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What determines the smaller size of a non-vascular plant verse most vascular plants?A. The ability to carry out photosynthesisb. The presence of a sporophytic generationC. Animals like to eat them d. The lack of a vascular system to provide a means to effectively transport water and nutrients in the plante. They are actually midget vascular plants
The Great Sahara desert found in Northern Africa is an example of: (a) a rain-shadow desert that is formed because of the pattern of rainfall over the African continent. (b) a grassland that is called a desert by the local population (c) the desert biome that is often found between 20-30° latitude
What makes Chytrids different from other classes of fungi?A. FlagellaB. MacrosporesC. Diploid dominant portion of lifecycleD. Microspores
No permanent chance in a population occurs unless her is/are...A. Polyploidy B. Inheritable variationC. Mutator genes present D. IntrogressionD. Absence of dominance in at least on generation
Which biome is described by these conditions: nearly constant temperature and day length, light is the limiting factor and nutrient-poor soils caused by 100-180 inches of rainfall per year?
The Scientific Method includes various steps in the process of observing nature. List the five steps one would take to try and determine why or what happens when something is observed.
What is the current theory that set the stage for how science is carried out today? (a) Theory of Relativity(b) Theory of Thermodynamics (c) Theory of Scientific Thought (d) Theory of Interpersonal Dating (e) Theory of Evolution.
Which type of chemical bond is based on electrical attraction between partially charged (but still overall neutral in charge)molecules?
Some species of this protist have been found to change from heterotrophic functions to an autotrophic function when food became rate limiting. A. Chromophyta B. RhodophytaC. ChlorophytaD. EuglenophytaE. Chrysophyta
What are the large multicellular algae that are extensively found in cooler and temperate water and are sometimes used as sources of food? An example is giant kelp A. Phaeophyta/brown algaeB. Rhodophyta/red algaeC. Chlorophyta/green algaeD. EuglenophytaE. Chrysophyta
In the common rock weed algae Fucus, the spherical chambers in which gametangia are produced called...A. oogoniaB. AntheridiaC. ReceptaclesD. SpermatangiaE. Conceptacles
This fungus, that infects grains, causes severe health problems with humans and other animals when mixed in with the grain for food. Thought to have changed the course of history in some instances.A. AphlaxB. ArgoC. ChitoseD. ErgotE. Symplax
What multicellular algae prefers warm water?A. PhaeophytaB. RhodophytaC. ChlorophytaD. EuglenophytaE. Chrysophyta
A cation carries what type of electrical charge? (a) negative (b) positive (c) visa (d) american express (e) mastercard
The fossil record implies that, in the evolution of life on earth, simple organisms may have preceded complex organisms. true or false
The leafy looking plant body of mosses is actually the...a. Gametophyte b. Sporophytec. Haploid bodyd. Diploid bodye. A and cf. B and d
Which type of bond is based on sharing electrons in a common orbital between two nuclei?
A spore, which is produced first in meiosis isA. HaploidB. DiplodC. TriploidD. Acellular E. Non-reproductive
In mitosis the two chromatids of each chromosome separate and start moving to opposite poles during what phase?
Fungi do not have...A. Chitin cell walls B. HyphaeC. Glycogen SynthesisD. A persistent nuclear membrane during mitosisE. Autotrophic nutrition
