Biology Final Review for Tests #3 and #4

Which of the following are characteristics of a population?

Concept of species based on evolutionary history.

A vertebrate is an animal that has _____.

Which of the following is the portion of Earth that supports life?

Which dissection instrument is used to identify (point to) structures on the specimen?

_____ are organisms that eat fragments of dead matter.

Which of the following is a relationship where both species benefit?

The cell-covered, fluid-filled ball that develops after cleavage is the _____.

Tolerance is the ability of an organism to survive when exposed to biotic or abiotic limiting factors

Which of the following germ layers develops into nervous tissue?

Emigration is the movement of people into a population.

Which of the following is true about pioneer species?

Which directional term means towards the head?

A hermpahrodite is an organism that makes _____.

Which dissection instrument is used to manipulate the specimen?

Coyotes prey on prairie dogs. In order for the prairie dogs to survive, how many are needed?

Which of the following germ layers develops into muscle tissue?

The largest population an environment can support is its _____.

Oxpecker birds eat ticks that live on the skin of rhinoceroses. This is an example of _____.

Protostome and deuterostome are terms that refer to _____.

Ants protecting an Acacia tree, while the tree provides food for the ants is an example of _____.

Which directional term means towards the top (or back)?

Which of the following is the most inclusive group?

Which of the following is a biotic factor?

This population pyramid represents _____ growth.

What two abiotic factors determine the location of a terrestrial biome?

Which of the following is arranged from least inclusive to most inclusive?

Viruses are usually classified in which category?

Secondary succession occurs on areas of exposed rock or bare sand where no soil is present.

Which month has the greatest monthly precipitation?

Which scientific name below is correct?

The _____ characters (traits) two groups share, the more closely related they are.

Which of these is a simple model that shows how energy flows through an ecosystem?

Which of the following is the least inclusive taxon?

Chemoautotrophs use which of the following for energy?

Organisms are not classified into kingdoms based on _____.

Branching diagram that represents a proposed phylogeny of a species or group.

Aristotle is responsible for giving us the modern classification system (aka binomial nomenclature).

Which of the following has a coelom that is only partially surrounded by mesoderm?

Uses comparisons of DNA sequences to estimate phylogeny and rate of evolutionary change.

Which of the following is a community plus all of its abiotic factors?

A study reporting on how water temperature, water quality, and minerals affect animals is an example of _____.

A coelom is a fluid filled cavity surrounded by _____.

This graph is an example of _____ growth.

Which of the following is not a consumer?

Which of the following is the broadest (most inclusive) taxon?

When sperm fertilizes an egg it creates a _____.

How should you angle the scissors when dissecting?

Which of the following kingdoms is not found in the eukaraya domain?

Which of the following is not a feature of animals?

A tapeworm living inside a 6th grade student's intestines is an example of _____.

A niche is the area where an organism lives.

Which of the following is a density-independent factor?

If the population growth rate (PGR) is 7.2, the population is _____.

Dogs and ticks are an example of _____.

Which of the following is not one of the three domains of the "tree of life"?

Extremophiles are associated with which domain?

Acidic rain that harms plants and animals is an example of _____.

A sponge is an animal with _____ .

Which of the following is not a biochemical character?