Final Exam

A  Water is a great solvent

B  Water has a low degree of cohesion

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

D  Water has a high specific heat and so regulates temperature

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  gametes

B  sperm cells

C  haploid cells

D  egg cells

E  all of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  ecological isolation

B  reproductive isolation

C  geographic isolation

D  None of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  genetic drift

B  speciation

C  fitness

D  extinction

A  Lyell

B  Mendel

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  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  be large

B  produce large young

C  provide lots of parental care

D  be opportunists

A  noncompetitive inhibition; competitive inhibition

B  kinetic energy; potential energy 

C  potential energy; kinetic energy 

D  exergonic reaction; endergonic reaction

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

B  are autotrophs and other organisms are not

C  have cell walls and other organisms do not

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

A  deleterious

B  lethal

C  neutral

D  beneficial

A  A bald eagle

B  A redwood tree

C  A daisy

D  A bacterium that lives in your gut

E  A mushroom

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

A  46

B  92

C  2

D  23

E  millions of

A  secondary consumer

B  quarternary consumer

C  tertiary consumer

D  primary consumer

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

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

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

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

A  Population

B  Ecosystem

C  Organism

D  Community

A  chlorophyll b

B  carotenoids

C  chlorophyll a

D  chlorophyll c

A  Through the stomatal pores on the leaf

B  Right through the skin or epidermis of the plant

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

D  Through the roots

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Fossilology

B  Paleontology

C  Macroecology

D  Evolutionist

A  glucose 

B  ADP

C  NaCl

D  ATP

E  NADP

A  ecological barrier

B  mechanical isolation

C  gametic isolation

D  hybrid sterility

A  change

B  adaptation

C  species

D  mutation

A  Homo sapiens

B  Homo Sapiens

C  homo sapiens

D  HOMO sapiens

A  evolving rapidly

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

C  reproducing a great number of offspring

D  eating and using energy from food

A  a disease on wheat plants in a wheat field

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

C  a plant parasite, such as mistletoe

D  cold weather causing seedlings in a field to freeze

A  Cytokinesis

B  binary fission

C  binary fusion

D  None of the above

A  Muscle tissue

B  Nervous tissue

C  Connective tissue

D  Epithelial tissue

A  oak trees planted on city streets

B  a pod of 40 migrating whales

C  earthworms in the soil of a garden

D  a field of wildflowers

A  the amino acids

B  the ribosome

C  the transfer RNA

D  RNA polymerase

A  centromere position

B  length

C  gene locations

D  all of the above

A  Prokarya

B  Eukarya

C  Archaea

D  Bacteria

A  to produce ATP

B  to speed up cell reactions

C  to provide structural support to the cell

D  to encode proteins

E  All of the above

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  electron transport chain, krebs cycle, glycolysis 

B  krebs cycle, glycolysis, electron transport  

C  electron transport, glycolysis, krebs cycle  

D  glycolysis, krebs cycle, electron transport chain

A  one complete set of chromosomes. 

B  two complete sets of chromosomes. 

C  three complete sets of chromosomes.

D  two chromosomes in each somatic cell. 

E  two chromosomes in each gamete.

A  producers

B  top carnivores

C  detritivores

D  primary consumers

A  a protein molecule

B  an enzyme

C  a sugar molecule attached to a protein

D  a cholesterol molecule

E  a phospholipid molecule

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  monosaccharides

B  nucleotides

C  disaccharides

D  amino acids

E  phospholipids

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  ATP, NADPH, and glucose

B  ATP 

C  Glucose

D  NADPH

E  ATP and NADPH

A  RNA polymerase

B  messenger RNA

C  transfer RNA

D  a ribosome

A  environmental factors that affect gene expression

B  alternate versions of phenotypes

C  homologous chromosomes

D  alternate versions of a gene

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  the grana of a chloroplast

B  the outer membrane of a chloroplast

C  the endoplasmic reticulum

D  the cristae of mitochondria

A  mutation

B  natural selection

C  evolution

D  speciation

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  keystone species

B  dominant species

C  r-selected species

D  herbivores

A  18

B  6

C  3

D  0

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  proton, neutron, electron

B  electron, neutron, proton

C  neutron, electron, isotope

D  proton, neutron, isotope

A  Digestive

B  Circulatory

C  Endocrine

D  Lymphatic

A  Cristae

B  Thylakoids

C  Reaction centers

D  Stroma 

A    multicellular, prokaryotic, autotrophic

B   unicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

C    multicellular, eukaryotic, autotrophic

D   multicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

A  a chromosome

B  a gene

C  a chromatid

D  a centromere

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE