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Spring biology final review
Food chain or food web?
What does evolution mean in biology?
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What does evolution mean in biology?
change in individuals over time
change in species over time
change in theories over time
change in ecosystems over time
2
Food chain or food web?
Food chain
Food web
3
Liters measure
distance
electricity
volume
sound
4
The paw of a cat and the hands of a human are... (More than one is correct).
analogous structures
homologous structures
came from the same now they are different structures
vestigial structures
5
adenine is to thymine as
guanine : cytosine
protein : DNA
Watson : Crick
guanine : thymine
6
Which of the following is a limiting factor? (More than one correct answer)
carpet
area
food
water
7
In pea plants, tall plants are dominant are dominant to short. A short pea plant must be...
Tt
tT
TT
tt
8
Matter is neither _______________ nor __________________, but it can change form.
created/destroyed
purple/orange
hot/cold
boiled/fried
9
What role does biodiversity play in an ecosystem?
Increasing stability
recycling nutrients
all of the answers
providing healthy soil
10
What is the function of DNA?
Stores hereditary information
creates fats
Do Not Ask
maintains homeostasis
11
What islands are home for finches whose beaks inspired Darwin to write about natural selection?
Azores
Falkland
Tahiti
Galapagos
12
If a characteristic is sex-linked, the gene for it is found on
a linked chromosome
X or Y chromosome
an allele
Z or Q chromosome
13
Refer to the illustration. During which time period are the birthrate and death rate equal?
period A
period C
period B
period D
14
The palmaris longus tendon is an example of a... (More than one answer is correct).
homologous structure
vestigial structure
useless or harmless structure
analogous structure
15
What is the independent variable?
January
type of sock
200 mL
Becky
16
A ______________ structure is one that no longer serves a purpose.
vestigial
floating
analagous
homologous
17
If a DNA strand is AATGCA, the complementary strand of RNA is:
AATGCA
TTACGT
TTUCGU
UUACGU
18
The wings of an insect, bird, bat, and pterodactyl are...
Came from different, now they are the same
vestigial structures
analogous structures
homologous structures
19
How much energy is lost when you go up one step in an energy pyramid?
15%
30%
10%
90%
20
Where is the genetic code in the DNA structure?
phosphates
rungs
bases
sugars
21
Homeostasis is internal _____________________.
balance
fever
organ
parasites
22
What goes on during the "overshoot" that makes the population decrease?
Birth
Competition
Immigration
Underemigration
23
When did modern humans first appear in the fossil record?
4 billion years ago
300,000 years ago
200,000 years ago
3 billion years ago
24
Cross a white flower and a black flower and the offspring are gray this is an example of..
Incomplete dominance
polygenetic
codominance
25
Cross a red cow with white cow you get a roan cow (red and white spots) this is an example of..
polygenetic
sex-linked
codominance
incomplete dominance
26
Since the allele for colorblindness is located on the X chromosome, colorblindness
occurs only in adults
is sex-linked
occurs only in females
cannot be inherited
27
What are producers?
herbivores
the sun
carnivores
plants
28
An example of evolution in the world today is...
extinction of dinosaurs
antibiotic resistance
changing art taste
cloning of sheep
29
Where do new traits come from?
chlorophyll
sickle cells
Organisms trying to change
DNA mutations
30
The relationship between mosquitos and humans can best be described as...
codominance
commensalism
mutualism
parasitism
31
Where is the DNA found in the cell?
Nucleus
Rough ER
Cytoplasm
Smooth ER
32
Which of the following is an abiotic factor?
Plant
rock
bear
tree
33
Which of the following is the result of artificial selection?
the weeds in a garden
the recognized breeds of dogs
the rain-forest plants and animals
the fish that live in the ocean
34
The major idea that Darwin presented in his book
The Origin of Species
was that
animals changed, but plants remained the same
species changed over time by natural selection
elephants and bacteria changed constantly
species changed over time and never competed with each other
35
When an environment changes rapidly, most species...
slowly adapt
parasite
go extinct
predation
36
Using the graph, what caused the decline from in hares from 1865-1870?
lynx
disease
commensalism
parasitism
37
What is Biology the study of?
Rocks
Earth
Sky
Life
38
What increases as a population gets closer to carrying capacity?
competition
available shelter
nesting sites
birthrate
39
The definition of evolution is...
organisms mating rapidly
rapid change in habitats
process of change in individuals
change in species over long periods of time
40
Which animal is the most recently extinct?
Monkey
Fish
Lizard
41
Different forms of the same genes are called...
gene 1 and gene 2
chromosomes
alleles
autosome
42
Who first proposed a theory of evolution?
Crick
Watson
Darwin
Einstein
43
The descendants of fish developed what trait before they were considered amphibians?
hair
four limbs
Amniotic egg
pre-orbital tenestra
44
What is the control group?
There is none
January
type of sock
Becky
45
What are the types of precipitation? (More than one is correct)
snow
tornado
lightning
rain
