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FINAL EXAMINATION
GENERAL BIOLOGY 1

Name of Learner:___ __________ Name of Section:_________

Date: __________________ Score:

I. Multiple choice. Choose the one correct answer for each of questions.

1) What is a likely evolutionary advantage of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction?

A) sexual reproduction involves fewer steps
B) less chance of using up the resources in a given environment
C) sexual reproduction results in greater variation in the offspring
D) sexual reproduction is more cost effective

2) What are the types of gametes that can be produced by an individual with the genotype AaBb?
A) Aa, Bb
B) AA, aa, BB, bb
C) AB, Ab, aB, ab
D) AB, ab

3) The pH of lemon juice is about 2.0, whereas tomato juice's pH is about 4.0. Approximately how much of an
increase in hydrogen ion concentration is there between tomato juice and lemon juice?
A) 2 times
B) 20 times
C) 10 times
D) 100 times

4) Enzymes are catalysts in biochemical reactions. Enzymes can function to

A) break molecular bonds
B) rearrange molecular bonds
C) form new molecular bonds
D) all of the above

5) Which answer lists chemical bonds in the order of weakest to strongest?

A) covalent bond, ionic bond, hydrogen bond
B) ionic bond, covalent bond, hydrogen bond
C) hydrogen bond, ionic bond, covalent bond
D) hydrogen bond, covalent bond, ionic bond

6) Active transport must function continuously because __________.

A) plasma membranes wear out
B) cells must be in constant motion
C) facilitated transport opposes active transport
D) diffusion is constantly moving the solutes in the other direction
7) Energy is stored long-term in the bonds of _____ and used short-term to perform work from
a(n) _____ molecule.
A) ATP : glucose
B) an anabolic molecule : catabolic molecule
C) glucose : ATP
D) a catabolic molecule : anabolic molecule

8) Plants produce oxygen when they photosynthesize. Where does the oxygen come from?
A) splitting water molecules
B) ATP synthesis
C) the electron transport chain
D) chlorophyll

9) Hunting reduced northern elephant seal population size to as few as 20 individuals at the end of the 19th
century.  Their population has since rebounded to over 30,000.  The northern elephant seal has much less
genetic variation than a population of southern elephant seals that was not so intensely hunted. What
mechanism most likely lead to the change in allele frequency and reduced genetic variation in the northern
elephant seal?
A) bottleneck effect
B) gene flow
C) natural sselection
D) artificial selection

10) What is the difference between micro- and macroevolution?

A) Microevolution describes the evolution of small organisms, such as insects, while macroevolution
describes the evolution of large organisms, like people and elephants.
B) Microevolution describes the evolution of microscopic entities, such as molecules and proteins, while
macroevolution describes the evolution of whole organisms.
C) Microevolution describes the evolution of populations, while macroevolution describes the
emergence of new species over long periods of time.
D) Microevolution describes the evolution of organisms over their lifetimes, while macroevolution
describes the evolution of organisms over multiple generations.

11) What phase of mitosis is cell 11 in?

A) Anaphase
B) Prophase
C) Interphase
D) Telophase
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12) Peter and Rosemary Grant found changes from one generation to the next in the beak shapes of the medium
ground finches on the Galápagos island of Daphne Major.
A drought on the Galápagos island of Daphne Major in 1977 reduced the number of small seeds available to
finches, causing many of the small-beaked finches to die. This caused an increase in the finches’ average beak
size between 1976 and 1978 (Grant et al. 1981) (See figure).  This study provides evidence for which
mechanism of evolution?
A) Natural selection
B) Founder effect
 C) Genetic drift
D) Sexual selection

13) In which of the following pairs do both evolutionary processes introduce new genetic variation into a
population?
A) Mutation and gene flow
B) Natural selection and genetic drift
C) Natural selection and gene flow
D) Gene flow and genetic drift

14) The wing of a bird and the arm of a human are examples of ________.
A) Homologous structures
B) Vestigial structures
C) Molecular structures
D) Analogous structures

15) There are 50 people in a population.  30 are homozygous dominant tongue rollers, 10 are heterozygous
tongue rollers, and 10 are homozygous recessive.  What is the allele frequency of the DOMINANT tongue
rolling allele in this population?
A) 10%
B) 30%
C) 60%
D) 70%

III. Short Answer.

1. Read the following study. Analyze the study using the 7 topics that follow the study description. 20oints)
To test the effectiveness of a new drug (Provenge) designed to treat advanced stage prostate cancer, researchers
conducted a clinical trial. The subjects were 512 adult American male volunteers with advanced prostate cancer.
Half were randomly assigned to take the drug and the other half were randomly assigned to take a placebo.
Neither the subjects nor the doctors who
evaluated them knew who was in which group. After three years, 32 percent of those who got Provenge were
still alive, compared with only 23 percent of those who got the placebo. (The difference is statistically
significant.)
Write out the hypothesis for the provided experiment using an “if…then” statement

Identify the independent and dependent variables.

Identify the relationship between the variables (positive correlation, negative correlation, or no correlation).

Identify positive and negative controls (if present).

Identify the conclusions of the study.