1
Q
Which is probably the least influential in human behavior?
A
instincts
2
Q
The cavity in the skull which contains the brain is the________.
A
cranial cavity
3
Q
The body cavity that contains the heart and the lungs is the_________.
A
thoracic cavity
4
Q
The fingers in relation to the elbow are_________.
A
distal
5
Q
The type of tissue that includes bone, cartilage, blood, and lymph is__________.
A
connective
6
Q
The type of tissue that covers the body and lines the digestive tract is______________.
A
epithelial
7
Q
The major types of tissues found in the human body include all of the following except______________.
A
bone
8
Q
Which one of the skin layers carries on mitosis, supplying cells that will eventually be sloughed off?
A
stratum germinativum
9
Q
The layer of skin that is made up of dead cells is the_______.
A
horny layer
10
Q
Skin and hair part of the_______.
A
integumentary system
11
Q
The layer of the skin, is correct order from superficial to deep, are________.
A
epidermis, dermis, subcutaneous layer.
12
Q
What helps to keep the hair soft?
A
sebaceous glands
13
Q
Mild burns (like most sunburns) affect only as deep as the________.
A
epidermis
14
Q
A pigment that the skin uses in protection against exposure to ultraviolet radiation is________.
A
melanin
15
Q
The bones of the body serve all these functions except.
A) epidermis
B) manufacturing blood cells
C) protecting organs
D) mending fractured bones
A
D) providing flexibility
16
Q
The epiphyseal plate is used in_________.
A
bone growth
17
Q
The tough fibrous tissues covering the outside of a bone is the_______.
A
periosteum
18
Q
The major mineral substance deposited in bone is________.
A
calcium
19
Q
The posterior region of the zygomatic arch is made up of the________.
A
temporal bone
20
Q
The hole in a vertebra is the_____.
A
neural arch
21
Q
The calcaneus is commonly called the______.
A
heel bone
22
Q
The joint between the humerus and the radius is a _________.
A
hinge joint
23
Q
a connection between two or more bones or between cartilage and bone is called a__________.
A
joint
24
Q
Tough strands of connective tissue that hold the bones of ball-and-socket and hinge joints in place are called_______.
A
ligament
25
The joints between the various carpals and between various tarsals are_______.
gliding joints
26
The joint between the atlas and the axis is a ___________.
pivot joint
27
A hinge joint is located in the___________.
elbow
28
A band of connective tissue between the fleshy portion of a muscle and bone is_________.
a cartilage
29
A secretion that lubricates a joint and acts as a shock absorber is_______.
synovial fluid
30
When you write your answer to this question, the muscles that move your fingers are____________.
skeletal
31
Muscle that is striated and voluntary is said to be________.
skeletal
32
Smooth muscle is muscle__________.
over which you have no conscious control
33
Muscle that is involuntary and is found in the walls of the digestive system and blood vessels is said to be___________.
smooth
34
Myofibrils are fine threads that make up________.
muscles
35
The ATP molecules provide the___________.
energy for muscle contraction
36
The two structural protein filaments found in muscle cells are__________.
actin and myosis
37
A movement toward the midline of the body is done by a/an___________.
adductor muscle
38
The biceps brachia is antagonistic to the__________.
triceps brachia
39
A muscle that decreases the angle of a joint is called a/an__________.
flexor
40
The masseter would would aid a person most in___________.
Chewing
41
Muscle that is striated and involuntary is said to be__________.
cardiac
42
An example of a sphincter muscle is the____________.
orbiculares oris
43
The pectoralis major would help you most in___________,
pushups
44
A person who uses his gastrocnemius will have well developed_________.
calves
45
The rectus abdominis would help you most in__________.
sit-ups
46
After a great deal of exercise, soreness of muscles is caused in part by a built-up of_____________.
lactic acid
47
Bones of the appendicular skeleton are not found in the________________.
head
48
The distance from one Z line to another is called a___________.
sarcomere
49
A tissue (composed primarily of fat cells) that filled the central cavity of long bones as a person grows older is_____________.
yellow bone marrow
50
A tissue that is active in the formation of red blood cells is the_____________.
red bone marrow
51
T/F The chestnut blight fungus and Dutch elm disease are two fungal diseases that have destroyed many trees in the United States.
True
52
T/F The posterior end of a turtle is its bottom shell.
False
53
T/F The shedding of an exoskeleton is called molting.
True
54
T/F In anatomical position the feet are pointing directly to the front.
True
55
T/F Many destructive fungi are plant parasites.
True
56
T/F A dog is an example of an organism that has spherical symmetry.
False
57
T/F Crayfish are capable of regenerating lost parts.
True
58
T/F In anatomical position the radius and the ulna are crossed over one another.
False
59
T/F Beneficial fungi include edible fungi (such as truffles, yeasts, and certain mushrooms) molds that produce antibiotics, and the decomposer organisms.
True
60
T/F The symmetry of cnidarians and echinoderms is similar.
True
61
T/F Scorpions, barnacles, and ticks are all in the same Arthropod class.
False
62
T/F In anatomical position the ulna is on the thumb side of the hand.
False
63
T/F In Scripture, leaving agents such as yeasts are compared to the effect that a Christian should have on the world.
False
64
T/F Vertebrates are animals that have backbones.
True
65
T/F Each spider can spin only one type of silk.
False
66
T/F In anatomical position the elbow is flexed.
False
67
T/F Fungi carry on digestion inside digestion vacuoles.
False
68
T/F Most animals are invertebrates.
True
69
T/F Typically, millipedes have more legs than centipedes do.
True
70
T/F Muscles can only pull; they never push.
True
71
T/F Some fungi can live as saprophytes and also as parasites.
True
72
T/F A parasite is an organism that is dependent on a host and often harms the host.
True
73
T/F Insects are the only flying invertebrates.
True
74
T/F Once bones are fully calcified, they remain unchanged.
False
75
T/F Rhizoids are hyphae that support and digest food. Haustoria are similar to rhizoids in that they support the fungi, but they enter living cells to obtain food.
True
76
T/F A fluke is a parasitic roundworm.
False
77
T/F Insects account for less than half of all animal species.
False
78
T/F The scapula is part of the axial skeleton.
False
79
T/F There are many kinds of yeasts including baker's yeasts (used in baking breads), brewer's yeasts (used in making beers), and wine yeasts (used in making wines).
True
80
T/F The Ascaris female is longer than the male and has a hook shape on one end of its body.
False
81
T/F The phalanges are found in both hands and feet.
True
82
T/F Lichens are in the kingdom Fungi phylum Ascomycota.
False
83
T/F The Ascaris eats the blood while in its host's intestine.
False
84
T/F The phalanges are more numerous in the right hand than in the right foot.
False
85
T/F Fungi are not classified as plants because they lack true tissues and argans.
True
86
T/F An open circulatory system is a characteristic of the annelids and the mollusks.
False
87
T/F The phalanges are distal to the carpals.
True
88
T/F There are very few photosynthetic fungi.
False
89
T/F Clams are called filter feeders because they filter water over mucus-coated gills to obtain their food.
True
90
T/F The phalanges are more numerous in the thumb than in the little finger.
False
91
T/F The mantle cavity in mollusks is used in feeding.
False
92
T/F The scapula forms the socket of the shoulder joing.
True
93
T/F Members of the phylum Echniodermata include sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies, and nudibranchs.
False
94
T/F A sphincter muscle raises a body part.
False
95
T/F The water-vascular system found in some organisms is used for locomotion.
True
96
T/F A sphincter muscle reduces the size of an opening.
True
97
T/F The arms of a starfish are called rays.
True
98
T/F A single coccus bacterium grows and divides and becomes a diplococcus, and then through repeated divisions it becomes a striptococcus of a staphylococcus.
False
99
T/F Less than half of all plant species have mycorrhizae associated with their roots.
False
100
T/F Taxonomy and systematics mean virtually the same thing.
True
101
T/F Autotrophs can be either photosynthetic or chemosynthetic.
True
102
T/F In the modern classification system, each group on one level can be divided into several groups on the next lower level.
True
103
T/F Transformation in bacteria is a form of genetic transfer in which living bacteria absorb the DNA of other bacteria.
True
104
T/F Each level of the currently used classificational hierarchy can be divided into smaller units by using prefixes like "sub-" and "infra-."
True
105
T/F A heterocyst is a structure found in colonies of blue-green algae.
True
106
T/F An earthworm belongs in kingdom Eubacteria.
False
107
T/F All the blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) have chlorophyll a in them
True
108
T/F The bacterium that causes tuberculosis belongs in kingdom Eubacteria.
True
109
T/F All the blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) have heterocysts.
False
110
T/F A tomato plant belongs in kingdom Protista.
False
111
T/F Bacteria that carry on anaerobic respiration may produce alcohol, lactic acid, or methane.
True
112
T/F both the genus and species names should be italicized or underlined, but only the genus name should be capitalized.
True
113
T/F Herpes simplex is a viral disease that infects humans, causing fever blisters (cold sores).
True
114
T/F Since classifications are for human convenience, classifications can be set up to prove evolution.
False
115
T/F The lymphatic system is part of one of the body's cellular defenses against diseases.
True
116
T/F God created the organisms and told them to reproduce after their kind. Many Creationists believe that this establishes the ability to reproduce as the primary criterion for a natural classification system.
True
117
T/F Pus contains bacteria, white blood cells, and fluids that are the result of the body's fighting an infection.
True
118
T/F Linnaeus was a Creationist and believed that he was describing the biblical kinds as he classified organisms into species.
True
119
T/F Although an antibiotic may be very effective against one type of bacterium, it may be useless against another type of bacterium.
True
120
Although Creationists and evolutionists agree that migration takes place, Creationists do not believe that a new "biblical kind" could be formed by migration.
True
121
T/F A group of cells that grows in an abnormally rapid and chaotic manner is a malignant tumor.
True
122
T/F Another name for a benign tumor is cancer.
False
123
T/F A carcinogen is a substance that is believed to cayse aging.
False
124
T/F There are no viruses that can infect both humans and animals.
False
125
What do we call the total inability to move or contract muscles?
Paralysis
126
The condition suffered by many adolescents is characterized by blocked pores and inflamed sebaceous glands is known as _____.
Acne
127
What type of immovable joint forms where two bones fuse together, forming a line?
Suture
128
In what kind of fracture is one bone fragment forced into the other?
Impacted
129
The biceps brachii originates on what bone(s)?
Scapula
130
What bone is the lower jaw?
Mandible
131
What bone articulates on the proximal end of the humerus?
Scapula
132
What bone forms the posterior section of the zygomatic arch?
Temperal bone
133
Chemicals that insects make to attract members of the opposite sex are _____.
Pharamones
134
Natural predators and parasites of an insect are examples of _____.
Biological controls
135
When an insect is brought illegally to an area where it is not native, _____ has been broken.
Quarantine
136
Insecticides come in two basic forms: stomach poisons and _____ poisons.
Contact
137
When cancer cells separate from the parent tumor and spread to another part of the body, we say the cancer has _____.
Metastasized
138
Gerontology is the science of _____.
Aging
139
When a _____ is performed, a doctor removes a sample of tissue to be examined by a pathologist.
Biopsy
140
What term is used for an insect or other arthropod that carries pathogens from one organism to another?
Vector
141
What is a synonym for a communicable disease?
Contageous
142
What German scientist established a four-step process for determining the cause or etiology of a disease?
Koch
143
What is the bursting or disintegration of the host cell called during a viral infection?
Lysis
144
What term is used to describe the complete virus unit?
Virion
145
Some types of bacteria can survive unfavorable conditions by forming _____.
Endospores
146
What is the most general term for an agent that invades the body and causes disease?
Pathogen
147
What is the common name of the Rana pipiens?
A Grass Frog
148
What is the common name of the Canis latrans?
A Coyote
149
What is the common name of the Ambystoma tigrinum?
A Tiger Salamander
150
Name one organism that belongs in the kingdom Fungi.
Mushrooms
| Also acceptable answers are mold or yeast
151
In the modern classification system, a species is divided into _____.
Varieties
152
In the modern classification system, a kingdom is divided into _____.
Phyla/Divisions
153
In the modern classification system, a genus is divided into _____.
Species
154
In the modern classification system, a phylum is divided into _____.
Classes
155
In the modern classification system, a class is divided into _____.
Orders
156
In the modern classification system, a family is divided into _____.
Genera
