EQT Study Guide 2013-2014

Clark-Shaw 8th Grade Biology

  1. What is an instrument that allows light to pass through the specimen and uses two lenses to form an image called?

  1. What type of glassware would be used when culturing bacteria?

  1. Which is the most appropriate piece of equipment to use when measuring the mass of a leaf?

  1. Which is the most appropriate piece of equipment to use when measuring 40 mL of water?

  1. Which microscope might a scientist use to observe a virus?

  1. A scientist noticed that the number of salamanders in ponds in the Rocky Mountains was declining. This is an example of which step of the scientific method?

  1. When enough experimental data supports a hypothesis, what does the hypothesis become?

  1. Two similar species of rodents live in the same forest. A biologist observes that one rodent population is much larger than the other. The biologist believes that the difference is due to better protective coloration in the larger population. A research project is set up to test this idea. What is the biologist’s idea that the population numbers are influenced by coloration called?

  1. What is the basic unit of length in SI?

  1. What is the basic unit of volume in SI?

  1. Be able to read a graduated cylinder.

  1. How does active transport differ from passive transport?

  1. Molecules that are too large to be moved through the membrane are transported into the cell through what process?

  1. Be able to identify diffusion when given a diagram.

  1. What is the movement of a substance from a area of high concentration to an area of lower concentration?

  1. A cell will swell when placed in a ______type of solution?

  1. Osmosis is a type of what kind of transport?

  1. Explain Homeostasis.

  1. What is the process of the cell ridding itself of materials by discharging the materials in vesicles?

  1. What are the major roles of lipids within the cell?

  1. What type of protein acts as a biological catalyst lowering the activation energy of a reaction or changes the speed of the reaction?

  1. What are carbohydrates and lipids are able to store in their bonds?

  1. Most of the food and waste materials that move into and out of a cell pass through what type of organic molecule in the cell membrane?
  2. Phospholipids are molecules that form the lipid bilayer of which important cell part: nucleus, centriole, microfilament, or cell membrane?

  1. What are carbohydrates and lipids are able to store in their bonds?

  1. Most of the food and waste materials that move into and out of a cell pass through what type of organic molecule in the cell membrane?

  1. The equation below represents a summary of a biological process. In which cell organelle is this process completed?

  1. What is the process in which plants capture sunlight for energy and make organic molecules known as?

  1. Light energy is converted to chemical energy through what process?

  1. Identify the organelle.What is its function?
    Is it located in the animal, plant or both?

  1. Some ribosomes float freely in the cytoplasm, while others are located on the ______.

  1. Rough endoplasmic reticulum differs from the smooth endoplasmic reticulum in which of the following ways?

  1. What is two significant differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells?

  1. A cell that requires a lot of energy might contain large numbers of what organelle?

  1. What is the function of the cell membrane in all cells?

  1. What cell organelle would be present large numbers in a plant cell involved in sugar production?

  1. What are distinct types of cells that work together to perform a common function called?

  1. What is the name of the process in which the nucleus is divided into two nuclei?

  1. What is the name of the process necessary for reproduction, growth, and repair of cells?

  1. What are chromatids?

  1. What is the longest stage of the cell cycle and what phase does it make up?

  1. Regulation of an organism’s internal environment to maintain conditions suitable for its survival is called ______(balance in nature)

  1. Common Steps Used By Scientist to Gather information and Answer Questions are ______

  1. A ______is an explanation for a question or problem that can be tested.

  1. The ______variable is the one condition in an experiment that is tested.

  1. The ______variable is the condition that changes.

  1. A hypothesis that is supported by many different investigations and observations becomes a ______.

  1. Following observation, a scientists makes a testable statement of the observation called a ______.

  1. The hypothesis is tested by a/an ______or further observations.

  1. The net movement of particles from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration.

  1. What is the diffusion of water across a differentially (selectively) permeable membrane due to concentration differences.

  1. The cell cycle includes: ______, mitosis, and ______.

  1. The process by which nuclear materials is divided equally between two new cells is ______.

  1. The dark-staining structures that carry the genetic material are the ______.

  1. Which tool can be used to most accurately determine the volume of a paper clip?

  1. Molecules move from areas of high concentration to areas of low concentration through the process of ____.

  1. Be able to accurately label the parts of a Eukaryotic cell and a Prokaryotic cell.

  1. Be able to identify the organelle by its function.