BIO 106 BUNDLED EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS.

Define independent, dependent, and controlled variables. - ANS Independent= Variable being altered to cause a response (ex: amount of fertilizer given) Dependent= Variable being affected (ex: height of brassica napus plants) Controlled: Any variable designed not to be altered in order to not impa...

What are the foundational principle of science? - ANS All natural phenomena have a physical cause. (Not driven by supernatural causes. Ancient 7mes - thought supernatural forces drive natural processes) Science seeks to understand how nature works (Driving forces causing what we see around us. W...

What are the two key tissues that allow plants to transport water or organic nutrients, respectively, over long distances? - ANS Xylem - water and minerals from roots to shoots . Phloem - transports sugars from photosynthesis to where they are needed In the root, plants need to take up more CO2 o...

Apoplast vs symplast - ANS Apoplastic route water and solutes move along the continuum of cell walls and extracellular spaces 3 main tissues of a plant - ANS dermal, vascular, ground Root developed in response to low o2 - ANS pneumatophores What is not a plant hormone - ANS secretin phototropin...

What is hemolymph - ANS Fluid that acts as both blood and interstitial fluid in anthropods and most mollusks. Define interstitial fluid - ANS fluid between cells What are closed and open circulatory systems - ANS Closed= Blood is confined to vessels, heart has chambers. Found in Annelids, verteb...

Circulation & Gas exchange: - .What is the difference between blood and hemolymph? - ANS -Blood is used as a circulatory fluid in an open circulatory system -Hemolymph is used as a circulatory fluid in a closed circulatory system What are the major types of blood vessels? - ANS -Arteries -Veins...

White shark biological adaptations - ANS -jawed chordate -structural adaptations -physiological and biochemical adaptations -biological engineering White shark- farallon islands - ANS -27 miles west of SF golden gate bridge -Monitor sharks by watching attacks on pinnipeds -Pop up archival tags...

What are animals classified by? (Broadly) - ANS Body symmetry, # of tissue layers, aragment of body cavity (=coelom), and type of embryptic development What are the three body symmetry types? - ANS Asymmetry, radial symmetry, bilateral symmetry Define asymmetry - ANS No symmetry Define radial s...

Difference between adhesion and cohesion - ANS adhesion refers to the clinging of unlike molecules and cohesion refers to the clinging of like molecules what is the difference between a sugar source and sugar sink - ANS sugar source: produces sugar, more than it needs sugar sink: consumes sugar,...

3 most common elements in commercial fertilizers - ANS nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium what's the role od Cation exchange in making minerals available to the roots - ANS cation are + and clay is -, they have to send out H+ from the roots so that the plant can take in the nutrients that are stu...

1 @COPYRIGHT THEBRIGHT 2025/2026 What are some key traits that plants have in common with the Charophyceae? a. Flagellated sperm cells b. Apical meristems c. Alternation of generations d. Multicellular gametangia - ANS a. Flagellated sperm cells What new (derived) key traits have land plants e...

What is normally not a function of the root? a. anchoring in soil b. storage of nutrients c. photosynthesis d. water transport e. mineral transport - ANS c. photosynthesis which of the following shoots are defined as horizontal shoots that grow along the surface a. stolons b. pneumatophores ...

What is taxonomy? - ANS System of naming organisms based on Genus and Species How are similar species grouped in taxonomy? - ANS Similar species are grouped into a single Genus What are similar Genera grouped into? - ANS Similar Genera are grouped into Families What does the grouping of similar ...

Which of the following statements is most likely to be true? - ANS Water flows into the direction of the lowest water potential. Plasmolysis is a cellular loss of water. How can a cell potentially prevent this? - ANS Increasing the cytoplasmic solute concentration What is correct about stomata m...