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Science Bowl Sample Questions : Biology

31. When the body is in a time of stress, which of the 2 divisions of the autonomic nervous system is primarily directing the response?

    Answer: Sympathetic System

32. How many different cranial nerves are there in the human body?

    Answer: 12

33. For a flower to be complete, it must possess what four types of floral appendages?

    Answer: Sepals, Petals, Stamens, And Carpels

34. Biologists usually refer to the head of a tapeworm by what name?

    Answer: Scolex

35. What morphological scientific name is given to a spherically shaped bacterium?

    Answer: Coccus

36. What is the name of a graffian follicle after it releases an egg, turns into a yellow body, and begins to secrete progesterone?

    Answer: Corpus Luteum

37. Which white blood cell is typically known as the body's first line of defense:

    Answer: Neutrophil

38. What is the botanical name for the horizontal stems that allow a plant to spread underground?

    Answer: Rhizomes

39. Mendel did most of his original experimentation using this type of plant:

    Answer: Pea

40. Order the following from the part of the digestive tract nearest to the beginning to the part nearest to the end: jejunum, ileum, esophagus, duodenum

    Answer: Esophagus, Duodenum, Jejunum, Ileum