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BiologyObjectivesUnitOne
Answerallquestionsonaseparatesheet,inorder.Graphs,charts,anddiagramscanbeansweredonthissheet.

1.ConcerningtheCharacteristicsofLife:
a) Whatarethe7characteristicsusedtodefinelife?Howmanyofthesemust
somethingdotobeconsideredliving?
b) Acquiring(getting)energyisoneofthecharacteristicsoflife.Nameeveryprocess
youcanthinkofthatisrelatedtogettingenergy.
c) Definehomeostasisandgive2examplesofthingsthatareregulatedbyhomeostasis
inyourbody.
d) Whatisthesmallestunitoflife?
e) Whatmolecule,commontoalllivingthings,allowspopulationstoevolve?
2.ConcerningtheScientificMethod:
a) Listthestepsinthescientificmethod.
b) Differentiatebetweenacontroltreatment(group)andanexperimentaltreatment.
c) Explaintherelationshipbetweenadependentandindependentvariable.Which
wouldbeonthexaxisofagraphofdata?
d) Ifyouweretestingtheeffectivenessofadrug,andyouhadseparatedyourtest
subjectsinto2groups,onegroupthatreceivedthedrugandanotherwhoreceiveda
placebo(sugarpillwithoutmedicine),whichisthecontrolgroupandwhichisthe
experimentalgroup?Nametheindependentvariable.Chooseanappropriate
dependentvariable,somethingthatcouldbemeasured.
e) What2thingscanascientistdoifthehypothesisisnotsupported?
f) Differentiatebetweenobjectiveandsubjectivestatementsandsaywhichkind
belongsinscience?Give2examplesofeach
3.ConcerningtheUniverse:
a) Whatarethetwothingsthatmakeupouruniverse,whatisthebasicunitofmatter,
andhowdoyoudefinematter?
b) Onecannotcreatenordestroymatterorenergy.Itispossibleto
c) Describethreesubatomicparticles,andsaywheretheycanbefoundinanatom
d) Differentiatebetweenkineticandpotentialenergyandgiveanexampleofeach.
4.Concerningwater:
a) Drawthestructuralformulafor2watermolecules.Include+andsymbolstoshow
thepolarity.Labelthebonds.
b) Whatisthedifferencebetweenpolarandnonpolarmolecules?
c) Whydohydrogenbondsformbetweenwatermolecules?
d)Explainhowicecanbelessdensethanliquidwater.(Talkaboutkineticenergyand
hydrogenbonds)
e)WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE:Waterhasanunevenelectron
distribution.Apolarmoleculehaschargedregions.Waterisachargedmolecule.
f)Describecohesion
5.Concerningorganiccompounds:
a) Whatare3characteristicsallorganiccompoundshaveincommon?
b) Organiccompoundsaremadebycombiningsmaller,simplermoleculeslikeusing
brickstobuildacathedral.Whataretheseorganicbuildingblockscalled,whatare
thecomplexmoleculestheymakeupcalled,andwhatisthiscalled?
c) Whatprocessdoorganismsusetobreakdownpolymerstomonomers?Describeit.
d) Whatarethe4categoriesoforganiccompoundsthatmakeuplivingthings?
6.Fillinthechart
Polymer
Example
Monomer
Function(s)

Carbohydrates
Hemoglobin
GlycerolandFatty
Acids
ProteinSynthesis
7.ConcerningEnzymes:
a) Whatclassoforganiccompoundsareenzymesandwhatistheirfunction?
b) WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTrue?Enzymescanbeusedformanydifferent
reactions.Enzymescanbeusedformanyreactions.
c) Howdoenzymescatalyzereactionsandconserveenergy?
d) Whatistherelationshipbetweenanenzymesactivesiteanditssubstrate?
e) Differentiatebetweencatabolicandanabolicreactions.
f) Whataretheenvironmentalconditionstowhichenzymesaresensitive?
IftheyaxisonthefollowinggraphsisEnzymereactionrate,whatisthexaxis?

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8.Labelallpartsofthisgraph