BIO 152 EXAM WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS 2025
10.) the bone structure of the forelimbs of horses, bats, and
whales indicates that structures with..... correct 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___.
correct answers >> cladists
11.) for members of two different populations to be part of the
same species they must ____. correct answers >> be able to
interbreed
12.) which group of gymnosperms has only one species, which
has survived by human cultivation correct answers >>
ginkgoes
13.) the principle way for genetic variation to spread through a
population is by ____. correct answers >> sexual
reproduction
14.) without genetic variability, a population cannot ____.
correct answers >> evolve
15.) change in gene frequency this is NOT due to selection,
mutation, or immigration correct 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 ___. correct answers >> founder effect
17.) what effect do mycorrhizae have on the plants with which
they associate? correct answers >> they are symbionts,
helping the plant to take in minerals
18.) the evolutionary tendency in the alternation of generations is
correct 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 correct answers >> root cap
24.) the Hardy-Weinberg principle states that correct answers
>> sexual reproduction with random mating will not change the
gene pool of populations
25.) Protista cannot ____ correct answers >> Be prokaryotic
26.) the wing of the bat is ____ to the wing of an insect ____ to the
flipper of a whale correct answers >> analogous;
homologous
27.) in plants with alternations of generations, the _____ produce
gametes by ____. correct answers >> gametophyte; meiosis
ANSWERS 2025
10.) the bone structure of the forelimbs of horses, bats, and
whales indicates that structures with..... correct 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___.
correct answers >> cladists
11.) for members of two different populations to be part of the
same species they must ____. correct answers >> be able to
interbreed
12.) which group of gymnosperms has only one species, which
has survived by human cultivation correct answers >>
ginkgoes
13.) the principle way for genetic variation to spread through a
population is by ____. correct answers >> sexual
reproduction
14.) without genetic variability, a population cannot ____.
correct answers >> evolve
15.) change in gene frequency this is NOT due to selection,
mutation, or immigration correct 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 ___. correct answers >> founder effect
17.) what effect do mycorrhizae have on the plants with which
they associate? correct answers >> they are symbionts,
helping the plant to take in minerals
18.) the evolutionary tendency in the alternation of generations is
correct 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 correct answers >> root cap
24.) the Hardy-Weinberg principle states that correct answers
>> sexual reproduction with random mating will not change the
gene pool of populations
25.) Protista cannot ____ correct answers >> Be prokaryotic
26.) the wing of the bat is ____ to the wing of an insect ____ to the
flipper of a whale correct answers >> analogous;
homologous
27.) in plants with alternations of generations, the _____ produce
gametes by ____. correct answers >> gametophyte; meiosis
