Biology 392
Midterm Review!
2012
Round 1:
The Science of Biology
Question #1
In an experiment this is used
as a standard to which test
groups can be compared.
Question #2
A possible explanation based on
prior knowledge or experience
without direct observation
Question #3
The factor in an experiment that is
altered for each test group in
order to see the affect it may have
Question #4
The other factors in an experiment that
are maintained or kept the same in
each test group and the control group
so that they do not affect the results
Question #5
List the seven steps of the
scientific process in
order.
Question #6
An important skill used in
science in which information is
collected through the senses
Question #7
When an object is viewed
under a microscope how is
the objects orientation
changed?
Question #8
A well-tested explanation
that unifies a broad range of
observations
Question #9
Which metric unit would be most
useful in describing the length of
an organism you are viewing
under a microscope?
Question #10
What is the base S.I. unit for
measuring weight or mass?
Round 1 Answers:
1. Control group
2. inference
3. independent variable
4. constants
5. Ask a question, do research, develop a hypothesis, do
the experiment, collect data, analyze the data conclude
6. observation
7. upside down and backwards
8. theory
9. micrometer (µm)
10. gram
Round 2:
Biochemistry
Question #1
What does the atomic number
tell you about an atom?
Question #2
How many neutrons does lithium have?
Question #3
2 H2O2  2 H2O + O2
What is (are) the reactant(s) in
this equation?
Question #4
An atom that has lost or gained
electrons is called….
Question #5
An atom that has a different
number of neutrons such as
Carbon 14 is called…
Question #6
What 2 subatomic particles
make up the nucleus?
Question #7
What is the energy needed to get
a reaction started called?
Question #8
Type of bond that is formed
when atoms share a pair of
electrons in order to fill their
valence levels
Question #9
A solution that has a pH of 10.0
is an acid or a base?
Question #10
Water molecules are polar. Which
end is slightly negative and which
end is slightly positive?
Round 2 Answers:
1. # of protons
2. 4 neutrons
3. 2H2O2
4. ion
5. isotope
6. Protons and neutrons
7. Activation energy
8. Covalent bond
9. base
10. O- slightly negative, H and H slightly positive
Round 3:
Nutrition, Digestion, Excretory
Question #1
What enzyme is released in saliva?
What does it break down?
Question #2
Tube that carries urine from the
bladder and releases it from
the body
Question #3
Small network of cappilaries
that sits inside the Bowman’s
capsule
Question #4
• Describe all of the stuctures that
make up the digestive tract (6)
Question #5
In which organ is water
absorbed into the
bloodstream?
Question #6
Organic nutrient that helps
regulate body processes, can
be fat-soluble or water soluble
Question #7
Inorganic nutrient that the
body needs, usually in small
amounts
Question #8
What gives the small intestine
so much surface area? (name
two things)
Question #9
What produces saliva?
Question #10
What makes bile and what
stores and release bile?
Round 3 Answers:
1. amylase, breaks down starch
2. urethra
3. glomeruls
4. mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small
intestine, large intestine
5. large intestine
6. vitamin
7. mineral
8. long shape, villi, microvilli
9. Salivary glands
10. liver, gall bladder
Round 4:
Cell Structure
Question #1
Selectively permeable, controls
what can come in and out of
the cell
Question #2
“powerhouse of the cell”,
organelle in which ATP are
made
Question #3
Control center of the cell
Question #4
An organelle that contains
chlorophyll
Question #5
Organelle found only in
animal cells
Question #6
Protein synthesis happens at
this organelle
Question #7
Organelle that contains many
enzymes to perform
intracellular digestion or
breakdown or materials within
the cell
Question #8
Organelle that packages
materials to leave the cell
Question #9
Organelle which stores water
and excess materials, very
large in plant cells, smaller in
animal cells
Question #10
Liquid portion of the cell in
which all organelles can be
found
Round 4 Answers
1. Cell membrane
2. mitochondria
3. nucleus
4. chloroplast
5. centrioles
6. ribosome
7. lysosome
8. golgi
9. vacuole
10. cytoplasm
Round 5:
Transport through Cell
Membranes
Question #1
What type of transport requires
energy?
Question #2
Water will diffuse across a
membrane to the are of
_____________ concentration
Question #3
• What is it called when both sides of
the membrane have about equivalent
concentrations but substances
continue to move across the
membrane in both directions?
Question #4
The passive movement of ions
through an open protein
channel in the membrane is an
example of this type of
transport
Question #5
If an egg placed in a solution
shrinks then the solution must
have been…
Choose:
Hypertonic, Isotonic or Hypotonic
Question #6
If an egg placed in a solution swells
then the egg must have been…
Choose:
Hypertonic, Isotonic or Hypotonic
Question #7
What type of transport is this?
Question #8
What type of transport is this?
Question #9
Diffusion occurs from ______
concentration to _____
concentration
Question #10
Active transport occurs from
______ concentration to
_____ concentration
Round 4 Answers:
1. active
2. higher
3. Dynamic equilibrium
4. Facilitated diffusion
5. hypertonic
6. hypertonic
7. diffusion
8. exocytosis
9. High to low
10.Low to high
Round 6:
Speed Round!!!
Question #1
Single-celled organisms that
do not have a true nucleus
Question #2
Name an organelle that plant
cells have but animals cells
don’t
Question #3
What is the mass number of
Carbon 14?
Question #4
Which 2 of the 4 carbon
compounds contain
nitrogen?
Question #5
Carbon compound that is the
major source of energy for the
human body
Question #6
What are the 3 sub-atomic
particles?
Question #7
• The outermost orbital of
electrons are called
____________ electrons.
Question #8
When a molecule has a slight
charge at either end of the
molecule due to an unequal
sharing of electrons the
molecule is said to be
_______.
Question #9
The type of bond formed
when one atom gives 1 or
more electrons away to
another atom
Question #10
Mixture of stomach fluids
and food produced in the
stomach
Speed Round Answers:
1. prokaryote
2. chloroplast
3. 14
4. protein, nucleic acid
5. carbohydrate
6. electron, protons and neutrons
7. valence
8. polar
9. Ionic bond
10. chyme
Round 7:
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Question #1
What are the reactants of
photosynthesis?
Question #2
Where does the Calvin
Cycle take place?
Question #3
Ingenhouz showed that
plants produce oxygen
when exposed to…
Question #4
Plants appear green because…
Question #5
Energy is released from ATP
by breaking bonds
between…
Question #6
• Where are photosystems
I and II found?
Question #7
Openings in the leaf that
allow for gas exchange
Question #8
Part of Photosynthesis in which
NADPH, ATP and CO2 are
used to build sugars
Question #9
The products of photosynthesis
are…
Question #10
• Photosynthesis takes place in
which organalle?
Round 7 Answers:
1. light, water, CO2
2. stroma
3. light
4. Chlorophyll reflects green light
5. Phosphate groups
6. Thylakoid membrane
7. stomates
8. Calvin Cycle
9. High energy sugars and oxygen
10. chloroplast
Round 9:
Plant Structures
and Ecology
Question #1
How much energy is lost
between one trophic level and
the next?
Question #2
What vessels transports water and
minerals in the plant?
Question #3
Photosynthesis occurs in which
plant structure?
Question #4
When plants move sugars from
leaves to roots which is the
“sink”?
Question #5
Herbivores can only be found on
which trophic level?
Question #6
What kind of tissue makes up
the outer covering of the
plant?
Question #7
Type of symbiotic relationship in
which one organism benefits and
the other is harmed from the
behavior of the other
Question #8
These organisms can make their
own food by harnessing energy
from the sun or inorganic
chemicals
Question #9
All of the members of one type
of species living in an area
Question #10
Nonliving factors in an
ecosystem are called…
Round 9 Answers:
1. 90%
2. xylem
3. leaf
4. The roots
5. 2nd trophic level
6. Dermal tissue
7. parasitism
8. autotrophs
9. population
10. Abiotic factors
Round 10:
Cell Respiration
Question #1
What is added to convert
pyruvic acid (pyruvate) into
lactic acid (lactate)?
Question #2
What are the products of
aerobic respiration?
Question #3
What is the primary
function of
fermentation?
Question #4
Which type of respiration
requires oxygen?
Question #5
What molecule starts
glycolysis?
Question #6
What is the net total of ATP
in aerobic respiration?
Question #7
What are the two electron
carriers used in respiration?
Question #8
Where does glycolysis occur?
Question #9
What gas is made during
alcoholic fermentation?
Question #10
Where does the Krebs cycle
occur?
Round 10 Answers:
1. H+ and 2 e- from NADH
2. water, carbon dioxide and energy (ATP)
3. To regenerate NAD+
4. aerobic
5. glucose
6. 36 ATP
7. NADH and FADH2
8. cytoplasm
9. Carboin dioxide (CO2)
10. Matrix of the mitochondria
Round 11:
Speed Round!
Question #1
What are the living components
in an ecosystem called?
Question #2
What is the enzyme called that
forms ATP from ADP and P?
Question #3
What type of plant tissue carries
sugars?
Question #4
Type of symbiotic relationship in
which one organism benefits and
the other is not helped or harmed
by the actions of the other.
Question #5
The first trophic level are
always the _________
Question #6
Sac-like organ that stores urine
Question #7
Functional unit of the kidney
that does filtration,
reabsorption and secretion
Question #8
What anchors a plant in the
ground?
Question #9
In plants, which type of tissue
produces new cells?
Question #10
An organisms role or particular
status within an ecosystem
THE END
Round 11 Answers:
1. biotic factors
2. ATP synthase
3. phloem
4. commensalism
5. Producers or autotrophs
6. bladder
7. nephron
8. roots
9. meristem
10. niche