1. Protein synthesis begins with a process known as transcription. Where does this process occur?
- ANS >> in the nucleus
2. What is known as the smallest particle of an element that retains all the chemical and physical
properties of the element? - ANS >> atom
3. A researcher divides a cornfield into four fields and applies a different fertilizer to each field to
determine the effectiveness of each fertilizer. The same brand of corn seed was used to plant all
four fields and all four fields were only watered when it rained. The provided table reflects the
data that was collected from the study.
4. If the cornfield was divided in a manner that two of the fields studied were larger and received
more sunlight than the other two fields, what type of bias is presented? - ANS >> performance
bias
5. What is an example of a cell created by meiosis? - ANS >> sperm cell
6. What term is used to describe a substance that can act as either a base or an acid? - ANS >>
amphoteric
7. What kind of tissue are glands? - ANS >> epithelial
8. Which body system is responsible for preventing the entry of pathogens through the presence
of barriers? - ANS >> immune system
9. Mitosis is a type of asexual reproduction. This cell division process occurs in how many stages? -
ANS >> four stages
10. The two unique stages of meiosis are known as meiosis one and meiosis two. What is the result
of these two stages? - ANS >> four daughter cells
, 11. Increasing the surface area is a way to increase the reaction rate of a chemical reaction. How
does increasing the surface area accomplish this? - ANS >> increases opportunity for particles
to come in contact with one another
12. Where are nutrients absorbed into the body? - ANS >> small intestine
13. Which of the following endocrine system glands is responsible for producing estrogen and
progesterone? - ANS >> ovaries
14. What enzyme do the kidneys produce to regulate arterial blood pressure by retaining or
removing water and salt? - ANS >> renin
15. Water's high specific heat value allows it to do which of the following? - ANS >> resist shifts in
temperature
16. The cell membrane is an organelle that contributes to all except? - ANS >> cell energy
production
17. Matter exists in four phases, which include solid, liquid, gas, and? - ANS >> plasma
18. What is not a type of natural lipid? - ANS >> supersaturated
19. What does COOH symbolize? - ANS >> carboxyl group
20. What kind of blood vessel drains blood from limbs and organs and take blood back to the heart?
- ANS >> veins
21. Which body system is responsible for regulating metabolism? - ANS >> endocrine
22. According to Mendel's first law, what does each gamete contain? - ANS >> one allele of a gene