IPE Final Exam

Denitrifying bacteria can participate in the nitrogen cycle by returning nitrogen to the atmosphere

A form of competition in which individuals of different species compete for the same resources in an ecosystem

Pre-programmed behavior in animals. What is this called?

Do frogs (and other amphibians) have an amnion

Most photosynthesis in the ocean is performed by single-celled organisms

Although viruses don't reproduce independently and replicate by invading living cells, they are still considered living

A form of competition in which individuals of the same species compete for the same resources in an ecosystem

The carbon cycled through a food web primarily comes from:

Which one of the species-species interactions is most likely to be mutually beneficial?

In this equation for population growth rate (r = (ΔN/Δt)/N1), ΔN represents the

Which characteristic is common to both arthropods and annelids and suggests that the two groups shared common ancestry?

The first cells were most similar to:

What is habituation?

Fertilization is required for all organisms to reproduce

Studying a behavior that promotes an organism's ability to reproduce would relate to studying its adaptive function

Diploid (2n) cells in the _____ divide meiotically and form haploid (1n) spores.

Which one of the elements makes up more than 40% of both living organisms and the Earth's crust?

If scientists could quantify all the bacterial and human cells on Earth they would find that there are more human cells.

As a population approaches its carrying capacity, its growth rate:

This tissue type helps form a barrier between the body and the external environment.

Biomes are the most stable in terms of species composition and distribution.

Liverworts are considered vascular plants

In the figure shown, which letter indicates the shoot?

What is the term for a ball of undifferentiated cells that results from repeated mitosis of a fertilized egg?

This behavior occurs when an animal develops behavior through experience.

The movement of water in the xylem is known as transpiration

In birds, imprinting, once the process is completed, is permanent.

The way an organism acts in response to a stimulus is called a __________?

In this equation for population growth rate (r = (ΔN/Δt)/N1), N1 represents the

Population size is only influenced by additions such as births and immigration

In which lettered location in the figure would you find electrons moving between large protein complexes?

Interactions between organisms lead to the evolution of particular traits in populations of those organisms over time.

Converting glucose to glycogen:

Changes in behavior during the course of evolution which make the signals more effective in response from a partner

In this equation for population growth rate (r = (ΔN/Δt)/N1), Δt represents the

The result of competition can be shown as

When did the amnion first appear?

Which of the following is true about excess human-produced NH3?

The stage of photosynthesis in which glucose is synthesized from carbon dioxide is ____________ .

A move from the fundamental niche to the realized niche for two species can result from resource partitioning.

A weak _____ is formed from CO2 combining with water.

A biologist draws a tree of life having only three branches. Which groups did the biologist most likely choose?

The trait that most directly splits land plants from their nearest green algal ancestors is:

Development of a bulk flow system was essential for the evolution from simple to complex multicellular organisms

In adaptation of plants to life on land, which evolved as the reproductive products for long-distance dispersal?

In fragmented habitats, (generally) the highest number of species will be found in fragments that are

Gravitropism is a result of

The form of natural selection that promotes behaviors that help close relatives is called _____ selection.

When a keystone species is removed from a community species diversity in the community will increase

In a population affected mainly by density-independent factors, natural selection would favor an r-selected life

Which statement is true concerning glycogen?

The development of an unfertilized egg into a new individual is known as