G.A.T.E.
BIOLOGY - FALL SEMESTER FINAL STUDY GUIDE
The test will be 100
questions plus a free response question.
It will be worth approximately 200 points.
1. Describe the steps in the scientific method. Second scientific method site.
2. Be able to identify the following parts of an
experiment:
a. Control group
b. Experimental group
c. Independent variable
d. Dependant variable
3. Give
the metric unit
of
a. length
b. mass
c. volume
d.
temperature
4. Use Unit Analysis to
solve the following: More
Help
a.
2 millimeters is how may micrometers?
b.
2.5 grams is how many kilograms?
5. List
the signs of life and give a short description of each.
6. Be able to label the parts of the microscope and know their functions.
7. C6H12O6
+ 6 O2--> 6 CO2 + 6H2O + 36 ATP
a. List the products of the reaction.
b. List the reactants in the reaction.
c.
What process does this reaction describe?
8. List the
four groups of organic compounds found in living things and give their
characteristics and uses. Nucleic Acids
9. Give
the characteristics of enzymes and
explain how they work.
10. List the three parts of cell theory.
11. Compare and contrast prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells.
12. Compare and Contrast plant
and animal cells.
13. Label the diagram of the cell
and give the function of each organelle.
14. Make a detailed
diagram of the cell
membrane. Label and give functions
of the major parts.
15.
Know the following processes and their importance:
a. diffusion
b. osmosis
c. facilitated
diffusion
d. active transport
e. endocytosis
f. phagocytosis
g. pinocytosis
h. exocytosis
16. Draw and explain the steps in the process of mitosis and compare the resulting cells.
17. Give the chemical equation for photosynthesis.
18. List the products and reactants of photosynthesis.
19. Compare and contrast the chemical equations for photosynthesis and cell respiration.
20. Make a drawing of a
strand of DNA. Show the nucleotide base pairs and indicate
one gene.
21. Explain the process of DNA replication.
(p 144 & 145)
22. Compare and contrast DNA and RNA.
23. Explain the process of
transcription. (p 146 & 147)
24. Explain the process of translation.
(p148 - 153)
25. Explain the role of mRNA, tRNA and rRNA. (p 146 & 147 & 150)
26. Explain the steps in the process of meiosis.
27. Make a Venn diagram comparing mitosis and meiosis.
28. Be able to complete and analyze a Punnett Square.
29. Know what a phenotype is and be able to tell the phenotypes of an organism by looking at its genotype.
30. Know what a genotype is and be able us the terms homozygous, heterozygous, pure and hybrid correctly.