Module 5 Lesson 5 - 5

Diploma Connection

You need to prepare for the style of questions on the Alberta Diploma Examination. Try to answer correctly the following questions from a previous Biology 30 Diploma Examination. Answers are provided at the end of the question set.

Use the following information to answer the next question.

 

- from Campbell, 1993

1.   Which structures in the life cycle of the Ulva are haploid (monoploid)?

A.  Zoospores and the zygote

B.  The sporophyte and the zygote

C.  Zoospores and the gametophytes

D.  The sporophyte and the gametophytes

Use the following information to answer the next two questions.

 

2.   In humans, what process must have occurred to obtain the cells at U?

A.  Mitosis

B.  Meiosis

C.  Fertilization

D.  Differentiation

 

3.   In humans, what process must occur before cell V forms cells W and X?

A.  Mitosis

B.  Meiosis

C.  Recombination

D.  Nondisjunction

Use the following information to answer the next question.

 

 

Numerical Response

4.   Identify the stages in the conifer life cycle that correspond with the letters on the diagram.

 

Stages:              _____________         _____________         _____________          _____________

Diagram:                    A                           B                          C                            D

Use the following information to answer the next question.

5.   The row below that identifies the chromosome number at the first stage and the chromosome number at the second stage is

Row	First stage	Second stage
A.	diploid	haploid
B.	diploid	diploid
C.	haploid	diploid
D.	haploid	haploid