BIO 152 EXAM questions with correct
answers
10.) the bone structure of the forelimbs of horses, bats, and whales indicates that structures
with..... - verified answers; different functions may retain evidence of descent from a common
form
9.) accept the biological species concept and insist that classification must reflect evolutionary
history are called___. - verified answers; cladists
11.) for members of two different populations to be part of the same species they must ____.
- verified answers; be able to interbreed
12.) which group of gymnosperms has only one species, which has survived by human
cultivation - verified answers; ginkgoes
13.) the principle way for genetic variation to spread through a population is by ____. -
verified answers; sexual reproduction
14.) without genetic variability, a population cannot ____. - verified answers; evolve
15.) change in gene frequency this is NOT due to selection, mutation, or immigration - verified
answers; genetic drift
16.) if a small group of individuals colonizes a newly formed island, the gene frequency of the
population is likely to be different from that of the population they came from. This is called
___. - verified answers; founder effect
, 17.) what effect do mycorrhizae have on the plants with which they associate? - verified
answers; they are symbionts, helping the plant to take in minerals
18.) the evolutionary tendency in the alternation of generations is - verified answers;
reduction of the gametophyte to a few cells and the gametophyte is protected by the
sporocyte (a and b only)
19.) the removal of the ___ of a root abolishes its response to gravity - verified answers; root
cap
24.) the Hardy-Weinberg principle states that - verified answers; sexual reproduction with
random mating will not change the gene pool of populations
25.) Protista cannot ____ - verified answers; Be prokaryotic
26.) the wing of the bat is ____ to the wing of an insect ____ to the flipper of a whale -
verified answers; analogous; homologous
27.) in plants with alternations of generations, the _____ produce gametes by ____. - verified
answers; gametophyte; meiosis
28.) When we observe a flowing plant, the structures we see are part of the - verified
answers; diploid sporophyte
29.) the first law of thermodynamics states that the energy of the universe is - verified
answers; constant
30.) the biomass of an ecosystem would not include - verified answers; water
answers
10.) the bone structure of the forelimbs of horses, bats, and whales indicates that structures
with..... - verified answers; different functions may retain evidence of descent from a common
form
9.) accept the biological species concept and insist that classification must reflect evolutionary
history are called___. - verified answers; cladists
11.) for members of two different populations to be part of the same species they must ____.
- verified answers; be able to interbreed
12.) which group of gymnosperms has only one species, which has survived by human
cultivation - verified answers; ginkgoes
13.) the principle way for genetic variation to spread through a population is by ____. -
verified answers; sexual reproduction
14.) without genetic variability, a population cannot ____. - verified answers; evolve
15.) change in gene frequency this is NOT due to selection, mutation, or immigration - verified
answers; genetic drift
16.) if a small group of individuals colonizes a newly formed island, the gene frequency of the
population is likely to be different from that of the population they came from. This is called
___. - verified answers; founder effect
, 17.) what effect do mycorrhizae have on the plants with which they associate? - verified
answers; they are symbionts, helping the plant to take in minerals
18.) the evolutionary tendency in the alternation of generations is - verified answers;
reduction of the gametophyte to a few cells and the gametophyte is protected by the
sporocyte (a and b only)
19.) the removal of the ___ of a root abolishes its response to gravity - verified answers; root
cap
24.) the Hardy-Weinberg principle states that - verified answers; sexual reproduction with
random mating will not change the gene pool of populations
25.) Protista cannot ____ - verified answers; Be prokaryotic
26.) the wing of the bat is ____ to the wing of an insect ____ to the flipper of a whale -
verified answers; analogous; homologous
27.) in plants with alternations of generations, the _____ produce gametes by ____. - verified
answers; gametophyte; meiosis
28.) When we observe a flowing plant, the structures we see are part of the - verified
answers; diploid sporophyte
29.) the first law of thermodynamics states that the energy of the universe is - verified
answers; constant
30.) the biomass of an ecosystem would not include - verified answers; water
