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Microbial evolution and systematics

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  1. 1Around when did early life arise on Earth?
    1. ABetween 3.5 and 2.5 bya
    2. B4 bya
    3. C3.5 bya
    4. D2 bya
    5. Ebetween 2 and 2.5 bya
  2. 2Was the ancient earths atmosphere highly reducing and very hot?
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  3. 3Early life was anaerobic and most likely thermophilic
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  4. 4What gave rise to O2?
    1. Acyanobacteria
    2. BOxidation of iron
    3. CMicroscopic organism no longer extant
    4. DThermo vents
  5. 5How was the ozone layer created?
    1. AOxygen reacted with UV
    2. BIt occurred in a spontaneous manner
    3. COxygen reacted with ozone
    4. DDecomposition of cyanobacteria
  6. 6What are the components of phylogenetic trees?
    1. ARoots
    2. Bstems
    3. Cleaves
    4. Dnodes
    5. Ebrances
  7. 7Branch length represents the number of changes that have occurred along that branch?
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  8. 8The terms monophyletic and polyphyletic can only apply at the genus and species levels
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  9. 9Monophyletic groups will always possess the similar phenotypes
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  10. 10Early branches indicate that the organism is primitive
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse

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Quiz on Microbial evolution and systematics , created by James Hernandez on 10/04/2021.
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