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Human Biology Test Preparation
Human Biology explores the structure, function, and interrelationships of the major systems of the human body, emphasizing how they maintain homeostasis and contribute to overall health. The course covers foundational topics such as cell biology, genetics, anatomy, physiology, and the bodys response to disease. Students will examine the interplay between biological systems and the environment, as well as the impact of lifestyle choices on health and wellness. Through a combination of theoretical study and practical activities, this course provides an integrated understanding of human biology relevant to everyday life and health sciences.
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Biology The Core 2nd Edition by Eric
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Chapter 1: An Introduction to the Science of Life
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Q1) Which property or properties of life does a virus possess?
A) A virus has order.
B) A virus has cells.
C) A virus can reproduce on its own.
D) All of the above are properties that a virus possesses.
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following represents a blind study?
A) The test group knows whether they are receiving a placebo or the actual treatment, and so do the researchers.
B) The test group does not know whether they are receiving a placebo or the actual treatment, but the researchers do.
C) The test group knows whether they are receiving a placebo or the actual treatment, but the researchers do not know until all the data are collected.
D) Neither the test group nor the researchers know whether the test group is receiving a placebo or the actual treatment until all the data are collected.
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: The Chemistry of Life
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Q1) Based on the suffix,a molecule of "maltose" is most likely what type of macromolecule?
A) Carbohydrate
B) Lipid
C) Protein
D) Nucleic acid
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following represents a simple sugar (also called monosaccharides)?
A) Lactose
B) Cellulose
C) Glucose
D) Sucrose (table sugar)
Answer: C
Q3) What might happen if a protein has a change in one amino acid?
A) The amino acid chain folds incorrectly.
B) The protein can no longer function properly.
C) The protein has a new shape.
D) All of these happen.
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: The Cell: The Fundamental Unit of Life
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Q1) Chloroplasts and mitochondria share something with the nucleus that the other organelles do not.What is this shared characteristic?
A) They are the only organelles wrapped in a lipid-based membrane.
B) They are the only organelles that produce ATP.
C) They are the only organelles that contain DNA.
D) They are the only organelles not found in bacteria.
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following statements is correct regarding chromosomes?
A) Chromosomes are strands of DNA, tightly wrapped up, that are located everywhere in the cell.
B) Chromosomes are strands of RNA, tightly wrapped up, that are in the cytoplasm.
C) Chromosomes are strands of DNA, tightly wrapped up, that are located in the nucleus.
D) Chromosomes are strands of RNA, loosely wrapped up, that are located everywhere in the cell.
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Energy and Life
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Q1) Which of the following is a waste product of photosynthesis?
A) CO
B) H O
C) O
D) All of the above
Q2) Alcohol is a waste product produced by yeast in the presence of sugar and the absence of ________.
A) CO
B) H O
C) O
D) ATP
Q3) The purpose of the Calvin cycle is to produce ________.
A) O
B) ATP
C) CO
D) Sugar
Q4) Why can't an aerobic bacterium produce as much energy as an animal cell can produce from a gram of sugar?
Q5) What color of light is not used for photosynthesis? How could you know this just by looking at a leaf?
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Chapter 5: Chromosomes and Inheritance
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Q1) A common form of chemotherapy used to kill cancer cells is to administer drugs that disrupt cell division.Why might this also result in anemia,hair loss,and sores in the stomach and on the skin?
Q2) What is different between two alleles of the same gene?
A) Their location. For example, one allele might be at the end of one chromosome, while the other allele is in the middle of another chromosome.
B) The chromosome number they are on. For example, one allele might be on chromosome 12, while the other one is on chromosome 3.
C) The information they carry. For example, one allele might carry the information for blue eye pigment, while the other carries the information for brown eye pigment. D) The cell they are in. For example, one might be in a liver cell, while the other is in a blood cell.
Q3) Why are individuals with Turner syndrome always female and individuals with Klinefelter syndrome always male?
Q4) Would a human clone have a bellybutton?
A) Yes
B) No
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Chapter 6: Dna: the Molecule of Life
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Q1) How does chemotherapy kill cancer cells,and why might it also result in hair loss and nausea?
Q2) When might a frameshift or nonsense mutation not result in a completely defective protein?
A) When the mutation occurs in one of the very last codons
B) When the mutation occurs in one of the first codons
C) When a frameshift is balanced out by a nonsense mutation
D) When the mutation occurs in an exon region
Q3) According to the base pairing rules of DNA,if the sequence of bases on one strand was AGGCTTA,what would be the sequence of bases on the complementary strand?
A) AGGCTTA
B) ATTCGGA
C) CGGATTC
D) TCCGAAT
Q4) What do the letters D-N-A stand for?
A) Dioxyribonucleic acid
B) Dioxyribonuclear acid
C) Deoxyribonucleic acid
D) Deoxyrobonuclear acid
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Chapter 7: Darwinian Evolution
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Q1) What is the leading hypothesis for what might have brought about the extinction of the dinosaurs?
A) A new disease
B) Competition from mammals
C) An asteroid impact
D) Massive volcano eruptions
Q2) What is an exception to the standard biological species concept used to define a species?
A) Species that coevolved cannot be distinguished using this concept.
B) Natural interbreeding populations cannot be distinguished using this concept.
C) Asexual species cannot be distinguished using this concept.
D) Species that do not resemble one another cannot be distinguished using this concept.
Q3) What defines a geological time period known as an era?
A) Location of the continents
B) The distinct life forms that were present
C) Average global temperature
D) The eras represent equal divisions of time
Q4) What is the fundamental difference between the processes of microevolution and macroevolution?
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Chapter 8: Biodiversity 1: Microscopic Organisms
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Q1) When did the first eukaryotic cell form?
A) 2.1 thousand years ago
B) 2.1 million years ago
C) 2.1 billion years ago
D) 3.7 billion years ago
Q2) Which of the following is a way in which bacteria help the environment?
A) They are used to water in sewage treatment facilities.
B) They break down dead organisms in the soil and recycle nutrients.
C) They remove pollutants from the environment.
D) All of the above are ways in which bacteria help the environment.
Q3) Which specific cells are infected by the HIV virus?
A) Killer B cells
B) Helper T cells
C) Red blood cells
D) NK cells
Q4) All protists are unicellular organisms.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe all the possible forms of nucleic acids found in viruses.
Q6) Why is there no cure for prion-related diseases?
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Chapter 9: Biodiversity 2: Fungi and Plants
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Q1) If the phloem in a tree trunk were to become blocked,how would this affect the plant?
A) The leaves would dry out.
B) Sugars could not be made.
C) Sugars could not be transported from leaves to roots.
D) Water could not be sent to the roots.
Q2) The pollen tube grows from the ________ to the ________,where it eventually fertilizes the egg.
A) anther; style
B) sepal; filament
C) stigma; ovule
D) petal; ovary
Q3) The male part of the flower is the ________.
A) petal
B) stamen
C) carpel
D) sepal
Q4) Imagine you were driving westward on a road in a wooded area.If ferns were growing in the area,which side of the road would they most likely be growing,and why wouldn't they be growing as well on the other side?
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Chapter 10: Biodiversity 3: Animals
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Q1) Compared to mammals and reptiles,what characteristic prevents amphibians from surviving far from water?
A) Their limbs are too weak to support their weight on land.
B) They do not have any lungs and cannot breathe out of the water.
C) Their eggs do not have an amnion which prevents them from drying out.
D) Their cartilaginous endoskeleton would dry out on land.
Q2) Roundworms are more closely related to arthropods than to flatworms.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which arthropod subgroup includes the spiders?
A) Arachnids
B) Crustaceans
C) Insects
D) None of these
Q4) Gastropods are the most numerous group of mollusks and include the ________.
A) clams and oysters
B) snails and slugs
C) squid and octopi
D) scallops and nautiluses
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Chapter 11: Human Body Systems
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Q1) Blood types A,B,AB,and O are determined by ________.
A) the capacity of the blood to respond to infections
B) the capacity of the blood to respond to transfusions
C) carbohydrates on the surface of the white blood cells
D) carbohydrates on the surface of the red blood cells
Q2) The spinal cord is part of the ________ nervous system.
A) somatic
B) peripheral
C) autonomic
D) central
Q3) Which of the following blood cells fights infections?
A) Red blood cells
B) Platelets
C) White blood cells
D) Hemoglobin
Q4) Describe what would happen if all of your skeletal muscles contracted at the same time.
Q5) Describe the two separate metabolic needs that are met when a full-grown person eats a balanced diet.
Q6) Of the four chambers of the human heart,which has the thickest walls,and why?
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Chapter 12: Ecology
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Q1) Which month was the wettest? (Remember that the readings are taken at the first of each month.)
A) Month 19
B) Month 16
C) Month 22
D) Month 15
Q2) Describe two ways (immediate and long term)in which burning a forest leads to an increase in atmospheric greenhouse gases.
Q3) Aquatic biomes cover most of the Earth's surface.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Imagine a hypothetical population of elephants and rabbits in which both species remain at carrying capacity over many generations.Who would have more offspring that survive to be adults and reproduce during their lifetime,a mating pair of elephants or a mating pair of rabbits? Explain your answer.
Q5) Ecology and environmentalism are the same scientific discipline.
A)True
B)False
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