NYSTCE Biology | Questions and Correct Answers | Latest Update 2024/2025

NYSTCE Biology | Questions and Correct Answers | Latest Update 2024/2025 What metabolic compound is composed of only carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen? - Answer -Glycogen When an animal takes in more energy than it uses over an extended time, how is the extra chemical energy stored? - Answer -as fat What molecule was thought to have acted as the first enzyme in early life on earth? - Answer -RNA molecules What organelle is formed when the plasma membrane surrounds a particle outside of the cell? - Answer -endocytic vesicles What process does not move solutes across a plasma membrane? - Answer -osmosis What is osmosis? - Answer -movement of water molecules across a semi-permeable membrane How are prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells similiar? - Answer -Both interact with their extracellular environment and use membrane-bound proteins to achieve this Both use diffusionBoth use active transport Both have a flagella How are prokaryotes different from eukaryotes? - Answer -few proteins lack of a nucleus lack of membrane-bound organelles What cell types have a peptidoglycan cell wall? - Answer -bacteria What is glucose? - Answer -carbohy