IB Biology SL Exam 2024 with Guaranteed Accurate Answers

Organic compound - correct answer A compound that contains carbon found in living organisms, excluding carbonates and oxides Enzyme - correct answer Biological catalysts made of protein that speed up the rate of a reaction Active site - correct answer The region of an enzyme where the substrate binds Denaturation - correct answer A structural change in the 3-D shape of a protein causing the loss of its chemical properties Cell respiration - correct answer The controlled release of enrgy from organic compiunds in cells to form ATP Gene - correct answer A heritable factor that controls a specific characteristic Alleles - correct answer Specific forms of a gene, differing by one or few bases only and occupying the same locus of the gene Genome - correct answer The whole of the genetic information of an organism Gene mutation - correct answer A change in the gene sequence Homologous chromosomes - correct answer Chromosomes similar in structure, with the same genes, but coming from different parents