BIO 209 EXAM 1 MOCK TEST AND STUDY
MATERIAL WITH CELL BIOLOGY AND
MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS REVIEW
◉ Define Theory
Answer: A well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the
natural world, based on a body of gives that have been repeatedly
confirmed
◉ The earth's crust consist mainly of what elements?
Answer: oxygen and silicon
◉ The human body consist mainly of what elements?
Answer: oxygen, carbon, and hydrogen
◉ Are viruses made of cells?
Answer: no
◉ What is the central dogma?
Answer: DNA -> RNA -> Protein
,◉ When simple compounds are combined into more complex
molecules, the entropy inside the cell __________.
Answer: decreases
◉ When energy is released as heat, what happens to the entropy?
Answer: the entropy increases
◉ Humans and chimpanzees share _______% of our DNA.
Answer: 98.8
◉ What do nodes do?
Answer: indicate a common ancestor
◉ What makes a good hypothesis?
Answer: a prediction about observations not yet made and can be
tested by experiment or further observation
◉ What are the characteristics of life?
Answer: -complexity
-ability to change in response to the environment
-ability to reproduce
-capacity to evolve
, ◉ What two elements make up 99% of matter?
Answer: hydrogen and helium
◉ What is the first law of thermodynamics?
Answer: energy can neither be created nor destroyed; it can only be
transformed from one form to another
◉ What is the second law of thermodynamics?
Answer: the degree of disorder in the universe tends to increase
◉ The amount of disorder in a system is the ________ of the system
Answer: entropy
◉ Who completed the experiment with rotting meat?
Answer: Francesco Redi
◉ What did Francesco Redi's experiment prove?
Answer: living things only come from other living things
◉ What was the hypothesis which Louis Pasture tested?
Answer: that microorganisms can arise by spontaneous generation
MATERIAL WITH CELL BIOLOGY AND
MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS REVIEW
◉ Define Theory
Answer: A well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the
natural world, based on a body of gives that have been repeatedly
confirmed
◉ The earth's crust consist mainly of what elements?
Answer: oxygen and silicon
◉ The human body consist mainly of what elements?
Answer: oxygen, carbon, and hydrogen
◉ Are viruses made of cells?
Answer: no
◉ What is the central dogma?
Answer: DNA -> RNA -> Protein
,◉ When simple compounds are combined into more complex
molecules, the entropy inside the cell __________.
Answer: decreases
◉ When energy is released as heat, what happens to the entropy?
Answer: the entropy increases
◉ Humans and chimpanzees share _______% of our DNA.
Answer: 98.8
◉ What do nodes do?
Answer: indicate a common ancestor
◉ What makes a good hypothesis?
Answer: a prediction about observations not yet made and can be
tested by experiment or further observation
◉ What are the characteristics of life?
Answer: -complexity
-ability to change in response to the environment
-ability to reproduce
-capacity to evolve
, ◉ What two elements make up 99% of matter?
Answer: hydrogen and helium
◉ What is the first law of thermodynamics?
Answer: energy can neither be created nor destroyed; it can only be
transformed from one form to another
◉ What is the second law of thermodynamics?
Answer: the degree of disorder in the universe tends to increase
◉ The amount of disorder in a system is the ________ of the system
Answer: entropy
◉ Who completed the experiment with rotting meat?
Answer: Francesco Redi
◉ What did Francesco Redi's experiment prove?
Answer: living things only come from other living things
◉ What was the hypothesis which Louis Pasture tested?
Answer: that microorganisms can arise by spontaneous generation
