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MDCAT Biology Online Test MCQs With Answers
Question # 1
Both organisms benefit from the ______ relationship
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Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
All of above
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Question # 2
The nutrient cycles are also called:
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Biochemical cycles
Geochemical cycles
Biogeochemical cycles
Elemental cycles
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Question # 3
Fungi and bacteria are:
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Producers
Consumers
Decomposers
Predators
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Question # 4
If substrate concentration is unlimited, rate of enzyme action becomes
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Inversely proportional to enzyme concentration
Directly proportional to enzyme concentration
Directly proportional to substrate Concentration
Inversely proportional to substrate
Concentration
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Question # 5
Global warming is the result of
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Ozone layer depletion
Acid rain
Green house gases
All of them
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Question # 6
Pre-chordates is another name used for
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Echinoderms
Protochordates
Cephalochordates
Hemichordates
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Question # 7
When bacteria in soil oxidize ammonia or ammonium ions this is called:
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Oxidation
Denitrification
Ammonification
Nitrification
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Question # 8
In 1917, Jpseph Grinnel an American ornithologist first proposed the term ______ in ecology
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Habitat
Niche
Area
Space
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Question # 9
Which of the following disease is not caused by virus?
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Cholera
Hepatitis
Influenza
Polio
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Question # 10
Chlorophyll molecules resemble with which part of hemoglobin?
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Polypeptide chains
Globin part
Non-Protein
All
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Question # 11
Which is not the function of glucagon
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Glycogen hydrolysis
Lipolysis
Gluconeogenesis
Protein synthesis
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Question # 12
The sucessions started on water is called as
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Hydrosere
Xerosere
Derosere
None of the above
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Question # 13
Succinic acid differs from malonic acid by
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OH
CH
2
CH
3
CHO
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Question # 14
Nerve which carries impulses from CNS to effectors
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Sensory
Inter
Motor
Associative
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Question # 15
Rh factor or antigen was first studied in :
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Man
Owl
Monkey
Fish
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Question # 16
Which of the following cannot cross the phospholipid bilayer easily
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Ions
Gas molecules
Ethanol
Steroids
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Question # 17
Green photosynthetic plants are
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Producers
Consumers
Decomposers
None of the above
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Question # 18
A little light is left to power photosynthesis at the depth of:
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500 feet
700 feet
600 Feet
1000 Feet
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Question # 19
Herbaceous stage in xerosere is the __________:
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First stage
Third stage
Fourth stage
Last stage
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Question # 20
Ozone is present at about ________ km above earth
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5 -10
10 - 20
10 - 40
10 - 50
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Question # 21
Viruses containing RNA rather than DNA are called
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Riboviruses
Bacteriophages
Rotaviruses
Retroviruses
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Question # 22
Charles Eton defined the niche as the species:
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Work
Employment
Job
Occupation
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Question # 23
There is an association between two organisms, which brings benefits to both the organisms
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Predation
Symbiosis
Parasitism
None of above
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Question # 24
It brings about an increase in blood glucose level mainly by its production from glycogen
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Insulin
Glucagon
Cortisol
Aldosterone
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Question # 25
When a single gene has multiple phenotypic effects, the phenomenon is called:
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condominance
epistasis
pleiotropy
sex-linkage
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Question # 26
Which of the following is not an abiotic component
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Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
Lithosphere
Producers
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Question # 27
If six cells out of 10, do crossing over what will be percentage of cross over gametes
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60%
30%
40%
50%
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Question # 28
Depolarization of neural membrane is due to
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Influx of K+
Efflux of Na+
Influx of Na+
None
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Question # 29
Biosphere is a thin layer of ______ in which all living organism exist
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Earth
Air
Space
None of above
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Question # 30
Pseudo-autosomal genes are present on
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X-chromosome
Y-chromosome
Both a & b
Autosomes
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Question # 31
Terrestrial ecosystem have main types of ecosystem:
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Five
Four
Three
Two
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Question # 32
Head of T4 bacteriophage contain
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Single stranded DNA
Double stranded DNA
Single stranded RNA
Both RNA and DNA
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Question # 33
Which of the following is not the true about predation
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Prey increases by increasing the predation
Predation increases by increasing the prey
Prey decreases by increasing the predation
Prey must follow the predation
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Question # 34
The total energy from the sun is trapped by the producers in an ecosystem is about:
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20%
10%
5%
1%
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Question # 35
The predeter and prey relationship is called as
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Predation
Animes
Parasitism
None of above
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Question # 36
Substances cross the cell membrane more easily when they are
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water soluble
protein soluble
alcohol soluble
lipid soluble
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Question # 37
Chemical nature of spikes present on HIV
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Protein
Carbohydrate
Glycolipid
Glycoprotein
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Question # 38
What are chances for having Rh-ve baby if one parent is Rh+ve and (homozygous) and other is Rh-ve
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25%
50%
100%
0%
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Question # 39
Nucleus is visible when the cell is in ____ stage
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Non-dividing
Dividing
active
Both a and b
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Question # 40
Glycine can be converted to alanine by
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Addition of carbon and 2 hydrogens
Removal of carbon and 2 hydrogens
Addition of Methyl group
Removal of hydrogen and 2 carbons
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Question # 41
The specificity of enzymes is due to their
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High molecular weight
pH sensitivity
Hydrogen bonding
Surface configuration
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Question # 42
Phosphorylation of glucose molecule in glycolysis is carried out by
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ATPase
Kinase
Isomerase
Transferase
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Question # 43
Which of the following things were not collected by Darwin?
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Specimens of diverse faunas and floras of south America
South American fossils
13 types of finches
Turtles
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Question # 44
What is the risk of a colour blind child in a family when mother is colour-blind but father is normal?
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100%
75%
50%
25%
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Question # 45
Glyosidic bond is formed by the
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Removal of Oxygen
Addition of Water
Addition of Oxygen
Removal of Water
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Question # 46
______ symbiont the root nodules of legume plants
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Virus
Fungi
Bacteria
Nematods
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Question # 47
The idea of endosymbiont hypothesis was first proposed by:
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Lynn marguils
Wallace
Karlene Schwartz
Lamarck
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Question # 48
Diabetes insipidus is caused by
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Lack of aldosterone
Overproduction of ADH
Lack of ADH
Lack of insulin
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Question # 49
Food chains combine to form
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Large food chain
Large organisms
Trophic levels
Food web
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Question # 50
Slight change in pH can cause
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Denaturation
Crystallization
Ionization
All
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Question # 51
Regional ecological community of plants & animals primarily determined by climate
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Biome
Niche
Habitat
Both b & c
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Question # 52
The gross production of an ecosystem is its total
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Photosynthesis
Net production
Photosynthate
Biomass
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Question # 53
Infestations are the diseases which are caused by ________ in living organisms
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Worms
Saprophytes
Bacteria
Virus
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Question # 54
Aerosol spray foams are potential sources of
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Carbon monoxide
Sulphur dioxide
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
Lead compounds
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Question # 55
Xerosere starts with __________ stage.
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Crustose lichen
Foliose lichen
Mass
Shrub
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Question # 56
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide is an example of
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Cofactor
Coenzyme
Prosthetic group
Nucleotide
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Question # 57
Pick up the correct statement according to induced fit model of enzyme action
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Enzyme induces changes in substrate structure
Substrate induces changes in enzyme structure
Active site of enzyme is a rigid structure
Active site of enzyme is used as a template +
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Question # 58
The study of a single population's relationship to its environment will be called as
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Autecology
Synecology
Ecology
Biogeopraphy
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Question # 59
Nutrients required by organisms in small quantity or in trace amount like zinc, molybdenum, iron, iodine are:
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Macronutrients
Micronutrients
Mega Nutrients
Both a & c
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Question # 60
One mechanism of temperature regulation was developed by land plans and animals by developing.
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Brak and skin
Vascular tissues and circulatory system
Cambium and excretory system
Vascular tissue and respiratory system
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Question # 61
Notochord is present throughout life in
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Urochordates
Chordates
Cephalochordates
Vertebrates
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Question # 62
Which hormone require 2nd messenger
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Insulin
Estrogen
Progesterone
Testosterone
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Question # 63
DNA of non-virulent phage is
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Provirus
Prophage
Both
None
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Question # 64
Which of the following hormone affects the supply of testosterone
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LH
GH
FSH
Aldosterone
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Question # 65
An association between two organisms, which brings benefit to both the organisms is called:
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Parasitism
Commensalisms
Predation
Symbiosis
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Question # 66
Cloud cover is reduced due to
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Reforestation
Afforestration
Deforestration
Air pollution
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Question # 67
Primary sensory areas are present in
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Cerebral cortex
Cerebral medulla
Cerebellum
Medulla oblamgata
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Question # 68
Pick up the false statement regarding HIV
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Lipoprotein envelope
Two RNA molecules
Two molecules of RT enzyme
Round shaped capsid
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Question # 69
The amount of energy left after plants have met their respiratory needs is net primary production, which shows up as plant:
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Respiration
Photosynthesis
Biomass
Reserve
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Question # 70
The synecology is also termed as
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Community ecology
Population ecology
Specie ecology
All of above
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Question # 71
In each case succession begins with few hard invaders called:
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Producers
Consumers
Pioneers
Beginners
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Question # 72
A ______of energy can be constructed showing energy transfer in a community of organisms
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Pyramid
Triangle
Rectangular
None of above
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Question # 73
Which of the following is a messenger of both chemical and nervous coordination
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Acetylcholine
Dopamine
Epinephrine
Serotonin
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Question # 74
Give an example of transport across cell membrane using energy
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Endocytosis and exocytosis
Reabsorption of Na+ from ascending loop of Henle
Reabsorption of water from collecting duct
All
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Question # 75
The change in structure of community of an ecosystem during a time period is called
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Succession
Evolution
Mutation
Regression
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Question # 76
Endosymbiont hypothesis was first proposed by
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Lynn Margulis
Malthus
Cuvier
Darwin
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Question # 77
Grazers feed mainly on which kind of plants
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Tree leaves
Shrubs
Grasses
Cereals
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Question # 78
Ecology is a ______ word.
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German
British
French
Greek
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Question # 79
Darwin published " The Origin of Species" in
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1840
1844
1858
1859
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Question # 80
The only phylum included in Grade Radiata is:
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Porifera
Aschelminthes
Platyhelminthes
Cnidaria
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Question # 81
A symbiotic relationship that benefits one species & neither helps nor harms the other is called
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Mycorrihza
Symbiosis
Commensalism
Mutualism
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