Biology for nursing entrance exams worksheet with answers

What is phagocytosis?

1. AA cell releasing hormones by exocytosis
2. BA cell taking in small droplets of fluid
3. CA cell dividing into two identical daughter cells
4. DA cell engulfing large particles such as bacteria

What do bacteria use flagella for?

1. AMaking proteins from amino acids
2. BStoring food
3. CMoving from place to place
4. DCopying their DNA

What is the main job of the large central vacuole in a plant cell?

1. AIt copies DNA before the cell divides
2. BIt captures light energy for photosynthesis
3. CIt assembles proteins from amino acids
4. DIt stores water and keeps the cell firm

Why must human gametes be haploid?

1. ASo that the gametes can make more proteins
2. BSo that the zygote has twice the normal number of chromosomes
3. CSo that the zygote has the normal number of 46 chromosomes
4. DSo that the gametes can divide quickly by mitosis

In which part of the chloroplast do the light-dependent reactions happen?

1. AIn the outer membrane
2. BIn the thylakoid membranes
3. CIn the stroma
4. DIn the cell wall

Which body system works with the respiratory system to deliver oxygen to body cells?

1. AThe skeletal system
2. BThe circulatory system
3. CThe urinary system
4. DThe digestive system

A child's DNA profile has bands A, B, C and D. The mother has bands A and C. Man 1 has bands B and D, man 2 has A and E, and man 3 has C and F. Which man could be the biological father?

1. ANone of them
2. BMan 2
3. CMan 3
4. DMan 1

In uncontrolled diabetes, glucose appears in the urine and the person passes large volumes of urine. What is the best explanation?

1. AGlucose is broken down into water in the bladder
2. BGlucose makes the kidneys absorb more water
3. CGlucose in the kidney filtrate holds water by osmosis
4. DInsulin makes the kidneys filter more blood