Exam 1: A View of Life

Didinium are carnivorous protista, that prey on other, slower moving protista. A student is studying Didinium feeding rates after 1, 3, and 5 days of food deprivation. How should she classify the organism she is studying?

All of the following are true with respect to DNA except _________

Kevin is studying predator-prey interactions. One day he notices a spider eating a cricket caught in its web. Later that day, a bird eats the spider. How many consumers are there is this scenario?

Prokaryotes belong to _______________.

Kevin is studying predator-prey interactions. One day he notices a spider eating a cricket caught in its web. Later that day, a bird eats the spider. How many producers are there is this scenario?

Domain _______________ includes both unicellular and multicellular organisms.

Which of the following is NOT true about ecosystems?

Which of the following correctly lists the classification categories from least to most inclusive?

The metabolic reactions that rake place in a cell obey all of the same laws and require the same conditions necessary for any chemical reaction to occur. To make these reactions possible cells

After spending an hour working outside in the hot, sunny weather, a person typically perspires and will need to drink water. This is part of

Based on the evolutionary tree of the three domains, which of the following is true?

All single-celled organisms including archaea and bacteria are prokaryotes.

The process of _____________________ transforms solar energy into chemical energy.

Which of the following is NOT true about biodiversity?

The process of _______________________ leads to organisms that are ___________________________ that environment.

A biologist is studying how pollution affects algal growth and snail populations in a portion of Lake Erie. What level of organization is she studying?

Refer to the figure below. How many different kingdoms are represented in this figure?

Scientists were studying temperature selection amongst pregnant big brown bats. What would be the best control group for this study?

Which of the following statements is not correctly matched with the scientific method term?

The mountain zebra (Equus zebra) and the donkey (Equus asinus) belong to the same species.