UMKC Biology 109 Two Problem Sets
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What traits did Archeopteryx have in common with living bird species? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔feathers
Why is the amniotic egg considered an important evolutionary
breakthrough? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔it allows the incubation of offspring in a
terrestrial environment
Which of the following statements about phloem tissue is correct? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔the sugar-conducting cells of the phloem are alive at
functional maturity
Growth that results in an increase in the girth of a plant is what kind of
growth/ - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔secondary
A water soluble toxin is found in the groundwater where a plant is growing.
Which of the following is best able to prevent that toxin from entering the
xylem in the plant root? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the Casparian Strip
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, Which of the following phenomena is/are involved in the ascent of xylem
sap? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔adhesion, cohesion, transpiration
A molecule in a plant is transported by going into the cytosol of one cell,
leaving the cytosol and entering the cell wall, and then entering the cytosol
of a second cell. This molecule has taken which transport route? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔transmembrane
The fact the marsupial and eutherian mammals have a number of different
species even though they evolved along separate mammalian lineages is
due to: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔convergent evolution
Unlike eutherians, both monotremes and marsupials: - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔have some embryonic development outside the mother's uterus
If a species has no teeth, no urinary bladder, and females have only one
ovary, what group does that species belong to? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔birds
Which of the following is not a true statement concerning the order
Primata? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔all of the above are true statements
Which of the following are the water-conducting cells of xylem, have thick
walls, and are dead at functional maturity? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔tracheids and
vessel elements
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What traits did Archeopteryx have in common with living bird species? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔feathers
Why is the amniotic egg considered an important evolutionary
breakthrough? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔it allows the incubation of offspring in a
terrestrial environment
Which of the following statements about phloem tissue is correct? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔the sugar-conducting cells of the phloem are alive at
functional maturity
Growth that results in an increase in the girth of a plant is what kind of
growth/ - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔secondary
A water soluble toxin is found in the groundwater where a plant is growing.
Which of the following is best able to prevent that toxin from entering the
xylem in the plant root? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the Casparian Strip
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, Which of the following phenomena is/are involved in the ascent of xylem
sap? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔adhesion, cohesion, transpiration
A molecule in a plant is transported by going into the cytosol of one cell,
leaving the cytosol and entering the cell wall, and then entering the cytosol
of a second cell. This molecule has taken which transport route? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔transmembrane
The fact the marsupial and eutherian mammals have a number of different
species even though they evolved along separate mammalian lineages is
due to: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔convergent evolution
Unlike eutherians, both monotremes and marsupials: - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔have some embryonic development outside the mother's uterus
If a species has no teeth, no urinary bladder, and females have only one
ovary, what group does that species belong to? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔birds
Which of the following is not a true statement concerning the order
Primata? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔all of the above are true statements
Which of the following are the water-conducting cells of xylem, have thick
walls, and are dead at functional maturity? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔tracheids and
vessel elements
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