HONORS BIOLOGY CORRECT EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔golgi apparatus - ✔✔sorts, and packages proteins and other materials from the ER
for storage in the cell or release outside the cell
✔✔habitat - ✔✔specific residencewhere an organism lives, including the biotic and
abiotic factors that affect it
✔✔homeostasis - ✔✔relativelyconstant internal physical and chemical conditions that
organisms maintain
✔✔hypothesis - ✔✔possible explanation for a set of observations or possible answer to
a scientific question
✔✔independent variable - ✔✔factor in a controlled experiment that is deliberately
changed; also called the manipulated variable
✔✔mitochondria - ✔✔cell organellesthat convert the chemical energy stored in food into
compounds that are moreconvenient for the cell to use
✔✔mutualism - ✔✔symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit from the
relationship(+,+)
✔✔niche - ✔✔full range of physical and biological conditions in which an organismlives
and the way in which the organism uses the conditions
✔✔nucleus - ✔✔in cells, the structure that contains the cell's genetic material in the
formof DNA
✔✔osmosis - ✔✔diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane
, ✔✔parasitism - ✔✔symbiotic relationship in which one organism lives on or inside
another organism and harms it(+,-)
✔✔passive transport - ✔✔diffusion that does not require an input of cellular energy
✔✔phospholipid - ✔✔a lipid containing a phosphate group in its molecule, makes up the
cell membrane
✔✔photosynthesis - ✔✔process used by plants and other autotrophs to capture light
energy and use it to power chemical reactions that convert carbon dioxide and water
into oxygen and carbohydrates
✔✔predator - ✔✔organism that captures and feeds on another organism
✔✔prey - ✔✔organismthat gets captured and eaten
✔✔producer - ✔✔organism that converts light energy into chemicalenergy
✔✔prokaryote - ✔✔unicellular organism that lacks a nucleus
✔✔ribosome - ✔✔cell organelle consisting of RNA and protein found throughout the
cytoplasmin a cell; the siteof protein synthesis
✔✔selectively permeable - ✔✔property that allows some substances to pass across
membrane while others cannot
✔✔transport protein - ✔✔protein that serves the function of moving other materials
within an organism, also allows for passage of itemsthrough the cell membrane
✔✔trophic level - ✔✔each step in a food chain or web
✔✔turgor pressure - ✔✔pressure by the central vacuole that allows plants to grow
upwards and maintain shape
✔✔ What is the basic unit of all living things? - ✔✔Cells
✔✔What is the basic building block of a protein? - ✔✔Amino Acids
✔✔What is an Enzyme? - ✔✔Proteins that act as a catalyst in life processes
✔✔How do Enzymes work? - ✔✔- Increase the rate of chemical reactions without being
used up
- Have an active site where the substrate binds to carry out a reaction
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔golgi apparatus - ✔✔sorts, and packages proteins and other materials from the ER
for storage in the cell or release outside the cell
✔✔habitat - ✔✔specific residencewhere an organism lives, including the biotic and
abiotic factors that affect it
✔✔homeostasis - ✔✔relativelyconstant internal physical and chemical conditions that
organisms maintain
✔✔hypothesis - ✔✔possible explanation for a set of observations or possible answer to
a scientific question
✔✔independent variable - ✔✔factor in a controlled experiment that is deliberately
changed; also called the manipulated variable
✔✔mitochondria - ✔✔cell organellesthat convert the chemical energy stored in food into
compounds that are moreconvenient for the cell to use
✔✔mutualism - ✔✔symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit from the
relationship(+,+)
✔✔niche - ✔✔full range of physical and biological conditions in which an organismlives
and the way in which the organism uses the conditions
✔✔nucleus - ✔✔in cells, the structure that contains the cell's genetic material in the
formof DNA
✔✔osmosis - ✔✔diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane
, ✔✔parasitism - ✔✔symbiotic relationship in which one organism lives on or inside
another organism and harms it(+,-)
✔✔passive transport - ✔✔diffusion that does not require an input of cellular energy
✔✔phospholipid - ✔✔a lipid containing a phosphate group in its molecule, makes up the
cell membrane
✔✔photosynthesis - ✔✔process used by plants and other autotrophs to capture light
energy and use it to power chemical reactions that convert carbon dioxide and water
into oxygen and carbohydrates
✔✔predator - ✔✔organism that captures and feeds on another organism
✔✔prey - ✔✔organismthat gets captured and eaten
✔✔producer - ✔✔organism that converts light energy into chemicalenergy
✔✔prokaryote - ✔✔unicellular organism that lacks a nucleus
✔✔ribosome - ✔✔cell organelle consisting of RNA and protein found throughout the
cytoplasmin a cell; the siteof protein synthesis
✔✔selectively permeable - ✔✔property that allows some substances to pass across
membrane while others cannot
✔✔transport protein - ✔✔protein that serves the function of moving other materials
within an organism, also allows for passage of itemsthrough the cell membrane
✔✔trophic level - ✔✔each step in a food chain or web
✔✔turgor pressure - ✔✔pressure by the central vacuole that allows plants to grow
upwards and maintain shape
✔✔ What is the basic unit of all living things? - ✔✔Cells
✔✔What is the basic building block of a protein? - ✔✔Amino Acids
✔✔What is an Enzyme? - ✔✔Proteins that act as a catalyst in life processes
✔✔How do Enzymes work? - ✔✔- Increase the rate of chemical reactions without being
used up
- Have an active site where the substrate binds to carry out a reaction
