Welcome one, welcome all to the second rendition of our engaging biology exam series! In this quiz we’ll test your knowledge on a wide range of topics within the broad scientific topic of biology, including plants, gases, cells, reproductions and much more. How many questions can you get right?
Pitcher plant
Sundew
Venus' Flytrap
Dodder
Through the fermentation of soybenas
As a natural by-product of animal respiration
Through extraction of cell walls of algae
Through the combustion of kerosene
Through the evaporation of alcohol
Onset of dormancy
Apical dominace
Cell division
Gravitropism
Fertilization of eggs
From chemical elements in the soil
From water, as van Helmont predicted
From nitrogen in the atmosphere
From organic molecules taken up from the soil
From carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
Putting it in a darenend area such as a drawer or box
Placing it in a sealed plastic bag with an overripe banana
Wrapping in foil and putting it in the refridgerator
Placing it in a microwave, on low power, for 5 mintues
Placing it under a bright light for 24 hours
Permit the fruit to drain after being washed.
Pervet the buildup of CO2
Prevent anaerobic conditions withing the bag
Facilitate diffusion of ethylene away from the fruit
Facilitate diffusion of O2 to the fruit
Apical dominance
Lateral dominance
Double fertization
Pollination
Parthenogensis
Tissue culture
Epigeal germination
Hypogeal germination
Form heartwood, as compared to the sapwood formed during the drought years
Conduct a higher ratio of sugar to water than those formed during the drought years
Form smaller growth rings than those formed during the drought years
Be larger in diameter than those formed during the drought years
Be living, whereas those formed during the drought years will be dead
Seeds
Seedlings
Rootlets
Gametophytes
Clones
Substance encoded by Avr genes
Phytochrome
Amino acid that, when consumed by an insect, will kill that insect
Substance that attracts wasps to plant being eaten by caterpillars
Alarm hormone
Epidermis, endodermis, guard cell, xylem
Epidermis, cortex, endodermis, xylem
Root hair, xylem, endodermis, phloem
Guard cell, endodermis, cortex, xylem
Root hair, cortex, xylem, endodermis
A cytokinin
An auxin
Abscisic acid
A gibberllin
Ethylene
Apical meristems
The base of the stem
The tip of leaves
Cotyledons
The vascular cambium
Phytochromes
Abscisic acid
Ethylene
Gibberellins
Cytokinins
Lack of secondary growth
A flower with six petals
Vascular bundles scattered throughout the stem
Parallel leaf venation
A taproot system
The osmotic pull of solutes on water from the soil
Pumping by xylem cells
The push of water from the soil
The pull on water from dry air
The cohesive force of water
A gibberellin
Phytochrome
Ethylene
Abscisic acid
A cytokinin
Shortening days, formation of abscission layer, decrease in ethylene levels
Decrease in ehtylene leves, shortening days, formation of abscission layer
Formation of abscission layer, increase in ehtylene levels, decrease in auxin levels
Shortening days, decrease in ehtlene levels, formaiton of the abscission layer
Cooler temperatures, increase in ehtylene production, formaiton of abscission layer
The inner cell will differentiate into phloem and the other cell will differentiate into cork
The inner cell will differentiate into xylem and the other cell will divide again.
Both cells continue to divide to produce wood
The inner cell will differentiate into phloem and the outer cell will differentiate into xylem
Both cells will continue to divide without differentiating into specialized cells
Treatment of soils and groundwater with chemicals to prevent plant death.
The sue of native plants to restore habitat for wildlife after disadters such as Hurricane katrina
The use of plants to improve the appearnce of devastated areas atfer diasters
The use of plants to remove carbon dioxide from the atomosphere
The use of platns to clean up polluted soil and groundwater
Pollen grain
Fruit
Ovary
Sporophyte
Ovule
A giant seed fern in southern Peru
379 ft. redwood tree in California
A 500 ft kelp living off the coast of california
A 740 ft white oak tree in Illinois
A three mile sq sheet of red algae growing along the coastline of Alaska
Phloem
Cortex
Epidermis
Plasmodesmata
Casparian strip
Phototropism
Bolting
Geotropism
Gravitropism
Thigmotropism