Exercise - The Science of Biology

1. Which branch of Biology focuses on the study of the structure and function of cells?

• a) Cytology
• b) Microbiology
• c) Histology
• d) Ecology

2. The study of the processes of heredity and variation in living organisms is known as:

• a) Ecology
• b) Genetics
• c) Anatomy
• d) Embryology

3. Insulin made through bacteria is an example of the technique of:

• a) Parasitology
• b) Biotechnology
• c) Biochemistry
• d) Histology

4. Heart pumps blood, stomach digests food, and kidneys excrete wastes. The statement comes from.

• a) Physiology
• b) Anatomy
• c) Morphology
• d) Histology

5. Which branch of Biology involves the study of the classification of organisms?

• a) Taxonomy
• b) Physiology
• c) Palaeontology
• d) Biogeography

6. Which step comes between making hypothesis and doing experiments?

• a) Making deductions
• b) Making observations
• c) Summarizing results
• d) Analysing data

7. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the scientific method?

• a) It relies on evidence
• b) It involves formulating hypotheses
• c) Hypothesis will always be correct
• d) It requires rigorous testing

8. Choose the correct sequence of steps of scientific method?

• a) Observations - hypothesis - deduction - experiments
• b) Observations - hypothesis - law - theory
• c) Hypothesis - observations - deduction - experiments
• d) Law - theory - deduction - observations

9. People who slept near smoky fire had less chance to suffer from malaria. Why?

• a) Smoke kills Plasmodium in their blood
• b) Fire increases temperature and Plasmodium are killed in air
• c) Mosquitoes cannot tolerate smoke and are repelled
• d) Smoke kills Plasmodium present in mosquitoes

10. Experiments are very important in scientific method because a researcher:

• a) Always gets correct results
• b) Disproves many hypotheses and gets some hypothesis proved
• c) Is sure that he will prove the hypotheses
• d) Gets a chance to work in the laboratory