Statistics for Biology General Knowledge #3

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What is the largest organ in the human body?	Skin	91%
What substances do plants NOT uptake through their roots	Oxygen	75%
Which of these animals are the closest evolutionary relative to Humans?	Humpback Whale	67%
What is the fastest growing plant?	Bamboo	63%
What Phylum do Homo Sapiens belong to?	Chordata	62%
Who discovered the first triceratops fossil?	George Lyman Cannon	52%
What do scientists believe to be the first living organisms?	Bacteria	48%
What period are we currently in?	Holocene	48%
Which fungus can cause serious fungal infection in humans, especially those with repressed immune systems? It thrives in unsanitary conditions such as on moldy bread and goes by a colourful name	Black Fungus	44%
What cells are found at the tips of a plants roots	Meristem Cells	39%
What is referred to in the nervous system as "Grey Matter"	Non-Myelinated brain and spinal matter	39%
What is the smallest bone in the human body?	Stapes	37%
What is the longest named protein? (shortened for clarity)	Titin	28%
What is the mRNA triplet codon responsible for coding for the amino acid "Leucine"	UUA	21%
What is the commonly accepted modern theory of evolution?	Neo-Darwinism	15%