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03/09/2011

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You are telling you friend that organic molecules are all made up of carbon backbones with hydrogens. She doesn't understande how there can be so many different organic molecules if they all are made up of the same basic components. You explain that organic molecules?
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vary because they possess different functional groups
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Which of the following BEST explains the molecular complexity of living organisms? 
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A small number of monomers can be assembled into large polymers with many different sequences
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Which of the following BEST summarizes the relationship between dehydration reactions and hydrolysis? 
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Dehydration reactions assemble polymers, and hydrolysis breaks them down. 
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Phospholipids are:
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found in cell membranes 
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All of the following are components of the modern cell theory EXCEPT: 
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Bacterial cells are eukaryotic
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A mutant plant cell with no chloroplasts would: 
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still be able to use carbohydrates as an energy source
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What primarily determines the shape of animal cells:
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cytoskeleton
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Which organelle is most likely the most abundant organelle in muscle cells 
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Mitochondria 
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Which cellular organelle packages enzymes and forms lysosomes 
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Golgi apparatus 
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The formation of ATP in the mitochodria using oxygenis called:
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aerobic metabolism 
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Which of the following provides evidence that mitochondria and chloroplasts were once free-living prokaryotic organisms?
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They contain their own DNA
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Which of the following is capable of converting light energy into chemical energy?
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chloroplasts 
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(LAB QUESTION) As cell size increases, the? 
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volume increases faster that the surface area 
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Which one of the following statements is not true? The endomembrane system
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it contains its own DNA 
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Chronic administration of a drug (such as a barbiturate or an antibiotic) may cause the liver to?
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All of the choices are correct
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The Golgi apparatus?
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stores, modifies, and packages proteins
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Which one of the following is not a component of the endomembrane system? 
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Mitochondria
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The function of chloroplasts is?
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photocynthesis
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Cyanide inhibits mitochondrial function; as a result, the rate of 
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ATP synthesis would decrease 
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Which of the following are products of cellular respiration?
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energy and carbon dioxide
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During cellular respiration, the energy glucose
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is carried by electrons 
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Which one of the following is the correct sequence of stages in cellular respiration?
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glycolysis, Krebs cycle, electron transport chain and chemiosmosis 
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Which of the following is a result of Glycolysis? 
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conversion of glucose to pyruvate
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Glycolysis
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takes place in virtually all cells 
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The enzymes of the Krebs cycle are located in the 
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mitochondrial matrix
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Which of the following does not have much potential energy? 
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a ball that is rolling downhill 
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An________ chemical reaction releases energy, whereas an _________ reaction requires an input of energy. 
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exothermic endothermic 
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The most common energy carrier molecule in living organisms is 
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ATP
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The chemical that an enzyme changes is called 
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substrate 
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Animals have enzymes that break apart starch molecules but not cellulose, despite that fact that both are made up of glucose subunits. Which enzyme characteristic BEST explains this?
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Enzymes are highly specific for the jobs they carry out. 
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Which of the following is a coenzyme
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vitamin C
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All of the following are true statements about ATP EXCEPT that it is:
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Synthesized only within mitochondria
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The main function of cellular respiration is to produce:
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ATP
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Which event occurs in the fluid portion of the cytoplasm of a cell undergoing glucose metabolism?
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Glycolysis
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During which step pf aerobic respiration is oxygen used:
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electron transport system
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Oxygen is necessary for cellular respiration because oxygen:
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combines with electrons and hydrogen ions to form water 
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