Final Exam

A  Water has a low degree of cohesion

B  Water has a high specific heat and so regulates temperature

C  Water is a great solvent

D  Water is less dense as a solid (which is why ice floats)

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  sperm cells

B  gametes

C  haploid cells

D  egg cells

E  all of the above

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  reproductive isolation

B  ecological isolation

C  geographic isolation

D  None of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  extinction

B  speciation

C  fitness

D  genetic drift

A  Lyell

B  Wallace

C  Lamark

D  Mendel

A  group of individuals of several interacting species that live in one area

B  group of individuals of several interacting species that interact in multiple ecosystems

C  group of individuals of a single species that live and interact in one area

D  sum of all individuals of a species in all locations

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  provide lots of parental care

B  produce large young

C  be large

D  be opportunists

A  potential energy; kinetic energy 

B  noncompetitive inhibition; competitive inhibition

C  kinetic energy; potential energy 

D  exergonic reaction; endergonic reaction

A  have a nucleus in their cells and other organisms do not.

B  have cell walls and other organisms do not

C  do not have a nucleus in their cells and other organisms do

D  are autotrophs and other organisms are not

A  deleterious

B  lethal

C  neutral

D  beneficial

A  A bald eagle

B  A daisy, Seaweed (i.e. green algae), A redwood tree

C  A redwood tree

D  A mushroom

E  A bacterium that lives in your gut

F  A daisy

A  92

B  2

C  23

D  46

E  millions of

A  tertiary consumer

B  primary consumer

C  secondary consumer

D  quarternary consumer

A    Characteristics acquired during an organism’s life are generally not passed on through genes.

B   If the giraffes did not have to compete with each other, longer necks would not have been passed on to the next generation.

C   Spontaneous mutations can result in the appearance of new traits.

D   Disuse of an organ may lead to its eventual disappearance.

A  Population

B  Organism

C  Ecosystem

D  Community

A  chlorophyll a

B  chlorophyll c

C  chlorophyll b

D  carotenoids

A  Through the stomatal pores on the leaf

B  Right through the skin or epidermis of the plant

C  Through the roots

D  You can’t fool me, plants don’t use carbon dioxide in photosynthesis

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Paleontology

B  Evolutionist

C  Fossilology

D  Macroecology

A  ATP

B  NaCl

C  glucose 

D  ADP

E  NADP

A  mechanical isolation

B  ecological barrier

C  gametic isolation

D  hybrid sterility

A  species

B  mutation

C  change

D  adaptation

A  Homo Sapiens

B  HOMO sapiens

C  Homo sapiens

D  homo sapiens

A  eating and using energy from food

B  evolving rapidly

C  regulating your body’s water water balance (with help from your kidneys!)

D  reproducing a great number of offspring

A  cold weather causing seedlings in a field to freeze

B  a plant parasite, such as mistletoe

C  a specialist searching for a particular type of plant that is its food source

D  a disease on wheat plants in a wheat field

A  binary fission

B  Cytokinesis

C  binary fusion

D  None of the above

A  Epithelial tissue

B  Connective tissue

C  Muscle tissue

D  Nervous tissue

A  a pod of 40 migrating whales

B  a field of wildflowers

C  oak trees planted on city streets

D  earthworms in the soil of a garden

A  the ribosome

B  RNA polymerase

C  the transfer RNA

D  the amino acids

A  centromere position

B  length

C  gene locations

D  all of the above

A  Prokarya

B  Bacteria

C  Eukarya

D  Archaea

A  to encode proteins

B  to produce ATP

C  to provide structural support to the cell

D  to speed up cell reactions

E  All of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  electron transport, glycolysis, krebs cycle  

B  glycolysis, krebs cycle, electron transport chain

C  electron transport chain, krebs cycle, glycolysis 

D  krebs cycle, glycolysis, electron transport  

A  two complete sets of chromosomes. 

B  two chromosomes in each somatic cell. 

C  one complete set of chromosomes. 

D  two chromosomes in each gamete.

E  three complete sets of chromosomes.

A  top carnivores

B  primary consumers

C  detritivores

D  producers

A  a phospholipid molecule

B  a cholesterol molecule

C  a protein molecule

D  an enzyme

E  a sugar molecule attached to a protein

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  disaccharides

B  monosaccharides

C  phospholipids

D  amino acids

E  nucleotides

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  NADPH

B  Glucose

C  ATP, NADPH, and glucose

D  ATP 

E  ATP and NADPH

A  messenger RNA

B  RNA polymerase

C  a ribosome

D  transfer RNA

A  alternate versions of phenotypes

B  alternate versions of a gene

C  environmental factors that affect gene expression

D  homologous chromosomes

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  the cristae of mitochondria

B  the outer membrane of a chloroplast

C  the grana of a chloroplast

D  the endoplasmic reticulum

A  mutation

B  evolution

C  speciation

D  natural selection

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  r-selected species

B  dominant species

C  herbivores

D  keystone species

A  3

B  18

C  6

D  0

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  proton, neutron, electron

B  electron, neutron, proton

C  neutron, electron, isotope

D  proton, neutron, isotope

A  Circulatory

B  Endocrine

C  Lymphatic

D  Digestive

A  Thylakoids

B  Cristae

C  Stroma 

D  Reaction centers

A   multicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

B    multicellular, eukaryotic, autotrophic

C   unicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

D    multicellular, prokaryotic, autotrophic

A  a chromosome

B  a chromatid

C  a centromere

D  a gene

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE