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Biology: Semester II Final Review

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 55mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Organisms that have two identical alleles for a particular trait are said to be...

a)

homozygous

b)

dominant

c)

heterozygous

d)

hybrid

2.

A pea plant that has two different alleles for the same trait is said to be..

a)

polygenic

b)

heterozygous

c)

homozygous

d)

heptazygous

3.

The different forms of a gene are called...

a)

chromatids

b)

genes

c)

alleles

d)

homologous chromosomes

4.

What would AA be considered?

a)

homozygous dominant

b)

homozygous recessive

c)

heterozygous

5.

What would Ee be considered?

a)

homozygous dominant

b)

homozygous recessive

c)

heterozygous

6.

What would rr be considered?

a)

homozygous dominant

b)

homozygous recessive

c)

heterozygous

7.

In cows, black and white are codominant. What would be the phenotype for a cow that is BW?

a)

Black

b)

White

c)

Grey

d)

Black and White

8.

In cows, black and white are codominant. What would be the phenotype for a cow that is WW?

a)

Black

b)

White

c)

Grey

d)

Black and White

9.

In cows, black and white are codominant. What would be the phenotype for a cow that is BB?

a)

Black

b)

White

c)

Grey

d)

Black and White

10.

In roses, red and white show incomplete dominance. What would be the phenotype for a flower that is rr?

a)

Red

b)

White

c)

Pink

d)

Red and White

11.

In roses, red and white show incomplete dominance. What would be the phenotype for a flower that is rw?

a)

Red

b)

White

c)

Pink

d)

Red and White

12.

In roses, red and white show incomplete dominance. What would be the phenotype for a flower that is ww?

a)

Red

b)

White

c)

Pink

d)

Red and White

13.

In a species of birds, incomplete dominance between alleles for black and white feathers is observed. Heterozygotes are grey. If one grey and one black bird are crossed, what percent of the offspring will be Black?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

e)

100%

14.

In a species of birds, incomplete dominance between alleles for black and white feathers is observed. Heterozygotes are grey. If one grey and one black bird are crossed, what percent of the offspring will be GREY?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

e)

100%

15.

In a species of birds, incomplete dominance between alleles for black and white feathers is observed. Heterozygotes are grey. If one grey and one black bird are crossed, what percent of the offspring will be WHITE?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

e)

100%

16.

In Smileys, eye shape is codominant and can be starred (SS), circular (CC), or a circle with a star (CS). When a star-eyed smiley face and a circle eyed smiley face cross what are the potential phenotype(s) for their offspring?

a)

Circle eyes

b)

Star eyes

c)

Circle with a star eyes

d)

All of the above

17.

In Smileys, eye shape is codominant and can be starred (SS), circular (CC), or a circle with a star (CS). When a star-eyed smiley face and a circle eyed smiley face cross what are the potential genotype(s) for their offspring?

a)

CC

b)

SS

c)

CS

d)

All of the above

18.

In Smileys, eye shape is codominant and can be starred (SS), circular (CC), or a circle with a star (CS). When a circle-star eyed smiley, and a circle eyed cross, how many of the offspring have circle eyes?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

e)

100%

19.

In Smileys, eye shape is codominant and can be starred (SS), circular (CC), or a circle with a star (CS). When a circle-star eyed smiley, and a circle eyed cross, how many of the offspring have star eyes?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

e)

100%

20.

In Smileys, eye shape is codominant and can be starred (SS), circular (CC), or a circle with a star (CS). When a circle-star eyed smiley, and a circle eyed cross, how many of the offspring have circle-star eyes?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

e)

100%

21.
What percentage of the offspring will have this recessive disease?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
75%
22.
What percentage of the female offspring will be a carrier for this recessive disease (a)?
a)
0%
b)
50%
c)
100%
d)
25%
23.
If a gene is found only on the X chromosome and not the Y chromosome, it is said to be what?
a)
sex-linked trait
b)
polygenic trait
c)
codominant trait
d)
incomplete dominance trait
24.
How many alleles does an individual have for each trait?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
25.
A calico cat shows both the traits for orange fur and black fur. What kind of allele expression is this?
a)
Incomplete Dominance
b)
Co dominance
c)
Independent assortment
d)
Recessive inheritance
26.

Snap dragon color is a incomplete dominant trait. A red flower (rr) is crossed with white flower (ww)? What color are flowers that are rw?

a)

Red

b)

Red and White

c)

White

d)

Pink

27.
What is NOT a possible genotype for someone with type B blood?
a)
BB
b)
AB
c)
BO
28.
What is the genotype of a person with type A blood, who had a father with type O blood?
a)
AB
b)
AO
c)
AA
d)
OO
29.
What are the blood types of the possible children that a woman (type O) and man (type AB) can have?
a)
O and AB
b)
O and A
c)
O and B
d)
A and B
30.
What pattern of inheritance is shown in this image?
a)
Codominance
b)
Incomplete dominance
c)
Polygenic traits
31.
Which of the following genotypes belongs in the red box in the Punnett square?
a)
XBXb
b)
XbXb
c)
XbY
d)
XBY
32.

Which statement is true about X-linked genes?

a)

The male needs two copies of the gene but will express the trait regardless of whether the alleles are dominant or recessive.

b)

The male needs two copies of the gene but will express the trait only if both alleles are dominant.

c)

The male needs only one copy of the gene and will express the trait regardless of whether the allele is dominant or recessive.

d)

The male needs only one copy of the gene but will express the trait only if the allele is dominant.

33.

Do a Punnett Square.


Two parents with type AB blood reproduce. What is true of this genetic cross?

a)

50% type O : 50% type AB

b)

50% type B : 50% type A : 25% type O

c)

25% type AB : 50% type B : 25% type A

d)

50% type AB : 25% type A : 25% type B

34.

Do a Punnett Square.


Hemophilia is an X-linked recessive trait. If a female carrier for hemophilia marries a normal male. If they produce a son, what are the chances he will have hemophilia?

a)

100%

b)

50%

c)

0%

d)

Impossible to tell

35.

In DNA, cytosine always pairs with

a)

guanine

b)

uracil

c)

thymine

d)

adenine

36.

Organisms that rely on other organisms for food are called

a)

producers

b)

autotrophs

c)

consumers

d)

saprophytes

37.

The amount of energy expected to be transferred from one trophic level to another is ___?

a)

1%

b)

10%

c)

90%

d)

100%

38.

Identify the cellular organelle that the process of photosynthesis occurs in:

a)

mitochondria

b)

chloroplast

c)

nucleus

d)

vacuole

39.

Identify the cellular organelle that the process of cellular respiration occurs in:

a)

mitochondria

b)

chloroplast

c)

nucleus

d)

golgi

40.

This can be understood as an organism’s “place” or “occupation” in the community. How it gathers resources, finds mates, and survives. It’s how the organism contributes to their ecosystem.

a)

Niche

b)

Tolerance

c)

Habitat

d)

Symbiosis

41.
Some female peacocks prefer males with large, colorful tales while other female peacocks prefer males with no tail at all. Females are beginning to only mate with the type of males with the tail they prefer. What type of reproductive barrier is this?
a)
behavioral isolation
b)
hybrid sterility 
c)
temporal isolation
d)
mechanical isolation 
42.
A flash flood carried a raft of Amazon ants away from their original population. There is enough distance between the two groups, that they will never meet in nature again. What type of reproductive barrier is this?
a)
behavioral isolation
b)
temporal isolation 
c)
gametic isolation
d)
geographic isolation 
43.
The flowers of pink tulips open in the morning, while the flowers of lavender tulips open in the early afternoon. The bees that pollinate these tulips cannot carry pollen back & forth between the two types of tulips because of their flowers being closed at different times of day. What type of reproductive barrier is this?
a)
behavioral isolation
b)
hybrid sterility 
c)
temporal isolation
d)
mechanical isolation 
44.
The term for the formation of new and distinct species over the course of evolution is...
a)
speciation
b)
biological species concept
c)
reproductive barrier
d)
natural selection
45.

How well an organism can survive and reproduce in its environment

a)

fossil

b)

fitness

c)

inherited trait

d)

ecology

46.

A mutation is defined as:

a)

A change in the cell's structure

b)

Anything that changes in an embryo

c)

Any change in the physical features of a human

d)

A change in the DNA sequence

47.
Amino acids are the building blocks of... 
a)
DNA
b)
RNA
c)
Atoms
d)
Proteins
48.

Only heterotrophs need to perform cellular respiration.

a)

True

b)

False

49.
What phase is this cell in?
a)
Mitosis
b)
Interphase
c)
Prophase
d)
Telophase
50.
What part of the cell cycle is this cell in?
a)
Mitosis
b)
Interphase
c)
Telophase
d)
Cytokinesis
51.
a)

Anaphase

b)

Cytokinesis

c)

Telophase

d)

Metaphase

52.
a)
Cytokinesis
b)
Anaphase
c)
Telophase
d)
Prophase
53.
a)
Prophase
b)
Interphase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Telophase
54.
a)

Cytokinesis

b)

Interphase

c)

Anaphase

d)

Metaphase

55.

During DNA replication, a DNA strand that has the bases CTAGGT produces a strand with the bases:

a)

AGCTTG

b)

GATCCA

c)

TCGAAC

d)

GAUCCA