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Biology review of cell energy, genetics, DNA, and evolution
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1
In a pedigree, the symbol for a female is a
triangle
square
circle
octagon
2
The movement of alleles in or out of a population due to migration is called
genetic drift
natural selection
sexual selection
gene flow
3
Which of the following is
NOT
a type of fossil?
trace
impression
carbon film
petrification
4
The graph shows frequency in human height, what would show a similar pattern of inheritance?
number of fingers and toes
skin color
cystic fibrosis
blood type
5
Which of the following is not a type of fossil?
petrification
ice
trace
sedimentary
6
What would be the anticodon for the codon CUU?
TAC
GAA
GTT
GUU
7
The building block of DNA is a
amino acid
deoxyribose
nucleotide
hydrogen bond
8
Which of the following is not a cause of evolution?
small population
gene flow
mutations
random mating
9
Which is a structure that is reduced in size and function?
vestigal
petrified
analogous
homologous
10
In the diagram of photosynthesis, what is the main product (#5)
sugar
light energy
carbon dioxide
oxygen
11
What is the main pigment used for photosynthesis?
xanthophyll
indigo
carotene
chlorophyll
12
Evidence for common ancestry includes all of the following
EXCEPT
homologous structures
similarities in proteins
vestigial structers
acquires traits
13
What term best describes the shape of DNA?
spiral stair case
ladder
double helix
single strand
14
What is the waste product of photosynthesis?
oxygen
glucose
carbon dioxide
water
15
In the following graph, what is the dependent variable?
fossil history
time
kilograms
body mass
16
What pattern of inheritance is shown in the diagram?
recessive
dominant
lethal
sex-linked
17
Using the codon chart, what is the amino acid for the codon AAC
asn
ser
thr
ile
18
In cellular respiration, energy is released and stored as
ADP
glucose
ATP
starch
19
The processes that are occurring in A and B are
meiosis and fertilization
meiosis and pollination
mitosis and meiosis
mitosis and fertilization
20
In the graph, what would be an experimental constant?
battery life
type of flashlight
type of battery
voltage
21
What structures are made of DNA and proteins?
RNA
chromosomes
orgalelles
polypeptide
22
Reproductive isolationism can lead to
sexual selection
convergence
speciation
mutations
23
What transports the amino acids to the ribosome?
DNA
mRNA
tRNA
rRNA
24
According to the diagram, what structure contains codons?
6
3
4
5
25
If a trait is sex-linked
it occurs more often in males
it never occurs in females
it occurs only in males
it occurs only in females
26
Which characteristics in a population could lead the greatest change in a gene pool?
large population, few mutations
small population, few mutations
small population, many mutations
large population, many mutations
27
According to the diagram, the blood stain belongs to
Lisa
Bob
Sue
John
28
The exchanging of DNA on homologous chromosomes is called
segregation
independent assortment
crossing over
non-random mating
29
An adaptation makes a population more suited to their
environment
community
species
niche
30
An organism that inherits two of the same alleles for a trait is
lethal
homozygous
heterozygous
a hybrid
31
What is a testable explanation to a scientific question?
hypothesis
control
experimental constant
theory
32
For protein synthesis to be completed, mRNA must migrate to the
ribosome
mitochondria
nucleus
chlorplast
33
What is the dependent variable?
height of plant
amount of sunlight
type of plant
inches
34
In the Punnett square, the genotype of both parents is
recessive
homozygous
heterozygous
purple
35
If both parents are heterozygous, what is their child will also be heterozygous?
0%
25%
75%
50%
36
A trait that skips a generation is most likely
recessive
dominant
co-dominant
incompletely dominant
37
Most sex linked traits are located on
the Y chromosome
the X chromosome
autosomes
the 21 st chromosome
38
The sex chromosomes for a normal female are
XX
XXY
XY
X
39
The complimentary base pairs for DNA are
T-U and C-G
C-A and G-T
A-U and C-G
A-T and C-G
40
This carries the instructions to make a protein
microRNA
mRNA
tRNA
rRNA
41
Organisms that can make their own food are called
autotrophs
heterotrophs
decomposers
omnivores
42
Which of the following is
not
a step in cellular respiration?
electron transport chain
citric acid cycle
glycolysis
Calvin cycle
43
These molecules allow plants to absorb light energy
water
pigments
carbon dioxide
mitochondria
44
What is the biological source of carbon dioxide?
replication
lactic acid fermentation
photosynthesis
cellular respiration
45
What is the control in this experiment?
type of battery
voltage
zero hours
flashlight
46
What information is necessary to calculate the absolute age of a fossil?
the amount of water
the rock layer time period
the number of atoms
the half life of the isotope
47
The function of rRNA is to
copy DNA
transfer information
transport amino acids
form ribosomes
48
The similarity in homologous structures suggests
a shared common ancestor
co-evolution
natural selection
selective breeding
49
Using the heterozygous genotype AaBb, how many different gametes can form?
three
one
four
two
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The process of going from 1 to 2 is
replicaiton
mitosis
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