Bio Test 3

Front 1

At which latitude would you most likely find deserts?

Back 1

30 degrees

Front 2

Global Oceanic Circulation is driven by ________.

Back 2

Wind Patterns

Front 3

Biomes are defined by the ________.

Back 3

growth forms of the plants that dwell in them.

Front 4

Why are evergreen trees favored in boreal forests?

Back 4

The leaves are ready to photosynthesize as soon as the temp warms in the spring.

Front 5

What best describes the realized niche for an organism?

Back 5

The portion of the fundamental niche remaining as a result of the presence of other species.

Front 6

Which of the following is NOT an abiotic factor which affects the distribution of organisms?
A. temp
B. water
C. light availability
D. competing species
E. soil type

Back 6

D. competing species

Front 7

Why do we have seasons?

Back 7

The earths axis is tilted 23.5 degrees.

Front 8

Which of the following statements best apply to aquatic biomes?
A.Climate plays a less significant role in aquatic biomes than in terrestrial biomes
B.Factors important in describing aquatic biomes include salinity and depth of water.
C. A and B

Back 8

C. A and B

Front 9

What can affect localized rainfall patterns?

Back 9

mountains

Front 10

In which biogeographic region is most of Europe and Northern Asia

Back 10

Palearctic

Front 11

Which of the following advances changed changed the field of biogeography?
A. Continental Drift
B. Phylogenetic taxonomy
C. Island Geography
D. a,b,c

Back 11

D. a,b,c

Front 12

According to the island biogeographic model, ______ and ______ determine the number of species on an island.

Back 12

The size of the island; its distance from the island

Front 13

Daniel Simberloff and Edward Wilson tested island biogeographic theory by

Back 13

defaunating tiny islets of mangroves in the Florida Keys.

Front 14

According to the theory of island biogeography, equilibrium is reached on an island

Back 14

when the rate of arrival equals the rate of extinction.

Front 15

Which of the following is most likely to be true of a family of freshwater fish with species distributed on several continents?

Back 15

They have an ancient lineage that was widely distributed in Laurasia or Gondwana.

Front 16

Wallace's line in the Malay Archipelago separates the _________ and the _________ biogeographical regions.

Back 16

Australasian; Oriental

Front 17

Species that are found only within a certain region are said to be

Back 17

endemic

Front 18

Which of the following provided evidence for continental drift?

Back 18

All of the above.

Front 19

Which of the following reserves will theoretically be able to support the highest number of species?

Back 19

Large Circle

Front 20

Which of the following is true about imprinting?

Back 20

All of the above.

Front 21

The body of knowledge that has come about from the scientific application of cost benefit analysis to feeding behavior is known as _________.

Back 21

optimal foraging theory

Front 22

In diploid organisms, what percent of alleles do individuals share with their full siblings?

Back 22

50%

Front 23

When a female vampire bat regurgitates her blood meal to feed her pregnant neighbor, who fed her last night, she is displaying _______.

Back 23

Tit for tat behavior

Front 24

In male stickleback fish, the sign stimulus for initiating an attack against rival males is ________.

Back 24

red color

Front 25

The term that animal behaviorists use for gradual loss of a response to a continued unimportant stimulus is called:

Back 25

habituation

Front 26

Typically, it is the males of most species that compete for females. In evolutionary terms, this is probably because:

Back 26

males can increase their number of potential offspring by mating with many females.

Front 27

Animals that help other animals of the same species in an "unselfish" manner are usually expected to

Back 27

be genetically related to the animals being helped.

Front 28

The proximate causes of behavior are interactions with the environment, whereas the ultimate cause of behavior is

Back 28

Evolution

Front 29

Which of the following conditions would not make the estimates made from mark-recapture studies inaccurate?

Back 29

Free intermingling of marked individuals with unmarked individuals.

Front 30

The growth rate of a population in an unlimited environment

Back 30

is equal to (b-d)N

Front 31

The logistic growth equation describes a population that

Back 31

grows rapidly at small population sizes, but whose growth rate slows and eventually stops as it reaches the number the environment can support.

Front 32

Which of the following statements about Cane Toads is true?

Back 32

Their fast population growth has resulted in a population explosion in Australia.

Front 33

Evolutionary fitness is

Back 33

a measure of the reproductive success of an organism.

Front 34

Which of the following does not increase "r" (intrinsic rate of growth)

Back 34

Mothers have small litters

Front 35

Which of the following statements most accurately describes the dynamics of growth in a population which is growing logistically?

Back 35

As N increases: competition for resources goes up and the per-capita growth rate falls.

Front 36

A population of 500 butterflies has an intrinsic growth rate (r) of .2 the carrying capacity (K) for this population is 800. How big will the population be after 2 years?

Back 36

dN/dt=rN(K-N/K)
dN/2=.2(500)(800-500/800)
dN=575
None of the above.

Front 37

In a species whose young precocial, the father is more likely to be ________.

Back 37

polygymous

Front 38

Which of the following is not a reason why organisms tend to live in clumps?

Back 38

Competition between individuals for resources decreases when living in a group.

Front 39

In general, which sex should show mate choice?

Back 39

The sex which has the higher parental investment.

Front 40

Many individuals of the same species living together in a defined area form a

Back 40

population

Front 41

Which of the following statements regarding the growth of population is not true?

Back 41

A population which is dominated by pre-reproductive (young) individuals will tend to decrease.

Front 42

The carrying capacity refers to

Back 42

The maximum size of population that the environment will support.

Front 43

Male bighorn sheep fight each other to determine which mate with females. They fight by charging each other, rearing up and clashing their horns together. The male with the bigger set of horns usually wins. From this description, you would expect male big horn sheep to be affected by

Back 43

sexual selection