WIS2552 Exam 1 Question and Answers
Honey-eaters were not found naturally in Hawaii - ANSW False
The kinglets are a family found only in the old world - ANSW False
There is a native species of crow found only in Hawaii - ANSW True
Nuthatches and creepers are members of the same family - ANSW False
Mynas and starlings belong to a family that is widespread on oceanic islands but
absent from Africa - ANSW False
Both mitochondria and chloroplasts have two membranes - ANSW True
The first dinosaurs appeared in the ___ - ANSW Triassic
Conifers evolved in the _______ - ANSW Permian
Multicellularity might have evolved by incomplete cell division - ANSW True
Multicellularity might have evolved from coloniality - ANSW True
Pasteur bent the slender necks of glass flasks to prevent ___from reaching sterile
water - ANSW Bacteria
,The three toed woodpecker inhabits the ___ biome - ANSW Taiga
Stones are basically a product of latitude and ______. - ANSW elevation
___ species closely related to terns that feed by flying low with their lower
mandible in the water - ANSW Skimmers
The wettest spot on earth is in a tropical forest _____. - ANSW on an island
weasel-like taiga animal that feeds on porcupines - ANSW fisher
Some of Pasteur's sterile water flasks are still on display today. - ANSW True
The ___ is the period of the first vascular plants. - ANSW silurian
Most scientists think the earth is ___ years old. - ANSW 4.5 billion.
Pasteur did an experiment to show that there was no ___. - ANSW spontaneous
generation
Oparin did experiments in ____. - ANSW chemical evolution
The first fungi evolved in the _____. - ANSW Ordovician
Bacteria-like DNA is found in the ___ of eukaryotes. - ANSW mitochondria
,Pigment molecules are found in the ___. - ANSW chloroplasts
DNA in the nuclei of eukaryotic cells is complexed with ____. - ANSW proteins.
The first hominids appeared at the end of the ___. - ANSW Tertiary
Prokaryortic cells contain _____. - ANSW RNA
Stanley Miller combined methane and ____ in water, in his experiment. - ANSW
ammonia
Redi's experiment involved denying ___ access to decaying meat. - ANSW flies
Chloroplasts are found only in members of the Kingdome Plantae. - ANSW False
The endosymbiosis theory argues that small prokaryotic cells were engulfed by
_____. - ANSW larger prokaryotic cells
The bony fish evolved in the _____ period of the Paleozoic. - ANSW Ordovician
Oparin converted elemental nitrogen, carbon, oxygen and hydrogen to ____. -
ANSW amino acids
Francisco Redi did an experiment to show that meat did not produce maggots by
the process of ____. - ANSW spontaneous generation
, The conversion of N2 to NH3 is exergonic - ANSW false
Denitrification occurs only ____. - ANSW when O2 is not available.
Rhizobium is an example of a ____ that plays a role in nitrogen fixation. - ANSW
bacteria
The lower part of the atmosphere is called the ____. - ANSW Troposphere
In a food web animals are never _____. - ANSW primary producers
Ammonia is a gas and has the chemical formula ____. - ANSW NH3
Through the evolutionary process, species may become increasingly adapted for
narrower environmental conditions and this can make them more rare. - ANSW
true
In photosynthesis, CO2 is converted to ___ and H2O. - ANSW sugars
Northern mockingbirds were introduced successfully to _____. - ANSW Hawaiian
Islands
Some nitrogen is fixed by the action of lightning. - ANSW true
Denitrification is the conversion of the ____ to N2. - ANSW NO2
Honey-eaters were not found naturally in Hawaii - ANSW False
The kinglets are a family found only in the old world - ANSW False
There is a native species of crow found only in Hawaii - ANSW True
Nuthatches and creepers are members of the same family - ANSW False
Mynas and starlings belong to a family that is widespread on oceanic islands but
absent from Africa - ANSW False
Both mitochondria and chloroplasts have two membranes - ANSW True
The first dinosaurs appeared in the ___ - ANSW Triassic
Conifers evolved in the _______ - ANSW Permian
Multicellularity might have evolved by incomplete cell division - ANSW True
Multicellularity might have evolved from coloniality - ANSW True
Pasteur bent the slender necks of glass flasks to prevent ___from reaching sterile
water - ANSW Bacteria
,The three toed woodpecker inhabits the ___ biome - ANSW Taiga
Stones are basically a product of latitude and ______. - ANSW elevation
___ species closely related to terns that feed by flying low with their lower
mandible in the water - ANSW Skimmers
The wettest spot on earth is in a tropical forest _____. - ANSW on an island
weasel-like taiga animal that feeds on porcupines - ANSW fisher
Some of Pasteur's sterile water flasks are still on display today. - ANSW True
The ___ is the period of the first vascular plants. - ANSW silurian
Most scientists think the earth is ___ years old. - ANSW 4.5 billion.
Pasteur did an experiment to show that there was no ___. - ANSW spontaneous
generation
Oparin did experiments in ____. - ANSW chemical evolution
The first fungi evolved in the _____. - ANSW Ordovician
Bacteria-like DNA is found in the ___ of eukaryotes. - ANSW mitochondria
,Pigment molecules are found in the ___. - ANSW chloroplasts
DNA in the nuclei of eukaryotic cells is complexed with ____. - ANSW proteins.
The first hominids appeared at the end of the ___. - ANSW Tertiary
Prokaryortic cells contain _____. - ANSW RNA
Stanley Miller combined methane and ____ in water, in his experiment. - ANSW
ammonia
Redi's experiment involved denying ___ access to decaying meat. - ANSW flies
Chloroplasts are found only in members of the Kingdome Plantae. - ANSW False
The endosymbiosis theory argues that small prokaryotic cells were engulfed by
_____. - ANSW larger prokaryotic cells
The bony fish evolved in the _____ period of the Paleozoic. - ANSW Ordovician
Oparin converted elemental nitrogen, carbon, oxygen and hydrogen to ____. -
ANSW amino acids
Francisco Redi did an experiment to show that meat did not produce maggots by
the process of ____. - ANSW spontaneous generation
, The conversion of N2 to NH3 is exergonic - ANSW false
Denitrification occurs only ____. - ANSW when O2 is not available.
Rhizobium is an example of a ____ that plays a role in nitrogen fixation. - ANSW
bacteria
The lower part of the atmosphere is called the ____. - ANSW Troposphere
In a food web animals are never _____. - ANSW primary producers
Ammonia is a gas and has the chemical formula ____. - ANSW NH3
Through the evolutionary process, species may become increasingly adapted for
narrower environmental conditions and this can make them more rare. - ANSW
true
In photosynthesis, CO2 is converted to ___ and H2O. - ANSW sugars
Northern mockingbirds were introduced successfully to _____. - ANSW Hawaiian
Islands
Some nitrogen is fixed by the action of lightning. - ANSW true
Denitrification is the conversion of the ____ to N2. - ANSW NO2
