Download Exam 1 Review - Iowa State University

Exam 1 Review:
Supplemental Instruction
Iowa State University
Leader:
Course:
Instructor:
Date:
Elizabeth
Bio 211
Dr. Deitloff
2/6/2014
1. Which is not a characteristic of a hypothesis?
a. It is falsifiable.
b. It is testable.
c. It is a prediction.
d. It is always correct.
2.
Which describes a Theory?
a. It is a fact accepted by scientists.
b. It can never be proven true.
c. It is not supported well by evidence.
d. A Phylogenetic tree is a theory.
3. Which is not true of phylogenetic trees?
a. They include both living and extinct species.
b. It is a hypothesis about evolutionary relationships.
c. It includes clades.
d. It is always a correct representation of organism relationships.
4. Which is correct representation of genus species?
a. Canis Familiaris
b. Canis familiaris
c. Canis familiaris
d. Canis Familiaris
5. Which is not true?
a. A sporophyte produces spores.
b. Spores grow into a sporophyte.
c. A Gametophyte produces gametes.
d. Spores grow into a gametophyte
6. What is not a derived trait of a land plant?
a. A localized region of cell division called the apical meristem.
b. Sporangia that grow from spores and Gametangia that grow from gametes
c. A reproductive cycle that includes alteration of generations.
1060 Hixson-Lied Student Success Center  515-294-6624  [email protected]  http://www.si.iastate.edu
d. A dependent embryo.
7. Which is not a characteristic of vascular plants?
a. A life cycle with a dominant gametophyte
b. Tissues for support and transport
c. Adaptations to protect against desiccation
d. Roots, Stems and Leaves
8. In Pteridophytes______
a. The sporophyte is miniaturized.
b. The Sporophyte is within the gametophyte.
c. The Gametophyte is dependent.
d. The sporophyte and gametophyte are independent of each other.
9. The field of biology that is concerned with the describing, naming, and classifying living
and extinct organisms and viruses.
a. Systematics
b. Ontogeny
c. Taxonomy
d. Phylogeny
10. The evolutionary history of a species is it’s what?
a. Systematics
b. Ontogeny
c. Taxonomy
d. Phylogeny
11. Which order of hierarchical groups is correct?
a. Kingdom, Phylum, Order, Class, Family, Genus, Species
b. Genus, Family, Genus, Phylum, Order, Kingdom, Species
c. Phylum, Kingdom, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.
d. Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
12. A common ancestral species and its entire descendant species from a phylogenetic tree is
called a ____.
a. Clade
b. Family
c. Ancestors
d. Node
13. Which domain has membrane lipids with ether linkages that help resist damage by heat and
extreme conditions?
a. Archaea
b. Bacteria
c. Bryophytes
d. Protists
14. Which of the following is an Archaea that thrives in salty environments?
a. Hyperthermophiles
b. Cyanobacteria
c. Halophiles
d. Protezoa
15. What produced earth’s first oxygen rich atmosphere?
a. Hyperthermophiles
b. Cyanobacteria
c. Halophiles
d. Protezoa
16. Protists can be labeled according to the type of habitats in which they live. Which are the
Protists that are swimming or floating and the basis of the food chain?
a. Phytoplankton
b. Periphyton
c. Pseudopodia
d. Pilli
17. Which Protists are in the eukaryotic supergroup land plants?
a. Green Algae
b. Red Algae
c. Red and Green Algae
d. Dinoflagellates
18. Charophyceans share several key traits with land plants, which is not true?
a. Both share a distinctive type of cytokinesis
b. Both have intercellular connections known as plasmodesmata
c. Both reproduce by means of an egg and sperm
d. Both have specialized structures that generate, protect, and disperse reproductive cells
19. In alternation of generations the plant cycles through a multicellular haploid ________ stage
that produces _______, and a multicellular diploid ________ stage that produces ______.
a. Sporophyte, spores, gametophyte, gametes
b. Gametophyte, gametes, sporophyte, spores
c. Spore, sporophyte, gamete, gametophyte
d. Spore, gametes, sporophyte, gametophyte
20. In alternation of generation the haploid sperm cell and the haploid egg cell are _____ to
produce the diploid zygote that develops into multicelluar diploid sporophyte stage through the
process of _____.
a. Fertilized, meiosis
b. Pollinated, mitosis
c. Fertilized, mitosis
d. Pollinated, meiosis
21. Haploid cells are produced in the ____ by the process of meiosis.
a. Sporangium
b. Embryo
c. Fetus
d. Liverwort
22. This vascular tissue transports water and minerals
a. Xylum
b. Phloem
c. Move’em
d. Cilia
23. In all vascular plants the sporophyte is _____ compared to the gametophyte.
a. Dominant
b. Dependent
c. Similar
d. Recessive
24. A waxy cuticle is an adaptation that
a. Assists water loss
b. Helps to prevent water loss from trachepytes
c. Produces toxins to deter insects
d. Serves no purpose
25. A seed plant that has flowers, produces seeds enclosed in fruits, and has an endosperm.
a. Angiosperm
b. Gymnosperm
c. Pteridophyte
d. Lycophyte
26. A maple leaf (extensively branched) is an example of what type of leaf?
a. Euphyllis
b. Lycophyllis
c. Megaphyllis
d. Both A & C
27. Megaspores produce _____ gametophytes
a. Male
b. Female
c. Bisexual
d. Changing
28. Which of these is not something that characterizes an organism as alive?
a. Ability to reproduce
b. Use energy/metabolism
c. Homeostasis
d. Growth and development
e. All of the above are characteristics of a living organism
29. Which one of these is not a domain?
a. Bacteria
b. Anamilia
c. Protista
d. Archaea
e. Both B & C
30. ________ is a change in frequency of genes in a natural population
a. Mutations
b. Descent with Modification
c. Evolution
d. Adaptation
31. __________ is/are the ultimate source of variation
a. Evolution
b. Mutations
c. Adaptation
d. Natural Selection
32. Which was not a point made by Charles Darwin?
a. An explanation for the duality of unity and diversity
b. Descent with Modification
c. Natural Selection
d. Humans evolved from apes
33. Which is not a characteristic of bacteria?
a. They are the smallest cells
b. They are simple organisms with less complexity than eukaryotes
c. They are diverse
d. They are the earth’s oldest organisms
34. What resulted in the transfer of mitochonidra, plastids, and many genes from bacteria to
eukaryotes?
a. Endosymbiosis
b. Horizontal gene transfer
c. Mitosis
d. Binary Fission
35. Which is not a type of Proteobacteria?
a. Rhizobium
b. Agrobacteria
c. Vibrio Choleral
d. Cyanobacteria
36. The supergroup protist belongs within which domain?
a. Archaea
b. Bacteria
c. Eukarya
d. Protista
37. Which of these are photoautotrophic?
a. Protozoa
b. Algae
c. Mitochondria
d. Proteobacteria
38. Metamonad is parasitic within animals, has a feeding groove, and 2 equal-sized nuclei. It
belongs to which protist supergroup?
a. Excavata
b. Diatom
c. Rhizobium
d. Alveolata
39. This protist is known for its biolumenesce, cilia, and saclike membraneous vesicus, and is a
member of the supergroup Alveolata
a. Metamonad
b. Radiolaran
c. Diatom
d. Dinoflagelattes
40. ___________________ are the closest relatives to animals, while ____________________
are the closest relatives to land plants
a. Choanoflagellates, cyanobacteria
b. Mitochondira, cyanobacteria
c. Choanoflagellates, charopyceans
d. Cyanobacteria, charopyceans
41. Apical meristem can differentiate into different types of cells. Where are these located?
a. Inside the stem
b. On the surface of the leaves
c. At the tips of the roots and shoots
d. Inside the endosperm
42. Which one of these is not part of the alteration of generations cycle?
a. Haploid zygote
b. Diploid Sporophyte
c. Haploid gamete
d. Multicellular cells
43. Which of these is not a characteristic of nonvascular plants?
a. large
b. dependent sporophyte
c. lacks vascular tissue
d. lives in moist habitats
44. Spores are produced by ________________
a. Mitosis
b. Meiosis
c. Binary Fission
d. Conjugation
45. The theory of evolution is an example for ___________________
a. The origin of Earth, the origin of life on Earth, and the diversity of life on Earth
b. The origin of Earth and the diversity of life on Earth
c. The origin of Earth
d. The diversity of life on Earth
46. The transfer of pollen to the part of the seed plant containing the ovules is called_________
a. Germination
b. Fertilization
c. Pollination
d. Zygote
47. The common term reptiles is (a) _________________
a.
Clade
b.
Polyphyletic
c.
Paraphyletic
d.
Monophyletic
48. Which of the following would be an example of horizontal gene transfer?
a. The transmission of eye color gene from father to daughter
b. The transmission of a mutant gene causing cystic fibrosis from father to daughter
c. The transmission of a gene conferring pathogenicity (the ability to cause disease) from
one bacterial species to another
d. The transmission of a gene congerring antibiotic resistance from a mother cell to its two
daughter cells
49. Which of the following is not shared by prokaryotes and eukaryotes?
a. DNA is the genetic material
b. Messenger RNA encodes the information to produce proteins
c. All cells are surrounded by a plasma membrane
d. The cytoplasm is compartmentalized into organelles
50. A cell has 26 chromosomes. After mitosis the ploidy level would be _________ while after
meiosis the ploidy level would be___________
a. 26, 52
b. 26, 13
c. 13, 26
d. 26, 26
True or False:
1. Adaptations involve changes in individual organisms rather than populations: True False
2. Newton’s law of gravity describes how gravitational force is transmitted:
True False
3. Theories never become laws: True False
4. Phylogenetic trees are a way to represents facts that have been discovered about
evolutionary history: True False
5. The theory of evolution was once thought to be a tree of life, but now is thought of as the
web of life due to horizontal gene transfer: True False