Genetics Study Guide BI

Genetics Study Guide 

The two genes or alleles that combine to determine a trait would be the organism’s _______________.
Type AB blood, having two genes dominant for a trait, is an example of ________.
State Mendel’s law of segregation.
Rr x Rr is an example of what type of cross —– P1, F1, or F2?
If both alleles are the same in a genotype, is the genotype homozygous or heterozygous?
Which cross is a cross between two hybrids —– P1, F1, or F2?
__________ dominance results in the blending of genes in the hybrid. Give an example using flower color.
What is another term for a heterozygous genotype?
The _____________ is the physical feature such as round peas that results from a genotype.
How many traits are involved in a monohybrid cross?
What type of organism was used in the first genetic studies done by Gregor Mendel?
What is a karyotype?
The two genes for a trait represented by capital & lower case letters are called __________.
How many traits are involved in a dihybrid cross?
Which of Mendel’s laws states that the dominant gene in a pair will be expressed?
If both alleles are the same, is the genotype homozygous or heterozygous? Write an example.
Write an example of a hybrid or heterozygous genotype.
The genes for sex-linked traits are only carried on which chromosome?
Who is considered to be the “father of genetics”?
A second filial or F2 cross is also called a ____________ cross.
The failure of chromosomes to separate during meiosis (egg & sperm formation) is known as _________________.
A cross between two pure or homozygous organisms is called what type of cross —– P1, F1, or F2?
What genetic disorder results from a sex-linked trait that affects color vision?
The genetic disorder called _______________ is known as the “free bleeders” disease.
Having three 21st chromosomes causes the genetic disorder known as _________.
A person suffering from the genetic disorder called ______________ can not digest fats.
_____________________ disease is a genetic disorder where red blood cells carry less oxygen.
Work a P1 cross for plant height in peas.
Work an F1 cross for plant height in peas.
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Evolution & Phylogeny AP Study Guide

 

 

Unit 6  Evolution & Phylogeny Study Guide
  • Be able to give an example of an idea that Charles Darwin borrowed from Thomas Malthus
  • Know some anatomical structures that would be homologous to the wing of a bat
  • Know what important information was unavailable to Darwin in the mid-nineteenth century when he formulated his theory of evolution
  • Know the name of Darwin’s 1859 publication
  • Be able to explain all parts of the Darwin-Wallace theory of natural selection
  • Be able to explain how phylogenetic relationships are determined for closely related species
  • Be able to differentiate between analogous & homolgous structures
  • Know the requirements for the maintenance of  Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
  • Be able to use the Hardy-Weinberg equation to determine allele frequencies and genotypic frequencies
  • Be able to describe and give an example of a cline
  • Be able to explain the bottleneck effect
  • Know what process creates new alleles and serves to balance natural selection
  • Be able to explain & give an example of genetic drift
  • Know what is meant by the “gene pool”
  • Know the major divisions of geologic time
  • Be able to give several examples of fossil types
  • Be able to explain binomial nomenclature
  • Be able to list in order the major taxonomic categories
  • Know what individuals in a population would most often carry copies of harmful recessive alleles
  • Be able to explain & give an example of hybrid sterility
  • Be able to explain & give an example of ecological isolation of species
  • Know what polyploidy is & how it can cause rapid speciation
  • Know the effect of mitosis & meiosis on allelic frequencies in nature
  • Be able to explain the effect on alleles when new members move into a population
  • Know the difference in prezygotic & postzygotic barriers
  • Be able to name & and give examples of prezygotic and postzygotic barriers
  • Be able to explain & give examples of mechanical and behavioral isolation
  • Know the difference between sympatric isolation and allopatric isolation
  • Be able to explain why such a great diversity of life exists on the Hawaiian & Galapagos Islands
  • Be able to tell the difference between anagenesis & cladogenesis
  • Know what taxonomic level can exist as a discrete unit in nature
  • Know what taxonomic unit would show the most genetic variation
  • Be able to explain & give an example of adaptive radiation
  • Be able to determine the age of a fossil using the half-life of carbon-14
  • Know what major evolutionary episode occurred closely with the formation of Pangaea
  • Be able to explain phylogeny
  • Know the significance of the asteroid hypothesis
  • Be able to explain & give examples of divergent & convergent evolution

 

Evolution Study Guide BI

Evolution Study Guide

What idea was used to explain the appearance of maggots on rotting meat?
Explain how Redi tested the hypothesis of spontaneous generation.
What did Pasteur do in his experiments on spontaneous generation that other scientists before him had not done?
What is the estimated age of the earth?
If the half-life of a radioactive isotope is 4000 years, how much will be left in a fossil after 4000 years? after 8000 years?
Does the half-life of a radioactive isotope change?
How can the age of a fossil be determined?
Which of these gases was thought by Oparin to be part of the early Earth’s atmosphere — carbon dioxide, ozone, oxygen , &/or ammonia?
Why did Miller & Urey not use oxygen in their experiment?
What organic compound did Miller & Urey make in their experiment?
Miller & Urey’s experiments were designed to show that life on Earth might have originated from what type of molecules?
Was RNA or DNA probably the first genetic molecule?
Can RNA undergo natural selection & cause evolution or change?
Do scientists think DNA or RNA was made first?
What layer protects the Earth from harmful ultraviolet rays of light?
Give 3 examples of different types of fossils.
Describe several ways in which fossils can be formed.
On what islands did Darwin conduct much of his research?
Darwin’s finches that had various types of beaks probably shared what in common with each other?
The process by which a population becomes better suited to its environment is known as what?
According to Darwin, evolution is the result of _____________ ___________.
If organisms are well suited to their environment, what will be true of their ability to reproduce?
Limited resources and a growing population results in ___________ among organisms.
Give an example of homologous structures found in the wing of a bat & the forearm of a human.
The human tailbone is an example of a __________ structure.
The beak of a bird & the beak of a giant squid have the same function and would be examples of _____________ structures.
When two or more species change in response to each other, the process is known as _____________.
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First Semester Review

 

First Semester Review      

 

What is the study of life called?
What are the smallest units that can carry on life functions called?
Living things are composed of ______________.
Give an example of a scientific observation.
What is a hypothesis?
What 3 things compose an atom?
Matter is made of ________________.
When atoms gain energy, what happens to electrons?
Do  cells contain a few or thousands of different kinds of enzymes?
__________________ reactions are important in organisms because they allow the passage of energy from one molecule to another.
What is a polar molecule?
Water molecules break up other polar substances. Give an example of such a polar molecule.
What happens to ionic compounds in water?
Which is not a carbohydrate —– glycogen, steroids, cellulose, or sugars?
Amino acids are the monomers for making ________________.
Is ice an example of an organic molecule?
The type & order of the amino acids determines the ___________ of a protein.
Very active cells need more of which organelle?
What organelle is the packaging & distribution center of the cell?
What membrane surrounds the nucleus?
What is the function of mitochondria. Sketch their shape.
Where is chlorophyll found in plants?
Diffusion takes place from ________________ concentration to ___________.
If a cell has a high water content, will it lose or gain water?
Ink dispersing in a beaker is an example of ________________.
Very large molecules enter cells by a process called ________________.
Endocytosis and exocytosis occur in ______________ directions across a cell membrane.
What is photosynthesis?
Where do the dark reactions of photosynthesis take place?
When chlorophyll absorbs light energy ATP is made and what other energy carrying molecule?
When chlorophyll absorbs light energy, what happens to its electrons?
_______________ molecules are responsible for the photosystems.
Electrons that have absorbed energy & moved to a higher energy level enter what chain?
When cells break down food molecules, energy is temporarily stored in what molecule?
When muscles do not get enough oxygen, what acid forms during exercise?
If you are growing bacteria in a culture and lactic acids starts to form, the bacteria are not getting enough of what gas?
The 2 stages of cellular respiration are _____________ & oxidative respiration.
Citric acid forms in which cycle during cellular respiration?
ATP molecules are formed inside what cellular organelle?
The first filial generation is the result of  a __________________ cross.
If a genetic trait appears in every generation is it dominant or recessive?
When Mendel crossed pea plants & looked at 2 different traits (flower color & plant height), did the inheritance of one trait influence the other?
If a heterozygous individual is crossed with a homozygous recessive individual, how many phenotypes will result?
What is the expected genotypic ratio from a homozygous dominant X heterozygous monohybrid cross?
List several reasons for genetic counseling.
If a genetic disorder is found equally in males & females, is it autosomal dominant or recessive?
If both parents carry the gene for cystic fibrous, what is the chance that their child will develop the disease?
If a trait is sex-linked, will it occur more often in males or females?
If a gene is located on the X-chromosome, it is said to be ________________.
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Fish Study Guide BI

 

Fish Study Guide

 

What structure in fish filters wastes from their blood?
Lobe finned fish were ancestors to what other amphibian group?
What special problem do marine fish have?
What shape mouth do agnathans have?
How do agnathans get their food?
Why do land animals need stronger bones and muscles than fish?
Name three ways sharks can detect their prey.
What does the word “Agnatha” mean?
Which group of fish has a swim bladder?
What structure in fish gives them buoyancy?
What does “Chondrichthyes” mean?
Describe the scales in bony fish.
What covers the gills of bony fish?
What type of fertilization occurs in sharks?
What class of fish has bony skeletons?
Name the 2 classes of bony fish.
Do sharks have a swim bladder? bony fish?
What makes up the skeleton of sharks? bony fish?
What chordate characteristics do lampreys and hagfish keep as adults?
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