1.やさしい
What is the job of the capsule found around some bacteria?
- AIt is used to swim through liquids
- BIt protects the cell, for example from white blood cells
- CIt helps the bacterium make energy by photosynthesis
- DIt holds the bacterium's main chromosome
2.やさしい
What does homozygous mean?
- AHaving two identical alleles for a gene
- BHaving two different alleles for a gene
- CHaving only one copy of a gene
- DHaving an extra chromosome
3.やさしい
What is a stem cell?
- AA fully specialised cell that can no longer divide or change its type
- BAn unspecialised cell that can divide and become other cell types
- CA plant cell found only in the stem
- DA cell that carries oxygen in the blood
4.ふつう
Why do plants wilt when the soil around their roots becomes very salty?
- ASalt makes the root cells swell and burst
- BSalt blocks sunlight from reaching the leaves
- CWater leaves the root cells by osmosis
- DThe roots take in too much water
5.ふつう
What happens during telophase of mitosis?
- AThe chromosomes line up across the middle of the cell
- BThe DNA is copied for the next division
- CA nuclear envelope forms around each set of chromosomes
- DThe sister chromatids are pulled apart
6.ふつう
Which kind of mutation can be passed on to a person's children?
- AA mutation in a skin cell caused by sunlight
- BA mutation in a liver cell caused by alcohol
- CA mutation in a cell that forms eggs or sperm
- DA mutation in a white blood cell during infection
7.むずかしい
A point mutation changes a codon in the middle of a gene into a stop codon. What is the most likely effect?
- AA protein that is longer than normal
- BA protein with one different amino acid
- CA shortened protein that usually does not work
- DNo change, because stop codons are ignored
8.むずかしい
An old idea says giraffes got long necks because each one stretched to reach leaves and passed the longer neck to its young. Why is this idea rejected?
- ANeck length is not affected by any genes
- BOnly plants can pass on traits to offspring
- CGiraffes do not eat leaves from tall trees, so stretching is not needed
- DChanges acquired in a lifetime are not passed on in the genes
解答
- 1. B · It protects the cell, for example from white blood cells
- 2. A · Having two identical alleles for a gene
- 3. B · An unspecialised cell that can divide and become other cell types
- 4. C · Water leaves the root cells by osmosis
- 5. C · A nuclear envelope forms around each set of chromosomes
- 6. C · A mutation in a cell that forms eggs or sperm
- 7. C · A shortened protein that usually does not work
- 8. D · Changes acquired in a lifetime are not passed on in the genes
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