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Biology - 1st Semester Final Exam Quiz

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Question 1

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what are the three dimensions of sustainability?
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  • political, community, health
  • emvironmental, social, physical
  • environmental, economy, social

Question 2

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define indicator
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  • when an animal needs a specific need
  • reveals info on the quality of life in relation to natural resource consumption in a community
  • a person or animal needing help

Question 3

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give 3 examples of indicators from unit 1
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  • GDP, (gross domestic product), HIV deaths, malnutrition
  • asia, africa, india
  • food, water, shelter

Question 4

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identify the following indicators as "economic" "emvironmental" or "social: Water Pollution
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  • economic
  • environmental
  • social

Question 5

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identify the following indicator as "economic" "emvironmental" or "social: Life expectancy
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  • social
  • environmental
  • economic

Question 6

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identify the following indicator as "economic" "emvironmental" or "social: GDP (gross domestic product)
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  • social
  • economic
  • environmental

Question 7

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what are 2 examples of a developing country?
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  • GDP, high job rate
  • high CO2 emissions
  • not alot of doctors, limited resources

Question 8

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what are 2 examples of a developed country?
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  • alot of doctors, updated technology
  • low life expectancy, no internet
  • no clean water, unsanitary

Question 9

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what steps did BedZED residents take to lower their ecological footprint?
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  • they used more energy, fossil fuels and non- energy efficient appliances
  • they spent more money on stuff for their houses
  • using cost-effective materials that had a life cycle with a smaller ecological impact than standard products

Question 10

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define tradeoff
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  • when you throw something away to buy something new
  • a balance achieved between two desirable but incompatible features; a compromise
  • trading vegetables at a farmers market

Question 11

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what is an example of a trade off made by BedZED residents?
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  • burning more fossil fuels
  • using more energy
  • energy efficient appliances

Question 12

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define land degradation
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  • decline of the overall quality of soil, water, or vegetion caused by human activities or natural events
  • when grass grows back on a part of land
  • when farmers farm their land for crops

Question 13

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what is 1 tradeoff made by Darewadi villagers?
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  • giving their plants away
  • people giving them food so they dont starve
  • dirty water for clean water

Question 14

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what are 3 things a person can do to increase their ecological footprint?
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  • use more energy, more fossil fuels & non-energy efficient appliances
  • using barely any energy, driving your car less, not polluting the air/environment
  • planting trees for oxygen, turning off the light when not in the room, riding your bike everywhere

Question 15

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what are 3 things a person can do to decrease their ecological footprint?
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  • pollution, always leaving the lights on, running water for along time
  • less energy use, less fossil fuels, energy efficient appliances in their homes
  • using your car every second, CO2 emissions, poison gas from garbage dumps

Question 16

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what is eutrophication?
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  • a dramatic increase in nutrients in an aquatic environment, resulting in increased plant growth, especially of algae
  • when a plant in a pond dies
  • a decrease in a certain animal because there isnt enough food

Question 17

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what is an example of eutrophication?
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  • the rainforest ecosystem
  • a forest with bears
  • a pond with plants

Question 18

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define casual relationship
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  • animals that can cooperate together
  • when two things have a relationship like everyone else
  • an occurance between two correlated events when one event directly produces another event

Question 19

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what is an example of a casual relationship
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  • a food shortage leading to increased competition
  • when you and your bf/gf communicate
  • when an ecosystem has enough resources to survive

Question 20

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define correlation
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  • a straight line
  • a mutual relationship or connection between two or more things
  • a relationship that has nothing to do with eachother

Question 21

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what kind of correlation does this graph show?
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  • positive
  • negative

Question 22

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what kind of correlation does this graph show?
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  • positive
  • negative

Question 23

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define stakeholder
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  • a person who works in the field
  • someone who sells houses
  • a person with intrest and concern in something

Question 24

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what are 3 Jaffrey Lake stakeholders?
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  • new east housing representative
  • environmentalist
  • fisherman
  • all of the above

Question 25

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which Jaffrey Lake stakeholders would support the Lakefront protection plan?
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  • new east housing representative, environmentalist
  • farmer, fisherman, city councilor
  • land developer, wastewater plant manager

Question 26

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define ecology
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  • the study of how living organisms interact with each other and with their physical environment
  • the study of plants
  • the study of animals in their house

Question 27

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how can human activites affect the biodiversity of an ecosystem?
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  • less people in an area
  • more room for animals to live where they need to to be able to survive on their own
  • population growth, the more people the more space you need

Question 28

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what is a biome?
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  • a large region classified by the interaction of living organisms, climate, and geographical features
  • describes factors in an environment that are not and have never been living, including temp, light, precipitation
  • describes factors in an enviornment that are associated with living organisms

Question 29

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define abiotic factors
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  • describes factors in an enviornment that are associated with living organisms
  • living organisms
  • describes factors in an environment that are not and have never been living, including temp, light, precipitation

Question 30

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define biotic factors
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  • describes factors in an environment that are associated with living organisms
  • describes factors in an environment that are not and have never been living, including temp, light, precipitation
  • nonliving organisms

Question 31

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whats an example of a biome?
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  • aquatic
  • desert
  • all of the above

Question 32

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what is an example of an abiotic factor?
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  • plant
  • water

Question 33

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what is an example of a biotic factor?
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  • rock
  • insect

Question 34

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define invasive species
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  • animals that belong to a certain ecosystem
  • a non- native species that enters a new area, causing harm to the native species and environment, the economy, or human health
  • factors in an environment that are not and have never been living, including temp, light, precipitation

Question 35

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what is an example of an invasive species
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  • cane toad
  • lion

Question 36

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what characteristics do invasive species share?
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  • they are all harmful
  • they are all native
  • they all are new to an area
  • A & C

Question 37

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define native species
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  • a species considered to be not naturally found in an environment
  • a species that is found in your backyard
  • a rock

Question 38

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example of native species?
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  • exotic plants
  • a rock that you can buy from the store

Question 39

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define tradegy of the commons
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  • overfishing
  • a theory stating that the more people there are who have unrestricted access to a common resource, the more they will exploit it, without considering the consequences
  • when a ton of fish died do to poison

Question 40

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example of tradegy of the commons?
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  • pants
  • earths atmosphere

Question 41

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how is phytoplankton different from zooplankton?
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  • zooplankton is in-capable of doing photosynthesis
  • they both are the same
  • phytoplankton does cellular respiration

Question 42

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what are the first 4 trophic levels on the energy pyramid from bottom to top?
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  • producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, teritiary consumer
  • primary consumer, secondary consumer, teritiary consumer, producer

Question 43

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name 2 processes that release carbon into the atmosphere
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  • burning of carbon fuels
  • cellular respiration
  • a & b
  • absorption

Question 44

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name 2 processes that remove carbon from the atomosphere
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  • cellular respiration
  • photosynthesis, dissolution

Question 45

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define law of conservation of mass
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  • matter cannot be created nor destroyed
  • matter is matter

Question 46

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what happens to the amount of carbon as it moves through the atmosphere?
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  • it increases
  • it stays the same
  • it decreases

Question 47

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what is a carbon reservoir?
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  • a machine that makes carbon go into to atmosphere
  • carbon-storing feature that exchages carbon with other reservoirs

Question 48

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what is the purpose of cellular respiration
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  • provides energy in the form of ATP
  • to help plants
  • for human resources

Question 49

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what is the purpose of photosynthesis?
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  • to help plants die
  • converts solar energy into chemical energy and then stores that energy for further use
  • provides energy in the form of ATP

Question 50

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what is the equation for photosynthesis
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  • Co2 + C6C6 + light energy
  • 6CO2 + 6H2O > C6H12O6 + 6CO2

Question 51

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whats the equation for cellular respiration
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  • C6H12O6 + 6 O2 > 6 CO2 + 6 H2O + energy
  • light energy + H2O

Question 52

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what is a dead zone
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  • an area where species got killed
  • when a pond is full of organisms
  • when theyre is nothing left because of eutrophication

Question 53

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when does this graph reach its carrying capacity
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  • 70 deer
  • 3 years

Question 54

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what are the benefits and trade offs of aquaculture?
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  • people can eat fish if they have nothing else, trading stuff for fish
  • people will have no food and the population will decrease
  • fish will reach their carrying capacity

Question 55

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define disturbance
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  • when nothing is touched
  • when something is bothered
  • when an ecosystem is perfectly in tact

Question 56

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what is one example of a human caused disturbance to ecosystems?
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  • grass growing
  • oil spills
  • paved roads

Question 57

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what is an example of a natural disturbance to an ecosystem?
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  • getting into a fight
  • mowing the lawn
  • tornado

Question 58

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define resilience
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  • factors in an environment that are not and have never been living
  • the ability of an ecosystem to recover after a disturbance

Question 59

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define ecological sucession
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  • native animals moving from one place to another
  • when a place is taken over by animals that werent there before

Question 60

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how does primary sucession differ from secondary sucession
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  • secondary sucession has some component of the ecosystem
  • primary sucession is only non-native animals
  • they both are the same
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