A mutation occurs in the chloroplasts of a lettuce plant, causing its thylakoid membranes to become freely permeable to hydrogen ions (H+), creating less of an H+ (proton) gradient. How might this mutation affect the Calvin cycle?

A beetle population has a gene with two alleles, B and b. You discover that the frequency of the B allele is 40%. What percent of the population is expected to be heterozygous?

Grammar / Punctuation / Usage Directions:  If the following sentence is written correctly, mark “A” for true.  If it is not written correctly, mark “B” for false.     =====================================================================================   Before you go to sleep make sure, you brush your teeth.  

Variegated leaves (white and green) are rarely found in wild plants but are common in garden plants and houseplants because people like their appearance.  Variegated plants are most likely rare in the wild because variegated plants:

WYRICK CHAPTER TWELVE According to chapter twelve, which of the following are reasons that a writer would “define?”

A newly developed herbicide blocks the movement of electrons from Photosystem II to Photosystem I.  What immediate effect does this herbicide have on a plant?

Fiction Identify the correct story based on the quote / character / detail below.   “No, there’s nothing more humiliating than to look poor among other women who are rich.”

WYRICK CHAPTER THREE Chapter three, “The Body Paragraphs,” tells us that an unfocused topic sentence is fine–as long as sentences elsewhere in the paragraph explain its purpose.  

Fiction In the story, “The Black Cat,” how is the narrator mean to his first cat?  

WYRICK CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO What did chapter twenty-two say about “annotating and paraphrasing” a poem?