BIOL 1902 Midterm
A moth sits camouflaged on a tree trunk. When disturbed, it
opens its wings and two large eyespots appear. These: Correct
Answers startle predator
a number of animals, non-related and all armed with some
defence, look like each other Correct Answers Mullerian
Mimicry
A Polar Bear is very large and rotund (round). This shape
conforms to: Correct Answers Bergmanns rule
A Polar Bear is very large and rotund (round). This shape
conforms to: Correct Answers Bergmanns Rule
add lots of mud to the outside of their lodge for insulation
Correct Answers beaver
allowing its body temperature to rise to a hyperthermic level
Correct Answers Mourning Dove
allowing some of the intercellular (between cells) water inside
their body to turn to ice Correct Answers Spring Peepers and
Wood Frogs
American Bitterns have streaks down their breast because the
stripes:
a. are a type of masquerade
b. allow a bittern to hide in cattail marshes
c. make the bittern look larger (taller) than it really is
, d. make bitterns blend into a forest with vertical tree trunks
e. are disruptive patterns for camouflage Incorrect Correct
Answers allow a bittern to hide in cattail marshes
An insect eats a plant and continues to stay in its juvenile state
and cannot change into an adult. It likely ate: Correct Answers
balsam fir
Animals in northern areas tend to be paler than animals farther
south. This principle is known as: Correct Answers Glogers
Animals in northern areas tend to be paler than animals farther
south. This principle is known as: Correct Answers Glogers
Rule
Autotomy is the ability to shed a body part and regrow it. This is
a defence of: Correct Answers Five lined Skinks
Bird that migrates during the day Correct Answers
hummingbirds
birds are the only animals that migrate Correct Answers F
Bitterns have stripes on their breasts that background match in
their habitat Correct Answers F
Black Fly larvae attain food by using labral brushes to filter-feed
in flowing water Correct Answers T
A moth sits camouflaged on a tree trunk. When disturbed, it
opens its wings and two large eyespots appear. These: Correct
Answers startle predator
a number of animals, non-related and all armed with some
defence, look like each other Correct Answers Mullerian
Mimicry
A Polar Bear is very large and rotund (round). This shape
conforms to: Correct Answers Bergmanns rule
A Polar Bear is very large and rotund (round). This shape
conforms to: Correct Answers Bergmanns Rule
add lots of mud to the outside of their lodge for insulation
Correct Answers beaver
allowing its body temperature to rise to a hyperthermic level
Correct Answers Mourning Dove
allowing some of the intercellular (between cells) water inside
their body to turn to ice Correct Answers Spring Peepers and
Wood Frogs
American Bitterns have streaks down their breast because the
stripes:
a. are a type of masquerade
b. allow a bittern to hide in cattail marshes
c. make the bittern look larger (taller) than it really is
, d. make bitterns blend into a forest with vertical tree trunks
e. are disruptive patterns for camouflage Incorrect Correct
Answers allow a bittern to hide in cattail marshes
An insect eats a plant and continues to stay in its juvenile state
and cannot change into an adult. It likely ate: Correct Answers
balsam fir
Animals in northern areas tend to be paler than animals farther
south. This principle is known as: Correct Answers Glogers
Animals in northern areas tend to be paler than animals farther
south. This principle is known as: Correct Answers Glogers
Rule
Autotomy is the ability to shed a body part and regrow it. This is
a defence of: Correct Answers Five lined Skinks
Bird that migrates during the day Correct Answers
hummingbirds
birds are the only animals that migrate Correct Answers F
Bitterns have stripes on their breasts that background match in
their habitat Correct Answers F
Black Fly larvae attain food by using labral brushes to filter-feed
in flowing water Correct Answers T
