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Question 1

Plant cells contain some extra organelles compared with animal cells. Name one.

Accepted Answer

Chloroplast

Question 2

An organ is defined as a large number of cells coming together to carry out a specific function

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

Christmas is the best time of year

Accepted Answer

Obviously, Definitely

Question 4

Respiration is one of the 5 fundamental characteristics of life

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

Mitosis and meiosis are types of cell division, what type of chromosomes are made in mitosis?

Accepted Answer

The chromosomes are genetically identical, The chromosomes in the new cells are the same

Question 6

Asexual reproduction can't produce daughter cells that are genetically identical.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

Gametes or sex cells contain 46 chromosomes each.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

What kingdom of life are amoeba part of?

Accepted Answer

Protista

Question 9

The cell membrane protects the cell from the external environment. How?

Accepted Answer

It is permeable to some substances, It is selectively permeable

Question 10

What is a disadvantage of asexual reproduction for monera and fungi?

Accepted Answer

Slow to become resistant to antibiotics, Quick to be killed off by antibiotics

Question 11

What does this picture represent?

Accepted Answer

Interphase

Question 12

A contractile vacuole absorbs water from the cytoplasm of an amoeba. What process does it use?

Accepted Answer

Osmosis and active transport

Question 13

What is an advantage of asexual reproduction for monera and fungi?

Accepted Answer

Quick to infect a space or host

Question 14

Antibodies are made by white blood cells

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

Viruses hijack host cells replication machinery to replicate their own DNA or RNA

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

Viruses are one of the 5 kingdoms of life

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

What is cytokenisis?

Accepted Answer

The division of the cell after mitosis

Question 18

What type of cell division does this image represent?

Accepted Answer

Formation of a cell plate

Question 19

Antibodies are the part of our immune system that cannot learn by encountering new infections.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

Name the part of the cell that makes protein.

Accepted Answer

Ribosomes

Question 21

I am going to ace my Biology Christmas test

Accepted Answer

I'll do my best!, Yeah buddy

Question 22

What mitotic phase does this image represent?

Accepted Answer

Telephase

Question 23

The pigment chlorophyll is essential for what cellular process?

Accepted Answer

Photosynthesis

Question 24

The cell is the smallest part of an organism that retains the characteristics of life.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

What viral shape are bacteriophage?

Accepted Answer

Complex

Question 26

The centre of a chromosome, where the spindle fibres attach is called?

Accepted Answer

Centromere

Question 27

Asexual reproduction is the main method of reproduction for monera and fungus.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

A sex cell of a male and female human fuse to form a zygote. How many chromosomes are present?

Accepted Answer

46

Question 29

What phase of mitosis does this image represent?

Accepted Answer

Anaphase

Question 30

Viruses contain characteristics of living and non-living things.

Accepted Answer

True

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