Final Exam

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)

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  sperm cells

B  gametes

C  haploid cells

D  egg 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  extinction

B  fitness

C  genetic drift

D  speciation

A  Lamark

B  Mendel

C  Wallace

D  Lyell

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

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  be opportunists

B  provide lots of parental care

C  produce large young

D  be large

A  exergonic reaction; endergonic reaction

B  potential energy; kinetic energy 

C  kinetic energy; potential energy 

D  noncompetitive inhibition; competitive inhibition

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.

A  beneficial

B  neutral

C  deleterious

D  lethal

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

A  millions of

B  2

C  92

D  46

E  23

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   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  Community

B  Organism

C  Population

D  Ecosystem

A  chlorophyll a

B  carotenoids

C  chlorophyll b

D  chlorophyll c

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

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Paleontology

B  Macroecology

C  Evolutionist

D  Fossilology

A  glucose 

B  ADP

C  ATP

D  NaCl

E  NADP

A  ecological barrier

B  mechanical isolation

C  gametic isolation

D  hybrid sterility

A  adaptation

B  species

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  evolving rapidly

C  eating and using energy from food

D  reproducing a great number of offspring

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

A  Cytokinesis

B  binary fission

C  binary fusion

D  None of the above

A  Nervous tissue

B  Connective tissue

C  Muscle tissue

D  Epithelial tissue

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

A  the amino acids

B  RNA polymerase

C  the transfer RNA

D  the ribosome

A  length

B  gene locations

C  centromere position

D  all of the above

A  Eukarya

B  Archaea

C  Bacteria

D  Prokarya

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

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

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

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. 

A  producers

B  primary consumers

C  detritivores

D  top carnivores

A  an enzyme

B  a sugar molecule attached to a protein

C  a cholesterol molecule

D  a phospholipid molecule

E  a protein molecule

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  amino acids

B  nucleotides

C  monosaccharides

D  disaccharides

E  phospholipids

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  ATP and NADPH

B  NADPH

C  ATP, NADPH, and glucose

D  ATP 

E  Glucose

A  messenger RNA

B  a ribosome

C  RNA polymerase

D  transfer RNA

A  environmental factors that affect gene expression

B  alternate versions of phenotypes

C  alternate versions of a gene

D  homologous chromosomes

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  the cristae of mitochondria

B  the grana of a chloroplast

C  the endoplasmic reticulum

D  the outer membrane of a chloroplast

A  mutation

B  speciation

C  natural selection

D  evolution

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  herbivores

B  keystone species

C  dominant species

D  r-selected species

A  6

B  3

C  18

D  0

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  electron, neutron, proton

B  proton, neutron, isotope

C  proton, neutron, electron

D  neutron, electron, isotope

A  Circulatory

B  Lymphatic

C  Digestive

D  Endocrine

A  Cristae

B  Thylakoids

C  Stroma 

D  Reaction centers

A    multicellular, eukaryotic, autotrophic

B    multicellular, prokaryotic, autotrophic

C   unicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

D   multicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

A  a chromosome

B  a chromatid

C  a gene

D  a centromere

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE