Final Exam

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

B  Water has a low degree of cohesion

C  Water has a high specific heat and so regulates temperature

D  Water is a great solvent

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  gametes

B  sperm cells

C  haploid cells

D  egg cells

E  all of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  geographic isolation

B  ecological isolation

C  reproductive isolation

D  None of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  speciation

B  genetic drift

C  fitness

D  extinction

A  Lyell

B  Mendel

C  Lamark

D  Wallace

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  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  be opportunists

B  provide lots of parental care

C  produce large young

D  be large

A  noncompetitive inhibition; competitive inhibition

B  potential energy; kinetic energy 

C  kinetic energy; potential energy 

D  exergonic reaction; endergonic reaction

A  are autotrophs and other organisms are not

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

C  have cell walls and other organisms do not

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

A  lethal

B  neutral

C  beneficial

D  deleterious

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

B  A redwood tree

C  A mushroom

D  A bacterium that lives in your gut

E  A bald eagle

F  A daisy

A  millions of

B  23

C  92

D  46

E  2

A  secondary consumer

B  primary consumer

C  tertiary consumer

D  quarternary consumer

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

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

A  Ecosystem

B  Population

C  Community

D  Organism

A  carotenoids

B  chlorophyll c

C  chlorophyll a

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  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Evolutionist

B  Fossilology

C  Paleontology

D  Macroecology

A  glucose 

B  NaCl

C  NADP

D  ATP

E  ADP

A  mechanical isolation

B  ecological barrier

C  gametic isolation

D  hybrid sterility

A  species

B  adaptation

C  change

D  mutation

A  HOMO sapiens

B  Homo Sapiens

C  homo sapiens

D  Homo sapiens

A  reproducing a great number of offspring

B  evolving rapidly

C  regulating your body’s water water balance (with help from your kidneys!)

D  eating and using energy from food

A  a plant parasite, such as mistletoe

B  cold weather causing seedlings in a field to freeze

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

D  a disease on wheat plants in a wheat field

A  binary fission

B  binary fusion

C  Cytokinesis

D  None of the above

A  Muscle tissue

B  Epithelial tissue

C  Nervous tissue

D  Connective tissue

A  earthworms in the soil of a garden

B  a pod of 40 migrating whales

C  a field of wildflowers

D  oak trees planted on city streets

A  the ribosome

B  the amino acids

C  RNA polymerase

D  the transfer RNA

A  gene locations

B  length

C  centromere position

D  all of the above

A  Prokarya

B  Eukarya

C  Bacteria

D  Archaea

A  to encode proteins

B  to produce ATP

C  to speed up cell reactions

D  to provide structural support to the cell

E  All of the above

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  krebs cycle, glycolysis, electron transport  

B  glycolysis, krebs cycle, electron transport chain

C  electron transport chain, krebs cycle, glycolysis 

D  electron transport, glycolysis, krebs cycle  

A  two complete sets of chromosomes. 

B  three complete sets of chromosomes.

C  two chromosomes in each somatic cell. 

D  two chromosomes in each gamete.

E  one complete set of chromosomes. 

A  primary consumers

B  producers

C  top carnivores

D  detritivores

A  a protein molecule

B  an enzyme

C  a cholesterol molecule

D  a sugar molecule attached to a protein

E  a phospholipid molecule

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  amino acids

B  nucleotides

C  monosaccharides

D  phospholipids

E  disaccharides

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Glucose

B  ATP 

C  NADPH

D  ATP, NADPH, and glucose

E  ATP and NADPH

A  messenger RNA

B  RNA polymerase

C  a ribosome

D  transfer RNA

A  environmental factors that affect gene expression

B  homologous chromosomes

C  alternate versions of a gene

D  alternate versions of phenotypes

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

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  evolution

C  natural selection

D  speciation

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  keystone species

B  dominant species

C  r-selected species

D  herbivores

A  6

B  0

C  3

D  18

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  electron, neutron, proton

B  proton, neutron, electron

C  neutron, electron, isotope

D  proton, neutron, isotope

A  Digestive

B  Endocrine

C  Circulatory

D  Lymphatic

A  Cristae

B  Thylakoids

C  Stroma 

D  Reaction centers

A   multicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

B    multicellular, prokaryotic, autotrophic

C    multicellular, eukaryotic, autotrophic

D   unicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

A  a chromosome

B  a chromatid

C  a gene

D  a centromere

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE