BIO 215 - Exam 1 and 2 Questions With
Correct Answers
What |is |ecology |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |study |of |relationship |between |organisms |and |the
|environment
Earth's |climatic |variation |is |due |to |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-spherical |shape |of |the |earth, |
earths |axial |rotation |as |it |orbits |the |sun, |uneven |heating |of |the |earths |surface
Evolution |results |from |what |4 |things |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-natural |selection, |mutation, |
genetic |drift, |gene |flow
Darwin |talks |about |what |three |things |and |NOT |____ |________ |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-talks |
about: |adaptation, |natural |selection, |fitness
does |NOT: |gene |frequencies
Evolution |is |a |change |in |... |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |change |in |gene |frequencies |in |a |
population
Artificial |selection |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |term |used |to |describe |how |humans |have |
domesticated |plants |and |animals
Adaption |to |the |environment |by |a |population |includes |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-(1) |variation |in
|characteristics |among |individuals |in |a |population
(2) |anatomy, |physiology, |and/or |behavior
(3) |improved |ability |to |live |in |the |environment
(4) |evolution
, Age |distribution |of |a |population |will |reveal |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-growth |potential, |
survivorship |and |reproduction
Metapopulation |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-spatially |isolated |patches |connected |by |exchange |of |
individuals |among |patches
Africanized |honeybee |will |stop |moving |north |because... |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-because |of |
unfavorable |climatic |factors
Bird |populations |have |indicated |that |are |_________, |distributed |on |a |_______ |scale |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-(1) |clumped
(2) |large
Characteristics |of |a |population |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-(1) |consist |of |single |species
(2) |have |an |age |distribution
(3) |birth |rate
(4) |have |an |emigration |rate
Logistic |Growth |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-dN/dt=rN[(1-N/K]
Exponential |Population |Growth |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-dN/dt=rN
The |logistic |model |of |population |growth |if |N>K |then |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-both |r |is |
negative |and |the |population |declines
R |selection |(instead |of |K) |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-multiple |generations |are |produced |per |year,
|small |body |size, |rapid |development, |high |r |and |early |reproduction
Correct Answers
What |is |ecology |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |study |of |relationship |between |organisms |and |the
|environment
Earth's |climatic |variation |is |due |to |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-spherical |shape |of |the |earth, |
earths |axial |rotation |as |it |orbits |the |sun, |uneven |heating |of |the |earths |surface
Evolution |results |from |what |4 |things |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-natural |selection, |mutation, |
genetic |drift, |gene |flow
Darwin |talks |about |what |three |things |and |NOT |____ |________ |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-talks |
about: |adaptation, |natural |selection, |fitness
does |NOT: |gene |frequencies
Evolution |is |a |change |in |... |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |change |in |gene |frequencies |in |a |
population
Artificial |selection |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |term |used |to |describe |how |humans |have |
domesticated |plants |and |animals
Adaption |to |the |environment |by |a |population |includes |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-(1) |variation |in
|characteristics |among |individuals |in |a |population
(2) |anatomy, |physiology, |and/or |behavior
(3) |improved |ability |to |live |in |the |environment
(4) |evolution
, Age |distribution |of |a |population |will |reveal |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-growth |potential, |
survivorship |and |reproduction
Metapopulation |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-spatially |isolated |patches |connected |by |exchange |of |
individuals |among |patches
Africanized |honeybee |will |stop |moving |north |because... |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-because |of |
unfavorable |climatic |factors
Bird |populations |have |indicated |that |are |_________, |distributed |on |a |_______ |scale |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-(1) |clumped
(2) |large
Characteristics |of |a |population |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-(1) |consist |of |single |species
(2) |have |an |age |distribution
(3) |birth |rate
(4) |have |an |emigration |rate
Logistic |Growth |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-dN/dt=rN[(1-N/K]
Exponential |Population |Growth |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-dN/dt=rN
The |logistic |model |of |population |growth |if |N>K |then |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-both |r |is |
negative |and |the |population |declines
R |selection |(instead |of |K) |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-multiple |generations |are |produced |per |year,
|small |body |size, |rapid |development, |high |r |and |early |reproduction
