QCE BiologyPractice Examination 17

This paper covers

• Eastern grey kangaroo disruptive selection — body mass distribution histograms from drought and non-drought years
• Types of natural selection: directional, stabilising, disruptive
• Allele frequency change and Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
• Microevolution and macroevolution
• Speciation modes: allopatric, sympatric
• Biodiversity measures: Simpson's Diversity Index, species richness, evenness
• Linnaean taxonomy and binomial nomenclature
• Molecular phylogeny and cladistics
• Energy flow across trophic levels
• Biogeochemical cycling: water, carbon, nitrogen
• Ecological niche, carrying capacity, interspecific and intraspecific interactions
• Primary and secondary succession to climax community
• DNA structure and semi-conservative replication
• Meiosis as a source of genetic variation
• Transcription and translation
• Gene expression regulation: epigenetics and transcription factors
• Gene and chromosomal mutations
• Monohybrid, dihybrid, sex-linked and polygenic inheritance
• PCR, gel electrophoresis, recombinant DNA technology
• Adaptive radiation, convergent and divergent evolution, 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.