Biology 2201 Midterm Review

Question 1

Heterotrophic nutrition is characteristic of which organism?

Accepted Answer

human

Question 2

What is the control center of the cell?

Accepted Answer

Nucleus

Question 3

The founder of modern taxonomy is considered to be:

Accepted Answer

Linnaeus

Question 4

Which plant is NOT a member of the phylum Tracheophyta?

Accepted Answer

moss

Question 5

Aerobic respiration is a life function that occurs in:

Accepted Answer

most animal and plant cells

Question 6

Which process provides most of the oxygen found in the Earth's atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

photosynthesis

Question 7

Which is NOT a characteristic of life?

Accepted Answer

breathing

Question 8

Asexual reproduction:

Accepted Answer

results in offspring identical to the parent

Question 9

A plant is a gymnosperm if it produces:

Accepted Answer

cones

Question 10

Which substances must a green plant obtain from its environment to carry on photosynthesis?

Accepted Answer

carbon dioxide and water

Question 11

What term best describes a cell membrane?

Accepted Answer

Selectively permeable

Question 12

In bryophytes, intercellular transport is accomplished by diffusion, since bryophytes:

Accepted Answer

lack vascular tissue

Question 13

Biology is the study of:

Accepted Answer

all living things

Question 14

Which statement is not part of the cell theory?

Accepted Answer

Cells vary in size but have the same shape

Question 15

Which organisms are included in the animal kingdom?

Accepted Answer

cnidarians

Question 16

The presence of which organelles would identify an organism as an autotroph?

Accepted Answer

chloroplasts

Question 17

Resolution in a microscope refers to:

Accepted Answer

the ability to distinguish between two objects

Question 18

Grasshopper is to Arthropoda as Human is to:

Accepted Answer

Mammalia

Question 19

Which is NOT a reason for the success of insects?

Accepted Answer

long life cycle

Question 20

Which group of organisms would you most likely find living in an extremely hot, active volcano?

Accepted Answer

Archaebacteria

Question 21

Which activity is NOT an example of heterotrophic nutrition?

Accepted Answer

An algal cell synthesizes food during photosynthesis

Question 22

An image seen by a scanning electron microscope shows:

Accepted Answer

the surface only

Question 23

What Kingdom was once classified as plants, but was later proven to be heterotrophic?

Accepted Answer

fungi

Question 24

An organism's ability to maintain a constant internal balance is called:

Accepted Answer

homeostasis

Question 25

The main function of glucose is:

Accepted Answer

to act as a source of energy.

Question 26

The scientific name of an organism is formed from its:

Accepted Answer

genus and species names

Question 27

Fungi are organisms mainly responsible for:

Accepted Answer

decomposition

Question 28

The pine, spruce and juniper trees are examples of:

Accepted Answer

gymnosperms

Question 29

A compound microscope differs from a simple microscope in that a compound microscope has two:

Accepted Answer

lenses

Question 30

The process of osmosis is best illustrated by the movement of:

Accepted Answer

water into root hair cells

Question 31

Which of these statements about roots is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

roots move food from the leaves around the plant

Question 32

The evolutionary history of a group of organisms is represented by a:

Accepted Answer

phylogenetic tree

Question 33

The main result of aerobic respiration is the:

Accepted Answer

production of ATP from the breakdown of glucose

Question 34

Which of the following has a skeleton composed of cartilage?

Accepted Answer

shark

Biology 2201 Midterm Review

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Biology 2201 Midterm Review

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