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Grade 9 biology quiz

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

______ cleanliness is important for individual health.

a)

Personal

b)

Internal

c)

Public

d)

External

2.

Disease-free in other words literally means being uncomfortable. True or False.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

What is the difference between sign and symptom?

a)

Symptoms - subjective

Signs - objective

b)

Symptoms - objective

Signs - subjective

c)

Symptoms and Signs are both subjective

d)

Symptoms and signs are both objective

4.

In which year did Robert Hooke discover cells?

a)

1660

b)

1665

c)

1775

d)

1556

5.

Which stain is used to stain plant cells?

(a)  

6.

Which cell organelle helps in the production of fat molecules or lipids?

a)

Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum

b)

Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum

c)

Nucleus

d)

Mitochondria

7.

What is the usual size of a prokaryotic cell?

a)

1-100 μm

b)

1-10 μm

c)

10-100 μm

d)

100-1000 μm

8.

Which of the following muscle tissues shows/show striations? (One or more options)

a)

Skeletal muscles

b)

Smooth muscles

c)

Voluntary muscles

d)

Cardiac muscles

9.

Which tissue is present in the husk of coconut?

a)

Collenchymatous tissue

b)

Sclerenchymatous tissues

c)

Parenchymatous tissue

d)

Xylem

10.

Which of the following is/are NOT present in the xylem tissue? (One or more options)

a)

Tracheids

b)

Vessels

c)

Sieve elements

d)

Companion cells

11.

What is the cell body of a neuron also known as?

(a)  

12.

Intercalary meristem seen in some plants is located near the _____.

a)

stem

b)

node

c)

roots

d)

leaves

13.

Plant tissues are adapted for what kind of existence?

a)

Physical

b)

Platonic

c)

Sedentary

d)

Virtual

14.

Who coined the term 'protoplasm' for the fluid substance of the cell?

a)

Robert Brown

b)

Purkinje

c)

Theodore Schwann

d)

Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek

15.

Which simple permanent tissue has cells thickened with lignin?

a)

Collenchyma

b)

Parenchyma

c)

Sclerenchyma

d)

Xylem

16.

What is the common name of Ascaris lumbricoides?

a)

Adult roundworm

b)

Hookworm

c)

Ringworm

d)

Bookworm

17.

Which pathogen is responsible for sleeping sickness?

a)

Plasmodium

b)

Toxoplasma

c)

Trypanosoma

d)

Leishmania

18.

Name the pathogen.

a)

Trypanosoma

b)

Staphylococci

c)

SARS virus

d)

Leishmania

19.

Name the plant tissue.

a)

Collenchyma

b)

Parenchyma

c)

Sclerenchyma

d)

Xylem

20.

The signal that passes along the nerve fibre is called a ________.

a)

Electrical impulse

b)

Chemical impulse

c)

Nervous impulse

d)

Nerve impulse

21.

Name the pathogen.

a)

SARS virus

b)

Leishmania

c)

Adult roundworm

d)

Staphylococci

22.

In which year did Barry Marshall and Robin Warren receive the Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine?

a)

2006

b)

2004

c)

2003

d)

2005

23.

Which of the following is/are transmitted via sexual contact? (One or more options can be correct)

a)

AIDS

b)

Malaria

c)

HIV

d)

Syphilis

24.

Which of the following area in the body is affected by the typhoid bacteria(Salmonella Typhi)?

a)

Gut lining

b)

Respiratory tract

c)

Circulatory vessels

d)

Nervous tissue

25.

Which of the following is transmitted via air? (One or more options can be correct)

a)

Tuberculosis

b)

Pneumonia

c)

Common cold

d)

Cholera

26.

Edward Jenner realised that milkmaids who had (a)   disease didn't catch smallpox.

27.

Which of the following viruses is spread by the bite of infected dogs and other animals?

a)

Cholera

b)

Rabies

c)

Typhoid

d)

Dog poisoning

28.

The word 'vaccination' was derived from which language?

a)

Greek

b)

German

c)

French

d)

Latin

29.

How do vaccinations protect our body from diseases?

a)

By killing the immune system

b)

By calling the immune system foolish

c)

By fooling the immune system

d)

By joining the immune system

30.

Which of the following is the approximate size of eukaryotic cells?

a)

100-1000 μm

b)

5-10 μm

c)

10-1000 μm

d)

5-100 μm

31.

How many metres is a micrometre (μm)?

a)

10−610^{-6} m

b)

10−510^{-5} m

c)

10−710^{-7} m

d)

10−410^{-4} m

32.

The nucleus has a double-layered covering called ________ .

a)

Nuclear cover

b)

Nuclear shield

c)

Nuclear bunker

d)

Nuclear membrane

33.

Which cell organelle serves as channels for transport of materials within the cytoplasm and between the cytoplasm and the cell membrane?

a)

Lysosome

b)

ER

c)

Ribosomes

d)

Nucleus