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UCF BIOLOGY EXIT EXAMINATION COMPLETE
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
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313) Which of the following abiotic factors has the greatest
influence on the metabolic rates of plants and animals?
a) water
b) wind
c) temperature
d) rocks and soil
e) disturbances - Answer-C
312) Which of the following are important biotic factors
that can affect the structure and organization of biological
communities?
a) precipitation, wind
b) nutrient availability, soil pH
c) predation, competition
d) temperature, water
e) light intensity, seasonality - Answer-C
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311) Which statement best contrasts environmentalism
with ecology?
a) Ecology is the study of the environment;
environmentalism is the study of ecology.
b) Ecology provides scientific understanding of living
things and their environment; environmentalism is more
about conservation and preservation of life on Earth.
c) Environmentalists are only involved in politics and
advocating for protecting nature; ecologists are only
involved in scientific investigations of the environment.
d) Ecologists study organisms in environments that have
been undisturbed by human activities; environmentalists
study the effects of human activities on organisms.
e) Environmentalism is devoted to applied ecological
science; ecology is concerned with basic/theoretical
ecological science. - Answer-B
310) Ecology as a discipline directly deals with all of the
following levels of biological organization except
a) population.
b) cellular.
c) organismal.
d) ecosystem.
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e) community. - Answer-B
309) Which of the following levels of organization is
arranged in the correct sequence from most to least
inclusive?
a) community, ecosystem, individual, population
b) ecosystem, community, population, individual
c) population, ecosystem, individual, community
d) individual, population, community, ecosystem
e) individual, community, population, ecosystem - Answer-
B
308) Which of the following statements about ecology is
incorrect?
a) Ecologists may study populations and communities of
organisms.
b) Ecological studies may involve the use of models and
computers.
c) Ecology is a discipline that is independent from natural
selection and evolutionary history.
d) Ecology spans increasingly comprehensive levels of
organization, from individuals to ecosystems.
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e) Ecology is the study of the interactions between biotic
and abiotic aspects of the environment. - Answer-C
307) Which of the following obtain energy by oxidizing
inorganic substances; energy that is used, in part, to fix
CO2?
a) photoautotrophs
b) photoheterotrophs
c) chemoautotrophs
d) chemoheterotrophs that perform decomposition
e) parasitic chemoheterotrophs - Answer-C
306) Which of the following use light energy to synthesize
organic compounds from CO2?
a) photoautotrophs
b) photoheterotrophs
c) chemoautotrophs
d) chemoheterotrophs that perform decomposition
e) parasitic chemoheterotrophs - Answer-A
305) Cyanobacteria are
UCF BIOLOGY EXIT EXAMINATION COMPLETE
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR JUST RELEASED
313) Which of the following abiotic factors has the greatest
influence on the metabolic rates of plants and animals?
a) water
b) wind
c) temperature
d) rocks and soil
e) disturbances - Answer-C
312) Which of the following are important biotic factors
that can affect the structure and organization of biological
communities?
a) precipitation, wind
b) nutrient availability, soil pH
c) predation, competition
d) temperature, water
e) light intensity, seasonality - Answer-C
,2|Page
311) Which statement best contrasts environmentalism
with ecology?
a) Ecology is the study of the environment;
environmentalism is the study of ecology.
b) Ecology provides scientific understanding of living
things and their environment; environmentalism is more
about conservation and preservation of life on Earth.
c) Environmentalists are only involved in politics and
advocating for protecting nature; ecologists are only
involved in scientific investigations of the environment.
d) Ecologists study organisms in environments that have
been undisturbed by human activities; environmentalists
study the effects of human activities on organisms.
e) Environmentalism is devoted to applied ecological
science; ecology is concerned with basic/theoretical
ecological science. - Answer-B
310) Ecology as a discipline directly deals with all of the
following levels of biological organization except
a) population.
b) cellular.
c) organismal.
d) ecosystem.
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e) community. - Answer-B
309) Which of the following levels of organization is
arranged in the correct sequence from most to least
inclusive?
a) community, ecosystem, individual, population
b) ecosystem, community, population, individual
c) population, ecosystem, individual, community
d) individual, population, community, ecosystem
e) individual, community, population, ecosystem - Answer-
B
308) Which of the following statements about ecology is
incorrect?
a) Ecologists may study populations and communities of
organisms.
b) Ecological studies may involve the use of models and
computers.
c) Ecology is a discipline that is independent from natural
selection and evolutionary history.
d) Ecology spans increasingly comprehensive levels of
organization, from individuals to ecosystems.
, 4|Page
e) Ecology is the study of the interactions between biotic
and abiotic aspects of the environment. - Answer-C
307) Which of the following obtain energy by oxidizing
inorganic substances; energy that is used, in part, to fix
CO2?
a) photoautotrophs
b) photoheterotrophs
c) chemoautotrophs
d) chemoheterotrophs that perform decomposition
e) parasitic chemoheterotrophs - Answer-C
306) Which of the following use light energy to synthesize
organic compounds from CO2?
a) photoautotrophs
b) photoheterotrophs
c) chemoautotrophs
d) chemoheterotrophs that perform decomposition
e) parasitic chemoheterotrophs - Answer-A
305) Cyanobacteria are
