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MCA Test Prep

Structure that performs cellular respiration in eukaryotic cells

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Location of translation

Identify the number of chromosomes present in each cell after mitosis?

(for a human cell)

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How may a mutation be beneficial?

Identify the types of active transport that occur within the cell.

Briefly describe each one.

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Identify the four important macromolecules of all living things.

Grass Caterpillar Wren Hawk

What type of consumer is the Wren?

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Two plants with green pea seeds are crossed, resulting in 77% green seeds and

23% yellow seeds.

Identify the parental genotypes.

Briefly explain the process of transcription in eukaryotes (in your own words).

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Explain why substitution mutations are usually less severe than frameshift

mutations.

Illustrate and label the parts of an atom.

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Contrast a DNA molecule from an RNA molecule.

Identify all three major structural differences.

How do energy and matter differ in an ecosystem?

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How do introns and exons differ?

Identify the six essential elements that are components of macromolecules.

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How may a change to the DNA affect the structure of a protein?

Place the following in order from smallest to largest: prokaryotic, virus, eukaryotic.

Provide an example of an organism from each.

Circle any group that contains a nucleus.

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What is homeostasis?

How may an animal maintain homeostasis in situations of rising or cooling

temperatures?

Structure that contains DNA

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Structure that performs photosynthesis

How may invasive species impact populations within an ecosystem?

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Identify at least two pieces of evidence that helped Charles Darwin develop the

theory of natural selection.

Structure that converts solar energy to chemical energy stored in food

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Identify the potential reasons a cell may go through mitosis.

How do mitosis and meiosis differ?

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What is a codon?

Structure that regulates the material entering & leaving the cell

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What is meant by calling the cell membrane a “fluid mosaic?”

Write the balanced chemical equation for photosynthesis.

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How do ionic and covalent bonds differ?

In your own words, describe degeneracy in terms of the genetic code.

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Why is genetic variation essential for natural selection?

Briefly explain the process of translation (in your own words).

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Place the six levels of biological organization in order from most specific to

most general.

Identify the start codon and the amino acid that corresponds.

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Identify the enzyme(s) necessary for transcription and briefly describe the

functions each perform.

What are the three necessary enzymes for DNA replication and is each responsible

for performing (briefly)?

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Identify the major types of consumers and briefly define them.

Identify the major origins of mutations.

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How does artificial selection illustrate the principles of natural selection?

In what crucial way does this differ from natural selection?

Which macromolecule carries out most of the work of the cell?

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Structure that synthesizes proteins

Three types of symbiosis

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Identify at least five possible limiting factors for a population.

What are the three types of RNA molecules that may be produced?

What is the function of each?

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Why are mutations of concern to us?

Identify the types of transport that move materials from a low concentration to a

high concentration (up the concentration gradient)

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How do point mutations differ from chromosomal mutations?

Briefly explain the steps required for DNA replication (in your own words).

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What is the major difference between meiosis I and meiosis II?

Identify the molecules needed to translate a mRNA message.

Describe how each aids in the production of a protein.

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Location of transcription in eukaryotes

Identify and illustrate the order or events in mitosis

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Structure that converts chemical energy in food to usable compounds

Identify to types of point mutations that may occur to the DNA of an organism.

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Explain the structure of the lipid bilayer.

During which part of the cell cycle is DNA replicated?

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Create a food chain with at least four levels of organisms.

Label each of the levels.

Write the balanced chemical equation for cellular respiration.

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Identify the types of transport that move materials from a high concentration to a

low concentration (down the concentration gradient)

How may a mutation be harmful?

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Identify the three types of passive transport that occur within a cell.

Briefly describe each.

Identify at least four ways that humans alter the ecosystems around them.

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Explain what happens to the amount of energy available at each level of a food

chain.

What were the two problems scientists faced since DNA was the genetic

material, but most of the “work” done by the cell is by proteins?

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How can natural selection explain why there are 13 different species of Darwin’s

finches on the Galapagos Islands?