MWF Keystone Review

Scientists observed that the populations of top-level consumers in a particular ecosystem were rapidly decreasing. Further studies revealed that there was also a decline in producer productivity. Which other changes did the scientists most likely observe in the ecosystem?

• increased producer diversity

• decreased population size at all levels

• decreased primary consumer populations only

• increased primary and secondary consumer diversity

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A researcher observing an ecosystem describes the amount of sunlight, precipitation, and type of soil present. Which factors is the researcher most likely describing?

• biotic factors in a forest

• biotic factors in a tundra

• abiotic factors in a prairie

• abiotic factors in an ocean

A group of students measured a ten-square-meter section of a pond ecosystem and recorded observation. Which statement is a testable hypothesis?

• The frogs living in the pond represent a population.

• Water is an abiotic component in the pond ecosystem.

• If the fish are given more food, then they will be happier.

• If the frogs are startled, then they will jump into the water.

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Tail length in mice varies within a population. Scientists observed change in the distribution of tail lengths in a mouse population over time. At the genetic level, what has most likely happened to the allele for the shortest tail lengths?

• The allele changed from being dominant to being recessive.

• The allele changed from being autosomal to being sex-linked.

• The allele became less frequent than the alleles for longer tail lengths.

• The allele began to code for long tail lengths instead of the shortest ones.

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A mutation occurs at the midpoint of a gene, altering all amino acids encoded after the point of mutation. Which mutation could have produced this change?

• deletion of two nucleotides

• deletion of three nucleotides

• insertion of six nucleotides

• insertion of twelve nucleotides

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A scientist observes that a certain trait is determined by a single allele. An organism inherited one version of the trait from one parent and another version from the other parent. Both versions of the trait are expressed in the phenotype of the offspring. Which pattern of inheritance best classifies the observed trait?

• dominance

• sex-linkage

• co-dominance

• incomplete dominance

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Which event most likely occurs next in mitosis?

• The chromatin condenses.

• The nuclear envelope dissolves.

• The chromosomes double in number.

• The cell membrane pinches inward to divide the cytoplasm.

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Mitosis and meiosis are processes by which animal and plant cells divide. Which statement best describes a difference between mitosis and meiosis?

• Meiosis is a multi-step process.

• Mitosis occurs only in eukaryotic cells.

• Meiosis is used in the repair of an organism.

• Mitosis produces genetically identical daughter cells.

Which example is an activity that a fish MOST LIKELY uses to maintain homeostasis within it body?

• Using camouflage to avoid predators.

• Feeding at night to regulate body temperature.

• Moving to deeper water to regulate metabolic wastes.

• Exchanging gases through its gills to regulate oxygen levels.

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The rough endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus work together in eukaryotic cells. What is one way that the rough endoplasmic reticulum assists the Golgi apparatus?

• It assembles nucleic acids from monomers.

• It breaks down old, damaged macromolecules.

• It packages new protein molecules into vesicles.

• It determines which protein molecules to synthesize.