Hesi A2 Biology Practice Questions /
Strategies Review of Key Quizzes &
Correct Answers.
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Which organelle is responsible for protein synthesis? -
Answer✓✓
Ribosome
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Why is yeast used to make bread rise? -
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Yeast carries out fermentation, producing ethanol and carbon dioxide
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How is mitosis different from meiosis? -
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Meiosis creates sex cells with half the # of chromosomes of the parent cell
where as mitosis creates cells that are exact copies of each other, down to
the number of chromosomes
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What can be altered? -
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DNA
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, Quiz____?
What is single stranded? -
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RNA
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What contains uracil? -
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RNA
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What codes for proteins? -
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DNA
Quiz____?
Imagine that two parents both carry the recessive gene for cystic fibrosis.
Any homozygous recessive offspring will manifest the disease. What
percentage of the offspring is predicted to be carriers but not manifest the
disease? -
Answer✓✓
50 percent
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, A cell is in a solution in which the concentration of solutes is higher inside
the cell than outside the cell. What would you expect to happen to the
cell? -
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It will swell and probably burst/hypotonic situation
Quiz____?
What is the purpose of phloem tissue in plant stems? -
Answer✓✓
It conducts food throughout the plant, it is the system of narrow tubes
that transports sugars and other nutrients
Quiz____?
Physical factors such as temperature and pH can alter enzyme activity
because they have an effect on the enzyme's -
Answer✓✓
Shape, the shape of an enzyme controls it's fit with its substrate.
Quiz____?
Which part of a plants reproductive system is of a different gender than
others? -
Answer✓✓
Stamen (male reproductive organ)
Quiz____?
What kind of symbiosis exists between a pneumonia bacterium and a
human? -
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Strategies Review of Key Quizzes &
Correct Answers.
Quiz____?
Which organelle is responsible for protein synthesis? -
Answer✓✓
Ribosome
Quiz____?
Why is yeast used to make bread rise? -
Answer✓✓
Yeast carries out fermentation, producing ethanol and carbon dioxide
Quiz____?
How is mitosis different from meiosis? -
Answer✓✓
Meiosis creates sex cells with half the # of chromosomes of the parent cell
where as mitosis creates cells that are exact copies of each other, down to
the number of chromosomes
Quiz____?
What can be altered? -
Answer✓✓
DNA
Page 1 of 19
, Quiz____?
What is single stranded? -
Answer✓✓
RNA
Quiz____?
What contains uracil? -
Answer✓✓
RNA
Quiz____?
What codes for proteins? -
Answer✓✓
DNA
Quiz____?
Imagine that two parents both carry the recessive gene for cystic fibrosis.
Any homozygous recessive offspring will manifest the disease. What
percentage of the offspring is predicted to be carriers but not manifest the
disease? -
Answer✓✓
50 percent
Quiz____?
Page 2 of 19
, A cell is in a solution in which the concentration of solutes is higher inside
the cell than outside the cell. What would you expect to happen to the
cell? -
Answer✓✓
It will swell and probably burst/hypotonic situation
Quiz____?
What is the purpose of phloem tissue in plant stems? -
Answer✓✓
It conducts food throughout the plant, it is the system of narrow tubes
that transports sugars and other nutrients
Quiz____?
Physical factors such as temperature and pH can alter enzyme activity
because they have an effect on the enzyme's -
Answer✓✓
Shape, the shape of an enzyme controls it's fit with its substrate.
Quiz____?
Which part of a plants reproductive system is of a different gender than
others? -
Answer✓✓
Stamen (male reproductive organ)
Quiz____?
What kind of symbiosis exists between a pneumonia bacterium and a
human? -
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