Midterm Exam Study Guide 2023 Bio Acad
It is important that you prepare thoroughly in all areas. Use the following checklist of objectives to keep track of your study progress. Review each objective. When you feel comfortable with the material, check it off in the first space provided. After having made a final review of the chapter objectives, check off the second space provided.
Unit 1 – What Science Is
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________ : ________ Describe and be able to use the steps of the scientific method.
________ : ________ Know the difference between a control and experimental groups.
________ : ________ Be able to identify factors that should be kept constant between control and
experimental groups.
________ : ________ Identify the dependent and independent variables in an experiment.
________ : ________ Describe the difference between quantitative and qualitative data.
________ : ________ Describe the difference between a hypothesis and a theory and know how
theories develop.
________ : ________ Be able to interpret a graph and analyze scientific data and experimental design.
________ : ________ List and describe the 8 characteristics of living things and use them to explain if
something is living.
________ : ________ Identify a characteristic of life when given an example in a living thing.
Unit 2 - The Chemistry of Life
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________ : ________ Describe the structure of an atom.
________ : ________ Be able to create and interpret a Bohr model.
________ : ________ Know how to use the periodic table.
________ : ________ Describe the two types of chemical bonds.
________ : ________ Be able to interpret the structural formula of a molecule.
________ : ________ Identify some of the important properties of water.
________ : ________ Differentiate between adhesion and cohesion.
________ : ________ Differentiate between solutes and solvents.
________ : ________ List the four most abundant elements in living things.
________ : ________ Define organic compounds.
________ : ________ Describe some important properties of carbon.
________ : ________ Identify the four groups of organic compounds found in living things.
________ : ________ Describe the structure and function of each group of compounds of life.
________ : ________ Be able to identify monomers and polymers from each group of macromolecules.
________ : ________ Recognize the job of an enzyme in chemical reactions.
________ : ________ Define enzyme specificity.
________ : ________ Be able to interpret graphs representing the energy of a reaction.
________ : ________ Describe how factors like temperature, pH, enzyme and substrate and enzyme concentration can affect the rate of a chemical reaction (enzyme activity).
Unit 3 – Cells
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________ : ________ Identify and give the function of the main structures of all cells and be able to
identify them in a diagram.
________ : ________ Distinguish between prokaryote and eukaryote and give examples.
________ : ________ List and describe the major cytoplasmic organelles, including their function
________ : ________ Compare the structures of plant cells and animal cells.
________ : ________ Be able to label the eukaryotic organelles in a diagram of a cell.
________ : ________ Describe the structure of the cell membrane.
________ : ________ Describe the process by which substances move across the cell membrane.
________ : ________ Explain the principles of diffusion.
________ : ________ Describe how passive transport occurs across a membrane and through open protein channels in facilitated diffusion.
________ : ________ Differentiate between moving “up” or “down” a concentration gradient.
________ : ________ Compare and contrast exocytosis and endocytosis.
________ : ________ Be able to list the total magnifications of the 3 objective lenses in a microscope.
________ : ________ Know the order of objective lenses to use when using a microscope.
________ : ________ Differentiate between the course and fine adjustment knobs of a microscope
Unit 4 – Energy
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________ : ________ Label the parts of an ATP molecule.
________ : ________ Differentiate between autotrophs and heterotrophs; producers and consumers.
________ : ________ Write a balanced equation for photosynthesis.
________ : ________ Discuss the requirements for photosynthesis.
________ : ________ Be able to identify which colors are best absorbed by plant pigments.
________ : ________ Write a balanced equation for aerobic respiration.
________ : ________ Understand the conditions required for aerobic respiration which alternative
pathways exist for providing the cell with ATP energy.
________ : ________ Compare the lactic acid fermentation and alcoholic fermentation..
________ : ________ Compare anaerobic and aerobic respiration.
________ : ________ Differentiate between slow and fast muscle fibers.
________ : ________ Be able to identify the steps, reactants, products, and major chemical reactions of photosynthesis and cellular respiration when given diagrams of a chloroplast and mitochondria.