Bio 23 - Exam 4

If ammonia is so toxic, how do fish diffuse it out of their bodies directly?

Which of these are NOT a function of the kidneys?

Urea is 100,000x MORE toxic than ammonia

Match each pair correctly

An unknown animal contains a single ear bone with very well-developed hearing. What type of waste would you expect this animal to produce?

What are the correct steps of going through the nephron?

Match the function: Glomerus & Renal Corpuscle - [blank_start]_____[blank_end] Proximal Convoluted Tubule - [blank_start]_______[blank_end] Descending Limb of Loop of Henle - [blank_start]______[blank_end] Ascending Limb of Loop of Henle - [blank_start]_______[blank_end] Distal Convoluted Tubule - [blank_start]________[blank_end] Collecting Tubule - [blank_start]___________[blank_end]

Which is NOT a way that animals reduce water loss?

Which of the following about nerve impulses is correct?

Match with the type of vision: Distance Vision: 1) Ciliary bodies [blank_start]relaxed[blank_end] 2) [blank_start]Tension[blank_end] on suspensory ligaments 3) Lens [blank_start]flat[blank_end] Close Vision: 1) Ciliary body [blank_start]contracts[blank_end] 2) [blank_start]No Tension[blank_end] on suspensory ligament 3) Lens [blank_start]spherical[blank_end]

Vertebrate is to [blank_start]inverted retina[blank_end] as invertebrate is to [blank_start]verted retina[blank_end]

Match the eye to the animal: Prey Animal - [blank_start]high visual field,[blank_end] [blank_start]mostly monocular vision[blank_end] Predator Animal - [blank_start]smaller visual field[blank_end], [blank_start]mostly binocular vision[blank_end] horse - [blank_start]sloped retina[blank_end] bird - [blank_start]eye with sclerotic ring[blank_end] arthropods - [blank_start]compound eye[blank_end]

Match the correct eye terms: 1) Dark Vision - [blank_start]postsynaptic neurons inhibited[blank_end] -> [blank_start]neurotransmitter released[blank_end] 2) Light Vision - [blank_start]postsynaptic neurons released[blank_end] -> [blank_start]nothing released[blank_end] 3) Rods - [blank_start]light vision[blank_end] 4) Cones - [blank_start]Color vision[blank_end]

An example of active generation would be: detecting electric field from a prey.

Which of these is not a stimulus?

Water can have both high and low albedo

A rainstorm is blowing in, you can use the environmental lapse rate to learn about the change in air temperate from it.

Which of the following which you expect to hold the most amount of heat?

Which of the following are major air circulation cells?

Match the correct terms: [blank_start]March[blank_end] & [blank_start]September Equinox[blank_end] - equator faces the sun directly; 12 hours of daylight and nighttime [blank_start]June Solstice[blank_end] - Nothern hemisphere tilts towards the sun; longer days than nights [blank_start]December Solstice[blank_end] - Nothern hemisphere tilts away from the sun; longer nights than days

Which of the following is NOT a regional effect on climate?

High mountains have a climate similar to the poles due to:

Which of the following are used to classify a terrestrial biome?

Match the description to the biome: Extremely cold, frozen, no vegetation - [blank_start]Polar Desert[blank_end] Long cold winters, short cool summers; soil has permafrost layer; low growing plants and mosses - [blank_start]Tundra[blank_end] Very cold climate, has extremely wide annual temperate range; limited species, coniferous trees - [blank_start]Boreal Forest[blank_end] Wide range of annual temperature; layered vegetation, lots of species, trees lose leaves in winter - [blank_start]Deciduous Forest[blank_end] Lots of rain, cool wet winters, mild foggy summers; Douglas fir, coast redwoods and other conifers - [blank_start]Temperate rain forest[blank_end] Summer rains and winter snows; grassy vegetation, dry climate, fires & grazing animals keep out trees- [blank_start]temperate grasslands[blank_end] Little rain; vegetation specialized for conserving water, greatest fluctuation in daily temperatures - [blank_start]Cold Desert[blank_end] Mediterranean climate; hot dry summers and cool wet winters, plants adapted to fires - [blank_start]Chaparral[blank_end] Little rain; sand and camel deserts - [blank_start]Hot Deserts[blank_end] Distinct wet and prolonged dry periods; grasses with scattered trees due to fires and grazing animals - [blank_start]Tropical Savanna[blank_end] Pronounced dry season; grassy vegetation but more trees; found between savanna and rainforest - [blank_start]Tropical scrubland[blank_end] Warm, wet climate; no limit on plant growth, highest species diversity on earth - [blank_start]Tropical Rain Forest[blank_end]

Species diversity.... [blank_start]increases[blank_end] towards equator [blank_start]decreases[blank_end] at higher elevation [blank_start]increases[blank_end] on larger land areas [blank_start]decreases[blank_end] with increasing isolation

Match to the correct terms for aquatic biomes: [blank_start]Photic Zone[blank_end] - Uppermost layer [blank_start]Littoral Zone[blank_end] - Part of Photic Zone; rooted plants grow here [blank_start]Aphotic Zone[blank_end] - Cold and Dark; lots of nutrients here [blank_start]Pelagic Zone[blank_end] - ocean far from shore; a marine "desert"

Which of the following applies to lichen?

Match the following: 1) Pioneer Vegetation - (a) [blank_start]r[blank_end] selected species (b) [blank_start]poor[blank_end] competitors in established communities (c) [blank_start]high[blank_end] reproductive rates 2) Climax Community (a) [blank_start]k[blank_end] selected species (b) [blank_start]good[blank_end] competitors in established communities (c) [blank_start]low[blank_end] reproductive rates

Introduced European weeds are more common in disturbed area.

An ecosystem includes all organisms and all non-living aspects of an environment.

What is the basis of nearly all ecosystems on Earth?

~25% of energy at each trophic level is transferred to the next.

Which of the following is a producer?

DDT was banned around the world. However, nearly all organisms tested contain DDT.

Which of the following would you expect biological magnification to have the biggest effect on?

Polyandry is the most common mating system observed.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a population?

Ecological density takes into consideration that not all habitat is equal.

[blank_start]Density Dependent Limiting Factor[blank_end] - Competition, Disease & parasitism, predation [blank_start]Density Independent Limiting Factor[blank_end] - Weather & Geological Events

Label the graph correctly. Not all terms will be used

Which of the following is NOT considered to be an island?

Match the islands: [blank_start]Small-Distant Islands[blank_end] - have fewest species [blank_start]Large-Near Islands[blank_end] - Have most species [blank_start]Small-Near islands -[blank_end] have high colonization and high extinction rate = high turnover rate [blank_start]Large-Distant Islands[blank_end] - have low colonization and low extinction rate = low turnover rate

Lots of edge is important for a healthy reserve!

Which of the following are POSITIVE feedback loops?

It's hard to differentiate between innate and learned behavior.

Which of the following pertain to fixed action potentials?

Because of habituation, if an animal is repeatedly exposed to a stimulus it is going to respond [blank_start]more.[blank_end]

Altruistic behavior puts a species own safety and reproduction at risk. Why do we still see animals displaying these behaviors?