Cumulative Exam Review

Which of the processes requires energy input in the form of ATP?

The biggest remaining obstacle for personal genome sequencing is:

Which of the following statements of RNA is true?

In a long DNA molecule, each origin of replication produces a replication bubble with a ___________ on each side

The mitochondrial DNA sequence of a woman should match all these people EXCEPT

Anything that can change in an experiment is called a _________________

Segregation of alleles corresponds to the separation of:

An RNA sequence that is removed during the processing of an RNA molecule is called ______________

An increased heart rate caused by the release of adrenaline into the bloodstream is an example of:

A chemical agent that interferes with DNA repair may be considered a mutagen

Which of the following choices result in a given phenotype not necessarily producing the same phenotype? Pick 2.

Which of the following are direct sources of electrons for the electron transport chain? Select all that apply.

The central dogma of biology refers to:

Why do athletes sometimes "carb load" before a big game?

Nondisjunction in _________________ results in offspring inheriting a change in the number of chromosomes

Which of the following is not considered part of the cytoplasm?

From which of the following stages is carbon dioxide released?

Gel electrophoresis seperates DNA fragments based on

For unlinked genes, the sorting of one gene pair influences the sorting of another gene pair

In which part of a chloroplast would you find electrons moving between large protein complexes?

The genetic information of daughter cells is the same as the genetic information of the parent in binary fission

In contrast to linear replication, circular DNA replication typically:

RNA molecules are transported from the nucleus to the cytoplasm in eukaryotes through:

Autotrophs typically obtain their carbon from

The most common isotope of oxygen has 8 protons and an atomic mass of 16. How many neutrons are present?

Which of the following changes could cause a cellular chemical reaction to proceed in the reverse direction (pick 2)

What differentiates isotopes of the same element?

In eukaryotes, the oxidation of pyruvate occurs in

Whichever DNA strand is transcribed, the RNA polymerase reads the template strand from 5' to 3'

Which of the following are examples of a motor protein? Select all that apply

A mutation in the BRCA1 gene is associated with which disease?

You can determine if an individual is heterozygous based off only their phenotype

Which nucleotide base pairs with adenine in an RNA molecule?

The __________________ of glucose during glycolysis makes it easier to cleave and traps it inside the cell

Leaves absorb the least amount of light in the _____ range of the visible spectrum

Nondisjunction of X chromosomes in females in the first meiotic division results in eggs with these genotypes (pick 2)

Which type of cell junction prevents the movement of substances through the space between cells

Which of the cellular processes occurs in the cytoplasm of a eukaryote?

A recessive X- linked trait can be expressed in both males and females

When a charged tRNA is about to bind to the vacant A site of a ribosome, where is the growing polypeptide?

An enzyme that catalyzes the addition of a phosphate group from ATP to another molecule is called a:

Plants power their cellular processes by breaking down the sugar they make

How might an enzyme inhibitor slow down the action of an enzyme without binding to the active site?

Which of the following is commonly found in the plasma membrane of animal cells?

Which example represents the reduced forms of the two major electron carriers?

Two major types of protein secondary structures are:

The oxygen and hydrogen atoms of a water molecule contain which type of bond?

In Mendel's pea plants, each cell in a pea plant had a total of:

The first law of thermodynamics states that the degree of disorder in the universe tends to increase