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1
The human body contains nearly ____ cells.
100 billion
100,000
100 million
100 trillion
2
The scientific study of plants.
Ichthyology
Zoology
Microbiology
Botany
3
Which is not a major part of the respiratory system?
Muscles of respiration
Airways
Trachea
Lungs
4
Another name for your voice box is the?
Thyroid
Larynx
Pharynx
Trachea
5
The hardest substance available on earth is
Gold
Diamond
Platinum
Iron
6
Most highly intelligent mammals are
dogs
kangaroos
dolphins
whales
7
Night blindness is cause by lack of which vitamin?
Vitamin C
Vitamin B
Vitamin A
Vitamin D
8
Plants receive their nutrients mainly from
chlorophyll
light
atmosphere
soil
9
Most abundant tissues of our body are
epithelial
connective
nervous
muscular
10
The scientific study of insects.
Insectology
Herpetology
Entomology
Zoology
11
Photosynthesis generally takes place in which parts of the plant?
stem and leaf
Leaf and other chloroplast bearing parts
Roots and chloroplast bearing parts
Bark and leaf
12
The scientific study of animal behavior.
Ethology
Nothology
Ornithology
Mammalogy
13
The part of the human eye that controls how much light passes through the pupil is called the?
Iris
Cornea
Pupil
Retina
14
Plants absorb dissolved nitrates from soil and convert them into
urea
ammonia
proteins
free nitrogen
15
What is the name of the biggest part of the human brain?
Cortex
Frontal Lobe
Cerebrum
Temporal Lobe
16
It shows how nutrients and energy are passed from creature to creature.
Food Diagram
Food Chain
Food Web
Ecosystem
17
The outside layer of skin on the human body is called the?
Hair Follicle
Dermis
Epidermis
Hair Shaft
18
Which of the following is used in pencils?
Phosphorous
Silicon
Charcoal
Graphite
19
Ordinary table salt is sodium chloride. What is baking soda?
Potassium hydroxide
Potassium chloride
Sodium bicarbonate
Potassium carbonate
20
Ozone hole refers to
decrease in the ozone layer in troposphere
increase in the thickness of ozone layer in troposphere
hole in ozone layer
decrease in thickness of ozone layer in stratosphere
21
The average adult takes over ____ breaths a day.
30,000
25,000
50,000
20,000
22
Nymph is the name of young one of
housefly
butterfly
cockroach
beetle
23
It is the body's control center, receiving and sending signals to other organ.
Lungs
Kidneys
Brain
Heart
24
Air is a/an
element
electrolyte
compound
mixture
25
Pollen grains in plants are produced in
flower
stem
leaves
roots
26
Radioactivity is a phenomenon of the spontaneous emission of
electrons (beta particles)
protons (alpha particles)
All of the above
gamma rays (short wave electromagnetic waves)
27
Who is the father of biology?
Aristotle
Robert Hooke
Charles Darwin
Einstein
28
Allows us to take in vital oxygen and expel carbon dioxide in a process we call breathing.
Circulatory
Endocrine
Respiratory
Reproductive
29
The muscles found in the front of your thighs are known as what?
Quadriceps
Biceps
Triceps
Deltoids
30
Nucleus was first discovered in 1831 by
Theodore Schwann
Robert Brown
Rudolf Virchow
Robert Hooke