Bio 101 Final – Straighterline Exams with Complete
Solutions for 2024/2025
▪ You are most likely to see hag fish, sperm whales, and viperfish inhabiting which of the following
zones of the ocean? - -✓bathypelagic
▪ What was the first seed plant to appear? - -✓gymnosperm
▪ In a pedigree for an autosomal recessive disorder, which of the following will occur if two
homozygous unaffected individuals mate? - -✓They will have unaffected offspring.
▪ Both bacteria and archaea are which of the following types of organism? - -✓prokaryotic
▪ Which of the following accurately describes transcriptional control of gene expression in
eukaryotes? a- -✓Transcription factors help RNA polymerase bind to promoter sequences
▪ Based on their chemical equations, photosynthesis and cellular respiration have which of the
following relationships? - -✓opposite reactions
▪ Which of the following parts of a plant seed turns into the root system? - -✓radicle
▪ Which of the following equations is often used to show that an enzyme has formed a complex
with its substrate?
▪ Select one: - -✓substrate + enzyme ⇒ enzyme-substrate complex ⇒ enzyme + product
▪ What type of muscle cell has branching, striated cells, each containing a single nucleus? - -
✓cardiac muscle
▪ Which of the following cell structures is associated with cellular respiration? - -✓mitochondria
, ▪ Male peacocks having more ornate plumage than their female counterparts is an example of
which of the following features of ecological behavior? - -✓sexual dimorphism
▪ Which organic molecule is composed of an amino group, a carboxylic acid group, and an R
group? - -✓amino acid
▪ Which step of the photosynthesis pathway produces a carbohydrate from CO2 in the
atmosphere? - -✓the Calvin cycle
▪ Which step of the cellular respiration pathway produces 4 CO2, 6 NADH, 6 H+, 2 FADH2, and 2
ATP? - -✓Citric Acid Cycle
▪ Which membranous organelle, present in both animal and plant cells, is primarily used for
storage? - -✓the vacuole
▪ Plants are capable of growth throughout their entire lifespan because of specialized tissue
known as the - -✓meristem
▪ Which group of hominids had an appearance similar to modern man and hunted cooperatively
using advanced stone tools? - -✓Cro-Magnons
▪ To bypass the pulmonary circulation in the fetal heart, much of the blood entering the right
atrium is shunted directly to the left atrium through the - -✓foramen ovale
▪ The phenomenon that occurs when two alleles of the same gene are expressed equally in a
heterozygote is called - -✓codominance
▪ Which members of an ecosystem occupy the first trophic level of a food web? - -✓Autotrophs
▪ Which form of symbiosis resembles the predator-prey relationship in which one species benefits
while the other species is harmed? - -✓Parasitism
Solutions for 2024/2025
▪ You are most likely to see hag fish, sperm whales, and viperfish inhabiting which of the following
zones of the ocean? - -✓bathypelagic
▪ What was the first seed plant to appear? - -✓gymnosperm
▪ In a pedigree for an autosomal recessive disorder, which of the following will occur if two
homozygous unaffected individuals mate? - -✓They will have unaffected offspring.
▪ Both bacteria and archaea are which of the following types of organism? - -✓prokaryotic
▪ Which of the following accurately describes transcriptional control of gene expression in
eukaryotes? a- -✓Transcription factors help RNA polymerase bind to promoter sequences
▪ Based on their chemical equations, photosynthesis and cellular respiration have which of the
following relationships? - -✓opposite reactions
▪ Which of the following parts of a plant seed turns into the root system? - -✓radicle
▪ Which of the following equations is often used to show that an enzyme has formed a complex
with its substrate?
▪ Select one: - -✓substrate + enzyme ⇒ enzyme-substrate complex ⇒ enzyme + product
▪ What type of muscle cell has branching, striated cells, each containing a single nucleus? - -
✓cardiac muscle
▪ Which of the following cell structures is associated with cellular respiration? - -✓mitochondria
, ▪ Male peacocks having more ornate plumage than their female counterparts is an example of
which of the following features of ecological behavior? - -✓sexual dimorphism
▪ Which organic molecule is composed of an amino group, a carboxylic acid group, and an R
group? - -✓amino acid
▪ Which step of the photosynthesis pathway produces a carbohydrate from CO2 in the
atmosphere? - -✓the Calvin cycle
▪ Which step of the cellular respiration pathway produces 4 CO2, 6 NADH, 6 H+, 2 FADH2, and 2
ATP? - -✓Citric Acid Cycle
▪ Which membranous organelle, present in both animal and plant cells, is primarily used for
storage? - -✓the vacuole
▪ Plants are capable of growth throughout their entire lifespan because of specialized tissue
known as the - -✓meristem
▪ Which group of hominids had an appearance similar to modern man and hunted cooperatively
using advanced stone tools? - -✓Cro-Magnons
▪ To bypass the pulmonary circulation in the fetal heart, much of the blood entering the right
atrium is shunted directly to the left atrium through the - -✓foramen ovale
▪ The phenomenon that occurs when two alleles of the same gene are expressed equally in a
heterozygote is called - -✓codominance
▪ Which members of an ecosystem occupy the first trophic level of a food web? - -✓Autotrophs
▪ Which form of symbiosis resembles the predator-prey relationship in which one species benefits
while the other species is harmed? - -✓Parasitism
