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2016-17 Quarter 2 Review

Total questions: 120

Worksheet time: 2hrs 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the building blocks of proteins?
a)
amino acid
b)
fatty acid
c)
nucleotide
d)
lipid
2.
What are the single sugars that are the building blocks of carbohydrates?
a)
monosaccharides
b)
disaccharides
c)
polysaccharides
d)
amino acid
3.
Which macromolecule is made of simple and complex sugars?
a)
lipids
b)
proteins
c)
carbohydrates
d)
nucleic acids
4.
Which macromolecule stores energy, insulates us, and makes up the cell membrane?
a)
lipids
b)
proteins
c)
carbohydrates
d)
nucleic acids
5.
This is one job proteins do NOT have in the body
a)
insulation
b)
structure for tissues and organs
c)
speed up chemical reactions
d)
transport things through cell membrane
6.
DNA and RNA are examples of...
a)
proteins
b)
nucleic acids
c)
carbohydrates
d)
lipids
7.
Another name for fats and oils
a)
proteins
b)
sugar
c)
lipids
d)
nucleic acids
8.
What is the function of nucleic acids?
a)
Stores energy
b)
Stores genetic information
c)
Movement
d)
Physical structure
9.
What is the monomer of proteins?
a)
amino acids
b)
polypeptides
c)
nucleotides
d)
monosaccharides
10.
What is the monomer of nucleic acids?
a)
Glycerol
b)
Monosaccharides
c)
Amino Acids
d)
Nucleotides
11.
What are the four macromolecules?
a)
proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and lipids
b)
monosaccharides, lipids, polysaccaharides, and proteins
c)
RNA, DNA, proteins, and carbohydrates
d)
proteins, DNA, RNA, and steroids
12.
Most enzymes:
a)
speed up the chemical reaction
b)
have no effect on the rate of the chemical reaction
c)
slow the rate of the chemical reaction
d)
keep the rate of the chemical reaction the same
13.
All organic compounds contain the element
a)
carbon
b)
nitrogen
c)
phosphorus
d)
sulfur
14.
Why is carbon a good atomic backbone for macromolecules?
a)
It has one valence electron.
b)
It has four valence electrons.
c)
It has extra protons.
d)
It has fewer neutrons.
15.
What are the monomers of carbohydrates?
a)
Nucleotides
b)
Amino Acids
c)
Polysaccharides
d)
Monosaccharides
16.
Which of the following words is incorrectly matched with its meaning?
a)
Di = Two
b)
Mono = One
c)
Poly = Four
d)
Tri = Three
17.
Which organelle is only found in a plant cell? 
a)
nucleus
b)
chloroplast
c)
mitochondria
d)
cell membrane
18.
This organelle controls all of the cell's activities. 
a)
Mitochondria
b)
Nucleus
c)
Vacuole
d)
Chromosomes
19.
This organelle is the hard, rigid outer layer of plant cells that supports and protects the plant cell. 
a)
Cell Membrane
b)
Nucleus
c)
Cell Wall
d)
Mithchondria
20.
What is the function of the mitochondria?
a)
Structure that manufactures ribosomes
b)
Structures that converts nutrients to energy
c)
Stack of membranes that packages chemicals
d)
Structure that contains DNA and directs the cell
21.
I am a protein packaging and shipping machine! Who am I?
a)
vacuole
b)
ribosome
c)
endoplasmic reticulum
d)
golgi apparatus
22.
What is the function of the lysosomes?
a)
Membrane that surrounds and protects the cell
b)
Sac filled with digestive chemicals
c)
Sac that stores water, nutrients, or waste products
d)
Membrane that protects the nucleus
23.
Which organelle is often called the freeway of the cell because they transport things around the cell?
a)
Mitochondria
b)
Endoplasmic Recticulum
c)
Golgi Apparatus
d)
Chloroplast
24.
What kind of cell is this?
a)
Eukaryotic
b)
Prokaryotic
25.
All living things are made of...
a)
atoms 
b)
cells 
c)
bacteria 
d)
plants 
26.
What type of cell does not have a nucleus?
a)
eukaryotic 
b)
prokaryotic 
27.
What is found in both plant and animal cells but is much larger in plant cells?
a)
Nucleus
b)
Mitochondrion
c)
Chloroplast
d)
Vacuole
28.
What makes the endoplasmic reticulum rough?
a)
Vessicles
b)
Vacuoles
c)
Ribosomes
d)
Chromosomes
29.
This organelle takes food and turns it into ENERGY for plant and animal cells.
a)
Chloroplast
b)
Mitochondria
c)
Lysosome
d)
Ribosome
30.
The site of photosynthesis
a)
ribosome
b)
mitochondria
c)
chloroplast
d)
nucleus
31.
"Storage tanks" Can hold food, water or waste for the cell
a)
Ribosomes
b)
Vacuole
c)
Chloroplast
d)
Nucleolus
32.
Osmosis is the movement of _____ across a membrane.
a)
food
b)
energy
c)
oxygen
d)
water
33.
Which is true about active transport?
a)
It requires energy
b)
it does not require energy
c)
It moves substances down the concentration gradient
d)
it moves material from high to low concentration
34.
This picture represents which type of cellular transport?
a)
passive transport
b)
endocytosis
c)
exocytosis
d)
osmosis
35.
The concentration of water is higher in the soil than in plant root cells. Water moves into root cells of a plant by...
a)
Facilitated Diffusion
b)
Simple Diffusion
c)
Active Transport
d)
Osmosis
36.
The cell below is in a _________ solution.
a)
Hypotonic
b)
Hypertonic
c)
Isotonic
37.
The cell below is in a _____________ solution.
a)
Hypertonic
b)
Hypotonic
c)
Isotonic
38.
A cell in an isotonic solution will
a)
swell
b)
shrink
c)
stay the same size
d)
impossible to tell
39.
A cell in a hypotonic solution will
a)
swell
b)
shrink 
c)
stay the same size
d)
impossible to tell
40.
what are two types of passive transport?
a)
endocytosis and exocytosis 
b)
cookies and milk
c)
active and passive 
d)
Osmosis and diffusion
41.
What does it mean that a cell membrane is semi-permeable?
a)
It allows all substances in
b)
It allows some substances in
c)
It allows nothing in
42.
Which term means "water-loving"?
a)
Cohesion
b)
Nonpolar
c)
Hydrophilic
d)
Hydrophobic
43.
Which term means "water-fearing"?
a)
Adhesion
b)
Polar
c)
Hydrophilic
d)
Hydrophobic
44.
The cell membrane is made mostly of
a)
phospholipid monolayer and proteins
b)
phospholipid bilayer and proteins
c)
proteins and carbohydrates bilayer
d)
triglycerides and carbohydrates
45.
What type of transport is represented by figure "B" 
a)
Active Transport
b)
Facilitated Diffusion 
c)
Protein Transport 
d)
Osmosis 
46.
Which is true of passive transport?
a)
Moves from low to high concentration 
b)
Requires energy
c)
Moves from high to low concentration 
d)
Moves against the gradient 
47.
True or False:  It is possible for a carnivore to be a producer.
a)
False
b)
True
48.
A graphic illustration that shows each trophic level and the amount of useable energy contained within.
a)
Food chain
b)
Food web
c)
Energy Pyramid
d)
All of these
49.
An organism at the second trophic level would be considered a...
a)
Top carnivore
b)
Producer
c)
Herbivore
d)
Carnivore
50.
The general name for organisms like animals and fungi that get their energy from eating other organisms.
a)
Producers
b)
Consumers
c)
Detritivores
d)
Carnivores
51.
Organisms that feed on both living producers and other consumers.
a)
Carnivores
b)
Omnivores
c)
Herbivores
d)
Detritivores
52.
Organisms that can capture energy from inorganic, nonliving sources.
a)
Producers
b)
Consumers
c)
Detritivores
d)
Carnivores
53.
A collection of organisms that make up a community as well as all of the nonliving aspects of the environment.
a)
Population
b)
Community
c)
Habitat
d)
Ecosystem
54.
A place where an organism lives.
a)
Terrain
b)
Habitat
c)
Community
d)
Population
55.
Water temperature would be an example of ...
a)
A biotic factor
b)
An abiotic factor
56.
A collection of organisms that belong to different populations but all live in the same area and interact with one another.
a)
Population
b)
Ecosystem
c)
Community
d)
Ecosphere
57.
The living portions of the ecosystem.
a)
Biotic factors
b)
Abiotic factors
58.
The nonliving aspects of an ecosystem.
a)
Abiotic factors
b)
Biotic factors
59.
Which of the following would be the definition of a detritivore?
a)
Animals that eat insects.
b)
Organisms that feed on rocks, recycling the nutrients back into the ground.
c)
Organisms that eat only pants
d)
Things that feed on dead organisms, recycling the nutrients back into the ground.
60.
The amount of energy that usually transfers from one trophic level to the next...
a)
10%
b)
20%
c)
80%
d)
50%
61.
The image provided is an example of a(n):
a)
Carnivore
b)
Herbivore
c)
Producer
d)
Autotroph
62.
What does a food web represent?
a)
All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.
b)
The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
c)
A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 
d)
How carnivores get their food. 
63.
A living relationship between two species in which one organism is harmed is called...
a)
mutualism
b)
commensalism
c)
parasitism
d)
niche
64.
symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit
a)
competition
b)
Mutualism
c)
nitrogen fixation
d)
energy pyramid
65.
which symbiosis is this 
a)
parasitism 
b)
mutualism
c)
commensalism
d)
nonalism 
66.
Autotrophs make up the _______ level in all ecosystems.
a)
First
b)
Second
c)
Third
d)
Fourth
67.
What is the term for each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a biological community?
a)
energy path
b)
food web
c)
trophic level
d)
food pyramid
68.
Members of a species in a defined area are called a 
a)
Predation
b)
Population
c)
Competition 
d)
Community
69.
An organism that makes its own food  by using sunlight or chemicals (also known as an producer) is called a 
a)
autotroph
b)
predator
c)
consumer
d)
detrivore
70.
The study of interactions between organisms and their environment is known as
a)
ecology
b)
biome
c)
biology
d)
ecosystem
71.
The relationship between two or more species (or individuals) that use the same limited resource, both are negatively affected by the relationship
a)
predation
b)
competition
c)
community
d)
population
72.
 The many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem make up a(n)__________.  
a)
food web
b)
niche
c)
energy pyramid
d)
feeding level
73.
Interaction in which one organism hunts, captures, and feeds on another organism
a)
population
b)
parasitism
c)
predation
d)
competition
74.
When an organism dies, the nitrogen in its body
a)
can never be reused by other living things.
b)
is immediately released into the atmosphere.
c)
is released by the action of decomposers.
d)
None of the above
75.
Shallow coastal waters provide an essential habitat to a variety of plants and animals. A small part of a coastal food web is shown.  Which organism is a primary consumer?
a)
algae
b)
horseshoe crab
c)
striped bass
d)
soft-shell clam
76.
The movement of matter through biotic and abiotic environment is called ___
a)
matter cycling
b)
biogeochemical cycle
c)
photosynthesis
d)
carbon fixation
77.
Matter cannot be made or destroyed
a)
true
b)
false
78.
Carbon is recycled mostly through
a)
transpiration
b)
photosynthesis and respiration
c)
condensation
d)
mountain formation
79.
Nitrogen in the soil has been fixed by bacteria. It is now available for use by ___. 
a)
humans
b)
plants
c)
fungi
d)
the water cycle
80.
Phosphorous is passed from plants to ____ who eat them
a)
plants
b)
animals
c)
scavengers
81.
_____ brings phosphorous into our waterways. .
a)
precipitation
b)
runoff
c)
transpiration
d)
condensation
82.
Which particle contributes the negative charge to the atom?
a)
proton
b)
electron
c)
neutron
d)
nucleus
83.
The three main subatomic particles are electrons, protons and ____________.
a)
photons
b)
neurons
c)
neutrons
d)
quarks
84.
What are the two main parts of the atom?
a)
nucleus and cytoplasm
b)
nucleus and electron cloud
c)
core and electron cloud
d)
protons and neutrons
85.
What is atomic number?
a)
Number of protons in an atoms 
b)
Number of neutrons in an atom
c)
Mass of an atom
d)
Charge on an atom
86.
Which subatomic particles are found in the nucleus of an atom?
a)
Protons and Electrons
b)
Protons and Neutrons
c)
Neutrons and Electrons
d)
Protons, Neutrons and Electrons
87.
How many neutrons does a Boron atom have? (Use the image to help you)
a)
5
b)
11
c)
6
d)
16
88.
How many valence electrons does this atom have?
a)
2
b)
4
c)
5
d)
9
89.
How many protons does a carbon atom have?
a)
0
b)
2
c)
14
d)
6
90.
A mixture that does not look the same throughout:
a)
heterogeneous mixture
b)
homogeneous mixture
c)
the periodic table
d)
water
91.
Salt water is a mixture.
a)
True
b)
False
92.
 A homogeneous mixture has the same composition of particles throughout.
a)
True
b)
False
93.
DIFFERENT kinds of atoms chemically combined to form a substance are
a)
Mixture
b)
Element
c)
Compound
d)
Substance
94.
An atom that has lost or gained electrons becomes a (an) _______. 
a)
proton
b)
nuetron
c)
electron
d)
ion
95.
In an ionic bond, electrons are _________ . 
a)
lost or gained
b)
shared
c)
shared and gined
d)
none correct
96.
What are the reactants of photosynthesis?
a)
sunlight, oxygen and water
b)
water, carbon dioxide and sugar
c)
oxygen and sugar
d)
carbon dioxide, water and sunlight
97.
What organelle is found in plant and NOT animal cells?
a)
ribosomes
b)
endoplasmic reticulum
c)
chloroplast
d)
mitochondria
98.
Which organelle is not associated with the rest? Which one does not belong?
a)
Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum
b)
Smooth Endoplascmi Reticulum
c)
Golgi Apparatus
d)
Cytoskeleton
99.
What process regenerates NAD+ for glycolysis to continue?
a)
Fermentation
b)
Krebs Cycle
c)
Calvin Cycle
d)
Electron Transport Chain
100.
What does the term aerobic mean?
a)
Requires oxygen
b)
Does not requrie oxygen.
c)
Requires carbon dioxide
d)
Does not requrie carbon dioxide
101.
Where does cellular respiration occur?
a)
Chloroplast
b)
Mitochondria
c)
Ribosome
d)
Endoplasmic Reticulum
102.
Where does photosynthesis occur?
a)
Mitochondria
b)
Ribosome
c)
Chloroplast
d)
Centriole
103.
Which process is the first step of cellular respiration?
a)
Krebs Cycle
b)
Calvin Cycle
c)
Glycolysis
d)
Electron Transport Chain
104.
Animal cells have all of the following EXCEPT
a)
mitochondria
b)
chloroplast
c)
a nucleus
d)
a cell membrane
105.
The human brain is an example of a(n)
a)
organ
b)
cell
c)
tissue
d)
organ system
106.
Which process always involves the movement of material from inside the cell to outside the cell?
a)
phagocytosis
b)
endocytosis
c)
exocytosis
d)
osmosis
107.
Which of the following is an example of active transport?
a)
facilitated diffusion
b)
osmosis
c)
diffusion
d)
endocytosis
108.
The difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells involves the presence of
a)
a nucleus
b)
genetic material in the form of DNA
c)
Chloroplasts
d)
a cell membrane
109.
Despite differences in size and shape, at some point al cells have DNA and a
a)
cell membrane
b)
nucleus
c)
cell wall
d)
nucleolus
110.
The movement of water molecules across a selectively permeable membrane is known as
a)
exocytosis
b)
endocytosis
c)
phagocytosis
d)
osmosis
111.
A substance that moves by passive transport tends to move 
a)
away from the area of equilibrium
b)
away from the area where it is less concentrated
c)
away from the area where it is more concentrated
d)
toward the area where it is more concentrated
112.
Autotrophs differ from heterotrophs because they
a)
utilize oxygen to burn food
b)
do not require oxygen to live
c)
make carbon dioxide as a product of using food 
d)
make their own food from carbon dioxide and water
113.
The principle pigment in plants is
a)
chlorophyll
b)
ATP
c)
hemoglobin
d)
NADH
114.
The color of light at is LEAST useful to a green plant during photosynthesis is 
a)
red
b)
blue
c)
green
d)
violet
115.
The first step in photosynthesis is the 
a)
synthesis of water
b)
production of oxygen
c)
breakdown of carbon dioxide
d)
absorption of light
116.
The human body can use all of the following as energy sources EXCEPT
a)
ATP in muscle
b)
Glycolysis
c)
Lactic acid fermentation
d)
Alcoholic fermentation
117.
Which of the following is NOT an advantage of asexual reproduction?
a)
simple and efficient
b)
produces large numbers of offspring quickly
c)
requires one parent
d)
increases genetic diversity
118.
If a cell has 10 chromosomes, how many chromosomes will each of its daughter cells have after mitosis and cytokinesis?
a)
2
b)
5
c)
10
d)
20
119.
In order for a cell to divide successfully, the cell must first
a)
duplicate its genetic information
b)
decrease its volume
c)
increase its number of chromosomes
d)
decrease its number of organelles
120.
The rate at which materials enter and leave the cell depends on the cell's 
a)
volume
b)
weight
c)
surface area
d)
speciation