BIOL 1902 ACTUAL FINAL ( COMPLETE & ACCURATE ) –
VERIFIED EXAM
Q1) Canada Goose “chinstraps” and common Loon “necklaces” are examples of
a) masquerade
b) startle patterns
c) background matching
d ) disruptive patterns
e) fashion accessories
Q2)Batesian mimicry involves
a) an animal looking just like its background
b) an animal looking like a non-living object that is not edible (such as thorn)
c) a harmless animal looking like a harmful one.
d) an animal bearing light colouration on its underside and dark colouration on its upper
side.
e) several animals with powerful defences that all look alike
Q3)The first and main defence of Giant Swallowtail caterpillar is:
a) shiny brown and white body that looks like bird poop
b) A long, thin body that looks like a twig
c) Large blotches of colour that all align to form a continuous camouflage pattern
d) Bright warning colouration to tell a predator it is unsafe to eat
e) A dark upper surface and a light coloured belly that help it hide
Q4)the defence of Giant Swallowtail caterpillar in question #3 is known as:
a) Masquerade
b) Background matching
c) Bicolouration
d) Coincident disruptive
e) Patterning
Q5)Thorns are:
a) Plant defensive structures derived from leaves
b) Plant defensive structures derived from epidermal tissue
c) Plant defensive structures derived from branches
d) Modified trichomes
e) Very uncomfortable underwear
Q6) The Sourpatch Beetle is defend by cardiac glycosides, it is nearly identical to the
very common Bleedingheart Bug, which is orange with blue spots, and full of
,neurotoxins. The bleedingheart Bug looks exactly like the Smelly Fly, which is very rare
and full of cantharidin. This is an example of:
a) Aposematic mimicry
b) Batesian mimicry
c) Mullerian mimicry
d) Both (a) and [c]
e) All the above
Q7)The Subnivean space plays an important role in:
a) The hearing of Moose, White Tailed Deer, and Beavers
b) Keeping feet of ducks warm in winter
c) The detection of predators by smell
d) Keeping an animal cool on hot days
e) The winter survival of small mammals such as Meadow Voles
Q8)Five-lined skinks have bright blue tails that serve to:
a) Distract and deflect a predators attention
b) Warn a predator of a strong physical defence
c) Background match a small pool of water
d) Warn a predator of a powerful chemical defence
e) Absorb solar energy on cold days
Q9) A naturalist is:
a)
b) a person who observes and enjoys nature
Q10)spring peepers, chorus frogs,gray tree frogs and wood frogs share this feature
a) They bear mottled patterns to blend in with the dappled patterns on tree trunks
b) They play dead when a predator threatens them
c) They are freeze tolerant
d) They sequester toxins from insects
e) They spend winter lying dormant in mud on the bottom of ponds
Q11)you would likely find an animal covered in dark and light vertical stripes in this
habitat
a) The forest floor
b) The surface of a pond
c) The canopy (near live leaves)
d) A cattail marsh
, e) A prison
Q12)a woodpecker is able to extend its tongue a great distance from the beak because
of its
a) Tappen
b) Oxymetarium
c) Rete mirabile
d) Hyoid apparatus
e) Long masseter muscles
Q13)These animals use aggressive group defense:
a) White-tailed deer
b) Wolverines
c) Bohemian waxwings
d) Monarchs
e) Yellowjacket wasps
Q14) A mallards eyes provide it with a total view of:
a) 15 degrees
b) 30 degrees
c) 60 degrees
d) 120 degrees
e) 360 degrees
q15) The raised white tail of a white tailed deer likely does this:
a) Startles the predator
b) Warns the predator of a strong defence (hard hooves)
c) Arns the predator of a strong chemical defence (terpenoids)
d) Tells the predator that the deer sees it and chasing it is a waste of time
e) Tells the predator that it surrenders
Q16) Trichomes are:
a) Plant defensive hairs
b) Plant chemical toxin
c) Animal defensive hairs
d) Sensory cells for migration at night
e) Plant structural elements that act as digestibility reducers
VERIFIED EXAM
Q1) Canada Goose “chinstraps” and common Loon “necklaces” are examples of
a) masquerade
b) startle patterns
c) background matching
d ) disruptive patterns
e) fashion accessories
Q2)Batesian mimicry involves
a) an animal looking just like its background
b) an animal looking like a non-living object that is not edible (such as thorn)
c) a harmless animal looking like a harmful one.
d) an animal bearing light colouration on its underside and dark colouration on its upper
side.
e) several animals with powerful defences that all look alike
Q3)The first and main defence of Giant Swallowtail caterpillar is:
a) shiny brown and white body that looks like bird poop
b) A long, thin body that looks like a twig
c) Large blotches of colour that all align to form a continuous camouflage pattern
d) Bright warning colouration to tell a predator it is unsafe to eat
e) A dark upper surface and a light coloured belly that help it hide
Q4)the defence of Giant Swallowtail caterpillar in question #3 is known as:
a) Masquerade
b) Background matching
c) Bicolouration
d) Coincident disruptive
e) Patterning
Q5)Thorns are:
a) Plant defensive structures derived from leaves
b) Plant defensive structures derived from epidermal tissue
c) Plant defensive structures derived from branches
d) Modified trichomes
e) Very uncomfortable underwear
Q6) The Sourpatch Beetle is defend by cardiac glycosides, it is nearly identical to the
very common Bleedingheart Bug, which is orange with blue spots, and full of
,neurotoxins. The bleedingheart Bug looks exactly like the Smelly Fly, which is very rare
and full of cantharidin. This is an example of:
a) Aposematic mimicry
b) Batesian mimicry
c) Mullerian mimicry
d) Both (a) and [c]
e) All the above
Q7)The Subnivean space plays an important role in:
a) The hearing of Moose, White Tailed Deer, and Beavers
b) Keeping feet of ducks warm in winter
c) The detection of predators by smell
d) Keeping an animal cool on hot days
e) The winter survival of small mammals such as Meadow Voles
Q8)Five-lined skinks have bright blue tails that serve to:
a) Distract and deflect a predators attention
b) Warn a predator of a strong physical defence
c) Background match a small pool of water
d) Warn a predator of a powerful chemical defence
e) Absorb solar energy on cold days
Q9) A naturalist is:
a)
b) a person who observes and enjoys nature
Q10)spring peepers, chorus frogs,gray tree frogs and wood frogs share this feature
a) They bear mottled patterns to blend in with the dappled patterns on tree trunks
b) They play dead when a predator threatens them
c) They are freeze tolerant
d) They sequester toxins from insects
e) They spend winter lying dormant in mud on the bottom of ponds
Q11)you would likely find an animal covered in dark and light vertical stripes in this
habitat
a) The forest floor
b) The surface of a pond
c) The canopy (near live leaves)
d) A cattail marsh
, e) A prison
Q12)a woodpecker is able to extend its tongue a great distance from the beak because
of its
a) Tappen
b) Oxymetarium
c) Rete mirabile
d) Hyoid apparatus
e) Long masseter muscles
Q13)These animals use aggressive group defense:
a) White-tailed deer
b) Wolverines
c) Bohemian waxwings
d) Monarchs
e) Yellowjacket wasps
Q14) A mallards eyes provide it with a total view of:
a) 15 degrees
b) 30 degrees
c) 60 degrees
d) 120 degrees
e) 360 degrees
q15) The raised white tail of a white tailed deer likely does this:
a) Startles the predator
b) Warns the predator of a strong defence (hard hooves)
c) Arns the predator of a strong chemical defence (terpenoids)
d) Tells the predator that the deer sees it and chasing it is a waste of time
e) Tells the predator that it surrenders
Q16) Trichomes are:
a) Plant defensive hairs
b) Plant chemical toxin
c) Animal defensive hairs
d) Sensory cells for migration at night
e) Plant structural elements that act as digestibility reducers
