Science Bowl

BIOLOGY

Biology - 10

BIOL-91; Multiple Choice:  The muscle attachment to the bone of lesser movement is called the
muscle's:

a)  insertion
b)  head
c)  origin
d)  tail

ANSWER:   C -- ORIGIN

BIOL-91;  Short Answer:  DNA present in a structural gene that does not seem to have a specific
coding function is known as what?

ANSWER:  INTRON

BIOL-91;  Multiple Choice:  The organic portion of bone consists of which one of the following
proteins.

a)  fibrin
b)  collagen
c)  actin
d)  myosin

ANSWER:   B -- COLLAGEN

BIOL-91; Multiple Choice:  Octopus and squid belong to the class of molluscs known as:

a)  cephalopoda

(pron:  sef-eh-lah-pod-ah)

b)  bivalvia
c)  gastropoda

(pron:  gas-tro-pod-ah)

d)  polyplacophora

(pron:  poly-pla-so-for-ah) 

ANSWER:  A -- CEPHALOPODA

BIOL-91;  Short Answer:  The name given to a structure present in angiosperms but lacking in
gymnosperms is?

ANSWER:  OVARY or OVULARY