Biology Honors Spring Final Exam Review
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You should study your review sheets from each unit. This is just a “mini” review and does not
contain everything you need to know.
100 question on Scantron, no notes allowed
20 questions on Cell Cycle & Meiosis
Compare cytokinesis in plant and animals cells.
What are the stages of the cell cycle vs the stages of cell division? What happens in each?
How are mitosis and meiosis different?
Vocab: homologous chromosomes, chromatid, centromere, centriole
15 questions on DNA, RNA, Protein Synthesis
What are the elements and building blocks of DNA? RNA?
Translate and transcribe the following DNA strand:
TACTATACA
(Your book has the amino acid table on p. 204)
What do you call the process that duplicates DNA?
An amino acid is specified by ____ codon(s). Four amino acids are specified by ___ codon(s).
Describe the structure of the double helix.
What are the 3 types of RNA?
Why are Watson and Crick famous?
20 questions on Genetics
What are examples of phenotypes that exhibit codominance, incomplete dominance, and sex-linked
expression?
Be sure you can assign genotypes to a pedigree
What do Punnett squares tell you? How to you do a mono- vs. dihybrid cross?
8 questions on Genetic Engineering
Briefly explain gel electrophoresis and how to make recombinant DNA by inserting a human gene into
a plasmid.
How do you interpret gel results?
How do you use and read a micropipette?
2 questions on Evolution/Hardy Weinberg
The allele frequencies in a population are A = 0.7 and a = 0.3. What are the genotype frequencies in
decimals?
AA =
Aa =
aa=
15 questions on Ecology
Vocabulary: organisms’ roles, niche, ecology, 1o vs. 2o succession, nitrogen fixation, limiting factors,
logistic growth vs. exponential growth, abiotic vs. biotic, food web, 10% rule, biomass, symbiotic
relationships
11 questions on Human Body Systems/Organs
What organs/function pair up with specific organ systems
3 questions on Immune System
What are the roles of macrophages, helper T cells, Killer T cells, B cells, antibodies, memory B cells?
In what order are these cells needed in battling an infection? From your cartoon?
What is a pathogen?
3 questions on the Nervous System
How is the nervous system organized?
What is a neuron?
What are the specialized parts of the neuron and what function do they have in transmitting a
message/stimulus?
3 questions on Sleep
What is REM and NREM?
When do dreams occur?
What is a circadian rhythm?