Supplemental Instruction
Iowa State University
Unit 6 Exam Review / Leader: / Tyler
Course: / Biology 211
Instructor: / Dr. Colbert
Date:
  1. What is the definition for all alleles for every gene in a given population?
  2. Genotype
  3. Population evolution
  4. Species
  5. Gene Pool
  6. Which of these organelles in a eukaryotic cell is not able to contain genetic information?
  7. Chloroplast
  8. Nucleus
  9. Mitochondria
  10. Microtubules
  11. An individual can evolve
  12. True
  13. False
  14. Which of the following are examples of evolution that can be observed in human life times?
  15. Inset species becomes pesticide-resistant
  16. Infectious disease gaining antibiotic resistance
  17. The transition from wild wolves to domestic dogs
  18. A & B only
  19. All of the above
  20. What is the smallest unit that can evolve?
  21. Family
  22. Individual
  23. Population
  24. Species
  25. A localized group of individuals capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring is a
  26. Species
  27. Family
  28. Population
  29. Community
  30. Which of the following is not a condition for Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?
  31. Extremely large population size
  32. No gene flow
  33. Mutations must occur
  34. No natural selection occurs
  35. All of the above are conditions for Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
  36. The ______species concept cannot be applied to asexual organisms
  37. Biological
  38. Morphological
  39. Anatomical
  40. Developmental
  41. In a population that is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, the frequency of a recessive allele in the gene pool is .7. The frequency of organisms in this population with the homozygous dominant genotype will be:
  42. 49%
  43. 14%
  44. 21%
  45. 9%
  46. 7%
  47. If a population has the following genotype frequencies: AA = .42, Aa = .46, and aa = .12, what are the allele frequencies?
  48. A = .42, a =.12
  49. A = .6, a = .24
  50. A = .65, a = .35
  51. A = .76, a = .24
  52. None of the above
  53. Which of the following characteristics display quantitative inheritance?
  54. Height
  55. Hair Color
  56. Number of fingers
  57. A and C
  58. B and A
  59. In unicorns, BB results in blue manes, bb in pink manes, and the heterozygote in purple manes. If there are 360 blue-maned unicorns in a non-evolving population of 1000, how many pink-maned and purple-maned unicorns are there?
  60. 400 pink-maned, 240 purple-maned
  61. 160 pink-maned, 240 purple-maned
  62. 360 pink-maned, 280 purple-maned
  63. 160 pink-maned, 480 purple-maned
  64. Which of these is not an anti-predator mechanism?
  65. Camouflage
  66. Toxicity
  67. Spines
  68. Aposematism
  69. Mimicry
  70. All of the above are anti-predator mechanisms
  71. A skunk has bright white stripes that can be identified by predators to notify them of the skunk’s noxious smell. This is an example of:
  72. Mimicry
  73. Camouflage
  74. Aposematism
  75. Predator-prey relationships
  76. Which of these is not a limitation of Batesian mimicry?
  77. There must be an aposematic species nearby
  78. The organism will be noticed more by predators, which could be dangerous
  79. They cannot be more commonly encountered than the aposematic
  80. It is an anti-predator mechanism
  81. In peacocks, the male is usually known for having showier feathers than the peahen (female peacock). The males with the most attractive feathers, therefore, are more likely to attract mates and produce offspring. What is this an example of?
  82. Aposematism
  83. Genetic drift
  84. Sexual selection
  85. Convergent evolution
  86. This occurs when a few individuals become isolated from a larger population, establishing a new population whose gene pool differs from the original population?
  87. Bottleneck effect
  88. Founder effect
  89. Adam effect
  90. Translocation
  91. Genetic drift as a major impact on ______.
  92. Small populations
  93. Large population
  94. Centrosome
  95. Polar astrals
  96. The Hardy-Weinberg equation is represented by:
  97. q^3 +2pq + q^3=1
  98. q^2 +pq^2 +q^2=1
  99. q^2 +2pq+ q^2=1
  100. Migration tends to ______difference in allele frequency between population while ______genetic diversity within population.
  101. Decrease, increase
  102. Increase, decrease