BSC 108- Yates Test 2 And 3 Practice
Questions and Answers Graded A+
2026/2027 Newest Update.
Which of the following is not a step of cellular respiration?
a. Glycosis
b. Citric acid cycle
c. Electron transport
d. Calvin cycle - Answer d. Calvin Cycle
Organism that cannot make its own food, it must consume it.
a. heterotroph
b. autotroph
c. producer
d. consumer
e. A and D are correct - Answer e. A and D are correct
A cat eats a bird, which ate a caterpillar that chewed on a weed. Which organism(s) is a
consumer?
a. cat
b. bird
c. caterpillar
d. weed
e. cat, bird and caterpillar - Answer e. cat, bird and caterpillar
Sister chromatids are joined together at a narrow "waist" called the __________________
a. gamete
b. histone
c. centromere
d. centrizome - Answer c. centromere
Which of the following is true about enzymes?
a. An enzyme cannot be reused once the product of the reaction is formed.
b. An enzyme's alternative widget site is the location where all inhibitors bind.
c. Enzymes slow doen reactions that would otherwise be too rapid to be useful.
,d. An enzyme's shape is specific for the substrate. - Answer d. An enzyme's shape is specific for
the substrate.
__________ is the term for all the chemical reactions in an organism.
A. potential energy
B. kinetic energy
C. metabolism
D. homeostasis - Answer C. metabolism
If a plant appears blue to us, what wavelength of light is being reflected?
a. blue
b. green
c. red
d. yellow - Answer a. blue
What name is given to cancer-causing genes?
a. pathogenes
b. cancogenes
c. oncogenes
d. regulatory genes - Answer c. oncogenes
Energy can be created and destroyed.
True
False - Answer False
During metaphase __________.
a. the nuclear envelope breaks up
b. cytokinesis occurs
c. sister chromatids separate
d. centromeres divide
e. chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell - Answer e. chromosomes line up in the
middle of the cell
Mitosis results in:
a. daughter cells with twice as much genetic material as the parent cell.
, b. eight daughter cells.
c. daughter cells with the same number and composition of chromosomes.
d. gametes - Answer c. daughter cells with the same number and composition of
chromosomes.
As a class project you must determine if an organism is a plant or animal based on events that
occur during the cell cycle (looking for chloroplast would make a lot more sense but you want
an answer). What do you look for to determine id you have been given a plant or animal?
a. Animal cells divide using cell burrow.
b. Plant cells will have a cell plate at the division site.
c. Plant cells will have a cell plate and a cleavage furrow.
d. Animal cells use only a cell plate - Answer b. Plant cells will have a cell plate at the division
site.
A potential disadvantage of asexual reproduction is that:
a. it increases the time required to find a mate.
b. it allows for reproduction of a population even when the members are isolated.
c. it allows population size to increase rapidly.
d. it produces genetically uniform populations. - Answer d. it produces genetically uniform
populations.
Exocytosis excises material from the cell.
True
False - Answer true
IV solutions need to be ______ to prevent lysis of the red blood cells.
a. isotonic
b. hypertonic
c. hypotonic
d. equaltonic - Answer a. isotonic
Which of the following is an example of osmosis?
a. the distant sound of church bells ringing
b. the movement of a drink of water eventually into the cells lining the small intestine
c. the smell of a backed-up sewer coming from a bathroom
Questions and Answers Graded A+
2026/2027 Newest Update.
Which of the following is not a step of cellular respiration?
a. Glycosis
b. Citric acid cycle
c. Electron transport
d. Calvin cycle - Answer d. Calvin Cycle
Organism that cannot make its own food, it must consume it.
a. heterotroph
b. autotroph
c. producer
d. consumer
e. A and D are correct - Answer e. A and D are correct
A cat eats a bird, which ate a caterpillar that chewed on a weed. Which organism(s) is a
consumer?
a. cat
b. bird
c. caterpillar
d. weed
e. cat, bird and caterpillar - Answer e. cat, bird and caterpillar
Sister chromatids are joined together at a narrow "waist" called the __________________
a. gamete
b. histone
c. centromere
d. centrizome - Answer c. centromere
Which of the following is true about enzymes?
a. An enzyme cannot be reused once the product of the reaction is formed.
b. An enzyme's alternative widget site is the location where all inhibitors bind.
c. Enzymes slow doen reactions that would otherwise be too rapid to be useful.
,d. An enzyme's shape is specific for the substrate. - Answer d. An enzyme's shape is specific for
the substrate.
__________ is the term for all the chemical reactions in an organism.
A. potential energy
B. kinetic energy
C. metabolism
D. homeostasis - Answer C. metabolism
If a plant appears blue to us, what wavelength of light is being reflected?
a. blue
b. green
c. red
d. yellow - Answer a. blue
What name is given to cancer-causing genes?
a. pathogenes
b. cancogenes
c. oncogenes
d. regulatory genes - Answer c. oncogenes
Energy can be created and destroyed.
True
False - Answer False
During metaphase __________.
a. the nuclear envelope breaks up
b. cytokinesis occurs
c. sister chromatids separate
d. centromeres divide
e. chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell - Answer e. chromosomes line up in the
middle of the cell
Mitosis results in:
a. daughter cells with twice as much genetic material as the parent cell.
, b. eight daughter cells.
c. daughter cells with the same number and composition of chromosomes.
d. gametes - Answer c. daughter cells with the same number and composition of
chromosomes.
As a class project you must determine if an organism is a plant or animal based on events that
occur during the cell cycle (looking for chloroplast would make a lot more sense but you want
an answer). What do you look for to determine id you have been given a plant or animal?
a. Animal cells divide using cell burrow.
b. Plant cells will have a cell plate at the division site.
c. Plant cells will have a cell plate and a cleavage furrow.
d. Animal cells use only a cell plate - Answer b. Plant cells will have a cell plate at the division
site.
A potential disadvantage of asexual reproduction is that:
a. it increases the time required to find a mate.
b. it allows for reproduction of a population even when the members are isolated.
c. it allows population size to increase rapidly.
d. it produces genetically uniform populations. - Answer d. it produces genetically uniform
populations.
Exocytosis excises material from the cell.
True
False - Answer true
IV solutions need to be ______ to prevent lysis of the red blood cells.
a. isotonic
b. hypertonic
c. hypotonic
d. equaltonic - Answer a. isotonic
Which of the following is an example of osmosis?
a. the distant sound of church bells ringing
b. the movement of a drink of water eventually into the cells lining the small intestine
c. the smell of a backed-up sewer coming from a bathroom
