QCE BiologyPractice Examination 13

This paper covers

• Gondwana macroevolution and vertebrate family diversity across geological eras
• Mass extinction events identified from diversity charts
• Adaptive radiation in Australian marsupials
• Divergent evolution and phylogenetic evidence
• Biodiversity measures: SDI, species richness, evenness
• Linnaean taxonomy and binomial nomenclature
• Molecular phylogeny and cladistics
• Energy flow and trophic levels
• Biogeochemical cycling: water, carbon, nitrogen
• Ecological niche theory and interspecific interactions
• Primary and secondary succession
• DNA structure and semi-conservative replication
• Meiosis and genetic variation
• Gene expression: transcription and translation
• Epigenetic mechanisms and transcription factors
• Gene and chromosomal mutations
• Monohybrid, dihybrid, sex-linked and polygenic inheritance
• PCR, gel electrophoresis and recombinant DNA technology
• Natural selection types and microevolution
• Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and allele frequencies
• Speciation modes, convergent evolution and extinction

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.