Suggestions for Exam Preparation

·         Start studying TODAY.  Don’t wait until the last minute.

·         Complete any homework assignments you didn’t finish by the due date. Assignments more than seven days late are not accepted.

·         Make a vocabulary list/flashcards and make sure you know every word.

·         Closely re-read the work and notes in your logbook.  Write down anything you don’t understand and ask your teacher for help ASAP.

·         Break your studying up into several segments.  Don’t try to do it all at once!

·         Come to Homework Help Center and/or study with a partner or group (Thursdays after school with Feigal-Stickles)

·         Go to Mr. Hodge’s review sessions Monday March 3 at 3:15PM and Tuesday March 4 at 9AM in #119

Exam Structure

This will be a multiple choice exam with approximately 50 questions.   The questions will be from homework assignments, in-class work, and readings from the entire Genetics Unit. 

What to Study:  VOCAB includes but is not limited to:


Gene                   Allele                                 Chromosome                        Haploid                       Homozygous  Heterozygous     Meiosis                           Autosome vs. Gamete            Dominant                      Recessive                        Co-dominance        genotype                          Phenotype                            DNA                             mRNA

tRNA                   Nitrogen Base        Nucleotide                            Codon                           Anticodon                   Transcription       Translation                     Protein Synthesis                 Diploid                        Ribosome

Amino Acid            Anti-Parallel                      Carrier                                Protein                       Double Helix

Sex-linked traits                                        Incomplete Dominance                                         Polygenic Traits

                                               

                                   

·         Meiosis —What happens to the chromosomes during meiosis?  How do meiosis and sexual reproduction increase genetic variation? What’s the difference between the starting cell and the ending cell(s)?

 

·         Punnett Squares for ALL types of genetic crosses—How do you determine the alleles the parents can pass to their offspring?  What information about offspring genotypes and phenotypes do Punnett Squares give us?  What is probability?

 

·         DNA Structure and the Central Dogma of Biology—What are the parts of DNA?  How are they put together?  What occurs during both transcription and translation?  What is the purpose of these processes?  Explain how a protein is put together through these processes.

 

·         Pedigree Analysis—What is a genetic pedigree?  What do the different pedigree symbols (circle, square, etc.) mean?  Why are pedigrees used?

 

·         What MAKES an allele (a version of a gene) recessive or dominant? Know what the allele actually represents in terms of genetic information.

 

·         Dragon Lab: What did the popsicle sticks represent? What did the dropping of the sticks represent? Why were some traits influenced by the sex of the dragon?

 

·         Who are Watson and Crick? What did Watson say about race and how was he wrong?