Biology & Microbiology - General Biology, Quiz Grade 3

What is the major force that drives a growing root through the soil?

The increase in girth (width) of trees occurs as a consequence of which of the following?

What is the composition of the "halves" of an individual peanut, which constitute the largest part of the seed, and are called cotyledons?

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Where do most ferns grow and house their spores?

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In a restaurant you were served some shredded endosperm for your salad; which of the following was offered to you?

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In which of the following phyla would you find Penicillium?

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Which of the following is the plant tissue that allows for the lengthwise growth of roots and stems?

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What is the amount of time necessary for the production and development of a pine seed?

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Which of the following is an immature fern leaf?

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Which of the following structures encloses the flower before the flower opens?

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Which of the following represents the collective forces that move water upward in xylem?

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Which of the following is the ripened mature ovary of a flower?

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Which of the following is the dominant stage of the Bryophyte moss lifecycle?

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When fungi begin to grow from a spore, they send out a single filament called

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Which of the following types of plants dominate most of the earth's land areas today?

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Which of the following is known as the "Age of the Modern Man?"

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"Red tides" and extensive fish kills are caused by population "blooms" of which of the following organisms?

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Evidence that organic molecules could be synthesized from the inorganic molecules methane, carbon dioxide, ammonia, hydrogen gas, heat, and energy was provided by which of the following scientists?

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The Earth's primordial atmosphere had little if any of which of the following gasses?

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Which of the following organisms are unable to photosynthesize?

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The Anopheles Mosquito is associated with which of the following diseases?

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Which of the following describes the Herpes virus life cycle?

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When a virus takes over the metabolism of a cell, it forces the cell to manufacture which of the following?

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Which of the following virus structures contain the receptor sites that allow it to attach to specific sites on a cell?

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Which of the following is the way that African sleeping sickness is transmitted?

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Which of the following is the Domain to which you belong?

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Which of the following is found in "chain-like" strings of coccus shaped bacteria?

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Which of the following is the type of life cycle that has the virus enter the cell and become part of the host's genetic code?

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Which of the following is a type of bacteria that is found in the Great Salt Lake?

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Which of the following is the protein coat on the outside of a virus?

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The genetic material of viruses is composed of which of the following?

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Which of the following organisms causes malaria?

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Which of the following organisms have a cell wall composed of silicon?

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To which of the following groups does Sargassum belong to?

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Which of the following groups is the most likely ancestor of land plants?

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Which of the following groups of organisms are recognized as "retroviruses?"

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Which of the following statements might best explain the increase in average beak size in the finch population during the drought?

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Which of the following procedures was most likely followed to determine the change in beak size?

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The biologist discovered that from 1988 to 1993, the average beak size declined to pre-1981 levels. The reversal in beak size during this 5-year period was most likely related to which of the following events?