Biology Year-in-Review Quiz

What are the six characteristics that something needs to have in order to be considered alive?

• Made of cells, contain RNA, grow and develop, have a nucleus

• Contain RNA, respond to stimuli, reproduce, require energy

• Contain RNA, reproduce, require energy, have a nucleus

• Made of cells, contain DNA, respond to stimuli, grow and develop

What is the function of the nucleus in a cell?

• Destroys old cell parts and helps get rid of waste material

• Contains the instruction manual of the cell called DNA

• Makes proteins and lipids

• Creates energy for the cell

What is the function of the cell membrane?

• Contains the instruction manual of the cell called DNA

• Protects the cell and allows certain things to pass in and out of the cell

• Destroys old cell parts and helps get rid of waste material

• Creates energy for the cell

What is the function of the chloroplasts in a plant cell?

• Makes proteins and lipids

• Destroys old cell parts and helps get rid of waste material

• Takes sunlight and carbon dioxide and water and creates sugar and oxygen

• Creates energy for the cell

What is the process called when water moves by diffusion?

• Exocytosis

• Osmosis

• Endocytosis

• Facilitated diffusion

What is the type of transport that requires energy?

• Active transport

• Endocytosis

• Osmosis

• Diffusion

What is the process of cell division called?

• Interphase

• Cytokinesis

• Meiosis

• Mitosis

What is the largest organ in the human body?

• Lungs

• Heart

• Liver

• Skin

What is the function of the skeletal system?

• To regulate body temperature

• To produce blood cells

• To provide structure, protect organs, and produce blood cells

• To absorb and transport lymph

What is the function of the lymphatic system?

• To carry blood towards the heart

• To carry blood away from the heart to all parts of the body

• To absorb and transport lymph

• To transport oxygen throughout the body