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OCR A-Level Biology Module 4 Biodiversity, evolution and disease overview quiz quiz

14questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. Which pathogen group causes malaria?

  2. Which is a primary non-specific defence used by plants against pathogens?

  3. What is the correct order of events when a phagocyte destroys a pathogen?

  4. Which part of an antibody binds to a specific antigen?

  5. Why is the secondary immune response faster than the primary response?

  6. Antibodies passed from a mother to her baby through the placenta provide which type of immunity?

  7. What does a Simpson's index of diversity value close to 1 indicate?

  8. Which sampling method is most appropriate for estimating the population of a motile animal such as a woodlouse?

  9. Which level of biodiversity refers to the variety of alleles in a species' gene pool?

  10. Which three domains make up the three-domain classification system?

  11. Why does comparing DNA base sequences give a reliable measure of how closely two species are related?

  12. Evolution is best defined as:

  13. In industrial areas, dark peppered moths became more common than pale moths. This is an example of:

  14. Which statement about antibiotic resistance is correct?