Biology question and answers for November 08, 2023
- Q Roly-poly bugs, or pill bugs are not bugs at all but are Crustaceans. Why arethey in this group when most crustaceans are found in water and the pillbugs are on...
- Q Which of the following is an example of evolutionary adaptation, rather than physiological acclimation?The appearance of goose bumps when a human is exposed to cold temperature.The tanning of a person's...
- Q If the newly-founded, island population of moths in your GENETIC DRIFT Lab simulation contains 30 (BB) black, 12 (Bb) grey, & 3 (bb) white moths, what is the frequency of...
- Q Although populations of living organisms on islands tend to be isolated from those on the mainland, there may occasionally be some gene flow between them. Gene flow between two distantly-located...
- Q Despite the "blonds have more fun" myth, human hair color does NOT affect an individual's survival or reproduction in any way. Thus, although it is evolving by all of the...
- Q If the frequency of the black allele ( %B allele) for the moth-coloration gene in the newly-founded, island population of moths in your GENETIC DRIFT Lab simulation was 78%, what...
- Q Different species of cicadas (insects) have life cycles of different lengths: the eggs of one species hatch out of the ground every 3 years, in another every 7 years, &...
- Q If one of these factors is present there will not be a stable Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and evolution will occura. sexual selectionb. no mutationc. non random matingd. a very large populatione....
- Q If the moth population in your simulation of natural selection contained 10 black moths (BB), 18 grey moths (Bb). & 17 white moths (bb), how many total copies of the...
- Q The evolution of greater pesticide resistance in an insect population in response to the application of a chemical pesticide treatment is an example of:directional selectionstabilizing selectiondisruptive selectiongenetic driftsexual selection
- Q In response to selective predation in a WHITE habitat/background, the frequency (percentage) of the b (white) allele in the simulated moth population in this week's NATURAL SELECTION Lab Activity ____________...
- Q What does a p-value of .064 mean?An extraneous variable did not influence the resultsThe results are statistically significantThere is a 6.4% chance the results are caused by the IVThere is...
- Q Fossils from the Avalon Explosion have been recovered from which of the following localities?Burgess Shale in Canada.Ediacaran Hills of AustraliaThe Chengjiang lagerstatte in Yunnan Province, ChinaWinter Coast of RussiaNone of...
- Q The first known hominin species to leave Africa wasHomo sapiensHomo erectusHomo habilisAustralopithecus afarensisHomo neanderthalensis
- Q The individual, informally known as Turkana boy:lived in Kenya about 1.5 million years agodied at age 65had a small brainwas extremely tall
- Q The transition to a _______ climate is thought to have benefits plants that reproduced using ______ and enabled the evolution of Gymnosperms & Angiospermswetter/seedscooler/seedswetter/sporesdrier/seedsdrier/sporeswarmer/seeds
- Q A 2013 investigation found "worrisome" amounts of _____ in 97% of the chicken meat in stores across the United States.bacteriaantibioticsvirusesvancomycinDNA
- Q A huge reduction in population size that can reduce a population's genetic diversity is called aFounder effectGene flowPopulation bottleneckFixed allele
- Q Which type of reproductive isolation occurs when there are differences in the size or shape of reproductive parts that may prevent interbreeding?Ecological isolationTemporal isolationBehavioral isolationMechanical isolation
- Q With the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, multiple niches that the dinosaurs once filled opened up and allowed mammals the opportunity to evolve and exploit those niches....
- Q A major change in evolutionary patterns over long periods of time is best described asmacroevolutionmicroevolutionallopatric speciationdirectional selectionsympatric speciation
- Q Drag and drop the scientist to their appropriate column.Supported Spontaneous GenerationDid not Support Spontaneous GenerationJan Baptista van HelmontLazzaro Spallanzani Aristotle Francesco RediLouis Pasteur John Needham
- Q Compared to the control islands, on the experimental islands, a [Select] survived, and a [Select] number of anoles from the initial populations proportion of survivors were found primarily on the...
- Q Match the following descriptions with the criteria of Darwin's mechanism of natural selection that it best fits.Within a population, individuals have slightly different traitsMore offspring can be produced than can...
- Q The process by which a population becomes better suited to its environment is known asadaptation.accommodation.variation.acclimation.
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