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Which similarity is not shared between algae and plants? - Most algae have some form
of locomotion.
What feature enables the paramecium to move? - cilia
________ is the vascular tissue that conducts water and minerals from a plant's roots to its leaves. -
Xylem
BioBeyond Midterm Exam|
Questions Solved with Verified
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Which similarity is not shared between algae and plants? - ✔✔Most algae have some form
of locomotion.
What feature enables the paramecium to move? - ✔✔cilia
________ is the vascular tissue that conducts water and minerals from a plant's roots to its leaves. -
✔✔Xylem
Which of these would you expect to thrive in areas with abundant moisture? - ✔✔mosses, ferns, and
lycophytes
Which group of organisms are viroids (not viruses) most likely to parasitize? - ✔✔plants
During meiosis, each pair of alleles on the homologous chromosomes sorts independently from all other
pairs of alleles. This statement corresponds to - ✔✔the law of independent assortment.
Which variable will determine the coat color in Himalayan rabbits? - ✔✔both the genetics and
environment will determine the coat color
Cold weather can change what aspect of a Himalayan rabbit? - ✔✔phenotype
Traits that are controlled by several sets or pairs of alleles, such as skin color and height in humans, are
the result of what form of inheritance? - ✔✔polygenic
Which of the following is an example of a phenotype? - ✔✔freckles
, Alleles are - ✔✔alternate versions of the same trait.
Skin color is coded for by several different genes which results in a range of skin colors from very dark to
very light. This is an example of - ✔✔polygenic inheritance.
Parents with the dominant phenotype cannot have offspring with the recessive phenotype. -
✔✔False, because both parents could carry the recessive allele.
A homozygous red-eyed female Drosophila mates with a red-eyed male Drosophila. What proportion of
the female offspring will have white eyes? - ✔✔0%
Which of the following is not an example of artificial selection? - ✔✔different styles of potatoes:
fried, mashed, baked, etc.
The artificial selection of different breeds of dogs is an example of speciation - ✔✔F
Fitness refers to - ✔✔reproductive success.
If the survivors of an original population survived due to specific phenotypes that they possessed, then
this event is an example of - ✔✔natural selection
If a population recovers to its original population size after experiencing a bottleneck, which statement
is correct regarding this population? - ✔✔The recovered population shows less genetic diversity
than the population prior to the bottleneck.
Which of the following would not result in a decrease of genetic variation? - ✔✔mutation
When comparing chick and pig embryos, the similar eyes, pharyngeal pouches, and postanal tails are
evidence of - ✔✔common ancestry.
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