Biology Midyear Review

Emma believes viruses are not living organisms while Kayla believes viruses are living organisms. Who is correct and why?

• Emma, because viruses cannot reproduce on their own.

• Emma, because viruses contain nucleic acid and proteins

• Kayla, because viruses are considered a type of living cell

• Kayla, because viruses grow and replicate

A patient visits the doctor for a checkup and is diagnosed with skin cancer. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this disease?

• poor eating and sleeping habits

• exposure to ultraviolet rays

• a defect in the person's immune system

• working with plants and animals

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Which of the following biomolecules carries genetic information?

• Lipids

• Carbohydrates

• Nucleic Acids

• Proteins

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What happens in mitosis?

• cell divides

• DNA replicates

• cell multiplies

• cell grows

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A phospholipid has 2 parts. What are they called? 

• Hydrophilic Head, Hydrophobic Tail 

• Hydrophobic Head, Hydrophilic Tail 

Which word describes the cell membrane

• impermeable

• selectively permeable

A cell in an isotonic solution will

• swell

• shrink

• stay the same size

• impossible to tell

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Which sequence of DNA bases would pair with this partial strand
ATG TGA CAG

• ATG TGA CAG

• TAC ACT GTC

• GTA AGT GAC

• CAT TCA CTG

A student observes a dark X-shaped structures in some onion root cells. Based on the observation, which process are these cells most likely performing?

• Meiosis

• Membrane Transport

• Mitosis

• Squirrel

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The giant octopus lays 20,000 to 100,000 fertilized eggs. After hatching, most octopuses become prey to larger marine organisms, and less than 5% will reach adulthood to reproduce. One benefit of the giant octopus laying many eggs is to — 

•  increase the average body size for surviving individuals to avoid predation 

• decrease competition between different octopus species to maintain resources in the population

•  increase the chance that more individuals will survive to maintain the population

• decrease the likelihood of offspring being consumed by predators

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