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Biology CPA Midterm Exam Review 2015-2016
Scientific Method/Intro to Biology
Vocab
Biology
Homeostasis
Hypothesis
Theory
Observation
Data
Experiment
Control group Dependent variable Independent variable
Questions
1. What are the characteristics of living things?
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2. What is the organization of living things, beginning with cells and up to organism?
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3. What are the steps of the scientific method?
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4. How do you calculate the power of magnification?
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5. What are the differences between a compound light microscope and an electron
microscope?
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6. Sponge Bob notices that his pal Gary is suffering from slimotosis, which occurs when
the shell develops a nasty slime. His friend Patrick tells him that rubbing seaweed
on the shell is the perfect cure, while Sandy says that drinking Dr. Kelp will be a
better cure. Sponge Bob decides to test this cure by rubbing Gary with seaweed and
having him drink Dr. Kelp. After a week of treatment, the slime is gone and Gary’s
shell smells better.
a. What is the independent variable of this experiment?
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b. What is the dependent variable of this experiment?
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c. How might a control been included in this experiment?
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7. How do you properly focus a slide specimen using a compound light microscope,
beginning at scanning and moving up in magnification?
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Ecology
Vocab
Ecosystem
Niche
Decomposers
Organism
Habitat
Autotroph
Population
Producers
Scavengers
Community
Herbivores
Mutualism
Biome
Omnivores
Commensalism
Biomass
Carnivores
Parasitism
Questions
1. What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?
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2. Energy is transferred between trophic levels, what is the relationship between the
two?
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3. What is the ultimate source of energy on Earth?
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4. What is the difference between an organism’s habitat and niche?
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5. How are nutrients put back into the Earth and allow the food web to be considered a
cycle of life?
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6. Create a food chain starting with producers with the following organisms: rabbit,
grass, bacteria, eagle
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Biochemistry
Complete the following chart
Macromolecule
Monomer/Polymer
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Elements
Examples
Questions
1. What reagents are used to test for each of the macromolecules? What does a
positive result and negative result look like?
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2. What is the function of an enzyme?
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3. In the picture above, which reaction most likely involves an enzyme? Why?
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The Cell
Vocab identify the structure and function of the following organelles
Mitochondria
Plasma membrane
Vacuole
Nucleus
Cell wall
Golgi apparatus
Ribosomes
Nuclear envelope
Rough ER
Smooth ER
chloroplast
chromosomes
Questions
1. How is surface area relevant to cell size?
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2. What are the differences between prokaryotes and eukaryotes?
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3. What are the differences between plant and animal cells?
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Cellular Transport
Vocab
Diffusion
Osmosis
Facilitated Diffusion
Passive Transport Sodium-Potassium Pump Endocytosis
Phagocytosis
Pinocytosis
Active Transport
Exocytosis
Questions
1. What is the difference between a hypertonic, hypotonic, and an isotonic solution?
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2. What happens to a plant cell when placed in a hypertonic solution? Hypotonic
solution?
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3. What happens to an animal cell when placed in a hypertonic solution? Hypotonic
solution?
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4. What is selective permeability and how is the plasma membrane selectively
permeable?
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Photosynthesis
Vocab
Chloroplast
Autotroph
Thylakoid
Heterotroph
Grana
Light reactions
Stroma
Calvin cycle
Questions
1. What is the role of chlorophyll in photosynthesis?
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2. Why do we see the color green when light is absorbed by chlorophyll?
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3. Where in the cell do each of the reactions of photosynthesis take place?
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4. What are the factors that affect the rate of photosynthesis, and how do they affect
them?
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Cellular Respiration
Vocab
ATP
Glycolysis
Questions
Fermentation
Lactic Acid
1. How are photosynthesis and cellular respiration a circular process?
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2. What is the correct sequence of events in cellular respiration?
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3. What are the two types of fermentation? What are their products?
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4. What process produces the most amount of ATP?
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Cell Growth & Development
Vocab
Chromatid
Centromere
Metaphase
Anaphase
Interphase
Haploid
Questions
Mitosis
Telophase
Diploid
Prophase
Cytokinesis
Karyotype
1. How does DNA become more compact?
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2. What is the difference between a diploid and a haploid cell?
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3. If the diploid number of a gorilla is 48, then what is the haploid number of its
gametes?
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4. List the stages of the cell cycle in order?
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5. Describe cytokinesis in plant cells?
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