Final Exam

A  Water has a low degree of cohesion

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

C  Water is a great solvent

D  Water has a high specific heat and so regulates temperature

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  sperm cells

B  haploid cells

C  egg cells

D  gametes

E  all of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  ecological isolation

B  geographic isolation

C  reproductive isolation

D  None of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  speciation

B  extinction

C  genetic drift

D  fitness

A  Mendel

B  Wallace

C  Lyell

D  Lamark

A  sum of all individuals of a species in all locations

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

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

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

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  be opportunists

B  be large

C  provide lots of parental care

D  produce large young

A  potential energy; kinetic energy 

B  noncompetitive inhibition; competitive inhibition

C  kinetic energy; potential energy 

D  exergonic reaction; endergonic reaction

A  are autotrophs and other organisms are not

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

C  have cell walls and other organisms do not

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

A  neutral

B  lethal

C  deleterious

D  beneficial

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

B  A bald eagle

C  A bacterium that lives in your gut

D  A mushroom

E  A daisy

F  A redwood tree

A  46

B  92

C  millions of

D  23

E  2

A  tertiary consumer

B  secondary consumer

C  quarternary consumer

D  primary consumer

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

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

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

A  Organism

B  Community

C  Population

D  Ecosystem

A  chlorophyll b

B  chlorophyll c

C  chlorophyll a

D  carotenoids

A  Through the roots

B  Through the stomatal pores on the leaf

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

D  Right through the skin or epidermis of the plant

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Fossilology

B  Evolutionist

C  Macroecology

D  Paleontology

A  glucose 

B  NADP

C  NaCl

D  ADP

E  ATP

A  gametic isolation

B  hybrid sterility

C  ecological barrier

D  mechanical isolation

A  mutation

B  adaptation

C  species

D  change

A  Homo sapiens

B  homo sapiens

C  Homo Sapiens

D  HOMO sapiens

A  reproducing a great number of offspring

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

C  evolving rapidly

D  eating and using energy from food

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

B  cold weather causing seedlings in a field to freeze

C  a plant parasite, such as mistletoe

D  a disease on wheat plants in a wheat field

A  binary fission

B  Cytokinesis

C  binary fusion

D  None of the above

A  Nervous tissue

B  Connective tissue

C  Muscle tissue

D  Epithelial tissue

A  oak trees planted on city streets

B  a pod of 40 migrating whales

C  earthworms in the soil of a garden

D  a field of wildflowers

A  the transfer RNA

B  RNA polymerase

C  the ribosome

D  the amino acids

A  length

B  gene locations

C  centromere position

D  all of the above

A  Bacteria

B  Archaea

C  Eukarya

D  Prokarya

A  to speed up cell reactions

B  to encode proteins

C  to provide structural support to the cell

D  to produce ATP

E  All of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  electron transport chain, krebs cycle, glycolysis 

B  electron transport, glycolysis, krebs cycle  

C  krebs cycle, glycolysis, electron transport  

D  glycolysis, krebs cycle, electron transport chain

A  two complete sets of chromosomes. 

B  one complete set of chromosomes. 

C  two chromosomes in each gamete.

D  three complete sets of chromosomes.

E  two chromosomes in each somatic cell. 

A  top carnivores

B  detritivores

C  primary consumers

D  producers

A  a sugar molecule attached to a protein

B  a cholesterol molecule

C  an enzyme

D  a protein molecule

E  a phospholipid molecule

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  disaccharides

B  phospholipids

C  nucleotides

D  amino acids

E  monosaccharides

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  NADPH

B  ATP and NADPH

C  ATP 

D  ATP, NADPH, and glucose

E  Glucose

A  a ribosome

B  messenger RNA

C  transfer RNA

D  RNA polymerase

A  alternate versions of a gene

B  homologous chromosomes

C  environmental factors that affect gene expression

D  alternate versions of phenotypes

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  the grana of a chloroplast

B  the cristae of mitochondria

C  the outer membrane of a chloroplast

D  the endoplasmic reticulum

A  natural selection

B  evolution

C  mutation

D  speciation

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  keystone species

B  r-selected species

C  herbivores

D  dominant species

A  6

B  18

C  0

D  3

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  electron, neutron, proton

B  proton, neutron, electron

C  proton, neutron, isotope

D  neutron, electron, isotope

A  Lymphatic

B  Endocrine

C  Digestive

D  Circulatory

A  Reaction centers

B  Stroma 

C  Cristae

D  Thylakoids

A    multicellular, eukaryotic, autotrophic

B   multicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

C   unicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

D    multicellular, prokaryotic, autotrophic

A  a gene

B  a chromatid

C  a centromere

D  a chromosome

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE