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Which can be inferred from natural selection?
2.
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A Flounder look like the sea floor is an example of_____________.
3.
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You can identify some chemicals of life and how they interact at the cellular level
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Biodiversity is considered important because ___________.
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Improved housing, technology, nutrition, and medicine has led to the human population to grow following an exponential growth curve.
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When nuclear radiation floated across the Russian tundra after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, radiation levels were much higher in the wolves (carnivores) that are caribou and other mammals than in the caribou (herbivores) or the tundra plants and lichens that made up the caribou diet. This is an example of:
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Hedgehogs and porcupines both have quills. These features are examples of what type of defense mechanism?
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You understand the basic mechanisms of and interplay between photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
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Recycling_________.
10.
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The figure below shows the growth curves of two populations of Paramecium, P. aurelia (darker line) and P. caudatum (light grey line).
The top graph illustrates the data when GF Gause grew the paramecium in separate habitats..... pic of graph.
From the data, GF Gause concluded that__________.
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Community ecology is concerned with evolutionary adaptations that enable individual organisms to meet the challenges posed by their abiotic environments
12.
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Which of these is a community?
13.
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You can analyze genetic interactions, solve simple genetic crosses, and understand how genetics plays a role in population, speciation, and evolution of organisms.
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In a population that is following an exponential growth pattern, what shape does the population's growth curve most closely resemble?
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Conservation Biology seeks to understand and counter the loss of biodiversity.
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Mice eat grains stored in a barn. The mice are consumed by snakes, which themselves are consumed by hawks. What trophic level is the snake?
17.
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Which of the following actions increase your carbon footprint?
18.
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Which of the following describes allopatric speciation?
19.
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A tick has what type of relationship with a dog?
20.
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Microevolution involves changes in allele frequencies with populations.
21.
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All of the following are things used to determine relationships among organisms except:
22.
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A population of lizards live on a farm. On the farm is a green field with a brown wooden fence surrounding it. The blue birds love to eat lizards. For a bird to eat the lizard it must be able to "see" its prey. Which of the following statements is correct?
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Select the correct sequence for the Animal Classification System utilized by scientists.
24.
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Which of the following is an important role fungi play?
25.
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The Sahara Desert and the Negev Desert belong to the same________.
26.
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Which of the following is an example of directional selection?
27.
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The third greatest threat to biodiversity comes from_____.
28.
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Who studied interspecific competition in two closely related species?
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Which of the following is NOT a plant defense against herbivory?
30.
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Relative Abundance is the total number of different species in a community.
31.
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What actions can you take to help conserve and protect our environment?
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Sustainable development__________.
33.
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In some zoos, rare crosses between a male lion and a female tiger have produced hybrid offspring called ligers. Male ligers are sterile but some female ligers are fertile. In the wild, lion and tiger ranges do not naturally overlap, making such a cross unlikely. The production of sterile male ligers is an example of___________.
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A poisonous dart frog is brightly colored is an example of ____________.
35.
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Which of these would be considered a biotic component of your environment?
36.
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Select the correct classification sequence for the human race.
37.
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In some zoos, rare crosses between a male lion and a female tiger have produced hybrid offspring called ligers. Male ligers are sterile but some female ligers are fertile. In the wild, lion and tiger ranges do not naturally overlap, making such a cross unlikely. The natural differences in the ranges of wild tigers and lions is an example of________?
38.
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A non poisonous king snake looks like a poisonous coral snake is an example of____________.
39.
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you understand basic concepts in population, community, and ecosystem ecology.
40.
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If an owl is moved from a mature evergreen forest to mature hedge row in a suburban neighborhood, the owl's ________ has been changed.

A)biosphere
B)habitat
C)range
D)environmental resistance
E)niche
41.
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Which of the following are the proper components in the proper order for the scientific method?
42.
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Which of the following is a behavioral response to environmental variability?
43.
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The top level of a food chain is the 4th level. Why is there almost never any 5th level consumers?
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A new mutation that happens to be beneficial can increase in frequency in a bacterial population very rapidly. If a single individual in the population harbors a mutation that renders it resistant to an antibiotic, there may be millions of resistant bacteria a few hours after antibiotic treatment. The new mutant bacteria would be an example of:
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The competitive exclusion principle states that two species cannot coexist in a community if their niches are identical.
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Ecologists have noted that the next generation of Adiele penguins did not hatch. According to the video in class, what is the cause of this?
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In the food chain: grass->antelope->wolves->bears. The grass would be an example of a/an:
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A population of lizards live on a farm. On the farm is a green field with a brown wooden fence surrounding it. The blue birds love to eat lizards. An illness develops in the lizard population and no lizards on the farm survive. If the blue birds cannot find an alternative food source ________.