Biodiversity Exam Review

The number of different species in an area is called what?

• biodiversity

• gene

• extinction

• captive breeding

____________ are located within cells and carry the hereditary information that determines an organism's traits.

• genes

• biodiversity

• DNA

• oxygen

The cells produced through meiosis are called:

• sex cells

• somatic cells

• body cells

• skin cells

A human zygote (or fertilized egg) should have _____ chromosomes inside.

• 46

• 23

• 92

• 64

Where does an off spring get its traits in asexual reproduction?

• From both parents
• From only one parent
• From neither parent
• There are no traits handed down

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

A fertilized egg is called a

• zygote

• Male Gamete

• Female Gamete

What makes up a DNA molecule?

• Sugar, Phosphate, 4 nitrogen bases

• Phosphate, Adenine, 4 nitrogen bases

• Thymine, Adenine, Cytomine

What are the 4 nitrogen bases in a DNA molecule?

• adenine, thymine, cytoplasm, and guanine

• adenine, thymine cytosine, and guanine

• adenine, thymine, cytosine, and gylcerol

• adenine, thymine, cytosine, and glucose

what is an example of an inherited trait ?

• Speech

• Walking

• Eye Colour

• Scars

An example of a structural (physical) adaptation is...

• a turtle hiding inside its shell

• The spikes on a porcupine fish

• a rabbit burrowing underground

• a viper biting when threatened