Stone Bridge High School
Science Department
Mid-Term Review
Name: _______________
Period: _______________
Date: January 8th A Days
January 9th B Days
Name: _______________________ Period : ______
Date : January , 2013
Biology Mid-Term Exam Review Questions
1. What is Biology?
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2. What is science?
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3. What are the biotic factors of nature?
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4. What is the difference between the dependent and independent
variable?
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5. Mention the six (6) steps in the scientific method?
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6. What is taxonomy?
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7. Who was Carolus Linneus and explain his scientific work?
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8. How many domain are there? What is the main difference between
them?
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9. Who was Robert Hooke?
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10. Explain the difference between botany and zoology.
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11. What is a virus?
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12. What the difference between lysogenic and lytic cycles?
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13. What is a host cell?
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14. Mention 5 disease caused by viruses
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b. ___________________________
c. ___________________________
d. ___________________________
e. ___________________________
15. Mention the organelles present in Prokayotic cells.
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16. What is the difference between eukayotic and prokaryotic cells?
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17. What is the common name for prokaryotes?
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18. Mention the function of the following organells.
a.
Ribosomes______________________________________
b.
Cell wall _______________________________________
c.
Nucleus_________________________________________
d.
Mitochondria______________________________________
e.
Endoplasmic Reticulum_____________________________
f.
Lysosomes________________________________________
19. Explain the difference between the scientific name and a common
name.
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20. What is photosynthesis?
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21. Explain the difference between DNA and RNA virus.
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22. What is a heterotroph?
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23. What are producer?
Mention at least (3) three producers.
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24. What is the atomic number?
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25. How many element are need for life?
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26. What is an organism?
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27. What does chemistry studies?
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28. What is a control variable?
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29. What is a consumer?
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30. What is the mesophyll?
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31. Write the chemical equation for photosynthesis.
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32. Who undergoes cellular respiration?
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33. What are the reactants in photosynthesis?
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34. Write the chemical equation for cellular respiration
35. Where does photosynthesis takes place? What are the requirements?
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36. Why plants are green?
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37. What is the other name of the Calvin Cycle?
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38. What is the difference between the light dependent and light
independent reactions?
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39. What are the three points of the cell theory?
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40. Explain the importance of chloroplast for plants and animals.
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41. Where does cellular respiration takes place?
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42. How many ATP are produce in the citric acid cycle?
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43. How many ATP are produce in the electron transport chain?
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44. How many ATP are produce during glycolysis?
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45. Who undergoes cellular respiration?
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46. What is the chemical reaction for cellular respiration?
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47. What is an isotonic solution?
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48. What is a solution?
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49. What is a solute?
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50. What is a solvent?
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51. Who is considered the universal solvent? Explain why?
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52. Mention (4) properties of the water
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b. ___________________________________________
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53. Explain the function of the following organic molecules
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54. What happens to the pH if the hydrogen concentration goes up?
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55. What happens to the pH if the hydroxide concentration goes up?
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56. How many chromosomes a normal human have?
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57. How many sexual chromosomes a normal human have?
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58. What are gametes?
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59. What are the gonads?
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60. What is the difference between sexual and asexual reproduction?
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61. Classify the following pH
( acids , base or neutral)
a. 4.87
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b. 8.09
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f. 7.36
c. 1.67
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d. 7.00
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62. Draw the pH scale? Label Acid, base, neutral, weak acid and base.
63. What is the female sexual code?
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64. What is the charge of a Proton, electron and neutron?
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65. What are the SI units for.
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b. Volume________________________________
c. Temperature____________________________
d. Length_________________________________
66. Mention (8) taxonomy categories in order from the smallest to the
biggest
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b.
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d.
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67. Mention two names for the cell membrane
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68. Who controls the cell?
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69. Where in plants does 99% of the photosynthesis takes place?
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70. How many amino acids exist?
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71. What are nucleotide?
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72. What are three differences between DNA & RNA?
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73. What does DNA stands for?
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74. What does RNA stands for?
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75. How many nitrogen bases are the same for DNA & RNA?
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76. What is the difference between exothermic and endothermic reaction?
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77. What is the active site of an enzyme?___________________________
78. Explain what is the enzyme substrate complex____________________
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79. What does the word organic means?
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80. What is carbohydrates?
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81. Mention the two (2) types of Fats.
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82. What is the function of proteins? ____________________________
83. What is a polypeptide? ___________________________________
84. Write the number for the followingl prefix
a. Kilo
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b. Hecto
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85. What is the granum?
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86. Why adaptation so important for an organism?
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87. What is the capsid?
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88. What is a hypothesis?
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89. What the difference between stroma and stoma?
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90. How many elements are natural elements?_______________________
91. How many elements are artificial or man-made ?___________________
92. Mention the correct sequence for cellular respiration.
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93. What part of the leaf does xylem and phloem makes?
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94. What are the four organic molecules?
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95. What are the characteristics of the animalia Kingdom?
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96. What are the characteristics of the plantae Kingdom?
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97. What are the characteristics of the Protista Kingdom?
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98. What are the characteristics of the fungi Kingdom?
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99. What is the difference between Krebs cycle and Calvin cycle?
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100.
How many kingdoms are eukaryotes?_______________________
101.
How many kingdoms are prokaryote?_______________________
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102.
Explain a hypertonic solution. What is the consequence in a cell?
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103.
Explain a hypotonic solution. What is the consequence in a cell?
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104.
Who has more kinetic energy in the reactants? ( Endo or Exo)
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105.
Who has more potential energy in the products? ( Endo or Exo)
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106.
Explain what type of organic molecule will react positive to iodine.
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107.
What is a concentration gradient?
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108. What is the difference between the passive and active transport?
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109.
What is the difference between the osmosis and diffusion?
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110.
Identify the following parts
____ Guard cell
____ Epidermis
____ Spongy Layer
____ Cuticle
____ Vein
____ Palisade
____ Stoma
111.
Identify the following structures
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B. ________________________
C. ________________________
D. ________________________
112.
Is this cell an animal or plant cell. Explain how do you know.
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113.
Explain the difference between structure [ A ] and [ C ]
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114.
Explain the difference between structure [ E ] and [ B ]
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115.
Identify the following parts
____ Glucose
____ ADP
____ Co2
____ ATP
____ O2
____ NADPH
____ Water
____ Light
____ Stroma
____ NADP+