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BIOL 116 SL Midterm #1 Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of amino acid is shown?

a)

Non-polar

b)

Polar

c)

Acidic

d)

Basic

2.

Which type(s) of membrane transport is used to move protons across the inner mitochondrial membrane during cellular respiration? Select all that apply.

a)

Simple diffusion

b)

Facilitated diffusion

c)

Active transport

d)

Osmosis

3.

Which of the following are lipids? Select all that apply.

a)

b)

c)

d)

4.

What is the name of this nucleotide?

a)

CTP

b)

GTP

c)

dCTP

d)

dGTP

5.

Which of the following DNA strands would be the easiest to melt?

a)

AATTAAGGCCTTAA

TTAATTCCGGAATT

b)

ACGCGATACGCAAG

TGCGCTATGCGTTC

c)

GGGCCTTAAGGGCCT

CCCGGAATTCCCGGA

d)

CGCGTAACGTTAA

GCGCATTGCAATT

6.

True or False? Hydrogen bonds between R group atoms are the main type of interaction seen in secondary structure.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Which molecule is regenerated during fermentation?

a)

ATP

b)

NADH

c)

NAD+

d)

FADH2

e)

FADH

8.

Which of the following statements about enzymes is false?

a)

Enzymes speed up chemical reactions in both the forward and reverse direction.

b)

Enzymes increase the rate of a chemical reaction by altering ΔG.

c)

Enzymes allow reactants to collide more easily, thus increasing the reaction rate.

d)

An enzyme cannot change an exergonic reaction to an endergonic reaction.

e)

None of the above (all are true statements)

9.

Which of the following molecules are produced during the Citric Acid Cycle? Select all that apply.

a)

H2O

b)

O2

c)

CO2

d)

Glucose

e)

ATP

10.

Where do protons get pumped into during photosynthesis?

a)

Cytosol

b)

Intermembrane space

c)

Thylakoid lumen

d)

Stroma

e)

Extracellular space

11.

True or False? Forming a phospholipid bilayer increases the entropy of the system.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Which of the following molecules cannot pass through the cell by simple diffusion? Select all that apply.

a)

O2

b)

O2-

c)

H+

d)

Sucrose

e)

N2

13.

Where in the cell does the Calvin Cycle occur?

a)

Stroma

b)

Thylakoid

c)

Cytosol

d)

Mitochondrial matrix

e)

Nucleus

14.

A protein channel is used to transport galactose across the plasma membrane. What type of amino acids would you expect to see in the interior of the channel?

a)

Non-polar

b)

Polar

c)

Acidic

d)

Basic

15.

Which of these biological molecules are capable of forming extensive branching networks? Select all that apply.

a)

Carbohydrates

b)

Lipids

c)

Proteins

d)

Nucleic acids

16.

This protein uses ATP to transport blue molecules across the membrane. In which direction will the molecules be transported?

a)

From top to bottom

b)

From bottom to top

17.

Which of the following bonds is the strongest?

a)

Ionic

b)

Dipole-dipole

c)

Hydrogen bond

d)

Covalent

e)

London dispersion forces

18.

Why does DNA form a double helix?

a)

It allows the polar bases to interact with water.

b)

It keeps the non-polar bases away from water.

c)

It allows water molecules to fit in between the grooves to stabilize the structure.

d)

It reduces the chances of mismatch base pairs.

19.

Which of these molecules are carbohydrates? Select all that apply.

a)

b)

c)

d)

20.

RuBisCO is capable of using more than one substrate. What is the "bad" substrate that we don't want the enzyme to use?

a)

CO2

b)

O2

c)

H2O

d)

Glucose

e)

N2