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Bio Quiz 13

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Which of the following experiments would help support the idea that behavior can be influenced by the environment?
Select one:
a. Robins who were raised in the nest of sparrows sing the sparrow song when they are older.
b. Laughing gull chicks increase their pecking efficiency when presented with a model of the parents bill.
c. A baby goose hatches out and the first object it sees is a red ball. The goose will follow the ball around as it grows up.
d. Young blue jays eat a monarch for the first time and become ill. The birds stop preying upon monarchs after the experience.
e. All of the answer choices are correct.
e. All of the answer choices are correct.
Which of the following supports a genetic basis of behavior?
Select one:
a. two brothers raised in the same household who like the same type of ice cream
b. identical twins that are raised in two separate families and grow up to smoke the same brand of cigarettes
c. a sister and a brother who are raised in the same household and say things in the same way
d. two unrelated individuals who are raised in the same household and have the same taste in clothing
e. cousins who grow up in the same family prefer the same foods
b. identical twins that are raised in two separate families and grow up to smoke the same brand of cigarettes
While walking along a trail in the woods you notice that your dog walks over to a tree and urinates on the base of the largest tree on the trail. Your dog's behavior is an example of
Select one:
a. visual communication.
b. auditory communication.
c. tactile communication.
d. chemical communication.
e. learning.
d. chemical communication.
Which type of communication occurs when one animal touches another?
Select one:
a. chemical communication
b. visual communication
c. tactile communication
d. auditory communication
e. pheromone communication
c. tactile communication
The first female aphids to hatch in the spring settle on large leaves and defend them against other females. This is an example of
Select one:
a. territoriality.
b. reproductive behavior.
c. feeding behavior.
d. learned behavior.
e. dominance hierarchy.
a. territoriality.
Fifty days after hatching, a white-crowned sparrow will never be able to sing a normal song if reared in isolation. This is an example of
Select one:
a. a sensitive period.
b. a sign stimulus.
c. an innate behavior.
d. fixed action pattern.
e. habituation.
a. a sensitive period.
Ecology is best defined as the study of
Select one:
a. populations.
b. the rate of population changes.
c. communities.
d. how populations are restricted by environmental resistance.
e. organisms as they interact with other organisms and with their physical surroundings.
e. organisms as they interact with other organisms and with their physical surroundings.
All the members of the same species that inhabit a particular area are termed a(n)
Select one:
a. ecosystem.
b. biosphere.
c. ecological niche.
d. population.
e. community.
d. population.
A number of populations of different species interacting with one another in a natural environment, such as a rotten log, is called
Select one:
a. competition.
b. a community.
c. a biome.
d. predation.
e. symbiosis.
b. a community.
Which statement about parasitism is true?
Select one:
a. The host is generally smaller than the parasite.
b. Parasites are always severe and kill the host.
c. All parasites require a single host for their life cycle.
d. There are examples of parasites in every kingdom of life.
e. All parasites will remain attached to their host for the entire life span of the host.
d. There are examples of parasites in every kingdom of life.
The idea that plants cannot grow on a particular area until the soil has been developed enough by an earlier community is the
Select one:
a. climax-pattern model.
b. facilitation model.
c. inhibition model.
d. tolerance model.
e. soil development model.
b. facilitation model.
Which of the following is correct when describing a predator-prey cycle?
Select one:
a. A decline in the number of predators causes a decline in the number of prey.
b. A decline in the number of prey causes a decline in the number of predators.
c. An increase in the number of predators triggers an increase in the number of prey.
d. An up-and-down cycle will be seen for the prey animal.
e. A seasonal die-off will occur without the other species present.
b. A decline in the number of prey causes a decline in the number of predators.
Less energy is available at the next trophic level because
Select one:
a. all the food is captured and eaten before it can reach the next trophic level.
b. all of the food eaten is digested and absorbed.
c. only a portion of the food that is digested can be used to make ATP.
d. all of the absorbed food molecules are used as an energy source for ATP buildup in mitochondria.
e. all of the food is absorbed, but not all can be used to make ATP.
c. only a portion of the food that is digested can be used to make ATP.
The primary consumers that feed directly on green plants are called
Select one:
a. omnivores.
b. decomposers.
c. herbivores.
d. carnivores.
e. producers.
c. herbivores.
Concerning the nitrogen cycle, which of these is NOT true?
Select one:
a. It requires a number of different types of bacteria.
b. Plants can take in and use nitrogen from the air by using their leaves.
c. Ammonium in the soil is converted to nitrite by nitrite-producing bacteria and then nitrite is converted to nitrate by nitrate-producing bacteria.
d. Eventually, organic nitrogen becomes inorganic nitrogen again.
e. Human activities increase the nitrogen fixation rate.
b. Plants can take in and use nitrogen from the air by using their leaves.
Which statement is TRUE about the water (hydrologic) cycle?
Select one:
a. Because this is a true cycle, it is impossible to run out of fresh water for human use.
b. Some water evaporates from land and from plants.
XX c. All water molecules that evaporate from the ocean precipitate on land and move by gravity through groundwater to the ocean again.
d. Once water sinks into the ground, it is safe from human exploitation or pollution until it has rejoined the ocean.
e. The main source of water in the atmosphere is from evaporation over landmasses.
X - c. All water molecules that evaporate from the ocean precipitate on land and move by gravity through groundwater to the ocean again.
In a grassland biome, which organism would most likely be at the highest trophic level?
Select one:
a. hawk
b. big bluestem grass
c. sparrow
d. caterpillar
e. mouse
a. hawk
In an experiment carried out to study the energy flow through an ecosystem, scientists measured the total solar energy captured by plants to be 10,000 kilocalories. The portion of this available to the next trophic level will be
Select one:
a. 10,000 kilocalories.
b. 1,000 kilocalories.
c. 100 kilocalories.
d. 10 kilocalories.
e. 1 kilocalorie.
b. 1,000 kilocalories.
The open sunlit layer of the body of a lake is the
Select one:
a. littoral zone.
b. limnetic zone.
c. profundal zone.
d. benthic zone.
e. abyssal zone.
b. limnetic zone.
Which would NOT be a characteristic of an estuary?
Select one:
a. low percentage of immature animals
b. high nutrient concentration
c. brackish water
d. shallow
e. good sunlight penetration
a. low percentage of immature animals
When an ocean current brings rich nutrients to the surface, it is called a(n)
Select one:
a. eutrophication.
b. lake effect.
c. upwelling.
d. monsoon.
e. profundal zone.
c. upwelling.
Why is a rocky seashore inhabited by more types of organisms than a sandy seashore?
Select one:
a. The rocks trap and hold more nutrients.
b. The sand drains of water quickly at low tide.
c. The sand does not hold nutrients.
d. Predators are more likely to hunt along sandy shores.
e. It is easier for organisms to attach to the rocks.
e. It is easier for organisms to attach to the rocks.
In the summer, a deep lake contains three layers: an upper ___, a middle ___, and a lower ___.
Select one:
a. epilimnion; thermocline; hypolimnion
b. thermocline; hypolimnion; epilimnion
c. hypolimnion; epilimnion; thermocline
d. epilimnion; hypolimnion; thermocline
e. thermocline; epilimnion; hypolimnion
a. epilimnion; thermocline; hypolimnion
Which of the following is called the nursery of the sea?
Select one:
a. benthic zone
b. pelagic region
c. rocky seashore
d. estuary
e. abyssal zone
d. estuary
The largest biome on Earth is the
Select one:
a. tundra.
b. taiga.
c. temperate deciduous forest.
d. desert.
e. ocean.
e. ocean.
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