BIOSYSTEMATICS

Question 1

Simple cells with DNA strands floating in a capsule

Answer 1

Prokaryotes

Question 2

Complex cells that have compartments with special jobs and DNA is a nucleus

Answer 2

Eukaryotes

Question 3

Provide records of life forms that once existed

Answer 3

Fossils

Question 4

Uses mutation rate of biomolecules to deduce the time when two life forms diverged

Answer 4

Molecular clocks

Question 5

A record of life and events on Earth

Answer 5

Geologic Time Scale

Question 6

Largest unit of time

Answer 6

Eon

Question 7

A unit of time shorter than Eon

Answer 7

Era

Question 8

Give the proper arrangement of a time scale (from largest unit to smallest)(Capital letters)

Answer 8

EON
ERA
PERIOD
EPOCH

Question 9

Ancient Eon

Answer 9

Archea

Question 10

Early life (4,500 - 2500 mya

Answer 10

Proterozoic

Question 11

Early life (2500 - 540 mya

Answer 11

Proterozoic

Question 12

Ancient life (540-248 mya

Answer 12

Paleozoic

Question 13

Middle life (248-65 mya

Answer 13

Mesozoic

Question 14

Recent life (65 mya to present

Answer 14

Cenozoic

Question 15

Most recent epoch

Answer 15

Halocene

Question 16

When did life begin?

Answer 16

3.8 billion year ago

Question 17

Where did life first developed?

Answer 17

Undersea alkaline vents

Question 18

Invasion of life on land began….

Answer 18

1.5 billion years ago

Question 19

Layers of cyanobacteria trapped in sediments

Answer 19

Stromatolites

Question 20

Bacteria responsible for the production of oxygen

Answer 20

Photosynthetic bacteria

Question 21

One of the first Eukaryotic cells

Answer 21

Acritarch

Question 22

A coiled tube life form that appeared in the sea

A. Gypania
B. Gyrania
C. Colania
D. Grypania

Answer 22

D

Question 23

Algae evolved sexual reproduction approximately…

A. 1300 mya
B. 1299 mya
C. 1200 mya
D. 2300 mya

Answer 23

c

Question 24

A red algae, which fossil was found in Canadian rocks

Answer 24

Bangiomorpha

Question 25

This allowed life forms to juggle genes and increase speed of evolution

Answer 25

Sex

Question 26

Strange organisms from the dawn of animal life

Answer 26

Ediacara fauna

Question 27

Fauna a Latin word that represents

Answer 27

Animals

Question 28

Flora a Latin word that represents

Answer 28

Plants

Question 29

2 meter long sea monster A. Galomanacrus B. Anomalocaris C. Jolanicuadin D. Gigantirindus

Answer 29

B

Question 30

This organisms made tracks in ancient coastal dunes around 500 mya

Answer 30

Eurypterids

Question 31

Worms and primitive plants started to colonize the land around... A. 460 B. 450 C. 440 D. 430

Answer 31

A

Question 32

Most primitive among living plants

Answer 32

Liverworts

Question 33

Evidence that land animals arrived

Answer 33

Burrow systems

Question 34

Fist animals that came to land was carnivores or herbivores?

Answer 34

Carnivores

Question 35

A time capsule in scotland made by eruption of volcanic geyser (ala Nico neh) A. Rhynie Chert B. Brybnie Chert C. Diongros Spring D. Scotland Canyon

Answer 35

A

Question 36

Forests were born around...

Answer 36

380 mya

Question 37

Which came first spores or seeds?

Answer 37

Spores

Question 38

1st amphibians evolved about...

Answer 38

380 mya

Question 39

An early amphibian fossil that evolved from lungfish

Answer 39

Ichthyostega

Question 40

Fresh water fish that can breathe air for limited periods

Answer 40

Lungfish

Question 41

``` Which of the following did the ancestors of amphibians did not undergo? A. Limbs instead of fins B. Lungs instead of gills C. Changes in skin texture D. Changes of eyes and ears ```

Answer 41

C.

Question 42

True or false do reptiles lay eggs?

Answer 42

True

Question 43

Coal layers are remains of... What type of forest

Answer 43

Tropical rainforest

Question 44

Ancient rainforests was inhabited by giant sized dragonflies and millipedes. True or false?

Answer 44

True

Question 45

``` The largest among the "Big 5" mass extinctions was responsible in the extinction of how many percentage of sea species? A. 98 B. 96 C. 93 D. 95 ```

Answer 45

D

Question 46

Dinosaur means...

Answer 46

Terrible lizard

Question 47

A ferocious meat eating dinosaur A. Triceratops B. Stegosaurus C. Komodo Dragon D. T-Rex

Answer 47

D

Question 48

Is one of the earliest known birds

Answer 48

Archaeopteryx

Question 49

``` A small feathered dinosaur A. Microbirdie B. Microraptor C. Chickosaurus D. Micronatrus ```

Answer 49

B

Question 50

Birds evolved from dinosaurs. True or false?

Answer 50

True

Question 51

Mammals evolved around the same time as the dinosaurs around... A. 220 mya B. 230 mya C. 234 mYa D. 300 mya

Answer 51

A

Question 52

Animals that are active at night

Answer 52

Nocturnal

Question 53

The dinosaur killing asteroid hit the earth around

Answer 53

65 mya

Question 54

Period called age of fishes

Answer 54

Devonian

Question 55

The crater of the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs is found in what country?

Answer 55

Mexico

Question 56

How many large extinction events happened

Answer 56

5

Question 57

How many eons are there?

Answer 57

2

Question 58

Mya means...

Answer 58

Million years ago

Question 59

First life forms

Answer 59

Bacteria

Question 60

Which of these is not an advantage of having seeds? A. Helps germination of plants to survive drought B. Helps plants offspring to stay away from the ocean

Answer 60

B