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