Sample Questions Flashcards
(A) Decomposers (e.g., bacteria) (B) Producers (e.g., grasses) (C) Primary consumers (e.g., mice) (D) Secondary consumers (e.g., snakes) (E) Tertiary consumers (e.g., hawks) 1. Organisms that comprise the greatest mass of living substance (biomass) in a terrestrial food chain
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(A) Decomposers (e.g., bacteria) (B) Producers (e.g., grasses) (C) Primary consumers (e.g., mice) (D) Secondary consumers (e.g., snakes) (E) Tertiary consumers (e.g., hawks)
- Organisms that convert nitrogen-containing organic molecules into nitrates
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3. In the graph above, the time when the number of living bacteria is increasing at the greatest rate occurs (A) during the first 2 hours (B) between the 2nd and the 4th hour (C) between the 4th and the 6th hour (D) between the 6th and the 10th hour (E) between the 11th and the 13th hour
C3
- ATP is produced during which of the following processes?
I. Photosynthesis
II. Aerobic respiration
III. Fermentation
(A) I only (B) II only (C) I and III only
(D) II and III only (E) I, II, and III
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5. All of the following are population characteristics EXCEPT (A) number of individuals (B) phenotype (C) sex ratio (D) age distribution (E) death rate
B2
- Commonly, the fruit is derived from
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 7
(D) 8 (E) 9
A1
- Pollination involves a transfer of pollen from
(A) 4 to 1 (B) 4 to 2 (C) 4 to 5
(D) 5 to 4 (E) 5 to 9
D3
- If the gray female from cross IV were mated with the gray male from cross II, then which of the following would most likely be true?
(A) All of the offspring would be gray.
(B) All of the offspring would be white.
(C) ) Half of the offspring would be gray.
(D) One-quarter of the offspring would be gray.
(E) One-quarter of the offspring would be white.
A4
- If two gray progeny of cross IV mate with each other, what is the probability that any one individual offspring will be gray?
(A) 100% (B) 75% (C) 50%
(D) 25% (E) 0
B4
Three students added equal volumes of pond water to each of four beakers (I–IV) and placed each in a different constant temperature bath, maintained at 5°C, 15°C, 25°C, and 35°C, respectively. The students then added 6 water fleas, Daphnia pulex, to each of the four beakers and recorded the time in each case. After 1 hour, the students removed 3 Daphnia pulex from each beaker and each student immediately observed one Daphnia pulex under low- power magnification of a light microscope. (The transparent body of the Daphnia pulex can be seen easily under a light microscope.) Heart rates were recorded as beats per minute. The results of the experiment are summarized in the chart below.
10. The independent variable in this experiment is the (A) amount of light (B) number of water fleas (C) pH of the water (D) temperature of the water (E) average heart rate
D2
Three students added equal volumes of pond water to each of four beakers (I–IV) and placed each in a different constant temperature bath, maintained at 5°C, 15°C, 25°C, and 35°C, respectively. The students then added 6 water fleas, Daphnia pulex, to each of the four beakers and recorded the time in each case. After 1 hour, the students removed 3 Daphnia pulex from each beaker and each student immediately observed one Daphnia pulex under low- power magnification of a light microscope. (The transparent body of the Daphnia pulex can be seen easily under a light microscope.) Heart rates were recorded as beats per minute. The results of the experiment are summarized in the chart below.
- If a graph is constructed using the data given in the table, it will most closely resemble which of the following?
B4
- Which of the following individuals is most fit in evolutionary terms?
(A) A child who does not become infected with any of the usual childhood diseases, such as measles or chicken pox
(B) A woman of 40 with seven adult offspring
(C) ) A woman of 80 who has one adult offspring
(D) A 100-year old man with no offspring
(E) A childless man who can run a mile in less than five minutes
B3
13. What mixture of seeds was harvested in the plot that was planted with 25 percent species X and 75 percent species Y? X Y (A) 25% 75% (B) 40% 60% (C) 50% 50% (D) 60% 40% (E) 75% 25%
C3
- What do the data indicate about the ecological relationship between species X and species Y?
(A) X and Y are mutualistic for low percentages of X seeds.
(B) X and Y are mutualistic for high percentages of X seeds.
(C) X and Y compete when both X and Y seeds are present.
(D) Y competes successfully against X at all percentages of X
and Y seeds.
(E) X is a parasite of Y when Y is rare.
C5
- Which of the following most accurately reveals common ancestry among many different species of organisms?
(A) The amino acid sequence of their cytochrome C
(B) Their ability to synthesize hemoglobin
(C) The percentage of their body weight that is fat
(D) The percentage of their body surface that is used in gas exchange
(E) The mechanism of their mode of locomotion
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