1. Adaptation may occur in order for species to survive in the environment.

Take a population of
butterflies that live in a forest. The brown butterflies blend in well with the trees due to their
coloration. A factory opens nearby the forest and covers it with soot. Which of the following will
happen to the butterflies due to such environmental changes?
A. None of the butterflies will be able to survive
B. Black butterflies will have difficulty surviving
C. Butterflies with the lighter coloration will have difficulty surviving
D. This environmental change will not affect the population of the moth
2. Birds that eat insects have a different beak shape than the ones that eat seeds. What kind of an
example is this?
A. Gene mutation B. Specialization
C. Non-adaptive traits D. All of the above
3. What does Synthesis mean?
A.The process of splitting apart something larger into smaller pieces
B. The process of generating new cells
C. The process of combining negatively charged particles together
D. The process of combining smaller parts to make a larger product
4. What does Development refer to?
A. An organism's increase in size
B. An organism's ability to adapt quickly
C. An organism's change from asexual to sexual reproduction
D. An organism's change through a life cycle
5. Which characteristics refers to the creation of offspring?
A. Regulation B. Order
C. Development D. Reproduction
6. Which characteristics refers to homeostasis?
A. Adaptation B. Response to the environment
C. Regulation D. Reproduction
7. Approximately how long did Earth exist before life formed?
A. 4.6 billion B. 3.6 billion
C. 1 billion D. 2 million
8. What concept does Deep time illustrate the concept?
A. It has required only a short period of time for life on earth to develop into the diversity we
see today
B. Humans have been on earth for an extremely long time relative to earth's history
C. Development of life has occurred over an extremely long period of time and is accelarating
D. Development of life has occurred over an extremely long period of time and is decelarating
9. The wooly mammoth became extinct approximately 10,000years ago. If a human lifetime is
approximately 72 years, how many lifetimes ago did the mommoth bacome extinct?
A. 13.9 human lifetimes B.139 human lifetimes
C. 720,000 human lifetimes D. 72,000 human lifetimes
10. What happens when a photosynthesis absorbs light?
A. Sugar phospates are produced B. Electrons are transferred to ATP
C. RuBP accepts electrons D. Electrons are ejected from its special pair

11. Where does the oxygen gas released during photosynthesis?

A. Water B. Sugar
C. Pigments D. Carbon dioxide
12. What type of cell has these characteristics : contains DNA but no nucleus, contains flagella,
ribosomes, cytoplasm and cell membrane.
A. Plant B. Fungi
C. Animal D. Bacteria
13. A cell is observed to contain a nucleus, mitochondria and chloroplasts. From this information you
can conclude that the cell is:
A. A plant cell B. An animal cell
C. A bacterial cell D. A prokaryotic cell
14. How many ATP molecules are used during the initial steps of glycolysis?
A.0 B. 1
C.2 D. 3
15. What is genetic engineering?
A. It involves transcription and translation
B. A process of altering the genes, which you find in all living things
C. A method that scientists use to produce a genetic copy of another individual
D. None of the above
16. Which of the following biological process in which an organism gives rise to young ones (offspring)
similar to itself?
A. Reproduction B. Breeding
C. Fertilization D. Vegetative
17. Which of the following refers to the different forms of genes representing a certain trait?
A. Allele B. Chromosomes
C. Hybrid D. Locus
18. What component in the nucleus of a cell that codes and stores genetic information?
A. DNA B. Nucleolus
C. Nucleoplasm D. RNA
19. Which of the following describes DNA replication?
A. Parallel B. Anti-parallel
C. Conservative D. Semi-conservative
20. What is the female reproductive part of the flower?
A. Sepal B. Petal
C. Pistil D. Stamen
21. Which of the following conditions that when given to a seed, it will be capable capable of
germinating?
A. Water and soil B. Water and Heat
C. Temperature and pH D. Temperature and soil
22. Which of the following processes involves planting a young cutting of the stem with buds into moist
soil and this develops roots which absorb nutrition from the soil and help in the growth of new
plant?
A. Cutting B. Grafting
C. Budding D. Layering
23. In plants, what do you call the fusion of male and female gametes (sex cells) from different
individuals of the same species?
A. Self-fertilization B. Cross-pollination
C. Asexual Reproduction D. Sexual Reproduction
24. What is the male reproductive part of a flower?
A. Pistil B. Petal
C. Sepal D. Stamen
25. Which of the following is not part of the pistil?
A. Style B. Ovary
C. Anther D. Stigma
26. Seeds are a matured:
A. Style B. Ovary
C. Stigma D. Ovules
27. Where do Pollen grains produced?
A. Anther B. Stigma
C. Ovary D. Filament
28. What method involves development of new varieties of fruit plant?
A. Grafting B. Cutting
C. Layering D. Tissue culture
29. What process in which a mass of tissue is selected from the growing tip of the plant?
A. Grafting B. Cutting
C. Layering D. Tissue culture
30. Which of the following is also called the underground stems.
A. Suckers B. Rhizomes
C. Apomixis D. None of the above
31. What is the process of propagating plants through artificial methods?
A. Fragmentation B. Artificial method
C. Adventitious leaves D. Apomixis
32. What process involves bending of a young stem towards the ground and let it grow under the soil for
the developments of roots?
A. Grafting B. Cutting
C. Layering D. Tissue culture
33. What term best describes when the pollen grain arrives on a receptive stigma?
A. Germination B. Receptacle
C. Fertilization D. Stamen
34. Which of the following an animal pollinator may receive when it visits a flower of a coevolved plant?
A. Pollen, Pesticide, Nectar B. Pollen, Pesticide, Fruit
C. Pollen, Sunlight, Nectar D. Fruit
35. In flowers, which contains one or more ovaries?
A. Pollen sac B. Carpel
C. Receptacle D. Sepal
36. In flowers, what structures produce male and female gametophytes respectively?
A. Pollen grains; flowers B. stamens; carpel
C. Anthers; stigma D. Megapores; micropores
37. What haploid does Meiosis of cells in pollen sacs form?
A. Megapores B. Micropores
C. Stamens D. Sporophytes
38. What are three main parts of a mature seed?
A.Pollen, grain,egg, seed coat B. Embryo, endosperm, seed coat
C. Megapores, micropores ,ovule
39. Where does seed coat forms from?
A. Integuments B.Coleoptile
C. Endosperm D. Sepals
40. What matured parts of flower are seeds and fruits come from respectively?
A.ovaries; ovules B. Ovules; stamens
 C. Ovules; ovaries D. Stamens; ovaries
41. What is Sexual reproduction?
A. Requires formation of gametes by meiosis
B. Produces offspring identical in their traits
C. Occurs only in vertebrates
42. Where does a plant get energy to drive photosynthesis.
A. Sunlight B. Hydrogen ions
C. O2 D. CO2
43. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
A. Pigments absorb light of certain wavelengths only
B. Many accessory pigments are multipurpose molecules
C. Cholophyll is green bacause it absorbs green light
44. When does the Calvin-Benson cycle starts?
A. Light is available B. Carbon dioxide is attached to RuBP
C. Electrons leave a photosystem II
45. Which of the following substances does not participate in the Calvin-Benson cycle?
A. ATP B. NADPH
C. RuBP D. O2
46. What is the male gamete.
A. Egg B. Sperm
C. Ovary D. Clone
47. Which of the following are the first eukaryotes?
A. Fungi B. Plants
C. Protists D. Animals
48. What process wherein cells become different in form and function?
A. Genetic engineering B. Differentiation
C. GMO D. Genes
49. What do you call the sexually producing individuals that can make both eggs and sperm cells?
A. Genetic engineering B. Differentiation
C. GMO D. Hermaphrodites
50. What is the female gamete .
A. Egg B. Sperm
C. Ovary D. None of the above