotelic B. perspiration

A. Lizard C. excretion
B. Sparrow D. transport
C. Cockroach 276. What produces the bile used to break
D. Frog down fats?
271. Which are the tubes that carry urine from A. Liver
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the kidney to the bladder? B. Large Intestine
A. Adrenal tubes C. Mouth
B. Kidneys D. none of above
C. Ureters 277. Cortex contains cuplike structures called
D. Urethras as
A. loop of Henle’
272. Which of the following is the function of
the liver? B. Renal capsule
A. produce bile C. Bowman’s capsule
B. storage of excess glucose D. Glomerulus capsule
C. metabolism of fat 278. what do the lungs do in the excretory sys-
D. all of these tem
A. dispose of carbon dioxide through ex-
273. The are made up of millions of
halation
A. kidneys, ureters
B. disposes of smog thru exhalation
B. nephrons, kidneys
C. dispose of ultraviolet rays through ex-
C. lungs, nephrons halation
D. kidneys, nephrons D. dispose of rays through exhalation
274. The adrenal glands sit on top of the kid- 279. How much water needed for elimination
neys. The release what hormone? and of 1 gm of uric acid
what is the function of this hormone in the A. 10 ml
body?
B. 50 ml
A. Adrenaline, growth
C. 300 to 500 ml
B. Growth stimulating hormone, growth
D. 100 ml
C. Adrenaline, fight or flight response
D. Anti-duriteic hormone, controls water 280. The organ where food doesn’t pass
release through but it does break down fats and
detoxify poisons?
275. The process that reduces the volume A. liver
of the kidney filtrate and returns sub-
stances (water, glucose, amino acids) to B. small intestine
the blood. C. stomach
A. reabsorption D. large intestine

281. gills, lungs, and skin are all classified as 287. The organ whose excretory functions in-
organs of clude detoxification of the blood and for-
mation of urea.

A. excretion
B. locomotion A. liver
C. respiration B. kidney
D. the nervous system C. heart
282. What is the airway to which the vocal D. gall bladder
cords are attached.
A. pharynx 288. An excretory system that is partly based
on the filtration of fluid under high hydro-
B. larynx
static pressure isthe
C. trachea
A. Malpighian tubules of insects
D. bronchi
B. kidneys of vertebrates
283. The systems are most responsible for
providing cells with oxygen and removing C. flame bulb system of flatworms
the carbon dioxide. D. protonephridia of rotifers
A. excretory and muscular
289. Which stage of urine production in-
B. digestive and excretory
volves returning water, nutrients, and
C. skeletal and respiratory electrolytes to the bloodstream?
D. circulatory and respiratory A. filtration
284. From which organ is most carbon dioxide B. excretion
excreted?
C. secretion
A. kidney
D. reabsorption
B. liver
C. lung 290. Excretes carbon dioxide and water vapor
D. skin in exhaled air
285. Which of the following mainly excretes A. Lungs

water and heat? B. Kidneys
A. skin C. Skin
B. kidney
D. none of above
C. lungs
D. urethra 291. Tubes which connect each kidney to the
bladder are called
286. Water and salt is absorbed in the
A. nephrons
A. esophagus
B. stomach B. urethra
C. small intestine C. ureters

D. large intestine D. urea

292. ADH is a 297. Blood arrives to the kidneys through

A. Hormone A. renal vein
B. Chemical B. renal artery
C. Receptor C. aorta
D. Drug D. inferior vena cava
298. The long dip in the renal tubule is called

293. Excretion is
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the:
A. The removal of substances from the
A. loop of Henle
body
B. loop of Rachic
B. The removal of waste products from
the body C. loop of Henry
C. The removal of faeces from the body D. loop of Harry
D. The release of enzymes or hormones 299. Of the following options, which would
by a gland SLOW diffusion?
A. Smaller Molecules
294. The advantage of excreting nitrogenous
wastes as urea rather than as ammonia is B. Larger Surface Area
that C. Smaller Concentration Gradient
A. urea is less toxic than ammonia D. Higher Temperature
B. less nitrogen is removed from the body 300. Which substance is lost from the body of
a healthy person by the kidneys, but not
C. urea does not affect the osmolar gra- by the lungs
dient A. carbon dioxide
D. urea can be exchanged for Na+ B. glucose
295. The is a sac-like muscular organ that C. urea
stores urine until it is ready to be released D. water
from the body
301. How many reigons does the kidey have?
A. Stomach
A. 1
B. Bladder
B. 2
C. Urethra
C. 3
D. Gallbladder
D. 4
296. Physical process called peristalsis occurs 302. Where is the blood filtered through
in glomeruli?
A. trachae A. Medulla
B. intestines B. Cortex
C. esophagus C. Renal pyramid
D. mouth only D. Nephron

303. Where is urea made and where is it re- 309. Physical change in digestion occurs in the
moved? A. stomach and intestines

A. Made-Kidney . Removed-Bladder B. intestines
B. Made-Kidney . Removed-Kidney C. mouth and esophagus
C. Made-Liver . Removed-Kidney
D. mouth only
D. Made-Liver Removed-Rectum
310. Which tube in the urinary system goes
304. The muscular tube that moves food from from the kidney to the bladder?
the mouth to the stomach?
A. The collecting duct
A. esophagus
B. The ureter
B. small intestine
C. The urethra
C. stomach
D. none of above
D. mouth
311. How are the lungs associated with the
305. What are the main organs of the excre- excretory system?
tory system
A. They help the flow of blood
A. Kidneys, Large intestines, Liver, Ure-
thra, Ureters B. Help you urinate faster
B. Brain, Intestine, muscles C. They take in oxygen.
C. Lungs, Brain, Mouth D. They produce the waste product, car-
bon dioxide (CO2)
D. none of above
312. The main organs in the digestive system
306. What are muscular tubes that carry urine
are
from kidneys to bladder
A. esophagus, stomach, small intestine
A. Urethra
and large intestine
B. Uretas
B. kidneys and bladder
C. Bladder
C. lungs
D. Kidney
D. stomach and intestines
307. Waste product of photosynthesis
313. Whats the inner layer of the ureters
A. Oxygen
A. Inner muscular
B. Carbon dioxide
B. Muscular
C. Water
C. Fibrous
D. Nitrogen
D. none of above
308. Kidneys maintain homeostasis by regu-
lating levels 314. [1] Which organ produces a hormone?
A. waste A. heart
B. blood B. lung
C. water C. ovary
D. food D. spinal cord

315. Which of the following available in air is C. Esophagus

the raw material for photosynthesis
D. none of above
A. Hydrogen
B. Carbon dioxide 321. The process that returns glucose and
amino acids back to the blood.
C. Oxygen
A. selective reabsorption
D. hydrogen
B. perspiration
316. The process by which the waste of cellu-
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lar metabolism are removed from a organ- C. excretion
ism. D. transport
A. transport
B. respiration 322. What is the name of the filtration unit in
kidney
C. excretion
A. Neuron
D. egestion
B. Nephron
317. During gas exchange, which substance
moves from the alveoli into the blood? C. Neon
A. carbon dioxide D. Glomerulus

B. oxygen
323. What type of membrane is the urine fil-
C. water tered through
D. nitrogen A. Permiable
318. Complex multicellular organism needs B. Semi permiable
specialized organ for excretion because
C. Selectively permiable
A. Many cells are there
D. none of above
B. Entire cell surface is not in contact of
environment 324. The main excretory organ in insects and
C. All the cells are producing metabolic spiders is
waste A. malpighian tubules
D. All of the above
B. nephridium
319. Kidney’s main job C. kidneys
A. store urine
D. none of above
B. absorb nutrients
C. absorb liquid from solid waste 325. The circulatory system carries &
to cells.
D. filter blood
A. nutrients and oxygen
320. What pushes food from the mouth to the
stomach? B. waste and carbon dioxide
A. Stomach C. stomach acid and blood
B. Gall bladder D. none of above

326. Freshwater organisms like Amoeba, 331. What begins the process of mechanical
Paramecium possess osmoregulatory or- breakdown?
ganelle called

A. the mouth
A. Contractile vacuoles B. the esophagus
B. Skin C. the pancreas
C. Simple diffusion method D. none of above
D. Osmosis 332. How does skin release waste?
A. The skin grows hair
327. On which garden Brugaman did his exper-
iments? B. Glands that release sweat
A. Apple C. Blood
D. Dead skin cells
B. Orange
C. Mango 333. Which one among the following is a
waste product of photosynthesis?
D. Grapes
A. Glucose
328. Urine is transported from the urinary B. Oxygen
bladder to the outside of the body by the C. Carbondioxide
D. All of the above
A. urethra
334. What effect would there be in the urine
B. ureter production if someone is sweating a lot but
C. trigone not drinking any water?
D. collecting duct A. Increased volumes
B. Decreased volumes
329. remove urea from (filters) the blood and
C. No change in volume but decreased
regulate concentrations of most of the sub-
concentration
stances in the body fluids
D. Decreased concentration and in-
A. liver creased volume
B. kidney
335. Kidney tubules are also known as
C. urinary bladder A. Glomerulus
D. ureter B. Bowman’s capsule
330. In plants, food prepared by the leaves is C. Nephrons

transported to all the other parts of the D. Tubules
plants by-
336. How many kidneys do you have?
A. Stomata
A. 1
B. Phloem B. 3
C. Root hair C. 5
D. Xylem D. 2

337. What are the tiny, thin-walled, grapelike C. Urethra

clusters at the end of each bronchiole that
D. Ureters
are surrounded by capillaries.
A. bronchioles 343. What is the outer coat of the ureters
B. alveoli A. Fibrous
C. raveoli B. Muscular
D. bronchioli C. Inner muscular
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338. Sucrose is digested by D. none of above
A. glucase
344. What % Of Your Body Is Water?
B. sucrase
A. 90
C. lipase
B. 70
D. sucralase
C. 85
339. Which of the following enters into the
Bowman’s capsule, while the rest are left D. 69
behind in the capillaries?
345. Nitrogenous waste which is less toxic
A. White blood cells soluble in water and is formed during or-
B. Red blood cells nithine cycle is
C. Platelets A. Urea
D. Plasma B. Uric acid
340. the prefix “nephr-” means: C. Ammonia
A. urethra D. Amino acid
B. kidney
346. Blood vessels that carry blood containing
C. ureter oxygen away from the heart to all parts
D. renal pelvis of the body are called
341. The excretory system rids the body of A. veins

waste. B. arteries
A. metabolic C. capillaries
B. unwanted D. lymphatic vessels
C. useful
347. The organ where food is mashed and then
D. nuclear
broken down by acids?
342. Which excretory organ filters the blood A. esophagus
to remove excess water, urea, and cell
wastes? B. small intestine
A. Kidney C. stomach
B. Bladder D. mouth

348. Which of the is selectively reabsorbed in C. Alkaloids Alkaloids

renal tubule
D. All the above

A. glucose
B. urea 354. In order to aid water reabsorption, exces-
sive salt is pumped out from the filtrate at
C. uric acid the
D. H ion
A. glomerulus
349. The carbon dioxide gas enters the leaves B. Bowman’s capsule
of the plant through the present on
their surface. C. First coiled tubule
A. Sepals D. Loop of Henle

B. Stomata 355. Among the following choices, the most
C. Xylem concentrated urine is excreted by
D. Leaf Veins A. frogs
350. All of the following structures are compo- B. freshwater bass
nents of the urinary system except C. human
A. Kidneys D. kangaroo rats
B. Ureters
C. Urethra 356. Which blood vessels supply the kidneys?
D. Gall Bladder A. The hepatic arteries

B. The renal arteries
351. Waste gets stored in the fruits in the
form of solid bodies called C. The pulmonary arteries
A. Raphides are fossil cells D. none of above
B. Aphids
357. Which organ system removes cellular
C. Fossils wastes as the result of cellular respira-
D. none of above tion?
352. The cluster of capillaries within a A. nervous

nephron. B. digestive
A. glomerulus C. excretory
B. alveoli D. circulatory
C. aorta
358. Arachnids are Animals
D. vein
A. Ureotelic
353. Nitrogenous wastes in plants Ni-
trogenous wastes in plants B. Uricotelic
A. Resins C. Guanotelic
B. Raphides are fossil cells D. Ammonotelic

359. is the diffusion of water molecules 364. carry oxygen throughout the human
from a dilute solution towards a concen- body.
trated solution, down the water’s concen- A. veins
tration gradient, across a partially perme-
able membrane. B. blood plasma
A. Osmosis C. red blood cells
B. Diffusion D. white blood cells
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C. Active Transport 365. Urine leaves the kidneys and then goes
D. Transpiration to the
A. stomach
360. The major organs in the excretory system
are B. liver
A. kidneys, large intestine, liver, bladder C. bladder

and lungs D. anus
B. stomach, small intestine and large in- 366. The function of kidney
testine
A. Filtration of blood
C. liver and pancreas
B. Urine formation
D. gallbladder and spleen
C. Elimination of excess water
361. GillsLungs Skin These may ALL be classi- D. All of the above
fied as organs of
A. excretion 367. Where is urine stored?
B. locomotion A. kidneys
C. respiration B. urinary bladder
D. the nervous system C. urethra

D. ureters
362. The gas that provides energy to the body
is oxygen, while the one that produces 368. Urine flows out of the kidneys through
waste products or “exhaust” of the body narrow tubes called
is A. Gallbladder
A. carbon dioxide B. Ureter
B. Water C. Nephrons
C. Blood D. Urethra
D. Fluid
369. Compared to wetland mammals, water
363. The urine passes through the as it conservation in mammals of arid regions
passes out of the body. is enhanced byhaving more
A. urethra A. podocytes
B. ureters B. urinary bladders
C. bladder C. ureters
D. kidney D. juxtamedullary nephrons

370. the removal of metabolic wastes such as 375. Water and salt is mostly absorbed in the
carbon dioxide, water, salts, and urea A. esophagus

A. digestion B. stomach
B. nutrition C. small intestine
C. circulatory D. large intestine
D. excretion 376. Which substance is excreted from the
lungs?
371. Urea is made in the
A. Water vapor
A. pancreas
B. Urea
B. liver
C. Excess salt
C. stomach
D. none of above
D. intestine
377. More water is reabsorbed in blood due
372. What is excretion? to
A. Excretion is the removal of undigested A. more anti-diuretic hormone
food. B. lesser anti-diuretic hormone
B. Excretion is the removal of metabolic C. active functioning of pancreas
waste products.
D. inactivity of pituitary gland
C. Excretion is the maintenance of a con-
stant blood water potential. 378. What Organ Are In The Excretory Sys-
tem?
D. Excretion is the movement of sub-
stances. A. Lungs, Throat, Kidneys
B. Ureters, Lungs, Kidneys
373. Which organ of the excretory system
stores urine until the body is ready to elim- C. Gallbladder Lungs, Kidneys, Urethra,
inate it? D. Ureters, Kidney, Bladder, Urethra
A. ureters 379. What word best describes the function of
B. urethra the nephrons?
C. urinary bladder A. Tube
D. urea B. Passageway
C. Filter
374. The force driving simple diffusion is ,
while the energy source for active trans- D. Reservoir
port is 380. Which is NOT an organ of the urinary sys-
A. the concentration gradient; ATP tem?
B. the concentration gradient; ADP A. kidney
C. transmembrane pumps; electron B. bladder
transport C. ureter
D. phosphorylated protein carriers; ATP D. liver

381. Fill in the blank:Excretion is the removal 387. Which of the following is not the primary
of of from the human body. metabolite in plants? Which of the fol-
A. needed products, digestion lowing is not a primary metabolic product
formed in plants?
B. waste products, metabolism
A. Carbohydrate Carbohydrate
C. waste products, photosynthesis
B. Fats
D. none of above
C. Water
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382. Elimination of nitrogenous waste is D. Amino acids Amino acids
called
A. Excretion 388. In which part of the kidney, the secretion
process happens?
B. Nutrition
A. cortex
C. Osmoregulation
B. medulla
D. Egestion
C. renal pelvic
383. What function do the kidneys perform D. urinary bladder
A. eliminate carbon dioxide
389. This is the functional unit of the kidney
B. supply oxygen to body cells
C. remove urea and excess water A. hilum
D. Play a role in gas exchange B. neurons
384. The lungs, kidney and skin are all part of C. nephrons
the D. medulla
A. nervous system
390. Another term for sweating; removal of
B. nephron water, salt and urea through the sweat
C. kidney glands in the skin.
D. excretory system A. perspiration
B. respiration
385. The area where glucose is selectively re-
absorbed is the C. reabsorption
A. Loop of Henle D. transport
B. Proximal convoluted tubule 391. What does the bladder do?
C. Distal convoluted tubule A. Holds the urine
D. Collecting tubule B. Make you pee
386. Blood flows into the liver from the heart C. Hep you drink milkshakes
and the D. hold the blood
A. stomach 392. Within a normally functioning kidney,
B. intestines blood can be found in
C. kidneys A. Bowman’s capsule
D. none of above B. the collecting duct

C. the vasa recta C. Removing waste from your body

D. the proximal tubule D. Removing solid wastes from your body

393. What is the main process which a kid- 398. What is a kidney?
ney dialysis machine relies upon to control
A. stores urine
blood composition?
B. a filter for the blood
A. Diffusion
B. Active transport C. liquid waste
C. Osmosis D. carries urine from bladder to outside

the body
D. Dialysis
399. On a standard traffic light, is the green
394. In order to prevent the human body from on the top or bottom?
losing heat, the arterioles supplying the
skin become narrow. Which process does A. Top
this sentence describe? B. Middle
A. vasoconstriction C. Bottom
B. sweating D. none of above
C. sweating
400. Which of the following is not part of ex-
D. vasodilatation cretion?
395. The functional unit of the kidneys which A. remove toxic materials
includes the glomerulus, Bowman’s cap-
B. remove undigested food
sule and the Loop of Henle.
C. remove waste product of metabolism
A. arteriole
D. remove substances in excess of re-
B. veinule
quirement
C. alveoli
D. nephron 401. The is made up of a million
A. kidney, ureters
396. These are the main organs of your ex-
cretory system. Which organ is respon- B. nephron, kidneys
sible for filtering liquid waste from your C. lungs, nephrons
blood?
D. kidneys, nephrons
A. bladder
402. Where is urine concentrated and where
B. kidneys
the tubules absorb water and electrolytes
C. urethra and prevent waste products being reab-
D. ureters sorbed
A. Cortex
397. What is the main function of the urinary
system? B. Medulla
A. Keep your body hydrated C. Renal vein
B. Expelling water from your body D. Ureta

403. Kidneys create a liquid called: 409. What is the urethra?

A. Urine A. tube that carries waste to the bladder
B. Blood
C. Feces B. tube that carries urine outside the
body
D. Carbon Dioxide
C. stores urine
404. The major organ of the urinary system is D. filters the blood
the
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410. What absorbs water and minerals and
A. Gallbladder
holds waste?
B. Ureter
A. Large Intestine (Colon)
C. Kidney
B. Small Intestine
D. Nephrons
C. Gall Bladder
405. Which of the following pair is wrong D. none of above
A. Uricotelic-Birds 411. Wastewater that contains excess water,
B. Ureotelic-insects salts, and other wastes that are not reab-
C. Ammonotelic-tadpole sorbed by the body.
D. Ureotelic-elephant A. Urea
B. Uric Acid
406. The outer layer of the skin.
C. Urine
A. dermis
D. Blood
B. epidermis
412. Nitrogenous wastes in plants useful for
C. plasma layer
defense
D. membrane layer
A. Resins
407. an organ in an animal’s body that re- B. Alkaloids Alkaloids
moves wastes and helps regulate chemi-
C. Both
cals in the blood:part of the excretory sys-
tem D. Gums
A. liver 413. From which plant biodiesel is made
B. kidney Biodiesel is made from which tree
C. stomach A. Hevea braziliensisHevea braziliensis
D. intestine B. Jatropa
C. Acacia arabica Acacia arabica
408. [1] Which target organ releases glucose
D. Azadirachta indica
into the blood-stream as a result of the ac-
tion of adrenaline? 414. The main excretory organ in snails is
A. adrenal gland A. malpighian tubules
B. kidney B. nephridium
C. liver C. kidneys
D. pancreas D. none of above

415. Under normal conditions, which of the fol- 420. What is the function of the urethra?
lowing substances is found in urine? A. It filters urea out of the bloodstream

A. blood cells B. It delivers urine from the bladder to
B. protein the outside world
C. glucose C. It transfers urine from the kidneys to
D. urea the bladder
D. It prevents urine from leaking out of
416. A nitrogen waste resulting from the the bladder
breakdown of the amino acids produced
during protein digestion. 421. What is a kidney stone made of?
A. carbon dioxide A. rock material
B. bile B. excess waste/ vitamins, salts, calcium
C. urea
C. bone
D. water
D. none of above
417. What C-shaped structure in the nephron
surrounds the glomerulus? 422. In animals, nitrogenous wastes are pro-
duced mostly from the catabolism of
A. Bowman’s capsule
A. triglycerides and steroids
B. bladder
B. phospholipids and glycolipids
C. renal pelvis
C. starch and cellulose
D. hilum
D. proteins and nucleic acids
418. Which of the following plant’s latex is
useful for manufacturing rubber? Which is 423. How does the glomerulus filter blood into
the latest reducing plant used to produce the Bowman’s capsule?
rubber? A. High pressure
A. Neem B. Concentration Gradient
B. Tridax grass C. Active transport
C. Hevea D. Passive transport
D. None is none 424. Which of the following mainly excretes
419. What happens during glomerular filtra- CO2?
tion? A. skin
A. filtrate is transported into interstitual B. kidney
fluid C. lungs
B. filtrates are reabsorbed into the blood D. urethra
C. water and solutes are driven across 425. What is the definition for absorption?
the wall of glomular capillaries A. Breaking down food into smaller nutri-
D. H+, K+, and urea are transported ents
into the filtrate B. Getting rid of waste products

10.7 Neural Control and Integration 1544
C. Getting food into our bodies 431. As the filtrate passes through the kid-
D. Getting nutrients into our bloodstream, ney tubule, the capillary absorbs all sub-
so that our cells can use them stances that the body cannot afford to lose.
This process is called
426. Which organs excretes carbon dioxide
A. Filtration
and water vapor in exhaled air?
A. Lungs B. Osmoregulation
B. KIdneys C. Assimilation
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C. Skin D. Selective reabsorption
D. none of above
432. Amylase would be digested to
427. Two bean-shaped organs that filter the A. α glucose
blood.
B. amino acids
A. ureters
B. urinary bladder C. glycerol
C. pancreas D. β glucose
D. kidneys 433. Reptiles, Aves and mammals
428. The hormone that signals the kidneys to A. Kidneys
make less urine is
B. Water vascular system
A. urea
C. Meta nephridia
B. caffeine
C. ADH D. Nephridian
D. ATP 434. What Is The Main Function Of The Excre-

429. Your kidneys work with the system tory System?
to filter liquid waste from your blood. A. Help You Make Urine
A. circulatory B. Eat Popcorn In The Movie Theater
B. digestive C. To Remove Waste
C. immune
D. Make Waste
D. nervous
435. is the outer layer of the kidney.
430. Starch is digested to
A. Cortex
A. amino acids
B. sucrose B. Medulla
C. α glucose C. Pelvis
D. β glucose D. none of above
10.7 Neural Control and Integration

10.7 Neural Control and Integration 1545
1. Foramen of Monro is an aperture be- 6. The function of our visceral organs are con-
tween: trolled by

A. 2nd and 3rd ventricle A. Sympathetic and somatic nervous sys-
B. Diocoel and metacoel tem
B. Sympathetic and parasympathetic ner-
C. .Rhinocoel and diocoel
vous system
D. 3rd and 4th ventricle
C. Central and somatic nervous system
2. Human body temperature is regulated by D. None of the above
the centre located in
7. Sodium-Potassium pump across mem-
A. Cerebrum
brane, actively transports
B. Cerebellum A. 2-Na ions outwards and 3 K ions into
C. Medulla the cell
D. Hypothalamus B. 3-Na ions outwards and 2 K ions into
the cell
3. Highly vascular and closely investing pro-
C. 2-K ions out wards and 3 Na ions into
tective coat around brain is known as
the cell
A. Arachnoid
D. 3 K ions outwards and 2 Na ions into
B. Pia mater the cell
C. Dura mater
8. Which of the following regions of the brain
D. Sub-arachnoid space is incorrectly paired with its function?
4. Mark the area of cerebral cortex responsi- A. Corpus callosum-Communication be-

ble for complex functions like intersensory tween the left and right cerebral cortices
association, memory and communication
A. Sensory area B. Cerebrum-Calculation and contempla-
tion
B. Motor area
C. Medulla oblongata-Homeostatic con-
C. Associative area trol
D. Both (1) & (2) D. Cerebellum-Language comprehension
5. The secretion of gastric juice is controlled 9. Missing are:
by
A. tiny worm
A. Cerebellum
B. cavity of medulla
B. ANS C. the large median lobe of cerebellum in
C. Cerebrum mammals
D. Medulla D. a portion of mid-brain

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