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WorksheetsIB BIOLOGY UNIT 2 REVISION
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Molecules that catalyze chemical reactions in living organisms are called
carbohydrates
nucleic acids
enzymes
proteins
lipids
A monosaccharide is a
carbohydrate
nucleic acid
enzyme
protein
lipid
A nucleotide is a monomer of a
carbohydrate
nucleic acid
enzyme
protein
lipid
Fatty acid is a
carbohydrate
nucleic acid
enzyme
protein
lipid
(a) is the breakdown of complex molecules into simpler molecules.
The diagram of glucose is
The reaction shown is an example of
(a)
The diagram of ribose is
Water molecules consist of two types of atoms
Oxygen and Oxygen
Oxygen and Helium
Oxygen and Hydrogen
Oxygen and Hafnium
Where one part of water molecules is partially negative and the other is partially positive is called
Bonding
Polarity
Charged
Neutral
When water molecules are near each other, what forms between them?
nothing
a tiny rope
Attractive forces
Hydrogen Bonds
Hydrophillic means
water-loving
water-fearing
Which substance is more likely to dissolve in water?
Hydrophillic
Hydrophobic
In the Phospholipid bilayer, there is a __________ head and a ___________ tail.
polar; nonpolar
nonpolar; polar
Which property of water would allow bugs to float on water?
Cohesion
Adhesion
Thermal
Solvent
Which property of water allows plants to transport water?
Cohesion
Adhesion
Thermal
Solvent
When energy is added to water
water stays the same
water warms up
water freezes
The energy required to increase 1g of a substance 1 degree Celcius is
Boiling
Increase in energy
Freezing
Specific Heat
Water's high specific heat allows it to be a __________ environment for marine organisms.
Heated
Good
Stable
Harsh
The energy required for water to evaporate is called
Specific Heat
Latent Heat of Vaporization
Boiling
Evaporation
Because of its hydrogen bonds, water has a high ___________
Boiling Point
Freezing Point
Latent Heat of Vaporization
Specific Heat
Water's high latent heat of vaporization allows organisms to use it as a ______________
Coolant
Dietary Supplement
way to stay hydrated
Compared to water, methane is
Polar
Non-Polar
Compared to water, methane has a lower ________________
Specific Heat
Latent Heat of Vaporization
Melting Point
Boiling Point
Because water is polar, it makes an effective
Solute
Solvent
An element that can bond with many elements and form unlimited chains:
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Carbon
Small units that make up polymers:
Polymer
Monomer
Polysaccharide
Multiple monomers joined together:
Polymers
Monomers
Monosaccharide
Major source of energy for most living things:
Proteins
Nucleic Acids
Carbohydrates
Single sugar, a monomer of carbohydrates:
Amino Acid
Nucleotide
Monosaccharide
Store and transmit genetic information ex: RNA and DNA
Proteins
Nucleic Acids
Carbohydrates
Used to store energy, also important in cell membranes:
Protein
Lipids
Carbohydrates
Monomer of nucleic acids made up of a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base
Amino Acid
Nucleotide
Monosaccharide
Macromolecule that contains nitrogen, forms cell structures, controls the rate of reactions, and regulates cell processes.
Proteins
Carbohydrates
Lipids
The building blocks of proteins:
Amino Acids
Nucleotides
Monosaccharides
In an amino acid, a central carbon is bonded to which of the following? Check all that apply.
Amine group (NH2)
Carboxylic acid group (COOH)
Hydrogen atom (H)
Variable side chain (R)
A methane group (CH4)
There are ____ different amino acids that can join together to form ______
20; polypeptides
40; polypeptides
25; peptide bonds
20; amino acid
Amino acids are covalently bonded together in a condensation reaction. What do we call this covalent bond?
Peptide
Covalent
Ionic
Protein
The way that the protein chain folds is determined by:
the order of the amino acid sequence
the order of the bonds within the amino acid
the level of protein-ness this polypeptide chain had
the different monosaccharides it encounters while folding
When a protein folds into a spiral arrangement we call it:
alpha helices
beta-pleated sheets
The third structure a protein forms whilst folding, the 3-D configuration, is classified as:
primary
secondary
tertiary
quaternary
True or false: all proteins will fold into a quaternary structure.
True
False
Which of these is an example of a protein with a quaternary structure?
Hemoglobin
Human epidermal growth factor
Pepsin
Collagen
This is a structural change in a protein that results in the loss of its biological properties.
Denaturation
Deproteination
Amino acidation
Naturation
What two key conditions can denature a protein? Check all that apply.
temperature
pH
amount of amino acids
number of peptide bonds
At what temperature do most proteins function properly?
about 37°C
about 40°C
about 20°C
it varies
All proteins have an optimal pH. What is it?
about 3
about 14
about 2
it varies based on environment
Proteins in your blood prefer for the environment to be at a neutral pH. What type of environment would proteins in the stomach require?
acidic
basic
neutral
A sequence of DNA which encodes a polypeptide sequence is called:
gene
transcription
translation
DNA
TransCription makes _______ based on a DNA template.
mRNA
tRNA
rRNA
more DNA
TransLation _______ based on the mRNA transcript.
links amino acids together
creates tRNA
creates rRNA
makes more DNA
The totality of proteins expressed within a cell, tissue or organism at a certain time.
Proteome
Genome
Proteino
Amino acidosis
The proteome may contain more than __________________ proteins.
1,000,000
2
20-25,000
0
Proteins have many functions. Collagen is a component of connective tissue that provides ________.
Structure
Hormones
Immunity
Transport
Proteins have many functions. Insulin is a component produced by the pancreas and triggers a reduction in blood glucose levels. This serves as a ________.
Structure
Hormone
Immunity
Transport
Proteins have many functions. Immunoglobulins produce antibodies by plasma cells that are capable of targeting specific antigens. This serves as to function in ________.
Structure
Hormone
Immunity
Transport
Proteins have many functions. Hemoglobin is a protein found in red blood cells that is responsible for _____________ oxygen throughout the body.
Structuring
Hormoning
Immunity
Transporting
Proteins have many functions. Rhodopsin is a pigment found in photoreceptor cells of the retina that is responsible for the detection of light, giving the cells to ability to _______ their surroundings.
Sense
Enzyme
Move
Transporting
Proteins have many functions. Actin and myosin are filaments found in muscles that help them contract. This gives humans, for example, the ability to create ___________________
Sensation
Enzymation
Movement
Transportation
What effect do changes in pH have on enzymes?
All enzymes increase in activity as pH increases.
The activity of all enzymes is reduced by a pH below or above 7.
Low pH causes reversible denaturation in all enzymes
Extreme pH can alter the active site of all enzymes.
Lactose intolerance occurs when the enzyme, lactase, that digests lactose is not produced after infancy in humans. The incidence of lactose intolerance varies in different racial groups. The graph shows the distribution of lactose intolerance in different human populations. What can be hypothesized from the graph?
Native American people produce most lactase after infancy
Most Indian people do not produce lactase after infancy.
Lactase is not produced after infancy in most Caucasian people.
One quarter of Afro-Caribbean people will probably experience digestive problems when drinking milk.
The graph shows the effect of changing the substrate concentration on the early stages of an enzyme-catalysed reaction. What can be interpreted about the rate of reaction from the graph?
Rate of reaction increases up to a point and then remains constant.
Rate of reaction increases linearly with increasing substrate concentration.
Rate of reaction increases non-linearly with increasing substrate concentration.
Rate of reaction is not affected by any change in the substrate concentration.
What is the advantage of using lactase in an immobilized state in the food manufacturing industry?
It functions within cells.
It dissolves in multiple solvents.
It converts cellulose into glucose.
It is less likely to become denatured.
Three flasks were prepared for an analysis of the activity of amylase. At time zero, each of the substances indicated in the diagrams was added.Which flask(s) could provide support for the hypothesis that heat denatures enzymes?
Flasks I and II after 15 minutes
Flasks II and III after 15 minutes
Flasks I and III after 15 minutes
. Flask III at time zero and again after 15 minutes
The graph shows the effect of increasing the substrate concentration on the rate of an enzyme-catalysed reaction. What is occurring during the phase indicated by section Y of the graph?
The active site of the enzyme is saturated.
The enzyme becomes denatured.
The substrate concentration has risen too high.
The optimum rate is reached.
In an experiment the effect of changing pH on an enzymatic reaction is tested. Which could be a dependent variable in this kind of experiment?
Changing substrate concentration
Rate of formation of product
Variation in temperature
Change in pH
What is decreased when lactase is added to milk?
A. Sweetness
Disaccharides
Calcium
Monosaccharides
Why does exposure to high temperatures cause an enzyme to lose its biological properties?
The substrate blocks the active site at high temperatures
The three dimensional structure of the enzyme becomes changed.
Chemical reactions cannot take place at high temperatures.
High temperatures increase the activation energy of reactions.
It is possible to attach β-galactosidase to alginate beads for use in the production of lactose-free milk. What are enzymes that have been attached in this way called?
Inhibited
Immobilized
Catalysed
Activated
What is DNA and RNA made up of?
Nucleotides
Monosaccharides
Polysaccharides
Sugars
What are long chains of nucleotides called?
Polyneucleotides
Polysaccharides
Long chains
Polyaminoacids
Which of the following are nucleotides NOT made up of?
A carbon compound
A sugar
A phosphate group
A nitrogen-containing base
What shape is DNA?
A double helix
A single strand
A pleated sheet
An omega helix
How many polynucleotide chains make up DNA?
2
1
3
4
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Ribonucleic acid
Deoxynucleic acid
Nucleic acid
What does RNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Ribonucleic acid
Deoxynucleic acid
Nucleic acid
How many polynucleotide chains make up RNA?
2
1
3
4
What four nitrogen base pairs make up DNA?
Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine
Adenine, Uracil, Guanine, Cytosine
Adenine, Thymine, Glucose, Cytosine
Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Fructose
What four nitrogen base pairs make up RNA?
Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine
Adenine, Uracil, Guanine, Cytosine
Adenine, Thymine, Glucose, Cytosine
Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Fructose
What base pair does Adenine (A) bind with in DNA?
Guanine
Cytosine
Thymine
Uracil
What base pair does Guanine (G) bind with in both DNA and RNA?
Guanine
Cytosine
Thymine
Uracil
What base pair does Adenine (A) bind with in RNA?
Guanine
Cytosine
Thymine
Uracil
What base pair does Adenine (A) bind with in RNA?
Guanine
Cytosine
Thymine
Uracil
How would you read the second strand to this first strand? 5'-ATTGACC-3’
3’-TAACTGG-5’
5’-TAACTGG-3’
3'-CGGTCAA-5'
5'-CGGTCAA-3'
Which is NOT a way RNA differs from DNA?
Contains a single strand
Contains Uracil (U) instead of Thymine (T)
Contains the sugar ribose
Contains an extra nitrogen base
The diagram represents transcription and translation. What structures do the letters X and Y represent?
X: DNA
Y: anticodon
X: mRNA
Y: anticodon
X: DNA
Y: codon
X: mRNA
Y: codon
For what did Meselson and Stahl’s work provide evidence?
The abiotic origin of organic molecules
The cell theory
The fluid mosaic model of membrane structure
The semi-conservative replication of DNA
The gene that codes for a particular polypeptide includes the base sequence shown.
GAGTACCCT
What is the base sequence of the mRNA molecule which is complementary to this sequence?
GAGTACCCT
CTCATGGGA
GUGTUCCCT
CUCAUGGGA
Where are amino acids joined together to make polypeptides?
Nucleus
Nucleolus
Golgi apparatus
Ribosomes
The table shows some codons for five amino acids. Which of these DNA strands will code for the amino acid sequence glycine-serine-glycine?
CCUUCGCCG
CCTTCGCCG
GGAAGCGGA
CCUUCGCCU
What do DNA replication, transcription and translation have in common?
Take place in cell nucleus
Require free nucleotides
Catalysed by polymerase
Complementary base pairing
Meselson and Stahl conducted experiments using the isotopes 14N and 15N which showed that DNA replication is semi-conservative. What would they have observed about the distribution of isotopes in the DNA after one round of replication if DNA replication was conservative rather than semi-conservative?
Only 14N DNA
Only 15N DNA
All DNA half 14N and half 15N
Half the DNA with only 14N and half with only 15N
Which are necessary to make DNA replication semi-conservative?
I. Separation of the strands by RNA polymerase
II. Complementary base pairing
III. Use of a pre-existing strand as a template
I and II only
I and III only
II and III only
I, II and III
This is a sequence of nucleotides from a section of mRNA.
AUGAAACGCACGCAG
From which DNA sequence has it been transcribed?
ATGAAACGCACGCAG
UACUUUGCGUGCGAC
TACUUUGCGTGCGTC
TACTTTGCGTGCGTC
Which compound is a waste product of anaerobic respiration in humans?
Carbon dioxide
Ethanol
Lactate
Pyruvate
Yeast cells, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, were incubated with and without glucose at three different temperatures for a period of four minutes, during which the rate of CO2 production was measured with a CO2 sensor. What conclusion can be drawn from the results of this experiment?
Yeast uses lipids rather than glucose in respiration at low temperatures.
Addition of glucose has a greater impact on rates of cell respiration at lower temperatures.
Rates of cell respiration increase with temperature.
More glucose is produced at higher temperatures.
Which process causes ADP to change to ATP?
Hydrolysis
Protein synthesis
DNA replication
Anaerobic cell respiration
The graph shows the changes in lactate and pyruvate measured in an athlete’s blood during and following a mild exercise period as compared to the period before the exercise. What do these curves suggest?
Before the exercise, there was no pyruvate produced because there was no cell respiration.
During the exercise, there was not enough oxygen available for cell respiration, so the process was partly anaerobic.
During the exercise, the level of lactate increased due to aerobic respiration.
After the exercise, the level of lactate decreased because there was enough pyruvate to be used for anaerobic cell respiration.
Which pair of molecules are products of aerobic and anaerobic cell respiration in some organisms?
A
B
C
D
What describes anaerobic cell respiration?
Glucose break down to pyruvate
Carbon dioxide fixation
No ATP formation
Occurs in the mitochondrion
The products of photosynthesis include
water and carbon dioxide.
glucose and oxygen.
oxygen and carbon dioxide.
carbon dioxide and glucose.
The energy that drives photosynthesis comes from
the sun.
geothermal heat.
muscle contractions.
chemical energy.
Light dependent reactions use light energy to produce
ATP and oxygen.
carbon dioxide.
water and oxygen.
glucose.
Longer wavelengths are at the _______ end of the visible light spectrum.
blue
red
This graph could represent (check all that apply:
The effect of light intensity on the rate of photosynthesis.
The effect of carbon dioxide concentration on the rate of photosynthesis.
The effect of temperature on the rate of photosynthesis.
The plateau on this graph is due to
another limiting factor is limiting rate of photosynthesis.
the light is becoming too bright for photosynthesis to occur.
the optimum light intensity has been reached.
T/F: If control variables limit photosynthesis, it may not be possible to see the impact of the limiting factor being investigated.
true
false
Select the two REACTANTS of photosynthesis.
oxygen
carbon dioxide
glucose
water
Select the two PRODUCTS of photosynthesis.
oxygen
carbon dioxide
glucose
water
The graph shows the relationship between rate of photosynthesis and light intensity as influenced by both temperature and CO2 concentration.
What conclusion can be drawn from the data in the graph?
CO2 is always the limiting factor at low light intensities and temperatures.
Light intensity is only the limiting factor at high light intensities
Temperature is only the limiting factor at high light intensities and CO2
concentrations.
Both temperature and light intensity are limiting factors at 660 ppm CO2 and
less than 200 W m–2 light intensity.
What are final products of photosynthesis and of aerobic respiration?
A
B
C
D
What is the relative wavelength in the visible spectrum of red light and blue light and are these colours absorbed or reflected by chlorophyll?
A
B
C
D
The graph shows the effect of increasing light intensity on the rate of CO2 [1 mark] uptake by a species of green plant maintained in conditions of constant temperature and CO2 concentration. Which statement is consistent with the graph?
Photosynthesis stops at high light intensity
Rates of photosynthesis increase with temperature.
Cell respiration leads to net production of CO2 at low light intensity.
There is a negative correlation between CO2 uptake and light intensity.
How can the rate of photosynthesis be measured?
A
B
C
D
What is a feature of shorter wavelength visible radiation?
A
B
C
D
An experiment was set up so that each test tube contained water at a pH [1 mark] of 6.3 and a pH indicator. Test tubes 1 and 2 also contained a common
pond autotroph. Carbon dioxide dissolves in water and forms carbonic acid. After three days the four test tubes were found to have these results. What conclusion can be drawn from test tube 1 and test tube 2?
A
B
C
D
The graph shows the absorption spectra of chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b. What can be concluded from the graph?
Both chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b absorb a large amount of green light
Chlorophyll b absorbs red light more efficiently than blue light
Other pigments must absorb light between blue and red in the spectrum
Chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b have different absorption peaks
Light independent reactions use ATP and H+ to fix _______ to make ______.
oxygen; glucose
carbon dioxide, glucose
oxygen; water
carbon dioxide; water
Light energy splits a water molecule into 4H+, 4e-, and O2 in a process called
photolysis.
hydrolysis.
oxidation.
reduction.
The action spectrum represents the
rate of photosynthesis.
absorbance of light.
Light energy is used to......
split water into H and O
fix C, H and O together
warm plants up
during the light independent reactions of photosynthesis
A leaf is green. What does this tell you about the light that is being absorbed?
The light is a UV ray.
The light is not a part of the light spectrum.
All colors are reflected except green.
All colors are absorbed except green
What is the function of NADPH and ATP?
They absorb light
They power the light-dependent reactions
They are light-reflecting pigments
They are short term energy carriers
Which of the following is NOT a product of the light-dependent reactions?
ATP
NADPH
Oxygen
Glucose
Which of the following best describes photosynthesis?
Photosynthesis converts radiant energy into chemical energy.
Photosynthesis produces carbohydrates.
Plants need sunlight, carbon dioxide, water, nutrients, and chlorophyll to complete photosynthesis.
Plants use chlorophyll, water, and carbon dioxide to make sugar.
The order of the colors of light that chlorophyll absorbs best is (list from greatest to least)
blue, red, green
red, blue, green
green, red, blue
red, green, blue
