Ecology SEM 2 FINAL EXAM REVIEW

What is the PURPOSE of photosynthesis?

• Allows plants to produce glucose (sugar) to feed themselves

• Releases CO2 into the atmosphere

• Converts Oxygen into water

• Prevents flooding by taking in ground water

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What are the REACTANTS (ingredients) for photosynthesis?

• CO2 + H2O + sunlight

• O2 + CO2

• H2 + CO3 + He

• O2 + glucose + sunlight

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What are the PRODUCTS (results) of photosynthesis?

• CO2 and Oxygen

• H2O, light, Sucrose

• Glucose and H2O

• Glucose and Oxygen

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What factors affect the rate of photosynthesis?

• sunlight

• CO2

• water

• temperature

• All the above

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Would you expect plants to create more glucose via photosynthesis in a warm or cold environment?

• cold environment

• warm environment

• Temperature doesn't affect photosynthesis

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What do we call "trace remains of an organism that lived long ago, most commonly preserved in sedimentary rock"?

• Natural selection

• a fossil

• biogeography

• an adaptation

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What is "a characteristic or trait that improves an individual’s ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment" ??

• a fossil

• an adaptation

• a homologous structure

• Pangea

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What do we call "the global distribution of organisms and the unique features of island species that reflect evolution and geological change" ?

• Natural selection

• analogous structures

• Biogeography

• Speciation

What do we call the "supercontinent that incorporated almost all of Earth's landmasses in early geologic time" ??

• Wakanda

• Eurasia

• Pangea

• Pandora

The formation of a new species as a result of evolution is called??

• Speciation

• Divergency

• Fossilization

• Parallelism

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