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SC 139 - Third Exam 2014
Numbers are linked to
relevant passages in the book.
MULTIPLE CHOICE.
On the line to the left, place the letter of the choice
that best answers the question.
Three Points Each. NOTE: "e" answers are never the correct
answer.
1. Plants will grow under a red light or a
purple light, but
_______ a. Purple is better because it has a
shorter wavelength
b. Purple is better because it has a longer wavelength
c. Red is better because it has a shorter wavelength
d. Red is better because it has a longer wavelength
e. They don't like to, it makes them look fat
2. If you cut an Obelia medusa into quarter pie-slices,
they would all be equivalent, meaning
the medusa has what sort of symmetry?
_______ a. Quadrilateral
b. Bilateral c. Quadriradial
d. Asymmetry
e. Isn't that some snake-head lady?
3. Collar
cells are used for
_______ a. Filter feeding
b. Capturing prey c. DNA storage
d. Cell replacement
e. Formal dinner parties
4. In
nematodes, the hydrostatic skeleton also acts
as a kind of
_______ a. Digestive system
b. Protective covering c. Circulation
system d. Sensory system
e. Thing a superhero might have
5. A
free-living species would most likely be found
_______ a. In a plant
b. In an animal c. Out in the
environment d. In a place with
no predators
e. In a drunken stupor
6. Flowers can be found in
_______ a. Angiosperms only
b. All vascular plants
b. Angiosperms & gymnosperms
d. All land plants
e. Most cases where feet have been inserted into mouths
7. The
organism that causes malaria is a(n)
_______ a. Apicomplexan
b. Flagellate
c. Bacterium
d. Fungus
e. Nice, friendly, but misunderstood creature
8.
Materials move up from the roots through
_______ a. Meristems
b. Xylem c. Phloem
d. Sori e. Yearly promotions.
9.
A tree has one hundred tree rings. The 85th
ring out from the middle is unusually wide,
which could mean
a. A warm, wet year about 85 years ago
b. A cold, dry year about 85 years ago
_______ c. A warm, wet year about 15
years ago d. A cold,
dry year about 15 years ago
e. This tree got engaged a lot
10.
The large, leafy structure that one pictures as a
"fern" is actually the
_______ a. Sporophyte
b. Flower c. Gametophyte
d. Cuticle
e. What, you couldn't just say "leaf"?
11.
The structure of a flower often can tell you
the type of pollinator it uses.
The relationship comes about through
_______ a. Germination
b. Meristem growth c. Divergent
evolution d. Coevolution
e. One of the weirder online dating sites
12. Cnidarian polyps differ from medusae in that
they
_______ a. Reproduce sexually and move
b. Reproduce asexually and move
c. Reproduce sexually and don't move
d. Reproduce asexually and don't move
e. You mean being called different names doesn't count?
SHORT ANSWER.
Answer any eight of the following questions for 4 Points
Each.
Note: if you answer more than eight, only the first eight
will be corrected.
You can get partial credit on these answers.
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1.
Name TWO processes that help
water move up a closed tube in vascular plants. |
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two different larger groups that typically go through
alternation of generations? |
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3. What does each of these ciliate structures
do? |
MICRONUCLEUS
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MACRONUCLEUS
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4. What are two different uses plants
have for carotenoids? |
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5. What two hosts are involved in the
life cycle of the species which causes malaria? |
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6. Cephalization: two questions... |
What
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What
other
feature "goes"
with it? |
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7. The abilities of early pollen
probably derived from what two abilities that had
"recently" evolved? |
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8. Environments
where you'll find more gymnosperms than angiosperms - |
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9. What does sessile mean?
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10. What were two advantages connected with
the evolution of a tube digestive system? |
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11. People who travel to Mexico may get
dysentery from what sort of organism
that lives in the water? Be fairly specific.
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12. What do the parasites do that keeps people from being
able to fight off chronic diseases (such as sleeping sickness)
caused by trypanosomes?
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13. The glucose sugar that plants make
with photosynthesis - what are the two major ways that
the plants use that glucose? |
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14. What are two different uses for
chromatophores? |
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15. What is the main purpose of a
fruit?
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16. Why are flatworms
flat?
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LONG ANSWER.
Answer any four of the following questions for Eight Points Each.
Note: if you answer more than four, only the first four
will be corrected.
You can get partial credit on these answers.
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For four different types of nematodes,
give the species or common name and then one
feature for each that makes them unusual, even compared to
other nematodes. |
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2. Give four sets of differences - |
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MONOCOT
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DICOT |
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For each of the three major subgroups
of Mollusks, give the group, and then describe the
characteristic form that the foot takes in that group. |
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4. Plants require nutrients
other than those used directly in photosynthesis. Give
two different examples of these sorts of nutrients, and
for each tell something that the plant uses that nutrient for. |
| NUTRIENT |
WHAT THE
NUTRIENT IS USED FOR |
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5. Give four sets of general differences
(other than the genders involved) between - |
| EGG CELLS |
SPERM |
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6.
Step-by-step, follow the progress
from sperm production to seed production in a typical
pine tree. (There may be more or fewer steps than lines
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7. Give three sets of differences
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FLAGELLA |
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Link to Answer Key
BONUS QUESTIONS.
Answer as many as you are able. Wrong answers will not result in points being
lost from the main exam. You can get partial credit on these answers.
Many fish which are brightly colored in a aquarium are
not so when seen in their natural habitat. Why? Three Points.
If a 4-inch non-rusting nail is pounded
into a tree with 2 inches showing, four feet above the ground line,
what two things should be true about that nail 20 years later?
Three Points Each.
Why is Beaver Fever called
that? Three Points.
What very unusual thing results when two
ciliates have sex? Three Points.
What are the different ways that jellyfish stings
can kill people? Two Points Each.
Give an example of how a parasite larva in
one animal can maximize its chances of getting into the next host.
Three Points.
Explain why it is thought that there are probably
more nematode species than species in any other animal phylum. Three
Points.
What is creeping eruption? Three Points.
How do cuttlefish communicate?
Three Points.
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