Biology for nursing entrance exams worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

How many micrometres (µm) are in one millimetre?

  1. A100
  2. B10
  3. C1 000 000
  4. D1000
2.Easy

In which form do animals store glucose in the liver and muscles?

  1. AStarch
  2. BCellulose
  3. CChitin
  4. DGlycogen
3.Easy

What is the correct order of the phases of mitosis?

  1. ATelophase, anaphase, metaphase, prophase
  2. BProphase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase
  3. CProphase, anaphase, metaphase, telophase
  4. DMetaphase, prophase, anaphase, telophase
4.Medium

Which statement best describes biological evolution?

  1. AChange in the body of one organism during its lifetime
  2. BChange in the inherited traits of a population over generations
  3. CMovement of animals to a new habitat each year
  4. DGrowth of an organism from a single zygote to a fully grown adult
5.Medium

Why can DNA profiling (fingerprinting) identify individual people?

  1. AEvery person has a different number of chromosomes in their cells
  2. BEach person's genes code for different amino acids
  3. CRepeated non-coding DNA regions vary in length between people
  4. DDNA in blood differs from DNA in skin
6.Medium

Why is a buffer system important in blood?

  1. AIt makes the blood clot faster
  2. BIt raises the blood glucose level
  3. CIt resists changes in pH
  4. DIt carries oxygen to the tissues
7.Hard

Pepsin works in the stomach, where the pH is about 2. What would happen to its activity in the small intestine, where the pH is about 8?

  1. AIt would drop, because the pH is far from its optimum
  2. BIt would not change, because pH does not affect enzymes
  3. CIt would rise, because enzymes prefer alkaline conditions
  4. DIt would turn into a different enzyme that digests fat
8.Hard

Ignoring crossing over, how many different combinations of chromosomes can one person's gametes have because of independent assortment?

  1. A2 × 23, which is 46
  2. B46, one for each chromosome
  3. C2²³, about 8 million
  4. D23², about 529

Answer key

  1. 1. D · 1000
  2. 2. D · Glycogen
  3. 3. B · Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase
  4. 4. B · Change in the inherited traits of a population over generations
  5. 5. C · Repeated non-coding DNA regions vary in length between people
  6. 6. C · It resists changes in pH
  7. 7. A · It would drop, because the pH is far from its optimum
  8. 8. C · 2²³, about 8 million

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