Seeds can be described as ‘a little plant in a box with its lunch’. Which parts of the seed correspond to

the elements of this description? What will be an ideal response?


The ‘little plant’ is the embryo. The ‘box’ is the seed coat. The ‘lunch’ is the endosperm.

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A plant with two seed leaves is

a. a monocotyledon. b. a dicotyledon. c. exemplified by corn. d. a dihybrid.

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A population of ground squirrels has an annual per capita birth rate of 0.06 and an annual per capita death rate of 0.02. Calculate an estimate of the total number of individuals added to (or lost from) a population of 1000 individuals in one year

A) 120 individuals added B) 40 individuals added C) 20 individuals added D) 400 individuals added E) 20 individuals lost

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. The word "animalcule" was coined by

A. Pasteur. B. van Leeuwenhoek. C. Redi. D. Tyndall.

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In his voyage around the world in the Beagle, what observation did Darwin make about animals?

a. Animals in similar climate zones were similar regardless of where they lived. b. Animals isolated on islands were unlike those living on nearby mainlands. c. Animals living closer together appeared more closely related to each other than to animals living further away. d. Fossils of animals showed characteristics that were unlike any surviving species. e. There appeared to be no genetic connections between any of the animals he observed.

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