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Biology BOY Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these four is NOT a nitrogen base?

a)

Adenosine

b)

Guanine

c)

Cytosine

d)

Thymine

2.

The goal of _______ is to investigate and understand the natural world

a)

Biology

b)

Science

c)

Life

d)

Research

3.

A _____ is an educated guess that must be testable

a)

Research

b)

Inquiry

c)

Hypothesis

d)

Question

4.

What is a variable? (Choose the best answer for THIS class)

a)

The steps taken in an experiment

b)

Part of an equation

c)

X

d)

The factors in an experiment that can be changed

5.

What are organelles?

a)

Different parts of the cell

b)

Biological term for cells

c)

The outside portion of a cell

d)

Anything outside of a cell

6.

What is the control center of a cell?

a)

Ribosome

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Nucleus

d)

Golgi Bodies

7.

What is the gel-like interior substance of a cell?

a)

Cell wall

b)

Cytosine

c)

Cytoplasm

d)

Jelly

8.

What is the main difference between plant and animal cells?

a)

Plant cells have a cell membrane and animal cells have a cell wall

b)

Plant cells do not have a nucleus and animal cells do

c)

Plant and animal cells are the same, but their DNA is different

d)

Plant cells have a cell wall, while animal cells do not

9.

How are new cells created?

a)

The parent cell splits into two daughter cells

b)

The parent cell dies and a daughter cell is created from the remaining material

c)

New cells are not created, they are just regenerated

d)

Aliens

10.

Are viruses living?

a)

Yes

b)

No

11.

What is the main difference between the lytic and lysogenic cycles?

a)

How the virus replicates

b)

How long it takes for the virus to replicate

c)

Where the virus attacks the cell

d)

How the virus dies

12.

What is the difference between active and passive transport?

a)

Passive transport requires energy, while active does not

b)

Passive transport allows larger molecules to move across the cell membrane, while active transport pushes small molecules through

c)

Active transport requires energy, while passive does not

d)

Active transport pushes molecules out of the cell, while passive transport brings things into the cell

13.

What are the two molecules that make up the backbone of DNA?

a)

Deoxyribose sugar and a phosphate

b)

Deoxyribose sugar and a nitrogen base

c)

Ribose sugar and a nitrogen base

d)

Ribose sugar and a phosphate

14.

What part of DNA is the actual code?

a)

The sugar

b)

The phosphate

c)

The hydrogen bonds

d)

The nitrogen bases

15.

Which of the following is NOT a difference between DNA and RNA?

a)

The sugar

b)

One of the nitrogen bases

c)

The shape (single stranded vs double stranded)

d)

Being a nucleic acid