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Biology Mid Term - 1-20
Mrs. Stewart
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Biology
9th Grade
10/14/2013

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Term

The smallest units of life are

 

 

-- mitochondria

 

-- cells

Definition

 

 

Cells

Term

Which of the following is a carbohydrate?

 

-- sucrose

 

-- DNA

Definition

 

 

Sucrose

Term

All organic compounds contain the element

 

-- Sodium

 

-- Carbon

Definition

 

 

Carbon

Term

Ridding the cell of materials by

discharging the materials in vesicles is called

 

-- Exocytosis

 

-- Endocytosis

Definition

 

 

Exocytosis

Term

Refer to illustration 1

Structure 5 is

 

--Part of the endoplasmic reticulum

 

--a Golgi apparatus

Definition

 

 

A Golgi apparatus

Term

Refer to illustration 1

The cell uses structure 3

 

-- to produce ATP

 

-- as a receptor protein

Definition

 

 

To produce ATP

Term

What would be the blood type of a person who inherited an A allele from one parent and an O allele from the other?

 

-- Type A

 

--Type O

Definition

 

 

Type A

Term

If an individual possesses two recessive alleles for the same trait, the individual is said to be

 

--homozygous for the trait

 

-- heterozygous for the trait

Definition

 

 

Homozygous for the trait

Term

Many autotrophs obtain the energy they need for metabolism through

 

--Photosynthesis

 

--fermentation

Definition

 

 

Photosynthesis

Term

The first three phases of the cell cycle are

collectively known as

 

-- interphase

 

--mitosis

Definition

 

 

Interphase

Term

The process in which plants capture energy and make organic molecules in known as

 

--homeostasis

 

--photosynthesis

Definition

 

 

Photosynthesis

Term

Most of the energy used by life on

Earth comes from

 

-- The sun

 

-- the rotation of the earth

Definition

 

 

The sun

Term

 

To function most efficiently, a cell must be

 

-- small

 

-- large

Definition

 

 

Small

Term

 

Homeostasis means

 

--maintaining a stable internal environment

 

--a change over long periods of time

Definition

 

 

Maintaining a stable internal environment

Term

A cell will swell when it is placed in a(n)

 

--hypotonic solution

 

--hypertonic solution

Definition

 

 

Hypotonic Solution

Term

The name of the process that takes place when organic compounds are broken down in the absence of oxygen is 

 

-- fermentation

-- respiratioin

Definition

 

 

 

Fermentation

Term

 

The chromosomes in your body

 

-- exist in 23 pairs in all cells but gametes

 

-- All of the above

Definition

 

 

All of the above

Term

The phase of mitosis that is characterized by the arrangement of all chromosomes along the equator of the cell is called

 

--anaphase

 

--metaphase

Definition

 

 

 

Metaphase

Term

Refer to illustration 2

The child in box 3 of the Punnett square

has the genotype

 

-- FF

 

--Ff

Definition

 

 

 

Ff

Term

Refer to illustration 2.

The child represented in box 1 in the

Punnett square would

 

-- be homozygous for freckles

 

--be heterozygous

Definition

 

 

 

Be homozygous for freckles

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