Question 1

If you were taken to the beach and asked to stand near a sample of the largest kind of algae,you would search for a piece of

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A)  kelp.
B)  diatoms.
C)  red algae.
D)  golden algae.
E)  green algaE.F) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 2

The domain (domains) that contain prokaryotes is (are)

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A)  ArchaeA.
B)  Bacteria.
C)  both Archaea and Bacteria.
D)  Eukarya.
E)  both Bacteria and Eukarya.F) C) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 3

The three most common shapes of bacteria are

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A)  spirillum,endospore,and peptidoglycan.
B)  bacillus,spirillum,and coccus.
C)  cubical,spiral,and thread-like.
D)  spirillum,nucleiod,and peptidoglycan.
E)  cubical,spherical,and rod-shaped.F) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 4

What did Stanley Miller's simulation of Earth's early conditions produce?

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A)  living cells
B)  amino acids
C)  plants
D)  DNA molecules
E)  RNA moleculesF) B) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 5

Which of the following is not a similarity supporting the endosymbiont theory?

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A)  similarity in the DNA of mitochondria and prokaryotes
B)  similarity in the nucleus of prokaryotes and mitochondria
C)  similarity in the RNA of mitochondria and prokaryotes
D)  similarity in the ribosomes of mitochondria and prokaryotes
E)  All answers support the endosymbiont theory.F) A) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 6

Prokaryotes lack which feature?

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A)  a nucleus
B)  RNA
C)  DNA
D)  a cell membrane
E)  a cell wallF) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 7

How did multicellular organisms evolve from unicellular organisms?

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A)  Single-celled organisms joined together,or failed to separate after cell division.
B)  Single-celled organisms joined together only.
C)  Single-celled organisms failed to separate after cell division only.
D)  Single-celled organisms joined together,or absorbed other species by endosymbiosis.
E)  One species absorbed another species by endosymbiosis only.F) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 8

Because archaea were first found in environments that lacked oxygen or were very hot,acidic,or salty,they were nicknamed "extremophiles."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

A dinoflagellate has two flagella.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Mycorhizal fungi that do not reproduce sexually and have large asexual spores are

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A)  glomeromycotA.
B)  basidiomycota.
C)  ascomycota.
D)  zygomycota.
E)  chytridiomycota.F) C) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 11

A lichen is made up of which two types of organisms?

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A)  a fungus and a plant
B)  a plant and a cyanobacterium
C)  a fungus and an alga or cyanobacterium
D)  an alga and a bacterium
E)  an alga and a plantF) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 12

Sexual spores are formed by the fusion of two haploid nuclei.They then go through meiosis to form spores.Spores are which of the following?

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A)  haploid
B)  diploid
C)  dikaryotic
D)  tetraploid
E)  uniploidF) B) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 13

Where did the first life on Earth evolve?

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A)  in the ocean
B)  Scientists do not know.
C)  on land
D)  somewhere else in the universe
E)  in a freshwater habitatF) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

Question 14

Scientists have fossils of the first life on Earth.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Protein was the first molecule carrying genetic information.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which is a difference between how a frog and a fungus obtain energy?

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A)  Frogs ingest their food;chytridiomycetes secrete digestive enzymes.
B)  Chytridiomycetes ingest their food;frogs secrete digestive enzymes.
C)  Frogs are heterotrophs;chytridiomycetes are phototrophs.
D)  Chytridiomycetes are heterotrophs;frogs are phototrophs.
E)  Frogs are autotrophs;chytridiomycetes are phototrophs.F) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

Question 17

Chytridiomycetes produce enzymes that digest cellulose,chitin,and similar molecules.These fungi are contributing to the decline of amphibians worldwide through what mechanism?

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A)  by infecting their lungs
B)  by digesting keratin in the frog's skin
C)  by killing their eggs in the water
D)  by digesting chitin in the cell wall of the frog's cells
E)  by digesting cellulose in the cell wall of the frog's cellsF) A) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 18

Fungi and plants are similar because they both

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A)  carry out photosynthesis.
B)  have cellulose as the main component of their cell walls.
C)  have glycogen as the main storage carbohydrate.
D)  All answers are correct.
E)  have cell walls.F) A) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 19

You are analyzing samples under a microscope,and one sample coming from what you suspect is a fungus.You find tiny filaments,which,in your report,you call

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A)  hyphae.
B)  spores.
C)  fruiting bodies.
D)  gills.
E)  chitin.F) A) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 20

The Russian chemist Oparin suggested that for organic molecules to form on Earth,the atmosphere was probably rich in all of these except

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A)  oxygen.
B)  water.
C)  ammonia.
D)  methane.
E)  hydrogen.F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Exam 15: Evolution and Diversity of Microbial Life

How did multicellular organisms evolve from unicellular organisms?

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If you were taken to the beach and asked to stand near a sample of the largest kind of algae,you would search for a piece of

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A lichen is made up of which two types of organisms?

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Because archaea were first found in environments that lacked oxygen or were very hot,acidic,or salty,they were nicknamed "extremophiles."

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Which is a difference between how a frog and a fungus obtain energy?

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Which of the following is not a similarity supporting the endosymbiont theory?

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What did Stanley Miller's simulation of Earth's early conditions produce?

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Prokaryotes lack which feature?

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Fungi and plants are similar because they both

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The three most common shapes of bacteria are

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Where did the first life on Earth evolve?

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The domain (domains) that contain prokaryotes is (are)

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Chytridiomycetes produce enzymes that digest cellulose,chitin,and similar molecules.These fungi are contributing to the decline of amphibians worldwide through what mechanism?

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Protein was the first molecule carrying genetic information.

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Mycorhizal fungi that do not reproduce sexually and have large asexual spores are

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Sexual spores are formed by the fusion of two haploid nuclei.They then go through meiosis to form spores.Spores are which of the following?

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Scientists have fossils of the first life on Earth.

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You are analyzing samples under a microscope,and one sample coming from what you suspect is a fungus.You find tiny filaments,which,in your report,you call

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A dinoflagellate has two flagella.

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The Russian chemist Oparin suggested that for organic molecules to form on Earth,the atmosphere was probably rich in all of these except

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