Exam 1

A  Proteins hold the instructions on how to make DNA.

B  DNA is the end point of protein production that allows cells to finish making proteins.

C  DNA holds the instructions for the cells on how to make proteins.

D  DNA is not linked to the production of proteins.

A  Neither DNA nor RNA

B  RNA

C  DNA

D  DNA and RNA

A  The entire plasma membrane turns itself inside out.

B  The digestion of larger molecules that were brought into the cell.

C  The transport of large molecules out of the cell.

D  The transport of large molecules into the cell.

A  simple diffusion

B  facilitated diffusion

C  hydrosmosis

D  osmosis

A  Animal cells only

B  Animal cells, plant cells, and bacterial cells

C  Bacterial cells only

D  Animal cells and plant cells only

A  The chloroplast

B  The cell wall

C  The nucleus

D  The plasma membrane

A  Chloroplast

B  Mitochondria

C  Cell wall

D  Vacuole

A  Converting food energy into cellular energy

B  Storing water

C  Assembling lipids

D  Converting light energy into food molecules

A  Golgi apparatus

B  Ribosome

C  Lysosome

D  Chloroplast

A  It is moving.

B  It has ribosomes.

C  It has DNA.

D  It has a nucleus.

A  often made of prokaryotic cells

B  often multicellular, sometimes unicellular

C  always multicellular

D  always unicellular

A  Mitochondria

B  Lysosome

C  Ribosomes

D  Nucleus

A  Mitochondria

B  Ribosome

C  Plasma membrane

D  Chloroplasts

A  Animal

B  Fungus

C  Bacteria

D  Protist

A  a long chain of amino acids

B  a long chain of fatty acids

C  a long chain of glucose

D  a long chain of nucleic acids

A  Trans unsaturated fat

B  Cholesterol

C  Saturated fat

D  All dietary fats are unhealthy

A  A linear chain of fatty acids

B  A branched chain of fatty acids

C  A chain of fatty acid tails

D  A glycerol head and three fatty acid tails

A  Chitin

B  Cellulose

C  Glycogen

D  Starch

A  Glucose

B  Lactose

C  Sucrose (table sugar)

D  Cellulose

A  Metabolism

B  Anabolism

C  Embolism

D  Catabolism

A  Nucleic acids

B  Amino acids

C  Glucose

D  Fatty acids

A  Nucleic acids

B  Proteins

C  Lipids

D  Carbohydrates

A  Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and enzymes

B  Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and sugars

C  Carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids, and sugars

D  Carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids

A  carbon

B  hydrogen

C  oxygen

D  nitrogen

A  The pH scale runs from 0 (most acidic) to 14 (most basic), with 7 as a neutral.

B  The pH scale runs from 0 (most basic) to 14 (most acidic), with 7 as a neutral.

C  The pH scale runs from 0 (neutral) to 14 (most acidic), with 7 as an average acidity level.

D  The pH scale runs from 0 (most acidic) to 14 (neutral), with 7 as an average acidity level.

A  neutral

B  acidic

C  alkaline

D  basic

A  hydrogen

B  covalent

C  nonpolar

D  ionic

A  isotope

B  chemical properties

C  ion state

D  chemical element

A  Oxygen

B  Calcium

C  Nitrogen

D  Carbon

A  Oxygen

B  Water

C  Carbon

D  Sugar

A  An element that is required in miniscule amounts for life

B  An element that is very common in nature

C  An element that is used to identify the location of other elements

D  An element that is evenly distributed on the planet

A  destroyed and created

B  destroyed

C  rearranged

D  created

A  An element

B  A molecule

C  A compound

D  An ion

A  We do not know if everything besides the detergents was the same (machine used, type of stains, etc.).

B  We are shown only one tee-shirt becoming whiter in each detergent, not 20 tee-shirts in each detergent.

C  We do not know whether the same amount of each detergent was used for washing.

D  All of the above are aspects that are misleading.

A  The control group

B  The blind effect

C  The fake effect

D  The placebo effect

A  The hypothesis

B  The dependent variable

C  The placebo

D  The controlled experiment

A  testable

B  repeatable

C  falsifiable

D  All of the above are important characteristics of hypotheses.

A  A hypothesis that has been supported by a large number of experiments

B  A guess

C  A hypothesis that has been supported by the evidence of one experiment

D  A proposed explanation for an observed phenomenon

A  Making a prediction

B  Making an observation

C  Carrying out an experiment

D  Developing a hypothesis

A  The relationship between structure and function

B  The transformation of energy and matter

C  The flow of information from DNA to proteins

D  The theory of evolution by natural selection

A  A community consists of living organisms only, while an ecosystem consists of both living organisms and their nonliving environment

B  A community consists of both living organisms and their nonliving environment, while an ecosystem consists of nonliving components only

C  A community consists of nonliving components, while an ecosystem consists of living organisms

D  A community and an ecosystem are the same thing in eology

A  Community → Ecosystem → Population → Tissue → Organ → Cell → Organelle → Atom

B  Biosphere → Community → Population → Tissue → Organ → Cell → Atom → Molecule

C  Ecosystem → Population → Community → Organ system → Organ → Cell → Molecule → Atom

D  Ecosystem → Community → Population → Organ → Tissue → Cell → Molecule → Atom

A  envirosphere

B  biosphere

C  troposphere

D  ionosphere

A  A cell

B  A molecule

C  An atom

D  An organism

A  Yes, it possesses enough of the requirements for life to be considered living.

B  No, it does not possess any of the requirements for life.

C  Yes, it possesses all of the requirements for life.

D  No, it does not possess all of the requirements for life.