Top Biology Quizzes & Trivia

fIt’s time to test your biology knowledge with our trivia quizzes! Whether you’re brushing up for a school exam or just looking to test your knowledge, our biology trivia quizzes will pique your interest and help sharpen your wits. It doesn’t matter if you’re a biology buff or if you barely managed to pass your life science class in school—we have trivia quizzes that will raise your interest and test your knowledge.

Did you know that the human genome contains 3 billion base pairs of DNA? Do you know what it’s called when a butterfly goes from egg to larva to pupa to adult? Can you name the medical name for a white blood cell? If you think you can handle our wide-ranging biology quizzes, try some out today!

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What does DNA ligase do during DNA replication?

seals the hydrogen bonds between the 2 strands of DNA

breaks the hydrogen bonds between the 2 strand of DNA

seals the nicks in the sugar-phosphate bonds of one of the new DNA strands

seals the nicks in the sugar-phosphate bonds of one of the old DNA strands

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To determine whether a field of study is a science, you would

Consider what questions are asked

Consider what methods are used

Consider what conclusions are made.

Look for people wearing lab coats.

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Strictly speaking, DNA replication leads to

2 new copies of each DNA molecule

1 new copy and one old copy of each DNA molecule

2 copies of each DNA molecule that are each half old and half new

2 copies of each DNA molecule that are both old

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A cell builds its proteins from the instructions encoded in its _________?

Cytoplasm

Cell Membrane

Amino acid

Lysosome

Genome

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What process occurs before the other?

Transcription and then Translation

Translation and then Transcription

Transcription and then Ionization

Translation and then Polymerization

Translation and then differentiation

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Messenger RNA (mRNA) can be best described as:

a really cool way of rewriting RNA

the atom that carries information to an RNA template

a short lived RNA molecule that carries encoded information, transcribed from DNA.

a chromosome that is only present in prokaryotes and is involved in DNA synthesis

a molecule that has no life and is basically the news reporter of the cellular environment.

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If an animal cell is placed in distilled water, it will swell and burst. The bursting of the cell is a result of which biological process?

Active Transport

Enzyme Activity

Osmosis

Respiration

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Which of the following lists identifies organisms that are producers in food webs?

algae, ferns, sunflowers

mushrooms, bacteria, earthworms

termites, red foxes, shrews

woodpeckers, cardinals, grasshoppers

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In which of the following ways does a bacterial cell differ from an animal cell?

A bacterial cell is much larger than an animal cell.

A bacterial cell has more mitochondria than an animal cell.

A bacterial cell has RNA for its genetic material, whereas an animal cell does not.

A bacterial cell does not have membrane-bound organelles, whereas an animal cell does.

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Why a man sitting in a moving bus suddenly moves forward when the bus suddenly stops

due to inertia

due to brakes

due to negative accelaration

due to force exerted by the machine

none of these

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The person sitting in a moving car has _________enrgy

kinetic energy

potential energy

both kinetic and potential energy

elatic potential energy

gravitational patential energy

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Why in hitting carpet with stick mud flies away?

due to friction

due to inertia

none of these

due to force of stick

bith a and b

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