Question 1

What are the most primitive of all terrestrial plants?

Accepted Answer

These are the bryophytes, which include mosses and liverworts.

Question 2

What is the difference between gymnosperms and angiosperms?

Accepted Answer

The gymnosperm is a class of plants that produces seeds without flowers. The angiosperm, on the other hand, is the class of flowering plants.

Question 3

The Swedish naturalist Carolus Linnaeus based his system of classification upon

Accepted Answer

A)  observation. 
B)  DNA typing. 
C)  experimentation. 
D)  carbon dating. 
E)  all of these are correct. 
A)  observation. 
B)  DNA typing. 
C)  experimentation. 
D)  carbon dating. 
E)  all of these are correct. A

Question 4

Vascular plants

Accepted Answer

A)  can live in dry environments. 
B)  include ferns. 
C)  overcome gravity with internal structure. 
D)  can be seedless. 
E)  are described by all of these. 
A)  can live in dry environments. 
B)  include ferns. 
C)  overcome gravity with internal structure. 
D)  can be seedless. 
E)  are described by all of these.

Question 5

On what part of a bacterium cell does penicillin act?

Accepted Answer

A)  nucleus 
B)  chloroplast 
C)  cytoplasm 
D)  cell membrane 
E)  protoplasm 
A)  nucleus 
B)  chloroplast 
C)  cytoplasm 
D)  cell membrane 
E)  protoplasm

Question 6

What is the way that angiosperms can reproduce without fertilization?

Accepted Answer

Angiosperms can send

Question 7

Which of the following is a legacy of Linnaeus?

Accepted Answer

A)  biological domains 
B)  Archaea 
C)  binomial nomenclature 
D)  Monera 
E)  Cyanobacteria 
A)  biological domains 
B)  Archaea 
C)  binomial nomenclature 
D)  Monera 
E)  Cyanobacteria

Question 8

What about the body structure of insects has contributed to their success as an animal group?

Accepted Answer

Owing mainly to their exoskeleton, arthr

Question 9

Based upon the Linnaean system of classification, what do we know about three organisms with the scientific names Ursus horribilis, Ursus maritimus, and Cornus florida?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cornus florida is probably a corn plant. 
B)  Cornus florida was first found in Florida. 
C)  Ursus horribilis and Ursus maritimus are the most closely related of all three. 
D)  Ursus horribilis was first identified by a scientist whose last name was Horribilis. 
E)  All of these are true. 
A)  Cornus florida is probably a corn plant. 
B)  Cornus florida was first found in Florida. 
C)  Ursus horribilis and Ursus maritimus are the most closely related of all three. 
D)  Ursus horribilis was first identified by a scientist whose last name was Horribilis. 
E)  All of these are true.

Question 10

How long have flowering plants been the dominant plant life on Earth?

Accepted Answer

A)  150 million years 
B)  250 million years 
C)  150 thousand years 
D)  65 million years 
E)  25 million years 
A)  150 million years 
B)  250 million years 
C)  150 thousand years 
D)  65 million years 
E)  25 million years

Question 11

How are Fungi different from Protista?

Accepted Answer

A)  number of leaves 
B)  presence of a nucleus 
C)  strategy of obtaining energy 
D)  color and texture 
E)  skeleton 
A)  number of leaves 
B)  presence of a nucleus 
C)  strategy of obtaining energy 
D)  color and texture 
E)  skeleton

Question 12

What is peculiar about the cellular organization of sponges?

Accepted Answer

Sponges exhibit characteristic

Question 13

What was Jan Baptiste Van Helmont trying to show in his experiment with a willow sapling?

Accepted Answer

Van Helmont was attempting to show that

Question 14

What world event was a major factor in speeding up work on penicillin as an antibiotic?

Accepted Answer

World War II caused

Question 15

What is the EOL and what is its goal?

Accepted Answer

The EOL is the Encyclopedia of

Question 16

Why is a fern considered to be a "primitive" vascular plant?

Accepted Answer

Ferns must reproduce by releas

Question 17

When we say that all living things are descended from a "common ancestor," which is part of the definition of life, what does that say about evolution?

Accepted Answer

Evolution is the way that all

Question 18

Using what research method were the Archaea discovered?

Accepted Answer

A)  Linnaean classification 
B)  straining through sea water 
C)  molecular genetics 
D)  DNA analysis 
E)  dissection 
A)  Linnaean classification 
B)  straining through sea water 
C)  molecular genetics 
D)  DNA analysis 
E)  dissection

Question 19

Which of the following is not true about all living things?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are subject to the laws of thermodynamics. 
B)  They are made from more than one cell. 
C)  They respond to their environments. 
D)  They need energy to live. 
E)  They are dependent upon chemical reactions. 
A)  They are subject to the laws of thermodynamics. 
B)  They are made from more than one cell. 
C)  They respond to their environments. 
D)  They need energy to live. 
E)  They are dependent upon chemical reactions.

Question 20

Upon what concept is the Linnaean classification of life based?

Accepted Answer

The basic of concept is that a

Exam 20: Strategies of Life: What Is Life

What are the most primitive of all terrestrial plants?

What is the difference between gymnosperms and angiosperms?

The Swedish naturalist Carolus Linnaeus based his system of classification upon

Vascular plants

On what part of a bacterium cell does penicillin act?

What is the way that angiosperms can reproduce without fertilization?

Which of the following is a legacy of Linnaeus?

What about the body structure of insects has contributed to their success as an animal group?

Based upon the Linnaean system of classification, what do we know about three organisms with the scientific names Ursus horribilis, Ursus maritimus, and Cornus florida?

How long have flowering plants been the dominant plant life on Earth?

How are Fungi different from Protista?

What is peculiar about the cellular organization of sponges?

What was Jan Baptiste Van Helmont trying to show in his experiment with a willow sapling?

What world event was a major factor in speeding up work on penicillin as an antibiotic?

What is the EOL and what is its goal?

Why is a fern considered to be a "primitive" vascular plant?

When we say that all living things are descended from a "common ancestor," which is part of the definition of life, what does that say about evolution?

Using what research method were the Archaea discovered?

Which of the following is not true about all living things?

Upon what concept is the Linnaean classification of life based?

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