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Bio Chapter 15

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show Oxygen  
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show Amino Acids  
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show Prevent the formation of covalent bonds  
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show 1. Proterozoic 2. Archean 3. Hadean  
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show -water vapor -nitrogen -oxygen -carbon dioxide  
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Select all of the following that were likely components of Earth's early atmosphere, as proposed by Oparin in his 1938 book.   show
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What idea proposes that RNA could have been the first self-replicating precursor to life on Earth?   show
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show membrane-like structures  
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The term "RNA world" describes the possibility that self-replicating RNA   show
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The right temperature, pH, and precursor molecules could have allowed ______ molecules to form membrane-like structures.   show
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Select all of the following that are thought to have arisen by endosymbiosis of free-living bacteria.   show
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What evolved about 1.9 to 1.4 billion years ago?   show
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During the ______, life originated, photosynthesis evolved, and oxygen accumulated in Earth's atmosphere.   show
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Multicellular life first evolved about   show
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show -Cambrian -Permian -Carboniferous -Devonian  
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Select all the important events that occurred during the Precambrian supereon.   show
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show Cambrian Explosion  
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show red alga  
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show algae, sponges, jellyfishes, worms, nautiloids, and trilobites  
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show vertebrates; Ordovician  
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All the major phyla of ______ appeared during the Cambrian explosion.   show
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Sequence the following major events in the history of life on Earth from the most ancient to the most recent.   show
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Place the organisms in chronological order by their first appearance in the fossil record.   show
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show -Fungi are all heterotrophic eukaryotes. -Fungi are important for decomposition in the ecosystem. -Fungi are all multicellular eukaryotes. -Yeasts are types of fungi. -Fungi store carbohydrates as glycogen.  
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show help produce food and medicine fix nitrogen decompose and breakdown waste maintain genetic diversity of crop plant form the base of food chain healthy part of digestive tract  
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According to endosymbiont theory,...   show
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Flagellates   show
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show Cytoplasmic extensions called pseudopodia Includes forams, which have durable shells Many are free living, but some live inside animals; do not possess flagella. ex.  
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CIliates   show
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show Animal parasites; some can survive in chlorination. Includes species that cause malaria. ex.  
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Dinoflagellates   show
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Diatoms   show
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show 1. Includes kelps 2. Include the largest and most complex protists  
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Red algae   show
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show 1. Ancestors to land plants. 2. Unicellular, colonial, filamentous and multicellular forms  
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show hyphae  
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What domain do diatoms belong to?   show
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What criteria could be used to distinguish a bacterial cell from an archaean cell? Click on all answers that apply.   show
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What is the role of a plasmid?   show
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show Cell wall  
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Arrange the following in order from the largest category (most inclusive) to the smallest category (least inclusive).   show
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show pseudopods  
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show Foraminiferans  
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show They are all heterotrophic. Slime molds act as unicellular or multicellular organisms.  
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show -Some protist are important autotrophs found in plankton -Protist are the most diverse group of eukaryotes -Products from algae are used as thickeners and stabilizers in food products cosmetics toothpastes and other products  
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According to the Miller experiment, what word best describes the catalyst that made the transition indicated by the arrows possible?   show
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What type of protist is heterotrophic and includes species whose cells can come together to form a slug that moves to a new habitat?   show
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Rank the order of time periods in the geological timescale from the longest at the top to the shortest at the bottom.   show
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show Iron  
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show Carbon Dioxide  
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What may have provided a surface for the linking of organic monomers because it contains minerals that may have had a catalytic role?   show
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Select all the conditions present in deep-sea hydrothermal vents that may have favored prebiotic formation of molecules.   show
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Select all the reasons why RNA may have been the first informational molecule.   show
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show different metabolic pathways.  
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What may have allowed different metabolic pathways to arise in progenotes?   show
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What did the earliest cells likely use as a source of carbon and energy?   show
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show 3, 2.5  
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show 3.7 billion; cyanobacteria  
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show 3.5 billion years ago.  
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Select all the ways that the evolution of photosynthetic organisms affected subsequent changes on Earth.   show
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show the nuclear envelope and endoplasmic reticulum.  
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The oldest known fossils are about 3.7 billion-year-old and resemble formations called ______ made by prokaryotes called ______.   show
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According to the __________ theory, free-living bacteria were engulfed by prokaryotic cells and eventually became chloroplasts and mitochondria.   show
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Select all the evidence used to support the endosymbiont theory proposed in the 1960s.   show
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show Jurassic Period  
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The first flowering plants appeared on land during the?   show
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The continents approached their current positions during the?   show
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Several ice ages in which huge glaciers covered 30% of Earth's surface and then withdrew occurred during the?   show
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The ______ era is sometimes called the Age of Mammals, due to the adaptive radiation of mammals that occurred during the ______ period.   show
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show Quaternary  
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show 6 million years ago.  
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show -The Quaternary period is the present geologic time period. -Ice sheets and glaciers formed and receded during parts of the Quaternary period. -The Quaternary period is part of the Cenozoic era.  
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show -monkeys -prosimians -hominoids  
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Gibbons, orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans all belong to the lineage of primates called the ________.   show
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show -grasping hands with opposable thumbs -large brains relative to body size -eyes set in the front of the skull -fingers and toes with flat nails  
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show -big toe not opposable -long, strong leg bones -bowl-shaped pelvis  
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Rank the hominin groups in the order they evolved, beginning with the earliest group at the top.   show
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What fossil is the oldest representative of the hominin lineage to date?   show
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What hominin existed 3 to 1.5 million years ago, had large teeth and protruding jaws, and did not give rise any other hominin genus?   show
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show 4.4 million years ago.  
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Select all of the following that are true about the evolution of the genus Homo.   show
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The species Homo sapiens had migrated out of Africa and colonized Europe, Asia, and Australia by about ______ years ago.   show
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show - Dolphin - Bat - Opossum - Rodent - Crocodile  
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show - Lobster - Clam - Leech - Nematode  
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Which phylum contains TWO germ layers?   show
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show - Flat worm - Chordates - Round worms - Arthropods - Mollusks - Echinoderms - Annelids - Platyhelminthes (no coelom)  
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Which animal contains NO germ layers or NO true tissues?   show
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Which animals are Protosomes?   show
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Which animals are Deutrosomes?   show
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show Prosimians  
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The primate lineage contains three groups: the ______ (lemurs, lorises, and tarsiers), the monkeys, and the ______ (apes, including humans).   show
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Select all of the following included in the lineage of primates known as hominoids.   show
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show -foramen magnum opening at the back of the skull -longer arms than legs  
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show -Homo -Australopithecus -Paranthropus -Ardipithecus  
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Select all of the following that are true about all species of the genus Homo.   show
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show early homo  
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show -Homo habilis -Homo ergaster -Homo erectus  
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show -Homo floresciensis -Homo sapiens -Homo neanderthalensis -Homo heidelbergensis  
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show -Several species of hominin lived in Africa at the same time. -Scientists speculate that H. sapiens may have interbred with H. neanderthalensis. -Homo sapiens is the only remaining species.  
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show 14,000  
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Although more melanin pigment in skin increases protection against DNA damage caused by UV light, lighter skin tones evolved in areas away from the equator because ______, and dark skin tones would block too much UV light, which is needed for ______.   show
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show one less chromosome pair  
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