Bio lecture final

Question 1

Why don’t plant cells Rupture?

Answer 1

Cell walls provide pressure to counteract the pressure of incoming water

Question 2

What features are shared by all animals

Answer 2

Contact between their cells and an aqueous Medium

Question 3

Which type of cell is specialized to store fat in animals?

Answer 3

Adipose cells

Question 4

Which is the correct order of organization of structures in living things from simplest to most complex?

Answer 4

Cells, tissue, organs, organ systems

Question 5

All living things maintain a balance within their cells and the environment through the process of…

Answer 5

homeostasis

Question 6

Which of the following statements best describes Linnaeus method of classifying organisms?

Answer 6

Grouped organisms into increasingly more inclusive categories

Question 7

Which of these conditions do NOT occur in populations evolving due to natural selection?

Answer 7

Individuals pass on Most traits that they acquire during their lifetime

Question 8

Which of the following statements best describes evolution?

Answer 8

Populations change genetically from one generation to the next.

Question 9

Existence of antlers in beetles and fly and deer species with string male-male comp is an example of what?

Answer 9

Convergent evolution

Question 10

Which of the following pairs is the best example of homologous structures?

Answer 10

Bones in the bat wing and bones in the human forelimbs

Question 11

Which of the three types of viruses shown in the figure shown in the figure would you expect to include a Capside(s)

Answer 11

1, 2 and 3

Question 12

Which of the following statements best supports the argument that viruses are nonliving?

Answer 12

They do not carry out metabolic processes

Question 13

Viruses can carry out which of the following processes?

Answer 13

Us the host cell machinery to make copies of viral genomes and viral proteins

Question 14

Which species concepts distinguishes two species based on the degree of genetic exchange between their gene pools?

Answer 14

Biological

Question 15

The host range of a virus is determined by whether ____

Answer 15

The proteins on virus surface can bind with proteins on the host surface

Question 16

What is the function of reverse transcriptase in retroviruses?

Answer 16

It uses viral RNA as a template for DNA synthesis

Question 17

Which of the following responses explain why the apparent high rate of mutation in RNA viruses?

Answer 17

RNA virus genome replication does not involve proofreading

Question 18

Emerging viruses arise by____

Answer 18

-Mutation of existing viruses
-The spread of existing viruses more widely within their host species
-The spread of existing viruses to new host species

Question 19

Which part of a bacterium is the complete chromosome found?

Answer 19

Nucleoid

Question 20

Which of the following statements correctly describes both photo and chemotrophs?

Answer 20

Chemotrophs obtain energy from chemical, Phototrophs obtain energy from light

Question 21

Which of the following traits do archaeans and bacteria have in common?

Answer 21

Lack of a nuclear envelope and presence of circular chromosome

Question 22

A ____ is a protein shell enclosing a viral genome

Answer 22

Capsid

Question 23

A harmless derivative of pathogenic microbes that stimulate the immune system to mount defense against harmful pathogen

Answer 23

Vaccine

Question 24

Which of the following characteristics is common among all protists?

Answer 24

Eukaryotic

Question 25

Which of the following structures provides motility in species of paramecium?

Answer 25

many Cilia

Question 26

Which of the following plant parts absorbs most of the water and minerals taken up from the soil?

Answer 26

Root hairs

Question 27

Which of the following structures is a modified horizontal shoot growing along the soil surface?

Answer 27

Stolon

Question 28

Which of the following describes an anatomical difference between roots and leaves?

Answer 28

A waxy cuticle covers leaves but is absent from roots

Question 29

Which of the following structures is correctly paired with its function

Answer 29

Sclerenchyma - Supporting cells with thick secondary walls

Question 30

Which is the correct sequence of the zones in the primary growth of a root, moving from the root cap toward the stem?

Answer 30

Zone of cell division, elongation, differentiation

Question 31

Which of the following accurately describes the direction phloem sap can flow?

Answer 31

leaves to roots or roots to leaves

Question 32

A plant developed a mineral deficiency after being treated with a fungicide. The most probable cause of the deficiency?

Answer 32

Mycorrhizal fungi were killed

Question 33

Which of the following defines the loss of water from the aerial parts of plants

Answer 33

Transpiration

Question 34

Most of the water absorbed by a plant is used for what purpose?

Answer 34

To replace water lost during transpiration

Question 35

Which of the following primarily enters a plant somewhere other than through the roots?

Answer 35

Carbon dioxide

Question 36

Which of the following is a result of the high surface-to-volume ratio of leaves?

Answer 36

Increased CO2 absorption

Question 37

What soil composition would be best for availability of nutrients, water, and air for root development

Answer 37

Equal amounts of sand, clay and silt

Question 38

Which of the following properties is least conducive to plant growth?

Answer 38

Compacted soil

Question 39

Which of the following is not a problem resulting from intensive irrigation?

Answer 39

Over fertilization