BIO 111 General Biology 1 Review

The measure of the clarity of an image and distance between 2 points that can be seen as 2 separate points:

Match of organisms to their environments, which promotes their survival and reproduction:

Donate H+ ions in aqueous solutions:

During this time period, the cell is growing, replicating DNA, making proteins, preparing for cell division:

"A way of knowing" from the Latin term "to know":

Which one is homozygous recessive?

The process of change that has transformed life on Earth, which accounts for diversity of life;unifying theme of biology

These catalyze and speed up chemical reactions in the body:

Where does glycolysis take place?

The UPS/USPS center of the cell that packages, labels, prepares for transport, transports modified proteins in vesicles:

The perfect aqueous solvent is:

The second step of mitosis, in which the chromosomes start to condense, the spindle forms, centrioles move is:

When looking at an animal cell, you can see all of the following organelles with the compound light microscope EXCEPT:

What distinguishes hypotheses from theories?

Organic chemistry is the study of:

Water molecules stick to surfaces like a freshly waxed car due to:

Which correctly describes the central dogma and flow of genetic information?

The third step of mitosis, in which the chromosomes line up across the middle of the cell (metaphase plate) is:

A controlled experiment is one that:

A pH of 4.0 is:

Which best demonstrates unity among organisms?

If the oculars magnify 10x, and you are using the 40x objective, what is the total magnification?

Where does photosynthesis in a plant cell occur?

This compound can react with water, store energy, release tremendous amounts of energy that can be used by the cell:

Which one is heterozygous dominant?

Where do cellular respiration and oxidative phosphorylation occur?

The movement of something across the cell membrane that requires energy & a transport protein against the gradient:

All of the living (biotic) and nonliving (abiotic) factors in the environment and their interactions with each other:

How many amino acids are there total?

Which process results in the most ATP production (32 ATP)?

Stage of mitosis in which the membranes start to reform around the 2 sets of chromosomes & a cleavage furrow forms:

All of the living individuals (human species, for example) within the bounds of SWCC campus make up a/an:

Which of the following is not one of the 4 bulk elements that make up 96% of the human body?

How many individual chromosomes do humans have?

A pH of 8.4 is:

Recorded information and results that are analyzed and displayed on charts after experiments/tests:

Where is the energy powerhouse of the cell, which makes ATP energy?

In a beaker of water with NaCl dissolved in it, the solute is the:

The smallest unit of organization that is considered to be living or alive:

The basic structural and functional units of life of every organism and level considered alive:

An acid-base pair that combines reversibly with hydrogen ions, enabling it to resist extreme changes in pH:

The ABO blood type is two dominant alleles affecting the phenotype and expressing simultaneously. This is known as:

Type of movement across the cell membrane that requires a transport protein for a little help, but no energy is required

The whip-like tail used for motility:

Bonds in which pairs of electrons are shared between atoms; strongest bonds; single, double or triple bonds:

The first step of mitosis, in which the chromatin is loosely coiled and the nuclear membrane starts to dissipate, is:

If you put a red blood cell in a hypotonic solution, what will happen?

The units of heredity discovered by Gregor Mendel are called:

The genetic micro- or macro-changes in a population of species over generations;heritable changes that produce diversity

Type of bond in a single water molecule where electrons are shared unequally, since electrons spend more time near O-.

Substances that donate OH- ions or accept H+ ions in aqueous solutions:

When a large bulk item like a hormone is transported out of the cell and exits in a vesicle, this is known as:

Photosynthesis converts light energy into

Which cell has a "true nucleus" and membrane-bound organelles?

Which of the following microscopes has the advantage in that you can observe living, motile, moving cells in water?

The DNA, genes and chromosomes in the eukaryote cell are found in the:

Water molecules stick together to each other due to the property of:

Attraction between water molecules (opposite charges), represented by dotted lines:

Changes in an organism's DNA resulting in genetic diversity are called:

The ratio of an object's size to its real size is known as the:

Which one is the start codon, which codes for the first amino acid: methionine?

Selective permeability means that:

Attraction between 2 oppositely charged ions, in which an atom gains or loses an electron, such as in NaCl (salt):

Cells take in large, bulk items by engulfing them using this mechanism:

Which sentence best describes the logic of scientific inquiry?

Synthesis of a polypeptide chain, using information is mRNA, is known as:

A red blood cell that is in isotonic solution, such as a 0.9% NaCl IV solution, will:

Eukaryote cells, but not prokaryotes, have:

The match of an organism to its environment; inherited character to enhances survival and reproduction

When a purple flower is mated with a white flower, and produces purple and white stripes, this is an example of:

The movement of particles of any substances so they spread out & disperse, like dye in water:

Which of the following structures helps plant cells maintain their shape and turgidity when full of water?

Most important carbon source for the human body:

Which of the following evolve?

If you put a plant leaf in a salty solution, the membrane pulls away as the cell dries up since the solution is:

Different or alternate versions of genes are called:

Type of bonds between water and lipid molecules:

All of the living species (different) in a particular area form a/an:

The special movement of water across a semipermeable membrane:

The difference in brightness between light and dark areas of an image, enhanced by staining, is:

Which of the following is hydrophobic?

In this stage of mitosis, the cleavage furrow causes the cells to pinch off into 2 distinct offspring cells:

What is the bilayer cell membrane made up of (they contain glycerol head & nonpolar fatty acid tails)?

Which of the following is needed in small, tiny amounts by the human body?

The synthesis of an RNA transcript using information in DNA, which produces a mRNA, is known as:

The fourth step of mitosis, in which the chromosomes pull apart and head to opposite ends of the cell:

When DNA makes a copy of DNA using a template prior to cell division, this is known as:

Which of the following does a plant cell have that an animal cell DOES NOT have?

In all cell types, proteins are made/synthesized here:

The mechanism for evolutionary adaptation of populations to their environments:

Which type of microscope can be used to take micrographs of the surface of a cell & magnifies things 10,000x?

The movement of a substance across a semipermeable membrane down the concentration gradient with no help:

An attempt to understand the behavior of biological systems by studying interactions is:

The mechanism by which organisms with certain inherited characteristics are more likely to survive; acts on populations:

How would you describe a plant cell that is in an isotonic solution?

What is the maximum amount of ATP energy produced by cell respiration and oxidative phosphorylation?

The garbage disposals of the cell, which contain digestive enzymes to breakdown debris and microbes:

Where does photosynthesis occur?

Which of the following parts is not a part of the DNA or RNA nucleotide?