Biology Midterm Benchmark

Osmosis is the movement of _____ across a membrane.

• food
• energy
• oxygen
• water

What type of transport is this?

• facilitated diffusion
• active transport
• diffusion
• osmosis

In which organelle are sugars converted into ATP energy?

• Cell Membrane

• Nucleus

• Mitochondria

• Vacuole

Which letter represents a reaction using an enzyme?

• A because it adds energy to the reaction

• B because it lowers the amount of energy needed for the reaction to occur

A type of cell that is very complex and has many internal structures that perform different jobs, including a nucleus that holds DNA.

• Prokaryotic

• Eukaryotic

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

An organism that has the ability to make its own food.

• Heterotroph
• Autotroph
• Cell
• Element

What is the gas we breathe out and that plants use for photosynthesis?

• sulfur

• carbon dioxide

• oxygen

• hydrogen

Which is one way cellular respiration and photosynthesis almost opposite processes?

• Photosynthesis releases energy, and cellular respiration stores energy

• Photosynthesis uses carbon dioxide, and cellular respiration produces it

• Photosynthesis uses oxygen, and cellular respiration produces it

• they are not connected

Biology is the study of...

• cells
• life
• chemicals
• biosphere

Keeping your internal body temperature the same is an example of

• excretion
• homeostasis
• respiration
• metabolism