IB Biology Review for Exam

What type of macromolecule is the structure labeled C?

When liquid water is heated, most of the energy that the water absorbs is used to:  

What is the pentose sugar that is found in RNA?

Which of the following is not a reason the Davson-Danielli model was changed?

What is the function of the organelle found on the organelle shown in the micrograph?

Where do the directions for making proteins at the ribosomes come from?

 Which of the following is not a characteristic of globular proteins?

Which of the following is NOT a major function of lipids in the human body?

Which of the following is the primary carbohydrate storage molecule in animals?

Which process is due to the fluidity of the cell membrane? 

These special extensions of bacteria allow for exchange of genetic material

The outer side of the membrane differs from the inner side because the outer side contains

What molecule is essential for endocytosis, exocytosis and Na+/K+ pump?

The process in which the cell takes up a substance by surrounding it with the membrane is

Most biological molecules have this type of bond:

What is the minimum number of each level of treatment for science experiments in IB Bio?

Which of the following is an example of a prokaryotic cell?

When nerve cells are organized as the brain it can think, what property does this represent?

1.    A polysaccharide made of 5 glucose molecules has the following formula

Which property makes stem cells suitable fortherapeutic use?

Which organelle is labeled #10?

Denaturation of an enzyme

Increasing the substrate concentration

Amino acids join together during:

Which of the following is a function of cholesterol in the cell membrane?

Which features are present in prokaryotic cells?

Where does the inhibitor bind in non-competitive inhibition? 

What type of lipid has four fused rings as the main portion of their structure? 

All cells have which of the following?

Which of the following types of cell transport moves against the concentration gradient?

The electron micrograph below shows which organelle?

   In a water molecule,

In the structure of the cell membrane, glycoproteins are 

What are the two fatty acid tails of a phospholipid made up of? 

What type of macromolecule is substance E?

Which of the following is NOT an example of an integral protein?

What type of bond connects #9 to cytosine?

The diagram below is: 

How many histone molecules make up a nucleosome? 

Which organelle is found on the organelle shown in the micrograph?

Water dissolves which of the following substances?

Which statement is part of the cell theory?

The image below is: 

Materials that leave and enter the golgi apparatus are

   Glucose functions in

What property of water allows it to stick to a dry surface, such as a wooden countertop? 

The picture below is 

The bond between two amino acids in a dipeptide is called a:

Which organelle is responsible for detoxifying drugs?

How many different amino acids are found naturally in biology?

Which is smallest: width of a virus, width of bacterium or thickness of cell membrane?

Flagella are sometimes found on prokaryotic cells and their primary function is

Which of the following elements is not found in carbohydrates?

What is #4?

Which statement is correct about proteins

In a cell, what is the effect of a large surfacearea to volume ratio?

Which number points to the organelle responsible for holding spindle fibers in place?

Which of the following processes includes all others?

Which of the following is a unicellular organism that carries out all functions of life?

This protein is found in tears.  Its function is to kill bacteria.

Condensation is the

Which of the following is not an example of a monosaccharide?

  A fatty acid is a long chain of mostly carbon and hydrogen atoms with a:

Which organelle is not found in the cell shown below?

How many hydrogen bonds are found between cytosine and guanine?

Which of the following is not a purine?

The primary function of this protein is transport:

What type of lipid is a major component of the cell membrane? 

Which of the following organelles has a double membrane?

Fructose is

Differentiation results in cells

Where are proteins synthesized in a cell?

A plant storage substance is

Which of the following would increase the rate of diffusion?

If you place a cell with 80% water and 20% solute into a solution with 90% water & 10% solute

If G is a pore protein in which water crosses the cell membrane via osmosis, what is it called?

Maintaining a constant and stable internal environment is

Which nitrogenous base is only found in RNA?

Which of the following is not a pyrimidine? 

 Water molecules are attached together by

What gives each amino acid its character and leads to such a huge variety in proteins?

As the volume of a cell increases, what happens to the surface area to volume ratio?

Which of the following is a feature of exocytosis but not endocytosis?

Which of the following is not an example of an enzyme cofactor?

Which functions are carried out by all unicellular organisms?

The storage carbohydrate in liver and muscles is

What carbon does the nitrogeneous base attach to on deoxyribose?

In evaporation ofwater

The DNA in eukaryotic cells is 

Lactose can be hydrolyzed into what two substances by the enzyme lactase? 

What type of fatty acid has all carbon atoms connected by single covalent bonds? 

Which of the following is not a true statement regarding enzymes:

What is the substrate similar to in competitive inhibition? 

Which structure is an example of a peripheral protein? 

The variable that is measured in an experiment is the

A codon codes for

The Singer-Nicolson Model is now known as what model?

Which organelle is responsible for synthesizing proteins?

What type of bond connects carbon #3 on one dexoyribose molecule with a phosphate group?

What is the function of the plasma membrane of abacterium?