SAMPLE/QUIZ 1 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Which statement about *ALL* living things is true?
a. all living things are capable of sight
b. all living things have a nervous system of some sort
c. all living things are capable of reproduction
d. all of the above
e. non of the above - CORRECT ANSWER -C
Compared to 40^K, the isotope 39^K has
a. a different atomic number
b. one less neutron
c. one less proton
d. one less electron
e. one less proton and one less electron - CORRECT ANSWER -B
Sulfur has 6 electrons in its outer electron shell. It combines with hydrogen to form a stable (and
smelly) compound. What is the structure of this compound?
a. HS
b. HS2
c. H2S
d. H3S2
e. H4S - CORRECT ANSWER -C
You are trying to identify an organism by looking at a group of cells under the microscope. It is
is multicellular and the cells Cleary have a cell wall. The cells have many internal organelles but
no chloroplasts. To which kingdom does this organism belong?
,a. Monera
b. animal
c. calamari
d. fungi
e. plant - CORRECT ANSWER -D
Which is an example of a lipid?
a. insulin
b. sucrose
c. cellulose
d. triglyceride
e. ATP - CORRECT ANSWER -D
In biological molecules, nitrogen atoms normally form ___ bonds.
a. two ionic
b. three ionic
c. two covalent
d. three covalent
e. four covalent - CORRECT ANSWER -D
Why is water cohesive?
a. water molecules are nonpolar
b. one side of the molecule is slightly positive and the other side slightly negative
c. water molecules participate in hydrogen bonds
d. b and c
e. all of the above - CORRECT ANSWER -D
This contains the vast majority of the cell's DNA
, a. nucleus
b. vacuole
c. mitochondria
d. cytoskeleton
e. all of the above - CORRECT ANSWER -A
This organelle is involved in energy generation
a. nucleus
b. vacuole
c. mitochondria
d. cytoskeleton
e. all of the above - CORRECT ANSWER -C
This organelle contains proteins
a. nucleus
b. vacuole
c. mitochondria
d. cytoskeleton
e. all of the above - CORRECT ANSWER -E
This organelle is found in plant cells
a. nucleus
b. vacuole
c. mitochondria
d. cytoskeleton
e. all of the above - CORRECT ANSWER -E