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Final Exam Review 1
A Fun Review for the Final
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
11/30/2009

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The orginal source of energy used by organisms is?

 

A) The Sun

B) DNA

C) Plants

D) ATP

Definition
A) The Sun
Term

Which type of bond does not break in water and involves the sharing of electrons?

 

a. Ionic

b. Covalent

c. Hydrogen

d. Bryophyte

Definition
b. Covalent
Term

Amino Acids are the subunit of (blank).

 

a Carbohydrates

b. Proteins

c. Lipids

d. Nucleotides

Definition
b. Proteins
Term

Which of the following is true of enzymes?

 

a. They speed up reactions

b. The are carbohydrates

c. They are not necessary for metabolism

d. They increase activation energy

Definition
a. They speed up reactions
Term

Which of the following types of bonds is formed from shared electrons?

 

a. Covalent

b. Ionic

c. Hydrogen

Definition
a. Covalent
Term

Which type of cell contains a nucleus and chloroplasts?

 

a. Eukaryotic animal cell

b. Eukaryotic bacterial cell

c. Prokaryotic plant cell

d. Eukaryotic plant cell

Definition
d. Eukaryotic plant cell
Term

What is the ultimate purpose of photosynthesis?

 

a. Produce ATP

b. Produce oxygen

c. Produce NADPH

d. Produce glucose

Definition
d. Produce glucose
Term

Which of the following produces no ATP?

 

a. Glycolysis

b. Krebs cycle

c. Fermantation

d. Electron Transport

 

Definition

c. Fermantation

 

Term

In mitosis, the duplicated chromosomes line up in the center of the cell during which stage?

 

a. Prophase

b. Metaphase

c. Anaphase

d. Telophase

Definition
b. Metaphase
Term

Which type of cell division produces 4 genetically different daughter cells?

 

a. Binary fission

b. Mitosis

c. Meiosis

d. Cloning

Definition
c. Meiosis
Term

The cross of a heterozygous purple flowered plant (Pp) with a homozygous white flowered plant (pp) will produce?

 

a. 25% purple flowering plants

b. 50% purple flowering plants

c. 100% purple flowered plants

d. 100% white flowered plants

Definition
b. 50% purple flowering plants
Term

Why are men more likely to show recessive, sec-linked traits like hemophilia?

 

a. They only have one allele for the trait

b. They have 2 alleles for the trait

c. They are genetically weaker than women

d. The recessive trait is dominant in men

Definition
a. They only have one allele for the trait
Term

What are the complementary base pairs of DNA?

 

a. Adenine + Guanine; Cytosine + Thymine

b. Phosphate + thymine; Guanine + Cytosine

c. Adenine + Uracil; Cytosine + Guanine

d. Adenine + Thymine; Guanine + Cytosine

 

Definition
d. Adenine + Thymine; Guanine + Cytosine
Term

What occurs during gene expression?

 

a. RNA is converted into a gene which is read by the ribosome

b. A protein is destroyed

c. A chromosome is replicated

d. A gene is converted to RNA which is used to make a protein

Definition
d. A gene is converted to RNA which is used to make a protein
Term

A person has a beloved pet cloned. This is an example of (Blank).

 

a. Reproductive cloning

b. Therapeutic cloning

c. Natural Cloning

d. Gene therapy

Definition
a. Reproductive cloning
Term

Changes in organisms over a long period of time, including speciation, is known as?

 

a. Natural Selection

b. Microevolution

c. Macroevolution

d. Convergent evolution

Definition
c. Macroevolution
Term

Which of the following is NOT true of evolution?

 

a. It is a change in the allel frequencey of a population

b. It occurs within a single generation

c. It is caused by natural selection

d. It is a change in a species over time

Definition
b It occurs within a single generation
Term

A heterotroph

 

a. Is photosynthetic

b. Is motile

c. Is a virus

d. Ingests its engery source

Definition
d. Ingests its engery source
Term

The biological purpose of a flower is to?

 

a. To disperse seeds

b. Photosynthesis

c. To protect the seeds

d. To attract pollinators

Definition
d. To attract pollinators
Term

Which kingdom is characterized by hyphae and chitin cell walls?

 

a. Protists

b. Fungi

c. Plants

d. Animals

Definition
b. Fungi
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