Download Biology Unit One Exam Review

Biology Unit One Exam Review
You are responsible for studying and knowing all of the information that was presented in class.
Please review your composition notebook and assignments.
Please answer the following questions on your OWN sheet of paper.
Characteristics of Life
1. What is Biology?
2. List each of the seven characteristics of life AND give two real life examples of each.
3. Are viruses living? Explain using details from the article we read in class.
Scientific Method
1. Explain the difference between an independent variable and a dependent variable.
2. What was the independent variable in the Brine Shrimp Lab?
3. What is scientific method used for?
4. How many independent variables are tested during an experiment?
5. List the steps of the scientific method in order. Give an example of each step by
making up a scientific problem/question to be tested.
6. Explain the difference between a control group and experimental group.
7. Describe how you would set up an experiment to test which color of light a plant would
grow the best under. Identify
the independent variable, dependent variable, control
variables, control group, and experimental group in your description.
8. Using your hypothetical experiment from the previous question, set up a graph that
could be used to display your data. Include all important parts of a graph.
9. What salt solution provided the best environment for the hatching and growth of
brine shrimp?
Spontaneous Generation
1. Describe Spontaneous Generation in your own words.
2. Why did it take so long to disprove Spontaneous Generation?
3. Who was Redi and what was his experiment?
4. Who was Spallanzani and what did he find out?
5. Did Needham try to prove or disprove Spontaneous Generation?
6. What was Pasteur's contribution to disproving Spontaneous Generation?
Cell Diagram Labeling
Label the cells below by naming the organelles you see and drawing a line to their location.
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History of Cells
1. Who discovered the first cell?
2. List/explain the three statements of the Cell Theory.
3. What was Schwann's contribution to the cell theory?
4. What was Schleiden's contribution to the cell theory?
5. What was Virchow's contribution to the cell theory?
6. Name the 2 broad categories that cells can be divided into. Distinguish between the two
groups.
7. A bacterial cell would be a prokaryote/eukaryote.
(Circle the correct answer.)
Cell Orqanelles
1. Know ALL organelles, what their functions are, and what they look likell
2. Be able to identify organelles if given a drawing of a cell
3. Knowthe difference in a plant and animal cell-compare and contrast
-Name the structures found in an animal cell that is not in a plant cell. Name structures
found in a plant cell that are not in an animal cell.
4. What does ER stand for?
5. Distinguish between rough and smooth ER.
6. Where is your genetic material located?
7. Where is the genetic material of a prokaryote found?
8. What organelle digests worn out materials?
9. What is contained inside the chloroplast?
10. What organelle provides energy for the cell?
11.What structures aid in locomotion?
12. What is an organelle? (What does the word mean?)
13. What pigment is contained within the chloroplast?
14. The nucleus is connected to the ER via
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