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A localized group of organisms that belong to the same species is called a? |
population |
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Prokaryotes are classified as belonging to two different domains. What are the domains? |
Bacteria and Archaea |
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Through time, the lineage that led to modern whales show a change from four-limbed land animals to aquatic animals with two limbs that function as flippers. This change is best explained by? |
natural selection |
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Which branch of biology is concerned with the naming and classifying of organisms? |
taxonomy |
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Knowing just the atomic mass of an element allows inferences about which of the following? |
the number or protons plus neutrons in the element |
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Hydrophobic substances such as vegetable oil are? |
nonpolar substances that repel water molecules |
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What is the maximum number of covalent bonds an element with atomic number 8 can make with hydrogen? |
2 |
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A controlled experiment is one that? |
tests experimental and control groups in parallel |
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According to Darwinian theory, which of the following exhibits the greatest fitness for evolutionary success? |
the individuals within a population that have the greatest reproductive success |
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If the pH of a solution is increased from pH 5 to pH 7, it means that the? |
concentration of OH- is 100 times greater than what it was at pH 5 |
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A dietary Calorie equals 1 kilocalorie. Which of the following statements correctly defines 1 kilocalorie? |
1,000 calories, or the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water by 1 degree Celsius |
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All the organisms on your campus make up? |
a community |
