MCAS Biology Review - Part 1

What is the function of the alveoli in the lungs?

Lobsters and Spiders are in the same phylum, so they are also in the same

The products of photosynthesis are the

Starches are made of 

What is the function of the small intestine?

Which of the following is an example of a prokaryotic organism?

The name of the energy produced by cellular respiration is

If an organism's diploid number is 12, its haploid number is 

Cellular respiration is aerobic because it needs 

What percent of the offspring have a heterozygous genotype?

At the conclusion of meiosis there are

Genetic material is

A nerve cell is called a

Nucleic acids are located in 

Proteins are made of 

A genetic condition causes dwarfism (enanismo). What causes this condition?

Energy for chemical reactions in the cell comes from which molecule?

A father with blue eyes has the genotype

What does transcription produce?

During DNA replication, a DNA strand with the bases CTAGGT produces a strand with the bases

Organisms that have two identical alleles for a trait are

DNA contains thymine, but RNA contains

Why is mitosis important?

The process by which a cell divides into two daughter cells is called

What percent of the offspring have blue eyes?

Photosynthesis uses sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make

In eukaryotes, DNA is

One function of the skeleton is

Cellular respiration occurs in 

Which organelle uses the DNA code to make proteins?

Moth wings (las alas de polillas) have become darker over time.  What is evidence for this?

The fossil record supports which of the following descriptions for evolution?

Diffusion is the movement of molecules from 

All eukaryotes have 

The pituitary gland releases a substance that communicates with the kidneys.  The substance is

A biological balance between an organism and it's environment is called

An adaptation is an inherited characteristic that can be 

RNA contains the sugar

What is the function of the nucleus?

What is the best evidence that snakes evolved from an ancestor with legs?

What is the BEST evidence for evolution?

The diffusion of water is called

The function of the cell wall is to

Darwin's theory of evolution suggests

Brown eyes are dominant to blue eyes.  A heterozygous mother's genotype is

Which organisms are prokaryotes?

Prokaryotes do not have

Which organelle is in plants but NOT animal cells?

The equation for cellular respiration is 

DNA is copied during a process called 

The parents are Bb and bb.  What percent of the offspring will have brown eyes

Photosynthesis occurs in 

Fitness (in terms of evolution) is 

Genes contain instructions for making 

What occurs during the process of translation?

An amoeba is a unicellular organism that contains a nucleus. What kingdom is it in?

During which phase of mitosis do the chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell?

What is the function of the circulatory system?

The pituitary gland releases a substance that tells the kidneys to absorb more water.  This substance is a