BIOLOGY CUMULATIVE EXAM REVIEW
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Red-green color blindness is an X-linked recessive disorder. What is the
probability of the offspring having red-green color blindness for the cross
that is represented by the Punnett square?
Correct Answer -25 percent
Which function of the cell cycle is especially important to burn victims?
Correct Answer -reproduction of new cells
The brain and spinal cord work together so the body can receive signals
and react to the environment. What is the spinal cord?
Correct Answer -an organ
Brown eye color is a dominant trait and blue eye color is a recessive trait.
What typically happens when someone inherits one allele for brown eyes
and one for blue eyes?
Correct Answer -The person has brown eyes, and brown eye color
remains a dominant trait.
Which effect is one likely result of a forest fire?
Correct Answer -forced migration
Which level of organization falls directly after the tissue level when listed
in order from least to most complex?
Correct Answer -organ
, Which refers to the maintenance of a stable internal environment despite
changing external conditions?
Correct Answer -homeostasis
Quaternary consumers are not _______.
Correct Answer -prey
Jun is at risk for heart disease so he is watching his cholesterol levels. He
refers to the table below to choose what is best for his health.
Which of the following statements about the phosphorus cycle is true?
Correct Answer -In living organisms, phosphorus can be found in nucleic
acids.
If predators A and B prey upon the same species and predator A is
eliminated, the population of predator B will likely __________.
Correct Answer -increase
The processes of photosynthesis and carbon fixation are identical in all
plants.
Correct Answer -F
The process of succession is necessary to maintain and establish stable
communities.
Correct Answer -T
Succession is _______.
Correct Answer -a natural recovery process
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