WCU PHYS 261 UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● The major difference between starch, glycogen, and cellulose and
their adjacent glucose subunits is the _________.
Answer: type of chemical bonding
●● In a feedback loop, the integrating center sends information to the
_________.
Answer: effector
●● The sequence of amino acids and the structure of a given protein is
determined by _________.
Answer: genetic information
●● T or F: The pH of a solution is directly proportional to the hydrogen
ion concentration of the solution.
Answer: False
●● Blood pH range
Answer: 7.35-7.45
, ●● The organic molecules that comprise the majority of broccoli could
be accurately described as _________.
Answer: polysaccharides or cellulose
●● Is ammonia an acid or base?
Answer: base
●● Ketosis
Answer: stored fats are rapidly degraded in the body
●● Prostaglandins are a class of _________ that are involved in
_________.
Answer: fatty acid; blood clotting
●● What holds a protein in its tertiary structure?
Answer: Both weak chemical bonds between widely spaced amino acids
and disulfide bonds between sulfur groups on cysteines are correct.
●● In a negative feedback loop, a change from a set point _________.
Answer: can be the result of positive feedback mechanisms
●● Human are NOT able to extract energy from _________.
Answer: cellulose
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● The major difference between starch, glycogen, and cellulose and
their adjacent glucose subunits is the _________.
Answer: type of chemical bonding
●● In a feedback loop, the integrating center sends information to the
_________.
Answer: effector
●● The sequence of amino acids and the structure of a given protein is
determined by _________.
Answer: genetic information
●● T or F: The pH of a solution is directly proportional to the hydrogen
ion concentration of the solution.
Answer: False
●● Blood pH range
Answer: 7.35-7.45
, ●● The organic molecules that comprise the majority of broccoli could
be accurately described as _________.
Answer: polysaccharides or cellulose
●● Is ammonia an acid or base?
Answer: base
●● Ketosis
Answer: stored fats are rapidly degraded in the body
●● Prostaglandins are a class of _________ that are involved in
_________.
Answer: fatty acid; blood clotting
●● What holds a protein in its tertiary structure?
Answer: Both weak chemical bonds between widely spaced amino acids
and disulfide bonds between sulfur groups on cysteines are correct.
●● In a negative feedback loop, a change from a set point _________.
Answer: can be the result of positive feedback mechanisms
●● Human are NOT able to extract energy from _________.
Answer: cellulose
