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BIO311D Levin Exam 1 Sp2018

Question 1 of 24

1

According to Rapoport's rule:

Select one of the following:

  • species in the tropics have higher productivity than those elsewhere

  • species in temperate areas have smaller ranges than those in the tropics

  • species in the tropics are more specialized than those elsewhere

  • there is more competition among tropical species than temperate species

  • none of the above

Explanation

Question 2 of 24

1

Most of the energy in an ecosystem:

Select one of the following:

  • goes into the ground as organic matter

  • is passed on to the next trophic level

  • ends up as new growth

  • is lost as respiratory heat

  • none of the above

Explanation

Question 3 of 24

1

Which of the following diseases is most likely to increase in Europe because of global warming?

Select one of the following:

  • polio

  • tuberculosis

  • AIDS

  • malaria

  • smallpox

Explanation

Question 4 of 24

1

which of the following situations is not an example of density-dependent mortality in response to some disease?

Select one of the following:

  • 4000 individuals and 200 died; 6000 individuals and 300 died

  • 6000 individuals and 100 died; 3000 individuals and 100 died

  • 7000 individuals and 1000 died; 2000 individuals and 200 died

  • 1000 individuals and 400 died; 2000 individuals and 400 died

  • all are examples of density

  • dependent mortality

Explanation

Question 5 of 24

1

Which of the following situations involves biological control?

Select one of the following:

  • dingos killing kangaroos in Australia

  • the bubonic plague killing hundreds of thousands of Europeans in 1348

  • /Cactoblastis/ control of /Opuntia/ in Australia

  • Ranchers killing invasive rabbits in Australia

Explanation

Question 6 of 24

1

During periods of global cooling, you would expect insect species in Argentina to move _____ and _______.

Select one of the following:

  • southward, lower elevations

  • northward, higher elevations

  • northward, lower elevations

  • southward, higher elevations

Explanation

Question 7 of 24

1

The level of cesium 137 in the herbivores of an ecosystem is 0.03 ppm. The cesium 137 level in carnivores is 30 ppm. The level of cesium 137 in carnivores is _________ times greater than in herbivores.

Select one of the following:

  • 10

  • 100

  • 1,000

  • 10,000

  • 100,000

Explanation

Question 8 of 24

1

Which of the following is a requirement for a species diversity gradient?

Select one of the following:

  • tropical climate

  • low precipitation

  • change in longtitude

  • change in the environment in space

  • none of the above

Explanation

Question 9 of 24

1

The greenhouse gas responsible for the depletion of atmospheric ozone is:

Select one of the following:

  • carbonic acid

  • carbon dioxide

  • methane

  • nitrous oxide

  • chlorofluorocarbon

Explanation

Question 10 of 24

1

The amount of energy captured per unit area per unit time is a measure of the wheat's:

Select one of the following:

  • gross primary productivity

  • net primary productivity

  • cellular respiration

  • ecological efficiency

  • rate of respiration

Explanation

Question 11 of 24

1

If two species were competing and one did not drive the other to extinction, we may assume that:

Select one of the following:

  • the species were competing for the same resources

  • the K value for each species would be less than if the species were growing alone

  • the fundamental niches of both species contracted

  • the realized niches of both species expand to compensate for the presence of the other

  • none of the above

Explanation

Question 12 of 24

1

As the number of species decreases on an island, the extinction rate ________ while the immigration rate __________.

Select one of the following:

  • increases, decreases

  • decreases, decreases

  • increases, increases

  • decreases, increases

Explanation

Question 13 of 24

1

When we check out eggshell thickness in many European bird species, we will see a that a marked decline began in _________ due to DDT use.

Select one of the following:

  • the late 1920s

  • the late 1930s

  • the late 1940s

  • the mid 1950s

  • the early 1980s

Explanation

Question 14 of 24

1

Hunter-gatherer and agricultural societies tend to __________ diversity in culturally unimportant species relative to the scientific community.

Select one of the following:

  • underdifferentiate

  • hypodifferentiate

  • overdifferentiate

  • mesodifferentiate

  • hyperdifferentiate

Explanation

Question 15 of 24

1

Which of the following pairs would be features of a nuclear winter?

Select one of the following:

  • acid rain, increase in temperature

  • reduced light, reduced levels of soil nutrients

  • reduced light, reduced temperature

  • reduced oxygen levels in atmosphere, increased nitrogen levels in the atmosphere

Explanation

Question 16 of 24

1

If the earth cooled a significant number of degrees, the biome we see throughout Tennessee would become a:

Select one of the following:

  • coniferous forest

  • grassland

  • chaparral

  • desert

Explanation

Question 17 of 24

1

Metabolic rates per gram of tissue are higher in __________ than in ________.

Select one of the following:

  • lions, squirrels

  • bears, cats

  • mice, deer

  • cows, rats

Explanation

Question 18 of 24

1

The climax species at Glacier Bay is the:

Select one of the following:

  • beech

  • maple

  • spruce

  • pine

Explanation

Question 19 of 24

1

The plants of 64-million years old fossils found in Colorado are similar to plants found today in:

Select one of the following:

  • Pennsylvania

  • Indonesia

  • Iraq

  • Japan

  • Argentina

Explanation

Question 20 of 24

1

The most productive ecosystem of those listed below is:

Select one of the following:

  • temperate forest

  • swamps and estuaries

  • temperate grassland

  • ocean

  • coniferous forest

Explanation

Question 21 of 24

1

Based on the number of species already described and additional information, there are likely to be between _________ million species of all kinds on the face of the earth today

Select one of the following:

  • 1-2

  • 3-4

  • 5-10

  • 20-25

  • 30-40

Explanation

Question 22 of 24

1

According to World Conservation Union (IUCN), one of the following pairs of species is threatened with extinction. Which pair?

Select one of the following:

  • orangutans and gorillas

  • chimpanzees and lemurs

  • polar bears and brown bears

  • lions and tigers

  • none of the above

Explanation

Question 23 of 24

1

The term "reproductive effort" refers to:

Select one of the following:

  • the percentage of energy capture by photosynthesis that is allocated to growth

  • the number of calories it takes for plants to produce flowers, fruits, and seeds

  • the proportion of the respiratory heat that does into reproduction

  • the ratio of reproductive productivity to the gross productivity

  • none of the above

Explanation

Question 24 of 24

1

Acid rain contains:

Select one of the following:

  • hydrochloric and nitric acids

  • sulfuric and lactic acids

  • acetic and boric acids

  • nitric and sulfuric acids

  • none of the above

Explanation

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