GenED Biology Final Exam: Review 1 | Questions and
Answers
Only plant cells have vacuoles ** Answ** False
The main function of mitochondria is: ** Answ** ATP Synthesis
Which of the is NOT a scientific theory? ** Answ** Creationism
Cholesterol produces the steroid hormone insulin ** Answ** False
Cholesterol is ** Answ** All of these
Which of the following organelles is part of the endomembrane system? ** Answ** Golgi
Complex
The ability to acquire and use energy is ** Answ** Metabolism
Carbohydrates are hydrophilic molecules ** Answ** True
NaCl is a hydrophobic molecule that forms hydrogen bonds with water ** Answ** False
Why are most cells small? ** Answ** Surface area-to-volume ration is important and cells
must remain small
Oxygen has 6 valence electrons and would be more electronegative than all these atoms
EXCEPT ** Answ** F(7 valence electrons)
A chlorine atom has 17 electrons, how many electrons in its valence shell? ** Answ** 7
A chloroplast would be found only in a plant cell and mitochondria only in an animal cell **
Answ** False
Amino Acids can be polar, non polar, or ionized ** Answ** True
The theory of evolution states that organisms have shared characteristics because of common
descent ** Answ** True
A/an ______ is the fundamental unit of all living things ** Answ** Cell
K is the symbol for potassium ** Answ** True
Anecdotal evidence ** Answ** Can seem to reveal links between two phenomena, but the
links do not actually exist
Answers
Only plant cells have vacuoles ** Answ** False
The main function of mitochondria is: ** Answ** ATP Synthesis
Which of the is NOT a scientific theory? ** Answ** Creationism
Cholesterol produces the steroid hormone insulin ** Answ** False
Cholesterol is ** Answ** All of these
Which of the following organelles is part of the endomembrane system? ** Answ** Golgi
Complex
The ability to acquire and use energy is ** Answ** Metabolism
Carbohydrates are hydrophilic molecules ** Answ** True
NaCl is a hydrophobic molecule that forms hydrogen bonds with water ** Answ** False
Why are most cells small? ** Answ** Surface area-to-volume ration is important and cells
must remain small
Oxygen has 6 valence electrons and would be more electronegative than all these atoms
EXCEPT ** Answ** F(7 valence electrons)
A chlorine atom has 17 electrons, how many electrons in its valence shell? ** Answ** 7
A chloroplast would be found only in a plant cell and mitochondria only in an animal cell **
Answ** False
Amino Acids can be polar, non polar, or ionized ** Answ** True
The theory of evolution states that organisms have shared characteristics because of common
descent ** Answ** True
A/an ______ is the fundamental unit of all living things ** Answ** Cell
K is the symbol for potassium ** Answ** True
Anecdotal evidence ** Answ** Can seem to reveal links between two phenomena, but the
links do not actually exist
