Name: __________________________
Period: __________________________
Date: ___________________________
3rd 9 Weeks Common Assessment Review
1. Gregor Mendel is known as the father of genetics and is known for his work with
pea plants. Which of these would be evidence that would support Mendel’s
theories?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Two striped cats have a litter of striped cats
A black and a white cat have a gray cat
Plants flowering at night due to being pollinated by nocturnal animals
Similar types of animals found on different continents.
2. A scientist hypothesis that red feathers are dominant in birds over blue feathers.
Which observation would prove this hypothesis?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Red + red = red
Blue + blue = blue
Red + blue = red
Red + blue = purple
C = curly hair
c = straight hair
3. If a woman’s genotype is Cc, which best describes her genetic makeup?
A. Homozygous dominant
B. Heterozygous dominant
C. Homozygous recessive
4. What does the gene pair CC mean?
A.
B.
C.
D.
One dominant and one recessive allele
Two dominant alleles
Two recessive alleles
Only one recessive allele
5. Label the choices as either sexual or asexual reproduction:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Always identical offspring: ___________________
Involves one parent: ________________________
Involves two parents: _______________________
Leads to genetic variation:___________________
Always creates identical offspring: ____________
6. A teacher leaves a her classroom to go outside where the temperature is over 100
degrees. Which of these reactions BEST helps the teacher maintain homeostasis?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Body begins to shiver
Lungs breathe faster
Skin begins to sweat
Blood vessels widen
7. A person who inherits one allele for Brown eyes (B) and one allele for blue eyes (b)
has brown eyes. This is because the allele for brown eyes is:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Brown eyes is recessive
Blue eyes is recessive
Brown eyes is dominant
Blue eyes is dominant
8. A runner is competing in the mile at a track meet. As the athlete’s oxygen in the blood
decreases, how does the body respond to this change?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Increase body temperature
Decrease body temperature
Decrease movement
Increase breathing rate
9. Which of these leaves has leaflets? Which of these leaves has a single, simple leaf?
10. The bulldog bird normally has a short beak. One day, a bulldog bird was born with a
long beak that helps it catch more food, thus making it healthier and able to live longer.
How will this new trait affect the bulldog bird?
A. It will have no effect.
B. The birds with the long beaks will die and the birds with short beaks will live.
C. Many years later, the trait for long beaks will disappear.
D. Many years later the majority of the bulldog birds will have long beaks.
Use the following terms to answer questions 11-14
A) sweat
B) fever
C) vomit
D) shivering
11. ________
To warm the body when it feels cold.
12. ________
To remove harmful bacteria from the body.
13. ________
To make it difficult for bacteria to grow and increase in the body.
14. _______
To cool the body down when internal temperatures become elevated.
15. Why might an animal need a particular skin or fur color to help it survive?
A. Some fur colors make an animal taste better to predators.
B. Skin color and fur color might help animals stay cooler certain temperatures.
C. Skin color or fur color could help an animal blend into it’s environment so it can hide from
predators.
D. Skin and fur color may help an animal swim faster.
16. If a homozygous yellow pea is crossed with a heterozygous yellow pea, what would be the
genotype(s) of the offspring?
A. 100% AA
B. 100% aa
C. 50% AA, 50% Aa
D. 50% AA, 50% aa
17. What would be the phenotype(s) of the offspring?
A. 100% Yellow
B. 100% Green
C. 50% Green, 50% Yellow
D. 25% Green, 75% Yellow
18. What would be the genotype of the recessive trait?
A. AA
B. Aa
C. aa
D. YY
19. Which of the following is an example of asexual reproduction where one parent produces
an offspring that is genetically identical to itself?
A. Humans
B. Hydra (water animal)
C. Cattle
D. Ferns
20. Using the dichotomous key, what would be the name of leaf “VI”?
A. Betula
B. Cercis
C. Liquidambar
D. Magnolia
21. Using the dichotomous key, what would be the name of leaf “II”?
A. Aesculus
B. Carya
C. Robinia
D. Cercis
22. Which of the following is the only way to inherit the recessive trait?
A. Receiving a recessive allele from one parent and a dominant allele from the other
parent.
B. Receiving a recessive allele from BOTH parents.
C. Receiving a dominant allele from BOTH parents.
D. You can never inherit a recessive trait.
23. Desert plants can __________________________.
A. survive with little water.
B. survive with little sunlight.
C. survive in the shade only.
D. survive in the cold weather only.
24. Which one of the following is not inherited trait?
A. learning to play the guitar
B. eye color
C. athletic ability
D. ear shape
25. What are the chances that a baby will be male or female?
A. 25% boy and 75% female
B. 75% boy and 25% female
C. 50% boy and 50% female
D. The chance are not known
26. Which is not homeostasis?
A. eyes watering to help clean them out
B. a scab forming on a wound to stop bleeding
C. sweating
D. overeating
27. Genetic information about you is stored in?
A. ribosomes
B. mitochondria
C. vacuoles
D. nuclei
28. Which will produce the most uniform offspring?
A. asexual reproduction
B. sexual reproduction
C. both sexual and asexual reproduction
29. There are ______ chromosomes in the egg cell and _____ chromosomes in the
sperm cells.
A. 22, 22
B. 23, 23
C. 24, 24
D. 26. 26
30. Gregor Mendel is the “Father of ________”.
A. evolution
B. natural selection
C. genetics
D. physics
31. If your mom gives you a dominant allele for rolling your tongue and your dad gives
you a recessive allele for rolling your tongue, which genotype would you have?
A. Rr
B. rr
C. RR
D. rolling tongue
32. When muscles tense, pupils widen, heart rate and breathing increases are all
symptoms ofA. fight or flight
B. natural selection
C. equilibrium
D. genetic disorders
___________________________________________________________________
33. In the graph of Sue’s drive to the country, how far is she from home at 4pm?
A. 0km
B. 60km
C. 80km
D. 100km
___________________________________________________________________
34.During the industrial revolution the peppered moths went through a process calledA. evolution
B. natural selection
C. mutation
D. selective breeding
35. Complete the Punnett Square below:
_____A_____a____
A |______|______|
A |______|______|
36. This person is known as the “Father of Genetics”:
A. Gregor Mendel
B. Charles Darwin
C. Sir Isaac Newton
D. Galileo
37. Unlike most other snakes, a cobra will “stand up” in some situations. Why
would a cobra perform this action?
A. to lure in prey
B. to produce energy
C. to scare off predators
D. to provide camouflage
38. An animals’ Fight-or-Flight response involves adrenaline, which is a chemical in our
bodies that gives the body a burst of energy. Most people experience a fight or flight
response when faced with a dangerous situation. What does Adrenaline cause to
happen?
A. Heart rate increases, breathing rate increases, muscles tense up
B. Heart rate increases, breathing rate decreases, muscles tense up
C. Heart rate decreases, breathing rate decreases, muscles relax
D. Heart rate decreases, breathing rate increases, muscles relax
39. A Scientist is conducting an experiment with iPhone throwing. He throws the first
iPhone 25 meters and a second iPhone 35 meters. What statement is most likely true?
A. Less force was exerted on the second iPhone
B. More force was exerted on the second iPhone
C. More force was exerted on the first iPhone
D. No force was exerted on either iPhones
40. In the story of the Peppered Moth, coal-burning factories produced black soot that
covered trees darkening them. In these areas the number of dark peppered moths
increased, while the number of light peppered moths decreased. What contributed to
this change?
A. Dark moths were camouflaged by the soot-covered trees
B. Light moths were camouflaged by the soot-covered trees
C. The dark moths preyed on the light moths.
D. The light moths preyed on the dark moths.
41. Charles Darwin went to the Galapagos Islands in the 1800’s and noticed several
types of finches. Some finches had adapted large beaks for fruits; others developed
small beaks and hunted insects. What environmental factors caused the finches to
adapt?
A. Scarce Daylight Hours
B. Increased access to people/garbage
C. Scarce Food sources
D. Scarce Shelter sources
42. What is the difference between inherited characteristics and acquired
characteristics?
A. Inherited characteristics result from mutations; acquired characteristics are
passed through progeny.
B. Inherited characteristics are passed through progeny; acquired characteristics
result from mutations.
C. Acquired characteristics result from sexual reproduction; inherited characteristics
result from asexual reproduction.
D. Acquired characteristics result from asexual reproduction; inherited
characteristics result from sexual reproduction.
43. Bananas can be green and yellow. A scientist crosses 2 types of banana; both are
green. Of the 10 offspring produced all have yellow fruit. If yellow is the dominant color
in this cross, then what would both parents most likely be?
A. homozygous dominant
B. mutants
C. homozygous recessive
D. hybrids
44. The water-living organisms called Hydra’s reproduce asexually through budding.
What is one disadvantage of asexual reproduction for this organism?
A. A new population can be established by a single individual in a relatively short
period of time.
B. All the members of a population are genetically very similar and less able to
survive environmental changes.
C. They are smaller than lizards that reproduce sexually. J They are more likely to
develop a variety of tail lengths.
45. These finches live in the Northern United States. Compared to their southern
cousins, they have an extra layer of fat to insulate
their bodies. What is the most likely reason for this
adaptation?
A. These are special finches, and evolved from
a different bird species.
B. These finches require extra warmth for
Summer-time, and passed that adaptation on
to their offspring
C. These finches require extra warmth for
Winter-time, and passed that adaptation on
to their offspring
D. These finches are subjects of genetic
manipulation in a lab where the extra fat was added to their genetics
ANSWER KEY:
1. A
2. C
3. B
4. B
5. a = A, b = S, d = S, e = A
6. C
7. C
8. D
9. A = leaflet, B = simple leaf
10. D
11. D
12. C
13. B
14. A
15. C
16. C
17. A
18. C
19. B
20. D
21. A
22. B
23. A
24. A
25. C
26. D
27. D
28. A
29. B
30. C
31. A
32. A
33. C
34. B
35. AA, Aa, AA, Aa
36. A
37. C
38. A
39. B
40. A
41. C
42. B
43. A
44. B
45. C