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B
C
D
E
100

What is behavior in animals?

a. a physical trait

b. a genetic mutation

c. a response to a stimulus

d. a type of reproduction

c. a response to a stimulus

100

Which of the following is an internal stimulus?

a. smell of food 

b. sound of a predator

c. hunger

d. sight of a mate

c. hunger

100

What does the term "prokaryote" mean?

a. after a nucleus

b. before a nucleus

c. with a nucleus

d. without DNA

b. before a nucleus

100

Which domain includes bacteria that live in extreme environments?

a. Domain Bacteria

b. Domain Eukarya

c. Domain Archaea

d. Domain Protista

c. Domain Archaea

100

What is a key component of of bacterial cell walls?

a. Cellulose 

b. Chitin

c. Peptidoglycan

d. Keratin

c. Peptidoglycan

200

What is the function of reverse transcriptase in retroviruses?

a. replicate DNA

b. Transcribe RNA into DNA

c. Destroy host cells

d. Produce proteins 

b. Transcribe RNA into DNA

200

What is the name of the sac where fungal spores are produced?

a. Mycelium

b. Hyphae

c. Sporangium

d. Septum 

c. Sporangium

200

What type of fungi causes athlete's foot and ringworm?

a. mutualistic fungi

b. saprophytic fungi

c. parasitic fungi

d. bioluminescent fungi

c. parasitic fungi

200

If species A and B have very similar genes, which of the following statements is probably true?

a. Species A and B shared a relatively recent common ancestor

b. Species A evolved independently of species B for a long period

c. Species A and Species B are the same species

d. Species A is older than species B

a. Species A and B shared a relatively recent common ancestor

200
A decrease in response to a stimulus that neither rewards nor harms an animal is called:

a. instict

b. operant conditioning

c. habituation

d. classical conditioning

c. habituation

300

which kingdom contains heterotrophs with cell walls of chitin?

fungi

300

What is a capsid?

a protein coat surrounding a virus

300

prokaryotic cells that have a spherical shape are called:

cocci

300
what is the basic structural unit of a multicellular fungus?


hyphae

300

what is the role of fungi in bioremediation?

cleaning pollutants from the environment
400

what are courting behaviors?


an animal engages in a behavior in order to attract a mate

400

what are obligate aerobes?

prokaryotes that require oxygen to grow

400

what are agonistic behaviors?

threatening or combative interaction between two individuals of the same species

400

explain binary fission

asexual process in which the cell divides into two genetically identical cells

400

typological species concept defines species as...

defines species as a group of organisms that is able to interbreed and produce fertile offspring 

500

give one difference between chemoautotrophic and photoautotrophic bacteria

chemoautotrophic use chemical to convert into energy

photoautotrophic convert light energy to chemical energy

500

differentiate between homologous and analogous characters

homologous: same structure different function

analogous: same function different structure 

500

state the rules followed when writing a scientific name

Genus in Capital followed by lower case species 

underlined or italicized 

500

give one similarity between chemoautotrophic bacteria and photoautotrophic bacteria

they are both autotrophs (they produce their own food)

500

state three types of fungi according to their nutrition

saprophytic fungi

parasitic fungi

mutualistic fungi

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