The Living World Questions and Answers

Which of the following is NOT one of the ways in which the election of 1896 changed American politics? Democrats became a party of business, industry, and a strong national government. Campaigns were revolved around fundraising and advertising through the mass media. The United States shifted from a policy of isolation to becoming a major player in international affairs. The Populist Party had ceased as a National Party.

Which of the following is the best antonym for "meticulous"? A. diligent B. conscientious C. careless D. scrupulous

An fish that lives in the ocean provides an extreme example of process by which animals control solute concentrations and balance water gain and loss. filtration hydration osmosis osmoregulation

To increase the effectiveness of exchange surfaces lining the lungs and the intestines, evolutionary pressures have increased the number of cell layers in these linings. increased the exchange surface area with folds and branches. increased the thickness of the membranes in these linings. increased the volume of the cells in these linings. decreased the metabolic rate of the cells in these linings.

An advantage of a complete (tube) digestive system over a gastrovascular cavity is that the complete system allows digestive enzymes to be less specific. allows extensive branching. allows specialized functions in specialized regions. facilitates intracellular digestion.

In a survivably cold environment, an ectotherm is more likely to survive an extended period of food deprivation than would an equally sized endotherm because the ectotherm expends more energy per kg of body mass than does the endotherm. metabolizes its stored energy more readily than can the endotherm. has greater insulation on its body surface. maintains a higher basal metabolic rate. invests little energy in temperature regulation.

Where do the amino groups from the nitrogenous wastes come from? proteins and lipids fats and DNA DNA, RNA and proteins RNA and cabohydrates

What is it about carbon that makes it good for building organic molecules? it is found in many environments it doesn't contain pesticides or hormones it is attracted to water it can bond with many elements

Since 1980, the black population in comparison to the Hispanic population of the United States has: shifted from the suburbs to the cities increased stayed the same decreased

An orientation toward the present is particularly valued by: Hispanic culture Asian culture White mainstream American culture Black African American culture

An orientation toward the future is particularly valued by: Native American culture White mainstream American culture Hispanic culture Asian culture

For western culture, research has identified personal space to exist from: 18 inches to 4 feet contact to 18 inches from 4 to 12 feet greater than 12 feet

Because health care professionals and clients belong to different subcultures, their interaction is always, to some extent, transcultural, even when the health care professional and client come from the same general culture. True False

Language is the code senders use to carry their messages which includes verbal and non-verbal components. True False

A client's culture, not his/her individuality, is the most important factor to consider when communicating transculturally. True False

Describe in detail the different actions of antibodies following binding to antigens.

Which of the following statements is correct? The repressor protein blocks the translation of GFP Recombinant E. coli that contain the plasmid PGLO and are cultured in a medium containing ampicillin will glow a green color when observed under ultraviolet light All the bacteria that pick up the pGLO plasmid will be able to glow a green color when observed under ultraviolet light Recombinant E. coli that contain the plasmid pGLO and are cultured in a medium containing ampicillin and arabinose will glow a green color when observed under ultraviolet light The product of the gene ara-C is necessary for the transcription of the GFP gene

Spikes are projections on the outer surfaces of some viruses. True False

The envelope of a virus is compose of all of the following except a. Lipid b. Protein c. DNA d. Carbohydrate

Which of the following atmospheres can grow microaerophilic bacteria? water jar candle jar gas pak jar incubator

Three times in William Carlos Williams' poem "The Widow's Lament in Springtime" the widow says "today" -- indicating A. Williams' beliefs that the here and now is more important than what once was. B. that Williams wrote the poem in one day. C. the widow's focus on her woes "today" and her forgetting of her former "joy."

Lines 4-5 of e.e. cummings' poem "in Just," is an example of the poet's A. discarding of traditional capitalization. B. discarding of traditional grammar. C. discarding of traditional spacing between words.

The poem "in Just" by e.e. cummings is written in the poetic form of A. blank verse -- unrhymed verse but with set rhythm and meter. B. free verse -- verse without regular rhyme and meter. C. sonnet -- traditional, set rhyme scheme and stanzas.

In his poem "in Just" e.e. cummings combines the names of the boys -- "eddyandbill" -- as well as A. "farandwee." B. the games -- "runningfrommarbles." C. the names of the girls -- "bettyandisabel."

In his poem "in Just" e.e. cummings achieves a different emphasis on the repeated words "far and wee" (Lines 5, 14, and 23-25) by A. squeezing the words together to draw attention to them. B. using different capitalization for each repetition. C. varying the spacing between words and then putting each word on a separate line.

Hegel's notion of dialectical principles greatly influenced the theories of.... Karl Marx Bronson Alcott Ralph Waldo Emerson Charles Darwin.

In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," who is Prufrock addressing? A. A woman B. A man C. A child

One of the conventions of the modernist poets that Marianne Moore experimented with, giving her poem "Poetry" a prose-like feel, was A set line lengths. B. sing-song rhyming. C. wide variations in meter.

In her poem "Poetry," what message is Marianne Moore attempting to convey with the image in Line 6-7 of "eyes that can dilate"? A. She is describing what she means by genuine by relating it to something physical eyes dilating. B. She is equating poetry with the eyes, since we see with our eyes. C. She is saying that a good poem makes our eyes dilate.

When Marianne Moore says (Lines 14-16 of "Poetry") that "we do not admire what we cannot understand," she is referring to A. words that becomes so derivative -- so far from the original -- that they become unintelligible. B. the difficulty we have in understanding bats and elephants (Lines 16-19). C. those who don't understand baseball and don't admire the game (Lines 23-24).

The message of Marianne Moore's poem "Poetry" is tha A. any poem is a good poem. B. good poetry is genuine, useful, and real. C. insolence and triviality are the beginnings of a good poem.

Which of the following is the best antonym for "obtuse"? A. doltish B. witless C. dimwitted D. clever

She was notably as she introduced the famous autho to her friends. A. deferential B. digress C. insidious D. meticulous

Complete the following sentence: Sue was known for her approach to playing the piano A. presume B. meticulous C. obtuse D. deferential

Which of the following is the best antonym for "deferential"? A. inconsiderate B. reverential C. gracious D. polite

In Line 51 of "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," Eliot uses what poetic device? A. alliteration B. metaphor C. simile

In Lines 2-3 of "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," Eliot uses what poetic device? A. alliteration B. metaphor C. simile

Lines 32-33 ("hundreds of indecisions...") of T.S. Eliot's poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" are an indication A. of Prufrock's inability to make a decision. B. that Prufrock has a job where he makes lots of revisions. C. that it is hard to decide what the question is.

Line 2 of "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" is a vivid example of Eliot's amazing command of A. imagery. B. rhyme. C. dialect.

In Lines 111-119 of Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," Prufrock sees himself A. as a Prince Hamlet. B. as a vibrant, dynamic individual. C. not as a Prince Hamlet, but as an attendant lord.

From these lines in "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," what do you infer is the cause of Prufrock's fear? Line 85-86: And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, And in short, I was afraid. A. death B. life C. women

Eliot uses the image of "prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet" (Line 27 of "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock") to illustrate which of the following? A. Prufrock's need to "prepare" a face to hide behind when meeting other people. B. Prufrock's belief that there will be time to get his face ready to go to the party, C. Prufrock's desire to have his face look handsome for the party.

Which part of the brain contains the control centers for breathing and heart rate? Check all that would apply. the medulla oblongata the pons the midbrain the cerebellum the thalamus

Compared to the seawater around them, most marine invertebrates are hypoosmotic and osmoconformers hyperosmotic and osmoregulators isosmotic and osmoconformers. hyperosmotic and isoosmotic. none of these are correct

In marine sponges, intracellular digestion of food usually follows what process? phagocytosis elimination. hydrolysis. exocytosis. absorption

In fruit flies, white eyes (we) and miniature wings (mw) are encoded by two mutant alleles that are recessive to those that produce wild- type traits (we+ and mw+); these two genes are on the same chromosome. A fly homozygous for white eyes and miniature wings is crossed with a fly homozygous for the wild-type traits. The F1 have normal eyes and normal wings. The F1 are crossed with flies that have white eyes and miniature wings in a testcross. The progeny of this testcross are (1000 total): wild-type eyes, wild-type wings 336 wild-type eyes, miniature wings 108 white eyes, wild-type wings 142 white eyes, miniature wings 414 What is the genetic distance between these two loci? 25CM 33.3cM 44.4CM 10,8CM These loci are not linked so they are 50cm apart.

The principles for any sterilisation process are based on the following assumption: A. Elimination of most problematic species will lead to elimination of all sensitive microbes B. Elimination of the least problematic species will lead to elimination of all resistant microbes C. Elimination of most non-problematic species will lead to elimination of all resistant microbes D. Elimination of most problematic species will lead to elimination of all resistant microbes All the above E.

Which of the following linesfrom Poe's "The Bells" usesonomatopoeia (words that imitate sounds)? A. What a horror they outpour B. On the bosom of the palpitating air! C. How the danger ebbs and flows; D. How they clang, and clash, and roar!

What sound device does Poe employ in the following lines from "The Raven"? Line 10: From my books surcease of sorrow - sorrow for the lost Lenore A. consonance (the repetition of consonants especially at the end of stressed syllables) B. onomatopoeia (a word sounds like its definition) C. repetition (repetition of a word or phrase)

What sound device does Poe following lines employ in the from "The Raven"? Line 67: But the raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling, A. repetition (repetition of a word or phrase) B. alliteration (repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words) C. onomatopoeia (a word sounds like its definition)