Study guide questions

Question 1

Biology is the study of ________.

Answer 1

Life

Question 2

God made the earth “ex nihilo” which means….

Answer 2

“Out of nothing”

Question 3

The task of exercising wise dominion and stewardship over God’s creation is often call what?

Answer 3

The creation mandate

Question 4

List 6 characteristics shared by all living things.

Answer 4

Cells, reproduction, metabolism, organization, growth and response

Question 5

A physical representation of a system of ideas, events or processes.

Answer 5

A scientific model

Question 6

The logical procedure for answering a scientific question is known as…

Answer 6

The scientific method

Question 7

What is a simple, testable statement that predicts the answer to a question?

Answer 7

Hypothesis

Question 8

Another name for the independent variable is what?

Answer 8

manipulated variable

Question 9

Another name for the dependent variable is what?

Answer 9

response variable

Question 10

What is the study of matter and the changes it experiences?

Answer 10

Chemistry

Question 11

What are the 3 particles that make up an atom?

Answer 11

Protons, Neutrons and Electrons

Question 12

What is the nucleus of an atom made up of?

Answer 12

Protons and Neutrons

Question 13

Organic compounds all contain what element?

Answer 13

Carbon

Question 14

How is matter defined?

Answer 14

Anything that 1)occupies space and 2) has mass

Question 15

The attraction of one water molecule for another is known as what?

Answer 15

Cohesion

Question 16

What kind of compounds form when atoms share electrons?

Answer 16

Covalent compounds

Question 17

What kind of compounds form when atoms are held together by opposite charges?

Answer 17

Ionic compounds

Question 18

Do exothermic reactions give off or gain heat?

Answer 18

Give off heat

Question 19

Is a solution with a pH of 3.2 an acid or a base?

Answer 19

Acid

Question 20

A naturally occurring catalyst that helps to speed up reactants is called what?

Answer 20

Enzyme

Question 21

How are prokaryotic cells different from eukaryotic cells?

Answer 21

Eukaryotic cells have a nucleus; Prokaryotic cells do not

Question 22

What organelle modifies and packages the products of the cell?

Answer 22

Golgi apparatus

Question 23

Which organelle breaks down compounds into small particles that the cell can use?

Answer 23

Lysosome

Question 24

Which organelle makes proteins using coded instructions that come from the nucleu?

Answer 24

Ribosomes

Question 25

Which organelle converts the chemical energy stored in food into compounds that are more convenient for the cell to use?

Answer 25

Mitochondria

Question 26

What acts as a barrier that controls what enters and exits a cell?

Answer 26

Cell membrane

Question 27

Name an organism that does not have eukaryotic cells.

Answer 27

Bacteria

Question 28

When cells and the surrounding solution contain equal amounts of solute, the solution is said to be?

Answer 28

Isotonic

Question 29

The diffusion of water across a selectively permeable member is called?

Answer 29

Osmosis

Question 30

Rough ER is rough because it is studded with what?

Answer 30

Ribosomes

Question 31

Photosynthesis uses sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into what?

Answer 31

Glucose and oxygen

Question 32

The molecule that cells uses to temporarily store energy is what?

Answer 32

ATP

Question 33

Energy is released from ATP when it reacts with water to produce what?

Answer 33

ADP

Question 34

What do nucleic acids (like DNA and RNA) store?

Answer 34

Information

Question 35

The 2 strands of the DNA "ladder" are held together by what?

Answer 35

Hydrogen bonds

Question 36

What is the difference between an atom's atomic number and its mass number.

Answer 36

The atomic number is the number of protons an atom has in its nucleus; the mass number is the number of protons AND neutrons in its nucleus.

Question 37

True/False Water is considered a polar molecule.

Answer 37

True - due to the unequal distribution of its electron density.

Question 38

What is a group of organs that work together to perform a specific function;

Answer 38

An organ system

Question 39

What is the main function of the cell wall?

Answer 39

To support, shape, and protect the cell

Question 40

Name an organism that does not have eukaryotic cells.

Answer 40

Bacteria

Question 41

The cellular organelle that reads an RNA strand and assembles amino acids into a protein

Answer 41

Ribosome

Question 42

Transfer RNA aligns its amino acid in the proper sequence by matching its ________ to the corresponding codes on the messenger RNA.

Answer 42

Anticodon

Question 43

What is produced during transcription?

Answer 43

mRNA

Question 44

Why do cells have a ready supply of ATP?

Answer 44

It acts as their primary energy storehouse.

Question 45

Who was brought under the curse by Adam and Eve's sin?

Answer 45

Both Adam and Eve with their descendants, the plants and animals.

Question 46

Why did God create people?

Answer 46

1) to have fellowship with Him, 2) to fill the earth, 3) to have authority over the earth

Question 47

A controlled experiment allows the scientist to isolate and test...

Answer 47

One variable at a time.