Which scientist developed a classification system for organisms?

- Carolus Linnaeus

A DNA molecule produced by combining DNA from different sources is known as?

- recombinant DNA.

Why does height in humans have such a wide variety of phenotypes?

- Height is controlled by at least four genes

A technique which can be used to seperate DNA fragments of differnt sizes is called?

- Gel electrophoresis
Which of the following is most often associated with the elaborate courtship rituals conducted
by many birds?

- species recognition
What is the process in which humans breed organisms for certain traits?

- artificial selection
Which genetic disorder causes the body to produce unusually thick mucus in the lungs and
intestines?

- cystic fibrosis
Abiotic factors affect an ecosystem and include all of these except the?

- nitrogen-fixing bacteria
What is the study of the distribution of organisms around the world?

- biogeography
All energy in a food chain originates from?

- The Sun

What is the term for a feature that allows an organism to survive better in its environment?

- Adaptation

Which of the following would be a biotic factor in an ecosystem?

- Bacteria

What is a section of DNA that codes for a protein called?

- Gene

Genetic engineering involves?

- All of the above

Which of these traits is controlled by a gene with multiple alleles?

- Blood type

The theory of evolution by natural selection was independently developed by?

- Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace

Which term refers to physical characteristics that are studied in genetics?

- Traits

Which combination of sex chromosomes results in a male human being?

- XY

Which theory states that floods and earthquakes have occurred often in Earth’s history?

- Catastrophism

All the nonliving parts of an ecosystem are referred to as?

- Abiotic factors

Natural selection results in change overtime by acting on traits that are?

- Heritable

DNA replication can be described as ?

- Semiconservative

Fossil evidence shows that structures considered vestigial in living organisms?

- Were useful to their ancestors

What naturalist described the concept of natural selection?

- Alfred Wallace

The physical location of an ecosystem in which a given species lives is called a?

- Habitat

All the individuals of a species that live in a particular area are called a?

- Population

The process of making changes in the DNA code of living organisms is called?

- Genetic engineering
Adaptive evolution can be caused by?

- Natural selection

What does a Punnett square show?

- all the possible outcomes of a genetic cross

What is a disadvantage of adult stem cells over embryonic stem cells?

- All of the above are disadvantages

Which of the following would represent an ecosystem?

- All of these

What is the major source of water for the soil?

- Precipitation

What is the small circular pieces of DNA found inside bacteria in addition to their chromosome?

- A plasmid

What factors can effect a person's height?

- Both genes and environmental factors

The different forms of a gene are called?

- Alleles

What are multiple alleles?

- Three or more forms of a gene that code for a single trait

The study of interactions between living organisms and environment is called?

- Ecology

Which of the following is not needed for DNA transcription?

- Ribosomes

What is the science that dealing with the soil?

- Pedology

Which one of the following factors is biotic?

- CO2 content of the soil

What the plants absorb from the soil?

- capillary water
Which of the following would not be included in a description of an organism’s niche?

- its number of chromosomes

Individuals that are well adapted to their environment will survive and produce?

- more offspring

Where does protein synthesis take place?

- in the ribosomes in the nucleus of the cell

Ecology is the study of the interaction of living organisms?

- with each other and their physical environment.

What is a man made ecological factor?

- Fire

Which of these are not competed for by plants?

- Warmth

What is the cells removed from the blastocyst of a developing embryo?

- the inner cell mass

Which of these is an example of the benefits of genetic engineering?

- growing a new plant from a cutting

What is the correct term to describe the entire genetic material of an organism?

- Genome