IGCSE Bio 1-7.2 Quiz

This image best represents which of the following characterists of life?

• growth

• levels of organization

• ability to reproduce

• composed of cells

• respond to the environment

Which characteristic is shown in the image?

• Organisms grow and develop

• Organisms react to stimuli

• Organisms can adapt

• Organisms use and obtain energy

• Organisms are made up of cells

Which characteristic is shown in the image?

• Organisms reproduce

• Organisms react to stimuli

• Organisms can adapt

• Organisms use and obtain energy

• Organisms are made up of cells

Which characteristic means getting rid of all poisonous waste ?

• Respiration

• Excretion

• Removal

• Homeostasis

Living things do all the following EXCEPT:

• Respond to stimulus
• Grow and develop
• Maintain homeostasis
• They do not change

The characteristic of life that involves using oxygen to release energy from food is

• respire
• excrete
• assimilate
• respond

The characteristic of life that makes a copy of an organism to continue a species is

• reproduce
• excrete
• assimilate
• respond

Animal cells can be distinguished from plant cells easily because of which of the following?

• Animal cells have mitochondria and plant cells do not.

• Plant cells have lysosomes and animal cells do not.

• Only plant cells have centrioles around their nucleus.

• Only plant cells have large central vacuoles and cell walls.

Hair and nails are mostly filled with the protein keratin. Keratin is produced by keratinocytes. The cells must contain several of which of the following organelles?

• mitochondria

• endoplasmic reticulum

• ribosomes

• lysosomes

Identify this type of cell.

• animal

• plant

• protist

• bacteria