final bio exam

in the figure below, what is the minimal temperature when it is 1.5 meters below the soil surface?

18 C

What does the graph above tell us about the perfect body?

As long as you think about weight loss, you will have a higher level of depressed mood in the follow-up session.

Which of the following are examples of acclimatization?

Building thicker subcutaneous fat under your skin over the cold winter. Increases red blood cell production after trained in high altitude for two months.

Which of the following levels of ecological organization is arranged in the correct sequence from most to least inclusive?

Ecosystem, community, population, and organism

science told us that a wandering mind is an unhappy mind. which of the following keep you away from a wandering mind?

Focus on single tasking. Practice mindfulness (stop thinking; use breathing to be aware of the present) Organize your learning space.

Which of the following is not an example of keeping a fruitful connection that can make you happier?

Follow a celebrity on Instagram. Arguing with someone on reddit.

What does this figure tell you about the health of people with different emotional style?

Happy people with higher positive emotional style tend to less likely to get cold than people with low positive emotional style. People with the lowest positive emotional styles has the highest percentage of getting colds. Risk of getting colds is inversely correlated to the level of positive emotional style.

Which of the following is not an example of miswanting?

Mary's doctor

what have we learnt about good income and salary raise?

Our "Good income" increases when our salary increases. It depends on the difference between the actual outcome and the expected outcome. It depends on or the actual outcome and the outcomes of people surrounding you.f

Which of the followings are the characteristics of a growth mindset?

See effort as the path to mastery. Find lessons and inspiration in the success of others. See the world as deterministic. Persist in the face of setbacks.

Which of the following demonstrate process praise?

Telling someone who answered a difficult question in the lecture that he must have paid a lot of attention during class. Congratulate someone who got an A that his/her/their hard work paid off.

Recent studies have shown that middle school children with changing mindsets workshop have better Math grade and better prosocial skills.

True

Which of the following can be said about light in aquatic environments?

Water selectively reflects and absorbs certain wavelengths of light

Increase body fat over an extremely cold winter is _________ response.

acclimatization

a certain species of desert mammal has very long ears that help in regulating body temperature. this is an example of adaptation

adaptation

Which marine zone would have the lowest rates of primary productivity (photosynthesis)?

aphotic

which of the following are biotic factors?

competition for food, competition for mate, waste products

If a meteor impact or volcanic eruption injected a lot of dust into the atmosphere and reduced the sunlight reaching Earth's surface by 70 percent for 1 year, which of the following marine communities most likely would be LEAST affected?

deep-sea vent

In the figure above, which direction will have a desert biome?

east

Homeostasis means animals maintain a set value of some physiological variable same as the environment.

false

In the environments with more extreme climates, biotic factors predominate over abiotic factors in determining which organisms are present.

false

Which of the following is the perfect model to study genetics?

fruit flies

which one of the following is an example of adaptation?

generational changes in the genetic frequency and composition so that populations that reside in high altitudes have more red blood cells than other populations after many generations.

Gian argues with Jessie that his car is a living thing, because the car burns fuel, has organized structure, responds to slippery conditions, and signals when the tire pressure is low. which of the following is the strongest characteristic that living things have but a car does not?

growth and development

which of the followings is not an example of miswantings?

health

Which of the following is a negative-feedback ?

hungry-eat-full-stop eating, temp drops-ac turns on, temp rises-ac turn on

A certain species of pine tree survives only in scattered locations at elevations above 2800 meters in the western United States. To understand why this tree grows only in these specific places, an ecologist should ________.

investigate the various biotic and abiotic factors that are unique to high altitude

Which of the following statements best describes life satisfaction and income?

life satisfaction increases as income increases but only up to around 75,000, life satisfaction does not increase further.

Marsupials are found only in North and South America and in the Australian region. Their distribution is a result of the breakup of the supercontinent Pangea into Gondwana and Laurasia 120 mya. The modern distribution of marsupials is therefore a result of the effect of ________.

past abiotic factors

An ecologist decides to study the effect of pathogens of the pollinator of a particular plant species on its reproductive success. Which level of ecological study does this variable represents?

population ecology

Why should we care about mental health in college students?

positive emotions at 18 years predicted getting a job at 26. positive emotions at 18 years predicted whether you would be satisfied with your job at 26. positive emotions at 18 years predicted even financial security at 26. cheerful freshman predicted earning a higher salary than the non-cheerful freshman.

Which of the following are important biotic factors that can affect the structure and organization of biological communities?

predation, competition

Which of the following had a positive effect on children when their 4th grade achievement was measured?

process praise that praise for effort and strategies

Which of the following about true love is true?

relationship that leads to marriage increases life satisfaction until two years after marriage

Theoretically, which would be the most effective way to disrupt a Hadley cell?

remove all equatorial moisture and convection

The main reason polar regions are cooler than the equator is that ________

sunlight strikes the poles at a lower angle

Which one of the following is an example of immediate response?

sweating during running in a hot summer day

Patterns of global air circulation explain why the tropics are wet compared to regions in other latitudes. Which of the following is not determined by these patterns?

the amount of solar radiation per unit area

Millions of tons of plastic reach the ocean each year from rivers. This trash accumulates in very large masses that float on the oceans. Plastic is often confused for food and it has seen to cause malnutrition in the species that consume it. This situation is an example of ________.

the effect human activities have on aquatic environments

what does the data below is false about good grades?

the predicted happiness is the lowest, if the grade is exactly as expected.

If the Earth were to reorient such that the North Pole always received direct sunlight (always faced the Sun), how would that change Earth's climate?

the south pole would get colder

Microhabitat underground can be very different above ground conditions and it can be modified by the presence of the organism and its behavior.

true

in the map above, The weather will be drier near 30° N and near 30° S

true

How to use social media to feel happier not anxious?

use it to record and remind the wonderful time that you have with the community and friends

Which one of the following will disappoint you the least?

vacation