| Front | Harold and Kumar are pre-med and pre-pharmacy students, respectively. They complain to their biology professor that they should not have to study about plants because plants have little relevance to their chosen professions. 79) Which adaptation(s) of land plants is (are) likely to provide Harold with future patients? A) sporophyte dominance B) defenses against herbivory C) those for using wind to disperse male gametophytes D) All three of the responses above are potentially medically significant. E) Two of the responses above are potentially medically significant. |
| Back | Answer: E |
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| Front | The chloroplasts of land plants are thought to have been derived according to which evolutionary sequence? 1. cyanobacteria → red algae → green algae → land plants 2. cyanobacteria → green algae → fungi → land plants 3. cyanobacteria → green algae → land plants 4. red algae → brown algae → green algae → land plants |
| Back | 3. cyanobacteria → green algae → land plants |
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| Front | 59) Standard metabolic rate (SMR) and basal metabolic rate (BMR) are A) used differently: SMR is measured during exercise, whereas BMR is measured at rest. B) used to compare metabolic rate between hibernating and nonhibernating states. C) both measured across a wide range of temperatures for a given species. D) both standard measurements of fat metabolism in mammals. E) both measured in animals in a resting and fasting state. |
| Back | Answer: E |
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