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The Origin and Evolution of
Microbial Life: Prokaryotes and
Protists
FINAL ROUND
Plants, Fungi, and the
Colonization of Land
The Evolution of
Invertebrate Diversity
The Evolution of Vertebrate
Diversity
The Evolution of Biological Diversity
BACK TO GAME
Prokaryotes and Protists
$100 Question
Dating back about 3.5 billion years, fossils of _____________ found in Australia are among the oldest signs of life on Earth found.
a. diatoms
b. amoebozoans
c. stromatolites
d. cellular slime moldsANSWER
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Prokaryotes and Protists
$100 Answer
Dating back about 3.5 billion years, fossils of _____________ found in Australia are among the oldest signs of life on Earth found.
a. diatoms
b. amoebozoans
c. stromatolites
d. cellular slime molds
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Prokaryotes and Protists
$200 Question
By far the most abundant and widespread organisms on Earth are the ___________________.
a. protists
b. protozoans
c. eukaryotes
d. prokaryotes ANSWER
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Prokaryotes and Protists
$200 Answer
By far the most abundant and widespread organisms on Earth are the ___________________.
a. protists
b. protozoans
c. eukaryotes
d. prokaryotes
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Prokaryotes and Protists
$300 Question
Unlike archaea, bacterial cell walls contain a unique substance called ___________________.
a. peptidoglycan
b. cellulose
c. glycogen
d. phospholipid ANSWER
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Prokaryotes and Protists
$300 Answer
Unlike archaea, bacterial cell walls contain a unique substance called ___________________.
a. peptidoglycan
b. cellulose
c. glycogen
d. phospholipid
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Prokaryotes and Protists
$400 Question
Bacetrial ____________ are at work in the slimy feel of an underwater rock, ear infections, and dental plaque.
a. reproductive behaviors
b. endospores
c. biofilms
d. cell walls
ANSWER
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Prokaryotes and Protists
$400 Answer
Bacetrial ____________ are at work in the slimy feel of an underwater rock, ear infections, and dental plaque.
a. reproductive behaviors
b. endospores
c. biofilms
d. cell walls
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Prokaryotes and Protists
$500 Question
All prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms that photosynthesize fit into which nutritional category?
a. photoheterotrophs
b. chemoautotrophs
c. photoautotrophs
d. chemoheterotrophs ANSWER
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Prokaryotes and Protists
$500 Answer
All prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms that photosynthesize fit into which nutritional category?
a. photoheterotrophs
b. chemoautotrophs
c. photoautotrophs
d. chemoheterotrophs
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Plants and Fungi
$100 Question
Which of the following types of plants lacks vascular tissue?
a. flowering plants
b. mosses
c. grasses
d. fernsANSWER
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Plants and Fungi
$100 Answer
Which of the following types of plants lacks vascular tissue?
a. flowering plants
b. mosses
c. grasses
d. ferns
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Plants and Fungi
$200 Question
The _______ helps plants retain water.
a. hypha
b. epidermis
c. lignin
d. cuticleANSWER
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Plants and Fungi
$200 Answer
The _______ helps plants retain water.
a. hypha
b. epidermis
c. lignin
d. cuticle
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Plants and Fungi
$300 Question
Which of these adaptations to a terrestrial existence evolved most recently?
a. vascular tissue
b. seeds
c. spores
d. cuticleANSWER
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Plants and Fungi
$300 Answer
Which of these adaptations to a terrestrial existence evolved most recently?
a. vascular tissue
b. seeds
c. spores
d. cuticle
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Plants and Fungi
$400 Question
In angiosperms, the male gametophyte develops within _______.
a. archegonia
b. antheridia
c. male cones
d. anthersANSWER
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Plants and Fungi
$400 Answer
In angiosperms, the male gametophyte develops within _______.
a. archegonia
b. antheridia
c. male cones
d. anthers
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Plants and Fungi
$500 Question
The basic structure that makes up a fungus is the _________________.
a. hypha
b. anther
c. archegonium
d. frondANSWER
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Plants and Fungi
$500 Answer
The basic structure that makes up a fungus is the _________________.
a. hypha
b. anther
c. archegonium
d. frond
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Invertebrate Diversity
$100 Question
Which of the following is a characteristic of all chordates?
a. they all have a notochord
b. they all have a vertebral column
c. they all have an exoskeleton
d. they all exhibit radial symmetry ANSWER
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Invertebrate Diversity
$100 Answer
Which of the following is a characteristic of all chordates?
a. they all have a notochord
b. they all have a vertebral column
c. they all have an exoskeleton
d. they all exhibit radial symmetry
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Invertebrate Diversity
$200 Question
__________ are the simplest animals that exhibit bilateral symmetry.
a. Annelids
b. Sponges
c. Flatworms
d. RoundwormsANSWER
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Invertebrate Diversity
$200 Answer
__________ are the simplest animals that exhibit bilateral symmetry.
a. Annelids
b. Sponges
c. Flatworms
d. Roundworms
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Invertebrate Diversity
$300 Question
The phrase “Cambrian explosion” refers to _________.
a. the asteroid impact that caused the mass extinction at the K-T boundary
b. the rapid adaptive radiation of marine animals that gave rise to most extant animal phyla
c. the evolutionarily sudden proliferation of dinosaur species
d. the origin of the first soft-bodied animalsANSWER
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Invertebrate Diversity
$300 Answer
The phrase “Cambrian explosion” refers to _________.
a. the asteroid impact that caused the mass extinction at the K-T boundary
b. the rapid adaptive radiation of marine animals that gave rise to most extant animal phyla
c. the evolutionarily sudden proliferation of dinosaur species
d. the origin of the first soft-bodied animals
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Invertebrate Diversity
$400 Question
There are more species of __________ than of any other type of animal.
a. nematode
b. arthropod
c. mollusc
d. chordateANSWER
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Invertebrate Diversity
$400 Answer
There are more species of __________ than of any other type of animal.
a. nematode
b. arthropod
c. mollusc
d. chordate
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Invertebrate Diversity
$500 Question
Which animal group is most closely related to chordates?
a. molluscs
b. annelids
c. cnidarians
d. echinodermsANSWER
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Invertebrate Diversity
$500 Answer
Which animal group is most closely related to chordates?
a. molluscs
b. annelids
c. cnidarians
d. echinoderms
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Vertebrate Diversity
$100 Question
Natural populations of lemurs are found only in ______________.
a. Peru
b. Bolivia
c. Madagascar
d. TasmaniaANSWER
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Vertebrate Diversity
$100 Answer
Natural populations of lemurs are found only in ______________.
a. Peru
b. Bolivia
c. Madagascar
d. Tasmania
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Vertebrate Diversity
$200 Question
Prehensile tails are found among __________________.
a. New World monkeys
b. Old World monkeys
c. all primates
d. all hominoidsANSWER
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Vertebrate Diversity
$200 Answer
Prehensile tails are found among __________________.
a. New World monkeys
b. Old World monkeys
c. all primates
d. all hominoids
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Vertebrate Diversity
$300 Question
The species most closely related to humans is the _____________.
a. gorilla
b. orangutan
c. ring-tailed lemur
d. chimpanzeeANSWER
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Vertebrate Diversity
$300 Answer
The species most closely related to humans is the _____________.
a. gorilla
b. orangutan
c. ring-tailed lemur
d. chimpanzee
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Vertebrate Diversity
$400 Question
Clearly bipedal hominid fossil footprints date to about ________ years ago.
a. 50,000
b. 100,000
c. 1 million
d. 3.5 million ANSWER
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Vertebrate Diversity
$400 Answer
Clearly bipedal hominid fossil footprints date to about ________ years ago.
a. 50,000
b. 100,000
c. 1 million
d. 3.5 million
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Vertebrate Diversity
$500 Question
According to the fossil record, the genus Homo first arose in _________________.
a. North America
b. Africa
c. Europe
d. AsiaANSWER
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Vertebrate Diversity
$500 Answer
According to the fossil record, the genus Homo first arose in _________________.
a. North America
b. Africa
c. Europe
d. Asia
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FINAL ROUND Question
The Fertile Crescent is in __________.
a. Asia
b. the Middle East
c. Europe
d. AustraliaANSWER
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FINAL ROUND Answer
The Fertile Crescent is in __________.
a. Asia
b. the Middle East
c. Europe
d. Australia