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Duplicate of Duplicate of Biology Final Review
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A final exam review for high school biology students.
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1
Structures that serve no purpose in the current form of an organism.
Vestigial Structures
Adaptations
Homologous Structures
Analogous Structures
2
Which of the following characteristics is unique only to hominids?
Hair
Providing milk to offspring
Live birth
The ability to walk upright (bipedal)
3
This can be seen in skin color and height in humans, occurs when many genes make up one trait.
Polygenic Inheritance
Co-dominance
Incomplete Dominance
Recessive Allele
4
Why would primary productivity be higher in a tropical rainforest than in a tundra?
Tundra receives more rainfall
Tundra receives more direct sunlight
Tundra is a lot warmer than the tropical rainforest
Tropical rainforest receives more direct sunlight
5
What type of cells are being made during mitosis?
Somatic Cells (body cells)
Cells that differ in terms of genetic information.
Enzymes
Gametes (sex cells)
6
Homozygous tall plant is crossed with a homozygous short plant the offspring are all tall, why?
Not sure how that happened.
Tall plant allele is dominant to short plant allele.
Tall plant allele is hidden by short plant allele.
Tall plant allele is recessive to short plant allele.
7
A snake that eats a frog that has eaten an insect that fed on a plant is a
Primary consumer.
Secondary producer.
Tertiary consumer.
Primary producer.
8
What is ATP?
Chloroplasts
Fat
Energy
ADP
9
What would cause lactic acid build up and muscle soreness in your body?
Anaerobic Respiration
Aerobic Respiration
Photosynthesis
Cellular Respiration
10
Which types of RNA are involved in protein synthesis?
rRNA, only
tRNA only
mRNA, tRNA
mRNA, tRNA, rRNA
11
During interphase, what does the cell do?
Spindle fibers form
Carries out normal metabolic processes
Sister chromatids separate
Centrioles form
12
In humans, how many chromosomes are in a somatic cell? How many chromosomes are in a gamete?
46, 23
23, 46
23, 23
46, 46
13
What is the difference between a prokaryotic cell and an eukaryotic cell?
Prokaryotic has no nucleus, eukaryotic does
Prokaryotic has membrane bound organelles
Prokaryotic has a nucleus, eukaryotic does not.
Both are the same, no differences
14
Rank the organizational levels of life in order from smallest to largest.
cell, ecosystem, organism , population
cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism
organism, organ system, organ, tissue, cell
population, cell, tissue, ecosystem
15
Men are more likely to be affected by sex-linked genetic disorders than women, why?
Men only have one X chromosome
Women have two Y chromosomes
Men have two Y chromosomes
Women only have one X chromosome
16
The picture below is an example of...
Natural Selection
Artificial Selection
The Bottleneck Effect
The Founder Effect
17
Analyze the graph below. At what pH level is there the lowest number of bacterial colonies?
8
6
9
5
18
A disease that wipes out an entire population, would be considered what type of factor?
Nutrient-limiting
Density-independent
Density-dependent
Exponential growth
19
What does it mean when one individual leaves more offspring than another?
It is a perfect species
Use and disuse
It has acquired traits
It is more suited to the environment
20
A shark and a dolphin have evolved in similar ways, but are not closely related. This is...
Punctuated Equilibrium
Divergent Evolution
Convergent Evolution
Co-evolution
21
When a population multiplies by a constant factor at a constant time interval.
Logistic growth
Population density
Competitive exclusion
Exponential growth
22
Is the full amount of energy captured from the sun by producers available to consumers?
No, energy is lost as it goes up the trophic levels
Not sure
Yes, full energy is kept as it goes up the trophic levels
Producers can't capture energy from the sun
23
Water is considered the universal solvent, what does this mean?
It can form ice.
It is a solute.
It can dissolve more substances than any other liquid.
It can be d.issolved easily
24
Inability of chromosomes to separate out properly during meiosis.
Nondisjunction
Telophase
Deletion
Genetic linkage
25
A flood dramatically decreases a population, this is an example of...
The bottleneck effect
Mutations
Gene flow
The founder effect
26
What organic compound is the main fuel source for us?
Nucleic Acids
Carbohydrates
Proteins
Lipids
27
What is genetic drift?
Changes in a population due to recombination.
When a population of individuals goes extinct
Changes in allele frequencies due to variation.
Changes in allele frequencies in a population due to chance.
28
A lion chases, captures, and eats a gazelle. This is an example of:
Commensalism
Predation
Mutualism
Competition
29
The combined alleles that make up a population.
Gene pool
Allele frequency
Mutation
Genotype
30
The picture below is an example of what?
Completely Recessive
Co-dominance
Incomplete dominance
Complete Dominance
31
When species are separated by a body of water. This is an example of...
Behavioral Isolation
Temporal Isolation
Mechanical Isolation
Geographic Isolation
32
What do lipids provide us?
Main source of energy
Fat/insulation and long term storage for energy.
Provides us with DNA
Provides us with muscles.
33
Replicate the following DNA strand: AGGCCT
ACTTTT
TTTCCC
TCCGGA
AGTCAA
34
During this process DNA is copied into mRNA.
Translation
Golgi
Replication
Transcription
35
What is Darwin's theory of evolution based on?
Acquired traits
Use and disuse
Variation and natural selection
Traits that don't allow an offspring to survive.
36
What makes up a DNA nucleotide?
Deoxyribose, phosphate group, adenine
Ribose, phosphate group, uracil
Deoxyribose, phosphate group, uracil
Ribose, phosphate group, adenine
37
What type of tumor can spread through the body and damages the surrounding cells?
Malignant
Gametes
Chromosomes
Benign
38
What does the picture below represent in biology?
Cladogram
Diagram
Chart
Graph
39
Movement of molecules from high to low...
Equilibrium
Diffusion
Exocytosis
Active Transport
40
A tick feeds on the blood of a dog. This is an example of:
Parasitism
Commensalism
Predation
Mutualism
41
What does this equation represent?
Active Transport
Cellular Respiration
Endocytosis
Photosynthesis
42
What makes up a genotype?
Phenotypes
Alleles
Zygote
Cells
43
What phase is the cell in most of the time?
Metaphase
Anaphase
Interphase
Prophase
44
Which types of plants are usually the FIRST to appear in ecological succession?
Oak Trees
Shrubs
Grasses
Lichens and Mosses
45
When a species experiences long stable periods, interrupted by rapid evolutionary change is...
Gradualism
Divergent Evolution
Co-evolution
Punctuated Equilibrium
46
Blood types is a good example of what?
Co-dominance
Complete dominance
Completely recessive
Incomplete dominance
47
During this process mRNA meets up with a ribosome and tRNA to make a protein.
Replication
Transcription
Golgi
Translation
48
What does an enzyme do?
Makes chemical reactions the same.
Speeds up chemical reactions, lowers the activation energy
Speeds up chemical reaction, increases activation energy.
Slows down chemical reactions.
49
How has the ever growing human population affected the Earth's species ?
Increased habitat loss, causing extinction of species.
Caused a reduction in CO2 in the atmosphere.
Introduced invasive species that have benefited ecosystems.
Increased biodiversity
50
What do animal cells NOT have, but plant cells do?
Nucleus
Ribosome
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Chloroplasts
51
Physical or chemical agent that increases the chance of a mutation occuring.
Mutagen
Malignant
Mitochondria
Photosynthesis
52
Which is the correct order of cell parts to synthesize and export a protein from a cell?
ER,Golgi, vesicle,ribosome, plasma membrane.
ribosome,ER, Golgi, vesicle, plasma membrane.
Golgi,ER, ribosome,plasma membrane, vesicle.
plasmamembrane, vesicle, Golgi,ER, ribosome.
53
What is the difference between cytokinesis in plant cells compared to animal cells?
Plant cells don't split.
Plant cells form a cleavage furrow.
Plants cells don't go through cytokinesis.
Plant cells form a cell plate.
54
What type of cell can develop into many different cells in the body?
Neuron
Heart cell
Nerve Cell
Stem cell
55
Which are products of photosynthesis?
Oxygen Only
ATP and Oxygen
Water Only
Glucose and Oxygen
56
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) do which of the following for farmers:
Minimize the need for pesticides.
Increase crop production.
Produce organisms with selected favorable traits.
All answers are correct.
57
What does the picture below represent?
Homologous Structures
Vestigial Structures
Analogous Structures
Nothing
58
What organelle breaks down food and wastes in the cell?
Ribosomes
Lysosomes
Nucleus
Mitochondria
59
Define a covalent bond.
When atoms swap electrons
When atoms share electrons
When atoms transfer electrons
When atoms give up their electrons
60
Identify the reactants in the problem below:
H2O
H2 and O2
H2O and H2 and O2
Just O2
