Question 1
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What is biology?
Question 2
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Which of the following is NOT a property of life?
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populations or organisms that are unable to change over time
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living things exhibit complex but ordered organization
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organisms take in energy and use it to perform all of life's activities
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organisms reproduce their own kind
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organisms respond to environmental stimuli
Question 3
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You try to start your car, but it does not start. Which of there is a hypothesis?
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my car does not start
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my car's battery might be dead
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if I recharge the battery, then my car will start
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my car is too old to function properly
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what's wrong with my car?
Question 4
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Discovery science is primarily based on ____________.
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hypothesis testing
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deduction
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experimentation
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theory
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observation
Question 5
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Which of the following is a producer?
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house plant
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earthworm
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dog
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sun
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cow
Question 6
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Humans are ____________.
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ecosystems
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producers
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cells
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consumers
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decomposers
Question 7
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Relative to prokaryotic cells, eukaryotic cells are usually ____________.
Question 8
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Humans are composed of ____________ cells.
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bacterial
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archaeal
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eukaryotic
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plant
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prokaryotic
Question 9
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Which of the following is NOT recycled, but is lost from ecosystems?
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nitrogen
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energy
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magnesium
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carbon
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sodium
Question 10
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Which domain(s) consist(s) of prokaryotic cells?
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bacteria only
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eukarya only
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archaea and eukarya
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achaea only
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bacteria and archaea
Question 11
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Ecology is the study of ____________.
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life
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relationships among different species
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human effects on the environment
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interactions between humans and other species
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interactions between organisms and their enironment
Question 12
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Which of the following is abiotic?
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a protist
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an animal
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a plant
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a fungus
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a rock
Question 13
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What level of ecology is concerned with groups of individuals of the SAME species?
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community
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tissue
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organism
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ecosystem
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population
Question 14
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What level of ecology is concerned with groups of individuals of DIFFERENT species?
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community
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tissue
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organism
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ecosystem
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population
Question 15
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What level of ecology is concerned with both the biotic and abiotic aspects of an environment?
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community
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tissue
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organism
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ecosystem
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population
Question 16
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What is the primary source of energy for nearly ALL of the earth's ecosystems?
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sunlight
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geothermal vents
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volcanoes
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wind
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rocks and soil
Question 17
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Water moves from land to the atmosphere through ____________.
Question 18
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Which part of the earth receives the greatest intensity of solar radiation?
Question 19
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Areas of the earth with similar climate, plants, and animals.
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life zone
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photic zone
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benthis zone
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biomes
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none of the above
Question 20
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Terrestrial biomes distribution is primarily determined by temperature and rainfall.
Question 21
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What is a population?
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a group of organisms that occupy the same general area plus all the abiotic factors
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a group of organisms that occupy the same general are
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a group of organisms of the same species that occupy the same general area
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all the organisms of a single species existing at a particular time
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none of the above
Question 22
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The number of individuals of a population per unit area ois the ____________.
Question 23
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In the absence of all limiting factors, a population's growth follows a(n) ____________ model.
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exponential
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hypergeometric
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mathmatical
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arithmetic
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logistic
Question 24
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____________ is the maximum population size that a particular habitat can support and at which the population stabilizes.
Question 25
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Factors that tend to reduce population numbers are called ____________.
Question 26
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Potential of a species to increase its numbers is termed ____________.
Question 27
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A population-limiting factor whose effects intensify as the population increases in density.
Question 28
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Which one of the following factors that limits population growth is density dependent?
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nutrients
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water
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weather
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soil
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competition
Question 29
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When the biotic potential is GREATER than the environmental resistance, then a population INCREASES.
Question 30
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The role (or function) that a species plays in its community, including its habitat and its interations with other organisms.
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habitat designation
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niche
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producer
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primary consumer
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none of the above
Question 31
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Energy is recycled within and between ecosystems.
Question 32
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An interaction between organisms using the same resource, which is often present in limited supplies.
Question 33
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When one species benefits at the expense of the other.
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mutualism
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parasitism
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commensualism
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abiotic inversion
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none of the above
Question 34
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Which of the following is NOT a component of biological diversity?
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genetic diversity
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species diversity
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ecosystem diversity
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sub species diversity
Question 35
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A species whose impact on its community is much larger than its total mass or abundance would indicate.
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keystone species
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producer species
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mutualistic species
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predatory species
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biophilic species