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The document contains a biology test with multiple choice questions about various topics in biology. Some of the questions test knowledge of levels of biological organization, characteristics of roundworms and birds, components of antibodies and blood clotting, structures in plant leaves, processes of seed germination and gamete formation, and stages of the cell cycle. The questions are followed by short explanations or instruction sections to provide context for additional multiple choice questions.

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Biology 139

The document contains a biology test with multiple choice questions about various topics in biology. Some of the questions test knowledge of levels of biological organization, characteristics of roundworms and birds, components of antibodies and blood clotting, structures in plant leaves, processes of seed germination and gamete formation, and stages of the cell cycle. The questions are followed by short explanations or instruction sections to provide context for additional multiple choice questions.

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BIOLOGY

Use Instruction A to answer questions number 13 to 22.

13. The levels of organization in ecology range from ....

a) cells to organisms
b) individuals to biospheres
c) biological communities to biomes
d) abiotic factors to biotic factors
e) populations to ecosystems

14. Roundworms (nematods) are abundant and diverse because ....

a) they are both parasitic and free-living and eat a wide variety of foods.
b) they are able to molt their exoskeletons.
c) their thick cuticle enables them to move in complex ways.
d) their body cavity is a pseudocoelom.
e) their segmented bodies enable them to live in many different places.

15.

The diagram shows the basic structure of an antibody. Which part of the diagram corresponds to the
antigen binding site?

a) 1
b) 4
c) 2 and 3
d) 1 and 4
e) 1 and 2

16. Which are two blood components most closely associated with the clotting process?

a) platelets and antibodies


b) red blood cells and platelets
c) platelets and fibrinogen
d) white blood cells and antibiotics
e) platelets and plasma

17. Which of the following is NOT characteristic of birds?

a) hollow bones
b) ectothermy
c) amnion
d) high metabolic rate
e) reptilian-like scales on legs

18. Which of the following does NOT belong to domain Archaea?

a) bacteria that produce methane from carbon dioxide and hydrogen


b) thermophiles
c) halophiles
d) bacteriophages
e) prokaryotes with cell walls that lack Peptidoglycan

19. The primary function of the spongy mesophyll in the leaf is ....

a) to reduce water loss from the leaf surface


b) to diffuse water within the leaf
c) to diffuse gases within the leaf
d) to prevent the leaf falling from its own weight
e) to deter herbivores

20. Which of the following processes does not participate in seed germination?

a) Growth of the radicle


b) Imbibition of water
c) Metabolic changes
d) Mobilization of nutrient reserves
e) Extensive mitotic divisions

21. Female gametangium, or ... , produces an egg; male gametangium, or ... , produces sperm cells.

a) archegonium; megaphyll
b) antheridium; archegonium
c) megasporangium; antheridium
d) archegonium; antheridium
e) megasporangium; megaphyll

22. Chromosome duplication takes place during ....

a) Metaphase
b) Prophase
c) Telophase
d) Interphase
e) Anaphase

Use Instruction B to answer questions number 23 .

23. Membranes usually have a negative charge on their outer surface.

BECAUSE
A membrane consists of an inner and outer dense phospholipid layer surrounding a thicker but lessdense
protein layer.

Use Instruction C to answer questions number 24 .

24. Which enzyme(s) is/are involved in DNA replication?

a) DNA helicase
b) DNA ligase
c) DNA polymerase
d) RNA primase

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