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Biology Final Exam Practice

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

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Class
Date
1.

This process monitors body conditions and acts to return them to normal levels through feedback loops.

a)

reproduction

b)

meiosis

c)

photosynthesis

d)

homeostasis

2.

A graph of two populations of organisms increase and decrease together over a period of many years. The ecological relationship between these two species is

a)

competition

b)

predator/prey

c)

unclear

d)

exponential

3.

Which macromolecule is a double helix found in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells?

a)

carbohydrates

b)

DNA

c)

lipids

d)

proteins

4.

Carbon dioxide and methane are gases that trap heat around the Earth and cause

a)

the ozone hole to increase

b)

an increase in cancer rates

c)

the Greenhouse Effect

d)

an increase in the polar ice caps

5.

What causes differences in your phenotype?

a)

Genes only

b)

Environment only

c)

Nothing

d)

Both genes and your environment effect your phenotype

6.

What happens to enzymes when placed at the wrong pH?

a)

they denature and will not function

b)

they fold up and function perfectly

c)

they fold up correctly, but fail to function

d)

they denature and begin to function correctly

7.

All organisms have a cell membrane made out of

a)

proteins only

b)

phospholipids

c)

carbohydrates

d)

nucleic acid

8.

Autotrophs ________________ and heterotrophs ______________.

a)

make their own food by photosynthesis, eat for food

b)

eat for food, make their own food by cell respiration

c)

eat for food, make their own food by photosynthesis

d)

make food by cell respiration, eat for food

9.

Only bacteria can use this element from the air to make organic molecules

a)

carbon

b)

oxygen

c)

nitrogen

d)

hydrogen

10.

What is responsible for reaching carrying capacity in a logistic growth curve?

a)

unlimited resources

b)

limited resources

c)

too much available food

d)

too much available space

11.

The Endosymbiotic Theory explains the evolution of which organelles in the first eukaryotic cells?

a)

ribosomes and cytoplasm

b)

cytoplasm and nucleus

c)

mitochondria and chloroplast

d)

Cell membrane and ribosomes

12.

Sexual reproduction using gametes made by meiosis introduces variation by

a)

crossing over of chromosomes and independent assortment

b)

DNA replication

c)

mitosis

d)

protein folding

13.

In a cell with 2 pairs of chromosomes, how many haploid gametes can be made by meiosis?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

4

d)

8

14.

Which part of a DNA molecule determines the mRNA and protein made?

a)

sugar

b)

bases

c)

phosphate

d)

amino acids

15.

A mutation in mRNA that changes a codon for Cysteine into a stop codon would

a)

lengthen the protein made

b)

shorten the protein made

c)

not effect the protein made

d)

cause better folding of the protein

16.

Which is true of mutations in a gene?

a)

The always result in decreased fitness.

b)

They always result in increased fitness.

c)

They may cause changes in a protein.

d)

They always cause changes in a protein.

17.

Which is an example of incomplete dominance?

a)

red and white flowers make red flowers

b)

red and white flowers make white flowers

c)

red and white flowers make pink flowers

d)

red and white flowers make speckled flowers

18.

DNA must be replicated before

a)

mitosis and meiosis

b)

mitosis only

c)

meiosis only

d)

cell respiration

19.

The chances of having a female baby are

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%

20.

If horses live in an environment where they need to run away from predators, what will be true of the change in their legs over time?

a)

their legs will stay the same

b)

their legs will get weaker

c)

their legs will get shorter

d)

their legs will get longer

21.

The process of making sperm and egg is _________________ and the process of making normal body cells is _________________.

a)

meiosis, mitosis

b)

mitosis, meiosis

c)

fertilization, meiosis

d)

mitosis, mitosis

22.

If a cell has one copy of every chromosome, it is ______________ and if it has two copies of every chromosome, it is __________________.

a)

a haploid gamete, diploid somatic cell

b)

haploid somatic cell, diploid gamete

c)

a diploid gamete, haploid somatic cell

d)

a diploid somatic cell, haploid gamete

23.

Two organisms are the same species if they

a)

can no longer breed and make offspring

b)

look similar

c)

look different

d)

can breed and make fertile offspring

24.

The processes that convert a DNA base sequence into a protein are

a)

replication and translation

b)

transcription and translation

c)

replication and translation

d)

cell respiration and photosynthesis

25.

Human activities that remove species from a habitat

a)

increase diversity and decrease stability

b)

decrease diversity and increase stability

c)

increase diversity and stability

d)

decrease diversity and stability

26.

Photosynthesis takes energy from the sun and converts it into chemical bonds in

a)

water

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

glucose

d)

nitrogen

27.

The reactants of ___________________ are carbon dioxide and water and the product are glucose and oxygen. The reactants of ______________________are glucose and oxygen and the products are carbon dioxide and water.

a)

photosynthesis, cell respiration

b)

cell respiration, photosynthesis

c)

fermentation, glycolysis

d)

glycolysis, fermentation

28.

Two similar fossils are discovered in two separate layers in the Earth and paleontologists conclude that species A evolved from species B. What is probably true?

a)

Species A was found in the layer above species B

b)

Species B was found in the layer above species A

c)

Both fossils were found in the same layer

d)

The fossils are unrelated

29.

When comparing amino acid or base sequences between species, the __________________ differences, the more closely related those species are.

a)

more

b)

less

30.

On a cladogram, the most closely related species have the most ____________________ common ancestor.

a)

recent

b)

distant

c)

different

d)

abundant

31.

Which blood types can have heterozygous genotypes?

a)

A and O

b)

B and O

c)

A, B and AB

d)

none of them

32.

As you go up a food web, energy ___________________ and toxins ___________________.

a)

decreases, decreases

b)

increases, increases

c)

increases, decreases

d)

decreases, increases

33.

When a new habitat becomes available, what occurs?

a)

genetic equilibrium

b)

convergent evolution

c)

adaptive radiation

d)

extinctions of species

34.

What process transfers energy from the bonds in glucose to ATP for cell work?

a)

photosynthesis

b)

fermentation

c)

cell respiration

d)

mitosis

35.

What cell types rarely divide by mitosis?

a)

cancer cells

b)

skin and blood cells

c)

zygotes

d)

bone, muscle and nerve cells

36.

Which phase of the cell cycle is shorter in cancer cells?

a)

interphase

b)

mitosis

c)

prophase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase

d)

all of them

37.

If two parents without a disease have a child with the disease, it must be

a)

autosomal

b)

sex linked

c)

recessive

d)

dominant

38.

When analyzing a DNA fingerprint of a child, all of the bands of DNA are from

a)

the mother

b)

the father

c)

either the mother or the father

d)

both the mother and the father

39.

When a predator in a food chain is removed, what happens to the organisms it eats?

a)

increase

b)

decrease

c)

stay the same

d)

can't be predicted

40.

Herbivores eat

a)

plants

b)

animals

c)

plants and animals

d)

dead organic material