Benchmark #2 Review Fall Honors Biology

Prokaryotes used to be classified as a single kingdom. New technology allowed them to be split into...

• Protista and Prokaryota
• Protista and Bacteria
• Eubacteria and Archaea
• Archaea and Eukarya

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Movement of materials down the concentration gradient through a protein channel is an example of 

• facilitated diffusion
• active transport
• respiration
• osmosis 

Which list includes only structures that would be found in a prokaryotic cell? 

• Cell wall, plasma membrane, mitochondria
• Central vacuole, cell wall, lysosome
• Cell wall, plasma membrane, cytoplasm
• Plasma membrane, nucleus, mitochondria

Which of the following statements vest describes the cell cycle? 

• Interphase is the reproductive phase, mitosis is the growth phase
• Interphase is the growth phase, mitosis is the reproductive phase
• Cytokinesis is the growth phase, S-phase is the reproductive phase
• Cytokinesis is the reproductive phase, S-phase is the growth phase

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What is the function of this molecule in organisms? 

• Storage of genetic information
• Structure and support
• Short term energy storage
• Long term energy storage

Which best describes the function of enzymes?

• to speed up chemical reactions in a cell
• to produce cellular energy
• to produce proteins
• to speed up cell division

What are the products of photosynthesis? 

• glucose and oxygen
• glucose and carbon dioxide
• glucose and water
• water, carbon dioxide, and energy

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Which process uses ATP to move materials across the plasma membrane against the concentration gradient?

• passive transport
• active transport 
• facilitated diffusion
• osmosis

Which process of the carbon cycle removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere? 

• photosynthesis
• cellular respiration
• combustion of fossil fuels 
• death and decomposing organisms 

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Which of these statements is NOT part of the cell theory?

• all cells emerge from pre-existing cells
• all organisms are composed of one or more cells
• every cell has a nucleus that contains genetic material
• cells are the basic units of structure and function in living things

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