Midterm Study Tool 1/2

Density, distribution, and growth rate are characteristics used to classify which one of the following?

Which of the following resources can be considered renewable?

Which class of macromolecules stores and communicates genetic information?

What model would best show many different interconnected feeding relationships among organisms in an ecosystem?

Ecology is the scientific discipline that studies all the interactions between which factors?

Compared to a natural forest, what does a farmer’s wheat field lack?

Amino acids are the building blocks of which macromolecule?

specialized internal cell structure, carries out specific cell functions such as prtein sythesis, energy transformation

The flexible, selctively permeable boundry that helps control what enters and leaves the cell called the _____?

Which is an optical instrument that uses multiple lenses to magnify an object?

Which best describes the connections of the cell theory to microscopes?

Whiat is the supporting network of protein fibers that provide a framework for the cel within the cytoplasm?

a student is asked to determine if the cells under a microscope are plant cells or animal cells. characteristics?

Which organelle would be called the "powerhous of the cell" because it converts food into energy

Which of the following is NOT considered when determining a country's ecological footprint?

Which defines a cell?

Which is true about the way water interacts with a cell’s plasma membrane?

Which of the following describes a grasshopper’s niche, but not its habitat?

Which molecule results from the final step of the Calvin cycle?

What major improvement came with the developmetn of the scanning electron microscope (SEM)?

A hydrogen bond can form between a hydrogen atom of one molecule and which atom of another molecule?

Which organism follows an r-strategy for reproduction?

Which best describes the components of an ecosystem?

Which habitat would most likely hold autotrophs that derive their energy from chemical compounds?

How does this magnification compare with the magnification of a compound light microscope: 500,000 times magnification

Why do many scientists think that prokaryotes are similar to the first organisms on Earth?

What can change the range of a population?

Capillary action is the result of adhesion. Which aspect of water is responsible for this?

The semifluid material inside the cell's plasma membrane is called the ____?

Which organelle is present in a paramecium protozoan but absent in the cells of a strawberry plant?

A single covalent bond forms when two atoms do which of these?

Which biome experiences the greatest temperature extremes?

Which is the property of the plasma membrane that allows it to control movemtn of substances into or out of the cell?

Which is the only biogeochemical cycle that lacks an atmospheric reservoir?

Which is formed during the light-independent phase of photosynthesis?

What is true of fossil fuels?

Which type of macromolecule provides a ready source of energy for cells?

The bacterium E. coli is a _________ cell because it lacks both a nucleus and membrane-bound organels.

Which statement is true of all prokaryotic cells?

Which organelle is the primary site of protein production?

Which of the following does not affect the range of a population?

Which is the final stage of aerobic respiration?

On ten acres of forest: 8 deer, 7 coyotes, 45 armadillos, & 231 pine trees. Which population has the highest density?

Which human activity has probably contributed most to the acidification of lakes in forests?

Which do many scientists consider the most major threat to biodiversity?

What types of materials are expelled from cells during exocytosis?

Sacs that fuse with the plasma membrane to release proteins outside of the cell are called

Which type of chemical bond forms when electrons are shared between two or more atoms?

Which organelle is large in plant cells but small or absent in animals cells?

Organisms with overlapping resources probably have which type of relationship?

Which scientist first used the term cell?

Which describes a charged atom that has lost or gained electrons?

Which structure is only found in plant cells?

Which is a disadvantage of a transmission electron microscope (TEM)?

Which class of macromolecules stores and communicates genetic information?

Which is an example of uniform dispersion?

Why are certain elements grouped into the same period on the periodic table of the elements?

What is true of populations of k-strategists?

Which is a density-independent factor for a flock of Canada geese on a large lake?

Which helps maintain a dog’s homeostasis by preventing a drastic change in body temperature?

Which is the negatively charged particle located outside the nucleus of an atom?

The typical growth period of a cell occurs during which stage of the cell cycle?

What is released at each level of a pyramid of energy?

Where in the cell does glycolysis occur?

rigid barrier that surrounds the outside of plasma membrane is made of cellulose and provides support and protection

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Which habitat would most likely hold autotrophs that derive their energy from chemical compounds?

Which occurs during the Krebs cycle?

Which type of macromolecule forms long structures that allow muscle cells to contract during movement?

Which property is responsible for the fact that water and oil do not mix?

Which two mineral ions are affected by a pump located in a cell's plasma membrane?

Which type of macromolecule will not dissolve in water?

Which is an advantage of a compound light microscope over a transmission electron microscope (TEM)?

Which of the following climates is not dependent on latitude?

In which year did the human population reach 1 billion?

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During the carbon cycle, in what form are carbon atoms generally returned to the atmosphere?

Which organelle is large in plant cells but small or absent in animals cells?

Which is recycled through the Krebs cycle?

ATP is a compound that is synthesized when which occurs?

The ________ is the basic unit of structure and organization of all living organisms.

Why are mice an example of an r-strategist?

As energy flows through trophic levels of an ecosystem, about how much is lost as heat to the externalenvironment?

What are unspecialized human cells called?

Which is a characteristic of exponential population growth?

Which is the only biogeochemical cycle that lacks an atmospheric reservoir?

Which partly explains why the domestication of animals tended to increase the human food supply?

Which cell type would you expect to have the most mitochondria?

What did scientists observe using the earliest microscopes?

Which of the following is the second step of the Calvin cycle?

When a population reaches the carrying capacity, what happens to the death rate?

A flea feeds on the blood of a cat. This is an example of what type of relationship?

Which structure is part of the cell's skeleton?

What type of compound is made up of atoms held together by covalent bonds?

___ are long, tailed-like projections with whiplike or propeller motion that help a cell move.

Which is the only biogeochemical cycle that lacks an atmospheric reservoir?

In which biogeochemical cycle is ocean acidification a result of human activities?

_____ cells contain a nucleus and are large and complex compared to cells that do not contain a nucleus.

Why do many scientists think that prokaryotes are similar to the first organisms on Earth?

How is a country's ecological footprint measured?