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EK Bio Nervous System #27

The question reads: If a neuronal membrane were to become suddenly impermeable to potassium ions but retain an active Na+/K+ ATPase, the neuron's resting potential would: A) become more positive...

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weird CARS question type (Cars pack 2 spoiler)

View attachment 207668 I hadn't seen this type of question type before so I was wondering if anyone else had other than here. I thought it was asking to refute the statements using details from the...

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Kaplan FL 5 C/P #47

Is there a way to figure out which one is the functional group?

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ATP Yield

Yeast are single-celled eukaryotes. So their ATP yield should be 36 per glucose, right? Question 28 of B/B on the sample test says it is 38 ATP.

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TPR FL1 CP 5 How does gas expand without doing work?

The passage literally says "work done by the system [expansion] is positive", which is why I chose positive. The question stem does mention ideal gas, but I still can't mentally grasp how gas magically...

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AAMC Sample C/P Questions

I don't quite understand 38, 48, and 55 on this section. 38) What is the expected 14C labeling pattern found in isopentenyl phosphate produced this way? Labeled carbon atoms should be found at... I...

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carnot cycle?

should we learn this for mcat? or is PV diagram enough?

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TPR complete test 2 #49 C/P

I am so confused about this question. Can anyone help? Answer is C.

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Decrease V is decrease P

Just to clarify: In ideal gases, as volume increases, pressure decreases. In liquid, ie. plasma, as volume increases, pressure also increases? (got this from Qpacks Bio #80)

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Ion channel effects on neuron membrane potentials KA Passage

Anybody do the "Ion channel effects on neuron membrane potentials" KA passage. I could not follow through what the 2nd paragraph meant. A scientist is studying neurons in vitro to determine what occurs...

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Sample test P/S Questions

These are the questions I have: 10, 17, 37, 47 10) As described in the passage, the long-term consequences of child maltreatment have been found to include all of the following outcomes EXCEPT: Is...

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UV spectroscopy

I read in the kaplan book that uv spec allows electrons in the pi bonding molecular orbital to jump to pi antibonding molecular orbital. why not sigma?

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Bio Qpacks #84

The correct answer is D. From my understanding, circulatory & bone are mesoderm. Dermal=skin & nerve should be ectoderm, correct? Or am I misunderstanding what dermal is?

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CARS question pack 1 picasso passage #5

I don't understand...how is boldly colored simple faces indicative of childlike naivete?

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Nextstep Full Length 2: C/P #25

QUESTION What would be the approximate ratio of lactate to lactic acid in the final Lactated Ringer's solution after the initial preparation by student A? (Relevant passage information: pH of solution...

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IC50 definition

I see that IC50 comes up a lot in passages, just wanted to confirm my understanding of the definition. IC50=concentration of inhibitors needed to inhibit 50% of the reaction. A high IC 50 would mean...

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Enzyme Kinetics - what's the real reason for Vmax changes?

Competitive inhibitors don't change Vmax, while uncompetitive/noncompetitive inhibitors do. Why? They all do the same basic thing - prevent substrate from being processed by the enzyme. But the way...

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TBR thermochemistry #4

does increasing temperature allow the reaction to increase its rate?

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TBR O Chem Section 3 Example 3.10 and 3.16

Hey there y'all! So I was finishing up reviewing spectroscopy and analysis today and ran into a few example questions that left me feeling a bit confused. Here's a picture of the first example: View...

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Khan Academy C/P Passage Help

The passage titled "Quantitative Analysis of Contaminated Water Supply" is absolutely tearing me apart (link below). I'm totally confused about the questions. The hints aren't particularly helpful in...

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