AQA GCSE Higher Biology Quiz 1 - Statistics

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Which type of tumour is not bound by a membrane, so can spread into surrounding tissue and the blood, meaning that a secondary tumour can form?	Malignant	74%
What is the name of the substance found in the stomach that provides the optimum pH level for many enzymes to function?	Hydrochloric Acid	70%
Can water and dissolved minerals move in one or two directions in the xylem tube?	One	70%
Is it xylem or phloem tubes that contain sieve plates and a continuous cytoplasm?	Phloem	68%
In animal and plant cells, where does aerobic respiration occur?	Mitochondria	66%
What is the name of the painkiller that came from the bark of willow trees?	Aspirin	64%
If water content is too low in the body, does the pituitary gland release more or less ADH?	More	60%
What name is given to the process where unspecialised cells become specialised, meaning they have a specific function?	Differentiation	55%
Translocation is defined as being the movement of dissolved sugars through the what?	Phloem	55%
What is the name given to the sum of all the chemical reactions in the body?	Metabolism	51%
What is the name of the larger insoluble storage molecule that glucose is often converted to in plants, so they have a store of energy?	Starch	51%
What is the term for the digestive fluid produced by the liver and stored in the gall bladder that emulsifies lipids?	Bile	49%
What is the name of a junction between two neurones, that neurotransmitter chemicals diffuse across?	Synapse	49%
If somebody is suffering from kidney failure, their blood may be pumped into a dialysis machine from which blood vessel type?	Vein	47%
Which process is defined as the loss of water vapour from the leaves of a plant via the stomata?	Transpiration	45%
What is the name of the glands that produce adrenaline, the hormone that prepares the body for a flight or fight response?	Adrenal	43%
What is the name of the pathogen responsible for rose black spot disease?	Fungus	43%
What is the name of the hormone that raises blood glucose by stimulating breakdown of glycogen to glucose in the liver?	Glucagon	40%
The pituitary gland releases FSH and which other fertility hormone in biological females?	LH	40%
What is the name of the loops of DNA that float in the cytoplasm of prokaryotic cells?	Plasmids	40%
Osmosis is defined as the movement of water from a dilute to concentrated solution through a what?	Partially Permeable Membrane	38%
Amylase is a digestive enzyme that breaks starch down into sugars, and is produced in the pancreas, small intestine, and where else?	Salivary Glands	36%
Oestrogen is a contraceptive hormone produced by which gland?	Ovaries	34%
In plant cells, there are two products of anaerobic respiration, carbon dioxide, and what else?	Ethanol	32%
During the reabsorption stage of urine production, glucose is reabsorbed into the blood by what process?	Active Transport	30%
What is the name of the sight defect where light focuses in front of the retina?	Myopia	30%
A magnesium ion deficiency can lead to the yellowing of plant leaves as a result of a lack of chlorophyll, also known by what name?	Chlorosis	25%
What is the name of the plant hormone that stimulates seed germination, stem growth and flowering?	Gibberellin	21%
Magnification, calculated by dividing the image size by actual size of an object, is adjusted using what on a microscope?	Objective Lens	21%
In the accommodation reflex, when looking at a near object which structures loosen?	Suspensory Ligaments	13%
What is the name of the cells in the tubes used for translocation that provide energy, as translocation is driven by active transport?	Companion Cells	8%

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