Name:______________________________
Date: ____________
Semester Final Study Guide
Biology 1a
Fall 2015
Matching (not all words are used)
1. Ethics
6. SI
2. independent variable
7. English
3. dependent variable
8. evolutionary theory
4. skepticism
9. constants
5. control
10. Planetary motion
1. A questioning and often doubtful attitude.______________________________
2. Name 1 Universal Scientific Law. __________________________________
3. Making sure that each participant in a scientific research experiment understand
the risks involved is an example of ___________________________________
4. A standard for comparison. _________________________
5. Factor that the scientist changes. ________________________
6. Factor that depends on the factor that the scientist
changes._____________________________
7. Factors that remain the same in an experiment. ____________________________
8. You must use _______________ units in science in order to have a common
language.
9. Study of changes in types of organisms over time._________________________
True/False: For the following statements put “A” if the statement is true and put “B” if
the statement is false.
10. A scientific law and a theory are the same thing. _____
11. Metabolism is the sum of all chemical reactions in the body._____
12. All living things must maintain a stable internal environment._____
13. Cells are the smallest unit capable of all life functions._____
14. Putting on a sweatshirt when you are cold is an example of metabolism._____
15. All living organisms grow._____
16. Thinking like a scientist helps you solve problems._____
17. Considering bias is a step in a scientific investigation._____
18. Universal scientific laws apply to every person._____
1.Thylakoid
2.Grana
3.Stroma
4.Photosystem
5.Pigment
6.Chlorophyll a
7.Chlorophyll b
8.Carotenoids
9.Chloroplast
10.Photosynthesis
11.Biochemical Pathway
12. Light Reactions
Put the number of the term above next to its correct description below.
20. _____ stacks of thylakoids
21. _____ groups of pigments
22. _____absorbs more red light
23. _____ pigment responsible for the many colors of leaves in the fall
24. _____ a leaf may contain 50 of these
25. _____ a process in which energy from the sun is converted to chemical energy
26. _____ a flattened sac contained in the chloroplast
27. _____ a chemical that absorbs light
28. _____ a series of reactions in which the product of on reaction is used in the next
29. _____ the solution surround the grana
30. _____ an accessory pigment
31. _____ initial reactions in photosynthesis
32. Stacks of thylakoids found in the chloroplast of a plant cell are called:
a. Stroma
b. Grana
c. Pigment
d. Photosystem
33. Groups of pigments are called:
a. Stroma
b. Grana
c. Photosystem
d. Carotenoids
34. This absorbs more red light during photosynthesis:
a. Chlorophyll a
b. Chlorophyll b
c. Carotenoids
35. This pigment is responsible for the many colors of leaves in the fall:
a. Chlorophyll a
b. Chlorophyll b
c. Carotenoids
d. Stroma
36. A leaf cell may contain 50 or more of these:
a. Chromosomes
b. Chloroplasts
c. Pigments
d. Grana
37. A process in which energy from the sun is converted to chemical energy:
a. Photons
b. Photometabolism
c. Photosynthesis
d. Glycolysis
38. A flattened sac contained in the chloroplast:
a. Thylakoid
b. Grana
c. Stroma
d. Chloroplast
39. A chemical that absorbs light:
a. Photosystem
b. Photon
c. Pigment
d. Chlorophyll c
40. A series of reactions in which the product of one reaction is consumed in the next:
a. Krebs cycle
b. Biochemical pathway
c. Light reactions
d. Dark reactions
41. The solution surrounding the grana:
a. Stroma
b. Photons
c. Pigments
d. Chlorophyll
42. An accessory pigment:
a. Chlorophyll a
b. Chlorophyll b
c. Carotenoids
d. Thyllakoids
43. The initial reactions in photosynthesis:
a. Dark reactions
b. Biochemical pathway
c. Light reactions
d. Glycolysis
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Alleles
Autosomes
Codominant
Dominant
Genetics
Genotype
Heterozygous
Homozygous
Incomplete Dominance
Karyotypes
Mutant
Pedigree
Phenotype
Recessive
Sex Chromosomes
Wild Type
Genomics
44. _____ a change from wild type, producing an uncommon phenotype.
45. _____ a diagram that depicts family relationships and known genotypes and
phenotypes.
46. _____ allele whose action masks that of another allele.
47. _____ allele whose expression is masked.
48. _____ associated phenotype is normal function or the most common expression in a
particular population.
49. _____ chromosome chart that displays the 23 chromosome pairs in size order.
50. _____ chromosomes ( X and Y) that include genes that determine sex.
51. _____ chromosomes that do not carry genes that determine sex.
52. _____ different alleles that are both expressed in a heterozygote.
53. _____ genes for the same trait that exist in variant forms.
54. _____ looking at the human body in terms of multiple, interacting genes.
55. _____ study of inheritance of characteristics.
56. _____ the appearance or health condition of the individual that develops as a result of
the ways the genes are expressed.
57. _____ the heterozygous phenotype is intermediate between that of either homozygote.
58. _____ the particular combination of alleles in a person’s genome.
59. _____ two different alleles for a particular gene.
60. _____ two identical alleles for a particular gene.
List the stages of mitosis below Also, explain how the following are related: Cell cycle,
mitosis, cytokinesis.
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