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1
A tick sucking blood from a dog is an example of which type of symbiosis?
mutualism
parasitism
commensalism
capillarity
2
If a sperm cell fertilizes an egg, what would be the result after this fertilization?
A diploid zygote
A haploid zygote
3
What conclusion can be made based on the situation below with insects and pesticides?
The red bug has a genetic advantage for survival.
The white bug has a genetic advantage for survival.
Both bugs do not respond to the pesticide.
Both bugs are genetically identical so respond the same.
4
Which organism contains the most available energy?
Hawk
Grass
Snake
Mountain Lion
5
What will happen if the appropriate enzyme is added to a chemical reaction?
The reaction rate will remain the same
The reaction rate would decrease
The reaction rate would increase
The reaction will stop
6
The central dogma for life depends on the ability to make proteins. What is this?
RNA --> DNA --> Protein
DNA --> RNA --> Protein
DNA --> Protein --> RNA
Protein --> RNA --> DNA
7
In which way are Photosynthesis (P) and Cellular Respiration (CR) different?
P uses carbon dioxide, while CR produces carbon dioxide
P releases energy, while CR requires energy
CR stores ATP, while P releases ATP
CR produces oxygen, while P uses oxygen
8
Which of the following monomers is correctly paired with its polymer?
amino acids-carbohydrates
fatty acids- proteins
nucleotide - nucleic acids
monosaccharide - lipids
9
What advantage do sexually reproducing organisms have over asexually reproducing organisms?
genetic stability
genetic variation
increased reproductive rate
increased fertilization rate
10
Due to insecticides, cricket population decreases. Which population is most affected by this?
Frog
Hawk
Grass
Mouse
11
How would an increase in temperature affect the rate of a chemical reaction like P and CR?
It will increase photosynthesis, but decrease respiration
It should speed both up
It should slow both down
It will decrease photosynthesis, but increase respiration
12
Which of these is an advantage of sexual reproduction?
It creates variation within a population
It creates offspring that are identical to the parents
It ensures no variation within a population
It creates offspring that are superior than the parents
13
What % offspring would be recessive if one parent is heterozygous and other homozygous dominant
0%
100%
50%
75%
14
What organelle is found mainly in plant cells and functions as a storage center?
mitochondria
chloroplast
large central vacuole
cell wall
15
Membranes are essential to life processes. Which of the following best defines a membrane?
Membranes are cellulose bilayers
Membranes are selectively permeable
Membranes are impermeable barriers
Membranes are the sites of energy transformations
16
Which of these would increase a population of deer in a habitat?
an increase in the number of limiting factors
an increase in the number of deer predators
a decline in the number of producers
a decline in the number of deer predators
17
Who is the best Biology teacher you have ever had?
Mr. Rogers
Ms Ertmann
Ms Patten
Ms Piggy
18
What are the reactants of photosynthesis?
Water, Oxygen, LE
Glucose, Oxygen, ATP
Carbon Dioxide, Glucose, ATP
Carbon Dioxide, Water, LE
19
Suppose that a freshwater plant is mistakenly put into saltwater. Which process will occur?
Water will move out of plant, causing the plant to shrink
Water will move into plant causing it to swell
Nothing will occur
Salt will move out of the plant, causing it to swell
20
Which of the following is sexual?
regeneration
budding
mitosis
meiosis
21
Which statement best describes the interdependence of photosynthesis and cellular respiration?
CO2 & H2O are the products of P which are the reactants of R
The products of P are the products of CR.
The products of P are the reactants of CR.
Photosynthesis and respiration are not connected.
22
Water is often called the "universal solvent". Why is important for water to dissolve material?
Water heats slowly.
Water is not important to life.
Allows small insects to walk on water.
Water provides a soluble environment for chemical reactions
23
RNA and DNA are which type of organic compound?
protein
lipid
nucleic acid
carbohydrate
24
Which property of water allows it to be a good buffer for body temperature?
High Heat Capacity
Capillarity
Turgidity
Surface Tension
25
The bird eats the parasites on the water buffalo. Which type of symbiosis do the two have?
Commensalism
Mutualism
Parastisism
Predation
26
Which of the following is a biotic factor that might limit the population?
Amount of precipitation
Amount of producers
Amount of oxygen available in atmosphere
Temperature
27
What advantage do sexually reproducing organisms have over asexually reproducing organisms?
genetic variation
genetic stability
increased fertilization rate
increased reproductive rate
28
What component of DNA accounts for genetic variation of organisms?
order of hydrogen bonds
order of nitrogen bases
order of deoxyribose sugars
order of phosphates
29
Which best explains why a pyramid is used to represent energy flow in ecosystems?
The size of the organisms decreases when moving up pyramid
Available energy decreases when moving up pyramid
The population size increases when moving up pyramid
Available energy increases when moving up pyramid
30
What tool can most accurately determine the volume of a sample of water?
balance/scale
graduated cylinder
ruler
thermometer
31
Which process is an example of asexual reproduction?
Earthworms exchange sperm
Female fish deposits eggs & male fish releases sperm on them
A bee transferring pollen from one plant to another plant
A bacteria divides in half to form two bacteria cells.
32
Freckles are dominant. A no freckled woman marries a heterozygous man. Children genotypes?
50% Ff: 50% ff
0% Ff: 100% ff
75% Ff: 25% ff
100% Ff: 0% ff
33
DNA codes for proteins. What accounts for the "code" in the DNA?
Order of amino acids.
Ribosome sequence.
Sequence of bonds.
Sequence of nitrogen bases.
34
Which statement best explains what is happening at 50+ days?
An introduced predator is causing the decline in population
Population growth decreases as cockroaches get older.
Destruction of habitat is causing the decline in population
The population stabilizes as it approaches carrying capacity
35
What do the similarities of the structures suggest about these organisms?
They live in the same environment
They grow at the same rate
They live for the same length of time
They evolved from a common ancestor
36
Which organelle is the site of cellular respiration?
1
4
2
3
37
Lettuce in a salad wilts soon after salt is added. Why does this wilting occur?
swell when exposed to salt
release water in the presence of salt
lose oxygen when in contact with salt
absorb the extra salt
38
Which cross would be represented as Aa x aa, where A is white and a is dark?
cross 4
cross 1
cross 2
cross 3
39
Which best explains why a bacterial cell is classified as prokaryotic?
absence of nucleus
presence of cell wall
presence of nucleus
absence of cell wall
40
Which of these is NOT a difference between mitosis and meiosis?
Mitosis produces 2 cells; meiosis produces 4 cells
Mitosis produces diploid cells; meiosis produces haploids
Mitosis has 1 division; meiosis has 2 divisions
Mitosis is sexual; meiosis is asexual
41
What are the genotypes of the parents if they have 78 purple and 22 white flower offspring?
PP x PP
Pp x Pp
PP x pp
Pp x pp
42
What process produces many variations in phenotypes?
Regeneration
Asexual Reproduction
Cloning
Sexual Reproduciton
43
Which correctly describes a major difference between a plant cell and an animal cell?
A plant cell has a membrane & an animal cell does not.
An animal cell has cell wall & plant cell does not.
An animal cell has mitochondria & plant cell does not.
A plant cell has chloroplast & an animal cell does not.
44
The American Buffalo has cells w/ 60 chromosomes. How many chromosomes would be in the gametes?
60
20
120
30
45
Glucose belongs to which category of organic compound?
Lipids
Carbohydrates
Nucleic Acid
Protein
46
A plant has diploid number 12. How many chromosomes would be found in a new leaf on the plant?
24
6
12
0
47
A cell's ribosomes are destroyed. Which process would be affected by this?
Osmosis
Cellular Respiration
Photosynthesis
Protein Synthesis
48
What are the sex chromosomes of a normal male?
XY
XXY
XXX
XX
49
What is an example of osmosis?
potassium ions moving in/out of cell
water moving into the root cells of a plant
oxygen moving into bloodstream from lungs
carbon dioxide gas moving into leaf cells of plant
50
According to fossil records, horse bones 50 MYA were much smaller. Why are they bigger now?
Commensalism
Inbreeding
Migration
Natural Selection
51
What is the building block (monomer) of nucleic acids?
fatty acid
nucleotide
monosaccharide
amino acid
52
Which organelle is correctly paired with its role?
Mitochondria-photosynthesis
Nucleus - cellular respiration
Ribosomes- protein synthesis
Vacuole - controls the cell
53
What is the primary purpose of cellular respiration?
to remove carbon dioxide from the environement
to use sunlight to produce food molecules
to release oxygen into the environment
to release energy from food molecules
