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6. Which of these is not a step in artificial cloning?
- The egg cell is taken and has its nucleus removed
- The egg cell is fertilised with sperm
- A body cell is removed from a parent
- The embryo is implanted into a surrogate
7. Which of these is not a genetic characteristic?
- Eye colour
- Language
- Height
- Weight
8. What is biodiversity?
- The variety of organisms in a habitat
- The variety among living things
- The number of species in a kingdom
- The number of organisms in a species
9. Which of these is not a factor that can cause heart disease?
- Stress
- Weight
- Height
- Diet
10. What is sustainability?
- Meeting the needs of the people today without damaging resources for future generations
- Not using fossil fuels
- Meeting the needs of the people today
- How quickly we can regrow things
11. Which of these is an occasion when energy will be transferred?
- When an organism is eaten
- When an organism excretes
- When an organism respires
- When an organism dies
12. What do genes do?
- Carry instructions for making proteins
- Carry instructions for making hormones
- Decide what our favourite food is
- Decide which proteins we don't need
13. Why is biodiversity important?
- It can provide us with new medicines
- It makes sure we don't die
- It makes the environment look pretty
- It isn't
14. What is an example of a functional protein?
- Insulin
- Amylase
- Collagen
- Haemoglobin
15. Which of these is not a way that nitrogen is put into the soil?
- Ammonia
- Excrement
- Denitrifying bacteria
- Decomposing organisms
16. Which of these is not a non-living indicator of a change in environment?
- Algae
- Water pollution
- Rainfall
- Temperature
17. What theory did Darwin come up with?
- The theory of natural selection
- The theory of continental drift
- The theory of genetic mutation
- The theory of reproduction
18. How does alcohol affect the water balance?
- It stops ADH production
- It replaces the water in your blood
- It increases ADH production
- It doesn't
19. What happens if you have the Y allele?
- You have cystic fibrosis
- You develop testes
- You develop ovaries
- You have freckles
20. Which of these characteristics is controlled by several genes?
- Whether you have cystic fibrosis
- What your gender is
- What your eye colour is
- Whether you have freckles