Metabolism (12 Questions)
Metabolism (12 Questions)
Metabolism (12 Questions)
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c) photosynthesis
d) Calvin cycle
c) is used up.
d) forms a temporary complex with the substrate.
12. In the carbon cycle, ____ percent of photons are captured by plants for photosynthesis, and ______ percent of glucose is broken
down by respiration.
a) 1 and 36
b) 1 and 38
c) 1 and >99
d) 15 and >99
History of Life continued (8 questions)
13. The loss of cell walls by some prokaryotes was instrumental to the evolution of the eukarya because
a) cell walls allow for external digestion
c) cytosis allowed for the formation of membrane bound organelles
b) cell walls got in the way of sexual reproduction
d) peptidoglycan caused too many mutations
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Extinction (3 questions)
21. Most of the extinctions for which we have a record:
a) have been on islands b) have been in Europe
c) have been in the Tropics
Biodiversity (5 questions)
24. The total number species on earth to which scientists have given names is _____ and most of them are _____.
a) 420, ants
b) 70 thousand, insects
c) 1.5 million, insects
d) 150 million, bacteria
26. According to biodiversity theory, why would you expect to find
more species of beetles than birds in a forest?
a) birds are highly mobile and can quickly colonize a forest
patch
b) insects are smaller and thus likely to have larger
population sizes
c) insects are tiny and prone to rapid extinction
d) birds specialize on a variety of different resources in
their habitat
27. You are a non-toxic coral snake mimic. If you wanted to maximize
your ability to survive and reproduce, what would you want to happen
to your models population size?
a) decrease by half
b) stay the same
c) double
28. If maize, rice, and wheat crops were killed by bioterrorists, what
percent of the earths food supply would disappear?
a) 5
b) 10
c) 50
d) 80
e) 90
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