Final Exam

A  Water has a low degree of cohesion

B  Water has a high specific heat and so regulates temperature

C  Water is a great solvent

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

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  haploid cells

B  gametes

C  egg cells

D  sperm cells

E  all of the above

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  geographic isolation

B  reproductive isolation

C  ecological isolation

D  None of the above

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  fitness

B  speciation

C  extinction

D  genetic drift

A  Lamark

B  Lyell

C  Mendel

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  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  produce large young

B  be opportunists

C  provide lots of parental care

D  be large

A  noncompetitive inhibition; competitive inhibition

B  exergonic reaction; endergonic reaction

C  potential energy; kinetic energy 

D  kinetic energy; potential energy 

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  have cell walls and other organisms do not

D  are autotrophs and other organisms are not

A  neutral

B  deleterious

C  lethal

D  beneficial

A  A daisy

B  A bacterium that lives in your gut

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

D  A bald eagle

E  A mushroom

F  A redwood tree

A  millions of

B  46

C  92

D  2

E  23

A  tertiary consumer

B  secondary consumer

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

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

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

A  Ecosystem

B  Organism

C  Population

D  Community

A  chlorophyll c

B  carotenoids

C  chlorophyll b

D  chlorophyll a

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

B  Through the roots

C  Right through the skin or epidermis of the plant

D  Through the stomatal pores on the leaf

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Fossilology

B  Evolutionist

C  Paleontology

D  Macroecology

A  ATP

B  NaCl

C  ADP

D  glucose 

E  NADP

A  mechanical isolation

B  gametic isolation

C  hybrid sterility

D  ecological barrier

A  mutation

B  change

C  species

D  adaptation

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  a disease on wheat plants in a wheat field

C  cold weather causing seedlings in a field to freeze

D  a plant parasite, such as mistletoe

A  Cytokinesis

B  binary fusion

C  binary fission

D  None of the above

A  Nervous tissue

B  Muscle tissue

C  Connective tissue

D  Epithelial tissue

A  a pod of 40 migrating whales

B  oak trees planted on city streets

C  a field of wildflowers

D  earthworms in the soil of a garden

A  the amino acids

B  the transfer RNA

C  the ribosome

D  RNA polymerase

A  gene locations

B  centromere position

C  length

D  all of the above

A  Archaea

B  Eukarya

C  Bacteria

D  Prokarya

A  to produce ATP

B  to speed up cell reactions

C  to encode proteins

D  to provide structural support to the cell

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  one complete set of chromosomes. 

B  two chromosomes in each somatic cell. 

C  two complete sets of chromosomes. 

D  three complete sets of chromosomes.

E  two chromosomes in each gamete.

A  producers

B  primary consumers

C  detritivores

D  top carnivores

A  an enzyme

B  a cholesterol molecule

C  a phospholipid molecule

D  a protein molecule

E  a sugar molecule attached to a protein

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  phospholipids

B  amino acids

C  disaccharides

D  nucleotides

E  monosaccharides

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  ATP and NADPH

B  ATP 

C  ATP, NADPH, and glucose

D  Glucose

E  NADPH

A  messenger RNA

B  RNA polymerase

C  a ribosome

D  transfer RNA

A  alternate versions of phenotypes

B  environmental factors that affect gene expression

C  alternate versions of a gene

D  homologous chromosomes

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  the outer membrane of a chloroplast

B  the endoplasmic reticulum

C  the cristae of mitochondria

D  the grana of a chloroplast

A  speciation

B  natural selection

C  evolution

D  mutation

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  r-selected species

B  dominant species

C  keystone species

D  herbivores

A  0

B  18

C  6

D  3

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  proton, neutron, electron

B  proton, neutron, isotope

C  electron, neutron, proton

D  neutron, electron, isotope

A  Lymphatic

B  Circulatory

C  Digestive

D  Endocrine

A  Stroma 

B  Reaction centers

C  Thylakoids

D  Cristae

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