Draft:Biology/Quiz

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{Which of the following is not a phenomenon associated with horticulture? - rose bushes + rosewood - water - gardens - trees - climate
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{True or False, The harvesting of crops is included in agriculture. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Which of the following are phenomena associated with mollusks? + a structured nervous system - a prominent head - bilateral body symmetry + radula - muscular hydrostats + a mantle with a cavity for breathing and excretion
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{True or False, A plant group characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary are the lichens. - TRUE + FALSE
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{Several promoter elements have been previously identified in eukaryotes, but those cannot account for transcription from most RNA polymerase II-transcribed { genes|gene (i) }
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{True or False, Sharks are fish. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Which of the following is involved in botany more so than zoology? - the eukaryota - the mantle of the Earth - checking equations about complex systems + the advantages of chloroplasts - digging holes in the surface of the Moon - surface temperatures low enough to produce ice
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{Complete the text: Paleontology is a large subject due to the inclusion of { fossils (i) } from the { rock (i) } record, taxonomic { classification (i) } of these fossils, and the { occasional (i) } find of residual { organic (i) } material that sometimes contains { genetic (i) } material.
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{Bryophytes as plants have what property? - they are subject to lunar eclipses - lichenology - protokaryotes - woodiness - they are livestock + non-vascular
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{Complete the text: Biologists place plants between { animals (i) } and { bacteria (i) } genetically.
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{Which types of rocky-object surfaces are amenable to large plants? - lava while its liquid - granite - dolomite strata - basalt columns - deserts - the deepest ocean trenches - the San Andreas fault - the top of the glaciers of Greenland - Siberia in the middle of winter - the Sahara in summer - a diamond mine - mud pots at Yellowstone National Park in the US + the Amazon rainforest + the Congo + the Appalachian mountains - Antarctica
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{True or False, Paleontology genes are found in the promoter regions of at least 1% of human genes. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Complete the text: Match up the type of cephalopod with each of the possibilities below: Agoniatite - A Ammonite - B Belemnoid - C Ceratite - D Clymeniid - E Coleoid - F Goniatite - G Lytocerate - H Nautiloid - I Nostoceratid - J Phyllocerate - K Prolecanites - L { G (i) }. { B (i) }. { K (i) }. { D (i) }. { J (i) }. { C (i) }. { E (i) }. { I (i) }. { F (i) }. { H (i) }. { A (i) }. { L (i) }.
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{When early hominins started to identify edible, medicinal and poisonous plants, they began what? { botany (i) }
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{Complete the text: The scientific study of spores, pollen and particulate organic matter in rocks is called { palynology (i) }.
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{Which of the following are theoretical biological phenomena associated with botany? + Embryophyta - fungi + a dominant group - viruses + chloroplasts + chlorophyll - bacteria + plants - algae
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Hypotheses

 * 1) Something may be a fossil if it is discovered in sediment.