What is the most common eye problem affecting B.

Gene Therapy
men and women older than 50? C. Polymerase Chain Reaction
A. cataracts D. Biotechnology
B. astigmatism E. Ribosomal RNA
C. glaucoma Answer: A
D. choroid
DNA...
Which structure of the middle layer of the eye A: Is a double-stranded molecule.
regulates the amount of light entering the eye B. Has a sugar deoxyribose.
through the pupil? C: Functions primarily in the nucleus.
A. Choroid D. All of the above.
B. Ciliary body E. None of the above.
C. Iris Answer: D
D. Pupil
answer : C Which of the following is the first step in creating a
transgenic animal?
What type of receptors are specialized to respond to A. Infect the gene of interest into donor cell
temperature? B. Implant cell into host mother
a) photoreceptors C. Locate offspring with transgenic gene
b) thermoreceptors D. None of the above
c) chemoreceptors Answer: A
d) mechanoreceptors
Answer: b More than _____ of human DNA does not code for
protein.
The shape of a typical neuron is specialized for: A. 10%
A. Movement B. 25%
B. Communication with other cells C. 50%
C. Barrier Building D. 95%
D. Transporting Blood E. 99%
ANSWER: B C is correct.

Neuroglial cells do what to neurons? Which of the following is not one of the four
A. Support Nucleotides:
B. Protect A. Adenine
C. Insulate B. Cytosine
D. Nuture C. Thymine
E. All of the Above D. Codene
ANSWER: E E. None of the Above
Answer: D
What is an Axon?
A. Body of neuron Which RNA molecule carries DNA's information in the
B. Long extension of neuron sequence of its bases (codons) from the nucleus to
C. The signal of the neuron the cytoplasm?
D. None of the Above A. rRNA
ANSWER: B B. nRNA
C. mRNA
Neurons have: D. tRNA
A. Dendrites Answer: C
B. Cell Body
C. Axon A change in DNA is called a ________?
D. All of the Above A. disproportionation
ANSWER: D B. recombination
C. polymerase chain reaction
DNA contains all of the following bases except: D. mutation
A. Adenine Answer: D.
B. Guanine
C. Cytosine Which is a similarity between RNA and DNA?...
D. Thymine A. Are nucleic acids
E. Uracil B. Are composed of linked nucleotides
Answer: E C. Have a sugar-phosphate backbone
D. Have four types of bases
E. All of the above
Answer: E

The following is defined as an entire set of genes Curing genetic diseases by putting normal, functional
carried by one member of a species. genes into body cells affected by a mutant gene is
A. Genome called...
A. biotechnology D. thickening or lump in breast or elsewhere
B. genetic engineering E. all of the above
C. gene therapy Answer is E.
D. recombination
Answer: C. Which one of the following is known to cause
cancer?
The triplet code of CAT in DNA is represented as ___ A. Tobacco Smoke
in mRNA and ___ in tRNA. B. Radiation
A. CAT, CAT C. Viruses
B. GAA, CAT D. Excessive Alcohol Consumption
C. GTA, CAU E. All of the Above
D. GUA, CAU The answer is E.
Answer: D
What happens to a cell when damage is too
A three-base sequence on transfer RNA (tRNA) that extensive to repair?
binds to the complementary base pairs of a codon on A. Cell returns to cell cycle
the mRNA is a(n) B. Cell begins mutation
A. .Anticodon C. Cell damage accumulates leading to cancer
B. Codon D. Cell divides and produces more cells
C. Polymerase E. It is programmed cell death
D. Promoter The answer is E.
Answer: A
What is NOT a way to cure cancer?
What is ...the manipulation of genetic material for A.Surgery to remove tumors
human purposes? B.Radiation therapy to kill localized cancer cells
A. Biotechnology C.Inhibition of blood vessel formation
B. Genetic Engeenering D.Chemotherapy to kill cancer cells
C. Mutation E. Take an advil
D. Transcription The answer is E.
Answer: B
Energy sources for muscle contraction: ATP formed
What are DNA changes called? from creatine phosphate and ADP happeneds:
A. Haloids a.6 seconds into exercise
B. RNA b.10 seconds into exercise
C. Life c.30-40 seconds into exercise
D. Mutations d.End of exercise
Answer: D e.After prolonged exercise
ANSWER: B
What percentage of Earth's Water Supply is NOT in
oceans? Energy sources for muscle concentration: ATP Stored
A:3 in muscles happens:
B:40 a.6 seconds into exercise
C: 50 b.10 seconds into exercise
D: 13 c.30-40 seconds into exercise
E:50 d.End of exercise
ANSWER: A e After prolonged exercise
ANSWER: A
The Earth's population in 2008 was:
A. 3 Billion Energy source for muscle concentration: Oxygen
B. 4 Billion debt is paid back happens:
C. 5 Billion a.6 seconds into exercise
D. 6.7 Billion b.10 seconds into exercise
E. 10 Billion c.30-40 seconds into exercise
ANSWER: D d.End of exercise
e.After prolonged exercise
97% of the Earth's water is in: ANSWER: E
A. Oceans
B. Lakes How many bones are in the middle ear?
C. Rivers a.)1
D. Swamps b.)2
E. Bogs c.)3
ANSWER: A d.)4
e.)5
answer: c
How many types of olfactory receptors do we have?
What are some warning signs of cancer? a.) about 50
A. change in bowel or bladder habit or function b.) about 200
B. a sore that does not heal c.) about 1000
C. unusual bleeding or bloody discharge d.) about 20,000
e.) about 1,000,000 D. Fovea
answer: C E. All of the above are part of the inner layer
Answer: E
The pupil is located in which part of the body?
a.) Ear What are cones?
b.) Mouth a) the photoreceptors responsible for black and white
c.) Nose vision.
d.) Eye b) the photoreceptors responsible for color vision.
e.) Chest c) the layer of tissue that contains photoreceptors.
answer: D d) the group of axons from the eye to the brain.
Answer: B
What are the factors that reduce the size of
populations? About how many skeletal muscles we have that are
a. density-independent regulating factors usually attached to bones?
b. density-dependent regulating factors A.400
c. density-growth regulating factors B.500
d. both a&b C.600
answer: d D.700
E.850
An example of a density-dependent regulating factor Answer: D
is...
a. food scarcity What connects to the Motor neuron?
b. disease causing organisms A.Myofibril
c. a&b B.Sacroplasmic
d. none ...of the above C.Acetylcholine
answer: c D.Tubele
Answer: C
What percentage of Earth's water is in the oceans?
a. 75% Which two muscles you are u...sing when flexing or
b. 50% extending your arm?
c. 97% A.biceps and triceps
d. 25% B.biceps and rectus
answer: c C.rectus and triceps
D.pectoralis and rectus
why are forests disappearing? Answer: A
a. human population is increasing and getting rid of
trees to have land or space and to build homes What is the most common type of cancer for women?
b. because we're having too many forest fires esp. in A. Lung
California B. Ovary
c. too much oil and gasoline are consumed by the C. Breast
population which kills the forest plantation D. Bladder
d. people are carving their initials on trees and answer: C
breaking branches while hiking
answer: a which is not true of DNA?
A. it is single-stranded
What is the lens? B. it has a sugar deoxyribose
A. A layer of tissue that contains the photoreceptors c. it functions primarily in the nucleus
B. The colored part of the eye D. it contains the bases adenine, guanine, cytosine,
C. A transparent, semispherical body of tissue behind and thymine
the iris and pupil answer: A
D. The opening at the center of the iris
Answer: C one difference be...tween RNA and DNA is
A. DNA is stable and RNA is not
What is the function of the cornea? B. RNA is stable and DNA is not
A. Receives light C. DNA is single-stranded
B. Controls shape of lens D. RNA has a sugar and DNA does not
C. Refracts l...ight E. They are not different
D. Protects the eyeball answer: A
Answer: C

What is polymerase chain reaction (PCR)?

Which of the following is NOT a structure of the inner A. A reaction that destroys the cell
layer of the eye? B. A technique used to increase the amount of
A. Retina specific DNA
B. Rods C. A result of cancer
C. Cones D. A disease caused by liver failure
answer: B
 What is/are characteristics of white matter?
What makes up the peripheral nervous system? a) consists of myelinated axons
A. brain and spinal cord b) consists of interneurons, cell bodies, and
B. all nervous tissue in the body, excluding the brain unmyelinated axons
and spinal cord c)... allows communication between the
C. nervous tissue, brain and spinal cord cerebral hemispheres
D. spinal cord d) allows communication over long
answer: B distances
e) a & d
nerve impulses leave the neuron through_____ answer: E
a)dendrites
b)cell body What are the two types of matter located in the
c) nucleus brain?
d) axon A) white, black
e) axon endings B) white, gray
anwer E C) gray, black
D) gray, brown
The _____ increases the rate of conduction of nerve E) pink, yellow
impulses and helps their repair. answer: B
A. Myelin Sheath
B. Sodium-Potassium Pumps The cerebral hemispheres sit comfortably over the
C. Nerve A) Hypothalamus
D. Dendrites B) Thalamus
Answer: A C) Primary motor area
D) Frontal Lobe
Cancer can be caused by all of the following EXCEPT E) Dark Side of the Moon
A. Viruses answer: B
B. Certain Chemicals
C. Poor Nutrition Which of the following are traits of muscles?
D. Radiation A. Muscles are excitable
ANSWER: C B. Muscles are contractible
C. Mucles are extensible
Which of the following is not a type of neuron? D. Muscles are elastic
A. Afferent E. All of the above
B. Efferent Answer: E
C. Interneuron
D. Outerneuron After prolonged exercise, all of the following occur
Answer: D EXCEPT?
A. Glucose is formed
Which of the following carry information toward the B. Creatine phosphate is restored
brain and spinal cord? C. Oxygen is restored to myglobin
a) Motor Neurons D. Lactic acid is no longer used to produce ATP
b) Interneurons E. Glycogen reserves are restored
c) Sensory Neurons Answer: A
d) Effectors
e) None of the above Characteristics of fast twitch muscles include all of
ANSWER C these EXCEPT?
A. Designed for rapid, powerful response
What is the long extension of a neuron ca...lled? B. Large amounts of actin and myosin
A) Dendrite C. Fatigue rapidly
B) Axon D. Packed with myoglobin
C) Effector E. Depend heavily on anaerobic metabolic pathways
D) Neurotransmitter Answer: D
ANSWER B

What protects the Central Nervous A ligament connects ___________?

System? A. Bone to muscle
A) Bone and Membranes B. Bone to bone
B) Cerebrospinal fluid C. Skin to Muscle
C) Bone, Membranes and D. Muscle to muscle
Cerebrospinal fluid E. None of the above
D) A Brick Wall Answer: D
E) None of the above
Answer C What are the parts of a Neuron?
A. Dendrites
B. Cell Body e. all of the above
C. Axon (Answer: e)
D. All of the above
Answer: D
How many bones are in the human body?
The strength of muscle contractions depend on the a) 167
number of _______ units involved. b) 188
A. Neuron c) 200
B. Skeletal d) 206
C. Motor e) 312
D. Tendon Answer: d
Answer: C
How many total vertebrae are there in the body?
What causes flexion? a) 28
A. The biceps contracts and pulls the forearm up, b) 36
fl...exing the arm. c) 26
B. The relaxed triceps is stretched. d) 8
C. The triceps contracts and pulls the forearm down, e) 12
extending the arm. Answer: c
D. The relaxed biceps is stretched.
E. A and B Which of the following is not a component of the
Answer: E axial skeleton?
A. Skull
B. Vertebral Column
Which RNA molecule carries DNA's information in the C. Sternum
sequence of its bases (codons) from the nucleus to D. Rib Cage
the cytoplasm? E. Pelvic Bone
A. rRNA Answer: E
B. nRNA
C. mRNA Glial Cells:
D. tRNA a.) support neurons
Answer: C b.) protect neurons
c.) Insulate neurons
A change in DNA is called a ________? D.) Nuture neurons
A. disproportionation E.) All of the above
B. recombination ANSWER: E
C. polymerase chain reaction
D. mutation Neurons that are sent to the brain are:
Answer: D. a.) Afferent
b.) efferent
Which is a similarity between RNA and DNA?... c.) Interneurons
A. Are nucleic acids d.) deterrent
B. Are composed of linked nucleotides e.) none of the above
C. Have a sugar-phosphate backbone ANSWER: A
D. Have four types of bases
E. All of the above All of these are components of neurons EXCEPT:
Answer: E a.) Dendrites
b.) Cell Body
Curing genetic diseases by putting normal, functional c.) cilia
genes into body cells affected by a mutant gene is d.) Axones
called... e.) Al...l of these are components of neurons
A. biotechnology ANSWER:C
B. genetic engineering
C. gene therapy
D. recombination Action Potential occurs when:
Answer: C. a.) ions are forced through ion channels
b.) ions move passively through ion channels
Cancer cells often fail to trigger... c.) protons are forced through proton channels
A.apoptosis d.) electrons move passively through electron
B.protein channels
C.tumors e.) electrons move freely through the cell wall
D.none of the above ANSWER: B
(Answer:A)
What describes how populations can change in size?
which one is a way to treat cancer? a) population dynamics
a. Surgery b) carrying capacity
b. Radiation c) age structure
c. Immunotherapy d) global warming
d. Gene therapy correct answer: (a)
 a) ADP
What is the removal of trees from an area without b) ATP
replacing them? c) Pi
a) deforestation d) Myosin
b) desertification e) none of the above
c) age structure ANSWER: B
d) global warming
correct answer: (a)
This type of nerve cell is located between motor
Which of these is NOT a possible consequence of neurons and sensory neurons, interprets signals, and
global warming? is located in the brain and spinal cord.
a) melting ice caps A) Interneuons
b) rising sea level B) Efferent neurons
c) colder oceans C) Impulse neurons
d) changing weather patterns D) Afferent neurons
correct answer: (c) E) Schwann cells
Answer) A
The "scapula" is also commonly class:
a. collarbone What disease is a result of the death of dopamine-
b. shoulder blade producing neurons deep ni the ...brain's movement
c. forearm bone control center?
d. wrist bone A) Alzheimer's Disease
e. thighbone B) Parkinson's Disease
ANSWER B C) Depression
D) Hodgkin's Disease
What is the term for mature bone cells? E) Infectious Disease
A. Lacuna Answer) B
B. Osteon
C. Osteocytes A wave of changes that travels down the neuron's
D. Marrow plasma membrane is called what?
E. Periosteum A) Synaptic Transmission
ANSWER C B) Action Potential
C) Nerve Impulses
About 20 million Americans, most of them elderly D) Resting Potential
white women, suffer from what disease? E) Neurotransmitter
A.... Herpes Answer) B
B. Erythrocytism
C. Anorexia Someone who is totally unresponsive to all sensory
D. Osteoporosis input and cannot be awakened is in a
E. AIDS a) Deep sleep
ANSWER D b) Coma
c) Cancer state
Arthritis refers to : d) Stroke
A. Arm and leg pain only e) Heart attack
B. Joint Inflammation Answer) B
C. A torn ligament
D. the irreversible lose of bone
E. All of the above
ANSWER B
What is the biggest factor in regulating bone growth?
A. Nutrition and food intake
B. Genes
Muscle Dystrophy causes C. Hormones
a) progressive muscle deterioration D. Cells
b) extreme body building E. Osteocytes
c) muscle contraction Answer: C
d) soreness after working out
e) all of the above Which of the following is NOT a primary function of
ANSWER: A the framework of bones and cartilage known as the
skeleton?
The 3 kinds of muscles have what in common? A) Support
a) muscles are excitable B) Movement
b) muscles are contractible C) Protection
c) muscles are extensible D) Hormone production
d) muscles are elastic E) Storage of minerals
e) a...ll of the above D is the correct answer
ANSWER: E
Yellow Marrow is?
Muscles will contract so long as there is present A) A fatty tissue used for energy storage?
B) A plate that seperates each end of th...e bone Which of the following is a mechanism that protects
from its shaft cells
C) Joint Inflammation from cancer?
D) A series of bones through which the spinal cord A. Limitations on the number of times a cell can
passes divide
E) A framework of bones and cartilage that performs B. forming a sore
functions for the bod C. there are no mechanisms to protect the cells
A is the correct answer D. swollen glands
E. lumps on the skin
There are ________________ thoracic vertebrae Answer: A
A. 12
B. 7 Which of the following is a known cause of cancer?
C. 2 A. Viruses, some of which... have oncogenes among
D. 1 their
E. 26 genes.
Answer is A. B. Chemicals that case mutations.
C. Radiation such as sun rays, cosmic rays, radon,
cold and heat receptors detect.. and
a. pressure change uranium.
b. size change D. All of the above are known to cause cancer.
c. temperature change Answer D
d. adaptation
answer: c - temperature change GMO stands for:
A) General model operator
Which of the following is NOT one of the five primary B) Genetically modified organism
tastes? C) genetically made organ
A sour D) gene made organically
B sweet answer is b
C bitter
D hot The conventional cancer treatments include all
E salty except:
ANS----D a) surgery
b) chemotherapy
which statement below is right? c) exercise
A.around 20%of what we usually think of as ...the d) radiation
flavor of a food is really detected by our sense of answer - C
smell
B.farsightness is caused by image focus before retina Where was the oldest fossil evidence for modern
C.blind spot is caused by the abscence of optic nerve humans found?
D.a person who lacks red cones sees deep red as A.) Africa
black B.) The North Pole
ans --D C.) United States of America
D.) France
Which nervous system regulates invountary bodily E.) China
activities, such as breathing rate and heart rate? Answer: A.) Africa
a. Central Nervous System
b. Somatic Nervous System What is/are branching diagrams used by scientists to
c. Autonomic Nervous System depict hypotheses about evolutionary relationships
d. Parasympathetic Nervous System among species or groups of species?
e. Sympathetic Nervous System A.) convergent e...volution
The answer is c. Autonomic Nervous System B.) molecular clocks
C.) phylogenetic trees
The hypothalamus controls... D.) bipedalism
A.) heart rate E.) gene pool
B.) blood pressure Answer: C.) phylogenetic trees
C.) breathing rate
D.) body temperature The process by which Earth's lifeforms have changed
E.) all of the above from their
Answer: E earliest beginnings to today is...
A. Evolution
Which part of the brain is the largest? B. Chemistry
A.)temporal lobe C. Natural Selection
b.)parietal Lobe D. Geographic Distribution
c.)Cerebrum E. Comparative Anatomy
d.)Occipital lobe Answer: A. Evolution
e.)Major Lobe
Answer-C Which one is the structural unit of compact bone?
A. Periosteum
B. Osteocytes
C. Central canal d. transmitter
D. Bone marrow e. all the above
E. Osteon answer d
Answer: E
what is the function of the eardrum?
What are fontanels? A) vibrates in respons...e to sound waves
A. The small bones of the hand B) loudness and pitch
B. Pads of fibrocartilage that help cushion the bones C) transmitting
of the vertebral column D) d all the above
C. Fibrous connective tissue that connects the bones E) none of the above
of the cranium before and shortly after birth answer a
D. The light-absorbing pigments in the
photoreceptors called Rods
E. Inverse agonists at the benzodiazepine receptor To build muscle tone and mass, you have to make
Answer: C your muslces exert ___% of their maximum force.
a)50
Bones function in: b)65
A. Support c)75
B. Movement d)85
C. Protection e)90
D. Storage of Minerals and Fat answer: C
E. All of the above
Answer: E What neurons conduct information towards the brain
and spinal cord?
What are tendons? a.Sensory neurons
A. Bands of connective tissue that attach bone to b. Motor neurons
bone c. Interneurons
B. Cartilage disks d. None of the above
C. Bands of muscle e. All of the above
D. Bands of connective tissue that attach muscle to answer: A
bone
E. Bones in the foot Which is not a... benefit of exercise?
Answer: D a.improving the heart
b. improving the blood vessels
What is an abnormal growth of cells that can form a c. increasing strength
mass of tissue? d. improved mood
a. mole e. an increase in fat
b. pimple answer: E
c. tumor
d. hive Unlike neurons, glial cells are able to _____.
answer: c. tumor a. reproduce
b. attack viruses
What is the removal and analysis of a small piece of c. manage body temperature
tissue suspected to be cancerous? d. undergo photosynthesis
a. tumor marker test e. all of the above
b. biopsy answer: A
c. genetic test
d. radiation Painful damage to a ligament is called a ______.
answer: b. biopsy A. Break
B. Osteoporosis
Which of these is not a convention...al method for C. Fragment
treating cancer? D. Sprain
a. showering E. Rupture
b. surgery Answer: D. Sprain
c. radiation The thalamus functions in the following, EXCEPT:
d. chemotherapy a)motor activity
answer: a. showering b) smell
What Is the function of cornea? c)memory
A) to see d)taste
B) protect the eye E) none of the above
C) refracts light focusing on the retina . Answer (b)
D) rounded lens
E) none of the above Central nervous system is abbreviated...
answer c a)nnn
B)CNS
what is the inner ear? C)asa
a. hair cell D)LOL
b. radiowave answer (b)
c. window
The brain is the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ command center
a)army
b)central
c)tv
d)center
answer (b)

The cerebrum is the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ part of the brain

a)dumbest
b)biggest
c)hollowest
d) none of the above
answer (b)