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WorksheetsChapter 13 (Applied) and 14 (Fossil evidence, the origin of life
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 34mins
Selective breeding is...
a process to create an organism with desired traits from parents with those desired traits
natural method of producing offspring with desired traits
creating a new species
making organisms reproduce during times of stress
A farmer has bred his pineapple plants from the sweetest pineapples in his last harvest to get even sweeter pineapple plants next time. What is this an example of?
Natural Selection
Genetic Engineering
Selective Breeding or artificial selection
Extinction
Which process is involved with genetic engineering?
Allowing organisms to reproduce without human interference
Humans choosing individuals with desirable traits to parent the next generation
Using technology to cut DNA and insert genes to get the traits you want.
Inserting a gene for bioluminescence (glowing) into fish is an example of...
Genetic engineering
Natural selection
Artificial selection
Selective breeding
A positive reason(s) to genetically modify (GMOs) foods include...
Produce larger fruits
Make pest resistant vegetables
Produce foods that grow faster
All of these are positives of GMOs
A concern(s) about genetically modified foods (GMOs) include..
Risk to human health
Loosing the original genetic line of the food source
May be harmful to ecosystems
All of these are valid concerns
Which stage of the selective breeding process comes first?
Only let individuals with the desired characteristics reproduce
Select the offspring with the desired characteristics
Select the individuals with the desired characteristics
Repeat the process until the entire group have desired characteristics
Allowing only those animal/plants with specific characteristics to breed is ___
inbreeding
hybridization
selective breeding
cloning
continued breeding of organisms with similar characteristics (from same family)
inbreeding
hybridization
selective breeding
cloning
This leads to disorders as close organisms often have recessive alleles that may be expressed.
inbreeding
hybridization
selective breeding
cloning
Breeding a donkey and a horse to make a mule is an example of _____
inbreeding
hybridization
selective breeding
cloning
What technique allows biologists to make many copies of a particular set of genes?
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Gel Electrophoresis
DNA Recombination
Genetic Chain Copying
This laboratory procedure is known as
CLONING
gel electrophoresis
chromatography
use of a dichotomous key
A student performed a gel electrophoresis experiment. The results are represented in the diagram
below. Compared to the fragments at the top of the gel, the fragments at the lower end are
larger, and move slower
larger, and move faster
smaller, and move faster
smaller, and move slower
A technique for making millions of copies of a specific region of DNA.
DNA ligase
restriction enzymes
gel electrophoresis
polymerase chain reaction
Which suspect should be charged with the crime?
Suspect 1
Suspect 2
Suspect 3
None of these suspects
Child 1 is likely...?
Adopted
Not the child of the Dad given.
Not the child of the mom listed.
The child of the mom and dad listed.
A person that studies the forms of life existing in prehistoric times by investigating the fossils of plants, animals, and other organisms is known as a
Investigator
Paleontologist
Researcher
Pathologist
___________ ___________ show evidence of the activity of ancient organisms, such as tracks or nests.
dead fossils
Mold fossils
Cast fossils
Trace fossils
What is a fossil mold?
Yesterdays food
Nonrenewable resources
An impression of an ancient organism.
Renewable resources
What is a fossil?
rock was once at the bottom of the sea.
An impression of an ancient organism.
the past environment, where animals came from, and what they looked like.
The imprint or remains of plants and animals that lived long ago.
In layers of rock and their fossils, which layer contains the oldest fossils?__
bottom of the sea.
The ones on the bottom
desert
plant
What can fossils tell us about past animals and life?
It cannot be replaced easily
The imprint or remains of plants and animals that lived long ago
An impression of an ancient organism
Info about the past environment, where animals came from, and what they looked like
What is Spontaneous Generation?
idea that organisms could come from non-living matter
the law that all living things come from nonliving things
living things come from living things
Non living things create all non living things
What was the conclusion of Francesco Redi's Experiment
Decaying meat turned into flies
Decaying meat does not turn into flies
non-living substances turn into living substances
flies come from meat
Which statement describes ALL living things?
They are composed of one or more cells.
They must reproduce sexually.
They have organ systems to carry out the processes of life.
They are capable of making their own food.
Who finally disproved Spontaneous Generation?
Redi
Needham
Spallanzani
Pasteur
What does the theory of biogenesis state?
Life arises from non-living matter
Life arises from pre-existing life
Life can spontaneously generate
Life is eternal
the oldest idea about the origin of life
Spontaneous generation
theory of biogenesis
theory of biogenesis
Living organisms can produce other living organisms
Life arises from nonliving
