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BIO: Elephant Midterm Summative 2.1-2.6 Review

Total questions: 47

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is an example of a selective pressure?

a)

Pressure for turtles to have longer necks so they can reach their food

b)

Pressure for turtles to eat meat

c)

Pressure for turtles to have heads

d)

Pressure for turtles to be herbivores

2.

How does an elephant become tuskless?

a)

It is killed

b)

It is born without tusks

c)

It decides not to have any tusks

d)

They fall off at a certain age

3.

Why did the percentage of tuskless elephants that were increase over time?

a)

More elephants decided to be tuskless

b)

The tuskless elephants were able to reproduce and pass the trait down

c)

More elephants had their tusks fall off

d)

The tuskless elephants all died

4.

Why could being tuskless be a disadvantage?

a)

Elephants don't need their tusks so there is no disadvantage

b)

Elephants won't be able to protect themselves without them

c)

Elephants won't look cool without tusks

d)

Elephants have to clean their tusks

5.

What is a gene?

a)

a variation of a trait

b)

sections of DNA that code for proteins

c)

Adenine, Guanine, Thymine and Cytosine (nitrogen bases)

d)

a chain of amino acids connected by peptide bonds

6.

The function or the role an organism plays in the environment is called it's _

a)

niche

b)

habitat

c)

ecosystem

d)

food chain

7.

Dividing resources in a way to minimize competition

a)

perimeter resources

b)

sharing and caring

c)

survival of the fittest

d)

niche partitioning

8.

Using a plant gene library and animals scat in research to identify characteristics or a specific group of organisms such as grasses that herbivores eat.

a)

DNA metabarcoding

b)

karotyping

c)

gel electrophoresis

d)

gene editing

9.

The ecological niches of three bird species are shown in the diagram. What is the advantage of each bird species having a different niche?

a)

As more birds feed higher in the tree, available energy increases.

b)

More abiotic resources are available for each bird.

c)

Predators are less likely to feed on birds in a variety of locations.

d)

There is less competition for food if each has a specific diet

10.

What is a keystone species?

a)

Keys and stones have nothing to do with ecology

b)

A species that lives in or around rocks

c)

A species that helps to hold an ecosystem together

d)

A keystone isn't a living thing, it's just a stone

11.

The total number of individuals in a habitat that can successfully survive with the resources it available.

a)

limiting factors

b)

carrying capacity

c)

total population

d)

event horizon

12.

What is the carrying capacity of the following graph?

a)

800

b)

180

c)

600

d)

1000

e)

1200

13.

Physical or behavioral characteristics (Ex. being tuskless) that increase chances of survival/reproduction are a(n) __.

a)

allele

b)

evolutionary novelty

c)

adaptation

d)

detriment

14.

Click on all ABIOTIC factors

a)

water

b)

predators

c)

competition

d)

bacteria

e)

wildfire started by lightening

15.

What is natural selection?

a)

Organisms that are fit for an environment survive and reproduce

b)

When only the strongest animals survive

c)

Fast organisms will outrun their predators

d)

favoring only large animals

16.

Based on these results whose blood was found in the blood stain at the crime scene?

a)

Bob

b)

Sue

c)

Lisa

d)

John

e)

No match

17.

Limiting factors are sometimes helpful because they can keep the population from getting too large

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Cell division occurs to allow for __

a)

growth

b)

repair

c)

reproduction

d)

all of the choices

19.

What do the new daughter cells look like at the end of mitosis?

a)

similar to the original cell

b)

different from original cell

c)

identical to the original cell

d)

none of the choices is possible

20.

Identify the stage of the cell cycle while looking at the picture.

a)

prophase

b)

anaphase

c)

metaphase

d)

telophase

21.

What part of the Panicum grasses eaten by the herbivores undergoes mitosis?

a)

stems

b)

flower

c)

roots

d)

leaves

22.

If a disease destroying barley plants swept through an ecosystem, what would happen to the bird population that eat barley plants?

a)

The bird population would stay the same

b)

The bird population would infinitely increase

c)

The bird population would decrease

23.

On which day did the population represented in the graph below reach the carrying capacity of the ecosystem?

a)

Day 8

b)

Day 11

c)

Day 3

d)

Day 5

24.

Why are some elephants tuskless?

a)

because they inherited a mutation that makes them tuskless

b)

because having tusks makes them a target for poachers.

c)

because they lost them after puberty

25.

Which of the following sequences would illustrate the correct order of the phases of the cell cycle as shown in the image? (Start with Interphase)

a)

1, 2, 4, 5, 3

b)

4, 1, 5, 3, 2

c)

1, 5, 3, 2, 4

d)

4, 1, 3, 5, 2

26.

Which of the following phases is the cell labeled “4” above currently in?

a)

interphase

b)

prophase

c)

metaphase

d)

anaphase

e)

telophase

27.

Variable segments of DNA, contain repeats of same sequence of nucleotides one after another

a)

Short Tandem Repeats (STR)

b)

Flanking Sequence

c)

Allele

d)

Gel Electrophoresis

28.

Gel Electrophoresis separates molecules by __ (select all that apply).

a)

Shape

b)

Color

c)

Size

d)

Atom

29.

Having two identical alleles at a given locus is referred to a ___.

a)

Heterozygous

b)

Frequency

c)

Homozygous

d)

Allopatric

30.

This laboratory procedure is known as __

a)

cloning

b)

PCR

c)

gel electrophoresis

d)

chromatography

31.

In gel electrophoresis, the largest DNA fragment will appear

a)

closest to the starting wells

b)

farthest from the starting wells

c)

it depends on how many fragments there are

d)

three quarters away from the starting wells

32.

Name two organelles that are only found in plant cells.

a)

Cell wall and chloroplasts

b)

Cell wall and nucleus

c)

Cell membrane and ribosome

d)

Chloroplast and mitochondria

33.

What is the clear substance that holds all the contents outside of the nucleus of a cell?

a)

mitochondria

b)

cell wall

c)

nucleus

d)

cytoplasm

34.

This is an image of a(n)

a)

plant cell

b)

animal cell

c)

bacterium

35.

Which 2 molecules form the sides (backbone) of the DNA ladder?

a)

deoxyribose sugar and the nucleus

b)

deoxyribose sugar and adenine

c)

deoxyribose sugar and a hydrogen bond

d)

deoxyribose sugar and phosphate

36.

Cytosine always pairs with __

a)

Adenine

b)

Guanine

c)

Thymine

d)

Uracil

37.

Name this image.

a)

double helix

b)

hydrogen bond

c)

nucleotide

d)

carbohydrate

38.

If a sample of 600 cells has 90 cells in some stage of mitosis, the mitotic index would be....

a)

6.67%

b)

0.15%

c)

66.7%

d)

15%

39.

If the target sequence or restriction site is 5'GCTTCG3', what is the complementary sequence read in the 3'-5' direction?

a)

CGAAGC

b)

GCTTCG

c)

GCUUCG

d)

CGUUCG

40.

What is a restriction enzyme?

a)

An enzyme that cuts DNA

b)

An enzyme that add to the DNA strand

c)

An enzyme that breaks down lipids

d)

An enzyme that builds proteins

41.

How many base pairs (bp's) make up each fragment?

a)

11

b)

7

c)

14

d)

22

e)

28

42.

What can happen to a species over time if some of the organisms have an advantage over others?

a)

The population will decrease

b)

The population will slowly increase

c)

The population will become extinct

d)

Nothing will happen

43.

What is a mutation?

a)

When animals have extra legs

b)

When a frog has 3 eyes

c)

When RNA is upside down

d)

When genes or DNA have been altered or changed

44.

What is an adaptive trait?

a)

A genetic trait that helps an organism to maximize its survival and reproduction ability

b)

A trait that makes an animal large and strong

c)

a trait that makes an animal weak and does not allow it to reach reproductive maturity

d)

a poisonous plant

45.

Where are genes located?

a)

on the cell

b)

on chromosomes

c)

in the mitochondria

d)

in the chloroplasts

46.

What is an allele?

a)

sections of DNA with information needed to produce different proteins

b)

a basic protein found in eukaryotic cell nuclei that pack and order the DNA into structural units

c)

different forms of the same gene located on the same part of a chromosome

d)

a string-like structure located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells

47.

40 elephants were poached in Bomu Wildlife Reserve. 12 of these were tuskless elephants. What percentage of TUSKED elephants were poached?

a)

.3%

b)

30%

c)

40%

d)

70%