Biology Basics Quiz

Question 1

DNA stores

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hereditary information.

Question 2

Which of the following is not a type of asexual reproduction?

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fertilization

Question 3

Living things do all of the following except

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pass an identical genetic code to their offspring for many generations.

Question 4

Which of the following is unethical behavior in scientific investigations?

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reporting inaccurate data

Question 5

One difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes is that prokaryotes do not have

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a nucleus.

Question 6

Children tend to resemble their parents due to

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heredity.

Question 7

Light energy is converted to chemical energy through the process of

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photosynthesis.

Question 8

Organisms that are not autotrophs

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must consume other organisms to get energy.

Question 9

Most of the energy used by life on Earth comes from the

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sun.

Question 10

Which best describes the purpose of science?

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to explain the nature of things

Question 11

Atoms are not composed of

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chemical bonds

Question 12

Because of photosynthesis,

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the atmosphere is rich in oxygen gas.

Question 13

Chromatids are

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joined strands of duplicated genetic material.

Question 14

ATP is composed of a nitrogenous base, a sugar, and

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three phosphate groups.

Question 15

Sexual reproduction includes

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fertilization

Question 16

Which particle in the nucleus of an atom has a neutral charge?

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neutron

Question 17

The region of a chromosome where two sister chromatids are held together is called a

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centromere.

Question 18

A scientist noticed that the number of salamanders in ponds in the Rocky Mountains was declining. This was a(n)

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observation.

Question 19

What did scientists observe using the earliest microscopes?

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tiny organisms

Question 20

A hypothesis is a

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testable possible explanation of an observation.

Question 21

In order to fit within a cell, DNA becomes more compact by

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wrapping tightly around histones.

Question 22

Which is an inference?

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After watching a plant for a week, you determine it needs more sunlight.

Question 23

Which of the following organisms do not carry out photosynthesis?

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animals

Question 24

Budding is an example of

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asexual reproduction.

Question 25

The process of producing offspring is called reproduction and can be

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asexual or sexual.

Question 26

____ represents a formula for a chemical compound.

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H2O

Question 27

Which is the negatively charged particle located outside the nucleus of an atom?

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electron

Question 28

Which is present only in eukaryotic cells?

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nucleus

Question 29

What is a possible benefit of studying plants in the rain forest?

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The plants may hold medicines to treat human diseases.

Question 30

Which of the following results from quantitative analysis of Figure 1-1?

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There are 8 offspring.

Question 31

Which might you study in a biology course?

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communication among birds

Question 32

The genetic material that provides instructions for making proteins is

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DNA.

Question 33

Scientific hypotheses are most often tested by the process of

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experimenting.

Question 34

The organelles associated with plant photosynthesis are the

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chloroplasts.

Question 35

Scientists build theories from many

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experiments that support hypotheses.

Question 36

All of the following are important for working safely in a science laboratory except

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tasting chemicals.

Question 37

A molecule that has a partial positive charge on one side and a partial negative charge on the other side is called a(n)

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polar molecule.

Question 38

Mitosis is the process by which

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the nucleus is divided into two nuclei.

Question 39

Which type of molecule forms the cell membrane?

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phospholipid

Question 40

An organism’s genetic information is stored in which type of macromolecule?

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DNA

Question 41

Which of the following do scientists not use to support ideas?

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opinions

Question 42

Normal human males develop from fertilized eggs containing which of the following sex chromosome combinations?

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XY

Question 43

The first three phases of the cell cycle are collectively known as

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interphase.

Question 44

A planned procedure to test a hypothesis is called a(n)

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experiment.

Question 45

Which organelle converts sugars into energy?

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mitochondrion

Question 46

A person studying a topic is presented with new information that conflicts with previous findings. The scientist should

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evaluate the new information

Question 47

Amino acids are the building blocks of which macromolecule?

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protein

Question 48

The process by which organisms make more of their own kind is called

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reproduction.

Question 49

Which of the following shows the correct sequence of the cell cycle?

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G1 → S → G2 → mitosis → cytokinesis

Question 50

The phase of mitosis that is characterized by the arrangement of all chromosomes along the equator of the cell is called

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metaphase.

Question 51

Biology is the study of

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life.

Question 52

Tasha is testing the effect of blue-colored light on the growth of tomato plants. The independent variable is

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light color

Question 53

What results from the removal of a phosphate group from ATP?

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the release of energy

Question 54

ATP (adenosine triphosphate) stores energy in the bonds between its

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phosphate groups.

Question 55

Cytokinesis in plant cells involves the formation of a

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a cell plate.

Biology Basics Quiz

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Biology Basics Quiz

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