HESI A2 BIOLOGY EXAM PREP 2026/2027
100% VERIFIED AND TESTED QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS | GRADED A+
1. What gives the cell the ability to move and proper? -Correct
Answer -microtubules
2. What is the main component of blood plasma? -Correct Answer -
water
3. What is the first step in metabolism of food to cellular energy? -
Correct Answer -glycolysis
4. What drives the cell/ pushes it forward? -Correct Answer -
propulsion
5. All humans have how many pairs of chromosomes? -Correct
Answer -23 pairs
6. The plasma membrane is made up of composed of what? -Correct
Answer -lipids, proteins and carbohydrates
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, 7. Which of the following statements is true about the kerbs and
calvin cycles? -Correct Answer -Both result in the production of ATP
and NADAH
8. Which one would have the least energy efficiency in nutrient
consumption? Cow caterpillar coyote cricket -Correct Answer -
Coyote because the greatest energy content is at the base of the
energy pyramid. A coyote being a secondary consumer is higher up
the energy chain than any of the other choices
9. How do green plants use nitrates in the nitrogen cycle? -Correct
Answer -To synthesize proteins. A nitrate is a nitrogen containing
material found in soil. Green plants take in nitrates through their
roots and use them to make amino acids, the building blocks of
proteins
10. Which color of light is least effective at driving photosynthesis? -
Correct Answer -Green
11. Which might be described as a core of nucleic acid surrounded
by a protein coat? -Correct Answer -Virus
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100% VERIFIED AND TESTED QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS | GRADED A+
1. What gives the cell the ability to move and proper? -Correct
Answer -microtubules
2. What is the main component of blood plasma? -Correct Answer -
water
3. What is the first step in metabolism of food to cellular energy? -
Correct Answer -glycolysis
4. What drives the cell/ pushes it forward? -Correct Answer -
propulsion
5. All humans have how many pairs of chromosomes? -Correct
Answer -23 pairs
6. The plasma membrane is made up of composed of what? -Correct
Answer -lipids, proteins and carbohydrates
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, 7. Which of the following statements is true about the kerbs and
calvin cycles? -Correct Answer -Both result in the production of ATP
and NADAH
8. Which one would have the least energy efficiency in nutrient
consumption? Cow caterpillar coyote cricket -Correct Answer -
Coyote because the greatest energy content is at the base of the
energy pyramid. A coyote being a secondary consumer is higher up
the energy chain than any of the other choices
9. How do green plants use nitrates in the nitrogen cycle? -Correct
Answer -To synthesize proteins. A nitrate is a nitrogen containing
material found in soil. Green plants take in nitrates through their
roots and use them to make amino acids, the building blocks of
proteins
10. Which color of light is least effective at driving photosynthesis? -
Correct Answer -Green
11. Which might be described as a core of nucleic acid surrounded
by a protein coat? -Correct Answer -Virus
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