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Name: ___________________________________________ Period: _________
STAAR/EOC Biology: Category 4-Biological Processes and Systems
1. What form of energy is used by cells for cellular processes?
a. Enzymes
c. ATP
b. Cofactors
d. DNA
2. The process by which the energy from the Sun is used to create glucose molecules is known asa. Cellular respiration
c. chemosynthesis
b. Photosynthesis
d. fermentation
Use the equation  to answer the questions that follow:
3. What are the reactants of photosynthesis? _______________________________________________
4. What are the products of photosynthesis? ________________________________________________
5. What is missing from the equation above that must be present for photosynthesis to occur? ____________
6. In what organelle does photosynthesis occur?
a. Mitochondria
c. ribosome
b. Vacuole
d. chloroplast
7. The process of releasing energy (ATP) from the chemical breakdown of Glucose in the presence of O2 isa. Cellular respiration
c. chemosynthesis
b. Photosynthesis
d. fermentation
8. Compare the photosynthesis equation and the cellular respiration equation.
a. How are they the same?
b. How are the different?
9. Give an example of a muscle you would expect a high number of mitochondria and why? _____________
________________________________________________________________________________________.
10. Define “anaerobic”: ________________________________________________________________________
11. A biological component is made up of many layers. Each layer is made up of smaller individual units. The
smallest of theses levels is a –
a. Cell
c. organelle
b. Tissue
d. organ
12. In the levels of organization in the human body tissues make up:
a. Cell
c. organelle
b. Organ system
d. organ
13. Which of the following is an organ of the circulatory system?
a. Platelet
c. nervous system
b. Red blood cell
d. heart
14. List the levels of organization in order from LARGEST to SMALLEST:
ORGANISM  ______________________ _________________TISSUE___________ ______________
15. Complete the chart for the human body systems:
System
Function
Integumentary
Muscular
Skeletal
Circulatory
Respiratory
Immune
Digestive
Excretory
Reproductive
16. Describe how the circulatory system works with the respiratory system and the muscular system:
17. What 2 body systems are used to defend the body from infection and disease?
18. Plants have 2 types of tissue that have a similar function to a human circulatory system. Describe them.
a. XYLEM___________________________________________________________________
b. PHOLEM _________________________________________________________________
19. Plants and animals both have reproductive systems. Label the parts for each in the pictures below:
20. In a male human what is the function of the vas deferens? ________________________________
21. What is the function of the testes? ______________________________________________________