2023 Governor's Cup Region - Science

This part of the cerebrum is responsible for feeling sensations and perception and integrating sensory input with visual inputs. What is this part of the brain, pictured here, that, when damaged, can lead to difficulties with writing, math, and language?

• Frontal Lobe

• Occipital Lobe

• Parietal Lobe

• Temporal Lobe

This muscle forms the bulk of the calf and has two heads that start at the back of the knee. What is this muscle that ends in the lower leg and, with the soleus muscle, makes the Achilles tendon?

• Fibularis longus

• Gastrocnemius

• Sartorius

• Calcaneus

Plants belonging to this proposed monophyletic group have a dominant gametophyte stage. What is this proposed group that includes mosses, hornworts, and liverworts?

• Bryophyta

• Cycadophyta

• Pteridophyta

• Eudicotidae

Colloquially called a whirlybird or helicopter, this fruit is indehiscent and can be carried far by the wind. What is this fruit that has a papery tissue that develops from at least one side of the seed?

• Achene

• Drupe

• Caryopsis

• Samara

Match the following mammals with their appropriate classifications.

• x-1, y-2, z-3

• x-1, y-3, z-2

• x-2, y-3, z-1

• x-3, y-1, z-2

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Single sponges have a large opening at the top of the sponge, but compound sponges can have many of these. What are these large excretory structures of the phylum porifera?

• Ostia

• Spongocoel

• Osculum

• Choanocytes

What are the fragments of DNA that are synthesized in chunks on the lagging strand and are later linked together by the enzyme ligase?

• Junk DNA

• FEN1

• Exons

• Okazaki Fragments

This pattern of inheritance occurs when two alleles are both fully expressed from a single locus. What is this pattern of inheritance that is represented by the picture to the right?

• Incomplete Dominance

• Codominance

• X-linked Dominance

• Autosomal Recessive

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A trihybrid cross occurs between individuals with genotype AaBbDd and AabbDD. What fraction of the possible offspring will have the genotype AaBbDD?

• 1/2

• 1/8

• 3/16

• 9/64

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-3

This compound has molecular formula C₄H₄O₅⁻². What is this compound from the Krebs cycle that is created when succinate is altered when FAD⁺ is turned into FADH₂?

• Oxaloacetate

• Citrate

• Fumarate

• Malate