1.

Painful damage to a ligament is called a

______.
A. Break 8. Unlike neurons, glial cells are able to
B. Osteoporosis _____.
C. Fragment A. Reproduce
D. Sprain B. Attack viruses
E. Rupture C. Manage body temperature
D. Undergo photosynthesis
2. DNA contains all of the following bases E. All of the above
except:
A. Adenine 9. Which one is the structural unit of
B. Guanine compact bone?
C. Cytosine A. Periosteum
D. Thymine B. Osteocytes
E. Uracil
C. Central canal
3. The following is defined as an entire set D. Bone marrow
of genes carried by one member of a E. Osteon
species.
A. Genome 10. What are fontanels?
B. Gene Therapy A. The small bones of the hand
C. Polymerase Chain Reaction B. Pads of fibrocartilage that help cushion
D. Biotechnology
the bones of the vertebral column
E. Ribosomal RNA
C. Fibrous connective tissue that connects
4. DNA... the bones of the cranium before and
A. Is a double-stranded molecule. shortly after birth
B. Has a sugar deoxyribose. D. The light-absorbing pigments in the
C. Functions primarily in the nucleus. photoreceptors called Rods
D. All of the above. E. Inverse agonists at the benzodiazepine
E. None of the above.
receptor
5. To build muscle tone and mass, you
have to make your muslces exert ___% of 11. Bones function in
their maximum force. A. Support
A. 50 B. Movement
B. 65 C. Protection
C. 75 D. Storage of Minerals and Fat
D. 85
E. All of the above
E. 90

6. What neurons conduct information 12. What are tendons?

towards the brain and spinal cord? A. Bands of connective tissue that attach
A. Sensory neurons bone to bone
B. Motor neurons B. Cartilage disks
C. Interneurons C. Bands of muscle
D. None of the above
D. Bands of connective tissue that attach
E. All of the above
muscle to bone
7. Which is not a... benefit of exercise? E. Bones in the foot
A. Improving the heart
B. Improving the blood vessels 13. What is an abnormal growth of cells
C. Increasing strength that can form a mass of tissue?
D. Improved mood A. Mole
E. An increase in fat B. Pimple
C. Tumor D. Bipedalism
D. Hive E. Gene pool

14. What is the removal and analysis of a 21. The process by which Earth's lifeforms
small piece of tissue suspected to be have changed from their earliest
cancerous? beginnings to today is...
A. Tumor marker test A. Evolution
B. Biopsy B. Chemistry
C. Genetic test C. Natural Selection
D. Radiation D. Geographic Distribution
E. Comparative Anatomy
15. Which of these is not a conventional
method for treating cancer? 22. Which of the following is a mechanism
A. Showering that protects cells from cancer?
B. Surgery A. Limitations on the number of times a
C. Radiation cell can divide
D. Chemotherapy B. forming a sore
C. there are no mechanisms to protect the
16. What Is the function of cornea? cells
A. To see D. swollen glands
B. Protect the eye E. lumps on the skin
C. Refracts light focusing on the retina.
D. Rounded lens 23. Which of the following is a known
E. None of the above cause of cancer?
A. Viruses, some of which have oncogenes
17. What is the inner ear? among their genes.
A. Hair cell B. Chemicals that case mutations.
B. Radiowave C. Radiation such as sun rays, cosmic
C. Window rays, radon, and uranium.
D. Transmitter D. All of the above are known to cause
E. All the above cancer.

18. What is the function of the eardrum? 24. GMO stands for:
A. Vibrates in response to sound waves A. General model operator
B. Loudness and pitch B. Genetically modified organism
C. Transmitting C. Genetically made organ
D. All the above D. Gene made organically
E. None of the above
25. The conventional cancer treatments
19. Where was the oldest fossil evidence include all except:
for modern humans found? A. Surgery
A. Africa B. Chemotherapy
B. The North Pole C. Exercise
C. United States of America D. Radiation
D. France
E. China 26. Which nervous system regulates
involuntary bodily activities, such as
20. What is/are branching diagrams used breathing rate and heart rate?
by scientists to depict hypotheses about A. Central Nervous System
evolutionary relationships among species B. Somatic Nervous System
or groups of species? C. Autonomic Nervous System
A. Convergent evolution D. Parasympathetic Nervous System
B. Molecular clocks E. Sympathetic Nervous System
C. Phylogenetic trees
 42. Yellow Marrow is?
27. The hypothalamus controls... A. A fatty tissue used for energy storage?
A. Heart rate B. A plate that separates each end of the
B. Blood pressure bone from its shaft
C. Breathing rate C. Joint Inflammation
D. Body temperature D. A series of bones through which the
E. All of the above spinal cord passes
E. A framework of bones and cartilage that
28. Which part of the brain is the largest? performs functions for the bod
A. Temporal lobe
b. Parietal Lobe 43. There are ________________ thoracic
c. Cerebrum vertebrae
d. Occipital lobe A. 12
e. Major Lobe B. 7
C. 2
29. Cold and heat receptors detect.. D. 1
A. Pressure change E. 26
B. Size change
C. Temperature change 44. What is the biggest factor in regulating
D. Adaptation bone growth?
A. Nutrition and food intake
30. Which of the following is NOT one of B. Genes
the five primary tastes? C. Hormones
A. Sour D. Cells
B. Sweet E. Osteocytes
C. Bitter
D. Hot 45. This type of nerve cell is located
E. Salty between motor neurons and sensory
neurons, interprets signals, and is located
40. Which statement below is right? in the brain and spinal cord.
A. Around 20%of what we usually think of A. Interneuons
as ...the flavor of a food is really detected B. Efferent neurons
by our sense of smell C. Impulse neurons
B. Farsightness is caused by image focus D. Afferent neurons
before retina E Schwann cells
C. Blind spot is caused by the absence of
optic nerve 46. What disease is a result of the death of
D. A person who lacks red cones sees dopamine-producing neurons deep in the
deep red as black brain's movement control center?
A. Alzheimer's Disease
41. Which of the following is NOT a B. Parkinson's Disease
primary function of the framework of C. Depression
bones and cartilage known as the D. Hodgkin's Disease
skeleton? E. Infectious Disease
A. Support
B. Movement 48. A wave of changes that travels down
C. Protection the neuron's plasma membrane is called
D. Hormone production what?
E. Storage of minerals A. Synaptic Transmission
B. Action Potential
C. Nerve Impulses
D. Resting Potential B. Erythrocytism
E. Neurotransmitter C. Anorexia
D. Osteoporosis
E. AIDS
49. Someone who is totally unresponsive
to all sensory input and cannot be
awakened is in a
A. Deep sleep 56. Arthritis refers to:
B. Coma A. Arm and leg pain only
C. Cancer state B. Joint Inflammation
D. Stroke C. A torn ligament
E. Heart attack D. the irreversible lose of bone
E. All of the above
50. Muscle Dystrophy causes
A. Progressive muscle deterioration 57. What describes how populations can
B. Extreme body building change in size?
C. Muscle contraction A. Population dynamics
D. Soreness after working out B. Carrying capacity
E. All of the above C. Age structure
D. Global warming
51. The 3 kinds of muscles have what in
common? 58. What is the removal of trees from an
A. Muscles are excitable area without replacing them?
B. Muscles are contractible A. Deforestation
C. Muscles are extensible B. Desertification
D. Muscles are elastic C. Age structure
E. All of the above D. Global warming

52. Muscles will contract so long as there 59. Which of these is NOT a possible
is present consequence of global warming?
A. ADP A. Melting ice caps
B. ATP B. Rising sea level
C. Pi C. Colder oceans
D. Myosin D. Changing weather patterns
E. None of the above
60. Glial Cells:
53. The "scapula" is also commonly class: A. Support neurons
A. Collarbone B. Protect neurons
B. Shoulder blade C. Insulate neurons
C. Forearm bone D. Nuture neurons
D. Wrist bone E. All of the above
E. Thighbone
61. Neurons that are sent to the brain are:
54. What is the term for mature bone A. Afferent
cells? B. Efferent
A. Lacuna C. Interneurons
B. Osteon D. Deterrent
C. Osteocytes E. None of the above
D. Marrow
E. Periosteum 62. All of these are components of
neurons EXCEPT:
55. About 20 million Americans, most of A. Dendrites
them elderly white women, suffer from B. Cell Body
what disease? C. Cilia
A. Herpes D. Axones
E. All of these are components of neurons following EXCEPT
A. Viruses
B. Certain chemicals
C. Poor nutrition
D. Radiation

63. Action Potential occurs when:

A. Ions are forced through ion channels
B. Ions move passively through ion 70. Which RNA molecule carries DNA's
channels information in the sequence of its bases
C. Protons are forced through proton (codons) from the nucleus to the
channels cytoplasm?
D. Electrons move passively through A. rRNA
electron channels B. nRNA
E. Electrons move freely through the cell C. mRNA
wall D. tRNA

64. How many bones are in the human 71. A change in DNA is called a ________?
body? A. Disproportionation
A. 167 B. Recombination
B. 188 C. Polymerase chain reaction
C. 200 D. Mutation
D. 206
E. 312 72. Which is a similarity between RNA and
DNA?
65. How many total vertebrae are there in A. Are nucleic acids
the body? B. Are composed of linked nucleotides
A. 28 C. Have a sugar-phosphate backbone
B. 36 D. Have four types of bases
C. 26 E. All of the above
D. 8
E. 12 73. Curing genetic diseases by putting
normal, functional genes into body cells
66. Which of the following is not a affected by a mutant gene is called...
component of the axial skeleton? A. Biotechnology
A. Skull B. Genetic engineering
B. Vertebral Column C. Gene therapy
C. Sternum D. Recombination
D. Rib Cage
E. Pelvic Bone 74. The triplet code of CAT in DNA is
represented as ___ in mRNA and ___ in
67. Cancer cells often fail to trigger... tRNA.
A. Apoptosis A. CAT, CAT
B. Protein B. GAA, CAT
C. Tumors C. GTA, CAU
D. None of the above D. GUA, CAU

68. Which one is a way to treat cancer? 75. A three-base sequence on transfer
A. Surgery RNA (tRNA) that binds to the
B. Radiation complementary base pairs of a codon on
C. Immunotherapy the mRNA is a(n)
D. Gene therapy A. .Anticodon
E. All of the above B. Codon
C. Polymerase
69. Cancer can be caused by all of the D. Promoter
76. What is the manipulation of genetic 83. Characteristics of fast twitch muscles
material for human purposes? include all of these EXCEPT?
A. Biotechnology A. Designed for rapid, powerful response
B. Genetic Engineering B. Large amounts of actin and myosin
C. Mutation C. Fatigue rapidly
D. Transcription D. Packed with myoglobin
E. Depend heavily on anaerobic metabolic
pathways

77. What are DNA changes called?

A. Haloids 84. A ligament connects ___________?
B. RNA A. Bone to muscle
C. Life B. Bone to bone
D. Mutations C. Skin to Muscle
D. Muscle to muscle
78. What are the parts of a Neuron? E. None of the above
A. Dendrites
B. Cell Body 85. What protects the Central Nervous
C. Axon System?
D. All of the above A. Bone and Membranes
B. Cerebrospinal fluid
79. The strength of muscle contractions C. Bone, Membranes and Cerebrospinal
depend on the number of _______ units fluid
involved. D. A Brick Wall
A. Neuron E. None of the above
B. Skeletal
C. Motor 86. What is/are characteristics of white
D. Tendon matter?
A. Consists of myelinated axons
80. What causes flexion? B. Consists of interneurons, cell bodies,
A. The biceps contracts and pulls the and unmyelinated axons
forearm up, flexing the arm. C. Allows communication between the
B. The relaxed triceps is stretched. cerebral hemispheres
C. The triceps contracts and pulls the D. Allows communication over long
forearm down, extending the arm. distances
D. The relaxed biceps is stretched. E. A & D
E. A and B
87. What are the two types of matter
81. Which of the following are traits of located in the brain?
muscles? A. White, black
A. Muscles are excitable B. White, gray
B. Muscles are contractible C. Gray, black
C. Mucles are extensible D. Gray, brown
D. Muscles are elastic E. Pink, yellow
E. All of the above
88. The cerebral hemispheres sit
82. After prolonged exercise, all of the comfortably over the
following occur EXCEPT? A. Hypothalamus
A. Glucose is formed B. Thalamus
B. Creatine phosphate is restored C. Primary motor area
C. Oxygen is restored to myglobin D. Frontal Lobe
D. Lactic acid is no longer used to produce E. Dark Side of the Moon
ATP
E. Glycogen reserves are restored
89. Which of the following is not a type of 96. Which is not true of DNA?
neuron? A. It is single-stranded
A. Afferent B. It has a sugar deoxyribose
B. Efferent C. It functions primarily in the nucleus
C. Interneuron D. It contains the bases adenine, guanine,
D. Outerneuron cytosine, and thymine

90. Which of the following carry 97. One difference between RNA and DNA
information toward the brain and spinal is
cord? A. DNA is stable and RNA is not
A. Motor Neurons B. RNA is stable and DNA is not
B. Interneurons C. DNA is single-stranded
C. Sensory Neurons D. RNA has a sugar and DNA does not
D. Effectors E. They are not different
E. None of the above

91. What is the long extension of a neuron

called? 98. What is polymerase chain reaction
A. Dendrite (PCR)?
B. Axon A. A reaction that destroys the cell
C. Effector B. A technique used to increase the
D. Neurotransmitter amount of specific DNA
C. A result of cancer
92. What makes up the peripheral nervous D. A disease caused by liver failure
system?
A. Brain and spinal cord 99. Energy sources for muscle contraction:
B. All nervous tissue in the body, ATP formed from creatine phosphate and
excluding the brain and spinal cord ADP happens:
C. Nervous tissue, brain and spinal cord A. 6 seconds into exercise
D. Spinal cord B. 10 seconds into exercise
C. 30-40 seconds into exercise
93. Nerve impulses leave the neuron D. End of exercise
through_____ E. After prolonged exercise
A. Dendrites
B. Cell body 100. Energy sources for muscle
C. Nucleus concentration: ATP Stored in muscles
D. Axon happens:
E. Axon endings A. 6 seconds into exercise
B. 10 seconds into exercise
94. The _____ increases the rate of C. 30-40 seconds into exercise
conduction of nerve impulses and helps D. End of exercise
their repair. E. After prolonged exercise
A. Myelin Sheath
B. Sodium-Potassium Pumps 101. Energy source for muscle
C. Nerve concentration: Oxygen debt is paid back
D. Dendrites happens:
A. 6 seconds into exercise
95. What is the most common type of B. 10 seconds into exercise
cancer for women? C. 30-40 seconds into exercise
A. Lung D. End of exercise
B. Ovary E. After prolonged exercise
C. Breast
D. Bladder 102. What are some warning signs of
cancer?
A. Change in bowel or bladder habit or
function
B. A sore that does not heal
C. Unusual bleeding or bloody discharge
D. Thickening or lump in breast or
elsewhere
E. All of the above
109. Which of the following is the first step
in creating a transgenic animal?
A. Infect the gene of interest into donor
cell
B. Implant cell into host mother
C. Locate offspring with transgenic gene
D. None of the above

103. Which one of the following is known 110. More than _____ of human DNA does
to cause cancer? not code for protein.
A. Tobacco Smoke A. 10%
B. Radiation B. 25%
C. Viruses C. 50%
D. Excessive Alcohol Consumption D. 95%
E. All of the Above E. 99%

104. What happens to a cell when damage 111. Which of the following is not one of
is too extensive to repair? the four Nucleotides:
A. Cell returns to cell cycle A. Adenine
B. Cell begins mutation B. Cytosine
C. Cell damage accumulates leading to C. Thymine
cancer D. Codene
D. Cell divides and produces more cells E. None of the Above
E. It is programmed cell death
105. What is NOT a way to cure cancer?
A. Surgery to remove tumors 112. The triplet code of CAT in DNA is
B. Radiation therapy to kill localized represented as ___ in mRNA and ___ in
cancer cells tRNA.
C. Inhibition of blood vessel formation A. CAT, CAT
D. Chemotherapy to kill cancer cells B. GAA, CAT
E. Take an advil C. GTA, CAU
D. GUA, CAU
106. What percentage of Earth's Water
Supply is NOT in oceans? 113. A three-base sequence on transfer
A:3 RNA (tRNA) that binds to the
B:40 complementary base pairs of a codon on
C: 50 the mRNA is a(n)
D: 13 A. Anticodon
E:50 B. Codon
C. Polymerase
107. The Earth's population in 2008 was: D. Promoter
A. 3 Billion
B. 4 Billion 114. What is the manipulation of genetic
C. 5 Billion material for human purposes?
D. 6.7 Billion A. Biotechnology
E. 10 Billion B. Genetic Engineering
C. Mutation
108. 97% of the Earth's water is in: D. Transcription
A. Oceans
B. Lakes 115. What are DNA changes called?
C. Rivers A. Haloids
D. Swamps B. RNA
E. Bogs C. Life
D. Mutations
116. The shape of a typical neuron is
specialized for: 124. What is the function of the cornea?
A. Movement A. Receives light
B. Communication with other cells B. Controls shape of lens
C. Barrier Building C. Refracts light
D. Transporting Blood D. Protects the eyeball

117. Neuroglial cells do what to neurons? 125. Which of the following is NOT a
A. Support structure of the inner layer of the eye?
B. Protect A. Retina
C. Insulate B. Rods
D. Nuture C. Cones
E. All of the Above D. Fovea
E. All of the above are part of the inner
118. What is an Axon? layer
A. Body of neuron
B. Long extension of neuron 126. What are cones?
C. The signal of the neuron A. The photoreceptors responsible for
D. None of the Above black and white vision.
B. The photoreceptors responsible for
119. Neurons have: color vision.
A. Dendrites C. The layer of tissue that contains
B. Cell Body photoreceptors.
C. Axon D. The group of axons from the eye to the
D. All of the Above brain.

120. About how many skeletal muscles we

have that are usually attached to bones? 127. What are the factors that reduce the
A. 400 size of populations?
B. 500 A. Density-independent regulating factors
C. 600 B. Density-dependent regulating factors
D. 700 C. Density-growth regulating factors
E. 850 D. Both a&b

121. What connects to the Motor neuron? 128. An example of a density-dependent

A. Myofibril regulating factor is...
B. Sacroplasmic A. Food scarcity
C. Acetylcholine B. Disease causing organisms
D. Tubele C. A&B
D. None of the above
122.Which two muscles you are u...sing
when flexing or extending your arm? 129. What percentage of Earth's water is
A. Biceps and triceps in the oceans?
B. Biceps and rectus A. 75%
C. Rectus and triceps B. 50%
D. Pectoralis and rectus C. 97%
D. 25%
123. What is the lens?
A. A layer of tissue that contains the 130. Why are forests disappearing?
photoreceptors A. Human population is increasing and
B. The colored part of the eye getting rid of trees to have land or space
C. A transparent, semispherical body of and to build homes
tissue behind the iris and pupil B. Because we're having too many forest
D. The opening at the center of the iris fires esp. in California
C. Too much oil and gasoline are 137. The thalamus functions in the
consumed by the population which kills following, EXCEPT:
the forest plantation A. Motor activity
D. People are carving their initials on trees B. Smell
and breaking branches while hiking C. Memory
D. Taste
131. How many bones are in the middle E. None of the above
ear?
A. 1 138. Central nervous system is
B. 2 abbreviated...
C. 3 A. nnn
D. 4 B. CNS
E. 5 C. asa
D. LOL
132. How many types of olfactory
receptors do we have? 139. The brain is the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ command
A. About 50 center
B. About 200 A. Army
C. About 1000 B. Central
D. About 20,000 C. TV
E. About 1,000,000 D. Center

133. The pupil is located in which part of 140. The cerebrum is the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ part
the body? of the brain
A. Ear A. Dumbest
B. Mouth B. Biggest
C. Nose C. Hollowest
D. Eye D. None of the above
E. Chest

134. What is the most common eye 141. Painful damage to a ligament is
problem affecting men and women older called____.
than 50? A. Break
A. Cataracts B. Osteoporosis
B. Astigmatism C. Fragment
C. Glaucoma D. Sprain
D. Choroid E. Rapture

135. Which structure of the middle layer of 142. How many bones are in the Human
the eye regulates the amount of light Body?
entering the eye through the pupil? A. 33
A. Choroid B. 206
B. Ciliary body C. 639
C. Iris D. It varies in the individual
D. Pupil
143. Which of these is not part of the axial
136. What type of receptors are skeleton?
specialized to respond to temperature? A. Skull
A. Photoreceptors B. Vertebral column
B. Thermoreceptors C. Sternum and rib cage
C. Chemoreceptors D. Pectoral girdle
D. Mechanoreceptors
144. What is the appendicular skeletons
main purpose?
A. To support C. Left Arm.
B. To protect D. Heart.
C. To allow movement E. Belly Button.
D. Nothing in particular
E. To stay stiff 151. Convex lens ________.
A. Causes light rays to coverage so that
145. A ________ is a set of three the image focuses on the retina .
nucleotides for a specific amino acid. B. Causes light rays to diverge so that the
A. Codon image focuses on the retina.
B. DNA C. Focuses entire image on retina.
C. mRNA D. I don’t know
D. RNA E. None of the above
E. Translation
152. What is the function of Sclera?
146. Which is not a stimulant? A. Fine focusing of light onto retina.
A. Cocaine B. Protects the eyeball.
B. Amphetamines C. Provides detail cover vision.
C. Alcohol D. Beautify our eyes.
D. Nicotine E. Transmits impulses from the retina to
the brain.
147. What is the conscious part of the
brain? 153. If the world's population was 21births
A. The eyes per 1000 individuals per year, death rate
B. Cerebrum was 7.2 deaths per 1000 individuals per
C. Hypothalamus year. Calculate the growth rate.
D. Both A & C A. 1.24%
E. The brain is actually a made up organ B. 1.38%
that was formed by the U.S. Government. C. 4%
D. 1.34%
E. None of them above

148. A person who is in a coma is……… 154. What are not related to depletion of
A. Totally unresponsive to all sensory resources?
input and cannot be awakened. A. Soil erosion
B. Totally responsive to all sensory input B. Overfishing
and can be awakened. C. Water shortage
C. Basically just sleeping. D. Deforestation
D. A,B, & C. E. None of them above
E. Just A & C.
155. When we want to predict future
149. The opening in the center of the iris growth, which of the following is helpful?
through which light enters the eye is A. Immigration
called the: B. Population dynamics
A. Iris C. Age structure
B. Pupil D. None of them above
C. Ciliary body E. All of them above
D. Lens
E. None of the above 156. What chemical do drugs such as
Prozac, Zoloft and Paxil affect?
150. Where do we experience the pain of A. Acteylcholine
heart attack? B. Dompamine
A. Stomach C. Serotonin
B. Testes D. Carbidopa
E. Norepinephrine 164. If an individual walks on two feet
what would this be called?
157. The neuron sending the message to A. Trilimbic
the body is called: B. Tripeldicular
A. Postsynaptic Neuron C. Bipedalism
B. Neurotransmitter D. Human like
C. Synapse E. Ateles geoffoyi vellerosus
D. Presynaptic Neuron
E. Synaptic Cleft 165.Which is not a trait of primates?
A. Flattened nails
158. A junction between a neuron and B. Stereoscopic vision
another cell is called a: C. Forward-facing eyes
A. Neurotransmitter D. Infle xible shoulder joints
B. Synapse E. Grasping forelimbs
C. Threshold
D. Action potential 166. Sexual (fill in the blank, fill in the
blank) produce variation in population?
159. When a neuron responds to an A. Reproduction, genetic response
incoming signal, it transmits its message B. Reproduction, genes
along the ________? C. Alleles, gametes
A. Dendrites D. Reproduction, mutation
B. Nerve E. Assortment, mutations
C. Axon
D. Sheath 167. What is the function of a messenger
RNA ?
160. Which of the following is a function A. Carries DNA information in the
performing by the skeleton? sequence of its bases from the nucleus to
A. Storage of minerals the cytoplasm.
B. Storage of fat B. Strengthens the cells
C. Protection C. Produce glucose
D. All of the above D. All the above
E. None of the above

161. The appendicular skeleton includes

A. Shoulders 168. What is the function of transfer RNA?
B. Pelvis A. Binds to a specific amino acid and
C. Arms transports it to the appropriate region
D. Legs mRNA
E. All of the above B. to produce sperm
C. to enlarge muscles
162. The skull bones of a human newborn D. to transport liquids through your
are not fused, but are instead connected digestive system.
by fibrous connective tissue.
True 169. What is the function of Ribosomal
False RNA?
A. Combines with protein to form
163. What is not a major trend in Hominid ribosomes.
Evolution? B. To increase your height
A. Bipedalism C. To mix with DNA and see the reaction
B. Elongation of limbs D. To make a new protein for the human
C. Shortening of jaw body
D. Increased brain size
E. Reduced size between males and 170. Point mutations result from
females A. Nucleotide
B. Substitution
C. Insertion D. Muscles are elastic
D. Deletion E. They are all common traits of muscles
E. All of the above
178. Which one of the following is not a
171. Which is the proper order? treatment for cancer?
A. DNA -> RNA -> Protein A. Surgery
B. RNA -> DNA -> Protein B. Radiation
C. DNA -> Protein -> RNA C. Chemotherapy
D. DNA <- RNA <- Protein D. Biopsy
E. RNA <- Protein <- DNA E. Gene Therapy

172. What are changes in DNA called? 179. Which of the following is not a type of
A. Anticodon cancer?
B. Malformations A. Cervical
C. Polysomes B. Liver
D. Mutations C. Leukocytosis
E. Cannabinoids D. Burkitt's Lymphoma
E. Lung
173. Which is a technique that increases
the amount of specific DNA? 180. Which of the following is not one of
A. Regeneration the 7 warning signs of cancer?
B. Polymerase chain reaction A. A sore that does not heal
C. Marijane chain reaction B. Indigestion or difficult swallowing
D. The Budweiser method C. Unusual bleeding or bloody discharge
E. Synthesis D. Obvious change in wart or mole
E. Migraine headaches
174. Skeletal Muscle is also called?
A. Sarcomeres 181. What is the most common form of
B. Fast twitch muscle fibers cancer cases among males?
C. Slow Twich muscle fibers A. Prostate cancer
D. Striated Muscle B. Testicular Cancer
C. Leukemia
D. Colon Cancer

182. What are some major muscles in the

175. Muscles are: body?
A. Excitable A. Oblique
B. Contractile B. Abdominis
C. Extensible C. Biceps Brachii
D. Elastic D. Hamstring
E. All of the above E. All of the above

176. What is a motor neuron and all the 183. What can greatly influence the
muscle cells it stimulates called? further development of muscles?
A. Tetanus A. Exercise
B. Muscle Twitch B. Drink milk
C. Motor Unit C. Diet
D. Insertion D. Flex muscles
E. Eat more
177. Which of the following is NOT a
common trait of all kinds of muscles? 184. Muscles are:
A. Muscles are excitable A. Excitable
B. Muscles are contractile B. Contractable
C. Muscles are extensible C. Extensible
D. Elastic 190. Which of the following is NOT a
E. All of the above density-Independent factor?
A. Tornado
185. The bundles of myofilaments make B. Blizzard
up about what percent of the cell volume? C. Epidemic
A. 10% D. Avalanche
B. 20% E. Flood
C. 30%
D. 40% 191. What is NOT a Greenhouse gas?
E. 80% a. CO2
b. Methane
186. What is the hypothalamus largely c. Nitrous Oxide
responsible for? d. CFC's
a. sensory-motor coordination e. Hydrogen
b. homeostasis
c. deciding the best response to received 192. A carbon footprint is the measure of
information a substance entering the atmosphere due
d. voluntary movement to that person's, or nations, daily
e. producing emotions and memory activities. What is
that substance?
187.Which of the following is not one of a. Oxygen
the symptoms of the withdrawal syndrome b. Carbon Dioxide
associated with c. Nitrogen
marijuana? d. Nitric Oxide
a. restlessness
b. cramping 193. Tropical rainforests are home to what
c. addiction percentage of earth's species?
d. mild agitation a. Less than 5%
e. irritability b. 10%
c. Between 15-25%
d. Between 50-80%
e. Over 90%

188. What is the band of white matter

which allows communication between the
two cerebral 194. The removal of trees from an area
hemispheres? without replacing them is ________ .
a. frontal lobe a. pollution
b. corpus callosum b. deforestation
c. cerebellum c. carrying capacity
d. longitudinal fissure d. desertification
e. brain stem
195. Which of the following is a factor that
189. What is the corpus callosum reduces the size of populations and be
responsible for? described as density-independent?
a. controlling heart rate a. floods
b. emotions b. earthquakes
c. relaying information to higher brain c. hurricanes
centers d. all the above
d. allowing communication between left
and right cerebral hemispheres 196. How population changes in size is
e. interpreting language called_______.
a. Population growth
b. Population Density
c. Population Dynamics 203. what hominin's milestone was
d. Carrying capacity creating fire?
a. ardipithecus ramidus
197. Tendons attach: b. homo erectus
a. muscles and bones c. homo neanderthalensis
b. two muscles d. homo sapiens
c. two bones e. homo habilis
d. bone and joints
204. individuals moving into and out of
198. Each end of the muscle is attached to populations is known as:
the bone by what? a. genetic drift
a. filaments b. gene flow
b. myofibril c. bottleneck effect
c. tendon d. natural selection
d. sacromere e. mutation

199. Muscles are which of the following?
a. exciteable
b. contractible
c. extensible
d. elastic
e. all of the above
200. What does aerobic exercise not do?
a. increase muscle coordination
b. increase muscle size
c. improve digestive tract
d. increase strength of skeleton
e. bring cardiovascular and respiratory
system improvements
201. What is the correct order for the
classification of living things?
a. domain, kingdom, phylum, subphylum,
class, order, family, genus, sepcies
b. class, family, phylum, kingdom, order,
species, domain, subphylum, genus
c. species, family, class, phylum, domain,
kingdom, subphylum, order, genus
d. phylum, subphylum, clas...s, family,
genus, species, kingdom, domain, order
e. all of the above
205. How many pairs of ribs are attached
at the back of the rib cage?
a. 8
b. 9
c. 10
d. 11
e. 12
206. Vertebral Column is
a. a series of bones through which the
spinal cord passes as it descends down
the back.
b. a pair of ribs attach at the back of the
rib cage to the thoracic vertebrae.
c. a latticework of tin...y beams and thin
plates of bone with open areas between.
d. a combination of 14 bones of the face
that support several sensory structures
and serve as attachments for most facial
muscles.
e. a skull
207. Hormones
a. is the biggest factor in regulating bone
growth.
b. is the structural unit of compact bone.
c. is an abnormal growth of cells that can
form a mass of tissue.
d. none of the above.
e. all of the above

202. a category containing 1-7 species is

labeled as:
a. order
b. family
c. class
d. kingdom
e. genus