BioGenius Challenge: 100 Biology Questions to Test Your Knowledge
1. Question: What is the study of living organisms and their interactions with each other and
their environments?
Answer: Biology
2. Question: Which scientist is credited with the discovery of the double-helix structure of
DNA?
Answer: James Watson and Francis Crick
3. Question: What is the term for the process by which organisms maintain a stable internal
environment despite external fluctuations?
Answer: Homeostasis
4. Question: Name the four nitrogenous bases found in DNA.
Answer: Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine
5. Question: What is the name of the molecule that carries genetic information from DNA to
the ribosome for protein synthesis?
Answer: mRNA (messenger RNA)
6. Question: Which kingdom do mushrooms, molds, and yeasts belong to?
Answer: Fungi
7. Question: What is the process by which a cell divides into two daughter cells, each
containing the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell?
Answer: Mitosis
8. Question: What is the pigment responsible for the green color of plants, essential for
photosynthesis?
Answer: Chlorophyll
, 9. Question: Name the process by which water moves through a semi-permeable membrane
from an area of low solute concentration to an area of high solute concentration.
Answer: Osmosis
10. Question: What is the largest organ in the human body?
Answer: Skin
11. Question: Which gas do plants take in during photosynthesis and release during
respiration?
Answer: Carbon dioxide (CO2)
12. Question: What is the name of the enzyme responsible for breaking down starch into
sugars during digestion?
Answer: Amylase
13. Question: What is the process by which an organism grows or increases in size by
increasing the number of cells?
Answer: Growth
14. Question: Which organelle is responsible for packaging, sorting, and modifying proteins
for secretion or for use within the cell?
Answer: Golgi apparatus
15. Question: What is the name of the process by which plants lose water vapor through
small openings in their leaves?
Answer: Transpiration
16. Question: What is the name of the process by which an organism captures sunlight and
converts it into chemical energy?
Answer: Photosynthesis
17. Question: Which scientist proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection?
Answer: Charles Darwin
1. Question: What is the study of living organisms and their interactions with each other and
their environments?
Answer: Biology
2. Question: Which scientist is credited with the discovery of the double-helix structure of
DNA?
Answer: James Watson and Francis Crick
3. Question: What is the term for the process by which organisms maintain a stable internal
environment despite external fluctuations?
Answer: Homeostasis
4. Question: Name the four nitrogenous bases found in DNA.
Answer: Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine
5. Question: What is the name of the molecule that carries genetic information from DNA to
the ribosome for protein synthesis?
Answer: mRNA (messenger RNA)
6. Question: Which kingdom do mushrooms, molds, and yeasts belong to?
Answer: Fungi
7. Question: What is the process by which a cell divides into two daughter cells, each
containing the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell?
Answer: Mitosis
8. Question: What is the pigment responsible for the green color of plants, essential for
photosynthesis?
Answer: Chlorophyll
, 9. Question: Name the process by which water moves through a semi-permeable membrane
from an area of low solute concentration to an area of high solute concentration.
Answer: Osmosis
10. Question: What is the largest organ in the human body?
Answer: Skin
11. Question: Which gas do plants take in during photosynthesis and release during
respiration?
Answer: Carbon dioxide (CO2)
12. Question: What is the name of the enzyme responsible for breaking down starch into
sugars during digestion?
Answer: Amylase
13. Question: What is the process by which an organism grows or increases in size by
increasing the number of cells?
Answer: Growth
14. Question: Which organelle is responsible for packaging, sorting, and modifying proteins
for secretion or for use within the cell?
Answer: Golgi apparatus
15. Question: What is the name of the process by which plants lose water vapor through
small openings in their leaves?
Answer: Transpiration
16. Question: What is the name of the process by which an organism captures sunlight and
converts it into chemical energy?
Answer: Photosynthesis
17. Question: Which scientist proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection?
Answer: Charles Darwin
