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Spontaneous Generation

The idea that life arises from non-life

The idea that only living organisms can produce other living organisms

The idea that inherited features vary among species

Biogenesis

Only living organisms can produce other living organisms

Life arises from non-life

Living organisms can be produced from non-living organisms

Homologous Structures

Functioning structure in an organisms that is smaller or less functional in other organisms

Anatomically similar structures inherited from common ancestors

Unrelated species evolve similar traits

Who was the founder of the "use and disuse" theory?

Redi

Watson/Crick

Lamark

Hardy-Weinburg

A physical barrier that divides a population

Clade

Allopatric Speciation

Genetic Drift

A group of species that are closely related and share a common ancestor is called:

Species

Clade

Genus

Which of the following is not one of Darwin's Basic Principles?

Individuals in a population show variation

Variations improve reproductive sucess

All organisms are made up of cells

Animals have more young than can survive at a time

Who is credited with the primortial soup hypothesis?

Miller-Urey

Oparen-Haldane

Dobzhansky-Mayr

Classifications determined by physical characteristics are known as:

Typological

Biological

Phylogenetic

Which of the following is not true of the cell theory?

All living things are made up of cells

Cells are the smallest parcels able to replicate

Cells are the basic unit of life

Cells pass information between generations

Robert Hooke was credited with:

The first simple microscope

First to explain DNA structure

Simple organic molecules could be made from inorganic compounds

Enzymes that help to make the new matching DNA strand in DNA replication is known as:

Protein synthesis

DNA polymerase

Viroid

What is the process of converting DNA to RNA called?

Translation

Transcription

A hypotonic solution is:

Cell in a solution with equal parts water and solute

Cell in concentration where solute outside the cell is higher than inside

Cell in a solution with a lower concentration of solute

What is Chemiosmosis?

Where ATP is produced as a result of electron flow down a concentration gradient

The pathway cells take throughout photosynthesis

The process in which water is difused from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentraiton

The process in which solar energy is used to split H2O is called:

Photosystems

Photolysis

Photostems

Which is the correct order of phases?

Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase, Prophase

Prophase, Metaphase, Telophase, Anaphase

Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase

Which of the following processes does not increase genetic variation?

Mitosis

Crossing over

Meiosis

Random mating

Cells that contain more than two paired sets of chromosomes are called:

Homologous structures

Polyploidy

Synapsis

Wich of the following organisms is not multicellular?

Animals

Plants

Protists

Fungi

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