Hesi A2 Biology Practice Questions
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1. Which organelle is re- Ribosome
sponsible for protein syn-
thesis?
2. Why is yeast used to make Yeast carries out fermentation, producing
bread rise? ethanol and carbon dioxide
3. How is mitosis different Meiosis creates sex cells with half the # of chro-
from meiosis? mosomes of the parent cell where as mitosis
creates cells that are exact copies of each other,
down to the number of chromosomes
4. What can be altered? DNA
5. What is single stranded? RNA
6. What contains uracil? RNA
7. What codes for proteins? DNA
8. Imagine that two parents 50 percent
both carry the recessive
gene for cystic fibrosis.
Any homozygous reces-
sive offspring will mani-
fest the disease. What per-
centage of the offspring
is predicted to be carriers
but not manifest the dis-
ease?
9. A cell is in a solution in It will swell and probably burst/hypotonic situa-
which the concentration tion
of solutes is higher inside
the cell than outside the
cell. What would you ex-
pect to happen to the cell?
10.
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What is the purpose of It conducts food throughout the plant, it is the
phloem tissue in plant system of narrow tubes that transports sugars
stems? and other nutrients
11. Physical factors such as Shape, the shape of an enzyme controls it's fit
temperature and pH can with its substrate.
alter enzyme activity be-
cause they have an effect
on the enzyme's
12. Which part of a plants re- Stamen (male reproductive organ)
productive system is of a
different gender than oth-
ers?
13. What kind of symbiosis Parasitism, one organism benefits off another
exists between a pneumo-
nia bacterium and a hu-
man?
14. The scientific name for a Genus; species
house cat is Felis catus. Kingdom/animalia
This indicates the house Phylum/Chordata
cats what? Class/mammalia
Order/carnivora
Family/felidae
Genus/ Felis
Species/catus
15. Beeswax is an example of Lipid, waxes oils and fats are lipids
what kind of molecule?
16. What takes place in a lyso- Food is digested, the lysosome contains diges-
some? tive enzymes. The job of a lysosome is to digest
food for cells and break down cells waste prod-
ucts
17. Which organism repro- Salmonella
duces via binary fission?
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1. Which organelle is re- Ribosome
sponsible for protein syn-
thesis?
2. Why is yeast used to make Yeast carries out fermentation, producing
bread rise? ethanol and carbon dioxide
3. How is mitosis different Meiosis creates sex cells with half the # of chro-
from meiosis? mosomes of the parent cell where as mitosis
creates cells that are exact copies of each other,
down to the number of chromosomes
4. What can be altered? DNA
5. What is single stranded? RNA
6. What contains uracil? RNA
7. What codes for proteins? DNA
8. Imagine that two parents 50 percent
both carry the recessive
gene for cystic fibrosis.
Any homozygous reces-
sive offspring will mani-
fest the disease. What per-
centage of the offspring
is predicted to be carriers
but not manifest the dis-
ease?
9. A cell is in a solution in It will swell and probably burst/hypotonic situa-
which the concentration tion
of solutes is higher inside
the cell than outside the
cell. What would you ex-
pect to happen to the cell?
10.
, Hesi A2 Biology Practice Questions
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_2dntge
What is the purpose of It conducts food throughout the plant, it is the
phloem tissue in plant system of narrow tubes that transports sugars
stems? and other nutrients
11. Physical factors such as Shape, the shape of an enzyme controls it's fit
temperature and pH can with its substrate.
alter enzyme activity be-
cause they have an effect
on the enzyme's
12. Which part of a plants re- Stamen (male reproductive organ)
productive system is of a
different gender than oth-
ers?
13. What kind of symbiosis Parasitism, one organism benefits off another
exists between a pneumo-
nia bacterium and a hu-
man?
14. The scientific name for a Genus; species
house cat is Felis catus. Kingdom/animalia
This indicates the house Phylum/Chordata
cats what? Class/mammalia
Order/carnivora
Family/felidae
Genus/ Felis
Species/catus
15. Beeswax is an example of Lipid, waxes oils and fats are lipids
what kind of molecule?
16. What takes place in a lyso- Food is digested, the lysosome contains diges-
some? tive enzymes. The job of a lysosome is to digest
food for cells and break down cells waste prod-
ucts
17. Which organism repro- Salmonella
duces via binary fission?
