BIL 150 Mallery Test 1 Questions With
100% Complete Solutions
4 Unifying themes of Biology - CORRECT ANSWER-cell theory, evolution, heredity, and
bioenergetics
Rudolph Virchow theory - CORRECT ANSWER-all cells arise from pre-existing cells
Spontaneous Generation - CORRECT ANSWER-Francisco Redi; whole organisms
could arise spontaneously or from inanimate matter
Louis Pasteur - CORRECT ANSWER-air is full of bacteria; broth
1. store hereditary info
2. replicate hereditary info by templates polymerization
3. transcribe DNA into RNA
4. translate RNA into protein
5. enzymes as catalysts
6. require free energy
7. same molecular building blocks
8. enclosed by cell membrane - CORRECT ANSWER-universal properties of all cells
(8)
Bioenergetics - CORRECT ANSWER-science of energy flow and thermodynamics
within, through, and between, cells and organisms
,Five kingdoms - CORRECT ANSWER-monera, protista, fungi, plantae, animalia
3 domains (BAE) - CORRECT ANSWER-archae, bacteria, eukarya
Monera - CORRECT ANSWER-true bacteria, most successful, single celled
Protista - CORRECT ANSWER-algae/protozoans; unicellular eukaryotes
Plantae - CORRECT ANSWER-plants/photosynthetic organisms with cellulosic cell
walls
Fungi - CORRECT ANSWER-molds/yeasts, mushrooms; they decompose other
organisms
Animalia - CORRECT ANSWER-animals, heterotrophs
Cosmology - CORRECT ANSWER-study of origin of the universe
Nucleosynthesis - CORRECT ANSWER-process of formation of 92 natural elements in
the periodic table
13.75 billion years - CORRECT ANSWER-Age of universe
4.5 billion years - CORRECT ANSWER-Age of earth
3.5 billion years - CORRECT ANSWER-Age of life
, Keplar 452b - CORRECT ANSWER-most earthlike planet
Panspermia - CORRECT ANSWER-life was imported to earth in form of organic
building blocks or microorganisms from far away
Feldspar - CORRECT ANSWER-microscopic pits that shelter molecules from UV
radiation
Magnetite - CORRECT ANSWER-combination of nitrogen and hydrogen into ammonia
Clay - CORRECT ANSWER-layered sheets trap organics to form complex molecules
Chirality - CORRECT ANSWER-when two different configurations are not super-
imposable
Enantiomers - CORRECT ANSWER-Mirror images; same molecular formula but differ
in 3D orientation of atoms
Dextrorotatory (R or D Isomer) - CORRECT ANSWER-isomer rotates the plane of
polarized light to the right
Levorotatory (S or L Isomer) - CORRECT ANSWER-Isomer rotates the plane of
polarized light to the left
Calcite - CORRECT ANSWER-mineral that attracts D&L amino acid isomers to different
crystal faces
Synthetic Cells - CORRECT ANSWER-to construct artificial organisms that can
reproduce and evolve
100% Complete Solutions
4 Unifying themes of Biology - CORRECT ANSWER-cell theory, evolution, heredity, and
bioenergetics
Rudolph Virchow theory - CORRECT ANSWER-all cells arise from pre-existing cells
Spontaneous Generation - CORRECT ANSWER-Francisco Redi; whole organisms
could arise spontaneously or from inanimate matter
Louis Pasteur - CORRECT ANSWER-air is full of bacteria; broth
1. store hereditary info
2. replicate hereditary info by templates polymerization
3. transcribe DNA into RNA
4. translate RNA into protein
5. enzymes as catalysts
6. require free energy
7. same molecular building blocks
8. enclosed by cell membrane - CORRECT ANSWER-universal properties of all cells
(8)
Bioenergetics - CORRECT ANSWER-science of energy flow and thermodynamics
within, through, and between, cells and organisms
,Five kingdoms - CORRECT ANSWER-monera, protista, fungi, plantae, animalia
3 domains (BAE) - CORRECT ANSWER-archae, bacteria, eukarya
Monera - CORRECT ANSWER-true bacteria, most successful, single celled
Protista - CORRECT ANSWER-algae/protozoans; unicellular eukaryotes
Plantae - CORRECT ANSWER-plants/photosynthetic organisms with cellulosic cell
walls
Fungi - CORRECT ANSWER-molds/yeasts, mushrooms; they decompose other
organisms
Animalia - CORRECT ANSWER-animals, heterotrophs
Cosmology - CORRECT ANSWER-study of origin of the universe
Nucleosynthesis - CORRECT ANSWER-process of formation of 92 natural elements in
the periodic table
13.75 billion years - CORRECT ANSWER-Age of universe
4.5 billion years - CORRECT ANSWER-Age of earth
3.5 billion years - CORRECT ANSWER-Age of life
, Keplar 452b - CORRECT ANSWER-most earthlike planet
Panspermia - CORRECT ANSWER-life was imported to earth in form of organic
building blocks or microorganisms from far away
Feldspar - CORRECT ANSWER-microscopic pits that shelter molecules from UV
radiation
Magnetite - CORRECT ANSWER-combination of nitrogen and hydrogen into ammonia
Clay - CORRECT ANSWER-layered sheets trap organics to form complex molecules
Chirality - CORRECT ANSWER-when two different configurations are not super-
imposable
Enantiomers - CORRECT ANSWER-Mirror images; same molecular formula but differ
in 3D orientation of atoms
Dextrorotatory (R or D Isomer) - CORRECT ANSWER-isomer rotates the plane of
polarized light to the right
Levorotatory (S or L Isomer) - CORRECT ANSWER-Isomer rotates the plane of
polarized light to the left
Calcite - CORRECT ANSWER-mineral that attracts D&L amino acid isomers to different
crystal faces
Synthetic Cells - CORRECT ANSWER-to construct artificial organisms that can
reproduce and evolve
