Biology Test 1 Practice Questions
Please answer these questions in your notebook. These questions will help you
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What are the six basic characteristics of living things? Give an example
of each one.
Why isn’t movement alone an indication of life? What would be a
better test?
Maggie wants to find out if people run faster when listening to music
compared to running with no music.
a. What are the manipulated and responding variables?
b. What variables should be controlled?
c. What should Maggie do to make sure her experiment is
reliable?
d. What should Maggie do to make sure her experiment is valid?
Provide one example of a positive feedback system and one example of
a negative feedback system. Which type of system maintains
homeostasis?
What goes into photosynthesis? What comes out? What is the main
goal of photosynthesis?
Draw a diagram of the flow of atoms beginning with CO2 and H2O
through a plant to an animal and milk production.
A 3g seed grows into a 300kg tree. Where does the mass come from?
Do plants need soil to grow? Why or why not? Where do they get the
nutrients they need to synthesize biomolecules?
What are the four types of biomolecules?
For each of the four types of biomolecules include the following
information
a. The basic subunit
b. Types
c. Functions
d. What it looks like
Fred eats no carbohydrates (only protein and fats) but is still relatively
healthy. Explain how that is possible.
Explain what would happen to a person like the Potato Man that ate
only carbohydrates for a long time?
What are enzymes? Why is shape so important?
Why don’t enzymes work anymore when they are heated?
Sketch a graph showing the rate of enzyme activity with a normal
reaction rate, increased enzymes, decreased enzymes, a change in the
amount of substrate. Describe what would produce each type of graph.
A green house full of plants is sealed. During a sunny day, what should
happen to the amount of CO2 in the green house? What should happen
to the amount of O2? Explain.
Biology Test 1 Practice Questions
Please answer these questions in your notebook. These questions will help you
study, but should NOT be your only studying.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
What are the six basic characteristics of living things? Give an example
of each one.
Why isn’t movement alone an indication of life? What would be a
better test?
Maggie wants to find out if people run faster when listening to music
compared to running with no music.
a. What are the manipulated and responding variables?
b. What variables should be controlled?
c. What should Maggie do to make sure her experiment is
reliable?
d. What should Maggie do to make sure her experiment is valid?
Provide one example of a positive feedback system and one example of
a negative feedback system. Which type of system maintains
homeostasis?
What goes into photosynthesis? What comes out? What is the main
goal of photosynthesis?
Draw a diagram of the flow of atoms beginning with CO2 and H2O
through a plant to an animal and milk production.
A 3g seed grows into a 300kg tree. Where does the mass come from?
Do plants need soil to grow? Why or why not? Where do they get the
nutrients they need to synthesize biomolecules?
What are the four types of biomolecules?
For each of the four types of biomolecules include the following
information
a. The basic subunit
b. Types
c. Functions
d. What it looks like
Fred eats no carbohydrates (only protein and fats) but is still relatively
healthy. Explain how that is possible.
Explain what would happen to a person like the Potato Man that ate
only carbohydrates for a long time?
What are enzymes? Why is shape so important?
Why don’t enzymes work anymore when they are heated?
Sketch a graph showing the rate of enzyme activity with a normal
reaction rate, increased enzymes, decreased enzymes, a change in the
amount of substrate. Describe what would produce each type of graph.
A green house full of plants is sealed. During a sunny day, what should
happen to the amount of CO2 in the green house? What should happen
to the amount of O2? Explain.