Quiz Bowl

It is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to spread to other parts of the body.

In all our cells there is a blueprint of life called DNA. Which characteristic does this fact best describe?

It is a type of asexual reproduction wherein two individuals will form as the parent divides in half.

Which of the following is a risk of using GMOs? 

What is meant by GMO

It is an organism which has foreign DNA inserted into its genome by means of genetic modification in the laboratory.

Which of the following is a disadvantage for sexual reproduction?

Which of the following theories as regards the origin of life on earth is accepted today?

A piece of parasitic genetic material found in a cell that can propagate itself using the cell's energetic resources. 

 Which is NOT an example of plants demonstrating the characteristics of life?

This happens when gems like bacteria and fungi develop the ability to defeat the drugs designed to kill them. 

When the body doesn’t absorb or get from food the necessary amount of a nutrient __________________________ occurs.

They are RNA molecules which make up the ribosome

Which of the following defines abiogenesis?

It is also called genetic modification.

It is the genetic material consisting of a long chain of individual units called nucleotides

What is a variation of a trait that allows for an organism to survive in its environment?

It is a particular variant of a gene.

It is the technique of making many copies of a gene, isolating the gene and identifying it.

It is a unit of heredity. 

Disproved the theory of spontaneous generation 1668 while experimenting with meat, flies and maggots.

How many parents are required for asexual reproduction?

What type of reproduction does not need two parents to produce an individual?

What theory speculated that mitochondria and chloroplasts were once ancient prokaryotic?