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Bio Beyond Midterm Exam: Biology Questions and Answers, Exams of Advanced Education

A comprehensive set of multiple-choice questions and answers covering various topics in biology, including cell structure, genetics, evolution, and classification. It serves as a valuable resource for students preparing for a midterm exam in biology, offering insights into key concepts and potential exam questions.

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Convert 0.75 g to mg - Correct Answer-750 mg Which statement regarding the scientific method is false? - Correct Answer-Original hypotheses are formed after experiments Robert, an aspiring scientist in biology class, wanted to conduct a study on the effect of cigarette smoke on the web-building ability of spiders. Which of the following statements is an incorrect use of terms pertaining to the scientific method? - Correct Answer-Robert wanted to see if his theory was true that cigarette smoke will influence web-building in spiders Which of the following can hold about 2 kilo liters? - Correct Answer-A pool Convert 0.25 liters to ml - Correct Answer-250 ml Which of the following statements is not true with respect to scientific method theory? - Correct Answer-Theories are possible explanations for natural events The purpose of a control group in an experiment is - Correct Answer-For comparison to the other test groups Convert 5000 g to kg - Correct Answer-5 kg Convert 0.75 mg to g - Correct Answer-0. Scientists were studying temperature selection amongst pregnant big brown bats. What would be the best control group for this study? - Correct Answer-Female bats that were not pregnant Which is the largest, most diverse group of anthropoids? - Correct Answer-Insects Many insects do not see into the red color range, and as a result, many insect-pollinated flowers are colors other than red (E.g., purple and yellow). This flower coloration would be considered a(n) - Correct Answer-Adaptation Prokaryotes belong to ___________ - Correct Answer-Domain Archaea Which of the following classification categories for humans is not correct? - Correct Answer-Sapiens; family

Which statement is not true about invertebrate animals? - Correct Answer-Invertebrates lack a nervous system A ___________ is an individual animal that possesses both male and female sex organs - Correct Answer-Hermaphrodite Which of these worms are segmented? - Correct Answer-Annelids Which of these is a bivalve? - Correct Answer-Clam The only single-celled organisms are prokaryotes, such as archaea and bacteria. - Correct Answer-True because all eukaryotes are multicellular The circulatory system of a whale is considered an organ system because it is composed of different - Correct Answer-Organs Cyanobacteria are important producers, more specifically called - Correct Answer- Photoautrophs Pollen grains are - Correct Answer-Male gametophytes Which of the following groups provides protection and nourishment to the embryo? - Correct Answer-All plants How is the mycelium a valuable adaption for a fungus? - Correct Answer-It provides a large surface area for the absorption of nutrients and moisture. Which of these would be best able to reproduce during periods with little to no rainfall? - Correct Answer-Gymnoperms Which similarity is not shared between algae and plants? - Correct Answer-Most algae have some form of locomotion. Which group of organisms are viroids (not viruses) most likely to parasitize? - Correct Answer-Plants Which of these would you expect to thrive in areas with abundant moisture? - Correct Answer-mosses, ferns, and lycophytes Why are green algae placed in the Protista while plants are given their own kingdom? - Correct Answer-Plants enclose and protect the embryo within the female plant while green algae do not. The fermentation capabilities of __________ are used to produce bread and alcohol beverages. - Correct Answer-Yeast

Traits that are controlled by several sets or pairs of alleles, such as skin color and height in humans, are the result of what form of Inheritance - Correct Answer-Polygenic Traits that are controlled by several sets or pairs of alleles, such as skin color and height in humans, are the result of what form of inheritance? - Correct Answer- Polygenic Which variable will determine the coat color in Himalayan rabbits - Correct Answer-Both the genetics and environment will determine the coat color A blue-eyed, left-handed woman marries a brown-eyed, right-handed man who is heterozygous for both of his traits. If blue eyes and left-handedness are recessive, how many different phenotypes are possible in their children? - Correct Answer-Four Cold weather can change what aspect of a Himalayan rabbit? - Correct Answer- Phenotype Red-green color blindness is a recessive X-linked trait. If a female is red-green color- blind, which of the following is true? - Correct Answer-Her father must be color blind During meiosis, each pair of alleles on the homologous chromosomes sorts independently from all other pairs of alleles. That statement corresponds to - Correct Answer-The law of independent assortment Alleles are - Correct Answer-alternate versions of the same trait. linked genes - Correct Answer-Tend to be close together on a single chromosome Skin color is coded for by several different genes which results in a range of skin colors from very dark to very light. This is an example of - Correct Answer-polygenic inheritance Which of the following is an example of a phenotype? - Correct Answer-freckles In the process of natural selection, individuals that are most fit are the ones that are - Correct Answer-most likely to reproduce. A fraction of the original green frog population survives to reproduce and generate the new population. If the survivors of the original population survived by chance, then this event is an example of - Correct Answer-genetic drift When comparing chick and pig embryos, the similar eyes, pharyngeal pouches, and postanal tails are evidence of - Correct Answer-common ancestry Micro evolution is the term that applies to which of the following? - Correct Answer- Small-scale changes over a short period of time

In random mating - Correct Answer-There is no factor influencing mate choice Which of the following does not generate genetic variation within a population? - Correct Answer-Adaptation If the survivors of an original population survived due to specific phenotypes that they possessed, then this event is an example of - Correct Answer-Natural selection Many species of finches, tortoises, cacti, and iguanas are found on the Galápagos Islands and nowhere else in the world. Which physical attribute of these islands has NOT played a role in permitting such unique life forms to evolve? - Correct Answer- Food is plentiful and diverse on every island Wings of insects and birds are result of convergent evolution. This means that - Correct Answer-Insects and birds have each independently evolved structures that serve the same function (flight) but have done so in very different ways. Which of the following would not result in a decrease of genetic variation? - Correct Answer-Mutation Shared derived traits are found in all members of the ingroup of a clade - Correct Answer-False A clade includes which of the following? - Correct Answer-a common ancestor and all its descendant species Evolutionary relationships between organisms are determined by - Correct Answer- molecular evidence, anatomical homologies, and fossil records. A shared ancestral characteristic used in cladistics is found - Correct Answer-In both the outgroup and the ingroup The punctuated equilibrium model of evolution suggests that new species appear - Correct Answer-suddenly after long periods of time with little to no change. Which of the three domains contain(s) prokaryotic organisms? - Correct Answer- Bacteria and Archaea The presence of vestigial organs supports evidence of evolution because - Correct Answer-the vestigial organ is similar to a functional organ in a related species, having been passed down from a common ancestor. Which of the following would be considered analogous structures? - Correct Answer-the wings of a fly and the wings of a sparrow

Two organisms present in the same genus are usually more closely related to each other than to organisms in other genera. - Correct Answer-True What characteristics of Archaeopteryx tell us that it is a link to reptiles and birds? - Correct Answer-Feathers and teeth Which of the following lists the levels of taxonomic classification in order from the most inclusive to the least inclusive? - Correct Answer-E. domain - kingdom - phylum - class - order Which of the following statements is true about the phylogenies tree shown here? - Correct Answer-The green monkeys and the thesis monkeys share a common ancestor with the gibbon and the chimpanzees The similarity of the fossil glyptodont to the living, modern armadillo is an example of comparative anatomy. - Correct Answer-True homologous structures - Correct Answer-Are often shared by organisms in the same line of descent Similarity due to convergent evolution is called - Correct Answer-Analogy Analogous structures are always evidence of common ancestry - Correct Answer-False Two species are said to be closely related if they - Correct Answer-possess a common ancestor Which of the following correctly reflects the division of the history of life on earth, from most inclusive to least inclusive? - Correct Answer-Era, period, epoch Pinus strobes is the scientific name for the white pine. Pinus is the - Correct Answer- Genus Given the comparative study of embryology, it is concluded that genes controlling embryonic development are essentially the same. - Correct Answer-True