BIOLOGY QUIZ

The study of biology covers a wide range of interesting topics that include genetics, cells,
photosynthesis, microbiology, ecology, botany, evolution, DNA, viruses and bacteria.
Challenge your knowledge of these topics by taking our fun biology quiz.
1. Which famous scientist introduced the idea of natural selection?
2. A person who studies biology is known as a?
3. Botany is the study of?
4. Can frogs live in salt water?
5. True or false? The common cold is caused by a virus.
6. Animals which eat both plants and other animals are known as what?
7. Bacterial infections in humans can be treated with what?
8. A single piece of coiled DNA is known as a?
9. A group of dog offspring is known as a?
10. The area of biology devoted to the study of fungi is known as?
11. What is the name of the process used by plants to convert sunlight into food?
12. The death of every member of a particular species is known as what?
13. The process of pasteurization is named after which famous French microbiologist?
14. True or false? A salamander is a warm blooded animal?
15. A change of the DNA in an organism that results in a new trait is known as a?

Biology Quiz Answers

1. Charles Darwin
2. Biologist
3. Plants
4. No
5. True
6. Omnivores
7. Antibiotics
8. Chromosome
9. Litter
10. Mycology
11. Photosynthesis
12. Extinction
13. Louis Pasteur
14. False
15. Mutation

Human Body Quiz

Test your knowledge of the human body by taking our fun human body quiz. The human
body is an amazing structure which contains a wide range of complex parts and processes.

1. What is the name of the biggest part of the human brain?

2. The colored part of the human eye that controls how much light passes through the pupil
is called the?
3. What is the name of the substance that gives skin and hair its pigment?
4. The muscles found in the front of your thighs are known as what?
5. True or false? The two chambers at the bottom of your heart are called ventricles.
6. What substance are nails made of?
7. What is the human bodys biggest organ?
8. The innermost part of bones contains what?
9. True or false? An adult human body has over 500 bones.
10. How many lungs does the human body have?
11. Another name for your voice box is the?
12. The two holes in your nose are called?
13. Your tongue is home to special structures that allow you to experience tastes such as
sour, sweet, bitter and salty, what is their name?
14. The bones that make up your spine are called what?
15. The shape of DNA is known as?
16. The flow of blood through your heart and around your body is called?
17. The bones around your chest that protect organs such as the heart are called what?
18. What is the name of the long pipe that shifts food from the back of your throat down to
your stomach?
19. True or false? Your ears are important when it comes to staying balanced.
20. The outside layer of skin on the human body is called the?

Human Body Quiz Answers

1. The cerebrum
2. Iris
3. Melanin

4. Quadriceps
5. True
6. Keratin
7. The skin
8. Bone marrow
9. False (there are 206)
10. 2
11. Larynx
12. Nostrils
13. Taste buds
14. Vertebrae
15. A double helix
16. Circulation
17. Ribs
18. The esophagus
19. True
20. Epidermis