Africa Storyline Summative Review

In a lion cub’s karyotype, how many chromosomes are inherited from the mother lion?

• Half

• Some

• All

• None

How are an individual’s chromosomes grouped when examining a karyotype?

• They are in singles

• Pairs

• Triplets

• Grouped in different ways depending on the animal

Which strategy allows lions to be more successful and effective hunters, and why?

• Hunt smaller prey solo - they can do it faster alone, still gain enough energy from the prey

• Hunt larger prey in a group - they can share the energy cost of hunting, gain more energy

What are the benefits of the females lions co-parenting their cubs in a pride? Select all that apply.

• Protection, safety in numbers

• All female lions’ genetic material will be passed along, since they are all related to the cubs

• More cubs = more help hunting later on

• Leaving everyone’s cubs with one female adult periodically allows more lions to hunt and be successful

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What are the roles of the female lions in the pride?

• Raising the cubs

• Feeding the pride

• Teaching the juveniles how to hunt

• All of the above

Can a cub be raised by other lions in the pride beside their mother?

• Yes, parenting is shared among the lionesses.

• No, cubs are only raised by their birth mother.

Which type of data has the best information to determine who the parents are to each cub?

• Observation Data

• Karyotyping

• DNA genotype 

• None of the above

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Why are chromosomes paired?

• One set of the chromosomes comes from the mother and the other set comes from the father.

• Both sets come from the mother

• Both sets come from the father

• There is only one set of chromosomes

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Lions always remain in the same pride in which they were born.

• True

• False

You recently determined parentage in a group of lions. Use the data below to answer the questions that follow. 

Choose the ONLY allele set that must have come from the mother of cub 712?

• CMSE

• COUE

• CMUG

• COSG

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