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General Biology

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Set 1 Biology And Its Themes

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Question 1

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Two organisms are ________ if they share more classification levels.

A) closer together in the biosphere they live
B) further apart in the food chain
C) easier to tell apart
D) more similar in characteristics

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Question 2

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Use the following figure to answer the question. Use the following figure to answer the question.   Describe groups labeled A and B. A) A is the most recent species to evolve on Earth whereas B is an ancestor of group A B) A is the most recent species to evolve on Earth whereas B is the last common ancestor of Archaea and Eukarya C) A is the common ancestor of all life whereas B is the common ancestor of Bacteria and Archaea D) A is the common ancestor of all life whereas B is the last common ancestor of Archaea and Eukarya Describe groups labeled A and B.

A) A is the most recent species to evolve on Earth whereas B is an ancestor of group "A"
B) A is the most recent species to evolve on Earth whereas B is the last common ancestor of Archaea and Eukarya
C) A is the common ancestor of all life whereas B is the common ancestor of Bacteria and Archaea
D) A is the common ancestor of all life whereas B is the last common ancestor of Archaea and Eukarya

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Question 3

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To understand the chemical basis of inheritance, we must understand the molecular structure of DNA. This is an example of the application of which concept to the study of biology?

A) evolution
B) emergent properties
C) reductionism
D) feedback regulation

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