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Biology
10th Grade
11/15/2010

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In the Linnean System, of classification, the level that identifies on unique organsim is the....?
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Species
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An advantage of our scientific naming sysytem is that...?
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biologist can communicate regardless of their native languages.
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Similar genera are group into a...?
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Family
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Linnaeus's two-word system for naming organisms is called...?
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Binomial nomenclature
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Taxonomy
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the science of naming and classifying organisms.
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All scientific names of organisms must be
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Unique and have two Latin words
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The largest division that a group of organisms can belong to is a
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Domain
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Analogous structures
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Two structures in biology are said to be analogous if they perform the same or similar function by a similar mechanism but evolved separately. Similar structures may have evolved through different pathways, a process known as convergent evolution, or may be homologous.
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Under the Linnaean system of classification, plants and animals are sorted into groups based on
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Form and Structure
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Placement in each level of classification is based on
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Shared Characteristics
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Convergent evolution produces analogous characters in different species as the result of
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Similar enviroments
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A model used by biologists to represent evolutionary history among species is called a
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Cladogram
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Similar features that evolve through convergent evolution are called
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analogous characters
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Studies of fossils of dinosaurs and birds show that
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I'm not sure what the answer is.
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A phylogenetic tree differs from a cladogram in that a phylogenetic tree
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only illustrates hypothesized relationships among groups of organisms.
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Sponges are animals that were once classified as
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Plants
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Bacteria : prokaryotes ::
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Protista : eukaryotes
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During Linnaeus’ time, scientists divided all living organisms into
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Two Kingdoms
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One difference between plants and animals is that plants are
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autotrophs and animals are heterotrophs.
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Which two kingdoms contain both unicellular and multicellular organisms?
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Protista and Fungi
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Antibiotics are ineffective against viral infections because
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I don't know the answer...
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Viruses can be transmitted only
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if the virus is brought in close contact with a host cell.
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Antibiotic resistance
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arises naturally in bacteria.
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An emerging disease that might mutate, spreading to humans as a new host, is
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Bird Flu
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A pathogen is an agent that is
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harmful to living organsims
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Bacteria often have small extra loops of DNA called
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Plasmids
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Cell organelles that Escherichia coli and other bacteria have in common with eukaryotes are
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ribosomes
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organsim C  is called?

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A Spirillum
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The chromosomes of bacteria
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I don't know the answer...
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it is important to distinguish between Gram-positive and Gram-negative becteria in diagnosing a bacterial infection because...?
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Gram-negatiev and Gram-positive bacteria differ in their response to diff. antibiotics.
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Bacteria casue disease by
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forming toxins
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Which of the following is not one of Kochs postulates?
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The healthy animal must be shown to be susceptible to the pathogen before it is injected with the disease.
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The procedure used to identify the pathogen that causes disease is
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Koch's postulates
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Mining companies harveset copper and uranium by using
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I don't know this answer...
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Prions
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change the shape of normal proteins
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One diff between the cells in a human body and bacterial cells is that bacterial cells have...
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an outer cell wall made up of carbohydrates and proteins
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Nitrogen-fixing bacteria
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convert atmospheric nitrogen into a usable form of nitrogen.
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Cyanobacteria and photoautotrophs because they require...
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I said oxygen, but thats not right...I'm agian not sure what the correct answer is.
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Bacterial cells such as Escherichia coli transfer pieces of genetic material in a process called
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Conjugation
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Bacterial cells have
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both a cell membrane and an outer cell wall
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A typical virus consists of a
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protein coat and a nucleic acid core
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Biologists now know that viruses....
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consist of a protein surrounded by a nucleic acid coat.
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Bacteria that cause botulism may survive in canned food for a long time becasue
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the bacteria may form endospores
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We know viruses are not alive becasue they...?
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they are not made of cells
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Bacterial Endospores
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allow certain species to survive harsh environmental conditions.
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The capsid of a virus is the
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I said Cell Membrance, but thats not right.
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Viroids  are
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Much smaller than viruses
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The cycle of viral infection, replication, and cell destruction is called the virus's...?
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lytic cycle.
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A virulent virus is one that
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reproduces only with a lytic cycle
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The function of a bacteriophage's tail and fibers is to inject
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viral DNA into the host cell
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When an  individual diatom gets too small because of repeated division, it
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I said, slips out of its shell and lives the rest of its life without a shell.
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Euglenoids are examples of protists that...?
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can be both autotrophic and heterotrophic
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Amoebas capture food by...?
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engulfing it
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Algae are...?
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found in fresh water, salt water, and damp soil
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The process in which two Paramecia come together to exchange parts of tehir genetic material is called....?
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Conjugation
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Symbiotic protists live in all of the following organsims except...?
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Bacteria
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The protist that casues malaria reproduces in the
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red blood cells of a human
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giardiasis is a disease that is spread...
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through contaminated water.
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Malaria is caused by several species of
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plasmodium
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The stage in the life cycle of Plasmodium in which it lives in mosquitoes and is injected into humans is called the
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sporozoite
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Agar is a product used to grow bacteria.Agar comes from...
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Algae
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When an algal bloom dies, the bacteria that decompse the algae.
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I said, deplete carbon dioxide levels in the water, but thats not right.
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The evolution of the plant kingdom can be inferred by studying
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green algae
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A protist that almost destroyed the entrie potato crop inIreland in 1846 is a...?
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water mold
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Protist that play an important role in aquatic food webs are called...?
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I said, Cyanobacteria, but thats not right.
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Pseudopodia are used for...
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movement by amoebas
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Eukaryotes that lack the features of animals, plants, or fungi are classified in the kingdom...?
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Protista
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The kingdom protista does not include...
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Prokaryotes
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Zoospores are...?
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produced as a result of mitosis
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Which of the following characteristics did not evolve in the kingdom protista??
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Unicellularity
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the first sign of germination is the emergence of the embryos
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root
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garden-pea tendrills are specialized leaves for
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climbing
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leaves with an undivided blade are called>>>?
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compound is what i said but thats wrong
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the tissue of the leaf mesophyll that is located below the upper epidermis and consists of tightly packed column-shaped cells is the
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i said cortex but that is wrong
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Plants grow in regions of active cell division called
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meristems
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which of the following is not a tissue system of vasvular plants?
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cuticle tissue
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The xylem in a plant
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transport water and minerals
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In xylem tissue, water moves from tracheid to tracheid through...?
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i said vessel elements but that is wrong
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The conducting cells of phloem are called
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i said sieve plates but that is wrong..
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The Phloem in a plant
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transports sugars
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secondary xylem and phloem form from
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vascular cambrium
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plant development is similar to animal developement becasue
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i said a plant continues to develop throughout its life. thats not right
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In a woody stem, cork cambrium...?
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from phloem is wrong...
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meristems are found
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at the tips of roots and shoots
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Secondary growth:width::
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primary growth: Length
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the center region of ground tissue in a herbaceous stem is known as the
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pith
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the vascular bundles of dicot stems are arranged
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in rings surrounded by ground tissue
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The outer layers of the ground tissue ina  stem are known as the
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cortex
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Leaves connect to the stems of plants at the
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nodes
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the ground tissue in the center of the roots and stems
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provide support
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the large central root of a carrot is an example of which type of root system?
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taproot
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the root cap
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proteccts a growing root tip
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the ground tissue that is made up of chloroplast-rich cells is located in the
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leaves
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the primary function of root hairs is
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absorption of water and minerals
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When vines grow, they often wrap tendrils around objects for support. the tendrils wrap because of
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thigmotropism
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The response of plants to periods of light and dark is called...?
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Photoperiodism
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All of the following gernerally cause tropisms in plants except...
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i said gravity, but thats not right
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Nastic movements in plants result when
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the water content of certain cells change
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One model that explains the movement of sugar in a plant is known as the...?
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pressure-flow model
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 A plant hormone that is produced primarily in root tip is
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i said auxin, thats not right
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a plant hormone that slows growth and helps maintain seed dormancy is
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abscisic acid
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the transport of food from the leaves to the rest of the plant is called?
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translocation
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which of the following hormones normally exists in a gaseous state?
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ethylene
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The movement of water through a plant is caused by
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transpiration from leaves and stems
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the guard cells that surround a stoma
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swell with water, casueing the stoma to open.
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Photosynthesis enables plants to produce most of the organic molecules that they need. this process requires the use of all of the following except...
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glucouse
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The stomata are responsible for
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i said the transport of minerals, thats not right.
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The loss of water vapor through the leaves of a plant is called
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i said osmosis, thats not correct.
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In sponges, currents that draw water through the organism are created by...

 

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Choanocytes
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Spicules are
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hard needlelike structures in the wall of a sponge.
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Adult Sponges...
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i said are active swimmers, but that isnt corect.
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Sponges obtain food...?
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by filtering small organisms from the water.
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Certain sponges have been harvested commercially. theu are valuable because they possess a middle layer that...
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i said is hollow, allowing them to be filled with water, thats not right.
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The eggs of the ascarid roundworm can live for years in the
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soil
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to avoid being digested by their host, endoparasites have a thick protective covering called the
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tegument
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Which of the following statements about tapeworms is false?
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tapeworms belong to the genus Schistosoma
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ascarid eggs develop into larve while in a humans
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intestine
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The ascarid roundworm infects humans, spending most of its adult life inside the intestines of its host. to become infected, a person must
Definition
i said walk barefoot of infest soil, thats isnt correct
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To which group do roundworms belong to...
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nematodes
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radial symmetry: cnidarians::
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bilateral symmetry: flatworms
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Flatworms have no need for circulatory and respiratory systems because their
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cells are close to their exterior surface
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sea anemones are
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polyps
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Skeletal support in sponges may be provided by...?
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spicules of spongin, but this answer is wrong
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Many cnidarians have two distinct life stages called...?
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polyp and medusa
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The gills of bivalves are covered with a sticky mucus, which
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i said protects them from irritation, but thats wrong
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During reproduction in bivalves, fertilization,
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occurs externally
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In earthworms, food is ground into small pieces in the...
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Gizzard
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The only mollusks that have a closed ciculatory system are
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cephalopods
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All Cephalopods
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are active predators
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Jet prpulsion in an octopus or a squid is the result of
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forcefully squeezing water from the siphon
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the bristlelike structures on some annelids' bodies are called...
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setae
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jet propulsion is the usual means of locomotion in water for
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i said arthropods but thats not right
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mollusks: foot ::
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earthworms ; setae
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Which of the following is not a member of the phylum Mollusca

 

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echinoderm
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both mollusks and annelids
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have true coeloms
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Terrestrial snails are  the only mollusks that have
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open circulatory is wrong
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which of the folliing has a true coelom?
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mollusk
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in addition to a true coelom, mollusks and annelids both have
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a trochophore larval stage
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A charactristic structure found in many mollusks in the radula, which is involved in...
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feeding
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Of the following organs, the one that does not exist in annelids is the..
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mantle
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The most significant evolutionary advancment of annelids over ,ollusks is believeed to be...
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segmentation
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the basic body plan of an annelid.
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i said is similar to a long tube, this is not correct.
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octopuses and squids differ from all other mollusks because octopuses and squids
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i said have open circulatory systems. this is not correct
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leeches
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are used in some medical treatments
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which of the following is correctly paired?
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phylum Mollusca-octopus
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the clitellum of an earthworm
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i said is necessary fo rmovement thats not correct
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the body of a leech
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does not have septa
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Crabs, lobsters, shrimp, and barnacles are members of the subphylum...
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Crustacea
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an adult starfish has radial symmetry
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true
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the echinoderms that look like warty, moving pickles are
Definition

sea cucumbers

 

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lyme disease is transmitted through the bite of a
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deer tickk

 

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which of the following is not an echinoderm?
Definition
sea slug
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the skeletons of an echinoderm is composed of individual plates called
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ossicles
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in an echinoderm, the structure that operates like a living suction cup is the
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tube foot
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which of the following statements about the water vascular system of echinoderms is correct?
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the ring canal connects to the madreporite
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Spiders, scorpions and mites belong to the subphylum
Definition
i said arthropa, this is not correct
Term
an example of a chelicerate is a
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spider
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the exoskeleton of an insect
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is moved by muscles that are attached to the inside of the exoskeleton.
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all of the following are arthropods except
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sea lilies
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both arthropods and annelids have
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segmented bodies
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to grow larger, arthropods must
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grow a new exoskeleton
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which of the following invertebrates is not a crustcean?
Definition
i said barnacle, this is not correct.
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the appendages of arthropods are...
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jointed and extend from the body wall
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