Section D Sample Questions

Section D Overview

This section consists of multiple-choice and/or open-ended free- response questions relating to the current four State Labs.

Currently, the four State Labs include Relationships and Biodiversity, Making Connections, The Beaks of Finches, and Diffusion Through a Membrane.

Questions on this part of the Regents involve interpreting diagrams and expected results from the labs.

You may be asked to label a diagram or manipulate a diagram to show typical results of the laboratory investigation.

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Section D Sample Questions

1. A laboratory technique is illustrated in the diagram to the right. The technique of lowering the coverslip at an angle is used to

(1) make organelles more visible

(2) reduce the formation of air bubbles

(3) make the specimen transparent

(4) reduce the size of the specimen

Base your answers to questions 2 through 5 on the information below and on your knowledge of biology.

The characteristics of four finches that inhabit the same island are represented in the chart below.

2-5. Complete the table below using information in the characteristics chart and your knowledge of biology. [2]