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Biology and Chemistry Basics Quiz

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a dihybrid cross?

a)

Used to study two traits at the same time

b)

Used to study one trait only

c)

A type of mutation

d)

A gene map

2.

What is epistasis?

a)

When one gene masks another gene

b)

When genes are identical

c)

When chromosomes separate

d)

When DNA mutates

3.

What is a mutation?

a)

Any change in the DNA sequence

b)

Normal DNA replication

c)

The fusion of gametes

d)

Protein synthesis

4.

What is translocation?

a)

Exchange of segments between non-homologous chromosomes

b)

Failure of chromosomes to separate

c)

Crossing over of homologous chromosomes

d)

Deletion of DNA

5.

What is nondisjunction?

a)

Chromosomes fail to separate during anaphase

b)

Chromosomes copy themselves

c)

Genes mutate

d)

Proteins are made

6.

What is genetic engineering?

a)

Direct manipulation of an organism’s genome using biotechnology

b)

Natural selection

c)

Selective breeding

d)

Cell division

7.

What is a gene map?

a)

Shows the location of genes on a chromosome

b)

Shows protein structure

c)

Shows cell parts

d)

Shows DNA mutations

8.

What is a solute?

a)

The substance that gets dissolved

b)

The substance that does the dissolving

c)

A solid only

d)

A gas only

9.

What is a solvent?

a)

The substance that does the dissolving

b)

The substance that gets dissolved

c)

A chemical reaction

d)

A protein

10.

What is metabolism?

a)

All chemical reactions within an organism’s cells

b)

Only digestion

c)

Only respiration

d)

Only photosynthesis

11.

What are chemical reactions?

a)

Breaking and forming of bonds during chemical changes

b)

Movement of chromosomes

c)

Copying DNA

d)

Cell division

12.

What is activation energy?

a)

Energy needed to start a chemical reaction

b)

Energy released by a reaction

c)

Energy stored in products

d)

Energy in enzymes

13.

What does hydrophilic mean?

a)

Has an affinity for water

b)

Repels water

c)

Has no charge

d)

Is nonpolar

14.

What does hydrophobic mean?

a)

Does not have an affinity for water

b)

Attracts water

c)

Is always soluble

d)

Is charged

15.

What are polysaccharides?

a)

Large sugar molecules made of many smaller sugars

b)

Single sugar molecules

c)

Fats and oils

d)

Proteins

16.

What are haploid cells?

a)

Cells with one full set of chromosomes

b)

Cells with two full sets of chromosomes

c)

Cells with no chromosomes

d)

Cells with extra chromosomes

17.

What is fertilization?

a)

Fusion of egg and sperm to form a zygote

b)

Cell division by mitosis

c)

Production of gametes

d)

Chromosome separation

18.

What is a gene?

a)

A section of DNA that codes for a protein

b)

A whole chromosome

c)

An organelle

d)

A lipid

19.

What are alleles?

a)

Different versions of the same gene

b)

Identical genes

c)

Proteins

d)

Chromosomes

20.

What does homozygous mean?

a)

Two of the same alleles

b)

Two different alleles

c)

One allele only

d)

No alleles

21.

What does heterozygous mean?

a)

Two different alleles

b)

Two of the same alleles

c)

One allele only

d)

No alleles

22.

What are reactants (substrates)?

a)

Substances changed during a chemical reaction

b)

Substances made by a reaction

c)

Energy needed for a reaction

d)

Enzymes

23.

What are products?

a)

Substances made by a chemical reaction

b)

Substances used in a reaction

c)

Energy released

d)

Enzymes

24.

Law

a)

Explains why something happens using evidence

b)

Describes qualities

c)

Describes what always happens in nature

d)

Life cycles of a cell

25.

Meiosis

a)

When sperm joins a egg

b)

One set of chromosomes

c)

Identical chromosomes copies

d)

Cell division making sex cells

26.

Genetic code

a)

Instructions for protiens

b)

Building protein blocks

c)

Segment of dna

d)

Chain of amino acids

27.

Epistasis

a)

When one gene affects another

b)

Two parents involved creating one

c)

DNA to RNA to proteins

d)

Predicts offspring traits

28.

Unicellular

a)

One cell organism

b)

Two cell organisms

c)

Even mix of substances

d)

absorbs energy

29.

Homeostasis

a)

Maintaing stable conditions

b)

Protiens that speed reactions

c)

DNA instructions for traits

d)

Different forms of the gene