Find biology review games and quizzes by topic, from cell organelles to genetics and plant anatomy. This directory is for teachers choosing practice activities and students revisiting material they have already studied.
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Choose a game for your lesson
- For vocabulary: start with flashcards or matching, then ask students to use the terms in an explanation.
- For a class review: use a challenge board or question game with pairs. Have students justify an answer before revealing the next question.
- For a quick check: use a short quiz, review the errors, and reteach the concept behind a missed answer.
Before assigning: preview the activity on a student device and your school network. Some pages open a menu or a “Play this game!” button; access requirements and browser behavior vary. Do not assume every legacy activity is suitable for every grade or accessible to every learner. Offer an equivalent discussion or written task when a game’s controls or timing are a barrier.
A starting point: DNA, RNA and Protein Synthesis Hangman by Mrs. Bradford uses clues and letter choices. For a vocabulary menu, try Cell Chemistry Vocabulary Review, also by Mrs. Bradford. Review the science as well as the game mechanics before using an external activity for assessment.
Scientific method
Review the sequence and purpose of an investigation. Pair the activity with a real question from your current lab.
- Steps of the Scientific Method — picture reveal.
Biochemistry
Practice the vocabulary of water, acids and bases, biological molecules, and enzymes after introducing the underlying concepts.
- Water, Acids, Bases — flashcards, matching and concentration menu.
- Properties of Water — flashcards, matching and concentration menu.
- Chemical Compounds of Life — flashcards, matching and concentration menu.
- Biochemistry Review — challenge board.
- Factors Affecting Enzymes — fill-in-the-blank.
- Molecules of Cells Hangman — hangman.
Cells and transport
Review organelles and membrane transport. Ask students to explain a structure’s function or a transport mechanism after each round.
- Organelle Concentration — flashcards, matching and concentration menu.
- Cell Boundaries — quiz / test.
- The Cell & the Plasma Membrane — challenge board.
- Cell Challenge — flashcards, matching and concentration menu.
- Cell Homeostasis & Transport — flashcards, matching and concentration menu.
- Cell Organelle Match Up — matching columns.
- Cell Organelles & Functions — flashcards, matching and concentration menu.
- Cells – Who Wants to be a Millionaire? — Rags to Riches.
- Inside the Cell Battleship — battleship.
- Cells, Cells, Cells! — quiz / test.
- Cell Jeopardy — challenge board.
- Cell Vocabulary Hangman — hangman.
- Movement Through the Membrane Word Jumble — word jumble.
- Cell Part Vocabulary — flashcards, matching and concentration menu.
- Cell Structure Pop Up — multiple-choice pop-ups.
Photosynthesis and cellular respiration
Use these activities to revisit energy processes and terminology. Follow vocabulary practice with a comparison of inputs, outputs, and cellular locations.
- Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration — flashcards, matching and concentration menu.
- Photosynthesis — flashcards, matching and concentration menu.
- Photosynthesis Vocabulary — flashcards, matching and concentration menu.
- Photosynthesis Mini Quiz — mini quiz.
- Photosynthesis Quiz — quiz / test.
- Photosynthesis Millionaire — Rags to Riches.
- Cell Respiration Review — flashcards, matching and concentration menu.
- Respire to be a Millionaire — Rags to Riches.
Cell cycle, mitosis and meiosis
Review cell division after students have worked with chromosome diagrams. Ask them to explain what separates during mitosis and during each meiotic division.
- Cell Cycle — quiz / test.
- Cell Cycle Battleship — battleship.
- Cell Division Battleship — battleship.
- Cell Growth & Division — quiz / test.
- Mitosis & Meiosis — mini quiz.
- Chromosomes & Cell Division — Rags to Riches.
- Mitosis — matching columns.
- Meiosis — picture reveal.
DNA, RNA and protein synthesis
Practice molecular biology vocabulary, then connect terms in an explanation of how genetic information is used in a cell.
- Protein Synthesis Hangman — hangman.
- Protein Synthesis Rags to Riches — Rags to Riches.
- Gene Expression Games — flashcards, matching and concentration menu.
- DNA structure and function — fill-in-the-blank activity — fill-in-the-blank.
- Biotechnology — quiz / test.
- DNA Vocabulary — flashcards, matching and concentration menu.
- Nucleic Acid Games — flashcards, matching and concentration menu.
- DNA & RNA Jumbled Words — word jumble.
- DNA Structure & Function Games — flashcards, matching and concentration menu.
- DNA and RNA Battleship — battleship.
- Gene Regulation & Translation — challenge board.
- DNA and Genetics — Unit Two Test — quiz / test.
- DNA review, organelles and mitosis — quiz / test.
Genetics and heredity
Use these for retrieval practice alongside worked inheritance problems. A game score alone does not show that a student can justify a genetic prediction.
- Mendel and Heredity — Rags to Riches.
- Genetics Games — flashcards, matching and concentration menu.
- Human Genetics Games — flashcards, matching and concentration menu.
- Mutations and genetic tests — flashcards, matching and concentration menu.
- More Genetics Games — flashcards, matching and concentration menu.
- Genetics Hangman — hangman.
- Genetics & Heredity Games — flashcards, matching and concentration menu.
- Genetics Battleship — battleship.
- Genetics Quiz — quiz / test.
- Genetics Vocabulary Hangman — hangman.
- Heredity and genetics challenge — challenge board.
- Mendel How Could You? — flashcards, matching and concentration menu.
- Mendelian Genetics — challenge board.
- Mendel & Heredity Rags to Riches — Rags to Riches.
- Genetics and the Cell Cycle — multiple-choice pop-ups.
Classification, microorganisms and broad review
These legacy activities include older kingdom names and course-specific vocabulary. Preview the questions and align the terminology with your current course before assigning them.
- Kingdoms Rags to Riches — Rags to Riches.
- Marine classification test — quiz / test.
- Diversity and Variation Columns — matching columns.
- Phylum Chordata — flashcards, matching and concentration menu.
- Diversity Games — flashcards, matching and concentration menu.
- Vertebrates — flashcards, matching and concentration menu.
- Bacteria/Protist Jeopardy — challenge board.
- Biology Bucks — challenge board.
- Fungi — Rags to Riches.
- Kingdom Protista — flashcards, matching and concentration menu.
- Monerans (legacy bacteria terminology) — flashcards, matching and concentration menu.
- Viruses and Bacteria — Rags to Riches.
- Biology final-exam review (originally listed as Invertebrates) — challenge board.
Animal biology
Review animal groups and anatomy. The frog activity is a practice quiz; it does not replace dissection instructions or a specimen-identification guide.
- Snakes Hangman — hangman.
- Warm Blooded Vertebrates — challenge board.
- Insects, Fish, Amphibians — quiz / test.
- Cold Blooded Vertebrates — Rags to Riches.
- Amphibians — quiz / test.
- Scrambled Amphibians — word jumble.
- Frog Dissection Practice — quiz / test.
- Reptiles — quiz / test.
- Reptiles Quiz — quiz / test.
Plant biology
Revisit plant structures, vocabulary, and classification. Ask students to connect a named structure with its role in the plant.
- Kingdom Plantae — flashcards, matching and concentration menu.
- Plant Organization Battleship — battleship.
- Don't Hang the Botanist! Hangman Game — hangman.
- Plant Vocabulary — word jumble.
- Plants — Rags to Riches.
- Plant Classification Rags to Riches — Rags to Riches.
- Plant Parts — challenge board.
Turn a game into useful review
- Choose one learning goal and review the relevant lesson first.
- Play a short round individually or in pairs. Keep a list of uncertain answers.
- Ask each student to explain one correct answer and revise one misconception.
- Finish with a new question, diagram, or example that uses the same concept without the game’s clues.
For AP Biology, use games as supplemental vocabulary practice and add data analysis, experimental reasoning, and written explanations using the current College Board course guidance. These third-party games are not presented as an AP-aligned assessment set.
Related teaching resources
- Biology Foundations and Lab Skills — plan the scientific-method and classroom-skills work that comes before review.
- Cells and Transport Teaching Resources — lessons, diagrams, labs, and review resources to pair with cell games.
- Biology Coloring Worksheets — choose diagram-based work alongside vocabulary practice.
Link and landing-page review: October 28, 2026. Full playthroughs and question-by-question accuracy checks have not been completed for every external activity. Legacy activity titles are retained where they identify the destination.