ELSC-111 / ►Week 20: Second Quarter Examination / ►Second

Quarter Exam

These cells function in photosynthesis

The correct answer is: Parenchyma
An ecosystem must have an ecosystem and a nutrient biochemical recycling system.
The correct answer is 'True'.
The guard cells function to control the opening and closing of the stomata
The correct answer is 'True'.
Carrots have fibrous roots
The correct answer is 'False'.
The cuticle, or the wax, functions to protect against insects and pathogens.
The correct answer is 'True'.
The enzyme method is also known as the Maxam-Gilbert Method.
The correct answer is 'False'.
When primary producers capture solar energy and produce complex molecules, this is
known as
The correct answer is: Gross primary production
Generation internal is inversely proportional to genetic gain.
The correct answer is 'True'.
These cells have thin and flexible walls and lack a secondary wall.
The correct answer is: Parenchyma
These cells are fibrous.
The correct answer is: Sclerenchyma
If a cat always eats the white colored mouse, then there brown colored mouse will
increse in number.
The correct answer is 'True'.
This type of transformation involves the insertion of viral genomes into the host
genome.
The correct answer is: Episomal
Microbes that become resistant to an antibiotic are an example of microevolution.
The correct answer is 'True'.
These are all mechanisms which cause microevolution, except
The correct answer is: Mutations
If a G gene codes for green eyes and a g gene codes for blue eyes, and G is dominant,
then a girl with Gg genes will have green eyes.
The correct answer is 'True'.
What are pharyngeal pouches?
The correct answer is: Throat pouches
Calcium chloride is used in DNA insertion.
The correct answer is 'True'.
Phosohorous-32 is a medium-energy emitter
The correct answer is 'False'.
According to fossil records, these evolved from land vertebrates as well.
The correct answer is: Amphibians
Genetic engineering may also be called as new genetics
The correct answer is 'True'.
Where did Lindeman study the ecosystem concept?
The correct answer is: Wisconsin
Who advocated for catastrophism?
The correct answer is: Cuvier
Who developed the binomial naming of species?
The correct answer is: Linnaeus
An organism is said to be homozygous if it carries two of the same genes.
The correct answer is 'True'.
Intraspecific competition is competition between two individuals from different species.
The correct answer is 'False'.
Affinity chromatography removes all of the following, except
The correct answer is: RNA
Group selection is natural selection at the group level
The correct answer is 'True'.
Enzymes that catalyze reactions will perish at temperatures below 250 K
The correct answer is 'False'.
Who was the first one to propose a mechanism for evolution?
The correct answer is: Lamarck
What is the ratio used for the precipitation of nucleic acids?
The correct answer is: 2:1
A snake's pelvis is an example of a vestigial structure.
The correct answer is 'True'.
Ecosystem ecology is the implementation of
The correct answer is: Synecology
Indirect reciprocity occurs when a species is likely to help another due to lineage.
The correct answer is 'False'.
A260/280 for pure RNA shoul be
The correct answer is: 2.0
The energy flow of the ecosystem starts with its primary producers.
The correct answer is 'True'.
Evolution moves towards order.
The correct answer is 'False'.
What can be used to further digest DNA after deproteinization?
The correct answer is: Rnase
You can a leaf belongs to a _____ because it has parallel veins.
The correct answer is: Monocot
These are all heterozygous genes, except
The correct answer is: AA
Point mutations will always be harmful.
The correct answer is 'False'.
The vascular cambium in woody plants consists of a layer of this type of cell
The correct answer is: Parenchyma
All plants have secondary growth.
The correct answer is 'False'.
"Multiple feeding pathways" mean that there are organisms that feed from each trophic
level.
The correct answer is 'True'.
Absorbance is measured at
The correct answer is: 260 nm
The stomata allow the uptake of this gas.
The correct answer is: Carbon dioxide
According to Darwin's theory, individuals can evolve.
The correct answer is 'False'.
The spongy mesophyll fills with oxygen and carbon dioxide.
The correct answer is 'True'.
What is the percentage of energy that is passed on to primary consumers?
The correct answer is: 10%
Two different species can occupy the same niche.
The correct answer is 'False'.
Who found that the body size of the organism can be controlled by controlling the
biomass at each trophic level?
The correct answer is: Elton
How many phalanges do we have?
The correct answer is: 5
The xylem transports water from the roots to the stem.
The correct answer is 'True'.
This is where the lateral roots originate from.
The correct answer is: Pericycle
These organisms can capture energy without light.
The correct answer is: Chemoautotrophs
Phenotype refers to an organism's genetic makeup.
The correct answer is 'False'.
This secretes polysaccharides to protect the young part of the plant.
The correct answer is: Root cap
How many reactions are there in the Sanger-Coulson method?
The correct answer is: 4
These cells share their nucleus with seive tube elements.
The correct answer is: Companion cells
The xylem and phloem in stems and leaves are collectively called a stele.
The correct answer is 'False'.
Lateral roots are also known as
The correct answer is: Taproots
Gene stacking is the presence of more than one gene in more than one plant.
The correct answer is 'False'.
Nucleic acids are polyionic at neutral pH
The correct answer is 'True'.
The chances of survival of organisms is maximized when they cooperate with one
another.
The correct answer is 'True'.
These have features of both plasmids and bacteriophages.
The correct answer is: Cosmids
Trichomes function as true roots.
The correct answer is 'False'.
Artificial selection occurs when we breed dogs for a certain length of coat or certain
height.
The correct answer is 'True'.
Who coined the term "ecology"?
The correct answer is: Tansley
The vascular cambium can store water as well aid in wound repair and store
carbohydrates.
The correct answer is 'False'.
Nucleic acids are recovered through
The correct answer is: Centrifugation
The Continental Drift theory provides evidence for evolution.
The correct answer is 'True'.
Direct reciprocity occurs when two organisms gain from helping each other.
The correct answer is 'True'.
Apical meristems are located at the stems of plants.
The correct answer is 'False'.
The Phelloderm is a thin layer of this type of cells.
The correct answer is: Parenchyma
This can for a lateral shoot
The correct answer is: Axillary bud

We can directly observe the process of evolution.

The correct answer is: False

There must be a balance between order and entropy.

The correct answer is: True