BIO 150 Exam Questions and Answers
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"Cellular eating" by specialized cells is known as:
a. phagocytosis
b. endocytosis
c. exocytosis
d. intro-cytosis - ANSWER-a
A catalyst (may be an enzyme) is used up in an experiment.
a. True
b. False
c. Catalysts cannot be enzymes
d. They have no effect - ANSWER-b
A combination of two or more atoms of the same type is called:
a. an atomic unit
b. a molecule
c. a compound
d. an isotope
e. an ion - ANSWER-b
A complex individual that consists of organ systems is known as a(n):
a. community
b. population
c. organism
d. tissue
,e. species - ANSWER-c
A disease is called an epidemic if people all over the world have the same disease.
a. true
b. false - ANSWER-b
A hospital laboratory technician injects a dye into a vein in your right arm. What is the
first chamber of the heart that the dye will reach?
a. right atrium
b. left atrium
c. right ventricle
d. left ventricle
e. aorta - ANSWER-a
A hypothesis that is created uses which type of reasoning?
a. deductive reasoning
b. inductive reasoning
c. hypothesis reasoning
d. creative reasoning - ANSWER-b
A nephron is a two-way system with glomerular filtrate traveling back and forth within
the nephron.
a. true
b. false - ANSWER-b
A person with congenital hypothyroidism will exhibit what symptoms?
a. myxedema
b. exophthalmic goiter
c. simple goiter
,d. short and stocky, possible mental retardation
e. tetany - ANSWER-d
A person with O negative blood has what antigens on his or her red blood cells?
a. A only
b. B only
c. A and Rh
d. B and Rh
e. none - ANSWER-e
A placebo:
a. is an urban legend
b. reveals that sugar pills can create a positive treatment result
c. demonstrates that most scientific studies cannot be replicated
d. does not exist - ANSWER-b
A simple break of the tibia is when the bone pierces the skin.
a. true
b. false - ANSWER-b
A sodium atom has how many electrons?
a. 22
b. 23
c. 11
d. 10 - ANSWER-c
A sodium atom has how many neutrons?
a. 9
, b. 4
c. 12
d. 6 - ANSWER-c
A sodium atom has how many protons?
a. 22
b. 23
c. 11
d. 10 - ANSWER-c
A thickening and scarring of the arterial walls is called
a. atherosclerosis
b. aneurysm
c. embolism
d. stroke - ANSWER-a
About 80% of what you perceive as taste is actually smell.
a. true
b. false - ANSWER-a
According to the body mass index (BMI) chart, a healthy BMI is
a. between 18.5 and 24.9
b. between 25 and 29.9
c. 30 or higher
d. 40 or higher
e. 50 or higher - ANSWER-a
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