DC BIO Final

Biological species consist of groups of ________.

In what type of organism was the CRISPR-Cas9 system discovered?

________ convert nitrogen from nitrates to N2.

A reproductive barrier that prevents individuals from closely related species from interbreeding is an example of _____

A regional assemblage of interacting ecosystems is a ________.

Competition among individuals of the same species for the same limited resources is ________ competition.

Eukaryotes that are not fungi, animals, or plants are classified in a "catch-all" category called ________.

Integrated pest management ________.

Approximately what percentage of the human genome consists of noncoding DNA?

Approximately what percentage of the visible light that reaches Earth's producers is converted to chemical energy?

Analogous structures are evidence of ________.

________ are an example of an invasive species.

In the food chain grass < antelope < human < lion, the antelope is ________.

________ is a critical abiotic factor that contributes to plant growth in savanna ecosystems.

________ are the mammalian group that lays eggs.

A feature that freed reptiles from dependence on water for reproduction is ________.

Biomass is the total amount of ________ an ecosystem.

Identify a difference between embryonic and adult stem cells from the following list.

Land was first colonized about ________ years ago.

A vaccine works by ________.

An example of a mutualism, or +/+ relationship, is ________.

A protist with a shell made of silica is most likely a(n) ________.

Homeotic genes are important for ________.

All but one of these are causes for increasing carbon dioxide levels. Choose the EXCEPTION

All of these but one are practical reasons to be concerned with preserving plant diversity. Which is the exception?

A DNA fragment with the sticky end sequence TGGCA will bind with another DNA fragment with the sticky end sequence ____

As a result of a severe disturbance, a community will ________.

Bacterial RNA polymerase binds to the ________.

Global warming may trigger all but one of these results to occur. Choose the EXCEPTION.

In an operon, the ________ acts as an on/off switch.

An ancestral species and all its evolutionary descendants define a(n)________.

In prokaryotes, the production of a single RNA transcript for a group of related genes is under the control of ________.

Landscape ecology ________.

Dinosaurs (aside from the lineage that produced birds) were extinct by the end of the ________.

A pollen grain is a ________.

A characteristic that is shared by snakes and birds is ________.

A feature unique to mammals includes ________.

FGA is one of the STRs that are used to compare DNA between different people. Why is FGA useful?

In most developed countries, overall population growth rates ________.

___ is the discipline of biology that focuses on classifying organisms and determining their evolutionary relationships.

Evolutionary evidence suggests fungi evolved from ________ that also gave rise to the fourth and most diverse group

All organisms that photosynthesize fit into which nutritional category?

Inheritance of certain genes increases the risk of getting certain cancers; thus, it can be said that ________.

A period of mass extinction is often followed by ________.

In an aquatic food chain, small fishes that eat zooplankton are ________.

________ are characterized body tissues, radial symmetry, and tentacles with stinging cells.

In bacteria, what name is given to a cluster of genes with related functions, along with their DNA control sequences?

________, a chemical that hardens cell walls and supports terrestrial plants, is found in all plants EXCEPT ________.

Large, diverse, multicellular organisms first appeared in the fossil record ___ million years ago during the __.

Food poisoning from Salmonella occurs because of ________.

________ is(are) responsible for more cancers than any other carcinogen.

In an aquatic ecosystem, what name is given to the region where photosynthesis can occur?

Homeotic genes ________.

Ecology is the study of ________.

to assess the species diversity of a community, you would need to know the number of different species present and

If you study how two species of finches compete for food, you are trying to answer a question about ________.

In human gene therapy ________.

A major function of a mushroom is to ________.

An effect of deforestation has been to ________.

In an ideal, unlimited environment, what shape does a population's growth curve most closely resemble?

Logistic growth model, what happens to a population when the size of the population reaches carrying capacity?

Eukaryotes arose about ________ years after the first prokaryotes.

Herbivory is an example of a ________ interaction.

If there are 500 oak trees in a forest covering 50 square kilometers (km2) then the population density is ________.

How can mature plants be cloned to produce genetically identical copies?

________ is an example of bioremediation.

Homology is evidence of ________.

Cells communicate with one another via ________.

Like plants, fungi have _____; however, in plants they are composed of ____, whereas in fungi they are composed of ____.

Exploring in the tropics, you discover a nonvascular plant that produces pollen. What type of plant have you discovered?

In the oceans, global warming has ________.

________ introduced a system for grouping species into a hierarchy of categories.

An unexpected freeze that kills a population of chipmunks is an example of ________.

Bacilli are ________ prokaryotes.

A characteristic of arthropods that has allowed for their great success is the presence of ________.

In The Origin of Species, Darwin argued that the mechanism of descent with modification was ________.

A movement corridor ________.

Gymnosperms and angiosperms share multiple similarities. All of these are similarities except one. Choose the exception.

Homology is evidence of ________.

In most developing countries, ________.

A change in the gene pool due to chance results in ________.

Besides the atmosphere, abiotic reservoirs of carbon dioxide include ________.

How are the cells in different body tissues able to perform different functions?

In ________ the gametophyte is more obvious than the sporophyte.

Bears eat berries, humans, and fish; fish eat fish and insects; humans eat bears, large fish, and berries. The scenario