Transcript Biology GM Review

Biology
Milestones
Review
ROUND 1
Intro to Biology
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1. Sexual reproduction : two parents :: asexual
reproduction : ______.
A. two parents
D. two cells
B. one nonliving thing
E. one parent
C. one cell
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Answer: E. one parent
Intro to Biology
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2. one gram : 1000 milligrams :: one meter : ______.
A. 1000 millimeters
D. 1 milliliter
B. 1 millimeter
E. 1000 meters
C. 1 kilometer
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Answer: A. 1000 millimeters
Intro to Biology
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3. A researcher investigated two groups of fruit
flies. Population A was kept in a 0.5-L container.
Population B was kept in a 1-L container. The
manipulated variable was the
A. number of flies
D. time in days
B. number of groups
E. size of the containers
C. difference in time per group
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Answer: E. size of the containers
Intro to Biology
4.
What two main things can affect the activity of
an enzyme?
A.
pH and acidity
B.
pH and basicity
C.
Temperature and humidity
D.
pH and temperature
ANSWER: D
Intro to Biology
5. The first energy level of an atom can hold
two electrons. After that most energy
levels can hold how many electrons?
2
B. 4
C. 6
D. 8
A.
ANSWER: D
Lighting
Round 1
2 POINTS PER QUESTION CORRECT
Intro to Biology
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6. Which of the following is
a logical inference based
on the contents of the
graph?
The flies in Group B were
healthier than those in
Group A.
B. A fly population with more
available space will grow
larger than a population
with less space.
C. If Group B were observed for
40 more days, the size of the
population would double.
D. In 40 more days, the sizes of
both populations would
decrease at the same rate.
A.
Biochemistry
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7. Which one of the following is NOT an organic
molecule found in living organisms?
A. protein
B. nucleic acid
C. carbohydrate
D. sodium chloride
E. lipid
Biochemistry
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8. Which combination of particle and charge is
correct?
A. proton: positively charged
B. electron: positively charged
C. neutron: negatively charged
D. proton: negatively charged
E. electron: no charge
Biochemistry
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9. The elements or compounds that enter into a
chemical reaction are the
A. cohesion.
D. reactants.
B. adhesion.
E. products.
C. catalysts.
Biochemistry
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10. Protein : amino acids :: nucleic acid : _____.
A. acids
D. ribose sugars
B. bases
E. fatty acids
C. nucleotides
Answers
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6. Answer: A
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7. Answer: D. sodium chloride
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8. Answer: A. proton: positively charged
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9. Answer: D. reactants
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10. Answer: C. nucleotides
ROUND 2
Ecology
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11. A group of individuals belonging to a single
species that live together in a defined area is
termed a(an)
A. population.
D. biome.
B. ecosystem.
E. biosphere.
C. community.
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Answer: A. population
Ecology
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12. In addition to herbivores, another
type of consumer is a(an)
I. Carnivore
II. Omnivore
III. Detrivore
A. I only
D. II and III only
B. II only
E. I, II, and III
C. I and II only
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Answer: E. I, II, and III
Ecology
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13. Which is NOT an abiotic factor in an
ecosystem?
A. microorganisms D. rainfall
B. light
E. soil
C. temperature
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Answer: A. microorganisms
ECOLOGY
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14. Each of the following is a densitydependent limiting factor EXCEPT
A.
Competition
Drought
Disease
Predation
Parasitism
B.
C.
D.
E.
ANSWER: B Drought
Lighting
Round 2
2 POINTS PER QUESTION CORRECT
Ecology
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15. Flea : dog :: parasite : _____.
A. predator
D. competitor
B. bacteria
E. carnivore
C. host
Ecology
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16. Which factors increase the size of a
population?
I. Emigration
II. Birthrate
III. Immigration
A. I only
D. II and III only
B. III only
E. I, II, and III
C. I and III only
Ecology
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17. J-shaped curve : exponential :: S-shaped
curve : ______.
A. demographic
B. predation
C. logistic
D. limiting factor
E. immigration
Ecology
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18. Which of the following is NOT a renewable
resource?
A. wind
D. fossil fuels
B. sunlight
E. trees
C. water
Cells
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19. Animal cells have all of the following EXCEPT
A. mitochondria. D. a cell membrane.
B. chloroplasts.
C. a nucleus.
E. Golgi apparatus.
Answers
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15. Answer: C. host
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16. Answer: D. II and III only
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17. Answer: C. logistic
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18. Answer: D. fossil fuels
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19. Answer: B. chloroplasts
Cells
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20. Which process always involves the movement
of materials from inside the cell to outside the
cell?
A. phagocytosis
B. endocytosis
D. exocytosis
E. osmosis
C. diffusion
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Answer: D. exocytosis
Cells
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21. What is the total number of ATPs
produced during cellular respiration?
A.
12 ATP
36 ATP
24 ATP
2 ATP
B.
C.
D.
ANSWER: B 36 ATP
Cells
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22. Choose the cellular structure that is present in eukaryotic
cells but NOT in prokaryotic cells.
I. Nuclear membrane
II. Mitochondria
III. Cell membrane
I only
B. II only
C. III only
A.
D. I and II only
E. I, II, and III
ANSWER: D I and II
Photosynthesis
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23. Oak tree : autotroph :: human : ______.
A. consumer
D. omnivore
B. producer
E. heterotroph
C. autotroph
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Answer: E. heterotroph
Photosynthesis
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24. Which equation best summarizes the process of
photosynthesis?
A. water + carbon dioxide → sugars + oxygen B. sugars + oxygen
→ water + carbon
C. water + oxygen → sugars + carbon dioxide D. oxygen +
carbon dioxide → sugars + oxygen
E. sugars + carbon dioxide → water + oxygen
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Answer: A.
Lighting
Round 3
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Photosynthesis
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25. In a typical plant, all of the following factors
are necessary for photosynthesis EXCEPT
A. chlorophyll.
B. light.
C. oxygen.
D. carbon dioxide.
E. water.
Cellular Respiration
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26. What raw materials are needed for cellular
respiration?
A. glucose and carbon dioxide
B. glucose and oxygen
C. carbon dioxide and oxygen
D. oxygen and lactic acid
E. carbon dioxide and water
Cellular Respiration
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27. In eukaryotic cells, most of cellular respiration
takes place in the
A. nuclei.
D. cell walls.
B. cytoplasm.
E. centrioles.
C. mitochondria.
Cell Division
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28. Which of the following is NOT a phase of
mitosis?
A. anaphase
D. prophase
B. metaphase
E. interphase
C. telophase
Cell Division
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29. A process in which unregulated cell division
occurs is known as
A. mitosis.
B. the cell cycle.
C. cytokinesis.
D. cancer.
E. interphase.
Answers
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25. Answer: C. oxygen
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26. Answer: B. glucose and oxygen
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27. Answer: C. mitochondria.
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28. Answer: E. interphase
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29. Answer: D. cancer
Genetics
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30. What happens to the chromosome number during meiosis?
A. It doubles.
D. It becomes diploid.
B. It stays the same.
C. It halves.
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Answer: C. It halves.
E. It quadruples.
Genetics
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31. Two pink-flowering plants are crossed. The offspring flower as
follows: 25% red, 25% white, 50% pink. What pattern of
inheritance does flower color in these flowers follow?
A. dominance
D. recessiveness
B. multiple alleles E. polygenic traits
C. incomplete dominance
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Answer: C. incomplete dominance
Genetics
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32. Mitosis : diploid daughter cells :: meiosis : ______.
A. egg cells
B. sperm cells
C. four daughter cells
D. haploid daughter cells
E. tetraploid daughter cells
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Answer: D. haploid daughter cells
Genetics
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33. If you make a Punnett square showing a
cross between two heterozygous individuals for
two separate traits, what should the phenotypic
ratio be?
A.
3:1:3:1
B.
1:1
C.
9:3:3:1
D.
6:4
ANSWER: C
9:3:3:1
Genetics
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34. What happened during meiosis
for an individual to get Down
Syndrome?
A.
Nondisjunction of the chromosome
21 pair
Copying of Chromosome 21
Deletion of Chromosome 21
Magic
B.
C.
D.
ANSWER: A
Lighting
Round 4
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DNA and RNA
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35. During replication, which sequence of nucleotides would
bond with the DNA sequence TATGA?
A. TATGA
D. AUAGA
B. UAUGA
E. ATACA
C. ATACT
DNA and RNA
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36. In which of the following ways does RNA differ from DNA?
A. RNA contains uracil and deoxyribose.
ribose and thymine.
C. RNA contains uracil and ribose.
D. RNA contains adenine and ribose.
E. RNA contains uracil, adenine, and ribose.
B. RNA contains
DNA and RNA
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37. Which of the following nucleotide(s) bond(s) with adenine?
A. thymine only
B. uracil only
D. cytosine & guanine
E. thymine & uracil
C. tymine, uracil, and cytosine
DNA and RNA
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38. Which sample(s) support(s) the base-pairing rules?
A. Sample A only
B. Sample B only
C. Sample C only
D. Samples A and C
E. Samples A, B, and C
Evolution
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39. Which scientist formulated the theory of evolution through
natural selection?
A. Charles Darwin D. Charles Lyell
B. James Hutton
E. Alfred Wallace
C. Jean-Baptiste Lamark
Answers
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35. Answer: C. ATACT
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36. Answer: C. RNA contains uracil and ribose.
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37. Answer: E. thymine & uracil
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38.
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39. Answer: A. Charles Darwin
Answer: D. Samples A
and C
Evolution
ROUND 5
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34. When two species reproduce at different times, the situation is
called
A. temporal isolation.
D. temporal selection.
B. speciation.
E. geographic isolation.
C. genetic drift.
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Answer: A. temporal isolation.
Evolution
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35. What does natural selection act upon to enable evolution to
occur?
I. Individuals
A. all of them
II. Clones
B. I only
III. Species
IV. Populations
V. Phenotypes
ANSWER: D
C. II and IV
D. III, IV, and V
Evolution
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36. What is currently the strongest and most reliable evidence
for evolution?
A.
Fossils
B.
DNA evidence
C.
Embryology
D.
Homologous structures
ANSWER: B
Classification
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37. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic
of Linnaeus’s system for naming organisms?
A. two-part name
B. multi-part name describing several traits
C. name that identifies the organism’s genus
D. name that identifies the organism’s species
E. name unique to a single species
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Answer: B. multi-part name describing several
traits
Classification
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38. Animalia : kingdom :: Gastropoda : ______.
A. order
B. class
D. phylum
E. domain
C. species
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Answer: B. class
Lighting
Round 5
2 POINTS PER QUESTION CORRECT
Bacteria & Viruses
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39. Which illness is NOT caused by a virus?
A. AIDS
D. common cold
B. polio
E. flu
C. botulism
Bacteria & Viruses
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40. All bacteria are classified as
A. eukaryotes.
D. prokaryotes.
B. protists.
E. blue-green algae.
C. archaea.
Protists
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41. In amoebas, what structure helps the organism move and
feed?
A. flagellum
B. cilia
D. pseudopod
E. contractile vacuole
C. food vacuole
Protists
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42. Based on the data in the
graph, the incidence of
malaria is
I. Declining in Africa.
II. Increasing in Southeast
Asia.
III. Increasing in North & South
America
A. I only
D. III only
B. II and III only
E. I, II, and III
C. I and II only
Fungi
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43. Which of the following organisms is NOT a fungus?
A. mushroom
D. bread mold
B. puffball
E. yeast
C. water mold
Answers
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39. Answer: C. botulism
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40. Answer: D. prokaryotes
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41. Answer: D. pseudopod
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42. Answer: C. I and II only
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43. Answer: C. water mold (funguslike protist)
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Round 6
Fungi
44. Plant : root :: mold : _____.
A. gametangium
B. zygospore
C. rhizoid
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Answer: C. rhizoid
D. stolon
E. sporangiophore
Plants
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45. Gymnosperm : cones :: angiosperm : _____.
A. roots
D. leaves
B. seeds
E. flowers
C. stems
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Answer: E. flowers
Plants
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46. Which of the following is a basic
requirement of plants?
I. sunlight
II. Carbon dioxide
III. water
A. I only
D. II and III only
B. II only
E. I, II, and III
C. I and II only
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Answer: E. I, II, and III
Plants
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47. What is the correct order for the process of
cellular respiration?
Electron transport chain (ETC), Calvin cycle,
Glycolysis
B. Glycolysis, Krebs cycle, electron transport (ETC)
C. Krebs, ETC, glycolysis
D. Calvin cycle, Krebs cycle, ETC
A.
ANSWER: B
Plants
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48. The major source of oxygen in the
atmosphere is released from what?
A.
Cellular respiration
B.
Car exhaust
C.
Photosynthesis
D.
Weathering of rock
ANSWER: C
Microscopes
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49. When trying to use a microscope to view a
very small organisms, you should…
Use the highest magnification objective first and
try to view the organism
B. Use the lowest objective and coarse adjustment
first, focus it, and work your way up to the
highest magnification and fine adjustment.
C. Use the fine adjustment and the highest
magnification objective first.
A.
ANSWER: B
Lighting
Round 6
2 POINTS PER QUESTION CORRECT
Plants
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50. Where does most of the photosynthesis occur in a plant?
A. stomata
B. guard cells
the leaves
D. vascular cambium
E. mesophyll tissue of C. bark
Plants
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51. Where in a flower are pollen grains produced?
A. sepals
D. ovary
B. anthers
E. stigma
C. carpels
Animals
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52. Radial symmetry : jellyfish :: asymmetry : _____.
A. medusa
D. coral
B. polyp
E. sponge
C. sea anemone
Answers
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50. Answer: E. mesophyll tissue
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51. Answer: B. anthers
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52. Answer: E. sponge
Animals
ROUND 7
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53. The concentration of nerve tissue and organs in one end of
the body is called
A. cephalization. D. body symmetry.
B. segmentation. E. nerve nets.
C. diffusion.
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Answer: A. cephalization.
Animals
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54. tadpole : gills :: frog : ______.
A. atrium
D. eggs
B. lungs
E. stomach
C. scales
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Answer: B. lungs
Animals
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55. Which phyla of animals contains
the smartest invertebrate in the
animal kingdom?
A.
Gastropoda
Echinodermata
Cnidaria
Mollusca
B.
C.
D.
ANSWER: D
Ecology
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A.
B.
C.
D.
56. Humans have caused a huge
impact on the environment. What
has caused an increase in acid rain?
Use of CFCs
Use of pesticides
Coal burning power plants
Nuclear power plants
ANSWER: C
Animals
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58. Amniotic eggs are a characteristic
of
I. Amphibians
II. Reptiles
III. Birds
A. I only
D. II and III only
B. II only
E. I, II, and III
C. I and II only
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Answer: D. II and III only
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