Florida Biology EOC Review

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During transcription, a DNA sequence ACG mutates to ACA. Does this mutation change the phenotype?

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Even though the DNA sequence changed, the sequence still codes for the same amino acid, so no change in phenotype will occur

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Scientific law and a scientific theory are similar in that both

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represent a large amount of scientific investigation and evidence

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What does the relationship between the development of Hooke's light microscope and early elements of the cell theory suggest about the evolution of the cell theory since Hooke?

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Improvements in technology are closely related to changes in the cell theory.

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Which statement best compares a eukaryote and a prokaryote?

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Eukaryotes have membrane-bound organelles, while prokaryotes have few specialized structures.

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SC. 912.L.14.3 Compare the structures found in plant cells and animal cells.

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Animal cells do not contain chloroplasts, cell walls, or a large central vacuole while plant cells do.

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If two heterozygous polydactylism cats mate and have 12 kittens, how many are expected to have more than 10 fingers or toes?

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In pea plants, the allele for white flowers is recessive to the allele for purple flowers. In a generation of pea plants, 89 plants produced purple flowers and 31 plants produced white flowers. What is the best conclusion about the parent plants of this generation?

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Both parent plants are heterozygous for flower color.

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Why do cells need both tRNA and mRNA?

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Only tRNA bends into a shape that can carry specific amino acids

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DNA sequence: ATCAGTGAT. How many amino acids will result from this sequence after transcription and translation?

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A cell is replicating its DNA. Part of the DNA strand reads A-C-C-G-T-A-C. The new strand built off this section reads T-G-G-A-A-T-G. What effect might this have when the DNA replicates in the future?

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When the new strand is used as a template the strand built from it will differ from the original DNA.