Biology 152 Final Exam With Questions And
Correct Answers Latest Version
The final breakdown of dead plant and animals is performed by Answer: saprophytes
what is the function of the root Answer: - Holds the plant to ground
- collects nutrients
- collects water
the characteristics that make an angiosperm different from the gymnosperms? Answer: they have
fruits (from flowers)
The idea that each species consists of actually or potentially interbreeding individuals called __. Answer:
biological theory of speculation
The phylogenetic system of classification of the organism unlike the artificial and natural system
refelects Answer: evolutionary relationships
Changes in the frequency of alleles Answer: microevolution
A population is defined as Answer: individuals of the same species that occur together at one place
at one time
The bone structure of the forelimbs of horse, bats, and whales indicated that structures with Answer:
different functions retain evidence of descent from a common form
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, Most of the nitrogen in the air enters the biosphere as useable nitrogen as a result of Answer:
bacterial action
Biologists who accept the biological species concept and insist that classification must reflect
evolutionary history are called Answer: cladists
For members of two different populations to be members of the same species Answer: be able to
interbreed
Which group of gymnosperms has the only one species, which has survived human cultivation Answer:
ginkgoes
The principle way for genetic variation to spread through a population is by Answer: sexual
reproduction
Without genetic variability, a population cannot Answer: evolve
Changes in a gene frequency that is not due to selection, mutation, or immigration is called Answer:
genetic drift
If a small group of individuals colonizes a newly formed island, the gene frequency of the population is
likely to be different than that which they came from. This is called Answer: founder effect
What effect do mycorrhizae have on the plants with which they are associated? Answer: symbionts,
help the plants take in minerals
The evolutionary tendency is the alteration of generations is Answer: reduction of gametophyte to
few cells, gametophyte is protected by saprophyte
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