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UKY BIO 148 Final Exam Questions With Correct Answers

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UKY BIO 148 Final Exam Questions With Correct
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Structures in a cell that make proteins. They read information on the mRNA and
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produce proteins. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-ribosomes
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Organisms are a product of - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Evolution
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Archaea are more closely related to _______ than _______ - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-eukaryotes, bacteria |




uses energy |




is made of one or more cells
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processes information |




reproduces
can evolve - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-criteria for life
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All living things release ___________ into the environment - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-energy


All cells have a ________ membrane, but not all cells have a _________ wall -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-plasma, cell
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,Prokaryotes duplicate via ___________ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-binary fission
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Eukaryotes reproduce via - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-mitosis or meiosis
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change in heritable characteristics over time of a species. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-evolution definition |




Every cells living today comes from - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-another cell
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Prokaryotes have a cell ________ outside the plasma membrane - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-wall


Prokaryotes do not have a _________, instead they have a single, circular
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__________ . - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-nucleus, chromosome
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The small piece of DNA in a prokaryote, separate from the chromosome, is the
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__________ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-plasmid
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Some eukaryotic cells have a ___________ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-cell wall
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Eukaryotic cells have multiple ______________ to store DNA - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-linear chromosomes |




DNA in a eukaryotes in stored in the __________. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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nucleus

,Bacteria and Archaea are members of - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Prokaryota
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A trait that is not reliant on genes, and acquired over time is called an _________
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-acquired trait
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Any change in the inherited traits of a population that occurs over time is called -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-biological evolution
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Charles Darwin and __________ independently invented the theory of evolution -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Alfred Wallace
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Biological fitness is determined by the - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-amount of fertile
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and healthy offspring
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Natural selection selects individuals with higher - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-fitness
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A trait that increases the fitness of an individual in a given environment is called
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an - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-adaptation
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An trait that is an adaptation in one environment could ___________ in another. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-deleterious
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A group in a phylogenetic tree consisting of a common ancestor and all its
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descendants is called a _________. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-clade
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, More closely related taxa form a __________ clade. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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smaller


The theory of evolution does not explain how ____________________, it explains
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how life has evolved since then. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-life originated
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Natural selection changes the heritable traits of _______________ to cause the
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evolution of ___________. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-populations, populations
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Natural selections acts on _______________ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-individuals
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All prokaryotes are ______________ celled organisms - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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single


Bacteria have cell walls made of - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-peptidoglycan
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Gram positive bacteria stain ___________ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-purple
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Gram negative bacteria stain _____________, because their peptidoglycan is
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covered by a phospholipid bilayer. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-pink
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Cells reads DNA and makes RNA - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-transcription
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Ribosome reads RNA and makes proteins - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-translation
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