The Evolution Of Microbial Life - Campbell Essential Biology

Course

Anatomy & Physiology

Study Pack

Set 1: Learning About Life

Set 2: Essential Chemistry for Biology

Set 3: The Molecules of Life

Set 4: A Tour of the Cell

Set 5: The Working Cell

Set 6: Cellular Respiration: Obtaining Energy From Food

Set 7: Photosynthesis: Using Light to Make Food

Set 8: Cellular Reproduction: Cells From Cells

Set 9: Patterns of Inheritance

Set 10: The Structure and Function of Dna

Set 11: How Genes Are Controlled

Set 12: Dna Technology

Set 13: How Populations Evolve

Set 14: How Biological Diversity Evolves

Set 15: The Evolution of Microbial Life

Set 16: The Evolution of Plants and Fungi

Set 17: The Evolution of Animals

Set 18: An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere

Set 19: Population Ecology

Set 20: Communities and Ecosystems

Set 21: Unifying Concepts of Animal Structure and Function

Set 22: Nutrition and Digestion

Set 23: Circulation and Respiration

Set 24: The Bodys Defenses

Set 25: Hormones

Set 26: Reproduction and Development

Set 27: Nervous, Sensory, and Locomotor Systems

Set 28: The Life of a Flowering Plant

Set 29: The Working Plant

Set 15 The Evolution Of Microbial Life

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Set 15 The Evolution Of Microbial Life

Question 1

(Multiple Choice)

Free

Which group of prokaryotes aids digestion in cattle, deer, and other animals that obtain nutrition from cellulose?

A)halophiles
B)dinoflagellates
C)methanogens
D)cocci

Answer

Question 2

(Multiple Choice)

Free

Which gas began to increase in the atmosphere as a result of photosynthesis by autotrophic prokaryotes approximately 2.7 billion years ago?

A)methane
B)carbon dioxide
C)oxygen
D)hydrogen

Answer

Question 3

(Multiple Choice)

Free

Which groups of organisms colonized land during the Paleozoic era approximately 500 million years ago?

A)plants, protists, and insects
B)plants, fungi, and insects
C)bacteria, plants, and fungi
D)protists, bacteria, and fungi

Answer