BIOL1620 MIDTERM 1 EXAM WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS { GRADED A+ }
Which of the following is NOT one of the steps scientists
hypothesize is necessary for non-living matter to become a living
cell?
Polymerization of monomers into polymers such as proteins
Endosymbiosis of prokaryotes
Protocell
Formation of monomers such as amino acids -
✔✔Endosymbiosis of prokaryotes
During which era did dinosaurs reign?
Paleozoic
Mesozoic
,Anthropocene
Cenozoic - ✔✔Mesozoic
What molecule was likely the first genetic material because it can
act as a catalyst for its own replication?
Double-stranded RNA
DNA
Single-stranded RNA
Protein - ✔✔Single-stranded RNA
The presence of the Cryolophosaurus fossil on Antarctica is
evidence that:
Dinosaurs can handle ice sheets and subzero temperatures.
Fish evolved four legs on Antarctica first.
Continents have moved over time, changing their environment for
the animals which live there.
Rats originally evolved on Antarctica; they later spread via
swimming to all continents. - ✔✔Continents have moved over
time, changing their environment for the animals which live there.
,Which of the following organisms is MOST likely to be preserved
in the fossil record?
Earthworm
Slug
Jellyfish
Snail - ✔✔Snail
True/False: We can determine the age of dinosaur fossils quite
accurately by calculating the amount of radioactive Uranium that
has decayed inside their bones. - ✔✔FALSE
Stromatolites are excellent examples of fossils for which primitive
group of organism?
Seaweed
Prokaryotes
Sponges
Land Plants - ✔✔Prokaryotes
, Once their dinosaur overlords were wiped out at the end of the
Cretaceous period, which animal group became the largest-
bodied and most dominant clade on earth in the Cenozoic Era?
Mammals
Snakes
Crustaceans
Birds - ✔✔Mammals
A diagram showing the evolutionary relationships of organisms is
specifically called a:
Taxon
Phonogram
Phylogeny
Classification - ✔✔Phylogeny
The scientist credited with standardizing the binomial naming
system for organisms (the so-called scientific name comprised of
a genus and species) is:
Carolus Linnaeus
CORRECT ANSWERS { GRADED A+ }
Which of the following is NOT one of the steps scientists
hypothesize is necessary for non-living matter to become a living
cell?
Polymerization of monomers into polymers such as proteins
Endosymbiosis of prokaryotes
Protocell
Formation of monomers such as amino acids -
✔✔Endosymbiosis of prokaryotes
During which era did dinosaurs reign?
Paleozoic
Mesozoic
,Anthropocene
Cenozoic - ✔✔Mesozoic
What molecule was likely the first genetic material because it can
act as a catalyst for its own replication?
Double-stranded RNA
DNA
Single-stranded RNA
Protein - ✔✔Single-stranded RNA
The presence of the Cryolophosaurus fossil on Antarctica is
evidence that:
Dinosaurs can handle ice sheets and subzero temperatures.
Fish evolved four legs on Antarctica first.
Continents have moved over time, changing their environment for
the animals which live there.
Rats originally evolved on Antarctica; they later spread via
swimming to all continents. - ✔✔Continents have moved over
time, changing their environment for the animals which live there.
,Which of the following organisms is MOST likely to be preserved
in the fossil record?
Earthworm
Slug
Jellyfish
Snail - ✔✔Snail
True/False: We can determine the age of dinosaur fossils quite
accurately by calculating the amount of radioactive Uranium that
has decayed inside their bones. - ✔✔FALSE
Stromatolites are excellent examples of fossils for which primitive
group of organism?
Seaweed
Prokaryotes
Sponges
Land Plants - ✔✔Prokaryotes
, Once their dinosaur overlords were wiped out at the end of the
Cretaceous period, which animal group became the largest-
bodied and most dominant clade on earth in the Cenozoic Era?
Mammals
Snakes
Crustaceans
Birds - ✔✔Mammals
A diagram showing the evolutionary relationships of organisms is
specifically called a:
Taxon
Phonogram
Phylogeny
Classification - ✔✔Phylogeny
The scientist credited with standardizing the binomial naming
system for organisms (the so-called scientific name comprised of
a genus and species) is:
Carolus Linnaeus
