QUIZ 1 – Biology Form 1 || 80 One – Word Answer Quiz Questions

Scientific Inquiry Method

1. What is the first step of scientific inquiry? Observation
2. What follows observation in the scientific method? Problem
3. What is a testable explanation in scientific inquiry? Hypothesis
4. What step involves conducting an experiment? Testing
5. What is the process of gathering and interpreting results? Analysis
6. What is the final step in the scientific inquiry method? Conclusion
7. What do scientists do to check the reliability of results? Repetition
8. What is recorded during an experiment? Data
9. What process allows scientists to discuss findings? Sharing
10. What is used to compare results in an experiment? Control

Branches of Biology

11. What branch of biology studies plants? Botany
12. What branch of biology focuses on animals? Zoology
13. What field studies insects? Entomology
14. What branch of biology deals with heredity? Genetics
15. What branch of biology studies fungi? Mycology
16. What branch of biology focuses on microscopic organisms? Microbiology
17. What study involves relationships between organisms and their environment? Ecology
18. What is the study of tissues called? Histology
19. What branch of biology studies cells? Cytology
20. What study focuses on the classification of organisms? Taxonomy

Levels of Biological Organization

21. What is the smallest unit of matter? Atom
22. What forms when atoms bond together? Molecule
23. What is the basic unit of life? Cell
24. What is a group of similar cells called? Tissue
25. What is a structure made of different tissues? Organ
26. What is a group of organs working together? System
27. What term describes an individual living thing? Organism
28. What do many organisms of the same species form? Population
29. What is a collection of interacting populations? Community
30. What is a system of living and non-living things? Ecosystem
31. What is the largest level of biological organization? Biosphere

Characteristics of Living Things

32. What is the process of obtaining energy from food? Nutrition
33. What process involves breaking down food for energy? Respiration
34. What process removes waste from the body? Excretion
35. What characteristic involves producing offspring? Reproduction
36. What characteristic refers to reacting to stimuli? Sensitivity
37. What is the ability to change position? Movement
38. What process leads to an increase in size? Growth
39. What term describes a living thing’s ability to maintain balance? Homeostasis
40. What is the process of using energy to build molecules? Anabolism
41. What is the breakdown of molecules to release energy? Catabolism

Distinguishing Living from Non-Living Things

42. What do all living things need to survive? Energy
43. What characteristic do only living things show over generations? Evolution
44. What do non-living things lack that prevents reproduction? Cells
45. What is missing in non-living things that stops metabolism? Enzymes
46. What process makes living things respond to their environment? Irritability

Microscopes and Magnification

47. What microscope has only one lens? Simple
48. What microscope has multiple lenses? Compound
49. What part of a microscope do you look through? Eyepiece
50. What part of a microscope holds the objective lenses? Nosepiece
51. What part of the microscope supports the slide? Stage
52. What controls the amount of light entering the microscope? Diaphragm
53. What adjusts the focus in small increments? Fine
54. What adjusts the focus in large increments? Coarse
55. What is the bottom part of a microscope called? Base
56. What is the source of illumination in a microscope? Light
57. What holds the lenses in place? Body tube
58. What is used to calculate total magnification? Formula
59. What is the magnification of an eyepiece lens usually? 10x
60. What is another name for the objective lens with the lowest power? Scanning

Scientific Investigations and Applications

61. What step comes after forming a hypothesis? Experimentation
62. What is used to measure length in biology experiments? Ruler
63. What is the process of ensuring fair testing? Standardization
64. What type of data involves numbers? Quantitative
65. What type of data involves descriptions? Qualitative
66. What do scientists use to share their findings? Reports
67. What is the method of testing hypotheses using observations? Experiment
68. What helps scientists communicate their results? Presentation
69. What is the process of drawing a conclusion based on data? Inference
70. What do scientists use to organize data? Tables

Solving Real-Life Problems Using Science

71. What method is used to investigate disease outbreaks? Epidemiology
72. What scientific process improves farming methods? Research
73. What is the study of environmental protection called? Conservation
74. What science helps in developing new medicines? Pharmacology
75. What method is used to improve plant yield? Breeding
76. What scientific field helps in identifying criminals? Forensics
77. What process helps in cleaning polluted water? Filtration
78. What is used to analyze crime scene evidence? DNA
79. What is used to track climate changes? Satellite
80. What process helps remove disease-causing germs? Sterilization