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Semester 2 Final Review

Total questions: 49

Worksheet time: 1hrs 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which analogy is best for DNA?

a)

Like a classroom

b)

Like a table group in the class

c)

Like a student in the class

2.

What is the nucleus's job in the cell?

a)

To build proteins

b)

To make energy

c)

To instruct the rest of the cell in what to do

d)

The control traffic in and out of the cell

3.

What is the mitochondria's job in the cell?

a)

To build proteins

b)

To make energy

c)

The instruct the rest of the cell in what to do

d)

The control traffic in and out of the cell

4.
Tightly wound DNA is known as 
a)
DNA Replication
b)
Chromosomes
c)
Chromatin
d)
Genes
5.

How many chromosomes does a gamete (sex cell) have?

a)

46

b)

3

c)

23

d)

12

6.

You get half your genetic information from each parent.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

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

8.

True or False: Mutations are random.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

True or false, mutations create genetic diversity?

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Mutations can benefit organisms because they can:

a)

Cause illness

b)

Make an organism more suited to live in its environment.

c)

Make organisms live shorter lives

d)

Cause organisms to grow extra limbs.

11.
Which of the following genotypes is heterozygous?
a)
Bb
b)
BB
c)
bb
d)
B
12.

Which of the following genotypes is homozygous dominant?

a)

A

b)

Aa

c)

AA

d)

aa

13.

In a flowering plant species, red flower color (R) is dominant over white flower color (r). What is the genotype of any red-flowering plant resulting from this species?

a)

rr

b)

R

c)

RR or Rr

d)

RR

14.
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%
15.
What allele combination should go in the missing box?
a)
AA
b)
Aa
c)
aa
d)
none of these
16.

This animal is a product of...

a)

Natural Selection

b)

Environmental Pressures

c)

Nature

d)

Artificial Selection

17.

Artificial selection is...

a)

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

b)

the process by which natures selects who lives and dies based on overall fittness

c)

the process by which animals adapt to their surroundings.

d)

the process by which people take over ecosystems.

18.
The ability of an organism to survive and reproduce is known as...
a)
Adaptation
b)
Trait
c)
Fitness
d)
Variation
19.

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

a)

Because the animal wants those traits the most

b)

Because they are the only traits that can be passed on

c)

Because they make the organism more likely to survive and reproduce.

20.

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.

21.

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

22.

What is a disadvantage of asexual reproduction?

a)

Organisms cannot adapt to challenges very quickly

b)

Organisms only have one parent

c)

There is more genetic variation

d)

They are all female

23.

Whyich type of reproduction creates more genetic diversity?

a)

Asexual

b)

Sexual

c)

Neither

24.

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)

The need to find a mate

25.

What is an adaptation?

a)

A mutation

b)

A trait that improves fitness (the ability tho survive and reproduce)

c)

A selective pressure that causes change

d)

Any change in a population

26.

The green beetles are an example of what selection pressures?

a)

Sexual selection

b)

Predators and environment

c)

Environment and finding food

d)

Diet

27.

The giraffe's neck is an example of ___________________________ resulting from _______________________________ (selection pressure)

a)

Artificial selection, environmental

b)

Natural selection, the need to find food

c)

Artificial selection, human

d)

Natural selection, predator

28.

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 genetic variation in the gecko population, geckos that looked more like leaves had camouflage and survived predators more often and 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...

29.

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

30.

Which animal is best suited for this niche?

It lives in woodlands and meadows eating plants and being prey for larger birds and mammals

a)

Bob cat

b)

Gopher snake

c)

Cotton tail rabbit

d)

Stellar Jay

31.

What happens during the process of natural selection

a)

individuals with the most beneficial traits survive and reproduce more offten

b)

Individuals with the weirdest mutations survive and reproduce to create exaggerated traits

c)

Harmful traits are passed onto the next generation

32.

The chameleons tongue is an example of a _________________.

a)

selective pressure

b)

mutation

c)

adaptation

d)

fancy trait

33.

What type of evidence is represented in the picture above:

a)

Fossils

b)

Vestigial Structures

c)

DNA

d)

Homologous Structures

34.

What type of evidence is shown in this picture?

a)

Fossils

b)

Homologous Structures

c)

Vestigial Structures

d)

DNA

35.
The diagram shows fossils in different rock layers. Which of these statements about the age of these fossils is most likely correct?
a)
Fossil A and C are the same age
b)
Fossil B is older than fossil C
c)
Fossils A is older than fossil B
d)
Fossil D is older than fossil C
36.
What process is being shown in this image?
a)
Variation
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Selective Breeding
d)
Homeostasis
37.
Why is the mouse population changing over time?
a)
The light mice can reproduce more successfully than the dark mice
b)
The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because the dark mice taste better
c)
The hawks eat more light mice than dark mice because they can see the light mice more easily
d)
The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because they can see the dark mice more easily
38.

What is a fossil?

a)

The rotting remains of ancient animals

b)

The remains of ancient animals preserved in rock

c)

A purse brand for cool moms

39.

According the law of superposition the deeper we dig, _______.

a)

the younger the rocks get

b)

the smellier the rocks get

c)

the harder the rocks get

d)

the older the rocks get

40.

Which analogy is best for a chromosome?

a)

A classroom

b)

A student

c)

A group of students

41.

Check all the selection pressures that you think played a roll in leopards evolving spots?

a)

Female choice- spots are purdy

b)

Finding food- catching prey

c)

Avoiding predators- camouflage

d)

Environment- camouflage in tall grass and dappled shade

42.
The more similar the stages of embryonic development, the more likely that organisms share ____________
a)
a common ancestor.
b)
embryos.
c)
eggs.
d)
embryology.
43.
Scientist find dinosaur fossils in the bottom of a cliff and mammals fossils in the middle layer, what can be inferred?
a)
dinosaurs ate plants
b)
dinosaurs were eaten by the mammals
c)
they lived at the same time
d)
dinosaurs lived before the mammals
44.

Dolphins fins have the same structure (bones) as a wolfs legs, what type of evidence for evolution does this represent?

a)

DNA

b)

vestigial structures

c)

homologous structures

d)

embryology

45.

Which of these wing structures is analogous to the other three?

a)

Bird

b)

Pterodactyl

c)

Butterfly

d)

Bat

46.

Name that Mutation!

When part of a gene is removed

a)

Substitution

b)

Insertion

c)

Deletion

d)

Inversion

47.

How do you know a furby is NOT alive? (select all that apply)

a)

They cannot grow

b)

The can move

c)

They cannot evolve

d)

They can make noise

48.

This sentence is an example of what type of mutation?

The big rat saw got fat cat and ran.

a)

Substitution

b)

Deletion

c)

Insertion

49.

Name that Mutation!

When extra information (bases) are added to a gene

a)

Deletion

b)

Insertion

c)

Substitution