Question 1

How do fungi obtain nutrients?

Accepted Answer

A)   through photosynthesis
B)   by secreting chemicals that break down food and then absorbing it
C)   by secreting antibiotics and then absorbing killed bacteria
D)   by engulfing bacteria directly

Question 2

There are a number of sites, around the world, that have been made uninhabitable because of chemical pollution in the soil. Which group of organisms might have useful biological tools for breaking down these toxic compounds?

Accepted Answer

A)   animals
B)   fungi
C)   protists
D)   plants

Question 3

What is the result of adaptive radiation?

Accepted Answer

A)   the extinction of one species and the replacement with another
B)   the diversification of one or a few species into a varied group of descendants
C)   symbiosis between eukaryotes and prokaryotes
D)   convergent evolution in which unrelated species take similar forms

Question 4

The Cambrian explosion is a period in Earth's history when what significant event occurred?

Accepted Answer

A)   life first appeared
B)   eukaryotes first appeared
C)   plants first appeared
D)   multicellular animals first appeared

Question 5

What is the adaptive value of natural antibiotic production for fungi?

Accepted Answer

A)   Bacteria use fungi for food.
B)   Bacteria spoil the food that the fungi need for their own nutrition.
C)   Bacteria are the main competitors with fungi for food.
D)   Bacteria inhibit the reproduction of fungi.

Question 6

The first antibiotic, discovered as a result of a laboratory accident, was ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The first antibiotic, discovered as a result...

Question 7

An organism is described that can live in very high temperature water. This organism is most likely a member of the

Accepted Answer

A)   Bacteria domain.
B)   Archaea domain.
C)   Protista kingdom.
D)   Animalia kingdom.

Question 8

How could a molecule from plants that blocks the connection between nerves and muscles be useful as a pharmaceutical?

Accepted Answer

A)   It could be used to produce restriction enzymes.
B)   It could be used as a source of antibiotic.
C)   It could be used as a muscle relaxant.
D)   It could be used as an antiviral medication.

Question 9

What were the Ediacaran fauna?

Accepted Answer

A)   organisms that seem to be the first life on Earth
B)   symbiotic organisms that evolved into cellular organelles
C)   the first multicellular organisms found in the fossil record
D)   the most ancient ancestors of organisms in kingdom Protista

Question 10

Scientists can compare the relationships between all modern species by examining a gene that performs a similar function in species from all kingdoms. What does this one gene encode?

Accepted Answer

A)   Taq polymerase
B)   ribosomal RNA
C)   enzymes needed for photosynthesis
D)   restriction enzymes

Question 11

A book is being publicized that purports to provide proof that aliens from another planet brought life to Earth. The proof they show are strange fossils of multicellular organisms that look like no animal you have ever seen. These "aliens" are an example of

Accepted Answer

A)   adaptive radiation.
B)   the Ediacaran fauna.
C)   ancient Archaea.
D)   endosymbiosis.

Question 12

Both algae and plants have the ability to perform ________.

Accepted Answer

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The first antibiotic, discovered as a result of a laboratory accident, was ________.

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There are a number of sites, around the world, that have been made uninhabitable because of chemical pollution in the soil. Which group of organisms might have useful biological tools for breaking down these toxic compounds?

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What were the Ediacaran fauna?

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Scientists can compare the relationships between all modern species by examining a gene that performs a similar function in species from all kingdoms. What does this one gene encode?

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An organism is described that can live in very high temperature water. This organism is most likely a member of the

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