Unit 3 - Evolution and Diversity

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Unit 3 - Evolution and Diversity
Chapter 13 How Populations Evolve
Chapter 14 How Biological Diversity Evolves
Chapter 15 The Evolution of Microbial Life
Chapter 16 Plants, Fungi, and the Move onto Land
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FINAL ROUND
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Chapter 13 100 Question

• Natural selection _________.
• a. results in evolutionary adaptation
• b. is the result of sampling error
• c. does not affect allelic frequencies
• d. prepares organisms for future changes in the
  environment

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Chapter 13 100 Answer

• Natural selection _________.
• a. results in evolutionary adaptation
• b. is the result of sampling error
• c. does not affect allelic frequencies
• d. prepares organisms for future changes in the
  environment

BACK TO GAME
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Chapter 13 200 Question

• Which of the following is NOT a requirement of
  natural selection?
• a. overproduction of offspring
• b. genetic variation
• c. predators
• d. differential reproductive success

ANSWER
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Chapter 13 200 Answer

• Which of the following is NOT a requirement of
  natural selection?
• a. overproduction of offspring
• b. genetic variation
• c. predators
• d. differential reproductive success

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Chapter 13 300 Question

• The smallest biological unit of evolution is a(n)
  _______.
• a. order
• b. population
• c. phylum
• d. organism

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Chapter 13 300 Answer

• The smallest biological unit of evolution is a(n)
  _______.
• a. order
• b. population
• c. phylum
• d. organism

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Chapter 13 400 Question

• The similarity of the embryos of fish, frogs,
  birds, and humans is evidence of ______.
• c. common ancestry
• b. convergent evolution
• c. genetic drift
• d. analogy

ANSWER
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Chapter 13 400 Answer

• The similarity of the embryos of fish, frogs,
  birds, and humans is evidence of ______.
• c. common ancestry
• b. convergent evolution
• c. genetic drift
• d. analogy

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Chapter 13 500 Question

• The science of naming, identifying, and
  classifying organisms is called ______.
• a) taxonomy
• b) biogeography
• c) systematics
• d) phylogeny

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Chapter 13 500 Answer

• The science of naming, identifying, and
  classifying organisms is called ______.
• a) taxonomy
• b) biogeography
• c) systematics
• d) phylogeny

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Chapter 14 100 Question

• _____________ is the study of biological
  diversity.
• a. Taxonomy
• b. Epistemology
• c. Histology
• d. Systematics

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Chapter 14 100 Answer

• _____________ is the study of biological
  diversity.
• a. Taxonomy
• b. Epistemology
• c. Histology
• d. Systematics

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Chapter 14 200 Question

• All of the alleles of all of the genes within a
  population defines that population's ______.
• a. heterozygosity
• b. polymorphism
• c. genotype
• d. gene pool

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Chapter 14 200 Answer

• All of the alleles of all of the genes within a
  population defines that population's ______.
• a. heterozygosity
• b. polymorphism
• c. genotype
• d. gene pool

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Chapter 14 300 Question

• Genetic drift is the result of ______.
• a. environmental variation
• b. differential reproductive success
• c. chance
• d. a large gene pool

ANSWER
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Chapter 14 300 Answer

• Genetic drift is the result of ______.
• a. environmental variation
• b. differential reproductive success
• c. chance
• d. a large gene pool

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Chapter 14 400 Question

• Sympatric speciation excludes ____________.
• a. mechanical isolation
• b. geographic isolation
• c. behavioral isolation
• d. temporal isolation

ANSWER
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Chapter 14 400 Answer

• Sympatric speciation excludes ____________.
• a. mechanical isolation
• b. geographic isolation
• c. behavioral isolation
• d. temporal isolation

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Chapter 14 500 Question

• The founder effect differs from a population
  bottleneck in that the founder effect ______.
• a. is a type of natural selection
• b. involves the isolation of a small colony of
  individuals from a larger population
• c. can only occur on an oceanic island colony
• d. requires a small population

ANSWER
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Chapter 14 500 Answer

• The founder effect differs from a population
  bottleneck in that the founder effect ______.
• a. is a type of natural selection
• b. involves the isolation of a small colony of
  individuals from a larger population
• c. can only occur on an oceanic island colony
• d. requires a small population

BACK TO GAME
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Chapter 15 100 Question

• Flagellates, amoebas, and ciliates are all what
  type of protist?
• a. Protozoans
• b. Diatoms
• c. Slime Molds
• d. Dinoflagellates

ANSWER
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Chapter 15 100 Answer

• Flagellates, amoebas, and ciliates are all what
  type of protist?
• a. Protozoans
• b. Diatoms
• c. Slime Molds
• d. Dinoflagellates

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Chapter 15 200 Question

• The simplest eukaryotes are classified as ______.
  
• Plants
• Fungi
• Protists
• Bacteria

ANSWER
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Chapter 15 200 Answer

• The simplest eukaryotes are classified as ______.
  
• Plants
• Fungi
• Protists
• Bacteria

BACK TO GAME
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Chapter 15 300 Question

• Prokaryotes reproduce by means of ______.
• a. mitosis
• b. budding
• c. meiosis
• d. binary fission

ANSWER
BACK TO GAME
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Chapter 15 300 Answer

• Prokaryotes reproduce by means of ______.
• a. mitosis
• b. budding
• c. meiosis
• d. binary fission

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Chapter 15 400 Question

• Which one of the following is the only domain
  that contains eukaryotes?
• a. Bacteria
• b. Animalia
• c. Archaea
• d. Eukarya

ANSWER
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Chapter 15 400 Answer

• Which one of the following is the only domain
  that contains eukaryotes?
• a. Bacteria
• b. Animalia
• c. Archaea
• d. Eukarya

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Chapter 15 500 Question

• All prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms that
  photosynthesize fit into which nutritional
  category?
• a. photoheterotrophs
• b. chemoautotrophs
• c. photoautotrophs
• d. chemoheterotrophs

ANSWER
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Chapter 15 500 Answer

• All prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms that
  photosynthesize fit into which nutritional
  category?
• a. photoheterotrophs
• b. chemoautotrophs
• c. photoautotrophs
• d. chemoheterotrophs

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Chapter 16 100 Question

• The _____ helps plants retain water.
• a. cuticle
• b. hypha
• c. skin
• d. lignin

ANSWER
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Chapter 16 100 Answer

• The _____ helps plants retain water.
• a. cuticle
• b. hypha
• c. skin
• d. lignin

BACK TO GAME
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Chapter 16 200 Question

• Which of the following types of plants lacks
  vascular tissue?
• a. flowering plants
• b. mosses
• c. grasses
• d. ferns

ANSWER
BACK TO GAME
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Chapter 16 200 Answer

• Which of the following types of plants lacks
  vascular tissue?
• a. flowering plants
• b. mosses
• c. grasses
• d. ferns

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Chapter 16 300 Question

• Which of these adaptations to a terrestrial
  existence evolved most recently?
• a. vascular tissue
• b. seeds
• c. cuticle
• d. stomata

ANSWER
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Chapter 16 300 Answer

• Which of these adaptations to a terrestrial
  existence evolved most recently?
• a. vascular tissue
• b. seeds
• c. cuticle
• d. stomata

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Chapter 16 400 Question

• ____________ are seedless vascular plants.
• a. Bryophytes
• b. Angiosperms
• c. Gymnosperms
• d. Ferns

ANSWER
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Chapter 16 400 Answer

• ____________ are seedless vascular plants.
• a. Bryophytes
• b. Angiosperms
• c. Gymnosperms
• d. Ferns

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Chapter 16 500 Question

• Mutualistic associations of plant roots and fungi
  are called ______.
• a. mycophyta
• b. mycelia
• c. mycorrhizae
• d. myrmecochores

ANSWER
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Chapter 16 500 Answer

• Mutualistic associations of plant roots and fungi
  are called ______.
• a. mycophyta
• b. mycelia
• c. mycorrhizae
• d. myrmecochores

BACK TO GAME
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FINAL ROUND Question

• Gene flow is accomplished by _______.
• a. migration
• b. mutation
• c. natural selection
• d. genetic drift

ANSWER
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FINAL ROUND Answer

• Gene flow is accomplished by _______.
• a. migration
• b. mutation
• c. natural selection
• d. genetic drift