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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Water has a low degree of cohesion
B Water is a great solvent
C Water has a high specific heat and so regulates temperature
D Water is less dense as a solid (which is why ice floats)
Question #2
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #3
A sperm cells
B gametes
C haploid cells
D egg cells
E all of the above
Question #4
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #5
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #6
A geographic isolation
B reproductive isolation
C ecological isolation
D None of the above
Question #7
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #8
A extinction
B fitness
C genetic drift
D speciation
Question #9
A Lamark
B Mendel
C Wallace
D Lyell
Question #10
A group of individuals of several interacting species that interact in multiple ecosystems
B group of individuals of a single species that live and interact in one area
C sum of all individuals of a species in all locations
D group of individuals of several interacting species that live in one area
Question #11
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #12
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #13
A be opportunists
B provide lots of parental care
C produce large young
D be large
Question #14
A exergonic reaction; endergonic reaction
B potential energy; kinetic energy
C kinetic energy; potential energy
D noncompetitive inhibition; competitive inhibition
Question #15
A have cell walls and other organisms do not
B do not have a nucleus in their cells and other organisms do
C are autotrophs and other organisms are not
D have a nucleus in their cells and other organisms do not.
Question #16
A beneficial
B neutral
C deleterious
D lethal
Question #17
A A bacterium that lives in your gut
B A bald eagle
C A daisy
D A daisy, Seaweed (i.e. green algae), A redwood tree
E A redwood tree
F A mushroom
Question #18
A millions of
B 2
C 92
D 46
E 23
Question #19
A tertiary consumer
B secondary consumer
C primary consumer
D quarternary consumer
Question #20
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.
Question #21
A Community
B Organism
C Population
D Ecosystem
Question #22
A chlorophyll a
B carotenoids
C chlorophyll b
D chlorophyll c
Question #23
A Through the roots
B Through the stomatal pores on the leaf
C You can’t fool me, plants don’t use carbon dioxide in photosynthesis
D Right through the skin or epidermis of the plant
Question #24
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #25
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #26
A Paleontology
B Macroecology
C Evolutionist
D Fossilology
Question #27
A glucose
B ADP
C ATP
D NaCl
E NADP
Question #28
A ecological barrier
B mechanical isolation
C gametic isolation
D hybrid sterility
Question #29
A adaptation
B species
C change
D mutation
Question #30
A HOMO sapiens
B Homo sapiens
C Homo Sapiens
D homo sapiens
Question #31
A regulating your body’s water water balance (with help from your kidneys!)
B evolving rapidly
C eating and using energy from food
D reproducing a great number of offspring
Question #32
A a specialist searching for a particular type of plant that is its food source
B a plant parasite, such as mistletoe
C a disease on wheat plants in a wheat field
D cold weather causing seedlings in a field to freeze
Question #33
A Cytokinesis
B binary fission
C binary fusion
D None of the above
Question #34
A Nervous tissue
B Connective tissue
C Muscle tissue
D Epithelial tissue
Question #35
A oak trees planted on city streets
B a field of wildflowers
C a pod of 40 migrating whales
D earthworms in the soil of a garden
Question #36
A the amino acids
B RNA polymerase
C the transfer RNA
D the ribosome
Question #37
A length
B gene locations
C centromere position
D all of the above
Question #38
A Eukarya
B Archaea
C Bacteria
D Prokarya
Question #39
A to speed up cell reactions
B to encode proteins
C to produce ATP
D to provide structural support to the cell
E All of the above
Question #40
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #41
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #42
A electron transport, glycolysis, krebs cycle
B electron transport chain, krebs cycle, glycolysis
C krebs cycle, glycolysis, electron transport
D glycolysis, krebs cycle, electron transport chain
Question #43
A two chromosomes in each gamete.
B three complete sets of chromosomes.
C two chromosomes in each somatic cell.
D one complete set of chromosomes.
E two complete sets of chromosomes.
Question #44
A producers
B primary consumers
C detritivores
D top carnivores
Question #45
A an enzyme
B a sugar molecule attached to a protein
C a cholesterol molecule
D a phospholipid molecule
E a protein molecule
Question #46
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #47
A amino acids
B nucleotides
C monosaccharides
D disaccharides
E phospholipids
Question #48
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #49
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #50
A ATP and NADPH
B NADPH
C ATP, NADPH, and glucose
D ATP
E Glucose
Question #51
A messenger RNA
B a ribosome
C RNA polymerase
D transfer RNA
Question #52
A environmental factors that affect gene expression
B alternate versions of phenotypes
C alternate versions of a gene
D homologous chromosomes
Question #53
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #54
A the cristae of mitochondria
B the grana of a chloroplast
C the endoplasmic reticulum
D the outer membrane of a chloroplast
Question #55
A mutation
B speciation
C natural selection
D evolution
Question #56
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #57
A herbivores
B keystone species
C dominant species
D r-selected species
Question #58
A 6
B 3
C 18
D 0
Question #59
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #60
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #61
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #62
A electron, neutron, proton
B proton, neutron, isotope
C proton, neutron, electron
D neutron, electron, isotope
Question #63
A Circulatory
B Lymphatic
C Digestive
D Endocrine
Question #64
A Cristae
B Thylakoids
C Stroma
D Reaction centers
Question #65
A multicellular, eukaryotic, autotrophic
B multicellular, prokaryotic, autotrophic
C unicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic
D multicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic
Question #66
A a chromosome
B a chromatid
C a gene
D a centromere
Question #67
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #68
A TRUE
B FALSE