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Biology
Undergraduate 1
05/05/2009

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What kind of consumer eats plants?
Definition
Primary consumer
Term
What kind of consumer eats organisms that eat plants?
Definition
Secondary consumer
Term
What kind of consumer eats secondary consumers?
Definition
Tertiary consumer
Term
What is the greatest amount of energy found is primary producers?
Definition
Energy pyramid
Term
What is a larger community?
Definition
Biomes
Term
What are wild fires an example of?
Definition
Biological succession
Term
What is the explanation of natural phenomenon based on observations?
Definition
Evolution
Term
Which of the is not a similarity according to evolution?
Definition
a. Same metabolic pathways
b. Energy derived from ATP or the sun
c. Consumption
d. Genetic Code
e. Reproduction
f. All of them
g. None of them*
Term
Which one is not part of Darwin's theory?
Definition
a. Variability
b. Competition
c. Survival of the Fittest
d. Adaptation
e. Natural Selection
f. New species may arise from old species
g. Exact DNA*
Term
In the embryo state, what refers to species that all look the same?
Definition
Embryology
Term
What refers to the creation of new breeds?
Definition
Distribution
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What distance leads to variation?
Definition
Distribution
Term
What are fossils?
Definition
Older bones that are different than more recent bones
Term
What are Plyploidy characteristics?
Definition
More than 2 sets of chromosomes in a cell, best known in plants, some chromosomes divide, but cell doesn't
Term
The change of the peppered moth is an example of what?
Definition
Cryptic coloration
Term
Total genetics of species and all traits that might turn up in future generations refers to what?
Definition
Gene pool
Term
According to the creation science theory, how old is the earth?
Definition
6,000-10,000 years old
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