FREE ATDH Biology and General Chemistry Questions and Answers

Question 1

What is the major function of the Golgi apparatus?

Accepted Answer

Sorting secretory and membrane proteins

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Making steroid hormones

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Translating messenger RNA into protein

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Replicating chromosomal DNA

Question 2

Which might have an RNA genome?

Accepted Answer

Viruses

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Bacteria

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Fungi

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Protists

Question 3

To maintain homeostasis, a drop in body temperature in a mammal is generally followed by:

Accepted Answer

shivering.

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sweating.

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decreasing blood flow to the core.

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a fever.

Question 4

Which type of RNA binds an amino acid and carries it to the ribosome?

Accepted Answer

Transfer

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Small nuclear

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Messenger

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Ribosomal

Question 5

Which condition is characterized by a symbiotic association between two species, without harm to either, but with some benefit to both symbionts?

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Mutualism

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Predation

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Parasitism

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Commensalism

Question 6

A sample containing helium gas at 0.20 atm compresses so that its volume is halved at a constant temperature. What is the new pressure in atmospheres?

Accepted Answer

0.40

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0.10

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0.20

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0.80

Question 7

Which is the strongest attractive interaction in pure ethanol?

Accepted Answer

Hydrogen bonding

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Dipole-dipole forces

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Ionic bonding

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London dispersion forces

Question 8

Which organelle is responsible for cellular respiration?

Accepted Answer

Mitochondrion

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Nucleus

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Ribosome

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Endoplasmic reticulum

Question 9

What is the primary function of the chloroplast in plant cells?

Accepted Answer

Photosynthesis

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Protein synthesis

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Cellular respiration

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Lipid synthesis

Question 10

Which of the following is a noble gas?

Accepted Answer

Helium

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Oxygen

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Fluorine

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Nitrogen