Question 1

10 out of 10 points

Which of the following best matches the description?

Central region of an atom.
Selected Answer:

nucleus
respiration

Answers:

pH
enzyme
ion
photosynthesis
acid
combustion
potential energy
base
proton
electron
isotope
neutron
kinetic energy
nucleus
entropy
latent heat
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correct

Question 2
10 out of 10 points

Some of the steps followed in the scientific method include:

Selected
Answer:

observation, formulate and test a hypothesis, compare

results to others and publish.

Answers:

write a dissertation and present the information at a

scientific conference.
analyze historical events and offer your opinion of the
key findings.
observation, formulate and test a hypothesis, compare
results to others and publish.
interview many people about their reaction to current
events.
correct

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Question 3
10 out of 10 points

Which of the following best matches the description?

Number used as a measure of hydrogen ion concentration.
Selected Answer:

pH
Answers:

respiration
pH
enzyme
ion
photosynthesis
acid
combustion
potential energy
base
proton
electron
isotope
neutron
kinetic energy
nucleus

entropy
latent heat
correct

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Question 4
10 out of 10 points

The scientific method is the process that scientists use to

Selected Answer:

rigorously test the solutions to new questions.

Answers:

evaluate student learning.

rigorously test the solutions to new questions.
study a crime scene.
photograph human behavior.
correct

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Question 5
10 out of 10 points

Which of the following best matches the description?

Molecule or atom which has lost or gained an electron.
Selected Answer:

ion
Answers:

respiration
pH
enzyme
ion
photosynthesis
acid
combustion
potential energy
base
proton

electron
isotope
neutron
kinetic energy
nucleus
entropy
latent heat
correct

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Question 6
10 out of 10 points

Which of the following small molecules are converted to form sugar in

photosynthesis?
Selected Answer:

water and carbon dioxide

Answers:

oxygen and water

hydroxyl ion and hydrogen
carbon dioxide and oxygen
water and carbon dioxide

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correct

Question 7
0 out of 10 points

In the United States, what percentage of energy consumed is in the

form of electricity?
Selected Answer:

73%
Answers:

36%
94%
4%
73%
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incorrect

Question 8
10 out of 10 points

Energy that cannot be used to do useful work is referred to as

Selected Answer:

entropy.
potential energy.

Answers:

entropy.
kinetic energy.
enzymatic energy.
correct

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Question 9
10 out of 10 points

Pseudoscience
Selected Answer:

All of these are correct.

is a deceptive practice.

Answers:

utilizes appearance and language of science.

is misleading.
All of these are correct.
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correct

Question 10
10 out of 10 points

Reproducibility is an important part of the scientific method and

means that
Selected
Answer:

other scientists are able to repeat the experiment and

obtain similar results.

Answers:

other scientists are able to repeat the experiment and

obtain similar results.
scientists show all the calculations in their work.
scientists have an idea that they are testing.

a control group is always used.

correct

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Question 11
10 out of 10 points

Which of the following countries has the lowest population growth

rate?
Selected Answer:

Sweden
China

Answers:

Mexico
India
Sweden
correct

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Question 12
10 out of 10 points

Which of the following best matches the description?

Limiting factors that become more severe as the size of the
population increases.
Selected Answer:

density-dependent limiting factor

Answers:

stable equilibrium phase

exponential growth phase
biotic potential
carrying capacity
r-strategist
lag phase
K-strategist
environmental resistance
population density
density-dependent limiting factor

death phase
density-independent factor
dispersal
age distribution
emigration
immigration
correct

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Question 13
10 out of 10 points

The human population growth curve is currently in which phase?

Selected Answer:

exponential growth
Answers:

death phase
lag phase
stable equilibrium
exponential growth
correct

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Question 14
10 out of 10 points

Which of the following best matches the description?

Portion of the population growth curve that shows the population
declining.
Selected Answer:

death phase
Answers:

stable equilibrium phase

exponential growth phase
biotic potential
carrying capacity
r-strategist
lag phase

K-strategist
environmental resistance
population density
density-dependent limiting factor
death phase
density-independent factor
dispersal
age distribution
emigration
immigration
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correct

Question 15
10 out of 10 points

As a result of the ban on international trade of elephant products,

Selected Answer:

the elephant population has exploded.

Answers:

the elephant population has declined.

the antelope population has declined.
native peoples have starved from famine.
the elephant population has exploded.

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correct

Question 16
10 out of 10 points

Which of the following limiting factors is NOT a component of

environmental resistance?
Selected Answer:

organismal biotic potential

Answers:

availability of raw materials

organismal biotic potential

availability of energy
accumulation of waste products
All of these are correct.
correct

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Question 17
10 out of 10 points

Which of the following best matches the description?

Limiting factors that are not affected by population size.
Selected Answer:

density-independent factor
Answers:

stable equilibrium phase

exponential growth phase
biotic potential
carrying capacity
r-strategist
lag phase
K-strategist
environmental resistance
population density
density-dependent limiting factor
death phase
density-independent factor
dispersal
age distribution
emigration
immigration

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correct

Question 18
10 out of 10 points

On a population growth curve, the _____________________ phase results

in the same percentage increase each year.
Selected Answer:

exponential growth
Answers:

lag
deceleration
stable equilibrium
exponential growth
correct

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Question 19
10 out of 10 points

Ecologists refer to the maximum sustainable population for an area as

Selected Answer:

carrying capacity.
Answers:

exponential growth.
lag phase.
carrying capacity.
None of these are correct.
correct

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Question 20
10 out of 10 points

Which condition is necessary for a population to grow?

Selected Answer:

Birthrate must exceed death rate.

Answers:

Stabilization must occur.

Mortality must exceed natality.
Birthrate must exceed death rate.
Carrying capacity must occur.

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correct

Question 21
0 out of 10 points

In 2002 Iowa became the first state to regulate the use of phosphorus
in lawn fertilizer.
Selected Answer:
Answers:

True
True
False

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incorrect

Question 22
10 out of 10 points

During the carbon cycle, the same carbon atoms are used over and
over again.
Selected Answer:
Answers:
Response Feedback:

True
True
False

correct

Question 23
0 out of 10 points

Charles Darwin developed the idea of natural selection without

understanding the gene concept.
Selected Answer:
Answers:
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False
True
False

incorrect

Question 24
10 out of 10 points

Genes are distinct pieces of DNA that determine the characteristics an

individual displays.
Selected Answer:
Answers:
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True
True
False

correct

Question 25
10 out of 10 points

The upper layer of an aquatic ecosystem where sunlight penetrates is

termed the euphotic zone.
Selected Answer:

True

Answers:

True
False

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correct

Question 26
10 out of 10 points

Mangrove swamps are tropical marine shoreline ecosystems

dominated by trees.
Selected Answer:
Answers:

True
False

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True

correct

Question 27
0 out of 10 points

Organisms in each biome have adapted to the climatic conditions

typical of that biome.
Selected Answer:
Answers:

True
False

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False

incorrect

Question 28
10 out of 10 points

Streams differ from lakes in that they are high in pre-glacial sediment.
Selected Answer:
Answers:

False
True
False

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correct

Question 29
Needs Grading

In your own words explain the concept of Carrying Capacity. Now tell me what does
the term Sustainability mean?
So tell me what is the relationship between these two concepts? How are they
connected? Or are they connected? Is it pseudoscience to compare these two
things? What do you think?
Selected Carrying Capacity is the maximum population size of the species that the
Answer: environment can sustain indefinitely. The term sustainability means the

ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level. These two concepts are

connected because they both refer to the environment's ability to take

care of species.
Correct
Answer:

Carrying capacity is the maximum population that can be supported by

the environment in which the population inhabits. Sustainability is the
concept that humans are to use the environment without degredation to
allow for future use. The idea is that sustainability allows for looking at
fugure use by humans, and not necessarily to protect the environment
but to minimize the human impact so humans can continue to thrive in
their environment. So the two are connected in that if the sustainabilty
equation is not correc than the population could exceed the carrying
capacity so that the population can not be sustainable. So they are
connected, but the idea of sustainabilty does push the idea of
pseudoscience in that it does not quite have proof that the equation will
actually work because of the focus on humans and not the environment
as a whole. If it is psuedoscience or not is yet to be proven, but it may or
may not be accurate because how can someone decide what is needed
for the future? One species going extinct can have an impact on the
future as well as climate change and population growth, but how do we
predict what is needed for future generations? Sustainabilty tries to
determine the equation but carrying capacity is the result and it is proven,
but not known until it is exceeded.

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Question 30
10 out of 10 points

Shallow warm nutrient-rich lakes are described as

Selected Answer:

eutrophic.
Answers:

oligotrophic.
benthic.
eutrophic.
limnetic.
correct

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Question 31
10 out of 10 points

You would find a temperate rainforest along the coasts of all of the
following states except
Selected Answer:

northern New York.

Answers:

southern Alaska.

northern California.
northern British Columbia.
northern New York.
correct

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Question 32
10 out of 10 points

The unusual forest biome occurring in California, Oregon, Washington,

and British Columbia is called a
Selected Answer:

temperate rainforest.
Answers:

tropical rainforest.
boreal forest.
temperate rainforest.
temperate deciduous forest
correct

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Question 33
10 out of 10 points

Which of the following best matches the description?

Organisms that live on the bottom of marine or freshwater
ecosystems.
Selected Answer:

benthic
Answers:

phytoplankton
littoral zone
desert
pioneer community
grassland
boreal forest
pelagic
tundra

benthic
deciduous forest
biochemical oxygen demand
periphyton
marsh
savanna
euphotic
correct

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Question 34
10 out of 10 points

Human impact on temperate forests include

Selected Answer:

All of these are correct.

Answers:

farming.
logging.
population centers.
All of these are correct.
correct

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Question 35
10 out of 10 points

Which of the following best matches the description?

Biome that lacks trees and has permanently frozen soil.
Selected Answer:

tundra
Answers:

phytoplankton
littoral zone
desert
pioneer community
grassland

boreal forest
pelagic
tundra
benthic
deciduous forest
biochemical oxygen demand
periphyton
marsh
savanna
euphotic
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correct

Question 36
10 out of 10 points

Ecologists have learned that succession is influenced by many factors

other than climate alone including
Selected
Answer:

Answers:

invasive species, disease, human land use history, and

seed dispersal.
rainfall and temperature patterns.
invasive species, disease, human land use history, and
seed dispersal.
biogeochemical cycles, available oxygen, and superfund
sites.
slope, wind patterns, and toxicity levels.

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correct

Question 37
0 out of 10 points

Which of the following is NOT true of climax communities?

Selected
Answer:
Answers:

They have more kinds of organisms.

They have fewer types of interactions among

organisms.
They have more kinds of organisms.
They are in energy balance.
They are able to maintain their mix of species.
incorrect

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Question 38
10 out of 10 points

In a rainforest, most of the sunlight is captured by trees and therefore

only
Selected Answer:

shade-tolerant plants live beneath the canopy.

Answers:

small plants grow there.

fast growing trees and shrubs grow there.
vines can grow underneath them.
shade-tolerant plants live beneath the canopy.
correct

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Question 39
10 out of 10 points

Which is an example of secondary succession?

Selected Answer:

a burned field
Answers:

bare rock
a burned field
standing water
pure sand

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correct

Question 40
10 out of 10 points

Ecologists have traditionally categorized the roles of organisms in

ecosystems into three broad categories that include

Selected Answer:

All of these are correct.

Answers:

producers.
consumers.
decomposers.
All of these are correct.
correct

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Question 41
10 out of 10 points

This meat eater often gets meat from animals that have died by
accident or illness, or were killed by other animals.
Selected Answer:

scavenger
Answers:

scavenger
omnivore
carnivore
parasite
correct

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Question 42
10 out of 10 points

Among plants, a condition that results in the number of sets of

chromosomes in cells to increase, is called
Selected Answer:

polyploidy.
Answers:

multi-genetics.
polyploidy.
diploid.
haploid.

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correct

Question 43
10 out of 10 points

Which of the following best matches the description?

Competition between members of the same species.
Selected Answer:

intraspecific competition
Answers:

denitrifying bacteria
herbivore
omnivore
producer
trophic level
community
ectoparasite
limiting factor
secondary consumer
nitrogen cycle
biomass
habitat
carbon cycle
interspecific competition
nitrogen-fixing bacteria
intraspecific competition

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correct

Question 44
10 out of 10 points

Which of the following best matches the description?

Competition between members of different species.

Selected Answer:

interspecific competition
Answers:

denitrifying bacteria
herbivore
omnivore
producer
trophic level
community
ectoparasite
limiting factor
secondary consumer
nitrogen cycle
biomass
habitat
carbon cycle
interspecific competition
nitrogen-fixing bacteria
intraspecific competition
correct

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Question 45
10 out of 10 points

Which of the following best matches the description?

Interacting groups of different species in a given area.
Selected Answer:

community
Answers:

denitrifying bacteria
herbivore
omnivore
producer
trophic level
community

ectoparasite
limiting factor
secondary consumer
nitrogen cycle
biomass
habitat
carbon cycle
interspecific competition
nitrogen-fixing bacteria
intraspecific competition
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correct

Question 46
10 out of 10 points

The use of fertilizers in agriculture has significantly altered several

nutrient cycles including
Selected Answer:

All of these are correct.

Answers:

nitrogen.
phosphorus.
potassium.
All of these are correct.
correct

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Question 47
10 out of 10 points

Which of the following elements is a limiting factor to plants in

naturally occurring soil?
Selected Answer:

nitrogen
Answers:

nitrogen
phosphorous
oxygen

carbon
correct

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Question 48
10 out of 10 points

Which of the following is an example of an abiotic factor?

Selected
Answer:

Answers:

the climate of the community in which the species

mentioned above inhabit
the number of individuals of a particular species living in
a community
the interactions between different species in a
community
the diversity of prey and predator species in a
community
the climate of the community in which the species
mentioned above inhabit
correct

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Question 49
10 out of 10 points

Which of the following best matches the description?

A region in which an organism lives.
Selected Answer:

habitat
Answers:

denitrifying bacteria
herbivore
omnivore
producer
trophic level
community
ectoparasite
limiting factor

secondary consumer
nitrogen cycle
biomass
habitat
carbon cycle
interspecific competition
nitrogen-fixing bacteria
intraspecific competition
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correct

Question 50
Needs Grading

You watched a video of the Galapogos islands and Darwin's voyage.

List three important observations by Darwin from the video which lead
to his theory of natural selection. Why were these observations
important and how do they support his theory?
Selected Three important observations by Darwin from the video which led to his
Answer: theory of natural selection include: all organisms producing more

offspring than survive to adulthood, populations remain more or less

constant in numbers, and members of the same species show variation in
characteristics. These observations were very important because they
helped to support his theory of natural selection. All organisms produce more
offspring than survive to adulthood
2. Populations remain more or less constant in numbers
3. Members of the same species show variation in characteristics

Correct
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