Classification of plant mineral nutrients according to biochemical function

Mineral nutrient	Functions
A.)  Silicon(Si)	1.)    Constituent of alcohol dehydrogenase, glutamic dehydrogenase, carbonic anhydrase, etc
B.)  Manganese(Mn)	2.)    Component of sugar phosphates, nucleic acids, nucleotides, coenzymes, phospholipids, phytic acid, etc. Has a key role in reactions that involve ATP
C.)  Zinc(Zn)	3.)    Contributes to cell wall mechanical properties, including rigidity and elasticity.
D.)  Phosphorous(P)	4.)    Component of ascorbic acid oxidase, tyrosinase, monoamine oxidase, uricase, cytochrome oxidase, phenolase, laccase, and plastocyanin.
E.)   Copper(Cu)	5.)    Required for activity of some dehydrogenases, decarboxylases, kinases, oxidases, and peroxidases. Involved with other cation-activated enzymes and photosynthetic O2 evolution

Which of the following combination is correct?

#Question id: 4980

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

If an increase in dicynodont species diversity (i.e., number of species) occurred soon after the Permian extinction, and if it occurred for the same general reason usually given for the increase in mammalian diversity following the Cretaceous extinction, then it should be attributed to

#Question id: 4979

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

The dicynodonts that survived the Permian extinction would initially have had to endure (or escape from) the physical effects of __________, and subsequently, the biological effects of __________.

#Question id: 4978

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

The dicynodonts survived the mass extinction that was most closely correlated in time, if not in cause, with

#Question id: 4973

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Fossils of Lystrosaurus, a dicynodont therapsid, are most common in parts of modern-day South America, South Africa, Madagascar, India, South Australia, and Antarctica. It apparently lived in arid regions, and was mostly herbivorous. It originated during the mid-Permian period, survived the Permian extinction, and dwindled by the late Triassic, though there is evidence of a relict population in Australia during the Cretaceous. The dicynodonts had two large tusks, extending down from their upper jaws; the tusks were not used for food gathering, and in some species were limited to males. Food was gathered using an otherwise toothless beak. Judging from the fossil record, these pig-sized organisms were the most common mammal-like reptiles of the Permian.Which of Lystrosaurusʹ features help explain why these organisms fossilized so abundantly?

I. the presence of hard parts, such as tusks

II. its herbivorous diet

III. its persistence across at least two geological eras

IV. its widespread geographic distribution

V. its mixture of reptilian and mammalian features

#Question id: 4972

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Fossils of Lystrosaurus, a dicynodont therapsid, are most common in parts of modern-day South America, South Africa, Madagascar, India, South Australia, and Antarctica. It apparently lived in arid regions, and was mostly herbivorous. It originated during the mid-Permian period, survived the Permian extinction, and dwindled by the late Triassic, though there is evidence of a relict population in Australia during the Cretaceous. The dicynodonts had two large tusks, extending down from their upper jaws; the tusks were not used for food gathering, and in some species were limited to males. Food was gathered using an otherwise toothless beak. Judging from the fossil record, these pig-sized organisms were the most common mammal-like reptiles of the Permian. Anatomically, what was true of Lystrosaurus?

#Question id: 4969

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

The snowball Earth hypothesis provides a possible explanation for the