Name: ___________________________ Date: __________________

Biology 11 Exam Review Part 1

Remember: This is just a review. You should fully prepare for the exam by reviewing all material
covered in class.
1. List five characteristics of living things.
2. Explain cell theory.
3. Compare and contrast mitochondria and chloroplast.
4. How do the organelles of a cell compare to parts of a city? Provide specific examples.
5. How does the nucleus control the cell?
6. Explain the difference between a prokaryotic cell and an eukaryotic cell.
7. List four ways that a plant cell differs from an animal cell.
8. Draw either a plant or animal cell and label its organelles.
9. List the organelles of a cell and their function.
10. A student observed a cell under high power that took up 25% of the field of view. If the field of
view on low power was measured to be 4.0mm, calculate the cells actual size.
11. A student drew a diagram of an amoeba that measured 15.0cm. If the actual size was 0.2mm,
calculate that scale of the diagram.
12. What are the components that make up the cell membrane? Describe their function.
13. What are hypertonic, hypotonic, and isotonic?
14. What are plasmolyzed, flaccid, and turgid?
15. What is plasmolysis?
16. Explain the difference between:
(a)
endocytosis and exocytosis
(b)
phagocytosis and pinocytosis
(c)
active transport and passive transport
(d)
osmosis and facilitated diffusion
17. Why are proteins so essential to living things?
18. Fill out the following table to demonstrate your knowledge of organic compounds:
Organic Compound
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Proteins
Elements
Building Blocks
Function / Uses
Examples
19. Compare and contrast hydrolysis and dehydration synthesis. Draw diagram to represent both.
20. List the six kingdoms and provide general characteristics of each.
21. Are viruses living or non-living? Explain.
22. Explain the lytic cycle and lysogenic cycle for a virus.

Name: ___________________________ Date: __________________

Biology 11 Exam Review Part 2

1. List the seven taxa of classification.
2. What are the differences between Aristotles original classification system and our current
classification system?
3. List the kingdoms of the current classification system. Be able to give characteristics of each.
4. Why are there two different kingdoms for bacteria?
5. What do we base our classification on for bacteria?
6. What is the modern basis for classification?
7. What is the difference between homologous and analogous structures? Provide examples of
each.
8. Why are bacteria important to life on earth?
9. What is conjunction?
10. What is binary fission?
11. Create a dichotomous key for the following six animals:

Duck

Cow

Elephant

Rabbit

Goldfish

Parrott

12. How are organisms named?

13. What is a vaccine?
14. What are facultative anaerobes?
15. Why is it necessary to follow doctors orders when taking antibiotic medication?
16. What are some examples of protists?
17. Be able to label diagrams of amoeba, paramecium, and euglena.
18. How do fungi get their nutrition?
19. What are the 3 categories of fungi?
20. What are the categories of plants? Know: (Vascular/ nonvascular, angiosperm/ gymnosperm,
monocot/ dicot).
21. What general characteristics apply to all animals?
22. Be able to give examples of organisms in each phylum for invertebrates and vertebrates.
23. Identify the organs of the human digestive system.
24. What is the function of the liver, pancreas, and gall bladder?
25. Explain the chambers of the heart and the direction of blood flow through them.
26. What are the: pulmonary arteries, pulmonary veins, superior vena cava, inferior vena cava,
and aorta?
27. Identify and explain the four components of blood.
28. Identify and explain the parts of the respiratory system. * ( If we have time to cover this)
29. Explain how the lungs exchanges gases within the alveoli. *
30. Describe the digestive system of an earthworm.
31. What are aortic arches, clitellum and setae?
32. Lumbricus terrestris is the scientific name of the common earthworm. What does the scientific
name tell us about the classification of the animal?
33. What does a frogs heart look like?
34. What are some adaptations of a frog?