Can You Pass High School Grade Biology?

Welcome! This is a quiz that tests your knowledge on biology at the high school level. The quiz has 40 questions, and includes subtopics such as scientific method, biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, evolution, microbiology, and ecology. Keep in mind that this quiz isn't a definitive test of your knowledge, and should be taken more as a refresher.

The questions are multiple-choice, each with a single correct answer. Each question has four answer choices. Most questions are defining specific terms, and what their purpose is in biology.

Created by: Shach

Biology is the scientific study of?
- Life
- Animals
- Microorganisms
- Plants
What is a hypothesis?
- An educated guess
- An idea that explains a phenomenon
- Knowledge obtained through our senses
- A statement based on an experiment
Which scientific tool would be most useful for measuring how sunlight effects plant growth?
- Petri Dish
- Meter Stick
- Thermometer
- Microscope
A biology student recording a population of rabbits overtime would likely use which type of graph?
- Line Graph
- Bar Graph
- Scatter Plot
- Pie Chart
An entomologist conducts an experiment testing how the species of insect consumed by Venus fly traps affect their growth. What is the independent variable in this experiment?
- The growth of the Venus fly trap
- The amount of water the plant receives
- The size of the insect
- The species of insect
Which is the following is NOT a characteristic of life?
- It requires water
- It grows and develops
- It reproduces
- It is cellular
Which of the following is an example of a carbohydrate?
- Glycogen
- Starch
- Cellulose
- All of the above
Which of the macromolecules below monomer is amino acids?
- Carbohydrate
- Lipids
- Protein
- Nucleic Acid
What is the purpose of enzymes?
- To prevent viral infections
- To turn polymers into monomers
- To create carbon dioxide for plants
- To break down specific substrates
What are the three reactants of photosynthesis?
- Carbon Dioxide, Oxygen, Water
- Carbon Dioxide, Water, Sunlight
- Sunlight, Glucose, Water
- Glucose, Oxygen, Water
Which of the following is a product of cellular respiration?
- Glucose
- Oxygen
- ATP
- DNA
Which of the following is a principle of cell theory?
- An object in motion stays in motion
- All organisms are made of cells
- Energy can neither be created nor destroyed
- Everything that goes up must come down
What component is found in all cells?
- Mitochondria
- DNA
- Cell Wall
- Chloroplast
Which of the following is a unicellular organism?
- Bacteria
- Trees
- Humans
- Insects
Which organelle produces proteins for the cell?
- Cytoplasm
- Ribosomes
- DNA
- Nucleus
Which of the following terms refers to passive movement of water in and out of the cell?
- Hydrolysis
- Osmosis
- Mitosis
- Pinocytosis
Where are chromosomes found inside of a cell?
- The Nucleus
- The DNA
- The Ribosomes
- The Cytoplasm
What is the first stage of Mitosis?
- Cytokenesis
- Interphase
- Telophase
- Prophase
Which organelle is responsible for separating chromosomes during Mitosis?
- Cytoplasm
- Centrioles
- Chromatids
- Lysosomes
What are the 4 nitrogenous bases of DNA?
- Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine
- Adenine, Uracil, Guanine, Cytosine
- mRNA, tRNA, rRNA, aRNA
- Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins, Nucleic Acids
A codon is consistent of how many nucleotides?
- 4
- 3
- 5
- 8
Which of the following best describes the purpose of tRNA?
- To transcribe DNA into RNA
- To instruct ribosomes on producing protein
- To replicate DNA for mitosis
- To transport mRNA to the ribosome
Which of the following sequences correctly transcribes the sequence ATCG from DNA to RNA?
- TAGC
- GCTA
- UAGC
- TUGC
Which of the following best defines an allele?
- A variant or form of a gene.
- Physical characteristic of an organism
- Two identical halves of a chromosome
- Carrier of genetic information
Which of the following genotypes is homozygous dominant?
- BB
- Bb
- bB
- bb
What type of chart shows the possibility of phenotypes in offspring?
- Cladogram
- Punnett Square
- Pie Chart
- Scatter Plot
Physical features in organisms that share a common ancestor, but do not share the same purpose is what type of structure?
- Homologous Structures
- Analogous Structures
- Vestigial Structures
- All of the above
Which of the following laws supports older fossils being found deeper in the Earth's crust?
- Law of Conservation of Energy
- Law of Conservation of Mass
- Law of Motion
- Law of Superposition
All multicellular organisms have a similar initial stage of development, also known as a(n)?
- DNA
- Embryo
- Egg
- Sperm
Similarities in the DNA of two separate species can prove what about the two species?
- How closely related the two species are
- Whether they both lived on the same continent
- That one species is a clone of the other
- That both species are herbivores
Which historic figure proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection?
- Jean-Baptiste Lamark
- Isaac Newton
- Robert Hooke
- Charles Darwin
Organisms with traits better suited for their environment produce more offspring. This statement best describes which of the following terms?
- Evolution
- Camouflage
- Adaptation
- Natural Selection
Which of the following best describes how new species are developed?
- Two separate species interbreeding
- Species drastically changing overtime
- Scientists genetically modifying species
- Natural selection killing off old species
What is the difference between a virus and a bacteria?
- Viruses cause disease but bacteria doesn't
- Viruses have RNA but bacteria has DNA
- Viruses are abiotic but bacteria is biotic
- Viruses need sunlight but bacteria doesn't
Why do viruses require host cells in order to reproduce?
- Because viruses don't contain ribosomes
- Because viruses can't produce sperm
- Because viruses aren't multicellular
- Because viruses don't posses DNA
Bacteria from a rat carrying an infectious disease is extracted, and injected into another rat. In order to support germ theory, what would have to happen to the second rat?
- It would have to die
- It would have to become infected
- It would have to spread the bacteria
- It would have to change in color
A population is defined as a group of?
- The same species in one area
- Multiple ecosystems in one area
- Multiple species sharing one habitat
- Organisms classified in the same domain
A fungi drawing water and nutrients from a tree is an example of which interaction?
- Commensalism
- Competition
- Predator-Prey
- Parasitism
What trophic level is an autotrophic organism that produces its own energy?
- Primary Consumer
- Secondary Consumer
- Producer
- Decomposer
Years after a volcanic eruption wipes out all vegetation in a forest, lichens become the first organisms to grow in the area. What type of succession is this an example of?
- Primary Succession
- Secondary Succession
- Primary Aquatic Succession
- Climax Community

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