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