Quiz about 9th Grade Biology MCAS

Question 1

What are six of the major elements in the human body?

Accepted Answer

carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sulfur

Answer

carbon, helium, aluminum, mercury, oxygen, nitrogen

Question 2

What are the 4 organic molecules used by the human body?

Accepted Answer

Carbohydrate, Lipid, Protein, and Nucleic Acid

Answer

Excretory, Nervous, Digestive, Circulatory

Question 3

What is the building blocks of carbohydrates?

Accepted Answer

sugar

Answer

fatty acids

Question 4

What are the building blocks of Lipids?

Accepted Answer

fatty acid and triglycerides

Answer

sugars

Question 5

What are the building blocks of proteins?

Accepted Answer

amino acids

Answer

sugars

Question 6

What are the building blocks of nucleic acids?

Accepted Answer

nucleotides

Answer

amino acids

Question 7

What elements makeup carbohydrates?

Accepted Answer

carbon, hydrogen, oxygen

Answer

Nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur

Question 8

What elements are lipids made from?

Accepted Answer

Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen

Answer

phosphorous, and aluminum

Question 9

What elements makeup proteins?

Accepted Answer

carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and sometimes sulfur and phosphorus

Answer

carbon, hydrogen, oxygen

Question 10

What elements make up nucleic acids?

Accepted Answer

Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorous

Answer

aluminum, hydrogen, mercury

Question 11

What is the function of carbohydrates?

Accepted Answer

short-term energy storage

Answer

store and transmit genetic information

Question 12

What is the function of lipids?

Accepted Answer

long-term energy storage, cell membranes

Answer

enzymes, transport, communication, structure

Question 13

What is the function of nucleic acids?

Accepted Answer

store and transmit genetic information

Answer

short-term energy storage

Question 14

How does the cell convert DNA into working proteins?

Accepted Answer

Translation

Answer

Mutation

Question 15

___________ is the process by which the information in a strand of DNA is copied into a new molecule of messenger RNA (mRNA).

Accepted Answer

Transcription

Answer

Mutation

Question 16

What is the correct sequence of transcription(tc) and translation(tl)?

Accepted Answer

DNA-tc-mRNA-tl-protein

Answer

mRNA-tl-protein-tc-dna

Question 17

What is the sequence of DNA?

Accepted Answer

ACGT

Answer

ACGU

Question 18

What is the sequence of RNA?

Accepted Answer

ACGU

Answer

ACGT

Question 19

What is the process of cell duplication, or reproduction, during which one cell gives rise to two genetically identical daughter cells called?

Accepted Answer

Mitosis

Answer

Translation

Question 20

During Mitosis, what is the number of chromosomes in a parent cell?

Accepted Answer

46

Answer

32

Question 21

During Mitosis, what is the number of chromosomes in the resulting cells?

Accepted Answer

46

Answer

36

Question 22

During Mitosis, what type of cell is produced?

Accepted Answer

diploid

Answer

single

Question 23

What is the chemical equation for photosynthesis?

Accepted Answer

carbon dioxide + water + sunlight -> glucose + oxygen

Answer

glucose + oxygen - > carbon dioxide + water + sunlight

Question 24

What is the chemical equation cellular respiration?

Accepted Answer

glucose + oxygen -> energy (ATP) + carbon dioxide + water

Answer

energy (ATP) +carbon dioxide + water - > glucose + oxygen

Question 25

The function of the _____________ system is to bring oxygen, nutrients, and hormones to body cells and carry away waste products.

Accepted Answer

circulatory

Answer

digestive

Question 26

What organs and structures make up the circulatory system?

Accepted Answer

heart, aorta, arteries, capillaries, and veins

Answer

nerve cells, brain, spinal cord

Question 27

The __________system breaks down food through mechanical and chemical means and absorbs nutrients and water.

Accepted Answer

digestive

Answer

respiratory

Question 28

What organs and structures are involved in the digestive system?

Accepted Answer

mouth, esophagus, stomach, intestines, pancreas, and liver

Answer

larynx, trachea, bronchi, alveoli

Question 29

The _________ system removes metabolic waste products from the body.

Accepted Answer

Excretory

Answer

Digestive

Question 30

What organs and structures are involved in the excretory system?

Accepted Answer

kidneys, urinary bladder

Answer

heart, aorta, arteries, capillaries, veins

Question 31

The __________ system inhales oxygen and exhales carbon dioxide.

Accepted Answer

respiratory

Answer

nervous

Question 32

What organs and structures are involved in the respiratory system?

Accepted Answer

larynx, trachea, bronchi, alveoli, and lungs

Answer

mouth, esophagus, stomach, intestines, pancreas, and liver

Question 33

During Meiosis, how many chromosomes does the parent cell contain?

Accepted Answer

46

Answer

23

Question 34

During Meiosis, how many chromosomes are in the resulting cells?

Accepted Answer

23

Answer

46

Question 35

Sperm cells and egg cells are called?

Accepted Answer

Gametes

Answer

Protein

Question 36

Sperm cells and egg cells are ____________ cells.

Accepted Answer

haploid

Answer

diploid

Question 37

Fertilization occurs when a sperm cell and egg cell combine, which results in a ___________.

Accepted Answer

zygote

Answer

mutation

Question 38

A zygote is a _____________ cell.

Accepted Answer

diploid

Answer

haploid

Question 39

An animal that is adapted to its environment because of a phenotype is more likely to survive and _____________.

Accepted Answer

reproduce

Answer

mutualism

Question 40

A food web is a model that shows the flow of energy from prey to ___________.

Accepted Answer

predator

Answer

producer

Question 41

Change is the sequence of nucleotides in a cell's DNA are called ______________.

Accepted Answer

mutations

Answer

genotypes

Question 42

Organisms that produce their own food, for example, plants, and algae.

Accepted Answer

Producers

Answer

Primary Consumers

Question 43

Animals that eat plants and they depend on other things to survive. For example insects, rodents, and deer.

Accepted Answer

primary consumer

Answer

secondary consumer

Question 44

The group in the food chain that eats primary consumers. Which means that they can either be omnivores or carnivores.

Accepted Answer

secondary consumers

Answer

tertiary consumers

Question 45

___________ consumers are animals that eat other animals

Accepted Answer

Tertiary

Answer

primary

Question 46

Association between organisms of two different species in which each benefits.

Accepted Answer

Mutualism

Answer

commensalism

Question 47

Association between organisms of two different species in which only one benefits and that one has a negative impact on the other species.

Accepted Answer

parasitism

Answer

commensalism

Question 48

Biodiversity increases when there are more species and ________ individuals.

Accepted Answer

more

Answer

less

Question 49

10% rule of the Food chain: approximately 10% of energy is available to the ______________.

Accepted Answer

next trophic level

Answer

to the producers

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