Biology Practice Test
Fall 2020
1
The information for each item, including the objective, DOK level, item type, and correct answer,
is located in this document. The items appear in the order as shown in the table.
Objective
1
(BIO.1E.2) Identify and describe the changes that occur in a cell
during replication. Explore problems that might occur if the cell does
not progress through the cycle correctly (cancer).
2
Multiple
Choice
A
2
(BIO.1E.1) Construct models to explain how the processes of cell
division and cell differentiation produce and maintain complex
multicellular organisms.
2
Multiple
Choice
C
3
(BIO.3B.2) Illustrate Mendel’s law of independent assortment using
Punnett squares and/or the product rule of probability
to analyze
2
Enhanced
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Key
4
(BIO.5.2) Analyze models of the cycling of matter (e.g., carbon,
nitrogen, phosphorus, and water) between abiotic and biotic factors
in an ecosystem and evaluate the ability of t
hese cycles to maintain
the health and sustainability of the ecosystem.
3
Multiple
Choice
A
5
(BIO.3C.3) Use models to predict how various changes in the
nucleotide sequence (e.g., point mutations, deletions, and additions)
will affect the resulting
protein product and the subsequent inherited
Choice
6
(BIO.5.5) Evaluate symbiotic relationships (e.g., mutualism,
parasitism, and commensalism) and other co
-evolutionary (e.g.,
-prey, cooperation, competition, and mimicry)
relationships within specific environments.
2
Enhanced
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Key
7
(BIO.2.2) Develop models of the major reactants and products of
photosynthesis to demonstrate the transformation of light energy into
stored chemical energy in cel
ls. Emphasize the chemical processes
in which bonds are broken and energy is released, and new bonds
are formed and energy is stored
.
2
Enhanced
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Key
8
(BIO.4.5) Use Darwin's Theory to explain how genetic variation,
competition
, overproduction, and unequal reproductive success acts
as driving forces of natural selection and evolution.
2
Choice
C
9
(BIO.4.1) Use models to differentiate between organic and chemical
evolution, illustrating the steps leading to
aerobic heterotrophs and
photosynthetic autotrophs.
2
Enhanced
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Key
10
(BIO.3B.3) Investigate traits that follow non-Mendelian inheritance
patterns (e.g., incomplete dominance, codominance, multiple alleles
in human blood types,
and sex-linkage).
2
Multiple
Choice
D