Question 1
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A pseudocoelome is found in the following phylum
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Cnidaria
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Echinodermata
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Annelida
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Platyhelminthes
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Nematoda
Question 2
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Which of the following have only one opening to the digestive tract (they do NOT have an anus)?
Question 3
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Which of the following is NOT a member of the phylum Platyhelminthes?
Question 4
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Which phylum do we first see muscles and nerves in their simplest form?
Question 5
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Which are characteristics of vertebrates?
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Open blood circulation
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Pharyngeal (gill) slits
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Dorsal hallow nerve cord
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Open blood circlulation, pharyngeal slits, and dorsal hallow nerve cord.
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Pharyngeal slits and dorsal hallow nerve cord
Question 6
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Which of the following does NOT possess an amniotic egg?
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Fishes
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Amphibians
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Fishes and amphibians
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Birds
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Reptiles
Question 7
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The only taxonomic category that exists in nature is:
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Species
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Genus
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Family
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Class
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Phylum
Question 8
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A new plant species is discovered in a tropical rain forest. It has flagellated sperms, xylem with vessels, separate gametophyte and sporophyte generations, and no seeds. Which plant is it most related to?
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Mosses
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Conifers
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Ferns
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Liverworts
Question 9
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Which of the following statements on the biology of mosses is FALSE?
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They can grow in very harsh environments
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A symbiosis between a moss and a fungus is known as lichen
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They can tolerate drying out
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Peat is a by-product of the growth of certain mosses
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Mosses lack a vascular system
Question 10
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In the life cycle of all plants, there is alteration of generations. Which of the following is true?
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Haploid sporophytes make haploid spores
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Gametophytes produce spores that develop into gametes
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Sporophytes and gametophytes are typically similar in appearance
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Meiosis in sporophytes produces haploid spores
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In plants, the gametophytes is diploid
Question 11
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Which of the following is an example of gill fungus?
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Agaricus
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Yeast
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Rhizopus
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Phytophthora
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Ulva
Question 12
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The sexual stage of Rhizopus is called:
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Sporangiophore
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Zygosporangium
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Septa
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Hyphae
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Zoospore
Question 13
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Laminaria belongs to the phylum:
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Chlorophyta
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Rhodophyta
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Phaeophyta
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Bryophyta
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Anthophyta
Question 14
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Which of the following statements about the female reproductive cycle is FALSE?
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Progesterone is mainly secreted by the corpus luteum
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Testosterone is secreted by the posterior pituitary gland
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LH triggers ovulation
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LH and FSH are secreted by the anterior pituitary gland
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Oestrogens and progesterone help maintain the endometrium (lining) of the uterus
Question 15
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The functional unit of the kidney is called:
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Cortex
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Vasa recta
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Nephron
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Bladder
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Glomerulus
Question 16
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In the nervous system, the mylein sheath:
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Is not a feature of the vertebrate nervous system
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Wraps around a neurons dendrites
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Is present on motor, but not sensory neurons
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Helps electrical signals in neurons conduct more quickly
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Produces electrical signals
Question 17
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The delay of 0.1 second at the AV node is:
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To allow the ventricles to fill
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To allow the atria to fill
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To allow blood to get to the feet and arms before another contraction occurs
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To allow the ventricles to empty
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None of the above
Question 18
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Which of the following statements are FALSE?
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As the partial pressure of oxygen decreases, haemoglobin gives up its oxygen more readily.
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As the partial pressure of oxygen increases, haemoglobin gives up its oxygen more readily.
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Higher temperature causes haemoglobin to give up oxygen more readily
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Increased acidity causes haemoglobin to give up oxygen more readily
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Each red blood cells contain about 280,000,000 haemoglobin molecules
Question 19
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Gastrin is a hormone that regulates:
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Digestive secretions from the pancreas
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Digestive secretions in the stomach
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Glucose storage in the liver
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Water re-absorption in the kidney
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Heart rate
Question 20
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Type II diabetes is associated with:
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Insulin deficiency or reduced response of target cells
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Overproduction of glucagon
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Overproduction of insulin
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Inability to absorb glucose across the small intestine wall
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None of the above
Question 21
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RNA differs from DNA, in that RNA:
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Contains ribose as its sugar
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Is found only in the cytoplasm
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Contains uracil instead of thymine
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Contains ribose as its sugar and contains uracil instead of thymine
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Contains ribose as its sugar, is found only in the cytoplasm and contains uracil instead of thymine
Question 22
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If one strand of DNA molecule has the sequence of bases 5'-ATTGCA-3', the other strand would have the sequence:
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3'-TAACGT-5'
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3'-UAACGU-5'
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3'-TUUCGU-5'
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3'-TAAGCT-5'
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3'-TUUGCT-5'
Question 23
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A particular triplet of bases in the coding sequence of DNA is AGT. The corresponding codon for mRNA transcribed is:
Question 24
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A recessive allele on the X chromosome is responsible for red-green color blindness in humans. A woman with normal vision whose father is color blind, marries a man whose color blind. What is the probability the couple's son will also be color blind?
Question 25
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In a population which is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, the frequency of the allele a is 0.4. What is the percentage of the population which is heterozygous Aa for this allele?
Question 26
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Which of the following is associated with an open circulatory system?
Question 27
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Which of the following is associated with a closed circulatory system?
Question 28
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The vena cava carries:
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De-oxygenated blood away from the heart
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Oxygenated blood towards the heart
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De-oxygenated blood towards the heart
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Oxygenated blood away from the heart
Question 29
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The aorta flows out from:
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The right ventricle
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The left ventricle
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The right atrium
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The left atrium
Question 30
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The vena cava flows into:
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The right ventricle
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The left ventricle
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The right atrium
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The left atrium
Question 31
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What vessel carries blood towards the lungs?
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The vena cava
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The pulmonary vein
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The pulmonary artery
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The aorta
Question 32
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Name the types of blood in your cells:
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Red blood cells, White blood cells, Platelets
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Red blood cells, White blood cells, haemoglobin
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White blood cells, Platelets, haemocoel
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White blood cells, haemocoel, Plasma
Question 33
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Name the order of layers that form in centrifuged blood?
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Red blood cells on top, White blood cells and platelets in centre, plasma on the bottom
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Red blood cells on the bottom, White blood cells and platelets in centre, plasma on the top
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Red blood cells on top, White blood cells and platelets on the bottom, plasma in the centre
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Red blood cells on top, White blood cells and platelets on the bottom, plasma in the centre
There is no order when centrifuged and can vary
Question 34
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What is the main function of the red blood cells?
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To enable clotting
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To fight off infection
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To carry oxygen
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All of the above
Question 35
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Would red blood cells enable you to carry out DNA Analysis?
Question 36
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What is the main function of the red blood cells?
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Where oxygen pressure is high, Hb takes up oxygen
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Where oxygen pressure is low, Hb gives up oxygen
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Where oxygen pressure is high, Hb gives up oxygen
Question 37
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What are the two main types of White blood cell?
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neutrophils and lymphocytes
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neutrophils and basophils
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basophils and lymphocytes
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basophils and monocytes
Question 38
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If I am blood group A , what type of blood group(s) can I receive and who can I donate blood to?
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Receive from A,O Donate to A, AB
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Receive from A,B Donate to A, AB
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Receive from A,AB, Donate to A,O
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Receive from AB, O, Donate to AB, O
Question 39
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What blood group is the universal donor and what group is the universal recipient?
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Universal Donor O, Universal Recipient O
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Universal Donor AB, Universal Recipient O
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Universal Donor O, Universal Recipient AB
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Universal Donor AB, Universal Recipient AB
Question 40
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Which is the correct flow through the heart?
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Vena cava, left atrium, left ventricle, lungs, right atrium, right ventricle, Aorta, body/brain
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Vena cava, right atrium, right ventricle, lungs, left atrium, left ventricle, Aorta, body/brain
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Aorta, left atrium, right ventricle, lungs, right atrium, left ventricle, Vena cava, body/brain
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Aorta, right atrium, right ventricle, lungs, left atrium, left ventricle, Vena cava, body/brain
Question 41
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What are the first 2 major divisions of the nervous system?
Question 42
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Which are the following statements is FALSE?
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Neurons carry electrical signals
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Glial cells support the neurons in a variety of ways
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Glial cells can also carry electrical signals
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A Schwann cells is a type of Glial Cell
Question 43
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I touch a hot surface and immediately withdraw my hand, how is this best described?
Question 44
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Briefly explain the term ‘Resting Potential’
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There is mainly Na+ outside cell & mainly K+ inside
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There is mainly K+ outside cell & mainly Na+ inside
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There are equal amounts of K+ & Na+ outside & inside the cell
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The Resting Potential is not influenced by K+ & Na+
Question 45
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What are the connections between neurons?
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Synapses
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Dendrites
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Axon
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Neurotransmitter
Question 46
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What is sensory transduction?
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The ability of the eye to change its focus from distant to near objects (and vice versa).
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The conversion of a sensory stimulus from one form to another.
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Different sensitivities due to different photopigments.
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An action potential in presynaptic cell causes it to release neurotransmitter e.g. acetylcholine (ACh)
Question 47
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Explain the term accommodation (regarding sight)
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My humble abode :)
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The ability of the eye to change its focus from distant to near objects (and vice versa).
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Having Rods and Cones residing in your eyes
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Having different sensitivities due to different photopigments
Question 48
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Explain the difference between a cone and a rod?
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Cones are for colour vision and rods are for black and white
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Cones are for summer and rods are for fishing
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Cones are for black and white vision, rods are for colour
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Cones are for bright lights and rods are for dim lights
Question 49
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Which of the following is in the correct order?
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Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
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Kingdom, phylum, order, class, family, genus, species
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Kingdom, class, order, phylum, family, genus, species
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Kingdom, order, phylum, class, family, species, genus
Kingdom, phylum, order, family, class, genus, species
Question 50
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Who introduced the method of scientific naming called binomial nomenclature?
Question 51
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The biologist who proposed the biological species concept is:
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Linnaeus
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Darwin
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Mayr
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Watson
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Crick
Question 52
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The eukaryotes belong to 3 monophyletic Kingdoms & 1 paraphyletic kingdom, name these
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Prokaryotes, Plantae, Fungi, Animalia
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Plantae, Fungi, Animalia, Protists
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Protists, Prokaryotes, Fungi, Plantae
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Protists, Prokaryotes, Fungi, Animalia
Question 53
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What distinguishes a protist from a protozoan?
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Protists are single celled
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Protists are a type of protozoan
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Protozoans are a type of protist
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Protists are prokaryotes
Question 54
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Which of the following characteristics of the Protists are correct?
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Can be single celled or multicellular
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Groups include protozoans and algae
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Specific single celled examples include amoeba, paramecium and plasmodium
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Slime moulds are part of this group
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All the above are true
Question 55
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What phylum do the sponges belong to?
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Cnidaria
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Annelida
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Protists
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Animalia
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Porifera
Question 56
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Which of these only includes terms associated with the Cnidaria
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Hydra, medusa, spicules, polyp, nerve net, muscles
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Polyp, medusa, collar cells, protist
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Cnidoblasts, unicellular, single celled, polyp, nerve net, muscles,
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Cnidoblasts, medusa, polyp, hydra, nerve net, muscles, multicellular
Question 57
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Animals found within the Phylum Cnidaria include:
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Jellyfish, coral, sponge, starfish, Urchin
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Coral, anemone, Hydra, sea cucumber
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Jellyfish, coral, sponge,anemone, hydra
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Anemone, jellyfish, coral, hydra,
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Jellyfish, Anemone, Coral and Nemo
Question 58
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What method of reproduction do green algae use under optimum conditions?
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Sexual
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Asexual
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Nonsexual
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Bisexual
Question 59
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What is the dominant phase in the life cycle of Lamina digitata?
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Sporophyte
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Gametophyte
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Phaeophyte
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Chorophyte
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Rhodophyte
Question 60
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Which of the following are correct?
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Fungi is able to photosynthesise like plants
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Fungi are white
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Fungi does not live off the shores of Dingle
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Fungi is a kingdom with both unicellular and multicellular species
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Fungi have a prokaryotic cell structure
Question 61
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What is Karyogamy?
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Fusion of the cytoplasm
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Fusion of the nuclei
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Fusion of the cell wall
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Fungi fusion
Question 62
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Eukaryotes evolved from prokaryotes by a process of:
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Exosymbiosis
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Entersymbiosis
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Indosymbiosis
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Symbiosis
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Endosymbiosis
Question 63
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Explain the ‘Alternation of Generations’
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Haploid organism (sporophyte) makes zygote diploid organism (gametophyte), which makes sex cells haploid organism (gametophyte)
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Haploid organism (gametophyte) makes sex cells diploid organism (sporophyte), which releases spores haploid organism (gametophyte)
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Haploid organism (gametophyte) makes sex cells diploid organism (sporophyte), which releases zygotes diploid organism (gametophyte)
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None of these are correct
Question 64
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Which of the following are not reliant on water to reproduce?
Question 65
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I lack true conducting tissues, leaves and roots. My gametophyte is my dominant phase and my sporophyte is dependent upon it. I require water for fertilization so I need to grow in moist or seasonally moist habitats. What am I?
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Algae
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Angiosperm
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Bryophyte
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Fern
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Gymnosperm
Question 66
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I have true conducting tissues (xylem and phloem), leaves, stems and roots. My sporophyte is the dominant phase and the gametophyte is much reduced. What am I?
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Algae or a Angiosperm
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Bryophyte or a fern
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Gymnosperm or Fern
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Angiosperm
Question 67
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What is an example of a seedless, vascular plant?
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Algae
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Fern
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Bryophyte
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Angiosperm
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Gymnosperm
Question 68
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Is a Daffodil is a Monocot or a Dicot?
Question 69
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What is the function of Lignin?
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Transports water and dissolved minerals
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Transports food
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Plays a role in conducting water in plant stems
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Allows gases such as carbon dioxide, water vapour, and oxygen to move rapidly into and out of the leaf
Question 70
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Which of these is False?
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The dominant stage of an angiosperm is the sporophyte
The dominant stage of a bryophyte is the gametophyte
The dominant stage of a gymnosperm is the sporophyte
The dominant stage of a fern is the gametophyte
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The dominant stage of an angiosperm is the sporophyte
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The dominant stage of a bryophyte is the gametophyte
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The dominant stage of a gymnosperm is the sporophyte
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The dominant stage of a fern is the gametophyte
Question 71
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The Base G always bonds to Base C ?
Question 72
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A basic amino acid
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The building block of DNA
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The sugar in RNA nucleotides
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The sugar in DNA nucleotides
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A fatty acid incorporated into triacylglycerols
Question 73
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Which of the following statements is FALSE?
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In DNA the base A pairs with the base T
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In DNA the base C pairs with the base G
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In DNA the base U pairs with the base A
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In RNA the base U is used instead of base T
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In DNA base pairing follows Chargaff’s rule
Question 74
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What is the difference between a nucleoside and nucleotide?
Question 75
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Where would you find an anticodon?
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mRNA
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tRNA
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in a protein
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in a ribosome
Question 76
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Where would you find a codon?
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mRNA
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tRNA
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in a protein
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in a ribosome
Question 77
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What does tRNA help to do?
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Copy mRNA
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Join the large and small subunits
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Carry genetic information
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Put amino acids in the right place
Question 78
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At which site does tRNA enter the large subunit?
Question 79
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Which sections carry genes?
Question 80
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Which statement is FALSE?
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Mitosis results in 2 diploid cells
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Meiosis results in 4 haploid cells
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Meiosis results in 2 haploid cells
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Mitosis occurs in somatic cells
Question 81
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The position of a gene on a chromosome
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An alternative form of a gene
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The sum of an individual’s genetic information
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Only visible in the F1 generation
Question 82
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The position of a gene on a chromosome
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The position of an allele on a chromosome
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Singular of loci
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The same for two alleles of the same gene on homologous chromosomes
Question 83
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The frequency of crossing over between any two linked genes is:
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Higher if they are recessive
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Difficult to predict
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Determined by their relative dominance
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The same as if they were not linked
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Proportional to the distance between them
Question 84
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Platyhelminthes are:
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Tripoblastic coelomates
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Dipoblastic coelomates
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Tripoblastic acoelomates
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Dipoblastic acoelomates
Question 85
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What is true of Nematoda?
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They have a circulatory system
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They lack an alimentary canal
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Includes earthworms
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Have an alimentary canal, but lack a circulatory system
Question 86
Question 87
Question 88
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Radially symmetrical
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Asymmetrical
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Bilaterally symmetrical
Question 89
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Molluscs are.....