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5.Which is the smallest unit C. Fatty acid
of life that can survive and D. Monosaccharide
1. Where do producers reproduce on its own?
obtain their energy? A. Cell 10.Where does protein
A. From other producers B. Organ synthesis take place?
B. From the consumers C. Tissues A. Ribosomes
C. From the decomposers D. Population B. Lysosomes
D. From the sun C. Endoplasmic reticulum
6.Which region of a D. Golgi bodies
2. Why do you experience vertebrate forebrain is
not seeing things clearly for considered with the neutral- 11.Why are our lips “redder”
some seconds when you endocrine control of visceral than our palm?
enter suddenly a well-lighted activities? A. There is increased blood
room after coming from a flow in the lips
dark room, you? A. Cerebellum B. Lips are heavily
B. Thalamus keratinized
A. The pupils are not C. Hypothalamus C. Lip epidermis is thinner
adapted to the dark D. Pituitary D. Many blood vessels are
B. The eyes are adapted to located around the lips
the light only 7.Which of the following is
C. The pupils are not the building block 12.Which of the following
dilated yet carbohydrate? cannot be found in
D. Light had caused prokaryotes?
temporary blindness A. Amino acid A. Cytoplasm
B. Nucleotide B. Plasma membrane
3. What term is used to C. Fatty acid C. Membrane-bound
describe the ability to D. Monosaccharide nucleus
maintain a constant internal D. DNA
environment? 8.Why it is necessary men
have more red blood cells 13.What do we call mutation
A. Metabolism per cubic millimeter of blood that is brought about by the
B. Growth and than women? earth natural radioactivity?
development A. Continuous
C. Homeostasis A. Man does strenuous B. Induced
D. Thermoregulation activities and need more C. Lysosomes
energy D. Chloroplast
4.What is the most common B. They have bigger
cause of cardiovascular physique and need more
disease? blood 14.Which of the following
C. Man waste more blood organelles produces turbo
A. Fatty deposits in the cells and need extra pressure against cell wall and
arteries D. They are more prone to mainly acts as water
B. Inadequate supply of anemia disorders reservoir
red blood cells A. Plastids
C. Lack of sodium in the 9.Which of the following is B. Vacuole
diet the building block of protein? C. Lysosomes
D. Increased heartbeat A. Amino acid D. Chloroplasm
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15.What is the branch crobial
organisms is used in the
creation of genetically
modified organisms?
A. Pseudomonas vulgaris
B. Bacillus thuringensis
C. Agro bacterium
tumafaciens
D. Escherichia coli
16.What is the branch of
zoology that is devoted to
the study of fish?
A. Helmintology
B. Ichthyology
C. Chondrichthyes
D. Ornithology
17.The process involved in
the production of mRNA
using DNA as template is
termed _______?
A. Transcription
B. Replication
C. Gene manipulation
D. Reverse transcription
18.What is the most
abundant inorganic
compound in the
protoplasm?
A. Fluid
B. Blood
C. Plasma
D. Water
19.Which is the riches type
of tropical rain forest in the
Philippines?
A. Molave forest
B. Dipterocarp forest
C. Mangrove forest
D. Pine forest
20.What muscle is described
as involuntary, not striated,
and have a single nucleus?
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A. Smooth chromosomes are attached
B. Skeletal to the spindle fibers as
C. Cardiac ________.
D. Connective A. Double chromatids
B. Non-homologous pairs
21.We feel warmer just C. Single chromatid strands
before it rains because D. A tetrad of four
__________. chromatids
A. Heat is released by the
evaporation of water 26.Which of the following is
B. The clouds prevent heat an example of behavioral
from escaping the earth adaption?
C. There is an increased A. Thick green stems of the
relative humidity cactus plant
D. Heat is released by the B. Thick fur of the bear
condensation of water vapor C. Shedding leaves during
summer
22.Which of the following is D. Presence of cuticle on
not considered as a the upper surface of the
reproductive cell? leaves
A. Gamete
B. Somatic cell 27.The bipolar nature of the
C. Egg cell cell membrane is due to
D. Sperm cell _______.
A. Presence of carries
23.The cell wall of plant is B. Presence of
made of _______. C. Phospholipids bilayer
A. Lipids D. Integral proteins
B. Cellulose
C. Protein 28.Which of the following is
D. Cell membran made up of diploid number
of cells?
24.Which of the following is A. Zygote
the correct sequence of the B. Sperm cell
level of organization from C. Egg cell
lowest to highest? D. Both B and C
A. Cells-system-organs-
tissues 29.Which plant has
B. System-organs-tissues- underground stem modified
cells for reproduction?
C. Cells-tissues-organs- A. Ginger
system B. Camote
D. Tissues-systems-cells- C. Tubers
organs D. Strawberry
25.At metaphase of the
meiotic division, the
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30.Which of the following D. Pericardium A. Cerebellum
structures serve as a B. Medulla oblongata
passageway of food and air? 37.What is that 3-carbon C. Cerebrum
A. Epiglottis sugar formed during the dark D. Thalamus
B. Trachea reaction phase of the
C. Pharynx photosynthesis? 43.Which stage of
D. Larynx A. ADP incomplete metamorphism is
B. NADPH undergone by grasshopper?
31.Which kind of relationship C. ATP A. Nymph, pupa, adult
is exhibited by algae and D. PGAL B. Egg, larva, pupa, adult
fungi in lichen? C. Egg, nymph, adult
A. Commensalism 38.What is the product of D. Egg, pupa, adult
B. Parasitism carbohydrate digestion?
C. Symbiosis A. Fatty acid 44.Which of the following is
D. Competition B. Glucose NOT part of the thoracic
C. Amino acid cage?
32.What do you call the D. Nucleic acid A. Clavicle
finger-like folds on the inner B. Ribs
linings of the small intestine? 39.What process is C. Costal cartilages
A. Villi responsible for the upward D. Sternum
B. Appendix movement of the water in
C. Rugae very tall trees? 45.Where does the toxin
D. Cecum A. Osmosis substance secreted by bees
B. Capillary action and ants through their sting
33.Aside from ADP, what C. Turgor pressure originate?
else is the end production of D. Transpiration
the dark-reaction phase of A. Silk glands
ohotosynthesis? 40.What is the enzyme in the B. Intestines
A. Carbon dioxide mouth that breaks starch to C. Rectal glands
B. Surag maltose? D. Salivary glands
C. Carbon A. Peptidase
D. Starch B. Ptyalin 46.What is the longest bone
C. Pepsin in the body?
34.What is that flap-like D. Maltase A. Humerus
structure that prevents the B. Ferum
food from going the wrong 41.What do you call the C. Tibia-fibula
way during swallowing types of symmetry where the D. Clavicle
A. Epiglottis body parts are paired on
B. Larynx either side of the body? 47.Which cause our bones to
C. Esophagus turn brittle and easily break?
D. Pharynx A. Dorsal A. Turning into muscle
B. Bilateral tissues
C. Radial B. Increase in flexibility
36.What is the membrane D. Ventral C. Turbidity decrease
that surrounds the lungs? D. Removal of collagen
A. Pleura 42.Which is considered as
B. Meninges the respiratory center of the 48.How many bones does an
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A. 201 digested and mixed with C. Sperm
B. 200 hydrochloric acid? D. Virus
C. 217 A. Gastric secretion
D. 206 B. Gastric fluid 60.Which property of water
C. Mucosa is probably MOST important
49.What do you call D. Chime for the functioning of
automatic responses to an organisms at the molecular
external stimulus? 55.Which is considered the level?
A. Reflex master gland due to its A. Cohesion and high
B. Instinct influence on the activity of surface tension
C. Impulse all the other glands? B. High specific heat
D. All of these C. High heat of
A. Thyroid vaporization
50.What structure provides B. Adrenal D. Versatility as a solvent
flexible support and C. Pituitary
protection to the spinal D. Parathyroid 61.Which of the following
cord? statements is true of
A. Skull 56.Which part of the brain is diffusion?
B. Ribs responsible for intelligence, A. It requires an
C. Vertebral column memory and learned expenditure of energy by the
D. Sternum behavior? cell
A. Cerebellum B. It is a passive process
51. Which hormone is B. Cerebrum C. It occurs when
insufficient in cretinism? C. Medulla molecules move from a
A. Glucagon D. Thalamus region of lower
B. Adrenalin concentration to one of
C. Insulin 57. Which of these materials higher concentration
D. Thyroxine is not a major component of D. It requires a membrane
the plasma membrane?
52.Which of the following is A. Phospholipids
both endocrine and an B. Glycoprotein 62.Which of the following is
exocrine gland? C. Proteins FALSE in comparing prophase
A. Gastric glands D. DNA I of meiosis and prophase of
B. Thyroid glands mitosis?
C. Pituitary glands 58.Which form of RNA A. The chromosomes
D. Pancreas delivers information from condense in both
DNA to be used in making B. Tetrads form in both
53.What organ is controlled protein? C. The nuclear envelope
by the automatic nervous disassembles in both
system? A. Messenger RNA D. A spindle forms in both
A. Skeletal B. Ribosomal RNA
B. Muscles C. Transfer RNA 63.Which are small,
C. Heart D. All of the above irregularly-shaped cells
D. Both A and B without nuclei but are rich in
59.Which of the following is ATP?
54.What do you call food in a not a type of cell? A. Leukocytes
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D. Erythrocytes D. Migrating lining for the implantation of
the embryo?
69.What chemical controls
metamorphosis among A. Lactogenic hormone
64.What branch of Biology is insects? B. Progesterone
involved when one is A. Enzymes C. Testosterone
studying the characteristic B. Estradol D. Oxytocen
structure and functions of all C. Pheromones
kinds of cells? D. Ethylene 75.Which of the following
A. Cytology pair of organisms are closely
B. Morphology 70.Which of the following related?
C. Physiology makes up the plant cell wall? A. Spider and mosquito
D. Histology A. Nucleic acid B. Frog and crocodile
B. Cellulose C. Man and monkey
65.Which part of seed C. Protein D. Ants and aphids
appears as a scar which D. Lipids
marks the entry of the pollen 76.What does it mean if the
tube during fertilization? 71.Which of the following is blood pressure of human is
A. Seed leaf not true of fungi? 110/70?
B. Cotyledon A. Some are pathogenic A. The systolic pressure is
C. Testa B. Some are 70
D. Hilum photosynthetic B. The diastolic pressure is
C. Some are edible 70
66.Which type of tissue is D. Form symbiotic relation C. The pulse rate is 110
responsible for the with algae beats per minute
secondary growth in stems D. Both B and C
and roots of vascular plants? 72.Which of the following is
A. Meristematic cells not true of plants? 77.Which of the following
B. Cambium A. Some are pathogenic happens when man exhale?
C. Palisade layer B. Some are A. The residual volume of
D. Epidermis photosynthetic the lungs decreases
C. Some are edible B. The diaphragm
67.Which biome grows D. Form symbiotic relation contracts
tropical grassland with with algae C. The volume of the
scattered individual trees thoracic cavity decreases
and larger herbivores? 73.Which of the following is D. The lung contracts
A. Tundra considered multi-cellular?
B. Rain forest 78.Which of the following
C. Grassland A. Embryo regulate breathing?
D. Savanna B. Fertilized egg A. RBC concentration
C. Egg cell B. Number of haemoglobin
68. What do you call that D. Sperm cell C. Hormone level in blood
process in birds wherein they D. CO2 and O2
shed off features at least concentration and pH level
once a year? sensors
A. Skinning 74.What hormone promotes
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79.Which of the following B. Decomposers
has the lowest velocity of 83.Which of the following C. Autotrophs
blood flow characteristic is common D. Spore production
A. Veins between echinoderms and
B. Arteries cnidarians? 86.Which of the following
C. Capillaries A. They are both radically does not involve mitosis?
D. Arterioles symmetrical A. Development of embryo
B. They have segmented B. Growth
80. How many carbon atoms bodies C. Production of gametes
can each pyruvic acid supply C. Both have stinging cells D. Repairing of damaged
into the Kirb’s cycle? D. They have three tissues
embryonic tissue layers
A. 8 87.Which of the followings is
B. 6 84.Which of the following is true of mammals?
C. 4 true of Phylum Chordata? I. They have four
D. 2 I.Presence of notochord chambered heart
that provides skeletal II. They produce milk
81.How many oxygen is support for the young
required each time to a II. Pharyngeal slits that III. They are warm
molecule of glucose is have become modified for blooded
completely oxidized through gas exchange A. I and II
aerobic respiration? III. Dorsal hallow nerve B. II and III
A. 3 cord that develops into the C. I and III
B. 6 central nervous system D. I, II and III
C. 12
D. 24 A. II and III 88.What term describes an
B. I and II egg develop into a new
82.Which of the following C. I and III organism without itself being
will not be accepted by D. I, II and III fertilized be a sperm?
glycolysis for catabolism? A. Regeneration
A. Starch 85.Which of the following B. Conjugation
B. Glycerol cannot be associated with
C. Fatty acid fungi?
D. Sucrose A. Absorptive nutrition
C. Parthenogenesis
D. Fusion cannot adapt to the changes B. Copulation
in the environment? C. Ovulation
89.Which of the following is A. It will be transform to D. Germination
responsible for formation of another form
blood cell? B. It will become extinct 92. Which of the following
A. Cartilage C. It will be isolated blood cells is responsible for
B. Bone narrow D. It will grow old blood clotting?
C. Joints A. Erythrocytes
D. Tendons 91.What term is used to B. Leukocytes
describe the released of C. Thrombocytes
90.What is most likely matured egg cell from the D. Neutrophils
happen when a species ovary?
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93.Where does ectopic C. Pituitary gland a. cells
pregnancy occur? D. Adrenal gland b. carbohydrates
A. Uterus c. tissues
B. Ovary 98.Which of the following is d. proteins
C. Cervix not an accessory organ of
D. Fallopian tube digestion? 4. An organism lacking
A. Liver chlorophyll, but nevertheless
94.Why is cell membrane B. Pancreas able to carry out
semi permeability C. Salivary gland photosynthesis has been
important? D. Adrenal gland found among which of the
A. It is important in following?
determining the size of the 99.What hormone stimulates a. viruses
cell the development of male b. bacteria
B. It controls the kind of secondary sex c. protozoa
substances that enters and characteristics? d. fungi
leaves the cell A. Estrogen
C. It controls the pressure B. Prolactin 5. The attribute that
and energy gradient C. Testosterone separates life from non-life is
D. It allows the molecules D. Progesterone a. metabolism
to diffuse freely in and out of b. reproduction
the cell 100.Which of the following c. growth
parts performs both as d. adapataion
95.What theory of evolution reproductive and urinary
accounts for snake’s functions in males? 6. The starch-splitting
disappearance of legs and A. Ureter enzyme in saliva is
development of giraffe’s long B. Testes a. lipase
neck? C. Urethra b. amylase
A. Theory of use and disuse D. Scrotum c. lactase
B. Theory of natural d. trypsin
selection 1. A section of the circulatory
C. Theory of chromosomal system which plays
change important role in fishes, but 7. Alteration of generations
D. Theory of action and which disappears in the is seen in
interaction higher land animals is the a. pines
a. hepatic portal system b. bougainvillea
96.Which of the following is b. renal portal system c. moss
an exocrine gland? c. renal artiries d. grass
A. Plastids and pigments d. hepatic arteries
B. Asters and centrioles 8. The Phylum Chordata is
C. Chloroplasts and 2. Cell division resulting in characterized by the
vacuoles haploid cells is known as presence of
D. Cell wall and cell a. meiosis a. notochord
membrane b. mitosis b. nerve cord
c. fission c. vascular system
97.Which of the following is d. budding d. vertebral cord
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9. All of the following are 5. Yeast are classified as d. 6 pounds of big rocks
ungulates( hoofed mammals) a. fungi
except _____ b. shell fungi 2. It is the process of splitting
a. giraffes c. sac fungi the one heavy nuclei to two
b. horses d. molds light nuclei due to the
c. cows bombardment of neutron
d. rabbits 6. Milk is one of the rich a. fission
sources of b. fussion
10. The following are type of a. vitamins c. decay
animal tissues except b. carbohydrates d. disintegration
a. adipose c. minerals
b. cellulose d.all of the above 3. Important for protection
c. cartillage as it absorbs ultraviolet
d. neuronal or lymphiod 7. It is a pigment which radiation from the sun.
enables plants top a. Sebum
manufacture their own food b. Melanin
1. Organism lacking a. Cytoplasm c. Sweat
chlorophyll but able to carry b. Chlorophyll d. Keratin
out photosynthesis c. Flowers
a. protozoa d. leaves 4. Vitamin that maintains a
b. Viruses lot of human body's tissues,
c. Bacteria 8. A process of food like the ones in your
d. phaeophyt manufacturing in plants eyes,skin, and liver
a.Transpiration a. Vitamin A
2. Fertilization results in the b. Photosynthesis b. Vitamin D
formation of the c. pollination c. Vitamin E
a. zygote d. respiration d. Vitamin B
b. endosperm
c. embryo 9. commonly known as fruit 5. The process of
d. fetus sugar photosynthesis takes place in
a. fructose the ?
3. How many vertebrae are b. sucrose a. Chlorophyll
there in the human spinal c. glucose b. Chloroplast
column d. sucrose c. Stomata
a. 18 d. Mesophyll
b. 40 10. it is a disaccharide sugar
c. 10 that is found most notably in 6. What is the other term for
d. 26 milk and is formed from plants?
galactose and glucose a.World Oxygen factory
4. Which does not belong to a. Lactose b. World Food factory
the group b. fructose c.World most important
a. tangerine c. sucrose thing
b. lemon d. glucose d. None of the Above
c. orange
d. mango 1. Which weighs more? 7. what is the function of the
a.125 pounds of cement left atrium ?
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b. Intake for deoxygenerated E.Metabolism D.Mitochondria
blood E.Lysosome
c. to pass oxygenerated 6.Which of these is NOT a
blood from the pulmonary reactant in photosynthesis? 12. Heterotrophs depend on
veins A.Sunlight autotrophs. Why?
d. All of the above B.Carbon dioxide A.Autotrophs reproduce and
C.Glucose make heterotrophs.
1. Which is the longest phase D.Water B.Autotrophs keep the
of the eukaryotic cell cycle? 7.Which of these is a product heterotroph populations
A.Mitosis of cellular (aerobic) from growing too large.
B.Binary Fission respiration? C.Autotrophs decompose
C.Interphase A.Glucose dead organisms so the
D.Meiosis B.Oxygen nutrients can be recycled.
2.What is the major C.Adenosine triphosphate D.Autotrophs capture
component of biological D.Deoxyribonucleic acid sunlight and store it in
membranes? carbohydrates.
A.Proteins 8. DNA is our genetic
B.Nucleic acids material. Which scientist 13. During mitosis, the DNA
C.Carbohydrates discovered that it was a long, in a cell is found as:
D.Lipids twisting helix? A.Chromatin
A.Watson & Crick B.Spindle fibers
3. A pea plant has B.Avery C.Chromosomes
genetic instructions to be tall C.Franklin D.Punnett squares
and short, but only expresses D.Chargaff
the tall phenotype. This E.Mendel 14.Which of these is not one
plant can be described as: of the major problems
A.Homozygous 9.The genetic code that is plaguing our environment?
B.Hybrid passed down from one A.Pollution
C.True-breeding generation to the next is B.Loss of biodiveristy
D.Self-pollinating "hidden" within: C.Overpopulation
E.Cross-pollinating A.Proteins D.Resource depletion
B.Amino acid sequences
4.Which of these is NOT one C.CHNOPS 15.Which type of cell lacks a
of the major macromolecules D.Nucleotides membrane surrounding its
that form all organisms? genetic material?
A.Lipids 10.Which of these is not one A.Bacteria
B.Minerals of the six kingdoms of life? B.Plant
C.Carbohydrates A.Archaea C.Animal
D.Adenosine triphosphate B.Fungi D.Eukaryotic
E.Proteins C.Virus E.Fungus
D.Protist
5. Which type of cellular 16. In a eukaryotic cell, which
transport must always move 11.The cellular location of these would NOT be found
particles out of a cell? where protein synthesis in the cytoplasm?
A.Osmosis occurs: A.ATP
B.Exocytosis A.Ribosomes B.DNA
C.Active transport B.Golgi complex C.Enzymes
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D.Seals the nicks in the C.Recessive alleles are
17.Which of these is not one sugar-phosphate bonds of mutated forms of dominant
of the most common one of the old DNA strands alleles
elements in biological D.Recessive alleles are rare.
molecules? 2.To determine whether a
A.Phosphorus field of study is a science, 6. When there are 2 alleles
B.Sulfur you would for a gene and both make a
C.Sodium A.Consider what questions protein product the alleles
D.Hydrogen are asked are said to be
B.Consider what methods A.Completely dominant
18. The sum of all chemical are used B.Codominant
reactions that occur in an C.Consider what conclusions C.Incompletely dominant
organism: are made. D.Polygenic
A.Homeostasis D.Look for people wearing
B.Metabolism lab coats. 7. What is the name of the
C.Stimulus enzymes which cut DNA only
D.Mitosis and Meiosis 3. Strictly speaking, DNA at a specific sequences?
E.Reproduction replication leads to A.DNA Plymerases
A.2 new copies of each DNA B.Ligases
19.The first person to see molecule C.Restriction Enzymes
(and name) cells observed B.1 new copy and one old D.Modification Enzymes
the walls of cork cells. Who copy of each DNA molecule
was he? C.2 copies of each DNA 8.A set if ideas that explain a
A.Leeuwenhoek molecule that are each half broad set of observations is a
B.Fleming old and half new A.Theory
C.Hooke D.2 copies of each DNA B.Law
D.Schleidon molecule that are both old C.Hypothesis
E.Virchow D.Inference
4.What does recombinant
20.In a controlled DNA technology refer to? 9. Which one of the
experiment, what factor A.The process that produces following characteristics is
changes from group to a DNA fingerprint from a not necessary in order for an
group? blood sample. object to be considered
A.The hypothesis B.The process of cloning an living?
B.The variable individual. A.Ability to reproduce
C.The constants C.The process of inserting B.Ability to grow
D.The conclusion gene from one organism into C.Ability to move
another D.Ability to respond to
1.What does DNA ligase do D.The process of identifying stimuli
during DNA replication? a gene sequence
A.Seals the hydrogen bonds 10. The nucleotide that is
between the 2 strands of found in RNA but not DNA is
DNA 5.Which BEST describes why A.Adenine
B.Breaks the hydrogen bonds an allele is recessive? B.Cytosine
between the 2 strand of DNA A.Recessive alleles are weak C.Guanine
C.Seals the nicks in the sugar- alleles D.Uracil
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11. How does Gel
Electrophoresis work?
A.A sample of DNA is added
to a gel which binds the
molecule together. The DNA
fragments of different sizes
are spliced together.
B.A sample of DNA is added
to a gel and exposed to a
current. The DNA is attracted
to the charge and different
sized fragments of DNA are
separated.
C.The sample of DNA is
repeatedly heated and
cooled in the presence of
DNA polymerase and free
nucleotides. Many copies of
the fragments of DNA are
produced.
D.A sample of DNA is added
to a gel which holds the
fragments in place. In this
way, fragment of different
length can be distinguished.
12. When geneticists speak
of mutation, they are
referring to
A.An adaptation
B.A deformity
C.A change in the DNA
sequence
D.A change in the amino acid
sequence
13. Why are DNA fingerprints
useful?
A.When a sample of DNA is
cut up with restriction
enzymes and separated by
gel electrophoresis, the
result is unique for each
individual.
B.The impression left behind
by a DNA sample is unique
for each individual.
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C.When a sample of DNA is
compared to an individual's
fingerprints, you can
distinguish among
individuals.
D.When a sample of DNA is
amplified with PCR and
mixed with DNA Polymerase,
a unique set of fragments are
produced for each individual.
14. Natural Selection may be
BEST defined as
A.A difference between
populations
B.A difference between
individuals
C.A difference in survival
between individuals
D.A difference in
reproduction between
individuals
15. What is an example of a
trait
A.Fur color in a mammal
B.Leg length in a bird
C.Flower number in a plant
D.Enzyme production in a
fungus
E.All of these
16. Nuclear transfer was the
cloning technique used to
produce the sheep Dolly.
Which best describes nuclear
transfer?
A.The nucleus of an egg and
sperm are transferred into a
donor egg
B.The chromosomes are
removed from a an egg and
replaced by the
chromosomes from an adult
cell
C.The chromosomes from an
egg are mixed with the
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chromosomes from an adult
cell
D.Selected chromosomes are
transferred to the nucleus of
an egg
E.The nucleus of a fertilized
egg is transferred to a donor
egg
17. What is necessary for
natural selection to lead to
evolution
A.Individuals have different
traits
B.Traits affect reproduction
C.Traits are inherited
D.All of these
18.what is true about the
type of cloning discussed in
the previous question?
A.The technique requires
that the egg develops in a
female's uterus
B.The technique leads to the
production of a newborn
infant animal
C.The clone would be a
younger identical twin to the
donor of the DNA.
D.All of these.
19. In a population of long-
tailed weasels in central
Missouri, individuals that
turn white in the winter are
rare. Individual weasels that
turn white in winter are
much more common in the
northern part of the weasel's
range. This appears to be an
example of
A.Homeostsis
B.Responding to stimuli
C.Interdependency
D.Natural selection
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20. What enzyme is
necessary to convert an RNA
sequence back to its
complementary DNA
sequence
A.RNA Polymerase
B.DNA Polymerase
C.Reverse Transcriptase
D.Ligase
21. When dogs become
overheated, they pant.
During panting, blood flow to
the tounge increases and this
circulates heat from the
center of their body to
where it can be dissipated.
This is an example of
A.Metabolism
B.Homeostasis
C.Adaptation
D.Inheritance
22. Over the past 5 years, the
number of acres planted in
genetically modified crops
has
A.Increased
B.Decreased
C.Remained stable
D.Fluctuated randomly
23. On page five of your
textbook, there is a story
about African dung beetles
and elephants. We have
similar dung beetles here in
MO. Suppose you
encountered one of these
beetles rolling a ball of cow
dung across a pasture. You
are eager to explain, using
the scientific method, why
these beetles are rolling ball
of cow manure. Your first
step is to come up with a(n)
A.Experiment
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B.Prediction
C.Hypothesis
D.Observation
24. Three of the following
are hypotheses concerning
the dung beetle's behavior,
select the exception.
A.The dung beetles store the
balls of dung to feed on later.
B.The dung beetles lay eggs
in the balls of dung and
young will eat the dung
when they hatch.
C.Only female dung beetles
roll balls of dung
D.The dung beetles use the
balls of dung to construct
nests.
25. You hypothesize that
dung beetles lay eggs in the
balls of dung and the young
hatch and feed on the dung.
Three of the following are
reasonable predictions
concerning your hypothesis,
select the exception
A.If dung beetles are laying
eggs in the dung, the they
will only roll balls of dung
during daylight
B.If dung beetles are laying
eggs in the dung, then balls
of dung placed in a container
will hatch baby dung beetles
C.If dung beetles are laying
eggs in the dung, then most
of the beetles rolling dung
will be females.
D.If dung beetles are laying
eggs in the dung then dung
rolling will be most common
during the breeding season.
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41. According to Newton’s
Second Law of Motion
A. applying a force will
change the motion of
an object.
B. acceleration of an object is
proportional to
net force applied to the
object.
C. an object at rest will
remain at rest unless
acted on by a net force.
D. solar system bodies have
attractive forces
acting on each other.
42. A stalled car is pushed to
the top of a hill, allowedto
roll down the hill, and
started by
“clutchpopping.”At what
position did the car have
thegreatest amount of
gravitational potential
energy?
A. at the bottom of the hill
B. at the top of the hill
C. when restarted with the
clutch
D. being pushed to the top of
the hill
43. The value of the ozone
layer to Earth’s citizens is
A. protection from ultraviolet
rays.
B. to neutralize the NOx
molecules in acid rain.
C. to mediate temperature in
the lithosphere.
D. protection from
photochemical smog
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44. CFCs
(chlorofluorocarbons)
damage the
environment by
A. causing acid rain.
B. blocking sunlight.
C. breaking O3 to create O2.
D. increasing cloudiness.
45. Acid rain is known to
cause problems by
A. causing population
explosions of deer
species.
B. triggering glaciations and
ice sheet
formation.
C. bleaching chlorophyll from
green plants.
D. destroying statues and
limestone buildings
46. Global atmospheric
circulation is driven by
A. ocean circulation.
B. radioactive decay of
nuclear particles.
C. energy of the sun.
D. tides.
47. Which one of the
following statements about
DNA
is not correct?
A. DNA contains phosphorus.
B. DNA is negatively charged.
C. RNA is the mirror opposite
of DNA.
D. Hydrogen bonds join the
two strands of
DNA (two sides of the DNA
ladder).
48. A codon is
A. a binary DNA code.
B. a set of three bases on the
mRNA.
C. a set of three bases on the
RNA.
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D. an amino acid sequence.
52. All tectonic plates are
49. A mutation may be A. made only of basalt.
described as B. comprised of crust and
A. a change in the RNA of the some mantle
parent gamete. material.
B. damage to the cell C. made only of granite.
membrane of the parent D. at least 35 km thick.
gamete.
C. an alteration of DNA in a 53. The basic unit of life is
parent’s egg or the
sperm. A. virus.
D. infertility in older parents. B. cell.
C. gene.
50. Which one of the D. chromosome.
following characteristics
does 54. Evidence for evolution
the Earth share with all other can be found in the
bodies in the solar A. human liver.
system? B. size of horse fossils.
A. formed from matter C. geochemistry of the hydra.
ejected by the sun D. compound eye of the bee.
B. move in circular orbits
C. equally dense
D. gravitationally bound to
the sun
51. The “big splash” theory
of the moon’s formation
A. was disproved during the
Apollo lunar
mission.
B. states that the moon was
formed elsewhere in
the solar system and was
captured by Earth’s
gravitational force.
C. states that the Earth was
struck by a huge
object, causing a large
amount of mantle
material to be blown into
orbit.
D. suggests that the moon
was formed by light,
less dense materials that
floated into the orbit
around the Earth.
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