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BIOLOGY 108
Topic #1, 2, & 3
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Overview
Which of the following properties or
processes do we associate with living
things?
a) evolutionary adaptations
b) energy processing
c) responding to the environment
d) growth and reproduction
e) all of the above
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Which of the following is not a theme
that unifies biology?
a) interaction with the environment
b) emergent properties
c) evolution
d) reductionism
e) structure and function
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Form and Function
The idea that form and function are
related would not be exemplified by
which of the following examples?
a) Cells in the intestinal lining of vertebrates have
many small projections that increase the surface
area for absorption of nutrients.
b) Plants that live in dry areas have large roots for
absorbing water.
c) Seeds that are dispersed by wind are very light.
d) Fish that swim rapidly have bodies that are
streamlined.
e) None of the above.
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Food for thought
» Prokaryotes lack nucleus found in
eukaryotic cells. As a result, prokaryotic
cells do not contain which of the following?
A. Golgi complex
B. one or more chromosome
C. ribosomes
D. nuclear membrane
E. flagella
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Food for Thought
»You discover three fossil
organisms and want to determine
their dates. You measure the Fossil % 14C
percentage of carbon-14
remaining in the fossils. Which of A 38.7
the following correctly places B 77.0
them in order from oldest to
youngest? C 52.1
A. A, B, C
B. B, C, A
C. C, A, B
D. A, C, B
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A. Cambrian explosion.
B. Cenozoic era.
C. Ediacaran biota.
D. Proterozoic era.
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Food for Thought
»Many of the animals found in
the Burgess Shale do not
resemble any existing
animals, we have now
determined these animals:
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Food for thought
» You are confronted with a box of preserved grasshoppers of
various species that are new to science and have not been
described. Your assignment is to separate them into species.
There is no accompanying information as to where or when
they were collected. Which species concept will you have to
use?
A. biological
B. phylogenetic
C. ecological
D. morphological
E. sentimental
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