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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: symbioticsymbiotic C: parasitesparasites B: producersproducers D: saprophytes 50: $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 Organisms that bring about the decay of organic matter are called…

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: MoneraMonera C: Plantae B: ProtistaProtista D: AnimaliaAnimalia 50: $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 All multicellular photosynthetic organisms belong to the kingdom

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: water absorptionwater absorption C: sexual reproduction B: food production D: photosynthesis 50: $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 In plants, gymnosperms have cones and angiosperms have flowers. Both of these plant structures are specialized for —

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: cannot reproduce outside of cells C: cannot mutate but cells cancannot mutate but cells can B: contain more nuclei than cells contain more nuclei than cells D: need an energy source but cells do not need an energy source but cells do not 50: $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 An important difference between viruses and living cells is that viruses —

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: move from place to placemove from place to place C: make their own food B: get rid of waste productsget rid of waste products D: catch their own foodcatch their own food 50: $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 Sponges are classified as animals because they cannot —

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: Farmers select animals with desirable variations for breeding. Farmers select animals with desirable variations for breeding. C: New species are formed via genetic engineering. New species are formed via genetic engineering. B: Populations sharing the same gene pool interbreed and create new species. Populations sharing the same gene pool interbreed and create new species. D: Individuals survive that have inherited traits adapted to their environment. 50: $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 Which of the following statements describes the process of natural selection?

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: C: B: D: 50: $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 Which of these is most closely related to the oak weevil?

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: MoneraMonera C: FungiFungi B: Protista D: PlantaePlantae 50: $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 The kingdom of primarily unicellular organisms that do not seem to resemble each other is

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: They contain a nucleus and organelles. They contain a nucleus and organelles. C: They are inactive outside the body of living cells. They are inactive outside the body of living cells. B: They make their own food. They make their own food. D: They contain nucleic acids such as DNA or RNA. 50: $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 Which characteristic do viruses possess in common with living cells?

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: ProtistaProtista C: Animal B: PlantPlant D: MoneraMonera 50: $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 Multicellular heterotrophs without cell walls are

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: abdomenabdomen C: spinespine B: exoskeleton D: vertebravertebra 50: $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 The hard outer covering of a lobster is called the —

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: similarity of structuresimilarity of structure C: similarity of genetic makeupsimilarity of genetic makeup B: similarity of habitat D: similarity of evolutionary historysimilarity of evolutionary history 50: $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 Which of the following is NOT a basis of classification that scientists use

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: MoneraMonera C: FungiFungi B: ProtistaProtista D: Plantae 50: $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 The picture shows a fern that is sometimes used in an aquarium or outdoor pool to provide shade and a spawning medium for fish. To which kingdom does Azolla caroliniana belong?

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: orderorder C: species B: genusgenus D: phylumphylum 50: $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 A biology student collected pine needles from four different species of trees. She then made diagrams showing the number and actual length of needles in a bundle and the common and scientific name of each species. Use her diagram above to help you answer the following question. These four different pine trees are not classified in the same —

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