Could You Still Pass Your High School Biology Class?

EDUCATION

By: J.P. Naomi

5 Min Quiz

Image: Shutterstock

About This Quiz

Think back to high school and your biology class. How did it affect you? Did you end up in a career in science? Or did you immediately (and happily) forget the periodic table, never to see it again for the rest of your life?  Okay, maybe not everything you learned in high school was relevant to your current life, (like memorizing a Shakespearean sonnet) but what you learned in biology is still important today. From the alarming reduction of bees leading to an increase in food prices, to DNA testing for medical history, biology deals with the everyday world around you.

And now you can go back in time and take that high school class again with a simple, 15-question quiz. You'll recall the process for photosynthesis, the functions of the parts of the body, blood types and more. You'll also be asked about cells and their various functions. Whether you had a passion for science or only paid attention when you had to, you'll enjoy realizing how much you retained from that class. The best part of all ... no dissection required. Now it's time to recall what you learned "back in the day" with this quick quiz. Take it now and pass with flying colors. 

The green pigment in plant cells is called:

Plants use chlorophyll to trap light needed for photosynthesis. Recent research has studied the potential therapeutic effects of a semi-synthetic type of chlorophyll on cancer and obesity.

Advertisement

Which organ breaks apart and grinds up food that enters it from the mouth via the esophagus?

The stomach secretes some enzymes to facilitate the chemical digestion of food, and uses its musculature to churn up the food.

Advertisement

Fish breathe through ________.

A fish takes water into its mouth and forces it out through the gills where the dissolved oxygen moves into the blood and can get to the other cells of the fish.

Advertisement

Which of the following contains instructions for all living things?

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) and RNA (ribonucleic acid) are nucleic acids that contain instructions for all the activities of the cell.

Advertisement

A person with type A blood can receive a transfusion from a person with which blood type(s)?

A person with Type A blood can receive blood only from a person with type A or type O blood because it only has the antigens for type A, and type O does not express any antigens. Type O is often called the "universal donor".

Advertisement

Gregor Mendel is known as the founder of the modern science of genetics. What type of plants did he use to establish the rules of heredity?

Mendel studied the characteristics of pea plants and coined the terms “recessive” and “dominant” to describe certain traits. Using the pea plants, he demonstrated that green peas are recessive and yellow peas are dominant.

Advertisement

The most common kind of color-blindeness involves the inability to distinguish between the colors _________ and _________.

It is estimated that 8% of males in the United States are colorblind.

Advertisement

If a person has sickle-cell anemia, what shape do his or her red blood cells form?

Sickle-cell anemia is a condition in which there are not enough healthy red blood cells to carry enough oxygen throughout your body. The crescent-shaped red blood cells can stick together and get stuck in small blood vessels which can lead to high blood pressure, organ damage, or even stroke.

Advertisement

What are the stages of mitosis?

Mitosis is a method of cell division in which chromosomes divide into two identical sets of chromosomes, and producing identical copies of the original cell.

Advertisement

What class of joint-legged invertebrate has eight legs?

Not all arachnids are spiders though! There are eleven orders of arachnids including scorpions, mites and ticks, and spiders, among others!

Advertisement

In which process does a liquid pass through a semi-permeable membrane to obtain equilibrium?

Osmosis involves the movement of water or other liquids from a less concentrated to a more concentrated solution until both solutions are of the same concentration = equilibrium.

Advertisement

The theory of evolution was elegantly explained in the 1859 book "On the Origin of Species". Who wrote this book?

This book by Charles Darwin discussed for the first time, the scientific theory that populations evolve through a process of natural selection - the "survival of the fittest".

Advertisement

The first antibiotic was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928. What was the antibiotic named?

Antibiotics are able to fight infections caused by bacteria but not viruses.

Advertisement

The most basic classification of living things as described by Linnaeus​ in the 1700s is

From the largest group to the smallest, the descriptions are as follows: kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species. There are five kingdoms: animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, and protoctists

Advertisement

What organelle is considered the "powerhouse of the cell"?

Mitochondria produce ATP and are responsible for creating a concentration across its membranes during cellular respiration. A single liver cell can contain up to 2000 mitochondria!

Advertisement

Explore More Quizzes

About Zoo

Our goal at Zoo.com is to keep you entertained in this crazy life we all live.

We want you to look inward and explore new and interesting things about yourself. We want you to look outward and marvel at the world around you. We want you to laugh at past memories that helped shape the person you’ve become. We want to dream with you about all your future holds. Our hope is our quizzes and articles inspire you to do just that.

Life is a zoo! Embrace it on Zoo.com.