Transcript Exam Review 2015

Question 1
A piece of DNA surrounded by
protein that replicates by
invading and altering the
normal functioning of a cell of
a living organism
a. Bacteria
b. Prion
c. Gene
d. Virus
Question 2
A group of individuals on
the fringe of a population
leave that population to
begin a new population
elsewhere.
a.
Founder Effect
b.
Fitness
c.
Bottleneck Effect
d.
Divergent Evolution
Question 3
What type of Archaebacteria
would you find in a hot spring?
a.
Halophile
b.
Thermophobe
c.
Thermophile
d.
Halophobe
Question 4
The idea that individuals pass on
characteristics that they have acquired
over their lifetime to their offspring
a. Use and Disuse
b. Natural Selection
c. Gene Flow
d. Inheritance of Acquired
Characteristics
Question 5
You cross a red flower with a
white flower and you produce
some pink offspring. What is
the type of cross?
a. Codominance
b. Incomplete Dominance
c. Crossing Over
d. Sex-Linked Domination
Question 7
The CIRCULATORY SYSTEM is the
transport system of the body. It
has FOUR functions. What are
the functions?
a. Transporting of O2 and C
b. Maintaining internal body
temperature
c. Moving nutrients and wastes
d. Distributing hormones
e. All of the above
Question 8
An organism that makes its own
energy-rich food compounds by
using the Sun’s energy
a.
Consumer
b.
Omnivore
c.
Producer
d.
Yucky
Question 9
Small, simple cell types that
do not have a membranebound nucleus
a.
Prokaryotes
b.
Eukaryotes
c.
Viruses
d.
None of the above
Question 10
When did simple life first
occur on Earth?
a.
14.3 BYA
b.
3.8 BYA
c.
6.9 BYA
d.
4.3 BYA
Question 11
The process in which water
evaporates from the inside of the
leaf to the outside through the
stomata
a.
Adhesion
b.
Transpiration
c.
Cohesion
d.
Translocation
Question 12
The process by which sugar is
converted into carbon dioxide,
water and energy
a.
Photosynthesis
b.
Cellular Respiration
c.
Biogeochemical Cycle
d.
Consumption
Question 13
A zebra population reside on the African
savannah. Humans build a road and a fence
barrier across the savannah. The road splits the
population into two separate populations Over
many generations, the gene pool of the two
zebra populations becomes so different that the
two populations are distinct and cannot
interbreed. What evolutionary process
occurred?
a.
Gradualism
b.
Allopatric Speciation
c.
Divergent Evolution
d.
Sympatric Speciation
Question 14
In a cross of Gg X GG,
what percentage of the
offspring express the
recessive phenotype?
a. 100%
b. 66%
c. 50%
d. 0%
Question 15
Birds, insects, sponges, worms
and arthropods all belong to
this classification Kingdom
a.
Animalia
b.
Protista
c.
Fungi
d.
Plantae
Question 17
The product of Mitosis is…
a. Four haploid cells
b. Two haploid cells
c. Two non-identical
daughter cells
d. Two identical daughter
cells
Question 18
De-oxygenated blood enters
the heart from the vena cava
to which chamber?
a. Left Atrium
b. Right Atrium
c. Left Ventricle
d. Right Ventricle
Question 19
Structures that are a reduced
version of structures that were
functional in the organism’s
ancestors. An example is the
whale has a femur and a pelvis.
a.
Homogolous Structures
b.
Vestigial Structures
c.
Transitional Fossils
d.
Biogeographical Structures
Question 20
An organism with the
recessive trait
a.
Homozygous dominant
b.
Heterozygous
c.
Heterozygous recessive
d.
Homozygous recessive
Question 21
This isolating mechanism
occurs when two organisms
occupy of the same habitat
but breed at different times.
a.
Behavioural
b.
Mechanical
c.
Temporal
d.
Habitat
Question 23
A trait controlled by genes
on the X or Y chromosome?
a.
Body-linked Inheritance
b.
X-Y Linked Inheritance
c.
Sex-linked Inheritance
d.
Male-Female Inheritance
Question 24
This part of the blood
protects the body from
disease
a. Plasma
b. White Blood Cell
c. Red Blood Cell
d. Platlet
Question 25
The flap-like structure located at
the top of the trachea to prevent
food from entering the lungs
during food swallowing.
a.
Epiglottis
b.
Villi
c.
Alveoli
d.
Bronchioles
Question 26
A heterozygous brownhaired individual crosses
with a recessive blondehaired individual. What
percentage of their
offspring have blonde
hair?
a. 100%
b. 0%
c. 25%
d. 50%
Question 27
The movement of alleles
from one population to
another due to the migration
of individuals.
a.
Gene Flow
b.
Non-Random Mating
c.
Natural Selection
d.
Genetic Drift
Question 28
A cell contains 12 replicated
chromosomes at the
beginning of mitosis. How
many chromosomes will a
daughter cell have after the
completion of mitosis?
a.
3
b.
6
c.
12
d.
24
Question 29
What is the largest
artery in the human
body?
a.
Aorta
b.
Pulmonary Artery
c.
Septum
d.
Tricuspid Artery
Question 30
Which classification
Kingdom is considered an
“artificial” grouping?
a.
Animalia
b.
Protista
c.
Archaea
d.
Fungi
Question 32
Specialized heart cells near
the junction of the atria and
ventricles that cause the
ventricles to contract.
a. Sinoatrial (SA) Node
b. Atrioventricular (AV) Node
c. Systolic Pressure
d. Diastolic Pressre
Question 34
What is the error in meiosis
in which homologous
chromosomes do not
separate?
a.
Crossing Over
b.
Inversion
c.
Duplication
d.
Non-disjunction
Question 35
A selective force that favours
the extremes of a range of
phenotypes and eliminates
the intermediate phenotypes.
a.
Non-Random Selection
b.
Stabilizing Selection
c.
Directional Selection
d.
Disruptive Selection
Question 36
What is the tube that
carries air from the nasal
passages to bronchi;
also called the
Windpipe?
a.
Trachea
b.
Pharynx
c.
Glottis
d.
Mouth
Question 37
What is “…the pattern of
evolution in which similar
traits arise because different
species have independently
adapted to similar
environmental conditions?”
a.
Divergent Evolution
b.
Convergent Evolution
c.
Stabaliizing Evolution
d.
Natural Selection
Question 38
All body cells, except for
reproductive cells are
called...
a.
Somatic cells
b.
Gametes
c.
Haploid cells
d.
Zygote
Question 39
The exchange of
chromosomal segments
between a pair of
homologous
chromosomes
a.
Phenotype Expression
b.
Metaphase
c.
Crossing Over
d.
Dihybrid Cross
Question 40
In this plant, red flowers are dominant and
white flowers are recessive. As well, two
leaves are dominant while three leaves is
recessive. You do a Test Cross that produces
25 red flowers with three leaves and 25 white
flowers with three leaves. What is the
genotype of the parent plant with red flowers
and three leaves?
a.
RRLL
b.
RrLL
c.
RRLl
d.
Rrll
Question 41
What is the theory that
explains how eukaryotic cells
evolved from the symbiotic
relationship between two or
more prokaryotic cells?
a.
Evolution
b.
Endosymbiosis
c.
Pioneer Species
d.
Gradualism
Question 42
In this stage of
Interphase, the
chromosomes copy
a.
G1
b.
G2
c.
S
d.
Cytokinesis
Question 43
This organ produces
bile to breakdown fat.
a. Stomach
b. Gall Bladder
c. Pancreas
d. Liver
e. Spleen
Question 44
The relatively rapid evolution of a
single species into a number of
distinct but closely related species
filling a variety of previously empty
ecological niches (e.g., Darwin’s
finches)
a.
Divergent Evolution
b.
Convergent Evolution
c.
Adaptive Radiation
d.
Use and Disuse
Question 45
Selection that favours the
phenotypes of one
extreme over another
a.
Directional Selection
b.
Diversifying Selection
c.
Disruptive Selection
d.
Stabilizing Selection
Question 47
What is the term used to
describe “…a permanent
change in the genetic
material of an organism?”
NOTE: It is the only source
of new genetic variation.
a.
Mutation
b.
Natural Selection
c.
Phylogeny
d.
Disruption
Question 48
What is “…the combination
of alleles for a given trait OR
the organism’s entire genetic
makeup
a. Genotype
b. Phenotype
c. Genome
d. Gene
Question 49
The total maximum volume
of air that can be moved into
and out of the lungs during
a single breath?
a. Reserve Volume
b. Vital Capacity
c. Tidal Volume
d. Residual Volume
Question 51
What is “…the
relationship in which a
dissolved substance
moves from a region of
high concentration to a
region of low
concentration?”
a. Osmosis
b. Gas Exchange
c. Ingestion
d. Diffusion
Question 52
What is “…a model that views
evolutionary history as long
periods of no change (stasis
or equilibrium) interrupted by
periods of divergence?’
a. Gradualism
b. Adaptive Radiation
c. Punctuated Equilibrium
d. Ecological Niche
Question 53
What is the model that
explains how water is
moved from the roots to
the leaves of a plant?
a. Cohesion-Tension Model
b. Adhesion-Push Model
c. Pressure Flow Model
d. Xylem Constriction Model
Question 54
The process that requires
energy to move particles
across a membrane.
a.
Osmosis
b.
Diffusion
c.
Active Transport
d.
Passive Transport
Question 56
The relative contribution an
individual makes to the gene
pool of the next generation by
producing offspring that will
survive long enough to
reproduce
a.
Gene Flow
b.
Gene Pool
c.
Adaptation
d.
Fitness
Question 57
What is a diploid cell
formed by the fusion of
two gametes called?
a.
Zygote
b.
Haploid
c.
Spore
d.
Meiosis
Question 59
How many
chromosome pairs
does a diploid cell
with 16 chromosomes
have?
a.
32
b.
16
c.
8
d.
4
Question 60
What is “…populations within
the same geographic areas
diverge and become
reproductively isolated?”
a.
Sympatric Speciation
b.
Divergent Evolution
c.
Allopatric Speciation
d.
Geographical Speciation
Answers
1d
9a
17d
25a
33b
41b
49b
57a
2a
10b
18b
26d
34d
42c
50
58
3c
11b
19b
27a
35d
43d
51d
59c
4d
12b
20d
28
36a
44c
52c
60a
5b
6
7e
13b 14d 15a
21c 22
23c
29a 30b 31a
37b 38a 39c
45
46c 47a
53a 54c 55
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8c
16
24b
32
40d
48a
56d
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