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Semester 2 Biology final Review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What kind of relationship describes a tapeworm feeding off a dog’s intestines?

a)

Mimicry

b)

Mutualism

c)

Parasitism

d)

Friends

2.

What best describes the relationship between the bald eagle and the sea ducks

a)

Predator - prey

b)

parasite - host

c)

producer - consumer

d)

Father -son

3.

How much energy from the consumers is converted into usable energy by the primary consumers?

a)

1%

b)

90%

c)

10%

d)

100%

4.

What category would you put the plants into?

a)

Tertiary consumers

b)

Primary consumers

c)

Decomposers

d)

Producers

5.

Where category do all of the others eventually lead to?

a)

Producers

b)

Consumers

c)

Heterotrophs

d)

Decomposers

6.

In DNA replication, what pairs with Adenine (A)?

a)

Guanine

b)

Cytosine

c)

Thymine

d)

Uracil

7.

In DNA replication, what pairs with Cytosine (C)?

a)

Guanine

b)

Adenine

c)

Thymine

d)

Uracil

8.

What is the result of semiconservative replication of DNA?

a)

2 “new” strands

b)

One original strand and one new strand

c)

Random copies of DNA

9.

What is the DNA complement of ACGGCA

a)

ACGCGA

b)

AAGTTC

c)

TGCCGT

d)

ATUCGU

10.

If there are 100 J available at the snake level, how much energy is available at the plant level?

a)

10 J

b)

!00 J

c)

1000 J

d)

10,000 J

11.

This person is a:

a)

Male

b)

Female

12.

This individual has 3 chromosomes at #21. This means they have what disorder?

a)

Down's Syndrome

b)

Phenylketonuria

c)

Sickle-Cell anemia

d)

Tay-Sach's

13.

Most sex-linked genes are located on:

Hint: What chromosome does every person have?

a)

The autosomal chromosomes

b)

The X chromosome

c)

The Y chromosome

d)

Any random chromosome

14.

Alleles found on the outside of the Punnett square represent:

a)

The childrens' genotype

b)

The parents' gnotype

c)

The grandparents' genotype

15.

A male is represented by:

a)

Y

b)

X

c)

XX

d)

XY

16.

A female is represented by:

a)

X

b)

Y

c)

XX

d)

XY

17.

When Gregor Mendel crossed pure-breeding (homozygous) tall plants with pure-breeding short plants, all of the offspring were tall because:

a)

The tall allele was recessive

b)

The tall and short alleles were codominant

c)

The tall allele was dominant

18.

A couple has two children, both of whom are boys.  What is the probability that the parents’ next child will be a boy?

a)

100%

b)

0%

c)

25%

d)

50%

19.

If an organism’s diploid number is 12, its haploid number is:

a)

6

b)

12

c)

24

d)

144

20.

A cross of a red cow (RR) with a white bull (WW) produces all roan (red and white) offspring (RW).  This type of inheritance is known as:

a)

Incomplete dominance

b)

Codominance

c)

Multiple alleles

d)

Polygenic traits

21.

A Punnett square shows all of the following EXCEPT:

a)

The actual outcome of the offspring

b)

The alleles of the parents

c)

Percentages of all possible outcomes

22.

What is true about the offspring of this cross?

a)

All are short

b)

1/2 are tall

c)

All are tall

d)

1/2 are short

23.

A white mouse, whose parents are both white, produces only brown offspring when mated with a brown mouse.  The brown mouse is probably:

a)

Heterozygous

b)

Recessive

c)

Homozygous dominant

24.

Which most closely resembles the human hand?

a)

Bat

b)

Grasshopper

c)

Whale

25.

According to the cladogram in the diagram shown below, what two characteristics do crabs and barnacles share that limpets do not?

a)

Appendages and shells

b)

Larvae

c)

Molted external exoskeletons

26.

An inherited trait that helps an organism survive is:

a)

An adaptation

b)

Evolution

c)

Superpower

27.

Define natural selection

a)

Survival of those organisms genetically best adapted to the environment

b)

Elimination of the smallest organisms by the largest organisms

c)

Survival of the physicallystrongest organisms

28.

Pick all of the following that is a behavioral adaptation?

a)

Migration

b)

Nest Building

c)

Food gathering

29.

Similar genes are evidence of..

a)

Common ancestry

b)

No relationship

c)

Mutations

30.

Of the following, Felis leo is most closely related to...

a)

Felis domesticus

b)

Xenopus laevis

c)

Rana pipiens

31.

An invasive species is one that...

a)

Is the first to arrive in an ecosystem

b)

Is fire resistant

c)

Is not native to an ecosystem and can harm the stability of the ecosystem

32.

Any group of organisms that can mate and produce fertile offspring is called a(n)...

a)

Species

b)

Phylum

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Biome

33.

A single gene mutation would most likely occur if...

a)

RNA molecules do not read the DNA

b)

The cytoplasm lacks the amino acids needed

c)

A base sequence in a DNA molecule is changed

34.

One conclusion that can be made based on the information presented in the data table is that...

a)

mammals have a greater percentage of guanine and cytosine than adenine and thymine

b)

the percentage of purines is almost equal to the percentage of pyrimidines in all organisms.

35.

What amino acid sequence would be produced from the mRNA sequence GAUCCA

a)

Leucine, Glycine

b)

Leucine, Proline

c)

Aspartic Acid, Proline