BIOL 1104 Exam 1 Questions With
Correct Answers
\.Which of these statements is not true about gametes?
A) It is a term to describe animal egg and sperm cells
B) they are haploid
C) They contain all of the variation found throughout the parental genome
D) They contain DNA bound to proteins - Answer- C
\.Gene variants that arise by mutation and exist at the same relative locations on homologous
chromosomes - Answer- allele
\.Mendel's experiments with pea plants convinced him that each plant carried HOW MANY
copies of each gene that affected a discontinuous trait (such as flower color)? - Answer- 2
\.An organism's traits are determined in large part by the genes inherited from each parent, but
also by the ______ that they experience. - Answer- environment
\.Charles Darwin studied these organisms when he was in the Galapagos islands: - Answer-
Finches
\.If you go on a diet to lose weight, you should be burning more energy than you are taking in.
This would suggest:
A) You are generating ATP faster than you are breaking it down
B) You are generating ATP slower than you are breaking it down
,C) Your metabolic processes are entirely oxidative
D) None of the above - Answer- B*
\.Adding a phosphate group to AMP (adenosine monophosphate) or ADP (adenosine
diphosphate) is done to:
A) store chemical energy
B) store potential energy
C) release active energy
D) release chemical energy - Answer- B*
\.Proteins that aid in metabolism are called ______ and act by lowering the amount of energy
necessary for a product to be formed or taken apart. - Answer- enzyme
\.Increased temperatures may cause proteins to denature, meaning they unfold and do not
work correctly. T/F - Answer- True
\.The energy transfers involved in metabolism share what with the RNA (and in a way, DNA()
that controls so much about how an organism functions?
A) thymine
B) uracil
C) adenosine
D) gu - Answer- C
\.The process called glycolysis breaks a ______ molecule, which has 6 carbon atoms, into 2
molecules of pyruvate, each of which have 3 carbon atoms - Answer- glucose
\.The most fundamental molecule necessary to get the most out of a sugar molecule is
, A) hydrogen
B) oxygen
C) water
D) carbon - Answer- D*
\.When you go for a long run and end up with leg cramps, your muscles have begun a
fermentation process to maintain regular metabolic cycles T/F - Answer- True
\.Only endotherms have mechanisms for homeostasis T/F - Answer- False*
\.Diffusion gradients are necessary to move ions and wastes out of the body in kidneys (in
vertebrates; in invertebrates this may be called nephridia), a process broadly called
A) micturation
B) chemical energy
C) chemosensation
D) osmoregulation - Answer- D`
\.Dr. Wares is in the Department of Genetics and School of Ecology; his training is in Zoology.
This means that when teaching plant biology, he often needs advice from a - Answer-
Botanist
\.Organisms are able to maintain internal conditions with a narrow range, despite
environmental changes, through a process called ______, which is the ability of an organism to
maintain constant internal conditions - Answer- homeostasis
\.Humans are members of the Phylum - Answer- Chordata
Correct Answers
\.Which of these statements is not true about gametes?
A) It is a term to describe animal egg and sperm cells
B) they are haploid
C) They contain all of the variation found throughout the parental genome
D) They contain DNA bound to proteins - Answer- C
\.Gene variants that arise by mutation and exist at the same relative locations on homologous
chromosomes - Answer- allele
\.Mendel's experiments with pea plants convinced him that each plant carried HOW MANY
copies of each gene that affected a discontinuous trait (such as flower color)? - Answer- 2
\.An organism's traits are determined in large part by the genes inherited from each parent, but
also by the ______ that they experience. - Answer- environment
\.Charles Darwin studied these organisms when he was in the Galapagos islands: - Answer-
Finches
\.If you go on a diet to lose weight, you should be burning more energy than you are taking in.
This would suggest:
A) You are generating ATP faster than you are breaking it down
B) You are generating ATP slower than you are breaking it down
,C) Your metabolic processes are entirely oxidative
D) None of the above - Answer- B*
\.Adding a phosphate group to AMP (adenosine monophosphate) or ADP (adenosine
diphosphate) is done to:
A) store chemical energy
B) store potential energy
C) release active energy
D) release chemical energy - Answer- B*
\.Proteins that aid in metabolism are called ______ and act by lowering the amount of energy
necessary for a product to be formed or taken apart. - Answer- enzyme
\.Increased temperatures may cause proteins to denature, meaning they unfold and do not
work correctly. T/F - Answer- True
\.The energy transfers involved in metabolism share what with the RNA (and in a way, DNA()
that controls so much about how an organism functions?
A) thymine
B) uracil
C) adenosine
D) gu - Answer- C
\.The process called glycolysis breaks a ______ molecule, which has 6 carbon atoms, into 2
molecules of pyruvate, each of which have 3 carbon atoms - Answer- glucose
\.The most fundamental molecule necessary to get the most out of a sugar molecule is
, A) hydrogen
B) oxygen
C) water
D) carbon - Answer- D*
\.When you go for a long run and end up with leg cramps, your muscles have begun a
fermentation process to maintain regular metabolic cycles T/F - Answer- True
\.Only endotherms have mechanisms for homeostasis T/F - Answer- False*
\.Diffusion gradients are necessary to move ions and wastes out of the body in kidneys (in
vertebrates; in invertebrates this may be called nephridia), a process broadly called
A) micturation
B) chemical energy
C) chemosensation
D) osmoregulation - Answer- D`
\.Dr. Wares is in the Department of Genetics and School of Ecology; his training is in Zoology.
This means that when teaching plant biology, he often needs advice from a - Answer-
Botanist
\.Organisms are able to maintain internal conditions with a narrow range, despite
environmental changes, through a process called ______, which is the ability of an organism to
maintain constant internal conditions - Answer- homeostasis
\.Humans are members of the Phylum - Answer- Chordata
