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Biology Extra Credit Mini-Essays (earn up to 1.5 points each)
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Explain why it is not possible for King Kong, the giant ape of movie fame to exist. (Hint: it has to do with skeletal support)
Bacteria reproduce by binary fission, which is asexual. Explain how conjugation, transduction, and transformation are mechanisms
for genetic change in bacteria.
Explain what sexual dimorphism is and how natural selection can lead to this condition.
Two phyla of animals that we will not be covering are the ctenophores and the rotifers. Explain the characteristics that define each
of these animal groups including: where they live, how they obtain oxygen, how they reproduce, and any other defining
characteristics.
Biology Extra Credit Mini-Essays (earn up to 1.5points each)
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4.
Explain why it is not possible for King Kong, the giant ape of movie fame to exist. (Hint: it has to do with skeletal support)
Bacteria reproduce by binary fission, which is asexual. Explain how conjugation, transduction, and transformation are mechanisms
for genetic change in bacteria.
Explain what sexual dimorphism is and how natural selection can lead to this condition.
Two phyla of animals that we will not be covering are the ctenophores and the rotifers. Explain the characteristics that define each
of these animal groups including: where they live, how they obtain oxygen, how they reproduce, and any other defining
characteristics.
Biology Extra Credit Mini-Essays (earn up to 1.5 points each)
1.
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4.
Explain why it is not possible for King Kong, the giant ape of movie fame to exist. (Hint: it has to do with skeletal support)
Bacteria reproduce by binary fission, which is asexual. Explain how conjugation, transduction, and transformation are mechanisms
for genetic change in bacteria.
Explain what sexual dimorphism is and how natural selection can lead to this condition.
Two phyla of animals that we will not be covering are the ctenophores and the rotifers. Explain the characteristics that define each
of these animal groups including: where they live, how they obtain oxygen, how they reproduce, and any other defining
characteristics.
Biology Extra Credit Mini-Essays (earn up to 1.5 points each)
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4.
Explain why it is not possible for King Kong, the giant ape of movie fame to exist. (Hint: it has to do with skeletal support)
Bacteria reproduce by binary fission, which is asexual. Explain how conjugation, transduction, and transformation are mechanisms
for genetic change in bacteria.
Explain what sexual dimorphism is and how natural selection can lead to this condition.
Two phyla of animals that we will not be covering are the ctenophores and the rotifers. Explain the characteristics that define each
of these animal groups including: where they live, how they obtain oxygen, how they reproduce, and any other defining
characteristics.
Biology Extra Credit Mini-Essays (earn up to 1.5 points each)
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2.
3.
4.
Explain why it is not possible for King Kong, the giant ape of movie fame to exist. (Hint: it has to do with skeletal support)
Bacteria reproduce by binary fission, which is asexual. Explain how conjugation, transduction, and transformation are mechanisms
for genetic change in bacteria.
Explain what sexual dimorphism is and how natural selection can lead to this condition.
Two phyla of animals that we will not be covering are the ctenophores and the rotifers. Explain the characteristics that define each
of these animal groups including: where they live, how they obtain oxygen, how they reproduce, and any other defining
characteristics.
Biology Extra Credit Mini-Essays (earn up to 1.5 points each)
1.
2.
3.
4.
Explain why it is not possible for King Kong, the giant ape of movie fame to exist. (Hint: it has to do with skeletal support)
Bacteria reproduce by binary fission, which is asexual. Explain how conjugation, transduction, and transformation are mechanisms
for genetic change in bacteria.
Explain what sexual dimorphism is and how natural selection can lead to this condition.
Two phyla of animals that we will not be covering are the ctenophores and the rotifers. Explain the characteristics that define each
of these animal groups including: where they live, how they obtain oxygen, how they reproduce, and any other defining
characteristics.