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ACT Year 11 Biology practice questions

Use Skill Align for ACT Year 11 Biology practice questions after the relevant science concept, data skill, or investigation skill has been taught.

36 practice skills

ACT Year 11 Biology includes 36 practice skills across Cells and systems, Biodiversity and ecosystems, Genetics and evolution, and Disease and biotechnology.

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practice ACT Year 11 Biology practice questions Cells hard cell transport diagram

1. A membrane diagram shows carbon dioxide moving out of a cell from high concentration to low concentration. Which process is shown?

ACT 11 carbon-dioxide diffusion cell outside CO2
Choices
  • Diffusion
  • Active transport
  • Protein synthesis
  • Meiosis
Explanation:

Carbon dioxide can move passively down its concentration gradient through the membrane.

practice ACT Year 11 Biology practice questions Enzyme data hard enzyme graph

2. An enzyme graph rises as temperature increases to 35 C, then falls at 60 C. Which temperature gives the highest rate?

ACT 11 enzyme temperature data 5 C 35 C rate
Choices
  • 35 C
  • 5 C
  • 60 C
  • All temperatures
Explanation:

The graph peak marks the highest rate for this enzyme.

practice ACT Year 11 Biology practice questions Ecosystems hard ecosystem pyramid

3. A pyramid shows 8000 kJ in producers and 800 kJ at the next level. What does this show?

ACT 11 ecosystem pyramid 8000 800 10%
Choices
  • About 10% energy transfer
  • About 90% transfer
  • No energy loss
  • Consumers make sunlight
Explanation:

800 is 10% of 8000, so the diagram supports about 10% transfer.

practice ACT Year 11 Biology practice questions Population models hard population graph

4. A graph shows a yeast population rising quickly and then flattening as nutrients run low. What limits further growth?

ACT 11 yeast population graph time nutrients plateau
Choices
  • Resource availability
  • Every cell stops having DNA
  • The population becomes abiotic
  • Mutation rate must be zero
Explanation:

Nutrients are a limiting factor that can stop exponential growth and produce a plateau.

practice ACT Year 11 Biology practice questions Cell cycle hard cell-cycle diagram

5. A diagram shows one cell dividing to form two identical body cells. Which process is represented?

ACT 11 body-cell division parent two cells same
Choices
  • Mitosis
  • Meiosis
  • Fertilisation
  • Translation
Explanation:

Mitosis produces genetically identical body cells for growth and repair.

practice ACT Year 11 Biology practice questions Selection hard selection graph

6. A graph shows a beak-depth trait becoming more common after several dry seasons with hard seeds. Which statement is best supported?

ACT 11 beak-depth selection before after trait %
Choices
  • The trait improved survival with hard seeds.
  • All birds had identical beaks.
  • Seed type cannot affect selection.
  • The trait was not inherited.
Explanation:

The increase suggests birds with that trait had higher fitness under those conditions.

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What this practice page covers

Year 11 Biology practice sits inside ACT BSSS senior Biology planning coverage across cells, systems, biodiversity, ecosystems, genetics, evolution, homeostasis, disease, biotechnology, and scientific inquiry, with Skill Align keeping the route focused on this senior year level.

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Preview question styles
  • ACT Biology diagrams and data: Students inspect a state/year-specific mix of cell diagrams, DNA models, inheritance tables, ecosystem models, immunity diagrams, disease data, and selection graphs.
  • Year 11 Biology revision style: Samples focus on cell structure, membranes, enzymes, ecosystems, population data, and biological diversity without turning the page into a full exam paper.
  • Evidence-based explanations: Each item keeps the answer choices, biological visual, and explanation aligned so students can see why one option is best supported.
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  • Cells and systems
  • Biodiversity and ecosystems
  • Genetics and evolution
  • Disease and biotechnology
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