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All life depends on liquid water
Jan Baptiste Van Helmont's famous experiment incorrectly showed that plants produce most of their air mass through: water
The scientific name of the white oak tree is "Quercus alba". In this name, the name "Quercus" refers to the tree's: genus
The Swedish naturalist Carolus Linnaeus based his system of classification upon: observation of traits
Using what research method were the Archaea discovered? molecular genetics ( DNA/RNA)
What is the correct order of the following, according to the Linnaean system of classification (From most general to most specific)? domain, kingdom, phyla, class, order, family, genus, species
Which of the following was developed by Carolus Linnaeus? binomial nomenclature
The three domains of life are: Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya
In modern taxonomy, the Eukaryotes include: trees, birds, fungi, and humans
One possible ancestor to modern humans is named Homo erectus. Compared to modern human beings, Homo erectus was a member of a different: species
Why is it so difficult to estimate how many species of insects there are on Earth? there is no central repository for information on new species on Earth, different methods of estimating numbers yield widely varied results, and new species continue to be discovered and other species go extinct
If you discovered an organism in deep oceanic hydrothermal vents and you were trying to understand to which kingdom it belonged, what would be a first order question to answer? how many cells does it have?
Based on the Linnaean system of classification, what do we know about three organisms with the scientific names "Ursus horribilis", "Ursus maritimus", and "Cornus florida"? Ursus horribilis and Ursus maritimus are the most closely related of all three
Ursus horribilis and Ursus maritimus are the most closely related of all three class
What is the difference between the prokaryotes (archaea and bacteria) and the eukaryotes? eukaryotes have a nucleus and specialized cell components; prokaryotes do not
Archaea and bacteria are two separate domains of single-celled organisms that: do not have a nucleus
Which is true of algae? they live in the ocean and photosynthesize
Which is an example of a Bryophyte? moss
What does a plant 'breath' in? CO2 and water
Which of the following is not a criteria for being alive? must have more than one cell
"Cold-blooded" is a term that can refer to: frogs and lizards
On what part of a bacterium cell does penicillin act? cell membrane
An apple is to an angiosperm as ______ is to ________? a cone/gymnosperm
Which of the following phyla is the most successful in the animal kingdom, based on species and total biomass? arthropods
Sponges are: animals
Gymnosperms have: seeds and cones
Invertebrates include: arthropods, sponges, worms, and molluscs
_______ involves the study of how biological information is passed down from one generation to the next. genetics
_______ was an early pioneer in the field of genetics with his famous experiments with pea plants. mendel
Which genetic characteristics did Gregor Mendel include in his studies? height, pod shape, hybrids, and flower color
What is a gene? a particular stretch of DNA located on a chromosome
The "double helix" of DNA refers to: hydrogen bonding of the nucleotide bases
Which of the following statements about DNA is NOT correct? RNA is the mirror opposite of DNA
What is the difference between DNA and RNA? size, sugar, shape, and location
Why do children so closely resemble their parents? children's genes are a combination of the base-pair sequence in the genes of both parents
Ribose and deoxyribose sugars differ by: one oxygen atom
All genetic information is coded by ________ base-pairs on DNA. 4
Which of the following does NOT have to contain a DNA molecule? virus
What is a codon? a set of three bases on the mRNA
Where does protein synthesis in a cell actually take place? ribosome
Which could be an example of DNA sequencing? CATCAT
Scientists think: evolution as a fact
Vestigial organs are organs that animals: no longer use
The ratio of extinct species to living species on Earth is about: 1000 to 1
The term fossil record refers to: all fossils found, catalogued, and analyzed over time
Which of the following gases are known to have been in Earth's early atmosphere? water vapor, ammonia, methane, and hydrogen
What was the negative role that sunlight had in the evolution of early life on Earth? broke the organic molecule bonds
The window of opportunity, during which life in the form of the first cell could have begun, was approximately how long ago? 4 billion years ago
Planetary research in recent years has shown that: Mars' northern hemisphere may have been a sea of water for a billion years
What thing below was an important consequence of the 'great bombardment' for life on Earth? Earth's oceans may have been boiled away
Life on Mars: is still a topic under study
The Cambrian explosion indicates: an increase in fossil evidence of primitive life
The giant crater associated with the mass extinction of 65.5 million years ago is located in: mexico
There is a lack of fossils up to the time of the ________ because organisms did not produce hard calcium shells before that period. cambrian explosion
The first member of the genus "Homo" was called: H. habilus
"Lucy" and her family were members of what species of hominid? Australopithecus afarensis
The last human primates living before the appearance of Homo sapiens were: Neanderthals
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