Biology Midterm Review

What is the difference between aerobic and anaerobic environments?

• Anaerobic uses oxygen and aerobic does not
• Aerobic and anaerobic environments both use oxygen
• Aerobic uses oxygen and anaerobic does not
• Aerobic and anaerobic both do not use oxygen

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Photosynthesis uses solar energy from the sun to create

• High energy sugars like glucose
• High energy proteins
• High energy lipids
• High energy nucleic acids

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How are photosynthesis and cellular respiration related processes?

• Both provide plant cells with energy
• Both provide animal cells with energy
• The reactants of respiration are the products of photosynthesis.
• The reactants of respiration are the reactants of photosynthesis.

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What is an enzyme?

• A biological catalyst that works in living cells to speed up chemical reactions.
• A biological catalyst that works outside living cells to speed up chemical reactions.
• A protein that increases activation energy
• A product of chemical reactions.

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What is responsible for making a protein?

• The sequence of the phosphate-sugar backbone.
• The sequence of lipids.
• The sequence of nitrogenous bases.
• The sequence of carbohydrates.

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Which of the following describes transcription?

• tRNA is made from a DNA template.
• tRNA is made in the ribosome.
• mRNA is made in the ribosome.
• mRNA is made from a DNA template.

A segment of DNA has the following code: T-A-C-G-C-A-A-C-T. What is the correct mRNA sequence?

• A-T-G-C-G-T-T-G-A
• A-U-G-C-G-U-U-G-A
• U-A-C-G-C-A-A-C-U
• T-A-C-G-C-A-A-C-T

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A segment of DNA has the following code: T-A-C-G-C-G-A-A-T. Which represents DNA replication correctly?

• U-A-C-G-C-G-A-A-U
• T-A-C-G-C-G-A-A-T
• A-U-G-C-G-C-U-U-A
• A-T-G-C-G-C-T-T-A

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Which of the following is NOT a difference between a plant and animal cell?

• Plant cells have chloroplasts, animal cells do not.
• Animal cells are round, plant cells are square.
• Animal cells are square, plant cells are round.
• Plant cells have a cell wall and large central vacuole.

Which of the following is NOT a difference between DNA and RNA?

• DNA is double-stranded, RNA is single-stranded.
• DNA contains the sugar deoxyribose, RNA contains the sugar ribose.
• DNA contains uracil, RNA contains thymine.
• DNA contains thymine, RNA contains uracil.