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Biology 1st semester exam review
Biology 1st semester exam review
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Biology
10th Grade
12/11/2012

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What is the variable that is changed in an experiment?
Definition
Independent Variable
Term
What is the measured variable in and experiment?
Definition
Dependent Variable
Term
What variables stay the same in an experiment?
Definition
Controlled Variables
Term
How many significant digits are in the number 203.3
Definition
4
Term
How many significant digits ar in the number 0.061?
Definition
2
Term
how manys significant digits are in 10.?
Definition

2

 

Term
how many significant digits are in 9.8x10^1?
Definition

2

 

Term
round 0.004978 to three significant digits.
Definition
0.00498
Term
Complete the addition problem 750+653
Definition
1400
Term

Complete the subtraction problem 67-1.8

*remember sig fig

Definition

65

 

Term
Complet the mutipilication problem 4.45*1.2
Definition
5.3
Term
Complete the division problem 1.8/6.33
Definition
0.28
Term
Convert 5.87m to cm.
Definition
587 cm
Term
convert 0.067kg to g.
Definition
67 grams
Term
What is Biology?
Definition
The study of life
Term
What is the smallest unit of life?
Definition
Cell
Term
What are the three characteristics of living things?
Definition
They need energy, composed of cells, and repoduce.
Term
What are all organisms composed of?
Definition
Cells
Term
What is homeostasis?
Definition
Maintaining a stable internal environment, a balance between cells and environment.
Term
What is a theory?
Definition
Unifying explanation for a broad range of hypothesis.
Term
what is a hypothesis?
Definition
testable possible explanation for an obsercvation
Term
How do you test a hypothesis?
Definition
Experiment
Term
What is an observation?
Definition
Using the senses
Term
What are organisms with one cell?
Definition
Unicellular
Term
What is it called when cells do a specific job?
Definition
differentation
Term
What type of reproduction leads to genetic varation?
Definition
sexual
Term
How to autotrophs obtain energy?
Definition
photosynthesis
Term
What are organisms that consume other oraganisms or their remains for energy?
Definition
hetertrophs
Term
What are characteristics of polar molecules?
Definition
unequal sharing of electrons, slight charges on either side of the molecule
Term
What element do all organic compounds contain?
Definition
carbon
Term
What are the monomers of protein?
Definition
amino acids
Term
What are two nucleic acids?
Definition
RNA, DNA
Term
What is a substrate?
Definition
reactants that are acted upon by an enzyme
Term
Robert Hooke discovered cells by observing what?
Definition
cork
Term
Who is the father of microbiology?
Definition
Antoon van Leeuwenhoke
Term
Why is surface area an important factor limiting cell growth?
Definition
removal of waste and entrance of food
Term
Smallest living unit in organism?
Definition
cell
Term
What are the differences between prokaryotes and eukaryotes?
Definition
prokaryotes have no nucleus, no mitochondrion, or any other membrane bound organelles
Term
Give examples of prokaryotes and eukaryotes cells.
Definition
Prokaryotes are bacteria, eukaryotes are all others
Term
What is the function of the cell membrane?
Definition
regulates what enters and leaves the cell
Term
Active cells have many of what type of organelle?
Definition
Mitochondrion
Term
what is responsible for the packing and distribution center of the cell?
Definition
Golgi
Term
what is the function of ribosomes?
Definition
make proteins
Term
Location of ATP synthesis?
Definition
Mitochondrion
Term
Storage organelle of plants
Definition
Vacuole
Term
Similarity of cholorplasts and mitochondria
Definition
both have DNA
Term
Function of the nucleus
Definition
Regulate the production of protiens
Term
what do plant cells have that animal cells do not?
Definition

vacuole

cell wall

chloroplasts

Term
the correct order of the organization of living things
Definition

cells

tissues

organ

organ systems

Term
be able to label a diagram of an animal cell
Definition
Term
how would you find CO2 and O2 in the cell?
Definition
equilibrium
Term
Give an example of diffusion.
Definition
ink in water.
Term
How much energy is required for diffusion?
Definition
NONE!
Term
What type of transport is osmosis?
Definition

Passive transport the Na/K (sodium and Potasium) pump

Active transport

Term
what is the process by which water diffuses into or out of a cell?
Definition
osmosis
Term
what happens to an animal cell in a hypotonic solution?
Definition
The cell swells
Term
how does sugar enter the cell?
Definition
Facilitated diffusion
Term
what are the ions channels and what types of transport use them?
Definition
Active transport
Term
how do molecules that are to large to be moved into or out of the cell get transported through the cell membrane?
Definition
endocytoss (into) exocytosis (out of)
Term
what is centromere? Chromtid?
Definition
Join strand of identical duplicated material
Term
describe the S phase of mitosis?
Definition
DNA synthesis
Term
Cell cycle order?
Definition
g1 s g2 mitosis
Term
What is mitosis?
Definition
Nucleaus is devided into 2 nuclei
Term
Chromosomes in daughter cells?
Definition
Exact copy of all chromosomes from parent cell
Term
What is interphase?
Definition
G1 S G2
Term
Characteristics of metaphase?
Definition
Chromosomes line up along equator
Term
Order of cell cycle phases?
Definition
g1, s, g2
Term
Characteristic of a plant cell cytokinesis?
Definition
Cell plate
Term
When in meiosis do homologous chromosomes separate?
Definition
Meiosis 1
Term
Meiotic phase that results in 4 haploid cells?
Definition
Telophase 2
Term
Difference between anaphase and anaphase I?
Definition
Chromatids do not seperate in Ana 1
Term
Difference between metaphase I and meatphase II
Definition
Homologous pairs line up in Meta 1, haploid number line up in Meta 2
Term
What is crossing-over? When does it occur?
Definition
Trading of genoticc material betwen homologous chromosomes. Pro 1
Term
What are the three cellular situations that increase genetic variation?
Definition
Crossing over, random fertilization, independedt assortment
Term
Distinguish between a diploid and a haploid cell? What is the haploid number in humans?
Definition
Diploid is 2n haploid is N.
humans are 23
Term
In a Female egg cell, what divides unequally during cytokinesis?
Definition
Cytoplasm
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