WIS2552 Exam 1 (Topics 1-8,
Global Patterns in Biodiversity) Graded
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The endosymbiosis theory argues that a ____ relationship was established between two cells. - Answer -
mutualistic
The endosymbiosis theory argues that small prokaryotic cells were engulfed by ____. - Answer - larger
prokaryotic cells
The first hominids appeared at the end of the ____. - Answer - Tertiary
The first fungi evolved in the ____. - Answer - Ordovician
Francisco Redi did an experiment to show that meat did not produce maggots by the process of ____. -
Answer - spontaneous generaiton
The ____ is the period of the first vascular plants. - Answer - Silurian
Protenoid spheres could have evolved via ____. - Answer - self assembly
____ was the first period of the Cenozoic. - Answer - Tertiary
The Pleistocene Epoch ended roughly ____ years ago. - Answer - 8000
Both mitochondria and chloroplasts have two membranes. - Answer - True
,Chloroplasts are found only in members of the Kingdom Plantae. - Answer - False
The bony fish evolved in the ____ period of the Paleozoic. - Answer - Ordovician
Bacteria-like DNA is found in the ____ of eukaryotes. - Answer - mitochondria
Multicellularity might have evolved by incomplete cell division. - Answer - True
Stanley Miller was able to produce synthetic ____. - Answer - amino acids
Oparin converted elemental nitrogen, carbon, oxygen and hydrogen to ____. - Answer - amino acids
DNA in the nuclei of eukaryotic cells is complexed with ____. - Answer - proteins
Pasteur did an experiment to show that there was no ____. - Answer - spontaneous generation
Multicellularity might have evolved from coloniality. - Answer - True
Redi's experiment involved denying ____ access to decaying meat. - Answer - flies
Pasteur bent the slender necks of glass flasks to prevent ____ from reaching sterile water. - Answer -
bacteria
Stanley Miller combined methane and ____ in water, in his experiment. - Answer - ammonia
Oparin did experiments in ____. - Answer - chemical evolution
Pigment molecules are found in the ____. - Answer - chloroplasts
, Confiers evolved in the ____. - Answer - Permian
Some of Pasteur's sterile water flasks are still on display today. - Answer - True
The first dinosaurs appeared in the ____. - Answer - Triassic
Prokaryotic cells contain ____. - Answer - RNA
The ____ era is broken down into Epochs. - Answer - Cenozoic
____ are the site for aerobic respiration in eukaryotes. - Answer - Mitochondria
Most scientists think the Earth is ____ years old. - Answer - 4.5 Billion
Water moves through soil to the groundwater by the process of ____. - Answer - percolation
Denitrification is the conversion of ____ to N2. - Answer - NO2
In photosynthesis, CO2 is converted to ____ and H2O. - Answer - sugars
Temperate species may tend to be more ecologically specialized than their tropical counterparts. -
Answer - False
Ammonia is a gas and has the chemical formula ____. - Answer - NH3
The tropics may harbor more species with narrower niches than temperate species. - Answer - True
Energy in biological systems mostly exists in the form ____ molecules. - Answer - ATP
Global Patterns in Biodiversity) Graded
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The endosymbiosis theory argues that a ____ relationship was established between two cells. - Answer -
mutualistic
The endosymbiosis theory argues that small prokaryotic cells were engulfed by ____. - Answer - larger
prokaryotic cells
The first hominids appeared at the end of the ____. - Answer - Tertiary
The first fungi evolved in the ____. - Answer - Ordovician
Francisco Redi did an experiment to show that meat did not produce maggots by the process of ____. -
Answer - spontaneous generaiton
The ____ is the period of the first vascular plants. - Answer - Silurian
Protenoid spheres could have evolved via ____. - Answer - self assembly
____ was the first period of the Cenozoic. - Answer - Tertiary
The Pleistocene Epoch ended roughly ____ years ago. - Answer - 8000
Both mitochondria and chloroplasts have two membranes. - Answer - True
,Chloroplasts are found only in members of the Kingdom Plantae. - Answer - False
The bony fish evolved in the ____ period of the Paleozoic. - Answer - Ordovician
Bacteria-like DNA is found in the ____ of eukaryotes. - Answer - mitochondria
Multicellularity might have evolved by incomplete cell division. - Answer - True
Stanley Miller was able to produce synthetic ____. - Answer - amino acids
Oparin converted elemental nitrogen, carbon, oxygen and hydrogen to ____. - Answer - amino acids
DNA in the nuclei of eukaryotic cells is complexed with ____. - Answer - proteins
Pasteur did an experiment to show that there was no ____. - Answer - spontaneous generation
Multicellularity might have evolved from coloniality. - Answer - True
Redi's experiment involved denying ____ access to decaying meat. - Answer - flies
Pasteur bent the slender necks of glass flasks to prevent ____ from reaching sterile water. - Answer -
bacteria
Stanley Miller combined methane and ____ in water, in his experiment. - Answer - ammonia
Oparin did experiments in ____. - Answer - chemical evolution
Pigment molecules are found in the ____. - Answer - chloroplasts
, Confiers evolved in the ____. - Answer - Permian
Some of Pasteur's sterile water flasks are still on display today. - Answer - True
The first dinosaurs appeared in the ____. - Answer - Triassic
Prokaryotic cells contain ____. - Answer - RNA
The ____ era is broken down into Epochs. - Answer - Cenozoic
____ are the site for aerobic respiration in eukaryotes. - Answer - Mitochondria
Most scientists think the Earth is ____ years old. - Answer - 4.5 Billion
Water moves through soil to the groundwater by the process of ____. - Answer - percolation
Denitrification is the conversion of ____ to N2. - Answer - NO2
In photosynthesis, CO2 is converted to ____ and H2O. - Answer - sugars
Temperate species may tend to be more ecologically specialized than their tropical counterparts. -
Answer - False
Ammonia is a gas and has the chemical formula ____. - Answer - NH3
The tropics may harbor more species with narrower niches than temperate species. - Answer - True
Energy in biological systems mostly exists in the form ____ molecules. - Answer - ATP
