Klein High School Science Club Tryout Test 2016

9th Grade Test

Directions: Read the questions and select the best answer and write your answer
on the answer sheet. Answers written within this booklet but not written on your
answer sheet will not be scored. Correct answers will be worth 6 points. 2 points will
be deducted for wrong answers. Points will not be deducted for answers which are
left blank. There are 45 questions. You will have 60 minutes to complete this exam.
You may turn in your test and leave before time is called. Please do not open this
booklet until the proctor says you may start.

1. The molecule C6H12O6 has many different isomers. Select the answer choice
which have all correct isomers for this molecule.
a. Glucose, Fructose, and Glycine
b. Adenine, Thymine, and Glucose
c. Glucose, Fructose, and Galactose
d. None of the above
2. Which of the following answer choices does NOT group the biomolecules
polymer its correct monomer?
a. Protein Amino Acids
b. Nucleic Acids Nucleotides
c. Lipids Monosaccharides
d. Carbohydrates Monosaccharides
3. Which of the following BEST describes all organic molecules?
a. Molecules which contain carbon
b. Molecules which contain C-H bonds
c. Molecules which contain carbon and oxygen
d. Molecules which do not contain carbon
4. When
a.
b.
c.
d.

__ or more glucose molecules combine, they produce a starch.

1
2
3
Starches are not created from glucose molecules

5. The phospholipid bilayer is created from lipids. Which of the following

describes the relationship between glycerol heads and fatty acid chains tails
that make up these lipids and water?
a. Glycerol heads hydrophobic, fatty acid chains tails hydrophilic
b. Glycerol heads hydrophilic, fatty acid chain tails hydrophilic
c. Glycerol heads hydrophobic, fatty acid chain tails hydrophobic
d. Glycerol heads hydrophilic, fatty acid chain tails hydrophobic
6. Saturated fats
a. Are solid and contain double bonds
b. Are solid and contain only single bonds
c. Are liquid and contain only single bonds
d. Are liquid and contain double bonds

7. Proteins have __ levels of organization.

a. 1

b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
8. The presence of proteins can be tested using which of the following reagent
tests?
a. Benedicts solution
b. Lugols Iodine Solution
c. Biuret solution
d. None of the above
9. The chemical breakdown of a compound due to a reaction with water is
called
a. Combustion
b. Dehydration
c. Hydrolysis
d. Double Displacement reaction
10.Which of the following facts about enzymes is not true?
a. Enzymes higher the activation energy of a reaction
b. Enzymes are proteins
c. Enzymes can become denatured do to a change in pH
d. Enzymes lower the activation energy of a reaction
11.The enzyme found in the digestive juices of some insects and various
microorganisms which is used to break down plant cell walls is called
a. Amylase
b. Carbonase
c. Cellulase
d. Lactase
12.An inhibitor which can change the shape of the active site so the substrate
cant attach to the enzyme is called
a. A competitive inhibitor
b. An allosteric inhibitor
c. A catalystic inhibitor
d. A shape-shifting inhibitor

13.Which of the following is not a part of the cell theory?

a. New cells are produced from existing cells
b. Cells are the basic units of structure and function in living things.
c. All living things are composed of cells
d. Cells are made up of only organic molecules
14.Which of the following are found in animal cells but not plant cells?
a. Mitochondria
b. Centrosomes
c. Membrane-bound organelles
d. DNA

15.The process in which cells lose water in hypertonic solutions is called

a. Osmosis
b. Plasmolysis
c. Lysis
d. Facilitated Transport
16.Which of the following requires energy?
a. Active Transport
b. Facilitated diffusion
c. Passive Transport
d. Osmosis
17.____ are dissolved in _______
a. Solutes; solvents
b. Solvents; solutes
c. Solutes; solutes
d. Solutions; solvents
18.Osmosis is
a. The movement of water between cell membranes
b. The movement of solute particles between cell membranes
c. a process which requires energy
d. None of the above
19.An example of active transport is
a. Exocytosis
b. Facilitated diffusion
c. Osmosis
d. Plasmolysis
20.ATP stands for
a. Adenine triphosphate
b. Adenosine triphosphate
c. Adenosine triple phosphate
d. Adenine diphosphate

21.ATP consists of
a. Adenine, Ribose, and 3 phosphorous atoms
b. Adenosine, Ribose, and 3 phosphate groups
c. Adenine, Ribose, and 3 phosphate groups
d. Adenine, Deoxyribose, and 3 phosphorus groups
22.Chlorophyll appears green because
a. It absorbs green light
b. It absorbs everything except green light
c. Its atoms are green
d. Combines light and energy to create green light

23.Which of the following is the correct balanced chemical equation of

photosynthesis?
a. CO2 + H2O C6H12O6 + O2
b. 6CO2 + 6H2O 6C6H12O6 + 6O2
c. 6CO2 + 6H2O C6H12O6 + 6O2
d. 6O2 + 6H2O C6H12O6 + 6CO2
24.Glycolysis produces ___ ATP molecules
a. 12
b. 6
c. 30
d. 36
25.Order
a.
b.
c.
d.

the cell cycle

G1, S, G2, Cell Division
G1, G2, S, Cell Division
S, G1, G2, Cell Division
None of the above

26.

Label A and B
a.
b.
c.
d.

A - centrosomes, B chromosomes
A centromere, B centriole
A centriole, B spindle fibers
None of the above

27._____ is the enzyme that opens up DNA and _____ is the enzyme that makes
the new DNA strand.
a. Separatase; Polymerase
b. Polymerase; Helicase
c. Helicase; Polymerase
d. Amylase; Polymerase
28.A set of three letters of RNA that code for an amino acid are ____
a. A codon
b. An anticodon
c. TRNA molecule
d. None of the above
29.The pulmonary artery takes ________ blood from the ________ to the ________.
a. Oxygenated; heart; body

b. Oxygenated; heart; lungs

c. Deoxygenated; lungs; heart
d. Deoxygenated; heart; lungs
30.Which of the following depicts a frameshift mutation to this genetic message:
AATCO?
a. AAUCO
b. ATACO
c. AAATCO
d. OCTAA
31.Sex-linked genes are found on ___.
a. Only the Y chromosome
b. Both the X and Y chromosome
c. Only the X chromosome
d. None of the above
32.In mice, tail shape is controlled by a single gene. You cross a mouse with a
bent tail with/to a mouse with a straight tail. Half of their offspring have bent
tails and half have straight tails (regardless of gender). What conclusion
based on these results is CORRECT?
a. Bent tail is dominant to straight tail.
b. Straight tail is dominant to bent tail.
c. One parent mouse is heterozygous, the other is homozygous.
d. Both parent mice are heterozygous.
e. Neither bent tail nor straight tail are dominant.
33.What
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

level of taxonomic organization contains both fungi and plants?

Class
Order
Phylum
Kingdom
Domain

34.True or false: All traits follow Mendels laws

a. True
b. False
35.A mutation occurs in a liver cell of a dog before the dog reproduces. When it
reproduces, how many of the puppies are expected to have the mutation?
a. All of the puppies will have the mutation.
b. Half of the puppies will have the mutation.
c. It depends which chromosomes the puppies inherit.
d. It depends if the mutation is dominant or recessive.
e. None of the puppies will inherit the mutation.
36.What
a.
b.
c.

blood type is the universal donor?

Blood type A
Blood type O
Blood type B

d. Blood type AB
37.A woman who is a carrier for colorblindness has a child with a man who is
colorblind. What is the probability that their child will be colorblind?
a. 0%
b. 25%
c. 50%
d. 75%
e. 100%
38.Natural selection acts ___________ on the phenotype and ___________ on the
genotype.
a. directly; directly
b. directly; indirectly
c. indirectly; indirectly
d. indirectly; directly
e. indirectly; not at all
39.Over the last century, the population sizes of many animal and plant species
have been rapidly declining due to human activities. Given this information,
which evolutionary mechanism would most likely be affected by this change?
a. Natural selection
b. Genetic drift
c. Artificial selection
d. Gene flow
e. Mutation
40.An example of a density-dependent factor affecting population size in mice
would be
a. Infection by mites
b. Frequent flooding of the field in which they live
c. Deleterious mutations in their DNA
d. Severity of winter storms
41. Which of the following best describes commensalism?
a. One organism benefits and the other one is harmed
b. No organism benefits
c. One organism benefits and the other one is unharmed
d. Both organisms benefit
42.Which statement is CORRECT?
a. All viruses have RNA as their genetic material.
b. Some viruses live and replicate outside of hosts.
c. Only one virus can infect a host at a particular time.
d. Viral genes are not incorporated into the hosts DNA.
e. None of the above
43.A virus enters an organism but its effects are not seen for 20 years. It is
probably
a. A virus that reproduces through the lysogenic cycle
b. A virus that reproduces through the lytic cycle

c. A virus that was killed by antibiotics

d. A virus that has DNA as its genetic material
44.The _____ makes bile and the ____ stores it.
a. Liver; gall bladder
b. Liver; pancreas
c. Gall bladder; liver
d. Pancreas; gall bladder
45.Neurons is to nervous system as _____ is to excretory system
a. Kidney
b. Nephrons
c. Epithelial cells
d. Urethra

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