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