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1
Birds of Paradise are a great example of temporal isolation
True
False
2
A species with a broad niche is considered a(n) ____ species.
specialist
generalist
native
3
Evolution is
What happens when you use a moon stone on a charmander
Actively making the best organism
A change in the genetic characteristics of a population over time
4
For natural selection to occur, an adaptive trait ____.
must be physical
must be heritable
must be behavioral
5
Which create more storm systems?
Low-pressure systems
Warm Fronts
High-Pressure systems
6
Continents are a part of the lithosphere
False
True
7
Which of these is NOT something the scientific method is good at dealing with?
Climate
Things on short time frames
Things with few potential variables
8
What is biodiversity
A variety of different species, genes, and ecosystems needed for life
Biology that studies relations between organisms
Amount of resource use per person
9
In a tropical rain forest, dropped leaves, fallen trees, and dead animals decompose ____.
quickly due to the dense ground vegetation
quickly due to the abundance of decomposers
slowly due to the nutrient-poor soils
10
When an ecosystem has a large amount of niche partitioning, you are likely to see a lot of what kind of organisms?
Metalists
Generalists
Specialists
11
Artifical Selection only involves genetic editing
True
False
12
As you move to the next step of a trophic level you lose 10% of the energy
False
True
13
How prepared do you feel for the final?
Prepared
Unprepared
Not Prepared
Very Prepared
14
Water vapor is a greenhouse gas
True
False
15
If multiple species are competing for the same resource, the competition can be reduced by which of the following?
resource expansion
resource partitioning
camouflage
16
Raccoons play many different roles in their ecosystems: predator, scavenger, and prey. This exemplifies what?
Species Richness
Functional Diversity
Genetic Diversity
17
We have more public land than private land in the US
False
True
18
Lightning fixes nitrogen
False
True
19
"Radish seeds will germinate faster if given high-quality fertilizer" is a well written hypothesis
True
False
20
The variable that you directly manipulate is...
Dependent variable
Outside variable
Independent variable
21
Variety of habitats and communities in the biosphere
Functional Diversity
Biodiversity
Ecosystem Diversity
22
The scientific method is a linear process to find scientific truths
True
False
23
The 1st law of thermodynamics is also known as the law of
Consumption of energy
Conservation of matter
Conservation of energy
24
Biomes are characterized by ____.
light and climate
light and temperature
climate and dominant plant life
25
The base of any trophic pyramid is made up of what?
herbivores
Primary consumers
Producers
26
Which area would have the highest NPP?
Open Ocean
Grassland
Rainforest
27
All nonnative species are invasive.
True
False
28
If carbon dioxide is allowed to build up in waters, will they be more acidic or basic?
Acidic
Basic
It does not change
29
Which one of these animals is a poikilotherm
Cardinal
Box Turtle
Groundhog
30
The largest part of the mantle is the
Mesosphere
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
31
Coastal biome subject to warm, wet winters and frequent fires. Makes up the bulk of the Mediterranean
Taiga
Chaparral
Tundra
32
A prokaryote has several membrane bound organelles
False
True
33
What is the environment?
The living and nonliving things around you that you interact with.
All of the living things around you
The land and weather around you
34
Most of the water on earth is what?
Salt Water
Brackish Water
Fresh Water
35
The industrial revolution changed how we related to the land in which way?
Medicine and lifespans increased drastically
We developed super efficient computer aided ways of building
We started to build permanent structures for the first time
36
A Rain Shadow is the...
Increase in precipitation on the leeward side of a mountain
Reduction of precipitation on the leeward side of a mountain
Reduction of preciptation on the windward side of a mountain
37
Niche is where an animal lives
True
False
38
Warm air is less dense than cold air, what does this mean when they meet?
The warm air goes under the cold
The warm air goes on top of the cold
They mix right away
39
Wolves in Yellowstone are a great example of an indicator species and only an indicator species
True
False
40
All of the following describe Archaea EXCEPT
This type of organism can be found almost everywhere
They have their own domain
organisms live in very harsh and extreme environments
41
What are subsides?
Ways for governments to encourage industries putting out a needed service
Payments made by the government to businesses to help them grow
Tax breaks or grants by the government
All of these are examples of subsidies
42
Which of these is a natural component of sustainability
Thermal Vents
Economics
Chemical Cycling
43
What is said to occur when one organism feeds on another organism by living on or in the other organism?
predation
parasitism
competition
44
A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce
Heritable Trait
Adaptation
Meta Trait
45
Dirt is an important natural resource upon which most terrestrial ecosystems are based.
False
True
