Quiz 1

Question 1

What is considered alive

Answer 1

Extract energy, reproduction, one or more cells

Question 2

Virus

Answer 2

Few genes surrounded by a coat of protein

Question 3

Hypothesis

Answer 3

An idea about how things work

Question 4

Prediction

Answer 4

Result that should be observed, if the hypothesis is correct

Question 5

Evolution

Answer 5

Ecological process changes the genetic makeup of a population

Question 6

Adaptation

Answer 6

Members of a population become better able to deal with the environment

Question 7

Natural selection

Answer 7

Process with no forethought

Question 8

DNA

Answer 8

Contains all of the information necessary to produce an organism

Question 9

What is a gene

Answer 9

Basic unit of heredity
A sequence of base pairs on a dna molecule
Provides the info necessary to produce a specific protein

Question 10

Genome

Answer 10

All the dna in a cell

Question 11

Protein

Answer 11

Forms an organism

Regulate chemical reaction

Question 12

mRNA

Answer 12

Contains info in the gene

Question 13

Mutation

Answer 13

Permanent change in a cells DNA
Often an error in DNA replication
May lead to altered proteins

Question 14

Haploid organisms

Answer 14

1 copy of each chromosome

Question 15

Diploid

Answer 15

2 copies of each chromosome

Question 16

Allele

Answer 16

Distinct version of a particular gene