Software of the Month Club 1998 June/Software of the Month Club 1998 June.iso/pc/dos/games/dom1/replev2.qa

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.Terran Biology

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40

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#41
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 What year was the first genetically
 engineered experiment successfully
 completed?
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1. 1853.
2. 1953.
3. 1973.
4. 1993.



#42
M:1 3
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 Genetic mutations are the cause of many
 diseases. An example of a disease
 caused by genetic mutation is:
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1. cancer.
2. alcoholism.
3. down syndrome.


#43
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 Charles Darwin's famous book was called:
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1. Life, the Universe and Everything.
2. Natural Selection.
3. Survival Of The Fittest.
4. The Origin of Species.


#44
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 When a horse and a donkey breed, the
 result is an animal called a mule.
 Most mules are born sterile and
 can not breed. Is a mule an example
 of natural selection at work?
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#45
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 Can different species interbreed?
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#46
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 Races describe different populations
 within a species? Which is an example
 of two races in one species?
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1. dogs and cats.
2. horses and mules.
3. german shepards and beagles.


#47
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 When did dinosaurs finally become
 extinct?
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1. 25 million years ago.
2. 65 million years ago.
3. 100 million years ago.


#48
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 How old are the oldest fossils?
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1. 1 billion years old.
2. 2 billion years old.
3. 3 billion years old.
4. 3.5 billion years old.


#49
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 The first organisms to colonize land
 did so only about 410 million years
 ago and were:
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1. animals.
2. plants.


#50
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 Vertebrates (animals with backbones
 like you and me) first moved onto land
 how many years ago?
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1. 100 million years ago.
2. 200 million years ago.
3. about 360 million years ago.

#51
M:1 4
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 The earth has experienced several major
 extinctions where many of Earth's
 species have simply died off (like what
 happened to the dinosaurs). How many
 times has this happened in all of
 history?
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1. 5 times.
2. 10 times.
3. 1560 times.
4. more than 2000 times.


#52
M:4 4
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 The fourth major extinction happened
 238 to 248 million years ago and killed
 off what percentage of marine life?
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1. 10%
2. 30%
3. 70%
4. 96%


#53
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 Which of the five major extinctions in
 Earth's history killed the dinosaurs?
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1. the first.
2. the second.
3. the third.
4. the fourth.
5. the fifth.


#54
M:1 4
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 How many flowering plant species are
 there in the world today?
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1. over 240,000.
2. 200,000.
3. 100,000.
4. less than 20,000.


#55
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 Today the Earth has 7 major continents
 but it used to have only one huge
 continent called Pangaea. How long ago
 did Pangaea split up into the seven
 continents we know today?
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1. 100 million years ago.
2. 200 million years ago.
3. 1 billion years ago.



#56
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 When Pangaea, the super-continent,
 split up to form the 7 continents we
 have today, North and South America
 separated. A short time ago these
 two continents became reconnected. How
 long ago did this occur?
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1. 10 million years ago.
2. 5 million years ago.
3. 3 million years ago.


#57
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 The first vertebrates were:
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1. jawless fishes.
2. frogs.
3. snakes.
4. lizards.


#58
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 Our species has existed for perhaps
 500,000 years. We are called:
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1. Homo Sapiens.
2. Australopithecus.


#59
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 What is the largest mammal?
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1. the elephant.
2. the lion.
3. the whale.
4. the hippopotamus.


#60
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 How many species of reptiles are
 there on Earth today?
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1. about 3000.
2. about 6000.
3. about 100,000.


#61
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 The three characteristics that allow
 reptiles to live on land are: more
 developed lungs, dry water tight skin
 and:
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1. flexible bodies.
2. the ability to enter the water.
3. water tight but gas permeable eggs.



#62
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 There are 4500 species of mammals,
 6000 species of reptiles and how many
 species of birds?
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1. 1,000.
2. 4,000.
3. 9,000.
4. 14,000.



#63
Y:Y
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 Neanderthals lived up to 32,000 years
 ago. Even though they were not the
 same type of man or woman as you and I
 (they had much larger heads and were
 stronger and shorter), they still made
 tools and buried their dead as we do.
 Does this mean we are not the only race
 of intelligent life to have populated
 the planet?
>


#64
M:3 3
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 An ecosystem survives because the
 different plants and animals play
 individual roles that help sustain
 everyone. What is the term for an
 individual role?
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1. a job.
2. a function.
3. a niche.


#65
Y:N
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 can 2 species occupy the same niche
 indefinitely?
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#66
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 With the exception of humans, all
 species population sizes are limited by:
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1. predator prey relationships.
2. natural selection.
3. disease.
4. all of the above.


#67
M:2 2
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 Nature finds many creative ways to
 defend itself. Animals have horns,
 teeth and poisons. Plants also have
 chemicals called:
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1. primary compounds.
2. secondary compounds.


#68
M:3 3
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 Populations of species living together
 are called:
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1. ecosystems.
2. environment.
3. communities.


#69
M:1 3
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 A community together with the non-living
 component of the environment is called:
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1. the ecosystem.
2. the environment.
3. a niche.


#70
Y:Y
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 many genetic traits are termed dominant
 and recessive. is it true that dark hair is
 a dominant trait?
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#71
M:2 3
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 The pollution caused by smokestacks
 is most clearly seen in the recent
 phenomenon known as:
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1. DDT.
2. acid rain.
3. monocultures.




#72
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 What percentage of the planet's
 plants and animals is expected to
 become extinct over the next few
 decades as a result of losing the
 rainforests alone?
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1. 0.02%
2. 5%
3. 10%
4. 20%


#73
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 The world's population of nearly six
 billion is expected to double in the
 next 2 to 3 decades. How fast is the
 population growing per year?
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1. 0.003% per year.
2. 0.3% per year.
3. 1.7% per year.
4. 5% per year.



#74
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 One in every 5 people in the world
 is living in absolute poverty. How many
 people die each year from starvation?
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1. 10 million, 5 million are kids.
2. 20 million, 7 million are kids.
3. 35 million, 14 million are kids.



#75
Y:N
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 Everyone must realize the problems of
 pollution and overpopulation are serious.
 Can we save this planet without your
 help?
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#76
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 How many different kinds of organisms
 live on the planet earth?
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1. 5000.
2. 50,000.
3. 500,000.
4. 5,000,000.

#77
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 How many of the 5 million different
 organisms on earth have been cataloged?
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1. 1 million.
2. 1.5 million.
3. 3 million.


#78
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 What is the most abundant form of life
 in the world?
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1. Plants.
2. Animals.
3. Bacteria.



#79
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 How many bacteria can live in a single
 gram of soil?
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1. 100,000.
2. 100,000,000.
3. over 2,000,000,000.


#80
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 Which of the following diseases is
 caused by a virus?
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1. AIDS.
2. tetanus.
3. Cholera.