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  egg cells

B  haploid cells

C  gametes

D  sperm cells

E  all of the above

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  reproductive isolation

B  geographic isolation

C  ecological isolation

D  None of the above

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  genetic drift

B  fitness

C  speciation

D  extinction

A  Mendel

B  Lamark

C  Lyell

D  Wallace

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

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

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

D  sum of all individuals of a species in all locations

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  provide lots of parental care

B  be opportunists

C  be large

D  produce large young

A  kinetic energy; potential energy 

B  noncompetitive inhibition; competitive inhibition

C  potential energy; kinetic energy 

D  exergonic reaction; endergonic reaction

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

B  have cell walls and other organisms do not

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

D  are autotrophs and other organisms are not

A  neutral

B  lethal

C  beneficial

D  deleterious

A  A daisy

B  A mushroom

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

D  A bald eagle

E  A redwood tree

F  A bacterium that lives in your gut

A  92

B  2

C  23

D  46

E  millions of

A  quarternary consumer

B  tertiary consumer

C  primary consumer

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

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

A  Community

B  Organism

C  Population

D  Ecosystem

A  chlorophyll b

B  carotenoids

C  chlorophyll a

D  chlorophyll c

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  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Fossilology

B  Macroecology

C  Evolutionist

D  Paleontology

A  ADP

B  glucose 

C  NADP

D  NaCl

E  ATP

A  gametic isolation

B  mechanical isolation

C  ecological barrier

D  hybrid sterility

A  mutation

B  change

C  adaptation

D  species

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  eating and using energy from food

D  evolving rapidly

A  cold weather causing seedlings in a field to freeze

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

C  a plant parasite, such as mistletoe

D  a disease on wheat plants in a wheat field

A  Cytokinesis

B  binary fusion

C  binary fission

D  None of the above

A  Nervous tissue

B  Connective tissue

C  Muscle tissue

D  Epithelial tissue

A  earthworms in the soil of a garden

B  oak trees planted on city streets

C  a field of wildflowers

D  a pod of 40 migrating whales

A  the ribosome

B  the amino acids

C  the transfer RNA

D  RNA polymerase

A  gene locations

B  length

C  centromere position

D  all of the above

A  Archaea

B  Prokarya

C  Eukarya

D  Bacteria

A  to speed up cell reactions

B  to produce ATP

C  to provide structural support to the cell

D  to encode proteins

E  All of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  electron transport chain, krebs cycle, glycolysis 

B  glycolysis, krebs cycle, electron transport chain

C  krebs cycle, glycolysis, electron transport  

D  electron transport, glycolysis, krebs cycle  

A  one complete set of chromosomes. 

B  two chromosomes in each gamete.

C  two chromosomes in each somatic cell. 

D  two complete sets of chromosomes. 

E  three complete sets of chromosomes.

A  detritivores

B  top carnivores

C  primary consumers

D  producers

A  an enzyme

B  a sugar molecule attached to a protein

C  a phospholipid molecule

D  a cholesterol molecule

E  a protein molecule

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  disaccharides

B  phospholipids

C  amino acids

D  nucleotides

E  monosaccharides

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  ATP, NADPH, and glucose

B  NADPH

C  Glucose

D  ATP 

E  ATP and NADPH

A  messenger RNA

B  transfer RNA

C  RNA polymerase

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  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  the outer membrane of a chloroplast

B  the grana of a chloroplast

C  the cristae of mitochondria

D  the endoplasmic reticulum

A  natural selection

B  evolution

C  speciation

D  mutation

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  dominant species

B  keystone species

C  herbivores

D  r-selected species

A  3

B  18

C  6

D  0

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  electron, neutron, proton

B  proton, neutron, electron

C  neutron, electron, isotope

D  proton, neutron, isotope

A  Digestive

B  Lymphatic

C  Endocrine

D  Circulatory

A  Reaction centers

B  Cristae

C  Stroma 

D  Thylakoids

A    multicellular, eukaryotic, autotrophic

B   multicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

C    multicellular, prokaryotic, autotrophic

D   unicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

A  a chromosome

B  a chromatid

C  a centromere

D  a gene

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE