Biology for nursing entrance exams worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

What is an antigen?

  1. AA drug that kills viruses
  2. BA protein that carries oxygen
  3. CA molecule that the immune system sees as foreign
  4. DA white blood cell that engulfs and digests bacteria
2.Easy

What is a decomposer?

  1. AAn animal that eats only plants
  2. BAn organism that makes food from sunlight
  3. CAn organism that breaks down dead material
  4. DAn animal that hunts other animals
3.Easy

Which elements make up carbohydrates?

  1. ACarbon, hydrogen and oxygen
  2. BCarbon, hydrogen and nitrogen
  3. CHydrogen, oxygen and phosphorus
  4. DCarbon, nitrogen and sulfur
4.Medium

A tablet contains 2.5 g of a substance. How many milligrams is this?

  1. A0.0025 mg
  2. B25 mg
  3. C2500 mg
  4. D250 mg
5.Medium

An organism is multicellular, makes its own food by photosynthesis and has cell walls of cellulose. Which kingdom does it belong to?

  1. APlants
  2. BBacteria
  3. CAnimals
  4. DFungi
6.Medium

Which polymer is correctly matched with its monomer?

  1. AProtein and nucleotide
  2. BStarch and glucose
  3. CDNA and amino acid
  4. DGlycogen and fatty acid
7.Hard

Why does the body store long-term energy as fat rather than as glycogen?

  1. AGlycogen cannot be broken down into glucose
  2. BFat dissolves easily in blood
  3. CFat is a type of protein
  4. DFat holds more than twice the energy per gram
8.Hard

Mature human red blood cells have no nucleus and no mitochondria. What follows from this?

  1. AThey keep making new haemoglobin throughout their life
  2. BThey make ATP by aerobic respiration using the oxygen they carry
  3. CThey cannot divide and make their ATP by glycolysis only
  4. DThey live longer than almost all other body cells

Answer key

  1. 1. C · A molecule that the immune system sees as foreign
  2. 2. C · An organism that breaks down dead material
  3. 3. A · Carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
  4. 4. C · 2500 mg
  5. 5. A · Plants
  6. 6. B · Starch and glucose
  7. 7. D · Fat holds more than twice the energy per gram
  8. 8. C · They cannot divide and make their ATP by glycolysis only

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