Bio S2 Exam

This hominoid lived in the east-central and southern part of Africa between 4.2 and 1 mya.

Which describes what scientists think the conditions of Earth were like 4.6 billion years ago?

ability of an E. coli bacterium to control its gene transcription in response to environmental factors is called ______.

Which of the following is a simple fleshy fruit?

How many bases are needed to make a codon?

Pelvic spurs are reduced forms of the leg bones of these snakes' ancestors. Which term best describes pelvic spurs?

The evolutionary history of a species is called its ___________.

The event that marked the begining of the Paleozoic era with rapid diversification of most major animal groups is called

A group of primates that have a dental comb and primarily rely on their sense of smell for hunting are called _________.

A single species of lizards relatively quickly evolves into several new species that exploit different ecological niches

A morphological adaptation in which one species resembles another is called _____________.

Which of the following produce cells that results in an increase in length?

All protists are __________.

What is a transgenic organism?

Which is the function of the root cap?

Which term names small, circular DNA molecules that are found in bacterial cells?

Which is the vascular tissue that transports water and dissolved minerals from roots to leaves?

Kingdom ___________ does not classify autotrophic organisms.

A mass extinction that included the disappearance of all dinosaur species occurred during the __________.

__________ is the theory that states only living organisms can produce other living organisms.

In what type of rock would a paleontologist probably find fossils?

Instead of phylum, the term ___________ is used to group related classes of plants and bacteria.

A technique called ___ looks at separated DNA fragments to identify unique patterns that are unique to every individual.

Scientists use the process of genetic engineering to ___________.

An infectious, protein substance is called a(n) ____________.

The three major groups of protists are classified based on their methods for ___________.

A species of hominoid that evolved exclusively in Europe and Asia about 200,000 years ago.

Approximately how many base pairs are in the human genome?

Any change in allelic frequencies that results from chance is best described as __________.

Which of the following is an example of a nastic response?

Which species concept defines a species as a group of organisms that are able to reproduce successfully in the wild?

An animal without a backbone is called a(n) ____________.

What is the role of messenger RNA (mRNA)?

Which process is most likely the way in which the first protists formed?

The strong polysaccharide found in the cell walls of fungi is called ___________.

Which of these activities is an opposable first digit useful for?

Which is a stage of a host-cell infection by a virus?

Which is an advantage of an exoskeleton?

Which is an example of an evolutionary advantage of the vertebral column of a fish?

The similarity or balance among body structures is called __________.

Why is seed dispersal an important adaptation?

What did Hershey and Chase discover using radioactive labeling?

Modern biological classification systems differ from outdated systems because they consider ____________.

Without an endospore, a Clostridium tetani bacterium would not be able to ____________.

What do the fungi of lichens provide to their photosynthetic partners?

Which was the first conclusion Darwin made soon after returning from the Galápagos Islands?

What is an advantage of bipedalism?

Which of the following is part of a virus's structure?

Which of these structures pertain to prokaryotic genetic material?

Which is the central dogma of biology?