BSC 2010C Sample test questions: Test 4

These questions will be similar to the ones on test 4. (Chapters 9, 10 & 11).
1).  What chemical do plants absorb through the roots to allow them to make
     proteins ?
     a) nitrate      b) phosphate       c) zinc       d) uranium

2).  A "photosystem" consists of chlorophyll,______________________________

     ______________________________________________________________________


3).  Which color of light has the longest wavelength ?
     a) blue       b) yellow      c) green       d) red


4).  What two chemicals are produced by non-cyclic electron flow ?
     a) ATP + NADPH     b) NADPH + NADH     c) ATP + NADH     d) ATP + FADH2


5).  What is the function of an electron acceptor molecule ? _____________

     _____________________________________________________________________


6).  Give an example of a CAM plant: __________________________________


7).  Which two cancers below have a low genetic risk ?
     a) lung and uterus        b) prostate and colon
     c) lung and colon         d) prostate and uterus
	

8).  Roughly how many genetic combinations in humans are caused by
     independent assortment of chromosomes alone ?
     a) 17 billion      b) 4 million      c) 70 trillion    d) 8 million


9).  What molecule in the nucleus controls the copying of DNA ?
     a) carcinogen     b) protein kinase     c) polymerase     d) cyclin


10). During which stage in meiosis is the chromosome number halved ?
     a) Prophase I    b) Anaphase I    c) Prophase II     d) Anaphase II


11). Normal cells will only divide by mitosis if : ________________________

     __________________ and _______________________________________________


12). What stage in mitosis has two groups of chromosomes moving apart
     towards opposite ends of the cell ?
                                           ____________________________


13). What type of cancer has an annual death rate of 57,000 and is the
     second biggest killer in terms of cancer in the US ? 
     ________________________


14). What type of gene prevents mitosis,or makes cancer cells commit suicide?

     _________________________________________________________


15). Roughly when did Gregor Mendel conduct most of his work ?
     a) 1830       b) 1930       c) 1860      d) 1890


16). If two heterozygous individuals are crossed in a situation of incomplete
     dominance, the expected ratio of phenotypes in the offspring is:
     a) 3 : 1     b)  1 : 2 : 1     c) 2 : 2     d)  9 : 3 : 3 : 1


17). A test cross always crosses the unknown with a :
     a) homozygous recessive       b) heterozygous
     c) homozygous dominant        d) unknown


18). What is meant by "heterotroph"? ____________________________________


19).  C4 plants can store carbon dioxide as molecules of: __________________


20). Give an example of polygenic inheritance: _________________________


21). If a human cell with 46 chromosomes undergoes mitosis, this will
     produce two cells, each with:
     a) 92 chromosomes             b) 23 chromosomes
     c) 44 chromosomes             d) 46 chromosomes


22). What is a "proto-onco gene"? ___________________________________________

23). If a gene has a different effect depending on whether it came from
     your mother or your father, this is called:
     a) DNA     b) incomplete dominance    c) imprinting    d) karyotype


24). What are "Barr bodies"? ________________________________________________


25). How much of a chromosome is genes?
     a) 10%      b) 30%	     c) 50%      d) 80%	    e) 100%