RISERS ACADEMY — A Project of Mustafa Group of Institutions
Class: IX (Biology)
Chapter: 01. The Science of Biology
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Experiments are very important in scientific method because a researcher.
A) Always gets correct results B) Disproves many hypotheses and gets some hypothesis proved C) Is sure that he will prove the hypotheses D) Gets chance to work in the laboratory
Answer: B) Disproves many hypotheses and gets some hypothesis proved
2. Choose the correct sequence of steps of scientific method?
A) Observations - hypothesis - deduction - experiments B) Observations - hypothesis - law - theory C) Hypothesis - Observations - deduction - experiments D) Law - theory - deduction - Observations
Answer: A) Observations - hypothesis - deduction - experiments
3. Which step comes between making hypothesis and doing experiments?
A) Making deductions B) Making observations C) Summarizing results D) Analysing data
Answer: A) Making deductions
4. Which branch of Biology focuses on the study of the structure and function of cells?
A) Cytology B) Microbiology C) Histology D) Ecology
Answer: A) Cytology
5. The study of the processes of heredity and variation in living organisms is known as.
A) Ecology B) Genetics C) Anatomy D) Embryology
Answer: B) Genetics
6. People who slept near smoky fire had less chance to suffer from malaria. Why?
A) Smoke kills Plasmodium in their blood B) Fire increases temperature and Plasmodium are killed in air C) Mosquitoes cannot tolerate smoke and are repelled D) Smoke kills Plasmodium present in mosquitoes
Answer: C) Mosquitoes cannot tolerate smoke and are repelled
7. Which branch of Biology involves the study of the classification of organisms?
A) Taxonomy B) Physiology C) Palaeonotology D) Biogeography
Answer: A) Taxonomy
8. Insulin made through bacteria is an example of the technique of.
A) Parasitology B) Biotechnology C) Biochemistry D) Histology
Answer: B) Biotechnology
9. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the scientific method?
A) It relies on evidence B) It involves formulating hypotheses C) Hypothesis will always be correct D) It requires rigorous testing
Answer: C) Hypothesis will always be correct
10. He pumps blood, stomach digests food, and kidneys excrete wastes. The statement comes from.
Answer: Physiology
11. Study of internal physical structure of organisms is called:
Answer: Anatomy
12. In embryology, scientists study:
Answer: All of the above (organ and tissue formation, birth defects, medical treatment development)
13. Remains of plants and animals that were preserved in rocks and other geological formations:
Answer: Fossils
14. The examination of fossils helps scientists to know the:
Answer: Evolutionary history
15. The Branch of biology deals with the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of similarities and differences:
Answer: Taxonomy
16. The microscopic study of tissues:
Answer: Histology
17. Genetics is the branch of biology that deals with the study of:
Answer: Both transfer of characters and the cause of genetic diseases
18. The oldest known fossil cyanobacterium estimated to be ____ years old:
Answer: 3.4 billion
19. Which branch of biology helps to conserve biodiversity and address environmental problems:
Answer: Ecology
20. Study of diseases, their causes and effects is called:
Answer: Pathology
21. Pharmacology is the study of:
Answer: Drugs
22. Which of the following support a wide variety of marine life:
Answer: Coral reefs
23. The word biology has been derived from two words:
Answer: Greek words (bios and logos)
24. The study of living things is called:
Answer: Biology
25. The microscopic study of tissues is called:
Answer: Histology
26. The study of transfer of characteristics from parents to offspring is called:
Answer: Genetics
27. The study of functions of living parts is called:
Answer: Physiology
28. Meaning of "logos" is:
Answer: Study (of)
29. The study of immune system of animals is called:
Answer: Immunology
30. The study of fossils is called:
Answer: Paleontology
31. Study of drugs and their effects on human body is called:
Answer: Pharmacology
32. The study of biological molecules of life is called:
Answer: Molecular biology
33. Relationships between organism and their environment is called:
Answer: Ecology
34. Coral reef support a wide variety of:
Answer: Marine life
35. The study of diseases, their causes, and effects is called:
Answer: Pathology
36. The study of functions of various organs of an organism is:
Answer: Physiology
37. Histology is the microscopic study of:
Answer: Tissues
38. Paleontology is the study of:
Answer: Fossils
39. The other name of environmental biology is:
Answer: Ecology
40. Microbiology is the study of:
Answer: Microorganisms
41. Biology is a word of which language:
Answer: Greek
42. The study of plants is called:
Answer: Botany
43. Match anatomy with one of the following:
Answer: Structure
44. Biology is the scientific study of:
Answer: Life
45. The branch deals with the study of form and structure of living organisms is called:
Answer: Morphology
46. The branch which deals with the study of cell division is called:
Answer: Cytology
47. The branch deals with the study of the interrelationship of organisms and their environment is called:
Answer: Ecology
48. Into how many major divisions is biology divided?
Answer: Two (Botany and Zoology)
49. Mr. Nauman was busy in dissecting and analyzing the heart of frog. Probably he is a:
Answer: Anatomist
50. Being a biology research worker, you are studying "Markhor". Which branch of biology it will be:
Answer: Zoology
51. Which of the following professions deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases in human?
Answer: Medicine
52. Study of insects is called:
Answer: Entomology
53. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment is known as:
Answer: Ecology
54. What is the study of diseases and their causes called?
Answer: Pathology
55. The study of occurrence and distribution of different species of living organisms in different geographical regions of the world is called:
Answer: Biogeography
56. How many people get lung cancer by smoking? This question can be answered through?
Answer: Biostatistics
57. The number of plants in desert are scarce. This could be the statement of:
Answer: Ecology
58. Which of the following best describes the field of biotechnology?
Answer: Use of biology processes to develop technologies
59. The oldest known fossil is a cyanobacterium estimated to be ____ years old:
Answer: 3.5 billion
60. Study of structure and reaction of different chemical substances present in living systems:
Answer: Biochemistry
61. The influence of climate change on the distribution of organisms is studied in:
Answer: Biogeography
62. Production of new variety of crops is the example of:
Answer: Biotechnology
63. Which of the following plays a crucial role in biological research, health care and public health etc:
Answer: Biotechnology
64. Scientists use mathematical models in:
Answer: Computational biology
65. The study of chemical reactions of photosynthesis and respiration are the examples of:
Answer: Biochemistry
66. Production of new variety of crops is an example of:
Answer: Biotechnology
67. Production of insulin is an example of:
Answer: Biotechnology
68. Distribution of living organisms in different geographical regions:
Answer: Biogeography
69. Principles of statistics to analyze and interpret data related to living organisms:
Answer: Biostatistics
70. The profession deals with diagnosis and treatment of diseases:
Answer: Medicine
71. Providing support to people on genetic conditions and testing:
Answer: Genetic counseling
72. Cultivate fruit, vegetables, flower and ornamental plants are:
Answer: Horticulture
73. Breeding and caring for livestock to improve their quality and productivity involves:
Answer: Animal husbandry
74. Who improve farming practices:
Answer: Agricultural scientists
75. Breeding of cow belongs to:
Answer: Animal husbandry
76. The defective parts of body are repaired, replaced and removed by:
Answer: Surgery
77. To become a physiologist, a ___ year BS degree in Physical Therapy is needed:
Answer: Four
78. In which career scientists analyze physical evidence from crime scenes to help in criminal's investigation:
Answer: Forensic scientists
79. The new emerging careers of biology include:
Answer: Bioinformatics and biomedical engineering
80. What does MBBS stand for?
Answer: Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
81. What does the field of forensic science involve?
Answer: Examination of evidence from crime scenes
82. What is the role of horticulturist?
Answer: Plant breeding and cultivation
83. "We made every living thing from water." This verse is from which sura?
Answer: Al-Ambia (Al-Anbiya)
84. Living things consist of ___ percent of water:
Answer: 70-90
85. Human genome project was completed in:
Answer: 2003
86. Climate change requires collaboration among many disciplines, such as:
Answer: Atmospheric science
87. ___ often rely on interdisciplinary collaboration:
Answer: Medical research
88. Robotics and artificial intelligence has led to significant advancement in:
Answer: Natural language processing
89. Space exploration involves scientists from the field:
Answer: Astrophysics
90. Most highly interdisciplinary collaboration is:
Answer: Medical research
91. Which of the following sequence is correct:
Answer: Observation - hypothesis - deduction - experiment
92. Identifying and defining a problem that scientists want to investigate through scientific inquiry:
Answer: Recognition of a problem
93. Which type of observation describes the color and texture of a flower:
Answer: Qualitative observation
94. Which of the following involves measurements or numerical data:
Answer: Quantitative observation
95. Tentative answer of scientific problem is called:
Answer: Hypothesis
96. Which of the following statements is not involved in characteristics of hypothesis:
Answer: Uncertain — options not reliably matched in extraction
97. Deduction follows the pattern of:
Answer: If-then
98. Which of the following is the most basic step of scientific problem:
Answer: Observation
99. For biological research, scientific method is called:
Answer: Biological method
100. Number of steps of biological method are:
Answer: Five
101. The first step to solve biological problem is:
Answer: Recognition of problem
102. Sense organs are ___ in numbers:
Answer: Five
103. It can be tested through experiments belongs to:
Answer: Hypothesis
104. Logical results of hypothesis are called:
Answer: Deduction
105. The most basic step of biological method is:
Answer: Observation
106. Which observations are considered more accurate:
Answer: Quantitative observation
107. The starting point of scientific investigation is:
Answer: Observation
108. Information that is gathered as a result of an experiment is called:
Answer: Data
109. Which of the following statement best distinguishes hypotheses from theories in science?
Answer: Theories are based on wide range of data while hypotheses are based on limited data
110. You are doing a control experiment which:
Answer: May include experimental groups and control groups tested in parallel
111. A good hypothesis must be:
Answer: Testable and potentially falsifiable
112. A well-substantiated explanation of hypothesis is called:
Answer: Theory
113. Five senses are involved in:
Answer: Qualitative observation
114. The scientific method in which biological problems are solved is termed as:
Answer: Biological method
115. Deductions are drawn from:
Answer: Hypothesis
116. In biological method the next step of hypothesis is called:
Answer: Experimentation
117. The scientific method in biology starts with:
Answer: Observation
118. Following are the characteristics of a good hypothesis, EXCEPT:
Answer: Should be a complex statement
119. Which of the following best describes the logic of the scientific process?
Answer: If my hypothesis is correct, I can expect certain test results
120. What is supported by extensive evidence and has been repeatedly validated by multiple researches and studies:
Answer: Theory
121. Theory of evolution explains:
Answer: How species change over time
122. A scientific law is a uniform:
Answer: Both repeated approval by experiments and constant fact of nature
123. When a new hypothesis is again proved by experiments, the original hypothesis becomes a:
Answer: Theory
124. If a theory is proved again and again by experiments, it becomes a:
Answer: Law
125. The only remedy for malaria from the 17th to the 20th century is:
Answer: Quinine
126. Which one is the cause of malaria:
Answer: Plasmodium
127. Who did research on the cause of malaria:
Answer: Laveran
128. In the experiment to find the cause of malaria, malarial patients were:
Answer: Uncertain — options not reliably matched in extraction
129. Plasmodium is transmitted by:
Answer: Mosquito
130. Which mosquito transmits Plasmodium in man:
Answer: Anopheles
131. Plasmodium causes to spread the disease:
Answer: Malaria
132. The army physician who observed malaria in 1878:
Answer: Laveran
133. "If Plasmodium is cause of malaria, then all persons ill with malaria should have Plasmodium in their blood." It is:
Answer: Deduction
134. The blood of 100 healthy persons were tested under microscope, this group is called:
Answer: Control group
135. Dr. A.F.A. King made 20 observations on malaria in:
Answer: 1883
136. Ronald Ross did his experiments in:
Answer: 1897
137. The disease which has killed more people than any other disease is:
Answer: Malaria
138. In sparrows, malaria is spread by:
Answer: Culex
139. The growth of Plasmodium in human body takes place in:
Answer: Liver
140. Malaria is caused by:
Answer: Plasmodium
141. Malarial patient has Plasmodium in his blood. What is the possible explanation if a healthy person with no malarial symptoms shows Plasmodium in his blood?
Answer: Plasmodium are in incubation period
142. A.F.A King listed ___ observations:
Answer: 20
143. Who performed experiment on sparrows?
Answer: Ronald Ross
144. For the first time, who found Plasmodium in the blood of a malarial patient?
Answer: Laveran
145. What is the correct experiment to know that Plasmodium destroys blood cells?
Answer: Examine the blood of some healthy and also some infected persons
146. Which branch of Biology focuses on the study of the structure and function of cells?
Answer: Cytology
147. The study of the processes of heredity and variation in living organisms is known as:
Answer: Genetics
148. Insulin made through bacteria is an example of the technique of:
Answer: Biotechnology
149. Heart pumps blood, stomach digests food and kidneys excrete wastes. The statement comes from.
Answer: Physiology
150. Which branch of Biology involves the study of the classification of organisms?
Answer: Taxonomy
151. Which step comes between making hypothesis and doing experiments?
Answer: Making deductions
152. Which of the following is not a characteristic of the scientific method?
Answer: Hypothesis will always be correct
153. Choose the correct sequence of steps of scientific method:
Answer: Observations - hypothesis - deduction - experiments
154. People who slept near smoky fire had less chance to suffer from malaria. Why?
Answer: Mosquitoes cannot tolerate smoke and are repelled
155. Experiments are very important in scientific method because a researcher.
Answer: Disproves many hypotheses and gets some hypotheses proved
SHORT QUESTIONS
(i) Differentiate between anatomy and physiology.
(ii) Define embryology.
(iii) What do you know about genetics?
(iv) Define molecular biology.
(v) Define histology.
(vi) Differentiate between pathology and pharmacology.
(vii) Define paleontology.
(viii) What is taxonomy?
(ix) What is ecology?
(x) What is marine biology?
(xi) Define immunology.
(xii) Difference between zoology and botany.
(xiii) Define the following terms: (i) Cell Biology (ii) Embryology.
(xiv) Define the term fossil.
(xv) Differentiate between anatomy and physiology.
(xvi) What is computational biology?
(xvii) What is biogeography?
(xviii) Define biostatistics.
(xix) Define biotechnology.
(xx) Define bio economics.
(xxi) Differentiate between medicine and surgery.
(xxii) What is Dentistry?
(xxiii) Write down major jobs of veterinary medicine and environmental science.
(xxiv) Write down major jobs of genetic counseling and public health.
(xxv) What sort of education is required for pharmacology?
(xxvi) Write a note on agriculture and animal husbandry.
(xxvii) Write a note on forestry and farming.
(xxviii) What is Horticulture?
(xxix) Write a note on forensics.
(xxx) What do you know about fisheries and wildlife?
(xxxi) What is physiotherapy?
(xxxii) What is human genome project?
(xxxiii) What is medical research?
(xxxiv) What do you know about climate change research and space exploration?
(xxxv) What is robotics and artificial intelligence?
(xxxvi) How is interdisciplinary collaboration helpful in medical research?
(xxxvii) Difference between the theory and principle.
(xxxviii) What are the basic characteristics of hypothesis?
(xxxix) Define scientific method. Write down the steps involved in scientific method.
(xl) What is meant by recognition of a problem?
(xli) Differentiate between qualitative and quantitative observations.
(xlii) Write down the characteristics of a hypothesis.
(xliii) What is hypothesis?
(xliv) Define deduction.
(xlv) Differentiate between experimental group and control group.
(xlvi) What do you know about results in scientific method?
(xlvii) What is theory? Give example.
(xlviii) Define law. Give examples.
(xlix) What is the cause of malaria?
(l) Write down the role of Laveran on the research on the cause of malaria.
(li) Write down the deductions about the cause of malaria.
(lii) Write down the results of cause of malaria and what is proved by these results?
(liii) How does Plasmodium get into the blood of man?
(liv) Write down the observations of A.F.A King.
(lv) Write down the experiment of Ronald Ross in sparrows.
(lvi) Write a note on experiment about the spread of malaria in human beings.
(lvii) What is the contribution of the following scientists? (a) A.F.A King (b) Ronald Ross (c) Laveran.
(lviii) How is malaria treated?
(lix) How does the malarial parasite enter the body of a healthy person?
(lx) Write major observations about malaria.
(lxi) Define the following branches of Biology: Genetics, Anatomy, Palaeontology, Marine Biology, Pathology.
(lxii) Which branch of Biology involves the study of the development of organisms from fertilization to birth or hatching?
(lxiii) How is the profession of medicine and surgery different from animal husbandry?
(lxiv) Differentiate between Morphology and Physiology.
(lxv) What is Computational Biology?
(lxvi) What is the role of observation and experimentation in the scientific method?
LONG QUESTIONS
(a) Link the study of Biology with that of Physics, Chemistry, Statistics, Geography, Economics and Computer Science. (1)
(b) Explain how the study of Biology can lead to different professional studies. (1)
(c) Science is a collaborative field in which scientists work together to share knowledge. Prove this statement by giving examples. (1)
(d) How is a hypothesis converted to theory, law and principle? (1)
(e) What are the basic steps a scientist adopts in order to solve a scientific problem? (1)
(f) Describe the work of different scientists in discovering the cause of malaria. (1)
(g) Write a descriptive note on the experiments performed by Ross. (1)
(h) Why is it important to classify biology into different branches such as botany, zoology, and microbiology? How does specialization benefit scientific research? (1)
(i) How can a scientist apply the scientific method to confirm an observation that a certain plant species grows more quickly in shady places than in direct sunlight? (1)