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Biology Final Review
• 1. All life uses this molecule for the
directions to building you:
• DNA
• 2. DNA is transmitted from parent to
offspring through this basic unit of heredity:
• gene
• 3. True or False: All cells in an organism
have the same genetic information
• DNA is same nucleotides, but sequence and
instructions differ
• 4. All prokaryotes are what type of
organism?
• bacteria
• 5. The order of organization from broadest
to most specific is:
• Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family,
genus, species
• 6. The scientists who discovered DNA are:
• Watson and Crick
• 7. The scientist who is known for his
theories of evolution is:
• Darwin
• 8. This scientist proved that life had to
come from life (and how to sterilize milk!!):
• Pasteur
• 9. This scientist is credited with the
modern-day classification schemes:
• Linnaeus
• 10. Every 3 letters of DNA makes one
single AA in the process known as:
• Protein synthesis – transcription &
translation
• 11. Any change to DNA is called a:
• mutation
• 12. When genes from 2 different organisms
are combined we call it:
• Recombinant DNA  transgenic organism
or chimera
• 13. All the genes that an organism
possesses are called its:
• genome
• 14. This type of organism provided Earth
with its current oxygen levels:
• cyanobacteria
• 15. Any unique characteristic that provides
an organism with a way to survive is called
an:
• Adaptation/ adaptive advantage
• 16. The slow and steady rate of evolution is
described as:
• Gradualism (vs. punctuated equilibrium)
17. What type of evolution do you see?
Parallel or convergent
18. What type of evolution gives us
this variety?
divergent
• 19. This diagram is
called a:
• Phylogenic tree
• 20. The earliest life form on earth was:
• Prokaryotes/ bacteria/ K. Archaebacteria
• 21. A non-living, pathogenic particle is a:
• virus
• 22. What ingredient must be present for life
to exist?
• Water
• 23. These are the cells “nametags”?
antigens
• 24. These are a major part of the body’s
immune system? antibodies
25. two organisms that evolve closely
together show this type of evolution
coevoltuion
26. This diagram is called a:
DNA Fingerprint
27. This diagram is called a
food web
28. label
#29.
30. These are for:
nutrient agar dishes for culturing bacteria
31. This diagram is called a
cladogram with derived characteristics
32. What are the differences between
these cells?
Organelles
33. Draw a phylogentic tree of the 6
kingdoms, remembering the common ancestor
of all, and the branching points.
34. What organisms are on each
level, from bottom to top?