Common Entrance Biology – 10 Multiple choice questions
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1. Why might we add iodine solution to a slice of food in the laboratory

To see if it is cooked

To test for sugar

To see how warm it is

To test for starch

2. This is a diagram of a typical animal cell.

What is represented by structure labelled B?

Cell membrane

Cytoplasm

Nucleus

Chloroplast

3. Where are the female gametes (ovules) in a plant found?

Stamen

Stigma

Sepals

Ovary

4. What is the normal pulse rate of a boy or girl while resting ?
The answer is in beats per minute (bpm)

30 bpm

80 bpm

300 bpm

150 bpm

5. Complete the word equation for potosynthesis:Carbon dioxide + water   (+ sunlight)  → ....................   +  ..........................(put two ticks to indicate the two missing substances)

Glucose

Water vapour

Oxygen

Nitrogen

6. Why is vitamin important in our diet?

To help keep skin and gums healthy

To help make muscles stronger

To keep the bones and teeth healthy

To help make red blood cells

7. This is a diagram of an experiment to demonstrate photosynthesis.

What is the name of the colourless gas that collected in the test tube?

Carbon dioxide

Oxygen

Nitrogen

Water vapour

8. Pick TWO features that show this animal to be an insect

It has antennas

It has three parts to its body

It has three pairs of legs

It has an exoskeletom

9. In what kind of cell would you find some CHLOROPLASTS?

in some plant cells but not animal cells

in animal cells but not plant cells

In all plant cells

In all cells

10. Name a food which is a good source of carbohydrate:

Milk

Orange

Meat

Bread

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