EVOLVE REACH (HESI) A2 PRACTICE TEST - MODULE 5 with Correct Answers

1. Which is NOT a form of passive transport? A) Diffusion B) Endocytosis C) Filtration D) Osmosis - Correct Answer-B) Endocytosis The four forms 2. What is missing from this reaction for photosynthesis? carbon dioxide + water → glucose + _______________________ A) carbon B) enzymes C) oxygen D) sucrose - Correct Answer-C) oxygen The reaction for photosynthesis in plant is 6CO₂ + 6H₂O →C₆H₁₂O₆ + 6O₂ 3. Which is an example of parthenogenesis? A) Female snakes produce clones of themselves without fertilization using a polar body. B) Hydras develop genetically identical polyps that break off to for new organisms. C) Bacteria replicate their genetic material and divide into offspring cells. D) Strawberries produce tiny plantlets along runners extending from the parent plant. - Correct Answer-A) Female snakes produce clones of themselves without fertilization using a polar body. All of the answer choices describe types of asexual reproduction, but parthenogenesis is the development of an embryo from an unfertilized egg cell (polar body). It is far more common in plants and invertebrates that it is in reptiles, but it does occasionally happen in some lizards and snakes. 4. Which base appears in DNA but NOT in RNA? A) Guanine B) Cytosine C) Thymine D) Adenine - Correct Answer-C) Thymine