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Practice Test A


This activity contains 25 questions.

Question 1
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Open Hint for Question 1 in a new window		 The vegetative progeny of a single genotype such as an individual seedling, a mutant branch, a single plant of a vegetatively propagated population, or a recombinant DNA segment is called a ___________.
 
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Question 2
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Open Hint for Question 2 in a new window		 _________ is the process of vegetatively propagating a clone.
 
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Question 3
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Open Hint for Question 3 in a new window		 A __________ is any plant used as the starting point of a propagation process.
 
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Question 4
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Open Hint for Question 4 in a new window		 The process of selecting an individual plant or plant part to create a clone is called ________________.
 
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Question 5
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Open Hint for Question 5 in a new window		 ______________ is a system of forestry management that utilizes clones in the planting.
 
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Question 6
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Open Hint for Question 6 in a new window		 The concept of a clone as stabilizing a genotype for propagation is called _____________.
 
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Question 7
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Open Hint for Question 7 in a new window		 A planting of a commercial cultivar that contains only a single genotype is a ______________.
 
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Question 8
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Open Hint for Question 8 in a new window		 The selecting of a single plant of a seedling population to be the start of a new clone cultivar is called a ________________.
 
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Question 9
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Open Hint for Question 9 in a new window		 The sequence between consecutive vegetative propagation events is called the _________________.
 
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Question 10
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Open Hint for Question 10 in a new window		 A genetic change in genotype is called a(n) ___________.
 
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Question 11
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Open Hint for Question 11 in a new window		 A _____________ is a sudden change due to a mutation in a single branch apparently arising from a single bud.
 
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Question 12
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Open Hint for Question 12 in a new window		 A change in genotype brought about by alteration of the four bases of a single locus is called a __________________.
 
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Question 13
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Open Hint for Question 13 in a new window		 A loss of a part of a chromosome is called a __________.
 
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Question 14
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Open Hint for Question 14 in a new window		 A duplicate of part of the chromosome is a ____________.
 
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Question 15
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Open Hint for Question 15 in a new window		 A shift of one part of the chromosome into another is called a ______________.
 
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Question 16
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Open Hint for Question 16 in a new window		 A(n) ___________ is the reversal of a segment of the chromosome.
 
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Question 17
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Open Hint for Question 17 in a new window		 A duplication of entire sets of chromosome within the same nucleus is called _______________.
 
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Question 18
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Open Hint for Question 18 in a new window		 The condition where the chromosome number is not an exact multiple of the haploid set is called _____________.
 
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Question 19
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Open Hint for Question 19 in a new window		 A______________ is a chemical or radiation treatment that creates mutations.
 
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Question 20
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Open Hint for Question 20 in a new window		 A system of plant breeding that creates new cultivars by mutations is ________________.
 
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Question 21
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Open Hint for Question 21 in a new window		 The process by which DNA from different origins are combined and cloned to be inserted into a separate genome is ____________________.
 
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Question 22
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Open Hint for Question 22 in a new window		 A laboratory procedure by which cells and tissue are grown in in vitro culture including clonal selection at the cell level is called _____________________.
 
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Question 23
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Open Hint for Question 23 in a new window		 ____________ are clones created by the intoduction of recombinant DNA into its genome.
 
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Question 24
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Open Hint for Question 24 in a new window		 Variation in phenotype due to the effect of the environment on the same genotype is called this_____________.
 
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Question 25
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Open Hint for Question 25 in a new window		 _____________ is a cellular mechanism that determines the expression of genes.
 
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