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Contents
1 Biology (CLASS XI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

1.1 The Living World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.2 Biological Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
1.3 Plant Kingdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
1.4 Animal Kingdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
1.5 Morphology of Flowering Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
1.6 Anatomy of Flowering Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
1.7 Structural Organisation in Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
1.8 Cell: The Unit of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
1.9 Biomolecules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
1.10 Cell Cycle and Cell Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
1.11 Transport in Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
1.12 Mineral Nutrition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
1.13 Photosynthesis in Higher Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
1.14 Respiration in Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560
1.15 Plant Growth and Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580
1.16 Digestion and Absorption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614
1.17 Breathing and Exchange of Gases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656
1.18 Body Fluids and Circulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673
1.19 Excretory Products and their Elimination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684
1.20 Locomotion and Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687
1.21 Neural Control and Coordination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707
1.22 Chemical Coordination and Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712
1. Biology (CLASS XI)
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1.1 The Living World
1. An ecosystem contains C. Rabbit
A. only one species D. Tiger
B. multiple species
5. Which of the following tends to be the lim-
C. living and non-living components iting factor in terrestrial biomes?
D. all the similar biomes across the world
A. Nitrogen and Phosphorous in the soil.
2. Which of the following is an example of a B. Temperature
decomposer?
C. Sunlight
A. Owl
D. Carbon dioxide in the air.
B. Fish
C. Tree 6. The aesthetic value of an ecosystem pro-
D. Mushroom vides
A. a supporting service.
3. Female widowbirds prefer males with
longer tail feathers. This is an example B. a regulating service.
of selection.
C. an intrinsic value.
A. Sexual
D. a cultural service.
B. Artificial
C. Stabilizing 7. THE LARGEST BOTANICAL GARDEN LO-
CATED IN
D. Disruptive
A. HOWRAH
4. Of the following, which occupies the low-
est trophic level? B. PUNE
A. Spider C. MOSCOW
B. Bat D. KEW
1. C 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. A 6. D 7. D 8. B 8. C
1.1 The Living World 3
8. What are the impacts of soil erosion? 13. Tick all the micro-organisms
A. People will have less opportunities to A. Bacteria

grown their own veg and crops B. Fungi
B. Soil takes thousands of years to be re- C. Algae
placed
D. Virus
C. Deforestation means soil can be easily
removed and eroded away 14. ICBN stands for
D. Soil leads to a loss of biodiversity. A. International congress on botanical
nomenclature
9. Phytoplankton are most abundant in the
B. International code of botanical nomen-
upper few hundred feet of most bodies of
clature
water because
C. indian congress of biological names
A. sunlight doesn’t penetrate much fur-
ther than that D. indian code of botanical nomenclature
B. they must be easily accessible to other 15. Name 3 negative impacts of Deforestation
organisms
A. Soil Erosion
C. they feed on zooplankton B. Loss of Biodiversity
D. they can hide from predators C. Contributes to Climate Change
10. A species whose activities have a partic- D. More income is generated through
ularly significant role in determining com- sales of wood
munity structure
16. Which country contains the Thar desert?
A. Indicator species
A. Pakistan
B. Keystone species
B. India
C. R-selected species
C. Nepal
D. Generalist species
D. Iran
11. Organisms that create their own energy 17. provisioning services are
from sunlight or chemicals
A. Based on aesthetics
A. Herbivore
B. Based on benefits for humans
B. Omnivore
C. Based on products for use
C. Autotroph
D. Regardless of benefits for humans
D. Heterotroph
18. Human activities such as the release
12. Which of the following is considered a wet- large amounts of Carbon into our atmo-
land? sphere.
A. Swamps A. Burning of fossil fuels
B. Marshes B. burning of wood
C. Bogs C. use of synthetic fertilizers
D. All of the above. D. use of detergents
8. D 9. A 10. B 11. C 12. D 13. A 13. B 13. C 13. D 14. B 15. A 15. B 15. C
16. B 17. C 18. B
19. Energy enters a system as sunlight and a 24. What is relating to non-living things?
producer is able to produce 10 kilograms A. biotic
of tissue. If eaten, the producer would pro-
duce about kilograms of a consumer B. abiotic
tissue that would provide about kilo- C. nutrient
grams of tissue for a secondary consumer D. ecosystem
A. 100; 10
25. Binomial nomenclature refers to
B. 10; 1
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A. Two names of a species
C. 100; 1 B. One specific and one local name of a
D. 1; 0.1 species
C. Two words for the name of a species
20. Island biogeography states that species
D. Two life cycles of an organism
richness as islands are closer to the
mainland and as islands increase in 26. How much of the Revenue of Alaska is
size. made through Oil Drilling
A. increases, increases A. 75%
B. increases, decreases B. 80%
C. decreases, increases C. 85%

D. 90%
D. decreases, decreases
27. Why is it always warm at the equator?
21. How is carbon dioxide removed from the
A. It’s closer to the sun.
atmosphere?
B. Solar radiation is highly concentrated.
A. Through transpiration
C. It’s closer to the Earth’s core.
B. Through photosynthesis
D. It has high pressure.
C. Through factory emissions
28. This process is responsible for most en-
D. Sunlight vironmental problems of excess nitrogen
and phosphorus entering streams, lakes
22. What did Hooke first examine? and oceans.
A. Pond water A. decomposition
B. Plant cells B. emissions from automobiles
C. Cork C. agriculture and house hold runoff
D. Animal fat D. photosynthesis
29. What percentage of the Earth’s fresh wa-
23. What is the size of bacteria
ter is available for drinking?
A. 10 Um to 100 Um
A. 10%
B. 0.1 Um to 1 Um B. <1%
C. 1 Um to 10 Um C. 3%
D. 100 Um to 1000 Um D. 15%
19. D 20. A 21. B 22. C 23. C 24. B 25. C 26. D 27. B 28. C 29. B 30. C
30. The origin of all phosphorus in biological 35. Two closely related species of birds live in
tissues is the same tree. Species A feeds on ants and
termites, while Species B feeds on caterpil-

A. volcanic activities
lars. The two species coexist successfully
B. phosphorus in animal bones because
C. phosphorus weathered from rock A. each occupies a different niche
D. atmospheric phosphorus gas B. they interbreed
E. phosphorus dissolved in the ocean and C. they use different methods of repro-
taken up by shellfish duction
D. birds compete for food
31. Animals produce what as a byproduct in
cellular respiration? 36. Which of the following is the best defini-
tion for estuary?
A. Oxygen
A. Narrow band of coastline that exists
B. Sunlight between high and low tide.
C. Glucose B. Areas along the coast where fresh wa-
D. Carbon dioxide ter from rivers mixes with salt water from
the ocean.
32. What occurs when a significant decrease C. Flowing fresh water containing rapids.
in the population size reduces the genetic
variation within a species? D. Freshwater aquatic areas that are sat-
urated by water for at least part of the
A. Habitat destruction year.
B. Population bottleneck 37. This organelle helps to do photosynthesis.
C. Gene flow A. Cell wall
D. Natural selection B. Chloroplast
33. Who was the first to classify all animals C. Nucleus

in the History of Animalia? D. Mitochondria
A. Aristotle 38. Where are tropical rainforests located?
B. Linnaeus A. north and south of the Tropic of Capri-
C. Augustin corn
D. Walter Rosen B. Within the polar circle

C. Between the tropics
34. Plants use this to create ATP. It is sub- D. none of above
tracted from GPP to get NPP.
A. Photosynthesis 39. Provisioning Ecosystem Service:
A. Services that only damage the environ-
B. Respiration
ment.
C. Allelopathy
B. Non-renewable resources that help
D. Carbon dioxide the environment.
31. D 32. B 33. A 34. B 35. A 36. B 37. B 38. C 39. C 40. A
C. The products obtained from ecosys- 45. What is Exxon Valdez?

tems, including, for example, genetic re- A. A place in in Alaska
sources, food and fiber, and fresh water.
B. An oil platform
D. none of above
C. A tanker which crashed causing an oil
40. The best solution for habitat fragmenta- spill
tion is
D. A gold mine
A. Corridors to connect fragments
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46. Long-term differences in which two vari-
B. Moving species between fragments
ables are the primary determinants of cli-
C. Genetic engineering of species mate?
D. Doing nothing A. Temperature and cloud cover
41. Linnaeus is credited with: B. Precipitation and temperature

A. binomial nomenclature C. Precipitation and soil type
B. theory of biogenesis D. Temperature and soil type
C. discovery of microscope E. Soil type and cloud cover
D. discovery of blood circulation 47. Which set of organisms multiply by frag-
mentation?
42. When water , dew forms.
A. Earthworm, Amoeba, fungi (b)
A. Melts
B. Earthworm, fungi, bacteria
B. Evaporates
C. Fungi, filamentous algae, protonema
C. Condenses
of mosses
D. Precipitates
D. Amoeba, Hydra, bacteria
43. Ecological resistance is
48. Biodiversity is measured using two crite-
A. Ability to recover after a disaster ria. They are
B. How much they are affected by a dis- A. Species evenness and habitat area
aster
B. Species richness and ecological rela-
C. Ability to avoid disasters tionships
D. Number of animals in an area C. Species richness and evenness
44. What is subsistence farming? D. Species evenness and NPP produced
A. Large scale farming operations often 49. Aquifers are
completed by large companies
A. recharge lakes at water quality facili-
B. Plantation owners who receive tax in- ties
centives.
B. the result of transpiration
C. Farming of both cattle and crops
C. oceans
D. Small scale farming, for your own
needs, with little to sell, often referred to D. underground water reservoirs
as sustainable. E. natural ponds and lakes
41. A 42. C 43. B 44. D 45. C 46. B 47. C 48. C 49. D 50. C 50. D
50. Edge habitat 55. Which is the best description of species

evenness?
A. Is good for sensitive species
A. how evenly spread out a particular

B. Increases high-quality habitat species is within an ecosystem
C. Decreases high-quality habitat B. the number of species within an
D. Increases with habitat fragmentation ecosystem
C. the number of organisms present
51. Forests help regulate the earth’s by ab- within an ecosystem
sorbing carbon dioxide and producing oxy-
D. the relative dominance of each species
gen.
within an ecosystem
A. latitude
56. Who had written systems naturae?
B. oceans
A. Ernst mayr
C. climate B. Carolus linnaeus
D. none of above C. RH Whittaker
52. The process by which some bacteria use D. W M stanley

nitrates for their own respiration and re- 57. Bacteria size is
lease nitrogen into the atmosphere is
A. 10 mm to 100 mm
A. ammonification B. 1 mm to 10 mm
B. excretion C. 11 mm to 101 mm
C. assimilation D. 10 mm to 100 mm
D. denitrification 58. The phase of mitosis where the nuclear
E. nitrogen fixation membrane formsis called
A. anaphase
53. Resilience Definition: B. prophase
A. The ability of an organism to fight an- C. metaphase
other predator.
D. telophase
B. To get better.
59. Nitrogen is essential for living organisms
C. The capacity of an ecosystem to re- to make:
spond to a perturbation or disturbance by
A. Lipids
resisting damage and recovering quickly.
B. Carbohydrates
D. none of above
C. Proteins
54. What organelle of the cell produces en- D. Fats
ergy?
60. A population contains
A. Mitochondria
A. only one species
B. Golgi Body B. multiple species
C. Vesicle C. living and non-living components
D. Vacuole D. all the similar biomes across the world
51. C 52. D 53. C 54. A 55. D 56. B 57. B 58. D 59. C 60. A 61. A
61. Species Diversity Definition: 66. The symbiosis that is beneficial to both or-
A. The number and abundance of the dif- ganisms involved.
ferent kinds of species living in an ecosys- A. Competition
tem of community.
B. Mutualism
B. The variety of genes found in a popula-
C. Predation
tion or species.
D. Parasitism
C. The number of different habitats that 1
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particular region or biome can provide. 67. What law best relates to energy loss
D. none of above within an ecosystem?
62. Herbivores, Carnivores, and Scavengers A. First law of thermodynamics

all belong to which niche below? B. Second law of thermodynamics
A. Consumers C. Third law of thermodynamics
B. Producers D. Law of conservation of matter
C. Decomposers
68. What is the name of the group of organ-
D. Predators isms first in the food chain, converting sun-
light into sugars?
63. Which of the following is less general in
characters than genus? A. Decomposers
A. Family B. Consumers
B. Species C. Producers
C. Class D. Herbivores
D. Order 69. symbiotic relationship in which one organ-
64. What is evolution? isms benefits and the other organism is not
affected
A. When animals move to warmer cli-
mates in the winter A. invasive (non-native) species
B. How organisms change across many B. mutualism

generations C. nitrogen fixation
C. The migration of different species D. commensalism
through the seasons
D. Ancient rock layers and the fossils they 70. What is a food chain?
contain A. A community of plants and animals
sharing an environment.
65. what is an organism able to absorb energy
from the sun through photosynthesis? B. The transfer of nutrients in an ecosys-
tem.
A. decomposer
C. A global scale ecosystem. Also known
B. producer as a biome.
C. consumer D. A series of organisms each dependent
D. nutrient on the next as a source of food.
62. A 63. B 64. B 65. B 66. B 67. B 68. C 69. D 70. D 71. B
71. What is the water cycle? 76. What is a natural system of plants and
animals that interact with each other and
A. the 3 forms of water
their environment

B. the movement of water on, above, or
A. food web
below the surface of the Earth
B. biotic system
C. when water melts
C. eco system
D. when clouds form
D. producer
72. Walking and playing sports in green space 77. Give example of an herb?
is not only a good form of physical exer-
A. Neem Tree
cise but also lets people relax.
B. Cotton Plant
A. Provisioning
C. Mint Leaves
B. Regulating
D. Mango
C. Supporting
78. A cross between male horse and female
D. Cultural donkey results in
73. What are the characteristics of a polar re- A. Tigon
gions climate? B. Mule
A. Winter temperatures are often below- C. Liger
50 and soils are permanently frozen. D. Hinny
B. Plants are low growing, such as bear- 79. An aquatic biome
berry, Artic moss and saxifrage
A. Desert
C. Animals include the Artic fox and the
B. Estuary
Artic hare
C. Savannah
D. Soils are water-logged as water is
trapped by permafrost D. Tropical rain forest
80. What term describes the positive benefits
74. It is a biological community of interacting that wildlife or ecosystems provides to
organisms and their physical environment. people?
A. Ecosystem A. ecosystem services
B. Biotic System B. ecosystem
C. Abiotic System C. biodiversity
D. None of the choices D. none of above
81. The study of rates of colonization and ex-
75. The type of plant that hosts the bacteria
tinction of species on islands or other iso-
in it’s root nodules is a
lated areas is known as
A. corn A. The study of Islandology
B. grass B. Genetic drift
C. cactus C. Demographic bottleneck
D. legume D. Island biogeography
72. D 73. A 74. A 75. D 76. C 77. C 78. D 79. B 80. A 81. D 82. A
82. Indicator species have a ecological tol- 87. Acid rain is associated with which geo-
erance. chemical cycle?
A. Low A. Potassium
B. Medium B. Calcium
C. High C. Carbon
D. Very high D. Phosphorus
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83. What process occurs when dead plant and E. Sulfur
animal matter decomposes and nitrogen is
released back into the atmosphere? 88. The most obvious and complicated feature
A. Assimilation of living organisms is
B. Fixation A. Consciousness
C. Ammonification B. Reproduction
D. Denitrification C. Complex body systems
84. What is the role of decomposers in an D. Cellular Organisation

Ecosystem?
89. Where does some water from the water
A. They recycle matter and nutrients to cycle collect underground?
form fossil fuels
A. Oceans
B. They are burn and release as carbon
dioxide B. Ponds
C. Decomposers are responsible to turn C. Aquifers
oxygen into carbon dioxide D. The Sun
D. They recycle energy back to the sun
90. meter =
85. How do lichens contribute to primary suc-
A. 105 micrometer (mm)
cession?
A. Lichens decompose organic matter B. 109 micrometer (mm)
from animals and plants C. 106 micrometer (mm)
B. Lichens begin to break down rock to D. 107 micrometer (mm)
form soil
C. Lichens are nitrogen fixing bacteria 91. Working outside is difficult. Manual work
is time consuming because..
D. Lichens convert carbohydrates into
fossil fuels. A. Remote locations are difficult to ac-
cess
86. What is name of the canal in India
B. There are no roads outside of
A. Ghandi Canal Longyearbyen
B. Indira Ghandi Canal C. People have to wear four or more lay-
C. Indias Ghandi Canal ers to protect them from the cold
D. Inde Ghandi Canal D. none of above
83. D 84. A 85. B 86. B 87. E 88. A 89. C 90. C 91. C 92. A
92. The Indian Botanical Garden is located at 98. This biome has grass, but few trees due to
A. Howrah fires, drought, and grazing

B. London A. temperate grassland
C. Lucknow B. coniferous forest
D. Kew C. desert
93. Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are D. savanna
all parts of the environment
A. alive 99. What is an ecosystem?
B. biotic A. All life including vegetation and bacte-
C. abiotic ria in a given area
D. living B. Members of the same species that live
together
94. This biome is characterized by long dry
seasons and is dominated by grasses, C. All living and nonliving things in a given
shrubs, and grazing animals. area
A. Savanna D. All ecosystems that are in some way
B. Boreal Forest connected to each other
C. Tropical Rain Forest
100. No two species can occupy the same niche
D. Desert without one being driven to extinction
95. Genetic Diversity Definition: A. competitive exclusion
A. The number of different species in an B. resource partitioning
ecosystem.
C. Intraspecific competition
B. The number of different habitats that 1
particular region or biome. D. allelopathy
C. The variety of genes found in a popula-
tion or species. 101. Which of the following would be an ex-
ample of a regulating service?
D. none of above
A. Nutrient cycling
96. A group of related genera is called a
A. Family B. Photosynthesis
B. Class C. Drinking water from a creek

C. Phylum D. Bees pollinating flowers
D. Order
102. DEGROWTH HAPPENS WHEN
97. All living organisms are made up of
A. ANABOLISM> CATABOLISM
A. Cells
B. CATABOLISM>ANABOLISM
B. Bacteria
C. Organs C. ABABOLISM = CATABOLISM
D. Tissue D. BOTH A & B
93. C 94. A 95. C 96. A 97. A 98. A 99. C 100. A 101. D 102. B 103. A
103. The rate at which photosynthetic primary 108. What role do decomposers play in the
producers incorporate energy from the sun phosphorous cycle?
is called
A. absorb phosphorous
A. Gross Primary Production
B. release phosphorous into atmosphere
B. Photosynthetic Primary Production
C. Net Primary Production C. return phosphorous into the soil
D. Primary Production D. combustion
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104. The relative abundance of individuals 109. Amoeba moves with the help of
within each species refers to the
A. True feet
A. Species Richness
B. Genetic Diversity B. False feet
C. Species Evenness C. None of these
D. Ecological Diversity D. none of above
105. Which nitrogen cycle process is occur-
ring when plant roots absorb ammonium 110. Who coined the term biodiversity?
ions and nitrate ions for use in making A. Walter Rosen
molecules such as DNA, amino acids, and
proteins? B. AG Tansley
A. nitrogen fixation C. Aristotle
B. nitrification D. AP de Candole
C. denitrification
111. Exemplified by bees consuming nectar
D. ammonification
and carrying pollen from one flower to an-
E. assimilation other.
106. The tropical rain forest & tropical sa- A. Commensalism
vanna biomes are similar in , but
B. Parasitism
A. temperature / the savannah doesn’t
receive enough rainfall to be a forest C. Mutualism
B. precipitation / the rain forest is hotter D. Predation
C. precipitation / the savanna is cooler E. Competition
D. temperature / the rain forest doesn’t
receive enough sunlight to be a savanna 112. Which of the following processes add
methane (CH4) to the atmosphere?
107. The largest carbon pool is found in
A. oceans A. Breakdown of plant and animal re-
mains in the soil.
B. the atmosphere
B. Leakage from natural gas pipelines.
C. sedimentary rock
D. living organisms C. Food digestion by land animals.
E. fossil fuels D. All of the above.
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113. The relationship of a fungus and an algae 118. Identify the best fit for the phrase be-
in a lichen. low “All the members of the same
species.”

A. Symbiosis
B. Law of Tolerance A. population
C. Energy Pyramid B. community

D. Ecological Succession C. ecosystem
E. Net Primary Productivity D. cell
114. Which statement does not accurately de- 119. Which is an abiotic factor that most limits
scribe natural selection? the number of frogs living in a pond?
A. Individual organisms change their A. the color of the water
genes to adapt to their environment B. the number of predators
B. The genetic composition of a popula-
C. the temperature of the water
tion changes from one generation to the
next D. the populations of producers
C. More advantageous traits become 120. Select the key processes involved in the
more common in population carbon cycle
D. Beneficial and useful traits are inheri- A. neutralization, leaching and breathing.
table
B. photosynthesis, respiration and com-
115. Which watery biome has the highest con- bustion.
centration of salt?
C. volcanic eruptions, hydrogen burning,
A. estuary and death.
B. wetland D. protein production, and precipitation.
C. freshwater
121. Which of the following are heterotrophic
D. coral reef organisms?
116. Fragmented habitat can be reconnected A. Tiger
most directly by B. Lion
A. wildlife corridors C. Paddy Plant
B. captive breeding programs
D. Banana Tree
C. debt for nature swaps
122. Typically, islands that are smaller and fur-
D. prescribed burns
ther from the mainland would most likely
117. A role played by an organism in an have
ecosystem is known at its A. a higher rate of extinction
A. Niche B. a lower rate of extinction
B. Job C. a higher rate of immigration
C. Role D. a higher frequency of generalist
D. Duty species

123. Which one of the following statements D. Ecological Succession

is true about the Four Kingdom classifica- E. Net Primary Productivity
tion?
A. It was proposed by E. Haeckel 128. Term Biodiversity was defined by
B. A new kingdom called Monera was cre- A. Tansley

ated B. Walter
C. The new kingdom included all unicellu- C. Wilson
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lar prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms D. Mendal
D. The four kingdoms are Animalia, Plan-
tae, Fungi & Protista 129. Orchids require tree limbs for support but
do not harm the trees. This demonstrates
124. What service do decomposers perform?
A. Store carbon dioxide A. allelopathy
B. Recycle nutrients and matter B. commensalism
C. Produce phosphorus for plants C. mutualism
D. Filter water D. facilitation
E. amensalism
125. Which of the following scenarios would
have the lowest biodiversity? 130. Which of the following is a characteristic
A. A big island located far away from the of a producer in an ecosystem?
mainland A. They are herbivores which means they
B. A small island located close to the only eat plants.
mainland B. They are carnivores.
C. A big island located close to the main- C. They produce their own food through
land photosynthesis.
D. A small island located far away from D. They break down dead plants and ani-
the mainland mals
126. Which of the following biogeochemical cy- 131. Choose one option which is not eukary-
cles does not have an atmospheric phase? otic?
A. Hydrolic Cycle A. Plant
B. Nitrogen Cycle B. Animal
C. Sulfur Cycle C. Bacteria
D. Carbon Cycle D. none of above
E. Phosphorous Cycle 132. In which three of the following phyla are
127. The gain in biomass remaining after res- filamentous anchaemides found?
piratory loss in plants. A. Ricksia, Dryopteris, Cygus
A. Symbiosis B. Anthoceras, Funaria, Spirogyra
B. Law of Tolerance C. Cycnema, Saproleginia, Hydrilla
C. Energy Pyramid D. Fucus, Marcellia, Calotropis

133. Biomass refers to A. resource partitioning

A. Chemical Energy B. competitive exclusion

B. Light Energy C. Intraspecific competition
C. Rank in the feeding heirarchy D. Interspecific competition
D. Amount of living tissue at the tropic 139. In cells a large oval organelle that con-
level tains the cells genetic material in the form
134. What kind of growth is exhibited by non- of DNA and controls many of the cells ac-
living organisms? tivities
A. Accumulation of material on sirface A. organelle
B. Accumulation of materials inside B. ribosome
C. Growth from inside C. cell wall
D. None of the above D. nucleus
135. SCIENTIFIC NAME OF TULSI 140. A population of rabbits which eat nuts
and other plants in an ecosystem has an
A. TRITICUM energy content of 34, 800 J. What is the
B. OCIMUM predicted energy level ofthe fourth trophic
C. MUSCA level?
D. PASSERA A. 3, 480 J
B. 348, 000 J
136. What do the areas between the Equator
and the lines of latitude 30 degrees north C. 34.8 J
and south have? D. 348 J
A. Hot, tropical climates 141. BIOLOGICAL SPECIES CONCEPT WAS
B. Cold and dry seasons GIVEN BY
C. Cold and arctic climates A. JOHN RAY
D. seasonal climate B. MILLER
137. Which of the following is a characteristic C. LAMARCK

of a primary consumer in an ecosystem? D. LINNAEUS
A. They are herbivores which means they 142. choose the definition of inbreeding
only eat plants.
A. crossing dissimilar individuals to bring
B. They are carnivores. together the best of both organisms
C. They produce their own food through B. takes advantage of naturally occurring
photosynthesis. genetic variation in plants, animals, and
D. They break down dead plants and ani- other organisms to pass desired traits on
mals to the next generation of organisms
138. Birds live and eat in different areas of C. the continued breeding of individuals
the same tree and avoid having the same with similar characteristics
niche. This is known as D. none of above

143. Bee pollination is an example of 148. In which of of the following, metabolic

reactions take place?
A. Ecosystem service
A. In living organism only
B. Genetic biodiversity
B. Both living and non living organism
C. Species evenness
C. In cell-free system
D. none of above
D. Both a & c
144. Which below is TRUE?
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149. Music, art, and architecture born from in-
A. Generalist species occupy very narrow teractions with nature are all examples of
niches what type of ecosystem service?
B. R-strategist species are very prone to A. Provisioning
extinction B. Regulating
C. Specialist species have a limited diet C. Cultural
D. K-strategists species give birth to nu- D. Supporting
merous offspring with little parental care
150. How many people are employed in the Oil
E. Generalist species can’t make use of a Industry?
variety of environmental resources
A. 50, 000
145. Regions of the ocean are commonly re- B. 44, 500
ferred to as what type of systems
C. 44, 800
A. Mountainous D. 48, 400
B. Estuary
151. BASIC UNIT OF CLASSIFICATION
C. Marine
A. GENUS
D. Desert
B. FAMILY
146. Which of the following organisms do not C. KEY
show respiratory movements? D. SPECIES
A. Plants
152. The sun’s rays are least direct
B. Animals
A. near the poles
C. Micro-organisms B. near the equator
D. Insects C. at high altitudes
147. The process in which nitrogen circulates D. far from the ocean
and is recycled is called 153. Language used in Binomial Nomenclature:
A. The nitrogen cycle A. Latin
B. The carbon cycle B. Spanish
C. The water cycle C. English
D. The phosphorus cycle D. British

154. What groups of organisms are most in B. consumer

danger of extinction? C. decomposer

A. those with small populations, special- D. food web
ists, large territories
B. those that do not migrate or need spe- 159. Secondary succession
cial habitats A. occurs after a volcano spreads lava
C. those with large populations that across a landscape
breed quickly B. is very predictable because it always
D. none of above ends in the formation of a climax commu-
nity
155. All biotic and abiotic (living and nonliving) C. occurs after a fire or flood
things in an area is called an
D. requires primary succession to pre-
A. ecosystem cede it
B. community E. typically begins with lichen colonizing
C. population rock
D. biome 160. In which stage of the cell cycle does the
DNA replicate?
156. On a safari at night, a lion hunts and
feeds on an antelope. In this relationship, A. G1
the lion is the and the antelope is the B. S
C. G2
A. Parasite/host
D. Mitosis
B. Predator/prey
161. Exemplified by moss growing on a tree
C. Prey/Predator
trunk in a forest.
D. none of above
A. Commensalism
157. Which of the following statements is true B. Parasitism
of aquatic biomes?
C. Mutualism
A. Freshwater and marine biomes are D. Predation
evenly distributed on Earth.
E. Competition
B. Freshwater biomes are a vital source
of drinking water. 162. Cell division occurs in plants and
C. Freshwater biomes supply a greater in animals
portion of Earth’s oxygen than marine A. Continuously, only upto a certain age
biomes. B. Only upto a certain age, continuously
D. Marine biomes include streams, rivers, C. Continuously, never
ponds, and lakes.
D. Once, twice
158. what is a complex interconnection be-
tween organisms that rely upon each other 163. Which of the following is a carbon sink?
for food? A. calcium carbonate formation
A. ecosystem B. cellular respiration of plants

C. cellular respiration of bacteria C. Use spitting as a defence against

D. volcanic eruptions snakes and scorpions
D. Store water and fat in a hump on their
164. Which of the following biomes is best back
characterized as an area that forms the
narrow band along the coast that experi- 169. What process is part of the hydrological
ences a range of environmental conditions (water) cycle?
(including daily changes in sunlight, tem-
A. transpiration
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perature, and water)?
B. nitrification
A. Open Ocean
C. combustion
B. Lakes
D. sedimentation
C. Coral Reefs
D. Intertidal Zones 170. Why do introduced species often become
pests?
165. The tundra biome & the desert biome are
both very dry, but A. They displace native species
A. the desert is always hot B. They increase biodiversity
B. the desert has a wider temperature C. They do not adapt well to local habitats
range D. They contribute to habitat fragmenta-
C. the tundra has a wider temperature tion
range E. They have low biotic potential
D. they are also similar in temperature
171. An ecological footprint considers
166. The smallest unit of classification is A. per capita resource use of a nation.
A. Species B. how much an individual consumes in
B. Sub-species terms of land area.
C. Class C. average yearly consumption of re-
sources.
D. Genus
D. resources that an entire nation con-
167. A climate graph measures: sumes in and average year.
A. Temperature (A) E. the ratio of resources consumed in de-
B. Precipitation (B) veloped nations to less developed nations.
C. Landforms 172. This biome contains plants that are
D. A and B adapted to prevent water loss due to the
low average rainfall and high tempera-
168. How have camels adapted to desert tures year-round.
life?
A. Savanna
A. Long eyelashes to shelter eyes from
B. Boreal Forest
sun and sand
B. Long legs to keep body away from hot C. Tropical Rain Forest
ground D. Desert

173. intrinsic value is value D. Low daytime temperatures, low night

A. Based on aesthetics time temperatures, high rainfall

B. Based on benefits for humans 179. The key issue with monoculture is that
C. Based on products for use A. Lack of diversity leaves crops vulnera-
ble to diseases
B. Lack of diversity makes crops more re-
174. Who is the father of modern taxonomy? sistant to diseases
A. Aristotle C. Too much diversity leaves crops vul-
B. Theraphrastus nerable to diseases
C. John Ray D. Too much diversity makes crops more
resistant to diseases
D. Carolus Linnaeus
180. Why don’t Alaskans pay income tax?
175. What term describes the variety of dif-
ferent organisms found in an ecosystem? A. Because its such a hard place to live
with few jobs so it wouldn’t make much
A. population money
B. biodiversity B. Because so few people live there and
C. ecosystem services so it wouldn’t be profitable for the govern-
D. none of above ment
C. Because the indigenous don’t believe
176. Which is not a catagiry? in it?
A. Asteraceae/Fabaceae D. Because Oil drilling is so profitable,
B. Species and they want to encourage migrants to
come and work there
C. Phylum
D. Class 181. Which one of the following is not a cor-
rect statement?
177. Why should rainforests be protected? A. A museum has collection of pho-
A. Provide resources such as tographs of plants and animals.
wood/fruits/nuts B. Key is a taxonomic aid for identifica-
B. Medicines are found in plants and ani- tion of specimens.
mals in the TRF C. Herbarium houses dried, pressed and
C. They absorb oxygen preserved plant specimens.
D. TRFs are the Lungs of the planet D. Botanical gardens have collection of
living plants for reference.
178. Name the main characteristics of a hot
desert 182. The biome has short summers and
long winters; it is covered in evergreen
A. High daytime temperatures, low night
trees.
time temperatures, low rainfall
A. deciduous forest
B. High daytime temperatures, high night
time temperatures, low rainfall B. grasslands
C. Low daytime temperatures, high night C. taiga
time temperatures, high rainfall. D. rainforest

183. Algae in an aquatic food chain convert A. soil in their habitat

solar energy into 93, 000 kilocalories of B. air they breathe
plant tissue.Which of the following val-
ues best represents the amount of energy C. plants they eat
available for primary consumers in the D. bacteria living within them
food chain?
188. The tertiary consumers in an ecosystem
A. 930 kilocalories
have 123.45 kcal of energy, how much en-
B. 9, 300 kilocalories ergy is available at the primary producer
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C. 93, 000 kilocalories level?
D. 930, 000 kilocalories A. 123450.0 kcal

B. 12345.00 kcal
184. Fungi was separated from kingdom Plan-
tae and introduced as a new kingdom be- C. 1234.500 kcal
cause fungi i) have cell wall which is made D. 123.4500 kcal
of Chitinii) are mostly unicellulariii) are
prokaryoticiv) have heterotrophic mode 189. How do consumers get their energy?
of nutritionChose the correct combination A. laying in the sun
from below
B. eating other organisms
A. i) and ii)
C. providing food for other organisms
B. i) and iii)
D. surviving in an ecosystem
C. i) and iv)
190. Uncontrolled cell division which usually
D. ii) and iv)
leads to tumors and disease is called:
185. Which of the following is true about is- A. Metaphase
land biodiversity?
B. Cytokinesis
A. Small islands are more likely to have
C. Cancer
more immigrated species
D. Diabetes
B. Small islands have higher biodiversity
than large islands 191. What is the correct definition for evolu-
C. Small islands have more resources tion?
and as a result may have more species A. The process of staying the same for
D. Small islands have fewer resources many years.
and as a result may have fewer species B. The process of apes turning into hu-
mans.
186. Which has the highest net productivity?
C. The process of development of living
A. Desert organisms that diversified from earlier
B. Tundra forms.
C. Savannah D. none of above
D. Tropical rain forest 192. Food is essential for all living organisms
187. Animals obtain the nitrogen they need di- because
rectly from the A. it provides energy

B. helps in growth and repair of body B. anaphase

C. protects us from diseases C. metaphase

D. all of the above D. prophase
193. Growth in living organisms occurs by 198. Define Interdependence

A. Division of cells A. Reliance of two or more things on each
B. Increase in mass of the living struc- other
ture B. How dependent an animal is
C. Accumulation of material by external C. How adapted an animal is to an envi-
agency ronment
D. Both (a) and (b) D. none of above
194. a cell organelle which contains chemicals 199. How is nitrogen “fixed” into a usable
that break down large food particles into form for plants?
smaller ones and that can be used by the A. Through action of bacteria only
rest of the cell
B. Through lightning only
A. chloroplasts
C. Through action of bacteria and light-
B. ribosomes ning
C. lysosomes D. Through photosynthesis
D. cell membrane
200. Which of these is an aquatic indicator
195. What eats herbivores and/or plant mat- species?
ter? A. Shrimp
A. decomposers B. Coral
B. producers C. Plankton
C. consumers D. Sea Anemone
D. nutrients
201. Interspecific competition is most likely to
196. Which of the following statements is happen between:
false? A. Geographically separate species with
A. Cyanobacteria are also known as blue- similar niches
green algae. B. Geographically similar species with
B. Golden mites are also called desmids different niches.
C. Eubacteria are also known as pseu- C. Geographically similar species with
dobacteria similar niches
D. Phycomycetes are also known as algal D. Geographically separate species with
fungi different niches
197. The three stages of the cell cycle are , 202. capture solar energy and use photo-
mitosis, andcytokinesis. synthesis to produce sugars
A. interphase A. Detritivores

B. Secondary consumers C. Supporting

C. Heterotrophs D. Cultural
D. Primary consumers
208. Grasses, trees and shrubs are called pro-
E. Producers ducers because they make
203. Tourism involving small groups with min- A. water
imal impacts on the environment B. minerals
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A. Ecosystem C. carbondioxide
B. Mass Tourism D. food
C. Sustainable Management
209. If the net primary productivity in an
D. Ecotourism ecosystem is 5 J and the gross primary
204. Terrestrial biomes are defined mainly by productivity is 15 J, what is the energy
their lost due to respiration? Formula:NPP =
GPP-Eres
A. climate & plants
A. 20 J
B. climate & animals
B. 10 J
C. animals & plants
C. 15 J
D. climate only
D. -20 J
205. Which of the following would be an ex-
ample of a decomposer? 210. How much oxygen does the rainforest
supply?
A. Mouse
A. 15%
B. Tree
B. 20%
C. Worm
C. 25%
D. Bird
D. 30%
206. Which of the following anthropogenic ac-
tivities leads to decreased biodiversity? 211. Which is a biotic factor?
A. Recycling all plastics A. producers
B. Passing laws that prohibit the pollution B. pH
of rivers and streams
C. energy
C. Lowering the use of fossil fuels
D. humidity
D. Clear cutting forests to build homes
212. The first species that reappear after a ma-
207. Ecosystem Service:Some habitats have jor disruption to an ecosystem are known
an exceptionally high number of species as
which makes them more genetically di-
A. Primary consumers
verse than others and are known as ‘bio-
diversity hotspots.’ B. Reintroduced species
A. Provisioning C. Endangered Species
B. Regulating D. Pioneer species

213. The label of herbarium sheet do not con- 218. Ecosystem Service:Ecosystems and biodi-
tain any information on versity provide many plants used as tradi-
tional medicines as well as providing the

A. name of plant
raw materials for the pharmaceutical in-
B. name of collector dustry.
C. classification of plant A. Provisioning
D. height of plant B. Regulating
C. Supporting
214. The concentration of carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere D. Cultural
A. is increasing in part due to fossil fuel 219. Which continents are TRF found on?
use.
A. Central and South America
B. has not significantly changed in the
B. Europe
past 200 years.
C. Central Africa and N Australia
C. is increasing in part due to deforesta-
tion. D. SE Asia
D. has been decreasing since the 1800’s. 220. Which of the following is NOT a draw-
E. can not be reliably measured back / demerit of the 5 Kingdom classifi-
cation?
215. Trophic levels are represented by A. Not including Viruses in any of the king-
A. squares doms
B. circles B. Keeping Slime moulds under Protista
C. pyramids C. Classification is Phylogenetic
D. lines D. Heterogenocity in Kingdom Protista
221. method used for farming where trees are

216. Fungi have a cell wall made of tough, com-
cleared and land is burned for new soil and
plex sugar called
planting crops
A. Chitin
A. clearing the land
B. Spores
B. slash-and-burn
C. Amoeba C. erosion
D. None of these D. none of above
217. The Marine Mammal Protection Act 222. Which of the following pairs would be
A. Protects Marine Mammals considered a regulating service of biodiver-
sity?
B. Prevents interstate trade of illegally
obtained animal goods A. Food and fresh water
C. Protects all endangered species B. Pollination and biological control
D. Established a “Red List” of threatened C. Tourism and the arts

species. D. Habitats and genetic diversity

223. Which of the following might be a pio- C. R-selected species

neer species after a fire has destroyed a
D. Generalist species
forest?
A. native grasses 228. Ecological efficiency from one trophic
B. primary consumers level to the next is generally:
C. secondary consumers A. 1%
D. larger trees B. 29%
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224. Which of the following organisms show C. 12%
limited growth?
D. 10%
A. Mango Tree
B. Man 229. Where is National Institute of Virology
situated?
C. Paddy Plant
A. Kolhapur
D. Tiger
B. Nagpur
225. what is a set of processes that moves
minerals necessary for growth through the C. Pune
soil or water to plants and animals before D. Delhi
returning them back to the soil?
A. ecosystem 230. Banana is a
B. food web A. tree
C. abiotic system B. herb
D. nutrient cycle
C. shrub
226. Why are advantageous traits more likely D. climber
to be passed onto offspring?
A. Because they are more likely to sur- 231. The origin of all nitrogen in biological tis-
vive and reproduce. sues is
B. Because they come from dominant al- A. atmospheric N2 gas
leles.
B. nitrogen weathered from rock
C. Because they come from recessive al-
leles. C. volcanoes
D. Because the trait is an acquired pheno- D. earthquake activities
type. E. lightning
227. A plant or animal that, by its presence,
abundance, scarcity, or chemical composi- 232. Abiotic components are
tion, demonstrates that some distinctive A. Non-living things
aspect of the character or quality of an
ecosystem is present. B. Living things
A. Indicator Species C. Plants
B. Keystone Species D. Animals

233. TAXONOMIC HIERARCHY MEANS B. The Indian Tiger

A. DIVISON-CLASSS-SPECIES-ORDER- C. The Indian bird

PHYLLUM-KINGDOM
D. The Indian Cobra
B. SPECIES-KINDOM-FAMILY-GENUS-
CLASS-PHYLLUM 238. Taxon is the
C. SPECIES-GENUS-FAMILY-ORDER- A. Species
CLASS-PHYLLUM-KINGDOM B. Unit of classification
D. NONE OF THESE C. Highest rank in classification
234. Why is biodiversity important in fighting D. Group of closely related
disease in food crops?
239. Aphids are a type of insect that feed on
A. It prevents one disease from wiping
the sap of their host plant, weakening the
out an entire food crop.
plant. This relationship is anexample of-
B. It prevents habitat loss of native
A. commensalism
species.
C. It provides different foods for differ- B. predation
ent populations. C. mutualism
D. It prevents fungal disease from wiping D. parasitism
out corn crops.
240. A positive feedback loop occurs
235. A tapeworm lives in the small intestines
A. when a system responds to a change
where it feeds and grows, robbing the hu-
by returning to its original state
man of essential nutrients. This is a
type of relationship. B. when feedback into a system de-
A. Commensalism creases a rate of response
B. Parasitism C. when a system is in a steady state
C. Symbiotic D. when feedback into a system in-

creases a rate of response
D. Mutualism
241. VIROID IS NOT HAVING
236. Which of the following is a characteris-
tic of a secondary consumer in an ecosys- A. PROTEIN COAT
tem? B. NUCLEIC ACID
A. They are herbivores which means they C. BOTH 1 AND 2
only eat plants.
D. NONE OF THESE
B. They are carnivores.
C. They produce their own food through 242. What is the energy source for the water
photosynthesis. cycle?
D. They break down dead plants and ani- A. the sun
mals B. the earth
237. Naja naja is the scientific name of C. water
A. The Indian lion D. the moon

243. Which continents are TRF found on? C. artificial eutrofication

(more than one) D. consumable pollution
A. Central and South America
249. Organisms that cannot make their own
B. Europe
food and must obtain energy from exter-
C. Central Africa and N Australia nal sources are called
D. SE Asia A. autotrophs
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244. How much energy is lost as heat when B. heterotrophs
you move up an energy pyramid? C. thylakoids
A. 5% D. plants
B. 10%
250. Binomial system of classification was
C. 90% based on
D. 100%
A. Embryology
245. What grows first during secondary suc- B. Morphology
cession?
C. Cytology
A. Lichen
D. Anatomy
B. Moss
C. Grass 251. The t erm referring to the native peoples
of a given place are called
D. Shrubs
A. indigenous
246. A PAIR OF CONTRASTING STATEMENT IS B. Americans
CALLED
C. explorers
A. KEY
D. mulattoes
B. LEAD
C. COUPLET 252. Which of the following is the definition of
an anthropogenic change?
D. HERBARIUM
A. A change caused by climate
247. If the most common trait is favored,
what kind of selection will you have? B. A change caused by humans
A. Directional C. A change caused by Anthropology

stores
B. Stabilizing
D. A change caused by animals
C. Disruptive
D. Sexual 253. What is the term used to describe all liv-
ing things in an ecosystem?
248. Concentration of toxins in an organism as
A. Biotic Factors
a result of ingesting other plants/animals
in which the toxins are widely distributed B. Abiotic Factors
A. biomagnification C. Environmental Factors
B. point-source pollution D. Population

254. Which of the following is found in eukary- 259. What is a layer of rock or sediment that
otic cells but NOT prokaryotic cells? holds water?

A. Cell membrane A. glacier
B. Mitochondria B. well
C. Ribosomes C. aquifer
D. DNA D. natural spring
255. The struggle between organisms to sur- 260. Which part of the tobacco plant is at-
vive as they attempt to use the same re- tacked by Meloidocyne incoginida?
source A. flower
A. Predator B. leaf
B. Prey C. stem
C. Competition D. root
D. Adaptation 261. The abiotic conditions under which a
species can survive and reproduce is called
256. A living or once-living organisms in an
its
ecosystem is a
A. range of tolerance
A. population
B. realized niche
B. biotic factor
C. environmental distribution
C. abiotic factor
D. fundamental niche
D. community
262. Why do we classify living things
257. Which pair of biogeochemical cycles have
nutrients that are considered limiting fac- A. To keep information private
tors in plants? B. To make finding information easier
A. Carbon and Nitrogen cycles C. To confuse students
B. Carbon and Sulfur cycles D. To make animals healthier
C. Phosphorus and Nitrogen cycles 263. This is the branch of biology that deals
D. Sulfur and Nitrogen cycles with the relations of organisms to one an-
other and to their physical surroundings.
E. Sulfur and Water cycles
A. Physics
258. The cattle egret follows herds of cattle
B. Ecology
and eat the insects that the cattle stir up as
they move through the grassland. The cat- C. Chemistry
tle appear to be unaffected by the egrets. D. Psychology
This is a type of relationship.
264. Which of the following is a characteristic
A. Commensalism
of decomposers in an ecosystem?
B. Parasitism A. They are herbivores which means they
C. Symbiotic only eat plants.
D. Mutualism B. They are carnivores.

C. They produce their own food through 270. Habitats provide everything that an in-
photosynthesis. dividual plant or animal needs to sur-
D. They break down dead plants and ani- vive:food; water; and shelter.
mals A. Provisioning
265. Another name that can be used for an EX- B. Regulating
OTIC species is
C. Supporting
A. Native species
D. Cultural
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B. Invasive species
C. Outcast species 271. Species of least concern have
D. none of above A. Abundant, widespread populations
266. Invasive species are successful because B. Limited, isolated populations

A. they enter an ecosystem much like the C. Rapidly declining populations
one they come from.
D. No living individuals
B. they are the first organisms to appear
after a disturbance 272. The best way to preserve biodiversity is
C. they have no predators and reduced to
competition A. stop using all plastics
D. they require less energy and can fit in B. protect and maintain habitats
lower trophic levels.
C. reduce our impact on pollution
267. Who wrote the book ‘System Naturae’?
D. lower our need for poultry and beef
A. Carolus Linnaeus
B. Charles Darwin 273. Loss of habitat can lead to which of the
C. Walter Rose following?
D. Cavalier Smith A. Loss of specialist species and loss of

species that occupy large territories
268. The modern Biological classification sys-
B. Loss of generalist species and loss of
tem is based on the pioneering work of:
species that occupy small territories
A. Carl Linnaeus
C. Loss of specialist species and loss of
B. Isaac Newton R-selected species
C. Charles Darwin
D. none of above
D. John Meritus
274. What is the main reservoir for the carbon
269. Fungi are absorb their food from decay-
cycle?
ing organicmatter write true or false
A. Atmosphere
A. False
B. True B. Ocean sediment
C. Confuse C. Coal
D. none of above D. Vegetation

275. Carl Linnaeus divided living world in 2 C. interacting biotic and abiotic compo-
kingdoms name is nents

A. Protista and Plants D. positive and negative feedback loops
B. Vegetabilia and Animalia
281. Jay has 3 green marbles, 4 red skittles,
C. Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes. and 5 twix. What is the species richness?
D. Plants and Animals. A. 3
276. Which of following refers to the number B. 12
of different species found in an area?
C. 1.5
A. Species diversity
D. 0.50
B. Species number
C. Species richness 282. How would you describe a Hot Desert En-
vironment?
D. Speciality
A. Low rainfall/ low temps
277. The process that allows organisms to use
nitrogen B. High rainfall/ low temps
A. assimilation C. Low rainfall/High temps
B. denitrification D. High rainfall/high temps

C. fixation 283. How can we sustainably manage the
D. ammonification TRF?
278. Gradual transition over time from one A. Selective Logging

type of biological community to another. B. Conservation and Education
A. Symbiosis C. Mineral Extraction
B. Law of Tolerance D. Ecotourism
C. Energy Pyramid
284. Which of the following is a atmospheric
D. Ecological Succession
nitrogen?
E. Net Primary Productivity
A. NO 3-
279. Which of the following shows budding? B. NO 2-
A. Yeast C. N2
B. Amoeba
D. NH3
C. Paramoecium
D. Plasmodium 285. Who wrote the book ‘Origin of species’?
A. Carolus Linnaeus
280. An ecosystem is a location on Earth that
includes B. Charles Darwin
A. only biotic components C. Walter Rose
B. only abiotic components D. Cavalier Smith

286. the thick fluid region of a cell is located B. Land that is cared for and managed
inside the cell membrane or between the
C. Land used for farming using sustain-
cell membrane and nucleus the thick fluid
able practises
region of a cell located inside the cell mem-
brane or between the cell membrane and D. Land is gradually turned into a desert
nucleus usually on the edge of an existing desert.
A. cytoplasm
291. Ecosystems provide the conditions for
B. cell wall growing food.
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C. organelle A. Provisioning
D. golgi apparatus B. Regulating
287. Which catastrophic event will most likely C. Supporting
have the effect of returning an ecosystem
D. Cultural
to primary succession?
A. A tornado 292. Bacteria reproduce by simple fission
B. A volcanic eruption A. Multipal
C. A flood B. Trianary
D. A drought C. Binary
288. a rigid supporting layer that surrounds D. Similar
the cells of plants and some other organ-
isms 293. The stage of mitosis where the sister
chromatids separate:
A. cell membrane
B. cell wall A. prophase
C. nucleus B. anaphase
D. cytoplasm C. telophase
D. metaphase
289. Tropical rainforests
A. rarely receive more than 100 cm of 294. Regulating services include:
rain per year.
A. Cleaning the water
B. are typically located between 20o and
B. Cleaning the air
30o latitude.
C. exhibit low levels of biodiversity C. Nutrient cycling
D. exhibit low levels of net primary pro- D. Pollination

duction (NPP)
295. It is an invertebrate
E. have soils that have relatively low lev-
els of nutrients A. frog
B. lizard
290. What is Desertification?
C. octopus
A. Land that suffers from short term
drought D. human beings

296. Endangered species have 302. Mushroom is an example of which of the

A. Abundant, widespread populations following kingdom.

B. Limited, isolated populations A. Monera
C. Rapidly declining populations B. Protista
D. No living individuals C. Fungi
297. Name the main characteristics of a tropi- D. none of above
cal rainforest (more than one)
303. a wide range of plant and animal life is
A. High temperatures
called
B. Heavy rainfall
A. biodiversity
C. More than half world species of plants
and animals B. biology
D. A quarter of all medicines come from C. ecosystems
the TRF D. none of above
298. Bacteriophage is a type of
304. Which law regulates the trade in endan-
A. Virus gered species between countries?
B. Bacteria A. CITES
C. Fungi B. Kyoto Protocol
D. Algea
C. Montreal Protocol
299. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A D. Endangered Species Act
IDENTIFYING PROPERTY FOR LIVING OR-
GANISMS? 305. processes of selective breeding
A. METABOLISM A. hybridization and inbreeding
B. CELLULARISATION
B. mitosis and meiosis
C. CONSCIOUSNESS
C. breeding organisms
D. NON OF THESE
D. none of above
300. Which is correct
A. pANTHERA tIGRIS 306. The physical, abiotic components of our
planet can be divided into the
B. Panthera tigris
A. geosphere and atmosphere
C. Panthera Tigris
B. lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmo-
D. Panthera tigris
sphere
301. Barn owls hunt shrews. In this example C. lithosphere, biosphere, and atmo-
what is a barn owl? sphere
A. Herbivore/Predator
D. lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere,
B. Carnivore/Prey and atmosphere
C. Carnivore/Predator E. centrosphere, geosphere, biosphere,
D. none of above and atmosphere

307. Algae in an aquatic food chain convert 312. In the Nitrogen cycle, what is one Natural
solar energy into 93, 000 kilocalories of way that Nitrogen gets into our soil?
plant tissue.Which of the following val- A. Fertilizers
ues best represents the amount of energy
B. Human Waste through septic tanks
available for secondary consumers in the
food chain? C. Decomposing animals
A. 930 kilocalories D. Industrial waste
B. 9, 300 kilocalories 313. The ensures that our body’s grow and
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C. 93, 000 kilocalories repairthemselves.
D. 930, 000 kilocalories A. The cell growth
B. The cell repair
308. Mutation Definition:
C. The cell recycle
A. A permanent alternation in the DNA se-
quence that makes a gene. D. The cell cycle
B. A gene sequence. 314. The predictable replacement of one group
C. The process of a baby being formed in of spcies by another over time is called
the womb. A. Succession
D. none of above B. Resiliance
C. Resistance
309. Products obtained from the environment
are considered D. Biodiversity
A. Regulating services 315. Who proposed the five kingdom classifi-
B. Species biodiversity cation?
C. Supporting services A. Whittaker
D. Provisioning services B. Linnaeus
C. Copeland
310. What do free living bacteria in the soil
do? D. Haeckel
A. Make clouds 316. Which type of cell divides most fre-
B. Turn atmospheric nitrogen into ni- quently?
trates A. Liver cell
C. Make carbon dioxide for plants to go B. Skin cell
through photosynthesis C. Blood cell
D. Help plants take in water D. Nerve cell
311. The tundra biome occurs near the poles, 317. The efficiency of energy transfer from
while the alpine tundra a lower trophic level to the next highest
A. occurs near the equator level is roughly
B. occurs near 30 degrees latitude A. 1%
C. occurs on mountain tops and many lat- B. 10%
itudes C. 100%
D. occurs at sea level D. 1000%

318. Ecological resiliance is 323. Plants release water into the atmosphere
by
A. Ability to recover after a disaster

A. photosynthesis
B. How much they are affected by a dis-
aster B. transpiration
C. Ability to avoid disasters C. perspiration
D. Number of animals in an area D. respiration
324. The intertidal zone of oceans

319. Cold environments have low bio-
diversity because A. surrounds continents
A. global warming causes more animals B. is on the coastline
and plants to migrate further north and C. has tides that rise and fall each day
south where it is colder as temperature
D. is the open ocean
rises elsewhere
B. The soils are low in nutrients (infertile) 325. The size of the microbes is
and cannot support many plants A. 1 meter = 106 micrometer
C. permafrost means few plants and B. 1 meter = 109 micrometer
therefore few animals can survive C. 1 meter = 106 nanometer
D. none of above D. 1 meter = 109 nanometer
320. A relationship between two species in 326. What is a multiplier effect?
which both species benefit
A. the ‘snowballing’ of economic activ-
A. Amensalism ity where jobs are created giving people
B. Commensalism more money
C. Parasitism B. the increase in people living in Alaska

C. the increase of people leaving Alaska
D. Mutualism
D. none of above
321. Which of the following would be NOT con-
sidered abiotic factors in an ecosystem? 327. In a given ecosystem, producers convert
solar energy into 15, 000kcal of chemi-
A. air cal energy stored in organic compounds.
B. water Which of the following is the most likely
amount of energy available to secondary
C. weather
consumers?
D. grass
A. 1.5 kcal
322. brings phosphorous into our water- B. 150 kcal
ways C. 1, 500 kcal
A. precipitation D. 13, 500 kcal
B. runoff
328. The wolves in Yellowstone Park were an
C. transpiration example of what type of species?
D. condensation A. Prey

B. Producer C. Cultural
C. Invasive D. Supporting
D. Keystone 334. Which of the following would be an an-
thropogenic effect on the cultural services
329. is a part of oceans, air, rocks, soil,
of biodiversity?
and all living things.
A. Switching to a vegan diet
A. Nitrogen
B. The dumping of toxic chemicals in our
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B. Water fresh water ways
C. Carbon C. Increased snorkeling in the Great Bar-
D. Silver rier Reef
D. Removal of a forest to build new town
330. Genetic diversity is the variety of genes homes
between and within species populations.
A. Provisioning 335. Which is NOT a freshwater ecosystem?
A. a river
B. Regulating
B. a lake
C. Supporting
C. an estuary
D. Cultural
D. a stream
331. Who was Alfred Russel Wallace?
336. Which structure if found in a plant cell but
A. A important guy. is absent in an animal cell?
B. A guy who studied neuroscience. A. Chloroplast
C. A anthropologist who did research on B. Mitochondria
geographic distribution of animals, which C. Nucleus
supported his evolutionary theories.
D. Vacuole
D. none of above
337. Ecosystem service:biodiversity play an
332. What is an Indicator Species? important role for many kinds of tourism
A. An organism that indicates their traits which in turn provides considerable eco-
onto other organisms (like showing off). nomic benefits and is a vital source of in-
come for many countries.
B. Organism that serves as a measure of
the environmental conditions that exist in A. Provisioning
a given ecosystem. B. Regulating
C. An organism in which creates prob- C. Supporting
lems for the rest of the ecosystem. D. Cultural
D. none of above 338. Which one of the following factors is not
333. Natural processes such as nutrient cycling a major cause of loss of biodiversity?
and the creation of soils are all examples A. habitat fragmentation
of what type of ecosystem service? B. Agriculture
A. Provisioning C. Invasive species
B. Regulating D. Pollution

339. Organisms that can respond to stimuli B. Domain

are- C. Rank

A. Eukaryotes only
D. Phylum
B. Prokaryotes only
345. Where are proteins made?
C. Both Prokaryotes and eukaryotes
A. Golgi body
D. Those with a well developed nervous
system B. Mitoichondrion
C. Chromosomes
340. Vandallor is famous for
A. ZOOLOGICAL PARK D. Ribosomes
B. BOTANICAL PARK 346. Biodiversity/ Biological Diversity Defini-

C. SANCTUARY tion:
D. WILD LIFE RESERVE A. The study of life.

B. The variability among living organisms
341. A book containing information as to the from all sources between all species of dif-
habitat climate description and index of ferent ecosystems.
plants found in a specific area
C. The amount of organisms in a place.
A. Flora
D. none of above
B. Key
C. Manual 347. which have scales on there bodies
D. Monograph A. worms
B. crocodiles
342. Which of these is NOT a desert?
A. Thar C. boy
B. Mongolian D. fish
C. Sahara 348. Their cell wall of Fungi made up of tough

D. Mojave and complex sugar called
A. Lactose
343. A forest has a GPP of 3.8kcal/m2 /year
and the rate of cellular respiration B. Glucose
is2.4kcal/m2 /year. What is the NPP? C. Maltose
A. 6.2 kcal/m2 /year D. Chitin
B. 1.4kcal/m2 /year
349. Which biome would be best suited for an
C. 1.0kcal/m2 /year animal with thick fur and extra layers of
D. 9.12kcal/m2 /year fat?
E. 1.58kcal/m2 /year A. desert
B. rainforest
344. The scientific term for biological cate-
gories is: C. tundra
A. Taxon (Plural-Taxa) D. taiga

350. Fresh water referrers to which of the fol- 355. Why are houses and roads sinking in
lowing Alaska?
A. oceans, rivers, lakes A. too much oil has been extracted
B. ponds, rivers, oceans B. Global warming is melting the per-
mafrost
C. lakes, ponds, streams
C. too much gold has been extracted
D. streams, lakes, oceans
D. they are too heavy for the frozen soil.
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351. What are the main threats to Malaysia’s
rainforests? 356. a relationship between two species in
which both species compete for limited re-
A. Logging and mineral extraction sources such that both species are nega-
B. Population pressure tively affected by the relationship
C. Energy supply A. Symbiosis
D. Commercial and subsistence farming B. interspecific competition
C. species richness
352. I. Increase in mass II. Differentiation
III. Increase in number of individuals IV. D. species-area effect
Response to stimuli Which two points
357. Why should rainforests be protected?
are known as the twin characteristics of
(more than one)
growth?
A. Provide resources such as
A. I and II
wood/fruits/nuts
B. I and IV
B. Medicines are found in plants and ani-
C. II and III mals in the TRF
D. I and III C. They absorb oxygen
D. TRFs are the Lungs of the planet
353. Which aquatic biome has the lowest
NPP? 358. Which biome is mainly found between
A. Swamps and marshes 15◦ north-15◦ south of the equator?
B. Intertidal Zone A. Hot desert
C. Lakes and Ponds B. Tundra
D. Open Ocean C. Tropical rainforest
D. Savanna
354. Which of the following produces the
fastest form of evolution? 359. Which element makes up the majority of
A. gene flow the atmosphere?
B. genetic mutations A. Carbon
C. artificial selection B. Oxygen

C. Nitrogen
D. environmental pressures forcing or-
ganisms to die D. Phosphorous

360. Name the main characteristics of a tropi- speciesIII:Habitat loss & degrada-
cal rainforest tionIV:Direct Exploitation

A. High temperatures A. I & II
B. Heavy rainfall B. I, II & III
C. More than half world species of plants C. II, III & IV
and animals D. all above
D. A quarter of all medicines come from
366. Which is not a part of cell theory?
the TRF
A. All organisms are made of cells
361. Yeast, mold, and mushrooms are part of
B. All existing cells come from preexist-
which category of microorganisms?
ing cells
A. Bacteria
C. All matter is composed of living cells
B. Viruses
D. The cell is the most basic unit of life
C. Fungi
367. How has a cactus adapted to desert life?
D. Protists
A. Has spines instead of leaves
362. Organisms have the ability to grow in ex- B. Long reaching roots to seek out water
treme conditions like volcano vents, hot
springs and polar ice caps are called C. Store water in their roots and stems
A. Methanogens D. Wear sunscreen to avoid being sun-

burnt
B. Halophiles
368. Bacteria decomposing waste is an exam-
C. Pathogens
ple of what type of ecosystem service?
D. Extremophiles
A. economic
363. A community contains B. regulating
A. only one species C. provisioning
B. multiple species D. supporting
C. living and non-living components 369. What is a Specialist Species?
D. all the similar biomes across the world A. Species that have a specific trait that
makes them different from the rest of the
364. What is the first step in the nitrogen cy-
ecosystem.
cle, in which gaseous nitrogen is converted
into ammonia? B. Specialist species can thrive only in a
narrow range of environmental conditions
A. nitrification
or has a limited diet.
B. ammonification
C. A species that is special.
C. denitrification
D. none of above
D. nitrogen fixation
370. Minor disruptions from time to time re-
365. Species losses and decline in biodiversity duce competition and increase biodiversity.
may be due to:I:ExtinctionII:Introduced This refers to

A. The theory of island biogeography C. build more residential and commercial

B. The Simpson Index areas
C. The intermediate disruption hypothe- D. return unwanted pets to proper loca-

sis tions and organizations
D. The process of succession 376. Which of the following removes carbon

from the atmosphere?
371. The phase of mitosis when chromosomes
align in themiddle is called A. Combustion
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A. anaphase B. Respiration
B. prophase C. Photosynthesis
C. telophase D. Death
D. metaphase
377. Biodiversity, aka biological diversity,
372. In a scientific name, what group does the usually refers to-
FIRST name identify?
A. the same species in a general location
A. Genus
B. the number of different species in a
B. Species given area
C. Kingdom C. the number of animal species in a
D. Domain given area
373. What is the transfer of nutrients through D. the number of plant species in a given
an ecosystem is known as? area
A. Food chain 378. Which species is most likely to recover

B. Food web fastest from a natural disruption?
C. The nutrient cycle A. Low species diversity, High habitat di-
versity
D. A biome
B. High genetic diversity, Low species di-
374. What are the main impacts of deforesta- versity
tion in Malaysia?
C. Medium genetic diversity, High
A. Soil Erosion species diversity
B. More wood and TRF products
D. none of above
C. Economic development and climate
change 379. Bacteria fix nitrogen on plant roots.
D. Loss of Biodiversity Plant roots provide sugar to bacteria. This
is an example of
375. What is one way we can reduce human A. mutualism
impact on the release of invasive species?
B. parasitism
A. Increase travel
C. commensalism
B. Increase shipping and purchase of
goods from other countries D. competition

380. Bacteria is known as in an ecosystem C. Demographic bottleneck

when feeding on dead organisms.
D. Ecosystem service

A. Decomposers
B. Herbivore 386. WHO SAID VIRUS MEANS POISONOUS
FLUID
C. Pathogens
A. D J IVANOWSKY
D. Infections
B. W M STANLEY
381. The result of a bottleneck event is
C. PASTEUR
A. reduced genetic diversity
D. M BEIJERINEK
B. increased genetic diversity
C. speciation 387. Which one of the following is fixed from
D. increased gene flow the atmosphere by bacteria?
A. Magnesium
382. Which biome, because of its climate, has
the largest number of species of plants and B. Phosphorus
animals?
C. Sulfur
A. Tundra
D. Nitrogen
B. Tropical Rainforest
E. Potassium
C. Desert
D. Coniferous forest 388. Which one of the following does not
grow?
383. The suffix “ phyta” indicates:
A. tree
A. Family
B. rubber band
B. Class
C. Division C. baby
D. Genus D. snail
384. This biome is warm and wet, with little 389. What do animal and plant cells have in
seasonal variation in temperature and fre- common?
quent precipitation.
A. Both have central vacuoles.
A. Savanna
B. Both have chloroplasts
B. Boreal Forest
C. Both have cell membranes
C. Tropical Rain Forest
D. Both have cell walls
D. Desert
385. A population founded when just a few 390. Plants use to make their own food
members of a species survive a catas- A. Water
trophic event or colonize a new habitat
that isolated is known as B. Sunlight
A. Genetic drift C. Carbon dioxide
B. Island biogeography D. All of these

391. Which of the following describes the role B. Chloroplast and cell wall
of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the nitrogen
C. Cell wall and mitochondria
cycle? Nitrogen-fixing bacteria convert
D. Cell wall and nucleus
A. nitrates intro nitrogen gas
B. ammonia into proteins 397. Which nitrogen cycle process is occurring
when bacteria convert ammonium to ni-
C. nitrogen gas into ammonium ions trite and then into nitrate?
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D. proteins into nitrates
A. nitrogen fixation
392. Which of the following characteristics is
B. nitrification
true of a biome?
A. They have 1 dominant type of vegeta- C. denitrification
tion D. ammonification
B. It is on a large scale
E. assimilation
C. They follow lines of longitude
D. They follow lines of latitude 398. oxygen is a gas produced by and used
by
393. a sac like organelle that stores water,
food, and other matter A. plants and animals
A. vacuole B. photosynthesis and carbon dioxide
B. lysosome C. animals and plants
C. cytoplasm
D. carbon dioxide and photosynthesis
D. cell wall
394. Where is the majority of fresh water 399. SLOSS Dilemma:

found on Earth? A. SLOSS stands for “Single Large or Sev-
A. Ground Water eral Small” and refers to two different ap-
proaches to land.
B. Ice Caps and Glaciers
C. Lakes B. The debate of how diversity is always
large.
D. Oceans
C. The debate on how land always will
395. What is deforestation? have low diversity.
A. A form of slash and burn farming
D. none of above
B. The planting on new trees and pants
C. The cutting down and removal of for- 400. Biotic components are
est
A. Non-living things
D. Material transported by a river
B. Living things
396. Structures which are found only in plant
cells. C. Plants
A. Chloroplast and mitochondria D. Animals

401. Which of the following best describes a 406. Between each trophic level, there is a
symbiotic relationship? loss of usable energy. Which of the fol-
lowing best explain why this occurs?

A. Striped bass and bluefish eat the same
variety of mackerel. A. Limiting factors
B. Intestinal bacteria inhabit the gut of B. 1st law of thermodynamics (conserva-
humans. tion of mass)
C. Mountain lions feed on white-tailed C. 2nd law of thermodynamics (increas-
deer. ing disorder)
D. Marsupial animals carry their young in D. the law of conservation of matter
a pouch.
407. Fruits, fish, and livestock are all exam-
402. Ecosystem Service:Ecosystems and liv- ples of what type of ecosystem service?
ing organisms create buffers against natu- A. Economic
ral disasters, thereby preventing possible
B. Provisioning
damage.
C. Regulating
A. Provisioning
D. Cultural
B. Regulating
C. Supporting 408. The animal having the special organs of
breathing called gills is:
D. Cultural
A. earthworm
403. The two kingdom Classification was Pro- B. fox
posed by
C. fish
A. Whittaker
D. frog
B. Bentham
409. Which biome covers most of the land
C. Hutchinson
mass near the Earth’s equator?
D. Linnaeus
A. tundra
404. Pollination is an example of what kind of B. desert
service? C. grassland
A. Regulating D. tropical rainforest
B. Supporting
410. Which of the following is perennial
C. Provisioning plant?
D. Cultural A. pea
405. SCIENTIC NAME OF POTATO B. radish
A. P Leo C. mango
B. Solanum melanogena D. turnip
C. Solanum tuberosum 411. Disturbance Definition:

D. OCIMUM SANCTUM A. Something that goes wrong.

B. A temporary change in environmen- 417. Which would have barnacles, seaweed,

tal conditions that causes a pronounced and starfish?
change in an ecosystem.
A. coastal ocean
C. A change in which an ecosystem will
B. intertidal ocean
never get back to it’s original state.
D. none of above C. open ocean
D. none of above
412. Mesophytes, hydrophytes and xero-
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phytes is classification of plants on the ba- 418. Which brackish watery biome has some
sis of areas that are salty, and some areas that
A. nutrition are freshwater?
B. flowers A. freshwater
C. habitat B. coral reef
D. lifespan C. estuary
413. What is found in both plant and animal D. ocean
cells but is much larger in plant cells?
A. Nucleus 419. What is Secondary Succession?
B. Mitochondrion A. Plants and animals remain the same in
every disturbance in an ecosystem.
C. Chloroplast
D. Vacuole B. Succession that is the first to colonize
an ecosystem.
414. Give an example of biennial plant?
C. Succession where plants and animals
A. Pea Plant recolonize a habitat after a major distur-
B. Raddish bance.
C. Carrot D. none of above
D. Cactus
420. ORDER OF MANGO
415. Intermediate disturbance hypothesis A. PRIMATES
states that what increases diversity?
B. CARNIVORE
A. Frequent, major disturbance
C. DIPTERA
B. Infrequent, minor disturbance
C. Frequent, minor disturbance D. SAPINDALES
D. Infrequent, major disturbance 421. If both extremes of a trait are favored

over the most common, what kind of se-
416. What energy is harnessed in the Thar
lection will you have?
desert?
A. Coal and Oil A. Directional
B. Wind B. Stabilizing
C. Nuclear C. Disruptive
D. Solar D. Sexual

422. An organism that makes their own food, 427. What converts nitrogen gas into a usable
usually through photosynthesis form for plants and animals?

A. autotroph A. bacteria
B. heterotroph B. rain
C. metabolism
C. fungi
D. multicelluar
D. car exhaust
423. What is the main function of photosyn-
thesis for a plant? 428. the breaking of habitats into smaller
A. To make glucose pieces is called
B. To make carbon dioxide A. habitat division
C. To make oxygen B. habitat pollution
D. To make proteins C. habitat corruption
424. PLANTS DRIED AND PASTED TO FORM D. habitat fragmentation
A. MUSEUMS
429. The process by which a cell nucleus di-
B. BOTANY
vides is called:
C. BOTANICAL GARDENS
A. interphase
D. HERBARIUM
B. mitosis
425. primary productivity = the organic
materials that remain after photosynthetic C. cytokinesis
organisms in the ecosystem have used D. cell cycle
some of these compounds for their cellular
energy needs (cellular respiration). 430. A species that is introduced to an area
A. Gross from another location, usually by humans,
is known as-
B. Net
C. Total A. invasive species
D. Secondary B. endemic species
426. The net annual primary productivity of a C. keystone species

particular wetland ecosystem is found to D. endangered species
be 10, 000 kcal/m2 per year. If respira-
tion by the aquatic producers is 21, 000 431. what is an organism that breaks down
kcal/m2 per year, what is the gross an- dead tissue (that is then recycled into the
nual primary productivity for this ecosys- environment)?
tem, in kcal/m2 per year?
A. decomposer
A. 11, 000
B. 21, 000 B. producer
C. 31, 000 C. consumer

D. 41, 000 D. nutrient

432. What is a Generalist Species? 437. Give an example of Perennial Plant?

A. A generalist species is able to thrive in A. Algae
a wide variety of environmental conditions
B. Mushroom
and can make use of a variety of different
resources. C. Grass
B. A generalist species is limited on its D. Mango
options for the ecosystem.
438. The closer a biome is to the equator, the
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C. A species that is general and has no
more we would expect it to be
role in the environment.
A. warmer & wetter
D. none of above
B. warmer & drier
433. Find the definition for:Renewable Natu-
ral Resources C. cooler & wetter
A. A natural resource that is unlimited or D. cooler & drier

can be naturally reproduced.
439. The three types of biodiversity are:
B. A resource that can’t be reproduced.
A. Species
C. Sunlight
B. Genetic
D. none of above
C. Ecosystem
434. PROTEOBACTERIA ARE D. Mythical
A. BACTERIA
440. Why do deserts have hot deserts
B. GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIA
A. High pressure and little rainfall
C. MOST GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIA
B. Low pressure and little rainfall
D. NONE
C. mixture of high and low pressure
435. The life span of tortoise is nearly
years D. due to being found on the equator
A. 1000 441. What is full form of DNA?

B. 2 A. Diluted Nucleic Acid
C. 120 B. Deoxyribo New Acidic
D. none C. Deoxygenated Nucleic Acid
436. Based on the theory of island biogeogra- D. Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid
phy, which islands would have the highest
species richness? 442. frugivores eat
A. Large island, close to mainland A. grass
B. Small island, close to mainland B. fruits
C. Large island, far from mainland C. flesh of dead animals
D. Small island, far from mainland D. none

443. This area is a very harsh environment in 449. Compared to bacteria, viruses are much
the ocean due to tides crashing and reced-
ing.

A. smaller.
A. Coral Reef
B. larger.
B. Aphotic Zone
C. the same.
C. Abyss
D. none of above
D. Intertidal Zone
450. (Without human impacts) Species rich-
444. Amoeba reproduces by ness generally over time.
A. Regeneration A. Increases
B. Fragmentation
B. decreases
C. Fission
C. stays the same
D. Budding
D. war war never changes
445. The Lacey Act
451. A flagship species is best when it is:
A. Protects Marine Mammals
A. Charismatic
B. Prevents interstate trade of illegally
obtained animal goods B. Sensitive to environmental change
C. Protects all endangered species C. A generalist species
D. Established a “Red List” of threatened D. An insect
species.
452. Gene flow is most closely associated
446. What is relating to living things? with
A. biotic A. the sudden death of a species
B. abiotic B. the geological isolation of a species
C. ecosystem C. the reproductive isolation of a species
D. nutrient D. the migration of a species
447. Which biome has the least amount of bio- 453. According to binomial nomenclature, sci-
diversity? (the least different kinds of or- entific name of an organism consists
ganisms)
A. generic name
A. tropical rain forest
B. Specific epithet
B. savanna
C. grassland C. Both A & B
D. desert D. None of these
448. Who discovered and named cells? 454. The final stage of the cell cycle is called:
A. Captain Hook A. Interphase
B. Robert Hooke B. mitosis
C. Zacharias Janssen C. cytokinesis
D. Rudolf Virchow D. daughter cells

455. An example for probiotic bacteria is B. N2

A. Clostridium tetani C. NH3
B. Bacillus sp D. NO3
C. Lactobacillus sp
461. Moulds are microscopic fungi composed
D. E.coli of long filaments called
456. Which statement is true about cells? A. Mycelium
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A. Cells are the smallest unit of living B. Hyphae
world. C. Moulds
B. Cells are not living structures. D. None of these
C. Cells only require sunlight in order to
function. 462. One among the following bacteria can tol-
erate high temperatures.
D. Cells only exist in organisms with body
systems. A. Bacillus thuringiensis
B. Clostridium sp
457. What is the difference between primary
and secondary succcession? C. Thermus aquatics
A. Primary succession already has soil D. E.coli
B. Lichen and moss come in for sec- 463. As trees and plants grow, they remove
ondary succession carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and
C. Secondary succession already has soil effectively lock it away in their tissues.
D. Climax community is achieved quickly A. Provisioning
in primary succession
B. Regulating
458. What aquatic biome is characterized by C. Supporting
flowing fresh water?
D. Cultural
A. Lakes/Ponds
B. Mangroves Swamps 464. Why does the destruction of the Amazon
Rainforest threaten the whole world
C. Rivers/Streams
A. It produces approximately one fifth of
D. Coral Reefs the world’s oxygen.
459. As we go on lower from kingdom to B. Deforestation contributes to drought
species. the number of common characters conditions in some countries.
A. Goes on increasing C. It prevents the spread of polluted air
B. Goes on decreasing and water to other regions.
C. Remains Same D. The crops grown there account for
much of the world’s food supply.
D. No pattern is seen
465. A keystone species is best defined as
460. What is the formula for atmospheric ni-
trogen? A. an organism that eats all others
A. N B. an organism that runs the fastest

C. an organism that keeps the food web 471. ORDER OF DOG

stable A. PRIMATES

D. an organism that has the most advan- B. CARNIVORE
tages
C. DIPTERA
466. Primary succession would occur in all the D. SAPINDALES
following areas except..
472. What is the process of combining nitro-
A. bare rock gen gas with other elements to make ni-
B. after a volcanic eruption trogen into usable compounds?
C. sandy dunes A. nitrogen composition
D. an open field B. nitrogen fixation
C. ammonia
467. How much money does Brazil make from
Cattle Farming D. denitrification
A. 97 Billion 473. Give an example of Annual Plant?

B. 98 Billion A. Pea Plant
C. 99 Billion B. Raddish
D. 100 Billion C. Mango
D. Cactus
468. What are Ecosystem Services?
474. How is the majority of usable energy
A. A service that makes stuff that’s not
within an ecosystem “lost? ”
necessary for life.
A. Heat loss
B. An essential service that an ecosystem
provides to help support life. B. Energy used to grow biomass
C. Goods that humans can use directly. C. Cellular respiration

D. Energy used to capture prey
D. none of above
E. Heat is never lost; usable energy is
469. Which of these is an example of precipi- passed on with 100% efficiency
tation?
475. Aquatic biomes cover roughly how much
A. snow of the Earth’s surface
B. air A. 10%
C. clouds B. 25%
D. vapor C. 50%
470. Which organelle is only found in a plant D. 75%
cell? 476. NANADANKANAN IS A
A. nucleus A. ZOOLOGICAL PARK
B. chloroplast B. BOTANICAL PARK
C. mitochondria C. SANCTUARY
D. cell membrane D. WILD LIFE RESERVE

477. Diurnal and Nocturnal creatures share 483. Which of the following organisms do not
their resources through the use of which reproduce?
of the following processes? A. Mules
A. Competition B. Sterile worker bees
B. Resource Partitioning C. both a and b
C. Different trophic levels D. None
D. Coevolution
484. Endemic Definition:
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478. Which of the following are protozoa
A. A species that travels a lot.
found on bare rocks?
B. A disease that is new.
A. Lichens
C. A species that is native to where it is
B. Liver flora
found.
C. masses
D. none of above
D. Green algae
485. The farther a biome is from the equator,
479. Statement in the key is referred to as the more we would expect it to be
A. Lead A. warmer & wetter
B. Clue B. warmer & drier
C. Proof C. cooler & wetter
D. Both a & b D. cooler & drier
480. The total rate of photosynthesis in a 486. The factor that likely poses the greatest
given area. threat of extinction of species worldwide
A. cellular respiration is
B. net primary productivity A. weakening of environmental legisla-
C. gross primary productivity tion
D. primary productivity B. increase in hunting and fishing
C. aggressive collecting of specimens by
481. Which of the following shows reversible
museums and zoos
growth?
D. black market trade in endangered
A. Snow mountain
species
B. Bacteria
E. increasing loss of habitat
C. Euglena
487. Which of the following pairs is cor-
D. Spirogyra
rectly matched? (i) Fungi-Regeneration(ii)
482. Which watery biome has the lowest con- Mosses-Fragmentation(iii) Planaria-
centration of salt? Budding
A. freshwater A. Only (i)
B. ocean B. Both (i) and (iii)
C. coral reef C. Only (ii)
D. wetland D. Only (iii)

488. The first phase of mitosis is called 494. One of the following things cannot move
A. telophase by itself. This one is:

B. metaphase A. bird
C. anaphase B. worm
D. prophase C. bicycle
489. cultural value is value D. plant
A. Based on aesthetics
495. Which of the following is not an example
B. Based on benefits for humans of a small-scale ecosystem
C. Based on products for use A. A hedgerow
B. A pond
490. Protozoans are found in only soil choose C. A wood
True or False
D. An area of tropical rainforest
A. False
B. True 496. ORDER OF WHEAT
C. Confuse A. SAPINDALES
D. none of above B. POACEAE
491. Which description matches the definition C. POALES
for mutualism?
D. PRIMATA
A. One organism benefits and the other is
harmed. 497. What is the source of all energy on
B. Both organisms are harmed. Earth?
C. One organisms benefits and the other A. Biomass
is neither benefited nor harmed.
B. Primary producers
D. Both organisms benefit.
C. Sun
492. Which biome would be best suited for
D. Soil
plants and animals that can store water?
A. rainforest 498. choose the definition for selective breed-
B. desert ing
C. tundra A. crossing dissimilar individuals to bring
together the best of both organisms
D. ocean
B. the continued breeding of individuals
493. Animals with high ecological tolerance with similar characteristics
can survive in:
C. takes advantage of naturally occurring
A. Extreme environments
genetic variations in plants, animals, and
B. A wider range of environments other organisms to pass desired traits on
C. A smaller range of environments to the next generation of organisms
D. Only very specific environments D. none of above

499. If a trait on one extreme is favored, what 505. Energy enters most ecosystems as
kind of selection will you have? A. moving air
A. Directional B. water currents
B. Stabilizing C. sunlight
C. Disruptive
D. electricity
D. Sexual
506. A giraffe has a long neck in order to bet-
500. Water is known as because so many
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ter reach leaves to eat. This is an example
substances can dissolve in it. of
A. liquid A. an adaptation
B. capillary action B. environment
C. changing state C. response
D. universal solvent D. stimulus
501. How much of the amazon rainforest is 507. What is formed during primary succes-
lost a year, in hectares? sion that doesn’t need to be formed during
A. 70 million secondary succession?
B. 68 million A. pioneer species
C. 80 million B. soil
D. 78 million C. climax community
502. Protozoa approximatly size is D. lichens
A. 200 mm 508. An organism that uses an outside source
B. 2000 mm of energy like the sun to create energy-rich
C. 2 mm food molecules.
D. 20 mm A. Consumer
B. Producer
503. The ecological role an organism performs
in their specific environment is considered C. Decomposer
the organism’s D. Parasite
A. Habitat
509. Which of the following statements is true
B. Population of the phosphorus cycle?
C. Biome A. Phosphorus enters the atmosphere as
D. Niche phosphates.
B. The phosphorus cycle utilizes the pro-
504. Which factor promotes competition be-
cesses of erosion, and weathering.
tween organisms in an ecosystem?
A. cycling of minerals C. Phosphates are used in carbohydrate
and glucose storage.
B. limited resources
D. The phosphorus cycle utilizes bacteria
C. decomposition of organic matter to breakdown phosphates and make them
D. presence of saprophytes available for plants.

510. What type of fungi is used to help bread C. Local name

rise? D. Height of plant

A. mushrooms
516. Which of the following disturbances
B. yeast would result in secondary succession?
C. mold A. A volcano eruption
D. truffles B. Clear-cutting in the woods
C. Lava flowing over the surface of an
511. Are added to cheese to give special
area
flavours
D. Glacier sliding down the face of a
A. Pencillium
mountain
B. Aspergillus
517. Which of the following aquatic ecosys-
C. Microsporium tems has the highest biodiversity?
D. Both a and b A. Open ocean
512. The tropical savanna & temperate grass- B. Rainforest
land are both types of grasslands. What C. Coral reef
differentiates them is the fact that
D. Freshwater stream
A. the savanna is hotter E. Aphotic/Abyssal zone
B. the savanna is cooler
518. This is NOT a part of the phosphorus cy-
C. the grassland is hotter cle.
D. the grassland receives much more pre- A. Phosphate is incorporated into sedi-
cipitation mentary rocks
513. Invasive species B. Phosphate bound to soil
A. Are not native to an area C. Atmospheric phosphate
D. Phosphate is absorbed from the soil by
B. Are native to an area
plants
C. Have no predators
519. of the Earth’s water is located in
D. Have predators
A. ground water
514. Which of these is NOT away of reducing B. the ocean
Desertification
C. lakes, rivers, and streams
A. Water and Soil Management
D. glaciers
B. Tree planting
520. Exemplified by starlings displacing blue-
C. ‘Magic Stones’ in Burkina Faso birds from nesting sites.
D. Using watering cans A. Commensalism
515. The label of herbarium sheet does not B. Parasitism
carry information on C. Mutualism
A. Date of vollection D. Predation
B. Name of collector E. Competition

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521. choose the definition for hybridization 523. Which biome is characterized by the pres-
A. crossing dissimilar individuals to bring ence of permafrost?
together the best of both organisms A. temperate seasonal forest
B. the continued breeding if individuals B. woodland/shrubland
with similar characteristics
C. tundra
C. takes advantage of naturally occurring
D. boreal forest
genetic variation in plants, animals, and
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other organism to pass desired traits on 524. When an animal dies, the once-living mat-
to the next generation of organisms ter from the animal’s body
D. none of above A. regenerates so the animal can live
again
522. Exemplified by ticks on a deer.
A. Commensalism B. is broken down and passes into the soil
and air
B. Parasitism
C. remains exactly the same for millions
C. Mutualism of years
D. Predation D. disintegrates into small particles that
E. Competition eventually disappear
1.2 Biological Classification

1. Some snake embryos have small buds re- 3. All of the following types of informa-
sembling limbs. These buds disappear at tion can be learned from the fossil record
later stages of embryonic development. EXCEPT-
These observations suggest that these
A. the anatomy of various species.
snakes-
A. will have offspring with limbs. B. the common ancestry of organisms.
B. had a parent with working limbs. C. the future evolution of major groups.
C. evolved from a limbed ancestor. D. the geographical range of populations.
D. none of above
4. Alec studied an unknown microscopic, uni-
2. Lions and tigers both belong to the genus cellular organisms and recorded his obser-
Panthera. Cheetahs belong to the genus vations. He noted that the organism had
Acinonyx. Scientists group these 3 types DNA, ribosomes and a cell wall, but no nu-
of cats together at the next most inclu- cleus or other membrane bound organelles.
sive taxonomic level. Which of these taxo- Based on Alec’s observations, the organ-
nomic levels do lions, tigers, and cheetahs ism would best be classified as a
have in common Class Species Family
A. virus
A. 1 and 2
B. 1 and 3 B. protist
C. 2 and 3 C. fungus
D. 1, 2 and 3 D. bacteria

5. Which Level of Classification has the 11. What level of biological taxa includes Chor-
largest and most diverse grouping of liv- data, Mollusca, Echinodermata, Arthro-
ing things? poda, and Cnidaria?

A. Phylum A. Kingdoms
B. Species B. Phylums
C. kingdom C. Classes
D. Genus D. Orders
6. A plant species lives in an area with lim- 12. LEAFY STAGE OF MOSSES IS
ited sunlight. Which physiological adapta- A. SPOROPHYTE
tion would be most useful to the plant? B. GAMETOPHYTE
A. colorful flowers C. DIPLOID STAGE
B. large leaves D. NONE OF THE ABOVE
C. deep roots
13. IMPERFECT FUNGI
D. thin cuticle
A. BASIDIO MYCETES
7. The father of taxonomy is: B. ASCOMYCETES
A. Christopher Columbus C. DEUTEROMYCETES
B. Plato D. ALGAE
C. Carolus Linnaeus 14. Which type of animal has hair/fur and
D. Avi G. gives milk to its young?
8. FERN IS A. amphibian
A. A PTERIDOPHYTE B. reptile
B. AND GYMNOSPERM C. mammal
C. AN ANGIOSPERM D. fish
D. A BRYOPHYTE 15. Which of the following does not apply to
binomial nomenclature?
9. WHO NAMED TWO KINGDOM SYSTEM OF
A. Uses Latin words
CLASSIFICATION
B. Universal (system used worldwide)
A. ROBERT SON
C. Changes over time
B. CAMELO GOLGI
D. Based on two names
C. R H WHITTAKER
D. CARLOUS LINNAEUS 16. Which best helps scientist explore the re-
lationship between modern organisms and
10. NOSTOC AND ANABENA HAS A SPECIAL ancestral species to create a system of bi-
PART FOR NITROGEN FIXATION. THAT IS ological classification?
A. HOLD FAST A. fossils
B. MYCORRHIZA B. volcanic ash
C. LICHEN C. DNA evidence
D. HETEROCYST D. igneous rock layers

17. Two different species of organisms would 21. Which of the following is NOT the main cri-
demonstrate molecular homology if they- teria for classification proposed by Whit-
taker?
A. exhibited similarities in their amino
acid sequence. A. Cell structure
B. had bones that looked similar under B. Mode of nutrition
the microscope. C. Locomotion
C. depended on the same nutrients to D. Phylogenetic Relationship
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survive.
22. The position and shape of the bones in
D. depended on the same nutrients to sur- the forelimbs of four present-day verte-
vive. brates were studied. Two of the organ-
isms seemed to be more closely related to
18. Bird wings and insect wings are analogous each other than to the other vertebrates.
structures. Which can most likely be con- This relationship was most likely based on
cluded? evidence using the field of-
A. Insects evolved from birds A. comparative anatomy
B. Birds evolved from insects. B. DNA sequences
C. Birds and insects have a close com- C. biochemistry
mon ancestor.
D. fossil record
D. Birds and insects do not have a close
common ancestor 23. What is binomial nomenclature?
A. A two name naming system
19. Which of the following kingdoms includes
B. A two headed turtle
both unicellular and multicellular?
C. A two grouped system to classify
A. Kingdom Monera
D. A two lensed microscope
B. Kingdom Protista
24. “Algae” is a general term used to describe
C. Kingdom Plantae
like protists.
D. Kingdom Animalia
A. Plant
20. Which of the following is not common B. Fungi
characteristics of plants and animals in C. Animal
Five kingdom classificationi) Eukaryotic
cell typeii) Presence of Cell walliii) Pres- D. Bacteria
ence of Organ system iv) Presence of Nu-
25. Who was the first person to base a sys-
clear membraneChose the correct combina-
tem of classification on organisms having
tion from below options
similar structures?
A. i) and ii) A. Aristotle
B. ii) and iv) B. Darwin
C. i) and iii) C. Einstein
D. ii) and iii) D. Linnaeus

26. A family is taking a trip from NC to Florida C. PHYCOMYCETES

this summer. As their car burns gasoline in
D. NONE OF THE ABOVE
the engine, it converts

A. chemical energy into mechanical en- 31. What materials are produced by the plant
ergy as a result of photosynthesis?
B. kinetic energy to potential energy A. Water and oxygen
C. thermal energy to electrical energy B. Food(sugar) and oxygen
D. mechanical energy to kinetic energy C. Leaves and stems
27. The correct order for the levels of Lin- D. none of above
naeus’s classification system, from most
general to most specific is 32. In the scientific name Homo sapien,
A. phylum, kingdom, family, class, order, “sapien” is the name of the ?
genus, species A. kingodm
B. kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, B. phylum
genus, species
C. genus
C. species, genus, kingdom, family, or-
der, class, phylum D. species
D. kingdom, species, class, order, family, 33. PHYCOBIONT IS
genus, phylum
A. LICHEN
28. What is the main function of leaves?
B. ALGAE
A. Leaves provide support for growth and
a place to store food. C. FUNGI
B. Leaves provide a place for photosyn- D. BOTH ALGAE AND FUNGI

thesis to occur.
34. Why do scientists classify living things?
C. Leaves absorb water and minerals and
transport nutrients to the stem. A. It helps scientists trap species to
study
D. Leaves create a barrier that prevents
water in the plant’s tissues from evaporat- B. It is easier to study organisms when
ing. grouped
C. It is a good way to keep organisms
29. An organism’s scientific name consists of
calm
A. its class name and its family name.
D. It is helpful when dissecting an organ-
B. its genus name and its species name. ism
C. its kingdom name and its phylum
name. 35. SLIME MOLDS ARE
D. its phylum name and its species name. A. SAPROPHYTES
30. ARE COMMONLY CALLED SAC FUNGI B. PARASITIC

A. BASIDIOMYCETES C. HOLOPHYTES
B. ASCOMYCETES D. ANIMALS

36. The scientific name for an organism is B. promotes genetic variation

made from the:
C. reduces genetic variation
A. class and family name
D. none of above
B. genus and species name
C. domain and kingdom name 42. What process is most responsible for the
D. kingdom and phylum name extinction of most species of plants and an-
imals that have lived on Earth?
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37. Why do scientists classify organisms?
A. gene mutation
A. It helps identify relationships between
organisms. B. environmental changes
B. It requires them to clearly identify key C. selective breeding
characteristics of each organism.
D. decrease in reproduction
C. It avoids confusion.
D. All of the choices are correct. 43. Which of these characteristics BEST helps
scientists classify organisms?
38. Taxonomists determine into which
taxa(group) to classify an organism based A. size
on: B. color
A. anatomical features and environment C. gender
B. environment and general color
D. structure
C. anatomical features and genetics
D. genetics and environment 44. SYMBIOTIC ASSOCIATION OF FUNGI
WITH ROOTS OF HIGHER PLANTS
39. Which process results in greater genetic di-
versity in offspring? A. MYCOBIONT
A. genetic linkage B. LICHEN
B. recombination of DNA during meiosis C. MYCORRHIZA
C. crossing-over during mitosis D. PHYCOBIONT
D. rearrangement of chromosomes in
germ cells 45. While hiking through Granville State For-
est, a student finds an unusual organism
40. What language do we use when classify- that appears to lack chlorophyll. Upon fur-
ing organisms? ther study, the student notices that the
A. Greek organism is multi-cellular and heterotropic.
B. Latin To which of the following domains does it
belong?
C. English
A. Animalia
D. Dutch
B. Eubacteria
41. Which best describes the purpose of mix-
ing gene pools? C. Eukarya
A. increases the number of organisms D. Plante

46. How can migration enhance the survival of 51. Adaptation is

organisms?
A. the process that makes an organism

A. Migration causes adaptations to occur look better
more frequently.
B. the process in which weak organisms
B. Migration helps organisms to avoid are killed off
predators.
C. the process in which an organism be-
C. Migration requires organisms to exert comes better adapted to its environment
a lot of energy.
D. the process in which oxygen is trans-
D. Migration makes finding necessary re- formed into glucose
sources more likely.
52. The correct order of species classification
47. In what kingdom would scientists most
is:
likely classify a multicellular, nonmotile
(non-moving), photosynthetic organism A. Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Or-
with a cell wall containing cellulose? der, Family, Genus, Species
A. Animalia B. Kingdom, Phylum, Genus, Species,
B. Fungi Class, Order, Domain, Family
C. Plantae C. Kingdom, Family, Order, Class, Phy-
lum, Domain, Genus, Species
D. none of above
D. Domain, Order, Kingdom, Family,
48. Modern Humans are classified as the Class, Phylum, Genus, Species
species
A. Homo habilis 53. Which statement about Three kingdom
classification is not True?
B. Neanderthal
A. It was proposed by E. Haeckel
C. Homo sapiens
D. Hominid B. A new kingdom Monera was intro-
duced
49. THEY LACK PROTEIN COAT C. The kingdom included unicellular ani-
A. BACTERIOPHAGE mals, algae and fungi
B. TMV D. Organisms do not have tissue level or-
C. VIROIDS ganisation
D. VIRUS 54. Based on their scientific names which of
50. Over time, the length of giraffes’ necks the following conclusions about the classi-
changed slightly to allow them to reach fication of Bradypus torquatus and Brady-
taller trees. How should this change be pus variegatus is most likely correct? The
classified? 2 organisms belong to:
A. mutation A. the same species

B. adaptation B. the same genus
C. acquired trait C. different kingdoms
D. genetic constant D. none of above

55. Which of the following would suggest that B. A species that eats a specific food will
two species shared a common ancestor? more likely survive.
A. They have similar needs in terms of C. A species with increased genetic diver-
diet. sity will more likely survive.
B. Their fossils were discovered in the D. A species whose individuals have iden-
same location. tical traits will more likely survive.
C. They use the same means of locomo-
60. The mode of nutrition found in most Proto-
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tion.
zoa is
D. Their genes share many commonali-
A. autotrophic
ties.
B. chemotrophic
56. Scientists think that dolphins and whales
C. photosynthetic
may have evolved from a common ances-
tor. What evidence supports this hypothe- D. heterotrophic
sis?
61. SPHERICAL BACTERIA ARE CALLED
A. They swim the same way
A. BACILLUS
B. They eat the same food.
B. COCCUS
C. They live in the same area of the
ocean. C. SPIRILLA
D. They have similar anatomies. D. VIBRO
57. Which part of the plant allows it to take 62. Which of the following is not a kingdom in
in most carbon dioxide? Copeland’s Four Kingdom Classification?
A. Stem A. Monera
B. Leaves B. Protista
C. Seed C. Fungi
D. Flower D. Animalia
58. Two organisms, Paramecium caudatum 63. The three domains are Archaea, , and
and Paramecium aurelia, were observed in
a drop of pond water on a slide.These two A. Bacteria, Eukarya
organisms are members of
B. Eukarya, Fungi
A. the same genus and species
C. Cyanobacteria, Animals
B. the same genus but different species
D. Animals, Plants
C. the same species but different genera
64. These are animal like protists.
D. different species and different genera
A. Protozoa
59. Which is true about the ability of a species
to survive? B. Algae
A. A species that is able to migrate will C. Bacteria

more likely survive. D. Slime molds

65. SPOROPHYTE IS PHASE OF LIFE CYCLE C. the disappearance of a species’ fossils

A. HAPLOID D. the increase in predators of the

B. DIPLOID species
C. POLYPLOID 70. Scientists discover a new invertebrate

in the rain forest of Argentina. This
D. NONE OF THE ABOVE
small creature has:Exoskeleton 2 Body
66. Algae are not considered as plants even segments 8 legs 8 eyes Chelicerae (pair
though they are autotrophic because of appendages near the mouth)Jointed ap-
pendages To what known animal would
A. they lack true roots, stems and leaves this new invertebrate be most closely re-
B. do not have cuticle lated?
C. do not have multicellular gametangia A. Mosquito (Insecta)
D. all of the choices B. Lobster (Crustacean)
C. Scorpion (Arachnida)
67. Two populations of a species of flightless
bird became separated by a river and the D. none of above
birds became two different species. How
71. Which would best allow a species to sur-
would scientists be able to discover that
vive environmental changes?
the two species of birds share a common
ancestor? Scientists can look for similari- A. similar physical features
ties in- B. low mutation rate
A. body coverings. C. small population
B. genetic similarities. D. genetic diversity
C. food choices.
72. An organism made up of more than one cell
D. mating rituals. would be called:
68. Animals in class Mammalia and Aves A. multicellular

(birds) are also in the phylum chordata. B. unicellular
Which of the following characteristics do C. heterotroph
organisms in the class Mammalia and the
class Aves have in common? D. autotroph
A. Spinal cord protected by a vertebral 73. How do flowers help a plant complete its
column life cycle?
B. Lightweight hollow bones A. By absorbing water
C. Specialized teeth adapted to a specific B. Making the plant germinate
diet C. By pollination and making seeds
D. none of above D. none of above
69. Which evidence would best support the ex- 74. How are the relationships determined be-
tinction of a past species? tween species in order to classify them?
A. the loss of a species’ habitat A. DNA
B. the evolution of a new species B. Physical characteristics

C. Fossils 80. The scientific name for the fruit fly is

D. All of the above Drosophila melanogaster. What classifi-
cation group does the word Drosophila
75. In an ecosystem, which list of organisms is refers to?
in the correct order from producer to top- A. kingdom
level consumer?
B. phylum
A. field mouse, grass, hawk, snake
C. genus
B. snake, field mouse, hawk, grass
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D. species
C. snake, grass, field mouse, hawk
D. grass, field mouse, snake, hawk 81. Which of the following is the unique char-
acteristic of organisms in Kingdom Pro-
76. Who first proposed the theory of evolution tista? i. Eukaryoticii. All of them are
by natural selection heterotrophsiii. Can only reproduce sex-
uallyiv. Can be found in dry place
A. Darwin
A. i only
B. Linnaeus
B. ii and iii only
C. Mendeleev
C. i, ii and iii only
D. Wegener
D. all of the above
77. Based on their taxonomic classification,
which 2 organisms share the the most re- 82. Based on skeletal type, body symmetry,
cent common ancestor? and body segmentation, which of the fol-
lowing groups of organisms are likely to
A. Squid and octopus (Same class)
be most closely related?
B. Lobster and eel (Same kingdom)
A. Vertebrates, crustaceans, and flat-
C. Chimpanzee and gorilla (Same family) worms
D. Iguana and mouse (Same phylum) B. Centipedes, crustaceans, and insects
78. Which of the following list the 3 DOMAINS C. Cnidarians (jellyfish/sea anemones),
accepted by most scientists? flatworms, and annelid worms
A. Archaea, Prokaryotes, Eukaryotes D. none of above
B. Bacteria, Fungi, Protista 83. The science of classifying and naming or-
C. Eukarya, Archaea, Bacteria ganisms is
D. Bacteria, Protista, Eukaryotes A. taxonomy

B. grouping
79. After pollination, the content inside the
pollen moves to the where fertilization C. anatomy
occurs. D. evolution
A. Stem 84. An example of stuctural/physical adapta-
B. Ovaries tion is
C. Leaves A. blood type
D. none of above B. bioluminescence

C. camouflage 89. Which is the main cause of the variation in

traits within a population of organisms?
D. migration

A. genetic mutations
85. Which of the following scientific names is B. common ancestors
written correctly? (look closely)
C. reduction of habitats
A. Canis familiaris
D. environmental conditions
B. Bufo americanis
90. All of the following can be told from the
C. felis Domesticus
fossil record EXCEPT-
D. panthera tigris
A. the order in which organisms ap-
peared.
86. Humans, birds, whales, and lizards all
have similar arm bones. What is the rea- B. the number of organisms that existed.
son for this? C. the environment the organisms lived
A. The function of these bones is the in.
same in all animals D. the approximate age of past organ-
B. They live in similar environments isms.
C. They have a common ancestor 91. An organisms scientific name represents:

D. All organisms resemble humans A. kingdom and order.
B. family and genus.
87. The knowledge of the species name of an
organism most importantly indicates for C. genus and species.
scientists- D. genus and class.
A. precisely where the organism lives in
92. The organisms of what kingdom possess
the world
these traits? Eukaryotic cells Photosyn-
B. the life span of the organism thetic Cellulose Cell Wall
C. which organisms have reproductive A. Eubacteria
potential with one another B. Fungi
D. the color of external features C. Plantae
88. The 8 levels of classification, from most D. Monera
broad to most specific, are
93. What do transitional fossils best sup-
A. Domain, Genus, Family, Order, Class, port?
Phylum, Kingdom, Species
A. the Theory of Biological Evolution
B. Domain, Species, Kingdom, Genus, B. the Law of Superposition
Phylum, Family, Class, Order
C. the Theory of Geological Evolution
C. Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Or-
der, Family, Genus, Species D. the Theory of Continental Drift
D. Order, Kingdom, Species, Domain, Phy- 94. Why do scientists organize living things
lum, Family, Class, Genus into groups?

A. so they can find them in the wild more C. the process of identifying different
easily types of animals
B. so that the organisms are easier to D. the study of animals
study
99. A wolf’s scientific name is Canis rufus.
C. so they can make sense of the variety Which genus does it belong to?
of rocks on Earth.
A. Canis
D. none of above
B. rufus
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95. GONYAULAX CAUSE RED TIDE IN THE C. wolf
OCEAN. THIS SPECIES COMES UNDER
D. animal
A. CHRYSOPHYTES
100. Tigers and household cats are members
B. DINOFLAGELLATES of the same family; however, their sizes
C. EUGLENOPHYTES are vastly different. What is the cause of
D. PROTOZOANS this difference?
A. biochemical makeup
96. The five kingdom classification includes the
B. behavioral makeup
following kingdoms
C. genetics
A. Monera, Algae, Fungi, Plantae, Ani-
malia D. habitat size
B. Bacteria, Algae, Fungi, Plantae, Ani- 101. According to Darwin’s theory on natural
malia selection, the traits that survive and con-
C. Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Ani- tinue in future generations are-
malia A. caused by response to stress
D. Bacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Ani- B. made by environmental change
malia C. already present in the population
97. Using a standard hierarchical system al- D. introduced by immigrating species
lows scientists from all over the world to
102. The lowest level in biological classifica-
A. determine which common ancestor an tion is the
organism came from
A. genus
B. understand the ecological pyramid of
B. family
the different organisms
C. species
C. use a common way to classify organ-
isms D. order
D. understand if they have similar skele- 103. Which is the correct way of writing the
tal structures scientific name for human?
98. What is classification? A. homosapien
A. organizing things into groups accord- B. homo sapien
ing to shared characteristics C. Homo sapien
B. making a list of organisms D. Homo Sapien

104. What type of species has the best chance B. taxidermy

of surviving through significant environ- C. taxonomy
mental change?

D. zoology
A. genetically-diverse species
B. genetically homogeneous species 110. What functions do leaves perform?
C. species with highly-specialized traits A. Leaves perform transpiration and pho-
tosynthesis
D. none of above
B. Leaves give shade
105. Many scientists think that burning fossil
C. Leaves do not function
fuels has increased the amount of carbon
dioxide in our atmosphere. What effect D. none of above
would the increase of carbon dioxide most
111. Over time, honey suckle flowers devel-
likely have on our planet?
oped a sweet smell to attract pollinators.
A. a cooler climate This is and example of
B. a warmer climate A. selective breeding
C. lower relative humidity B. dichotomous key
D. more ozone in the atmosphere C. natural selection
106. If the xylem in a young tree is damaged, D. extinction
which process is first affected?
112. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS NOT
A. performing photosynthesis INCLUDED IN THE CRITERIA OF CLASSIFI-
B. transporting sugar to the roots CATION BY FIVE KINGDOM SYSTEM?
C. transporting water to the leaves A. MODE OF NUTRITION
D. absorbing water from the soil B. PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIP
107. A gram stain can be used to distinguish C. NATURE OF CELL WALL
between different type(s) of D. MODE OF REPRODUCTION
A. bacteria 113. Scientific names are made up of the
B. protists and
C. bacteria and protists A. family and genus
D. bacteria viruses B. genus and species
108. MONERA INCLUDES C. kingdom and phylum
A. PLANTS D. class and order
B. ALL THE SINGLE CELLED PROKARY- 114. Over time, corn plants are bred to make
OTIC larger corn cobs and kernels. This is and
C. MULTICELLULAR example of
D. FUNGI A. selective breeding
109. The branch of Biology that studies the B. dichotomous key

classification of living organisms is called C. natural selection
A. cytology D. extinction

1.3 Plant Kingdom 64
1.3 Plant Kingdom

1. What plants are in Division Lycophyta? 7. When the plant responds to touch
A. rattan A. Phototropism
B. Chong Nang Klee B. Thigmotropism
C. moss C. Gravitropism
D. Velcro
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D. Hydrotropism
2. Nonvascular plants
8. The large vacuole stores food, water, en-
A. take the water through its roots zymes and
B. takes water in through condensation
A. pollen
C. take the water in through its surround-
B. stems
ing environment
D. none of above C. waste
D. chlorophyll
3. Why Gymnosperms is more advance com-
pared to Pteridophyes? 9. Why is photosynthesis important for
A. Vascular plants plants?
B. Sporophyte generation is dominant A. It gets rid of waste.
C. Produce seed B. It attracts insect to help pollinate
D. Has true roots, stems and leaves C. It changes oxygen into carbon dioxide
4. which one of the following is D. It uses light energy to make food en-
A. Dryopteris ergy for the plant
B. Sallvinia 10. Gemma cups are and present in-
C. Adiantum A. Unicellular, green asexual buds in
D. Equisetum Marchantia
5. A anchors a nonvascular seedless plant B. Multicellular, non green asexual buds
to a surface. in Marchantia
A. cuticle C. Multicellular, green asexual buds in
Marchantia
B. frond
C. rhizoid D. Unicellular, non green asexual buds in
Marchantia
D. stoma
11. What do plants need to grow?
6. leaves become modifies into spines in
A. cactus A. Sunlight and water
B. onion B. Sunlight, air, and water
C. oxalis C. Sunlight and soil
D. silk cotton D. sunlight, soil, water and air

12. Oogamous type of sexual reproduction is 18. pteridophyta differ from bryophyta in hav-
present in- ing

A. Ulothrix A. vascular tissue
B. Volvox and fucus B. archegonia
C. Spirogyra C. alternation of generation
D. Endorina D. motile sperm
13. Plant cells that are specialized for cell divi- 19. Select the wrong statement.
sion are most likely found in what part of
A. Isogametes are similar in structure,
the plant?
function and behavious
A. root tips
B. Anisogametes differ either in struc-
B. leaf epidermis ture, function and behaviour
C. stem epidermis C. In oomycetes female gamete is
D. vascular tissue smaller and motile, while male gametes
is larger and non-motile
14. Spirogyra is classified under
D. Chamydomonas exhibits both isogamy
A. Protista and anisogamy and fucus shows oogamy
B. Monera
20. What are some adaptations plants use
C. Plantae
to maintain homeostasis in order to sur-
D. Algae vive?
15. Find the incorrect match from the following A. Tropisms
pairs i) Psilopsida-Psilotum, ii) Lycopsida- B. Long Day
Lycopodium iii) Sphenopsida-Selaginella
C. Annuals
iv) Pteropsida-Pteris
D. all of the above
A. i)
B. ii) 21. The Amazing Plant Kingdom Chloroplasts
C. iii) trap light energy is to water enters the
leaf; as sperm fertilizes the egg cell is to
D. iv)
16. Kingdom Plantae is A. sugar leaves the leaf
A. autotrophic B. seed grows into a new plant
B. heterotrophic C. oxygen is produced
C. unicellular D. egg cell becomes a seed
D. prokaryotic
22. How do seedless vascular plants repro-
17. Monocots have duce?
A. Two Seed leaves A. by producing spores
B. Parallel veined leaves B. by making seeds
C. Flowers in multiples of 4-5 C. by making gametes
D. All of the above D. by making vascular tissues

23. Flower parts in dicots are in multiples of? 29. Which of the following plants use photo-
A. 4 synthesis to make food?
A. Grass
B. 7
B. Fern
C. 3
C. Sunflower
D. 2
D. Oak Tree
24. Non-vascular plants: which division?
30. How do nutrients move through nonvascu-
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A. Division Lycophyta lar plants?
B. Division Bryophyta A. Along stems
C. Division Coniferophyta B. From cell to cell
D. none of above C. Through leaves
D. Through roots
25. What types of roots do monocots have
31. Trees have a hard and strong stem called
A. Taproot
B. Fibrous
A. stem
C. Monocots don’t have roots B. trunk
D. Red ones C. root
26. How many cotyledons does a moncot D. none of above
have? 32. In a fern life cycle, the is the dominant
A. none generation.
B. one A. haploid gametophyte
C. two B. haploid sporophyte
D. depends on the season C. diploid gametophyte
D. diploid sporophyte
27. Plants can grow in any shape and size.
33. What part of the flower will turn into a
A. True
fruit?
B. False A. petal
C. None of the above B. ovary
D. none of above C. ovule
28. The vascular tissue of plants is MOST sim- D. stamen
ilar in function to what structures in the 34. Name three types of Seedless vascular
human body? plants.
A. The veins, arteries, and capillaries A. club mosses
B. The bone cells of the skeletal system B. liverworts
C. The cardiac muscle of the heart C. ferns
D. The outer layer of skin tissue D. horsetails

35. Both gymnosperms and angiosperms 41. Plants are

A. produce seeds. A. living things

B. posses vascular tissues. B. non-living things
C. has flower C. both are correct
D. lack a free-living gametophyte stage.
D. none of above
36. During the moss life cycle, sperm cells are
carried to the egg by the 42. Which of the following organelles do plant
cells have?
A. wind
A. cell wall
B. water
C. insects B. large vacuole
D. none of above C. chloroplast

D. all of the above
37. The part of the plant that holds the plant
in place and absorbs water and minerals 43. The is the tiny plant inside of a seed.
from the soil.
A. cotyledon
A. stem
B. roots B. embryo
C. leaves C. seed coat

D. none of above D. flower
38. ALL plants are 44. Ferns and mosses are

A. eukaryotic A. Non-flowering plants
B. prokaryotic B. Flowering plants
C. unicellular
C. Gymnosperms
D. mutlicellular
D. Angiosperms
39. which one of the following is a vascular
cryptogam? 45. What is a simple definition of phloem?
A. Equisetum A. Carries water through the plant
B. Ginkgo B. Carries nutrients through the plant
C. Marchanita C. Leaf inside the seed
D. Cedrus D. Leaf on a fern
40. Hard outer coverings that protect the bod-
46. Xylem and phloem are examples of tis-
ies of some animals without backbones are
sue
called
A. invertebrates A. Spores
B. internal B. Nonvascular
C. vertebrates C. Seeds
D. exoskeletons D. Vascular

47. In the prothallus of a vascular cryptogam, 52. Which animal phyla is the only one that are
the antherozoids and eggs mature at dif- classified as vertebrates?
ferent times, as a result A. Sponges
A. there is no change in success rate of B. Echinoderms
fertilisation
C. Chordates
B. there is high degree of sterility
D. Cnidarian
C. one can conclude that the plant is
53. Division Coniferophyta includes which
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apomictic
plants?
D. self fertilisation is prevented
A. two pine trees
48. Which structure serves the same function B. pine tail
as the yolk of a bird egg? C. dismembered grass
A. fruit D. cycads
B. cuticle
54. chlorophyll a c and xanthophylls are
C. seed present in
D. cotyledon A. pheophyceae
B. chlorophyceae
49. Which one of the following is wrong about
Chara? C. rhodophycea
A. Upper oogoniu and lower round an- D. none

theridium 55. these plants have a system of tubes to
B. Globule and nucule present on the carry water and nutrients from the roots
same plant to the leaves
C. Upper antheridium and lower oogo- A. mosses
nium B. vascular
D. Globule is male reproductive structure C. non-vascular
D. tropisms
50. What do seedless vascular plants use to
produce? 56. What is a simple definition of xylem?
A. Abundant Supply of Sperm Cells A. Carries water through the plant
B. Flower B. Carries nutrients through the plant
C. Spores C. Leaf inside the seed
D. Eggs D. Leaf on a fern

57. The place where animals and other living
51. Identify Filamentous Algae- things live is called
A. Ice A. Habitat
B. Volvox B. Ecosystem
C. Chlamydomonas C. Community
D. Ulothrix and Spirogyra D. Population

58. Name a characteristic of the plant kingdom 64. phototropism

A. Multi celled A. response to light

B. Mostly single celled B. response to tough
C. Single celled C. response to gravity
D. Lacks a nucleus D. response to water
59. What is the common name for An- 65. Cells that do not have a true nucleus are
giosperms? called
A. Flowering plants A. eukaryote
B. Conifers
B. prokaryote
C. Ferns
C. unicellular
D. Mosses and Liverworts
D. multicellular
60. Which of the following can you definitely
say by ONLY LOOKING at an orange? 66. Vascular plants
A. It is juicy. A. Take water in through its surroundings
B. It is round. B. takes water in through roots
C. It is sweet. C. takes water in through condensation
D. It is heavy. D. none of above
61. A seed is a form of reproduction. 67. During pollination in plants, pollen grains
A. sexual land on to the:
B. asexual A. carpel
C. simple B. anther
D. none of above C. stigma
62. The structure that functions as the main D. pistil

food producer for the survival of the plant 68. Plants with unprotected seeds belongs to
is the
A. stem
A. pteridophytes
B. flower
B. gymnosperms
C. leaf
C. angiosperms
D. root
D. bryophytes
63. Fucoxanthin, Chl.a, Chl.c, Carotenoid and
Xanthophylls pigments are present in- 69. Plants NEED these to DO photosynthesis
A. Rhodophyceae A. water
B. Chlorophyceae B. oxygen
C. Phaeophyceae C. carbon dioxide
D. In all the above D. glucose

70. What is the function of the cuticle on a 76. What part of a plant transports water
leaf? from the root to the plant’s stem and
A. to keep water from entering the leaf leaves?
A. root hairs
B. to keep water from leaving the leaf
B. phloem
C. to keep bacteria out of the leaf
C. xylem
D. to keep oxygen in the leaf
D. cuticle
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71. Bryophytes are commonly called as-
77. When the plant responds to gravtiy
A. Snakes of plant kingdom A. Phototropism
B. Amphibians of plant kingdom B. Thigmotropism
C. First vascular plants C. Gravitropism
D. Flowering plants D. Hydrotropism
72. Zygotic meiosis is characteristic of 78. In bryophytes and pteridophytes, trans-
port of male gametes requires
A. Marchantia
A. insects
B. Fucus
B. birds
C. Funaria
C. water
D. Chlamydomonas
D. wind
73. Some of the most common vertebrates are 79. Vascular plants with seeds are split into
, birds, reptiles, and fish. what two groups?
A. spiders A. angiosperms & bryosperms
B. squid B. gymnosperms & angiosperms
C. mammals C. gametophytes & sporophytes
D. starfish D. sporophytes & gymnosperms
74. Which group does NOT have roots? 80. Using water from the soil, carbon dioxide
from the air, and energy from the sun to
A. mosses
make food
B. ferns
A. classification
C. gymnosperms B. xylem
D. angiosperms C. photosynthesis
75. Which kingdoms have some organisms D. fertilization
that can make their own food (autotrophic 81. Which of the following plants do not have
)? seeds
A. Plantae and Animalia A. Pine Tree
B. Fungi and Plantae B. Horsetail
C. Protista and Plantae C. Rose
D. none of above D. Fern

82. Double fertilisation does not include 88. Which of the following statements is TRUE
A. syngamy about the prothallus of Dryopteris?

B. triple fusion A. Haploid and dependent on the sporo-
phyte generation
C. gametogenesis
B. Diploid and dependent on the gameto-
D. fusion of male gamete with polar nu- phyte generation
clei
C. Haploid and free living
83. The process by which plants make food
D. Diploid and free living
A. Photosynthesis
89. In which two groups does moss belong?
B. phototropism
A. nonvascular and seed-producing
C. embryo
D. seeds B. nonvascular and spore-producing
C. vascular and spore-producing
84. lays eggs
D. vascular and seed-producing
A. birds
B. amphibians 90. What is the study of plants called?
C. reptiles A. botany
D. mammals B. anatomy
E. fish C. cytology
D. geology
85. What is the common name for Gym-
nosperms? 91. Angiosperms produce seeds in
A. Flowering plants A. cones
B. Conifers
B. fruit
C. Ferns
C. leaves
D. roots
86. Scattering of seeds away from the parent
plant 92. Brown algae has food reserve material as-
A. seed scattering A. Laminarin and Mannitol
B. seed denial B. Floridean Starch
C. seed dispersal C. Cellulose as Carbohydrates

D. none of above D. Glycogen and Amylopectin
87. What is the waxy layer on leaves? 93. What produces the spores?
A. Chloroplasts A. The Sori
B. Plastic B. The Sorus
C. Wax C. The Sporangium
D. Cuticle D. none of above

94. Water exits the leaf through the 100. Why is a rhizoid not a true root?
A. Stomata A. it has too few root hairs
B. Flower B. it is anchored to a structure
C. Roots C. it doesn’t absorb water
D. Phloem D. it is one layer thick
95. Part of the plant that attracts insects for 101. The process by which water evaporates
from the leaves of plants
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pollination
A. Root A. fermentation
B. Stem B. photosynthesis
C. Leaf C. cellular respiration
D. Flower D. transpiration
102. Mosses prevent soil erosion because-

96. Bees, wasps and butterflies are three ex-
amples of A. They secrete acids
A. pollinators B. By forming dense mats in soil
B. botanists C. They are primitive plant
C. pests D. They grow in shady and dampy places
D. instigators 103. Non-vascular plants reproduce through
97. The plants that live only for few months

are A. seeds
A. trees B. cones
C. flowers
B. climbers
D. spores
C. shrubs
D. none of above 104. Which of the following is the correct
word equation from photosynthesis?
98. Porphyria, Laminaria and Sargassum are- A. Carbon Dioxide + Water + Light En-
A. Green Algae ergy → Glucose + Oxygen
B. Food Source B. Glucose + Oxygen → Carbon Dioxide
C. Red algae + Water + Light Energy
C. Oxygen + Water + Glucose → Car-
D. Brown algae
bon Dioxide + Energy
99. Which one of the following plants is mo- D. Light Energy + Glucose + Carbon
noecious? Dioxide → Oxygen + Water
A. Marchantia
105. Which phyla’s key characteristics are
B. Pinus “stinging cells? ”
C. Cycas A. Porifera
D. Papaya B. Cnidarians

C. Arthropods 111. A group of plants that uses cones to dis-

D. Chordates tribute seeds is called

A. angiosperms
106. This type of angiosperm has only one
cotyledon and often has leaves in multiples B. rhizoids
of 3. C. gymnosperms
A. Monocot D. conifers
B. Dicot 112. What are the small, green leaf-like struc-
C. Xylem tures that protect the flower when it is a
bud?
D. Phloem
A. Seeds
107. The primary producers of our planet are B. Pollen
A. animals C. Petals
B. in the ocean D. Sepals
C. non-existent
113. Plants that produce flowers and develop
D. plants fruit are known as
108. Select the correct statements. A. Angiosperms
A. Salvinia, Ginkgo and pinus all are gym- B. Gymnosperms
nosperms C. Pteridophytes
B. Sequoia is one of the tallest trees D. Bryophytes
C. The leaves of gymnosperms are not
114. Symbiotic Association of algae with fungi
well adapted to extremes of climate
is called-
D. Gymnosperms are both homosporous
A. Lichens
and heterosporous
B. Mycorrhiza
109. What part of the female part of the C. Saprotropism
flower is a tube that pollen travels
through? D. Parasitism
A. Ovary 115. Chlorophyll causes many plants to be

B. Style what color?
A. yellow
C. Filament
B. green
D. Stigma
C. brown
110. Which of the following Kingdoms are con-
D. orange
sidered Eukaryotic?
A. Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, and 116. A scientist who studies plants is called a
Archaea A. biologist
B. Plantae, Fungi, Eubacteria B. cardiologist
C. Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista C. botanist
D. Eubacteria, Archabacteria D. oncologist

117. Hormone related to the growth of the C. Azolla, Lycopodium

plant in response to tropisms D. Salvinia, Equisetum
A. Auxin
123. Which of these species belongs to
B. Cytokinins
bryophytes?
C. Ethylene
A. Polytrichum sp.
D. Absisic acid
B. Dryopteris sp.
118. Rice is the example of herbs so they live
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C. Pinus sp.
only for few months.
D. Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
A. false
B. true 124. Dominant generation is sporophyte gen-
eration. This statement is NOT TRUE for
C. none of the above
D. none of above
A. pteridophytes
119. What chemical found in plant cells is able B. bryophytes
to use the energy in sunlight to make
C. angiosperms
food?
D. gymnosperms
A. cytoplasm
B. chlorophyll 125. Dominant generation is gametophyte
C. lactic acid generation. This statement is TRUE for
D. sulfuric acid A. pteridophytes

B. bryophytes
120. The heavy tomatoes made the stems
of the plants bend down in Jack’s gar- C. angiosperms
den. What should Jack use to support his D. gymnosperms
tomato plants?
126. The protects the undeveloped plant
A. soft rubber tubes
(embryo) against injury and from drying
B. cardboard strips out.
C. drinking straws A. flower
D. wooden sticks B. cotyledon
121. Angiosperms are plants that produce C. environment (soil)
A. Cones D. seed coat
B. Spores
127. these plants have a system of tubes to
C. Flowers carry water and nutrients from the roots
D. Rhizoids to the leaves (choose all that apply)
A. mosses
122. Which of the following pairs is a true
aquatic fern? B. ferns
A. Azolla, Salvinia C. conifers
B. Azolla, Selaginella D. flowering plants

128. casparian strips occurs in 134. A group of plants that do not have flow-
A. epidermis ers is called

B. pericycle A. gymnosperm
C. cortex B. conifer
D. endodermis C. vascular
D. non-living
129. Primary growth is when a plant
A. grows in length 135. Which of the following plant groups does
NOT contain vascular tissue?
B. grows as a new plant
A. Angiosperms
C. germinates
B. Gymnosperms
D. grows upward
C. Pteriophytes
130. What part of the female part of the D. Bryophytes
flower is the place that holds the eggs?
A. Ovary 136. Leaf like appendages bearing sporangia
in Pteridophytes are-
B. Style
A. Spore mother cell
C. Filament
B. Sporophyll
D. Stigma
C. Sporangium
131. When a seed starts to grow, the embryo D. Sporophyte
gets nutrients from the
A. seed coat 137. Photosynthesis takes place mostly in the
of plants.
B. large vacuole
A. Roots
C. cotyledon
B. Leaves
D. chloroplast
C. Stems
132. Which is an example of Angiosperms? D. Flowers
A. Flowering plants
138. Gemma cup is found in
B. Conifers
A. Marchantia
C. Ferns
B. Salvinia
C. Selaginella
133. Ferns are seedless vascular plants. D. Funaria
Which of the following is the primary
method of reproduction in ferns? 139. Neem tree can live for years.
A. Parthenogenesis A. hundred
B. Vegetative propogation B. few
C. Spores C. 6 months
D. Seeds D. none of above

140. What is the proper name of the plant C. Pinus sp.

kingdom? D. Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
A. Planta
146. Plants with needle like leaves and no
B. Plantae
fruit to protect their seeds are called
C. Plante what?
D. Nature A. Monocots
B. Dicots
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141. provides the energy necessary for
photosynthesis. C. Gymnosperms
A. water D. Angiosperms
B. sunlight
147. Plants contain vascular tissue which con-
C. glucose sists of cells that make up tube structures
D. soil that
142. opens and closes the stomata. A. transport materials along the stem of
a plant
A. Guard cells
B. transport only water along the stem of
B. Xylem a plant
C. Roots C. transport only food along the stem of
D. Phloem a plant
143. Choose gymnosperms that are correctly D. transport materials along the leaves
matched only of a plant
A. Coniferopyta-Pinus sp 148. Which of the following plant groups pro-

B. Gnetophyta-Gnetum sp duce spores BUT do NOT have vascular tis-
sue?
C. Gymnophyta-Conifer sp
A. Angiosperms
D. Cycadophyta-Cycas sp
B. Gymnosperms
E. Ginkgophyta-Gingko sp
C. Pteriophytes
144. Reptiles, amphibians, , fish, and in-
D. Bryophytes
sects are examples of cold blooded ani-
mals. 149. Which of the following would NOT aid in
A. birds the dispersal of the seeds of a plant?
B. spiders A. seeds with long fibers attached that
C. cats catch the wind
D. dogs B. seeds with hard shells that resist di-

gestive enzymes and acids
145. Which of these species belongs to Pyhlum C. seeds inside a fruit that tastes un-
Anthophyta? pleasant to most animals
A. Polytrichum sp. D. seeds with bristles that allow them to
B. Dryopteris sp. stick to the fur of passing animals

150. The common name for the organism in 156. A pine tree is a coniferous tree. Where
bryophytes is are the seeds made in a pine tree?

A. mosses A. in flowers
B. flowering plants B. in leaves
C. ferns C. in cones
D. pines D. in roots
151. Two examples of vascular tissue are: 157. What Kingdom do I belong to? I am mul-
A. Xylem and Sugars ticelled.My cells do have a nucleus.I love
the sun! It helps me make my food through
B. Stems and Flowering plants photosynthesis.I can be found anywhere in
C. Xylem and Phloem the world.
D. Xylem and Stems A. Archaeabacteria
152. Which is true about nonvascular plants? B. Protista
A. They don’t have vascular tissues. C. Platae
B. They grow tall. D. Fungi
C. They include pine trees. E. Animalia

D. They don’t have cell walls. 158. Trees, flowers, and grasses are all con-
sidered
153. In conifers, the seed is found inside the
A. vascular plants
A. cone B. non-vascular plants
B. flower C. woody plants
C. embryo D. non-woody plants
D. none of above
159. Which of the following is not a character-
154. Seedless plants belong to which group? istic of the plant kingdom?
A. bryophytes A. autotrophic
B. pteridophytes B. multicellular
C. gymnosperms C. eukaryotic
D. angiosperms D. cell walls with chitin
155. To what Domain does Kingdom Plantae 160. Marchantia sp. is classified under which
belong? phylum?
A. Eukarya A. bryophyta
B. Archaea B. hepatophyta
C. Bacteria C. coniferophyta
D. Plantae D. lycophyta

161. Other than transporting water, what is a C. encapsulation

function of xylem? D. mitosis
A. making food
167. Holdfast, Stipe and frond are usually
B. transporting food found in members of
C. helping support the plant A. Chlorophyceae
D. catching light B. Phaeophyceae
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162. Which of the following features of Pi- C. Rhodophyceae
nus? D. All algae
A. Leaves are modified to needles
168. type of aestivation shown by pisum is
B. Leaves are with sunken stomata
A. imbricate
C. Thick cuticle present in leaves B. vexillary
D. All of the above C. twisted
163. Which one of the following is common to D. valvate
multicellular fungi, filamentous algae and
protonema of mosses? 169. In which two layers of the leaf are most
active chloroplasts found?
A. Diplontic life cycle
A. Palisade and spongy mesophyll
B. Members of kingdom-Plantae
B. Epidermis and stomata
C. Mode of nutrition
C. xylem and phloem
D. Multiplication by fragmentation
D. Roots and spongy mesophyll
164. About what percent of medicine is made
170. Which one of the following shows
from plants found in the rain forest?
isogamy with non-flagellated gametes?
A. 75% A. Sargassum
B. 25% B. ectocarpus
C. 50% C. Ulothrix
D. 37% D. Spirogyra
165. One way that mosses and ferns are sim- 171. Vascular plants without seeds and nonva-
ilar is scular plants use these to reproduce
A. they are both flowering plants A. rhizoids
B. they produce spores B. spores
C. they grow in dry areas C. xylem
D. hibernate during the winter D. phloem
166. In plants, haploid gametes are produced 172. The giant Redwood tree( Sequoia sem-
as a result of pervirens) is a / an
A. fertilization. A. Giant fern
B. meiosis B. Angiosperm

C. Gymnosperm C. Charles Darwin

D. Bryophyte D. Henry Groseclose

173. What is the male reproductive material 179. plants having little or no secondary
of plants? growth are
A. Seeds A. grasses
B. Pollen B. deciduous angiosperm
C. Fruit C. conifers
D. Sepals D. cycads
174. What is not true of plants 180. has body hair and gives live birth
A. Cells have cell walls A. birds
B. Cells are eukaryotic B. amphibians
C. Cells contain Chitin C. reptiles
D. They are multicellular D. mammals
E. fish
175. What is the green pigment that “traps”
sunlight? 181. Which is an example of Bryophytes?
A. Chlorophyll A. Flowering plants
B. Chloroplasts B. Conifers
C. Photosynthesis C. Ferns
D. ATP D. Mosses and Liverworts
176. The rigid cell wall provides what two 182. Cup shaped chloroplasts ae present in-
things to plants? A. Ulothrix
A. green color and nice smell B. Chlamydomonas
B. height and bend C. Spirogyra
C. support and strength D. Volvox
D. none of above 183. Name the three Bryophytes.
177. Conifers differ from grasses in th A. Liverworts
A. lack of xylem tracheids B. Hornworts
B. absence of pollen tubes C. Mosses
C. formation of endosperm before fertili- D. Club mosses
sation
184. Where do cone-bearing plants produce
D. production of seeds from ovules their seeds?
178. Who first proposed binomial nomencla- A. in the ovary
ture as a way of classifying organisms? B. in the petals
A. Carl Linnaeus C. in the cones
B. Carl’s Jr. D. in the seeds

185. A plant group which grows close to the D. school meals for children and families
ground would most likely be due to seeking shelter from disaster
A. Having too much food
191. If embryo sac in angiosperm represents
B. Not having vascular tissue female gametophyte then which one of the
C. Having vascular tissue following represents male gametophyte?
D. Having too much water A. Megasporangium
B. Microsporangium
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186. lupin belons to
A. solanaceae C. Pollen grains
B. liliaceae D. Nucellus
C. fabaceae 192. Structure present in Bryophytes, that is
D. malvaceae differentiated into foot, seta and capsule
is-
187. Match the following characteristic with
“gymnosperms’. A. Sporophyte
A. cones B. Gametophyte
B. flowers C. Rhizoids
C. seeds D. Spore mother cell
D. vascular tissue
193. Sporophylls in the form of cones/strobili
E. none of these are present in-
188. A word meaning “putting stuff together A. Selaginella
out of light” is B. Equisetum
A. pollination C. Fern
B. botany D. Both in Selaginella and Equisetum.
C. photosynthesis
194. In Rhodophyceae, pigments responsible
D. plant survival
for red colours are-
189. What are the leaves of ferns called? A. Chl.a, Chl.b, r-Phycoerythrin
A. Falcate Leaves B. Chl.a, Chl.d, r-Phycoerythrin
B. Deltoid Leaves
C. Chl.d, r-Phycoerythrin
C. Obovate Leaves
D. Chl.a, r-Phycoerythrin
D. Frond Leaves
195. Which of the following is NOT a unique
190. How Much Food? The World Food Pro- characteristic of Angiosperms?
gramme (WFP) provides food for what
population? A. Double fertilization
A. families who lost their home B. Formation of pollen tube
B. anyone who is hungry that day C. Seed is protected within ovary
C. children only D. Produce cone

196. Gracilaria belongs to B. reproducing on land.

A. Rhodophyceae C. absorbing minerals from the rocky sur-

B. Pheophyceae face.
C. Chlorophyceae D. All of the above
D. None of the above 202. which of followingis not a part of ground

tissue
197. Which is an example of bryophytes or
non vascular plants? A. vascualr bundle
A. angiosperms B. pericycle
B. liverworms C. pith
C. gymnosperms D. cortex
D. none of above 203. Which of the following will most likely
increase the chances a plant will be polli-
198. In gymnosperms, the pollen chamber rep-
nated by a bird?
resents
A. brightly colored flowers
A. a cell in the pollen grain in which the
sperms are formed B. long, shallow roots
B. a cavity in the ovule in which pollen C. stomata that open and close
grains are stored after pollination D. seeds that crack open easily
C. an opening in the megagametophyte
204. What do all Seedless Vascular plants
through which the pollen tube approaches
have in common?
the egg
A. Spores
D. the microsporangium in which pollen
grains develop B. No seeds or flowers
C. Specialized conducting tissues for
199. During photosynthesis plants use cellular
transporting substances
respiration for what purpose?
D. All of the Above
A. To transport water
B. To transport food 205. I f the number of chromosome present
C. To break down food in leave of pea leaf is 14.Then number of
chromosome in Zygote and Endosperm will
D. To store waste be
200. cambium is generally more active on A. 14 and 21 respectively
A. outer side B. 14 and 14 respectively
B. inner side C. 21 and 14 respectively
C. middle D. None of these
D. whole 206. What type of tropism response to wa-
201. The challenges that faced early land ter?
plants included A. Hydrotropism
A. conserving water. B. Geotropism

C. Thigmotropism C. spores and seeds

D. Phototropism D. short and tall
207. When mosses and ferns reproduce, what 213. What gas is released by plants during
do they produce in the first cycle? photosynthesis?
A. spores A. sulfur
B. fronds B. carbon dioxide
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C. sperm C. oxygen
D. egg D. hydrogen
208. Which is true about plants? 214. Division Pterophyta includes which
plants?
A. Multicellular
A. fern
B. Unicellular
B. Chong Nang Klee
C. Eukaryotic
C. Azolla
D. Prokaryotic
D. ginkgo
209. How do plants make food?
215. The gametophyte is not an independent,
A. Homeostasis free living generation in
B. Budding A. Adiantum
C. Photosynthesis B. Marchantia
D. Vacuoles C. Pinus
210. Conifers are adapted to tolerate extreme D. Polytrichum
environmental condition because of 216. What is the common name for
A. broad hardy leaves Bryophytes?
B. superficial stomata A. Flowering plants
C. thick cuticle B. Conifers
D. the presence of vessels C. Ferns
211. Which of the following describes a mono-
cot? 217. People use plant parts for
A. two cotyledons A. food
B. circular vascular tubes lined up in B. medicine
pairs
C. furniture
C. 3 petals or multiples of 3
D. clothes
D. wide leaves, branching veins
218. Where would you likely find an apical
212. The two groups of seed plants are bud?
A. angiosperms and gymnosperms A. at the end of a twig.
B. vascular and nonvascular B. along the side of a twig.

C. at the base of a twig 224. All plants in the plant kingdom have the
following characteristics
D. only in the autumn

A. Have chloroplast to make its own food
219. Mosses and ferns are seedless so they (producers) and multicellular
reproduce by B. Consumers and unicellular
A. cones C. Consumers and multicellular
B. flowers D. none of above
C. spores
225. What can some mosses and liverworts
D. pollen do?
A. reproduce in a single cycle
220. Neem tree live for years.
B. uncurl their leaves into fronds
A. hundred
C. break rock into soil
B. few
D. live for more than 300 million years
C. 6 months
226. What plants does Division Bryophyta in-
D. none of above
clude?
221. The organs of plants are A. moss
A. roots, tissue, leaves B. Horn Verde
B. leaves, stems, chlorophyll C. fern
C. roots, stems, leaves D. liverwort
D. none of above 227. spore dissemination in some liverworts is

aided by
222. Hair-like fiber that carries nutrients to A. elaters
non-vascular plants is called
B. indusium
A. mold
C. calyptra
B. a rhizoid
D. peristome teeth
C. root system
228. In which one of the following, male and
D. xylem female gametophytes don’t have free liv-
ing independent existence?
223. How are plants different from Fungi?
(choose all that apply) A. Pteris
A. Plants have cell walls made of cellu- B. Funaria
lose. C. Polytrichum
B. Most plants are producers (get their D. Cedrus
energy from photosynthesis).
229. What is an adaptation?
C. Plants have chloroplasts.
A. A feature that helps a plant grow.
D. Plants have tissues.
B. A feature that helps a living thing sur-
E. All Plants produce seeds vive.

C. A feature that helps a living thing walk. 235. Living things of the same species which
D. A feature that that helps only animals live in the same place are called
survive. A. Population
B. Community
230. This type of angiosperm has only more
than one cotyledon and often has leaves C. Habitat
in multiples of 4 or 5. D. Ecosystem
A. Monocot 236. Alternation of generations in plants
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B. Dicot refers to the alternation of
A. diploid and haploid stages
C. Xylem
B. male and female stages
D. Phloem
C. meiotic and mitotic stages
231. Examples of mosses are- D. spore and seed stages
A. Polytrichum, Funaria, Fern 237. which of following vascular bundle is
B. Polytrichum, Funaria, Sphagnum common in stem and leaves
C. Funaria, Fern, Sphagnum A. radial
D. Equisetum, Funaria, Selaginella B. closed
C. conjoint
232. What kind of plant develops in one year,
D. laterla
but doesn’t bloom until the next year?
238. Plants respond to stimuli such as light,
A. annual
touch, water or gravity. This is called a
B. perennial
A. tropism
C. biennial B. dispersal
D. late bloomers C. hormone
233. What phyla has bilateral symmetry, seg- D. photosynthesis
mented bodies, and can live in the water 239. The plant tissue that transports water
or on land? and dissolved nutrients is called
A. Cnidarian A. Vascular Tissue
B. Arthropods B. Spongy Tissue
C. Annelids C. Nervous Tissue
D. Echinoderms D. Muscle Tissue
240. These plants must get nutrients directly
234. Tigers, Jellyfish, Gorillas and Sponges
from the environment and distribute it
are all part of kingdom
from cell to cell.
A. Animalia A. Vascular
B. Plantae B. Nonvascular
C. Fungi C. Seed Producing
D. Bacteria D. Cone Bearing

241. Male gametophyte with least number of 247. The stem provides support to the plant.
cells is present in Which of the following is another function
of the stem?

A. Pteris
B. Funaria A. It provides shade to the plant.
C. Lilium B. It produces seeds for the plant.
D. Pirus C. It transports food to all parts of the
plant.
242. What part of the flower turns into the
D. It purifies the water absorbed by the
fruit?
roots
A. Seeds
248. The cell walls of plants are made up of?
B. Ovary
A. Chitin
C. Stamen
D. Sepals B. protein
C. cellulose
243. The two tissues vascular plants have are
and D. Fats
A. roots and stems 249. Floridean Starch as a food reserve is
B. stems and xylem present in-
C. xylem and phloem A. Rhodophyceae
D. roots and phloem B. Chlorophyceae
C. Phaeophyceae
244. Energy from helps with the process
of photosynthesis. D. In all of above
A. the Sun 250. The green chemical found in plants
B. water A. Chlorine
C. food B. Chloronasty
D. the ground C. Chlorophyll
245. macrophyllous leaves are found in D. Chlorofillup
A. selaginella 251. All arthropods have
B. fern
A. Soft bodies
C. equisetum
B. Jointed Limbs (arms and legs)
D. salvinia
C. Vertebrates
246. This is what almost all non-flowering D. Stinging Cells
plants reproduce from (except cone bear-
ing plants) 252. which one of following is heterosporous
A. spores A. adiantum
B. seeds B. dryopteris
C. monocots C. salvinia
D. dicot D. equisetum

253. Select the two types of plants 259. Ferns are a type of
A. Vestibule A. Vascular Seedless Plant
B. Vascular B. Nonvascular Plant
C. Nonvascular C. Angiosperm
D. Nonvestibule D. Vascular Seed Plant
260. Which group do flowering plants belong
254. Prothallus is a
to?
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A. sporophytic stage of fern A. ferns
B. gametophytic stage of fern B. mosses
C. Sporophytic stage of mosses C. seed plants
D. gametophytic stage of mosses D. coniferous plants
255. When using a dichotomous key to iden- 261. Male and female gametophytes are inde-
tify organisms, what do we look at? pendent and free-living in
A. physical features A. mustard
B. weather patterns B. castor
C. environment C. Pinus
D. diet D. Sphagnum
262. Seedless vascular plants reproduce with
256. Which of the following correctly pairs the use of
plants with its group?
A. Seeds
A. Pinus sp.-Bryophytes
B. Spores
B. Dryopteris sp.-Pteridophytes
C. Eggs
C. Polytrichum sp.-Gymnosperms
D. Sperm
D. Hibiscus rosa-sinensis-Angiosperms
263. Peat moss is used as a packing material
257. Which group of vascular plants do NOT for sending flower and live plants to dis-
make seeds? tant places because
A. Coniferous trees A. it is hygroscopic
B. Ferns B. it reduce transpiration
C. Pines C. it serves as a disinfectant

D. it is easily available
D. Flowering Plants
264. Which part is missing from the photo-
258. . Which one of these foods can be made synthesis equation? 6CO2 + 6 H2O →
without cooking? light→ + 6O2
A. Puris A. O2
B. Cake B. H2O
C. Chips C. CO2
D. Juice D. C6H12O6

265. Tulips, daisies, sunflowers, apple trees, 271. Replum is present in the ovary of flower
maple trees of

A. mosses A. Lemon
B. ferns B. mustard
C. gymnosperms C. sunflower
D. angiosperms D. pea
266. A plant growing in response to the sun- 272. Cells that control the opening and closing
light. of stomata
A. Gravitropism A. Cuticle
B. Phototropism B. Guard cell
C. Thigmotropism C. Vascular tissue
D. Hydrotropism D. Stomata
267. Mannitol is the stored food in 273. Brightly colored parts of flowers that at-
tract insects.
A. Chara
A. petals
B. Porphyra
B. pistils
C. Fucus
C. stamen
D. Gracilaria
D. filaments
268. A fertilized egg is called a(n)
274. Plants MAKE these PRODUCTS from pho-
A. stomata tosynthesis
B. zygote A. water
C. gamete B. oxygen
D. angiosperm C. carbon dioxide
269. An alga which can be employed as food D. glucose

for human being is 275. Plants are classified into herbs, shrubs,
A. Ulothrix trees, and
B. Chlorella A. creepers
C. Spirogyra B. climbers
D. Polysiphonia C. creepers and climbers
D. none of above
270. The general life cycle of plants is called
276. Which of the following plants have seeds
A. alternation of generation A. Pine Tree
B. gametophyte B. Horsetail
C. sporophyte C. Rose
D. gametes D. Fern

277. Cryptogams group comprise plants like- 282. Flowering plants belong to which group?
A. Gymnosperm, Angiosperm and A. pteridophytes
Bryophytes B. bryophytes
B. Thallophyta, Bryophyta, Ferns, C. gymnosperms
Gymnopserm
D. angiosperms
C. Algae, mosses and Ferns, Angiosperm
283. Which of the following is not a Pterido-
D. Thallophyta, Bryophyta, Ferns, Algae,
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phyte?
mosses
A. Salvinia
278. cork tissue arise from B. Equisitum
A. periderm C. Polytrichum
B. phellogen D. Dryopteris
C. phelloderm 284. In Brown algae, cell wall is made up of-
D. phellem A. Cellulosic wall covered with algin
gelatinous coverings
279. What Kingdom do I belong to? I am mul-
ticelled.My cells do have a nucleus.I re- B. Pectose wall covered with algin cover-
produce sexually.I cannot make my own ings
food.I have not cell wall.I can be found C. Cellulosic wall covered with algun
anywhere in the world. Mobility is key gelatinous coverings
to my survival! D. Pectose wall covered with pectin
A. Eubacteria gelatin coverings
B. Protista 285. Which of the following is a Red alga?
C. Animalia A. Chara
D. Archaeabacteria B. Laminaria
C. Fucus
280. Plant tissue that acts like stem cells in a
plant. D. Polysiphonia
A. parenchyma 286. Choose bryophytes that are correctly
B. collenchyma matched
C. sclerenchyma A. Hepatopyta-Marchantia sp
B. Bryophyta-Bryani sp
D. meristematic
C. Anthocerophyta-Anthoceros sp
281. all animals are: D. Hepatophyta-Polytrichum sp
A. multicellular E. Bryophyta-Polytrichum sp
B. unicellular
287. What is something called that grows on
C. autotrophic another plant, but is not a parasite?
D. heterotrophic A. fiddlehead

B. arial root 293. The xylem transports water while the

phloem transports
C. rhizoid

A. sunlight
D. epiphyte
B. food
288. stomata in grasses are C. waste
A. dumb bell shaped D. enzymes
B. kidney shaped 294. What is the protective structure that con-
C. rectangular tains the plant embryo, nutrients, and a
protective outer coat?
D. barrel shaped
A. Cuticle
289. Protein rich algae used by space trav- B. Stomata
ellers are-
C. Pollen
A. Chara and Nitella
D. Seed
B. Chlorella and Spirulina
295. How do animals reproduce?
C. Ulothrix and Spirogyra
A. Sexually
D. Volvox and Fucus
B. Asexually
290. What are the products of photosynthe- C. Both
sis? D. none of above
A. water and carbon dioxide
296. Algin and Carrageenan are obtained re-
B. oxygen and glucose spectively from-
C. oxygen and carbon dioxide A. Red, Red algae
D. oxygen and water B. Red, Brown algae
C. Brown, Brown algae
291. Plants that need support to grow on a
wall or stick are called D. Brown, Red Algae
A. climbers 297. Term given to describe the 2 name nam-
B. creepers ing system is:
A. dichotmous key
C. trees
B. binomial nomenclature
D. none of above
C. 2 scientific names
292. Match the following characteristic with D. binomial key
“angiosperms’.
298. On earth, algae do photosynthesis and
A. cones fix-
B. flowers A. Half of total CO2
C. seeds B. One fourth of total CO2
D. vascular tissue C. Total Complete CO2
E. none of these D. 2 times of CO2 available

299. Pinus sp. belongs to which group? 304. Mosses are non-vascular, which means
A. Pteridophytes they do not have
B. Gymnosperms A. tissue
C. Angiosperms B. blood
D. Bryophytes C. chloroplast
300. The Amazing Plant KingdomWhich of the D. tubes
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following is a list of things you might use
to study how the xylem works? 305. What is the function of a vacuole?
A. carrot, celery, glasses of water, food A. Contains genetic information

coloring B. Stores water
B. carrot, celery, plastic bags, ice cubes C. Controls what goes into and out of the
C. carrot, celery, boiling water, a freezer cell
D. carrot, celery, thermometer, light D. Site of photosynthesis
source
306. Which phyla’s key characteristics are a
301. A prokaryotic autotrophic nitrogen fixing backbone or exoskeleton and spinal chord,
symbiot is found in bilateral symmetry?
A. Cycas A. Echinoderms
B. Cicer
B. Arthropods
C. Pisum
C. Annelids
D. Ainus
D. Chordates
302. Which organisms are most closely re-
lated? 307. bract is modifies
A. Equus caballas (Horse) & Equus A. petal
burchellii (Zebra)
B. sepal
B. Cyanea artica (Jellyfish) & Ctenodis-
cus crispatus (Mud Starfish) C. leaf
C. Naja naja (cobra) & Glycine max (soya D. involucre

bean)
308. which one of the following statements is
D. Ophiocomina nigra (black brittle star) wrong
& Brassica nigra (black mustard)
A. Algae increase the level of dissolved
303. How do we call the waxy layer that cov- oxygen in the immediate environment
ers the surface of leavesc and helps the
B. Algin is obtained from red algae and
plant retain water?
carrageenan from brown algae
A. Cuticle
C. Agar-agar is obtained from Gelidium
B. Epidermis and Gracilaria
C. Stomata D. Laminaria and sargassum are used as
D. Leaf coat food

309. Which of the following is an example of 315. Why are club mosses not classified with
a non-vascular plant? true mosses?

A. grass A. Club mosses have non vascular tissue.
B. corn B. Club mosses have vascular tissue.
C. trees C. Club mosses produce seeds.
D. moss D. Club mosses have tissue.
310. Angiosperms have 316. What Kingdom do I belong to? I am made
A. flowers of only one cell.I make my own food.I re-
B. naked seeds produce asexually.I have a nucleus.You can
find me swimming in water.
C. cones
A. Protista
D. seed coats
B. Eubacteria
311. I am immotile. My cells have a nucleus.
C. Plantae
I am heterotrophic. To what kingdom do I
most likely belong? D. Animalia
A. Animalia E. Archaeabacteria
B. Eubacteria 317. Gases pass in and out of a leaf through
C. Plantae the what?
D. Fungi A. vascular tissue
312. Which one of the following is consid- B. mouth hole
ered important in the development of seed C. stomata
habit?
D. cell wall
A. Dependent sporophyte
B. Heterosporry 318. Flower is the most part of the plant.
C. Haplonitc life cycle A. beautiful
D. free-living gametophyte B. attractive
C. both are correct
313. have a hard and thin stem with many
branches. D. none of above
A. Trees 319. Bryophytes are characterized by which of
B. Herbs the following?
C. Shrubs A. A dominant gametophyte with depen-
D. none of above dent sporophyte.
B. A dominant gametophyte with indepen-
314. Venus Flytrap flower reacts to a bug.
dent sporophyte.
A. Nastic Movement
C. A dominant sporophyte with indepen-
B. Negative Gravitropism dent gametophyte.
C. Thigmotropism D. A dominant sporophyte with gameto-
D. Hydrotropism phyte reduced to few cells.

320. All of the following are vascular plants B. are always sick.
EXCEPT:
C. are mammals and birds.
A. ferns
D. none of above
B. oak tree
C. moss 326. What are the underground stems that
produce roots and leaves in ferns?
D. tulips
A. sori
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321. Nonvascular plants like moss are gener-
B. fronds
ally very small because they lack the abil-
ity to do which of the following? C. rhizomes
A. open and close their stomata D. rhizoids
B. transport water long distances
327. The transfer of pollen from one plant to
C. grow large due to their dry environ- another plant is called?
ment
A. Seed transfer
D. harness the full potential of the sun’s
energy B. Mating
C. Pollination
322. These animal depend on their environ-
ment for their body temperature D. Flowering
A. cold blooded 328. All plants are which means they make
B. warm blooded their own food
C. mammals and birds A. heterotrophs
D. fish, amphibians and reptiles B. autotrophs
323. What part of a plant collects sunlight? C. eukaryote
A. seed D. prokaryote
B. root
329. The part of the plant that makes food.
C. leaf
A. stem
D. stem
B. leaves
324. Structures that are similar to roots and
C. roots
help anchor nonvascular plants into the
ground D. flower
A. Rhizoids 330. During a Dryopteris sp. life cycle, meio-
B. Spores sis take place in the to produce haploid
C. Xylem
D. Phloem A. sporophyte, gemmae
B. gametophyte, spores
325. You have learned that warm blooded an-
imals are C. sporophyte, spores
A. can’t get wet. D. gametophyte, gamete

331. Closing of stomata could most likely 336. Where is chlorophyll found in a plant
cause cell?

A. immediate release of spores A. Nucleus
B. mitosis to cease
B. Cytoplasm
C. photosynthesis to cease
C. Chloroplasts
D. primary growth to resume
D. Cell wall
332. What is a simple definition of frond?
A. Carries water through the plant 337. Which plants are examples of gym-
B. Carries nutrients through the plant nosperms?
C. Leaf inside the seed A. Lilacs and Roses

D. Leaf on a fern B. Moss and Liverworts
333. Which of the following best describes the C. Pine Trees and Evergreens
stigma?
D. Apple trees and Corn Stalk
A. The narrow “neck” of the carpel
B. The part of the stamen that makes 338. Most conifers have separate male and fe-
pollen male reproductive parts on the same tree.
This condition is referred to as
C. The base of the carpel that contains
the seeds A. monoecious
D. The part of the carpel designed to B. dioecious
catch pollen
C. homosporous
334. It’s a Jungle Out There!Which of the fol-
lowing is a problem that would arise if the D. heterosporous
cinchona tree became extinct?
339. A vascular plant that produces seeds on
A. It would be more difficult to treat
the scales of female cones
malaria.
B. It would be impossible to treat high A. Angiosperm
blood pressure. B. Gymnosperm
C. It would be dangerous to perform
C. Monocot
heart surgery.
D. It would be more painful to receive im- D. Dicot
munizations.
340. branched rhizoids and leafy gameto-
335. shrubs have a and stem with phytes are characteristic of
many branches.
A. liverworts
A. hard, thin
B. some pteridophytes
B. soft, thin
C. weak, thin C. all pteridophytes
D. none of above D. mosses

341. What is pollination? C. Plantae

A. the transfer of pollen from the anther D. Algae
to the stigma
347. Which statement about Brown algae is
B. the union of pollen and egg cells in the correct?
ovary of the flower
A. Reserve food is Floridean starch
C. the dispersal of seeds to a new loca-
tion B. Two Equal apical flagella present
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D. the transfer of cash in a business C. Cell wall made of cellulose and algin
transaction between plants D. Chlorophyll a and d present
342. An American Dogwood is a member of 348. What Kingdom do I belong to? I am mul-
which kingdom? ticellular.I am eukaryotic.I reproduce sex-
A. Archaea ually.I am heterotrophic.I thrive on a dark,
moist ground.I have a cell wall made of
B. Fungi chitin.
C. Eubacteria A. Animalia
D. Plants B. Protista
343. A plant with parallel veins leaves and sin- C. Fungi
gle cotyledon would be classified as: D. Plantae
A. monocot E. Archaeabacteria
B. dicot
349. In angiosperms pollinated flowers pro-
C. gymnosperm duce
D. pine tree A. fronds
344. Plants are divided into two major groups, B. fruits
they are C. cones
A. eukaryote & prokaryote D. needles
B. tracheophytes & bryophytes
350. In algae, protein bodies containing starch
C. adaptation & homeostasis are-
D. none of above A. Pyrenoids
345. Predominant stage of life cycle or main B. Cellulose
plant body of Bryophytes is- C. Pectose
A. Sporophyte, 2n D. Mannitol
B. Gametophyte, n
351. Frond present in Phaeophyceae is-
C. Gametophyte, 2n
A. Photosynthetic organ
D. Sporophyte, n
B. Substratum by which plant body is at-
346. Cyanobacteria are classified under tached
A. Protista C. Stalk
B. Monera D. Type of fruit

352. The gymnosperm group with the fewest 358. Gases pass in and out of a leaf through
species belongs to Phylum the

A. coniferophyta A. stomata
B. cycadophyta B. phloem
C. ginkgophyta C. xylem
D. gnetophyta D. cuticle
353. Chloroplasts are filled with that at- 359. Pteridophytes are commonly known as-
tracts sunlight so the plant can make it’s A. First vascular plants
own food
B. Snakes of plant kingdom
A. leaves
C. First terrestrial plants
B. phylum
D. All of above
C. chlorophyll
D. tissue 360. Plants which along with lichens decom-
pose rocks are-
354. Stems in vascular plants A. Pteridophytes
A. make food for the plants B. Bryophytes
B. support the plants. C. Gymnosperms
C. hold plants in the soil. D. Angiosperms
D. absorb nutrients from the soil.
361. Which of the following is not a gym-
355. What do male cones produce? nosperm?
A. spores A. Cycas
B. pollen B. Gingko
C. eggs C. Pinus
D. seeds D. Equisetum
356. Which of the following plant groups pro- 362. What is a classification of the plant king-
duces flowers with seeds? dom?
A. Angiosperms A. Tulips
B. Gymnosperms B. Roses
C. Pteriophytes C. Weeds
D. Bryophytes D. Algae
357. Creepers have a weak stem and grow 363. Why do nonvascular plants grow close to
along the the ground?
A. ground A. to get less sunlight
B. support B. for protection
C. other plant C. for space
D. none of above D. to absorb water

364. Gymnosperms all have 2 important char- 369. What does “wort” mean in the word liv-
acteristics that make them very unique. erwort?
They are: A. stalk
A. flowers B. plant or herb
B. cones C. root
C. needles D. stem
D. seed coats
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370. Which of the following are characteristics
365. A plant group which cannot grow taller of nonvascular plants?
than a few inches possibly be due to A. tall with xylem tubes
A. Having too much food B. many leaves
B. Not having vascular tissue C. no roots, stems, or leaves
C. Having vascular tissue D. conifers
D. Having too much water 371. gymnosperms lack
366. A flower-producing vascular plant in A. sieve tubes
which the seed is enclosed in a fruit. B. companion cells
A. Angiosperm C. vessels
B. Gymnosperm D. all
C. Conifer
372. Plants are called as
D. Fern A. living things
367. Angiosperms are the most successful ter- B. non-living things
restrial plants. Which of these features is C. both are correct
unique to them and helps account for their
success? D. none of above
A. Dominant gametophytes 373. Which is NOT a way seeds scatter

B. Fruits enclosing seeds A. water
C. Embryos enclosed within seed coats B. wind
D. Sperm cells without flagella C. animals eat fruit and seeds are de-
posited
368. Which of the following statements are D. lightning
true about plants in the Phylum Conifero-
phyta? 374. Life cycle of Ectocarpus and Fucus
A. Xylem tissue lack xylem vessels A. Halplonitc, Diplontic
B. Phloem tissue lacks companion cell B. Diplontic, Haplodiplontic
C. Heterosporous C. Haplodiplontic, Diplontic
D. Shows alternation of generation D. Haplodiplontic, Halplonitc

375. Green pigment that helps to absorb sun- C. geologist

light
D. horticulturist

A. Xanthophyll
B. Carotene 381. Gymnosperms and angiosperms have the
following in common except
C. Chlorophyll
A. seeds
D. Lycopene
B. pollen
376. Which is NOT an exampe of asexual re-
production C. ovaries
A. Runners D. ovules
B. Tubers
382. Rice is an example of herbs. They live
C. Budding only for few months.
D. Vegetative propagation A. False
E. All are examples B. True
377. The male part of the flower is known as C. None of the above
the
D. none of above
A. stamen
B. pistil 383. Which of the following species name is
NOT written correctly?
C. ovary
A. Animalia Leo
D. petal
B. Panthera tigris
378. What part of a plant produces seeds?
C. Homo sapiens
A. leaf
D. Musca domestica
B. flower
C. root 384. Which of the following produces “naked”
D. stem seeds?
A. Angiosperms
379. A type of plant with a seed that has one
food storage area B. Ferns
A. monocot C. Gymnosperms
B. dicot D. Bryophytes
C. vascular
385. The waxy protective covering of a land
D. nonvascular
plant is called a
380. Luther BurbankWhich type of scientist A. cuticle.
studies how to use plants for food,
medicine and other products? B. capsule.
A. botanist C. rhizome.
B. zoologist D. stoma.

386. Non-vascular plants belongs to which 391. Which of the following is NOT a charac-
group? teristic of pteridophytes?
A. pteridophytes A. Sporophyte generation is dominant
B. bryophytes B. Gametophyte generation is dominant
C. gymnosperms C. Produce spores

D. Has true roots, stems and leaves
D. angiosperms
392. Which of the following scientific name is
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387. Conifers have several adaptive features NOT written correctly?
to reduce water loss. Which one of the
following is incorrect? A. Musca domestica
B. Homo sapiens
A. Needle like leaves
C. panthera Tigris
B. thick cuticle
D. Pinus taeda
C. sunken stomata
393. What type of characteristics are used to
D. producing pollen grains
make a dichotomous key?
388. How plants make their own food? A. Characteristics that make an organism
different from any other organism. (type
A. Pollination
of beaks, claws, root systems)
B. They cook their food B. Characteristics like age of an organism
C. Photosynthesis C. Where the organism lives
D. Insect pollination D. How many organisms live in the envi-
ronment
389. Which of the following propagates
through leaf-tip? 394. Cells that have a true nucleus are called
A. Walking fern
A. eukaryotes
B. Sproux-leaf plant
B. prokaryotes
C. Marchantia
C. unicellular
D. Moss D. multicellular
390. Read the following statements and an- 395. Plants with seeds in cones are called?
swer the question which follows them
A. gymnosperms
A. In liverworts, mosses and ferns game- B. angiosperms
tophytes are free living.
C. flowers
B. Gymnosperms and some ferns are het-
D. mosses
erosporous.
C. Sexual reproduction in Fucus, Volvox 396. Which of the following is the unique char-
and Albugo is oogamous acteristics for Kingdom Plantae
D. The sporophyte in liverworts is more A. cell wall consist of peptidoplycan

elaborate than that is mosses. B. carbohydrate storage is glycogen

C. has alternation of generation 402. Tubes that carry fluids from the roots up
to the leaves of vascular plants are called
D. motile
A. chlorophyll

397. Which phyla’s key characteristics are B. organic
“soft bodied” or “muscled foot” and most
C. xylem
have a shell?
D. reproducers
A. Mollusca
403. The haploid form of the life cycle of a
B. Cnidarians
plant, characterized by ‘alternation of gen-
C. Echinoderms eration’ is called
D. Arthropods A. seed
B. embryo
398. Almost all flowerless plants reproduce
from which of the following: C. sporophyte
D. gametophyte
A. Spores
404. Cycas and Adiantum resemble each other
B. Seeds
in having
C. Water A. seeds
D. Vascular B. motile sperms
399. all gymnosperms are C. cambium
D. vessels
A. heterosporous
B. homosporous 405. The combination of the habitat and its
community of living things is called an
C. microsporous
A. Ecosystem
D. megasporous B. Habitat
400. Sphagnum is used as a packaging ma- C. Community
terial to transport living plants because D. Population
(most appropriate)
406. Scientists believe that plants evolved
A. It is bushy from an organism similar to today’s
B. It lasts long A. Red Algae
C. it is easily available B. Green Algae
D. it retains huge amount of water C. Brown Algae
D. none of above
401. Redwood trees can grow very tall be-
cause 407. What are examples of nonvascular
plants?
A. they are flowering
A. trees and bushes
B. they are vascular B. ferns and dandelions
C. they are non-vascular C. mosses and liverworts
D. they are unicellular D. mold and yeast

408. Match the following characteristic with 413. Which is an example of Gymnosperms?
“ferns’. A. Flowering plants
A. cones B. Conifers
B. flowers C. Ferns
C. seeds D. Mosses and Liverworts
D. vascular tissue 414. Peat is obtained from and its uses is-
E. none of these
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A. Sphagnum, packing material due to wa-
409. when a tree gets older which of following ter holding capacity
increases rapidly B. Marchantia, packing material due to
water holding capacity
A. heart wood
C. Sphagnum, used as food
B. sap wood
D. Marchantia, used as food
C. pith
D. cortex 415. Male and female reproductive structure
present in liverwort are respectively-
410. What does it mean if a plant is considered A. Stamen and Pistil
to be an ‘autotroph’?
B. Archegonium and Antheridium
A. It is multicellular
C. Antheridium and Archegonium
B. It has cell walls
D. Androecium and Gynoecium
C. It makes its own food
416. Economic importance of Pteridophytes
D. It is supported are-
411. Which is true of bryophytes (non- A. Medicinal purpose
vascular plants) B. Soil Binders
A. They have tissues that conduct water C. Ornamental Plants
B. They draw up water by osmosis D. All of above
C. They are not highly dependent upon
417. Monocots are different from dicots in
water
having
D. Algae and mosses are in this catagory A. Parallel venation in leaves
412. What does Division Anthophyta look B. Fibrous root
like? C. Trimerous flower
A. Plants that produce seeds with a pro- D. All othe above
tective covering are flowering plants.
418. Which of the following is the plant’s
B. Vascular plants that have true stems,
food?
leaves and roots but also have small
leaves. A. sunlight
C. seed-forming plants B. glucose
D. vascular plants The trunk is articulated C. water
and segmented. sporulation D. carbon dioxide

419. epiblemma in root is equivalent to 425. Which of these is NOT a way to classify
A. pericycle plants?
A. as vascular and nonvascular

B. endodermis
B. as vertebrates and invertebrates
C. epidermis
C. as seed producing and spore produc-
D. stele
ing
420. Some land plants developed an internal D. as deciduous and coniferous
system of interconnected tubes and ves-
sels called 426. The bryophyte structure consist of what
two sections?
A. cuticles
A. gametophyte
B. nonvascular canals
B. sporophyte
C. The circulatory system
C. rhizoids
D. Vascular Tissue D. seeds
421. a monocot can be distinguished from dicot 427. Examples of these plants include mosses,
by liverworts, and other plants with no
A. phyllotaxy xylem or phloem
B. aestivation A. dicot
C. venation B. vascular plant
D. none C. monocot
D. nonvascular plant
422. Plant tissue that supports growing re-
gions of the plant. 428. Archegoniophore is present in
A. parenchyma A. Chara
B. collenchyma B. Adiantum
C. sclerenchyma C. Funaria
D. meristematic D. Marchantia
423. Which of the following is not a character- 429. What compound makes up the cell walls
istic of all plants? of plant cells?
A. Chitin
A. They are eukaryotic
B. Phospholipid bilayer
B. They have tissue
C. Cellulose
C. They have cell walls
D. Calcium carbonate
D. They produce seeds.
430. Which phyla’s key characteristic is “spiny
424. Seedless plants reproduce with skin? ”
A. spores A. Porifera
B. seeds B. Cnidarian
C. binary fission C. Echinoderms
D. flowers D. Arthropods

431. incorrect about marchantia is B. opuntia

A. sporophyte is differentiated into foot C. grapevine
seta and capsule D. both 1 and 2
B. it can asexually reproduce through
gamme 437. compared with the gametophytes of the
bryophytes, the gametophytes of vascular
C. gametophyte as protonema stage plants tends to be
D. thallus is dorsiventral A. larger but to have smaller sex organs
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432. All statements below is true about gym- B. larger and to have large sex organs
nosperms EXCEPT C. smaller and to have smaller sex or-
A. heterosporous gans
B. seed does not enclosed within ovary D. smaller and to have large sex organs
C. non-vascular plants 438. Which plant structure is responsible for
D. less dependent on water for fertiliza- taking in water and nutrients from the
tion soil?
433. What does an ovule become when it is A. Roots

pollinated? B. Leaves
A. a seed C. Stems
B. a sprout D. Flowers
C. a fruit 439. What are the parts of a tree?
D. it stays an ovule A. leaves, trunk and roots
434. When chloroplasts move around in order B. Roots and leaves
to allow each to have a time in the sun it C. Roots
is called
D. Leaves, trunk, branches and roots
A. cytoplasmic streaming
B. shared photosynthesis 440. The ancestors of land plants were most
likely similar to modern
C. opportunistic movement
A. conifers
D. photosynthetic competition
B. ferns
435. The energy that powers photosynthesis C. green algae
comes from
D. flowering plants
A. water
B. chemicals 441. What Kingdom do I belong to? I am made
of only one cell.I do not have a nucleus.I re-
C. oxygen produce asexually.I make my own food.I
D. the sun love the extreme environments.
436. the stem tendrils are modified axillary A. Plantae

bud in B. Archaeabacteria
A. cucurbita C. Bacteria

D. Protista 447. What structure on a conifer or evergreen

E. Fungi plant produces seeds?

A. Flowers
442. This is the largest group within the plant
kingdom B. Cones
A. bryophytes C. Spores
B. angiosperms D. Pine Needles
C. pteridophytes 448. The transfer of pollen, containing the

D. gymnosperms sperm cells, to the female part of the
flower.
443. What is the formula for photosynthesis? A. seed disperal
A. C6H12O6 + 6 02 Sunlight→ 6 CO2 B. pollination
+ 6 H2O
C. germination
B. 12 CO2 + 6 H2O Sunlight→
C12H12O6 + 6 02 D. fertilization
C. 6 CO2 + 6 H2O Glucose→ 449. Center vein of leaves

C6H12O6 + 6 02 A. Midrib
D. 6 CO2 + 6 H2O Sunlight→ 6 02 + B. Petiole
C6H12O6
C. Side vein
444. Sexual reproduction by non-motile ga- D. Lamina
metes is present in-
A. Volvox 450. How many kingdoms are there?
B. Gelidium A. 2
C. Polysiphonia B. 3
D. Both b and c C. 6
D. 8
445. Which of the following is true about
seeds and spores? 451. Tool used by a taxonomist to identify an
A. Both are produced by seed plants. unknown organism is a:
B. Both are multicellular. A. dichotomous key
C. Both have abundant energy reserves. B. binomial nmenclature
D. They are either enclosed in a fruit or C. scientific name

produced by a cone. D. binomial key
446. What is the function of a chloroplast? 452. Seeds can move from one place to an-
A. Contains genetic information other by
B. Stores water A. wind
C. Controls what goes into and out of the B. water

cell C. animals
D. Site of photosynthesis D. wind, water, and animals

453. Plants that produce seeds in cones are C. Polysiphonia

known as , while flower producing D. Spirogyra
plants are known as
A. Angiosperms; Gymnosperms 459. Which kingdom is prokaryotic?
B. Nonvascular plants; Vascular plants A. Animalia
C. Vascular plants; Nonvascular plants B. ArchaeBacteria
D. Gymnosperms; Angiosperms C. Planta
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D. Fungi
454. How do MOST plants reproduce?
A. from spores 460. polar nuclie fuse to produce
B. from bulbs A. diploid secondary nucleus
C. from parts of the plant B. zygote
D. from seeds C. antipodal cell
455. which of the following is responsible for D. synergids

peat formation? 461. Which of the following best describes the
A. Marchantia overall purpose and process of photosyn-
B. Riccia thesis?
C. Funaria A. Use energy from the sun to produce

food (glucose) for the plant
D. Sphagnum
B. Use energy from the sun to produce
456. uses gills in water and lungs on land oxygen
A. birds C. Food (glucose) is broken down in order
B. amphibians to produce energy (ATP)
C. reptiles D. Food (glucose) is broken down in order
to produce carbon dioxide
D. mammals
E. fish 462. The Amazing Plant Kingdom What is
the food manufacturing process in plants
457. What does a plant cell have that animal called?
cells don’t have?
A. pollination
A. spores
B. xylem
B. cell wall
C. photosynthesis
C. chloroplasts
D. gymnosperm
D. cytoplasm
463. Algae havings 100% heights are-
458. While most of the algal species are hap-
A. Volvox
lontic, which among the following is haplo-
diplontic? B. Kelps
A. Fucus C. Fucus
B. Chara D. Laminaria

464. Pear shaped(Pyriform) and laterally bi- 470. What Kingdom do I belong to? I am
flagellated zoospores are present in- unicellular.I am eukaryotic.I can make my
own food.My friends and I move through

A. Phaeophyceae
the use of cilia or flagella.
B. Rhodophyceae
A. Eubacteria
C. Chlorophyceae
B. Protista
D. In all the above
C. Plantae
465. Which of these plants is nonvascular? D. Animalia
A. Apple tree E. Archaeabacteria
B. fern
471. Which of the following is NOT a charac-
C. dandelion teristic of all plants?
D. moss A. Multicellular
466. Herbs are very plants. B. Autotrophic
A. small C. Unicellular
B. tall D. Eukaryotic
C. broad 472. Most of the the algae show Haplontic life

D. none of above cycle but few algae also show Diplontic
and Haplo-diplontic life cycle.Fucus shows
467. which of the following is not a pterido- which life cycle?
phyte A. Haplontic life cycle
A. ginkgo B. Diplontic life cycle
B. selaginella C. Haplo-diplontic life cycle
C. polypodium D. None of the above
D. azolla
473. Ferns do not have seeds, they reproduce
468. Which of these plants DOES NOT have with,
special tissues that deliver water and nu- A. root
trients?
B. spores
A. Redwood
C. flowers
B. Daisy
D. cones
C. Tomato
474. Match the following characteristic with
D. Liverwort
“mosses’.
469. What is a simple definition of cotyledon? A. cones
A. Carries water through the plant B. flowers
B. Carries nutrients through the plant C. seeds
C. Leaf inside the seed D. vascular tissue
D. Leaf on a fern E. none of these

475. Mosses and liverworts are called non- 481. What characteristic to ALL plants share?
vascular plant because A. unicellular
A. they lack motile sperm B. eukaryotic
B. they lack seed C. heterotrophs
C. they lack vascular tissue D. none of above
D. they lack true roots, stems and leaves 482. Small grains that contain a plant’s male
reproductive cells.
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476. The roots
A. stamen
A. hold the plant in the ground
B. pollen
B. hold up the other parts of the plant
C. anther
C. contain chlorophyll D. stigma
D. have two parts:petiole and the blade
483. The vascular tissue of the plant that
477. What are the products from photosynthe- transports water is the
sis? A. roots
A. water and sugar B. phloem
B. water and sun C. xylem
C. carbon dioxide and sugar D. stem
D. oxygen and sugar 484. Identify Group of Green Algae-
A. Fucus, Ectocarpus, Volvox, Spirogyra
478. Which one of the following is a living fos-
sil? B. Volvox, Ulothrix, Chara, Gelidium
A. Cycas C. Chlamydomonas, Volvox, Spirogyra,
Ulothrix
B. Moss
D. Volvox, Chlamydomonas, Gelidium, Fu-
C. Saccharomyces cus
D. Spirogyra
485. Small, multicellular, free living, photosyn-
479. Agar-Agar is obtained through- thetic gametophytic structure present in
Fern is-
A. Green algae, Gelidium and Gracilaria
A. Prothallus
B. Brown algae, Gelidium and Gracilaria
B. Sporophyte
C. Red algae, Gelidium and Gracilaria C. Protonema
D. Red Algae, Porphyra and Polysiphonia D. Leafy stage
480. This is the process plants use to make 486. What are the needs of plants?
their own food A. Air
A. fermentation B. Sunlight
B. photosynthesis C. Water
C. cellular respiration D. Soil
D. transpiration E. All of the Above

487. Flagellated male gametes are present in 492. Which is an example of Pteridophytes?
all the three of which one of the following A. Flowering plants
sets?

B. Conifers
A. Anthoceros, funaria and Spirogyra
C. Ferns
B. Zygnema, Saprolegnia and Hydrilla
C. Fucus, Marselia and Calotropis
D. Riccia, Dryopteris and Cycas 493. If you are asked to classify the various
algae into distinct groups, which of the fol-
488. Plants are: lowing characters you should choose?
A. autotrophic eukaryotes, have cell
A. Types of pigment present in the cell
walls
B. Nature of stored food materials in the
B. autotrophic prokaryotes, have cell
cell
walls
C. Structural organisation of thallus
C. heterotrophic eukaryotes, have cell
walls D. Chemical composition of the cell wall
D. heterotrophic prokaryotes, have cell 494. cymose inflorescence is present in
membranes
A. solanum
489. In Bryophytes zygote develops into
B. sesbania
A. Embryo
C. trifolium
B. Spores
D. brassica
C. Zoospores
D. Protonema 495. Money plant is an example of
A. creepers
490. Part of plant that acts like an anchor
B. climbers
A. Root
B. Stem C. herbs
C. Leaf D. none of above

D. Flower 496. Photosynthesis requires all of the follow-
ing except:
491. Study the paired combinations on Classi-
fication and find out the incorrect pair:i) A. Light
Artificial system-based on few character- B. Carbon Dioxide
istics ii) Natural system-natural affinities
among organisms iii) Phylogenetic-using C. Water
computers comparing lot of characteris- D. Oxygen
tics iv) Cytotaxonomy-chromosome num-
ber, structure etc. 497. Spruce, Ginkgo, Fir, and Pine trees
A. i) A. mosses
B. ii) B. ferns
C. iii) C. gymnosperms
D. iv) D. angiosperms

498. Ectopholic siphonostele is found in 503. Protonema stage and leafy stage in
Bryophytes are two stages of-
A. Adiantum and Cucurbitaceae
A. Gametophyte
B. Osmunda and Equisetum
B. Sporophyte
C. Marsilea and Botrychium
C. Rhizoids
D. Dicksonia and maiden hair fern
D. Leaves
499. Identify the correct order of the taxon-
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omy from largest grouping to most specific 504. Which of the following is NOT an adapta-
grouping. tion for a plant to live on land?
A. to obtain water
A. Species, genus, family, order, class,
phylum, kingdom B. to use its cuticle to retain water
B. Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, C. to make its own food
genus, species D. to transport food, water and minerals
C. Kingdom, species, genus, family, class,
505. Why are mosses so small?
order, phylum
A. They only produce sexually.
D. Phylum, family, genus, species, order,
kingdom, class B. They produce seeds.
C. The cannot absorb enough water
500. The green pigment found in the chloro- through their rhizoids.
plasts of plant cells is called
D. They do not have vascular tissue.
A. chloroplast
506. Which of these is a way in which scien-
B. chlorophyll
tists classify plants?
C. cell wall
A. by whether they have a cell wall
D. vacuole
B. by how they get their energy
501. Vascular plants transport nutrients C. by whether they have a nucleus
through tube-like structures known as D. by how they reproduce
and non-vascular plants transport nutri-
ents from 507. Plants that have tube-like structures for
A. cell to cell, xylem and phloem water and nutrients to travel up and down
from roots to leaves are called
B. seeds, cell to cell
A. coniferous plants
C. xylem and phloem, cell to cell
B. non-vascular plants
D. xylem and phloem, seeds
C. vascular plants
502. Plants that produce cones. D. carnivorous plants
A. gymnosperms 508. What Kingdom do I belong in? I am
B. legumes unicellular.I am prokaryotic.I reproduce
asexually.I am autotrophic.I have a cell
C. deciduous
wall made with peptidoglycan.I live every-
D. flowers where!

A. Eubacteria C. Phloem consists of sieve tube

B. Archaeabacteria D. Has true roots, stem and leaves

C. Animalia 514. drupes are called stony fruits as they
D. Plantae have
E. Protista A. hard endocarp
B. hard mesocarp
509. What do Ferns have that Apple trees
don’t have? C. hard epicarp
A. Stems D. hard epicarp and mesocarp
B. Roots 515. Which of the following is an example of

a gymnosperm?
C. Flowers
A. Ferns
D. Spores
B. Pine Tree
510. which among the following is odd C. Mosses
A. lycopsida D. Maple Tree
B. pteropsida
516. Nonvascular plants, such as mosses,
C. sphenopsida have neither vascular tissue nor true roots.
D. sporopsida What are the root like structures found on
mosses that anchor the plant to the ground
511. Select one of the following pairs of im- and take in water/nutrients through diffu-
portant features distinguishing Gnetum sions?
form Cycas and showing affinities with an-
A. Hyphae
giosperms
B. Mycelium
A. absence of resin duct and leaf venation
C. Sporangia
B. presence of vessel elements and ab-
sence of archegonia D. Rhizoids
C. perianth and two integuments 517. is a cell is a seedless plant that can
grow into a new plant.
D. embryo development and apical meris-
tem A. Root
B. Spore
512. The holes on the bottom of leaves are
called C. stem
A. Spores D. moss
B. Roots 518. Leaves found on many plants, such as

magnolias, have thick waxy layers found
C. Root hairs
on the outside. What is the purpose of this
D. Stomata adaptation?
513. Why Hibiscus sp. are considered more ad- A. Prevent oxygen loss
vanced compared to Pinus sp.? B. Prevent water loss
A. Xylem consists of vessel and tracheid C. Helps plants absorb sunlight
B. Reproduction by producing seeds D. Prevents plants from being eaten

519. What phyla has animals like birds, mice, 525. is the most beautiful part of a plant.
frogs, fish, and lizards? A. Flower
A. Cnidarian
B. Roots
B. Echinoderms
C. Stem
C. Arthropods
D. none of above
D. Chordates
526. What part of a plant transports water
520. Mosses, hornworts, and liverworts all
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and nutrients?
possess
A. flower
A. fibrous roots
B. leaf
B. spore capsules
C. seed
C. tap roots
D. green leaves D. stem
521. An example of colonial alga is 527. Definition:Regions containing actively di-

viding cells.
A. Chlorella
A. Vascular
B. Volvox
B. Guard Cells
C. Ulothrix
C. Meristem
D. Spirogyra
D. Xylem
522. Gymnosperms are also called soft wood
spermatophytes because they lack 528. Besides paddy fields, Cyanobacteria are
A. cambium also found inside vegetative part of
B. phloem fibres A. Pinus
C. thick-walled tracheids B. Cycas
D. xylem fibres C. Equisetum
523. In the species name Canis lupis, to what D. Psilotum

level of the taxonomy does the first word 529. Algae have cell wall made up of
refer?
A. cellulose, galactans and mannans
A. the organism’s species
B. hemicellulose, pectins and proteins
B. the organism’s phylum
C. the organism’s genus C. pectins, cellulose and proteins
D. the organism’s family D. cellulose, hemicellulose and pectins
524. Predominant stage of life cycle or main 530. Which of the following is the smallest
plant body of Pteridophytes is- group (least inclusive) in the taxonomy?
A. Sporophyte, 2n A. Genus
B. Gametophyte, n B. Species
C. Gametophyte, 2n C. Family
D. Sporophyte, n D. Kingdom

531. The Amazing Plant Kingdom Which of the C. a tree’s rate of seed production
following occurs when getting the genetic D. both A and B
material of a plant together?

E. All of the above
A. food chain
B. growth 537. Part of plant that works like a food fac-
tory
C. photosynthesis
A. Root
D. pollination
B. Stem
532. What is the male sex cell of a plant? C. Leaf
A. Pollen D. Flower
B. Ovule
538. Which one is a wrong statement?
C. Spore
A. Archegonia are found in Bryophyta,
D. Anther Pteridophyta and Gymnosperms
533. Which is the largest grouping (most inclu- B. Mucor has biflagellate zoospores
sive) in the taxonomy? C. Haploid endosperm is typical feature
A. family of gymnosperms
B. kingdom D. Brown algae have chlorophyll-a and c,
C. species and fucoxanthin
D. phylum 539. The sugars produced by photosynthesis

are transported by which structures in a
534. Plants belong to kingdom vascular plant?
A. Plantae A. Phloem
B. Plant B. Xylem
C. Bryophyta C. Chloroplast
D. Tracheophyta D. Endoplasmic reticulum
535. The green substance in plant that makes 540. The diploid form in a plant’s life cycle is
it possible for them to make food from sun- called the
light, carbon dioxide, and water
A. Sporophyte
A. Botanist
B. Gametophyte
B. Phloem
C. Alternation of Generations
C. Chlorophyll
D. Parental Generation
D. Monocot
541. when gynocieum is present above all part
536. By studying the annual rings of a tree is known as
trunk, scientists can get a general idea of
A. hypogynous
A. a tree’s age B. perigynous
B. changing weather patterns in the C. hypergynous

tree’s area D. epigynous

542. Xylem and Phloem are both 548. Hydroponics Growing plants without soil
A. Transpiration is known as
B. Absorption A. horticulture
C. Photosynthesis B. hydroponics
D. Vascular tissue C. pollination

D. botany
543. Water escaping a plant is
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A. Oxydation 549. a typical monocot seed doesnt have
B. transpiration A. coleorhhiza
C. transportation B. coleoptile
D. respiration C. bract
544. Which of the following plant groups have D. scutellum

seeds in woody cones?
550. Differences of vascular tissue between
A. Angiosperms gymnosperms and angiosperms
B. Gymnosperms A. Gymnosperms has simple vascular tis-
C. Pteriophytes sue
D. Bryophytes B. Gymnosperms has the most advanced
vascular tissue
545. All the different populations that live in
C. Gymnosperms does’t has vessel ele-
the same place are a
ment
A. Community
D. Gymnosperms does’t has companion
B. Ecosystem cell
C. Habitat
551. The part of the plant that gives it the
D. Population green color is
546. Nonvascular plants A. chlorophyll inside chloroplasts
A. reproduce by making seeds B. Xylem
B. grow close to the ground C. Phloem
C. are tall and thin D. Spores
D. live in dry places and have long roots
552. What structure on a conifer or evergreen
547. The science of describing, classifying, and plant produces seeds? a. Flowers b.
naming living things is called: Cones c. Spores d. Pine Needles
A. Geology A. Flowers
B. Biology B. Cones
C. Taxonomy C. Spores
D. Chemistry D. Pine Needles

553. Which are all characteristics of the Ani- 558. Which of the following is an example of
mal Kingdom? a angiosperm?

A. Multicellular consumers that do not A. Ferns
move B. Pine Tree
B. Multicellular consumers that move C. Mosses
C. Multicellular producers that do not D. Maple Tree
move
559. spruce, hemlock, fir, and pine trees
D. Multicellular producers that move
A. mosses
554. The life cycle of plants is made of
B. ferns
stages.
C. gymnosperms
A. 1
D. angiosperms
B. 2
C. 3 560. Which of the following is an example of
a seedless vascular plant?
D. 5
A. Ferns
555. Choose pteridophytes that are correctly B. Pine Tree
matched
C. Mosses
A. Lycophyta-Lycopodium sp
D. Maple Tree
B. Lycophyta-Sellaginella sp
C. Lycophyta-Dryopteris sp 561. Plants releasing energy is
D. Pteridophyta-Dryopteris sp A. Transpiration
E. Pteridophyta-Sellaginella sp B. respiration
C. transportation
556. Match items in columu I with those
D. photosynthesis.
in column II.A. Peritrichous flagellation-
GinkgoB. Living fossil-MacrocystisC. 562. Gymnosperm means “naked seed.” This
Rhizophore-Escherichia coilD. Smallest category of plant is appropriately named
flowering plant-selaginellaE. Largest this because they carry seeds in
perennial alga-wolffiaSelect the correct
A. Flowers
answer from the following.
B. Fruits
A. 3 1 4 5 2
C. Cones
B. 2 1 3 4 5
D. Spores
C. 5 3 2 5 1
D. 1 2 5 3 2 563. Which of the following shows the plant
(or plant like) examples in order from most
557. means flowering plant. primitive to most complex?
A. angiosperm A. Algae-Mosses-Ferns-Pine-Lily
B. gymnosperm B. Ferns-Mosses-Algae-Lily-Pine
C. conifer C. Pine-Mosses-Ferns-Lily-Algae
D. none of above D. Mosses-Algae-Pine-Lily-Ferns

1.4 Animal Kingdom 114
564. What is fertilization? transaction between plants

A. the transfer of pollen from the anther
565. Spore-producing sori are located on the
to the stigma
underside of the leaves of a
B. the union of pollen and egg cells in the
A. haploid gametophyte
ovary of the flower
B. haploid sporophyte
C. the dispersal of seeds to a new loca-
tion C. diploid gametophyte
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D. the transfer of cash in a business D. diploid sporophyte
1.4 Animal Kingdom

1. Animals that are born from soft eggs, cold- A. Mollusks
blooded and can have scales or shells are
B. Birds
called
A. mammals C. Arthropods
B. reptiles D. Sponges
C. amphibians
6. A fertilized egg.
D. invertebrates
A. zygote
2. All birds B. gamete
A. have feathers.
C. neuron
B. have the ability to fly.
D. cnidocyte
C. are herbivores
D. have hollow bones 7. Which of the following groups of verte-
brates is warm-blooded?
3. Which of the following are examples of
worm blooded animals? A. Birds
A. Reptiles B. Fish
B. Amphibians C. Amphibians
C. Birds D. Reptiles
D. Fishes
8. An animal whose body temperature is de-
4. Flatworms belong to phylum: termined by the temperature of its envi-
A. Platyhelminthes. ronment or surroundings. Also called cold
blooded, fish, amphibians, reptiles.
B. Nemtahelminthes.
A. ectotherrm
C. Ctenophora.
D. Annelids. B. endotherm
C. vertebrate
5. The most basic of all the animals, lives in
water D. exoskeleton

9. The fertilized eggs of most mammals fol- B. development

low a similar pattern of early development. C. puberty
Which sequence is the typical pattern, be-

ginning with the earliest stage? D. variation
A. zygote fetus embryo 15. Which group of animals are vertebrates?
B. fetus zygote embryo A. Cnidarians
C. embryo zygote fetus B. Amphibians
D. zygote embryo fetus C. Arthropods
10. Which of the following explains why some D. Echinoderms
insects are among the most successful an-
imals on Earth? 16. are vertebrates that give birth to
young ones and feed them with their own
A. Their fast reproductive cycles
milk.
B. Having a closed circulatory system
A. Birds
C. Having the ability to molt their ex-
oskeleton B. Reptiles
D. Their stinging tentacles C. Amphibians

D. Mammals
11. Organisms that can’t make their food.
A. Heterotrophs 17. Which behavior most distinguished mam-
mals and birds from other vertebrates?
B. Autotrophs
A. methods of obtaining food
C. Animals
D. Plants B. care of young after birth
C. aggressive defensive behavior
12. The part of the animal that contains the
upper surface is the D. construction of shelters
A. dorsal 18. I have hair or fur, give birth to live
B. posterior young, feed my babies milk, breathe
with lungs and am endothermic (warm-
C. ventral
blooded). What am I?
D. anterior
A. Fish
13. Which group of animals breathe with gills B. Reptile
as young and breathe with lungs on land?
C. Bird
A. Reptiles
D. Mammal
B. Amphibians
C. Mammals 19. Most animals
D. Fish A. are invertebrates
B. are arthropods
14. a major change in form from birth to adult-
hood. C. have jointed legs
A. metamorphosis D. all of these

20. Largest group of invertebrates, have ex- 26. The process in which an organism’s body
oskeletons, and jointed legs temperature is regulated internally. In-
A. Reptiles cludes your birds and mammals.
B. Amphibians A. Exothermic
C. Arthropods B. Androgenic
D. Echinoderms C. Endothermic
D. Ectothermic
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21. When something alive creates light, it is
called: 27. Which creature is classified as a crus-
A. bioluminescence tacean?
B. science A. octopus
C. awesome B. snail
D. echolocation C. jellyfish
D. lobster
22. The embryo layer that forms the skin and
nervous tissue is the 28. Do not have backbone or internal skeleton,
A. enoderm may have exoskeleton.
B. mesoderm A. Vertebrates
C. ectoderm B. Invertebrates
D. protostome C. Exothermic
D. Endothermic
23. The animal that eats grass and leaves
A. Chameleon 29. Which of the following are endothermic?
B. Ant A. Mammals and amphibians.
C. Hare B. Reptiles and birds.
D. Hyena C. Birds and mammals.

D. Reptiles and amphibians.
24. An invertebrate with an exoskeleton hard
shell 30. how large is a giant squid eye
A. Snail A. the size of a basketball
B. Insect B. the size of a pizza
C. Worm C. the size of a tv
D. Jellyfish D. the size of a bouncy ball
25. Sponges get their food by 31. What type of animal is a crab?
A. going through photosynthesis A. Fish
B. decomposing it B. Mammal
C. sponges do not eat C. Crustacean
D. filter feeding D. Amphibian

32. Ectothermic, breath with lungs, have 38. Mammals that are born early and develop
scales or plates, most lay eggs: in the mother’s pouch.

A. Frogs A. placentals
B. Toads B. monotremes
C. Birds C. marsupials
D. Reptiles D. none of above
33. used for obtaining food in corals 39. Which of these is not a classification of the
A. tentacles Animal Kingdom?
B. filtering A. insects
C. swimming B. monkeys
D. diving C. birds
34. Which group is an egg-laying mammal? D. amphibians
A. Marcupial 40. animal in which the mouth does not de-
B. Monotreme velop from the gastrula’s opening
C. Placental A. deuterostome
D. none of above B. acoelomate
35. Plants which live in sandy dessert are C. protostome
called D. coelom
A. lotus plant
41. An example of a vertebrate animal is
B. grass plant
A. Starfish
C. cactus plant
B. Spider
D. none of above
C. Seal
36. Some fish have skeletons made of bone
and D. Butterfly
A. skin 42. The snail is

B. cartilage A. Vertebrate
C. muscle B. Mollusc
D. none of above C. Cephalopod
37. I have dry and rough skin, lay eggs, D. none of above
breathe with lungs, and am ectothermic
(cold-blooded). What am I? 43. What does the term echinoderm mean?
A. Fish A. tube feet
B. Mammals B. star shaped
C. Amphibians C. spiny skin
D. Reptiles D. stomach foot

44. An animal that has a backbone. 50. Which of these animals have the thickest
A. invertebrate skin in the world?
B. vertebrate A. Blue whale
C. carnivore B. Giraffe
D. arthropod C. Orangutan
D. Whale shark
45. Have gills, cold blooded, most have scales
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A. Sponges 51. This animal is the national bird of the UAE.
B. Amphibians A. onyx
C. Birds B. falcon
D. Fish C. camel
D. snake
46. Which animal does NOT have symmetry?
A. Sponge 52. The animal that makes its own home
B. Horse A. Deer
C. Hydra B. Leopard
D. Jellyfish C. Cow
47. squid, snails, oysters, clams, mussels D. Honey bee
A. cnidarian 53. An open circulatory system

B. annelid A. relies of diffusion
C. mollusk B. does not contain blood
D. arthropod C. Is less advanced than a closed circula-
E. echinoderm tory system
D. Is more advanced than a closed circu-
48. Which group of animals gives birth to live latory system
young?
A. mammals 54. Vertebrate animals with moist skin
B. birds A. amphibians
C. fish B. reptiles
D. amphibians C. reptiles and amphibians
D. fish and amphibians
49. How long is the tongue of a giraffe?
A. 35 cm 55. What is the scientific name for a dog?
B. 40cm A. Dog
C. 70 cm B. familiarius
D. 45 cm C. Canis familiarius
E. 100cm D. Canis

56. roots that we eat 62. how many hearts does an octopus have
A. beetroot A. 5

B. potatoes B. 7
C. mint C. 3
D. thulasi D. 9
57. Vertebrate animals are under what phy- 63. Which of the following is NOTtrue of
lum? birds?
A. Arthropoda A. have feathers
B. Chordata
B. have beaks
C. Porifera
C. cold-blooded
D. none of above
D. lay eggs
58. The animal that lives in water and on land
also 64. What bug is poisonous
A. Frog A. Snake
B. Cat B. Ladybug
C. Parrot C. Moth
D. Sparrow D. Frog
59. The part of the animal that contains the 65. What are the main source of food?
tail end is the
A. Rocks
A. dorsal
B. Wood
B. posterior
C. Plants
C. ventral
D. none of above
D. anterior
66. Which mammal travels the furthest for its
60. this animal has a big body, large ears and migration?
long nose
A. Whale
A. elephant
B. Elephant
B. tiger
C. bird C. Lion
D. snake D. Hippos
61. The smallest part of an animal’s body is 67. Birds use a storage pouch under their chin
the for worms and food
A. Cell A. gizzard
B. Organ B. abdomen
C. Tissue C. crop
D. Organ System D. placental

68. Notochord is derived from embryonic: 74. Used for obtaining food in fish
A. Ectoderm A. swimming
B. Mesoderm B. tentacles
C. Endoderm C. exoskeleton
D. Ectoderm and Mesoderm D. gastrula
69. layer of cells on the outer surface of the 75. Which animal is NOT cold-blooded?
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gastrula A. a fish
A. endoderm B. a mammal
B. mesoderm C. a reptile
C. ectoderm D. an amphibian
D. protostome
76. The useful animals that we keep in homes
70. The animal that gives us milk made for them near our houses are called
A. Snake A. Domestic animals
B. Cow B. Wild animals
C. Pigeon C. Pet animals
D. Butterfly D. Water animals
71. When an animal blend in the surroundings 77. embryonic structure of an animal that con-
to escape from predators is called sists of two cell layers
A. migration A. endoderm
B. aestivation B. blasutula
C. camouflage C. gastrula
D. hibernation D. coelom
72. What of these features does an arachnid 78. Which animals are birds?
NOT have? A. pelican
A. a segmented body B. parrot
B. four pairs of legs C. tuna fish
C. antennae D. cat
D. eyes E. chicken
73. To which domain would a cell without a nu- 79. The 5 kingdoms are:monera, protista,
cleus in the dead sea belong? fungi, plants and
A. Eukarya A. toys
B. Prokarya B. animals
C. Archaea C. flowers
D. Eubacteria D. none of above

80. Which phylum has the largest number of 86. A body plan in which body parts repeat
animals on Earth? around the center of the body.

A. echinodermata A. radial symmetry
B. arthropoda B. bilateral symmetry
C. asteroidea C. asymmetry
D. crustacea D. regular symmetry
81. What supergroup are animals in 87. Mammals
A. arecheaplatida A. have got scales
B. excavata B. have got a beak

C. have got hair
C. rhizarian
D. have got wings
D. opisthokonta
88. Frogs and salamanders are which type of
82. Where do aquatic animals live?
vertebrate that lay eggs in water?
A. In water A. Amphibians
B. On land B. Reptile
C. In the sky C. Birds
D. Nowhere on the Earth D. Mammals
83. Which level of classification contains the 89. Arthropods with three body sections and
fewest organisms? six legs.
A. Kingdom A. insects
B. Class B. arachnids
C. Genus C. chelicerates
D. Species D. crustaceans
84. Protective body coverings of Animilia in- 90. The outer support system that protects the
clude.. body of arthropods
A. feathers, fur A. shell
B. shells, scales B. husk
C. skin C. exoskeleton
D. all of the above D. none of above
91. mammal =
85. what animals are coldblooded?
A. endothermic; breath with lungs; live
A. Reptiles
birth; have fur or hair; feed young milk
B. Fish
B. do not have a backbone or internal
C. Amphibian skeleton; may have an exoskeleton
D. mammal C. skeleton on the outside of body

D. very simple animal with pores that al- 97. What do we use as food?
low water to flow through; have special A. tyres
cells for getting food and oxygen
B. fruit and vegetables
92. Which of the following are NOT character- C. cotton
istics of mammals?
D. perfum and cosmetics
A. Hair or fur on body
98. Bioluminescence is prominent in the phy-
B. Mothers make milk for babies
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lum:
C. Cold-blooded
A. Porifera.
D. Warm-blooded
B. Ctenophora.
93. Butterflies, bumble bees, and spiders are C. Platyhelminthes.
examples of which group? D. Nemtahelminthes.
A. Arthropods
99. When fish travel in groups, it’s called a:
B. Segmented worms
A. flock
C. Sponges
B. pack
D. Echinoderms
C. school
94. What is the difference between unicellular D. none of above
and multicellular?
100. Three types of this phylum:round, seg-
A. They are the same mented and round.
B. One has a nucleus and one doesn’t A. reptiles
C. Unicellular has one cell and multicellu- B. amphibians
lar has many
C. insects
D. One is bacteria and the is archaebac-
teria D. worms
101. Non-chordates are:

95. Choose the correct sequence of the frog’s
life cycle A. Porifera to Platyhelminthes.
A. froglet, tadpole, frog, and egg B. Porifera to annelids.
B. egg, frog, tadpole, and froglet C. rms in polyfera and echino
C. egg, tadpole, froglet, and frog D. None
D. tadpole, froglet, frog, and egg 102. Type of symmetry that gives you equal
parts no matter where you cut the organ-
96. An example of Echinodermata ism in a circle
A. Sand dollars A. Radial Symmetry
B. snails B. Bilaterial Symmetry
C. feather worms C. Asymmetry
D. trichina worm D. none of above

103. A group of animals is called a 109. What symmetry do all insects have?
A. taxon A. Radial

B. group B. Asymmetry
C. class C. Bilateral
D. combination D. none of above
104. which family do aardvarks belong to? 110. Which of the following is a structure that
A. Anteateridae mammals share that enables them to feed
their young?
B. aardvarkidae
A. diphyodont
C. Orycteropodidae
B. mammary glands
D. Tubulidentidae
C. sebaceous glands
105. The phylum that includes your tape- D. aortic arch
worms (parasitic). They have flattened
bodies and some of the young form cysts 111. What is the world’s largest birds
in the muscles of other animals. A. Ostrich
A. Platyhelminthes B. Dove
B. Nematoda C. Kiwi
C. Mollusca D. Penguin
D. Cnidaria
112. Plants having weak stems which grow
106. That cat has a really long I almost along the ground are called:
walked on it! A. creepers
A. tail B. climbers
B. hoof C. trees
C. tooth D. shrubs
D. fur
113. In the passage, why does an armadillo
107. This tissue is more flexible than bone and jumpin the air?
can be found in sharks. A. to catch flying bugs
A. vertebrate B. to reach high places
B. mantle C. to scare other animals
C. cartilage D. none of above
D. spinal cord
114. What is the largest land animal in the
108. Which is the only big cat that can’t roar? world?
A. Lion A. Whale
B. Tiger B. Elephant
C. Cheetah C. Hippopotamus
D. Jaguar D. Buffalo

115. Which of the four stages of complete 121. Animals with no backbone is called a?
metamorphosis is in the correct order? A. Vertebrates
A. egg, adult, pupa, larva
B. Exoskeletons
B. egg, larva, adult, pupa
C. Invertebrates
C. egg, larva, pupa, adult
D. Amphibians
D. pupa, egg, larva, adult
122. A parasite is
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116. The classification of living organisms is
A. A things that eats plants
A. Taxonomy
B. Something that lives off of a host
B. Genetics
C. A type of crab
C. Ecology
D. An animal that eats only plants
D. Chemistry
123. What is a horse?
117. Birds breathe by
A. omnivore
A. whites
B. carnivore
B. lungs
C. herbivore
C. polish the skin
D. none of above
D. none of above
124. Which could help animals survive in areas
118. Vertebrates have a internal skeleton
that have many wildfires?
called
A. using camoiflage
A. backbone
B. exoeskeleton B. traveling in herds
C. vertebrae C. going underground
D. skull D. hunting at night
119. All of the following are characteristics of 125. The organ level organization is first seen
mammals except in:
A. they give birth to live young A. Concentrates.

B. they produce milk B. Platyhelminthes.
C. they breathe through gills C. Nematahelminthes.
D. they are covered with hair D. Arthropods.
120. Which creature is an example of a mol- 126. A synonym name for the “bottom” end
lusc? of an insect like an ant.
A. snail A. gizzard
B. scorpion B. crop
C. sloth C. spiny skin
D. starfish D. abdomen

127. An example of a Porifera is 133. What do protists, plants, fungi, and ani-
A. sea anemone mals have in common?

B. coral A. Multicellular
C. sea sponge B. Eukaryotic
D. tapeworm C. Prokaryotic
D. none of above
128. Which phylum have characters of
Metamerically segmented, Bilaterally sym- 134. The holds the plant in place.
metrical and animals having appendages A. stem
A. Annelida B. seed
B. Arthropoda C. roots
C. Mollusca D. none of above
D. Echinodermata
135. A polyp is
129. “jointed appendages” describes the Phy- A. a sessile cnidarian
lum
B. a free swimming cnidarian
A. Porifera
C. not capable of asexual reproduction
B. Arthropoda
D. a cnidarian larvae
C. Nematoda
D. Echinodermata 136. Between 90-95% of all animals on earth
can be classified as
130. Which group of mammals give birth to im- A. invertebrates
mature young that continue to develop in
the mother’s pouch? B. vertebrates
A. monotremes C. reptiles
B. marsupials D. mammals
C. mammals 137. Jane Goodall made amazing discoveries

D. none of these while studying animals in the wild in Africa.
Which animal did she observe and live
131. Which of the following is a group of among for many years?
warm blooded animals A. lions
A. Birds B. giraffes
B. Fishes C. gorillas
C. Amphibians D. chimpanzees
D. Reptiles
138. Many birds migrate in groups. What is a
132. The animal that gives us eggs group of birds called?
A. Rat A. school
B. Cat B. plumage
C. Sheep C. flock
D. Hen D. pack

139. Which of the following structures present B. Ectothermic

in all the chordates C. Exothermic
A. a. Cranium D. Endothermic
B. b. Notochord
145. Animals without a backbone.
C. c. Segmented body
A. Vertebrates
D. None of the above
B. Invertebrates
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140. Where would a bird seek protection from C. Chordata
the rain?
D. Urochordata
A. in the ocean
B. they open an umbrella 146. Phylum Platyhelminthes?
C. in the trees or bushes A. roundworms
D. on a roof B. segmented worms

C. aquatic worms
141. The animal’s digestive tract
D. flatworms
A. gut
B. stomach 147. Because sponges are sessile, they get
their food through
C. intestines
A. scavenging the sea floor
D. throat
B. filter fedding
142. Polar bears have thick layer of fat called C. the spicules
D. tentacles
A. camouflage
B. hibernation 148. An animal that eats BOTH plants and an-
imals.
C. blubber
A. Insectivore
D. migration
B. Carnivore
143. Which are examples of fish? Check ALL C. Herbivore
that apply.
D. Omnivore
A. salmon
B. dolphins 149. Born with gills, develops lungs, cold
blooded
C. sharks
A. Mammals
D. goldfish
B. Amphibians
E. whales
C. Mollusks
144. An animal whose body temperature re- D. Birds
mains the SAME no matter what the
outside temperature could be (Warm 150. Hard white objects in the mouth used for
Blooded). eating and chewing food
A. Endoskeleton A. feathers

B. teeth 156. The animal that eats grains

C. talons A. Pigeon

D. none of above B. Panda
C. Peacock
151. A mammal’s gestation period is the D. Penguin
length of time
157. we use wood from tree trunks to make
A. during which the mammal depends on
its parents to bring it food
A. furniture
B. between fertilization and birth
B. perfume
C. between egg-laying and hatching C. fruit
D. for which it drinks its mother’s milk D. bread
152. Cnidarians can live 158. Which kingdom has live babies and is
warm blooded?
A. Only water
A. Insects
B. Only in land
B. Mammals
C. In water and land C. Reptiles
D. none of above D. Amphibians
153. plants give us fibre 159. The animal kingdom is divided into
A. thulasi, mint A. 1 group

B. 2 groups
B. cotton, jute
C. 3 groups
C. sheep
D. 10 groups
D. basil
160. All of the following animal groups are ec-
154. Cockroach, ant, slugs and snail are exam- tothermic except for one. Which one is
ples of NOT ectothermic?
A. Birds
A. Amphibians
B. Reptiles
B. Fish
C. Fish
C. Arboreal animals
D. Amphibians
D. Invertebrates
161. An animal whose body temperature is
155. This group is made of filter feeders and regulated by the internal heat the animal
has lots of pores in its body: produces. Also called warm blooded, birds
and mammals.
A. Segmented Worms
A. ectotherm
B. Arthropods B. endotherm
C. Mollusks C. invertebrate
D. Sponges D. homeostasis

162. warm blooded, breathes with lungs, has D. reproducing, or making more of one’s
wings and lays hard shelled eggs own kind
A. birds 168. Reptiles and birds are similar because
B. amphibians they both lay eggs and both are
C. reptiles A. cold-blooded
D. mammals B. vertebrates
E. fish C. warm-blooded
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163. is used for ploughing the fields . D. invertebrates
A. Ox 169. Butterflies, lady bugs, and beetles are all
B. Dog examples of which animal group?
C. Elephant A. amphibian
D. Cat B. insect
C. mammal
164. Live in water and have bodies like sacks
D. bird
A. Sponges
B. Cnidarians 170. Animals such as arthropods have a skele-
ton on the outside that they can shed as
C. Reptiles
molts when injured called
D. Mollusks
A. endotherm
165. What would help you determine if an or- B. centipede
ganism is in kingdom Animalia?
C. monotreme
A. Chloroplasts
D. exoskeleton
B. Unicellular
171. In amphibians
C. Heterotroph
A. Skin is respiratory
D. Prokaryote
B. Exoskeleton is absent
166. Some examples of echinoderms are
C. Cold blooded
A. starfish and jellyfish
D. All of the above
B. bee, snail and worm
172. Horse, whale, and a dog are examples of
C. starfish and urchins (erizos de mar)
which kind of animal group?
D. none of above
A. bird
167. No single characteristic alone can de- B. fish
scribe a living thing, but all living thing
share certain characteristics. Which is NOT C. reptile
one of these characteristics? D. mammal
A. ability to move from place to place 173. A signal that causes an organism to react
B. made of cells in some way is called a(n)
C. ability to respond to the environment A. stimulus

B. response B. Reptiles
C. idea C. Mammals

D. message D. none of above
174. I have four legs. I can run and I can jump.
180. Which group do sponges belong to?
I am your best friend . I am a
A. dolphin A. Platyhelminthes
B. horse B. Porifera
C. dog C. Nematodes
D. none of above D. Cnidaria
175. Which level of classification contains the 181. what is the scientific name for aard-
MOST organisms? vark?
A. Family A. Orycteropus aardvarkes
B. Kingdom
B. anteateris aardvarkes
C. Species
C. Orycteropus afer
D. Phylum
D. aardvarkes aardvarkes
176. The primitive relative of animals are:
A. Dinoflagellates 182. Consumers that eat by straining organ-
isms from the water.
B. Diatoms
A. filter-feeders
C. Euglenoids
B. cnidarians
D. Protozoans
C. echinoderms
177. Which of these is the common example
for agnatha/jawless fish? D. gastropods
A. Sharks, Skates, and Rays
183. What type of cnidarian lives in a large
B. Lamprey and Hagfish colony of 1, 000 species or more and
C. Flounder and Tuna floats?
D. Seahorses A. jelly fish
178. Two internal organs used for breathing B. polyp
A. teeth C. sea anemone

B. feet D. Man o’ war
C. lungs
184. what is a group of mice called
D. none of above
A. a swarm
179. These animals are ectothermic. Some
B. a mischief
have gills, some have lungs. What are
they? C. a colonie
A. Amphibians D. flock

185. The simplest invertebrate B. Platyhelminthes

A. Mollusks C. Nematodes
B. Echinoderms D. Mollusks
C. Sponges
191. Which is an example of a cartilaginous
D. Arthropods
fish?
186. The amphibians A. Trout
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A. They are oviparous and reproduce by
B. Bass
external fertilization.
B. They are oviparous and reproduce by C. Shark
internal fertilization D. Goldfish
C. They are viviparous and reproduce by
external fertilization 192. An animals with spherical symmetry
D. They are viviparous and reproduce by A. jelly fish
internal fertilization
B. butterfly
187. Animals are sorted into two groups ver- C. dog
tebrates and ?
D. sea urchin
A. Invertebrates
B. Vascular 193. An external skeleton that is located on
C. Not Vascular the outside of an animal is called an
D. All of the above A. Exoskeleton
188. An animal with bilateral symmetry is a B. Endoskeleton
A. jelly fish C. Ectoskeleton

B. star fish D. Endyskeleton
C. dog
194. The study of the early stages of life is
D. butterfly called
189. Which of the following is NOT a class A. reproducing
within the Arthropod phylum?
B. captivity
A. Arachnid
C. embryology
B. Insect
D. biology
C. Echinoderm
D. Crustacean 195. The ability to move from place to place.
190. are also called flatworms. They A. locomotion
are bilaterally symmetrical, dorsoven- B. procreation
trally flattened worms that include pla-
naria, flukes and tapeworms. C. gyration
A. Cnidarians D. migration

196. these invertebrates have radial symme- B. Flatworms, diploblastic, acoelomate

try and stinging cells, and tentacles and a animals
hollow body cavity

C. Flatworms, triploblastic, Pseudocoelo-
A. cnidarian mates
B. annelid D. Flatworms, triploblastic, coelomates
C. mollusk
202. This group has jointed legs and seg-
D. arthropod mented bodies and exoskeletons:
E. echinoderm A. Segmented Worms
197. Which animals are mammals? B. Mollusks
A. elephant C. Sponges
B. frog D. Arthropods
C. dolphin
203. Elephant are used for loads .
D. fish
A. Ploughing
E. horse
B. Fun
198. Very simple animals with pores allow
water to flow through: C. carrying
A. Sponges D. none of above
B. Arthropods 204. I can’t walk but I can climb a tree. I have

C. Sea cucumbers no legs. I am a
D. star fish A. cat
199. Eukaryote organisms are B. frog
A. unicellular, no nucleus C. snake
B. multicellular no nucleus D. none of above

C. multicellular, has a nucleus 205. I have four legs. I can walk but I can’t
D. unicellular has a nucleus climb a tree. I am very huge. I am an
200. Relatively constant internal physical and A. snake

chemical conditions that organisms main- B. elephant
tain.
C. duck
A. symmetry
D. none of above
B. consistency
C. health 206. A medusa is
D. homeostasis A. a free swimming cnidarian
B. a sessile cnidarian
201. Platyhelminthes are best described as
C. an agile predator
A. Flatworms, triploblastic, acoelomate
animals D. incapable of sexual reproduction

207. Monkey’s belong to which kingdom? 213. Animals with backbones are known as
A. trees A. Invertebrates
B. Rodents B. Vertebrates
C. Insects C. Radial
D. Mammals D. Bilateral
208. I breathe with gills, lay eggs, live my 214. If you want to take care of animals, you
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whole life in water, and am ectothermic should
(cold-blooded). What am I?
A. buy products made with animals.
A. birds
B. buy endangered animals
B. fish
C. respect their habitats and protect
C. mammals them from the actions of man.
D. amphibians D. respect their habitats and invade
209. The animal that helps in farming them.
A. Duck 215. Big and tall plants are called:

B. Mouse A. Trees
C. Bullock B. Herbs
D. Crow C. shrubs
210. Invertebrates do not have backbone, but D. climbers
they could have an
216. can live on land as well as in water.
A. Wings
A. Amphibians
B. Shell
B. Fish
C. Exoskeleton
C. Reptiles
D. Mouth
D. Birds
211. I have four legs. I can run and I can jump.
I can climb a tree. I don’t like to swim. I 217. layer of cells lining the inner surface of
like to sleep. I am a the gastrula
A. dog A. ectoderm
B. frog B. mesoderm
C. cat C. endoderm
D. none of above D. coelom
212. how long can a aardvark live? 218. A synonym for this word is:unaffected
A. 40 years A. Emerges
B. 25 years B. Predator
C. 23 years C. Immune
D. 18 years D. Protect

219. Have soft bodies, some have shells, uses 225. The Oryx has to protect their feet so
a muscular foot to move they can walk for a long time. They can
also dig holes with these.

A. Cnidarians
B. Segmented Worms A. feathers
C. Mollusks B. talons
D. Amphibians C. hooves
220. Behavior almost always helps an animal D. none of above
A. locate other animals of the same 226. Some examples of reptiles are
species A. chamaleon, turtle and cat
B. either survive or reproduce
B. lizard, bat and sheep
C. show that it is afraid or tired
C. crocodile, snake and lizard
D. protect itself from predators
D. tiger, alligator and pelican
221. Which vertebrate group spends part of
their lives in water and part of their lives 227. What is the scientific word for warm-
on land? blooded?
A. Fish A. Warmtherm
B. Birds B. Ectotherm
C. Amphibians C. Thermal
D. Reptiles D. Endotherm
222. Which of the following represents inver- 228. Which vertebrate group lays eggs and
tebrate chordates? has feathers?
A. lancelet A. mammal
B. lampreys B. reptile
C. snakes C. bird
D. sharks D. amphibian
223. Choose The three (3) types of mammals 229. A skeleton inside an organism’s body.
based on how they are born into this world
A. endoskeleton
A. marsupial
B. exoskeleton
B. vertebrates
C. placentals C. invertebrate
D. Monotremes D. carnivore
224. A frog is classified as an 230. Frogs are examples of

A. mammal A. mammals
B. insect B. invertebrates
C. amphibian C. amphibians
D. reptile D. vertebrates

231. What is the special structure of an arthro- B. phylum, domain, kingdom, class, or-
pod that provides structure and protection der, family, species, genus
from the outside?
C. domain, kingdom, phylum, class, or-
A. An endoskeleton der, species, family, genus
B. Spicules D. none of above
C. An exoskeleton
237. What is an embryo?
D. A shell
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A. to begin to grow or sprout
232. single layer of cells surrounding a fluid-
B. a tiny new plant inside a seed
filled space that forms during early devel-
opment C. a full grown plant
A. protostome D. a flowering plant
B. deuterosotme
238. When the temperature of the environ-
C. blastula ment changes, the body temperature of a
D. gastrula reptile
A. changes
233. Which of the following is NOT an inverte-
brate? B. stays the same
A. insects C. always increases
B. worms D. always decreases
C. fish
239. The cold-blooded vertebrates are
D. mollusk
A. Amphibians and fish
234. All animals
B. Amphibians, fish, and reptiles
A. have a backbone
C. Reptiles and fish
B. are able to regulate their body temper-
ature regardless of environmental factors D. Amphibians, fish, and birds
C. are heterotrophs 240. mammals are

D. all of the above A. live them
235. What is present between ectoderm and B. Ruminants
endoderm in diploblastic animals?
C. Monometer
A. Mesenteron
D. Marsupials
B. Mesenchyme
C. Mesorchium 241. Paper comes from
D. Mesoglea A. the trunk of trees

B. the leaves of trees
236. The correct order for classification is
C. the roots of trees
A. domain, kingdom, phylum, class, or-
der, family, genus, species D. the flowers of trees

242. The vertebrates that breathe with gills C. Birds

are
D. Mammals

A. Amphibians and fish
B. Reptiles and amphibians 248. Parasite
C. Reptiles and fish A. lives in water

D. Fish and birds B. lives in dirt
243. Any structure or behavior that helps C. lives in or on another organism

an organism survive in its environment. D. lives a full life
Structural adaptations are inherited
A. process 249. Egg-laying mammals.
B. adaptation A. monotremes
C. function B. marsupials
D. structures C. placentals
244. I lay eggs, have gills, scales and fins, D. millennials

what am I?
250. Tube like bodies, divided in segments,
A. dinosaur nervous system, blood vessels, breathe
B. frog through wet skin, digestive system:
C. toad A. worms
D. fish B. segmented worms
245. What is the outside of a seed called? C. star fish
A. Seed Suit D. skeleton
B. Seed Shell
251. What is the name of the internal struc-
C. Seedling ture that controls a fish’s depth in the wa-
D. Seed Coat ter?
246. A / An help an organism survive in A. Liver

its ecosystem. B. Air Pocket
A. oxygen C. Lung Bladder
B. A brain D. Swim Bladder
C. backbone
252. Lactobacillus is a good bacteria found in
D. adaptation
yogurt. Which domain does it belong?
247. Endothermic, breathe with lungs, give A. Prokarya
birth to live babies, have fur or hair, feed
young milk. B. Eukarya
A. Frogs C. Archaea
B. Toads D. Eubacteria

253. has pointed front teeth C. Nephridia

A. carnivores D. All of the given
B. herbivores 259. Pellicle is found in:
C. omnivores A. Euglenoids
D. none of above B. Dinoflagellates
254. The animal that eats insects C. Diatoms
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A. Hippopotamus D. Eubacteria
B. Horse 260. Which Reptile lives the longest?

C. Donkey A. Saltwater Crocodile
D. Spider B. Pit Viper Snake
C. Scorpion
255. Select all of the following that are behav-
ioral adaptations? (2) D. Turtles
A. migrating south in the winter 261. Which of these is NOT a major group of
B. a long neck invertebrates?
A. Fish
C. horns
B. Worms
D. burying in the sand to stay cool
C. Mollusks
256. What percentage of all animal species are
D. Sponges
invertebrates?
A. 10% 262. How does a cnidarian capture its food?
(Has to deal with the name cnidarian)
B. 50%
A. spiny skin
C. 75%
B. with a crop
D. 95%
C. with a gizzard
257. What is the meaning of vertebrates? D. stinging cells
A. an animal of a large group distin- 263. what is a characteristics of a chordate?
guished by the possession of a back-
bone or spinal column, including mam- A. a hollow nerve chord
mals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and B. a huge brain
fishes. C. blue
B. kingdom D. gills their entire life
C. fish
264. Which group of invertebrates does a clam
D. love belong to?
258. Which of the following are the character- A. Sponge
istics of an earthworm B. Fish
A. Segmented body C. Echinoderm
B. Parapodia D. Mollusk

265. Ectothermic vertebrates that have scaly 270. The is called the ship of the desert. It
skin, lungs, claws, and lay soft leathery was used to travel years ago.
eggs.

A. sheep
A. Fish B. donkey
B. Amphibians C. camel
C. Reptiles D. none of above
D. none of above
271. Plant eating animals are called
266. Frogs, toads, and salamanders are all ex- A. Carnivores
amples of which class?
B. herbivores
A. Amphibians
C. omnivores
B. Reptiles
D. none of above
C. Birds
D. Mammals 272. A hippopotamus is classified as a
A. amphibian
267. A scientist has encountered a new or-
ganism in the kingdom Animalia with the B. bird
following characteristics:jointed legs, ex- C. mammal
oskeleton, segmented body, and bilateral D. insect
symmetry. What is it?
A. Annelida 273. Have soft, long bodies that are divided
into sections
B. Arthropoda
A. Arthropods
C. Cnidaria
B. Segmented Worms
D. Mollusca
C. Cnidarians
268. Give birth to their young, produce milk to D. Mollusks
feed their young, have hair or fur, warm
blooded 274. Which nocturnal animal has special silent
A. Mammals feathers and can see in the dark to help it
hunt prey at night?
B. Arthropods
A. bat
C. Birds
B. hawk
D. Echinoderms
C. hummingbird
269. This is the transmission of sound waves D. owl
to locate an object or food, this is were
bats rely to help them find their food 275. Which is the correct order?
A. Metamorphosis A. Kingdom Phylum Order Class
B. Omnivores B. Class Order Family Genus
C. Echolocation C. Domain Phylum Kingdom Species
D. Pollination D. Order Family Species Genus

276. Which kingdom has animals that can live 282. Invertebrates with soft bodies protected
on land and in water? by an outer shell or internal mantle
A. mammals A. arthropods
B. birds B. echinoderms
C. amphibians C. cnidarians
D. fish D. mollusks
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277. An arthropod that has a head, a thorax, 283. An animal that lives in the jungle is
an abdomen, 6 legs, wings is called.
A. Domestic
A. A spider
B. Wild
B. A tick
C. Non-living
C. An insect
D. none of above
D. A lobster
284. A bird’s feathers are also called:
278. I love chocolate ice-cream and I love
mango ice-cream. I really love them A. wings
A. neither B. beak
B. both C. plumage
C. either D. none of above
D. one 285. Symmetry that is divided down the an-
imal’s length into similar right and left
279. The protozoans that cause malaria in hu-
halves is
mans are
A. Radial
A. Trichosomes
B. Dinoflagellates B. Bilateral
C. Sporozoans C. Equal
D. Radiolarians D. Trilateral
280. How many legs do insects have? 286. The animal that lives in water
A. four A. Tiger
B. eight B. Fish
C. two C. Dog
D. six D. Rabbit
281. Which of the following is an American 287. Body structures that are repeated along
marsupial? one or more planes are known as
A. racoon A. Symmetrical
B. opossum B. Even
C. armadillo C. Asymmetrical
D. pocket gopher D. Uneven

288. A seed sprouts into a young plant called B. Spicule

a C. Porocyte

A. seedling D. Spongocoel
B. tree
294. Which animal is classified as a mammal?
C. leaf
A. giraffe
D. none of above
B. turtle
289. An organism that has a skeleton outside C. ant
it’s body.
D. blue jay 1. Which animal is classified
A. endoskeleton as a mammal?
B. exoskeleton
295. Sponges exhibit:
C. vertebrate
A. The cellular level of organization.
D. herbivore
B. Multicellular level of organization.
290. Major functions of animals include obtain- C. Acellular level of organization.
ing food and oxygen, keeping internal con-
ditions stable, movement, and D. None.
A. adaptation 296. Animals that are covered with scales and

B. reproduction use gills to breathe in the water are
C. classification A. Fish
D. fertilization B. Chicken
C. Baby tiger
291. segmented worms
D. Cocodrile
A. cnidarian
B. annelid 297. Organisms that make their own food
C. mollusk A. autotroph
D. arthropod B. heterotroph
E. echinoderm C. selfietroph
D. hunterotroph
292. Which of the following is an adaptation
which arboreal animals have? 298. Which of these is the largest class of
A. They have hollow bones. fish?
B. They have strong limbs to climb trees. A. Jawless
C. They have fins and flippers to swim. B. Cartilaginous
D. They can run fast and walk on the C. Bony

ground. D. Bonless
293. The large opening at the top of the 299. animals whose body is covered with
sponge is called the scales
A. Osculum A. reptiles

B. fish 305. The animals that live with us in our house

C. reptiles and fish are called
A. Domestic animals
D. reptiles, fish and amphibians
B. Wild animals
300. The hard tissue on the inside of some mol-
C. Pet animals
lusks for protection is called
D. Water animals
A. cartilage.
306. This is the second word of an organism’s
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B. a mantle.
scientific name.
C. a rib.
A. Class
D. a heart.
B. Order
301. Arthropods that have eight (8) legs care C. Genus
called? D. Species
A. Crustaceans
307. The study of the kingdom Animalia
B. Arachnids
A. Bology
C. Myriapods
B. Cosmology
D. Insects
C. Zoology
302. Smooth moist skin which they can breath D. Entomology
through their skin, life part life in water &
the other half land. 308. What of the following is/are functions of
living organism?
A. Frogs
A. circulation
B. Toads
B. respiration
C. Birds
C. feeding
D. Bugs D. response to stimili
303. What is a seed coat? E. all of the above
A. a plant 309. describes organism that don’t move from
B. the outer protective layer of a seed place to place
C. a cute little jacket the seed wears to A. acoelomate
stay warm B. sessile
D. None of these C. deuterostome
304. One characteristic that defines an am- D. blastula

phibian is that.. 310. The only vertebrate that gives birth to
A. they have scaly skin. live young is
B. they have live births. A. Amphibians
C. they are endothermic. B. Reptiles
D. they have smooth skin and are born in C. Birds
the water. D. Mammals

311. Animals whose body parts are arranged C. Charles Darwin

the same on both sides have
D. Carl Linnaeus

A. radial symmetry
B. asymmetry 317. In the animal kingdom, the different
phyla fall into what two groups?
C. bilateral symmetry
A. Reptiles and Amphibians
D. spherical symmetry
B. Mammals and birds
312. A flat worm has a simple
C. Birds and Fish
A. Digestive System
D. Vertebrates and Invertebrates
B. Nervous System
C. Skeletal System 318. The vertebrate phylum that is character-
ized by having feathers, a gizzard, a crop
D. Bilateral System is
313. A characteristic the organisms in the phy- A. Reptile
lum Porifera possess:
B. Bird
A. Stinging cells.
C. Fish
B. The ability to photosynthesize.
D. Mammal
C. Have asymmetrical symmetry.
D. Have radial symmetry. 319. What is a marsupial?
A. A mammal whose young are born fully
314. Birds and Mammals have a four-
developed.
chambered heart that helps keep the body
warm at all times making them this term B. An oviparous with feathers.
A. ectothermic C. A mammal whose young are not born
B. endothermic fully developed.
C. placental D. none of above

D. marsupial 320. What type of arthropod lives in the wa-
ter and has at least 5 pairs of legs?
315. Organisms in this phylum have soft bod-
ies covered by a mantle and a muscular A. Insect
foot. B. Centipede
A. Arthropoda
C. Crustacean
B. Porifera
D. Arachnid
C. Echinodermata
D. Mollusca 321. medicinal plants
A. cotton
316. Who created the most commonly used
system of taxonomy? B. basil, thulasi
A. Niels Bohr C. jute
B. Watson and Crick D. mango

322. Which of the following is NOT what a 328. Which feature is NOT true of fish?
sponge skeleton can be made of? A. do not have a backbone
A. Spongin B. have gills
B. Cnidocyst C. are cold-blooded
C. Silica D. lay eggs (mostly)
D. Spicule 329. mollusk =
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323. Animals move in different ways A. soft bodies with a thick muscular foot-
more developed than worms and sponges
A. FLY, SWIM some have shells breathe with gills or
B. FLY, SWIM, SLITHER AND WALK lungs
C. WALK B. jointed legs, segmented bodies, some
have wingsHard outer covering called ex-
D. SLITHER AND SWIM
oskeletonget oxygen through gills or air
tubes
324. Tick the insect below
C. segmented worms
A. Rat
D. segmented worms
B. Crow
C. Bear 330. where can you find invertebrates
A. saltwater places
D. Louse
B. land
325. how fast are aardvark? C. both
A. 56 mph D. none of above
B. 1 mph
331. Many birds migrate when the seasons
C. 3 mph change. What does migrate mean?
D. 13 mph A. move
B. nest
326. Animals that have feathers, two wings,
two legs and beak are C. flock
A. Amphians D. eat
B. Cows 332. What are three main body parts of an in-
C. Elephants sect?
A. Head, chest, tail
D. Birds
B. Head, antenna, abdomen
327. Phylum Mollusca include all except: C. Thorax, antenna, heart
A. octopus D. Head, thorax, abdomen
B. clam
333. Hard protective structures developed out-
C. snail side the body.
D. jellyfish A. exoskeletons

B. endoskeletons 339. Which of the following fish has a swim

C. hydroskeletons bladder?
A. Shark

D. hyposkeletons
B. Lamprey
334. What is the panda’s diet most of the C. Trout
time?
D. Skate
A. leaves
340. Which of the following would support
B. Baboon that insects are consumers?
C. Bamboo A. Insects get their energy by eating
D. Meat plants or animals.
B. Insects are able to make their own
335. Parts of an organism’s body physical fea- food.
tures such as teeth, legs, wing, beaks,
claws and eyes. C. Insects get their energy from the air.
D. Insects are able to live without energy.
A. function
B. adaptations 341. An offspring that is the result of asexual
reproduction
C. shape
A. has two parents
D. structures
B. developed from a zygote
336. Which of the following part of a plant C. inherited genes from two parents
give support to the plant? D. is genetically identical to its parent
A. Roots 342. body plan of an organism that can be di-
B. Flowers vided down its length into right and left
C. Leaves halves that form mirror images
A. radial symmetry
D. none of above
B. bilateral symmetry
337. Crabs are C. assymetry
A. Arthropods D. sessile
B. Mollusks 343. Horses, elephant and donkey helps to
C. Cnidarians A. carry loads.
D. Amphibians B. draw water
338. Which statement is NOT true for mam- C. play

mals? D. none of above
A. have hair/fur 344. The natural home of an animal is its
B. have ability to make milk (females) A. climate
C. typically give birth to live young (fe- B. habitat
males) C. space
D. are cold-blooded D. I don’t know

345. Have a backbone, endoskeleton, blood B. Polar bears have white fur to hid them-
vessels, nervous system, & move: selves in the snow.
A. Animals C. Grasshoppers blend into rocks or
B. Exoskeleton leaves.
C. Invertebrates D. Chameleons can change their color.

D. Vertebrates 351. Which group of animals are warm
blooded?
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346. Which of the following is NOT a phyla of
animals? A. Birds and Mammals
A. Chordata B. Reptiles and Amphibians
B. Gymnosperm C. Mammals and Fish
C. Porifera D. none of above
D. Annelida 352. Dear, horse and elephant are class into a
group called Herbivore. What is the suit-
347. Reptiles must live in a climate where they
able group to classify monkeys based on
can use the sun to keep warm. This means
their eating habits?
they are
A. Carnivore
A. cold-blooded
B. warm-blooded B. Amphibians
C. invertebrates C. Omnivore
D. bioluminescent D. Reptiles
348. It is a group of fish whose skeletons are 353. What does the term vertebrate mean?
made up of cartilage rather than bones. A. complex animal
They have jaws, tough scales and breathe
B. no backbone
through the spiracles on top of their heads.
C. has a backbone
A. Jawless fishes
D. simple animal
B. Cartilaginous fishes
C. Bony fishes 354. The animal emerges from its den when he
feels it is safe. The word emerges in this
D. none of above
sentence means-
349. A synonym for this word is:come out A. animals that live by eating other ani-
A. emerge mals
B. predator B. comes out of a hidden place
C. immune C. group of living things that are the same
D. species D. not of affected by illnesses
350. Which statement best describes 355. Some animals remain inactive during sum-
mimicry? mers to maintain energy and body temper-
A. Hawk moth caterpillars can act like ature is called
snakes. A. Migration

B. Hibernation 361. Which is only reptile that has 4-

chambered heart
C. Aestivation

A. Snake
D. Camouflage
B. Crocodile
356. Which one of the following is evidence of C. Lizard
evolution
A. fossil records
362. When blood is contained within blood
B. analogical structures vessels the entire time it circulates the
C. DNA body is called a(n):
D. all of the above A. open circulatory system

B. contained circulatory system
357. Vertebrates that have lungs, skin, fur or
C. vessel circulatory system
hair
D. closed circulatory system
A. Fish
363. name the species are invertebrate
B. Birds
A. cnidarians
C. Mammals
B. echinoderms
D. Reptiles
C. fish
358. Sea stars, sea brittle, sea cucumber, sea D. snake
urchin:
364. Which fin helps the fish maintain depth?
A. arthropods
A. caudal fin
B. mollusks
B. Pectoral fin
C. echinoderms C. anal fin
D. Segmented worms D. dorsal fin
E. pelvic fin
359. Which Phylum has a notochord
A. sponge 365. Echinodermata means
B. platyhelminthes A. spiny skin

B. two lives
C. nematodes
C. jointed appendages
D. chordates
D. two shells
360. When two organisms of different species
366. Which class has organisms with moist
interbreed the organism is called
skin?
A. heterotroph A. Amphibians
B. autrotroph B. Reptiles
C. hybrid C. Birds
D. animal D. Mammals

367. Which of the following is NOT a charac- 373. You would find mushrooms in which king-
teristic of mammals? dom?
A. They are warm-blooded. A. Fungi
B. They have hair. B. Protista
C. They have exoskeletons.
C. Plantae
D. They have backbones.
D. Animalia
368. The birds fly with the help of
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A. Feathers 374. What animals do not have a backbone?
B. Tail A. jellyfish
C. Beak B. Crabs
D. Wings C. mammal
369. Animals that have a backbone covered by D. fish
a layer of skin that circulate blood.
A. invertebrate 375. Organisms that cannot make their own
food
B. exoskeleton
A. autotroph
C. vertebrate
D. endotherm B. heterotroph
C. selfietroph
370. Do we use some plants to make
medicines? D. hunterotroph
A. Yes, I do
376. They breathe with lungs
B. No, we don’t
A. mammals, birds, reptiles, adult am-
C. Yes, we do
phibians, fish
D. No, I don’t
B. mammals, birds, reptiles, young am-
371. frogs, salamanders, newts, toads phibians
A. birds C. mammals, birds, reptiles, adult am-
B. amphibians phibians
C. reptiles D. mammals, birds and reptiles
D. mammals
377. Which is NOT a characteristics of ani-
E. fish mals?
372. Which animals are reptiles? A. Have to obtain their food from outside
A. dog sources.
B. snake B. Have cells with a nucleus.
C. salmon C. Are made of at least one or more cells.
D. iguana D. Have either radial or bilateral symme-
E. turtle try.

378. What is a crow? 384. Animal with name meaning “soft body”
A. herbivore A. Sponges

B. carnivore B. Mollusk
C. omnivore C. Worms
D. none of above D. Osteichthyes
379. Which of the following chordates is a ver- 385. Some examples of fishes are
tebrate?
A. turtle, shark and whale
A. craniata
B. fish, salmon and dolphin
B. cephalochordata
C. salmon, fish and tuna
C. urochordata
D. reptilia D. ostrich, dog and pelican
380. how long are aardvarks? 386. The part of the animal that contains the
lower surface is the
A. 1.3 m
A. dorsal
B. 2.2 m
B. posterior
C. 3.6 m
C. ventral
D. 1.7 m
D. anterior
381. how tall are aardvarks?
A. 20 cm 387. Invertebrates don’t have skeletons
made of bones.
B. 47 cm
A. internal
C. 70 cm
B. external
D. 60 cm
C. vertebrates
382. The animal that eats both plants and
flesh D. outer
A. Bear 388. Segmented worms are in the Phylum:

B. Cheetah A. Annelida
C. Monkey B. Nematoda
D. Buffalo C. Arthropoda
383. arthropod = D. Cnidaria
A. jointed legs, segmented bodies, some
389. Have lungs, cold blooded, lay leathery
have wingsHard outer covering called ex-
eggs, some have scales
oskeletonget oxygen through gills or air
tubes A. Reptiles
B. segmented worms B. Amphibians
C. echinoderms C. Sponges
D. mollusks D. Arthropods

390. The animal’s digestive tract forms from B. radial symmetry

the C. bilateral symmetry
A. endoderm
D. coelomate
B. ectoderm
396. Which of the following shows the coordi-
C. mesoderm
nated movement of cilia?
D. protostome
A. Trypanosoma
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391. The invertebrate with no body openings, B. Entamoeba
no muscles, no nerves, and no organs is
C. Paramoecium
A. sea jellies
D. Plasmodium
B. annelids (worms)
C. mollusks 397. Pseudocoelomate is a characteristic fea-
ture
D. arthropods
A. Porifera
E. sponges
B. Annelida
392. The animal that eats flesh of other animal C. Arthropoda
A. Elephant
D. Aschelminthes
B. Giraffe
398. When the anterior end of an animal has
C. Tiger
a gathering of sensory organs and nerve
D. Goat cells this is known as
393. Mollusks have what type of symmetry A. cephalization
A. asymmetry B. nervous system
B. bilateral C. bilateral symmetry
C. radial D. segmentation
D. none of above 399. Arthropods that live in the water are
394. As it changes from tadpole to adult, a called..
frog’s body undergoes a series of dramatic A. insects
changes. Hind legs develop and the tail dis- B. arachnids
appears. This process is called
C. crustaceans
A. metamorphosis
D. none of above
B. fertilization
C. photosynthesis 400. a fluid-filled body cavity completely sur-
rounded by a mesoderm
D. reproduction
A. blastula
395. body plan of an organism that can be di-
B. protostome
vided along any plane, through a central
axis, into roughly equal halves C. pseudocoleom
A. sessile D. coelom

401. The process of shedding an outgrown ex- 407. Ectothermic, have gills, lay eggs, have
oskeleton. scales, have fins & live in water.

A. regenerating A. Fish
B. refining B. Birds
C. molting C. Mammals
D. sluffing D. frogs
402. An animal that lives in a house is 408. Have circular/radial symmetry

A. Domestic A. Mollusks
B. Wild B. Echinoderms
C. Non-living C. Sponges
D. none of above D. Segmented Worms
403. The animal Phylum that has a soft body 409. Warm-blooded animals that feed their
and usually a shell or mantle, for protec- young with milk, have backbones, and are
tion. covered with hair are called
A. crustacean A. amphibians
B. cnidarian B. reptiles
C. echinoderm C. mammals
D. mollusks D. squid
404. Which of the following is a characteristic 410. Whats animals have radial symmetry or
of animals with radial symmetry? pentaradial symmetry?
A. they have no distinct head or tail ends A. Cnidarians
B. they must move quickly to catch prey B. Porifera
C. they move faster on land than in water C. Echinoderms
D. they have sense organs at the front of D. Molluscs
their bodies 411. What live in the ocean and land?
405. The excretory organ in cockroach (Arthro- A. Amphibians
pod) B. Fish
A. Kidney C. Birds
B. Malphigian tubule D. Mammals
C. Nephridia E. Reptiles
D. Green glands
412. Lobster, shrimp, and crabs are examples
406. A butterfly is classified as an of what group of Arthropods?
A. insect A. Chilopoda
B. reptile B. Diplopoda
C. bird C. Crustaceans
D. mammal D. Arachnida

413. When an animal gives off or eliminates 419. What is the first stage in a plant’s life?
chemicals from its body it is called A. germination
A. bioluminescence B. seed
B. reproducing C. young adult
C. chemical production
D. seedling
D. excretion
420. Which animal belongs in the Phylum
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414. Cold blooded animals with scaly dry skin Mammalia?
are
A. frog
A. Fish
B. fish
B. Reptiles
C. camel
C. Amphibians
D. tortoise
D. Mammals
421. The structure that provides food and oxy-
415. Organisms whose cells have NO nucleus gen to a developing mammal baby.
are classified as
A. placenta
A. Eukaryotic
B. uterus
B. Prokaryotic
C. umbilical cord
C. Dead
D. small intestine
D. none of above
422. What Animals is a Vertebrates?
416. Animals that have hair or fur are
A. Mammles
A. Mammals
B. Birds
B. Birds
C. Reptile
C. Fishes
D. Amphibian
D. Reptiles
E. all above
417. have 10 legs & love water (shrimp,
lobsters, crabs, etc.) 423. Plants are important because
A. annelids A. animals use them as food
B. crustaceans B. they give us food
C. arachnids C. both are correct
D. insects D. none of above
418. The radially symmetrical, diploblastic an- 424. Which animal group has radial symme-
imals belong to the phylum try?
A. Porifera A. Sea Stars (echinoderms)
B. Coelenterata B. Octopus (mollusks)
C. Platyhelminthes C. Beetles (insects)
D. Echinodermata D. Trout (fish)

425. do invertebrates move C. Animals that eat both plants and other
A. yes animals.

B. no D. Animals that feed on dead animals.
C. both 431. The ability of an animal to change from
D. none of above one form to another form is called
A. metamorphosis
426. Both reptiles and birds
A. have feathers. B. transformation
B. have air sacs. C. tropism

C. migrate. D. none of above
D. lay amniotic eggs 432. Amphibians go through a life cycle of
change from breathing oxygen in through
427. The only vertebrate that goes through
gills to breathing oxygen using lungs
metamorphosis is
A. Amphibians A. swim bladder
B. Reptiles B. crustacean
C. Birds C. metamorphosis
D. Mammals D. bilateral life
428. Which of the following is a characteristic 433. Types of molluscs

of an amphibian? A. Gastropods
A. They give live births and feed their B. Cephalopods
young with milk.
C. Myriapods
B. They live on land and have fur.
D. Bivalves
C. They have feathers and breathe with
lungs. E. Arachnids
D. They have two stages to their life cy- 434. Warm blooded animals that feed their ba-
cle. bies with milk
429. What kingdom would you find multicellu- A. Mammals
lar autotrophs in?
B. Birds
A. Eukarya
C. Insects
B. Protista
D. amphibians
C. Plantae
D. Animalia 435. Which of the following is a characteristic
that all mammals share?
430. What are parasites?
A. they all have a pouch
A. Animals that get nutrition from other
B. they all have a cloaca
living animals.
B. Animals that eat other animals as their C. they all have hair
food. D. they all have a short gestational period

436. What is the source of energy animals 442. Cold-blooded vertebrate animal including
need to survive? frogs, tads, and newts are
A. minerals A. Mammals
B. water B. Reptiles
C. food C. Crustaceans
D. air D. Amphibians
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437. Which Phylum has animals that lays eggs 443. What does the spider do FIRST to makea
and has feathers? web?
A. Birds A. puts one thread on a branch
B. Fish B. spins the thread to the edges
C. Mammals C. makes a Y shape with thread
D. Amphibians D. none of above
438. which of these animals eat sharks 444. Animals that cannot control their own
body temperature are
A. orca
A. Self-regulating
B. whale
B. Warm-blooded
C. dolphin
C. Cold-blooded
D. turtle
D. Non-regulating
439. Types of invertebrates
445. Turtles, lizards, snakes and crocodiles are
A. Molluscs all examples of what class?
B. Porifera A. Amphibians
C. Echinoderms B. Reptiles
D. Annelids C. Birds
E. Arthropods D. Mammals
440. What to carnivores use their teeth for? 446. Which is an example of an echinoderm?
A. ripping and tearing meat A. starfish
B. grinding food B. bat
C. injecting poison into their prey C. millipede
D. none of above D. salamander
441. An example of a bony fish is the: 447. What helps plants grow?
A. lamprey A. darkness and cold air
B. ray B. a secret plant food
C. tuna C. good soil, water, and sunlight
D. octopus D. plants don’t need anything to grow

448. The first word of an organism’s scientific C. mammals

name. D. amphibians

A. Class
454. What is the study of functions of organs
B. Order
A. Physiology
C. Genus
B. botany
D. Species
C. embryology
449. When any plane passing through the cen- D. biology
tral axis of the of the body divides the or-
ganism into two identical halves, it is 455. What type of arthropod is considered to
A. Radial symmetry have MANY PAIRS of legs?
B. Biradial symmetry A. crustacean
C. Bilateral symmetry B. insect
D. Spherical symmetry C. arachnid

D. myriapod
450. When you are immune from getting sick,
you- 456. animal that has 3 cell layers, with a di-
A. need to take medicine so you don’t get gestive tract but no body cavities
sick A. acoelomate
B. are not affected by the sickness B. coelomate
C. always get sick with the disease C. pseudocoelomate
D. need to stay away from other people D. sessile
451. The special purpose or activity for which 457. I am an eukaryote that contains a cell
a thing exists or is used-in an animal, legs wall, chloroplast and large vacuole. What
to allow an animal to run. kingdom do I belong to?
A. process A. plant
B. adaptations B. animal
C. functions C. protist
D. structures D. none of above
452. Made of more than 1 cell: 458. Shrubs are

A. Triple-cellular A. small plants with woody stem
B. multi-cellular B. tall plants with strong and woody stem
C. Double-cellular C. small plants with soft stem
D. one cell D. none of above
453. I breathe with lungs, lay eggs, and am en- 459. This phylum will have scales, lay soft
dothermic (warm-blooded). What am I? leathery eggs, and have claws for digging.
A. birds A. Birds
B. fish B. Amphibians

C. Echinoderms 466. Sponges use pores to

D. Reptiles A. move from place to place.
460. Who developed the classification system B. filter food from the water.
of living organisms C. defend themselves.
A. Gregor Mendel D. none of above
B. Aristotle
467. Cold blooded organisms can not regulate
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C. Carlos Linnaes the body temperature. Which of the fol-
D. Charles Darwin lowing organisms are cold blooded organ-
isms
461. Plants live in water like
A. Fishes
A. apple
B. Amphibians
B. rose
C. Reptiles
C. mint
D. All of the above
D. lotus
468. What is the fastest animal in the world
462. The kingdom of includes vertebrates
and invertebrates. A. Bird
A. mammalia B. Cat
B. animalia C. Cow
C. plants D. Cheetah
D. chordata 469. To grow back

463. An example of Cnidaria is a A. regenerate
A. jelly fish B. renewal
B. fluke C. revive
C. sea sponge D. revigirate
D. leech 470. How many rats were on the spaceshuttle
Columbia’s on 1993
464. Two opposite anatomy of animals
A. 46
A. Dorsal and Cephalic
B. 47
B. Posterior and Dorsal
C. 48
C. Caudal and Medial
D. Dorsal and Ventral D. 49
465. Flesh eating animals are called 471. Bilateral Symmetry can be defined as
A. herbivores A. 1 line that divides a shape into 2 equal

parts
B. omnivores
B. 1 line that divides a shape into distinct
C. carnivores right and left halves that are mirror im-
D. none of above ages

C. shape that can be divided into mirror 477. Name the THREE groups of Mollusks.
images using any of several lines A. Gastropods

D. a shape that cannot be divided into mir- B. Arthropods
ror images
C. Cephalpods
472. lobsters, crabs, ladybugs, spiders, but- D. Bivalves
terflies
478. The salient feature of echinoderm is:
A. cnidarian
A. Closed vascular system.
B. annelid
B. Blood vascular system.
C. mollusk
C. Water vascular system.
D. arthropod
D. Digestive system.
E. echinoderm
479. These animals regulate their own body
473. What is an annelid? temperature; their blood uses energy to
maintain a constant temp
A. a large fish
A. cold blooded
B. a segmented worm
B. warm blooded
C. a microscopic organism
C. mammals and birds
D. an animal with a backbone
D. fish, amphibians and reptiles
474. Earthworms, leeches, marine worms are
480. How many chambers does a fish heart
all
have?
A. annelids
A. 1
B. crustaceans B. 2
C. arachnids C. 3
D. insects D. 4
475. Some examples of birds are 481. What does it mean to germinate?
A. penguin, turtle and cat A. to begin to grow or sprout
B. chicken, duck and pelican B. to cough on people
C. hen, snake and owl C. A flower that is not opened up or fully
grown
D. ostrich, dog and pelican
476. The largest sub-group of invertebrates is
482. Which of these MUST return to water to
A. sea jellies reproduce?
B. annelids (worms) A. Amphibians
C. mollusks B. Reptiles
D. arthropods C. Birds
E. sponges D. Mammals

483. Scientists classify animals by their 489. An example of a Annelida is a

A. Color A. hookworm
B. Size B. sea urchin
C. Characteristics C. leech
D. Sound D. octopus
484. Which animal belongs in the mammal 490. What is an example of a predator?
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kingdom?
A. bear
A. frog
B. cat
B. fish
C. mouse
C. monkey
D. tortoise D. fish
485. Earthworms and leeches are common ex- 491. What can we make from plants?
amples of? A. cars
A. Nematodes B. thread
B. Annelids C. computers
C. Mollusks D. fridges
D. none of above
492. I have four legs. I can run fast. You can
486. All arthropods have segmented bodies, ride me . I am a
jointed appendages, and
A. Polar bear
A. tails
B. Horse
B. lungs
C. Elephant
C. wings
D. none of above
D. an exoskelton
493. Which of the following are classified as a
487. Which of the following plant is a shrub mollusks?
plant?
A. Bees
A. mango
B. Slugs
B. tea
C. aleo vera C. Frogs
D. none of above D. Monkeys
488. An invertebrate has not got a 494. Phylum Porifera includes:

A. skeleton A. worms
B. skeletaun B. mollusks
C. skleteaun C. sponges
D. eskeleton D. viruses

495. bird = B. mammal

A. endothermic; lay eggs, have feathers, C. reptile

have beak, wings, 2 feet. breathe with D. insect
lungs
B. endothermic; breath with lungs; live 501. Cnidarians are both mobile and sessile
birth; have fur or hair; feed young milk with the ability to do
C. do not have a backbone or internal A. Stun prey with stinging nematocysts
skeleton; may have an exoskeleton B. Hunt prey
D. skeleton on the outside of body C. Hibernate
496. Mammals that lay EGGS are called? D. Swim
A. placentals. 502. Which is the following is an adaptation
B. marsupials. that helps a bird fly?
C. cnidarians. A. Lightweight bones
D. monotremes. B. Down feathers
C. Webbed Feet
497. is an adaptation that fools other ani-
mals with sounds, behaviors, or colors. D. Large Beaks
A. camouflage 503. An animal that feeds on dead or decaying
B. mimicry matter
C. perch A. carnivore
D. internal B. herbivore
C. detritivore
498. third cell layer formed in the developing
embryo D. omnivore
A. ectoderm 504. amphibian =
B. mesoderm A. endothermic; can breathe with gills as
C. endoderm young and lungs as adult; jelly like eggs;
D. gastrula go through metamorphosis
B. smooth, moist skin which these organ-
499. Fish are aquatic animals. What does isms can breathe through; live part of life
aquatic mean? in water and part on land
A. Aquatic means they are fishes. C. thicker bumpy skin and live on land
B. Aquatic means they live underwater. D. ectothermic; breathe with lungs; have
C. Aquatic means they have an aqua scales and plates; most lay eggs
color.
505. Roses and Lilies are beautiful flow-
D. Aquatic means they are cold-blooded. ers! I always keep them in my house. I
500. Which animal life cycle:Egg, larvae, pupa, love them.
and adult A. neither
A. fish B. both

C. either 511. Vertebrates with legs

D. one A. mammals, birds and adult amphibians
B. mammals, reptiles, amphibians and
506. Scientists use homologous structures to birds
identify evolutionary relationships. Which
is an example of homologous structures? C. mammals, birds, reptiles, adult am-
phibians, fish
A. the hip an shoulder bones of snakes
D. mammals, birds, adult amphibians and
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B. the wings of a dragonfly and the wings some reptiles
of a bat
512. Which type of teeth describe a carni-
C. the front legs of a horse and the wings vore?
of a bats
A. Flat, wide, and large
D. the front legs of a horse and the back
legs of a zebra B. Sharp and pointed
C. Both sharp and flat, wide, and large
507. Animales in english is
D. none of above
A. anemals
513. Arthropod means:
B. animales
A. Jointed appendages.
C. animals
B. Bent legs.
D. enemals
C. Quadriceps.
508. Which of the following is an example of D. Insect
a cnidarian?
514. A consumer that eats only animals.
A. Seastar
A. carnivore
B. Sea Anemone B. herbivore
C. Horseshoe Crab C. omnivore
D. Sting Ray D. cephlavore
509. Any organism that eats other organism. 515. is the part that grows into a new
plant.
A. consumer
A. seed
B. omnivore
B. pollen
C. scavenger
C. leaf
D. predator
D. none of above
510. There are types of vertebrates 516. Which of the following is not a domain
A. one A. archea
B. two B. bacteria
C. five C. fungi
D. four D. eukarya

517. THE ANIMALS WHICH CAN BE KEPT AT 523. Symmetry in which both halves of a com-
HOME ARE CALLED AS position are not identical.
A. asymmetry

A. FARM ANIMALS
B. PET ANIMALS B. symmetry
C. WILD ANIMALS C. molting
D. none of above D. warp
518. The part of the animal that contains the 524. scaleless fish including lampreys and hag-
sensory organs and the central nervous fish
system is the A. jawless fish
A. dorsal B. bony fish
B. posterior C. fishy fish
C. ventral D. cartilaginous fish
D. anterior 525. Which of the following is NOT a charac-
teristic of the animal kingdom?
519. Bees belong to which kingdom?
A. Eukaryotic cells
A. Trees
B. Heterotrophic
B. Rodents
C. No tissues
C. Mammals
D. Moves
D. Insects
526. In mollusca mouth contains a file like
520. Internal skeleton = rasping organ for feeding is called
A. Exothermic A. Teeth
B. Exoskeleton B. Gizzard
C. Endoskeleton C. Radula
D. Endothermic D. Medula
521. The animals that only consumes plants 527. The invertebrate with only two body
are group into openings, no legs, and long soft bodies is
A. Carnivore A. sea jellies
B. Omnivore B. annelids (worms)
C. Reptiles C. mollusks
D. Herbivore D. arthropods
522. Symmetry that is divided along any plane E. sponges

through a central axis into roughly equal 528. Can I get you some tea or coffee? NO
halves is thank you! I don’t like
A. Radial A. some
B. Bilateral B. either
C. Equal C. both
D. Trilateral D. none of above

529. This organ allows a fish to swim at dif- C. Apple

ferent depths or buoyancy.
D. Lantana
A. crop
B. gizzard 535. jelly fish, hydra, coral, sea anemone
C. swim bladder A. cnidarian

D. cartilage B. annelid
C. mollusk
530. What are the five groups of verte-
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brates? D. arthropod
A. Mammals, bugs, spiders, fish, and E. echinoderm
birds
B. Mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and am- 536. Amphibians breathe through
phibians A. Through the skin and through the lungs
C. Snakes, turtles, frogs, bugs, birds B. polish the skin
D. Worms, insects, spiders, jellyfish, C. By lungs
sponges
D. none of above
531. What surrounds the mouth of Cnidari-
ans? 537. In the passage, why do armadillos
usetheir claws?
A. guard cells
B. pinococytes A. to get away
C. tentacles B. to dig holes

D. spines C. to keep dry
D. none of above
532. Animals that come out to hunt at night
are called 538. Birds must have wings, feathers, and a
A. Camouflage in order to be classified as a bird.
B. Nocturnal animals A. nest
C. Aerial animals B. worm
D. Aquatic animals C. beak
533. animal with a mouth that develops from D. tweet
an opening in the gastrula
A. sessile 539. Which is NOT a way scientists classify an-
imals into groups?
B. protostome
A. by how much they weigh
C. deuterostome
B. by their body covering
D. blastula
C. by whether they are cold-blooded or
534. Which of the following is not a shrubs? warm-blooded
A. Hibiscus D. by whether they are vertebrates of in-
B. Rose vertebrates

540. Mammals are C. under

A. viviparous, and the females produce D. none of above

milk
546. Tic are
B. oviparous
C. oviparous and take care of their young A. Arachnids
D. none of above B. Crustaceans

C. Myriapods
541. carries load from one place to another
place. D. Gastropods
A. Cow 547. The true coelom is a space between the
B. Hen body wall and the alimentary canal. It is
lined by
C. Donkey
D. rabbit A. mesoderm on one side and ectoderm
on the other side
542. are animals that hunt and eat smaller, B. endoderm on one side and ectoderm
more helpless animals. on the other side
A. Prey C. mesoderm on both the sides
B. Predators
D. ectoderm on both the sides
C. Invertebrates
548. earthworms and leaches
D. Mammals
A. cnidarian
543. Lungs and moist skin are characteristics
of.. B. annelid
A. Amphibians C. mollusk
B. Fish D. arthropod
C. Mammals E. echinoderm
D. none of above 549. A structural adaptation is
544. Endothermic, breathe with lungs, lay A. something the organisms learns to do
eggs, have feathers, wings, 2 feet.
B. what plants do to grow
A. Frogs
C. feature (body part) which helps an an-
B. Toads imal or plant survive.
C. Birds D. photosynthesis
D. Reptiles
550. Which animal groups hatch from eggs?
545. The passage talks about the whalesbe-
A. Only Birds
neath the fish. Which word means the-
same as beneath? B. Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, and Fish
A. around C. Mammals and Reptiles
B. near D. none of above

551. An example of a Mollusca is 557. Symmetry around an axis (many lines

A. sea urchin through a single point) creating many mir-
ror images is considered
B. oysters
A. asymmetry
C. leeches
B. circular symmetry
D. earth worm
C. bilateral symmetry
552. The process of grouping things based on
D. radial symmetry
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their similarities
A. binomial nomenclature 558. Which of the following is a characteristic
shared by all animals?
B. taxonomy
A. their bodies have many cells
C. classification
D. none of above B. they eat plants
C. they reproduce asexually
553. Plants with a weak stem growing on the
ground are called? D. they have skeletons
A. climber plant 559. Which of the following is an example of

B. tree plant a structural adaptation?
C. creeper plants A. Birds fly south for the winter.
D. none of above B. Lizards play dead when enemies ap-
proach.
554. how heavy are aardvark?
C. Giraffes have long necks to reach
A. 50 kg leaves in tall trees.
B. 10 kg D. Squirrels store nuts for the winter.
C. 13 kg
560. Flame cells are the excretory structures
D. 40 kg for
555. What is the largest group in the animal A. Annelida
kingdom.? B. Coelenterates
A. Annelids
C. Platyhelminthes
B. Reptiles
D. Echinodermata
C. Crustaceans
561. Identify the phylum where the body cav-
D. Arthropods
ity is not lined by mesoderm, instead, the
556. What part of a cnidarian’s body allows mesoderm is present as scattered pouches
them to capture/kill their prey? between ectoderm and endoderm?
A. the epidermis A. Cnidaria
B. the polyp B. Platyhelminthes
C. the nematocysts C. Mollusca
D. the nerve net D. Aschelminthes

562. A classification grouping that consists of 567. Some examples of mammals are
a number of similar, closely related species A. shark, snake and cat

A. domain B. lion, bat and sheep
B. species C. crocodile, bird and dog
C. genus D. tiger, giraffe and pelican
D. none of above
568. In order, what 2 levels of classification
563. dinosaurs, snakes, turtles, alligators make up an organism’s scientific name?
A. birds A. Kingdom Species
B. amphibians B. Kingdom Phylum
C. reptiles C. Genus Species
D. mammals D. Species Genus
E. fish 569. The period of inactivity during a hot, dry
summer is called..
564. Select all the invertebrates (3)
A. Hibernation
A. horse
B. Migration
B. grasshopper
C. Estivation
C. spider
D. none of above
D. crab
E. snake 570. What symmetry is found in chordates
A. bilateral
565. The scientific study of how living things
are classified B. radial
C. assymetrical
A. binomial nomenclature
D. none of the above
B. classification
C. taxonomy 571. Animals that have a backbone are called
D. none of above
A. Invertebrates
566. what is the meaning of invertebrate?
B. Vertebrates
A. an animal lacking a backbone, such as
C. Endoskeleton
an arthropod, mollusk, annelid, coelenter-
ate, etc. The invertebrates constitute an D. Exoskeleton
artificial division of the animal kingdom,
comprising 95 percent of animal species 572. sea cucumber, brittle stars, and sea stars
and about 30 different phyla. A. Mollusks
B. eggs B. Echinoderms
C. animals C. Segmented Worms
D. birds D. Arthropods

573. Which are characteristics of reptiles? 578. Which plants are not called herb?
A. warm-blooded, give birth to babies, A. Coriander
have fur B. Mint
B. warm-blooded, have feathers, fly as C. Spinach
movement
D. Hibiscus
C. cold-blooded, swim as movement
D. cold-blooded, have scales, need heat 579. Mode of nutrition in euglenoids is
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to survive A. Photosynthetic
B. Heterotrophic
574. These vertebrates live on land and water.
They undergo metamorphosis and must lay C. Chemosynthetic
their eggs in water. D. Both A and B
A. Reptiles
580. Animals that are fixed permanently to
B. Fish some object are called? (sponges)
C. Amphibians A. motile
D. Birds B. sessile
575. The joining of an egg cell and sperm cell C. networking

is called D. embryonic
A. gestation 581. The insects have
B. adaptation A. Six legs
C. asexual reproduction B. Eight legs
D. fertilization C. Four legs
576. Humans have a skeleton that’s strong D. ten legs

enough to help stand up straight, yet
582. Which Phylum has live babies and is
so we can move.
warm blooded?
A. internal
A. Mammals
B. flexible B. Reptiles
C. perch C. Insects
D. bending D. Amphibians
577. Which class of arthropods are mainly 583. Which class of vertebrates has scales and
aquatic? lives only in water?
A. Crustacea A. Amphibians
B. Insecta B. Reptiles
C. Diplopoda C. Birds
D. Chilopoda D. Fish

584. Taxonomy is a branch of science con- B. Rays and Skates

cerned with
C. Trout and Bass

A. plants
D. Whales
B. mammals
C. the classification of organisms 590. What are the domains based on?
D. the evolution of organisms A. Number of cells
585. reptile = B. Type of cells
A. ectothermic; breathe with lungs; have C. Color of the cells

scales and plates; most lay eggs D. None of the above
B. endothermic; lay eggs, have feathers,
have beak, wings, 2 feet. breathe with 591. For nutrition all animals are
lungs A. homeotrophic
C. endothermic; breath with lungs; live B. astrophopic
birth; have fur or hair; feed young milk
C. heterotrophic
D. do not have a backbone or internal
skeleton; may have an exoskeleton D. ventraltrophic
586. The word Porifera 592. Many birds are omnivores. What does
A. stinging this mean? *Think about what different
birds might eat.*
B. soft with shell
C. porus A. Many birds eat both plants and ani-
mals.
D. rings
B. Many birds eat only plants.
587. Which animal belongs in the reptile king-
C. Many birds eat only animals.
dom?
A. dog D. none of above
B. toad 593. Which of the following is not a class of

C. snake the Phylum Platyhelminthes?
D. hourse A. Nematoda
588. The concentration of sense organs and B. Trematoda

the brain at the front of an animal’s body. C. Cestoda
A. cephalization D. Turbellaria
B. organization
594. Sleeping sickness is caused by
C. adaptation
D. characterization A. Flagellated Protozoan
B. Ciliated Protozoan
589. Sharks are classified into the same class
as which other fish? C. Sporozoan
A. Dolphins D. Amoeboid Protozoan

595. which ecosystem has many plants and C. Darwin

trees? D. Watson
A. ocean
601. The collar cells of sponges are similar to
B. desert
C. antarctica A. flagellated protists
D. forest B. amoebas
596. I can run fast and climb trees. I live in
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C. ciliated paramecia
the jungles and I am also called “the king D. sessile sporozoans
of the jungle” I am a
A. bear 602. Largest phylum of Animalia which cover
two-thirds of all species on the earth is:
B. lion
A. Platyhelminthes.
C. tiger
B. Nematahelminthes.
D. none of above
C. Arthropods.
597. means to dig a hole. D. Chordates.
A. Internal
603. is used to make wallets, belts and
B. Perch shoes.
C. Burrowing A. hairs
D. Flexible B. leather
598. Jointed legs, segmented bodies, some C. legs
have wings, exoskeleton, get oxygen D. none of above
through gills or air tubes:
A. echinoderms 604. What is the world’s smallest dog breed?
B. Mollusks A. Chihuahua
C. Arthropods B. Pit Bull
D. Segmented worms C. Pomeranian

D. Kahvyeandra
599. A group of similar organisms that can
mate with each other and produce off- 605. What can we make from wood?
spring that can also mate and reproduce A. vegetables
A. domain B. lorries
B. species C. paper and cards
C. genus D. fruit
D. none of above
606. I have no legs. I can’t walk but I can jump.
600. What scientist gave us the system of clas- I have a big mouth. I live in the sea. I can
sification we still use today? swim. I am a
A. Mendel A. dolphin
B. Linnaeus B. frog

C. snake 612. Which classes of animals are endother-

D. none of above mic?

A. Mammals and birds
607. An animal that does NOT have a back- B. mammals and amphibians
bone.
C. birds and worms
A. invertebrate
D. reptiles and fish
B. vertebrate
613. Some examples of annelids are
C. omnivore
A. worm, snake and caterpillar
D. herbivore
B. earthworm, worm and caterpillar
608. I have black and white fur and I have C. crocodile and worm
paws. I eat bamboo. I can walk but I can’t
D. none of above
run fast. I am a
A. Polar bear 614. I live in water. I have no legs. I can swim
but I can’t climb. I have fins and scales. I
B. Koala am a
C. Panda A. fish
D. none of above B. frog
C. hippo
609. In which direction do animals with bilat-
eral symmetry typically move? D. none of above
A. Forward 615. Which kingdom has animals that lays
B. Backwards eggs and has feathers?
C. To the right A. Mammals

B. fish
D. To the left
C. birds
610. What two characteristics do all Arthro- D. Amphibians
pods have?
616. What is the only type of vertebrate with
A. two legs per body segment
feathers?
B. jointed legs and a cephalothorax
A. bird
C. three body segments and metamor- B. mammal
phosis
C. reptile
D. jointed legs and segmented bodies
D. fish
611. The ability for animals to maintain a sta- 617. An animal that has a backbone is called
ble internal condition is called a(n)
A. Metamorphosis A. cnidarian
B. Heterotrophic B. predator
C. Homeostasis C. vertebrate
D. phototropism D. invertebrate

618. The largest mammal is 624. What group has a long tube-like body
A. a human with many sections and breathes through
its skin?
B. the blue whale
A. Segmented Worms
C. a gorilla
B. Arthropods
D. a reptile
C. Echinoderms
619. Some examples of molluscs are D. Sponges
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A. jellyfish and octopus
625. Most members of the phylum Chordata
B. octopus, snail and mussel have
C. Snail and snake A. radial symmetry
D. none of above B. backbones
620. Vertebrates that have fins to move and C. exoskeletons

gills to breathe D. feathers
A. Fish 626. In some Bilateria, the body is of many
B. Amphibians segments that show serial repetition of
parts. Such segments are called as:
C. Platypus
A. Myotomes
D. Insects
B. Metameres
621. This is the name for an external skeleton
C. Proglottides
A. Skeletor
D. Comb plates
B. Exoskeleton
627. What counts for 99 percent of a panda’s
C. Endoskeleton diet?
D. Interframe A. Banana Leaf
622. How can we help to make our air clean? B. Bamboo
A. Cut more trees C. Termites
B. Plant more trees D. Palm Trees
C. Sit down and relax 628. Which class of animals have scales and
D. none of above lay eggs?
A. Birds
623. these invertebrates have jointed ap-
pendages, 3 body segments and an ex- B. Amphibians
oskeleton C. Reptiles
A. cnidarian D. Mammals
B. annelid
629. Lizard, turtles, and snakes are all exam-
C. mollusk ples of which of animal group?
D. arthropod A. fish
E. echinoderm B. reptile

C. bird 635. An example of a Nematoda is a

D. insect A. earth worm

B. sea cucumber
630. The word Platyhelminthes means
C. nautilus
A. plate
D. trichina worm
B. stingin
636. An animal that eats ONLY meat.
C. porus
A. Insectivore
D. string
B. Carnivore
631. A scientific name consist of which two C. Omnivore
categories
D. Herbivore
A. Class and Family
637. Which name literally means “double life”,
B. Family and Genus describing animals that live part of their
C. Genus and Species life in water and part of their life on land?
D. Species and Class A. Amphibians
B. Birds
632. How can the birds be?
C. Reptiles
A. Ratidas
D. Mammals
B. flying
638. Which term describes a support structure
C. gliders on the outside of an animal?
D. Tapes A. Exothermic
633. When we say that animals are het- B. Exoskeleton

erotrophic, it means that C. Endothermic
A. they make nutrients from dead organ- D. none of above
isms
639. A(n) is a flexible, rod-shaped struc-
B. they obtain nutrients from dead organ- ture that supports the body of a develop-
isms ing chordate.
C. they make their own nutrients A. notochord
D. they obtain nutrients from other organ- B. vertebrate
isms C. spinal cord
634. Warm blooded, lays eggs with hard D. brain
shells, has feathers 640. Those rings of gold.
A. Birds A. making
B. Fish B. being made
C. Mammals C. are made
D. Reptiles D. none of above

641. The word Cnidaria means 646. Animals are

A. porus A. all unicellular
B. spiny B. all multicellular
C. segmented rings C. mostly unicellular
D. stinging D. mostly multicellular
642. Common Characteristics of animals 647. Animals with backbones are called
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A. eukaryotic cells, heterotrophic, repro- A. Invertebrates
duce, have embryonic or larval states, B. Protists
most are motile
C. Vertebrates
B. prokaryotic cells, homeotrophic, re-
produce, have eggs, most are motile D. Angiosperms
C. eukaryotic cells, aquatic and land 648. What is the wingspan of a bald eagle?
dwellers, plant eaters
A. 3 Feet
D. prokaryotic cells, parasitic, has an ex-
B. 5 Feet
oskeleton, are motile
C. 8 Feet
643. Birds have claws and muscles that are de-
D. 11 Feet
signed to lock and hold on to a , even
when they are sleeping. 649. How did you like this Test?
A. flexible A. yessss
B. internal B. nooo
C. perch C. yes
D. burrow D. no
644. Having the same shape, size and position 650. What are the two missing levels of clas-
on both sides of a dividing line. sification? Kingdom, phylum, , order,
A. symmetry family, , species
B. asymmetry A. class, genus
C. function B. genus, class
D. structures C. domain, genre

D. genre, domain
645. Name of animal symmetry where you get
a mirror image, by cutting the organism in 651. Vertebrates that spend part of their lives
two equal parts. in water and part of their lives on land
A. Radial symmetry A. Mollusk
B. Bilateral Symmetry B. Amphibians
C. Asymmetrical C. Mammals
D. none of above D. Fish

652. The arthropod exoskeleton is made of C. mollusk

A. chitin D. arthropod

B. melanin E. echinoderm
C. resin 658. Which phylum has hair, fur and makes
D. carbohydrates milk for their young?
A. Aves
653. Which of the following structures is
formed when fertilization occurs? B. Icthys
A. egg C. Amphibia
B. ovary D. Mammailia
C. sperm 659. An animal whose body temperature
D. embryo varies with the temperature of its sur-
roundings.
654. Which class has organisms with dry, A. ectotherm
scaly skin?
B. endotherm
A. Amphibians
C. envotherm
B. Reptiles
D. exotherm
C. Birds
660. Where do you find terrestrial animals?
D. Mammals
A. In the sea
655. This term refers to the ability of an or-
B. On the land
ganism to control their body temperature
from within (which means they are warm C. In the outer space
blooded). D. Not on this planet!
A. Endothermic 661. Why does the author use numbers?
B. Exothermic A. to show steps in order
C. Vertebrates B. to help the reader count
D. Invertebrates C. to tell how the animals move
656. The process in which an organism’s body D. none of above
temperature is regulated externally. In-
662. Animals that have backbones are
cludes your fish, amphibians, and reptiles.
A. Vertebrates
A. Exogenic
B. Invertebrates
B. Androgenic
C. Mollusk
C. Endothermic
D. Lobster
D. Ectothermic
663. What tissue is more flexible than bone
657. sand dollars, sea urchins, star fish, and can be found in sharks? Untitled Ques-
A. cnidarian tion
B. annelid A. crop

B. swim bladder 669. Which three parts of the body has an in-
C. gizzard sect?
A. Tencacles, head, legs
D. cartilage
B. head, abdomen, legs
664. Which phylum possess hard exoskeleton C. Head, thorax, abdomen
A. Annelida D. Hair, bones, foot
B. Mollusca 670. Which two animals go through metamor-
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C. Echinodermata phosis during its life cycle?
D. Amphibians A. Frog and bird
B. butterfly and horse
665. Corals, jellyfish, hydra & sea anemones
are all examples of C. fish and frog
D. butterfly and frog
A. Cnidarians
B. Arachnids 671. I am a unicellular prokaryote that lives in
extreme environments. What kingdom do
C. Crustaceans I belong to?
D. Poriferans A. archaebacteria
666. What is taxonomy? B. eubacteria
C. fungi
A. The study of DNA and RNA
D. none of above
B. The study of how organisms are re-
lated 672. Which of the following organisms is able
C. The study of classifying and describing to produce its own food?
organisms A. bear
D. The study of organisms in their habitat B. turtle
C. trees
667. Soft bodies with thick muscular foot,
D. deer
more developed then worms, some have
shells, breathe with gills or lungs: 673. body cavity partly lined with mesoderm,
A. echinoderms such as found in roundworms
B. Mollusks A. acoelomate
B. pseudocoelomate
C. arthropods
C. blastula
D. Segemented worms
D. protostome
668. The process by which wastes are re-
674. All animals must be able to
moved from the body.
A. reproduce
A. excretion
B. get rid of watse
B. respiration
C. take in oxygen and get rid of carbon
C. digestion dioxide
D. circulation D. all of the above

675. A continuous action, operation, or series B. Swamps, vernal ponds and even farm-
of changes taking place in a definite man- land.
ner or order.

C. land
A. structure D. Island
B. adaptation
681. Which group includes snails, clams, and
C. function squid?
D. process A. Porifera
B. Cnidaria
676. Animals are divided into
C. Mollusks
A. vertebrates and invertebrates
D. Arthropoda
B. mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians
and fish 682. Tiny openings along the sides of an in-
C. sponges, cnidarians, worms, molluscs, sect’s body that allow air to enter.
echinoderms and arthropods A. spiracles
D. unicellular and multicellullar B. gills
C. trachea
677. An animal that uses the external envi-
ronment in order to stay warm or to cool D. lung slits
down, such as basking or swimming. 683. This phylum has jointed appendages, and
A. endotherm exoskeleton made of chitin
B. ectotherm A. mollusca
C. radial symmetry B. rotifera
D. exoskeleton C. arthropoda
D. echinodermata
678. Organisms with this type of body plan
have no regular symmetry. 684. Which of the following feature is true for
arboreal animals?
A. Bilateral
A. They have powerful claws, legs, arms,
B. Radial
and tails.
C. Symmetrical B. They can breathe inside water.
D. Asymmetrical C. They fly in the sky with the help of their
wings.
679. What is the name of the phylum sponges
belong to? D. All of the above are features of arbo-
real animals.
A. mammals
B. chordate 685. Animals that live on both land and in wa-
ter are:
C. cnidarians
A. mammals
D. Porifera
B. insects
680. were do amphibians live? C. amphibians
A. Water D. fish

686. Organisms that must rely on external 692. Which of the following are characteristics
sources for food are called of a fish? Check ALL that apply.
A. Autotrophs A. gills
B. Heterotrophs B. lungs
C. Taxonomic animals C. fins
D. Planimals D. backbones
687. What arthropod has 6 legs, wings, one E. scales
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set of antennae, and three body sections?
693. Some common creepers are
A. Mollusk
A. watermelon, bitter gourds, money
B. Echinoderm plant
C. Insect B. Apple, Rose, tulsi
D. Centipede C. mint, spinach, coriander
688. An animals with radial symmetry is D. peepal tree, palm tree, ashok tree
A. jelly fish 694. The animal phylum that has no symmetry
B. sea anemonie or asymmetry, and has porous skin.
C. sponges A. marsupial
D. butterfly B. cnidarian
689. What phylum do the chordates belong C. sponge
to? D. echinoderm
A. porifera 695. Taking oxygen into the body and getting
B. cnidaria rid of carbon dioxide.
C. nematoda A. respiration
D. chordata B. excretion
690. Which of the following does not belong C. circulation
to Arthropods D. transportation
A. earthworm
696. How many legs does an insect have?
B. spider
A. 2
C. shrimp
B. 6
D. butterfly
C. 4
691. I am very tall. I have a long neck. I have D. 8
four legs. I can walk but I can’t climb. I
eat leaves. I am a 697. Animals that are able to move are called
A. monkey A. aquatic
B. giraffe B. networking
C. crocodile C. crawlers
D. none of above D. motile

698. We are in what kingdom? 704. do invertebrates have teeth

A. Plants A. yes

B. Animals B. no
C. Protists C. none of the above
699. Animals compete for 705. A flexible rod that some animals have for
at least part of their life.
A. Food
A. notochord
B. Mates
B. vertebrae
C. Territory
C. spinal column
D. All of these
D. true gut
700. A cow is an animal
706. which animal lives in the desert?
A. Oviparous and herbivorous
A. Fish
B. Mammal and ruminant
B. Monkey
C. Oviparous and carnivorous
C. Camel
D. Mammal and herbivore
D. Bear
701. Which of the following is a characteristic
707. how many stomachs does a cow have
of ALL living things?
A. 1
A. moving around
B. 5
B. sweating
C. 2
C. thinking
D. 4
D. responding to stimulus
708. If you cut this organ out of a bird you can
702. The water-vascular system is responsible find rocks in it, birds use the rocks to grind
for movement in: up seeds.
A. Echinoderms A. crop
B. Arthropods B. swim bladder
C. Mollusks C. abdomen
D. Nematodes D. gizzard
703. The following are characteristics of mam- 709. The phylum name “Echinoderm” stands
mals except for
A. hair A. Centi/millipede
B. fur B. metamorphosis
C. feathers C. spiny skin
D. mammary gland D. stinging cells

710. how many phylum are in the invertebrate 716. The word Mollusca means
kingdom A. segmented rings
A. 5 B. soft with shell
B. 7 C. spiny
C. 3 D. thread
D. 2 717. A unique characteristic that helps an or-
ganism to survive in their environment.
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711. An Example of a platyhelminthes is a
A. fluke A. Mutation
B. Regeneration
B. jellyfish
C. Adaptation
C. sea star
D. Migration
D. earth worm
718. Tissue level organization is first seen in:
712. What is a rigid external covering for the
A. Coelenterates
body in some invertebrate animals, espe-
cially arthropods, providing both support B. Platyhelminthes.
and protection? C. Nematahelminthes.
A. endoskeleton D. Arthropods.
B. ecoskeleton 719. All vertebrates have
C. exoskeleton A. 4 legs
D. eposkeleton B. wings
713. An animal that does not move. C. lungs
A. sessile D. a backbone
B. motile 720. used to obtain food in sponges
C. tactile A. tentacles
D. radial B. filtering
C. swimming
714. underground stems we eat
D. jumping
A. onion
B. garlic 721. Which of the following statements re-
garding Euglenoids is not true?
C. carrot
A. Instead of a cell wall, they have a lipid
D. beetroot rich pellicle.
715. Which of the following is a set of amphib- B. They have 2 flagella, one long and one
ians? short
A. rattlesnake, crocodile, alligator C. They are photosynthetic in the pres-
ence of sunlight but become heterotrophs
B. ostrich, crane, woodpecker in the absence of sunlight.
C. salamander, toads, frogs D. Pigments of euglenoids are identical to
D. none of above those present in higher plants

1.5 Morphology of Flowering Plants 177
722. An animal that eats ONLY plants. A. bird

A. Insectivore B. mammal

B. Carnivore C. amphibians
C. Herbivore D. reptile
D. Omnivore
725. Exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide
723. The lizard with the environment. Some animals use
A. changes color to hide gills, others use lungs, other exchange
B. sitting on the rock gases through their body coverings.
C. search for insects A. Respiration

D. hasn’t got legs B. Reproduction
724. Which animal’s life cycle begins with a C. Excretion

live baby? D. Digestion
1.5 Morphology of Flowering Plants

1. Stilt roots grow from- C. free central
A. Lower internodes D. parietal
B. Lower nodes
5. Pollination is absent in-
C. Upper nodes
A. Bryophytes and Pteridophytes
D. Upper internodes
B. Only Bryophytes
2. The alternate type of phyllotaxy is found
in C. Only Gymnosperm
A. China rose D. Only Angiosperm
B. Alstonia
6. Pea flower is an example for
C. Calotropis
A. Actinomorphic
D. Guava
B. Zygomorphic
3. The produces pollen grains.
C. Asymmetric
A. ovary
D. none of above
B. anther
C. stigma 7. Many pulse of daily use belong to one of
the families below
D. none of above
A. Solanaceae
4. which type of placentation is found in sun-
flower? B. Fabacae
A. marginal C. Liliaceae
B. basal D. Poaceae

8. Regions of root from base to root tip are- 14. THE PETIOLE IS MODIFIED TO FLAT LEAF
A. Maturation zone-Cell division zone- LIKE STRUCTURE IN
Elongation zone A. Eucalyptus
B. Maturation zone-Elongation zone-Cell B. Australian Acacia
division zone C. Plum
C. Cell division zone-Elongation zone-
D. Mango
Maturation zone
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D. Elongation zone-Cell division zone- 15. The morphological nature of the edible part
Maturation zone of coconut is
A. perisperm
9. More than two leaves at each node is
present in B. cotyledon
A. Alstonia C. endosperm
B. Sunflower D. pericarp
C. Guava 16. The two structures that limit transpiration
D. Mustard or regulate water loss in the plant are
known as
10. Phyllode is present in
A. Guard cells and xylem
A. Asparagus
B. Stomata and guard cells
B. Euphorbia
C. xylem and phloem
C. Australian Acacia
D. stomata and phloem
D. Opuntia
17. Pneumatophores occur in
11. In unilocular vary with a single ovule, the
placentaion is A. Carnivorous plants
A. marginal B. Free-floating hydrophytes
B. basal C. Halophytes
C. free central D. Submerged hydrophytes
D. axile 18. EPIPHYLLOUS CONDITION IS FOUND IN
12. The ‘eyes’ of the potato tuber are A. SOLANACEAE
A. flower buds B. FABACEAE
B. shoot buds C. LILIACEAE
C. axillary buds D. MALVACEAE
D. root buds
19. In Bougainvillea thorns are the modifica-
13. Vegetation propagation in mint occurs by tions of
A. runner A. stipules
B. offset B. adventitious root
C. rhizome C. stem
D. sucker D. leag

20. If more than two leaves arise at nodes, the 26. In epiphyllous, stamens are attached to
phyllotaxy is which type? the
A. Perianth

A. Alternate
B. Whorled B. Sepal
C. Opposite superposed C. Petal
D. Opposite Decussate D. none of above
27. is an edible underground stem.
21. Root hairs usually develop in which region
of a typical tap root? A. Sweet Potato
A. Region of Maturation B. Carrot
C. Potato
B. Region of Meristematic activity
D. none of above
C. Region of Elongation
D. Root cap 28. Identify the correct statement:
A. Hypogynous flowers have inferior
22. In Australian acacia plant ovary
A. leaves are short lived, petioles be- B. Perigynous flowers have inferior ovary
come leaf like
C. Hypogynous flowers have superior
B. leaves become fleshy ovary
C. leaves are modified into spines D. Epigynous flowers have superior ovary
D. leaf tips are modified into tendrils 29. In a flower the ovary is inferior. Which of
the following options supports this state-
23. Which of the following plants is used to ment.a) Flower is hypogynousb) Flower is
extract the blue dye? Epigynousc) It is found in guava and cucum-
A. Trifolium berd) It is found in mustard and Brinjal
B. Indigofera A. a and c
C. Lupin B. b and d
D. Cassia C. b and c
D. a and d
24. The term ‘Polyadelphous’ is related to
30. Vegetative reproduction of Agave occurs
A. Gynoecium
A. rhizome
B. androecium
B. stolon
C. corolla
C. bulbils
D. calyx
D. sucker
25. Root hairs develop from the region of 31. The term polyadelphous is related to
A. Maturation A. Gynoecium
B. Elongation B. Corolla
C. Root Cap C. Androecium

32. THE TYPE OF MODIFIED ROOTS FOUND IN 38. Parallel venation occurs in
Ficus bengalensis IS CALLED AS A. Banana
A. STILT ROOTS B. Peepal
B. PROP ROOTS C. Hibiscus
C. FUSIFORM ROOTS D. Mango
D. NAPIFORM ROOTS
39. What is a sac-like structure used to store
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33. The two structures that limit transpiration water and nutrients? These are much
are known as larger in plant cells?
A. Guard cells and xylem A. Lysosomes
B. Stomata and guard cells B. Mitochondria
C. xylem and phloem C. Vacuoles
D. stomata and phloem D. Golgi Body
34. A typical leaf consists of three main parts 40. Which one of the following is a true fruit?
A. petiole, leaf margin and lamina A. Apple
B. leaf base, petiole and lamina B. Pear

C. Cashewnut
C. leaf base, leaf apex and lamina
D. Coconut
D. leaf apex, petiole and lamina
41. Which plant parts carry sugars and other
35. In some leguminous plants the leaf base
nutrients throughout the plant?
becomes swollen which is called
A. phloem
A. leaf sheath
B. xylem
B. bulbil
C. roots
C. thalamus
D. leaves
D. Pulvinus
42. Which plant parts are the tubes that carry
36. Flowers are Zygomorphic in water throughout the plant?
A. Datura A. xylem
B. Mustard B. phloem
C. Gulmohur C. roots
D. Tomato D. leaves
37. WHat does G tell us about position of 43. The mode of arrangement of sepals or
ovary in a flower? petals in floral bud is called as
A. ovary is inferior A. inflorescence
B. ovary is superior B. phyllotaxy
C. flower is perigynous C. aestivation
D. flower is epigynous D. placentation

44. What is common between the thorn of 50. Roots developed from parts of the plant
Bougainvillea and tendril of cucurbits (cu- other than the radicle will be called
cumber, pumpkin)? Select the most appro-

A. Adventitious Roots
priate answer.
B. Tap root
A. They have nothing in common
C. Fibrous Roor
B. Both grow on stems
D. False Roots
C. Both are modified axillary buds
51. Placenta and pericarp are both edible por-
D. Both are modified leaves
tions in
45. fused carpels are called A. apple
A. syncarpous B. banana
B. polycarpous C. tomata
C. apocarpous D. potato
D. acarpous 52. In pea flower, the stamens are
46. Which part of the coconut produces coir? A. Free
A. Seed coat B. Monoadelphous
B. Mesocarp C. Diadelphous
C. Epicarp D. Polyadelphous
D. Pericarp 53. Placentation in which ovules develop on
the inner wall of the ovary or in periph-
47. Pneumatophores help the plant in
eral part, is
A. Collects more minerals from the soil
A. Basal
B. getting oxygen from air
B. Axile
C. holding the plant tightly to the soil C. Parietal
D. give mechanical support to the plant D. Free central
48. How do water enter the roots from the 54. How many plants among Indigofera, Ses-
soil? bania, Salvia, Allium, Aloe, mustard,
A. diffusion groundnut, radish, gram and turnip have
stamens with different lengths in their
B. osmosis
flowers?
C. transpiration
A. Three
D. active transport
B. Four
49. Edible part in mango is C. Five
A. mesocarp D. Six
B. epicarp 55. Incision in the leaf does not reach the
C. endocarp midrib in
D. epidemis A. Simple leaf

B. Bipinnately compound leaf 61. Seed coat is not thin, membranous in

C. Tripinnately compound leaf A. maize
D. More than one option is correct B. coconut
56. THE TYPE OF PLACENTATION FOUND IN C. groundnut
LEMON IS D. gram
A. AXILE 62. among China rose, mustard, brinjal,
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B. PARIETAL potato, guava, cucumber, onion and tulip,
C. FREE CENTRAL how many plants have superior overy?
D. MARGINAL A. Five
B. Six
57. Keel is characteristic of the flowers of
C. Three
A. Gulmohur
D. Four
B. Cassia
C. Calotropis 63. Which one of the following is correctly
matched?
D. Beans
A. Onion-Bulb
58. Petiole when becomes green, flat and tend
B. Ginger-Sucker
to function as leaf, is called as
C. Chlamydomonas-Conidia
A. Phylloclade
D. Yeast-Zoospores
B. Cladode
C. Cladophyll 64. Oil reserve of groundnut is present in
D. Phyllode A. embryo
B. cotyledons
59. Which of the following combinations is
false? C. endosperm
A. Apocarpous-Carpels free-Lotus, Rose D. underground tubers
B. Syncarpous-Carpels fused-Mustard, 65. Plant having column of vascular tissues,
tomato bearing fruits and having a tap root sys-
C. Placenta-arrangement of ovules tem is
within ovary A. monocot
D. Arrangement of ovules within ovary- B. dicot
ovulation
C. gymnosperm or dicot
60. In a multicarpellary syncarpous unilocular D. gymnosperm or monocot
ovary, if the ovules are arranged in a col-
umn (in the centre) this is defined as- 66. The embryo in sunflower has
A. Marginal placentation A. one cotyledon
B. Parietal placentation B. two cotyledons
C. Axile placentation C. many cotyledons
D. Free central placentation D. no cotyledon

67. In a cereal grain the single cotyledon of em- C. PETIOLE

bryo is represented by D. LAMINA

A. scutellum
73. Which of the following statement about
B. prophyll Racemose inflorescence is incorrect?
C. coleoptile A. Main flowering axis continues to grow
D. colearhiza B. Flowers are borne laterally in
basipetal succession
68. when the margins of sepals or petals over-
lap one another without any particular di- C. Flowers may lie on the same height
rection, the condition is termed as / plane due to different lengths of their
stalks
A. vexillary
D. Older flowers are outwards while
B. imbricate
younger flowers are inwards
C. twisted
74. The ovary is half inferior in flowers of
D. valvate
A. Guava
69. Arrangement of flowers on floral axis is
B. Peach
called-
C. Cucumber
A. Placentation
D. Cotton
B. Phyllotaxy
C. Inflorescence 75. In which structure do seeds develop?
D. Angiology A. Anther
B. Ovary
70. Which one of the following statements is
correct? C. Pollen Grain
A. The seed in grasses is not endosper- D. Spore

mic 76. When the ovules develop on the inner wall
B. Mango is a parthenocarpic fruit of the ovary or on the peripheral part the
placentation is
C. A proteinaceous aleurone layer is
present in maize grain A. Axile
D. A sterile pistil is called a staminode B. Marginal
C. Parietal
71. Axile placentation is present in
D. Basal
A. dianthus
B. lemon 77. Which of the following is an incorrect
match?
C. pea
A. Perigynous flower-Plum, rose and
D. Argemone peach
72. THE MID VEIN IN COMPOUND LEAF IS B. Monadelphous-Pea
CALLED AS C. Epigynous flower-Guava, cucumber,
A. RAYS and ray florets of sunflower
B. RACHIS D. Polyadelphous-Citrus

78. Radial symmetry is found in the flowers C. epigynous

of
D. monogynous
A. Brassica
B. Trifolium 84. Phyllodes are observed in
C. Pisum A. Pisum sativum
D. Cassia B. Allium cepa

C. Allium sativum
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79. Which of the following shows whorled
phyllotaxy? D. Australian Acacia
A. Calotropis
85. LEAF PHYLLOTAXY FOUND IN Calotropis
B. Mustard IS
C. China rose A. ALTERNATE
D. Alstonia B. OPPOSITE
80. Stem modified into flat green organs per- C. WHORLED
forming the functions of leaves are known D. NONE OF THESE
as
A. phyllodes 86. Aestivation is arrangement of
B. phylloclades A. seeds inside the fruit with respect to
other members
C. scales
D. cladodes B. leaves on the stem
C. flowers on the floral axis with respect
81. An example of edible underground stem is to other members
A. carrot
D. sepals / petals in floral bud with re-
B. groundnut spect to other members of the same whorl
C. sweet potata
87. Racemose inflorescence is identified by-
D. potato
A. Acropetal arrangement of flowers on
82. Arrangement of leaves on stem or its peduncle
branches is called- B. Presence of sessile flowers
A. Phyllotaxy
C. Continuous growth of main axis
B. Venation
D. a and c
C. Vernation
D. Heterophylly 88. Plants make food using and in the
presence of sunlight.
83. The type of flower where the gynoecium A. water, oxygen
occupies the highest position while the
other parts are situated below it. B. water, carbon dioxide
A. Hypogynous C. minerals, oxygen
B. perigynous D. minerals, carbon dioxide

89. Floral features are chiefly used in an- B. Epicaulous

giosperms identification because C. Adventitious

A. flowers are of various colours D. Fibrous
B. flowers can be sagely pressed
95. Basal placentation develops when the
C. reproductive parts are more stable ovary has-
and conservative than vegetative parts
A. Single ovule
D. flowers are nice to work with
B. Many ovules
90. Free-central placentation is found in C. Many locules
A. Dianthus D. Single ovule in each locule
B. Argemone
96. In a gram seed or a pea seed, a small scar
C. Brassica and a pore are observed. Which of the
D. Citrus statements below is correct?
A. Pore is hilum while the scar is mi-
91. What do plants produce that animals, in-
cropyle.
cluding humans, benefit from for their sur-
vival? B. Pore is micropyle while the scar is
hilum.
A. food and oxygen
C. Pore is micropyle while the scar is fu-
B. water and carbon dioxide
nicle
C. oxygen only
D. Pore is hilum and scar is funicle.
D. glucose and carbon dioxide
97. Which of the following is not a type of
92. Leaf bases expand into a sheath in Phyllotaxy?
A. Grasses A. Alternate
B. Legumes B. Opposite
C. Prickly poppy C. Whorled
D. Mimosa D. Imbricate
93. Stems in sugarcane and maize develop 98. Roots perform all of the following func-
roots from the lower nodes of the stem tions EXCEPT
meant for additional anchorage of the A. Carrying out the light reactions of pho-
plant to the soil. Name the type of root tosynthesis
best suited from the list below.
B. Anchoring the plant in the soil
A. Prop root
C. Absorbing water and nutrients from
B. pneumatophore the soil
C. Stilt root D. Storing water and minerals
D. haustoria
99. What three things does a plant need to
94. Roots developing from plant parts other take in to be able to go through photosyn-
than radicle are- thesis?
A. Epiphyllous A. sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide

B. sunlight, water, and oxygen B. b

C. oxygen, carbon, and hydrogen C. c
D. water, oxygen, and glucose D. d
100. the standard petal of a popilionaceous 105. Tricarpellary, syncarpous gynoecium is
corolla is also called found in flowers of
A. pappus A. Solanaceae
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B. vexillum B. Fabaceae
C. corona C. Poaceae
D. carina D. Liliaceae
101. In marginal placentation, the ovules are 106. Sweet potato is a modified
arranged-
A. Tap root
A. Along the inner wall of the carpel in a
syncarpous ovary B. Adventitious root
B. Along the margin of single carpel C. Stem

C. In the middle of the ovary D. Rhizome
D. To the base of the ovary 107. MODIFIED ROOTS IN Rhizophora WHICH
HELP IN RESPIRATION ARE CALLED AS
102. ENDOSPERM IS FORMED DUE TO FU-
SION OF A. CHROMATOPHORES
A. EGG WITH FIRST MALE GAMETE B. PNEUMATOPHORES
B. EGG WITH SEC NUCLEI C. ANTHERIDIOPHORES
C. SECOND MALE GAMETE WITH POLAR D. NONE OF THESE ABOVE
NUCLEI
108. Which among the following is not a mod-
D. NONE OF THESE ified stem for storage purpose?
103. The type of placentation in which vary A. Ginger
is syncarpous, unilocular and ovules on su- B. Zaminkand
tures is called
C. Turmeric
A. apical placentation
D. Sweet potato
B. parietal placentation
C. marginal placentation 109. Placentation in tomato and lemon is
D. superficial placentation A. parietal
B. free central
104. Given below is a set of four pair of modi-
fication with examples. Identify the incor- C. marginal
rect pairing.a) Colocasia-modified stemb) D. axile
Citrus thorn-modified leafc) Phylloclade of
Opuntia-modified stemd) Turnip-modified 110. Vexillary aestivation is characteristic of
root the family
A. a A. Fabaceae

B. Asteraceae 116. How are flowers pollinated?

C. Solanaceae A. They have brightly colored petals that

attract insects.
D. Brassicaceae
B. They have sweet smelling nectar that
111. What part of the flower attracts an in- attracts insects.
sect to pollinate? C. They have sticky pollen grains that can
A. Petal attach to insects.
B. Anther D. They have sticky stigmas that can
catch pollen from insects.
C. Stigma
E. All of the above
D. Style
117. Roots play insignificant role in absorption
112. What is the function of the flower? of water in
A. To absorb water and nutrients A. sunflower
B. To take in sunlight and make food B. Pistia
C. To hold the plant upright C. pea
D. To attract pollinators and help the D. wheat
plant reproduce
118. Choose the incorrect match-
113. MODIFIED STEM FOUND IN POTATO IS A. Zygomorphic flowers (Bilateral
CALLED AS symmetry)-pea, gulmohur, bean, Cassia
A. RHIZOME B. Asymmetric (irregular flower)-Canna
B. TUBER C. Inferior ovary-pea
C. BULB D. Superior ovary / Hypogynous flower-
D. CORM mustard, china rose and brinjal
119. What is the name of the organelle in the

114. Flowers are unisexual in
leaves of plants that absorbs the Sun’s en-
A. pea ergy?
B. cucumber A. roots
C. China rose B. chlorophyll
D. onion C. chloroplast
D. stomata
115. Which of the following is not a stem mod-
ification? 120. Root hairs develop from-
A. Thorns of Citrus A. Region of maturation
B. Tendrils of cucumber B. Zone of elongation
C. Flattened structures of Opuntia C. Meristematic region
D. Pitcher of Nepenthes D. Region of mature cells

121. Plant absorbs water through the 127. Axile placentation is found in syncarpous
A. stem ovaries. In this placentation the ovules are
arranged along the-
B. roots
A. Base of the ovary
C. leaves
D. all of the above B. Margin of the ovary
C. Axis in the centre of the ovary
122. The technical term used for the androe-
cium in a flower of China rose D. None of the above
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A. monadelphous
128. Perisperm differs from endosperm in
B. diadelphous
A. being a haploid tissue
C. polyandrous
B. having no reserve food
D. polyadelphous
C. being a diploid tissue
123. Geocarpic fruit is
D. its formation by fusion of secondary
A. potato
nucleus with several sperms
B. groundnut
C. onion 129. WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWINGS IS
NOT ALBUMINOUS
D. garlic
A. MAIZE
124. What is the region of rapid cell division
in plants? B. WHEAT
A. Guard C. BARLEY
B. Stomata D. PEA
C. Xylem
130. Non-albuminous seed is porduced in
D. Meristem
A. maize
125. After fertilization, each forms a seed,
while each forms a fruit. B. castor
A. ovary ovule C. wheat
B. ovule ovary D. pea
C. egg ovary
131. Which statement about Parthenocaric
D. pollen ovary fruit is most correct?
E. ovary pollen
A. It develops from the ovary and bears
126. Cymose inflorescence is identified by- seeds
A. Basipetal arrangement of flowers on B. Fruit develops seed without fertiliza-
the main axis (peduncle) tion
B. The limited growth of the main axis as C. no seeds are developed in the fruit and
main axis terminates in a flower formed without fertilization
C. Both a and b D. Parthenocarpic fruit and false fruit are
D. Presence of sessile flower same

1.6 Anatomy of Flowering Plants 189
132. Fruit of groundnut is flower and comes into contact with the
A. legume flower’s pistil. Which process of reproduc-
tion is this helping with?

B. carpopsis
A. pollination and fertilization
C. berry
B. plant growth and fertilization
D. nut
C. germination and pollination
133. The supports the stigma and keeps D. seed dispersal and germination
it high above the plant to receive pollen
grains easily. 137. What type of placentaion is seen in sweet
pea?
A. style
A. Axile
B. filament
B. Free central
C. stalk
C. Marginal
D. stem
D. Basal
134. The of one flower receives pollen
grains from another flower. 138. The following word are the parts of pis-
tils, except
A. anther
A. stigma
B. ovary
B. style
C. style
C. ovary
D. stigma
D. anther
135. A drupe develops in
139. Vivipary is
A. wheat
A. seed germination with subterranean
B. pea cotyledons
C. tomato B. seed germination with epiterranean
D. mango cotyledons
136. A bee buzzes inside a flower to drink C. fruit development without pollination
some nectar. While there it touches the D. seed germination inside the fruit while
stamen. Later the bee goes to another attached to the plant
1.6 Anatomy of Flowering Plants

1. CASPARIAN STRIP IS PRESENT IN A. Are living
A. DICOT STEM ENDODERMIS B. Are dead
B. DICOT ROOT PERICYCLE C. Perform radial conduction of water
C. DICOT ROOT ENDODERMIS D. a and c
D. MONOCT ROOT ENDODERMIS 3. Cells of permanent tissues are specialised-
2. Ray parenchymatous cells- A. Functionally

B. Only structurally 8. When a plant reproduces vegetatively,

C. Both structurally and functionally A. meiosis produces a new gametophyte.
D. For mitosis B. offspring are produced by mitosis
alone.
4. DORSIVENTRAL LEAF HAS MORE STOM- C. only root tissue can be used to pro-
ATA GENERALLY ON duce new offspring.
A. ABAXIAL SURFACE D. offspring will differ from the parent.
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B. ADAXIAL SURFACE
9. Flowers that include both male and female
C. BOTH SURFACES reproductive structures
D. NEITHER OF THESE A. Plants
B. Perfect flower
5. Which of the following statements is incor-
rect about companion cell? C. Imperfect flower
A. It is a specialised parenchymatous cell D. Weed
B. Its nucleus controls the function of 10. Dendrochronology deals with the study of
sieve tube
A. Phylogeny
C. It helps in maintaining the pressure B. Numerical taxonomy
gradient in sieve tube
C. Age of trees
D. It is present in all vascular plants hav-
ing phloem D. Grasses
11. The annual rings are formed due to

6. Which of the following features is not
found while observing a TS of monocot A. Uniform environmental conditions
root? B. Non-uniform environmental conditions
A. Sclerenchymatous hypodermis C. Absence of secondary growth
B. Large number of scattered vascular D. Absence of primary growth
bundles
12. Trichimes are epidermal hairs of
C. vascular bundles are conjoint and
closed A. Primary root
D. perepheral vascular bundles are gen- B. Primary stem

erally larger than the centrally located C. Primary leaves
ones
D. Secondary root
7. The pistil consists of a sticky part where 13. The male part of the plant that sits on top
pollen grains land. of the filament
A. Style A. Stamen
B. Stigma B. Stigma
C. Stamen C. Anther
D. Anther D. Style

14. Sieve tube is- space. Which type of plant tissue is being
A. Multicellular, vessel like structure discussed here?

A. Parenchyma
B. Provided with porous septa
B. Collenchyma
C. The main conducting element for
translocation of food C. Sclerenchyma
D. All of the above D. Phloem
19. I. Forms major component within organs

15. The difference between a monocot root
II. Cell wall-thin, cellulosic III. Shape of
and dicot root seen as a section under a
cells-generally isodiametric IV. Intercellu-
microscope isa) Vascular bundle in mono-
lar space-Present / absent V. Photosyn-
cot root is polyarchb) Pith is large and
thetic, storage or secretory in function The
well developedc) Xylem and Phloem forms
above characters are attributed to-
patches numbered 2-4d) Pith is small
A. Collenchyma
A. a, b
B. Parenchyma
B. a, c
C. Sclerenchyma
C. a, d
D. Vascular tissue
D. s, d
20. Specialised region of plant having active
16. Which of the following statements are cor- cell divided are called
rect in respect of vascular tissuesa) Vas-
A. Tissues
cular tissues comprises of Xylem, Phloem
and pithb) Vascular bundles of dicot stems B. Organs
are conjoint and openc) vascular bundles C. Meristems
of monocot stem are Radial typed) When
D. All of the above
xylem and phloem are on the same radius
of vascular bundle it is conjoint type 21. How many nuclei are contained within an
A. a, b angiosperm embryo sac?
B. a, c A. two
C. b, d B. four
C. six
D. b, c
D. eight
17. Grafting usually works best when plants
are 22. Companion cells are associated with-
A. growing. A. Sieve cells
B. germinating. B. Sieve tubes

C. Albuminous cells
C. dormant.
D. Vessels
D. pollinating.
23. Bark includes
18. In certain plant organ cells were found to
be isodiametric, thin cellulosic cell walled A. Periderm + Secondary phloem
and loosely packed having intercellular B. Periderm + Secondary xylem

C. Secondary phloem + xylem 29. The specialized leaves of a flower that do

D. Secondary xylem + Cork cambium not produce gametophytes are the
A. carpel and stamens.
24. Complex tissue comprises-
A. Xylem and phloem B. filaments and anthers.
B. Heterogeneous tissue C. stigma and style.

C. Conductive tissue D. sepals and petals.
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D. All of these
30. Which of the following statement is cor-
25. Primary meristem is rect
A. Apical meristem A. Study of internal structure is called an-
B. Intercalary meristem otomy
C. Lateral meristem B. Plants have cells as the basic unit

which are organised into tissue
D. Both a & b
C. Tissues are organised into organs
26. If you are given a section of a leaf and
asked to observe under a microscope, D. All of the above
which characters will confirm you it to be a
dicot leaf.a) Stomata on both epidermisb) 31. Green cells of epidermis are
Stomata on lower epidermisc) Mesophyll A. Bulliform cells
cells are of two typesd) Mesophyll cells
one one type B. Subsidiary cells
A. a, c C. Motor cells
B. b, d D. Guard cells
C. b, c
32. In angiosperm phloem-
D. a, d
A. Both the sieve tube elements and com-
27. Which component is not found in phloem of panion cells have nuclei
angiosperms?
B. Sieve tube elements have nuclei but
A. Albuminous cell companion cells do not
B. Sieve tube C. The companion cells have nuclei but
C. Companion cell the sieve tube elements do not
D. Wood fibre D. Neither the companion cells nor sieve
tube elements have nuclei
28. What structure forms during angiosperm
fertilization but does not form during fer-
33. Sclereids posses
tilization among other types of plants?
A. Tapering ends
A. a haploid egg cell
B. a diploid zygote B. Highly thickened walls
C. a haploid sperm cell C. Hemicellulosic wall
D. a triploid cell D. Broad lumen

34. On the basis of location and function, how C. Hemp

many types of the tissue system are found D. All
in vascular plants

A. 2 40. WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING SHOWS
SECONDARY GROWTH?
B. 3
A. MONOCOT STEM
C. 4
B. MONOCOT ROOT
D. 5
C. DICOT STEM
35. The reproductive part of the plant that at- D. BOTH DICOT STEM AND MONOCOT
tracts bees and butterflies STEM
A. Petals
41. Sclerenchyma fibres are
B. Flower
A. Thick walled
C. Stem
B. Elongated
D. Stigma
C. Pointend cells
36. Dicot root is similar in all the given charac- D. All of the above
ters to monocot root, except
42. Major xylary element in wood of a gym-
A. Radial, exarch vascular bundles
nospermic plant is
B. Unicelled root hairs A. Vessel
C. Pericycle forms the lateral roots B. Tracheid
D. Well developed pith C. Xylem fibre
37. CORTEX HAS THREE LAYERS LIKE HYPO- D. Xylem parenchyma
DERMIS, CORTICAL LAYERS AND ENDO-
DERMIS IN 43. Which of the following statements is true
about Sclereids?
A. DICOT LEAF
A. These are constituent cells of Col-
B. DICOT STEM lenchyma tissue
C. MONOCOT STEM B. They are living cells with very narrow
D. MONOCOT ROOT lumen (Cavity)
C. They donot provide mechanical
38. The part of the plant that collects sunlight
strength to plants
A. Leaves
D. The gritty pulp of fruits like guava and
B. Stem pear is due to it’s presence
C. Petals
44. Contains a young plant inside that grows
D. Ovary into a big plant
39. Which of the following bast fibres is of A. Seed
great commercial value? B. Seed coat
A. Jute C. Seed leaves
B. Flax D. Seedling

45. Fibres and sclereids are the types of- 51. Jute, Flax and Hemp are of commercial im-
A. Parenchyma portance. To which part of the plant do
they belong to?
B. Collenchyma
A. Phloem Fibres
C. Sclerenchyma
B. Xylem Fibres
D. Xylem
C. Sieve tube
46. Identify the statement which is incorrect D. Tracheids
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about Heart wood. It
52. Dead cells with narrow lumen, lignified cell
A. is centrally located secondary xylem wall with a few or numerous pits and serv-
B. has deposits of tannin, resin, gum etc ing a mechanical function only are called-
C. is very hard and durable A. Collenchyma
D. Conducts water B. Xylem
C. Aerenchyma
47. Heartwood is characterized by all, except
D. Sclerenchyma
A. Presence of tyloses
53. An unopened flower
B. Presence of tannins, resins, oils, gums
etc. A. Plant
C. Its commercial importance for timber B. Seed
D. Active in water conduction C. Leaf
D. Bud
48. Xylem parenchyma stores-
54. The underground part that absorbs water
A. Starch
and minerals from soil.
B. Fat
A. Leaves
C. Tannins
B. Stem
D. All C. Petals
49. In angiosperms, pollen grains are produced D. Roots
in
55. The part of the plant that holds the leaves
A. anthers. and flowers
B. carpels. A. Stalk
C. ovules. B. Stem
D. sepals. C. Style
50. A flower that has only just male or just D. Filament

female reproductive structures 56. What is true about a monocot leaf?
A. Plants A. Presence of reticulate venation
B. Perfect flower B. absence of bulliform cells
C. Imperfect flower C. Absence of vascular bundles
D. Weed D. Absence of differentiated mesophyll

57. Identify the correct statementa) Stomata 61. PROTO XYLEM IS CALLED ENDARCH IF
are present on both epidermal layers in A. PROTOXYLEM IS PRESENT TOWARDS
isobilateral leavesb) Guard cells are dumb-

PITH AND METAXYLEM TOWARDS PE-
bell shaped in grass leavesc) Photosynthe- RIPHERY
sis do not occur in guard cellsd) Stomata
opens when guard cells are flaccid B. METAXYLEM IS PRESENT TOWARDS
PITH AND PROTOXYLEM TOWARDS PE-
A. a, c RIPHERY
B. c, d C. BOTH 1 AND 2
C. a, b D. NEITHER OF THESE
D. b, d 62. A pollen grain landing on a stigma of a
flower of the same species produces a
58. The bottom of the style is this part which
produces the eggs or ovules through meio- A. gametophyte.
sis. B. pollen tube.
A. Pollen C. flower.
B. Ovary D. stamen.
C. Stigma 63. During formation of leaves and elongation
D. Pistil of stem, some cells ‘left behind’ from the
shoot apical meristem, constitute
59. Spot the correct statement from the fol- A. Lateral meristem
lowing
B. Axillary bud
A. Phelloderm comprises Phellem, Phel- C. Cork cambium
logen and Periderm
D. Fascicular cambium
B. Cork is impervious due to deposits
Lignin in the cells 64. Cells of collenchyma have thickened cor-
ners due to the deposition of
C. Bark refers to periderm and secondary
phloem A. Cellulose
D. Sapwood is involved in conduction of B. Hemicellulose
water and minerals from root to leaf C. Pectin
60. Which of the following statements is incor- D. All of these

rect about Collenchyma tissue?
65. Study carefully the statements related to
A. Generally occurs below epidermis in Epidermal Tissue System and find out the
dicot plants incorrect statement.
B. Cells have thickened corners due to de- A. Epidermis is usually single cell layered
position of lignin B. Epidermal cells are parenchymatous
C. They are oval, spherical or polygonal C. Just below the epidermal layer is a
shaped cells waxy layer called cuticle
D. Intercellular spaces are absent D. Cuticle is absent in roots

66. Cambium ring in dicot stem is 72. VASCULAR BUNDLE IN DICOT ROOT IS
A. Primary meristem in origin A. OPEN AND CONJOINT
B. Secondary meristem in origin B. CLOSED AND CONJOINT
C. Promeristem in origin C. OPEN AND RADIAL
D. Both primary and secondary meristem D. CLOSED AND RADIAL
in origin
73. Choose the incorrect pair
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67. The male structures of the flower A. Cuticle is absent-Roots
A. Pistil B. Primary function of epidermis-
B. Stamen protection
C. Pollination C. Regulate transpiration-stomata
D. Petals D. Bean shaped stomatal cells-subsidiary

cells
68. Meristematic activity occurs at-
74. Which of the following is NOT part of the
A. Vascular tissue female structure of a flower?
B. Stem apex A. filament
C. Leaf B. style
D. Root hair C. stigma
69. The dead, elongated cells having lignified D. ovary

thick cell wall occurring in groups, with ta- 75. COMPLEX PERMANENT TISSUE FOUND IN
pering ends and serving a mechanical func-
tion are called- A. PARENCHYMA
A. Fibres B. COLLENCHYMA
C. XYLEM
B. Vessels
D. PHLOEM
C. Tracheids
E. BOTH XYLEM AND PHLOEM
D. Collenchyma
76. Grittiness of fruit in pears is due to-
70. Which one is secondary lateral meristem?
A. Presence of Silica
A. Intercalary
B. Presence of stone cells / sclereids
B. Cork cambium
C. Presence of raphids
C. Interfascicular cambium
D. Formation of cystolith
D. Both b and c
77. When pollen from the anther contacts the
71. Choose odd one out w.r.t origin sticky stigma of a pistil.
A. Interfasicular cambium A. Germination
B. Intercalary meristem B. Reproduction
C. Apical meristem C. Regeneration
D. Intrafasicular cambium D. Pollination

78. Which statement about Lenticels is incor- 83. IF A DICOT STEM HAS 100 DARK AND
rect? LIGHT RINGS ON THE CUT SURFACE THEN
THE AGE OF THE PLANT WILL BE

A. occur in most woody trees
A. 100 YEARS
B. permit exchange of gases between at-
mosphere and and internal tissue B. 75 YEARS
C. 50 YEARS
C. loosely arranged parenchyma cells
produced from phellogen ruptures the epi- D. 25 YEARS
dermis forming lenticels 84. From the following statements related to
D. opening and closing of the lenticels are Xylem, identify the wrong statement
regulated by some specialised cells A. Primary xylem may be Protoxylem and
Metaxylem
79. The long stalk-like part that supports the
B. First formed xylem is Protoxylem
stigma.
C. In stems, Protoxylem lies towards the
A. Filament perephery
B. Anther D. Primary xylem in stem is Endarch
C. Stigma 85. Which of the following is not a component
D. Style of the Stomatal apparatus?
A. Stomatal pore
80. The thin stalk that supports the anther.
B. Guard cells
A. Pistil C. Subsidiary cells
B. Stamen D. Epidermis
C. Anther 86. The flower parts that are a varied color
D. Filament A. Seed
B. Petals
81. Intercalary meristem is related to all, ex-
cept C. Stem
A. Present between permanent cells D. Leaves
B. Primary meristem 87. The yellow, powdery stuff on the stamens
C. Increasing the girth of axis A. Pollen

B. Dust
D. Regenerates parts of grasses re-
moved by grazing herbivores C. Mites
D. Germs
82. The reproductive organ of a flowering
plant 88. Casparian strips are found on radial and
inner walls of
A. Seed
A. Stem endodermis
B. Flower B. Root endodermis
C. Pistil C. Pericycle
D. Stamen D. Outer cortex

89. Which of the following statements about A. Stem

Spring wood (Early wood) is incorrect?
B. Roots
A. In spring cambium is more active
C. Sepal
B. In this season, large number of xylary
D. Stalk
elements are formed
C. Xylary elements have wide cavity 94. Meristem helps in-
D. Spring wood is dark in colour having A. Absorption of water
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less density
B. Growth of plants
90. Which of the following statements is true C. Absorption of minerals
for Autumn wood (late wood)?
D. Transpiration
A. Wood is lighter and has higher density
B. Xylary elements have wide cavity 95. In angiosperms, a zygote and endosperm
form as a result of
C. Ring of autumn wood alternates with
spring wood to form annual ring A. germination.
D. Cambium is highly active during au- B. double fertilization.
tumn C. pollination.
91. A mature sieve tube- D. seed dispersal.
A. Possesses a peripheral cytoplasm and 96. Sapwood is
no nucleus
A. Secondary xylem
B. Has a large vacuole
B. Secondary phloem
C. Is connected with companion cells by
pit fields present between their common C. Phellem
longitudinal wall D. Secondary cortex
D. All
97. Apical meristem are present at the
92. An angiosperms, flowers are adaptations
A. Tip of roots
for reproduction. Which of the following
does NOT usually describe flowers that B. Tip of shoot
are pollinated by animals? C. Lateral sides of roots and shoots
A. They are tiny. D. Both a & b
B. They are brightly colored.
98. Albuminous cells of gymnosperms are
C. They produce nectar to attract pollina-
equivalent to-
tors.
A. Sieve tubes
D. They pollinate more efficiently than
wind-pollinated plants. B. Sieve cells
C. Companion cells
93. The part of the flower that is under the
petals D. Cork cambium

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1.7 Structural Organisation in Animals

1. Caecum contains bacteria which helps in di- 6. Which of the following is NOT a function
gestion of of epithelial tissues?
A. Protein A. covering exposed surfaces
B. Lipid B. lining internal passageways
C. Cellulose C. producing glandular secretions
D. All the above D. contracting to produce movement
2. These cells are small and flat 7. Frog’s heart when taken out of the body
continues to beat for sometime.I . Frog is
A. Cuboidal
a poikilotherm.II. Frog does not have any
B. Columnar coronary circulationIII. Hear is myogenic in
C. Squamous nature.IV. Hear is autoexcitable
D. Pseudostratified A. Only III

B. Only IV
3. A form of connective tissue in which the
cells are specialized for the synthesis and C. I and II
storage of energy-rich reserves of fat, or D. III and iv
lipid.
8. Oryctolagus cuniculus is the scientific name
A. Hyaline cartilage
of
B. Adipose tissue
A. Lion
C. Connective tissue
B. Rabbit
D. Areolar tissue
C. Goat
4. Bone cells are present in spaces called D. Deer
A. oesteocytes
9. The organic matrix of the cartilage is called
B. chondrocytes
A. The orgaHyaline
C. lumbar region
B. Chondrin
D. lacunae
C. Osteoblast
5. Connective tissue is D. Chondroblast
A. The tissue that protects, supports, and
10. Which cartilage is present on the end of
binds together other body tissue
long bone?
B. Tissue that is the lining, covering, and
glandular tissue of the body
B. Fibrous cartilage
C. Tissue that contracts and shortens to
produce movement C. Calcified cartilage
D. none of above D. Elastic cartilage

11. The supportive structure of our pinna is 17. The segments on the ventral side of the
also found in abdomen of cockroach is called
A. Tip of nose A. sclerite
B. Ear ossicles
B. tergum
C. Vertebrae
C. notum
D. Nails
D. sternum
12. In male cockroaches, sperms are stored in
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which part of the reproductive system? 18. Which of the following muscle has been ta-
A. Seminal vesicles pered at both ends
B. Mushroom glands A. cardiac muscle
C. Testes B. non striated muscle
D. Vas deferens
C. striated muscle
13. Which of the following connective tissues
D. chest muscle
supports the soft tissues and reduces fric-
tion at joints?
19. Choose the correctly matched pair.
A. Cartilage
A. Tendon-Specialised connective tissue
B. Muscle tissue
C. Bone tissue B. Adipose tissue-Dense connective tis-
sue
D. Fibrous connective tissue
C. Areolar tissue-Loose connective tis-
14. Which of the following junction cements sue
the neighbouring cells?
D. Cartilage-Loose connective tissue
A. tight junction
B. adhering junction 20. The epithelium which forms the inner wall
C. gap junction of blood vessels is
D. none of above A. Cuboidal epithelium
15. Mast cells of connective tissue release B. Ciliated epithelium
A. Vasopressin and histamine C. Squamous epithelium
B. Heparin and histamine D. Compound epithelium
C. Heparin and calcitonin
D. Mast cellSerotonin and melanin 21. Which one of the following cells is not ca-
pable of metabolizing glucose to carbon
16. In what part of your body you can mostly dioxide aerobically?
find the stratified squamous tissues?
A. White blood cells
A. Intestines
B. Unstriated muscle cells
B. Kidneys
C. Lungs C. Liver cells
D. Skin D. Red blood cells

22. Used in places where diffusion needs to oc- 27. Compared to blood the lymph has AMore
cur, such as blood vessels and air sacs in RBCs and less WBCsBNo plasmaCPlasma
the lungs without proteinsDMore WBCs and no

RBCs
A. Simple Cuboidal
A. More RBCs and less WBCs
B. Simple Columnar
B. No plasma
C. Simple Squamous
C. Plasma without proteins
D. Stratified Squamous
D. More WBCs and no RBCs
23. Which part of the nerve cell covers more
than half of its volume 28. Which type of connective tissue cells se-
cretes proteins into the matrix to make
A. Axon fibers?
B. Mylein sheath A. fibroblasts
C. Dentrites B. chondrocytes
D. Neuroglia C. mast cells
24. Stratum germinativum is an example of D. macrophages
which kind of epithelium?
29. Which type of tissue correctly matches
A. Columnar with its location?
B. Squamous A. Areolar tissue-Tendons
C. Cuboidal B. Transitional epithelium-Tip of nose
D. Ciliated C. Cudoidal epithelium-Lining of stomach
25. In rabbit the teeth are of different types, D. Smooth muscle-Wall of intestine
hence the dentition is called 30. The connective tissue that connects bones
A. Thecodont at the joints is
B. Heterodont A. Cartilage
C. Diphyodont B. Bone
D. All the above C. Ligament
D. Both cartilage and bone
26. The function of the gap junction is to
A. performing cementing to keep neigh- 31. What is the correct order of organization
bouring cells together A. tissues-cells-organs-organ systems-
B. facilitate communitation between ad- organism
joining cells by connecting the cytoplam B. cell-tissue-organs-organ systems-
for rapid transfer of ions, small molecules organism
and some large
C. organism-cells-tissues-organ systems-
C. separate two cells from each other organism
D. stop substance from leaking across a D. tissues-cells-organs-organ sytems-
tissue organism

32. Each testis consists of numerous tubules C. Simple columnar

called
D. Stratified squamous
A. Epididymis
B. Vas deferens 38. Which of the following type of simple ep-
ithelium tissue present in the lining of the
C. Seminiferous tubules stomach and intestine?
D. Rete testis A. Columnar epithelium
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33. pairs of cranial nerves present in rab- B. Squamous epithelium
bit.
C. Ciliated epithelium
A. 12
D. Cuboidal epithelium
B. 24
C. 14 39. The basement membrane is made up of
D. 28 A. Epidermal cell only

B. Endodermal cell
34. What type of muscle is/are voluntary?
C. No cell at all but is a product of epithe-
A. smooth and cardiac
lial cell
B. smooth
D. Both (a) and (b)
C. skeletal and smooth
D. skeletal 40. Lines ducts of kidneys
A. Simple Columnar
35. Earthworms don’t have teeth to grind
their food so they use another organ to B. Simple Cuboidal
do so. It is called a C. Simple Squamous
A. crop
D. Transitional
B. gizzard
C. intestine 41. How many pairs of testes are present in
leech? ?
D. esophagus
A. 11
36. Secretes mucus in the respiratory tract, B. 10
specifically the trachea
C. 12
A. Transitional
D. 22
B. Pseudostratified Columnar
C. Simple Squamous 42. Which muscle type can contract rapidly
D. Stratified Squamous with great force, BUT tires easily and must
rest after short periods of activity.
37. What epithelial tissues are found along tis- A. skeletal
sues that function to allow the exchange
of gases? B. smooth
A. Simple squamous C. cardiac
B. Simple cuboidal D. none of above

43. Found in organs like the bladder that need 49. What physiological functions are enhanced
to stretch by epithlial cells bearing microvilli and
cilia?

A. Simple Cuboidal
B. Stratified squamous A. increased surface area for absorption
& capturing debris
C. Pseudostratified Columnar
B. decreased surface area for absorption
D. Transitional & capturing debris
44. The most active phagocytic white blood C. increased surface area for absorption
cells are of oxygen
A. Eosinophils and lymphocytes D. decreased surface area for absorption
B. Neutrophils and monocytes of oxygen
C. Neutrophils and eosinophils 50. This tissue carries nutrients, waste, respi-
ratory gases, and many other substances
D. Lymphocytes and macrophages
throughout the body.
45. Which is the most flexible cartilage in the A. Bone
body
B. Cartilage
C. Blood
B. Elastic cartilage
D. Adipose
C. fibro cartilage
51. A drop of each of the following, is placed
D. neuro cartilage
separately on four slides. Which of them
46. Which tissue assists in support and protec- will not coagulate?
tion of organs and limbs? A. Blood serum
A. epithelial B. Blood from pulmonary artery
B. connective C. Whole blood from pulmonary vein
C. muscle D. Blood plasma
D. nerve
52. Simple epithelium is a tissue in which the
47. Which of the following tissues lines the in- cells are
terior and exterior of organs? A. Simple epithelium is a tissue in which
A. Epithelial the cells are
B. Connective B. Cemented directly to one another to
form a single layer
C. Muscle
C. Continuously dividing to provide form
D. Nervous an organ
48. This connects bones at a joint. D. Loosely connected to one another to
A. Tendon form an irregular organ
B. Ligament 53. Mammals are animals
C. Facia A. Cold blooded
D. Cartilage B. Warm blooded

C. Poikilothermic B. Corpus luteum

D. All the above C. Corpus callosum
54. The body cells in cockroach discharge their D. None of the above
nitrogenous waste in the haemolymph
59. Which one of the following contains the
mainly in the form of
largest quantity of extracellular mate-
A. ammonia rial? AStriated muscleBAreolar tissueCor-
B. potassium urate rect AnswerCStratified epitheliumDMyeli-
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nated nerve fibres
C. urea
A. Striated muscle
D. calcium carbonate
B. Areolar tissue
55. The animals which give birth to young ones
are C. Stratified epithelium
A. Oviparous D. Myelinated nerve fibres

B. Viviparous 60. Cuboidal epithelium with brushborder Of
C. Ovoviviparous microvilli is found in
D. All the above A. ducts of salivary glands
B. proximal convoluted tubule Ofnephron
56. Which type of white blood cells are con-
cerned with the release of histamine and C. Eustachian tube
the natural anticoagulant heparin? D. lining of intestine
A. Monocytes
61. Lines ducts and glands
B. Neutrophils
A. Columnar
C. Basophils
B. Cuboidal
D. Eosinophils
C. Simple Squamous
57. Nervous tissue
D. Transitional
A. Tissue that is responsible for lining,
covering, and glandular tissue 62. The body of rabbit is divided into
B. Tissue responsible for protecting, sup- A. Head, neck, trunk and tail
porting, and binding together other body
B. Head, trunk and tail
tissues
C. Tissues that contracts and shortens to C. Trunk and tail
produce movement D. Head and trunk
D. Tissue that receives and conducts elec-
63. Exoskeleton in cockroach forms plates
trochemical impulses from one part of the
called
body to another
A. Scales
58. The right and left cerebral hemispheres are
B. chitin
connected by a transverse band of nerve
tissue called C. sclerites
A. Corpus albicans D. scutes

64. During an injury, if nasal septum gets dam- C. 74

aged, which cartilage is perfused for its re-
D. 37
covery?

A. Hyaline cartilage 70. Absorbs nutrients in the digestive tract
B. Elastic cartilage A. Columnar
C. Calcified cartilage
B. Cuboidal
D. Fibro cartilage
C. Simple Squamous
65. Areolar connective tissue joins
D. Pseudostratified
A. Fat body with muscles
B. Integument with muscles 71. Component of blood responsible for pro-
ducing antibodies is?
C. Bones with muscles
D. Bones with bones A. Thrombocytes
B. Monocytes
66. This name means that there are multiple
layers of cells C. Erythrocytes
A. Simple D. Lymphocytes
B. Stratified
72. All of the following are common locations
C. Columnar
of simple squamous epithlium EXCEPT
D. Pseudostratified
A. lungs
67. The lens in the eye of cockroach is called
B. lining blood vessels
A. Ommatidium
C. trachea
B. omatia
C. compound eye D. all of the above
D. mosaic 73. Rabbit belongs to the class

68. Formation of cartilage bones involves A. Pisces
A. Deposition of bony matter by os- B. Amphibia
teoblasts and resorption by chondroclasts
C. Reptilia
B. Deposition of bony matter by osteo-
clasts and resorption by chondroblasts D. Mammalia
C. Deposition of bondy matter by osteo-
clasts only 74. Which connective tissue contains a gel-like
matrix and is found in the nose, ear, and
D. Deposition of bony matter by os- at the end of bones.
teoblasts only
A. Bone
69. pairs of spinal nerves are present in
rabbit B. Cartilage
A. 34 C. Blood
B. 38 D. Adipose

1.8 Cell: The Unit of Life 206
75. Which of the following features is not A. Liver

present in Periplaneta americana? B. Kidney
A. Indeterminate and radial cleavage dur- C. Lungs
ing embryonic development
D. Both liver and kidney
B. Exoskeleton composed of n-
acetylglucosamine 80. This tissue has lots of fixed fibroblasts and
C. Metemerically segmented body connected the skin to underlying organs
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D. Schizocoelom as body cavity A. Adipose
B. Blood
76. What type of muscle(s) is involuntary?
C. Dense Connective
A. skeletal and smooth
D. Loose Connective
B. cardiac and skeletal
C. smooth and cardiac 81. What is blood classified as?
D. skeletal A. tissue
B. organ
77. is a thin walled sac present at the junc-
tion of small and large intestion C. organ system
A. Caecum D. none of above
B. Colon 82. Rabbit belongs th the phylum

C. Rectum A. Vertebrata
D. Appendix B. Chordata
78. Protiens responsible for producing carti- C. Invertebrata

lage is called D. Hemichordata
A. collagen 83. Goblet cells of alimentary canalare modi-
B. elastin fied from
C. chondrin A. columnar epithelial cellschondrocytes
D. none of above B. chondrocytes
79. separate nitrogenous waste from the C. compound epithelial cells

blood in rabbit D. squamous epithelial cells
1.8 Cell: The Unit of Life

1. Diffusion of water through a selectively 2. A selectively-permeable phospholipid bi-
permeable membrane layer forming the boundary of the cells
A. diffusion A. cell wall
B. osmosis B. cell membrane
C. active transport C. cell cytoplasm
D. facilitated diffusion D. cell pores

3. Which of the following are the unicellu- 9. Who found a living cell?
lar organisms? (answer can be more than A. Robert hook
one)

B. Robert brown
A. Paramecium
C. Leuwenhoek
B. Amoeba
C. Hydra
D. Euglena 10. The following statements about cell are
true except
E. Spirogyra
A. vacuole contains cellular liquid.
4. Which of the following is the correct se-
quence of the cell organisation? B. multicellular organisms have only one
cell.
A. Organ-tissue-system-organism-cell
C. chlamydomonas contains chlorophyll.
B. Tissue-cell-organ-system-organism
D. nucleus controls cellular activities.
C. Cell-tissue-organ-system-organism
D. none of above 11. Which are types of transmembrane pro-
teins
5. Which kind of plastid is more common in
A. channel proteins
leaves of the plant
B. carrier proteins
A. Leucoplasts
C. receptor proteins
B. Chloroplasts
C. Chromoplasts D. transition proteins
D. All above 12. Chromosomes are chemically made up of

6. Brain of cell is A. DNA
A. Nucleus B. Carbohydrates
B. Nucleolus C. Protein
C. Mitochondria D. DNA + Protein
D. Chloroplast 13. Which of the followings does not present
7. Golgi apparatus is involved in synthesis of in animal cell?
A. New membrane A. Cell wall

B. New membrane and lysosomes B. Centriole
C. vacoules and Secretory vesicles C. Mitochondria
D. Glucose D. Chloroplast
8. The rough ER is so named because it has 14. process by which a cell takes material into
an abundance of on it. the cell by infolding of the cell membrane
A. Ribosomes A. exocytosis
B. Vesicles B. endocytosis
C. Mitochondria C. facilitated diffusion
D. Lysosomes D. osmosis

15. A solution with the same concentration of C. nucleus

water and solutes as inside a cell, result- D. ribosome
ing in the cell retaining its normal shape
because there is no net movement of wa- 21. Why can it be so difficult to identify cells
ter. and learn about their organelles?
A. isotonic A. They are very small and difficult to ex-
B. hypertonic amine without a microscope.
B. We didn’t know about cells for a long
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C. hypotonic
time.
D. exotonic
C. Nonliving and living things are made of
16. Which organelle helps in cell division? cells so there are to many kinds to study.
A. nucleas D. Cells are not possible to see even with
B. plastids a strong microscope.
C. cell wall 22. Centrosome occurs in
D. ribosomes A. Plant cell
17. What is the function of Epithelium cell? B. Animal cell
A. Send information (impulse) C. Animal cell and some lower cells
B. Protects the surface layer of the skin D. All of these
and internal organs
23. Organelle other than nucleus, containing
C. Transport oxygen DNA is
D. Destroy bacteria A. endoplasmic reticulum
18. What organelle is called the “power- B. golgi apparatus
house” of a cell? C. mitochondria
A. Endoplasmic Reticulum D. lysosome
B. Nucleus
24. Organs that work together to perform a
C. Mitochondria related function is called ?
D. Nucleolus A. cells
19. Command house of cell is B. tissues
A. Nucleus C. organ system
B. Nucleolus D. organs
C. Mitochondria 25. Cell arise from the pre-existing cells was
D. Chloroplast stated by
20. Produces hormones and lipid molecules for A. Haecke

cells B. Virchow
A. smooth endoplasmic reticulum C. Hooke
B. rough endoplasmic reticulum D. Schleiden

26. Which of the following is NOT a cell the- 32. Rough ER Contains
ory. A. Detoxification

A. All non-living things are made of cells
B. Carbohydrate Synthesizing machinery
B. All cells come from pre-existing cells
C. Ribosomes
C. Cells are the basic unit of structure
D. Lysosomes
and function of all living things
D. none of above 33. , and play a role in the excre-
tory system in human
27. This type of cell needs a cell wall and
chloroplasts A. brain, spinal cord, nerve
A. Plant cell B. mouth, oesophagus, stomach
B. Animal Cell C. lungs, kidneys, skin
C. Bacteria D. none of above
D. none of above 34. Which of the following are the factors re-
28. Genetic material of a Eukaryotic cell is con- quired for photosynthesis? (Choose 2 an-
tained in swers)
A. Nucleolus A. Light
B. Nucleoplasm B. Oxygen
C. Nucleoid C. Nitrogen
D. Nucleus D. Chlorophyll
29. The cell membrane is mostly made of 35. Why is the nucleus important?
what?
A. gives the cell its energy
A. Membrane-spanning Proteins
B. stores genetic information
B. Surface Proteins
C. removes waste products
C. Phospholipids
D. allows molecules to enter the cell
D. Carbohydrates
36. Which of the following cell organelles is
30. Powerhouse of cell absent in prokaryotic cells?
A. Golgi Bodies
A. Nucleus
B. Ribosome
B. Lysosome
C. Vacoule
C. Endoplasmic Reticulum
D. Mitochondria
D. All of the above
31. Where is the respiratory electron trans-
port system (ETS) located in plants? 37. Storage Sap of cell
A. Intermembrane space A. Golgi Bodies
B. Mitochondrial matrix B. Ribosome
C. Outer mitochondrial membrane C. Vacoule
D. Inner mitochondrial membrane D. ER

38. Which kind of plastid is more common in 44. Contract and relax muscles to enable
flowers and fruits movement is the function of?
A. Leucoplasts A. Reproductive cell
B. Chloroplasts B. Red blood cell
C. Chromoplasts C. Muscle cell
D. All above
D. White blood cell
39. We can test the presence of starch by us-
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ing 45. Which plastids are colourless?
A. Iodine solution A. Chromoplasts
B. Oil B. Leucoplasts
C. Water C. Chloroplast
D. Salt solution D. None of the above
40. You might think of me as the trash collec- E. all of the above
tor, but recycler is maybe more accurate.
What am I? 46. Name the structure in a plant cell which
A. mitochondria has this function:protects and maintains
cell shape.
B. lysosome
A. Cell wall
C. vacuole
B. Cytoplasm
D. ribosome
C. Cell membrane
41. water loving portion of the lipid bilayer in
cells D. Nucleus
A. hydrophilic head 47. Who proposed the cell theory?
B. hydrophobic head
A. Schleiden and Schwann
C. hydrophilic tail
B. Watson and Crick
D. hydrophobic tail
C. Darwin and Wallace
42. Cell organelles are embedded in
D. Mendel and Morgan
A. Nucleolus
B. Cytoplasm 48. Which of the following statements is not
correct?
C. Protoplasm
A. Lysosomes have numerous hydrolytic
D. Mitochondria
enzymes
43. The uptake of specific molecules based on B. The hydrolytic enzymes of lysosomes
a cell’s receptor proteins are active under acidic pH
A. receptor-mediated endocytosis
C. Lysosomes are membrane bound
B. endocytosis structures
C. phagocytosis D. Lysosomes are formed by the process
D. pinocytosis of packaging in the endoplasmic reticulum

49. Which of the following statements regard- B. mitochondria

ing cilia is not correct? C. vacuole

A. Cilia contain an outer ring of nine dou- D. cytoplasm
blet microtubules surrounding two singlet
microtubules. 55. When observing cells, which of the follow-
ing pieces of equipment is most appropri-
B. ATP is not required for ciliary move-
ate?
ments
A. Hand lens
C. Cilia are hair-like cellular appendages
B. Telescope
D. Microtubules of cilia are composed of
tubulin C. Petri dish
D. Microscope
50. serves as food producer for the plant
cell. 56. What is the function of Guard cells?
A. Cytoplasm A. Reduces the water loss and enable the
gaseous exchange
B. Chloroplast
B. Control the size of the stoma (leaf
C. Cell membrane
pore)
D. Nucleus
C. Contain a large amount of chloroplasts
51. Choose the correct order of cell organiza- for photosynthesis
tion. D. Absorb water and mineral salts from
A. cell-tissue-system-system-organism the soil
B. cell-tissue-organism-system-organ 57. A cell placed in Hypotonic solution burst
C. tissue-organsim-cell-system-organ up.It is
D. cell-tissue-organ-system-organism A. Animal cell

B. Bacterial cell
52. Animal cell lacking nuclei would also lack
C. Fungal cell
in
D. Plant cell
A. Ribosome
B. Lysosome 58. This scientist concluded that plants are
made of cells:
C. Endoplasmic reticulum
A. Virchow
D. Chromosome
B. Schwann
53. Basic unit of all forms of life C. Schleiden
A. Cell D. Leeunwenhoek
B. Nucleus
59. A cell is able to change its shape and
C. Prokaryote size to help the body move.
D. Eukaryote A. muscle
54. Choose the correct similarities between an- B. cheek
imal and plant cell. C. bone
A. cell wall D. red blood

60. Which of the following is related to glyco- 65. The shorter and longer arms of a submeta-
sylation of proteins centric chromosome are referred to as
A. Lysosome A. s-arm and l-arm respectively
B. Mitochondria B. p-arm and q-arm respectively
C. Peroxisome C. q-arm and p-arm respectively

D. m-arm and n-arm respectively
D. Rough endoplasmic reticulum
66. Which cell structure controls what can en-
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61. Cell wall is composed of ter or leave a cell?
A. Carbohydrate A. nucleus
B. Starch B. cytoplasm
C. Cellulose C. cell membrane
D. Sugar D. vacuole
67. Stephen looked at human cheek cells

62. Match column I with column II and se-
through a microscope; he saw a nucleus in-
lect the correct option from the codes
side each of the cells. Stephen was looking
given below:(A) Mitochondria (i) With-
at
out membrane(B) Lysosome (ii) Single
membrane(C) Ribosomes (iii) Double mem- A. A piece of skin.
brane(D) Nucleus B. Eukaryote Cells
A. A-(i); B-(ii); C-(iii); D-(iii) C. Prokaryote Cells
B. A-(iii); B-(i); C-(i); D-(ii) D. Air Bubbles
C. A-(iii); B-(ii); C-(i); D-(iii) 68. What is an example of a living thing
D. A-(ii); B-(iii); C-(i); D-(iii) A. table
B. brick
63. the thick fluid region of a cell located in-
side the cell membrane or between the cell C. tree
membrane and nucleus D. bike
A. cytoplasm 69. Who looked at cork and named the cell?
B. cell wall A. Robert Hooke
C. organelle B. Van Leeuwenhoek
D. golgi apparatus C. Robert Brown
D. Francesco Redi
64. Who is the first person to identify cells us-
ing microscope? 70. What will happen to the cell if we place it
A. Robert Hooke in Hypotonic solution?
A. The cell will gain water and swollens
B. Theodor
up
C. Khoo Kay Kim
B. The cell will lose water and get
D. Hooke shrinked

C. The cell will remain the same with no 75. Which of the following are the main con-
net movement of water across the cell stituents of cell wall?
membrane

A. Pectin
D. none of above B. Cellulose
71. Diffusion that doesn’t involve a direct in- C. Starch
put of energy or assistance by carrier pro- D. Protein
teins.
76. Which out of the following is not a function
A. simple diffusion
of vacuole?
B. facilitated diffusion
A. Storage
C. active transport
B. Providing turgidity and rigidity to the
D. exocytosis cell
C. Waste excretion
72. who allows the the entry and exit of par-
ticles in and out D. Locomotion
A. cell wall 77. The levels of organization in an organism
B. cell membrane go in which order:from smallest to largest.
C. chloroplast A. Cell, Tissue, Organ System, Organ
D. all of the above B. Cell, Organ, Tissue, Organ System

C. Organ System, Organ, Tissue, Cell
73. membrane that allows some substances to
D. Cell, Tissue, Organ, Organ System
pass more easily than others and blocks
the passage of some substances alto- 78. The cytoskeleton is a proteinaceous net-
gether work of fibers in the cytoplasm. It is in-
A. selectively permeable volved in
B. permeable A. Mechanical support
C. non-permeable B. Motility
D. cell wall C. Maintenance of cell-shape

D. All of the above
74. The process by which water moves
through a semi-permeable membrane from 79. Which of the following statements is true
a region of high concentration to a region about the Golgi bodies?
of lower concentration, thereby equalizing A. It is a sac-like organelle
water concentration is called:
B. It is located near the nucleus
A. Evaporation
C. It helps in packaging and transporting
B. Diffusion the particles throughout the cell.
C. Osmosis D. All of the above
80. Which statement is true about cell the-
E. All of the above ory?

A. Cell theory states that all cells are non- 85. Cells with the same function combine to
living. form a
B. Cell theory states that cells can come A. organ
from nonliving things. B. tissue
C. Cell theory states that all cells arise C. system
from other cells.
D. organism
D. Cell theory says animal cells are the
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only type of living cells. 86. What is the smallest LIVING unit of life?
A. Atom
81. Plants and animal cells have
B. Tissue
A. Mitochondria and chloroplasts
C. Organ
B. Nucleus and chloroplast
D. Cell
C. Cell wall and chloroplast
87. The Golgi apparatus is involved in-
D. Mitchochodria and cytoplasm
A. Packaging proteins into vesicles
82. Which of the following is required for pho- B. Altering or modifying proteins
tosynthesis? C. Producing lysosomes
A. Starch D. All of the above
B. Oxygen
88. Where does glycosylation of protein oc-
C. Chlorophyll cur?
D. Cellulose A. Endoplasmic reticulum
B. Lysosomes
83. What is the basic structural and functional
unit of all living things? C. Mitochondria
A. atom D. Chloroplast
B. cell 89. Which of the following is not a reason
C. molecule why we have different types of cells in the
body?
D. human
A. Work can be split among the the differ-
84. Select the odd one out ent types of cells.
B. Each type of cell can carry out a special
A. The movement of water across a semi-
function.
permeable membrane is affected by the
amount of substances dissolved in it. C. Each type of cell can take over the func-
tion of other cells.
B. Membranes are made of organic
molecules like proteins and lipids D. Each type of cell can carry out their
function efficiently.
C. Molecules soluble in organic solvents
can easily pass through the membrane 90. What organelles are only found in plant
D. Plasma membranes contain chitin cells?
sugar in plants A. cell membrane and chloroplast

B. cell membrane and mitochondria 97. um is equal to

C. cell wall and chloroplast A. 10−6 m

D. centrioles and lysosomes B. 10−10 m
91. Chloroplast located in the y to carry out C. 10−3 m
photosynthesis. What is y? D. 10−5 m
A. Palisade cell
98. What is the function of a cell wall?
B. Guard cell
A. waterproof layer for the cell
C. Root hair cell
B. protects and supports the cell
D. Epidermal cell
C. prevents oxygen from entering the cell
92. All cells come from cells.
D. prevents mineral salts from leaving
A. pregnant the cell
B. pre-existing
99. The phenomenon by which cytoplasm of a
C. paternal
cell shrinks from the wall is
D. pin size
A. Osmosis
93. Gene B. Plasmolysis
A. Chemically made up of DNA C. Diffision
B. Unit of inheritance
D. Glycolysis
C. Part of Chromosome
100. Cell was discovered by
D. All of the above
A. Leuwenhook
94. Anchoring junctions that prevent cells from
being pulled apart B. James D Watson
A. desmosomes C. Robert Hooke
B. tight junctions D. Louis pasteur
C. gap junctions 101. Who are the three scientists credited
D. cell walls with creating the Cell Theory?
95. 1 µ m is A. Schlieden, Schwann, Virchow

A. 10−6 m B. Schindler, Schmeil, Vanderhoot
B. 10−9 m C. Schwimmer, Shanazzek, Van Halen
C. 10−10 m D. none of above
D. 10−3 m 102. The ER serves as a passage way for
96. Chloroplast is found in transport.
A. animal cell A. intracellular
B. plant cell B. intercellular
C. both animal and plant cell C. both
D. none of above D. none

103. The Powerhouse of cell is 109. Blood plasma, red blood cells, white
A. cytoplasm blood cells and in blood are the basis
for the system
B. nucleus
A. skin, integumentary system
C. chloroplast
B. platelets, circulatory
D. mitochondria
C. muscle, muscular
104. Endoplasmic reticulum is involved in all of
D. lung, respiratory
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the following except:
A. Production of ribosomes 110. What are produced from respiration?
B. Synthesis of lipids A. Energy
C. Synthesis of proteins B. Glucose
D. Transportation of molecules to the cell C. Water
membrane for export
D. Carbon dioxide
105. In plant cell, Cell wall is
E. Oxygen
A. Dynamic and live
B. Rigid and non living 111. Which of the following is the smallest
unit of life that can carry out all life func-
C. Dynamic and non living tions?
D. Rigid and living
A. chloroplast
106. A type of endocytosis in which a cell en- B. vacuole
gulfs large particles or whole cells
C. nucleus
A. endocytosis
D. the cell
B. phagocytosis
C. pinocytosis 112. move solutes “uphill” against a concen-
tration gradient expending ATP
D. exocytosis
A. solute pumps
107. It provides extra protection and support
to plants, fungi, and prokaryotic cells. It B. protein pumps
is NOT found in animal cells. C. energy pumps
A. Cell Membrane D. water pumps
B. Nuclear Envelope
113. Where are the essential proteins and
C. Cell Wall lipids required for cell membrane, manufac-
D. Chloroplast tured?
108. Which statement is true about Euglena? A. Lysosome
A. Cannot move B. Chromosomes

B. Lives in hot water C. Endoplasmic reticulum
C. Consists of many cells D. Mitochondria
D. Make its own food E. None of the above

114. Which type of biological macromolecule is 119. If mitochondria is absent in mature RBC
the main component of the plasma mem- what will be the source of energy:
brane?

A. TCA
A. carbohydrate B. ETS
B. lipid C. link reaction
C. protein D. Glycolysis
D. nucleic acid 120. First living cells were observed by
A. Robert hooke
115. is called the energy currency of the
cell B. Robert Brown
A. Oxygen C. A. V. Leeuwenhoek
D. R. Virchow
B. ATP
C. Mitochondria 121. The barrier between the protoplasm and
the outer environment in an animal cell is
A. Cell wall
E. Endoplasmic reticulum
B. Plasma membrane
116. Which shows the correct order of organi- C. Nuclear membrane
zation of life below: D. Cytoplasm
A. Molecule-Organ-Cell-Organism 122. Which of the above is the power house
B. Cell-Organ system-Organelle- of a cell
Organism A. Chloroplast
C. Cell-Ecosystem-Organism-Organ sys- B. Nucleus
tem
C. Mitochondria
D. Molecule-Organelle-Cell-Organism D. Cell wall
117. Means to take in food and water. 123. The purpose of the nucleus is to
A. cell A. have a cell boundary
B. digestion B. control activities in the cell
C. ingestion C. provide a medium for cell reactions to

occur
D. movement
D. control materials entering and leaving
the cell
118. What is the gel-like substance inside of
cells called? 124. A lipid that forms an essential component
A. photoplasm of animal cell membranes and acts as a pre-
cursor molecule for the synthesis of other
B. photosynthesis biologically important steroids.
C. cytoskeleton A. glycolipid
D. cytoplasm B. cholesterol

C. phospholipid C. Secondary metabolite

D. cell wall D. Primary metabolites
125. What are the product of respiration?
131. The plant cell wall is mainly composed of
A. Carbon dioxide, water and energy
A. Proteins
B. Carbon dioxide, oxygen and water
B. Lipids
C. Glucose, oxygen and carbon dioxide
C. Cellulose
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D. Water, energy and glucose
D. All of these
126. ATP-stands for
A. Adenosine triphosphate 132. The plasma membrane can be observed
B. Adenosine di phosphate by
C. Adenosine phosphate A. Compound microscope

D. Add triple phosphate B. Electron microscope
127. In which type of muscles, mitochondria C. Both of these

are expected to be found in largest num- D. none of above
bers?
A. Eye muscles 133. Movement of specific molecules across
cell membranes through protein channels
B. Thigh muscles
or protein carriers
C. Cardiac muscles
A. simple diffusion
D. Thoracic muscles of birds
128. Power house of the cell is
C. active transport
A. Endoplasmic reticulum
D. osmosis
B. Golgi apparatus
C. Mitochondria 134. The border of cell that allow some sub-
D. Plasma membranes stance to enter is known as
A. chloroplasts
129. The nucleus in eukaryotes is separated
from the cytoplasm by B. vacuole
A. Single layered C. cell membrane
B. Double layered D. cytoplasm
C. Cell wall
135. Why do you think plant cell has fixed
D. None
shape?
130. Metabolic intermediates found in living A. Has chloroplast
system which are essential for growth and
life is called B. Has cytoplasm
A. Saponins C. Has mitochondria
B. Tannins D. Has cell wall

136. The proteins of a membrane that are not C. mRNA Synthesis

embedded in the lipid bilayer; they are ap- D. Enzyme Synthesis
pendages loosely bound to the surface of

the membrane. 142. Site of photosynthesis is
A. integral proteins A. Leucoplast
B. peripheral proteins B. Chloroplast
C. carrier proteins C. Chromoplast
D. Both a and c
D. channel proteins
143. Click the correct order of cell organisa-
137. Which kind of plastid is more common in tion.
roots of the plant
A. cell-tissue-system-system-organism
A. Leucoplasts
B. cell-tissue-organism-system-organ
B. Chloroplasts
C. tissue-organsim-cell-system-organ
C. Chromoplasts
D. cell-tissue-organ-system-organism
D. All above
138. The basic unit of a living thing is a about chromosomes?
A. cell A. It is present within the nucleus
B. cytoplasm B. It carries genes and helps in inheri-
tance
C. nucleus
C. It is composed of DNA in the form of
D. cell membrane Chromatin and protein
139. Which of the following cell organelles is D. All of the above
present in the highest number in secretory
145. like tiny organs within cells.
cells?
A. organelles
A. Lysosome
B. organs
B. Mitochondria
C. cytoplasm
C. Golgi complex
D. nucleolus
D. Endoplasmic reticulum
146. Control room of the cell is
140. In eubacteria, a cellular component which A. Endoplasmic reticulum
resembles a eukaryotic cell is
B. Golgi apparatus
A. Ribosomes
C. Mitochondria
B. Plasma membrane
D. Nucleus
C. Nucleus
147. Protein Factory of cell
D. Cell wall
A. Nucleus
141. Nucleolus is a site of B. Ribosome
A. Protein Synthesis C. Mitochondria
B. Ribosome Synthesis D. ER

148. Choose the correct similarities between B. vesicular transport

animal and plant cell.( Choose two an-
C. facilitated diffusion
swers)
D. osmosis
A. cell wall
B. mitochondria 154. A type of endocytosis in which the cell in-
C. vacuole gests extracellular fluid and its dissolved
solutes.
D. cytoplasm
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A. pinocytosis
149. Cells can undergo x process to form new
cells and replace damaged cells. What is B. phagocytosis
x? C. endocytosis
A. respiration D. exocytosis
B. Division
155. Chromosomes are made up of
C. photosynthesis
D. Homeostasis A. DNA
B. Protein
150. The phenomenon where a living plant
cell loses water through osmosis there is C. DNA & Proteins
shrinkage or contraction of the contents of D. RNA
the cell away from the cell wall.
A. Plasmolysis 156. Cell theory was given by
B. Exosmosis A. Schleiden and Schwann
C. Endocytosis B. Virchow
D. Diffusion C. Hooke
151. First living cell was observed by D. Haeckel
A. Antoin von Leeuwenhoek
157. Which sentence below is true about
B. Robert Hooke cells?
C. Rudolph Virchow A. Plant and animal cells are living.
D. Robert Brown
B. Plant and animal cells are nonliving.
152. Find the odd one out.Amoeba, euglena, C. Only plant cells are living.
spirogyra, chlamydomonas.
D. Only animal cells are living.
A. Euglena
B. Amoeba 158. Which of the following events does not
occur in rough endoplasmic reticulum?
C. Chlamydomonas
D. Spirogyra A. Cleavage of signal peptide
B. Protein glycosylation
153. Transport of large particles and macro-
molecules across plasma membranes C. Protein folding
A. simple diffusion D. Phospholipid synthesis

159. Which cell does not have a nucleus? 165. Controls what enters and leaves the cell
A. White blood cell A. Mitochondria

B. epithelium cell B. Cell Membrane
C. Red blood cell C. Cell Wall
D. Brain cell D. Nucleus
160. is involved in the synthesis of phos- 166. This cell part is in ALL cells. It is the
pholipids. gel-like substance that anchors all cell or-
ganelles
A. Mitochondria
A. Chloroplasts
B. Cytoplasm
B. Cell membrane
C. Cytoplasm
D. Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum
D. Nucleus
161. Powerhouse of the cell
167. Solute concentration is greater than that
A. Lysosomes inside the cell; cell loses water and will
B. Mitochondria shrink
C. Nucleus A. hypertonic
D. Endoplasmic reticulum B. hypotonic
C. isotonic
162. Packaging and dispatching unit of the cell
is D. osmolarity
A. Endoplasmic reticulum 168. Living cells were discovered by
B. Golgi apparatus A. Robert Hooke
C. Mitochondria B. Purkinje
D. Plasma membranes C. Leeuwenhoek
163. This organelle takes food and turns it into D. Robert Brown
ENERGY for plant and animal cells. 169. What does “bilayer” mean?
A. Chloroplast A. one layer
B. Mitochondria B. two layers
C. Lysosome C. laminated
D. Ribosome D. bilateral
164. What is another term for “selectively 170. When many organ systems work to-
permeable”? gether it can form
A. porous A. organ
B. completely permeable B. cells
C. permanent C. organ system
D. semipermeable D. organism

171. The cell membrane is permeable. D. Mitochondrial matrix contains single

A. selectively circular DNA molecule and ribosomes.
B. somewhat 177. Proteins that penetrate the hydrophobic
C. physically interior of the lipid bilayer
D. ionically A. integral
B. peripheral
172. The power house of cell is called
C. transition
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A. vacuole
D. transmitter
B. mitochondria
C. nucleus 178. The process of plasmolysis in plant cell is
defined as:
D. cell wall
A. Breakdown of plasma membrane in hy-
173. Which of the following cell organelles reg- potonic solution.
ulates the entry and exit of molecules to
B. Shrinkage of cytoplasm in hypertonic
and from the cell?
medium.
A. Lysosomes
C. Shrinkage of Nucleoplasm.
B. Golgi bodies
D. None of these
C. Cell membrane
D. Mitochondria 179. Over 200 different types of human cells.
Types differ in size, shape, subcellular com-
174. Name unicellular organisms. ponents, and functions
A. Paramaceium A. cell diversity
B. Amoeba B. cell differentiation
C. Mucor C. cell theory
D. Hydra D. cell life
175. Silver nitrate solution is used to study 180. Which of the following is not a function
A. endoplasmic reticulum of the vacuole in plants?
B. golgi apparatus A. They store toxic metabolic wastes
C. nucleus B. They help with the process of cell divi-
sion
D. mitochondria
C. They help to maintain turgidity
176. Which of the following statements re-
D. They provide structurally support
garding mitochondria is incorrect?
E. None of the above
A. Outer membrane is permeable to
monomers of carbohydrates, fats and pro- 181. Control center of the cell
teins.
A. mitochondria
B. Enzymes of electron transport are em-
bedded in outer membrane. B. nucleus
C. Inner membrane is convoluted with in- C. chloroplast

foldings. D. cell membrane

182. Who discovered nucleus D. Cells need to be stuck together in or-

A. Robert Hooke der for them to be strong.

B. Robert Brown 188. (adenosine triphosphate) main energy
source that cells use for most of their work
C. Leewenhoek
A. ATP
D. Camillo Golgi
B. ADP
183. This structure is only in plant cells. It C. GTP
is outside of the cell membrane and adds
D. active transport
more support/structure to the plant.
A. Cell membrane 189. The phenomenon where cytoplasms
shrink in a hypertonic medium is called:
B. Cell Nucleus
A. Frontolysis
C. Cell Wall
B. Plasmolysis
D. Endoplasmic Reticulum
C. Acidolysis
184. Kitchen of cell D. Allolysis
A. Golgi Bodies E. None of the above
B. Chloroplast 190. What are the components that exist in
C. Vacoule animal cells?
D. Mitochondria A. Nucleus, cytoplasm, mitochondria, cell
membrane
185. What are the fundamental units of life? B. Cell membrane, cell wall, cytoplasm,
A. Microorganisms mitochondria
B. Tissue C. Chloroplast, nucleus, cell wall, mito-
C. Organ chondria
D. Mitochondria, vacuole, cell membrane,
D. Cell
nucleus
186. In Biology class, Zach observes cells. 191. The purpose of the cytoplasm is to
Each cell has a structure that separates the
inside of cell from the environment. Which A. have a cell boundary
structure is Zach observing? B. control activities in the cell
A. nucleus C. provide a medium for cell reactions to
occur
B. cytoskeleton
D. control materials entering and leaving
C. cell membrane
the cell
D. genetic material
192. The is the basic unit of sturucture and
187. How are cells like building blocks? function of organisms
A. Cells are tough and cannot be broken. A. atom
B. Cells build on one another to form a B. cell
structure. C. matter
C. All cells are weak and break apart. D. all other answers are correct

193. Can be either sexual or asexual? 198. Non-membranous nucleoplasmic struc-

tures in nucleus are the site for active syn-
A. storage
thesis of
B. protein A. tRNA
C. pores B. protein synthesis
D. reproduction C. mRNA
D. rRNA
194. We can see cells more clearly by using
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? 199. A molecule that is a constituent of the in-
ner bilayer of biological membranes, hav-
A. a glass slide
ing a polar, hydrophilic head and a nonpo-
B. a magnifying glass lar, hydrophobic tail.
C. binoculars A. phospholipid
D. a microscope B. cholesterol
C. protein
195. You must have observed that a fruit D. glycolipid
when unripe is green but it becomes beau-
tifully coloured when ripe. According to 200. Plasma membrane is made up of
you what is the reason behind this colour A. Proteins and lipids
change.
B. Glucose
A. Chloroplasts change to chromosplasts C. Carbohydrates
B. Chromosplasts change to chromo- D. All of these
somes
201. Plant cell generally have
C. Chloroplasts change to chromosomes
A. No vacuoles at all
D. Chromosplasts change to chloroplasts
B. All equal sized vacuoles
196. Cell wall of which one of these is not C. Small but less number of vacuoles
made up of cellulose? D. Big but less number of vacoules
A. Bacteria 202. SEMI-AUTONOMOUS ORGANELLES OF A
B. Hydrilla CELL
C. Mango tree A. GOLGI BODIES

B. ER
D. Cactus
C. RIBOSOMES
197. The outermost covering of all the general D. PLASTIDS
cells that separates the contents of the cell
from its external environment 203. Lipid molecules in the cell are synthesized
by
A. Cell wall
A. smooth endoplasmic reticulum
B. Plastids B. rough endoplasmic reticulum
C. Plasma membrane C. golgi apparatus
D. Cytoplasm D. plastids

204. A few organs with related functions that 209. Which of these SI unit is used for temper-
work together for a specific function forms ature?
a

A. Celcius
A. cell B. kelvin
B. tissue C. amphere
C. organism D. mercury
D. system
210. a process by which the contents of a
205. Rough endoplasmic reticulum contains cell vacuole are released to the exterior
through fusion of the vacuole membrane
A. DNA with the cell membrane.
B. RNA A. endocytosis
C. cellulose B. exocytosis
D. Ribosome C. facilitated diffusion
206. an organelle in a cell that receives pro- D. osmosis

teins and other newly formed materials 211. Which cell organelle is known as ‘Power
from the endoplasmic retiulum packages House Of the Cell?
them and distributes them to other parts
of the cell A. Chloroplast
A. vacuole B. Golgi bodies

C. Vacuoles
B. chloroplast
D. Mitochondria
C. ribosome
D. golgi apparatus 212. What tool do you use to view the cells?
A. metric ruler
207. A group of tissues that work together to
perform a similar function is called (Ex- B. centrifuge
amples include the heart, lungs or stom- C. microscope
ach) D. pipette
A. cells
213. Plants perform photosynthesis through
B. tissues this organelle. It captures energy from the
C. organs sun and uses it to produce food for the cell.
D. organ system A. Cytoplasm
B. Chloroplast
208. coined the term “cell.”
C. Cell Wall
A. Gorbachev
D. Nucleus
B. Himmler
214. A group of cells that have similar func-
C. Robert Hooke
tions? Examples are nervous, epithelial,
D. Anton Von Leeuwenhoek muscle and connective
E. None of the above A. cells

B. tissues 220. is the process by which cells take in

C. organs substances from outside of the cell by en-
gulfing them in a vesicle.
D. atoms
A. Exocytosis
215. Which organism is best classified as a B. Endocytosis
single-celled organism?
C. Osmosis
A. grasshopper
D. None of these
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B. bacteria
C. pine needle 221. Homologous chromosomes can be defined
as:
D. mole
A. Chromatids of same chromosome
216. Which is the correct function for mitochon-
dria? B. Same chromosome, same gene, differ-
ent allele in different order
A. Produces energy for reaction
C. Same chromosome, different gene,
B. Acts as a medium where chemical re- same allele
actions occur
D. Same chromosome, same gene, differ-
C. Control all activities in the cell Control
ent allele in same order
all activities in the cell
D. none of above 222. Which of the following is the function of
mitochondria?
217. Well defined nucleus is absent in
A. Medium where chemical reactions oc-
A. Animal cells cur
B. Plant cells B. Controls the flow of material in and out
C. Eukaryotic cells of the cell
D. Prokaryotic cells C. Produces energy for reactions
218. Functions of the Golgi apparatus are D. Absorbs light energy for the process of
photosynthesis
A. manufactured in the cell
B. modification 223. Plasma membrane is
C. storage, packaging A. Permeable
D. All above B. Selectively Permeable
C. Semi Permeable
219. Which of the following is not true?
A. All cells come from pre-existing cells. D. Impermeable
B. Cells are the basic unit of structure 224. Highway of cell

and organisation in all living things.
A. Golgi Bodies
C. Cells are the basic unit of structure
B. Ribosome
and organisation in all matter.
C. Mitochondria
D. All organisms are made of one or more
cells. D. ER

225. The cell wall is found in the cells of B. Endoplasmic reticulum

A. Plants C. Lysosomes

B. Fungi D. Mitochondria
C. Bacteria
231. Select items which represent organs
D. All above
A. Epithelium
226. mechanical barrier, selective permeabil-
ity, electrochemical gradient, communica- B. Sperm
tion, cell signaling C. Kidney
A. functions of the cell D. Ovum
B. functions of the nucleus E. Lung
C. functions of the cell membrane
232. The fluid content inside the plasma mem-
D. functions of the cytoplasm
brane
227. fluid within cells A. Protoplasm
A. extracellular fluid B. Cytoplasm
B. intracellular fluid C. Cell organelles
C. nucleus
D. Nucleus
D. ribosomes
233. Cell arises from pre-existing cell was
228. Which one of the following statements is stated by?
not true?
A. Leeuwenehoek
A. Most cell activities take place in the cy-
toplasm. B. Robert Hooke
B. Our traits are determined by the genes C. Virchow
found in our nucleus.
D. Haeckel
C. The cell membrane allows all sub-
stances to enter or leave the cell. 234. Kitchen of the cell is
D. The cytoplasm is a jelly-like substance. A. Mitochondria
229. What is the tool to see cells? B. Endoplasmic reticulum
A. Microscope C. Chloroplast
B. Beaker D. Golgi apparatus
C. Binoculars
235. Cell wall of plant cells chiefly composed
D. Thermometer of
230. cell organelle which functions and cyto- A. Phospholipids
plasmic framework providing a surface for
B. Protein
some of the biochemical activities of the
cell. C. Cellulose
A. Golgi apparatus D. Hemicellulose

236. Who was the first person to see cells 242. What is the key difference between eu-
under the microscope and give them their karyotic and prokaryotic cells?
name? A. Eukaryotic cells contain a membrane-
A. Anton van Leeuwenhoek bound nucleus
B. Louis Pasteur B. Prokaryotic cells contain a membrane-
bound nucleus
C. Robert Hooke
C. Prokaryotic cells contain membranes
D. none of above
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D. Eukaryotic are the only cells that grow
237. Stores food and water for the cell.
243. Which of the following structures con-
A. Cytoplasm trols the passage of materials moving in
B. Cell Wall and out of a plant cell?
C. Vacuole A. Cell membrane
D. Nucleus B. Cytoplasm
C. Nucleus
238. Where is nucleus located in plant cell?
D. Vacuole
A. Center
244. What is the control center in a cell?
B. Periphary
A. mitochondria
C. Ribosomes
B. DNA
D. Outside the cell
C. nucleus
239. The only cell organelle seen in a prokary- D. movement
otic cell is
245. How many cells make up a unicellular or-
A. mitochondria
ganism?
B. ribosomes
A. Two
C. plastids
B. Many
D. lysosomes C. Zero
240. Also known as the “powerhouse” of a D. One
cell.
246. Ribosomal Factory of cell
A. cell membrane
A. Nucleolus
B. storage
B. Chloroplast
C. cytoskeleton C. Vacoule
D. mitochondria D. Mitochondria
241. What is the meaning of unicellular? 247. The basic unit of life is
A. a organism with only one cell A. a cell
B. organism with more than one cell B. a tissue
C. a organism without cell C. an organ
D. a organsim which is big D. an organism

248. Which one of the following is wrongly A. is the cell theory

matched?
B. is the cell factor

A. Enzyme-Lipopolysaccharide
C. is the cellular composition
B. Phospholipid-Plasma membrane
D. is the theory of life
C. ATP-Nucleotide derivative
D. Antibody-Glycoprotein 254. PLANT CELL WALL IS MAINLY COM-
POSED OF
249. the concentration of dissolved substances
is lower in the solution outside the cell A. CELLULOSE
than the concentration inside the cell. the B. HEMI-CELLULOSE
cell will burst
C. PROTEIN
A. hypotonic
D. LIPIDS
B. isotonic
C. hypertonic 255. Amoeba acquires its food through a pro-
cess, termed
D. osmotonic
A. exocytosis
250. this is an example of going against the
concentration gradient B. endocytosis
A. from low to high concentration C. plasmolysis

B. from high to low concentration D. exocytosis and endocytosis both
C. from high to high concentration 256. Full form of DNA
D. from low to low concentration
A. Deoxyribo Neucleic Acid
251. What plants need to do photosynthesis? B. Deoxyribo Nitric Acid
A. Sunlight C. Deoxidiseribo Nucleic Amino
B. Chlorophyll
D. none of above
C. Carbon dioxide
D. Friends 257. What is the example of organ?
E. Water A. Ovum
B. Kidneys
252. What makes the endoplasmic reticulum
rough? C. Human
A. Vessicles D. Digestion
B. Vacuoles
258. The ability of a solution surrounding a cell
C. Ribosomes to cause that cell to gain or lose water.
D. Chromosomes A. tonicity
253. idea that all living things are composed B. osmolarity
of cells, cells are the basic units of struc-
C. osmotic pressure
ture and function in living things, and new
cells are produced from existing cells D. hydrostatic pressure

259. Which is the longest living cell in body? 265. Which of the two organelles have their
A. blood cell own DNA
B. thinking cell A. Nucleus and mitochondria
C. brain cell B. mitochondria and plastids
D. ephitellium cell C. none of the above
D. both
260. Plant animal cell both have these.
266. The primary function of leucoplasts is
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A. Chlorophyll
B. Cell wall A. Storage
C. Nucleus B. Photosynthesis
D. Chloroplast C. both
D. none
261. The fluid filled vacuoles or vesicles which
are separated from cytoplasm by a selec- 267. Which of these measurements were used
tively permeable membrane called in history?
A. Symplast A. pace
B. Aquaplast B. span
C. Hydroplast C. kilometre
D. Tonoplast D. fathom
262. Which of the following is unicellular or- 268. One of the following is not the feature of
ganisms? Antara berikut yang manakah centriole
adalah organisma unisel? A. It has an organisation like the
A. Spirogyra cartwheel
B. Amoeba B. It consists of hub and spokes made of
C. Hydra protein
D. Euglena C. It is a site for rRNA systhesis
D. Form the basal body of cilia and flag-
263. Proteins that bind solutes and transport ella
them across the plasma membrane
A. carrier proteins 269. The term ‘cell’ was given by:
B. channel proteins A. Leeuwenhoek
C. peripheral proteins B. Robert Hooke
D. cell membrane C. Flemming
D. Robert Brown
264. When we sprinkle salt on salad, water
comes out because of 270. Who first discovered the dead cell?
A. endosmosis A. Robert hooke
B. Exosmosis B. Leeuwenhoek
C. Diffusion C. Robert Brown
D. None of the above D. Purkinje

271. The membrane at the boundary of every B. d

cell that acts as a selective barrier, thereby C. d
regulating the cell’s chemical composition

D. d
A. cell plasma
B. cell membrane 277. When both inside and outside of a cell
have the same amount of water it is said
C. cell wall
that the cell has reached a state of
D. cell cycle
A. osmosis
272. Ribosomes, when associated with ER, at- B. equilibrium
tach with their
C. diffusion
A. Smaller subunit
D. hypertonic
B. Large subunit (60S)
278. Which of the following components ex-
C. Either by smaller or by larger subunits
ist in plant cell but do not existed in an-
D. None of the above imal cell? I-Cell wallII-ChloroplastIII-Cell
membraneIV-Vacuole
273. The process by which the cell will gain
water by osmosis A. I and III
A. Hypertonic solution B. II and III
B. Isotonic solution C. I, II and III
C. Hypotonic solution D. I, II and IV
D. none of above 279. Which one of the following describes the
274. A jellylike fluid inside the cell in which the function of bone cells?
organelles are suspended A. to help transport oxygen around the
A. cell membrane body
B. cell junction B. to form a hard tissue that makes up the
muscles
C. cytoplasm
C. to make up the bones that support our
D. cytology
bodies
275. Select all the characteristics of life below: D. to help our body feel pain
A. Reproduction
280. Storage sacs of the cell is
B. Respiration
C. Death
B. Golgi apparatus
D. Growth
C. Mitochondria
E. Waste
D. Vacuoles
276. Definition of cell
281. Transporting channels of the cell is done
A. the structural and functional unit of life by
enclosed by a cell membrane with an ad-
ditional cell wall in plant cells, and having A. Endoplasmic reticulum
a nuclear membrane without it B. Golgi apparatus

C. Mitochondria B. leeuwenhoek
D. Plasma membranes C. virchow
282. an energy transfer molecule similar to D. schwann
ATP that releases free energy with the hy-
drolysis of its terminal phosphate group 287. The first part of the Cell Theory
states:“What happens in Cell Theory, stay
A. ATP in Cell Theory.”
B. GTP
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A. True
C. hydrolysis
B. False
D. active transport
C. I don’t know
283. When a living plant cell loses water D. Ummmm
through osmosis there is shrinkage or con-
traction of the contents of the cell away 288. The longest cell in the human body is
from the cell. This phenomenon is known
as A. Liver Cell
A. Exocytosis B. Nerve Cell
B. Plasmolysis C. Kidney cell

C. Osmosis D. Muscle Cell
D. Diffusion 289. Which of the following is not a double
284. Ribosomes are the site of membrane-bound?
A. Photosynthesis A. Nucleus
B. Respiration B. Mitochondria
C. Protein synthesis C. Endoplasmic Reticulum
D. Absorption D. All of the above
285. What is the difference between mitochon- 290. Which gas is produced during respiration
dria and chloroplast? process?
A. Mitochondria produces energy and A. Oxygen
chloroplasts breaks down energy
B. Nitrogen
B. There is no difference. They are the
same. C. Hydrogen
C. Mitochondria breaks down energy D. Carbon dioxide
from food and chloroplasts produce en-
ergy from sunlight. 291. The cell organelle involved in forming
complex sugars from simple sugars are
D. Mitochondria contains DNA and chloro-
plasts are green A. Endoplasmic reticulum
B. Ribosomes
286. Who created the idea of the cell in
1665? C. Plastids
A. hooke D. Golgi apparatus

292. Energy-requiring process that moves ma- 298. Who coined the term protoplasm?
terial across a cell membrane against a con- A. Virchow
centration gradient

B. Leeuwenhoek
A. active transport
C. Purkinje
C. simple diffusion D. (a) Robert Hooke
D. osmosis 299. Cells undergo cell division to?
293. Which organism performs all life pro- A. Form new cells
cesses in one cell? B. Become beautiful
A. bacteria
C. Become stronger
B. grass
D. Replace the damaged cells
C. mushroom
D. butterfly 300. a protein that allows the transport of
specific substances across a cell membrane.
294. Rocks are not living because usually is assisted by water
A. they never move A. protein carrier
B. they aren’t needed for humans B. protein channel
C. they are not made of cells C. enzyme
D. they don’t break down D. cell membrane
295. Why does a plant cell have a fixed
shape? 301. Which of the following pair of organelles
does not contain DNA?
A. Has chloroplast
A. Mitochondria and Lysosomes
B. Has cytoplasm
B. Chloroplast and Vacuoles
C. Has mitochondria
C. Lysosomes and Vacuoles
D. Has cell wall
D. Nuclear envelope and Mitochondria
296. Movement of molecules from an area of
higher concentration to an area of lower 302. fluid outside the cell
concentration.
A. intracellular fluid
A. diffusion
B. extracellular fluid
B. cellular movement
C. cytoplasm
C. exocytosis
D. cell membrane
D. endocytosis
297. The term protoplasm was coined by 303. Organelle without a cell membrane is
A. Robert Brown A. Ribosome

B. M J Schleiden B. Golgi apparatus
C. Theodore Schwann C. Chloroplast
D. Purkinje D. Nucleus

304. Which of the following statement is not 309. The breakdown (digest) of worn out cell
true for plant cells? parts, mostly in animal cells occurs in
A. Single large vacuole A. cytoplasm
B. Nucleus is shifted to one side B. lysosomes
C. mitochondria
C. Do not divide
D. vacuoles
D. Have cell wall
310. The site of photosynthesis
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305. This scientist concluded that animals and,
A. ribosome
in fact, all living things are made of cells:
B. mitochondria
A. Hooke
C. chloroplast
B. Leeunwenhoek
D. nucleus
C. Schleiden
311. moving substances into, across, and then
D. Schwann out of a cell
306. Which of the following structure contain A. transcytosis

DNA that carries genetic information? An- B. endocytosis
tara struktur berikut yang manakah men- C. exocytosis
gandungi DNA yang membawa maklumat
keturunan? D. ATP
A. Cytoplasm 312. Bacteria are unicellular organisms that do

not have a nucleus; we can classify them
B. Mitochondria as
C. Nucleus A. Prokaryotic Organisms
D. Chloroplast B. Animals
C. Eukaryotic Organisms.
307. Which of the following are examples of
prokaryotes? D. Healthy germs
A. Algae 313. observed free living organisms in the

pond water for the first time.
B. Fungi
A. Edward Jenner
C. Bacteria
B. Louis pasteur
D. Protozoa
C. Antony von leeuwenhoek
308. a carrier protein that uses ATP to actively D. Robert Brown
transport sodium ions out of a cell and
314. Which of the following has an irregular
potassium ions into the cell
or variable shape?
A. sodium potassium pump
A. Euglena
B. calcium ion pump B. Paramecium
C. sodium ion pump C. Amoeba
D. potassium pump D. Clamydomonas

315. The outermost layer of a plant cell and 320. The spherical structured organelle that
animal cell is contains the genetic material is-

A. Plant cell-cell membrane, animal cell- A. Mitochondria
cell wall B. Nucleus
B. Plant cell-cell wall; animal cell-cell C. Ribosomes
membrane
D. Cell wall
C. Plant and animal cell-cell wall
D. Plant and animal cell-cell membrane 321. Water fearing portion of the bilayer
A. hydrophobic head
316. protein factories of the cell
B. hydrophilic head
A. Ribosomes
C. hydrophobic tail
B. Lysosomes
D. hydrophilic tail
C. Mitochondria
D. chloroplasts 322. Lysosome arises from
317. Which of the following statment is incor-
rect regarding ribosome? B. Golgi apparatus
A. Can be observed through high magnifi- C. Nucleus

cation light microscope D. Mitochondria
B. Appear as granular structure under 323. Starch and water molecules in potato
the electron microscope cells are stored in what organelle?
C. Eukaryotic ribosome and prokaryotic A. nucleus
ribosome consist only one type of common
ribosomal RNA B. cell wall
D. The three domains of progenote is C. cytoplasm
based on 16S ribosomal RNA genes D. vacuole
318. Main difference between animal cell and 324. Which of the following components in cell
plant cell is controls all activities in the cell and con-
A. nutrition tains chromosomes consisting of DNA?
B. Movement A. Cell membrane
C. Respiration B. Nucleus
D. Growth C. Mitochondria
D. Cell wall
319. Biogenesis is
A. All life comes from other life 325. Who discovered the nucleus of the cell?
B. Life can arise from non-living matter A. Robert Hooke
C. The creation of mold in a lab B. Robert brown
D. A story about the life of a man named C. Leeuwenhoek

“Genesis” D. Purkinje

1.9 Biomolecules 236
326. Site of actin and tubulin synthesis is 329. Most of the cell membrane is made of
A. SER A. Lipids
B. RER B. Carbohydrates
C. 70S C. Proteins
D. Polysomes in cytoplasm. D. Nucleic acids
327. Which structures are found in both plant 330. What is the meaning of cell
and animal cells?
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A. Honeycomb
A. nucleus
B. a small room
B. cell membrane
C. Compound microscope
C. cell wall
D. vacuole D. Selective permeable membrane
E. cytoplasm E. A small room
328. The basic unit of living of an animal is 331. The cell is

called A. a thing which contains protein and vi-
A. vacuole. tamin.
B. nucleus. B. the smallest basic unit of living things.
C. cell. C. a place to produce food and mineral.
D. organ. D. an organ of human body.
1.9 Biomolecules
1. Amino acids are a monomer for which type B. CHON
of biomolecule? C. CHO(P)
A. Nucleic Acid D. CHONP
B. Carbohydrate
4. Plants and animals are composed of or-
C. Protein ganic compounds. Which of the following
D. Lipid are the common elements found in organic
compounds?
2. The difference between fat and oil is that A. iron, oxygen, carbon, calcium
oil has fatty acids, is liquid at room
B. sodium, potassium, carbon, hydrogen
temperature and it comes from plants.
C. hydrogen, carbon, argon, oxygen
A. saturated
D. carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen
B. unstaturated
C. long 5. One of the building blocks of lipids, the
triglyceride, is composed of
D. branched
A. 3 Fatty Acids and 3 Glycerol
3. Proteins contain which elements? B. 1 Fatty Acid and 3 Glycerol
A. CHO C. 3 Fatty Acids and 1 Glycerol

D. 1 Fatty Acid and 3 Glycerol D. nucleic acid
6. Which statement BEST describes the func- 11. What is the name of protein polymers?

tion of Nucleic Acids? A. Polysaccharides
A. stores genetic information and helps B. Triglycerides
to make proteins
C. Polypeptides
B. increases the rate of chemical reac-
D. DNA and RNA
tions
C. stimulates metabolism in all body cells 12. All polymers are made up of
D. activates secretion of the body’s hor- A. monosaccharides
mones B. monomers
7. What is a key difference between carbo- C. proteins

hydrates and proteins? D. None of these
A. Carbohydrates contain carbon; pro- 13. Which biomolecule is your main source of
teins do not. energy?
B. Proteins contain nitrogen; carbohy- A. Nucleic Acid
drates do not. B. Protein
C. Carbohydrates are biomolecules; pro- C. Lipid
teins are not.
D. Carbohydrate
D. Proteins contain covalent bonds; car-
bohydrates do not. 14. What biomolecules are NOT used for en-
ergy (two answers, choose both before
8. What is a substance called if it speeds up continuing)?
a chemical reaction?
A. Carbohydrates
A. reusable
B. Lipids
B. catalyst
C. Proteins
C. specific
D. Nucleic acids
D. fragile
15. Which biomolecule does your body catabo-
9. What 3 letters do enzymes typically end lize (break down) for energy?
in? A. Nucleic Acid
A. -ose B. Protein
B. -ase C. Lipid
C. -ese D. Carbohydrate
D. -tic
16. The loss of a protein’s structure is called
10. The genetic material that provides instruc-
tions for all cell processes is called A. Denaturation
A. DNA B. Unfolding
B. lipid C. Coiling
C. carbohydrates D. Inactivation

17. What types of monomers form proteins? 22. What kind of transport does not require
energy?
A. Glucose
A. Active
B. Nucleotides
B. Vacuole
C. Amino Acids
C. Passive
D. Polyatomic ions
D. Na/K Pump
18. What are the monomers of proteins?
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23. In our lab, we tested egg white. Which
A. amino acids biomolecule is it?
B. fatty acids A. Nucleic acid
C. macromolecules B. Carbohydrates
D. lipids C. Protein
D. All of the above
19. Just under an orca’s skin lies a thick layer
of blubber. Blubber helps insulate a whale 24. Share electrons
from heat loss. Based on this informa-
A. Ionic Bonds
tion, which biomolecule is blubber primar-
ily made of? B. Covalent Bonds
A. Lipids C. Both bonds
B. Nucleic Acids D. Neither bond
C. Proteins 25. When changes occur in a cell’s DNA, it

leads to changes in the synthesis of-
D. Carbohydrates
A. Carbohydrates
20. Oils are which type of biomolecule? B. Cytoplasm
A. carbohydrates C. Lipids
B. lipids D. Proteins
C. nucleic acids
26. Muscle on animals are mostly made of
D. proteins what biomolecule?
A. Carbohydrades
21. The differences between two molecules in-
clude the type of sugar that forms a sec- B. Lipids
tion of the molecules and the identity of C. Proteins
one of the four nitrogenous bases that
D. Nucleic Acids
make up another section of the molecules.
These two molecules are- 27. Brown Paper Bag test is for
A. proteins A. Monosaccharides
B. lipids B. Starch
C. nucleic acids C. Protein
D. complex carbohydrates D. Lipids

28. Lipids have which of the following ele- 34. What atoms make up all carbohydrates?
ments A. Carbon, Sulfur, Hydrogen

A. Carbon B. Carbon, Oxygen, Phosphorus
B. Hydrogen
C. Carbon, Oxygen, Nitrogen
C. Oxygen
D. Carbon, Oxygen, Hydrogen
D. Nitrogen
35. Monosaccharides are monomers of
E. Phosphorous
A. Carbohydrates
29. Lipids are broken down by the enzyme
B. Lipids
A. amylase
C. Proteins
B. Lipase
D. Nucleic Acids
C. Protease
D. Lactase 36. How does an enzyme speed up chemical
reactions?
30. The best way to get more protein in your
A. It decreases fast sources of energy
diet is to eat more
B. by lowering the activation energy
A. plants
needed to start the reaction.
B. fruit
C. The coding information in the cell
C. meat
D. by raising the activation energy
D. fat needed to start the reaction.
31. Which foods are high in protein? 37. Which biomolecule is found in pasta and
A. Meats, cheeses, milk, eggs breads?
B. Breads, pasta, grains A. Lipids
C. Butter, oil, lard B. Carbohydrates
D. Apples, Bananas, Grapes C. Proteins
32. Which of the following are biomolecules? D. Nucleic acids
A. RNA, DNA, proteins, lipids 38. Hydrophobic =
B. Proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, poly- A. Water loving
mers
B. Water hating
C. Nucleic acid, lipids, carbohydrates,
monomers C. Made of hydrogen
D. Proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, nu- D. Made of water
cleic acids
39. In what part of the plant cell does the pro-
33. Biomolecules are considered cess of photosynthesis take place?
A. Natural polymers A. nucleus
B. Synthetic polymers B. mitochondria
C. Natural monomers C. chloroplasts
D. Synthetic monomers D. vacuoles

40. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BIOMOLECULES 46. Which most directly controls the rate at
ARE MOLECULES THAT STORE ENERGY which food is broken downs to release en-
WITH LONG CHAINS? ergy?
A. PROTEINS A. enzymes
B. NUCLEIC ACIDS B. hormones
C. LIPIDS
C. nucleic acids
D. CARBOHYDRATES
D. vitamins
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41. Which macromolecule contains C, H, O, and
has hydrogen and oxygen in a 2:1 ratio? 47. What are different examples of lipids?
A. carbs A. monosaccahrides, disaccharides,
B. lipids starch, cellulose
C. proteins B. dipetide, polypeptide, amino acids
D. nucleic acid C. DNA, RNA, ATP
42. Which of these is most likely an enzyme? D. triglycerides, waxes, steroids, phos-
A. Sucrose pholipds
B. Galactose
48. Which of these substances stores the most
C. Fructose energy?
D. Amylase A. one gram of alcohol
43. (question 11) Lipids are made up of which B. one gram of carbohydrate
of the following?
C. one gram of fat
A. glycerol and fatty acids tails
D. one gram of protein
B. glycerol and monolipids
C. fatty acids and phosolipids 49. If you were some bad guy trying to sneak
D. amino acids and nucleotides into an animal cell, who would be there to
stop you?
44. Which biomolecule contains fats, oils, and
waxes? A. nucleus
A. Proteins B. mitochondria
B. Nucleic Acid C. cell membrane
C. Lipids D. cell wall
D. Carbohydrate
50. Which biomolecule is a source of fast, quick
45. The monomer of a nucleic acid is energy for cells?
A. Monosaccharide
A. carbohydrates
B. Amino Acid
B. lipids
C. Nucleotide
C. proteins
D. Triglyceride (3 Fatty Acids and 1 Glyc-
erol) D. nucleic acids

51. (question 3) Which biomolecule is respon- 57. An aminoacid under certain conditions
sible for insulation and energy storage? have both positive and negative charges
simultaneously in the same molecule. Such

A. Protein
a form of aminoacid is called
B. Nucleic Acid
A. Acidic form
C. Lipid
B. Basic form
D. Carbohydrate
C. Aromatic form
52. How many amino acids are there? D. Zwitterionic form
A. 10 58. What type of bonds are found in
B. 20 biomolecules?
C. 30 A. Covalent bonds
D. 40 B. Ionic bonds
C. Metallic bonds
53. packages proteins for delivery
D. Non-metal bonds
B. ribosomes 59. The four most common elements found in
biomolecules are:
C. golgi apparatus
A. Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus,
D. lysosomes Bromine
54. Which of the following contains the most B. Sulfur, Nitrogen, Iron, Carbon
lipids C. Sulfur, Phosphorus, Carbon, Oxygen
A. Banana D. Carbon, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Hydrogen
B. Champorado 60. Which biomolecule is involved in long term
C. Olive Oil energy storage?
D. Cheese A. carbohydrates
B. lipids
55. Amino Acids are the monomers of
C. proteins
A. Nucleic Acids
D. nucleic acids
B. Proteins
C. Carbohydrates 61. What is the monomer that makes up pro-
teins?
D. Lipids
A. Amino acids
56. Glucose does not react with B. Monosaccharides
A. NH2OH C. Diglycerides
B. Conc. HNO3 D. Nucleotides
C. (CH3CO)2O
62. Carbohydrates are the more easily metab-
D. NaHSO3 olized than lipids. However, on a gram

per gram basis lipids provide the cell with 68. Which biomolecule is the main source of en-
more ergy for humans; glucose for human cells,
A. Nitrogen tissues, and organs; provides fiber, sugar,
and starches; provides structural support,
B. Proteins cell wall, and cell membrane maker?
C. Structure A. Nucleic Acid
D. Energy B. Lipid
C. Carbohydrate
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63. What are the tiny structures that carry out
jobs inside cells called? D. Protein
A. membranes 69. What is a polymer?
B. nucleus A. Many monomers linked together
C. organelles B. A plastic
D. animalicules C. A single molecule
D. A monomer
64. This takes substances into a cell
70. the smooth Endoplasmic reticulum is made
A. endocytosis
up of
B. exocytosis
A. carbohydrates
C. both B. protein
D. none of above C. lipids
65. The sugar present in milk is D. nucleic acid
A. Sucrose 71. Where is ATP produced in the cell?
B. Maltose A. Vacuoles
C. Glucose B. Cell membrane
D. lactose C. Cell wall
D. The mitochondria
66. What is the function of a nucleic acid?
72. Which biomolecule is used most for short
A. Stores genetic information
term energy?
B. Stores energy A. carbohydrates
C. Quick source of energy B. nucleic acids
D. Builds structures C. proteins
67. Which class of biomolecules is used to D. lipids
make cell membranes? 73. DNA & RNA are types of
A. Carb A. proteins
B. protein B. lipids
C. nucleic acid C. carbohydrates
D. lipids D. nucleic acids

74. Which element is not found in carbohy- 80. What is the function of proteins?
drates or lipids? A. They are used for cell to cell communi-

A. Carbon cation
B. Nitrogen B. They insulate the body, are used for
C. Hydrogen short term energy and are found in glyco-
gen
D. Oxygen
C. They are used as the structural compo-
75. Which is a Carbohydrate’s monomer? nents of the body (muscles and organs)
A. Sugar D. They create the cell membrane
B. Amino acids
81. What suffix (word ending) is used in the
C. Monosacharide names of most carbohydrates?
D. Nucleotide A. -ase
76. What is the smallest unit of a macro- B. -nic
molecule?
C. -ose
A. micromolecule
D. -yme
B. glucose
82. This substance releases OH-into solution
C. monomer
D. polymer A. Acid
B. Base
77. Which type of biomolecule makes up cell
membranes? C. Neutral
A. carbohydrates D. none of above
B. lipids 83. There is a person with Albinism. This indi-
C. proteins vidual does not produce melanin. Melanin
allows for people to be protected from the
D. nucleic acids
sun. Since Albinos do not produce this pro-
78. Nucleic acids are primarily made out of tein they are prone to getting sunburns.
What biomolecule results in the individual
A. Carbon
having albinism?
B. Hydrogen
A. Carbohydrates
C. Oxygen
B. Lipids
D. Nitrogen
C. Proteins
E. Phosphorus
D. Nucleic Acids
79. Which biomolecule helps form animal tis-
sues? 84. What is glycogen used for?
A. Nucleic Acid A. Energy storage in plants
B. Carbohydrate B. Building muscle
C. Protein C. Energy storage in animals
D. Lipids D. Genetic information storage

85. Which are examples of proteins? C. Lipids

A. glucose, pasta, bread D. Proteins
B. fats, oils, waxes
91. Monomers combine to form through
C. meats, enzyme, lactase, eggs the process of
D. DNA, RNA A. polymers; hydrolysis
86. Which element has the ability to bond with B. polymers; dehydration synthesis
itself and other elements to create long
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C. monomers; hydrolysis
chains?
D. monomers; dehydration synthesis
A. Carbon
B. Hydrogen 92. The main bonding in the secondary struc-
C. Oxygen ture of a protein is due to
D. Phosphorus A. covalent bonding

B. ionic bonding
87. Which cell organelle helps break down
food to release energy? C. hydrogen bonding
A. Mitochondria D. polar bonding
B. Nucleus
93. A(n) is a substance with a pH less than
C. Vacuole 7
D. Endoplasmic Reticulum A. Acid
88. What is the key role (function) of a pro- B. Alkaline
tein? C. Base
A. instant energy for the cell/body
D. Buffer
B. hormones, buoyancy, forms cell mem-
branes, insulation, energy storage 94. What happens when enzymes are cooled
at a low temperature?
C. growth, repair, and energy, immune
system, enzymes A. The enzyme becomes inactive
D. store and transmit genetic informa- B. The shapes of the enzyme are altered,
tion/heredity denatured
89. Proteins are made of monomers called C. The enzymes’ amino acid sequence
changes.
A. Nucleotides
D. The enzymes remain the same
B. Monosaccharides
C. Amino Acids 95. Which category of biomolecule has no true
D. Glycerol and fatty acids monomer?
A. carbohydrates
90. This type of molecule can be identified by
a sweet taste. B. proteins
A. Simple Carbohydrates C. lipids
B. Complex Carbohydrates D. nucleic acids

96. Which biomolecule makes up antibodies C. phosphorus

which help fight disease? D. sulfur

A. Carbohydrate
102. What is the function of a monomer?
B. Lipid
A. Bonds to make a polymer
C. Nucleic Acid
B. Creates proteins
D. Protein
C. Stores energy
97. Which biomolecule does the subunit amino D. Primary source of energy
acids belong to?
A. Lipids 103. Amino acids are the building blocks of
which group of biomolecules?
B. Proteins
A. proteins
C. Carbs
B. carbohydrates
D. Nucleic Acids
C. lipids
98. Lipids serve which function in a cell?
D. nucleic acid
A. store information
104. Waxes, oils and fats are examples of
B. store energy
A. Carbohydrates
C. breakdown wastes
B. Lipids
D. join with substrates
C. Proteins
99. What are the three main functions of Car-
D. Nucleic Acids
bohydrates.
A. Short term energy, storage of energy, 105. The age of the Earth is measured at:
structure for plants and insects A. 4.6 billion years old
B. catalyst, immune system support, hair B. 4.6 million years old
and nails
C. 13.8 billion years old
C. Stores genetic information, hereditary
D. 4.6 thousand years old
information
D. long term energy, water proof, insula- 106. A triglyceride has fatty acid tails.
tion A. two
100. What is the monomer of nucleic acids? B. three
A. Glycerol C. four
B. Monosaccharides D. none of above
C. Amino Acids 107. biomolecule that provides warmth and
D. Nucleotides protection
101. All organic compounds contain the ele- A. proteins

ment B. Lipids
A. carbon C. Carbohydrates
B. nitrogen D. Nucleic Acid

108. Which of the four biomolecules provides 113. Which foods are a good source of quick
short-term energy? energy?
A. Lipids A. Meats, Yogurt, Cheese
B. Carbohydrates B. Fruits, Vegetables, Whole Grains
C. Protein C. Ice Cream, Candy, Cookies
D. Nucleic Acids D. none of above
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114. What kind of molecule is rep-
109. Like complex carbohydrates, proteins are
resented by the structure below?
biomolecules that serve many functions
CH3CH2CH2CH2CH=CHCH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2COOH
and can be chemically broken down and re-
structured. Both proteins and complex car- A. monosaccharide
bohydrates are which of the following? B. unsaturated fatty acid
A. Polymers of small subunits C. saturated fatty acid
B. Sequences of sugars D. phospholipid
C. Lipids of large molecules 115. Where does ATP come from?
D. Nucleotides of DNA A. Sunlight
110. Which biomolecule’s monomers are held B. The sugar in the food you eat
together by glycosidic bonds? C. From breathing
A. Nucleic Acid D. From the breakdown of cells
B. Protein 116. What biomolecule includes butter, choles-
C. Lipid terol and oil?
D. Carbohydrate A. Lipids
B. Proteins
111. The tertiary structure folding in proteins
is primary due to the interactions of C. Nucleic acids
A. the ‘R’ groups D. Carbohydrates
B. the peptide backbone 117. Which solution releases H+ in solution?

C. the carboxyl and amine groups of the A. Base
amino acids B. Acid
D. alpha-helix and beta-pleated sheets C. Buffer
D. Water
112. The synthesis of monosaccharides would
produce 118. what is the polymer for lipids
A. nucleotide A. polypeptide chain
B. fatty acid chain B. amino acid
C. polypeptide C. there’s no polymer
D. polysaccharide D. oxygen

119. What is the purpose of an enzyme? C. phosphate, sulfate, and nitrate

A. give permission for the reaction D. adenine, thymine, and uracil

B. raise activation energy
125. How does a lipid molecule look like?
C. speed up reactions
A. Baby sitter + 3 babies
D. control how many reactions occur
B. Baby sitter + 1 babies
120. Osmosis is the movement of across a
C. helix
membrane.
D. a ring
A. food
B. energy 126. What element needs to be present to con-
C. oxygen sider a molecule organic?
D. water A. Nitrogen
B. Oxygen
121. jello-like material, fills the space be-
tween cell organelles, is where many C. Carbon
chemical reactions occur D. Phosphorous
A. cytoplasm
127. One function of the carbohydrate macro-
B. chromatin
molecule is to store energy. Which other
C. chloroplast macromolecule also functions in storing en-
D. cell membrane ergy?
A. DNA
122. What two molecules are found in nucleic
acids? B. Protein
A. DNA and lipids C. RNA
B. DNA and RNA D. Lipid
C. RNA and carbohydrates
128. What are the largest carbohydrates
D. RNA and lipids called?
123. Which biomolecule’s function is least A. monosaccarides
likely to be affected by the order of its B. oligosaccarides
single-molecule units?
C. disaccarides
A. DNA
D. polysaccarides
B. Starch
C. RNA 129. Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and
D. Protein phosphorous make up which biomolecule?
A. Protein
124. What are the three main parts of a nu-
cleotide? B. Carbohydrates
A. carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen C. Lipids
B. phosphate, sugar, and nitrogen base D. Nucleic acid

130. What are the three main functions of 135. are the best source of carbohydrates.
Lipids?
A. Plants
A. Short term energy, storage of energy,
structure for plants and insects B. Fruit
B. catalyst, immune system support, hair C. Meat
and nails
D. Fat
C. Stores genetic information, hereditary
information
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136. If you want a reaction to speed up you
D. long term energy, water proof, insula- need an
tion
A. nucleic acid
131. The conditions for an enzyme to work
need to be B. enzyme
A. specific C. nerve cell
B. normal D. carbohydrate
C. variable
D. don’t matter 137. What does MONO-mean?
132. Which of the following are examples of A. Kissing disease

simple carbohydrates? B. Three or more
A. Honey (fructose)
C. One
B. Table sugar (sucrose)
D. Two
C. Flour (starch)
D. Cellulose (structure molecule in 138. A water molecule is a molecule, which
plants) has one end where the oxygen is located
133. Carbohydrates are primarily made out of that has a charge and two hydrogens
at the other end that that have a
charge.
A. Carbon
B. Hydrogen A. non-polar, positive, negative
C. Oxygen B. polar, positive, negative
D. Nitrogen C. polar, negative, positive
E. Phosphorus
D. non-polar, negative, positive
134. Many plants have waxy coatings on
some surfaces. This coating reduces wa- 139. Which element is commonly found in liv-
ter loss because it’s not water-permeable. ing things?
What type of organicmolecule is it?
A. Helium
A. carbohydrate
B. Sulfur
B. lipid
C. nucleic acid C. Iron
D. protein D. Potassium

140. It is the most abundant biomolecules on C. Nucleic acids

earth and provide energy and regulation
D. Proteins
of blood glucose.

A. Lipids 146. Which molecule contains the elements C-
B. Carbohydrates H-O-N-P and functions to build genetic ma-
terials?
C. Proteins
A. Lipids
D. Nucleic acid
B. Nucleic Acids
141. Which organ in the digestive system is
C. Protein
responsible for most of the nutrient ab-
sortion in the digestive system? D. Carbohydrates
A. esophagus
147. Photosynthesis uses CO2, water and en-
B. large intestine ergy to produce
C. small intestine A. fructose
D. stomach B. galactose
142. The synthesis of which molecules is af- C. glucose
fected by the mutation of DNA? D. sucrose
A. mRNA only
148. hold/store water, mainly found in plant
B. Proteins only
cells
C. Both mRNA and proteins
A. nuclolus
D. Neither mRNA nor proteins
B. ribosomes
143. Lipids are insoluble in water because lipid C. golgi bodies
molecules are ?
D. vacuoles
A. hydrophilic
B. neutral 149. Nucleotides build which of the following
C. hydrophobic biomolecules
D. Zwitter ions A. Proteins

B. Carbohydrates
144. Polymer’s split apart to form , by
C. Lipids
A. monomers, hydrolysis
D. Nucleic Acids
B. monomers, dehydration synthesis
C. amino acids, hydrolysis 150. The polymers that flow and can be re-
D. amino acids, dehydration synthesis shaped are know as:
A. Thermopolymers
145. A starch polymer is an example of which
type of macromolecule? B. Thermosets
A. Carbohydrates C. Thermostables
B. Lipids D. Thermoplastics

151. Biomolecule that helps build muscle. C. Carbohydrate

A. carb D. Protein
B. lipid 157. DNA and RNA are two types of
C. protein A. proteins
D. nucleic acid B. nucleic acids
152. A homopolymer has only one type of C. lipids
building block called monomer repeated ‘n’
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D. carbohydrates
number of times. A heteropolymer has
more than one type of monomer. Proteins 158. Which biomolecule are in starches and
are heteropolymers usually made of fibers?
A. 20 types of monomers A. Lipid
B. 40 types of monomers B. Protein
C. 30 types of monomers C. Nucleic Acid
D. only one type of monomer D. Carbohydrate
153. which function has tissue repair? 159. Mechanical digestion

A. carbohydrates A. is a physical process
B. nucleic acids B. is not a physical process
C. proteins C. does not break down food
D. lipids D. results in a new substance
154. Once a new product leaves an enzyme, 160. Which of the following is the correct pair
the enzyme is unchanged and ready for the of biomolecules and their monomers?
next substrate. What is this called? A. Carbohydrate:Fatty Acids
A. fragile B. Protein:Amino acid
B. reusable C. Lipid:Nucleotide
C. specific D. Nucleic Acid:DNA
D. catalyst 161. Which of the following is a lipid?
155. The monomer of a carbohydrate is called A. cholesterol
B. cellulose
A. a monosaccharide C. glucose
B. a fatty acid D. protein
C. an amino acid 162. Which biomolecule contains carbon, hy-
D. a nucleotide drogen, oxygen, and nitrogen (CHON)?
156. A biomolecule that insulates and protects A. Carbohydrate
organs is B. Lipid
A. Lipid C. Protein
B. Nucleic Acid D. Nucleic acid

163. Which of the following is a characteristic 168. Fats provide long term energy storage
of carbohydrates? and insulation to the human body. Fat
molecules are a member of which class of

A. Provides structure for cells
biomolecules?
B. Provides energy for all cellular activi-
ties A. Carbohydrate
C. Contain complex carbohydrates B. Nucleic Acids

known as starches C. Lipids
D. All of the above D. Proteins
164. The monomer of a protein is 169. A cell in an isotonic solution will

A. Monosaccharide A. swell (get bigger)
B. Amino Acid B. shrink (get smaller)
C. Nucleotide C. stay the same size
D. Triglyceride (3 Fatty Acids and 1 Glyc- D. impossible to tell
erol)
170. Which biomolecule is important source
165. Many elements are found in living or-
of energy for humans; glucose for hu-
ganisms either free or in the form ofcom-
man cells, tissues, and organs; provides
pounds. Which of the following is not
fiber, sugar, and starches; provides struc-
found in living organisms?
tural support, cell wall, and cell membrane
A. Silicon maker?
B. Magnesium A. Nucleic Acid
C. Iron B. Lipid
D. Sodium C. Carbohydrate
166. Which biomolecules transport oxygen D. Protein

and other substances and also form part
of most organelles? 171. Which biomolecule’s monomers are held
together by peptide bonds?
A. Lipids
A. Proteins
B. Carbohydrates
B. Nucleic Acid
C. Proteins
C. Lipids
D. Nucleic Acids
D. Carbohydrate
167. Monosaccharides are the building blocks
of which group of biomolecules? 172. How do lipids function for cells?
A. protein A. store information
B. lipid B. store energy
C. carbohydrate C. breakdown wastes
D. nucleic acid D. join with substrates

173. Identify the key role of nucleic acids: B. Condensation

A. instant energy C. Hydrolysis
B. hormone, buoyancy, forms cell mem- D. Dehydration
branes, insulation, energy storage
179. What is the name for the mechanism of
C. transport hemoglobin, immunity, enzyme activity?
chemical reactions, regulate proteins, tis-
sue structure A. Lock and key
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D. store and transmit heredity, genetic in- B. jigsaw puzzle
formation C. hammer and nail
174. Which of the polymers of nucleic acids D. two hands pattern

forms a double helix? 180. Lipids are made from this smaller unit
A. mRNA A. nucleic acids
B. DNA B. amino acids
C. tRNA C. fatty acids
D. rRNA D. glucose
175. Which biomolecule is your main source of 181. Nucleotides are the monomers that make
quick energy? up
A. Nucleic Acid A. Lipids
B. Protein B. Carbohydrate
C. Lipid C. Protein
D. Carbohydrate D. Nucleic Acid
176. what is the 2nd source energy 182. Which statement best describes the func-
A. lipids tion of nucleic acids?
B. carbohydrates A. Stores genetic information and helps
to make proteins
C. proteins
B. Increases the rate of chemical reac-
D. fats
tions
177. (question 18) What is the purpose of an C. Stimulates metabolism in all body cells
enzyme? D. Activates secretion of the body’s hor-
A. give permission for the reaction mones
B. raise activation energy 183. Vegetable oils, such as corn oil, belong
C. speed up reactions to which general class of organic sub-
D. control how many reactions occur stances?
A. lipids
178. When digesting a complex carbohydrate,
water is added and simple sugar is ob- B. proteins
tained through which process? C. carbohydrates
A. Photosynthesis D. salts

184. Carbohydrates are classified on the ba- to move from the roots to the leaves of
sis of their behaviour on hydrolysis and plants?
also as reducing or non-reducing sugar. Su-

A. Water expands as it freezes.
crose is a
B. Water is an excellent solvent.
A. monosaccharide
C. Water exhibits cohesive behavior.
B. reducing sugar
D. Water is able to moderate tempera-
C. non-reducing sugar ture.
D. polysaccharide
190. What biomolecule do enzymes belong
185. What is a biomolecule? to?
A. The dissolved particle in a solution A. Lipids
B. One of the by-products of respiration B. Carbohydrates
C. Large molecule that is present in living C. Nucleic acids

organisms D. Proteins
D. None of the above 191. Which one is NOT a type of organic
molecules?
186. Which 2 molecules contains the elements
C-H-O and function pertains to energy? A. Carbohydrates
A. Lipids and Protein B. Proteins
B. Carbohydrates and Nucleic Acids C. Lipids
C. Protein and Carbohydrates D. Hydrochlorides
D. Carbohydrates and Lipids 192. What is the key role (function) of carbo-
hydrates?
187. What energy do carbohydrates provide?
A. energy storage
A. Long term energy
B. immunity, muscles, structure for tis-
B. Short term energy sues, cell metabolism
C. potential energy C. instant energy for cells and body func-
D. kinetic energy tions
D. genetic information (heredity)
188. What makes up the exoskeleton of a
crab? 193. What elements (monomers) make up nu-
cleic acids?
A. Starch
A. C, H, O
B. Cellulose
B. C, H, O, N, (S)
C. Protein
C. C, H, O, N, P
D. Chitin
D. none of above
189. Water is essential for life. Its special
properties make water the single most im- 194. What is the correct function of a pro-
portant molecule in plant life. Which of the tein?
following properties of water enables it A. Store long-term energy

B. Store short-term energy B. Small

C. Run reactions in the body C. Contain Carbon
D. Provide instructions for your traits D. None of these
195. Polymers are made up of ? 201. A monomer is
A. Monosaccharides A. a single atom
B. Monomers B. a building block for polymers
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C. Proteins
C. a single element
D. is an inorganic molecule
196. What elements can be found in nucleic
acids? 202. (question 8) What are the four biological
molecules?
A. CHON
A. proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nu-
B. CHO cleic acids
C. CHONP
B. proteins, enzymes, cells, lipids
D. CHOP
C. water, air, earth, and fire
197. Enzymes are what type of Biomolecule? D. carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, phospho-
A. Carbohydrat rous
B. Lipid 203. Which of the following is an example of
C. Protein a nucleic acid?
D. Nucleic Acid A. Glucose
198. In which organs are glycogen stored in B. Phospholipid

the body? C. Enzymes
A. liver and spleen D. DNA
B. liver and muscle
204. Which of the terms below means “build-
C. liver and bile ing block”?
D. liver and adipose tissue A. Monomer
199. Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen and Nitrogen B. Legos
are the elements that make up ?
C. Lipids
A. Carbohydrate
D. Carbohydrates
B. Lipid
C. Protein 205. Lipids are composed of:
D. Nucleic acid A. Monosaccharides
B. Aminoacids
200. Biomolecules are also called “macro-
molecules” because they are C. Head-tail structures
A. Large D. Nucleotides

206. Which biomolecule includes fats, and pro- B. Lipids

vides energy storage, insulation, part of C. Nucleic Acids
cell membrane, and hormones

D. Proteins
A. Nucleic Acid
B. Lipids 212. ALL polymers (large molecules) are made
up of
C. Carbohydrate
A. monosaccharides
D. Protein
B. monomers
207. A dog gets many nutrients from its food
C. proteins
including amino acids. Which of these can
be built directly using the amino acids? D. None of these
A. proteins 213. DNA / RNA are examples of
B. carbohydrates A. Carbohydrates
C. lipids B. Proteins
D. minerals C. Nucleic Acids
208. Which class of biomolecule carries the D. Lipids
cell’s instructions in the form of genetic ma-
terial? 214. Pastas and breads are examples of ?
A. Proteins A. Lipids
B. Lipids B. Proteins
C. Carbohydrates C. Nucleic Acids
D. Nucleic Acids D. Carbohydrates
209. What’s another function of proteins? 215. Protein is to Amino Acid as Nucleic Acid
is to
A. Short Term energy
A. carbohydrate
B. Genetic information storage
B. monosaccharide
C. Long term energy
C. hydrocarbon chain
D. Provide structure
D. nucleotide
210. Which of the following organic com-
pounds is the main source of energy for 216. The cell membrane is made up of what
living things? bio-molecule?
A. carbohydrates A. Phospholipids
B. lipids B. Proteins
C. nucleic acids C. Carbohydrates
D. proteins D. Nucleic Acids
211. Which biomolecule is useful for insulation 217. Amino acids are the monomers that make
and energy storage in the human body? up
A. Carbohydrates A. Lipids

B. Carbohydrate 223. Hemoglobin is an example of

C. Protein A. Protein
D. Nucleic Acid B. Carbohydrate
218. Benedicts Solution tests for C. Lipid
A. Proteins D. Nucleic Acid
B. Lipids 224. Which of the following is a polymer made
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C. Monosaccharides up of nucleotides?
D. Starch A. DNA, RNA
219. What biomolecule is important for muscle B. Starch, Glycogen
development, immune system, and making C. Enzymes, Antibodies
enzymes? D. Triglycerides, Steroids
A. Proteins
225. Water is removed from digested food in
B. Nucleic acids
which organ of the digestive system?
C. Lipids
A. mouth
D. Carbohydrates
B. stomach
220. Which biomolecule functions include en- C. small intestine
zymes which speeds the rate of chemical
reactions, structural components in cells, D. large intestine
mechanical functions in muscles and cy- 226. Enzymes, which can speed up reactions,
toskeleton, cell signaling, and immune re- belong in my category.
sponse; provides structure and helps with
chemical reactions A. Carbohydrates
A. Protein B. Lipids
B. Lipids C. Proteins
C. Carbohydrate D. Nucleic Acids
D. Nucleic Acid 227. A saponification reaction involves a tria-
221. Water is a universal solvent because it cylglycerol and ?
A. A strong acid
A. It can be found anywhere B. A strong base
B. It freezes when it gets cold C. An amino acid
C. floats when frozen D. A glycerol
D. Dissolves most substances
228. Hemoglobin, Insulin, Melatonin, Elastin
222. Sugars end-in what? are all examples of in the human body
A. -ose A. Proteins
B. -ase B. Carbohydrates
C. -tion C. Nucleic Acids
D. none of above D. Lipids

229. Which of the following reactions of glu- 234. The subunits of a protein are-
cose can be explained only by its cyclic A. polysaccharides
structure?

B. carbohydrates
A. Glucose forms pentaacetate
C. amino acids
B. Glucose reacts with hydroxylamine to
form an oxime. D. lipids
C. Pentaacetate of glucose does not re- 235. The monomer of a nucleic acid is called
act with hydroxylamine.
D. Glucose is oxidised by nitric acid to glu- A. an amino acid
conic acid B. a fatty acid
230. Proteins have which of the following ele- C. a monosaccharide
ments D. a nucleotide
A. Carbon
236. Which biomolecule has monosaccharides
B. Hydrogen as its monomer?
C. Oxygen A. carbohydrates
D. Nitrogen B. nucleic acids
E. Phosphorous C. proteins
231. Where does mechanical and chemical di- D. lipids
gestion take place? 237. Which biomolecule group includes fats,
A. mouth oils, and waxes?
B. stomach A. Proteins
C. small intesting B. Nucleic Acid
D. mouth and stomach C. Lipids
D. Carbohydrate
232. The bonds within glucose are converted
by mitochondria into 238. Which of the following would NOT in-
A. Chloroplasts crease the activity of an enzyme?
B. Water A. higher concentration
C. ATP B. higher temperature
D. Carbon dioxide C. ideal pH
D. Low temperature
233. Which of the follwing elements can be
found in all living and previously living or- 239. wax, steroids and cholesterol are exam-
gaisms? ples of
A. helium A. carbohydrate
B. sulfur B. lipid
C. carbon C. protein
D. nitrogen D. nucleic acid

240. Which group of biomolecules provide C. the presence of the plasma membrane
quick energy to organisms? D. the presence of membrane-bound or-
A. proteins ganelles
B. carbohydrates 246. Of how many rings (cycles) are steroids
C. lipids formed?
D. nucleic acids A. 3
241. The primary structure of a protein B. 4
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molecule has C. 5
A. Two ends D. 6
B. One end 247. Which biomolecule is responsible for stor-
C. Three ends ing and transmitting your hereditary infor-
D. No ends mation?
A. Carbohydrate
242. What is a protein:
B. Lipids
A. A polymer composed of many sugars.
C. Protein
B. A polymer composed of many amino
acids. D. Nucleic Acid
C. A polymer composed of fatty acids. 248. (question 15) Oils are which type of
D. A polymer composed of nucleotides. macromolecule?
A. carbohydrates
243. Proteins are large macromolecules com-
posed of thousands of subunits. The struc- B. lipids
ture of the protein depends on the se- C. nucleic acids
quence of D. proteins
A. lipids
249. The cell membrane is selectively perme-
B. monosaccharides able, which means
C. amino acids A. All materials can enter and leave the
D. nucleotides cell
244. Water travels up from the roots of a tree B. Certain things can enter while others
to the top because of cannot
A. adhesion and cohesion C. The cell manually sorts through all ma-
terials
B. surface tension
D. Only certain cells can interact with the
C. specific heat capacity cell.
D. density of water compared to ice
250. Which biomolecule is stored in the body
245. What make eukaryotic cells more com- long term and used as an emergency en-
plex than prokaryotic cells? ergy source?
A. the presence of ribosomes A. Simple carbs
B. the presence of nucleic acids B. Complex carbs

C. Lipids 256. Iodine is used to test for

D. All of these A. Monosaccharide

251. (question 7) If you want a reaction to B. Starch
speed up you need an C. Proteins
A. nucleic acid D. Lipids
B. enzyme
257. Many plants that grow on land store
C. nerve cell energy in the form of starch. When
D. carbohydrate the plants need energy, the molecules of
starch can be broken down into monosac-
252. Which of the following is a function of a charides.What type of biomolecule is
carbohydrate? starch?
A. Forms the cell wall A. Protein
B. Insulation B. Lipid
C. Gene expression C. Carbohydrate
D. Regulates enzymes D. Enzyme
253. What are the four macromolecules? 258. Proteins are primarily made out of
A. proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, (and sometimes Sulfur)
and lipids A. Carbon
B. monosaccharides, lipids, polysacca- B. Hydrogen
harides, and proteins
C. Oxygen
C. RNA, DNA, proteins, and carbohy-
drates D. Nitrogen
D. proteins, DNA, RNA, and steroids E. Phosphorus
254. What is the shape of DNA? 259. Which biomolecule includes sugars and
starches?
A. Double Helix
A. Lipids
B. Chain-link Fence
B. Proteins
C. Rocky Road
C. Carbohydrates
D. Jamaican Twister
D. Nucleic Acid
255. The 3 categories of carbohydrates are:
260. Which of the following do NOT have cell
A. Monosaccharide, disaccharide,
walls?
polysaccharide
A. animal cells
B. glucose, fructose, galatose
B. bacteria cells
C. starch, cellulose, chitin
C. plant cells
D. There are no categories of carbohy-
drates D. all cells have a cell wall

261. DNA and RNA are examples of 268. What is a Carbohydrate’s monomer?
A. Carbohydrates A. Sugar
B. Lipids
B. Amino acids
C. Proteins
C. Monosacharide
D. Nucleic Acids
D. Nucleotide
262. DNA and RNA are examples of
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A. proteins 269. Which of the following are examples of
B. nucleic acids lipids (multiple answers)
C. carbohydrates A. Glucose
D. lipids B. Phospholipids
263. The monomer of a protein is called C. Insulin
A. an amino acid
D. Fats and oils
B. a monosaccharide
C. a fatty acid 270. Which of the following answers links a
D. a nucleotide biomolecule with one of its proper func-
tions?
264. What is one function of lipids?
A. Lipids-Store genetic information
A. To build muscle
B. Carbohydrates-short term energy stor-
B. To repair cells
age
C. To insulate (keep warm)
C. Nucleic Acids-Catalyze reactions
D. To make proteins
D. Proteins-long term energy storage
265. Which option does not belong here?
A. Carbohydrate 271. what is the monomer of a carbohydrate
B. Lipid A. polysaccharide
C. Nucleotide
B. monosaccharide
D. Protein
C. trisaccharide
266. what is called when something builds up
D. disaccharide
A. systhesis
B. logic 272. Helicase is an example of a biomolecule
C. amino acids that can destroy bonds between DNA
D. rrt strands during DNA replication.What
biomolecule is helicase?
267. Which biomolecule builds muscle tissue?
A. Carbohydrate
A. protein
B. Lipid
B. nucleic acid
C. carbohydrate C. Protein
D. lipid D. Nucleic Acid

273. Plant cells have C. glycogen

A. Centrioles and more mitochondria D. glucose

B. Cell wall, chloroplast, large central 279. What are the 4 biomolecules essential for
vacuole life?
C. very simple cells without a nucleus A. Carbohydrates, fats, lipids, proteins
D. none of above B. Carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids, nu-
274. Which biomolecule is also known as en- cleic acids
zymes? C. Carbohydrates, glycerol, proteins, nu-
A. Carbohydrate cleic acids
B. Lipid D. Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nu-

cleic acids
C. Nucleic Acid
D. Protein 280. What is one basic function of the vac-
uoles?
275. What are the three main functions of Nu- A. circulating oxygen
cleic Acids?
B. producing food
A. Short term energy, storage of energy,
structure for plants and insects C. controlling cell processes
B. catalyst, immune system support, hair D. storing water

and nails 281. Which of the following is the main reason
C. Stores genetic information, contains that humans need to include carbohydrates
hereditary information in their diet?
D. long term energy, water proof, insula- A. Carbohydrates are broken down in
tion cells for energy.
276. what are proteins made of? B. Carbohydrates combine to form many
different proteins.
A. Meat
C. Carbohydrates act as catalyst to
B. Oils speed up chemical reactions.
C. Amino Acids D. Carbohydrates are the building blocks
D. Nucleotides for cell growth and repair.
277. How do enzymes affect living cells? 282. Which examples are a sources of en-
A. speed of the reaction ergy?
B. temperature of the reaction A. Starch, cellulose, glycogen
C. pH of reaction B. Valine, Histidine, Cysteine
D. Products of reaction C. DNA, RNA

D. Unsaturated and Saturated Fats
278. Which of the following is a monosaccha-
ride, or simple sugar. 283. A peptide bond is form between two
A. starch A. Lipids
B. cellulose B. Monosaccharides

C. Nucleic acids 289. what are the main elements for carbohy-
D. Amino acids drates
A. CHY
284. Provides additional enzymes(pancreatic
juice) to help nutrients get absorbed by the B. VIP
small intestine. C. CHO
A. liver D. CHI
B. kidneys
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290. How many sugar units make up monosac-
C. gall bladder charides?
D. pancreas A. one
B. two
285. Cell organelles that are responsible for
digesting food, worn out organelles and C. three
other cellular wastes are called D. zero
A. Mitochondria
291. Which of the following could be cause by
B. Vacuoles a diet rich in saturated fats? (you should
C. Lysosomes select more than 1 answer choice)
D. Chlororplasts A. Frail nails and hair
B. High blood pressure
286. What is the functions of lipids?
C. Low blood-sugar levels
A. Quick source of energy
D. Lipid deposit in your eyes
B. Builds muscles, skin, enzymes
C. Stores genetic information 292. What are the four biological molecules?
D. Stores energy, insulation, protection A. proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nu-
cleic acids
287. (question 14) What are foods that are
B. A, T, C, G
high in carbs?
C. water, air, earth, and fire
A. Eggs, fish, poultry
D. Joe, Nick, and Kevin Jonas
B. Cheese, meats, vegetables
C. Bread, potatoes, and pasta 293. Which of the following is true? (3)
D. Multitude of oils, butter and condi- A. Glycogen is a fat and is an energy store
ments in plants
B. Glycogen is a carbohydrate and is an
288. Carbohydrates are more easily metabo- energy store in animals
lized than lipids. However, on a gram-for-
gram basis, lipids provide cells with more- C. Starch is a carbohydrate and is an en-
ergy store in plants
A. nitrogen
D. Starch can be tested for using Bene-
B. proteins dict’s solution
C. structure E. Fats contain more energy than carbo-
D. energy hydrates

294. What type of biomolecule are enzymes? 299. Biruet’s Solution tests for
A. Carbohydrate A. Carbohydrates

B. Lipid B. Proteins
C. Nucleic Acid C. Nucleic Acids
D. Protein D. Lipids
300. Nucleic Acids are biomolecules. Which

295. (question 21) Which of the following is a
of the following is the function of nucleic
simple sugar?
acids?
A. Glucose
A. serve as the primary structural unit of
B. Flour biological membranes
C. Seeds B. serve as energy storage
D. Lactase C. store and transmit genetic information
D. serve as biological catalysts
296. The waxy, organic substances used by
aquatic birds to coat their feathers, when 301. What is the monomer for proteins?
analyzed consists mostly of
A. Amino acid
A. lipids B. Nucleotide
B. proteins C. Fatty acid
C. carbohydrates D. Monosaccharide
D. nucleic acids
302. What is the name of lipid polymers?
297. Chloroplasts in plant cells allow the plant A. Polysaccharides
to perform a function that animal cells can- B. Triglycerides
not do. What is the main function of the
chloroplasts found in plant cells? C. Polypeptides
A. to absorb light energy and manufac- D. DNA and RNA

ture food 303. Which contains carbon, hydrogen, oxy-
B. to remove waste materials by active gen and has a ring-like structure?
transport A. Nucleic acid
C. to manufacture chemical energy from B. Carbohydrates
food
C. Proteins
D. to control the shape of the cell
D. Lipids
298. Which biomolecule determines the traits 304. Fast food like fried chicken would be
of organisms? what kind of biomolecule.
A. proteins A. carbohydrates
B. nucleic acids B. Lipids
C. carbohydrates C. Proteins
D. lipids D. Nucleic Acid

305. What is dehydration synthesis? B. Orange Juice

A. Joining molecules together by remov- C. Water
ing water D. Blood
B. Breaking molecules apart by adding
water 311. What biomolecule makes up hemoglobin,
insulin, and enzymes?
C. Joining molecules together by adding
water A. Carbohydrate
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D. Breaking molecules apart by removing B. Lipid
water C. Nucleic Acid
306. What is a catalyst? D. Protein
A. Slows downs a reaction 312. Four different nucleotides are used as

building blocks of DNA. Which of the fol-
B. You can never re use a catalyst
lowing can be used to distinguish one nu-
C. Speeds up a chemical reaction cleotide from another?
D. Requires more energy for the reaction A. The nitrogenous base
307. When amino acids are linked together B. The shape of the deoxyribose sugar
they form a polypeptide, which is also C. The length of the phosphate group
called a
D. The type of fatty acid
A. carbohydrate
313. Which biomolecule’s monomer (or build-
B. lipid
ing block) is nucleotides?
C. protein
A. Lipids
D. nucleic acid
B. Proteins
308. Which biomolecule is responsible for pro- C. Carbohydrate
tecting and insulating the body, and long-
D. Nucleic Acid
term energy storage?
A. Protein 314. Which of these molecules is the main
human storage of carbohydrates for ani-
B. Nucleic Acid
mals?
C. Lipid
A. Glycogen
D. Carbohydrate
B. Glucose
309. What is the function of carbohydrates? C. Starch
A. quick, fast energy D. Lactose
B. structure and support 315. Which of the following elements make up
C. store and transfer genetic information nucleic acids?
D. long-term energy storage A. C, H, O
310. What is the only substance with a neutral B. C, H, O, N

pH of 7? C. C, H, O, N, P
A. Milk D. C, H, O, Ca, S

316. phobia 322. Which of the following are the main ele-
A. love ments found in biomolecules?

B. hate A. C, H, O, N, P, S
C. against B. Ca, He, Os, Ni, Pt, Si
D. fear C. C, He, O, Mg, Pd, S
317. Complex macromolecules that store and D. C, H, Os, Ma, Ni, Se

transmit genetic information
323. Fatty acids are the monomers of
A. Carbohydrates
A. Lipids
B. Lipids
B. Carbohydrates
C. Proteins
D. Nucleic Acids C. Proteins
D. Nucleic Acids
318. Lipids are made of
A. monosaccharides 324. Scientists have found geysers on one of
B. amino acids Saturn’s moons. The geysers release wa-
ter vapor containing complex organic com-
C. glycerol and 3 fatty acids pounds, which may indicate the presence
D. nucleotides of life. Which of the following elements
is most likely abundant in the organic com-
319. Which biomolecules are necessary in mus- pounds in the water vapor?
cle contraction and in the formation of di-
gestive enzymes? A. carbon
A. Carbohydrates B. chlorine
B. Lipids C. iron
C. Proteins D. zinc
D. Nucleic Acids
325. A molecule that is needed to build and re-
320. Which biomolecule’s monomer (or build- pair body structures and to regulate pro-
ing block) is monosaccharide? cesses in the body (cells).
A. Lipids A. Proteins
B. Proteins B. Lipids
C. Carbohydrate C. Carbohydrates
D. Nucleic Acid D. Nucleic Acid
321. Lipids can be digested into what smaller
326. Cholesterol is a/an
subunits?
A. nucleic acids A. carbohydrate
B. amino acids B. lipid

C. fatty acids C. protein
D. glucose D. nucleic acid

327. Which biomolecule is important source of 333. (question 12) What is the monomer of nu-
energy for humans? cleic acids?
A. Nucleic Acid A. Glycerol
B. Lipid B. Monosaccharides
C. Carbohydrate C. Amino Acids
D. Protein D. Nucleotides
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328. Which of the following is NOT a 334. The arrangement of which three compo-
biomolecule? nents is used to distinguish one molecule
A. Water from another?
B. Nucleic Acid A. carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
C. Protein B. glucose, fructose, and ribose
D. Lipid C. peptide, fatty acid, and purine
329. Enzymes are D. water, carbon dioxide, and notrogen
A. nucleic acids 335. Antibodies belong to this biomolecule

B. proteins group:
C. lipids A. Simple Carbohydrates
D. carbohydrates B. Proteins
C. Lipids
330. Which of the following groups are all clas-
sified as polysaccharide? D. Nucleic Acids
A. sucrose, glucose and fructose
336. PO CH what elements essential
B. maltose, lactose and fructose for life are missing from the acronym?
C. glycogen, sucrose and maltose A. Fe and Na
D. glycogen, cellulose and starch B. Ca and Na
331. Which biomolecule is properly matched to C. S and N
its monomer? D. S and Na
A. nucleic acid:amino acid
337. Many plants that grow on land store
B. polypeptide:1 glycerol + 3 fatty acids energy in the form of starch. When
C. lipid:nucleotide the plants need energy, the molecules of
starch can be broken down. Which of the
D. carbohydrate:monosaccharide
following does this chemical reaction pro-
332. Which biomolecule builds muscle? duce?
A. carbohydrates A. Amino acids
B. lipids B. Monosaccharides
C. proteins C. Lipids
D. nucleic acids D. Enzymes

338. Which best represents a long term energy 343. Which biomolecule makes up your
storage molecule in animals? genes?

A. cellulose A. Carbohydrate
B. cholesterol B. Lipid
C. glycogen C. Nucleic Acid
D. protein D. Protein
339. What does the word organic mean? 344. catalyst do what
A. has nitrogen A. beat up stuff
B. has sulfur B. draw stuff

C. eat stuff
C. has carbon
D. break stuff
D. has oxygen
345. Which monomer makes up nucleic acids?
340. When a molecules inhibits an enzyme..
A. Amino acid
A. the enzyme is still able to function
B. Nucleotide
B. the enzyme is no longer able to func-
tion C. Fatty acid
C. the enzyme is ruined forever D. Monosaccharide
D. the enzyme dissolves into amino acids 346. Sugars always ends with-ose.Which of
the following example is not a sugar?
341. Which is true of prokaryotic and eukary-
A. Maltose
otic cells?
B. Lactose
A. Prokaryotic cells are larger than eu-
karyotic cells. C. Sucrose
B. Eukaryotic cells do not have nuclei, and D. Protease
prokaryotic cells do have nuclei.
347. Proteins are used by the body for immu-
C. Prokaryotic cells lack membrane- nity, enzymes and
bound organelles, and eukaryotic cells
A. Storage of energy
contain membrane-bound organelles.
B. Storage of genetic Information
D. Eukaryotic cells are simpler than
prokaryotic cells. C. Quick energy release
D. Structure
342. What is the monomer that makes up
lipids? 348. What are the 5 most common elements?
A. Monosaccharides A. C, H, O, N, P
B. Fatty acids B. C, H, O, N, S
C. Nucleotides C. C, H, O, N, K
D. Amino acids D. Mg, C, O, N, K,

349. Which foods are a good energy source? 354. Which molecule contains the elements C-
A. Meats, Yogurt, Cheese H-O-N-S and functions to build muscles?
A. Lipids
B. Ice Cream, Candy, Cookies
B. Nucleic Acids
C. Fruits, Vegetables, Whole Grains
C. Protein
D. Butter, Lard, Oil
D. Carbohydrates
350. What is it called when molecules move
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across the cell membrane from an area of 355. Which biomolecule has only C, H, and O
high concentration to an area of low con- and is used as the main source of energy
centration through a carrier protein? for your body?
A. Diffusion A. carbohydrates
B. Osmosis B. nucleic acids
C. Active Transport C. proteins
D. Facilitated Diffusion D. lipids
356. Which property of water allows it to

351. Both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
stick to other polar molecules?
have
A. Adhesion
A. No nucleus, no membrane bound or-
ganelles, reproduce and usually single- B. Cohesion
celled C. Capillary action
B. Have a nucleus, nuclear membrane, D. Surface tension
Nucleolus, Golgi Apparatus, Lysosome,
Mitochondria, Endoplasmic Reticulum, 357. Cells need to bring in molecules to carry
Plastids, and Chloroplast out cellular processes. Often, this requires
moving the molecules across the cell mem-
C. Have a cell membrane, ribosome, cyto-
brane against the concentration gradient.
plasm, and genetic materia
How do these molecules get into the cell?
D. none of above
A. passive transport by diffusion
352. Makes up the plant’s cell wall and is fiber B. active transport using ATP
in our diets C. passive transport by osmosis
A. Starch D. osmosis
B. Glycogen
358. Nucleic acids are the polymers of
C. Cellulose
A. Nucleosides
D. Chitin
B. Nucleotides
353. This element makes molecules organic. C. Bases
A. Oxygen D. Sugars
B. Hydrogen
359. What biomolecule stores Genetic Infor-
C. Carbon mation?
D. Sulfur A. Carbohydrate

B. Lipid 365. Your friend is really irritable while sitting

in class. He feels lightheaded and dizzy.
C. Protein
He is also feeling a bit of confusion and

D. Nucleic Acid brain fog. What biomolecule does your
friend need?
360. examples of lipids
A. Carbohydrates
A. fats
B. Lipids
B. oils
C. Proteins
C. Meat
D. Nucleic Acids
D. wax
366. Biomolecules that are used to store en-
361. DNA and RNA differ in ergy
A. Sugar A. proteins and lipids
B. Purines B. Lipids and Nucleic Acids
C. Pyrimidines C. Lipids and Carbohydrates
D. Both (a) and (c) D. Carbohydrates and proteins
362. What biomolecules would help a bear 367. The part of the enzyme that the substrate
withstand months of hibernation without bonds to is called the
eating?
A. active site
A. Protein
B. activation energy
B. Carbohydrates
C. bond site
C. Nucleic Acids
D. peptide bond
D. Lipids
368. I have a large role in the immune system.
363. What are the FOUR most common ele-
ments in living things? A. Proteins
A. Carbon B. Carbohydrates
B. Silicon C. Lipids
C. Nitrogen D. Nucleic Acids
D. Hydrogen 369. What is the correct term to describe en-
E. Oxygen zymes when active sites are full, and there
is still a high concentration of substrates in
364. Nucleotides are monomer for the area?
A. Nucleic Acids A. Enzyme Saturation
B. Proteins B. Enzyme Anxiety
C. Carbohydrates C. Optimum Enzymatic Rate
D. Lipids D. none of above

370. These are molecules that contain hydro- B. macromolecules

carbons and make up the building blocks
C. proteins
of the structure and function of living cells.
These are also high-energy molecules that D. lipids
plants and animals use to store energy in
reserves for longer periods. 376. Which biomolecule is responsible for insu-
lation and long term storage of energy?
A. Carbohydrates
B. Lipids A. Protein
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C. Proteins B. Nucleic Acid
D. Nucleic Acid C. Lipid
371. building block (monomer) of a carbohy- D. Carbohydrate

drate
377. building block (monomer) of protein
A. amino acid
A. amino acid
B. monosaccharide
B. monosaccharide
C. nucleotide
C. nucleotide
D. glycerol
D. glycerol
372. What term best describes enzymes?
A. accelerate 378. Glycogen is a homopolymer made of
B. retard A. Glucose units
C. decay B. Galactose units
D. dawdle C. Ribose units
373. Starch and cellulose are complex carbohy- D. Aminoacids
drates found in
379. What is an element found in protein that
A. Plants
is not found in lipids or carbohydrates?
B. Animals
A. hydrogen
C. Soil
B. carbon
D. Air
C. oxygen
374. In our lab, we tested biomolecules in ce-
real. Which biomolecule did we find? D. nitrogen
A. Carbohydrate 380. One function of lipids is to store energy.

B. Lipid What is another function of lipids in the
human body?
C. Nucleic acid
D. Protein A. to form plasma membranes
B. to make energy from the sun
375. The basic units of all living things are
called C. to control chemical reactions
A. cells D. to provide quick energy for the cell

381. The prefix “mono” means C. Stores genetic information, contains

A. Two hereditary information

B. One D. long term energy, water proof, insula-
tion
C. Many
D. Few 387. What will most likely happen if an appro-
priate enzyme is added to a chemical reac-
382. What elements (monomers) make up a tion?
protein? A. The reaction rate will increase.
A. C, H, O B. The equilibrium of the reaction will be
B. C, H, O, N maintained.
C. C, H, O, N, P C. The reaction rate will decrease.
D. none of above D. The reaction will stop.
383. What causes a star to go supernova? 388. What two biomolecules are used for en-
ergy?
A. when it performs fusion
A. Carbohydrates and Lipids
B. when it runs out of fuel and collapses
on itself B. Nucleic Acids and Protiens
C. when it forms from a gas cloud C. Lipids and Proteins
D. when it produces light D. Proteins and Carbohydrates
384. amino acids are connected with bonds 389. The monomer for a carbohydrate is
to form A. amino acid
A. peptide; proteins B. nucleotide
B. peptide; lipids C. monosaccharide
C. hydrogen; proteins D. polysaccharide
D. hydrogen; lipids
390. Many cell process require , which
385. The chemical reaction that breaks down a makes up nearly two-thirds of the mass
molecule by adding water is of the cell.
A. Dehydration Synthesis A. oxygen
B. Hydrophobia B. water
C. Hydrolysis C. blood
D. Dehydration D. carbon dioxide
386. What are the three main functions of a 391. Dystrophin is a molecule that holds mus-
Protein? cle fibers together. In people with mus-
cular dystrophy, a genetic disease that
A. Short term energy, storage of energy, causes people to lose the ability to walk at
structure for plants and insects a young age, dystrophin molecules never
B. Catalyst, immune system support, develop.What biomolecule is this person
structure for hair and nails missing?

A. Carbohydrates 397. Which of the following are NOT found in

animal cells
B. Lipids
A. chloroplasts and cytoplasm
C. Proteins
B. chloroplasts and cell wall
D. Nucleic Acids
C. cell wall and cell membrane
392. What is the function of a nucleotide?
D. mitochondria and nucleus
A. Storing Energy
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398. The subunits of a protein are
B. Catalyzing cellular reactions
A. polysaccharides
C. Building tissue
B. carbohydrates
D. Storing genetic information
C. amino acids
393. Which contains carbon, hydrogen, oxy-
D. lipids
gen (CHO) in a 1:2:1 ratio and may have
a ring-like structure? 399. Fats oils & waxes are examples of which
A. Nucleic acid biomolecule?
B. Carbohydrates A. Proteins
C. Proteins B. Nucleic Acid
D. Lipids C. Lipids
D. Carbohydrate
394. Which biomolecule offers structural sup-
port to plants and animals with exoskele- 400. Where is DNA found in the cell?
ton?
A. Nucleus
A. Carbohydrates
B. Cell membrane
B. Lipids
C. Cell wall
C. Proteins
D. Mitochondria
D. Nucleic Acids
401. Fats, oils, and cholesterol are all types of
395. Macro
A. cell membrane
A. old
B. hormones
B. water
C. lipids
C. sugar
D. fatty acids
D. large
402. Glucose, Fructose, and Lactose are all ex-
396. Building blocks of polymers. amples of which molecule?
A. monomer A. Simple carbohydrate
B. polypeptide B. Complex Carbohydrate
C. monosaccharide C. Protein
D. glycerol D. Fat

403. (question 10) What is the monomer for a B. Protein

protein? C. Carbohydrates

A. Monosaccharide D. Nucleic acid
B. Triglyceride
409. The word “saccharide “ means:
C. Amino Acid
A. sugar
D. Nucleotide
B. protein
404. Which organic macromolecules are com-
C. amino acids
posed of chains of amino acids that join to
form the structural components of organ- D. none of above
isms.
410. If an animal is in starvation mode (has
A. Carbohydrates not eaten food for 24+hours) what will it
B. Proteins use as energy once carbs are gone?
C. Amino Acids A. Lipids
D. Lipids B. Proteins
C. More carbs
405. Which of the following elements is
present in Nucleic acid but not in other D. None of these
biomolecules?
411. Which of these is NOT a lipid
A. Carbon
A. fats
B. Phosphorus
B. oils
C. Nitrogen
C. amino acids
D. Hydrogen
D. waxes
406. If the pH of a solution is 7 the solution is
said to be 412. what level is DNA
A. Acidic A. cel
B. Basic B. molecule
C. Neutral C. tissue
D. Tasty D. organism
407. Which of the biomolecules provides long- 413. The most abundant component of living
term energy? organisms is
A. Lipids A. Protein
B. Carbohydrates B. Water
C. Nucleic Acids C. Sugar
D. Proteins D. Nucleic acid
408. Oil, butter, and cholesterol can be found 414. Which of the following may be caused by
in a lack of enough proteins in your diets?
A. Lipids A. Frail nails and hair

B. Fat deposit in your iris 420. Alpha helix and beta pleated sheets are
part of what level of protein structure?
C. Low blood-sugar levels
A. primary
D. High blood pressure
B. secondary
415. Which of the following is NOT a part of C. tertiary
cell theory?
D. quaternary
A. All living things are made of one or
421. What type of organic molecules ar en-
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more cells.
zymes?
B. The cell is the smallest unit of life.
A. carbohydrates
C. All new cells come from preexisting
cells. B. lipids
C. nucleic acids
D. All living things are multicellular.
D. proteins
416. An enzyme is an example of a ?
422. These will determine what element an
A. Carbohydrate atom is.
B. Lipid A. number of neutrons
C. Nucleic Acid B. number of electrons
D. Protein C. number of atoms
D. number of protons
417. Which of the following is not part of the
cell theory? 423. (question 2) Which biomolecule is made
A. cells must contain DNA of amino acids?
B. all living things are made from cells A. Nucleic Acid

B. Carbohydrate
C. cells can only come from other cells
C. Protein
D. cells are the basic unit of life
D. Lipid
418. Which biomolecule is the key source of
energy? 424. Which biomolecule is the quick source of
energy?
A. Lipid
A. Lipid
B. Protein
B. Protein
C. Carbohydrate C. Carbohydrate
D. Nucleic Acid D. Nucleic Acid
419. Two examples of Nucleic Acids are 425. What is the difference between a cell and
A. Protein & enzyme a tissue?
A. cell is basic unit of life; tissue is group
B. Monosaccharide & disaccharide
of cells that work as one
C. DNA & RNA
B. cell is group of tissues; tissue is basic
D. Sugar & Phosphate unit of life

C. cell is basic unit of life; tissue is groups C. Nucleic Acid

of different cells
D. Protein

D. cell is group of organs; tissue is group
of different cells 431. Which biomolecule is made of amino
acids?
426. Complex carbohydrates break down into
which of the following? A. Nucleic Acid
A. enzymes B. Carbohydrate
B. simple sugars C. Protein
C. amino acids
D. Lipid
D. ATP
432. Sugars and starches are which type of
427. Why is protein an important part of a
biomolecule?
healthy diet?
A. it is needed to change glucose to en- A. Lipids
ergy B. Proteins
B. it is needed to store nutrients C. Carbohydrates
C. it is needed to repair tissue
D. Nucleic Acid
D. it is needed to produce water
433. Steroids are a type of
428. Which of the following elements is not
frequently found in organic compounds? A. Nucleic Acid
A. Carbon B. Lipid
B. Hydrogen
C. Cholesterol
C. Oxygen
D. Protein
D. Chlorine
434. What are foods that are high in carbs?
429. Your friend is feeling irritable, light-
headed and dizzy. They are also feeling A. Eggs, fish, poultry
a bit of confusion and brain fog. Which
biomolecule would you recommend your B. Cheese, meats, vegetables
friend consume? C. Bread, potatoes, and pasta
A. Protein D. Multitude of oils, butter and condi-
B. Carbohydrates ments
C. Nucleic Acid
435. Another name for fats and oils
D. Lipid
A. proteins
430. Which biomolecule is main source for en-
ergy storage? B. sugar
A. Lipid C. lipids
B. Carbohydrate D. nucleic acids

436. Peptide bonds in proteins can be broken 441. Which is a step in the scientific method
down by the enzyme peptidase. Adrian
A. Photograph
orders a hamburger and French fries for
lunch. He adds cheese and mayonnaise B. transcribe
to his hamburger and then sits down to C. presentation
eat lunch with his friends. Which structure
would most likely result from the action of D. Hypothesis
peptidase in Adrian’s stomach?
442. The reaction to obtain a disaccharide from
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A. Lipids two monosaccharides is a
B. Glucose A. Addition
C. Nucleic Acid B. Elimination
D. Amino Acid C. Condensation
437. The role of carbohydrates is D. Redox
A. to promote growth
443. How many essential amino acids are
B. to supply energy for the body’s func- there?
tions
A. 10
C. form your cells
B. 20
D. protect your nerves
C. 30
438. Mono D. 40
A. two
444. Which cell structure is found in plant and
B. sickness animals cells and controls what can come
C. virus into or leave a cell?
D. one A. cell membrane
B. cytoplasm
439. These are found outside the nucleus and
have a negative charge. C. nucleus
A. proton D. vacuole
B. electron
445. Bowhead whales can have a specialized
C. neutron layer of blubber up to 30 cm’s thick. This
D. moron acts as a special insulation that traps the
heat their muscles create from movement.
440. Which of the following is NOT an element What biomolecule is the blubber primarily
found in lipids? made of?
A. Carbon A. Carbohydrates
B. Nitrogen B. Lipids
C. Hydrogen C. Proteins
D. Oxygen D. Nucleic Acids

446. Where do substrates bind on an en- C. CHO(P)

zyme? D. CHONP

A. voltage-gated channels
452. These are large biomolecules or macro-
B. surface receptor molecules that are comprised of one or
C. calcium channels more long chains of amino acid residues.It
is important component of all living sys-
D. active site
tems and perform diverse functions inside
447. How how carbohydrates and lipids simi- the cell
lar? A. Lipids
A. both contain C, H, O, N, P and store en- B. Carbohydrates
ergy C. Proyeins
B. both contain C, H, O, N and give energy D. Nucleic Acid
C. both contain C, H, O, N, S and store en-
453. Biomolecules, also known as macro-
ergy
molecules, are the main groups of
D. both contain C, H, O and give energy molecules that make up all living
things. Which of the following is not a
448. These are found in the nucleus and have biomolecule?
a positive charge.
A. Protein
A. proton
B. Amino Acids
B. electron
C. Carbohydrates
C. neutron
D. Nucleic Acids
D. moron
454. Enzymes are capable of increasing the
449. A glycosidic bond is formed between two rate of a chemical reaction within a liv-
ing cell. Enzymes accomplish this through
A. Lipids which of the following means?
B. Carbohydrates A. reducing the number of products

B. reducing the activation energy
C. Nucleic Acids
C. increasing the temperature of the cell
D. Proteins
D. increasing the concentration of reac-
450. Which biomolecule is a great source of tants
quick energy?
455. The brown bag paper test for lipids is
A. Carbohydrates positive when food is placed on the paper
B. Lipids and a spot forms which will allow light to
C. Proteins pass through it. Which food would give
the most positive test for lipids?
D. Nucleic acids
A. potato chips
451. Lipids contain which elements? B. bread
A. CHO C. sugar
B. CHON D. carrots

456. Acts as a barrier and controls what en- 462. Which biomolecule contains your genet-
ters/leaves a cell ics? (make you look like your parents)
A. cell membrane A. Carbohydrate
B. Nuclear membrane B. Lipid
C. cell wall C. Nucleic Acid
D. cytoplasm D. Protein
463. What is the monomer of a lipid?
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457. The prefix “poly” means
A. One A. Amino Acids
B. Two B. Monosaccharides
C. Many C. Fatty Acids and Glycerol
D. Want a cracker D. Nucleotides
464. If you are looking for the quickest source

458. Which biomolecule helps with insulation
of energy, you should eat a food that con-
and is a source of long-term energy?
tains a high percentage of
A. Proteins
A. carbohydrates
B. Nucleic Acid
B. fat
C. Lipids C. proteins
D. Carbohydrate D. sodium
459. I contain C, H, O, N. 465. WHICH BIOMOLECULES STORES LONG-
A. Protein TERM ENERGY?
B. Lipid A. PROTEIN
C. Nucleic Acid B. CARBS
D. Carbohydrate C. LIPIDS
D. NUCLEIC ACIDS
460. Which of the following is a protein that
speeds up chemical reactions in the body? 466. Which biomolecule includes fats, such as
A. Substrate triglycerides, oils, waxes, and steroids
(cholesterol); insoluble in water; provides
B. Saturated fatty acids energy storage, insulation, part of cell
C. Lipids membrane, and hormones
D. Enzymes A. Nucleic Acid
B. Lipids
461. The breakdown of supplies immedi-
ate, quick energy for all cell activities. C. Carbohydrate
A. carbohydrates D. Protein
B. lipids 467. AN enzyme is what kind of biomolecule
C. proteins A. Carbohydrate
D. nucleic acids B. Lipid

C. Proteins 473. Which biomolecule is also known to form

D. Nucleic Acids enzymes?

A. Carbohydrate
468. What is the monomer of DNA and RNA?
A. nucleotides B. Lipid
B. fatty acids C. Nucleic Acid
C. amino acids D. Protein
D. monosaccharides
474. Which of the following biomolecule pro-
469. The enzymes that catalyze cellular reac- vides more energy gram per gram?
tions are macromolecules called proteins.
Which of the following elements most of- A. Carbohydrate
ten compose proteins? B. Lipid
A. carbon and hydrogen C. Protein
B. carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitro-
D. Nucleic Acid
gen
C. carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen 475. All 4 biomolecules-
D. carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, A. Contain C, H, O, N
and phosphorus
B. Contain C, H, O
470. Used for long term energy storage, insu-
lation, and water proofing. C. Are made up of Sulfur
A. carbohydrates D. Are made up of Amino Acids

B. proteins
476. Beeswax is a waxy substance that is pro-
C. lipids duced by bees and then harvested by hu-
D. nucleic acids mans for a variety of uses. Ancient Ro-
mans used beeswax as a waterproofing
471. Prokaryotic cells agent because it is not water-permeable.
A. more advanced cells, are specialized, Beeswax is which of the following types
have 4 main parts-cell membrane, cyto- of organic molecule?
plasm, nucleus, and organelles A. carbohydrate
B. very simple cells, does not contain a
nucleus or membrane bound organelles B. lipid
C. centrioles and more mitochondria C. nucleic acid

D. none of above D. protein
472. Which group of biomolecules contains 477. Carbohydrates contain which elements?
glycerol and fatty acids?
A. CHO
A. carbohydrates
B. lipids B. CHON
C. proteins C. CHO(P)
D. nucleic acids D. CHONP

478. What are the functions of lipids? C. instant energy for cells/body
A. Quick source of energy D. heredity/genetic information
B. Builds muscles, skin, enzymes 484. (question 1) Enzymes are a type of which
C. Stores genetic information biomolecule?
D. Stores energy, insulation, protection A. Carbohydrate
B. Lipid
479. Which biomolecule must be consumed by
C. Nucleic Acid
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animals?
D. Protein
A. proteins
B. nucleic acids 485. Cells with a nucleus and membrane-
bound organelles are called
C. carbohydrates
A. prokaryotes
D. lipids
B. eukaryotes
480. This is part of the endoplasmic reticulum C. bacteria
that is used to make proteins that will be D. protists
used by other cells. It is lined with ribo-
somes. 486. These are found in the nucleus and have
a neutral charge.
A. Vesicles
A. proton
B. Lysosomes
B. electron
C. Rough ER
C. neutron
D. Smooth ER
D. moron
481. What is a function of lipids?
487. Enzymes are..
A. To provide short term energy to living
A. nucleic acids
organisms
B. carbohydrates
B. The provide the structure in muscles
C. lipids
C. To provide long term storage of energy
D. proteins
D. Storing your genetic information
488. The monomer of polyethylene is:
482. What is an example of a lipid? A. Propene
A. DNA B. Ethene
B. Enzyme C. Ethylene
C. Phospholipid D. Polyethene
D. Starch 489. With what 3 letters do enzymes typically
end?
483. Lipids key role (function ) is:
A. -ose
A. immunity, chemical reactions in the
body, cell metabolism, contract muscles, B. -ase
regulate other proteins C. -ese
B. store energy D. -tic

490. The more bonds a molecule has, the more C. Nucleus

D. Cell Membrane

A. water is stored
B. force is stored 496. Proteins are to amino acids as carbohy-
drates are to
C. energy is stored
A. monosaccharides
D. oxygen is stored
B. disaccharides
491. Which element is not considered common
for life? C. enzymes
A. Carbon D. nucleic acids

B. Hydrogen 497. What is the name of a carbohydrate poly-
C. Sulfur mers?
D. Sodium A. Polysaccharides
492. The sugar in RNA is , the sugar in DNA B. Triglycerides
is C. Polypeptides
A. deoxyribose, ribose D. DNA and RNA
B. ribose, deoxyribose
C. ribose, phosphate 498. Enzymes are considered to be
D. ribose, uracil A. Lipids

B. Carbohydrate
493. What is the monomer (building block) of
a protein? C. Protein
A. amino acids D. Nucleic Acid
B. nucleotide
499. A macromolecule is composed of glycerol
C. fatty acid and fatty acids and functions as a hormone.
D. monosaccharide This molecule is a-
494. All biomolecules share which characteris- A. phosphate

tics? B. lipid
A. All have carbon. C. polysaccharide
B. All are made of smaller pieces called D. carbohydrate
monomers.
C. All have nitrogen. 500. An important feature of lipid fatty acid
tails is that they are
D. All are used for energy storage.
A. Hydrophobic (hate water)
495. What is the boundary of the cell that is
made of lipids? B. Hydrophilic (love water)
A. Cell Wall C. Long
B. Chlroplast D. Short

501. The monomer for a nucleic acid is: C. Water acts as a buffer.
A. fatty acid D. Water is non-polar.
B. monosaccharide
507. What is the following is true about nu-
C. nucleotide cleic acids?
D. amino acid A. Provides the blueprints for a living or-
ganism
502. what part of a nucleotide carried genetic
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information B. Stores & transmits genetic informa-
tion in every living cell
A. sugar
C. Examples are DNA & RNA
B. phosphate
D. All of the above
C. base
D. none of above 508. The polysaccharide that is used for the
storage of glucose in animal livers.
503. What is a monomer?
A. starch
A. Many molecules linked together
B. glycogen
B. A large complex polymer
C. cellulose
C. A single molecule
D. chitin
D. A macromolecule
509. Which biomolecule has sugars and
504. An acidic solution has a
starches?
A. higher concentration of hydrogen ions
than hydroxide ions A. Lipids
B. higher concentration of hydroxide ions B. Proteins

than hydrogen ions C. Carbohydrates
C. equal concentration of hydrogen ions D. Nucleic Acid
and hydroxide ions
510. What is a function of carbohydrates?
D. none of above
A. To provide energy to living organisms
505. How is information for a specific protein
carried on the DNA molecule? B. The provide the structure in muscles
A. As a sequence of nucleotides C. Providing insulation
B. In the double-helix shape of the con- D. Storing your genetic information

densed chromosome
511. A group of similar cells that come to-
C. In the ratio of adenine to thymine gether to perform a specific function is
D. As a pattern of phosphates and sugars a/an
A. organ
506. Large bodies of water do not quickly fluc-
tuate in temperature. Why? B. organism
A. Water is a solvent. C. organ system
B. Water has a high heat capacity. D. tissue

512. A biomolecule that is a large, complex set 517. Which of the following correctly pairs a
of chains composed of alternating subunits biomolecule to its function?
called nucleotides has which of these func-

A. Enzyme:makes cell membrane’s phos-
tions in the cell?
pholipid bilayer
A. storing energy
B. Cellulose:makes the cell walls of all
B. catalyzing cellular reactions plant cells
C. building tissue
C. Cholesterol:stores genetic informa-
D. storing genetic information tion
513. Which of the following biomolecules typ- D. Glucose:increases the rate of a reac-
ically contains both nitrogen and phos- tion
phate?
518. Which biomolecule is in charge of storing
A. Lipid
and expressing genetic information?
B. Protein
A. Carbohydrates
C. Nucleic acid
B. Lipids
D. Carbohydrate
C. Proteins
514. Which biomolecules contain the four ele-
ments CHON (Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen D. Nucleic Acids
and Nitrogen)?
519. Which hydrophobic biomolecule forms the
A. Lipids cell membrane?
B. Carbohydrates
A. Proteins
C. Protein
B. Lipids
D. Nucleic Acids
C. Carbohydrates
515. monosaccharides combine to form
D. Nucleic Acids
A. carbohydrates
B. lipids 520. What does homo mean?
C. proteins A. same
D. nucleic acids B. different
516. An advertisement for a health supple- C. inside
ment for dogs claims to build lean mus-
D. outside
cle and strengthen tendons and ligaments,
as well as provide energy. Which two
521. How many categories of biomolecules are
biomolecules must the supplement contain
there?
to provide these benefits?
A. 1
A. Carbohydrates and lipids
B. Proteins and carbohydrates B. 2
C. Nucleic acids and carbohydrates C. 3
D. Lipids and nucleic acids D. 4

522. Lipids are made up of which of the follow- C. Capillary action

ing?
D. Surface tension
A. glycerol and fatty acids tails
B. glycerol and monolipids 528. Which macromolecule is made of simple
and complex sugars?
C. fatty acids and phosolipids
A. lipids
D. amino acids and nucleotides
B. proteins
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523. A is an organic molecule used as the
body’s primary source of (short term) en- C. carbohydrates
ergy. D. nucleic acids
A. protein
529. Glucose is a monomer of
B. nucleic acid
A. Carbohydrates
C. carbohydrate
D. lipid B. Lipids
C. Proteins
524. Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins, Nucleic
Acid D. Nucleic Acids
A. Monomer
530. Starch from food is a source of energy for
B. Molecules organisms. Starch is a type of
C. Biomolecules A. protein
D. Diffusion B. vitamin
525. Carbohydrates have which of the follow- C. nuclotide
ing elements
D. carbohydrates
A. Carbon
B. Hydrogen 531. Which biomolecule is a key part of the cell
membrane and is needed in the formation
C. Oxygen
of hormones?
D. Nitrogen
A. Carbohydrates
E. Phosphorous
B. Lipids
526. What does hetero mean?
C. Proteins
A. same
D. Nucleic acids
B. different
C. inside 532. In aqueous solution, an amino acid exist
as
D. outside
A. cation
527. Which property of water allows it to
climb a tube against gravity? B. anion
A. Adhesion C. zwitter ion
B. Cohesion D. neutral molecule

533. What does pH measure? 539. DNA and RNA are two types of
A. the amount of hydrogen (H+) ions A. Proteins

B. the amount of hydroxide (OH-) ions B. Nucleic acids
C. amount of water C. Lipids
D. all of the above D. Carbohydrates
534. What is a monosaccharide? 540. The product of hydrolysis of a protein

A. Lipid would be
B. Carbohydrate A. monosaccharides
C. Nucleic Acid B. amino acids
D. Protein C. nucleic acids

D. fatty acids
535. Which of the following is an example of
an enzyme? 541. What is the name of nucleic acid poly-
A. glucose mers?
B. lipase A. Polysaccharides
C. DNA B. Triglycerides
D. polysaccharide C. Polypeptides
D. DNA and RNA
536. are composed out of carbon (C), hy-
drogen (H), oxygen (O), nitrogen (N), and 542. Carbohydrates are made of which ele-
phosphorus (P) ments
A. Carbohydrates A. carbon, calcium, hydrogen
B. Lipids B. carbon, hydrogen, oxygen
C. Proteins C. carbon, oxygen, calcium
D. Nucleic Acids D. carbon, oxygen, nitrogen
537. What is the function of the cell nucleus 543. Which of the following elements are in all
found in both plant and animal cells? organic compounds?
A. to produce energy A. Hydrogen
B. to control cell activity B. Oxygen
C. to remove waste products C. Sodium
D. to allow molecules to enter the cell D. Carbon
538. An important feature of lipid tails is that 544. Nutritional chemists have found that
they are burning 1 gram of fat releases twice the
A. Hydrophobic amount of heat energy as burning 1 gram
of starch. Based on this information,
B. Hydrophilic which type of biomolecule would cause a
C. Long person to gain more weight?
D. Short A. carbohydrate

B. fat 550. Which biomolecules contains your genetic

C. proteins information?
A. Proteins
D. nucleic acid
B. Lipids
545. Which biomolecule is correctly matched to C. Carbohydrates
its monomer or repeating unit?
D. Nucleic Acids
A. lipid:nucleotide
551. Which of the following is a carbohy-
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B. nucleic acid:monosaccharide drate?
C. carbohydrate:fatty acids A. DNA
D. polypeptide:amino acid B. Protein
546. Which is the monomer that makes up car- C. Sugars

bohydrates? D. Fats
A. Monosaccharides 552. Which biomolecule is responsible for insu-
B. Triglycerides lation and long term energy storage?
A. Protein
C. Amino acids
B. Nucleic Acid
D. Nucleotides
C. Lipid
547. Which of these substances stores and D. Carbohydrate
transmits the information that specifies
the traits of an organism? 553. four most common elements that make
up all living things are carbon, hydrogen,
A. DNA
A. nitrogen, and iron.
B. RNA
B. oxygen, and nitrogen.
C. enzymes
C. calcium, and phosphorus.
D. carbohydrates D. oxygen, and iron.
548. Which of the following are factors that 554. These are large molecules used by living
can denature enzymes if not in optimum organisms for the storage and transmis-
conditions? sion of genetic information.
A. Temperature A. Nucleic Acids
B. pH B. Carbohydrates
C. Substrate Concentration C. Lipids
D. Emotional stability D. Proteins
555. Which structures are found in every liv-
549. The nucleus is like the of the cell.
ing cell?
A. foot A. cell membrane and cytoplasm
B. hand B. chloroplasts and mitochondria
C. stomach C. a cell wall and nucleus
D. brain D. chloroplasts and cell wall

556. Which of the following is a function of a make sure you eat enough of which class
protein? of biomolecule?

A. forms the cell wall A. Protein
B. insulation B. Carb
C. gene expression C. Lipid
D. regulates enzymes D. Nucleic Acids
557. Which biomolecule contains carbon, hy- 562. If our bodies did not receive a constant
drogen, oxygen, and nitrogen? supply of ATP, what would happen to our
A. Carbohydrate cells?
B. Lipid A. Cells would start to die
C. Protein B. Cell production would slow down
D. Nucleic acid C. Cell production would speed up
D. No change to cells
558. Proteins are found to have two differ-
ent types of secondary structures viz. α - 563. Which biomolecule is used for insulation,
helix and β -pIeated sheet structure, α - energy storage and to build cell mem-
helix structure of protein is stabilised by branes?
A. Peptide bonds A. carbohydrates
B. van der Waals forces B. nucleic acids
C. Hydrogen bonds
C. proteins
D. Dipole-dipole interactions
D. lipids
559. This structure supports and protects plant
564. Carries our genetic information that de-
cells.
termines our physical traits
A. Nucleus
A. Carbohydrate
B. Cell Wall
B. Lipids
C. Cell membrane
C. Proteins
D. Cytoplasm
D. Nucleic acids
560. What is the monomer for carbohy-
drates? 565. What is hydrolysis?
A. Amino acid A. Joining molecules together by remov-

ing water
B. Nucleotide
B. Breaking molecules apart by adding
C. Fatty acid water
D. Monosaccharide C. Joining molecules together by adding
water
561. You need a steady supply of amino acids
in your diet to maintain a healthy body. D. Breaking molecules apart by removing
In order to meet this need, you should water

566. The smallest level of organization of life 572. How do enzymes speed up chemical reac-
in an organism tion?
A. tissue A. Increasing activation energy
B. cell B. Decreasing activation energy
C. organ C. Increasing deactivation energy
D. organ system
D. Decreasing deactivation energy
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567. When an enzyme is denatured, the reac-
tant will and the product will 573. Which biomolecule is the main source of
energy for all living things?
A. increase ; decrease
A. proteins
B. decrease ; increase
B. nucleic acids
C. decrease ; decrease
D. increase ; increase C. lipids
D. carbohydrates
568. A molecule that is used by plants and an-
imals to store energy for a short time. 574. In a double helix model of DNA, how far
A. Lipids is each base pair from the next base pair?
B. Carbohydrates A. 3.4 nm
C. Proteins B. 0.34 nm
D. Nucleic Acid C. 34 nm
569. Which biomolecule is known as an infor- D. 0.034 nm
mation molecule and holds your genetics?
A. Carbohydrate 575. Biomolecules are organic molecules
being produced by living organisms.
B. Lipid Which group comprises the four main
C. Nucleic Acid biomolecules?
D. Protein A. carbohydrate, protein, nucleic acid,
amino acid
570. Has ribosomes
B. carbohydrate, protein, lipid, nucleic
A. Prokaryote
acid
B. Eukaryote
C. protein, lipid, nucleic acid, triglyceride
C. both
D. protein, lipid, carbohydrate, nu-
D. nihn cleotide
571. What type of macromolecule are en-
576. Nucleotides are monomers of:
zymes?
A. Protein A. Nucleic Acids
B. Carbohydrate B. Proteins
C. Lipid C. Carbohydrates
D. Nucleic Acid D. Lipids

577. How many sugar-phosphate strands ex- C. Carbohydrate & Protein

ist in each RNA molecule? D. Protein & Nucleic Acid

A. 4
583. Cell membranes are composed of:
B. 2
A. Lipids
C. 1
B. Carbohydrates
D. None
C. Nucleic acids
578. Which biomolecules provide quick energy D. Proteins
for the cell and also provide materials to
build the cell membrane/wall? 584. Fats and oils are composed of what two
A. Carbohydrates groups of molecules?
B. Proteins A. glucose and fructose
C. Lipids B. starch and sugar

C. water and cellulose
D. Nucleic Acids
D. fatty acids and glycerol
579. The monomers of nucleic acids are
585. Which biomolecule is a great source of
A. Monosaccharides
long term energy?
B. Nucleotides
A. Carbohydrates
C. Amino Acids
B. Lipids
D. Fatty Acids
C. Proteins
580. Nucleic Acids have which of the following D. Nucleic acids
elements
586. Oils are which type of macromolecule?
A. Carbon
A. carbohydrates
B. Hydrogen
B. lipids
C. Oxygen
C. nucleic acids
D. Nitrogen
D. proteins
E. Phosphorous
587. The 3 elements found in carbohydrates
581. (question 20) Which biomolecule has the
are
greatest source of energy?
A. Carbon, Oxygen, and Nitrogen
A. Enzymes
B. Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen
B. Carbohydrates
C. Carbon, Oxygen, and Phosphorus
C. Lipids
D. Carbon, Hydrogen, and Posphorus
D. Proteins
588. Which characteristic of water will allow
582. Which biomolecules provides us with en- a paperclip to remain floating on water
ergy? when the paperclip is gently placed on top
A. Carbohydrate & Lipid of the water?
B. Nucleic Acid & Lipid A. adhesion

B. surface tension due to cohesion C. proteins

C. solvent properties D. nucleic acids
D. nonpolar 594. Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen Nitr ogen
589. What are the main molecules that make and Phosphorous are elements in what
up muscle fibers? biomolecule?
A. lipids A. Carbohydrate
B. Lipid
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B. proteins
C. Protein
C. carbohydrates
D. Nucleic acid
D. none of above
595. Which biomolecule helps to build mus-
590. Which of the biomolecules only have the
cles?
elements CHO (Carbon, Hydrogen, and
Oxygen)? A. Nucleic Acid
A. Carbohydrates and Lipids B. Carbohydrate
B. Proteins and Nucleic Acids C. Protein
C. Proteins D. Lipids
D. Carbohydrates and Proteins 596. Which biomolecule is the key source of
quick energy?
591. Which of the following sugars are the
components of lactose? A. Lipid
A. glucose and galactose B. Protein
B. fructose and galactose C. Carbohydrate
C. glucose and fructose D. Nucleic Acid
D. glucose and glucose 597. Which of the following is false about pro-
teins?
592. A health supplement for dogs claims
to build lean muscle, strengthen tendons A. they store energy in plants
and ligaments, as well as provide en- B. as enzymes they speed up reactions
ergy.Which two biomolecules must the
C. the transport material in & out of the
supplement contain to provide these ben-
cell
efits?
D. they regulate cell processes needed
A. Carbohydrates and lipids
for growth, repair, & structure
B. Protein and carbohydrates
598. Which of the following biomolecules con-
C. Nucleic acid and carbohydrates tain only the elements carbon, hydrogen
D. Lipids and nucleic acids and oxygen?
593. What is the main ingredient of every A. carbohydrates and lipids

cell? B. lipids and proteins
A. water C. proteins and nucleic acids
B. lipids D. nucleic acids and carbohydrates

599. Which biomolecule is made of nucleotides 605. Which 2 biomolecules are made of only
and contain you DNA? Carbon, Hydrogen, & Oxygen (CHO)?
A. Amino Acid & Carbohydrates

A. Carbohydrate
B. Lipids B. Amino Acids & Proteins
C. Protein C. Lipids & Carbohydrates
D. Nucleic Acid D. Carbohydrates & Proteins
600. Which biomolecule helps form muscles? 606. (question 22) Which of these affects an
enzymes ability to function? (2 answers)
A. Nucleic Acid
A. The mood of the enzyme
B. Carbohydrate
B. pH (scale that measures acidity)
C. Protein
C. Catalyst
D. Lipids D. Temperature
601. Enzymes are made up of these repeating 607. A biomolecule is analyzed, and it is dis-
monomers. covered that the molecule is composed of
A. monosaccharides several amino acids. Which of these iden-
B. amino acids tifies the biomolecule?
A. Carbohydrates
C. nucleotides
B. Lipids
D. phospholipids
C. Proteins
602. (question 6) Which biomolecule contain D. Nucleic Acids
your genetics?
A. Carbohydrate 608. Which group of organic compounds con-
tains fatty acids?
B. Lipid
A. Carbohydrates
C. Nucleic Acid
B. Lipids
D. Protein
C. Nucleic Acids
603. Monosaccharides is the monomer of D. Proteins
which of the following
609. Uni
A. Proteins
A. one who does
B. Lipids
B. layer
C. Carbohydrates C. fire
D. Nucleic Acids D. one
604. The monomer of Nucleic Acids is known 610. Which biomolecule is made of amino acid
as monomers?
A. Amino Acid A. Nucleic Acid
B. Fatty Acid B. Carbohydrate
C. Nucleotide C. Protein
D. Saccharide D. Lipid

611. Elements:C, H, O, N C. Lipid

A. carbohydrates D. Carbohydrate
B. proteins 617. Which of the following is the best exam-
C. lipids ple of osmosis?
D. nucleic acids A. NA/K Pump
B. Water moving though the cell mem-
612. RNA and DNA are which type of organic
brane
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compound?
C. Kidneys
A. carbohydrate
D. Photosynthesis
B. lipid
C. nucleic acid 618. What is another name for biomolecules
D. protein A. Macromolecules
B. Living molecules
613. Which biomolecule plays a role in muscle
development and repair? C. Biochemicals
A. carbohydrates D. Big molecules
B. lipids 619. What are the functions of proteins?

C. proteins A. Quick source of energy
D. nucleic acids B. Builds muscles, skin, enzymes
C. Stores genetic information
614. What characteristic of Carbon (C) makes
it essential to living organisms? D. Stores energy, insulation, protection
A. carbon forms crystal structures under 620. What is a monomer of lipids?
certain conditions. A. Monosaccharides
B. carbon can exist as a solid, liquid, or B. Amino Acids
gas.
C. Nucleotides
C. carbon bonds in many ways with itself
and other elements to form chains. D. Fatty Acids
D. carbon exists in radioactive forms. 621. By what kind of reaction is polyvinylchlo-

ride (PVC) obtained?
615. What is the most important function of
A. Redox
lipids?
B. Condensation
A. Uses energy
C. Addition
B. Denatures energy
D. Elimination
C. Lowers chemical reactions
D. Stores excess energy 622. Which of these will contain the elements
C arbon, H ydrogen, O xygen, N itrogen,
616. Which biomolecule is frutose and P hosphorus?
A. Nucleic Acid A. monosacharides
B. Protein B. proteins

C. nucleotides C. They just are, it has nothing to do with

D. lipids structure

D. They are alive and can change their
623. Aminoacids, have both an amino group function
and a carboxyl group in their structure.
Which one of the following is an amino 629. The monomer of a carb is a
acid? A. Monosaccharide
A. Formic acid B. Amino Acid
B. Glycerol C. Nucleotide
C. Glycolic Acid D. Triglyceride (3 Fatty Acids and 1 Glyc-
erol)
D. Glycine
630. The Big Bang predicts that the universe
624. Glucose, fructose, sucrose and lactose all
began:
provide energy for the cell
A. 4.5 billion years ago
A. Carbohydrate
B. 13.8 billion years ago
B. Lipid
C. 8 billion years ago
C. Protein
D. 100 billion years ago
D. Nucleic Acid
631. What gives a protein its unique shape?
625. Which type of cell has no nucleus? (3)
A. Eukaryote A. the unique sequence of amino acids in
B. Prokaryote its polypeptide chain
C. Animal B. the unique folding due to the sequence

of amnio acids in the polypeptide chain
D. Plant
C. hydrogen bonding & unique interac-
626. What is a covalent bond? tions between the ‘R’ groups
A. Sharing electrons D. the temperature of the structure
B. Transferring electrons E. the pH of the solution
C. Sharing protons 632. DNA molecule is made of which?
D. Transferring protons A. nucleotides
B. amino acids
627. Which biomolecule does ATP fit in with?
C. glucose
A. Lipids
D. fatty acids
B. Proteins
C. Carbohydrates 633. Protease, Lactase, and Amylase are all
example of what?
D. Nucleic acids
A. protein
628. Proteins are SO diverse because B. Enzymes
A. They all have the same structure C. Amino Acids
B. They have a wide range of structures D. Monomer

634. Which biomolecule contains pastas and C. 1-14

breads? D. 1-20
A. Lipid
640. Example of a protein is
B. Protein
A. RNA
C. Nucleic Acid
B. Insulin
D. Carbohydrate
C. Fats
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635. Genetic information is stored in which D. Sucrose
class of organic compounds?
641. Which of the following is NOT a lipid?
A. proteins
A. Fats
B. lipids
B. Oils
C. nucleic acids
C. Waxes
D. carbohydrates
D. Proteins
636. Which biomolecule can function as an en-
zyme? 642. Which is an example of a lipid?
A. Carbohydrate A. oils
B. Lipid B. carbons
C. Nucleic Acid C. glucose
D. Protein D. DNA
637. What are the building blocks for pro- 643. A molecule that is used by animals for
teins? long term energy.
A. sugars A. Carbohydrates
B. Lipids
B. nucleotides
C. Protein
C. fatty acids
D. Nucleic Acids
D. amino acids
644. Which end of the water molecule has a
638. What are the 4 most abundant elements
slightly positive charge?
in biomolecules?
A. the oxygen end
A. Carbon, Fluorine, Oxygen, Phospho-
rous B. the hydrogen end
B. Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen C. both ends are slightly positive
C. Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Phospho- D. neither end is positive
rous
645. What is another name for a protein?
D. Carbon, Hydrogen, Iodine, Oxygen
A. Polysaccharide
639. The pH scale is a range from: B. Monosaccharide
A. 1-7 C. Polypeptide
B. 0-14 D. Monopeptide

646. This macromolecule stores energy. It also 652. Which biomolecule has three monomers?
forms parts of biological membranes and
acts as a waterproof covering. A. Protein

A. Carbohydrate B. Nucleic Acid
B. Protein C. Lipid
C. Lipid
D. Carbohydrate
D. Nucleic Acid
647. Which two biomolecules are made up only 653. Examples of this biomolecule normally
of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen? ends in-OSE
A. Protein and Nucleic Acid A. lipids
B. Protein and Lipid
B. carbohydrates
C. Carbohydrate and Lipid
C. proteins
D. Carbohydrate and Nucleic Acid
D. nucleic acids
648. Chains of amino acids are
A. proteins
654. When speaking about ‘organic’
B. nucleic acids molecules, which element must be
C. carbohydrates present?
D. lipids A. Carbon
649. (question 5) Which biomolecule contains B. Hydrogen
fats and oils?
C. Oxygen
A. Proteins
B. Nucleic Acid D. Nitrogen
C. Lipids
655. Which food(s) contain nucleic acids?
D. Carbohydrate
A. a carrot
650. Large biological molecules are made up of
smaller subunits. What are these smaller B. a pepperoni pizza
subunits called?
C. a bunch of bananas
A. Enzymes
B. Polymers D. all of the above
C. Monomers
656. Which biomolecule is made of nucleotides
D. Cells and include your DNA?
651. stiff, protective outer layer of plant cells A. Carbohydrate
A. cell membrane
B. Lipids
B. nuclear membrane
C. cell wall C. Protein
D. cytoplasm D. Nucleic Acid

657. This is how you find the number of neu- C. Nucleic Acids
trons in an atom. D. Proteins
A. Subtract the atomic number from the
atomic mass 662. Where is chemical energy stored in
molecules?
B. Subtract the atomic mass from the
atomic number A. In the atoms
C. Add the atomic mass to the atomic B. In the chemical bonds between atoms
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number
C. There is no energy stored in molecules
D. Divide the atomic mass by the atomic
number
D. none of above
658. Why will increasing the temperature af-
fect the rate of the chemical reactions? 663. When we homogenise any tissue in an
acid the acid soluble pool represents
A. There is a lack of sources of fast en-
ergy A. Cytoplasm
B. It will change the shape of the enzyme, B. cell membrane
making it unusable. C. Nucleus
C. The coding information in the cell is in- D. Mitochondria
complete or incorrect
D. If removes insulation and long term en- 664. Nucleic Acids contain which elements?
ergy storage A. CHO
659. The main elements for nucleic acid B. CHON
A. CHO C. CHO(P)
B. CHOMP D. CHONP
C. CHO
665. What happens when enzymes are heated
D. CHONP to a high temperature?
660. This biomolecule provides short-term en- A. The enzymes die.
ergy. B. The shapes of the enzyme are altered
A. Protein denature
B. Lipids C. The enzymes’ amino acid sequence
C. Carbohydrates changes.
D. Nucleic Acids D. The enzymes remain the same
661. Many single-celled organisms rely pri- 666. Lipids are used for long-term storage of
marily on monosaccharides and disaccha- energy and also for
rides as their source of energy. Which
A. Genetic Information
class of biomolecules provides the energy
for these cells? B. Insulation
A. Lipids C. Structure
B. Carbohydrates D. Fast energy

667. Of how many rings are steroids formed? 673. What are the subunits of DNA and their
A. 3 function?

B. 4 A. nucleotides that store info
C. 5 B. monosaccharides that provide quick

energy for the cell
D. 6
C. lipids that store energy and provide in-
668. Which biomolecule is responsible for insu- sulation
lation and energy storage? D. proteins that provide the building
A. Protein blocks for the structural components of or-
ganisms
B. Nucleic Acid
C. Lipid 674. The process that builds molecules by re-
moving water to bind them together is
D. Carbohydrate
A. Hydrolysis
669. What do monomers do?
B. Protein Synthesis
A. Bonds to make a Polymer
C. Dehydration Synthesis
B. Creates Protiens
D. Lysis
C. Stores energy
675. What elements make up carbohydrates?
D. Splits to make more cells
A. Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen
670. Enzymes (catalysts) belong to which
group of biomolecules? B. sulfur, carbon, hydrogen
A. proteins C. glucose and fructose
B. carbohydrates D. carbon, hydrogen, oxygen
C. lipids 676. What is it called when an enzyme loses

D. nucleic acids its shape due to high heat or a change in
pH? (An enzyme is by high heat)
671. DNA and RNA are an example of A. deactivated
A. Amino Acids B. denatured
B. Proteins C. closed
C. Lipids D. irregular
D. Nuclei Acids
677. What biomolecule serves as structural
672. All of the following are examples of lipids materials in hair, nails and connective tis-
except: sues?
A. oil A. protein
B. wax B. lipid
C. fatty acid C. carbohydrate
D. cellulose D. nucleic acid

678. Which biomolecule contain your genet- 684. The monomer for a lipid is:
ics? A. monosaccharide
A. Carbohydrate B. fatty acid
B. Lipid C. nucleotide
C. Nucleic Acid D. amino acid
D. Protein
685. What are the main dietary sources for
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679. (question 13) All polymers are made up carbohydrates
of A. bread, pasta, fruit
A. monosaccharides B. pasta, fruit, chicken
B. monomers C. fruit, bread, chicken
C. proteins D. bread, pasta, cheese
D. None of these
686. Amino Acids are the building blocks of
680. Which foods that are high in carbs? which of the following
A. Eggs, fish, poultry A. Proteins
B. Cheese, meats, vegetables B. Carbohydrates
C. Bread, potatoes, and pasta C. Lipids
D. Multitude of oils, butter and condi- D. Nucleic Acids
ments
687. Which of the following transfers the ge-
681. Which is NOT a function for Lipids? netic information for the creation of pro-
A. Long term Energy Storage teinsfrom the nucleus to the ribosomes?
B. Chubify A. DNA
C. Insulation B. RNA
D. Cell Membrane Structure C. nucleotide

D. enzyme
682. Which of the following is a monosaccha-
ride? 688. The monomer for a protein is:
A. Chitin A. amino acid
B. Sucrose B. fatty acid
C. Starch C. monosaccharide
D. Glucose D. nucleotide
683. (question 4) Which biomolecule is your 689. are small individual molecules that
main source of quick energy? when linked together form a
A. Nucleic Acid A. polymers, monomer
B. Protein B. carbohydrates, lipid
C. Lipid C. proteins, nucleic acid
D. Carbohydrate D. monomers, polymer

690. Which of the following, found ONLY in C. Nylon

plant cells, provides structure? D. Low density polyethylene

A. cell wall
696. Which biomolecule’s monomer (or build-
B. chloroplast ing block) is amino acids?
C. mitochondria A. Lipids
D. vacuole B. Proteins
691. Enzymes need certain environmental con- C. Nucleic Acid
ditions in order to function properly. What D. Carbohydrate
happens when enzymes are heated to a
high temperature? 697. Once an enzyme does it’s work, the en-
zyme is
A. they die
A. destroyed
B. they denature
B. unchanged
C. they change their amino acid sequence
C. duplicated
D. they work better
D. changed
692. A(n) is a substance with a pH greater
than 7. 698. This macromolecule is the main source of
energy and serves as structural purposes
A. Base in plants .
B. Acid A. Carbohydrates
C. Buffer B. Proteins
D. Water C. Lipids
693. What is the main goal of enzymes? D. Nucleic Acid
A. lower the activation energy 699. Nucleic acids, proteins, and other large bi-
B. raise the activation energy ological molecules are known as polymers
because-
C. slow the reaction rate
A. They all contain only ionic bonds.
D. find other molecules
B. they contain many small, repeating
694. Each polypeptide in a protein has subunits bonded together.
aminoacids linked with each other in a
C. They all have the capability of function-
specific sequence. This sequence of amino
ing as enzymes.
acids is said to be
D. They are the base units used in the for-
A. primary structure of proteins.
mation of plastics.
B. secondary structure of proteins
700. Which biomolecule is not a true poly-
C. tertiary structure of proteins.
mer?
D. quaternary structure of proteins. A. Carbohydrates
695. Its a natural polymer B. Lipids
A. Starch C. Proteins
B. Polylactic acid D. Nucleic acids

701. are the building blocks of matter. 707. The enzymes that catalyze cellular reac-
A. molecules tions are macromolecules made of organic
compounds composed of carbon, hydrogen,
B. compounds oxygen, and nitrogen. These types of
C. atoms macromolecules are known as-
D. nucleus A. starches
B. sugars
702. The smallest unit that can perform the ba-
C. proteins
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sic activities of life is
A. a cell D. fats
B. a tissue 708. Which biomolecules are used for energy?

(Select all that apply)
C. an organ
A. Nucleic Acid
D. an organism
B. Protein
703. What does POLY-mean? C. Lipid
A. Two D. Carbohydrate
B. A name for a parrot
709. what is the main source of energy out of
C. Many the 4 biomolecules
D. One A. carbohydrates
704. Which of the following shows the cor- B. lipids
rect monomer to polymer for CARBOHY- C. nucleic acid
DRATES. D. proteins
A. Amino Acid:Enzyme
710. Example of Nucleic Acid
B. Glucose:Starch
A. DNA
C. Nucleotide:DNA
B. TFR
D. Fatty acid tail:triglyceride C. RNA
705. Which foods are considered carbohy- D. IRT
drates?
711. Which of the following is a correct pair?
A. potatoes & bread
A. Glucose:Disaccharide
B. steak & fish
B. Sucrose:Monosaccharide
C. milk & cheese C. Starch:Polysaccharide
D. chicken & yogurt D. Triglyceride:Polysaccharide
706. Glucose on oxidation with Br2(aq) gives 712. Below are the four biomolecules, EXCEPT:
A. Gluconic acid A. Protein
B. Tartaric acid B. Lard
C. Sachharic acid C. Carbohydrates
D. Meso-oxalic acid D. Nucleic Acid

713. Which biomolecule is important for insu- 718. What is the best definition of the function
lation? of nucleic acids?

A. Lipid A. They contain defense mechanisms
B. Proteins against bacteria
C. Carbohydrates B. They contain the information that

makes you and makes you different from
D. Nucleic acid every other living thing
714. An important feature of the lipid head C. They are used as the structural compo-
structure is that they are nents of the body (muscles and organs)
A. Hydrophobic D. They create the cell membrane
B. Hydrophilic 719. Enzymes are an example of
C. Round A. Lipids
D. Square B. Carbohydrate
715. Elements:C, H, O, N, P C. Protein
A. carbohydrates D. Nucleic Acid
B. proteins 720. A basic ( alkaline ) solution has a
C. lipids A. higher concentration of hydrogen ions
D. nucleic acids than hydroxide ions
B. equal concentration of hydroxide ions
716. A student is lactose intolerant and cannot
and hydrogen ions
digest dairy products.What enzyme is this
person missing or does not make enough C. higher concentration of hydroxide ions
of? than hydrogen ions
A. amylase D. none of above
B. catalase 721. Which macromolecule stores energy, in-
C. lactase sulates us, and makes up the cell mem-
brane?
D. cellulase
A. lipids
717. Which of the following is the correct or-
B. proteins
der of organization in living things from
most basic (simple) to most complex? C. carbohydrates
A. Organism, cell, tissue, organ, organ D. nucleic acids
system
722. Pasta, Bread, and Potatoes are all exam-
B. Organ system, organ, tissue, cell, or- ples of what kind of biomolecules?
ganism
A. Carbohydrates
C. Cell, tissue, organ, organ system, or-
ganism B. Lipids
D. Cell, organ, tissue, organ, organism, C. Proteins

organ system D. Nucleic Acids

723. All living things contain what element? C. 1:2:1

A. helium D. 3:1:3
B. sodium
729. collect sunlight which it converts to (en-
C. copper ergy) glucose
D. carbon A. chloroplasts
724. The monomers used to synthesize pro- B. cytoplasm
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teins are called
C. cell wall
A. Nucleotides
D. mitochondria
B. Fatty Acids
C. Amino Acids 730. Which biomolecule is one of the main
sources of energy in the human body?
D. Sugars
A. Carbohydrates
725. Which biomolecule contains DNA encode
B. Lipids
genes, gene expression, helps make pro-
teins C. Proteins
A. Nucleic Acid D. Nucleic acids
B. Lipid
731. Which group of biomolecules includes ge-
C. Carbohydrate netic material (DNA and RNA)?
D. Protein A. carbohydrates
726. Which biomolecules play a role in the im- B. lipids
mune system and in the structure of the C. proteins
cytoskeleton?
D. nucleic acids
A. Carbohydrates
B. Lipids 732. All cells need energy to function. Which
C. Proteins cell organelle is responsible for producing
energy in the cell?
D. Nucleic Acids
A. chloroplasts
727. Which biomolecule do living organisms B. mitochondria
use as energy storage?
C. nucleus
A. carbohydrates
D. vacuoles
B. lipids
C. protein 733. releases energy for cells to use, most
D. nucleic acid common in animal cells
A. mitochondria
728. Carbohydrates have C, H, O. What is the
ratio of elements? B. ribosomes
A. 2:1:2 C. lysosomes
B. 1:3:1 D. nucleolus

734. Which monomer makes up lipids? sunburns. Which biomolecule would you
A. Amino acid infer is responsible for albinism?

B. Nucleotide A. Carbohydrate
C. Fatty acid B. Protein
D. Monosaccharide C. Lipid
D. Nucleic Acid
735. Disaccharide is formed by combining two
monosaccharides. What do you call the 740. This macromolecule controls the rate of
process of combining 2 or more simple sug- reactions, regulates cell processes, forms
ars? cellular structures, carry substances in and
A. Hydrolysis out of the cell, and helps fight disease.
B. Peptide bonding A. Carbohydrates
C. Condensation B. Proteins
D. Saccharide bonding C. Lipids

D. Nucleic Acid
736. Hydrophilic =
A. Water loving 741. Which biomolecule is helpful for long term
energy storage?
B. Water hating
A. Nucleic acid
C. Made of hydrogen
B. Protein
D. Made of water
C. Carbohydrate
737. Which of the following is LEAST likely to D. Lipid
dissolve in water?
A. nonpolar fats and oils 742. Which biomolecule’s monomer (or build-
ing block) is glycerol and fatty acid?
B. polar sugar molecules
A. Lipids
C. salt made of a positive sodium ion and
a negative chloride ion B. Proteins
D. all of the substances will dissolve eas- C. Carbohydrate

ily in water D. Nucleic Acid
738. Which of the following elements is NOT 743. I am responsible for long term energy
present in carbohydrates? storage in mammals.
A. carbon A. Protein
B. oxygen B. Lipid
C. nitrogen C. Carbohydrate
D. hydrogen D. Nucleic Acid
739. People with albinism do not produce the 744. Large bodies of water, such as lakes and
melanin protein. Melanin allows for peo- oceans, do not quickly fluctuate in temper-
ple to be protected from the sun and thus ature. What is the reason for this phe-
people with albinism are prone to severe nomenon?

A. Water is an acid. 750. The suffix “saccharide” means

B. Water is a versatile solvent. A. Sugar
C. Water has a high heat capacity. B. Protein
D. Water acts as a buffer. C. Lipid
D. Phospholipid
745. Which element is NOT found in carbohy-
drates? 751. Lipids are primarily made out of
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A. Carbon A. Carbon
B. Hydrogen B. Hydrogen
C. Nitrogen C. Oxygen
D. Oxygen D. Nitrogen
E. Phosphorus
746. The polysaccharide that forms the ex-
oskeleton of insects. 752. α -D (+) glucose and β -D (+)-glucose are
A. starch A. Enantiomers
B. Geometrical isomers
B. glycogen
C. Anomers
C. cellulose
D. Epimers
D. chitin
753. The energy from simple carbs is immedi-
747. Which of the following elements are com- ate and
mon to all biomolecules? I. Carbon II. Ni-
A. Very long lasting
trogen III. Hydrogen IV. Potassium
B. Very short lasting
A. I, III
C. Can last 2 days
B. II, IV
D. none of above
C. I, II, III
754. What is homeostasis?
D. I, II, III, IV
A. Keeping something at an ideal posi-
748. Which biomolecule contains fats and tion/setting
oils? B. A species of hominids
A. Proteins C. The category in which we put
B. Nucleic Acid biomolecules
C. Lipids D. A mixture that is fully blended (with all
biomolecules equal)
D. Carbohydrate
755. Which biomolecule is made of long chains
749. Enzyme is a/an of amino acids?
A. carbohydrate A. Protein
B. lipid B. Lipids
C. protein C. Carbohydrate
D. nucleic acid D. Nucleic Acid

756. Many monomers can be cross-linked to- 762. Which of the following is not a lipid?
gether to form A. steroid

A. molecules B. cholesterol
B. plastic material C. wax
C. polymers D. cellulose
D. balloons and silly putty
763. Which of the following is not a carbon
757. which is not a lipid compound?
A. steroid A. Carbohydrates
B. cholesterol B. Lipids
C. cellulose C. Nucleic Acids
D. wax D. Vitamins
758. Lipids are used in what biological struc- 764. The number 1 inside the universal recy-
ture? cling symbol refers to
A. RNA A. PVC
B. DNA B. Others
C. PETE
C. Cell membrane
D. HDPE
D. Cell wall
765. Which of the following macromolecules
759. Why are simple carbs so easy for your
is a prominent part of animal tissue that
body to break down and use?
functions in insulation, helping animals con-
A. They have a very simple structure serve heat?
B. They are very large and complex A. Carbohydrates
C. Structure has nothing to do with the B. Lipids
function of molecules C. Proteins
D. none of above D. Nucleic acids
760. What is the monomer that makes up nu- 766. DNA, RNA, and ATP are examples of
cleic acids? which biomolecule?
A. Monosaccharides A. carbohydrates
B. Fatty acids B. nucleic acids
C. Nucleotides C. proteins
D. Amino acids D. lipids
761. What is the correct function for glyco- 767. A bunch of sugars linked together make
gen? what kind of carbohydrate?
A. Acts as a storage food for animals A. Lipid
B. enzyme that causes reactions B. Sugar
C. stores genetic information C. Starch
D. increases a rate of a reaction D. Acid

768. Which is a level of organization C. monosaccharides

A. tree D. nucleic acids
B. organism 774. Which biomolecules act as energy storage
C. nitrogen for the cell and also cushions and insulates
D. carbohydrates organs?
A. Carbohyrdates
769. How many amino acids are coded for by
B. Lipids
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this sequence of nucleotides:ATG GGA ACT
CCA C. Proteins
A. 4 D. Nucleic Acids
B. 2
775. One atom of carbon can form up to
C. 6 covalent bonds with other atoms:
D. 12 A. 1
770. Which bio-molecule is NEVER broken B. 2
down by the body for energy? C. 3
A. Proteins D. 4
B. Carbohydrates
776. Examples include kidney, bones, liver,
C. Nucleic Acids heart, brain, stomach, bladder, intestines
D. Lipids A. cell
771. Keratin present in hair is an example of B. tissue
A. Fibrous protein C. organ
B. Globular protein D. organ system
C. Conjugated protein 777. (question 17) A monomer is
D. Derived protein A. a single atom
772. The four most common elements found in B. a building block for polymers
biomolecules are C. a single element
A. Sulfur, Phosphorus, Carbon, Oxygen D. is an inorganic molecule
B. Carbon, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Hydrogen
778. which is the correct order from least to
C. Sulfur, Nitrogen, Carbon, Iron most complex
D. Carbon, Nitrogen, Hydrogen, Sulfur A. skin cell, digestive system, cat
773. Proteins are composed of which B. cat, respiratory system, brain cell
molecules? C. cardiac cell, circulatory system, hu-
A. amino acids man
B. fatty acids D. muscle tissue, bone, epithelial cell

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1.10 Cell Cycle and Cell Division

1. During which stage of the cell cycle is DNA 6. When DNA is tightly coiled it is called (a):
replicated?
A. Chromatin
A. Gap1
B. Chromosome
B. Gap2
C. Chromatids
C. Mitosis
D. Chromosine
D. Synthesis
7. The relaxed stands of DNA that are the cell
2. The following describes during mito-
nucleus during Interphase are called
sis. The chromatin condenses and spindle
fibers form at each side of the cell. The A. chromatin
nuclear membrane breaks apart. B. chromosome
A. prophase
C. centromere
B. metaphase
D. replicated chromosome
C. anaphase
D. telophase 8. Fruit fly body cells have 8 chromosomes.
After mitosis you would expect the result-
3. Chromosomes become visible, nuclear ening fruit fly daughter cells to have chro-
velope fragments, and nucleolus disap- mosomes.
pears during A. 16
A. Prophase B. 8
B. Metaphase
C. 46
C. Anaphase
D. 4
D. Telophase
9. Put the following stages of the cell cycle
4. Checks for DNA damage and DNA replica- in order:G2, S, G1, M (M = mitosis).
tion completeness.
A. G1, S, G2, M
A. G1 checkpoint
B. S, G1, G2, M
B. G2 checkpoint
C. G1, M, G2, S
C. Spindle checkpoint
D. M, G1, S, G2
D. DNA polymerase
5. In what stage are chromosomes separated 10. The first three phases of the cell cycle are
and moved to opposite poles? collectively known as
A. prophase A. a gap.
B. metaphase B. mitosis.
C. anaphase C. telophase.
D. telophase D. interphase.

11. Which of the following is NOT a reason we C. mitosis

need mitosis. D. tumor
A. Growth
17. What is the correct equation for cellular
B. Recovering from injuries respiration?
C. Replacement of dead cells A. C6H12O6 + 6O2 → 6CO2 + 6H2O +
D. Reproducing Energy
B. C6H12O6 + 6O2 + Energy → 6CO2 +
12. Cells spend most of their life in which
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6H2O
stage of the cell cycle?
C. 6CO2 + 6H2O → C6H12O6 + 6O2 +
A. mitosis
Energy
B. meoisis
D. 6CO2 + 6H2O + Energy → C6H12O6
C. interphase + 6O2
D. anaphase
18. Period of the cell cycle between cell divi-
13. All our cells, except sex cells like eggs or sions
sperm, have DNA A. Centriole
A. different B. Prophase
B. similar C. Cell cycle
C. exactly the same D. Interphase
D. half the amount of 19. Chromosomes are made up of two identi-
14. Which of the following is NOT a phase of cal sister
MITOSIS? A. chloroplasts
A. Prophase B. nuclei
B. Metaphase C. chromatids
C. Anaphase D. gens
D. Interphase 20. During what phase of the cell cycle does
cell division occur?
15. Based only on the sex chromosomes in typ-
ical human egg and sperm cells at fertiliza- A. Interphase
tion, the probability of producing a female B. M phase
is
C. S phase
A. 25%
D. G2 phase
B. 50%
21. During what phase of the cell cycle does
C. 75%
cell division occur (the nucleus and cell di-
D. 90% vide)?
16. the process in which the nucleus of the cell A. Interphase
divides B. M phase (= mitosis)
A. cancer C. S phase
B. mitosis D. G2 phase

22. The end result of mitosis is 27. The phase in mitosis where chromosomes
A. 2 genetically different daughter cells move away from each other is:

B. 4 genetically identical daughter cells A. prophase
C. 2 genetically identical daughter cells B. anaphase
D. 4 genetically different daughter cells C. metaphase

D. telephase
23. What is DNA composed of?
A. Sugars, salts, and hydrogen bonds 28. A map of chromosomes is called
B. Phosphate, a pentose sugar, and a ni- A. chromatid

trogenous base B. genotype
C. A nitrogenous base, hexose sugar, and C. karyotype
polyphosphate D. phenotype
D. A phosphate sugar, Ribonucleic acid,
and hydrogen 29. What type of cells may never undergo mi-
tosis and make new cells?
24. What is the role of the spindle fibers dur- A. blood cells
ing mitosis?
B. skin cells
A. They help separate the chromosomes.
C. nerve cells
B. They break down the nuclear mem-
brane. D. stomach cells
C. They duplicate the DNA. 30. Begins after G1 checkpoint New DNA is
D. They make the chromosomes visible. replicated Two DNA copies are made
A. G1
25. According to the results of our cell size lab,
which is a true statement B. S phase
A. large cells have an easier time moving C. G2

molecules D. none of above
B. smaller cells have an easier time mov- 31. Cancer often results in a tumor, or a mass
ing molecules of abnormal cells that are smaller than nor-
C. The rate of diffusion is faster in large mal. Which part of the cell cycle is affected
cells the most?
D. the rate of diffusion is faster in small A. Mitosis
cells B. Synthesis
E. s C. Gap 1
26. Human eggs and sperm are , and each D. Gap 2
has chromosomes.
32. The condensation of chromatin into chro-
A. diploid, 23 mosomes is a characteristic of which phase
B. diploid, 46 of mitosis?
C. haploid, 23 A. Metaphase
D. haploid, 46 B. Anaphase

C. Telophase 38. The process of crossing over occurs in what

D. Prophase phase of meiosis?
A. anaphase 1
33. Which of the following is not a way that
genes for cell cycle regulatory proteins can B. prophase 1
be damaged? C. prophase 2
A. cell crowding D. telophase 1
B. carcinogens
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39. of the cell’s life is spent during what
C. inherited mutations stage?
D. exposure to certain viruses A. Prophase
B. Anaphase
34. Checks for cell size, nutrients, growth fac-
tors, and DNA damage. C. Metaphase
A. G1 checkpoint D. Interphase
B. G2 checkpoint 40. During cell development, our tails and the
C. Spindle checkpoint webbing between fingers and toes die by
a process of programmed cell death called
D. DNA polymerase
A. apoptosis
35. Which of the following is a feature of a
B. mitosis
plant cell division that distinguishes it from
an animal cell dividing? C. meiosis
A. a cell plate forms D. cytokinesis
B. a cleavage furrow forms 41. A jelly-like substance found inside a cell
C. cytokinesis does not occur surrounding its organelles is
D. four new cells are present A. cytokenisis
B. cytoplasm
36. What is the correct expansion for DNA?
C. mitosis
A. Deoxynucelic acid
D. epithelial
B. Dioxynucleic acid
C. Dioxyribonucleic acid 42. The phase of the cell cycle that occupies
most of an average cell’s life is
D. Deoxyribonucleic acid
A. G1
37. A(n) is a stage in the eukaryotic cell B. S
cycle at which the cell examines internal
and external cues and “decides” whether C. G2
or not to move forward with division. D. Mitosis
A. checkpoint 43. Why are stem cells important?
B. chromosome A. They have specialized DNA
C. interphase B. They are incapable of becoming cancer
D. tumor cells

C. They have the potential to undergo cell C. nucleus

division D. cell membrane

D. They have the potential to develop into
other cell types 49. Most cells in an organism go through a cy-
cle of growth, development, and division
44. A daughter cell that resulted from a mitotic called the
division has 24 chromosomes. How many A. cell cycle
chromosomes did the parent cell have?
B. mitosis
A. 6
C. cytokinesis
B. 12
D. multicellular organism
C. 24
50. What happens during the cell cycle when a
D. 48
cell becomes cancer?
45. What is the purpose of crossing-over in A. Checkpoints repeat
meiosis?
B. Checkpoints don’t function properly
A. To create mutations in gametes to in-
C. Mitosis is repeated
crease variation
D. Cells shrink
B. To randomly separate homologous
chromosome pairs 51. division of the cytoplasm, resulting in two
C. To reduce the number of chromo- daughter cells
somes in gametes by one half A. cytokinesis
D. To create new combinations of alleles B. cancer
on homologous chromosomes
C. mitosis
46. Before cells can divide, what is copied dur- D. tumor
ing S-phase?
52. If a cell is exposed to a chemical that
A. mitochondria
inhibits the production of spindle fibers
B. cytoplasm as the cell is preparing for mitosis, what
C. DNA would most likely happen?
D. Cell Wall A. the cell would continue with mitotic di-
vision
47. What are the 3 stages of interphase in or- B. the cell would undergo meiotic division
der?
C. the cell would break open
A. G1, G2, S
D. the cell would not divide
B. S, G1, G2
C. G, G1, G2 53. How many cells are created in mitosis?
D. G1, S, G2 A. DNA splits to create two identical cells
called daughter cells
48. Within which structure does DNA replica- B. DNA splits to create four identical cells
tion take place called daughter cells
A. vacuole C. DNA splits to create thirty two identi-
B. ribosome cal cells called daughter cells

D. DNA splits to create twenty one identi- A. prophase

cal cells called daughter cells B. metaphase
54. Which of the following is true about DNA C. anaphase
replication? D. interphase
A. It must occur before the cell can divide
60. In which part of the cell cycle do two new
B. the process is helped by enzymes nuclei form?
C. two identical strands are formed
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A. Interphase
D. all of the above B. Mitosis
55. When a plant cell goes through cell divi- C. cytokinesis
sion,
D. Synthesis
A. the 2 new nuclei are separated by the
cell membrane pinching off. 61. If a cell is cubic shaped with each side hav-
ing a length of 3 cm, what is the surface
B. 4 new cells are formed.
area to volume ratio of the cell?
C. a cell plate forms, dividing the 2 new
A. 6:1
nuclei.
B. 3:1
D. none of above
C. 2:1
56. Goes through P.M.A.T two rounds
D. 1:1
A. Mitosis
B. Meiosis
the cell grow? (first sub-phase of inter-
C. Osmosis phase)
D. Transcription A. G1 phase
57. What does DNA Replication mean? B. S phase
A. DNA is made. C. M phase
B. DNA makes new cells. D. Cytokinesis
C. DNA copies itself. 63. Which of the following correctly sequences
D. DNA starts the cell cycle. the events of interphase?
58. The causes of cancer may include which of A. Gap1, Gap2, Synthesis
the following? B. Gap1, Synthesis, Gap2
A. environmental influences C. Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase,
B. UV radiation Telophase
C. viruses D. Metaphase, Anaphase, Prophase,

Telophase
D. all of these
64. How many daughter cells are produced in
59. The stage in mitosis where the chromo- mitosis?
somes line up in the middle of the cell
and the spindle fibers attach to the cen- A. 4 new cells
tromeres of the chromosomes. B. 2 new cells

C. One new cell 70. One of two tiny structures located in the
D. none of these cytoplasm of animal cells near the nuclear
envelope

65. The formation of a cell plate is beginning A. Centriole
across the middle of a cell and nuclei are re-
forming at opposite ends of the cell. What B. Prophase
kind of cell is this? C. Cell cycle
A. a plant cell in metaphase D. Interphase
B. an animal cell undergoing cytokinesis
71. If one side of a DNA molecule is coded AT-
C. a plant cell undergoing cytokinesis GCCT, what would be the complementary
D. an animal cell in metaphase side look like?
A. UACGGA
66. Which of the following shows the correct
order of the entire cell cycle? B. GCATTC
A. IMPACT C. AUGCCT
B. IPMATC D. TACGGA
C. MATPIC 72. When a large cell is compared to a small

D. IPAMTC cell, large cells have more trouble (select
all that apply)
67. The individual strands on duplicated chro- A. with information overload
mosomes are called
B. producing daughter cells.
A. Centromeres
C. moving needed materials in and waste
B. daughters products out.
C. Chromatids D. storing needed materials and waste
D. Karyotypes products.
68. Name the growth phase of the cell cycle 73. What is the final step in the cell cycle?
for both Mitosis and Meiosis. A. Cell grows in the G1 phase
A. metaphase B. Cell divides through mitosis
B. telophase C. DNA replicates in the S phase
C. interphase D. Cytoplasm divides through cytokinesis
D. anaophase
74. During which phase of mitosis do the chro-
69. What does a cell make during the synthe- mosomes line up along the middle of the
sis stage of the cell cycle? dividing cell?
A. more organelles A. telophase
B. a copy of DNA B. metaphase
C. daughter cells C. anaphase
D. more surface area D. prophase

75. What is uncontrolled cell division? C. an undifferentiated cell of a multicellu-

A. what a normal cell goes through lar organism
B. what an abnormal cell goes through, D. one or more layers of densely packed
causing cancer cells
C. when you end with one cell 81. A human body cell usually has how many
D. none of the above chromosomes?
76. If a body cell of a chimpanzee contains A. 6
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48 chromosomes, a gamete produced by B. 22
a chimpanzee will contain how many chro-
C. 4
mosomes?
A. 24 chromosomes D. 46
B. 36 chromosomes 82. In the G2 stage of cell division,

C. 48 chromosomes A. the cell prepares all cellular structures
D. 96 chromosomes for mitosis
77. In which phase of mitosis does the DNA B. the cell proof-reads the DNA.
condense into visible chromosomes? C. the cell makes sure it still has enough
A. prophase nutrients for the next stages of cell divi-
sion.
B. metaphase
D. all of the above
C. anaphase
D. telophase 83. Which lists the mitosis phases in the cor-
rect order?
78. If the diploid number of chromosomes in a
cat is 60, what is the haploid number of A. prophase, metaphase, anaphase,
chromosomes? telophase
A. 10 B. prophase, anaphase, metaphase,
B. 20 telophase
C. 30 C. telophase, metaphase, anaphase,

prophase
D. 60
D. telophase, anaphase, metaphase,
79. What happens during the S phase? prophase
A. growth
84. What are the two main functions of mito-
B. chromosomes line up in the middle sis?
C. DNA is replicated A. Allows the body to grow and develop
D. cytoplasm splits
B. Allows new cells to constantly be re-
80. A somatic cell is placed
A. any cell of a living organism other than C. Allows old cells to be replaced by new
the reproductive cells. cells
B. The reproductive cells of an organism. D. Allows the body to be held together

85. the phase of mitosis in which the sister 90. Which of the following explains why a cell
chromatids separate from each other has to divide?

A. prophase A. volume increases
B. metaphase B. surface area decreases
C. anaphase C. it will starve
D. telophase D. it will die from cytoplasm poisoning
91. Daughter cells created by meiosis II have

86. What is one goal of cellular differentia-
tion/specialization? A. half the parents DNA
A. To create specialized cells to help or- B. exact copy of the parent’s DNA
ganism maintain homeostasis. C. twice the parent’s DNA
B. To many cells. D. created their own DNA from scratch
C. To make stem cells
92. When a eukaryotic cell is not dividing, its
D. to make single celled organisms genetic material can be found in the form
of very long thin fibers called
87. The sister chromatids separate and move A. chromatin
away from each other during which
phase? B. chromosomes
A. prophase C. the nucleolus
B. metaphase D. RNA
C. anaphase 93. When DNA condenses, it coils around pro-

teins called
D. telophase
A. histones
E. cytokinesis
B. supercoils
88. Prophase occurs in which phase of the cell C. chromosomes line up in the middle of
cycle? the cell
A. M phase D. chromatin
B. S phase
94. What process must happen before cells
C. G0 start to divide?
D. Interphase A. DNA must be replicated
B. DNA must undergo respiration
89. The two halves of the chromosome which
are copies each other are called the C. Organelles must divide
A. centromere D. Organelles must be replicated
B. centrioles 95. Which of the following explains why nor-

mal cells grown in a petri dish tend to stop
C. sister chromatids
growing once they have covered the bot-
D. spindles tom of the dish?

A. Most cells grown in petri dishes have 101. What is interphase designed to do?
a defective p53. A. Allow cells to grow and shrink
B. Contact with other cells stops cell B. Replicate DNA
growth.
C. Allow cells to grow
C. The petri dish inhibits cell growth.
D. Check for proper environmental condi-
D. The cells lack cyclin. tions before dividing
96. Guanine bonds with E. Allow cells to shrink
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A. Adenine 102. During what phase of the cell cycle does
B. Guanine the cell grow & do normal activities?
C. Cytosine A. G1 phase
B. S phase
D. Thymine
C. M phase
97. Which disease is caused by a problem in
D. Cytokinesis
the regulation of the cell cycle?
A. cancer 103. Which of the following describes the pur-
pose of the mitosis cell cycle?
B. Down syndrome
A. To make more of the same cells.
C. diabetes
B. For growth and repair.
D. sickle cell anemia
C. To prevent the cell from becoming too
98. Which cell cycle checkpoint makes sure large.
that chromosomes are duplicated and D. All of the above.
checks for damage of the replicated DNA?
104. Define apoptosis.
A. G1 checkpoint
A. Cell repair
B. S checkpoint
B. Programmed cell death
C. G2 checkpoint
C. Protein synthesis
D. M checkpoint
D. DNA replication
99. What type of reproduction due unicellular
105. A repeating sequence of growth and divi-
organisms go through?
sion
A. asexual
A. Mitosis
B. sexual B. Interphase
C. unisexual C. Cell Cycle
D. none of above D. Somatic
100. In which stage of the cell cycle does the 106. When during the cell cycle are chromo-
cell duplicate its DNA? somes visible?
A. G1 A. only during interphase
B. S B. only when they are being replicated
C. G2 C. only during the G1 phase
D. Mitosis D. only during cell division

107. Interphase is the phase of the cell cycle 112. In which phase of mitosis do the homol-
that includes which of the following stages ogous chromosomes line up down the mid-
dle of the cell?

A. Growth 1, anaphase, and synthesis A. prophase
B. Growth 1, synthesis, and growth 2 B. metaphase
C. Growth 1, cytokinesis, and mitosis C. anaphase
D. Growth 1, synthesis, and mitosis D. telophase
108. What is apoptosis?
113. “Bigger is always better” is a popular
A. Programmed cell death (cell sui- saying, but this is not always true for cells.
cide) to prevent the spread of mu- What is one reason for this?
tated/cancerous cells.
A. Small cells transport materials faster
B. A type of cell division done by most of
your body cells. B. Smaller cells require more mitochon-
dria (energy)
C. The final separation into two daughter
cells and completion of the cell cycle. C. Smaller cells can grow faster during
the G1 Phase
D. Sperm and egg cells.
D. Smaller cells can reproduce more
109. An osteoblast would help to build bone quickly
during
A. telophase 114. the process in which all of the nuclear
DNA is copied
B. G1 phase
A. cell division
C. anaphase
B. synthesis phase
D. synthesis phase
C. interphase
E. cytokinesis
D. DNA replication
110. At different times in the cell cycle the cell
monitors its health makes sure its DNA is 115. During which subphase of Interphase
correct. These times are called: does prepartion for division occur?
A. Gap Phases A. G1
B. Synthesis Phases B. S
C. Checkpoints
C. G2
D. Cytokinesis
D. none of above
111. During which phase of mitosis does the
nuclear envelope reform and the nucleoli 116. phase of the cell cycle in which the cell
reappear? makes final preparations to divide.
A. interphase A. mitosis
B. prophase B. growth Phase 1
C. metaphase C. growth phase 2
D. telophase D. tumor

117. During interphase, a cell grows, dupli- B. Metaphase

cates organelles, and
C. Anaphase
A. copies DNA
D. Telophase
B. divides the nucleus
C. divides the cytoplasm 123. In animal cells, the cell membrane pinches
in, dividing the cytoplasm into 2 cells
D. produces a new cell
A. Metaphase
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118. During what phase of the cell cycle is DNA
B. Anaphase
replicated?
A. G1 C. Telephase
B. G2 D. Cytokinesis
C. S phase 124. Which part of mitosis occurs when the
D. none of above chromosomes are uncoiling back into chro-
matin?
119. the phase in mitosis where chromosomes
move away and are pulled by spindles to A. interphase
opposite sides of the cell. B. telophase
A. prophase C. prophase
B. anaphase D. anaphase
C. metaphase E. metaphase
D. telephase
125. When a cell’s size increases, its
120. What is the division of cytoplasm called?
A. volume increases faster than its sur-
A. chromosome face area
B. mitosis B. surface area increases faster than its
C. cytokinesis volume.
D. the cell cycle C. volume increases, but its surface area
stays the same.
121. Which is true in both mitosis and meio-
sis? D. surface area stays the same, but its
volume increases.
A. Production of haploid cells
B. Division of two cells into four 126. The following describes during mito-
C. Cytokinesis after nuclear division sis. The chromosomes line up along the
center of the cell and the spindle fibers
D. Formation of genetically identical cells attach to each chromosome at the cen-
122. The shortest of all the phases. Cen- tromere.
tromeres line up among the imaginary A. prophase
plate. Spindle fibers connect the cen-
B. metaphase
tromere of each chromosome to the two
pairs. C. anaphase
A. Prophase D. telophase

127. What process is used to make new body C. Synthesis

cells?
D. G2

A. Meiosis
B. sexual reproduction 133. What occurs after cytokinesis is com-
C. Mitosis pleted?
D. crossing over A. The cell organizes its microtubules
128. When during the cell cycle are chromo- B. The cell begins to replicate its DNA
somes able to be seen under the micro- C. The cell enters G1
scope?
D. The cell enters G2
A. only during interphase
B. only when replicating 134. The uncontrolled division of cells
C. only during cell division A. meiosis
D. only during the S phase
B. cancer
129. Organisms get their energy to do work
C. nondisjunction
from energy.
A. solar energy D. crossing over
B. chemical energy 135. In which stage of the cell cycle does nu-
C. thermal energy clear splitting take place?
D. nuclear energy A. G2
130. Division of the cytoplasm during cell divi- B. S
sion
C. Mitosis
A. Cell division
D. Cytokinesis
B. Mitosis
C. Cytokinesis 136. or more of the cell cycle is spent here.
D. Chromatid
A. Interphase
131. When are chromosomes visible? B. Mitosis
A. S phase
C. Cytokinesis
B. G1 phase
D. Anaphase
C. G2 phase
D. Mitosis 137. In general, the purpose of a checkpoint in
the cell cycle is:
132. Substage of interphase in which the cell
prepares for nuclear division and a protein A. To allow the cell to rest
that makes microtubules for cell division is
synthesized B. To check for any errors
A. Interphase C. To signal cell replication

B. G1 D. To signal DNA replication

138. Which of the following represents the C. Growth1

phases of mitosis in their proper se- D. Synthesis
quence?
A. metaphase, anaphase, prophase, 143. When homologous chromosomes match
telophase up, they form a structure call a
B. telophase, metaphase, anaphase, A. tetrad
prophase, B. triad
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C. prophase, metaphase, anaphase, C. diploid
telophase
D. gamete
D. anaphase, metaphase, prophase,
telophase 144. Which of the following helps to “pinch”
the cell into two?
139. During which phase in the cell cycle does
A. Cytoskeleton
mitosis happen?
B. Centrioles
A. G1 phase
C. Spindle Fibers
B. G2 phase
D. Cell Wall
C. M phase
D. S phase 145. The centromere is a region in which
A. metaphase chromosomes become
140. What happens in prophase of mitosis?
aligned at the metaphase plate.
A. The chromosomes become visible; nu-
B. chromosomes are grouped during
cleus disappear; spindles form
telophase.
B. The chromosomes align in the middle
C. chromatids remain attached to one an-
of the cell
other until anaphase.
C. The sister chromatids separate
D. the nucleus is located prior to mitosis.
D. The chromosomes uncoil into chro-
matin; nucleus reappears; spindles disap- 146. The cell carries out normal functions dur-
pear ing..
141. What type of cell results from meiosis? A. interphase
A. diploid B. cytokinesis
B. haploid C. mitosis
C. octoploid D. none of above
D. decaploid 147. During normal mitotic cell division, a par-

ent cell having four chromosomes will pro-
142. During which stage of the Cell Cycle duce two daughter cells, each containing
does the cell grow, replicate organelles, in-
crease cytoplasm, and carry out normal ac- A. 4 chromosomes
tivities? B. 2 chromosomes
A. Growth2 C. 16 chromosomes
B. Mitosis D. 8 chromosomes

148. What does cytokinesis mean? A. the S phase.

A. Condensed DNA B. cytokinesis.

B. Cells splitting C. telophase.
C. Cells moving D. checkpoints.
D. Moving things with your mind 154. Why do we need meiosis?
149. The final result after mitosis and cytoki- A. To double the number of chromosomes
nesis is going into sex cells
B. To halve the number of chromosomes
A. two daughter cells with different ge-
going into sex cells
netic material
C. To triple the number of chromosomes
B. two daughter cells with identical ge-
netic material
D. To not change the number of chromo-
C. a parent cell and a daughter cell with
somes going into sex cells
different genetic material
D. a parent cell and a daughter cell with 155. These form during prophase, then attach
identical genetic material to chromosomes at the centromere to pull
them apart during cell division
150. During what phase of the cell cycle does A. centromeres
the cell grow and prepare to replicate
B. nucleus
DNA?
C. spindle fibers
A. G1 phase
D. gene
B. S phase
C. M phase 156. Cells enter a resting state in
A. G0
D. Cytokinesis
B. G1
151. Time period between cell divisions.
C. G2
A. Anaphase D. G3
B. Mitosis
157. The cell membrane pinches in, dividing the
C. Cytokinesis cytoplasm into 2 cells
D. Interphase A. Metaphase
152. Which organelle moves the chromo- B. Anaphase
somes? C. Telephase
A. Centriole D. Cytokinesis
B. Nucleus 158. In animal cells, cytokinesis and cell divi-
C. Cell Plate sion happens at the
D. Lysosomes A. cell plate
B. cleavage furrow
153. The cell cycle is monitored through a
series of “self-inspections” as each cell C. both of these
passes through D. neither of there

159. In the 2nd part of cell division, the cyto- 164. During which phase of mitosis do sister
plasm divides. This is called chromatids separate from each other?
A. interphase A. prophase
B. mitosis B. metaphase
C. cytokinesis C. anaphase
D. telophase
D. anaphase
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165. What is it called when a sperm and egg
160. Which family of proteins regulates the meet?
timing of the cell cycle in eukaryotes?
A. meiosis
A. Chromatids
B. fertilization
B. DNA and RNA
C. cell division
C. Cyclins D. mitosis
D. Chromosomes
166. If the message inhibiting cell division is
161. DNA replication occurs in what phase of blocked, what will most likely result?
cell cycle? A. uncontrolled cell division
A. Interphase B. decreased cell division
B. Growth phase C. apoptosis
C. Mitotic phase D. nothing
D. Synthesis Phase 167. What would most likely result if mitosis

was not accompanied by cytoplasmic divi-
162. Structures used to help the cell divide. sion?
They produce spindle fibers. A. Two cells, each with one nucleus
A. nucleus B. Two cells, each without a nucleus
B. centrioles C. One cell with two identical nuclei
C. centromeres D. One cell without a nucleus
D. chromosomes 168. When during the cell cycle does the cell
spend most of the cycle growing?
163. Place the stages of mitosis in the correct
order. A. G1 phase
A. Prophase, Metaphase, Telophase, B. G2 phase

Anaphase C. M phase
B. Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, D. S phase
Telophase
169. Some scientists name the stage where
C. Prophase, Telophase, Anaphase, cells carry out their normal functions but
Metaphase are unlikely to divide. The name they give
D. Prophase, Telophase, Metaphase, this stage is
Anaphase A. G0

B. G1 B. cell cycle
C. G2 C. cytokinesis

D. G3 D. mitotic phase
170. Which of the following is NOT a correct 175. Which of the following is NOT an exter-
statement about the events of the cell cy- nal factor that will promote cell growth
cle?
A. An increase in growth hormone
A. interphase is usually the longest phase
B. A decrease in growth hormone
B. DNA replicates during the S phase
C. cell division ends with cytokinesis C. Death of nearby cells
D. most of the cell growth occurs during D. Decrease in surface area to volume ra-
the G2 phase tio
171. The condensed structure in the nucleus 176. Uncontrolled cell growth is
that is formed from DNA is called a A. obesity
A. chromosome
B. cancer
B. organelle
C. diabetes
C. membraneds
D. none of above
D. ribosome
177. A pair of similar chromosomes are called:
172. The attachment of nucleotides to form a
complementary strand of DNA during repli- A. homocycular
cation B. homologous
A. is accomplished by DNA polymerase
C. homocellular
B. is accomplished only in the presence
D. homonucleus
of tRNA
C. prevents separation of complemen- 178. Which of the following phases does the
tary strands of RNA cell have TWO nuclei?
D. is the responsibility of the proofread- A. telophase
ing enzymes
B. anaphase
173. Spindle fibers that helped divide the chro- C. metaphase
mosomes begin to disappear, and the chro-
mosomes begin to uncoil D. prophase
A. Prophase 179. During what stage of the Cell Cycle is
B. Metaphase DNA replicated?
C. Anaphase A. Growth1
D. Telophase B. Growth2
174. Division of the cytoplasm is called C. Mitosis
A. mitosis D. Synthesis

180. All of these issues can occur if a cell gets C. 2 new identical cells are created
too large EXCEPT; D. DNA gets copied
A. Nutrients take longer to reach the cell
186. Which of the following terms refers to
B. An information overload occurs the time between cell divisions?
C. a high surface to volume ratio A. Interphase
D. wastes take longer to remove B. Mitosis
C. Meiosis
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181. The process by which the nuclear material
is divided equally between two new cells D. Cytokinesis
A. mitosis 187. In mitosis cells are genetically , but in
B. cancer meiosis cells are genetically
C. spindle A. different, identical
D. centromere B. identical, different
C. identical, identical
182. Signals the cell to move on the next stage
D. different, different
A. Centrioles
B. Chromatids 188. What holds the replicated sister chro-
matids together?
C. Chromosomes
A. Centromere
D. Cyclins
B. Centriole
183. The word “cycle” in cell cycle refers to C. Chromosomes
the of growth, DNA duplication, and
cell division that occurs in eukaryotic cells. D. Cycles
A. repetition 189. The division of the nucleus is known as:

B. randomness A. Synthesis
C. rapidness B. Mitosis
D. retention C. G1
D. G2
184. Which is the first part of mitosis, when
the cell is preparing to divide? 190. Which of these cells never divides?
A. interphase A. Skin cell
B. telophase B. Liver cell
C. prophase C. Nerve cell
D. anaphase D. Blood cell
E. metaphase 191. Cells spend the majority of their lifes in
185. During interphase A. interphase
A. DNA lines up in the middle of the cell B. M
and DNA attaches to spindle fibers C. S
B. 2 new nuclei form D. G2

192. The phase of mitosis during which the nu- 197. When does the G1, S and G2 phases hap-
clear envelope fragments and the nucleoli pen?
disappear is called

A. Interphase
A. interphase B. M phase
B. prophase C. Mitosis
C. metaphase D. Cytokinesis
D. telophase
198. Organism made only of stem cells
193. The G0 phase occurs when cells A. adults
A. conduct cellular functions B. embryo
B. exit the cell cycle C. plants
C. divide D. babys
D. synthesize new DNA
199. Fanlike microtubule structure that helps
E. replicate DNA separate the chromosomes during mitosis
194. Cancer cells: A. Spindle
A. Lose the ability to divide B. Telophase
B. Divide more slowly than normal cells C. Anaphase
C. uncontrollably divide D. Metaphase
D. Spend less time in mitosis/cytokinesis 200. What stage of the cell cycle follows S
phase?
195. Which of the following processes occurs
during telophase? A. G1
A. Microtubules attach to the cen- B. G2
tromere. C. M
B. Separase cuts through cohesin pro- D. Cytokinesis
teins.
C. Chromosomes line up at the center of 201. Mitosis creates
the cell. A. egg cells
D. The nuclear envelope forms. B. sperm cells
E. The spindle apparatus pulls sister chro- C. somatic cells
matids apart. D. gametes
196. Cytokinesis involves division of 202. Before cells can divide, what must be
A. cytosol copied?
B. chromosomes A. mitochondria
C. cytokines B. cytoplasm
D. centrioles C. DNA
E. the cytoplasm D. Cell Wall

203. What happens during anaphase? 208. In what phase of mitosis do long strands
of chromatin condense and coil into visible
A. chromosomes are pulled apart
chromosomes?
B. chromosomes line up at the equator A. Prophase
C. nuclear membrane reforms B. Anaphase
D. chromosomes replicate C. Telophase
D. Metaphase
204. When cells keep dividing out of control,
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this can become 209. In which phase of mitosis are two new
nuclei formed?
A. cancer
A. prophase
B. mitosis
B. metaphase
C. meiosis
C. anaphase
D. cell differentiation D. telophase
205. The stage in mitosis where the cen- 210. occurs when the cell cycle is no longer reg-
tromere splits in each chromosome, sister ulated
chromatids separate, forming new chro- A. cytokinesis
mosomes, and those chromosomes move
B. mitosis
away to opposite sides of the cell.
C. cancer
A. prophase
D. tumor
B. anaphase
211. Which process produces the most varia-
C. telophase tion within a species?
D. metaphase A. Asexual reproduction
B. Binary fission
206. A fruit fly body cell has 8 chromosomes.
After MITOSIS, how many chromosomes C. Mitosis
will each of the 2 daughter cells have? D. Sexual reproduction
A. 4 212. Which of the following is a phase in the
B. 16 cell cycle?
C. 8 A. G2 phase
B. M phase
D. none of above
C. G1 phase
207. During which stage of mitosis do the chro- D. all available answers
mosomes separate and sister chromatids
move to opposite poles of the cell? 213. Which is less likely to be a function of mi-
tosis?
A. Prophase
A. Organism growth
B. Metaphase B. Body tissue repair
C. Anaphase C. Gamete development
D. Telophase D. Asexual reproduction

214. Sexual reproduction requires parents 219. The cell cycle is monitored as each cell
and asexual reproduction requires par- passes through
ents

A. S phase
A. 1, 1 B. checkpoints
B. 2, 2 C. interphase
C. 2, 1 D. cytokinesis
D. 1, 2 220. What is the outcome of crossing over in
Meiosis?
215. In sexual reproduction the female pro-
duces cells. A. increased genetic variation
A. Femalex B. decreased genetic variation

C. increased number of chromosomes
B. Quack
D. decreased number of chromosomes
C. Egg
D. Sperm 221. During this phase, chromosomes line up
in the center of the cell and spindle fibers
216. Which part of the cell cycle does the cell attach to the centromeres.
enter when it is resting and waiting for a A. metaphase
signal to divide?
B. telephase
A. GO
C. anaphase
B. G1 D. prophase
C. S
222. What is a chromosome?
D. G2
A. It is condensed DNA
217. Students in a science class use a micro- B. It is the proteins that DNA wraps
scope to look at a collection of onion cells. around
Which phase will most of the cells the stu- C. It is a secret
dents observe most likely be undergoing?
D. It’s a painting technique
A. Interphase
223. The final stage of the cell cycle during
B. Mitosis
which the cytoplasm and cell membrane
C. Cytokinesis completely split, forming two new identi-
cal daughter cells.
D. Gap 1
A. interphase
218. What is the phase called where the cyto- B. mitosis
plasm is split in two?
C. telophase
A. cytokinesis
D. cytokinesis
B. fermentation
224. Spindle fibers attach, centrioles line chro-
C. fertilization
mosomes in the center of the cell de-
D. cotyledon scribes:

A. Prophase 229. Cyanide is a toxin that stops the mito-

B. Telophase chondria from producing ATP. If cyanide
were introduced into your cells, it is prob-
C. Metaphase ably acting as a(n)
D. Anaphase A. activator
225. What is one reason why we need meio- B. coenzyme
sis? C. inhibitor
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A. To double the number of chromosomes D. substrate
230. The structure that holds the sister chro-
B. To halve the number of chromosomes matids together in the chromosome is
going into sex cells called the
C. To triple the number of chromosomes A. centromere
B. centriole
D. To not change the number of chromo-
C. sister chromatid
somes going into sex cells
D. spindle
226. Spindle fibers attach to what part of the
chromosome during Metaphase? 231. If a somatic cell has 10 chromosomes and
it goes through mitosis and cytokinesis,
A. chromatin how many chromosomes are in the daugh-
B. chromatid ter cells?
C. cenrioles A. 10 chromosomes
D. centromere B. 5 chromosomes
C. 20 chromosomes
227. Why would it be important to replicate
DNA before a cell divides in mitosis or D. 15 chromosomes
meiosis?
232. the two halves of a chromosome after
A. In order for the genetic information to DNA has been replicated
be transferred into daughter cells
A. centromeres
B. In order for the DNA to be contained B. sister chromatids
in the nucleus
C. spindle
C. In order for the cell to be able to in-
crease in size D. tissues
D. In order for the cell to re-order the 233. The chemical colchicine districts cell divi-
DNA sequencing in the new cells sion. Which cell process would most likely
stop of colchicine were added to a culture
228. The shape of a DNA molecule of human liver cells?
A. helix A. Mitosis
B. double helix B. Meiosis
C. twisted ladder C. Crossing over
D. coiled D. Active transport

234. The following describes during mito- C. 9 cm2

sis. The spindle fiber splits the centromere D. none of above
and the chromatids move to opposite sides

of the cell. 240. What is the relationship between the cell
A. prophase size and the cell nutrient absorption rate?
B. metaphase A. The smaller the cell size the less nutri-
ents are absorbed
C. anaphase
B. The larger the cell size the more nutri-
D. telophase
ents are absorbed
235. Cells divide for three important reasons:1 C. The smaller the cell size the more nu-
2.Repair3.Reproduction trients are absorbed
A. growth D. The relationship between cell size and
B. happiness nutrient absorption rate cannot be deter-
mined
C. wealth
D. respiration 241. Each of the two threadlike strands in a
chromosome
236. During which stage of mitosis do chromo-
A. Chromatid
somes separate as spindle fibers pull sister
chromatids to opposite poles of the cell? B. Diploid
A. Prophase C. Haploid
B. Metaphase D. Sperm
C. Anaphase 242. The cell spends most of it’s life in
D. Telophase A. mitosis
237. Cells go through additional growth. B. cytokinesis
A. G1 C. Interphase
B. S D. None of the above
C. G2
243. Which part of mitosis occurs when the
D. M phase chromosomes are separating to opposite
sides of the cell?
238. A newly replicated chromosome consists
of two identical “ “ chromatids A. interphase
A. sister B. telophase
B. brother C. prophase
C. cousin D. anaphase
D. son E. metaphase
239. Which is the surface area for a cubic cell 244. The part of the cell cycle that divides the
that measures 3cm? cytoplasm of the cell
A. 27 cm2 A. Interphase
B. 54 cm2 B. Metaphase

C. Telophase 250. In eukaryotes, normal cell growth and

cell division are controlled and regulated
D. Cytokinesis
by
245. Cancer cells form masses of cells called A. Proteins
A. cyclins B. Lipids
B. cysts C. Fats
C. growth factors D. Carbohydrates
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D. tumors 251. What is a series of events a cell goes
through as they grow, replicate DNA and
246. Cytokinesis in plant cells involves the for- divide?
mation of-
A. Cell Division
A. a belt of protein threads
B. Cell Cycle
B. a cell plate
C. Cytokinesis
C. spindle fibers
D. Mitosis
D. centrioles
252. During which phase of Mitosis do Chro-
247. What are the two major periods of the mosomes line up along the equator of the
cell cyle? cell?
A. Interphase & Prophase A. prophase
B. Cell-Division & Cytokinesis B. metaphase
C. Interphase & Cell-Division C. anaphase
D. Interphase & Cell-Happiness D. telophase
248. The result of mitosis is two nuclei with 253. is the uncontrolled growth of cells, of-
a duplicate set of chromosomes. The cell ten resulting in a tumor or mass of abnor-
splits to make daughter cells. The two mal cells
new cells then begin the cell cycle all over A. Cancer
again beginning with interphase. B. Apoptosis
A. Cell division C. Radiation
B. Cytokinesis D. none of above
C. Mitosis
254. A sub-phase in the interphase wherein
D. Telophase the cell primarily duplicates its DNA via
semiconservative replication. What phase
249. Cell splits into two. am I?
A. Metaphase A. Telophase
B. Cytokinesis B. S Phase
C. Interphase C. Prophase
D. Prophase D. Interphase

255. The process by which a diploid parent cell 260. Which of the following is NOT a way that
gives rise to two diploid daughter cells is? cell division solves the problems of cell
growth?

A. mitosis
B. meiosis A. Cell division increases the surface
area of the original cell.
C. spindle
B. Cell division increases the mass of the
D. centromere
original cell.
256. During Prophase these form when chro- C. Cell division provides each daughter
matin condenses. cell with its own copy of DNA.
A. nuclear membrane D. Cell division reduces the original cell’s
B. organelles volume.
C. cells
261. The structure in the nucleus that is
D. chromosomes formed from DNA is called a
257. One difference between a regular cell and A. chromosome
a cancerous cell is
B. organelle
A. that cancer cells continually cycle
C. membraneds
through mitosis
B. cancer cells spend the majority of their D. ribosome
time in the G1 phase
262. When a parent cell divides, it makes two
C. cancer cells always stop at check cells.
points
A. daughter
D. nothing is all that special about cancer
cells B. son
C. Mom
258. Prokaryotes don’t have a nucleus, in-
stead, they reproduce by making a copy D. Dad
of its chromosome, growing larger, then
dividing into two identical cells. It is called 263. Chromatin refers to DNA that is
A. mitosis A. tightly coiled and condensed
B. cytokinesis B. worn out and needs replaced
C. binary fission C. long relaxed strands
D. binary fusion D. none of the above
259. During telophase
264. During which stage of the cell cycle does
A. DNA lines up in the middle of the cell the cytoplasm and its contents divide?
and DNA attaches to spindle fibers
A. Interphase
B. centrioles and spindle fibers appear
B. Synthesis
C. Each DNA gets pull to the opposite
sides of the cell C. Mitosis
D. 2 new nuclei form D. Cytokinesis

265. Why do cells go through the cell cycle? C. sperm

A. growth D. zygote
B. repair
271. What happens during Mitosis?
C. reproduction
A. The nucleus of the cell divides
D. All of the above
B. The cytoplasm of the cell divides
266. The cell that undergoes mitosis is often
C. The cell divides
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called the cell.
A. parent D. none of above
B. daughter 272. Which protein holds sister chromatids to-

C. son gether during mitosis?
D. mother A. kinetochore
267. After mitosis and cytokineses, one cell be- B. myosin

comes C. actin
A. Two identical cells D. cohesin
B. Two genetically different cells E. separase
C. Four identical cells
273. Two identical sets of chromosomes are at
D. Four genetically different cells
opposite ends of the cell
268. What is one advantage of sexual repro- A. Prophase
duction?
B. Metaphase
A. offspring are identical to parents
C. Anaphase
B. offspring are resistant to viruses
D. Telophase
C. offspring are born live, rather than
from eggs
274. Which process can occur in both mitosis
D. offspring inherit a wider variety of ge- and meiosis?
netic information
A. fertilization
269. what is the phase of the cell cycle where B. independent assortment
the cytoplasm and organelles are divided
called? C. gene mutation
A. prophase D. crossing over

B. anaphase 275. The division of the nucleus is know as
C. telophase what?
D. cytokinesis A. Synthesis
270. The fertilized egg is termed a/an B. G2 Phase
A. gamete C. Mitosis
B. allele D. G1 Phase

276. The cell finishes dividing by becoming 281. The organelles that produce spindle fibers
two cells. This STOPS mitosis for the two and help the cell divide are
cells and they will both enter interphase.

A. nucleus
A. G2 B. centrioles
B. cytokinesis C. centromeres
C. mitosis D. chromosomes
D. S
282. The process that causes cells to becomes
277. Phase of the cell when it exits the cell specialized to a specific function
cycle A. multipotent
A. G1 B. apoptosis
B. M C. differentiation
C. G0 D. cancer
D. S 283. Cancer creates abnormal cells by disrupt-
ing
278. What would happen if interphase didn’t
happen first? A. the cell cycle
A. Cells wouldn’t form correctly B. red blood cell formation
B. Chromosomes wouldn’t form at all C. DNA replication
C. There would not be enough chromo- D. ATP synthesis

somes
284. Cells make copies of themselves to re-
D. Nothing would happen place cells.
A. unhappy
279. What happens in mitosis during
metaphase? B. damaged
A. Spindle fibers disappear C. smelly
B. Duplicated chromosomes pull apart D. fake
alone the metaphase plate
285. Select all that describe a “Normal Cell”
C. The nuclear membrane disappears
A. Divide about 40-60 times before they
D. The duplicated chromosomes line up “grow old” and die
among the metaphase plate in the middle
B. Respond to cell cycle regulator signals
of the cell
to stop dividing
280. During cytokinesis, the divides. C. When cell has damaged DNA the cell
dies
A. cytoplasm
D. Ignore signals to stop dividing, re-
B. daughter
spond to positive and negative factors
C. proteins
E. Divide many more times than normal
D. checkpoints cells

286. Examples of mitosis include: 292. What does NOT happen during inter-
A. Parent and offspring are identical phase?
B. Parent and offspring are different A. growth
C. Creates new body cells in eukaryotes B. DNA replication
D. Creates new body cells in prokaryotes C. obtaining nutrients
287. During this cell cycle checkpoint the cell D. cell divison
checks that it has grown big enough to di-
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vide again. 293. Division of cytoplasm is also known as
A. G1 or Growth Phase 1 A. cytokinesis
B. G2 or Growth Phase 2 B. mitosis
C. Mitosis Phase
C. interphase
D. Cytokinesis
D. cytotoxic
288. One of two identical “sister” parts of a
duplicated chromosome 294. After cell division, the new cells are re-
A. Cell division ferred to as:
B. Mitosis A. Brother cells
C. Cytokinesis B. Twin cells
D. Chromatid C. Daughter cells
289. Nuclear membrane breaks down, spindle D. none of above
fibers form describes:
A. Prophase 295. Ultraviolet light can prevent the cell cycle
from occurring properly. Which of these
B. Anaphase
phases will it affect the most?
C. Metaphase
A. Mitosis
D. Telophase
B. Synthesis
290. What stages of the cell cycle make up in-
terphase? C. Gap 1
A. Prophase, Metaphase, and Telophase D. Gap 2
B. Gap 1, Synthesis, and Cytokinesis
296. Which of the following statements cor-
C. Gap 1, Gap 2, and Synthesis rectly describes meiosis?
D. Anaphase, Prophase, and Cytokinesis
A. Meiosis does not occur in reproductive
291. In what stage of the cell cycle does DNA cells.
replicate? B. The cells produced at the end are iden-
A. G1 tical
B. G2 C. the cells produced at the end contain
C. Synthesis half the # of chromosomes
D. Cytokinesis D. cells divide only once during meiosis

297. In the G2 stage the C. does not metastisize

A. nucleus divides. D. never causes health problems

B. DNA is copied.
303. Which checkpoint ensures sister chro-
C. cytoplasm divides.
matids are positioned to be split cor-
D. cell prepares for cell division. rectly?
298. When a plant cell goes through cell divi- A. G1 checkpoint
sion, B. G2 checkpoint
A. the 2 new nuclei are separated by the
C. S checkpoint
cell membrane pinching off.
B. 4 new cells are formed D. M checkpoint
C. a cell plate forms, dividing the 2 new 304. The longest phase of the cell cycle
nuclei
A. prophase
B. interphase
299. Cells are taking in nutrients Proteins are
being synthesized Organelles are dupli- C. metaphase
cated D. mitosis
A. G1
305. The phase of mitosis that is characterized
B. S phase
by the arrangement of all chromosomes
C. G2 along the equator of the cell is called
D. none of above A. telophase
300. What process increases genetic diversity B. metaphase
in organisms?
C. anaphase
A. mitosis
D. prophase
B. asexual reproduction
C. DNA replication 306. The cell begins to get longer
D. meiosis A. Prophase
301. How many daughter cells are produced B. Metaphase
from meiosis? C. Anaphase
A. 10
D. Telophase
B. 6
C. 4 307. Which of the following phases is not in-
cluded in interphase?
D. 2
A. G1
302. A benign tumor differs from a malignant
tumor in that a benign tumor B. S
A. is cancerous C. G2
B. spreads from the original site D. M

308. The purpose of meiosis is to form 313. If the Diploid number of Carrots is 18, the
cells. haploid number is
A. body A. 18
B. sex B. 9
C. somatic C. 27
D. brain D. 36
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309. Which of the following terms means cy-
314. The shortest phase, where chromosomes
toplasmic division?
are pulled toward poles by motor proteins
A. interphase occurs during
B. mitosis A. Prophase
C. cytokinesis B. Metaphase
D. cell cycle C. Anaphase
310. As a result of mitosis, each of the two D. Telophase
new cells produced from the parent cell-
315. During which stage of mitosis do chro-
A. receives a few chromosomes from the
mosomes line up along the equator of the
parent cell
cell?
B. receives an exact copy of all the chro-
A. Prophase
mosomes present in the parent cell
B. Metaphase
C. donates a chromosome to the parent
cell C. Anaphase
D. receives exactly half the chromosomes D. Telophase
from the parent cell
316. Which phase during interphase doe this
311. During what phase of the cell cycle does happen? The cell increases in size and pro-
the cell divide the copied DNA into two sep- duce new organelles and proteins
arate copies?
A. G2
A. Cytokinesis
B. G1
B. Mitosis phase
C. S
C. S phase
D. G3
D. G2 phase
312. A human zygote should have chromo- 317. During the G1 phase of the cell cycle, the
somes inside. cell
A. 46 A. duplicates it’s DNA.

B. 23 B. grows and makes proteins.
C. 92 C. divides.
D. 64 D. none of above

318. The final result of Meiosis is B. metaphase

A. 4 Haploid Daughter Cells like Sperm C. anaphase

and Egg D. telophase
B. 2 Haploid Daughter Cells like Sperm E. cytokinesis
and Egg
324. Cancer is
C. 2 Diploid Daughter Cells like Stomach
Cells A. Uncontrolled cell growth
D. 4 Diploid Daughter Cells like Stomach B. Normal cell growth
Cells C. A protein
D. A cell cycle regulator
319. What must occur during the cell cycle
to ensure proper division of the chromo- 325. The stage in mitosis where the chro-
somes? mosomes condense, the nuclear envelope
A. The cell must grow in size breaks down, and the centrioles migrate
to opposite poles of the cell.
B. The mitochondria must divide
A. prophase
C. The DNA of the cell must replicate
B. metaphase
D. The cell membrane must dissolve
C. telophase
320. A chromosome is packaged D. anaphase
A. DNA
326. Human somatic sells contain 46 chromo-
B. Protein somes; during meiosis, haploid SEX CELLS
C. Carbohydrates are formed with chromosomes each.
D. Lipids A. 46
B. 23
321. In the G2 stage of cell division, are
made. C. 92
A. organelles D. 54
B. structures for cell division 327. What is the correct term for “cylinder-
shaped organelles found in animal cells
C. proteins
which help to form spindle fibers during
D. all of the above cell division”?
322. Cells grow and divide to make copies of A. centriole
themselves or to produce B. nucleus
A. new cells C. spindle fibers
B. old cells D. cytokinesis
C. bacteria 328. A spindle fiber is a specialized form of
D. atoms A. microtubule
323. The cell starts to split into two cells dur- B. centrosome
ing which phase? C. centriole
A. prophase D. chromosome

329. What is the role of the spindle during mi- 334. The phases in which eukaryotic cells
tosis? grow, divide, and reproduce is
A. It duplicates the DNA. A. cell replication
B. It divides the cell in half. B. Mitosis
C. It breaks down the nuclear membrane. C. Cell Division
D. It helps separate the chromosomes. D. the Cell Cycle
330. What happens in Interphase? 335. The longest phase of the Cell Cycle is
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A. The cells are at rest before the active A. Prophase
division phase starts
B. Interphase
B. The cells are producing more nuclei
C. Cytokinesis
C. The cells are synthesizing DNA, RNA,
D. Metaphse
and proteins
D. The cells all go into G0 phase and with- 336. What is the official definition of cancer?
draw from the cell cycle A. The uncontrolled cell division that is
331. What is the Identical cell formed during linked to cell cycle regulators.
cell division Called? B. When cell has damaged DNA and the
A. Daughter Nucleus cell dies
B. Daughter Cycle C. When a cell migrates or metastasizes

to other areas in the body and grow blood
C. Daughter Cells vessels to give oxygen and nutrients
D. Daughter Organelles D. Result of a gene mutation that pro-
332. What are the stages of the cell cycle in duced faulty proteins
order?
337. Diploid Cells are represented by
A. interphase, telophase, metaphase,
A. 2n
anaphase, prophase and cytokinesis
B. n
B. interphase, prophase, metaphase,
anaphase, telophase and cytokinesis C. 4n
C. prophase, metaphase, anaphase, D. 1/2 n
telophase, cytokinesis and interphase
338. What is the longest phase in MITOSIS?
D. interphase, prophase, anaphase,
A. Prophase
metaphase, telophase, and cytokinesis
B. Metaphase
333. If a cell were undergoing mitosis and it
C. Interphase
has 16 chromosomes, how many chromo-
somes would be found in the cells pro- D. Anaphase
duced?
339. Centrioles pull the chromosomes apart to-
A. two cells with 8 chromosomes wards the opposite sides of the cell de-
B. two cells with 16 chromosomes scribes:
C. four cells with 8 chromosomes A. Prophase
D. four cells with 16 chromosomes B. Metaphase

C. Telophase 345. The Gap 1, Synthesis, and Gap 2 stages

of the cell cycle make up
D. Anaphase

A. interphase
340. Haploid means 1 set of chromosomes, so B. prophase
if a diploid Parent cell has 64 chromo-
somes then a Haploid daughter cell will C. telophase
have D. cytokinesis
A. 32 346. How many of chromosomes in a normal
B. 64 human body cell?
C. 16 A. 23 chromosomes
D. 128 B. 36 chromosomes
C. 46 chromosomes
341. During interphase, what is the cell do-
D. none are correct
ing?
A. Protein synthesis 347. Match the definition to the word. An ab-
normal mass of cells.
B. Normal cell function
A. Tumor
C. DNA replication towards the end of in-
B. Big cells
terphase
C. Growth of cells
D. All of these
D. none of above
342. During interphase, is replicated.
348. In this phase, the cell is preparing for the
A. ATP cell division of the mitotic phase.
B. DNA A. Go
C. RNA B. G1
D. FBI C. G2
D. S
343. Humans have pairs of chromosomes.
349. What is another name for sex cells?
A. 21
A. gametes
B. 23
B. wametes
C. 46
C. sametes
D. lametes
350. At a point in the cell cycle, chromosomes
the cell divide into two cells?
have aligned near the middle of a cell.
A. Cytokinesis Which sequence of events will the cell
need to complete to produce two identical
B. Mitosis phase
daughter cells?
C. S phase
A. ANAPHASE, TELOPHASE, CYTOKINE-
D. G2 phase SIS

B. ANAOHASE 2, TELOPHASE2, CYTOKI- 355. An advantage of sexual reproduction

NESIS over asexual reproduction is that sexual
reproduction
C. TELOPHASE, CYTOKINESIS, INTER-
PHASE A. takes less time
D. PROPHASE, ANAPHASE, TELOPHASE B. its more efficient
C. provides genetic diversity
351. On a human karyotype, what chromo-
some pair would have a mutation when D. it produces identical offspring
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there is a diagnosis of Klinefelter’s Syn- 356. What happens in Cytokinesis?
drome?
A. DNA replicates
A. The first pair of chromosomes
B. Cell grows and matures
B. The second pair of chromosomes
C. Cytoplasm is dividing forming two
C. The 21st pair of chromosomes daughter cells.
D. The 23rd pair of chromosomes D. Cell is dividing, but NOT splitting in two
352. Which of the following cannot be at- 357. The cell cycle in prokaryotes produces
tributed to Metaphase? cells that are the as the parent cell by
a process called
A. Chromosomes arrange themselves
along the equator A. Different:sexual reproduction
B. Spindle fibers get attached to the cen- B. Same:mitosis
tromeres C. Same:meiosis
C. Spindle fibers get attached to the nu- D. Equal:binary fission
cleosome
358. This is the cell cycle checkpoint that
D. none of above makes sure DNA has been replicated cor-
rectly during S phase.
353. Centrosomes separate and move toward
poles and spindles form during A. G1 Checkpoint
A. Prophase B. G2 Checkpoint
B. Metaphase C. M Checkpoint
D. I Checkpoint
C. Anaphase
D. Telophase 359. Which of these cannot be attributed to
Prophase?
354. During what stage of mitosis does the nu- A. Chromosomes get duplicated
clear membrane (envelope) break up and
the nucleolus disappear? B. Nucleus and nucleolus disappear
A. Metaphase C. Centrioles occupy opposite poles of

the cell
B. Prophase
D. Spindle fibers appear
C. Anaphase
E. Chromosomes get attached to the spin-
D. Telophase dle fibers via centromere

360. Spindle fibers pull and push the dupli- 365. The cell cycle is regulated by
cated mitotic chromosomes to the middle A. Checkpoints
of the cell

B. Medicine
A. Prophase
C. Radiation
B. Metaphase
D. Temperature
C. Anaphase
366. In the G1 stage of the cell cycle, the cell
D. Telophase
A. Grows
361. The first three phases of the cell cycle are
B. Matures
collectively known as
C. Carries on normal activities
A. interphase
D. All of the above
B. mitosis
C. cytokinesis 367. During what part of cell division do chro-
mosomes firat become visible?
D. cell division
A. telophase
362. Which is true about Adult Stem Cells. B. interphase, prophase, metaphase,
A. They no longer do mitosis, their cell anaphase
type is set and can not change C. prophase
B. They are limited to the type of cell they D. metaphase, anaphase, telophase, cy-
can become. tokinesis
C. They can become any cell type in the
368. A human cell has 46 chromosomes before
body
mitosis. How many chromosomes will the
D. They are found in embryos daughter cells have after mitosis?
363. Which of the following happens when a A. 12
cell divides? B. 23
A. The cell’s volume increases by a 1000 C. 46
times D. 92
B. The cell has difficulty getting rid of
wastes 369. What is the material that controls all cell
activities called?
C. each daughter cell receives an exact
copy of the parent’s DNA A. mitochondria
B. DNA
D. it becomes difficult for the cell to direct
activities C. water
D. cytokinesis
364. Cells must pass through a critical check-
point during which stages of the cell cy- 370. A cell containing one of each kind of chro-
cle? mosome
A. G1 A. Diploid
B. G2 B. Haploid
C. M phase C. Sperm
D. All of these are correct. D. Egg

371. In what way is the DNA of a nerve cell 376. During normal mitosis, a parent cell hav-
different from the DNA of a muscle cell? ing 46 chromosomes will produce two
daughter cells each containing
A. The DNA is the same but each cell con-
tains different genes A. 23 chromosomes
B. The DNA is the same but different B. 46 chromosomes
genes are turned on in each cell
C. 92 chromosomes
C. Each cell has its own unique DNA
D. 4 chromosomes
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D. The DNA is different, but each cell con-
tains the same genes 377. Which of the following cannot be at-
tributed to Telophase?
372. The phase that starts mitosis is
A. Chromatids return to chromatin fibers
A. prophase
B. Nucleolus reappears
B. metaphase
C. Cytoplasmic organelles get evenly dis-
C. anaphase tributed in both daughter cells
D. telophase D. Nuclear membrane reappears
373. Sister chromatids are joined together at 378. What is Apoptosis?

the
A. A tumor
A. equator
B. A protein
B. chromosome
C. Programmed cell death
C. centromere
D. Cell cycle checkpoints
D. ends
379. Which of the following explains why a
374. What are the four phases of Mitosis in cell’s size is limited?
order?
A. volume increases faster than surface
A. Telophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, area
Prophase
B. surface area increases faster than vol-
B. Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, ume
Telophase
C. homeostasis is disrupted by a cell that
C. Telophase, Anaphase, Prophase is too large
D. none of above D. both a and c are correct
375. What does the “S” phase stand for? 380. An advantage of sexual reproduction is
What its function that
A. Slow phase where DNA sleeps A. it takes less time
B. Synthesis phase where DNA grows B. it requires more time
C. Synthesis phase where DNA is copied C. it provides genetic diversity
D. none of above D. it produces identical offspring

381. Adenine bonds with 386. Which part of mitosis does this happen?
The individual chromosomes move to oppo-
A. Guanine
site sides of the cell.

B. Thymine
A. telophase
C. Cytosine B. anaphase
D. Adenine C. metaphase
382. The final phase following anaphase of cell D. prophase
divisions, and highlighted by the complete 387. Cells grow bigger Continue to make pro-
separation of the chromosomes. What teins Energy is replenished Stops at G2
phase am I? checkpoint
A. Cytokinesis A. G1
B. Telophase B. S phase
C. G1 Phase C. G2
D. S Phase D. none of above
388. What occurs after cytokineses is com-
383. An individual has three number 21 chro- pleted?
mosomes. Which is most likely the cause?
A. The cell organizes its micro tubules.
A. Disjunction
B. The cell begins to replicate its DNA.
B. Crossing over
C. The cell enters G1.
C. Gene mutation D. The cell enters G2.
D. Nondisjunction
389. Which cell part contains the chromo-
384. This is the cell cycle checkpoint that somes?
makes sure the correct number of chromo- A. ribosomes
somes are present and attached to micro- B. cytoplasm
tubules.
C. nucleus
A. G1 Checkpoint D. golgi body
B. G2 Checkpoint
390. Mitosis has how many stages?
C. M Checkpoint A. 1
D. I Checkpoint B. 2
385. The last part of the cell cycle, where the C. 3
cell finishes dividing into two cells, be- D. 4
cause the cytoplasm has split, is called
391. When DNA is tightly coiled (during mito-
?
sis) it is called (a):
A. prophase A. Chromatin
B. cytokinesis B. Chromosome
C. interphase C. Chromatids
D. duplication D. Chromosine

392. Which phase of Mitosis does this happen? C. They can become any cell type in the
The centrioles move to opposite sides of body
the cell and stretch out the spindle fibers. D. They are found in adults
This causes the chromosomes to line up sin-
gle file down the middle of the cell. 397. How does mitosis in plant cells differ
A. prophase from mitosis in animal cells?
B. anaphase A. animal cells form a cell plate

B. plant cells form a cell plate
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C. metaphase
C. plant cells go through the process in
D. telophases
reverse
393. In this phase of the cell cycle, the entire D. plant cells go through two rounds of
cell divides producing 2 daughter cells iden- mitosis while animal cells just do one
tical to the parent cell.
398. The process by which cells become spe-
A. G1 cialized in order to perform different func-
B. S tions is called:
C. mitosis A. cell differentiation
D. cytokinesis B. gene expression
C. cellular reproduction
of cytokinesis D. attachment
A. takes place in plant cells only 399. Which phase do the daughter cells enter
B. completes the cell cycle after mitosis?
C. organizes DNA A. cytokinesis
D. occurs in prophase B. metaphase
C. synthesis phase
395. How are your chromosomes inherited?
D. interphase
A. most of your chromosomes from your
mother E. gap 2
B. most of your chromosomes from your 400. A chromosome is

father A. a protein in DNA
C. a random number of chromosomes B. tightly coiled and condensed DNA
from each parent
C. a sister chromatid
D. half your chromosomes from your
D. a relaxed strand of DNA
mother and half from your father.
401. An example of Bad Mitosis would be
396. Which is true about Embryonic Stem when it
Cells.
A. Causes cancer
A. They no longer do mitosis, their cell
type is set and can not change B. Makes you sneeze
B. They are limited to the type of cell they C. Loses your shoes
can become D. Creates a scar

402. During what stage are sister chromatids 407. Reproduction that only involves one par-
separated and move to opposite poles? ent and all offspring are identical; for ex-
ample, binary fission of bacteria or amoe-

A. Prophase
bas.
B. Metaphase
A. Asexual
C. Anaphase
B. Sexual
D. Telophase
C. Division
403. During which stage of mitosis do spindle D. Addition
fibers form, chromosomes appear, and nu-
clear materials disappear? 408. When during the cell cycle would chromo-
somes be visible under a microscope?
A. Prophase
A. Interphase
B. Metaphase
B. When they are being replicated
C. Anaphase
C. During cell division
D. Telophase
D. During the G1 phase
404. Which of these cells would be produced
through meiosis? 409. Human body cells, like muscle cells, have
chromosomes
A. skin cells
A. 23
B. liver cells
B. 46
C. brain cells
C. 92
D. sperm cells
D. none of above
405. One difference between cell division in
plant cells and in animal cells is that 410. What usually happens when cells come
into contact with other cells?
A. plants form a cell plate between
daughter cells but animals do not A. they divide more quickly
B. more cytoplasm forms in animal cells B. they stop growing
than in plant cells C. they produce cyclins
C. centrioles form in plant cells but not in D. they produce p53
animal cells
411. What are cyclins and cyclin dependent ki-
D. a double nucleus forms in animal cells nases?
but not in plant cells
A. regulatory proteins
406. When an animal cell goes through cytoki- B. carcinogens
nesis,
C. mitotic proteins
A. a cell plate forms dividing the 2 new
nuclei. D. mutagens
B. the cell membrane pinches off the 2 412. Right after a bone breaks, cells at the
new cells. edge of the injury
C. 4 new cells are formed. A. Stop dividing
D. none of above B. Begin to divide rapidly

C. Form a thin layer over the edge of the 418. How does cytokinesis differ in plant and
injury animal cells?
D. Develop a defect in a gene called p53 A. Cytokinesis only takes place in animal
cells.
413. The first stage of the cell cycle during
which the cell matures and prepares to di- B. Cytokinesis only takes place in plant
vide and copies its DNA; The stage the cell cells.
stays in the most C. Plant cells form a cell plate, animal
cells form a cleavage furrow.
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A. interphase
D. Animal cells form a cell plate, plant
B. prophase
cells form a cleavage furrow.
C. metaphase
419. Put the stages of mitosis in the correct
D. anaphase
order.
414. What is a series of events a cell goes A. prophase-metaphase-anaphase-
through as they grow and divide? telophase
A. Cell Division B. metaphase-anaphase-prophase-
B. Cell Cycle telophase
C. Cytokinesis C. anaphase-prophase-telophase-
metaphase
D. Mitosis
D. telophase-metaphase-prophase-
415. What is the purpose of mitosis? anaphase
A. To increase the surface area of a cell 420. DNA is replicated during the stage of
B. To allow cells to divide for growth, re- Interphase.
pair, and renewal A. G1
C. For increasing genetic variation within B. S
a species
C. G2
D. To allow for DNA replication and pro-
D. M
tein synthesis
421. Proto-oncogenes can mutate into
416. What is the longest phase of The Cell Cy-
cle? A. oncogenes
A. prophase B. tumor suppressor genes

C. DNA repair proteins
B. interphase
D. none of above
C. metaphase
D. mitosis 422. During mitosis chromosomes meet in the
middle to get divided into two daughter
417. During mitosis, the longest stage is cells in a phase called:
A. Anaphase A. prophase
B. Prophase B. anaphase
C. Telophase C. metaphase
D. Metaphase D. telophase

423. Before cells can divide, what must be C. The DNA condenses into chromo-
copied in S-phase? somes

A. mitochondria D. The chromosomes line up in the middle
B. cytoplasm of the cell
C. DNA 429. Cells grow, carry out normal functions,
D. Cell Wall and copy their organelles.
424. Cell division in occurs by binary fis- A. G1

sion. B. S
A. Mitosis C. G2
B. chromosomes
D. M phase
C. prokaryotes (or bacteria)
D. Interphase 430. As a result of mitosis, each of the two
new cells produced from the parent cell
425. Which pair is correct? during cytokinesis
A. G1::DNA replication A. receives a few chromosomes from the
B. G2::preparation for mitosis parent cell.
C. S::cell division B. receives an exact copy of all the chro-
mosomes present in the parent cell.
D. M::cell growth
C. donates a chromosome to the parent
426. Loose DNA and protein structures found cell.
in the nucleus of a cell during Interphase.
D. receives exactly half the chromosomes
A. chromatin from the parent cell.
B. chromosome
C. centromere 431. Which of the following is not a part of
mitosis?
D. replicated chromosome
A. interphase
427. In what stage of the Cell Cycle does the
B. telophase
cell make proteins for cell division and pre-
pare to divide? C. prophase
A. G1 (Growth 1) D. anaphase
B. G2 (Growth 2) E. metaphase
C. M (Mitotic)
432. Before a cell can proceed to mitosis from
D. S (Synthesis)
the gap 2 stage of the cell cycle, it must-
428. Which of the following is the best descrip- A. double in size
tion of anaphase?
B. complete a full cell cycle
A. The chromosomes are being pulled to-
ward the edge of the cell C. undergo cytokinesis
B. The cells begin to divide D. pass a critical checkpoint

433. Which of the following describes what 438. Which component of the cell is enclosed
takes place in the cell during interphase? in a double membrane?
A. The cell carries out normal cell func- A. ribosome
tions, replicates DNA, and performs B. peroxisome
checkpoints.
C. cytoplasm
B. Chromosomes line up along the equa-
tor of the cell. D. lysosome
E. nucleus
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C. The cytoplasm is cut, forming two dis-
tinct cells. 439. are condensed DNA.
D. A cell plate forms in plant cells and a A. Chromosomes
cleavage furrow forms in animal cells.
B. Centromeres
434. Which of the following is NOT a reason C. Karyotypes
we need MITOSIS?
D. none of above
A. Growth
440. Uncontrolled cell growth is referred to as:
B. Recovering from injuries
A. meiosis
C. Replacement of dead cells
B. cancer
D. Reproducing
C. DNA replication
435. The last part of the cell cycle, where D. protein synthesis
the cell finishes dividing into two cells, is
called ? 441. The stage of mitosis in which the chromo-
somes divide into sister chromatids
A. prophase
A. metaphase
B. cytokinesis
B. prophase
C. interphase
C. telophase
D. duplication
D. anaphase
436. In animal cells, what do spindle fibers do
442. After cell division, the new cells are re-
during mitosis?
ferred to as cells.
A. Separate daughter cells
A. cytoplasm
B. Duplicate DNA
B. daughter
C. Form chromosomes C. proteins
D. Separate sister chromatids D. segregation
437. When is the DNA replicated? 443. programmed cell death =
A. Prophase A. apoptosis
B. Metaphase B. cancer
C. G1 of interphase C. spindle
D. S of interphase D. cytokinesis

444. A cell spends 90% of its life in C. skin cell

A. interphase D. all of the above are gametes

B. telophase
450. Cell division is important to the pro-
C. anaphase
duction of an offspring.
D. mitosis
A. repiration
445. What are the monomers that makes up B. repairing
nucleic acids (DNA)?
C. reproduction
A. Amino Acids
B. Fatty Acids D. results
C. Monosaccharides 451. Uncontrollable cell growth is known as

D. Nucleotides
446. During developement, all cells in the em- A. obesity

bryo are identical. Later, they become spe- B. cancer
cialized by
C. diabetes
A. apoptosis
D. hepatitis
B. differentiation
C. cytokinesis 452. Which would most likely happen if a cell
D. totipotency undergoes mitosis, but not cytokinesis?
A. The cell would not have a nucleus.
447. What cells in your body proceed quickly
through the cell cycle? B. The cell would have two nuclei.
A. Skin cells C. The cell would have a small nucleus.
B. Hair follicle cells D. The cell would have one large nucleus.
C. Both skin and hair cells
D. Neither of these two proceed quickly 453. There are a TOTAL of chromosomes in
through the cell cycle human body cells.
A. 23
448. During cytokinesis in plant cells
B. 46
A. the cell wall breaks.
B. a cell plate forms, and the cell splits in C. 92
two. D. Different for every body cell
C. a cell plate forms inside the two new
cells. 454. Cancer is a disease that occurs when the
is no longer regulated.
D. the cell loses some of its DNA.
A. chromosomes
449. Which of the following is NOT a gamete
(sex cell)? B. Mitosis
A. egg C. prokaryotes (or bacteria)
B. sperm D. cell cycle

455. Series of events that cells go through as 461. This check point of the cycle dictates
they grow and divide whether the cell will continuously divide or
A. Centriole stop, and it also checks the cell size, pres-
ence of growth factors and damage of the
B. Prophase DNA.
C. Cell cycle
A. G1 checkpoint
D. Interphase
B. G2 checkpoint
456. Which of the following is NOT a phase of
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interphase? C. S checkpoint
A. G1 D. M checkpoint
B. S
462. What is one new technology that could
C. G2 make stem cell research less controver-
D. G3 sial?
457. The two main stages of cell division are A. implanting skin cells into damaged tis-
called sue
A. synthesis and cytokinesis. B. replacing stem cells with cancer cells
B. mitosis and interphase. C. the ability to make adult stem cells
C. the M phase and the S phase. pluripotent
D. mitosis and cytokinesis. D. using social media to inform people
458. Nucleoli reappear and spindle disappears
during 463. The first phase of a cell cycle where a cell
is doing its normal every day job, growing,
A. Cytokinesis and increasing the number of its organelles
B. Metaphase is:
C. Anaphase A. G1
D. Telophase
B. G2
459. Which of the following is NOT a phase of
C. Mitosis
mitosis?
A. Prophase D. S
B. Metaphase 464. During early development, all cells in the

C. Anaphase embryo of a multicellular organism are
D. Interphase identical. Later on in development, the
cells will become specialized through a pro-
460. This is the longest part of a cell’s life cycle cess called
and includes the G1, S and G2 phases.
A. apoptosis
A. Metaphase
B. cytokinesis
B. Prophase
C. Cytokinesis C. differentiation
D. Interphase D. interphase

465. Duplicated chromosomes align along the 471. The nuclear membrane breaks downs.
middle of the cell The chromosomes coil up and condense.
The 1st and longest phase of Mitosis.

A. Prophase
B. Metaphase A. prophase
C. Anaphase B. anaphase
D. Telophase C. metaphase
D. telophase
466. The nuclear membrane breaks down oc-
curs during which stage?
472. Mitosis results in the formation of
A. Interphase
A. Two identical cells with all of the origi-
B. Metaphase nal chromosomes
C. Prophase B. Two different cells with half of the orig-
D. Telophase inal chromosomes
467. During what phase of the cell cycle does C. Four identical cells with all of the orig-
the cell grow the most? inal chromosomes
A. G1 phase D. Four different cells with half of the

original chromosomes
B. S phase
C. M phase 473. The normal function of a tumor suppres-
sor gene is
D. Cytokinesis
A. to produce growth signals
468. As a result of meiosis, the daughter cells
are to each other B. to code for proteins that inhibit, or
slow, cell division
A. siimilar
C. to cause the cell to move faster
B. identical through the cell cycle
C. not identical
D. to attack cancer cells in the body
D. not happy
474. The “M” in M phase is referring to
469. Programmed cell death is called
A. Mitosis
A. interphase
B. Membrane
B. mitosis
C. Mass
C. apoptosis
D. Mangrove
D. tumor
470. Why do cells go through mitosis? 475. What does the cell cycle produce?
A. to make food from sunlight A. 2 identical somatic cells

B. to create proteins B. 4 different gametes
C. to get air into the cells C. 4 identical gametes
D. to reproduce, grow and repair/replace D. 2 different somatic cells

476. Which of the following is the best descrip- 481. A cell spends % of its cycle in
tion of telophase? A. 100, interphase
A. The chromosomes are being pulled to- B. 10, cytokinesis
ward the edge of the cell
C. 40, mitosis
B. The cells begin to divide
D. 90, interphase
C. The DNA condenses into chromo-
somes 482. Meiosis results in
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D. The chromosomes line up in the middle A. 2 Unique Diploid Daughter Cells
of the cell
B. 2 Unique Haploid Daughter Cells
477. Two daughter cells are left with a nucleus C. 4 Unique Diploid Daughter Cells
identical to original during D. 4 Unique Haploid Daughter Cells
A. Cytokinesis
483. Cells undergo cell division, which in-
B. Metaphase volves both mitosis and cytokinesis.
C. Anaphase A. G1
D. Telophase B. S
478. Which of the following cells are MOST C. G2
likely in the G0 phase? D. M phase
A. skin cells
484. A cell with a defective p53 gene is likely
B. retinal cells to
C. epithelial cells A. Divide normally
D. gastrointestinal cells B. Stop dividing
E. cancerous cells C. Combat tumors
479. During normal mitotic cell division, a par- D. Accumulate chromosomal damage
ent cell that has 46 chromosomes will pro-
duce two daughter cells, each containing 485. Which of the following can cause cancer?
A. 23 A. tobacco
B. 46 B. UV radiation
C. 92 C. mutations
D. none of above D. all of the above

E. lifestyle choices as an unhealthy diet
480. Malignant tumors can which means and lack of exercise
they invade and destroy nearby healthy
organs. 486. What is the result of mitosis?
A. radiate A. 1 cell
B. metastasize B. 2 genetically identical cells
C. become benign C. 2 genetically different cells
D. signal the immune system D. 4 genetically identical cells

487. In eukaryotic cells, the timing of the cell B. anaphase

cycle is regulated by a family of proteins C. cytokinesis
called

D. metaphase
A. centrioles
B. enzymes 492. During which phase of mitosis do the
chromosomes line up along the middle of
C. cyclins the cell?
D. ATP A. prophase
488. Why is it important for the cells of multi- B. telophase
cellular organisms to undergo mitosis? C. metaphase
A. Mitosis allows for reproduction with D. anaphase
male and female gametes.
493. Cells that have the ability to become any
B. Mitosis increases variation within an
cell type are called
organism.
A. stem cells
C. Mitosis produces cells that are differ-
ent from the original dividing cell B. tumor cells
D. Mitosis produces identical cells to the C. cyclins
original dividing cell. D. regulators
489. Where are chromosomes located? 494. What is the longest stage of the cell cy-
A. Located in the cytoplasm of prokary- cle where cells spend most of their time,
otic cells called? (We did a lab about this; remem-
ber the pie chart? )
B. Located in the nucleus of prokaryotic
cells A. Cytokinesis
C. Located in the nucleus of eukaryotic B. M phase
cells C. Interphase
D. Located in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic D. G1 Phase
cells
495. What is it called when a cell goes through
490. In telophase of mitosis the mitotic spindle “programmed cell death”?
disaapears and the nuclear envelope reap-
A. metastasis
pear. This is opposite of what happens in
B. apoptosis
A. prophase
C. totipotent
B. metaphase
D. multipotent
C. interphase
D. s-phase 496. The structures that hold together sister
chromatids
491. What part of cell division does this hap- A. tissues
pen? The cell divides in half. The cyto-
plasm divides and the cell “pinches” into B. chromosomes
two nearly equal parts. C. spindle
A. telophase D. centromeres

497. Why don’t cells just stretch when you B. bacteria

grow, instead of making copies of them- C. plant
selves?
D. fungi
A. The muscles in the cells can’t stretch
that far. 502. If a cell normally has 20 chromosomes,
how many chromosomes will it have after
B. The cell won’t be able to bring in food
mitosis?
fast enough or get waste out fast enough.
A. 10
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C. The cell membrane doesn’t like the
feeling of stretching. B. 20
D. The lysosomes don’t want to work so C. 40
hard. D. 30
498. What Cell Cycle stage involves the divi- 503. When a starfish grows a new body off a
sion of the cytoplasm and organelles? broken arm, what kind of reproduction is
A. Anaphase this?
B. Cytokinesis A. Sexual
C. Interphase B. Differentiation
D. Mitosis C. Asexual
D. Specialization
499. Put the following processes in or-
der.Cell GrowthChromatids are pulled 504. During which stage of mitosis do spindle
apartPreperation for Cell DivisionCytoki- fibers disappear, chromosomes uncoil, and
nesisChromosomes are condensed two distinct nuclei begin to form at oppo-
site ends of the cell?
A. 1 2 3 5 4
A. Prophase
B. 2 1 3 5 4
B. Metaphase
C. 1 3 5 2 4
C. Anaphase
D. 1 3 2 5 4
D. Telophase
500. Which of the following processes does
NOT occur during prophase? 505. What are the three parts of the cell cycle
in order?
A. The centrioles move to opposite ends
of the cell A. Interphase, Mitosis, Anaphase
B. Interphase, Meiosis, Mitosis
B. The DNA material condenses
C. Interphase, Mitosis, Cytokinesis
C. The chromosomes pair up at the cen-
ter of the cell. D. G1, S, G 2
D. The spindle apparatus starts to form 506. During what stage does the G1, S and G2
E. The nuclear envelope starts to disap- phases happen?
pear. A. Interphase
501. What type of cells form a cleavage fur- B. M phase
row during cytokinesis C. Mitosis
A. animal D. Cytokinesis

507. The first period in the interphase wherein 512. Mutation occur during which phase of the
the cell primarily grows in cell size. What cell cycle?
Phase am I?

A. GO
A. S Phase B. GI
B. G1 Phase C. S
C. Metaphase D. G2
D. Anaphase 513. Cell division that results in four geneti-
cally different haploid cells. Used to pro-
508. If a somatic (body) cell in a butterfly
duce gametes in sexual reproducing organ-
contains 24 chromosomes, a butterfly egg
isms
would contain
A. Mitosis
A. 3
B. Meiosis
B. 6
C. Diploid
C. 12
D. Haploid
D. 24
514. Why is it important for cells in our body
509. What form of DNA is present during in- to undergo cell division?
terphase?
A. Cell division allows cells to reproduce
A. Chromatin and heal injuries.
B. Chromatid B. Cells need to undergo the cell cycle so
that they can reproduce and allow us to
C. Chromosome
grow.
D. Centromere
C. Cell division enables cells in our bod-
510. Which provides the accurate order of the ies to stay smaller and transport materi-
cell cycle process? als more quickly.
A. prophase, anaphase, metaphase, D. All of these

telophase, cytokinesis 515. What disease did Henrietta Lacks die
B. Interphase, prophase, anaphase, from?
metaphase, telophase, cytokinesis A. Thyroid cancer
C. prophase, metaphase, anaphase, B. Breast cancer
telophase
C. Lung cancer
D. interphase, prophase, metaphase,
D. Cervical cancer
anaphase, telophase, cytokinesis
516. A cell loses the ability to control its rate
511. What does G1 stand for? of cell division is called
A. First growth phase A. specialized
B. Ground phase B. differentiation
C. Regrowth phase C. cancer
D. none of above D. none are correct

517. part of eukaryotic cell division during C. S Phase

which the cell nucleus divides
D. Cytokinesis
A. Cell division
B. Mitosis 523. Which phase during interphase doe this
happen? DNA replicates; each chromo-
C. Cytokinesis some divides to form sister chromatids
D. Chromatid
A. G1 Phase
518. The process by which a cell divides into
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B. G2 Phase
two daughter cells is called
C. S Phase
A. cell division
D. P Phase
B. mitosis
C. meiosis 524. the process in which one cell divides to
D. interphase form two daughter cells
A. cell division
519. As a cell grows, its increases more
than its B. binary fission
A. length, volume C. cell cycle
B. width, surface area D. DNA replication
C. volume, surface area
525. What do genes encode for?
D. none of these
A. Lipids
520. Centromeres of chromosomes align at
B. Fats
equator during
A. Prophase C. DNA
B. Metaphase D. Proteins
C. Anaphase 526. A tumor is a
D. Telophase A. mass of DNA
521. During the gap 1 stage of the cell cycle, a B. mass of normal cells
cell
C. mass of damaged cells
A. splits into two new cells
D. mass of blue cells
B. grows
C. duplicates its DNA 527. an embryonic stage that consists of a hol-
low ball of cells. These cells are able to
D. divides its cytoplasm
become any type of body cell. Such cells
522. Which phase during interphase does are termed ?
this happen? Organelles replicate and A. totipotent
molecules needed for cell division are pro-
duced; the shortest phase of interphase. B. pluripotent
A. G2 Phase C. multipotent
B. G1 Phase D. nanopotent

528. What happens in the G2 phase? B. S

A. cell growth C. G2

B. replication D. mitosis/cytokinesis
C. preparing for mitosis 534. During which subphase of Interphase
D. nothing does vigorous growth and metabolism oc-
cur?
529. If a parent cell going through mitosis
starts with 22 chromosomes, how many A. G1
chromosomes will be in the daughter B. S
cells? C. G2
A. 22 D. none of above
B. 11
535. Which of the following is true of malig-
C. 44 nant tumors?
D. 15 A. They do not require treatment
530. In the S stage of interphase B. They are easily removed through
surgery
A. the cell grows
C. They can cause tumors in other parts
B. the nucleus divides
of the body
C. the cell membrane divides
D. They contain cells that stay clustered
D. the DNA is replicated together
531. How many chromosomes does a human 536. The process of mitosis and cytokinesis
somatic (body) cell have? produce two identical
A. 46 A. daughter cells
B. 23 B. strands
C. 42 C. chromosomes
D. 26 D. chromatids
532. The phase following prophase and preced- 537. Which of the following produces identical
ing anaphase of cell divisions, and high- nuclei in cells?
lighted by the alignment of condensed A. pollination
chromosomes along the metaphase plate.
What phase am I? B. osmosis
A. Metaphase C. mitosis
B. G2 Phase D. fertilization
C. Interphase 538. The phase in the life cycle of a cell
D. G1 Phase wherein the cell grows in size, replicates
its DNA, and prepares for cell division. (In-
533. In this phase of the cell cycle, the cell pre- cludes G1, S, and G2 phases.) What phase
pares for cell division. am I?
A. G1 A. Telophase

B. Anaphase B. Synthesis
C. Interphase C. Mitosis
D. Prophase D. Cytokinesis
539. The phase following interphase and pre- 544. In eukaryotic cells, the nucleus contains
ceding metaphase of cell divisions, and genetic information in the form of
in which during this phase the chromatin
condenses (becoming more visible under a A. ribosomes
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light microscope at high magnification) and B. DNA
initiating spindle formation. What phase
C. nucleoli
am I?
D. ATP
A. Anaphase
B. Metaphase 545. the phase in mitosis where chromosomes
C. Prophase line up in the middle of the cell
D. S Phase A. prophase
B. metaphase
540. Which sequence of DNA bases would pair
with this partial strandATG TGA CAG C. anaphase
A. ATG TGA CAG D. telephase
B. TAC ACT GTC
546. The holds the replicated sister chro-
C. GTA AGT GAC matids together.
D. CAT TCA CTG A. centriole
541. A is one half of a replicated chromo- B. chromosomes
some that has an identical “sister.” C. centromere
A. chromatin D. cycles
B. chromatid
547. Which of the following cell types is
C. centrioles formed by meiosis?
D. centromere
A. skin cells
542. Sister chromatids in each duplicated chro- B. sperm cells
mosome separate and are pulled in oppo-
C. blood cells
site directions by the spindle fibers
A. Prophase D. muscle cells
B. Metaphase 548. the uncontrolled division of cells that re-

C. Anaphase sults in malignant growth
D. Telophase A. tissues
B. cancer
543. During which stage of the Cell Cycle does
the nucleus divide? C. mitosis
A. Interphase D. anaphase

549. In humans, the male determines the sex 555. the process consisting of four phases dur-
of the child because males have ing which the nucleus divides, and two ge-
netically IDNETICAL nuclei result

A. 46 chromosomes.
B. one X and one Y chromosome. A. mitosis
C. 23 chromosomes. B. meiosis
D. two X chromosomes. C. cell cycle
550. Put the following stages of the cell cycle D. cell division
in order:G2, S, G1, M.
A. G1, S, G2, M 556. Which event occurs during interphase?
B. S, G1, G2, M A. Centromeres divide.
C. G1, M, G2, S B. Centrioles appear.
D. M, G1, S, G2
C. The cell grows.
551. Identical cells formed during cell division
D. Spindle fibers begin to form.
are called:
A. daughter organelles 557. The more common name for an ovum is
B. daughter cycles a(n)
C. daughter nucleus A. nutrient
D. daughter cells B. egg
552. During which phase of mitosis does the C. polar body
nuclear envelope reform around each set
of sister chromatids? D. hormone
A. prophase
558. These respond to events outside the cell.
B. anaphase
A. Centrioles
C. telephase
B. Chromatids
D. metaphase
C. Internal regulators
553. consists of the G1, S, and G2 phases
of the cell cycle. D. External regulators
A. Mitosis
559. Which of the following is not a reason
B. cell cycle
cells divide?
C. Mitosis
A. The cell gets too big to process and
D. Interphase transport nutrients.
554. What is the female gamete? B. New cells are needed for growth.
A. sperm
C. DNA cannot be copied quickly enough
B. ovary in large cells.
C. teste D. Smaller cells are more difficult to main-
D. egg tain.

560. If a body cell in a butterfly contains 24 565. When stem cells become any type of cell
chromosomes, a butterfly egg would con- such as muscle, nerve, skin, etc, this is
tain called
A. 3 A. cell differentiation
B. 6 B. mitosis
C. 12 C. meiosis
D. 24 D. fertilization
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561. Second phase of mitosis, during which the 566. Which of the following phrases best de-
chromosomes line up across the center of scribes cancer?
the cell A. Absence of Cyclins in the DNA
A. Cancer B. Multiple gene mutations on a chromo-
some of DNA
B. Telophase
C. Uncontrolled cell growth caused by
C. Anaphase
mutations in genes that control the cell cy-
D. Metaphase cle
D. Presence of genetic defects caused by
562. Which cells are more efficient at obtain-
hereditary disorders
ing nutrients?
A. Small Cells 567. Cancer affects
B. Medium Size Cells A. Unicellular organisms
C. Large Cells B. Multicellular organisms
D. X-Large Cells C. Most unicellular organisms

D. Humans only
563. The stage in mitosis where two new nu-
clei begin to form, the nuclear envelopes 568. Mitosis forms
reform, and chromosomes begin to uncoil A. 4 identical daughter cells
into chromatin.
B. 2 identical daughter cells
A. telophase
C. 4 different daughter cells
B. anaphase
D. 2 different daughter cells
C. prophase
569. Which of the following is the correct
D. metaphase equation for PHOTOSYNTHESIS?
564. What is a tumor? A. CO2 + H2O + light → Sugar + O2
A. a mass of cancer cells B. CO2 + sugar + H2O → O2 + light
B. an accumulation of cyclins C. O2 + H2O + light → CO2 + Sugar
C. a defective p53 gene D. CO2 + O2 + H2O → light + Sugar
D. the rapidly dividing cells found at the 570. The regular sequence of growth and divi-
site of a wound sion that cells undergo. During this, a cell

grows, prepares for division, and divides C. Genetic variation is created in daugh-
into two new cells. ter cells.
D. Each daughter cell gets an exact copy

A. replication
B. mitosis of the cell’s DNA.
C. meiosis 576. What causes genetic variation in meio-

sis?
D. cell cycle
A. chromosomes lining up
571. When does crossing-over occur? B. crossing over of chromosomes
A. Anaphase I C. separation of chromosomes
B. Telophase II D. chromosomes pulling apart
C. Prophase I
577. Where is the female gamete produced?
D. Prophase II
A. egg
572. Before cells can divide, what happens to B. ovary
the DNA? C. sperm
A. It is replicated D. testes
B. It increases in size
578. In order for a cell to continue past G1, the
C. It is divided in half cell must pass the
D. It decreases in size A. G0 checkpoint
573. Which part of mitosis does this happen? B. G2 checkpoint
A nuclear membrane forms around each C. G1 checkpoint
group of chromosomes. D. mitosis checkpoint
A. telophase
579. The third phase of mitosis, during which
B. metaphase the chromosome pairs separate and move
C. prophase toward opposite poles
D. anaphase A. Cancer
B. Telophase
574. A chromatid is attached to a spindle fiber
by the C. Anaphase
A. nucleolus D. Metaphase
B. deep furrow 580. Which is an advantage of having DNA

bundled into separate chromosomes?
C. centromere
A. During DNA replication the chromo-
D. centriole
some number is cut in half
575. What does the replication of DNA during B. DUring DNA replication the chromo-
interphase ensure (make sure of)? some number stays the same
A. Crossing-over occurs prior to cell divi- C. in cell division each cell gets the same
sion. amount of DNA
B. Mutations are corrected before the D. in cell division each cell gets a differ-
cell divides. ent amount of DNA

581. In the eukaryotic cell, it is the longest 586. During mitosis, the are sorted and
stage of the cell cycle and generally its separated to ensure that each daughter
function is to prepare the cell to division cell receives a complete set.
process. A. prokaryotes (or bacteria)
A. Interphase B. chromosomes
B. Mitotic phase C. Mitosis
C. Synthesis Phase D. synthesis
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D. All of the above 587. phase of the cell cycle in which the cell’s
DNA is copied
582. When you start with 1 cell, at the end of
A. binary fission
mitosis, how many identical cells will you
have? B. cell cycle
C. synthesis phase
A. 1
D. DNA replication
B. 2
588. The form of DNA that is unorganized and
C. 3
unraveled.
D. 4
A. Centromere
583. Affects only males, occurs when an X B. Chromatid
chromosome is present. Results in 47 chro- C. Karyotype
mosomes
D. Chromatin
A. Down Syndrome
589. What disease is caused by 3 chromo-
B. Turner’s Syndrome somes on the last pair?
C. Klinefelter’s Syndrome A. Down Syndrome
D. Patau Syndrome B. Turner’s Syndrome
C. Klinefelter’s Syndrome
584. Last year Diana was 5 feet tall. This
D. Patau Syndrome
year, Diana is 5’5” tall. What cellular pro-
cess allowed her to grow? 590. When does cytokinesis occur?
A. Mitosis A. synthesis
B. Meiosis B. prophase
C. Interphase C. telophase
D. G1 phase
D. Cell division
E. metaphase
585. Cell division in animal, plant, fungi, and
591. In spermatogenesis, how many FUNC-
protists cells is called
TIONAL haploid cells are formed?
A. Mitosis
A. 1
B. Meiosis B. 2
C. Hydrolysis C. 3
D. Dehydration synthesis D. 4

592. What happens during crossing over? D. Cancer cells can and do divide as many
A. Chromosomes collide times as they want provided they get
enough nutrients.

B. Chromosomes die
C. Chromosomes exchange genetic mate- 597. Which is NOT a phase of the Cell Cycle?
rial A. Duplication
D. Chromosomes replicate B. Cytokinesis
C. Mitosis
593. At the end of the G1 phase, there’s a
checkpoint. What is this checkpoint proba- D. Interphase
bly checking for?
598. Unspecialized cells that can develop into
A. To see if the cell has grown enough differentiated cells are called
B. To see if the DNA was correctly repli- A. steam cells
cated
B. storm cells
C. To make sure the cell does not have
C. sam cells
cancer
D. stem cells
D. To make sure that the enzymes aren’t
amalyzed 599. Where does a cell contain it’s genetic ma-
terial?
594. Which cell cycle checkpoint determines
whether the DNA has been replicated cor- A. nucleus
rectly? B. nucleolus
A. The G2 checkpoint C. cytoskeleton
B. The G1checkpoint D. golgi
C. The metaphase checkpoint during mi-
600. Why is DNA important
tosis
A. it provides the instructions/blueprint
D. none of above
for a cell
595. What pair of chromosomes determine B. it makes energy
gender in humans?
C. it stores wastes
A. 19th
D. it is responsible for making food
B. 21st
601. Cells replicate DNA.
C. 23rd
A. G1
D. 25th
B. S
596. Which of these does NOT apply to can- C. G2
cer?
D. M phase
A. Cancer cells refuse to commit apopto-
sis. 602. What molecule is being replicated during
B. Cancer cells induce angiogenesis. the S-phase of interphase?
C. Cancer cells obey by not dividing when A. mitochondria

a strong and sustained signal is absent. B. cytoplasm

C. DNA 608. Why is the metaphase important?

D. none of above A. The DNA gets copied and the cell
grows and develops
603. Which of the following are a part of in-
terphase? (Select all that apply) B. The DNA lines up so exact copies can
be pulled to each side
A. G1 phase
C. The nuclear membrane disappears
B. G2 phase
and the spindle fibers appear
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C. M phase
D. Two identical daughter cells are
D. S phase formed
604. Put the following in order:(Growth Phase
609. Normal cells become cancer cells when
2 or G2, Growth Phase 1 or G1, Mitosis,
S-Phase, Cytokinesis A. regulation of cell growth and division
occurs
A. G1, G2, S, Mitosis, cytokinesis
B. G1, S, G2, Mitosis, cytokinesis B. cells respond to control mechanisms
C. G1, G2, S, cytokinesis, mitosis C. cells pass through G1

D. G1, S, G2, cytokinesis, mitosis D. cells do not respond to checkpoints
605. After meiosis is complete how many cells 610. These cells have the same genetic in-
will there be? formation but differentiate into different
A. 1 parts of your body.
B. 2 A. stem cells
C. 3 B. prokaryotic cells
D. 4 C. all cells
606. During anaphase D. no cells

A. DNA lines up in the middle of the cell
611. Cells grow and do their job during
and DNA attaches to spindle fibers
A. G2 phase
B. centrioles and spindle fibers appear
C. Each DNA gets pull to the opposite B. M phase
sides of the cell C. G1 phase
D. DNA gets copied D. S phase
607. What type of cells form a cell plate during
612. One chromosome consist of
cytokinesis
A. animal A. 1 chromatid
B. bacteria B. 2 chromatids
C. plant C. 4 chromatids
D. protist D. all of the above

613. What is the correct order of the phases C. cytokinesis

of mitosis? D. tumor

A. Metaphase, Anaphase, Prophase,
618. Which stage of cell division divides the
Telophase
cytoplasm?
B. Telophase, Anaphase, Metaphase, A. G1
Prophase
B. G2
C. Prophase, Anaphase, Metaphase,
Telophase C. Cytokinesis
D. Mitosis
D. Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase,
Telophase 619. Which is not a phase of the cell cycle?
614. The phase following metaphase and pre- A. Interphase
ceding telophase of cell divisions, and high- B. Mitosis
lighted by the separation and movement C. Cytokinesis
of chromosomes from the metaphase plate
D. Duplication
towards the poles of the spindle. What
phase am I? 620. In this phase of the cell cycle, the cell di-
A. Anaphase vides.
B. Telophase A. G1
B. S
C. Metaphase
C. G2
D. Interphase
D. M
615. Which statement is true about the events
of the cell cycle? 621. Where does DNA synthesis happen in eu-
karyotic cells?
A. very little happens during G1 and G2
A. cytoplasm
B. DNA replicates during prophase
B. mitochondria
C. the M phase is usually the longest C. nucleus
phase
D. Golgi apparatus
D. Cytokinesis is considred a part of the
M phase 622. If the original cell has 72 chromosomes,
how many will the daughter cells have?
616. What is the phase of the cell cycle that A. 72
splits the cell in 2?
B. 152
A. G1
C. 2
B. G2
D. 4
C. S
623. What is the final result of meiosis
D. M
A. 4 daughter cells/different
617. an abnormal mass of cells B. 4 daughter cells/ identical
A. mitosis C. 2 daughter cells/ identical
B. cancer D. 2 daughter cells/ different

624. Which protein helps to create a cleavage 629. What is cytokinesis?

furrow?
A. This is when two cells merge together
A. kinetochore to make one giant cell.
B. actin B. The stage where chromosomes mi-
C. separase grate to the opposite ends of the cell.
D. cohesin C. The stage of the cell cycle where the
rest of the cell divides after mitosis is com-
E. myosin
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plete.
625. A human usually has chromosomes in D. The stage in which DNA condenses
each somatic cell. into chromosomes.
A. 6
630. The end of meiosis results in to each
B. 22 other.
C. 4
A. 2 cells that are identical
D. 46
B. 4 cells that are identical
626. During this cell cycle check point the cell C. 2 cells that are not identical
checks for correctly replicated DNA
D. 4 cells that are not identical
A. G1 or Growth Phase 1
B. G2 or Growth Phase 2 631. In which stage of the cell cycle does the
cell grow in size?
C. Mitosis Phase
D. Cytokinesis A. G1
B. S
627. Most cells in the adult body are no longer
capable of ? C. G2
A. specilaization D. Mitosis
B. differentiation
632. Which cell cycle checkpoint makes sure
C. recolonization that the chromatids are correctly attached
D. integration to the spindle fibers?
A. G1 checkpoint
628. What happens in Gap 1?
B. S checkpoint
A. the cell replicates DNA for the cell cy-
cle to proceed C. G2 checkpoint
B. the cell gets smaller to prepare for cy- D. M checkpoint
tokinesis
633. Cells get ready for mitosis during
C. the cell gets larger and synthesizes
proteins to prepare for the next stage:cell A. G2 phase
division
B. Mitosis
D. the cell gets larger and synthesizes
C. G1 phase
proteins that are needed for synthesis to
occur D. S phase

634. Which of the following phases does inter- 640. What is cancer?
phase include? A. A group of diseases characterized by

A. gap 0 no cell growth
B. gap 1 B. A group of diseases caused by the fail-
C. metaphase ure of chromosomes to separate
D. anaphase C. A group of diseases characterized by
uncontrolled cell division
E. protelophase
D. A group of diseases caused by exces-
635. A male shark has 40 chromosomes in sive replication of chromosomes
each of its sex cells. How many would be
present in its body cells? 641. The nucleus divides into 2 nuclei during
A. 20
A. The M phase
B. 40
B. Replication
C. 80
C. Cytokinesis
D. 160
D. Interphase
636. These respond to events inside the cell.
642. Which phase succeeds G2?
A. Centrioles
A. metaphase
B. Chromatids
B. prophase
C. Internal regulators
C. anaphase
D. External regulators
D. cytokinesis
637. Which of these is NOT a source of genetic E. interphase
variation
643. Among the following, the term that in-
A. cytokinesis
cludes the others is
B. crossing over
A. interphase
C. independent assortment
B. nuclear division
D. fertilization
C. mitosis
638. During which phase in the cell cycle do the D. cell cycle
number of cells increase?
644. What happens during Gap 2?
A. Interphase
A. During Gap 2, protein and organelle
B. Mitosis
synthesis occurs to prepare for cell divi-
C. Synthesis sion.
D. Metaphase B. During Gap 2, the cell grows and syn-
639. Asexual reproduction will result in thesizes proteins needed for synthesis to
occur.
A. Identical offspring to the parent
C. During Gap 2, the cell changes its size
B. Twins in order for cytokinesis to occur.
C. Meiosis D. During Gap 2, the replicating of DNA
D. Non-identical offspring to the parent occurs in order for the cell to divide.

645. Which one is not a checkpoint? 651. Cell division in a prokaryotic cell is:
A. G0 checkpoint A. the cell cycle
B. G1 checkpoint B. mitosis
C. G2 checkpoint C. binary fission
D. Spindle checkpoint D. very slow
646. In eukaryotic cells, the timing of the cell 652. In this phase of the cell cycle, the cell DNA
cycle is regulated by is copied.
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A. centrioles A. G1
B. cyclins B. S
C. centromeres C. G2
D. spindle fibers D. mitosis/cytokinesis
647. The process in which the cell makes an 653. Mitosis is the process by which
exact copy of the DNA in its nucleus. A. microtubules are assembled.
A. replication B. cytoplasm is divided.
B. mitosis C. the nucleus is divided into two nuclei.
C. meiosis D. the cell rests.
D. cell cycle 654. Distinct chromosomes begin to spread out
into a tangle of chromatin. Nuclear enve-
648. In this phase, the cell is preparing for the
lope reforms. Spindle fibers break apart.
cell division in the mitotic stage.
Nucleolus becomes visible in each daugh-
A. Go ter cell.
B. G1 A. Prophase
C. G2 B. Metaphase
D. S C. Anaphase
649. Each parent (mom and dad) give chro- D. Telophase
mosomes to their offspring 655. In eukaryotic cells, DNA is separated into
A. 23 linear pieces called
B. 46 A. Chromosomes
C. 92 B. Chromotids
D. none of above C. Chromotins
D. Sister Chromotids
split and are pulled by spindles toward op- 656. The surface area to volume ratio
posite sides of the cell. A. decreases as a cell grows
A. prophase B. increases as a cell grows
B. anaphase C. stays the same as a cell grows
C. metaphase D. is much smaller right after the cell di-
D. telephase vides

657. The enzyme that unzips the DNA to pre- B. Mitosis

pare for replication C. Centromere

A. helicase
D. Chromatid
B. replicase
663. The (S) phase is characterized by
C. polymerase
D. synthase A. replication of the DNA in which 2 iden-
tical strands are created.
658. The phase of the cell cycle that occupies B. cell division.
most of an average cell’s life is-
C. replication of mitochondria and other
A. interphase organelles.
B. prophase
D. the division of cytoplasm.
C. metaphase
664. As a cell increases in size, the surface
D. cytokinesis
area to volume ratio
659. Which is the correct order of the phases A. increases
of mitosis?
B. decreases
A. prophase, metaphase, anaphase,
telophase C. stays the same
B. interphase, prophase, metaphase, D. none of above

anaphase
665. The pulls the sister chromatids apart
C. interphase, mitosis, cytokinesis during mitosis or meiosis 2
D. metaphase, anaphase, telophase, cy- A. kinetochore
tokinesis
B. cell plate
660. What two processes make up the M C. spindle fibres
stage?
D. centromere
A. fermentation & mitosis
B. mitosis & cytokinesis 666. How many stages are in mitosis?
C. glycolysis & cytokinesis A. 1
D. G1 & G2 B. 2
661. Which of the following is not a phase of C. 3

mitosis? D. 4
A. metaphase
667. One advantage of sexual reproduction to
B. telophase asexual is
C. anaphase A. it is fast
D. interphase B. large numbers of offspring are pro-
duced
662. Are where the chromatids of a chromo-
some are attached C. offsrping are genetically different
A. Cell division D. offspring are identical

668. Chromatids are B. replication of the DNA

A. dense patches within the nucleus. C. separationof sister chromatids
B. bacterial chromosomes. D. spindleformation
C. joined strands of duplicated genetic
674. Which phase of mitosis do chromosomes
material.
pull apart to opposite ends?
D. prokaryotic nuclei.
A. metaphase
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669. Which of these is paired correctly? B. anaphase
A. Adenine-GuanineCytosine-Thymine/Uracil C. interphase
D. telophase
B. Adenine-CytosineGuanine-Thymine/
Uracil 675. Interphase contains three stages, includ-
ing the G1 and G2 stages. Which of the
C. Adenine-Thymine/ UracilCytosine-
following occurs during these gap stages?
Guanine
D. Adenine-UracilCytosine-Guanine/ A. separation of chromosomes
Thymine B. cellular growth
670. Which cell structure produces the spindle C. DNA replication

fibers? D. viral transformation
A. Centromeres 676. At the end of the mitotic cell cycle, a cell
B. Centrioles divides into two cells. What must happen
C. Chromatids before the cell divides?
D. Ribosomes A. the number of organelles triples
B. chromosomes must be copied
671. Cells need to produce new cells in order
to C. four nuclei must be formed
A. create new chromosomes D. the membrane thickens
B. replace cells that have died 677. As a cell becomes larger, its
C. obtain energy from sunlight A. volume increases faster than its sur-
D. release energy from food face area.
B. volume increases, but its surface area
672. During which stage of the cell cycle does
stays the same.
the cell spend a majority of its time?
A. Prophase C. surface area stays the same, but its
volume increases.
B. Interphase
D. surface area increases faster than its
C. Metaphase volume.
D. Cytokinesis
678. Fourth and final phase of mitosis, during
673. Which of the following does not occur dur- which the chromosomes begin to disperse
ing mitosis? into a tangle of dense material
A. condensationof the chromosomes A. Cancer

B. Telophase C. heterotrophic
C. Anaphase D. eubacterial

D. Metaphase
684. The resulting cells in meiosis and mitosis
679. The process of DNA replication is called are called the cells.
semi conservative because it results in A. daughter
A. none of these B. sons
B. Two DNA molecules. One original
C. mother
molecule and one with two new strands
D. father
C. two exact copies with new strands
D. two DNA molecules, each with 1 origi- 685. The chromosomes lined up in the middle
nal strand and one new. of the cell during
680. A picture to show the appearance and A. Prophase

number of chromosomes used to determine B. Metaphase
if there is a disease caused by a genetic
C. Anaphase
mutation?
A. Nondisjunction D. Telophase
B. Karyotype E. Cytokinesis
C. Diploid 686. What are the four phases of Mitosis
D. Haploid A. Telephone Phase, Metaphor phase,
Anaphase, Prophase
681. Which of the following phrases best de-
scribes cytokinesis? B. Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase,
A. division of the cytoplasm Telophase
B. division of the nucleus C. Telophase, Anaphase, Prephase

C. division of DNA D. none of above
D. division of surface area 687. the process by which bacterial cells divide
682. Condensed DNA and protein structures A. binary fission
found in the nucleus of a cell during mito-
B. cell division
sis.
C. DNA replication
A. chromatin
D. synthesis phase
B. chromosome
C. centrioles 688. Duplicated chromatin coils together
D. centromere tightly
A. Prophase
683. A cell with only half the normal number
of chromosomes is called a cell. B. Metaphase
A. haploid C. Anaphase
B. prokaryotic D. Telophase

689. As a cell grows, it C. reversing danage from a heart attack

A. places more demands on its DNA. D. generating embryos from nonliving tis-
sue
B. uses up food and oxygen more quickly.
C. has more trouble moving enough ma- 695. Eukaryotic cells store their genetic infor-
terials across its cell membrane. mation(DNA) in
D. all available answers A. Chromosomes
B. Centromeres
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690. The stage of mitosis in which the chro-
mosomes line up along the cell’s equator C. karyotypes
and the spindle fibers attach to the cen- D. Proteins
tromeres
696. The “G” in G1 stands for
A. metaphase
A. great
B. prophase
B. growth
C. telophase
C. gap
D. anaphase D. germ
691. The longest stage of mitosis 697. The cell cycle is controlled by regulatory
A. metaphase at three key checkpoints.
B. prophase A. cytoplasm
C. telophase B. mitosis
D. anaphase C. segregation
D. proteins
692. What happens during the S phase of In-
terphase? 698. The Cell Cycle phase that includes G1
A. The cell grows. (Growth 1), S (DNA Synthesis), and G2
(Growth 2) is
B. The nucleus divides.
A. Mitosis
C. DNA is replicated.
B. Telophase
D. none of above
C. Interphase
693. Which is the longest stage of the cell cy- D. Cytokinesis
cle?
699. Which of the below stages of the cell cy-
A. G1 cle are in order from beginning to the end?
B. S A. cytokinesis, telophase, metaphase,
C. Mitosis anaphase, prophase, interphase
D. Cytokinesis B. interphase, prophase, metaphase,
anaphase, telophase, cytokinesis
694. Which is a possible future benefit of stem
C. prophase, interphase, anaphase,
cell research?
metaphase, cytokinesis, telophase
A. developing a vaccine for cancer D. telophase, metaphase, cytokinesis,
B. increasing a person’s intelligence anaphase, prophase, interphase

700. Why do cells replicate? C. Uracil

A. growth D. Adenine

B. repair of damaged cells E. Phosphate
C. All of the above 706. Checks for chromosome attachment to
D. none of above the spindle at the metaphase plate.
701. During which stage of interphase does A. G1 checkpoint

cell growth occur and the production of B. G2 checkpoint
more organelles occur. C. Spindle checkpoint
A. G1 Phase D. DNA polymerase
B. S Phase
707. Most prokaryotic organisms reproduce
C. C Phase mainly by the process of
D. G2 Phase A. regeneration
702. Where does an off spring get its traits in B. binary fission
asexual reproduction? C. budding
A. From both parents D. production of spores
B. From only one parent
708. The diploid chromosome compliment of
C. From neither parent
human somatic cell consists of how many
D. There are no traits handed down chromosomes?
703. Which of the following represents what A. 14

happens to the chromosome number during B. 23
MITOSIS?
C. 46
A. 2n → n
D. 58
B. n → 2n
709. Which of the following describes what
C. 2n → 2n
takes place in the cell during cytokinesis?
D. 2n → 4n
A. Chromosomes pull apart to opposite
704. Radiation is often used for cancer therapy ends of the cell.
because it can trigger B. Chromosomes line up along the equa-
A. the immune system tor of the cell.
B. apoptosis C. The cytoplasm is cut, forming two dis-
tinct cells.
C. cells to skip the cell cycle
D. The nuclear membrane breaks down
D. further cell mutation and disappears and chromatin condenses
705. Check off all the possibilities that a DNA into chromosomes.
nucleotide could contain. 710. In this phase of the cell cycle, the cell du-
A. Thymine plicates its DNA.
B. Deoxyribose A. G1

B. S 716. DNA is replicated during of the cell

cycle.
C. G2
A. G1
D. M
B. S
711. When during the cell cycle does the cell C. G2
grow larger and add more organelles
D. G0
A. G1
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717. In oogenesis, how many FUNCTIONAL
B. G2 haploid cells are formed?
C. S A. 1
D. M B. 2
C. 3
712. The purpose of Mitosis is
D. 4
A. to fix my toes
B. growth, replacement, and repair 718. Cytokinesis is the creation of two identi-
cal cells called
C. to produce offspring that are different
A. children cells
from parents
B. new cells
D. none of above
C. daughter cells
713. When organisms grow their cells D. son cells
A. divide 719. When during the cell cycle is a cell’s DNA
B. grow larger replicated?
C. increase in number A. G1 phase
D. all of these B. G2 phase
C. M phase
714. Cell growth is to G1 as is to
D. S phase
A. mitosis:cytokinesis
720. The process of the cell cycle produces two
B. mitosis:meiosis identical:
C. mitochondria replication:s phase A. daughter cells
D. DNA copying:s phase B. strands
C. chromosomes
715. phase of the cell cycle in which the
cell grows rapidly and performs many D. chromatids
metabolic processes
721. During meiosis I, what happens?
A. growth Phase 1 A. Sister chromatids are split
B. growth phase 2 B. Homologous chromosomes are split
C. mitosis C. Four cells are created
D. tumor D. None of the other choices are correct

722. The stage of mitosis in which chromatids B. Asexual reproduction needs two par-
are replicated, spindle fibers begin to form, ents to produce offspring
and the nuclear membrane disintegrates

C. Sexual reproduction results in greater
A. metaphase genetic diversity
B. prophase D. Sexual reproduction is the same as
C. telophase asexual reproduction
D. anaphase
728. Which description is true about cell cycle
723. The time between cell divisions in the life regulation?
cycle of the cell is called A. Changing concentrations of cdk result
A. anaphase in binding to cyclin
B. interphase B. Changing concentrations of cyclin af-
C. prophase fect the level of MPF
D. metaphase C. MPF complex formation decreases
with increased cdk levels
724. What is the longest phase of the cell cy-
cle? D. MPF complex formation decreases
with increased cyclin levels
A. Interphase
B. Mitosis 729. What process(es) do prokaryotic cells
C. Meiosis use to multiply?
D. Cytokinesis A. calculator
725. If a fruit fly has 8 chromosomes in each B. asexual reproduction

of its body cells, how many chromosomes C. binary fission
will be in each daughter cell after mitosis?
D. sexual reproduction
A. 2
B. 4 730. In meiosis, the daughter cells have
the amount of DNA as the parent cell.
C. 8
D. 16 A. a third of
B. half of
726. Which type of regulatory protein helps
speed up or slow down the cell cycle? C. the same
A. internal regulators D. none of
B. external reguators
731. In , a cell goes through two cell divi-
C. growth factors
sions and produces 4 daughter cells.
D. ATP synthase
A. meiosis
727. Asexual reproduction differs from sexual B. mitosis
reproduction because:
C. interphase
A. Asexual reproduction results in
greater generic diversity D. prophase

732. In which phase of mitosis do chromo- C. telephase

somes become visible? D. anaphase
A. interphase
738. Which of these does not happen in
B. metaphase
Prophase 1 of meiosis?
C. prophase
A. Nucleus breaks down
D. telophase
B. Chromosomes cross over in tetrads
733. Which best describes the role of p53 pro-
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C. Independent assortment
tein in the cell cycle
D. Spindle fibers begin to attach to cen-
A. it makes sure organelles are properly tromeres
replicated
B. it makes sure that the cytoplasm is 739. The cell membrane splits and 2 new
equally divided daughter cells are formed
C. it make sure DNA is free of errors A. Metaphase
D. It makes sure the DNA is copied B. Anaphase
C. Telephase
734. Interphase does NOT include:
D. Cytokinesis
A. G1
B. G2 740. Eukaryotic cells spend most of their cell
C. Synthesis cycle in which phase?
D. Mitosis A. interphase
B. prophase
735. Put the following in order:G2, G1, S, mi-
tosis, cytokinesis. C. metaphase
A. G1, G2, S, Mitosis, cytokinesis D. anaphase
B. G1, S, G2, Mitosis, cytokinesis 741. Nuclear membrane forms around chromo-
C. G1, G2, S, cytokinesis, mitosis somes and begins to separate.
D. G1, S, G2, cytokinesis, mitosis A. Anaphase
736. A Gamete (Sex Cell) is a result of Meiosis. B. Telophase

Therefore, its .. C. Prophase
A. Diploid D. Interphase
B. Haploid
742. Affects only females, occurs when there
C. Neither is a partial or complete absence of the 2nd
D. Both sex chromosome. Results in monosomy
and 45 chromosomes.
737. In this phase, the nuclear membrane dis-
A. Down Syndrome
appears. Spindle fibers begin to form, cen-
tromeres move toward the poles. B. Turner’s Syndrome
A. metaphase C. Klinefelter’s Syndrome
B. prophase D. Patau Syndrome

743. the stage in the cell cycle where cells C. G0 phase

spend the majority of their lifetime.
D. telophase

A. mitosis
E. metaphase
B. meoisis
C. interphase 749. The name for programmed cell death is
D. anaphase A. specialization
B. cancer
744. During which stage of mitosis do spindle
fibers disappear, chromosomes uncoil, and C. cytokinesis
separate nuclei begin to form at opposite
D. apoptosis
ends of the cell?
A. Prophase 750. During which stage of interphase does
B. Metaphase the DNA duplicate.
C. Anaphase A. M Phase
D. Telophase B. G1 Phase
C. S Phase
745. How does a bacteria reproduce?
A. Mitosis D. G2 Phase
B. Cytokenesis 751. Interphase does NOT include

C. Binary Fusion A. G2 phase
D. Binary Fission
B. Mitosis
746. The nucleolus disappears, the nuclear C. G1 phase
membrane breaks down, the spindle fibers
form in the cytoplasm D. S phase
A. Prophase 752. Unlike mitosis, meiosis in male mammals

B. Metaphase results in the formation of
C. Anaphase A. one haploid gamete
D. Telophase B. three diploid gametes
747. Which of the following is a form of asex- C. four diploid gametes

ual reproduction? D. four haploid gametes
A. Mitosis
753. Which of the following units are repeat-
B. Meiosis edly joined together to form a strand of
C. Cell division DNA?
D. Interphase A. amino acids
748. DNA is checked for errors during B. nucleotides
A. G2 phase C. fatty acids
B. anaphase D. polysaccharides

754. the stage in the cell cycle where cells C. Prophase, Metaphase, Telophase,
spend only 10% of their time Anaphase
A. interphase D. Telophase, Prophase, Anaphase,
B. mitoisis Metaphase
C. meiosis 760. What structure is responsible for moving

the chromosomes during mitosis?
D. prophase
A. nucleolus
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755. Compare to small cells, large cells have
B. nuclear membrane
more trouble
C. spindle
A. dividing
D. cytoplasm
B. producing daughter cells
C. moving materials in and waste out 761. When the cytoplasm divides, this is
known as
D. making copies of DNA
A. cytokinesis.
756. In the 1st part of cell division, the nucleus B. mitosis.
of the cell divides. This is called
C. interphase.
A. mitosis
D. none of above
B. cytokinesis
C. interphase 762. About what percent of a cell’s life cycle
is spent in interphase?
D. metaphase
A. 50-55%
757. In what phase of the Cell Cycle does cell B. 70-75%
division occur?
C. 80-85%
A. Interphase
D. 85-90%
B. M phase
C. S phase
the cell prepare for mitosis including repli-
D. G2 phase cating organelles?
758. In which stage of the cell cycle is the cell A. G1 phase
preparing for division? B. S phase
A. G1 C. G2 phase
B. S D. M phase
C. G2
764. The organize a spindle of fibers that
D. M attach to the centromere of the chromo-
somes.
759. The phases of mitosis IN ORDER are:
A. centromeres
A. Metaphase, Anaphase, Prophase,
Telophase B. centrioles
B. Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, C. centriomes

Telophase D. chromosomes

765. Which structure forms the spindle appa- B. cancer

ratus? C. mitosis

A. mitochondria D. anaphase
B. centrioles
771. The cell membrane pinches in, cutting the
C. microtubules cytoplasm into 2 cells
D. centromeres A. Metaphase
E. chromatids B. Anaphase
C. Telephase
766. How many parts are there to the cell cy-
cle? D. Cytokinesis
A. 2 772. List the Cell Cycle phases and stages in
B. 3 order:
A. Interphase, Cytokinesis, Telophase,
C. 4
Metaphase, Anaphase, Prophase, Inter-
D. 5 phase
767. When a cell is not actively dividing, it is B. Prophase, Interphase, Anaphase,
in what phase? Metaphase, Cytokinesis, telophase
A. interphase C. Interphase, Prophase, Metaphase,
Anaphase, Telophase, Cytokinesis
B. mitosis
D. Telophase, Metaphase, Cytokinesis,
C. cytokinesis Anaphase, Prophase, Interphase
D. none of above
773. Stem cells are found in and in
768. Contains the genetic material and serves A. mitosis, cytokinesis
as the control center of the cell B. G1, S
A. nuclear membrane C. embryos, adults
B. spindle fibers D. cell cycle, mitosis
C. nucleus
774. What happens during Telophase?
D. telophase A. Nucleolus is visible
769. The cell membrane pinches in completely B. Spindle fibers break apart
dividing the cytoplasm resulting in 2 C. Nuclear envelope forms
daughter cells
D. Chromosomes spread into chromatids
A. Metaphase
E. The cell starts to grow
B. Anaphase
775. To function efficiently, a good shape for
C. Telophase a large cell is
D. Cytokinesis A. A sphere
770. The uncontrolled division of cells that re- B. A cylinder
sults in malignant growth is called C. A cube
A. tissues D. none of above

776. In humans, gametes contain 782. First and longest phase of mitosis, dur-
A. 45 autosomes and 1 sex chromosome. ing which the chromosomes become visible
and the centrioles separate and take up po-
B. 22 autosomes and 1 sex chromosome. sitions on the opposite sides of the nucleus
C. 1 autosome and 45 sex chromosomes.
A. Centriole
D. 1 autosome and 22 sex chromosomes.
B. Prophase
777. Sister chromatids separate and move
C. Cell cycle
apart along the spindle fibers. Each chro-
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matid is now one individual chromosome. D. Interphase
A. Prophase
783. Nondisjunction is related to a number
B. Metaphase
of serious human disorders. How does
C. Anaphase nondisjunction cause these disorders?
D. Telophase A. alters the number of zygotes
778. Which of the following is NOT a part of B. alters the chromosome structure
mitosis?
C. alters the number of gametes
A. Cytokinesis
D. alters the number of chromosomes
B. Anaphase
C. Diplophase 784. The division of the cytoplasm following
D. Metaphase mitosis
779. Which checkpoint of the cell cycle checks A. cytoplasm

for the proper and complete replication of B. cytokinesis
DNA?
C. telophase
A. G2
D. mitosis
B. G1
C. Spindle checkpoint 785. How many times does the cell divide in
D. Cytokinesis mitosis?
780. In prophase, a of fibers that attach A. Once (PMAT)

to the centromere of the chromosomes. B. 4 times
A. spindle C. 2 times
B. windle
D. none of these
C. swindle
D. strand 786. Which of these lists presents the stages
of the cell cycle in the correct order?
781. What process occurs after Prophase?
A. interphase, mitosis, cytokinesis
A. Anaphase
B. Interphase B. cytokinesis, mitosis, interphase
C. Telophase C. mitosis, interphase, cytokinesis

D. Metaphase D. interphase, cytokinesis, mitosis

787. How many chromosomes are in a human C. prophase

somatic cell? Is this a diploid or a hap- D. interphase
loid?

A. 46, Diploid 792. If an organism’s 2n (diploid) is 46, then
what is their n (haploid) number of chro-
B. 46, Haploid mosomes?
C. 23, Diploid A. 46
D. 23, Haploid B. 23
788. Mitosis and meiosis are processes in- C. 92
volved in cellular reproduction. Which of D. unknown
the following describes and event that re-
sults from mitosis but NOT meiosis? 793. If there are 20 chromosomes in the nu-
cleus before mitosis how many will there
A. Two stages of cell division be in each new daughter cell after cytoki-
B. Replication of cellular genetic material nesis?
C. Daughter cells that are identical to the A. 20
parent cell B. 10
D. Four daughter cells that are produced C. 40
from each parent cell
D. 200
789. During which stage of mitosis do centri-
794. Which of the following phases is NOT a
oles move, spindle fibers form, chromo-
stage of mitosis?
somes appear, sister chromatids attach,
and nuclear materials disappear? A. prophase
A. Prophase B. interphase
B. Metaphase C. metaphase
C. Anaphase D. anaphase
D. Telophase E. prometaphase
790. The exchange of segments of DNA be- 795. The division of the nucleus and its DNA is
tween the members of a pair of chromo- known as:
somes A. Synthesis
A. pair of chromosomes B. Mitosis
B. ensures that variations within a C. G1
species never occur. D. G2
C. acts as a source of variations within a
796. The process of where one cell becomes
species.
two cells, is called
D. is called genetic crossing.
A. photosynthesis
791. Cytokinesis begins in which phase? B. cellular respiration
A. metaphase C. anaphase
B. telophase D. the cell cycle

797. Which is the volume for a cubic cell that 803. If a species’ liver cell has 10 chromo-
measures 3cm? somes (5 pairs), how many chromosomes
A. 27 cm3 does a sperm cell have from the same
species?
B. 54 cm3
C. 9 cm3 A. 20
D. none of above B. 10
798. Which of the following is NOT a phase of C. 5
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the cell cycle? D. 40
A. M phase
B. S phase 804. When DNA makes a copy of itself, what
process has been performed by the cell?
C. R phase
D. Interphase A. DNA transcription
799. Why do cells undergo mitosis? B. DNA translation

A. to replace damaged cells C. DNA replication
B. create new chromosomes D. DNA transformation
C. obtain energy from sunlight
D. release energy from food 805. In human beings, which factor determines
the sex of an individual?
800. During which subphase of Interphase
does DNA replication occur? A. Number of chromosomes
A. G1 B. Presence of Y chromosome
B. S C. Pairing with the X chromosome
C. G2 D. Formation of genetically identical cells
D. none of above
806. Cyclins are a family of closely related pro-
801. Which of the following is a factor that can
teins that
stop normal cells from growing?
A. contact with other cells A. produce p53.
B. growth factors B. regulate the cell cycle.
C. a cut in the skin C. work to heal wounds.
D. cyclin that has been taken from a cell
D. cause cancer.
in mitosis
802. Nuclear membranes form, cell begins to 807. Why do cells go through cell division
pinch to begin splitting describes:
A. Growth
A. Prophase
B. Reproduction
B. Anaphase
C. Telophase C. Repair
D. Metaphase D. All of the above

808. During which phase of the cell cycle does 813. During this phase, the cell grows, makes
DNA replicate, and DNA polymerase adds a copy of its DNA, and prepares to divide.
nucleotides to RNA?

A. G1
A. Interphase
B. G2
B. Mitosis
C. interphase
C. Prophase
D. s
D. Cytokinesis
809. The phase of mitosis that is characterized 814. What are the enzymes that are involved
by the arrangement of all chromosomes in DNA Replication?
meeting along the middle of the equator A. Lactase, Helicase, Polmase
of the cell is called
B. Helicase, DNA Polymerase, Ligase
A. Anaphase
C. DNA Polymerase, Lactase, Enzymase
B. Prophase
D. DNA Polymerase, Helicase, Lactase
C. Metaphase
D. Telophase 815. Which of the following is not a part of
interphase?
810. Cytokinesis is animal cells pinches in to
form what structure? A. G2
A. telophase B. M
B. cleavage furrow C. G1
C. cell plate D. S
D. mitosis
816. Put the following stages of mitosis in or-
811. One difference between cell division in der:anaphase, prophase, metaphase, and
plants and animals is that only plant cells telophase.
have A. prophase, metaphase, telophase,
A. centrioles anaphase
B. centromeres B. prophase, anaphase, metaphase,
C. a cell plate telophase
D. chromatin C. prophase, metaphase, anaphase,
telophase
812. Which of the following correctly se-
quences the events of mitosis? D. prophase, telophase, metaphase,
anaphase
A. Interphase, Prophase, Metaphase,
Anaphase, Telophase 817. In which stage of the cell cycle does the
B. Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, cell split into two?
Telophase A. Mitosis
C. Anaphase, Metaphase, Prophase,
B. G1
Telophase
C. Cytokinesis
D. Interphase, Anaphase, Prophase,
Metaphase, Telophase D. S

818. What is “Crossover”? 824. Cells that are in a nondividing state are
A. Chromosomes switching sides in the in which phase?
cell A. G1
B. The nucleus getting bigger B. G2
C. Chromatin condensing into a Chromo- C. S
some
D. G0
D. Chromosomes exchanging information
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to create genetic diversity 825. The longest phase of mitosis. Chromo-
somes condense and become visible Spin-
819. Which of these cells divides the least?
dles form go help separate chromosomes.
A. Liver cell Nucleolus disappears and the nuclear enve-
B. Skin cell lope breaks down.
C. Blood cell A. Prophase
D. none of above B. Metaphase
820. Disruptions in the cell cycle due to muta- C. Anaphase

tions can D. Telophase
A. make you a superhuman who can fly
826. What is the purpose of mitosis in sexu-
B. cause cancer ally producing organisms?
C. do absolutely nothing every time A. make offspring
D. none of the above B. growth and development
821. DNA is called chromatin in this phase C. genetic variation
A. Interphase D. mutations
B. Prophase
827. Does the number of chromosomes in mi-
C. Metaphase tosis change?
D. Anaphase A. Yes
822. What happens in the S phase? B. no
A. cell growth C. none of these its asexual
B. replication D. none of above
C. preparing for mitosis
828. Chromosome refers to the two chro-
D. nothing
mosomes separating and moving to oppo-
823. In meiosis, crossing-over occurs site ends of the cell.
A. at the centromere. A. proteins

B. during fertilization. B. segregation
C. during prophase II. C. cytoplasm
D. during prophase I. D. proteins

829. After mitosis is complete, the new cells: 834. The first stage of the cell cycle. The pe-
riod before cell division. The cell grows,
A. are all identical
makes a copy of its DNA, and prepares to

B. are half identical and half different divide into two new cells.
C. are all different A. interphase
D. are all stretched out B. prophase
C. anaphase
830. Which of the following describes the pur-
D. cytokinesis
pose of the mitotic cell division?
A. To make more of the same cells. 835. The G in G1 and G2 stands for
A. gap
B. For growth and repair.
B. growth
C. To prevent the cell from becoming too
large. C. gap/growth
D. All of the above. D. none of these

836. G1, S, and G2 phases are combined into
831. In one type of cell division, a single cell one long phase called
forms two new cells. This process is called
mitosis. What is the reason that human A. interphase
skin cells frequently undergo mitosis? B. mitosis
A. to get energy for the cell. C. cytokinesis
B. to prevent bruises on the body D. cell cycle
C. to replace dead or damaged skin cells 837. Which cell cycle checkpoint verifies cell
size and checks the DNA for damage?
D. to replace damaged nerve cells
A. G1 checkpoint
832. DNA Replication happens during B. S checkpoint
A. G2 phase (Gap 2 Phase) C. G2 checkpoint
B. Mitosis D. M checkpoint
C. G1 phase (Gap 1 Phase) 838. Cancer cells can reproduce rapidly be-
cause they
D. S phase (Synthesis phase)
A. are smaller than normal cells
833. The following describes during mito- B. skip interphase
sis. The chromatin condenses and spindle
fibers form at each side of the cell. The C. undergo mitosis more slowly
chromosomes begin to form and nuclear D. spend less time in interphase
membrane disappears.
839. uncontrolled cell growth =
A. prophase
A. apoptosis
B. anaphase B. cancer
C. metaphase C. spindle
D. telophase D. cytokinesis

840. What is not the prerequisite for clearance B. telephase

at the G2 checkpoint? C. metaphase
A. G1 checkpoint
D. prophase
B. G2 checkpoint
846. Stage in the cell cycle where the cell’s nu-
C. S checkpoint
clear material duplicates
D. M checkpoint
A. G1
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841. When an animal cell goes through cytoki- B. G2
nesis,
C. Synthesis
A. a cell plate forms dividing the 2 new
nuclei. D. Mitosis
B. the cell membrane pinches off the 2 847. Which acronym accurately portrays the
new cells. order of the cell cycle?
C. 4 new cells are formed. A. IPMATC
D. None of the above B. ICMATP
842. Which phrase best describes cancer? C. IGMATC
A. absence of cyclins D. IMAGTC
B. multiple gene mutations
848. What happens in nondisjunction?
C. uncontrolled cell growth
A. Chromosomes don’t separate cor-
D. presence of genetic defects rectly causing genetic disorders
843. Normal cells become cancer cells when B. There is no such thing as nondisjunc-
tion
A. regulation of cell growth and division C. Cells divide
occurs. D. Cells collide
B. cells respond to control mechanisms.
849. The cell cycle consists of the G1, S, G2,
C. cells pass through G1.
and the phase.
D. cells do not respond to checkpoints.
A. G3
844. During which stage of the cell cycle does B. M
mitosis and cytokinesis occur?
C. G4
A. Interphase
D. A
B. S phase
C. M phase 850. A cell with two of each kind of chromo-
some
D. G1 phase
A. Diploid
845. In this phase, each of the replicated chro-
B. Haploid
mosomes moves to opposite ends of the
cell C. Sperm
A. anaphase D. Egg

851. What must occur during interphase so C. When genetic information moves from
that each daughter cell receives the correct one cell to a difference cell
number of chromosomes after mitosis and D. The creation of eggs

cytokinesis?
857. The word cytokinesis has the prefix
A. DNA transcription
cyto-that refers to a cell and the suffix-
B. Protein synthesis kinesis that refers to division or move-
C. DNA editing ment. Therefore, cytokinesis is the pro-
cess where a cell’s cytoplasm
D. DNA replication
A. divides
852. Which is NOT a phase of the cell cycle? B. multiplies
A. Interphase C. increases
B. Cytokinesis D. evaporates
C. Mitosis
858. The reason most cells have to divide is
D. Duplication due to:
853. Which phase of mitosis do the chromo- A. High acidity within its environment
somes line up in the middle? B. Mutated DNA
A. metaphase C. Surface Area:Volume ratio
B. prophase D. A faulty G2 checkpoint
C. interphase 859. the division of the cytoplasm is called
D. anaphase A. mitosis
854. Which is a benefit of meiosis? B. interphase
A. It increases mutations C. cytokinesis
B. It increases genetic diversity D. somatic
C. It decrease the number of chromo- 860. The structure of coiled DNA and proteins
somes that forms in the cells nucleus prior to mi-
tosis is
D. It increases the number of chromo-
somes A. centromere
B. centriole
855. The cells produced by the process of meio-
sis are called: C. chromosome
A. gametes D. chromatid
B. somatic cells 861. The cell cycle is the

C. body cells A. series of events that cells go through
as they grow and divide
D. skin cells
B. period of time between birth and death
856. What is crossing-over? of a cell
A. DNA twisting and switching places C. time from prophase until cytokinesis
when homologoues pair up D. time it takes for one cell to undergo mi-
B. Homologues randomly lining up tosis

862. Cell division in eukaryotes is called 868. Why are HeLa cells important?
while in prokaryotes it is A. they are immortal
A. mitosis; cytokinesis B. they are used to create vaccines
B. mitosis; interphase C. they have been used to test the effects
C. mitosis; binary fission of zero gravity in space
D. mitosis; cell cycle D. all choices are correct
869. The center part of a chromosome, where
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863. When during the cell cycle does the cell
make more organelles? spindle fibers attach.
A. G1 phase A. chromatin
B. G2 phase B. chromatid
C. M phase C. cenrioles
D. S phase D. centromere
864. The material of chromosomes which is 870. The stage where DNA condenses into
made up of proteins and DNA is called chromosomes and the chromosomes are
visible.
A. Centromere
A. Prophase
B. Chromatid
B. metaphase
C. Karyotype
C. anaphase
D. Chromatin
D. Telophase
865. Select ALL stages of Interphase
871. Which is a source of genetic variation due
A. G1 Phase to meiosis?
B. Mitosis A. crossing over
C. S Phase B. independent assortment
D. G2 Phase C. gene mutations
866. What percentage of the cell cycle is the D. all of the above
interphase cycle? 872. When cells divide they make two
A. 10% cells.
B. 75% A. daughter
C. 25% B. son
D. 90% C. Mom
D. Dad
867. Cancer is the uncontrolled division of cells.
In other words, it is uncontrolled 873. Cells of organism must replicate for?
A. Mitosis A. growth
B. Meiosis B. repair of damaged cells
C. Cytokinesis C. replacement of dying cells.
D. Interphase D. All of the above

874. During which phase of the cell cycle does C. G0

most cell growth occur? D. Anaphase

A. cytokinesis
880. A human cell has 46 chromosomes before
B. interphase mitotic division. How many chromosomes
C. prophase will the daughter cells after mitosis.
D. mitosis A. 12
B. 23
875. When a cell cannot control it’s cell cycle
due to a mutation, it reproduces out of con- C. 46
trol. What is the result of this overgrowth D. 92
of cells?
881. During what stage of the cell cycle would
A. Cell cluster you expect to have the lowest amount
B. Scar formation of cellular growth and synthesis taking
place?
C. Apoptosis
A. G2 Phase
D. Cancer
B. Mitosis
876. If a somatic cell in an organism has 20 C. G1 Phase
chromosomes, the germ cell would have
how many chromosomes? D. S Phase
A. 10 882. The first phase of mitosis is called

B. 20 A. prophase.
C. 15 B. anaphase.
D. 5 C. metaphase.
D. interphase.
877. Apoptosis is
A. programmed cell self-destruction 883. Which molecules act as gatekeepers for
each checkpoint of the cell cycle?
B. random cell self-destruction
A. p53 gene
C. programmed cellular mutation
B. cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinases
D. random cellular mutation
C. thyroid hormones
878. Two new identical nuclei are formed D. none of above
A. Prophase 884. Name the 3 checkpoints of the cell cycle
B. Metaphase A. Anaphase checkpoint, metaphase
C. Anaphase checkpoint, and telophase checkpoint
D. Telophase B. Interphase checkpoint, S phase check-
point, and M phase checkpoint
879. What is it called when the cell cycle is out
C. G1 checkpoint, G2 checkpoint, and S
of control?
phase checkpoint
A. Cancer D. G1 checkpoint, G2 checkpoint, and
B. Apoptosis metaphase checkpoint

885. In eukaryotes, the first step in cell divi- 890. The holds identical replicated sister
sion is , and the second step is cytoki- chromatids together.
nesis. A. centriole
A. mitosis B. chromosomes
B. checkpoints C. centromere
C. segregation D. cycles
D. daughter
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886. Which is an example of a totipotent cell? the cell prepare for mitosis?
A. red blood cell A. G1 phase
B. zygote B. S phase
C. skin cell C. G2 phase
D. bone marrow cell D. M phase
887. If the M checkpoint is not cleared, what 892. Which enzyme is responsible for adding
specific stage of mitosis will be blocked? complimentary bases to the unzipped DNA
during DNA replication?
A. Anaphase
A. Ligase
B. Metaphase
B. Helicase
C. Prophase
C. Amaylase
D. Telophase
D. DNA polymerase
888. DNA replication results in two DNA
molecules, 893. Replicated chromosomes remain attached
to each other at a region called the
A. each one with two original strands
A. centriole
B. each one with two new strands
B. centromere
C. each one with one new strand and one
original strand C. centerpart
D. one with two new strands and the D. centralpark
other with two original strands 894. Crucial to cell cycle control and assembles
889. What are some of the facts about asex- during interphase
ual reproduction? A. Chromosome
A. Takes only one mate to reproduce and B. Chromatin
takes a longer time to reproduce C. Chromatid
B. Takes a shorter amount of time to re- D. Cyclin
produce and it takes two mates to repro-
duce 895. Which part of mitosis occurs when the
C. Reproduces diverse offspring and chromosomes are lining up in the center of
takes a longer time to reproduce the cell?
D. Takes only one mate to reproduce and A. interphase

takes a shorter time to reproduce B. telophase

C. prophase 901. Programmed cell death is known as

D. anaphase A. Apoptosis

E. metaphase B. Oncogene
C. Proto-oncogene
896. What type of cells are produced as a re- D. Tumor suppressor gene
sult of Meiosis?
902. Mitosis is essential to life because it
A. four diploid cells
A. contains four stages for gametes
B. two diploid cells
B. maintains genetic continuity from one
C. four haploid cells generation to the next
D. two haploid cells C. controls cell functions
D. provides energy for cell
897. The cells produced via meiosis are called:
903. In which stage of the cell cycle is protein
A. gametes and organelle synthesis?
B. somatic cells A. G1
C. body cells B. G2
D. skin cells C. S
D. Cytokinesis
898. Cytokinesis occurs at the same time as or
immediately following 904. The two main stages of cell division are
called
A. telophase
A. mitosis & interphase
B. anaphase
B. synthesis & cytokinesis
C. prophase C. the M phase & the S phase
D. metaphase D. mitosis & cytokinesis
899. How many stages are in mitosis (= 905. How many daughter cells are produced at
prophase, )? the end of meiosis?
A. 1
A. 1
B. 2
B. 2
C. 3
C. 3
D. 4
D. 4
906. Following the mitosis cell cycle,
900. What part of the cell cycle is responsible daughter cells are produced which are ge-
for replacing old cells? netically ( identical to / different from )
the original parent cell.
A. Mitosis
A. 4 ; different
B. Meiosis B. 4 ; identical
C. Prophase C. 2 ; different
D. Interphase D. 2 ; identical

907. At the end of mitosis you have cells C. synthesis

A. identical D. Mitosis
B. different 913. Which is NOT made during the G2 phase
C. identical twins of the cell cycle?
D. variety A. additional organelles
908. in the cell cycle ensure that the cell is B. structures for cell division
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ready to proceed before it moves on to the C. proteins
next phase of the cycle.
D. a copy of the DNA
A. segregation
B. proteins
line up in the middle of the cell and the nu-
C. cytoplasm cleus disapears.
D. Checkpoints A. prophase
909. In which stage of the cell cycle do the nu- B. metaphase
cleus and its contents divide? C. anaphase
A. synthesis D. telephase
B. gap 1
915. Substage of interphase in which the cell
C. mitosis prepares for nuclear division and creates a
D. gap 2 protein to make microtubules for cell divi-
sion
910. Which stage of the cell cycle is the
A. Interphase
longest?
B. G1
A. prophase, metaphase, anaphase,
telophase C. Synthesis
B. metaphase D. G2
C. cytokinesis 916. Human gametes, like egg or sperm cells,
D. interphase have chromosomes
A. 23
911. An abnormal mass of cancer cells is called
a B. 46
A. tumor C. 92
B. cyst D. none of above
C. lesion 917. How many chromosomes does a human
D. polyp egg or sperm (gamete) cell have?
912. During the phase, the cell’s DNA is A. 23

copied in the process of DNA replication. B. 46
A. Interphase C. 42
B. cell cycle D. 26

918. The daughter cells (gametes) have 923. A nuclear membrane grows around each
DNA compared to the parent cell after set of chromosomes
meiosis.

A. Prophase
A. the same
B. Metaphase
B. half as much
C. Anaphase
C. double
D. Telophase
D. identical
924. During , the nucleus of the cell divides.
919. A student view onion cells under a micro-
A. Mitosis
scope and notices the cells are reproducing
by mitosis.Which hypothesis is supported B. cell cycle
by this? C. chromosomes
A. the cells all have the same chromo- D. synthesis
somes
B. the cells each have a unique genetic 925. What does DNA polymerase do during
make-up replication?
C. the cells produce identical gametes A. binds nucleotides together and cor-
rects base pair errors
D. the cells split to form stem cells
B. transmits messages that are trans-
920. All of the following are problems that lated into proteins
growth causes for cells EXCEPT C. attracts amino acids to the ribosomes
A. obtaining enough food. for assembly
B. excess oxygen. D. recognizes and points out new origins
of replication
C. expelling wastes.
D. DNA overload. 926. The diploid number of chromosomes in a
human skin cell is 46. The number of chro-
921. During what phase of the cell cycle is DNA mosomes found in a human egg cell is
replicated (= DNA Synthesis)?
A. 16
A. G1 phase
B. 92
B. S phase
C. 12.5
C. G2 phase
D. 23
D. M phase
927. Apoptosis functions to
922. Which part of the cell cycle does NOT in-
A. allow proper form of developing em-
clude a checkpoint
bryos
A. Synthesis
B. remove cells that are damaged or dis-
B. G1 eased
C. G2 C. reduce cell number
D. Mitosis D. all of these

928. Where is DNA stored in the cell? 933. How many chromosomes do human so-
matic cells (body cells) have?
A. Chloroplast
A. 23
B. Cytoplasm
B. 48
C. Nucleus
C. 46
D. none of above D. 92
929. It is thought that 2/3 of all cancers are 934. What are all living things made of?
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caused by A. cells
A. smoking or other tobacco use B. atoms
B. lack of exercise C. molecules
C. diet high in animal products and low in D. bacteria

plant products 935. What is it called when the gametes
D. life style choices as refusing to wear meet?
sunscreen A. meiosis
E. all of the above B. fertilization
C. cell division
930. Halts cell division if it detects damaged
D. mitosis
DNA; can either fix, force G0, or apopto-
sis. 936. In which phase of mitosis do the sister
chromatids line up on the equator of the
A. RAS
cell?
B. MPF A. Prophase
C. PDGF B. Metaphase
D. p53 C. Anaphase
D. Telophase
931. Stage in which the cells nuclear material
divides and separates 937. During cell division, a cell with 4 chro-
mosomes will make 2 daughter cells, each
A. G1 containing
B. Synthesis A. 2 chromosomes
C. G2 B. 4 chromosomes
D. Mitosis C. 8 chromosomes
D. 0 chromosomes
932. Which of the following is a type of pro-
tein that regulates the cell cycle? 938. Process by which a cell divides into two
new daughter cells
A. actin
A. Cell division
B. myosin B. Mitosis
C. cyclin C. Cytokinesis
D. pepsin D. Chromatid

939. What process occurs when the cell di- 945. Mitosis involves division of the
vides completely? A. cell membrane

A. Mitosis B. cytoplasm
B. Interphase C. microtubule
C. Metaphase D. centrioles
D. Cytokinesis E. nucleus
940. What is the purpose of the cell cycle? 946. A type of CdK-cyclin complex that pro-
A. To create new daughter cells motes mitosis and peaks in concentration
at the start of mitosis.
B. To prevent cancer from developing
A. p53
C. To help the body fight viruses and bac-
teria B. RAS gene
D. none of above C. Platelet Derived Growth Factor (PDGF)

D. Maturation Promoting Factor (MPF)
941. During mitosis, the shortest stage is
947. DNA is replicated at this time of the cell
A. telophase
cycle:
B. prophase
A. S
C. metaphase
B. G1
D. anaphase C. M
942. the stage of mitosis in which the nuclear D. G2
membrane reforms and the nucleus divides
948. During this phase the two copied
A. metaphase genomes get separated properly.
B. prophase A. G1 or Growth Phase 1
C. telophase B. G2 or Growth Phase 2
D. anaphase C. Mitosis Phase
943. Which of the following does NOT happen D. Cytokinesis Phase
during Interphase? 949. Chromosome movement in mitosis and
A. Cell division meiosis is regulated by
B. DNA replication A. microtubules
C. Protein synthesis B. microfilaments
D. Growth C. intermediate filaments
D. All of thiese
944. Which is more associated with mitosis
than with meiosis? 950. Our DNA is located in the of our cells.
A. Crossing over A. mitochondria
B. Nondisjunction B. cytoplasm
C. Production of sex cells C. nucleus
D. Identical daughter cells D. chloroplasts

951. Stage in which the cell’s nuclear material C. divides the cytoplasm
divides and separates D. produces a new cell
A. G1
957. Form during prophase and attach to chro-
B. Synthesis mosomes at the centromere to pull them
C. G2 apart during cell division
D. Mitosis A. prophase
B. nucleus
952. One half of a replicated chromosome.
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When they are attached together by a cen- C. spindle fibers
tromere, they are called “sisters.” D. gene
A. chromatin
958. Disorder in which some of the body’s own
B. chromatid cells lose the ability to control growth
C. centrioles A. Cancer
D. centromere B. Telophase
953. A sub-phase in the interphase of the cell C. Anaphase
cycle wherein the cell continues to grow D. Metaphase
and then prepares for cell division. What
phase am I? 959. Cytoplasmic division is also known as
A. Anaphase A. cytokinesis
B. Metaphase B. mitosis
C. G1 Phase C. interphase
D. G2 Phase D. cytotoxic
960. Genetic material is called (1) and then re-
954. Put the following in the correct order
ferred to as (2) and is clearly visible during
A. Interphase → Cytokinesis → Mitosis (3)
B. Cytokinesis → Mitosis → Interphase A. Chromatid (2) Chromosomes (3) Cell
C. Mitosis → Interphase → Cytokinesis Division
D. Interphase → Mitosis → Cytokinesis B. Chromosomes (2) Chromatid (3) Mito-
sis
955. phase of the cell cycle that includes the
C. Chromatid (2) Chromosomes (3) Mito-
G1, S, and G2 phases
sis
A. synthesis phase
D. Chromosomes (2) Chromosomes (3)
B. cell cycle Mitosis
C. interphase
961. Cancer tumors result from
D. DNA replication A. rapid cell division and an accumulation
956. During interphase, a cell grows, dubli- of mutations
cates organelles, and B. rapid DNA replication and apoptosis
A. copies DNA C. slow cell division and angiogenesis
B. divides the nucleus D. Short G1 Phase and long S-Phase

962. In mitosis the two resulting cells are 967. What happens during Prophase 1 of
Meiosis?
A. Different from the starting cell and

identical to each other A. The chromosomes condense and Ho-
mologous Pairs do “Crossover” for ge-
B. Identical to the starting cell and differ-
netic variation
ent from each other
B. The Homologous Pairs line up in the
C. Different from the starting cell and dif-
middle of the cell.
ferent from each other
C. Spindles pull Chromosomes apart
D. Identical to the starting cell and identi-
cal to each other D. The Chromosomes line up in the mid-
dle of the cell.
963. What forms during prophase and later at-
tach and move chromosomes? 968. The region of a chromosome where two
sister chromatids are held together is
A. Chromatid called a
B. Nuclei A. spindle
C. Nucleolus B. centromere
D. Spindles C. nucleosome
964. the two halves of the doubled chromo- D. centriole

some structure
969. “Cyto” in cytokinesis means
A. centromeres
A. Cell
B. sister chromatids
B. Breaking
C. spindle
C. Lipid
D. tissues
D. Two
965. What is the longest stage of the cell cycle 970. After what part of meiosis does a repro-
called? ductive cell become haploid?
A. G1 phase A. Metaphase I
B. G2 phase B. Meiosis I
C. S phase C. Meiosis II
D. Mitosis D. Prophase I
966. If a kidney cell has 24 chromosomes in it, 971. Which does NOT describe the G1 stage of
how many would that animal’s sperm cell the cell cycle?
have?
A. the cell grows and matures
A. 24
B. the cell has DNA in the form of chro-
B. 12 matin
C. 48 C. the cell carries on its normal activities
D. 36 D. the DNA replicates itself

972. Which cell is the most efficient between A. Go

cells that measure 3cm, 4cm and 5cm? B. G1
A. 3cm C. G2
B. 4cm D. S
C. 5cm
978. The process of organizing and condensing
D. none of above DNA into its compact form takes place at
the start of
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973. the phase of mitosis in which the sister
chromatids separate (pull apart) from each A. interphase
other B. metaphase
A. prophase C. mitosis
B. metaphase D. cytokinesis
C. anaphase
979. During the phase, DNA is replicated.
D. telophase
A. G1
974. What is cell differentiation? B. S
A. The process where unspecialized cells C. G2
become different in structure and func-
D. M
tion.
B. When DNA controls the cell cycle. 980. Each chromatid becomes a chromosome
when centromeres split during
C. The ability of cells to make more cells.
A. Prophase
D. The ability of cells to maintain home-
ostasis. B. Metaphase
C. Anaphase
975. Which of the following is NOT a phase in
the cell cycle process? D. Telophase
A. G1 981. To which of the following proteins do mi-
B. G2 crotubules attach?
C. M A. actin
D. all of these are part of the cell cycle B. myosin
C. separase
976. In this phase of the cell cycle, the cell
grows bigger. D. cohesin
A. G1 E. kinetochore
B. S 982. During what phase of the cell cycle does
C. G2 the cell grow?
D. mitosis/cytokinesis A. G1
B. G2
977. Cells that rarely divide will spend most
of their time in what particular phase of C. S phase
the cell cycle? D. none of above

983. A process where one cell forms two iden- 988. The chromosomes that pair up during
tical daughter calls is called meiosis, are called chromosomes.

A. cell cycle A. homozygous
B. interphase B. asexual
C. meiosis C. homologous
D. cytokinesis D. genes
984. Stage in the cell cycle where the cell’s nu- 989. Which statement best describes the im-
clear material divides and separates portance of sexual reproduction?
A. G1 A. sexual reproduction produces varia-
tion in offspring
B. G2
B. sexual reprosuction provides regener-
C. Synthesis
ation of body parts
D. Mitosis
C. sexual reproduction occurs between
985. What is cell specialization or differentia- individuals of the same species
tion? D. sexual reproduction produces off-
A. The process where unspecialized cells spring that are identical
become different in structure and func- 990. Which of the following is NOT a reason
tion. why cells need to remain small?
B. When DNA controls the cell cycle. A. to efficiently obtain nutrients
C. The ability of cells to make more cells. B. to efficiently obtain waste products
D. The ability of cells to maintain home- C. to efficiently remove waste produces
ostasis.
D. to efficiently send signals to the center
986. The division of the cytoplasm and the of the cell
plasma membrane following the division
991. If a liver cell has 10 chromosomes, how
of the nucleus resulting into two cells, each
many does a sperm cell have from the
having its own nucleus and cytoplasm sur-
same species?
rounded by a plasma membrane. What
phase am I? A. 20
A. G1 Phase B. 10
B. S Phase C. 5
C. Metaphase D. 40
D. Cytokinesis 992. Which of the following shows the correct
order for mitosis
987. A copy a chromosome made during cell di-
vision are called: A. Prophase, telophase, anaphase,
metaphase
A. daughter chromatids
B. telophase, metaphase, anaphase,
B. sister chromatids prophase
C. cell chromatids C. prophase, metaphase, anaphase,
D. sister chromosome telophase

D. prophase, metaphase, telophase, C. specialization

anaphase D. differentiation.
993. Cancer is a disorder in which some cells 999. What percentage of chromosomes are
have lost the ability to control their handed down by a sperm cell?
A. growth rate A. 75%
B. size B. 25%
C. spindle fibers C. 50%
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D. surface area D. 100%
994. Chromosomes uncoil to form chromatin, 1000. What is the result of meiosis I?
and new nuclear membrane forms during A. 2 daughter cells with different genetic
information
A. Prophase B. 2 daughter cells with the same genetic
B. Metaphase information
C. 46 daughter cells with different ge-
C. Anaphase
netic information
D. Telophase
D. 2 daughter cells with the same genetic
995. The division of the nucleus is called information
A. mitosis 1001. The part of the cell cycle that controls
B. interphase the repair of damaged DNA which, if un-
successful, could eventually result in the
C. cytokinesis abnormal cell division that typifies some
D. somatic types of cancer.
996. Which of the following is correct? A. G1

B. G2
A. S phase, cell division
C. S
B. M phase, cell growth
D. M
C. G1 phase, DNA replication
D. G2 phase, preparation for division 1002. cancer cells
A. divide too frequently
997. A substance that is known to cause can-
B. divide too quickly
cer is called a
C. ignore checkpoints
A. carcinogen
D. all of the above
B. retrovirus
C. pathogen 1003. The outputs of mitosis and cytokinesis
are genetically identical cells with
D. paramecium of chromosomes compared to the original.
998. individual cells become specialized in both A. 4; a different number
form and function through the process of? B. 2; a different number
A. mitosis C. 2; the same number
B. cell cycle D. 4; the same number

1.11 Transport in Plants 401
1004. Which of the following is a protein main- A. Separated sister chromatids move to
tained at constant levels throughout the opposite ends of the cell
cell cycle that requires cyclin to become cat-

B. The cell checks replicated DNA for er-
alytically active? rors
A. Cdk
C. The nuclear envelope disappears.
B. cyclin
D. Microtubules attach to the cen-
C. protein kinase tromere.
D. MPF E. The spindle apparatus coheres.
1005. Which of these is not a significance of 1008. Sister chromatids are
meiosis?
A. found only when a cell is not actively
A. Chromosome number is halved dividing
B. Maternal and paternal chromosomes B. tightly linked together at the cen-
get mixed up tromere
C. Chiasmata C. formed when chromatids separated
D. Production of ribosomes during cell division
1006. Which statement is true about the cell D. made only of DNA
cycle?
1009. The synthesis (S) phase is characterized
A. It requires carbon dioxide by
B. Eukaryotes do it A. cell division
C. It is only for epidermal cells B. the division of cytoplasm
D. It is how the body produces sperm C. DNA replication
1007. Which of the following processes occurs D. replication of mitochondria and other
during anaphase? organelles
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1. What causes water to move up xylem ves- A. Phloem
sels in a plant stem? B. Xylem Vessels
A. The root hair cells use energy to move C. Mesophyll cells
water into the roots.
D. Stomata
B. Transpiration reduces the pressure at
the top of thexylem vessels. 3. Which layer has the stomata?
C. The water moves up the xylem vessels A. Upper epidermis
by osmo
B. Palisade mesophyll
D. none of above
C. Spongy mesophyll
2. This plant structure is made of dead cells D. Lower epidermis
stacked end to end, forming a large, open,
straw like tube. 4. What is the role of xylem parenchyma?

A. To store food and tannin deposits, 10. What is the role of xylem fibres?
which protects from herbivore attack
A. To transport water
B. To contain salts which are then trans-
ported in the xylem B. To wrap around the xylem to prevent
them from leaking
C. To allow exchange of substances be-
tween the xylem and the phloem C. Provide extra strength to the plant
D. To give additional support to the plant D. To fill in the space between the xylem
and the phloem
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5. What are two gases that stomata allow
to enter or leave the plant? 11. select the specialised features of phloem
A. carbon dioxide and oxygen vessels which you need to know
B. nitrogen and hydrogen A. dead hollow tube
C. carbon dioxide and hydrogen B. living vessel
D. oxygen and nitrogen C. has rings of lignin
6. Inorganic molecules that contained in D. has sieve plates
xylem sap.
E. has companion cells
A. CO2 and amino acids
B. Magnesium and sucrose 12. During the summer which part of potato
C. Magnesium and potassium that act as sink?
D. CO2 and zinc A. tuber

B. leaves
7. An animal cell placed in a hypertonic (salty)
solution will C. root
A. Stay the same D. stem
B. Shrink-get smaller
13. Which of the following conditions is least
C. Swell-get bigger
likely to increase the rate of transpiration
D. none of above in a plant?
8. Xylem is tissue and phloem is tis- A. a rise in temperature
sue.
B. increased air movement
A. dead, live
C. an increase in humidity
B. live, dead
D. increased sunlight
C. live, live
D. dead, dead 14. Xylem
9. The function of lignin is.. A. is a type of vascular tissue.
A. to transport sugar B. is a dead tissue.
B. to trap light C. is composed of xylem vessels.
C. to transport water D. is responsible for translocation of or-
D. to withstand pressue ganic nutrients.

15. Where are the epidermal cells cover? A. increase

A. upper surface of a leaf B. decrease

B. lower surface of a leaf C. not affect
C. both upper and lower surfaces of a leaf D. none of above
D. none of above 21. Water gets into root hair cells through the
process of
16. When is the hydathodes usually open?
A. diffusion
(You can choose more than one answer)
A. during day B. active transport
B. at night C. osmosis
C. when the humidity is high D. none of above
D. when the humidity is low
22. What could increase the rate of water up-
17. Which statement about xylem is true? take by a shoot?
A. it transports water from the leaves to A. covering the shoot with a black plastic
the roots bag
B. it transports amino acids from the B. covering the shoot with a clear plastic
roots to the leaves bag
C. it transports sugar from the roots to C. removing the leaves from the shoot
the leaves
D. shining a bright light onto the shoot
D. it transports water from the roots to
the leaves 23. Which is the correct equation for photosyn-
thesis?
18. Most of the water gets evaporated from
the plants from its A. carbon dioxide + light → oxygen +
water
A. Flowers
B. carbon dioxide + water → oxygen +
B. Stem
glucose
C. Roots
C. light + water → energy + glucose
D. Leaves
D. oxygen + water → glucose + carbon
19. Which of the following is the similar tissue dioxide
found in xylem and phloem?
24. What are the functions of the roots? (Se-
A. Vessel
lect two answers)
B. Companion cell
A. Absorbing Water and Minerals
C. Parencyma
B. Attracting Insects
D. Tracheid
C. Anchoring the Plant
20. Increasing the rate of photosynthesis will
D. Performing Photosynthesis
the rate of transpiration. What is the
missing word/s? E. Making Nectar

25. sucrose loading into phloem requires C. Three-way

A. active transport D. None of the above
B. passive transport
31. In which case would a cell most likely
C. diffusion shrink?
D. osmosis A. when placed in a solution containing a
high salt concentration
26. What is the function of phloem tissue?
B. when placed in a isotonic solution
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A. to transport food up through the plant
B. to transport food up and down the C. when placed in a solution containing a
plant low pH
C. to transport water up through the D. when placed in a solution containing

plant distilled water
D. to transport water up and down the 32. Diffusion occurs when molecules move
plant
A. from lower concentration to higher
27. Which valve sits between the left cham- concentration.
bers of the heart? B. from higher concentration to lower
A. Pulmonary concentration through a membrane.
B. Bicuspid C. from higher concentration to lower
concentration.
C. Aortic
D. when energy is used.
D. Tricuspid
28. In which of the following can lignin be 33. What cycle is Transpiration a part of?
found? A. Life Cycle
A. Stalk B. Water Cycle
B. Xylem C. Carbon Cycle
C. Phloem D. Phosphorus Cycle
D. Leaves
34. Plants need for photosynthesis
29. Cacti grow in arid regions such as deserts. A. oxygen
Compared to other plants, transpiration in
cacti would most likely be B. soil
A. lower C. carbon dioxide

B. higher D. sugar
C. the same 35. Movement of sugar from source to other
D. plants in different environments can- parts of plant is assist by
not be compared A. active transport
30. Phloem has a flow. B. diffusion
A. One-way C. endosmosis
B. Two-way D. capillary action

36. The plant tissue that carries sugar from the 41. water movement through cellulose cell
leaves to the roots is wall without entering protoplast of root
cells is called

A. xylem
B. phloem A. symplast pathway
C. epidermis B. vacuolar pathway
D. mesophyll C. apoplast pathway
37. What drives the flow of water through the D. cellulose pathway
xylem?
42. This is a substance that makes the cell wall
A. passive transport by the endodermis very strong and impermeable.
B. the number of companion cells in the A. starch
phloem
B. lignin
C. the evaporation of water from the
leaves C. fibres
D. active transport by sieve-tube ele- D. cellulose

ments
43. The process of photosynthesis takes place
38. What process in the natural worldconverts in organelles called
radiant energy into chemicalenergy? A. Phloem
A. interdependence B. Xylem
B. symbiosis C. Stomata
C. photosynthesis
D. Cholorplasts
D. homeostasis
44. What is the best words to describe sugar
39. Transpiration is defined as: source and sugar sink
A. the rise of water up to the stem of a A. Both are plants organ and act as stor-
plant. age
B. the elimination of water with dissolved
B. Sugar sink can be either roots, fruit or
water products.
mature leaves and sugar source is shoots
C. the loss of water as water vapour from
C. Sugar source act as site for sugar pro-
the aerial parts of a plant.
duction and sugar sink will store sugar
D. the loss of water as water vapour from
D. Companion tube carry food from a
the roots as well as the leaves of the plant.
sugar source to a sugar sink
40. Transpiration occurs from the leaves of
a plant. Which environmental conditions 45. Unidirectional flow of water, minerals,
would produced the greatest transpiration some organic nitrogen and hormones oc-
rate? curs through-
A. Warm and still air A. Xylem
B. Warm and windy B. Phloem
C. Cold and still air C. Root
D. Cold and windy D. Vascular tissue

46. During the day, plants take in and give B. stem

out to make food. C. flowers
A. oxygen carbon dioxide D. all of the above
B. carbon dioxide oxygen
52. Which cells have extra cellulose deposits
C. carbon dioxide carbon dioxide for structural support?
D. oxygen oxygen A. parenchyma
B. collenchyma
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47. How is water absorbed into a plant?
A. by active transport into root hairs C. palisade
B. by diffusion through stomata D. spongy mesophyll
C. by osmosis into root hairs 53. Vascular tissue that forms tubes that
transport dissolves food throughout a
D. none of above
plant
48. transpiration powers the movement of A. Nonvascular plant
water
B. Monocot
A. down a concentration gradient
C. Phloem
B. up a concentration gradient D. Dicot
C. up & down concentration gradients
54. What does phloem tissue transport?
D. all of the answers
A. Water
49. The three main functions of roots in a plant B. Sugar
are:(choose 3)
C. Sun
A. To connect to other plants nearby
D. Carbohydrates
B. To anchor the plant in the ground.
55. What are guard cells?
C. To absorb water and minerals from the
soil. A. Guard cells open the roots to absorb
water.
D. To store food when necessary.
B. Guard cells are bean shaped cells that
50. Root pressure- line the openingof the phloem.
A. Is not sufficient to rise water above C. Guard cells are bean shaped cells that
ground level line the openingof the xylem.
B. Is negative in all except the tallest D. Guard cells are bean shaped cells that
trees line the openingof the stomata and open
and close the stoma.
C. Is the driving force for the mass flow
of sugar 56. What is created during cellular respira-
D. can push water upto small heights in tion?
the stem A. ATP, energy for the cell
51. Plant transports food made in the leaves B. glucose, energy for the cell
to C. carbon dioxide, a by product
A. roots D. oxygen, a by product

57. The pores on leaves are called 63. Which of the following are structures re-
A. stomata lating to the phloem?

B. guard cells A. Sieve tube elements
C. collenchyma B. Sieve plates
D. phloem C. Companion cells

D. Phloem sap
58. What part of the plant structure trans-
ports the food and nutrients? 64. As compared with xylem vessels, phloem
A. leaf veins sieve tube cells
B. phloem A. have nuclei.
C. xylem B. have cytoplasm.
D. mycelium C. have mitochondria.
59. What does the water move through in the D. have empty lumen.
symplast pathway?
65. The phloem is made up of sieve tube plates
A. The cell walls and companion cells. The companion cells
B. The intercellular spaces A. has pores to allow sugar to be trans-
C. The cytoplasm ported in a continuous flow
D. The vacuole B. provides energy for the transport of
glucose
60. Sugars made in leaves are transported in:
C. gives company to the phloem
A. xylem
D. connects xylem to phloem
B. Phloem
C. chloroplast 66. Which of the following is used to transport
water & mineral ions, while also providing
D. stomata structural support to the plant?
61. The factory or storehouse of the plant is A. Phloem
the B. Mesophyll
A. flower
C. Stem
B. root
D. Xylem
C. stem
D. leaves 67. Which of the following processes facili-
tates the loading of sugar into phloem ves-
62. How do mineral ions enter a plant? sels?
A. by osmosis in root hair cells A. Osmosis
B. by active transport in root hair cells B. Endocytosis
C. through the stomata C. Active transport
D. through the roots D. Facilitated diffusion

68. What is the function of plasmodesmata in 73. Which of the following is a correct state-
plant cells? ment about sugar movement in phloem?
A. to act as a barrier to water-soluble A. Diffusion can account for the observed
substances rates of transport.
B. to allow active transport of ions and su- B. Movement can occur both upward and
crose between cells downward in the plant.
C. to allow the symplastic movement of C. Sugar is translocated from sinks to
sources.
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substances between cells
D. to enable cells to recognize each other D. Sugar transport does not require en-
ergy.
69. which organelles occur in large numbers in
companion cells in phloem? 74. Why does the stomata close when CO2
levels are too high?
A. chloroplasts
A. prevent water loss
B. lysosomes
B. prevent sugar loss
C. mitochondria
C. prevent oxygen loss
D. starch grains
D. prevent carbon dioxide loss
70. Where does carbon dioxide enter plants?
75. Why do sieve tube cells have little proto-
A. The leaves plasm?
B. Stomata A. To reduce resistance to the flow of sub-
C. Roots stances in the phloem.
D. Stem B. To reduce energy required for trans-
port of mineral salts.
71. When transpiration rates increase, what
C. To increase the production of amino
will happen to the cohesion tension in the
acids.
xylem?
D. none of above
A. decreases
B. increases 76. Which choice is wrong about the xylem?
C. stays the same A. Carries water and minerals to the

leaves
D. none of above
B. Cell wall = cellulose
72. Which of the following symptoms of defi- C. Thick cell wall
ciency is due to the lack of magnesium ions
D. Flow is upward
in plants? (I) Stunted root growth(II) Yel-
lowing in the regions between veins (III) 77. Surface tension is the property of water in
Formation of dull dark green leaves(IV) which
Red spots on leaf surface
A. water molecules at the surface tend to
A. I and II stick together.
B. I and III B. water spills easily.
C. II and III C. water tends to be see-through.
D. II and IV D. none of above

78. Where are the epidermal cells covering a 83. Xylem and phloem appear in the of the
plant? leaf, as well as in the leaf veins.

A. upper surface of a leaf A. petiole
B. lower surface of a leaf B. leaf blade
C. both upper and lower surfaces of a leaf C. epidermis
D. midrib
D. none of above
84. Which cells are found in xylem?
79. Name the equipment used to estimate
transpiration rate. A. Tracheids
A. Respirometer B. Sieve Tubes
B. Manometer C. Companion cells
C. Potometer D. Cambium cells
D. none of above
85. What is the name given to the thin struc-
80. What uses stomata as its route into the tures that make up the phloem?
leaf?
A. stomata tubes
A. carbon dioxide
B. sieve tubes
B. ions
C. palisade tubes
C. sunlight
D. keratin tubes
D. water
81. The pressure flow model for phloem 86. Sink is any cell that
translocation states.. A. stores sugar
A. that sink strength drives transport in B. makes sugar
the pholem
C. excretes sugar
B. that transport in treachery elements is
pressure dependent D. give sugar
C. the water potential gradient in the 87. Which of the following are adaptations of
sieve elements drives transport the xylem tissue?
D. the pressure gradient between the A. Walls thickened with lignin
sieve elements at the source and the sink
drives phloem transport B. Empty lumen without cross walls
C. Contain many mitochondria
82. What is the function of sinks?
D. Contain perforations
A. Storing molecules transported by the
phloem 88. Epidermis of a leaf is made up of
B. Regulating the volume transported by A. single layer of epidermal cells
the phloem
B. double layer of epidermal cells
C. Extracting molecules from the phloem
for glycogen production C. triple layer of epidermal cells
D. Moral support for the phloem D. none of above

89. Why don’t xylem vessels collapse or C. Ureters

burst? D. Urethras
A. They have thick side walls and rings of
hard lignin 95. How do plants get their energy?
B. They have tiny pores A. through a reaction called chlorophyll
C. They have no cytoplasm B. by a process called photosynthesis
D. none of above C. by absorbing mineral nutrients from
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soil
90. What type of cells absorb water from the D. by eating other organisms
soil?
96. Raisins swell when put in
A. Palisade cells
A. rainwater
B. Xylem vessels
B. saturated salt solution
C. Root hair cells
C. mustard oil
D. none of above
D. saturated sugar solution
91. During the photosynthesis, the plants use
97. What is negative tropism?
A. carbon dioxide
A. Plant growth away from a stimulus
B. energy
B. Plant growth toward a stimulus
C. Nutrient
C. Plant growth in a downward direction
D. food
D. None of these
E. oxygen
98. which cells open and close the pores which
92. in which part of a leaf does most photo- let water evaporate out leaves (along
synthesis take place? with CO2 in and O2 out)?
A. stomata A. stomata
B. palisade layer B. stoma
C. spongy layer C. guard cells
D. epidermis D. security cells
93. This part of the transport system in plants E. root hairs
is made up of living cells.
99. In a study of water movement in plants,
A. Xylem the cut end of a leafy shoot is placed in
B. Shoots a dilute solution of a dye. After a few
hours, deposits of the dye accumulated in
C. Phloem
the leaves. The rate of movement of the
D. Leaves dye up the stem is NOT increased by
94. Which are the tubes that carry urine from A. humidity
the kidney to the bladder? B. wind speed
A. Adrenal tubes C. temperature
B. Kidneys D. availability of water

100. In which order does water pass through C. Increased temperature

these tissues in a plant?
D. Increased surface area
A. mesophyll → xylem → root cortex

B. root cortex → mesophyll → xylem 106. Carrots and parsnips are examples of..
C. root cortex → xylem → mesophyll A. Tap root storage
D. xylem → mesophyll → root cortex B. Bulb/leaf storage
101. Waxy covering of leaves C. Stem (tubar)
A. cuticle D. none of above
B. epidermis
107. When a plant undergoes senescence the
C. endodermis
nutrients may be
D. pericycle
A. Exported
102. In an apple tree, it is expected that the
B. Withdrawn
sugars produced by the tree would flow
from (i) to (ii) Choose the option C. Translocated
that would correctly fill in the terms in the
D. None of these
sentence above.
A. (i) a leaf (ii) a growing apple 108. WHAT ARE THE THREE TYPES OF BLOOD
B. (i) the trunk (ii) a leaf VESSELS? ?
C. (i) the roots (ii) a growing shoot A. ARTERIES
D. (i) a growing shoot (ii) a leaf B. VEINS
103. In the symplast pathway through what C. CAPILARIES
does the water move from cell to cell?
D. AORTA
A. Plasmodesmata
B. Cell wall 109. Transpiration is a part of ?
C. Vacuole A. Condensation
D. Nucleus B. Sublimation
104. When grow, they will produce C. Evaporation
branches.
D. Precipitation
A. terminal buds
B. lateral buds 110. What are the functions of vascular bun-
C. shoot system dles?
D. root system A. transport sugars
105. Which of the following factors will not in- B. provide mechanical support for the
crease the rate of transpiration? plant
A. Increased wind speed C. transport water and minerals

B. Increased humidity D. all of the above

111. By what process does the water move B. down only

from one cell to another in the symplast C. up and down
pathway between the root hair cell and
the xylem? D. none of above
A. Mass transport 116. The primary difference between the

B. Diffusion apoplast and the symplast is that the-
C. Osmosis A. apoplast goes through cell walls and

non-living spaces
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D. Active transport
B. apoplast relies on active transport
112. The primary function of casparian strips C. symplast is non living
is to-
D. apoplast goes through the living cyto-
A. force water and minerals through the plasm and symplast via the cell walls
membranes of endodermal cells
117. Movement of water through the cyto-
B. prevent entry into the xylem solely
plasm and plasmodesmata in the root, is
through the apoplast
known as the:
C. provide regulation for water and min-
A. apoplastic pathway
erals movement in the plants
B. symplastic pathway
D. prevent entry into the xylem from the
symplast C. cellular pathway
D. vacuolar pathway
113. How does temperature affect the rate of
transpiration? 118. From where the plants get the raw mate-
A. As temperature increases the rate of rials except CO2 for building plant body
transpiration decreases A. soil
B. As temperature increases the rate of B. air
transpiration increases.
C. rock
C. As temperature increases the rate of
D. 1 & 2
transpiration stays constant
D. none of above 119. What are the effects of transpiration?
You can pick more than one answer.
114. This is the definition for which word:The
A. It creates a transpiration pull
movement of particles down a concentra-
tion gradient (from a high concentration to B. It causes the plant to wilt
a low concentration) C. It helps the plant to respire
A. Osmosis D. It helps to cool the plant
B. Diffusion 120. carry deoxygenated blood from the
C. Active transport body to the heart.
D. Transpiration A. Arteries
115. Complete the blank:Sugar is transported B. Veins
the plant in living phloem. C. Capillaries
A. up only D. Valves

121. The circulates water and minerals to B. A cool, humid, windy day
all parts of the plant. C. A hot, humid, still day

A. Root D. A hot, humid, windy day
B. Leaves
127. How will lower humidity affect the rate
C. Stem of transpiration?
D. none of above A. decrease it
122. By which process is water lost from a B. increase it
leaf? C. no change
A. A active transport D. it depends
B. B diffusion 128. A young seedling will turn yellow sooner
C. C osmosis or later if phloem is damaged. This is be-
cause
D. D photosynthesis
A. no minerals can be transported by the
123. As various ions from the soil are actively damaged phloem.
transported into vascular tissues of root,
B. no sugars can be translocated by the
water follows and increases the pressure
damaged phloem to root cells.
inside the xylem. This positive pressure is
called C. chlorophylls will be disintegrate if
phloem is damaged.
A. Mass pressure
D. not enough magnesium is transported
B. Root pressure to new cells for synthesizing chlorophylls.
C. osmotic potential
129. Which of the following is responsible for
D. transpiration the transport of sugars ONLY.
124. Plants that live in places where water A. Spongy mesophyll
supply is short are called B. Epidermis
A. epiphytes C. Xylem
B. xerophytes D. Phloem
C. dicots
130. A cross-like structure is indicative of a
D. monocots A. root
125. WHAT ARE THE PARTS OF CIRCULATORY B. stem
SYSTEM? ? C. branch
A. HEART D. leaf
B. BLOOD
131. In symplastic pathway water moves
C. BLOOD VESSELS from cell to cell through
D. LUNGS A. plasmodesmata
126. Which conditions will transpiration hap- B. cell walls
pens fastest? C. stomata
A. A hot, dry, windy day D. none

132. Some liquid is collected from the xylem in 137. Why root hairs are suited for absorbing
the stem of a plant.What is present in the water from soil?
liquid? A. have a large surface area
A. cellulose B. have a permeable cell wall
B. inorganic ions C. both of those 2 answers are correct
C. starch D. none of those 2 answers are correct
D. sugar 138. An increase in wind or temperature will
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the rate of transpiration
133. Ali found that the leaves of his favourite
plant have turned purple . What nutrient A. increase
is the plant lacking of? B. decrease
A. Phosphorus C. maintain
B. Magnesium D. none of above
C. Nitrogen 139. Where is evaporation takes place at a
D. Carbon plant?
A. trunk
134. What part of blood is responsible for car- B. root
rying oxygen and carbon dioxide to body
cells? C. under the leaves
A. Red Blood Cells D. surface of leaves
B. White Blood Cells 140. Shoots consists of including and

buds, flowering stems and flower buds.
C. Platelets
A. roots; leaves
D. Plasma
B. stems; roots
135. Roots have an outer most single layer of C. stems; leaves
cells called D. flower; leaves
A. epidermis
141. Irregularly shaped cell fragments that
B. hypodermis help clot blood
C. endodermis A. Platelets
D. none of above B. Lymph
C. Plasma
136. What is osmosis?
D. White Blood Cells
A. Movement of particles from HIGH con-
centration to LOW concentration 142. The lower surface of the leaves through
B. Movement of particles from LOW con- which excess water is released in the form
centration to HIGH concentration of
A. Water
C. Movement of water from HIGH concen-
tration to LOW concentration B. Gas
D. Movement of water from LOW concen- C. Water Vapor
tration to HIGH concentration D. Glucose

143. A higher temperature will cause the plant 148. What type of energy is glucose?
to water. A. chemical energy

A. lose more B. radiant energy
B. lose less C. thermal energy
C. stop losing D. mechanical energy
D. none of above
149. What is the function of lignin deposits in
the walls of xylem vessels?
144. Which direction does the Xylem transport
water? A. Enable water to move more easily
through the xylem.
A. both directions
B. Enable mineral salts to move more eas-
B. upwards only
ily through the xylem.
C. downwards only C. Provide mechanical support to the
D. none of above xylem.
D. Make the xylem bitter so animals don’t
145. Which is the correct path of water in the eat it.
xylem?
A. leave → roots → stem 150. Which of these substances is/are trans-
ported by the xylem?
B. roots → stem → leaves
A. water only
C. root hairs → leaves → veins
B. water and sucrose
D. stem → roots
C. water and mineral salts
146. What is the transport system of plants? D. mineral salts and sucrose
A. circulatory system 151. What is translocation?
B. vascular system A. the transport of sucrose and amino
C. respiratory system acids in phloem tissues
D. digestive system B. the transport of sucrose and amino

acids in the xylem tissues
147. Upward movement of water by a plant C. the transport of water and minerals in
will NOT be affected by extremely high the phloem tissues
temperature because
D. the transport of water and minerals in
A. uptake of water by root cells depends the xylem tissues
on osmosis.
152. What part of blood is responsible for car-
B. upward movement of water depends rying wastes, nutrients, and minerals?
on transpiration pull.
A. Red Blood Cells
C. enzymes are not involved in the uptake
and transport of water across the plant. B. White Blood Cells
D. xylem is involved and it is a dead tis- C. Platelets

sue. D. Plasma

153. Which of the following concept explained C. vessels

the process of translocation?
D. veins
A. Transpirational pull
B. Pressure flow hypothesis 159. Where is chlorophyll found in plants?
C. Root pressure A. Leaves

D. Cohesion and adhesion B. Root
C. Flower
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154. What is the main source of nutrition for
plants? D. Stem
A. Water
160. Most chloroplast are found in the
B. Protein
A. palisade mesophyll
C. Glucose
B. spongy mesophyll
D. Carbs
C. epidermis
155. Which layer does most photosynthesis
D. xylem
take place in?
A. Upper epidermis 161. why do the phloem vessels need a com-
B. Palisade mesophyll panion cell
C. Spongy mesophyll A. for the company
D. Lower epidermis B. to withstand changes in water pres-
sure
156. Elements which are transported through-
out plants are called C. to help them to the shops
A. Inorganic D. to provide energy to keep them alive

B. sieve elements E. to push the sugar up and down
C. key elements
162. Which blood type can receive any other
D. phloem elements blood type?
157. Which of the following tissues are asso- A. Type-A

ciated with xylem? B. Type-B
A. Xylem companion cells C. Type-O
B. Xylem parenchyma
D. Type-AB
C. Xylem fibres
D. Xylem bianova 163. What is needed for photosynthesis to
take place? Select all that apply.
158. All of the following statements are true A. sunlight
but which one is the most precise? Water
is conducted through plant stems in . B. water
A. the xylem, C. carbon dioxide
B. vascular bundles, D. chlorophyll

164. Which of the following statements are B. Shelter

true? A potometer is an apparatus which C. Carbon Dioxide
can be used to:

D. All of these
A. measure the rate of water uptake in a
shoot 169. water and minerals are transported from
B. measure the rate of transpiration in a a plant’s roots to leaves through long, hol-
shoot low tubes called
C. measure the rate of photosynthesis in A. phloem
a shoot B. stem
D. compare rates of transpiration in dif- C. xylem
ferent conditions
D. root hair cells
165. What controls the opening and closing of
170. Which of the following is NOT the impor-
stomata?
tance of transport in plant?
A. Chloroplasts
A. Water transport for photosynthesis
B. Mitochondria
B. Transports of carbon dioxide gas for
C. Guard cells photosynthesis
D. none of above C. Transport of organic nutrients by pho-
tosynthesis
166. What is the name of the part of the root
that allows water and minerals enter? D. Transport minerals to supply to plant
cells
A. root hairs
B. epidermis 171. The functions of xylem is/are
C. phloem A. to transport of water and mineral
salts.
D. xylem
B. to translocate organic nutrients.
167. In your experiments, transpiration was
C. to provide support to the plant part by
observed by:
the rigidity of cell wall.
A. Directly measuring the amount of wa-
D. to provide metabolic energy.
ter leaving the leaves through transpira-
tion 172. What type of plant tissue transports wa-
B. Directly measuring the amount of water and minerals?
ter leaving the leaves through evapora- A. Meristem
tion
B. Xylem
C. Directly measuring the amount of wa-
ter absorbed through the plant sprig’s C. Phloem
stem D. none of above
D. all of these 173. The rate of transpiration decreases with
168. All organisms need food, , and water an increase in
for survival. A. Sunlight
A. Oxygen B. Temperature

C. Humidity D. on a cool, rainy day when there is a

D. Wind gentle breeze
174. Which materials are transported in the 179. Describe COHESION.

xylem? A. Water molecules attracted to other
A. oxygen and water substances.
B. glucose and oxygen B. Water molecules climbing upwards
against the force of gravity.
C. water and minerals
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C. Water molecules dissolving many sub-
D. glucose and minerals
stances because of its polarity.
175. What plant tissue transports sugar, pro- D. Water molecules attracted to other
teins, and other organic materials? water molecules.
A. xylem
180. What does xylem transport?
B. phloem
A. Water and minerals
C. stoma
B. Water only
D. spongy mesophyll
C. Sugar
176. What is transported in the phloem and
D. Food
what is the direction of transport?
A. starch, up and down 181. Which of these factors would not speed
up the rate of transpiration?
B. starch, up only
A. a very windy day
C. sucrose, down and up
B. a hot day
D. sucrose, down only
C. a very humid day
177. Define the term “Transpiration”.
D. a very bright, sunny day
A. Exchange of gases between the leaf
and atmosphere. 182. When photosynthesis takes place during
B. Loss of water vapour from the leaves the day, stomata will
and stems of the plant. A. open
C. Movement of water from the roots to B. close
the leaves.
C. static
D. Movement of water through the cells
D. hot
of the leaf.
183. Which of the following features reduce
178. In which situation would the rate of tran-
water loss from the leaves? 1 hairs on
spiration be the greatest?
the lower surface2 large surface area of
A. in a poorly ventilated glass house dur- the lamina3 waxy cuticle
ing a cool damp evening
A. 1 and 2
B. in a warm, sunny garden when there is
a gentle breeze B. 1 and 3
C. in a well ventilated room during a very C. 2 and 3

warm night D. 1, 2 and 3

184. Which cells act as packing tissue and have 190. assimilates or sugars, move from one
many metabolic functions part of the plant to another by

A. parenchyma A. transpiration
B. collenchyma B. translocation
C. mesophyll C. evacuation
D. vascular tissue D. innundation
185. Humans cannot make their own food, 191. plants with large leaves will transpire
what are they called? faster than plants with smaller leaves.
A. Autotrophs Which of the following explains why?
B. Producers A. plant with large leaves carry more wa-

ter
C. Heterotrophs
B. plants with large leaves have more
D. Herbivores stomata in their lower surface
186. If carbon dioxide levels are too high the C. plants with large leaves have more
stomata stomata per unit area
A. opens D. plants with large leaves blow readily in
B. closes the wind
C. does nothing 192. What is a cuticle? Choose 2

D. panics A. A waxy layer of a fatty substance
called cutin covering the epidermis
187. What are the uses of a leaf’s waxy cuti-
cle B. A waxy layer of a fatty substance
called cutin covering the dermis
A. covers the outer surface of the leaf
C. Part of Xylem
B. reduce water loss during transpiration
D. A plant cuticle is a protecting film cov-
C. reduce the heat cause by the sun ering the epidermis of leaves
D. increase the activity of photosynthesis
193. The raw materials or reactants of photo-
188. Plants use to convert sunlight into synthesis are
food. A. sugar and water.
A. Phloem B. sugar and oxygen.
B. Photosynthesis C. carbon dioxide and water.
C. Stomata D. carbon dioxide and oxygen.
D. Xylem
194. An example of adhesion is
189. Wilting of a plant results from excessive A. Water molecules sticking to each other
A. Respiration B. Water molecules sticking to cellulose
B. Absorbtion in xylem walls
C. Transpiration C. Magnets sticking to a metal wall
D. Absorption and Transpiration D. Gravity pulling water down

195. Which of the following is false about the 200. Why does temperature increase the rate
phloem tubes? of transpiration?
A. They do not contain cytoplasm A. Higher temperature allows gas
molecules to move faster
B. They contain companion cells
B. Higher temperature allows water to
C. Their end walls have not been com- evaporate faster in the leaf
pletely broken down.
C. Higher temperature allows the stom-
D. They transport sugars only.
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ata to open wider.
196. A patient with blood group O was injured D. Higher temperature allows the en-
in an accident and has blood loss. Which zymes to function better.
blood group the doctor should effectively 201. For shoots growing from tubers, food
used for transfusion in this condition? moves from the tubers to the shoots.
A. O group Which of the following statements in cor-
rect?
B. AB group
A. Sink to source
C. A or B group
B. Source to sink
D. All blood group
C. Sink to sink
197. What do phloem and xylem have in com- D. Source to source
mon?
202. Vascular tissue that transports water
A. they both transport materials and minerals UPWARDS from a plant’s
B. they both make sugar in the plant roots is know as
C. they both store waste in the plant A. Chlorophyll
D. They transport food B. Phloem

C. Stomata
198. Translocation occurs in phloem tubes. D. Xylem
Aphids feed on the contents of phloem
tubes.What type of food would be lacking 203. What of these is needed for photosynthe-
in their diet? sis to begin?
A. amino acids A. oxygen
B. fat B. carbon dioxide
C. sucrose C. sunlight or radiant energy
D. water D. all of these
204. What is the form of sugar being move to

199. The ‘girdling experiment’ shows that
companion cells?
A. water is transported by xylem A. glucose
B. food is transported by phloem B. maltose
C. transport is unidirectional C. sucrose
D. transport is bi directional D. starch

205. Which of the following is not a compo- 211. Deficiency of magnesium leads to
nent of the symplast? A. slow growth

A. cortex B. yellowing of leaves
B. Endodermal cells C. curling of leaves
C. Plasmodesmata D. shoots fail to develop
D. Xylem
212. Increase in wind speed will not increase
206. What is the functions of a stem? the rate of stomatal transpiration in which
of the following situations?
A. Absorbs water and nutrients
A. all plants in night time
B. Produces pollen
B. plants whose stomata have closed
C. Transports water and nutrients
C. plants with needle like leaves
D. none of above
D. plants with sunken stomata
207. Xylem vessel consists of
213. In which order does water pass through
A. cuticle
these structures in a plant?
B. lamina
A. A mesophyll → root hair → xylem
C. dead cells
B. B mesophyll → xylem → root hair
D. matured cells
C. C root hair → mesophyll → xylem
208. Which direction does the xylem transport D. D root hair → xylem → mesophyll
things?
214. What could increase the rate of water up-
A. Root to leaves
take (transpiration) by a plant?
B. Leaves to roots
A. Placing it in a refridgerator
C. Right to left
B. placing a clear plastic bag over the
D. Left to right plant (increases humidity)
209. What is the function of a root hair? C. removing the leaves from the plant
A. it is place to store the food D. shining a bright light on the plant
B. it has large surface area to absorb 215. Companion cells are connected to sieve
more water tube elements by
C. it anchors the plant A. small plastids
D. it transports carbohydrates B. protein fibres
210. Which of the following would tend to in- C. plasmodesmata

crease transpiration? D. polymer molecules
A. a rainstorm 216. Which of the following statements are
B. sunken stomata true of transpiration
C. a thicker cuticle A. it draws water up the stem
D. higher stomatal density B. it draws dissolved salts up the stem

C. it draws food up the stem B. warm, dry day

D. it has a cooling effect on the leaves C. warm, humid day
E. it speeds up photosynthesis D. cool, humid day
217. The correct relationship between wind 222. How are sucrose and amino acids trans-
speed and the rate of transpiration of ported in a plant?
plants.
A. transferred into phloem tissue using
A. as the wind speed increase, the rate energy where osmotic pressure increases
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oftranspiration decrease and helps to take up water and push to tis-
B. as the wind speed increase, the rate sues
oftranspiration increase B. xylem
C. as the wind speed decrease the rate C. xylem and phloem
oftranspiration increase
D. by active transport
D. the wind speed is not affecting the
rates oftranspiration 223. Which of the following is important for
the uptake of water by root hair cells?
218. What carries the oxygenated blood from
A. contractile fibres
the lungs to the left atrium of the heart?
A. vena cava B. large surface area
B. aorta C. thick outer wall
C. pulmonary vein D. vacuole
D. pulmonary artery 224. THE PURPOSE OF PLUCKING LEAVES

FROM A PLANT SEEDLING BEFORE RE-
219. select the 2 factors which increase rate PLANTING IN AN ORCHARD IS TO REDUCE
of respriation
A. THE RATE OF WATER ABSORPTION
A. humidity
B. THE RATE OF RESPIRATION
B. temperature
C. THE RATE OF TRANSPIRATION
C. wind speed
D. THE RATE OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS
D. light intensity
225. Process in which food substances are
220. What molecule is the phloem responsible
moved to the rest of plant by phloem is
for transporting?
known as
A. Glucose
A. transpiration
B. Water
B. respiration
C. Sucrose
C. photosynthesis
D. Glycogen
D. translocation
221. Ignoring all other factors, what kind of
day would result in the fastest delivery 226. Small shaped pieces of cells that plug
of water and minerals to the leaves of a wounds and stop bleeding are called ?
tree? A. Platelets
A. cool, dry day B. Plasma

C. White blood cells 232. what do the lungs do in the excretory sys-
tem
D. Red blood cells

A. dispose of carbon dioxide through ex-
227. Where does most transpiration in a plant halation
take place? B. disposes of smog thru exhalation
A. cuticle C. dispose of ultraviolet rays through ex-
halation
B. mesophyll cells
D. dispose of rays through exhalation
C. stomata
233. Phloem is made from living cells called
D. xylem vessels
A. sieve tube elements
228. Which is the sequence of correct blood B. vascular bundles
flow
C. paranchema
A. Ventricle-atrium-vein-arteries D. collenchyma
B. Atrium-ventricle-veins-arteries
234. Which one of the following favours the
C. Atrium-ventricle-arteries-vein fastest transpiration rate?
D. Ventricles-vein-atrium-arteries A. A cool, humid, windy day
B. A hot, humid, windy day
229. Which tissue makes up the husk of co-
conut? 1)Parenchyma 2) Aerenchyma C. A hot, humid, still day
3)Sclerenchyma 4)Collenchyma D. A hot, dry, windy day
A. 1 235. What is calculated using a potometer?
B. 2 A. rate of perspiration
C. 3 B. rate of respiration
D. 4 C. rate of transpiration
D. rate of absorption
230. What does xylem tissue transport?
236. A plant that does not have adequate wa-
A. Water ter in the soil may because of
B. Sugar A. wilt ; water uptake
C. Sun B. whither ; translocation
D. Carbohydrates C. wilt ; transpiration

D. become flaccid ; osmosis
231. Structure of phloem consists all below,
except? 237. Which are examples of autotrophs? Se-
lect all that apply.
A. Sieve tube element
A. Bacteria
B. Tracheids B. Humans
C. Companion cell C. Plants
D. Sieve plate D. Algae

238. Which part of the vascular bundle is re- C. Diffusion

sponsible for the water uptake from the D. Transpiration
root to the leaves?
A. Xylem 244. Select all of the environmental factors
that would increase transpiration.
B. Phloem
A. Increased humidity
C. Veins
B. Increased wind speed
D. Arteries
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C. Increased temperature
239. Which of the following is the part of D. Decreased surface area
apoplast?
A. Cell wall 245. Which statement correctly identifies the
substance and direction it is transported in
B. Plasma membrane
the phloem?
C. Plasmodesmata
A. Water, only upwards
D. Cytoplasm
B. Water, up and down the plant
240. Which of the following are vascular tis- C. Glucose, only upwards
sues found in plants?
D. Glucose, up and down the plant
A. Artery
246. Which of the following is usually a source
B. Hepatic Portal Vein
for sucrose
C. Xylem
A. leaves
D. Phloem
B. meristems
241. which of the following can cause the C. roots
stomatal aperture to increase in diame-
D. flowers
ter?
A. increase in wind speed 247. Water vapour moves out of the plant leaf
by the process of
B. increase in transpiration pull
A. osmosis
C. increase in light intensity
B. evaporation
D. increase in ABA secretion
C. active transport
242. Which factor increases the rate of tran-
spiration? D. diffusion
A. low humidity 248. Translocation may occur as the mass flow

B. low light intensity hypothesis. The pressure involved in this
hypothesis originates from
C. low temperature
A. The root pressure
D. none of above
B. Transpiration in the leaves
243. Which of the following is responsible for C. Accumulation of minerals and water in
the absorption of mineral ions? leaves
A. Active transport D. The intake of water by sieve tubes in
B. Osmosis the leaves

249. What are the factors affecting the rate of 254. The form of sugar transported through
transpiration in plant? phloem is

A. temperature A. Glucose
B. light intensity B. Fructose
C. air humidity C. Sucrose
D. movement of air D. Ribose
E. all the answers 255. Xylem and Phloem are examples of 1)
simple tissue 2) epidermal tissue 3)protec-
250. The Casparian strip contains a water-
tive tissue 4) complex tissue
proof band made of that prevents fur-
ther progress of water in the cell walls. A. 1
A. lignin B. 2
B. cellulose C. 3
C. suberin D. 4
D. starch 256. Transpiration rate can be measured using
which of the following?
251. Where is xylem found in the plant?
A. potatometer
A. leave → roots → stem
B. potometer
B. roots → stem → leaves
C. polymeter
C. root hairs → leaves → veins
D. parameter
D. stem → roots
257. large amounts of stomata on the lower
252. What is the name of the long cells found surface of leaves rather than upper surface
in the root? will result in
A. Plant cell A. high rate of transpiration
B. Palisade cell B. low rate of transpiration
C. Root guard cell C. irregular rate of transpiration
D. Root hair cell D. high rate of transpiration at night
253. Is this statement true/false? -” Dialysis 258. This is the definition for which word:The
is the process of filtering blood through an movement of water molecules from a high
artificial process when a person’s kidney concentration of water to a low concentra-
stops working due to an injury or malfunction of water across a partially permeable
tioning” membrane.
A. False A. Osmosis
B. True B. Diffusion
C. Can’t say C. Active transport
D. none of above D. Transpiration

259. What part of blood is responsible for 265. The food synthesised in the plants is
fighting infections? transported through phloem in the form of
A. Red Blood Cells A. Sucrose and amino acids
B. White Blood Cells B. Starch and amino acids
C. Platelets C. Glucose and fats
D. Plasma D. Fats and sucrose
266. WHICH ION INVOLVES IN THE OPENING
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260. what is the instrument used to measure
the rate of transpiration? AND CLOSING OF STOMATA?
A. photometer A. Potassium ion
B. potometer B. Calcium Ion
C. thermometer C. Chloride Ion
D. none of above D. Sodium Ion
261. What blood type is the “universal donor” 267. Water loss in plants during transpiration
because it can be donated to anyone? occurs through
A. A A. roots of plants
B. B B. flowers
C. stomatal pores
C. AB
D. none of above
D. O
268. Where does sugar transport begin from?
262. These plant structures carry water and
mineral ions. A. Roots
A. Xylem Vessels B. Leaves
B. Phloem C. Root hairs
C. Transpiration Tunnels D. Vascular bundles
D. Plant Arteries 269. Water moving through the apoplast from
the soil to the xylem gets blocked by?
263. Which of the following do plants not use
water for A. casparian strip
B. Cortex
A. Photosynthesis
C. cellulose
B. carrying dissolved minerals
D. cytoplasm
C. Respiration
D. Keeping cells rigid 270. These are made up of group of specialised
cells that conduct water, dissolved salts
264. Three main things plants need to survive. and food up or down the stem.
A. sunlight, oxygen, soil A. phloem
B. soil, carbon dioxide, sunlight B. xylem
C. sunlight, air, soil C. vascular bundles
D. sunlight, air, water D. vessels

271. Which of the following statements is the 276. A cell placed in a strong salt solution will
most accurate? shrink because

A. Sucrose and amino acids can travel up A. The cytoplasm will decompose
the stem in the phloem.
B. Mineral salts will break the cell wall
B. Sucrose and amino acids can travel
down the stem in the phloem. C. Salt will leave the cell
C. Sucrose and amino acids can travel up D. Water will leave by exosmosis
or down the stem in the phloem.
277. what is the name of the root structure
D. Sucrose and amino acids can travel up that increase the ability of roots to absorb
or down the stem in the xylem water and mineral?
272. The function of root hair cells? A. root twig cell
A. To enable photosynthesis to be carried B. guard cell
out efficiently
C. capillary
B. Take up water and minerals ions from
the soil D. root hair cell
C. To transport water and soluble nu- 278. Some fungi cause wilting in crop plants by
trients, minerals and inorganic ions up- growing within the xylem vessels. Which
wardly from the roots of the plants and process will be directly affected by these
their parts fungi?
D. none of above A. cohesion between water molecules
273. Active transport involves B. development of root pressure
A. Movement of molecules from higher to C. mass flow during translocation
lower concentration
D. uptake of water by root hair cells
B. Expenditure of energy
C. It is an uphill task 279. Which of the following nutrients is taken
by the plants from the soil to synthesise
D. All of the above
protein?
274. Movement of molecules against a concen- A. Carbon
tration gradient is called
B. Nitrogen
A. diffusion
C. Hydrogen
B. osmosis
C. active transport D. Magnesium
D. all of the above 280. The is the transport tissue that car-
ries water from roots up to the rest of
275. In what plant cell organelle does photo-
plant
synthesis occur?
A. Chloroplasts A. xylem
B. Mitochondria B. phloem
C. Nucleus C. stomata
D. Cell Wall D. roots

281. Which is not an example of an assimilate 286. Layer of cells I’m previous o water be-
that could be found in the phloem sieve cause of a band of supervised matrix is
tube element called the
A. amino acids A. Endodermis
B. sucrose B. Camparian strip
C. potassium ions C. Plasmodedmata
D. hormones such as oestrogen D. None of thesr
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287. After water enters the plant, water trav-
282. What causes the stoma to open?
els from the root hair cells, through the
A. Leaves placed in dark areas. to the xylem vessels
B. Water moving into the guard cells. A. phloem
C. Leaves that are suffering in a drought. B. cortex
D. Water moving out of the guard cells. C. mesophyll cells
D. cuticle
283. High light intensity favours high rate of
transpiration because 288. Xylem vessels are dead and have no cy-
A. high light intensity favour high rate of toplasm. This helps it so
evaporation A. water flow is not slowed down
B. high light intensity favours high rate of B. it forms an empty tube for water to
diffusion flow through
C. high light intensity favours high rate of C. water and minerals can enter and
photosynthesis leave the cells
D. high light intensity favours high rate of D. none of above
chlorophyl activation
289. What organelle in the leaves of plants
284. Two main vascular bundles are the xylem capture light energy from the sun to com-
and phloem. Food substances travel in the plete photosynthesis?
and water and salts are mainly con- A. Chloroplasts
ducted in the B. Mitochondria
A. xylem; phloem C. Nucleus
B. phloem; xylem D. Ribosomes
C. vessels; sieve tubes
290. What is the necessity of translocation in
D. vascular bundles:vessels plants?
285. The cells which control the opening and A. helps in growth process of plants
closing of the stomata are B. helps in treatment method
A. palisade cells C. helps in transports all organic sub-
stances
B. guard cells
D. helps in transporting photosynthetic
C. spongy cells produts from the leaves to other parts of
D. Waxy cuticle plants

291. Rate of transpiration increases when con- 296. What is it called when water sticks to
ditions become water?

A. more humid, more windy A. Cohesion
B. less humid, less windy B. Adhesion
C. more humid, less windy C. Capillary Action

D. Xylem
D. less humid, more windy
297. rate of transpiration decreases when
292. The conducting tissues does the follwing
work A. light intensity increases
B. humidity increases
A. phloem carries water and minerals
C. wind speed increases
B. xylem carries sucrose and amino acid
D. temperature increases
C. Xylem carries water and minerals
298. Casparian strip on endodermis cell are
D. support plant
made of
293. Where does sugar transport begin? A. Lignin
A. Roots B. Pectin
B. Leaves C. Suberin
D. Cellulose
C. Root hairs
D. Vascular bundles 299. Which one of the following is the best
thing a farmer can do to minimise water
294. This is the definition for which word:The loss by transpiration?
movement of water molecules from a high A. grow his plants in the dark
water potential to a low water potential
B. grow his plants in a glass house with
across a partially permeable membrane.
moderated temperature
A. Osmosis C. expose his plants to moist air
B. Diffusion D. use adequate amount of fertilizer on
C. Active transport his farm
D. Transpiration 300. What is the importance of macronutrients
and micronutrients in plants?
295. What is geotropism?
A. Growth
A. a change in the growth of a plant in re- B. Reproduction
sponse to water
C. Development
B. a change in the growth of a plant in re-
D. All of above
sponse to light
C. a change in the growth of a plant in re- 301. Photosynthesis is
sponse to touch A. how plants use sunlight to produce
D. a change in the growth of a plant in re- food
sponse to gravity B. how plants release water to the air

C. how plants use sugars and oxygen to 306. The evaporation of water from the stom-
produce energy to grow ata (openings in the leaves) is the process
D. none of above of
A. Transpiration
302. The cell wall of also has lignin thick-
ening and pits to allow water movement B. Translocation
to adjacent cells C. Diffusion
A. tracheid D. Perspiration
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B. cuticle
307. Xylem vessel
C. stoma
A. has an empty lumen with no cell con-
D. petiole tent.
303. Select which of the following statements B. has end wall degenerated and vessels
are true for xylem. are joined end to end.
A. Tubular shape with no cross walls. C. has thin cellulose cell wall.
B. Transportation of food and nutrients. D. is responsible for the upward trans-
C. Elongated, tubular shape with thin port of water.
walled sieve tubes.
308. Water is transported from roots to
D. Occupy the center of the vascular bun- shoots and leaves in:
dle.
A. Xylem
E. Water and mineral transport from
roots to aerial parts of the plant. B. Phloem
C. Stomata
304. What are the special features of the root
hair cell? You can pick more than one. D. Chlorophyll
A. It has a large vacuole to store food 309. Root pressure, capillarity, cohesion and
B. It has a long and narrow extension to adhesion all contribute to
increase surface area to volume ratio for A. the movement of sucrose along the
absorption phloem
C. It has a lower water potential than sur- B. the ascent of water in xylem vessels
rounding soil for osmosis
C. the mass flow of nutrients along sieve
D. It links directly to the xylem for water elements
transport
D. the loss of water via the leaves
305. Wind appeared to increase the rate of
transpiration in most plants tested. This 310. transports sugar, proteins, and other
is most likely due to the fact that: organic materials.
A. Humidity was increased A. xylem
B. Evaporation was increased B. phloem
C. Stomata were forced to close C. stoma
D. all of these D. spongy mesophyll

311. What is the function of the phloem? 317. Why is the evaporation of water from
A. to transport water and mineral ions leaves important?

B. to transport sugars and amino acids A. It cools leaves and helps move water
up the plant.
C. to store food
D. to support the plant’s stem B. It makes the plant wilt
C. It helps the plant to respire
312. during transpiration, from where does
the evaporation of water occur D. none of above
A. intercellular spaces
318. What does the water move through in
B. leaf surface
the apoplast pathway?
C. mesophyll cell walls
A. The cell walls
D. stomatal pores
B. The intercellular spaces
313. In xylem, there are gaps within the lignin
called These allow surrounding cells to C. The cytoplasm
be supplied with water. D. The vacuole
A. holes
319. which theory of water transport states
B. plasmolemma
that hydrogen bonding allows water to
C. pits maintain a continuous fluid column as wa-
D. companion cells ter is pulled from roots to leaves
314. If the xylem vessels of a plant are A. Fusion

plugged B. Evaporation
A. the leaves will turn yellow C. Pressure flow
B. no food will be made
D. Cohesion-tension
C. the plant will wilt (shrivel)
D. the plant will continue to grow 320. What does the phloem carry up the
stem?
315. Root hairs are
A. Sugar
A. Cortical cells
B. Projection of epidermal cells B. Water
C. Projection of cortical cells C. Oxygen

D. Multicellular D. All of the above
316. The transpiration driven ascent of sap de- 321. The region of stem from which leaves and
pends on which of the following physical buds arise is called
properties of water?
A. internode
A. Cohesion
B. Surface tension B. lateral bud
C. Adhesion C. terminal bud

D. All D. node

322. WHAT ARE THE COMPONENTS OF C. Anchor plant to ground

BLOOD? ? D. Make food
A. RBC
328. Which of following is most easily trans-
B. WBC ported in plant cells?
C. PLASMA A. starch
D. PLATELETS B. glucose
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323. Under which of the following conditions C. cellulose
will the plant stomata shut? D. fat
A. high relative humidity
329. Diffusion is not effective in
B. high proportion of atmospheric carbon
A. solids
dioxide
B. liquids
C. high light intensity
C. gases
D. high levels of hormone alsisic acid
D. all of the above
324. In which direction does the phloem trans-
port sugars? 330. location where substances enter the
phloem
A. upwards only
A. source
B. downwards only
B. sink
C. both directions
C. loci
D. none of above
D. pit
325. What are the specialised protein channels
that help to transport water across the 331. are tubes that carry nutrients to
membrane in root hair cells? other parts of the plant.
A. proton pumps A. stomata
B. apoptosis channels B. roots

C. xylem
C. water channels
D. xylophone
D. aquaporins
332. This part of the transport system in
326. Which apparatus is needed to measure
plants is made up of dead cells.
the rates of transpiration?
A. Xylem
A. Pipette
B. Phloem
B. Potometer
C. Shoot
C. Bunsen burner
D. Leaves
D. Plants
333. Which organ system removes cellular
327. Which is NOT a function of roots? wastes as the result of cellular respira-
A. Take in water tion?
B. Take in nutrients A. nervous

B. digestive 339. Vascular tissues consists of

C. excretory A. xylem and sclerenchyma tissues

D. circulatory B. apical and lateral meristem
334. A tree girdled up to the xylem may sur- C. epidermal and ground tissues
vive for sometime but ultimately dies be- D. xylem and phloem
cause
A. Water does not move upwards 340. What are other raw materials needed by
plants to build plant body
B. Sugar does not move upwards
A. N
C. Sugar does not move downwards
B. P
D. Water does not move downwards
C. Fe, Cu, K, Mg
335. Where is evaporation taking place in a
leaf? D. All of the above
A. xylem into palisade cell 341. What is the full form of BPM?
B. root hair cell into cortex A. Beats per hour
C. air spaces to surrounding environment B. Beats per second
D. palisade mesophyll cells to air spaces C. Beats per measure
336. How do root hair cells absorb water? D. Beats per minute
A. By osmosis 342. Process by wich plants capture sunlight
B. By diffusion to use its energy to transform carbon diox-
C. By active transport ide and water into glucose and oxygen
D. first take up ions by active transport A. Botanist
then water moves to root hair by osmosis B. Photosyntesis
337. Which of the following does NOT form a C. Dicot
xylem tissue? D. Phloem
A. Xylem vessel
343. Force responsible for the ascent of sap is
B. Tracheid
A. capillary force
C. Fibre
B. root pressure
D. Sieve plate
E. Parencyma C. transpirational pull
D. all of the above
338. Swelling of wooden frames during rains
is caused by 344. Where do the plant get the materials for
A. Endosmosis healthy grow?
B. Plasmolysis A. from the air only
C. Imbibition B. from the air and soil
D. Capillariyy C. from the soil only
E. Osmosis D. from the shops

345. If salt is present in higher concentration A. It decreases

in a cell than B. It stays the same
A. Water will pass from inside the cell to C. It increases
outside by diffusion
D. increases and then decreases
B. Water will enter the cell by osmosis
350. What is the name given to the movement
C. Salt will escape from the cell through of water through a plant system?
the semipermeable membrane
A. Photosynthesis
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D. There will be no movement of sub-
stances between the cell and it’s environ- B. Translation
ment C. Transpiration
D. Osmosis
346. What is phototropism?
A. a change in the growth of a plant in re- 351. How are the xylem and phloem arranged
sponse to water in leaves?
B. a change in the growth of a plant in re- A. xylem above, phloem below

sponse to touch B. xylem below, phloem above
C. a change in the growth of a plant in re- C. xylem and phloem side by side
sponse to light D. none of above
D. a change in the growth of a plant in re- 352. The bulk movement of a substance, such
sponse to gravity as water in the xylem is known as:
347. Which statements about water move- A. group flow
ment in plants are correct? 1 Water can B. mass flow
pass through cellulose cell walls. 2 Wa-
C. co-ordinated flow
ter can pass through lignified cell walls. 3
Water cannot pass through suberin in cell D. team flow
walls. 353. The equation for photosynthesis is
A. 1, 2 and 3 A. oxygen + water → glucose + carbon
B. 1 and 2 only dioxide
C. 1 and 3 only B. oxygen + glucose → carbon dioxide
+ water
D. 2 and 3 only
C. carbon dioxide + water → glucose +
348. Moves water from the soil into the xylem oxygen
vessels of the root via osmosis . This D. carbon dioxide + glucose → oxygen
statement is about + water
A. capillary action
354. Xylem vessel elements are strengthened
B. transpirational pull by
C. root pressure A. lignin
D. guttation B. cellulose
349. What happens to the rate of transpira- C. melanin
tion if wind speed increases? D. pericycle

355. The inorganic nutrient that is involved in A. Leaves

the opening and closing of stomata B. Xylem

A. Iron C. Roots
B. Phosphorus D. Phloem
C. Potassium
361. Why do plants need to open stomata? I.
D. Nitrogen To get rid of excess CO2II. To allow tran-
356. Pores called allow plants to exchange spirationIII. To exchange gases with the
gases for respiration and photosynthesis. environment
A. I only
A. stomata
B. I and II only
B. guard cells
C. II and III only
C. palisade mesophyll
D. I, II and III
D. cuticles
362. Apoplast is located
357. Which of the following will decrease the
rate of transpiration? A. Outside the plasma membrane
A. High temperatures. B. In the entire cytosol
B. Low humidity. C. On both sides of plasma membrane
C. A still and calm day. D. In the plasticity content
D. An abundance of water. 363. Which statement describes the phloem
transport system of plants?
358. Guttation occurs when
A. It transports sugar and is lignified
A. root pressure is high and rate of tran-
spiration is low B. It transports sugar and is not lignified
B. root pressure and rate of transpiration C. It transports water and is lignified
is normal D. none of above
C. root pressure and the rate of transpi-
364. Phloem is
ration is low
A. a dead tissue.
D. root pressure and the rate of transpi-
ration is high B. composed of sieve tube cells and com-
panion cells.
359. the inside of the xylem C. responsible to provide support to the
A. lumen plant part.
B. vessels D. responsible to transport organic nutri-
C. tracheids ents from leaves to other plant parts.
D. lignin 365. The function of transpiration is to trans-

port and from the roots to the
360. Which are the vascular tissues in plants leaves
that are responsible for transporting sub-
stance around the plant? Select all that A. water, mineral salts
apply. B. food, nutrients

C. water, food C. larger

D. none of above D. smaller
366. Which of the following would likely not 371. Which of the following is NOT a charac-
contribute to the surface area available for teristic feature of xylem vessels?
water absorption from the soil by a plant
root system? A. End walls
A. root hairs B. Cells end to end
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B. endodermis C. Thick cellulose cell walls
C. fungi associated with the roots D. No cell contents ( hollow)
D. fibrous arrangement of the roots 372. What is the minimum number of cell mem-
367. What is the main factor that influences branes that a water molecule must move
the rate of sugar transport? through in getting from soil into a xylem
vessel-
A. movement of water
A. 0
B. Rate of photosynthesis
B. 1
C. capillary action
C. 2
D. uprooting plants
D. 6
368. Which one of the following will not di-
rectly affected transpiration? 373. What external forces must an emergent
A. Temperature seedling overcome?
B. Light A. lack of water in the vacuole
C. Wind speed B. gravity, wind, rain
D. Chlorophyll content of leaves C. a short phloem and xylem
369. Define vascular tissue D. herbivores and humans
A. Photosynthetic organs that contain 374. Osmosis is the diffusion of across a
one or more bundles of vascular tissue selectively permeable membrane.
B. The vascular tissue through which A. food
food moves in some plants
B. air
C. Tissue that conducts water and nu-
trients through the plant body in higher C. water
plants D. oxygen
D. The type of tissue in vascular plants
that provides support and conducts water 375. Which of the phloem cells help in storage
and nutrients from the roots of food?
A. Sieve tubes
370. guard cells change shape and open the
stomata as they become B. Companion cells
A. flacid C. Phloem parenchyma
B. turgid D. Phloem fibres

376. The region of stem between two nodes is 381. Choose all the organs of a plant which
the could be a sink for sucrose and amino acids

A. lateral bud A. Shoots
B. shoot system B. Roots
C. node C. Fruits
D. internode D. Leaves
E. Flowers
377. What substances are transported by the
phloem? 382. Why does temperature have an effect on
A. water and mineral salts the rate of photosynthesis?
B. mineral salts and sucrose A. Higher temperature allows carbon

dioxide to diffuse into the leaves faster.
C. sucrose and amino acids
B. Higher temperature allows water to be
D. amino acids and mineral salts transported to the leaves faster.
378. Absorption of water in plants take place C. Higher temperature allows the stom-
by ata to open wider.
D. Higher temperature allows the en-
A. osmosis
zymes to function better.
B. diffusion
383. What is the similarity between guttation
C. both (a) and (b)
and transpiration?
D. none of the above A. occurs through leaves
379. Sieve tubes and companion cells are B. happens on hot and windy days
present in 1) Xylem 2) Phloem 3) Cork 4) C. happens in all plants
Cambium
D. releases pure water
A. 1
B. 2 384. Which of the following are living cells 1)
Sclerids 2) Phloem Fibre 3) Parenchyma 4)
C. 3 None of the above
D. 4 A. 1
380. How does wind affect the rate of transpi- B. 2

ration? C. 3
A. More wind increases the rate of tran- D. 4
spiration.
385. Functions of phloem
B. More wind decreases the rate of tran-
spiration. A. transports organic compounds
C. More wind has no effect on the rate of B. transports food

transpiration. C. transports water
D. none of above D. transports water and mineral salts

386. A piece of apparatus used for measuring 391. Which two substances are transported in
the rate at which a plant shoot takes up the phloem?
water. A. A amino acids and protein
A. Potometer B. B amino acids and sucrose
B. Thermometer C. C protein and starch
C. Barometer D. D starch and sucrose
D. Sphygmomanometer
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392. Which of the following is not transported
387. Root pressure causes in plants?
A. Glucose to be converted to starch A. minerals
B. Water to move up the xylem vessels B. oxygen
C. Photosynthesis to occur C. water
D. none of above D. carbon dioxide
388. What is the need of plant transport sys- 393. Choose the two statements that indicate
tem what would be happening in the plant
when stomata are open.
A. to move energy store from leaves to
different parts A. Guard cells are turgid
B. to move raw material from roots to B. Guard cells are plasmolysed
leaves C. Transpiration increase
C. both 1 & 2 D. Transpiration decrease
D. None
394. The shoot system consists of the follow-
389. Why does water loss slow down if a ing except:
plant is put into a plastic bag? A. upright stem
A. The humidity increases B. leaves
B. The temperature increases C. buds
C. The light intensity increases D. roots
D. None of the above 395. Xylem vessels are able to stay upright
390. Which feature of xylem vessel elements due to
helps adhesion during transpiration? A. lignin
A. lignin forms an incomplete secondary B. cellulose
wall C. melanin
B. new vessels carry extra water as D. pericycle
plants grow
C. there are no cross walls between ves- 396. What does a plant transport system
sel elements transport?
D. the vessel elements form a narrow A. water and food

tube B. oxygen, water and food

C. oxygen and water 402. Which of the following conditions will

favour a most reduced rate of transpira-
D. oxygen, carbon dioxide, food and wa-
tion?

ter
A. reduced environmental temperature
397. Apoplast pathway is located and high light intensity
A. Outside the plasma membrane B. increased environmental temperature
and reduced wind speed
B. In the entire cytosol
C. increased relative humidity and re-
C. On both sides of plasma membrane duced wind speed
D. In the plasticity content D. reduced relative humidity and in-
creased wind speed
398. Where is diffusion taking place in a leaf?
A. xylem into palisade cell 403. A WOODY PLANT THAT HAS A
COMPLETE RING OF BARK REMOVED
B. root hair cell into cortex FROM ITS STEM DIES AFTER A FEW
C. air spaces to surrounding environment MONTHS.WHICH SITUATION EXPLAINS
THE SITUATION?
D. palisade mesophyll cells to air spaces
A. PARASITES ATTACK THE STEM DUE TO
399. Which of the follow affect the rate of EXPOSURE TO THE ATMOSPHERE
transpiration (how fast a plant loses wa- B. THE LEAVES CANNOT CARRY OUT PHO-
ter to evaporation from the leaves)? SE- TOSYNTHESIS
LECT ALL THAT APPLY C. SUGAR LEAKS OUT FROM THE RING OF
A. Light THE BARK
B. Humidity D. SUGAR IS NOT TRANSPORTED TO THE
ROOTS
C. Wind
D. Temperature 404. Which of the following is the correct def-
inition of transpiration
400. Which of these is not a reason that mul- A. the movement of water along the
ticellular plants need transport systems? xylem
A. To meet their metabolic demands B. the movement of water from a high to
low concentration down a concentration
B. Plants can grow to be very large
gradient
C. A a whole, plants have a relatively
C. is the evaporation of water through
small SA:vol
the stomata
D. To coordinate an immune resposne D. transport of sugars through phloem
401. Apoplectic is located 405. During the process of osmosis, molecules
A. Outside the plasma membrane move from less-concentrated area to a
high concentrated area through a mem-
B. In the entire cytosol brane.
C. On both sides of plasma membrane A. Semipermeable membrane
D. In the plasticity content B. Permeable membrane

C. Synovial membrane 410. What is significance of transpiration

D. Serous membrane A. Creates suction force
B. Helps in distribution of water and nu-
406. which feature of a root hair cell is not an trients
adaption for water uptake from the soil
solution? C. Cooling effect for plants
D. All of the above
A. lack of waxy cuticle
411. The place in the plant cell where photo-
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B. large numbers of mitochondria
synthesis happens
C. long, thin extension to the cell
A. Chlorophyll
D. thin cellulose cell wall
B. xylem
407. Transpiration is the C. phloem
A. exchange of gases between the leaves D. chloroplast
and the atmosphere
412. What is the most abudant solute in
B. loss of water vapour through the stom- phloem sap?
ata of leaves A. amino acids
C. movement of water from the roots to B. hormones
the leaves
C. sugar
D. transport manufactured food sub-
D. minerals
stances through the phloem
413. Which of these substances strengthens
408. The correct relationship between humid- the xylem?
ity and the rate of transpiration of plants.
A. Chitin
A. as the humidity increase, the rate of-
B. Lignin
transpiration decrease
C. Cellulose
B. as the humidity increase, the rate of-
transpiration increase D. Keratin
C. as the humidity decrease the rate of- 414. Which one of the following regarding
transpiration slightly decrease blood composition is correct
D. the humidity is not affecting the rates A. Plasma-Blood + Lymphocyte
oftranspiration B. Serum-Blood + Fibrinogen
C. Lymph-Plasma + RBC + WBC
409. select the specialised features of Xylem
which you need to know D. Blood-Plasma + RBC + WBC +
Platelets
A. dead hollow tube
B. living vessel 415. What type of root has one main root
that grows deep in the ground with a few
C. has rings of lignin smaller side roots?
D. has sieve plates A. Aerial roots
E. transports sugar B. Fibrous roots

C. Prop roots B. So that they can photosynthesise

D. Taproots faster

C. so the cells can burst
416. Where does cellular respiration occur?
D. none of above
A. mitochondria
B. chloroplast 422. Which of the following statements are
true
C. chlorophyll
A. Both xylem and phloem are made up of
D. nucleus non-living tissue
417. Plants growing in desert have their B. Both xylem and phloem allow flow of
modified into spines. materials both up and down the plant
A. stem C. Both xylem and phloem have no nu-
B. leaves cleus
C. root D. Both xylem and phloem are formed of
many cells joined end to end
D. flower
423. What does blood transport?
418. What is the movement of sugars through
a plant called? A. Nutrients
A. Translation B. Oxygen
B. Translocation C. Carbon Dioxide
C. Transcription D. All of the above
D. Transpiration 424. Arteries have walls, whereas Veins
have walls
419. Which process contributes most to the
rise of water in the xylem? A. Thin, Thin
A. capillarity B. Thick, Thick
B. osmosis C. Thin, Thick
C. root pressure D. Thick, Thin
D. transpiration 425. How do water molecules enter the roots
from the soil?
420. What causes green plants to wilt?
A. diffusion
A. High humidity around the leaves.
B. osmosis
B. Lack of minerals on the soils
C. How light intensity C. transpiration
D. Transpiration faster than uptake of wa- D. active transport

ter 426. As the number of increases, the sur-
421. Why do root hairs cells have thin cell face area also increases, and the plant ab-
walls? sorbs more water and minerals.
A. So that the flow of water into root hair A. Root cap

cells is fast B. Root hair

C. Root tip C. moves sucrose against a concentra-

D. Root cells tion gradient into the xylem
D. contains a nucleus needed for cell divi-
427. Bacteria cannot survive in a highly salted sion of the sieve tube elements
pickle because
A. Salt inhibits reproduction 432. Plant loses water through the
B. Bacteria do not get enough light for A. roots

photosynthesis B. stomata
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C. They become plasmolysed and conse- C. chlorophyll
quently killed D. stem
D. The pickle does not contain nutrients
necessary for bacteria to live 433. What is translocation? 2016 Q27
A. the transport of food in the phloem tis-
428. Leaves need nutrients and water to sues
A. Make food for the plant B. the transport of food in the xylem tis-
B. Make energy for the plant. sues
C. Keep the plant cool in the summer. C. the transport of water in the phloem
D. Make water. tissues
D. the transport of water in the xylem tis-
429. How water can be absorb into the sues
xylem?
A. by capillary action 434. What happens to the transpiration rate
as light intensity increases?
B. by transpirational pull
A. It increases
C. by tranclocation system
B. It stays the same
D. by the root system which has root
hairs C. It decreases
D. none of above
430. An increase in wind or temperature will
transpiration 435. Name the tissue that supplies energy to
A. increase the sieve plate of the phloem for trans-
portation of organic food.
B. decrease
A. Lamela
C. no change
B. Parencyma
D. none
C. Companion cell
431. The function of the companion cell in ma- D. Epidermis
ture phloem tissue is that it
A. provides structural support for the 436. What is transpiration?
sieve tubes A. The loss of water from leaves by osmo-
B. actively moves sucrose out of neigh- sis
bouring photosynthesizing cells to sieve B. The uptake of water through root hair
tubes cells

C. The evaporation and diffusion of water 442. Which valve sits between the right cham-
from inside leaves bers of the heart?

D. none of above A. Pulmonary
437. What happens when a plant is in a con- B. Bicuspid
centration soil solution? C. Aortic
A. diffusion of solutes will take place
D. Tricuspid
B. osmosis will occur out of the leaves
C. active transport of ions into the roots 443. Which of the following increases the rate
of transpiration?
D. transpiration rate will increase to pull
water up A. Air around the leaf with high humidity.
B. Air molecules around the leaf with less
438. What is the function of a stomata?
kinetic energy.
A. cellular respiration
C. An absence of light falling on the leaf.
B. sugar transportation
D. Water molecules in the leaf with more
C. photosynthesis
kinetic energy.
D. gas exchange
444. The plant tissue that carries food mate-
439. If pure water is separated from a rials DOWNWARD from the leaves to the
strong sugar solution by a semi perme- rest of the pant is the
able membrane, then the net movement of
molecules is A. Phloem
A. From pure water to the sugar solution B. Stomata
B. From sugar solution to pure water C. Chlorophyll
C. No net movement D. Xylem
D. Equal movement of molecules In both
445. Which tissue is responsible for the in-
directions
crease in length? 1) Apical Meristem 2)
440. State one substance, other than sucrose, Intercalary meristem 3) Lateral meristem
that is produced in leaves and translocated 4) None of the above
to other parts of the plant. A. 1
A. amino acids
B. 2
B. glucose
C. 3
C. oxygen
D. 4
D. carbon dioxide
446. Ascent of sap in plants takes place
441. Which plant tissue transports water from
through
roots upwards?
A. cortex A. Cortex
B. epidermis B. Epidermis
C. xylem C. Xylem
D. none of above D. Phloem

447. Osmosis only concerns the movement of C. Produces food

particles of D. none of above
A. salt
453. Why don’t plants need a well developed
B. water fast transport system
C. sugar A. low energy needs as they are station-
D. solute ary
B. large number of dead cells
448. Which of the following do not take part
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in conduction? C. Due to low energy needs as they don’t
move and have more dead cells than living
A. Tracheids
D. all of the above
B. Vessels
454. Which of the following causes the stom-
C. Sieve tubes
ata to open?
D. Fibres
A. an increase in carbon dioxide in the air
449. A maize crop is successfully growing in a spaces in the leaves
field in which the water potential of the B. a decrease in the turgor pressure in
soil is-40 KPa.What is the most likely wa- guard cells
ter potential of the cell sap in the root hair C. accumulation of water in guard cells by
cell? active transport
A. -60 KPa D. an influx of K+ into guard cells fol-
B. -40 KPa lowed by water by osmosis.
C. -20 KPa 455. How does water move out of plant
D. 0 KPa leaves?
A. Through stomata as water vapour
450. What is a function of the hairs (tri-
chomes) on xerophytic leaves? B. Through stomata as liquid water
A. adding a waterproof layer C. Through xylem as water vapour
B. protecting the stomata D. none of above
C. reducing the surface area 456. The main vein running down a dicot leaf
is called the
D. trapping a layer of moist air
A. mid rib
451. Conducting cells in phloem are
B. main vein
A. Phloem parenchyma C. central xylem
B. Sieve tubes D. vascular tissue
C. Companion cells
457. Water absorption through roots can be in-
D. Phloem fibres creased by keeping the plants
452. What is the function of a root? A. In the shade
A. Where pollination occurs B. In dim light
B. Absorbs water and nutrients for the C. Under the fan
plant D. Covered by polythene bag

458. Which choice is wrong about the C. though diffusion which does not re-
phloem? quire energy

A. Carries sucrose, amino acid to grow- D. though active transport which does
ing parts and storage organs not require energy
B. Permeable cell walls Transport food
464. Why plants become wilt?
C. Thin cell wall
A. Less water evaporate from the plants
D. No cytoplasm
B. The plant loss excessive amount of wa-
459. During the spring which part of potato ter through transpiration
that act as source? C. The stomata of the plants are closed
A. leaves D. The weather are cool.
B. stem
465. Absorption of macronutrients and mi-
C. tubers cronutrients through the root system by
D. none of above
460. What does the xylem transport in a A. Diffusion

plant? B. Cohesion
A. Water and dissolved sugars C. Circulation
B. Water and dissolved mineral salts D. Transpiration
C. Water only
466. Name the carbohydrate that is trans-
D. minerals ported in the phloem.
461. Which two substances are transported by A. starch
xylem? B. glucose
A. Water only
C. sucrose
B. Sugar and Minerals
D. fructose
C. Water and Sugar
467. The vascular bundles of plants refers to
D. Water and minerals
and , and they can be found within
462. In spring season which part of the potato the , stem, and roots.
plant acts as a source? A. xylem, phloem, flowers
A. leaves B. xylem, phloem, leaves
B. roots C. phloem, xylem, meristem
C. stomata D. phloem, leaves, Xylem
D. tubers
468. Water enters the plant via the
463. How is sugar transported in the plant?
A. root hairs
A. though diffusion which requires en-
B. xylem
ergy
B. through active transport which re- C. stomata
quires energy D. root

469. What happens to the transpiration rate 474. The movement of water through a semi-
as temperature increases? permeable membrane is called?
A. It decreases A. cell membrane
B. It stays the same B. respiration
C. It increases C. osmosis
D. none of above D. diffusion

475. ‘Heart of heart’ is called
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470. What happens to the water potential
when sucrose is transported into the sieve A. SA node
tubes? B. AV node
A. No change C. Purkinje fibres
B. Increases D. Bundle of His
C. Decreases 476. Which is the smallest artery in the human
D. Random change body?
A. Inferior Vena Cava
471. Colder temperatures cause stomata to re- B. Arteriole
main closed. Based on this information,
if a plant were grown below 21oC would C. Aorta
you expect transpiration rates to D. None of the above
A. increase. 477. in apoplastic pathway, water moves
B. decrease. through the
C. stay the same. A. plasmodesmata
D. you would not be able to determine a B. cell wall

difference in rate. C. mesophyll
D. sieve tube elements
472. The root-hairs are suited for absorbing
water from the soil because 478. During diffusion
A. they have a large surface area A. substances (things) moves from high
to low concentration
B. they have a semi-permeable mem-
brane B. water moves when energy is used
C. they contain a solution of higher con- C. large or oddly shaped molecules move
centration than the surrounding water. across a cell membrane
D. water moves from high to low concen-
D. all of the above
tration
473. The Kidney is in weight, in length, 479. Paramecium has how many contracti-
in width and in thickness. oles?
A. 12g, 6cm, 150cm, 3cm A. 1-2
B. 150g, 12cm, 6cm, 3cm B. 3-4
C. 150g, 6cm, 3cm, 12cm C. 1-4
D. 3g, 6cm, 12cm, 150cm D. 3-5

480. What is the stomata in plants? 486. Root pressure is caused by

A. Large pores in the leaves A. active loading of water molecules into

B. The green pigment xylem vessels by endordermis cells
C. The chloroplast B. active loading of salts into xylem ves-
sels by endodermis cells
D. Tiny pores in the leaves
C. xylem vessels using energy to actively
481. Why do stomata close in hot weather? load water upwards
A. To increase the rate of photosynthesis D. movement of water molecules up-
B. To conserve water wards in xylem vessels through osmosis
C. To increase transpiration rate 487. What happens if the plant wilt?
D. none of above
A. Stem no longer upright and leaves
482. What is Positive tropism? drop
A. Plant growth away from a stimulus B. Yellowing of leaves
B. Plant growth in an upward direction C. Poor growth
C. Plant growth in a downward direction D. none of above
D. Plant growth toward a stimulus
488. which is the energy change during photo-
483. Xylem helps in synthesis
A. Transportation of water A. sun to food
B. Absorption of water B. solar energy to glucose
C. Transportation of food C. light energy to chemical energy
D. Synthesis of Carbohydrates D. carbon dioxide to food
484. This is a single layer of cells that helps to 489. Which of the following are responsible
keep the shape of the stem and cuts down for transpiration? I. adhesionII. cohe-
the loss of water vapour. sionIII. evaporationIV. active transport
A. epidermis A. I and II only
B. sieve tubes B. I, II and III only
C. vessels
C. I, and III only
D. vascular bundles
D. I, II, III and IV
485. The diagram shows apparatus used to in-
vestigate water uptake by a cut leafy twig. 490. The casparian strip prevents water and
In which sets of conditions would the tap minerals from entering the xylem through
need to be used most often? the-
A. bright, still, humid A. Plasmodesmata
B. bright, windy, dry B. Apoplast
C. dark, still, humid C. symplast
D. dark, windy, dry D. Xylem vessel

491. What is the main function of a companion C. spikes

cell in mature phloem tissue? D. projections
A. providing cytoplasmic contact with the
496. The red pigment in blood is called
sieve tube for loading
A. Plasma
B. providing structural support for sieve
tube element B. Arteries
C. providing the nucleus for cell division C. Haemoglobin
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in the phloem D. none of above
D. providing the source of assimilates for 497. The wall of human heart is made of
storage
A. Endocardium
492. What does phloem transport? B. Epicardium
A. Water C. Myocardium
B. Minerals D. All of the above
C. Fruit 498. Xylem fibres are made of-
D. Sugar A. Parenchyma cells
493. Explain why it is important to keep plants B. Collenchyma cells
in light C. Sclerenchyma cells
A. plants need light for warmth D. Aerenchyma cells
B. if plants get light, they become more
499. Which is a major source of nutrients in
green
plants?
C. light is produced during photosynthe- A. soil
sis
B. leaves
D. chlorophyll in plants absorb light for
photosynthesis to take place C. stem
D. roots
494. Which of these is true?
500. How does water travel from the soil into
A. Xylem vessels carry water and dis-
the root hair cells?
solved minerals up the plant
A. Diffusion
B. Phloem tissue carry water and dis-
solved minerals up the plant B. Active transport
C. Xylem vessels carry dissolved sucrose C. Osmosis

up and down the plant D. Transpiration
D. none of above 501. Which of the following is a micronutri-
ent?
495. Hairs on the inner epidermis of xero-
phytes reduce air-flow and trap moist air. A. Ferum
They are called: B. Phosphorus
A. sunken stomata C. Calcium
B. trichomes D. Sulphur

502. This is the definition for which word:The B. The higher the light intensity the lower
movement of particles against a concentra- the rate of transpiration
tion gradient (from a low to a high concen-

C. The higher the light intensity the
tration) across a partially permeable mem- higher the rate of transpiration.
brane which requires energy.
D. none of above
A. Transpiration
B. Osmosis 508. What is the function of nitrogen in plant
growth?
C. Diffusion
A. Increases disease resistance
D. Active transport
B. Makes seeds
503. What is the name given to the openings C. Produces a healthy green color
in a leaf?
D. Decrease of growth
A. Guard Cells
509. The only dead cells in phloem
B. Stomata
A. companion
C. Epidermis
B. sieve
D. Waxy Cuticle
C. phloem fibres
504. Mineral ions are transported by
D. phloem parenchyma
A. diffusion
510. High temperature will have little or zero
B. osmosis
effect on the rate of transpiration if
C. active transport A. atmospheric humidity of the surround-
D. none of the above ing air is greater than that in the leaf
505. From the root hair, water enters the B. ABA is not being released by the plant
A. leaves C. there is sufficient water available

within the soil
B. stem
D. light intensity is just normal
C. adjacent root cells
511. Part of the water absorbed from the soil
D. none of above
is lost via transpiration, some is used for
506. WHICH DESTROYS FOREIGN MATERIALS photosynthesis and some used for ?
IN BLOOD? ? A. maintaining turgidity of cells
A. WBC B. stored in fruits
B. RBC C. stored in leaves
C. PLATELETS D. stored in stem
D. PLASMA
512. Without the process of transpiration, a
507. How does light intensity affect the rate plant would be unable to
of transpiration? A. Move sucrose from the leaves to the
A. Light intensity has no effect on the rate roots.
of transpiration B. Create new proteins for the plant.

C. Pull up new water and mineral ions 518. cells open and close the stomata
from the roots to the leaves. A. palisade
D. Grow towards the light. B. guard
513. Which of the following indicates the path- C. xylem
way of water through a plant? D. epidermis
A. root hair cell → xylem → stomata 519. By which of the following processes do
B. stomata → root hair cell → xylem water molecules enter into the plant?
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C. xylem → stomata → root hair cell A. Osmosis
D. none of above B. Active transport

C. Diffusion
514. Why do plants have root hairs?
D. Transpiration
A. to absorb water and minerals from the
soil 520. Cellulose in the cell walls of xylem, in-
creases the of water molecules to help
B. to provide additional support in an- resist the effect of gravity.
choring the plant
A. cohesion
C. to absorb nutrients from the soil
B. pressure
D. to grow into longer roots C. adhesion
515. Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium are D. arrangement
examples of
521. Water can be lost by a plant through
A. macronutrients which process(es)?
B. micronutrients A. evaportation
C. trace elements B. transpiration
D. all of the above C. injury
D. all of these
516. Where is evaporation takes place in a
plant? 522. From the sun to convert
A. trunk A. energy
B. root B. food
C. surface of leaves C. carbon dioxide
D. leaves
D. none of above
523. Which of the following statements is
517. Which cells in the leaf carry out the most false about xylem vessels?
photosynthesis?
A. They are made up of dead cells.
A. Guard cells
B. They contain chloroplasts and nuclei.
B. Palisade mesophyll cells
C. They are hydrophobic.
C. Epidermal cells D. Their walls are made of cellulose and
D. Spongy mesophyll cells lignin.

524. Which of the following is NOT part of the 529. Diffusion is a major method of transport
symplastic pathway in plants? of materials in

A. Cytoplasm of root hairs A. tall plants
B. Lumen of xylem cells B. unicellular plants
C. Plasmodesmata C. Multicellular plants

D. Both (b) and (c)
D. Cell surface membrane of cortical cells
530. WHICH IS TRANSPORTED THROUGH
525. How does water get from the leaf to the XYLEM OF PLANTS? ?
atmosphere?
A. MINERALS
A. it moves by osmosis into the air spaces
and diffuses through the stomata B. FOODS
C. BLOOD
B. it diffuses into the air spaces and evap-
orates through the stomata D. OXYGEN
C. it evaporates into the air spaces and 531. Mineral ions move from the soil into the
diffuses through the stomata roots by the process of?
D. it moves by active transport into the air A. osmosis
spaces and evaporates through the stom- B. diffusion
ata
C. active transport
526. This plant structure carries sugars, amino D. none of the above
acids, and plant hormones.
532. What vascular tissue transports food
A. Xylem Vessels within a plant?
B. Phloem A. Phloem
C. Plant Straws B. Xylem
D. Plant Blood Vessels C. Stomata
D. Cell wall
527. What gives plants their green color?
A. Vacuoles 533. THE ROOTS OF SOME LAND PLANTS ARE
FLOODED THE SEA WATER. THE SALTY SEA
B. Chlorophyll WATER BECOMES MORE CONCENTRATED
C. Chloroplasts DUE TO EVAPORATION. WHY DO THE
PLANTS THEN WILT?
D. Central Vacuole
A. THE TRANSPIRATION RATE IS TOO
528. Which of the following is not a function HIGH
of xylem vessels? B. SALT DAMAGES THE CELL WALL OF
A. To help support the plant ROOT CELL
C. THE PLANT CELL ABSORB TOO MUCH
B. To transport water
WATER
C. To transport sugars
D. WATER DIFFUSES OUT OF THE PLANT
D. To transport mineral ions CELL

534. explain how root hairs help plants to ab- B. Magnesium

sorb a lot of water in a short time C. Calcium
A. root hairs provide a really big surface D. Potassium
area through which water and minerals
can be absorbed 539. What is the role of the companion cell?
B. root hairs have some hair-like struc- A. To give structural support to the
tures phloem vessels
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C. root hairs are water-loving B. To connect the phloem vessels to the
D. root hairs store food for the plant xylem vessels
C. Their function is unknown
535. How does glucose travel in the phloem
D. To act as “life support systems” for
A. clockwise
phloem cells which have lost most of their
B. in both direction normal cell functions
C. up only
540. CHOOSE THE CORRECT STATEMENT
D. down only
A. Transpiration creates humidity which
536. How does humidity affect the rate of helps for transport of water.
transpiration? B. Transpiration creates transpiration
A. As humidity increases, the rate of tran- pull for transport of water.
spiration decreases. C. Transpiration keeps the cells flacid
B. As humidity increases, the rate of tran- hence maintains their shape.
spiration increases. D. Transpiration keeps the cells turgid
C. As humidity increases, the rate of tran- hence maintains their shape.
spiration stays constant.
541. Which statement about phloem is true?
D. none of above
A. it carries nutrients to growing regions
537. Which of these is/ are true? of the plant
A. Xylem vessels carry water and dis- B. it carries nitrate ions from the leaves
solved minerals up the plant to the roots
B. Xylem vessels carry dissolved sucrose C. it carries sugars from the roots to the
up and down the plant leaves
C. Phloem tissue carry water and dis- D. it carries water from the roots to the
solved minerals up the plant leaves
D. Phloem tissue carry dissolved sucrose
542. I have a large lumen, I have thin and not
up and down the plant
so muscular muscular walls, I pump blood
538. The conditions of the leaves below show towards the heart
the effects of deficiency of nutrient P on A. Artery
a chili plant:Areas between leaf veins turn
yellow Red spots on leaf surfaces Lobed B. Vein
leaves What is nutrient P? C. Capillary
A. Sulphur D. Arteriole

543. Multidirectional flow of a variety of or- 548. What is the role of the waxy cuticle in a
ganic and inorganic solutes occurs through- leaf.

A. Xylem A. Contains chlorophyll to absorb light.
B. Vascular tissue B. Prevents too much water loss.
C. Phloem
C. It transports water to the leaf.
D. Root
D. none of above
544. The loss of water vapour from the leaves
of a plant. 549. Most stomata are usually found in under-
A. Transpiration side of leaves. Why?
B. Evaporation A. conserve water
C. Translocation B. get more CO2
D. Photosynthesis C. prevent infection
545. What does xylem carry up the stem? D. none
A. Water
550. How are root hair cells adapted for water
B. Nutrients
and mineral absorption?
C. Water and Nutrients
A. have many chloroplasts
B. Have extensions that increase surface
546. In an experiment, the water potential of area
the water in a soil, is found to be-40kPa,
while that of pure water is 0kPa. This dif- C. have many air spaces
ference is due to the D. none of above
A. presence of mineral ions in the soil wa-
ter 551. Which of the following DOES NOT ex-
plained the transportation of water and
B. greater kinetic energy of the soil water
minerals from root to leaves.
molecules
C. small size of the mineral ions in the soil A. Transpirational pull
water B. Pressure flow hypothesis
D. water potential of soil water being pos- C. Root pressure
itive
D. Capillary action
547. Function of phloem tissues in plants.
A. Transport sucrose to the fruit. 552. In a food chain, at what point does pho-
B. Transport water to the leaf, which is tosynthesis take place?
usedfor photosynthesis. A. Primary consumer
C. Transport oxygen to the leaf, which is B. secondary consumer
usedfor photosynthesis.
C. tertiary consumer
D. Transport of water to the fruit that is
neededfor development of fruit. D. producer/green plant

553. What is a description of transpiration? 558. Which of the following would be least
A. A exchange of gases between the leaf likely to affect osmosis in plants?
and the atmosphere A. proton pumps in the membrane
B. B loss of water vapour from the leaves B. a difference in solute concentrations
and stems of a plant
C. receptor proteins in the membrane
C. C movement of water from the roots to
the leaves D. a difference in water potential
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D. D movement of water through the cells 559. Water travels up through the plant by
of the leaf
A. Root pressure
554. The process of gutta toon takes place
B. Adhesion of water molecules to the
A. When the root pressure is high and the walls of the xylem
rate of transpiration is low
C. Cohesion of water molecules by hydro-
B. When the root pressure is low and the gen bonds
rate of transpiration is high
D. Transpiration
C. When the root pressure is equal to the
rate of transpiration. E. All four ways
D. When the rout pressure as well as rate
560. The casparian strip at the endodermis
of transpiration are high
blocks which pathway
555. Select ALL the similarities between A. Apoplast
xylem and phloem in plants.
B. Symplast
A. Consist parenchyma tissue
C. Transpiration
B. Transport nutrients in plant
D. Evaporation
C. Continous hollow tube
D. Have sieve plate 561. which of the following is true of direction
E. No cytoplasm of transport of Xylem and phloem
A. xylem; upward and downward, phloem
556. During transpiration there is loss of
upward only
A. Carbon dioxide
B. xylem; upward only, phloem upward
B. Oxygen and downwards
C. Water C. xylem and phloem upward only
D. None of the above D. none of above
557. make food by photosynthesis and
562. Substances transported in plants are
pass it back to the stem.
A. stems A. water
B. roots B. minerals
C. leaves C. food
D. buds D. all of the above

563. What are the limiting factors of photo- 568. transports water and some nutrients
synthesis? up from the roots to the rest of the plant.

A. light intensity, CO2 concentration, tem- A. xylem
perature B. phloem
B. wavelengths of light, CO2 concentra- C. stoma
tion, temperature D. spongy mesophyll
C. light intensity, O2 concentration, tem-
569. In what direction does the xylem trans-
perature
port water?
D. light intensity, CO2 concentration, air
A. roots > stem > leaves
humidity
B. roots > leaves > stem
564. The only living cells in xylem tissue are C. leaves > stem > roots
A. Xylem sclerenchyma D. leaves > roots > stem
B. Xylem tracheids 570. The vessel that transports water and
C. Xylem vessels minerals UPWARDS from a plant’s roots
is know as
D. Xylem parenchyma
A. Chlorophyll
565. During photosynthesis, energy is stored B. Phloem
in the form of-
C. Stomata
A. radiant energy D. Xylem
B. chemical energy
571. The plant transport system are made up
C. mechanical energy of types of tubes.
D. thermal energy A. 1
B. 2
566. More water is lost from which part of the
plant? C. 3
D. many
A. upper surface of leaf
B. flowers 572. The hold the branches, flowers and
fruits.
C. stem
A. Leaves
D. lower surface of leaf
B. Stem
567. What is the function of xylem tissue? C. Roots
A. to transport food up through the plant D. none of above
B. to transport food up and down the pant 573. What are the functions of the root hairs?
C. to transport water up through the A. To increase surface are for absorption
plant B. It lets CO2 in and O2 and water out.
D. to transport water up and down the C. Protection and absorption of water
plant and minerals

D. Tip of root that is growing into the soil 579. Why are vascular bundles arranged
(area of mitosis) around the edge in the stem?
574. The circulates food A. To give a shorter diffusion distance

A. leaves B. To give strength and support
B. Root C. To allow growth
C. Stem D. To leave space for sugars to travel up
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D. none of above the middle of the stem
575. Define “transpiration”. 580. The movement of water creates pressure

A. The evaporation of water vapour from in the
the leaves through the stomata.
A. soil
B. The transport of sugars from leaves to
other parts of the plant. B. roots
C. Where glucose is broken down with C. stem

oxygen to transfer energy-occurs in the D. none of above
mitochondria.
D. none of above 581. Which of the following statements does
not apply to reverse osmosis?
576. What could happen if a plant’s phloem
does not work properly? A. It is used for water purification
A. Photosynthesis will not take place B. In this technique pressure greater
B. The plant might be short of water than osmotic pressure is applied to the
system
C. The plant might be short of food
C. It is a passive process
D. The plant will not be able to dissolve
minerals D. It is an active process
577. What vascular tissue transports water 582. What the main driving force for move-
within a plant? ment of water through xylem at day time
A. Phloem
A. transpiration pull
B. Xylem
B. root pressure
C. Stomata
C. turgor pressure
D. Cell wall
D. capillary pressure
578. Water and minerals move upward from
the root to the rest of the plant in this vas- 583. This is the process in which plants sweat.
cular tissue.
A. Transportation
A. Root
B. Xylem B. Transpiration
C. Leaves C. Explanation
D. Phloem D. Exportation

584. The active uptake of many ions occurs at 589. What plant tissue transports water and
the roots of green plants. If the respira- some nutrients up from the roots to the
tory enzymes of the roots of a plant are rest of the plant?

poisoned, at which of the following tissues
A. xylem
of the roots would the movement of ions
be totally stopped? B. phloem
A. Xylem C. stoma
B. Epidermis D. spongy mesophyll
C. Endodermis
590. Which of the following allows transport
D. Cortex parenchyma of substances from a sieve element cell to
a companion cell?
585. Which of the following are parts of the
heart? A. sieve plate
A. Right Auricle B. plasmodesmata
B. Left ventricle C. cell wall
C. Tricuspid Valve D. pits
D. Cerebrum
591. Water which is absorbed by roots is
586. The stronger the wind, the plant more transported to aerial parts of the plant
water. through
A. lose more A. Cortex
B. lose less B. Epidermis
C. stop losing C. Phloem
D. none of above D. Xylem
587. Phloem tissue is adapted by having no nu- 592. One of the methods by which water as-
cleus and little cytoplasm so that cends xylem vessels is capillarity. This is
A. there is more room for the central facilitated by xylem vessels which
channel A. are narrow
B. liquids can flow from one cell to the
B. are lignified
next
C. are dead when mature
C. so there is lots of energy
D. have pits in their walls
D. none of above
588. Which of the following process requires 593. What process moves water into the root
energy? hair cells?
A. Active transport A. Diffusion

B. Diffusion B. Active Transport
C. Osmosis C. Osmosis
D. All of them D. Magic

594. What products are produced during pho- B. sucrose enters the sieve tubes by ac-
tosynthesis? tive transport
A. glucose and carbon dioxide C. water leaves the sieve tubes by osmo-
B. glucose and oxygen sis
C. glucose and water vapor D. sucrose leaves the sieve tubes by ac-
tive transport
D. oxygen and carbon dioxide
600. The stronger the light intensity (amount
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595. Stomata is found in the
of light), the plant more water.
A. stems
A. lose more
B. roots
B. lose less
C. leaves
C. stop losing
D. flower
D. none of above
596. Which of the following is not capable of
speeding up the rate of transpiration in 601. Which two cells form phloem tissue?
plants?
A. sieve tube elements and companion
A. increase in sunlight intensity cells
B. increase in atmospheric carbondioxide B. phloem cells and tissue cells
C. increase in leaf temperature C. cross walls and lignin cells
D. increase in wind speed D. tube elements and sieve tissue cells
597. During plasmolysis what occurs? 602. The cell sap of a root hair has a higher
A. the cell becomes turgid concentration of nitrate ions than the
B. water is lost from the cell surrounding soil. Which feature of the
cell maintains the higher concentration of
C. Water moves inside the cell until equi- these ions in the cell sap?
librium is reached
A. cell membrane
D. O. P. of cell remains the same
B. cell wall
598. The process by which carbon dioxide, wa-
C. large surface area
ter and sunlight are converted into glucose
and oxygen D. large vacuole
A. xylem
603. Phloem is responsible
B. photosynthesis
A. for downward translocation of organic
C. oxygen nutrients to root cell.
D. glucose B. for upward translocation of minerals
to stem tip.
599. What happens first during translocation
in the phloem? C. for providing support to the plant part.
A. water enters the sieve tubes by osmo- D. for providing water to the neighbour-
sis ing cells.

604. Oxygen can be used in 610. Which of the following is a dead tissue?
A. respiration A. Phloem

B. released to the atmosphere B. Xylem
C. both C. Cortex
D. none of above D. Spongy mesophyll
605. Where are carbohydrates made in a 611. Which of the following statement is true
green leaf? about sieve tube cells?
A. cell vacuoles A. Sieve tube cells are nucleated but de-
void of mitochondria and ER
B. chloroplasts
B. Companion cells are non-nucleated
C. phloem and regulated by nucleated sieve cell
D. xylem C. Sieve tube cells are present in all
606. This vascular tissue carries substances plants
from the leaves to the other parts of the D. Companion cells are nucleated and
plant. regulates activity of non-nucleated sieve
A. Phloem tube
B. Leaves 612. The process of transporting the product

of photosynthesis from leaves to entire
C. Roots
parts of the plant is known as
D. Xylem
A. crossing over
607. Transpiration is the loss of from the B. translocation
of plants
C. guttation
A. water, stem
D. active transport
B. water, leaves
613. How does water enter a plant?
C. water vapour, leaves
A. through the stomata
D. none of above
B. through the roots
608. Root hairs help in absorption of water by C. by active transport in root hair cells
A. increasing the surface area D. by osmosis in root hair cells
B. decreasing the surface area
614. What is meant by the term “Transloca-
C. holding the plant in the soil tion”?
D. none of the above A. The process of releasing energy from
glucose.
609. Water loss during transpiration through
B. The process of transporting manufac-
tured food throughout the plant
A. root
C. The process by which water is lost in
B. flower the form of water vapour
C. stomatal pores found in the epidermis D. The process by which plants make
D. fruit their own food.

615. Mineral ions get into the root hair cells A. high temperature, high humidity
through B. high temperature, low humidity
A. Diffusion C. low temperature, high humidity
B. Active Transport D. low temperature, low humidity
C. Osmosis
621. Mass or bulk flow of substance is called-
D. none of above
A. Active transport
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616. Plant that absorbs water and other sub- B. Translocation
stances directly through its cell walls in-
stead of through tube-like structure; They C. Diffusion
possess threadlike structures that anchor D. Facilitated diffusion
it to the ground know as rhizoids.
622. What will happen when cut end of the
A. Monocot
shoot is dipped in eosinophil dye solution
B. Nonvascular plant
A. Ascent of sap does not occur
C. Photosyntesis
B. Ascent of sap does not occur but
D. Phloem leaves remain fresh
617. Select the major organs of the Circulatory C. Leaves wilt
System. D. Ascent of sap occurs and trachea Ryan
A. Heart elements get stained
B. Blood 623. In the given scenario what will happen?
C. Kidney An egg with a dissolved shell is placed in
pure water for 48 hours.
D. Blood vessels
A. Water will move in and out of the cell
618. The rate of transpiration increases with equally, and the cell with neither shrink
A. High atmospheric CO2 level nor swell.
B. Low water content of leaf B. The egg will gain water and swell.
C. Shedding of leaves C. The egg will lose water and shrink.
D. Dry air D. none of above
619. What are the names of the two parts of 624. How does water travel up xylem ves-
the vascular bundle of plants? sels?
A. Palisade Mesophyll and Cuticle A. by osmosis
B. Xylem and Phloem B. by evaporation from cell surfaces
C. Phloem and Epidermis C. flowing in a continuous column
D. Veins and Arteries D. none of above
620. Four similar plants are growing under dif- 625. Evaporation of water from leaves is im-
ferent conditions of temperature and hu- portant as
midity. Which plant will wilt first? The A. It cools the leaves and helps water to
plant placed in an environment with move up the plant.

B. It makes the plant wilt C. Capillaries

C. It helps the plant to respire D. Ventricles

D. none of above 632. Diffusion is the movement of substances
626. This is the definition for which word:The A. from an area of lower concentration to
flow of water into a root hair cell, up the higher concentration
xylem vessels and evaporation out of the B. from an area of lower concentration to
leaves. lower concentration
A. Transpiration C. from an area of higher concentration
B. Osmosis to lower concentration
C. Active transport D. from an area of higher concentration
to higher concentration
D. Respiration
633. Movement of substances is one way in
627. which of these is seen in the xylem?
and two way in the
A. end plate
A. xylem, phloem
B. sieve tube element
B. phloem, xylem
C. lignin
C. stem, root
D. nucleus D. none of above
628. What is the function of the stomata? 634. Select all the functions of the stomata.
A. Nothing important A. Allows for the movement of gas and
B. Gas exchange oxygen in and out of the leaf.
C. Photosynthesis B. To store sucrose and glucose for en-
D. Sucrose translocation ergy storage.
C. Enables water to be pulled up the
629. What stores water in a plant? plant.
A. vacuole D. Allows sunlight to enter in and out of
B. nucleus the leaf for photosynthesis.
C. mitochondria 635. What is the name given to the loss of
D. cell wall water vapour from the aerial parts of the
plants
630. Water travels through
A. Transcription
A. phloem
B. Translocation
B. xylem
C. Transpiration
C. veins
D. none of above
D. tubes
636. A decrease in which factor normally
631. Arteries are joined by a network of causes transpiration rate to increase?
A. Veins A. humidity
B. Auricles B. light intensity

C. stomatal opening B. Zinc

D. temperature C. Iron
637. To work out the rate of water uptake in D. Boron

cm per minute you need to measure 642. What does blood consist of?
A. the time A. plasma, red blood cells, white blood
B. the diameter of the capillary tube and cells, platelets
the distance the bubble has moved
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B. hormones, oxygen, nutrients, water
C. the diameter of the capillary tub, the C. red blood cells
distance moved by the bubble and the time
taken. D. carbon dioxide and minerals
D. the distance moved by the bubble and 643. Which of the following statements about
the time taken xylem is INCORRECT?
A. It conducts material from root tips to
638. Where are stomata found?
leaves.
A. The stomata are found in the pollen of
B. The conducting cells are part of the
a plant.
apoplast.
B. The stomata are found on the xylem of
C. It transports mainly sugars and amino
the plant.
acids.
C. The stomata are found on the upper
D. No energy input is required for trans-
and lower epidermis of the leaf.
port.
D. The stomata are found on the roots of
the plant. 644. The absorbs nutrients from the
ground.
639. Which carbohydrate is transported in
A. Leaves
phloem?
B. Roots
A. sucrose
C. Stem
B. amino acids
D. none of above
C. glucose
D. none of above 645. Which cells actively transport sucrose?
A. Protein channels
640. Companion cells are packed full of to
make ATP. B. Phospholipids
A. mitochondria C. Companion cells
B. chloroplasts D. Golgi Apparatus
C. cytoplasm 646. are elongated and lignified support-
D. proton pumps ing cells in the xylem.
A. lignin
641. If a plant is experiencing chlorosis, it
might be deficient in which of the follow- B. fibres
ing micronutrients? C. starch
A. Calcium D. cellulose

1.12 Mineral Nutrition 463
647. When young leaves are being formed on 649. Transpiration is the
a plant, large quantities of mineral ions are A. passing of water from the roots to the
needed. Where and when is the movement

leaves.
of mineral ions in the plant the greatest?
B. exchange of gases between the leaves
A. companion cells on a hot sunny day and the atmosphere.
B. root hair cells on a cool cloudy day C. passage of water through the stomata
C. sieve tube elements during a warm of the leaves.
night D. loss of water vapour from the leaves
D. xylem vessels on a warm sunny day and the stem.
650. The plant tissue that carries food materi-

648. What food substance is made by plants als bi-directionally from the leaves to the
during photosynthesis? rest of the pant is the
A. Carbon dioxide A. Phloem
B. Glucose B. Stomata
C. Granulated sugar C. Chlorophyll
D. Oxygen D. Xylem
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1. The elements, without which, the plants D. all of the above
will not be able to complete its life cycle
are called 4. Which is not a criterion for essentiality of
a mineral?
A. Fertilizers
A. Direct role in metabolism
B. Microelements
B. Requirement is specific
C. Macro elements
C. Dispensible for growth
D. Essential elements
D. Deficiency causes hunger sign
2. The function of leghaemoglobin in the root
5. Plants absorb nitrogen in the form of
nodules of legumes is
A. nitrates
A. Oxygen removal
B. nitrogen
B. Nodule differentiation
C. nitrites
C. Expression of nif gene
D. nitric oxide
D. Inhibition of nitrogenase activity
6. In order for plants to maintain the concen-
3. Fruit and milk can provide the body with
tration of their cytoplasm and assist with
which nutrient?
active transport, they need to get from
A. water the soil.
B. vitamins A. Nitrates
C. minerals B. Phosphates

C. Magnesium 13. Positive response for gravitropism would

D. Potassium be
A. plant to look sad
7. Calcium helps to:
B. plant to grow straight up
A. Prevent birth defects
B. Vision C. plant to grow away from earth
C. Build strong bones D. plant to grow towards earth
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D. none of above 14. This mineral is found in hemoglobin. It
8. How does phosphorus help a plant grow helps the body release energy from
macronutrients. Can be found in red meat,
A. Leaf growth clams, and oysters.
B. Root growth
A. iodine
C. Fruit growth
B. iron
D. none of above
C. magnesium
9. The element, which function as nucleus of
D. zinc
chlorophyll molecule is
A. Nitrogen 15. All of the following are benefits of water
B. Calcium EXCEPT:
C. Magnesium A. blood circulation

D. Sulphur B. convert food to energy
10. Zinc is a C. remove waste
A. mineral D. storing energy

B. vitamin 16. I. Component of chlorophyll II. Helps to
C. both vitamin and mineral maintain ribosome structure III. Activator
D. moose for Rubisco and Pepco IV. Activates the
enzymes of respiration and photosynthe-
11. Nitrogen can be found in which location sis V. Involved in synthesis of nucleic acids
A. atmosphere The above roles are played by-
B. soil A. Ca+2
C. in animal proteins B. Mg+2
D. decaying matter C. Mn+2
12. In order for plants to create amino acids D. Cl-

and proteins, they need to get from
the soil. 17. Essential elements (17) are-
A. Nitrates A. Only macronutrients

B. Phosphates B. Only micronutrients
C. Magnesium C. Both macro and micronutrients
D. Potassium D. C, H, O and N only

18. What is one major health benefit for cal- C. Rhizobium

cium?
D. Azotobacter

A. build strong bones and teeth.
B. growth and repair of body tissues. 24. Macronutrient which is component of all
organic compounds but is not obtained
C. helps release energy from nutrients. from soil is
D. none of above
A. Nitrogen
19. This nutrient helps maintain healthy bones B. Phosphorus
and teeth. It can be found in dairy prod-
ucts. C. Magnesium
A. Calcium D. Carbon
B. Vitamin D 25. Non-mineral nutrients are..
C. Iron A. Hydrogen
D. Potassium
B. Oxygen
20. Select the nutrient that best applies to the C. Carbon
description. This nutrient helps regulate
chemical reactions withinthe body. There D. Nitrogen
are two types of this nutrient, macro and
trace. What is the nutrient? 26. What causes plants to “grow” towards
light?
A. Minerals
A. Auxins in the stem (elongating on dark
B. Vitamins side)
C. Water
B. Auxins in the stem (elongating on the
D. Water light side)
21. Plants response to grow towards or away C. Light
from gravity D. Nitrate
A. Gravitropism
B. Hydrotropism 27. Fatty substance that can’t dissolve in wa-
ter
C. Thigmotropism
A. Minerals
D. Phototropism
B. Lipid
22. Plants response to minerals/nutrients
C. Cholesterol
A. Thigmotropism
D. Simple Carbs
B. Chemotropism
C. Gravitropism 28. What does a herbicide destroy
D. Hydrotropism A. Insects
23. The free-living, anaerobic nitrogen-fixer is B. Unwanted plants

A. Beijerinckia C. Fungi
B. Rhodospirillum D. none of above

29. The first stable product of fixation of at- B. devise

mospheric nitrogen in leguminous plants is C. without
A. NO2- D. deficit
B. NO3-
35. Is the breakdown of glucose molecules to
C. Ammonia release energy. (Occurs after photosyn-
D. Glutamate thesis)
A. Chemotropism
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30. The products of reaction catalysed by ni-
trogenase in root nodules of leguminous B. Photosynthesis
plants is/are C. Nitrate
A. Ammonia alone D. Respiration
B. Nitrate alone
36. Which one of the following is not an essen-
C. Ammonia and oxygen tial mineral element for plants while the
D. Ammonia and hydrogen remaining three are?
A. Iron
31. Mineral known to be required in large
amounts for plant growth include: B. Manganese
A. Phosphorus, potassium, sulphur, cal- C. Cadmium
cium D. Phosphorus
B. Calcium, magnesium, manganese, cop-
37. The common nitrogen-fixer in paddy fields
per
is
C. Potassium, phosphorus, selenium,
A. Rhizobium
boron
B. Azospirillum
D. Magnesium, sulphur, iron, zinc
C. Oscillatoria
32. In order to make proteins, plants need to
D. Frankia
absorb
A. Magnesium Ions 38. Minerals which maintain cation-anion bal-
ance in cells are-
B. Nitrate Ions
A. Cl and K
C. Sucrose
B. K and Fe
D. Carbon Dioxide
C. Cl and Mg
33. What does a fungicide destroy D. Ca and Mg
A. Insects
39. Micronutrients are needed in very small
B. Unwanted plants amount because-
C. Fungi A. Most of them are mobile in the plants
D. none of above B. They mainly function as cofactors of
34. When our body is low in or missing an es- enzyme
sential nutrient this is called a C. They play minor role in plant health
A. deficiency D. Only meristems need these nutrients

40. Select four functions of a vitamin 46. Calcium is a(n)

A. Release energy in macronutrients A. Mineral

B. Helps chemical reactions occur B. Vitamin
C. Critical to red blood cell production C. B-Complex Vitamin
D. Helps the body store fat D. Antioxidant
E. Helps maintain nervous skeleton and 47. An immobile element in plants is
immune system
A. Calcium
41. Vitamin C helps the body absorb which B. Potassium
mineral more efficiently?
C. Nitrogen
A. Iron
D. Phosphorus
B. Calcium
48. Which of the following is an advantage of
C. Magnesium
a natural fertiliser?
D. none of above
A. Improves the structure of the soil
42. The jobs of water include: B. Quicker than artifical fertiliser to ef-
A. regulating body temp fect plant growth
B. Helping deliver minerals to the body C. mineral concentration is higher than
artificial fertiliser
C. Helping with digestion
D. none of above
D. All of the above
49. Iron is a mineral that helps to
43. Select all the fat soluble vitamins:
A. strengthen bones & teeth
A. Vitamin A
B. make red blood cells
B. Vitamin C
C. maintain fluid balance in the body
C. Vitamin D
D. heal wounds & infections
D. Vitamin E
E. Vitamin K 50. Which is a false statement regarding
macronutrients?
44. Calcium is a component of
A. Form plant structure
A. Primary cell wall B. Become toxic in slight excess
B. secondary cell wall C. Develop osmotic potential
C. Plasma membrane D. Component of energy-related com-
D. middle lamellae pounds
45. The amount of macronutrients per kg of 51. Which is essential for the growth of root
dry matter is- tip?
A. 10 mmole A. Fe
B. Above 10 mmole B. Ca
C. Less than 10 mmole C. Mn
D. 0.1 mg D. Zn

52. Minerals associated with redox reaction 58. Fat-soluble vitamins

are-
A. are replaced everyday
A. Na, Cu
B. stored for long periods of time
B. N, Cu
C. are constantly being replaced
C. Fe, Cu
D. are not stored
D. Ca, Fe
59. What does a insecticide destroy
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53. What product is formed when NH4+ react
with α -ketoglutaric acid? A. Insects
A. Glutamate B. Unwanted plants
B. Fumarate C. Fungi
C. Pyruvate
D. none of above
D. Glutamine α
60. Which one of the following is not a mi-
54. Which micro-nutrient is not manufactured cronutrient?
by living things?
A. Molybdenum
A. Vitamins
B. Carbohydrates B. Magnesium
C. Fats C. Zinc
D. Minerals D. Boron
55. Nitrifying bacteria 61. Magnesium is component of

A. Convert free nitrogen to nitrogen com- A. Chlorophyll
pounds
B. Enzymes
B. Convert proteins into ammonia
C. Florigen
C. Reduce nitrates to free nitrogen
D. Oxidize ammonia to nitrates D. Haemoglobin
56. Which one of the following elements in 62. Anemia can be caused from a lack of ?
plants is not remobilized? A. Iron
A. Calcium B. Iodine
B. Potassium
C. Calcium
C. Sulphur
D. none of above
D. Phosphorus
63. Which mineral helps build strong bones?
57. Partial mineral element is-
A. N A. calcium
B. P B. vitamin C
C. K C. collagen
D. Fe D. chromium

64. What are the best sources of calcium in the B. vitamin

American Diet? C. nutrient

A. ice cream & cake
D. mineral
B. apples & oranges
70. Which element is very essential for uptake
C. milk & dairy products
and utilization of Ca+2, membrane func-
D. bread & pasta tion, pollen germination and carbohydrate
translocation via phloem-
65. This mineral is found in bones and helps
maintain healthy teeth and bones. A lack A. Cl
of this can cause osteoporosis. B. Mg
A. Iron C. Mn
B. Iodine
D. B
C. Calcium
71. Which one is the major constituent of pro-
D. Copper
teins, nucleic acids, vitamins and hormones
66. What are the two categories of Vita- A. P
mins?
B. N
A. complete or incomplete
C. K
B. fat or water soluble
D. S
C. complex or simple complex
D. macro or micro 72. Plants obtain Fe in the form of-
A. Ferric ions
67. Plants response to water..
A. Hydroptropism B. Ferrous ion
B. Chemotropism C. Either ferric or ferrous ions
C. Phototropism D. FeSO4
D. Gravitropism 73. What are the two classes of minerals?
68. . The leaves turn dark green in colour is A. Saturated and Unsaturated
due to the deficiency of the element, B. Monosaccharides and Polysaccha-
A. Phosphorus rides
B. Potassium C. macro and micro (trace)
C. Sulphur D. Low biological and High biological
D. Magnesium
74. The criteria of essentiality of elements
69. What is the chemical substance obtained was given by the scientists and
from food and used in the body to pro- A. Mengel and Kirkby
vide energy, structuralmaterial, and regu-
B. Dixon and Joly
lating agents to support growth, mainte-
nance, and repair of the body’s tissues? C. Hatch and Slack
A. food D. Arnon and Stout

75. Which mineral is required in larger amount 81. Sources of vitamin D

in comparison to other micronutrients A. vegetable oil
A. Mo B. Milk and the sun
B. B C. fruits and veggies
C. Fe D. tooth paste
D. Zn
82. The elements that are highly mobile in
76. Which of the following is a component of plants are and
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vitamin (thiamine, biotin), Acetyl CoA, cys- A. N and Mg
teine, methionine and ferrerdoxin?
B. S and Fe
A. Fe
C. Zn and Mn
B. S
D. Ca and B 1. The elements that are
C. Co highly mobile in plants are and
D. K
83. In which of the following all three are
77. Calcium, sodium, potassium & chloride are macronutrients?
all A. Boron, zinc, manganese
A. macro-minerals B. Nitrogen, Calcium, Magnesium
B. micro-minerals C. Molybdenum, magnesium, manganese
C. vitamins D. Nitrogen, nickel, phosphorus
D. none of above
84. Which is not an example of an element es-
78. Which one is not a trace element / sential for plant growth
micronutrient- A. Nitrogen
A. Mn B. Phosphorus
B. Cu C. Potassium
C. Mo D. Silver
D. K
85. The macronutrient responsible for the
79. Component of nitrogenase and nitrate re- transfer of starches and the formation of
ductase is proteins is
A. Mn A. Nitrogen
B. Mo B. Phosphorous
C. Co C. Potassium
D. Zn D. Magnesium
80. How does potassium help a plant grow 86. Plants response to touch is called?
A. Leaf growth A. Hydrotropism
B. Root growth B. Phototropism
C. Fruit growth C. Thigmotropism
D. none of above D. Chemotropism

87. Which of the following elements are re- pressure and water retention, protect
quired for chlorophyll synthesis- against stroke and prevent osteoporosis
and kidney stones.What item below con-

A. Fe and Mg
tains potassium?
B. Mo and Ca
A. Chicken
C. Cu and Ca
B. Spinach
D. Ca and K
C. Bananas
88. Which of the following choices is not one D. Candy
of the three plant macronutrients included
93. is an important secondary nutrient.
in most fertilizers?
A. Nitrogen
A. O
B. Phosphorus
B. N
C. Potassium
C. P
D. Magnesium
D. K
94. Why does a plant need nitrates from the
89. Which is not a function of water in the soil? Choose the best answer.
body?
A. To make glucose
A. temperature regulation B. To make amino acids
B. cushioning and moisturizing C. For growth
C. fat burning D. Because it is a mineral
D. waste removal
95. Sustainable ag is known as industrial farm-
90. This ion is needed for the creation of ing and
chlorophyll A. modern ag
A. Magnesium B. conventional farming
B. Iron C. keeping environment quality a must
C. Phosphate D. increasing outputs
D. Sulphate 96. Deficiency of which mineral causes defi-
ciency of N-
91. The following ions are necessary for the
A. Mo
plants to absorb EXCEPT
B. K
A. Nitrate
C. Mn
B. Phosphate
D. S
C. Magnesium
97. What are some of the most common
D. Manganese
sources of calcium?
92. Potassium is one of the most important A. apple, pineapple
minerals in the body. It helps regu-
B. cabbage, broccoli
late fluid balance, muscle contractions and
nerve signals. What’s more, a high- C. egg & bread
potassium diet may help reduce blood D. milk & ikan bilis

98. Select the incorrect statement. 103. Fat-soluble vitamins include

A. Magnesium helps to maintain the ribo- A. Vitamins A, D, E, K
some structure
B. Vitamins C, B1, B12, Foalte
B. Iron activates catalase enzyme and is
involved in electron transport C. Zinc, calcium, potassium, sodium
C. Boron is required for pollen germina- D. ALL vitamins are fat-soluble

tion
104. Which of the following has the highest
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D. Molybdenum is a part of oxygen evolv- sodium content?
ing complex and participate in splitting of
water to liberate oxygen during photosyn- A. Fresh fruits and vegetables.
thesis. B. Lunchmeats, processed cheeses and
canned soup.
99. An element which with the help of Na+
and K+, determines the solute concentra- C. Mild, roast beef sandwich.
tion and anion-cation balance in cell is
D. Tossed salad with vinegar and oil
A. Cl dressing.
B. S
105. Analyzing a bag of fertilizer..what does
C. Zn 10-10-10 stand for?
D. Mo
A. 10% of Nitrogen, 10% Potassium, 10%
100. Which of the following is an advantage Phosphorus
of chemical fertilisers B. 10% Nitrogen, 10% Phosphate, 10%
A. Keeps the soil healthy Potash
B. Cheaper compared to the same mass C. 10% Potash, 10% Phosphorus, 10%
of natural fertilisers Potassium
C. Does not cause pollution in rivers D. 10% Nitrogen, 10% Phosphorus, 10%
D. Never causes a build up of chemicals Potassium
in the food we eat
106. How does nitrogen help a plant grow
101. Mineral nutrients are absorbed by the A. Leaf growth
plants in the form of
B. Root growth
A. molecules
B. ions C. Fruit growth
C. atoms D. none of above

D. compounds 107. Nitrate is form of nitrogen plants need to
and can..
102. Nitrogen is responsible for
A. Dark green leaf color A. grow
B. Chlorosis B. develop
C. Healthy root growth C. produce seeds
D. Insect repellants D. affect ground water quality

108. Which of the following are true about the A. mineral is a micronutrient
stomata in plants? (Tick all that apply)
B. Deficiency persists for a long time

A. Oxygen leaves the plant via the stom-
C. Mineral is very mobile within the plant
ata.
D. Older leaves are in direct contact of
B. Carbon dioxide diffuses into the plant
sunlight
via the stomata.
C. Plants close their stomata during ex- 114. Which one of the following is a wrong
tremely hot days. statement?
D. Plants leave their stomata open to the A. Anabaena and Nostoc are capable of
fullest during extremely hot days. fixing nitrogen in free-living state also
109. With a phosphorus deficiency plants usu- B. Root nodule forming nitrogen fixers
ally display live as aerobes under free-living condi-
tions.
A. Chlorosis of the leaves
B. Stunted stems C. Phosphorus is a constituent of cell
membranes, certain nucleic acids and all
C. Brown or purple leaf edges proteins.
D. Mottled or spotted discoloration D. Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter are
110. are needed in large quantities for chemoautotrophs.
healthy plant growth.
115. In order for plants to create chlorophyll,
A. Macronutrients they need to get from the soil.
B. Micronutrients A. Nitrates
C. Soils B. Phosphates
D. Amendments C. Magnesium
111. Main role of minor elements is to act as D. Potassium
A. Constituent of hormones
116. This nutrient helps with blood health. It
B. Binder of cell structure can be found in red meat and beans.
C. Cofactor of enzymes A. Iron
D. Constituent of amino acids. B. Magnesium
112. Calcium, sodium and iron are examples of C. B Vitamins
this nutrient.
D. Potassium
A. Water
B. Vitamins 117. Which of the following is mineral? ( must
choose 2)
C. Minerals
A. calcium.
D. Carbs
B. vitamin B.
113. A mineral deficiency is likely to affect
C. iron.
older leaves more than younger leaves if
the- D. vitamin A.

118. Deficiency symptoms of nitrogen and 124. Plants response to light..

potassium are visible first in A. Gravitropism
A. Senescent leaves B. Chemotropism
B. Young leaves C. Hydrotropism
C. Roots D. Phototropism
D. Buds
125. The primary elements that are required
119. Is the process in plants which converts by the plants in large quantities are ,
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light energy to chemical energy? and
A. Phototropism A. Ca, Mg, Mn
B. Photosynthesis B. N, Mg, Fe
C. Respiration C. N, P, K
D. Chemotropism D. Mg, Ca, S
120. What is the chemical symbol for potas- 126. An element playing important role in ni-
sium trogen fixation is
A. P A. Molybdenum
B. PM B. Copper
C. K C. Manganese
D. Q D. Zinc
121. For its action, nitrogenase requires 127. During biological nitrogen fixation, inacti-
A. Light vation of nitrogenase by oxygen poisoning
is prevented by:
B. Mn2+
A. Xanthophyll
C. Super oxygen radicals
B. Carotene
D. High input of energy
C. Cytochrome
122. Which vitamin helps in the production of D. Laghaemoglobin
red blood cells and supplies oxygen to
cells? 128. Water soluble vitamins
A. iron A. build up in body
B. protein B. absorbed by fat
C. copper C. pass easily in bloodstream and dis-
D. calcium solve in water
D. are made in the body
123. Minerals that are needed in small
amounts are called 129. Crop plants absorb carbon in the form of-
A. macro minerals A. Elemental carbon from the soil
B. zirconia minerals B. CO2 from the soil
C. trace minerals C. CO2 from the air
D. water soluble minerals D. Carbonates

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1.13 Photosynthesis in Higher Plants

1. What is the source of energy for the light C. Thylakoid
reaction of photosynthesis? D. none of above
A. ATP
6. In which photosystem does the electron
B. glucose
transport begin?
C. the sun
A. 1
D. all of these
B. 2
2. Which of the following are TRUE state- C. 3
ments? (Select ALL that apply)
D. 4
A. Photosynthesis takes place in the
chloroplasts of leaf cells 7. Where does the majority of ATP come from
B. Photosynthesis means “making food during Cellular Respiration?
using sun” A. Glycolysis
C. Photosynthesis can occur in the dark B. Kreb’s Cycle
D. All plants, plant-like protists, and some C. Electron transport chain
bacteria go through photosynthesis
D. Fermentation
3. Which gas is removed from the atmo-
sphere during photosynthesis? 8. What do leaves do for a plant?
A. hydrogen A. Attract pollinators
B. oxygen B. Make food

C. nitrogen C. Absorb water
D. carbon dioxide D. Transport nutrients
4. How can photosynthesis be related to cel- 9. What is the main purpose of photosynthe-
lular respiration? sis?
A. What’s produced by one is needed for A. To make food
the other B. To create energy
B. They both produce the same products C. To release oxygen
C. They both have the same reactants D. To absorb sunlight
(need the same things)
D. These 2 processes have nothing in 10. What is a control in an experiment?
common A. the variable the experimenter has con-
trol over
5. Large, central compartment in a chloro-
plast that is fluid filled and contains en- B. the data the experimenter is collecting
zymes used in photosynthesis C. factors that do not change over the
A. Electromagnetic spectrum course of the experiment
B. Stroma D. none of above

11. A student is collecting the gas given off 16. What does not produce carbon dioxide?
from a plant in bright sunlight at a tem- A. Photosynthesis
perature of 27◦ C. The gas being collected
is probably B. Burning Fossil Fuels
A. oxygen C. Animal respiration

D. Plants decaying
B. carbon dioxide
C. ATP 17. The role of water molecule in light depen-
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dent reaction is to
D. glucose
A. Hydrolyse NADP+ at the end of the
12. Identify the molecule that is a major source ETC
of energy for both plants and animals. B. Involve directly in the production of
A. oxygen ATP
B. protein C. Replace the excited electron of reac-
tion centre molecule in photosystem II
C. glucose
D. Involve directly in Calvin Cycle
D. DNA
18. In a plant cell, where are ATP synthase
13. In which organism(s) does photosynthesis complexes located?
occur? A. thylakoid membranes only
A. plants B. inner mitochondrial membranes only
B. algae C. thylakoid membrane and inner mito-
C. some bacteria chondrial membranes
D. all of these D. thylakoid membrane and plasma mem-

branes
14. Which space has the highest H+ concentra-
19. Halobacterium has a photosynthetic mem-
tion in a chloroplast?
brane that is colored purple. Its photosyn-
A. Thylakoid space thetic action spectrum is exactly comple-
B. Stroma mentary (opposite to) the action spectrum
for green plants. What wavelengths of
C. Intermembrane space light do the Halobacterium photosynthetic
D. Matrix pigments absorb?
A. red and yellow
15. In chemiosmosis in mitochondria, protons
B. blue and red
flow from the intermembrane space into
the matrix, whereas in chemiosmosis in C. blue, green, and red
chloroplasts, protons flow from D. green and yellow
A. stroma into the cytosol
20. What is the polysaccharide used by ani-
B. stroma to the thylakoid space mals to store glucose?
C. thylakoid space to the stroma A. glycogen
D. intermembrane space to the stroma B. fructose

C. starch B. PGAL.
D. cellulose C. NADH.

21. What is the location of Transpiration D. NADPH
A. The leave 27. are organisms that do photosynthesis

B. The petal A. photoautotrophs
C. The stem B. chemoautotrophs
D. there is no location C. heterotrophs
D. prokayotes
22. Which one is NOT an advantage of glycol-
ysis? 28. The electrons from non-cyclic photophos-
A. There is a net gain of 2 ATP phorylation pass into the Calvin Cycle via
B. The process is really fast A. ATP
C. No oxygen is required B. FAD
D. It is aerobic. C. NADP
D. NADH2
23. What uses energy in the electron transport
chain to pump H+ ions into the thylakoid? 29. People take in and release gases from the
A. Cytochrome complex air when they breathe. Which exhaled gas
is a waste product of respiration?
B. ATP Synthase
A. oxygen
C. Photosystem I
B. helium
D. Photosystem II
C. hydrogen
24. Emerson effect proves
D. carbon dioxide
A. concept of two photosystem in plant
30. What protein spins as H+ ions follow the
B. photophosphorylation
concentration gradient and pass though it
C. photorespiration providing the energy to bind another phos-
D. there are light and dark reactions in phate group to ADP?
photosynthesis A. Cytochrome Complex
25. What is the “waste” gas (product) pro- B. ATP Synthase
duced during photosynthesis? C. Photosystem I
A. oxygen D. Photosystem II
B. nitrogen 31. Which type of organism would MOST
C. helium likely benefit directly from increased lev-
D. hydrogen els of CO2?
A. mushroom
26. Cyclic photophosphorylation differs from
non-cyclic photophosphorylation in that B. tree
is not made from the process. C. bird
A. ATP. D. fish

32. The overall reactions of photosynthesis 37. Which substance from the light-dependent
are best summarized as reactions of photosynthesis is a source
A. 12 CO2 + 6 H2O → C6H12O6 + 12 O2 of energy for the light-independent reac-
+ 6 H2O. tions?
A. ADP
B. C6H12O6 + 6 O2 + 6 H2O → 6 CO2
+ 12 H2O. B. H2O
C. 6 CO2 + 12 H2O → C6H12O6 + 6 O2 C. NADPH
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+ 6 H2O. D. pyruvic acid
D. 6 CO2 + 12 H2O → C6H12O6 + 12
38. Individual flattened sacs within chloro-
O2.
plasts are called
33. What colors of light most useful in photo- A. stroma
synthesis?
B. thylakoids
A. Green, yellow, and orange
C. cristae
B. Infrared, red, and yellow D. grana
C. Red, white, and blue
39. What molecule absorbs sunlight for photo-
D. Red, violet, and blue synthesis?
34. At midnight, what is happening in the leaf A. chloroplast
of a plant? B. thylakoid
A. Respiration C. grana
B. Photosynthesis D. chlorophyll
C. Photosynthesis and respiration
40. Which foods do not contain natural
D. None of the above sugar?
35. Which of the following molecules are A. apple
transferred between Mesophyll cells and B. milk
bundle sheath cells during C4 photosynthe- C. strawberry
sis?
A. Oxaloacetate
B. Phosphoenolpyruvate 41. The accumulation of free oxygen in Earth’s
atmosphere began
C. Malate
A. with the origin of life and respiratory
D. Pyruvate metabolism.
36. What is the main job of the stomata in a B. with the origin of photosynthetic bacte-
leaf? ria that had photosystem I.
A. To allow gas exchange C. with the origin of cyanobacteria that
had both photosystem I and photosystem
B. To allow water in
II.
C. To allow light in D. with the origin of chloroplasts in pho-
D. none of above tosynthetic eukaryotic algae.

42. Which of the following light color is ab- C. carotene

sorbed by plants? D. all the above

A. Red
48. Which of the following statements de-
B. Green scribes the function of xylem?
C. yellow A. Xylem stores extra nutrients for later
D. Light green use by plants.
B. Xylem transports water and minerals
43. O2 + 6H20 + light energy → C 6 12 6 2 from roots to shoots.
In this chemical equation, the highlight red
is called the C. Xylem absorbs sunlight needed for
photosynthesis.
A. product
D. Xylem delivers gases to plant stems
B. reactant and leaves.
C. yields
49. Which of these will not affect photosyn-
D. production thesis?
44. Which of the following structures is not a A. Light
component of a photosystem? B. Temperature
A. antenna molecule C. Glucose Availability
B. ATP synthase D. Carbon Dioxide
C. primary electron acceptor 50. Energy is amount of energy in univese
D. reaction center is..?
A. Constant
45. What is chlorophyll’s main function?
B. Increased
A. to make the plant a vegetable
C. Decreased
B. to blend into their environment
D. All above is false
C. to capture energy from sunlight for
photosynthesis 51. Organisms that use energy from the sun
to make their own food are called
D. to help prevent water loss
A. carnivores.
46. What is the ultimate source of energy for
B. consumers.
life on Earth?
C. omnivores.
A. glucose
D. producers.
B. sunlight
52. Which of the following processes, tak-
C. ATP
ing place during photosynthesis, returns
D. H2O chlorophyll molecules to their reduced
state?
47. which one of the following pigment func-
tions as reaction centre in photosynthe- A. Formation of ATP
sis? B. Photolysis of water
A. chlorophyll a C. Excitation of Photosystem
B. xanthophylls D. Oxidation of NADPH

53. Photosynthesis takes place in the small C. The entire lower half
sacs called
D. The entire spectrum
A. thylakoids
B. grana 59. The yield of greenhouse crops is higher
than that of field crops due to increased
C. photosystems
photosynthetic activity by the plants.
D. photons Which TWO of the following factors MOST
likely contribute to this?
54. Which of the following gas could get dis-
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appear from the atmosphere if all the pho- A. Constant application of farmyard ma-
tosynthetic activity were to stop nure
A. Nitrogen B. Rotation of plants
B. CO2 C. Humid air and moist soil conditions
C. Hydrogen
D. Higher than average carbon dioxide
D. Oxygen levels
55. Which of the following reactions occurs
60. Where do the light reactions take place in-
during the Calvin cycle?
side a chloroplast?
A. Carbon fixation
A. stroma
B. RuBP regeneration
B. lamellae
C. All answers
D. Carbon reduction C. chloroplast membrane
D. thylakoid membrane
56. To test for SIMPLE sugars, what indicator
should be used?
61. One scientist cultured Cladophora in a sus-
A. Iodine pension of Azotobacter and illuminated
B. Benedicts the cultured by splitting light through a
C. Biuret prism. He observed that bacteria accumu-
lated mainly in the region of
D. Sudan Red
A. Violet and green light
57. Which of these is the correct equation for
photosynthesis? B. Indigo and green light
A. 6O2 + C6H12O6 → 6CO2 + 6H2O C. Orange and yellow light

B. 6O2 + 6CO2 → C6H12O6 + 6H2O D. Blue and red light
C. 6CO2 + 6H2O → 6O2 + C6H12O6
62. In plant cells, which of the following pro-
D. 6CO2 + 6H2O → O2 + C6H12O6 cesses uses ATP?
58. Light that is visible to humans occupies A. Osmosis in root hairs
what part of the electromagnetic spec-
trum? B. Mineral uptake in root hairs
A. A small portion in the middle C. Diffusion into root hairs

B. The entire upper half D. Turgor pressure in root cortex

63. What are the products in cellular respira- D. Synthesis of starch

tion?
E. Converted to amino acids

A. water and carbon dioxide
B. water and glucose 69. What is a similarity in chemosynthesis and
photosynthesis
C. carbon dioxide and oxygen
A. they both produce carbon dioxide
D. glucose and oxygen
B. they both use light
64. The pigment responsible for yellow and or-
C. the both are used by plants
ange colors in leaves is:
A. anthocyanins D. they both produce sugar
B. chlorophyll 70. Increasing the amount of CO2 did what to

C. carotenoids the rate of photosynthesis?
D. melanin A. Increased
65. Which of the following processes produces B. Decreased

the most ATP? C. Stayed the same
A. aerobic respiration D. none of above
B. lactic acid fermentation
71. The process by which ATP and NADPH are
C. glycolysis used to make glucose is
D. alcohol fermentation A. the dark or light independent reactions
66. Where is chlorophyll found in the chloro- B. photosynthesis
plast?
C. cell respiration
A. in the stroma
D. none of above
B. within photosystems
C. in the ATP synthase 72. When animals use energy, what is always
produced?
D. in the electron carrier molecule
A. sugar
67. The first name of the guy who created the
Calvin Cycle is ? B. heat
A. Hobbs C. oxygen
B. Calvin D. starch
C. Johnson 73. During fixation of one molecule of CO2 by
D. Melvin C3 plants, number of ATP and NADPH2 re-
quired are
68. Chose any that are uses for the glucose
produce during photosynthesis. A. 3 ATP and 2 NADPH2
A. Respiration B. 5 ATP and 2 NADPH2
B. Synthesis of cellulose C. 12 ATP and 12 NADPH2
C. Catalyst D. 2 ATP and 3 NADPH2

74. Which product is produced by the splitting C. pondweed size, temp

of water during the light-dependent reac- D. none of above
tions of photosynthesis?
A. NADPH 80. is a stack of thylakoids
B. oxygen A. Granum
C. glucose B. Stomata
D. carbon dioxide C. Stroma
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D. Chloroplast
75. How do the number of H atoms compare to
the number of O atoms in a carbohydrate? 81. Why are C4 plants able to photosynthesise
A. There are TWICE as many H with no apparent photorespiration?
B. They are the same amount A. They use PEP carboxylase to initially fix
C. There are THREE times as many H CO2
D. There are TWICE as many O B. They conserve CO2 more efficiently.

C. They exclude oxygen from their tis-
76. After photosynthesis, plants store their sues.
energy as
D. They do not participate in Calvin cycle.
A. chlorophyll
B. pigment 82. How many times must the Calvin Cycle
be completed in order to create 1 glucose
C. glucose (sugar)
molecule?
D. Oxygen
A. once
77. How many ATP are created during the Elec- B. twice
tron Transport Chain
C. three times
A. 32 or more
D. four times
B. 2
E. six times
C. 4
D. 500 83. Leaves are adapted for photosynthesis be-
cause (select more than one!)
78. Which choice correctly shows the gases A. They have a large surface area
that enter and exit plants during photosyn-
thesis? B. They are small
A. Enter:OxygenExit:Carbon dioxide C. They have lots of chloroplasts
B. Enter:Water vaporExit:Glucose D. They have stomata
C. Enter:Carbon dioxideExit:Oxygen 84. Which cells in your body undergo cellular
D. Enter:LightExit:Water vapor respiration?
A. Your heart cells
79. In the photosynthesis required practical,
what variables do we control? B. Your skin cells
A. time, oxygen collected C. Your brain cell
B. pH, light intensity D. Every cell in your body.

85. How does carbon dioxide get into the A. mesophyll layer (palisades and spongy
leaves of a plant? layers).

A. It’s absorbed by the roots B. epidermis.
B. It’s made in a chemical reaction in the C. xylem and phloem.
stem
D. stomates.
C. It enters through the stomata
D. It goes through the flowers 91. All plants are divided first into what 2 ma-
jor categories?
86. A stimulus is
A. vascular or non-vascular
A. a reaction to a change in surroundings.
B. seed or seedless
B. a process in which organisms grow
larger. C. angiosperms or gymnosperms
C. the result of photosynthesis. D. land or aquatic
D. a change in an organism’s surround- 92. Where does light dependent specifically oc-
ings that causes a reaction. cur?
87. Organism that obtains food by consuming A. thylakoid membrane of the grana
other living things; also called a consumer
B. Stroma of the chloroplast
A. Autotroph
C. mitochondria
B. Heterotroph
D. nuclear membrane
C. Chlorophyll
D. Stroma 93. Living organisms and artificial devices
both use and store energy with various
88. Is it possible for the roots of a tree to per- methods and structures. Which of the fol-
form photosynthesis? Why? lowing is MOST like a green leaf during the
A. No daytime?
B. Yes A. a person running along a track
C. No because the roots don’t get any B. a solar collector charging a battery
sunlight. C. a person eating a hamburger at lunch
D. All of the above time
D. a wind turbine generating electric cur-
89. Which type of plants have evolved to go
rent as it spins
through the Calvin cycle at night?
A. C3 plants 94. What is the organelle that contains the
B. C4 plants chlorophyll used in photosynthesis?
C. CAM plants A. mitochondria

D. Carpet Plant B. ribosome
C. chloroplast
90. Most of the photosynthesis in a leaf occurs
in the D. nucleus

95. How does carbon dioxide in the atmo- 101. What does “PSII splits water” mean?
sphere become incorporated as carbon into A. Water is broken into monomers
living things?
B. A condensation reaction occurs
A. through photosynthesis
C. Water is reduced to yield hydrogen
B. through cellular respiration gas
C. through deposition D. Water is oxidised to yield protons, elec-
D. through decomposition trons and oxygen
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96. Stacks of disk shapes that contain chloro- 102. To produce 3 glucose molecules ATP
phyll within the chloroplast are and NADPH2 molecules are required.
A. stroma A. 54, 36
B. mitochondria B. 54, 30
C. thylakoids C. 36, 60
D. ribosomes D. 18, 12
97. What structure in the leaf is involved with 103. What is a part of grana?
gas exchange? A. the Calvin cycle
A. Xylem B. the inner membrane
B. Stomata C. stroma
C. Phloem D. thylakoids
D. Carbon Dioxide 104. What is the primary function of the light-
dependent reactions of photosynthesis?
98. The distance between one point of a wave
to the same point on the next wave. A. To produce glucose
A. frequency B. To produce NADPH and ATP
B. wavelength C. To use ATP
C. amplitude D. To produce RuBP
D. crest 105. How many reactions occur in the process
of photosynthesis?
99. Which of the following is not a require-
A. 1
ment for glycolysis?
B. 2
A. Oxygen
C. 3
B. ATP
D. 4
C. NAD+
D. Glucose 106. When sunlight is used by plants, what
is the percent lost due to photorespiration
100. Sunlight energy converted into..? and other processes
A. Chemical energy A. 4
B. Potential energy B. 60
C. All above is correct C. 8

107. What are stacks of flattened sacs that B. 6CO2+6H2O→C6H12O6+6O2

contain the pigment chlorophyll called? C. 2H2O→2H2+O2

A. Chlorophyll D. 2H2+O2→2H2O
B. Stroma
113. What does ATP synthase do?
C. Chloroplast
A. Create ATP in chemiosmosis.
D. Thylakoids
B. Break down ATP in chemiosmosis.
108. In addition to sunlight, what else is re- C. Break down NADPH.
quired for photosynthesis to take place?
A:sugar and waterB:water and oxy- D. Create NADPH.
genC:carbon dioxide and waterD:oxygen 114. Select all that are products of Photosyn-
and carbon dioxide thesis.
A. carbon dioxide and water A. Water
B. sugar and water B. Carbon Dioxide
C. oxygen and carbon dioxide C. Oxygen
D. water and oxygen D. Sunlight (Light Energy)
109. What is one of the reactants of cellular E. Glucose (Sugar/food)
respiration?
115. The glucose made in photosynthesis is
A. energy
B. glucose A. converted into insoluble substances
C. carbon dioxide like oils, fats and starch for storage.
D. water B. used in respiration to release energy
110. Light-absorbing molecule used by plants C. converted into other substances in

to gather the sun’s energy plants. For example:Cellulose for cell
walls Proteins for growth and repair.
A. Pigment
D. All of the above
B. Chlorophyll
C. Stroma 116. Stomates have multiple functions. Select
the two answers that best describe what
D. Thylakoid stomates do.
111. Which molecule is regenerated in the A. allow carbon dioxide into the leaf
Calvin Cycle? B. allow oxygen out of the leaf
A. NADPH C. allow sunlight into the leaf
B. ATP D. allow sugars out of the leaf
C. RuBP
117. During a light-independent reaction in C4
D. G3P plants, CO2 first combine with PEP to pro-
112. Which of the following represents the duce
process of photosynthesis? A. Malate
A. C6H12O6+6O2→6CO2+6H2O B. Oxaloacetate

C. Pyruvate 123. Chlorophyll is green because

D. Phosphoglycerate A. it absorbs green wavelengths of light
118. What is the function of carotenoids in B. it absorbs blue and yellow wave-
photosynthesis? lengths of light
A. They supplement chlorophyll absorp- C. it reflects green wavelengths of light
tion. D. it is an optical illusion caused by the
B. They are visible in the fall during leaf transmission of light
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color changes.
124. The light-dependent reaction takes place
C. They absorb excess energy and dissi- in the
pate it as heat.
A. mitochondria
D. They limit chlorophyll absorption.
B. thylakoids
119. The main function of a carbohydrate is
C. ribosomes
A. long term energy storage
D. stroma
B. stores genetic information
C. short term energy storage 125. Synthesis of complex organic substances
from simple inorganic raw materials in
D. regulates and controls all body proc- the presence of sunlight and chlorophyll is
cesses called as , which is a process.
120. Rubisco binds with both carbon dioxide A. Photosynthesis, anabolic
and oxygen in
B. Photosynthesis, catabolic catabolic
A. C3 plants
C. Respiration, anabolic
B. C4 plants
D. Respiration,
C. CAM plants
D. C4 plants 126. Which statement about photosynthesis is
correct?
121. What is the relationship between wave-
A. Plants get the energy they need for
length of light and the quantity of energy
photosynthesis from water.
per photon?
B. Plants get the energy they need for
A. they have a direct, linear relationship
photosynthesis from soil.
B. they are inversely related
C. Plants get the energy they need for
C. they are logarithmically related photosynthesis from sunlight.
D. they are only related in certain parts of D. Plants do not require energy to per-
the spectrum form photosynthesis.
122. What gas does a plant take in for photo-
127. Passage of electrons along a series of car-
synthesis?
rier molecules form a higher to a lower en-
A. Carbon Dioxide ergy level; the energy released is used for
B. Hyrdogen the synthesis of ATP
C. Oxygen A. Electron transport chain
D. Carbon Monoxide B. Thylakoid

C. Calvin Cycle 133. In which compartment of the plant cell do

D. none of above the light-independent reactions of photo-
synthesis take place?

128. To what primary function do the xylem A. thylakoid
and stomata contribute?
B. stroma
A. photosynthesis
C. outer membrane
B. fertilization
D. mesophyll
C. transpiration
134. In photosynthetic cells, synthesis of ATP
D. cell division
by chemiosmosis occurs during
129. Division of labour in chloroplast is be- A. photosynthesis only
tween
B. cellular respiration only
A. Stroma and membrane system
C. both photosynthesis and cellular respi-
B. Stroma lamellae and granal thylakoids ration
C. Thylakoids and their lumen D. photophosphorylation only
D. All of the above 135. Glucose is a
130. Transporting food (sugar) from the leaf A. sugar
down to the roots and throughout the B. carbohydrate
plant is done by the
C. source of quick energy
A. cotyledon
D. all are correct
B. xylem
136. Why do living things need energy?
C. phloem
A. To move around
D. stoma
B. To reproduce
131. Energy-capturing portion of photosynthe-
C. To carry out life’s functions
sis that takes place in thylakoid mem-
branes of chloroplasts and cannot proceed D. All of the above
without solar energy, it produces ATP and 137. What is the role of NADP+ in photosyn-
NADPH thesis?
A. Photosynthesis A. high-energy sugar
B. Electron transport chain B. photosystem
C. Light-dependant reactions C. pigment
D. none of above D. electron carrier
132. What is the main purpose of the light re- 138. How does the plant obtain carbon diox-
actions? ide?
A. To provide the energy and electrons A. through the glucose in the stem
for the calvin cycle B. through the stomata of the leaf
B. To capture energy and make sugar C. through the roots of the plant
C. To reflect green light D. through a chemical reaction in the
D. To make sugars chlorophyll

139. It is important to create a concentration 145. Which Process in eukaryotic cells will pro-
of H+ in the thylakoid space so that the H+ ceed normally whether oxygen (O2) is
can diffuse through to create present or absent?
A. ATP synthase, ATP A. electron transport
B. NADH, NADPH B. glycolysis
C. proton pump, protons C. the citric acid cycle
D. none of above D. oxidative phosphorylation
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140. Which tubes transport the sugar from the 146. The main photosynthetic pigments in
leaves throughout the plant? plants are-
A. phloem A. Chl a and Chl c
B. xylem B. Chl a and Chl b
C. stem C. Chl x and Chl y
D. roots D. Retinal pigments and accessory pig-
141. which of the leaf cells contains chloro- ments
plast?
147. Animals and plants need oxygen to live.
A. epidermis cells Oxygen is released in photosynthesis.
B. mesophyll cells Which cycle includes photosynthesis?
C. cortical cells A. the carbon cycle
D. phloem B. the nitrogen cycle
C. the water cycle
142. What are the names of the 2 cells that
surround the stomata? D. the rock cycle
A. Sentry cells 148. Which statement correctly describes car-
B. Stoma cells bon fixation?
C. Guard cells A. The conversion of C02 into an organic
D. Sausage cells compound
B. the use of RuBisCO to form 3-PGA
143. Where does water enter a plant?
C. the production of carbohydrate
A. roots
molecules from G3P
B. clouds
D. the use of ATP and NADPH to reduce
C. stomata C02
D. none of above
149. Which pathway is used by both plants
144. A stack of thylakoids is called and animals?
A. grana A. carbon fixation
B. stroma B. cellular respiration
C. pancakes C. photosystem II
D. thylakoids D. photosynthesis

150. If guard cells are swollen with water, D. endergonic

then the are more likely to be
E. enthalpic

A. OPEN with stomata
B. CLOSED with no stomata 156. ATP-P =
C. Cannot tell-the water amount doesn’t A. ADP

affect it at all. B. ATP
D. none of above C. AMP
151. ADP is an abbreviation for: D. NADP
A. aniline diphosphate.
157. Which reaction is needed to break down
B. adenine diphosphate. complex sugars?
C. adenosine diphosphate. A. Hydration
D. adenosine triphosphate. B. Dehydration
152. What molecule absorbs sunlight during C. Dehydrogenation
photosynthesis?
D. Hydrolysis
A. Epidermis
B. thylakoid 158. Once the chemical process of photosyn-
thesis is complete, the energy produced
C. the leaf is stored in the chemical bonds of which
D. chlorophyll molecules?
153. The light harvesting complex (LHC) is A. water

made up of- B. carbon dioxide
A. One molecule of Chl a C. oxygen
B. Very few molecules of Chl a D. glucose
C. Hundreds of pigment molecules bound
to proteins 159. Which complex is not involved in produc-
ing the electromotive force of ATP synthe-
D. Chl a + Chl c + protein + DNA
sis?
154. C6H12O6 is the chemical formula for A. ATP synthase
A. Carbon Dioxide B. cytochrome complex
B. Water C. Photosystem I
C. Oxygen
D. Photosystem II
D. Glucose
160. What is the product of the Calvin cycle?
155. A chemical reaction that has a positive
DG is best described as A. Glucose
A. exergonic. B. Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate
B. spontaneous C. Phosphoglycerate (PGA)
C. entropic D. sucrose

161. Why is there a need to go on with B. granum

Light-Independent reactions? Why not
C. stroma
stop with the Light Dependant Reactions
since ATP and NADPH are energy carrying D. cytoplasm
molecules?
167. The final product of the Calvin cycle is
A. Energy is used up
what?
B. Energy will never be stored
A. G3P
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C. Energy can be stored and used for
later B. PGA
D. There is no such thing as a light- C. ATP
independent reaction D. RuBP
162. Leaf color change is dependent on:
168. What is the primary function of cyclic
A. daylight savings time electron flow?
B. shorter days and longer nights A. to produce additional NADPH
C. the phase of the moon B. to produce additional ATP
D. solar flares
C. to produce additional oxygen
163. Where is glucose synthesized D. to produce additional carbon dioxide
A. Photosystem II
169. Is fermentation an aerobic or anaerobic
B. Photosystem I
process?
C. Calvin Cycle
A. Aerobic
D. Glycolysis
B. Anaerobic
164. As carbon dioxide levels increase, what
C. Both
happens to the temperature?
A. It also increases D. Neither
B. It decreases 170. How do animals get glucose?

C. It stays the same A. from the food they eat
D. There is no correlation
B. from sitting in the sun
165. Which group of reactions is responsible C. from breathing
for the photo in photosynthesis?
D. All of the above
A. light dependent reactions
B. light independent reactions 171. Which of these would be considered a
CAM pathway plant?
C. calvin cycle
D. dark reactions A. cactus
B. corn
166. In which part of the chloroplast does the
light phase occur? C. elm tree
A. Strach granule D. algae

172. Cells in the body use oxygen for cellular C. ATP

respiration. Which is the result of cellular D. NADPH
respiration?

A. ATP is produced and carbon dioxide is 177. Which of the following are products of
released. photophosphorylation?
A. ATP
B. ATP is consumed and carbon dioxide is
released. B. ADP
C. ATP is produced and carbon dioxide is C. NADP
absorbed. D. NADPH
D. ATP is consumed and carbon dioxide is
178. When humans exercise, which of the fol-
absorbed.
lowing is not a source of ATP?
173. What is the dependent variable in this in- A. lactic acid fermentation
vestigation
B. ATP stored in muscles
A. light intensity C. cellular respiration
B. concentration of carbon dioxide D. alcoholic fermentation
C. volume of oxygen produced
179. What happens during photosynthesis?
D. temperature
A. Heterotrophs consume ATP.
174. Which is correct sequence of Electron B. Heterotrophs produce ATP.
movement in cyclic photophosphoryla-
tion? C. Autotrophs consume sugars (glucose)
A. PSI-Fes-Plastocyanin-plastoquinone- D. Autotrophs produce sugars (glucose)

cytb6f-PSI 180. What is chlorophyll and how does it help
B. PSI-Fes-plastoquinone-cytb6f-plastocyanin- plants?
PSI A. Chlorophyll is a pigment that absorbs
C. PSI-Fes-plastoquinone-cytb6f-plastocyanin light energy and makes glucose.
B. Chlorophyll is a protein that changes
D. PSI-phaeophytin-plastoquinone- shape in the presence of sunlight.
plastocyanin-cytb6f C. Chlorophyll is a receptor that binds car-
bon
175. What type of bond is formed between
two monosaccharides? D. Chlorophyll is an enzyme that catalyzes
the production of glucose when exposed
A. Ester bond
to light
B. Glycosidic bond
181. Why C4 plants are able to carry out pho-
C. Peptide bond
tosynthesis efficiently?
D. Double bond A. They do not involve in Calvin cycle
176. Which of the following molecule below is B. They use PEP carboxylase to fix carbon
fixed during light dependent reaction? dioxide
A. Oxygen C. They are adapted to cold climates
B. Carbon dioxide D. They conserve water efficiently

182. The Calvin Cycle takes place in the: C. Calvin cycle

A. Stroma D. none of above
B. Thylakoid 188. The air spaces between the spongy mes-
C. Grana ophyll allow for
D. Stomata A. cellular respiration.
B. waste storage.
183. An example of a heterotroph is
C. water storage.
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A. grass
D. gas exchange.
B. tree
C. algae 189. What substances are the reactants in the
photosynthesis equation?
D. squirrel
A. light
184. Which of the following is true regarding B. sugar (glucose)
photorespiration?
C. carbon dioxide
A. Carbon is lost during photorespiration
and is released as CO2 D. water
B. Rubisco can bind O2 but cannot utilize 190. What is NADPH? What is the difference
it as a substrate and the enzymatic reac- between NADP+ and NADPH? How does
tion is halted NADP+ turn into NADPH?
C. CO2 is used in place of O2 leading to A. NADPH is an electron carrier.
loss of carbon during the calvin cycle B. NADP+ is empty and oxidized and
D. CO2 build-up occurs when stomata are NADPH carries electrons and is reduced
closed C. NADP+ becomes NADPH when it
gains two electrons and a hydrogen atom.
185. Which tube is used to transport water?
D. All of the above
A. Xylem
B. Phloem 191. What variables should be controlled in
the experiment?
C. Epidermis
A. Distance of lamp from pondweed
D. Guard Cell
B. Temperature of water
186. How many categories of carbohydrates C. Amount of carbon dioxide available
are there?
D. The colour of the light
A. 1
E. The amount of time you count the bub-
B. 2 bles for
C. 3
192. What gas is needed in order to perform
D. There are no categories respiration at the cellular level?
187. In what reaction is water spilt to release A. oxygen
electrons, H+ ions, and oxygen (O2)? B. carbon dioxide
A. light independent C. hydrogen
B. light dependent D. nitrogen

193. Stromal lamellae lack- 198. Which of the following statements de-
scribes the function of stomata?
A. PSII

A. Stomata produce water for plants.
B. PSI
B. Stomata regulate plant tropisms.
C. NADP reductase
C. Stomata absorb oxygen and minerals.
D. a and c
D. Stomata control the rate of transpira-
tion.
194. How does glucose travel in a producer
(plant)? Name the structure. 199. High oxygen concentration can limit pho-
A. xylem tosynthesis by preventing the formation
of glycerate phosphate. This is due to
B. phloem
A. the oxidation of reduced NADP by oxy-
C. stomata gen
D. chlorophyll B. oxygen combining with RuBP instead
of carbon dioxide
195. Increasing the intensity of light had what C. oxygen combining with Rubisco in-
effect on photosynthesis? stead of carbon dioxide
A. It slowed it down D. triose phosphate which cannot regen-
B. It sped up erate RuBP in high oxygen concentration
C. It stayed the same 200. A scientist is trying to test a solution for

simple sugars. What solution or indicator
D. none of above
should he/she use?
196. Where does the energy that powers the A. Lugol’s (Iodine)
natural world come from? B. Benedict’s
A. The Earth C. Biuret solution
B. The Sun D. Sudan IV
C. Power plants 201. Photosynthesis is-
D. Fossil fuels A. Endergonic, photochemical, anabolic
and reductive process
197. Which of the following statement is incor- B. Exergonic, reductive and catabolic pro-
rect regarding pigments? cess
A. Pigments are substances that have an C. Exergonic reductive and anabolic pro-
ability to absorb light, at specific wave- cess
lengths.
D. Exergonic, chemosynthetic process
B. Chlorophyll b is the chief pigment asso-
ciated with photosynthesis. 202. Energy is released from ATP when
A. a phosphate group is added.
C. Leaf pigments can be separated by
chromatography. B. adenine bonds to ribose.
D. Accessory pigments protect chloro- C. ATP is exposed to sunlight.
phyll a from photo-oxidation D. a phosphate group is removed.

203. What are the products of photosynthesis the light source, the rate of photosynthe-
(what is made)? sis will
A. Glucose and Chlorophyll A. Increase
B. Glucose and Oxygen B. Decrease
C. Water and Light C. Stay the same
D. Carbon dioxide and Water D. none of above
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204. Glycolysis takes place in the 209. What group of pigments break down
later in the year and give leaves their or-
A. mitochondria
ange, red, and yellow colors?
B. cell membrane
A. carotenoids
C. cytoplasm
B. chlorophyll a
D. nucleus
C. chlorophyll b
205. Which molecule must enter the Calvin cy- D. rhodopsin
cle continually for the light-independent re-
actions to take place? 210. Because plants carry out photosynthesis,
they are considered
A. RuBisCO
A. heterotrophs
B. RuBP
B. autotrophs
C. 3-PGA
C. consumers
D. C O2
D. unicellular
206. Both Photosynthesis and Chemosynthe-
sis 211. Who, after conducting experiments on
purple and green sulphur bacteria, inferred
A. Use Carbon Dioxide that O2 evolved during photosynthesis
B. Require a source of energy to activate comes from H2O not from CO2?
the reaction A. Sachs
C. Both produce Glucose (Sugars) for en- B. Engelmann
ergy
C. Van Niel
D. All of these
D. Blackman
207. How are guard cells adapted to its func-
212. Checkbox question:Which of the follow-
tions?
ing are the products of photosynthesis?
A. contains chlorophyll (think carefully here and only tick the cor-
B. contains proton pumps and K+ ion rect answers).
channels A. Carbon dioxide
C. thicker and elastic inner cell wall B. Glucose
D. all of the above C. Sunlight
208. In the photosynthesis required practical, D. Water

if you increase the distance away from E. Oxygen

213. Which of the following describes photo- 218. Z scheme show the transfer of electrons
synthesis? involving

A. process by which chemical energy is A. Bundle sheath cell
oxidized for cell energy B. PS I
B. process by which carbon dioxide and C. PS II
water is converted to a solid form of en-
ergy D. Both 2 and 3
C. sun striking glucose breaking the 219. In photosynthesis, light energy is con-
chemical bonds in order to release heat verted into
energy for cell use A. ATP Oxygen Chemical energy Protein
D. none of above B. Chemical energy
214. During glycolysis, a glucose enters the cy- C. Protein
toplasm and breaks in half to form D. Oxygen
A. nicotine
220. Humans are considered heterotrophs be-
B. 2 pyruvic acids cause
C. ADP A. we are able to cook our food
D. mitochondria B. we are omnivores
215. Photosynthetic unit where solar energy C. we do not need energy to survive
is absorbed and high-energy electrons are D. we consume other organisms in order
generated; contains a pigment complex to get energy
and an electron acceptor
221. The structure that are formed by stacking
A. Calvin Cycle
of organized flattened membranous sacs in
B. Photon chloroplast are:[ AIPMT 2015 ]
C. Photosystem A. grana
D. none of above B. stroma lamellae
216. What protects Stomata and helps it in C. stroma
opening and closing? D. cristae
A. Guard Cells
222. Plants gather the sun’s energy with light-
B. Leaf absorbing molecules called
C. Stem A. thylakoid membranes.
D. Carbon Dioxide B. pigments.
217. What is the primary energy source for C. granum.
cells? D. glucose.
A. glucose 223. Carbon dioxide is removed from Earth’s
B. starch atmosphere by
C. sucrose A. decaying organisms.
D. triglycerides B. animal respiration.

C. plant photosynthesis 229. In what plant cell part/structure is water

D. burning fossil fuels stored?
A. chloroplast
224. The dark reactions of photosynthesis are
those that B. cell wall
A. Convert chlorophylls into enzymes. C. vacuole
B. Convert enzymes into chlorophylls. D. cytoplasm
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C. Convert water into hydrogen and oxy- 230. What is the function of ATP in living
gen. things?
D. Convert CO2, ATP, NADPH into glucose A. provides energy for cells
225. Vascular tissue B. stores genetic information
A. Helps support a plant C. provides structure in the nucleus
B. Transports water D. none of above
C. Transports nutrients
231. Ferredoxin is a component of
D. All of these
A. Hill reaction
226. Where are the molecules of the electron B. Photosystem I
transport chain found in plant cells?
C. P 680
A. thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts
D. Photosystem II
B. cytoplasm
C. matrix of mitochondria 232. Photo means
D. outer membrane of mitochondria A. Photography
E. stroma of chloroplasts B. Sugar

C. Put together
227. Mesophyll cells have chloroplast contain
specialized green pigments is called D. Light
A. Cartoenids 233. The light reactions are most like
B. Chlorophyll A. Glycolysis
C. Stroma B. Respiration
D. none of above C. Electron Transport Chain
228. The leaf structure that allows carbon D. TCA
dioxide to enter the leaf and Oxygen to
exit the leaf is 234. The reactant of photosynthesis are
A. phloem A. sunlight and chlorophyll
B. stomata B. glucose and oxygen
C. vein C. carbon dioxide and water
D. stem D. sunlight and water

235. Flattened sacs of internal membranes as- C. matrix of mitochondria

sociated with photosynthesis are called D. outer membrane of chloroplasts

A. chloroplasts
241. Which of the following was used in half
B. Photosystems leaf experiment by Mohl?
C. thylakoids A. NaOH
D. stroma B. KOH
236. What do producers need to make food? C. NaCl
A. sunlight, oxygen, and carbon dioxide D. KCl
B. sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide 242. What three things do plants need for the
C. water, oxygen, and carbon dioxide process of photosynthesis?
D. water, oxygen, and sunlight A. Sunlight, oxygen, and sugar
237. In which biological event is chemical B. Water, soil, and oxygen

energy transformed into mechanical en- C. Sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water
ergy? D. Carbon dioxide, oxygen, and soil
A. photosynthesis
243. ATP is often described as the ‘universal
B. bioluminescence energy currency of cells’. An important
C. muscular movement feature of ATP is that it
D. nerve impulse transfer A. takes part in a limited number of
metabolic reactions
238. Photosynthesis takes place in the mem-
branes of small sacs called B. is used only where it is made
A. photosystems C. couples catabolic and anabolic pro-

cesses
B. grana
D. is released in large amounts
C. thylakoids
D. photons 244. Which the following energy changes oc-
curs during photosynthesis?
239. In which of the following structures A. Chemical energy is converted into light
do the light-independent reactions take energy.
place?
B. Light energy is converted kinetic en-
A. nucleus ergy.
B. matrix C. Light energy is converted into chemi-
C. cristae cal energy.
D. stroma D. Chemical energy is converted into elec-
trical energy.
240. Where are the molecules of the elec-
tron transport chain associated with pho- 245. What reactants are needed for the Calvin
tophosphorylation located in plant cells? cycle?
A. thylakoid membanes of chloroplasts A. Carbon dioxide
B. stroma of chloroplasts B. Carbon dioxide, ATP and NADPH2

C. Carbon dioxide and glucose 252. Energy stored in Photosynthesis

D. Oxygen and water molecules used to..?
A. Power cellular repiration
246. Listed below are the three parts of the
Calvin Cycle except: B. Serves as energy source for all life
A. RuBP regeneration forms
B. Carbon dioxide fixation C. All answes is correct
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C. Reduction D. none of above
D. Glycolysis
253. The first step in getting energy in the cell
247. How is a molecule reduced? by breaking down glucose is known as
A. electrons are given to the molecule A. the Krebs cycle
B. electrons are taken from the molecule
B. electron transport
C. money is taken from the molecule
C. fermentation
D. protons are given to the molecule
D. glycolysis
248. Where does the light independent reac-
tion take place? 254. Cyclic photophosphorylation involves
A. Matrix A. Photosystem I
B. Stroma
B. Photosystem II
C. Thylakoid membrane
C. Both of the above
D. Cytoplasm
249. Which terms best describe autotrophs?
A. Plants; producers 255. Which enzyme joins CO2 and RuBP?
B. Animals; producers A. NADP+ reductase
C. Plants; consumers B. rubisco
D. Animals; consumers
C. ATP synthase
250. What is the function of NADP+? D. none of above
A. It absorbs light
B. It is an electron carrier 256. Which of the following is NOT a true
statement about ATP?
C. It is a light-reflecting pigment
A. ADP is produced when ATP releases
D. It acts as long-term energy storage
energy.
251. What are located in the chloroplast? B. ATP provides energy for the mechani-
A. Pigments cal functions of cells.
B. Mitochondria C. Used ATP is discarded by the cell as
C. Sucrose waste.
D. None of these answera D. none of above

257. Most plants are green because chloro- 262. During what stage of photosynthesis is
phyll O2 produced?
A. cyclic phosphorylation

A. absorbs green wavelengths of light
B. absorbs blue and yellow wavelengths B. Calvin cycle
of light C. O2 is not produced during photosyn-
C. reflects green wavelengths of light thesis
D. is an optical illusion caused by the D. the light dependent reaction
transmission of light 263. The roots absorb what for the plant?
258. Photosynthesis is considered as an oxida- A. Water and Nutrients
tion reaction because (MHT-CET 2016) B. Soil and Sun
A. CO2 is oxidised C. Warmth and Water
B. O2 is released D. Sun and Photosynthesis
C. CH2O is oxidised 264. In C4 plants, reactions that fix CO2 into
D. H2O is oxidised four-carbon compounds occur in
A. Guard cells.
259. Where does photosynthesis take place?
B. Mesophyll cells.
A. Brain
C. Epidermal cells.
B. Mitochondria D. Bundle-sheath cells.
C. Nucleus
265. How much usable ATP is produced from
D. Chloroplast glycolysis?
260. What makes up the disaccharide su- A. 2 ATP
crose? B. 4 ATP
A. glucose + glucose C. No usable ATP is produced
B. glucose + fructose D. 32 ATP
C. glucose + galactose 266. Which portion of the electromagnetic ra-
D. glucose + maltose diation originating from the sun is harmful
to living tissues?
261. If photosynthesizing green algae are A. blue
provided with CO2 molecules containing
B. green
heavy oxygen (18O), later analysis will
show that all of the following molecules C. infrared
produced by the algae will contain 18O ex- D. ultraviolet
cept
267. molecules of RuBP in C3 cycle is regener-
A. glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate (G3P). ated from
B. ribulose bisphosphate (RuBP). A. 4 molecules of G3P
C. phosphoglyceraldehyde (PGA). B. 5 molecules of 3 PGA
D. glucose. C. 5 molecules of G3P
E. molecular oxygen (O2) D. 6 molecules of G3P

268. During which phase of photosynthesis is other because they each use products of
O2 created? the other process.
A. Light dependent reactions A. Chloroplasts and mitochondria
B. Calvin Cycle B. Photosystems I and II
C. Citric Acid Cycle C. The cytochrome complex
D. Glycolysis D. Thylakoids
274. Most of the concentration of which gas
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269. In mitochondria, the electron transport
chain pumps protons from the matrix results from the activity of producer organ-
into the intermembrane space, whereas in isms?
chloroplasts, the electron transport chain A. nitrogen
pumps protons from
B. oxygen
A. matrix to stroma
C. water vapor
B. stroma to thylakoid space
D. carbon dioxide
C. intermembrane space to stroma
275. What is the main chemical compound that
D. thylakoid space to stroma
stores and releases energy?
270. What is the name for the part of photo- A. ATP
synthesis when light energy is captured B. Cytoplasm
and transferred to a molecule, such as
ATP? C. PTP
A. light-independent reactions D. Oxygen
B. cellular respiration 276. The products of photosynthesis are
C. light-dependent reactions A. water and carbon dioxide
D. photosynthesis B. oxygen and water
271. Occurs in plants C. sugar and cabon dioxide

D. oxygen and sugar (glucose)
A. photosynthesis only
B. cellular respiration only 277. What do plants need for the photosynthe-
sis process?
C. photosynthesis and cell respiration
A. a camera and tripod
D. all of the above
B. light, carbon dioxide, and water
272. Is Biological process harvest sun energy.
C. roots, flowers, and bees
A. Photochemical
D. soil, air, and oxygen
B. Photorepiration
278. Which BEST describes the role of chloro-
C. Photosynthesis phyll in energy conversion?
D. none of above A. Chlorophyll converts chemical energy
273. Photosynthesis and cellular respiration into radiant energy.
are found throughout the eukaryotic B. Chlorophyll excites photons of light en-
world. They are complementary to each ergy and stores them.

C. Chlorophyll converts oxygen and nutri- 284. What are the reactants and products of
ents in order to drive metabolic activities. Light Dependant Reactions? Where in the
chloroplast do they occur?

D. Chlorophyll absorbs light and converts
it to chemical energy. A. Reactions:Photon, H2O, Pheophytin,
B. Reactions:CO2, RuBP
279. Chlorophyll absorbs and light
from the light. C. Products:ATP, NADPH, O2
A. purple and green D. Products:G3P, more RuBP
B. red and blue E. Location:Thylakoid membrane
C. black and orange 285. When testing a leaf for starch why is it
D. yellow and green necessary to boil it in ethanol first?
A. To break open the plant cells
280. The number of ATP molecules produced
out of Krebs Cycle is: B. To release the starch form the cells
A. 2 C. To kill the plant cells
B. 3 D. To remove the green chlorophyll from
the leaf
C. 4
D. 0 286. Which of the following do not carry out
photosynthesis?
281. Which cells of a leaf undergo the MOST
A. plants
photosynthesis?
B. some bacteria
A. Guard cells
C. animals
B. Palisade cells
D. algae
C. Epidermal cells
D. Cells in the spongy layer 287. The two main stages of photosynthesis
are the
282. Which of the following is NOT a product
A. light reactions and respiration
of the light reactions?
B. dark reactions and the Calvin cycle
A. Oxygen
C. light reactions and the Calvin cycle
B. NADPH
D. dark reactions and fermentation
C. ATP
D. Glucose (Sugar) 288. Write the chemical equation for the pro-
cess of photosynthesis.
283. What is the main pigment in plants?
A. CO2+H2O+photon-→(CH2O)n+O2-
A. Carton H2O
B. Carotonoids B. 6CO2 + 6H2O → C6H12O6 + 6O2
C. Chloroplast C. None of the above
D. Chlorophyll D. C6H12O6 + 6O2→ 6CO2 + 6H2O

289. Long wavelength has.. 294. Maximum CO2 Fixation is done by

A. Low frequency, high energy content A. Green plants
B. Low frequency, low energy content B. Phytiplanktons
C. Zooplanktons
C. High frequency, high energy content
D. Bacteria
D. none of above
295. Explain why chloroplasts are green. (use
290. During cellular respiration, cells break the correct information from the electro-
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down and other molecules for food. magnetic spectrum)
A. oxygen A. Red and blue wavelengths are ab-
sorbed
B. glucose
B. Green wavelengths are absorbed
C. carbon dioxide
C. Green wavelengths are reflected
D. all of the above D. Red and blue wavelengths are re-
flected
291. A difference between photosynthesis and
chemosynthesis 296. Plants obtain CO2 into the chloroplast by
A. Photosynthesis doesn’t use light and A. active transport
chemosynthesis does B. diffusion
B. Photosynthesis makes sugar and C. facilitated diffusion
chemosynthesis doesn’t D. endocytosis
C. Photosynthesis uses light and 297. Chlorophyll absorbs light and reflects
chemosynthesis doesn’t light.
D. Photosynthesis doesn’t make sugar A. blue, red, yellow ; green
and chemosynthesis does
B. blue, yellow; red
292. The oxygen that is released as O2 during C. blue, red; green
photosynthesis came from molecules. D. blue, red, yellow; orange
A. Water 298. Glucose is broken down during which pro-
B. Glucose cess
C. ATP A. Krebs cycle

B. Calvin cycle
D. Carbon dioxide
C. Glycolysis
293. Series of photosynthetic reactions in D. Photosynthesis
which carbon dioxide is fixed and reduced
in the chloroplast. 299. What is the name of the enzyme that
fixes carbon in photosynthesis?
A. Chlorophyll
A. Rubisco
B. Grana B. NADPH reductase
C. Photosystem C. Carbon Fixase
D. none of above D. Calvinase

300. Active tissue of higher plants in Photo- 305. In what part of the cell does photosyn-
synthesis is thesis occur?

A. Mesophyll in leaves A. Nucleus
B. Stroma B. Chloroplast
C. Stroma lamella C. Epidermis
D. none of above D. Vacuole
306. Some glucose is used by plants to produce

301. Photosystem I (PS I) and photosystem II
Cellulose, this is used to
(PSII) are named-
A. build cell membranes
A. In the sequence of their discovery
B. strengthen cell walls
B. In the sequence in which they function
during light reaction C. make the nucleus
C. In the sequence of their positions D. make ribosomes
D. In the sequence of e transfer 307. Which factor would not increase the pro-
duction of glucose by photosynthesis in
302. What occurs during the light-independent plants?
reactions of photosynthesis?
A. freezing temperatures
A. ATP is produced. B. extra rainfall
B. Ribose reacts with carbon dioxide to C. increased carbon dioxide levels
form glucose.
D. increased sunlight exposure
C. Energy for the cycle is provided by the
light-dependent reaction. 308. Select two reactants of photosynthesis.
D. Darkness stimulates the conversion of A. light energy and chlorophyll
glucose to starch. B. carbon dioxide and water
303. What is the purpose of splitting water in C. glucose and oxygen
PS2 of the light dependent reaction? D. Water and oxygen
A. Provides e-for PS2 and H+ for the thy- 309. Where does the energy for the process of
lakoid space photosynthesis come from?
B. To produce Oxygen for animals A. Heat
C. There is no purpose B. Sunlight
D. none of above C. Glucose
304. Water & soluble nutrients move through D. Oxygen

the plant in 310. Stroma lamella membrane lacks
A. the phloem cells A. PS I only
B. the xylem cells B. PS II only
C. the root hair cells C. PS AND & ETS
D. palisade mesophyll layer D. PS II & NADP reductase

311. What’s one major reason human cells 316. What is NOT the product of light depen-
have evolved to depend on aerobic, and dent reaction?
not anaerobic, respiration? A. ATP
A. There’s more oxygen in the atmo- B. NADPH
sphere than any other gas
C. H2O
B. Aerobic respiration is simpler than
anaerobic respiration D. O2
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C. Aerobic respiration is faster than 317. What process describes how plants use
anaerobic respiration air, water, and energy from the Sun to
make their own food?
D. Aerobic respiration produces more en-
ergy than anaerobic respiration A. condensation
B. evaporation
312. If a single-celled organism that uses pho-
tosynthesis has its source of light re- C. photosynthesis
moved, it will D. weathering
A. divide repeatedly.
318. What are the reactants in cellular respi-
B. produce less energy. ration?
C. grow in size. A. glucose and oxygen
D. generate more waste. B. glucose and carbon dioxide
C. water and carbon dioxide
313. Does the Calvin Cycle require light?
D. oxygen and glucose
A. yes
B. no 319. Short wave length has..
C. depends on the amount of carbon diox- A. High frequency, high energy content
ide B. High frequency, low energy content
D. none of above C. Low frequency, low energy
314. Why is it important that the plant close D. none of above
the stomata when there is not enough wa- 320. What are the 3 factors needed in the light
ter in the soil? phase?
A. So it doesn’t overheat A. CO2, water and oxygen
B. It lowers the amount of water lost B. light, chlorophyll and CO2
C. So that oxygen can’t escape C. Oxygen, CO2 and light
D. none of above D. water, light and chlorophyll
315. Photosystems are made of 321. Which one of the following is a C4 plant?
A. chloroplasts A. Papaya
B. chromosomes B. Potato
C. chlorophyll C. Maize
D. cytoplasm D. Pea

322. What is an autotroph? D. Plants provide humans with CO2 for

A. an organism that can make their own respiration.

food. 327. Which of these are suitable ways to mea-
B. an organism that cannot make their sure the rate of photosynthesis? Choose
own food 2 answers.
C. Herbivore A. Measure amount of carbon dioxide pro-
D. Omnivore duced
B. Measure amount of oxygen produced
323. What happens when chlorophyll is struck
by sunlight? C. Measure pH change
A. The electrons in the chlorophyll D. Check for starch with iodine
molecule become energized.
328. The scientific name for table sugar is
B. The chlorophyll molecule is broken into
two parts. A. lactose
C. A chemical reaction turns chlorophyll B. sucrose

into high energy carbohydrates. C. galactose
D. Energy from fat molecules is released. D. glucose
324. Chlorophyll absorbs a higher percentage 329. In pigments are present
of and light.
A. All autotroph
A. purple and green
B. Some autotroph
B. red and blue
C. Chemoautotroph
C. black and orange
D. All
D. yellow and green
330. When plants undergo photosynthesis, a
325. Plants make sugars in the presence of reaction produces sugar, oxygen, and wa-
sunlight in a process called photosynthesis. ter. During respiration, stored energy
What form of carbon do the plants take in from the products of photosynthesis is con-
for this process? verted to usable energy. In what form is
A. glucose molecule the energy stored prior to use in respira-
B. carbon dioxide tion?
C. single carbon atoms A. chemical energy
D. complex organic compounds B. kinetic energy
C. light energy
326. Which statement accurately describes an
interaction between plants and animals? D. heat energy
A. Animals release CO2, required for pho- 331. produces the most ATP.
tosynthesis.
A. photosnthesis
B. Animals release O2, required for plant
survival. B. aerobic respiration
C. Plants provide humans with atmo- C. anaerobic respiration

spheric nitrogen. D. glycolysis

332. CO2 acceptor in C3 plants is C. It is produced by plants

A. Phosphoglyceric acid D. Carbon dioxide comes from the air and
B. Ribulose monophosphate will be used as energy and resources for
the plant.
C. Ribulose 1, 5 bisphosphate
338. For the process of photosynthesis all ex-
D. Phosphoenol pyruvate
cept one of the following items are essen-
333. Where does dark reaction or light inde- tial. Point out the exception
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pendent specifically occur? A. CO2, optimum temperature
A. thylakoid membrane B. Glucose and oxygen
B. Stroma of the chloroplast C. Water and Minerals
C. Grana D. Light and chlorophylls
D. nuclear membrane
339. The light reaction of photosynthesis does
334. exits through stomata on the under- not include
side of the leaf. A. chemiosmosis
A. Carbon Dioxide B. oxygen liberation
B. Oxygen C. charge separation
C. water D. electron transport
D. none of above 340. Where does photoactivation of electrons
335. During photosynthesis, P680 emits elec- take place
trons that A. Photosystems I and II
A. can be recycled directly to P680 B. Photosystem I only
B. fall back directly to P680 C. Photosystem II only
C. will generate ATP D. Electron Transfer Chain
D. will generate reduced NAD 341. What role do pigments play in photosyn-
thesis?
336. Which molecule is responsible for carry-
ing electrons to the Calvin Cycle during A. Make plants green, which is calming
photosynthesis? B. Capture sunlight
A. NADPH C. Absorb water in roots
B. NADH D. Take in CO2
C. FADH2
342. Why are plants important to life on
D. ATP Earth?
337. Where does the Carbon Dioxide come A. They make our world more beautiful
from? What will happen to it and what B. They make the planet look green
will it eventually become? C. They use carbon dioxide and give us
A. Carbon dioxide comes from water. oxygen
B. It is the product of water and light D. They provide shade for insects

343. Which plant cell structures capture sun- B. photosystem I

light to produce sugars?
C. cytochrome complex

A. vacuoles
D. ATP synthase
B. ribosomes
C. mitochondria 349. In the carbon cycle, carbon is transferred
between the atmosphere and
D. chloroplasts
A. living organisms.
344. Under normal field conditions, which one B. ocean sediments.
is the limiting factor in photosynthesis?
C. reflected sunlight
A. CO2
D. minerals in the soil.
B. Light
C. Water 350. Which process occurs in the stroma?
D. None of these A. Light Dependent Reaction
345. Reduction of oxygen to form water oc- B. Calvin Cycle

curs during C. Stromation
A. neither photosynthesis nor respira- D. Cellular Respiration
tion.
B. the dark reactions only. 351. What does CAM plants store?
C. both photosynthesis and respiration. A. H20
D. respiration only. B. O2
E. photosynthesis only. C. Sunlight
346. P680 is part of while P700 is part of D. Carbon Dioxide
352. In what cell structure does photosynthe-

A. Calvin Cycle / Photosystems II and I sis take place?
B. Photosystem II / Photosystem I A. nucleus
C. Photosystems II and I / Calvin Cycle B. chloroplast
D. Photosystem I / Photosystem II C. mitochondria
347. Ferredoxin is a constituent of D. ribosome
A. PS I
353. The herbecide, dichlorophenyldimethy-
B. PS II lurea, is an inhibitor of
C. Hill reaction A. Shikimate pathway for biosynthesis of
D. P 680 aromatic amino acids
B. electron transport from P680 to P700
348. From which component of the light-
dependent reactions does NADPH form C. branched chain amino acid pathway
most directly? D. electron transport from P700 to ferre-
A. photosystem II doxin

354. The knowledge of the limiting factors 359. Because of properties of chlorophyll,
which affect the rate of photosynthesis of plants need adequate light to grow
a particular plant species CANNOT be used properly-
directly to
A. Green
A. produce disease resistant plants
B. Blue and red
B. increase the food yield of the plant
C. Infrared
C. control environmental stress
D. Ultraviolet
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D. control flowering and fruiting
360. Which of the following is not needed to
355. Light independent reaction involves I
start the light reaction
O2 fixation. II Endergonic reaction. III Re-
duction and regeneration of RuBP. A. H2O
A. I only. B. ADP + P
B. III only. C. CO2
C. I and II. D. none of above
D. II and III.
361. Chlorophyll captures energy from sun-
356. Why is photosynthesis important to the light during photosynthesis. Energy is cap-
survival of green plants? tured from all of the colors of visible light
except one. Which color of light is NOT
A. because it helps absorb energy from
captured?
the soil
A. blue
B. because it helps provide water that is
necessary for life B. violet
C. because it provides oxygen for other C. green
living things on Earth
D. red
D. because it provides the energy and
food necessary for growth 362. What products result specifically from
Photosystem I and Photosystem II?
357. Rubisco catalyse the
A. Chloroplast and Chlorophyll
A. Reduction of NADP+ to NADPH
B. C6O7, H2O, and O2
B. Photolysis of water
C. O2, ATP, and NADPH
C. Attach Carbon Dioxide to RuBP
D. Fluorine and Nitrogen
D. Regenerate NADPH to NADP+
358. The main purpose of photosynthesis is 363. After sugars are formed in photosynthe-
tosis, what structure do they travel through
to reach the fruits of the plant?
A. Consume CO2
A. xylem
B. Produce ATP
B. cuticle
C. Convert light energy into chemical en-
ergy C. phloem
D. Produce starch D. roots

364. Plants get the energy they need for pho- 370. Carbon dioxide enters plant leaves
tosynthesis by absorbing through the

A. high-energy sugars. A. stomata
B. chlorophyll a. B. chloroplasts
C. chlorophyll b. C. xylem
D. sunlight. D. cuticle
365. Photosynthetic sulphur bacteria get hy- 371. What is the ultimate source of energy for
drogen ions for CO2 reduction from plants?
A. Water A. Air
B. Hydrogen sulphide B. Soil
C. Molecular hydrogen C. Grass
D. Hydrogen peroxide D. Sun
366. The leaf’s cuticle 372. A CO2 + B H2O+ light → C6H12O6 +

A. stores water 6O2
B. reduces evaporation A. A=3B=6
C. transports water in the leaf B. A=6B=3
D. absorbs water for the leaf C. A=2B=4

D. A=6B=6
367. What molecule do cells use for their en-
ergy? 373. Sugar and the products of photosynthesis
A. ATP move through the plant in
B. Oyxgen A. the phloem cells
C. Carbon B. the xylem cells
D. Protein C. the root hair cells

D. palisade mesophyll layer
368. About how many molecules of ATP can be
generated from one molecule of glucose? 374. An external source of electrons is not re-
A. 2 quired in
B. 6 A. Cyclic photophosphorylation
C. 36 B. Non-cyclic photophosphorylation
D. 4 C. Z-scheme of flow of electrons

D. All of these
369. Plants need to conduct photosynthe-
sis 375. Cellular respiration takes place in the
A. Oxygen A. nucleus
B. Soil B. cytoplasm
C. Carbon dioxide C. ribosomes
D. Sugar D. mitochondria

376. What disc-shaped structure inside the B. (ii) only

chloroplast contains the pigment chloro- C. (ii) and (iii)
phyll?
D. (i) and (ii)
A. stroma
B. granum 381. Some glucose is used by plants to produce
Proteins examples of proteins are
C. golgi body
A. Starch and Fatty Acids
D. thylakoid
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B. Chlorophyll and Starch
377. The source of CO2 during Calvin cycle in C. Starch and Enzymes
C4 plant is
D. Enzymes and Chlorophyll
A. Malic acid
382. Autotrophs (producers) can perform pho-
B. OAA
tosynthesis because they have-
C. PEP
A. Mitochondria
D. RuDP
B. Ribosomes
378. Increasing temperature can increase en- C. A Nucleus
zyme activity to a certain point. Then
D. Chloroplasts
what happens?
A. The enzymes have completed all the re- 383. Which is sensitive to longer wavelength
actions so stop of light?
B. The enzymes have been denatured or A. Photolysis
destroyed B. PS I
C. Nothing-the rate continues to increase C. PS II
all the time
D. Photophosphorylation
D. none of above
384. why does the rate of photosynthesis de-
379. What do plants give off after photosyn- crease at higher temperatures?
thesis?
A. its too hot
A. Oxygen B. the enzymes die
B. carbon C. the enzymes melt
C. nitrogen D. the enzymes denature
D. hydrogen
385. Which statement about photosynthesis is
380. Which of the following statements is/are false?
correct? (i) All green plants can pre- A. In green plants PSI and PSII are re-
pare their own food.(ii) Most animals quired for the synthesis of NADPH + H+
are autotrophs.(iii) Carbon dioxide is not
required for photosynthesis.(iv) Oxygen B. Photosynthesis is a redox process;
is liberated during photosynthesis.Choose H2O is oxidised, CO2 is reduced
the correct answer from the options be- C. Photosynthesis is a physio-chemical
low. process
A. (i) and (iv) D. None

386. In an experiment, a leaf was partially C. cuticle

covered with black paper, and was ex-
D. stomata
posed to light. On testing these leaves

for starch, it was seen that uncovered part 391. Which of the following statements does
turned blue-black. This concludes that pho- not describe Light independent reaction?
tosynthesis had occurred in
A. aka Calvin cycle
A. Green parts of leaves
B. Produce ATP and NADPH
B. Black paper covered part of leaves
C. Produce glucose
C. Black part of leaves
D. Occur in the stroma of the chloroplast
D. Both (1) and (2)
E. Use ATP and NADPH for the reaction
387. Which of the following is a result of tran-
spiration? 392. Xylem cells transport , Phloem cells
A. Soil receives nutrients. transport
B. Flowers produce seeds. A. Glucose, Water

C. Roots absorb more water. B. Glucose, Minerals
D. Plants become inactive. C. Oxygen, Water
D. Water, Glucose
388. If an aquatic plant is placed into a test
tube with water near a light source, what 393. The main reason for photosynthesis is to
will it produce? synthesise
A. Glucose and Oxygen
A. ATP
B. Carbon dioxide and ATP
B. Organic compund
C. Water and Oxygen
C. Water
D. Glucose and ATP
D. Oxygen
389. Why must plants keep their stomata
closed during hot days? 394. The calvin cycle takes place in
A. Open stomata release too much CO2, A. stroma

starving the plants. B. thylakoid membrane
B. Open stomata release water, causing C. chlorophyll
the plant to dry out.
D. granum
C. Open stomata cause the plant to lose
access to CO2 molecules 395. These are all properties of a disaccharide
D. Open stomata lead to a buildup of O2 EXCEPT:
molecules in the cells. A. made up of two sugars
390. What part of the leaf allows Carbon diox- B. sucrose
ide in and oxygen out of the leaf? C. 2 monosaccharides joined by dehydra-
A. xylem tion synthesis
B. phloem D. ratio of 1:2:1

396. Where in the cell does aerobic respiration B. the pigment best at absorbing light
take place? with a wavelength of 700 nm
A. Nucleus C. there are 700 photosystem I compo-
B. Cytoplasm nents to each chloroplast
C. Mitochondria D. it absorbs 700 photons per microsec-

ond
D. Cell membrane
402. Most of the energy used by life on Earth
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397. Photosynthesis is to chloroplasts as cel- comes from the
lular respiration is to
A. rotation of the Earth
A. chloroplasts.
B. water
B. ribosomes.
C. moon
C. mitochondria.
D. sun
D. nuclei.
403. A brand of fertilizer claims that it con-
398. is the process through which plants
tains all the chemicals a plant needs for
convert light energy to chemical energy in
rapid growth. It may be inferred that the
order to produce food.
fertilizer includes all these ingredients EX-
A. cell respiration CEPT
B. photosynthesis A. potassium.
C. electron transport chain B. phosphorus.
D. ATP C. carbohydrates
399. What are two major products of photo- D. nitrogen
synthesis?
404. Where are photosystems I and II found?
A. chlorophyll and oxygen
A. in the stroma
B. oxygen and carbon dioxide
B. in the thylakoid membrane
C. sugars/carbohydrates and oxygen
C. in the Calvin Cycle
D. sugars/carbohydrates and carbon
dioxide D. in the cell membrane
400. Biosynthetic phase of photosynthesis 405. As you increase water, carbon dioxide, or
needs- light intensity, the rate of photosynthesis
will
A. ATP, NADPH2, CO2 and H2O
A. keeping increasing.
B. Only CO2
B. eventually, level off.
C. Only ATP + NADPH2
C. eventually, slow down.
D. Only O2
D. none of above
401. The reaction-center chlorophyll of photo-
system is known as P700 because 406. In any given plant, the majority of grana
A. there are 700 chlorophyll molecules in may ultimately be found in the
the center A. Palisade Mesophyll

B. Upper Epidermis 411. When oxygen is released as a result of

C. Bundle Sheath photosynthesis, it is a direct by-product of

A. reducing NADP+
D. Spongy Mesophyll
B. splitting water molecules
407. How does ATP provide energy for the C. chemiosmosis
cell?
D. electron transfer in photosystem II
A. The bond between the first and second and I
phosphate is broken to release energy.
412. What sugar does a plant produce in pho-
B. The bond between the adenine and the
tosynthesis?
sugar is broken to release energy.
A. Glucose
C. The bond between the sugar and phos-
phates are broken and release energy. B. Sucrose
D. The bond between the second and C. Starch
third phosphate are broken to release en- D. Fructose
ergy.
413. CO2 is a greenhouse gas, therefore it can
408. Photophosphorylation in a chloroplast is impact climate by:
most similar to which of the following mi- A. Allow plants to grow really well
tochondrial reactions?
B. Breaking down ozone
A. Oxidative phosphorylation
C. Trap heat in the atmosphere
B. Substrate level phosphorylation D. Stabilize earth’s seasonal variations
C. Hydrolysis
414. Identify all the reactants for photosyn-
D. None thesis.
409. Plant cells make their own food by taking A. CO2 (carbon dioxide)
in B. C6H12O6 (glucose)
A. oxygen and water. C. O2 (oxygen)
B. oxygen and hydrogen. D. H2O
C. carbon dioxide and water. 415. During cellular respiration, acetyl CoA ac-
D. carbon dioxide and oxygen. cumulates in which location?
A. Mitochondrial Matrix
410. Why are plants usually green?
B. mitochondrial outer membrane
A. Because the chlorophyll reflects green
C. mitochondrial inner membrane
light
D. mitochondrial intermembrane space
B. Because the chlorophyll absorbs green
light 416. How is reliability increased in the inves-
C. Because the accessory pigments com- tigation we just conducted?
bine to make green A. more trials
D. Because the accessory pigments only B. more accurate instruments to mea-
absorb green light sure bubble rate

C. Include a control treatment C. Carbon compounds

D. Control more variables D. NADP
417. The function of a is to absorb water, 423. The leaf has a shiny, waxy cuticle around
store food, and anchor plants. it to
A. flower
A. increase the rate of photosynthesis
B. leaf
B. attract more light
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C. stem
C. control water loss
D. root
D. stop carbon dioxide and oxygen gases
418. The enzyme rubisco is found in- escaping
A. Chloroplast
424. Where does Glycolysis take place?
B. mitochondria
A. In the cytoplasm
C. Cytoplasm
B. Across the outer mitochondrial mem-
D. Nucleus
brane
419. Most of the chloroplast cells are found in C. Across the inner mitochondrial mem-
the brane
A. upper epidermis D. In the mitochondrial matrix
B. pallisade mesophyll layer
C. lower epidermis 425. Phosphorylation occurs in-
D. stomata A. Mitochondria
B. Chloroplast
420. Chloroplasts in plant cells capture energy
from? C. Both a and b
A. leaves D. Cell wall
B. sunlight
426. The Calvin Cycle occurs in the
C. stomata
A. Stroma
D. none of above
B. Thylakoid Membrane
421. What color of light reflects off of chloro-
C. Enzyme ATP Synthase
phyll?
A. orange D. Chlorophyll
B. red 427. Algae can photosynthesise. Complete the
C. blue word equation for photosynthesis. water
+ 1 → 2 + oxygen
D. green
A. 1 Carbon Dioxide
422. Photosynthetic organisms use solar en-
ergy to synthesis ? B. 1 Glucose
A. ATP C. 2 Carbon Dioxide
B. NADPH D. 2 Glucose

428. What is a pigment? 434. The light-dependent reactions of photo-

A. A chemical that absorbs light synthesis take energy from sunlight and
convert it into stored chemical energy.

B. A chemical that produces glucose Which compounds are produced in the light-
C. A chemical for cellular respiration dependent reactions?
D. A chemical that absorbs water A. ATP and NADPH
429. Water splits into what three things? B. ADP and NADP+
A. oxygen, electrons, hydrogen ions C. ATP and NADP+
B. electrons, ATP, and NADPH D. ADP and NADPH
C. Rubisco, RuBP, G3P 435. When ATP releases some energy, it also
D. hydrogen ions, electrons, carbon diox- releases inorganic phosphate. What hap-
ide pens to the inorganic phosphate in the
cell?
430. The co-enzyme which acts as hydrogen
A. It is used only to regenerate more ATP.
acceptor during light-reaction is [MHT
CET 2018] B. It may be used to form a phosphory-
A. PQ lated intermediate.
B. FAD C. It is secreted as waste.
C. COQ D. It enters the nucleus and affects gene

expression.
D. NADP
E. It is added to water and excreted as a
431. Which of the following need oxygen to liquid.
survive?
436. Plant factors affecting photosynthesis in-
A. Plants clude
B. Animals A. Number, age, size, and orientation of
C. Plants and animals leaves, mesophyll cells and chloroplast, in-
D. None of the above ternal CO2 concentration, the amount of
chlorophyll.
432. are primary pigments used in photo-
B. Nature of leaves, size of mesophyll
systems
cells and light.
A. carotenoids
C. Mesophyll cells, distribution and tem-
B. chlorophylls perature.
C. reaction centres D. Quantity of chlorophyll, size of leaves
D. carotene and CO2
433. During carbon dioxide fixation / Calvin 437. Most of the oxygen in the Earth’s atmo-
Cycle, CO2 combines with- sphere was produced by-
A. NADPH2 A. a big explosion
B. Water B. photosynthesis
C. Ribulose biphosphate C. digestion
D. 3PGAld D. metabolism

438. Which of the following organisms is a het- C. grana

erotroph? D. chlorophyll
A. mushroom
444. Which part(s) of photosynthesis require
B. algae
photons?
C. wheat
A. Photosystem II
D. none of above
B. Photosystem I
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439. Which of the following equations repre- C. Calvin Cycle
sents the overall chemical reaction for pho-
tosynthesis? D. Photosystems II and I
A. 6O2+ 6H2O → C6H12O6+ 6O2 445. Which of the following can be oxidisable
B. C6H12O6 + 6H2O→ 6O2+ 6O2 compound in photosynthetic higher plants
C. 6CO2+ 6H2O→ C6H12O6+ 6O2 A. Water
D. 6O2 + 6H2O→ C6H12O6 + 6CO2 B. H2S
C. Both (1) and (2)
440. What was the independent variable in
this investigation? D. Sugar
A. Light Intensity 446. Formation of ATP occurs between which
B. Number of bubbles produced of the following compounds? [MHT CET
C. Temperature 2018]
D. Time A. FRS-→ FERRODEXIN

B. Cytochrome b6-→ cytochrome f
441. Light reaction of photosynthesis results
in formation of C. cytochrome f → plastocyanin
A. O2 D. plastocyanin-→ ionised chl-a
B. NADPH2 447. What is the site of the light-dependent
C. ATP reactions?
D. All of these A. Stroma
442. What is the ultimate ORIGINAL source of B. Chloroplast

energy for living things C. Thylakoids
A. Sugar D. Chlorophyll
B. Sun
448. What is the purpose of fermentation?
C. Moon
A. To produce additional ATP in the ab-
D. Carbon Dioxide sence of oxygen
443. What pigment absorbs sunlight for pho- B. To reset molecules for Glycolysis
tosynthesis? C. To turn NAD+ into NADH
A. chloroplast D. To move Glycolysis into the aerobic
B. thylakoid portions of cellular respiration

449. What’s another name for energy in the 454. What gas does the process of photosyn-
cellular respiration equation? thesis release into the atmosphere?

A. STP A. oxygen
B. ATP B. carbon dioxide
C. ABC C. water
D. nitrogen
D. none of above
455. The raw ingredients (reactants) of photo-
450. In PSI the reaction centre Chl a has ab- synthesis are sunlight along with?
sorption maxima at , while in PSII the
reaction centre Chl a has absorption max- A. CO2 and H20
ima at B. CO2 AND C6H12O6
A. 700 nm, 680 nm C. oxygen and water
B. 680 nm, 700 nm D. oxygen and CO2
C. 400 nm, 500 nm 456. What does the “TP” in ATP stand for?
D. 700 nm, 800 nm A. 2 phosphates
B. tri (3) phosphates
451. Which mineral ion is needed by a plant in
C. Two proteins
order to build chlorophyll?
D. tri (3) proteins
A. Calcium
B. Nitrates 457. Which of the following combinations cor-
rectly describes the MAIN factors affecting
C. Magnesium the rate of photosynthesis?
D. Phosphorous A. Light intensity and temperature
B. Carbon dioxide concentration and
452. Which polysaccharide is used by plants to
state of the stomata
make their cell wall?
C. NAD and ATP availability
A. starch
D. Phytochromes and the availability of
B. glycogen ions
C. cellulose
458. CAM plants have a different adaptation
D. chitin to what climate
A. cold and wet
453. Photosynthesis and respiration have
which of the following in common? B. hot and dry
A. In eukaryotes, both processes occur in C. both
specialised organelles D. none of the above
B. ATP synthesis in both processes relies 459. This part of the plant acts like an “eleva-
on chemiosmotic mechanism tor” carrying nutrients to the plant.
C. Both use electron transport A. roots
D. All of the above B. stem

C. leaves 465. Which of the following would have affect

D. flower the rate of photosynthesis?
A. amount of water
460. Where in the chloroplast is chlorophyll
found? B. carbon dioxide concentration
A. in the ATP C. temperature

B. in the stroma D. all of these
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C. in the thylakoid membrane 466. *The organelle responsible for photosyn-
D. in the thylakoid space thesis:
461. When it is chilly and raining outside, A. Vacuole

there is no photosynthesis taking place. B. Chloroplast
What is the limiting factor?
C. nuclear membrane
A. Temperature
D. mitochondria
B. Rainfall
E. Cytoplasm
C. Carbon Dioxide
D. none of above 467. Which of the following is an example of
C4 plant?
462. What is the end product of photosynthe-
A. Maize
sis?
B. Rice
A. carbon dioxide
B. water C. Cactus
C. glucose D. Wheat
D. methane 468. What is the name of the pigment in plants

that absorb sunlight for photosynthesis?
463. The water needed for photosynthesis
comes into the leaves through the A. chloroplast
A. upper epidermis B. thylakoid
B. stomata C. grana
C. guard cells D. chlorophyll
D. xylem cells
469. Life processes require energy. Biochem-
464. What is the maximum theoretical yield in ical processes involve specific reactions.
the form of carbohydrates when sunlight Which is a characteristic of biochemical pro-
is used by plants cesses common to all animals?
A. 4% A. function at any pH level

B. 20% B. heat released as a product
C. 40% C. use only anaerobic respiration
D. 8% D. amount of energy absorbed

470. Krantz anatomy is 475. What is the function of NADPH and ATP?
A. Combination between vascular bundle A. They absorb light

and mesophyll cells in C3 plants B. The power the light-dependent reac-
B. The arrangement of 2 chloroplast-rich tions
layers around vascular bundle in C4 plants C. They are light-reflecting pigments
C. The structure of leaves in CAM plants D. They act as short-term energy storage
D. The non-photosynthetic structure in C3 476. If an object appears white, this means all
leaves 7 colors of the visible light spectrum are
471. A combination of all the wavelengths
with in the visible light portion of the elec- A. reflected
tromagnetic spectrum will result in which B. abosrbed
of the following colors?
C. diffracted
A. White
D. refracted
B. Red
477. In CAM plants, carbon dioxide is fixed for
C. Violet the first time to
D. Blue A. Ribulose bisphosphate.
472. Besides ATP and O2, what other com- B. Phosphoenolpyruvate.

pound is produced as a result of the light C. Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate.
dependent reactions? D. 3-phosphoglycerate.
A. NADPH (reduced NADP)
478. Light independent reaction occurs in
B. NADP+
A. Stroma.
C. Glucose
B. Thylakoid space.
D. ADP
C. Intermembrane space.
473. What are the products of the light depen- D. Thylakoid membrane.
dent reaction?
479. Who found that in green parts of plant
A. ATP glucose is made and glucose is stored as
B. NADPH starch-
C. ATP & NADPH A. Sachs

B. Arnon
D. glucose
C. Arnold
474. What does the phloem transport? D. Englemann
A. Sugar
480. Which of these are limiting factors for
B. Water photosynthesis? Choose 3 answers.
C. CO2 A. Light intensity
D. O2 B. CO2 concentration

C. Temperature B. Produce ATP and NADPH

D. Light C. Produce NADPH only
E. CO2 levels D. Convert light energy to chemical en-
ergy
481. Carbon dioxide and oxygen both enter
and leave the leaf at the 486. Why do the light-dependent reactions
A. pore of photosynthesis take place in the thy-
lakoid?
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B. spongy measophyll
A. Photosystem I is anchored to the mem-
C. guard cells brane, but not photosystem II.
D. stomata B. The cytochrome complex requires a
482. How many molecules of carbon diox- membrane for chemiosmosis to occur.
ide enter one Calvin Cycle? How many C. The light-dependent reactions depend
molecules of high-energy sugars are pro- on the presence of carbon dioxide.
duced as a result of one Calvin Cycle? D. Light energy is absorbed by the thy-
A. 3 lakoid membrane.
B. 5 487. I am testing for the presence of starch,
C. 7 which pair would indicate a positive test?
D. 6 A. Benedicts/light blue
483. Which of the following occur in the Calvin B. Iodine/brown

cycle? C. Benedicts/orange
A. Fixation of carbon dioxide and produc- D. Iodine/dark purple-black
tion of ATP
488. The function of photoactivation is to
B. Fixation of carbon dioxide and regener-
ation of RuBP A. Reduce NAD+ to NADH
C. Oxidation of NADPH and production of B. Provide energy to synthesise ATP and

ATP NADPH
D. Reduction of NADP and regeneration C. Increase the reactivity of the electron

of RuBP transport chain
D. Neutralize the positively charged reac-
484. In C3 photosynthesis, the reactions that tion center
require ATP take place in
A. the light reactions alone 489. The role of water molecule in light depen-
dent reaction is to
B. the calvin cycle only
A. Hydrolyse NADP+ at the end of the
C. both the light reactions and the calvin electron transport chain.
cycle
B. Involve directly in the production of
D. the citric acid cycle ATP.
485. The main function of the light dependent C. Replace the excited electron of reac-
reactions is tion centre molecule in photosystem II.
A. Produce glucose from CO2 and water D. Involve directly in Calvin cycle.

490. What is the name of the enzyme at the B. photons

end of Photosystem I. C. stomata

A. ATPase D. stroma
B. ATP Synthase
496. Where in the plant does photosynthesis
C. Hexokinase take place?
D. Oxidase A. Starch grains
491. Why is photosynthesis important? B. Vacuoles
A. creates oxygen for animals to breath C. Chloroplasts
B. creates energy for heterotrophs to use D. Cell walls
C. creates food for plants to use 497. Immediately after light becomes unavail-
able biosynthetic processes-
D. all of these are correct
A. Stop immediately
492. The membranous system of grana is re-
B. Remain continued for ever
sponsible for
C. Stop and then starts
A. Trapping light energy but not ATP and
NADPH formation D. Continue for some time and then stops
B. Trapping light energy and also for fixa- 498. In C4 and CAM, malate removes carbon
tion of CO2 dioxide to form
C. For ATP and NADPH formation but not A. PEP
for light trapping B. RuBP
D. For light capturing and also for NADPH C. Pyruvate
and ATP formation
D. Oxaloacetate
493. During light phase of photosynthesis
499. In the photosynthesis required practical,
is oxidized and is reduced.
the independent variable is
A. CO2 and Water A. The amount of oxygen produced by the
B. Water and CO2 pondweed
C. Water and NADP B. The time taken for the pondweed to
D. NADPH2 and CO2 produce a certain amount of oxygen
C. The light intensity
494. During dark phase of photosynthesis
is oxidized and is reduced. D. none of above
A. CO2 and Water 500. What products of the light-dependent re-

actions are used in the light-independent
B. Water and CO2
reactions?
C. Water and NADP
A. ATP and NADPH
D. NADPH2 and CO2
B. NADPH and ribulose bisphosphate
495. Water vapor exits and CO2 enters a leaf (RuBP)
through the C. CO2 and ATP
A. grana D. ATP and O2

501. Photosynthesis is important because- C. Oxygen+Carbon Dioxide+Light

A. It is an important source of all foods Energy→Glucose+ oxygen
on earth D. Oxygen+Carbon Dioxide→Glucose +
B. It is responsible for the release of O2 oxygen
C. It is responsible for the release of O2 506. Where does the Calvin cycle take place?
in the environment in night
A. stroma of the chloroplast
D. a and b
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B. thylakoid membrane
502. What molecules leave the chloroplasts C. outer membrane of the chloroplast
during photosynthesis?
D. interior of the thylakoid membrane
A. Water
B. Oxygen 507. If you are not an autotroph, then you
C. Carbon Dioxide A. use energy from the sun
D. Solar energy (light) B. can live without any form of energy
E. Glucose C. obtain energy from inorganic
molecules
503. What are the 3 key ingredients needed
for photosynthesis D. must eat other organisms to survive
A. glucose, oxygen, carbon dioxide 508. Which polysaccharide makes up the ex-
B. carbon dioxide, water, glucose oskeleton of insects?
C. water, soil, sunlight A. cellulose
D. sunlight, water, carbon dioxide B. starch

C. chitin
504. What characteristic sets heterotrophs
apart from autotrophs? D. glycogen
A. Heterotrophs can be classified only as 509. What are the three parts of an ATP
mammals. molecule? A) C) B) D)
B. Heterotrophs use energy from the sun A. adenine, thylakoids, stroma
to make their own food.
B. adenine, ribose, 3 phosphate groups
C. Heterotrophs obtain food from con-
suming other living or once-living things. C. stroma, grana, chlorophyll
D. Heterotrophs obtain food through the D. NADP+, NADPH, and FADH2
process of photosynthesis.
510. Which of the following is a product of the
505. Which of the following is the correct Calvin cycle?
equation for photosynthesis?
A. ATP
A. Oxygen+Carbon Dioxide+Light
B. glucose
Energy→Glucose+Water
C. oxygen
B. Oxygen+Carbon Dioxide+Light
Energy→Glucose+ ATP D. water

511. Temperature affects the rate of photosyn- B. chlorophyll

thesis because C. chloroplasts

A. water can only enter the roots at a spe- D. water
cific temperature due to osmosis.
516. Compared to C3 plants, C4 plants
B. the enzymes that speed up the rate fo
teh reaction work best in a specific tem- A. ) have higher rates of photorespira-
perature. tion.
C. the stomata are closed when it is hot B. cancontinue to fix CO2 even at rela-
to prevent water loss. tively low CO2 concentrations and high
oxygen concentrations.
D. the water freezes at low temperatures
which limits water availability. C. do not use rubisco for carbon fixation.
D. grow better under cool, moist condi-
512. Roots absorb and for plants? tions.
A. Soil and Sun
517. Cellular Respiration’s goal is to
B. Water and Nutrients A. make water
C. Warmth and Water B. make ATP
D. Soil and Water C. make glucose
513. What two tissues are found in the vein? D. make oxygen
A. Xylem 518. Cyclic photophoshorylation produce ATP,
B. Phloem while non cyclic photophosphorylation pro-
duce
C. Bundle Sheath Cells
A. NADH
D. Epidermis
B. NADPH and electron
E. Mesophyll
C. NADPH and ATP
514. During the light reactions of photosynthe- D. ATP and RuBP
sis, energy is stored in the compounds ATP
519. What is the gas we breath out that plants
and NADPH. A second set of reactions uses
use for photosynthesis?
this stored energy to produce vital com-
pounds such as glucose. This second set of A. sulfur
reactions involves a biochemical pathway B. carbon dioxide
called
C. oxygen
A. the Calvin cycle.
D. hydrogen
B. carbon fixation.
520. Which helped in confirming that oxygen
C. respiration. evolved in photosynthesis comes from wa-
D. transpiration ter
A. H2 18O
515. Which of the following components is not
used by both plants and cyanobacteria to B. 14CO2
carry out photosynthesis? C. 15NO3
A. carbon dioxide D. 3H2O

521. Use of sunlight by plants-What percent is 526. How does Photosystem II create O2?
reflected and transmitted?
A. It reduces H2O into H+ and O
A. 60
B. O2 is actually generated in the Calvin
B. 20 Cycle
C. 8 C. It Oxidizes H2O into H+ and O
D. 4 D. Oxygen atoms are assembled in Photo-
system II
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522. Which is a graph of the rate of photosyn-
thesis? 527. Which of the following plants fixes car-
bon dioxide at night?
A. absorption spectrum
A. Sugarcane.
B. action spectrum
B. Cactus.
C. electromagnetic spectrum
C. Oryza sativa.
D. none of the options
D. Hibiscus rosa-sinensis.
523. Reduction of NADP+ occurs during
528. Which equation below show photosyn-
A. neither photosynthesis nor respira- thesis?
tion.
A. H2O+ O2→ C6H12O6+ CO2 (w light
B. both photosynthesis and respiration. energy)
C. respiration B. C6H12O6 + CO2 → H2O + O2(w light
D. photosynthesis. energy)
E. the dark reactions. C. C6H12O6 + O2 → H2O + CO2 (w light

energy)
524. A bacteria that has chlorophyll will be D. ATP + O2 + CO2 → H2O+C6H12O6
able to do
A. photosynthesis 529. Where does a plant absorb the water
that it uses during photosynthesis?
B. cellular respiration
A. Leaves
C. osmosis
B. Stem
D. active transport
C. Roots
525. Organism that is able to capture energy D. Petals
from sunlight or chemicals and use it to
produce its own food from inorganic com- 530. Which of the following is an example of
pounds; also called a producer a HETEROTROPH?
A. Autotroph A. Grasses
B. Heterotroph B. Algae
C. Thylakoid C. Lemon Tree
D. Stroma D. Bush Mouse

531. A sample of a patient’s blood is test C. Both PSI and PSII are needed
and it is found that there are slightly D. Only stroma is needed
low levels of ATP, and very low levels of

FADH2. Which process in cellular respira- 536. What do you get if you combine all of the
tion is most likely affected? colors in visible light?
A. The electron transport chain A. bright light
B. the citric acid cycle B. white light
C. pyruvate oxidation C. brilliant light
D. glycolysis D. neon light
532. Which is true? 537. The is the most photosynthetic part

of a plant.
A. 99% of water taken by the plant evap-
orates through transpiration A. leaf
B. 9% of water taken by the plant evapo- B. flower
rates through transpiration C. roots
C. Evaporation through transpiration ac- D. stem
counts only for 1% of all the water the
plant takes in 538. During the operation of C2 oxidative pho-
tosynthetic cycle, which of the following
D. Evaporation through transpiration is
metabolites are transported from chloro-
minuscule
plast to peroxisome
533. Which of these conditions would decrease A. Glycerate
the rate of photosynthesis in a plant? B. Seine
A. Above average precipitation C. Glycine
B. Changing the daylight hours from 14 D. Glycolate
hrs to 10 hrs
C. Changing the CO2 concentration from 539. During what stage of photosynthesis are
380 ppm to 410 ppm ATP and NADPH converted to ADP + Pi and
NADP+?
D. All of these choices
A. the light-dependent reactions
534. What portion of the electromag- B. the light-independent reactions
netic*radiation emitted by the sun has the
C. both of the above
least energy?
A. gamma
B. infrared 540. Which of the following can be compared
to a battery in need of recharging? (empty
C. radio
wallet)
D. X-rays
A. ADP
535. For NADPH + H+ formation- B. ATP
A. Only PSI is needed C. Ribose
B. Only PSII is needed D. Adenosine

541. Select incorrect statement. B. Chloroplast

A. Each photosystem has all the pigments C. Leaf
except one molecule of chlorophyll a
D. Flower
B. Action spectra is greater in blue and
red light. 547. what is the purpose of adding sodium hy-
drogencarbonate?
C. Chlorophyll a and b are chief pigments
associated with photosynthesis A. it controls the temperature
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D. PS II is involved in evolution of O2. B. it provides more carbon dioxide
542. If an object appears black, this means all C. it provides oxygen

7 colors of the visible light spectrum are D. it helps the plant to photosynthesize
548. When a water molecule is split, what is

A. reflected
it split into? Where do all the resulting
B. abosrbed components end up?
C. diffracted A. H+-Stroma
D. none of above B. Nitrogen-Energy Source
543. Membrane-bounded organelle with C. O2-Atmosphere
chlorophyll-containing membranous thy- D. Carbon Dioxide-Product
lakoids; where photosynthesis takes place
A. Chloroplast 549. All the reaction from the reduction of CO2
to the formation of sugar are included in
B. Chlorophyll
A. Light reaction
C. Grana
D. none of above B. Photolysis
C. Dark reaction
544. Which carbohydrate do we store in our
liver and serves as an energy reserve? D. Hill reaction
A. Starch 550. What is the role of chlorophyll in photo-
B. Glycogen synthesis?
C. Glucose A. To trap energy from sunlight
D. Cellulose B. To bring water into the plant
545. Cellular Respiration is a/an reaction. C. To bring carbon dioxide into the plant
A. anabolic D. To trap oxygen for the plant

B. catabolic 551. Which of the following is an example of
C. enzymatic an AUTOTROPH?
D. chrolophyllic A. Appletree
B. Dog
546. Which organ of a plant is specialized for
photosynthesis? C. Mushroom
A. Palisade Mesophyll D. Human

552. Use of sunlight by plants-What percent 557. If the wavelength of an electromagnetic

of the sun’s output is outside the visible wave is longer, what is true about the en-
range and unavailable for photosynthesis ergy?

A. 20% A. Energy is higher.
B. 8% B. Energy is lower.
C. 60% C. Energy is not dependent on wave-
length.
D. 50%
D. energy is cancelled out
E. 4%
558. What is another name for glucose?
553. Which molecule is able to absorb light en- A. Chlorophyll
ergy?
B. Chloroplasts
A. P680*
C. Stomata
B. P680
D. Sugar
C. NADPH
559. Where does translocation takes place
D. NADP+ in?
554. In the human body, cellular respiration A. vascular tissues
breaks down sugar molecules after they B. phloem
enter the cell. What results from this pro-
C. stomata
cess?
D. xylem
A. growth of bacteria
B. release of energy 560. This color has the shortest wavelength
A. Indigo
C. activation of enzymes
B. red
D. production of oxygen
C. Yellow
555. In chloroplast, the site of coupled oxida- D. violet
tion reduction reaction is the
561. The expression “We are creatures of
A. outer membrane
chloroplasts” means that-
B. inner membrane
A. All life possesses chloroplast
C. Thylakoid membrane B. All life depends ultimately on photosyn-
D. Stromal Space thesis
C. Chloroplasts are models of all cell or-
556. Most plants appear green because chloro- ganelles
phyll
D. a and c
A. absorbs green light.
562. If the proton (H+) pump in the thylakoid
B. absorbs violet light.
was not working which molecule could not
C. reflects green light. be made during the light reaction?
D. does not absorb violet light. A. NADPH

B. ATP B. To concentrate photons inside the

C. Water stroma.
D. Oxygen gas C. To pass electrons to ferredoxin and

then NADPH
563. Which word equation best represents the
process of photosynthesis? D. To harvest photons and transfer light
energy to the reaction-center chlorophyll.
A. glucose → ATP + carbon dioxide
B. ATP + glucose → water + carbon
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568. When humans burn fossil fuels, most of
dioxide + oxygen the carbon quickly enters the as carbon
C. carbon dioxide + water → glucose + dioxide.
oxygen A. Water
D. glucose →carbon dioxide + water B. Atmosphere
564. The following reaction occurs in plants. C. Sun
CO2+water + sunlight→O2+water+sugarThis
reaction is beneficial to plants because it D. Air
A. results in a net increase in the mass of 569. Checkbox question:Which of the follow-
the atoms. ing are the raw materials (reactants) of
B. produces chemical building blocks for photosynthesis? (think carefully here and
proteins. only tick the correct answers).
C. keeps ultraviolet light from damaging A. Carbon dioxide
their cells
B. Glucose
D. provides chemical energy to the cells.
C. Sunlight
565. Molecules that absorb light are called
D. Water
A. pigments
B. enzymes E. Oxygen
C. stroma 570. Sunlight is part of..?

D. mitochondrion
A. Electron spectrum
566. Which of the following environmental B. Electro meganetic spectrum
conditions would cause the stomata to
close? C. Meganetic spectrum
A. Low CO2 level D. none of above
B. Rain
571. In the photosynthesis equation, what
C. K+ moving into the guard cells does the “arrow” mean?
D. darkness
A. green
567. In the thylakoid membranes, what is B. yield
the main role of the antenna pigment
molecules? C. pigments
A. To synthesise ATP from ADP and Pi. D. none of above

572. At the highest levels in our atmosphere, A. adding more fish

the oxygen produced from photosynthesis B. adding more plants
transforms into

C. placing food in the tank
A. Ozone
D. placing a water heater in the tank
B. Magnetic Field
C. CO2 578. Sythesis portion of photosynthesis that
takes place in the stroma of chloroplasts
D. H2O and does not directly require solar energy;
573. What is produced in the Kreb’s Cycle? it uses the products of the light dependant
reactions to reduce carbon dioxide to a car-
A. NADH bohydrate
B. Oxygen A. Chloroplast
C. Lactic Acid B. Calvin Cycle
D. NAD+ C. Electron transport chain
574. Occurs in animals D. none of above
A. photosynthesis only 579. What are the products (what’s made) of
B. cellular respiration only photosynthesis?
C. cellular respiration and photosynthe- A. water and carbon dioxide
sis B. oxygen and glucose
D. all of the above C. oxygen and carbon dioxide
575. Light is required for the light dependent D. oxygen and water
reactions because
580. In Z-scheme of electron transport, water
A. it is the source for electrons splitting complex supplies electrons to [TS
B. it splits the water molecule EAMCET 2017]
C. it energizes electrons in the reaction A. photosystem I
center B. plastoquinone
D. splits ATP molecules which generates C. pheophytin
the energy necessary to power the light D. photosystem II
independent reactions
581. Which part of the plant makes the food?
576. What part of the chloroplast does the
Calvin cycle take place? A. roots
A. outer membrane B. stem
B. thylakoid C. leaf
C. stroma D. flower
D. inner membrane 582. What organelle is responsible for photo-

synthesis in plants and algae?
577. from Item BankWhich action would in-
crease the amount of oxygen in a fish A. Mitochondria
tank? B. Chloroplast

C. Chlorophyll 588. During photosynthesis, electrons are con-

D. Lysosome tinuously lost from the reaction centre of
PSII. What source is used to replace these
583. Even though plants carry on photosyn- electrons?
thesis, plant cells still use their mitochon- A. Sunlight
dria for oxidation of pyruvate. When and
where will this occur? B. O2
A. in photosynthetic cells in the light, C. H2O
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while photosynthesis occurs concurrently D. O3
B. in nonphotosynthesizing cells only
589. What gas is released into the air during
C. in cells that are storing glucose only cellular respiration?
D. in all cells all the time A. oxygen
584. The enzyme ATPase couples the synthesis B. carbon dioxide
of ATP to- C. water
A. The diffusion of protons D. glucose
B. The reduction of NADP+
590. What is the primary function of the
C. The excitation of Chl.
Calvin cycle?
D. Carbon dioxide fixation
A. regenerateATP for use in the light re-
585. Like a bank, your body stores and uses actions of photosynthesis
B. produce carbon dioxide for use in the
A. energy lightreactions of photosynthesis
B. cytoplasm C. produce oxygen by oxidizing water
C. chlorophyll D. produce simple sugars from carbon
dioxide
D. none of above
586. Anoxygenic and oxygenic photosynthesis 591. Which of these layers is underneath the
are respectively shown by cuticle?
A. green algae and red algae A. Epidermis
B. Red algae and monocots B. Phloem
C. Pigmented sulphur bacteria & C. Guard Cell

cyanobacteria D. Mesophyll
D. BGA and higher plants
592. Where is the possible site for cyclic pho-
587. What type of process is photosynthesis? tophosphorylation?
A. physical A. In PSII
B. catabolic B. In Stroma
C. physico-chemical C. In granal thylakoids / lamellae
D. chemical D. In stromal lamellae

593. The role of the antenna complex in Pho- 598. Chlorophyll absorbs a higher percentage
tosystems I and II is to of and light and so will perform
photosynthesis best in these lights.

A. produce oxygen
B. regenerate RuBP A. purple and green
C. produce carbohydrates B. red and blue
D. collect light energy C. black and orange
594. In which part of the cell does respiration D. yellow and green
occur?
A. vacuole 599. Water splitting complex is associated
B. mitochondria with-
C. cell wall A. Outer membrane of chloroplast
D. chloroplast B. Inner membrane of chloroplast
595. The splitting of carbon dioxide to form C. Stroma
oxygen gas and carbon compounds occurs
during D. PSII
A. photorespiration. 600. What is the pigment molecule that ab-
B. neither photosynthesis nor respira- sorbs the sunlight?
tion.
A. hemoglobin
C. respiration.
B. chlorophyll
D. both photosynthesis and respiration.
E. photosynthesis C. ATP
596. In stroma D. ethyl alcohol

A. Enzymatic reactions incorporate CO2
601. In calvin cycle
into the plant leading to ATP and NADPH
formation A. Fructose 1, 6 diphosphate undergoes
B. Enzymatic reactions incorporate CO2 dephosphorylation
into plant leading to the synthesis of B. ATP is formed during dephosphoryla-
sugar, which in turn forms starch tion of fructose
C. Light energy is captured to form glu-
C. 1, 3 di PGA undergo phosphorylation
cose
D. ATP and NADPH are splitted and H2O D. none of these
and O2 comes out
602. Where does the plant get carbon dioxide
597. Where does cellular respiration take for photosynthesis?
place in the cell?
A. The root absorbs it from the soil.
A. Cell Membrane
B. The leaves absorb it from rain water.
B. Nucleus
C. Mitochondria C. It diffuses into the leaf from the air.
D. Vacuole D. none of above

603. During photosynthesis, sunlight raise 608. Which of the following is NOT the product
electrons to higher energy levels. These of light reaction of photosynthesis? [NEET
excited electrons belong to what com- (UG) 2018]
pound?
A. NADPH
A. H20
B. NADH
B. ATP
C. ATP
C. CO2
D. Oxygen
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D. glucose
609. Who proved that vegetation purifies the
604. What does hydrolysis mean? air impured by burning of candle-
A. breaking of water molecules A. Von Mayr
B. Formation by water B. De Saussure
C. Splitting by water C. Sachs
D. Getting rid of water molecules D. Joseph Priestley
605. What is the purpose of photosynthesis? 610. Osmosis is the

A. make glucose A. diffusion of water molecules
B. make ATP B. diffusion of water molecules across a
selectively permeable membrane
C. make light
C. diffusion of particles across a selec-
D. release carbon dioxide
tively permeable membrane
606. What is the most common storage form D. diffusion of water molecules across a
of sugar in plants membrane
A. glucose
611. Which gas enters a stomata?
B. sucrose
A. Oxygen
C. starch
B. Nitrogen
D. cellulose
C. Helium
607. The Calvin cycle is temperature depen- D. Carbon Dioxide
dent because
612. What is cellular respiration?
A. increased temperature increases the
diffusion of carbon dioxide A. the breakdown of glucose to release
ATP
B. increased temperature increases the
rate of collision of molecules B. the breakdown of glucose to release
NADH
C. enzymes involved in the reaction are
affected by changes in temperature C. the breakdown of glucose to release
FADH
D. the reduction of glycerate phosphate
to triose phosphate requires high temper- D. the breakdown of glucose to release
ature carbon

613. When non-cyclic photophosphorylation 619. Which of the following is not true of light-
occurs dependent reactions of photosynthesis

A. light energy in the green region of the A. produce O2 gas
light spectrum is absorbed
B. splits water
B. carbon dioxide is fixed
C. oxygen is produced C. does not need sunlight
D. NAD is reduced D. creates ATP & NAPDH
614. The principle of limiting factor was given 620. Which two things are produced when a
by plant breaks down sugar to release en-
A. Hill ergy?
B. Blackman A. carbon dioxide and water
C. Arnon B. oxygen and carbon dioxide
D. Calvin
C. carbon dioxide and food
615. A photon helps an electron turn into
D. oxygen and food
A. NADPH
B. Another photon 621. What is produced by the photolysis of
two water molecules?
C. P680*
D. A high energy electron A. O2 + 4H+ + 4e-
616. What are the reactants of photosynthe- B. O2 + 4H+ + 2e-

sis? C. 1/2 O2 + 2H+ + 2e-
A. carbon dioxide and oxygen
D. 1/2 O2 + 2H+ + 4e-
B. water and oxygen
C. carbon dioxide and water 622. During aerobic respiration, electrons
travel downhill in which sequence?
D. water and glucose
A. food citric acid cycle ATP NAD+
617. Leaves look green because
A. they eat their vegetables B. food NADH electron transport chain
oxygen
B. to blend into their environment
C. glucose pyruvate ATP oxygen
C. they contain a molecule named chloro-
phyll D. glucose ATP electron transport chain
D. they are sick NADH
618. Electrons transferred from NADPH to con- 623. chloroplast is to photosynthesis as

vert 1, 3-bisphosphoglycerate into G3P.
A. solar energy is to cellular respiration
A. Oxidised
B. metabolism is to carbon
B. Regenerate
C. Reduced C. mitochondria is to cellular respiration
D. Fixed D. oxygen is to carbon dioxide

624. All of the following have an effect on the 629. What is the name of the simple sugar that
rate of photosynthesis EXCEPT is produced in photosynthesis?
A. oxygen availability A. Sucrose
B. carbon dioxide availablilty B. Dextrose
C. Glucose
C. water availability
D. Lactose
D. light intensity
630. How many sugar molecules are produced
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625. What two monosaccharides make up mal- from every six molecules of carbon diox-
tose? ide that enter the Calvin cycle?
A. glucose + galactose A. 1
B. glucose + glucose B. 3
C. 6
C. glucose + fructose
D. 12
D. glucose + glycogen
631. What does carbon combine with to form
626. Where does the plant get water for pho- glucose?
tosynthesis? A. NADPH
A. It moves by diffusion into the leaf B. ATP
when rain falls. C. RuBP
B. It moves by osmosis from the soil into D. G3P
the root and then up the plant to the
leaves. 632. Which of the following occurs during the
light-dependent reactions of plants?
C. The plant makes its own water.
A. electron transport from PS II to PS I
D. It enters the leaf through the stomata.
B. pumping hydrogen ions into the thy-
lakoid memebrane
627. The products formed at the end of stage
1 in the light dependent reactions of pho- C. splitting water
tosynthesis are D. all of the above
A. oxygen, ATP and NADP 633. Where does the Calvin Cycle occur?
B. oxygen, ATP and reduced NADP A. thylakoid
C. water, ATP and NADP B. stroma
D. water, ATP and reduced NADP C. lumen
D. mitochondria
628. The main source of energy for all life
comes from 634. Fluid portion of the chloroplast; outside
of the thylakoids
A. the Earth
A. Chlorophyll
B. the moon B. Stroma
C. the sun C. ATP
D. the food we eat/make D. NADP+

635. The reactions that produce molecular oxy- 640. Why does sprinting lead to a burn in the
gen (O2) take place in muscles?

A. the chloroplast, but are not part of pho- A. The lack of oxygen leads to lactic acid
tosynthesis. fermentation
B. neither the light reactions nor the B. The lack of oxygen leads to alcohol fer-
Calvin cycle. menation
C. both the light reactions and the Calvin C. The increased oxygen consumption
cycle. speeds up cellular respiration, overheat-
D. the light reactions alone. ing the muscles
E. the Calvin cycle alone. D. The decreased oxygen production
overwhelms the signal proteins in your
636. The mitochondria is responsible for lungs
A. photosynthesis
B. anaerobic respiration 641. What is the first process in photosynthe-
sis?
C. aerobic respiration
A. Photosystem I
D. fermentation
B. Photosystem II
637. A student is collecting the gas given off
C. Calvin Cycle
from a plant in bright sunlight at a temper-
ature of 27 C. Which gas would the stu- D. Dark Reactions
dent be collecting?
A. oxygen 642. The primary source of energy for nearly
all life is the Sun. Which BEST describes
B. carbon dioxide how green plants utilize this energy?
C. ATP
A. Green plants convert radiant energy
D. none of above and compounds into food.
638. All plants are B. Green plants convert thermal energy

into organic compounds.
A. heterotrophs
C. Green plants use electromagnetic en-
B. prokaryotes
ergy to release heat.
C. eukaryotes
D. Green plants use mechanical energy to
D. carnivorous release water.
639. Plants need carbon dioxide from their en-
643. Which carbohydrate is found in dairy
vironment to produce glucose during which
products and helps with the absorption of
stage of photosynthesis?
calcium and magnesium?
A. The light-dependent stage
A. Galactose
B. The light-independent stage (The
Calvin Cycle) B. Sucrose
C. The electron transport chain C. Lactose
D. ATP formation D. Maltose

644. The process of cellular respiration B. O2 and water combine to make glu-
A. is performed only by organisms that cose and CO2
are incapable of photosynthesis. C. O2 and CO2 combine to make water
B. is performed by every living thing. and glucose
C. occurs before plants are able to con- D. CO2 and glucose combine to make O2
tinue photosynthesis. and water
D. occurs only in mammals. 649. What is used to reduce NADP in the light-
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645. What do the light reactions produce? dependent reactions of photosynthesis?
A. ATP, NADPH, O2 A. Conversion of ATP into ADP+Pi
B. H2O, O2, Glucose B. Electrons from Photosystem I
C. NADP+, ADP + P, O2 C. Protons from the thylakoid space
D. NADPH, H2O, ATP D. Oxygen released by photolysis of wa-
ter
646. The spongy mesophyll is the chief site of
gaseous exchange in a dicotyledonous leaf. 650. When electrons flow along the electron
This is possible because the cells are transport chains of mitochondria, which of
A. irregular in shape and tightly packed the following changes occurs?
B. elongated in shape and vertically A. The pH of the matrix increases.
packed
B. ATP synthase pumps protons by active
C. found near the upper surface of the transport.
leaf
C. The electrons gain free energy.
D. found near the lower surface of the
leaf D. The cytochromes phosphorylate ADP
to form ATP.
647. Red and blue light support the highest
rates of photosynthesis because 651. Mark out the incorrect statement.
A. Only wavelength that carotenoid can- A. PS II is found in both grana and stroma
not absorb lamellae
B. Chlorophylls absorb light of these B. PS II is involved in photolysis of water
wavelengths more then other wave-
lengths C. PS I participates in both cyclic as well
as non-cyclic flow of electrons.
C. Light of these wavelengths have the
highest energy in the visible spectrum D. The reaction centre in PS II is P680
D. Light of these wavelengths activate 652. In C4 plants, the Calvin cycle
ATP synthase enzyme
A. Takes place at night
648. Which sentence correctly describes photo-
B. Only occurs when the stomata are
synthesis. (assume there is enough sun-
closed
light)
C. Takes place in the mesophyll
A. CO2 and water combine and make O2
and glucose D. Takes place in the bundle-sheath cells

653. Green plants reflect light. 658. What is a disadvantage of fermenta-

A. Red tion?
A. It produces too much ATP

B. Green
B. It only produces 2 ATP
C. All
C. It occurs in the absence of oxygen
D. Red and Violet
D. It is only for quick bursts of energy
654. The role of the guard cell is to
659. Process of formation of ATP from ADP
A. help control the temperature of the while harvesting the photon is referred as
plant
A. Photophosphorylation
B. control how much water enters the
B. Photorespiration
leaf
C. Phosphorylation
C. control how much glucose is stored
D. Respiration
D. control the movement of water vapour
& gases 660. Packet of solar energy
A. Chloroplast
655. As light intensity slowly decreases in a
forest, what will most likely happen to the B. Photon
rate of photosynthesis? C. Electromagnetic spectrum
A. It will slow down with decreasing light D. none of above
intensity.
661. I am testing for the presence of glucose (a
B. It will continue to happen at a normal monosaccharide/simple sugar), which pair
pace. would indicate a positive test?
C. It will speed up with decreasing light A. Benedicts/light blue
intensity.
B. Iodine/brown
D. It will stop with decreasing light inten-
C. Benedicts/orange
sity.
D. Iodine/dark blue
656. These are all properties of a monosaccha-
ride EXCEPT: 662. Who discovered the role of light and
green parts of the plants in purifying the
A. simple sugar noxious air-
B. 1:2:1 ratio A. Von Mayr
C. double sugar B. De saussure
D. used for energy C. Sachs
657. In green plant photosynthesis, the elec- D. Jan Ingenhousz
tron donor for the light dependent reaction 663. Which of the following move through the
is electron transport chain?
A. carbon dioxide A. Protons
B. oxygen B. Electrons
C. RuBP C. Water
D. water D. Carbon Dioxide

664. After glycolysis, if no oxygen is present, Which compounds combine in the presence
the muscle cells will begin of sunlight to form glucose?
A. alcoholic fermentation A. carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen
B. lactic acid fermentation (H2)
C. the ETC B. oxygen (O2) and carbon dioxide (CO2)
D. the Krebs cycle C. carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O)

D. oxygen (O2) and water (H2O)
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665. Which plant structure is extremely neces-
sary for photosynthesis to take place? 670. Why does Photosystem II go first
A. leaves A. Because scientists have complete dis-
B. flower petals dain for students
C. anthers B. Trick question, it doesn’t
D. pistils C. Because it was discovered second, but

actually occurs before Photosystem I
666. Which of the following organisms makes D. Because the entire process was cre-
its own food using light energy from the ated in reverse order.
sun?
A. mushroom 671. What is the location of respiration?
B. amoeba A. stomata
C. leopard B. chloroplasts
D. oak tree C. mitochondria

D. no location
667. Which layer is waxy to protect the
plant? 672. An example of an autotroph would be a
A. Cuticle A. lion
B. Upper Epidermis B. shrub
C. Lower Epidermis C. shrew
D. Spongy Mesophyll D. hawk
E. Palisade Layer 673. Which of the following is associated with
668. Which of these is not a part of the Calvin FNR?
Cycle A. PS I
A. Oxidation of Water B. PS II
B. Regeneration of RuBP C. PS associated with oxygen evolving
C. Carbon Fixation complex
D. Carbohydrate Production D. More than one
669. During photosynthesis, plants absorb 674. How does most of the water needed by
light energy from the Sun and convert it the plant get into its leaves?
into chemical energy in the form of glucose. A. It enters through the stomata

B. The roots absorb it and then it travels 680. The reactants of photosynthesis are
up the xylem A. sugar and water.

C. It’s made during a chemical reaction in B. sugar and oxygen.
the stem
C. carbon dioxide and water.
D. The flowers capture water and deliver
it to the leaves D. carbon dioxide and oxygen.
675. At which location are electrons energized 681. What energy-rich organic compound is
and added to NADP+? produced as a result of the Calvin cycle?
A. Photosystem 1 A. ATP
B. Photosystem 2 B. NADPH
C. Calvin Cycle C. Glucose
D. ATP Synthase D. H20
676. How many carbon atoms are in a 682. High-energy photons
molecule of RuBP?
A. Have short wavelengths
A. 2
B. Have long wavelengths
B. 3
C. Are more likely to produce red light
C. 4 than blue light
D. 5 D. Cannot be absorbed
677. Why can’t animals do photosynthesis? 683. The ingredients of photosynthesis are
A. They are not green A. sugar and water.
B. Animals don’t need energy
B. sugar and oxygen.
C. Animals don’t have chloroplasts
D. none of above
D. carbon dioxide and oxygen.
678. The amount of energy in a wave can be
measured using what trait? 684. Which of the following are products of
the light reactions of photosynthesis that
A. color intensity are utilised in the Calvin cycle?
B. distance from trough to crest A. Electrons and H+
C. the amount of sugar produced B. CO2 and glucose
D. wavelength C. ATP and NADPH
679. What is the effect of increasing light in- D. ADP, Pi and NADPH
tensity in transpiration?
685. What is the location of photosynthesis
A. It decreases transpiration rates
A. chloroplast
B. It increases transpiration rates
C. It doesn’t impact the rate of transpira- B. stomata
tion C. carbon dioxide
D. none of above D. energy

686. Carbohydrates are made of what ele- 691. Up to how many ATP molecules are
ments? made from the breakdown of one glucose
molecule?
A. CHO
A. 2
B. CHON
B. 24
C. CHONP
C. 38
D. CHONS
D. 45
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687. Which cell is in charge of opening and clos- 692. At what point in cellular respiration is the
ing the stomata? majority of the NADH produced?
A. Guard Cell A. Glycolysis
B. Door Cell B. Pyruvate Oxidation
C. Palisade Cell C. Citric Acid Cycle
D. Mesophyll Cell D. Electron Transport Chain
E. Epidermal Cell 693. Process usually occurring within chloro-
plasts whereby chlorophyll traps solar en-
688. At what distance from the light source ergy and carbon dioxide is reduced to a car-
was the greatest number of bubbles pro- bohydrate.
duced?
A. Light-independent reactions
A. 5 cm B. Photosynthesis
B. 10 cm C. Photosystem
C. 20 cm D. none of above
D. 30 cm 694. How is a molecule oxidized?
689. This is referred to as the energy currency A. Electrons are added to the molecule
of the cell B. Electrons are taken from the molecule
A. ADP C. Electrons are shared with the
molecule
B. ATP
D. Protons are added to the molecule
C. Mitochondria
D. Nucleus 695. Where do the enzymatic reactions of the
Calvin cycle take place?
690. How many carbon dioxide molecule must A. stroma of the chloroplast
be added to RuBP to make a single
B. thylakoid membranes
molecule of glucose?
C. matrix of the mitochondria
A. 3
D. thylakoid space
B. 4
696. The process of converting sunlight energy
C. 5
into chemical energy stored in a molecule
D. 6 is called

A. Cellular respiration 701. Which of the following is NOT a product

B. Photosynthesis of the light-dependent reactions?

C. Mitochondria A. ATP
B. NADPH
D. Carbon dioxide
C. Oxygen
697. Transpiration helps the plant
D. Glucose
A. make more sugars at night
702. Which of the following results in the stor-
B. move water from the roots to the stem
age of energy in terms of the ATP/ADP
and leaves
cycle?
C. move sugars from the leaf to be stored
A. The breaking of the bond between the
in the stem & roots
5-carbon sugar and the 1st phosphate
D. make more chloroplasts group
698. The Z-scheme refers to- B. The addition of a phosphate group
A. The type of photosynthesis used in C. The removal of a phosphate group

plants found in areas with minimal precip- D. The addition of glucose
itation
703. How are plant cells different from animal
B. The pattern of grana within the chloro-
cells?
plasts of photosynthetic plants
A. Only plant cells can grow.
C. The carbon-fixation process also
known as the calvin cycle. B. Only animal cells can reproduce.
D. an energy diagram for the transfer of C. Only animal cells can store energy.
electrons in the light reactions of photo- D. Only plant cells can perform photosyn-
synthesis in plants thesis.
699. Which of the following events occurs in 704. Absorption spectrum of chlorophyll is
the light reactions of photosynthesis? maximum in light
A. NADP+ is produced A. red
B. ATP is consumed to yield ADP B. blue
C. carbon dioxide is fixed in organic C. yellow
molecules
D. blue-violet
D. light is absorbed and funneled to
reaction-center chlorophyll a 705. Checkbox question:Which of the follow-
ing are the conditions needed for photosyn-
700. In a chloroplast where are the enzymes thesis? (think carefully here and only tick
of the Calvin cycle located? the correct answers).
A. Thylakoid membranes A. Chlorophyll
B. Stroma B. Glucose
C. Grana C. Sunlight
D. Outer membrane of chloroplast D. Water

706. Active part of higher plant in Photosyn- B. The factor that limits the reaction rate
thesis is..
C. The factor that limits the rate at which
A. Green part an enzyme is destroyed
B. Thylakoid D. none of above
C. Mesophyll
712. Which gas leaves a stomata?
D. none of above
A. Oxygen
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707. In what way is photosynthesis and respi-
ration related to each other? B. Nitrogen
A. The reactants of photosynthesis are C. Helium

the reactants of respiration. D. Carbon Dioxide
B. The products of photosynthesis are the
reactants of respiration. 713. What are Light-Independent Reaction of-
ten called?
C. The products of photosynthesis are
the products of respiration. A. Calvin Cycle
D. none of above B. Photosynthesis
708. On a warm, sunny day, photosynthesis is C. Photon
limited by D. Plasma
A. temperature
714. Main products of the Calvin Cycle
B. light intensity
C. oxygen availability A. Oxygen, NADP+, ADP
D. carbon dioxide availability B. Glucose, CO2, ADP

C. ADP, NADP+, Glucose
709. The energy to hydrolyse water comes
from- D. ATP, NADPH, Oxygen
A. Oxidised chlorophyll
715. Which substance catalyzes carbon fixa-
B. Reduced Chl tion?
C. The proton gradient A. 3-PGA
D. ATP
B. NADPH
710. What organelle makes most of the ATP C. RuBisCO
and is called the power house of the cell?
D. RuBP
A. Ribosomes
B. Lysosomes 716. The release of energy in an organism de-
pends on the conversion of
C. Organelles
D. Mitochondrion A. AMP to ADP.
B. ADP to AZP
711. What is a limiting factor?
C. ATP to ADP.
A. The factor which increases the rate of
a reaction D. ADP to ATP.

717. Location for aerobic respiration C. A plant embryo doesn’t need food until
A. mitochondria it germinates

B. chloroplasts D. Embryos don’t grow roots
C. cytoplasm
723. What chemical indicator is used to test
D. vesicle for Starch or Complex Carbohydrates?
718. Is part of atomic & molecules and reac- A. Benedicts
tions that characterized living & non living B. Biuret Solution
systems.
C. Lugol’s (Iodine)
A. Energy Flow
B. Chloriophyll D. Sudan IV
C. Electron transport chain 724. The final product of the Calvin cycle is
D. none of above A. RuPB
719. The dark reaction in photosynthesis is lim- B. PGA
ited by what?
C. ATP
A. CO2, light, and water
D. G3P
B. CO2, temperature, and light
C. Water, temperature, and CO2 725. Which of the following is NOT a reactant
D. Oxygen, water, and temperature of the Calvin Cycle?
A. NADPH
720. Which of the following formulas repre-
sents photosynthesis? B. ATP
A. 6 H2O + 6 O2 → C6H12O6 + 6 CO2 C. Oxygen
B. 6 H2O + 6 CO2 → C6H12O6 + 6 O2 D. Carbon dioxide
C. C6H12O6 + + 6 O2 → 6 H2O + 6 CO2
726. Green pigment that absorbs solar energy
D. none of above and is important in photosynthesis
A. Stroma
721. Where does glycolysis take place in
cells? B. Photosynthesis
A. Cytoplasm C. Chlorophyll
B. Mitochondrion D. none of above
727. The major products of the light-
D. Ribosomes
dependent reactions are
722. Which statement below is TRUE A. oxygen and water.
A. Seeds dispersed far from the parent B. ATP only
have a better chance of surviving
B. Seeds germinate as soon as they hit
the ground D. ATP and sugars.

728. What is the chemical formula for glu- 733. In green plants, the primary function of
cose? the Calvin cycle is to
A. C6H12O6 A. Use ATP to release carbon
B. C6H6O12 B. Split water to release oxygen.
C. C12H6O12 C. Construct simple sugars from carbon

dioxide.
D. C6O2H6
D. Use NADPH to release carbon
NARAYAN CHANGDER
729. Which of the following activities happens 734. is the process by which cells obtain
within the stroma? energy from glucose.
A. Photosystem I absorbs light. A. photosynthesis
B. ATP synthase produces ATP. B. cellular respiration
C. The Calvin cycle produces sugars. C. rock cycle
D. Electrons move through the electron D. all of the above
transport chain. 735. Which of the following can only take
place when light is present?
730. During photosynthesis, carbon dioxide is
used to make sugars in the A. glycolysis
B. aerobic respiration
A. thylakoids.
C. light-dependent reactions
B. light-dependent reactions
D. light-independent reactions
C. electron transport chain.
736. The rate of photosynthesis is affected by
D. Calvin cycle.
all of the following except
731. Action spectrum of photosynthetic pig- A. the amount of salt.
ments was studied by Englemann on B. the availability of water.
in the presence of bacteria.
C. light intensity.
A. Spirogyra, Anaerobic D. temperature (enzymes).
B. Cladophora, aerobic
737. When carbon dioxide enters the Calvin
C. Chlorella, Aerobic Cycle it is combined with which molecule?
D. Scenedesmus, Anaerobic A. 3 carbon
B. 4 carbon
732. How is photosynthesis beneficial to ani-
mals? C. 5 carbon
D. 6 carbon
A. Provides animals with energy after an-
imals eat plants 738. The energy needed to undergo light de-
B. Provides oxygen for animals to pendent reaction comes from
breathe A. ATP
C. Removes carbon dioxide from the at- B. NADPH
mosphere C. Both of the above
D. All the options are correct D. None of the above

739. The photosynthetic electron transport 744. Where is glucose made in plants?
causes the accumulation of protons(H+ ) in A. thylakoid
which part of the chloroplast?

B. thylakoid membrane
A. matrix
C. stroma
B. stroma
D. outside the chloroplast
C. outer membrane
745. The visible product of photosynthesis is
D. thylakoid membrane space
A. Glucose
740. Explain the difference between au-
B. Starch
totrophs and heterotrophs. Give two ex-
amples of each. C. Cellulose
A. Autotrophs make their own food. D. Fructose
Examples-plants, -cyanobacteria 746. Where does cellular respiration take
B. Heterotrophs get food from place?
others.Examples-people, -fish A. Mitochondria
C. Autotrophs get food from others.Examples- B. Chloroplast
people, -fish
C. Stomata
D. Heterotrophs make their own food.
D. Leaf
Examples-plants, -cyanobacteria
747. is a graph that shows the rate of
741. How many raw materials (ingredients)
photosynthesis at different wavelengths
does photosynthesis require?
of light
A. 1
A. absorption spectrum
B. 2
B. action spectrum
C. 3 C. chlorophylls
D. 4 D. carotenoids
742. The total requirement of ATP & NADPH 748. What products of light reactions of pho-
for each molecule of CO2 fixed & reduced tosynthesis are used in the Calvin cycle?
in photosynthesis in the Calvin cycle is
A. oxygen & protons
A. 2 ATP & 2 NADPH
B. carbon dioxide and water
B. 2 ATP & 3 NADPH
C. glucose & oxygen
C. 3 ATP & 2 NADPH
D. ATP & NAADPH
D. 5 ATP & 2 NADPH
749. Light reaction / photochemical phase
743. What is the final electron acceptor in the includes-
ETC?
A. Absorption of light, water splitting, O2
A. Oxygen/water release
B. CO2 B. ATP and NADPH2 formation
C. Glycolysis C. CO2 fixation and glucose formation
D. Photosynthesis D. a and b

750. This light energy hits photosystem 2, C. Protein

causes a water molecule to split-releasing
D. Sugars
what?
A. neutron, hydrogen ion, oxygen 756. This is the first step of cellular respiration
B. oxygen, carbon dioxide, hydrogen A. Glycolysis
C. electron, neutron, proton
B. Lactic Acid Fermentation
D. electron, hydrogen ion, oxygen
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C. Alcoholic Fermentation
751. If oxygen is present, the pyruvic acid en-
D. Aerobic Respiration
ters the and begins the Krebs cycle.
A. mitochondria 757. What are moss plants produced from?
B. chloroplast A. Seeds
C. cytoplasm
B. Spores
D. cellular membrane
C. Cones
752. For which one of the following physiolog-
D. Spruce
ical studies 13CO2 and 12CO2 are used?
A. Estimate the rate of photosynthesis 758. For a seed to develop into a new plant it
B. Determine rate of photorespiration needs all of the following EXCEPT
C. The ratio of C4 and CAM pathways of A. light
CO2 fixation
B. water
D. The ratio of C3 and C4 pathways of CO2
fixation C. nutrients
753. Lactose is composed of D. oxygen
A. glucose + fructose 759. What color has the longest wavelength,

B. glucose + glucose or the lowest frequency?
C. glucose + sucrose A. violet
D. glucose + galactose B. red
754. Plants need from the air for photo- C. green
synthesis
D. orange
A. oxygen
B. soil 760. The function of the light dependent reac-
C. carbon dioxide tion in photosynthesis is to
D. sugar A. produce sugar
755. What is the energy molecule for all living B. regenerate RuBP
cells? C. produce ATP and reduce NADP
A. ADP D. produce electrons to stabilize the pho-
B. ATP tosystems

761. Which statement is FALSE? 766. Yeast has the ability to undergo what?
A. Thylakoid membranes contain the pho- A. lactic acid fermentation

tosynthetic pigments. B. alcohol fermentation
B. The oxygen released during photosyn- C. photosynthesis
thesis comes from water. D. photorespiration
C. RuBP is produced during cyclic pho-
767. What is the correct equation for photo-
tophosphorylation in the light dependent
synthesis?
reactions.
A. C6H12O6 + 6O2 → 6CO2 + 6H2O
D. The light dependent reactions provide
the energy for the Calvin cycle. B. 6CO2 + 6O2 → C6H12O6 + 6H2O
C. 6CO2 + 6O2 → 6H2O + C6H12O6
762. In which eukaryotic organelles does pho-
D. 6CO2 + 6H2O → 6O2 + C6H12O6
tosynthesis occur?
A. mitochondria 768. Which of the following organisms have
the greatest problem with photorespira-
B. stomata tion?
C. xylem A. C4 plants
D. chloroplast B. C3 plants
C. CAM plants
763. The pigment responsible for red, purple,
and blue in leaves is: D. none of above
A. anthocyanins 769. What organelle is the site of photosyn-

thesis in plants?
B. blueminoid
A. Mitochondria
C. chlorophyll
B. Chlorophyll
D. carotenoids C. Chloroplast
764. Primary electron acceptor in cyclic pho- D. Ribosome
tophosphorylation is (a) (b) (c) (d) 770. What are the raw materials of photosyn-
A. Phaeophytin thesis?
B. Fe-S A. oxygen and carbon dioxide
C. PC B. oxygen and glucose

C. carbon dioxide and water
D. Cyt-b6-f complex
D. water and glucose
765. Which pathway is common to both fer-
771. How do animals get the carbon that they
mentation and cellular respiration?
need?
A. Krebs cycle
A. from the air
B. ETC B. from water
C. glycolysis C. from the soil
D. formation of Acetyl CoA D. from their food

772. Which of these is a product of photosyn- C. stroma of the chloroplast

thesis and a requirement for cellular respi- D. cytoplasm of the cell
ration?
A. carbon dioxide 778. Which pathway represents the flow of
electrons during photosynthesis?
B. glucose
A. H2O → Photosystem I → Photosys-
C. sunlight
tem II
D. water
B. O2 → ADP → Calvin cycle
NARAYAN CHANGDER
773. Which are the two reactants needed for C. Photosystem I → Calvin cycle →
photosynthesis? NADP+
A. Carbon dioxide and oxygen D. H2O → NADP+ → Calvin cycle
B. Carbon dioxide and sunlight
779. Which form of energy is needed by living
C. Carbon dioxide and water organisms to live?
D. Carbon dioxide and glucose
A. Sound energy
774. Which term is the part of photosynthesis B. Chemical energy
when light energy is captured and trans-
C. Electrical energy
ferred to a molecule, such as ATP?
D. Light energy
A. light-independent reactions
B. cellular respiration 780. Minimum photosynthesis takes place in
C. light-dependent reactions A. Green light
D. photosynthesis B. Red light
775. Which of the following go through the C. Blue light
process of photosynthesis? D. White light
A. bees
781. What is the fluid-filled space that con-
B. algae tains enzymes for the light-independent
C. humans reactions called?
D. mushrooms A. Stroma
776. Kranz Anatomy is found in B. Thylakoids
A. Flower C. Chloroplast
B. Seed D. Chlorophyll
C. Leaves 782. What gas does a plant produce with pho-
D. Stem tosynthesis?
A. Carbon dioxide
777. The pigment molecules responsible for
photosynthesis are located in the B. Hydrogen
A. mitochondria C. Oxygen
B. thylakoid membrane of the chloroplast D. Argon

783. What is the overall product produced by 789. Etiolated plants are formed due to lack of
photosynthesis?
A. Light

A. oxygen
B. Hg
B. glucose
C. Fe
C. all of the above
D. Mg
784. what is the major photosynthetic region 790. What is the independent variable in an
of the leaf? experiment?
A. palasade mesophyll layer A. the variable the experimenter has con-
B. spongy layer trol over
C. guard cells B. the data the experimenter is collecting

D. stomata C. factors that do not change over the
course of the experiment
785. Glycolysis results in the net gain of:
D. none of above
A. 2 ATP
B. 4 ATP 791. What can be calculated from a wave-
C. 4 NADH length measurement of light?
D. 2 Acetyl CoA A. a specific portion of the visible spec-
trum
786. The process carried out by yeast that
causes bread dough to rise is B. color intensity
A. alcoholic fermentation C. the amount of energy of a wave of light
B. cellular respiration D. the distance from trough to crest of
C. lactic acid fermentation the wave
D. mitosis 792. What is the main pigment in chloro-

787. How does a human body get energy? plasts?
A. Sunlight on the skin produces energy. A. chrolphyll

B. Water provides the majority of energy. B. stomata
C. Food and oxygen combine to deliver C. green
energy
D. none of above
D. Sleep provides energy stored at night
for the next day. 793. How does the oxygen produced by the
plant during photosynthesis escape into
788. Which process converts carbon in the
the air?
form of sugar into carbon dioxide gas?
A. through large holes in the stem
A. Bioremediation
B. Photosynthesis B. released when an animal eats a plant
C. Respiration C. through the roots
D. Transpiration D. through tiny openings called stomata

794. For the release of oxygen, it has cross C. xylem

how many membranes of chloroplast D. cambium
A. 1
800. Heterotrophs are different from au-
B. 2 totrophs because
C. 3 A. they can make their own food
D. 4 B. they produce all of the food available
on earth
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795. Oxygen competes with Carbon dioxide
for the active site of C. they cannot make their own food
A. PEP carboxylase D. they are called producers
B. ATP synthase 801. This process does not make ATP alone,
C. RuBP carboxylase but it allows glycolysis to continue making
ATP when oxygen is unavailable for cellu-
D. NADH dehydrogenase lar respiration.
796. What are the 2 products of photosynthe- A. Fermentation
sis? The products are the things made in B. Electron Transport Chain
the process of photosynthesis.
C. Glycolysis
A. water, sunlight
D. Kreb’s cycle
B. glucose, carbon dioxide
802. Photosystem II functions as a light depen-
C. oxygen, glucose
dent water-plastoguinone oxidoreductase.
D. sunlight, oxygen What are the names of two reaction center
proteins that hind electron transfer pros-
797. Flattened sacs of internal membranes as-
thetic groups, such as P680, Pheophytin
sociated with photosynthesis are called
and Plastoquinone?
A. CP43 and CP47
A. Chloroplasts.
B. D1 and D2
B. The stroma.
C. 33kda and 23kda
C. Cristae.
D. FA and FS
D. Thylakoids.
803. An autotroph is an organism that can?
798. What is produced through Glycolysis?
A. make its own food.
A. Pyruvate
B. grow its own food
B. 2 molecules of pyruvate
C. kill and eat other organisms.
C. Acetyl Coenzyme-A
D. play ball with you.
D. 2 molecules of acetyl coenzyme-A
804. Which form of cellular transport requires
799. What vascular tissue transports water would not occur if there were no ATP
from the roots to the rest of the plant? present
A. the leaves A. Active Transport
B. phloem B. Diffusion

C. Osmosis 810. In a leaf, most photosynthesis takes

D. Facilitated Diffusion place in the

A. epidermis.
805. A leaf is the broadest part of the plant
B. mesophyll.
and this is good for photosynthesis be-
cause, the broad leaf C. cuticle.
A. curls up when touched D. stomata.
B. increases surface area 811. Which of the following is not needed for
C. catches rain water photosynthesis to occur?
A. sunlight
D. stores lipids for the plants
B. carbon dioxide
806. What is the green pigment responsible
C. water
for capturing the light energy used by pho-
tosynthesis? D. oxygen
A. chlorophyll 812. Chlorophyll absorbs light.
B. carotene A. red-blue
C. xanthophyll B. yellow
D. anthocyanin C. green
D. light greens
807. Intermediate metabolite which is formed
during the light independent reaction in 813. The light independent reactions of photo-
photosynthesis is synthesis happen where?
A. NADH A. stroma of chloroplast
B. Oxygen B. mitochondrial matrix
C. Ribulose bisphosphate C. stem
D. Water D. thylakoid membrane
808. Which of the following organelles is re- 814. . Who used prism, green alga Cladophora
sponsible for cellular respiration? and aerobic bacteria and plotted the first
action spectrum for photosynthesis?
A. Mitochondria
A. Sachs
B. Nucleus
B. Arnon
C. Arnold
D. Ribosome D. Engelmann
809. A plant traps light energy from the sun 815. Which of the following carry out photo-
by using the chemical- synthesis?
A. chloroplast found in the cytoplasm A. bees
B. chlorophyll found in the chloroplast B. red algae
C. carbon found in the chlorophyll C. humans
D. glucose found in the chloroplast D. mushrooms

816. which one of the following is NOT the ac- 821. Moll’s half leaf experiment proves that-
cessory pigment of photosynthesis? A. Light is essential for photosynthesis
A. chlorophyll b B. CO2 is essential for photosynthesis
B. chlorophyll a C. O2 releases during photosynthesis
C. both chlorophyll a and b D. Chlorophyll is essential for photosyn-
D. carotenoid thesis
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817. How will clear-cutting of forests affect 822. If the absorption spectrum of photo-
the level of carbon dioxide in the atmo- synthetic pigments was restricted to the
sphere? green portion of the spectrum, which pig-
ment or pigments would be affected the
A. It will decrease because of increased least
respiration.
A. Carotenoids
B. It will increase because of decreased
photosynthesis. B. Chlorophyll a
C. It will decrease because of decreased C. Chlorophyll b

photosynthesis. D. Chlorophyll c
D. It will remain constant as respiring an- 823. In which part of the chloroplasts are the
imals remove the carbon dioxide. Calvin cycle enzymes located?
818. Where do the light-dependent reactions A. cristae
occur? B. grana
A. thylakoid membrane C. stroma
B. stroma D. thylakoid
C. mesophyll
824. Plants need to take in oxygen gas for res-
D. mitochondria piration
819. Which of the following is not a reactant A. only at night

in photosynthesis B. only during the day
A. H2O C. both during the day & the night
B. Light Energy D. none of above
C. CO2 825. Which terms best describe het-
D. O2 erotrophs?
A. Plants; producers
820. This process produces molecules that
carry energy to the second part of cellular B. Animals; producers
respiration C. Plants; consumers
A. Photosynthesis D. Animals; consumers
B. Kreb’s Cycle
826. What does NADP+ need bound to it be-
C. Glycolysis fore becoming NADPH?
D. Electron Transport Chain A. 2 H+ ions and 1 electron

B. 1 H+ and 1 electron B. phloem

C. 2 electrons and 1 H+ ion electron C. stoma

D. 1 electron only D. guard cell
827. Which reaction is needed to join two 833. what is the storage(s) form of carbohy-
monosaccharides? drate found in mammals?
A. Hydration A. Glucose and glycogen
B. Dehydration B. Glycogen
C. Dehydrogenation C. starch
D. Hydrolysis D. Fiber and glycogen
828. Which is not a waste product of cellular 834. What happens during the light phase of
respiration? photosynthesis?
A. Water A. ADP is hydrolysed and NADPH oxidised
B. Heat B. ADP is phosphorylated and NADP re-
C. Carbon Dioxide duced
D. Oxygen C. ATP is hydrolysed and NADPH oxidised

D. ATP is hydrolysed and NADP reduced
829. Chlorophyll is important in the
A. formation of ADP from NADP+ 835. What are the substances produced during
photosynthesis?
B. reactions of the Calvin cycle.
A. sugar and oxygen
C. absorption of light energy.
B. water
D. formation of carbon dioxide.
C. light
830. Breathing brings into your lungs. D. carbon dioxide
A. carbon dioxide
836. Which of the following is not a function
B. oxygen of stems?
C. sugar A. Carry substances between leaves and
D. none of above roots
831. What factors are necessary for the dark B. store food
phase? C. make food
A. oxygen, water and ATP D. support the plant
B. CO2, hydrogen atoms and water 837. How many sugar units make up polysac-
C. ATP, CO2 and hydrogen atoms charides?
D. water, ATP and CO2 A. one
832. carries water and minerals from roots to B. two

other parts of the plant C. more than two
A. xylem D. zero

838. Which order of molecular conversions is C. It takes place in the stroma

correct for the Calvin cycle? D. none of above
A. RuBP+G3P→ 3-PGA→ sugar
843. The biochemical objective of PS I is to
B. RuBisCO→ CO2→RuBP→G3P
A. Oxidase NADPH
C. RuBP+CO2→[RuBisCO]3-PGA→G3P
B. Hydrolyse ATP
D. CO2→3-PGA→RuBP→G3P C. Phosphorylate AdP
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D. Reduce NADP+
839. What molecules enter the chloroplasts for
photosynthesis? 844. Photosynthesis is to chloroplasts as cel-
A. Water lular respiration is to
B. Oxygen A. chloroplasts
C. Carbon Dioxide B. cytoplasm
D. Solar energy (light) C. mitochondria
E. Glucose D. none of above
840. Which of the following best describes 845. Who proved that O2 comes from water,
photosynthesis? not from CO2 in photosynthesis? It was
A. Photosynthesis converts radiant en- based on the experiment of photosynthe-
ergy into chemical energy. sis in purple and green bacteria.
B. Photosynthesis produces carbohy- A. Van Neil

drates. B. Englemann
C. Plants need sunlight, carbon dioxide, C. Arnold
water, nutrients, and chlorophyll to com-
D. Arnon
plete photosynthesis.
D. Plants use chlorophyll, water, and car- 846. Who used prism, white light, green alga,
bon dioxide to make sugar. Cladophora and aerobic bacteria and plot-
ted the action spectra for photosynthesis
841. Important to the structural integrity of
A. Sachs
plant cells, this is the single most popular
polysaccharide in the world. B. Arnon
A. Starch C. Arnold
B. Glycogen D. Englemann
C. Cellulose 847. Will the rate of photosynthesis be faster
D. Chitin when there’s lots of carbon dioxide or lit-
tle carbon dioxide?
842. Choose the statement that best describes
light reaction. A. Lots of carbon dioxide
A. It converts CO2 to sugar molecule B. Little carbon dioxide
B. It converts light energy to chemical en- C. no difference

ergy of ATP and NADPH D. none of above

848. What part of the plant cell performs pho- C. 3-phosphoglycerate.

tosynthesis? D. NADPH.

A. The Mitochondrion E. CO2
B. The Nucleus
854. The Calvin Cycle occurs in the
C. The Chloroplast
A. Thylakoid
D. The Cell Wall
B. Grana
849. After removal of carbon, the oxygen in C. Inner membrane of chloroplast
carbon dioxide ends up in-
D. Stroma
A. Air
B. Sugar 855. What substances are the products of the
photosynthesis reaction?
C. Water molecules
A. sugar (glucose)
D. The sugar and water molecules
B. carbon dioxide
850. Which of the following are light- C. oxygen
dependent reactions of photosynthesis?
D. water
A. produces oxygen gas
B. uses CO2 856. What are the 3 reactants of photosynthe-
sis? The reactants are the things needed
C. splits water molecules for photosynthesis to occur.
D. requires ATP and NADPH to start the A. oxygen, glucose, sunlight
reaction
B. sunlight, oxygen, water
851. Which of the following is produced during C. water, oxygen, carbon dioxide
the process of cellular respiration?
D. carbon dioxide, sunlight, water
A. carbon dioxide
B. sodium chloride 857. Autotrophs are
C. oxygen A. organisms that stay to themselves out
in nature
D. sugar
B. organisms that generate their OWN
852. Carbon dioxide is returned to the atmo- food
sphere primarily by the C. organisms that get their energy from
A. eruption of volcanoes. other organisms
B. respiration of consumers. D. organisms that only eat plants
C. fallout from solar flares. 858. In what organelle of plant cells does pho-
D. process of photosynthesis. tosynthesis occur?
853. Photorespiration occurs when rubisco re- A. mitochondria

acts RuBP with B. centrioles
A. O2 C. chloroplast
B. glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate. D. ribosomes

859. What is produced as a result of photosyn- 864. How are sugars formed in nature?
thesis? A. Photosynthesis
A. glucose and chlorophyll B. Cellular respiration
B. water and light energy C. Hydrolysis
C. glucose and oxygen D. Dehydration
D. carbon dioxide and water
865. The earliest photosynthesizers probably
860. Which among the following sentence is used what as a source of hydrogen?
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wrong about C4 plants? A. H2S
A. Leaves posses Kranz anatomy B. H2O
B. RUBISCO is present in mesophyll cells C. CO2
C. PEP carboxylase is present in meso- D. C6H12O6
phyll cells
866. Which of these functions correctly de-
D. PEP is the CO2 acceptor scribes the role of a dicotyledonous leaf?
861. O 2 2 → C6H12O6 + 6O2In this chemi- A. Control of transpiration
cal equation, the highlight red is called the B. Removal of poisonous gases from the
air
A. product C. Absorption of radiant energy
B. reactant D. Food storage
C. yields
867. What opens and close the stomata?
D. production
A. guard cells
862. For which one of the following physiolog- B. xylem
ical studies 12CO2 and 13CO2 are used? C. phloem
A. Estimate the rate of photosynthesis D. cuticle
B. Determine rate of photorespiration
868. *Plants and plant-like organisms make
C. The ration of C4 and CAM pathways of their own food or energy (glucose) from
CO2 fixation sunlight.
D. The ration of C3 and C4 pathways of A. Chemotrophs
CO2 fixation
B. Heterotrophs
863. Nitrogen makes up 78% of Earth’s atmo- C. Autotrophs
sphere. Which statement BEST describes
D. Saprophytes
the importance of the nitrogen cycle?
A. People need nitrogen to breathe. 869. Wil a plant that lives close to a tree have
the same rate of photosynthesis than a
B. Nitrogen gas cannot be used directly
plant that lives further from the tree?
by most organisms.
A. It will be faster
C. Nitrogen needs to combine with oxy-
gen to make water. B. It will be slower
D. Plants need nitrogen for photosynthe- C. There will be no difference
sis. D. none of above

870. Chemical reaction that requires energy in- 875. Which of the following is directly associ-
put (heat, light, or electricity) in order to ated with Photosystem I?
proceed.

A. harvesting light energy to make ATP
A. exothermic reaction B. receiving electrons from the thylakoid
B. exergonic reaction membrane ETC
C. endothermic reaction C. generation of molecular oxygen
D. endergonic reaction D. extraction of hydrogen electrons from

the splitting of water
871. What are the requirements for respira-
876. Where does the carbon come from that is
tion?
used to form glucose?
A. nothing
A. The soil
B. light energy, carbon, water B. CO2 in the air
C. Oxygen gas, and simple sugar C. From other carbohydrates
D. carbon, gass D. Calvin Cycle
872. Calvin cycle is also known as 877. Carbon Dioxide enters the plant through
small openings on the undersides of leaves
A. Light dependent reaction
called?
B. Chemisosmosis
A. chlorophyll
C. Light independent reaction
B. stomata
D. Photoactivation C. pigments
873. Reactions that consume CO2 take place D. none of above
in
878. During which phaseis oxygen released?
A. the light reactions of photosynthesis
A. light
only
B. dark
B. the calvin cycle only
C. Krebs cycle
C. the light reactions and the calvin cycle
D. Glycolysis
D. the calvin cycle and the citric acid cycle
879. How many products are produced during
874. Land plants aren’t the only autotrophs photosynthesis?
on the planet. Phytoplankton are marine A. 1
organisms that are also autotrophs that
contain chloroplasts and chlorophyll. They B. 2
make glucose and release oxygen. What C. 3
reactants do they require? D. 4
A. H2O and O2
880. What is the pigment in chloroplasts that
B. ATP and glucose performs photosynthesis?
C. water and ATP A. Chlorosynthesis
D. water and carbon dioxide B. Chlorophyll

C. ADP 886. In photosynthesis, plants use chlorophyll

D. Electron Transport to produce
A. sugar
881. Which process is considered to be a part
of the carbon cycle? B. water
A. precipitation C. energy
B. metamorphosis D. carbon dixoide
C. condensation
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887. Which organisms perform Photosynthe-
D. photosynthesis sis?
882. What is/are the products of light inde- A. Only Autotrophs
pendent reaction? B. Only Heterotrophs
A. ATP C. Autotrophs and Heterotrophs
B. NADPH D. none of above
C. H2O
888. Which of the following explains what
D. C6H12O6
happens to oxygen produced by the light-
E. pyruvate dependent reactions?
883. In glycolysis, glucose is converted into A. It is used in the Calvin cycle.
two molecules of B. It is released into the atmosphere.
A. citric acid C. It combines with NADPH to produce
B. oxaloacetic acid water.
C. pyruvic acid D. It is recycled as a reactant in another
D. Acetyl CoA light-dependent reaction.
884. Which part of the plant is an opening that 889. which of the following statement is true
allows for gas exchange? for light reaction?
A. Stomata A. it is also known as bio-chemical phase
B. Guard Cell B. it is directly driven by light
C. Palisade C. it releases lot of heat and light after
D. Xylem reaction
E. Phloem D. it occurs in darkness too
885. In non-cyclic photophosphorylation, pho- 890. What is the role of ribulose-I, 5-
tolysis occurs, oxygen is released and hy- bisphosphate, abbreviated RuBisCO, in
drogen is taken up by an acceptor molecule. photosynthesis?
Which of the following molecules accepts
A. It catalyzes the reaction between C02
hydrogen?
and ribulose bisphosphate (RuBP).
A. FAD
B. It catalyzes the reaction that produces
B. NAD glyceraldehyde3-phosphate (G3P).
C. RuBP C. It catalyzes the reaction that regener-
D. NADP ates RuBP.

D. It catalyzes the reaction utilizing ATP C. Mesophyll cells

and NADPH. D. Bundle-sheath cells

891. The important gases, carbon dioxide and 896. The hydrogen ions from splitting water
oxygen, enter and leave the leaf through are used directly to
the
A. make NADPH
A. upper epidermis
B. make glucose
B. phloem
C. absorb light
C. stomata
D. make ATP
D. guard cells
897. Reaction centre of PSI is and Reaction
892. In photosynthesis, the light-dependent centre of PSII is
reaction takes place at (AIPMT RETEST
A. P680, P700
2015)
B. P700, P680
A. stromal matrix
C. P800, P600
B. thylakoid lumen
D. P700, P900
C. photosystem I
D. photosystem II 898. Which kinds of cells carry out cellular res-
piration?
893. If carbon dioxide is completely removed
A. plant cells
from a plant’s environment, what would
you expect to happen to the plant’s pro- B. animal cells
duction of high-energy sugars? C. bacterial cells
A. More sugars will be produced. D. all cells
B. No sugars will be produced.
899. What is the name of the structure on a
C. The same number of sugars will be pro- leaf that lets gasses flow in and out?
duced but without carbon dioxide.
A. Stomata
D. Fewer sugars will be produced at first,
B. Cell membrane
but then the plant will recover.
C. chlorophyll
894. What is the main purpose of the light de-
D. chloroplast
pendent reactions?
A. To provide the energy for the calvin cy- 900. How do plants obtain energy?
cle A. From the dirt
B. To capture energy and make sugar B. From the stomata
C. To reflect green light C. From the sunlight
D. To make sugars D. none of above
895. In C4 plants, reactions that fix CO2 into 901. What are the substances needed for pho-
four carbon compounds occur in tosynthesis?
A. Guard cells A. carbon dioxide
B. Epidermal cells B. water

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C. sunshine 906. What can change shape to open and close

D. All of the above the stoma?
A. guard cells
902. How is water transported from stems to
leaves? B. xylem
A. xylem C. phloem
B. phloem D. vascular bundle
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C. stems 907. Photolysis is a process of splitting water
into oxygen, proton and
D. roots
A. Electron
903. Molecules that absorb light energy are
B. ATP
called
C. NADPH
A. stromas
D. NADH
B. chloroplasts
C. pigments 908. The light reactions occur in the and
the dark reactions take place in the
D. none of above
A. Chloroplast / thylakoid membrane
904. If you string together 8 glucoses, how
B. stroma / thylakoid
many water molecules will come out?
C. mesophyl / stomata
A. 1
D. thylakoid membrane / stroma
B. 4
C. 7 909. Where in photosynthesis is the energy of
excited electrons used to pump hydrogen
D. 8
ions into the thylakoid in order to create a
905. The process that converts food (glucose) gradient?
into energy is called A. Calvin Cycle
A. Cellular Respiration B. Photosystem II
B. Photosynthesis C. Photosystem I
C. Chloroplast D. ATP Synthase
D. Carbon dioxide E. Electron Transport Chain
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1. Which of the following biomolecules is D. Fructose-1, 6-Bisphosphate
common to respiration mediated break-
down of fats, carbohydrates and pro- 2. Which of these are the products of aerobic
teins? respiration?
A. Pyruvic Acid A. Oxygen
B. Acetyl-CoA B. 38 ATP
C. Glucose-6-Phosphate C. 2 ATP

D. Water 8. During prolonged fastings, in what se-

E. Carbon dioxide quence are the following organic com-
pounds used up by the body?

3. A plant’s response to an environmental A. First carbohydrates, next fats and
stimuli is known as a lastly proteins
A. action B. First fats, next carbohydrates and
B. tropism lastly proteins
C. chemical reaction C. First carbohydrates, next proteins and

lastly lipids
D. none of above
D. First proteins, next lipids and lastly
4. A chemical reaction where more energy carbohydrates
is supplied and stored than released, like
photosynthesis. 9. The photosynthesis ocurrs in:
A. The morning
A. endergonic
B. The night
B. exergonic
C. The morning and night
C. physical
D. none of above
D. entropy
10. ATP is-
5. Conversion of glucose to glucose-6-
phosphate, the first irreversible reaction A. An energy currency
of glycolysis, is catalyzed by: B. a nucleotide
A. Enolase C. formed in both respiration and photo-
B. Phosphofructokinase synthesis
C. Aldolase D. All
D. Hexokinase 11. A student is collecting the gas given off

from a plant in bright sunlight at a tem-
6. What do stomata takes during the photo- perature of 27 degrees Celcius. The gas
synthesis? being collected is probably
A. O A. oxygen
B. Carbon dioxide B. carbon dioxide
C. oxygen C. ATP
D. none of above D. glucose
7. can transport food and water throughout 12. Aerobic breakdown of glucose yields en-
the plant ergy which is
A. vascular tissue A. 2870 kJ
B. dermal tissue B. 1870 kJ
C. meristematic tissue C. 3870 kJ
D. ground tissue D. 3370 kJ

13. Part of a plant that holds and protects 19. What is the fuul form of ATP?
seeds A. Adenosine Phosphate
A. roots
B. Adenosine Triphosphate
B. stem
C. Adinosne Triphosphate
C. fruit
D. leaves
20. Where does the cellular respiration take
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14. The respiration in roots takes place by place in a cell?
process
A. Chloroplast
A. Diffusion
B. Nucleus
B. Osmosis
C. Mitochondria
C. Exchange
D. None of the above D. Cytoplasm
15. Part of a plant used for support and has 21. The act or process of taking air into your
tubes for carrying food, minerals, and wa- lungs and releasing it.
ter A. particle
A. roots B. cell
B. stem C. respiration
C. leaves D. breathing
D. flower
22. Foods synthesized in the process of Photo-
16. What does anaerobic mean? synthesis by plants is stored as
A. With oxygen A. Starch
B. Without oxygen B. Protein
C. With glucose C. Vitamins
D. Without glucose D. Fats
17. The male reproductive organ of the flower 23. Seed structure that stores nutrients
A. pistil
A. radicle
B. sepal
B. plumule
C. ovary
C. testa
D. stamen
D. endosperm
18. The energy released in respiration process
is energy 24. What is formed at the end of glycolysis
A. Physical A. 2 ATPs and 2 Glucose molecules
B. Chemical B. 2 ATPs and 2 pyruvic acids
C. both physical and chemical C. 32 ATPS and FADH
D. None D. Citric acid and glucose

25. In a herb like basil, exchange of gases B. carbon

takes places through the stomata. How- C. carbon dioxide
ever in thick woody stem of the birch tree,

gaseous exchange takes place through the D. none of above
31. This part help the plants to stay upright
A. anticels and support the branches and leaves.
B. penticels A. Roots
C. lenticels B. Stem
D. stomata C. Leaves
D. none of above
26. responsible for opening and closing the
stomata 32. Chlorophyll is a what?
A. cell membrane A. A religion
B. phloem B. A cool new dance move
C. guard cells C. A pigment (color)
D. xylem D. A healthy energy drink
27. Which step is the same in both forms of 33. The number of substrate level phosphory-
fermentation, as well as in cellular respi- lations in one turn of citric acid cycle is
ration? A. One
A. formation of carbon dioxide and alco- B. Two
hol C. Three
B. formation of carbon dioxide and water D. Zero
C. breakdown of pyruvic acid
34. glucose & oxygen
D. breakdown of glucose
A. the products of photosynthesis
28. reaches the air in the soil particles . B. the reactants of photosynthesis
A. root C. the products of cellular respiration
B. root hair D. the reactants of glycolysis
C. root particles 35. The reactant(s) for photosynthesis are
D. none of above A. C6 H12 O6 + 6O2
29. catabolism means process B. 6CO2 + 6 H2O
A. building up C. ATP
B. Breaking down D. C6 H12 O6
C. combustion 36. Function of respiration is to-
D. none of these A. make ATP
30. what does the plant release during the res- B. Make NADH
piration? C. Get rid of glucose
A. oxygen D. Get rid of CO2

37. O2 + 6H2O →C6H12O6 + O2 The reac- 43. The release in energy from the sugar that
tant(s) for the above chemical reaction is are in plant and animal cells is called
which of the following?
A. photosynthesis
A. C6 H12 O6 + 6O2
B. transpiration
B. 6CO2 + 6 H2O
C. cellular respiration
C. ATP
D. C6 H12 O6 D. transition
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38. Seed structure that grows become roots 44. For the synthesis of Fatty acids, which of
A. radicle the following substrates will be used?
B. plumule A. Acetyl CoA
C. cotyledon B. PGAL
D. endosperm C. BPGA
39. How are photosynthesis and cellular respi- D. Pyruvic Acid
ration related?
A. They have the same equation 45. Which statement describes the role of
flowers in plant survival?
B. They both produce carbon dioxide
C. They have opposite equations A. Flowers can absorb carbon dioxide for
sugar production.
D. They both produce oxygen
B. Flowers produce oxygen through cellu-
40. How do plants get the carbon that they lar respiration
need?
C. Flowers contain cells that carry out
A. from the air photosynthesis
B. from water
D. Flowers contain cells that produce ga-
C. from the soil metes
D. from fertilizer
46. One function of roots is
41. Covers and protects the plant
A. transport food
A. meristematic tissue
B. anchor plant
B. dermal tissue
C. vascular tissue C. carry out photosynthesis
D. ground tissue D. gas exchange
42. Which of the following is correct about 47. What are the reactants in respiration?
photosynthesis?
A. glucose and oxygen
A. Occur during day and night
B. Use oxygen (Oxygen in) B. glucose and carbon dioxide
C. Produce water C. water and carbon dioxide

D. Use carbon dioxide (Carbon dioxide in) D. oxygen and water

48. O2 + 6H2O →C6H12O6 + O2 The for- 54. Organisms that have to eat to get their en-
mula above represents which chemical re- ergy.
action?

A. Autotrophs
A. Photosynthesis
B. heterotrophs
B. Glycolysis
C. producers
C. Krebs Cycle
D. Plantae
D. Cellular respiration
55. What is respiration?
49. When a molecule of pyruvic acid is sub-
jected to fermentation and forms lactic A. The process by which plants make
acid, there is their food.
A. Gain of 2 ATP B. The process by which animals make
their food.
B. Loss of 3 ATP
C. Loss of 6 ATP C. The process of breaking down glucose
to release energy.
D. Gain of 3 ATP
D. none of above
50. What is the main purpose of seeds in
plants that have them? 56. What is the equation to show respira-
tion?
A. To protect and distribute the zygote
A. glucose+oxygen→carbon+water+energy
B. To entice animals to eat the plant
C. To be fertilized by other plants
B. glucose+oxygen→carbon-monoxide+water+energy
D. To store water for the mother plant
51. produces new cells to increase plant length C. glucose+oxygen→carbon-dioxide+water+energy
A. ground tissue
B. vascular tissue D. none of the above
C. meristematic tissue 57. Which term is the part of photosynthesis
D. dermal tissue which uses ATP from the first stage in or-
der to produce glucose? Hint:Occurs in the
52. When you eat food, what reactant of cel- stroma!
lular respiration are you obtaining?
A. light-independent reactions
A. ATP
B. cellular respiration
B. oxygen
C. light-dependent reactions
C. glucose
D. carbon dioxide D. photosynthesis
53. Lenticels are pores present in- 58. Product of photosynthesis are
A. Leaf A. carbon dioxide and glucose
B. Root B. oxygen and glucose
C. seed C. water and glucose
D. Bark D. none of above

59. Plants can make sugar with (choose all B. Oxygen + Carbon dioxide + Energy
the ingredients) → Glucose + Water
A. Sunlight C. Carbon dioxide + Glucose → Oxygen
B. Chlorophyll + Water + Energy
D. Water + Carbon dioxide + Energy →
C. Soil
Oxygen + Glucose
D. Water
65. Which of the following statements about
E. Carbon Dioxide
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Glycolysis is TRUE?
60. In cellular respiration, the electron trans- A. Anerobes do not initiate respiration
port chain takes place in with Glycolysis
A. the membrane of the mitochondrion B. It occurs in Mitochondria
B. the folds of the mitochondrion C. It was first described by Embden, Mey-
C. the cytoplasm erhof and Parnas
D. the cell nucleus D. One molecule of glucose is broken

down into 2 molecules of Lactic acid
61. light energy is converted into chemical en-
ergy (glucose) 66. Ultimate source of energy for all living or-
ganisms is
A. cellular respiration
A. Plants
B. photosynthesis
B. Atmosphere
C. endergonic reactions
C. Earth
D. exergonic reactions
D. Sun
62. Pyruvate dehydrogenase activity during 67. every in an organism needs oxygen to
aerobic respiration requires: perform life activities
A. Calcium A. tissue
B. Iron B. cell
C. Cobalt C. organ
D. Magnesium D. veins
63. What is the net gain of ATP during glycol- 68. What is the molecule called that mitochon-
ysis? dria produce when they respire glucose?
A. 1 A. ATP
B. 2 B. ADP
C. 3 C. DNA
D. 4 D. 80p
64. What is the chemical equation for cellular 69. Sucrose is converted into glucose and fruc-
respiration? tose. The enzyme which facilitates this re-
A. Glucose + Oxygen → Carbon dioxide action is called:
+ Water + Energy A. Zymase

B. Maltase C. The products of one process are used

C. Invertase as reactants by the other process
D. The reactants of one process are also

D. Isomerase
the reactants of the other process
70. Gas exchange occurs by 75. has diverse functions like photosynthesis
A. lungs and nutrient storage
B. diffusion A. dermal tissue
C. roots B. ground tissue
C. vascular tissue
D. nutrients and wastes
D. meristematic tissue
71. Which of these statements is incorrect?
76. In photosynthesis formation of com-
A. Glycolysis operates as long as it is sup- plex compounds from simple inorganic
plied with NAD that can pick up hydrogen molecules is called
atoms
A. Anabolism
B. Glycolysis occurs in cytosol B. Photosynthesis
C. Enzymes of TCA cycle are present in C. Catabolism
mitochondrial matrix
D. None
D. Oxidative phosphorylation takes place
in outer mitochondrial membrane 77. The first step of cellular respirations is
A. Krebs cycle
72. Cellular Respiration occurs in what part of
B. ATP/ADP cycle
the cell
C. Glycolysis
A. Chloroplast
D. ETC
B. Mitochondria
78. At night, plants absorb more and re-
C. Cytoplasm
lease more
D. Nucleus A. Absorb more water and release more
73. What part of the cell does photosynthesis energy.
take place? B. Absorb more Carbon Dioxide and Re-
lease more Oxygen.
A. Mitochondria
C. Absorb more Oxygen and release
B. Choloroplast more Carbon Dioxide.
C. Central Vacoule D. none of above
D. Stoma
79. Through what part of the plant are gases
74. Which identifies the relationship between such as CO2 and O2 able to enter and
photosynthesis and cellular respiration? leave?
A. Chloroplasts
A. Both processes generate energy for
cell use B. Roots
B. Both processes release energy for cell C. Stomata
use D. Seeds

80. Which organism uses Anaerobic Respira- 86. Leaf is the site of and process
tion? A. Respiration
A. Plants B. Photosynthesis
B. Animals C. Both 1 and 2
C. Bacteria D. Secreation
D. Protist
87. How many oxidation, decarboxylation and
81. Exchange of gases in plant leaf by the pro- substrate level phosphorylation occurs re-
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cess of- spectively during complete oxidation of
A. Endo osmosis two pyruvate molecule:-
B. Exo osmosis A. 3, 5, 1
C. Diffusion B. 6, 10, 2
D. Transpiration C. 10, 6, 2
D. 5, 3, 1
82. Statement A) leaf is the site for photo-
synthesis. Statement B) plants or trees 88. Which of the following is the energy yield-
respire through stomata only ing step of glycolysis?
A. Both A and B are true A. Glucose → Glucose-6-phosphate
B. Both A and B are false B. BPGA → PGA
C. A Is false and B is true C. Fructose-1, 6-biphosphate → PGAL
D. A Is true and B is false D. Phosphoenolpyruvate→Pyruvate
83. The process of respiration in plants occurs 89. Stem respire through
A. When stomata are open A. Stomata
B. Only when photosynthesis stops B. Lenticles
C. Only one photosynthesis in progress C. Root hair
D. all the time D. None
84. What do stomata takes during the respira- 90. Cellular respiration is called an aerobic pro-
tion? cess because it requires
A. O A. light
B. Carbon dioxide B. exercise
C. oxygen C. oxygen
D. none of above D. glucose
85. Respiratory Quotient (RQ) value of tri- 91. How many ATP molecules are released dur-
palmitin is ing aerobic respiration?
A. 0.9 A. 48
B. 0.7 B. 26
C. 0.07 C. 38
D. 0.09 D. 16

92. Part of a plant that makes food 97. water evaporates from the leaf
A. roots A. condensation

B. stem B. transpiration
C. flower C. evaporation
D. leaves D. precipitation
93. The two types of respiration are:-Select all
98. Anaerobic respiration
that apply
A. Arabic Respiration A. doesn’t require CO2
B. Aerobic Respiration B. requires CO2
C. Anaorebic Respiration C. doesn’t require oxygen

D. Anaerobic Respiration D. requires oxygen
E. None of the above 99. Which is required in glycolysis
94. What is the difference between aerobic A. ATP, ADP, NAD+, Glucose, cytoplas-
and anaerobic respiration? mic enzymes
A. Aerobic needs oxygen, Anaerobic does B. FAD+, ADP, ATP, Glucose, cytoplas-
not mic enzymes
B. Aerobic does not need oxygen, Anaer- C. NADP+, ATP, GTP, Glucose, cytoplas-
obic does mic enzymes
C. Aerobic occurs in plants, Anaerobic oc- D. NAD+, NADP+, ATP, Glucose, cyto-
curs in animals plasmic enzymes
D. Aerobic makes 2 ATP, Anaerobic
makes 32 ATP 100. Which of these statements about photo-
synthesis and respiration is true?
95. What is NOT one fo the products of cellular
respiration? A. Both processes produce food.
A. CO2 B. Both processes release energy from

food.
B. C6H12O6
C. Photosynthesis produces oxygen; res-
C. H2O piration does not.
D. ATP
D. Photosynthesis produces carbon diox-
96. Which of the following statements is incor- ide; respiration does not.
rect for Anaerobic respiration?
101. The water carrying vascular tissue of
A. Incomplete breakdown of respiratory plants
substrate
A. stomata
B. End products ate Ethanol or Lactic acid
with CO2 B. phloem
C. Occurs in the absence of O2 C. xylem
D. It is common in higher plants D. guard cells

102. Cellular respiration happens in a cell’s 108. The also help to take air from the soil
A. Mitochondria A. root hairs
B. Chloroplast B. photosynthesis process
C. Nucleus C. plant’s roots
D. Cell wall D. producing energy
103. pores found on the epidermis of leaves 109. Glucose travels the plant, through the
that allows for gas exchange
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A. peduncle A. up, phloem
B. sepal
B. down, phloem
C. guard cells
C. up, xylem
D. stomata
D. down, xylem
104. Bean shaped structure in stomata are
called 110. what does the plant release during the
photosynthesis?
A. Epidermal cells
A. oxygen
B. Stoma
B. carbon
C. Guard cells
C. carbon dioxide
D. Chloroplast
D. none of above
105. When is lactic acid produced?
A. Photosynthesis because of the glucose 111. What happens when An ATP molecule
loses one of its phosphates?
B. Anaerobic Respiration because of the
lack of oxygen A. It becomes ADP
C. Aerobic Respiration because of the B. It becomes another ATP
oxygen C. It becomes a biology teacher
D. Photosynthesis, when there isn’t D. none of above
enough glucose
112. How many phosphates does ATP contain
106. How do plants breathe?
A. 1
A. Through the stem
B. 2
B. Through the stomata
C. Through the chloroplast C. 3
107. Is the smallest unit with the basic prop- 113. What is the purpose of aerobic/cellular
erties of life. respiration?
A. particle A. to break down food
B. cell B. to create energy in the body
C. respiration C. to release energy from food
D. none of above D. there is none; it’s a waste of time

114. This is the “powerhouse” of the cell. 119. Fermentation occurs in the cell’s
Most of an eukaryotic cell’s energy is A. cytoplasm
made here.

B. nucleus
A. mitochondria
C. cell membrane
B. ribosomes D. cristae
C. chloroplasts
120. Dicots seed
D. nucleus A. bean
115. Which of the following is correct about B. peanut
respiration? C. cucumber
A. Occurs during day and night D. corn
B. Plant only 121. What is not required during respiration in
C. Need sunlight plants?
A. Sunlight
D. Use carbon dioxide (Carbon dioxide in)
B. Oxygen
116. The tiny hair like structure are called C. Glucose
A. Root hairs D. none of above
B. Lenticles 122. Which metabolic pathway is a common
C. Aerial roots pathway to both anaerobic and aerobic
metabolism?
D. Stomata
A. TCA cycle
117. Plants respire through B. ETS
A. Root C. EMP pathway
B. Stem D. Kreb’s cycle
C. Leaf 123. Pyruvic acid, the key product of glycoly-
D. All the above sis can have many metabolic fates. Under
aerobic condition it forms
118. Under which condition would you expect A. CO2 + H2O
the mitochondrial proton gradient to be B. Lactic acid
highest and therefore ATP synthesis to
proceed? C. CO 2
D. Acetyl CoA + CO2
A. pyruvate (present)-oxygen (present)-
ATP levels (high) 124. Which of the following is the key com-
B. pyruvate (present)-oxygen (present)- pound in the intermediary metabolism of
ATP levels (low) carbohydrates, lipid and proteins
A. PEP
C. pyruvate (absent)-oxygen (present)-
ATP levels (low) B. PGA
D. pyruvate (present)-oxygen (absent)- C. Acetyl CoA
ATP levels (high) D. α -ketoglutarate

125. The reactants of cellular respiration are C. arobic

the of photosynthesis. D. none of the above
A. reactants
131. Glycolysis is found in-
B. glucose
A. Eukaryotic cells
C. products B. Anaerobic cells
D. energy C. Virtually all cells
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126. What is the role of NAD+ in cellular res- D. Most muscle cells
piration? 132. ATP has
A. It is a nucleotide source for ATP syn- A. 1 Phosphate
thesis.
B. 2 Phosphates
B. It functions as an electron carrier.
C. 3 Phosphates
C. It functions as an enzyme
D. 4 Phosphates
D. It is the final electron acceptor for
anaerobic respiration. 133. Where are the seeds located on an adult
plant?
127. Adenine, ribose and 3 phosphate groups A. roots
make up
B. stem
A. ATP
C. leaf
B. DNA D. flower
C. RNA
134. How many oxidation step take place dur-
D. glucose ing glycolysis, link reaction and Kreb’s cy-
cle.
128. Where do the light independent reactions
of photosynthesis take place? A. 1, 1 and 1
A. In the stroma B. 1, 1 and 4
B. In the stoma C. 1, 1 and 3

D. 1, 1 and 8
C. In the thalakoid
D. In the Granum 135. The respiration of the plants ocurrs in:
A. The morning
129. The respiratory organ of aquatic animals
is B. The night
C. The morning and night
A. lungs
D. none of above
B. trachea
C. nothing, they don’t breathe 136. The whole process of making food in the
leaves is called:
D. gills
A. Methamorphosis
130. what are the two types of respiration? B. Digestion
A. Aerobic C. Photosynthesis
B. Anaerobic D. none of above

137. Which type of respiration produces the 143. In which of the following reactions of gly-
most energy colysis, a molecule of water is removed
from the substrate?

A. Anaerobic
B. Aerobic A. Glucose → Glucose-6-phosphate
C. Both produce the same amount B. Fructose-6-phosphate → Fructose-1,

6 bisphosphate
D. none of above
C. 2-phosphoglycerate → Phospho-
138. Most photosynthetic organisms are con- enolpyruvate
tained within which two kingdoms? D. Phosphoenolpyruvate → Pyruvate
A. Plantae and Protista
144. Where does growth happen in a plant?
B. Eubacteria and Fungi
A. Dermal Tissue
C. Animalia and Fungi
B. Ground Tissue
D. Animalia and Plantae
C. Vascular Tissue
139. What are the products of the light- D. Meristem
dependent reactions of photosynthesis
145. carbon dioxide & water & ATP
A. ATP, and Oxygen
A. products of cellular respiration
B. Oxygen and glucose
B. products of photosynthesis
C. Glucose and ATP
C. reactants of cellular respiration
D. NADPH and Oxygen
D. reactants of photosynthesis
140. Which is the biological importance of the
molecule adenosine triphosphate (ATP)? 146. Milky colour of lime solution is due to
mixing of which gas-
A. creates glucose from light
A. Calcium carbonate
B. makes biological proteins
B. Carbon di oxide
C. provides chemical energy
C. Oxygen
D. repairs cell membranes
D. Nitrogen
141. Where does cellular respiration happen?
147. Cellular Respiration occurs in
A. chloroplasts
A. only plants
B. ribosomes
B. only animals
C. mitochondria
C. both plants and animals
D. cell membrane
D. neight plants nor animals
142. Which organisms can undergo photosyn-
thesis? 148. The primary role of oxygen in cellular res-
piration is to
A. Plants only
A. yield energy in the form of ATP as it is
B. Animals only passed down the respiratory chain
C. Plants and animals B. act as an acceptor for electrons and
D. Living cells that contain cholorophyll hydrogen, forming water.

C. combine with carbon, forming CO2 154. First respiratory substrate:

D. combine with lactate, forming pyruv A. Lipid
ate B. Protein
149. Why are most plants green? C. Carbohydrate
A. They contain the pigment carotene D. Both (a) and (c)
that reflects green light
155. vascular tissue that transports sugars
B. They contain the pigment chlorophyll throughout the plant
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that reflects green light
A. fermentation
C. They contain the pigment chlorophyll
that absorbs green light B. ATP
D. They contain the pigment melanin that C. xylem

absorbs green light D. phloem
150. Aerial roots are seen in 156. Unlike photosynthesis, cellular respira-
tion occurs in
A. Tropical forest
A. animal cells only
B. Rainforest
B. plant cells only
C. Mangroves
C. prokaryotic cells only.
D. All of the aboveAll of the above
D. all eukaryotic cells
151. This part fixes the plant to the ground.
157. What do you mean by aerobic respira-
A. Roots
tion?
B. Stem
A. When the oxidation of food takes place
C. Leaves in presence of oxygen.
D. none of above B. When the oxidation of food takes place
in absence of oxygen.
152. In anaerobic respiration, is not re-
quired. C. When the oxidation of food takes place
in presence of carbon-dioxide.
A. ATP
D. When the oxidation of food takes place
B. Glucose
in absence of carbon-dioxide.
C. Oxygen
158. Where does respiration in plants takes
D. None of these place?
153. The equation below represents a biolog- A. Fruits
ical process. Where is this process com- B. Cytoplasm and mitochondria
pleted? glucose + oxygen → carbon diox-
ide + water + energy C. Stem
A. mitochondria D. Root
B. ribosomes 159. Where does the Krebs cycle take place?
C. cell membrane A. Cytoplasm
D. chloroplasts B. Inner Mitochondrial Membrane

C. Outer Mitochondrial Membrane 165. What is the female part of a flower

called?
D. Mitochondrial Matrix

A. Stamen
160. In this part the plants make their own B. Pistil
food.
C. Petal
A. Roots
D. Anther
B. Stem
166. Where can be lenticels present?
C. Leaves
A. Stems
D. none of above
B. Roots
161. First the roots ansorb C. Fruits
A. Water and vitamins D. All of the above
B. Water and minerals 167. What gas is given off as a result of res-
piration?
C. Water and carbon dioxide
A. oxygen
D. none of above
B. carbon dioxide
162. In which tissue does growth happen? C. hydrogen
A. Dermal D. nitrogen
B. Meristematic 168. Which tissue type is found in the center
C. Ground of a root that helps to transport water and
minerals throughout the plant?
D. Vascular
A. Vascular
163. What function does ATP carry out in liv- B. Dermal
ing things? C. Ground
A. aids in protein folding and coiling D. Epidermal
B. used to capture and transfer energy 169. What gas do producers need in order to
C. identifies DNA start sequences for perform photosynthesis?
transcription A. oxygen
D. helps maintain the fluidity of cell mem- B. carbon dioxide
branes
C. hydrogen
164. Lactic acid fermentation occurs in your D. nitrogen
muscles after a workout because your cells
170. The main function of the leaves of a
are struggling to get
plants is
A. Glucose A. carry out photosynthesis
B. Sunlight B. support the plant
C. Oxygen C. get water to all plant parts
D. Water D. anchor the plant

171. the place of secondary growth of stems 176. anaerobic cellular respiration can be used
and roots to produce energy in the absence of
A. cambium A. carbon dioxide
B. phloem B. oxygen
C. xylem C. glucose
D. pith D. water
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172. When respiration occurs with oxygen, it
177. Which process takes place during day
is called
time in plants?
A. anaerobic
A. Photosynthesis
B. aerobic
B. Respiration
C. light-dependent
C. Exotheremic
D. fermentation
D. All of the above
173. When does stomata close and opens?
178. When you breathe out, what reactant of
A. When sunlight needed
photosynthesis are you exhaling?
B. When lack of Glucose
A. Oxygen
C. When it loses water it closes and when
it is filled with water it opens B. Carbon Dioxide
D. When it is cut C. Steam

D. Glucose
174. Kcal or kJ are commonly used units for en-
ergy released during respiration. Which of 179. ATP is a compound that is synthesized
the following statement about these units when which occurs?
is not true?
A. Chemical bonds between carbon
A. 1 cal is equal to 4.178J atoms are formed in photosynthesis.
B. 1 J is equal to 0.24 cal
B. Energy stored in chemical bonds is re-
C. 686 cal is about 2870 kJ leased during cellular respiration.
D. Now a days J is being replaced by cal C. Energy stored in nitrogen is released
as unit of energy released in respiration forming amino acids.
175. What allows you to move? D. Digestive enzymes break amino acids
into smaller parts.
A. Your mitochondria use respiration to
create lipids to make you move 180. Which of the following is not necessary
B. Your mitochondria use respiration to for photosynthesis
create enzymes to make you move A. Chlorophyll
C. Your mitochondria use respiration to
B. Carbon dioxide gas
create proteins to make you move
C. Oxygen
D. Your mitochondria use respiration to
create ATP to make you move D. Water

181. Bromothymol blue turns blue in the pres- 187. is the process in which plants make
ence of Oxygen. When would it turn the food.
most blue?

A. reproduction
A. When a plant is in the sunlight B. fertilization
B. When a plant is in the dark C. photosynthesis
C. When cellular respiration is happening
D. binary fission
D. When oxygen is removed from the air
188. The PHOTOSYNTHESIS produce
182. What step of cellular respiration does
A. Fruit
NOT require oxygen?
B. Glucose and O2 (Oxygen)
A. Electron Transport Chain
C. Chlorophyll
B. Kreb’s cycle
C. Glycolysis D. none of above
D. Light reactions 189. If xylem were damaged, what would be

the effect?
183. What do the plants release during the res-
piration? A. Plant would not be able to transport
food down
A. Oxygen
B. Plant would not be able to transport
B. O2 water up
C. Carbon Dioxide
C. Plant cannot collect sunlight anymore
D. CO2
D. Plant will become diseased and die
184. In which organism(s) does respiration oc-
190. Water travels the plant, through the
cur?
A. plants
A. up, phloem
B. animals
B. down, phloem
C. fungus
C. up, xylem
D. all of these
D. down, xylem
185. Seed structure that protects seed
191. Rate of transpiration is low in
A. radicle
A. .water plants
B. plumule
B. Forest plant
C. testa
C. Desert plant
D. endosperm
D. All of the above
186. How many ATP molecules are released in
aerobic reaction? 192. What causes ATP to increase over time?
A. 2 A. Active transport
B. 35 B. Cell movement
C. 38 C. Cellular Respiration
D. 4 D. Photosynthesis

193. How many ATP molecules are formed C. Guttation

from three molecules of acetyl CoA in
D. Fermentation
Krebs cycle excluding electron transport
chain? 199. What is the second step of cellular respi-
A. 5 ration called?
B. 3 A. Kreb’s cycle
C. 6 B. Electron transport chain
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D. 33 C. Glycolysis
194. What are the products of anaerobic res- D. Dark cycle
piration?
200. The energy released in respiration is in
A. Glucose and oxygen
the form of molecule
B. Carbon dioxide and water
A. ATP
C. Lactic acid/ Ethanol
B. Adenosine triphosphate
D. Carbon monoxide
C. Nitrogen
195. The female reproductive organ of a D. Both 1 and 2
flower
A. stamen 201. and respiration processes are comple-
mentary to each other.
B. petal
A. Photosynthesis
C. pistil
D. sepal B. Aerobic respiration
C. Fermentation
196. how much ATP molecules is released
when 1 molecule of glucose is oxidised? D. none of above
A. 29 202. Primary growth is the result of growth
B. 28 of cells made by the
C. 38 A. cork cambium
D. 60 B. vascular cambium
197. Carbon Dioxide is to Photosynthesis as C. apical meristem
Oxygen is to D. primary xylem
A. Anaerobic Respiration
203. Which of the following is not an electron
B. Photosynthesis
carrier in the Electron transport system in
C. Cellular Respiration Respiration?
D. Energy A. Cyt b
198. Stomata open in day time due to- B. UQ
A. Photosynthesis C. Cyt a
B. Respiration D. O2

204. Which structure in the leaf controls the C. nutrients

opening and closing of the stoma?
D. carbon dioxide

A. cuticle
210. Which organelle allows plants to convert
B. epidermis
solar energy into chemical energy?
C. guard cell
A. Chloroplast
D. spongy mesophyll
B. Mitochondria
205. In which part of the cell does photosyn- C. Vesicle
thesis take place?
D. ER
A. vacuole
B. mitochondria 211. Which molecule isn’t an energy carrier?
C. cell wall A. FADH2
D. chloroplast B. NADH
206. The equation below represents a biolog- C. oxygen

ical process. Where is this process com- D. ATP
pleted? carbon dioxide + water → glu-
cose + oxygen 212. Fermentation is which type of process-
A. mitochondria A. Aerobic
B. ribosomes B. Anaerobic
C. cell membrane C. Both aerobic and anaerobic
D. chloroplasts D. None of the above
207. The food is transported through the stem 213. If a closed container has 500 L of CO2 in
to it and a plant is placed inside, what will
A. The roots happen to the amount of CO2 in the con-
B. All parts of the plant tainer?
C. To the flower A. It will increase

D. none of above B. It will decrease
C. It will stay the same
208. Root hairs collect O2 from
D. none of above
A. Water
B. Air 214. Select ALL the products (what is made
C. Soil spaces and released) during Cellular Respiration
D. Both 1 and 2 A. Oxygen

B. Carbon Dioxide
209. Plants also take in oxygen from air and
give out C. ATP (Energy)
A. photosynthesis D. Glucose (Sugar)
B. wastes E. Water

1.15 Plant Growth and Development 580
215. Pyruvate which is formed by the gly- B. Water

colytic catabolism of carbohydrates in the
C. Carbon Dioxide
cytosol, after it enters into mitochondrial
matrix it undergoes: D. ATP
A. Reductive amination
218. What is the male part of the flower?
B. Oxidation decarboxylation
A. Petals
C. Reductive carboxylation
B. Sepals
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D. Reductive decarboxylation
C. Stamen
216. Fermentation is a type of Anaerobic Res-
piration. How does the energy compare to D. Pistil
Aerobic Respiration?
219. Cellular Respiration involves the chemi-
A. It is more cal breakdown of to form ATP Energy
B. It is the same (Hint:Think about what is produced in pho-
tosynthesis)
C. It is less
D. It varies based on sunlight A. Fats
B. Glucose
217. The waste product produced during the
Krebs cycle is C. Fructose
A. Oxygen D. Proteins
1.15 Plant Growth and Development

1. Seed dormancy can be broken by: C. Cells of elongation phase
A. ABA and GA3 D. Cells of meristematic tissue
B. GA3 and ethylene
4. This is a process an organism uses to re-
C. IAA and ABA produce using only one parent
D. ABA and IPA A. Sexual Reproduction
2. Which of the following is correct relation- B. Monetary Reproduction
ship between hormone and its function? C. Mushroom Reproduction
A. Absisic acid = Promote root growth D. Asexual Reproduction
B. Ethylene = Fruit maturation
5. Annuals and biennials plants show
C. Auxin = Inhibit seed germination
A. Primary growth
D. Cytokinin = Drought tolerance
B. secondary growth
3. Maximal size in terms of wall thick-
C. no growth
ening and protoplasmic modification are
achieved by- D. unlimited growth
A. Cells of divisional phase 6. When a seed soaks up water, what hap-
B. Cells of maturation phase pens to the seed?

A. Shrinks 12. When the plant has leaves but no flower

B. Explodes or fruit, the plant is in the stage.

C. Expands A. seed
D. Nothing B. mature plant
7. Which best identifies how plants use car- C. young plant
bon dioxide?
D. germination
A. For energy
B. To take in light 13. During differentiation cell undergoes struc-
C. For keeping cool tural changes in their-
D. To make food A. Cell wall only
8. Lateral meristems B. Protoplasm only
A. increase root and stem diameter C. Apoplast only
through secondary growth
D. Cell wall and protoplast
B. tissues at the tips of roots and stems,
responsible for primary growth
14. delay aging process
C. found at one or more location along a
monocot stem A. auxin
D. none of above B. cytokinin
9. What is the scientific name for the shoot C. gibberellin
that first emerges from a seed during ger- D. abscisic acid
mination?
A. Testa 15. The map that showcases the areas of
B. Radicle “heat days” across the United States is
known as the
C. Cotyledon
D. Plumule A. USDA Plant Hardiness Map
10. The male reproductive organ of a flower is B. AHS Heat Zone Map
A. Stamen C. The Hardiness Index
B. Pistil D. The Heat Tolerance Index
C. Petal
D. Sepal 16. Apical meristems give rise to partially dif-
ferentiated tissues that can further differ-
11. The very top layer of soil is mostly made entiate. Which one of these gives rise to
of the epidermis?
A. Solid rock A. Leaf primordia
B. Clay and mineral deposits
B. Ground meristem
C. A mixture of minerals and organic ma-
terial C. Protoderm
D. Mostly organic material (OM) D. Procambium

17. which tissue provide support and mechan- C. the stigma and style, only
ical strength to the plant?
D. the sepals and petals
A. parenchyma tissue
B. sclerenchyma tissue 23. How is collenchyma and sclerenchyma tis-
sue similar?
C. xylem tissue
A. They both provide protection for the
D. collenchyma tisssue plant
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18. The series of biochemical reactions in pho- B. They both transport material through-
tosynthesis that require light energy that out the plant
is captured by light-absorbing pigments
C. They both provide support
(such as chlorophyll) to be converted into
chemical energy. D. They both provide energy for the plant
A. Light-dependent reactions
24. Which plant hormone promotes leaf death
B. Carbon fixing reactions and controls stomata closure?
C. Photoelectric effect A. Cytokinins
D. Photons B. Gibberellins
19. Which plant hormone promotes lateral C. Abscisic Acid
growth and helps control branching? D. Auxins
A. Cytokinins
25. The external factors that affect plant
B. Gibberellins
growth and development are
C. Abscisic acid
A. Temperature, Light, Gene
D. Auxins
B. Light, Auxin, Water
20. What is a pollinator? C. Water, Light, pH
A. A type of plant
D. pH, Oxygen, Kalsium
B. An animal that carries pollen
C. An animal that stings 26. Where’s cork cambium lies?
D. A person allergic to pollen A. Apical meristems and Root cap

B. Root cap and Root hair
21. This part of the plant produces seeds and
creates pollen. C. Between xylem and epidermis
A. roots D. Between epidermis and phloem
B. flower
27. In order for a seed to sprout it does NOT
C. stem need proper amounts of:
D. leaves A. Water
22. The stamen includes B. Light
A. the filament and anther C. Oxygen
B. the stigma, style, and ovary D. Soil

28. What part of the seed grows into the new 34. A plant embryo resumes its growth in a
plant? process called

A. embryo A. Epigeal
B. seed coat B. Hypogeal
C. scar C. Germination
D. none of above D. apical maristem
29. This is the type of meristem found at the 35. A type of germination where the cotyledon
tips of roots and stems that causes pri- goes above the soil is called
mary growth?
A. Epicotyl
A. Lateral meristem
B. Hypocotyl
B. Epidermis
C. Dicots
C. Intercalary meristem
D. Epygeal
D. Apical meristem
36. What is the function of seed coat?
30. Which seed can be eaten?
A. it covers and protects the seed
A. Apple Seed
B. it is a place where photosynthesis hap-
B. Lemon seed pen
C. Avocado seed
C. it stores food
D. Sunflower Seed
D. it can develop into young plant
31. Function of Auxin, except
37. Which one prevent premature fall of
A. promote seed germination fruit?
B. Stimulate differentiation of xylem and A. NAA
phloem
B. Ethylene
C. stimulate cell elongation
C. GA3
D. delaying leaf senescence
D. Zeatin
32. If it is midday, cold and raining outside,
what is the main limiting factor? 38. Most of the tissues and cell types
represent-
A. Temperature
A. Division phase
B. Rainfall
B. Elongation phase
C. Carbon Dioxide
C. Enlargement phase
D. Light
D. maturation phase
33. Secondary growth in woody stems is pro-
duced by tissue called 39. Real growth is-
A. cortex A. Protoplasmic growth
B. bundles B. Cell wall growth
C. wood C. Growth in size
D. vascular cambiums D. Growth in volume

40. Completes lifecycle in one growing season A. Growth is increase in complexity and
A. Annual development is increase in size.
B. Development and growth are the
B. Bienniel
same.
C. Perennial
C. Growth is increase in size and develop-
D. None of the Above ment is increase in complexity.
41. How does temperature affect photosyn- D. Development does not involve growth.
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thesis?
46. How do seeds get energy to germinate?
A. Increases the rate at which enzymes A. It gets energy from the sunlight.
work by increasing the kinetic energy
B. It gets energy from another plant,
B. Gives the plant energy to grow
C. It gets energy from the food stored in
C. Allows enzymes to live or be killed the soil.
D. It does not D. It gets energy from the food stored in
the seed.
42. Characteristic of plant growth includes
which of the following- 47. Cell growth increases cell size, while cell
A. It is localised and generally determi- division (mitosis) increases
nate A. the length of plants
B. It is localized and generally indetermi- B. the production of ground tisuues
nate
C. the number of cells
C. It is non-measurable
D. the division of cell
D. It is diffused, determinate and non
measurable 48. In exponential growth the final size de-
pends upon-
43. This is a hormone that promotes fruit A. Initial size
ripening.
B. Growth rate
A. Abscisic acid
C. Time of growth
B. Auxin
D. All
C. Cytokinin
D. Ethylene 49. By counting annual growth rings you can
estimate the:
44. repair A. age of tree
A. auxin B. type of tree
B. gibberellin C. color of tree
C. cytokinin D. personality of tree
D. ethylene
50. This is a hormone that regulates dormancy
45. ) Which of the following differentiates of a plant and stomata closure in the
between the terms growth and develop- leaves.
ment? A. Abscisic acid

B. Auxin 55. What happens after germination?

C. Cytokinin A. growth and development

D. Ethylene B. flowering
51. What is a seedling? C. pollination

A. insects taking pollen from flowers to D. none of above
flowers
56. A plant hormone used for inducing mor-
B. a plant that is just starting to grow
phogennesis in plant tissue culture is
C. a flower seed on a mature plant
A. Abscicic acid
D. a leaf absorbing air for photosynthesis
B. Gibberellins
52. What is name of plant that doesn’t have C. Cytokinins
secondary meristem?
D. Ethylene
A. Water hyacinth
B. Rose 57. How can greenhouses increase the rate of
photosynthesis?
C. Herbaceous
D. cactus A. Controlling and trapping heat to in-
crease photosynthesis
53. True or false. Apical dominance occurs B. Stopping rainfall so the plants don’t
when axillary bud growth is activated by drown
auxins. It causes the plant to grow verti-
cally to trap more light for photosynthesis. C. Surrounding plants in the colour green
makes them more likely to photosynthe-
A. True. sise
B. False. Lateral dominance.
D. Plants are only given what they need
C. False. Axillary bud growth is inhibited instead of just taking everything they can
by auxins. find
D. False. It causes plants to grow hori-
58. Apical meristems are
zontally.
A. vegetative buds at the shoot tips
54. Removal of shoot tips is a very useful tech-
nique to boost the production of tealeaves. B. in the axils of leaves
This is because: C. actively dividing
A. Gibberellins delay senescence of D. all of the choices
leaves.
B. Gibberellins prevent bolting and are in- 59. The development of a plant from a seed.
activated. A. Germination
C. Auxins prevent leaf drop at early
B. Vigorous
stages.
C. Dormancy
D. Effect of auxins is removed and growth
of lateral buds is enhanced. D. Hardening off

60. Mature plants are different from seedlings A. Cell Wall

in which way? B. Chloroplast
A. Seedlings don’t have roots and the ma-
C. Cell Membrane
ture plant does.
D. Golgi Complex
B. Seedlings don’t have stems and the
mature plant does. 65. Name the cellular process responsible for
C. The mature plant makes its own food repair, growth, and development in living
organisms.
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and the seedling doesn’t.
D. The mature plant can reproduce and A. meiosis
the seedling cannot. B. mitosis
61. Which of the following are lateral meris- C. transcription
tems? D. translation
A. bundle sheaths
66. The process of cell division to create new
B. axillary buds
cells for growth and repair of plant tis-
C. vascular cambium sues.
D. leaf primordia A. Mitosis
62. What is the order of a plant’s life cycle? B. Meiosis
A. seedling, seed, mature plant, young C. Embryogenesis
plant D. Germination
B. young plant, mature plant, seedling,
seed 67. Roots keep the plant firmly in the so
it does not blow away.
C. seed, seedling, young plant, mature
plant A. sofa
D. seed, mature plant, seedling, young B. clouds
plant C. ground
63. Following are the steps for compiling a sci- D. none of above
entific research report 1) Formulation of
the problem) How it works 3) Observation 68. Which PGR is a natural growth inhibitor?
4) Discussion 5) Objectives 6) Hypothesis A. Auxin
7) Conclusion 8) Basic theory B. Gibberellin
A. 1)-2)-3)-4)-5)-6)-7)-8) C. Cytokinin
B. 6)-1)-5)-8)-2)-3)-4)-7)
D. Abscisic Acid
C. 5)-1)-8)-6)-2)-3)-4)-7)
69. A young plant still has
D. 3)-5)-1)-6)-2)-8)-4)-7)
A. seed leaves
E. 8)-7)-6)-5)-4)-3)-2)-1)
B. true leaves
64. Additional layer around the outside of
plant cells made from cellulose that protect C. large roots
and give shape D. cotyledon

70. Apical meristems give rise to partially dif- 75. Besides the plant embryo, what else is in-
ferentiated tissues that can further differ- side the seed?
entiate. Which of these gives rise to the

A. Food, which it uses until it can make its
vascular tissues, the xylem and phloem?
own food.
A. Leaf primordia
B. grass
B. Ground meristem
C. life span
C. Protoderm
D. source of light
D. Procambium
76. Which of the following is not a permanent
71. Vascular tissue not only transports mate- tissue
rial it also
A. xylem
A. protects the plant
B. collenchyma
B. supports the plant structurally
C. lateral meristem
C. transports minerals
D. epidermal
D. transports energy
77. Graph of measurement of physical changes
72. Jeffrey saw a small plant with a green against time known as
stem sticking out of the soil. What stage
A. growth curve
in the plant life cycle is the plant in?
B. growth rate
A. seedling
C. development curve
B. germination
D. development rate
C. young plant
D. seed 78. Modified leaves that encase a developing
flower are
73. Auxins are plant hormones produced in
A. Petals
the apical meristem. They are transported
through: B. Ovaries
A. Bulk flow of xylem C. Sepals
B. Bulk flow of phloem D. Stigma
C. Capillary action 79. Most seeds do not light to germinate, be-
D. Diffusion cause
A. Seeds can use the food stored inside.
74. cells in which photosynthesis and food
storage occur B. Seeds can do photosynthesis in the
dark soil.
A. collenchyma
C. Seeds can produce light to make their
B. sclerenchyma
own food.
C. parenchyma
D. Seeds can do photosynthesis without
D. none of above light.

80. What does a seedling need energy for? 86. What happens right after pollination?
A. Photosynthesis A. Animals eat the flowers.
B. Growth B. The seeds die.
C. Movement C. The plant grows up.
D. Reproduction D. A seed begins to grow.
81. A lateral meristem that functions in sec- 87. Which type of tissue responsible for sec-
ondary growth and replaces the epidermis ondary growth in dicots?
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in the roots and stems. A. primary meristem
A. Vascular cambium B. lateral meristem
B. Cork cambium C. intercalary meristem
C. Xylem D. none of above
D. Phloem
88. A seed that is encapsulated in a brightly
82. plant hormones that play role to stimulate colored juicy fruit would be expected to
fruit ripening is have which dispersal method?
A. auxin and ethylene A. wind
B. cytokinin and ABA B. water
C. auxin and gibberellin C. animals
D. ethylene and ABA D. all of the above
E. gibberellin and cytokinin
89. What part of the flower can be identified
83. Which type of cell produces growth in the as the flower’s eggs?
girth of the stem? A. Ovary
A. Lateral meristems B. Ovule
B. Apical meristems C. Anther
C. Vascular cambium D. Stigma
D. Cork cambium
90. What is the part of the bee that holds the
84. The period of growth is generally divided nectar to bring back to the hive?
into- A. pollen basket
A. 3 phases B. hairy body
B. 2 phases C. honey stomach
C. 4 phases D. abdomen
D. 6 phases
91. This is the zone in the root apical meristem
85. All plants grow from where the cells begin to specialise.
A. Leaves A. Zone of Cell Division
B. Seed B. Root Cap
C. Root C. Zone of Differentiation
D. Stem D. Zone of Elongation

92. Which tissue provide flexibility and elas- 97. Vascular tissue is found in of a plant
ticity in plants organ. Its primary role is

A. parenchyma tissue A. Inner Layer-Transport
B. sclerenchyma tissue B. Outer Later-Transport
C. xylem tissue C. Inner Layer-Protection

D. Outer Layer-Protection
D. collenchyma tisssue
98. Which example below is the site of pri-
93. Increasing temperature can increase en- mary growth that results in the plant in-
zyme activity to a certain point. Then creasing in height?
what happens beyond this point?
A. bud scales
A. The enzymes have completed all the re-
B. apical meristems
actions so they have no more work
C. nodes
B. The enzymes are denatured
D. axillary buds
C. Nothing-the rate continues to increase
all the time 99. What is the fine powder that is found on
flowers?
D. The enzymes die
A. Bugs
94. What part of the plant attracts the bees? B. Sugar
A. anther C. Pollen
B. stigma D. Dust
C. petals 100. The embryonic leaves which are the
D. pistil first leaves to appear in a germinating
seed/seedling.
E. stamen
A. Cotyledons
95. Phloem is composed of which two types of B. Meristems
cells? C. Xylem
A. sieve tube members D. Phloem
B. vessel elements 101. The cork cambium produces
C. companion cells A. vascular cambium
D. tracheids B. cork in the vascular cambium
C. cork in the xylem
96. If a plant receives more carbon dioxide,
what happens to the rate of photosynthe- D. cork in the bark layer
sis?
102. continue to grow for many years
A. Fluctuates A. indeterminate growth
B. Decreases B. irregular growth
C. Stays the same C. regular growth
D. Increases D. determinate growth

103. The increase in length of the shoot and C. floating

the root is D. none of above
A. primary growth
109. Many plants can reproduce asexually.
B. secondary growth
Which of these is an example of asexual
C. germination reproduction?
D. dormancy A. a potato growing roots
104. The portion of a stem in a plant that is be- B. night-blooming cactus flowers
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tween two successive leaves or leaf pairs. C. cross-pollination of a tomato
A. Node D. the formation of a pine cone
B. Internode
110. Dermal tissue is found in of a plant
C. Cambium organ. Its primary role is
D. Turgor
A. Inner Layer-Transport
105. Which type of tropism is characterised by B. Outer Later-Transport
the plant turning towards the stimulus?
C. Inner Layer-Protection
A. Negative tropism
D. Outer Layer-Protection
B. Positive tropism
C. Neutral tropism 111. dominates terminal end of stem, prevent-
ing lateral stem from growing
D. Phototropism
A. auxin
106. The flower is the part of the plant that B. gibberellin
makes the for new plants to grow.
C. cytokinin
A. soil
D. ethylene
B. water
C. seeds 112. Secondary tissues in a dicot include
D. none of above A. cortex
107. Animals increase their odds for reproduc- B. xylem

tion and survival in many ways. Select all C. pith
that apply. D. cork cambium
A. Building nests
113. Why do plants need air (carbon dioxide)
B. Groups of elephants surrounding a
to grow?
baby when predators are near
A. Plants use carbon dioxide to make
C. Birds sitting on eggs in a nests
food
D. Birds who fly away from their nest
B. Plants use carbon dioxide to transport
when they spy a predator
food to different parts of the plants
108. The stem keeps the plant C. Plants use carbon dioxide to keep firm
A. standing up tall D. Plants use carbon dioxide to repro-
B. bending over duce

114. which one is not correct about apical B. hat

meristem
C. gloves

A. located at the shoot tips
D. none of above
B. located at tip of root
C. actively dividing 120. what is the bone of plants called?
D. responsible to add the diameter of the A. Apical Meristem

stem B. Primary Meristem
115. In general, plants need , and C. Secondary Meristem
to grow well. D. Cork
A. light, water, air and cool condition
121. This is the zone in the root apical meris-
B. dry place, dark condition and warmth
tem where cells first grow longer.
C. light, water, air and warmth
A. Zone of Cell Division
D. medium, cold temperature, and light
B. Root Cap
116. What is germination?
C. Zone of Differentiation
A. A process produce a product
D. Zone of Elongation
B. A plant embryo resumes its growth in
a process 122. A type of plant that produces one seed
C. none leaf upon germination.
D. Transport the product A. Monocot

B. Dicot
117. Tissue in plants that conducts water and
nutrients up from the roots to the rest of C. Hybrid
the plant. It also forms the woody part of D. Perennial
plants.
A. Vascular cambium 123. Which apparatus can be used in order to
measure the plant growth? (More than
B. Cork cambium
one answer)
C. Xylem
A. measuring cylinder
D. Phloem
B. weighing scale
118. Which part of the flower traps and col-
C. ruler
lects pollen?
D. Bunsen burner
A. stigma
B. anther 124. Interception meristems are found in
C. sepal which part of the plants?
D. petal A. Growing tips

B. Lateral side
119. What is name for the outer layer of a
seed? C. Nodes
A. coat D. none of above

125. What is the name of stem cells in plants? 131. A substance through which a plant’s
A. Meristems roots grow and extract water and nutri-
ents.
B. Mitosis
A. Cotyledons
C. Meiosis
B. Growing medium
D. DNA
C. Root apical meristem
126. When is the ideal time to transplant D. Cambium
seedlings?
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132. Which of the following is not considered
A. After they are tall
a factor that would influence dormancy?
B. When the first true leaves appear
A. Temperature
C. When they flower
B. Mechanical constraint
D. none of above
C. Light
127. What stage of a plant is ready for polli- D. Soil Production
nation?
133. What is the product made from plants
A. flower
during photosynthesis?
B. fruit
A. carbon dioxide gas
C. sapling B. water
D. seed C. Sun’s energy
128. The vascular cambium is located between D. glucose
A. the meristem 134. Plant hromone causing abscisssion of
B. the seed pod leaves, senescence and inhibition of cell di-
C. the xylem and the pholem vision is
D. the xylem and the root A. IAA
B. Ethylene
129. Which of the following plant adaptations
help plants to encourage animals to polli- C. cytokinins
nate them. Select all that apply D. ABA
A. Sweet nectar 135. What two substances are produced dur-
B. Thorns ing photosynthesis?
C. Colorful flowers A. sugar and carbon dioxide
D. Deep roots B. sugar and water
E. Fragrant pleasant scent C. sugar and carbon monoxide
D. sugar and oxygen
130. The three different types of weathering
are 136. What does Phloem carry up the stem?
A. Man made, Natural and Synthetic A. Oxygen
B. Physical, Mechanical and Chemical B. Water
C. Chemical, Physical and Biological C. Sugar
D. Water, Air and Plant D. none of above

137. What is a hormone that helps fruit C. ETHYLENE

ripen? D. GIBBERELLINS

A. Gibberelins
143. Why do plants need water to germi-
B. Etiolation
nate?
C. Tropism
A. It keeps the seed cool and dark
D. Ethylene
B. It releases energy stored in the seed
138. What word is used to describe a seed
C. It causes the seed to swell and break
that is inactive?
open
A. Sleeping
D. It allows the seed to make food for the
B. Dormant young plant
C. Metabolism
144. Plant growth is
D. Radicle
A. dry weather
139. Irises and lettuce flower when nights are
B. size increase by cell division and en-
short. They are
largement
A. short-day plants
C. size increase by vegetative state
B. long-day plants
D. seed germination
C. dormant plants
D. day-neutral plants 145. Plants grow in a certain direction as a re-
sponse to gravity. This tropism is called
140. The absorb sunlight to help make
A. Phototropism
food for the plant.
A. seed B. Thigmotropism
B. stem C. Heliotropism
C. roots D. Gravitropism
D. leaves 146. Growth at cellular level, is principally a
consequence in the amount of-
141. Which of the following points is shown
by cell at the root or shoot apex- A. Protoplasm
A. Rich in protoplasm, possesses large B. Apoplast
conspicuous triploid nucleus
C. Cell wall
B. Cell wall is cellulosic, primary in nature
D. Apoplasm
and with abundant plasmodesmata
C. Rich in protoplasm with large conspic- 147. What is the purpose of thinning and
uous nucleus transplanting?
D. both b and c A. To prevent overcrowding
142. Parthenocarpy is induced by B. To create more flowers
A. AUXINS C. To slow down the growth of the plant
B. CYTOKININS D. To harvest the seeds

148. Define the term seed germination . C. Water and minerals

A. This is the growth of a shoot D. none of above
B. process where an embryo sprouts
from a seed 154. When do plants respire?
C. the growth of a plant A. All night
D. none of above B. All day
149. Cells of the outer part of the cambium
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C. All day and night
known as phloem die and become
D. Whenever it needs glucose
A. the wood of the tree
B. the bark of the tree 155. Geotropism is plant response to
C. the leaves of the tree A. water
D. the roots of the tree
B. light
150. Which of the following includes all three
C. touch
process-
A. Differentiation D. gravity
B. Cell enlargement 156. Which of the following is a TRUE state-

C. Seed germination, senescence ment about plant growth?
D. Development A. Plants cannot grow without warmth.
151. When the seed gets the proper amount of B. Plants can grow without Sun’s energy.
sunlight, air, and water the seed is going
through C. Plants can grow without water.
A. pollen D. Plants can grow without air.

B. watering
157. In the shoot, auxin controls:(select all
C. germination that apply)
D. metamorphosis
A. Axillary bud formation
152. Sheep oftentimes get burrs stuck in their B. Tropism
fur. This prickly seed most likely helps re-
production because C. Apical dominance
A. the seed is edible D. Stem elongation
B. it attracts bees
158. The shaded part of plant shoot elongates
C. sheep like having burrs
at the part exposed to light.
D. the seed will be transported when it
falls off the sheep A. a higher rate than
153. What do Xylem carry up the stem? B. the same rate as
A. Water C. a lower rate than

B. Nutrients D. none of above

159. How does “over-watering” negatively 163. True or False. The further auxin travels
impact plant growth? from the apical meristem, the higher its
concentration becomes.

A. It increases the relative humidity of a
plant’s environment. A. True.
B. It reduces the amount of oxygen avail- B. False. The plant hormone is cytokinin.
able for respiration. C. False. The lower the concentration be-
C. It decreases the amount of CO2 avail- comes.
able for photosynthesis. D. False. The meristem is lateral.
D. It decreases the response of flower- 164. The process where meristematic cells be-
ing. come specialized is called
160. The seed is protected by an outer cover- A. cell differentiation
ing called: B. cell derivation
A. cotyledon C. cell enlargement
B. embryo D. cell division
C. seed coat 165. Sunflower plant is an example of an an-
D. germination nual plant. What is meant by annual
plant?
161. Vascular plants typically grow larger A. Plants that complete their life cycle in
than nonvascular plants because one year
A. they are able to absorb water and nu- B. Plants that complete their life cycle in
trients directly into all of their tissues two year
from the environment. C. Plants that complete their life cycle in
B. they are able to photosynthesize. three year
C. they are able to deliver water and nu- D. Plants that complete their life cycle in
trients more efficiently to all of their tis- ten year
sues. 166. The impulses from CNS to skeletal mus-
D. they produce spores that can liver in cles are relayed through
very harsh conditions. A. SNS
162. Why a linear curve is obtained in arith- B. Somatic neural system
metic growth? C. PSNS
A. Because it has lag, log and stationary D. All of these
phase
167. Why is secondary growth important to
B. Because one daughter cell remains plant?
meristematic while the other daughter
A. To make sure the plant absorbs suffi-
cell differentiates and matures
cient amount of carbon dioxide for photo-
C. Because of the effect of environment synthesis
on mitosis
B. To ensure that the plant is resistant to
D. None pathogen

C. To help the plant grow infinitely 173. ‘cells change their shapes and structure
D. To increase the diameter of both stem to become specialised cells’ in which zone
and root for additional mechanical sup- does this changes take place
port A. zone of differentiation
168. Find out the statement which is wrong. B. zone of cell division
A. Meristematic cells divide continuously. C. zone of elongation
B. Plants require more energy than ani- D. none of above
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mals .
174. What is intrinsic factors that affect plant
C. Tissues of plants and animals are dif-
growth and development?
ferent.
A. pH, Photosynthesis, Nutrients
D. Plants tissues contain dead cells.
B. Temperature, Oxygen, Water and Nu-
169. which of this tissues support the young trients
plants and woody plants?
C. The Increase of Cell Numbers
A. collenchyma tissue
D. Genetic Factor and Plant Hormones
B. parenchyma tissue
C. sclerenchyma tissue 175. What do roots carry into the plant?
D. xylem tissue A. lemonade
170. What is the scientific name for the female B. water

organ of a flower? C. soil
A. Pistil D. none of above
B. Stamen
176. Some plants have commercial value.
C. Sepal Those with commercial value includeI
D. Petal tall, big trees-timberII Hopea (merawan)-
resins and oilsIII Hibiscus-ornamentalIV
171. Which type of plant cell has a thick pri- Mango trees-fruits
mary cell wall and no secondary cell wall?
Hint:It is used to support the growing A. I, II and III
parts of the plant. B. I, III and IV
A. parenchyma C. II, III and IV
B. collenchyma D. I, II, III and IV
C. schlerenchyma
177. Soil is formed from
D. guard cells
A. The weathering of rocks or parent ma-
172. What is the key to continued growth and terial
repair of plant cells?
B. From the eruption of volcanoes
A. Pholem
C. From the dust in the air as it settles on
B. Germination the earth
C. Meristem D. From material brought down from the
D. Diversity mountains

178. This is the name of the first step of ger- 183. Which of the following is cytokinin?
mination and occurs when water is taken A. Phytochrome
in by the seed.

B. LeucineEthylene
A. Pollination
C. ethylene
B. Imbibition D. Zeatin
C. Seedling Development
184. Dicots have cotyledon.
D. Mobilization
A. Zero
179. What is a plant called when it is done B. One
growing and has reached its full height? C. Two
A. mature plant D. Depends
B. seedling
185. What is the name for when a seed begins
C. flower to sprout in the soil and we see a tiny stem
D. none of above and leaves?
A. life cycle
180. What process occurs when the plant em-
B. coat
bryo breaks out of the seed coat?
C. germination
A. Pollination
D. none of above
B. Fertililzation
C. Growth 186. The growth that results from cell division
that causes the stems and roots to thicken
D. Germination is
181. What’s the right characteristics of hy- A. primary growth
pogeal? B. secondary growth
A. The hypocotyl is short and not curved C. germination
down D. dormancy
B. Germination takes place below the
187. When plants grow towards the sun this
ground
is a response called..
C. Cotyledons don’t undergo photosyn- A. Gravitropism
thesis
B. Heliotropism
D. The hypocotyl is long and curved down
C. Phototropism
E. Germination takes place above the
D. Thigmotropism
ground
188. Which plant hormone triggers stem
182. What is the function of cotyledon? elongation and germination of dominant
A. proctect the seed seeds?
B. small holes that enable water and air A. Cytokinins
to enter the seed B. Gibberellins
C. stores food C. Abscisic Acid
D. embryo that develops into root D. Auxins

189. Which type of cell produces growth at the 195. a hair-forming cell on the epidermis of a
root and stem of a plant? plant root
A. Lateral meristems A. Root cap
B. Apical meristems B. Root hair
C. Vascular cambium C. Waxy layer
D. Cork cambium D. Apical Maristem
190. The period of time where the seed is un- 196. In order to get seed pods, the plant must
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der decreased metabolic activity because be
of its environment is called A. pollinated.
A. Germination B. outside.
B. Pollination C. upside down.
C. Fertilization D. torn out of the ground.
D. Dormancy
197. Gymnosperms are plants that
191. Which best identifies what plants receive A. produce seeds inside of cones.
from sunlight?
B. produce flowers and fruit.
A. Energy
C. are pollinated by animals.
B. Nitrogen
D. produce spores rather than seeds.
C. Oxygen
D. Sugars 198. The pistil includes the
A. filament and style
192. What process produces seeds?
B. the filament and anther
A. photosynthesis
C. the stigma, style, and ovary
B. oxygenation
D. the stigma, style, and anther
C. pollination
D. none of above 199. The cells inside of a seed that will even-
tually turn into the plant’s roots, shoots,
193. Cells of meristem tissue are continually and leaves.
dividing. Hence they would lack A. Meristems
A. Nucleus B. Phloem
B. Large vacuole C. Embryo
C. Cell wall D. Mitosis
D. Plastids
200. What is the function of a plant’s stem?
194. The process where seeds grow and be- A. To support the plant and transport
come tiny plants is called nutrients and water between the plant’s
A. miracles roots and leaves
B. germination B. To make the plant taller
C. xylem C. To help the plant reproduce
D. photosynthesis D. To keep the plant in the ground

201. Plants exhibit this type of growth due A. Leaf primordia

to undifferentiated cells in their meristems, B. Ground meristem
allowing them to reach great heights (e.g.

Sequoias can grow up to 100 meters). C. Protoderm
A. exponential D. Procambium
B. indeterminate 207. Which do seeds need to germinate?

C. terminal A. Soil
D. apical B. Water
202. Plants that undergo secondary growth C. Minerals
A. Mostly monocots D. Sunlight
B. Short life span 208. Pressure inside a cell that pushes the cell
C. No woody tissues membrane outward into the cell wall. This
occurs when more water enters into the
D. Have woody tissues cell.
203. Identify the soil horizon:Consists of top- A. Turgor
soil (mostly sand and some clay) rich in hu- B. Monocarpic growth
mus (O horizon) and leached soil deficient
in humus and minerals. C. Respiration
A. O horizon D. Photosynthesis
B. A horizon 209. What is the first step in the life of a Wis-

C. B horizon consin Fast Plant?
D. C horizon A. pollination
B. flowering
204. TIBA (2, 3, 5-triiodobenzoic acid func-
tions as C. germination
A. a phytohormone D. threshing seeds
B. cytokinins 210. Where is the food stored in a bean seed?

C. synthetic auxin A. seed coat
D. anti auxin B. embryo
205. Plant growth regulators can be both C. cotyledon
and D. seed leaf
A. Natural, synthetic 211. What is secondary meristem function?
B. Hard, soft A. allow growth in diameter (secondary
C. Synthetic, helpful growth) in woody plants
D. Inhibiting, dormant B. remain undifferentiated, and supply
new cells for growth and the formation of
206. Apical meristems give rise to partially dif- tissues.
ferentiated tissues that can further differ-
entiate. Which one of these gives rise to C. none
the cortex and mesophyll? D. thickening stem

212. Types of plant hormone? 217. Plants that flower REGARDLESS of the
A. Auxin, Gibberellin, Cytokinin amount of light it receives are classified
as
B. Auxin, Parenchymall, Collenchymal
A. SDP (Short-Day Plants)
C. Parenchymall, Collenchymal, Scle-
renchymal B. Incomplete Flowers
D. Apical, Lateral, Intercalary C. Day Neutral Plants

D. LDP (Long-Day Plants)
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213. True or false. When there is unequal
light, auxin moves towards the shaded 218. only hormone transported down
side, causing cell elongation and the stem A. auxin
bending towards the light.
B. gibberellin
A. True.
C. cytokinin
B. False. When there is equal light.
D. abscisic acid
C. False. The plant hormone is cytokinin.
219. What is the function of a plant’s roots?
D. False. Auxin moves toward the
brighter side. A. To help the plant grow next to other
plants
214. All of the following are symptoms of
B. To keep the plant in the ground and ab-
plants receiving less than optimal sunlight
sorb nutrients and water
EXCEPT
C. To help the plant reproduce
A. Compact growth
D. To help the plant collect sunlight
B. Dull colored leaves
C. Slow growing plants 220. What is the first stage of germination?
D. Stretching A. seed
B. mature plant
215. What is not a benefit of self-pollination?
C. seedling
A. a mate does not have to be nearby
D. seed pod
B. it can be achieved by different types of
pollination (wind, animals, etc ) 221. Apical meristems give rise to partially dif-
C. there is less chance involved as to ferentiated tissues that can further differ-
whether or not pollen will make it to pis- entiate. Which of these will develop into
til. fully functional and differentiated leaves?
D. it increases the genetic diversity of the A. Leaf primordia
offspring. B. Ground meristem
216. Plant Cells are identifiable by their C. Protoderm
(Choose all that apply) D. Procambium
A. cell walls 222. After double fertilisation, the ovary will
B. large central vacuole develop into
C. multiple nuclei A. embryo
D. green cytoplasm B. endosperm

C. fruit 228. What is the name for the stages that a

D. testa plant goes through as it grows?

223. occurs at the roots and stems of the A. water cycle
plant while occurs in the girth of the B. life cycle
plant.
C. bicycle
A. Primary Growth, Secondary Growth
D. none of above
B. Secondary growth, Indeterminate
Growth
229. What is the name of the hormone that
C. Secondary growth, Primary Growth helps the plant develop its fruit and in
D. Indeterminate Growth, Primary stem elongation?
Growth
A. Gibblerin
224. Which of the following includes the fe- B. Auxin
male reproductive structures of a flower?
A. the stigma C. Ethlyene
B. the stamen D. Cytokins

C. the anther
230. What type of vascular tissue is respon-
D. the pistil sible for transporting the sugars made
225. Which way can the seeds move from their in photosynthesis from the leaves to the
plants? roots?
A. Wind A. Cuticle
B. Car B. Phloem
C. Bus C. Stomata
D. Mud
D. Xylem
226. A very small and smooth pollen grain
with a very low mass would be expected 231. Which of the following is a pollinator?
to have which dispersal method? A. Deer
A. water
B. Elephant
B. animals
C. Lady Bug
C. insects
D. wind D. Human
227. What are plants searching for when they 232. Which hormone causes internodes to
grow out of the ground? (hint:it makes lengthen?
them grow tall)
A. Gibberelins
A. good air
B. Etiolation
B. peace of mind
C. green grass C. Tropism
D. sunlight D. Cytokins

233. Which part of the flower makes and holds 239. What all plants need to grow?
pollen? A. Air
A. stigma
B. Rocks
B. ovary
C. Darkness
C. pistil
D. Hot temperatures
D. anther
240. For growth which one(s) is essential-
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234. Requires two growing seasons to pro-
duce seeds A. Nutrients
A. Annual B. H2O
B. Biennial C. O2
C. Perennial D. All
D. None of the Above 241. grow rapidly at first, then slow, then
235. Plant secondary growth is controlled by stop
(Pick more than one answer if rele- A. indeterminate growth
vant)
B. determinate growth
A. apical meristem
C. regular growth
B. intercalary meristem
D. irregular growth
C. cork cambium
D. vascular cambium 242. Fruit and leaf drop at early stages can be
prevented by the application of:
236. We measured the plant’s growth in
A. Ethylene
A. inches
B. Auxins
B. centimeters
C. Gibberellic acid
C. miles
D. Cytokinins
D. sandwiches
243. Which structure protects the seed?
237. What does a plant grow at the end
stages of life? A. root
A. seed pods B. cotyledon
B. true leaves C. stem
C. seed leaves D. seed coat
D. stem
244. Increase in a tree diameter is due to
238. Which is NOT part of a seed? (Pick more than one answer if relevant)
A. seed coat A. primary growth
B. embryo B. secondary growth
C. pollen C. apical meristem
D. food store D. lateral meristem

245. The type of growth in a plant that causes C. Pollination

stems and other areas to become thicker. D. Seeds with wings

A. Primary growth
251. A type of plant that produces two seed
B. Secondary growth leaves upon germination.
C. Cell enlargement A. Monocot
D. Turgor B. Dicot
246. Where does the seed get its energy C. Hybrid
from? D. Perennial
A. Food store
252. Plants display this type of behavior in re-
B. sunlight sponse to a stimulus. The response can be
C. embryo negative or positive.
D. animals A. Geotropism
B. Phototropism
247. List three external conditions required for
seed germination C. Momatropism
A. soil, water, air D. Tropism
B. suitable temperature, water, sunlight 253. cells that provide strength such as scle-
C. oxygen, water, suitable temperature reids and fibers
D. none of above A. collenchyma

B. sclerenchyma
248. Plants with air.
C. parenchyma
A. turn oxygen into carbon dioxide
D. none of above
B. always breathe
254. An angiosperm is a plant that
C. do not do anything
A. produces seeds inside of cones.
D. turn carbon dioxide into oxygen
B. produces flowers and fruit.
249. plays role on primary growth, while
C. is wind pollinated.
plays role on secondary growth.
D. produces spores rather than seeds.
A. intercalary meristem, apical meristem
B. lateral meristem; apical meristem 255. the only plant hormone that is a gas
C. lateral meristem; intercalary meris- A. auxin
tem B. gibberellin
D. apical meristem; lateral meristem C. cytokinin
E. apical meristem; intercalary meristem D. ethylene
250. When pollen is transferred between 256. in mature plant, function of protection is
plants by wind or insects this is called given by the presence of
A. Phototropism A. epidermis
B. Asexual Reproduction B. vascular cambium

C. xylem D. it means there is erorr with the exper-

D. cork iment
E. phloem 262. Water is needed for-
257. Phototrophic (a stem bend to light phe- A. Cell-enlargement

nomenon) curvature is the result of uneven B. Providing aqueous medium for enzy-
distruibution of matic reactions
A. ethylene C. Both a & b
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B. ABA D. oxidising glucose to provide energy
C. Auxin
263. Poinsettias are SDP (short day plants).
D. Cytokinin Which of the following best describes
short day plants?
258. Which of these is an example of how a
plant can adapt to lose less water? A. Flowering occurs when daylight hours
are less than 12 hours.
A. Have a waxy layer on the leaves to stop
transpiration B. Flowering occurs when daylight hours
are more than 12 hours.
B. Store water in the petals
C. Flowering occurs regardless of the
C. Have leaves spread out
amount of daylight
D. Have no roots
D. All of the above
259. Poppy seeds can be eaten on
264. Plant tissues responsible for growth is
A. Rice the
B. Water A. vascular tissue
C. Bread B. meristematic tissue
D. Vegetables C. epidermal tissue
260. The type of growth in a plant that causes D. ground tissue
the plants roots and shoots to become
265. The thickening of trunks of trees is due
longer.
to
A. Primary growth
A. non-meristemic tissue
B. Secondary growth
B. the vascular cambium
C. Cell enlargement
C. the solar cambium
D. Turgor
D. lack of cambium
261. What is reliable?
266. What is the scientific name for the root
A. it gives the same result when you re- that first emerges from the seed?
peat the entire experiment.
A. Radicle
B. it gives the different result when you
repeat the entire experiment. B. Plumule
C. it is not fair if we repeat the entire ex- C. Monocot

periment. D. Dicot

267. The stem carries from the soil to all C. All cells, tissue and organs
the parts of the plant.
D. All

A. dirt and rocks
B. water and nutrients 273. Water is important to plant growth and
development for all of the following rea-
C. candy and soda sons EXCEPT
D. none of above
A. Transport of food and water (via
268. The fungus associated with the discovery phloem / xylem)
and source of gibberellins is B. Used to carry out photosynthesis and
A. Fusarium oxysporum transpiration.
B. Fusarium solanii C. Increases stem length and reduces
C. Fusarium moniliforme stem strength
D. Fusarium longipes D. Allows plants to absorb minerals in sol-
uble form.
269. The process of a plant using light to con-
vert carbon dioxide and water into glucose 274. Xylem is the water-carrying vascular tis-
for food is know as sue, composed of specialized cells called
A. germination and
B. pollination A. sieve tube members
C. photosynthesis B. vessel elements
D. life cycle C. companion cells
270. Which one is the example of dedifferenti- D. tracheids
ated cells?
A. Procambium + Vascular cambium 275. Find out the examples of lateral meristem
B. Vascular cambium + Interfascicular A. A. Vascular cambium
cambium B. B. Cork cambium
C. Phellogen + Procambium
C. C. Pith
D. Cork cambium + Interfascicular cam-
D. A and B
bium
E. B and C
271. Seeds are produced in plant’s
A. Ovule 276. where does the intercalary meristem lo-
B. Seed cated?
C. Embryo A. at the tip of radish root

D. Thorn B. at the tip of mung bean bud
272. A sigmoid growth curve is characteristic C. at the top of coleus leaves

of- D. at the internodes of sugarcane plant
A. Bacteria growing in culture medium E. in between the xylem and phloem of
B. Organisms growing in natural habitat mango tree

277. Which of the following includes all of the B. Actively dividing to produce new cells
male reproductive structures of a flower? for growth
A. the pistil C. Tissues which are already differenti-
ated
B. the stigma
D. categorised into epidermal tissue,
C. the stomata
ground tissue and vascular tissue
D. the stamen
283. Growth in plants occur when
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278. This colorful structure, located at the top A. stems lengthen
of the flower, arranged in a circle, sur-
B. roots lengthen
rounds and protects the reproductive parts
of a flower. C. increase in thickness
A. Petals D. growth fruit
B. Style 284. Under certain conditions regaining the

lost capacity of division by living cells is
C. Anther
called-
D. Stamen
A. Dedifferentiation
279. The first step in seed germination is B. Providing aqueous medium for enzy-
matic reactions
A. imbibition
C. Differentiation
B. activation of hormone
D. Efficiency index
C. nutrient mobilisation
D. breaking of testa 285. The layer that covers the apical meristem
of a root is called the
280. Jenny saw a tree growing red apples. A. pericycle
What stage of the plant life cycle is the
B. taproot
tree in?
C. root cap
A. mature plant
D. root hair
B. seedling
286. When two organisms produce offspring,
C. young plant
this is called
D. seed A. Selective Reproduction
281. The rate of growth is highest in- B. Sexual Reproduction
A. Lag phase C. Multi Reproduction
B. Log phase D. Asexual Reproduction
C. Steady phase 287. A primary benefit of asexual reproduc-
tion in plants over sexual reproduction is
D. None
A. plants can reproduce more quickly and
282. Which of the following not the character- take advantage of stable environmental
istics of permanent tissues? conditions.
A. Mature tissues that are undergoing dif- B. plants can become more genetically di-
ferentiation verse

C. plants can better adapt to changes in 293. Pollen from a flower is spread to other
the environment flowers by animals, people, and

D. plants can produce hybrids that will A. wind
have traits of both parents
B. cars
288. A plant’s ability to withstand cold tem-
peratures is known as C. roots
A. Vernalization D. none of above

B. DIF
294. What is the name of the hormone that
C. Hardiness helps the plant in root initiation, leaf ab-
D. Photoperiod scission and cell expansion?
289. Which are growth hormones that are pro- A. Gibblerin

duced by the apical meristem? B. Auxin
A. Gibberelins
C. Ethylene
B. Auxins
D. Cytokins
C. Cytokins
D. Etiolations 295. A layer of tissue in plants that undergoes
290. Leaves use sunlight, , and air to create secondary growth and creates xylem and
food that the plant needs to stay alive. phloem.
A. water A. Vascular cambium

B. apple juice B. Cork cambium
C. books C. Internode
D. none of above
D. Zone of elongation
291. Three types of tissues that differenti-
ate in apical meristems that considered 296. In which plant part does photosynthesis
primary meristem because they allow happen?
growth in length and height! A. Leaves
A. Protoderm
B. Roots
B. Ground Meristem
C. Stems
C. Procambium
D. Vascular cambium D. Seeds
292. Blue light encourages which of the follow- 297. Which one(s) is/are redifferentiated
ing plant responses? cell(s)?
A. Encourages branching, or horizontal A. Cork
growth
B. Secondary cortex
B. Promotes seedling growth
C. Promotes seedling germination C. Both
D. Increases stem length D. None

298. In general, seeds need the things below, C. fruit

EXCEPT D. cotyledon
A. water
304. Which of these does NOT happen during
B. warmth
the seedling stage?
C. air
A. Roots begin to grow.
D. light
B. Stems start to grow towards the light.
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299. controls guard cells C. The seed starts to grow.
A. auxin D. Leaves start to form on the plant.
B. cytokinin
305. Part 1What do all seeds need to germi-
C. abscisic acid
nate?
D. gibberellin
A. warmth & water
300. What does weathering mean? B. spores
A. To form or create new C. cones
B. To build up D. photosynthesis
C. To break down
306. Which do plants need for photosynthe-
D. To completely destroy
sis?
301. this hormone is why one bad apple can A. Sunlight
spoil the bunch
B. Oxygen
A. auxin
C. Pollen
B. cytokinin
D. Bees
C. ethylene
D. gibberellin 307. A certain plant adaptation allows plant
seeds to transfer from the parent plant to
302. Plants need materials to live and grow. a new location using wind. This adapta-
Select the correct materials tion is referred to as
A. Water, salt, wind, air, and earth A. helicopter seeds
B. Rocks, water, soil, nutrients, and a B. self bursting seeds
nest
C. seeds with wings
C. Air, water, sunlight, soil, and nutrients
D. seeds who hitch a ride on an animal
D. Nutrients, air, water, sunlight, and
moonlight 308. Which condition is NOT needed for germi-
E. Sunlight, moonlight, rocks, water, and nation?
coal A. Water
303. Fertilised ovule forms the B. Oxygen
A. seed C. Light
B. testa D. Suitable temperature

309. Leaves are the making factory of a C. Water and nutrients are absorbed
plant. through the root hairs

A. drink D. They have tissues that carry water and
B. food food
C. toy 315. High humidity encourages plant growth.
D. none of above However, what is one major drawback to
high humidity?
310. Rate of growth per unit time is called as
A. It causes plants to lose more water
A. metabolism
during transpiration.
B. efficiency index
B. Roots absorb more water to reduce
C. differentiation wilting.
D. redifferentiation
C. Plants will use more oxygen which in-
311. Which of the following is not the charac- creases respiration.
teristic of growth of an organism? D. It encourages disease and pests.
A. It is accompanied by metabolic pro-
cesses 316. There are a few different ways that sci-
entists have classified plants. Which of
B. It is quantitative and intrinsic
the following is not a way we have dis-
C. It is an irreversible permanent in- cussed?
crease in size of an organ / its part / an
individual cell A. Small vs. Large
D. None of the above B. Seed vs. Seedless
312. Why do plants need air to grow? C. Vascular vs. Nonvascular
A. Plants must anchor themselves D. Angiosperms vs. Gymnosperms

B. Plants cannot keep cool on their own 317. Which of the following involved in pri-
C. Plants need heat to release their en- mary growth?
ergy
A. Vascular cambium
D. Plants use carbon dioxide to make
food B. Cork cambium
C. Apical meristem
313. moves away from light
D. Embryo sac
A. auxin
B. gibberellin 318. Increased vacuolation, cell enlargement
C. cytokinin and new cell wall deposition are the char-
acteristics of cell in-
D. ethylene
A. divisional phase
314. Which is NOT true of vascular plants?
B. enlongation phase
A. They are much smaller than non vascu-
lar plants C. maturation phase
B. They can grow to be quite large D. differentiation phase

319. What is another name for a seedling? C. gibberellin

A. pollen D. ethylene
B. sprout 325. Apical meristem are found in the
C. mature plant A. Buds
D. carbon dioxide B. Roots
C. Tip
320. What does a seedling need to continue to
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grow into a strong and healthy plant? D. Apex
A. snow and soda 326. Male birds do which of the following to
B. sunlight and water attract a mate? Select all that apply
C. darkness and coffee A. Eats eggs out of her nest

B. Displays his colorful feathers
D. none of above
C. Sings her a lovely song
321. True or false. Auxins cause cell elonga- D. Shows the female his best dance
tion as it inhibits the growth of axillary moves
buds in nodes.
327. When do plants photosynthesise?
A. True.
A. All night
B. False. The plant hormone is cytokinin.
B. All day when there is light
C. False. It activates the growth of axil-
lary buds. C. Whenever it needs glucose
D. False. Inhibits the growth of lateral D. Whenever it needs energy
buds. 328. Plants have roots that take in water and
nutrients from
322. Chemical messengers that are produced
in the plant and control growth. A. stem
A. Hormones B. soil
B. Tropisms C. sunlight
D. air
C. Compounds
D. Sugars 329. Which of the following is the anti ageing
plant hormone?
323. Where is the food stored in the seed? A. IAA
A. seed coat B. CYTOKININS
B. embryo C. ETHYLENE
C. baby leaves D. GIBBERELLINS
D. cotyledon 330. What does the cotyledon grow into?
324. promotes elongation of cells between A. leaves
nodes B. baby plant
A. auxin C. pollen
B. cytokinin D. none of above

331. Select the incorrect option- C. Depends on the plant

A. Primary growth is the increase in girth D. Zero

of axis due to activity of Apical meristem
337. The form of growth wherein new cells
B. Secondary growth is the increase in
are always being added to the plant body
girth due to activity of lateral meristem
by the activity of meristem is called-
(vascular cambium & cork cambium)
A. Open form of growth
C. Elongation of plant is the primary
growth B. Close form of growth
D. b and c C. Diffused form of growth
332. Plant development is the plants D. Discontinuous form of growth
A. progress through its lifecycle 338. cells develop into different types of cells
B. ability to withstand heat A. growth
C. progress through its germination B. development
D. ability to be diverse C. differentiation
333. In the roots, auxin promotes cell elonga- D. none of these
tion.
339. Meristem tissue consist of dividing active
A. True. cells. below are the characteristic of these
B. False. Auxin inhibits cell elongation. cells except
C. False. The plant hormone is cytokinin. A. small nucleus
D. False. Promotes cell death. B. small vacuole
334. Tissue in plants that conducts sugars and C. thin cell wall
other metabolic products from the leaves D. large cytoplasm
to the rest of the plant.
340. Jeffrey saw a green stem sticking out of
A. Vascular cambium
the soil. What stage in the plant life cycle
B. Cork cambium is the plant in?
C. Xylem A. seedling
D. Phloem B. germination
335. What is the first stage of the plant life C. young plant
cycle? D. seed
A. seedling
341. The chemical reactions where carbon is re-
B. seed
moved from carbon dioxide to make other
C. adult plant organic molecules such as sugars.
D. germination A. Light-dependent reactions
336. Monocots have cotyledon. B. Carbon fixing reactions
A. One C. Photoelectric effect
B. Two D. Photons

342. The growth of apical meristems is also B. one male gamete fuses with two egg
known as cells and another male gamete fuses with
A. primary growth one polar nucleus
B. secondary growth C. two male gamete fuses with two egg

cells
C. tertiary growth
D. epidermal growth D. two male gamete fuses with two polar
nuclei
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343. A region of tissue at the tips of shoots
and roots where rapid cell division occurs 348. Hormone responsible for plant ans seed
to make that part of the plant longer. dormancy during draught is
A. Apical meristem A. IBA
B. Embryogenesis B. NAA
C. Mitosis C. ABA
D. Phloem
D. Zeatin
344. Two types of germination
349. Exponential growth cannot sustain for
A. epigeal and endogeal long. The possible cause is-
B. hypogeal and hypergeal
A. Limited nutrient available
C. epigeal and hypogeal
B. Limited space
D. none
C. Accumulation of toxic materials
345. Steve wanted to see if the type of fertil-
izer made sunflowers grow larger. What D. All
is the independent variable
350. What is the purpose of the sepals?
A. Type of fertilizer
A. to make the flower more showy and at-
B. Size of sunflower tractive to pollinators
C. type of sun flower
B. to make the flower attach to the stem
D. none of above more securely
346. Which plant hormone promotes topical C. to hold the flower petals open when
growth and tropic responses? blooming
A. Cytokinins D. to protect the flower bloom before it
B. Gibberellins opens
C. Abscisic Acid
351. Which type of tissue is located in the root
D. Auxins cap and responsible for root growth?
347. In flowering plants, double fertilisation A. vascular
happens when B. dermal
A. one male gamete fuses with the egg
C. meristem
cell and another male gamete fuses with
two polar nuclei D. ground

352. Protects the meristem and sheds cells as 358. Which hormone that helps cell divisions
the root grows through the soil. and elongation

A. Zone of Cell Division A. Auxin
B. Root Cap B. Gibberellin
C. Zone of Differentiation C. Cytokinin
D. Zone of Elongation D. Ethylene
353. Which one is one of the apical meristem 359. Which characteristic does collenchyma
differentiation? give to a plant?
A. Ground tissue A. color
B. Primary meristem B. flexibility
C. Cambium C. height
D. Protoderm D. taste
354. the plant hormone that present in 360. Which type of plant tissue covers the
gaseous state is outer surface of the plant and acts as a
A. auxin protective layer?
B. gibberellin A. Dermal
C. cytokinin B. Vascular
D. ethylene C. Ground
355. While making bonsai, the meristem is D. Connective
removed from the plant.
361. The flower for the plant.
A. Apical and Intercalary
A. makes food
B. Lateral and Apical
B. makes seeds
C. Intercalary and Lateral
C. collects water and nutrients
D. none of above
D. does not do anything
356. The air contains
362. What does the bee eat besides nectar?
A. water
A. seed coat
B. oxygen
B. roots
C. light
C. pollen
D. carbon dioxide
D. embryo
357. What do plants release during photosyn-
thesis that is important for human and an- 363. Which plant process is driven by visible
imals? light?
A. carbon dioxide A. Photosynthesis
B. water B. Respiration
C. oxygen C. Transpiration
D. nicotin D. Oxidation

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1.16 Digestion and Absorption

1. What is the main purpose of the small in- 6. Choose the different type of glands
testine? present in the digestive system
A. nutrients get absorbed into the A. Salivary glands
blood/lacteal B. Stomach
B. bile is produced C. Gastrie gland
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C. water is removed D. Liver
D. nutrients are assimilated E. Pancreas
2. What is the main source of energy for your 7. Liver

body? A. stores bile
A. proteins B. produces bile
B. carbohydrates C. breaks up fat molecules
C. fats D. produces enzymes that flow into the

small intestine
D. mineral
8. Nutrients travel by the blood around our
3. Hydrochloric acid is secreted in the body to be used and converted into?
A. oesophagus A. energy
B. stomach B. sugar
C. nutrient
C. large intestine
D. human fuel
D. small intestine
9. The secretion of the brush border cells
4. Protein is broken down into before along with secretions of goblet cells
they are asborbed into the small in- present in the mucosa of small intestine
testines. constitutes:-
A. fatty acids A. Chyme
B. amino acids B. Chyle
C. citric acid C. Succus entericus
D. hydrochiloric D. Gastric juice
10. Which of these structures function to in-

5. Where does the digestion of polypeptides
crease the surface area of the small intes-
start in humans?
tine?
A. Mouth A. circular folds
B. Esophagus B. villi
C. Stomach C. microvilli
D. Small intestine D. all of the above

11. Large intestine is responsible for C. ectoplasm and endoplasm

A. digestion of proteins D. all of them

B. absorption of water and minerals
16. The uptake and use of nutrients by the
C. fat emulsification cells of the body.
D. absorption of glucose A. Ingestion
12. Which of the following is the correct or- B. Digestion
der for the major parts of the alimentary
C. Absorption
canal?
A. oesophagus, stomach, large intestine, D. Assimilation
small intestine, mouth E. Egestion
B. mouth, stomach, oesophagus, large in-
testine, small intestine 17. Which of the following cannot be digested
by humans?
C. mouth, small intestine, stomach, oe-
sophagus, large intestine A. Cellulose
D. mouth, oesophagus, stomach, small in- B. Starch
testine, large intestine C. Glycogen
13. Which of the following statement is wrong D. Lipids
about chylomicrons? I. Chylomicrons are
produced in the epithelial cells of small in- 18. The rumen
testine. II. It contains triglycerides, choles- A. digests food
terol and phospholipids. III. It is carbohy-
drate coated. IV. Chylomicrons released B. absorbs nutrients
from the epithelial cell into lacteals. C. ferments food
A. I and IV D. none of above
B. II and III
19. How do amoebas move?
C. I, II, III and IV
A. cilia
D. Only III
B. psuedopod
14. Choking on food is most likely caused by
an interference with the proper function- C. flagella
ing of the D. feet
A. diaphragm
20. Which of the following are symptoms of a
B. nasal cavity deficiency in vitamin C? I. Skin discoloura-
C. epiglottis tion and bruisingII. AnaemiaIII. Loosened
D. esophagus teeth and bleeding gums
A. I and II only
15. Amoeba is a single celled organism and the
structure of amoeba consists of B. I and III only
A. food vacuole C. II and III only
B. contractile vacuole D. I, II and III

21. Releases salivary amylase into mouth C. II and III only

which helps break down carbs. D. I, II and III
A. esophagus
26. Digestion involves hydrolysis reactions,
B. stomach these reactions break bonds by adding
C. epiglottis what?
D. salivary glands A. Lipid
B. Water
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22. finger-like projections in the small intes-
tine that absorb nutrients C. Oxygen
A. digestion D. Carbon Dioxide
B. absorption 27. Which of the following are needed to make
C. peristalsis gastric juice more acidic, when food enters
D. villi the stomach? I. secretinII. medulla oblan-
gataIII. gastrin
23. Enzymes from the pancreas are responsi- A. I and II only
ble for
B. I and III only
A. Digesting most macromolecules com-
pletely into their monomer units C. II and III only
B. Digesting starch and triglycerides only D. I, II and III
C. Digesting starch, triglycerides, phos- 28. Tiny finger-shaped structures in the small
pholipids, and proteins into smaller units intestine in which absorption occurs
D. Passing from the small intestine to the A. rectum
the large intestine to digest food later
B. anus
24. The wall of the alimentary canal possesses C. bile
four layer. From inner to outer most lay-
D. villi
ers the sequence is
A. Serosa, Muscularis, Sub-Mucosa, Mu- 29. Where does partly digested food go after
cosa it leaves the stomach?
B. Serosa, Sub-mucosa, Muscularis A. esophagus
C. Mucosa, Muscularis, Sub-mucosa, B. appendix
Serosa C. small intestine
D. Mucosa, Sub-mucosa, Muscularis, D. large intestine
Serosa
30. If iodine turns a substance to blue-black
25. How does Helicobacter pylori cause stom- colour, the substance is
ach ulcers? I. by causing inflammation of
the stomach liningII. production of toxins A. cellulose
and enzymesIII. entering parietal cells B. starch
A. I and II only C. fats
B. I and III only D. proteins

31. What is the muscle action that propels B. liver and epiglottis
food through the gut? C. liver and pancreas

A. Peristalsis D. pancreas and salivary glands
B. Myogenic muscle contraction
37. Regarding digestion of carbohydrate
C. Voluntary muscle contraction
A. Digestion starts in stomach
D. Antagonistic muscle contraction
B. Ptyalin requires chloride for its activa-
32. A pattern of eating that includes how tion
much, what, and how often a person eats. C. Amylopsin is carbohydrate spitting en-
A. Metabolism zyme
B. Diet D. Lactose is hydrolysed to glucose and
C. Calories galactose
D. Vitamins E. Sucrose is hydrolysed to two glucose

molecules
33. Peristalsis refers to
38. Enzymes in the pancreas
A. one of the digestive organs
A. Travel through the blood stream to the
B. the action of the stomach small intestine
C. heart rate increasing B. Travel through the pancreatic duct to
D. smooth muscles moving food through the small intestine
the digestive system C. Are not entirely necessary for diges-
34. It is a muscular tube that connects the tion
mouth to the stomach. D. Are used to digest nucleic acids
A. Epiglottis 39. Regarding lipases
B. Peristalsis A. lingual lipase is moe active on TG hav-
C. Stomach ing long chain FA
D. Esophagus B. gastric lipase activity requires pres-
ence of Ca++
35. Which of the following is true of choles-
terol? C. steapsin is pancreatic lipase
A. It is transported by HDLs from the liver D. pancreatic lipase hydrolyses short and
to body tissues long chain FA
B. It is transported by LDLs from body tis- E. intestinal lipase is confined to the in-
sues to the liver and removed from blood testinal epithelial cell
C. It is a trans-unsaturated fat 40. Sphincter of oddi is present at:

D. It is transported in lipoproteins A. Ileo-caecal junction
36. What structures synthesize and secrete B. Junction of hepato-pancreatic duct

chemicals into the small intestine that will and duodenum
aid in digestion? C. Gastro-oesophageal junction
A. appendix and gall bladder D. Junction of jejunum and duodenum

41. food is digested in to to be used as an B. Anus, Esophagus, Stomach, Large In-

energy source testine, Small Intestine, Mouth
A. glucose C. Mouth, Esophagus, Small Intestine,
B. sunlight Stomach, Large Intestine, Anus
C. carbohydrates D. Mouth, Esophagus, Stomach, Large In-
D. protein testine, Small Intestine, Anus
47. Which of the following features of the villi
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42. What system does food go to AFTER the
digestive system? increase surface area? I. Microvilli of the
epithelial cellsII. Capillary network inside
A. Respiratory system
the villusIII. Coiling of the small intestine
B. Circulatory system inside the body
C. Digestive System A. I only
D. Integumentary System
B. I and II
43. Which of the following is not true of the C. I, II and III
cholera toxin?
D. I and III
A. It is produced by the virus Vibrio
cholerae 48. By which process do fatty acids and glyc-
B. It attaches to receptors on intestine erol enter the epithelial cells of the ileum?
cells
A. Endocytosis
C. It enters the cell by endocytosis
B. Simple Diffusion
D. It causes Cl-and HCO3-ions to enter
the intestine lumen C. Facilitated Diffusion
44. All of the chemical reactions of the cell that D. Active Transport
sustain life are known as
49. Which of the following methods is used to
A. metabolism bring glucose from the lumen into the ep-
B. catabolism ithelial cell?
C. redox reactions A. Secondary active transport
D. anabolism B. Active transport
45. all the chemical processes inside your body C. Simple diffusion
is called
D. Facilitated diffusion
A. metabolism
B. respiration 50. After chewing, the food is swallowed and
passes down the to the
C. digestion
A. esophagus, stomach
D. intelligence
B. wind pipe, esophagus
46. What is the path of the digestive system?
C. salivary glands, esophagus
A. Mouth, Esophagus, Stomach, Small In-
testines, Large Intestines, Anus D. liver, small intestine

51. Match the macronutrient to its deriva- 56. Which of the following is/are involved in
tive:fatty acids absorption?

A. peptide A. diffusion
B. carbohydrate B. filtration
C. lipid C. hydrolysis
D. protein D. active transport
52. Food is broken down into in our diges- 57. The piercing and tearing teeth is called
tive system
A. incisor
A. Waste
B. Canine
B. Water and vitamins
C. Pre-molar
C. Nutrients
D. Molar
D. Cells
58. The helps in mixing saliva with food.
53. Which statement about small intestine is
A. Heart
true?
B. Stomach
A. Ileum, Duodenum and Jejunum is the
correct series starting from the stomach C. Nose
B. Jejunum opens into Large intestine D. Tongue
C. Ileum is highly coiled tube
59. proteins digest into
D. Pyloric sphincter guards opening of
A. glucose
small intestine into large intestine
B. fatty acids
54. These produce vitamin K, produce gas,
C. amino acids
break down plant material, and give your
feces an odor while living and growing in D. water
your intestines.
60. What is the digestive system?
A. bacteria
A. breathing system
B. sugars
B. system of nerves
C. protozoa
C. food processing system
D. fungi
D. blood transporting system
55. Small muscular pouch responsible for stor-
ing bile 61. Stores bile
A. pancreas A. liver
B. mechanical B. gallbladder
C. amylase C. pancreas
D. gallbladder D. right

62. Which of the following does the Digestive 67. Which of the following are needed to form
system does gastric juice when food is seen or smelled?
I. gastrinII. parietal cellsIII. vagus nerve
A. Digests the food
A. I and II only
B. Helps in breathing
B. I and III only
C. Helps in by controlling the brain
C. II and III only
D. Excretes the waste of the food we con-
D. I, II and III
sume
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E. Spreads the nutrition to different parts 68. The pancreas does NOT make which of the
of the body following?
A. amylase
63. Bile is a digestive juice in our body. Which
B. lipase
of the following statements about bile is
correct? C. sodium bicarbonate
A. It is produced by the gall bladder. D. pepsin
B. It contains an enzyme that digests fat. 69. The greatest amount of digestion of food
in humans takes place in the
C. It helps break down fat into droplets.
A. mouth
D. It stimulates peristaltic movement of
the small intestine. B. stomach
C. small intestine
64. Where chemical digestion starts. D. large intestine
A. Small intestine
70. Where does absorption of nutrients takes
B. Oesophagus place?
C. Mouth A. MOUTH
D. Stomach B. STOMACH
C. SMALL INTESTINE
65. Which of the following are necessary for
efficient digestion of lipids? D. LARGE INTESTINE
A. Bile 71. urine is made in the

B. Lipase A. small intestine
B. large intestine
C. Triglyceride
C. kidney
D. Monoglyceride
D. liver
66. Which of the following absorbs the prod-
72. Identify the enzyme that breaks down pro-
ucts of fat digestion?
teins to peptides
A. Lacteal A. lipase
B. Capillaries B. amylase
C. Veins C. pepsin
D. Arteries D. none of above

73. Which factor does not influence how much C. sugar

energy a person needs? D. fat

A. age
79. Breaks up fat molecules
B. gender
A. liver
C. height
B. anus
D. weight
C. bile
74. Which of the following food substances D. villi
is/are absorbed directly without diges-
tion? (1) vitamin C(2) sucrose(3) polypep- 80. Where would you expect to find hydrochlo-
tide ric acid?
A. only A. stomach
B. only B. small intestine
C. and (3) only C. liver
D. and (3) only D. large intestine
75. Which of these is not a part of nutrition? 81. What are the 4 steps of digestion? (in or-
A. digestion der)
A. ingestion, digestion, absorption, elimi-
B. absorption
nation
C. egestion
B. digestion, absorption, elimination, in-
D. excretion gestion
76. MilkTeeth fall off in C. ingestion, congestion, pregestion,
elimination
A. Children
D. pre-gestion, congestion, digestion,
B. Adult
elimination
C. Old Man
E. hard question, Sugestion, analyzation,
D. Old Lady pretention
77. What is the plant cell carbohydrate called 82. In addition to neural control, hormones
that cows can digest and humans can’t? also influence the:-
A. carotene A. gastric secretions
B. chlorophyl B. intestinal secretions
C. cellulose C. muscular activities of different parts
D. none of above of alimentary canal
D. All of these
78. After surgical removal of an infected gall-
bladder, a person must be especially care- 83. Insulin
ful to restrict dietary intake of A. converts glycogen to glucose
A. starch B. stimulates liver to convert glycogen to
B. protein glucose

C. is produced by the liver 89. Which enzyme is matched to the correct

D. is produced by the pancreas substrate and location?
A. Pepsin-peptides-stomach
84. Lipids are important in constructing
B. Trypsin-peptides-stomach
A. cellular transporters
C. Pepsin-proteins-stomach
B. ATP
D. Trypsin-amino acids-duodenum
C. cell membranes
90. When molecules are being broken down in
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D. hormones
a chemical reaction it is called
E. collagen
A. anabolism
85. Can you tell which two common life pro- B. catabolism
cesses of animals and plants, that was cov-
ered in class so far? C. photosynthesis
D. uptake
A. Respiration and reproduction
B. Transportation and growth 91. Sucrase breaks down sucrose to which
two monosaccharides?
C. Nutrition and excretion
A. Glucose + fructose
D. none of above
B. Galactose + glucose
86. Which is the following is a challenge of di-
C. Glucose + glucose
gestion?
D. Galactose + fructose
A. There are multiple tasks of the mouth
B. Contents of digestive tract must move 92. Which of these is not a type of amylase?
forward in a slow and steady pace A. Ileal amylase
C. Food must be lubricated with fluids B. Salivary amylase
D. All of the above C. Pancreatic amylase
87. Which of the following adaptations of D. none of above
the villi increase the absorption of food
93. Which of the following is/are the function
molecules?
of colon?
A. Digestive enzymes produced A. Digest food materials
B. Large surface area B. Absorb digested food
C. Microvilli C. Absorb water from indigestible materi-
D. Good blood supply with lots of capilar- als
ies D. Stores indigestible materials
E. Lots of ‘good’ bacteria
94. Which monosaccharide is the disaccharide
88. What is the function of the villi? maltose then broken down into?
A. secretes enzymes A. Galactose + Glucose
B. decreases absorption B. Fructose + Glucose
C. increases surface area C. Sucrose + Glucose
D. creates bile D. Glucose + Glucose

95. Food passes through the to the stom- 101. What pH is the most acidic?
ach by the action of A. 2

A. small intestine, chemical digestion B. 6
B. mouth, mechanical digestion C. 7
C. esophagus, chemical digestion D. 10
D. esophagus, peristalsis
102. The enzyme which does not directly act
96. Trans fats are upon the food substance in the small intes-
tine of man is
A. mostly artificial unsaturated fats
A. amylopsin
B. they have double bonds in trans form
B. lipase
C. they are storage form of energy
C. Enterokinase
D. they lead to atherosclerosis
D. trypsin
E. they are precursors of eicosanoids
103. What is the name of the flap that pre-
97. which enzyme digests fats?
vents food from entering your lungs?
A. protease
A. epiglottis
B. lipase B. tongue
C. glucose C. pancreas
D. amylase D. chyme
98. The process of breaking down food into nu- 104. When molecules are being built by chem-
trient rich molecules. ical reactions it is called
A. absorption A. anabolism
B. digestion B. catabolism
C. peristalsis C. fermentation
D. villi D. respiration
99. The pancreas produces chemicals to reduce 105. calorie measure
this:
A. how much fat is in food
A. Acid levels
B. how much fat is in you
B. All Three
C. how much energy you have
C. Proteins
D. how much energy is in food
D. Fats
106. Feces is usually about 40 percent water
100. mixes and churns food while it is being and 60 percent solid matter. Reducing the
broken down by acids and enzymes in gas- water content to 20 percent would most
tric juice likely result in
A. Small Intestine A. ulcers
B. Stomach B. appendicitis
C. Pancreas C. diarrhea
D. Esophagus D. constipation

107. Amino acids are linked together chemi- 112. What acidic compound is present in gas-
cally to form molecules of tric juice within the stomach that acts pri-
A. Simple Carbohydrates marily in protein digestion?
B. Complex Carbohydrates A. hydrochloric acid
C. Really Complex Carbohydrates B. lactic acid
D. Proteins C. citric acid

D. acetic acid
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108. We need to eat so that our body has the
food substances that it needs 113. How are exocrine glands different from
A. to repair itself endocrine glands?
B. for growth A. Exocrine glands are ductless

C. to get sick B. Exocrine glands secrete substances di-
rectly into the blood
D. for energy
C. Endocrine glands secrete substances
109. Regarding steatorrhea onto the surface of the body
A. it is a small intestinal disease produc- D. Exocrine glands secrete digestive
ing malabsorption juices
B. is an abnormality in first two phases of
114. Why do we need to digest food?
digestion and absorption of lipids
A. so it can fit through the cell membrane
C. Is diagnosed by measuring fats in fe-
ces B. so it can be excreted as waste
D. is excretion of milky urine C. so it can be used to for photosynthesis
E. is accumulation of lymph in pleural cav- D. so it can fit inside the cell wall
ity
115. Which of the following is not true of
110. Which of the following is/are true of fi- phenylketonuria (PKU)?
bre? I. It is digested but not absorbedII. A. An untreated person with PKU will
Cellulose acts as fibre in the human gutIII. have a high level of phenylalanine in the
It is egested blood
A. I only B. It is caused by a gene mutation
B. II only C. An child with PKU will show symptoms
C. III only before birth
D. II and III only D. Phenylalanine is an essential amino
acid
111. The protective substance that lines the
stomach is called 116. About 30% starch is digestied in:-
A. Mucus A. Oral cavity
B. Saliva B. Stomach
C. Pepsin C. Small intestine
D. Trypsin D. Colon

117. Villi 122. allow nutrients to be absorbed by the

A. Stores bile blood and taken through the body.

A. salivary glands
B. Produces enzymes that flow into the
small intestine B. villi
C. Structure in which waste material is C. small intestine
compressed into solid form D. none of above
D. Tiny finger-shaped structures in the
small intestine in which absorption occurs 123. Which of the following would be ex-
pected if a baby with PKU is left untreated
118. Amoeba use a to regulate how much after birth? I. a high level of tyrosine in
water they have in their cell. the bloodII. mental retardationIII. a high
level of phenylalanine hydroxylase in the
A. contractile vacuole
blood
B. food vacuole A. I only
C. gullet B. II only
D. mitochondria C. III only
119. Select the word or phrase that correctly D. I, II and III
completes the statements refers to the
breakdown of food by enzymatic action. 124. Which of the following is not the function
of large intestine?
A. absorption
A. Absorption of some water, minerals
B. excretion and certain drugs.
C. digestion B. Nutrient absorption
D. metabolism C. Secretion of mucus to lubricate faeces
120. Which is the largest gland present in the D. Temporary storage of faeces in rectum
human digestive system
125. Dental formula of an adult human is
A. Pancreas for each half o upper and lower jaw
B. Kidney A. I(2) C(1) PM(2) M(3) / I(2) C(1) PM(2)
C. Stomach M(3)
B. I(1) C(2) PM(2) M(3) / I(2) C(1) PM(2)
D. Liver
M(3)
E. Intestine
C. I(2) C(1) PM(3) M(2) / I(2) C(1) PM(3)
121. Membrane-bound disaccharidases are en- M(2)
zymes attached to the cell surface mem- D. I(2) C(2) PM(1) M(3) / I(2) C(2) PM(1)
brane of what kind of cells in the ileum? M(3)
A. Endothelial cells
126. The enzyme found in saliva and the small
B. Goblet cells intestine that breaks down carbohydrates
C. Epithelial cells A. Amylase
D. Smooth muscle cells B. Protease

C. Lipase C. large intestine

D. none of above D. ileum (2nd part of small intestine)
127. Which organ stores bile? 133. This is the enzyme that works on protein.
A. gall bladder A. pepsin
B. villi B. HCl
C. Bicarbonate
C. pancreas
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D. Lactase
D. liver
134. Bile is produced by , stored in , re-
128. Liver secrets leased by
A. Acid A. liver; duodenum; bile duct
B. Bile Juice B. liver; gall bladder; bile duct
C. Base C. gall bladder; liver; bile duct
D. Water D. gall bladder; duodenum; bile duct
129. In the large intestine, material is readied 135. tiny fingerlike projections in the small in-
for from the body testine
A. exit A. Gall Bladder
B. elimination B. Villi
C. waste C. Rectum
D. absorption D. Pancreas
136. Produces enzymes that flow into the
130. What is the function of the gall bladder?
small intestine
A. absorption of fat A. liver
B. digestion of fat B. gallbladder
C. production of bile C. pancreas
D. storage of bile D. rectum
131. Occurs when the cells of the digestive 137. Saliva contains this enzyme to start the
system take in small molecules of digested digestive process.
food A. spit
A. absorption B. amylase
B. digestion C. hydrochloric acid
C. elimination D. sodium bicarbonate
D. ingestion 138. The pointed teeth in your mouth are
132. Identify the location where the absorp- A. premolars
tion of food takes place? B. incisors
A. duodenum (1st part of small intestine) C. molars
B. stomach D. canines

139. Which muscle type contracts behind the 145. Chemical digestion stops in the
food as it moves through the gut? A. Mouth

A. Circular muscle B. Stomach
B. Longitudinal muscle C. Small intestine
C. Oblique muscle
D. Large intestine
D. Skeletal muscle
146. Which of the following functions is not
140. Where does protein digestion begin? performed by secretions from salivary
A. mouth glands?
B. stomach A. Control bacterial population in mouth
C. liver B. Digestion of complex carbohydrates
D. small intestine C. Lubrication of oral cavity
141. Undigested food leaves the body. D. Digestion of disaccharides

A. digestion 147. The 3 types of digestive systems are
B. elimination A. carnivore, herbivore and omnivore
C. mouth B. monogastric, modified monogastric
D. absorption and ruminant
C. rumen, abomasum and reticulum
142. Where does the first step in the digestion
process take place? D. none of above
A. Mouth 148. Which of the following is/are role(s)
B. Stomach of hydrogen ions in gastric juice? I. in-
C. pancreas creases the risk of food poisoningII. con-
verts pepsin to pepsinogenIII. provides an
D. Colon optimum pH for pepsin
143. In which part of the alimentary canal A. I only
does digestion of protein begin? B. II only
A. Small intestine C. III only
B. Buccal cavity
D. II and III only
C. Stomach
149. Why do nutrients get taken to our blood-
D. Oesophagus
stream?
144. What is the role of bile? I) Breaks A. to be transported and excreted as
down large fat droplets into smaller one- waste
sII) Breaks down fats into fatty acidsIII)
B. To be delivered to our lungs to be re-
Increases surface area of fat droplets
leased
A. I and III
C. to be taken in as water and delivered
B. I and II to cells
C. I, II and III D. to be taken to our cells throughout the
D. I only body

150. Match the macronutrient to its deriva- 156. Which enzymes are produced in the duo-
tive:monosaccharides denum?
A. carbohydrate A. Pepsin, trypsin, salivary amylase.
B. amino acids B. Trypsin, pancreatic amylase, lipase.
C. peptides C. Maltase, sucrase, peptidases.
D. monosaccharides D. none of above
151. Which are the nutrients digested in the
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157. Which of the following enzymes digests
small intestine? proteins?
A. Carbohydrates and proteins A. Trypsin
B. Proteins B. Lipase
C. Carbohydrates, proteins and lipids C. Peptidases
D. Lipids and proteins D. Amylase
E. Lipids
158. creates insulin, which allows sugar to be
152. this carries things throughout the body taken into cells and creates enzymes to
help breaks down food
A. urea
A. Small Intestine
B. blood
B. Stomach
C. skin
C. Pancreas
D. villi
D. Esophagus
153. The main chemical process that occurs dur-
ing digestion is 159. Elements essential for good health. e.g.
Calcium, Iron, Potassium
A. dehydration synthesis
A. Protein
B. osmosis
B. Fat
C. hydrolysis
C. Minerals
D. transpiration
D. Carbohydrates
154. Waste products are food that
160. For catabolism you need
A. cannot be digested
A. ATP
B. the body cannot use
C. tastes bad B. ADP+P
D. have been broken down C. AMP+PP

D. All of the above
155. Egestion/defaecation refers to the re-
moval of 161. Bile is produced by the
A. undigested food. A. Liver
B. indigested food. B. Pancreas
C. undigestible food. C. Small Intestine
D. indigestible food. D. Large Intestine

162. Where does the digestion of carbohy- 167. The enzyme secreted by the pancreas
drates take place? that breaks down proteins
A. Amylase

A. Mouth
B. Mouth and Stomach B. Protease
C. Mouth and small Intestine C. Lipase
D. Mouth and large intestine D. none of above
E. Stomach 168. the removal of undigested food and other
wastes from the body
163. The process of food intake is known as
A. absorption
A. Excretion B. elimination
C. digestion
B. Calculation
D. ingestion
C. Respiration
D. Ingestion. 169. Produces bile
A. liver
164. What are the five processes in human nu-
trition (in order)? B. gallbladder
A. ingestion, digestion, egestion, absorp- C. pancreas

tion, assimilation D. rectum
B. ingestion, digestion, absorption, eges- 170. Which of the following segments is NOT
tion, assimilation within the small intestine?
C. ingestion, digestion, absorption, as- A. Traverse colon
similation, egestion B. Duodenum
D. absorption, ingestion, digestion, eges- C. Ileum
tion, assimilation
D. Jejunum
165. A chemical compound made up of one or
171. The enzyme secreted by the pancreas
more simple sugar e.g. bread, rice, pasta
that breaks down fats and oils
A. Protein
A. Amylase
B. Water B. Protease
C. Fat C. Lipase
D. Carbohydrates D. none of above
166. This is the process of nutrients leaving 172. Villi epithelial cells contain large numbers
your digestive system and moving into of mitochondria to produce lots of ATP
your blood, carrying nutrients to the rest by aerobic respiration.What is ATP mainly
of your body. used for by these cells?
A. Absorption A. simple diffusion
B. Acidification B. facilitated diffusion
C. Digestion C. osmosis
D. Nutrification D. active transport

173. Where do nutrients go after they leave 179. Trans fats are present in the following
the digestive system? food
A. To our intestines A. donuts
B. To our blood B. french fries
C. To our cells C. cookies
D. To the toilet D. margarine
E. pure butter
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174. Which of the following is/are absorbed
into the lacteals of villi?
180. What is the function of bile?
A. Glycerol
A. digests fats
B. Glucose
B. emulsifies fats
C. Fatty acids
C. accumulates fats
D. Water
D. absorbs fats
175. Digestion starts in the
181. waves of muscular contractions that
A. mouth move food through the digestive tract.
B. nose A. digestion
C. stomach B. absorption
D. liver C. peristalsis
176. What is the short tube that stores solid D. villi
waste until it is eliminated from the body
through the anus? 182. What is involved in controlling the vol-
ume and composition of gastric juice?
A. rectum I. nervous systemII. hormonal systemIII.
B. liver medulla oblangata
C. esophagus A. I and II only
D. stomach B. I and III only
177. In what type of movement does the food C. II and III only
or water passes through the esophagus D. I, II and III
A. Patlastic movement
183. Name the glands associated with the Hu-
B. peristaltic movement man Digestive System?
C. Peristacit movement A. Only salivary glands and pancreas
D. None of the above B. Only salivary glands and liver
178. What is starch broken down by? C. Only liver and pancreas
A. Carboxylase D. Salivary Glands, Liver and Pancreas
B. Starchase 184. Where does most of the digestive pro-
C. Peptidase cess take place?
D. Amylase A. Small intestine

B. Stomach 190. In the ileum, glucose molecules are ab-

sorbed into the bloodstream by:
C. Large intestine

A. active transport with sodium ions via a
D. none of above
co-transporter protein
185. The produces bile for the digestive B. active transport with potassium ions
system via a co-transporter protein
A. pancreas C. facilitated diffusion through a different
transporter protein
B. liver
D. facilitated diffusion with sodium ions
C. stomach via a co-transporter protein
D. saliva
191. How does glucose leave the epithelial cell
and enter the capillaries?
186. The opening at the end of the digestive
track where feces exit the body. A. Facilitated diffusion through a mem-
brane transport protein
A. Anus
B. Active transport through the mem-
B. Mouth brane pump
C. Intestine C. Simple diffusion through the plasma
D. Stomach membrane
D. Osmosis
187. Pepsin and Trypsin are BOTH examples
of? 192. The Digested food is absorbed by
A. Peptidases A. Small Intestine
B. Endopeptidases B. Large Intestine

C. Lungs
C. Exopeptidases
D. Brain
D. Dipeptidases
193. Which of the following can be used by the
188. Which of the following are enzymes? body in aerobic respiration as an energy
A. Bile source? I. carbohydrateII. amino acidsIII.
lipids
B. Amylase
A. I only
C. Pepsin
B. II and II only
D. Trypsin
C. II and III only
E. Lipase D. I, II and III
189. Bile is used to 194. Which of the following has/have been
A. to digest protein shown to cause stomach ulcers? I. exces-
sive acid production by chief cellsII. Heli-
B. help digest fat cobacter pyloriIII. antibiotics
C. to digest carbohydrate A. I only
D. none of above B. II only

C. I and II only B. rectum

D. III only C. pancreas
195. Mostly grass eating animals are called D. liver
200. Which of the following is NOT a major ac-

A. Carnivore tivity of the stomach?
B. Omnivore
A. mechanical digestion
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C. Ruminants
B. HCl production
D. Scavenger
C. nutrient absorption
196. The ability of an enzyme to function prop-
D. enzyme secretion
erly depends on its environment. Unlike
most enzymes in the human body, you 201. The process by which nutrient molecules
would expect enzymes produced by the pass through the wall of your digestive
stomach to function best in an environment system into your blood.
where
A. absorption
A. the temperature is above normal body
temperature. B. digestion
B. the acidity is very high. C. peristalsis
C. there are many other enzymes. D. villi
D. the salt concentration is very high.
202. The enzymes present in the saliva con-
197. Fish, nuts, oils and avocado are health vert
sources of A. fats into fatty acids and glycerol.
A. Fiber B. starch into simple sugars.
B. Protein
C. proteins into amino acids.
C. Minerals
D. complex sugars into simple sugars.
D. Fat
203. In the alimentary canal, most water is ab-
198. Choose the different parts of the diges- sorbed in the
tive system
A. oesophagus
A. Liver
B. stomach
B. Stomach
C. Pancreas C. small intestine
D. Bile D. colon
E. Intestine ( Small intestine And Large in- 204. Lining of stomach is protected through
testine )
A. mucous
199. Solid waste is temporarily stored in this
B. muscles
organ, before being pushed through the
anus. C. blood vessels
A. esophagus D. all of them

205. Bile is produced in the 211. Gland that produces insulin as well as
A. stomach other chemicals needed for digestion

B. small intestine A. pancreas
C. pancreas B. esophagus
D. liver C. large intestine

D. gall bladder
206. Which of the following process refers to
elimination of undigested food? 212. Chylomicrons are concerned with:-
A. INGESTION A. digestion of fats
B. DIGESTION B. absorption of proteins
C. ABSORPTION C. digestion of protein
D. EXCRETION D. absorption of fats
207. In humans, structures that absorb most 213. What is the food tube called where food
of the products of digestion are the passes from mouth to stomach?
A. ducts of the pancreas A. Trachea
B. cells of the esophagus B. Food canal
C. villi of the small intestine C. esophagus
D. muscular folds of the gallbladder D. none of above
208. When ruminants “chew the cud”, they 214. After eating a hamburger, chemical diges-
are tion begins in the
A. regurgitating food to chew it again A. mouth cavity
B. belching to release gas from ferment- B. oesophagus
ing food C. stomach
C. passing gas! D. small intestine
D. regurgitating food they don’t want
215. Finger like projection in small intestine
209. the organ which absorbs water are known as
A. small intestine A. cilia
B. stomach B. villi
C. villi C. alveoli
D. large intestine D. none of them
210. When food reaches the small intestine, 216. organ where there is the most absorption
have been partially broken down. of nutrients
A. starches A. stomach
B. sugar B. small intestine
C. proteins C. large intestine
D. molecules D. liver

217. Read the statements about Bile carefully 223. Bile juice helps in the digestion of fat be-
and identify the incorrect statement cause it contains
A. It is secreted in the gall bladder A. enzymes
B. Bilirubin and Biliverdin are Bile pig-
B. vitamins
ments
C. Bile contain no enzyme C. bile salts
D. Bile helps in emulsification of fats D. bile pigments
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218. which enzyme breaks down proteins? 224. Which foods will supply your body with
A. protease the nutrient that is used as the principal
B. lipase source of energy?
C. amylase A. Bread, pasta, potatoes and rice

D. fatty acids B. Meat, fish, beans and lentils
219. Bile, in our small intestine, chemically C. Butter, oil and margarine
changes fats by
D. Green, leafy vegetables
A. moistening it
B. making the food more dense 225. Which of the following acts as an anti-
mocrobial agent in the human saliva?
C. providing heat to speed the reaction
D. breaking it down into small compounds A. Electrolytes
220. Breaking down of food into simple, solu- B. Salivary Amylase

ble compounds is called C. Lysozyme
A. ingestion
B. digestion
C. nutrition 226. This is the name of the path food takes
D. egestion A. stomach
221. What is the product of digestion by amy- B. digestive system
lase?
C. alimentary canal
A. glucose
D. intestines
B. maltose
C. fructose 227. What is a similarity between active
D. sucrose transport and passive transport?
222. The liver is said to be a digestive gland A. Both use a membrane protein
because it B. Both use ATP
A. converts stored glycogen into glucose
C. Both move particles along the concen-
B. breaks down excess amino acids tration gradient
C. produces bile D. Both move particles against the con-
D. stores iron centration gradient

228. Which of the following nutrients is impor- C. fat

tant for body, cell, and muscle growth and D. none of above
repair?

234. The correct sequence of the steps in-
A. vitamins
volved in the process of Human Digestive
B. fats System
C. proteins A. Digestion, Ingestion, Assimilation,
D. carbohydrates Egestion and Absorption
B. Ingestion, Digestion, Absorption, As-
229. Where does the most absorption of wa- similation and Egestion
ter take place in the digestive system?
C. Egestion, Absorption, Digestion, As-
A. large intestine similation and Ingestion
B. small intestine D. Ingestion, Absorption, Digestion, As-
C. stomach similation and Egestion
D. liver 235. Bile
230. Your small intestine completes the pro- A. Produces enzymes that flow into the
cess of chemical break down with help small intestine
from these two organs: B. Structure in which waste material is
A. Stomach & Liver compressed into solid form
B. Liver & Kidneys C. Breaks up fat molecules
C. Liver & Pancreas D. Stores bile
D. Liver & Large Intestine 236. When we eat our food, it must first trans-
form itself into a simple substance called?
231. The enzyme responsible for the digestion (a)
of carbohydrates is produced by the
A. nutrients
A. salivary glands and pancreas
B. digestion
B. stomach and pancreas C. Substance
C. pancreas and liver D. none of above
D. liver and small intestines
237. Where are lipases synthesised?
232. Bile is stored in an organ called the A. Pancreas
A. Gallbladder B. Gall bladder
B. Pancreas C. Stomach
C. Rectum D. Ileum
D. Villi 238. where do we find a semi permeable mem-
brane in the digestive system?
233. Which substance in the chemical digestion
process helps to speed up the break down A. stomach
of food? B. gall bladder
A. carbohydrate C. liver
B. enzyme D. small intestine

239. Proteases causes digestion of 245. Amylase is secreted by

A. carbohydrates A. salivary glands only
B. proteins B. pancreatic glands only
C. fats C. Salivary and pancreatic glands
D. fibres D. liver and small intestine
240. connects the mouth to the stomach and 246. Where does the digestion of proteins
moves food by muscular waves called peri- take place?
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stalsis A. Mouth and stomach
A. Small Intestine B. Stomach and small intestine
B. Stomach C. Mouth and small intestine
C. Pancreas D. Mouth, stomach and small intestine
D. Esophagus 247. Enzymes and acidic juices in the stomach,
241. What is the main function of the large in- which break proteins down into smaller
testine? molecules, is known as
A. Absorption of water A. circulation
B. Digestion of fats and proteins B. chemical digestion

C. excretion
C. Absorption of nutrients
D. mechanical digestion
D. Recycling of digestive enzymes
248. Human teeth is
242. Where in the alimentary canal is lipase
found? A. Thecodont
A. Mouth B. Diphyodont
B. Stomach C. Heterodont
C. Duodenum D. All (Thecodont, heterodont and diphyo-
dont)
D. Ileum
249. A type of digestion where chemical re-
243. Which of the following organs is INCOR- actions break down pieces of food into
RECTLY paired with its function? smaller molecules
A. stomach-protein digestion A. mechanical digestion
B. large intestine-bile production B. indigestion
C. small intestine-nutrient absorption C. chemical digestion
D. pancreas-enzyme production D. such thing does not exist
244. Which of the following is not a compo- 250. Which enzyme does the stomach pro-
nent of a micelle? duce?
A. Lipases A. amylase
B. Bile salts B. lipase
C. Monoglycerides C. maltase
D. Fatty acids D. pepsin

251. Which of the following are accessory or- 256. Which hormone and part of the brain are
gans? involved in ensuring that humans do not
overeat?

A. Oesophagus
B. Pancreas A. melatonin and pituitary gland
C. Liver B. leptin and pituitary gland

D. Ileum C. melatonin and medulla
D. leptin and hypothalamus
252. what is made in the pancreas
A. amylase and pepsin 257. Which of the following is the role of
B. amylase, proteases, lipases saliva?
C. protease and amylase A. Grinding of food

D. lipase and amylase B. Absorption of water
C. Absorption of nutrients
253. Choose the correct order after reading
the statement below.Digestion is a com- D. Moisten the food
plex process involving:
258. Pancreas
A. Ingestion, Absorption, Digestion, As-
similation, Egestion A. Opening through which solid wastes
exit the body
B. Ingestion, Digestion, Assimilation, Ab-
sorption, Egestion B. Produces Bile
C. Ingestion, Digestion, Absorption, As- C. Produces enzymes that flow into the
similation, Egestion small intestine
D. Ingestion, Absorption, Assimilation, D. Tiny finger-shaped structures in the
Digestion, Egestion small intestine in which absorption occurs
254. Name the process by which the digested 259. Organic compounds that help our body to
food molecules are taken up by the intes- work properly. e.g. A, C, B, K, D
tine wall and sent to circulatory system.
A. Carbohydrates
A. Assimilation
B. Metabolism
B. Digestion
C. Vitamins
C. Absorption
D. Digestion
D. Egestion
255. Which of the following can be used in the 260. Which of the following organs produces
treatment of stomach ulcers? I. proton digestive juice that does not contain en-
pump inhibitorsII. antacidsIII. surgery zymes?
A. I and II only A. liver

B. I and III only B. mouth
C. II and III only C. stomach
D. I, II and III only D. pancreas

261. Find the Correct statement 266. Which of the following could be involved
in treating a person who has phenylke-
A. Glottis is opening of the oesophagus
tonuria (PKU)? I. a diet low in pheny-
B. Epiglottis prevents entry of food into lalanineII. supplements of tyrosineIII. a
glottis protein-rich diet
C. Glottis prevents entry of food into tra- A. I and II only
chea B. I and III only
D. All statements are correct
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C. II and III only
262. Which organ is part of the digestive sys- D. I, II and III
tem?
267. Right
A. blood A. Opening through which solid wastes
B. brain exit the body
C. pancreas B. breaks up fat molecules
D. spleen C. stands bile
D. structure in which waste material is
263. Is the parts of the digestive systems compressed into solid form
same in both humans and animals
268. Which of the following are true of vita-
A. True
min C? I. It is needed to make collagenII.
B. False A deficiency of it can cause scurvyIII. Hu-
C. We can’not say mans cannot make it due to lacking the nec-
essary enzyme
D. none of above
A. I and II only
264. Which of the following is a function of fi- B. I and III only
bre? C. II and III only
A. Increases risk of constipation D. I, II and III
B. Increases risk of colon cancer
269. Digestion in animals begins in the
C. Increases rate of absorption of glu-
A. intestines
cose
B. mouth
D. Avoids overlong exposure to fat-
soluble chemicals C. stomach
D. throat
265. The pancreas produces digestive that
help break down starches, proteins and 270. Which of these glands provides bile juice
fats A. Stomach
A. proteins B. Saliva
B. carbohydrates C. Liver
C. enzymes D. Mouth
D. saliva E. Pancreas

271. Which of the following is the correct or- B. the food keeps on going
der for the major parts of the gastroin- C. nothing
testinal tract?

D. none of above
A. oesophagus, stomach, large intestine,
small intestine, mouth 277. choose the correct option where the steps
B. mouth, stomach, oesophagus, large in- are correct
testine, small intestine A. Ingestion, Digestion, assimilation, Ab-
C. mouth, small intestine, stomach, oe- sorption, Excretion
sophagus, large intestine B. Ingestion, Absorption, Assimilation,
D. mouth, oesophagus, stomach, small in- Digestion, Excretion
testine, large intestine C. Ingestion, Digestion, Assimilation, Ab-
272. Enzymes are affected by sorption, Excretion
A. what is on TV that night D. Ingestion, Assimilation, Digestion, Ab-
sorption, Excretion
B. the weather
E. Ingestion, Digestion, Absorption, As-
C. temperature and pH
similation, Excretion
D. how well you speak to them
278. Anus
273. What is the building block of muscle?
A. Opening through which solid wastes
A. Nucleotide exit the body
B. Monosaccharide B. Tiny finger-shaped structures in the
C. Amino acid small intestine in which absorption occurs
D. Protein C. Produces enzymes that flow into the
small intestine
274. Structure in which waste material is com-
pressed into solid form D. Produces bile
A. rectum 279. The juice having maltase, dipeptidase,
B. anus lipase, nucleotidase, nucleosidase etc is
called:-
C. bile
A. Pancreatic juice
D. villi
B. Gastric juice
275. A simple carbohydrate that serves as a
major source of energy for your body is C. Intestinal juice / Succus entericus
A. Glucose D. Bile
B. Vitamin K 280. First step in digestion of fat in intestine
C. Fiber is:-
D. Giant Turkey Leg from Six Flags A. Emulsification
B. Enzyme action
276. What happens when the food goes to the
small intestine? C. Absorption by lacteals
A. nutrients gets into the blood D. Storage in adipose tissue

281. A muscular tube that connects the mouth 286. Amylase converts
and the stomach. A. Starch into maltose
A. esophagus B. starch into glycogen
B. liver C. starch into glucose
C. small intestine D. none of them
D. Gall bladder
287. During enzymes break down food
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into molecules.
282. The mass of digesting food in your stom-
ach is called A. absorption
A. gross B. chemical digestion
B. acid C. physical digestion
C. chyme D. metabolism
D. feces 288. What is the primary use of iron by the

body?
283. The body uses this to carry nutrients and
A. Making red blood cells
waste. It also helps joints move smoothly.
B. Energy
A. Fat
C. Growth and repair
B. Water
D. Making connective tissue
C. Minerals
289. Why do cells need nutrients?
D. Vitamin
A. To use for photosynthesis
284. Which stage of digestion removes wa- B. To excrete them as waste
ter?
C. To use for energy and other life pro-
A. large intestine cesses
B. small intestine D. To use in our digestive system
C. mouth
290. During digestion, carbohydrates/starches
D. stomach break down into
A. proteins
285. What did William Beaumont discover
about digestion? B. waste
A. Carbohydrates are first digested in the C. dance
mouth D. sugars
B. The liver produces bile, which is then
291. What is starch broken down into?
stored in the gall bladder
A. Maltose
C. Chief cells produce an active enzyme
called pepsinogen B. Glucose
D. In the stomach, digestion is chemical C. Galactose

as well as physical D. Fructose

292. This is the enzyme that breaks down the 297. Protein digestion takes place
sugar lactose in your small intestine. A. in the mouth

A. pepsin B. in the stomach
B. HCl C. in the stomach and duodenum
C. Bicarbonate D. all of the above
D. Lactase
298. Most chemical digestion takes place in
which organ?
293. What do villi do?
A. Stomach
A. increase surface area for nutrient ab-
sorption in sm. intestine B. Small intestine
B. move food along the intestines C. Rectum
C. create mucus to lubricate the passage D. Esophagus

of feces 299. in the small intestines, the enzyme mal-
D. absorb water from the large intestine tase breaks down maltose into
A. glucose + fructose
294. In the alimentary canal, bacteria in food
are mainly killed by B. glucose + glucose
A. saliva C. glucose + galactose
B. mucus D. none of above
C. gastric juice 300. Pancreatic lipase breaks fats down into

two digestive products
D. pancreatic juice
A. free fatty acids and monosaccharides
295. Which organ produces bile that breaks B. free fatty acids and triglycerides
down food?
C. free fatty acids and monoglycerides
A. pancreas
D. monosaccharides and triglycerides
B. liver
301. The process of breaking down foods into
C. gall bladder
smaller parts happens in the system.
D. stomach A. digestive
296. Celiac disease causes the destruction of B. indigestion
the villi cells. Which of the following is C. digestion
most likely to happen to people with celiac
D. digging
disease?
A. Incomplete digestion of fats 302. a good source of carbohydrates
B. Poor absorption of calcium A. water
C. Increased levels of glucose in blood B. vitamins
D. Damage in the esophagus caused by C. fruits and vegetable

increase in acid content of the stomach D. oils

303. What is the main function of the digestive D. ingestion, digestion, absorption, as-
system? similation, egestion
A. transport oxygen through the body 308. How is liver malfunction likely to affect
B. remove waste digestion?
C. break large food particles into smaller A. It will affect the digestion of high-
molecules protein foods.
D. to hold the body upright B. It will affect the digestion of high-fiber
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foods
304. what are enzymes made up of?
C. It will affect the digestion of fatty
A. sugars foods.
B. proteins D. It will affect the digestion of fruits.
C. fats
309. transports the nutrients from the
D. fiblre undigested food to every cell of the body.
305. The chemicals that help to digest the food A. Oxygen
are called B. Blood
A. digestive juice C. Water
B. vitamins D. Nitrogen
C. enzymes 310. The inactivity gastric lipase include
D. hormones A. no emulsification of fat takes place in
stomach
306. Which of the following is used to keep the
concentration of Na+ inside the epithelial B. the gastric juice is highly acidic
cell low? C. pH of gastric juice is not conducive for
A. Active transport through the sodium- its action
potassium pump D. the enzyme is secreted in small quan-
B. Secondary active transport through tity
the Na+/glucose co-transporter E. the concentration of f bile salt is high
C. Facilitated diffusion through Na+ in gastric juice
channels
311. What is the function of the digestive sys-
D. Simple diffusion through the cell mem- tem?
brane
A. to break down and absorb nutrients
307. What is the correct order for how food is B. to support and protect our bodies
processed in the digestive system? C. to produce vitamin D
A. digestion, absorption, assimilation, in- D. to help us move
gestion, egestion
B. digestion, assimilation, ingestion, ab- 312. a type of digestion where food is physi-
sorption, egestion cally broken into smaller pieces
C. ingestion, absorption, assimilation, A. chemical digestion

egestion, digestion B. mechanical digestion

C. indigestion 318. produces enzymes that break down food

D. automatic digestion A. liver

B. pancreas
313. moves food from the mouth to the stom-
ach C. gall bladder
D. stomach
A. esophagus
B. small intestine 319. In what parts of the digestive system do
both physical and chemical changes take
C. large intestine place?
D. pancreas A. mouth, stomach
B. mouth, stomach, esophagus
314. Which enzyme digests starch?
C. stomach, pancreas
A. Pepsin
D. stomach, liver
B. protease
320. What do chemoreceptors in the stomach
C. lipase
mainly detect?
D. amylase A. glucose
315. Where does digestion begin? B. fatty acids
C. amino acids
A. Small intestine
D. starch
B. Stomach
C. Mouth 321. Which nutrient helps your body absorb vi-
tamins?
D. Esophagus
A. carbohydrates
316. Which of the following is true of vitamin B. minerals
D? C. fats
A. It causes rickets D. water
B. It promotes calcium absorption in the 322. The last section of the large intestine
gut
A. cecum
C. Skin cells produce more of it in the win-
B. rectum
ter than in the summer
C. sigmoid
D. Humans cannot make it due to lacking
the necessary enzyme D. ileum
323. The breakdown products of carbohydrate

317. kidneys
digestion are
A. remove oxygen as a waste A. monosaccharides
B. gets rid of carbon dioxide B. amino acids
C. removes urea and excess water C. glycerol
D. adds urea to the blood D. fatty acids

324. secretes pancreatic juice. B. Pepsin

A. Liver C. Chymotrypsin
B. Brain D. Carboxypeptidase
C. Pancreas E. Aminopeptidase
D. Skin
330. begins the mechanical breakdown of food
325. What can enter the cell membrane? A. Mouth
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A. Molecules that are small enough to fit
B. Liver
through the holes
C. Salivary Glands
B. Nothing enters through the cell mem-
brane D. Large Intestine
C. Everything can fit 331. The process by which the body breaks
D. Any size food can fit through the cell down food so that it can be used for en-
membrane ergy.
326. Regarding Amino acids A. Digestion

A. Phenyl alanine is essential B. Respiration
B. Valine is essential C. Circulation
C. Histidine is semi essential D. Absorb
D. Tyrosine is non-essential 332. The main purpose of the large intestine.
E. Arginine is semi essential
A. absorb hormones
327. Pancreatic juice contains B. absorb protein
A. Trypsinogen C. absorb nutrients
B. Chymotrypsinogen D. absorb water
C. Amylase
333. Which vessels associated with villi in the
D. Lipase small intestine absorbs fats?
E. Cholecystokinin
A. capillaries
328. Waves of contractions that move food B. veins
one way through the digestive system are
C. lacteals
called
A. Impulse D. arterioles
B. Peristalsis 334. How many nuclei an amoeba can have in

C. Action Potential its cell
D. Metabolism A. 1
B. 2
329. Inactive zymogens of gastrointestinal en-
zymes include C. 3
A. Trypsin D. 4

335. Where does the digestion of lipids take 340. What does exercise do to your rate of
place? metabolism?

A. Stomach A. has no effect
B. Stomach and small intestine B. increases it
C. Small intestine C. decreases it
D. Mouth, stomach and small intestine D. slightly decreases it at first and then
rapidly increases it
E. Mouth and small intestine
341. Which anatomical part allows food to
336. Where is bile produced? travel from the mouth, through a hold in
A. Gallbladder the diaphragm, to the stomach?
B. Liver A. Small Intestine
C. Pancreas B. Epiglottis
C. Appendix
D. Small Intestine
D. Esophagus
337. Why is carbon dioxide considered inor-
ganic? 342. Water from the undigested food is ab-
sorbed mainly in the
A. it doesn’t contain carbon
A. Stomach
B. it doesn’t contain hydrogen
B. Food Pipe
C. it contains oxygen
C. Small Intestine
D. it doesn’t contain carbon
D. Large Intestine
338. Which of the following are true of vita- 343. Regarding digestion of proteins
min D? I. It is absorbic acidII. Oily fish are
a good source of itIII. A deficiency of it can A. Trypsin is secreted by pancreas as zy-
cause an enlarged liver mogen
A. I and II only B. Large peptides and few amino acids

are products of protein hydrolysis
B. I and III only
C. Pepsinogen are activated by autocatal-
C. II and III only ysis
D. I, II and III D. Most of the digested protein are ab-
sorbed in intestine as polypeptides
339. What happens after we eat food?
E. Enterokinase activate pancreatic zy-
A. Goes to the digestive system to be bro- mogens
ken down into nutrients
344. produces bile which helps break down
B. It goes to our stomach and then we ex-
fats in the small intestine
crete it
A. Mouth
C. It goes to the bloodstream and then
absorbed into our cells B. Liver
D. Goes to the digestive system and then C. Salivary Glands

we excrete it as waste D. Gall Bladder

345. Most chemical digestion and the absorp- 350. What are the functions of the digestive
tion of nutrients take place in system?
A. pancreas A. Ingestion, digestion, absorption, eges-
B. liver tion
C. large intestine B. Ingestion, digestion, absorption, ex-

cretion
D. small intestine
C. Ingestion, digestion, congestion, eges-
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346. Which action is an example of an- tion
abolism? D. Ingestion, digestion, congestion, ex-
A. bone growth cretion
B. salivary amylase converts starch to
351. At about 6 meters, makes up two
glucose
thirds of the lenght of the digestive sys-
C. digestion tem.
D. weight loss A. large intestine
347. The digestive system is also commonly re- B. small intestine

ferred to as the: C. pancreas
A. Digestive Liver D. liver
B. Alimentary Canal
352. Enterokinase is:-
C. Pancreas
A. Pancreatic hormone
D. Excretory System
B. Intestinal hormone
348. Regarding lipid
C. Pancreatic enzyme
A. They serve as source for fat soluble vi-
tamins like A, D, E, K D. Component of intestinal juice
B. Lipids are transported in the blood 353. Where nutrients go after the small intes-
combined with proteins tine has absorbed them.
C. Lipids are storage compounds A. bloodstream
D. Brain gets energy mainly from lipids B. stomach
E. Glycogen is a storage form of lipid C. esophagus
349. Which of the following contribute to in- D. kidneys
creasing the pH of gastric juice, when pro-
tein has been digested? I. secretinII. acidic 354. Chemical digestion always involves the
food in the small intestineIII. gastrin use of
A. I and II only A. salts
B. I and III only B. oxygen
C. II and III only C. teeth
D. I, II and III D. enzymes

355. All following fact about digestion of fats 360. compresses waste and stores it until it is
are true EXCEPT ready to leave the body
A. Gall Bladder

A. fats enter the endoplasmic reticulum
once absorbed B. Villi
B. digested fats enter the lymphatic sys- C. Rectum
tem before entering the bloodstream
D. Esophagus
C. fats are first coated with proteins be-
fore exiting the epithelial cell 361. not enough water is absorbed in the large
intestine causes
D. fats are reassembled in the muscular
cells of the stomach A. constipation
B. diarrhea
356. Which of these is NOT a function of the
C. a stomach virus
digestive system?
D. none of above
A. breaks down food
B. absorbs nutrients 362. In which of the following mode of nutri-
tion, the amoeba eats microscopic animals
C. eliminates waste and plants that floats in water
D. takes oxygen to body cells A. Holozoic nutrition
357. Which is the largest tube found in our di- B. digestion
gestive system C. ingestion
A. Food pipe D. assimilation
B. Epiglottis 363. Which of the following is NOT a nutri-
C. Esophagus ent?
D. None of them A. Fats
B. Water
358. Regarding carbohydrate absorption
C. Fiber
A. Disaccharides are absorbed directly
into the blood stream D. Vitamins
B. Galactose are absorbed more rapidly 364. Regarding the function of lipids
than glucose A. triglycerides serve as reserve energy
C. Glucose & galactose are absorbed by B. serve as Chemical messengers
active transport mechanism
C. maintenance of temperature
D. Fructose is absorbed by facilitated ab- D. membrane lipid layer formation
sorption
E. Source of “fat-soluble” vitamins
E. Absorption occurs in small intestine
365. Match the macronutrient to its deriva-
359. Amylase is responsible for digesting tive.peptides
A. Starch A. protein
B. Triglycerides B. peptide
C. Nucleic acids C. lipid
D. Glycogen D. carbohydrate

366. How do fatty acids and monoglycerides B. richly supplied with blood capillaries
enter the epithelial cell? and lymphatic capillaries
A. Simple diffusion C. ileum is one cell thick
B. Facilitated diffusion D. long
C. Active transport 372. When the digestion process occurs within
D. Osmosis the cell of the amoeba then that type of di-
gestion is known as
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367. Where does fat digestion take place
A. multicellular digestion
A. stomach
B. unicellular digestion
B. small intestine and the stomach
C. intracellular digestion
C. mouth and the stomach
D. amoebic digestion
D. small and large intestine
E. small intestine 373. What is the function of the cell mem-
brane?
368. Regarding carbohydrate
A. to choose which molecules can get into
A. Lactose is milk sugar the cell wall
B. Sucrose is reducing sugar B. to let molecules into the nucleus
C. Fructose is table sugar C. to let molecules into/out of the cell
D. Glycogen are polymers of α -D- D. to select which molecules will be ex-
Glucose creted as waste
E. Cellobiose is repeating disaccharide in
374. In an operation, a large part of the colon
cellulose
of a person was removed. As a result, the
369. What type of digestion involves the ac- person could not
tual breaking apart of the food by our A. take in solid food
teeth, tongue, or muscles?
B. produce sufficient digestive enzymes
A. chemical digestion
C. absorb amino acids efficiently
B. diffusion
D. produce solid faeces
C. mechanical digestion
D. peristalsis 375. Which muscular actions are used to move
chyme along the GI tract? (Check all that
370. The main site of absorption of water is apply)
A. stomach A. Reflux
B. duodenum B. Peristalsis
C. ileum C. Segmentation
D. colon D. Hydrolysis
371. Which of these increase does not allow 376. What is the job of the circulatory sys-
the ileum to be adapted for absorption tem?
A. large surface area A. Break down food into nutrients

B. Transport molecules around the body C. Liver

C. Transfer food to the respiratory sys- D. Large Intestine

tem
382. During digestion, fats are changed into
D. Eliminate waste from the body
A. amino acids
377. What are the different types of juices B. fatty acids and glycerol
presents in our Gastrie gland
C. glucose
A. Hydro chloric acid ( HCL)
D. sugar
B. Mucus
383. During the teeth break down food
C. Pantic into smaller pieces.
D. Pepsy A. absorption
E. pepsin B. chemical digestion
378. What is the organ where water is ab- C. physical digestion
sorbed from the digested food and re- D. metabolism
turned to the bloodstream?
384. Which of the following is/are absorbed
A. mouth
into the network of blood capillaries of
B. small intestine villi?
C. esophagus A. Glycerol
D. large intestine B. Glucose
379. Enzymes are proteins that are found in C. Glycogen
cells. The role of an enzyme is to D. Sucrose
A. speed up chemical reactions by lower- 385. Predict the next digestive system organ
ing the activation energy in the following sequence:mouth, pharynx,
B. speed up chemical reactions by raising esophagus, stomach,
the activation energy A. liver
C. regulate the absorption of energy in B. kidneys
chemical reactions.
C. small intestines
D. break apart all substrates
D. large intestines
380. majority of nutrients are absorbed here
386. Which statement about the stomach is
A. Small Intestine not correct?
B. Stomach A. It is located in the upper left abdomi-
C. Pancreas nal cavity
D. Esophagus B. It has three major parts-fundus, car-
diac, pyloric
381. secrete enzymes in the mouth that break C. Fundus part opens into the first part of
down starch into glucose small intestine
A. Mouth D. gastro-oesophageal sphincter regu-
B. Salivary Glands lates opening of oesophagus into stomach

387. What is absorption? B. pH 14

A. Food entering the mouth and being C. pH 8
chewed D. pH 2
B. Food entering the stomach for diges-
tion 392. How does the capillary network inside
the villus provide an adaptation to absorp-
C. Taking digested food into the blood tion?
stream
A. It maintains a high concentration gra-
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D. Making complex organic molecules in dient
cells using digested foods
B. It creates a long diffusion path
388. Glucose transporters C. It enables active transport
A. GLUT-1-glucose uptake is independent D. It transports fats around the body
of insulin
393. Which process depends on enzymes?
B. GLUT-2-located in liver and kidney
A. chemical digestion
C. GLUT-3-located in brain kidney and pla-
centa B. elimination
D. GLUT-4-function as insulin stimulated C. mechanical digestion
glucose uptake D. absorption
E. GLUT-5-red blood cell, brain and kidney
394. Which enzyme is NOT secreted by the
389. Which of the following are true of pancreas?
anorexia? I. heart muscle can be bro- A. lactase
ken down in serious casesII. food is not B. amylase
eaten because it is not availableIII. the
body’s daily energy requirements are not C. lipase
sustained D. protease
A. I and II only 395. Chylomicrons are that coat triglyc-
B. I and III only erides and aid in digestion of lipids
C. II and III only A. proteins
D. I, II and III B. fatty acids
C. monosaccharides
390. What type of metabolism allows you to
break down food into energy for your D. glycols
cells?
396. Excess glucose absorbed will be con-
A. anabolism verted into
B. catabolism A. glycogen which is stored in the liver
C. exercise and skeletal muscles.
D. autotroph B. fat which is stored in adipose tissues
under the skin.
391. what pH is the stomach? C. fat which is stored in adipose tissues
A. pH 7 around internal organs.

D. protein which builds up the skeletal A. I and II only

muscles. B. I and III only

397. Emulsification of fats occurs by the action C. II and III only
of D. I, II and III
A. pancreatic juices 403. Most nutrient absorption occurs in the
B. amylase
C. bile A. mouth
D. lipases B. stomach
C. large intestines
398. In which of the following part, the diges-
tion of amoeba takes place? D. small intestines
A. Endoplasm 404. Where is bile made?
B. Ectoplasm A. gall bladder
C. Nucleus B. liver
D. Food vacuole C. pancreas
D. stomach
399. Glucose combines with oxygen and pro-
duces 405. The fluid inside the lacteals of the intesti-
nal villi becomes milky after a meal. This
A. Gas
is due to the presence of
B. Energy
A. fatty acids
C. Liquid B. amino acids
D. Carbon C. fats
400. proteins are used D. proteins
A. for energy 406. Which of the following animals does not
B. to get oxygen possess canine teeth?
C. for growth and repair A. cat
B. man
D. none of above
C. tiger
401. The word “pseudopodia” means:
D. rabbit
A. small cell
407. In terms of the visking tubing, what is a
B. false foot semi-permeable membrane?
C. fake eye A. a membrane that allows anything to
D. first animal pass through it
B. a membrane that allows large
402. Which of the following contribute to caus- molecules to pass through it
ing heartburn? I. circular muscle stays con-
tracted at the of the stomachII. excessive C. a membrane that allows small
acid production in the stomachIII. acid in molecules to pass through it
the oesophagus D. a membrane that does nothing

408. filters toxins and old red blood cells 414. The act of eating or putting food in the
A. liver mouth
A. digestion
B. lungs
B. ingestion
C. small intestine
C. absorption
D. pancreas
D. elimination
409. which is a good source of protein?
415. what best defines bile salts
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A. steak A. emulsifier
B. pasta B. fat digesting enzyme
C. carrot C. lipid transporter
D. grapes D. synthesizer of lipids
410. Which digestive secretion contains 416. Of the following, which organ does food
sodium bicarbonate? NOT pass through?
A. Saliva A. large intestine
B. Gastric Juice B. mouth
C. Bile C. pancreas
D. Pancreatic Juice D. stomach

417. Which foods contain high quantities of vi-
411. Type of digestion in the stomach: tamin A?
A. Mechanical A. Carrots and bell peppers
B. Chemical B. Citrus fruits
C. Both C. Dairy products
D. none of above D. Beans and lentils
412. Fatty acids cross the cell surface mem- 418. Animals commonly store energy in the
brane of an epithelial cell in the ileum be- form of
cause A. fat and glycogen
A. They are small B. waxes and oils
B. They are attached to micelles C. minerals and urea
C. They are polar D. water and carbon dioxide
D. They are lipid soluble 419. Cholera is treated using oral rehydration
therapy (ORT).What is present in this so-
413. Water from the undigested food is ab- lution, apart from water? I. ionsII. saltsIII.
sorbed mainly in the urea
A. stomach A. I and II only
B. foodpipe B. I and III only
C. small intestine C. II and III only
D. large intestine D. I, II and III

420. is the largest gland in our body. 426. Mucosa of stomach has gastric glands.
A. Skin Which of the following is not correct?

B. Hand A. Mucus cells secrete mucus
C. Liver B. Chief cells secrete Pepsinogen

D. Leg C. Oxyntic cells secrete HCl
D. Pepsin is a pro-enzyme of Pepsinogen
421. These are examples of ruminants:
A. horses, humans and chickens 427. place where water is reabsorbed from
undigested matter
B. sheep, goats, cattle, deer, giraffes
A. Small Intestine
C. pigs, sheep, cattle, chickens and hu-
mans B. Liver
D. none of above C. Salivary Glands
422. Find the correct match between the sali- D. Large Intestine
vary gland and location 428. Where does chemical digestion begin?
A. Parotid-lower jaw A. mouth
B. Sub-maxillary-below tongue B. esophagus
C. Sub-linguals-cheek
C. stomach
D. None are correct
D. small intestine
423. The soupy mixture formed in the stom-
429. The process of breaking down foods into
ach by the mixture of gastric juices, acid
smaller parts is called
and food is called?
A. digestive
A. bile salts
B. bolus B. indigestion
C. chyme C. digestion
D. sodium bicarbonate D. digging
424. From where is gastrin produced? 430. Lipase digests fats into
A. medulla oblangata A. amino acids
B. endocrine cells in the stomach B. fatty acids and glycerol
C. chief cells C. starch
D. exocrine cells in the stomach D. glucose
425. The inner walls of the stomach secrete 431. Which organ in the human body secretes
lipase, amylase and protease?
A. Mucus & hydrochloric acid A. Liver
B. Bile B. Small intestine
C. Lime C. Stomach
D. Salt D. Pancreas

432. As the material moves through the in- B. Diagnosed with hydrogen Breath Test
testine, water is absorbed into the blood- C. Benedict’s test with Urine is negative
stream
D. In primary type:gene for lactose is
A. large translated to form enzyme
B. small E. In Secondary type:occurs because of
C. larrge mucosal damage
D. none of above 438. The primary function of the small intes-
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tine is:
433. clinical manifestation of lactose intoler-
ance include A. nutrient absorption
A. abdominal cramps B. water absorption
B. distensions C. waste secretion
C. diarrhoea D. vitamin conversion
D. constipation 439. The process by which food is broken
E. flatulence upon ingestion of dairy prod- down into nutrients to prepare for absorp-
ucts tion.
A. Transport
434. which is not a name of a nutrient?
B. Absorption
A. protein
C. Digestion
B. fish
D. Metabolism
C. vitamins
D. minerals 440. The role of the villi is to from the
small intestine
435. food leaves the small intestines and en-
A. produce saliva
ters the blood stream through
B. Water absorption
A. secretion
C. waste secretion
B. respiration
D. send nutrients into bloodstream
C. absorption
D. feces 441. What is the substrate of lipase?
A. Triglycerides
436. Match the macronutrient to its deriva-
tive:amino acids B. Fatty acids
A. carbohydrate C. Amino acids
B. lipid D. Polypeptides
C. peptide 442. A substance with a pH of 6 is called

D. protein A. a weak acid
437. Regarding lactose intolerance B. a weak base
A. Bacteria act on Undigested lactose to C. strong acid

form CO2 & H2 gas D. strong base

443. An enzyme works best at about 37◦ C, 448. If a person has phenylketonuria (PKU),
normal body temperature, and each one which enzyme cannot be produced?
A. phenylalanine hydrolase

A. is usually specific to only one type of
substrate. B. phenylalanine hydroxylase
B. serves as a catalyst for several kinds C. tyrosine hydrolase
of reactions and substrates. D. tyrosine hydroxylase
C. works best always at a pH 7. 449. What does trypsin break down?
D. has the same shape. A. Proteins into polypeptides.
B. Polypeptides into peptides.
444. removal of wastes from the body is
C. Peptides into amino acids.
A. respiration
D. none of above
B. reproduction
450. Food takes a long time to pass through
C. filtration the small intestine because
D. excretion A. The enzymes work properly when they
have time to react with their substrates
445. Where does all the blood go after absorp- B. The small intestine is very long
tion?
C. Most food passes through undigested
A. The liver
D. The enzymes produced by the small in-
B. The pancreas testine take a long time to be produced
C. The kidney 451. What is a protein that facili-
tates/catalyzes a chemical reaction?
D. The large intestine
A. Emulsifier
446. Which molecule can diffuse from the di- B. Gland
gestive tract into the human bloodstream
C. Lipid
without first being digested?
D. Enzyme
A. protein
452. Amylase in saliva changes starch into
B. starch
A. sugar
C. fat
B. waste
D. glucose C. stomach acid
447. Biologically active peptides include D. chyme
A. Thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH) 453. Enzymes are catalysts. What is a cata-
is a tripeptide lyst
A. speeds up a chemical reaction
B. Glutathione is a tripeptide
B. slows down a chemical reaction
C. Oxytocin is nonapeptide
C. has no effect on a chemical reaction
D. Vasopressin is nonapeptide
D. it slows dow and speeds up a chemical
E. Surfactant is pentapeptide reaction

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454. What does absorption mean? C. Storage of bile

A. breakdown of molecules D. Storage of glycogen
B. enzyme activity on nutrients
458. The purpose of peristalsis is to
C. network of chemical reactions that oc-
cur in the body A. Move food through the gut
D. process of assimilating B. Move food in one direction

C. Move food a short distance at a time
455. Opening through which solid wastes exit
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to slow digestion
the body
D. All of the above are correct
A. rectum
B. anus 459. Substances produced by the liver, pan-
C. bile creas and lining of the small intestine help
to complete
D. villi
A. Chemical digestion
456. The folds of the small intestine are cov-
B. Mechanic digestion
ered with fingerlive projections called
C. Absorption
A. bolus
D. Digestion
B. bile
C. villi 460. After digestion, fats enter the lymphatic
D. vicky capillaries called
A. lacteals
457. Which of the following is/are the func-
tion(s) of liver? B. chylomicrons
A. Break down excess fatty acids C. vili
B. Break down excess amino acids D. brush border
1.17 Breathing and Exchange of Gases

1. The movement by diffusion of oxygen and C. 50 ml
carbon dioxide across a membrane D. More the 50 ml
A. Ventilation
3. The breathing centre initiates ventilation
B. Breathing in response to-
C. Gas exchange A. A decrease in air pressure
D. Respiration B. A decrease in O2
C. An increase in CO2
2. Every 100 ml of oxygenated blood deliv-
ers following amount of O2 to the tissues D. The rate of gas exchange in the alveoli
under normal physiological condition
4. These are the small units of lungs where
A. 5 ml the actual exchange of gases takes place.
B. 25 ml A. Epiglottis

B. Alveoli 10. regarding the function of our respiratory

system, mark the wrong entry
C. Trachea

A. humidifies the air
D. Bronchi
B. warms up the air
5. Neural control of breathing is in the C. diffusion of gas
A. cerebrum D. clean up the air
B. Diaphragm
11. Which of the following is NOT a processe
C. Medulla of ALL living organisms?
D. Olfactory lobe A. ventilation
B. growth
6. After a forceful inspiration the amount of
air that can be breathed out by maximum C. metabolism
forced expiration is equal to: D. respiration
A. IRV+RV+ERV 12. Fish have organs called that enable
B. IRV+TV+ERV oxygen to diffuse into their bodies and car-
bon dioxide to diffuse out.
C. IRV+TV
A. tracheal tubes
D. ERV+TV
B. spiracles
7. When the pressure in the lung is greater C. gills
than atmospheric pressure:
D. lungs
A. the bronchioles are obstructed.
13. a person breathe in some vol. of air by
B. lung tissue has collapsed forced inspiration after having a forced ex-
C. inspiration occurs. piration . this quantity of air in is
D. expiration occurs. A. TLC
B. TV
8. A good blood supply means
C. VC
A. A large surface area is needed
D. IC
B. The area is moist
14. Exchange of gases-
C. A concentration gradient can be estab-
lished A. Occurs between the alveoli and pul-
monary blood capillary
D. Less diffusion will occur
B. Occurs between blood and tissues
9. Which of the following is entirely made up C. By diffusion
of cartilage? D. All
A. Nasal septum
15. Which of following does not happen during
B. Larynx inspiration
C. Glottis A. the ribs moves upwards
D. Trachea B. the diaphragm lifts up

C. the antero-posterier dimensions of the C. low pCO2

chest are increased
D. Low H+ concentration
D. the transverse dimensions of the tho-
rax are increased 21. After deep inspiration, maximum expira-
tion of lungs is called
16. A cancer causing substance is called
A. TLC
A. Carcinogen
B. Nicotine withdrawal B. IC
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C. Sidestream smoke C. EC
D. Carbon dioxide D. VC
17. Which of the following situations would 22. When you breathe the diaphragm
result in the greatest degree of O2 satu- creating more space for more air.
ration for haemoglobin, assuming PO2 re-
mains constant- A. raises high
A. Increased CO2 levels, decreased tem- B. raises low
perature C. lifts high
B. Increased CO2 levels, increased tem-
D. flattens out
perature
C. Decreased CO2 levels, decreased tem- 23. Earthworms breathe through their
perature
A. Pores on its anterior end
D. Decreased CO2 levels, increased tem-
perature B. Head
C. Skin
18. asthma is caused by
A. infection of lung D. Lungs
B. infection of trachea 24. Trivial Question:The nose is lined with hair

C. spasm in bronchial muscles which filters dust from air. What do you
D. infection in nose call these hair like structures?
A. Microtubules
19. Each molecule of haemoglobin when fully
saturated carries how many molecules of B. Flagellum
O2- C. Cilia
A. 1
D. Antennae
B. 2
C. 4 25. Which of the following is not true during
exhalation?
D. 20
A. Diaphragm flattens
20. The oxygen dissociation curve will show a
right shift in case of: B. External intercostal muscles relax
A. high pCO2 C. Internal intercostal muscles contract
B. high pO2 D. Volume of thoracic cavity decreases

26. A moist surface means C. lime

A. Gasses can dissolve in solution D. water

B. The area is slippery for exchange 32. Which of the following does not occur dur-
C. The large surface area is wet ing inhalation?
D. Less diffusion will occur as the water A. External intercostal muscles contracts
is a barrier B. Diaphragm contracts
27. Mechanical movement to inhale and exhale C. Ribcage relaxes
air D. Lungs expand
A. Gas Exchange 33. A thin barrier for diffusion; one cell thick,
B. Respiration means
C. Breathing A. The diffusion distance is smaller, so
D. Transport the rate of diffusion is slower
B. The diffusion distance is smaller, so
28. why grasshopper can stay alive after it the rate of diffusion is quicker
head is put into water?
C. The rate of diffusion is unchanged as
A. because it has power the molecules will still move
B. because it can breathe through lungs D. Molecules are unable to diffuse over
C. because it can breathe through moist cells
skin
34. Some organisms exchange gases through
D. because spiracle is located at the ab- the sides of their body through tiny holes
domen called
29. Functions of the nasal cavity include which A. spiracles
of the following? B. diffusion
A. filtering the air C. lungs
B. humidifying the air D. oxygen
C. trapping airborne particles 35. in breathing movements, the air vol can be
D. all of the above estimated by
A. stethoscope
30. What is the function of the respiratory sys-
tem? B. hygrometer
A. Body’s breathing system C. sphignomanometer
B. Body’s system of nerves D. spirometer
C. Body’s food processing system 36. Lungs do not collapse between breaths
D. Body’s blood transporting system and some air always remains in the lungs
which can never be expelled because:-
31. We can test the presence of carbon dioxide A. There is a positive intrapleural pres-
in exhaled air by bubbling it into sure
A. limewater B. Pressure in the lungs is higher than the
B. lime juice atomospheric pressure.

C. There is a negative pressure in the 42. Given the following structures:1. larynx2.
lungs. nasal cavity3. pharynx4. tracheaWhich of
D. There is a negative intrapleural pres- the following is the correct order that air
sure pulling at the lung walls. would flow during inhalation.
A. 1, 2, 3, 4
37. Gas exchange is needed to supply to
cells and remove B. 2, 3, 1, 4
A. carbon dioxide; oxygen C. 2, 1, 3, 4
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D. 4, 2, 3, 1
B. oxygen; food
C. oxygen; carbon dioxide 43. The most common cause of emphysema
is?
D. carbon dioxide; water
A. Allergies
38. mark the correct pair of muscles involved
B. Cigarette smoking
in normal breathing in human
C. Prolonged steroid use
A. external and internalcostal muscles
D. Anxiety
B. diaphragm and abdominal muscles
C. diaphragm and external intercostal 44. A spirometer cannot be used to measure-
muscles A. IC
D. diaphragm and internal intercostal B. RV
muscles C. ERV
39. Haemoglobin is present in cells. D. IRV
A. white blood cells 45. The windpipe is also known as
B. red blood cells A. Trachea
C. plasma B. Adenoid
D. platelets C. Pharynx
40. Whichofthefollowingisan occupational res- D. none of above
piratory disorder? (a) (b) (c) Ans. (b) (d) 46. CO2 is carried in blood by hemoglobin in
A. Botulism the form of:
B. Silicosis A. Sodium bicarbonate
C. Anthracis B. Potassium bicarbonate
D. Emphysema C. Carbamino compound
D. Methaemoglobin
41. respiratory process is regulated by certain
spesialized centre in the brain . one of the 47. The pleural linings and the fluid in-
following listed centre can reduce the in- between prevent during inspiration
spiratory duration upon stimulation and expiration
A. medullary inspiratory centre A. infection
B. pneumotaxic centre B. puncture
C. apneustic centre C. tearing
D. chemosensitive centre D. friction

48. when we breath in, we inhale many gases, 53. The partial pressure of oxygen and the par-
including oxygen.What hapen to the gases tial pressure of carbon dioxide is identical
that the body cant’t use? in

A. they are exhaled A. Alveoli and deoxygenated blood
B. they are changed into oxygen by the B. Tissues and deoxygenated blood
lungs
C. Oxygenated blood and tissues
C. they circulate through the body and
D. Tissues and oxygenated blood
are disposed of later
D. they are absorbed into the digestive 54. Spongy air-filled organs.
system and used to create energy A. lungs
49. The trachea leads to the B. trachea
A. Bronchioles C. alveoli
B. Bronchi D. blood
C. Esophagus 55. Also known as physical distancing, means
D. Pulmonary Vessel keeping a safe space between yourself
and other people who are not from your
50. Besides RBC blood plasma also carries O2 household.
in solution. The percentage is-
A. Community Quarantine
A. 3%
B. Social Distancing
B. 97%
C. Lock down
C. 49%
D. Face shield
D. 25%
56. Select the correct events that occur during
51. mark the true statement among the fol- inspiration. I. Contraction of diaphragm.
lowing with refrence to normal breathing II. Contraction of external inter-costal
muscles. III. Pulmonary volume decreases.
A. inspiration is passive process where
IV. Intra pulmonary pressure increases.
as expiration is active
A. III and IV
B. inspiration is active process where as
expiration is passive B. I, II and IV
C. both are active C. Only IV
D. both are inactive D. I and II
52. Expiratory capacity is equal to- 57. The form of energy used in respiration is:
A. TV + ERV A. Chemical
B. ERV + IRV B. Electrical
C. ERV + RV C. Mechanical
D. ERV + RV D. Radiant

58. Cartilage found in the trachea are what 63. Asthma may be attributed to:
shape? A. bacterial infection of the lungs
A. D B. allergic reaction of the mast cells in
B. C the lungs
C. E C. inflammation of the trachea
D. U D. accumulation of fluid in the lungs
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59. which of the following would have the 64. match the following and mark the correct
same O2 content? optionanimal respirtory organA. earth-
worm i. moist cuticleB. aquatic arthopods
A. blood entering the lung-blood eaving
ii. gillsC. fishes iii. lungsD. birds/reptiles
the lung
iv trachea
B. blood entering the right side of heart-
A. A-ii, B-i, C-iv, D-iii
blood leaving the rightside of the heart
B. A-i, B-iv, C-ii, D-iii
C. blood entering the right side of heart-
blood leaving the left side of heart C. A-i, B-iii, C-ii, D-iv
D. blood entering the tissue capillaries- D. A-i, B-ii, c-iv, D-iii
blood leaving the tissue capillaries
65. When the volume of the thorax increases,
60. Which statement describes respiration?
A. Intake of oxygen and release of carbon A. The volume of the thorax decreases
dioxide over a membrane B. The pressure in the lungs decreases
B. Release of energy from food inside C. The pressure in the lungs increases
cells
D. There is no change in pressure
C. Mechanical movement to inhale and
exhale air 66. Which of the following is not true about
respiratory structure?
D. Feature that enable an animal to sur-
vive in its habitat A. It is moist
B. It is highly vascularized
61. What happens to the air pressure between
the pleural muscles, when you breathe in? C. It has large surface area
A. No difference D. It is very thick
B. Increases 67. Oxygen dissociation curve is-
C. Decreases A. J-shaped
D. none of above B. S-shaped
62. The lungs are protected from injury by C. L-shaped
A. Pleural Membranes D. Zig-zag
B. Chest muscles 68. When you expire

C. Skin A. ribs and sternum move up and out
D. Sternum and Rib Cage B. diaphragm moves down/ flattens

C. External intercoastal muscles relax 74. Which of the following is not true about
D. diaphragm contracts respiratory surfaces.

E. width of thorax increases A. They are elastic for faster diffusion
B. They are moist to dissolve respiratory
69. Which of the following are involved in gas
gases.
exchange?
A. Trachea C. They are highly vascularized to create
a concentration gradient.
B. Oesophagus
D. none of above
C. Stomach
D. Lungs 75. the oxygen-haemoglobin dissociation
E. Ribs curve will show a right shift in case of
A. high pCO2
70. Why do human beings have difficulty
breathing at high elevations? B. high pO2
A. O2 makes up lower percentage of air C. low pco2
there D. less H+ concentration
B. The temperature is lower there
76. Name the gaseous exchange structure in a
C. The barometric pressure is higher
root.
there
A. Lenticel
D. PO2 is lower there
B. leaves
71. Which word describes the movement, by
diffusion, of oxygen and carbon dioxide C. stomata
across a membrane? D. Stoma
A. Ventilation
77. Find out correct statement:
B. Breathing
A. About 97 percent of O2 is transported
C. Gas exchange
by RBCs in the blood
D. Respiration
B. About 90-93 percent of CO2 is trans-
72. Gas exchange in animals always involves- ported by RBCs is the blood
A. Anaerobic cellular respiration C. About 7 percent of O2 and 3 percent of
B. Diffusion across membranes CO2 is carried in dissolved form through
plasma
C. Active transport of gases
D. More than one are correct
D. None
73. The greater fissures in humans are present 78. Which of the following is not a character-
on istic of a respiratory structure?
A. Right lung A. It is moist

B. Left lung B. Has large surface area
C. Both right and left lungs C. It is highly vascularised
D. Not present in the lungs D. It is rich in mitochondria

79. Which addictive component of tobacco C. Lots of tiny capillaries so gases can
smoke causes an increase in blood pres- pass easily into the blood stream
sure?
D. Moist
A. carbon monoxide
E. Lots of enzymes so there are tiny
B. carcinogens molecules suitable for diffusion
C. nicotine
84. Which of the following statement is/are
D. tar
true?
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80. What happens when a person inhales? A. Diffusion capacity of CO2 is 20-25
A. Diaphragm expands, moves upward, times higher than that of O2
chest space decreases, and lungs con-
B. The solubility of CO2 is 20-25 times
tracts.
higher than that of O2
B. Diaphragm contracts, moves down-
C. The diffusion capacity of O2 is 20-25
ward, chest space increases, lungs ex-
times higher than that of CO2
pands.
C. Diaphragm expands, moves forward, D. More than one statements are correct.
chest space increases, lungs contract.
85. Trachea divides into right and left primary
D. Diaphragm contracts, moves back- bronchi at th thoracic vertebra.
ward, chest space decreases, lungs move
upward. A. 4
B. 5
81. The cells which do not respire
A. Epidermal cells C. 6
B. Sieve cells D. 9
C. Cortical cells 86. incidence of emphysema-a respiratory dis-
D. Erythrocytes order is high in cigrate smoker. iin such
cases
82. Parts of plants that provide a large surface
area for gaseous exchange A. the bronchioles are found dameged
A. Leaves B. the alveolar wall are found dameged
B. Stems C. the plsma membrane is found
C. Roots dameged
D. Flowers D. the respiratory muscles are found
E. Fruits dameged
83. Which of these are adaptations of alve- 87. The thorax is made up of
oli? A. nasal passage, pharynx & larynx
A. Long, finger-like structure increases
B. trachea, bronchi & bronchioles
surface area
C. rib cage, lungs & trachea
B. The membrane is only one cell thick
which means gases have a short diffusion D. rib cage, intercostal muscles & di-
distance aphragm

88. Oxygen diffuses from 94. it is known that exposure to carbon

A. Trachea to lung monoxide is harmful to animal because

B. Alveolus to blood capillary A. it reduces CO2 transport
C. Blood capillary to alveolus B. it reduces O2 transport
D. Lung to trachea C. it increase CO2 transport
D. it destroy hemoglobin
89. Bulk of carbon dioxide released from body
tissues into blood is present as: 95. A contraction of the diaphragm during in-
A. Free carbon dioxide in blood plasma halation causes it to flatten. What else
does the contraction result in?
B. carbaminohaemoglobin in RBC
A. An increase in the volume of the tho-
C. Bicarbonate in blood plasma and RBC
racic cavity
D. 70% carbaminohaemoglobin and 30%
as bicarbonate B. Increase in alveolar pressure
C. A decrease in lung volume
90. CO2 is transported-
D. A decrease in the volume of the tho-
A. By RBC racic cavity
B. As bicarbonates
96. Respiration has five events. The first
C. In a dissolved state through plasma
event is breathing wherein an individual
D. All is inhaling and exhaling. Describe the di-
aphragm of a person when he or she is ex-
91. A virus identified as the cause of an out- haling.
break of respiratory illness.
A. Diaphragm doesn’t move.
A. Common cold
B. Diaphragm is relaxed.
B. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
C. Diaphragm contracts.
C. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
D. Diaphragm is disconnected.
D. Corona Virus Disease 2019
92. A person has vital capacity of 5L and resid- 97. What is the current world record for hold-
ual volume of 1.2 L. Total lung capacity- ing your breath?
A. 6.2 L A. 10 minutes
B. 4.8 L B. 12 minutes
C. 500 ml C. 24 minutes
D. None D. 2 hours
93. After the trachea, air travels through the 98. The membrane that covers the lungs is
called
A. Bronchiole A. Thick membrane
B. Alveoli B. Cell membrane
C. Bronchus C. Skin Membrane
D. Capillary D. Pleural Membrane

99. Thick, sticky, dark fluid when tobacco 103. Binding of O2 with haemoglobin is pri-
burns is called marily related to-
A. Nicotine A. H+ conc.
B. Ammonia B. None
C. Tar C. PCO2
D. Cilia D. PO2
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104. Air is breathed through-
100. When you hold your breath, which of
thefollowing gas changes in blood would A. trachea-lungs-larynx-pharynx-alveoli
firstlead to the urge to breathe? B. nose-larynx-pharynx-bronchus-alveoli-
A. rising CO2 concentration bronchioles
C. nostrils-pharynx-larynx-trachea-
B. falling CO2 concentration
bronchi-bronchioles-alveoli
C. rising CO2 and falling O2 concentra-
D. nose-mouth-lungs
tion
D. falling O2 concentration 105. Which of the following statements about
the partial pressure of CO2 is true?
101. Select the favorable conditions required A. It is higher in alveoli than in pulmonary
for the formation of oxyhemoglobin at the artery
alveoli.
B. It is higher in the systemic arteries
A. HighpO2, lowpCO2, less H+, lower than in tissues
temperature
C. It is higher in systemic veins than in
B. LowpO2, highpCO2, more H+, higher systemic arteries
temperature D. It is higher in the pulmonary veins than
C. HighpO2, highpCO2, less H+, higher in pulmonary arteries
temperature
106. Pneumotaxic centre is present in-
D. LowpO2, lowpCO2, more H+, higher
A. Pons
temperature
B. Medulla oblongata
102. What is gaseous exchange? C. Cerebrum
A. The movement of Oxygen and Car- D. Cerebellum
bon Dioxide between the bronchi and pul-
monary artery 107. Identify a characteristic of capillaries
B. The movement of Oxygen and Carbon A. Thick cell wall
Dioxide between the alveoli and blood- B. Small lumen
stream
C. Contain valves to prevent backflow
C. The movement of Oxygen and Carbon D. Selectively permeable membrane
Dioxide between the heart and lungs
D. The movement of Oxygen and Car- 108. Primary, secondary, tertiary bronchi and
bon Dioxide between the nasal cavity and initial bronchioles are supported by:
heart A. Complete cartilaginous rings

B. Incomplete cartilaginous rings 114. Dissociation of oxyhaemoglobin in blood

increases when there is
C. Complete chitinous rings

A. Increase in pH and decrease in CO2
D. Incomplete chitinous rings
concentration
109. a person has VC of 5L and RVof 1.2L . B. Decrease in temperature and increase
total lung capacity- in O2 concentration
A. 6.2L C. Increase in CO2 concentration
B. 4.8L D. Decrease in pH and increase in CO2

concentration
C. 500ml
115. What are the main muscles of inhala-
D. none tion?
110. What muscles are used in breathing in A. The diaphragm and intercostal mus-
and breathing out? cles
A. diaphragm and intercostals B. The scalenes and the abdominal mus-
cles
B. diaphragm and lungs
C. The diaphram and abdominal muscles
C. lungs and ribs
D. The diaphragm and latissimus muscles
D. lungs and diaphragm
116. Mark incorrect statement in the following
111. The partial pressure of CO2 in the venous A. Diffusion membrane is made up of 3
blood is- major layers.
A. Greater than in the tissue spaces B. solubility of CO2 is higher than that of
O2 by 20-25 times
B. Lesser than in the tissue spaces
C. Breathing volumes are estimated by
C. Lesser than in the arterial blood
spirometer
D. Less than in alveoli D. high conc. of hydrogen ions favours
oxyhemoglobin formation
112. When you inhale the ribs move
A. Up and out 117. Oxygen + haemoglobin =?
A. oxygenated haemoglobin
B. Up and in
B. oxyhaemoglobin
C. Down and out
C. haemoglobin
D. Down and in
D. oxygenglobin
113. What is the main function of the respira-
118. These move microbes and debris up and
tory system?
out of the airways
A. To break food down A. pharynx
B. Circulate the blood B. larynx
C. Supply the blood with oxygen C. Cilia
D. none of above D. trachea

119. A large surface are means A. bronchitis

A. A good concentration gradient B. bronchial asthma
B. More space for diffusion to occur, so C. emphysema
less diffusion
D. SARS.
C. Less diffusion
D. More space for diffusion to occur, so 125. During the night
more diffusion A. Photosynthesis does not occur
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120. CO2 dissociate from carbamino B. Water diffuse out of the cell
haemoglobin when
C. Guard cells lose turgidity
A. pCO2 is high & pO2 is low
D. Stoma closes
B. pO2 is high & pCO2 is low
C. pCO2 & pO2 are equal 126. A section of an alveolus with a pulmonary
D. none of the above capillary indicates the presence of major
layers constituting diffusion membrane-
121. Which muscles do we use when we A. 3
breathe?
B. 2
A. diaphragm and intercostal muscles
B. triceps and the abdominal muscles C. 6
C. diaphragm and abdominal muscles D. 10

D. heart muscles and intercostal muscles 127. respiration in insect is called direct be-
cause
122. All of the following factors play role
in the regulation of respiratory rhythm A. the tissue exchange O2/CO2 directly
except- with the air in the tubes
A. CO2 B. the tissue exchange O2/ co2 directly
B. H+ conc. with coelomic fluid
C. O2 C. the tissue exchange O2/CO2 directly
with the air outside through body surface.
D. None of the above is correct
D. tracheal tube exchange O2/CO2 di-
123. Besides PO2 the other factor(s) affecting rectly with the haemocoelwhich then ex-
the binding of O2 with haemoglobin is / change the tissue.
are-
A. PCO2 128. hypoxia is the condition in which less O2
become available to the tissue . this may
B. H + conc.
be due to-
C. temperature
A. lesser O2 in the atmoshphere
D. All
B. more CO in the air
124. The respiratory disorder which leads to
C. less RBC in the blood
irreversible distension and loss of elastic-
ity of alveoli of lungs is D. all

129. The partial pressures(in mmHg)of oxy- B. 1700 mL

gen(O2 )and carbon dioxide (CO2 )at alve- C. 2200 mL
oli(the site of diffusion) (a)pO2 =104

andpCO2 =40 (b)pO2 =40 andpCO2 =45 D. 2700 mL
(c)pO2 =95 andpCO2 = 40 (d)pO2 =159 134. Which of the following are features of
andpCO2 =0.3 the alveoli that adapt them to gas ex-
A. A change? I. High surface areaII. Thin walls
III. Dry surfaces
B. B
A. I and II only
C. C
B. I only
D. D
C. II and III
130. The oxy-hemoglobin dissociation curve D. I, II, and III
shifts to the right by all the following ex-
cept: 135. Gas exchange in humans is
A. Increased carbon dioxide A. When breathing occurs
B. Increased pH B. When carbon dioxide moves out
C. Increased temperature C. When oxygen moves in
D. Decreased pH D. The exchange of oxygen and carbon
over a surface
131. Name the pulmonary disease in which
alveolar surface area involved in gas ex- 136. Which of the following factors affect the
change is drastically reduced due to dam- diffusion of gases?
age in the alveolar walls. A. Partial pressure of diffusing gases
A. Pleurisy B. Solubility of gases
B. Emphysema C. The thickness of diffusion membrane
C. Pneumonia D. All
D. Asthma 137. The factor which does not affect the rate
of alveolar diffusion is
132. a person suffer punctures in his chest cav-
ity in an accident, without any damage to A. solubility of gases
the lungs its effect could be B. thickness of membrane
A. reduced breathing rate C. pressure gradient
B. rapid increase in breathing rate D. reactivity of gases
C. no change in respiration 138. choose the correct answers about alveo-
D. cessation of breathing lus
A. surrounded by numerous blood capil-
133. Tidal Volume and Expiratory Reserve Vol-
lary
ume of an athlete is 500 mL and 1000 mL,
respectively. What will be his Expiratory B. large surface area foe gaseous ex-
Capacity if the Residual Volume is 1200 change
mL? C. thin simple cuboidal epithelium cell
A. 1500 mL D. moist surface of a alveoli

139. The addictive drug found in tobacco prod- 144. AccordingtoCentral Pollution Control
ucts Board (CPCB) what size (in diameter)
of particulate is responsible for causing
A. Tar
greater harmtohumanhealth?
B. Carbon monoxide
A. 3.5 micrometers
C. Nicotine
B. 2.5 micrometers
D. Carcinogen
C. 4.0 micrometers
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140. The carbon dioxide is transported via D. 3.0 micrometers
blood to lungs as
145. What makes a good exchange surface?
A. dissolved in blood plasma
(check all that apply)
B. in the form of carbonic acid only
A. A large surface area
C. in combination with haemo globin only
B. A thick barrier
D. carbamino haemoglobin and as car-
C. A good blood supply
bonic acid
D. A moist surface
141. pO2 (in mm Hg) in atm. air, alveoli de-
oxygenated blood, oxygenated blood, and 146. The maximum volume of air a person
tissue are can breathe in after a forced expiration is
known as:
A. 40, 95, 40, 104, 159
A. Total Lung Capacity
B. 104, 40, 40, 95, 159
B. Expiratory Capacity
C. 153, 104, 40, 95, 40
C. Vital Capacity
D. 195, 104, 95, 40, 40
D. Inspiratory Capacity
142. state two function of stoma
147. Name the large muscle that separates the
A. regulate gaseous exchange
chest cavity from the abdominal cavity and
B. regulate water loss helps with breathing?
C. regulate the uptake of water A. Larynx
D. regulate pH of plant B. Diaphragm
143. Identify the pathway of air . C. Sternum
A. nasal cavity, throat, bronchioles, D. Thorax

bronchi, alveoli
148. Which among the parts of an Earthworm
B. mouth, nasal cavity, bronchi, bronchi- acts as their respiratory membrane?
oles, alveoli
A. Gills
C. nasal cavity/mouth, trachea, bronchi,
B. Spiracles
bronchus, alveoli
C. Lungs
D. nasal cavity/mouth, trachea, bronchi,
bronchioles, alveoli D. Skin

149. mark incorrect statement in conteext to B. Bicarbonates (HCO3-) carried within

O2 binding with Hb RBCs

A. lower pH C. HCO3-carried in the plasma
B. lower temp D. Molecular CO2 chemically bound to
C. lower pCO2 haemoglobin
D. higher pO2
155. Lungs are made up of air-filled sacs, the
150. Which of the following represents a alveoli. They do not collapse even after
larger volume of air than is normally found forceful expiration, because of:
in the resting tidal volume of a human A. Inspiratory Reserve Volume
lung?
B. Tidal Volume
A. Residual volume
B. Inspiratory reserve volume C. Expiratory Reserve Volume
C. Expiratory reserve volume D. Residual Volume

D. All
156. a person met with an accident and died in-
151. What is the correct order for air entering stantaneously without any enjury to heart,
the lungs? brain, stomach, and kidney; one of these
must be the reason-
A. Trachea-Bronchi-Bronchioles-Alveoli
A. diaphragm get puncture
B. Trachea-Tracheoles-Bronchi
C. Alveoli-Bronchi-Bronchioles-Spiracles B. stomach stop digestion
D. Trachea-Bronchioles-Bronchi-Alveoli C. intestine get twisted

D. RBC’s get coagulate
152. The main ORGAN responsible for breath-
ing is:
157. Tiny, hair-like projections that move to-
A. the Brain gether in sweeping motion
B. the Lungs A. ribcage
C. the Liver
B. trachea
D. the Kidneys
C. pharynx
153. Which word describes the mechanical
D. cilia
movements used to inhale and exhale air?
A. Gas Exchange 158. The barrier between the air in alveolus
B. Respiration and blood in pulmonary capillary consists
of 3 layers and its total thickness
C. Breathing
A. 1 mm
D. Transport
B. more than 1 mm
154. The largest proportion of CO2 carried by
blood is in the form of- C. much less than 1 mm
A. Molecular CO2 dissolved in the plasma D. 2 mm

159. Respiration is the 164. Complete the statement:Internal respira-

A. Intake of oxygen and release of carbon tion is the exchange of gases between
dioxide over a membrane and the
B. Release of energy from food inside A. blood, lungs

cells B. blood, environment
C. Mechanical movement to inhale and C. environment, lungs
exhale air D. blood, tissue cells
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D. Feature that enable an animal to sur-
165. The movement by diffusion of oxygen
vive in its habitat
and carbon dioxide across a membrane is
160. What happens when the intercostals con- called
tract during inhalation? A. ventilation
A. The diaphragm relaxes B. breathing
B. The ribs are elevated C. gas exchange
C. Pressure in the lungs increases D. respiration
D. The size of the thoracic cavity de- 166. Alveoli have a
creases
A. moist lining for dissolving gases
161. There are several factors that affect lung B. dry lining for dissolving gases
capacity below, except
C. moist lining for dissolving glucose
A. Age
D. dry lining for dissolving glucose
B. Gender
167. Which of the following show the air pas-
C. Food Consumption
sage for inhalation?
D. Weight and Height
A. lungs → nose → trachea
162. When the diaphragm relaxes, B. nose → trachea → lungs
A. The volume of the lungs increases and C. nose → lungs → trachea
the pressure increases D. trachea → lungs → nose
B. The volume of the lungs decreases and
the pressure increases 168. Dissociation of oxyhaemoglobin can be
promoted by
C. The volume of the lungs decreases and
the pressure decreases A. low pCO2
B. High pCO2
D. The volume of the lungs increases and
the pressure decreases C. High blood pH
D. Low body temperature
163. The muscle movements that change the
size of the lungs. 169. What does the trachea lead to?
A. gas exchange A. Bronchioles
B. respiration B. Bronchi
C. breathing C. Oesophagus
D. transport D. Pulmonary Vessels

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170. At high altitude, the RBCs in the human A. asthma

blood will B. respiratory acidosis

A. increase in size
C. respiratory alkalosis
B. decrease in size
D. emphysema
C. increase in number
174. The amount of O2 delivered by 100 ml
D. decrease in number
blood to the tissue under normal physio-
171. Gaseous exchange is when logical condition:(1) (2)(3) (4)
A. O2 diffuses from the alveoli to the cap- A. 200 ml
illary B. 5 ml
B. CO2 diffuses from the alveoli to the C. 1.34 ml
capillary
D. 20 ml
C. O2 diffuses from the capillary to the
alveoli 175. Which of the following is true for inhala-
D. CO2 diffuses from the capillary to the tion?
alveoli A. internal intercostal muscles contract
172. A large porportion of oxygen is left un- B. external intercostal muscles contract
used the human blood even after its up- C. rib cage moves downwards and in-
take by the body tissue. this O2 wards
A. helps in releasing more o2 to the ep- D. rib cage move downwards and out-
ithelium tissue wards
B. act as reserve during muscular exer-
cise 176. Which term describes the pumping of air
to the respiratory surface to replace the
C. raises the pCO2 of blood to 75 mm of
air that is already present.
Hg
A. gas exchange
D. is enough tokeep oxyhaemoglobin sat-
uration at 96% B. digestion
173. Name the chronic respiratory disorder C. ventilation

caused mainly by cigarette smoking. D. circulation
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1. Maximum lobed nucleus is found in A. 55
A. Neutrophil B. 45
B. Basophil C. 90
C. Monocyte D. 10
D. Eosinophil 3. Which one engulfs pathogens rapidly
2. Plasma is a straw coloured, viscous fluid A. acidophil
constituting nearly % of blood- B. basophil

C. monocytes 9. one of the factors required for maturation

of erythrocytes is
D. neutrophils
A. vitamin D
4. A certain road accident patient with un-
known blood group needs immediate blood B. vitamin A
transfusion. His one donor friend at once C. vitamin B12
offers his blood. What was the blood
group of the donor? D. vitamin C
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A. Blood Group B 10. what does an atrium do
B. Blood group AB A. let blood in
C. Blood group O B. let blood out
D. Blood group A C. exchange gases
5. the inter atrial septum in the human heart D. remove waste
can be best described as
11. Adult human RBCs are enucleated. Which
A. a thin muscular wall
of the following statement(s) is/are most
B. a thick muscular wall appropriate explanation for this feature?
1) They do not need to reproduce2)
C. a thin fibrous tissue
They are somatic cells3) They do not
D. a thick fibrous tissue metabolise4) All their internal space is
available for oxygen transport.
6. Pulse pressure is mm Hg
A. Only 1
A. 40
B. 1, 3 & 4
B. 25
C. 2 & 3
C. 120
D. only 4
D. 80
12. Fully mature human RBC has
7. Rh factor is concerned with blood grouping.
It derives its name from- A. A Nucleus
A. Man B. No nucleus
B. Chimpanzee C. Nucleus may or may not be present
C. Monkey D. None of the above
D. Rat
13. a decrease in plasma albumin level is likely
8. High blood pressure to affect
A. Heart Failure A. clot formation
B. Atherosclerosis B. oxygenation of hemoglobin
C. Myocardial Infarction C. osmotic balance
D. Hypertension D. immune functions

14. If due to some injury the chordae tendinae 19. left side of the heart is high in
of the tricuspid valve of the human heart is
A. O2
partially non-functional, what will be the

immediate effect? B. CO2
A. The flow of the blood will be immediate C. N
slowed down
D. H
B. The ‘Pace maker’ will stop working
20. How do parasympathetic neural signals af-
C. The blood tends to flow back into the
fect the working of the heart?
left atrium
D. The flow of blood into the pulmonary A. Both heart rate and cardiac output in-
artery will be reduced crease.
B. Heart rate decreases but cardiac out-
15. Which of the following blood groups is uni- put increases.
versal donor and universal acceptors re-
spectively? C. Reduce both heart rate and cardiac
output.
A. AB, O
D. Heart rate is increased without affect-
B. O, AB
ing the cardiac output
C. AB, A
D. A, AB 21. In case of emergency which blood group
could be safely transfused?
16. a human rbc is placed in 1.5 % salt solu- A. AB Rh-
tion it will
B. AB Rh+
A. swell up
C. O Rh-
B. shrink
D. O Rh+
C. remain unaffected
D. burst 22. “Bundle of His” is a network of
17. the component of blood which prevents its A. Muscle fibres distributed throughout
coagulation in the blood vessels the heart walls
A. haemoglobin B. Muscle fibres found only on the ventri-
cle wall
B. plasma
C. Nerve fibres distributed in ventricles
C. thrombin
D. Nerve fibres found throughout the
D. heparin
heart
18. Which of the following use water from
their environment as circulating fluid- 23. Percentage of cells in blood is
A. Sponges A. 50%
B. Coelenterates B. 55%
C. Both Sponges and Coelenterates C. 40%
D. Fishes D. 45%

24. Blood pressure in the mammalian aorta is 29. Heart receives

maximum during: A. Pure Blood
A. Diastole of the right atrium B. Venous Blood
B. Systole of the left atrium C. Mixed Blood
C. Diastole of the right ventricle D. Impure Blood
D. Systole of the left ventricle
30. The cells involved in inflammatory reac-
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tions are
25. Person with blood group AB is considered
as universal recipient because he has A. Eosinophils
A. Both A & B antigens on RBC but no an- B. Basophils
tibodies in the plasma C. Neutrophils
B. Both A & B antibodies in the plasma D. Lymphocytes
C. No antigen on RBC & no antibody in the 31. the lub sound of heart is produced during
plasma which phase of cardiac cycle
D. Both A & B antigens in the plasma but A. ventricular systole
no antibodies
B. atrial systole
26. Pacemaker is C. joint diastole
A. Instrument for measuring heart beat D. atrial systole
B. Instrument for measuring pulse rate 32. In humans, is the difference between
C. Auriculo-ventricular node that pro- systolic and diastolic pressure.
vides impulse for heart beat A. 40 mm Hg
D. Sinu-aurical node that provides im- B. 20 mm Hg
pulse for heart beat
C. 0 mm Hg
27. The VOLUME of blood pumped out of a ven- D. None of the above
tricle with each heartbeat is known as
33. the machine taking the reading of electrical
A. Heart Rate activity of heart is known as
B. Stroke Volume A. electrocardiogram
C. Cardiac Output B. electrocardiograph
D. Blood Pressure C. MRI
D. biopsy
28. what percentage of ventricular filling is
achieved by atrial contraction 34. Which of the following is cell fragments?
A. 30 A. Leucocytes
B. 50 B. RBCs
C. 70 C. Blood platelets
D. 90 D. None

35. mm3 blood has how many blood 41. Erythropoiesis starts in
platelets? A. Spleen

A. 150000-350000 B. Red bone marrow
B. 1.5 million to 3.5 million C. Kidney
C. 1500-3000 D. Liver
D. 10 to 15 lacs
42. Lymph (tissue fluid) is composed of
36. is a blood disorder where the A. Plasma
haemoglobin is defective
B. Large proteins
A. Heterochromia
C. Formed elements
B. Alopecia D. All of them
C. Haemolysis
43. Formed elements of blood include-
D. Sickle cell anaemia
A. RBC, WBC and blood platelets
37. the thread like tendons of papillary mus- B. Proteins present in blood
cles inserted upon the flaps of tricuspid
and bicuspid valves are C. All solutes present in blood
A. chordae tendinae D. All minerals (elements)
B. yellow elastin fibres 44. how is blood pressure created

C. reticulate fibres A. force of blood against artery wall
D. collagen fibres B. force of blood in the heart
C. force of blood in the lungs
38. Cardiac centre can moderate the cardiac
functions through D. force of blood in the goodwin
A. Somatic neural system 45. During the joint diastole heart receive?
B. Parasympathetic nervous system only A. Deoxygenated blood
C. Autonomic nervous system (ANS) B. Oxygenated blood
D. Sympathetic nervous system only C. Venous blood
39. what is the largest artery D. None
A. radial 46. Histamine in the blood is secreted by

B. aorta A. mast cells
C. ulnar B. macrophages
D. femoral C. eosinophils
D. basophils
40. The neural center that regulates cardiac ac-
tivity through ANS is located in: 47. The heart beat is maximum in.
A. Cerebrum A. Adult males
B. Hypothalamus B. Foetus
C. Pons C. Elderly people
D. Medulla D. Adult females

48. what is the function of the veins 53. The hepatic portal vein drains blood to
liver from?
A. take blood toward heart
A. Stomach
B. take blood away from heart
B. kidneys
C. remove waste
C. Brain
D. take blood to stomach
D. Heart
49. medulla oblongata regulates the cardiac ac-
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tivity via 54. Which one of the following plasma pro-
teins are involved in the coagulation of
A. CNS
blood?
B. ANS
A. Albumin
C. PNS
B. Serum amylase
D. CNS and PNS
C. Globulin
50. standard ECG of a normal person. The P- D. Fibrinogen
wave represents the
55. what happens in coronary circulation
A. Contraction of both the atria
A. circulation to the heart
B. b) Initiation of the ventricular contrac-
tion B. circulation to the body
C. c) Beginning of the systole C. circulation to the lungs
D. d) End of systole D. circulation to small intestine
51. Fastest distribution of some injectable ma- 56. Mammalian RBCs are in shape-
terial/ medicine & without any risk can be A. Oval
acchieved by injecting it into the
B. Biconvex
A. Muscles
C. biconcave
B. Arteries
D. Sickle like
C. Veins
57. The heart rate is maximum in
D. Lymph vessels
A. Adult Males
52. A labeled red blood corpuscle is released
B. Foetus
into the arterial circulation in the left leg.
It is recaptured 30 seconds later in the C. Elderly People
left lung. What is the minimum number of D. Adult Females
chambers of the heart it must have passed
through? 58. what is the function of the capillaries
A. 0 A. take blood toward heart
B. 1 B. take blood away from heart
C. 2 C. exchange gases
D. 3 D. exchange fluids

59. Serum differs from blood in 65. Which one of the following organ are often
A. Lacking globulins called as “graveyard” of RBC

B. Lacking albumins A. Gall bladder
C. Lacking clotting factors B. Kidney
D. Lacking antibodies C. Liver
60. Match List I with List II and select the cor- D. Spleen
rect option. List I List II Plasma protein
Functions I. Fibrinogen A. Defence mecha- 66. Assertion:Prothrombin enzyme act as anti-
nism II. Globulins B. Osmotic balance III. heparin.
Albumins C. Coagulation of blood
A. Both assertion and reason are true
A. I-C, II-A, III, -B and reason is correct explanation of as-
B. I-A, II-C, III-B sertion.
C. I-C, II-B, III-A B. Both assertion and reason are true but
D. I-B, II-A, III-C reason is not correct explanation of asser-
tion.
61. ABO blood grouping is based on the pres-
ence or absence of surface antigens C. Assertion is true but reason is false.
A. 2 D. Assertion is false but reason is true.

B. 3
67. thickening of arteries due to cholesterol de-
C. 6 position is
D. 12 A. atherosclerosis
62. Blood pressure in mammalian Aorta is B. rheumatic heart
maximum during.
C. blood pressure
A. Systole of the left ventricle
D. cardiac arrest
B. Diastole of the right atrium
C. Systole of the left atrium 68. the lumen of artery is than vein
D. Diastole of the right ventricle A. narrower
63. Megacaryotes produce- B. wider
A. Leucocytes C. same
B. Lymphocytes
D. very much reduced
C. Bone cells
D. Blood platelets (thrombocytes) 69. All of the following are granulocytes
except-
64. Cardiac output is determined by-
A. Neutrophils
A. Heart rate
B. Stroke volume B. Eosinophils
C. Blood flow C. Basophils only

D. Both a and b D. Lymphocytes and monocytes

70. Anucleated cell is 76. examination of blood of a person sus-

A. RBC pected of having anaemia, shows large
immature nucleated erythrocytes without
B. WBC haemoglobin supplementing his diet with
C. Platelets which of the following, is likely to allevi-
ate his symptoms
D. Agglutinogens
A. thiamine
E. none of the above
B. folic acid and cobalamine
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71. by counting the number of QRS complex,
C. riboflavin
one may get which information
D. iron compounds
A. rate of breathing
B. cardiac output 77. What is the amount of haemoglobin
present in 100 ml blood of human blood?
C. heart beat rate
A. 45 g
D. stroke volume
B. 18-20 g
72. Life span of human RBC is- C. 12-16 g
A. 120 hours D. 10-12 g
B. 120 month
78. The term that means heart contraction is
C. 120 days
D. 102 days A. diastole
73. Cardiac output is blood B. systole
A. Received by heart per minute C. tachycardia
B. Pumped by ventricles per second D. fibrillation
C. Pumped by left ventricle per minute 79. How do parasympathetic neural signals af-
D. Pumped by left ventricle per hour fect the working of the heart?
A. Reduce both heart rate & cardiac out-
74. Which one of the following is correct?
put
A. Lymph = Plasma + RBC + WBC
B. Heart rate is increased without affect-
B. Blood = Plasma + RBC + WBC + ing cardiac output
Platelets
C. Both the heart rate & cardiac output
C. Plasma = Blood-Lymphocytes increase
D. Serum = Blood + Fibrinogen D. Heart rate decreases but cardiac out-
put increases
75. The amount of water present in blood
plasma is- 80. what happens in pulmonary circulation
A. 99% A. circulation to the lungs
B. 90-92% B. circulation to the body
C. 10% C. circulation in the heart
D. 55% D. circulation to the brain

81. Tick the correct answer:Erythroblastosis 86. Which two of the following changes usu-
foetalis is due to the destruction of ally tend to occur in the plain dwellers
when they move into high altitudes? 1. In-

A. Foetal suffers from artheroscelorosis
crease in RBC’s size2. Increase in RBC pro-
B. Foetal RBCs duction3. Increased breathing rate4. In-
C. Foetal WBCs creased thrombocyte count
D. Both B and C A. 1 & 4
B. 1 & 2
82. How does the lymphatic system help main-
tain homeostasis? C. 2 & 3
A. It returns lost fluids to the circulatory D. 3 & 4
system to maintain blood volume and pres-
87. what is the purpose of circulation
sure
A. supply O2 and nutrients and remove
B. It pumps blood throughout the body
waste
C. It aids in gas exchange with the lungs
B. break down the food
D. In moves the skeletal muscles C. get oxygen into the lungs
83. The phrase “graveyard of RBC” is used for D. remove solid waste
A. Liver 88. Arteries are best defined as the blood ves-
B. Spleen sels which
C. Bone marrow A. Supply oxygenated blood to the differ-
ent organs
D. Heart
B. Carry blood away from the heart to dif-
84. Doctors use stethoscopes to hear the ferent organs
sound produced during each cardiac cycle.
C. Breakup into capillaries which reunite
The second sound is heard when
to form vein
A. AV nodes receives signal from SA node
D. Carry blood from one visceral organ to
B. All valves open up another visceral organ
C. Ventricular walls vibrate due to gush-
89. The duration of cardiac cycle in a normal
ing in of blood from atria
man is-
D. Semilunar valves close down after
A. 0.8 seconds
blood flows into vessels from ventricles
B. 80 seconds
85. In humans, blood passes from the post C. 60 seconds
caval to the diastolic right atrium of heart
due to D. 72 seconds
A. Stimulation of Sino auricular node 90. First heart sound is
B. Pressure difference between the post A. Lubb sound at the end of systole
caval & atrium B. Lubb sound at the beginning of ventri-
C. Pushing open of the venous valves cal systole
D. Suction pull C. Dup sound at the end of systole

D. Dup sound at the beginning of ventrical 96. Other name of PACE MAKER in human
systole heart is
A. AV Node
91. A doctor suggested to a couple not to have
more than one child because of- B. SA Node
A. Rh+ male and Rh-female C. Bundle of HIS
B. Rh-male and Rh+ female D. Purkinje fibres
C. Rh-male and Rh-female 97. Name the blood cells, whose reduction in
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number can cause clotting disorder, lead-
D. Rh+ male and Rh+ female
ing to excessive loss of blood from the
92. In mammals, which blood vessel would body.
normally carry the largest amount of A. Erythrocyte
urea? B. Leucocyte
A. Hepatic vein C. Neutrophils
B. Hepatic portal vein D. Thrombocytes
C. Renal vein
98. human heart has SA node which makes it
D. Dorsal aorta A. myogenic heart
93. A substance present over the surface of B. neurogenic heart
RBC and is genetically heritable is called C. digenic heart
A. Blood group D. rhinogenic heart
B. Haemoglobin
99. Rh factor is named after
C. Antibody A. dog
D. None B. monkey
94. If you suspect major deficiency of antibod- C. bird
ies in a person, to which of the follow- D. tortoise
ing would you look for confirmatory evi-
dence? 100. Electrocardiogram is a measure of-
A. Serum globulins A. Heart rate
B. Fibrinogin in plasma B. Ventricular contraction

C. Volume of blood pumped
C. Serum albumins
D. Electrical activity of heart
D. Haemocyte
101. Typical lub-dub sound heard in heart beat
95. Which one of the following animals has are due to
two seperate circulatory pathways
A. Closing of bicuspid and tricuspid
A. Whale valves followed by semilunar valves.
B. Shark B. Closing of semilunar valves
C. Frog C. Blood pressure through aorta
D. Lizard D. Closer of bicuspid valves

102. Pace maker is situated in heart 108. right side of the heart is high in
A. in the wall of right atrium A. O2

B. On interauricular septum B. H
C. On interventricular septum C. C
D. In the wall of left atrium D. CO2
103. On an average human female has of 109. is a condition where a blood clot
RBC per cubic mm forms in the circulatory system.
A. 5.0-5.5 million A. Thrombus

B. Strombus
B. 4.0-4.5 billion
C. Hematoma
C. 4.0-4.5 million
D. 5.0-5.5 billion
110. Blood pressure in the pulmonary artery
104. In which of the following situation there is:
is risk of erythroblastosis foetalis?
A. same as that in the aorta.
A. Mother Rh+, father Rh+
B. more than that in the carotid.
B. Mother Rh-, father Rh-
C. more than that in the pulmonary vein.
C. Mother Rh-, father Rh+
D. less than that in the venae cavae.
D. Mother Rh+, father Rh-
111. what is the function of arteries
105. Angina is more common in A. take blood to heart
A. young men B. take blood away from heart
B. aged women C. take blood to colon
C. middle aged elderly men and women D. take blood to brain
D. children
112. what happens in systemic circulation
106. what does a ventricle do A. circulation for the entire body
A. force blood out B. circulation in the heart only
B. let blood in C. circulation heart and lungs
C. exchange gases D. circulation to digestion system only
D. remove waste 113. Valves are important in the heart be-
cause they
107. What is interstitial fluid?
A. Create the heart beat
A. Fluid in the stomach
B. Are vessels that carry blood
B. Fluid that surrounds tissue cells
C. Prevent back flow as blood moves
C. Fluid in the lungs through the heart
D. Fluid in the rectum D. House white blood cells

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114. In cardiac cycle, blood pressure is maxi- D. 190/110 mm Hg may harm vital organs
mum during like brain & kidney
A. Atrial systole 116. in single circulation the heart pumps
B. Atrial diastole A. oxygenated blood
C. Ventricular systole B. deoxygenated blood
D. Ventricular diastole C. mixed blood
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D. blood-nutrients
115. Which one of the following statement is
correct regarding blood pressure? 117. Blood, a special type of connective tissue-
A. 130/90 mm Hg is considered high & re- A. Consists of a fluid matrix (Plasma)
quires treatment B. Has formed elements
B. 100/55 mm Hg is considered an ideal C. Is the most commonly used body fluid
blood pressure by most of the higher organisms
C. 105/50 mm Hg makes one very active D. All
1.19 Excretory Products and their Elimination

1. What do kidneys filter? C. makes us tan
A. ammonia D. protects us from the sun
B. nitrogenous wastes 5. The Bowman’s capsule, glomerulus, and
C. urine collecting tubule are all part of the
D. blood A. nervous system
2. where urine is stored temporarily B. kidney
A. urinary bladder C. nephron
B. ureter D. excretory system
C. urethra 6. How many kidneys do you have?
D. bile A. 1
3. What type of muscle allows you voluntary B. 3
control over urination? C. 5
A. skeletal muscle D. 2
B. smooth muscle sphincters
7. Removal of waste products in the body is
C. cardiac muscle called
D. ligaments A. respiration
4. What does the skin do? B. excretion
A. Holds us up C. circulation
B. Protects inner organs D. transpiration

8. The medulla, cortex and pelvis are all part 14. Which is NOT a major function of the ex-
of the cretory system?

A. nervous system A. maintain salt levels
B. nephron B. clean the blood
C. kidney C. regulate blood volume
D. excretory system D. control bodily functions
9. The is/are responsible for urine stor- 15. The excretory system regulates blood vol-
age. ume by doing what?
A. Bladder A. making blood cells
B. Kidneys B. breaking down food
C. Ureter C. eliminating excess water
D. Urethra D. filtering blood
10. What do the lungs get rid of? 16. The process of removal of the body’s
A. carbon monoxide wastes is called
B. carbon dioxide A. gas exchange.
C. oxygen B. respiration.
D. neon C. excretion.
D. none of above
11. Which of the following mainly excretes
water and heat? 17. Which system maintains the amount of
A. skin water and minerals in the body?
B. kidney A. excretory
C. lungs B. nervous
D. urethra C. endocrine
D. integumentary
12. secrete wastes including water, salts, and
small amounts of urea 18. the removal of metabolic wastes such as
A. appendix carbon dioxide, water, salts, and urea
B. gall bladder A. digestion
C. salivary glands B. nutrition
D. sweat glands C. circulatory

D. excretion
13. What word describes the function of the
nephrons? 19. The is made up of a million
A. Tube A. kidney, ureters
B. Passageway B. nephron, kidneys
C. Filter C. lungs, nephrons
D. Reservoir D. kidneys, nephrons

20. What does skin give off? C. They take in oxygen.

A. Body sweat D. They produce the waste product, car-
B. carbon dioxide bon dioxide (CO2)
C. oxygen 26. remove urea from (filters) the blood and

regulate concentrations of most of the sub-
D. methane
stances in the body fluids
21. What is the main function of the urinary A. liver
system?
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B. kidney
A. Keep your body hydrated C. urinary bladder
B. Expelling water from your body D. ureter
C. Removing poisons from your body
27. the excretory system helps all the other
D. Removing solid wastes from your body body systems.
22. What is the main function of the excretory A. true
system? B. false
A. to collect and remove wastes from the C. kinda true
body to maintain homeostasis D. kinda false
B. to strengthen skeletal muscles
28. Which of the following mainly excretes ni-
C. to bring oxygen to body cells trogenous waste, water and salts?
D. none of above A. skin
23. Place the following events in sequence:A) B. kidney
Urine passes through the uretersB) Urea C. lungs
enters the kidneysC) Urine enters the ure- D. gall bladder
thra
29. The major organ of the urinary system is
A. B, A, C
the
B. C, B, A
A. Gallbladder
C. B, C, A
B. Ureter
D. A, C, B C. Kidney
24. What is the middle layer of the kidneys D. Nephrons
called?
30. What two things happen when the ex-
A. medulla cretory and digestive systems work to-
B. pelvis gether?
C. cortex A. oxygen is taken into the body; carbon
dioxide leaves
D. glomerulus
B. food is broken down; liquid waste is ex-
25. How are the lungs associated with the excreted by the kidneys
cretory system? C. nutrients are carried to cells by di-
A. They help the flow of blood gested food
B. Help you urinate faster D. stimuli is sent and food is digested

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31. Urine flows out of the kidneys through nar- 34. Which of the following is NOT part of the
row tubes called excretory system?

A. Gallbladder A. ureters
B. Ureter B. urethra
C. Nephrons C. kidneys
D. Urethra D. diaphragm
32. Blood being pumped to the kidneys and 35. What is the function of the urethra?
then filtered by neurons is an example of A. It filters urea out of the bloodstream
which two systems working together? B. It delivers urine from the bladder to
A. circulatory and muscular the outside world
B. excretory and circulatory C. It transfers urine from the kidneys to
the bladder
C. nervous and excretory
D. It prevents urine from leaking out of
D. nervous and muscular the bladder
33. Which of the following mainly excretes 36. The lungs, kidney and skin are all part of
CO2? the
A. skin A. nervous system
B. kidney B. nephron
C. lungs C. kidney
D. urethra D. excretory system
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1. skeletal system functions? C. muscular
A. prepare place for muscle attachment D. circulatory
B. producing blood cells Produces blood
3. Which of the following animal has a hydro-
cells
static skeleton?
C. Protect internal organs Protect inter-
A. Fish
nal organs
B. Worm
D. protect external organs Protect exter-
nal organs C. Frog
E. disable movement Does not allow D. Grasshopper
movement
4. What is the photoperiodism?
2. Which system is responsible for creating A. response of an organism to seasonal
red blood cells? changes in day length.
A. skeletal B. directional movement of plant to direc-
B. nervous tional stimulus.

C. non-directional movement of plant. C. Smooth

The direction is determined by plant
D. none of above
D. response of plant to the touching
10. How does the skeleton system benefit the
5. What are the bones that make up the pec- nervous system?
toral girdle?
A. protects the lungs
A. Femur and hip bones
B. protects the heart
B. Clavicle and scapula
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C. protects the brain and spinal cord
C. Humerus and scapula
D. Clavicle and humerus D. protects the esophagus and stomach
6. The following information is related to 11. Which of the following is the muscle in the
a type of musculoskeletal disease.1. earthworm
Bones become porous and the mass de- A. flexor
crease2. Bones become brittles and frag-
ile3. Caused by low absorption of calci- B. extensor
umWhat is the disease? C. circular
A. Artritis D. myotome
B. Osteoporosis
12. Which types of muscle tissue are voluntary
C. Rheumatoid
A. Cardiac Muscle
D. Muscular dystrophy
B. Smooth Muscle
7. The main purpose of the muscular system
is to: C. Skeletal Muscle
A. Keep the heart beating D. Skeletal Muscle and Smooth Muscle
B. Move the body 13. The elastic, bony cage that acts as a pro-
C. Protect internal organs tective framework for the heart and lungs
D. Transfer oxygen is the?
A. ribs
8. The muscle band that remains unchanged
during muscle contraction and relaxation B. thorax
of the skeletal muscle is- C. scapula
A. I D. clavicle
B. A
14. which is located in the spinal cord. It
C. H
connects sensory neuron to motor neuron
D. Z-line
A. Receptor
9. This type of muscle tissue is attached to B. Sensory neuron
bones wand helps control voluntary move-
ment C. Effector
A. Skeletal D. Motor neuron
B. Cardiac E. Interneuron

15. Which type(s) of muscle tissue have visi- 21. Cerebellum

ble striations A. Area of the brain responsible for all
voluntary activities (learning, language

A. Only Cardiac Muscle
and decision-making ) of the body
B. Only Skeletal Muscle
B. responsible for the balance and coor-
C. Only Smooth Muscle dination of muscles.
D. Skeletal and Cardiac Muscle C. the center of vision, hearing, motor
control, biorhythm, and temperature reg-
16. Dark bands are ulation
A. A-band D. a bridge between different parts of
B. B-band brain
C. I-band 22. What is the red colored oxygen storing pig-

ment in muscles called?
D. Z-line
A. Haemoglobin
17. Bones meet at: B. Myoglobin
A. Joints C. Actinoglobin
B. Ligaments D. Sarcoglobin
C. A local restaurant 23. What are the three types of muscle?
D. The rib cage A. Smooth, Hard, Cardiac
B. Cardiac, Smooth, Skeletal
18. muscles that bend a joint towards a body
C. Skeleton, Heart, Bladder
A. flexors D. none of above
B. extensors
24. protects your spinal cord
C. striated A. Ribcage
D. voluntary muscle B. Skull
19. floating plants have Floating plants C. Backbone

have D. Muscle
A. woody tissues 25. The numbers of cervical vertebrae are
B. thick cuticles A. 5
C. aerenchyma tissue B. 6
D. small stem C. 7
D. 8
20. Hydra and jellyfish nervous system
26. What is the inflammation of joints called?
A. Ladder-like nervous system
A. Gout
B. Brain and spinal cord B. Osteoporosis
C. Just nervous cells C. Tetany
D. each segment have ganglia D. Arthritis

27. Which of the following organisms have hy- 32. A strong connective tissue that holds mov-
drostatic skeleton? able joints together, bone to bone connec-
tion:
A. jelly-fish
A. marrow
B. insects
B. cartilage
C. vertebrates
C. ligament
D. spiders
D. tendon
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28. children and toddlers need high amount of 33. which of the following is not the adapta-
calcium to Kanak-kanak memerlukan tion of fish in water
kalsium yang tinggi untuk
A. streamlined shape
A. become taller
B. has chatae
B. form and strengthen the bones
C. has slimy body
C. prevent osteoporosis D. has swim bladder
D. become stronger
34. Ribcage consists of
29. > Circular muscle contract and the A. ribs
body lengthen> The longitudinal muscle B. aperture
stretches and pushes the body compart-
ment forwards.Which animal shows the C. sternum
kind of movement decsribe above? D. scapula
A. Snake 35. A patient who has a damaged joint under-
B. Worms goes a knee replacement surgery using ar-
tificial joint. What disease is suffered by
C. Insect the patients?
D. Lizard A. Gout
30. Sarcoplasmic reticulum is a storehouse of B. Muscular dystrophy
which ion C. Osteoporosis
A. Ca2+ D. Osteoarthiritis
B. Na+ 36. Which of the following is a part of appen-
C. K+ dicular skeleton?
D. Fe2+ A. Sternum
B. Vertebral column
31. Which of the following is not the adapta-
C. Girdle
tions of birds for flying?
D. Atlas
A. streamlined shape
37. Progressive degeneration of skeletal mus-
B. hollow bones
cle mostly due to genetic disorder repre-
C. deep carina sents
D. 3 chambers of heart A. Myasthenia gravis

B. Osteoporosis 43. Vertebrates nervous system

C. Arthritis A. Ladder-like nervous system

D. Muscular Dystrophy B. Brain and spinal cord
38. Name the system found in human for body C. Just nervous cells
support D. each segment have ganglia
A. Integumentary system 44. Your bones will stop growing by the time
B. respiratory system you’re:
C. Skeletal system A. 93
D. support system B. 25
C. 30
39. What is the form of locomotion in
Amoeba? D. 13
A. Movement of cilia 45. There are 2 types of plant movement:
B. Streaming of protoplasm A. tropism and nastic
C. Extension of pseudopodia B. photoperiodism and tropism
D. Flagellar movement C. nastic and phototroperiodism
40. (1) Cranial bones are 8 in number. D. nastic and stimuli
A. 1 and 3 are correct 46. Hip and shoulder have examples of this
B. All are correct type of joint
C. 2 and 3 are correct A. ball and socket
D. 1 and 4 are correct B. condyloid
C. hinge
41. Submerged plants have small stems and
small lamina of leaves. Why? Submerged D. gliding
plants have stems and small leaf laminae.
47. In the arm we have seen how the biceps
Why?
flexes the elbow and the triceps straight-
A. to reduce friction ens it by extending the arm. This action is
B. to reduce water resistance called
C. to reduce air resistance A. agonist
D. to reduce amount of gases used B. antagonist
C. antagonistic
42. Vertebral column can be divided into
parts Vertebral column can be divided into D. prime mover
parts
48. S 1-The two halves of the pelvic girdle
A. 4 meet ventrally to form the pubic symph-
B. 5 ysis containing hyaline cartilage.S 2-Rapid
spasms (wild contractions) in muscle due
C. 6 to low Ca++ sarcoplasmic reticulum in mus-
D. 7 cle cell.

A. Both the statement are correct 54. (a) Cytoskeletal elements like microfila-
B. Both the statement are incorrect ments are involved in amoeboid move-
ment.(b) The globular head of Actin is an
C. Only S 1 is correct active ATPase enzyme.
D. Only S 2 is correct A. Both the statements are correct
49. Contraction of muscles require enough B. Both the statements are incorrect
blood supply. Why? C. Only S 1 is correct
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A. To provide more ATP D. Only S 2 is correct
B. To increase breathing rate
55. muscles that attach to the bonesOtot yang
C. To increase heart beat melekat pada tulang
D. To move the hands A. cardiac
50. Which blood vessel transports blood into B. skeletal

the liver? C. smooth
A. Hepatic portal vein D. none of above
B. hepatic artery 56. The joints in your knees and elbows are
C. renal vein most similar to:
D. pulmonary vein A. a clock
B. a screw
51. Human skull is-
C. a wheel
A. dicondylic
D. a door hinge
B. Monocondylic
C. Procoelous 57. there are bones in cervical vertebrae
D. Hetercoelous A. 5
B. 6
52. Which of the following situations make the
usage of visceral muscles? C. 12
A. Locomotory actions D. 7
B. Changes of body postures 58. The problems following could be faced by

humans and animals in locomotion except
C. Transportation of food through the di-
gestive tract A. gravitational force
D. Presence in the heart B. friction
C. resistance
53. What is the phototropism?
D. pigmentation
A. response of an organism to seasonal
changes in day length. 59. Select animal bellow:1. Frog2. Snail3.
B. response of the plant to sun Butterfly4. Dragonfly5. Cow6. Worm-
Based on the statement above, animals
C. response of the plant to gravity are using theabdominal muscles as a tool
D. response of plant to the touching for movement

A. worm and dragonfly 65. carries information to an effector

B. worm and frog A. Receptor

C. butterfly and dragonfly B. Sensory neuron
D. worm and snail C. Effector
60. Which statement about white blood cells D. Motor neuron

is correct? E. Interneuron
A. They can ingest bacteria by a process
66. Which of the type of skeleton below are
called phagocytosis.
made up of bones and cartilage
B. They can produce antigens in response
A. Hydrostatic skeleton
to foreign antibodies.
B. External skeleton
C. They convert fibrinogen to fibrin when
bleeding happens. C. Internal skeleton
D. They transport toxins from body tis- D. endoskeleton
sues to the liver.
67. Skeletal system consists of-
61. What is the portion between two succes- A. Only bones
sive ‘Z’ lines?
B. Only cartilage
A. Sarcomere
C. A framework of bones and a few carti-
B. Sarcoplasm lage
C. Sarcoplasmic reticulum D. A framework of cartilage and a few
D. Fascicles bones
62. Ways that articulations are classified 68. The numbers of thoracic vertebrae are
A. Structurally A. 9
B. Functionally B. 10
C. Both Structurally & Functionally C. 11
D. Neither D. 12
63. Which of the statement below is true? 69. S 1-Visceral muscles assist in the trans-
A. Biceps femoris is an extensor portation of food through the digestive
tract.S 2-Muscle bundle are held together
B. Quadriceps femoris is an extensor by fascia
C. Tricpes is a flexor A. Both the statements are correct
D. Calf muscle is a flexor B. Both the statements are incorrect
64. Find the long day plant C. Only S 1 is correct
A. chrysanthemums D. Only S 1 is incorrect
B. sunflower 70. How much percentage of a human adult is
C. dill contributed by muscles?
D. cactus A. 20-30

B. 40-50 76. These are types of skeleton found in mul-

C. 30-40 ticellular organisms except
D. 60-70 A. External skeleton

B. hydrostatic skeleton
71. Hyoid / Tongue bone is-
C. Endoskeleton
A. T-shaped
D. Exoskeleton
B. J-shaped
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C. U-shaped 77. Which of the following cells provides me-
chanical strength to woody plants?
D. L-shaped
A. Parenchyma
72. Connects muscles to bones B. Collenchyma
A. Tendon C. Sclerenchyma
B. Ligament D. Aerenchyma
C. Vein
78. S 1-Each vertebra has a neural canal
D. Artery through which the spinal cord passes.S 2-
73. what are the characteristics found in fish Actin and myosin are polymerised proteins
which make it easier to swim? with contractility.
A. slimy body A. Both the statement are correct
B. streamlined shapebentuk larus B. Both the statement are incorrect
C. scales arranged forward scales ar- C. Only S 1 is correct

ranged forward D. Only S 2 is correct
D. absence of swim bladder 79. Cerebrum
74. S 1-Joints are essential for all types of A. Area of the brain responsible for all
movements involving the bony parts of voluntary activities (learning, language
the body.S 2-The bones of the ribs along and decision-making ) of the body
with their girdles constitute the appendic-
B. responsible for the balance and coor-
ular skeleton.
dination of muscles.
A. Both are correct
C. the center of vision, hearing, motor
B. Both are incorrect control, biorhythm, and temperature reg-
C. Only S 1 is correct ulation
D. Only S 2 is correct D. a bridge between different parts of

brain
75. Which important organ inside the body
does the skull protect? 80. Disease X is caused by an impairment
of musculoskeletal system which causes
A. Heart swelling and pain at the joints. What is
B. Lung disease X?
C. Brain A. Arthritis
D. Kidney B. Osteoporosis

C. Muscular dystrophy B. responsible for the balance and coor-

D. Muscle dysmorphia dination of muscles.

81. The joint between the adjacent vertebrae control, biorhythm, and temperature reg-
in the vertebral column- ulation
A. Fibrous joint D. links the brain and the rest of the body.
B. cartilaginous joints
87. (a) White fibres contains plenty of mito-
C. synovial joined chondria but have low myoglobin content
D. None A. , (c) are correct
82. Which of the following adaptations help B. , (b), (d)are correct

plants to float? C. and (d) are correct
A. By having broad and tiny leaves D. is correct
B. By having air sacs and woody stems 88. The bending of upper limbs is an example
C. By having broad leaves and turgid cells of
D. By having broad leaves and air sacs A. first class lever
B. second class lever
83. what is the function of synovial fluid?
Apakah fungsi cecair sinovia? C. third class lever
A. absorb shockserap hentakan D. all the above
B. reduce frictionkurangkan geseran 89. Flatworms nervous system

C. protect foetusmelindungi fetus A. Ladder-like nervous system
D. reduce forceMengurangkan daya B. Brain and spinal cord
C. Just nervous cells
84. When a muscle contracts, it
D. each segment have ganglia
A. gets longer
B. gets shorter 90. S 1-Skull, vertebral column, ribs and ster-
num constitute the axial skeleton.S 2-Each
C. gets thinner sarcomere has a central ‘A’ band and two
D. grows hair half ‘I’ bands on either side of it
85. How many vertebro-chondral ribs are A. Both the statements are correct
present in the human? B. Both the statements are incorrect
A. 7 pairs C. only S1 is correct
B. 2 pairs D. only S2 is correct
C. 3 Pairs 91. What is the cause of muscular dystrophy?
D. 12 pairs A. Decreased bone mass
86. Spinal cord B. Decreased levels of estrogen
A. controls breathing, swallowing, heart C. Genetic disorder

rate and blood pressure D. Low Ca2+ in body fluid

92. Which of the following has a liquid skele- A. Streamlined body

ton? B. fins
A. bird C. Back bone
B. fish D. none of above
C. snake
98. Which is NOT true of an endoskeleton?
D. earthworm
A. located on the inside
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93. Which of the following is not a function of B. more light weight than exoskeletons
skeletal system?
C. must be molted in order to grow
A. To enable movement
D. gets larger than animals with ex-
B. To provide shape and support oskeletons
C. To produce blood cells
99. The bones in your spine are called:
D. To protect external organs
A. Cartilage
94. Which two important organs inside the B. Little bones
body to the ribs protect?
C. Ribs
A. Muscle and joints
D. Vertebrae
B. Spinal cord and brain
100. Find the short day plant
C. Kidney
A. chrysanthemums
D. Heart and lung
B. spinach
95. An earthworm’s body is made up of sev-
C. carnations
eral parts called
D. dill
A. tentacles
B. muscles 101. Sonia Gandhi has how many ear ossicle-
C. segments A. 3
D. none of above B. 6
C. 9
96. A motor unit is best described as
D. None
A. All the nerve fibres and muscle fibres
in a single muscle bundle. 102. How many bones are in the spine?
B. One muscle fibre and its single nerve A. 1million
fibre. B. 65
C. A single motor neuron and all the mus- C. 33-34
cle fibres that it innervates.
D. 13
D. As the neuron which carries the mes-
sage from muscles to CNS. 103. what are the necessities for locomotion?
apakah kepentingan pergerakan?
97. which of the following help the fish in
keeping direction and body balance while A. find food and protection
swimming? B. finding treasure and valuable items

C. running away from enemies and dan- 109. How many bones make up the human
ger skeleton?

D. running for exercising A. 948
B. 96
104. The bone protects your brain.
C. 796
A. Tail
D. 206
B. Shin
C. Back 110. which is a muscle or other organ that
produces the reflex action
D. Skull
A. Receptor
105. contracts and relaxes to produce B. Sensory neuron
movement.
C. Effector
A. bones
D. Motor neuron
B. tendons
E. Interneuron
C. muscles
D. toes 111. What is the opposing muscle group for
the biceps?
106. which detects stimulus A. Quadriceps
A. Receptor B. Abdominals
B. Sensory neuron C. Trapezius
C. Effector D. Triceps
D. Motor neuron 112. What is the ‘F’ actin made up of?
E. Interneuron A. ‘G’ actins
107. The rib cage protects your: B. Heavy Meromyosin(HMM)
A. Liver C. Light Meromyosin(LMM)
B. Heart D. All of the above
C. Lungs 113. Which of the answers below is appendic-
D. All of the above ular skeleton
A. Vertebral column
108. ATP provides energy for muscle contrac-
tion by allowing for B. fore limb
A. An action potential formation in the C. thoracic cage
muscle cell. D. skull
B. Cross-bridge detachment of myosin 114. blood cells formed in
from actin.
A. periosteum
C. Cross-bridge attachment of myosin to
actin. B. red bone marrow
D. Release of Ca2+ from sarcoplasmic C. yellow bone marrow

reticulum. D. compact bone

115. What is the tropism? 121. the largest centrum is located at Sen-
A. response of an organism to seasonal trum terbesar terletak di
changes in day length. A. cervical vertebrae
B. directional movement of plant to direc- B. thoracic vertebrae
tional stimulus. C. lumbar vertebrae
C. non-directional movement of plant. D. sacrum vertebrae
122. What happens when one muscle in a pair
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D. response of plant to the touching
contracts?
116. This type of muscle tissue is found only A. The other muscle also contracts.
in the heart B. The other muscle relaxes.
A. Skeletal C. The other muscle does not move.
B. Cardiac D. The other muscle first contracts then
C. Smooth relaxes.
D. none of above 123. The motor end plate is a junction between
117. Power stroke A. motor neuron and neurilemma
A. 90◦ B. sensory neuron and sarcolemma
B. 180◦ C. sensory neuron and neurilemma
C. 120◦ D. motor neuron and sarcolemma
D. 45◦ 124. True ribs
118. Which pair of bones form the ball and A. do not attach to the sternum and only
socket joint? attach to the costal cartilage of 7th ribs
A. Ulna and radius B. attached to the sternum by the joined
costal cartilage of other ribs
B. Humerus and ulna
C. attached to the sternum by their own
C. Humerus and radius costal cartilage
D. Humerus and scapula D. do not attach to other parts
119. The locomotory organ of snail is 125. Unit of contraction in muscles
A. tentacles A. Sarcomere
B. setae B. H zone
C. muscular foot C. A band
D. none of above D. I band
120. Which of the following is an example of 126. Which 2 systems work together to help
a hinge joint? a person stand erect?
A. shoulders A. skeletal / muscular
B. neck B. skeletal / digetive
C. knee C. skeletal / respiratory
D. eyes D. skeletal / cardiovascular

127. Which of the following organisms have A. ligament

ameboid movement?
B. tendon

A. unicellular
C. cartilage
B. insects
D. flexor
C. vertebrates
D. worm 133. Muscles work in pairs. What are these
called?
128. The compound or pigment acting as an
A. Symmetrical
oxygen store in skeletal muscles is-
A. Myoglobin B. Agonistic
B. Haemoglobin C. Antagonistic
C. Myokinase or ATP D. Asymmetrical
D. Cytochrome 134. elastic tissue that connects bones to-
129. Which statement is not true to explain gether
the leg movement. A. tendon
A. The tibialis contracts will bring the B. ligament
heel down to the ground.
C. joints
B. The biceps femoris relaxes cause the
leg bend at the knee joint D. muscles
C. The calf muscle contracts to lift the 135. The numbers of coccyx vertebrae are
heel
A. 3
D. The quadriceps femoris contracts to
straighten the leg B. 4
C. 5
130. Where are the Ca2+ ions stored in a mus-
cle fibre? D. 6
A. Sarcoplasm
136. Which has lowest pressure?
B. Sarcomere
A. artery
C. Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
B. vein
D. Sarcolemma
C. capillary
131. Number of subunits in troponin
D. aorta
A. 1
B. 2 137. What is the main difference between red
fibres and white fibres?
C. 3
A. Presence of Mitochondria
D. 4
B. Content of Myoglobin
132. Connective tissue softer than bone-it’s
C. Oxygen usage and content
more flexible and found in the ears and
nose D. No difference is present

138. The patella is located in the: 144. Which pair of bones forms ball and socket
A. Knee joint?
B. Foot A. Femur and tibia
C. Ear B. Tibia and fibula
D. Elbow C. Humerus and radius

D. Humerus and scapula
139. Which of these are not a property of mus-
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cles? 145. the muscle that contracts to create
A. Excitability movement.
B. Extensibility A. Voluntary
C. Relaxability B. Antagonistic
D. Elasticity C. Antagonist
D. Agonist
140. The type of muscle that helps involuntary
movement, such as peristalsis 146. What is the longest bone in your body?
A. Smooth A. Fibula
B. Skeletal B. Scapula
C. Ligament C. Spine
D. Tendon D. Skull
141. Which of the following adaptations help 147. Sheila is a 50-year old woman who has
plants to float? I Broad leavesII Air sacIII been having menopause. Recently, she
Turgid cellsIV Woody stems was diagnosed with osteoporosis. What
A. I and II is the hormone involved in this disease
based on the situation?
B. I and III
A. Oxytocin
C. II and IV
B. Estrogen
D. III and IV
C. Aldosterone
142. muscle tissue only found in the heart
D. Luteinising hormone
A. smooth muscle
148. S 1-A motor neuron along with the mus-
B. skeletal muscle
cle fibres connected to it constitute a Neu-
C. cardiac muscle romuscular junction.S 2-Utilising the en-
D. striated ergy from ATP hydrolysis, the myosin
head now binds to the exposed active sites
143. What is left behind when a snail crawls? on actin to form a cross bridge
A. shell A. Both the statements are correct
B. muscular foot B. Both the statements are incorrect
C. tentacle C. Only S 1 is correct
D. trail of mucus D. Only S 2 is correct

149. Skeletal muscle is identifiable because 154. Fishes swim by

it’s the only one with A. forming loops alternately on two sides

A. Nuclei on the surface of the body
B. Striations B. forming loops on single side
C. Intercalated Discs C. alternate dipping and coming up
D. Branching Cells D. none of above
150. What is the largest bone in your body? 155. Which tissue support herbaceous
plants?
A. Ribs
A. Parenchyma and collenchyma tissue
B. Scapula
B. Parenchyma and sclerenchyma tissue
C. Spine
C. Collenchyma and scleenchyma tissue
D. Fibula
D. Aerenchyma and parenchyma tissue
151. What is the problem faced by an individ-
156. S 1-Each myofibril contains many serially
ual which does not take calcium in his/her
arranged units called sarcomere which are
diet? What are the health problems ex-
the functional units.S 2-Cross bridges are
perienced by individuals who do not take
broken and the muscles relax
calcium in their diet?
A. Both the statement are correct
A. Osteoporosis
B. Both the statement are incorrect
B. Arthritis
C. S 1 is correct only
C. Anaemia
D. S 2 is correct only
D. Bulimia
157. The numbers of lumbar vertebrae are
152. What structure is the cardiac muscles?
A. 5
A. Striated
B. 6
B. Non-striated
C. 7
C. Voluntary
D. 8
158. Muscle tissue
153. Pn Maria is 65 yrs old and diagnosed
A. Is tissue that functions in lining, cover-
with osteoporosis. suggest an option to
ing, and glandular tissue
reduce the impact.Pn Maria is 65 years old
and diagnosed with osteoporosis. Back up B. Is tissue involved in protecting, sup-
methods to reduce this risk. porting, and binding together other body
tissues
A. Hormone Replacement Treatment
(HRT) Hormone replacement treatment C. Is tissue that contracts and shortens
to produce movement
B. increase uptake of calcium
D. Tissue that receives and conducts elec-
C. Increase uptake of phosphorus
trochemical impulses from one part of the
D. exercise regularly Exercise regularly body to another

159. S 1-At the point of fusion of the above 164. Medulla oblongata
bones is a cavity called acromion to which
A. controls breathing, swallowing, heart
the thigh bone articulates.S 2-. Each clav-
rate and blood pressure
icle is a long slender bone with single cur-
vature. B. responsible for the balance and coor-
dination of muscles.
A. Both the statements are correct
B. Both the statements are incorrect
control, biorhythm, and temperature reg-
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C. only S1 is correct ulation
D. only S2 is correct D. a bridge between different parts of
brain
160. Which of these provides support and pro-
tection for many insects? 165. How many bones does an adult human
have?
A. muscle
A. 500
B. skeleton
B. 110
C. spinal cord
C. 206
D. exoskeleton
D. 55
161. Unconditioned reflexes are also known
as inborn reflexes. Which of the follow- 166. New born babies have about bones
ing is not unconditioned reflex?
A. 100
A. when we see food, we salivate
B. 300
B. knee-jerk reaction
C. 206
C. blinking
D. 600
D. salvation in dog when ring bells
167. Which of these is NOT an antagonistic
162. Upon stimulation of skeletal muscles, cal- pair?
cium ions are immediately made available
A. Biceps & Triceps
from
B. Hamstrings & Quadriceps
A. Blood
C. Pectorals & Abdominals
B. Endoplasmic reticulum
D. Abdominals & Latissimus Dorsi
C. Sarcoplasmic reticulum
D. Sarcosome 168. Which of the following ribs are not con-
nected ventrally with the sternum and are
163. is the immovable joints of the skull called as floating ribs
A. Suture A. First five pairs
B. Sternum B. 8th, 9th and 10th pair
C. Sacrum C. 11th and 12th pair
D. Sacral D. 7th, 8th and 9th pair

169. What is the thigmonasty? C. cartilage

A. response of an organism to seasonal D. bone

changes in day length.
175. Skeletal muscle can be found at..
B. directional movement of plant to direc-
tional stimulus. A. Lung
C. non-directional movement of plant. B. Heart
The direction is determined by plant C. Skeleton
D. response of plant to the touching D. Blood Vessels
170. when the circular muscle contract, the lon- 176. I have a long cylindrical body made up of
gitudinal muscle relax, the earthworm be- many segments.I can move by contraction
come and relaxation of body muscles.I am
A. shorter and thinner A. Snake
B. shorter and thicker B. Snail
C. longer and thinner C. Fish
D. longer and thicker D. Earthworm
171. Which protozoan uses flagellar move- 177. Why are some muscles attached to
ment for locomotion? bones?
A. Dinoflagellate A. They have the same functions as
B. Slime moulds bones.
C. Euglena B. They move the bone in order to move
the body.
C. They are part of the skeleton.
172. Connects bone to bone
D. All muscles and bones are actually car-
A. tendon tilage.
B. ligament
178. What is the gravitropism?
C. flexor
A. response of an organism to seasonal
D. extensor changes in day length.
173. Find the neutral day plant B. response of the plant to sun
A. chrysanthemums C. response of the plant to gravity
B. spinach D. response of plant to the touching
C. dill 179. Which one is not an example of a syn-
D. cactus ovial joint?
174. Leverage, protection and blood cell pro- A. Elbow

duction are primarily functions of B. Wrist
A. muscles C. Vertebrae
B. tendons D. none of above

180. Earthworm and insects nervous system 186. I do not have legs yet I have ability to
A. Ladder-like nervous system move rapidly.I move by my strong muscles
and belly scales. I am
B. Brain and spinal cord
A. Fish
C. Just nervous cells
B. snake
D. each segment have ganglia
C. Frog
181. What is the biggest muscle in your D. Snail
body?
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187. How many bones are there in a human
A. femur
skull
B. Gluteus Maximus
A. 22
C. Gluteus
B. 1
D. Biceps
C. 5
182. carries information to the spinal cord D. 18
A. Receptor
188. Which of the following is true about Fi-
B. Sensory neuron brous joints?
C. Effector A. Allow no movement
D. Motor neuron B. End to End fused bones
E. Interneuron C. Present in the skull
183. abundance of stomata found in float- D. Contain fluid
ing plants 189. Myotome muscles are shaped muscle
A. under the leaves segment found on both sides of fish spine.
B. upper part of leaves A. Z
C. on the stem B. W
D. under the roots C. Y
184. A patient has artificial joint fitted in his D. H
knee. Which of the following diseases is 190. Of what origin is a muscle?
suffered by the patient?
A. Mesodermal
A. Gout
B. Ectodermal
B. Arthritis
C. Endodermal
C. Osteoporosis
D. All of the above
D. Muscular dystrophy
191. When a skeletal muscle shortens during
185. Each limb ( upper or lower) consists of contraction which of these statements is
how many bones- false?
A. 30 A. The I-band shortens
B. 60 B. The A-band shortens
C. 101 C. The H-zone becomes narrow
D. 8 D. The sarcomeres shorten

192. is the largest and strongest vertebra 198. what happen to the muscle of the birds
when the wings move downwards? What
A. Cervical
happens to the muscles of the birds when

B. Thoracic the wings move downwards?
C. Lumbar A. pectoralis major contract
D. Sacrum B. pectoralis minor relax
C. pectoralis major relax
193. What’s in the center of a bone?
D. pectoralis minor contract
A. Cream filling
199. Which term best describes compact
B. Compact bone bone?
C. Cancellous bone A. Spongy
D. Bone marrow B. flexible
C. rigid
194. Number of bones in human axial skeleton
is- D. liquid
A. 80 200. Which muscle is not under direct control

of nervous system?
B. 106
A. Skeletal (Striated muscles)
C. 206
B. Smooth (Non-striated muscles)
D. None C. Cardiac muscles
195. which of the following control yawing D. All of these
and rolling of fish 201. Skeletal muscles are controlled by
A. dorsal fins A. sympathetic nerves
B. pectoral fins B. parasympathetic nerves
C. pelvic fins C. autonomic nerves
D. caudal D. somatic nerves
202. two types of skeletalDua jenis rangka
196. Which protein constitutes the I-band?
A. apendics Apendiks
A. Myosin
B. Apendicularapendaj
B. Troponin
C. AxialPaksi
C. Actin D. Endoskeleton
D. Meromyosin
203. Dorsally, they are attached to the tho-
197. Locomotion systems function racic vertebrae and ventrally connected to
the sternum with the help of cartilage.
A. Produced hormones
A. Elastic cartilage
B. Protects body from microbes B. Hyaline cartilage
C. Helps in movement C. White fibrous cartilage
D. Controls body activities D. calcified cartilage

204. The arthritis is disease caused by wear- 210. ATPase enzyme for muscle contraction is
ing of the located in
A. bones A. Myosin
B. muscles B. Tropomyosin
C. tendon C. F-Actin
D. cartilage
D. G-Actin
205. Human adult vertebral formula is-
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211. Which of the following organisms have
A. C4 T8 L4 S5 C8
endoskeleton skeleton?
B. C7 T8 L5 S6 C7
A. jelly-fish
C. C7 T112 L2 S1 C2
B. insects
D. C7 T12 L5 S1 C1
C. vertebrates
206. Which of the following cells exhibit amoe-
boid movement? D. spiders
A. Macrophages 212. Saddle joint is present-
B. Leucocytes
A. between carpals
C. RBC
B. between Humerus and acromion pro-
D. Both (a) and (b) cess
207. Which muscle is the Antagonist during the C. between carpal and metacarpal of
action of ‘throwing a dart’? thumb
A. Bicep D. elbow
B. Deltoid
213. In cockroaches the body parts helping in
C. Tricep
movement are
D. Pectoral
A. three pairs of legs and two pairs of
208. What is the nastic movement? wings
A. response of an organism to seasonal B. two pairs of legs and two pairs of
changes in day length. wings
B. directional movement of plant to direc- C. two pairs of legs and three pairs of
tional stimulus. wings
C. non-directional movement of plant.
D. none of above
D. response of plant to the touching 214. This type of muscle tissue is found in the
walls of hollow organs such as the stom-
209. Which of the following is a joint that can
ach
freely move?
A. fibrous A. Skeletal
B. cartilaginous B. Cardiac
C. synovial C. Smooth

1.21 Neural Control and Coordination 707
1.21 Neural Control and Coordination

1. The forebrain develops into- C. Glial cell
A. Diencephalon and Cerebrum D. Liver
B. Diencephalon and Cerebellum
7. Bipolar neuron-
C. Diencephalon and Medulla
A. Has two dendrons
D. Diencephalon and Pons
B. Has one dendron and one axon
2. Destruction of the anterior horn cells of the
C. Is interneuron
spinal cord would result in loss of
D. Has no dendron
A. Commissural impulses
B. Integrating impulses 8. The name of nervous band connecting the
C. Sensory impulses cerebral hemispheres is-
D. Voluntary motor impulses A. Corpus albicans

B. Corpus callosum
3. Part of brain involved in interpretation,
storage of information and initiation of re- C. Corpus striatum
sponse on the basis of past experience D. Corpus spongiosum
A. association area
9. which of the following not involved in the
B. thalamus
knee jerk
C. sensory area
A. motor neuron
D. motor area
B. muscle spindle
4. In human being, number of cranial nerves C. inter neuron
are-
D. brain
A. 10 pairs
B. 20 pairs 10. Node of Ranvier is found in
C. 6 pairs A. Muscle bundles
D. 12 pairs B. Dendrite
5. grey matter is composed of C. Axon
A. axon D. Right auricle
B. nerve fibre 11. The part of the neurons that perform basic
C. cell body cellular functions such as protein synthesis
D. schwann cell are the
A. Axon
6. Which of the following cell so dividing af-
ter birth? B. Dendrites
A. Epithellium C. Synaptic knobs
B. Neuron D. Soma

12. Myelin sheath is present around- 18. saltatory conduction means that the mem-
A. Medullated nerve fibre brane potential changes
A. along the entire length of the axons
B. Non-medullated nerve fibre
B. only when there is an imbalance be-
C. Muscle fibre
tween the salts
D. Medullated and non-medullated nerve
C. in an all or none fashion
fibre
D. only at the node of ranvier
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13. Nodes of Ranvier are-
19. The correct sequence meninges from inner
A. Areas of swellings of axon
to outerside is-
B. Found in the wall of stomach
A. Arachnoid → Duramater →
C. The gaps between two adjacent myelin Piamater
sheath
B. Duramater → Arachnoid →
D. Bands in striated muscles Piamater
14. Myelinated fibres of the tract forms- C. Piamater → Arachnoid →

Duramater
A. White matter
D. Piamater → Duramater →
B. Grey matter Arachnoid
C. White and grey matter
20. Which of the following forms the cerebro
D. Red matter spinal fluid?
15. Nissl’s granules are absent in- A. Choroid plexus
A. Dendrons and dendrites B. Dura matter
B. Axon C. Arachnid matter
C. Cyton D. Cerebrum and spinal cord
D. Cyton and dendrons 21. pre-excitation potential difference be-

tween outside and inside of the nerve is
16. During repolarization of nerve- called
A. K+ gate closes and Na+ gate opens A. reaction potential
B. Na+ channels are closed and K+ B. action potential
channels are opened
C. spike potential
C. Both K+ and Na+ gates are closed
D. resting potential
D. Both gates remain opened
22. The tract of nerve fibres connecting the
17. The nerve impulse is another name of two cerebral hemispheres is called
A. Resting potential A. Thalamus
B. Polarised potential B. Cerebral aqueduct
C. Action potential C. Corpus albicans
D. Repolarisation D. Corpus callosum

23. Repolarization of nerve cell involves D. Medulla oblongata-Controls gastric se-

A. influx of potassium ion cretion

B. influx of sodium ion 28. Cerebrospinal fluids occurs
C. influx of calcium and potassium ion A. between arachnoid and pia matar
D. efflux of sodium ion B. between piamater
24. Route of reflex arc C. between arachnoid dura mater

A. effector, grey matter, motor fibers, D. between dura mater and cranium
sensory fibers and receptors
29. Function of axon is to-
B. receptors, sensory fibers, grey matter
A. Bring impulse into cyton
and motor fibers
B. Take impulse away from cyton
C. receptors, sensory fibers, grey matter,
motor fibers and effector C. Support neuroglial cell
D. sensory fiber, grey matter, motor fiber, D. Form myelin sheath
receptors and effectors
30. A thin vascular membrane of brain is
25. I. Cerebellum has very convoluted surface A. Atachnoid
in order to provide the additional space for
more neurons II. The medulla is connected B. Piamatter
to the spinal cord III. Medulla contains con- C. Duramatter
trolling centres for respiration, cardiovas- D. Epineurium
cular reflexes and gastric secretion
A. All are correct 31. For most excitable cells, the threshold
stimulus is
B. Only I is correct
A. +40 mV
C. Only I and III are correct
B. -55 to-60 mV
D. Only II is correct
C. +60 mV
26. Which part of the brain regulates the body
D. -70 mV
temperature, hunger and water balance?
A. Hypothalamus 32. Immediate involuntary response to stimu-
lus is-
B. Infundibulum
A. Reflex action
C. Medulla oblangata
B. Autonomic response
D. Pons veroli
C. Action control
27. The incorrectly matched pair is
D. None of these
A. Cerebral aqueduct-Canal that passes
through midbrain 33. Multipolar neuron means-
B. Corpora quadrigemina-Four rounded A. Neuron with one dendron and one
swellings present on ventral portion of axon
midbrain B. Neuron with many dendrons and one
C. Cerebellum-Very convulated usrface axon

C. Neuron with one dendron and many ax- 39. Choose the type of nervous system and
ons type of muscle supplying visceral organs
D. Neuron with many dendrons only A. sympathetic nervous system, volun-
tary
34. schwann cell are found in
B. sympathetic nervous system, involun-
A. myelinated nerve fibres tary
B. unmyelinated nerve fibres
C. parasympathetic nervous system, vol-
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C. both a and b untary
D. none of the above D. both parasympathetic and sympathetic
nervous system, voluntary
35. The secretion of gastric juice is controlled
by 40. Reflex is controlled by-
A. Cerebellum A. Spinal cord
B. ANS
B. ANS
C. Cerebrum
C. PNS
D. Medulla
D. Sympathetic nervous system
36. The new potential developed on post-
synaptic membrane is- 41. Unipolar neuron / Unipolar nerve cells
means
A. Always excitatory
A. Nerve cell with one dendron
B. Always inhibitory
B. Nerve cell with many dendrons
C. May be excitatory or inhibitory
D. Neither excitatory nor inhibitory C. Nerve cell without dendrons
D. Neuron with one dendron and one
37. All the nerve of the body associated with axon
CNS are comprised of
A. peripheral neural system 42. The junction between the axon of one neu-
ron and the dendrite of the next is called-
B. somatic neural system
A. A joint
C. autonomic neural system
D. symppathetic neural system All the B. Constant bridge
nerve of the body associated with CNS are C. Junction point
comprised of
D. Synapse
38. Which part of the brain is a major coordi-
nating center for sensory and motor sig- 43. When a person thinks and solve problems,
naling which area of the cerebrum is involved?
A. association area A. Frontal lobe

B. cerebellum B. Parietal lobe
C. thalamus C. Occipital lobe
D. hypothalamus D. Temporal lobe

44. The hind brain develops into which struc- 50. In a nerve if sodium pump is blocked which
ture? of the following is likely to happen

A. Medulla A. Na+ and K+ will increase outside cell
B. Pons B. Na+ oustide the nerve will increase
C. Cerebellum C. Na+ inside the nerve increase
D. All D. K+ inside the nerve will increase
45. Which of the following cells form myelin 51. A canal passes through the midbrain is
sheath around axon- called
A. Neuroglial cell A. cerebral aqueduct
B. Neuron B. corpora quadrigemmia
C. Schwann cell C. corpus callosum
D. Astrocyte D. cerebral hemisphere
46. Reflex action is controlled by- 52. Controlling centre of autonomic nervous
system is
A. CNS
A. HYpothalamus
B. PNS
B. spinal cord
C. ANS
C. cerebellum
D. None of these
D. Medulla oblangata
47. The polarity of the membrane is reversed
53. In human beings typical nerve cell is
A. During action potential
A. Bipolar
B. When there is nerve impulse at the site B. Apolar
C. And the membrane is said to be depo- C. Multipolar
larized
D. Pseudounipolar
D. All of these statements are correct
54. Which part of the brain controls involun-
48. Nissil’s granule are not fund in which of tary breathing?
the following?
A. Diencephalon
A. cell body
B. Hypothalamus
B. axon
C. Medulla oblongata
C. dendrites
D. Cerebellum
D. both b and c
55. during conduction of nerve impulse, when
49. The bipolar neurons are found in the stimulus is applied
A. Cerebral cortex A. Na+ move out of axoplasm
B. Embryonic stage B. Na+ moves into axoplasm
C. Retina of eye C. K+ moves into axoplasm
D. Middle ear D. ca+2 moves into axoplasm

1.22 Chemical Coordination and Integration 712
56. Hearing is control by 60. The binding of neurotransmitters with the

receptors opens ion channel allowing entry
A. Frontal lobes
of ions which can generate a new potential
B. parietal lobes in the
C. temporal lobes A. pre-synaptic membranes
D. occipital lobe B. post-synaptic membranes
C. synaptic cleft
57. Nerve impulses are initiated by nerve
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fibers only when the membrane shall be- D. synaptic vesicles
come more permeable to
61. The bulb-like structures present at the ter-
A. Adrenaline minals of the axon are called the
B. Phosphorua A. Synaptic knobs
C. Sodium ions B. Axon hillock
D. Potassium ions C. Synaptic vesicles
D. Dendrites
58. In myelinated nerve fibres, the myelin
sheath is present around the 62. In reflex action, the reflex arc is formed
by-
A. Cell body
A. Muscle, receptor, brain
B. Dendrites
B. Brain, spinal cord, muscle
C. Axons
C. Receptor, spinal cord, muscle
D. Synaptic knobs
D. muscle, spinal cord, receptor
59. The part of the brain which is connected to 63. Association area are
the spinal cord is
A. sensory in function
A. Pons
B. motor in function
B. Cerebellum
C. neither clearly sensory nor motor in
C. Hippocampus function
D. Medulla oblongata D. neurosecretory in function
1.22 Chemical Coordination and Integration

1. Which of the following is a hypercalcemic ficiency of
hormone?
A. Oxytocin
A. Thyroxine
B. Growth hormone
B. Parathyroid hormone
C. Prolactin
C. Insulin
D. Luteinizing hormone
D. Glucagon
3. Which of the following does not secrete
2. Pituitary dwarfism is caused due to the de- any hormone?

A. Spleen 9. controls the concentration of urine

B. Ovary A. ADH

C. Testes B. Oxytocin
D. Pancreas C. ACTH
D. GH
4. FSH and LH hormones together are called:
10. Which element is required for the synthe-
A. GTH sis of thyroxine?
B. Stress removing hormones A. Magnesium
C. Emergency hormones B. Iodine
D. Neurohormones C. Calcium
D. Iron
5. The flap of connective tissue that connects
the two lobes of thyroid gland is called 11. The posterior pituitary gland is not a ‘true’
endocrine gland because: [NEET 2016]
A. Infundibulum
A. It is under the regulation of hypothala-
B. Islet mus
C. Isthmus B. It secretes enzymes
D. Intercalated disc C. It is provided with a duct
D. It only stores and releases hormones
6. Deficiency of this element causes the thy-
roid gland to swell up 12. Chemically the hormones are
A. Calcium A. Steroids only
B. Iodine B. Proteins, steroids and biogenic
amines
C. phosphorous
C. Proteins only
D. Biogenic amines only
7. Children who have damaged thymus may 13. It is correct for the functions of pineal
result in gland?
A. Loss of an antibody-mediated immu- A. To maintain ovarian follicle
nity
B. Self defence capability
B. Reduction in stem cell production C. To maintain mineral ions in the body
C. Deafness D. Loss of water from body
D. Loss of cell-mediated immunity 14. The hormone that participates in metabo-
lizing calcium and phosphorous are called
8. Which hormone regulates colour of skin?
A. MSH A. Glucagon
B. LH B. Calcitonin
C. PTH C. Glycogen
D. LTH D. None of the above

15. It is required for differentiation of T-cells C. Kidney

A. T3 D. Liver
B. Thymosin 18. The hypothalThe hypothalamus is con-
C. T4 nected to the anterior lobe of pituitary by
D. Melatonin A. Hypophyseal portal veins
B. Hypophyseal portal arteries
16. FSH in males stimulates
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C. Renal portal arteries
A. Oogenesis
D. Hepatic portal veins
B. Spermatogenesis
19. How many parathyroid glands are present
C. Secretion of LH
in human beings?
D. Secretion of testosterone
A. 3
17. Vasopressin is found in B. 4
A. Posterior lobe of pituitary C. 5
B. Intestine D. 8

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