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AP Biology Review Week Quiz 3

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 49mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following characteristics would allow you to distinguish a prokaryotic cell from an animal cell?

a)

ribosome

b)

cell membrane

c)

chloroplast

d)

cell wall

2.

Which of the following is the source of oxygen produced during photosynthesis?

a)

H2O

b)

H2O2

c)

CO2

d)

CO

e)

I don't know

3.

An organism exposed to wild temperature fluctuations shows very little, if any, change in its metabolic rate. This organism is most probably a

a)

ectotherm

b)

endotherm

c)

thermophyle

d)

ascosopre

e)

I don't know

4.

Which of the following is a frameshift mutation?

a)

CAT HAS HIS --> CAT HAS HIT

b)

CAT HAS HIS --> CAT HSH ISA

c)

CAT HAS HIS --> CAT HIS HAT

d)

CAT HAS HIS --> CAT WAS HIT

e)

I don't know

5.

A researcher conducts a survey of a biome and finds 35% more species than she has found in any other biome. Which biome is she most likely to be in?

a)

Tundra

b)

Tiaga

c)

Tropical Rainforest

d)

Temperature Deciduous Forest

e)

I don't know

6.

On the basis of the following crossover frequencies, determine the relative location of these four genes:


m & n = 15%

p & f = 20%

n & f = 30%

m & f = 45%

n & p = 10%

a)

FPMN

b)

MNFP

c)

MNPF

d)

NMPF

e)

I don't know

7.

A man contracts the same flu strain for the second time in a single winter season. The second time he experiences fewer symptoms and recovers more quickly. What cells are responsible for this rapid recovery?

a)

Helper T Cells

b)

Cytotoxic T cells

c)

Memory cells

d)

Plasma cells

e)

I don't know

8.

Which of the following are traits that are affected by more than one gene?

a)

Heterozygous traits

b)

Pleiotrophic traits

c)

Polygenic traits

d)

Blended alleles

e)

I don't know

9.

A lizard lacking a chemical defense mechanism that is colored in the same way as a lizard that has a defense mechanism is displaying

a)

aposometric coloration

b)

cryptic coloration

c)

batesian mimicry

d)

mullerian mimicry

e)

I don't know

10.

Crossover would most likely occur in which situation?

a)

Two genes (1 and 2) are located right next to each other on chromosome a.

b)

Gene 1 is located on chromosome A, and gene 2 is located on chromosome B

c)

Genes 1 and 2 are located near each other on the X chromosome

d)

Gene 1 is located on chromosome A; gene 2 is located far away, but on the same chromosome

e)

I don't know

11.

Imagine an organism whose 2n = 96. Meiosis would leave this organism's cells with how many chromosomes?

a)

192

b)

96

c)

48

d)

24

e)

I don't know

12.

A student conducts an experiment to test the efficiency of a certain enzyme. Which of the following protocols would probably not result in a change in the enzyme's efficiency?

a)

Bringing the temperature of the experimental set up from 20 Co to 50 Co

b)

Adding an acidic solution to the setup

c)

Adding substrate but not enzyme

d)

Placing the substrate and enzyme in a container with double the capacity

e)

I don't know

13.

You observe a species that gives birth to only one offspring at a time and has a relatively long life span for its body size. Which of the following is probably also true of this organism?

a)

It lives in a newly colonized habitat

b)

It is an aquatic organism

c)

It requires relatively high parental care of offspring

d)

The age at which the offspring themselves can give birth is relatively low

e)

I don't know

14.

Which of the following is an example of a detritivore?

a)

Cactus

b)

Algae

c)

Bat

d)

Fungus

e)

I don't know

15.

In a certain population of squirrels that is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, black color is recessive phenotype present in 9% of the squirrels, and 91% are gray. What percentage of the population is homozygous dominant for this trait.

a)

21%

b)

30%

c)

49%

d)

70%

e)

I don't know

16.

Which of the following conditions is required to keep this population at Hardy Weinberg equilibrium.

a)

random mating

b)

genetic drift

c)

mutation

d)

gene flow

e)

I don't know

17.

A reaction that includes energy as one of its reactants is called a(n)

a)

exergonic reaction

b)

hydrolysis reaction

c)

endergonic reaction

d)

redox reaction

e)

I don't know

18.

To which of the following labeled trophic levels would a herbivore most likely be assigned?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

I don't know

19.

A population undergoes a shift in which those who are really tall and those who are really short decrease in relative frequency compared to those of medium size, due to a change in the availability of resources. This is an example of

a)

directional selection

b)

stabilizing selection

c)

disruptive selection

d)

sympatric speciation

e)

I don't know

20.

Which of the following statements is correct?

a)

Water flows from hypertonic to hypotonic

b)

Germinating seeds use less oxygen than do nongerminating seeds

c)

The rate of transpiration decreases with an increase in air movement

d)

Smaller DNA fragments migrate more rapidly than do larger DNA fragments on gel electrophoresis

e)

I don't know

21.

In a certain species of plant, the allele to produce green melons (G) is dominant over the allele to produce yellow melons (g). A student performed a cross between a plant that produced green melons and a plant that produced yellow melons. When the student observed the next generation, the 94 seeds that were produced from the cross matured into 53 plants with green melons and 41 plants with yellow melons. Calculate the chi-squared value for the null hypothesis that the green-melon parent was heterozygous for the melon-color gene.

a)

4.26

b)

3.84

c)

2.16

d)

1.53

e)

I don't know

22.

In a population of grasshopper, the allele for tan color is dominant to the allele for green color. A drastic increase in rainfall leads to selection against the tan phenotype. When the rainy season ends, 23 percent of the remaining grasshoppers have the green phenotype. If this population is now in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, what will the frequency of the tan allele be in the next generation.

a)

-0.24

b)

-0.17

c)

0.52

d)

0.68

e)

I don't know

23.

The bacteria that cause pimples can be grown in the lab using a suitable nutrient broth, where they will eventually achieve exponential growth. Using the graph that follows, calculate the mean rate of growth, in millions of bacteria per hour, during their exponential phase.

a)

33

b)

2.37

c)

1.27

d)

18

e)

I don't know

24.

What is the water potential for a solution that is 0.1M? The solution is in an open container. The equation for water potential is:

a)

-0.24

b)

-0.16

c)

0.37

d)

0.62

e)

I don't know

25.

Determine the surface area-to-volume ratio for a cube that has a side length of 2.5cm. The volume of a cube = (l)(w)(h). The surface area = 6 x the area of a single side.

a)

6.2

b)

10

c)

4.75

d)

2.4

e)

I don't know