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Exam 1 Review:
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Biol 211(1)
Roe
01/27/14
1. What is an hypothesis?
a) a verifiable observation
b) the same thing as an unproven theory
c) a testable explanation that can be falsified
d) a fact that can be observed
e) A fact that is testable
2. Which branch of biology is concerned with naming organisms?
a) Name-ology
b) taxonomy
c) phylogenetics
d) systematics
e) ecology
3. In inductive reasoning _____________ are made from ___________________ observations.
a) generalizations, specific
b) specific conclusions, general
c) known facts, verifiable
d) knowledge, hypothetical
e) conclusions, theories
4. Which of the following sequences represents the hierarchy of biological organization from the
least to the most inclusive level?
a) organelle, tissue, biosphere, ecosystem, population, organism
b) cell, community, population, organ system, molecule, organelle
c) organism, community, biosphere, molecule, tissue, organ
d) ecosystem, cell, population, tissue, organism, organ system
e) molecule, cell, organ system, population, ecosystem, biosphere
5. In terms of the hierarchical organization of life, a bacterium is at the ___________ level of
organization, where as a monkey is at the ____________ level of organization.
a) single-celled organism; multi-cellular organism
b) single organelle; organism
c) organelle; organ system
d) ecosystem; organism
e) tissue, organism
6. The lowest level of biological organization that can perform all the activities required for life
is the
a) organelle
b) cell
c) tissue
d) organ system
e) planet
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7. Species that are in the same ___________ are probably more closely related than species that
are only in the same_____________.
a) phylum; class
b) genus, family
c) genus; species
d) kingdom, order
e) class; order
8. The classification system that we use in this class is
a) The 2 Kingdom system
b) The 5 Kingdom system
c) The 3 Domain system
d) The magic Kingdom system
e) None of the above
9. In the 5 Kingdom system, which of the following lists includes only eukaryotes.
a) Animalia, Plantae, Protista, Monera
b) Fungi, Animalia, Monera, Plantae
c) Monera, Plantae, Protista, Fungi
d) Animalia, Plantae, Protista, Fungi
e) Plantae, Animalia, Monera,
10. Antibiotics inhibit the ability of gram-positive bacteria to ______.
a) Form spores
b) Perform respiration
c) replicate DNA
d) synthesize proteins
e) form cell walls
11. The oldest group of organisms on earth are:
a) plants
b) prokayotes
c) protists
d) Euglenazoa
e) dinosaurs
12. An “endosymbiont” is ___________________.
a) a chimera
b) a eukaryote cell
c) an organism that lives inside another organism
d) a plant and its pollinator
e) Lynn Margulis
13. Prokaryotes were important in earth’s early history because:
a) they created land for organisms to colonize
b) they increased the amount of atmospheric oxygen
c) they lived in extreme environments
d) they removed poisonous materials from the atmosphere
e) Prokayotes are not important
14. ________ is the most common compound is the cell walls of gram-positive bacteria.
a) Cellulose
b) Lipopolysaccharide
c) Lignin
d) Peptidoglycan
e) Capsule
15. What two things are necessary for conjugation in bacteria?
a) capsule and sex pilus
b) flagellum and F factor
c) sex pilus and F factor
d) endospore and R plasmid
e) plasmid and endospore
16. Prokaryotic cells are different from eukaryotic cells because:
a) prokaryotes do not have cell walls.
b) prokaryotes cannot reproduce.
c) prokaryotes are not able to move.
d) prokaryotes do not have organelles.
e) prokaryotes do not have DNA.
17. All protists are ________.
a) multicellular
b) autotrophs
c) marine
d) parasitic
e) eukaryotic
18. The disease ________ is caused by ________ and it transmitted by the ________ vector.
a) malaria, Plasmodium, mosquito
b) sleeping sickness, Trypanosoma, mosquito
c) malaria, Plasmodium, tsetse fly
d) chagas, Trypanosoma, mosquito
e) chagas, Plasmodium, tsetse fly
19. Which of the following is not true about alternation of generations?
a) occurs in all sexually reproducing organisms
b) is the alternation of two multicellular body forms (gametophyte, sporophyte)
c) produces both zygote and spores
d) includes both mitosis and meiosis
20. What is the closest relative to land plants?
a) Rhodophyta, because both clades have cellulose cell walls.
b) Euglenozoa, because both clades have green chloroplasts.
c) Charophyceans, because both clades have rose-shaped complexes that synthesize cellulose.
d) Oomyctes, because both clades have cellulose cell walls.
e) Archaea, because both clades are autotrophic.
21. In ______________ reasoning, specific information is extracted from general cases.
a) inductive
b) deductive
c) sound
d) Batesian
Protists:
Supergroups
Excavata
Chromalveolata Rhizaria
Archaeplastida Unikonta
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