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  haploid cells

B  sperm cells

C  gametes

D  egg 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  extinction

C  speciation

D  fitness

A  Mendel

B  Wallace

C  Lyell

D  Lamark

A  sum of all individuals of a species in all locations

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

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

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

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  be opportunists

B  produce large young

C  provide lots of parental care

D  be large

A  potential energy; kinetic energy 

B  kinetic energy; potential energy 

C  exergonic reaction; endergonic reaction

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  have cell walls and other organisms do not

D  are autotrophs and other organisms are not

A  neutral

B  beneficial

C  lethal

D  deleterious

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

B  A bacterium that lives in your gut

C  A daisy

D  A mushroom

E  A redwood tree

F  A bald eagle

A  92

B  2

C  23

D  millions of

E  46

A  tertiary consumer

B  quarternary consumer

C  primary consumer

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

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

A  Population

B  Community

C  Organism

D  Ecosystem

A  carotenoids

B  chlorophyll a

C  chlorophyll c

D  chlorophyll b

A  Right through the skin or epidermis of the plant

B  Through the stomatal pores on the leaf

C  Through the roots

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

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Macroecology

B  Paleontology

C  Fossilology

D  Evolutionist

A  ATP

B  NADP

C  ADP

D  NaCl

E  glucose 

A  ecological barrier

B  hybrid sterility

C  mechanical isolation

D  gametic isolation

A  change

B  adaptation

C  mutation

D  species

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  evolving rapidly

C  reproducing a great number of offspring

D  eating and using energy from food

A  a plant parasite, such as mistletoe

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

C  a disease on wheat plants in a wheat field

D  cold weather causing seedlings in a field to freeze

A  binary fusion

B  binary fission

C  Cytokinesis

D  None of the above

A  Nervous tissue

B  Epithelial tissue

C  Muscle tissue

D  Connective tissue

A  earthworms in the soil of a garden

B  a field of wildflowers

C  oak trees planted on city streets

D  a pod of 40 migrating whales

A  the amino acids

B  RNA polymerase

C  the transfer RNA

D  the ribosome

A  gene locations

B  length

C  centromere position

D  all of the above

A  Prokarya

B  Eukarya

C  Bacteria

D  Archaea

A  to speed up cell reactions

B  to provide structural support to the cell

C  to produce ATP

D  to encode proteins

E  All of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  glycolysis, krebs cycle, electron transport chain

B  electron transport chain, krebs cycle, glycolysis 

C  krebs cycle, glycolysis, electron transport  

D  electron transport, glycolysis, krebs cycle  

A  three complete sets of chromosomes.

B  two complete sets of chromosomes. 

C  one complete set of chromosomes. 

D  two chromosomes in each somatic cell. 

E  two chromosomes in each gamete.

A  detritivores

B  primary consumers

C  top carnivores

D  producers

A  a cholesterol molecule

B  a phospholipid molecule

C  a sugar molecule attached to a protein

D  an enzyme

E  a protein molecule

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  monosaccharides

B  phospholipids

C  nucleotides

D  disaccharides

E  amino acids

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  ATP 

B  ATP, NADPH, and glucose

C  NADPH

D  ATP and NADPH

E  Glucose

A  a ribosome

B  messenger RNA

C  transfer RNA

D  RNA polymerase

A  alternate versions of a gene

B  environmental factors that affect gene expression

C  alternate versions of phenotypes

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  mutation

B  natural selection

C  evolution

D  speciation

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  dominant species

B  r-selected species

C  keystone species

D  herbivores

A  0

B  3

C  18

D  6

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  neutron, electron, isotope

B  proton, neutron, electron

C  proton, neutron, isotope

D  electron, neutron, proton

A  Digestive

B  Circulatory

C  Endocrine

D  Lymphatic

A  Stroma 

B  Thylakoids

C  Cristae

D  Reaction centers

A    multicellular, prokaryotic, autotrophic

B    multicellular, eukaryotic, autotrophic

C   multicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

D   unicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

A  a chromatid

B  a chromosome

C  a gene

D  a centromere

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE