Science Bowl

BIOLOGY

Biology - 45

BIOL-91; Short Answer:  What is the formal name for the heaviest muscle in th human body, and
helps extend the thigh?

ANSWER:  GLUTEUS MAXIMUS

BIOL-91; Short Answer:  Protozoans living within the digestive tract of a termite and digesting
the cellulose the termite takes in is an example what?

ANSWER:  MUTUALISM

BIOL-91; Short Answer:  The development of an egg without fertilization by a sperm is referred
to as:

ANSWER:  PARTHENOGENESIS

BIOL-91; Multiple Choice:  Which of the following blood types is referred to as the universal
RECIPIENT?

a)  A
b)  AB
c)  O
d)  B

ANSWER:  B -- AB

BIOL-91; Short Answer:  What term beginning with the letter O is used to describe
cancer-causing genes originally derived from animal or plant cells?

ANSWER:  ONCOGENES

BIOL-91; Multiple Choice:  Exchange of oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients and waste products
from mother to fetus occurs through diffusion across the: 

a)  chorionic villi

(pron: core-e-on-ick villi)

b)  endometrium
c)  corpus luteum
d)  colostrum

ANSWER:  A -- CHORIONIC VILLI