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Checkpoint 5 Review

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which two orgainsms have hair? 
a)
Sharks & Ray Finned Fish
b)
Primates & Rodents
c)
Birds & Crocodiles
d)
Rabbits & Birds
2.
What trait separates sharks from ray-finned fish?
a)
Vertebrae
b)
Bony skeleton
c)
Four limbs
d)
None
3.

All the cells in your body have the same DNA. Why do some look different and have different functions?

a)

Because their DNA has been extremely mutated.

b)

Because only certain genes are being expressed.

c)

All cells look the same and have the same function. This is a trick question.

4.

Chargaff's rule states that adenine must pair with thymine and cytosine must pair with guanine. If a DNA molecule contains 35 Adenine bases, how many Thymine bases will be needed?

a)

60 Thymine bases

b)

40 Thymine bases

c)

35 Thymine bases

d)

20 Thymine bases

5.

What do all cells have in common?

a)

DNA (Genetic material)

b)

Chloroplasts

c)

Cell Wall

d)

Circular DNA

6.
The model that predicts evolution occurs at a slow, steady rate is called...
a)
gradualism
b)
punctuated equilibrium
c)
adaptive radiation
d)
convergent evolution 
7.
The model that predicts evolution occurs in rapid bursts followed by long periods of no change is called...
a)
gradualism
b)
punctuated equilibrium
c)
adaptive radiation
d)
convergent evolution 
8.

Natural selection is known as

a)

family descent

b)

survival of the fittest

c)

convergent evolution

d)

divergent evolution

9.
Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?
a)
Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
b)
Because they come from dominant alleles.
c)
Because they come from recessive alleles.
d)
Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.
10.

If I wanted to look at DNA to study the evidences of evolution, I am using what evidence?

a)

comparative anatomy

b)

embryology

c)

fossil record

d)

molecular homologies

11.
In pea plants, the tall allele is dominant to the short allele. What key would demonstrate this?
a)
Tall = T
Short = S
b)
Tall = T
Short = t
c)
Tall = t
Short = T
d)
Tall = TT
Short = tt
12.

What are the phenotype percentages of the offspring?

(A-Brown fur color; a-white fur color)

a)

50 % Brown fur and 50% White fur

b)

25 % Brown fur and 75% White fur

c)

75 % Brown fur and 25% White fur

d)

0% Brown fur and 100% White fur

13.

This image is an example of:

a)

genetic drift

b)

gene flow

14.

A population of flowers on one side of a river transports pollen to flowers on the other side of the river

a)

Gene Flow

b)

Genetic Drift

15.

In humans, the haploid number of chromosomes is ____.

a)

23

b)

46

c)

69

d)

92

16.

In meiosis, crossing over of chromosomes in Prophase 1 results in --

a)

Identical cells

b)

5 diploid cells

c)

genetic variation

d)

genetic drift