Regents Review Quiz 2
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Name: ________
1. The diagram below represents events associated
with a biochemical process that occurs in some
organisms.
Date: _________
3. Plants in areas with short growing seasons often
have more chloroplasts in their cells than plants
in areas with longer growing seasons. Compared
to plants in areas with longer growing seasons,
plants in areas with shorter growing seasons
most likely
A) grow taller
B) make and store food more quickly
C) have a different method of respiration
D) have a higher rate of protein metabolism
4. The diagram below represents part of a life
process in a leaf chloroplast.
Which statement concerning this process is
correct?
A) The process represented is photosynthesis
and the primary source of energy for the
process is the Sun.
B) This process uses solar energy to convert
oxygen into carbon dioxide.
If the process illustrated in the diagram is
interrupted by a chemical at point X, there
would be an immediate effect on the release of
C) The process represented is respiration and
the primary source of energy for the
process is the Sun.
D) This process converts energy in organic
compounds into solar energy which is
released into the atmosphere.
B) starch
C) ATP
D) sunlight
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B) nitrogen
C) chlorophyll
D) oxygen
5. Which statement best describes enzymes?
2. The energy used to obtain, transfer, and
transport materials within an organism comes
directly from
A) DNA
A) carbon dioxide
A) Enzymes are produced from the building
blocks of carbohydrates.
B) Every enzyme controls many different
reactions.
C) The rate of activity of an enzyme might
change as pH changes.
D) Temperature changes do not affect
enzymes.
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6. Base your answer to the following question on the diagram below.
Which organism carries out autotrophic nutrition?
A) snake
B) grasshopper
C) frog
D) plant
7. Which life process carried out by a green plant
is represented in the diagram below?
A) digestion
B) replication
C) photosynthesis
D) respiration
8. A fully functioning enzyme molecule is arranged
in a complex three-dimensional shape. This shape
determines the
A) rate at which the enzyme breaks down
during a reaction it regulates
9. Base your answer to the following question on
the diagram below. The diagram illustrates a
process by which energy is released in organisms.
The energy released in this process was
originally present in
A) sunlight and then transferred to oxygen
B) specific type of molecule it interacts with
during a reaction
B) sunlight and then transferred to sugar
C) temperature of the products of the reaction
it regulates
C) the oxygen and then transferred to sugar
D) the sugar and then transferred to oxygen
D) pH of all body systems
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10. Plants such as the Venus flytrap produce
chemical compounds that break down insects
into substances that are usable by the plant.
The chemical compounds that break down the
insects are most likely
A) complex carbohydrates
B) biological catalysts
C) minerals
D) fats
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