STAAR Review Day 3

STAAR Review Day 3

Multiple Choice

9A An advertisement for a health supplement for dogs claims to build lean muscle and strengthen tendons and ligaments, as well as provide energy. Which two biomolecules must the supplement contain to provide these benefits?

• Carbohydrates and lipids

• Proteins and carbohydrates

• Nucleic acids and carbohydrates

• Lipids and nucleic acids

Multiple Choice

9A: Proteins and carbohydrates have many functions in the body of an organism. Specific proteins and carbohydrates perform specific tasks. Information about a protein and a carbohydrate is given below. How are ferritin and glycogen similar in their primary functions for an organism?

• Both store materials needed by the organism

• Both store energy used by the organism

• Both support the structure of the organism

• Both store information for the organism

Multiple Choice

9A A table of four types of carbohydrates is shown.

Which list correctly matches the functions to the types of carbohydrates?

• Energy: glycogen and starch

  Structure: cellulose and chitin

• Energy: cellulose and chitin

  Structure: glycogen and starch

• Energy: chitin and glycogen

  Structure: cellulose and starch

• Energy: cellulose and starch

  Structure: chitin and glycogen

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9C: The diagram represents one way an enzyme can be inhibited. Which statement explains the effect of an inhibitor on an enzyme?

• A substrate will be able to bond with the enzyme

• The enzyme will likely be attacked by immune cells

• The enzyme will be unable to produce more enzymes

• A substrate will be unable to attach to the enzyme

Multiple Choice

9C The graphs show the reaction rate for an enzyme across a range of temperatures and pH.

Based on these data, this enzyme functions best at what temperature and pH?

• Temperature of 27°C and a pH of 4

• Temperature of 37°C and a pH of 6

• Temperature of 40°C and a pH of 8

• Temperature of 50°C and a pH of 10

Multiple Choice

6G Sexual reproduction in animals depends on the production of gametes. Which of these processes produces gametes in animals?

• Mitosis

• Fertilization

• Meosis

• Binary fission

Multiple Choice

6G: During meiosis, homologous chromosomes exchange genetic material. This exchange of genetic material:

• increases the genetic variation

• reduces the diploid number to the haploid number

• increases the haploid number to the diploid number

• reduces the probability of mutations

Multiple Choice

6G: Which diagram demonstrates how crossing-over contributes to genetic variety during meiosis?

Multiple Choice

6G: In the early 1900s, Thomas Hunt Morgan was among the first scientists to contribute to the chromosome theory of heredity. Morgan's investigations into heredity in fruit flies led him to propose that the event represented in the diagram sometimes occurs. Which statement about the event represented in the diagram is valid?

• The event represents RNA translation into smooth endoplasmic reticulum

• The event takes place in bacteria cells

• The event produces genetically identical daughter cells

• The event provides genetic diversity in eukaryotic cells

Multiple Choice

6F: Albinism is an autosomal recessive condition. Which circle graph shows the genotype probability when an albino female mates with a male that is heterozygous for the albinism trait?

Multiple Choice

6F: In cattle the allele for cloven hooves (H) is dominant over the allele for mule-foot hooves (h). The phenotype for each trait is shown in this picture. What is the probability of cloven hooves in the offspring of parents that are heterozygous for the trait?

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

• 100%

Multiple Choice

6F Tomato plants usually have hairy stems. Hairless stems are present in tomato plants that are homozygous recessive for this trait. If the stem characteristics are determined by a single gene, what is the expected outcome of crossing two tomato plants that are heterozygous for hairy stems?

• 75% hairy stems: 25% hairless stems

• 100% hairy stems

• 100% hairless stems

• 50% hairy stems: 50% hairless stems

Multiple Choice

6F Facial dimples and free earlobes are both considered dominant human traits. What are the expected phenotypes of the offspring of a female with dimples and free earlobes (DDFf) and a male with no dimples and attached earlobes (ddff)?

• 50% with dimples and free earlobes and 50% with dimples and attached earlobes

• 50% with dimples and free earlobes and 50% with no dimples and attached earlobes

• 75% with dimples and free earlobes and 25% with no dimples and attached earlobes

• 75% with dimples and attached earlobes and 25% with no dimples and free earlobes

Multiple Choice

6F: In Holstein cattle, the allele for black hair color (B) is dominant over the allele for red hair color (r), and the allele for polled (P), or lacking horns, is dominant over the allele for having horns (p). What is the expected phenotypic ratio of the offspring of a BbPp x BbPp cross if these alleles sort independently?

• 16 black/polled : 0 black/horned : 0 red/polled : 0 red/horned

• 12 black/polled : 0 black/horned : 0 red/polled : 4 red/horned

• 4 black/polled : 4 black/horned : 4 red/polled : 4 red/horned

• 9 black/polled : 3 black/horned : 3 red/polled : 1 red/horned