Pre-Med Biology & Organic Chemistry

Which test do these prerequisite courses prepare students for?

• GRE
• SAT
• LSAT
• MCAT

____ cells, such as bacteria, lack a membrane-bound nucleus.

• Prokaryotic
• Eukaryotic
• Animal
• Plant

Which organelle is called the powerhouse of the cell?

• Ribosome
• Nucleus
• Mitochondria
• Chloroplast

Ribosomes synthesize proteins in the cell.

• True
• False

Where does photosynthesis take place?

• Mitochondria
• Chloroplasts
• Nucleus
• Ribosomes

Who described the DNA double helix in 1953?

• Darwin and Crick
• Watson and Crick
• Franklin and Mendel
• Mendel and Darwin

Transcription copies genetic information from RNA to DNA.

• True
• False

The flow of information from RNA to protein is called ____.

• transcription
• replication
• translation
• mutation

Who is Mendelian genetics named after?

• Rosalind Franklin
• Francis Crick
• Gregor Mendel
• Charles Darwin

In what year did Darwin publish On the Origin of Species?

• 1860
• 1953
• 1859
• 1900

How many covalent bonds can a carbon atom form?

• Four
• Six
• Three
• Two

____ groups are the functional groups found in alcohols.

• Amino
• Hydroxyl
• Carbonyl
• Carboxyl

Hydrocarbons contain only which two elements?

• Carbon & oxygen
• Hydrogen & oxygen
• Carbon & hydrogen
• Carbon & nitrogen

Alkanes contain what type of bonds?

• Triple bonds
• Ionic bonds
• Double bonds
• Single bonds

____ describes molecules with the same formula but different structure.

• Respiration
• Chirality
• Catalysis
• Isomerism