Convergent evolution Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Why might Pasteur's experiment be inconclusive? - Answer The swan-necked flask broth may not support cell growth, or the broth was poisoned. Experiment did not confirm hypothesis that all cells come from pre-existing cells Why are replicates important in experiments? - Answer To ensure that results were not achieved by random chance What is the definition of a replicate? - Answer Unit that shares a common thing (4 mice in one cage = 1 replicate) What does the law of succession suggest?...

Power equation= P=fv f=force v=velocity Which of the following is LEAST likely to occur in a muscle fiber that is metabolizing anaerobically? A.Fermentation of glucose to lactic acid B.Phosphorylation of ADP within the electron transport chain C.Depletion of stores of glycogen D.Acidification of the cytoplasm B fast-twitch muscle Muscle fibers that contract rapidly and powerfully, with little endurance. They have few mitochondria and large glycogen reserves. They depen...

Biology 1M03 - Midterm Exam Questions And Answers convergent evolution - ANS the process by which organisms are not closely related, but independently evolve similar traits that help them adapt to similar environments evolution - ANS the process by which living organisms have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth natural selection - ANS a process by which individuals with certain alleles produce the most surviving offspring in a populatio...

convergent evolution - Answer the process by which organisms are not closely related, but independently evolve similar traits that help them adapt to similar environments evolution - Answer the process by which living organisms have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth natural selection - Answer a process by which individuals with certain alleles produce the most surviving offspring in a population fitness - Answer the ability for an individual to...

Part 1 of 5 - Part 1: Text Material 36.0 Points Question 1 of 33 3.0 Points What process do scientists use as a way to perform research with defined steps that include experiments and careful observation?  A. A clean lab bench  B. The right hypothesis  C. The scientific method  D. A journal article Feedback:The scientific method is a tested series of steps so that a researcher can successfully and reliably reach a conclusion for an observation. Review the nature of scie...

Bio 120 - Exam 1 Questions with Correct Answers Graded A+ Synapomorphy A shared derived character or trait state that distinguishes a clade from the other organisms. Analagous Having characteristics that are similar because of convergent evolution, not homology. Homologous Similarity in characteristics resulting from a shared ancestry. Porifera Sponges No true tissues Mostly marine, aquatic Asymmetric 2 germ layers (endoderm and ectoderm) No coelom Sessile Sessile Attached direc...

AP Biology 2024 Practice Test Questions with Verified Solutions A particular gene has two alleles, a dominant allele A and a recessive allele a. The frequency of allele A is 0.55. If the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium with respect to the gene, then what is the expected frequency of genotype Aa? 0.495 (This option correctly calculates the heterozygote frequency from the dominant allele frequency) A researcher is studying two different species. Which of the following set...

TAMU Biology 112 Final Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers Aristotle - Answer- Scala naturae Linnaeus - Answer- Binomial nomenclature Darwin - Answer- Fossils, strata Cuvier - Answer- Strata, extinction, Opposed evolution, catastrophic events caused extinction Hutton and Lyell - Answer- Gradualism, continuous geological growth, earth is OLD Lamarck - Answer- Use it or lose it, we get bigger and better, Adaptations - Answer- Inherited characteristics that enhance survival and reprod...

Macroevolution, Species, TBD Exam Questions & Answers 2024/2025 What does fossil record tell us? - ANSWERSchange of species overtime, including transitional forms relative age of fossilized life forms possible absolute age of fossil past environments and environmental changes uniformitarianism - ANSWERSthe laws of nature do not change over time if we understand how rocks form today, we assume that rocks have formed this way in the past and will continue to form this way in ...

biology 1108 exam 1 questions and answers 100% correct evolution - Correct Answer ️️ -decent with modification; change in in genetic composition of a population from generation to generation fossils - Correct Answer ️️ -the remains or traces of organisms from the past strata (stratum= singular) - Correct Answer ️️ -superimposed layers of rock paleontology - Correct Answer ️️ -study of fossils- developed by Cuvier adaptations - Correct Answer ️️ -inherited characteristi...