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Review III

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Select all four nitrogenous bases found in DNA

a)

Adenine

b)

Thymine

c)

Glucose

d)

Guanine

e)

Cytosine

2.

Which of the following will pair with Adenine?

a)

Guanine

b)

Thymine

c)

Cytosine

d)

Thylakoid

3.

DNA makes a copy of itself in a process called ________________________________?

a)

translation

b)

replication

c)

transcription

d)

division

4.

Organisms with the best suited adaptations for their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce than organisms that are not very well adapted

a)

natural selection

b)

artificial selection

c)

creationism

5.

Select the right word for this definition:

"in biology, changes that happen over time in the gene pool of a population."

a)

evolution

b)

extinction

c)

mutation

6.
The capsid of a virus protects the virus from the external environment. What structure is this similar to in a plant cell?
a)
ribosome
b)
cell membrane
c)
vacuole
d)
cell wall
7.
What is the 1st step of virus infection?
a)
Entry
b)
Attachment
c)
Replication
d)
Assembly
8.

Which binomial nomenclature is written correctly?

a)

Marmota Monax

b)

Marmota monax

c)

marmota monax

d)

marmota Monax

e)

none of the answers are correct

9.

What are the 8 levels of classification of living organisms from inclusive to exclusive?

a)
domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
b)
domain, kingdom, class, phylum, order, family, genius, species
c)
domain, kingdom, family, class, order, family, genus, species
d)
domain, king, phillip, class, order, family, genus, species
10.

What are the three domains from oldest to youngest?

a)

Plant, Animal, Fungi

b)

Eukarya, Archaea, Animal

c)

Eukarya, Archea, Protista

d)

Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya

11.

Vestigial structures

a)

structures that perform a similar function but are not similar in origin

b)

remnants of once-important structures that have slowly lost all or most of their function

c)

features found in different organisms that share structural similarities but may have very different functions

d)

preserved remains of an organism

12.
According to this data, the unknown bacterial species is most closely related to: 
a)
Species I
b)
Species II
c)
Species III
d)
Species IV
13.

Which scientist visited the Galapagos Islands and came up with the theory of natural selection?

a)

Theodor Schwann

b)

Gregor Mendel

c)

Charles Darwin

d)

Rudolf Virchow

14.
Structures with the same parts have different functions; suggests that organisms share a common ancestry
a)
vestigial structures
b)
homologous structures
c)
adaptive radiation
d)
fossil
15.
The science that specializes in naming and classifying organisms is...
a)
anatomy
b)
biology
c)
botany
d)
taxonomy