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Biology Review: Natural selection and genetics

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 56mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This means the process by which traits that help an organism survive become ore common.

a)

Natural selection

b)

Evolution

c)

Speciation

d)

Alleles

e)

Extinct

2.

This means change.

a)

Natural selection

b)

Evolution

c)

Speciation

d)

Alleles

e)

Extinct

3.

This is the process by which a new species forms.

a)

Natural selection

b)

Evolution

c)

Speciation

d)

Alleles

e)

Extinct

4.

These are the genetic units that are passed down from parents to offspring.

a)

Natural selection

b)

Evolution

c)

Speciation

d)

Alleles

e)

Extinct

5.

This means when there are no more living individuals from a species.

a)

Natural selection

b)

Evolution

c)

Speciation

d)

Alleles

e)

Extinct

6.

This is a group of organisms that can successfully interbreed.

a)

Hybrid

b)

Species

c)

Adaptation

d)

Niche

e)

Fit

7.

When two species are crossed they can create this.

a)

Hybrid

b)

Species

c)

Adaptation

d)

Niche

e)

Fit

8.

Some frogs croak louder than others. The loudest frogs are more likely to be eaten by predators. What type of selection is this?

a)

Natural selection

b)

Sexual selection

c)

Artificial selection

9.

Some flowers are more resistant to snow than others. It snows unexpectedly in the spring and the less resistant flowers die. What type of selection is this?

a)

Natural selection

b)

Sexual selection

c)

Artificial selection

10.

Male elk fight each other to win their mates. What type of selection is this?

a)

Natural selection

b)

Sexual selection

c)

Artificial selection

11.

Male weaver birds make nests out of grass to attract a mate. What type of selection is this?

a)

Natural selection

b)

Sexual selection

c)

Artificial selection

12.

Farmers select seeds from larger pumpkins to plant in the next year's crops. What type of selection is this?

a)

Natural selection

b)

Sexual selection

c)

Artificial selection

13.

Dog breeders choose dogs that have the best qualities to pass on their traits to their puppies. What type of selection is this?

a)

Natural selection

b)

Sexual selection

c)

Artificial selection

14.

This is something that helps an organism survive?

a)

Hybrid

b)

Species

c)

Adaptation

d)

Niche

e)

Fit

15.

This is an organism's unique ecological role.

a)

Hybrid

b)

Species

c)

Adaptation

d)

Niche

e)

Fit

16.

This is when an organism has more offspring it is said to be ____.

a)

Hybrid

b)

Species

c)

Adaptation

d)

Niche

e)

Fit

17.

How would a scientist know if two different animals are the same species?

a)

If they can interbreed

b)

If they have similar diets

c)

If they live in the same habitat

d)

If they are the same color

18.

When birds eat berries, they spread the seeds and the seeds can grow into new bushes. Birds are more likely to eat berries that smell sweet. What would you expect to happen over time?

a)

The number of sweet berry bushes will increase

b)

The number of sweet berry bushes will decrease

c)

The berries will go extinct

d)

The birds will migrate away and change food sources

19.

Racer snakes that are faster are more likely to catch their prey. What would you expect to happen over time?

a)

The average speed of snakes will increase

b)

The average speed of snakes will decrease

c)

The snakes will go extinct

d)

The snakes will become vegetarians

20.

Fishermen use nets with medium holes to catch large fish while allowing the smaller fish to get away. Over time what do you expect to happen?

a)

The average size of fish will decrease

b)

The average size of fish will increase

c)

The fish will band together to escape the net

d)

The fish will go extinct

21.

Who came up with the theory of natural selection?

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Jean Lamarck

c)

Gregor Mendel

d)

Watson & Crick

22.

Who came up with the [incorrect] theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics?

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Jean Lamarck

c)

Gregor Mendel

d)

Watson & Crick

23.

Who studied the genetics of peas?

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Jean Lamarck

c)

Gregor Mendel

d)

Watson & Crick

24.

Who used research y Rosalind Franklin to figure out the structure of DNA?

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Jean Lamarck

c)

Gregor Mendel

d)

Watson & Crick

25.

How do new traits appear in a population?

a)

Mutation

b)

Natural selection

c)

Evolution

d)

Speciation

e)

Extinction

26.

What type of inheritance creates a blend?

a)

Incomplete dominance

b)

Codominance

c)

Dominant-recessive

d)

Sex-linked

27.

What type of inheritance results in 2 dominant traits?

a)

Incomplete dominance

b)

Codominance

c)

Dominant-recessive

d)

Sex-linked

28.

What type of inheritance has one trait that completely overpowers the other?

a)

Incomplete dominance

b)

Codominance

c)

Dominant-recessive

d)

Sex-linked

29.

What type of inheritance has traits on the X or Y chromosome?

a)

Incomplete dominance

b)

Codominance

c)

Dominant-recessive

d)

Sex-linked

30.

Two brown mice have a 25% chance of having white offspring. What type of inheritance is this?

a)

Incomplete dominance

b)

Codominance

c)

Dominant-recessive

d)

Sex-linked

31.

Hemophilia is more common in men than women. What type of inheritance is this?

a)

Incomplete dominance

b)

Codominance

c)

Dominant-recessive

d)

Sex-linked

32.

A brown cow and a white cow have brown & white spotted offspring. What type of inheritance is this?

a)

Incomplete dominance

b)

Codominance

c)

Dominant-recessive

d)

Sex-linked

33.

A dark blue fish and a light green fish have turquoise offspring. What type of inheritance is this?

a)

Incomplete dominance

b)

Codominance

c)

Dominant-recessive

d)

Sex-linked

34.

Nucleotides are monomers of which macromolecules?

a)

Nucleic acids

b)

Proteins

c)

Carbohydrates

d)

Lipids

35.

Where in the eukaryotic cell is the DNA located?

a)

Nucleus

b)

Ribosome

c)

Golgi apparatus

d)

Endoplasmic reticulum

e)

Vacuole

36.

In a heterozygous cross, what percent of the offspring would be recessive?

a)

0

b)

0.25

c)

0.5

d)

0.75

e)

1

37.

A homozygous dominant iguana is crossed with a homozygous recessive iguana. What percent of the offspring will be recessive?

a)

0

b)

0.25

c)

0.5

d)

0.75

e)

1

38.

A heterozygous cat and a homozygous recessive cat have kittens. What percent of the kittens are going to be recessive?

a)

0

b)

0.25

c)

0.5

d)

0.75

e)

1

39.

A heterozygous cat and a homozygous dominant cat have kittens. What percent of the kittens are going to be recessive?

a)

0

b)

0.25

c)

0.5

d)

0.75

e)

1

40.

Two homozygous recessive dogs have puppies. What percent of the puppies would be recessive?

a)

0

b)

0.25

c)

0.5

d)

0.75

e)

1

41.

Two heterozygous frogs have tadpoles. What percent of the tadpoles will be dominant?

a)

0

b)

0.25

c)

0.5

d)

0.75

e)

1

42.

What is used to show the probable offspring of two parents based on their alleles?

a)

Punnett squares

b)

Pedigrees

c)

Phylogenetic trees

d)

Cladeograms

43.

What process creates haploid gametes?

a)

Meiosis

b)

Mitosis

c)

Binary fission

d)

Apoptosis

44.

How many chromosomes are in a human somatic cell?

a)

23

b)

46

c)

92

d)

112

e)

8

45.

How many chromosomes are inherited from each (human) parent?

a)

23

b)

46

c)

92

d)

112

e)

8

46.

What are homologous chromosomes?

a)

Sex chromosomes

b)

Non-sex chromosomes

c)

Chromosomes that have the same genes

d)

Chromosomes that come from your parents

47.

Which of the following is inherited through incomplete dominance?

a)

Pea flower color

b)

Hair texture

c)

Blood type

d)

Sickle cell anemia

e)

Cystic fibrosis

48.

Which of the following is inherited through codominance?

a)

Sickle cell anemia

b)

Hemophilia

c)

Huntington's disease

d)

Cystic fibrosis

e)

Colorblindness

49.

Which of the following is a dominant trait?

a)

Huntington's disease

b)

Hemophilia

c)

Blood type

d)

Sickle cell anemia

e)

Colorblindness

50.

Which of the following is a recessive trait?

a)

Cystic fibrosis

b)

Purple pea flowers

c)

Sickle cell anemia

d)

Huntington's disease

e)

Blood type

51.

Which of the following has multiple alleles?

a)

Blood type

b)

Hemophilia

c)

Sickle cell anemia

d)

Huntington's disease

e)

Cystic fibrosis

52.

Which of the following is a polygenic trait?

a)

Hemophilia

b)

Skin color

c)

Sickle cell anemia

d)

Huntington's disease

e)

Cystic fibrosis

53.

Which of the following is a sex-linked trait?

a)

Colorblindness

b)

Blood type

c)

Sickle cell anemia

d)

Huntington's disease

e)

Cystic fibrosis

54.

What is a mutation?

a)

A permenant change in the DNA

b)

A cell that self-destructs

c)

A bad gene

d)

A good gene

55.

Which type of mutation does not cause any change to the amino acids / protein?

a)

Silent

b)

Nonsense

c)

Missense

d)

Insertion

e)

Deletion

56.

Which type of mutation results in an early STOP codon?

a)

Silent

b)

Nonsense

c)

Missense

d)

Insertion

e)

Deletion