Quiz: Science

Published April 19, 2014

1 The common cold is caused by a virus or bacteria?

2 Animals which eat both plants and other animals are known as what?

3 A change of the DNA in an organism that results in a new trait is known as a?

4 The area of biology devoted to the study of fungi is known as?

5 The death of every member of a particular species is known as what? 12.

6 Botany is the study of?

7 A single piece of coiled DNA is known as a?

8 Bacterial infections in humans can be treated with what?

9 Which is longer in the human body, the large or small intestine?

10 What is the name given to the sugar found in milk?

Answers

  1. Virus

  2. Omnivores

  3. Mutation

  4. Mycology

  5. Extinction

  6. Plants

  7. Chromosome

  8. Antibiotics

  9. Small intestine

  10. Lactose

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