BIO SAT Practice Test

Cellular respiration in the absence of oxygen

Simple form of learned behavior

Which part of this corn seed makes up the plant embryo?

Mutations are a source of genetic variation. Which cell variation leads to evolution?

Cows eat grass

Which tissue transports carbohydrates and water through plants?

Which is the correct order of stages for an insect that undergoes incomplete metamorphosis?

An invertebrate that displays two body forms, medusa and polyp, at different life stages

For natural selection to occur, which of the following must be true?

A biochemical pathway that breaks down glucose into pyruvate

What is the expected ratio of a dihybrid cross between two heterozygous individuals?

A man with type A blood marries a woman with type B blood. Their child has blood type O.

Mendel's law of segregation states that

Lions are hunters on the African plains

The failure of homologous chromosomes to separate during meiosis is

Some bacteria are able to reproduce with a simple form of sexual reproduction called

What is the phenotype ratio for a cross between purple flowers(PP) and white flowers(pp)

Which of the following best describes an ecosystem?

The law of independent assortment applies to

Cattle were moved to another pasture. Which indicates the carrying capacity was exceeded

Which explanation is correct for why not all bacteria die from antibiotics?

A codon is

Bats and insects both have wings. The wings of bats and insects are an example of

Which nucleotide base is found in RNA but not in DNA?

Which of the organisms lack a complete digestive track

Groups are physically separated

The number of trophic levels that are maintained in an ecosystem is limited by

If an organism has a haploid number of 24, how many chromosomes do its body cells have?

The rigid shape of a plant cell is due to

Groups reproduce at different times

Buzzards soar in the sky looking for dead animals

The internal need that causes that causes an animal to act and is necessary for learning is

The classification system set forth by Linneaus grouped organisms based on their

According to the cell theory, which of the following statements is correct?

Automatic, unconscious reaction

Matings between groups do not produce fertile offspring

Earthworms eat organic matter and return nutrients to the soil

Populations grow because

Structural differences prevent mating between individuals of different groups

Which of the following is necessary for a virus to attack a host cell?

Which characteristic of fungi is used to classify them into phyla?

Which part of the corn seed stores energy for the plant embryo?

Which describes what will happen if cells are placed in distilled water?

You are identifying a plant. You look closely at the leaves and see veins that are parallel

This is a segment of DNA...what is the mRNA strand from this DNA?

You cross a red flower with a white flower plant and all offspring are pink. What happened?

Learned behavior that occurs only at a certain, critical time in an animal's life

Groups are not attracted to each other for mating

A biochemical pathway that utilizes pyruvate to produce ATP, NADH, and FADH₂

This is a segment of DNA...which represents the complimentary strand of DNA?

Which of the following organisms is INCORRECTLY paired with its trophic level?