The technique of preparing mitotic chromosomes involves a staining procedure using Giemsa stain. One variation of this technique allows a low-resolution of chromosome bands while a second variation allows a high resolution. At low resolution we can see about ________ bands while at high resolution we see about ________ bands.

A) 300; 2000
B) 300; 1000
C) 100; 2000
D) 100; 1000


A) 300; 2000

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Your botany teacher is making assignments for a research project on a plant species. She assigns you to study hemlock (Conium maculatum) and mentions that is an r-selected species. Based on this, what characteristics would you predict to be true of hemlock? Check all that apply.

A. HABITAT: Disturbed areas like the edges of agricultural fields. B. LIFESPAN: Several decades. C. HABITAT: Pristine, undisturbed meadows. D. REPRODUCTION: Small numbers of large seeds produced. E. REPRODUCTION: Large numbers of seeds produced at a time. F. LIFESPAN: One to two years.

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Which of the following taxa includes the largest amount of genetic diversity among plantlike organisms?

A) Embryophyta B) Viridiplantae C) Plantae D) Charophyceae E) Tracheophyta

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All of the following would have been energy sources on primitive Earth EXCEPT 

A. ultraviolet light. B. heat. C. oxidation of organic molecules. D. sunlight.

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