Exam 1 review questions

Question 1

adaptaions to insolation

Answer 1

heliophytes and sciophytes

Question 2

adaptations to temp

Answer 2

poikeliotherms, photosynthesis types, homeotherms, fur, fat, sweating, panting, allens rule

Question 3

adaptations to moisture

Answer 3

xeric, mesic, hydric

Question 4

species, features of the environment, and reactions between biotic and abiotic

Answer 4

ecosystem

Question 5

the number of individuals an environment can support

Answer 5

carrying capacity

Question 6

a species that influences the whole composition of an ecosystem by controlling pop of prey or competing species

Answer 6

keystone species

Question 7

what is an example of keystone species from book

Answer 7

pisaster, the starfish

Question 8

high moisture adaptation, flooded environments, marshes

Answer 8

hydric

Question 9

mod-high moisture adaptations, found in rainforests, seasonal forests,

Answer 9

mesic

Question 10

low moisture adaptations, dry environment, grasslands, desert, semidesert

Answer 10

xeric

Question 11

generalist predator type

Answer 11

euryphagus

Question 12

specialist predator type

Answer 12

stenophagus

Question 13

example of allopatric speciation

Answer 13

finches in hawaii

Question 14

example of sympatric speciation

Answer 14

cichlids in the lake

Question 15

predator/prey coevolution example found in the book

Answer 15

the arms race, crabs and shellfish

Question 16

mutualism example

Answer 16

insects and pollinators

Question 17

commensualism example

Answer 17

egrets and water buffalo

Question 18

parasitism example

Answer 18

mistletoe and host tree

Question 19

mullerian mimicry

Answer 19

poisonous mimics poisonous

Question 20

batesian mimicry

Answer 20

nonpoisonous mimics poisonous

Question 21

warmer periods have a higher ratio of

Answer 21

light oxygen isotopes to heavy, because the light isn’t captured as ice after it goes through the water cycle

Question 22

cooler periods have a higher ratio of

Answer 22

heavy oxygen isotopes to light, because the light are captured as ice

Question 23

biogeographical responses to the pleistocene-holocene shift

Answer 23

shifts to higher latitudes and elevations, deserts shrunk and forests expanded, prairie increased drastically, conifers stayed the same, just shifted

Question 24

biogeo evidence for continental drift

Answer 24

stratigraphic evidence, paleoclimatic evidence, paleontological evidence

Question 25

gigantism example

Answer 25

galapagos tortoise

Question 26

dwarfism example

Answer 26

key deer

Question 27

flightlessness example

Answer 27

moa of madagascar

Question 28

type of photosynthesis most common, at a lower temp

Answer 28

C3

Question 29

type of photosynthesis at higher temp.

Answer 29

C4

Question 30

type of photosynthesis with different functions during night and day

Answer 30

CAM