Ges 102 Final

Front 1

Which cannot be dated with C-14?

A. Wood

B. Pottery

C. Skeletons

D. all

Back 1

B. Pottery

Front 2

Deeper sediment layers are older and can be used to date materials in a principle called ____.

Back 2

superposition

Front 3

_________ are examples of analogous structures.

Select one:

a. None of these alternatives

b. Front legs of mammals

c. Bird wings and insect wings

Back 3

c. Bird wings and insect wings

Front 4

Which of these can evolve?

Select one:

a. population

b. both individual and population

c. individual

Back 4

a. population

Front 5

The Carbon 14 isotope has a half-life of approximately _______.

Back 5

5,700 years

Front 6

________ suggested that evolution could be explained by offspring inheriting characteristics that their parents had acquired during their lifetime.

Back 6

Lamarck

Front 7

_________ are examples of homologous structures.

Back 7

Front legs of mammals

Front 8

____________ has been associated with a meteor that slammed into earth long ago.

Back 8

iridium

Front 9

________ suggested that evolution could be explained by some members of a population having more offspring than others during their lifetime.

Select one:

a. Wallace

b. Darwin and Wallace

c. Lamarck

d. None of the people mentioned suggested that

e. Darwin

Back 9

Darwin and Wallace

Front 10

On the Galapagos Islands, Darwin observed ____________ among other animals, and this helped him shape his ideas about natural selection.

Back 10

finches and iguanas

Front 11

Elephant seals were used as an example of ________.

a. gene flow

b. none of the alternatives provided are correct

c. mutations

d. the founder effect

e. genetic drift

Back 11

e. genetic drift

Front 12

Both extremes of a population are favored in ____________.

Select one:

a. none of the alternatives provided are correct

b. stabilizing selection

c. disruptive selection

d. directional selection

Back 12

c. disruptive selection

Front 13

Elephant seals were used as an example of ________.

Select one:

a. the founder effect

b. none of the alternatives provided are correct

c. non-random mating

d. gene flow

e. mutations

Back 13

c. non-random mating

Front 14

Sickle cell disease is fairly common because __________.

Select one:

a. none of the alternatives provided are correct

b. of a heterozygote advantage

c. it is a dominant disorder

d. it is a lethal disease

e. it is dominant and has a heterozygote advantage

Back 14

b. of a heterozygote advantage

Front 15

One extreme of a population is favored in ____________.

Select one:

a. directional selection

b. disruptive selection

c. none of the alternatives provided are correct

d. stabilizing selection

Back 15

a. directional selection

Front 16

A mule is an example of __________.

Select one:

a. hybrid inviability

b. hybrid sterility

c. habitat isolation

d. gametic isolation

e. none of the alternatives provided are correct

Back 16

b. hybrid sterility

Front 17

A mule is an example of _________.

Select one:

a. hybrid breakdown

b. none of the alternatives provided are correct

c. a postzygotic barrier

d. hybrid inviability

Back 17

c. a postzygotic barrier

Front 18

A courtship ritual is an example of _________.

Select one:

a. gametic isolation

b. behavioral isolation

c. temporal isolation

d. none of the alternatives provided are correct

Back 18

b. behavioral isolation

Front 19

A plant accidentally doubling its chromosomes is an examples of ______ speciation.

Select one:

a. neopatric

b. allopatric

c. none of the alternatives provided are correct

d. sympatric

Back 19

d. sympatric

Front 20

Prairie dog populations separated by a large mountain range could potentially lead to ____________ speciation.

Select one:

a. neopatric

b. sympatric

c. allopatric

d. none of the alternatives provided are correct

Back 20

c. allopatric

Front 21

What does expontential growth look like?

Back 21

A j-curve

Front 22

In the transitional stage of the Demographic Transition Model _____________.

Select one:

a. both birth rates and death rates are low

b. both birth rate and death rates are high

c. the death rate drops, while birth rate remains high

d. the birth rate falls below the death rate

Back 22

c. the death rate drops, while birth rate remains high

Front 23

You would expect ________ to tend to follow a Type I survivorship curve.

Select one:

a. none of the answers provided are true

b. many birds

c. elephants

d. oysters

Back 23

c. elephants

Front 24

Which of the following is an example of density-dependent control of population size?

Select one:

a. competition

b. all of the answers are true

c. disease

d. none of the answers provided are true

e. predation

Back 24

b. all of the answers are true

Front 25

Which one of the following do you expect to show a clumped distribution?

Select one:

a. none of the answers provided are true

b. territorial animals

c. elephants

d. dandelions

Back 25

c. elephants

Front 26

Which of these was mentioned as an example of positive feedback?

Select one:

a. a room’s thermostat

b. child birth

c. a car’s cruise-control

d. all of the provided answers are true

e. a mammal’s temperature regulation

Back 26

b. child birth

Front 27

Which of these was mentioned as an example of negative feedback?

Select one:

a. all of the provided answers are true

b. a room’s thermostat

c. child birth

d. cafeteria food

e. rainfall amounts

Back 27

b. a room’s thermostat

Front 28

Heat exchanged by air moving past an animal’s body is an example of ________.

Select one:

a. none of the provided answers are true

b. transportation

c. condiction

d. convection

e. radiation

Back 28

d. convection

Front 29

Ectotherms can be said to generally have a benefit in the tropics.

Back 29

b. true

Front 30

Mammals use _______ to get rid of their nitrogen waste.

Select one:

a. urea

b. ammonia

c. uric acid

d. none of the provided answers are true

e. amino acids

Back 30

a. urea

Front 31

Eagles and grass would be expected to have an interaction described as ____________.

Select one:

a. mutualistic

b. parasitic

c. neutral

d. None of the answers provided are true

e. commensalism

Back 31

c. neutral

Front 32

Mimicry is ___________.

Select one:

a. when an animal resembles another one to be better camouflaged

b. a good example of competitive exclusion

c. an example of secondary succession

d. when one animal resembles another one for protection from predation

Back 32

d. when one animal resembles another one for protection from predation

Front 33

Which of these were used as an example of a population that grew out of control?

Select one:

a. Yucca moths

b. all of the answers provided are true

c. Rabbits in Australia

d. Prickly Pear in Australia

e. Rabbits and Prickly Pear in Australia

Back 33

e. Rabbits and Prickly Pear in Australia

Front 34

________ is when a forest ecosystem starts over again after a big fire.

Select one:

a. Secondary succession

b. Primary succession

c. Climaxing

d. Pioneering events

e. None of the answers provided are true

Back 34

a. Secondary succession

Front 35

You would expect less species on _____ and ______ islands.

Select one:

a. smaller, nearby

b. smaller, distant

c. larger, nearby

d. larger, distant

Back 35

b. smaller, distant

Front 36

____________ is/are not recycled in an ecosystem.

Select one:

a. Energy and Chemicals

b. none of the answers provided are true

c. Chemicals

d. Energy

Back 36

d. Energy

Front 37

The second trophic level refers to organisms that _____________.

Select one:

a. are herbivores

b. do photosynthesis

c. none of the answers provided are true

d. are carnivores

Back 37

a. are herbivores

Front 38

A community is ______________.

Select one:

a. none of the answers provided are true

b. all living and non-living things in an area

c. all the populations in an area

d. the sum of all the regions on earth where organisms live

Back 38

c. all the populations in an area

Front 39

A ecosystem is ______________.

Select one:

a. none of the answers provided are true

b. all living and non-living things in an area

c. the sum of all the regions on earth where organisms live

d. all the populations in an area

Back 39

b. all living and non-living things in an area

Front 40

Which of the following is part of the hydrological cycle?

Select one:a. carbon

b. phosphorous

c. water

d. none of the answers provided are true

e. nitrogen

Back 40

c. water

Front 41

You would expect to find alpine tundra ___________.

Select one:

a. close to the poles

b. none of the answers provided are correct

c. on a very high mountain

Back 41

c. on a very high mountain

Front 42

Which of the following are usually flat and found in the interior of continents?

Select one:

a. Grasslands

b. Dry shrublands

c. none of the answers provided are correct

d. Deciduous forests

e. Tropical Rain Forests

Back 42

a. Grasslands

Front 43

A usually shallow and nutrient-rich lake is said to be ____________.

Select one:

a. oligotrophic

b. eutrophic

c. none of the answers provided are correct

d. thermotropic

e. temperate

Back 43

b. eutrophic

Front 44

You would expect to find arctic tundra ___________.

Select one:

a. close to the poles

b. none of the answers provided are correct

c. at high altitude

Back 44

a. close to the poles

Front 45

Which of the following is not a biome?

Select one:

a. all of the answers provided are correct

b. lake

c. grasslands

d. tropical rain forest

e. deciduous forest

Back 45

b. lake

Front 46

Humans use most of the freshwater for ________.

Select one:

a. large-scale agriculture

b. drinking

c. none of the answers provided are correct

d. industrial processes

Back 46

a. large-scale agriculture

Front 47

Industrial smog is primarily caused by ___________.

Select one:

a. burning fossil fuel/coal

b. oxides of nitrogen

c. car exhaust

d. ozone

Back 47

a. burning fossil fuel/coal

Front 48

________ is a major cause for global warming.

Select one:

a. CFCs

b. none of the answers provided are correct

c. carbon dioxide

d. sewage

e. ozone

Back 48

c. carbon dioxide

Front 49

Gray air smog is primarily caused by ___________.

Select one:

a. car exhaust

b. oxides of nitrogen

c. burning coal

d. ozone

Back 49

c. burning coal

Front 50

Regarding the Colorado River/Hoover Dam project :

Select one:

a. All of the answers provided are correct

b. It has lead to inefficient irrigation in places

c. Some of the water is used to grow very thirsty crops such as cotton

d. About 70% of San Diego's water comes from the Colorado River

Back 50

a. All of the answers provided are correct