Quiz about Part D Living Environment Regents Review

Question 1

Between starch, glucose, water, and starch indicator, which could NOT pass through an artificial membrane in our lab, because its particles were too big?

Accepted Answer

starch

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glucose

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water

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starch indicator

Question 2

When was this viewed?

Accepted Answer

after salt water was added

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After distilled (pure) water was added

Question 3

These onion cells have lost water from their cytoplasm after a certain procedure has been performed. What has caused the change?

Accepted Answer

diffusion

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active transport

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photosynthesis

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cellular respiration

Question 4

When was this viewed?

Accepted Answer

After distilled (pure) water was added.

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After salt water was added

Question 5

At this stage of the experiment, have either starch or starch indicator passed (noticeably) though the dialysis tubing?

Accepted Answer

no

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yes, both

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yes, starch only

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yes, starch indicator only

Question 6

what does the amber coloring of the fluid indicate?

Accepted Answer

it proves NO starch has passed through membrane

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glucose has passed through membrane

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starch has passed through membrane

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it proves NO glucose passed through membrane

Question 7

what does the white coloring inside the artificial cell indicate?

Accepted Answer

it proves NO starch indicator has passed through membrane

Answer

starch indicator has passed through membrane

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glucose indicator has passed through membrane

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it proves NO glucose indicator passed through membrane

Question 8

What does the blue black coloring inside the artificial cell indicate?

Accepted Answer

starch indicator passed through dialysis membrane

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glucose indicator passed through dialysis membrane

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glucose had a chemical reaction with starch

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someone spilled ink in their "cell"

Question 9

This procedure proves glucose passed through the dialysis membrane. What was in that test tube?

Accepted Answer

glucose indicator, fluid from outside the "cell"

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glucose indicator, sample from inside "cell"

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starch indicator, fluid from outside the "cell"

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starch indicator, sample from inside the "cell"

Question 10

The test tube was originally blue, but turned orange when heated. How can we interpret this?

Accepted Answer

its positive, so glucose passed through the dialysis membrane

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its positive, so starch passed through the dialysis membrane

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its negative, so glucose passed through the dialysis membrane

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its negative, so starch passed through the dialysis membrane

Question 11

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Accepted Answer

there will be a color change inside the "cell" but NOT in its environment

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there will be a color change inside the "cell" AND in its environment

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No color change in the cell or its environment

Question 12

When you are viewing some onion cells under the microscope, and you add salt water to observe changes, and later add distilled (pure) water and observe further changes, what do you see?

Accepted Answer

cell wall remains unchanged, cell membrane and cytoplasm change in response to diffusion

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whole cell (cell wall, cell membrane, cytoplasm) shrinks and expands

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cell membrane remains unchanged, cell wall and cytoplasm change in response to diffusion

Question 13

What is the purpose of adding a biological stain to these cheek cells before viewing?

Accepted Answer

to make everything darker and easier to view

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to cause diffusion to occur

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to shrink the cell

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to increase magnification

Question 14

this coverslip is being lowered over the specimen (which is in a few drop of water) at a 45 degree angle. What is the importance of this angle?

Accepted Answer

it decreases water bubbles

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no importance

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it will make the specimen more focused

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it will make the specimen darker and easier to view

Question 15

Why could many students squeeze a clothespin more times in a minute after exercising?

Accepted Answer

heart beating faster delivers more glucose and oxygen to muscle cells

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you do better when you're tired

Question 16

Exercise causes your heart and lungs to work faster. Which organ systems does this most directly involve, and which process is sped up?

Accepted Answer

circulatory and respiratory; (cellular) respiratory

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circulatory and digestive; photosynthesis

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nervous and endocrine; active transport

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respiratory and skeletal; diffusion

Question 17

When we were determining our average pulse rate, what was NOT part of our procedure?

Accepted Answer

take the pulse in different locations for different trials

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count pulse beats for 20 seconds, then multiply by 3 to get rate per minute

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do 3 trials and then take average

Question 18

what is a possible disadvantage to humans if deforestation continues, as represented by the fictional plant "Botana curus"

Accepted Answer

loss of future sources of medicine or food

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loss of income for the logging industry

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loss of sources of renewable energy

Question 19

Which gives more accurate information regarding relationships between species?

Accepted Answer

molecular evidence

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structural evidence

Question 20

which was NOT a test we performed on Botana curus and species X, Y and Z?

Accepted Answer

pH indicator

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gel electrophoresis

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paper chromatography

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test for enzyme M

Question 21

what does a paper chromatography do?

Accepted Answer

separates substances in a liquid compound

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compares DNA of various organisms

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tells whether a particular enzyme is present

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gives a view of cross section of stems

Question 22

Which amino acid is coded for by the codon GUG?

Accepted Answer

val

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ile

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gly

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phe

Question 23

Which amino acid is coded for by the codon that is formed by basepairing with the DNA code TCG?

Accepted Answer

ser

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ile

Answer

val

Answer

phe

Question 24

What codons are formed by transcription of the following DNA code: TAG GTC AAA CAC CGT

Accepted Answer

AUC CAG UUU GUG GCA

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TAG GTC AAA CAC CGT

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ATC CAG TTT CTC GCA

Question 25

What is this equipment used for?

Accepted Answer

paper chromatography

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gel electrophoresis

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test for enzyme m

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pH test

Question 26

What is a gel electrophoresis used for?

Accepted Answer

compare DNA samples

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separate compounds in a liquid mixture

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test for the presence of an enzyme

Question 27

according to this, which species is the closet relative of botana curus (green)?

Accepted Answer

species z (yellow)

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species x (red)

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species y (blue)

Question 28

which would be least likely to coexist on an island with the large tree finch.

Accepted Answer

woodpecker finch

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vegetarian finch

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small ground finch

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cactus finch

Question 29

what was the selecting agent that caused finches to evolve into a number of individual species from a single ancestral species.

Accepted Answer

available food on individual islands

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mating preferences

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adaptation to environmental toxins

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weath

Question 30

which would be least likely to coexist on an island with the large tree finch.

Accepted Answer

woodpecker finch

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vegetarian finch

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small ground finch

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cactus finch

Question 31

What cuts DNA into fragments in Gel Electrophoresis (the same molecule is used in gene splicing).

Accepted Answer

restriction enzymes

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the hormone thyroxine

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the protein melanin

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an antioxidant

Question 32

This is the manipulated variable, or the variable you control.

Accepted Answer

Independent

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Dependent

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Control

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Constant

Question 33

This is the responding variable, or the variable you observe or measure.

Accepted Answer

Dependent

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Independent

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Control

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Constant

Question 34

This group in an experiment that does not receive the independent variable.

Accepted Answer

Control group

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Independent variable

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Dependent variable

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constant

Question 35

When experimenting with the growth of a plant, a scientist uses three (of the same type of) plants, two different fertilizers, equal light, and equal water. What type of variable is the water?

Accepted Answer

Constant

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Dependent

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Independent

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Control

Question 36

When experimenting with the growth of a plant, a scientist uses three (of the same type of) plants, two different fertilizers, equal light, and equal water. What type of variable is the fertilizer?

Accepted Answer

Independent

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Dependent

Answer

Control

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Constant

Question 37

Which variable is the same for each test subject in an experiment?

Accepted Answer

Constant

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Dependent

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Independent

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Control

Question 38

Students were involved in an experiment to investigate whether playing music while they took a test affected their scores. What would their test scores be?

Accepted Answer

Dependent variable

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Independent variable

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Controlled variable

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Hypothesis

Question 39

An investigation in which only one variable is changed at a time.

Accepted Answer

Controlled Experiment

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Control group

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Experimental group

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Constants

Question 40

On what axis should the independent variable always be?

Accepted Answer

X

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Y

Question 41

The __________ variable is located on the y-axis.

Accepted Answer

Dependent

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Independent

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Control

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Constant

Question 42

How can you make an experiment more valid?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

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Increase the sample size

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Repeat the experiment

Answer

Add more trials

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