Quizzes from all the modules

Question 1

Which of these metabolic reactions results in the creation of a single water molecule?

Answer 1

Dehydration synthesis

Question 2

Which of these metabolic reactions requires a single water molecule to be “cut” and donated to the process?

Answer 2

Hydrolysis

Question 3

In a metabolic pathway, there is at least 1 intermediate product. Can this intermediate product function exactly like the final product (hint: think about Vitamin D)?

Answer 3

No

Question 4

As a ribosome is translating the RNA code and assembling a protein, it performs a series of chemical reactions called _____.

Answer 4

Dehydration synthesis

Question 5

When an enzyme uses ATP (Adenosine Tri-Phosphate), and breaks off the 3rd phosphate to release energy for the enzyme reaction, what it the process of breaking the ATP into ADP (adenosine diphosphate) called?

Answer 5

Hydrolysis

Question 6

The “skin” of a cell and most of its organelles is created by combining monomers of this “ingredient of life”:

Answer 6

Lipid

Question 7

What is the name of the very first cell that creates an individual human?

Answer 7

Zygote

Question 8

Which of these is chronologically “first” (which of these comes first in terms of time)?

Answer 8

Embryo

Question 9

Which of these organelles would you look at if you wanted to see a protein being made rather than a fully assembled protein?

Answer 9

Rough endoplasmic reticulum

Question 10

Where does anaerobic fermentation occur?

Answer 10

Cytosol

Question 11

Which of these organelles contains proteins called “chaperonins” that help to fold proteins into the proper 3-D shape?

Answer 11

Endoplasmic reticulum

Question 12

Where does transcription occur?

Answer 12

Nucleus

Question 13

Where does translation occur?

Answer 13

Rough endoplasmic reticulum

Question 14

The term for all of the fluid within a cell is _____.

Answer 14

Cytosol

Question 15

The term for all of the fluid AND organelles of a cell is ______.

Answer 15

Cytoplasm

Question 16

The DNA in the nucleus of an epithelial cell is ______ as that in the nucleus of a muscle cell.

Answer 16

Exactly the same

Question 17

The cell theory ‘says’ that the body is made of _____.

Answer 17

cells

Question 18

What is the difference between a stem cell and an epithelial cell?

Answer 18

One is allowed to divide by mitosis, the other is not allowed to divide

Question 19

Which of these cytoskeletal proteins is the largest?

Answer 19

Microtubule

Question 20

Adenine is a monomer of _____.

Answer 20

Nucleic acid

Question 21

Common “table sugar”, as you’d buy it in a grocery store, is a dimer of carbohydrate, specifically called:

Answer 21

Sucrose

Question 22

Saturated fat will normally be a _____ at room temperature.

Answer 22

solid

Question 23

When we study the location of DNA vs. RNA, which of these 2 will NEVER leave the nucleus?

Answer 23

DNA

Question 24

What are the monomers of protein?

Answer 24

Amino acids

Question 25

A protein classified as a member of the enzyme family will be involved in _____.

Answer 25

Metabolic activity

Question 26

What is the proper description (in Biology) for Cholesterol

Answer 26

A monomer of lipid that consists of rings

Question 27

Lipids in the body are somewhat dangerous because the water of the body cannot mix with lipids. In spite of this, lipids are always found in the blood. What is the term for making lipids safe to travel in the blood (instead of forming a dangerous droplet of oil)?

Answer 27

Emulsification

Question 28

If a cell requires a protein, the first step is to make a copy of the DNA code for that protein. The copy is a different form of nucleic acid, called RNA. The process of copying the DNA code onto RNA is called _____.

Answer 28

Transcription

Question 29

Consider a single element. This element can exist as an ion/electrolyte or an isotope. With an isotope, which of these sub-atomic particles is “different” (not the same number/amount) when compared to the “normal, balanced” element?

Answer 29

Neutron

Question 30

If you add up the “electrical” charges of water (H2O), the charges are 0 (considered ‘neutral’). However, water molecules “appear” to have a charge because the 2 hydrogen atoms cluster close together, making it “look” like their (+) charges are closer together. This unique arrangement of charges on the neutral water molecule (giving the appearance of a charge) is called _____.

Answer 30

Polarity

Question 31

On the pH scale, a what is a solution that measures a pH of 2.0?

Answer 31

Acidic

Question 32

On the pH scale, what is a solution that measures a pH of 2.0?

Answer 32

Acidic

Question 33

Which of these options is the smallest unit of “life”?

Answer 33

Tissue

Question 34

You find what you think is a life form. Upon chemical analysis, you note that this “thing” has only the following ingredients: proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids. Can you say that this is a life form?

Answer 34

No

Question 35

The number of every living thing in a defined geographic area is called the _____ of that area.

Answer 35

Community

Question 36

Which of these is the correct definition of evolution?

Answer 36

Genetic change to the species over time

Question 37

Which of these is a correct hypothesis?

Answer 37

Clean water looks almost blue in natural sunlight because it absorbs the blue color spectrum of sunlight

Question 38

If you hypothesize that playing piano gives one arthritis, which of these populations would be the proper “control/normal” group?

Answer 38

People who do not play piano

Question 39

There are very few theories in Human Biology because of the volume and wealth of supporting data that a scientific theory requires. Which of these is a scientific theory?

Answer 39

Living things are made of cells

Question 40

In order for a pharmaceutical drug to be sold/used, it must pass 3 (technically 4) stages of FDA-mandated testing called Clinical Trials. The stage at which the company proves their drug actually works on the specific condition is called phase___.

Answer 40

2

Question 41

In the Equine family (horses, zebras, donkeys…anything horse-like with hoofs), if you breed a horse with a donkey, the result is called a Mule. Mules are sterile, therefore cannot reproduce (they can perform the act, but their egg/sperm are not functional). Is it correct to call Mules a Species in the proper context of Biology?

Answer 41

No

Question 42

I know that 1+9, 2+8, 3+7, 4+6 and 5+5 all equal 10. Therefore, 1+8 cannot equal 10.

This reasoning is called:

Answer 42

Deductive reasoning

Question 43

For the past 10 years, I have noticed that shopping malls and grocery stores are packed with shoppers on the day before a holiday. Therefore, I hypothesize that consumers must spend more money on the day before a holiday as opposed to 10-days before a holiday.

This reasoning is called:

Answer 43

Inductive reasoning

Question 44

A human that is born blind cannot respond to light stimuli. This individual still has all of their other senses functional. Is it correct to say that this individual is not a “human life form” based on the fact that they lack a sense and therefore cannot respond to that stimulus?

Answer 44

No

Question 45

Who was Dr.Barry Marshall

Answer 45

A crazy scientist who swallowed his own bacteria to prove the bacteria is in our stools