Biology SOL Review # 2

When a group of foxes moves to a new environment, a change in which of the following is least likely to be a selective pressure on the foxes?

• Temperatures
• Food sources
• Decomposers
• Predator populations

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Many Northern Hemisphere birds respond to seasonal environmental changes by:

• Hibernating
• Migrating
• Mutating
• Estivating

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How do fungi obtain nutrients?

• Photosynthesis
• Chemosynthesis
• Absorption
• Ingestion

What do phototropism and geotropism enable plants to do?

• Prevent invasion by insect colonies
• Defend themselves against herbivores
• Develop pesticide resistance by exchanging DNA
• Grow toward needed resources

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Bacteria adapt more quickly than elephants to environmental changes. Which best explains this difference?

• Bacteria reproduce more rapidly.
• Individual bacteria grow more steadily.
• Bacterial populations are more isolated.
• Individual bacteria have more genes.

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DNA code is transferred to mRNA in the ____ through a process called ____.

• Cytoplasm, translation
• Nucleus, transcription
• Nucleus, translation
• Ribosome, transcription

Which of the following pieces of information would not be included in a presentation on photosynthesis?

• An explanation of the Calvin cycle and its counterparts
• A detailed diagram of glycolysis
• Descriptions of a chloroplast
• How the sugar glucose is produced

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Suppose you are assigned a research project. You must research a type of cell division that reduces the number of chromosomes and forms gametes. What process are you researching?

• Mitosis
• Meiosis
• Darwin's theory of natural selection
• Mendel's theory of genetic loss and replacement

Chromosomes that make up a pair (one chromosome from each parent) are called _________ chromosomes.

• Homozygous
• Heterozygous
• Homologous
• Haploid

Suppose a classmate is comparing two cell types. They state, "One type has a cell wall while the other does not." What two cell types are they comparing?

• Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
• Dominant and recessive cells
• Animal and plant cells
• Bacterial and fungi cells