Question 1

Which of the following is an organic molecule?

Accepted Answer

Propane ($$\mathrm{C_3H_8})$$

Question 2

After oxygen makes its way to the high-pressure air in the alveoli when a person inhales, what type of membrane transport occurs to allow oxygen to enter the low-pressure bloodstream?

Accepted Answer

Simple Diffusion

Question 3

Which of the following types of transport best describes nutrients, waste, and gases being transported from one part of the body to another?

Accepted Answer

Bulk Transport

Question 4

An organism that obtains its energy source from other organisms and has a cell wall is known as what?

Accepted Answer

Fungi

Question 5

This scientist used decaying meat and maggots to disprove the idea of spontaneous generation.

Accepted Answer

Redi

Question 6

Which of the following best describes immunology?

Accepted Answer

The study of how the body fights infection and defends itself

Question 7

A cell in a hypotonic solution will:

Accepted Answer

Swell

Question 8

Which of the following relationships between macromolecules and their associated bonds is incorrect?

Accepted Answer

Lipids: Disulfide Bridges

Question 9

Given the following orders of the gram stain technique, which of the following is the correct order?

Accepted Answer

Crystal Violet \u003e Mordant/Iodine \u003e Decolorizer/Ethanol \u003e Safranin Red

Question 10

What type of reaction are fats, proteins, and carbohydrates synthesized by?

Accepted Answer

Dehydration synthesis

Question 11

Where in the cell does protein synthesis occur?

Accepted Answer

Ribosome

Question 12

The two sugars in peptidoglycan are ________.

Accepted Answer

NAM and NAG

Question 13

A microbiology student is observing a slide in lab this week. They see purple/pink cells and blue cells. The student knows they are looking at a bacterium but is unsure what staining technique was used to create the slide. What would be the most appropriate assumption?

Accepted Answer

Gram stain technique

Question 14

This membranous organelle receives, packages, and processes large molecules for export from the cell.

Accepted Answer

Golgi body

Question 15

The differences in intensity between two objects or between an object and a background is known as what?

Accepted Answer

Contrast

Question 16

Sodium has 1 valence electron. How many electrons will sodium gain or lose to become stable?

Accepted Answer

Lose 1

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT a lens on a compound microscope?

Accepted Answer

Phase Lens

Question 18

Cell walls help protect prokaryotes from what?

Accepted Answer

Osmotic forces

Question 19

A(n) ________ is a permease protein that transports two chemicals in opposite directions.

Accepted Answer

Antiport

Question 20

Which of the following elements is the most electronegative?

Accepted Answer

Oxygen

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