General Biology I Final Exam Review

If a eukaryotic cell lacked the Golgi apparatus, it could not:

The ATP which is made during the ETC is made at which site?

Which term describes the tendency of water molecules to cling to other water molecules?

When solute molecules pass through the membrane using a carrier protein without any energy input, it is referred to as:

When cancer has spread beyond its original location, it is said to have metastasized.

What are the reactants involved in cellular respiration?

Which is the correct choice that lists the steps in the scientific method in their typical order?

The identity of any atom can be determined by the:

When converting a polypeptide into smaller subunits, which of the following chemical reactions would be needed?

The more unsaturated a lipid is, the more:

Which part of cellular respiration produces the greatest amount of ATP?

Which of the following levels of taxonomy includes the greatest number of organisms?

How can enzymes speed up chemical reactions?

A molecule which speeds a reaction by bringing the reactants together is referred to as a/an:

If a poison specifically destroyed the ribosomes of a cell, what is the main reason that the cell would die?

In a mendelian monohybrid cross, which generation is always completely heterozygous?

Which of the following phases takes place entirely outside the mitochondria and is considered to be anaerobic?

When you mix sugar into coffee, the sugar dissolves. This shows that sugar molecules are:

The base sequence of one DNA strand is 5' ACGCTA 3'. What is the complementary base sequence on the other DNA strand?

Which of the following is absolutely necessary for diffusion to occur?

The formation of carbohydrate during photosynthesis, occurs where in the choloroplast?

When observing an animal cell in telophase, you would expect to observe the formation of a(n):

A scientist who studies a group of field mice all living in the same area would be studying:

Meiosis results in a change in chromosome number which can be written as:

ATP is made up of:

To which kingdom does a unicelluar organism with a nucelus and structures for photosynthesis found in pond water belong?

The theory stating that the chloroplast & mitochondria are formed due to a eukaryotic cell engulfing prokaryotic cells?

During _____, the nuclear envelope disappears, and the chromosomes become distinct.

As a result of gylcolysis, one molecule of glucose is broken into two molecules of:

A person with Klinefelter syndrome has long arms & legs, and some breast development due to which chromosomal anomaly?

Which of the following molecules might be used for an immediate source of energy?

Which of these events happens during anaphase II?

Once NADH and FADH₂ have delivered their electrons and hydrogen ions to the ETC, they:

During the process of cellular respiration, what is the total number of ATP produced per glucose molecule?

Mendel's law of segregation implies that the two members of an allelic pair:

In a solution, if the hydroxide ion concentration exceeds the hydrogen ion concentration, the solution is considered:

Where inside an animal cell would engulfed bacteria, debris, and macromolecules be broken down?

To convert two monosaccharides into a disaccharide, which of the following reactions would be needed?

What is the term for programmed cell death?

Which of the following changes would cause an atom to become a different element?

In animals, under anaerobic conditions, pyruvate is converted to which of the following molecules?

What are the end products of the light reactions in photosynthesis?

The short term storage form of glucose in plants is:

Which of the following makes the least sense as a topic of study in experiments on organic biomolecules?

If an animal leg cell has 50 chromosomes, then what is the haploid number of this species?

Which six elements are the main components in living organisms?

What role does oxygen play in cellular respiration?

Which of the following is correct about saturated fatty acids?

Water is split and oxygen is released during which process in photosynthesis?

Mitosis and meiosis differ in that:

A geneticist who finds 3 copies of chromosome 21 in a karyotype of a patient, draws the conclusion that the patient has:

Which kind of bond occurs between positively and negatively charged atoms?

In meiosis, crossing-over occurs during which of the following phases?

Lemon juice has a pH of 2.3 and should be classified as a:

The major goal of the Calvin cycle is to produce what material?

Why are the cristae important in the inner membrane of the mitochondria?

During the process of photosynthesis, which of the following products are formed?

A cell has lysosomes, a nucleus, but no cholorplasts. What type of cell is it?

The order of the major pathways and reactions of cellular respiration is:

Which part of an experiment allows a scientist to know if the treatment worked or not?

Which bond results from the sharing of electrons?

What is the name of the kingdom of eukaryotic, multicelluar organisms that ingest their food?

Which of the following terms is represented by word descriptions, such as brown or tall?

Which organelle creates energy for the cell?

Which interaction bonds water molecules to other water molecules?

If you observed the sister chromatids separating during cell division, what phase of mitosis would you be observing?

According to the fluid-mosaic model, a cell membrane is assembled from:

Which answer choice is not a defining characteristic of life?

Which of the following is true of a protein which has been denatured by high heat?

If a cell did not have RNA molecules, what would be the result?

What is the semifluid substance enclosed within the inner membrane of the mitochondrion?

Which of the following polysaccharides is used by animals as the storage form of glucose?

In a study of the raw materials used for photosynthesis, what two kinds of molecules would be studied?

The basic unit of structure and function for all life is the:

The building blocks of proteins are called:

In mitosis, the chromosomes line up on the equator of the cell during:

What process uses energy to move a substance from an area of low concentration to an area of high concentration?

A geneticist is studying the failure of chromosomes to separate properly during meiosis; this is called:

How is the mass number of an element determined?

When the number of protons does not equal the number of electrons, the atom is called a/an:

An atom was found to have an atomic number of 15 and a mass of 31. What is the total number of electrons in this atom?

A cell biologist looks through a microscope at a cell which contains no nucleus. To which domain might it belong?

Which of these is an example of homeostasis?

In which kind of cross would you expect to find a ratio of 3:1 among the F2 offspring?

The terms alpha helix and pleated sheet are associated with which level of protein structure?

The Calvin Cycle is directly dependent upon a supply of:

What is the proper order of events in the cell cycle?

What cell structure converts light energy into chemical molecules?

The regulation of an organism's internal environment is known as homeostasis.

A cell placed in a hypertonic solution will:

What are alleles?

If the total number of chromosomes in a parent cell is 6, then after mitosis there will be:

What type of bond occurs between one hydrogen atom and one oxygen atom in a water molecule?

A possible explanation for a natural event is known as a/an:

Cancer can best be described as:

The substance that initially traps solar energy in photosynthesis is:

Brown eyes (B) are dominant to blue eyes (b). A brown-eyed woman who has a blue-eyed child would have the genotype:

Which of the following states the First Law of Thermodynamics?

You discover a cell that has a nucleus, a cell wall, and a large central vacuole. You can conclude that it is a/an:

It would be a great surprise to find which of the following structure in a prokaryotic cell?