Florida Virtual School Biology EOC
Review ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
If a company claims that its product has been proven scientifically, which of the following
should have taken place if the results are to be considered reliable? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅The results should be peer reviewed and repeated producing the same
findings
Based on your knowledge of scientific investigations, which stage of scientific investigations
did the invention of the microscope significantly advance? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Gathering the data for the investigation
A student is conducting an investigation to determine the effect of temperature on the
metabolism of yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). Yeast and sugar are added to water, the gas
produced is captured, and its volume is recorded. Which variables should be held constant
during this investigation? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Mass of yeast and mass of sugar
Scientific law and a scientific theory are similar in that both - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Represent a large amount of scientific investigation and evidence
To help patients replenish bodily fluids quickly during an illness, doctors need to understand
how cells behave in their environment. Doctors have confidence in what they know about
how cells behave because - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Cell theory has been tested, refined,
and observed to be true over hundreds of years
Which of the following best describes a result of the polar nature of water molecules? -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Ionic compounds dissolve easily in water
Water has a much higher specific heat than most other covalent compounds. What do you
predict might happen if water had a low specific heat instead? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Organisms that are sensitive to changes in temperature would die
, In which of the following circumstances would it be most likely to for large organic
molecules to form during a laboratory experiment? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅If RNA
segments that could act as catalysts formed
Assume a group of scientists has managed to set up an experiment simulating the conditions
of early Earth that resulted in a cell with DNA using RNA to produce proteins from amino
acids as modern cells do. What conclusion could they draw from this experiment? -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅It is possible for a cell similar to a modern cell to form under the
conditions of the experiment.
A variety of organic molecules have been found in meteorites that have landed on Earth,
including individual amino acids and lipid molecules. To date, however, no microspheres
have been found on these meteorites. Why is it unlikely that microspheres will ever be found
on a meteorite even though lipids can form in them? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Groups of
lipids will only form into mircospheres when they're in liquid water
Which of the following best compares the structures of lipids and carbohydrates? -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Both consist of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, but
carbohydrates have repeating structural
units and lipids do not.
Which of the following best describes the difference between the functions of nucleic acids
and enzymes? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Nucleic acids contain the genetic code for
protein synthesis, while enzymes catalyze chemical reactions.
Some proteins catalyze biochemical reactions. If a genetic defect prevented a protein catalyst
from being produced, which of the following do you predict will happen to the cell? -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The reaction the protein catalyze would proceed very slowly or
not at all.
Which of the following best summarizes why the technological invention of the microscopes
was important in biology? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅It allowed fro the development of
the cell theory
Early elements of the cell theory followed soon after the development of Hooke's light
microscope. What does this relationship suggest about the evolution of the cell theory since
Review ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
If a company claims that its product has been proven scientifically, which of the following
should have taken place if the results are to be considered reliable? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅The results should be peer reviewed and repeated producing the same
findings
Based on your knowledge of scientific investigations, which stage of scientific investigations
did the invention of the microscope significantly advance? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Gathering the data for the investigation
A student is conducting an investigation to determine the effect of temperature on the
metabolism of yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). Yeast and sugar are added to water, the gas
produced is captured, and its volume is recorded. Which variables should be held constant
during this investigation? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Mass of yeast and mass of sugar
Scientific law and a scientific theory are similar in that both - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Represent a large amount of scientific investigation and evidence
To help patients replenish bodily fluids quickly during an illness, doctors need to understand
how cells behave in their environment. Doctors have confidence in what they know about
how cells behave because - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Cell theory has been tested, refined,
and observed to be true over hundreds of years
Which of the following best describes a result of the polar nature of water molecules? -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Ionic compounds dissolve easily in water
Water has a much higher specific heat than most other covalent compounds. What do you
predict might happen if water had a low specific heat instead? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Organisms that are sensitive to changes in temperature would die
, In which of the following circumstances would it be most likely to for large organic
molecules to form during a laboratory experiment? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅If RNA
segments that could act as catalysts formed
Assume a group of scientists has managed to set up an experiment simulating the conditions
of early Earth that resulted in a cell with DNA using RNA to produce proteins from amino
acids as modern cells do. What conclusion could they draw from this experiment? -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅It is possible for a cell similar to a modern cell to form under the
conditions of the experiment.
A variety of organic molecules have been found in meteorites that have landed on Earth,
including individual amino acids and lipid molecules. To date, however, no microspheres
have been found on these meteorites. Why is it unlikely that microspheres will ever be found
on a meteorite even though lipids can form in them? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Groups of
lipids will only form into mircospheres when they're in liquid water
Which of the following best compares the structures of lipids and carbohydrates? -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Both consist of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, but
carbohydrates have repeating structural
units and lipids do not.
Which of the following best describes the difference between the functions of nucleic acids
and enzymes? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Nucleic acids contain the genetic code for
protein synthesis, while enzymes catalyze chemical reactions.
Some proteins catalyze biochemical reactions. If a genetic defect prevented a protein catalyst
from being produced, which of the following do you predict will happen to the cell? -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The reaction the protein catalyze would proceed very slowly or
not at all.
Which of the following best summarizes why the technological invention of the microscopes
was important in biology? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅It allowed fro the development of
the cell theory
Early elements of the cell theory followed soon after the development of Hooke's light
microscope. What does this relationship suggest about the evolution of the cell theory since
