Science Bowl

BIOLOGY

Biology - 65

BIOL-92; Short Answer:  What is the process by which an animal may develop from an
UNfertilized egg?

ANSWER:  PARTHENOGENESIS        (pron: par-then-a-GEN-a-sis) 

BIOL-92; Multiple Choice:  A normal female human cell will have how many Barr bodies per
cell?  Is it:

a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4

ANSWER:   A -- 1

BIOL-92; Multiple Choice:  Which of the following refers to the science concerned with the
application of genetic principles to the improvement of the human species?

a) assortive mating
b) eugenics
c) holandricism
d) none of these

ANSWER:   B -- EUGENICS

BIOL-92; Multiple Choice:  Which of the following terms relates to the mating of
genetically-related individuals ("blood relatives")?

a) familialism

(pron: feh-mil-yel-ism)

b) kinship genetics
c) consanguinity

(pron: kon-sang-gwin-eh-tee) 

d) none of these

ANSWER:   C -- CONSANGUINITY

BIOL-92; Short Answer:  Complete the sentence.  _____ Twins develop from separate zygotes
and therefore differ genotypically and phenotypically. 

ANSWER:  FRATERNAL

BIOL-92; Short Answer:  Complete the following sentence.  In movable joints i the body,
____________ connect bone to bone.

ANSWER:  LIGAMENTS