Biology 220

                                                                           STUDY GUIDE

THESE ARE SAMPLE QUESTIONS TO HELPYOU FOR REVIEW, NOT THE QUESTIONS ON THE FIRST EXAM.
CHECK YOU ANSWERS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE KEY,THERE MAY BE AN ERROR WITH THE KEY.

1. The main function of cellular respiration is
a. breaking down toxic molecules
b. breaking down molecules of ATP
c. producing chemical building blocks
d. making ATP that powers cell activities
e. making food

2. During the oxidation of glucose, 40% of the chemical energy of the molecule is _____, while the rest _____.
a. used to form ATP…..is lost as heat
b. used to hydrolyze ATP…converted to mechanical energy
c. lost as heat…used to phosphorylate ADP
d. lost as heat…is stored in glycogen

3. Select the choice that best fills in the blanks to complete the equation for the complete oxidation of the molecule of glucose:
C6H12O6   + _____     --------à     _____  + 6H2O   +   Energy
a. 36 ADP…36 ATP
b. O2…CO2
c. 6O2…6CO2
d. CO2…O2
e. 6CO2…6O2

4. The energy used to synthesize ATP in the mitochondrion comes from the flow of _____
      through the ATP-SYNTHASE in the mitochondrial membrane.
a. sunlight
b. protons
c. glucose
d. oxygen
e. electron carriers

5. Oxidative reactions of the Krebs cycle take place in(on):
a. the cytoplasm
b. the endoplasmic reticulum
c. the outer mitochondrial membrane
d. the matrix of the mitochondrion
e. the chloroplast
 

6. At the end of glycolysis
a. there is a small net yield of two ATP molecules
b. two molecules of NAD+ are reduced to 2 NADH
c. two molecules of pyruvic acid are formed from one molecule of glucose
d. all of the above
 
 

7. A glucose molecule is completely bronken down in glycolysis and in the Krebs cycle, with the production of only a few ATP’s. At this point, one may ask, “in what molecule(s) is the rest of the energy that results from the breakdown of the glucose molecule?
a. in FAD and NAD+
b. in the oxygen used in the electron transport chain
c. lost as heat
d. in NADH and FADH2
e. H2O

8. Fermentation is essentially glycolysis plus an extra step in which pyruvic acid is reduced to form lactic acid or alcohol and CO2.  This last step is necessary because it
a. removes poisonous oxygen from the environment
b. extracts a bit more energy from glucose
c. enables the cell to recycle NADH back to NAD+
d. inactivates toxic pyruvic acid
e. enables the cell to make pyruvic acid into substances it can use

9- 13  Match each of the items below with one of the three stages of respiration.

a. glycolysis        b. Krebs cycle       c. electron transport chain and chemiosmosis
 

9. Occurs outside the mitochoindrion
10. Produces 2 ATP by substrate-level phosphorylation for every molecule of glucose
11. Oxidizes NADH and FADH2, producing NAD+ and FAD
12. Here electrons and protons combine with oxygen to form water
13. Generates most of the CO2 produced by cellular respiration.

14. The energy generated during metabolism comes from the breakdown of the glucose molecule.  Glucose is _____ because it _____ electrons during this process.
a. oxidized…..gains
b. reduced…..gains
c. oxidized…..looses
d. reduced…..uses

15. A coenzyme called _____ is used as an electron acceptor molecule during the breakdown of glucose.
a. ATP
b. ADP
c. NAD+
d. Coenzyme-A
e. RuBP
 
 

16. In _____ phosphorylation, an enzyme removes a _____ from one molecule and transfers it to ADP to form ATP.
a. oxidative…..carbon group
b. oxidative…..phosphate group
c. substrate level…..hydrogen ion
d. substrate level…..phosphate group
e. light…..acid group

17. Energy in the electrons that are transported down the electron transport chain is used to move _____ across the inner mitochondrial membrane into the intermembrane space.
a. glucose
b. hydrogen atoms
c. protons
d. electrons
 
18 – 23 Match each of the items below with one of the following answers:

 a. NADH     b. pyruvic acid     c. ATP     d. NAD+     e. glucose

18. The energy currency of the cell
19. Thirty-six molecule of ATP are produced from this breakdown of this molecule.
20. A reduced electron carrier molecule
21. The end-product of glycolysis
22. One of these is generated in one turn of the Krebs cycle
23. The molecule that is broken down during glycolysis.
 

PHOTOSYNTHESIS

24. Which of the following statements is correct concerning where photosynthesis
occurs  in  a leaf of a plant?
 
        a) Photosynthesis occurs in mitochondria  which are concentrated in the epidermis.
        b) Photosynthesis occurs in chloroplasts which are concentrated in the epidermis.
        c) Photosynthesis occurs in mitochondria  which are concentrated in the mesophyll
        d) Photosynthesis occurs in chloroplasts which are concentrated in the mesophyll.
        e) Photosynthesis occurs in stomat  which are concentrated in the epidermis.
 
25.  During photosynthesis oxygen gas is given  off  as a product.  This oxygen is                                         split  from ___________ during the light reactions (light dependent).
 
                      a) glucose                                            d) carbon dioxide
                      b) chlorophyll                                       e) water
                      c) ATP
 
Questions 28?29:  Indicate which of the following reactions that  statement refers to:
 
              a)   light reactions of photosynthesis
              b)   CO2 fixation (Calvin Cycle)  of photosynthesis

             26.  Molecular oxygen gas is produced.
             27.  Carbon dioxide is incorporated into RuBP, producing PGA and glucose.
             28.  Conversion of light energy into chemical energy.
             29.  ATP and  NADPH+H  are "used".
 
30.  Which of the following is not true concerning the light reactions of photosynthesis?

                       a.  Utilizes two photosystems - PS I and PS II
                       b. Converts light energy into chemical energy
                       c.  Generates ATP via photophosphorylation.
                       d.  Uses mainly blue and red light.
                       e.  Converts carbon dioxide into glucose

31.   Those sets of chemical reactions which occur during  photosynthesis  where                                          ATP and NADPH +H are used to reduce carbon dioxide into glucose are
called:
 
                            a)  CO2  fixation (Calvin Cycle)          c)  Kreb Cycle
                            b)  glycolysis                                      d) light reactions
 
32.  Which of the following is not true concerning the dark reactions of photosynthesis?

                       a.  Utilizes two photosystems - PS I and PS II
                       b. Carbon dioxide is fixed into PGA and eventually glucose.
                       c.  These reactions require ATP and NADPH to operate.
                       d.  These reactions do not directly require light..
                       e.  The enzyme Rubisco combines carbon dioxide with five carbon sugar      called
                            RuBP  which forms into PGA

33. The light  reactions occur in the 'A'  and the Calvin Cycle (dark reactions) occur in the                              'B'  of  the chloroplast.
 
                                   'A'                                                       'B'
                          a) stroma                                             grana thylakoid membrane
                          b) grana thylakoid membrane               stroma
                          c) stroma                                             stroma
                          d) cytoplasm                                        grana thylakoid membrane
 
 
 
 

34.  Pigments found in plants which absorb light to excite electrons which are                                                  transferred to the photosystems  I and II .
 
                       a)  chlorophyll                                       d) carotene
                       b)  anthocyanin                                      e) xanthophyll
                       c)  melan
35 - 37. Compare the three plant types which have special adaptations that same water by
              matching the statement below to the correct plant type.

                           a) C3 plant                             b) C4 plant                      c) CAM plant

35.  The stomata are open at night where carbon dioxide is fixed into a four-carbon                                                                                      compounds (malate). These four carbon compounds (malate) are
decarboxylated forming carbon dioxide gas during  the  day when the
stomata are closed to conserve water. The light  reactions are activated
allowing the Calvin cycle to operate fixing the carbon dioxide  into
three carbon molecule (PGA) and  eventually glucose.

36.  The stomata are open during the day when the light reactions are occurring.
The carbon dioxide enters the leaf where it is fixed into a three  carbon
compounds (PGA) and eventually glucose. These plants carry out a
process of photorespiration.
 

37. The  carbon dioxide is fixed into a four-carbon compounds. (malate) by a
different enzyme  than rubisco in the mesophyll cells of the leaf.  These
four-carbon compounds (malate) are stored  in special bundle sheath
cells around the vein. In these cells the four carbon compounds (malate)
are decarboxylated forming carbon dioxide gas which can be fixed by                                                          rubisco into  three carbon compounds (PGA) and eventually glucose via
the Calvin Cycle. These plants also lack photorespiration.
.

38. Match the general equation listed below for each of the process photosynthesis .
 
                       a) C6 H12O6          ??????>             2 CO2     +     2 C2 H5OH (ethanol/alcohol)

                       b) C6 H12O6         +  6 O2          ??????>              6 CO2        +            6 H2 O

                       c)  6 CO2       +     C6 H12O6           ??????>              6 O2             +             6 H2 O
 
                       d) 6 CO2           +            6 H2 O           ??????>        C6 H12O6      +             6 O2
 
39.  A chemical process where living organisms form energy rich organic
molecules from energy   poor organic molecules utilizing light  energy.
 
                            a)  oxidation                                         d) aerobic respiration
                            b)  condensation                                   e)  photosynthesis
                            c)  hydrolysis
 
40. Which of the following set of reactions is  not part of the process called                                                   photosynthesis"?
 
                       a)  glycolysis
                       b)  photosystem I
                       c)  dark reactions (Calvin Cycle)
                       d)  photosystem II
                       e)  light reactions

41.  Which set of reactions listed below require light energy directly to drive them?

                          a) glycolysis                                      d) dark reactions (Calvin Cycle)
                          b) Kreb Cycle                                    e) light reactions
                          c) cytochrome electron transport system
 
42.  The carbon which is synthesized into glucose during photosynthesis comes from:
 
                       a)  CO2                                                d)  CO
                       b)  chlorophyll                                      e)  H2O
                       c)  CHON

43.  Which of the following statements is not true concerning photosynthesis.

                       a) ATP and NADPH+H coenzymes are transported from light dependent
                            reactions to the Calvin Cycle reactions
                       b) light dependent reactions involve two photosystems - PSI and PSII
                       c) light energy is absorbed by the chlorophyll pigments
                       d) light is "directly" required during the dark   reactions (Calvin cycle)
 
44. Photosynthesis converts:
                        a)  light energy into chemical energy
                        b)  chemical energy into light energy
                        c)  light energy into mechanical energy
 

45.  Match the following statements to the correct definition for
                       photophosphorylation.

a)  During this process ATP is made directly from a reaction where  bonds of                                                organic molecules are broken forming molecules of lesser energy.
b)  ATP is generated via of a cytochrome electron transport system which is driven
by light.
c).  ATP is generated via of a cytochrome electron transport system which is driven                                        by NADH+H or FADH+H and oxygen is used to accept wasted hydrogen ions.
 

46. Which of the following sets of reactions does not occur in the chloroplast?
 
                       a)  Photosystem I                              c) Calvin Cycle (dark reactions)
                       b)  Photosystem II                             d) Kreb Cycle
 
47.   In the equation for photosynthesis CO2 is:
 
a)  released                     c) transferred from the light reactions to the dark reactions.                                                                                                          b)  taken in                     d) transferred from the dark reactions to the light reactions.

 
48.  Which of the following terms does not pertain the light  reactions?

                       a) utilizes primary electron acceptors
                       b) generates ATP via electron transport chain
                       c) forms oxygen as by product
                       d) absorbs red and blue light  by chlorophyll
                       e) occurs in soluble stroma portion of chloroplast

49 – 50 . Identify the following metabolic processes as either:

                     a)  catabolic                           b) anabolic

49. Aerobic Cellular Respiration
50. Photosynthesis
 

 Life cycles of vascular plants.  Match the description on the left to the correct "Division" of Vascular Plants  on the right. (20 pts)

                          (List all possible answers, may be more than one answer).
 
 

 ______ 51.  Heterosporus                                                                A. Lycopodium

 ______ 52.  Reproduces asexually using gemma cups                    B. Selaginella

 ______ 53.  Sporophyte lacking true roots                                      C. Psilotum

 ______ 54.  Sporophyte has  roots (adventitious or  true)               D. Equisetum

 ______ 55.  Sporophyte is diploid (2n)                                            E. Fern

 ______ 56.  Gametophyte is the most conspicuous form                 F. Cycads

 ______ 57. Egg cell produced in archegonium                                G. Moss
 
 ______ 58. Male gametophyte is located in a pollen grain              H. Liverwort
 
 ______ 59. Sporangium located in sori
 
______60. Sporangium located in strobuli

 _____ 61. Sperm is motile (flagella)

 _____ 62. Female gametophyte located in ovule

 _____ 63. Sperm are formed by mitosis.

 _____ 64. Young sporophyte (embryo) is contained in a seed.
 

             (List all possible answers, some are used more than once ).

  _______ 65. sporophyte plant is diploid

  _______ 66. heterosporous                                                      A. conifers (pine)

  _______ 67. produces seeds                                                    B. angiosperms (oak)

  _______ 68. forms flowers                                                     C. cycads (zamia)

  _______ 69. egg formed in archegonium                               D. ginkgo

  _______ 70. flagellated sperm present

  _______ 71. forms fruit around seed(s)

  _______ 72. seeds produced in cones

  _______ 73. double fertilization

  _______74. flagellated sperm present

  _______75. produces pollen

  _______76. forms an endosperm

  _______77. embryo consists of cotyledons in seed

  _______78. female gametophyte in ovule

  _______79. integument develops into fleshy tissue

 _______ 80. ovules located in ovary
 
 

    1. In the sporangium, _______________________  develop into  spores by which type of cell            division? __________

    2. Seedless vascular plants produce eggs in the _____________ structure by which type of cell          division? ______________

    3. The gametophyte generation begins with the ___________ and the sporophyte generation              begins with the ________________ in a sporic life cycle.
 
 
 

   Study the hypothetical life cycle annexed to test and answer the
   following questions.

      HYPOTHETICAL LIFE CYCLE
 
 
 
 

  1.Exhibits (zygotic, sporic or gametic) life cycle.

  2.Exhibits alternation of generation ___________ (y/n).

  3.Ploidy (haploid, diploid, etc.) of the structure indicated by (F)

  4.Exhibits isomorphic gametopyte/sporophyte stages  _________ (y/n).

  5.Cell indicated by (A) is _________ (diploid/haploid).

  6.Structure indicated by (B) could be called a/an _________
     (sporangium, oogonium, antheridium).

  7.Structure indicated by (C) could be called a/an _________
     (sporangium, oogonium, antheridium).

  8. Structure indicated by (D) could be called a/an _________
     (egg, sperm, gamete, spore, microspore, megaspore).

  9.Circle male gametophyte if present.
  10. What is the ploidy (diploid, haploid, etc.)  for the structure indicated by (E)

  11. Does this life cycle exhibit  heterospory or homospory?

  12. Type of cell division indicated by *?   ___________

  13. Identify and give the ploidy for the structure indicated by AG@.