Biology Questions

40 Match the descriptions with the words presented before the Supreme Court by lawyers representing both sides interest groups that file testimonial briefs concerning Supreme Court cases determines whether the Supreme Court will hear a case or not what the Supreme Court does when it sends a decision back to a lower court with orders to implem the principle that courts use to ensure decisions are in line with previous decisions legal document requesting that an inferior court send records to a higher court

Why did FDR declare a bank holiday on his first day in office O To call a meeting of all bankers in Washington D C To buy time to pass an emergency law giving government power to inspect all the ban O To stop the run on banks people withdrawing all their money in fear

3 33 points What type of interspecific interraction is present when you drive your car over an ant pile killing thousands of ants Hint this may not be a true Inter O commensalism Oamensalism O neutralism competition Question 14

The Out of Africa 2 Total Replacement hypothesis suggests OA Humans AMH evolved from multiple separate populations in Africa that gave rise to the various large populations on the planety East Asians Africans etc OB Humans AMH evolved at one location in Africa and that population replaced all of the archaic hominins Neanderthal Denneva Carth OC Humans AMH developed in Eurasia and moved to Africa when the climate became too cold replacing all archaic hominins in Africa OD Humans AMH evolved in the Americas and moved to Eurasia via the Bering Strat and then to Africa replacing all archaic homines on Earth in they did so

Breaking a chemical bond DOO A B C D Releases energy Gives off energy Stores energy Requires energy

Which of the following aided farmers and regulated crop production O 1933 Agriculture Adjustment Administration AAA 1933 Tennessee Valley Authority TVA 1933 National Recovery Administration NRA

A King Snake non poisonous displays a very similar color banding pattern to that of the coral snake quite poisonous The King snake benefits from that predators trying to avoid the coral snake stay away from the King snake What type of mimicry is this 1 Mullerian 2 Batesian 3 Obstructionist

During the Great Depression what was the major cause of people losing their homes Fires O Flooding O Foreclosure

Lactic acid fermentation takes place after glycolysis in the absence of A B C D ATP Carbon dioxide Glucose Oxygen

What are the reactants in the following chemical reaction C6H12O6 6 026 CO2 6 H O O O A B C D Carbon dioxide CO and water H O Carbon dioxide CO and oxygen gas 02 Glucose C6H1206 and oxygen gas 02 Glucose C6H12O6 and water H O

Which of the following terms describes to the malleability changeability of neuronal connections where some connections become stronger and others weaker and some new connections are formed in order to facilitate learning O Dendritic darkening O Synaptic Plasticity O Axonal transport

Select the correct answer from each drop down menu Lisa eats a banana with her breakfast As she digests the banana her blood glucose level increases which causes the pancreas to produce insulin A few hours later her blood glucose level decreases signaling the pancreas to produce glucagon to increase her blood glucose level epinephrine to increase her blood glucose level Reset Next

The extinction event which ended the largest number of species on this planet ever is the O Ordovician O Jurrasic Cretaceous Tertiary KT event

Where does cellular respiration get the energy to make ATP O A B C D Chemical energy from sugars Light energy from the Sun Energy stored in the covalent bonds of water molecules Energy stored in the covalent bonds of carbon dioxide molecules

Read this excerpt from Common Sense It is not in the power of Britain to do this continent justice To be always running three or four thousand miles with a tale or a petition waiting four or five months for an answer which when obtained requires five or six more to explain it in will in a few years be looked upon as folly and childishness There was a time when it was proper and there is a proper time for it to cease Which of the following best describes the rhetorical appeals being used A Mostly pathos no logos or ethos B A mixture of pathos and logos OC A mixture of ethos and pathos D Mostly ethos no pathos or logos

You book describe the main mass extinctions which have occurred as the Big three four five six for the number of these extinctions

Treating an auto immune disease such as Ulcerative Colitis or Lupus by infecting the diseased person with a tapeworm or a pinworm wou following ideas O Hygiene hypothesis Deleterious Mutation Hypothesis O Red Queen Hypothesis O None of the above

Cellular respiration is a mirror image of photosynthesis meaning that the chemical reaction is the reverse Below is the chemical reaction for photosynthesis Which of the following would be the correct chemical reaction for cellular respiration 6 CO2 6 H O C6H12O6 6 02 A B C D 6 CO2 6 H O C6H12O6 6 0 6 CO2 6 H2O 6 CO2 6 H2O C6H12O6 6 O2 6 CO2 6 H O C6H12O6 6 CO2 6 CO2 6 H O

Which of the following is are considered responsible for the Great Depression 1 Availability of easy credit II Uneven distribution of income III Underpayment of income tax O I only O II only

Base your answer to the question on the diagrams below and on your knowledge of biology The diagrams represent some of the systems that make up the human body 1 A similarity between these systems is that they all 2 3 System A 4 System B System C are made of cells that are identical in structure and function System D contain organs that work independently from other organs in that system work together to maintain a stable internal environment are separate and do not interact with other body systems

I was a small town pilot who made the first solo transatlantic flight from New York to Paris in orde to win a 25 000 prize Who am I Amelia Earhart O Charles Lindbergh O Orville Wright

Celery stalks have many long flexible strings Which type of cell makes up celery strings Sclerenchyma Parenchyma Collenchyma Meristematic 3 of 4 QUESTIONS

In terms of speciation what is reinforcement O Allopatric conditions cause a single population to diverge into two populations which live in separate areas O An adaptation which follows an initial separation of populations of a species which decreases the chances of successful interbreeding Question 9 of 30 3 33 points O An adaptation which causes a successful fit species to re emphasize its primary adaptations thus further increasing its fitness derived from this prim adaptation O The addition of co evolutionary relationships to the ecological niche of a species thus strengthening its ecological postion

Evolutionary Biologists are able to assist Medical Doctors conduct research by O Figuring out what the ancestral functions were for genes involved in disease O Understanding parasite host interactions related to disease O Finding the points of origin in time and geographically for viral outbreaks O All of the above

Read this excerpt from Commo It is not in the power of Britain to do this continent justice To be always running three or four thousand miles with a tale or a petition waiting four or five months for an answer which when obtained requires five or six more to explain it in will in a few years be looked upon as folly and childishness There was a time when it was proper and there is a proper time for it to cease Which of the following best describes the rhetorical appeals being used A Mostly pathos no logos or ethos B A mixture of pathos and logos C A mixture of ethos and pathos D Mostly ethos no pathos or logos

TESTED PHONIC LAINS FARM RELIEF BILL MAN Based on this political cartoon the artist is opposed to the passage of the O Farm Aid Act the w O Farm Relief Act

PRETEST Functions of Plant Systems Bonsai is the art of controlling the growth of a small tree to achieve a desired shape How does pruning a plant help control its growth and shape K 6 of 8 QUESTIONS Pruning removes stem tips that produce auxins enabling lateral buds to begin growing Pruning inhibits lateral bud growth by removing the stem tips where auxins are produced

Which among the following events was considered the beginning of the Great Depression Railroad closures Stock market crash Bank withdrawals

Which type of cell makes up the hard covering of a peach pit Collenchyma Mesophyll Parenchyma Sclerenchyma 2 of 4 QUESTIONS

TEST IT From Atoms to Biosphere Organisms called archaea produce methane gas from atoms of carbon and hydrogen Which of these terms describes methane Compound Element H H H H 2 of 4 QUESTIONS

Which object has a structure and function most similar to that of the xylem in a stem Lawnmower Garden hose OGarden sprinkler Fence post 1 of 4 QUESTIONS

Yellowstone National Park is an example of a n O biome population O ecosystem Obiosphere 4 of 4 QUESTIONS

What is meant by the term Dust Bow OA large tract of homes left to collect dust A college football rivalry developed between two Plains States s teams Grasslands turned farms from Texas to North Dakota that

President Herbert Hoover received an 800 Million dollar spending package from Congress and constructed the Empire State Building the Million Dollar Highway

Which tissues enable a stem to both provide support and distribute materials for a plant Select all that apply Xylem Epidermis Phloem Mesophyll 3 of 4 QUESTIONS

King Snake non poisonous displays a very similar color banding pattern to that of the coral snake quite poisonous The King snake benefits from the fa ing to avoid the coral snake stay away from the King snake What type of mimicry is this 1 Mullerian 2 Batesian 3 Obstructionist 4 Constructionist 3 33

Assertion A The push factor was the strict segregation laws and oppression in the South Reason R Segregation limited African American earnings as well as their overall standard of living Which of the following is TRUE for the above statements OA is false and R is true O Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A

Which has an older TMRCA the human mitochondrial genome O the human y chromosome alleles conferring lactose tolerance in adults in response to selective pressure to drink milk from cattle

Which statement describes a disadvantage of gene therapy It can stop cancer cells from growing O It uses viruses that are deadly It can block a mutated gene from working 6 of 6 QUESTIONS

Question 2 1 point 4 Listen Which functional group is not present in this molecule HO 0 CH IT H C C OH NH H H OA amino OB sulfhydryl OC carboxyl D hydroxyl 4

TEST IT Plant Tissues Which feature of parenchyma cells stores water Thick cell walls Thin cell membranes Large vacuoles Large amounts of cytoplasm 2 of 4 QUESTIONS SUBMIT

A result of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s was the O Increased recognition of African American writers and musicians O end of racial segregation laws in New York State

PRETEST DNA Replication and Biotechnology Which of the following represents the shape of DNA when it unwinds O IV O II AATCCAG A T FC G II G C A A G A C T III T T A A T G C GC FATH GCH IV TA TA A T G C AT 1 of 6 QUESTIONS

Which of the following are adaptations used by tundra plants to survive Select all that apply Hairs Thick stems Dark leaves Growth in clumps Low growth 4 of 4 QUESTIONS

TEST IT Plant Tissues Which statement describes an interaction of the tissues shown here M Section through stem apex 1 of 4 QUESTIONS Vascular tissue uses carbon dioxide to carry out photosynthesis Ground tissue divides rapidly by mitosis and produces new cells

NNNN N C C C C H Figure 3 1 A enantiomers B cis trans isomers Oa The two molecules shown in Figure 3 1 are best described as C optical isomers N C H H H C C C H NHH D structural isomers H

TEST IT Plant Tissues The bald cypress is a tree that grows along riverbanks and in swamps These trees form knees which are extensions of roots that grow above standing water Which function are the knees most likely to perform for the bald cypress of QUESTIONS

Which statement best describes selective breeding 5 of 6 QUESTIONS Researchers in a lab use cloning to produce organisms that have identical genes Individuals with genes that help them survive in nature are most likely to reproduce Scientists use enzymes to cut DNA copy it and paste pieces of it back together People allow only organisms with certain traits to reproduce

What instrument did Louis Armstrong play while performing jazz music O Saxophone O Clarinet O Trombone

Based on the photo and your own knowledge this scene from 1918 best illustrates O the Influenza pandemic O the fear of germs which were newly discovered at the time O the fear of mustard gas attacks during World War I