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Biology

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The branch of Biology dealing with interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment is called   ecology  
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Which of the following descriptions about the organization of an ecosystem is correct   Species make up populations, which make up communities  
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The simplest grouping of more than one kind of organism in the biosphere is   a community  
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The lowest level of environmental complexity that includes living and nonliving factors is the   ecosystem  
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Which ecological inquiry method is an ecologist using when he or she enters an area periodically to count the population numbers of certain species   observing  
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A mathematical formula designed to predict population fluctuations in a community could be called a(n)   ecological model  
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Plants are   primary producers  
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How do most primary producers make their own food   by using light energy to make carbohydrates  
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Which of the following organisms does NOT require sunlight to live   chemosynthetic bateria  
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Compared to land, the open oceans   are nutrient-poor environments  
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In which way plants in a sunny mountain meadow and sulfur bacteria in a deep-sea volcanic vent alike   they both produce carbohydrates and oxygen  
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Corn planted in a field that has been previously planted with legumes and then plowed under is likely to be   more productive because bacteria living on the roots of legumes fix nitrogen in the soil  
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All the interconnected feeding relationships in a ecosystem make up food   web  
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The total amount of living tissue within given trophic level is called the   biomass  
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Which in an ecological model of the relationships that form a network of complex feeding interactions among organisms in a community from producers to decomposers   food web  
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Which animals eat both producers and consumers   omnivores  
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What is the term for each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a food web   trophic level  
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A bird stalks, kills and then eats an insect. Based on the behavior, which pair of ecological terms describes the bird   carnivore, consumer  
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What are the three kinds of ecological pyramids   energy, biomass and numbers  
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Only 10 percent of the energy stored in an organism can be passed on to the next trophic level. Of the remaining energy, some is used for the organism's life process and the rest is   eliminated as heat  
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A word that means the same thing as consumer is   heterptroph  
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Matter can recycle through the biosphere because   biological systems do NOT use up matter, they transform it  
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The repeated movement of water between Earth's surface and the atmosphere is called   the water cycle  
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Carbon cycles through the biosphere in all the following processes EXCEPT   decomposition of plants and animals  
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Which part of the water cycle is a biological process   transiration  
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Nitrogen fixation is carried out primarily by   bacteria  
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Which of the following has a direct role in the nitrogen cycle   all of the above  
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Organisms need nutrients in order to   carry out essential life functions  
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The movements of energy and nutrients through living systems are different because   energy flows in one direction and nutrients recycle  
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Biogeochemical cycling ensures that   living organisms will not become limited in any one nutrient  
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What can happen after a lake receives large input of a limiting nutrient   an algal bloom occurs  
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Why can't the producers in some ecosystems make an unlimited supply of organic material   energy needed to make organic material is lost as heat  
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Animals that get energy by eating that carcasses of other animals that have been killed by predators or have died of natural causes are called   scavengers  
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Phosphorus is very important for living things because organisms need phosphorus to   form DNA and RNA  
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Each of the following is an abiotic factor in the environment EXCEPT   plant life  
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Which is biotic factor that affects the size of a population in a specific ecosystem   number and kinds of predators in the ecosystem  
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During a long period when there is no rainfall, a mountain lion may temporarily leave its usual hunting territory to drink from a farm pond. this behavior is due to   the change in abiotic factor in its environment  
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Which is an example of how biotic and abiotic factors interact   tree roots split apart rocks in the ground  
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What is at the base of all ecological pyramids   producers  
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One of the main characteristics of a population is its   habitat  
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There are 150 Saguaro cactus plants per square kilometer in a certain area of the Arizona desert. To which population characteristics does this information refer   geographic range  
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What does the range of population tell you that density does not   the areas inhabited by a population  
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Which of the following tells you population density   the number of births per year  
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Which of the following is NOT one of the factors that play a role in population growth rate   demography  
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The movement of organisms into a range is called   immigration  
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Which of the following describes a population as its size decreases   the death rate becomes higher than the birthrate  
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If immigration and emigration numbers remain equal, which is the most important contributing factor to a slowed growth rate   constant birthrate  
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Which are two ways a population can decrease in size   decreased birthrate and emigration  
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Suppose that a species of toads is introduced into a new environment in an attempt to reduce the population of insects. The toad has no natural predators in the new environment. The toad population would most likely   increase exponentially  
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During some kinds of population growth, the size of each generation of offspring is larger than the generation before it. So, as the population gets larger, it grows more quickly. This situation is called   exponential growth  
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Which factor might NOT contribute to an exponential growth rate in a given population   reduced resources  
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The various growth phases through which most populations go are represented on   a logical growth curve  
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As resources in a population become less available, the population   declines rapidly  
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In a logistic growth curve, exponential growth is the phases in which the population   grows quickly  
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When the exponential phase of a logistic growth curve of a population ceases   population growth begins to slow down  
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How are Phase 1 and Phase 2 of logistic growth similar   A population is increasing, moving toward its carrying capacity during both phases  
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Something that controls the growth or size of a population is a   limiting factor  
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Sea otters live in the ocean. Which of the following is NOT likely to be a limiting factor on the sea otter population   drought  
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Which will reduce competition within a species population   fewer individuals  
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If a population grows larger than the carrying capacity of the environment, the   death rate may rise  
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Water lilies do NOT grow in desert sand because water availability to these plants in a desert is   a limiting factor  
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Each of the following is a density-dependent limiting factor EXCEPT   temperature  
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Which would be least likely to be affected by a density-dependent limiting factor   a small, scattered population  
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Which density-dependent factors other than the predator/prey relationship affected the populations of moose and wolves on Isle Royale   food availability for the moose and disease for the wolf  
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Which of the following is a density-independent limiting factor   disease and predator/prey relationships  
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After a natural disaster such as hurricane or a drought, a population   can be mostly killed off  
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It is difficult to observe examples of completely density-independent limiting factors because density-independent limiting factors   usually do NOT have any effect on populations  
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Demography is the scientific study of   human popluations  
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About 500 years ago, the world's population started   growing more rapidly  
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Countries in the first stage of demographic transition have   a high death rate and a high birthrate  
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The human population experienced exponential growth after   the Industrial Revolution began  
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The anticipated human population by the year 2050 is about   9 billion  
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In Rwanda, there are more young children than teenagers and more teenagers than adults. This age structure indicates a population that   has a steady growth rate  
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In countries like India, the human population is growing   demographically  
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Most of the worldwide human population is growing exponentially because   most countries have not yet completed the demographic transition  
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The human population in Canada contains almost equal numbers of people in each age group. This means that the population in Canada will   grow slowly by steadily  
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Which of the following has the disadvantage of possibly bringing two recessive alleles together and causing a genetic defect   inbreeding  
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Which of the following explains how teosinte may have been selectively bred to produce corn   Teosinte plants were hybridized with corn plants and the resulting hybrids with the desired traits were inbred  
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To create animals that have the characteristics of both species, some people have bred buffalo and cattle together. this is an example of   hybridization  
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Which of the following could include all the others   selective breeding  
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Certain drugs can be used in plant breeding to make polyploid plants. These drugs   frequently cause mutations, which create new alleles and genes  
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Suppose a bacterial culture was transformed with recombinant plasmids containing a gene for resistance to penicillin. The bacterial culture was then treated with penicillin. Which of the following statements will happen to the transformed bacteria   they will become polyploid  
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during transformation   foreign DNA is inserted into a plasmid  
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Which protein creates DNA fragments with sticky ends   lysozyme  
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A gene that makes it possible to distinguish bacteria that have been transformed by a plasmid from those that have not is called   a resistance gene  
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Which of the following joins two pieces of DNA together   DNA ligase  
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The process of making changes in DNA code of a living organism is called   genetic engineering  
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A DNA molecule produced by combining DNA from different sources is known as   a hybrid  
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If a restriction enzyme leaves a sticky end with the sequence TTAA, what will the sequence of the complementary sticky end be   AAtt  
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Which of the following would require the use of recombinant DNA   breeding a donkey and a horse to make a mule  
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Why are plasmids so widely used in recombinant DNA studies   because they canbe used to transform bacteria  
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Why is inserting plasmids in yeast more complex than inserting them into bacteria   yeasts are prokaryotes  
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A plant cell is successfully transformed if   the cell integrates foreign DNA into one of it's chromosomes  
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Which of the following is a pair of transgenic organisms   a hybridized peach tree and a polyploid banana tree  
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Dolly is a sheep produced by cloning. Which of the following is a difference between Dolly and animals produced by sexual reproduction   the source of Dolly's DNA is a single cell takenfrom an adult individual  
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What kind of technique do scientists use to make transgenic organisms   genetic engineering  
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What is an advantage of using transgenic bacteria to produce human proteins   genetic engineering  
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To produce transgenic bacteria that make insulin, which of the steps listed below would a scientist do FIRST   cut out the insulin gene from human DNA  
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Which of the following is made with recombinant DNA technology and helps farmers use less insecticide   Bt cotton  
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When the gene for Bt toxin is inserted into corn, farmers can use less   pesticide  
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GM crops that produce a higher yield per plant than unmodified crops would   produce more food for the same acreage  
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What has been an advantage of producing transgenic plants   increasing the food supply  
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Which of the following is a direct benefit to farmers planting Bt corn   farmers can decrease their use of herbicides  
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The purpose of gene therapy is to   remove mutations from genes  
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Gene therapy is successful if the   replacement gene is successfully spliced to viral DNA  
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What process can prospective parents use to determine if they are carrying recessive alleles for disease   genetic testing  
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The use of DNA fingerprinting relies on the fact that   no two people, except identical twins, have exactly the same DNA  
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What conclusion CANNOT be made from two DNA fingerprints that show identical patterns of bands   the DNA in both fingerprints almost cdertainly came from the same person  
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Which of the following correctly describes how DNA fingerprinting of certain genes can be used to establish familial relationships   Mitochondrial DNA is used to look for links from a son to his mother and the Y chromosome is used to look for links to the father  
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Which of the following is true of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act   it protects Americans against being treated differently by employers or insurance companies based on their genetic information  
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Which of the following is true of patents in biotechnology   a scientist who holds a patent catent can demand high fees that block others from doing certain research  
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One reason farmers often choose GM crops over non-GM crops because GM crops   more productive  
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Which of the following findings, if true, would support CRITICS of GM crops   Bt corn reduces the populations of bees needed to pollinate the plants  
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Which of the following findings, if true, would support an argument IN FAVOR of GM foods   farmers who grow GM crops have much higher yields that farmers growing unmodified crops  
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Which statement below might be used by someone who is arguing against the use of GM crops   the patents for the seeds of GM crops are held by big companies, which may raise prices and force small farmers out of business  
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Darwin noticed that many organisms seemed well suited to   surviving in the environments which they lived  
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The species of finches that Charles Darwin found on different Galapagos Islands varied in certain structural adaptations. One of the most significant adaptations that Darwin noted was the   birds different-shaped beaks  
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Based on the adaptations Charles Darwin observed in finches and tortoises in the Galapagos, he wondered   if species living on different islands had once been members of the same species  
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Which of the following ideas was NOT part of Darwins contribution to science   inheritance of acquired charactersistics  
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On the Galapagos Islands, Charles Darwin observed   species similar to mainland South American species  
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Which of the following ideas is supported by Darwin's observations of local variation among tortoises in the Galapagos Islands   adaptation  
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Darwin first began to formulate his concept of evolution by natural selection after   observing patterns among the geographical location of certain species  
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People of Charles Darwin's time understood that fossils were   preserved remains of ancient organisms  
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In the 1800's, Charles Lyell emphasized that   past geological events must be explained in terms of processes observable today  
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One scientist who attempted to explain how rock formations, such as rock layers, form and change over time was   James Hutton  
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James Hutton's and Charles Lyell's work was important to Darwin because these scientists   suggested that Earth was old enough for evolution to have occurred  
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What did Charles Darwin learn from reading the work of James Hutton and Charles Lyell   Gradual change operating over long periods of time can result in dramatic changes  
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Jean-Baptiste Lamarack proposed that organisms   have an innate tendency toward complexity and perfection  
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Which is a major concept included in Lamarack's evoluntionary hypothesis   body structures can change according to the actions of the organism  
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Lamarck's ideas about evolution include the concept that differences among the traits of organisms arise as a result of   the actions of organisms as they use or fail to use body structures  
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In an experiment, suppose that the wings of fruit flies were clipped short for fifty generations. The fifty-first generation emerged with normal-length wings. This observation would tend to disprove that idea that evolution is based on   inheritance of acquired characteristics  
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The economist Thomas Malthus suggested that   without certain checks on population size, there would soon be insufficient food for the growing human population  
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The idea that events like war, starvation and disease could prevent the endless growth of human populations was presented by   Thomas Malthus  
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Darwin realized that the economist Malthus's theory of population control   could be generalized to any population of organisms  
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When a dairy farmer chooses to breed the cows that give the most milk in the herd, the farmers are following the principal of   artificial selection  
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When farmers select animals or plants to use for breeding, they look for   natural variations that are present in a species  
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When a farmer breeds only his or her best livestock, the process involved is   artificial selection  
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According to Darwin's theory of natural selection, individuals who survive are the ones best adapted for their environment. Their survival is due to the   possession of inherited adaptations that maximize fitness  
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Each of the following is a condition necessary for natural selection to occur EXCEPT   population size is very large  
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Which statement about the members of a population that live long enough to reproduce is consistent with the theory of evolution by natural slection   they are the ones that are best adapted to survive in their environment  
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According to Darwin's theory of natural selection, the individuals that tend to survive are those that have   variations best suited to environmental conditions  
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Which of the following phrases best describes the results of natural selection   changes in the inherited characteristics of a population over time  
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The principal of common descent helps explain why   birds and reptiles share a number of inherited characteristics  
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The hypothesis that all species are descended from common ancestors was proposed by   Charles Darwin  
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Darwin's concept of natural selection was NOT influenced by   knowledge about the structure of DNA  
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Biogeography is the study of   where species and their ancestors live  
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The number and location of bones of many fossil vertebrates are similar to those in living vertebrates. This is evidence in support of which of the following concepts   common descent  
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Modern sea star larvae resemble some primitive vertebrate larvae. This similarity may suggest that primitive vertebrates   share a common ancestor with sea stars  
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Molecular evidence in support of natural selection includes   the nearly universal genetic code  
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Similar patterns of embryological development in different but related organisms are responsible for the formation of   homologous structures  
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According to the Grants' investigation of Galapagos finches, what happened to the beaks of finches   beaks became smaller when they mirgrated  
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Which characteristic of Galapagos finches helped the Grants show the results of natural selection   the size and shape of their beaks  
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What principle does the Grants' investigation of finch adaptation Galapagos Islands best support   natural selection  
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The genes carried by all members of a particular population make up the populations   gene pool  
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Natural selection acts directly on   phenotypes  
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Sexual reproduction among members of population results in   no changes in the allele frequences in the gene pool  
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A change in the genetic material of a cell is called a   mutation  
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Three sources of genetic variation are   sexual reproduction, lateral gene transfer and mutations  
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In organisms that reproduce sexually, most variation that can be inherited is due to   gene recombination during sexual reporduction  
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Genetic recombination includes the independent movement of chromosomes during meiosis as well as   crossing-over  
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The genetic recombination that occurs as part of sexual reporduction   does not change the gene pool's allele frequencies  
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A single-gene trait that has two alleles and that shows a simple dominant-recessive pattern will result in   two phenotypes  
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An example of a single -gene trait is   sickle cell anemia in humans  
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The number of phenotypes produced for a given trait depends upon   the number of genes that control the trait  
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The frequency of phoenotypes for a typical polygenic trait is most often illustrated as   a bell-shaped curve  
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Compared to a polygenic trait, a single-gene trait tends to have   fewer phenotypes  
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A polygenic trait can have   many possible genotypes, producing many possible phoenotypes  
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If a mutation introduces a new skin color in a lizard population, which factor might determine whether the frequency of a new allele will increase   whether the mutation makes some lizards more fit for their environment than other lizards  
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In genetic drift, the alle frequencies in a gene pool change because of   chance  
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Which of the following events do biologists consider a random change   genetic drift  
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Genetic drift tends to occur in population that   are small  
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The type of genetic drift that follows the colonization of a new habitat by a small group individuals is called   the founder effect  
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One similarity between natural selection and genetic drift is that both events   involve a change in a population;s allele frequencies  
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One of the conditions required to maintain genetic equilibrium is   no immigration or emigration  
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The genetic equilibrium of a population can be disturbed by each of the following EXCEPT   a large population size  
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The allele frequencies of a population are more likely to be disturbed if   mating is not random  
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According to Hardy-Weinberg principle, genetic equilibrium would be more likely in a population of mice if   no natural selection takes place  
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Which factor would most likely disrupt genetic equilibrium in a large population   mating that is not random  
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The separation of populations by barriers such as rivers, mountains, or bodies of water is called   geographic isolation  
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A factor that is necessary for the formation of a new species is   geographic barriers  
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Which of the following statements defines the members of a species   they mate and produce offspring  
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What situation might develop in a population having some plants whose flowers open at midday and other plants whose flowers open late in the day   temporal isolation  
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The geographic isolation of two populations of a species tends to increase differences between their gene pools because it   prevents interbreeding between the populations  
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Although they often live in the same habitat, the American toad breeds earlier in the spring than Fowler's toad does. What can be inferred from this information   the two species do not interbreed because of temporal isolation  
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Which is the first step that occurred in the speciation of Galapagos finches   founders arrived  
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The Galapagos finch species are an excellent example of   speciation  
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What did the Grants learn about mate choice from Galapagos finches   finches prefer mates with beaks similar in size to their own  
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In Grants' study of the Galapagos finches, what process was encouraged by ecological competition during the dry season   directional selection  
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Species Y and Z have very different proteins and genes. What is most likely true about these two species? Species Y   evolved for a long time separately from Species Z  
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Which of the following can produce a duplicate gene   crossing-over during mmeiosis  
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What do Hox genes control   patterns of embryological development  
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One reason common names are not useful to biologists is that they   can apply to more than one animal  
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One goal of scientists is to assign every organism a universally accepted name according to the system known as   binomial nomenclature  
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For many species, there are often regional differences in their   common names  
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At any level of organization, groups that have biological meaning are referred to as   taxa  
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To be useful, a scientific name has to refer to   a single species  
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According to the rules of binomial nomenclature, which of the terms is capitalized   the species name onky  
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Based on their names, you know that the baboons Paio annubis and Paio cynocephalus do NOT belong to the same   species  
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How do binomial, or two-part, names compare with early versions of scientific names   they tend to be shorter  
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The second part of a scientific name is unique to each   species in its genus  
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Often, the second part of a scientific name is   a description of a trait or habitat  
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Before Linnaeus, scientific names were problematic because they were   not standardized  
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In Linnaeus's system of classification, how many levels are there   seven  
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A genus is composed of a number of similar   phyla  
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Several different classes make up a   phylum  
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Which are the two highest level tax in the Linnaean system   phylum and kingdom  
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Anumals that are warm-blooded, have body hair, and produce milk for their young are grouped in the class   mammalia  
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The only "natural" taxa in Linnaeus's system is the   species  
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Traditional classifications tended to take into account primarily   visible similarities and differences  
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In evolutionary classification, a monophyletic group includes one   species and all its ancestors  
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The grouping of organisms based on their common descent is called   evolutuinary classification  
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In an evolutionary classification scheme, species within one genus should   be more closely related to one another than they are to species in other genera  
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What kind of analysis focuses on the order in which derived characters appeared in organisms   cladistic analysis  
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In biology, a trait that arose in an ancestor and is passed along to its descendants is referred to as a   derived character  
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In contrast to Linnaran taxonomy, cladistic analysis considers only which kind of traits, or characters for analysis   derived characters  
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An analysis of derived characters is used to generate a   cladogram  
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What does a cladistic analysis show about organisms   the relative degrees of relatedness among lineages  
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Similar DNA sequences in genes can be evidence of   common ancestry  
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What do all organisms have in common   they all use DNA to pass on information  
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What is true about dissimilar organisms such as a cow and a yeast   their degree of relatedness can be estimated from their genes  
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Which of the following techniques can scientists use to determine how DNA of several species might indicate the species are related   cladistic analysis  
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What does the presence of similar DNA sequences in the genes in very dissimilar organisms imply   the organisms share a common ancestor  
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What cell structures in eukaryotic cells contain DNA that can be used to determine evolutionary relationships   nuclei and mitochondria  
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All organisms in the kingdoms Protista, Plantae, Fungi and Amimalia are   eukaryoyes  
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Which kingdom contains heterotrophs with cell walls of chitin   fungi  
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Which kingdom in the six-kingdom system classification was once grouped with plants   fungi  
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The domain that corresponds to the kingdom Eubacteria is   bacteria  
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The domain that contains unicellular organisms that live in extreme environments is   archaea  
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The two domains composed of only unicellular organisms are   eubacteria and archaea  
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Three-domain system arose when scientists found that Eubacteris and Archaebacteria were more   like eukaryotes  
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The three-domain system recognizes fundamental differences between two groups of   prokaryotes  
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What is thought to be true about the three domains of living things   they diverged from a common ancestor before the evolution of the main groups of eukaryotes.  
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