Midterm Biology Review

What two elements make up water?

• Helium and oxygen
• Hydrogen and oxygen
• helium and carbon
• oxygen and carbon

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What word describes when water is attracted to other substances?

• cohesion
• adhesion
• capillary action
• surface tension

Attractions between the negative Oxygen atom of one water molecule and the positive Hydrogen atom of another water molecule are called

• Covalent bonds
• Ionic bonds
• Polar bonds
• Hydrogen bonds

Information you gather using your five senses is called

• an observation

• an inquiry

• a fact

• knowledge

Which one describes scientific knowledge?

• clear questions asked by scientists

• what we know about the world

• how scientists get answers to their questions

• measurements made with our senses

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Which of these BEST represents scientific inquiry?

• The results cannot be repeated.

• The results can be repeated only by you

• The results can be repeated by you and others

• The results only come from asking a very tough question

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Enzymes are an example of

• Lipids

• Carbohydrate

• Protein

• Nucleic Acid

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What is the purpose  of an enzyme?

• give permission for the reaction
• raise activation energy
• speed up reactions
• control how many reactions occur

What 3 letters do enzymes typically end in?

• -ose
• -ase
• -ese
• -tic

Every enzyme has a optimal temperature and pH. True or False?

• True 
• False