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Biology_STAAR

Authored by RUTH RODRIGUEZ

Science

9th - 12th Grade

NGSS covered

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1.

MATCH QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Match the function with biomolecule

Lipid

Nucleic Acid

Genetic info

starch

Protein

enzyme

Carbohydrate

Fatty Acid

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

An illness caused by a certain virus includes fever, rash, joint pain, red eyes, and headache. The virus is transmitted to people by infected mosquitoes. Symptoms quickly occur within three to twelve days after contracting the virus. There is no vaccine for this virus. Which description best explains the reproductive cycle of this virus?

Lytic, because the virus is transmitted by mosquitoes

Lysogenic, because there is no way to vaccinate against it

Lytic, because of the quick incubation time

Lysogenic, because the virus causes a fever

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When a new mutation occurs in a somatic cell of a sexually reproducing organism, what percentage of the individual’s offspring are likely to inherit the mutation?

100%

75%

25%

0%

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

A genetic cross involving two unlinked genes is represented.

AaGG x aaGg

Which genotype is NOT possible in the offspring produced by the cross?

AaGG

Aagg

aaGg

aaGG

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Environmental factors typically activate genes in a cell by causing the cell to —

produce identical daughter cells through mitosis

form haploid gamete cells through meiosis

fuse with another cell to increase the size of its genome

transcribe specific DNA segments to mRNA for translation

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

When multiple transitional fossils are found in many rock layers, they provide evidence of —

seasonal variation in the diet of a species

gradual change of a species over time

DNA functioning as the genetic material of organisms

J an unchanging environment

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

For an enzyme to be able to catalyze a reaction, the active site must —

be occupied by an inhibitor

increase the activation energy level

have a complementary shape to the substrate

cause the enzyme to be destroyed in the reaction

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