BIL150 GAINES FINAL REVIEW ALL
QUIZES COMPLETE QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.Which of the following best describes the logic of hypthetico-deductive method?
- ANSWERS-If my hypothesis is correct, I can expect certain test results.
\.To be of value to science, hypotheses must be _____. - ANSWERS-testable and
falsifiable
\.What is E. coli? - ANSWERS-a bacterium
\.What is an example of a hypothesis? - ANSWERS-Male birds with long tails have
more mates than male birds with short tails.
\.You drink a glass of lemonade, but your body's pH does not change. This is an
example of how organisms - ANSWERS-maintain homeostasis
\.Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease in humans in which the CFTR protein, which
functions as a chloride ion channel, is missing or nonfunctional in cell membranes.
The CFTR protein belongs to what category of membrane proteins? - ANSWERS-
hydrophilic channels
, \.In order for a protein to be an integral membrane protein it would have to be
what? - ANSWERS-amphipathic
\.The plasma membranes of Antarctic ice fish might have which adaptations? -
ANSWERS-phospholipids with a high percentage of unsaturated fatty acid tails
\.A biologist is studying nervous tissue of a frog. She wants to examine different
layers of the tissue to determine where neurons are most abundant in relation to
glial cells. Which would be the optimum method for her study? - ANSWERS-
confocal microscopy with fluorescence
\.You are working on a team that is designing a new drug. In order for this drug to
work, it must enter the cytoplasm of specific target cells. Which of the following
would be a factor that determines whether the molecule selectively enters the
target cells? - ANSWERS-similarity of the drug molecule to other molecules
transported by the target cells
\.What is Malcolm Gladwell's 10,000 hour rule? - ANSWERS-It takes about 10,000
hours of dedicated practice to truly master a skill
\.What is the mass of an ion with 108 electrons, 159 neutrons, and +1 charge? -
ANSWERS-268
\.Which of the following is most likely to have a lipid composition that is distinct
from the other four? ER, plasma membrane, mitochondria inner membrane,
lysosome membrane, Golgi - ANSWERS-mitochondrial inner membrane
QUIZES COMPLETE QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.Which of the following best describes the logic of hypthetico-deductive method?
- ANSWERS-If my hypothesis is correct, I can expect certain test results.
\.To be of value to science, hypotheses must be _____. - ANSWERS-testable and
falsifiable
\.What is E. coli? - ANSWERS-a bacterium
\.What is an example of a hypothesis? - ANSWERS-Male birds with long tails have
more mates than male birds with short tails.
\.You drink a glass of lemonade, but your body's pH does not change. This is an
example of how organisms - ANSWERS-maintain homeostasis
\.Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease in humans in which the CFTR protein, which
functions as a chloride ion channel, is missing or nonfunctional in cell membranes.
The CFTR protein belongs to what category of membrane proteins? - ANSWERS-
hydrophilic channels
, \.In order for a protein to be an integral membrane protein it would have to be
what? - ANSWERS-amphipathic
\.The plasma membranes of Antarctic ice fish might have which adaptations? -
ANSWERS-phospholipids with a high percentage of unsaturated fatty acid tails
\.A biologist is studying nervous tissue of a frog. She wants to examine different
layers of the tissue to determine where neurons are most abundant in relation to
glial cells. Which would be the optimum method for her study? - ANSWERS-
confocal microscopy with fluorescence
\.You are working on a team that is designing a new drug. In order for this drug to
work, it must enter the cytoplasm of specific target cells. Which of the following
would be a factor that determines whether the molecule selectively enters the
target cells? - ANSWERS-similarity of the drug molecule to other molecules
transported by the target cells
\.What is Malcolm Gladwell's 10,000 hour rule? - ANSWERS-It takes about 10,000
hours of dedicated practice to truly master a skill
\.What is the mass of an ion with 108 electrons, 159 neutrons, and +1 charge? -
ANSWERS-268
\.Which of the following is most likely to have a lipid composition that is distinct
from the other four? ER, plasma membrane, mitochondria inner membrane,
lysosome membrane, Golgi - ANSWERS-mitochondrial inner membrane
