WorksheetsBiology STAAR All RC review
Total questions: 122
Worksheet time: 2hrs 31mins
DNA & RNA are
Carbohydrates
Proteins
Lipids
Nucleic Acids
____________________ consists of a phosphate group, 5-carbon sugar, and a nitrogen base
monosaccharides
nucleotides
amino acids
fatty acids
___________________ are used for short term (quick) energy
Carbohydrates
Proteins
Lipids
Nucleic Acids
Which organelle is the site of protein synthesis?
Lysosomes
Ribosomes
Mitochondria
Nucleus
What two structures are found in plant cells and not animal cells?
Nucleolus and vacuoles
Mitochondria and Golgi Body
Cell wall and chloroplast
Ribosomes and Lysosomes
What part of the cell maintains homeostasis?
Cell wall
Centrioles
Cytoskeleton
Cell membrane
The ___________ binds to the ___________ of an enzyme to produce products.
Substrate, Active site
Lock, Key
Organelle, Products
Active Site, Substrate
What do viruses have in common with living cells? They both...
store genetic information
have chloroplasts
use glucose for cellular respiration
have endoplasmic reticulum
Which viral life cycle kills its host cell by lysing (exploding)?
lytic
mitosis
lysogenic
S phase
Viruses can be transmitted through air, water, food, insect bites, and direct skin contact. Once a virus gains entry to the body, it invades a host cell in order to --
deactivate the host cell's defences
synthesize antibodies for defence
metabolize host proteins and grow
access cellular processes for replication
What best explains the role of cellular division?
to grow, develop, and repair tissue
to eliminate unneeded cells
to produce egg and sperm cells
to eliminate waste from your body
ATG TGA CAG
If a DNA molecule consists of 30% Guanine, how much Adenine will it contain?
30%
60%
40%
20%
What mutation has occurred here?
T-G-A-C-C-A
T-G-A-G-C-A
Substitution
Deletion
Insertion
Frameshift
DNA molecule segment is : TTACGCAAG
The mutated DNA segment is TTCGCAAG. This is an example of ___ mutation.
Substitution
Deletion
Insertion
Inversion
A mutation is defined as:
A change in the cell's structure
Anything that changes in an embryo
Any change in the physical features of a human
A change in the DNA sequence
Why are insertion and deletion (frameshift) mutations so harmful?
They change all of the codons from the mutation on down the line, which changes the amino acid sequence
They insert things that an organism doesn't need.
They often delete things that organisms need.
Insertion and deletions are not any more harmful than substitution mutations.
The variety of genes and alleles that exist in organisms
independent assortment
chromosomal abnormalities
genetic diversity
mutations
This law describes how each member of a homologous pair is pulled randomly to one side or another in anaphase I
Law of Segregation
Law of Independent Assortment
Law of Gravity
Law of Mathematical Order
The exchange of pieces of chromatin between homologous chromosomes during Prophase I of meiosis is called
independent assortment
mutation
crossing over
random fertilization
Which process is shown in the image?
crossing over
independent assortment
segregation
mutation
A student discovers an arachnid without a segmented abdomen, and legs longer than its body. The student uses the dichotomous key below to identify it. Which arachnid has the student found?
Whip Scorpion
Wind Scorpion
Daddy long legs
Scorpion
Which of the following converts food into energy for the cell?
vacuole
mitochondria
cytoplasm
cell membrane
Which organelle takes in "sun showers" and helps plants with the process or photosynthesis?
Vacuole
Mitochondria
Cytoplasm
Chloroplast
What are the 3 reactants of photosynthesis? The reactants are the things needed for photosynthesis to occur.
oxygen, glucose, sunlight
sunlight, oxygen, water
water, oxygen, carbon dioxide
carbon dioxide, sunlight, water
What pigment captures/absorbs sunlight?
stomata
chlorophyll
chloroplast
phloem
What is the tiny openings that let in the carbon dioxide needed for photosynthesis?
stomata
xylem
phloem
chloroplast
How does water travel from the roots to the plan leaf? Name the structure that carries water.
stomata
phloem
chloroplast
xylem
What are the 2 products of photosynthesis? The products are the things made in the process of photosynthesis.
water, sunlight
glucose, carbon dioxide
oxygen, glucose
sunlight, oxygen
True or False: Only animals can undergo Cellular Respiration.
True
False
Which of these functions would be most immediately affected by a reduction in water uptake by roots?
Based on this information, the student can conclude that boron is absorbed by plant roots from soil and then —
Which statement best explains why the grass tips of the experimental group bent toward the light?
Which of these phrases could be placed in the position marked with an X?
Scientists studying illnesses caused by chemically contaminated food conduct research to minimize the effects of these diseases on society. These chemicals harm the body through interactions between the digestive system and the immune system. Scientists conducting this research are likely to describe which of these interactions between the digestive and immune systems?
Chemicals enter the immune system through a break in the skin. The chemical contamination is then passed to the digestive system by the circulatory system.
The immune system transforms the chemicals in the contaminated foods into harmless chemicals. These harmless chemicals are then broken down by the digestive system.
When contaminated foods are eaten, the immune system prevents the chemicals from entering the digestive system.
Chemicals enter the digestive system through contaminated foods. Once in the body, the chemical contaminants impair the body’s ability to fight off infectious diseases.
Animal body systems often coordinate their actions to carry out specific functions for the whole animal. Which of these correctly describes the interaction of two biological systems for a specific purpose in the human body?
Toxoplasmosis is an infection producing brain lesions caused by the parasitic protozoan Toxoplasma gondii. Mice with their gonads removed are more resistant to T. gondii and develop very few lesions on their brain tissue. The graph shows the results of a scientific study of normal adult mice infected with T. gondii.
Which systems most likely interact and cause the severity of infections to vary?
Muscular and skeletal
Immune and endocrine
Excretory and respiratory
Nervous and integumentary
When you eat food, a hormone is secreted by the pancreas to control the amount of sugar or glucose levels in your blood, called insulin. What systems work together to produce and transport this hormone?
Digestive and Nervous
Circulatory and Endocrine
Immune and Endocrine
Muscular and Nervous
Which level of organization is listed correctly from simple to complex?
Organelle, organ, organ system, tissue, cell
Cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism
Organism, organ system, organ, tissue, cell
cell, tissue, organ system, organ, organelle
Wrasse fish feed on the parasites found on the black sea bass's body. Both species benefit.
commensalism
parasitism
mutualism
What does camouflage mean?
are the things organisms do to survive
an organisms ability to look like another animal
an organism ability to blend in with its surroundings or environment
