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Quiz Evolution

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Evolution

 

 

True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false.
1.
The theory of evolution states that species change over time.
2.
The inheritance of acquired characteristics was one mechanism of evolution supported by Darwin.
3.
Darwin observed that the plants and animals of the Galapagos Islands were the same as those on islands off the coast of Africa with similar environments.
4.
The book Principles of Geology by Charles Lyell described how changes in land formations can cause species to evolve.
5.
In his “Essay on the Principle of Population,” Malthus said humans were the only population that could continue to grow in size indefinitely.
6.
The two major ideas that Darwin presented in The Origin of Species were that evolution occurred and that natural selection was its mechanism.
7.
The environment dictates only the direction and extent of evolution.
8.
The environment selects which organisms will survive and reproduce by presenting challenges that only individuals with particular traits can meet.
9.
The way an embryo develops is not important in determining the evolutionary history of a species.
10.
Within populations, divergence leads to new species.
 

Completion
Complete each sentence or statement.
11.
When an organism becomes ____________________, the tissues are replaced by harder minerals.
12.
A species that has disappeared permanently is said to be ____________________.
13.
A change in species over time is called ____________________.
14.
The process by which organisms with traits well suited to an environment survive and reproduce at a greater rate than organisms less suited for that environment is called ____________________.
15.
According to Darwin, the ____________________ determines the rate at which organisms survive and reproduce.
16.
A(n) ____________________ consists of all the individuals of a particular species in a particular place.
17.
Homologous structures are similar because they originated in a shared ____________________.
18.
____________________ structures are similar because they originated in a shared ancestor.
19.
Closely related species show more ____________________ in nucleotide sequences than distantly related species.
20.
____________________ occurs as two or more species change in response to each other.

 
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Puzzle Solution – Ecology

Ecology Solution

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Quiz Viruses

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Viruses

 

 

True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false.
1.
Although viruses do not consist of cells, biologists consider them to be living because they are capable of reproduction.
2.
Wendell Stanley made the important discovery that viruses are not cellular.
3.
Viruses consist of RNA or DNA surrounded by a coat of protein.
4.
Prions are the smallest known particles that are able to replicate.
5.
A virus can only reproduce by controlling a cell.
6.
People can contract the influenza virus more than once because the virus tends to mutate rapidly, avoiding the actions of the immune system.
7.
Smallpox is caused by bacteria.
8.
Chickenpox and shingles are caused by the same virus.
9.
The viruses that have been linked to human cancers are usually transmitted through the air.
 

Completion
Complete each sentence or statement.
10.
The protein coat of a virus is called a(n) ____________________.
11.
Most viruses occur in the shape of a(n) ____________________ or a(n) ____________________.
12.
A virus that transcribes DNA from an RNA template is called a(n) ____________________.
13.
An enzyme called ____________________ manufactures DNA that is complementary to a virus’s RNA.
14.
____________________ are bacterial viruses with a polyhedral head and a helical tail.
15.
All viruses reproduce by taking over the reproductive machinery of a ____________________.
16.
Viruses that infect a host cell and have their nucleic acid replicated but do not harm the host cell are in a ____________________ cycle.
17.
A viral DNA molecule formed from an RNA virus is called a(n) ____________________.
18.
The virus that causes AIDS is called ____________________.
19.
Some viruses are thought to induce ____________________, a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell division.
20.
An example of an emerging virus is the  ____________________ virus.

 
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Puzzle Solution – Fish

 

Fish Puzzle
Answer Key:
 

1)vertebrae small bones making up the backbone
2)cranium bony protection covering the brain
3)agnatha class containing hagfish & lampreys
4)chondrichthyes class containing sharks & rays
5)osteichthyes class of bony fish
6)arches bony supports for the gills
7)lateral line system that detects vibrations in the water
8)hagfish jawless marine fish that feed on dead fish
9)lamprey jawless and sometimes parasitic fish
10)external fertilization in jawless fish
11)cartilage flexible protein material in the skeleton of sharks
12)placoid toothlike scales on sharks
13)pectoral fins on sharks that appear like wings of an airplane
14)olfactory responsible for the shark’s acute sense of smell
15)ray flattened bat like fish with a skeleton of cartilage
16)slits openings into the gills on cartilagenous fish
17)claspers modified pelvic fins of male sharks used to transfer sperm
18)perch example of a ray finned fish
19)operculum bony covering over the gills of bony fish
20)caudal tail fin
21)liver organ that secretes bile to digest fats
22)arteries carry blood away from the heart
23)veins return blood to the heart
24)atrium heart chamber that receives blood bck form the heart
25)ventricle pumping chamber of the heart
26)countercurrent movement of blod across a fish’s gills for maximum absorption of oxygen
27)buoyancy property that the swim bladder gives to a fish
28)cerebrum forebrain
29)cerebellum hindbrain
30)spawing reproductive behavior where fish build nests and lay their eggs

 

Puzzle Solution – Fungi

Fungi Solution

 

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