1315 1 What is the scientific study of plants known as 1 What is the scientific study of plants known as Answer Botany Botanists currently study around 400000 species of plants worldwide and botanical research has widereaching implications for food production forestry construction and ID: 1039075
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1. Biology Week 2016 QuizAges 13-15
2. 1. What is the scientific study of plants known as?
3. 1. What is the scientific study of plants known as?Answer: BotanyBotanists currently study around 400,000 species of plants worldwide and botanical research has wide-reaching implications for food production, forestry, construction and environmental management.
4. 2. Which of the following cannot be seen under a light microscope?VirusBacteriumCellQuestion contributed by the Society for Applied Microbiology
5. 2. Which of the following cannot be seen under a light microscope?VirusBacteriumCellQuestion contributed by the Society for Applied MicrobiologyAnswer: VirusLight microscopes use visible light and a series of lenses in order to magnify a sample and observe finer detail not detectable to the naked eye. Light microscopes cannot detect viruses as these microscopic organisms are smaller than the wavelength of visible light.
6. 3. Can all bees sting? Question contributed by The University of Gloucestershire.
7. 3. Can all bees sting? Question contributed by The University of Gloucestershire.Answer : NoMale bees do not sting. Moreover only certain bee species are able to sting. There are around 500 species called stingless bees, which certainly can’t sting you.
8. 4. Who discovered penicillin and how?Question contributed by the Biochemical Society
9. 4. Who discovered penicillin and how?Question contributed by the Biochemical SocietyAnswer: Alexander FlemmingFlemming accidently discovered penicillin in 1928 when he noticed a mould growing on a agar plate culture that had a bacteria-free circle around it, indicating its inhibitive properties. It was the work of Howard Florey and Ernst Chain who developed mass production of penicillin as a drug. The three shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in ‘Physiology or Medicine’.
10. 5. The trachea, lungs and diaphragm are part of which system?Circulatory systemRespiratory systemDigestive systemQuestion contributed by The Physiological Society
11. 5. The trachea, lungs and diaphragm are part of which system?Circulatory systemRespiratory systemDigestive systemQuestion contributed by The Physiological SocietyAnswer: Respiratory system
12. 6. How many different species pollinate UK plants?(A) 15(B) 150(C) 1500Question contributed by the British Ecological Society
13. 6. How many different species pollinate UK plants?(A) 15(B) 150(C) 1500Question contributed by the British Ecological SocietyAnswer: 1500
14. 7. Bacteria are really ______, they are made of a ______ ______ . You can find bacteria ______. Some bacteria live inside you and don’t harm you. Examples of places they live include your ______ and your ______. Other bacteria are harmful. When they grow in places they shouldn’t, they cause ______. Fill in the gaps using the following words: intestines, cell, nose, small, everywhere, disease, singleQuestion contributed by the Microbiology Society(One mark for each correctly filled gap)
15. 7. Bacteria are really SMALL, they are made of a SINGLE CELL. You can find bacteria EVERYWHERE. Some bacteria live inside you and don’t harm you. Examples of places they live include your NOSE and your INTESTINES. Other bacteria are harmful. When they grow in places they shouldn’t, they cause DISEASE. Fill in the gaps using the following words: intestines, cell, nose, small, everywhere, disease, singleQuestion contributed by the Microbiology Society(One mark for each correctly filled gap)
16. 8. What percentage of a bacterial cell is water? 70%95%50%35%Question contributed by the Biochemical Society
17. 8. What percentage of a bacterial cell is water? 70%95%50%35%Question contributed by the Biochemical SocietyAnswer: 70%
18. 9. Approximately how much of our DNA is the same as that of a banana?60%70%10%25%Question contributed by the Biochemical Society
19. 9. Approximately how much of our DNA is the same as that of a banana?60%70%10%25%Question contributed by the Biochemical SocietyAnswer: 60%
20. 10. What is the normal internal temperature of the human body?(A) 27°C(B) 35°C(C) 37°C
21. 10. What is the normal internal temperature of the human body?(A) 27°C(B) 35°C(C) 37°CAnswer: 37The average internal body temperature of a person varies during the day by about 0.5 °C and can change according to the time of day, activity levels and whether the individual is tired, sick, hungry or cold.
22. 11. How old is the average English (common) oak tree when it produces its first acorns (i.e. reproduces)?(A) 4 years(B) 40 years(C) 400 yearsQuestion contributed by the British Ecological Society
23. 11. How old is the average English (common) oak tree when it produces its first acorns (i.e. reproduces)?(A) 4 years(B) 40 years(C) 400 yearsQuestion contributed by the British Ecological SocietyAnswer: 40 years
24. 12. The thymus, spleen and lymph nodes are components of the:Digestive systemCardiac systemImmune systemReproductive system Question contributed by the British Society for Immunology
25. 12. The thymus, spleen and lymph nodes are components of the:Digestive systemCardiac systemImmune systemReproductive system Question contributed by the British Society for ImmunologyAnswer: Immune system
26. 13. What is the lifespan of a starfish?(A) 0-3 years(B) 3-10 years(C) 10-30 yearsQuestion contributed by the Marine Biological Association
27. 13. What is the lifespan of a starfish?(A) 0-3 years(B) 3-10 years(C) 10-30 yearsQuestion contributed by the Marine Biological AssociationAnswer: 10-30 years
28. 14. Which ventricle of the heart is larger and why?
29. 14. Which ventricle of the heart is larger and why?Answer: leftThe left ventricle is larger than the right ventricle owing to a thicker muscle wall. The wall is thicker because the left ventricle has to pump blood all the way around the body, but the right ventricle only has to pump it to the lungs.
30. 15. Which organelles in animal cells have DNA?Nucleus and mitochondriaChloroplasts and mitochondriaEndoplasmic reticulum and nucleusEndoplasmic reticulum, nucleus and mitochondriaQuestion contributed by the British Society for Immunology
31. 15. Which organelles in animal cells have DNA?Nucleus and mitochondriaChloroplasts and mitochondriaEndoplasmic reticulum and nucleusEndoplasmic reticulum, nucleus and mitochondriaQuestion contributed by the British Society for ImmunologyAnswer: Nucleus and mitochondria
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