Биология для вступительных экзаменов на сестринские программы: лист заданий с ответами

Which definition of a species is most often used for animals?

1. AA group that can interbreed and have fertile offspring
2. BAll of the different organisms that live together in one area
3. CAny organisms that look alike
4. DAll the animals that eat the same food

What does homozygous mean?

1. AHaving an extra chromosome
2. BHaving two identical alleles for a gene
3. CHaving two different alleles for a gene
4. DHaving only one copy of a gene

What is a scientific law?

1. AA statement of what always happens under certain conditions
2. BA rule that scientists vote to accept
3. CAn explanation that has been proven wrong
4. DA guess about the cause of something that has not yet been tested

How are photosynthesis and aerobic respiration related?

1. ABoth release oxygen into the air
2. BThe products of one are the reactants of the other
3. CBoth take place only in chloroplasts
4. DBoth happen only in animal cells, never in plant cells

What does the enzyme lipase break down?

1. AFats into fatty acids and glycerol
2. BDNA into nucleotides
3. CProteins into amino acids and peptides
4. DStarch into sugars

Каковы продукты аэробного клеточного дыхания?

1. AКрахмал и вода
2. BМолочная кислота и кислород
3. CГлюкоза и кислород
4. DУглекислый газ, вода и АТФ

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?

1. ANeck length is not affected by any genes
2. BOnly plants can pass on traits to offspring
3. CGiraffes do not eat leaves from tall trees, so stretching is not needed
4. DChanges acquired in a lifetime are not passed on in the genes

У матери группа крови A (генотип Iᴬi), у отца — B (Iᴮi). Какие группы крови возможны у их детей?

1. AA, B, AB и O
2. BТолько A, B и AB
3. CТолько AB
4. DТолько A и B