Quiz 2

Biology 113

Prokaryotes to Fungi

1. One of the authors of The Genesis Flood in 1961:

(a) George Price
(b) Francis Collins
(c) John Walton
(d) Henry Morris
2. Which of the following is/are NOT correct in terms of Darwins
theory of natural selection:
(a) Members of a population vary in their inherited traits only
when the population is undergoing natural selection
(b) Only certain organisms can produce more offspring than
their environment can support
(c) Individuals in a population with favourable inherited traits
tend to leave more offspring
(d) a and b
(e) a, b and c

3. The figure on the right

demonstrates that:
(a) soapberry bugs may
feed efficiently on a variety of
fruits regardless of beak length
(b) soapberry bugs prefer
native plants but will feed on
invasive plants during a drought
(c) soapberry bugs are capable of rapid evolution in terms
of beak length
(d) b and c
(e) none of the above

4. How is an endemic species best defined?

(a) a native species
(b) an invasive species
(c) a species found nowhere else
(d) a dwarf version of a native species
5. Which pelvic bone is retained in the apparent evolution of
modern cetaceans?
(a) foot
(b) tibia
(c) pelvis
(d) femur (e) none
6. The concept of homology assumes organs are similar
because of:
(a) common function (b) common ancestry (c) a and b

7. Is the case of the

sugar glider and the
flying squirrel wing
structure
(a) homology or
(b) analogy?
8. Which is the most current classification:
(a) Archaeabacteria as a type of bacteria
(b) Archaea have their own domain
(c) Both bacteria and Archaea in same domain
(d) Archaea are Eukaryotes

9. Halophiles are archaeans that live in areas:

(a) with high concentrations of salt
(b) with high temperatures
(c) with high acidities
(d) with high amounts of methane
10. Average size of prokaryotes:
(a) 1-5 m (b) 10-100 m (c) 0.25-0.75 mm (d) 30-50 m
11. Are some cyanobacteria toxic?
(a) yes
(b) no

12. To which group does E. coli belong?

(a) Cyanobacteria (b) Archaea
(c) Intestinal Bacteria
(d) a and c
(e) none of the above
13. The bacteria pictured on the right are
being used to:
(a) consume harmful oil particles
(b) create ethanol
(c) produce PHA to make plastics
14. Which of the following is the cause of beaver fever?
(a) Trypanosoma (b) Volvox
(c) Spirulina
(d) Balantidium
(e) Giardia

15. To which supergroup does green algae (Chlorophyta)

belong?
(a) Unikonta (b) Archaeplastida
(c) Excavata
16. What is function of the
diatom raphe?
(a) reproduction (b) respiration
(c) movement
(d) salt removal
17. Why do some mushrooms form a fairy ring?
(a) because the hyphae only grow clockwise
(b) nutrients are depleted within the ring
(c) competition outside the ring is more intense
(d) the fairies need somewhere to sit

18. To which supergroup do fungi belong?

(a) Unikonta (b) Archaeplastida (c) Excavata
19. What is theorized to have given rise to chloroplasts via
primary endosymbiosis?
(a) green algae
(b) cyanobacteria (c) red algae
20. Which of the following contain(s) DNA?
(a) mitochondria
(b) chloroplasts
(c) nucleii
(d) b and c
(e) a, b and c

1. One of the authors of The Genesis Flood in 1961:

(a) George Price
(b) Francis Collins
(c) John Walton
(d) Henry Morris
2. Which of the following is/are NOT correct in terms of Darwins
theory of natural selection:
(a) Members of a population vary in their inherited traits only
when the population is undergoing natural selection
(b) Only certain organisms can produce more offspring than
their environment can support
(c) Individuals in a population with favourable inherited traits
tend to leave more offspring
(d) a and b
(e) a, b and c

3. The figure on the right

demonstrates that:
(a) soapberry bugs may
feed efficiently on a variety of
fruits regardless of beak length
(b) soapberry bugs prefer
native plants but will feed on
invasive plants during a drought
(c) soapberry bugs are capable of rapid evolution in terms
of beak length
(d) b and c
(e) none of the above

4. How is an endemic species best defined?

(a) a native species
(b) an invasive species
(c) a species found nowhere else
(d) a dwarf version of a native species
5. Which pelvic bone is retained in the apparent evolution of
modern cetaceans?
(a) foot
(b) tibia
(c) pelvis
(d) femur (e) none
6. The concept of homology assumes organs are similar
because of:
(a) common function (b) common ancestry (c) a and b

7. Is the case of the

sugar glider and the
flying squirrel wing
structure
(a) homology or
(b) analogy?
8. Which is the most current classification:
(a) Archaeabacteria as a type of bacteria
(b) Archaea have their own domain
(c) Both bacteria and Archaea in same domain
(d) Archaea are Eukaryotes

9. Halophiles are archaeans that live in areas:

(a) with high concentrations of salt
(b) with high temperatures
(c) with high acidities
(d) with high amounts of methane
10. Average size of prokaryotes:
(a) 1-5 m (b) 10-100 m (c) 0.25-0.75 mm (d) 30-50 m
11. Are some cyanobacteria toxic?
(a) yes
(b) no

12. To which group does E. coli belong?

(a) Cyanobacteria (b) Archaea
(c) Intestinal Bacteria
(d) a and c (e) none of the above
13. The bacteria pictured on the right are
being used to:
(a) consume harmful oil particles
(b) create ethanol
(c) produce PHA to make plastics
14. Which of the following is the cause of beaver fever?
(a) Trypanosoma
(d) Balantidium

(b) Volvox
(e) Giardia

(c) Spirulina

15. To which supergroup does green algae (Chlorophyta)

belong?
(a) Unikonta (b) Archaeplastida
(c) Excavata
16. What is function of the
diatom raphe?
(a) reproduction (b) respiration
(c) movement
(d) salt removal
17. Why do some mushrooms form a fairy ring?
(a) because the hyphae only grow clockwise
(b) nutrients are depleted within the ring
(c) competition outside the ring is more intense
(d) the fairies need somewhere to sit

18. To which supergroup do fungi belong?

(a) Unikonta (b) Archaeplastida (c) Excavata
19. What is theorized to have given rise to chloroplasts via
primary endosymbiosis?
(a) green algae
(b) cyanobacteria (c) red algae
20. Which of the following contain(s) DNA?
(a) mitochondria
(b) chloroplasts
(c) nucleii
(d) b and c
(e) a, b and c