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Cells and Heredity Unit Test Review
1. What is the main instrument to observe cells? (p.4-5)
2. If you switch the microscope from low power to high power, what would you see- more cells with less
detail or fewer cells with more detail? Explain. (p 4-5)
3. What is a cell? (p.5)
4. What are the main characteristics of living things? (Look in your notes)
5. What is homeostasis? Give an example. (Look in your notes)
6. The Cell Theory showed that all scientific explanations are final or able to change and improve?
Explain. (p. 4-5)
7. Place the correct characteristics in the correct part of the Venn Diagram
Prokaryote
Eukaryote
No nucleus
Nucleus
Bacteria
All unicellular
Have DNA
Have cell membrane
Have organelles
8. What is a prokaryote? Give an example. (p. 8-10)
9. What is a eukaryote? Give an example. (p. 8-10)
10. Where does photosynthesis take place in the cell? (p. 38)
11. What is the cell membrane? What is its function? Where is it in cells? (p.13)
12. What are ribosomes? What are the two places that these can be found in a cell? (p. 15)
13. What is cellular respiration? What does it do for cells? Where does it take place in the cell? (p. 39)
14. What is the function of the cell wall? What type of cell is it located in? (p.12)
15. What does mitosis result in or create? Explain. (p. 43-44)
16. Draw the main steps of Mitosis. Know the order of the steps.
17. What does meiosis produce or result in? Explain. (p. 69)
18. The main difference between asexual reproduction (mitosis) and sexual reproduction (meiosis)?
Explain.
19. In every case, you inherit genes from mom only, dad only or both parents? Explain.
20. Cross a black dog BB with a white dog bb. BB x bb
21. What is the chance of an offspring being
black? Explain. (p. 63-64)
22. What is the genotype of the black offspring?
Explain. (p. 63)
23. What is heredity? (p. 56)
24. What is homozygous? Give examples. (p. 63)
25. What is heterozygous? Give an example. (p. 63)
26. What is a mutation? Are they always harmful? Explain. (p. 94)
27. What is an allele? How are dominant alleles expressed? How are recessive forms expressed? When a
dominant and recessive allele are together (Example-Bb) what trait will show? (p. 62)