Trivia Quiz: Can You Pass This Toughest Biology Test?

1. Cell theory can be summarized by what statements:

Cells are non-living units that make up proteins; human proteins do not have amino acids

Only plants have cells; plant cells are filled with lipids only

2. The word biology contains the parts:

"bio"- which means life and -"logy" which means study of

Making the definition of biology:

Life hypothesis and experimentation

Development of theories on life

The study of life

3. In the metric system, a unit of length is called a(n):

Mile (mi)

Meter (m)

Cosine

4. It is a method of obtaining knowledge about nature:

Science

Psychology

Cosmology

5. The Scientific Method is a means of gathering information and testing ideas. The steps to the Scientific Method are as follows:

Investigate, Experiment, Create Hypothesis, Report Discrepancy

Create Time Chart, Share Results, Chart Experience,

Observation/Question, Research Topic, Construct Hypothesis, Testing/Experimentation, Analyze Results, Draw Conclusions

6. "Micro" is a prefix that means tiny or small. The word Microbiologist means:

Study of microorganisms, which are organisms too small to be seen with the un-aided eye.

Study of microns

Biology of animals bigger than an ant but smaller than whales

7. DNA is responsible for transmitting the information that controls traits such as:

Hair color, blood type, skin color, eye color

Presence of nucleus in cells

Active and passive transport

8. Characteristics of living things:

Generates Energy; Breaks Down Cells; Has A Magnetic Field; Is Non-responsive to Light

Use Energy; Cellular; Grow; Metabolizes; Reproduces; Responds To Environment; Movement

Metabolize; Digest; Assimilate; Excrete Water; Anchor In One Dimension

9. Proteins are large, complex organic compounds that contain the elements carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen. Proteins contain hundreds of repeating units known as this, which are considered the building blocks of proteins:

Lipid bilayer

Cellulose

Amino Acids

10. This group of substances act as catalysts, which are substances that speed up chemical reactions by lowering the energy of activation for that chemical reaction:

Enzymes

Lipids

Plastids

11. Which group is statements are all correct?

Proton is positively charged particle; Electron is negatively charged particle; Neutron is an electrically neutral particle.

Proton is positively charged particle; Electron has only an East magnetic pole; Neutron only has a North magnetic pole.

Protein is negatively charged particle; Electron is positively charged particle; Neutron has both North and South electric poles.

12. Anything that has mass and takes up space is this:

Matter

Volume

Traction

13. This group or organic compounds store energy, and are made up of fats and oils:

Lipids

Glycogen

Glucagon

14. Plants create energy and release oxygen as a byproduct of this process:

Polysaccharide

Osmosis

Photosynthesis

15. The metric system measures volume with this unit:

Liter (l)

Meter

Liquid Ounce

16. Cellulose is a Polysaccharide formed by a many glucose molecules linked together. Cellulose is a tough, stringy substance that forms the cell wall surrounding the cells in:

Heart Cells

Plants

Fish

17. The main source of energy for all living things is this monosaccharide with 6 carbons, 12 hydrogens and 6 oxygens:

Fructose

Glucose

Pentose

18. Spontaneous Generation:

Abiogenesis

Abolition

Inanimation

19. Basic unit of an element:

Proton

Nucleotide

Atom

20. This cytoplasmic organelle carries out chemical reactions that produce energy for cellular activities within eukaryotic cells:

Mitochondria

Centriole

Lysosome

21. Grams are the unit of measure of what, according to the Metric System:

Volume

Mass

Velocity

22. What is the difference between Potential and Kinetic energy?

Potential energy is energy of position, while Kinetic energy is energy of motion.

Potential energy depends upon electricity while Kinetic is natural and doesn't require electricity.

Potential energy can never be measures while kinetic energy has a definite value.

23. This type atom has a positive or negative charge, due to either a deficit of excess of electrons:

Proton

Ion

Electron Cloud

24. A mixture where one substance is dissolved in the other:

Compound

Suspension

Solution

25. Prokaryotes do not contain a nucleus. Eukaryotes do contain a nucleus, which performs the following functions:

Nucleus provides food for energy

Nucleus only controls reproduction

Nucleus controls a cell's activities

26. When two atoms share valence electrons, this type of bond is formed:

Covalent

Bipolar

Universal

27. This substance stores pure energy in the cell (it has an extra phosphate group that can be pulled off in a chemical reaction, which releases the stored energy):

ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate) which gives up a Phosphate and becomes ADP (Adenosine Diphosphate), thereby releasing energy

Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum gives up the rough granules and becomes Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum

Osmosis moves energy as water migrates to an area of lower concentration until homeostatic concentrations are achieved

28. Mega- is the Metric System prefix that means "one million", and has a multiplier of:

.001

1,000,000

200,000

29. What is the name of this substance, and what are the atomic constituents: HCl

Hydrogen Carbolylate (Hydrogen Atom & Carbohydrate)

Chloric Acid (Chlorine & Acid)

Hydrochloric acid (Hydrogen & Chlorine Atoms)

30. This term applies specifically to the movement of water across a semipermeable membrane, from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration:

Photosynthesis

Osmosis

Diffusion

31. Cells have these specialized structures inside, which carry out specific functions:

Protoplasm

Organelles

Cytoplasm

32. A form of cellular reproduction in which the chromosome number is reduced by one half and gametes are formed.

Meiosis

Mitosis

Hemaphroditic

33. An anion has this type of charge, due to an excess of electrons:

Negative

Neutral

Positive

34. This type of bond occurs when two ions bond, and the atoms transfer electrons:

Free Radical

Ionic Compound

Balanced Reaction

35. If a hypothesis is repeatedly supported by further experimentation and verified by other scientists, it may become this:

Theory

Experimental Conclusion

Determined Factor

36. Choose the best answer. Which of the following are actual forms of cellular transport:

Active transport (requires the use of energy by the cell to move materials across the cell membrane)

Passive transport (does not require energy by the cell to move materials across the cell membrane)

Both A and B

37. This is the name of the pressure against the cell wall of the plant, caused by the osmotic movement of water into the cell. This outward pressure helps give firmness and stiffness to the stems and leaves of the plant.

Plastic

Turgor Pressure

Facilitated Diffusion

38. Starch stored in the seed is the source of energy for sprouting plant seeds.

True

False

Sometimes

39. The metric system basic unit of time is the:

Second (s)

Minute (min)

Hour (hr)

40. These two biological factors have a dramatic impact on the effectiveness of enzyme function and resultant rate of chemical reaction:

Gender and hormone levels

Protoplasm and cytoplasm

PH and temperature

41. Matter that only has one type of atom is this:

Nucleus

Element

Aurum

42. Hydrogen has how many protons?

1

2

3

43. DNA has four nitrogenous bases which are:

Adenosine diphosphate, adenoseine triphosphate

Enzymes, substrates, ribosomes, lipids

Adenine, cytosine, guanine, thymine

44. Genetic encoding is passed on to new cells through this process which utilizes mRNA (Messenger RNA)

Transport

Transcription

Tryptophan

45. Choose the best answer. What are the four stages of mitosis, listed in the correct order:

Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphse, Telophase

Telophase, Prophase, Anaphase, Metaphase

Anaphase, Telophase, Prophase, Metaphase

46. Abiogenesis is another word for this phrase, that refers to the hypothesis that living things can originate from nonliving matter. (NOTE: The Greek teacher Aristotle (383-322 B.C.) believed in this hypothesis.)

Natural Selection

Spontaneous Generation

Big Bang Theory

47. Endocytosis is the process by which:

Cells take in large particles that cannot pass through the cell membrane

The nucleus explodes when the cell is ready to expire

The mitochondria binds with amino acids

48. The metric system basic unit of temperature is measured in:

Degrees Farenheit

Kelvin temperature

Degrees Celsius

49. Atomic Number is equal to the number of Protons.

True

False

Sometimes

50. Prokaryotes are small simple cells that do not contain organelles, while Eukaryotes are larger cells that do contain organelles. Plants, fungi and animals are eukaryotes.

False

True

Sometimes

51. This structure forms a system of membranes that run throughout the cytoplasm of the eukaryotic cell, from the nuclear membrane to the cellular membrane, and provide passageways for the movement of materials throughout the cell.

Mitochondria

Endoplasmic Reticulum

Golgi Apparatus

52. This type of chemical reaction gives off energy as heat:

Endergonic

Exergonic

Enzymatic facilitation

53. Ornithology is the study of:

Flowers

The Ocean

Birds

54. This is the random movement of molecules in liquids and gases, from an area of high concentration to an area of high concentration:

Osmosis

Synchopy

Diffusion

55. Fructose and galactose are examples of simple sugars, or Monosaccharides ("Mono", meaning one and "Saccharide", meaning sugar). When two Monosaccharides are combined, they create a double sugar, or:

Glycogen

Glucose

Disaccharide

56. This is the name for the type of cellular reproduction in which each daughter cell receives the same number of chromosomes the parent cell had:

Meiosis

Mitosis

Hemaphroditic

57. It is a possible answer to a question about nature based upon observations, research and a knowledge of the investigator.

Conclusion

Hypothesis

Metric System

58. Polysaccharides are large molecules that are formed when many Monosaccharides bond together. The most common Polysaccharide is this:

Starch

Sugar

Maltose

59. Adjacent amino acids are linked by this type of bond:

Covalent Bond

Peptide Bond

Ionic Bond

60. Small particles are taken into cells by this process:

Turgor Pressure

Relative transport

Pinocytosis

61. This Italian physician and scientist who listed in the 1600's, performed experiments which disproved Aristotle's theory of Spontaneous Generation:

Francesco Redi

Leonardo DaVinci

Marcel Marceaux

62. Acid is an electron acceptor; a base is an electron donor.

True

False

Neither

63. In the light reactions of photosynthesis, the sunlight's energy is converted into chemical energy as water is split and oxygen released into the atmosphere. Which two important molecules are created during this initial phase of photosynthesis:

ADP and NADH

ATP and NADPH

RNA and DNA