Final Exam

A  Water has a low degree of cohesion

B  Water has a high specific heat and so regulates temperature

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

D  Water is a great solvent

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  egg cells

B  gametes

C  sperm cells

D  haploid cells

E  all of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  reproductive isolation

B  geographic isolation

C  ecological isolation

D  None of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  fitness

B  genetic drift

C  extinction

D  speciation

A  Wallace

B  Lyell

C  Mendel

D  Lamark

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  sum of all individuals of a species in all locations

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

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  produce large young

B  be large

C  be opportunists

D  provide lots of parental care

A  exergonic reaction; endergonic reaction

B  potential energy; kinetic energy 

C  kinetic energy; potential energy 

D  noncompetitive inhibition; competitive inhibition

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

B  are autotrophs and other organisms are not

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

D  have cell walls and other organisms do not

A  neutral

B  lethal

C  beneficial

D  deleterious

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

B  A redwood tree

C  A bacterium that lives in your gut

D  A mushroom

E  A daisy

F  A bald eagle

A  92

B  23

C  2

D  millions of

E  46

A  primary consumer

B  tertiary consumer

C  secondary consumer

D  quarternary 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   Spontaneous mutations can result in the appearance of new traits.

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  Ecosystem

C  Community

D  Population

A  chlorophyll b

B  chlorophyll c

C  chlorophyll a

D  carotenoids

A  Through the roots

B  Right through the skin or epidermis of the plant

C  Through the stomatal pores on the leaf

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

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Evolutionist

B  Fossilology

C  Paleontology

D  Macroecology

A  NADP

B  NaCl

C  glucose 

D  ATP

E  ADP

A  mechanical isolation

B  ecological barrier

C  gametic isolation

D  hybrid sterility

A  mutation

B  species

C  change

D  adaptation

A  Homo Sapiens

B  homo sapiens

C  HOMO sapiens

D  Homo sapiens

A  reproducing a great number of offspring

B  eating and using energy from food

C  evolving rapidly

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

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  binary fusion

C  Cytokinesis

D  None of the above

A  Epithelial tissue

B  Muscle tissue

C  Connective 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  the amino acids

C  RNA polymerase

D  the transfer RNA

A  length

B  gene locations

C  centromere position

D  all of the above

A  Prokarya

B  Bacteria

C  Eukarya

D  Archaea

A  to provide structural support to the cell

B  to speed up cell reactions

C  to encode proteins

D  to produce ATP

E  All of the above

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  krebs cycle, glycolysis, electron transport  

B  electron transport chain, krebs cycle, glycolysis 

C  electron transport, glycolysis, krebs cycle  

D  glycolysis, krebs cycle, electron transport chain

A  one complete set of chromosomes. 

B  two chromosomes in each somatic cell. 

C  two chromosomes in each gamete.

D  three complete sets of chromosomes.

E  two complete sets of chromosomes. 

A  top carnivores

B  producers

C  detritivores

D  primary consumers

A  a sugar molecule attached to a protein

B  a protein molecule

C  a cholesterol molecule

D  a phospholipid molecule

E  an enzyme

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  disaccharides

B  nucleotides

C  monosaccharides

D  phospholipids

E  amino acids

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  ATP and NADPH

B  NADPH

C  ATP 

D  Glucose

E  ATP, NADPH, and glucose

A  RNA polymerase

B  messenger RNA

C  transfer RNA

D  a ribosome

A  alternate versions of a gene

B  alternate versions of phenotypes

C  homologous chromosomes

D  environmental factors that affect gene expression

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  the outer membrane of a chloroplast

B  the cristae of mitochondria

C  the grana of a chloroplast

D  the endoplasmic reticulum

A  speciation

B  natural selection

C  mutation

D  evolution

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  r-selected species

B  dominant species

C  herbivores

D  keystone species

A  0

B  6

C  18

D  3

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  electron, neutron, proton

B  proton, neutron, electron

C  neutron, electron, isotope

D  proton, neutron, isotope

A  Endocrine

B  Circulatory

C  Digestive

D  Lymphatic

A  Reaction centers

B  Stroma 

C  Cristae

D  Thylakoids

A    multicellular, prokaryotic, autotrophic

B   multicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

C    multicellular, eukaryotic, autotrophic

D   unicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

A  a gene

B  a chromosome

C  a centromere

D  a chromatid

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE