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Biology Plant Diversity & Evolution

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Low plants, lacking vascular tissue:

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Mosses

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One of the first plant groups to have vascular tissues and true roots:

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Ferns

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Larger plants with vascular tissue, fronds, and sperm that swim:

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Ferns

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Produce flowers and seeds:

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Angiosperms

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Produce naked seeds in cones:

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Gymnosperms

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Sepals and petals are present:

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Angiosperm

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Require water for fertilization to occur:

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Fern and Moss

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Produce spores for reproduction:

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Fern and Moss

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Produce naked seeds:

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Gymnosperm

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Able to conduct water up through the stem, often called conifers:

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Gymnosperm

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Pollination occurs:

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Angiosperm

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Contain a stigma, style, and ovary:

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Angiosperm

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One of the tallest plants living:

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Gymnosperm

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Adaptation that protects a living embryo:

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Angiosperm

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Cotyledons provide energy for the newly developing organism:

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Angiosperm

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Classified as nonvascular plants:

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Moss

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Liverworts and mosses belong to this group:

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Moss

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Group of plants that produce flowers:

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Angiosperm

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Fruits are produced by this plant group:

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Angiosperm

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Plants in this group have a symbiotic relationship with algae:

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Moss

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The bones labeled in the figure above are both:

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Vestigial body parts

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Fossils found in the lowest geological strata are generally the most:

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Primitive

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Critical to the theory of evolution, Darwin needed to include an idea that was not generally accepted by the scientists of society at that time. That idea was:

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That the Earth must be very old

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Urban rats have resisted effects to poison them out because they:

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Breed rapidly and evolve by natural selection

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Which of the following evolve?

-Population

-Genera

-Kingdoms

-Individuals

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Populations

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Wings of insects and birds are result of convergent evolution. This means that:

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Insects and birds have each independently evolved structures that serve the same function (flight) but have done so in very different ways

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The presence of vestigial organs supports evidence of evolution because:

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The vestigial organ is similar to a functional organ in a related species, having been passed down from a common ancestor.

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The wing of a bird and the wing of an insect are:

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Homologous structures

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When comparing chick and pig embryos, the similar eyes, pharyngeal pouches, and post-anal tails are evidence of:

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Common ancestry

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Natural selection results in:

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Offspring being better adapted to their current environment

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According to Darwin, natural selection is based on the ______ found in populations:

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Variations

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The fossil record is incomplete because:

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-Very few organisms were preserved as fossils

-Organisms tend to decay before becoming a fossil

-Geological processes may destroy fossils

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The forelimbs of early mammals were similar in all features except:

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Function

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New alleles arise by:

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Mutation

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If the frequency of a recessive allele is 36 percent, the frequency of the dominant allele would be what percent?

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64

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A species is composed of:

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Organisms that have the potential to interbreed and produce fertile offspring

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Which of the following does not generate genetic variation within a population?

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Adaptation

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All of the genes and all of their associated alleles within a population represent the population's:

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Gene Pool

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Dominance causes an allele to become more common:

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False

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In random mating, individuals choose the most attractive mate:

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False

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In the process of natural selection, individuals that are most fit are the ones that are most likely to reproduce:

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True

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Microevolution is the term that applies to small-scale changes over a long period of time:

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False

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Although Lamarck hypothesized that adaptations to the environment did occur, he also believed that offspring inherited characteristics acquired by their parents during their lifetime:

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True

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Lamarck's hypothesis has since been discredited by Darwin's theory of natural selection:

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True

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The observation that different geographical areas sometimes exhibit plant and animal communities of similar appearance, even though the individual plants and animals are not closely related, is called:

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Convergent Evolution

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The key point in Darwin's proposal is that the ______ imposes the conditions that determine the direction of selection:

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Environment

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Natural selection, as a mechanism of evolution that, acts on variants within populations and ultimately leads to the evolution of different species was proposed by:

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Darwin

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Darwin proposed that natural selection occurs in an environment by:

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Favoring heritable features that make the organism better suited to survive and reproduce

front 49

An insect population that becomes resistant to a commonly used insecticide is an example of ______

back 49

Natural Selection