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  haploid cells

B  egg cells

C  sperm cells

D  gametes

E  all of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  geographic isolation

B  ecological isolation

C  reproductive isolation

D  None of the above

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  genetic drift

B  speciation

C  extinction

D  fitness

A  Lamark

B  Wallace

C  Mendel

D  Lyell

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

B  sum of all individuals of a species in all locations

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

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

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  provide lots of parental care

B  be opportunists

C  be large

D  produce large young

A  kinetic energy; potential energy 

B  exergonic reaction; endergonic reaction

C  noncompetitive inhibition; competitive inhibition

D  potential energy; kinetic energy 

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

B  are autotrophs and other organisms are not

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

D  have cell walls and other organisms do not

A  beneficial

B  lethal

C  neutral

D  deleterious

A  A mushroom

B  A bald eagle

C  A redwood tree

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

E  A daisy

F  A bacterium that lives in your gut

A  23

B  92

C  millions of

D  46

E  2

A  primary consumer

B  quarternary consumer

C  tertiary consumer

D  secondary consumer

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

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

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

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  Community

B  Ecosystem

C  Organism

D  Population

A  chlorophyll c

B  chlorophyll b

C  chlorophyll a

D  carotenoids

A  Through the roots

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

C  Right through the skin or epidermis of the plant

D  Through the stomatal pores on the leaf

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Paleontology

B  Macroecology

C  Evolutionist

D  Fossilology

A  NADP

B  NaCl

C  ADP

D  glucose 

E  ATP

A  hybrid sterility

B  gametic isolation

C  ecological barrier

D  mechanical isolation

A  adaptation

B  mutation

C  change

D  species

A  Homo sapiens

B  homo sapiens

C  HOMO sapiens

D  Homo Sapiens

A  evolving rapidly

B  eating and using energy from food

C  reproducing a great number of offspring

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

A  cold weather causing seedlings in a field to freeze

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

C  a disease on wheat plants in a wheat field

D  a plant parasite, such as mistletoe

A  Cytokinesis

B  binary fission

C  binary fusion

D  None of the above

A  Connective tissue

B  Nervous tissue

C  Epithelial tissue

D  Muscle tissue

A  a pod of 40 migrating whales

B  a field of wildflowers

C  oak trees planted on city streets

D  earthworms in the soil of a garden

A  the transfer RNA

B  the ribosome

C  the amino acids

D  RNA polymerase

A  centromere position

B  gene locations

C  length

D  all of the above

A  Bacteria

B  Prokarya

C  Archaea

D  Eukarya

A  to speed up cell reactions

B  to produce ATP

C  to provide structural support to the cell

D  to encode proteins

E  All of the above

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

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  three complete sets of chromosomes.

B  one complete set of chromosomes. 

C  two chromosomes in each gamete.

D  two chromosomes in each somatic cell. 

E  two complete sets of chromosomes. 

A  detritivores

B  primary consumers

C  producers

D  top carnivores

A  a protein molecule

B  an enzyme

C  a sugar molecule attached to a protein

D  a cholesterol molecule

E  a phospholipid molecule

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  nucleotides

B  amino acids

C  disaccharides

D  monosaccharides

E  phospholipids

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  NADPH

B  ATP, NADPH, and glucose

C  ATP and NADPH

D  Glucose

E  ATP 

A  transfer RNA

B  RNA polymerase

C  a ribosome

D  messenger RNA

A  alternate versions of a gene

B  alternate versions of phenotypes

C  environmental factors that affect gene expression

D  homologous chromosomes

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

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  mutation

C  speciation

D  evolution

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  herbivores

B  keystone species

C  r-selected species

D  dominant species

A  3

B  18

C  0

D  6

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  electron, neutron, proton

B  neutron, electron, isotope

C  proton, neutron, isotope

D  proton, neutron, electron

A  Lymphatic

B  Digestive

C  Endocrine

D  Circulatory

A  Thylakoids

B  Reaction centers

C  Stroma 

D  Cristae

A   multicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

B    multicellular, eukaryotic, autotrophic

C   unicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

D    multicellular, prokaryotic, autotrophic

A  a chromosome

B  a gene

C  a centromere

D  a chromatid

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE