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Sem. 2 Final Review 1

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is DNA's job? 
a)
it holds cells in place
b)
it carries oxygen
c)
it serves as the blueprint for making proteins
d)
to give us energy
2.
Tightly wound DNA is known as 
a)
DNA Replication
b)
Chromosomes
c)
Chromatin
d)
Genes
3.

Stem cells are

a)

cells that grow uncontrollably

b)

undifferentiated and can become any type of cell

c)

never go through cell division

d)

only found in embryos

4.
individual cells become specialized in both form and function through the process of?
a)
mitosis
b)
cell cycle
c)
specialization
d)
differentiation.
5.

Mitochondria preform which characteristic of life within the cell?

a)

Reproduction

b)

Organization

c)

Metabolism (getting and using energy)

d)

Homeostasis (maintaining balance)

6.

Which characteristics of life does the nucleus preform? (chose all that apply)

a)

Reproduction

b)

Metabolism

c)

Organization

d)

Evolution

7.

Gametes are also known as...?

a)

Child cells

b)

Sex cells

c)

Daughter cells

d)

Extra cells

8.

During what stage of meiosis are chromosomes randomly separated into new cells?

a)

Stage 2

b)

Sorting Phase

c)

Independent Assortment

d)

Dependent assortment

9.

How many individual chromosomes does a gamete have?

a)

46

b)

23

c)

92

10.

How many PAIRS of chromosomes does a body cell have

a)

23

b)

46

c)

92

11.

You get half your genetic information from each parent.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

How many alleles does each parent donate to their offspring?

a)

1 allele

b)

2 alleles

c)

4 allels

d)

None

13.

Genotype is ...?

a)

A persons genes

b)

A combination of alleles

c)

Levis versus Gap

d)

The physical outcome of ones genes

14.
Each one of the boxes on the Punnett Square represents what probability of an offsprings' genotype?
a)
25%
b)
1%
c)
10%
d)
0%
15.
Which of the following genotypes is heterozygous?
a)
Bb
b)
BB
c)
bb
d)
B
16.
B = brown fur  b = white fur
In the punnett square, what is the probability for white fur? 
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
75%
17.
In plants, tall (T) is dominant to short (t). Perform the following cross: Tt x Tt. What is the probability of producing a short plant?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
75%
18.
Which of the following genotypes is homozygous dominant?
a)
A
b)
Aa
c)
AA
d)
aa
19.
What allele combination should go in the missing box?
a)
AA
b)
Aa
c)
aa
d)
none of these
20.
This animal is a product of...
a)
Natural Selection 
b)
Environmental Pressures 
c)
Nature 
d)
Artificial Selection 
21.

Name the process by which humans select who reproduces based on human desired traits

a)

Natural selection

b)

Evolution

c)

Artificial Selection

d)

Inbreeding

22.

Biological fitness is known as...

a)

An organisms ability to adapt

b)

How often animals get to the gyms

c)

And organisms ability to successfully reproduce

d)

And organisms ability to survive and reproduce

23.

The long and sharp beak of a woodpecker is an example of: (chose all that apply)

a)

Natural Selection

b)

Selective Breeding

c)

Adaptation

d)

A selective pressure

24.

What is the definition of mutation?

a)

Natural Breeding

b)

A random change in the genes of an organism

c)

Natural Selection

d)

Breeding two animals to create a new one

25.

Why are beneficial traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

a)

Because they come from recessive alleles.

b)

Because they come from dominant alleles.

c)

Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.

d)

Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

26.

Reproduction that combines genetic material of two organisms

a)

Sexual Reproduction

b)

Asexual Reproduction

c)

Fertilization

d)

Budding

27.
1.  A mutation causes a new fur color variation to appear in a mouse population.  In which of the situations described below would the new fur color become more common than the old color in the mouse population? 
a)
A.  If plenty of food is available in the mouse habitat.
b)
A.  If the new fur color gene is a recessive allele.
c)
If the amount of reproduction in the mouse population stays the same.
d)
A.  If the new fur color gene is helpful in the survival of mice and their offspring. 
28.

Reproduction involving a single organism where genetic copies of itself are made.

a)

Sexual Reproduction

b)

Asexual Reproduction

c)

Budding

d)

Pollination

29.
What is an advantage of sexual reproduction?
a)
Allows genetic variation
b)
Only needs one parent
c)
Happens very quickly
d)
Offspring are exact copies of parent
30.
What is one disadvantage of sexual reproduction?
a)
Only one parent needed
b)
Off spring are exact copies of parents
c)
Happens very quickly
d)
Needs two parents
31.

The green beetles are an example of what selection pressures

a)

Sexual selection

b)

Predators and environment

c)

Environment and finding food

d)

Diet

32.

What is an adaptation?

a)

A mutation

b)

A trait that improves fitness

c)

A selective pressure that causes change

d)

Any change in a population

33.

The giraffe is an example of ___________________________ resulting from _______________________________ pressure

a)

Artificial selection, environmental

b)

Natural selection, predator

c)

Artificial selection, human

d)

Natural selection, finding food

34.

This gecko has an extreme look, which answer best explains how the gecko got this way?

a)

The gecko is being fancy to attract a mate, the more they look like leaves the more attractive they are the more often they mate.

b)

There was variation in the gecko population, geckos that looked more like leaves had camouflage and survived predators more often, living to reproduced more often.

c)

This gecko is a mutant and will likely not survive to pass on its genes because it looks so strange and predators will notice it more now.

d)

There is no gecko... it's all in your mind...

35.

An ecological niche is ...?

a)

a small physical space

b)

the role of an organism it its ecosystem

c)

the benefits an organism provides the environment

d)

the same thing as a habitat

36.

The chameleons tongue is an example of a _________________.

a)

selective pressure

b)

mutation

c)

adaptation

d)

fancy trait

37.

What is... reproduction involving a single organism where genetic copies of itself are made?

a)

Sexual Reproduction

b)

Asexual Reproduction

c)

Budding

d)

Pollination