Semester 1 Review 2015

Question 1

Unzipping the 2 strands of DNA is the first step of...

Accepted Answer

DNA Replication and Protein Synthesis

Question 2

Which choice best describes active transport?

Accepted Answer

low to high, requires energy, ion pump, endo-/exocytosis

Question 3

A cell will swell when placed in a...

Accepted Answer

hypotonic solution

Question 4

An autotroph is an organism that obtains energy from the food it consumes.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

Which scientist came up with base pairing rules?

Accepted Answer

Chargaff

Question 6

Which organelles can only be found in plant cells?

Accepted Answer

Vacuole, chloroplasts, cell wall

Question 7

Energy is released by …

Accepted Answer

Releasing a phosphate from ATP.

Question 8

A cell will be in equilibrium when it is in this solution.

Accepted Answer

isotonic

Question 9

Diffusion moves particles from areas of …

Accepted Answer

high concentration to low concentration.

Question 10

To enter or leave the cell, what must glucose pass through?

Accepted Answer

Transport Protein

Question 11

This technology is used to solve crimes and paternity tests.

Accepted Answer

DNA fingerprinting

Question 12

A well-designed lab always has many constants.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

What is the equation for photosynthesis?

Accepted Answer

Carbon dioxide + water --> glucose + oxygen

Question 14

Facilitated diffusion requires a transport protein and ATP.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

Passive transport requires energy.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 16

What happens to enzymes that get too hot or too cold?

Accepted Answer

they denature

Question 17

Which organelle is only found in plant cells?

Accepted Answer

Cell wall

Question 18

What is the independent variable in an experiment?

Accepted Answer

The manipulated variable.

Question 19

This transport will move large molecules out of the cell.

Accepted Answer

exocytosis

Question 20

What does the mitochondria do?

Accepted Answer

makes ATP

Question 21

This is making an exact copy of an organism or its DNA.

Accepted Answer

cloning

Question 22

The independent variable is the variable that you are measuring/observing.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 23

Which organic compound makes up parts of cells and does metabolic activities?

Accepted Answer

proteins

Question 24

The vacuole stores water and waste.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

Heterotrophs are able to provide food/energy for themselves.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 26

Which organic compound stores genetic information?

Accepted Answer

nucleic acids

Question 27

Which organic compound provides quick energy?

Accepted Answer

carbohydrate

Question 28

What is this an image of?

Accepted Answer

replicated chromosome

Question 29

Cells need ATP for passive transport.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 30

Which nucleic acid contains a ribose and uracil?

Accepted Answer

RNA

Question 31

All mutations are bad for an organism.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 32

Why do cells make ATP?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 33

Humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes or 46 total chromosomes in our genome.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 34

Which nucleic acid is single stranded?

Accepted Answer

RNA

Question 35

This transport will move large molecules into the cell.

Accepted Answer

endocytosis

Question 36

Endocytosis is an example of active transport.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 37

ATP contains one phosphate.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 38

The independent variable goes on the X-axis when graphing.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 39

A hypertonic solution means that there is _________ solute outside the cell than in the cell.

Accepted Answer

more

Question 40

What type of cells contain a nucleus?

Accepted Answer

Eukaryotic

Question 41

Mutations can be caused by replication errors and mutagens.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 42

All organic compounds come from living things and contain...

Accepted Answer

Carbon

Question 43

Which nucleic acid contains a deoxyribose and thymine?

Accepted Answer

DNA

Question 44

An organism that has a mutation is their skin cells will pass it on to the offspring.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 45

The monomer of a protein is...

Accepted Answer

amino acid

Question 46

A substance that would move via active transport would be...

Accepted Answer

sodium

Question 47

Who determined that DNA is a double helix?

Accepted Answer

Watson & Crick

Question 48

The central dogma of molecular biology is...

Accepted Answer

DNA - transcription - mRNA - translation - protein

Question 49

What is the monomer of nucleic acids?

Accepted Answer

nucleotide

Question 50

This is the intentional changing of DNA.

Accepted Answer

genetic engineering

Semester 1 Review 2015

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Semester 1 Review 2015

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