NLN PAX Practice Tests Questions and Answers

An organism with chloroplasts in its cells is probably….
a- a heterotroph
b- an autotroph
c- a herbivore
d- a primary consumer
(S1, p218-228) ✔✔b- an autotroph
organisms that have chloroplasts in their cells carry on photosynthesis and are therefore autotrophs

  • autotrophs make their own food
    (Q1)
    What property of water allows someone to fill a glass slightly above the rim with out the water
    flowing over?
    a- specific gravity
    b- capillarity
    c- opacity
    d- surface tension
    (S1, p218-228) ✔✔d- surface tension
    (Q2)
    The spaces b/w neurons are called…..
    a- synapses
    b- dendrites
    c- inter-neurons
    d- cell gaps

    (S1, p218-228) ✔✔a- synapses
    (Q3)
    As light passes obliquely from air to water, it is bent. This bending is called…..
    a- diffraction
    b- reflection
    c- refraction
    d- dispersion
    (S1, p218-228) ✔✔c- refraction
    (Q7)
    Which of the following organelles is NOT involved in protein synthesis?
    a- ribosome
    b- mitochondrion
    c- rough ER
    d- nucleus
    (S1, p218-228) ✔✔d- nucleus
    (Q8)
    NOTE:
  • the nucleus contains DNA
  • the ribosomes, located on the rough er, are the site for protein synthesis
  • the mitochondrion are the sites of cellular respiration
    Which group of organisms helps prevent the accumulation of organic wastes in nature?
    a- rabbits
    b- mosses
    c- bacteria

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