Final Exam

A  Water has a high specific heat and so regulates temperature

B  Water is a great solvent

C  Water has a low degree of cohesion

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

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  egg cells

B  haploid cells

C  gametes

D  sperm cells

E  all of the above

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  reproductive isolation

B  geographic isolation

C  ecological isolation

D  None of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  speciation

B  fitness

C  genetic drift

D  extinction

A  Mendel

B  Lyell

C  Wallace

D  Lamark

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  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  provide lots of parental care

B  produce large young

C  be large

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

C  have cell walls and other organisms do not

D  are autotrophs and other organisms are not

A  neutral

B  beneficial

C  lethal

D  deleterious

A  A mushroom

B  A daisy

C  A bald eagle

D  A bacterium that lives in your gut

E  A redwood tree

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

A  2

B  23

C  92

D  46

E  millions of

A  secondary consumer

B  quarternary consumer

C  primary consumer

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

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

A  Population

B  Community

C  Ecosystem

D  Organism

A  chlorophyll c

B  chlorophyll a

C  chlorophyll b

D  carotenoids

A  Through the roots

B  Through the stomatal pores on the leaf

C  Right through the skin or epidermis of the plant

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

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Macroecology

B  Evolutionist

C  Fossilology

D  Paleontology

A  glucose 

B  NADP

C  NaCl

D  ATP

E  ADP

A  mechanical isolation

B  ecological barrier

C  hybrid sterility

D  gametic isolation

A  adaptation

B  mutation

C  change

D  species

A  HOMO sapiens

B  homo sapiens

C  Homo sapiens

D  Homo Sapiens

A  eating and using energy from food

B  evolving rapidly

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

D  reproducing a great number of offspring

A  a plant parasite, such as mistletoe

B  a disease on wheat plants in a wheat field

C  cold weather causing seedlings in a field to freeze

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

A  binary fission

B  binary fusion

C  Cytokinesis

D  None of the above

A  Nervous tissue

B  Muscle tissue

C  Epithelial tissue

D  Connective tissue

A  earthworms in the soil of a garden

B  a pod of 40 migrating whales

C  oak trees planted on city streets

D  a field of wildflowers

A  RNA polymerase

B  the amino acids

C  the ribosome

D  the transfer RNA

A  centromere position

B  gene locations

C  length

D  all of the above

A  Archaea

B  Bacteria

C  Prokarya

D  Eukarya

A  to produce ATP

B  to provide structural support to the cell

C  to encode proteins

D  to speed up cell reactions

E  All of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

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 complete sets of chromosomes. 

B  two chromosomes in each gamete.

C  two chromosomes in each somatic cell. 

D  three complete sets of chromosomes.

E  one complete set of chromosomes. 

A  primary consumers

B  detritivores

C  top carnivores

D  producers

A  a protein molecule

B  an enzyme

C  a cholesterol molecule

D  a sugar molecule attached to a protein

E  a phospholipid molecule

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  disaccharides

B  amino acids

C  nucleotides

D  monosaccharides

E  phospholipids

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  ATP, NADPH, and glucose

B  ATP and NADPH

C  NADPH

D  Glucose

E  ATP 

A  transfer RNA

B  a ribosome

C  RNA polymerase

D  messenger RNA

A  homologous chromosomes

B  alternate versions of phenotypes

C  alternate versions of a gene

D  environmental factors that affect gene expression

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  the outer membrane of a chloroplast

B  the endoplasmic reticulum

C  the cristae of mitochondria

D  the grana of a chloroplast

A  mutation

B  evolution

C  speciation

D  natural selection

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  dominant species

B  r-selected species

C  keystone species

D  herbivores

A  18

B  0

C  3

D  6

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  electron, neutron, proton

B  proton, neutron, electron

C  proton, neutron, isotope

D  neutron, electron, isotope

A  Circulatory

B  Endocrine

C  Lymphatic

D  Digestive

A  Reaction centers

B  Cristae

C  Thylakoids

D  Stroma 

A   unicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

B    multicellular, eukaryotic, autotrophic

C   multicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

D    multicellular, prokaryotic, autotrophic

A  a gene

B  a chromosome

C  a centromere

D  a chromatid

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE