Kolder Bio I Final 2019

A photosynthetic single-celled protist that moves with flagella would be classified as what?

Plants contain meristems whose only function is to

The type of viral reproduction that invades a host cell and remains inactive

Which one of the following is NOT a characterstic of fungi?

The appearance of many new species in a relatively short period of time is called

The fungi may obtain their food from

In his experiment, Redi covered one of the jars with a cloth. The cloth's purpose was

In which of the following ways does a virus resemble cellular organisms?

The oxygen gas that began to fill Earth's atmosphere about 3 billion years ago came from

Which of the following is a "nonliving" characteristic of viruses?

These plant structures are all adaptations specifically for a terrestrial environment EXCEPT:

Naturally, brown bears and polar bears do not mate. Which of the following is the barrier?

Which one of the following is true of vaccines

The Latin, 2-part scientific names of species

The first leaf or pair of leaves produced by the embryo of a seed plant is called the

Determining the age of a fossil by comparing its placement to other fossils is

Which type of skeleton does a vertebrate have?

How is amebic dysentry spread?

The cells of all plants and animals are

What type of dating process would be used to determine the absolute age of a rock?

Man's scientific name is Homo sapiens. "Homo" describes man's:

Which habitat is least likely to harbor any species of protist?

The name given to a root system that consists only of a mass of smaller roots

What is a type of tissue that helps to prevent water loss in land plants?

Fermentation in yeast cells results in teh production of

Which of the following is NOT common to all phyla of vascular plants?

The forelimbs of all vertebrates have the same basic structure, so they are ___ structures.

What is the strengthening tissue found in the cell walls of plants?

In order to reproduce, a virus must be:

What type of material composes the cell wall of the fungi?

Stated that changes are adaptations to an environment acquired in an organism's lifetime

What do slime molds form in order to reproduce?

The use of common names in classification is difficult because:

The fossil record indicates that the first living organisms on Earth were

DNA codes for

Relationship b/w 2 different organisms when one benefits and the other is not helped nor harmed

You would expect to find larger numbers of organisms in a family than a:

in the 1st scientific classification of living things, organisms were classified accroding to:

Why did the development of sexual reproduction speed up the process of evolution?

Animals are often informally grouped as

Psuedopodia are used by members of the phylum ___?

The idividual thin, long, branching chains of cells that compose the body of a fungus are

In order to place a new species into its correct domain, the first information you need is:

In modern classification, organisms are classified according to

All animals are

All animals except sponges exhibit which of the following?

Which substances allow algae to harvest and use the energy from sunlight?

Fungi must live in or on their food source. The substance upon which a fungus is growing is

Viral infections are difficult to treat medically because:

Which gas was toxic to early organisms, driving many species to extinction?

The term "virus" comes from the Latin word that means:

When formerly breeding species can no longer mate

The evolutionary history of an organism is referred to as its ___.

A person who comes down with malaria can infer that he or she contracted it from

Believed species were fixed creations arranged by their complexity

What characteristic of plants is shared by green algae?

Many algae switch back and forth between diploid and haploid stages, which is called

Bryophytes have all the following characteristics EXCEPT:

The term for cell division in bacteria is

As we proceed down the classification table from kingdom to species, there is an increase in:

Which animal has the simplest type of nervous system?

If a species is no longer on this planet, but used to be, the species is

How are bacteria different from viruses?

The sporozoan Plasmodium causes the disease known as

To what kingdom do fungi belong?

Some plants are placed in a group termed "nonvascular plants" because ?

In a rock column, the fossils found in the lowest layer are

To what domain do fungi belong?

Bacteria are essential to life on earth because they:

The wing of a butterfly and the wing of a bird are considered:

In experiments carried out by Miller and Urey, why were electric sparks used in the reaction?

The hypothesis that evolution of a species occurs at a slwo rate.

Which part of a mushroom appears above ground from time to time

A whale's pelvic bones are ___ structures bc they no longer function like land animal's pelvis

The scientific name for humans