BIOLOGY FINAL EXAM REVIEW PACKET



BIOLOGY FINAL EXAM REVIEW PACKET

• The biology exam is composed of 125 multiple choice questions and 5 response questions for a total of 200 points.

• Your exam is on: ______________________________ from _______________

• Please bring a #2 pencil to the exam along with your text book.

• This packet contains all vocabulary terms and concepts you are expected to know for the exam.

• We will spend at least 2 class periods reviewing for the exam.

• Extra help can be arranged – please see me to schedule!

CELL DIVISION – CHAPTERS 10 AND 11

VOCABULARY:

• Cell Cycle

• Mitosis

• Meiosis (I and II)

• G1 Phase

• S Phase

• G2 Phase

• M Phase

• Interphase of Mitosis/Meiosis I/Meiosis II

• Prophase of Mitosis/Meiosis I/Meiosis II

• Metaphase of Mitosis/Meiosis I/Meiosis II

• Anaphase of Mitosis/Meiosis I/Meiosis II

• Telophase of Mitosis/Meiosis I/Meiosis II

• Cytokinesis

• Diploid

• Haploid

• Gamete

• Centriole

CONCEPTS:

Be sure to know:

• The differences between the phases of mitosis and meiosis

• What happens to a cell if there is uncontrolled cell growth

• The purpose(s) of mitosis

• The purpose(s) of meiosis

• The order of the stages of mitosis

• What the stages of mitosis look like

• What happens to the chromosome number in a cell that undergoes mitosis and meiosis

# OF QUESTIONS ON CELL DIVISION

• 36 Multiple Choice Questions

• 1 response (Be sure you know the differences between the phases of mitosis, meiosis I and meiosis II)

GENETICS – CHAPTERS 11 AND 14

VOCABULARY:

• Mendel

• Phenotype

• Genotype

• Dominant

• Recessive

• Homozygous

• Heterozygous

• X-linked Recessive

• Colorblindness

• Incomplete Dominance

• Sex-linked Disease

• Sex Determination

• Karyotype

• Pedigree

• Blood type

• Law of Segregation

• Law of Dominance

• Law of Independent Assortment

• Down Syndrome

CONCEPTS:

Be sure to know:

• How to do a Punnett square for:

o A simple one trait cross

o X-linked diseases

o Blood types

• How to read a karyotype to determine sex of an individual and disorders

• How to read a pedigree

• The number of chromosomes in body cells vs sex cells

# OF QUESTIONS ON CELL DIVISION

• 28 Multiple Choice Questions

• 1 response (Be sure you know how to create a pedigree and explain how x-linked recessive diseases would be passed down from mother/father to son/daughter)

DNA – CHAPTER 12

VOCABULARY:

• Double Helix

• Nucleotides

• Deoxyribose

• Adenine

• Guanine

• Cytosine

• Thymine

• DNA

• RNA

• Ribose

• Uracil

• DNA replication

• Hydrogen bond

• Base pairing

CONCEPTS:

Be sure to know:

• The differences between the structure of DNA and RNA

• The parts of a diagram of a DNA molecule

• Why DNA replicates

• How the bases match up between DNA and DNA and between DNA and RNA

# OF QUESTIONS ON DNA

• 16 Multiple Choice Questions

PROTEIN SYNTHESIS – CHAPTER 12

VOCABULARY:

• Protein Synthesis

• Transcription

• Translation

• mRNA

• tRNA

• rRNA

• Ribosome

• Amino Acid

• Codon

• Anticodon

• Triplet

• Peptide Bond

CONCEPTS:

Be sure to know:

• What happens during transcription and where in the cell it occurs

• What happens during translation and where in the cell it occurs

• The functions of mRNA, tRNA and rRNA in protein synthesis

• How codons code for amino acids

• The relationship between DNA and protein synthesis

# OF QUESTIONS ON PROTEIN SYNTHESIS

• 18 Multiple Choice Questions

• 1 response (Be sure to know how to explain the process of protein synthesis using the words tRNA, amino acid, transcription, mRNA, codon, RNA polymerase, ribosome, translation, anticodon, peptide bond.)

EVOLUTION – CHAPTER 15

VOCABULARY:

• Evolution

• Theory

• Law

• Natural Selection

• Fossils

• Homologous structures

• Vestigial organs

• Comparative biochemistry

• Biogeography

• Fitness

• Comparative embryology

CONCEPTS:

Be sure to know:

• The differences between Lamarck and Darwin

• The points of natural selection and how natural selection works

• All 6 pieces of evidence that support the theory of evolution

• The definition of a scientific theory and the difference between a theory and a law

# OF QUESTIONS ON EVOLUTION

• 27 Multiple Choice Questions

• 2 responses (Be sure you know the pieces of evidence supporting Darwin’s theory and be able to give examples of each.)

LAST RESPONSE QUESTION

There is one response question that unifies all the units from the semester. Be sure to know how the terms crossing over, mutations, genetic variations, reproduction and evolution relate to each other to answer this question!

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