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To observe natural selection's effects on a population, what must be true?
The population must contain genetic variation.
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All of the following substances are produced in a muscle cell under anaerobic conditions except
Acetyle Coa
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Which class of the phylum
Cnidaria includes the animals called jellies?
Scyphozoa
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Biologists suspect that endosymbiosis gave rise to mitochondria before plastids because
almost all eukaryotes have mitochondria, while only autotrophic eukaryotes have plastids.
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The reason that linked genes are inherited together is
that they are located on the same chromosome.
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All of the following are primary functions of flowers except
Photosynthesis
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Collectively, jawless fish are referred to as
Agnathans
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The ideas of Hutton and Lyell that Darwin incorporated into his theory pertained to
the age of Earth and gradual change.
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The structural and functional diversity among protists is illustrated by all of the following EXCEPT:
having both aquatic and dry terrestrial members.
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The most recent common ancestors of all
land plants were most likely similar to modern-day members of which group?
Charophycea
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The chloroplast structure and biochemistry
of the red algae are most like which of the following organisms?
Cyanobacteria
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Which one of the following statements about angiosperm
carpels is INCORRECT?
They produce microspores.
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The following are all adaptations to life on land except
rosette cellulose-synthesizing complexes.
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In the phylum Platyhelminthes, which of the following classes is (are) mostly nonparasitic?
Turbellaria
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An important, early incursion of placental mammals into South America occurred during:
the Tertiary, about 12 million years ago.
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The three substrates (normal reactants) for the enzyme RuBP carboxylase/oxidase (rubisco) are
CO2, O2, and RuBP.
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The evolutionary innovation
that first appeared in arthropods, and thus made the animal body plan complete, was:
Jointed appendages
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The person who devised a taxonomic system that used morphological (i.e., anatomical) features as the primary criteria for
classifying organisms was:
Carolus linnaeus
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All of the following are directly associated with
photosystem I except
Photolysis
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The decrease in the size of plants on the slopes of mountains as altitudes increase is an example of
A cline
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Which of the following is a true statement about plant reproduction?
Both male and female primitive plants produce gametangia.
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Which of the following statements about mammalian evolution
is correct?
Mammals evolved from reptilian stocks even earlier than birds.
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The following are all true about the life cycle of
mosses except
gametes are directly produced by meiosis.
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Whenever energy is transformed, there is always an increase in the
entropy of the universe
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Atoms of different phosphorus isotopes _____.
have different numbers of neutrons
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