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Questions and Answers

1.

What light-sensitive cells in the eye detect colors?
- A.
  
  Rods
- B.
  
  Irises
- C.
  
  Pupils
- D.
  
  Cones
Correct Answer
D. Cones
2.

What caused the Irish potato famine of the 1840's?
- A.
  
  Insects
- B.
  
  Potato Eating Bears
- C.
  
  Blight
- D.
  
  Bombing
Correct Answer
C. Blight
3.

From what tree did aspirin originally derive?
- A.
  
  Willow
- B.
  
  Dogwood
- C.
  
  Ash
- D.
  
  Oak
Correct Answer
A. Willow
4.

What is the largest-blooming single flower in the world?
- A.
  
  Primrose
- B.
  
  Belladonna
- C.
  
  Tulip
- D.
  
  Rafflesia
Correct Answer
D. Rafflesia
5.

What is the largest crocodilian in the world?
- A.
  
  Nile Crocodile
- B.
  
  American Alligator
- C.
  
  Caiman
- D.
  
  Saltwater Crocodile
Correct Answer
D. Saltwater Crocodile
6.

What is the largest member of the weasel family in the United States?
- A.
  
  Wolverine
- B.
  
  Otter
- C.
  
  Beaver
- D.
  
  Weasel
Correct Answer
A. Wolverine
7.

What is the name of the animal group that includes mites, ticks and scorpions?
- A.
  
  Primates
- B.
  
  Insects
- C.
  
  Arachnids
- D.
  
  Mollusks
Correct Answer
C. Arachnids
8.

What is the largest known spider in the world?
- A.
  
  Goliath Bird-Eating Spider
- B.
  
  Crab Spider
- C.
  
  Tarantula
- D.
  
  Orb Weaver
Correct Answer
A. Goliath Bird-Eating Spider
9.

What are the lungs that tarantulas breathe with called?
- A.
  
  Sticky Lungs
- B.
  
  Hairy Lungs
- C.
  
  Book Lungs
- D.
  
  Webby Lungs
Correct Answer
C. Book Lungs
10.

Which phylum of animals includes the sea star and the sand dollar?
- A.
  
  Crustaceans
- B.
  
  Arachnids
- C.
  
  Echinoderms
- D.
  
  Mollusks
Correct Answer
C. Echinoderms
11.

What insect transmits the disease sleeping sickness?
- A.
  
  Cat Flea
- B.
  
  Tsetse Fly
- C.
  
  Fruit Fly
- D.
  
  Mosquito
Correct Answer
B. Tsetse Fly
12.

How many orders of reptiles are there?
- A.
  
  One
- B.
  
  Three
- C.
  
  Four
- D.
  
  Five
Correct Answer
C. Four
13.

How many different types of mammal groups are there?
- A.
  
  10
- B.
  
  One
- C.
  
  Three
- D.
  
  Four
Correct Answer
C. Three
14.

Which of the following is a type of mammal group?
- A.
  
  Furless
- B.
  
  Flat
- C.
  
  Egg-Laying
- D.
  
  Scale Producing
Correct Answer
C. Egg-Laying
15.

How many stages of metamorphosis does a grasshopper have?
- A.
  
  15
- B.
  
  Two
- C.
  
  Three
- D.
  
  Four
Correct Answer
C. Three
16.

What branching nerve fibers receive messages?
- A.
  
  Dendrites
- B.
  
  Dendrions
- C.
  
  Axes
- D.
  
  Axons
Correct Answer
A. Dendrites
17.

Which parts of a nerve cell send out signals?
- A.
  
  Transmitters
- B.
  
  Dendrites
- C.
  
  Axons
- D.
  
  Synapses
Correct Answer
C. Axons
18.

What means having two eyes facing forward?
- A.
  
  Forward Vision
- B.
  
  Airy Vision
- C.
  
  Monocular Vision
- D.
  
  Binocular Vision
Correct Answer
D. Binocular Vision
19.

What is illegal hunting of an animal called?
- A.
  
  Poaching
- B.
  
  Extermination
- C.
  
  Missiling
- D.
  
  Extirpating
Correct Answer
A. Poaching
20.

What is the scientific term for the cells responsible for root growth?
- A.
  
  Stemming Root
- B.
  
  Apexical Stemmer
- C.
  
  Root Cell Growers
- D.
  
  Apical Meristem
Correct Answer
D. Apical Meristem

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Sample Biology Review Quiz

What light-sensitive cells in the eye detect colors?

What caused the Irish potato famine of the 1840's?

From what tree did aspirin originally derive?

What is the largest-blooming single flower in the world?

What is the largest crocodilian in the world?

What is the largest member of the weasel family in the United States?

What is the name of the animal group that includes mites, ticks and scorpions?

What is the largest known spider in the world?

What are the lungs that tarantulas breathe with called?

Which phylum of animals includes the sea star and the sand dollar?

What insect transmits the disease sleeping sickness?

How many orders of reptiles are there?

How many different types of mammal groups are there?

Which of the following is a type of mammal group?

How many stages of metamorphosis does a grasshopper have?

What branching nerve fibers receive messages?

Which parts of a nerve cell send out signals?

What means having two eyes facing forward?

What is illegal hunting of an animal called?

What is the scientific term for the cells responsible for root growth?