BIOL 1104 Exam 1 Questions And
Answers
Which of these statements is not true about gametes?
A) It is a term to describe animal egg and sperm cells
B) they are haploid
C) They contain all of the variation found throughout the parental
genome
D) They contain DNA bound to proteins - - correct answer ✅C
Gene variants that arise by mutation and exist at the same relative
locations on homologous chromosomes - - correct answer ✅allele
Mendel's experiments with pea plants convinced him that each
plant carried HOW MANY copies of each gene that affected a
discontinuous trait (such as flower color)? - - correct answer ✅2
An organism's traits are determined in large part by the genes
inherited from each parent, but also by the ______ that they
experience. - - correct answer ✅environment
Charles Darwin studied these organisms when he was in the
Galapagos islands: - - correct answer ✅Finches
,BIOL 1104 Exam 1 Questions And
Answers
If you go on a diet to lose weight, you should be burning more
energy than you are taking in. This would suggest:
A) You are generating ATP faster than you are breaking it down
B) You are generating ATP slower than you are breaking it down
C) Your metabolic processes are entirely oxidative
D) None of the above - - correct answer ✅B*
Adding a phosphate group to AMP (adenosine monophosphate) or
ADP (adenosine diphosphate) is done to:
A) store chemical energy
B) store potential energy
C) release active energy
D) release chemical energy - - correct answer ✅B*
Proteins that aid in metabolism are called ______ and act by
lowering the amount of energy necessary for a product to be
formed or taken apart. - - correct answer ✅enzyme
Increased temperatures may cause proteins to denature, meaning
they unfold and do not work correctly. T/F - - correct answer
✅True
, BIOL 1104 Exam 1 Questions And
Answers
The energy transfers involved in metabolism share what with the
RNA (and in a way, DNA() that controls so much about how an
organism functions?
A) thymine
B) uracil
C) adenosine
D) gu - - correct answer ✅C
The process called glycolysis breaks a ______ molecule, which has 6
carbon atoms, into 2 molecules of pyruvate, each of which have 3
carbon atoms - - correct answer ✅glucose
The most fundamental molecule necessary to get the most out of a
sugar molecule is
A) hydrogen
B) oxygen
C) water
D) carbon - - correct answer ✅D*
When you go for a long run and end up with leg cramps, your
muscles have begun a fermentation process to maintain regular
metabolic cycles T/F - - correct answer ✅True
Answers
Which of these statements is not true about gametes?
A) It is a term to describe animal egg and sperm cells
B) they are haploid
C) They contain all of the variation found throughout the parental
genome
D) They contain DNA bound to proteins - - correct answer ✅C
Gene variants that arise by mutation and exist at the same relative
locations on homologous chromosomes - - correct answer ✅allele
Mendel's experiments with pea plants convinced him that each
plant carried HOW MANY copies of each gene that affected a
discontinuous trait (such as flower color)? - - correct answer ✅2
An organism's traits are determined in large part by the genes
inherited from each parent, but also by the ______ that they
experience. - - correct answer ✅environment
Charles Darwin studied these organisms when he was in the
Galapagos islands: - - correct answer ✅Finches
,BIOL 1104 Exam 1 Questions And
Answers
If you go on a diet to lose weight, you should be burning more
energy than you are taking in. This would suggest:
A) You are generating ATP faster than you are breaking it down
B) You are generating ATP slower than you are breaking it down
C) Your metabolic processes are entirely oxidative
D) None of the above - - correct answer ✅B*
Adding a phosphate group to AMP (adenosine monophosphate) or
ADP (adenosine diphosphate) is done to:
A) store chemical energy
B) store potential energy
C) release active energy
D) release chemical energy - - correct answer ✅B*
Proteins that aid in metabolism are called ______ and act by
lowering the amount of energy necessary for a product to be
formed or taken apart. - - correct answer ✅enzyme
Increased temperatures may cause proteins to denature, meaning
they unfold and do not work correctly. T/F - - correct answer
✅True
, BIOL 1104 Exam 1 Questions And
Answers
The energy transfers involved in metabolism share what with the
RNA (and in a way, DNA() that controls so much about how an
organism functions?
A) thymine
B) uracil
C) adenosine
D) gu - - correct answer ✅C
The process called glycolysis breaks a ______ molecule, which has 6
carbon atoms, into 2 molecules of pyruvate, each of which have 3
carbon atoms - - correct answer ✅glucose
The most fundamental molecule necessary to get the most out of a
sugar molecule is
A) hydrogen
B) oxygen
C) water
D) carbon - - correct answer ✅D*
When you go for a long run and end up with leg cramps, your
muscles have begun a fermentation process to maintain regular
metabolic cycles T/F - - correct answer ✅True
