Biology 121 Midterm February 2010 Flashcards
All organisms capable of manufacturing their own food from simple inorganic molecules and an outside source of energy are called:
Autotrophs
True or False: Prions are included in the kingdom Archaea.
False. They do not belong to any kingdom.
True or False: Viruses can reproduce themselves.
False.
True or False: Prions can live in a symbiotic relationship with certain fungi.
False.
True or False: Proteins that are a causative agent for a disease called Kuru.
True.
What is a characteristic of Detritivores?
They may consume animal feces and dead bodies of organisms.
True or False: The genetic code is the same code in almost all organisms.
True.
True or False: The genetic code has several amino acids coding from one codon.
False.
What is the Burgess Shale?
A Cambrian fossil site containing animals with similar body forms to most living animals today.
Does the Burgess Shale contain fossils of the earliest known land plants?
No.
In correctly done binomen, what is underlined/italicized?
The genus is underlined or (not both) the whole word is italicized.
Can seeds remain dormant for a much longer time than spores?
Yes.
What does the zygote develop into?
The embryo.
Does the endosperm fertilize the egg to form a zygote?
No.
What does the allantois in the reptile egg do?
Store nitrogenous wastes generated by the developing embryo.
