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What is the atmospheric gas that has substantially increased in concentration in the last 200 years?
What is the atmospheric gas that has substantially increased in concentration in the last 200 years?
- Oxygen
- Carbon dioxide (correct)
- Nitrogen
- Argon
What is the significance of the Burgess Shales?
What is the significance of the Burgess Shales?
- Are a rich source of oil and gas
- Capture the Great Oxygenation Event
- Contain fossils of the first primates
- Contain diverse fossils of many multicellular organisms during the Cambrian Explosion (correct)
What led to the development of photosynthetic eukaryotes around 1.8 billion years ago?
What led to the development of photosynthetic eukaryotes around 1.8 billion years ago?
- Endosymbiosis between Cyanobacteria and alphaproteobacteria
- Endosymbiosis between Cyanobacteria and eukaryotes (correct)
- Endosymbiosis between Alphaproteobacteria and eukaryotes
- Endosymbiosis between Eukaryotes and Archaea
Which group of organisms is primarily responsible for oxygenation of our planet?
Which group of organisms is primarily responsible for oxygenation of our planet?
What is depicted in the photograph taken by a former Biology 170 student in northwestern Montana?
What is depicted in the photograph taken by a former Biology 170 student in northwestern Montana?
What percentage of all species on Earth are mammals?
What percentage of all species on Earth are mammals?
Which of the following statements about pathogenic microorganisms is correct?
Which of the following statements about pathogenic microorganisms is correct?
What is special about the genome of Prochlorococcus?
What is special about the genome of Prochlorococcus?
Why is DNA a better information storage molecule than RNA?
Why is DNA a better information storage molecule than RNA?
What function do gut microbes perform for their host?
What function do gut microbes perform for their host?
What is the genomic material of Influenza viruses stored as?
What is the genomic material of Influenza viruses stored as?
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