Supplemental Instruction
Iowa State University / Leader: / Brandon
Course: / Biol 211
Instructor: / Dr. Boury
Date: / 9/13/2016
Chapter 1
- Which of the following is a fundamental trait of life?
- Information
- Water
- Natural Selection
- Evolution
- A and B
- C and D
- A and D
- All of the above
- None of the above
- Which of the following statements is correct?
- Viruses cannot replicate without a host, but they can survive without a host.
- Viruses can replicate without a host and can survive without a host.
- Viruses cannot replicate without a host, nor survive without a host.
- Viruses can replicate without a host, but cannot survive without a host.
- All of the above
- None of the above
- What conclusion did Louis Pasteur come to, based on the results of Pasteur’s experiment?
- All cells reproduce by binary fission.
- Pre-existing cells in the air do not give to new cells.
- All cells arise via spontaneous generation.
- There must be pre-existing cells in order for new cells to arise.
- B and C
- All of the above
- None of the above
- What determines if an individual has greater or less fitness?
- The length of time an individual survives.
- The amount of viable offspring an individual produces.
- The number of mates an individual has.
- The amount of offspring an individual produces.
- B and D
- A and D
- All of the above
- None of the above
- Which of the following statements is correct?
- Natural selection acts on individuals.
- Individuals undergo evolutionary change.
- Natural selection acts on populations.
- Evolutionary change occurs in populations.
- A and C
- B and C
- A and D
- C and D
- All of the above
- What claim(s) were made by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace regarding the natural world?
- Individuals within a population vary in characteristics that are heritable.
- All species are related by common ancestry.
- Characteristics of species can be modified from generation to generation.
- Certain versions of heritable traits must help individuals survive better or reproduce more than do other versions.
- A and D
- B and C
- C and D
- All of the above
- None of the above
- What is an adaptation?
- A trait that increases the fitness of an individual.
- A trait that increases the survivability of an individual.
- A trait that increases an individual’s position in the food chain.
- A characteristic that allows individual’s to adjust their internal system in response to weather conditions.
- All of the above
- None of the above
- Which of the following statements is correct?
- Fungi are more closely related to plants than animals.
- Animals are more closely related to plants than fungi.
- Animals are more distantly related to plants than fungi.
- Fungi are more closely related to animals than plants.
- B and D
- A and C
- C and D
- None of the above
- Which of the following is the correct way to write a scientific name?
- panther leo
- panther Leo
- Panthera leo
- Panthera Leo
- Given the following three RNA sequences, draw a phylogenetic tree that accurately represents the relationship between the three species.
Species: / SSU RNA sequence
1 / AUUCGGACUA
2 / AACGGGACAU
3 / UUUGAGUGAA
Chapter 7
- Which of the following is a macromolecule that makes up a cell?
- Proteins
- Lipids
- Nucleic Acids
- Carbohydrates
- A and B
- A and C
- B and D
- All of the above
- Which of the following is a cell structure that all bacterial cells and archaeal cells have in common?
- Ribosome
- Lysosome
- Nucleus
- Chromosome
- A and D
- C and D
- A and B
- All of the above
- None of the above
- Which of the following is not a key difference between the structures of eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells?
- Eukaryotic chromosomes are found inside a membrane-bound compartment called a nucleus.
- Eukaryotic cells are often much larger than prokaryotes.
- Eukaryotic cells contain few amounts of internal membrane.
- Eukaryotic cells feature a particularly diverse and dynamic cytoskeleton.
- All are key differences
- Which of the following statements is true?
- Bacterial DNA and Eukaryotic DNA have the same shape.
- Bacterial DNA is single-stranded
- Bacterial cells have multiple chromosomes
- Bacterial DNA is linear
- All of the above
- None of the above
- What is the main purpose of internal membranes in bacterial and archaeal cells?
- Photosynthesis
- Protection
- Reproduction
- Movement
- All of the above
- None of the above
- Organelles found in bacterial cells perform which function(s)?
- Storing calcium ions or other key molecules
- Holding crystals of the mineral magnetite
- Organizing enzymes responsible for synthesizing complex carbon compounds from carbon dioxide
- Sequestering enzymes that generate chemical energy from ammonium ions
- All of the above
- None of the above
- Which of the following statements is correct?
- Hydrophobic heads repel water
- Hydrophobic means non-polar
- Hydrophilic tails are water-loving
- Hydrophilic means non-polar
- A, B, and C
- B, C, and D
- B and C
- All of the above
- Which of the following statements about peptidoglycan is correct?
- Peptidoglycan is used to move ribosomes
- Peptidoglycan is found in bacterial cell walls
- Peptidoglycan is found outside of bacterial cell walls
- Peptidoglycan makes up bacterial cell walls (maintains shape of the cell)
- A and B
- C and D
- B and D
- All of the above
Chapter 28
- What is a derived trait?
- A characteristic that is a modified form of the ancestral trait
- A characteristic that existed in an ancestor
- A trait found in two or more taxa, that is present in their most recent common ancestor, but is missing in more distant ancestors
- An evolutionary unit that includes an ancestral population and all of its descendants
- All of the above
- None of the above
- Which of the following is a way that derived traits originate?
- Natural selection
- Mutation
- Homoplasy
- Genetic drift
- A and B
- A, B, and C
- A, B, and D
- All of the above
- Which of the following statements is correct?
- The purpose of an outgroup is to establish if an organism is extinct
- The purpose of an outgroup is to establish if an organism is unrelated to another
- The purpose of an outgroup is to establish if a trait is present in two different species
- The purpose of an outgroup is to establish whether a trait is an ancestral trait or a derived trait
- Which of the following statements about synapomorphies is correct?
- Synapomorphies allow biologists to recognize clades
- Synapomorphies allow biologists to recognize lineages
- Synapomorphies allow biologists to recognize monophyletic groups
- All of the above
- None of the above
- What does the location of taxa on a phylogenetic tree signify?
- A population through time
- An ancestral branch
- The relationship between multiple species
- Taxa are not presumed to be ancestors of others
- All of the above
- None of the above
- The independent evolution of similar traits in distantly related organisms due to adaptation to similar environments and a similar way of life is called what?
- Independent evolution
- Convergent evolution
- Adaptive evolution
- Phylogenetic evolution
- All of the above
- None of the above
- Taxa on a phylogenetic tree:
- Only represent an extinct group
- Only represent a living group
- Represent both an extinct group or living group
- Represent neither an extinct group nor a living group
- When natural selection favors similar solutions to the problems posed by a similar way of making a living in different species, what is occurring?
- Natural selection
- Convergent evolution
- Cladistic approach
- Genetic Drift
- All of the above
- None of the above
- Which of the following is a reason why Hox genes of fruit flies and chordates are homologous?
- The products of the Hox genes have similar function
- All Hox genes share a 180-base-pair sequence called a homeobox
- Groups of Hox genes are organized on chromosomes in a similar way
- The presence of Hox genes produces the same organism
- A and B
- C and B
- A, B, and C
- All of the above
Chapter 29
- Which of the following statements is correct?
- Eukarya are more closely related to Bacteria than Archaea
- Archaea are more closely related to Eukarya than Bacteria
- Bacteria are more closely related to Archaea than Eukarya
- None of the above
- All of the above
- What is nitrogen fixation?
- The dispersion of nitrate molecules into aquatic ecosystems
- The conversion of molecular nitrogen to oxygen
- The conversion of molecular nitrogen to carbon
- The conversion of molecular nitrogen to ammonia
- None of the above
- Of the thousands of bacterial species living in and on your body:
- Each of the bacterial species cause disease
- More than half of the species present cause disease
- Only a tiny fraction cause disease
- None of them cause disease
- Bacteria that cause disease are said to be what?
- Viral
- Malaria
- Pathogenic
- Infectious
- What are bioremediation strategies used enhance growth of bacteria and archaea in oil spills?
- Fertilization
- Reproduction
- Immersion
- Seeding
- A and D
- B and C
- All of the above
- Which of the following are steps of the Metagenomic analysis process?
- Generate small DNA fragments
- Collect samples
- Assemble overlapping DNA sequences
- All of the above
- None of the above
- What color is a Gram-positive cell wall?
- Pink
- Green
- Purple
- Blue
- What shape is a Bacilli bacteria?
- Rod
- Spherical
- Spiral
- Triangular
Chapter 30
- Which of the following statements is correct?
- Protists are a polyphyletic group
- Protists are a monophyletic group
- Protists are a paraphyletic group
- All of the above
- None of the above
- The Irish Potato Famine was caused by which protist species?
- Toxoplasma gondii
- Phytophthora infestans
- Trypanosoma cruzi
- Trypanosoma gambiense
- How many host does the protist species Plasmodium require?
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- None
- What protist species is responsible for algal blooms (Red Tides)?
- Plasmodium
- Giardia
- Leishmania
- Dinoflagellates
- What role do protists play in the global carbon cycle?
- Convert carbon dioxide to atmospheric oxygen
- Breakdown toxins from oil spills
- Act as carbon sinks to reduce carbon dioxide
- Convert carbon dioxide to ammonia
- What features do all eukaryotes alive today share?
- Mitochondria
- Endoplasmic Reticulum
- Nucleus
- Cytoskeleton
- A, C, and D
- All of the above