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Final Exam Review 2019

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the products of photosynthesis?

a)

carbon dioxide and water

b)

oxygen and water

c)

carbon dioxide and sugars

d)

oxygen and sugars

2.

How does photosynthesis benefit heterotrophs?

a)

It adds carbon dioxide to the air.

b)

It creates food that they can eat.

c)

It eliminates harmful sugars.

d)

It creates clean water.

3.

During what stage of the cell cycle does replication occur?

a)

interphase

b)

cytokinesis

c)

prophase

d)

mitosis

4.

The regular cycle of growth and division that cells undergo is called

a)

replication.

b)

the cell cycle.

c)

interphase.

d)

mitosis.

5.

Under which of the following conditions is lactic-acid fermentation most likely to occur?

a)

playing video games

b)

a very fast run

c)

a long walk

d)

sleeping

6.

What is copied during replication?

a)

the cell’s organelles

b)

chromosomes

c)

the cell’s DNA

d)

two daughter cells

7.

The stage of respiration that releases most of the energy in glucose occurs in the

a)

nucleus.

b)

chloroplast.

c)

cytoplasm.

d)

mitochondria.

8.

How are photosynthesis and respiration related?

a)

They have opposite equations.

b)

They have the same equation.

c)

They both produce carbon dioxide.

d)

They both produce oxygen.

9.

What are chromatids?

a)

identical strands of chromosomes

b)

identical daughter cells

c)

doubled rods of centromeres

d)

pigments that absorb the energy in sunlight

10.

The stage of the cell cycle that follows mitosis is called

a)

interphase.

b)

metaphase.

c)

cytokinesis.

d)

telophase.

11.

What is a mutation?

a)

any change that is harmful to an organism

b)

any change in a gene or chromosome

c)

any change that is helpful to an organism

d)

any change in the phenotype of a cell

12.

What does the notation TT mean to geneticists?

a)

two dominant alleles

b)

heterozygous alleles

c)

at least one dominant allele

d)

one dominant and one recessive allele

13.

What does a Punnett square show?

a)

all the possible outcomes of a genetic cross

b)

only the dominant alleles in a genetic cross

c)

only the recessive alleles in a genetic cross

d)

all of Mendel’s discoveries about genetic crosses

14.

A purebred chicken with white feathers is crossed with a purebred chicken that has black feathers. Each of their offspring has both black and white feathers. Why does this happen?

a)

Both alleles for feather color are dominant.

b)

Both alleles for feather color are recessive.

c)

The alleles for feather color are neither dominant nor recessive.

d)

Several alleles work together to determine the trait.

15.

Which term refers to physical characteristics that are studied in genetics?

a)

traits

b)

offspring

c)

generations

d)

hybrids

16.

An organism’s genotype is its

a)

genetic makeup.

b)

feather color.

c)

physical appearance.

d)

stem height.

17.

Scientists call an organism that has two different alleles for a trait a

a)

hybrid.

b)

dominant.

c)

purebred.

d)

factor.

18.

What does the notation Tt mean to geneticists?

a)

two dominant alleles

b)

two recessive alleles

c)

homozygous alleles

d)

one dominant allele and one recessive allele

19.

What is probability?

a)

the actual results from a series of events

b)

a number that describes how likely it is that an event

will occur

c)

the way the results of one event affect the next event

d)

the number of times a coin lands heads up

20.

If a homozygous black guinea pig (BB) is crossed with a homozygous white guinea pig (bb), what is the probability that an offspring will have black fur?

a)

25 percent

b)

50 percent

c)

75 percent

d)

100 percent

21.

An organism’s physical appearance is its

a)

genotype.

b)

phenotype.

c)

dominance.

d)

allele.

22.

When sex cells combine to produce offspring, each sex cell will contribute

a)

one fourth the number of chromosomes in body cells.

b)

half the number of chromosomes in body cells.

c)

the normal number of chromosomes in body cells.

d)

twice the number of chromosomes in body cells.

23.

The different forms of a gene are called

a)

alleles.

b)

factors.

c)

masks.

d)

traits.

24.

An organism that has two identical alleles for a trait is

a)

a phenotype.

b)

tall.

c)

homozygous.

d)

heterozygous.

25.

A heterozygous organism has

a)

three different alleles for a trait.

b)

two identical alleles for a trait.

c)

only one allele for a trait.

d)

two different alleles for a trait.

26.

What is the function of a cell wall?

a)

to protect and support the cell

b)

to perform different functions in each cell

c)

to prevent water from passing through it

d)

to prevent oxygen from entering the cell

27.

Which organelle is the control center of a cell?

a)

mitochondrion

b)

ribosome

c)

nucleus

d)

chloroplast

28.

A substance that cannot be broken down into simpler elements is a(n)

a)

particle.

b)

element.

c)

carbohydrate.

d)

compound.

29.

Which term refers to the diffusion of water molecules through a selectively permeable membrane?

a)

osmosis

b)

engulfing

c)

active transport

d)

facilitated transport

30.

The invention of the microscope made it possible for people to discover

a)

plants.

b)

skin.

c)

animals.

d)

cells.

31.

What does the term resolution refer to?

a)

how well structures close together can be distinguished

b)

how large an image can be

c)

how many lenses a microscope uses

d)

how much light is needed to see an image

32.

What is the function of a cell membrane?

a)

to support the cell

b)

to perform different functions in each cell

c)

to control which substances enter and leave the cell

d)

to form a hard outer covering for the cell

33.

Which term refers to the movement of molecules from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration?

a)

collision

b)

diffusion

c)

active transport

d)

concentration

34.

Which term refers to the movement of materials through a cell membrane without using the cell’s energy?

a)

concentration

b)

collision

c)

active transport

d)

passive transport.

35.

Which term refers to the movement of materials through a cell membrane when the cell’s energy is required?

a)

osmosis

b)

diffusion

c)

active transport

d)

passive transport

36.

Which organelles store food and other materials needed by the cell?

a)

mitochondria

b)

chloroplasts

c)

ribosomes

d)

vacuoles

37.

Scientists call an organism that has two different alleles for a trait

a)

hybrid.

b)

dominant.

c)

purebred.

d)

factor.

38.

Plants make their own food using energy that comes from the ____________________.

a)

mitosis

b)

oxygen

c)

sun

39.

Almost all living things depend on the process of ____________________ to supply them with the energy they need.

a)

cytokenesis

b)

photosynthesis

c)

DNA

40.

The final stage of the cell cycle, during which the cytoplasm divides, is called ____________________.

a)

Telophase

b)

Cytokenesis

c)

mitosis

41.

The main difference between respiration and fermentation is that respiration uses ____________________ to obtain energy from food.

a)

oxygen

b)

glucose

c)

carbon dioxide

42.

A change in DNA is called a(n) ____________________.

a)

mutation

b)

crossing over

43.

If a(n) ____________________ allele is present, its trait will appear in the organism.

a)

recessive

b)

dominant

c)

trait

44.

The process in which a parent cell divides twice to produce sex cells is called ____________________.

a)

mitosis

b)

meiosis

45.

A chart used to predict results of genetic crosses is known as a(n) ____________________.

a)

pedigree

b)

Punnent Square

46.

A microscope allowed Hooke to see “tiny rectangular rooms,” which he called ____________________.

a)

hybrids

b)

Punnenet suqares

c)

cells

47.

An organism that has two dominant or two recessive alleles is said to be ____________________ for that trait.

a)

homozygous

b)

heterozygous

c)

hybrid

48.

Cells are the basic units of structure and ____________________ in living things.

a)

life

b)

function

c)

building

49.

The diffusion of ____________________ molecules through a selectively permeable membrane is called osmosis.

a)

water

b)

oxygen

c)

any

50.

Since carbon cannot be broken down into simpler substances, it is an example of a(n) ____________________.

a)

compond

b)

element

51.

When two or more elements combine chemically, they form a(n) ____________________.

a)

compound

b)

element