EOCT Review

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EOCT Review

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• Biology/Mrs. McClain
• 35 Questions

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In which structure would you find a nucleus?
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• a. Bacteria cell
• b. Plant cell
• c. Prokaryote
• d. Virus

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Which structure is part of the cells skeleton?
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• a. Golgi apparatus
• b. Microfilaments
• c. Plasma membrane
• d. Mitochondria

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Which class of macromolecules store and
communicate genetic information?
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• a. Carbohydrate
• b. Nucleic Acids
• c. Lipids
• d. Proteins

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What is this called?
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• a. Fertilization
• b. Crossing over
• c. Segregation
• d. Mitosis

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When carcinogens cause a failure in the
regulation of cell growth and development, what
condition might occur?
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• a. Normal mitosis
• b. Cell plates form
• c. Apoptosis
• d. Uncontrolled cell growth in the form of cancer

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What is the capsid of a virus?
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• a. The disease it causes
• b. The receptors to which it binds
• c. The genetic material
• d. The protein coat

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An organism is multicellular and made up of
eukaryotic cells. The organism can move from one
place to another. Its cells do not have cell
walls or chloroplasts. Into what kingdom should
the organism be classified?
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• a. Animalia
• b. Protista
• c. Fungi
• d. Plantae

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Amoxicillin is an antibiotic used to treat ear
infections. What is the MOST likely reason why
some bacteria have become resistant to the drug?
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• a. They have learned to survive in its presence
• b. They are able either to avoid or to
  metabolize it
• c. Those few individuals that were resistant
  survived and became more common in the population
• d. The manufactures of the drug have made it
  less potent over time

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How do viruses reproduce?
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• a. They copy their own genetic material inside a
  protein coat.
• b. They kill a cell and reproduce inside it
• c. They invade a living cell and use the cells
  functions to replicate their genetic material
• d. They do not reproduce because they are not
  technically living things

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A scientist who is studying oak trees would be a
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• a. Zoologist
• b. Botanist
• c. Ecologist
• d. Entomologist

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Which of the following is a symbiotic
relationship where both organism benefit?
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• a. Mutualism
• b. Commensalism
• c. Altruism
• d. Competition

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An RNA molecule was synthesized to form
complementary base pairs with a DNA molecule.
The sequence of the DNA was TACGACTCA. The RNA
sequence should be
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• a. TGA GTC GTA
• b. AUG CUG AGU
• c. UGA GUC GUA
• d. ATG CTG AGT

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Which of the following organisms would be most
likely to occur on a small island that was formed
by a volcanic eruption two years prior?
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• a. Climbing vines
• b. Hardwood tree
• c. Monkey
• d. Lichen

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To which species do humans belong?
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• a. Primates
• b. Mammalia
• c. Animalia
• d. sapiens

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Lamarckism is considered a brilliant step in
scientific thought but was widely ridiculed.
Which of the following BEST describes why
Lamarckism was ridiculed?
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• a. Characteristics acquired by a living organism
  cannot be directly passed to offspring
• b. There is no evidence that shows that giraffe
  necks have gotten longer over time
• c. It was not well-documented and was never
  written down in any science papers
• d. It was not as good a theory as Darwins

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The food chain always begins with photosynthesis
and ends with what?
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• a. A decomposer
• b. A consumer
• c. A producer
• d. A herbivore

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Half Way There!
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Human activities that increase carbon dioxide in
the atmosphere are likely to cause which of the
following environmental changes?
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• a. Decreased plant growth
• b. Tsunamis
• c. An ice age
• d. Global warming

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To what kingdom do mushrooms belong?
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• a. Eubacteria
• b. Protista
• c. Fungi
• d. Plantae

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A scientist studying penguins in the Antarctic
would be considered
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• a. Zoologist
• b. Botanist
• c. Ecologist
• d. Psychologist

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The diagrams below shows two amino acids. What
would biochemists call the result of chaining
many of these molecules together?
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• a. Carbohydrate
• b. Protein
• c. Lipid
• d. Nucleic Acid

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Which trophic level provides nourishment for the
most organisms in the biome?
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• a. First-order consumers
• b. Second-order consumers
• c. Producers
• d. Decomposers

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Which of the following pairs of animals are most
likely to have a predator/prey relationship?
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• a. Dog and tapeworm
• b. Spider and fly
• c. Buffalo and tickbird
• d. Whale and barnacle

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Which of the following is an example of evolution?
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• a. Erosion of soil by wind
• b. A lake drying up in during a drought
• c. Hummingbird beaks that allow for sucking
  nectar from flowers
• d. A canyon deepening from river flow

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Which of the following feet belongs to the bird
BEST adapted to survive in an environment in
which they need to swim to find food?
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• a. c.
• b. d.

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Which of the following best describes the main
concept behind Darwins theory of natural
selection?
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• a. Organisms compete for limited resources
• b. Organisms best suited to their environment
  will survive and reproduce
• c. Organisms vary in their physical traits, and
  some traits are inheritable
• d. None above

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Sharks and penguins both use fins to swim, but
their fins developed differently. What type of
structures are these?
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• a. Analogous structures
• b. Homologous structures
• c. Fossilized structures
• d. Biochemical structures

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What is the best definition of an ecosystem?
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• a. Living things in a given area
• b. Nonliving things in a given area
• c. Plants and animals only
• d. All the living and nonliving things in a
  given area

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What is a primary cause of eutrophication in
aquatic ecosystems?
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• a. Nutrient-rich run-off
• b. Increased biodiversity
• c. High oxygen levels
• d. Loss of algae in the food web

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Which of the following chemical reactions
produces the initial food required for all life
on Earth?
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• a. O2 H2O sunlight ? C6H12O6 CO2
• b. O2 C6H12O6 ? CO2 H2O
• c. CO2 ATP ? C6H12O6 O2
• d. None above

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Which of the following is an abiotic factor in an
ecosystem?
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• a. Predator
• b. Earthquake
• c. Disease
• d. Competition

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What is the name of this organelle?
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• a. Chloroplast
• b. Endoplasmic Reticulum
• c. Nucleus
• d. Vacuole

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Which of the following is an example of primary
succession?
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• a. The transition from maple forest to pine
  forest
• b. The re-sprouting of singed trees and bushes
  after a forest fire
• c. The growth of grasses on cooled lava after a
  volcanic eruption
• d. The growth of shrubs and grasses on abandoned
  farmland

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Based on the summary equation for photosynthesis
shown below, which of the following are a product
of the reaction?
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• CO2 H2O ? C6H12O6 O2
• a. H2O
• b. C6H12O6
• c. light
• d. CO2

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Pea Plants can either be tall or short. In this
cross, what will be the genotypic percentages?
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T T

• a. 100 Tt
• b. 50 TT and 50 tt
• c. 100 tall
• d. 50 tall and 50 short

t t
T Tall t Short
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Which term refers to the oldest stage of a
forests development?
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• a. Climax forest
• b. Pioneer forest
• c. Conifer forest
• d. Secondary forest

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