Biology 152 final exam with complete
solutions
The final breakdown of dead plant and animals is performed by - Correct Answers -
saprophytes
what is the function of the root - Correct Answers -- Holds the plant to ground
- collects nutrients
- collects water
the characteristics that make an angiosperm different from the gymnosperms? - Correct
Answers -they have fruits (from flowers)
The idea that each species consists of actually or potentially interbreeding individuals
called __. - Correct Answers -biological theory of speculation
The phylogenetic system of classification of the organism unlike the artificial and natural
system refelects - Correct Answers -evolutionary relationships
Reptiles, birds, and mammals have replaced the notochord with__ - Correct Answers -
backbone
In the protostomes the blastopore forms the - Correct Answers -mouth
Penicillin was discovered by___ - Correct Answers -Flemming
The largest kingdom in terms of numbers of species is: - Correct Answers -Animalia
Vertebrates are _____ - Correct Answers -Deuterostome, coelomates
Which adaptations in birds seems designed to lower their height, making it easier for
them to fly ? - Correct Answers -Porous bone structure; loss of teeth
When we observe a flowering plant, structure we see are part of - Correct Answers -
Diploid sporophyte
Which of the following is not one of the adaptations that plants have made to live on
land - Correct Answers -Improved means of excreating CO2
, Changes in the frequency of alleles - Correct Answers -microevolution
A population is defined as - Correct Answers -individuals of the same species that occur
together at one place at one time
The bone structure of the forelimbs of horse, bats, and whales indicated that structures
with - Correct Answers -different functions retain evidence of descent from a common
form
Most of the nitrogen in the air enters the biosphere as useable nitrogen as a result of -
Correct Answers -bacterial action
Biologists who accept the biological species concept and insist that classification must
reflect evolutionary history are called - Correct Answers -cladists
For members of two different populations to be members of the same species - Correct
Answers -be able to interbreed
Which group of gymnosperms has the only one species, which has survived human
cultivation - Correct Answers -ginkgoes
The principle way for genetic variation to spread through a population is by - Correct
Answers -sexual reproduction
Without genetic variability, a population cannot - Correct Answers -evolve
Changes in a gene frequency that is not due to selection, mutation, or immigration is
called - Correct Answers -genetic drift
If a small group of individuals colonizes a newly formed island, the gene frequency of
the population is likely to be different than that which they came from. This is called -
Correct Answers -founder effect
What effect do mycorrhizae have on the plants with which they are associated? -
Correct Answers -symbionts, help the plants take in minerals
The evolutionary tendency is the alteration of generations is - Correct Answers -
reduction of gametophyte to few cells, gametophyte is protected by saprophyte
The removal of ___ of a root abolishes its response to gravity - Correct Answers -root
cap
A population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and is polymorphic for only two alleles. If
the frequency of the dominant allele (A) is .07, the AA individuals have a frequency of
___. - Correct Answers -.49
solutions
The final breakdown of dead plant and animals is performed by - Correct Answers -
saprophytes
what is the function of the root - Correct Answers -- Holds the plant to ground
- collects nutrients
- collects water
the characteristics that make an angiosperm different from the gymnosperms? - Correct
Answers -they have fruits (from flowers)
The idea that each species consists of actually or potentially interbreeding individuals
called __. - Correct Answers -biological theory of speculation
The phylogenetic system of classification of the organism unlike the artificial and natural
system refelects - Correct Answers -evolutionary relationships
Reptiles, birds, and mammals have replaced the notochord with__ - Correct Answers -
backbone
In the protostomes the blastopore forms the - Correct Answers -mouth
Penicillin was discovered by___ - Correct Answers -Flemming
The largest kingdom in terms of numbers of species is: - Correct Answers -Animalia
Vertebrates are _____ - Correct Answers -Deuterostome, coelomates
Which adaptations in birds seems designed to lower their height, making it easier for
them to fly ? - Correct Answers -Porous bone structure; loss of teeth
When we observe a flowering plant, structure we see are part of - Correct Answers -
Diploid sporophyte
Which of the following is not one of the adaptations that plants have made to live on
land - Correct Answers -Improved means of excreating CO2
, Changes in the frequency of alleles - Correct Answers -microevolution
A population is defined as - Correct Answers -individuals of the same species that occur
together at one place at one time
The bone structure of the forelimbs of horse, bats, and whales indicated that structures
with - Correct Answers -different functions retain evidence of descent from a common
form
Most of the nitrogen in the air enters the biosphere as useable nitrogen as a result of -
Correct Answers -bacterial action
Biologists who accept the biological species concept and insist that classification must
reflect evolutionary history are called - Correct Answers -cladists
For members of two different populations to be members of the same species - Correct
Answers -be able to interbreed
Which group of gymnosperms has the only one species, which has survived human
cultivation - Correct Answers -ginkgoes
The principle way for genetic variation to spread through a population is by - Correct
Answers -sexual reproduction
Without genetic variability, a population cannot - Correct Answers -evolve
Changes in a gene frequency that is not due to selection, mutation, or immigration is
called - Correct Answers -genetic drift
If a small group of individuals colonizes a newly formed island, the gene frequency of
the population is likely to be different than that which they came from. This is called -
Correct Answers -founder effect
What effect do mycorrhizae have on the plants with which they are associated? -
Correct Answers -symbionts, help the plants take in minerals
The evolutionary tendency is the alteration of generations is - Correct Answers -
reduction of gametophyte to few cells, gametophyte is protected by saprophyte
The removal of ___ of a root abolishes its response to gravity - Correct Answers -root
cap
A population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and is polymorphic for only two alleles. If
the frequency of the dominant allele (A) is .07, the AA individuals have a frequency of
___. - Correct Answers -.49
