BIOLOGY SAVVAS SEMESTER
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION TEST PAPER
2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
●● 2. Which is formed during the light-independent phase of
photosynthesis?
a. ATP
b. glucose molecules
c. NADPH
d. pigment molecules.
Answer: glucose molecules
●● 3. Strawberries can reproduce by means of runners, which are stems
that grow horizontally along the ground. At a point where a runner
touches the ground, a new plant can develop. Why are the new plants
genetically identical to the parent plant?
a. All new cells came from mutated parent cells.
b. The nuclei traveled to the new plant through the runner.
c. Other strawberry plants in the area fertilized the runner.
d. The new plant was produced asexually..
Answer: the nuclei traveled to the new plant through the runner
,●● 4. The diagram below represents a cell in water. Explain why more
water is moving out of the cell than into the cell.
a. The concentration of solute in the cell is higher than it is outside the
cell.
b. The concentration of water outside the cell is too great.
c. The concentration of solute outside the cell is higher than it is inside
the cell.
d. The concentration of water inside the cell is greater than it is outside
the cell..
Answer: the concentration of water inside the cell is greater than it is
outside the cell
●● 5. When carcinogens cause a failure in the regulation of cell growth
and development, what condition might occur?
a. normal mitosis
b. uncontrolled cell growth in the form of cancer
c. cell plates form
d. apoptosis.
Answer: uncontrolled cell growth in the form of cancer
●● 6. In what organisms does alcoholic fermentation take place?
a. yeast and some bacteria b. viruses
c. fruit flies d. plants.
,Answer: yeast and some bacteria
●● 7. Using Figure 10-3, which process would result in the formation of
chromosome C from chromosomes A and B?
Figure 10-3
a. asexual reproduction b. independent assortment
c. crossing over d. segregation.
Answer: crossing over
●● 8. Which property is responsible for the fact that water and oil do not
mix?
a. density b. mass
c. phase d. polarity.
Answer: polarity
●● 9. Which describes the process of glycolysis?
a. aerobic process that breaks down glucose
b. aerobic process that manufactures glucose
c. anaerobic process that breaks down glucose
d. anaerobic process that manufactures glucose.
, Answer: anaerobic process that manufactures glucose
●● 10. During photosynthesis, light energy is converted to the energy in
chemical bonds. What also happens according to the predictions of the
second law of thermodynamics?
a. chemical energy is converted to light energy
b. matter is lost in the process
c. heat is released in the process
d. the light and chemical energy are equal.
Answer: heat is released in the process
●● 11. Which does NOT play a role in determining an individual's sex?
a. gametes
b. chromosomes
c. meiosis
d. autosomes.
Answer: autosomes
●● 12. The typical growth period of a cell occurs during which stage of
the cell cycle?
a. Gap 1 b. Gap 2
c. synthesis d. mitosis.
Answer: Gap 1
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION TEST PAPER
2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
●● 2. Which is formed during the light-independent phase of
photosynthesis?
a. ATP
b. glucose molecules
c. NADPH
d. pigment molecules.
Answer: glucose molecules
●● 3. Strawberries can reproduce by means of runners, which are stems
that grow horizontally along the ground. At a point where a runner
touches the ground, a new plant can develop. Why are the new plants
genetically identical to the parent plant?
a. All new cells came from mutated parent cells.
b. The nuclei traveled to the new plant through the runner.
c. Other strawberry plants in the area fertilized the runner.
d. The new plant was produced asexually..
Answer: the nuclei traveled to the new plant through the runner
,●● 4. The diagram below represents a cell in water. Explain why more
water is moving out of the cell than into the cell.
a. The concentration of solute in the cell is higher than it is outside the
cell.
b. The concentration of water outside the cell is too great.
c. The concentration of solute outside the cell is higher than it is inside
the cell.
d. The concentration of water inside the cell is greater than it is outside
the cell..
Answer: the concentration of water inside the cell is greater than it is
outside the cell
●● 5. When carcinogens cause a failure in the regulation of cell growth
and development, what condition might occur?
a. normal mitosis
b. uncontrolled cell growth in the form of cancer
c. cell plates form
d. apoptosis.
Answer: uncontrolled cell growth in the form of cancer
●● 6. In what organisms does alcoholic fermentation take place?
a. yeast and some bacteria b. viruses
c. fruit flies d. plants.
,Answer: yeast and some bacteria
●● 7. Using Figure 10-3, which process would result in the formation of
chromosome C from chromosomes A and B?
Figure 10-3
a. asexual reproduction b. independent assortment
c. crossing over d. segregation.
Answer: crossing over
●● 8. Which property is responsible for the fact that water and oil do not
mix?
a. density b. mass
c. phase d. polarity.
Answer: polarity
●● 9. Which describes the process of glycolysis?
a. aerobic process that breaks down glucose
b. aerobic process that manufactures glucose
c. anaerobic process that breaks down glucose
d. anaerobic process that manufactures glucose.
, Answer: anaerobic process that manufactures glucose
●● 10. During photosynthesis, light energy is converted to the energy in
chemical bonds. What also happens according to the predictions of the
second law of thermodynamics?
a. chemical energy is converted to light energy
b. matter is lost in the process
c. heat is released in the process
d. the light and chemical energy are equal.
Answer: heat is released in the process
●● 11. Which does NOT play a role in determining an individual's sex?
a. gametes
b. chromosomes
c. meiosis
d. autosomes.
Answer: autosomes
●● 12. The typical growth period of a cell occurs during which stage of
the cell cycle?
a. Gap 1 b. Gap 2
c. synthesis d. mitosis.
Answer: Gap 1
