Biology Placement Test ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Biology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The study of life
Cell Division - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Process by which a cell divides into two new
daughter cells
Sexual Reproduction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Cells from two parents unite to form the
first cell of a new organism
Asexual Reproduction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Process by which a single parent
reproduces by itself
Mitosis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- cell division that results in two identical daughter cells
Cell Cycle - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- pattern of growth, DNA replication, and cell
division that occurs in a eukaryotic cell
Chromosome - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Tightly wound strand of genetic material or DNA
Genetics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The scientific study of heredity
Heredity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Passing of traits from parents to offspring
Gregor Mendel - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Father of genetics
Phenotype - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An organism's physical appearance, or visible traits.
Genotype - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An organism's genetic makeup, or allele
combinations.
, Recessive - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- trait of an organism that can be masked by the
dominant form of a trait
Dominant - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- observed trait of an organism that mask the recessive
form of a trait
Homozygous - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An organism that has two identical alleles for a
trait
Heterozygous - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An organism that has two different alleles for a
trait
Allele - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- alternative forms of a gene for each variation of a trait of
an organism
Law of independent assortment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The inheritance pattern of one
trait will not affect the inheritance pattern of another
Punnett Square - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- diagram showing the gene combinations that
might result from a genetic cross
Sex-Linked Trait - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A trait associated with a gene that is carried
only by the male or female parent.
DNA - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a complex molecule containing the genetic info that
makes up the chromosomes
Watson and Crick - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Developed the double helix model of DNA.
Nucleotide - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Building blocks (monomer) of nucleic acid.
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Biology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The study of life
Cell Division - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Process by which a cell divides into two new
daughter cells
Sexual Reproduction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Cells from two parents unite to form the
first cell of a new organism
Asexual Reproduction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Process by which a single parent
reproduces by itself
Mitosis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- cell division that results in two identical daughter cells
Cell Cycle - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- pattern of growth, DNA replication, and cell
division that occurs in a eukaryotic cell
Chromosome - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Tightly wound strand of genetic material or DNA
Genetics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The scientific study of heredity
Heredity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Passing of traits from parents to offspring
Gregor Mendel - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Father of genetics
Phenotype - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An organism's physical appearance, or visible traits.
Genotype - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An organism's genetic makeup, or allele
combinations.
, Recessive - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- trait of an organism that can be masked by the
dominant form of a trait
Dominant - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- observed trait of an organism that mask the recessive
form of a trait
Homozygous - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An organism that has two identical alleles for a
trait
Heterozygous - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An organism that has two different alleles for a
trait
Allele - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- alternative forms of a gene for each variation of a trait of
an organism
Law of independent assortment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The inheritance pattern of one
trait will not affect the inheritance pattern of another
Punnett Square - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- diagram showing the gene combinations that
might result from a genetic cross
Sex-Linked Trait - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A trait associated with a gene that is carried
only by the male or female parent.
DNA - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a complex molecule containing the genetic info that
makes up the chromosomes
Watson and Crick - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Developed the double helix model of DNA.
Nucleotide - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Building blocks (monomer) of nucleic acid.
