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Biology Set C

Biology Set C

Question 1 of 40

1

Meiosis results in the production of _______.

Select one of the following:

  • two diploid daughter cells

  • four diploid daughter cells

  • two haploid daughter cells

  • four haploid daughter cells

Explanation

Question 2 of 40

1

Which pair of bases does NOT represent a complementary base pair?

Select one of the following:

  • thymine — adenine

  • adenine — guanine

  • guanine — cytosine

  • cytosine — guanine

Explanation

Question 3 of 40

1

The process of replication ensures that daughter cells will have exact copies of ________.

Select one of the following:

  • chromosomes without any mutations

  • all the genetic information for the organism

  • suitable segments of DNA required for cell survival

  • the genetic information to be used by those particular cells

Explanation

Question 4 of 40

1

When during the cell cycle does replication occur?

Select one of the following:

  • Just before prophase

  • S period of interphase

  • G1 period of interphase

  • G2 period of interphase

Explanation

Question 5 of 40

1

The theory of natural selection was developed by ____

Select one of the following:

  • Darwin

  • Mendel

  • Lamarck

  • Linnaeus

Explanation

Question 6 of 40

1

The evolution of a species could be MOST ACCURATELY documented by the _______.

Select one of the following:

  • observation of a set of mutations

  • change in the size of a physical feature

  • change in the frequency of alleles in the gene pool

  • occurrence of genotype that doesn’t change, though the corresponding phenotype may

Explanation

Question 7 of 40

1

Which of the following is TRUE of homologous structures?

Select one of the following:

  • They have the same types of tissues and the same functions

  • They have different types of tissues and may have different functions

  • They have different types of tissues but may have the same functions

  • They have the same types of tissues, but may have different functions

Explanation

Question 8 of 40

1

Which of the following is LEAST LIKELY to form a fossil?

Select one of the following:

  • Skin

  • Teeth

  • Shells

  • Bones

Explanation

Question 9 of 40

1

The fact that embryos of different animals appear similar during various stages of their development suggests that they are ________.

Select one of the following:

  • evolving

  • mutating

  • genetically related

  • analogous to one another

Explanation

Question 10 of 40

1

Industrial melanism is an example of

Select one of the following:

  • artificial selection

  • disruptive selection

  • stabilizing selection

  • accidental selection

Explanation

Question 11 of 40

1

Which is NOT an example of artificial selection?

Select one of the following:

  • Bird watching

  • Breeding race horses

  • Raising purebred dogs

  • Protecting endangered species

Explanation

Question 12 of 40

1

The phenomenon of the accumulation of toxins in the tissues of organisms is known as ________.

Select one of the following:

  • extinction

  • natural selection

  • disruptive selection

  • biological magnification

Explanation

Question 13 of 40

1

Variations of a specific gene are known as __________.

Select one of the following:

  • alleles

  • mutations

  • genotypes

  • phenotypes

Explanation

Question 14 of 40

1

A bimodal distribution of phenotypes in any given population could naturally appear through _______.

Select one of the following:

  • artificial selection

  • disruptive selection

  • stabilizing selection

  • directional selection

Explanation

Question 15 of 40

1

Which of the following is NOT a necessary component of the process of natural selection?

Select one of the following:

  • extinction

  • selective pressure

  • phenotypic variation

  • reproductive success

Explanation

Question 16 of 40

1

Evolution due to genetic drift is MOST LIKELY to occur in a _________

Select one of the following:

  • large population due to selective pressures

  • small population due to selective pressures

  • large population without the influence of selective pressures

  • small population without the influence of selective pressures

Explanation

Question 17 of 40

1

A rare allele may become common in a small population in a relatively short period of time due to __________.

Select one of the following:

  • genetic drift

  • adaptive radiation

  • divergent evolution

  • convergent evolution

Explanation

Question 18 of 40

1

Individuals without the specializations required to survive in a changing environment

Select one of the following:

  • die

  • adapt

  • evolve

  • mutate

Explanation

Question 19 of 40

1

The idea that fossils are direct evidence of previously living organisms is consistent with ______.

Select one of the following:

  • Darwin’s theory of evolution

  • Lamarck’s theory of evolution

  • Both of these theories of evolution

  • Neither of these theories of evolution

Explanation

Question 20 of 40

1

The ability of an organism to pass on its genes to its offspring is part of the definition of

Select one of the following:

  • fitness

  • radiation

  • evolution

  • adaptation

Explanation

Question 21 of 40

1

If a person previously had cowpox and was infected with smallpox, then the

Select one of the following:

  • effect would be severe

  • person would most certainly die

  • effect would be minimal if any even occurred

  • person could become sick with any kind of pox, including chicken pox

Explanation

Question 22 of 40

1

During the vaccination against smallpox, what did Jenner inject into people?

Select one of the following:

  • Fluid from a cowpox blister

  • Blood from an infected cow

  • Pus from an infected person

  • Antibiotics he developed against smallpox

Explanation

Question 23 of 40

1

Which of the following scientists was the first to see the tobacco mosaic virus?

Select one of the following:

  • Miller

  • Meyer

  • Beijerinick

  • Iwanowski

Explanation

Question 24 of 40

1

Which of the following scientists concluded that tobacco mosaic disease was caused by organisms capable of reproduction?

Select one of the following:

  • Miller

  • Meyer

  • Beijerinick

  • Iwanowski

Explanation

Question 25 of 40

1

Which of the following scientists demonstrated that tobacco mosaic disease could be transferred from an infected plant to a healthy plant in the juice extracted from the infected plant?

Select one of the following:

  • Miller

  • Meyer

  • Beijerinick

  • Iwanowski

Explanation

Question 26 of 40

1

Which of the following scientists conducted experiments that led to his belief that the cause of tobacco mosaic disease was either a very small bacterium or a toxin produced by the bacteria?

Select one of the following:

  • Miller

  • Meyer

  • Beijerinick

  • Iwanowski

Explanation

Question 27 of 40

1

The structure of Bacteriophage T4 is BEST described as an arrangement of

Select one of the following:

  • proteins surrounding a chromosome made of DNA

  • proteins surrounding a chromosome made of RNA

  • chromosomes made of DNA surrounding a core of proteins

  • chromosomes made of RNA surrounding a core of proteins

Explanation

Question 28 of 40

1

Viral specificity, the fact that a given type of virus can only affect one kind of host cell, is

Select one of the following:

  • because of toxins produced by non-host cells

  • a result of the matching of chemical structures

  • an indication of their relative strength or weakness

  • nature’s way of ensuring a wide distribution of viruses

Explanation

Question 29 of 40

1

A “phage” (short for bacteriophage) is a type of

Select one of the following:

  • bacterial cell

  • virus that invades bacteria cells

  • cell that is prone to bacterial infections

  • bacteria that is prone to viral infections

Explanation

Question 30 of 40

1

E. coli lives in

Select one of the following:

  • water

  • bacteria

  • blood cells

  • intestines of mammals

Explanation

Question 31 of 40

1

Which of the following sequences BEST describes the lytic cycle?

Select one of the following:

  • Infection — replication — self-assembly — lysis.

  • Replication — infection — self-assembly — lysis

  • Lysis — replication — self-assembly — infection.

  • Lysis — self-assembly — infection — replication

Explanation

Question 32 of 40

1

A lysogenic cycle differs from a lytic cycle in several ways. Which of these is NOT one of them?

Select one of the following:

  • The cycle includes a period of “dormancy.”

  • The host cell doesn’t burst open, it just eventually dies.

  • The viral chromosome joins the host cell’s genetic material

  • The genetic material of the virus is produced by the host cell

Explanation

Question 33 of 40

1

A prophage is BEST described as

Select one of the following:

  • active viral genetic material

  • dormant viral genetic material

  • active bacterial genetic material

  • dormant bacterial genetic material

Explanation

Question 34 of 40

1

The genetic material of a retrovirus will organize the synthesis of ________.

Select one of the following:

  • DNA from its RNA structure

  • DNA from its DNA structure

  • RNA from its RNA structure

  • RNA from its DNA structure

Explanation

Question 35 of 40

1

Retroviruses are significant in studies of human diseases because they inject

Select one of the following:

  • cancer-causing genes

  • cancer-preventing genes

  • genetic material that produces cancer-causing genes

  • genetic material that produces cancer-preventing genes.

Explanation

Question 36 of 40

1

RNA differs from DNA in all of the following EXCEPT one. Which one?

Select one of the following:

  • RNA contains uracil, where DNA doesn’t contain uracil

  • RNA is single stranded, where DNA is double stranded

  • RNA contains ribose, where DNA contains deoxyribose

  • RNA is not normally found in human cells, where DNA is.

Explanation

Question 37 of 40

1

A pathogen is BEST described as a

Select one of the following:

  • toxic chemical

  • virus or bacterium

  • carrier of a disease

  • disease-causing microbe

Explanation

Question 38 of 40

1

Certain types of white blood cells release proteins that clump together foreign cells. What are these proteins called?

Select one of the following:

  • Antibiotics

  • Antibodies

  • Pathogens

  • Interferons

Explanation

Question 39 of 40

1

Interleukins, proteins released by certain white blood cells, function to

Select one of the following:

  • absorb pathogens in the bloodstream

  • activate other white blood cells during an infection

  • deactivate the immune system after an infection has passed

  • warn body cells that there are pathogens in the bloodstream.

Explanation

Question 40 of 40

1

Which of the following is typical of passive immunity?

Select one of the following:

  • It is relatively short-lived

  • A person makes their own antibodies

  • It comes and goes depending on a person’s health.

  • It can be induced by injecting a weakened pathogen

Explanation

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