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1. In a residential backyard, there could be flowers, grasshoppers, grasses, dragonflies, worms and ants.
Collectively, these organisms represent which of the following?
The correct answer is: Community
A community refers to the population of different species living in a particular habitat and interacting with
each other.
2. A cell in the stems of an eggplant contains 20 chromosomes. After this cell divides, how many
chromosomes should each resulting daughter cell contain?
The correct answer is: 20
4. A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment is known as:
The correct answer is: Ecosystem
6. Which of the following relationships can be observed among grasses and vegetables in a garden?
The correct answer is: Competition is the interaction among organisms seeking a common resource such
as food or light which is in limited supply in the area occupied by the community. Grasses and vegetables
in a garden for example, compete for soil nutrients and sunlight.
11. To which phylum does an organism with a certain segment with a ventral nerve cord which is solid and has
a worm-like body shape and exoskeleton?
The correct answer is: Arthropoda like the centipede and the millipede have these characteristics.
Chordates have a dorsal nerve tube and an endoskeleton. Annelids and nematodes do not show these
characteristics.
12. Which of the following genes will most likely be inherited together?
The correct answer is: Genes located on the same chromosomes
15. Vertebrates with hair, four-chambered heart and warm-bloodedness are characteristics of which of the
following?
Class Mammalia consists of animals covered with hair, having a four-chambered heart and are warm-
blooded. Fishes and amphibians are cold-blooded, scale covered animals. Aves are warm-blooded
feathered mammals or vertebrates.
16. Vultures may kill animals for food or feed on the remains of animals killed by other animals. Therefore,
vultures may be described as:
The correct answer is: Scavengers and predators A scavenger is an animal that eats refuse and decaying
organic matter while a predator is an animal that captures and feeds upon other animals. A herbivore is an
animal that feeds chiefly on grass or other plants while a parasite is a plant or an animal that lives on or in
an organism of another species from which it derives sustenance or protection without benefit to and
usually with harmful effects on the host.
17. Bacteria cause various diseases in humans. They produce a poisonous substance known as:
The correct answer is: Toxins are the poisonous compounds produced by some microorganisms that cause
certain diseases. Antibodies are the specialized proteins produced by certain lymphocytes, especially in
response to the presence of an antigen, to neutralize, thus creating immunity to, specific antigens. Germs
are disease producing microorganisms, such as bacteria, protozoa, fungi, rickettsia and viruses.
18. Algae and Fungi are put together under Phylum Thallophyta due to this reason:
The correct answer is: Both algae and fungi do not have roots, stems and leaves
Algae and fungi are placed together under phylum Thallophyta because they do not have vascular tissues.
They have no roots, stems or leaves. They are soft or thallus (old classification), but today they are
classified separately.
19. Reproduction is a must among plants and animals to continue survival. Which of the following is the
simplest method of reproduction?
The correct answer is: Fission is a form of asexual reproduction, found in various simple plants and
animals, in which the parent organism divides into two or more approximately equal parts, each becoming
an independent individual.
20. Crystallized viruses retain their ineffective properties. This indicates that:
correct answer is: They are very primitive living organisms
23. Which of the following things happens when you perspire while exercising?
The correct answer is: Your body gives off excess heat
24. Which of the following statements correctly explains why viruses are not considered free-living?
The correct answer is: They cannot reproduce outside a living cell Viruses are not considered free-living
since they cannot reproduce outside of a living cell; they have evolved to transmit their genetic
information from one cell to another for the purpose of replication.
27. Which of the following states that you will have a better chance of reaching reproductive age if you
possess a combination of favorable characteristics?
The correct answer is: Survival of the fittest
“Survival of the fittest” dictates that those individuals best suited to their environment will live and reach
reproductive age and pass their characteristics on to their offspring.
29. Plant eating animals get their main source of energy from:
The correct answer is: Sugar
30. A researcher obtained a sample of matter from the deep ocean. Which of the following would cause the
researcher to suspect that the matter was from a living tissue?
The correct answer is: The presence of DNA and enzyme in the sample DNA and enzymes are products of
organisms. The changes specified in the other options could occur in nonliving or even inorganic materials.
31. Which of the following is an example of a biotic factor that will determine which animals or plants inhabit
an environment?
The correct answer is: Berry plants growing in abundance at the edge of a forest
The only biotic or living factor among the choices is berry plants. The others are abiotic. Factors affecting
the ability of an organism to inhabit an area. Birds and small mammals feeding on berries will most likely
thrive in areas teeming with berry plants.
33. Among the different blood vessels, which receives the highest oxygen concentration?
The correct answer is: Pulmonary vein
34. A doctor was advising a patient who just had his gallbladder removed to limit his intake of which of the
following food?
Pork The gallbladder secretes bile, produced by the liver, for emulsification of fats. Without the
gallbladder, a person may not be able to digest fatty foods such as pork. Since fats are not soluble in water,
they should be emulsified and broken into smaller molecules.
35. Jesse who is normal for color vision marries Jessa, a normal heterozygous woman. What is the chance of
their son being color blind?
The correct answer is: 50%
36. It is coined as the powerhouse of the cell:
The correct answer is: Mitochondria Cell respiration takes place in the mitochondria when energy is
released. It is also in here that the energy compound ATP is produced by the solution surrounding the
cristae. The ATP holds and keeps the energy until it is needed.
37. Muscles may be controlled or may contract even without conscious thought. Which of the following
muscle groups are considered involuntary?
The correct answer is: Smooth and Cardiac Both smooth and cardiac are not controlled by thought but by
autonomic system. Skeletal muscles are attached to the bones and are controlled by an individual
consciously.
38. Anchor sites for muscles and production of blood cells are some of the functions of our:
The correct answer is: Bones Muscles are attached to the bones and RBCs are made in the red marrow of
flat and long bones.
41. A doctor advised a patient to eat food rich in Calcium and Phosphorous. Most likely the patient has
problems with:
The correct answer is: Bones and teeth Calcium and Phosphorous are used in the building and
maintenance of bones and teeth. They are found in milk and dairy products and in leafy vegetables.
43. A _____ is composed of all the members of a single species inhabiting a given location.
The correct answer is: Population
44. Which of the following statements accurately explains how trees prevent floods?
The correct answer is: Their roots bind the soil
The roots of trees grow into the soil and attach to the soil particles, helping to hold the soil together.
When forests are cut down, the soil is not held together and is washed away by the action of running
water. With the loss of topsoil, which normally acts as a spongy layer, the water runs off in large amounts,
causing floods.
45. The part of the plant cell that captures the light energy needed in photosynthesis is which of the
following?
The correct answer is: Chlorophyll The first step in photosynthesis is the absorption of light by pigments.
Chlorophyll is the most important of these because it is essential for the process. It captures light energy in
the violet and red portions of the spectrum and transforms it into chemical energy through a series of
reactions.
46. This relationship best describes a protozoan which causes malaria in a human host:
The correct answer is: Parasitism is a symbiotic association of to kinds of organisms in which the parasite is
benefited while the host is usually harmed.
47. Chloroplasts were seen in a specimen under the microscope. The specimen might be:
The correct answer is: A hydrilla
48. An amoeba is attempting to engulf an escaping paramecium. Which structures are involved in the
activity?
The correct answer is: Pseudopods and cilia Pseudopods are the false feet of amoeba, cell projections that
in this case are flowing around the prey. The paramecium is using the cilia to escape. Tentacles are
attributes of multicellular organisms like squid while the setae are the epidermal protrusions in
earthworms.
49. All of the following statements are true about water, except:
The correct answer is: It hardly changes its temperature even when it absorbs heat
When water absorbs heat, the temperature changes and it becomes higher until it reaches its boiling point
where, even of the heat increases, the temperature stays stable. On the other hand, when the
temperature lowers, the water starts to cool so that the temperature changes and becomes lower, too,
until it reaches its freezing point where the temperature remains constant again.
50. Which of the following instruments can be utilized for culturing microorganisms?
The correct answer is: Petri dish A petri dish is a very shallow, cylindrical, transparent glass or plastic dish
with an overlapping cover, used for the culture of microorganisms. A scalpel is small, light, straight knife
with a very sharp blade, used by surgeons and in anatomical dissections. Forceps are tongs or pincers for
grasping, compressing and pulling used especially by surgeons and dentists. A microscope is an instrument
consisting essentially of a lens or combination of lenses, for making very small objects, as microorganisms,
look larger so that they can be seen and studied.