Biology Quarterly Test 3

What change to the concept of macroevolution did Neo-Darwinism make?

What age-old concept was Darwin able to dispel with his research?

How would an adherent to punctuated equilibrium explain the lack of intermediate links in the fossil record?

Does the study of structural homology provide evidence for or against macroevolution? Why?

Did Darwin ever recant his scientific beliefs?

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?

If the data discussed in problem #6 were actually analyzed, would the result be as predicted by the macroevolution hypothesis?

Give two examples of mutualism in creation.

What is the principal means by which oxygen is taken from the air?

What is the principal means by which oxygen is restored to the air?

Between which two trophic levels is the smallest amount of energy wasted? 

Is global warming occurring now?

Are the vast majority of animals vertebrates or invertebrates?

How do sponges get their prey?

What roles do amebocytes play in the life of a sponge?

Why do cnidarians not need respiratory or excretory systems?

If a jellyfish reproduces sexually, what form is it in?

What will happen to an earthworm if its cuticle gets dry?

If a flatworm has complex nervous and digestive systems, is it most likely free-living or parasitic?

Name the five common characteristics among the arthropods.

What happens when a crayfish loses a limb?

Why do arthropods molt?

What five characteristics set arachnids apart from the other arthropods?

What four characteristics set insects apart from the other arthropods?

Why don’t insects have respiratory systems?