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WorksheetsAP 55 and 56 Quiz Review
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 16mins
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1.
Which of the following is not classified as habituation?
a)
You enter a room and hear a fan motor. After a period of time, you are no longer aware of the sound of the fan motor.
b)
You are driving your car and you hear a horn. You step on the brakes, but notice the sound came from a car on a side street. You resume your previous speed.
c)
One morning you are awoken to a beep-beep-beep from a garbage truck working on a new early morning schedule. The next week the garbage truck arrives at the same time and makes the same noise, but does not wake you up.
2.
Carrying capacity (K)
a)
is often determined by energy limitation.
b)
remains constant in the presence of density-dependent population regulation
c)
is calculated as the product of annual per capita birth rate (r).
d)
is always eventually reached in any population.
3.
You are observing a population of lizards when you notice that the number of adults has increased and is higher than previously observed. One explanation for such an observation would include
a)
increased immigration
b)
reduction in death rate
c)
increased emigration
d)
decreased emigration
4.
Fred and Joe, two unrelated, mature male gorillas, encounter one another. Fred is courting a female. Fred grunts as Joe comes near. As Joe continues to advance, Fred begins drumming (pounding his chest) and bares his teeth. At this, Joe rolls on the ground on his back, then gets up and quickly leaves. This behavioral pattern is repeated several times during the mating season. Choose the most specific behavior described by this example.
a)
agonistic behavior
b)
territorial behavior
c)
learned behavior
d)
social behavior
5.
Every morning at the same time, John went into the den to feed his new tropical fish. After a few weeks John noticed that the fish would swim to the top of the tank as soon as he would enter the room. This is a good example of
a)
habituation
b)
imprinting
c)
classical conditioning
d)
operant conditioning
6.
Which of the following is least likely to kill the organism it feeds on?
a)
herbivore
b)
predator
c)
seed eater
d)
parasite
7.
Which of the following statements concerning the evolution of behavior is incorrect?
a)
Natural selection will favor behavior that enhances survival and reproduction.
b)
An animal may show behavior that maximizes reproductive fitness.
c)
If a behavior is less than optimal, it is not yet completely evolved but will eventually become optimal.
8.
Imagine that you are managing a large ranch. You know from historical accounts that wild sheep used to live there, but they have been exterminated. You decide to reintroduce them. After doing some research to determine what might be an appropriate founding population, you do so. You then watch the population increase, and graph the number of individuals (vertical axis) against the number of generations (horizontal axis). The graph will
a)
look like a "J," increasing with each generation.
b)
look like an upside-down "U"
c)
Look like an "S" increasing with each generation
d)
be a diagonal line, getting higher with each generation
9.
Which of the following interactions can correctly be labeled coevolution?
a)
a genetic change in a virus that allows it to exploit a new host, which responds to virus-imposed selection by changing its genetically controlled habitat preferences
b)
the tendency of coyotes to respond to human habitat encroachment by including pet dogs and cats in their diets
c)
a genetic change in foxes that allows them to tolerate human presence (and food)
d)
the adaptation of cockroaches to human habitation
10.
A population is correctly defined as all of the following except:
I. inhabiting the same general area
II. individuals belonging to the same species III. possessing a constant and uniform density and dispersion
I. inhabiting the same general area
II. individuals belonging to the same species III. possessing a constant and uniform density and dispersion
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
11.
A demographer studying a population of a particular organism would be least likely to be engaged in which of the following?
a)
studying courtship behavior between males and females
b)
constructing a life table for the organism
c)
sampling the population and determining the sex ratio
d)
measuring birth and death rates
12.
A biologist reported that a sample of ocean water had 5 million diatoms of the species Coscinodiscus centralis per cubic meter. What was the biologist measuring?
a)
density
b)
dispersion
c)
carrying capacity
d)
range
13.
Two plant species live in the same biome but on different continents. Although the two species are not at all closely related, they may appear quite similar as a result of
a)
parallel evolution
b)
convergent evolution
c)
allopatric speciation
d)
gene flow
14.
You are interested in studying how organisms react to a gradient of abiotic conditions and how they coexist in this gradient. The best biome in which to conduct such a study is
a)
mountains
b)
eutrophic lake
c)
river
d)
intertidal zone
15.
Which of the following would be an ultimate cause of the male cats' response to the female's urinating behavior?
a)
Male cats respond to the odor because it is a means of locating females in heat.
b)
By smelling the odor, various neurons in the males' brains were stimulated.
c)
The males have learned to recognize the specific odor of the urine of a female in heat.
d)
Male cats' hormones are triggered by the odor released by the female.
16.
Which of the following is a proximate cause of increased urine releasing behavior in female cats?
a)
It announces to males she is in heat
b)
It is a result of hormonal changes associated with her
c)
The female cat learned the behavior from observing other cats.
d)
Female cats that did this in the past attracted more males.
17.
In the territorial behavior of the stickleback fish, the red belly of one male elicits attack from another male by functioning as a
a)
sign stimulus
b)
phermone
c)
fixed action pattern
d)
search image
18.
Which of the following statements is consistent with the competitive exclusion principle?
a)
Bird species generally do not compete for nesting sites
b)
even a slight reproductive advantage will eventually lead to the elimination of inferior species.
c)
the density of one competing species will have a positive impact on the population growth of the other competing species
d)
two species with the same fundamental niche will exclude other competing species
19.
Natural selection involves energetic trade-offs between or among life history traits such as
a)
number of offspring per reproductive episode
b)
number of reproductive episodes per lifetime
c)
age at first reproduction
d)
all of the above
20.
Which of the following are important biotic factors that can affect the structure and organization of biological communities?
a)
precipitation, wind
b)
predation, competition
c)
nutrient availability, soil pH
d)
temperature, water
21.
You discover a new bird species. It is quite rare, and you are not able to observe its mating behavior. You see that the male is large and ornamental compared with the female. On this basis, you would be fairly safe in concluding that the bird is
a)
polygamous
b)
monogamous
c)
polyandrous
d)
agonistic
22.
The presence of altruistic behavior in animals is most likely due to kin selection, a theory maintaining that
a)
aggression between sexes promotes the survival of the fittest individuals.
b)
genes enhance survival of copies of themselves by directing organisms to assist others who share those genes.
c)
companionship is advantageous to animals because in the future they can help each other.
d)
critical thinking abilities are normal traits for animals and they have arisen, like other traits, through natural selection
23.
Coral reefs can be found on the southern east coast of the United States but not at similar latitudes on the southern west coast. Differences in which of the following most likely account for this?
a)
sunlight
b)
ocean currents
c)
precipitation
d)
day length
24.
Which of the following levels of organization is arranged in the correct sequence from most to least inclusive?
a)
ecosystem, community, population, individual
b)
community, ecosystem, individual, population
c)
population, ecosystem, individual, community
d)
individual, population, community, ecosystem
25.
Which of the following abiotic factors has the greatest influence on the metabolic rates of plants and animals?
a)
water
b)
wind
c)
temperature
d)
rocks and soil
26.
Some dogs love attention, and Frodo the beagle learns that if he barks, he gets attention. Which of the following might you use to describe this behavior?
a)
The dog's behavior is a result of operant conditioning.
b)
The dog has been classically conditioned
c)
The dog is displaying an instinctive fixed action pattern.
d)
The dog is performing a social behavior.
27.
The most common kind of dispersion in nature is
a)
clumped
b)
random
c)
uniform
d)
dispersive
28.
A species that is relatively r-selected might have all of the following characteristics except
a)
a disturbed habitat
b)
small offspring
c)
parental care of offspring
d)
numerous offspring
29.
Two barnacles, Balanus and Chthamalus, can both survive on the lower rocks just above the low-tide line on the Scottish coast, but only Balanus actually does so, with Chthamalus adopting a higher zone. Which of the following best accounts for this niche separation?
a)
competitive exclusion
b)
predation of Chthamalus by Balanus
c)
cooperative displacement
d)
primary succession
30.
Two barnacles, Balanus and Chthamalus, can both survive on the lower rocks just above the low-tide line on the Scottish coast, but only Balanus actually does so, with Chthamalus adopting a higher zone. Which of the following best accounts for this niche separation?
a)
competitive exclusion
b)
predation of Chthamalus by Balanus
c)
cooperative displacement
d)
primary succession
31.
A species of fish is found to require a certain water temperature, a particular oxygen content of the water, a particular depth, and a rocky substrate on the bottom to thrive. These requirements are part of its
a)
ecological niche
b)
dimensional profile
c)
prime habitat
d)
resource partition
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