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Unit 3 Revision

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of these is an example of natural selection?
a)
The largest animal in a population will have more opportunities for reproduction.
b)
Several species of organisms work together so that they all succeed.
c)
One species takes all the resources in an environment leaving none for others.
d)
Organism that are best suited to an environment tend to survive and reproduce more often.
2.

Some lizards tails can be 'broken off' by predators allowing the lizard to escape. This gives these lizards can advantage. This type of tail is a variation and a...

a)

Speciation

b)

Adaptation

c)

Sexually Selected Trait

d)

Genetic Drift

3.

An antibiotic is applied to a colony of bacteria. Most of the bacteria die, but a few survive. The surviving bacteria have genes that make them resistant to the antibiotic. What is most likely going to happen in the future.

a)

Bacteria will soon go extinct

b)

The frequency of the antibiotic resistant bacteria will not change

c)

The bacteria population will evolve a thicker cell membrane

d)

There will be more antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the next generation

4.

Which of the following statements about a population of hawks follows Darwin's idea of natural selection...

a)

Larger hawks tend to have more offspring

b)

Hawks better adapted to the environment tend to leave more offspring

c)

Hawks with variation tend to survive longer

d)

Survival of an individual hawk is more valued than its reproduction

5.
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 
6.
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 
7.
What is a species? 
a)
A group of organisms that can mate with each other and produce fertile offspring. 
b)
A group of organisms that can mate and produce offspring even if those offspring are infertile.
c)
A group of organisms that genetically are very different from each other. 
d)
Indivual organisms that live in the same environment. 
8.
Variations in a population are caused by:
a)
Natural Selection
b)
Selective Breeding
c)
Artificial Selection
d)
Random Mutations
9.

What type of gene mutation has occurred here? 

Normal: AGA-TTC-ATA-GCG

Mutant: AGA-TTC-AAT-AGC-G

a)
deletion frameshift
b)
insertion frameshift
c)

point

d)
nonsense
10.

One nucleotide base is changed so only one amino acid is affected.

a)

Substitution Mutation

b)

Point Mutation

c)

Frameshift Mutation

d)

Inverse Mutation

11.

A frameshift mutation where a nucleotide base

is removed from the DNA sequence.

a)

Deletion Mutation

b)

Substitution Mutation

c)

Translocation

d)

Silent Mutation

12.

Part of a chromosome is repeated

a)

Gene Mutation

b)

Translocation Mutation

c)

Nondisjunction Mutation

d)

Duplication Mutation

13.

Part of one chromosome is transported and attached

to a non-homologous chromosome

a)

Inversion Mutation

b)

Translocation Mutation

c)

Duplication Mutation

d)

Point Mutation

14.

What is the role of Chlorophyll in photosynthesis?

a)

It breaks the hydrogen bonds in water molecules

b)

It converts light energy into chemical energy contained in bonds

c)

It releases absorbs green light waves and reflects all of the other ones

d)

it provides energy for the light dependent reactions

15.
Which color light would likely produce the least amount of bubbles in this setup?
a)
green
b)
blue
c)
white
d)
red
16.

What colour of light is best absorbed by plants?

a)

Red and blue

b)

Green and Yellow

c)

Red and green

d)

Blue and green

e)

Only green

17.

How does the calvin cycle differ from the light reactions?

a)

The calvin cycle takes place in the thylakoid

b)

The calvin cycle takes place in the stroma

c)

The calvin cycle takes place in the mitochondria

d)

The calvin cycle produces ATP to be used in the light dependent reactions

18.

What are the outputs of the Light Dependent stage of Photosynthesis?

a)

NADP+

ADP

Pi

Oxygen

b)

NADPH

ADP

Pi

Carbon Dioxide

c)

NADPH

ATP

Carbon Dioxide

d)

NADPH

ATP

Oxygen

19.

Plants that open their stomata at night to take in Carbon Dioxide and store that for use during the day are known as:

a)

C3 Plants

b)

C4 Plants

c)

CAM Plants

20.

Rubisco is:

a)

An Enzyme used in the light independent stage

b)

An Enzyme used in the light dependant stage

c)

A co-enzyme used in the light independent stage

d)

A co-enzyme used in the light dependent stage

21.
A protein that binds to the operator and blocks the RNA polymerase
a)
regulator
b)
repressor
c)
activator
d)
corepressor
22.
What is the name of the stretch of DNA where RNA polymerase binds?
a)
operator
b)
promoter
c)
enhancer
d)
origin
23.
Which type of operon is shown in the image?
a)
inducible operon
b)
repressible operon
c)
positive control operon
d)
can't determine this from the image
24.
What is an operon?
a)
a part of the promoter region of a gene
b)
a part of RNA polymerase
c)
a unit made up of linked genes that code for proteins needed to do a specific task
d)
A protein needed for DNA replication
25.
What type of operon is the trp (tryptophan) operon?
a)
inducible
b)
repressible
c)
positive control
d)
promoible
26.

Why is the transcription of structural genes of the trp operon turned off in the presence of tryptophan?

a)

Tryptophan is the repressor that binds to the operator, preventing transcription.

b)

The structural genes are used to make tryptophan, which would not be needed if tryptophan is available.

c)

Tryptophan has no effect on the transcription of the structural genes.

d)

Tryptophan RNA polymerase from finding the promoter of the trp operon, preventing structural gene transcription.

27.

Which of the following statements regarding the trp operon is true?

a)

The operator region produces the mRNA that codes for the repressor.

b)

The regulatory gene is not transcribed in the presence of the repressor.

c)

Repressor proteins are inactivated by the presence of the repressor. .

d)

The trp operon is always activated unless deactivated by a repressor

28.

All plasmids have an origin of replication which is necessary for

a)

DNA to be duplicated

b)

DNA to be transcribed into RNA

c)

DNA to be inserted easily

d)

DNA to be cut open

29.

This image is representing a successful bacterial transformation

a)

True

b)

False

30.

Ampicillin (antibiotic) is used in the plates to

a)

isolate and select for only the bacteria that have been successfully transformed

b)

give bacteria energy to grow

c)

act as a trigger to turn on the expression of the gene of interest

d)

give the bacteria a new trait (such as fluorescence or insulin production)

31.

When fragments of DNA are connected from different sources, this creates:

a)

A plasmid

b)

A clone

c)

Recombinant DNA

d)

Fragmented DNA

32.

What type of cut is this photo?

a)

Blunt

b)

sticky

33.

What is the role of Cas9?

a)

Glue sections of DNA together.

b)

Target mutated genes.

c)

Change the sequence or order of DNA bases.

d)

Cut DNA at specific locations.

34.

What is the difference between Somatic Modifications and Germline Modifications?

a)

Somatic deals with genes in non-reproductive cells and Germline deals with reproductive cells.

b)

Germline deals with genes in non-reproductive cells and Somatic deals with reproductive cells.

c)

Both deal with only reproductive cells.

d)

Both deal with only somatic cells which are not reproductive cells.

35.

Why do bacteria have CRISPR? Check all that apply.

a)

To be able to remember which viruses they have been infected with

b)

To be able to edit virus DNA

c)

To cut apart virus DNA thereby stopping the virus infection

d)

To be able to edit their own DNA

36.

A PAM is

a)

a 15-20 bp sequence snipped from a viral genome that serves as a tracer DNA to locate viruses later

b)

a 3 bp sequence that adjacent to viral DNA in a CRISPR array

c)

a girl's name popular in the 1960s

d)

where the DNA is cut

37.

What is the role of the guide RNA?

a)

It helps the cell repair the DNA

b)

ensures that the Cas9 enzyme cuts at the right point in the genome

c)

Recognizes PAM sequences and opens up the DNA

d)

makes a cut across both strands of the DNA

38.

The following sequence is a known GENE MUTATION that geneticists would like to remove. What would be the guide RNA they need to build into a CRISPR-Cas9 enzyme?


TTA CCG

a)

AAU GGC

b)

AAT GGC

c)

TTA CCG

d)

GCC ATT

39.

What type of RNA is used as a GPS of sorts, to find or locate specific genes?

a)

mRNA

b)

gRNA

c)

tRNA

d)

rRNA

40.

Which of the following describes the direction the template strand is read?

a)

5' to 3'

b)

3' to 5'

c)

N terminus to C terminus

d)

C terminus to N terminus

41.

Which of the following describes the correct mRNA sequence from the template strand of 5' - CGGTTA - 3'?

a)

5' - GCCAAT - 3'

b)

5' - GCCAAU - 3'

c)

5' - UAACCG - 3'

d)

5' - TAACCG - 3'

42.

Which answer shows the sections of a gene in the correct order?

a)

Promoter, coding sequence, terminator

b)

Coding sequence, promoter, terminator

c)

Terminator, coding sequence, promoter

d)

Promoter, terminator, coding sequence

43.
There are two types of data. Which type of data involves numbers that are obtained by counting or measuring?
a)
quantitative
b)
qualitative
44.
What is the Responding (Dependent) Variable in this graph?
a)
Plant Growth
b)
Growth (cm)
c)
Hours
d)
15
45.
Enzymes are capable of increasing the rate of a chemical reaction within a living cell.  Enzymes accomplish this through which of the following means?
a)
reducing the number of products   
b)
reducing the activation energy
c)
increasing the temperature of the cell
d)
increasing the concentration of reactants 
46.
What is a protein: 
a)
A polymer composed of many sugars.
b)
A polymer composed of many amino acids. 
c)
A polymer composed of fatty acids. 
d)
A polymer composed of nucleotides. 
47.

The immune response that defends against antigens in body fluids, such as blood and lymph, is called

a)

inflammatory response

b)

interferons

c)

humoral response

d)

cell mediate response

48.

Are the main weapons of the humoral immune response.

a)

T cells

b)

memory B cells

c)

antibodies

d)

antigens

49.
What process coats the antigen with antibody to make it more likely to be phagocytosed?
a)
opsonization
b)
blanketing
c)
immunization
d)
framing
50.
A molecule that induces an immune response?
a)
antibody
b)
receptor
c)
antigen
d)
sebum
51.
Where do T cells mature?
a)
bone marrow
b)
thymus
c)
brain
d)
thyroid
52.

These cells hep to activate or program certain cells in Humoral AND Cell Mediated Response

a)

helper T cell

b)

mast cell

c)

cytotoxic T cell

d)

plasma cells

53.

______ describes the movement of leukocytes toward an injured site due to the presence of certain chemical substances.

a)

chemotaxis

b)

opsonization

c)

anaphylaxis

d)

agglutination