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PS 148 E2 (Life and How We Live It)
Kingdom with the greatest diversity
Not found in a bacterial cell
PS 148 E2 (Life and How We Live It)
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Not found in a bacterial cell
cytoplasm
DNA
mitochondria
enzymes
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Kingdom with the greatest diversity
Plantae
Protista
Animalia
Fungi
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All of the fish in a lake
a community
a population
landscape
an ecosystem
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Cause of the Earth's sixth mass extinction
Humans
solar flares
plate tectonics
an asteroid
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Most likely to have a type III survivorship curve
buffaloes
oak trees
walruses
mosquitoes
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Approximate number of humans currently living on Earth
14 billion
65 million
8 billion
400 million
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Term which is most similar to "innate"
obvious
genetic
secret
learned
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The time between implantation and birth
fertilization
gametogenesis
gestation
maturation
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An animal that sometimes reproduces asexually
an earthworm
a starfish
a jellyfish
a shark
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Lesson learned from the "prisoner's dilemma"
the grass is always greener on the other side
transparency promotes fairness
sometimes cheaters win
if nobody owns it, nobody takes responsibility for it
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Kingdom appearing earliest in the fossil record
Plantae
Fungi
Animalia
Eubacteria
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Amount of energy lost between trophic levels
90%
60%
40%
10%
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Time of earliest human agriculture
40,000 years ago
500 years ago
10,000 years ago
2,000 years ago
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An example of environmental revaluation by humans
increasing ecotourism
rising gas prices
increasing deforestation
climate change
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Measure for an "ecological footprint"
acres
kilocalories
years
tons
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Translation of the Greek word "Oikos"
home
yogurt
day
growth
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Describes a population with a bottom-heavy age structure
growing
shrinking
stable
overweight
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Location where Charles Darwin first developed his ideas about evolution
on the Galapagos Islands
in an Austrian monastery
in a London museum
in an Environmental Science class
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Location of human evolutionary origins
Western Asia
Southern Africa
Northern Europe
Siberia
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Once the most abundant bird on Earth
the great auk
the carolina parakeet
the dodo
the passenger pigeon
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Explains grooming behavior in primates
hunger
altruism
social reciprocity
parasite control
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Location of highest human population growth
South America
Africa
Europe
Asia
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Explains litter in a public park
capitolism
shifting baselines
the tragedy of the commons
the IPAT equation
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Biome with the greatest diversity
in the temperate grasslands
in the coniferous forest
in the tropical rainforest
in the desert
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Symbol representing the carrying capacity
K
r
N
X
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Produced by photosynthesis
CO2
oxygen
heat
light
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Describes unlimited population growth
sigmoid
logistic
exponential
random
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Measured with a "mark/recapture" technique
gross domestic product
ecosystem stability
community diversity
population size
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A secondary producer
a snake
a sunflower
a shark
a rabbit
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Most closely related to humans
orangutans
gorillas
kangaroos
chimpanzees
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Describes humans
r-selected
dioecious
hermaphroditic
spawners
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Best explanation for exponential human population growth
education
genetic engineering
birth control
modern medicine
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Earliest stage of human development
neurula
blastula
zygote
morula
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Important science concept was developed by Charles Darwin
natural selection
expanding universe
genetics
speciation
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Most likely to be autotrophic
a cactus
a sponge
a NASCAR driver
a mushroom
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Chemicals that determine endocrine functions
enzymes
neurotransmitters
nutrients
hormones
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An "extant" species
mammoth
mastadon
megaladon
elephant
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Commonly used in demographic studies
trail cameras
life tables
diversity indices
pesticides
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A similarity between two species due to a common ancestor
phrenology
ontology
homology
analogy
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Expected in a more highly "developed" economy
lower standards of living
greater destructive technology
greater fertility rates
lower population growth