Final Exam

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

B  Water has a low degree of cohesion

C  Water is a great solvent

D  Water has a high specific heat and so regulates temperature

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  haploid cells

B  gametes

C  sperm cells

D  egg cells

E  all of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  ecological isolation

B  reproductive isolation

C  geographic isolation

D  None of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  speciation

B  genetic drift

C  extinction

D  fitness

A  Wallace

B  Mendel

C  Lamark

D  Lyell

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

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

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  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  be opportunists

B  provide lots of parental care

C  be large

D  produce large young

A  kinetic energy; potential energy 

B  exergonic reaction; endergonic reaction

C  potential energy; kinetic energy 

D  noncompetitive inhibition; competitive inhibition

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

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

C  are autotrophs and other organisms are not

D  have cell walls and other organisms do not

A  beneficial

B  deleterious

C  lethal

D  neutral

A  A redwood tree

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

C  A bald eagle

D  A daisy

E  A bacterium that lives in your gut

F  A mushroom

A  23

B  millions of

C  92

D  2

E  46

A  tertiary consumer

B  secondary consumer

C  primary consumer

D  quarternary consumer

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

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

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

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

A  Organism

B  Population

C  Ecosystem

D  Community

A  chlorophyll a

B  chlorophyll b

C  chlorophyll c

D  carotenoids

A  Through the roots

B  Through the stomatal pores on the leaf

C  Right through the skin or epidermis of the plant

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

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Paleontology

B  Fossilology

C  Macroecology

D  Evolutionist

A  NADP

B  ATP

C  ADP

D  NaCl

E  glucose 

A  mechanical isolation

B  gametic isolation

C  hybrid sterility

D  ecological barrier

A  species

B  adaptation

C  change

D  mutation

A  Homo Sapiens

B  HOMO sapiens

C  homo sapiens

D  Homo sapiens

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

B  eating and using energy from food

C  reproducing a great number of offspring

D  evolving rapidly

A  a disease on wheat plants in a wheat field

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

C  a plant parasite, such as mistletoe

D  cold weather causing seedlings in a field to freeze

A  binary fission

B  Cytokinesis

C  binary fusion

D  None of the above

A  Nervous tissue

B  Muscle tissue

C  Epithelial tissue

D  Connective tissue

A  a field of wildflowers

B  earthworms in the soil of a garden

C  a pod of 40 migrating whales

D  oak trees planted on city streets

A  the transfer RNA

B  the amino acids

C  RNA polymerase

D  the ribosome

A  length

B  centromere position

C  gene locations

D  all of the above

A  Bacteria

B  Archaea

C  Eukarya

D  Prokarya

A  to produce ATP

B  to provide structural support to the cell

C  to speed up cell reactions

D  to encode proteins

E  All of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  krebs cycle, glycolysis, electron transport  

B  electron transport, glycolysis, krebs cycle  

C  glycolysis, krebs cycle, electron transport chain

D  electron transport chain, krebs cycle, glycolysis 

A  one complete set of chromosomes. 

B  two complete sets of chromosomes. 

C  two chromosomes in each somatic cell. 

D  three complete sets of chromosomes.

E  two chromosomes in each gamete.

A  detritivores

B  top carnivores

C  primary consumers

D  producers

A  a cholesterol molecule

B  a protein molecule

C  a phospholipid molecule

D  a sugar molecule attached to a protein

E  an enzyme

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  monosaccharides

B  amino acids

C  phospholipids

D  nucleotides

E  disaccharides

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  ATP and NADPH

B  Glucose

C  NADPH

D  ATP 

E  ATP, NADPH, and glucose

A  RNA polymerase

B  transfer RNA

C  messenger RNA

D  a ribosome

A  environmental factors that affect gene expression

B  alternate versions of phenotypes

C  homologous chromosomes

D  alternate versions of a gene

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  the endoplasmic reticulum

B  the cristae of mitochondria

C  the outer membrane of a chloroplast

D  the grana of a chloroplast

A  speciation

B  evolution

C  natural selection

D  mutation

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  herbivores

B  dominant species

C  r-selected species

D  keystone species

A  6

B  3

C  0

D  18

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  proton, neutron, isotope

B  proton, neutron, electron

C  electron, neutron, proton

D  neutron, electron, isotope

A  Circulatory

B  Digestive

C  Endocrine

D  Lymphatic

A  Cristae

B  Reaction centers

C  Stroma 

D  Thylakoids

A   multicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

B   unicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

C    multicellular, eukaryotic, autotrophic

D    multicellular, prokaryotic, autotrophic

A  a gene

B  a chromatid

C  a chromosome

D  a centromere

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE