Population Size — Cumulative exam Answers

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

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

A
Behavior
B
Biochemical
C
Physiological
D
Ecological
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What system includes oxygen, nitrogen, and ozone?

A
geosphere
B
hydrosphere
C
atmosphere
D
biosphere
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Soil generation and soil conservation are equally effective agricultural strategies.

A
T
B
F
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Aquatic ecosystems support more primary producers proportional to their area than terrestrial ecosystems.

A
T
B
F
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The carbon cycle involves an exchange of carbon between _______.

A
the geosphere and atmosphere
B
the atmosphere and hydrosphere
C
the geosphere and hydrosphere
D
the geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere
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Why are a variety of instruments needed to measure change in the climate system?

A
A different type of instrument is needed for each different climate.
B
The climate system involves a number of different factors that are measured differently.
C
Climate is determined over a number of years, rather than a short period of time.
D
Different areas have developed different instruments to measure climate change.
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Areas with more rainfall will have the same rate of soil formation as areas with less rainfall.

A
T
B
F
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Fires are important to savanna ecosystems, but not to grassland ecosystems.

A
T
B
F
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Decomposers such as fungi break down the nutrients in dead plant and animal matter for use by _______.

A
producers
B
primary consumers
C
secondary consumers
D
tertiary consumers
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Temperatures in the tundra range from extreme highs to extreme lows.

A
T
B
F
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Which of the following species is an R-selected species?

A
Giant tortoises
B
Mosquitoes
C
Elephants
D
Redwoods
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Mammals do not live in the tundra, because the climate is too extreme.

A
T
B
F
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Freshwater biomes have _______.

A
organisms adjusted to high salinity
B
more diversity than marine biomes
C
a salinity of less than 1%
D
the ability to maintain their temperature year round
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Which of the following is not a part of Earth’s system?

A
hydrosphere
B
geosphere
C
biosphere
D
chronosphere
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Competitive exclusion controls population size.

A
T
B
F
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What characteristic is shared by both inceptisols and entisols, the soils of flood plains?

A
They both have well-developed soil horizons and profiles.
B
Both are young and only beginning to develop horizons and a soil profile.
C
They are both at the final stage of soil development.
D
None of the above
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Which of the following is not a reason for cluster distribution of organisms?

A
localized availability of resources
B
herd behavior
C
hive behavior
D
territorial behavior
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A species that has experienced a severe bottleneck event would be expected to _______.

A
be better able to adapt to changing environmental pressures
B
have few instances of inbreeding
C
be more susceptible to disease and famine
D
retain significant genetic diversity
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The temperature stability of earth’s atmosphere is mostly due to _______.

A
the seasonal changes in day length
B
the rotation of earth about its axis
C
plant respiration
D
water in the oceans acting as a thermoregulator

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