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132 Multiple choice questions
Definition 1 of 132
Is defined as the possession of these five characteristics: organisation, nutrition, excretion,
response, reproduction.
Batch Culture
Life
Organism
Metabolism
Definition 2 of 132
Is a factor that may change in an experiment.
A variable
A control
A hypothesis
The dependent variable
Definition 3 of 132
do not contain wood (lignin)
Woody plants
Herbaceous plants
Potted plants
Flowering plants
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Definition 4 of 132
Are fat-like substances in which one of the fatty acids is replaced by a phosphate group or has
a phosphate group added to it.
Hydrophobic
Phospholipids
Cholesterol
Chromatin
Definition 5 of 132
Can only take it's food from a live host.
Facultative parasite
Parasites
Obligate parasite
Endoparasite
Definition 6 of 132
Carries information between sensory and motor neurons.
Sensory Neuron
Interneuron
Inhalation
Synapse
Definition 7 of 132
Has two sets of chromosomes, one from the mother and one from the father. (2n)
Chromosomes
A diploid Cell
A gamete
Osmosis
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Definition 8 of 132
Is the point where chromosomes attach.
A chromatid
A centromere
A gene
A homologous
Definition 9 of 132
White blood cells that engulf pathogens.
Lymphocytes
Erythrocytes
Monocytes
Plasma
Definition 10 of 132
Water concentration is higher outside the cell than inside the cell.
Isotonic
Continuous Flow
Hydrophilic
Hypotonic
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Definition 11 of 132
Is all the living parts of a cell.
Protoplasm
Cytoplasm
Metabolism
Plasma
Definition 12 of 132
Do not have a nucleus or membrane bound organelles. e.g. bacteria cells.
Cytoplasm
Viruses
Prokaryotic cells
Bacteria
Definition 13 of 132
Are chemicals produced by micro-organisms that stop the growth of, or kill other micro-
organisms without damaging human tissue.
Vaccines
Antibiotics
Bacteria
Synthetic Drugs
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Name: Score:
132 Multiple choice questions
Definition 1 of 132
Is defined as the possession of these five characteristics: organisation, nutrition, excretion,
response, reproduction.
Batch Culture
Life
Organism
Metabolism
Definition 2 of 132
Is a factor that may change in an experiment.
A variable
A control
A hypothesis
The dependent variable
Definition 3 of 132
do not contain wood (lignin)
Woody plants
Herbaceous plants
Potted plants
Flowering plants
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Definition 4 of 132
Are fat-like substances in which one of the fatty acids is replaced by a phosphate group or has
a phosphate group added to it.
Hydrophobic
Phospholipids
Cholesterol
Chromatin
Definition 5 of 132
Can only take it's food from a live host.
Facultative parasite
Parasites
Obligate parasite
Endoparasite
Definition 6 of 132
Carries information between sensory and motor neurons.
Sensory Neuron
Interneuron
Inhalation
Synapse
Definition 7 of 132
Has two sets of chromosomes, one from the mother and one from the father. (2n)
Chromosomes
A diploid Cell
A gamete
Osmosis
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Definition 8 of 132
Is the point where chromosomes attach.
A chromatid
A centromere
A gene
A homologous
Definition 9 of 132
White blood cells that engulf pathogens.
Lymphocytes
Erythrocytes
Monocytes
Plasma
Definition 10 of 132
Water concentration is higher outside the cell than inside the cell.
Isotonic
Continuous Flow
Hydrophilic
Hypotonic
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Definition 11 of 132
Is all the living parts of a cell.
Protoplasm
Cytoplasm
Metabolism
Plasma
Definition 12 of 132
Do not have a nucleus or membrane bound organelles. e.g. bacteria cells.
Cytoplasm
Viruses
Prokaryotic cells
Bacteria
Definition 13 of 132
Are chemicals produced by micro-organisms that stop the growth of, or kill other micro-
organisms without damaging human tissue.
Vaccines
Antibiotics
Bacteria
Synthetic Drugs
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