Biology Spring Final Quiz Review

Is energy packaged in glucose during photosynthesis?

• True

• False

Where do the two stages of cellular respiration take place and how much energy is released during each stage?

• 1st stage: mitochondria / releases a large amount of energy, 2nd stage: cytoplasm: releases a small amount of energy

• 1st stage: mitochondria / releases a small amount of energy, 2nd stage: cytoplasm: releases a large amount of energy

• 1st stage: cytoplasm / releases a small amount of energy, 2nd stage: mitochondria: releases a large amount of energy

• 1st stage: cytoplasm / releases a large amount of energy, 2nd stage: mitochondria: releases a small amount of energy

Look at the image of the buffalo. Which of the following is the main reason for the increase in buffalo numbers in the Serengeti?

• Serengeti park rangers overprotecting buffalo during droughts and providing food and water

• the eradication of Rinderpest through widespread vaccination efforts

• a deadly disease that DID NOT affect the buffalo, allowing their numbers to increase

• an unusually rainy growing season, allowing for an over-abundance of plant growth and water

Are both photosynthesis and cellular respiration powered by light energy?

• True

• False

Identify the following mutation. "A piece of DNA that is copied one or more times."

• Translocation

• Insertion

• Inversion

• Duplication

What type of cellular respiration requires oxygen?

• anaerobic respiration

• mitotic respiration

• aerobic respiration

• hypotonic respiration

Which of the following statements is TRUE about transcription?

• Transcription occurs in the cytoplasm.

• Transcription makes copies of DNA.

• Transcription builds large chains of amino acids.

• Transcription uses a DNA template to make messenger RNA.

Which of the following is an element found in living organisms?

• carbon

• glucose

• decrease

Look at the image of the otters in the water. Which of the following correctly shows the movement between the biosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere?

• biosphere --> atmosphere --> hydrosphere

• hydrosphere --> atmosphere --> biosphere

• atmosphere --> biosphere --> hydrosphere

• atmosphere --> hydrosphere --> biosphere

Do buffalo compete with other herbivores for food sources in the dry season? If so, what food and when?

• Yes, in the dry season buffalo compete with other herbivores for Themeda triandra and Hyparrhenia filipendula, but get Laudetia kagarensis to themselves.

• No, there is no competition for food sources between herbivores

• Yes, in the dry season buffalo have to compete with wildebeest, zebra and Thomson’s gazelle for all plant species.

• Yes, in the wet season, food sources for buffalo are scarce.