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Evolution, Change Over Time, Human Impact, Colonization of Mars
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1
Sustaining resources can be achieved by all of the following except
drive your car when you could take the bus
limiting the number of fish or deer you can fish or hunt
planting trees
sustainable building
2
In the phylogenetic tree what animal is most closely related to Aves (birds)?
Crocodylia
Placentalia
Testudines
Rhynchocephalia
3
Which of the following is NOT an example of migration?
Cows staying in the barn in the winter
Ducks flying south for the winter
Wildebeasts following the rains and food supply
Monarch butterflies traveling to Mexico in the fall
4
What is gene flow?
Immigration only
Migration only
Genes moving in/out of a population
Emigration only
5
The Western Europe population pyramid shows
slow growth because there are more deaths than births
None of the above; the death rate equals the birth rate
declining growth because the rate of births is slowing down
rapid growth because there are more births than deaths
6
What is a gene pool?
Game where people try to get genes in a pocket on a table
All of the genes an organism has
Place where genes go to relax and swim
All genes/alleles in a population; can influence evolution
7
The amount of resources that that you will use in one year is called your
ecological footprint
biocapacity
resource capacity
overshoot resources
8
Mold, yeast and mushrooms are found in the kingdom ___________
Plantae
Eubacteria
Fungi
Archaea
9
The efficiency of cellular respiration (aerobic respiration) increases in the presence of ____.
nitrogen
carbon dioxide
water
oxygen
10
When fossil fuels are burned ____________ occurs.
decrease in oxygen emissions
increase in carbon emissions
decrease in carbon emissions
increase in oxygen emissions
11
Uncontrolled growth with no limiting resources is called
Logistic growth
Exponential growth
Fast growth
All of the above
12
When a species number gets so low that it is in danger of becoming extinct it is called
threatened
critically low
regrowing
endangered
13
Where did carbon dioxide come from in Earth's early atmosphere?
Volcanos
Asteroids/meteorites
Photosynthesis
Water vapor
14
Organisms better adapted to environment are more likely to survive & reproduce more offspring
Gene flow
Structural adaptation
Mimicry
Natural selection
15
Why is carbon important on Earth?
necessary to start cellular respiration to create glucose
necessary for water cycle
necessary for photosynthesis and the production of glucose
all of the above
16
What is speciation?
mass extinction of a species
new species is formed
species forming a new gene pool
nomenclature for the species
17
Largest population of organisms that can survive indefinitely in an environment is the ____ .
minimum capacity
carrying capacity
directional capacity
adult capacity
18
Adaptation where a non-dangerous organism looks very similar to a dangerous organism
camouflage
copy-cat
behavioral
mimicry
19
What would happen to the graph if the number of deaths were greater than the births?
the line would curve downward
the line would stay flat
the line would go up
None of the above
20
Mass extinctions can cause
domino effect in food web that can cause more extinctions
the population of deer to grow wings
a chain reaction of asexual reproduction
the Cubs to win the World Series
21
Organisms with similar genetics mate with one another in
Non-random mating
Artificial selection
All of the above
Random mating
22
At which point on the graph does growth slow down and nearly stop?
B
D
C
A
23
Prokaryotes causing infections common to humans & their name relate to their shape are in the
Kingdom Eubacteria
Kingdom Fungi
Kingdom Archaea
Kingdom Protista
24
Extremophiles are members of the _____ kingdom.
Plantae
Anamalia
Archaea
Eubacteria
25
Which of the following is an example of reproductive isolation?
All of the above
Female Bird of Paradise doesn't like the male's mating dance
Genetics are not the same
Ant population is separated by a river & the ants can't swim
26
Which of the following is an example of geographic isolation?
Ant population is separated by a river & the ants can't swim
Female Bird of Paradise doesn't like the male's mating dance
All of the above
Genetics are not the same
27
On the cladogram, the characteristic shared by primates, rodents, rabbits, crocodiles &birds is
opposable thumbs
amniotic egg
eggs with shells
hair
28
Slow, constant change over a long period of time is known as
Slo-pokeism
Gradualism
Tortoism
Lagging
29
Evidence supporting the theory of plate tectonics is
All of the above
Continents fitting together like puzzle pieces
Same fossils found on the coasts of W Europe & East US
Matching rock formations found on Africa and South America
30
Natural selection can result in
fitness increasing in the population
species competing for resources
more offspring produced than can survive
all of the above
31
What was the name of the supercontinent that broke apart over 200 million years ago?
Pangea
Mesapotonia
Eurasia
Gondwana
32
To determine if a country is in an ecological deficit or reserve subtract the ___ from the ___.
reserve; ecological footprint
biocapacity; ecological footprint
ecological footprint; biocapacity
deficit; ecological footprint
33
The West Africa population pyramid shows
slow growth because there are more deaths than births
rapid growth because there are more births than deaths
None of the above because birthrate equals death rate
declining growth because there are more deaths than births
34
Emigration is
people moving down the block
None of the above
people moving into a country
people moving out of a country
35
Which of the following would be constraints?
Expense
All of the above
Time
Available space
36
Remains of an organism that lived a short period of time and is used in relative dating is
an index fossils
fracking
metamorphic rock
slate
37
How old is the Earth?
4.6 million years old
4.6 billion years old
6.4 million years old
6.4 billion years old
38
The graph shows
disruptive selection
absolute selection
directional selection
stabilizing selection
39
At which letter on the graph is the population growing rapidly?
D
B
A
C
40
Which of the following would add to an increase up population growth
Access to clean water and better sanitation
lack of refrigeration
Doctors available but they are a hundred miles away
Agricultural and Industrial Revolution
41
What is a well preserved or mineralized organism that lived thousands of years ago?
a rock
a geode
a pangea
a fossil
42
Which of the following will not cause a population to evolve?
natural selection
asexual reproduction
genetic mutations
pesticides
43
The graph shows
stabilizing selection
directional selection
absolute selection
disruptive selection
44
Scientists use which of the following as evidence of evolution?
fossil record
DNA sequencing
All of the above
embryonic development
45
August 1, 2018 was the day when the humans on Earth have used up the years renewable resources.
National Raspberry Creme Pie Day
Better luck next year day
So What Do We Do Now day
Earth Overshoot Day
46
Which of the following helped slow the growth rate of the world's population?
Birth control
all of the above
Lack of medical care
Lack of arable land
47
Which of the following is an example of behavioral isolation?
All of the above
Ant population is separated by a river & the ants can't swim
Female Bird of Paradise doesn't like the male's mating dance
Genetics are different
48
If you have 25% of a parent isotope, how many half lives have passed?
2
1
4
3
49
The oldest rock layer being found on the bottom of a section of strata is the basis of what law
Law of Imposition
Law of Plate Tectonics
Law of Rock of Ages
Law of Superposition
50
Scientists that study fossils and relate them to life on Earth
fossilogist
palentologists
archeologists
sociologist
51
The graph shows
stabilizing selection
absolute selection
disruptive selection
directional selection
52
In the phylogenetic tree what animal is the least related to Aves (birds)?
Testudines
Crocodylia
Rhynchocephalia
Placentalia
53
The time it takes for 50% of a radioactive isotope to deteriorate is called
sister isotope
evolution
radio active development
half life
54
How did oxygen first appear on Earth?
Cellular respiration
From photosynthesis after plants evolved
It came on meteorites
Volcanic eruptions
55
Which of the following is NOT an ecological trade off?
Stop using pesticides but lose more crops to insects
Wind turbines harness energy but birds fly into blades & die
Movies are expensive but a matinee is cheaper
Reflective windows lower cooling $ but birds hit glass & die
