Biology Final 1st semester

An introduced non-native species can cause much damage to its environment.

What type of growth is represented by the equation y = a^x?

What are the levels of biological classification in order?

What climate zone is Charleston located in?

What is the term for the study of relationships between organisms and their environment?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic that distinguishes a species?

Which of the following is NOT a threat to biodiversity?

Which of the following is NOT a variable used to classify aquatic ecosystems?

Which of the following is NOT a way to limit deforestation?

What are the main divisions of biology?

What is the term for organic matter comprised of plants and animals, including living and dead matter?

What is the term for the process where contaminants become more concentrated as they travel up the food chain?

Ability of an ecosystem to return to a stable state after disturbances is ecosystem stability

Which of the following is NOT a type of consumer in a food chain?

What is the term for the death of an aquatic ecosystem due to excessive nutrient enrichment?

What is the term for the first species to colonize a new area during primary succession?

What is the term for dead marine plant materials that support nutrient mineralization in saltmarsh ecosystems?

 Taxonomy involves the classification of organisms based on shared characteristics.

What is the term for the process where water moves into the atmosphere through plants?

 Increasing concentrations of contaminants up the food chain

What is the term for the ability of an ecosystem to return to a stable state after disturbances?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of life?

Logistic growth is characterized by continuous rapid population expansion.

What is the term for the series of changes where species replace other species, resulting in a new, mature ecosystem?

What are threats to biodiversity?

Which of the following is NOT an example of a microclimate?

Which of the following is NOT a pioneer species in primary succession?

What are the three domains for classifying organisms?

Which of the following is NOT a limiting nutrient in soil?

Exponential growth is rapid growth

Only 15% of energy is passed down the food chain

Populations grow quickly but slow down as resources become limited

What process converts nitrogen gas to ammonia?

Emmigration is coming out of.

Eutrophication results from excessive nutrient enrichment in an aquatic ecosystem.

Photosynthesis is one of the processes involved in cycling carbon.

Metaphysical assumptions are directly testable scientific observations.

What are the four main sections of a scientific paper?

What is the term for the full range of physical and biological conditions in which an organism lives?

What is the term for the study of how information is passed from one generation to the next?

Biodiversity is unimportant for ecosystem stability.

Which of the following is NOT one of the three domains when classifying organisms?

What languages are primarily used for biological terms?

What type of growth pattern is most common in populations?

Social Darwinism applies evolutionary concepts to social and political theories.

Nitrogen Fixation converts nitrogen gas to oxygen

What are the types of consumers in an ecosystem?

What type of symbiosis exists between Spanish moss and Live Oak?

Biomass includes only living organic matter.

Which molecule requires nitrogen as a building block?

What type of symbiosis exists between mosquitoes and humans?

Primary succession occurs on land with no existing soil

Which of the following is NOT a division of biology?

What is the term for the day-to-day conditions of the Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place?

Which of the following is NOT an abiotic factor in an ecosystem?

What is the formula for population growth rate?

Which of the following is NOT a reason to protect salt marshes?

Which of the following is NOT a metaphysical assumption related to science?

Carrying capacity is the minimum number of individuals a environment can support.

What type of forest is found on Bulls Island?

Eutrophication is when aquatic ecosystems die

Which of the following is NOT a process involved in cycling carbon?

Detritivores consume organic matter left behind by decomposers.

What is the term for the maximum number of individuals in a population that the environment can support?

Introducing predators to a new environment is helpful.

What are the characteristics of life?