1. Year 9 Biology Quiz
Round 1: Ecology

2. What is the definition of a producer?
Question One:
What is the definition of a producer?

3. Question Two:
Define the term decomposer.

4. In a food chain, what do the arrows represent?
Question Three:
In a food chain, what do the arrows represent?

5. Question Four:
What does the S represent in MRS C GREN?

6. Question Five:
Define the term Food Web.

7. Answers
Round 1: Ecology

8. Question One:
What is the definition of a producer? - A producer is an organism that is able to produce its own food.

9. Question Two:
Define the term decomposer. - A decomposer feeds on dead or decaying material.

10. In a food chain, what do the arrows represent?
Question Three:
In a food chain, what do the arrows represent?
- The arrows in a food chain represent the transfer of energy from one organism to the other.

11. Question Four:
What does the S represent in MRS C GREN? - The S represents SENSITIVITY

12. Question Five:
Define the term Food Web. - A food web is when more than one species is eaten by the same animal and vice versa.

13. Round 2: Microscopes and Cells
Year 9 Biology Quiz
Round 2: Microscopes and Cells

14. Question One:
If you were looking at something that was 400x magnified, which objective lens would you be looking down?

15. Question Two:
What 3 parts of the cell, do plant cells have that animal cells do not?

16. Question Three:
Where on a microscope would you place the slides?

17. What three parts of a cell do both animal and plant cells have?
Question Four:
What three parts of a cell do both animal and plant cells have?

18. Which stain do you use when looking at plant cells under a microscope?
Question Five:
Which stain do you use when looking at plant cells under a microscope?

19. Round 2: Microscopes and Cells
Answers
Round 2: Microscopes and Cells

20. Question One:
If you were looking at something that was 400x magnified. Which objective lens would you be looking down? - 40x

21. Question Two:
What 3 parts of the cell, do plant cells have that animal cells do not?
Cell wall
Chloroplasts
Large Vacuole

22. Question Three:
Where on a microscope would you place the slides? - On the stage

23. What three parts of a cell do both animal and plant cells have?
Question Four:
What three parts of a cell do both animal and plant cells have?
Cell membrane
Nucleus
Cytoplasm

24. Question Five:
Which stain do you use when looking at plant cells under a microscope? - Iodine

25. Year 9 Biology Quiz
Round 3: Seeds

26. Question One:
What is another word for the embryonic leaf of a seed?

27. Question Two:
What is the method of dispersal of a coconut?

28. Question Three:
How can you tell if starch is present in a seed?

29. Question Four:
Name the four ways seeds can be dispersed.

30. Question Five:
What out of the following things do seeds need for germination:
Soil
Water
Sunlight
Fertilizer
Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide
Glucose
Starch
Chlorophyll

31. Answers
Round 3: Seeds

32. Question One:
What is another word for the embryonic leaf of a seed? - Cotyledon

33. Question Two:
What is the method of dispersal of a coconut? - Water

34. Question Three:
How can you tell if starch is present in a seed? - Test it with iodine, if the iodine turns blueish black, starch is present.

35. Question Four: Name the four ways seeds can be dispersed. - Wind
- Water
- Animals
- Explosions

36. Question Five:
What out of the following things do seeds need for germination:
Soil
Water
Sunlight
Fertilizer
Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide
Glucose
Starch
Chlorophyll

37. Round 3: Flowers, Pollination and Fertilization
Year 9 Biology Quiz
Round 3: Flowers, Pollination and Fertilization

38. Question One:
Which part of the flower produces pollen?

39. What are the three methods of pollination?
Question Two:
What are the three methods of pollination?

40. How does a flower attract things to pollinate it?
Question Three:
How does a flower attract things to pollinate it?

41. Question Four:
Define Pollination.

42. Question Five:
What is the female part of a flower called?

43. Round 3: Flowers, Pollination and Fertilization
Answers
Round 3: Flowers, Pollination and Fertilization

44. Question One:
Which part of the flower produces pollen?
- Anther

45. What are the three methods of pollination?
Question Two:
What are the three methods of pollination?
Wind
Insects
Animas

46. How does a flower attract things to pollinate it?
Question Three:
How does a flower attract things to pollinate it?
- Have brightly coloured petals or a scent.

47. Question Four:
Define Pollination. - Pollination is the transfer of pollen from one plant to another.

48. Question Five:
What is the female part of a flower called? - Carpel

49. Round 4: Plants and Photosynthesis
Year 9 Biology Quiz
Round 4: Plants and Photosynthesis

50. Question One:
What food source is stored in plants?

51. Question Two:
What part of the plant transports water?

52. What is the waste product of photosynthesis?
Question Three:
What is the waste product of photosynthesis?

53. Question Four:
Where in the plant does water escape?

54. Question Five:
Complete the Photosynthesis equation. _________ + __________ __________ + _________

55. Question Six:
Why is it beneficial for roots to have root hairs?

56. Which part of the plant transports food?
Question Seven:
Which part of the plant transports food?

57. Where in the plant does gas exchange occur?
Question Eight:
Where in the plant does gas exchange occur?

58. How does chlorophyll help photosynthesis?
Question Nine:
How does chlorophyll help photosynthesis?

59. Where in the plant is chlorophyll located?
Question Ten:
Where in the plant is chlorophyll located?

60. Round 4: Plants and Photosynthesis
ANSWERS
Round 4: Plants and Photosynthesis

61. What food source is stored in plants? - Starch
Question One:
What food source is stored in plants? - Starch

62. Question Two:
What part of the plant transports water? - Xylem

63. What is the waste product of photosynthesis? - Oxygen
Question Three:
What is the waste product of photosynthesis? - Oxygen

64. Question Four:
Where in the plant does water escape? - Out through the stomata

65. Question Five:
Complete the Photosynthesis equation. _________ + _________ _________ + _________
Carbon Dioxide
Water
Oxygen
Glucose

66. Question Six:
Why is it beneficial for roots to have root hairs? - Increasing the surface for a larger absorption of water.

67. Which part of the plant transports food? - Phloem
Question Seven:
Which part of the plant transports food? - Phloem

68. Where in the plant does gas exchange occur? - Through the stomata
Question Eight:
Where in the plant does gas exchange occur? - Through the stomata

69. How does chlorophyll help photosynthesis to occur?
Question Nine:
How does chlorophyll help photosynthesis to occur?
Chlorophyll helps turn carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and glucose.
It traps the sunlight

70. Where in the plant is chlorophyll located? - Inside the Chloroplasts
Question Ten:
Where in the plant is chlorophyll located? - Inside the Chloroplasts

71. Round 5: Food and Digestion
Year 9 Biology Quiz
Round 5: Food and Digestion

72. Question One:
Which food gives humans the most energy?

73. Which part of the digestive system contains digestive juices?
Question Two:
Which part of the digestive system contains digestive juices?

74. Question Three:
What food group does an egg fall into?

75. Question Four:
What is the test for protein?

76. Question Five:
Starch is made up of small molecules called:

77. Where is the bile located?
Question Six:
Where is the bile located?

78. What is the enzyme in our saliva called?
Question Seven:
What is the enzyme in our saliva called?

79. Question Eight:
What is the purpose of an enzyme?

80. Does food go into the small or large intestine first?
Question Nine:
Does food go into the small or large intestine first?

81. Question Ten:
Why is it important to eat food?

82. Round 5: Food and Digestion
Answers
Round 5: Food and Digestion

83. Question One:
Which food gives humans the most energy? - Fatty Foods

84. Question Two:
Which part of the digestive system contains digestive juices? - Stomach

85. Question Three:
What food group does an egg fall into? - Protein

86. Question Four:
What is the test for protein? - Biuret Test

87. Question Five:
Starch is made up of small molecules called: - Glucose

88. Where is the bile located? - Gall Bladder
Question Six:
Where is the bile located? - Gall Bladder

89. What is the enzyme in our saliva called? - Amylase
Question Seven:
What is the enzyme in our saliva called? - Amylase

90. Question Eight:
What is the purpose of an enzyme? - To speed up a reaction and to break down large molecules into smaller ones.

91. Question Nine:
Does food go into the small or large intestine first? - The small intestine

92. Question Ten:
Why is it important to eat food? - For growth, repair and energy.