| REAL EXAM WITH CORRECT AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
What is the difference between an organic
molecule and an inorganic molecule? - answer-
organic compounds have hydrogen and carbon;
inorganic compounds do not
What is dehydration synthesis and hydrolysis?
- answer-Dehydration reactions link monomers
together into polymers by releasing water, and
hydrolysis breaks polymers into monomers
using a water molecule. Monomers are just
single unit molecules and polymers are chains
of monomers.
What is the difference between anatomy and
physiology? - answer-Anatomy is the study of
,the structure of body parts, whereas physiology
is the study of the function of body parts
What are the levels of organization? - answer-
subatomic particles, atom, molecule,
macromolecule, organelle, cell, tissue, organ,
organ system, organism
What are the requirements of life? - answer-
Water, food, oxygen, heat, pressure
What are the characteristics of life? - answer-
Movement (internal or gross); Responsiveness
(reaction to internal or external change);
Growth (increase in size without change in
shape); Reproduction (new organisms or new
cells); Respiration (use of oxygen; removal of
CO2); Digestion (breakdown of food);
Absorption (movement of substances through
membranes and into fluids); Circulation
,(movement within body fluids); Assimilation
(changing nutrients into chemically different
forms); Excretion (removal of metabolic wastes)
Define homeostasis - answer-Body's
maintenance of a stable environment
What is a homeostatic mechanism? - answer-the
body maintains homeostasis through a number
of self-regulating control systems; examples are
regulating body temperature and pressure
sensitive receptors to regulate body pressure
Define matter - answer-Anything that takes up
space and has mass (weight). It is composed of
elements.
, Define element - answer-fundamental
substance composed of chemically identical
atoms
Define atoms - answer-smallest particle of an
element; basic unit of matter
What is the structure of an atom? - answer-An
atom consists of a nucleus containing protons
and neutrons, with electrons in
orbit around the nucleus.
Atomic nucleus - answer-the nucleus contains
protons and neutrons
Proton - answer-subatomic particle that has a
positive charge