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WorksheetsGeneral Biology Final Exam Review
Total questions: 94
Worksheet time: 47mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
which symbiosis is this
a)
parasitism
b)
mutualism
c)
commensalism
d)
nonalism
2.
The image provided is an example of a(n):
a)
Carnivore
b)
Herbivore
c)
Producer
d)
Autotroph
3.
The amount of energy that usually transfers from one trophic level to the next...
a)
10%
b)
20%
c)
80%
d)
50%
4.
Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?
a)
Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
b)
Because they come from dominant alleles.
c)
Because they come from recessive alleles.
d)
Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.
5.
If a heterozygous tall (Tt) pea plant is crossed with a short pea plant (tt), what are the possible genotypes of the future offspring?
a)
100% Tt
b)
50% Tt, 50% tt
c)
75%Tt, 25%tt
d)
25%TT, 50%Tt, 25%tt
6.
This is an example of what?
a)
Complete dominance
b)
Incomplete dominance
c)
Codominance
d)
None of the above
7.
How are individuals III-2 and II-4 related?
a)
Cousins
b)
Dad and Daughter
c)
Uncle and Niece
d)
Grandpa and Granddaughter
8.
Who does individual IV-7 inherit colorblindness from?
a)
His mom
b)
His father
c)
His siblings
d)
His grandmother
9.
Which of the following is NOT an example of natural selection?
a)
People selectively breeding hamsters.
b)
Insect populations developing resistance to certain pesticides.
c)
Bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics.
d)
Male birds of certain species developing colorful feathers to attract female mates.
10.
Which species’ DNA is most similar to the DNA of the toothed whale?
a)
Hippopotamus
b)
Baleen Whale
c)
Grazing Mammals
d)
Camels
11.
Two organisms that are closely related would have
a)
very similar DNA sequence
b)
exactly the same DNA sequences
c)
no proteins in common
d)
completely different DNA sequence
12.
A remnant or trace of an organism from the past is called a _______.
a)
Ancestor
b)
Skeleton
c)
Fossil
d)
Imprints
13.
If this pedigree shows a recessive disorder, what MUST the genotype of individual II-3 be?
a)
HH
b)
Hh
c)
hh
d)
None of the above
14.
#3 is pointing to the space outside the stacks in this chloroplast. What is this area called?
a)
Thylakoid space
b)
Thylakoid
c)
Stroma
d)
Stomata
15.
#4 is pointing to an individual "pancake" in this stack. What is this called?
a)
Stroma
b)
Thylakoid
c)
Granum
d)
Stomata
16.
A heterozygous yellow pea plant's genotype would be:
a)
YY
b)
yy
c)
Yy
d)
Yg
17.
If a Homozygous red snapdragon and a Heterozygous pink snapdragon were crossed - what percentage of the offspring would be homozygous white?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
75%
18.
Which process and type of resulting cells are represented?
a)
mitosis, gametes
b)
mitosis, body cells
c)
meiosis, gametes
d)
meiosis, body cells
19.
Which of the following cell types is formed by meiosis?
a)
muscle cells
b)
skin cells
c)
sperm cells
d)
blood cells
20.
Which best describes the process shown?
a)
mutation in which the DNA content of the gene is ltered
b)
segregation of sister chromatids
c)
condensation and segregation of the alleles
d)
crossing-over which alleles are exchanged
21.
How many times in meiosis does the cell divided?
a)
2
b)
4
c)
3
d)
1
22.
What phase is shown in the picture?
a)
anaphase 1
b)
anaphase 2
c)
metaphase 1
d)
telophase 1
23.
The sex of an offspring is determined by ______________________.
a)
the mother
b)
the father
c)
the mother and the father
d)
by the environment
24.
Red/green color blindness is a recessive trait. A woman who is a carrier for this allele marries a normal-vision male. What is the probability that they will have a child who is color blind?
a)
1/4
b)
1/2
c)
3/4
d)
1
25.
What is a phenotype?
a)
The expression of a trait; what you see.
b)
refers to the genetic makeup of an individual
c)
An organism that has the same genes for a trait (ex. TT or tt)
d)
the passing of traits from parent to offspring
26.
What percentage of the offspring in the punnett square are shown as a hybrid?
a)
100%
b)
75%
c)
50%
d)
25%
27.
What is the definition of genotype?
a)
The physical expression of a trait
b)
The genetic combination of alleles
c)
the genes on a DNA strand
28.
What fraction of offspring from the cross AaBB x Aabb will be heterozygous for both traits?
a)
1/16
b)
1/4
c)
1/2
d)
3/16
29.
Cross Two Homozygous plants
(RRYY x rryy)
R = round seeds, r = wrinkled seeds Y = yellow seeds, y = green seeds
What percent will have Round and Yellow seeds?
(RRYY x rryy)
R = round seeds, r = wrinkled seeds Y = yellow seeds, y = green seeds
What percent will have Round and Yellow seeds?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
100%
30.
In the second generation-how many people are carriers of the trait?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
5
d)
6
31.
a)
Not affected Female
b)
Not affected Male
c)
Affected Male
d)
Affected Female
32.
What does a vertical line coming down from a square and circle that are connected by horizontal line indicate?
a)
They are cousins
b)
The children
c)
Aunts and Uncles
33.
Jim has type AB+ blood. His dad could be type O+.
a)
True
b)
False
34.
If one of your parents is blood type A and the other is type B, which of the following blood types would you likely be?
a)
O
b)
AB
c)
A or B
d)
Any
35.
If a father is AA and a mother is AB, what is the probability for a child with AB blood?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
75%
36.
If two parents are heterozygous for type A blood, what is the probability that their offspring would have type O blood?
a)
100 %
b)
75%
c)
50%
d)
25%
37.
What type(s) of blood can a person with type B blood safely RECEIVE?
a)
A and AB
b)
B and AB
c)
A and O
d)
B and O
38.
Universal blood donors have type ______ blood.
a)
A
b)
AB
c)
B
d)
O
39.
Hemophilia is a recessive x-linked disorder.
Which genotype represents a female who is a carrier for hemophilia?
Which genotype represents a female who is a carrier for hemophilia?
a)
XHXh
b)
XhXh
c)
XHXH
d)
XhY
40.
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a recessive x-linked disorder.
According to the Punnett square, what percentage of male offspring will have the disorder?
According to the Punnett square, what percentage of male offspring will have the disorder?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
100%
41.
What is the original source of almost all energy in most ecosystems?
a)
carbohydrates
b)
sunlight
c)
water
d)
carbon
42.
What is the term for each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a biological community?
a)
energy path
b)
food web
c)
trophic level
d)
food pyramid
43.
symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit
a)
competition
b)
Mutualism
c)
nitrogen fixation
d)
energy pyramid
44.
What does a food web represent?
a)
All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.
b)
The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
c)
A single pathway or energy flow between organisms.
d)
How carnivores get their food.
45.
Which of the following would be the definition of a detritivore?
a)
Animals that eat insects.
b)
Organisms that feed on rocks, recycling the nutrients back into the ground.
c)
Organisms that eat only pants
d)
Organisms that feed on dead organisms, recycling the nutrients back into the ground.
46.
The nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
a)
Abiotic factors
b)
Biotic factors
47.
Water and temperature would be an example of ...
a)
A biotic factor
b)
An abiotic factor
48.
Organisms that look similar and can produce fertile offspring
a)
Species
b)
Fish
c)
Community
d)
Trees
49.
The study of how living things interact with one another and with their environment.
a)
Biology
b)
Lithology
c)
Ecology
d)
Farmacology
50.
An animal that is hunted and eaten for food is a
a)
predator
b)
prey
51.
Any thing or organism that regulates the size of a population of another organism is known as __________.
a)
a limiting measure
b)
a limiting factor
c)
factorization
d)
materialization of precipitation
52.
What is the carrying capacity of the graph?
a)
1000
b)
8000
c)
800
d)
600
53.
What is the only process that removes carbon from the atmosphere?
a)
combustion
b)
cellular respiration
c)
photosynthesis
d)
decomposition
54.
Where is carbon stored in the environment?
a)
Fossil fuels
b)
Wood of trees
c)
Calcium carbonate (shells and bones)
d)
All of the above
55.
What 3 things are made during cellular respiration?
a)
useable energy, water, glucose
b)
glucose, water, carbon dioxide
c)
oxygen, carbon dioxide, glucose
d)
carbon dioxide, water, ATP (energy)
56.
Which one of these does not add CO2 to the atmosphere?
a)
cooking with gas
b)
planting trees
c)
burning wood
d)
riding in a bus
57.
Combustion is another word for _______________.
a)
a train
b)
a bus
c)
a dog
d)
burning
58.
How much of the atmosphere is composed of nitrogen gas?
a)
87%
b)
38%
c)
78%
d)
21%
59.
Organisms that break down dead plants & animals and release nitrogen back into atmosphere...
a)
bacteria
b)
plants
c)
animals
d)
producers
60.
Respiration
a)
absorbs CO2
b)
releases CO2
61.
Photosynthesis
a)
absorbs CO2
b)
releases CO2
62.
What is one of the reactants of cellular respiration?
a)
energy
b)
glucose
c)
carbon dioxide
d)
water
63.
The mitochondria is responsible for ...
a)
photosynthesis
b)
anaerobic respiration
c)
aerobic respiration
d)
fermentation
64.
In which way are photosynthesis and cellular respiration different?
a)
Cellular respiration stores ATP, while photosynthesis releases ATP.
b)
Cellular respiration produces oxygen, while photosynthesis uses oxygen.
c)
Photosynthesis releases energy, while cellular respiration stores energy.
d)
Photosynthesis used carbon dioxide, while cellular respiration produces carbon dioxide.
65.
Which of the following organelles is where cellular respiration occurs in the cell?
a)
nucleus
b)
cytoplasm
c)
mitochondria
d)
chloroplast
66.
What is the correct equation for cellular respiration?
a)
6O2 + C6H12O6 -> 6CO2 + 6H2O + Energy
b)
6O2 + C6H12O6 + Energy -> 6CO2 + 6H2O
c)
6CO2 + 6H2O -> 6O2 + C6H12O6 + Energy
d)
6CO2 + 6H2O + Energy -> 6O2 + C6H12O6
67.
Where does the Krebs Cycle take place?
a)
mitochondria
b)
chloroplast
c)
cytoplasm
d)
nucleus
68.
What is cellular respiration?
a)
the breakdown of glucose to release ATP
b)
the breakdown of glucose to release NADH
c)
the breakdown of glucose to release FADH
d)
the breakdown of glucose to release carbon
69.
Which molecule isn't an energy carrier?
a)
FADH2
b)
NADH
c)
oxygen
d)
ATP
70.
Chlorophyll absorbs a higher percentage of _____ and _______ light.
a)
purple and green
b)
red and blue
c)
black and orange
d)
yellow and green
71.
The reactants of photosynthesis are
a)
sugar and water.
b)
sugar and oxygen.
c)
carbon dioxide and water.
d)
carbon dioxide and oxygen.
72.
Which of the following is the correct equation for PHOTOSYNTHESIS?
a)
CO2 + light + H2O --> O2 + Sugar
b)
CO2 + sugar + H2O --> O2 + light
c)
O2 + light + H2O --> CO2 + Sugar
d)
CO2 + O2 + H2O --> Light+ Sugar
73.
The light independent reactions of photosynthesis happen where?
a)
stroma of chloroplast
b)
mitochondrial matrix
c)
stem
d)
thylakoid membrane
74.
What is the function of NADPH and ATP?
a)
They absorb light
b)
They power the light-dependent reactions
c)
They are light-reflecting pigments
d)
They are energy carriers
75.
What does heterozygous mean?
a)
An organism that has the same genes for a trait (TT or tt)
b)
An organism that has different genes for a trait (Tt)
c)
When neither gene is fully dominant; offspring is a mixture of both
d)
the different forms of a trait (hair color--> brown, blonde, red
76.
______________ produces the most ATP.
a)
Glycolysis
b)
Fermentation
c)
Electron Transport Chain (ETC)
d)
Krebs Cycle
77.
When organisms are better adapted to their environment they will survive and reproduce more successfully than organisms less adapted. This process is called what?
a)
Selective breeding
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Cloning
d)
Evolution of all species
78.
Which scientist visited the Galapagos Islands and came up with the theory of natural selection?
a)
Theodor Schwann
b)
Gregor Mendel
c)
Charles Darwin
d)
Rudolf Virchow
79.
Sometimes bones in the front limbs of animals are very similar in structure. What do we call similar bone structures that indicate a link to a common ancestor?
a)
Adaptations
b)
Gradualism
c)
Homologous Structures
d)
Extinction
80.
A physical or behavioral trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment is called a what?
a)
An adaptation
b)
A response to a stimulus
c)
A mutation
d)
Evolution
81.
What most likely caused the finches on the Galapagos Islands to have beaks that were different from the finches on the mainland?
a)
There were different types of predators on the island.
b)
There were different types of food available on the island.
c)
The finches had no water to drink.
d)
The finches on the mainland could not fly high enough.
82.
What is the study of organisms at the early stages of development?
a)
DNA studies
b)
Comparative Embryology
c)
Extinction
d)
Fossil Record
83.
What do we call a change in a species over time?
a)
Adaptation
b)
Evolution
c)
Extinction
d)
Environmental influences
84.
The scientific name for an organism is made from the:
a)
class and family name
b)
genus and species name
c)
domain and kingdom name
d)
kingdom and phylum name
85.
The 8 levels of classification, most broad to most specific.
a)
Domain, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Species
b)
Domain, Species, Kingdom, Genus, Phylum, Family, Class, Order
c)
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
d)
Order, Kingdom, Species, Domain, Phylum, Family, Class, Genus
86.
Term given to describe the 2 name naming system is:
a)
dichotmous key
b)
binomial nomenclature
c)
2 scientific names
d)
binomial key
87.
Who first proposed binomial nomenclature as a way of classifying organisms?
a)
Carl Linnaeus
b)
Carl's Jr.
c)
Charles Darwin
d)
Henry Groseclose
88.
Cells that do not have a true nucleus are called....
a)
eukaryote
b)
prokaryote
c)
unicellular
d)
multicellular
89.
Cells that have a true nucleus are called....
a)
eukaryotes
b)
prokaryotes
c)
unicellular
d)
multicellular
90.
The science of describing, classifying, and naming living things is called:
a)
Geology
b)
Biology
c)
Taxonomy
d)
Chemistry
91.
Which organism in the table is least closely related to the chimpanzee?
a)
human
b)
grey wolf
c)
tiger snake
d)
monarch butterfly
92.
You find a species that seems to be unicellular and is eating smaller cells around it. It has organelles and a nucleus. Which kingdom is it MOST likely a part of?
a)
Fungi
b)
Bacteria
c)
Protists
d)
Plants
93.
Which is NOT a eukaryote?
a)
Plants
b)
Animals
c)
Archaea
d)
Protists
94.
Which of the following is not true when comparing scientific and common names?
a)
Scientific names vary from place to place.
b)
Common names can vary from place to place.
c)
Scientific names are written in Latin.
d)
Common names can inaccurately describe the organism and be confusing.
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