Ap Biology Quiz
1994 AP Biology
SECTION I
Time – 1 hour and 30 minutes
Directions: Each of the questions or incomplete statements below is followed by five suggested answers or completions. Select the one that is best in each case and then fill in the corresponding oval on the answer sheet.
1. Which of the following is the most abundant carbon-containing compound in the atmosphere of the Earth?
(A) Carbon monoxide
(B) Carbon dioxide
(C) Carbon tetrachloride
(D) Ethane
(E) Ozone
2. During hibernation, the rate of cellular respiration in a mammal is typically less than half the rate measured when the mammal is not hibernating. Such slowed cellular respiration is probably accompanied by which of the following? Pulse Rate Body Temperature
(A) reduced reduced …show more content…
(E) They have specialized structures for uric acid storage and release.
46. During germination in most angiosperm seeds, food for the growing embryo is provided by the
(A) microgametophyte
(B) female gametophyte
(C) endosperm
(D) hypocotyl
(E) ovary
47. The embryo of which of the following organisms does NOT have an amnion?
(A) a bird
(B) a turtle
(C) a lizard
(D) a fish
(E) a human
48. A human cell in prophase of mitosis can be distinguished from a human cell in prophase I of meiosis by the presence of
(A) kinetochores in the mitotic cell
(B) a spindle in the mitotic cell
(C) twice as many chromosomes in the meiotic cell
(D) half as many chromosomes in the meiotic cell
(E) paired homologous chromosomes in the meiotic cell
Questions 49-50. In a certain flock of sheep, 4 percent of the population has black wool and 96 percent has white wool. Assume that the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
49. If black wool is a recessive trait, what percentage of the population is heterozygous for this trait?
(A) 4%
(B) 20%
(C) 32%
(D) 64%
(E) 80%
50. What percentage of the population is homozygous for white
SECTION I
Time – 1 hour and 30 minutes
Directions: Each of the questions or incomplete statements below is followed by five suggested answers or completions. Select the one that is best in each case and then fill in the corresponding oval on the answer sheet.
1. Which of the following is the most abundant carbon-containing compound in the atmosphere of the Earth?
(A) Carbon monoxide
(B) Carbon dioxide
(C) Carbon tetrachloride
(D) Ethane
(E) Ozone
2. During hibernation, the rate of cellular respiration in a mammal is typically less than half the rate measured when the mammal is not hibernating. Such slowed cellular respiration is probably accompanied by which of the following? Pulse Rate Body Temperature
(A) reduced reduced …show more content…
(E) They have specialized structures for uric acid storage and release.
46. During germination in most angiosperm seeds, food for the growing embryo is provided by the
(A) microgametophyte
(B) female gametophyte
(C) endosperm
(D) hypocotyl
(E) ovary
47. The embryo of which of the following organisms does NOT have an amnion?
(A) a bird
(B) a turtle
(C) a lizard
(D) a fish
(E) a human
48. A human cell in prophase of mitosis can be distinguished from a human cell in prophase I of meiosis by the presence of
(A) kinetochores in the mitotic cell
(B) a spindle in the mitotic cell
(C) twice as many chromosomes in the meiotic cell
(D) half as many chromosomes in the meiotic cell
(E) paired homologous chromosomes in the meiotic cell
Questions 49-50. In a certain flock of sheep, 4 percent of the population has black wool and 96 percent has white wool. Assume that the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
49. If black wool is a recessive trait, what percentage of the population is heterozygous for this trait?
(A) 4%
(B) 20%
(C) 32%
(D) 64%
(E) 80%
50. What percentage of the population is homozygous for white