Final Exam

A  Water has a high specific heat and so regulates temperature

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

C  Water has a low degree of cohesion

D  Water is a great solvent

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  egg cells

B  gametes

C  haploid cells

D  sperm cells

E  all of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  reproductive isolation

B  geographic isolation

C  ecological isolation

D  None of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  genetic drift

B  speciation

C  fitness

D  extinction

A  Lyell

B  Wallace

C  Lamark

D  Mendel

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

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

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

D  sum of all individuals of a species in all locations

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  be large

B  be opportunists

C  provide lots of parental care

D  produce large young

A  potential energy; kinetic energy 

B  exergonic reaction; endergonic reaction

C  noncompetitive inhibition; competitive inhibition

D  kinetic energy; potential energy 

A  are autotrophs and other organisms are not

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

C  have cell walls and other organisms do not

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

A  lethal

B  neutral

C  beneficial

D  deleterious

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

B  A mushroom

C  A bald eagle

D  A bacterium that lives in your gut

E  A redwood tree

F  A daisy

A  23

B  92

C  millions of

D  2

E  46

A  tertiary consumer

B  primary consumer

C  quarternary consumer

D  secondary consumer

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

B   Spontaneous mutations can result in the appearance of new traits.

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

D    Characteristics acquired during an organism’s life are generally not passed on through genes.

A  Organism

B  Population

C  Community

D  Ecosystem

A  chlorophyll b

B  chlorophyll a

C  chlorophyll c

D  carotenoids

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

B  Through the roots

C  Through the stomatal pores on the leaf

D  Right through the skin or epidermis of the plant

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Macroecology

B  Evolutionist

C  Fossilology

D  Paleontology

A  ADP

B  NaCl

C  ATP

D  NADP

E  glucose 

A  hybrid sterility

B  gametic isolation

C  ecological barrier

D  mechanical isolation

A  change

B  mutation

C  adaptation

D  species

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  eating and using energy from food

D  evolving rapidly

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

B  cold weather causing seedlings in a field to freeze

C  a disease on wheat plants in a wheat field

D  a plant parasite, such as mistletoe

A  binary fusion

B  Cytokinesis

C  binary fission

D  None of the above

A  Epithelial tissue

B  Nervous tissue

C  Muscle tissue

D  Connective tissue

A  a field of wildflowers

B  oak trees planted on city streets

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  gene locations

B  centromere position

C  length

D  all of the above

A  Bacteria

B  Eukarya

C  Prokarya

D  Archaea

A  to speed up cell reactions

B  to provide structural support to the cell

C  to encode proteins

D  to produce ATP

E  All of the above

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  glycolysis, krebs cycle, electron transport chain

B  electron transport chain, krebs cycle, glycolysis 

C  electron transport, glycolysis, krebs cycle  

D  krebs cycle, glycolysis, electron transport  

A  two chromosomes in each somatic cell. 

B  one complete set of chromosomes. 

C  two chromosomes in each gamete.

D  two complete sets of chromosomes. 

E  three complete sets of chromosomes.

A  detritivores

B  producers

C  top carnivores

D  primary consumers

A  a cholesterol molecule

B  a protein molecule

C  a sugar molecule attached to a protein

D  a phospholipid molecule

E  an enzyme

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  monosaccharides

B  phospholipids

C  disaccharides

D  amino acids

E  nucleotides

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  NADPH

B  ATP and NADPH

C  ATP, NADPH, and glucose

D  Glucose

E  ATP 

A  a ribosome

B  transfer RNA

C  messenger RNA

D  RNA polymerase

A  alternate versions of a gene

B  homologous chromosomes

C  alternate versions of phenotypes

D  environmental factors that affect gene expression

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  the outer membrane of a chloroplast

B  the endoplasmic reticulum

C  the grana of a chloroplast

D  the cristae of mitochondria

A  speciation

B  mutation

C  natural selection

D  evolution

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  r-selected species

B  keystone species

C  herbivores

D  dominant species

A  0

B  18

C  6

D  3

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  electron, neutron, proton

B  proton, neutron, isotope

C  neutron, electron, isotope

D  proton, neutron, electron

A  Endocrine

B  Lymphatic

C  Digestive

D  Circulatory

A  Thylakoids

B  Stroma 

C  Reaction centers

D  Cristae

A    multicellular, prokaryotic, autotrophic

B   unicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

C   multicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

D    multicellular, eukaryotic, autotrophic

A  a chromosome

B  a gene

C  a centromere

D  a chromatid

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE