BIOLOGY 1500 EXAM 1 Q&A
Non-random - ANSWER-Natural selection is a random/non-random process
natural selection - ANSWER-____________ is a process, only one of several
processes that can result in evolution.
fitness - ANSWER-Individuals with one phenotype leave more surviving offspring in
the next generation than individuals with an alternative phenotype
Mutations, genetic drift - ANSWER-_____ and ________ may counter selection
Non-random, random - ANSWER-Selection is random/non-random
genetic drift is random/non-random
cytoskeleton and compartmentalization - ANSWER-Eukaryotic cells distinguished
from prokaryotic by:
aerobic bacteria
photosynthetic cyanobacteria - ANSWER-ENDOSYMBIOSIS
Mitochondria: engulfment of _________
Chloroplasts: engulfment of ______
DNA similarities
Ribosomes
Binary Fission - ANSWER-Evidence of Endosymbiosis
Cysts - ANSWER-dormant cell with resistant outer covering
Diatoms - ANSWER-The ECM of some protists, like ____ secrete shells of silica,
which is a major component of most sand and glass.
Phototrophs - ANSWER-"light nourishment" (type of autotroph)
Heterotroph - ANSWER-"another nourishment"
Chlorophytes - ANSWER-never made it to land
Charophytes - ANSWER-sister to all land plants
Waxy cuticle and Stomata - ANSWER-Protection from desiccation
Protection from desiccation
Moving water using tracheids
Dealing with UV radiation caused mutations - ANSWER-Adaptations to Terrestrial
Life
Shift to a dominant diploid generation (greater genetic variability) - ANSWER-Dealing
with UV radiation caused mutations
Non-random - ANSWER-Natural selection is a random/non-random process
natural selection - ANSWER-____________ is a process, only one of several
processes that can result in evolution.
fitness - ANSWER-Individuals with one phenotype leave more surviving offspring in
the next generation than individuals with an alternative phenotype
Mutations, genetic drift - ANSWER-_____ and ________ may counter selection
Non-random, random - ANSWER-Selection is random/non-random
genetic drift is random/non-random
cytoskeleton and compartmentalization - ANSWER-Eukaryotic cells distinguished
from prokaryotic by:
aerobic bacteria
photosynthetic cyanobacteria - ANSWER-ENDOSYMBIOSIS
Mitochondria: engulfment of _________
Chloroplasts: engulfment of ______
DNA similarities
Ribosomes
Binary Fission - ANSWER-Evidence of Endosymbiosis
Cysts - ANSWER-dormant cell with resistant outer covering
Diatoms - ANSWER-The ECM of some protists, like ____ secrete shells of silica,
which is a major component of most sand and glass.
Phototrophs - ANSWER-"light nourishment" (type of autotroph)
Heterotroph - ANSWER-"another nourishment"
Chlorophytes - ANSWER-never made it to land
Charophytes - ANSWER-sister to all land plants
Waxy cuticle and Stomata - ANSWER-Protection from desiccation
Protection from desiccation
Moving water using tracheids
Dealing with UV radiation caused mutations - ANSWER-Adaptations to Terrestrial
Life
Shift to a dominant diploid generation (greater genetic variability) - ANSWER-Dealing
with UV radiation caused mutations
