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 high specific heat and so regulates temperature

D  Water has a low degree of cohesion

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  sperm cells

B  haploid cells

C  egg cells

D  gametes

E  all of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  geographic isolation

B  reproductive isolation

C  ecological isolation

D  None of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  fitness

B  genetic drift

C  speciation

D  extinction

A  Mendel

B  Lyell

C  Wallace

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 interact in multiple ecosystems

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

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  produce large young

B  be large

C  provide lots of parental care

D  be opportunists

A  kinetic energy; potential energy 

B  potential energy; kinetic energy 

C  exergonic reaction; endergonic reaction

D  noncompetitive inhibition; competitive inhibition

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

B  have cell walls and other organisms do not

C  are autotrophs and other organisms are not

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

A  neutral

B  deleterious

C  lethal

D  beneficial

A  A bald eagle

B  A bacterium that lives in your gut

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

D  A daisy

E  A redwood tree

F  A mushroom

A  92

B  2

C  23

D  millions of

E  46

A  secondary consumer

B  quarternary consumer

C  tertiary consumer

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

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

A  Population

B  Organism

C  Ecosystem

D  Community

A  chlorophyll c

B  chlorophyll a

C  chlorophyll b

D  carotenoids

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

B  Through the stomatal pores on the leaf

C  Right through the skin or epidermis of the plant

D  Through the roots

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Fossilology

B  Evolutionist

C  Macroecology

D  Paleontology

A  ATP

B  glucose 

C  NaCl

D  ADP

E  NADP

A  mechanical isolation

B  hybrid sterility

C  gametic isolation

D  ecological barrier

A  species

B  change

C  mutation

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  cold weather causing seedlings in a field to freeze

B  a disease on wheat plants in a wheat field

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

D  a plant parasite, such as mistletoe

A  binary fusion

B  binary fission

C  Cytokinesis

D  None of the above

A  Epithelial tissue

B  Nervous tissue

C  Muscle tissue

D  Connective tissue

A  oak trees planted on city streets

B  a pod of 40 migrating whales

C  a field of wildflowers

D  earthworms in the soil of a garden

A  the ribosome

B  the transfer RNA

C  the amino acids

D  RNA polymerase

A  centromere position

B  length

C  gene locations

D  all of the above

A  Bacteria

B  Prokarya

C  Archaea

D  Eukarya

A  to encode proteins

B  to speed up cell reactions

C  to provide structural support to the cell

D  to produce ATP

E  All of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  glycolysis, krebs cycle, electron transport chain

B  krebs cycle, glycolysis, electron transport  

C  electron transport, glycolysis, krebs cycle  

D  electron transport chain, krebs cycle, glycolysis 

A  two chromosomes in each somatic cell. 

B  three complete sets of chromosomes.

C  two chromosomes in each gamete.

D  one complete set of chromosomes. 

E  two complete sets of chromosomes. 

A  top carnivores

B  detritivores

C  producers

D  primary consumers

A  a phospholipid molecule

B  a cholesterol molecule

C  an enzyme

D  a sugar molecule attached to a protein

E  a protein molecule

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  monosaccharides

B  nucleotides

C  amino acids

D  phospholipids

E  disaccharides

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Glucose

B  ATP, NADPH, and glucose

C  NADPH

D  ATP and NADPH

E  ATP 

A  transfer RNA

B  messenger RNA

C  RNA polymerase

D  a ribosome

A  homologous chromosomes

B  environmental factors that affect gene expression

C  alternate versions of a gene

D  alternate versions of phenotypes

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  the outer membrane of a chloroplast

B  the grana of a chloroplast

C  the endoplasmic reticulum

D  the cristae of mitochondria

A  natural selection

B  evolution

C  mutation

D  speciation

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  dominant species

B  herbivores

C  keystone species

D  r-selected species

A  18

B  3

C  6

D  0

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  electron, neutron, proton

B  proton, neutron, isotope

C  proton, neutron, electron

D  neutron, electron, isotope

A  Digestive

B  Endocrine

C  Circulatory

D  Lymphatic

A  Thylakoids

B  Stroma 

C  Reaction centers

D  Cristae

A   unicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

B    multicellular, eukaryotic, autotrophic

C   multicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

D    multicellular, prokaryotic, autotrophic

A  a chromosome

B  a chromatid

C  a gene

D  a centromere

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE