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Biology 205 (BIOL 205-UCAL) Midterm II
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Question 1 |
A | drifted organisms |
B | derived organisms |
C | ingroup |
D | outgroup |
Question 2 |
A | Nucleotides |
B | Hydrochloric acid |
C | Monosaccharides |
D | Glycerol |
E | Amino acids |
Question 3 |
A | ...in gametic isolation state. |
B | ...experiencing a reduced hybrid viability. |
C | ...experiencing a hybrid breakdown. |
D | ...in temporal isolation state. |
E | ...experiencing a reduced hybrid fertility. |
Question 4 |
A | The HIV genome is composed of fast self replicating DNA that produce a new evolutionary trait at an exponential rate. |
B | The rate at which the HIV genome evolve is consent at all times. |
C | The HIV virus originated from primates and transferred to human. |
D | The modern HIV virus is derived from an ancestor that have the exact same characteristics as the current HIV-1M virus. |
Question 5 |
A | Vitamin B6 |
B | Vitamin B12 |
C | Vitamin B1 |
D | Vitamin A |
E | Vitamin K |
Question 6 |
A | Gorillas and Chimpanzees |
B | Tarsiers and Gibbons |
C | Gibbons and Orangutans |
D | Orangutans and Gorillas |
E | Orangutans and Gibbons |
Question 7 |
A | Omnivores have longer digestive track then carnivores of similar body size because vegetation is more difficult to break digest. |
B | Cellulose-digesting microbes are equally abundant both in carnivores and herbivores. |
C | All vertebrates process hard solid foods in the Gizzard before the nutrients are absorbed by the intestine. |
D | Meat is more difficult to digest than vegetable matter because of its high protein content. |
Question 8 |
A | Molluscs |
B | Planarians |
C | Annelids |
D | Arthropods |
E | Cnidarians |
Question 9 |
A | Collagen synthesis |
B | Visual pigments and epithelial tissues |
C | Blood clotting |
D | Synthesis of fat |
E | Amino acid metabolism |
Question 10 |
A | They are compounds usually acquired from food sources. Vitamins are organic compounds while minerals are inorganic compounds. |
B | They are chemicals produced by the monosccharies and absorbed through amino acids. |
C | While it is possible to live a healthy life without minerals, all humans must requires vitamins. |
D | There are thirty essential vitamins requirements for humans according to Health Canada guidelines. |
E | They are organic substances which human do not produce its' own. Mostly acquired from food sources. |
Question 11 |
A | I. Eukaryota II. Chordata |
B | I. Primates II. Homininae |
C | I. Eukaryota II. Primates |
D | I. Archaea II. Primates |
E | I. Chordata II. Primates |
Question 12 |
A | Orangutans |
B | Chimpanzees |
C | Bonobos |
D | Gibbons |
E | Monkeys |
Question 13 |
A | Yolk |
B | Amnion |
C | Allantois |
D | Embryo |
E | Chorion |
Question 14 |
A | mtDNA |
B | RNA |
C | DNA |
D | rRNA |
Question 15 |
A | To warn the predators. |
B | To blend into the surrounding environment. |
C | For altruism and mimicry where one individual or more benefited by changing appearance, |
D | To communicate with each other. |
Question 16 |
A | The feathers evolved first as an insulation mechanism and later the flight was evolved. |
B | There is no relationship between them because feathers are just skin protectors. |
C | The flight evolved first then feathers evolved to insulate high flying birds from old air masses. |
D | The flight and feathers evolved at the same time. |
E | It is difficult to prove the connection between feathers and flight due to lack of scientific evidence. |
Question 17 |
A | ...enteric division of the autonomic nervous system. |
B | ...sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system. |
C | ...motor system of the peripheral nervous system. |
D | ...sympathetic division of the motor nervous system. |
E | ...central nervous system. |
Question 18 |
A | This situation most likely caused by genetic drift. |
B | The species most likely increased in diversity and their hybrid population. |
C | The population has experienced an allopatric speciation. |
D | Species experienced a punctuated equilibrium. |
Question 19 |
A | It includes the new classification categories such as sub-phylums and sub-domains. |
B | It includes only the evidence from fossils record. |
C | It includes only the evidence from DNA and other genetic materials. |
D | It includes a common ancestor and all its decedents. |
Question 20 |
A | Nucleic acids |
B | Saccharides |
C | Fat |
D | Protein |
Question 21 |
A | Raccoons |
B | Cockroaches |
C | Crows |
D | Human |
E | Gorilla |
Question 22 |
A | Glycerol |
B | Amino acids |
C | Fatty acids |
D | Nucleotides |
E | Monosaccharides |
Question 23 |
A | Tetrapods |
B | Animalia |
C | Bipedal vertebrates |
D | Cordatas |
Question 24 |
I. Cranial nerves
II. Spinal nerves
III. Brain
IV. Spinal cord
A | I and II |
B | None of the listed items. |
C | III and IV |
D | I, II and III |
E | All of the listed items. |
F | II and IV |
Question 25 |
A | Based on the placement of spinal cord opening on the skulls. |
B | Based on the size of the exoskeleton. |
C | Based on the type of tools utilized by the arthropods. |
D | Based on the DNA structure of arthropods. |
E | Based on the length ratio of limbs to arms. |
Question 26 |
A | Eight |
B | Fifteen |
C | Three |
D | Five |
E | Ten |
Question 27 |
A | Biotremes |
B | Marsupials |
C | Euterians |
D | Monotremes |
Question 28 |
A | Common homologous and analogous features. |
B | Common ancestral based decedents. |
C | Ability to interbreed among individuals. |
D | Ability to interbreed and reproduce viable offspring. |
E | Fossil record indicating similar characteristics. |
Question 29 |
A | Humans are generically closer to Chimpanzees than to Gorillas. |
B | Food molecules are chemical broken down by specialized enzymes. |
C | Cecum of a cow is much larger than that of a human. |
D | All tissues in a healthy human body have the ability to regenerate. |
E | Integration of sensory data occurs within the Central Nervous System. |
Question 30 |
A | Sensory receptor takes in the information and passed to the integration section of the Peripheral Nervous System through Central Nervous System. Once the information is processed, it is passed to organs through Peripheral Nervous System. |
B | Sensory receptor takes in the information and passed to the integration section of the Central Nervous System through Peripheral Nervous System. Once the information is processed, it is passed to organs through Peripheral Nervous System. |
C | Sensory receptor takes in the information and passed to the integration section of the Peripheral Nervous System through Central Nervous System. Once the information is processed, it is passed to organs through Central Nervous System. |
D | Sensory receptor takes in the information and passed to the integration section of the Central Nervous System directly. Once the information is processed, it is passed to organs through Peripheral Nervous System. |
E | Sensory receptor takes in the information and passed to the integration section of Central Nervous System directly. Once the information is processed, it is passed to organs through Central Nervous System. |
Question 31 |
A | ...ancestral character. |
B | ...genetically evolved character. |
C | ...shared ancestral character. |
D | ...shared derived character. |
E | ...genetically modified character. |
Question 32 |
A | Controlling temperature, pressure and chemical compounds for the embryo. |
B | Storing and processing nutrients. |
C | Gas exchange for breathing. |
D | Protection of embryo from any external forces; chemical and physical. |
E | Diffusion of nutrients from mother's blood to embryo's blood. |
Question 33 |
A | Primary function of the cartilages is to support mechanical movements of organisms. |
B | Exoskeleton doesn't grow at the same rate as the physical growth of an organism. |
C | They are considered to be made up of nonliving materials, but bones are cartilages are generated by living cells. |
D | Skeletal structure of the body is made up of about 90% cartilages. |
Question 34 |
A | Gorillas |
B | Gibbons |
C | Humans |
D | Monkeys |
E | Tarsiers |
Question 35 |
A | They both lack jaws. |
B | They both produce slime when threatened and it can be used for manufacturing textiles. |
C | Hagfishes lack jaws and lampreys lack endoskeleton. |
D | They both lack endoskeleton. |
Question 36 |
A | Darwin's finches are unique because they are the only population to have a large variation in beak sizes. |
B | The response to environmental changes often result in dramatic shift in phenotypes. |
C | Competition for food can drive evolutionary changes and adaptations. |
D | Hybrids have better survival rate than the others in a population. |
Question 37 |
Image Credit: Campbell Biology Concepts & Connections by Reece, Taylor, Simon, Dickey and Soctt
A | Part A |
B | Part C |
C | Part D |
D | Part B |
Question 38 |
A | The rapid evolutionary events are poorly recorded and therefore often not included in phylogenetic trees. |
B | The lack of fossil record to trace the phylogenetic sequence to a common accessory. |
C | The lack of DNA evidence to support most of the lineage events, |
D | The lack of timing for each lineage event. |
Question 39 |
A | Production and processing of nutrients for the embryo. |
B | Enables the embryo to obtain oxygen from air and dispose carbon dioxide. |
C | Structure for the shell in which the honeycomb allantois attached itself to chorion. |
D | Protection of the embryo from the outside environment through temperature regulation. |
Question 40 |
Image Credit: Campbell Biology Concepts & Connections by Reece, Taylor, Simon, Dickey and Soctt
A | Arrow D |
B | Arrow C |
C | Arrow B |
D | Arrow A |
Question 41 |
A | Homo erectus |
B | Homo sapiens |
C | Homo ergaster |
D | Homo neanderthalensis |
E | Homo habilis |
Question 42 |
A | Homo habilis |
B | Homo neanderthalensis |
C | Homo sapiens |
D | Homo erectus |
E | Homo ergaster |
Question 43 |
A | myelin sheath |
B | glia |
C | myelin sheath and glia |
D | cell body |
E | axon hillock |
Question 44 |
A | Reduce the zygote breakdown. |
B | Protect the eggs from predators. |
C | Adaptation to terrestrial environments. |
D | As a counteraction to balance the pressure and temperature conditions of the zygote. |
Question 45 |
A | Cerebrum. |
B | Pons midbrain in the Brain Stem. |
C | Medulla oblongata in the Brain Stem. |
D | Cerebellum. |
E | Hypothalamus. |
Question 46 |
A | ...mammals are also tetrapods. |
B | ...mammals do not produce eggs. |
C | ...mammals have hair and mammary glands. |
D | ...mammals are part of the primate group. |
E | ...mammals have thick notochords. |
Question 47 |
A | Breathing by exchanging oxygen atoms from the water. |
B | Crushing and grinding of food particles. |
C | Catching or killing the prey. |
D | Pumping water for movement. |
E | Trapping suspended food particles. |
Question 48 |
A | Adaptive radiation |
B | Zygotic barriers |
C | Polyploidy |
D | Temporal isolation |
E | Sympathetic speciation |
Question 49 |
A | Antarctic region. |
B | South Asia |
C | Russia and Canada |
D | New Zealand |
E | China |
Question 50 |
A | Large brains |
B | Not enough evidence to support either way. |
C | Both around the same time |
D | Bipedalism |
Question 51 |
A | 100 billion |
B | 500 billion |
C | 800 billion |
D | 800 million |
E | 100 million |
Question 52 |
A | They are substrate feeders. |
B | They are herbivores and the primary diet is eat seaweed. |
C | They are omnivores that feeds on both seaweeds and fishes. |
D | They are suspension feeders. |
E | They are fluid feeders. |
Question 53 |
A | Resting neurons have a zero charge inside the cell. |
B | Resting neurons have a slightly negative charge inside the cell. |
C | Resting neurons have a slightly positive charge inside the cell. |
D | Resting neurons for humans is about +/- 5 mV. |
Question 54 |
A | -70 mV |
B | 100 mV |
C | 10 mV |
D | +50 mV |
E | -30 mV |
Question 55 |
A | ...swim against the currents. |
B | ...attack prey. |
C | ...funnel in water for suspension feeding. |
D | ...move on the seabed and for sediment filtering. |
Question 56 |
A | Chordates, Vertebrates |
B | Chordates, Vertebrates, Jawed vertebrates, Tetrapods, Amniotes |
C | Chordates, Vertebrates, Jawed vertebrates |
D | Chordates, Vertebrates, Jawed vertebrates, Amniotes |
E | Chordates, Vertebrates, Jawed vertebrates, Tetrapods |
Question 57 |
A | They have no evolutionary connection because they are analogous features. |
B | Swim bladders evolved from lungs. |
C | Both developed at the same time under same environmental conditions. |
D | Lugs evolved from swim bladders. |
Question 58 |
A | Bulk feeders |
B | Suspension feeders |
C | Substrate feeders |
D | Fluid feeders |
Question 59 |
A | Organisms with ectothermic metabolism. |
B | Organisms with lungs instead of a skin-bases gas exchanges. |
C | Organisms that can store high volume of water within their bodies. |
D | Organisms that have the ability to fly therefore allowing them to migrate to locations with more food/water. |
E | Organisms with endohermic metabolism. |
Question 60 |
A | ...limited food supply. |
B | ...vulnerability to dehydration. |
C | ...limited viable offspring. |
D | ...large number of predators. |
Question 61 |
A | ...fishes with necks and four limbs. |
B | ...vertebrates with complex lungs. |
C | ...fishes that dragged themselves from one pool of water to another. |
D | ...sting rays with gas exchange lungs. |
Question 62 |
A | I. Old World monkeys II. New World monkeys III. Gibbons IV. Orangutans |
B | I. New World monkeys II. Old World monkeys III. Gibbons IV. Chimpanzees |
C | I. Tarsiers II. New World monkeys III. Gibbons IV. Orangutans |
D | I. Tarsiers II. New World monkeys III. Old World monkeys IV. Gibbons |
E | I. New World monkeys II. Old World monkeys III. Tarsiers IV. Chimpanzees |
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Credits: Based on the excellent class notes provided by, Dr. K. Ruckstuhl during Fall 2014.
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