Biology I Honors

Front 1

Plants and the herbivores that eat them have evolved independently of one another. (t/f)

Back 1

true

Front 2

(t/f)a community includes all the species live together in a close association, they are part of a symbiotic relationship

Back 2

True

Front 3

(t/f)climate is not a factor in determining the ecosystem types found in the United States

Back 3

False

Front 4

(t/f) The critical resource required for plant growht that is usually absent in newly formed habitats is water

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False

Front 5

(t/f) the primary reason for loss of biodiversity is habitat destruction

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True

Front 6

(t/f)the major difference between primary succession and secondary succession is that primary succession ocurs only on land and secondary succession occurs in ponds and lakes

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False

Front 7

(t/f)a food chain is made up of interrelated food webs

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False

Front 8

(t/f) decomposers absorb energy from organism determines its trophic level

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True

Front 9

(t/f)a food chain is made up of interrelated food webs

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False

Front 10

(t/f)the source of energyof an organism determines its trophic level

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True

Front 11

(t/f)Organisms at higher trophic levelstend to be fwer in number than those at lower trophic levels

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True

Front 12

(t/f)plants release water into the atmosphere through transpiration

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True

Front 13

(t/f)Water and nutrients continue to cycle normally in a forest ecoystem afte the trees are cut down

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False

Front 14

(t/f) on land there are several major types of ecosystems, which are called biomes

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True

Front 15

(t/f)some animals of the deciduous forest hibernate during the winter

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True

Front 16

(t/f)the primary reason for loss of biodiversity is habitat destruction

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True

Front 17

( T or F ) When two species complete for limited resources, competitive exclusion is sure to take place.

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False

Front 18

( T OR F ) ALL LIVING THINGS ARE COMPOSED OF CHEMICALS

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TRUE

Front 19

( T OR F ) A LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP IN WHICH BOTH PARTICIPATING SPEICES BENEFIT IS KNOWN AS PARASITISIM.

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False

Front 20

Which of the following is a means by which heterotrophs can obtain energy?
a. using water,carbon dioxide, and energy form teh sun to prouce sugars
b. using water and carbon dioxide to produce energy-rich compounds
c. consuming autotrophs
d. consuming simple chemicals from the environment ans using them to assmeble complex chemicals and structures needed by organism

Back 20

D

Front 21

Whick example of scientific methodology is incorrect?
a. observation- a # of people in Zaire dying of a disease outbreak
b. measurement - a record of the # of people w/ symptoms of the diesease an the number of people who had died from the disease.
c. analysis of data- comparision of the effects of mixing monkey cells with virus- containing blood in test tubes and the effects of mixing of liquid from these test tubes with fresh monkey cells
d. Inference making - identfication of the Ebola virus as the cuase of the disease by taking electron micrographs of substances found in blood of persons affected with the disease

Back 21

D

Front 22

(t/f) frefer to the illustration above. both species have DNA in their cells.

Back 22

True

Front 23

Dr. Ross knew that the parasite Plasmodium was always found in the blood of malaria patients. He thought that if the Anopheles mosquitoes were responsible for spreading malaria, then Plasmodium would be found in the mosquitoes. This idea was a
a. Prediction
b. Hypothesis
c. theory
d. Scientific "truth"

Back 23

A

Front 24

Biology is the study of
a. minerals
b. life
c. the weather
d. energy

Back 24

B

Front 25

All organisms possess DNA. DNA
a. creates energy for the cells
b. allows sentivity to the environmental stimutli
c. contains information for growth and devoplment
d. captures energy from the sun

Back 25

C

Front 26

Ecology
a. refers to change in species over time
b. refers to a delicate internal balance within organisms
c. is inconsistent with evolution
d. is the study of communities or organisims in relation to their environemnt

Back 26

D

Front 27

(t/f)the sand dollar and paramecium both show organization

Back 27

True

Front 28

(t/f)unlike the sand dollar, the paramecum does not have to maintain a stable internal environment

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False

Front 29

(t/f)a scientist who performs an experiment has no idea hat the outcome of the experiment is going to be

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False

Front 30

(t/f)a therogy is an assumption made by scientists and implies a lack of certainty.

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False

Front 31

(t/f)the types of particles that are located in the nucleus of an atom are protons and neutrons, and the types of particles that are located in the energy levels surrounding the nucleus are electrons

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True

Front 32

(t/f)Most elements are stable if their outermost energy level contains an even number of electrons

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False

Front 33

(t/f)atoms in a gas move more rapidly than atoms in a liquid or a solid do.

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True

Front 34

(t/f)The products of an endergonic chemical reaction possess more energy than the reactants form which they are produced

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True

Front 35

(t/f)the amount of energy needed to cuase a chemical reaction to start is called activation energy

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True

Front 36

(t/f) buffers can neutralize acid, but they do not affect bases

Back 36

FAlse

Front 37

(t/f)very small populations are less likely to become extinct than larger populations

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False

Front 38

(t/f)a community includes all the species live together in a close association, they are part of a symbiotic relationship

Back 38

True