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Total questions: 90
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1.
Which of the following is a form of the body’s primary defence system?
a)
A Skin
b)
B White blood cells
c)
C Phagocytosis
d)
D Vaccination
2.
What is phagocytosis?
a)
A The engulfing of foreign bodies
b)
B The production of antibodies
c)
C The splitting of bacteria
d)
D A stage in mitosis
3.
Which cell in the body is responsible for the production of antibodies?
a)
A Red blood cell
b)
B White blood cell
c)
C Bone marrow
d)
D Liver
4.
What does a vaccination contain?
a)
A An active form of a disease
b)
B A dead or weakened form of a disease
c)
C A medicinal cure for a disease
d)
D Antibodies for a disease
5.
Which dose of a drug is the most suitable?
a)
A The maximum possible without damage to the body
b)
B The lowest amount while still being effective and safe
c)
C Any dose as long as it doesn’t cause side effects
d)
D The amount that didn’t kill the cells during preclinical trials
6.
What is the first stage in the testing of a new drug?
a)
A Testing on volunteers
b)
B Testing on tissue
c)
C Testing on patients
d)
D Carrying out a double blind trial
7.
Tobacco Mosaic Virus makes leave discoloured. Which process does this inhibit?
a)
A Respiration
b)
B Photosynthesis
c)
C Cell division
d)
D Root growth
8.
What are painkillers used to treat?
a)
A To kill virus’
b)
B To kill bacteria
c)
C To treat the symptoms of the disease
d)
D To damage pathogens
9.
In a double blind trial, who knows who is taking the drug?
a)
A The patient
b)
B The patient and the doctor
c)
C The pharmaceutical company
d)
C The doctor
10.
Which pathogen causes Black Rose Spot and how is it treated?
a)
A Fungus, pesticide
b)
B Bacteria, herbicide
c)
C Fungus, herbicide
d)
D Virus, pesticide
11.
What is a vector?
a)
A A type of virus
b)
B An organism that gets infected by a virus
c)
C A dangereous microorganism
d)
D An organism that transmits a virus
12.
What is herd immunity?
a)
A A herd of cows with no disease
b)
B Vaccinating most of the population encourages the virus
c)
C Vaccinating some people in the population
d)
D Vaccinating most of the population leaves the virus know one to infect
13.
What did Semmelweis discover?
a)
A He discovered how to do Clinical Trials
b)
B He discovered Asprin
c)
C He discovered that infection could be reduced by doctors washing their hands before treating patients
d)
D He discovered Penicillin
14.
Where does the energy for photosynthesis come from?
a)
A Sunlight
b)
B The ground
c)
C Sugars the plant makes
d)
D Carbon dioxide in the air
15.
What gas is produced during photosynthesis?
a)
A Oxygen
b)
B Carbon dioxide
c)
C Glucose
d)
D Nitrogen
16.
What is the equation for photosynthesis?
a)
A Carbon dioxide + Water = Glucose + oxygen
b)
B Carbon dioxide + water = glucose + oxygen
c)
C Oxygen + glucose = water + carbon dioxide
d)
D Glucose + water = Carbon dioxide + oxygen
17.
What is the best definition of photosynthesis?
a)
A Using light to make proteins
b)
B Using light energy to make starch
c)
C Using light energy to make glucose
d)
D Using light energy to make food.
18.
What has happened to the concentration of oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere?
a)
A Increased
b)
B Decreased
c)
C Remained the same
d)
D There isn’t any
19.
The rate of photosynthesis can be determined by:
a)
A measuring the volume of oxygen produced in 2 minutes
b)
B measuring the volume of oxygen produced
c)
C measuring the volume of oxygen used in 2 minutes
d)
D measuring the volume of oxygen used.
20.
What are amino acids used for?
a)
A To make proteins
b)
B For an energy storage molecule
c)
C To make fats
d)
D To strengthen cell walls
21.
What is aerobic respiration?
a)
A Respiration with oxygen
b)
B Respiration without oxygen
c)
C Respiration with carbon dioxide
d)
D Respiration without carbon dioxide
22.
What is anaerobic respiration?
a)
A Respiration without any/much oxygen
b)
B Respiration with oxygen
c)
C Respiration using carbon dioxide
23.
Which type of respiration produces the most energy?
a)
A Aerobic
b)
B Anaerobic
c)
C They both produce the same
d)
D Photosynthesis
24.
During exercise, which bodily process increase?
a)
A The heart rate & the breathing rate
b)
B The rate of digestion, the heart rate & the breathing rate
c)
C The heart rate only
25.
What is oxygen debt?
a)
A The extra oxygen required to after exercise to react with the lactic acid.
b)
B The extra oxygen required to before exercise to react with the lactic acid.
c)
C The extra oxygen required to during exercise to react with the glucose.
d)
D The extra oxygen required to after exercise to react with the glucose.
26.
What is starch synthesised from?
a)
A Glucose
b)
B Fatty acids and glycerol
c)
C Enzymes
d)
D Amino acids
27.
What is the best definition of metabolism?
a)
A The rate at which chemical reactions occur in cells and the body
b)
B The rate at which digestion occurs
c)
C The speed at which toxins are broken down by the body
d)
D The speed at which enzymes work in the digestive system
28.
What type of reaction is photosynthesis?
a)
A Bioluminescence
b)
B Endothermic
c)
C Decomposition
d)
D Exothermic
29.
What type of reaction is respiration?
a)
A Neutralisation
b)
B Exothermic
c)
C Endothermic
30.
Why does the heart rate increase during exercise?
a)
A To increase the oxygen supply to the muscles
b)
B To increase glucose and oxygen supply to the muscles.
c)
C To increase the supply of carbon dioxide to the cells
d)
D To increase the supply of oxygen and urea to the cells.
31.
What are fats broken down into?
a)
A Glucose
b)
B Fatty acids and glycerol
c)
C Enzymes
d)
D Amino acids
32.
Which of the following is an example of a metabolic reaction?
a)
A The reabsorption of water in the large intestine
b)
B The formation of amino acids from glucose and nitrate ions
c)
C The absorption of glucose in the small intestine.
d)
D The dilation of blood vessels when hot
33.
What does the symbol C6H12O6 represent?
a)
A Protein
b)
B Starch
c)
C Glucose
d)
D Vitamin C
34.
What cellular organelle absorbs the light energy?
a)
A Mitochondria
b)
B Nucleus
c)
C Cytoplasm
d)
D Chloroplast
35.
Where does respiration occur?
a)
A In the lungs
b)
B In all cells of animals
c)
C in all living cells
d)
D in plants and animals
36.
Respiration…
a)
A produces energy and oxygen
b)
B produces oxygen and releases energy
c)
C produces carbon dioxide and releases energy
d)
D produces energy and releases carbon dioxide
37.
What is the equation for respiration?
a)
A Carbon dioxide + Water = Glucose + oxygen
b)
B Carbon dioxide + water = glucose + oxygen
c)
C Oxygen + glucose = water + carbon dioxide
d)
D Glucose + water = Carbon dioxide + oxygen
38.
What is aerobic respiration in yeast called?
a)
A Combustion
b)
B Decomposition
c)
C Fermentation
d)
D Oxidisation
39.
What is the equation for anaerobic respiration?
a)
A Glucose à lactic oxide
b)
B Glucose à lartic acid
c)
C Glucose à lactic acid
d)
D Glucose à lastic acid
40.
Which biological molecules control the rate of metabolism?
a)
A Glucose
b)
B Fatty acids and glycerol
c)
C Enzymes
41.
What are the limiting factors of photosynthesis?
a)
A Carbon dioxide, water and temperature
b)
B Water, temperature, light intensity and carbon dioxide
c)
C Light intensity, carbon dioxide and water
d)
D Light intensity, carbon dioxide and temperature
42.
Which statement best describes how changing the temperature affects the rate of photosynthesis?
a)
A As temperature increases the rate increases
b)
B As temperature increases the rate decreases then increases
c)
C As the temperature increases the rate decreases
d)
D As the temperature increases the rate increase then decreases.
43.
Glucose can be used for 1) Respiration, 2) to make starch, 3) to make amino acids, 4) to make cellulose. Which are the above are correct?
a)
A 1,2 & 4
b)
B 1, 2 & 3
c)
C None of them
d)
D All of them
44.
Cellulose is made from glucose. What is its function?
a)
A To be used to build cell membranes
b)
B As a storage molecule
c)
C To be used to make proteins
d)
D To strengthen cell walls
45.
Glucose is used to produce amino acids using what?
a)
A Nitrogen
b)
B Magnesium ions
c)
C Nitride ions
d)
D Nitrate ions
46.
Which equation represents anaerobic respiration in plants and yeast cells?
a)
A starch = glucose + ethanol
b)
B glucose = ethanol + oxygen
c)
C glucose = carbon dioxide + water
d)
D Glucose = ethanol + carbon dioxide
47.
What is the build up of carbon dioxide in the muscles known as?
a)
A Breathing debt
b)
B Respiration debt
c)
C Carbon dioxide debt
d)
D Oxygen debt
48.
What type of cell is this?
a)
animal
b)
plant
c)
bacteria
d)
algae
49.
Which of these would you not find in an animal cell?
a)
cell membrane
b)
cell wall
c)
nucleus
d)
ribosome
50.
Which of these would you not expect to find in a bacterial cell?
a)
cell wall
b)
cell membrane
c)
nucleus
d)
cytoplasm
51.
What term is used to describe a single celled organism without a true nucleus?
a)
prokaryote
b)
virus
c)
protoctista
d)
eukaryote
52.
Where in a cell does aerobic respiration take place?
a)
ribosome
b)
nucleus
c)
mitochondria
d)
cytoplasm
53.
Which of these shows the correct order, going from the smallest to the largest?
a)
gene, chromosome, nucleus, cell
b)
chromosome, gene, nucleus, cell
c)
nucleus, gene, chromosome, cell
d)
gene, nucleus, chromosome, cell
54.
What is the function of the cell membrane?
a)
respiration
b)
protein synthesis
c)
control of substances in/out of the cell
d)
reproduction
55.
What is the function of the ribosomes?
a)
respiration
b)
protein synthesis
c)
cell replication
d)
DNA replication
56.
When cells become specialised for a particular role, it is known as ...?
a)
cell differentiation
b)
cell replication
c)
cell reproduction
d)
cell mitosis
57.
Which of the following is the correct statement?
a)
Both plant and animal cells differentiate at an early stage.
b)
Animal cells differentiate early, whilst many plant cells can differentiate throughout life.
c)
Plant cells differentiate early, many animal cells can differentiate throughout life.
d)
The majority of both plant and animals cells can differentiate later in life.
58.
Cells with a membrane, nucleus and cytoplasm, such as those found in animals and plants, are known as ...?
a)
prokaryotes
b)
eukaryotes
59.
Which type of cell would be the smallest?
a)
Eukaryote
b)
Prokaryote
60.
How do bacteria reproduce?
a)
mitosis
b)
meiosis
c)
binary fission
d)
they don't
61.
Q A group of cells with the same structure and function is called?
a)
A a tissue
b)
B an organ
c)
C an organ system
d)
D a sample
62.
Q Enzymes are able to do what to molecules?
a)
A build them up and break them down
b)
B build them up but not break them down
c)
C not build them up but break them down
d)
D not build them up and break them down
63.
Q Which of these are proteins broken down into?
a)
A Amino acids
b)
B Fatty acids
c)
C Glycerol
d)
D Simple sugars
64.
Q The job of something biological is scientifically known as?
a)
A its structure
b)
B its function
c)
C its organisation
d)
D its organ
65.
Q Enzymes are made of which chemical?
a)
A Fat
b)
B Protein
c)
C Carbohydrate
d)
D DNA
66.
Q Enzymes do not work well above certain temperatures because
a)
A The active site stays the same shape
b)
B The active site changes shape
c)
C They die
d)
D The substrates move too quickly
67.
Q The heart pumps blood to the lungs and upon return out to the body. In the correct order which chambers do this?
a)
A Right ventricle, right atrium
b)
B Right ventricle, left ventricle
c)
C Left ventricle, right ventricle
68.
Q Heart surgery is a serious procedure – a doctor and patient evaluate what before it is carried out?
a)
A side effects v hospital stay length
b)
B benefits v risks
c)
C opportunity v costs
69.
Q The risk of a heart attack is increased if:
a)
A the coronary arteries are widened
b)
B the coronary arteries are narrowed
c)
C blood pressure is low
d)
D the patient takes statins
70.
Q There are many successful treatments for cancer now. Choose the answer that is used to diagnose rather than treat cancer:
a)
A chemotherapy
b)
B CAT scan
c)
C surgery
d)
D radiotherapy
71.
Q Which one of the following structures is only found in a plant cell?
a)
A cytoplasm
b)
B nucleus
c)
C chloroplast
d)
D cell membrane
72.
Q Increasing the temperature of an enzyme catalysed reaction does what to the rate of reaction?
a)
A increases the rate of reaction exponentially
b)
B decreases the rate of reaction
c)
C increases the rate of reaction to a point
73.
Q What do enzymes do above their optimum temperature?
a)
A Die
b)
B Work faster
c)
C Denature
d)
D Work at the same rate
74.
Q What do enzymes do below their optimum temperature as it decreases?
a)
A Denature
b)
B Die
c)
C Become inactive
d)
D Work at the same rate
75.
Q What is the order that air enters the body?
a)
A nose, bronchi, trachea
b)
B Trachea, alveoli, bronchi
c)
C Trachea, bronchi, alveoli
d)
D bronchi, alveoli, nose
76.
Q Blood is a tissue consisting of a what liquid in which cells and platelets are suspended?
a)
A plasm
b)
B plast
c)
C plasma
77.
Q The palisade mesophyll is characterised by cells that have many:
a)
A nuclei
b)
B vacuoles
c)
C chloroplasts
d)
D cytoplasms
78.
Q Guard cells surrounding stomata control which process most:
a)
A photosynthesis
b)
B respiration
c)
C transpiration
d)
D neutralisation
79.
Q Which of these are carbohydrates broken down into?
a)
A Fatty acids
b)
B Glycerol
c)
C Amino acids
d)
D Simple sugars
80.
Q Which of the following is not a blood vessel of the body?
a)
A vein
b)
B capillary
c)
C artery
d)
D circulation
81.
Q Which of the following is a plant tissue related to transporting substances:
a)
A meristem tissue
b)
B spongy mesophyll
c)
C epidermal tissue
d)
D xylem and phloem
82.
which chemical reagent is used to test for the presence of starch?
a)
iodine
b)
biuret
c)
sudan III
d)
benedict's solution
83.
Glucose will turn which solution green, orange or red after heating?
a)
sudan III
b)
iodine
c)
Benedict's solution
d)
biuret
84.
Which chemical reagent would you use to test for the presence of lipids?
a)
sultana
b)
Sudan I
c)
Sudan III
d)
Bananarama
85.
Who is the best Biology teacher in all the land?
a)
Mrs Bryson
b)
Mrs Bryson
c)
Mrs Bryson
d)
Mrs Bryson
86.
Which biological process moves substances against the concentration gradient?
a)
osmosis
b)
diffusion
c)
active transport
87.
the movement of water from a dilute to a concentrated solution, across a selectively permeable membrane is known as
a)
osmosis
b)
diffusion
c)
absorption
d)
active transport
88.
An example of diffusion is:
a)
water moving into a plant leaf
b)
oxygen leaving the blood in the lungs
c)
carbon dioxide entering the body cells
d)
oxygen entering the blood in the lungs
89.
An example of a chemical defence in plants is:
a)
thorns and spikes
b)
bark on trees
c)
mimicry
d)
production of poisons
90.
During the production of monoclonal antibodies, a lymphocyte is joined with a tumour cell to make:
a)
a melonoma
b)
astigmatism
c)
a hybridoma
d)
a hybrid
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