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Biology – FINAL EXAM REVIEW
Wednesday May 18, 2016
Perry High School
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Short answer: Write a complete statement to answers each of the questions.
1.Illustrate meiosis, showing chromosomes present in the first and second divisions.
2. Separation of homologues occurs during when stage in meiosis?
3. Meiosis results in the formation of what types of cells?
4. Explain what happens to homologous chromosomes when crossing-over takes place
5. What characteristics can indicate that two chromosomes homologous?
6. Gametes are always haploid or diploid?
7. What would result if meiosis did not occur prior to sexual reproduction?
8. State Mendel's law of segregation
9. Mendel's finding that the inheritance of one trait had no effect on the inheritance of another became known as what law?
10. What is the probability that the offspring of a homozygous dominant (RR) individual and a homozygous recessive (rr)
individual will exhibit the dominant phenotype
11. 500 individuals out of a total of 1,800 individuals express a recessive trait. What is the deviation from the expected outcome
if all individuals are off spring from the cross of two heterozygous parents?
12. If a characteristic is sex-linked, it affect males or females more frequently?
13. Mendel chose the pea plant, Pisum sativum, as the organism to study in his experiments because
14. Describe what is meant by multiple alleles, and give an example.
15. A karyotype shows a 3n number of chromosomes. This person is suffering from what condition?
16. Draw a chromosome and identify the p and q arms.
17. Explain nondisjunction and possible consequences.
Biology – FINAL EXAM REVIEW
Wednesday May 18, 2016
Perry High School
Notebook page: n/a
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18. A Black dog and a white dog have a liter of eight puppies. All eight are gray. What type of traits is black and white?
19. Give an example of multiple alleles influencing one trait.
20. A white cow crossed with a red cow, produces a third phenotype: “roan”. In order to be co-dominate, a roan cow must
21. The theory of evolution is defined as….
22. Changes over time due to evolution are slow and systemic or rapid changes?
23. What is divergence in terms of evolution?
24. Summarize Darwin’s two major points when writing “Origin of Species”
25. What is a problem arising from inbreeding?
26. Name three types of population distribution.
27. List three traits of r-strategists.
28. List three traits of k-strategists.
29. Describe logistic growth.
30. Reverse transcriptase can best be defined as
31. Why does a virus enter a host cell?
32. Viruses are not considered to be alive, however they share what characteristics with all living things?
33. A retro-virus is different from a regular virus in what way?
34. What is the flu vaccine?
35. A membranous envelope surrounding some viruses most likely came from what?
36. All protists are in the kingdom?
37. All paramecium live in what type of habitats?
Biology – FINAL EXAM REVIEW
Wednesday May 18, 2016
Perry High School
Notebook page: n/a
Mr. Pomerantz__________________________________________________________________Page 3 of 3
38. Protists inside of a termites perform what role?
39. Define the term “symbiosis”
40. Malaria is what type of protist?
41. All seeds include what three parts?
42. A pollen grain can best be defined as what?
43. The male reproductive structures of a plant are collectively known as the….
44. Self-pollination is defined as….
45. Angiosperms produce pollen in what structure?
46. Describe the procedure for determining the age of the pig used in the dissection lab.
47. Organs found in the thoracic cavity of the pig include what?
48. What is the purpose of the epiglottis?
49. Why is the trachea constructed with rings of cartilage?
50. Describe why mammals were able to out survive dinosaurs.
51. What is the proper sequence of the passage of blood through the heart’s chambers?
52. Pulmonary circulation involves what organs?
53. The aorta performs what function?
54. The vena cava performs what function?
55. What blood vessels have valves to prevent back flow of blood?