Semester 1 Finals

The following are the exact questions that could be chosen for your final exam.  The day of the final you will be given two (2) questions.  One you choose and one I choose.  You will be graded on the correctness and completeness of your answer.  All questions should be answered in essay format.  Some essays will be longer than others.   No notes will be permitted on the day of the final. The day of the final you should bring paper and something to write with. 

1.)  How do humans and rose bushes exhibit the common characteristics of life? Make sure to explain all the characteristics of life in your answer.

2.)  An electromagnet can be made by wrapping insulated wire around an iron nail and connecting the ends of the wire to a 6-volt battery. By Increasing the number of coils of wire wrapped around the nail you can increase the strength of the electromagnet. This is measured by the number of paper clips the magnet can pick up. In an essay create a hypothesis, identify the independent and dependent variables and create and set up a graph (the data you use on the graph can be made up but must make sense to the experiment).

3.)  The four groups of macromolecules are carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, and proteins. Which of these groups are polymers and which are not? Explain your answer.

4.)  A pea plant with yellow seeds was crossed with a plant with green seeds. The children of this cross produced plants with yellow seeds. Explain why green seeds reappeared when the second generation (yellow seeds) are crossed.

5.)  How does transcription differ from DNA replication? Describe at least four differences.

6.)  Explain why the father of a girl who is colorblind must also be colorblind.

7.)  Explain how the chemical components of a nucleotide give DNA a structure that allows it to hold itself together and yet come apart for replication.

8.)  How does the right to patent genetic material and genetic engineering techniques both help and hinder scientific progress in understanding the human genome?