QCE BiologyPractice Examination 10

This paper covers

• Nitrogen cycle — nitrification, denitrification, ammonification, nitrogen fixation in sugarcane agricultural and natural wetland contexts
• Biodiversity measures — Simpson's Diversity Index, species richness, evenness, percentage cover
• Ecosystem energy flow — trophic levels, ecological efficiency, productivity
• Biogeochemical cycles — carbon, water and nitrogen cycling
• Ecological interactions — interspecific/intraspecific, carrying capacity, succession
• DNA structure, semi-conservative replication, gene expression (transcription, translation)
• Epigenetic mechanisms and regulation of gene expression
• Meiosis and genetic variation, mutations (gene and chromosomal)
• Mendelian and non-Mendelian inheritance — monohybrid, dihybrid, sex-linked, polygenic
• Biotechnology — PCR, gel electrophoresis, recombinant DNA
• Natural selection mechanisms and allele frequency change
• Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium calculations
• Speciation, macroevolution, phylogenetics and cladistics
• Linnaean taxonomy and binomial nomenclature
• Molecular phylogeny and evolutionary evidence

Students are permitted to bring into the examination the materials normally allowed for this subject. Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

This is an ATARMAxxing practice paper. It is not an official examination and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced by the VCAA, NESA or the QCAA.