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Tennessee Biology I EOC LS1 (Biochemistry and Energy) overview quiz quiz

14questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. Water is a polar molecule. This means it:

  2. Water rising up a thin tube and a water strider standing on a pond are both explained by:

  3. Which property of water lets it act as a temperature buffer for cells and habitats?

  4. Which macromolecule is built from amino acids and does most of the cell's work, including acting as enzymes?

  5. A mutation changes one amino acid in a protein and the protein stops working. The best explanation is that:

  6. An enzyme speeds up a reaction by:

  7. Why does the rate of an enzyme reaction fall sharply above its optimum temperature?

  8. Which are the reactants of photosynthesis?

  9. During photosynthesis, the light energy a plant absorbs is:

  10. In which organelle does most aerobic cellular respiration occur?

  11. What is the role of ATP in a cell?

  12. When a muscle cell runs short of oxygen during intense exercise, it uses fermentation, which produces:

  13. Cellular respiration is often described as the reverse of photosynthesis because:

  14. Which statement about plants is correct?