BIOL 112 Lecture : BIOL 112 Lecture Notes Part 2.doc

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Biol 112 (winter 2011) notes for part ii: information and heredity (professor dent"s section). Prof does not have office hours - email him to schedule an appointment, or just email him. 3 sets of practice problems - do them. A nice story about a central asian monk named temujin around 1220 ad and unknown paternity (aka genghis khan) Had to give his land to his son, but paternity issues, some sort of controversy. Sort of illustrates the concept of heredity, which is what we"re learning now. All organisms come from other organisms (except for the base case, which ostensibly was abiogenesis) An egg becomes fertilised and undergoes cleavage (cell division) until eventually you get an organism. All organisms consist of cells, which divide to produce new cells. Higher organisms fuse their cells (sperm and ova) to produce a new organism. Cell division results in more cells, etc.

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It's a quiz for my life science class.

QUESTION 1

Organisms that have descended from the same initial group and have the ability to interbreed belong to the same

	A.	species.
	B.	family.
	C.	class.
	D.	genus.
	E.	order.

5 points

QUESTION 2

The simplest entity that exhibits all of the properties of life is called a(n)

	A.	molecule.
	B.	cell.
	C.	organism.
	D.	tissue.

5 points

QUESTION 3

In populations, adaptation usually arises through

	A.	responsiveness.
	B.	heredity.
	C.	metabolism.
	D.	natural selection.
	E.	development.

5 points

QUESTION 4

Scientists have found that ancient fossils

	A.	are less similar to present-day organisms than more recent fossils.
	B.	are just as similar to present-day organisms as more recent fossils.
	C.	are more similar to present-day organisms than more recent fossils.
	D.	are very similar to present-day organisms.
	E.	bear no resemblance to present-day organisms.

5 points

QUESTION 5

What is the term that describes the study of the relationship between living things and components of their environment?

	A.	herpetology
	B.	analogy
	C.	zoology
	D.	ecology
	E.	ichnology

5 points

QUESTION 6

Characteristics usually associated with life include all of the following except:

	A.	motility.
	B.	a high degree of organization.
	C.	lack of change from generation to generation.
	D.	reproduction.
	E.	responsiveness to stimuli.

5 points

QUESTION 7

The scientific name for the black-footed ferret is Mustela nigripes. The name Mustela indicates the _____________________ to which the organisms belongs.

	A.	phylum
	B.	class
	C.	family
	D.	species
	E.	genus

5 points

QUESTION 8

Which of the following is considered to be the most basic living unit?

	A.	organ system
	B.	molecule
	C.	organelle
	D.	cell
	E.	tissue

5 points

QUESTION 9

Which of the following concepts best describes the wide variety of dog species we observe, ranging from the domesticated golden retriever or the basset hound, to the wild dogs of Africa, to foxes?

	A.	preadaptation
	B.	special creation
	C.	inheritance of acquired characteristics.
	D.	taxonomy
	E.	evolution

5 points

QUESTION 10

If an ecologist is studying the cycling of carbon through a particular environment (which involes the movement of carbon through living things as well as through rock, air, and water), the scientist is studying at what level of ecology?

	A.	organismal
	B.	community
	C.	ecosystem
	D.	population
	E.	biosphere

5 points

QUESTION 11

Which list is organized from smallest to largest level of organization of life?

	A.	organisms, organ systems, organs, tissues, cells, organelles
	B.	organelles, cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organisms
	C.	organelles, tissues, cells, organ systems, organs, organisms
	D.	tissues, cells, organelles, organs, organ systems, organisms
	E.	cells, tissues, organ systems, organelles, organs, organisms

5 points

QUESTION 12

When examining the hierarchy of life, which of the following terms is most inclusive?

	A.	biosphere
	B.	population
	C.	species
	D.	ecosystem

5 points

QUESTION 13

The units of inheritance are

	A.	evolutions.
	B.	heredities.
	C.	genes
	D.	twins.
	E.	metabolic activities.

5 points

QUESTION 14

Organisms that undergo asexual reproduction

	A.	require another organism to reproduce.
	B.	are usually very complex.
	C.	produce offspring that are different from each other.
	D.	do not require energy to reproduce.
	E.	produce offspring that are identical to each other and to the parent.

5 points

QUESTION 15

All the living organisms in a particular area at a particular time make up a

	A.	biosphere.
	B.	community.
	C.	biosystem.
	D.	population.
	E.	ecosystem.

5 points

QUESTION 16

The first step in the scientific method is to

	A.	identify a problem.
	B.	predict the results of an experiment.
	C.	propose a solution.
	D.	draw a conclusion.
	E.	perform an experiment.

5 points

QUESTION 17

Young multicelled organisms usually start out small, then grow in size, and increase in complexity. This process is called:

	A.	heredity.
	B.	metabolism.
	C.	development.
	D.	evolution.
	E.	heredity.

5 points

QUESTION 18

To maintain order within their cells and organs, all living things must

	A.	carry on metabolism.
	B.	reproduce.
	C.	constantly change.
	D.	be able to move.
	E.	extract energy from sunlight.

5 points

QUESTION 19

Which of the following includes Highest levels of hierarchy?

	A.	family
	B.	phylum
	C.	domain
	D.	kingdom
	E.	order

5 points

QUESTION 20

Fungi are classified into which domain?

	A.	Archaea
	B.	Eukarya
	C.	Bacteria
	D.	Fungi

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1. You observe that small crustaceans swimming through a sample of ocean water set off light production, but your first guess is that this is due to some bacterium, since bacteria are so metabolically diverse. True or false

2. How did multicellular organisms evolve from unicellular organisms?

Single-celled organisms joined together, or failed to separate after cell division.

Single-celled organisms joined together only.

Single-celled organisms failed to separate after cell division only.

Single-celled organisms joined together, or absorbed other species by endosymbiosis.

One species absorbed another species by endosymbiosis only.

3.Cooperation between or among cells could have been a key step in the evolution of multicellularity.

True

False

4. Autotrophs must acquire carbon from organic molecules produced from other organisms.

True

False

5. The protists, though now known to have multiple origins, were first group due to their being aquatic, and, most of them, quite small.

True

False

6. You are analyzing samples under a microscope, and one sample coming from what you suspect is a fungus. You find tiny filaments, which, in your report, you call

hyphae.

spores.

fruiting bodies.

7. Fungi are classified into phyla based on which characteristic?

organelles

composition of cell wall

photosynthesis

reproductive structures

multicellular vs. unicellular

gills.

chitin.

You are studying two populations of dung beetles, one of which rolls their dung balls at noon, resting at night, and the other of which reverses this. These could speciate due to

behavioral isolation.

gametic isolation.

mechanical isolation.

temporal isolation.

sexual selection.

TAKING EXAM NOW, need fast please!

1. Which of the following is generally a passive process?

a. Inhalation c. Gas exchange

b. Exhalation d. All of the above

2. All living things on earth are characterized by cellular organization, growth reproduction, and heredity. These

characteristics serve to define the term âlifeâ. Other properties commonly exhibited by organisms include movement and

sensitivity to stimuli. Which of the following conditions is a sufficient criterion to define life?

a. reproduction c. sensitivity

b. growth d. All of these

3. Cilia which are hair-like processes found on free surfaces of

certain cells originate from:

a. endoplasmic reticulum c. microtubules

b. centrioles d. cell membrane

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