Science Bowl

BIOLOGY

Biology - 48

BIOL-91; Multiple Choice:  Spiders are members of what class? 

a)  Diplopoda (pron:  dip-low-poe-da)
b)  Insecta
c)  Chilopoda (pron:  Ki-low-poe-da)
d)  Arachnida (pron: a-rak-ne-da)

ANSWER:  D -- ARACHNIDA

BIOL-91; Short Answer:  What is the agricultural importance of legume crops? 

ANSWER:  Able to fix nitrogen  or  with bacteria can fix nitrogen 

BIOL-91; Multiple Choice:  What vascular tissue brings water and minerals to the leaves?

a)  phloem

(pron: flow-em)

b)  xylem
c)  cambium
d)  rhizomes

(pron: rye-zom)

ANSWER:  B -- XYLEM

BIOL-91; Short Answer:  In what organ in the human body would you find the glomerulus,
Bowman's capsule, the loop of Henle and the collecting duct? 

ANSWER:   KIDNEY

BIOL-91; Short Answer:  The maintenance of a relatively constant internal environment despite
external fluctuations is known as what process? 

ANSWER:  HOMEOSTASIS

BIOL-91; Short Answer:  Which digestive organ is a storage sac for the greenish fluid called bile?

ANSWER:  GALL BLADDER

BIOL-91; Short Answer:  Which vitamin is involved in visual pigment formation 

ANSWER:  VITAMIN A  or  BETA CAROTENE  or  CAROTENE