Biology STAAR Test Review

Put the following stages of mitosis in order: anaphase, prophase, metaphase, and telophase.

• prophase, metaphase, telophase, anaphase

• prophase, anaphase, metaphase, telophase

• prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase

• prophase, telophase, metaphase, anaphase

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

Which of the following is a phenotype?

• Aa

• red hair

• heterozygous genes

• mutated DNA

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

G = green, g = yellow
The genotype for a yellow plant is...

• GG

• Gg

• gg

• all of the choices result in yellow

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Natural selection is

• survival of the fittest

• humans change

• two species are the same

• more animals survive

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What is a producer?

• an organism that gets energy from eating other organisms

• an organisms that uses sunlight to make its own food

• an organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material or waste

• an organism that uses chemical energy to make its own food

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succession that occurs in an area with no soil

• ecological succession 

• primary succession 

• secondary succession

• pioneer speciles

How do lichens contribute to primary succession?

• Lichens decompose organic matter from animals and plants

• Lichens begin to break down rock to form soil

• Lichens are nitrogen fixing bacteria

• Lichens convert carbohydrates into fossil fuels.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

After a forest fire, an ecosystem would start regrowth through -

• primary succession

• secondary succession

• climax community

• limiting factors

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NUCLEOTIDES ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF...

• CARBOHYDRATES

• LIPIDS

• NUCLEIC ACIDS

• PROTEINS

Guanine bonds with ______________.

• Adenine

• Guanine

• Cytosine

• Thymine