BSC 2011

Notes on Atoms, Molecules, and Ions

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3 pages

Written in 2021/2022

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Supergroup Opisthokonta - Answer - monophyletic - flagellated cells with a single posterior flagella - Kingdom Fungi and Animalia - Fungi, Porifera, Choanoflagellates, Cnidaria, Echinodermata, Chordata, Nematoda, Arthropoda, Platyhelminthes, Mollusca Kingdom Fungi - Answer - eukaryotic, mainly multicellular organisms - absorptive heterotrophs: obtain energy from organic carbon by absorption - mycelium: mass of hyphae that complete the feeding network of the fungus - hy...

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16 pages

Written in 2026/2027

Grade A+

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1 Exam (elaborations) USF BSC 2011L Final Exam Biodiversity Lab Midterm Questions and All Actual Answers 2026-2027 Updated. 2 Exam (elaborations) UF BSC2011 FINAL EXAM 2 ANIMALS QUESTIONS AND ALL ACTUAL ANSWERS 2026-2027 UPDATED. 3 Exam (elaborations) Exam 3 BSC2011 Questions and All Correct Answers 2026-2027 Updated.

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Archaea - Answer Domain of unicellular prokaryotes that have cell walls that do not contain peptidoglycan; many are extremophiles Bacteria - Answer single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus; prokaryotes; cell walls made of peptidoglycan Eukaryote - Answer A cell that contains a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles Extremophiles - Answer organisms that live in extreme environments peptidoglycan - Answer A type of polymer in bacterial cell walls consisting of modified...

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14 pages

Written in 2026/2027

Grade A+

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In bilaterally symmetric animals, neural elements typically concentrate in the head, which is at the _____________ end of the animal. - Answer Anterior You find a homeothermic vertebrate that lays eggs. It could belong to one of which pair of groups? - Answer birds or monotremes Which trait is commonly found in both of these two groups: Chondrichthyans (Cartilaginous fishes) and Osteichthyans (Bony fishes). - Answer Hinged jaws You are walking along the beach and find an organi...

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5 pages

Written in 2026/2027

Grade A+

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A disease that severely reduces a population of bats is an example of a... - Answer density-dependent process: mortality rates are higher at higher population densities Which two factors are most important in determining the type of biome that develops in a given area of ocean? - Answer light and nutrients Phosphate is the nutrient limiting primary production in a small lake in northern Michigan. In which way could new phosphate be made available to the primary producers in this lake...

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8 pages

Written in 2026/2027

Grade A+

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What plants nitrogen fix? - Answer Hornworts, Cycads, legumes Synapomorphies of streptophytes - Answer Oogamy, sub apical flagella, plasmodesmata, parenchyma Oogamy - Answer a form of sexual reproduction in which gametes are distinctly male or female Plasmodesmata - Answer Channels that adjoin the join the cytoplasm of adjacent cells. Allows cells to communicate with each other through chemical signals but not large enough for organelles to move through Parenchyma - Answe...

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8 pages

Written in 2026/2027

Grade A+

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28.1 How can the steps in the table be ordered to describe a plant's response to an invading pathogen? - Answer 2, 5, 4, 1, 3 28.1 Which action could help a biologist determine whether a particular plant population had been attacked by a bacterial pathogen in the recent past? - Answer Look for elevated levels of mRNA transcripts for PR proteins in tissues of plants sampled across the population. 28.1 Plants of different species showed different responses to the same pathogen as su...

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5 pages

Written in 2026/2027

Grade A+

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A disease that severely reduces a population of bats is an example of a... - Answer density-dependent process: mortality rates are higher at higher population densities Which two factors are most important in determining the type of biome that develops in a given area of ocean? - Answer light and nutrients Phosphate is the nutrient limiting primary production in a small lake in northern Michigan. In which way could new phosphate be made available to the primary producers in this lake...

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4 pages

Written in 2026/2027

Grade A+

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A limitation of Darwin's work was a lack of understanding about the mechanisms of inheritance. Mendel's work addresses this. - Answer Which of the following BEST describes the relationship between Darwin and Mendel's ideas? The two populations would have increasingly similar allele frequencies to each other. - Answer One of the conditions to maintain H-W is no gene flow (immigration or emigration). Which of the following would you MOST LIKELY predict to happen if gene flow occu...

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11 pages

Written in 2026/2027

Grade A+

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Protista is what type of group? - Answer Paraphyletic What term describes the relationships of protists w/ respect to plants, animals, and fungi? - Answer Paraphyletic A large seaweed that floats freely on the surface of deep bodies of water would be expected to lack which of the following? A. Gel-Forming Polysaccharides B. bladders C. stipe D. holdfasts E. thalli - Answer (D) Holdfasts Consider the following data: (a) Most ancient eukaryotes are unicellular. (b) All ...

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25 pages

Written in 2026/2027

Grade A+

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descent with modification - Answer principle that each living species has descended, with changes, from other species over time Homology - Answer similarity resulting from common ancestry homologous structures - Answer similar structures that related species have inherited from a common ancestor analogous structures - Answer structures that do not have a common evolutionary origin but are similar in function convergent evolution - Answer Evolution toward similar charac...

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12 pages

Written in 2026/2027

Grade A+

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Origin of Life (4 stages) - Answer 1. Nucleotides and Amino Acids... before cells 2.Nucleotides and Amino Acids polymerized to become DNA, RNA and Proteins 3.Polymers became enclosed in membranes 4.Polymers in membranes attained cellular properties Dates of Origin of Life - Answer 13.8 bya the Big Bang 4.6 bya the solar system began Earth age is 4.5 byo in 4- 3.5 bya life emerged on earth (3) Hypotheses to Origin of Organic Molecules - Answer 1. Extraterrestrial Hypothesis: ...

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15 pages

Written in 2026/2027

Grade A+

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Origin of Life (4 stages) - Answer 1. Nucleotides and Amino Acids... before cells 2.Nucleotides and Amino Acids polymerized to become DNA, RNA and Proteins 3.Polymers became enclosed in membranes 4.Polymers in membranes attained cellular properties Dates of Origin of Life - Answer 13.8 bya the Big Bang 4.6 bya the solar system began Earth age is 4.5 byo in 4- 3.5 bya life emerged on earth (3) Hypotheses to Origin of Organic Molecules - Answer 1. Extraterrestrial Hypothesis: ...

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15 pages

Written in 2026/2027

Grade A+

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protists - Answer diverse, mostly unicellular groups of eukaryotes 0.5-2 micrometers in diameter-as small as prokaryotes refer to eukaryotes that are not plants, animals or fungi domain Eukarya cytoskeleton - Answer provides the structural support that enables eukaryotic cells to have asymmetric (irregular) forms and change shape as they feed, move or grow mixotroph - Answer combine photosynthesis and heterotrophic nutrition endosymbiosis - Answer a relationship between t...

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32 pages

Written in 2026/2027

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Which of the following is correct on Giardia? - Answer All other options are correct Which of the following word pairs are correct - Answer Diplomonads/Giardia Which of the following organisms destroys cells of the immune system - Answer Tripanosoma cruzi Which of the following organisms causes meningitis - Answer Naegleria fowleri Which of the following organisms can form multicellular colonies - Answer Choanoflagellelates Which of the following statements is corre...

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3 pages

Written in 2026/2027

Grade A+

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True/False: According to the UN's Convention on Biological Diversity, biodiversity is defined as the variety of life on Earth and the natural patterns it forms. - Answer True True/Fale: Florida is considered to be a biodiversity hot spot in the United States. - Answer True How many terrestrial vertebrates are estimated to reside in Florida? - Answer 700 How many plant species are endemic (unique/native) to Florida? - Answer 295 According to the Florida Fish & Wildlife ...

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14 pages

Written in 2026/2027

Grade A+

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Cambrian Explosion - Answer 530 mya; Most animal phyla around today appeared then Metazoa - Answer all animals tissue Parazoa - Answer no specialized tissues or organs Eumetazoa - Answer more than one type of tissue and organs Radiata - Answer radially symmetrical; dorsal and ventral ends; 3 germ layers bilateria - Answer bilaterally symmetrical;oral and aboral sides; 2 germ layers triploblastic - Answer 3 layers of cells diploblastic - Answer 2 layer...

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6 pages

Written in 2026/2027

Grade A+

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Microevolution - Answer on a small scale, change in single gene in a population over time Macroevolution - Answer Larger Scale, relating to the formation of new species or group of species Species - Answer group of related organisms that share a distinctive form Population - Answer A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area, and can mate with each other Lamarck - Answer First to propose that organisms change over time. Giraffes'...

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6 pages

Written in 2026/2027

Grade A+

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ecology - Answer the study of the interactions between organisms and their environment abiotic - Answer nonliving chemical and physical factors (ex. physical: temperature, humidity, light, wind, soil substrate structure, fire, topography/physical structure; chemical: water, oxygen, pH, salinity, minerals, nutrients) biotic - Answer living components (ex. predation, competition, density, disease, parasitism) competition - Answer interactions within a species predation - An...

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12 pages

Written in 2026/2027

Grade A+

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List biotic and abiotic factors that limit the distribution and abundance of organisms, in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems - Answer Abiotic Factors: sunlight, temperature, rain, wind, soil, moisture levels, salinity, light, pH Biotic Factors: predation, competition, parasitism, mutualism (producers, consumers, decomposers) Recognize that temperature and water levels are the abiotic factors that most influence distribution of the major terrestrial biomes, and describe how tempera...

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15 pages

Written in 2026/2027

Grade A+

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