BIO
CELLS
RANDOM riddles
Vocab
GENE - plants
100

Biology is the study of _________________.

LIFE

100

Which organelle is known as the “powerhouse of the cell”?

Mitochondrion

100

 I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have nobody, but I come alive with wind

ECHO

100

What is a Mutation

A mutation is a permanent alteration to an organism's DNA sequence.

100

The basic unit of heredity is a:

gene

200

What is biotechnology?

BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY COMBINED

200

All cells have a nucleus.

FALSE

200

The more of me you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?

Foot steps

200

Definition of Heterozygous

the same gene

200

How many chromosomes are given from each parent? 



23

300

All the living and nonliving things in an area make up an Ecosystem. True or False

True


300

Cells without a nucleus ARE

BACTERIA

300

A man pushes his car to a hotel and tells the owner he’s bankrupt. Why?

He’s playing Monopoly.

300

Evolution

  • Change in heritable traits over generations. 


300

Genetic Engineering is the process that involves inserting a gene from one organism into another.

True or False 

True

400

WHAT ARE THE 4 subfields of BIOTECHNOLOGY? 

MEDICINE, THERAPY, AGRICULTURE, AND ENVIRONMENT 

400

What is the basic unit of life?

CELL

400

I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water. What am I?

a map

400

Biodiversity

Variety of life

400

Photosynthesis

Process plants use to make food from light.

500

Arrange the following organisms into a simple food chain:
 grass, hawk, snake, mouse

  • Grass (Producer)
  • → Mouse (Primary Consumer - eats grass)
  • → Snake (Secondary Consumer - eats mouse)
  • → Hawk (Tertiary/Apex Consumer - eats snake) 
500

Which of these is found only in plant cells?

CELL WALL

500

I am a number. Multiply me by any other number, and the answer will always be the same. What number am I?

0

500
  • Heredity

The passing of genetic information from parents to offspring.

500
  • If a brown-eyed parent and blue-eyed parent have all brown-eyed children, what does that suggest about dominance?

brown eye color is dominant over blue