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Biology Midterm Review-December 2016
1. Which is true about a dependent variable in an experiment?
2. When scientists are "evaluating results" as a part of scientific thinking, they mainly
3. On Earth, biodiversity generally increases from the
4. Only individuals belonging to the same species are able to
5. Organisms use energy for all chemical processes. Together, all of these processes are called
6. Which is the correct description of evolution?
7. The lock-and-key model of enzyme function shown in Figure 2.2 illustrates which important characteristic of
enzymes?
8. Cell theory establishes which of the following conclusions about cells?
9. Which features are found in plant cells but not in animal cells?
10. Mitochondria and chloroplasts are both sites of
11. Water enters a cell when the solution surrounding the cell is
12. Which of the following phrases best describes active transport?
13. Which of the following statements is true of ATP?
14. The breakdown of which of the following provides the largest number of ATP per molecule?
15. Which chemical equation best represents the process of photosynthesis?
16. What is the name of the process that breaks glucose down into the pyruvate that is used in cellular respiration?
17. A scientist noticed that the number of salamanders in ponds in the Rocky Mountains was declining. This was
a(n)
18. The English physician Ronald Ross wanted to find the cause of malaria. Based on his observations, Dr. Ross
suggested that the Anopheles mosquito spread malaria from person to person. This suggestion was a
19. You can work safely in the science lab by
20. Biology is the study of
21. Which of the following is not one of the seven properties of life?
22. All living things maintain a balance within their cells and with the environment through the process of
23. The process by which organisms make more of their own kind is called
24. The building blocks of most biomolecules contain the element
Molecule A
25. Refer to the illustration above. Molecule A is a
Molecule B
26. All of the following are examples of lipids except
27. Long chains of amino acids are found in
28. The two types of nucleic acids are
29. ATP (adenosine triphosphate) stores energy in the bonds between its
30. Refer to the illustration above. Which of the following statements regarding the graph is true?
31. Refer to the illustration above. Reaction 3 in the graph
32. An enzyme
33. Which of the following is part of the cell theory?
34. One difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes is that prokaryotes do not have
35. Which of the following statements about prokaryotes is correct?
36. Refer to the illustration above. Which structure acts as a boundary between the outside environment and the
inside of the cell?
37. Refer to the illustration above. Which structure immediately identifies this cell as a eukaryote?
38. All the following are found in both plant and animal cells, except
39. Sugar molecules cross the cell membrane by
40. The diffusion of water into or out of a cell is called
41. Osmosis is a type of
42. Light energy is converted to chemical energy through the process of
43. Chlorophyll is green because
44. The source of oxygen produced during photosynthesis is
45. What is the net gain of ATP molecules in glycolysis?