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NDQ_008999 | Products that living things provide include rubber, dyes, and adhesives. | a. true, b. false | a |
NDQ_009000 | Scientists have identified about 7.9 million living species. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_009001 | Wild organisms maintain a valuable pool of genetic variation. | a. true, b. false | a |
NDQ_009002 | More than half of the most important prescription drugs come from wild species. | a. true, b. false | a |
NDQ_009003 | Microorganisms purify water and decompose organic matter. | a. true, b. false | a |
NDQ_009004 | Amphibians are particularly sensitive to environmental toxins because of their permeable skin. | a. true, b. false | a |
NDQ_009005 | Most domestic species have been bred to be genetically variable. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_009006 | Predatory birds and spiders increase the need for chemical pesticides. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_009007 | About half of the wetlands in the U.S. have already been destroyed. | a. true, b. false | a |
NDQ_009008 | __species that is introduced to a new habitat where it never existed before | a. biodiversity, b. exotic species, c. pollination, d. extinction, e. habitat loss, f. mass extinction, g. coral reef | b |
NDQ_009009 | __extinction event in which many species go extinct around the same time | a. biodiversity, b. exotic species, c. pollination, d. extinction, e. habitat loss, f. mass extinction, g. coral reef | f |
NDQ_009010 | __variety of life and its processes | a. biodiversity, b. exotic species, c. pollination, d. extinction, e. habitat loss, f. mass extinction, g. coral reef | a |
NDQ_009011 | __complete dying out of a species | a. biodiversity, b. exotic species, c. pollination, d. extinction, e. habitat loss, f. mass extinction, g. coral reef | d |
NDQ_009012 | __one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth | a. biodiversity, b. exotic species, c. pollination, d. extinction, e. habitat loss, f. mass extinction, g. coral reef | g |
NDQ_009013 | __single biggest cause of extinction at present | a. biodiversity, b. exotic species, c. pollination, d. extinction, e. habitat loss, f. mass extinction, g. coral reef | e |
NDQ_009014 | __example of an ecosystem service provided by biodiversity | a. biodiversity, b. exotic species, c. pollination, d. extinction, e. habitat loss, f. mass extinction, g. coral reef | c |
NDQ_009015 | Biodiversity refers to | a. variation in living organisms, b. genetic differences among living things, c. the range of communities and ecosystems worldwide, d. all of the above | d |
NDQ_009016 | How many living species have scientists identified? | a. fewer than 1 thousand, b. about 1 million, c. close to 2 million, d. at least 3 million | c |
NDQ_009017 | Which of the following types of ecosystems has the greatest biodiversity? | a. temperate grassland, b. intertidal zone, c. tropical rainforest, d. alpine tundra | c |
NDQ_009018 | Economic benefits of biodiversity include | a. storing genetic variation, b. providing inspiration for technology, c. warning of environmental toxins, d. all of the above | d |
NDQ_009019 | How do microorganisms benefit ecosystems? | a. They fix nitrogen, b. They purify water, c. They return nutrients to soil, d. all of the above | d |
NDQ_009020 | The fifth mass extinction | a. is occurring now, b. wiped out the dinosaurs, c. occurred about 10,000 years ago, d. two of the above | b |
NDQ_009021 | Which of the following is an example of an exotic species in North America? | a. peregrine falcon, b. purple loosestrife, c. bison, d. honey bee | b |
NDQ_009366 | Which trait(s) did Mendel study in pea plants? | a. pod form, b. pod placement, c. pod color, d. all of the above | d |
NDQ_009369 | In Mendels first set of experiments, he | a. studied two traits at a time, b. let the P generation self-pollinate, c. experimented with just two generations, d. none of the above | d |
NDQ_009370 | Mendels law of independent assortment | a. was based on the results of his first set of experiments, b. describes how factors controlling different traits go to gametes independently, c. explains why one form of a trait always disappears in the first generation of offspring, d. none of the above | b |
NDQ_009373 | All of the traits that Mendel studied in pea plants | a. are easy to observe, b. exist in three different forms, c. are needed for sexual reproduction, d. two of the above | a |
NDQ_009375 | An example of a recessive trait in pea plants is | a. green seed color, b. violet flower color, c. round seed form, d. two of the above | a |
NDQ_009380 | ____law describing how factors for different traits combine in gametes | a. F1, b. law of independent assortment, c. F2, d. dominant, e. P, f. law of segregation, g. recessive | b |
NDQ_009383 | ____symbol for the parental generation in genetics experiments | a. F1, b. law of independent assortment, c. F2, d. dominant, e. P, f. law of segregation, g. recessive | e |
NDQ_009385 | ____Mendels term describing a factor that may be hidden in an individual | a. F1, b. law of independent assortment, c. F2, d. dominant, e. P, f. law of segregation, g. recessive | g |
NDQ_009386 | ____law describing how factors for the same trait go to gametes | a. F1, b. law of independent assortment, c. F2, d. dominant, e. P, f. law of segregation, g. recessive | f |
NDQ_009387 | Mendels laws apply only to pea plants. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_009388 | Mendels work was largely ignored until 1900. | a. true, b. false | a |
NDQ_009389 | ____symbol for the second offspring generation in genetics experiments | a. F1, b. law of independent assortment, c. F2, d. dominant, e. P, f. law of segregation, g. recessive | c |
NDQ_009390 | Pea plants were a good choice for Mendels research because they grow quickly. | a. true, b. false | a |
NDQ_009391 | ____symbol for the first offspring generation in genetics experiments | a. F1, b. law of independent assortment, c. F2, d. dominant, e. P, f. law of segregation, g. recessive | a |
NDQ_009392 | ____Mendels term describing a factor that is always expressed in an individual | a. F1, b. law of independent assortment, c. F2, d. dominant, e. P, f. law of segregation, g. recessive | d |
NDQ_009393 | In Mendels second set of experiments, all of the F1 plants had wrinkled, green seeds. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_009394 | In sexually reproducing plants, female gametes are released by tiny grains of pollen. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_009395 | __Mendels discoveries made him a well-known scientist in his own lifetime. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_009396 | __Mendels laws form the basis of the science of genetics. | a. true, b. false | a |
NDQ_009397 | __In Mendels second set of experiments, the F2 generation always had traits in the ratio 9:3:3:1. | a. true, b. false | a |
NDQ_009398 | __In Mendels first set of experiments, both forms of a trait always showed up in the F1 plants. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_009399 | __Mendel chose pea plants to study because they have asexual reproduction. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_009400 | __Mendel determined that one out of four F2 plants inherits two recessive factors for a given trait. | a. true, b. false | a |
NDQ_009401 | __If you were to cross a violet-flowered pea plant with a white-flowered pea plant, the first generation | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_009402 | Mendel made his discoveries in the | a. 1600s, b. 1700s, c. 1800s, d. 1900s | c |
NDQ_009403 | Reasons that pea plants were a good choice for Mendel to study include that | a. they are easy to grow, b. they have just two traits, c. each trait exists in many different forms, d. all of the above | a |
NDQ_009404 | Mendel arrived at his second law of inheritance when he studied | a. one trait at a time, b. one generation at a time, c. two traits at a time, d. two generations at a time | c |
NDQ_009405 | Traits Mendel studied in pea plants included | a. flower color, b. stem length, c. seed color, d. all of the above | d |
NDQ_009406 | An example of a dominant trait in pea plants is | a. white flower color, b. wrinkled seed form, c. round seed form, d. two of the above | c |
NDQ_009407 | If you cross a purebred pea plant with green seeds and a purebred pea plant with yellow seeds, what percent of their offspring will have green seeds? | a. 100 percent, b. 75 percent, c. 25 percent, d. 0 percent | d |
NDQ_009408 | Which plants were allowed to self-pollinate in Mendels experiments? | a. P, b. F1, c. F2, d. all of the above | b |
NDQ_009409 | The traits of an individual make up the individuals | a. genotype, b. phenotype, c. genome, d. DNA | b |
NDQ_009410 | At a given locus on homologous chromosomes, you would always find the same | a. alleles, b. genes, c. genotypes, d. autosomes | b |
NDQ_009411 | If B is dominant to b, which genotype expresses the recessive phenotype? | a. BB, b. Bb, c. bb, d. two of the above | c |
NDQ_009412 | The position of a gene on a chromosome is its | a. autosome, b. genotype, c. allele, d. locus | d |
NDQ_009413 | Which of the following represents a homozygous genotype? | a. AA, b. Aa, c. aa, d. two of the above | d |
NDQ_009414 | If two Bb parents have offspring together, what percent of the offspring would you expect to have the same genotype as the parents? | a. 100 percent, b. 75 percent, c. 50 percent, d. 25 percent | c |
NDQ_009415 | For the parents in question 3, what percent of the offspring would you expect to have the same phenotype as the parents if B is dominant to b? | a. 100 percent, b. 75 percent, c. 50 percent, d. 25 percent | b |
NDQ_009416 | Which genotype is possible for a person with type O blood? | a. AO, b. BO, c. OO, d. any of the above | c |
NDQ_009417 | Examples of polygenic traits in human beings include | a. ABO blood type, b. color blindness, c. skin color, d. two of the above | c |
NDQ_009418 | Red-green color blindness is an example of a(n) | a. sex-linked trait, b. autosomal trait, c. recessive trait, d. two of the above | d |
NDQ_009420 | The A and B alleles for the ABO blood type trait are | a. both dominant to the O allele, b. codominant with each other, c. both recessive to the O allele, d. two of the above | d |
NDQ_009422 | If a mother has a single allele for red-green color blindness, she always | a. expresses the color-blindness trait, b. passes the allele to all of her daughters, c. passes the allele to all of her sons, d. two of the above | c |
NDQ_009423 | ____section of a chromosome that contains the genetic code for a particular protein | a. genotype, b. homozygote, c. allele, d. phenotype, e. heterozygote, f. codominance, g. gene | g |
NDQ_009426 | ____individual with two different alleles for a given gene | a. genotype, b. homozygote, c. allele, d. phenotype, e. heterozygote, f. codominance, g. gene | e |
NDQ_009428 | ____one of two or more versions of the same gene | a. genotype, b. homozygote, c. allele, d. phenotype, e. heterozygote, f. codominance, g. gene | c |
NDQ_009429 | ____expression of an individuals alleles as traits | a. genotype, b. homozygote, c. allele, d. phenotype, e. heterozygote, f. codominance, g. gene | d |
NDQ_009430 | Different genotypes always produce different phenotypes. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_009431 | All of the traits Mendel studied were polygenic traits. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_009432 | ____situation in which two alleles for the same gene are expressed equally in heterozygotes | a. genotype, b. homozygote, c. allele, d. phenotype, e. heterozygote, f. codominance, g. gene | f |
NDQ_009433 | A Punnett square shows exactly how many children of each genotype a given set of parents will actually | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_009434 | ____alleles that an individual inherits for a given gene | a. genotype, b. homozygote, c. allele, d. phenotype, e. heterozygote, f. codominance, g. gene | a |
NDQ_009435 | ____individual with two alleles of the same type for a given gene | a. genotype, b. homozygote, c. allele, d. phenotype, e. heterozygote, f. codominance, g. gene | b |
NDQ_009436 | An example of non-Mendelian inheritance is incomplete dominance. | a. true, b. false | a |
NDQ_009437 | For many traits, your phenotype is influenced by your environment as well as your genotype. | a. true, b. false | a |
NDQ_009445 | __Mendels laws were rediscovered in 1990. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_009446 | __Within a species, most variation in traits is due to different alleles. | a. true, b. false | a |
NDQ_009447 | __If a gene has two alleles, there are two possible genotypes. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_009448 | __If a parent has the genotype Bb, you would expect all of the parents gametes to contain the B | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_009449 | __You could use a Punnett square to predict the most likely ratio of daughters to sons in a given | a. true, b. false | a |
NDQ_009450 | __A person with type A blood could have the genotype AA, AO, or AB. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_009451 | __Adult height is an example of a sex-linked trait. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_009452 | The Human Genome Project was launched in | a. 1900, b. 1990, c. 2000, d. 2003 | b |
NDQ_009453 | ____method of making copies of a gene that uses bacteria | a. polymerase chain reaction, b. cystic fibrosis, c. gene cloning, d. Marfan syndrome, e. Human Genome Project, f. Down syndrome, g. genetic disorder | c |
NDQ_009454 | ____any disease caused by mutations | a. polymerase chain reaction, b. cystic fibrosis, c. gene cloning, d. Marfan syndrome, e. Human Genome Project, f. Down syndrome, g. genetic disorder | g |
NDQ_009455 | Which type of trait is cystic fibrosis? | a. autosomal dominant, b. sex-linked dominant, c. autosomal recessive, d. sex-linked recessive | c |
NDQ_009456 | An example of a chromosomal disorder is | a. Marfan syndrome, b. Down syndrome, c. sickle cell anemia, d. hemophilia A | b |
NDQ_009457 | ____example of a disease caused by a chromosomal mutation | a. polymerase chain reaction, b. cystic fibrosis, c. gene cloning, d. Marfan syndrome, e. Human Genome Project, f. Down syndrome, g. genetic disorder | f |
NDQ_009458 | ____example of a disease caused by a dominant mutation | a. polymerase chain reaction, b. cystic fibrosis, c. gene cloning, d. Marfan syndrome, e. Human Genome Project, f. Down syndrome, g. genetic disorder | d |
NDQ_009459 | Biotechnology may be used to | a. cure genetic disorders, b. produce human proteins, c. create genetically modified organisms, d. all of the above | d |
NDQ_009460 | ____method of making copies of a gene that uses heat and an enzyme | a. polymerase chain reaction, b. cystic fibrosis, c. gene cloning, d. Marfan syndrome, e. Human Genome Project, f. Down syndrome, g. genetic disorder | a |
NDQ_009461 | Recessive genetic disorders | a. are usually less common than dominant disorders, b. are expressed only in homozygotes, c. always involve entire chromosomes, d. none of the above | b |
NDQ_009463 | ____international effort to determine the complete genetic blueprint of a human being | a. polymerase chain reaction, b. cystic fibrosis, c. gene cloning, d. Marfan syndrome, e. Human Genome Project, f. Down syndrome, g. genetic disorder | e |
NDQ_009465 | ____example of a disease caused by a recessive mutation | a. polymerase chain reaction, b. cystic fibrosis, c. gene cloning, d. Marfan syndrome, e. Human Genome Project, f. Down syndrome, g. genetic disorder | b |
NDQ_009466 | Specific aims of the Human Genome Project include | a. identifying the more than 20,000 human genes, b. mapping all human genes on chromosomes, c. sequencing the 3 billion bases in human DNA, d. all of the above | d |
NDQ_009469 | Which type of trait is sickle cell anemia? | a. X-linked recessive, b. X-linked dominant, c. autosomal recessive, d. autosomal dominant | c |
NDQ_009471 | Chromosomal disorders occur when chromosomes fail to separate normally during | a. meiosis, b. fertilization, c. mitosis, d. birth | a |
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