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Introduction to Biology: Mastery Test
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A student notices that when bananas are kept near other fruits, the other fruits ripen faster. She wonders what causes
more quickly and thinks that bananas must have an influence on the ripening process. She decides to perform an expe
bananas and apples and places an apple by itself at location A and an apple next to a banana at location B. She then w.
records the how ripe each apple is.
What would be the next step in this experiment?
O A
ask questions and construct a hypothesis
B.
make observations and draw a conclusion
O c.
construct a hypothesis and record data
D.
analyze the results and make a conclusion

Which of the following protists gets nutrients mainly by absorbing molecules from other organisms through their cell walls and cell membranes? a. amoebas b. water molds c. ciliates d. slime molds

Considering the yellow and green pea color phenotypes studied by gregor mendel: a. what is the biochemical function of the protein that is specified by the gene responsible for the pea color phenotype? (1 point) b. a null allele of a gene is an allele that does not specify (or encode) any of the biochemical function that the gene normally provides (in other words, either no protein at all or only non-functional protein is produced from it). of the two alleles, y and y, which is more likely to be a null allele? (1 point) c. in terms of the underlying biochemistry, why is the y allele dominant to the y allele? (2 points) d. why are peas that are yy homozygotes green? (1 point) e. the amount of protein produced from a gene is roughly proportional to the number of functional copies of the gene carried by a cell or individual. what do the phenotypes of yy homozygotes, yy heterozygotes, and yy homozygotes tell us about the amount of sgr enzyme needed to produce a yellow color? explain your reasoning. (2 points)

What type of plant is good for a bioassay and where can i buy it? i only have a month.