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Which of the following is not a correct pairing of a topic and the name of the scientist who
studies the topic?
a. Animals: zoologist
b. Prokaryotes: microbiologist
c. Cyanobacteria: virologist
d. Fungi: mycologist
e. Plants: botanists - answer>>>Cyanobacteria: virologist
Restriction enzymes are produced by _________.
a. viruses
b. protists
c. fungi
d. bacteria - answer>>>bacteria
Which of the following is not one of the important roles of fungi?
a. source of drugs, such as antibiotics
b. make their own food through photosynthesis
c. symbiosis with plant roots
d. recycle nutrients in biological systems - answer>>>make their own food through
photosynthesis
Flowering plants are of the phylum __________.
a. Bryophyta
b. Pteridophyta
c. Anthophyta
d. Coniferophyta - answer>>>anthophyta
,Which of the following is not a member of the Fungi kingdom?
a. mold
b. mushroom
c. yeast
d. slime mold - answer>>>slime mold
Animals with a spinal cord are classified in the phylum __________.
a. Echinodermata
b. Cnidaria
c. Chordata
d. Nematoda - answer>>>chordata
The Permian is associated with the __________.
a. evolution of all known animal phyla
b. evolution of modern humans
c. evolution of the first living organisms
d. extinction of most known species - answer>>>extinction of most known species
The number of known species is approximately __________.
a. 1.3 million
b. 8.7 million
c. 15 million
d. 4.5 billion - answer>>>1.3 million
The first era is the ______.
a. Cenozoic
b. Mesozoic
c. Pre-Cambrian
d. Paleozoic - answer>>>Pre-Cambrian
, Which of the following is not a fungus-like protest?
a. flagellates
b. amoebas
c. slime mold
d. brown algae - answer>>>slime-mold
The evidence suggests that eukaryotes most likely evolved through __________.
a. endosymbiosis between a prokaryote and an ancestral eukaryote
b. the formation of colonies of multicellular prokaryotes
c. a protist that infolded its membrane
d. endosymbiosis between two green algae - answer>>>endosymbiosis between a prokaryote
and an ancestral eukaryote
You discover a new species of insect. You will classify it as __________.
a. fungi
b. archaea
c. protist
d. animal - answer>>>animal
Which of the following is not one of the major events in plant evolution?
a. evolution of vascular tissue
b. evolution of flowers
c. evolved adaptations that make them better at surviving in water
d. origin of seeds - answer>>>evolved adaptations that make them better at surviving in water
Scientists who specialize in studying the animal kingdom are called __________.
a. zoologists
b. botanists
c. systematists