Reference no: EM131071201

Question 1

Heterozygous refers to an offspring having __________ alleles inherited from the parents.

too many
too few
two different
two identical

Question 2

Mitosis is used by an organism to grow:

Germ cells
Haploid cells
none of these.
Somatic cells.
all of these

Question 3

Haploid cell has _______ of a genome.

50%
none
25%
100%

Question 4

Diploid Cell has ____________ of a genome.

50%
none
25%
100%

Question 5

Mendel figured out that all organisms carried _________ for each trait, he called this biologic phenomena an "alleles".

half copies
four copies
two copies
one copy

Question 6

Cell cycle: _____ sequence of events that describes the stages of a cell's life from the division of a single parent cell to the production of ______.

orderly : two new cells
random : half the original cell
orderly : one new cell
random : many new cells

Question 7

_________ is uncontrolled cell division.

Binary Fission
Cancer
Mitosis
Meiosis

Question 8

The DNA base ________ binds with Guanine

Adenine
Thymine
Cytosine
Guanine

Question 9

The DNA base ________ binds with Adenine.

Thymine
Guanine
Adenine
Cytosine

Question 10

Helicase is an enzyme that ______________ the double strands of DNA during replication.

combines
copies
deletes
seperates
none of these
all of these

Question 11

A _____ is 1 specific nucleic acid that pairs to another specific nucleic acid in Life's molecular code.

codon
backbone
base
nucleic acid
nucleotide

Question 12

The ______ is the sugar-phosphate structure to hold Life's molecular code together.

backbone
base
codon
nucleotide
nucleic acids

Question 13

________ Speciation is the divergence of a species if no physical barriers are in place to separate individuals from reproducing in the same habitat.

Adaptive
Sympatric
Allopatric
Radiative

Question 14

Briefly define Punctuated Equilibrium in your own words:

Question 15

________ Speciation involves geographic separation of populations from a parent species.

Sympatric
Allopatric
Radiative
Adaptive

Question 16

What does Phylogeny and the concept of "shared ancestry" demonstrate as evidence for in Biology?

Question 17

Speciation is the evolutionary process by which reproductively ______ populations evolve to become distinct species.

isolated
inactive
mixed
active
joined

Question 18

Phylogenetic models or trees classify organisms. The best method is by _______.

DNA
embryology
comparative anatomy
the fossil record

Question 19

___________ describes the relationship of an organism to other organisms it is thought to have evolved from.

Phylogeny
Ancestry
Taxonomy
Ontogeny

Question 20

Species are natural populations of organisms that ______________.

can interbreed.
"All of these"
are a singular kind.
can not interbreed with organisms outside their own group.
"none of these".

Question 21

Cells are the "basic unit of Life" and ___________ are the basic units of Biodiversity.

variations
species
populations
genes
individuals

Question 22

Briefly define Gradual Speciation in your own words:

Question 23

The phylogenetic classification of Domain represents what in the evolution of Life and the study of Biology?

Question 24

Prokaryotes play a significant role in many inorganic cycles and recycling of _________from the environment that are required for Life.

water
inorganic nutrients
DNA
the 4 macromolecules

Question 25

_______: Microbial communities producing local and global impacts.

Fauna
Biofilms
Biota
Flora

Question 26

________ are the essential nutrition and "beginning" of many food webs indirectly or directly.

Protists
Viruses
Fauna
Flora

Question 27

Fungi are phylogenetically "closer" to _______ than _______.

plants : animals
protists: animals
animals : plants
plants : protists

Question 28

Fungi represent Life that is closer to multicellular Life than "colonial" or single celled Life because of Fungi's adaptations and unique organism structure of being spread out mycelium.

True
False

Question 29

Fungi have more DNA in common with _______ than plants.

Question 30

Fungi undergo __________ reproduction.

both
neither
asexual
sexual

Question 31

All Fungi have a defining cellular structure called _________ that comprise most of the organisms "structure" or "body plan" that is a root like fingers in search for nutrients.

Question 32

____________ is a plant cell wall adaptation to seal water within the organism and prevent desiccation.

Phloem
Xylem
Vascular tissue
Waxy cuticle

Question 33

_______: plant tissue responsible for the storage and long-distance transport of water and nutrients.

Xylem
Roots
True leaves
Phloem
All of these

Question 34

_______: is an example of the two types of vascular plant tissue working together to absorb nutrients from the environment.

Roots
True leaves
All of these
Phloem
Xylem

Question 35

___________ tissue: Plant structure for holding, transporting water and nutrients against gravity and diffusion.

Root
Phloem
Waxy Cuticle
Vascular

Question 36

The defining characteristic that is a result of an evolutionary event of plants is the adaptation of a cell to use __________ for metabolism needs. (light, sugar, ATP, All of these)

water
ATP
all of these
light
sugar

Question 37

Spermatophytes: Seeds of plants that are both "_____" and "_____" allowing for a waterless reproductive and dispersal process.

haploid : diploid
stamen : carpel
mitotic : meiotic
egg : sperm

Question 38

The _______ is the varied reproductive structure of the flower involved with the coevolution of animals and insects.

sepal
ovary
carpel
stamen
petal

Question 39

The _______ is the female reproductive structure of the flower possessing the stigma.

stamen
carpel
ovary
sepal
petal

Question 40

______ allow for plants to be free from the need to rely on water for reproduction.

phloem
flowers
seeds
xylem
roots

Question 41

_________: plants with "enclosed seeds" that develop inside the plant.

Endosperm
Spermatophytes
Angiosperm
Gymnosperm

Question 42

The process of DNA replication can be summarized into key steps: List them and/orvery briefly describe the steps in your own words.

Question 43

How did the adaptations of flower strategies like Trickery and Bribery effect the evolution of pollinators? Darwin and Wallace recognized this pattern that reinforced the hypotheses to their theories.

Question 44

What are the three significant descriptors in the classification of what is a Fungus?

Question 45

What are the 3 defining characteristics of plants?

Question 46

How did the adaptation of seeds open a new world to plants?

Question 47

List the 8 hierarchical categories of Taxonomy in order:

Question 48

What are the three outcomes of Genetic drift:

Question 49

What is the purpose of Phylogeny and Taxonomy as the attempt of Science to show the results of Evolution by Natural Selection over time?

Question 50

Explain how chance creates a Population Bottleneck event:

Question 51

Explain the difference between these two observed processes and which is better: Gradual Speciation or Punctuated Equilibrium?