AP Biology Exam Review

Biochemistry

10

The process by which macromolecules are joined together is called _______________ and the process where they are broken down is called ___________________.

What are dehydration synthesis and hydrolysis?

20

__________________ is found in plant cell walls and __________________ is found in fungal cell walls.

What are cellulose and chitin?

30

Amino acids are made up of these three groups.

What are the carboxyl group, amine group, and a variable (R) group?

40

This chemical reaction in a cell releases energy and is denoted with a negative delta "G"

What is an exergonic reaction?

50

This type of inhibition occurs when a substrate binds to a site other than the active site to prevent enzyme catalysis.

What is allosteric inhibition?

Cells and Transport

10

These are two examples of passive transport.

What are diffusion and osmosis both examples of?

20

This type of cell has a cell wall and is an absorptive heterotroph.

What is fungi?

30

This is the correct sequence of the transport of proteins.

What is the RER --> Golgi ---> vesicles ----> plasma membrane.

40

This type of protein completely spans the hydrophobic interior of the plasma membrane.

What is an integral protein?

50

This is what happens when a plant cell is placed in a hypotonic solution.

It swells. 

Cell Energetics

10

C6H12O6 + 6O2 ---> 6CO2 + 6H20 + energy

What is the formula for cellular respiration? 

20

The partial breakdown of sugar

What is fermentation?

30

The Krebs cycle (citric acid cycle) takes place here.

What is the mitochondrial matrix?

40

This is the purpose of the Krebs Cycle. 

What is making electron carriers? 

50

These are the two main processes of photosynthesis.

What are the light dependent and light independent reactions?

Molecular Bio

10

These are the four enzymes involved in DNA replication.

What are DNA helicase, Topoisomerase, DNA polymerase, and DNA ligase?

20

These are the names of the fragments on the lagging strand of the replication fork during DNA replication.

What are Okazaki fragments?

30

If the DNA strand to be transcribed is 5'-AAA TAA CCG GAC-3', this is the mRNA strand that is formed.

3'-UUU AUU GGC CUG-5'

40

This disease is caused by a point mutation in the hemoglobin gene.

What is sickle cell anemia?

50

This the monomer for carbohydrates

What is monosaccharides?

Random

10

This is the number of children Coach Rodriguez has. 

What is 2?

20

The third planet from the sun.

What is Earth? 

30

This type of selection eliminates the extreme phenotypes and favors a more intermediate form.

What is stabilizing selection?

40

This is the college that Coach Rodriguez attended. 

What is Texas A&M? 

50

Determine the percent of the population that is homozygous dominant if the percent of the population that is homozygous recessive is 16%

What is 36%