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Science MidTerm Review

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A hypothesis is   a proposed explanation for a set of observations  
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The role of a control in an experiment is to   provide a basis of comparison to the experimental group  
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If you eat a hamburger, you are mainly eating ground-up beef muscle. What levels of organization are represented in this ground-up muscle?   organelle, cell, and tissue  
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An example of a stimulus that a plant would respond to is:   sunlight.  
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Which of the following things would be considered complex AND organized?   red blood cell in the human body  
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DNA is a molecule that directly allows a living thing to:   store information.  
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The process of homeostasis is:   how organisms maintain a relatively constant internal environment.  
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Living systems need energy to:   grow larger, replace worn-out parts and build new parts, help maintain a relatively constant internal environment.  
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The complexity of living systems:   is also highly organized.  
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Identify a characteristic that is representative of some, but not all, life-forms.   movement over great distances  
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Which function below is performed by eukaryotic cells, but not prokaryotic cells?   internal digestion of cellular garbage by a structure called a lysosome  
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Biology is the study of _____.   life  
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Which series of terms is in the sequence of biological organization from the simplest to the most complex?   cell, tissue, organ, population  
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Compared to a solution of pH 3, a solution of pH 1 is   100 times more acidic.  
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Household ammonia has a pH of 12; household bleach has a pH of 13. Which of the following statements about them is true?   The ammonia has 10 times as many H+ ions as the bleach.  
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Which four elements are the primary components of important biological molecules, such as proteins, fats, and carbohydrates?   nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen  
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An atom and an ion of the same element differ in the number of _____.   electrons  
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The hydrogen bonds in liquid water are less stable than in ice. Why?   There is less movement of molecules in colder conditions.  
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To understand biology, we need to understand chemistry. Why?   Chemicals are fundamental to the structure and function of all living things.  
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The pH of human blood is maintained at around pH 7.4. Why does a buffer system need to be present in blood to protect against changes in pH due to increases in acids?   The metabolic processes of the body produce more acids than bases.  
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The number of protons in an uncharged atom _____.   equals the total number of electrons in the orbital shells  
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Two atoms of the same element must have the same number of _____.   protons  
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Which of the following subatomic particles shown below always has a positive charge?   proton  
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Which of the following describes a covalent bond?   Two or more atoms share electron pairs.  
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An ionic bond in which a sodium atom transfers an electron to a chlorine atom, making sodium ion and a chlorine ion. This is a result of what?   an attraction between atoms that have opposite charges  
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A hydrogen bond is _____.   weak  
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What is the tendency of water molecules to stick together is called what?   Cohesion  
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Water can resist temperature change because _____.   heating water absorbs energy by disrupting the hydrogen bonds before evaporation can occur  
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Cells are surrounded by water, and cells themselves are about 70-95% water. As a result, _____.   a variety of nutrient molecules are readily available as dissolved solutes  
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What property of water makes it move upward from the roots of plants?   cohesion  
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What is an acid? An acid _____.   donates hydrogen ions to solutions  
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A solution with a pH of 7 is   neutral.  
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Organic compounds   always contain carbon.  
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A hydroxyl group is   characteristic of alcohols.  
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Which of the following is a carboxyl group?   ―COOH  
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Which of the following is an amino group?   ―NH2  
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Which of the following statements about the monomers and polymers found in living organisms is false?   Monomers are joined together by the process of hydrolysis.  
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What is the general function of enzymes within a cell?   to speed up chemical reactions  
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The storage form of carbohydrates is ________ in animals and ________ in plants.   glycogen . . . starch  
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Fatty acids are   hydrophobic.  
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Proteins differ from one another because   the sequence of amino acids in the polypeptide chain differs from protein to protein.  
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Which of the following statements about enzymes is false?   They are monomers used to build proteins.  
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The cells that produce hair contain a lot of ________, while the cells that produce the oils that coat the hair contain a lot of ________.   rough endoplasmic reticulum . . . smooth endoplasmic reticulum  
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A woman is having trouble becoming pregnant. Examination of her partner's sperm indicates that dynein feet are missing from the flagella in his sperm cells. A physician explains that this could interfere with fertility by   preventing the sperm from swimming to the egg cell.  
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Which of the following statements about cells is true?   All cells have internal structures that move.  
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The idea that all living things are composed of cells and that all cells come from other cells defines   cell theory.  
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Plasma membranes are permeable to   nonpolar molecules such as CO2.  
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Which of the following structures is exclusively associated with prokaryotic cells?   nucleoid  
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Unlike animal cells, plant cells have ________ and ________. Unlike plant cells, animal cells have ________.   chloroplasts . . . cell walls . . . centrioles  
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The nucleus of a cell   contains DNA.  
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During cell reproduction, chromatin fibers coil up into structures called   chromosomes.  
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Which location in the cell is unlikely to contain ribosomes or ribosomal subunits?   plasma membrane  
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The endomembrane system includes all of the following organelles except the   peroxisome.  
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Smooth endoplasmic reticulum   stores calcium ions in muscle cells.  
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The Golgi apparatus   stores, modifies, and packages proteins.  
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The function of mitochondria is   cellular respiration.  
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The function of chloroplasts is   photosynthesis.  
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The stroma is the   thick fluid enclosed by the inner chloroplast membrane.  
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Mitochondria differ from chloroplasts in that mitochondria   contain membrane folds called cristae, whereas chloroplasts contain disk-like vesicles in stacks called grana.  
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Microfilaments differ from microtubules in that microfilaments   are mainly composed of actin, whereas microtubules are composed of tubulin.  
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Which of the following statements about the cytoskeleton is false?   Once laid down, the elements of the cytoskeleton are fixed and remain permanently in place.  
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Cilia differ from flagella in that   cilia are typically more numerous and shorter than flagella.  
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Most animal cells are   embedded in an extracellular matrix.  
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Which of the following substances would have the most trouble crossing a biological membrane by diffusing through the lipid bilayer?   Na+  
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Which of the following statements is true among all types of passive transport?   The concentration gradient is the driving force.  
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A hypotonic cell   explodes  
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The fluid mosaic model describes the plasma membrane as consisting of   diverse proteins embedded in a phospholipid bilayer.  
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Most of the functions of a cell membrane, including transport and enzymatic function, are performed by   proteins.  
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Plasma membranes are selectively permeable. This means that   the plasma membrane allows some substances to enter or leave a cell more easily than others.  
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Oxygen crosses a plasma membrane by   passive transport.  
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Diffusion does not require the cell to expend ATP. Therefore, diffusion is considered a type of   passive transport.  
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Osmosis can be defined as   the diffusion of water.  
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A cell that neither gains nor loses water when it is immersed in a solution must be   isotonic to its environment.  
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Which of the following processes can move a solute against its concentration gradient?   active transport  
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Phagocytosis is to eating as pinocytosis is to   drinking.  
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The active site of an enzyme is   the region of an enzyme that attaches to a substrate.  
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Which of the following statements regarding enzymes is true?   Enzymes catalyze specific reactions.  
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Respiration ________, and cellular respiration ________.   is gas exchange . . . produces ATP  
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The processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration are complementary. During these energy conversions, some energy is   lost in the form of heat.  
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Which of the following statements regarding photosynthesis and cellular respiration is true?   Photosynthesis occurs in chloroplasts, and cellular respiration occurs in mitochondria.  
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Which of the following are products of cellular respiration?   energy to make ATP and carbon dioxide  
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The overall equation for the cellular respiration of glucose is   C6H12O6 + 6 O2 → 6 CO2 + 6 H2O + energy.  
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The functioning of an electron transport chain is analogous to   a Slinky toy going down a flight of stairs.  
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Which of the following metabolic pathways is common in aerobic and anaerobic metabolism?   glycolysis  
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As a result of glycolysis there is a net gain of ________ ATPs.   2  
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After glycolysis but before the citric acid cycle,   pyruvate is oxidized.  
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Which of the following processes produces the most ATP per molecule of glucose oxidized?   aerobic respiration  
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Mitochondria transfer ________ energy from ________ to ATP; chloroplasts transform ________ energy into the chemical energy of ATP.   chemical . . . food . . . light  
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Plant cells   have mitochondria and chloroplasts.  
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The thylakoid membrane is   the membrane that surrounds the stack of "cookies"  
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What is the name given to organisms that can make their own food and thus sustain themselves without consuming organic molecules derived from other organisms?   autotrophs  
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What is the source of energy that provides the boost for electrons during photosynthesis?   light  
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Which of the following statements regarding photosynthesis is false?   ATP is not produced during photosynthesis, but only during cellular respiration.  
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The light reactions occur in the ________, while the Calvin cycle occurs in the ________.   thylakoid membranes . . . stroma  
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Why are most plants green?   Chlorophyll a reflects green light.  
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Which of the following features likely accounts for the difference between plant and animal cell cytokinesis?   Plant cells have cell walls.  
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A plant cell in telophase   Has a cell wall and have 2 distinct cells forming  
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Which of the following statements regarding cell division is false?   Cell division is common in eukaryotes but rare in prokaryotes.  
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Sister chromatids are   joined together at a centromere.  
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Which of the following occurs during interphase?   cell growth and duplication of the chromosomes  
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Eukaryotic cells spend most of their cell cycle in which phase?   interphase  
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The genetic material is duplicated during   the S phase.  
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The process by which the cytoplasm of a eukaryotic cell divides to produce two cells is called   cytokinesis.  
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The phase of mitosis during which the mitotic spindle begins to form is   prophase.  
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During which phase of mitosis do the chromosomes line up on a plane equidistant from the two spindle poles?   metaphase  
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At the start of mitotic anaphase,   the centromeres of each chromosome come apart.  
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During which phase of mitosis does the nuclear envelope re-form?   telophase  
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Which of the following statements regarding the function of mitosis is false?   Mitosis allows organisms to generate genetic diversity.  
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Which of the following statements regarding mitosis and meiosis is false?   Mitosis produces daughter cells with half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell.  
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Of the following wavelengths of light, which would you expect to be reflected or transmitted by chlorophyll a?   green  
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Which of the following are produced during the Calvin cycle?   glucose, ADP, NADP+  
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Which of the following is part of the light reaction?   formation of waste products in the form of O2  
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Which of the following are produced during the light reactions of photosynthesis?   ATP, NADPH, O2  
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