Biology for nursing entrance exams worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

What is a eukaryote?

  1. AAn organism made of a single cell without a nucleus
  2. BA virus that infects animal cells
  3. CAn organism whose cells have a nucleus
  4. DAn organism that lives only in extreme heat
2.Easy

Which structure is found in plant cells but not in animal cells?

  1. ACell membrane
  2. BMitochondrion
  3. CRibosome
  4. DCell wall
3.Easy

Which enzyme unwinds the DNA double helix and separates the two strands for copying?

  1. AHelicase
  2. BAmylase
  3. CLipase
  4. DLigase
4.Medium

During hard exercise, muscle cells run short of oxygen. What do they produce from glucose instead?

  1. AAlcohol and carbon dioxide
  2. BLactic acid (lactate) and a small amount of ATP
  3. CLarge amounts of ATP and oxygen
  4. DGlycogen and water
5.Medium

How can bacteria pass antibiotic-resistance genes directly to other bacteria?

  1. ABy osmosis, moving genes in water
  2. BBy conjugation, transferring plasmids through a pilus
  3. CBy meiosis, forming gametes with new alleles
  4. DBy mitosis, sharing copies of their chromosomes with neighbours
6.Medium

A study finds a positive correlation between hours of exercise and lung capacity. What does this mean?

  1. AThere is no link between the two variables
  2. BAs exercise increases, lung capacity tends to increase
  3. CExercise has been proven to cause higher lung capacity
  4. DAs exercise increases, lung capacity tends to decrease
7.Hard

The rate of an enzyme reaction rises as substrate is added but then levels off, even when more substrate is added. Why?

  1. AThe substrate has become an inhibitor
  2. BThe enzyme has been denatured
  3. CAll the active sites are occupied
  4. DThe products have turned back into substrate
8.Hard

In snapdragons, flower colour shows incomplete dominance: RR is red, RW is pink and WW is white. Two pink plants are crossed. What phenotype ratio is expected?

  1. A1 red : 1 white
  2. B3 red : 1 white
  3. C1 red : 2 pink : 1 white
  4. DAll pink, like the parents

Answer key

  1. 1. C · An organism whose cells have a nucleus
  2. 2. D · Cell wall
  3. 3. A · Helicase
  4. 4. B · Lactic acid (lactate) and a small amount of ATP
  5. 5. B · By conjugation, transferring plasmids through a pilus
  6. 6. B · As exercise increases, lung capacity tends to increase
  7. 7. C · All the active sites are occupied
  8. 8. C · 1 red : 2 pink : 1 white

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