2. POINTERS:
Nature of Biology and its Branches
Scientific Method
Microscopes
Biotechnology
Cell Structures and functions
Mitosis and Meiosis
Active and Passive Transport
Plant and Animal Tissues
Plant Organs
Sexual and Asexual Reproduction in Plants
Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
3. Parts of the Test:
Multiple Choice ( 10 pts)
Word Analogy ( 10 pts )
Modified True or False ( 10 pts )
Diagram Completion ( 20 pts )
Classification ( 15 pts )
Application Questions ( 10 pts )
Evaluation
Designing Experiment
4. Which of these organelles is NOT found in plants?
a. vacuole c. centriole
b.mitochondriond. nucleus
Which of the following organelles is most important in providing
energy to the cell?
a.mitochondrionc.centrosome
b.nucleusd.peroxisome
5. 3. What organelle serves as a primary "packaging" area for
molecules that will be distributed throughout the cell?
a. mitochondrionc.vacuole
b. Cytoskeletond. Golgi
4. What is the correct order of these mitotic stages?
a. prophase - metaphase - telophase - anaphase cytokinesis
b. prophase - cytokinesis - metaphase - telophase anaphase
c. anaphase - prophase - metaphase - telophase cytokinesis
d. prophase - metaphase - anaphase - telophase -
cytokinesis
6. 5. Stores water, food, and other cellular material.
A)A cytoskeletonB)A chromosome
C)A ribosomeD)A vacuole
6. The plants give off what that animals need during cellular
respiration?
a. oxygenc.carbon dioxideb.chlorophyll
7. The animals breathe out what that plants need for
photosynthesis?
a.oxygenc.carbon dioxide b.chlorophyll
7. 8. ____is a group of similar cells that work in unison to
perform one function.
A)A nucleusc)A vacuole
B)A lysosomeD)A tissue
9. Which term refers to the movement of materials through a cell
membrane when the cell's energy is required?
a.passive transport
b.active transport
b.osmosis
d.diffusion
8. 10. Sugars and starches are examples of organic compounds
known as polysaccharides.(full word)
11.Which term refers to the movement of materials through a cell
membrane without using the cell's energy?a.concentration
b. active transport
c. passive transport
d. collisionSugar molecules can combine with one another to form
large molecules calleda. proteinsc. enzymes
b. starchesd. lipids
9. 12. Which term refers to the movement of molecules from an
area of higher concentration to an are of lower concentration?a.
active transport
b. diffusion
c. concentration
d. collision
13. What is the function of the cell wall?a. to perform different
functions in each cell
b. to protect and support the cell
c. to prevent oxygen from entering the cell
d. to prevent water from passing through it
10. 14. All organic compounds contain the elementa. waterc.
nitrogen
b. oxygend. carbon
15. Which of the following statements is NOT part of the cell
theory?a. Cells are the basic unit of structure and function in
living things.
b. All cells are produced from other cells.
c. All living things are composed of cells.
d. Only animals are composed of cells.
11. 16. Why is water important for a cell?a. Water is the main
ingredient in DNA.
b. Water is an essential organic compound for the body.
c. All proteins are made of water.
d. Most chemical reactions in cells require water.
17. Which term refers to the diffusion of water molecules through a
selectively permeable membrane?a. active transport
b. engulfing
c. passive transport
d. osmosis
12. Hypotonic.
Isotonic.
Hypertonic.
18. Which is isotonic, hypertonic and hypotonic?
13. 19. What phenomenon is exhibited by the jars?
Diffusion.
14. 20. If an animal cell is placed into a solution whose
concentration of dissolved substances is higher than that inside
the cell,
a. the cell will swell
b. the cell will shrivel
c. the cell will remain the same size
21.Cardiac muscle is which of the following? a. striated and
branched b. striated and unbranchedc. smooth and voluntary d.
striated and voluntary e. smooth and involuntary
15. 22. Which of the following apply to skeletal muscle? a.
smooth and involuntary b. smooth and unbranchedc. striated and
voluntary d. smooth and voluntary e. striated and branched
23. Which type of tissues support, defend, and store food in the
body?
A)epithelial
B)Connective
C)Nervous
D)muscular
16. 24. Which best describes light-independent reactions?
a. They are the first stage of photosynthesis.b. They utilize the
energy stored in ATP and NADPH.C. They use carbon dioxide to
synthesize proteins.D. They create energy-rich ATP and NADPH.
25, Photosynthesis uses sunlight to convert water and carbon
dioxide into
a.oxygen.
b.high-energy sugars.
c.ATP and oxygen.
d.oxygen and high-energy sugars.
17. 26. The Calvin cycle takes place in the
a. stroma.
b .photosystems.
c .thylakoid membranes.
d.chlorophyll molecules.
27. Where do the light-dependent reactions take place?
a .in the stroma
b. outside the chloroplasts
c. in the thylakoid membranes
d. only in chlorophyll molecules
18. 28. The sunlight is used during photosynthesis to
a. Break down the xylem
b. Break down the water
c. Break down the stomata
19. 29. Cellular respiration is the name given to a series of
biochemical reactions that:
a. makes glucose from carbon dioxide and waterb. uses glucose to
make ATPc. uses glucose to make oxygend. uses ATP to make
oxygen
30.The steps of respiration occur in different parts of the cell.
Where in the cell does glycolysis occur?
a. chloroplastb. mitochondriac. cytoplasmd. nucleus
20. 31. During glycolysis, 6-carbon glucose is broken
into:
a. nothing, but is recycled as a catalystb. 1 molecule of 6-carbon
fructosec. 2 molecules of 3-carbon pyruvic acid or pyruvated.
NADH
32. Glycolysis produces a net gain of:
a. no ATPb. 1 ATPc. 2 ATPd. 5 ATP
21. 33. When oxygen is not present, fermentation may be used to
break the pyruvate or pyruvic acid molecules into all of the
following except:
a. ethanolb. oxygenc. carbon dioxided. lactic acid
34. When oxygen is present the pyruvate or pyruvic acid molecules
enter what is known as the Krebs cycle (or citric acid cycle or
tricarboxylic acid cycle). Where in the eukaryotic cell does the
Krebs cycle occur?
a. mitochondriab. nucleusc. cytoplasmd. lysosome
22. 35.Oxidative decarboxylation links glycolysis to the Krebs
cycle (also known as the citric acid cycle or tricarboxylic acid
cycle). During this reaction, pyruvate is oxidized into all of the
following except:
a. carbon dioxideb. acetyl-CoAc. fructose
36. Which is more efficient in terms of producing ATP from
glucose?
a. aerobic metabolism (with oxygen)b. anaerobic metabolism (without
oxygen)
23. 37. How many ATP molecules theoretically may be generated
by the complete oxidation of glucose into carbon dioxide?
a. 2b. 12-20c. 32d. 36-38
