Unit Test — Cumulative exam Answers

The carbon cycle involves an exchange of carbon between _______.

Which of the following best describes daily temperatures in deserts?

Carnivores have sharp, pointed teeth that allow them to tear flesh from prey. What type of adaptation is this?

Mammals do not live in the tundra, because the climate is too extreme.

Earth’s cycles provide organisms with continued access to usable elements necessary for sustaining life.

Which of the following is not a reason for cluster distribution of organisms?

Deciduous forests receive most of their 30 to 60 inches of annual precipitation in the summer.

Which of the following is not a method to determine population size?

A species of plants that adapts to become more tolerant of toxic heavy metals produced as a result of human mining activities is an example of _______.

Yellowstone National Park has 124 wolves living in it. The park covers 3472 square miles. What is the population density of wolves living in Yellowstone?

Mammals were not contemporaries of the dinosaurs.

Which of the following is considered an arid biome?

Why do deciduous trees lose their leaves in the fall?

Which of the following is a way humans have impacted the rainforests, but not the tundra?

Jackrabbits’ large ears are an adaptation for _______.

Explain the function of the thick bark found on deciduous trees.

Which of the following animals is not found in the tundra?