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