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🌈 Quizizz #8 English 🌈 Africa Storyline

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

What happens when two species have overlapping niches?

a)

The two species will learn how to cooperate with each other.

b)

Increase in population size for both species.

c)

Competition for resources and potential decrease in population size or loss of one species in that ecosystem.

d)

There is no effect or impact on the population size or survival of either species.

2.

What are some strategies used by species to avoid competition?

a)

Mutualism and symbiosis.

b)

Predation and parasitism.

c)

Territoriality and aggression.

d)

Niche partitioning

3.

This laboratory procedure is known as

a)

CLONING

b)

gel electrophoresis

c)

chromatography

d)

use of a dichotomous key

4.

This technique used to analyze DNA involves the

a)

synthesis of new DNA strands from subunits

b)

separation of DNA fragments based on size

c)

production of genetically engineered DNA molecules

d)

removal of defective genes from DNA

5.
Based on these results whose blood was found in the blood stain at the crime scene?
a)
Bob
b)
Sue
c)
John
d)
Lisa
6.
DNA fingerprinting works because
a)
Most genes are dominant
b)
All organisms contain RNA
c)
The most important genes are different among most people
d)
No two people, except identical twins, have exactly the same DNA 
7.

Describe the trend shown in the graph.

a)

As the volume decreases, the mass stays the same.

b)

As the mass decreases, the volume increases.

c)

As the volume increases, the mass increases.

d)

As the mass increases, the volume stays the same.

8.

What conclusions can you draw from this graph?

a)

The deer population went down over time.

b)

The deer population went up over time.

c)

The deer population went up quickly, then down, but then stayed the same.

d)

There are less deer because of hunters

9.

The variable that is measured.

a)

Controlled Variable

b)

Dependent Variable

c)

Independent Variable

10.

What is the dependent variable shown in the graph?

a)

Time (min)

b)

Blood insulin levels (mg/ml)

11.

Hunters killed elephants with tusks resulting in more tuskless elephants. The hunters were the ___ pressure changing the population

a)

Selective

b)

Unusual

c)

Usual

d)

exceptional

12.

Why did the percentage of elephants that were tuskless increase over time?

a)

More elephants decided to be tuskless

b)

The tuskless elephants were able to reproduce and pass the trait down

c)

More elephants had their tusks fall off

d)

The tuskless elephants all died

13.
Individuals that are better able to cope with the challenges of their environment tend to  
a)
Decrease in population over time.
b)
Leave more offspring than those less suited to the environment.
c)
Leave fewer offspring than those less suited to the environment.
14.

The study of inheritance patterns and variation in organisms is called _________________.

a)

gene

b)

genetics

c)

meiosis

d)

hybrid

15.

Characteristics that can be inherited are called ________.

Ex: Eye color, hair color, height, etc.

a)

gene

b)

chromosome

c)

trait

16.

karyotype

a)

Coiled up DNA

b)

A picture of the chromosomes in a cell

c)

the alleles an individual inherited organized by function

17.

A gene is:

a)

a part or segment of DNA that codes for a heritable trait

b)

traits inherited from the parents

c)

the DNA in a cell organized by size and staining pattern

d)

a threadlike structure of DNA packaged with proteins

18.

allele

a)

alternate forms of a gene/trait. Ex: blue eyes, brown eyes, green eyes.

b)

the DNA in a cell organized by size and staining pattern

c)

coiled up DNA

19.

A genotype is

a)

a sequence of DNA that codes for a heritable trait

b)

the physical expression of the genes. What we see (red hair, blue eyes, etc)

c)

the genetic traits that an individual inherited from their parents. (Ee, DD, Bb)

20.

homozygous

a)

having no alleles for a particular gene

b)

having identical (the same) alleles for a particular gene

c)

having different alleles for a particular gene