EASY | TRUE OR FALSE

1. A cell builds its proteins from the instructions encoded in its genome. TRUE
2. The branch of biology that deals with the study of insects is ornithology. FALSE
3. Trans fats are the typical form of unsaturated fat found in nature while cis fats are made through hydrogenation.
FALSE
4. Diffusion is the simplest type of passive transport because it is the movement of molecules from an area of higher
concentration to an area of lower concentration. TRUE
5. Vascular plants often contain vascular tissues but do not produces seeds. This includes ferns and
mosses. FALSE

AVERAGE | MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. What type of cell lacks a membrane surrounding its genetic material?
A. plant B. bacteria C. animal D. Fungal
2. What type of body plan does organisms in class Porifera have?
A. Asymmetrical B. Bilateral C. Symmetrical D. none of the above
3. In the first stage of photosynthesis, light energy is used to
A. move water molecules C. split water
B. denature chlorophyll D. produce carbohydrates
4. Octopus and squid belong to the class of mollusks known as
A. cephalopoda B. bivalia C. gastropoda D. polyplacophora
5. The loss of water by plants in the form of water vapor is called as
A. evaporation B. transpiration C. evapotranspiration D. vaporization
DIFFICULT | IDENTIFICATION
1. an animal cell is placed in distilled water, it will swell and burst. The bursting of the cell is a result of what biological
process? Osmosis
2. Lemurs’ bodies are adapted to efficiently store energy for times when food is scarce. This adaptation may help explain
how lemur ancestors survived the trip across the Mozambique Channel from mainland Africa to Madagascar. What
biological molecule is primarily used for long-term energy storage in the lemur? Lipid
3. What do you call this phenotypic expression of a gene at one locus that alter that of a gene at the 2nd locus? Epistasis
4. What do you call the water conducting cells in non-flowering vascular plants? Tracheid
5. Many living organisms exhibit the unique property of producing visible light. What term is used to describe this
phenomenon? Bioluminescence

CLINCHER
1. In flowers the terminal part of a stamen contains the pollen sacs known as
A. pistil B. filament C. style D. anther
2. In biology, what is the word used to describe the appearance of an individual without regards to its hereditary
constitution? Phenotype
3. This disease, caused by the infection of a gram-negative Yersinia pestis, is transmitted by fleas from rats to humans.
What is the more common name for this disease? Bubonic Plague or Black Death
4. During the final stage of cell division, the mitotic apparatus disappears, the chromosome becomes attenuated, the
centrioles duplicate and split, the nuclear membrane becomes reconstituted, the nuclear membrane becomes
reconstituted and nucleolus reappears. This phase of cell division is
A. prophase B. metaphase C. anaphase D. Telophase
5. Melatonin is produced by
A. skin B. pineal gland C. liver D. pituitary gland