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Science Final - Released PAT Questions and Answers with
100% VERIFIED Solutions UPDATED!!!
When the living conditions in a habitat change rapidly, the
organisms that are most likely to become extirpated are -
ANSWER Specialists that occupy a narrow niche
Dairy farmers have bred dairy cattle over many generations in
order to increase the volume of milk that each cow can
produce. This process is called - ANSWER Artificial selection
A female cat with white fur and a male cat with black fur
produce three black kittens. White fur colour is _________ in
cats, and if the two cats described above had a fourth kitten, it
would be ___________ - ANSWER Recessive, black
( Adult > sex cells > zygote > embryo )
One of the stages in which cells contain a normal number of
chromosomes is labeled ________ and the stage in which cells
contain only half the normal number of chromosomes is labeled
______ - ANSWER Zygote, sex cells
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If the population of a predator species is reduced due to an
illness, then the population of its prey species will most likely -
ANSWER Increase because predation will decrease
Shara takes cuttings from her red geranium plants every year
and uses them to produce more geranium plants for the
following year. Which of the following statements most likely
describes one advantage of Sarah's gardening practice -
ANSWER It would take a short period of time to reproduce
many plants
Land based ecosystems tend to have more _______ species
than ________ species, and the number of different species
tends to ________, I just got___the father of the ecosystem is
from the equator.
The statement above it is completed by this information: -
ANSWER Mammal, insect, decrease
To control the rat population, British explorers introduce the
Indian Mongoose to the Fijian Islands. Not only do Indian
mongoose is prey on rats, but they also prey on Fiji's ground
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dwelling birds. As a result, the status of these birds in some
areas of Fiji has been affected, as described below.
1. In the lowland regions of Fiji, some species of ground
dwelling birds are no longer found
2. In the rainforest regions of Fiji, the number of ground
dwelling birds is declining rapidly
3. In the remote mountain forests, several species of ground
dwelling birds are not preyed upon by mongooses
To measure the impact of the mongooses, scientists conducted
a study of all ground dwelling bird species in various regions
over a five-year period
The responding variable in this study is - ANSWER Number of
bird species present
Segments of DNA are spliced together to produce rare proteins
used in medicines.
Science Final - Released PAT Questions and Answers with
100% VERIFIED Solutions UPDATED!!!
When the living conditions in a habitat change rapidly, the
organisms that are most likely to become extirpated are -
ANSWER Specialists that occupy a narrow niche
Dairy farmers have bred dairy cattle over many generations in
order to increase the volume of milk that each cow can
produce. This process is called - ANSWER Artificial selection
A female cat with white fur and a male cat with black fur
produce three black kittens. White fur colour is _________ in
cats, and if the two cats described above had a fourth kitten, it
would be ___________ - ANSWER Recessive, black
( Adult > sex cells > zygote > embryo )
One of the stages in which cells contain a normal number of
chromosomes is labeled ________ and the stage in which cells
contain only half the normal number of chromosomes is labeled
______ - ANSWER Zygote, sex cells
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If the population of a predator species is reduced due to an
illness, then the population of its prey species will most likely -
ANSWER Increase because predation will decrease
Shara takes cuttings from her red geranium plants every year
and uses them to produce more geranium plants for the
following year. Which of the following statements most likely
describes one advantage of Sarah's gardening practice -
ANSWER It would take a short period of time to reproduce
many plants
Land based ecosystems tend to have more _______ species
than ________ species, and the number of different species
tends to ________, I just got___the father of the ecosystem is
from the equator.
The statement above it is completed by this information: -
ANSWER Mammal, insect, decrease
To control the rat population, British explorers introduce the
Indian Mongoose to the Fijian Islands. Not only do Indian
mongoose is prey on rats, but they also prey on Fiji's ground
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dwelling birds. As a result, the status of these birds in some
areas of Fiji has been affected, as described below.
1. In the lowland regions of Fiji, some species of ground
dwelling birds are no longer found
2. In the rainforest regions of Fiji, the number of ground
dwelling birds is declining rapidly
3. In the remote mountain forests, several species of ground
dwelling birds are not preyed upon by mongooses
To measure the impact of the mongooses, scientists conducted
a study of all ground dwelling bird species in various regions
over a five-year period
The responding variable in this study is - ANSWER Number of
bird species present
Segments of DNA are spliced together to produce rare proteins
used in medicines.
