REVIEWER FOR GENERAL BIOLOGY
THE LIVING SYSTEM
1. Which is not a characteristic of a living thing? B. It is only It is only composed of many
cells.
2. The independent living unit in the biological organization is called _____. D. organism
3. TRUE OR FALSE: Organisms are special kinds of matter that interact with their
surroundings at different levels A. True
4. TRUE OR FALSE: Science does not deal with supernatural but with the observable. A.
True
5. What biological organization wherein the population of trees, insects, mammals, bird
and many other organisms interact in any location? C. Community
6. What biological organization that refers t the communities which interact with the
physical world in a particular place? B. Ecosystem
7. What is the process by which organism respond to stimuli to keep conditions in their
body for suitable life or balance? HOMEOSTASIS
8-10. Enumerate the three domains of life that magnifies the diversity of organisms?
Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya
11. Arrange the heirarchy of the biological oganization from the simplest to complex form.
D. atom, molecule, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism, population, community,
ecosystem, biosphere
12. ______ means to be the particular way of understanding the natural world. SCIENCE
13-15. Give three examples of stimulus.
1)light 2)sound 3)temperature 4)heat 5)pressure 6)water 7)odor
THE CHEMICAL BASIS OF LIFE
1. These are the characteristics of an inorganic molecule except for?
c. Found in the biological nature
2-4. Give three examples of inorganic compounds? 1. Acids 2. Bases 3.Water
5. Which is most acidic? A. Substance A with 1.5 pH
6. __________ a process where water molecules are removed to form complex organic
compounds. Dehydration synthesis
7. __________ is the building block of protein. Amino acid
8. __________ is the building block of nucleic acid. nucleotides
9. __________ is the building block of lipid. Fatty acids + glycerol
10. What is the most common type of monosaccaride? Glucose
11. The process which the natural conformation of a protein is changed or altered is called
Denaturation
12. The process which water are added causing the complex substances to break down itno
monomers is called hydrolysis
THE CELL
1. Who first discovered the existence of the cell? B. Robert Hooke
2. Matthias Schleiden discovered that B.Plants are made up of cells
3. _____ is the basic unit of life C. CELL
4. Find the unmatched cell parts and function of a prokaryotic cell.
A. Nucleoid- a membrane bound structure where the cell’s DNA is located
C. Capsule- jelly-like structures enclosing the plasma membrane
5. Which is not true about animal cell? C. It’s vacuole occupies a large space
6. A structure where the components of ribosomes and rRNA are synthesized
NUCLEOLUS
7. Smooth ER is responsible for both protein and lipid synthesis.
FALSE
8. It acts as the packaging center of the cell. Golgi apparatus
9. Which is not true about lysosomes? C. Produces hydrogen peroxide
10. A cell is composed of various organelles that perform specific and unique functions for
the cell’s stability. TRUE
11. Mitochondria
12. Ribosomes
13. Cell membrane
THE CELL CYCLE
1. How unicellular organisms reproduce? binary fission
2. What happens during the G1 phase?
C. the cell is metabolically active and continuously grows but does not replicate its DNA yet
D. cell is recovering from the process called cytokinesis
3. What happens during the G2 phase? B. growth from S phase and preparation for
mitotic phase
4. What happens during the S phase? A.DNA synthesis or which DNA replication takes
place
5. What happens during metaphase?
A. the nucleus dissolves and the cell's chromosomes condense and move together, aligning
in the center of the dividing cell.
6. What happens during prophase?
D. the complex of DNA and proteins contained in the nucleus, known as chromatin,
condenses
7. What happens during anaphase?
A. the process that separates the duplicated genetic material carried in the nucleus of a
parent cell into two identical daughter cells.
8. The physical process of cell division, which divides the cytoplasm of a parental cell into
two daughter cells is called CYTOKINESIS
9. Crossing over occurs in mitosis while in meiosis do not. FALSE
10. The purpose of meiosis is cell regeneration, growth, and asexual reproduction, while the
purpose of mitosis is the production of gametes for sexual reproduction. FALSE
11. In mitosis, it results into 2 daughter cells, in meiosis, it results into 4 daughter cells.
FALSE
12. _______ is a type of cell division in sexually reproducing organisms that reduces the
number of chromosomes in gametes MEIOSIS
LAB QUIZ
1.The vertical extension of the base is called pillar
2, The upper part of the body tube that houses the ocular lens is called draw tube.
3. The opening at the center of the stage. It allows the passage of light into the specimen is
called stage aperture.
3. The opening at the center of the stage. It allows the passage of light into the specimen is
called stage aperture.
4. It bears the barrel that has the ocular lens at the upper end and the revolving nosepiece
at the lower end. It is called body tube.
5. The structure that arises from the base that supports the stage, lenses and control
mechanism is called arm.
6. It carries a mirror or a built-in light source and light switch. It is called base.
7. The circular structure at the lower end of the body tube to which the objectives are
attached is called revolving nosepiece.
8. The platform on which a microscope slide is placed for viewing is called stage.
11.
Name
at
least
three
microscope
objective
lenses,
completely.
Very Low Power, Low Power, High Power, Oil Immersion
12. Coarse adjustment knob
13. Fine adjustment knob
14. BASE
15. Mechanical slide holder fasten the slide into the stage.