Biology Sol

Biology SOL Question Analysis One

Reading population growth curves

• Limiting factors (food, mates, shelter) prevent a population from increasing forever because the organisms simply run out of "stuff"

• Carrying capacity is the maximum number of individuals an environment can support

• A population will continue to increase in size until it runs out of resources (limiting factors)

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Multiple Choice

For the growth curve to continue increasing, which of these must occur?

• The organisms must migrate to a new environment.

• The organisms must adapt to a new habitat

• The environment must provide a habitat for a large variety of organisms

• The resources in the environment must be unlimited

Nature Selects

• organisms are genetically different & those differences are passed on

• organisms make more babies than can possibly survive (limiting factors)

• "Lucky" organisms have cool features that help them get the resource FIRST

• organisms that are alive today comes from a past version

Multiple Choice

Darwin's explanation for evolution was dependent upon which scientific concept?

• The relationship between size and survival

• The significance of social behaviors to survival

• The ability of organisms to learn

• The existence of variations in a population

Multiple Choice

Although controversial at first, The Germ Theory of Disease proposed that microorganisms were the cause of many diseases. Which of these was a result of the general acceptance that microorganisms cause diseases?

• The link between viruses and RNA

• The development and use of antibiotics

• The belief in spontaneous generation

• The proof of a supernatural cause for illness