WorksheetsBiology Exam 1 (Chapter 1,43-45)
Total questions: 113
Worksheet time: 4hrs 46mins
What is “the smallest unit of an element composed of electrons, protons, and neutrons?”
Cell
Molecule
Atom
Nucleus
What is “the union of two or more atoms of the same or different elements?”
Atom
Molecule
Cells
Neurons
What is “the structural and functional unit of all living things?”
Organs
Molecule
Atoms
Cells
What is “a group of cells with a common structure and function?”
Tissue
Organs
Molecules
Cells
What is “composed of tissues functioning together for a specific task?”
organ
Cells
Tissue
Atoms
What is “composed of several organs working together?”
Organs
Organ system
Cells
Tissue
What is “an individual; complex individuals containing organ systems?”
Tissue
Molecule
Organism
Organ
What is “a group of similar, interbreeding organisms?”
Species
Community
Population
Ecosystem
What is “organisms of the same species in a particular area?”
Species
Ecosystem
Population
Community
What are “interacting populations in a particular area?”
Community
Ecosystem
Biosphere
Population
What is “a community plus the physical environment?”
Biosphere
Environment
Ecosystem
Population
What is “regions of the earth crust, waters, and atmosphere inhabited by living organisms?”
Biosphere
Population
Community
Ecosystem
(a) is the maintenance of internal conditions within certain boundaries
Any modification that makes an organism better suited for a particular environment is called (a)
The culmination of adaptations over time is…
Adaptation
Evolution
Change
Modification
What is the first step in the scientific method?
Prediction and experiment
Data collection
Hypothesis
Observation
Second step?
Results and conclusion
Hypothesis
Predictions and experiments
Data collection
Third step?
Predictions and experiments
Observation
Hypothesis
Data collection
Forth step?
Data collection
Observation
Hypothesis
Results and conclusion
Final step?
Observation
Hypothesis
Results and conclusion
Data collection
Biology is the study of…
humans
Humans and animals
Life
Animals
Nature is _____, while Nurture is _____
Inherited; environmental
Environmental; inherited
Learned; taught
What are some costs of living in a group
Competition
Sharing resources
Protection
Easier to spot
What are some benefits of living in a group?
Protection from predators
More chances to reproduce
Easier to spot
Sharing info (where to find food)
(a) is the social interactions between parent and offspring during highly sensitive periods (highly responsive to stimuli)
A change in behaviour that involves a connection between two events is…
Operant conditioning
Associative learning
Conditioning
Latent conditioning
The paired presentation of two different types of stimuli causes an animal to form an association between them (type of associative learning)
Example - Pavlov’s dogs
Operant conditioning
Latent conditioning
Classical conditioning
Associative learning
What is “Type of associative learning - gradual strengthening of stimulus-response connections
Example - trick-training in animals”
Classical conditioning
Associative learning
Operant conditioning
Latent conditioning
learning without immediate association between two events is called…
Latent conditioning
Associative learning
Classical conditioning
Operant conditioning
What are the three types of associative learning?
Hereditary
Classical
Stimuli-response
Latent
Operant
The ability to travel in a particular direction is called (a)
(a) is long-distance travel from one location to another
The ability to change directions in response to environmental cues is called (a)
learning through observation, imitation, and insight is called…
Cognitive learning
Associative learning
Observation learning
(a) learning is solving a problem without any prior experience
Example - chimpanzee stacking boxes to reach bananas in lab settings
The action by a sender that influences the behaviour of a receiver is called…
Learning
Talking
Communication
(a) are chemical signals in low concentration that are passed between members of the same species (example - sent marking)
________ Communication that is typically faster than chemical communication, can be effective in both the day and the nigh, and can be modified by loudness, pattern, repetition, and duration
Sensory
Auditory
Visual
Chemical
______ Communication allows animals to signal each other without chemical or auditory messages.
These signals are most commonly used
Observable
Tactile
Auditory
Visual
_______ Communication occurs when info is passed from one animal to another by touch
Tactile
Visual
Auditory
chemical
Behavioural Ecology is the study of…
Animal behaviour
How evolution effects behaviour
How nature and nurture effect behaviour
How natural selection shapes behaviour
Territoriality is more likely to occur during…
Reproductive periods
Finding food
Raising offspring
Solitary periods
A single Malé mates with multiple females is called…
Monogamous
Polygamous
Polyandrous
Mating
One female mates with multiple males in called…
Polyandrous
Monogamous
Polygamous
Mating
One female mates with one male is called…
Mating
Polygamous
Monogamous
Parenting
Monogamous relationships include…
Both male and female help rearing young
Multiple females help rearing young
Limited mating opportunities for males
The males knowing the offspring are his
A form of natural selection that favors features that increase an animals chances of mating is called…
Survival selection
Mating selection
Sexual selection
Adaptive selection
Living in a society has a greater reproductive ____ than a reproductive ____
Benefit; cost
Cost; benefit
What are some benefits to living in a group?
Help avoiding predators
help finding food
Help rearing offspring
all of the above
_____ is the behaviour that has the potential to decrease the lifetime reproductive success of the individual, while benefitting the reproductive success if another member of society
Independent living
Altruism
Being Solitary
What is the correct order of ecological levels?
Population, community, biosphere, ecosystem, habitat
Biosphere, community, population, ecosystem, habitat
Community, population, habitat, ecosystem, biosphere
Habitat, population, community, ecosystem, Biosphere
Demography is the statistical study of…
Habitats
A population
Diversity
Ecosystems
Demography includes
Population density
Population distribution
Population diversity
Growth of a population
Population (a) is the number of individuals per unit area
Population (a) is the pattern of dispersal of individuals in a given area
(a) factors are environmental aspects that determine where an organism lives
What are different characterizations of distribution?
Clumped
Random
Uniform
rows
The rate of natural increase (r) is determined by…
The number of individuals born each year plus the number who die each year
The number of individuals born each year minus the number who die each year
The number of individuals born each year
The number of individuals dying each year
_____ potential is the max rate of natural increase for a population
Increase
Capacity
Biotic
Abiotic
Biotic potential depends of factors such as
The amount of competition
Presence of disease and predators
Amount of pollution in that area
The amount of offspring surviving to reproduce
Age and number of reproductive opportunities
Mice have a ____ biotic potential, while rhinos have a ____ biotic potential
Low; high
High; low
A (a) is composed of all the members of a population born at the same time
Survivorship is…
The probability that newborn individuals will die before a certain age
The probability that newborn individuals will live past a certain age
The likeliness that offspring will live to reproduce
The amount of individuals who live in a ten year time period
Type I survivorship curve is…
Deaths occur early on
Deaths occur after the midpoint
Death is unrelated to age
Type II survivorship curve is…
Deaths occur early on
Deaths occur after the midpoint
Death is unrelated to age
Type III survivorship curve is…
Deaths occur early on
Deaths occur after the midpoint
Death is unrelated to age
What are the three major age groups?
Prereproductive
All of the above
Reproductive
Postreproductive
What is Semelparity
Members of a population have multiple reproductive events
Members of a population have two reproductive events
Members of a population have one reproductive event
Members of a population have no reproductive events
What is iteroparity?
Members of a population have multiple reproductive events
Members of a population have two reproductive events
Members of a population have one reproductive event
Members of a population have no reproductive events
What prevents exponential growth?
Competitions between predators, other species, and other members of the population
Environmental conditions
Recourse availability
All of the above
The phase when growth is slow because the population is small
Lag phase
Exponential phase
Carrying capacity
Deceleration phase
During exponential growth, the population is…
Decreasing
Increasing
Stable
(a) growth curve is when the population increases, and then levels out at the carrying capacity
During the (a) equilibrium phase, the births and deaths are about equal
The max number of individuals of a given species the community can support is called _____ _____
(a)
The population density does not influence the intensity of the factors effect is a
Density-independent factor
Density-dependent factor
The percentage of the population affected increases as the population density increases is…
Density-dependent factors
Density-Independent factors
An ecological (a) is the role an organism plays in its community, including its habitat and any interactions with other organisms
_-strategists are opportunisti species who produce large numbers of offspring, are smaller, mature early, have short lifespans, do not invest energy in parental care, and tend to be good dispersers and colonizers of new habitats
(a)
_-strategists are equilibrium species who produce smaller amounts of offspring, are larger, mature later, have a longer lifespan, invest energy into parental care, and tend to be strong competitors
(a)
Less developed countries (LDC) tend to
Slower population growth
Low standards of living
Rapid population growth
A (a) is an assemblage of populations of different species interacting with one another within the same environment
Species (a) is the number of different species in a community
Relative (a) is the percentage of a species abundance in the community
Species (a) is the richness and the relative abundance of the different species
what species are in a certain area is called the…
Population
Species diversity
Species composition
Species growth
(a) is the area where an organism lives and reproduces
A (a) niche is all the abiotic conditions under which the organism can survive when adverse biotic conditions are absent
(a) niche is the set of conditions under which it exists in nature, when adverse biotic conditions are present
The apportioning of resources in order to decrease competition between species is called…
Competitive exclusion principle
Character displacement
Resource partitioning
When one organism is feeding on another it’s called
Parasitism
Predation
Chasing
Parasitism is a type of predation
True
false
Mechanism that thwart the possibility of being eaten by a predator
Prey defense
Fight or flight
Camouflage
Mimic that lacks defense of the organism it resembles is called…
Müllerian mimicry
Batesian mimicry
Mimic that shares a protective defense with other species is called…
Batesian mimicry
Müllerian mimicry
Parasitism is when one species is _____, and the second species is _____
Harmed; benefited
Benefited; no effect
Benefited; benefited
Benefited; harmed
commensalism is when one species is _____, and the second species is _____
Harmed; benefited
Benefited; no effect
Benefited; benefited
Benefited; harmed
mutualism is when one species is _____, and the second species is _____
Harmed; benefited
Benefited; no effect
Benefited; benefited
Benefited; harmed
Predator and prey population abundance are reliant on one another?
True
False
A change in a community involving a series of species replacements is called a (a) succession
The formation of soil from exposed rock due to wind, water, and other abiotic factors is…
Primary succession
Secondary succession
a disturbance-based succession in which there is a progressive change from grasses to shrubs to a mixture of shrubs and trees is…
Primary succession
Secondary succession
(a) species are the first producers to inhabit a community after a disturbance
Each stage facilitates invasion and replacement by organisms of the next stage is the…
Inhibition model
Facilitation model
Tolerance model
colonists remain and inhibit growth of other plants until the colonists are damaged or die
Inhibition model
Facilitation model
Tolerance model
different types of plants can colonize an area at the same time
(Chance determines which seeds arrive first)
Inhibition model
Facilitation model
Tolerance model
(a) - create food (plants)
(a) - forage for food (mammals)
(a) autotrophs like land plants and algae are the dominant photosynthesizers on land
(a) autotrophs obtain energy by oxidizing inorganic compounds and synthesize organism compounds
A ____ ____ represents interconnecting paths of energy flow within ecosystems (describes trophic relationships)
(a)
A level of nutrients within a food web or chain, composed of all the organisms that feed at the same level in a food chain is a
Trophic level
nutrience level
Food level
Water cycle, carbon cycle, phosphorus cycle, nitrogen cycle are types of (a) cycles
