BIL 150 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTION BANK
WITH TESTED SOLUTIONS AND REVIEW
AIDS
●● Rudolph Virchow theory
Answer: all cells arise from pre-existing cells
●● Spontaneous Generation
Answer: Francisco Redi; whole organisms could arise spontaneously or
from inadamite matter
●● Louis Pasteur
Answer: air is full of bacteria; broth
●● 1. store hereditary info
2. replicate hereditary info
3. transcribe DNA into RNA
4. translate RNA into protein
5. enzymes
6. require free energy
7. same molecular building blocks
8. enclosed by cell membrane
,Answer: universal properties of all cells (8)
●● Bioenergetics
Answer: science of energy flow and thermodynamics
●● Five kingdoms
Answer: monera, protista, fungi, plantae, animalia
●● 3 domains
Answer: archae, bacteria, eukarya
●● Monera
Answer: true bacteria, most successful, single celled
●● Protista
Answer: algae, unicellular eukaryotes
●● Plantae
Answer: plants/photosynthetic organisms
●● Fungi
Answer: molds/yeasts, decompose other organisms
,●● Animalia
Answer: animals, hetertrophs
●● Cosmology
Answer: study of origin of the universe
●● Nucleosynthesis
Answer: process of formation of 92 natural elements in the periodic
table
●● 13.75 billion years
Answer: Age of universe
●● 4.5 billion years
Answer: Age of earth
●● 3.5 billion years
Answer: Age of life
●● Keplar 452b
Answer: most earthlike planet
, ●● Panspermia
Answer: life was imported to earth in form of organic building blocks or
microorganisms from far away
●● Feldspar
Answer: microscopic pits that shelter molecules from UV radiation
●● Magnetite
Answer: combination of nitrogen and hydrogen into ammonia
●● Clay
Answer: layered sheets trap organics to form complex molecules
●● Chirality
Answer: when two different configurations are not super-imposable
●● Enantiomers
Answer: Mirror images; same molecular formula but differ in 3D
orientation of atoms
●● Dextrorotatory (R or D Isomer)
Answer: isomer rotates the plane of polarized light to the right
WITH TESTED SOLUTIONS AND REVIEW
AIDS
●● Rudolph Virchow theory
Answer: all cells arise from pre-existing cells
●● Spontaneous Generation
Answer: Francisco Redi; whole organisms could arise spontaneously or
from inadamite matter
●● Louis Pasteur
Answer: air is full of bacteria; broth
●● 1. store hereditary info
2. replicate hereditary info
3. transcribe DNA into RNA
4. translate RNA into protein
5. enzymes
6. require free energy
7. same molecular building blocks
8. enclosed by cell membrane
,Answer: universal properties of all cells (8)
●● Bioenergetics
Answer: science of energy flow and thermodynamics
●● Five kingdoms
Answer: monera, protista, fungi, plantae, animalia
●● 3 domains
Answer: archae, bacteria, eukarya
●● Monera
Answer: true bacteria, most successful, single celled
●● Protista
Answer: algae, unicellular eukaryotes
●● Plantae
Answer: plants/photosynthetic organisms
●● Fungi
Answer: molds/yeasts, decompose other organisms
,●● Animalia
Answer: animals, hetertrophs
●● Cosmology
Answer: study of origin of the universe
●● Nucleosynthesis
Answer: process of formation of 92 natural elements in the periodic
table
●● 13.75 billion years
Answer: Age of universe
●● 4.5 billion years
Answer: Age of earth
●● 3.5 billion years
Answer: Age of life
●● Keplar 452b
Answer: most earthlike planet
, ●● Panspermia
Answer: life was imported to earth in form of organic building blocks or
microorganisms from far away
●● Feldspar
Answer: microscopic pits that shelter molecules from UV radiation
●● Magnetite
Answer: combination of nitrogen and hydrogen into ammonia
●● Clay
Answer: layered sheets trap organics to form complex molecules
●● Chirality
Answer: when two different configurations are not super-imposable
●● Enantiomers
Answer: Mirror images; same molecular formula but differ in 3D
orientation of atoms
●● Dextrorotatory (R or D Isomer)
Answer: isomer rotates the plane of polarized light to the right
