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BIO 111 final exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Porifera? | two tissue layers |
| Animals that have 3 layers of embryonic tissue and have 1 solid mass of tissue rather than tissues and organs nestled inside a body cavity are: | acoelomate |
| Animals that have 3 layers of embroyonic tissues but have organs in a cavity that is not completely lined w/ mesoderm are: | pseudocoelomate |
| Coelomates that develop w/ the blastopore becoming the mouth are: | Protostomes |
| Of the following organisms which is the most evolutionarily advanced: | round worms |
| Which of the following are NOT cnidaria? | planaria |
| which of the following is correct in matching the common name w/ a phylum name? | fluke-Platyhelminthes |
| In flame cells, | cilia drive fluids through tubules for excretion |
| The head region of a tapeworm is called the: | scolex |
| The structure that directs food into the body of a rotifer is called the corona. | true |
| Sponges have only a celllular level of organization, not tissue level. | true |
| The adult jellyfish has a polyp body form. | false |
| Hydras reproduce sexually through production of gametes in ovaries and testes. | true |
| Flatworms are radially symmetrical. | false |
| Planaria contain both male/female reproductive structures in each individual. | true |
| Sponges have a level of organization @ the tissue level. | false |
| The term "deuterostome" is based on a combination of the greek/latin words for? | second mouth |
| Which of the following is a deuterostome? | sea star |
| Which are not among the phylum Mollusca? | lobsters |
| Scraping organism of a snail is called? | the radula |
| Which of the following is a bivalve? | oyster |
| The term "cephalopoda" is based on the greek words for: | head-footed |
| The term "nephridia" is based on the greek root word for? | kidney |
| Which phylum do leeches belong to? | annelida |
| Why does the wound from the bite of a leech bleed produsely? | Leech saliva contains a strong anticoagulant |
| Most animal species are in which phylum? | Arthropoda |
| The term "uniramous" is based on what greek words? | one branch |
| The major insect body parts are? | head, thorax and abdomen |
| The horseshoe crab Limulus is a? | Chelicerate |
| All of the following are protostomes except: | echinoderms |
| Which is NOT a Mollusk? | echinoderms |
| The term based on the greek words for "spiny skinned" is: | echinoderm |
| The only difference b/w spiders and insects is the number of legs. | false |
| Insects use the Malpighian tubules to remove nitrogenous wastes. | true |
| Sea cucumbers are marine mollusks w/out a shell. | false |
| Some echinoderms are sessile, attached to a solid surface as adults. | true |
| Vertebrates w/out jaws would be: | lampreys |
| Which phylum contains vertebrates? | chordates |
| A notochord is: | a stiff dorsal supporting rod |
| Three defining characteristics of chordates are: | gill arches or pharyngeal pouches/dorsal hollow nerve chord/notochord |
| In vertabrates, the _______ is usually replaced by a _______? | notochord, a vertebral column |
| Which one is not a characteristic of the vertabrates? | radial symmetry |
| In schooling, fish rely on sensitivity to vibration and water currents from the cells located inside: | lateral line |
| The fish group that is closest to ancestral amphibians, according to mitochondrial DNA analysis are? | lung fishes |
| The term "amphibians" is based on the greek words meaning? | living in two environment, land and water |
| Amphibians common receptacle for the urinary, genital and digestive canal? | cloaca |
| Characteristics of birds include all except: | 3 chamber heart |
| The breathing system in birds: | is a one-way circulation of air so constant oxygen absorption can meet the high oxygen demand |
| Which is NOT a characteristic associated w/ flight requirements in birds? | feet w/ claws |
| Mammals are different from birds in all the following characteristics except: | constant body temp |
| The duckbill platypus is an exception to many mammals b/c it: | doesn't give birth but lays eggs |
| Which is NOT an amphibian? | therapsids |
| All chordates are also vertabrates. | false |
| The most successful mammals belong to the group marsupials. | false |
| Which of the following is NOT an anthropoid? | lemur |
| All of the following are characteristics of primates except: | rapid postnatal maturation |
| The group thought to be ancestral of apes and human? | proconsul |
| The fossil called Lucy is a member of the _________ species. | Australopithecus afarensis |
| When different body parts evolve at different rates it is called? | mosaic evolution |
| All hominoids walk upright. | false |
| Old world monkeys have a prehensile tail and flattened nose. | false |
| Neandethals had a larger average brain capacity than modern humans. | true |
| What are the products of photosynthesis | Oxygen and carbohydrates |
| What organisms are capable of photosynthesis | Plants, Algae, and some bacteria |
| Which of these are not a major photosynthetic pigment in plants | Chlorophyll c |
| Why are plants green | They reflect green wavelengths of light and absorb blue and red light |
| Photorespiration occurs mainly in | C3 plants |
| To what does the term stroma refer | The central fluid filled space of the chloroplast |
| To what does the term grana refer | A stack of thlakoid membrane structures |
| Which is most closely associated with the Calvin Cycle | Carbon Dioxide fixation |
| ______ is a product of the Calvin Cycle that is used to from glucose phosphate, amino acids or to fatty acids | G3P ( glycealdehyde-3- phosphate) |
| The major enzyme that “fixes” carbon dioxide is called | Ribulose biphosphate caboxylase ( rubisco) |
| The function of sunlight in photosynthesis is to | Excite electrons in chlorophyll |
| Which would be a CAM plant | Cactus |
| G3P is used by plants for all of the following except the formation of | Oxygen |
| While C4 plants have carbon dioxide fixation and carbon dioxide uptake separated by location within the plant. CAM plants | have these processes separated by time |
| The light dependant reactions of photosynthesis occur in the stroma of the chloroplasts? | False |
| Phosphoenylpyruvate carboxylase (Pepcase) fixes carbon dioxide to PEP (C3) to form oxaloacetate (C4) within mesophyll calls of the C4 plants. | True |
| Which of these processes occur in the cytosol | Glycolysis |
| Complete oxidative breakdown of glucose results in ___ ATP molecules | 36 |
| The preparatory reaction breaks | Pyruvates into acetyl-Coa and carbon dioxide |
| The first reaction in the citric acid cycle is binding | Acetyl-Coa into a C4 molecule |
| Aerobic cellular respiration yields about ____ of the energy of glucose in ATP molecules | 39% |
| The first phase of aerobically cellular respiration is | Glycolysis |
| Which process produces both NADH and FADH2 | Citric acid cycle |
| Which process produces both alcohol and lactate | Fermentation |
| The product of glcolysis ____ is degraded in the final stages of aerobic pathways | Pyruvate |
| The electron transport chain and chemiosmosis produces _____ ATP from each NADH and/or ____ ATP from each FADH2 entering the system | 3:2 |
| Acetyl-Coa is produced from | pyruvate and a coenzyme |
| For fatty acids to enter the citric acid cycle of aerobic respiration, the fatty acids must be | Converted to acetyl groups |
| The amino acids we cannot synthesize are called_____ because we ____ | Essential: must include them in our diet |
| The membrane protein (enzyme) that transforms ADP + P à ATP as H+ flows down a gradient from the intermembrane space into the matrix is | ATP Synthase |
| Glycolysis occurs before the preparatory reaction and the citric acid cycle. | True |
| Glycolysis is an aerobic process. | False |
| Glycolysis is a catabolic process. | True |
| Fermentation is the process that produces bubbles of CO2 that make bread dough rise. | True |
| Cancer cells require many nutrients , which are supplied by blood vessels . The growth of new blood vessels to cancerous tissue is called? | Angiogenesis |
| If a parent cell has 48 chromosomes. How many chromosomes will each daughter cell have after mitosis and cytokinesis occurs? | 48 |
| In the life cycle of animals, _____ have the haploid number of chromosomes? | Sperm and egg cells |
| The diploid (2n) number of chromosomes for humans is | 46 |
| Which represents the correct sequence of stages in the cell cycle | G1, S, G2, M |
| During which stage of the cell cycle is cell growth and replication of organelles most significant | G1 phase |
| Which stage is most associated with a cell that is unable to divide again, such as a muscle of nerve cell? | G0 phase |
| What occurs in anaphase? | Chromosomes move to opposite poles |
| Which of the following is NOT true about cancer cells? | They exhibit contact inhibition |
| The event that signals that the start of anaphase is? | Division of centormeres to separate sister chromatids |
| Contact inhibition stops normal cells from dividing when they come into contact with neighboring cells but this is not functional in cancer cells. | True |
| Generally brain and nerve cells are not able to regenerate after injury because they have left the cell cycle and are unable to return. | False |
| Viruses and chemical exposures can cause mutations in proto-oncogenes which can lead to cancer. | True |
| Organisms produced as a result of mitosis exhibit a great deal of variation. | False |
| Which of the following steps would not lead to variation of genetic material? | Crossing over of sister chromatids |
| The cell formed through the fertilization of an egg by a sperm is called an? | Zygote |
| If a sperm cell contains 8 chromosomes , it comes from an animal that has ____ chromosomes? | 16 |
| Another name for tetrad is an? | Bivalent |
| During which stage of meiosis does crossing over occur? | Prophase I of meiosis I |
| What is the importance of crossing over? | It increases the likelihood that daughter cells contain different genetic material |
| The overall function of meiosis includes all of the following except? | Growth of the overall individual |
| During which stage of meiosis are the bivalents arranged along the equator? | Metaphase I |
| At which stage of meiosis is each chromosome composed of a single chromatid? | Anaphase II |
| During which stage of meiosis does homologus separation occur | Anaphase I |
| Interkinesis is different from interphase in what way? | Interphase involves DNA replication and interkinesis does not |
| The polar body is? | A nonfunctional cell rudiment found at the same time as an egg cell |
| Why do polar bodies form? | They allow reduction in chromosomes while preserving all the food for one egg |
| In human females, when is meiosis completed? | Immediately after the sperm penetrates the secondary oocyte |
| Where in the human male does spermatogenesis occur? | Testes |
| All of the following are true concerning Downs Syndrome except? | Chances of a woman having a child with downs syndrome decrease with her age |
| The correct number of chromosomes in a species is known as aneuploidy. | False |
| Monosomy occurs when a individual has only one of a particular type of chromosome. | True |
| Which of the following organelles would be found within a cell that was both eukaryotic and autotrophic? | Chloroplast |
| After being formed by the ribosomes located on the endoplasmic reticulum, what is the next organelle to which a protein could be transported? | Golgi apparatus |
| Which is NOT true about cell theory? | It states that bacteria and other small organisms can arise spontaneously |
| A high powered microscope that produces an image from scattered secondary electrons is the… | Scanning Electron Microscope |
| Which statement is NOT true about bacterial anatomy? | The glycocalyx sheath is located inside the cell wall |
| Which is NOT true of Eukaryotic cells? | They contain ribosomes that are smaller than those of prokaryotic cells |
| Cells that do not produce cell walls are… | Animal cells |
| Which of the following is NOT offered as evidence in support of the endosymbiotic theory? | mitochondria and chloroplasts can actively break away from eukaryotic cells and live on their own |
| A eukaryotic organelle that can best be seen with the light microscope is the… | nucleus |
| Which statement is true about ribosomes? | ribosomal subunits leave the nucleus after being formed by the nucleolus |
| Which of these is NOT part of the endomembrane system of the cell? | mitochondria |
| Lysosomes are produced by the… | golgi apparatus |
| Membrane bound vesicles that contain enzymes for oxidizing small organic molecules with the formation of hydrogen peroxide are… | peroxisomes |
| Large membranous sacs that are more prevalent in pant cells and some protozoa than in animal cells are called… | vacuoles |
| Which is NOT a characteristic of mitochondria? | mitochondria are found in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells |
| Prokaryotic cells are characterized by all of the following except… | mitochondria |
| Without a cytoskeleton, eukaryotic cells would not… | have an efficient way to transport materials from one organelle to another |
| All of the following are parts of plant cells except… | centrioles |
| Which of the following gives rise to both lysosomes and vesicles? | golgi apparatus |
| The plant cell’s central vacuole… | all choices correct |
| Of the following, which is not associated with the mitochondria? | stroma |
| The major functions of the plasma membrane do NOT include… | production of proteins used in construction of the cell wall |
| The current theory of the structure of the plasma membrane is best described by the… | fluid mosaic model |
| In a phospholipid bilayer, the… | phosphate heads are oriented toward the exterior of the cell and towards the cytoplasm |
| Which is the best definition of diffusion? | a movement of molecules from an area of their higher concentration to an area of their lower concentration |
| Which is the best definition of osmosis? | movement of water across a semi permeable membrane from an area of high water concentration to an area of lower water concentration |
| Plants show turgor pressure when… | cell walls contain vacuoles that are full of water |
| _____ is a shrinking of the cytoplasm due to osmosis. | plasmolysis |
| Which is the best definition of active transport? | movement of a substance against its concentration gradient through the release of energy from ATP |
| The sodium potassium pump moves sodium and potassium ions across the plasma membrane by… | active transport |
| Cell products are secreted from the cell through… | exocytosis |
| Pinocytosis is an example of… | endocytosis |
| Which of the following is NOT associated with animal cells? | plasmodesmata |
| Which of the following protein functions is not correctly associated with its correct integral protein? | Channel proteins == block the activity of carrier proteins |
| Active transport… | requires an input of ATP |
| If phagocytosis can be compared to cellular eating, then pinocytosis can be compared to… | cellular drinking |
| Receptor mediated endocytosis involves the use of specific proteins in the cell membrane | True |
| Plant cells will usually burst if an abundance of water has moved into the cell | False |
| Lipid soluble molecules are able to diffuse into a cell more rapidly than water soluble molecules | True |
| All cells contain the same kinds of proteins in the same relative locations | False |
| Crenation of red blood cells results when the red blood cells lose water into a fluid environment that contains more solutes than the cell | True |
| Cells placed in an isotonic environment will die as they swell and burst | False |
| Carrier proteins are necessary for active transport to occur | True |
| The process by which a white blood cell or an amoeba engulfs bacteria is called phagocytosis | True |
| An extracellular matrix helps some cells adhere to neighboring cells | True |
| An isotonic solution has a solute concentration that is the same as that found inside the cell | True |
| Which form of energy is NOT correctly associated with an example? | Kinetic Energy // Fat molecules |
| Which best describes the first law of thermodynamics? | Energy is not created or destroyed but it can change from one energy form to another |
| Which best describes the second law of thermodynamics? | Some useful energy is lost as heat whenever an energy transfer occurs |
| All of the biochemical pathways in a cell constitute… | metabolism |
| Coupling occurs when the energy released by an exergonic reaction is… | used to drive an endergonic reaction |
| The subunits from which ATP is made are… | ADP and phosphate |
| ATP is considered to be… | a molecule that carries a great deal of chemical energy in a chemical bond |
| Which of the following is a characteristic of enzymes… | they lower the energy of activation of a reaction by binding the substrate |
| An enzyme is generally named by assigning… | “ase” to the end of the name of the substrate |
| Which describes the currently accepted theory of how an enzyme and its substrate fit together? | as the substrate bonds to the enzyme, the shape of the active site changes to accommodate the reaction |
| Which organelles contain functioning ATP synthetase couplers in their membranes? | mitochondria and chloroplasts |
| What establishes the electrochemical gradient across a membrane to produce energy for ATP production? | Hydrogen ions are pumped across the membrane by carrier proteins |
| ATP… | supplies energy for metabolism |
| If a reaction results in one molecule losing an electron and a second molecule gaining an electron, the electron donor is said to be… | oxidized |
| Potential energy is best described as the | Stored energy that is available to do work |
| All organisms produce heat during their metabolic processes | True |
| All energy used to allow a cell to function can ultimately be traced back to an origin in the external environment | True |
| The ultimate source of nearly all of the energy used to support life is sunlight | True |
| Vitamins are required for the action of every enzyme in a cell | False |
| Activation of an enzyme can be due to phosphorylation | True |
| The cells that line the respiratory tract and one celled paramecium both have short, hair like projections called… | cilia |