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Old Dominion University - BIOL MISC Question1)Which type of science seeks to expand knowledge regardless of the short-term application of that knowledge?   •             A

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Old Dominion University - BIOL MISC

Question1)Which type of science seeks to expand knowledge regardless of the short-term application of that knowledge?

 

•             A. empirical

•             B. applied

•             C. basic

•             D. natural

 

 

. Question 2

 

Which is a single cell that lacks membrane bound organelles?

 

•             A. Ribosomes

•             B. Eukaryote

•             C. Prokaryote

•             D. Nucleolus

 

 

. Question 3

What is the main reason offspring will belong to the same species as the parents?

 

•             A. They share the same genes.

•             B. They share the same habitat.

•             C. They share the same food.

•             D. They share the same environment.

 

 

. Question 4

Which scientific name is written in the proper format?

 

•             A. Homo sapiens

•             B. Homo sapiens

•             C. Homo Sapiens

•             D. Homo Sapiens

 

 

Question 5

What is an example of a response to stimuli in a living organism?

 

•             A. A bacteria taking up nutrients from the soil

•             B. A fungi crawling away from a person

•             C. A bear hibernating in the winter

•             D. A plant bending towards the sun

 

 

 

. Question 6

Which statement would be a hypothesis using the scientific method?

 

•             A. There must be something wrong with my sprinkler.

•             B. My grass is not growing.

•             C. If my sprinklers are not working, then my flowers will also die.

•             D. I turn on my sprinklers.

•             E. Why isn’t my grass growing?

 

 

 

 

Question 7

What process do scientists use as a way to perform research with defined steps that include experiments and careful observation?

 

•             A. A journal article

•             B. The right hypothesis

•             C. A clean lab bench

•             D. The scientific method

 

 

 

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Question 8

What is adaptation due to?

 

•             A. altering reproduction from single to multi-cell

•             B. response to touching a thorn on a plant

•             C. a consequence of evolution by natural selection

 

•             D. a change in eating habits due to health issues

 

 

. Question 9

What is the first step in the scientific process?

 

•             A. Prediction

•             B. Observation

•             C. Data collection

•             D. Hypothesis formation

 

 

 

Question 10

What did the modern synthesis add to the theories of Darwin and Wallace?

 

•             A. The concept of natural selection.

•             B. A framework for understanding limited resources.

•             C. Mechanisms of inheritance of traits.

•             D. A modern understanding of cellular respiration.

 

 

 

Question 11

What are the four evolutionary forces that would disrupt population Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?

 

•             A. photosynthesis, cellular respiration, behavior, and mutation

•             B. behavior, non-assortative mating, divergence, and equilibrium

•             C. sexual selection, natural selection, competition, and convergence

•             D. migration, mutation, genetic drift, and natural selection

 

 

 

Question 12

What is an example of gene flow?

 

 

•             A. Purple alleles result in allopatric speciation.

•             B. In a population flowers that carry purple alleles are pollinated more often.

•             C. Purple alleles are introduced into population by migration.

•             D. A new purple allele arises in the population by mutation.

 

 

 

Question 13

What is microevolution?

 

•             A. due to detrimental effects on fitness.

•             B. the field of study which examine allele frequencies.

•             C. the change that gives rise to new species.

•             D. the change in allele frequency in a population.

 

 

 

Question 14

A classic scientific study showed that crayfish on one side of the isthmus of Panama were more closely related to other species on the other side of the isthmus than to each other. The most likely explanation for this result is:

 

•             A. gene flow

•             B. dispersal

•             C. mutation

•             D. vicariance

 

 

 

Question 15

Which is an example of genetic drift?

 

•                             A. Snakes on an island that are unbanded survive better than banded snakes because they avoid predation.

•                             B. A bee pollinates purple or yellow orchids dependent on the frequency of the flower color in the population.

•             C. Finches with large beaks survive and reproduce more after a drought.

 

•                             D. Ten butterflies that are migrating get swept off course and start a new island population.

 

 

 

Question 16

Which statement best describes analogous structures?

 

•             A. evolve from a common ancestor

•             B. result from divergent evolution

•             C. cause increased mutation

•             D. occur in unrelated species

 

 

 

 

Question 17

When does allopatric speciation occur?

 

•             A. when a parent species becomes two species in one location.

•             B. when mutation increases the number of offspring.

•             C. when populations are geographically separated and diverge.

•             D. when individual migrate from one population to another

 

 

 

Question 18

Which situation can result in genetic drift?

 

•             A. bottleneck effect

•             B. convergent evolution

•             C. butterfly effect

•             D. rapid adaptation

 

 

 

Question 19

 

It is important to understand issues of the modern world but separating what in current literature?

 

•             A. Television shows and magic

•             B. News articles and social media

•             C. Valid science and pseudoscience

•             D. Interesting articles and boring articles

 

 

 

 

Question 20

Biology is the study of life, as such it is focused on the things that are living or called what?

 

•             A. Biotic

•             B. Auxiliary

•             C. Abiotic

•             D. Vital

•             E. Inorganic

 

 

 

Question 21

Currently, scientists classify all living organisms into three domains of life EXCEPT which?

 

•             A. Mammalia

•             B. Eukarya

•             C. Archaea

•             D. Bacteria

 

 

 

 

Question 22

Which of the following is considered “safe” laboratory behavior?

 

•             A. Being unorganized

•             B. Wearing baggy clothing

•             C. Wearing protective eyewear

•             D. Smelling chemical samples

 

E. Wearing flipflops

 

 

Question 23

 

The scientific method has been applied to all of the following EXCEPT     .

 

•             A. Mass conservation

•             B. Movements of Glaciers

•             C. Principles of inheritance

•             D. Apparition sightings

•             E. Doppler effect

 

 

 

Question 24

Which of the following principles is important to drawing scientific conclusions?

 

•             A. Bias

•             B. Imprecision

•             C. Repeatability

•             D. Opinion

•             E. Subjectivity

 

 

 

Question 25

Which survey method for elephant counts was a sample or direct type?

 

•             A. Individual range

•             B. Individual registration

•             C. Species range

•             D. Aerial survey

•             E. Dung transects

•             F. Acoustic survey .

 

Question 26

Which survey method for elephant counts was an indirect type?

 

•             A. Aerial survey

•             B. Species range

•             C. Individual registration

•             D. Individual range

•             E. Dung transects

 

 

. Question 27

Why should we study elephants?

 

•             A. They are a keystone species.

•             B. They are big, but not important.

•             C. They drink so much water, we don’t want to run out.

•             D. They are invading the local urban areas.

 

 

. Question 28

As mentioned in the lab, in addition to poaching, why have elephant populations been decreasing over the last few years?

 

•             A. Water Issues

•             B. Food Shortage

•             C. Habitat Loss

•             D. Climate Change

 

 

. Question 29

Currently, which elephant has the largest range in Africa?

 

•             A. Aquatic

•             B. Forest

•             C. Desert

•             D. Savannah

 

 

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