This document contains questions about biology topics including biomes, characteristics of living things, organ systems, tissues, cells, bones, muscles, circulatory system, digestive system, respiratory system, and nervous system. It asks the learner to identify structures, explain processes, and discuss key concepts. The questions cover a wide range of levels from simple recall to more complex explanations and applications of biological principles.

1. BIOLOGY

2. Name the 5 BIOMES

3. What is this bone?
?

4. What are the characteristics of
living things?
Movement Respiration
Reproduction Excretion
Sensitivity
Nutrition
Growth

5. What are the 3 types of vessels in the
circulatory system?

6. Name this BIOME

7. What chemicals are vital to life?
Sulfur
Phosphorus
Oxygen
Nitrogen
Carbon
Hydrogen

8. What are the three main components of
bone?

9. In biological organization what comes
between biosphere & community?
Biosphere
Ecosystem
Community
Population
Organism
Organ system
Organ
Tissue
Cell
Organelle
Molecule
Atom

10. Name this BIOME

11. What is this bone?
?

12. What is the process taking place in our
bodies that uses up oxygen and produces
carbon dioxide called?

13. What are the vessels that connect the
arteries to the veins?

14. What is this type of cell?

15. Name this BIOME

16. Which vessels carry blood away from the
heart under high pressure?

17. What are the quick, protective reactions
that occur within your nervous system
called?

18. In biological organization what comes
between Organism and Organ?
Biosphere
Ecosystem
Community
Population
Organism
Organ system
Organ
Tissue
Cell
Organelle
Molecule
Atom

19. What is this organ?
?

20. Explain why a message moving along nerve
pathways takes time.

21. What is this chamber of the heart called?
?

22. This is the occipital lobe. What does this
part of the brain do?
?

23. Name this BIOME

24. What is this chamber of the heart called?
?

25. Why does a voluntary movement take
longer than an reflex?

26. What is this type of cell?

27. In biological organization what comes
between Organ and Cell?
Biosphere
Ecosystem
Community
Population
Organism
Organ system
Organ
Tissue
Cell
Organelle
Molecule
Atom

28. This slide shows a sample of what type of
tissue?

29. What about Earth makes life a possibility?

30. What is the name of the process in which
cartilage calcifies into bone?

31. This slide shows a sample of what type of
tissue?

32. What is this bone?
?

33. Which teeth in the mouth cut our food?

34. This is the frontal lobe. What does this
part of the brain do?
?

35. What are these types of cells?

36. This is the enzyme in our saliva that
breaks down starch into sugar.

37. Our stomach has two methods of breaking
down food, one is mechanical and the
other is chemical. Explain these processes.

38. This is the connective tissue that attaches
muscle to bone.

39. This is how long the entire digestive
system is.

40. Which vessels return blood to the heart
under low pressure?

41. This is where feces are stored before
exiting the anus.

42. What is this organ?
?

43. This is the temporal lobe. What does this
part of the brain do?
?

44. What is this organ?
?

45. What is this bone?
?

46. What is the name of the tube which
connects the mouth to the stomach?

47. Explain the function of the diaphragm in
respiration.

48. In the small intestines, this special cells
absorb the food that has been broken down
into molecules.

49. This is the connective tissue that attaches
bone to bone.

50. Where does gas exchange in the lungs
occur?

51. Name two of the functions of the nose
other than a passageway into the lungs.

52. What are these organs of the respiratory
system?
?

53. What are the 3 types of muscle tissue?

54. This is the cerebellum. What does this
part of the brain do?
?

55. What is this bone?
?

56. What is tissue?

57. In biological organization what comes
between Organelle & Atom?
Biosphere
Ecosystem
Community
Population
Organism
Organ system
Organ
Tissue
Cell
Organelle
Molecule
Atom

58. This enzyme, found in the small intestine,
breaks down fats into fatty acids.

59. What is this chamber of the heart called?
?

60. What is the name of a long, specialized,
muscle cell?

61. About how many skeletal muscles are
in the human body?

62. This slide shows a sample of what type of
tissue?

63. This is where two bones meet.

64. Which teeth in the mouth grind our food?

65. Explain, using an example, how muscles
work together in pairs.
For example, the bicep
muscle allows us to flex
our arm, and the tricep
muscles allows us to
extend our arm.

66. Where is smooth muscle found?

67. Bile, which breaks down fats in the small
intestine, is made in one organ and stored
in another. Name these two organs.

68. This is the parietal lobe. What does this
part of the brain do?
?

69. What is this bone?
?

70. Where is involuntary, striated muscle
found?

71. How many bones does an adult have?

72. What is this bone?
?

73. Name 3 types of bone cells

74. This is the brain stem. What does this part
of the brain do?
?

75. What are the three functions of bone we
discussed in class?

76. Where is voluntary, striated muscle found?

77. What is this bone?
?

78. In which part of the bone does growth take
place?

79. Why are arteries thicker than veins?

80. Our skeletons are replace every 7-10 years.
What is this process called?

81. What does homeostasis mean? Explain how
do bones maintain homeostasis?

82. What process happens in the large
intestine?

83. Name this BIOME

84. This is the spinal cord. What does this
part of the nervous system do?
?

85. What is this bone?
?