IB Biology I Semester Review

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

Which features are present in prokaryotic cells?

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

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

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

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

The diagram below is: 

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

Which of the following processes includes all others?

Which of the following is not a pyrimidine? 

Where are proteins synthesized in a cell?

What is the substrate similar to in competitive inhibition? 

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

What is the function of the plasma membrane of abacterium?

Which organelle is labeled #10?

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

The storage carbohydrate in liver and muscles is

Which organelle is responsible for detoxifying drugs?

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

In the structure of the cell membrane, glycoproteins are 

All cells have which of the following?

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

Increasing the substrate concentration

What type of macromolecule is substance E?

Where does the inhibitor bind in non-competitive inhibition? 

In evaporation ofwater

Which of the following would increase the rate of diffusion?

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

Which of the following elements is not found in carbohydrates?

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

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

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

The electron micrograph below shows which organelle?

Which nitrogenous base is only found in RNA?

The DNA in eukaryotic cells is 

The primary function of this protein is transport:

Materials that leave and enter the golgi apparatus are

The image below is: 

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

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

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

The variable that is measured in an experiment is the

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

What carbon does the nitrogeneous base attach to on deoxyribose?

Which structure is an example of a peripheral protein? 

Which functions are carried out by all unicellular organisms?

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

Fructose is

Which statement is part of the cell theory?

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

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

How many hydrogen bonds are found between cytosine and guanine?

What is the pentose sugar that is found in RNA?

   In a water molecule,

Water dissolves which of the following substances?

How many different amino acids are found naturally in biology?

Which of the following is not a purine?

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

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

Differentiation results in cells

A plant storage substance is

Amino acids join together during:

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

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

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

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

What type of macromolecule is the structure labeled C?

A codon codes for

The picture below is 

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

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

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

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

   Glucose functions in

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

These special extensions of bacteria allow for exchange of genetic material

Which statement is correct about proteins

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

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

Condensation is the

Which property makes stem cells suitable fortherapeutic use?

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

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

Which organelle is responsible for synthesizing proteins?

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

Maintaining a constant and stable internal environment is

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

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

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

Which of the following organelles has a double membrane?

Denaturation of an enzyme

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

What is #4?

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

 Water molecules are attached together by

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

Most biological molecules have this type of bond:

Which organelle is not found in the cell shown below?

How many histone molecules make up a nucleosome? 

What type of bond connects #9 to cytosine?