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i. ch1-15 review before final

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The term fitness is defined as an organism’s ability to outrun its hunters.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Why is crossing-over important?

a)

It creates genetic variability and adds to diversity

b)

It ends mitosis 1

c)

It causes cancer

d)

All of the above

3.

If a cell has 12 chromosomes at the beginning of meiosis, how many will it have at the end of meiosis?

a)

12

b)

24

c)

3

d)

6

4.

The sequence of growth and division of a cell is called

a)

mitosis

b)

cell cycle

c)

cancer

d)

meiosis

5.

What is the name of the structure labeled X?

a)

Kinetochore

b)

Centromere

c)

Centriole

d)

Homologous chromosomes

6.

Cystic fibrosis is the most common lethal genetic disease in America. It is caused by a recessive allele. If an unaffected man whose mother had cystic fibrosis marries an unaffected woman whose father had cystic fibrosis, what is the probability that their children will have cystic fibrosis?

a)

100%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

7.

DNA Polymerase

a)

adds DNA nucleotides to a growing daughter strand

b)

plays a role in translation

c)

plays a role in transcription

d)

is a nucleic acid

8.

RNA polymerase

a)

adds DNA nucleotides in DNA replication

b)

adds RNA nucleotides in transcription

c)

adds RNA nucleotides in translation

d)

is part of the ribosome

9.

The lac operon is made up of

a)

genes that encode enzymes that breakdown lactose

b)

a promoter sequence

c)

an operator sequence

d)

all of the above

10.

miRNA are one way to regulate gene expression. They function by

a)

complementary base pairing to an mRNA and blocking translation

b)

inserting themselves into mRNA

c)

binding to DNA and blocking transcription

d)

none of the above

11.

How does Ras (a proto-oncogene) regulate the cell cycle?

a)

Ras proteins put a brake on cell division

b)

Ras proteins cause apoptosis

c)

Ras proteins tells the cell to divide.

12.

______ is the manipulation/exploitation of organisms or their parts to produce useful products.

a)

genetics

b)

biotechnology

c)

heredity

13.

A new variety of rice called golden rice has been genetically modified to have vitamin A. People in starving countries can eat this rice and receive the vitamin A. Without this rice people go blind from vitamin A deficiency. What word(s) below best describes this rice?

a)

clone

b)

GMO

c)

fake news

d)

recombinant DNA plasmid

14.

______ are the monomers for a ______ polymer.

a)

glucose, starch

b)

fatty acids, glycerol

c)

lactose, glucose

d)

amino acids, polysaccharide

15.

This picture represents interactions between amino acid side chains. This represents a protein's ____

a)

quaternary structure

b)

secondary structure

c)

tertiary structure

d)

primary structure

16.

What type of molecule is this?

a)

protein

b)

nucleic acid

c)

carbohydrate

d)

lipid

17.

The hydrogen atom has ____ proton(s) and ____ electron(s).

a)

1, 1

b)

1, 2

c)

1, 0

d)

0, 1

18.

The plasma membrane is made up of ____

a)

nonpolar heads and polar tails

b)

hydrophobic heads and nonpolar tails

c)

hydrophobic tails and hydrophilic heads

d)

polar heads and polar tails

19.

This is an example of ____

a)

passive transport

b)

facilitated diffusion

c)

aquaporin

d)

active transport

20.

How do enzymes catalyze reactions?

a)

orient substrates

b)

strain bonds in substrate

c)

create favorable microenvironment (i.e. favorable pH)

d)

all of the above

21.

How are enzymes regulated?

a)

competitive or noncompetitive inhibition

b)

feedback inhibition

c)

they are not regulated--they are always present in their active form

d)

A & B are correct

22.

Glycolysis converts

a)

Glycogen to glucose

b)

Glucose to pyruvate

c)

Pyruvate to acetyl coA

d)

Oxygen to water

23.

ATP Synthase seen in the electron transport chain is powered by

a)

ATP

b)

hydrogen ions moving down their concentration gradient

c)

NADH

d)

ADP

24.

Photosynthesis produces _____ as a waste product.

a)

oxygen

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

methane

d)

none of the above

25.

In photosynthesis, light is needed

a)

at the photosystems only

b)

to activate rubisco

c)

in the calvin cycle

d)

all of the above

26.

The light reactions create ___ which feed into the Calvin cycle.

a)

ATP and NADPH

b)

CO2 and O2

c)

H2O and ATP

d)

CO2 and glucose

27.

Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium describes a non-evolving population.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Which of the following describe the cretaceous extinction?

a)

A beautiful meteor shower

b)

a sudden mass extinction of three-quarters of the plant and animal species on Earth, due to a massive asteroid

c)

the greatest mass extinction event in Earth's history, due to global warming/climate change, ocean warming and acidification, Pangea forming, and more.

d)

a period of evolutionary change in which many new species evolve from a common ancestor.