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Question 1

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Which of the following is a correct sequence of level in life's hierarchy, proceeding downward from an individual cell?
Answer
  • nervous system, brain, nervous tissue, nerve cell
  • brain, organ system, nerve cell, nervous tissue
  • organ system, tissue, molecule, cell
  • organism, organ system, tissue, cell, organ
  • organ system, nervous tissue, brain

Question 2

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All the organisms on your campus make up
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  • community
  • population
  • experimental gorup
  • ecosystem
  • taxonomic domain

Question 3

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The theory of evolution is a core them in biology.
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  • True
  • False

Question 4

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New properties emerge at each level in the biological hierarchy.
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  • True
  • False

Question 5

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Systems biology is mainly an attempt to:
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  • understand the behavior of entire biological systems
  • build high-throughput machines for the rapid acquisition of biological data
  • analyze genomes from different species
  • simplify complex problems by reducing the system into small, less complex units
  • speed up the technological application of scientific knowledge

Question 6

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Which of the following best demonstrates the unity among all organisms?
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  • emergent properties
  • the structure and function of DNA
  • natural selection
  • matching DNA nucleotides sequences
  • descent with modification

Question 7

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Who is credited for developing the theory of evolution in his famous 1859 book on the subject?
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  • Charles Darwin
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • Benjamin Franklin
  • Barack Obama

Question 8

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The universal genetic language of DNA is common to virtually all organisms on Earth, however diverse. What is the best explanation for this fact?
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  • The universal genetic language is explained by the chemistry of DNA and proteins
  • The universal nature of the genetic language of DNA is due to coincidence
  • All living things share a common genetic language of DNA because they share a common ancestry.

Question 9

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Select the correct statement about the process of scientific inquiry:
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  • If the results of an experiment do not support the hypothesis that is tested, the experiment is badly designed
  • the goal of scientific research is to prove the stated hypothesis
  • it is possible to test hypotheses, such as those involving historical events, without conducting experiments

Question 10

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Which of these is an organ system?
Answer
  • stomach
  • mucosa
  • dog
  • digestive
  • gamete

Question 11

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DNA is composed of building blocks called
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  • nucleic acids
  • Gs
  • nucleotides
  • adenines
  • amino acids

Question 12

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In eukaryotic cells DNA has the appearnce of a
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  • single strand
  • letter u
  • double helix
  • triple helix
  • circle

Question 13

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Which of the following attributes is common to both prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells?
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  • the use of proteins as information storage molecules
  • the use of DNA as the information storage molecule
  • a membrane-enclosed nucleus
  • membrane-enclosed organelles
  • generally about the same size

Question 14

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How does DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) encode information?
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  • in the sequence of nucleotides
  • in the different shapes of the DNA molecule
  • the genes along the length of DNA molecules encode the information for building all the cell's other molecules
  • the DNA molecule is composed of many amino acids joined together to form a functional protein
  • in the number of each different nucleotide

Question 15

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To understand the chemical basis of inheritance, we must understand the molecular structure of DNA. This is an example of the application of which concept to the study of biology?
Answer
  • emergent properties
  • reductionism
  • evolution
  • feedback regulation

Question 16

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A localized group of organisms that belong to the same species is called a
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  • population
  • ecosystem
  • community
  • family

Question 17

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Which taxonomic domain includes multicellular photosynthetic organisms?
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  • bacteria
  • archaea
  • plantae
  • fungi
  • eukarya

Question 18

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Which of these provides evidence of the common ancestry of all life?
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  • structure of the nucleus
  • near universality of the genetic code
  • structure of chloroplasts
  • structure of cilia

Question 19

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Which branch of biology is concerned with the naming and classifying of organisms?
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  • informatics
  • taxonomy
  • genomics
  • evolution

Question 20

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Which of the following is (are) true of natural selection
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  • it requires genetic variation, results in descent with modification, and involves differential reproductive success
  • it requires genetic variation
  • it results in descent with modification
  • it involves differential reproductive success

Question 21

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Charles Darwin proposed a mechanism for descent with modification that stated that organisms of a particular species are adapted to their environment when they possess ____.
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  • non-heritable traits that enhance their survival and reproductive success in the local environment
  • heritable traits that enhance their survival and reproductive success in the local environment
  • non-heritable traits that enhance their survival in the local environment
  • heritable traits that decrease their survival and reproductive success in the local environment

Question 22

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Which of the following best describes what occurred after the publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species?
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  • the book was widely discussed and disseminated
  • the publisher was pressured to cease distribution
  • the book was discredited by most scientists
  • the book was banned from schools

Question 23

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Darwin's finches, collected from the Galapagos Islands, illustrate which of the following?
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  • ancestors from different regions
  • vestigial anatomical structures
  • adaptive radiation
  • the accuracy of the fossil record
  • mutation frequency

Question 24

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In order for a hypothesis to be able to be used in science, which of the following must be true?
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  • it must be proven correct
  • it must be reproducible
  • it is testable and falsifiable
  • it must be popularly accepted
  • it represents established facts

Question 25

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Which of the following is true of a scientific theory?
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  • it is a method or device that applies to scientific knowledge for some specific purpose
  • it must be demonstrate the effect of one variable by testing control groups and experimental groups
  • it generates testable hypotheses, is supported by a large body of evidence, and is broad in scope
  • it is formulated by many scientists over drinks at a convention
  • it is only accepted after the person who came up with it has died

Question 26

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About twenty-five of the ninety-two natural elements are known to be essential to life. Which four of these twenty-five elements make up approximately 96 percent of living matter?
Answer
  • carbon, sodium, hydrogen, nitrogen
  • oxygen, hydrogen, calcium, nitrogen
  • carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen
  • carbon, oxygen, phosphorus, hydrogen

Question 27

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Which of the following statements is FALSE?
Answer
  • iron is needed by all humans
  • all life requires the same essential elements
  • carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen are the most abundant elements of living matter
  • some naturally occurring elements are toxic to organisms

Question 28

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Knowing the atomic mass of an element allows inferences about which of the following?
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  • number of electrons in the element
  • number of protons plus neutrons in the element
  • number of protons plus electrons in the element
  • number of protons in the element

Question 29

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In what ways are elements in the same column of the periodic table the same? They have the same number of ____.
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  • electrons in their valence shells when neutral
  • electron shells when neutral
  • protons
  • electrons when neutral

Question 30

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The atomic number of nitrogen is 7. Nitrogen-15 has a greater mass number than nitrogen-14 because the atomic nucleus of nitrogen-15 contains ____.
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  • 8 neutrons
  • 7 neutrons
  • 8 protons
  • 15 protons

Question 31

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From its atomic number of 15, it is possible to predict that the phosophorus atom has ___.
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  • 15 protons and 15 electrons
  • 8 electrons in its outermost electron shell
  • 15 neutrons and 15 protons
  • 5 neutrons, 5 protons, and 5 electrons

Question 32

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Fluorine has an atomic number of 9. Which of the following would you do to a neutral fluorine atom to complete its valence shell?
Answer
  • remove 1 electron
  • add 1 electron
  • add 2 electrons
  • nothing. If fluorine is neutral, it has a complete valence shell

Question 33

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Calcium has an atomic number of 20 and a mass number of 35. Therefore, the calcium atom must have:
Answer
  • 20 neutrons
  • 15 neutrons
  • 20 electrons
  • a, b, c

Question 34

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Isotopes are atoms that have:
Answer
  • different numbers of protons and not electrons
  • different numbers of protons and neutrons
  • different numbers of neutrons and electrons
  • different number of neutrons and not protons

Question 35

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A single molecule of water is held together by what type of bond
Answer
  • covalent
  • ionic
  • hydrogen
  • van der Waals interactions

Question 36

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Oxygen has an atomic number of 9 and most commonly, a mass number of 16. Thus, what is the atomic mass of an oxygen atom?
Answer
  • approximately 8 daltons
  • approximately 8 grams
  • approximately 16 grams
  • approximately 16 daltons

Question 37

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If you change the number of neutrons in an atom, you create ____.
Answer
  • an isotope
  • a different element
  • a cation
  • an anion

Question 38

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Which of the following is the best description of an atom's physical structure?
Answer
  • The particles that form an atom are equidistant from each other
  • atoms are little bubbles of space with mass concentrated at the center of the bubble
  • an atom is a solid mass of material
  • atoms are little bubbles of space with mass concentrated on the outside surface of the bubble

Question 39

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What is the maximum number of covalent bonds that an oxygen atom with atomic number 8 can make with hydrogen?
Answer
  • 6
  • 1
  • 2
  • 4

Question 40

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Bonds between two atoms that are equally electronegative are ____.
Answer
  • nonpolar covalent bonds.
  • hydrogen bonds
  • polar covalent bonds
  • ionic bonds

Question 41

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What results from an unequal sharing of electrons between atoms?
Answer
  • nonpolar covalent bond
  • hydrophobic interaction
  • polar covalent bond
  • ionic bond

Question 42

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How many electron pairs are shared between carbon atoms in a molecule that has the formula C2H4?
Answer
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 1

Question 43

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Which bond or interaction would be difficult to disrupt when compounds are put into water?
Answer
  • ionic bonds
  • ionic and hydrogen bonds
  • hydrogen bonds
  • covalent bonds between carbon atoms

Question 44

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Water molecules are attracted to one another by ____.
Answer
  • hydrophobic interactions
  • hydrogen bonds
  • ionic bonds
  • nonpolar covalent bonds

Question 45

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Van der Waals interactions may result when ____.
Answer
  • Molecules held by ionic bonds react with water
  • two polar covalent bonds react
  • electrons are not symmetrically distributed in a molecule
  • a hydrogen atom loses an electron

Question 46

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What is the maximum number of hydrogen atoms that can be covalently bonded in a molecule containing two carbon atoms?
Answer
  • 4
  • 8
  • 6
  • 2

Question 47

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How many electrons are involved in a single covalent bond?
Answer
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

Question 48

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When are atoms most stable?
Answer
  • When they have the maximum number of unpaired electrons
  • When all electrons are paired
  • When they have the fewest possible valence electrons
  • When all of the electron orbitals in the valence shell are filled

Question 49

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When the atoms involved in a covalent bond have the same electronegativity, what type of bond results?
Answer
  • Nonpolar covalent bond
  • Hydrogen bond
  • Ionic Bond
  • Polar Covalent Bond

Question 50

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You need to represent a molecule to best illustrate the relative sizes of the atoms involved and their interrelationships. Which representation would work best?
Answer
  • ball-and-stick model
  • molecular formula
  • structural formula
  • space-filling model

Question 51

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Which property of water allows a paper towel to pick up a puddle of water?
Answer
  • water's high heat of vaporization
  • adhesion of water molecules to other kinds of molecules
  • water's high surface tension

Question 52

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Which property of water allows dogs to cool themselves by panting?
Answer
  • the formation of covalent bonds between water molecules
  • water's high heat of vaporization
  • water's high surface tension

Question 53

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Which of the following is a hydrophobic material?
Answer
  • wax
  • paper
  • table salt
  • pasta
  • sugar

Question 54

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We can be sure that a mole of table sugar and a mole of vitamin C are equal in their
Answer
  • mass in daltons
  • mass in grams
  • number of atoms
  • volume
  • number of molecules

Question 55

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The unequal sharing of electrons within a water molecule makes the water molecule ____.
Answer
  • polar
  • change easily from a liquid to gaseous form
  • ionic
  • have a low surface tension
  • hydrophobic

Question 56

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The tendency of an atom to pull electrons towards itself is referred to as its ____.
Answer
  • electronegativity
  • tonicity
  • ionic potential
  • covalency
  • polarity

Question 57

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A substance that has affinity for water is said to be:
Answer
  • hydrophilic
  • hydrophobic
  • colloid
  • symbiotic

Question 58

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Water freezes at ______°C
Answer
  • 100 °F
  • 23 °F
  • 100 °C
  • 0 °C

Question 59

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The dissolving agent of a solution is the ____, and the substance that is dissolved is the _____?
Answer
  • water, salt
  • water, dissolution
  • solute, solvent
  • solvent, solute

Question 60

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Water molecules have a polarity, which allows them to be electrically attracted to other water molecules and other polar molecules by weak chemical bonds known as _____.
Answer
  • polar covalent bonds
  • hydrogen bonds
  • nonpolar covalent bonds
  • ionic bonds
  • Van der Waals interactions

Question 61

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In a single molecule of water, two hydrogen atoms are bonded to a single oxygen atom by ____.
Answer
  • polar covalent bonds
  • hydrogen bonds
  • nonpolar covalent bonds
  • ionic bonds

Question 62

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The partial negative charge at one end of a water molecule is attracted to the partial positive charge of another water molecule. What is this attraction called?
Answer
  • a van der Waals interaction
  • an ionic bond
  • a hydrogen bond

Question 63

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Water molecules can form hydrogen bonds with ____.
Answer
  • chloride ions
  • oils
  • oxygen gas (02) molecules
  • compounds that have polar covalent bonds

Question 64

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Many of water's emergent properties, such as its cohesion, its high specific heat, and its high heat of vaporization, result from the fact that water molecules ____.
Answer
  • are in constant motion
  • tend to repel each other
  • are attracted to each other by partial negative and positive charges on the oxygen and hydrogen atoms, respectively
  • are very small
  • are extremely large

Question 65

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Because organisms are primarily made of water, they resist rapid temperature changes. This useful quality is based on water's _____.
Answer
  • cohesion
  • buffering activity
  • high specific heat
  • ability to form colloids
  • lower density in the solid phase

Question 66

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Sodas typically contain sugar, flavorings, coloring agents, and carbon dioxide dissolved in water. The best term to describe this mixture would be ____.
Answer
  • a suspension
  • an aqueous solvent
  • a solute
  • a solvent
  • an aqueous solution

Question 67

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Which statement must be mentioned in explaining why amphipathic molecules line up at a water surface?
Answer
  • nonpolar groups attract one another
  • polar groups repel water
  • polar groups attract one another
  • nonpolar groups repel water
  • all of the above

Question 68

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Why doesn't oil mix with water?
Answer
  • nonpolar molecules repel water molecules
  • polar molecules repel nonpolar molecules
  • polar molecules attract one another
  • nonpolar molecules attract one another
  • both a and b

Question 69

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A solution is aqueous if...
Answer
  • water is a solute
  • it contains water
  • water is the solvent
  • it occurs in nature
  • none of the above

Question 70

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A 1 M solution contains...
Answer
  • one mole of solute per liter of solution
  • one mole of solute per liter of water
  • a one-to-one ratio of solute to solvent molecules
  • both b and c
  • none of the above

Question 71

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To act as an effective coolant in a car's radiator, a substance has to have the capacity to absorb a great deal of heat. You have a reference book with tables listing the physical properties of many liquids. In choosing a coolant for you car, which table would you check first?
Answer
  • pH
  • specific heat
  • heat of vaporization
  • density at room temperature

Question 72

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Which of the following takes place as an ice cube cools a drink?
Answer
  • kinetic energy in the liquid water decreases
  • molecular collisions in the drink increase
  • a calorie of heat energy is transferred from the ice to the water of the drink
  • the specific heat of the water in the drink decreases.

Question 73

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Hydrophobic substances such as vegetable oil are _____.
Answer
  • polar substances that have an affinity for water
  • polar substances that repel water molecules
  • nonpolar substances that have an attraction for water molecules
  • nonpolar substance that repel water molecules

Question 74

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Which characteristic of water molecules directly contributes to the remarkable "water walking" success of aquatic insects?
Answer
  • high surface tension
  • capillary action
  • high specific heat
  • imbibition
  • high density

Question 75

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An acid is a substance that
Answer
  • increases the hydrogen ion concentration of an aqueous solution
  • is a versatile solvent
  • forms covalent bonds with other substances
  • contains hydrogen
  • reduces the hydrogen ion concentration of a solution

Question 76

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The element present in all organic molecules is ____.
Answer
  • oxygen
  • carbon
  • hydrogen
  • nitrogen

Question 77

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The complexity and variety of organic molecules is due to _____.
Answer
  • the chemical versatility of carbon atoms
  • the variety of rare elements in organic molecules
  • the diverse bonding patterns of nitrogen
  • their interaction with water

Question 78

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Differences among organisms are caused by differences in the _____.
Answer
  • sizes of the organic molecules in each organism
  • types of inorganic compounds present in each organism
  • types and relative amounts of organic molecules synthesized by each organism
  • elemental composition from organism to organism

Question 79

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Stanley Miller's 1953 experiments supported the hypothesis that ____.
Answer
  • life on Earth arose from simple inorganic molecules
  • life on Earth arose from simple organic molecules, with energy from lightning and volcanoes
  • the conditions on early Earth were conducive to the origin of life
  • organic molecules can be synthesized abiotically under conditions that may have existed on early Earth

Question 80

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Which of the following is true of carbon?
Answer
  • it can form both polar and nonpolar bonds
  • it can form a maximum of three covalent bonds with other elements
  • it is highly electronegative
  • it forms only polar molecules

Question 81

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Why is carbon so important in biology?
Answer
  • It bonds to only a few other elements
  • it can form a variety of carbon skeletons and host functional groups
  • it is common element on Earth
  • it has very little electronegativity, making it a good electron donor

Question 82

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How many electron pairs does carbon share to complete its valence shell?
Answer
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 8

Question 83

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A carbon atom is most likely to from what kind of bond(s) with other atoms?
Answer
  • ionic bonds, covalent bonds, and hydrogen bonds
  • ionic
  • covalent
  • hydrogen

Question 84

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Which of the following statements correctly describes cis-trans isomers?
Answer
  • they have an asymmetric carbon that makes them mirror images
  • they have the same chemical properties
  • they have different molecular formulas
  • they have variations in arrangement around a double bond

Question 85

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Research indicates that ibuprofen, a drug used to relive inflammation and pain, is a mixture of two enantiomers; that is, molecules that ____.
Answer
  • have identical chemical formulas but differ in the branching of their carbon skeletons
  • differ in the arrangement of atoms around their double bonds
  • are mirror images of each other
  • differ in the location of their double bonds

Question 86

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Compared to a hydrocarbon chain where all the carbon atoms are linked by single bonds, a hydrocarbon chain with the same number of cabon atoms, but with one or more double bonds, will ____.
Answer
  • be more flexible in structure
  • be more constrained in structure
  • be more polar
  • have more hydrogen atoms

Question 87

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Organic molecules with only hydrogens and five carbon atoms cannot ____.
Answer
  • have different combinations of double bonds between carbon atoms
  • have different positions of double bonds between carbons atoms
  • form enantiomers
  • have a branching carbon skeleton

Question 88

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Thalidomide and L-dopa, shown below are examples of pharmaceutical drugs that occur as enantiomers, or molecules that _____.
Answer
  • are mirror images of one another
  • are mirror images of one another and have the same biological activity
  • are cis-trans isomers
  • have identical three-dimensional shapes

Question 89

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Which of the functional groups below acts most like an acid in water?
Answer
  • amino
  • carbonyl
  • carboxyl
  • hydroxyl

Question 90

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Which two functional groups are always found in amino acids?
Answer
  • carbonyl and amino groups
  • hydroxyl and carboxyl groups
  • carboxyl and amino groups
  • amino and sulfhydryl groups

Question 91

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Amino acids are acids because they always possess which functional group?
Answer
  • carboxyl
  • phosphate
  • amino
  • carbonyl

Question 92

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Which chemical group can act as an acid?
Answer
  • methyl
  • carboxyl
  • carbonyl
  • amino

Question 93

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What is the name of the functional group shown in the figure below?
Answer
  • aldehyde
  • carbonyl
  • ketone
  • carboxyl

Question 94

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Which molecule shown above contains an amino functional group, but is NOT an amino acid?
Image:
08a5fd53-22e7-4c2b-97d6-4d179a36c07a (image/jpg)
Answer
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D

Question 95

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Which of the following is a FALSE statement concerning amino groups? Amino groups ____.
Answer
  • are nonpolar
  • are basic with respect to pH
  • are found in amino acids
  • contain nitrogen

Question 96

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Form = Function
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 97

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Which of the following is an example of qualitative data?
Answer
  • the temperature decreased from 20 °C to 15 °C
  • the plant's height is 25 centimeters (cm)
  • the six pairs of robins hatched an average of three chicks
  • the contents of the stomach are mixed every 20 seconds
  • the fish swam in a zigzag motion

Question 98

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What is the pH of a neutral aqueous solution?
Answer
  • 8
  • 7
  • 6
  • 5
  • 4

Question 99

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Organisms interact with their environments, exchanging matter and energy. For example, plant chloroplasts convert the energy of sunlight into
Answer
  • carbon dioxide and water
  • kinetic energy
  • oxygen
  • the energy of motion
  • the potential energy of chemical bonds

Question 100

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Once labor begins in childbirth, contractions increase in intensity and frequency until delivery. the increasing labor contractions of childbirth are an example of which type of regulation?
Answer
  • a bioinformatics system
  • positive feedback
  • negative feedback
  • feedback inhibition
  • enzymatic catalysis
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