40. Global warming is a phenomenon in which global temperate is increasing as a result of increasing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. Scientists believe that the Earth can tolerate X-Y degree Celsius temperature increase before it passes the point of no return and moves into a positive feedback loop. "X-Y" should be
(A) 1-2
(B) 3-4
(C) 5-6
(D) 7-8

36. Which statement about blood pressure is FALSE? (A) Normal blood pressure for adult humans is usually at or below 120/80. (B) Hypertension is defined as persistent systolic pressure above 120 and/or diastolic above 80. (C) High blood pressure can lead to an enlarged and weakened heart, increased risk of heart attack, stroke, and kidney failure. (D) The higher number in a blood pressure reading measures the force of a heart contraction.

37. What occurs during gastrulation? (A) A solid embryo is changed into a hollow morula. (B) A solid blastula is changed into a hollow embryo with a dorsal nerve cord. (C) A hollow blastula is changed into a hollow embryo that has three tissue layers. (D) A neural tube is created by invagination of the ectoderm.

38. When a nursery worker pinches off the terminal buds on a young plant to make it grow bushy, which plant hormone, when produced, is mainly responsible for growth of side branches? (A) an auxin (B) a gibberellin (C) a cytokinin (D) abscisic acid (ABA)

39. Non-native species, such as cats and dogs in Taiwan, that are introduced to new environments, spread far beyond the original point of introduction, and cause damage are called (A) predators. (B) pets. (C) invasive species. (D) pathogens.

1. Which of the following is one of the ways that the membranes of winter wheat are able to remain fluid when it is extremely cold? (A) by increasing the percentage of unsaturated phospholipids in the membrane (B) by increasing the percentage of cholesterol molecules in the membrane (C) by decreasing the number of hydrophobic proteins in the membrane (D) by decreasing the number of cytoskeleton proteins (E) by using active transport

2. To repair a thymine dimmer by nucleotide excision repair, in which order do the necessary enzymes act? (A) exonuclease, DNA polymerase III, RNA primase (B) helicase, DNA polymerase I, DNA ligase (C) DNA ligase, nuclease, helicase (D) DNA polymerase I, DNA polymerase III, DNA Tigase (E) endonuclease, DNA polymerase I, DNA ligase

3. In eukaryotes there are several different types of RNA polymerase. Which type is involved in transcription of mRNA for a globin protein? (A) RNA polymerase I (B) RNA polymerase II (C) RNA polymerase III (D) ligase (E) primase

4. Genomic imprinting, DNA methylation, and histone acetylation are all examples of _________.(A) genetic mutation (B) chromosomal rearrangements (C) epigenetic phenomena (D) karyotypes (E) translocation

5. What is the enzymatic function of restriction enzymes? (A) to add new nucleotides to the growing strand of DNA (B) to join nucleotides during replication (C) to join nucleotides during transcription (D) to cleave nucleic acids at specific sites (E) to repair breaks in sugar-phosphate backbones

6. Which of the following are sugar-transporting cells in angiosperms? (A) sieve-tube elements (B) parenchyma cells (D) sclerenchyma cells (E) tracheids and vessel elements (C) collenchyma cells