Hesi A2 Biology Practice Questions
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1. Which organelle is respon- Ribosome
sible for protein synthesis?
2. Why is yeast used to make Yeast carries out fermentation, producing ethanol and carbon dioxide
bread rise?
3. How is mitosis different Meiosis creates sex cells with half the # of chromosomes of the parent
from meiosis? cell where as mitosis creates cells that are exact copies of each other,
down to the number of chromosomes
4. What can be altered? DNA
5. What is single stranded? RNA
6. What contains uracil? RNA
7. What codes for proteins? DNA
8. Imagine that two parents 50 percent
both carry the recessive
gene for cystic fibrosis.
Any homozygous reces-
sive offspring will mani-
fest the disease. What per-
centage of the offspring
is predicted to be carriers
but not manifest the dis-
ease?
9. A cell is in a solution in It will swell and probably burst/hypotonic situation
which the concentration
of solutes is higher inside
the cell than outside the
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cell. What would you ex-
pect to happen to the cell?
10. What is the purpose of It conducts food throughout the plant, it is the system of narrow tubes
phloem tissue in plant that transports sugars and other nutrients
stems?
11. Physical factors such as Shape, the shape of an enzyme controls it's fit with its substrate.
temperature and pH can
alter enzyme activity be-
cause they have an effect
on the enzyme's
12. Which part of a plants re- Stamen (male reproductive organ)
productive system is of a
different gender than oth-
ers?
13. What kind of symbiosis ex- Parasitism, one organism benefits off another
ists between a pneumonia
bacterium and a human?
14. The scientific name for a Genus; species
house cat is Felis catus. Kingdom/animalia
This indicates the house Phylum/Chordata
cats what? Class/mammalia
Order/carnivora
Family/felidae
Genus/ Felis
Species/catus
15. Beeswax is an example of Lipid, waxes oils and fats are lipids
what kind of molecule?
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1. Which organelle is respon- Ribosome
sible for protein synthesis?
2. Why is yeast used to make Yeast carries out fermentation, producing ethanol and carbon dioxide
bread rise?
3. How is mitosis different Meiosis creates sex cells with half the # of chromosomes of the parent
from meiosis? cell where as mitosis creates cells that are exact copies of each other,
down to the number of chromosomes
4. What can be altered? DNA
5. What is single stranded? RNA
6. What contains uracil? RNA
7. What codes for proteins? DNA
8. Imagine that two parents 50 percent
both carry the recessive
gene for cystic fibrosis.
Any homozygous reces-
sive offspring will mani-
fest the disease. What per-
centage of the offspring
is predicted to be carriers
but not manifest the dis-
ease?
9. A cell is in a solution in It will swell and probably burst/hypotonic situation
which the concentration
of solutes is higher inside
the cell than outside the
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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_2dntge
cell. What would you ex-
pect to happen to the cell?
10. What is the purpose of It conducts food throughout the plant, it is the system of narrow tubes
phloem tissue in plant that transports sugars and other nutrients
stems?
11. Physical factors such as Shape, the shape of an enzyme controls it's fit with its substrate.
temperature and pH can
alter enzyme activity be-
cause they have an effect
on the enzyme's
12. Which part of a plants re- Stamen (male reproductive organ)
productive system is of a
different gender than oth-
ers?
13. What kind of symbiosis ex- Parasitism, one organism benefits off another
ists between a pneumonia
bacterium and a human?
14. The scientific name for a Genus; species
house cat is Felis catus. Kingdom/animalia
This indicates the house Phylum/Chordata
cats what? Class/mammalia
Order/carnivora
Family/felidae
Genus/ Felis
Species/catus
15. Beeswax is an example of Lipid, waxes oils and fats are lipids
what kind of molecule?
