Biology for nursing entrance exams worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

What does gel electrophoresis separate?

  1. AChromosomes by their colour
  2. BCells by their shape
  3. CBlood into plasma and cells
  4. DDNA fragments by size
2.Easy

What is a tissue?

  1. AA group of similar cells that work together
  2. BA structure inside a cell
  3. CA single cell that has one special job in the body
  4. DSeveral organs that work together
3.Easy

What are homologous chromosomes?

  1. AChromosomes that are found only in gametes
  2. BA matching pair, one from each parent, that carry the same genes
  3. CTwo chromosomes that are always the X and the Y
  4. DTwo identical copies of one chromosome made when DNA is replicated
4.Medium

A red-flowered plant is crossed with a white-flowered plant, and all offspring have pink flowers. What does this show?

  1. ACodominance
  2. BComplete dominance
  3. CIncomplete dominance
  4. DA sex-linked trait
5.Medium

Red-green colour blindness is X-linked recessive. A colour-blind woman (XᵇXᵇ) has children with a man with normal colour vision (XᴮY). What fraction of their sons is expected to be colour-blind?

  1. AOne half
  2. BNone
  3. CAll
  4. DOne quarter
6.Medium

What happens in the Calvin cycle of photosynthesis?

  1. AGlucose is broken down to release energy
  2. BWater is split to release oxygen
  3. CCO₂ is built into sugar using ATP and NADPH
  4. DLight is absorbed by chlorophyll
7.Hard

Fleming saw a clear area with no bacteria around a Penicillium mould growing on a bacterial plate. What was the best explanation?

  1. AThe bacteria had moved away to find more food
  2. BThe mould released a substance that killed or stopped the bacteria
  3. CThe bacteria had turned into mould cells
  4. DThe mould used up all of the oxygen that the nearby bacteria needed
8.Hard

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

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

Answer key

  1. 1. D · DNA fragments by size
  2. 2. A · A group of similar cells that work together
  3. 3. B · A matching pair, one from each parent, that carry the same genes
  4. 4. C · Incomplete dominance
  5. 5. C · All
  6. 6. C · CO₂ is built into sugar using ATP and NADPH
  7. 7. B · The mould released a substance that killed or stopped the bacteria
  8. 8. D · Glucose in the kidney filtrate holds water by osmosis

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