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Midterm Review
1. What is an organism?
2. Most unicellular organisms can only be seen with a
3. Define Biology.
4. What is a cell? Where are they found?
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5. What is the difference between unicellular and mutli-cellular organisms?
6. Name and define the 8 Life Functions?
7. Are all cells alike? Explain
8. All cells are surrounded by a
and contain
instructions.
9. Define homeostasis,
10. Genetic information is passed to offspring during
11. What molecule contains the cells hereditary information?
12. What is a gene?
13. New cells or organisms from asexual reproduction have
information.
14. Name a unicellular organism that reproduces by asexual reproduction.
15. Define autotroph.
16. Define heterotroph.
17. List 8 characteristics shared by all living things.
18. All living things are composed of________________
19. Define metabolism.
20. Scientists solve problems using the
genetic
21. Define hypothesis
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22. Name and explain the 2 groups in a controlled experiment.
23. Name and explain the two variables in an experiment.
24. How is data organized?
25. Define taxonomy.
26. Why are common names not good to use when classiing organism?
27. What classification level contains only one single type of organism?
28. What is binomiaj nomenclare9
29. What is the Scientific name for humans? And write it correctly.
30. Label the parts of the microscope.
31, What kind of cell is this?
32. Label the parts of the cell.
33. Defi all the parts of the cell.
34. What does DNA stand for?
35. What is D
NA’ Primazy functjo?
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36. What is the 0
funct of proteins?
37. What are the repeating su
bunit called that make up DNA?
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38. What are the 3 parts of a DNA flUcleotjde?
9. Nai the four nitrogen bases in DNA and how they pair up?
40. Name and explain the shape of DNA?
41. What are the sides of the DNA ladder made of?
42. What are the steps made of?
43. Why must DNAbe able to make copies of itself?
44. Define DNA replication.
45. What is the first sp that must occur in DNA replication?
46. What is the template for DNA replication?
47. Make the complementary strand of DNA for the original below.
A-G-G-C-T-A-A-T-T-A-C-G
48. What is a mutation?
49. What is the sugar 1ound in DNA?
50. What is the sugar found in RNA?
51. What are the four nitrogen bases in RNA and how do they pair up?
52. Is RNA single or double stranded?
53. Name ançj define the 3 type of RNA.
54. What is Transcription?
55. Make the RNA strand for the DNA strand below.
A-G-G-C-T-A-A-T-T-A-C-G
56. What makes up proteins?
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57. What is translation?
58. What is a codon?
59. Name the amino acid that each codon stands for
A. UUA
B. ATU
C.UGU
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E. GAG
F. UAA
What would the transjatjoii of these strands of RNA make?
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A, UAACAAGAC$JCC
B. UGACCcGA1JIJUCAGC
60, Define heredity.
61. What is genetic engineering?
62. Give two ways it is used,
63. What is recombjiiant DNA?
64, Define plasmjd and tell how they are used in genetic engineering.