Featured Quizzes
User Quizzes
Create Quiz
Data and Charts
Word Search
Badges and Games
About JetPunk
Message Board
Dark Mode
A Level Biology - Plant and Animal Responses - Statistics
General Stats
- This quiz has been taken 23 times
- The average score is 9 of 28
Answer Stats
| Definition | Keyword | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| A directional growth response to gravity | Geotropism | 88%
|
| A directional growth response to light | Phototropism | 82%
|
| Region of the brain coordinating balance and fine control of movement | Cerebellum | 65%
|
| Region of the brain dealing with the higher functions such as conscious thought; it is divided into two cerebral hemispheres | Cerebrum | 65%
|
| Plant hormones which are responsible for control of stem elongation and seed germination | Gibberellins | 65%
|
| Plant hormones which are responsible for regulating plant growth | Auxins | 53%
|
| Endocrine gland at the base of the brain, below but attached to the hypothalamus; the anterior lobe secretes many hormones; the posterior lobe stores and releases hormones made in the hypothalamus | Pituitary gland | 53%
|
| The part of the brain that controls physiological processes | Medulla oblongata | 47%
|
| A directional growth response in which the direction of the response is determined by the direction of the external stimulus | Tropism | 47%
|
| Muscle found in the heart walls | Cardiac muscle | 41%
|
| The central part of the nervous system composed of the brain and spinal cord | Central nervous system | 41%
|
| A secondary messenger released inside cells to activate a response | Cyclic AMP | 29%
|
| Muscle under voluntary control | Skeletal muscle | 29%
|
| A reflex action that straightens the leg when the tendon below the knee cap is tapped | Knee jerk reflex | 24%
|
| The structure at which a nerve meets the muscle; it is similar in action to a synapse | Neuromuscular junction | 24%
|
| Any chemical substance released by one living thing, which influences the behaviour or physiology of another living thing | Pheromone | 24%
|
| Inhibition of lateral buds further down the shoot by chemicals produced by the apical bud at the tip of a plant shoot | Apical dominance | 18%
|
| Components of an ecosystem that are non-living | Abiotic components | 12%
|
| Organic nitrogen-containing bases that have important physiological effects on animals; includes nicotine, quinine, strychnine and morphine | Alkaloids | 12%
|
| Components of an ecosystem that are living | Biotic components | 12%
|
| The motor neurones under conscious control | Somatic nervous system | 12%
|
| Phenolic compounds, located in cell vacuoles or in surface wax on plants | Tannins | 12%
|
| An intracellular enzyme, which is activated by certain hormones | Adenyl cyclase | 6%
|
| Part of the nervous system responsible for controlling the involuntary motor activities of the body | Automatic nervous system | 0%
|
| A compound in muscle that acts as a store of phosphates and can supply phosphates to make ATP rapidly | Creatine phosphate | 0%
|
| Smooth muscle that contracts without conscious control | Involuntary muscle | 0%
|
| The sensory and motor nerves connecting the sensory receptors and effectors to the CNS | Peripheral nervous system | 0%
|
| A response that does not involve any processing by the brain | Reflex action | 0%
|
No matching quizzes found
Score Distribution
Percent of People with Each Score
Percentile by Number Answered
Your Score History
You have not taken this quiz
New and Popular