8 biology trivia questions, from easy to hard. Tap a question to see the answer. They're real questions from Rubicon, where you type the answer yourself and an AI judge reads what you meant.
This set covers Bacteria, Archaea & Viruses, Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering, Cells & Molecular Biology, Classification & the Tree of Life, DNA, Proteins & Biochemistry, Ecology & Ecosystems and Plants, Fungi & Diversity.
Their tiny size and simpler genetic material allow direct access to instructions without needing a walled compartment.
They need the same genetic instructions so they can perform the exact same protective bodily functions properly.
Trees drop their leaves to prevent moisture loss and survive when frozen ground stops water absorption.
He showed that ordinary mature body cells can be reprogrammed backward into versatile embryonic-like cells.
Dolphins are mammals because they breathe air with lungs and nurse their young with milk.
A nucleotide is the smallest unit, many nucleotides form a gene, and genes sit along a much larger chromosome.
Oxygen reacted with atmospheric methane, replacing a potent greenhouse gas with weaker carbon dioxide and cooling the entire planet drastically.
Critically shortened telomeres trigger a permanent DNA damage response, halting cell division.
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