Biology 1010 Final Exam (Comprehensive) – Complete Review with
Practice Questions and Correct answers for Cells, Genetics, Evolution,
and Body Systems
What are the basic reasons for experiments and how should they be set up? - correct answer
Tests that support a hypothesis must be repeatable and the hypothesis must be falsifiable.
Observetions, ?, hypothesis, prediction, experiment.
What are the characteristics of life? - correct answer Order, regulation, growth and
development, energy processing, reproduction, response to the environment, evolution.
What is the difference between covalent and ionic bonds? - correct answer Covalent: Electrons
are shared. Strongest bond.
Ionic: Electrons are gained or lost.
Hydrogen: Between or within molecules. (weak) found in water, DNA, proteins.
What subatomic particle is involved in these covalent and ionic bonds? - correct answer
Protons (determines the element), neutrons (determine isotopes), electrons (Determine
chemical behavior)
What are the four groups of organic compounds? examples of each group. - correct answer
Carbohydrates (starch, glycogen, cellulose), lipids (fats and oils, steroids, phospholipids) ,
proteins (enzymes, muscle), nucleic acids (DNA, RNA).
What are the building blocks for proteins? - correct answer Amino acids
What are the building blocks for nucleic acids? - correct answer Nucleotides
What makes the water molecule so important for life on the planet? - correct answer Water
molecules stick together: cohesion and surface tension. Water has a strong resistance to
change in temperature. Density differences between liquids and ice. Water is a common
solvent for life.
What is the function of the plasma membrane? - correct answer Permeable. Made of lipids and
protein. separates the internal environment from the external. Allows for communication
between cells and their environment.
Function of the ribosome? - correct answer Site of protein synthesis.
Mitochondria - correct answer Site of cellular respiration. Produces ATP.
Chloroplast - correct answer Site of photosynthesis. Light energy from the sun is turned into
chemical energy here then is moved to the mitochondria to make ATP.
Nucleus - correct answer control center of the cell. Contains DNA.
, Diffusion - correct answer Passive transport. , The process by which molecules move from an
area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration
Osmosis - correct answer Passive Transport. Water is moved to an area of low solute to high
solute. Is the diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane.
ATP - correct answer Energy made in Mitochondria. Adenosine triphosphate. supplies the
energy for the cells to do their work.
Cellular respiration/ where does it occur? - correct answer occurs in the mitochondria. Process
where food is broken down in the presence of oxygen to produce energy for the organism.
Glycolysis, Krebs cycle, electron transport.
What is the formula for cellular respiration? - correct answer Glucose+ oxygen=(help of
enzymes) 6 carbon dioxide+ 6 H2O+ ATP (up to 32)
Photosynthesis/ where does it occur? - correct answer Chloroplast. Process where plants,
algae, and some bacteria use the suns energy, CO2 and H2O to produce food (carbohydrates.
Light reactions, Calvin cycle.
What is the formula for photosynthesis? - correct answer Light+ H2O= 02 makes some ATP to
the calvin cycle where then enters CO2 with ATP making a sugar molecule.
What is the difference between mitosis and meiosis? - correct answer Mitosis: replace lost or
damaged cells, grow and develop.
Meiosis: The process that produces gametes with the haploid number of chromosomes.
Mitosis makes for genetically identical diploid daughter cells. Meiosis makes for genetically
unique haploid daughter cells.
What is the purpose of the flower? - correct answer reproductive organs. Stamen, Petal, Carpel
(female part), Sepal.
Pollination - correct answer occurs before fertilization.
Germination - correct answer The seed must germinate to be able to grow into a new plant.,
series of events that results in the growth of a plant from a seed
Ovulation - correct answer ..., process in which an egg is released from the ovary
Fertilization - correct answer ..., process in sexual reproduction in which male and female
reproductive cells join to form a new cell
Gamete - correct answer sex cell.
Zygote - correct answer Fertilized egg.
Practice Questions and Correct answers for Cells, Genetics, Evolution,
and Body Systems
What are the basic reasons for experiments and how should they be set up? - correct answer
Tests that support a hypothesis must be repeatable and the hypothesis must be falsifiable.
Observetions, ?, hypothesis, prediction, experiment.
What are the characteristics of life? - correct answer Order, regulation, growth and
development, energy processing, reproduction, response to the environment, evolution.
What is the difference between covalent and ionic bonds? - correct answer Covalent: Electrons
are shared. Strongest bond.
Ionic: Electrons are gained or lost.
Hydrogen: Between or within molecules. (weak) found in water, DNA, proteins.
What subatomic particle is involved in these covalent and ionic bonds? - correct answer
Protons (determines the element), neutrons (determine isotopes), electrons (Determine
chemical behavior)
What are the four groups of organic compounds? examples of each group. - correct answer
Carbohydrates (starch, glycogen, cellulose), lipids (fats and oils, steroids, phospholipids) ,
proteins (enzymes, muscle), nucleic acids (DNA, RNA).
What are the building blocks for proteins? - correct answer Amino acids
What are the building blocks for nucleic acids? - correct answer Nucleotides
What makes the water molecule so important for life on the planet? - correct answer Water
molecules stick together: cohesion and surface tension. Water has a strong resistance to
change in temperature. Density differences between liquids and ice. Water is a common
solvent for life.
What is the function of the plasma membrane? - correct answer Permeable. Made of lipids and
protein. separates the internal environment from the external. Allows for communication
between cells and their environment.
Function of the ribosome? - correct answer Site of protein synthesis.
Mitochondria - correct answer Site of cellular respiration. Produces ATP.
Chloroplast - correct answer Site of photosynthesis. Light energy from the sun is turned into
chemical energy here then is moved to the mitochondria to make ATP.
Nucleus - correct answer control center of the cell. Contains DNA.
, Diffusion - correct answer Passive transport. , The process by which molecules move from an
area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration
Osmosis - correct answer Passive Transport. Water is moved to an area of low solute to high
solute. Is the diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane.
ATP - correct answer Energy made in Mitochondria. Adenosine triphosphate. supplies the
energy for the cells to do their work.
Cellular respiration/ where does it occur? - correct answer occurs in the mitochondria. Process
where food is broken down in the presence of oxygen to produce energy for the organism.
Glycolysis, Krebs cycle, electron transport.
What is the formula for cellular respiration? - correct answer Glucose+ oxygen=(help of
enzymes) 6 carbon dioxide+ 6 H2O+ ATP (up to 32)
Photosynthesis/ where does it occur? - correct answer Chloroplast. Process where plants,
algae, and some bacteria use the suns energy, CO2 and H2O to produce food (carbohydrates.
Light reactions, Calvin cycle.
What is the formula for photosynthesis? - correct answer Light+ H2O= 02 makes some ATP to
the calvin cycle where then enters CO2 with ATP making a sugar molecule.
What is the difference between mitosis and meiosis? - correct answer Mitosis: replace lost or
damaged cells, grow and develop.
Meiosis: The process that produces gametes with the haploid number of chromosomes.
Mitosis makes for genetically identical diploid daughter cells. Meiosis makes for genetically
unique haploid daughter cells.
What is the purpose of the flower? - correct answer reproductive organs. Stamen, Petal, Carpel
(female part), Sepal.
Pollination - correct answer occurs before fertilization.
Germination - correct answer The seed must germinate to be able to grow into a new plant.,
series of events that results in the growth of a plant from a seed
Ovulation - correct answer ..., process in which an egg is released from the ovary
Fertilization - correct answer ..., process in sexual reproduction in which male and female
reproductive cells join to form a new cell
Gamete - correct answer sex cell.
Zygote - correct answer Fertilized egg.
