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ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) BIOLOGY: Inheritance 93 Questions Correctly Answered | 100% Rated Question 1 Which of the following is true about alleles? Possible Answers: Every organism of a given species has a different set of alleles from every other individual of that species Alleles are only inherited from the mother Alleles are different forms of a given gene Alleles are always dominant or recessive All genes have two alleles Correct answer: Alleles are different forms of a giv...

ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) BIOLOGY: Plant Biology 122 Questions Correctly Answered | 100% Rated Question 1 Which is of the following is not an adaptation/modification that enabled plants to move from aquatic to terrestrial environments as they evolved? Possible Answers: Stomata Thylakoid membranes Cutin Roots and root hairs Correct answer: Thylakoid membranes Question 2 Which structures did not evolve after plants emerged onto land? Possible Answers: Stomata Seeds Cell wal...

Advanced Placement (AP) Biology |Biochemical Concepts 170 Questions Correctly Answered |100% Rated Question 1 The property of water that contributes to its ability to stick to certain surfaces is called __________. Possible Answers: Polymerization Gravity Adhesion Cohesion Parsimony Correct answer: Adhesion Question 2 Water's ability to create intermolecular hydrogen bonds results in its inability to break up which of the following compounds? Possible Answers: Amino acids ...

ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) BIOLOGY: Dna, Rna, And Proteins 181 Questions Correctly Answered | 100% Rated Question 1 Which type of mutation does not change an organism's phenotype despite changing its genotype? Possible Answers: Frameshift Missense Silent Nonsense Correct answer: Silent Question 2 What would be an immediate consequence for a cell with a mutant version of DNA polymerase III that has lost its proofreading function? Possible Answers: Cancer Inability to complete th...

ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) BIOLOGY: Proteins 44 Questions Correctly Answered | 100% Rated Question 1 A misfolded protein most likely encountered a problem with which of the following enzymes? Possible Answers: Chaperonin Lipase Helicase Topoisomerase II Amylase Correct answer: Chaperonin Question 2 __________ structure involves interactions between the various side chains of amino acids. Possible Answers: Tertiary Primary Secondary Quaternary Correct answer: Tertiary Question 3 If the hydro...

ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) BIOLOGY | Cell Structures 197 QUESTIONS CORRECTLY ANSWERED |100% RATED Question 1 Which of the following cellular structures is not seen in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes? Possible Answers: Mitochondria Ribosomes A cell wall DNA Correct answer: Mitochondria Question 2 Prokaryotes, but not eukaryotes, lack which of the following structures? Possible Answers: Flagella Ribosomes DNA Mitochondria Correct answer: Mitochondria Question 3 Where does...

ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) BIOLOGY: Digestive System 60 Questions Correctly Answered | 100% Rated Question 1 In which component of the digestive tract does no digestion occur? Possible Answers: Stomach Small intestine Mouth Esophagus Correct answer: Esophagus Question 2 Which of the following choices incorrectly pairs a digestive enzyme with the digestive tract component in which it is found? Possible Answers: Salivary amylase is found in the mouth Pepsin is found in the...

ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) BIOLOGY: Microorganisms And Viruses 82 Questions Correctly Answered | 100% Rated Question1 Gram staining is a helpful technique for differentiating between different types of bacteria. What part of the bacterial envelope is exploited by the gram staining process? Possible Answers: The peptidoglycan layer The plasma membrane The periplasmic space The capsule Correct answer: The peptidoglycan layer Question2 Leukocytes are classified as either granulocytes...

ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) BIOLOGY: Population Genetics 62 Questions Correctly Answered | 100% Rated Question 1 Which of the following is NOT an assumption required for Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium? Possible Answers: No migration No selection is occurring Random mating Population size must fluctuate No mutations Correct answer: Population size must fluctuate Question 2 According to Hardy-Weinberg calculations, a population's allele frequency will remain the same from generatio...

ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) BIOLOGY: Endocrine System 60 Questions Correctly Answered | 100% Rated Question 1 Growth hormone (GH) stimulates the growth of bone and other tissues in the human body. The hypothalamus is very important in the release of GH through the release of growth-hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH), which causes release of GH from another endocrine gland. From which endocrine gland is growth hormone (GH) released? Possible Answers: Pancreas Posterior pituitary Thyroid...