An organism has the following features: diplontic life cycle, protostome development, segmentation, a septate coelom, closed circulatory system, and setae. To which phylum does this organism belong?

The closest extant relative of the Tyrannosaurus rex is the _____

A small island has stable populations of plants and animals, including one species of hawk as the only predator. The removal of the hawks could cause ____________ population size.

*Adult echinoderms display radial symmetry. What evidence suggests that echinoderm ancestors evolved from bilaterally symmetrical ancestors?

Considering that the scientific method includes making observations, formulating a hypothesis to explain the observations, testing the hypothesis with experimentation, analyzing data from experiments, and drawing conclusions about the meaning of the data, which of the following statements about a species of flowering plant represents an experiment?

The first stage in the gametophyte generation is  _____.

*In fungi, plasmogamy results in _____.

Many indicators show that temperatures are increasing, and climate patterns are changing on a global scale.  What is NOT a likely result of these changes?

Which ecosystem would be least affected if sunlight did not reach the Earth for an extended period of time?

In a study locality, rabbits are the only prey of coyotes.  Biologists estimated the population sizes of rabbits and coyotes each year for 5 years and the data are shown in the table below.  Interpret these data about predator/prey relationships.