
June 2016 NY Regents LE - Parts A and B1
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- Q1Which statement is an example of the interdependence of organisms?Owls hunt at nightAnts get food from insects and protect insects from predatorsCrows feed on dead miceTicks feed on the blood of animals and the ticks grow larger30s
- Q2Residents of a town are concerned that a recently built factory could pose health risks. Scientists were asked to investigate the effects of the factory on the health of local residents. The most relevant information they reported was thatlocal medical facilities have recently reported a 15% increase in the number of patients treated for asthmain a survey, residents felt that the air in town looks dirtier nowthere have been reports that other types of factories have been linked with health issuesresidents have occasionally seen smoke coming from the factory30s
- Q3Farmers may someday clone their best milkproducing cow into a whole herd. What potential disadvantage might be important to consider in having such a large group of clones on one farm?Lack of variation may limit survival in the herd.The cows could be mated only with each otherThe cows could be fertilized by only one type of bull.It may be difficult to tell the animals apart30s
- Q4DNA replication occurs in preparation formeiosis, onlymitosis, onlyneither mitosis nor meiosisboth mitosis and meiosis30s
- Q5An individual eats a hamburger. Which two systems must interact to transfer the nutrients in the hamburger to human muscle tissue?circulatory and respiratorydigestive and circulatorydigestive and immunerespiratory and excretory30s
- Q6The diagram below shows cell A completing a life process. Cell A performs functions similar to the tissues and systems in complex, multicellular organisms. This process results inincreased autotrophic nutritionthe maintenance of homeostasisa reduction in competitionincreased genetic variation30s
- Q7The shape of a protein molecule directly determines itscirculation throughout the bodyfunctions inside and outside of cellsroles in building water moleculesmovements through the cytoplasm30s
- Q8Which molecule would require the use of energy in order to be brought into the cell?423130s
- Q9Many domestic plants that are currently used for food by humans share a wild plant ancestor. The changes that have occurred in four common plants and the results are shown in the chart below. What event most likely produced the changes that occurred in the wild plant ancestor?Competition for survival occurred in all ecosystems of the worldMutations in wild mustard sex cells were passed on to offspringAncient herbivores overgrazed wild mustardHumans did not like to eat wild mustard30s
- Q10Which statement describes the result of this exposure?There have been no changes in the basesA new base has been insertedA base has been deletedOne base has been substituted for another30s
- Q11An ameba, a one-celled organism, can move, ingest, and transport materials within the cell, because it hassystemsorganellestissuesorgans30s
- Q12In humans, the placenta is essential to the embryo forrespiration, nutrition, and excretionmovement, reproduction, and nutritioncoordination, movement, and growthnutrition, excretion, and reproduction30s
- Q13A student infected by a common cold virus ran a low-grade fever. After a few days, the student’s temperature returned to normal and the student was free of cold symptoms. The fever served asan antigen in the circulatory systeman immune response to a pathogena biological catalysta weakened pathogen30s
- Q14Many animals have developed courtship behaviors. Males will often dance, swim, or sing in a particular way to attract a female. Males who are more successful at the courtship behavior will have a greater chance of having more offspring. This behavior is a result ofgenetic engineeringasexual reproductiongene manipulationnatural selection30s
- Q15After a zygote is formed, specialization of cells occurs. Through which process do the cells of a zygote become specialized?sexual reproductionfertilizationmeiosisdifferentiation30s