Week 7
MONDAY TUESDAY
The cladogram shows the evolution of land plants as indicated by The hands of three primates are shown below.
fossil records.
Which discovery would challenge the validity of this cladogram?
In addition to having similar external appearances, the primates’ hands have
a. A large aquatic vascular plant about 200 million years old similar bone structures. Which of the following conclusions is best supported by the
b. A species of algae that has existed for less than one million similarity of these primates’ hands?
years
c. A moss species that has existed for less than 380 million a. Tarsiers, orangutans, and gorillas eat the same types of foods.
years b. Tarsiers, orangutans, and gorillas are descended from a common ancestor.
d. A fossil of a fern more than 425 million years old c. Tarsiers, orangutans, and gorillas were the first mammals to evolve from
reptiles.
d. Tarsiers, orangutans, and gorillas are classified as different subspecies of the
same species.
Carbohydrates are more easily metabolized than lipids. However, Lord Howe Island is a volcanic island in the Tasman Sea that is about 11 km long
on a gram-for-gram basis lipids provide cells with more — and 2.8 km wide. The island has two species of palm trees, Howea forsteriana and
the more abundant Howea belmoreana. The two species do not interbreed even
a. nitrogen when they grow very close to each other. Which evolutionary process fails to
b. proteins occur?
c. structure
d. energy a. Genetic drift of Howea forsteriana
b. Natural selection of adaptive traits in both species
c. Gene flow between the two species
d. Mutations in Howea belmoreana © The Trendy Science Teacher
Week 7
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
Using a light microscope, a student identified the A marine ecosystem is represented below. In any environment or ecosystem, organisms can have
following characteristics of four organisms found in several different types of relationships. Three types of
a sample of pond water. relationships are described below.
Based on the observations of the student, which
organisms most likely belong to the taxonomic
What is lost to the environment at each of the Which of these correctly describes the relationships
group for bacteria? between the organisms?
trophic levels of this ecosystem?
a. Organisms 1 and 2 a. Nutrients from the soil a. X: mutualism Y: parasitism Z: commensalism
b. Organisms 3 and 4 b. Living space for the organisms b. X: commensalism Y: mutualism Z: parasitism
c. Organisms 1 and 4 c. Food sources c. X: parasitism Y: commensalism Z: mutualism
d. Organisms 2 and 3 d. Heat d. X: commensalism Y: parasitism Z: mutualism
Sexual reproduction in animals depends on the A person infected with the human Which of the following biomolecules typically contains
production of gametes. Which of these processes immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may not have both nitrogen and phosphate?
produces gametes in animals? any symptoms for a period of time. During this
a. Lipid
period the virus affects the body by doing
b. Protein
a. Mitosis which of the following?
c. Nucleic acid
b. Fertilization d. Carbohydrate
c. Meiosis a. The virus produces toxins that weaken
d. Binary fission immune cells and prevent them from
reproducing.
Telophase is a stage of a cellular process that begins Tomato plants usually have hairy stems. Hairless stems
b. The virus damages immune cells while
after the chromosomes have moved to opposite poles of are present in tomato plants that are homozygous
the cell. During which cellular process does telophase
using their machinery to produce recessive for this trait. If the stem characteristics are
occur? copies of itself. determined by a single gene, what is the expected
c. The virus uses nutrients meant for outcome of crossing two tomato plants that are
a. Translation immune cells to fuel its own cellular heterozygous for hairy stems?
b. Interphase respiration.
c. Transcription d. The virus changes the identity of the a. 75% hairy stems: 25% hairless stems
d. Mitosis nucleotides of immune cells to prevent b. 100% hairy stems
the immune system from functioning c. 100% hairless stems
d. 50% hairy stems: 50% hairless stems
normally. © The Trendy Science Teacher
Week 7
MONDAY TUESDAY
The cladogram shows the evolution of land plants as indicated by The hands of three primates are shown below.
fossil records.
Which discovery would challenge the validity of this cladogram?
In addition to having similar external appearances, the primates’ hands have
a. A large aquatic vascular plant about 200 million years old similar bone structures. Which of the following conclusions is best supported by the
b. A species of algae that has existed for less than one million similarity of these primates’ hands?
years
c. A moss species that has existed for less than 380 million a. Tarsiers, orangutans, and gorillas eat the same types of foods.
years b. Tarsiers, orangutans, and gorillas are descended from a common ancestor.
d. A fossil of a fern more than 425 million years old c. Tarsiers, orangutans, and gorillas were the first mammals to evolve from
reptiles.
d. Tarsiers, orangutans, and gorillas are classified as different subspecies of the
same species.
Carbohydrates are more easily metabolized than lipids. However, Lord Howe Island is a volcanic island in the Tasman Sea that is about 11 km long
on a gram-for-gram basis lipids provide cells with more — and 2.8 km wide. The island has two species of palm trees, Howea forsteriana and
the more abundant Howea belmoreana. The two species do not interbreed even
a. nitrogen when they grow very close to each other. Which evolutionary process fails to
b. proteins occur?
c. structure
d. energy a. Genetic drift of Howea forsteriana
b. Natural selection of adaptive traits in both species
c. Gene flow between the two species
d. Mutations in Howea belmoreana © The Trendy Science Teacher
Week 7
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
Using a light microscope, a student identified the A marine ecosystem is represented below. In any environment or ecosystem, organisms can have
following characteristics of four organisms found in several different types of relationships. Three types of
a sample of pond water. relationships are described below.
Based on the observations of the student, which
organisms most likely belong to the taxonomic
What is lost to the environment at each of the Which of these correctly describes the relationships
group for bacteria? between the organisms?
trophic levels of this ecosystem?
a. Organisms 1 and 2 a. Nutrients from the soil a. X: mutualism Y: parasitism Z: commensalism
b. Organisms 3 and 4 b. Living space for the organisms b. X: commensalism Y: mutualism Z: parasitism
c. Organisms 1 and 4 c. Food sources c. X: parasitism Y: commensalism Z: mutualism
d. Organisms 2 and 3 d. Heat d. X: commensalism Y: parasitism Z: mutualism
Sexual reproduction in animals depends on the A person infected with the human Which of the following biomolecules typically contains
production of gametes. Which of these processes immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may not have both nitrogen and phosphate?
produces gametes in animals? any symptoms for a period of time. During this
a. Lipid
period the virus affects the body by doing
b. Protein
a. Mitosis which of the following?
c. Nucleic acid
b. Fertilization d. Carbohydrate
c. Meiosis a. The virus produces toxins that weaken
d. Binary fission immune cells and prevent them from
reproducing.
Telophase is a stage of a cellular process that Tomato plants usually have hairy stems. Hairless stems
b. The virus damages immune cells while
begins after the chromosomes have moved to are present in tomato plants that are homozygous
using their machinery to produce recessive for this trait. If the stem characteristics are
opposite poles of the cell. During which cellular copies of itself. determined by a single gene, what is the expected
process does telophase occur? c. The virus uses nutrients meant for outcome of crossing two tomato plants that are
immune cells to fuel its own cellular heterozygous for hairy stems?
a. Translation respiration.
b. Interphase d. The virus changes the identity of the a. 75% hairy stems: 25% hairless stems
c. Transcription nucleotides of immune cells to prevent b. 100% hairy stems
d. Mitosis the immune system from functioning c. 100% hairless stems
d. 50% hairy stems: 50% hairless stems
normally. © The Trendy Science Teacher
