Biology 1
Semester
Examination Review
TEST
ELEMENTS
Below is a listing of the
types of questions to be expected on the fall semester examination. Also listed is the value given to each
question.
QUESTION
CATEGORY POINT
VALUE
100
multiple choice 1/2 point each
5
essay questions / problems 10 points each
EXAM
CONDITIONS
1.
Exam content shall
include a comprehensive evaluation of the student.
2.
The exam shall take the
full 1 hour and 10 minutes.
3.
Students will not be
allowed to bring into the exam any study material for any exam, other than the
exam they are currently taking. This means there will be no backpacks allowed
in the classroom.
4.
The student will need a
pencil, eraser, and calculator to complete the exam. No other materials are
necessary, nor allowed.
5.
Any student completing
the exam before the end of the exam period shall review their exam answers for
correctness and accuracy. No exam may be turned in before the end of the exam
period.
TESTED
MATERIAL
1.
What is the
difference between inference and observation?
2.
How would
one determine whether something was living or nonliving?
3.
What are
the fur groups of organic compounds found in living things?
4.
Compare
enzyme activity to a lock and key.
5.
How do
prokaryotes and eukaryotes differ?
6.
A
hypertonic salt solution has a higher concentration of solutes than a blood
cell. Explain what happens when a blood cell is placed in a hypertonic salt
solution.
7.
Summarize
three statements from the cell theory. Explain the significance of the cell
theory to biology.
8.
Discuss the
relationship between autotrophs and heterotrophs. Do heterotrophs depend on
autotrophs for their survival? Explain your answer.
9.
Identify
three factors that affect the rate of photosynthesis, and explain the effect of
each.
10. Trace the events that occur in the thylakoid
membrane during the light-dependent reactions.
11. List the main events of glycolysis. How
many ATP molecules are produced and consumed by glycolysis? What effect does
the presence of oxygen have on the events that follow glycolysis?
12. Compare lactic acid fermentation with
alcoholic fermentation. Where does each process occur? What are the products of
each process?
13. What kinds of problems does growth cause
for cells? How does cell division help a cell solve these problems?
14. List and describe the main events of the
cell cycle. Illustrate your description with a diagram of the cell cycle.
15. Explain why short plants reappeared in
Mendel’s F2 generation of pea plants.
16. The stages of meiosis are classified into
two divisions: meiosis I and meiosis II. Compare and contrast these two
divisions.
17. Heterozygous male guinea pigs with black,
rough hair (BbRr) are crossed with heterozygous female guinea pigs with
black, rough hair (BbRr). In guinea pigs, the recessive gene b is
for white hair, and the recessive gene r is for smooth hair. What are
the genotypes and phenotypes of the offspring resulting from this cross?
18. Red (R) is incompletely dominant
to white (r) in snapdragons. The heterozygous genotype produces a pink
snapdragon. If a red snapdragon (RR) is crossed with a white snapdragon
(rr), what will be the genotypes and phenotypes of the F1 and
the F2 offspring?
19. Describe the structure of a DNA molecule.
20. Contrast the functions of the
three main types of RNA.