1st Trimester Exam Review Guide

Chapter 3 Chemistry
1. What are the two types of chemical bonds and how do they differ from
each other?
2. What is the difference between an endothermic and exothermic reaction?
Chapter 4 Biochemistry
1. What makes water the universal solvent and gives rise to capillarity?
2. Why does carbon readily combine with other elements?
3. What is the difference between a condensation reaction and hydrolysis?
4. What are carbohydrates?
5. How does the structure of a lipid indicate its function in a molecule?
6. How are amino acids the building blocks of proteins?
7. What is a peptide bond?
8. What are two essential functions of nucleic acids?
Chapter 5 Structure and Function of the Cell
1. What would cause the limitation of cell size?
2. Why are some cells bigger than others?
3. Why are some cells a different shape than others?
4. What is the difference between a prokaryote, and an eukaryote?
5. How does the structure of the cell membrane accomplish its major
function?
6. What is the structure and function of the cell nucleus?
7. What are the major organelles that correspond to these functions of the
cell?
Reproduction
Absorption of food and waste removal
Protein synthesis, transport, and export
8. What are the major differences between animal and plant cells?
9. How are cells, tissues, organs and organ systems related?
Chapter 6 Homeostasis and transport
1. What is homeostasis?
2. How do water molecules move across a cell membrane?
3. What is the difference between osmosis and diffusion?
4. How do carrier molecules transport materials across the cell membrane?
5. What is the difference between facilitated diffusion and active transport?
6. How do protein channels work?
7. What is the difference between endocytosis and exocytosis?
8. What led researchers to hypothesize that communication between the cells

occurred?
Chapter 7 Photosynthesis and Respiration
What is the major difference between photosynthesis and respiration?
What does it mean to be an autotroph?
What is an ATP molecule, and what is its structure?
What does phosphorylation mean?
What are the reactants and products of photosynthesis?
What is the basic structure of a chloroplast?
What is the major difference between the light and dark reactions?
What are the three carbon-fixing processes used by plants?
What is the difference between anaerobic respiration and aerobic
respiration?
10. What are the two kinds of anaerobic respiration?
11. What are the products of glycolysis?
12. What is the Krebs cycle and how does it produce ATP?
13. What is the overall gain of ATP in aerobic respiration?
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