Quiz:  Trimester III Review

 

1.  Which of the following contains the most varieties of species?

 

a.  Family

b.  Class

c.  Phylum

d.  Order

 

2.  Which of the following is not a characteristic of a hominid?

 

a.  arms are shorter than legs

b.  S-shaped spine

c.  rounded heels

d.  low arches

 

3.  Which part of a neuron receives the stimuli?

 

a.  axon

b.  dendrite

c.  synapse

d.  cell body

 

4.  Which of the following is not a type of nonspecific defense?

 

a.  lymphocyte

b.  skin

c.  phagocyte

d.  fever

 

5.      people with sickle cell anemia have what genotype?

a.      heterozygous

b.      homozygous dominant

c.      homozygous recessive

 

  1. Name three factors that cause changes in gene pools of large populations.

 

  1. What aspect is required in separating two strands of double stranded DNA
    1.  Photosynthesis
    2. cold weather
    3. high temperatures

 

  1. define a point mutation.

 

  1. DNA in a bacterial cell is in the form of.
    1. A circle
    2. A line
    3. Double stranded helix

 

  1. if a population has two or more alleles it is called.___.
    1. Dimorphic
    2. Polymorphic
    3. Polyzygous

 

  1. the founder effect causes_____.
    1. The new population to have very different allele frequencies from its source population.
    2. The new population to have very similar allele frequencies from its source population.
    3. The new population to be identical  to the source population.

 

  1. If a mom has type O blood and the dad has type A blood, is it possible for the child to be type A blood also?

 

  1. Refer to question above. What genotype would this child have?

 

  1. True or False: studies show that in behavioral traits, environmental factors are more important then genetic factors.

 

  1. Which one of these kingdoms is not characterized by a cell wall?

a. Monera

b. Plant

c. Fungi

d. Animal

 

  1. Which part of the brain controls language?

a.      Left hemisphere

b.      Right hemisphere

c.      Meninges

d.      Cerebellum

 

  1. Which example of symbiosis benefits one organism and the other is unaffected?

a.      Mutualism

b.      Parasitism

c.      Commensalism

d.      Predator/ Prey

 

  1. What does a nonsense mutation result in?

a.      Changes codon into stop codon

b.      Change in amino acid

c.      DNA blows up into a million pieces

d.      DNA fragments separated by size

 

  1. What is not one of the three processes of biological evolution?

a.      Variation

b.      Self-Reproduction

c.      Natural Selection

d.      Organic compounds forming

 

20. Gel electrophoresis is used for:

            a.  attempting to treat a genetic defect

            b.  to tell if genes have exchanged positions

            c.  creates extra copies of chromosomal regions that contain genes

            d.   the mapping of bands of DNA

 

21.  The Hardy-Weinberg Model is:

            a.  a mathematical model of gene pools

            b.  a model of mapped DNA

            c.  showing the crossing over of alleles

            d.  observations of protein sequences and DNA sequences in gene pools

 

22.  Cells evolved from:

            a.  possibly arose after nucleic acids

            b.  possibly arose when polymers began to replicate themselves

            c.  it is not clearly understood

            d.  all of the above

 

23.  Besides cells, other possibilities for the first life-forms include:

            a.  proteins

            b.  DNA

            c.  RNA

            d.  all of the above

 

24.  Microscopic fossils are found in:

            a.  in mineral grains

            b.  in stromatolites

            c.  encased in rock

            d.  all of the above

 

25. Schwan cells form a _________________ around the axons of vertebrate

neurons, making impulse transmission 10 times faster.

a. mylein sheath                 c.  cerebrospinal fluid

b. meninge                         d. corpus callosum

 

26.  What is part of the endocrine system?

a. thalamus                     c. pituitary gland

b. hypothalamus             d. cerebellum

 

27.  Lack of reaction to self is called

a. hypersensitivity             c. HLA

b. tolerance                        d. antibodies

 

28.  Which is a characteristic of Protista

a. multi-celled organisms       c. live in water or moist environments

b. reproduce by spores          d. bacteria

 

29. Which of the following is not a characteristic of hominids

a. s-shaped spine                   c. a gap between the canines and the incisors

b. arms shorter than legs       d. rounded heel

 

30. What triggers the cell-mediated response?

a.     B-cells

b.     Plasma cells

c.      Macrophage

d.     Helper T-cells

 

  1. What is on the surface of viruses that is displayed on the MHC?
    1. Protein
    2. MHC
    3. Antigens
    4. T-cells

 

  1. What is the human genus?
    1. Homo
    2. Primate
    3. Sapiens

 

  1. Who made the apparatus showing the creation of amino acids?
    1. Miller
    2. Woese
    3. Richards

 

  1. Change within species is
    1. Macroevolution
    2. Population genetics
    3. Microevolution

 

 

ANSWER KEY:

1.      C

2.      D

3.      B

4.      A

5.      C

6.      Natural selection, mutation , and migration

7.      C

8.      a mutation on a DNA sequence in which a single base pair is changed into a different one.

9.      A

10. B

11. A

12. YES

13. Iai 

14. TRUE

15. D

16. A

17. C

18. A

19. D

20. D

21. A

22. D

23. D

24. D

25. A

26. C

27. B

28. C

29. C

30. D

31. C

32. A

33. A

34. C