BIOL 1902 A Midterm Notes Questions With Complete
Solutions
____ % of heat is lost when the rete mirable is n operation ?
Correct Answers 90%
"HERPS"- Correct Answers Another name for reptiles and
amphibians
"Phyto" Correct Answers Produced by the plant.
1rst stage of acclimation Correct Answers Photoperiod
Photo chromes = lightly sensitive photopigments, cause the cell
to go dormant.
2 disadvantages of being an active winter animal are? Correct
Answers Hibernation
Physical adaptation (movement).
2 major groups affected by environmental stress factors Correct
Answers Ectotherms - within them
Exotherms - outside of them
2nd stage of acclimation Correct Answers Triggered by the
cold. (Not sub zero temperatures) (10-0 degrees)
3 Sensory Organs All Aligned Correct Answers Beavers
a Motus does what ? Correct Answers tracks a single birds
location.
,A symbiotic relationship Correct Answers chemicals and
bacteria
Acclamation Correct Answers a change internally in the plant.
(enable chlorophyll to use suns energy to create heat, not
photosynthesize.
Active searching Correct Answers animals that hunt by moving
around
Advantages for eating other animals include : Correct Answers
easier to digest animal tissues
proteins are already packaged in other animal
Alkaloids interfere with ? Correct Answers digestion by
binding to digestive enzymes, some are sugar mimics. =
constitutive defences (are always in the plant)
Allen's rule is ? Correct Answers the more farther north you
travel the less bigger features you have, short extremities are
better. (EXTREMITY SIZE)
Analogous structures are? Correct Answers parts of a living
thing that perform the same thing but they originate differently.
Animals break off plant tissue with ? Correct Answers Radula
(chainsaw teeth)
Another word for colour change Correct Answers fall colours
, Aposematic colouration Correct Answers bright colours of
animals that release chemicals or stingers
APOSEMATIC COLOURS Correct Answers used by plants
such as blueberries, to determine to ripeness of themselves.
Argiopes Correct Answers highly visable zigzag web and
colour of spider that creates it.
Arum plants contain what ? Correct Answers CALCIUM
OXALATE CRYSTALS in their leaves. (JACK IN THE
PULPIT)
Auditory Correct Answers Ears
balsam fir is low in ? Correct Answers sodium
Basking Correct Answers animals lay and bake in the sun on
cold days, this can be done when the animal is asleep.
bees also use what to help them cool? Correct Answers liquids
Bicolouration Correct Answers
BIRD HAWKS kill with ? Correct Answers Talons - squeezing
internal organs till prey dies.
birds can turn their head ____ degrees so they can see better
behind them Correct Answers 270
Solutions
____ % of heat is lost when the rete mirable is n operation ?
Correct Answers 90%
"HERPS"- Correct Answers Another name for reptiles and
amphibians
"Phyto" Correct Answers Produced by the plant.
1rst stage of acclimation Correct Answers Photoperiod
Photo chromes = lightly sensitive photopigments, cause the cell
to go dormant.
2 disadvantages of being an active winter animal are? Correct
Answers Hibernation
Physical adaptation (movement).
2 major groups affected by environmental stress factors Correct
Answers Ectotherms - within them
Exotherms - outside of them
2nd stage of acclimation Correct Answers Triggered by the
cold. (Not sub zero temperatures) (10-0 degrees)
3 Sensory Organs All Aligned Correct Answers Beavers
a Motus does what ? Correct Answers tracks a single birds
location.
,A symbiotic relationship Correct Answers chemicals and
bacteria
Acclamation Correct Answers a change internally in the plant.
(enable chlorophyll to use suns energy to create heat, not
photosynthesize.
Active searching Correct Answers animals that hunt by moving
around
Advantages for eating other animals include : Correct Answers
easier to digest animal tissues
proteins are already packaged in other animal
Alkaloids interfere with ? Correct Answers digestion by
binding to digestive enzymes, some are sugar mimics. =
constitutive defences (are always in the plant)
Allen's rule is ? Correct Answers the more farther north you
travel the less bigger features you have, short extremities are
better. (EXTREMITY SIZE)
Analogous structures are? Correct Answers parts of a living
thing that perform the same thing but they originate differently.
Animals break off plant tissue with ? Correct Answers Radula
(chainsaw teeth)
Another word for colour change Correct Answers fall colours
, Aposematic colouration Correct Answers bright colours of
animals that release chemicals or stingers
APOSEMATIC COLOURS Correct Answers used by plants
such as blueberries, to determine to ripeness of themselves.
Argiopes Correct Answers highly visable zigzag web and
colour of spider that creates it.
Arum plants contain what ? Correct Answers CALCIUM
OXALATE CRYSTALS in their leaves. (JACK IN THE
PULPIT)
Auditory Correct Answers Ears
balsam fir is low in ? Correct Answers sodium
Basking Correct Answers animals lay and bake in the sun on
cold days, this can be done when the animal is asleep.
bees also use what to help them cool? Correct Answers liquids
Bicolouration Correct Answers
BIRD HAWKS kill with ? Correct Answers Talons - squeezing
internal organs till prey dies.
birds can turn their head ____ degrees so they can see better
behind them Correct Answers 270
