Cumulative Exam BIO Retake (Score 94%) | Questions and Answers

Cumulative Exam BIO Retake (Score 94%) | Questions and Answers A news article discussed a genetically engineered medicine that is used to enhance the production of antibodies that are used against disease. Which medicine can this article be about? insulin flu shot penicillin human growth hormone Which of the following examples can cause gene flow between populations? an increase in predators to a population of zebra a volcanic eruption that kills half of a population of mice bird droppings that contain seeds from a different location a person that sprays a toxin on a group of mosquitoes Which organisms are prokaryotes? archaea fungi protists plants Mitosis is divided into phases.Which phase of mitosis is shown in the diagram? anaphase metaphase telophase prophase Which is a component of the modern cell theory that was not part of the original cell theory? All organisms are made of cells. All cells are similar in composition and metabolic activities. All cells come from preexisting cells. A cell is the basic unit of structure and function for all living things. A Labrador retriever breeder needs to determine if three male pups who were born to Sadie, his black Labrador retriever, are the offspring of Sam, a yellow Labrador retriever from another breeder. Which process could the breeder use to determine if Sam is the father of the pups? PCR analysis STR analysis mtDNA analysis Y-chromosome analysis Kai looks at a photo of herself with her parents. She notices that, while her features are similar to her parents' features, they do not appear to be identical.Which explains why this is the case? Their DNA is made of different codon sequences. Their DNA is made of four different bases. Kai inherited more proteins from one parent than the other. Kai inherited different amino acids from either of her parents. Which statement best describes the molecular structure of protein, along with one of the functions of proteins? It is a straight chain hydrocarbon that can help fight disease. It is a complex, folded chain that helps regulate cell processes. It is a simple carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen molecule that creates movement. It is a chain of nucleotides, and forms muscle, bone, and ligaments. Mutations within an organism can occur in body cells or reproductive cells. Which type of mutation is seen in a sperm cell but not in a skin cell? somatic mutation missense mutation nonsense mutation germline mutation Which statement best describes how Watson and Crick's model used other scientists' work to create a model of DNA? They used Chargaff's rule to determine that it contains ribose sugar. They used Franklin's photo to determine that DNA was a double helix. They used Levene's work to determine the number of base pairs in each strand. They used Nirenberg and Matthei's studies to determine that DNA is made of nucleotides. Unsaturated and saturated lipids exhibit different characteristics based on their structures.Which characteristic is unique to saturated fats? forms covalent, carbon-to-carbon bonds is a liquid at room temperature contains the maximum number of hydrogen atoms consists of fatty acids and a carboxyl group This table incudes the characteristics of all major kingdoms.Characteristics of Each Kingdom DomainKingdomBody typeCell typeBacteriaEubacteriaUnicellular ProkaryoteArchaeaArchaebacteriaUnicellularProkaryoteEukaryaProtistaMost unicellularEukaryoteFungiBothEukaryotePlantaeMulticellular EukaryoteAnimaliaMulticellularEukaryoteBased on the table, which kingdom(s) includes more than one body type? Protista and Fungi Eukarya and Archaea Plantae and Animalia Protista and Plantae During which process is ethanol produced? lactic acid fermentation alcohol fermentation citric acid cycle electron transport chain Which is an example of a lipid? cholesterol glycerol glycogen fatty acid Which is a requirement for natural selection to occur? heritable variations for some traits the ability of an organism to improve a trait during its lifetime equal probability of survival for all offspring fewer offspring than the environment can support Which of the following is an example of adaptive radiation? One population of squirrels becomes two separate species over a long time. One population of lizards forms 15 separate species over a short time. One species of birds becomes better suited to its environment over time. One species of fish forms when two species of fish begin to breed with each other. During which stage of cellular respiration is glucose broken down into two molecules of pyruvic acid? electron transport chain glycolysis Krebs cycle acetyl CoA formation Which of the following could be a nucleotide of DNA? deoxyribose + phosphate group + thymine deoxyribose + phosphate group + uracil ribose + phosphate group + thymine ribose + phosphate group + uracil Which is an advantage of producing genetically engineered crops that have pest-resistant genes? bioaccumulation of pesticides allows farmers to grow any crop they want reduces the use of pesticides for certain insects gene transfer to nontarget species Which element is most important for adding strength to hair, feathers, and outer skin? oxygen hydrogen sulfur phosphorus Consider this microscopic image of bacteria.Which bacterial form is shown in the image? bacillus nucleoid spirillum coccus