Download BENCHMARK #2: Cell Division and Genetics

BENCHMARK #2: Cell Division
and Genetics
#1A: Name the major steps in the
process shown below?
1B: Name an organism that uses this
as a means of reproduction.
1C: During which phase does
replication occur?
#2A: What two processes are
illustrated in the diagram below?
#2B: What would be the RNA
sequence to the following: TCT-AGA?
#3A: Why are the following most easily
seen during mitosis (not Interphase)?
#3B: What gender is this person?
#3C: What are chromosome displays
like this called?
#4A: What process is being shown in
the diagram below?
#4B: During what type of cell division
does this occur?
#4C: What advantage does this have to
the species?
#5A: What type of genetic pattern of
inheritance is responsible for the
diversity of skin colors seen in
humans?
#5B: What would a graph
of these genotypes look
like?
#6A: What amino acid is coded for by
the DNA sequence CCC?
#6B: What are groups of three
nucleotides called?
#7A: What pattern of genetic
inheritance is color-blindness?
#7B: Why can’t males be a carrier for
this trait?
#7C: Which gender suffers from these
types of traits the most
often?
#8A: During transcription what type of
molecules separates the chains of DNA?
#8B: What type of bond holds the chain
together?
#8C: Between what two
molecules does the
enzyme cut?
8d: What process
occurs in the nucleus?
In the cytoplasm?
#9A: What appears to be the cause of the
difference in the growth of wings in the
flies shown below?
#9B: Give an example of a similar effect in
humans. Grown above 25 degrees C Grown below 25 degrees C
#10A: What happens during the G1
phase? G2?
#10B: What is being synthesized
during the S phase?
#10C: What occurs during the M
Phase?
A
#11: Identify each stage of mitosis
below. When does replication
occur?
C
B
D
#12A: What type of mutation is
shown below?
#12B: What are the “Big Three”
causes of mutation?
#13A:What type of cell division is used
will fix the damage shown below (A)?
#13B:What type of cell division is used
in picture B?
A
B
#14A:What type of cross is this
that allows you to determine the
genotype of plant A?
A
#15:What type of genetic pattern is
demonstrated by human blood
types?
#15B: Explain how a
man with blood type
A and a women with
type B can have a
child with blood
type O.
#16A: Why is the zygote diploid?
#16B: What type of cell division
created the egg and sperm
(gametes)?
#17A: How is it possible for two
normal parents to produced an
affected child?
#17B: How is the genetic
information
transmitted to
MMMMMMM
the child?
#18A: Give an example of a human
genetic disorder that is autosomal
dominant (like the one below).
#18B: What are the genotypes of
the parents in the first generation?
#19: Why do your cells, which are
genetically identical, appear
different?
Muscle
Cheek Cells
Red Blood
Cells
#20A: How many males are in the
following pedigree? Generations?
#20B: From whom does person #12
get the disorder?
2
#20C: How are person
#2 and #12 related?
12
#21A: What type of RNA is shown
below?
#22B:What role
does it
bbbbb
play in protein
synthesis?
#22A: What process is being shown
below? How many chromosomes do the
end cells have?
#22B:Why must sexually
reproducing organisms
go through this process?
#23A: What segment would be the
complementary to the following
strand of DNA?
#23B: What process is used to
create the new strand?
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#24A: The pedigree below shows
what type of genetic cross
(pattern)?
#24B: What is true about this type
of cross (pattern) concerning
gender?
#25: Two heterozygous tall plants
are crossed. What are the
expected percentages of tall and
short plants in the F1?
#28: Huntington’s Disease is an autosomal
dominant disorder. A man marries a
woman without the disease. They have a
child without the disease. How is this
possible?
#28: If 20% of nucleotides in a
sample of DNA have the base
Thymine, what percentage of the
nucleotides contain Cytosine,
Adenine, and Guinine?