Test 1 SCI 1102

Summer 2012 Form B KEY

Name: _____________________

Choose the best answer for each question. Be sure to mark your answers on the answer grid. 1. Hepatitis A infects which organ(s)? A. stomach b. gonads c. liver d. brain A. DNA,

2. Viroids are naked strands or circles of __?____, and viroids attack _?___. plants b. RNA, animals c. proteins, both animals and plants e. RNA, plants

d. DNA, animals

3. Which of the following is not a goal of environmental science? To learn: a. How nature works. b. How the environment effects us. c. How we effect the environment. d. how we can live more sustainably without degrading our lifee. how to maximize short term profits. support system.

4. Which of the following is not a natural service of the environment? a. Soil b. water purification c. food production d. climate control e. all of these are natural services provided by the environment.

5. Which of the following is (are) true concerning brown air smog? a. Forms when sunlight interacts with components from automobile exhaust b. Nitrogen oxides are the main culprits c. Hot days contribute to brown air smog formation d. All of the above are true concerning brown air smog

6-11. Matching: The following terms may be used once, more than once, or not at all. a. fusion power b. dry acid deposition c. extreme halophile d. disease ac. green revolution ad. industrial smog bd. salinization be. pollutant de. None of these bc. Bacteriophage

e. permafrost ab. deforestation ae. bacterial conjugation cd . prion ce. prokaryotic fission

6. __? fusion power __ Release of energy from fuel (e.g., heated gas of H isotopes)
that implodes when compressed to extremely high densities. 7.___? pollutant ___ Natural or synthetic substance with which an ecosystem has no prior evolutionary experience, in terms of kinds or amounts; it accumulates to disruptive or harmful levels.

8. ___?_ None of these __ Category of viruses that infect animal cells. 9. ___? prokaryotic fission reproduces. 10. __?_ bacterial conjugation cell to another. ___ Transfer of plasmid DNA from one prokaryotic ___ Cell division mechanism by which a bacterial cell

11. ___? None of these ___ Small infectious RNA molecules

12. Which of the following is (are) true concerning ozone or ozone depletion and/or UV radiation? a. Increased amount of UV radiation reaches Earths surface b. UV damages DNA and negatively affects human health c. UV also affects plants, lowers primary productivity d. Ozone thinning reduces the atmospheres temperature near the earths surface. e. All are true except for answer d. 13. In this region ozone is good because it helps protect us from the harmful effects of UV light. A. troposphere b. mesosphere c. stratosphere d. none of these

14. About ____?____ the Earths land is unsuitable for agriculture or grazing uses. a. 10% b. 21% c. 50% d. 75%

15. Approximately ___?___ of the worlds mammal species are in danger of extinction. A. 10% b. 25% c. 50% d 70%

16. The Vivace system converts low energy water motion into high energy_ ___?___.

A. electricity b. solar power c. fossil fuel d. none of these

17. What is the #1 flaw of gas cars? d. none of these 18. During the Green Revolution harvested ___?___. same or decreased slightly d. decreased, increased 19. Which of the following can be water pollutants? wastes c. Fertilizers d. Pesticides e. all of these a. Sewage b. Animal crop yields dramatically ___?____ and the area b. increased, stayed about the c. decreased, decreased A. gas mileage b. heat emissions c. smog

a. increased, increased

20. True/false (a=true and b = false). The per capita water available for human consumption is increasing.

21. Which of the following is (are) true concerning deforestation? million acres logged each year cleared for grazing or crops d. all are true except c

a. About 38 Land is

b. Wood is used for fuel, lumber c.

e. a, b, and c are all true concerning deforestation

22. True/false (a=true and b = false). Conversion of large tracts of grassland to desert-like conditions is called desertification. 23. True or false (a = true and b = false). Economic growth provides people with more goods and services and is measured only by purchasing power parity (PPP). 24. Which of the following is (are) air pollutants? a. Nitrogen oxides a. Volatile organic compounds c. Photochemical oxidants d. Suspended particles e. All of the above are air pollutants 25. Which of the following is(are) not an acid anhydride? A. CO2 d. Na2O b. SO3 c. NO2

26. Which is (are) true concerning the Dust Bowl? a. Occurred in the 1930s in the Great Plains topsoil b. Overgrazing and prolonged drought left the ground bare e. Only b and c are true A. very well b. poorly c. no ads c. During one year, winds produced dust storms that stripped about 9 million acres of d. All are true

27. How did GM advertise the ev1 electric car? in California, but many in New York

d. none of these b. replace

28. Which of the following is least like the other terms? A. reduce c. reuse d. recycle

29. _______?_________ are anaerobic and can tolerate high temperatures and high salt concentrations. a. Eubacteria b. Bacteriophage c. Archaebacteria d. Bacillus e. None of these c.

30. What are plasmids? A. bacterial antibiotics bacterial micro chromosomes

b. parts of the bacterial cell wall

d. Another name for pili

31. Of the two modes (viral reproduction) which one may have a long latent (resting) period? A. lysogenic b. lytic c. ribosomic d. mitochondrial e. none of these b. Single chromosome

32. Prokaryotes are characterized by: a. No membrane-bound nucleus c. Cell wall in most species d. Metabolic diversity e. All of these

33. Strains of ___?___ (as well as others) rarely cause necrotizing fasciitis. A. Streptococcus pyogenes

d. yeast c. E. coli d. algae

e. Salmonella

34. In a recent outbreak of a __?___ related disease (in Germany), ___?_____ is (are) suspected to be the source of the bacteria. a. E. coli, beef b. Salmonella, eggs c. E. coli, salad bars d. Salmonella, salad bars e. none of these

35. Mice infected with ____?______ (stomach ulcer bacteria) went on to develop Parkinson's like symptoms.Parkinson's disease affects the brain and results in slow movements and a tremor. a. E. coli b. Salmonella c. Heliobacter pylori d. Streptococcus pyrogenes

36. Gravity waves may compress thunder storms which then may form into ___?____. A. more thunder storms b. tornadoes c. hurricanes d. cyclones 37. Which state came up with the zero emissions mandate? a. New Mexico d. California b. Arizona c. Utah

38. Which of the following is not true concerning viruses? A. They are non-cellular infectious agents b. They are the same as bacteria c. They consists of protein wrapped around a nucleic acid core. d. They cannot reproduce themselves; can only be reproduced using a host cell concerning viruses 39. Which of the following organisms have been associated with the consumption of hens eggs and have caused illness and death? a. Salmonella b. E. coli c. Heliobacter pylori d. Streptococcus pyrogenes e. All of these are true

40. On a local level, withdrawing water faster than it can be replenished leads to a ___?____ in (of) the water table. depression a. salinization b. saturation c. cone of d. Artesian formation e. none of these

41. Which of the following is least related to the other groups? A. Chlorophyta b. Sarcodina c. Ciliophora d. Mastigophora 42. Which organism is at risk of toxoplasma infections? A. seagulls b. sharks c. sea otters d. clams 43. Which organisms are photosynthetic and live in glass houses? A. red algae b. green algae c. diatoms d. ciliophora
44. The CDC warned that AIDS (HIV) had entered the b. water c. food d. air e. none of these 45. ? supply after a child becomes infected with AIDS. A. blood

True or false. In 1983, AIDS was a political disease even in the face of overwhelming evidence that it didnt

discriminate against the host (e.g. sexual orientation, race or background).

The End. Be certain that you have put all of your answers on the Answer Grid and you have signed your name on both the grid and the first page of the test.