SURIGAO DEL SUR STATE UNIVERSITY

Tandag City
FINAL EXAMINATION
Biological Science 1
Directions: Select the correct answer in each item. Write the letter of your answer in your
whitebook.``

1. Pollination is an example of ________.

a. a possible source of new drugs
c. an ecosystem service
b. chemical diversity
d. crop pest control
2. Converting a prairie to a farm field is an example of ________.
a. overharvesting b. habitat loss
c. exotic species
d. climate change
3. Which of the following methods will provide information to an ecologist about both the
size and density of a population?
a. mark and recapture b. mark and release c. quadrat d. life table
4. Human populations have which type of survivorship curve?
a. Type I
b. Type II
c. Type III
d. Type IV
5. Species with limited resources usually exhibit a(n) ________ growth curve.
a. logistic
b. logical
c. experimental
d. exponential
6. The maximum growth rate characteristic of a species is called its ________.
a. limit

b. carrying capacity

c. biotic potential

d. exponential growth pattern

7. The population size of a species capable of being supported by the environment is

called its ________.
a. limit
b. carrying capacity c. biotic potential
d. logistic growth pattern
8. A forest fire is an example of ________ regulation.
a. density-dependent
b. density-independent c. r-selected d. K-selected
9. A country with zero population growth is likely to be ________.
a. in Africa
b. in Asia

c. economically developed
d. economically underdeveloped

10. Which type of country has the greatest proportion of young individuals?
a. economically developed
c. countries with zero population growth
b. economically underdeveloped
d. countries in Europe
11. Which of the following is not a way that humans have increased the carrying
capacity of the environment?
a. agriculture
c. domestication of animals
b. using large amounts of natural resources
d. use of language
12. Linnaeus's family hoped Linnaeus would become a
a. farmer
b. lawyer
c. priest
d. govenment official
13. Linnaeus was interested in plants throughout his life, but he had a special interest in
a. linden trees
c. plants that produce fibers
b. Swedish farm crops
d. plants used in medicine
14. The first species to live on new land, such as that formed from volcanic lava, are
called________.
a. climax community
c. foundation species
b. keystone species
d. pioneer species
15. A symbiotic relationship where both of the co-existing species benefit from the
interaction is called ________.
a. commensalism b. parasitism
c. mutualism
d. communism
16. The producer in an ocean grazing food web is usually a ________.
a. plant
b. animal
c. fungi
d. plankton
17. Which term describes the process whereby toxic substances increase along trophic
levels of an ecosystem?
a. biomassification b. biomagnification c. bioentropy
d. heterotrophy
18. The majority of the water found on Earth is:
a. ice
b. water vapor
c. fresh water
d. salt water
19. Linnaeus decided to classify plants by the structure of their
a. leaves
b. flowers
c. stems
d. roots
20. Linnaeus is honored as
a. the father of modern classification
c. the father of medical botany
b. the father of plant science
d. the father of Latin words

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Biological Science 1

21. Someone gives you two black beetles: Eleodes carbonaria and Eleodes armata.
They are both in the same
a. genus
b. family
c. order
d. all of the above
22. The process whereby oxygen is depleted by the growth of microorganisms due to
excess nutrients in aquatic systems is called ________.
a. dead zoning
b. eutrophication
c. retrophication
d. depletion
23. Which of the following biomes is characterized by abundant water resources?
a. deserts
b. boreal forests
c. savanna d. tropical wet forests
24. Which of the following biomes is characterized by short growing seasons?
a. deserts
b. tropical wet forests
c. Arctic tundra
d. savanna
25. What do plants and animals have in common?
a. both are heterotrophic c. both are prokaryotic
b. both are autotrophic
d. both are eukaryotic
26. The current classification system was devised by:
a. Aristotle
b. Plato
c. Linneaus
d. Darwin
27. Why is the tundra treeless?
a. lack of sufficient water
c. permanently frozen ground
b. winters too harsh
d. too many fires
28. Where would you expect to find the most photosynthesis in an ocean biome?
a. aphotic zone
b. abyssal zone
c. benthic realm d. intertidal zone
29. A key feature of estuaries is
a. low light conditions and high productivity c. frequent algal blooms
b. salt water and fresh water
d. little or no vegetation
30. The number of currently described species on the planet is about ________.
a. 17,000
b. 150,000 c. 1.5 million
d. 10 million
31. A secondary plant compound might be used forwhich of the following?
a. a new crop variety
b. a new drug
c. a soil nutrient
d. a crop pest
32. When an invasive species alters the community structure it is introduced to, what
can the consequence be?
a. extinction of economically important species
b. reduced predation on some native species
c. increased predation on some native species
d. all of the above
33. Decomposers are associated with which class of food web?
a. grazing
b. detrital
c. inverted
d. aquatic
34. What kind of ecosystem are exotic species especially threatening to?
a. deserts b. marine ecosystems c. islands
d. tropical forests
35. There are probably more undiscovered fishes than mammals because mammals
a. are relatively large
c. have a fewer number of species
b. live mainly on land
d. all of the above
36. What is the name of the legislation that makes this illegal?
a. Red List b. Migratory Bird Act
c. CITES
d. Endangered Species Act (ESA)
37. What is the name of the first international agreement on climate change?
a. Red List
b. Montreal Protocol
c. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
d. Kyoto Protocol
38. Which of the following is best at showing the life expectancy of an individual within a
population?
a. quadrat b. mark and recapture
c. survivorship curve
d. life table
39. Which of the following pairs is MOST closely related?
a. dog and tapeworm
c. mushroom and tree
b. b. tapeworm and bacteria
d. ameba and bacteria

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Biological Science 1

40. Organisms in the Kingdom Animalia are:

a. mutlicellular and heterotrophic
c. unicellular and autotrophic
b. multicellular and autotrophic d. unicellular and autotrophic
41. Which of the following groups would contain the largest number of organisms?
a. Class
b. order
c. phylum
d. family
42. Species that have many offspring at one time are usually:
a. r-selected
b. K-selected c. both r- and K-selected d. not selected
43. A scientific name contains information about its:
a. family and species b. genus and species
c. phylum and order d. class and
family
44. If two organisms are in the same phylum, they must also be in the same:
a. class
b. species
c. family
d. kingdom
45. Which kingdom contains "extremophiles"?
a. eubacteria
b. archaebacteria c. fungi
d. Protista
46. A dichotomous key is used to:
a. locate an organism
c. divide a kingdom
b. identify an organism
d. interbreed species
47. Our modern classification system recognizes how many kingdoms?
a. Three
b. four
c. five
d.six
48. Two animals are said to belong to the same species if they
a. can mate and produce young who can also reproduce
b. look alike and can mate
c. look alike
d. live in the same environment
49. Which two extinction risks may be a direct result of the pet trade?
a. climate change and exotic species introduction
b. habitat loss and overharvesting
c. overharvesting and exotic species introduction
d. habitat loss and climate change
50. Linnaeus was responsible for giving names to:
a. both animals and plants
b. animals only
c. plants only
d. only newly discovered plants
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