Unit 1: Biology Basics Review

Question 1

Photosynthesis

Accepted Answer

Conversion of light energy into chemical energy

Question 2

Why are enzymes important

Accepted Answer

enzymes reduce energy usage, Enzymes involved in chemical reactions are in organisms, help animals digest food quicker, enzymes bring reactants together

Question 3

Enzymes are a _______, which________.

Accepted Answer

protein, speed up reactions

Question 4

Which is the dependent variable?

Accepted Answer

speed working math problems

Question 5

chloroplasts are to photosynthesis as

Accepted Answer

mitochondria is to cellular respiration

Question 6

Micah needs 25 mL of motor oil to test his combustion engine. Which tool would give him the most precise measurement?

Accepted Answer

graduated cylinder

Question 7

What is the dependent variable?

Accepted Answer

the time it takes to finish maze

Question 8

The macromolecules that would most likely be involved in contracting muscles would be

Accepted Answer

proteins

Question 9

Comply with safety signs, symbols and labels. This one is the...

Accepted Answer

Corrosion Symbol

Question 10

What are enzymes?

Accepted Answer

Proteins involved in every chemical reaction in an organism

Question 11

Which is the independent variable?

Accepted Answer

students with calculators

Question 12

What is the purpose of the Carbohydrate biomolecules?

Accepted Answer

provide quick energy for a cell

Question 13

What are the products of photosynthesis?

Accepted Answer

Oxygen & Glucose

Question 14

How do enzymes work?

Accepted Answer

They lower the activation energy of the reaction, Provide a site where reactants can come together

Question 15

All of the following pieces of equipment could be used for transferring a liquid from one container to another EXCEPT __

Accepted Answer

petri dish

Question 16

What does this lab safety symbol indicate?

Accepted Answer

Highly Flammable

Question 17

What is the purpose of the Protein biomolecules?

Accepted Answer

perform signaling, motor, transport, and enzymatic processes in cells

Question 18

What does cellular respiration produce?

Accepted Answer

Carbon Dioxide, Water, & ATP

Question 19

What are the reactants of cellular respiration?

Accepted Answer

Oxygen, Glucose

Question 20

What's Cellular Respiration?

Accepted Answer

The process cells use to to release energy stored in sugar.

Question 21

Reactants of photosynthesis

Accepted Answer

carbon dioxide, sunlight and water

Question 22

The monomer of a protein is ______________.

Accepted Answer

an amino acid.

Question 23

Which category of carbon-based molecules includes sugars and starches?

Accepted Answer

carbohydrates

Question 24

How do cellular respiration and photosynthesis rely on each other?

Accepted Answer

they both supply what the other one needs to perform their actions

Unit 1: Biology Basics Review

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Unit 1: Biology Basics Review

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