HONORS BIOLOGY ACTUAL FINALS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Why is water essential to life? - ✔✔- Essential for photosynthesis because is aids in
the production of glucose
- Water is the main component of cytoplasm which is in most cells
✔✔What property of water makes it capable of dissolving compounds? - ✔✔- Water is
polar. The polarity (Partial +, Partial - charges) makes it attracted to many different
substances
✔✔abiotic factors - ✔✔physical, or nonliving, factor that shapes an ecosystem
✔✔active transport - ✔✔diffusion that does require cellular energy
✔✔aerobic - ✔✔process that requires oxygen
✔✔anaerobic - ✔✔process that does not require oxygen
✔✔ATP - ✔✔adenosine triphosphate; source of energy for cellular reactions
✔✔biotic factor - ✔✔any living part of the environment with which an organism might
interact
✔✔carrying capacity - ✔✔largest number of individualsof a particular species that an
environment can support
✔✔cell membrane - ✔✔thin, flexible barrier that surrounds all cells; regulates what
enters and leaves the cell
✔✔cell wall - ✔✔strong, supporting layer around the cell membrane in some
cells(plants, some bacteria)
, ✔✔cellular respiration - ✔✔process that releases energy by breaking down glucose and
other food molecules in the presence of oxygen
✔✔chlorophyll - ✔✔pigment of plants and other photosynthetic organisms
✔✔chloroplast - ✔✔organelle found in cells of plants and some other organisms that
captures the energy from sunlight and converts it into chemical energy
✔✔commensalism - ✔✔symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the
other is neither helped nor harmed(+,0)
✔✔community - ✔✔different populations that live together in a defined area
✔✔constant - ✔✔variables that are kept the same throughout the experiment
✔✔consumer - ✔✔organism that relies on other organisms for its energy and food
supply; also called a heterotroph
✔✔control - ✔✔group in an experiment that is exposed to the same conditions as the
experimental group except for one independent variable
✔✔cytoplasm - ✔✔cellular fluid surrounding all organelles or cell parts; found in all cell
types
✔✔dependent variable - ✔✔variable that is observed and that changes in response to
the independent variable
✔✔diffusion - ✔✔process by which particles tend to move from an area where they are
more concentrated to an area where they are less concentrated
✔✔ecosystem - ✔✔all theorganisms that live in a placetogether with their nonliving
environment
✔✔endocytosis - ✔✔form of active transport in which the cell membrane forms a
vesiclearound asubstanceto bring it into the cell
✔✔endoplasmic reticulum - ✔✔internal membrane system found in eukaryotic cells:
place where proteins and lipids are assembled
✔✔eukaryote - ✔✔organism whose cells containsa nucleus
✔✔golgi apparatus - ✔✔sorts, and packages proteins and other materials from the ER
for storage in the cell or release outside the cell
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Why is water essential to life? - ✔✔- Essential for photosynthesis because is aids in
the production of glucose
- Water is the main component of cytoplasm which is in most cells
✔✔What property of water makes it capable of dissolving compounds? - ✔✔- Water is
polar. The polarity (Partial +, Partial - charges) makes it attracted to many different
substances
✔✔abiotic factors - ✔✔physical, or nonliving, factor that shapes an ecosystem
✔✔active transport - ✔✔diffusion that does require cellular energy
✔✔aerobic - ✔✔process that requires oxygen
✔✔anaerobic - ✔✔process that does not require oxygen
✔✔ATP - ✔✔adenosine triphosphate; source of energy for cellular reactions
✔✔biotic factor - ✔✔any living part of the environment with which an organism might
interact
✔✔carrying capacity - ✔✔largest number of individualsof a particular species that an
environment can support
✔✔cell membrane - ✔✔thin, flexible barrier that surrounds all cells; regulates what
enters and leaves the cell
✔✔cell wall - ✔✔strong, supporting layer around the cell membrane in some
cells(plants, some bacteria)
, ✔✔cellular respiration - ✔✔process that releases energy by breaking down glucose and
other food molecules in the presence of oxygen
✔✔chlorophyll - ✔✔pigment of plants and other photosynthetic organisms
✔✔chloroplast - ✔✔organelle found in cells of plants and some other organisms that
captures the energy from sunlight and converts it into chemical energy
✔✔commensalism - ✔✔symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the
other is neither helped nor harmed(+,0)
✔✔community - ✔✔different populations that live together in a defined area
✔✔constant - ✔✔variables that are kept the same throughout the experiment
✔✔consumer - ✔✔organism that relies on other organisms for its energy and food
supply; also called a heterotroph
✔✔control - ✔✔group in an experiment that is exposed to the same conditions as the
experimental group except for one independent variable
✔✔cytoplasm - ✔✔cellular fluid surrounding all organelles or cell parts; found in all cell
types
✔✔dependent variable - ✔✔variable that is observed and that changes in response to
the independent variable
✔✔diffusion - ✔✔process by which particles tend to move from an area where they are
more concentrated to an area where they are less concentrated
✔✔ecosystem - ✔✔all theorganisms that live in a placetogether with their nonliving
environment
✔✔endocytosis - ✔✔form of active transport in which the cell membrane forms a
vesiclearound asubstanceto bring it into the cell
✔✔endoplasmic reticulum - ✔✔internal membrane system found in eukaryotic cells:
place where proteins and lipids are assembled
✔✔eukaryote - ✔✔organism whose cells containsa nucleus
✔✔golgi apparatus - ✔✔sorts, and packages proteins and other materials from the ER
for storage in the cell or release outside the cell
