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Life Science Quiz Bowl 2020

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

EASY ROUND: A species is __________ when it is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.

a)

Vulnerable

b)

Threatened

c)

Endangered

d)

Extinct

2.

Specific organelle in plants that function for the production of energy from sunlight.

a)

Chloroplast

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Plastids

d)

Glyoxysome

3.

Where is the deepest point on Earth?

a)

Marianas Trench

b)

Philippine Deep

c)

Bermuda Triangle

d)

Challenger Deep

4.

Zoology is the study of ____ life:

a)

Mammalian

b)

Animal

c)

Plant

d)

Love

5.

These people study the interrelationships between organisms and their environments.

a)

Microbiologist

b)

Marine Biologist

c)

Paleontologist

d)

Ecologist

6.

What is the vascular tissue found in plants that is used for water transport?

a)

Esophagus

b)

Phloem

c)

Xylem

d)

Stem

7.

Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

It is the study of the function, biodiversity, and ecology of animals and plants in the ocean.

a)

Environmental Science

b)

Marine Biology

c)

Oceanography

d)

Marine Geology

9.

Which part of the plant functions for the entry and exit of gasses through the leaves?

a)

Epidermis

b)

Lenticels

c)

Gate 3

d)

Stomata

10.

The Biosphere encompasses all the ecosystems on Earth.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Which plant group contains the most number of species?

a)

Mosses

b)

Ferns

c)

Mushrooms

d)

Flowering Plants

12.

The following organelles contain DNA except __________

a)

Chloroplast

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Golgi Apparatus

d)

Nucleus

13.

Which of the following is the largest whale species?

a)

Sperm Whale

b)

Humpback Whale

c)

Wishing Whale

d)

Blue Whale

14.

Carnivores eat both vegetation and other animals.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Pollution is any undesirable change in the air, water and land that can harmfully affect the ecosystem as a whole.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

The most abundant enzyme in the plant body that functions in the conversion of carbon dioxide to sugar.

a)

RuBisCo

b)

ATP Synthase

c)

Carboxylase

d)

Oxidoreductase

17.

What is the “control center” of the cell?

a)

mitochondria

b)

cytoplasm

c)

vacuole

d)

nucleus

18.

What kind of organism are corals?

a)

Fungi

b)

Animals

c)

Fence

d)

Mollusks

19.

What is the longest bony fish in the world?

a)

Pygmy goby

b)

Marlin

c)

Oarfish

d)

Mola mola

20.

Mitosis begins with what phase?

a)

Metaphase

b)

Prophase

c)

Cytokinesis

d)

Telophase

21.

INTERMEDIATE ROUND:

These are the kind of plants that have a life cycle that lasts for more than 2 years.

a)

Annual

b)

Biennial

c)

Multiennial

d)

Perennial

22.

This is referred to as any change in the DNA sequence.

a)

Transformation Jutsu

b)

Mutation

c)

Speciation

d)

Alternation of Generation

23.

The virus causing the current pandemic belongs to the family Coronavirus.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

What are inert macromolecules outside of a cell capable of replication once they are able to inflect a cell?

a)

Extremophiles

b)

Viruses

c)

Bacteria

d)

Yeast

25.

Sponges and Corals belong to the same Class.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Which is the main pigment in plants that functions for the absorption of energy from the sun?

a)

Green Plant Pigment

b)

Chlorophyll

c)

Carotenoids

d)

Green Algae

27.

What is the end product of glycolysis?

a)

Sugar

b)

Glucose

c)

Pyruvate

d)

Lactate

28.

Carrageenan is found in the cells walls of which group of algae?

a)

red algae

b)

green algae

c)

dinoflagellates

d)

yellow-green algae

29.

A long-term biological interaction in which members of one species gain benefits while those of the other species neither benefit nor are harmed:

a)

Mutualism

b)

Friendship

c)

Symbiosis

d)

Commensalism

30.

The sharks are classified as:

a)

osteichthyes

b)

chondrichthyes

c)

friends

d)

cetacea

31.

Large-scale, long-term shift in the planet’s weather patterns

a)

Global Warming

b)

Climate Change

c)

Greenhouse Effect

d)

All of the above

32.

Which kind of terrestrial habitat contains the most diverse ecosystem?

a)

Coral Reefs

b)

Pine Forest

c)

USC

d)

Tropical Rainforest

33.

Group of individuals of the same species that live together in a region.

a)

Biomes

b)

Ecosystem

c)

Community

d)

Population

34.

Cells that shrink in hypertonic solutions such as salt water is responding to ________ pressure.

a)

academic

b)

osmotic

c)

hydrostatic

d)

atmospheric

35.

Whose voyage is often referred to as the birth of oceanography?

a)

Sir Charles Wyville Thomson

b)

Captain Hook

c)

Charles Darwin

d)

Edward Forbes

36.

Around how many percent of the ocean remains unexplored?

a)

95%

b)

90%

c)

5%

d)

10%

37.

Which of these animals does not possess a nervous system

a)

jellyfish

b)

sponges

c)

helminths

d)

sea slugs

38.

______________ is a symbiotic relationship between members of two different species in which both members of the association benefited.

a)

Coexistence

b)

Mutualism

c)

Commensalism

d)

Trade-off

39.

Which of the following is considered a true moss?

a)

Spanish Moss

b)

Firmosses

c)

Sphagnum Moss

d)

Clubmosses

40.

What is considered as the biggest extant fish in the world?

a)

Sperm Whale

b)

Orca

c)

Great White Shark

d)

Whale Shark

41.

DIFFICULT ROUND:

What do you call the study of inheritable characteristics and/or variations that DO NOT involve alterations in the DNA sequence.

a)

Epigenetics

b)

Peer Pressure

c)

Genomics

d)

Cytogenetics

42.

What makes mosses very distinct from other plants?

a)

They don't have xylem and phloem.

b)

They are very small.

c)

They live in moist environments.

d)

They don't have flowers.

43.

This specific species has not undergone evolutionary change in the last 135 million years.

a)

Galapagos Tortoise

b)

Horseshoe crab

c)

Hermit crab

d)

Angler Fish

44.

Medulla oblongata is the ________.

a)

dura mater

b)

vital knot

c)

nerve center

d)

pia mater

45.

Which of the following organisms can change gender during the course of their lives?

a)

Turtles

b)

Box Jellyfish

c)

Clownfish

d)

Sea Urchin

46.

True or False: CAM Photosynthesis is found only in the family Crassulaceae.

a)

True, it can only be found in this specific plant family.

b)

False, it can also be found on your phone.

c)

True, it only be found in angiosperms.

d)

False, it can be found in other plants aside from angiosperms.

47.

This is the name of the bacteria that caused the Plague.

a)

Escherichia coli

b)

Bacillus anthracis

c)

Yersinia pestis

d)

Lactobacillus protectus

48.

Plasmodium falciparum, the cause of malaria reproduce asexually through what special type of reproduction?

a)

binary fission

b)

schizogony

c)

budding

d)

conjugation

49.

What do you call the cells of a jellyfish that is responsible for injecting venom causing immobilization to its prey?

a)

Cnidocil

b)

Pseudopodium

c)

Barbs

d)

Nematocysts

50.

Select the sentences which are factual about sexual dimorphism (2 answers)

a)

The systematic difference in form between individuals of different sex in the same species.

b)

It only occurs in plants.

c)

It only occurs in animals.

d)

The condition occurs in many animals and some plants.

51.

The hydrosphere includes only the liquid form of water of the Earth.

a)

True, it only includes liquid in bodies of water.

b)

False, it includes the liquid rock beneath the crust.

c)

True, it is made up mostly of the tears shed by students due to the midterms week.

d)

False, it includes all forms of water (gas, liquid, and solid)

52.

Which is not an adaptation mechanism for plants that live in dry and hot areas?

a)

CAM Photosynthesis

b)

Deeper roots

c)

C4 Photosynthesis

d)

Broad leaves

53.

Nucleotide sequences which have the same sequence when read forward or backward are called what?

a)

transposons

b)

exons

c)

introns

d)

palindromes

54.

What has been used to replace bone grafts in helping human bone to heal quickly and cleanly?

a)

Zooxanthellae

b)

Coral

c)

Sea urchin spines

d)

Algae

55.

What is the other term for Down Syndrome?

a)

Trisomy 18

b)

Trisomy 13

c)

Trisomy 21

d)

Trisomy 12

56.

Biological process whereby organic wastes are biologically degraded under specific conditions.

a)

Bioaugmentation

b)

Composting

c)

Bioventing

d)

All of the above

57.

What is the process of the switching of sex throughout an organism's life called?

a)

Sexualization

b)

Sequential hermaphroditism

c)

Sexual Differentiation

d)

Munchausen syndrome

58.

What is the current concentration of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere?

a)

310 ppm

b)

350 ppm

c)

410 ppm

d)

390 ppm

59.

What do you call the surface layer or the sunlight zone of the ocean?

a)

Benthic

b)

Epipelagic

c)

Bathypelagic

d)

Mesopelagic

60.

How many shark species are known to exist and how many have been documented in biting humans?

a)

500+ species, 30-35 of which have bitten humans

b)

800+ species, 120-150 of which have bitten humans

c)

350+ species, 50-60 of which have bitten humans

d)

150+ species, 20-30 of which have bitten humans