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1st Nine Weeks Review

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

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Class
Date
1.

Please check all the statements that TRUE about mitosis below. THERE WILL BE MORE THAN ONE ANSWER!

a)

Creates identical clones

b)

Makes it harder for an organism to survive during a QUICK environmental change due to cloning and lack of heterozygosity.

c)

It's asexual reproduction.

d)

It only takes place when an organism is ALIVE

2.
In mitosis, the two resulting cells are
a)
different from the starting cell and identical to each other.
b)
different from the starting cell and different from each other.
c)
identical to the starting cell and different from each other.
d)
identical to the starting cell and identical to each other.
3.
Meiosis makes sperm and egg cells. In humans, sperm and egg cells each have _____ chromosomes. Therefore a fertilized human egg cell (sperm and egg cell combined) would create a cell with _____ chromosomes.
a)
23, 46
b)
46, 23
c)
2, 4
d)
50, 100
4.

Which of the following are true statements regarding mitosis and meiosis? THERE WILL BE MORE THAN ONE ANSWER!

a)

Mitosis creates identical {daughter} cells to the original {parent} cell.

b)

Meiosis and mitosis create 23 pairs of chromosomes.

c)

Mitosis creates different daughter cells from the parent cell.

d)

Meiosis results in 4 daughter cells containing half {haploid} the number of chromosomes as the parent cell.

e)

Meiosis occurs in the gamete cells of organisms who reproduce sexually.

5.

Birds from the north migrate to the South to _______________.

a)

Sleep through the cold winter months

b)

Find food in warmer regions during the winter

c)

Sleep through the hot summer months

d)

Go on vacation

6.

A harmless fly looks just like a wasp. What adaptation does the harmless fly have?

a)

Hibernation

b)

Waterproof Skin

c)

Camouflage

d)

Mimicry

7.

Hibernation is an example of _______________.

a)

Behavioral Adaptation

b)

Migration

c)

Physical Adaptation

d)

Camouflage

8.

Thick fur and blubber are examples of __________________.

a)

Behavioral adaptations

b)

Physical Adaptations

c)

Camouflage

d)

Hibernation

9.

Elephants have abnormally large ears for their size. What is the most important function of a rabbit's big ears?

a)

They attract other elephants in order to mate

b)

They are used as an energy source when food is hard to find.

c)

They help the elephant remain balanced as it walks around

d)

They act like giant fans to cool the elephant down when it's hot.

10.

What are examples of asexual reproduction?

a)

regeneration like in starfish

b)

binary fission like in bacteria

c)

fragmentation like a planaria

d)

runners like on bean or strawberry plants

e)

flowers pollinated on strawberry plants

11.

What is true about our DNA? THERE WILL BE MORE THAN ONE ANSWER!

a)

located in the nucleus of every eukaryotic cell

b)

made up of a sugar backbone and nucleotide base pairs {cytosine/guanine & thymine/adenosine}

c)

duplicated during interphase

d)

found only in gamete cells

12.

If the message never gets through for a cell to stop dividing and it just keeps dividing over and over again uncontrollably, what can form?

a)

tumor

b)

freckle

c)

goosebump

d)

scab

13.
After meiosis,  the haploid number of chromosomes in a human sex cell is:
a)
46
b)
92
c)
22
d)
23
14.

What is the diploid number of cells found in a human body cell?

a)

23

b)

46 or 23 pair

c)

92

d)

47

15.

If you receive a cut on your finger or where to break a bone in your body, how does the injury heal?

a)

meiosis

b)

the cells around the injury move to cover it up

c)

the cells around the area get smaller

d)

Cells that surround the injury multiply to replace the injured, dead cells.

16.

What is true about this life process? THERE WILL BE MORE THAN ONE ANSWER!

a)

It takes more time to reproduce.

b)

It creates clones.

c)

More offspring will be able to survive quick changes in the environment due to genetic diversity {heterozygosity}.

d)

It is meiosis.

e)

It is mitosis.

17.

What is true about most mutations in the human body?

a)

They are harmful.

b)

They are beneficial.

c)

They are neutral as the body's produces enzymes to correct or the mutation to protect the body from the genetic error.

d)

All of the Above

18.

What is a gene?

a)

A segment of RNA that encodes for a protein and are located on sugar backbones.

b)

A chromosome

c)

A segment of DNA that encodes for a protein and are located on chromosomes.

d)

A segment of a chromosome that is found on DNA.

19.

A mutation can be...

a)

harmful

b)

helpful

c)

neutral

d)

harmful or helpful, but never neutral

e)

harmful, helpful, AND neutral

20.

What is the correct order of the following from LEAST to GREATEST?

a)

traits---DNA---chromosomes---genes--sugar backbone/neucleotide base pairs {proteins}

b)

DNA---chromosomes---genes--sugar backbone/neucleotide base pairs {proteins}---traits

c)

sugar backbone/nucleotide base pairs {proteins}---DNA---chromosomes---genes--traits

d)

sugar backbone/nucleotide base pairs {proteins}---DNA---genes---chromosomes--traits

21.

In sexual reproduction, it is said that the chromosomes are maintained from parent to offspring. What does this mean?

a)

The chromosomes are doubled from the parent to the offspring.

b)

The chromosomes are the same amount as the parent because crossing over creates 4 haploid {resulting in heterozygosity} cells that join to create a new organism.

c)

Gamete cells have the same number of chromosomes as somatic {body cells}

d)

Offspring are only half of their parents with 23 total chromosomes and NOT 46 total chromosomes.

22.

A zygote is created by meiosis. What is true about the number of chromosomes it has compared to the parents?

a)

The number of chromosomes is 1/2 of the number of the parent's chromosomes.

b)

The number of chromosomes is the same as the number of the parent's chromosomes.

c)

The number of chromosomes is double the umber of the parent's chromosomes.

d)

The number of the chromosomes is 1/4 the number of the parent's chromosomes.

23.

If a heterozygous long tailed mouse crosses with a homozygous recessive short tailed mouse, what is the probability that offspring will have short tails?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

100%

24.

A white tailed duck is homozygous. A brown tailed duck is heterozygous. What is the white to brown tailed PHENOTYPIC ratio of the offspring ? HINT: THINK ABOUT YOUR VOCABULARY!

a)

1 to 1

b)

1 to 2 to 1

c)

4 to 0

d)

3 to 1

25.

What causes a mutation?

a)

The genetic code changes from the original pattern causing a change in the DNA sequence which alters the function of that gene trait.

b)

The genes scramble in sequence which gives out the wrong outcome of the trait.

c)

The genetic code is erased causing the trait for that gene component to be incorrect.

d)

The genetic code has additional content added to the DNA sequence which causes an error in the way that gene functions.

26.

What is true about this flower? THERE WILL BE MORE THAN ONE ANSWER!

a)

The flower has male and female parts for sexual reproduction to create seeds.

b)

The female parts are set up to catch pollen from the male parts of the flower.

c)

The flower reproduces asexually.

d)

The flowers petals are a structural adaptation meant to attract pollinators like insects.

27.

What is true about the strawberry plant? THERE WILL BE MORE THAN ONE ANSWER.

a)

This plant reproduces by asexual reproduction only.

b)

This plant reproduces asexually with runners.

c)

This plant reproduces sexually with the formation of seeds through pollination combining egg & sperm.

d)

This plant reproduces by sexual reproduction only.

28.

TRUE or FALSE: Sexual reproduction creates genetic diversity.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE