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Biology Semester 2 Final Exam

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Different forms of a gene are called?

a)

Hybrids

b)

Dominant factors

c)

Alleles

d)

Recessive Factors

2.

Choose the ratio Mendel found in his F2 generation?

a)

3:1

b)

1:3:1

c)

1:2

d)

3:4

3.

Organisms that have two identical alleles for a particular trait are said to be?

a)

Hybrid

b)

Heterozygous

c)

Homozygous

d)

Dominant

4.

A Punnett square is used to determine the?

a)

Probable outcome of a cross

b)

Actual outcome of a cross

c)

Result of incomplete dominance

d)

Result of meiosis

5.

The physical characteristics of an organism are called it's?

a)

Genetics

b)

Heredity

c)

Phenotype

d)

Genotype

6.

What happens to the chromosome number during meiosis?

a)

It doubles

b)

It stays the same

c)

It halves

d)

It becomes a diploid

7.

During replication, which sequence of nucleotides would bond with the DNA sequence TATGA?

a)

TATGA

b)

ATACT

c)

CACTA

d)

AGTAT

8.

The scientist(s) responsible for the discovery of the bacterial transformation is (are)?

a)

Watson and Crick

b)

Avery

c)

Griffith

d)

Franklin

9.

How would you interpret this statement; when prokaryotic cells copy their DNA, replication begins at?

a)

One point on the DNA molecule

b)

Two points on the opposite ends of the DNA molecule

c)

Dozens to hundreds of points along the molecule

d)

Opposite ends of the molecule

10.

Compared to eukaryotic cells, prokaryotic cells contain?

a)

Much more DNA

b)

Much less DNA

c)

Twice as much as DNA

d)

The same amount of DNA

11.

Which scientist formulated the theory of evolution through natural selection?

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Thomas Malthus

c)

James Hutton

d)

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

12.

Lamarck's ideas about evolution were wrong because he proposed that?

a)

Species change over time

b)

Species descended from other species

c)

Species descended from other species

d)

Species are adapted to their environments

13.

A farmer's use of the best livestock for breeding is an example of?

a)

Natural selection

b)

Artificial selection

c)

Extinction

d)

Adaptation

14.

Which is the best answer for the statement; The ability of an individual organism to survive and reproduce in its natural environment?

a)

Natural selection

b)

Evolution

c)

Descent with modification

d)

Fitness

15.

Body parts of unrelated organisms that serve the same function are examples of?

a)

Homologous structures

b)

Vestigial structures

c)

Analogous structures

d)

Fossil structures

16.

Which of the following is an important concept in Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection?

a)

Descent with modification

b)

Homologous molecules

c)

Processes that change the surface of the earth

d)

The tendency toward perfection

17.

Mutations and the genetic recombination that occurs during sexual reproductions are both sources of?

a)

Genetic Variation

b)

Stabilizing selection

c)

Genetic Equilibrium

d)

Genetic drift

18.

How would you explain, populations of antibiotic-resistant bacteria are the result of the process of?

a)

Natural selection

b)

Temporal isolation

c)

Genetic drift

d)

Artificial selection

19.

What conclusion can you draw from this question, If species A and B have very similar genes and proteins , what is probably true?

a)

Species A and B share a relatively recent common ancestor

b)

Species A evolved independently of species B for a long period

c)

Species A is younger than species B

d)

Species A is older than species B

20.

When two species reproduce at different times, the situation is called?

a)

Genetic drift

b)

Temporal selection

c)

Temporal isolation

d)

Lateral gene transfer

21.

In the six-kingdom system of classification, which kingdoms contain unicellular organisms?

a)

Eubacteria only

b)

Eubacteria and Protista only

c)

Archaebacteria only

d)

Eubacteria, Archaebacteria, Plantae, Protista

22.

Which of the following groups, by themselves do NOT form a clad?

a)

Cone-bearing plants and flowering plants

b)

Ferns, cones-bearing plants, and flowering plants

c)

Moses and ferns

d)

Moseses, ferns, cone-bearing plants and flowering plants

23.

Which of the following groups share the most recent common ancestor?

a)

Cone-bearing plants and flowering plants

b)

Mosses and ferns

c)

Mosses and cone-bearing plants

d)

Ferns and flowering plants