Can You Pass This High School Biology Test?

By: Olivia Cantor
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Can You Pass This High School Biology Test?
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About This Quiz

Biology is, most definitely, a much-needed subject within the realm of our existence. Why? Because it's all about us and our existence, that's why! Biology encompasses everything from our molecules to our behavior - and even the Theory of Evolution.

Early in our educational life, we get to learn many things about our own selves, about the existence of others like us, as well as others not like us. There are many different fields of study developed throughout time and history to help us focus more on certain specifics of knowledge. And of course, biology is one of those specifics.

This is why it is important for every human being on earth to learn biology. To study it in high school is already a bit late, some experts actually say. That's because they think the formal aspect of our existence should be introduced and taught to us at a very early age. Academics and scholars could argue about this further, but for us folks, we do the best we can to study whatever it is we need to study.

And yes, we need to study biology. Can you recall the lessons you learned back in high school? Test your skills with this quiz, then! Let's go!

Biology is the study of what?
Life and organisms with life
The Earth's crust
Space and time
Planets and heavenly bodies
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Wrong Answer

Biology is classified as a natural science. It's the study of life, basically.

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What is considered as life's basic unit?
Water
Air
Food
The cell
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All kinds of living beings have a cell or cells. Biology lets us study the basic cellular structure and how it functions.

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When it comes to heredity, what is the basic unit involved?
Land titles
Deeds
Genes
Will
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Wrong Answer

Genes determine what you will or won't inherit from your parents - other than money. It's about what dominant and recessive traits you get.

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When we discuss how living organisms are created or eradicated from existence, what is this concept known as?
Morphing
Grafting
Evolution
Cloning
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Evolution is about how organisms change and develop. It could be through mutation or natural selection, or also of other combined forms.

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What process converts light energy received by plants into chemical energy?
Photosynthesis
Radiation
Slash and burn
Logging
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Plants can convert light energy into chemical energy through photosynthesis so they can function well. The basic source of that light energy is the sun.

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Which subfield of biology studies material substances involved in life?
Astronomy
Agriculture
Biochemistry
Animal husbandry
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Biochemistry is also important to study, as it involves chemical reactions and how they affect our biology and stuff. Since there are many cells in a given living organism, analyzing chemical reactions is important to intersect with analyzing cellular functions.

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Biological study points to the existence of this, which living beings must have to function.
Energy
Coffee
Funds
Wifi
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Wrong Answer

Energy of all kinds is found everywhere, in all living beings. We, too, have energy, and we need it to function well.

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Where is the genetic information of living beings stored?
Cloud
Banks
DNA
DMV
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Wrong Answer

Our genetic code is inside the DNA. Several scientists worked on discovering different aspects of its existence.

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What does homeostasis pertain to?
Same sex attraction
Lack of calcium
Sleepiness
Equilibrium
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Homeostasis should be maintained by all kinds of living beings. It's all about equilibrium.

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What does prokaryotic mean?
Having no backbone
Having cold-blooded hosts
Being amphibious
Having one cell, without a nucleus
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Prokaryotic cells are those without a nucleus. Prokaryotic organisms are one-celled organisms.

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Many plants and animals have many cells. Therefore, what is their category, cell-wise?
Eukaryotic
Multiple partnered
Camaraderie
Macrobiotic
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Eukaryotic cells are those organisms that have more than one cell usually. They can also be called multicellular beings. All of those cells have a nucleus.

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Which scientist contributed a lot in the study of the evolution of species?
Sergei Eisenstein
Man Ray
Charles Darwin
Thomas Alva Edison
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Charles Darwin's publication called "On The Origin of Species" shed a lot of light on evolution. He formulated his theory by observing different living organisms in the Galapagos Island.

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Which subfield of biology is all about plants?
Botany
Herbology
Agriculture
Feudalism
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Botany is a specialization that focuses on studying plants. It's actually a great college course, with a lot of fieldwork and traveling to do experiments and make discoveries.

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Which of these scientists discovered the cell?
Marie Curie
Lev Kuleshov
Robert Hooke
Alfred Noble
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It was in 1665 when Robert Hooke published his discovery of cells. He was looking closely at corks when he made the discovery.

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What does DNA mean?
Dana acid
Dayanara acid
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Draconian acid
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DNA literally means deoxyribonucleic acid. All living beings have DNA, from humans to bacteria.

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Which scientific tool’s invention helped in the study of biology, specifically cellular biology?
Optic nerve
Microscope
Arri lenses
Focal length
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The microscope is a wonderful invention to help us look closely at minuscule things nearby. You could say that it's the exact opposite of the telescope, which was invented by Galileo, to look at large objects far from us.

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Which subfield of biology studies heredity and everything connected to it?
Semantics
Semiotics
Probiotics
Genetics
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Genetics is the formal study of how genes function and carry information. The scientific people who practice this profession are called geneticists.

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What is the structure of the human DNA?
Double helix
Heart-shaped
Squarish
Trapezoidal
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DNA has a double helix shape. It looks sort of like a spiral staircase.

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Which subfield of biology is all about animals?
Kinetics
Zoology
Horology
Numismatist
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Zoology focuses on all kinds of animals, at all of their stages. The people who practice this profession are sometimes referred to as animal scientists.

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Which person is hailed as a pioneer of studying genes and inheritance traits?
Nikola Tesla
Stephen Hawking
Gregor Mendel
Louis Pasteur
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Gregor Mendel was a botanist whose intensive studies on genetic traits are very useful up to now. He was also a monk under the Augustinian order.

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Which two scientists are often credited in discovering the structure of DNA?
Watson and Crick
Cook and Levin
Salk and Sabin
Saussure and Fortunatov
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James Watson and Francis Crick were the ones who suggested the double helix model of DNA. But they built upon earlier DNA studies made by Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins, so credit should be given to them as well.

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What permits plants to actually absorb light energy, which gets converted to chemical energy?
Stamen
Pistil
Chlorophyll
Root
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Chlorophyll is found in green parts of plants. That's what makes photosynthesis happen.

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Which subfield of biology involves the ways in which organisms and their environments interact and are affected by each other?
Ecology
Human anatomy
Oceanography
Microbiology
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Ecology deals with how we all live within our environments. It's the study of the populations of living organisms in relation to how natural resources are affected by their existence.

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What are the two major classifications of animals?
Big and small
Safe and poisonous
Vertebrates and invertebrates
Biological and mechanical
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The animal kingdom actually has many subcategories. But the two main classifications are vertebrates and invertebrates.

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What is the major factor of classifying animals into either vertebrates or invertebrates?
Having a spine
By height
Their weight
Depends on their habitat
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Animals are generally classified according to the existence of a spine, or what we humans refer to as the backbone. Those without one are called invertebrates, while those with spines are vertebrates.

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To study the specific functions of living organisms and their parts, which field of biology should you focus on?
Radiology
Symmetry
Physiology
Narcolepsy
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Physiology is about how living organisms function. It also concerns functions of bodily parts.

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How do you classify animals that can maintain their internal body temperature?
Warm-blooded
Phylum porifera
Kingdom animalia
Macaque
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Warm-blooded animals don't change their body temperature according to the temperature outside their body. So they need to keep warm if it's cold out there.

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What do you call those animals whose body temperature changes according to the temperature outside their bodies?
Galapagos creatures
Chameleon
Cold-blooded
Kinetic
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Cold-blooded animals change their temperature according to the temperature outside of their bodies. Amphibians and reptiles generally belong to this category.

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What particular plant did Mendel observe, which led to his hereditary discoveries?
Mangoes
Kiwi
Strawberries
Peas
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Mendel conducted his experiments using peas. This was his main choice, since the plant has very observable traits, making it easier to study, experiment on and manipulate.

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Which subfield of biology is concerned with deconstructing molecules and discovering everything about them?
Theoretical physics
Depth of field
Molecular biology
Mixology
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Wrong Answer

Molecular biologists deal with studying the genetic levels of our existence. This subfield has relevant real-world applications today that help with biological resource conservation efforts.

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DNA is basically classified as what?
Molecules
Specks
Energy
Midichlorians
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Wrong Answer

Atoms join together to form molecules. That is essentially what DNA is - molecules called nucleotides.

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Which human bodily system covers food processing and breaking down?
Intermittent system
The fallopian system
The digestive system
The skin system
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The digestive system involves the inner workings of our internal organs, to process the food we eat. It's also covered in biological studies.

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Which human bodily system is concerned with protecting against diseases?
The hair and scalp system
The finger system
Immune system
Dewey decimal system
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The immune system deals with how our human body protects itself from outside harm. Disease prevention is also highlighted in studying anatomy.

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The term used to describe the classification of organisms is what?
Nomenclature
Hieroglyphs
Taxonomy
Alibata
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Taxonomy is actually about having a formal method of classification. This term applies to labeling and naming all kinds of living organisms, basically.

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What are the two general categories of ecosystems?
Partial and full
Terrestrial and aquatic
Atomic and subatomic
Igneous and sedentary
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Ecosystems are either terrestrial or aquatic. But it's interesting to note how some living organisms could survive on either kind of system.

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