Biology Quarterly Test 3
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Questions
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By 22luke on March 7, 2009
Question Excerpt
| 1. |
Between which two trophic levels is the smallest amount of energy wasted?
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| 2. | Why do arthropods molt? |
| 3. | Are the vast majority of animals vertebrates or invertebrates? |
| 4. | How would an adherent to punctuated equilibrium explain the lack of intermediate links in the fossil record? |
| 5. | What five characteristics set arachnids apart from the other arthropods? |
| 6. | What change to the concept of macroevolution did Neo-Darwinism make? |
| 7. | Did Darwin ever recant his scientific beliefs? |
| 8. | What is the principal means by which oxygen is taken from the air? |
| 9. | What is the principal means by which oxygen is restored to the air? |
| 10. | What age-old concept was Darwin able to dispel with his research? |
| 11. | If a flatworm has complex nervous and digestive systems, is it most likely free-living or parasitic? |
| 12. | If a jellyfish reproduces sexually, what form is it in? |
| 13. | If the data discussed in problem #6 were actually analyzed, would the result be as predicted by the macroevolution hypothesis? |
| 14. | How do sponges get their prey? |
| 15. | Why don’t insects have respiratory systems? |
| 16. | What four characteristics set insects apart from the other arthropods? |
| 17. | What happens when a crayfish loses a limb? |
| 18. | Does the study of structural homology provide evidence for or against macroevolution? Why? |
| 19. | What roles do amebocytes play in the life of a sponge? |
| 20. | The amino acid sequences in the protein called cytochrome C are studied for many different organisms. The sequences are all compared to that of a horse. According to the macroevolution hypothesis, which should be more similar to the cytochrome C of a horse: the cytochrome C of a fish, the cytochrome C of a giraffe, or the cytochrome C of a bacterium? |
| 21. | Name the five common characteristics among the arthropods. |
| 22. | What will happen to an earthworm if its cuticle gets dry? |
| 23. | Is global warming occurring now? |
| 24. | Why do cnidarians not need respiratory or excretory systems? |
| 25. | Give two examples of mutualism in creation. |
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