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QUESTION: Review
The term “environment” includes
a)
b)
c)
d)
Animals and plants
Oceans and rivers
Soil and atmosphere
All of the above are included in this term
QUESTION:
Review
Which of the following is correct about the term
“environmentalism”?
a) It is very science-oriented
b) It is a social movement to protect the environment
c) It usually does not include advocacy for the
environment
d) It involves scientists trying to solve environmental
problems
QUESTION: Review
Adding various amounts of fertilizer to plants in
a laboratory is a _____ type of experiment
a)
b)
c)
d)
Correlative
Natural
Manipulative
Rare
QUESTION: Review
What is the definition of “sustainable
development”?
a) Using resources to benefit future generations, even
if it means lower availability now
b) Letting future generations figure out their own
problems
c) Using resources to satisfy current needs without
compromising future availability
d) Letting each country decide what is its best interest
QUESTION: Interpreting Graphs and
According to this graph, what
Datahas happened to the
population over the last 500 years?
a)
b)
c)
d)
It has grown
exponentially
It has grown linearly
It has decreased
It has slowed down
recently
QUESTION: Interpreting Graphs and
Data
What happens if test results
reject a hypothesis?
a) The scientist formulates a
new hypothesis
b) It shows the test failed
c) The hypothesis was
supported
d) The predictions may not
have been correct
QUESTION: Review
Which of the following part of an atom has a
negative charge?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Proton
Neutron
Electron
Hydrogen
QUESTION: Review
Ionic bonds are bonds that ……
a)
Share electrons
b)
Occur when an electron is transferred from one atom to another
c)
Share electrons unequally
d)
Lose an electron
QUESTION: Review
Which of the following is NOT a reason water is essential for life?
a)
Water can absorb large amounts of heat without changing
temperature
b)
Waste and nutrients can be transported in water
c)
Ice floats on liquid water, so fish survive cold winters
d)
Water usually cannot dissolve other molecules
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Of the following macromolecules, which one is NOT a polymer?
a)
Lipids
b)
Proteins
c)
Carbohydrates
d)
Nucleic acids
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Sugars, starches, and glucose are all:
a)
Lipids
b)
Proteins
c)
Carbohydrates
d)
Nucleic acids
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According to the second law of thermodynamics …?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Energy cannot be created or destroyed
Things tend to move toward a more disorderly state
Matter can be created, but not energy
Kinetic energy is the most efficient source of energy
QUESTION: Review
Which of the following organisms is an autotroph?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Deep-sea tubeworm
Horse
Pine tree
None of these
QUESTION: Interpreting Graphs and
Data
A molecule of the hydrocarbon ethane contains…?
10 carbon atoms and 8
hydrogen atoms
b) 8 carbon molecules and 10
hydrogen enzymes
c) Carbon and hydrogen DNA
d) Two different ions
a)
QUESTION: Interpreting Graphs and
Data
Which is the most
acidic material?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Soft soap
Rainwater
Acid rain
Lemon juice
QUESTION: Review
Which of the following is NOT a part of the process
of natural selection?
a) Organisms struggle to survive
b) Organisms limit the number of young they produce
c) Individuals vary in their genetic characteristics
d) Some individuals are better suited to their
environment than others
QUESTION: Review
Disruptive selection would result in which of the
following?
a) Dogs with black coats evolving whiter coats in colder
areas
b) Red and white flowers interbreeding, producing pink
flowers
c) Fish evolving bigger eyes as the water gets muddier
d) A population of birds, some with thicker beaks that eat
seeds and others with thinner beaks that eat insects
QUESTION: Review
Biological diversity includes all of the following, except:
a) Species diversity
b) Genetic diversity
c) Population diversity
d) Community diversity
e) All of these are included in the concept of
biodiversity
QUESTION: Review
Sympatric speciation would occur in ....
a) One population that mates in May, and another that mates
in June
b) Two populations separated by the Mississippi River
c) Two populations separated by a glacier
d) Two populations separated by the Rocky Mountains
QUESTION: Review
Which of these species is least vulnerable to
extinction?
a)
b)
c)
d)
A species with a population size of 50 individuals
A species distributed throughout the United States
A species that eats only river snails
A species that lives on mountaintops
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An ecosystem is defined as:
a) The total living things on Earth
b) Members of the same population that can
interbreed
c) Interacting species in an area
d) Species and the nonliving material they interact
with
QUESTION: Interpreting Graphs and Data
Which of the following graphs shows a population that
will have fewer individuals in the future?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
QUESTION: Interpreting Graphs and Data
Which type of distribution
is a result of individuals
guarding their territory?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Random
Uniform
Clumped
None of these
QUESTION: Interpreting Graphs and Data
What does this graph show?
a) The effects of
carrying capacity on
population growth
b) A population that
keeps growing
c) The effects of
exponential growth
d) The effects of
increasing carrying
capacity
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Predation is a form of species interaction where….
a) Both species are harmed
b) One species benefits, but the other is harmed
c) Both species benefit
d) One species excludes another from a particular area
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The phenomenon where one species completely excludes
another species from access to a resource is called:
a) Amensalism
b) Intraspecific competition
c) Competitive exclusion
d) Species coexistance
QUESTION: Review
An example of coevolution would be:
a) Predators killing their prey
b) One species moving out of an area to find new resources
c) A host species becoming more vulnerable to parasitism
d) A pine tree evolving thicker pinecones to reduce consumption by squirrels
QUESTION: Review
Which statement is NOT true about trophic levels?
a) Plants are autotrophs and occupy the first trophic level
b) Detritivores consume waste products or dead bodies
c) Biomass and energy increase going up the food chain
d) There are fewer predator species than prey species in an area
QUESTION: Review
Secondary succession would take place on all of the
following EXCEPT…?
a) The slopes of a newly formed volcanic island
b) Wetlands in Texas, following Hurricane Rita
c) Forests growing on an abandoned farm
d) Vegetation regrowing in Yellowstone National
Park after a major fire
QUESTION: Review
All of the following are ways to control invasive species,
EXCEPT:
a) Remove individuals from the area
b) Stress them by noise
c) Trap them
d) Encourage them to hybridize with another species
QUESTION: Review
Which biome has more extreme temperature differences
between winter and summer, may contain prairie dogs,
and has been extensively converted to agriculture?
a) Tropical rainforest
b) Temperate grasslands
c) Temperate rainforest
d) Taiga
QUESTION: Review
Which biome has year-round warm temperatures, as well
as rainfall and lush vegetation, but very poor soils?
a) Tropical rainforest
b) Temperate grasslands
c) Temperate rainforest
d) Taiga
QUESTION: Interpreting Graphs and Data
What does this figure
illustrate?
a) A predator–prey cycle
b) Competitive exclusion
c) Resource partitioning
d) Succession
QUESTION: Interpreting Graphs and
Data
In this climatograph for Archangelsk, Russia, in the
boreal forest biome, summers are… ?
a) Long and warm
b) Short and cool
c) Long and cold
d) Short and warm
QUESTION: Review
The term “system” includes all of the
following, except:
a) A network of relationships among various
components
b) The various components tend to minimize
interactions
c) Energy, matter, and information are exchanged
between components
d) Energy and matter are valuable inputs to the
system
QUESTION: Review
Which of the following describes a positive
feedback loop?
a) It drives a system towards an extreme
b) It stabilizes the system
c) It causes the system to move in opposite directions
at the same rates
d) It causes the system to maintain a constant
condition
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Which of the following is a correct statement?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Energy and matter flow in one direction only
Energy and matter both cycle repeatedly
Energy flows in one direction, while matter recycles
Matter flows in one direction, while energy recycles
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What is the definition of “net primary productivity”?
a) Assimilation of energy by heterotrophs
b) Elements and compounds that are required for
survival
c) Energy remaining after respiration that is used to
generate biomass
d) Assimilation of energy by autotrophs
QUESTION: Review
Which biogeochemical cycle comprises 78% of our
atmosphere, and is contained in proteins, DNA
and RNA?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Carbon
Nitrogen
Water
Phosphorus
QUESTION: Review
Which biogeochemical cycle is being affected by
damming rivers, and altering the surface and
vegetation?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Carbon
Nitrogen
Water
Phosphorus
QUESTION: Review
Which rock is formed from magma; for example,
granite and basalt?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Sedimentary
Igneous
Metamorphic
Phosphorus
QUESTION: Weighing the Issues
Who should pay for cleanup of the nitrate
entering the Gulf of Mexico?
a)
b)
c)
d)
The federal government
State governments
Fishermen
Farmers responsible for fertilizer runoff
QUESTION: Interpreting Graphs and Data
According to this graph, which
ecosystem has the warmest
temperature and most rainfall?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Temperate grassland
Boreal forest
Savannah
Tropical rain forest
QUESTION: Interpreting Graphs and Data
What would be created as
a result of this figure?
a) An earthquake-prone
area
b) A slip-strike fault
c) Colliding plates
d) New crust