1060 Exam 2

Exponential growth began in humans following the

The science of classifying living things is

An organism that fills a narrow niche is known as a

Mammals with young that develop in pouches are called

Taking up or losing DNA to/from nearby cells is known as

What is the replacement fertility TFR for humans?

Affluence has a greater impact on the environment than poverty, even though poverty often elads to population growth.

What is an animal that lacks tissues?

Which factor in the IPAT model could potentially decrease impact on the environment?

Which type of dating is best for dating more recent events (thousands of years ago)

In logistic growth, population size stabilizes

Natural disasters, such as floods, earthquakes, and wildfires are density-independent limiting factors.

Fungi in a symbiotic relationship with plants roots are called

Which of the following is true about all animals?

Limiting factors that are unrelated to the amount of arganisms living within a certain area are called

The closest living relative to humans is the mouse

Which type of fungi are mushrooms?

Which organism grows by molting?

Structures with no apparent purpose that resemble structures possessed by ancestral species are called

Groups of individuals (usually of the same species) that live together in one place at the same time are called

The study of evolutionary relationships is called

Structures with different appearances and functions that all derived from the same body part in a common ancestor are...

Which type of dating is best for very ancient fossils (millions of years old)

What type of growth are humans experiencing?

Archaeopteryx and Tiktaalik are examples of

The first organism to have its genome sequenced was the pufferfish

Plants with vessels and seeds, but no fruits and flowers are known as

Who is most closely related to gibbons?

The complete set of DNA in an organism is called

Almost all of the protein-coding genes in humans and mice are the same

Which of the following is not a line of evidence for evolution

The geographic area where a population occurs is known as its

DNA and protein sequences are examples of

Which organism is a deuterostome?

An example of a vascular seedless plant would be

Birds are reptiles with scales, feathers, and hollow bones. They are also ectothermic like other reptiles.

A derived trait in birds would be

Similarities in development are analyzed in which line of evidence for evolution?

Fossils are

The phenomenon of organisms becoming more dark when adapting to polluted environments is called

Genes that can "jump" from one part of a DNA sequence to another are known as

Which line of evidence for evolution provides the most direct evidence that evolution has taken place

Mycelia are masses of interconnected filamentous structures called

Choose an example of evidence that natural selection can lead to evolution

Which equation is useful when calculating population growth independent of time?

Which stage of demographic transition is triggered by increase in women's rights?

Loss or gain of a chromosome is called

What type of spacing results from competition?

Which animal is an immoble, colonial chordate?

Which domain has large complex cells with linear DNA in a nucleus?

What type of growth occurs in the absence of limiting factors?

An age structure diagram shaped like an upside-down triangle indicates a population that is

Which stage of demographic transition is triggered by a decrease in infant mortality?

Organisms with fewer differences in DNA sequence are more closely related than those with more differences

Some fungi are heterotrophic and others are photosynthetic

Traits inherited from a common ancestor are called

The average number of children born per woman during her lifetime is called

A species where the chance of death is the same at all ages shows which type of survivorship curve?

Most single-celled eukaryotes belong to which kingdom?

All vertebrates have a tail and pharyngeal pouches (gill slits) during development

There is evidence in our DNA of hybridization with Neanderthals

A species that produces many offspring, with few who survive to maturity show which type of survivorship?

Humans and mice are different because

The TFR that keeps population sizes stable is called the

Which of the following is not a mode of locomotion for heterotrophic protists?

The average amount of time between birth of an individual and birth of its offspring is known as

A population with many pre-reproductive individuals and few post-reproductive individuals is

Which prokaryotic domain is most closely related to eukaryotes?

Fossils are not rare because most organisms are covered in sediment and mineralize after they die

Over the course of equid evolution, horses grew larger, with more toes and bigger teeth to better reach leaves on trees

High population density is helpful for finding mates, avoiding competition, and gaining access to resources.

Derived traits are used to construct phylogenies

Vestigial genes are called

Which stage of demographic transition is characterized by low death rates and falling birth rates?

The length of time for half of an unstable form of an element to become stable is known as the

The twigs or branches of a phylogenetic tree represent

What is the shape of the growth curve for the type of population growth from the previous question?