Biology Final Review - Spring 2021

Which is NOT true of MEIOSIS?

• Produces two cells
• Allows for genetic recombination
• Produces gametes
• Includes crossing over

Which of the following is true of NUCLEIC ACIDS?

• Examples include enzymes and hormones
• Function is transmitting information
• Monomer is amino acid
• Used for long-term energy storage

If the diploid number of an organism is 36, how many chromosomes are found in a gamete?

• 36
• 72
• 18
• Not enough information

Which process creates an identical copy of DNA?

• Mutation
• Replication
• Transcription
• Translation

In a cross of two heterozygous parents, what proportion of the offspring will also be heterozygous?

• 50%
• 100%
• 0%
• 75%

SPEED QUESTION!!  Who is the Father of Genetics?

• Gregor Mendel
• Charles Darwin
• Louis Pasteur
• Robert Hooke

Reestablishing a damaged ecosystem where even the soil was destroyed...

• Secondary succession
• Primary succession
• Carrying capacity
• Homeostasis

When Mendel crossed two green pea plants, some of the offspring produced yellow peas.  What does this tell us about the parent plants?

• They must have been homozygous dominant
• They must have been heterozygous
• They must have been homozygous recessive
• One was dominant and one was recessive

What do you call a change in an organism's DNA?

• Replication
• Mutation
• Codon
• Phenotype

Each organism has _____ alleles that make up a trait.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4