Download Final Exam Study Guide Ms. Thomas Spring 2011

Final Exam Study Guide
Ms. Thomas
Spring 2011
1. Be able to complete the following flowchart on flowers.
Vascular or Nonvascular
2. Be able to determine the scientific name of an organism using a dichotomous key.
3. Compare haploid and diploid.
4. Compare pure breed and hybrid.
5. Define and give an example of :
a. Abiotic
b. Angiosperm
c. Biosphere
d. Biotic
e. Commensalism
f. Community
g. Dicot
h. Dominant
i. Ecosystem
j.
k.
l.
m.
n.
o.
p.
q.
r.
Genotype
Gymnosperm
Heterozygous
Homozygous
Incomplete Dominance
Monocot
Mutualism
Nonvascular
Parasitism
s.
t.
u.
v.
w.
x.
y.
Phenotype
Population
Recessive
Seed
Seedless
Sex-Linked
Vascular
6. Define gamete. What is the male gamete? Female?
7. Define Punnett square.
8. Describe each of the following biomes or ecosystems:
a. Benthic Zone
d. Freshwater Wetlands
b. Desert
e. Rivers & Streams
c. Estuary
f.
g. Tropical Rain Forest
h. Tundra
Temperature Forest
9. Describe Replication, Transcription and Translation stating where each occurs, each process and
why each is important.
10. Describe the contributions of the following scientist to the discovery of DNA:
a. Franklin & Wilkins
c. Griffith & Avery
b. Watson & Crick
d. Hershey & Chase
11. Describe the function of the three types of ground tissue in plants.
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12. Describe this picture.
13. Draw and label a DNA nucleotide.
14. Draw and label the major parts of a flower. Describe the function of each part.
15. Draw and label the stages of meiosis.
16. Draw the following cycles and define each process within the cycle:
a. Water
b. Carbon
c. Nitrogen
17. How many chromosomes are present in a human sex cell?
18. How much energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next?
19. List the differences between mitosis and meiosis.
20. List the three types of RNA and its function.
21. State Chargaff’s rule.
22. State the base pairing rule for RNA.
23. State the differences between RNA and DNA.
24. What are the 6 kingdoms and what kingdom split to form the 6 kingdoms from the previous 5
kingdom classification system?
25. What are the purines? Pyrimidines?
26. What are the steps of protein synthesis and what does each step produce?
27. What are the two types of vascular tissue and what is the function of each?
28. What is the function of DNA? RNA?
29. What is the function of guard cells on the leaf?
30. What is the monomer of nucleic acids? Proteins?
31. What is the purpose of meiosis?
32. What is the structure of DNA?
33. What plant did Mendel use to learn about genetics?
34. What would happen to a predator if its prey was removed from a community?
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