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Animalia
To which group are organisms in kingdom Fungi most closely related?
Archaea
Organisms that flourish in extreme conditions are called extremophiles. Which group can contain
extremophiles?
Major role fungi play in an ecosystem
Recycling nutrients from dead organisms back into the food chain
Order of speciation
Geographic isolation, evolutionary changes, reproductive isolation
G.R.E.
What is the order of the Steps of Speciation?
Geographic Isolation, Evolutionary Changes, Reproductive Isolation
What effect do Assortative Matings have on populations?
They maintain appearance differences between groups
What results when traits are acted on by sexual selection?
The traits sometimes appear to have no relation to fitness
In what type of population would evolution occur most rapidly?
,A small population with a small gene pool
The evolution of which trait allowed plants to grow taller?
Vascular tissue
Which statement describes viruses?
Viruses use host cells to make more viruses
Plants possess many compounds that affect animals. What explains these plant
characteristics?
Plants that produced chemical defenses were successful against plant-eating animals
Sponges are found _____
mostly in seawater
Extremophiles
An archaean that lives in extreme temperatures
Assortative Mating
The tendency for similar individuals to mate
What type of growth does a plant exhibit when its roots grow deeper in the soil?
Primary
What are the "eyes" of a white potato actually?
Axillary buds
What process results in domesticated plants, which make up most of today's crops?
, Artificial Selection
What type of plant would be the most nutritionally valuable to a human?
A plant with 90% ground tissue and 10% vascular tissue
What flower part is the female reproductive organ?
Carpel (Carmen the Carpel)
White wheat flower is made from the tissue within the wheat kernel that nourishes the
developing wheat embryo. What is this tissue called?
Endosperm
What tissue conducts water through a plant?
Xylem
Which structure is the growing tip of a plant stem?
Apical meristem
What is the stalk-like structure a leaf blade attaches to a spam by?
Petiole
Walking along a mile-long path in the woods, you notice a stand of your favorite
wildflower, the cardinal flower, three different times. You find each stand of cardinal
flower, including many flowers in each stand, on a steam bank. What type of distribution
applies to this example?
Clumped distribution
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Animalia
To which group are organisms in kingdom Fungi most closely related?
Archaea
Organisms that flourish in extreme conditions are called extremophiles. Which group can contain
extremophiles?
Major role fungi play in an ecosystem
Recycling nutrients from dead organisms back into the food chain
Order of speciation
Geographic isolation, evolutionary changes, reproductive isolation
G.R.E.
What is the order of the Steps of Speciation?
Geographic Isolation, Evolutionary Changes, Reproductive Isolation
What effect do Assortative Matings have on populations?
They maintain appearance differences between groups
What results when traits are acted on by sexual selection?
The traits sometimes appear to have no relation to fitness
In what type of population would evolution occur most rapidly?
,A small population with a small gene pool
The evolution of which trait allowed plants to grow taller?
Vascular tissue
Which statement describes viruses?
Viruses use host cells to make more viruses
Plants possess many compounds that affect animals. What explains these plant
characteristics?
Plants that produced chemical defenses were successful against plant-eating animals
Sponges are found _____
mostly in seawater
Extremophiles
An archaean that lives in extreme temperatures
Assortative Mating
The tendency for similar individuals to mate
What type of growth does a plant exhibit when its roots grow deeper in the soil?
Primary
What are the "eyes" of a white potato actually?
Axillary buds
What process results in domesticated plants, which make up most of today's crops?
, Artificial Selection
What type of plant would be the most nutritionally valuable to a human?
A plant with 90% ground tissue and 10% vascular tissue
What flower part is the female reproductive organ?
Carpel (Carmen the Carpel)
White wheat flower is made from the tissue within the wheat kernel that nourishes the
developing wheat embryo. What is this tissue called?
Endosperm
What tissue conducts water through a plant?
Xylem
Which structure is the growing tip of a plant stem?
Apical meristem
What is the stalk-like structure a leaf blade attaches to a spam by?
Petiole
Walking along a mile-long path in the woods, you notice a stand of your favorite
wildflower, the cardinal flower, three different times. You find each stand of cardinal
flower, including many flowers in each stand, on a steam bank. What type of distribution
applies to this example?
Clumped distribution
