Biology B Finals Review

How are sexual reproduction and asexual reproduction different from each other?

• . sexual reproduction requires two parents and asexual reproduction requires

  only one parent

• Asexual reproduction requires two parents and sexual reporduction requires only one parent

• mutation rates are lower in sexual reproduction than in asexual reproduction

• asexual reproduction occurs only in multicellular organisms

Which of the following best describes meiosis?

• It is carried out in all tissues that require cell replacement

• It occurs only in cells in the reproductive structures of organisms

• It happens in all tissues except the brain and spinal cord

• It is the first stage of mitosis

How do human diseases caused by bacteria and diseases caused by viruses react to antibiotics?

• Neither responds to antibiotics

• Both respond to antibiotics

• Viral diseases respond to antibiotics while bacteria disease do not

• Bacterial diseases respond to antibiotics while viral diseases do not.

Which of the following events occurs during the first trimester?

• heart beat begins

• lungs fully developed

• bones become solid

• fetus moves, kicks and swallows

What is the human embryo called after the 8th week of development?

• zygote

• infant

• fetus

• morula

Which of the following phrases best describes cancer?

• absence of cyclins in the DNA

• multiple gene mutations on a chromosome of DNA

• uncontrolled cell growth caused by mutations in genes that control the cell cycle

• presence of genetic defects caused by hereditary disorders

Rw is an example of...

• A heterozygous genotype

• A homozygous genotype

What do we call the table used to calculate the probability of an offspring's genotype?

• Punnett Square

• Venn Diagram

• Avogadro's Graph

• Circle of Life

What do we call the "off-spring" of the genotype?

• Visible traits

• Physiotrait

• Genotype 2

• Phenotype

A dominant gene is written on a Punnett Square as a:

• Capital letter (Y)

• Percentage (%)

• Lower case letter (y)

• A number (#)