MCAS Biology Review - Part 1

What occurs during the process of translation?

What is the function of the nucleus?

What is the function of the small intestine?

Cellular respiration occurs in 

RNA contains the sugar

Diffusion is the movement of molecules from 

Brown eyes are dominant to blue eyes.  A heterozygous mother's genotype is

Energy for chemical reactions in the cell comes from which molecule?

A genetic condition causes dwarfism (enanismo). What causes this condition?

Which organisms are prokaryotes?

Darwin's theory of evolution suggests

In eukaryotes, DNA is

An amoeba is a unicellular organism that contains a nucleus. What kingdom is it in?

DNA is copied during a process called 

What does transcription produce?

The products of photosynthesis are the

Which organelle uses the DNA code to make proteins?

The pituitary gland releases a substance that communicates with the kidneys.  The substance is

The name of the energy produced by cellular respiration is

One function of the skeleton is

During which phase of mitosis do the chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell?

Genes contain instructions for making 

Starches are made of 

Which of the following is an example of a prokaryotic organism?

What percent of the offspring have a heterozygous genotype?

What is the BEST evidence for evolution?

During DNA replication, a DNA strand with the bases CTAGGT produces a strand with the bases

Organisms that have two identical alleles for a trait are

What is the best evidence that snakes evolved from an ancestor with legs?

DNA contains thymine, but RNA contains

What is the function of the circulatory system?

A father with blue eyes has the genotype

Genetic material is

The pituitary gland releases a substance that tells the kidneys to absorb more water.  This substance is a

The function of the cell wall is to

The equation for cellular respiration is 

Moth wings (las alas de polillas) have become darker over time.  What is evidence for this?

Which organelle is in plants but NOT animal cells?

What percent of the offspring have blue eyes?

The parents are Bb and bb.  What percent of the offspring will have brown eyes

Why is mitosis important?

A nerve cell is called a

What is the function of the alveoli in the lungs?

The process by which a cell divides into two daughter cells is called

The fossil record supports which of the following descriptions for evolution?

Fitness (in terms of evolution) is 

A biological balance between an organism and it's environment is called

Nucleic acids are located in 

Lobsters and Spiders are in the same phylum, so they are also in the same

At the conclusion of meiosis there are

All eukaryotes have 

If an organism's diploid number is 12, its haploid number is 

The diffusion of water is called

An adaptation is an inherited characteristic that can be 

Photosynthesis uses sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make

Prokaryotes do not have

Proteins are made of 

Cellular respiration is aerobic because it needs 

Photosynthesis occurs in