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A. brain - organ
B. neuron - cell
C. skin - organ
D. osteocyte - cell
E. gene – organelle
9. Many insects do not see into the red color range, and as a result, many insect-pollinated flowers are
colors other than red (e.g., purple and yellow). This flower coloration would be considered a(n)
A. mutation.
B. mistake.
C. adaptation.
D. selection.
E. competition.
10. Richard is an avid gardener who spends a lot of time caring for the plants in his garden. To minimize
damage from pests from his garden, Richard uses a pesticide spray. At first the spray is very effective
and kills off most of the insects that he sees on his vegetable plants. However, after a few years of using
the same pesticide, he notices that some insects are surviving and continuing to eat his plants. This
selection for herbicide resistance in the insects is an example of
A. natural selection.
B. mutation.
C. an adaptation.
D. homeostasis.
E. a learned response.
11. Richard is an avid gardener who spends a lot of time caring for the plants in his garden. To minimize
damage from pests from his garden, Richard uses a pesticide spray. At first the spray is very effective and
kills off most of the insects that he sees on his vegetable plants. However, after a few years of using the
same pesticide, he notices that some insects are surviving and continuing to eat his plants. The ability of
some of the insects to survive pesticide spraying would be considered
A. impossible.
B. a mutation.
C. an adaptation.
D. a gene.
E. a learned response.
12. Richard is an avid gardener who spends a lot of time caring for the plants in his garden. To minimize
damage from pests from his garden, Richard uses a pesticide spray. At first the spray is very effective
and kills off most of the insects that he sees on his vegetable plants. However, after a few years of using
the same pesticide, he notices that some insects are surviving and continuing to eat his plants. The
constant use of pesticides by Richard has led to genetic changes in the population over many
generations. This is an example of
A. homeostasis.
B. evolution.
C. mutation.
D. a gene.
E. a behavior.
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13. All the chemical reactions that occur in a cell are called
A. mitosis.
B. photosynthesis.
C. cellular respiration.
D. energy use.
E. metabolism.
14. The only single-celled organisms are prokaryotes, such as archaea and bacteria.
15. The various species of honeycreepers have an assortment of different bills, but all honeycreeper
species have a similar size and body shape. This is an example of
16. Based on the evolutionary tree of the three domains, which of the following is true?
A. Domain Eukarya.
B. Kingdom Plantae.
C. Kingdom Protista.
D. Domain Archaea.
E. Kingdom Animalia.
18. The mountain zebra (Equus zebra) and the donkey (Equus asinus) belong to the same species.
19. Which of the following correctly lists the classification categories from least to most inclusive?
20. Phylum Arthropoda is broken into subgroups which include both Arachnida (e.g., spiders) and
Insecta (e.g., insects). As a result, Arachnida and Insecta most likely belong to which classification
category?
A. class
B. order
C. family
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D. kingdom
E. domain
21. The biological kingdom ________ includes both unicellular and multicellular organisms.
A. Eukarya
B. Bacteria
C. Protista
D. Fungi
E. Plantae
22. Which of the following classification categories for humans is not correct?
23. Martin keeps a worm bin in his basement because the worms need cooler temperatures to survive. He
feeds them about one pound of kitchen scraps each week. One summer the temperatures rose above the
optimal temperature for the red worms (~ 85°F) and many in his colony died. However, those that survive
continued to reproduce and within six months his colony was again thriving. The next summer, unusually
warm temperatures again cause the basement temperatures to rise above 85°F for two days in a row.
Surprisingly, Martin noticed that only a small portion of the worm colony died. What is the best explanation
for this?
24. Which of the following examples is not correctly matched with a correct term?
25. A biologist is studying how pollution affects algal growth and snail populations in a portion of Lake Erie.
What level of organization is she studying?
A. population
B. community
C. ecosystem
D. biosphere
E. cells
26. Didinium are carnivorous protistans that prey on other, slower moving protistans. A student is studying
Didinium feeding rates after 1, 3, and 5 days of food deprivation. How should she classify the organism she
is studying?
A. eukaryotic decomposer
B. prokaryotic consumer
C. bacterial decomposer
D. prokaryotic producer
E. eukaryotic consumer
27. Linda is studying the interaction between porcupines, pinion pine trees, and pine bark beetles. Over the
course of her study in northern Texas, she observes the behaviors of 25 porcupines, records the location
of 151 pinion pines, and traps 332 beetles. Her study encompasses ________ population(s) and
________ organisms.
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A. 1; 508
B. 3; 3
C. 508; 508
D. 3; 508
E. 508; 3
A. class
B. population
C. ecosystem
D. species
E. cells
29. Kevin is studying predator-prey interactions. One day he notices a spider eating a cricket caught in its
web. Later that day, a bird eats the spider. How many consumers has Kevin observed directly in this
scenario?ev:
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A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
E. 4
30. Kevin is studying predator-prey interactions. One day he notices a spider eating a cricket caught in its
web. Later that day, a bird eats the spider. How many producers are there is this scenario?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
E. 4
31. Kevin is studying predator-prey interactions. One day he notices a spider eating a cricket caught in its
web. Later that day, a bird eats the spider. How many populations are involved in his study?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
E. 4
32. Kevin is studying predator-prey interactions. One day he notices a spider eating a cricket caught in its
web. Later that day, a bird eats the spider. Based on the organisms involved in this study, what level of
organization is he studying?
A. population
B. community
C. ecosystem
D. biosphere
E. cells
33. Refer to the figure below. How many different kingdoms are represented in this figure?
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se contentent pas d’un mari. Les Inuits trouvent que les choses sont
fort bien arrangées ainsi : c’est ce que Moutou-Apou expliqua fort
innocemment à M. Eriksen, le pasteur norvégien qui tenta de
convertir sa tribu, mais n’y parvint point parce que le sorcier vendait
des charmes pour faire prendre beaucoup de poisson, tandis que lui,
cet Européen qui se moquait du monde, prétendait qu’il faut là-
dessus se borner à invoquer le Seigneur.
Comme tous les siens, Moutou-Apou avait deux morales : une
morale d’été et une morale d’hiver. En hiver, il convient de vivre tout
nu, au fond de larges caves creusées dans la neige, où les grosses
lampes à huile, taillées dans la pierre de savon, entretiennent une
chaleur presque excessive qui rend insupportable le poids des
vêtements de fourrure. Les deux sexes, dans ces caves, vivent
mêlés, mais chastement, sans se toucher, en frères et sœurs. Il est
recommandable de se remuer le moins possible, de manger le
moins possible, de dormir autant que possible, afin d’épargner les
provisions. En été, au contraire, la coutume veut qu’on reste au
grand air, ou bien dans des huttes faites d’ossements de baleines,
recouvertes de peau, et vêtu, car les nuits sont fraîches. Mais, le
poisson et le gibier étant abondants, il est licite et même obligatoire
de manger beaucoup — chaque jour quatre ou cinq livres de viande
— et de faire l’amour autant qu’on peut, dans l’intervalle des repas.
Toutefois, au cours de la saison d’hiver. Moutou-Apou, sans
doute à cause de sa jeunesse, avait peine à dormir autant que
l’exigeait l’usage. Alors, sur des os de cétacé ou bien l’ivoire des
défenses de morse, à l’aide d’un fin burin de silex il gravait de
nombreuses images. C’était l’histoire de ses chasses et de ses
pêches, des espèces d’idéogrammes où on le voyait portant sur son
dos le kayak de cuir qu’il dirigeait sur les eaux du Mackenzie ou
même de l’océan Arctique, — car la tribu allait parfois jusque-là dans
ses migrations, — capturant des phoques, tuant un ours. Ou bien
c’étaient les portraits, fort ressemblants, tracés avec un art ingénu,
de ces animaux ; ce qui paraît bien prouver qu’en effet il gardait dans
les veines le sang des vieux chasseurs de l’époque de la Madeleine,
qui nous ont laissé en France, dans les grottes où ils célébraient des
rites mystérieux, des preuves si émouvantes de leur talent de
peintres et de sculpteurs. Comme eux, Moutou-Apou n’aimait guère
figurer que des choses qui ont vie et qu’on peut tuer pour se nourrir.
Voilà pourquoi certains livres du pasteur norvégien, l’évangélique et
mal récompensé pasteur Eriksen, l’intéressèrent. Quelques-uns
étaient illustrés, les uns représentant des hommes et des femmes en
costumes bizarres, ou presque nus, — à l’époque de la morale
d’hiver, croyait-il, mais en réalité c’étaient les personnages de
l’Ancien et du Nouveau Testament — les autres habillés comme
monsieur le pasteur, et portant le même magnifique chapeau de
haute forme dont, même aux environs du pôle, celui-ci se coiffait, les
jours de cérémonie.
C’étaient là des hommes et des femmes en vie, mais on ne les
pouvait tuer pour se nourrir, et par conséquent moins attrayants, aux
yeux de Moutou-Apou, que les bêtes dont les effigies peuplaient un
autre des ouvrages de la bibliothèque de M. Eriksen. Plusieurs
semblaient d’une taille monstrueuse, d’autres affectaient des formes
bien étranges. Il ne faut pas s’en étonner : c’étaient les
reconstitutions de la faune antédiluvienne, telles qu’on les pouvait
contempler dans cette traduction anglaise de la Terre avant le
Déluge, de M. Louis Figuier, vulgarisateur scientifique un peu oublié
de nos jours, mais dont les honnêtes travaux ne sont pas sans
valeur. Dans l’esprit de Moutou-Apou, ces animaux devaient être
sûrement ceux qui se rencontraient dans le pays du missionnaire,
aussi communément que les ours blancs et les morses dans la
patrie des Inuits ; et cela lui fit une grande impression. Quel paradis
que celui où l’on pouvait chasser ces montagnes de chair, ces êtres
singuliers et gigantesques ! Il en rêvait dans la grande cave aux
parois de neige, il en gardait la figure dans sa mémoire.