Biology Honors 2 Test Concepts

Multiple Choice
Sequence the order of relatedness of species
Identify how scientists determine relatedness
Interpret graphs
Determine the causes of genetic variation
Determine how a pH change affects organisms
Identify experimental variables and controls
Identify conclusions based on experimental data
Use data/graphs to identify species
Identity the components of Mendel's Law
Identify affects of society on scientific innovation and vice versa
Describe the contributions of major scientists, i.e., Mendel, Morgan, Watson, Linnaeus, Darwin
Predict how human activities affect populations of organisms
Determine an outcome of deforestation
Identify how humans affect and are affected by the environment, e.g., global warming,
deforestation, clear cutting, water quality
Identify the role of enzymes and bonds in DNA replication
Compare and contrast the components of DNA and RNA
Identify genetic crosses that result in different phenotypic ratios, e.g. 1:2:1, etc.
Identify the outcomes of incomplete and/or codominance on phenotypes
Identify the best reason changes in organisms will most likely be passed to future generations.
Identify Punnett Square genotypic and phenotypic ratios
Use a codon chart to identify amino acid sequences
Identify codons for a section of DNA
Identify a genetic disorder and its cause based on a karyotype
Categorize a genetic disorder, e.g., autosomal, sex linked, etc.
Identify the relationship between energy and biomass
Identify trophic levels in a food web
Sequence a food chain from a food web
Determine the outcomes of an ecological imbalance between herbivores, producers and
carnivores
Determine how immigration and emigration affect population sizes
Interpret graphs
Identify the components of natural selection
Identify the effects of genotype on survival, e.g., Peppered Moths
Identify evolutionary evidence, e.g., vestigial, analogous, and homologous structures
Identify evolutionary evidence that supports evolution, e.g., fossil record, relative dating
Identify the components of the modern theory of evolution
Use a cladogram to determine relatedness of species
Identify components of bio/geo/chemical cycles, e.g., water, nitrogen, carbon
Identify trophic levels in an energy pyramid