1. A clinical researcher administered a pill 5. How are carbohydrates absorbed into the
with no therapeutic value to his subject. bloodstream?
Which of the following best describes this
treatment? a. Carbohydrates are turned into glucose and
absorbed into the blood via the walls of the
a. Evaluation small intestine.
b. Placebo b. Carbohydrates are turned into
disaccharides and absorbed into the blood
c. Experimentation
via the walls of the stomach.
d. Double-blind
Carbohydrates are turned into fatty acids
c.
and absorbed into the blood via the walls
2. Bony fish belong to Phylum Chordata. of the large intestine.
Which of the following levels of d. Carbohydrates are turned into oxygen and
classification is more inclusive than this are absorbed into the blood via the lungs.
level?
a. Family 6. Humans and other animals require
nitrogen; however, they cannot obtain it
b. Order
from the air or soil. What must animals
c. Class consume in order to obtain the nitrogen
d. Kingdom they need?
a. Protein
3. Which of these defines specific heat?
b. Lipids
a. The amount of heat needed to reduce the c. Carbohydrates
temperature of one gram of a substance d. Glucose
by one degree celsius.
b. The amount of heat needed to raise the 7. Which of the following best describes the
temperature of one gram of a substance structure of proteins?
by one degree celsius.
The amount of heat needed to reduce a. Polymers of nucleic acids
c.
the temperature of one kilogram of a
substance by one degree celsius. b. Polymers of amino acids
The amount of heat needed to raise c. Polymers of steroids
d.
the temperature of one kilogram of a d. Polymers of fatty acids
substance by one degree celsius.
8. All metabolic reactions in a cell are
4. Polarity allows water to be a good __________. catalyzed by which of the following?
a. molecule a. Phospholipids
b. solute b. Amino acids
c. solvent c. Steroids
d. solution d. Enzymes
9. Cells with a high rate of protein synthesis
generally have a large number of ________.
a. vacuoles
b. ribosomes
c. lysosomes
d. mitochondria
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, 10. If a substance is moving across a plasma 15. In which condition does a cell undergo
membrane against the concentration fermentation instead of aerobic
gradient, what type of transport is respiration?
required?
a. During high amounts of oxygen
a. Active transport
b. During low amounts of oxygen
b. Passive transport
c. During high amounts of nitrogen
c. Diffusion
d. During low amounts of nitrogen
d. Osmosis
16. Which of the following are produced as a
11. The cell membrane is composed of which of result of photosynthesis?
the following?
a. Water and carbon dioxide
a. A single layer of phospholipid molecules
b. Oxygen and water
b. A rigid layer of cytoskeleton
c. Glucose and oxygen
c. A wall of cholesterol and phospholipids
d. Carbon dioxide and glucose
d. A bilayer of phospholipid molecules
17. What is the role of water in
12. Which organelle is responsible for cellular photosynthesis?
respiration?
a. Absorb light energy
a. Rough endoplasmic reticulum
b. Supply electrons in the light reactions
b. Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
c. Provide sugars to be used in the Calvin
c. Golgi apparatus cycle
d. Mitochondria d. Convert solar energy to chemical energy
13. A metabolic pathway that breaks down 18. Which of the following statements is
glucose and produces ATP is called __________. correct about daughter cells formed during
mitotic cell division?
a. lipolysis
b. gluconeogenesis a. Mitotic cell division gives rise to four
unique daughter cells.
c. cellular respiration
b. Mitosis results in two daughter cells
d. photosynthesis identical to their parent cell.
c. Mitotic daughter cells have half the
14. The first step in the breakdown of glucose number of chromosomes than their parent
to extract energy for cellular metabolism is cell.
__________.
d. Mitotic daughter cells are formed as a
result of crossing over of genetic materials.
a. gluconeogenesis
b. oxidative phosphorylation
c. glycolysis
d. fermentation
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with no therapeutic value to his subject. bloodstream?
Which of the following best describes this
treatment? a. Carbohydrates are turned into glucose and
absorbed into the blood via the walls of the
a. Evaluation small intestine.
b. Placebo b. Carbohydrates are turned into
disaccharides and absorbed into the blood
c. Experimentation
via the walls of the stomach.
d. Double-blind
Carbohydrates are turned into fatty acids
c.
and absorbed into the blood via the walls
2. Bony fish belong to Phylum Chordata. of the large intestine.
Which of the following levels of d. Carbohydrates are turned into oxygen and
classification is more inclusive than this are absorbed into the blood via the lungs.
level?
a. Family 6. Humans and other animals require
nitrogen; however, they cannot obtain it
b. Order
from the air or soil. What must animals
c. Class consume in order to obtain the nitrogen
d. Kingdom they need?
a. Protein
3. Which of these defines specific heat?
b. Lipids
a. The amount of heat needed to reduce the c. Carbohydrates
temperature of one gram of a substance d. Glucose
by one degree celsius.
b. The amount of heat needed to raise the 7. Which of the following best describes the
temperature of one gram of a substance structure of proteins?
by one degree celsius.
The amount of heat needed to reduce a. Polymers of nucleic acids
c.
the temperature of one kilogram of a
substance by one degree celsius. b. Polymers of amino acids
The amount of heat needed to raise c. Polymers of steroids
d.
the temperature of one kilogram of a d. Polymers of fatty acids
substance by one degree celsius.
8. All metabolic reactions in a cell are
4. Polarity allows water to be a good __________. catalyzed by which of the following?
a. molecule a. Phospholipids
b. solute b. Amino acids
c. solvent c. Steroids
d. solution d. Enzymes
9. Cells with a high rate of protein synthesis
generally have a large number of ________.
a. vacuoles
b. ribosomes
c. lysosomes
d. mitochondria
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, 10. If a substance is moving across a plasma 15. In which condition does a cell undergo
membrane against the concentration fermentation instead of aerobic
gradient, what type of transport is respiration?
required?
a. During high amounts of oxygen
a. Active transport
b. During low amounts of oxygen
b. Passive transport
c. During high amounts of nitrogen
c. Diffusion
d. During low amounts of nitrogen
d. Osmosis
16. Which of the following are produced as a
11. The cell membrane is composed of which of result of photosynthesis?
the following?
a. Water and carbon dioxide
a. A single layer of phospholipid molecules
b. Oxygen and water
b. A rigid layer of cytoskeleton
c. Glucose and oxygen
c. A wall of cholesterol and phospholipids
d. Carbon dioxide and glucose
d. A bilayer of phospholipid molecules
17. What is the role of water in
12. Which organelle is responsible for cellular photosynthesis?
respiration?
a. Absorb light energy
a. Rough endoplasmic reticulum
b. Supply electrons in the light reactions
b. Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
c. Provide sugars to be used in the Calvin
c. Golgi apparatus cycle
d. Mitochondria d. Convert solar energy to chemical energy
13. A metabolic pathway that breaks down 18. Which of the following statements is
glucose and produces ATP is called __________. correct about daughter cells formed during
mitotic cell division?
a. lipolysis
b. gluconeogenesis a. Mitotic cell division gives rise to four
unique daughter cells.
c. cellular respiration
b. Mitosis results in two daughter cells
d. photosynthesis identical to their parent cell.
c. Mitotic daughter cells have half the
14. The first step in the breakdown of glucose number of chromosomes than their parent
to extract energy for cellular metabolism is cell.
__________.
d. Mitotic daughter cells are formed as a
result of crossing over of genetic materials.
a. gluconeogenesis
b. oxidative phosphorylation
c. glycolysis
d. fermentation
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