BIOL 130, Krueger, UTM, Test 1
A ____________ ecologist might study the ways in which plants and animals within a forest affect one another's growth when they interact with each other.
Community
True of False: A population is more complex than a community.
False
True of False: An atom is more complex than a molecule.
False
True or False: A tissue is more complex than an organ.
False
True or False: An atom is more complex than a cell.
False
True or False: An organism that obtains energy from non-living sources (assuming these sources were never alive) is called a heterotroph
False
True or False: Asexual reproduction is beneficial because it creates new combinations of inherited traits.
False
Homeostasis best applies to which of the qualities of life?
Maintaining internal constancy
During the December solstice it is __________ in the southern hemisphere due to the tilt of the earth's axis.
Summer
True or False: All organisms use energy.
True
True or False: An ecosystem is more complex than a community.
True
True or False: Ecosystems depend on a stream of energy from an outside source.
True
True or False: Energy exits an ecosystem as heat.
True
True or False: Not all organisms obtain energy the same way.
True
True or False: Sexual reproduction is beneficial because it is a source of genetic diversity.
True
What is included in the domain Eukarya?
protists, fungi, plants, animals
One of the advantages of ____________ reproduction is that it produces new combinations of inherited traits.
sexual
In the scientific method, what two steps occur before you formulate a hypothesis?
1. Make observations. 2. Ask a question.
What characteristic do tropical rainforests and tropical savannas have in common?
Warm temperatures year round.
