MATCHING:

26. Proposed a structure for DNA that explained how DNA could pass information from generation to generation.

27. The genetic code contained within a sequence of nucleotide bases in DNA is preserved. It is how DNA makes a copy of itself

28. The process by which the message in DNA is transferred to RNA.

A. Watson and Crick

B. Replication

C. Transcription

MULTIPLE CHOICE:

29. Which of the following nucleic acids is NOT found in DNA?

A. adenine B. guanine C. cytosine D. thymine E. uracil

30. Hybrid means the same as:

A. heterozygous B. homozygous C. mutant D. dominant

31. The separation of one cell into two identical daughter cells each with a complete set of chromosomes is called: A. interphase

B. meiosis C. mitosis D. synthesis

32. If a couple had three children and all were girls, what is the probability that the next child will be a boy? A. 1/4 B. 1/16 C. 1/2 D. 3/4

33. The two best answers in biology are_____ and _____.

A. surface area, ATP B. DNA, RNA C. Mom, Dad

D. Ren, Stimpy E. Kermit, Miss Piggy

34. What is the end result of meiosis? A. fertilization B. gametes C. recessive D. a zygote

MATCHING:

35. Are you alive

36. What school do you attend?

37. What is the name of your Biology Teacher

38. What day is this?

A YES

B. San Dieguito Academy

D. Mrs. Gushwa

E. Friday

39. When a species becomes separated by a river, or a canyon, or even a continent, it may evolve differently from the others. This evolutionary change is caused by _________.

40. This scientist made many discoveries aboard the HMS Beagle that contributed to his theories of evolution.

41. A change In a species or population through time.

42. This English naturalist came up with a theory of evolution at the same time as another Englishman. His ship burned along with all his records from South America, so he went to Malaysia and repeated his observations. His discoveries "forced" Darwin to publish his own observations.

A. Evolution

B. Wallace

C. Darwin

D. Geographic Isolation

MULTIPLE CHOICE:

43. The key idea in natural selection is that individuals with advantageous hereditary characteristics will:

A. Compete successfully B. Live to reproduce C. Maintain their environments D. Undergo new mutations

44. In the lab where we used fabric as habitats, paper dots as prey, and ourselves as predators, a major concept in evolution was demonstrated. This was:

A. Taxonomy B. Speciation C. Adaptive radiation D. Natural selection

45. The material that codes for life.

46. The term used for sex cells, they have half (haploid) the chromosomes as the parent cell.

47. When two different homozygous plants, one recessive, the other dominant, are crossed the resulting plant is called a ___.

48. The term for when a trait covers up another trait. It is the one that shows in a heterozygous individual.A GAMETES

B HYBRID

C DNA

D DOMINANT

49.The genes in the chromosomes of most organisms are made of:

A. denim B. smart peopleC. DNA D. ATP

50. If a couple had three children and all were girls, what is the probability that the next child will be a boy?

A. 1/4 B. 1/16 C. 1/2 D. 3/4

MULTIPLE CHOICE:

72. The key idea in natural selection is that individuals with advantageous hereditary characteristics will:

A. Compete successfully B. Live to reproduce C. Maintain their environments D. Undergo new mutations

76. In the lab where we used fabric as habitats, paper dots as prey, and ourselves as predators, a major concept in evolution was demonstrated. This was:

A. Taxonomy B. Speciation C. Adaptive radiation D. Natural selection