Biology Final Exam Newell Cma

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The liter is a metric unit of volume

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True

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For ease of understanding, scientists report measurement using the ___ system

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Metric

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Counts or measurements are examples of data produced by ________ research

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Quantitative

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In an experiment, the ____ group is used to test the effect of the independent variable

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experimental

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A ___ is a possible explanation for a scientific question

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hypothesis

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Biologists discover problems by observing the world around them

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True

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Herd animals are uslly concentrated in the ____ biome.

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grassland

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The great northern coniferous forests are part of the ___ biome

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taiga biome.

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A ______ community is usually the stable result of succession

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climax

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THe range of factors under which an organism functions and survives is known as ___

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tolerance

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The ___ is an region dominated by deciduous trees

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temperate

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A large group of ecosystmes is characterized by the same type of climax community is called a

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biome

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The colonization of new sites by communities of organisms is ___ succession.

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primary

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A ___ community is a stable, mature community that undergoes little or no succession

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climax

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The portion of the shoreline that is affected by high and low tide is the __ zone

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intertidal

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The region of the cocean shallow enough for sunlight to penetate is the ___ zone

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photic

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___ is the replacememt of one community by another as the environmental conditions change.

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Succession

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A body of water near the ocdast that is partly surrounded by land and contains both fresh and salt water is known as the

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estuary

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____ is a layer of soil that remains frozen throughout the year.

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Permafrost

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THe __ is an arid region characterized by little or no plant life.

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desert

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Living things adjust to a stimlulus by a reaction called a

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response

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Living things change during their lives through

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growth and development

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All living things ____ to make more living things

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reproduce

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Key to the study of biology is learning about the

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life around us

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The information gathered from experiments is called

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the data

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A structural procedure for collecting information to test a hypothesis is an

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ezperimenr

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A scientific explanation of known facts arrived at through repeated testing over time is a

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theory

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The part of an experiment in which all conditions are kept the same is the

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control

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The steps commonly used by scientists in gathering information to test hypotheses and solve problems are

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scientific methods

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A testable explanation for a question or problem is an

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hypothesis

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Why is the hypothesis that black cats cause basd luck, not science?

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For all of these reasons
results are not repeatable, results are open to judgement, the hypothesis cannot be tested by controlled experiments.

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Because it is often difficult to gather numerical data, __ information is collected

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Descriptive

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What adaptation on a dolphin is used for breathing underwater?

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blow hole

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Water is lost to the abiotic (nonliving) parts of the biosphere from the biotic parts by the process of

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transpiration

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Nitrogen is released to the abiotic parts of the biosphere from the process of death and

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decay by bacteria

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Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere enters the biotic parts of the biosphere through

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photosynthesis

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Birds are follwed by humans to wild beehives. When the humans take hone from the hives, the birds are able to feast on the honey and bees, too. This type of relationship can best be described as

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mutualism

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Sea stars live in saltwater ecosysgems. Some specives live in shallow tidal pools, while others live in the deepest part of the oceans. This is a description of the ___ of sea stars.

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habitat

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Cougars are predators that often eat weakened or diseased animals. This is a description of the __ of the cougars.

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niche

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An ecologist who studies how several species in an area interact amoug each other and with the abiotic parts of the environment is interested in the biological organization level called the

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ecosystem

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An ecologist who studies how several species in an areas interact is interested in the biological organization called a

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community

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If 10,000 units of energy are available at the level of grasses, what is the total number of energy units lost by the time enrgy goes through a mouse, a cat, and then reaches a coyote?

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9990 units

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As matter and energy move from grasses, to mice, to cats, to coyotes, the amount of available energy ____

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decreases

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The relationship between cats and mice could best be described as ____

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predator-prey

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Grass to mice to cat to coyote makes the coyote a ___

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3rd order consumer

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When you study all the growth characteristcs of a human population,m you are studying its

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demography

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Carbon compounds that come from living organisms are called ___ compounds.

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organic

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Name a chemical reaction

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burning paper

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___ represents a formula for a chemical compound

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H2O

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The nucleus of an atom contains

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protons and neutrons

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Electrons move about the nucleus of an atom in a region called

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electron clouds

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Water dissolves many ionic and molecular compounds becuase of its

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polarity

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A chlorine atom becomes a chloride ion when it

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gains a neutron

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Glucose and fructose, with the formula C6H12O6 idffer in

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arrangement of atoms

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A very strong base might have a pH of ___

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13

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Carbon-12, carbon-13, and carbon-14 are

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isotopes

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The total number of atoms in a molecule of sucrose, C12H22O11 is

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12+22+11 = 45

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An atom of fluorine has nine electrons. Its second energy level has

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seven electrons (2 are in the 1st level)

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The gradual change in the characteristics of a species over time

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evolution

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The living and nonliving factors in an organism's surroundings.

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environment

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Any structure, behavior, or internal process that enables an organism to better survive in an environment.

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adaptation

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An organism's tendency to maintain a stable internal environment

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homeostasis

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The series of changes that an organism undergoes during its lifetime

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development

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The process whereby an organism produces more of its own kind

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reproduction

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Study of how living things relate to each other and to their environment

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ecology

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relationship between organisms in which both organisms benefit

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mutualism

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network of interconnected food chains

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food web

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relationship between organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is neither harmed nor benefitted

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commensalism

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layer of Earth that supports life

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biosphere

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feeds on dead organisms

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scavenger

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simple model for showing how matter and energy move through an ecosystem

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food chain

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group formed by several populations

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community

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manufactures food using energy from the sun or from chemical compounds

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autotroph

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relationship between organisms in which one organism benefits at the expense of another

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parasitism

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place where an organism spends its life

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habitat

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step in the passage of energy and matter through an ecosystem

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trophic level

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obtains energy and nutrients from autotrophs

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heterotroph

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breaks down dead organisms

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decomposer

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Energy flows from

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mice to cats

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The effect of local population fluctuations in rapidly expanding suburbs may __ schools, roads, and police and fire services

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stress

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The effect of movement of people between counties has __ effect on total world population

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no

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Bacteria employ a __ reproductive strategy, a characteristic determined by their small size, rapid maturation, and short life span

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rapid

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Giant land tortoises of the Galapagos Island and sequoias of California have among the longest life span of any organisms. This indicates that they likely employ a strategy of

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slow growth

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ORganims that employ a strategy of slow reproduction usually require an environment that

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is stable

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A opulation that grows unit it reaches its carrying capacity usually has the shape of an

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S

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For a particular species, the carry capacity is the maximum number of individual organims that

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cdould be supported by a given environment indefinitely

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Unrestricted populations of organisms experience

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exponential growth