BIO 182 FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS; COMPETENCY EXAM
PREP
abiotic components - correct answer- air, water, and
non-living parts of soil
age-specific fecundity - correct answer- the average
number of female offspring produced by a female in a given age-
class
altruism - correct answer- behavior that has a fitness
cost to the individual exhibiting it and a fitness benefit to the
recipient, appears to contradict this pattern (queen bees giving
themselves up for the queen to reproduce)
asymmetric competition - correct answer- one species
suffers a much greater fitness decline than the other
,Batesian Mimicry - correct answer- Resemblance of an
innocuous prey species to a dangerous species (Look dangerous
but aren't dangerous)
behavior - correct answer- an action or response to a
stimulus
behavioral biology - correct answer- study of how
organisms respond to particular stimuli from those
environments
biomes - correct answer- major groupings of plant and
animal communities defined by a dominant vegetation type
boreal forest (taiga) - correct answer- forms on
subarctic lands, dominated by highly cold-tolerant conifers;
productivity is low, above-ground biomass is high because slow-
growing tree species may be long-lived and become big
character displacement - correct answer- evolutionary
change that occurs in species trait and enables species to exploit
different resources
, circadian clock - correct answer- maintains a 24-hour
rhythm of chemical activity-animals use sun for direction
climate - correct answer- the prevailing, long-term
weather conditions found in an area
commensalism - correct answer- occurs when one
species benefits, but the other species is unaffected
communication - correct answer- process in which a
signal from one individual modifies the behavior of another
individual
community - correct answer- consists of species that
interact with one another within a particular area
compass orientation - correct answer- movement
oriented in a specific direction
competition - correct answer- occurs when individuals
use the same resources
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS; COMPETENCY EXAM
PREP
abiotic components - correct answer- air, water, and
non-living parts of soil
age-specific fecundity - correct answer- the average
number of female offspring produced by a female in a given age-
class
altruism - correct answer- behavior that has a fitness
cost to the individual exhibiting it and a fitness benefit to the
recipient, appears to contradict this pattern (queen bees giving
themselves up for the queen to reproduce)
asymmetric competition - correct answer- one species
suffers a much greater fitness decline than the other
,Batesian Mimicry - correct answer- Resemblance of an
innocuous prey species to a dangerous species (Look dangerous
but aren't dangerous)
behavior - correct answer- an action or response to a
stimulus
behavioral biology - correct answer- study of how
organisms respond to particular stimuli from those
environments
biomes - correct answer- major groupings of plant and
animal communities defined by a dominant vegetation type
boreal forest (taiga) - correct answer- forms on
subarctic lands, dominated by highly cold-tolerant conifers;
productivity is low, above-ground biomass is high because slow-
growing tree species may be long-lived and become big
character displacement - correct answer- evolutionary
change that occurs in species trait and enables species to exploit
different resources
, circadian clock - correct answer- maintains a 24-hour
rhythm of chemical activity-animals use sun for direction
climate - correct answer- the prevailing, long-term
weather conditions found in an area
commensalism - correct answer- occurs when one
species benefits, but the other species is unaffected
communication - correct answer- process in which a
signal from one individual modifies the behavior of another
individual
community - correct answer- consists of species that
interact with one another within a particular area
compass orientation - correct answer- movement
oriented in a specific direction
competition - correct answer- occurs when individuals
use the same resources
