State Test Review

Complete the following word analogy: Simple sugar is to starch as amino acid is to ____.

• carbohydrate
• nucleic acid
• protein
• lipid

Enzymes belong to the group of chemicals known as_________.

• lipids
• proteins
• nucleic acids
• carbohydrates

The structure found in both plant and animal cells that controls the flow of materials into and out of the cell is the_________.

• cell membrane
• nucleus
• chloroplast
• centriole

Muscle cells require more energy than do most other cells. Which organelles would you expect to find in greater abundance in muscle cells than in most other cells?

• cilia
• mitochondria
• ribosomes
• chloroplast

In a particular species of mice, a single gene (B or b), determines tail length. The short tail allele is sex-linked and dominant. Shading in the pedigree below indicates a individual has a short tail. Individual 6 is a female, what is her phenotype? 

• X^BX^b
• X^bX^b
• short tail
• long tail

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What is the basic unit of life?

• a proton
• a cell
• a group of organs working together
• a mass of tissue working for one purpose

Use the food web to the right. Assume the elk population in the Yellowstone National Park increases. How will an increase in the elk population affect the Idaho Fescue population?

• it will increase the population
• it will decrease the population
• it will not affect the population
• none of the above

Which cell structures are sometimes found attached to the endoplasmic reticulum?

• Chloroplast
• Mitochonidria
• Vacuoles
• Ribosomes

A DNA test was conducted at a crime scene to determine who committed murder. From the electrophoresis, who do you think committed the murder?

• Suspect 1

• Suspect 2

• None of the above

Which of the following shows the correct sequence of the cell? 

• Cytokineses, Mitosis, G₁, Synthesis, G₂
• Synthesis, G₁, G₂, Mitosis, Cytokinesis
• G₁, Synthesis, G₂, Mitosis, Cytokinesis
• None of the above