Minter Bio 2 Final

Front 1

Which if the following can develop into an adult organism by mitosis in the absence of fertilization?

Back 1

Spore

Front 2

These cells have a fortified secondary wall of lignin and small end pores. They are found in vascular plants.

Back 2

Tracheids

Front 3

The Earth was overall green for the first time during the _____________ interval of the plant fossil record.

Back 3

Gymnosperm

Front 4

Microscopic, fiter feeding, sponges represent some of the earliest organisms dating to the Cambrian explosion (570 MYA). These microfossils represent the ____________ interval of the fossil record.

Back 4

Doushantuo

Front 5

The __________________ states that common organisms that persisted for a long period of time are more likely to become fossilized than organisms that do not meet this criteria.

Back 5

abundance bias

Front 6

Nodules on some plants and most soil environments house bacteria that play a critical role in the global ______________ cycle.

Back 6

Nitrogen

Front 7

Life during this ers consisted mostly of unicellular organisms.

Back 7

Precambrian

Front 8

The process of acquiring new generic material through the absorption of environmental DNA is referred to as ______________.

Back 8

transformation

Front 9

Feeding by engulfmebt first evolved in the ______________.

Back 9

Protists

Front 10

This structure is equivalent to the ovaries of an animal.

Back 10

Archegonia

Front 11

Scientists may be able to use _______________ to deliver drugs directly to cancerous tumors because ________________.

Back 11

magnetotactic bacteria; they have a natural affinity for low oxygen environments associated with tumors.

Front 12

The using of biological agents to neutralize or remove contaminants from polluted water and soil environments is called ___________________.

Back 12

Bioremediation

Front 13

These protists continue to wreak havoc on our species, causing deaths of thousands per day.

Back 13

Plasmodium

Front 14

An organism dies and is buried rapidly. However, it decomposes so slowly that dissolved ions solidify within the body as decomposition finishes. What fossil type is being described?

Back 14

Permineralized

Front 15

These cells have a fortified secondary wall of lignin and large end gaps. They are found in all Angiosperms.

Back 15

Vessel Elements

Front 16

One scientific hypothesis holds that the _____________ resulted from a gradual in-folding of the plasma membrane.

Back 16

Nuclear Envelope

Front 17

The reproductive structure used by non-seed plants to produce sperm is properly called the _________________.

Back 17

Antheridia (Antheridium)

Front 18

Prokaryotes associated with tube worm colonies growing on hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor are examples of __________________.

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Extremophiles

Front 19

_______________ fossils provide direct evidence of an organism's life history, but not direct evidence of the organisms itself.

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Trace

Front 20

When studying ancestor-descendant relationships, the ____________ relies primarily on synapomorphies to determine overall similarity between organisms.

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Cladistics Approach

Front 21

Bacteria causing this disease can exist in a body for years, even decades, before symptoms show externally. In advance stages, a victim may lose limbs and facial features to disfigurement. The organism being described is _____________________.

Back 21

Mycobacterium leprae

Front 22

Which of the following has been proposed as a possible solution to climate change?

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fertilizing plankton-heavy ocean environments with iron.