PBS Semester One Final (Unit 1-3.3) Study Guide—Exam Tuesday February 2nd 2016 (65 minutes; 39 MC, 4 Short Answer)
Unit 1
 What is a hypothesis? (1 MC)
 What is the independent variable? Dependent variable? (2 MC, Short Answer)
 What is an experimental control group? What are constants? (1 MC, Short Answer)
 Should a graph be a line graph or bar graph? What are the five points of a good graph (Short Answer)
 What is the structure of DNA? (2 MC)
 HIPAA (1 MC)
 What are the key structures and functions (purpose) of each organ system? (1 MC)
Unit 2
 What is diabetes? (1 MC)
 How can diabetes be treated? (1 MC)
 How is energy stored within the body? (1 MC)
 What occurs in the body after eating a meal? (1 MC)
 What is the role of each hormone in maintaining blood glucose? When is each hormone released? (2 MC)
 Draw a diagram illustrating the mechanism of blood glucose maintenance. (Short Answer)
 Why are controls important? (1 MC)
 Which indicators are used for which macromolecules? (1 MC)
 When are dehydration and hydrolysis reactions used? (1 MC)
 What occurs during ketoacidosis? (1 MC)
 How will a cell respond in a given environment (hypertonic, hypotonic, isotonic)? (1 MC)
 Food Experimental Design College Readiness Standards/End of Course Exam Questions (5 MC)
Unit 3
 What is sickle cell disease? What is anemia? How is sickle cell disease and sickle cell anemia different? (1 MC)
 How is a hematocrit performed? (1 MC)
 How is sickle cell disease treated? (1 MC)
PBS Semester One Final (Unit 1-3.3) Study Guide—Exam Tuesday February 2nd 2016 (65 minutes; 39 MC, 4 Short Answer)
Unit 1
 What is a hypothesis? (1 MC)
 What is the independent variable? Dependent variable? (2 MC, Short Answer)
 What is an experimental control group? What are constants? (1 MC, Short Answer)
 Should a graph be a line graph or bar graph? What are the five points of a good graph (Short Answer)
 What is the structure of DNA? (2 MC)
 HIPAA (1 MC)
 What are the key structures and functions (purpose) of each organ system? (1 MC)
Unit 2
 What is diabetes? (1 MC)
 How can diabetes be treated? (1 MC)
 How is energy stored within the body? (1 MC)
 What occurs in the body after eating a meal? (1 MC)
 What is the role of each hormone in maintaining blood glucose? When is each hormone released? (2 MC)
 Draw a diagram illustrating the mechanism of blood glucose maintenance. (Short Answer)
 Why are controls important? (1 MC)
 Which indicators are used for which macromolecules? (1 MC)
 When are dehydration and hydrolysis reactions used? (1 MC)
 What occurs during ketoacidosis? (1 MC)
 How will a cell respond in a given environment (hypertonic, hypotonic, isotonic)? (1 MC)
 Food Experimental Design College Readiness Standards/End of Course Exam Questions (5 MC)
Unit 3
 What is sickle cell disease? What is anemia? How is sickle cell disease and sickle cell anemia different? (1 MC)
 How is a hematocrit performed? (1 MC)
 How is sickle cell disease treated? (1 MC)
Unit 3 cont
 What is the structure of RNA? (1 MC)
 What is transcription? What occurs during transcription? (1 MC, Short Answer)
 What is translation? What occurs during translation? (1 MC, Short Answer)
 What is the function, or role, of mRNA? tRNA? (2 MC)
 Which amino acids are produced using mRNA? (1 MC, Short Answer)
 When does each type of mutation (insertion, deletion, substitution, frameshift) occur? (1 MC)
 How are chromosomes/genes inherited by offspring (1 MC)
 What is Mendel’s principle of dominance? When are dominant alleles expressed? When are recessive alleles expressed? (1 MC)
 How many daughter cells are produced from meiosis and mitosis? Are the cells haploid or diploid? Identical or not? (1 MC)
 Create and analyze a Punnett square to determine the probability of having a child with a certain trait. (1 MC, Short Answer)
 Analyze a Pedigree to determine the method of inheritance of a given trait. (1 MC)
FINAL IS 10% OF YOUR FINAL SEMESTER GRADE
(34 CONTENT MC—2 PTS EACH (68 PTS), 5 EOC MC—1.5 PT EACH (7.5 PTS), 3 SHORT ANSWER (multiple-parts) —24.5 PTS)
*You must bring your Genetic Code Worksheet and two pencils (with erasers) with you the day of the final exam!
My current grade in class is a _______%. I hope to get a _____ in the class at the semester. I’m planning to earn a
_______ on the final by:
Unit 3 cont
 What is the structure of RNA? (1 MC)
 What is transcription? What occurs during transcription? (1 MC, Short Answer)
 What is translation? What occurs during translation? (1 MC, Short Answer)
 What is the function, or role, of mRNA? tRNA? (2 MC)
 Which amino acids are produced using mRNA? (1 MC, Short Answer)
 When does each type of mutation (insertion, deletion, substitution, frameshift) occur? (1 MC)
 How are chromosomes/genes inherited by offspring (1 MC)
 What is Mendel’s principle of dominance? When are dominant alleles expressed? When are recessive alleles expressed? (1 MC)
 How many daughter cells are produced from meiosis and mitosis? Are the cells haploid or diploid? Identical or not? (1 MC)
 Create and analyze a Punnett square to determine the probability of having a child with a certain trait. (1 MC, Short Answer)
 Analyze a Pedigree to determine the method of inheritance of a given trait. (1 MC)
FINAL IS 10% OF YOUR FINAL SEMESTER GRADE
(34 CONTENT MC—2 PTS EACH (68 PTS), 5 EOC MC—1.5 PT EACH (7.5 PTS), 3 SHORT ANSWER (multiple-parts) —24.5 PTS)
*You must bring your Genetic Code Worksheet and two pencils (with erasers) with you the day of the final exam!
My current grade in class is a _______%. I hope to get a _____ in the class at the semester. I’m planning to earn a
_______ on the final by: