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Microbial evolution and systematics
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1Around when did early life arise on Earth?
- ABetween 3.5 and 2.5 bya
- B4 bya
- C3.5 bya
- D2 bya
- Ebetween 2 and 2.5 bya
2Was the ancient earths atmosphere highly reducing and very hot?
- ATrue
- BFalse
3Early life was anaerobic and most likely thermophilic
- ATrue
- BFalse
4What gave rise to O2?
- Acyanobacteria
- BOxidation of iron
- CMicroscopic organism no longer extant
- DThermo vents
5How was the ozone layer created?
- AOxygen reacted with UV
- BIt occurred in a spontaneous manner
- COxygen reacted with ozone
- DDecomposition of cyanobacteria
6What are the components of phylogenetic trees?
- ARoots
- Bstems
- Cleaves
- Dnodes
- Ebrances
7Branch length represents the number of changes that have occurred along that branch?
- ATrue
- BFalse
8The terms monophyletic and polyphyletic can only apply at the genus and species levels
- ATrue
- BFalse
9Monophyletic groups will always possess the similar phenotypes
- ATrue
- BFalse
10Early branches indicate that the organism is primitive
- ATrue
- BFalse
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- Quiz on Microbial evolution and systematics , created by James Hernandez on 10/04/2021.
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- James Hernandez
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