Biology 1202 Exam 2 Questions and Answers A+ Graded (2025).

Biology 1202 Exam 2 Questions and
Answers A+ Graded (2025)




Systematics .encompasses .the: .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Study .of .evolution, .Study
.of .ecology, .and .study .of .taxonomy


taxa .include .all .but .the .following: .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-habitat

the .study .of .heredity .and .molecular .biology .is: .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-genetics

rhizobial .bacteria: .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-are .benificial, .fix .nitrogen .in .the .soil,
.associated .with .legumes


the .deadliest .organism .on .earth .(for .man) .is: .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-
Mycobacterium .tuberculosis

the .study .of .change .in .populations .is: .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-evolution

anaerobic .bacteria .(clostridium) .include .the .causative .agents .of: .- .CORRECT
.ANSWER-tetanus, .botulism, .gas .gangrene


the .domain .archaea .includes: .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-methangens, .extreme
.halophiles, .extreme .thermophiles


the .study .of .change .in .individuals .is: .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-physiology

which .of .the .following .is .not .a .currently .accepted .domain? .- .CORRECT
.ANSWER-monera


Systema .Naturae .10th .ed. .(1758) .is: .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-the .formal .beginnig
.of .taxonomy, .written .by .Linnaeus, .followed .by .the .ICZN


bt-corn .contains .a .gene .from: .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Bacillus .thuringiensis

a .pictorial .representation .of .the .evolutionary .relationship .of .organisms .in .time
.is; .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-cladogram .and .phylogenetic .tree

, bacterial .strains .are .commonly .identified .with .a .number .and .letter. .- .CORRECT
.ANSWER-true


a .molecular .clock .is .provided .by: .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-DNA .base .sequences

the .lysogenic .cycle .in .viruses .has .the .viruses .transferred .to .the .progeny. .-
.CORRECT .ANSWER-true


author .of .endosymbiotic .theory .is: .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Lynn .Margulis

"nothing .in .biology .makes .sense .except .in .the .light .of .evolution." .- .CORRECT
.ANSWER-Theodosus .Dobzhansky


the .virus-like .proteins .cause .tranmissible .spongiform .encephalopathies .(TSEs)
.and .cruetzfeldt-jakob .disease .(CJD) .are: .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-prions


Edward .O. .Wilson's .pulitzer .prizes .for: .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-two .of .the .above

the .lytic .cycle .does .not .have .a: .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-integration .stage

the .process .of .exchange .of .dna .between .bacteria .is: .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-
conjugation

photosynthetic .bacteria .are: .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-cyanobacteria

the .essential .ingredient .in .a .prion .is: .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-protein

major .killers .in .hospitals .include: .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-MRSA .and .VRE

the .creutzfeldt-Jakob .disease .(CJD) .is .a .human .form .of: .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-
mad .cow .disease

bergey's .manual .of .determinative .bacteriology .is .the .primary .tool .for .identifying
.bacteria. .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-true


plasmids .are: .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-small .rings .of .dna .that .can .be .transferred
.from .one .bacteria .to .another


vancomycin .and .synercid .are .the .last .resorts .for .treating: .- .CORRECT
.ANSWER-strains .of .multi-drug .resistant .bacteria


leprosy .and .tuberculosis .are .caused .by: .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-mycobacteria

cladistics .is .phylogeny .based .on .building .monophletic .clades. .- .CORRECT
.ANSWER-true


classical .or .traditional .taxonomy .is .phylogeny .based .upon .sympleiomorphies
.and .synapomorphiles. .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-false