BIOL 1720 SPRING Final Exam Review

Which regions of the Visible Light Spectrum trigger structural development in plants?

Which of the following is an enemy of plants?

Bananas can be kept in a brown bag to ripen. The hormone released by the fruit and trapped in the bag is likely . . .

Which of the following is associated with multiple reproductive episodes during a species' lifetime?

A species' realized niche is the niche potentially occupied by that species

What is the term used to describe the solid rock that lies beneath the soil?

Understory plants in a temperate forest have adaptations to capture limited . . .

As trophic levels increase, the energy in the system decreases

How is a clumped population distribution beneficial for prey animals?

Changes in ecosystem structure caused by environmental disturbances or internal forces is called Ecosystem Dynamics

What trophic level in the food chain would have the most energy?

Exposure to far-red light inhibits phytochrome activity

Predation can be best described as . . .

Decomposers are associated with which class of food web?

The loss of an apex consumer would impact which trophic level of a food web?

A grazing food web is typically associated with which of the following?

What is mycorrhizae?

Choose the term that encompasses all organisms that can make their own food using inorganic molecules:

Commensalism can be best described as . . .

___ is required to form carbohydrates, proteins, and nucleic acids. It is therefore present in all macromolecules.

Put the levels of ecological study in chronological order:

Species with limited resources usually exhibit a(n) ___ growth curve

What term describes a plant that requires nutrition from a living host plant?

Which of the following is false?

The population size of a species capable of being supported by the environment is called its . . .

For an element to be regarded as essential, all of the following criteria must be met except . . .

What is the difference between "+" and "-" gravitropism?

Mutualism can be best described as . . .

Which of the following elements is an example of a micronutrient?

Which of the following is a biotic factor?

The study of nutrient cycling though the environment is an example of which of the following?

Which of the following best describes phototropism?

A seedling germinating under a stone grows at an angle away from the stone and upward. This response to touch is called

___ does not form a dense sheath over the root

Which of the following is true?

The ability of an ecosystem to return to its equilibrium state after an environmental disturbance is called . . .

Cytokinins are . . .

Humans have which type of survivorship curve?

Why do farmers often rotate cereal crops (corn) with legumes (soy beans)?

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Phytochrome is a plant pigment protein that . . .

Place the trophic levels in chronological order:

Shallow oceans and open ocean surface water account for over ___ of all photosynthesis on Earth!

Which of the following is an example of a weather event?

A community is a group of interbreeding organisms that are members of the same species living in the same area

Commensal interactions are ___ because any close association likely affects both species

Interspecific Competition can be best described as . . .

The main photoreceptor that triggers phototropism is a . . .

The competitive exclusion principle states that two species competing for the same limiting resources . . .

Select the answer that puts the soil horizons in the correct order:

What type of survivorship curve best represents sea turtles?