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Craville Studies Biology Test #1

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1. The phloem is responsible for the transport of what in a plant?

Water
Nitrogenous Waste
Glucose
Starch

2. The genotype 'Dd' is an example of...?

Heterozygous
Homozygous
Co-dominance
Phenotype

3. A vector is...?

Something which causes disease
Something that carries a disease
A type of bacteria
A type of radiation

4. Which nitrogen base is substituted with uracil in ribonucleic acid?

Adenine
Thymine
Guanine
Cytosine

5. Which type of feedback mechanism is responsible for maintaining homeostasis?

Positive Feedback System
Automated Feedback System
Negative Feedback System
Manual Feedback System

6. Apart from natural selection, what is the name of another mechanism which can be used to describe the theory of evolution?

Survival of the fittest
Punctuated Equilibrium
First in, best dressed
Random segregation

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7. Which disease is carried by the female anopheles gamibi?

Madcow Disease
Ebola
Malaria
The Plague

8. Protein synthesis occurs in which cell organelle?

Ribosome
Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
Peroxisome
Nucleus

9. Which is believed to be the cause of defective proteins, causing disease such as mad cow?

Protozoa
Viruses
Bacteria
Prions

10. Which team of scientists developed the chromosomal inheritance theory?

Burke and Wills
Watson and Crick
Simon and Garfunkel
Sutton and Boveri

 

  Last Updated 06/08/2007