EOC STAAR Biology Review

Question 1

A fly's wings and the wings of a bird are examples of

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Analogous structures

Question 2

Using the following DNA fingerprint, to whom does the blood stain belong?

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John

Question 3

What process explains how a muscle cell and an nerve cell develop from the same fertilized egg?

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Differentiation

Question 4

What is the correct order of mitosis?

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Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase

Question 5

Plants have many organs. Which organ is responsible mainly for water uptake?

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roots

Question 6

A person contracts an HPV virus, but does not show symptoms until many years later.

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The virus replicates using the lysogenic cycle.

Question 7

Dog coat color can be white, gray, and white & gray spotted. What is this inheritance pattern?

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Codominance

Question 8

During which stage of the cell cycle does this process occur?

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S phase

Question 9

What is the best way to distinguish between an Streptococcus bacterium and an amoeba?

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presence of internal membranes

Question 10

Large molecules are engulfed into a cell using a vesicle by the process of

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endocytosis

Question 11

Suppose you wish to reduce the amount of carbon in the atmosphere. How would you achieve this?

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Pass a law requiring logging companies to replant cut trees.

Question 12

If you break down a polypeptide during protein synthesis, what monomers will you produce?

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amino acid

Question 13

Which process explains how genetic information is mixed up before fertilization?

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Crossing-over

Question 14

In plants, stems grow upward while roots grow downward. Which plant response is demonstrated?

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gravitropism

Question 15

A plant cell is placed in a distilled (pure) water solution. What effect will be observed?

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The cell will swell and become turgid.

Question 16

What type of mutation is shown below?

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frameshift mutation

Question 17

How Ready are you for this Biology STAAR Examination?

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I got This!!, I'm really Ready, 50/50

Question 18

Mitosis is primarily responsible for

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producing somatic cells

Question 19

Which biomolecule is responsible for facilitating molecules across a cell membrane?

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protein

Question 20

In a very shady environment with low levels of light, which leaf type is most advantageous?

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large, flat, broad leaves

Question 21

The pyramid below shows energy lost between trophic levels. This energy is primarily lost as

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heat

Question 22

Why are males more likely to express a sex-linked trait than females?

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Males need only one recessive gene to express the trait.

Question 23

What subunits make up nucleic acids?

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nucleotides

Question 24

What might occur if the primary consumers were removed from this ecosystem?

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The number of green peas would increase.

Question 25

Photosynthesis uses carbon dioxide that is gained primarily from

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Cellular Respiration

Question 26

A new organism has a cell wall, no chloroplasts, and is a heterotroph. The organism best fits

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Kingdom Fungi

Question 27

All of the following are characteristics that are necessary for life, except

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Ability to move

Question 28

If a man is type O and a woman is type AB, what is the probability the child has type B blood?

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50

Question 29

Which statement about natural selection is true?

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Organisms which survive to reproduce pass on favorable genes

Question 30

Which two body systems work together to protect the body from pathogens?

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Circulatory and Immune

Question 31

Enzymes speed up chemical reactions and_____?

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lower activation energy

Question 32

Meiosis is primarily responsible for

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producing gametes

Question 33

Which organelle is responsible for converting stored chemical energy to usable chemical energy?

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mitochondria

Question 34

Which levels contains organisms that are least closely related?

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Class

EOC STAAR Biology Review

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EOC STAAR Biology Review

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