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Biology Fall 19 Final Review
Biology Fall 19 Final Review
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What forests characterize the Eastern United States?
Deciduous Hardwood Forests
North American forest
Coniferous Forest
Rainforest
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Which of the following is NOT a Characteristic of Life?
Need of Oxygen
Growth and Development
Cells
Response to the Environment
3
a biomass pyramid is...
compares energy used by producers
how much the pyramids weigh
the mass of the bio organisms in an ecosystem
a total amount of dry mass organisms in an ecosystem
4
Biomass ...
100% passed on to next level in food chain
Always decreases up a food chain
Is dry mass of an organism
Always increases up a food chain
5
Homeostasis is..
Mental stability
Just a cheap tactic to make weak gems stronger.
Something that has to do with dirt.
maintaining a stable internal environment or keeping things constant
6
How does energy enter an ecosystem?
Photosynthesis
Carnivores
Cell respiration
The water cycle
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What is a Community?
Both A and C
Populations that live toegther in a Defined Area
Populations that live together on a Defined Area
A group of Houses
8
The area to a depth of about 200 m of the pelagic zone?
abiotic zone
photic zone
biotic zone
aphotic zone
9
Which of the following best describes a theory?
An assumption made by scientists with a lack of certainty
An explanation strongly supported by many experiments
A hypothesis that has been supported by one experiment
Theories are never revised as new evidence is presented
10
A treeless biome with a layer of permafrost.
Woodland
Tundra
Temperature Forest
Glassland
11
The tested factor that might affect the outcome of the experiment
Independent Variable
Treatment
Dependent Variable
Constant
12
The definition of herbivore
An animal that eats plants
An animal that eats meat
people that eat animal's
An animal that eats meat and plants
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From the graph, which is the independent variable?
Activity
What's and independent variable?
Calories burned by a 120 pound person
Calories burned in 30 minutes
14
What is the role or position that an organism has in its environment
Niche
Habitat
Biome
Predation
15
What question did the scientists who collected this data want to answer?
Does plowing soil affect how fast earthworms grow?
How is the size of earthworms affected by the seasons?
Are there more earthworms in the soil in the spring or fall?
What is the effect of plowing soil on the # of earthworms?
16
Minimal light is able to penetrate through the deepest part of the lake?
Profundal Zone
Limnetic Zone
Littoral Zone
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What is an organism
Living thing that has all 7 characteristics of life
The Same type of living thing
Amount of things living in an area
A place where living things interact
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Portion of the Earth that supports life
geosphere
hydrosphere
atmosphere
biosphere
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broad band of dense evergreen forest extending across North America, Europe, & Asia.
boreal forest
stimulus
reaction
growth
20
An eagle eats a fish and the fish eats algae. What trophic level is the eagle?
2nd level
3rd level
4th level
1st level
21
Which task would be completed by an ecologist?
Explore the medicinal uses of nectar
Inoculate cattle against infection
Test the effect of cyanide on algae
Survey and classify mollusk fossils
22
A well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world.
Quantitative Observation
Scientific Theory
Dependent Variable
Hypothesis
23
Area along the ocean floor that consists of sand, silt, and dead organisms.
abyssal zone
profundal zone
benthic zone
photic zone
24
Mixed shrub communities are found in an area with less annual rainfall than in temperate forest
Desert
Temperate forest
Woodlands
Grassland
25
Energy Pyramid or Biomass Pyramid?
Biomass
Energy
26
Any abiotic or biotic factor that restricts the numbers, reproduction, or distribution of life
carrying capacity
climax community
limiting factor
Mendelian factor
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A large group of ecosystems that share the same climate is an:
population
ecosystem
biome
community
28
Which is not a characteristic of life?
Have DNA
Replication
Evolution
Reproduction
29
Lack of iron in the photic zone restricts the plankton populations Iron is what kind of factor?
Limiting
Tolerance
Biotic
Distribution
30
Which might be a weakness of traditional food webs when they are applied to complex ecological problems?
Food webs do not account for non-native species in the environment.
A food web does not represent all the links in an actual ecosystem.
The many food chains of a food web make it too complicated to use.
Trophic levels are not taken into account when creating a food web.
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Testable explanation of a situation
Control
Experimental Group
Dependent Variable
Hypothesis
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What’s an example of Quantitative data?
The Road took 20 weeks to build
The worm was very squishy
The wall is blue
33
Which is in the first trophic level?
Carrot
Rabbit and Fox
Rabbit
Fox
34
Which is the best adaptation for a bird to catch prey with its feet?
sharp beak
sharp claws (talons)
webbed feet
long wing span
35
Describes relationships under certain conditions in nature, usually with math.
theory
law
calculus
algebra
36
Ability of any organism to survive when subjected to abiotic factors or biotic factors.
Biotic Factors
Tolerance
Abiotic Factors
Limiting Factors
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What is quantitative data?
study of life
numbered data; graphs or charts used
descriptive data; words used
variety; many different kinds
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An independent variable....
Is not important
Is dependent on what is changed.
Is gathered as data.
Is something the scientist changes in the experiment.
39
Where is most of the Earth's water located?
Groundwater
Rivers
Ice Caps and Glaciers
Oceans
40
The water depth with the highest relative fish biomass is
10m
30m
20m
50m
41
Which seabird colony has access to the highest fish biomass at a depth of 40m?
Kachemak
Chisik
Barrens
42
Qualitative data is:
numerical observations
non-numerical observations
whole number observations
non-integer data
43
all coral, other invertebrates, and reef fish on the barrier reef off the coast of Belize
ecosystem
biological community
population
biome
44
An example of commensalism is...
A sea anemone and a clownfish
fleas and dogs
a butterfly and a flower
A clown fish and a sea anemone
45
Warm temperatures and large amounts of rainfall throughout the year
Tropical Seasonal Forest
Tropical Rain Forest
Tropical Savanna
Temperate Forest
46
What is the name for large geographic areas with similar Climax communities
Biomes
Successions
Assemblages
Communities
47
deciduous and evergreen trees, seasonal rainfall
woodlands
temperate forest
tropical seasonal forest
tropical rain forest
48
Quantitative or Qualitative information gained from scientific investigation
Observation
Experiment
Data
Response
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Nonliving factors in an environment are called
Biotic
Abioitic
Dead
Living
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material that is deposited by water, wind, or glaciers
wetlands
sediment
plankton
estuary
51
Qualitative data deals with numbers?
False
True
52
Which land biome contains the greatest species diversity?
tropical rain forest
grassland
desert
tundra
53
Organization
Arranged in an orderly way
study of life
creating offsprings
a living thing
54
Which biome contains about half of all species on Earth?
Deep Ocean
Desert
Tundra
Tropical Rainforest
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The process of combining what you know with what you have learned to draw a logical conclusion
Inference
Observation
Hypothesis
Guess
56
The close relationship that exists when two or more species live together
friendship
symbiosis
mutualism
commensalism
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The arrows on a food web...
...show who is the prey.
...shows who is the predator.
...shows the direction the energy is moving to
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The metric system is based off of _____.
Multiples of ten
Powers of ten
Multiples of one hundred
Powers of one hundred
59
The condition of the atmosphere at a certain place and time is
weather
evaporation
runoff
precipitation
60
Are you ready for the final test?
I have been slacking
I was born ready
I will continue to review
I feel so far behind that I can not catch up
61
The deciduous forests of the eastern United States is an example of a(n) ____________.
habitat
ecosystem
biome
biological community
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Autotroph
Organisms that can only break down compounds
Organisms that must eat other organisms
Organisms that make their own food
An example is sheep
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A area where sunlight is unable to penetrate
aphotic zone
photic zone
abyssel zone
benthic zone
64
temperature changes depends on the type of fuel we burn. Which is the independent variable?
amount of fuel
type of fuel
temperature change
all the things we keep the same
65
Define Biology (Best Answer)
The study of living things
The study of matter
The study of Life and Death
The study of life
66
Which is a waste product of photosynthesis?
sunlight
sugar
carbon dioxide
oxygen
67
What is the study and body of knowledge about the world around us?
Biology
Physics
Science
Chemistry
68
Which is true about scientific inquiry?
it poses questions about astrology
it is resistant to change and not open to criticism
it is testable
it can be done only by one person
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A set of moral principles or values
ethics
hypotheses
forensics
variables
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all the things in a shallow desert pool of water
population
biome
ecosystem
biological community
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narrow band where the ocean meets land
estuary
tidal wave zone
intertidal zone
wetlands
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Is a direct method of gathering information in a ordely way
Hypotesis
Observation
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a scientific ____ describes relationships under certain conditions in nature.
law
induction
theory
hypothesis
74
What are the primary consumers
Buzzard
Rabbit
Fox
Ladyb
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Characterized by fertile soils with a thick cover of grasses.
desert
woodland
grassland
temperate forest
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The graph below represents the results from an experiment. What was the independent variable?
solution viscosity
agitator speed
77
Is this organism on the highest or lowest Trophic Level?
Highest
Lowest
78
Which organisms capture atmospheric nitrogen for the process of nitrogen fixation?
fungi
bacteria
animals
plants
79
Heterotroph
Rely on other organisms for food.
Can make their own food.
Are known as producers.
An example is a cyanobacteria.
80
Which of these levels of organization includes all of the other levels?
community
ecosystem
population
individual
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A group of interacting populations that occupy the same area.
ecosystem
community
niche
climax community
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Dense evergreen forest; warmer than tundra; no permafrost
chaparral
woodlan
biome
boreal forest
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all the pumpkinseed sunfish living in a lake
biome
population
biological community
ecosystem
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A Carnivore is...
all of the above
None of the above
An Animal that eats Meat
An Animal that eats Vegetables
85
Detrivore
An animal or person that eats a variety of food and plants
An animal or person that feeds on other animal material
An organism that uses organic waste as a food source
An animal or person that only eats plant material
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Which is NOT a characteristic of life?
Metabolism
Growth
Homeostasis
Elasticity
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What is a food web?
a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.
organisms that depend of the food source
batman dies at the end of endgame
a web that is made by spiders to collect food
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What are the producers
Water weed
Prawn
Carp
Algae
89
Which is in the second trophic level?
Fox
Carrot
Rabbit
Rabbit and Fox
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Which biome occurs in the United States and once contained huge herds of grazing herbivores?
temperate forest
Boreal forest
grassland
savanna
91
Which organisms capture atmospheric nitrogen for the process of nitrogen fixation?
animals
plants
fungi
bacteria
92
Each step in a food chain or food web
Community
Food Web
Trophic Level
Food Chain
93
A temperate deciduous forest would likely contain...
plants that require abundant rainfall and moderate temps
plants with thick, fleshy, waxy stems to prevent water loss
plants growing near the ground to absorb the soil's heat
plants with adaptations, such as rhizomes, to survive winter
94
A example of predation
Bird of paradise courtship ritual
Ladybug and Aphid
School of Fish
95
The part of the experiment used for comparison is the
independent variable
control
dependent variable
constant
96
Which zone of a tolerance graph would a butterfly NOT be able to survive in?
optimal zone
zone of physiological stress
zone of intolerance
all of the above
97
In an experiment, the group exposed to the factor being tested.
experimental group
control group
variable group
hip-hop group
98
An omnivore eats
plants only
animals only
both animals and plants
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The average weather conditions in an area is called
global climate change
greenhouse effect
climate
weather
100
Place the Levels of Organization in Order
Biosphere, Ecosystem, Community, Population, Organism
Biosphere, Organism, Community, Population, Ecosystem
Biosphere, Community, Population, Ecosystem, Organism
Biosphere, Community, Population, Ecosystem, Oragnism
