BIOL 133: EXAM 1 PRACTICE QUESTIONS
What is a difference between a gene and an allele? - Answers :genes code for proteins
and alleles are variants of these codes
Controlled Evolution - Answers :a pressure will cause the population to experience
differential reproduction
The idea that humans can be improved by strictly controlled breeding is called ______. -
Answers :eugenics
Is IQ (intelligence) a strictly genetic trait? - Answers :no
The Fitter Family Contests were examples of what kind of eugenics? - Answers :positive
Between 1907 and 1963, over 64,000 individuals were forcibly sterilized under eugenic
legislature in the United States. This is an example of what kind of eugenics? - Answers
:negative
Our study of science must be _______. - Answers :evidence-based
Organic in biological terms refer to molecules that contain __________. - Answers
:carbon
Genes encode for _______. - Answers :proteins
(T/F) Proteins can help control gene expression. - Answers :true
Carbohydrates provide all of the following except....
a. energy for cell metabolism
b. structural support
c. cell identity
d. hormones - Answers :hormones
You live in an area that has recently been impacted by a chemical spill into your water
supply. You did not learn of the spill in time and you drank some of the contaminated
water. What change do you expect to see in some of your cells? - Answers :some cells
will have more smooth ER
What modern day service would you compare to the function of Golgi complex? -
Answers :postal service
The digestive enzymes contained within lysosomes are considered __________. -
Answers :proteins
What is a difference between a gene and an allele? - Answers :genes code for proteins
and alleles are variants of these codes
Controlled Evolution - Answers :a pressure will cause the population to experience
differential reproduction
The idea that humans can be improved by strictly controlled breeding is called ______. -
Answers :eugenics
Is IQ (intelligence) a strictly genetic trait? - Answers :no
The Fitter Family Contests were examples of what kind of eugenics? - Answers :positive
Between 1907 and 1963, over 64,000 individuals were forcibly sterilized under eugenic
legislature in the United States. This is an example of what kind of eugenics? - Answers
:negative
Our study of science must be _______. - Answers :evidence-based
Organic in biological terms refer to molecules that contain __________. - Answers
:carbon
Genes encode for _______. - Answers :proteins
(T/F) Proteins can help control gene expression. - Answers :true
Carbohydrates provide all of the following except....
a. energy for cell metabolism
b. structural support
c. cell identity
d. hormones - Answers :hormones
You live in an area that has recently been impacted by a chemical spill into your water
supply. You did not learn of the spill in time and you drank some of the contaminated
water. What change do you expect to see in some of your cells? - Answers :some cells
will have more smooth ER
What modern day service would you compare to the function of Golgi complex? -
Answers :postal service
The digestive enzymes contained within lysosomes are considered __________. -
Answers :proteins
