Georgia Milestones Biology

Which feature is common in both living cells and viruses?

• capsid

• cytoplasm

• nucleic acid

• ribosome

Which feature distinguishes bacteria from archea?

• being multicelluar

• the prescence of a true nucleus

• the composition of the cell wall

• the prescence of membrane bound organelles

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An organism is multicellular and made up of eukaryotic cells.The organism can move from one place to another.Its cells do not have cell walls or chloroplasts. In which kingdom should the organism be classified?

• animals

• fungi

• plants

• viruses

What are the names of the the three domains?

• Animalia,Eukarya, Bacteria

• Plantae,Animalia, Protista

• Eukarya,Archaea, Bacteria

• Protista, Bacteria, Animalia

According to the cladogram, which is more closely related?

• Mammalia and Crocodylia

• Non-avian Dinosaurs and crocodylia

• Lepidosauria and Testudines

• Mammalia and Lepidosauria

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As plants divereged from a common ancestor,characteristic features that distinguished the main plant groups from one another. Which statement shows evolutionary sequence in which these features developed?

• Vascular tissue,seeds,flowers

• Seeds,vascular tissue, flowers

• Flowers, seeds, vascular tissue

A student researched the similarities and differences and differences between viruses and organisms. Which statement BEST supports the argument that viruses share some similarities with living things?

• They both get energy from their environment

• They both contain proteins and nucleic acids

• They both reproduce on their own

• They both have a shell called a capsid

A team of scientist is studying fossils of early reptiles and birds. Which aspect of fossil evidence is MOST LIKELY to help the researchers begin to construct a phylogentics tree?

• The average number of offspring produced by each species

• The estimated number of reptile or bird species that are now extinct

• The number of modern-day reptile and bird species represented by the fossils

• The approximate date when each reptile or bird first appeared in the fossil record

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Which scientific information would be LEAST useful in constructing an argument supporting the endosymbiotic theory?

• Mitochondria and chloroplasts make copies of themselves by dividing

• Some eukaryotic cells have both mitochondria and chloroplasts

• Mitochondria and chloroplasts are about the same size as bacteria

• The ribosomes of mitochondria and chlroplasts are similar to those in prokaryotes

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Which list order the levels of ecological organization from simplest to most complex?

• Biome,ecosystem,community,population,organism

• Community, ecosystem,biome,organism,population

• Organism, population, biome,ecosystem,community

• Organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome