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BIO Ch 14-15 Flashcards

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Atoms of the same element that differ in the number of neutrons they contain are called…?
C. Isotopes

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A. Microspheres
B. coacervate
C. Isotopes
D. All of the above

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Methods of establishing the age of materials include the techniques known as…?
D. Radio metric dating

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A. Mass number
B. microspheres
C. Half life
D. Radio metric dating

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When nuclei releases particles or radiant energy, or both until the nuclei become stable…?
B. Radioactive decay

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A. Mass number
B. radioactive decay
C. Half life
D. Microspheres

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The length of time it takes for one half of any size sample of an isotope to decay to a stable form is…?
D. Half life

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A. Mass number
B. isotopes
C. Radiocarbon dating
D. Half life

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Spherical in shape and are composed of many protein molecules that are organized as a membrane…?
A. Microspheres

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A. Microspheres
B. membranes
C. Coacervates
D. All of the above

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Collections of droplets that are composed of molecules of different types, including lipids, amino acids, and sugars…?
D. Coacervates

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A. DNA
B. ozone
C. Archaea
D. Coacervates

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RNA molecule that can act as a catalyst and promote a specific chemical reaction…?
B. ribozyme

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A. Ozone
B. ribozyme
C. Archaea
D. All of the above

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A related group of unicellular organisms…?

C. Archaea

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A. Cyanobacteria
B. ribozyme
C. Archaea
D. None of the above

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CO2 serves as a carbon source for the assembly of organic molecules…?
D. Chemosynthesis

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A. Cynobactetia
B. archaea
C. Ozone
D. Chemosynthesis

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A group of photosynthetic, unicellular prokaryotes…?

B. Cyanobacteria

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A. Fossils
B. Cyanobacteria
C. Oxygen
D. All of the above

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The development of new types of organisms from preexsisting types of organisms over time is…?
A. Evolution

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A. Evolution
B. strata
C. Fitness
D. Adaptation

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Formed as new layers of rock are deposited over time…?

C. Strata

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A. Evolution
B. natural selection
C. Strata
D. None of the above

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A measure of individuals hereditary contribution to the next generation…?
D. Fitness

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A. Differential reproduction
B. genetic variation
C. Over reproduction
D. Fitness

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The remains or traces of an organisms that died long ago…?
A. Fossils

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A. Fossils
B. relative age
C. Biogeography
D. None of the above

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Fossils age compared to that of other fossils….?

B. relative age

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A. Superposition
B. relative age
C. Absolute age
D. All of the above

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The time since formation…?

D. Absolute age

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A. Relative age
B. vestigial structure
C. Phylogeny
D. Absolute age

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The study of locations of organisms around the world…?

A. Biogeography

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A. Biogeography
B. homologous structure
C. Analogous structure
D. All of the above

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Closely related functions but do not derive from the same ancestral structure….?
B. analogous structure

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A. Homologous structure
B. analogous structure
C. Phylogeny
D. Vestigial structure

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The relationship between ancestry among groups of organisms…?
C. Phylogeny

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A. Superposition
B. biogeography
C. Phylogeny
D. All of the above

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The process by which different species evolve similar traits is…?
B. convergent evolution

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A. Adaptive radiation
B. convergent evolution
C. Coevolution
D. None of the above

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When a human breeder chooses individuals that will parent the next generation…?
D. Artificial selection

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A. DNA
B. convergent evolution
C. Adaptive selection
D. Artificial selection

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States that all living things come from other living things…?
A. Biogenesis

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A. Biogenesis
B. half life
C. Coacervate
D. All of the above

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How long did it take for earth to form from a swirling mass of gases….?
C. One half billion years

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A. 2000 years
B. 50000 years
C. One half billion years
D. 1000000 years

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Carbon-14 dating methods can be used for organic materials less than ——- years old?
D. 60,000 years old

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A. 70,000 years old
B. 80,000 years old
C. 100,000 years old
D. 60,000 years old

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Messenger RNA is transcribed from —-template?

B. DNA

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A. tRNA
B. DNA
C. mRNA
D. rRNA

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