Biology: Life on Earth (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780134168296
Author: Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 18, Problem 4MC
Which of the following does not list evolutionary events in chronological order (oldest to most recent)?
a. first algae, first animals, first land plants
b. first mammals, first reptiles, first hominins
c. first amphibians, first dinosaurs, first flowering plants
d. first photosynthesis, first exoskeletons, first hair
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Biology: Life on Earth (11th Edition)
Ch. 18 - 1. Almost all of the oxygen gas in today’s...Ch. 18 - Extinction a. generally does not occur except...Ch. 18 - 3. In the endosymbiotic origin of the...Ch. 18 - 4. Which of the following does not list...Ch. 18 - Prob. 5MCCh. 18 - 1. Because there was no oxygen in the earliest...Ch. 18 - 2. The molecule ________ became a candidate for...Ch. 18 - 3. Complex cells that contain a nucleus and other...Ch. 18 - 4. The sperm of early land plants had to reach the...Ch. 18 - 5. Early plants that protected their seeds within...
Ch. 18 - Prob. 6FTBCh. 18 - Amphibians gave rise to ____________, which had...Ch. 18 - 1. What is the evidence that life might have...Ch. 18 - Prob. 2RQCh. 18 - 3. Explain the endosymbiont hypothesis for the...Ch. 18 - 4. Name two advantages of multicellularity for...Ch. 18 - What advantages and disadvantages would...Ch. 18 - 6. Outline the major adaptations that emerged...Ch. 18 - Outline the evolution of humans from early...Ch. 18 - Extinctions have occurred throughout the history...Ch. 18 - In biological terms, what do you think was the...
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