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Biology Semester Review Pt 2

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 1hrs 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Is it important for a cell to have two full identical sets of DNA ready before entering mitosis?

a)

Yes, each daughter cell needs to have an identical set of DNA from the parent cell.

b)

Yes, daughter cell needs to have a different set of DNA from the parent cell.

c)

No, DNA is duplicated during mitosis so it only needs one set when mitosis starts.

d)

No, mitosis does not involve the DNA of the cell.

2.

Which mitotic phase is pictured?

a)

Prophase

b)

Metaphase

c)

Anaphase

d)

Telophase

3.

What is the purpose of anaphase?

a)

To prevent cells from duplicating too quickly.

b)

To condense the chromatin into chromosomes

c)

To separate the sister chromatids so that each cell has an equal amount of DNA.

d)

To separate the cytoplasm and divide the cell into two equal daughter cells.

4.

What is the purpose of cytokinesis?

a)

To prevent cells from duplicating too quickly.

b)

To condense the chromatin into chromosomes

c)

To separate the sister chromatids so that each cell has an equal amount of DNA.

d)

To separate the cytoplasm and divide the cell into two equal daughter cells.

5.

Cells that contain 2 sets of chromosomes are called _________ (2n).

a)

diploid

b)

haploid

c)

triploid

d)

polyploid

6.

Cells that contain only ONE set of chromosomes are called ________ (n).

a)

diploid

b)

polyploid

c)

triploid

d)

haploid

7.

When cells go through the cell cycle they produce

a)

Two diploid (2n) cells from one diploid (2n) cell

b)

Two haploid (1n) cells from one diploid (2n) cell

c)

Two diploid (1n) cells from one tetraploid (4n) cell

d)

Two haploid (1n) cells from one haploid (1n) cell

8.

The fact that a strain of yeast with a certain defective gene can use the human version of the gene to repair itself is evidence that yeast and humans -

a)

depend on the same food supply

b)

share a genetic code

c)

both have eukaryotic cells

d)

have identical genomes

9.
Why is DNA important?
a)
it is very small and very complicated
b)
it's in everything
c)
it serves as the blueprint for traits of all living things
d)
because we eat it every day for energy
10.
What bonds the nitrogen bases in the center of the DNA strand?
a)
Covalent Bonds
b)
Ionic Bonds
c)
Hydrogen Bonds
d)
Metallic Bonds
11.

What is the function of ribosomes?

a)

to bond amino acids together to form proteins

b)

to break down biological polymers

c)

to modify lipids and proteins

d)

to contain

DNA

12.
Where are proteins made?
a)
Golgi body
b)
Mitoichondria
c)
Chromosomes
d)
Ribosomes
13.
Translation is the process where
a)
mRNA is created in the Nucleus
b)
mRNA is decoded to form a protein 
c)
glucose molecules are made
d)
is where lipids are synthesised
14.
Which phrase best describes translation?
a)
converts mRNA into a polypeptide
b)
catalyzes bonds between amino acids
c)
produces RNA from DNA molecules
d)
recycles tRNA molecules for reuse
15.
The codon is located on the 
a)
DNA
b)
mRNA
c)
tRNA
d)
rRNA
16.
Where does transcription take place?
a)
nucleus
b)
cytoplasm
c)
ribosome
17.

In eukaryotes transcription occurs in the _____ 1 _____ and translation occurs in the ______2______.

a)

1: Nucleus , 2: Golgi Apparatus

b)

1: Cytoplasm and Rough ER, 2: Nucleus

c)

1: Nucleus , 2: Cytoplasm and Rough ER

d)

1: Golgi Apparatus, 2: Nucleus

18.

What is the first step of protein synthesis?

a)

tRNA attaches to the codon on mRNA

b)

mRNA is made using the information from DNA

c)

ribosomes bond amino acids together using peptide bonds

d)

mRNA moves out of the nucleus to the cytoplasm

e)

the ribosome attaches to mRNA

19.

What is the last step of protein synthesis?

a)

tRNA attaches to the codon on mRNA

b)

mRNA is made using the information from DNA

c)

ribosomes bond amino acids together using peptide bonds

d)

mRNA moves out of the nucleus to the cytoplasm

e)

the ribosome attaches to mRNA

20.

What has to happen before the mRNA can attach to the ribosome?

a)

tRNA attaches to the codon on mRNA

b)

mRNA is made using the information from DNA

c)

ribosomes bond amino acids together using peptide bonds

d)

mRNA moves out of the nucleus to the cytoplasm

e)

the ribosome attaches to mRNA

21.
The process by which the genetic code of DNA is copied into a strand of RNA is called
a)
translation
b)
transcription
c)
transformation
d)
replication
22.
Process in which amino acids are assembled into proteins at the ribosome?
a)
Translation
b)
Transcription
c)
Meiosis
d)
Replication
23.
Which structure reads the mRNA codons?
a)
Nucleus
b)
Ribosome
c)
Golgi Body
d)
Enzyme
24.

Which organisms take CO2 out of the atmosphere?

a)

Animals

b)

Decomposers

c)

Fungi

d)

Plants, Algae, & Photosynthetic Bacteria

25.
Carbon dioxide is produced by the burning of fossil fuels
a)
True
b)
False
26.
Which of the following would be the most likely effect, if there were a sudden increase in the cricket population?
a)
There would be a decrease in the small bird population.
b)
There would be a decrease in the grass/flowers population.
c)
There would be a decrease in the mice population.
d)
There would be an increase in the grass/flowers population.
27.
What does biodiversity mean?
a)
Only one species in an area.
b)
The different amount of species in an area
c)
All abiotic life
d)
Nitrogen fixation
28.
In this tundra food web, if grasses were removed what would happen to the sustainability of the ecosystem?
a)
There would be an overpopulation of arctic hares and lemmings.
b)
Polar bears would move to a new ecosystem
c)
The ecosystem would collapse because it lost its main producer
d)
Wildflowers would die out from the ecosystem
29.

What is an advantage of a biodiverse ecosystem?

a)

Can withstand changes in resources

b)

Can recover more quickly from a natural disaster

c)

Can withstand the immigration of a new predator

d)

all of the above

30.

Biodiversity leads to

a)

Increased Stability

b)

Decreased Stability

c)

Increased Exctintions

d)

Increased Endangered Species

31.

The largest number of individuals that an environment can support long term is...

a)

carrying capacity

b)

emigration

c)

immigration

d)

population density

32.

When a population grows past the ecosystem's carrying capacity, what happens to the population?

a)

It continues to grow higher and higher.

b)

The population starts to die off and returns to the carrying capacity.

c)

The population will go extinct due to lack of resources.

33.
What effect will an invasive species have on the carrying capacity of an ecosystem?
a)
The carrying capacity will increase
b)
The carrying capacity for everyone will decrease
c)
The carrying capacity will only decrease for those in competition for same resource
d)
The carrying capacity for all animals will stay the same
34.
What is a native specie?
a)
A specie that is local and has lived in the same place
b)
A specie who has come from another state or country
c)
A specie that has no "home" and travels for its whole life
d)
None of the above
35.
If there is 1000 Kcal available in the producers in trophic level 1, how much energy is available in the herbivores in trophic level 2?
a)
10 Kcal
b)
1 Kcal
c)
100 Kcal
d)
1000 Kcal
36.
In the energy pyramid here, how much of the energy in the producers gets passed to the herbivores?
a)
10%
b)
20%
c)
80%
d)
90%
37.
Only 10 percent of the energy stored in an organism can be passed on to the next trophic level. Of the remaining energy, some is used for the organism’s life processes, and the rest is
a)
Used in reproduction
b)
Stored as body fat
c)
Stored as body tissue
d)
Eliminated as heat
38.
If only 10% of an organism's energy is available for the next trophic level, what happens with the other 90% of the energy?
a)
It is destroyed after it is used up.
b)
It is used for life processes or lost as body heat.
c)
It remains for the next trophic level IF the predator consumes ALL of the organism.
d)
It is lost completely as body heat. 
39.

Some small frogs live in the dens of spiders. The spiders are probably unable to eat the frogs due to toxins in the skin of the frog. The frogs eat ants that might kill the spider or eat the spider eggs. The frogs benefit from the spider since they are protected from being preyed upon by other animals. What kind of symbiosis is this?

a)

competition

b)

mutualism

c)

commensalism

d)

parasitism

40.

Athletes food is a fungal infection usually found in the skin around the toes and feet. What form of symbiotic relationship is this?

a)

competition

b)

mutualism

c)

commensalism

d)

parasitism

41.
Relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped
a)
Commensalism
b)
Parasitism
c)
Mutualism
d)
Competition
42.
Cattle egrets forage (feed) in fields among cattle. The egret gets easy access to flying insects stirred up by the cattle, and the cattle don't care if they are there or not.
a)
mutualism
b)
commensalism
c)
competition
d)
parasitism
43.

Which is the correct order for levels of organization from simple to complex?

a)

cell, organ , tissue, organ system, organism

b)

organism, organ system, tissue, cell, organ

c)

cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism

d)

organ, tissue, cell, organism, organ system

44.
which is the correct order of the levels of organization from simple to complex?
a)
organism, population, community, ecosystem
b)
ecosystem, community, population, organism
45.
What are the ecological levels of organization from smallest to the largest?
a)
organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere
b)
organism, community, population, ecosystem, biome, biosphere
c)
organism, population, community, biome, ecosystem, ecosphere.
d)
organism, community, population, biome, ecosystem, ecosphere
46.

What can you infer about the virus that causes the common cold?

a)

It is completely harmless.

b)

It is pathogenic, but not usually deadly.

c)

It is not spread from person to person.

d)

It is very deadly.

47.
A living organism that puts materials from dead  plants and animals back to the soil is called a ____________?
a)
carnivore
b)
decomposer
c)
herbivore
d)
omnivore
48.
This organism draws its nutrients from dead organisms as it releases enzymes to cause the organisms to break down and break apart. Is it a...
a)
Producer
b)
Consumer
c)
Decomposer
49.
What is the goal of the pioneer species in Primary Succession?
a)
To kill the dead materials after a disaster
b)
To rebuild soil
c)
To feed Johnny
d)
To put fresh oxygen into the air
50.
After a volcanic eruption, lava covers the land. What is the order that plants grow to repopulate the area?
a)
Lichens → Shrubs → Grasses → Trees
b)
Lichens → tree → shrubs→Grasses
c)
Grasses → Lichens → Shrubs → Trees
d)
Lichens → Grasses → Shrubs → Trees

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