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Pre-final and Final Exam in General Biology 2

Name: ______________________ Section: _____

General Instructions:

 Read each questions or statements carefully.

 Erasures are strictly prohibited.
 Do no cheat!
Test I.

Multiple choice

Write the letter of correct answer to the space provided.

________1. A person with a genetic disease that codes for a specific protein could be a candidate
for which of the following?
a. Cloning
b. Gene therapy
c. DNA fingerprinting
d. Gel electrophoresis
______2. What is the ultimate source of genetic variation?

a. inbreeding
b. hybridization
c. mutations
d. radiation
______3. The purpose of gene therapy is to
a. remove mutations from genes
b. cure genetic disorders
c. determine the sequences of genes
______4. The entire collection of genes within human cells is referred to as the ______.
a. human genome
b. karyotype
c. pedigree
d. gene map
_______5. A scientist cloned a goat. Which of these is a true statement about the cloned goat?

a. It has new genes and traits

b. It lacks the genes for reproduction
c. It has the genes that are identical to the original goat
d. It looks the same but has different genes.
______6. Which of these would NOT be a case of GM (genetic modification)?
a. Cloning a mammoth
b. Golden rice
c. Square watermelons
d. Glowing tobacco plant

________7. What is the longest part of Earth’s history where trace fossils
appeared.
A. Pre-Cambrian
B. Paloezoic
C. Mesozoic
D. Cenozoic
_______8. The geologic time scale is subdivided into 4
groups. List them from the largest to the smallest.
A. Eons, periods, epochs, eras
B. Eras, eons, periods, epochs
C. Epochs, periods, eras, eons
D. Eons, eras, periods, epochs
_______9.The end of this era was believed to be caused
by a comet or asteroid colliding with Earth, causing a
huge cloud of dust and smoke to rise into the
atmosphere, blocking out the sun.
A. Paleozoic
B. Holozoic
C. Mesozoic
D. Cenozoic
_________10. Which geologic event occurred during the Mesozoic era?
A. Pangaea formed
B. Asteroids killed the dinosaurs
C. The Rocky Mountains formed
D. The Pleistocene IceAge

TEST II. 2 points each

Write true if the statement is true or false if the statement is false.

1. As recently as 200 years ago, many people believed that Earth was only 6,000 years old.
2. Artificial selection occurs when nature selects for beneficial traits.
3. The individual Galápagos Islands are all similar to each other.
4. Malthus argued that human populations grow faster than their resources.
5. Lamarck was one of the first scientists to propose that species evolve by natural
selection.
6. Lyell was one of the first to say that Earth must be far older than most people believed.
7. Lamarck’s inheritance of acquired characteristics is has become a widely accepted
scientific
theory.
8. Fossils proved to Darwin that species can evolve.
9. The term fitness to refer to an organism’s ability to outrun its hunters.
10. Darwin published his findings soon after returning to England from the voyage of the
Beagle.

Test III. Identification (2pts each)

Write the correct answer to the space provided.

______1. What do call a diagram used to represent a hypothetical relationship between groups of
animals, called a phylogeny?
_______2. It is a hypothetical relationship between groups of organisms being compared.
_______3. Similar characters due to relatedness are known as______.
________4. It is called as the geographic distribution of species in time and space as influenced by
many factors, including Continental Drift and long distance dispersal.
________5. The taxonomic system was devised by ___________.

Test IV. 20 POINTS

. List down the practical uses of biological classification.