Biology Overview: Proteins, Genetics, and Plants
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Which organelle is responsible for protein synthesis?

  • Nucleus
  • Lysosome
  • Ribosome (correct)
  • Mitochondrion

    • Why is yeast used to make bread rise?

    Yeast carries out fermentation, producing ethanol and carbon dioxide

    How is mitosis different from meiosis?

    Meiosis creates sex cells with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell while mitosis creates cells that are exact copies.

    What can be altered?

    <p>DNA</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is single stranded?

    <p>RNA</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What contains uracil?

    <p>RNA</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What codes for proteins?

    <p>DNA</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What percentage of offspring is predicted to be carriers but not manifest the disease in cystic fibrosis?

    <p>50 percent</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What would you expect to happen to a cell in a hypotonic solution?

    <p>It will swell and probably burst.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of phloem tissue in plant stems?

    <p>It conducts food throughout the plant.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What can physical factors such as temperature and pH affect?

    <p>Enzyme activity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of a plant's reproductive system is of a different gender?

    <p>Stamen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What kind of symbiosis exists between a pneumonia bacterium and a human?

    <p>Parasitism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the scientific name for a house cat, Felis catus, indicate?

    <p>Genus/Felis and Species/catus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Beeswax is an example of what kind of molecule?

    <p>Lipid</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What takes place in a lysosome?

    <p>Food is digested.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which organism reproduces via binary fission?

    <p>Salmonella</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which phase of cell division do the chromosomes replicate?

    <p>Interphase</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In a strand of DNA, adenine pairs with?

    <p>Thymine</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the predicted ratio of offspring with hemophilia from a male with hemophilia and a female carrier?

    <p>1 female: 0 male</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What process is represented by the formula 6CO2 + 6H2O => C6H12O6 + 6O2?

    <p>Photosynthesis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How would you describe the students' measurements with values of 5.14g, 5.16g, and 5.17g if the known mass is 5.30g?

    <p>Precise</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the energy pyramid?

    <p>Producers &gt; primary consumers &gt; secondary consumers &gt; decomposers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which is not a step in the water cycle?

    <p>Nitrification</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why do we perceive chlorophyll as green?

    <p>It fails to absorb green light.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why are bacteria and blue-green algae often classified together?

    <p>Both are prokaryotes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which molecule contains glucose?

    <p>Carbohydrates</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What conducts water up through the stem of a plant?

    <p>Xylem</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the female parts of a plant?

    <p>Pistil, Stigma, Style</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are vascular plants whose seeds have no protective covering?

    <p>Gymnosperms</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do organisms that make their own food through photosynthesis function?

    <p>Autotrophs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are infectious organisms that spread disease?

    <p>Pathogens</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which organelle is the site of energy production?

    <p>Mitochondrion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens to glucose during glycolysis?

    <p>It splits into molecules of pyruvic acid.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What process do cells in the tip of a plant's roots undergo to increase in number?

    <p>Mitosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do RNA and DNA derive their names?

    <p>From the sugar each contains.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the predicted percentage of disease-free offspring if a disease is carried on the dominant allele?

    <p>25%</p> Signup and view all the answers

    If bacteria are placed in a strong solution of salt water, what is this process called?

    <p>Osmosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which animal has an open transport system?

    <p>Grasshopper</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does an enzyme work on a chemical reaction?

    <p>An enzyme speeds up the reaction by lowering the activation energy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where is the ovary located in a flowering plant?

    <p>Pistil</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is not affected?

    <p>Commensalism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What gives the order of four taxonomic categories from least to most specific?

    <p>Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which molecules contain only carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen?

    <p>Carbohydrates and Lipids</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which structure is found in protists but not in monerans?

    <p>Golgi apparatus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does yeast reproduce?

    <p>Budding</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What takes place during anaphase?

    <p>Chromosomes move to opposite ends of the spindle.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is DNA composed of?

    <p>Deoxyribose, nitrogen base, and phosphate group.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the products of the Krebs cycle?

    <p>ATP, carbon dioxide, NADH</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the Krebs or citric acid cycle the third step of?

    <p>Carbohydrate catabolism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Whose efficiency of energy is greater on the energy pyramid?

    <p>Herbivore</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the function of decomposition in the carbon cycle?

    <p>To release carbon dioxide.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which light color would be most effective for growing green plants indoors?

    <p>Blue</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which bacteria are spherical in shape?

    <p>Cocci</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the breakdown of glycogen into glucose subunits?

    <p>Hydrolysis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which organelle provides storage space for the cell?

    <p>Vacuoles</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a byproduct of fermentation in muscle cells?

    <p>Lactic acid</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which phase of mitosis do new nuclear membranes form around sets of chromosomes?

    <p>Telophase</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which names a final step in protein synthesis?

    <p>Amino acid bonds</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the steps of protein synthesis?

    <p>Coded info from DNA is translated into a finished protein.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What natural process prevents foods with high salt content from spoiling?

    <p>Osmosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is necessary for active transport through a membrane to take place?

    <p>ATP</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are enzymes made from?

    <p>Proteins</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an example of a gymnosperm?

    <p>Red cedar</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit?

    <p>Mutualism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What classification does Dogs belong to in the animal group Carnivora?

    <p>Order</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are saturated fats saturated with?

    <p>Hydrogen atoms</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is found in animal cells but not in plant cells?

    <p>Centriole</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the form of reproduction when ocean waves tear sponges into pieces?

    <p>Fragmentation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How many pairs of homologous chromosomes do humans have?

    <p>23 pairs for a total of 46</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens to messenger RNA as it reaches the cytoplasm?

    <p>It attaches to a ribosome.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the raw materials needed for cellular respiration?

    <p>ADP, phosphate, and glucose</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which would have the least energy efficiency in nutrient consumption: cow, caterpillar, coyote, or cricket?

    <p>Coyote</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do green plants use nitrates in the nitrogen cycle?

    <p>To synthesize proteins.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which color of light is least effective at driving photosynthesis?

    <p>Green</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What might be described as a core of nucleic acid surrounded by a protein coat?

    <p>Virus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In contrast to triglycerides, phospholipids lack what component?

    <p>Fatty acid</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which phase is the phase where DNA is replicated?

    <p>S Phase</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the growth phase?

    <p>G1</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the second growth phase where division occurs?

    <p>G2</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Protein Synthesis and Cellular Functions

    • Ribosomes are the organelles responsible for protein synthesis.
    • RNA is single-stranded and contains uracil, unlike DNA.
    • The process of glycolysis splits glucose into pyruvic acid.

    Reproduction and Genetic Principles

    • Meiosis produces sex cells with half the number of chromosomes, while mitosis creates identical daughter cells.
    • Hemophilia, a sex-linked trait, shows a predicted ratio of offspring with the disease based on parent genotypes.
    • Plants have distinct male (stamen) and female (pistil) reproductive organs.

    Plant Biology and Nutrition

    • Phloem conducts food through plant stems, while xylem carries water up the plant.
    • Photosynthesis can be represented by the equation 6CO₂ + 6H₂O → C₆H₁₂O₆ + 6O₂.
    • The role of decomposition in the carbon cycle is to release carbon dioxide back into the environment.

    Taxonomy and Classification

    • The scientific name of organisms includes genus and species classifications, e.g., Felis catus for house cats.
    • Organisms are classified into kingdoms, phyla, classes, orders, families, genera, and species.

    Enzyme Functionality

    • Enzyme activity is influenced by physical factors such as temperature and pH, affecting their shape and functioning.
    • Enzymes are proteins that act as catalysts, speeding up chemical reactions by lowering activation energy.

    Cell Division and Processes

    • Interphase is the active phase of cell division where chromosomes replicate.
    • Anaphase is when chromosomes separate and migrate to opposite ends of the cell.
    • The S phase is characterized by DNA replication.

    Cellular Structures and Organelles

    • Mitochondria serve as the site of energy production in cells, while vacuoles provide storage.
    • The Golgi apparatus is found in protists but not in monerans.
    • Lysosomes digest food and break down waste using digestive enzymes.

    Energy and Nutrient Cycles

    • The energy pyramid illustrates relationships between producers and consumers.
    • Gymnosperms have seeds without protective coverings; examples include red cedar and coniferous trees.
    • Nitrogen in the soil is utilized by green plants to synthesize proteins.

    Membrane Transport and Osmosis

    • Active transport requires ATP to move substances across membranes, while osmosis involves the movement of water across semi-permeable membranes.
    • Water concentration affects cell behavior, as seen in hypotonic solutions leading to cell swelling.

    Symbiotic Relationships

    • In symbiosis, mutualism benefits both organisms, while commensalism benefits one without affecting the other. Parasitism benefits one at the expense of the other.
    • Bacteria and blue-green algae are classified together as prokaryotes.

    Light Absorption and Photosynthesis

    • Chlorophyll reflects green light, absorbing primarily blue and red light for photosynthesis.
    • The least effective light color for photosynthesis is green.
    • Light is necessary for photosynthesis, and blue light is most effective for growing plants indoors.

    Evolution and Ecosystem Dynamics

    • Fragmentation allows sponges to reproduce asexually when torn into pieces, each developing into a new organism.
    • Pathogens are infectious organisms that spread disease.

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    This quiz covers fundamental concepts in biology, including protein synthesis, reproductive processes, plant biology, and taxonomy. Test your understanding of how these topics interconnect and their roles in living organisms.

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