Biology Questions

Some people believe the state and local elections elections should be run separately from national elections What are they trying to avoid The coattail effect The states not having to pay for national elections An annual cycle of elections O through separate elections that might increase voter turnout Straight ticket voting

Which option describes the caucus nomination method People who want to run for office simple announce the fact A group of influential figures in the community meet to select the candidates they will support in a forthcoming election Party members meet in a local assembly to pick up candidates to select delegates to represent them at the country convention Candidates for public office are nominated by means of petitions Osigned by a certain number of

5 Chicago What do all of these items have in common They were the first established Universities They were established by wealthy philanthropists They were established by using federal funding from the Morrill Land Grant Colleges Acts of 1862 and 1890

How were American universities initially financed O Donations Government funding Local efforts

NORTH AMERICA Tobaca Avecado Peppers Sweet Potato Turkey Pineapple Peanut Potato Tomato Corn AMERICAS TO EUROPE AFRICA AND ASIA Cacao Bean Beans Vanilla ATLANTIC OCEAN Sugar Cane Honeybee Citrus Fruits Grape Banana EUROPE AFRICA AND ASIA TO AMERICAS EUROPE Grains Wheet Rice Barla Livestock Cattle Sheep Pig Horse Diseas Smar Influ Typh Meas Dipl Whoo Coup AFI

Match the sponge class with the correct description Hexactinellida Demospongiae Calcarea 1 2 3 Sponges with small needle shaped calcium carbonate spicules with 3 or 4 rays Sponges with 6 rayed siliceous spicules Sponges within a flexible spongin skeleton silica spicules or both

Trace the path of water flow through an syconoid sponge Radial canal lined with choanocytes Incurrent canal Osculum Apopyle Prosopyle Ostium

Trace the path of water flow through an asconoid sponge Osculum Spongocoel lined with choanocytes Ostia

Gemmules are used for asexual reproduction in sponges True False

Match the sponge cell type to the correct function Choanocytes Porocytes Pinacocytes Amoebocytes aka archaeocytes 1 generate water currents and trap food particles doughnut shaped cells that allow water to enter the sponge canals cells that make up the outer layer of the sponge and line some internal passageways 3 2 4 mobile cells that carry food throughout the sponge and can transform into any other sponge cell type specialized stunning cells that defend the sponge against predators 6 sponge neurons allow the sponge 5

Rank the three sponge body plans from least to most complex Asconoid Leuconoid Syconoid

Drag each label to the correct location on the table Describe the ancient Greek thinkers a philosopher who was one of Plato s most important disciples considered scientific reasoning to he moet in believed literature brought p closer to reality

Which sponge body plan has the greatest surface area and allows sponges to attain the largest body sizes O All of the body plans have similar surface areas and allow for attainment of large body sizes Asconoid Syconoid Leuconoid

Complete Digestive System Incomplete Digestive system Gastrovascular Cavity Lack a digestive system body cells engulf particles by phagocytosis Gills Lungs No specialized respiratory system gas exchange occurs across body wall Excretory Canals Kidneys No specialized excretory system excretion of wastes occurs at a cellular leve Nerve net Centralized brain and nerve cords No nervous system Support from microscopic spicules or collagen fibers Hard endoskeleton of bone or cartilage or calcium carbonate plates Hard exoskeleton rostatic

What type of feeding strategy is observed in most sponges Deposit feeding Filter feeding Herbivory Predation Parasitism

Reason R One act provided for the federal supervision of elections in Southern states while the other gave the president the power to use federal troops in areas where the Klan was active Which of the following is TRUE for the above statements Both A and R are true but R O is not the correct explanation of A O Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A A is false and R is true A is truo and R is falco

Choose the correct answer In Greek dramas the role of the O protagonist O antagonist O confidant O None of the choices was awarded to the best actor

How might an author slow the pace of a particular passage in a story By using more dialogue By eliminating descriptive language OBy introducing new characters O None of the choices

Points 1 Which event follows the climax and leads to the resolution O Rising action O Denouement O Falling action O Exposition

Choose the correct answer Person against person person against nature person against society and person against self are examples of different types of O setting O plot O character conflict Q 5 9

What is a parallel episode O Events that take place alongside the main plot O A tiny story within the story to relieve the tension O A series of events that take place in a story O The speed and the rhythm at which events chapters and scenes occur

Why do authors use dialect in stories O To show the time period of the story O To help the reader understand the setting To distinguish between classes of people in the story All of the choices

Read the following quote from Jane Austen s Pride and Prejudice and answer the question that follows The gentlemen pronounced him to be a fine figure of a man the ladies declared he was much handsomer than Mr Bingley and he was looked at with great admiration for about half the evening till his manners gave a disgust which turned the tide of his popularity for he as discovered to be proud to be above his company and above being pleased and not all his large estate in Derbyshire could then save him from having a most forbidding disagreeable countenance and being unworthy to be compared with his friend What element of story is emphasized in this quote O Theme Conflict Point of view 9

Choose the correct answer is the feeling the reader gets while reading a story O Setting O Plot O Mood O Conflict

Therefore do nimble pinion d doves draw Love And therefore hath the wind swift Cupid wings Now is the sun upon the highmost hill Of this day s journey and from nine till twelve Is three long hours yet she is not come Had she affections and warm youthful blood She would be as swift in motion as a ball My words would bandy her to my sweet love And his to me But old folks many feign as they were dead Unwieldy slow heavy and pale as lead Resource gutenberg org cache epub 1112 pg1112 txt What technique does the author use in this excerpt O Dialogue Dialect

Ints 3 Read the following paragraph and then answer the question Oil was first discovered in Alberta in 1902 but it did not become a significant industry in the province until 1947 when huge reserves of it were discovered Calgary quickly found itself at the center of the ensuing oil boom The city s economy grew when oil prices increased with the Arab Oil Embargo of 1973 The population increased by 272 000 in the 18 years between 1971 403 000 and 1989 675 000 and another 345 000 in the next 18 years to 1 020 000 in 2007 During these boom years skyscrapers were constructed and the relatively low rise downtown quickly became dense with tall buildings a trend that continues to this day Which of these choices best summarizes the idea conveyed in the paragraph The discovery of oil in Calgary led to an increase in its population O The discovery of oil in Calgary in 1902 did not develop into a significant industry O The discovery of oil in Calgary led to an economic boom in Alberta O The discovery of oil in Calgary took more than forty years to create an economic boom QL 5 9

was observed where one was expected to fight or duel openly Combined with the unrest of the Sengoku era these factors created a demand for men willing to commit deeds considered not respectable for conventional warriors By the Sengoku period the shinobi had several roles including spy kancho scout teisatsu surprise attacker kishu and agitator konran The ninja families were organized into larger guilds each with their own territories A system of rank existed A j nin upper man was the highest rank representing the group and hiring out mercenaries This is followed by the ch nin middle man assistants to the jonin At the bottom was the genin lower man field agents drawn from the lower class and assigned to carry out actual missions Which of these choices is the appropriate summary of the above paragraph The ninja are warriors like the samurai in feudal Japan who were expected to fight on command O The ninja became powerful during the era of Sengoku and enjoyed respect in the society The ninja were mercenaries organized in larger guilds and assigned to spy scout surprise attack and agitate The demands to counter the power and respect enjoyed by conventional warriors lead to the Q

Maya Angelou is an American author and poet who has been called America s most visible black female autobiographer by scholar Joanne M Braxton She is best known for her series of six autobiographical volumes which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences The first and most highly acclaimed I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969 tells of her first 17 years It brought her international recognition and was nominated for a National Book Award She has been awarded more than 30 honorary degrees and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for her 1971 volume of poetry Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water Fore I Diiie Which of these is the best summary of the paragraph Maya Angelou has been called America s most visible black female autobiographer by scholar Joanne M Braxton She has written her autobiography and poetry Maya Angelou is a well known African American writer She has written six volumes of autobiography which brought her international recognition She was nominated for a National Book Award and a Pulitzer Prize She has been awarded more than 30 honorary degrees Maya Angelou is a well known African American writer who has produced six volumes of autobiography The most highly acclaimed of her works is her autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969 Maya Angelou a well known African American writer has been awarded more than 30 Quest 1 5 9

Read the following passage and answer the question Marsupials are characterized by a distinctive pouch in which the young ones develop until they become independent This means the babies are born in an undeveloped state and are nursed until they become independent The young ones remain in the pouch until they can fend for themselves Kangaroos wallabies and kolas are examples of marsupials Which option best summarizes the passage above O Marsupials are kangaroos wallabies kolas Their young develop in pouches until they grow up O Marsupials are a group of animals that give birth to underdeveloped young and nurse them outside their body in a pouch until they become independent O Marsupials are pouched animals that carry the young in their pouches wherever they go Marsupials are a group of animals that give birth to young that remain with their mothers all the time Re thi Que 9 1 5

For the questions below determine if the particle that is described in an atom or an i that says charge write either positive negative or no charge Then indicat particle is an atom or an ion 5 A particle of oxygen that contains 8 protons and 8 electrons Charge 0 6 A particle of fluorine that contains 9 protons and 10 electrons Charge Is this an atom or an ion 7 A particle of calcium that contains 20 protons and 18 electrons Charge Is this an atom or an ion 8 Carbon 6 protons 8 neutrons Atomic number Is this an atom or an ion Mass number 9 Argon 18 protons 22 neutrons Atomic number Mass number 10 Silver 47 protons Atomic number For each of the questions below fill in the atomic number mass number and write the name for example hydrogen 2 for each isotope Hint protons neutrons mass number 61 neutrons Mass number Name Name Name Atom lon Carbon 14 lon Hint The name is written as the a dash and the mass number

What is NOT a characteristic of a good summary O It contains only the main points of the original passage It uses your own words to summarize the information O It includes a reference to the original source O It uses almost the same number of words found in the original passage

For each of the questions below fill in the atomic number mass number and write the name for example hydrogen 2 for each isotope Hint protons neutrons mass number 8 Carbon 6 protons 8 neutrons Atomic number Mass number 9 Argon 18 protons 22 neutrons Atomic number Mass number 10 Silver 47 protons Atomic number 61 neutrons Mass number Name Name Name Hint The name is written as the element name a dash and the mass number Carbon 14

Day 2545FH6LSE 17 tal Scenario 1 zoom in estigated whether ants dig more tunnels in the light or in the dark e filtered light that penetrated the upper layers of earth and would aytime Ten ant colonies were set up in commercial ant farms with the same number ants per ant farm The same amount of food was given to each colony and the e in the same temperature Five of the colonies were exposed to normal room light covered with black construction paper so they did not receive light Every other day eks the length of the tunnels was measured in millimeter using a string and a ruler the light and dark groups for each measured were then computed The averages are following chart gth of Tunnels mm Constructed by Ants in Different Light Conditions Light Dark 7 19 88242 3 95 103 4 15 25 32 47 62 93 5 110 115 120 136 B B 1 7 8 9 10 11 12 type of ants used in each ant farm different light conditions length of tunnels that the ants dug m REQUIRED 1 Which of the following is the independent variable in Experimental Scenario 1 13 14

4 In an experiment the O variable controlled constant control group experimental group independent dependent dependent independent variable responds to changes in the R

One who believes that under certain circumstances involving a criminal threat to public safety the interest of society should take precedence over individual rights Civil Justice Public order advocate Justice Social Justice

d 01601 15 10 Part 1 7 as the significance threshold chromosome There have been significant regions identified on 10 Image available for use under Creative Commons Attribution 2 5 Generic License Sourced from https commons wikimedia org wiki File Manhattan Plot png different chromosomes Part 2 Based on these results what can we claim Select any all that apply 13 Attribution Ikram MK et al 2010 Four Novel Loci 19q13 6q24 12q24 and 5q14 Influence the Microcirculation In Vivo PLoS Genet 2010 Oct 28 6 10 e1001184 doi 10 1371 journal pgen 1001184 g001 14 15 16 17 18 2222 The most highly associated SNP at the locus on chromosome 19 causes an increase in microcirculation A locus on chromosome 19 is the most significantly associated with differences in microcirculation

Question 9 In an urban setting dominated by fast food outlets propose one community level intervention or campaign to promote healthier dining choices and raise awareness about the potential neoplasm

16 What is the fallacy of composition

Living systems are not magical entities Cells obey the laws of physics and chemistry Therefore what central principle of chemistry explains why the enzymes that replicate DNA called DNA polymerases must make mistakes during replication Your answer should be no more than 1 3 sentences

Match the terms used in Video 4 4 with their meanings Concordance Correlation coefficient Threshold trait Quantitative trait locus QTL Complex trait Quantitative trait Variance I II III I trait exhibiting continuous variation instead of discrete phenotypic categories a quantitative measure of variability around the mean that is observed for a group of values a complex trait that is scored as binary gene affecting the phenotype for a complex trait when the phenotypes for two individuals are the same a quantitative measure of how well correlated pairs of values in a dataset are

5 Mark each statement as true or false and correct the false statements so they read as true A pure culture is derived from a single colony One CFU will give rise to multiple colonies A CFU is always a single cell The quadrant streak plate is essentially a dilution of a sample on a plate Viral pathogens can be isolated using the techniques described in this lab exercise

2 Assume you grew three bacterial samples on brain heart infusion agar and you obtained the following results Plate 1 incubated 37 C for 48 hours All bright yellow pigmented colonies Plate 2 incubated at 35 C for 24 hours and 37 C for the last 24 hours All light yellow pigmented colonies Plate 3 incubated at 35 C for 48 hours All white colonies If we assume the cultures were identical and consisted of the same pure culture then what is the most likely explanation for these findings How could you most easily test your hypothesis

1 Which of the following is are false regarding slant cultures Select all that apply a They can be used to maintain a pure culture b They can be used to observe bacterial pigmentation c They can be used to isolate a pure culture d They cannot be used to observe bacterial texture e They are commonly used in biochemical tests

2 You have two 5 ml broth cultures that were inoculated at the same time with the same bacterium Both were incubated for 24 hours at room temperature One culture is slightly turbid and at least to the naked eye the second tube of media appears perfectly clear You have only 48 hours to determine if any bacteria at all grew in the second tube Describe two ways that you could determine if bacteria are present using only bacteriological culture tools Note Assume both experiments must be completed in their entirety within 48 hours you do not get 48 hours per experiment

continued 6 Consider the fungus Candida albicans This fungus naturally resides in and on the human body and is known to cause disease candidiasis when the host s normal microbiota is disrupted Referring to the background section of this lab provide three terms and or phrases that appropriately describe this agent

is a classic example of a universal theme in literature O The quest answer O Racial violence Age discrimination O Corruption

Choose the correct answer The death of a character like Okonkwo signifies O the end of traditional society O the end of Christianity in Africa O the end of modern society O African independence

answer t could be said that Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart represents O None of the choices O Christianity O modern society traditional society

2 Why is having a place of respect and prestige in society particularly important to Okonkwo O All of the choices O He wishes to prove himself before his wives O He wishes to distance himself from his mother s legacy O He wishes to distance himself from his father s legacy Res Resell this a 1 Re Questi

hoose the correct answer is the basic topic of a text O The subject O The theme O A rhetorical question O None of the choices