bio 1070 final review

Question 1

A friend believes that all species are property to be used as needed by humans. (S)He believes?

Accepted Answer

"Species have instrumental, but not intrinsic value."

Question 2

Of the six terrestrial biomes, in which would Ohio be found?

Accepted Answer

temperate forest

Question 3

Because it follows a natural cycle, water is a potentially ___________ resource.

Accepted Answer

renewable

Question 4

If trends continue, which of the following will happen?

Accepted Answer

Global mean sea level will ↑ and Arctic Sea ice will ↓.

Question 5

A marsh full of red-winged blackbirds is an example of inter-specific competition.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 6

Paving 2x the parking lots will have the biggest impact on which part of the hydrologic cycle?

Accepted Answer

runoff

Question 7

All of the white-tailed deer in Guernsey County, Ohio represent a ____.

Accepted Answer

Population

Question 8

. In the food chain clover → mouse → snake → hawk, what is the hawk?

Accepted Answer

3rd level consumer

Question 9

Pregnant women should avoid fish because they may have ↑ levels of Hg to protect the baby from

Accepted Answer

birth defects

Question 10

Wells near coasts may be unusable due to rising salt content of the water. This is known as _.

Accepted Answer

saltwater intrusion

Question 11

Which of the following is most likely to be oligotrophic?

Accepted Answer

a lake in Superior National Forest

Question 12

You have a glass of ice water. Later, the glass is wet on the outside as a result of _.

Accepted Answer

condensation

Question 13

In which country would your electricity be most likely to come from a nuclear power plant?

Accepted Answer

France

Question 14

What % of the energy consumed in US comes from nuclear, hydroelectric, and renewable sources?

Accepted Answer

14%

Question 15

An ecotone is a transition area between 2 ecosystems

Accepted Answer

true

Question 16

If electricity production in the US stopped today, companies that get _ would be most affected.

Accepted Answer

coal

Question 17

What is a food web?

Accepted Answer

set of interconnected food chains

Question 18

The bar screen at a wastewater-treatment plant breaks. Which phase of treatment is impacted?

Accepted Answer

primary treatment

Question 19

According to the principle of natural selection, which of the following shows adaptation?

Accepted Answer

a population gradually changing over time

Question 20

You visit the Monteverde Cloud Forest in Costa Rica to bird-watch. You are now __.

Accepted Answer

an ecotourist

Question 21

Which of the following is an example of point-source pollution?

Accepted Answer

the effluent from a plastics factory in Madison, Wisconsin

Question 22

Which of the following is true?

Accepted Answer

Cold water holds more dissolved oxygen than warm water.

Question 23

If the EPA wishes to decrease the amount of SO2 in the atmosphere, it should focus on __

Accepted Answer

coal

Question 24

Which of the following is true?

Accepted Answer

Polluted water can be purified for reuse.

Question 25

"Energy is neither created nor destroyed" is the 2nd law of thermodynamics.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 26

An illegal trade in rhino horn has been found. What would be the most effective at stopping it?

Accepted Answer

CITES

Question 27

If trends since 1990 continue, what will happen to the # of nuclear power plants in the US?

Accepted Answer

The number of nuclear power plants will decrease.

Question 28

Which of the following best demonstrates a density-independent limiting factor?

Accepted Answer

an early freeze

Question 29

In a natural ecosystem, the biomass of herbivores will be __________ the biomass of carnivores.

Accepted Answer

greater than

Question 30

The first trophic level includes _______.

Accepted Answer

all green plants

Question 31

You are a meteorologist. What atmospheric layer do you study?

Accepted Answer

troposphere

Question 32

The largest number of known species is in which taxonomic group?

Accepted Answer

insects

Question 33

The peregrine falcon and the bald eagle were driven to extremely low #s because of _.

Accepted Answer

widespread use of DDT in the 1940s to the 1960s.

Question 34

Which of the following best demonstrates a density-dependent limiting factor?

Accepted Answer

number of nesting sites available

Question 35

Acidic deposition is caused by the release of SO2 and NO2 into the atmosphere.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 36

What the relationship between global mean temperature and atmospheric concentrations of CO2?

Accepted Answer

As atmospheric CO2 ↑, mean global temperature also ↑.

Question 37

A community is a group of species living in a certain area.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 38

There is a __ quantity of water on Earth & most of it ___ be consumed by humans.

Accepted Answer

large, cannot

Question 39

A biomass pyramid is important because it illustrates _______.

Accepted Answer

the biomass of all organisms at each trophic level

Question 40

In which of the following 2 places is the % of total H2O withdrawal highest for industrial uses

Accepted Answer

Europe and North America

Question 41

Which of the following is an advantage hydropower has over wind power?

Accepted Answer

hydropower is more predictable

Question 42

Superfund was created by landmark federal legislation known by what acronym?

Accepted Answer

CERCLA

Question 43

In the core of the sun, H atoms combine to form He & release energy. This is an example of _.

Accepted Answer

fusion

Question 44

The largest single component of municipal solid waste in the United States is __.

Accepted Answer

paper and paper products

Question 45

As toxins flow through the food chain, they become less concentrated in upper trophic levels.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 46

If births = 16, deaths = 14, immigration = 3, and emigration = 6, the change in the population=

Accepted Answer

-1

Question 47

When wolf was extirpated from Yellowstone, the elk pop. ↑ & changed the ecosystem. The wolf is

Accepted Answer

a keystonespecies

Question 48

Areas of land with a lot of ice or rock are often highest in primary productivity.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 49

An ecologist is more likely than an environmentalist to test w/ controls to prove a hypothesis.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 50

"Survival of the fittest" means that ____.

Accepted Answer

individuals adapted are most likely to survive & reproduce

bio 1070 final review

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bio 1070 final review

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