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Biology Final Review

Total questions: 81

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
SPEED QUESTION!!  I am the control center of a cell.
a)
Nucleus
b)
Mitochondria
c)
Ribosome
d)
Plasma membrane
2.
Which is NOT true of MEIOSIS?
a)
Produces two cells
b)
Allows for genetic recombination
c)
Produces gametes
d)
Includes crossing over
3.
Which of the following is true of NUCLEIC ACIDS?
a)
Examples include enzymes and hormones
b)
Function is transmitting information
c)
Monomer is amino acid
d)
Used for long-term energy storage
4.
If the diploid number of an organism is 36, how many chromosomes are found in a gamete?
a)
36
b)
72
c)
18
d)
Not enough information
5.
Which process creates an identical copy of DNA?
a)
Mutation
b)
Replication
c)
Transcription
d)
Translation
6.
Transcribe this sequence:  ACTGTTC
a)
UGACAAG
b)
TGACAAG
c)
TGUCUUG
d)
AGUCUUG
7.
SPEED QUESTION!!  Scientists estimate that the earth is how old?
a)
4.6 billion years
b)
3.5 billion years
c)
4.6 million years
d)
3.5 million years
8.
In a cross of two heterozygous parents, what proportion of the offspring will also be heterozygous?
a)
50%
b)
100%
c)
0%
d)
75%
9.
SPEED QUESTION!!  Who is the Father of Genetics?
a)
Gregor Mendel
b)
Charles Darwin
c)
Louis Pasteur
d)
Robert Hooke
10.
Which of the following DOES NOT require cell division?
a)
Growth
b)
Hunger
c)
Reproduction
d)
Cell repair
11.
Which is NOT a characteristic of all living things?
a)
Sleep
b)
Cells
c)
Reproduction
d)
Grow
12.
What do you call all of the chemical reactions of a living thing?
a)
Metabolism
b)
Homeostasis
c)
Energy
d)
Photosynthesis
13.
As you go to higher trophic levels....
a)
Amount of energy available decreases
b)
Amount of biomass increases
c)
Number of organisms increases
d)
Size of organisms decreases
14.
Reestablishing a damaged ecosystem where even the soil was destroyed...
a)
Secondary succession
b)
Primary succession
c)
Carrying capacity
d)
Homeostasis
15.
SPEED QUESTION!! Organisms that CANNOT make their own food.
a)
Autotrophs
b)
Heterotrophs
c)
Producers
d)
Prokaryotes
16.
Spiders are predators that trap insects such as mosquitoes.  What is this describing?
a)
Habitat
b)
Niche
c)
Metabolism
d)
Ecosystem
17.
SPEED QUESTION!!  The process of sunlight being used to make glucose.
a)
Respiration
b)
Photosynthesis
c)
Chemosynthesis
d)
Replication
18.
Cell membrane allows nutrients to enter the cell and wastes to leave but prevents unwanted materials from entering or needed things from leaving.  What does this describe?
a)
Selective permeability
b)
Metabolism
c)
Respiration
d)
Photosynthesis
19.
When Mendel crossed two green pea plants, some of the offspring produced yellow peas.  What does this tell us about the parent plants?
a)
They must have been homozygous dominant
b)
They must have been heterozygous
c)
They must have been homozygous recessive
d)
One was dominant and one was recessive
20.
What do you call a change in an organism's DNA?
a)
Replication
b)
Mutation
c)
Codon
d)
Phenotype
21.
Which is not part of nucleotide?
a)
Deoxyribose sugar
b)
Phosphate
c)
Nitrogen Base
d)
Glucose
22.
Which scientist determined that DNA contains equal amounts of Guanine and Cytosine, and equal amounts of Adenine and Thymine?
a)
Erwin Chargaff
b)
James Watson and Francis Crick
c)
Rosalind Franklin
d)
Toby McGuire
23.
Which enzyme opens the DNA molecule during DNA Replication?
a)
DNA Polymerase
b)
DNA Helicase
c)
DNA Ligase
d)
RNA Primase
24.
Which of the following is true about RNA?
a)
RNA contains Thymine.
b)
RNA is double-stranded.
c)
RNA contains the sugar ribose.
d)
RNA is an Amino Acid.
25.
Which organelle assembles proteins?
a)
Chloroplast
b)
Ribosome
c)
Nucleus
d)
Mitochondrion
26.
Proteins are long chains composed of ________.
a)
Amino Acids
b)
Fatty Acids
c)
Nucleic Acids
d)
Hydrochloric Acids
27.
What do we call the physical trait that an organism exhibits?
a)
Phenotype
b)
Genotype
c)
Allele
d)
Recessive
28.
When an red flower and a white flower are crossed and the offspring are pink flowers... 
a)
Codominance
b)
Epistasis
c)
Intollerance
d)
Incomplete Dominance
29.
What is the genotype for an individual that is homozygous dominant?
a)
AA
b)
Aa
c)
aA
d)
aa
30.
A structure that no longer serves a purpose in the current organism, but may have had a purpose in an ancestor (Example: human tailbone).
a)
Homologous Structure
b)
Analogous Structure
c)
Vestigial Structure
d)
Complex Structure
31.
Believed that organisms could inherit acquired traits.
a)
Lamarck
b)
Darwin
c)
Sidol
d)
Watson
32.
A type of Reproductive Isolation that occurs because organisms have unique mating calls or dances.
a)
Behavioral Isolation
b)
Temporal Isolation
c)
Geographic Isolation
d)
Psychological Isolation
33.
A symbiotic relationship where one species benefits and the other is harmed.
a)
Parasitism
b)
Mutualism
c)
Commensalism
d)
Community
34.
An organism that can collect energy from the sun and use it to make food/energy.
a)
Heterotroph
b)
Decomposer
c)
Autotroph
d)
Consumer
35.
The process of turning nitrogen gas into solid nitrogen (ammonia).
a)
Transpiration
b)
Mutualism
c)
Denitrification
d)
Nitrogen Fixation
36.
A collection of all of the organisms of the same species living in the same area.
a)
Community
b)
Population
c)
Ecosystem
d)
Biosphere
37.
Which items are created during Cellular Respiration?
a)
Water and CO2
b)
Glucose and Oxygen
c)
Alcohol and CO2
d)
Lactic Acid
38.
These special cells have the ability to become any type of cell.
a)
Cancer Cells
b)
Blood Cells
c)
Nerve Cells
d)
Stem Cells
39.

The diagram shows homologous chromosomes during prophase I of meiosis. Which of the following correctly describes the process being illustrated?

a)

Segregation of sister chromatids

b)

Mutation in which the DNA content of the gene is altered

c)

Crossing over in which alleles are exchanged

d)

Condensation and segregation of alleles

40.

What are the "X" shaped things in the drawing.

a)

PMATs

b)

Chromosomes

c)

Ribosomes

d)

Telophase

41.

During what phase of Mitosis do the chromosomes line up in the Middle

a)

Metaphase

b)

Prophase

c)

Telophase

d)

Anaphase

42.

PMAT helps us remember the correct order of the phases of Mitosis. Which of the following has the phases of Mitosis in the correct Order

a)

Interphase, Mitosis, Cytokinesis

b)

Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Prophase

c)

Anaphase, Telophase, Prophase, Telophase

d)

Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase

43.

In which phase of Mitosis do the Chromosomes pull Apart

a)

Metaphase

b)

Prophase

c)

Anaphase

d)

Telophase

44.
The cells produced via meiosis are called:
a)
sex cells
b)
somatic cells
c)
body cells
d)
skin cells
45.

Cells that contain a nucleus and other membrane bound organelles are called:

a)

Prokaryotic

b)

Eukaryotic

c)

Simple

d)

Bacteria

46.

Eukaryotic cells all have MITOCHONDRIA. What is the function?

a)

To create proteins for the cell

b)

To clean out cell waste

c)

To generate energy from glucose

d)

To store DNA

47.

What cell part is responsible for the conversion of sunlight and water into glucose (photosynthesis)?

a)

Lysosome

b)

Central Vacuole

c)

Endoplasmic Reticulum

d)

Chloroplast

48.

Select all cell organelles that are found ONLY in plant cells.

a)

Cell Wall

b)

Central Vacuole

c)

Cell Membrane

d)

Chloroplast

e)

Golgi Apparatus

49.

A cell has a cell wall, ribosomes, but NO nucleus. What type of cell is it?

a)

Plant Cell

b)

Bacteria Cell

c)

Animal Cell

50.

What cell organelle is responsible for synthesizing proteins?

a)

Nucleus

b)

Ribosome

c)

Flagella

d)

Mitochondria

51.

What kind of bonds hold nitrogen bases together?

a)

Polymer Bonds

b)

Hydrogen Bonds

c)

Ionic Bonds

d)

Peptide Bonds

52.

Which nitrogen base in found only in mRNA?

a)

Thymine

b)

Lysine

c)

Uracil

d)

Cytosine

53.

Every 3 nucleotides codes for an

a)

Codon

b)

Amino Acid

c)

Protein

d)

Polypeptide

54.

All organism in a food chain will eventually return to environment by the action of ____?

a)

top carnivores

b)

producers

c)

decomposers

d)

secondary consumers

55.

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

a)

1%

b)

10%

c)

90%

d)

100%

56.

The natural cycling of carbon between organisms and their environment is MOST directly accomplished by which 2 processes?

a)

photosynthesis and respiration

b)

fermentation and oxidation

c)

transpiration and evaporation

d)

precipitation and condensation

57.

Identify the organism(s) that depend on photosynthesis for survival

a)

Amphibians and Reptiles

b)

Mammals

c)

Plants, algae, and phytoplankton

d)

Every living organism, in some manner, depends on photosynthesis

58.

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

a)

mitochondria

b)

chloroplast

c)

nucleus

d)

golgi

59.

Which of the following best describes the genetic material a person receives from his or her father?

a)

22 pairs of homologous chromosomes and an X and Y chromosome

b)

22 haploid cells and an X or Y chromosome

c)

23 diploid cells and an X and Y

chromosome

d)

22 autosomes and an X or Y

chromosome

60.

Sperm cells of a Russian Dwarf hamster contain 14 chromosomes. What is the total number of chromosomes in a newly formed zygote?

a)

7

b)

14

c)

28

d)

42

61.

To be useful in science, a hypothesis must be

a)

proven true

b)

testable

c)

observable

d)

correct

62.

Hemophilia is a sex-linked recessive trait that affects the ability to clot blood. In one family, the father, mother and daughter and the oldest son do not have the disorder, while the younger son has hemophilia. Who must be the carrier?

a)

father

b)

daughter

c)

mother

d)

oldest son

63.
Use the phylogenetic tree.  Which hypothetical organism is the most recent ancestor for Organisms A and G?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
64.
What can a classification system show about an organism?
a)
absolute age of an organism
b)
what an organism is made of
c)
its relationship to other organisms
d)
which organisms are the strongest
65.
Which domain includes all multicellular plants and animals?
a)
Archaea
b)
Eukarya
c)
Eubacteria
d)
Protista
66.
Panthera leo, the scientific name for a lion, is a member of which species?
a)
leo
b)
Animalia
c)
Panthera
d)
mammalia
67.
An organism identified with binomial nomenclature includes which two taxa?
a)
class and order
b)
family and genus
c)
genus and species
d)
kingdom and phylum
68.
Canis lupus, the scientific name for a wolf, is in which genus?
a)
Canis
b)
lupus
c)
Animalia
d)
mammalia
69.
The table shows some characteristics of four kingdoms.
Which characteristics would a taxonomist use to classify organisms as Archaebacteria or as Eubacteria?
a)
the internal organization of the cell
b)
the number of cells in an individual
c)
the chemical composition of the cell wall
d)
the nutritional requirements of the organism
70.
How would a dichotomous key be used?
a)
by inserting it into a chamber at a 45 degree angle
b)
by observing specimens and then answering questions about them
c)
by comparing the colors on a strip to the colors obtained during testing
d)
by analyzing a gel agar and recording the distance each fragment had traveled
71.
Examine the phylogenetic tree.
Which two organisms are most closely related?
a)
wolves and sharks
b)
starfish and sharks
c)
protists and sharks
d)
gorillas and sharks
72.
Which can be inferred by viewing a phylogenetic tree?
a)
ancestral lineages
b)
color variation in species
c)
food choice of an organism
d)
probability of extinction in a population
73.
Which of the following shows the taxa in the correct order?
a)
kingdom-phylum-order-class-family-genus-species
b)
kingdom-class-order-family-phylum-genus-species
c)
kingdom-phylum-class-order-family-genus-species
d)
kingdom-phylum-family-order-class-genus-species
74.
Which domain is capable of living in extreme environments like hot springs, geysers, or very salty waters?
a)
Bacteria
b)
Archaea
c)
Eukarya
75.
Which domain includes all animals and plants?
a)
Archaea
b)
Eukarya
c)
Bacteria
76.
Almost all bacteria are...
a)
Unicellular
b)
Multicellular
77.
Which two kingdoms are entirely multicellular?
a)
Animalia and Plantae
b)
Animalia and Protista
c)
Protista and Plantae
78.
Organisms whose cells have NO nucleus are classified as...
a)
Eukaryotic
b)
Prokaryotic
c)
Dead
79.
True or False: All living things are made of one or more cells.
a)
True
b)
False
80.
True or False: All cells have DNA.
a)
True
b)
False
81.
Fungi are a type of...
a)
decomposer
b)
producer

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