DC Spring Semester Exam Review

What mechanism leads to microevolution when random events cause changes in the gene pool?

Which enzyme cuts or cleaves DNA into fragments?

A logistic model of population growth

Which of the following is NOT true about protists?

Both simple and complex animals have

The one thing ALL protists have in common is that

What type of symmetry is seen with cephalized animals with left and right sides?

Which of the following is TRUE of the lytic cycle?

A virus's host range is determined by

What does a node, or branch point, represent on a phylogenetic diagram?

The tiny filaments that make up fungi and provide for absorption are

Which of the following is TRUE of alternation of generations in plants?

The concentration of sense organs into ganglia or brains at the anterior end of an animal is known as

A response to a stimulus in a particular direction is called

Which enzyme is responsible for sealing DNA fragments with complementary sticky ends together?

Which of the following does NOT describe Kingdom Animalia?

Which type of reproductive isolation occurs due to differences in timing, such as breeding in different seasons?

A gradual increase in size over time would be an example of

All viruses consist of

Which plant group lacks seeds and pollen grains, but have the vascular tissues, xylem and phloem?

Which of the following is NOT true about prokaryote genomes?

Animal behavior is only determined by genetics.

Plasmids are

Which of the following is NOT a condition necessary for natural selection to occur?

The four processes of development are determination, differentiation, growth and morphogenesis.

Fungi are beneficial in many ways. Which of the following is NOT a positive role of fungi?

Which type of stem cell is able to produce only a few cell types?

Mutation is the most common source of variation in a bacterial population.

In angiosperms, the fruits

Temperature regulation and blood glucose levels both have on/off responses. These are both examples of

Which of the following would NOT include many communities?

A biotic factor would include

A gram-negative, bacilli bacteria would appear as

What is the function of the waxy cuticle in plants?

Which of the following is the next step of animal development after the zygote is formed?

Which of the following describes fungi?

Analogous structures, such as wings, similar camouflage in the desert, or bodies of sharks and dolphins, are due to

What is the function of reverse transcriptase?

Which of the following is NOT a function of the flower?

Which of the following would NOT be a plant adaptation to a dry environment?

Which of the following is required to maintain Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?

Which of the following processes removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

Bacteria have peptidoglycan cell walls, while Archaea

A species use of both biotic and abiotic resources is called its

Protists may move using all of the following EXCEPT

Which of the following mechanisms help water move upward in the xylem of plants?

What type of organisms use light energy to make their own food?

Double fertilization in angiosperms produces

Secondary succession would occur in which of the following?

Prokaryotic cells divide by the asexual process of