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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