Final Exam

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

B  Water is a great solvent

C  Water has a low degree of cohesion

D  Water has a high specific heat and so regulates temperature

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  sperm cells

B  gametes

C  egg cells

D  haploid cells

E  all of the above

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  reproductive isolation

B  ecological isolation

C  geographic isolation

D  None of the above

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  fitness

B  extinction

C  genetic drift

D  speciation

A  Wallace

B  Lyell

C  Mendel

D  Lamark

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

B  sum of all individuals of a species in all locations

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  provide lots of parental care

C  produce large young

D  be large

A  exergonic reaction; endergonic reaction

B  potential energy; kinetic energy 

C  kinetic energy; potential energy 

D  noncompetitive inhibition; competitive inhibition

A  have cell walls and other organisms do not

B  are autotrophs and other organisms are not

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

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

A  beneficial

B  deleterious

C  lethal

D  neutral

A  A bacterium that lives in your gut

B  A bald eagle

C  A daisy

D  A mushroom

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

F  A redwood tree

A  millions of

B  46

C  2

D  92

E  23

A  primary consumer

B  quarternary consumer

C  secondary consumer

D  tertiary consumer

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

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

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

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

A  Organism

B  Ecosystem

C  Community

D  Population

A  chlorophyll a

B  chlorophyll b

C  carotenoids

D  chlorophyll c

A  Through the stomatal pores on the leaf

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

C  Through the roots

D  Right through the skin or epidermis of the plant

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Macroecology

B  Fossilology

C  Paleontology

D  Evolutionist

A  NaCl

B  ADP

C  ATP

D  glucose 

E  NADP

A  mechanical isolation

B  ecological barrier

C  hybrid sterility

D  gametic isolation

A  species

B  adaptation

C  change

D  mutation

A  HOMO sapiens

B  homo sapiens

C  Homo Sapiens

D  Homo sapiens

A  evolving rapidly

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

C  eating and using energy from food

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 fusion

B  Cytokinesis

C  binary fission

D  None of the above

A  Muscle tissue

B  Connective tissue

C  Nervous tissue

D  Epithelial tissue

A  oak trees planted on city streets

B  a field of wildflowers

C  a pod of 40 migrating whales

D  earthworms in the soil of a garden

A  the ribosome

B  the transfer RNA

C  RNA polymerase

D  the amino acids

A  centromere position

B  gene locations

C  length

D  all of the above

A  Archaea

B  Bacteria

C  Eukarya

D  Prokarya

A  to encode proteins

B  to speed up cell reactions

C  to produce ATP

D  to provide structural support to the cell

E  All of the above

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  electron transport, glycolysis, krebs cycle  

B  electron transport chain, krebs cycle, glycolysis 

C  krebs cycle, glycolysis, electron transport  

D  glycolysis, krebs cycle, electron transport chain

A  two chromosomes in each somatic cell. 

B  three complete sets of chromosomes.

C  two chromosomes in each gamete.

D  one complete set of chromosomes. 

E  two complete sets of chromosomes. 

A  producers

B  top carnivores

C  detritivores

D  primary consumers

A  a protein molecule

B  an enzyme

C  a cholesterol molecule

D  a sugar molecule attached to a protein

E  a phospholipid molecule

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  amino acids

B  phospholipids

C  disaccharides

D  monosaccharides

E  nucleotides

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  ATP 

B  ATP, NADPH, and glucose

C  Glucose

D  NADPH

E  ATP and NADPH

A  transfer RNA

B  RNA polymerase

C  messenger RNA

D  a ribosome

A  alternate versions of phenotypes

B  homologous chromosomes

C  alternate versions of a gene

D  environmental factors that affect gene expression

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  the cristae of mitochondria

B  the grana of a chloroplast

C  the endoplasmic reticulum

D  the outer membrane of a chloroplast

A  mutation

B  natural selection

C  speciation

D  evolution

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  herbivores

B  r-selected species

C  dominant species

D  keystone species

A  6

B  3

C  0

D  18

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

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  Digestive

B  Endocrine

C  Lymphatic

D  Circulatory

A  Cristae

B  Reaction centers

C  Stroma 

D  Thylakoids

A   unicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

B    multicellular, eukaryotic, autotrophic

C    multicellular, prokaryotic, autotrophic

D   multicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

A  a chromosome

B  a chromatid

C  a centromere

D  a gene

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE