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Biology: The Study of Life

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does Biology study?

a)

Living organisms

b)

Biochemical molecules

c)

Life processes

d)

All of them!

2.

Which is one is not a characteristic of living organisms?

a)

ability to move

b)

growth and development

c)

reproduction

d)

cells

3.

What is the basic unit of life?

a)

cell

b)

tissue

c)

organ

d)

bacteria

4.

Prokaryotic cells have a well-defined nucleus that stores the DNA.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Unicellular organisms only have one cell.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Bacteria undergo sexual reproduction, where a cell divides into two identical cells.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

In what kingdom can I find multicellular photosynthetic organisms?

a)

Plantae

b)

Animalia

c)

Chromista

d)

Fungi

8.

Everything that has mass and takes up space is known as:

a)

matter

b)

volume

c)

atoms

d)

bacteria

9.

The basic unit of matter is:

a)

atom

b)

cell

c)

element

d)

DNA

10.

Protons have a ______________ charge.

a)

positive

b)

neutral

c)

negative

11.

The atomic number is the number of protons contained in one atom of an element.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

What is the atomic mass of the following element:

a)

3

b)

6.941

c)

9

d)

6

13.

In what kind of bonds is there a transfer of electrons where one element loses and the other one gains electrons?

a)

ionic bond

b)

covalent bond

c)

hydrogen bond

d)

Van der Waals bond

14.

In _____________ bonds, electrons are shared between non-metal elements.

a)

ionic

b)

covalent

c)

hydrogen

d)

Van der Waals

15.

Anabolic reactions are synthesis reactions where energy is produced.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Enzymes are special proteins that accelerate chemical reactions in an organism. What factors affect its activity?

a)

pH

b)

temperature

c)

glucose

d)

inhibitions

17.

A ____________ is the physical combination of two or more pure substances.

a)

mixture

b)

compound

c)

molecule

18.

Joseph has a jar of Kool-Aid. He had to mix the powder with water to drink the juice. What kind of mixture did he make?

a)

homogeneous

b)

heterogeneous

c)

suspension

d)

colloid

19.

Myriam decided to order meat lover's pizza because it's Friday night and she's having a movie night. What kind of mixture is her pizza?

a)

heterogeneous

b)

homogeneous

c)

solution

d)

suspension

20.

Dwayne cut himself and he's bleeding. That made him thing about Biology class and how blood is a _____________, which is a mixture of water and undissolved materials.

a)

solution

b)

suspension

c)

colloid

d)

heterogeneous mixture

21.

Carlos has made a mysterious solution. He measures the pH and the result is 5.9. What kind of solution is it?

a)

acid

b)

basic

c)

alkaline

d)

neutral

22.

What's the pH of water?

a)

3

b)

7

c)

14

d)

8

23.

What is the area of Chemistry that studies carbon compounds?

a)

Organic Chemistry

b)

Inorganic Chemistry

c)

Analytical Chemistry

d)

Biochemistry

24.

Biomolecules are essential for live. What are the four biomolecules?

a)

proteins

b)

nucleic acids

c)

carbohydrates

d)

lipids

e)

monomers

25.

What kind of molecule is cholesterol?

a)

lipid

b)

nucleic acid

c)

carbohydrate

d)

protein

26.

What kind of biomolecule is DNA?

a)

nucleic acid

b)

protein

c)

carbohydrate

d)

lipid

27.

What kind of biomolecules are enzymes?

a)

proteins

b)

nucleic acids

c)

lipids

d)

carbohydrates

28.

What kind of biomolecule is glucose?

a)

carbohydrate

b)

lipid

c)

protein

d)

nucleic acid