Honors Biology Unit 1A Test Review

This is meant as a guide and doesn’t take the place of keeping up with the material as we go through the unit. Knowledge
of the vocab and classwork is essential! Go back and look at your quizzes to help you study. Don’t forget to use all
resources, and notes.
1. Scientific Method/Experimental Design - Define using your own experiment.
a. Independent variables - The variable being changed
b. Dependent variables - The variable changing based on the independent variable; the variable
being tested
c. Constants (controlled variable) - The unchanging variable
d. Control group - the standard to which the other groups are compared to
e. Experimental group - Has all the same variables as the Control group except one (The
independent variable)

2. Make a bubble map for the 8 the Characteristics of life - include illustrative examples as discussed
in class. Can Reproduce
Sexually or Maintains
Can adapt to evolve Asexually homeostasis
as populations

Responds to Characteristics Acquire Food and Convert

environment Of Food to Use as Energy For
Life Metabolic Reactions

Made of Cells Grow and Has DNA as Universal

develop Genetic Code

3. Draw and explain the relationship between the levels of organization of life - atoms to biosphere using
relationship diagram

4. How is a population different from a community? Explain with an example. A population is made up of
organisms of the same species, whereas a community is many populations of different species.

5. Identify variables and groups in experimental set-ups, graphs and tables and answer questions based on
the experimental design.
6. Identify Control vs Experimental Group for the experimental set-up in the picture below:

7. Identify all variables and groups in the experimental set-up below.

Independent variable: shield, electric insulation, chopped bait

Dependent variable: sharks reaction
Constant variable: Shark, tank, water
8. Draw and label the structures capsid, genetic material DNA or RNA, protein coat in a Virus.

9. True or False. Viruses are living. List why virus is considered to be living/non-living. False. Viruses are
not living because they lack organization and cellular structure, they require a host to reproduce, and
perform no life processes.
10. Compare virus and cell in a Venn diagram.

11. Compare and Contrast Prokaryotes –vs.- eukaryotes (all the differences & similarities including
examples) using a Venn diagram/or T chart.

12. Identify these organelles in a picture and know the functions of each(Draw a cell and list the functions of
the organelles.
nucleus, golgi apparatus, lysosome, ER, cell/plasma membrane, mitochondria, chloroplast ribosome,
vacuole, cell wall

13. Compare and Contrast Plant –vs.- animal cells, differences and similarities (Venn diagram)
 14. What organelles are specific to a plant cell? Cell walls, chloroplast, vacuoles are all organelles that are
specific to plant cells.
15. List examples of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
Prokaryotic:
● Bacillus Cereus
● Bacillus Anthracis
● E. coli.
Eukaryotic:
● Muscle cells
● Stem cells
● Bone cells

16. Explain the Endosymbiosis theory and how it explains the presence of mitochondria and chloroplast, and
origin of complexity of Eukaryotic cells
17. What does it mean when a water molecule is polar? A water molecule is polar, which means it has both
negative and positive charges.
18. The 4 Biomolecules/Macromolecules – monomers of all the biomolecules, elements in biomolecules,
functions of all the biomolecules

Biomolecule/Polymer Elements Monomer Functions(all) Examples

Carbohydrates/Polysa C, H, O (2:1) Monosaccharide ● Short term Bread, wheat,

ccharide energy sugar
● converts sugar
into energy
● builds structure
of cellulose for
cell walls
● store energy as
starch

Protein/Polypeptide C, H, O, N Amino Acid ● acts as a catalyst Meat, Enzymes,

● muscle Muscle
● Antibodies
● Communication
Lipids/Fatty Acid C, H, O (Little O) Triglycerides ● help regulate Oils, butter,
hormones Phospholipids
● transmit nerve
impulses
● cushion organs
● store energy in
the form of body
fat

Nucleic Acid C, H, O, N, P Nucleotides ● stores and DNA, RNA, ATP

transmits genetic
info from cell to
cell

19. What type of a biomolecule are Enzymes? Proteins

20. What is Activation energy? How do enzymes affect the activation energy? Activation energy is the
energy required for a chemical reaction. enzymes lower their amount of energy needed for the chemical
reaction.
21. What is the terminology used in an enzymatic chemical reaction?- enzyme, active site, substrate,
enzyme-substrate complex, products - draw to explain.

22. Do enzymes get used up in a chemical reaction? No, enzymes can be used over and over again
23. What does it mean when we say that enzymes are specific? Enzymes have very specific active sites,
meaning that cells must have different enzymes for different chemical reactions.
24. Explain how factors below affect the Enzyme activity using graphs where applicable –
pH -

Temp -
 enzyme concentration -

substrate concentration -

inhibitors -

25. Explain What denature means to enzymes? How does denaturing affect the enzymes? When enzymes
are exposed to high temperatures of different pH levels, they can become damaged or denatured. When
an enzyme is denatured, it becomes unusable.
26. What does optimum mean for enzyme activity in a graph? Make a graph to explain (Be able to interpret
enzyme graphs as discussed in notes)
27. How can you identify an Enzyme with its name?
28. Draw out the experimental design in the Catalase Enzyme demo lab - Identify variables, groups and go
over the questions.