Worksheetsbio midterm
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the 4th planet from the sun?
a)
Earth
b)
Mars
c)
Pluto
d)
Earth
e)
Venus
2.
Found in meat nuts and Greek yogurt
a)
carbohydrates
b)
lipids
c)
proteins
d)
nucleic acid
3.
If a cell has 8 chromosomes, how many chromosomes will each of its daughter cells have after mitosis?
a)
4
b)
6
c)
8
d)
16
4.
What level or organization is represented by a group of different tissues working together to perform a complex function?
a)
cell
b)
tissue
c)
organ
d)
organism
5.
What type of cellular transport requires a cell to use energy?
a)
facilitated diffusion
b)
active transport
c)
diffusion
d)
osmosis
6.
In a hypotonic solution, water will move into in the cell, causes the cell to ______.
a)
shirvel
b)
swell
c)
stay the same
7.
Produces energy (ATP)
a)
cell membrane
b)
mitochondrai
c)
ribosomes
d)
lysosomes
8.
Makes proteins
a)
flagella
b)
ribosomes
c)
lysosomes
d)
golgi apparatus
9.
Controls the passage of materials into and out of a cell
a)
cell membrane
b)
cilia
c)
mitochondria
d)
golgi apparatus
10.
If a cell were lacking lysosomes, what would the cell not be able to do?
a)
it would not be able to complete mitosis
b)
it would not be able to breakdown harmful substances
c)
it would not be able to store materials like water, salts and proteins
d)
it would not be able to produce proteins
11.
Cells often store materials like water, salts, proteins , and carbohydrates in sac-like structures called
a)
chloroplasts
b)
lysosomes
c)
mitochondria
d)
vacuoles
12.
Which plant cell organelle uses light energy to produce sugar?
a)
chloroplasts
b)
mitochondrai
c)
nucleus
d)
ribosome
13.
Which of the following is found in eukaryotic cell, but is not found in a prokaryotic cell?
a)
cytoplasm
b)
cell membrane
c)
nucleus
d)
flagella
14.
This first to be broken down to release energy within the body
a)
carbohydrates
b)
lipids
c)
proteins
d)
nucleic acid
15.
releases no energy into the body
a)
carbohydrates
b)
lipids
c)
proteins
d)
nucleic acid
16.
Fats, oils and horomones are examples of
a)
carbohydrates
b)
lipids
c)
proteins
d)
nucleic acid
17.
The cell memebrane is made up of
a)
carbohydrates
b)
phospholipids
c)
proteins
d)
monosaccharides
18.
Animals store most of their excess reserve as______, because
a)
glucose, its easy to break down
b)
fat; they store twice as much energy per gram
c)
protein, it is a compact soucre of energy in their bodies
d)
carbohydrates, they store twice as much energy per gram as glucose
19.
Which category of carbon-based molecules includes sugars and starches?
a)
unsaturated fatty acids
b)
phospholipids
c)
proteins
d)
carbohydrates, they store twice as much energy per gram as glucose
20.
monomers of a carbohydrate are called
a)
starches
b)
fatty acid
c)
monosaccharides
d)
proteins
21.
identify the independent variable in the following hypothesis: if a player practices longer, then he will score more points in the game
a)
the amount of time a player practices
b)
the total points scored in a game
c)
the number of practices
d)
the points scored by the player
22.
Five students each used the same ruler to measure the length of the same pencil. Their measurements were 15.33 cm, 15.34 cm, 15.33 cm, 15.33 cm, 15.34 cm. The actual length of the pencil was 15.85 cm. Were the results of the experiment:
a)
precise
b)
accurate
c)
both precise and accurate
d)
neither precise or accurate
23.
In a hypothesis the ________ variable is what is being tested, while the _________ variable is the one being measured in response.
a)
control;dependent
b)
independent;control
c)
dependent;independent
d)
indepdent;dependent
24.
When writing a conclusion, what should you always refer back to?
a)
procedure
b)
hypothesis
c)
your textbook
d)
the materials list
25.
In performing any laboratory experiment, what is the first step performed out of the following choices?
a)
collect data from experiment
b)
analyze data
c)
publish results
d)
form hypothesis
26.
When leaving a movie theater, a person notices that the sidewalk is now wet. If the person assumes it rained during a movie, the person is making
a)
a hypothesis
b)
an inference
c)
an observation
d)
a prediction
27.
Unlike DNA, RNA contains
a)
adenine
b)
uracil
c)
phosphate group
d)
thymine
28.
Genes contain instructions for assembling
a)
purines
b)
proteins
c)
nucleosomes
d)
pyrimidines
29.
During protein systhesis, what does mRNA do?
a)
it delivers DNA's instructions for making proteins to the ribosome
b)
it constructs proteins out of random amino acids
c)
it strings together two ccomplementary RNA strands
d)
it strings together two complementary DNA strands
30.
Given the sequence of DNA nucleotide bases TAGTAGTAG, give the complementary strand of mRNA produced during transcription.
a)
ATGATGATG
b)
AAUCGGAAC
c)
AUCAUCAUC
d)
TAGTAGTAG
31.
Which base is normally used in the synthesis (making) of RNA but not the synthesis (making ) of DNA?
a)
adenine
b)
uracil
c)
cytosine
d)
guanine
32.
How many amino acids are coded for by the strand of mRNA shown here? Assume the reading frame begins with the first nucleotide. A U G U A C
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
33.
If a portion of a messenger RNA molecule contains the base sequence A-A-U, then the corresponding anti-codon on the tRNA base sequence is
a)
AAU
b)
GGT
c)
TTA
d)
UUA
34.
The cellular process of creating two new DNA molecules from one original copy is called replication. Which statement is the BEST description of this process?
a)
DNA opens up and RNA copies it
b)
DNA opens up and completely unwinds to make two new molecules
c)
DNA opens up and each strand is used as a template for making a new strand
d)
RNA opens up the DNA and uses each strand as a template for a new strand
35.
DNA is a polymer consisting of monomers known as peptides
a)
peptides
b)
amino acids
c)
phosphates
d)
nucleotides
36.
A sequence of nucleotides found in the DNA of a chromosome codes for a specific protein or trait. This section of DNA is known as a(n)
a)
allele
b)
codon
c)
gene
d)
phenotype
37.
In humans, where does DNA replication take place?
a)
cytoplasm
b)
nucleus
c)
ribosomes
d)
vacuoles
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