Biology Quiz

Heterotrophs are organisms that -

• rely on other organisms for their energy and food supply.

• only consume plant and animal remains and other dead matter.

• use energy they take from the environment to make food.

• obtain energy by eating only plants.

What organelle stores water in both plant and animal cells?

• chloroplast

• vacuole

• mitochondria

• cytoplasm

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Which response describes the difference(s) between plant and animal cells?

• Animal cells are larger than plant cells, plant cells have smaller vacuoles, plant cells are more rigid.

• Animal cells have a cell wall, plant cells have smaller vacuoles, animal cells have chloroplasts.

• Animal cells are irregular in shape, plant cells have larger vacuoles, animal cells do not have a cell wall.

• Animal cells and plant cells are identical with no difference between them.

A cell has a defect in its ability to retain genetic information. In which of the following structures is the defect most likely to be located?

• nucleus

• cell membrane

• chloroplast

• mitochondria

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What is true about the relationship between cells and the organism they are part of?

• Cells make up the basic structure of an organism, and they perform basic life functions for the organism.

• Cells make up the basic structure of an organism, but they do not perform basic life functions for the organism.

• Cells perform basic life functions for the organism, but they do not make up the basic structure of an organism.

• Cells do not make up the basic structure of an organism, and they do not perform basic life functions for the organism.

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In the plant cell below, which cellular structure is responsible for storing water, food, and wastes?

• cytoplasm

• nucleus

• cell membrane

• vacuole

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The security guard in a factory regulates who enters and leaves. The security guard is like the _______ of a cell.

• cell membrane

• nucleus

• cytoplasm

• cell wall

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Which of the following structure function pairs is mismatched?

• nucleus - controls functions within the cell

• mitochondria - stores food for the cell

• chloroplasts - location where energy is converted from the sun to produce food during photosynthesis

• cell membrane - allows substances to pass in and out of the cell

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Which of the following are advantages of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction?

• I and II

• II and IV

• I and III

• II, III and IV

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A hydra is produced from a single parent that buds an offspring from the parent organism. The bud eventually breaks off from the parent forming a new individual. Which statement best describes the hydra?

• Sexual reproduction with genetically identical offspring

• Sexual reproduction with genetically different offspring

• Asexual reproduction with genetically identical offspring

• Asexual reproduction with genetically different offspring

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