UKY BIO 148 Final Exam Questions
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Structures in a cell that make proteins. They read information on the mRNA and produce
proteins. - Answer ribosomes
Organisms are a product of - Answer Evolution
Archaea are more closely related to _______ than _______ - Answer eukaryotes, bacteria
uses energy
is made of one or more cells
processes information
reproduces
can evolve - Answer criteria for life
All living things release ___________ into the environment - Answer energy
All cells have a ________ membrane, but not all cells have a _________ wall - Answer
plasma, cell
Prokaryotes duplicate via ___________ - Answer binary fission
Eukaryotes reproduce via - Answer mitosis or meiosis
change in heritable characteristics over time of a species. - Answer evolution definition
Every cells living today comes from - Answer another cell
Prokaryotes have a cell ________ outside the plasma membrane - Answer wall
Prokaryotes do not have a _________, instead they have a single, circular __________ . -
Answer nucleus, chromosome
,The small piece of DNA in a prokaryote, separate from the chromosome, is the __________ -
Answer plasmid
Some eukaryotic cells have a ___________ - Answer cell wall
Eukaryotic cells have multiple ______________ to store DNA - Answer linear chromosomes
DNA in a eukaryotes in stored in the __________. - Answer nucleus
Bacteria and Archaea are members of - Answer Prokaryota
A trait that is not reliant on genes, and acquired over time is called an _________ - Answer
acquired trait
Any change in the inherited traits of a population that occurs over time is called - Answer
biological evolution
Charles Darwin and __________ independently invented the theory of evolution - Answer
Alfred Wallace
Biological fitness is determined by the - Answer amount of fertile and healthy offspring
Natural selection selects individuals with higher - Answer fitness
A trait that increases the fitness of an individual in a given environment is called an - Answer
adaptation
An trait that is an adaptation in one environment could ___________ in another. - Answer
deleterious
A group in a phylogenetic tree consisting of a common ancestor and all its descendants is called
a _________. - Answer clade
More closely related taxa form a __________ clade. - Answer smaller
The theory of evolution does not explain how ____________________, it explains how life has
evolved since then. - Answer life originated
, Natural selection changes the heritable traits of _______________ to cause the evolution of
___________. - Answer populations, populations
Natural selections acts on _______________ - Answer individuals
All prokaryotes are ______________ celled organisms - Answer single
Bacteria have cell walls made of - Answer peptidoglycan
Gram positive bacteria stain ___________ - Answer purple
Gram negative bacteria stain _____________, because their peptidoglycan is covered by a
phospholipid bilayer. - Answer pink
Cells reads DNA and makes RNA - Answer transcription
Ribosome reads RNA and makes proteins - Answer translation
The transcription enzymes in _____________ are more complex and closer to the enzymes in
___________ than _____________ - Answer archaea, eukaryota, bacteria
Structures unique to Eukaryotes are - Answer internal membranes
mitochondria
chloroplasts
Plants are the only eukaryotes to have a central _____________ - Answer vacuole
adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine - Answer DNA bases
The primary structure of DNA is defined by the - Answer nitrogenous bases
The secondary structure of DNA is defined by the number of - Answer purines and
pyrimidines
And 100% Correct Answers 2025/2026
Update.
Structures in a cell that make proteins. They read information on the mRNA and produce
proteins. - Answer ribosomes
Organisms are a product of - Answer Evolution
Archaea are more closely related to _______ than _______ - Answer eukaryotes, bacteria
uses energy
is made of one or more cells
processes information
reproduces
can evolve - Answer criteria for life
All living things release ___________ into the environment - Answer energy
All cells have a ________ membrane, but not all cells have a _________ wall - Answer
plasma, cell
Prokaryotes duplicate via ___________ - Answer binary fission
Eukaryotes reproduce via - Answer mitosis or meiosis
change in heritable characteristics over time of a species. - Answer evolution definition
Every cells living today comes from - Answer another cell
Prokaryotes have a cell ________ outside the plasma membrane - Answer wall
Prokaryotes do not have a _________, instead they have a single, circular __________ . -
Answer nucleus, chromosome
,The small piece of DNA in a prokaryote, separate from the chromosome, is the __________ -
Answer plasmid
Some eukaryotic cells have a ___________ - Answer cell wall
Eukaryotic cells have multiple ______________ to store DNA - Answer linear chromosomes
DNA in a eukaryotes in stored in the __________. - Answer nucleus
Bacteria and Archaea are members of - Answer Prokaryota
A trait that is not reliant on genes, and acquired over time is called an _________ - Answer
acquired trait
Any change in the inherited traits of a population that occurs over time is called - Answer
biological evolution
Charles Darwin and __________ independently invented the theory of evolution - Answer
Alfred Wallace
Biological fitness is determined by the - Answer amount of fertile and healthy offspring
Natural selection selects individuals with higher - Answer fitness
A trait that increases the fitness of an individual in a given environment is called an - Answer
adaptation
An trait that is an adaptation in one environment could ___________ in another. - Answer
deleterious
A group in a phylogenetic tree consisting of a common ancestor and all its descendants is called
a _________. - Answer clade
More closely related taxa form a __________ clade. - Answer smaller
The theory of evolution does not explain how ____________________, it explains how life has
evolved since then. - Answer life originated
, Natural selection changes the heritable traits of _______________ to cause the evolution of
___________. - Answer populations, populations
Natural selections acts on _______________ - Answer individuals
All prokaryotes are ______________ celled organisms - Answer single
Bacteria have cell walls made of - Answer peptidoglycan
Gram positive bacteria stain ___________ - Answer purple
Gram negative bacteria stain _____________, because their peptidoglycan is covered by a
phospholipid bilayer. - Answer pink
Cells reads DNA and makes RNA - Answer transcription
Ribosome reads RNA and makes proteins - Answer translation
The transcription enzymes in _____________ are more complex and closer to the enzymes in
___________ than _____________ - Answer archaea, eukaryota, bacteria
Structures unique to Eukaryotes are - Answer internal membranes
mitochondria
chloroplasts
Plants are the only eukaryotes to have a central _____________ - Answer vacuole
adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine - Answer DNA bases
The primary structure of DNA is defined by the - Answer nitrogenous bases
The secondary structure of DNA is defined by the number of - Answer purines and
pyrimidines
