This set of MCQs helps you brush up on important biology topics and prepare you to dive into skill practice.
Cells have particular structures that perform specific jobs. These structures are known as _______.
Systems
Organs
Tissues
Organelles
A scientist performs a series of experiments to confirm an idea regarding cellular metabolism. The results of the experiments support the scientist's initial idea, and after conferring with colleagues, the scientist discovers that evidence from many experiments has supported the idea. This idea could now be considered a(n) :
Theory
Observation
Control
Hypothesis
When a sharp pin gets stuck in your finger, your arm moves quickly away. This is an example of which characteristic of life?
Living things :
Reproduce
Are adapted to a particular way of life
Respond to stimuli
Are homeostatic.
A group of tissues working together is _______.
A compound
A cell
An organ
An organelle
About 12 to 24 hours after the last meal, a person's blood sugar level normally varies from about 60 to 90 milligrams per 100 milliters of blood, though it may attain 130 mg/100 ml after meals high in carbohydrates. That the blood sugar level is maintained within a fairly narrow range in spite of uneven intake of sugar is due to the body's ability to carry out,
Adaptation
Homeostasis
Reproduction
Use of energy
What is the nucleus covered in?
Protective layer
Envelope
Nucleus envelope
Lipids
What size are cells?
Small
Extremely large
Large
Very small
Who was the first to describe cells in 1665 while looking at cork?
Robert Hooke
Robert Brown
Charles Brown
W.R. Larson