HESI A2 Practice Test - Question List

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76. Over the course of 150 years, an area filled with weeds becomes more diverse and weeds are replaced by grasses, shrubs, and ultimately oaks. This process is defined as
  1. Mutation
  2. Adaptation
  3. Succession
  4. Divergence
  5. Convergence
77. As a means to spot prey, both snow leopards and owls have developed extraordinary night vision. This is an example of:
  1. Divergent evolution
  2. Speciation
  3. Coevolution
  4. Convergent evolution
  5. Biological magnification
78. What is the by-product of anaerobic respiration in muscle tissue?
  1. Lactic acid
  2. Nitrogen
  3. Oxygen
  4. Carbon dioxide
  5. Glycogen
79. The transfer of genetic materal between a pair of chromosomes is called __________.
  1. Translation
  2. Transcription
  3. Translocation
  4. Substitution
  5. Transduction
80. Which of the following factors does not influence human fertility rates?
  1. Culture
  2. Nutrition
  3. Economics
  4. Geography
  5. Emotions

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