EOC Review

The bacteria that cause tetanus can survive in a puncture wound that has healed on the outer surface of the skin. Through what process do these bacteria acquire the energy they need to survive?

A. aerobic respiration
B. chemosynthesis
C. anaerobic respiration
D. photosynthesis

In terms of ATP production, which process results in the most stored energy?

A. photosynthesis
B. anaerobic respiration
C. fermentation
D. aerobic respiration

Which statement best distinguishes aerobic from anaerobic respiration?

A. Only anaerobic respiration occurs in the mitochondria.
B. Only anaerobic respiration produces carbon dioxide.
C. Only aerobic respiration requires oxygen.
D. Only aerobic respiration involves fermentation.

Which most accurately describes the difference in ATP production between aerobic respiration and anaerobic respiration?

A. aerobic respiration peroduces more ATP than anaerobic respiration
B. Only ananerobic respiration produces measurable amounts of ATP.
C. Anaerobic and aerobic respiration produce the smae amount of ATP.
D. anaerobic respiration produces more ATP thatn aerobic respiration.

A segment of a DNA strand has the following bases:

TAC GAT

What is the complementary strand of DNA?

A. TAG CAT
B. ATG CTA
C. UAG CAU
D. AUG CUA

Which relationship is most similar to the relationship below?

tRNA: ribosome

A. book:publisher
B. key:lock
C. baker:pie
D. truck:factory

Before a cell goes through either mitosis or meiosis, which process must be carried out by the DNA in the nucleus?

A. translation
B. transcription
C. replication
D. nondisjunction

Sexual reproduction provides for what to occur?

A. genetic stability
B. cloning
C. budding
D. genetic variation

Which would most likely favor species survival in changing environmental conditions?

A. number of offspring produced
B. length of life cycle
C. genetic recombination
D. energy involvement in gamete reproduction

Which term best describes the type of cell division in which parent cells produce daughter cells with the same number of chromosomes as the parent cells?

A. oogenesis
B. mitosis
C. spermatogenesis
D. meiosis

Enzymes are classifies as which of the following biological organic compounds?

A. carbohydrates
B. lipids
C. proteins
D. nuclei acids

Some organelles have their own DNA that is distinct from the cell's nuclear DNA. This is true of which organelle?

A. mitochondria
B. plasma membrane
C. vacuole
D. cell wall

Pollen in plants is most similar to which type of cell in humans?

A. embryo
B. zygote
C. sperm
D. egg

Protein synthesis occurs at which of the structures shown below?

Why do cells need buffering agents?

A. to maintaincontant internal environment at a pH of 10.
B. to function properly in an extremely basic internal environment
C. to minimize the changes in pH of the internal environment
D. to function properly in an extremely acid internal environment

Placing wilted lettuce in cold water will make it crisp again. Which statement best describes what happens to restore the lettuce to its original condition?

A. water entered the cells of the lettuce by osmosis
B. salts in the leaf caused water to leave the cells.
C. osmosis caused by salt to enter the lettuce cells
D. water left the lettuce cells by diffusion