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BIOL 1308 Exam 4 Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 22mins

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Class
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1.

Which of the following best describes natural selection?

a)

If you can't beat them, join them

b)

Survival of the fittest

c)

Survival of the most attractive

d)

Do no harm

2.

What did Darwin's theory propose about organisms in a population? (Check all that apply)

a)

They exhibit variation

b)

They become adapted to the environment

c)

They compete for resources

d)

They have varied reproductive success

3.

Continental drift provides what type of evidence for evolution?

a)

Fossil evidence

b)

Biogeographical evidence

c)

Anatomical evidence

d)

Biochemical evidence

e)

Experimental evidence

4.

What is the term for a change for allele frequencies in a population over time?

a)

Macroevolution

b)

Evolution

c)

Microevolution

d)

Natural selection

e)

Reverse evolution

5.

If the allele frequencies of a population do not change over time, the population is said to be

a)

in equilibrium.

b)

evolving.

c)

extinct.

d)

mutating.

e)

drifting genetically.

6.

Which of the following are agents of evolutionary change? (Check all that apply)

a)

Mutations

b)

Genetic drift

c)

Adaptations

d)

Nonrandom mating

e)

Acquired characteristics

7.

Macroevolution includes the history of life on Earth.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

What is an example of a postzygotic reproductive isolating mechanism?

a)

Geographical separation

b)

Sterile offspring

c)

Sexual incompatibility

d)

Different mating signals

e)

Environmental pressure

9.

What branch of biology studies the evolutionary history of biodiversity?

a)

Genetics

b)

Phylogenetics

c)

Systematics

d)

Taxonomy

e)

Cladistics

10.

Which of the below options is correct binomial nomenclature?

a)

Homo Sapiens

b)

homo sapiens

c)

Homo sapiens

d)

Homo sapiens

e)

Homo Sapiens

11.

What theory did Louis Pasteur disprove with his experiments in 1859?

a)

Big bang theory

b)

Theory of evolution

c)

Germ theory of disease

d)

Theory of spontaneous generation

e)

Theory of relativity

12.

Microbes are only harmful to humans and are not helpful to society.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Which of the following stages in the origin of life is hypothesized to have occurred first?

a)

Evolution of eukaryotes

b)

Evolution of polymers

c)

Evolution of living cells

d)

Evolution of monomers

e)

Evolution of protobionts

14.

Which of the following are considered theories of how monomers first evolved? (Check all that apply)

a)

Primordial soup hypothesis

b)

Protein-first hypothesis

c)

Iron-sulfur world hypothesis

d)

Meteorite origin hypothesis

e)

RNA-first hypothesis

15.

Which process was likely used as the first method to produce ATP?

a)

Oxidative phosphorylation

b)

Non-oxidative phosphorylation

c)

Fermentation

d)

Calvin cycle

e)

Citric acid cycle

16.

What archaeal characteristic is thought to support the hypothesis that they were the first organisms to evolve?

a)

Circular DNA molecule

b)

Reproduction by binary fission

c)

Single layer plasma membrane

d)

Cell walls without peptidoglycan

e)

Symbiotic relationships with animals

17.

What scientific method is used to classify bacteria based on the structure of their cell wall?

a)

Gram staining

b)

Genome sequencing

c)

Capsule staining

d)

Acid fast staining

e)

Gel electrophoresis

18.

Which of the following are methods of horizontal gene transfer used by bacteria? (Check all that apply)

a)

Conjugation

b)

Transformation

c)

Reproduction

d)

Budding

e)

Transduction

19.

Which of the following diseases is caused by a virus?

a)

Strep throat

b)

Scarlet fever

c)

Tuberculosis

d)

Measles

e)

Food poisoning

20.

What are the two main components of a virus?

a)

capsid and envelope

b)

capsid and nucleic acid core

c)

envelope and nucleic acid core

d)

enzymes and capsid

e)

spikes and nucleus

21.

What is an infectious protein called?

a)

Viroid

b)

Prion

c)

Virus

d)

Bacteria

e)

Pathogen

22.

Which of the following kingdoms are eukaryotic? (Check all that apply)

a)

Protista

b)

Fungi

c)

Bacteria

d)

Plantae

e)

Archaea

23.

Which of the following protists is a chromalveolate, is saprotrophic and has a filamentous body?

a)

a diatom

b)

a water mold

c)

brown algae

d)

a ciliate

e)

a euglenid

24.

Which of the following best describes green algae?

a)

Are photosynthetic and

are closely related to land plants

b)

Produce gelling agents and

are multicellular

c)

Are multicellular seaweeds and

contain beige pigments

d)

Have shells made of silica and

fossils are mined for abrasives

25.

Which statement best describes protists?

a)

Not a plant, animal or fungus

b)

Simple organisms

c)

Single-celled organisms

d)

Multi-celled organisms

e)

Sexual reproducers

26.

Which of the following diseases is caused by a member of the sporozoan genus Plasmodium?

a)

Ringworm

b)

Dysentery

c)

African sleeping sickness

d)

Malaria

e)

Histoplasmosis

27.

Why have antifungal drugs been a challenge to develop?

a)

Fungi are heterotrophic

b)

Fungi are nonmotile

c)

Fungi have chitin cell walls

d)

Some fungi are septate

e)

Fungi are eukaryotic

28.

How are fungi traditionally classified?

a)

Type of metabolism

b)

Mode of sexual reproduction

c)

Single- or multi-cellular

d)

Land or aquatic habitat

29.

What type of fungus is used to produce the antibiotic penicillin?

a)

Chytrids

b)

Zygospore fungi

c)

Sac fungi

d)

Club fungi

e)

Microsporidians

30.

What is a symbiotic relationship between a fungi and green algae called?

a)

Mycorrhizae

b)

Basidomycota

c)

Zygomycota

d)

Lichen

e)

AM fungi

31.

How are fungal diseases or mycoses generally organized? (Check all that apply)

a)

Superficial

b)

Simple

c)

Symbiotic

d)

Systemic

e)

Severe

32.

Which of the following was a challenge posed by evolution of plants to land?

a)

Desiccation

b)

Reproduction

c)

UV radiation

d)

Photosynthesis

e)

Energy storage

33.

Plants can exist as both a sporophyte (2n) and a gametophyte (n). What is this type of life cycle called?

a)

Dominant generation

b)

Shared generation

c)

Alternation of generations

d)

Alternation of sexuality

e)

Shared sexuality

34.

What characteristic allowed plants to grow true roots, stems, and leaves?

a)

Flagellated sperm

b)

Dominant sporophyte generation

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Ability to become dormant

e)

Vascular system

35.

What is the main difference between lycophytes and gymnosperms?

a)

a vascular system

b)

the use of seeds

c)

the use of spores

d)

well-developed roots

e)

well-developed leaves

36.

What is the dominant generation for nonvascular plants?

a)

Sporophyte

b)

Gametophyte

c)

Zygote

d)

Asexual

e)

Sexual

37.

How have nonvascular plants adapted despite lacking a vascular system?

a)

Alternation of generations

b)

Developed roots and stems

c)

Developed leaves and roots

d)

Are small and simple

e)

Are complex but small

38.

Gymnosperms are heterosporous.

What are the two types of spores produced by gymnosperms?

a)

male and female

b)

pollen and fruit

c)

monocots and eudicots

d)

fruit and flowers

e)

covered and uncovered

39.

If you are on a hike and find a plant with white flowers that has a strong odor, what might you conclude about the plant?

a)

It is pollenated by moths

b)

It is pollenated by bees.

c)

The pollen is windblown.

d)

The pollen is carried by a pollinator.

e)

There is no pollen in this plant.

40.

What is used by flowering plants to aid in the dispersal of seeds?

a)

Fruit

b)

Flowers

c)

Pollinators

d)

Wind

e)

Sexual reproduction

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