These questions will be similar to the ones on test 6.
(Ch 13 : RNA, Ch 15 : Biotechnology and Ch 18 : Evolution).
1). Which code on RNA is the "start" code at the beginning of a protein?
a) UGA b) GAU c) AUG d) AGU
2). A piece of DNA that does not code for proteins in a eukaryotic cell
is called a(n): _______________________
3). How many base pairs of DNA are there in the human genome?
a) 1.8 million b) 3 million c) 1.8 billion d) 3 billion
4). "RFLP" stands for : _________________________________________________
5). When was the technique of PCR invented ?
a) 1985 b) 1978 c) 1982 d) 1989 e) 1960
6). How are the fragments of DNA separated in RFLP analysis ?
____________________________________________________
7). When was the complete gene sequence of a nematode worm first worked out:
a) 1987 b) 1977 c) 2002 d) 1993 e) 1998
8). Using an RNA probe to find mRNA is called a ___ blot.
a) Northern b) Western c) Eastern d) Southern
9). What was Lamarck"s idea of evolution? ____________________________
__________________________________________________________________
10). What is meant by anticodon? ______________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
11). Organs that have no function are called ______________________ organs
12). Which enzymes are used to cut out sections of DNA?
a) polymerase b) ligase c) restriction d) plasmids
13). What are two characteristics shared by all vertebrate embryos :
_________________________ and ___________________________________
14). Darwin showed that all species can rapidly increase in population,
but most wild populations are _____ over time.
a) decreasing b) stable c) increasing d) none of these
15). Which minister, before Darwin, concluded that human populations will
grow until limited by disease or famine ? _________________________
16). Fossils show that millions of years ago the ancestors of horses were
small. What are two other characteristics of these early horses ?
_____________________________ and ___________________________________
17). Which Geologist first showed that the earth was millions of years old
a) Wallace b) Lyell c) Hutton d) Griffith e) Watson
18). Which island has lemurs ? ________________________________
19). Which human species was the first to use fire?
a) Homo afarensis b) Homo erectus
c) Homo habilis d) Homo neanderthalensis
20). Early humans, around 4 million years ago, are not in the genus Homo,
but instead are in the genus:
____________________________
21). Who invented PCR? __________________________________
22). The earliest ancestor of the modern horse is in the genus:
a) Hyracotherium b) Archaeopteryx
c) Spartina d) Hadrotherium
23). Which technique was used to identify the bones of the Russian royal family?
a) RFLP analysis b) gene sequencing
c) PCR d) plasmids
24). Give an example of the use of plasmids in biotechnology:
________________________________________________________________________
25). Which fossil links birds to reptiles? __________________________________