1. Which of the following descriptions of organic molecules in cells is correct?
2. A cell from the leaf of the aquatic plant Elodea was soaked in a 15 percent sugar solution, and its contents soon separated from the cell wall and formed a mass in the center of the cell. All of the following statements are true about this event EXCEPT:
3. In minks, the gene for brown fur (B) is dominant over the gene for silver fur (b). Which set of genotypes represents a cross that could produce offspring with silver fur from parents that both have brown fur?
4. Which of the following physiological functions is not performed by human skin?
5. Females with Turner’s syndrome have a high incidence of hemophilia, a recessive, X-linked trait. Based on this information, it can be inferred that females with this condition:
6. Immediately after the translation of methionine, a chemical is added which deletes all remaining uracil nucleotides in the mRNA. Which of the following represents the resulting amino acid sequence?
7. The diagram shows the subordination of ecosystem, community, population and individual.
Which of the following statements is correct?
8. Antibiotic resistance occurs when drugs or chemicals used to treat an illness become less effective. Some varieties of Neisseria gonorrhoeae have become resistant to the antibiotic penicillin. Which of the following best explains how the bacteria became resistant?
9. Which of the following statements about cell engineering is correct?
10. An experiment was performed to assess the growth of two species of plants when they were grown in different pHs, given different volumes of water, and watered at different times of day over 6 weeks. Two plants were grown of each species and the average heights (in cm) are shown in the table.
10.1. What are the preferred growth conditions for Species B?
10.2.Which of the following would most improve the statistical significance of the results?