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The Biosphere: An Introduction

to Earth’s Diverse

Environments

FINAL ROUND

Behavioral Adaptations

to the Environment

Population Ecology

Communities and

Ecosystems

Conservation Biology

Ecology

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Biomes

$100 Question

The sum of all Earth’s ecosystems is called the ______________.

a. stratosphere

b. biome

c. biosphere

d. thermosphereANSWER

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Biomes

$100 Answer

The sum of all Earth’s ecosystems is called the ______________.

a. stratosphere

b. biome

c. biosphere

d. thermosphere

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Biomes

$200 Question

___________ is credited with raising environmental awareness by writing the book Silent Spring.

a. E.O. Wilson

b. John Muir

c. Rachel Carson

d. Jane Goodall ANSWER

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Biomes

$200 Answer

___________ is credited with raising environmental awareness by writing the book Silent Spring.

a. E.O. Wilson

b. John Muir

c. Rachel Carson

d. Jane Goodall

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Biomes

$300 Question

_____________ are the driest of all terrestrial biomes.

a. Deserts

b. Temperate grasslands

c. Savannas

d. Coniferous forestsANSWER

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Biomes

$300 Answer

_____________ are the driest of all terrestrial biomes.

a. Deserts

b. Temperate grasslands

c. Savannas

d. Coniferous forests

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Biomes

$400 Question

The greatest annual input and least seasonal variation in solar radiation takes place in the _______________.

a. tropics

b. polar regions

c. Northern Hemisphere

d. Southern Hemisphere ANSWER

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Biomes

$400 Answer

The greatest annual input and least seasonal variation in solar radiation takes place in the _______________.

a. tropics

b. polar regions

c. Northern Hemisphere

d. Southern Hemisphere

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Biomes

$500 Question

Fresh water and seawater mix in a(n) _________________.

a. littoral zone

b. benthic zone

c. pelagic zone

d. estuaryANSWER

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Biomes

$500 Answer

Fresh water and seawater mix in a(n) _________________.

a. littoral zone

b. benthic zone

c. pelagic zone

d. estuary

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Behavioral Adaptations

$100 Question

_________________ has studied chimpanzees since the early 1960s and today works tirelessly to work for their conservation.

a. E.O. Wilson

b. Rachel Carson

c. Ariel Lugo

d. Jane Goodall ANSWER

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Behavioral Adaptations

$100 Answer

_________________ has studied chimpanzees since the early 1960s and today works tirelessly to work for their conservation.

a. E.O. Wilson

b. Rachel Carson

c. Ariel Lugo

d. Jane Goodall

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Behavioral Adaptations

$200 Question

When a nipple is placed in a newborn baby’s mouth, the infant will immediately begin to suckle. This is an example of ____________.

a. imitation

b. innate behavior

c. imprinted behavior

d. habituationANSWER

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Behavioral Adaptations

$200 Answer

When a nipple is placed in a newborn baby’s mouth, the infant will immediately begin to suckle. This is an example of ____________.

a. imitation

b. innate behavior

c. imprinted behavior

d. habituation

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Behavioral Adaptations

$300 Question

When you successfully study with the stereo on in the background, you are demonstrating _________.

a. habituation

b. imprinting

c. association

d. imitation ANSWER

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Behavioral Adaptations

$300 Answer

When you successfully study with the stereo on in the background, you are demonstrating _________.

a. habituation

b. imprinting

c. association

d. imitation

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Behavioral Adaptations

$400 Question

The modification of behavior based upon specific experiences defines ___________.

a. learning

b. habituation

c. conditioning

d. imprintingANSWER

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Behavioral Adaptations

$400 Answer

The modification of behavior based upon specific experiences defines ___________.

a. learning

b. habituation

c. conditioning

d. imprinting

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Behavioral Adaptations

$500 Question

A grayling butterfly will normally fly toward the sun. This is an example of __________.

a. migration

b. phototropism

c. taxis

d. kinesisANSWER

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Behavioral Adaptations

$500 Answer

A grayling butterfly will normally fly toward the sun. This is an example of __________.

a. migration

b. phototropism

c. taxis

d. kinesis

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Population Ecology

$100 Question

A group of individuals of a single species that occupies the same general area defines a(n) ______________.

a. population

b. community

c. ecosystem

d. biome ANSWER

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Population Ecology

$100 Answer

A group of individuals of a single species that occupies the same general area defines a(n) ______________.

a. population

b. community

c. ecosystem

d. biome

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Population Ecology

$200 Question

Assume that there are 5 alligators per hectare in a swamp in northern Florida. This is a measure of the alligator population’s ____________.

a. range

b. density

c. dispersion

d. intrinsic rate of increaseANSWER

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Population Ecology

$200 Answer

Assume that there are 5 alligators per hectare in a swamp in northern Florida. This is a measure of the alligator population’s ____________.

a. range

b. density

c. dispersion

d. intrinsic rate of increase

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Population Ecology

$300 Question

The maximum number of individuals a habitat can support indefinitely is called the ________________.

a. community size

b. reproductive potential

c. population growth

d. carrying capacity ANSWER

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Population Ecology

$300 Answer

The maximum number of individuals a habitat can support indefinitely is called the ________________.

a. community size

b. reproductive potential

c. population growth

d. carrying capacity

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Population Ecology

$400 Question

What will be the approximate shape of the age-structure diagram of a decreasing population?

a. an hourglass

b. an inverted pyramid

c. a circle

d. an upright pyramid ANSWER

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Population Ecology

$400 Answer

What will be the approximate shape of the age-structure diagram of a decreasing population?

a. an hourglass

b. an inverted pyramid

c. a circle

d. an upright pyramid

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Population Ecology

$500 Question

The type of growth illustrated by the human race during the past 2,000 years is _________.

a. exponential

b. logistic

c. linear

d. z-shaped ANSWER

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Population Ecology

$500 Answer

The type of growth illustrated by the human race during the past 2,000 years is _________.

a. exponential

b. logistic

c. linear

d. z-shaped

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Communities and Ecosystems

$100 Question

The feeding relationships among the species of a community is the community’s ______________.

a. niche

b. diversity

c. trophic structure

d. richness ANSWER

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Communities and Ecosystems

$100 Answer

The feeding relationships among the species of a community is the community’s ______________.

a. niche

b. diversity

c. trophic structure

d. richness

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Communities and Ecosystems

$200 Question

A community is composed of ___________.

a. one species of organism living in one particular environment

b. living organisms and their nonliving environment

c. all the factors that constitute an organism’s niche

d. potentially interacting populations of different species of organisms ANSWER

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Communities and Ecosystems

$200 Answer

A community is composed of ___________.

a. one species of organism living in one particular environment

b. living organisms and their nonliving environment

c. all the factors that constitute an organism’s niche

d. potentially interacting populations of different species of organisms

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Communities and Ecosystems

$300 Question

The sum total of a species’ use of the biotic and abiotic resources of its habitat constitutes its _________________.

a. environment

b. niche

c. range

d. distribution ANSWER

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Communities and Ecosystems

$300 Answer

The sum total of a species’ use of the biotic and abiotic resources of its habitat constitutes its _________________.

a. environment

b. niche

c. range

d. distribution

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Communities and Ecosystems

$400 Question

Coevolution is an outcome of ___________ between two species.

a. competitive exclusion

b. niche compartmentalization

c. resource partitioning

d. reciprocal adaptationANSWER

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Communities and Ecosystems

$400 Answer

Coevolution is an outcome of ___________ between two species.

a. competitive exclusion

b. niche compartmentalization

c. resource partitioning

d. reciprocal adaptation

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Communities and Ecosystems

$500 Question

What generally flows in one direction through an ecosystem, from producers up through each level of consumers, and is not recycled?

a. water

b. carbon

c. sunlight

d. energyANSWER

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Communities and Ecosystems

$500 Answer

What generally flows in one direction through an ecosystem, from producers up through each level of consumers, and is not recycled?

a. water

b. carbon

c. sunlight

d. energy

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Conservation Biology

$100 Question

Today, the single greatest threat to biodiversity is _________________.

a. global warming

b. primary succession

c. exotic species introduction

d. habitat destructionANSWER

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Conservation Biology

$100 Answer

Today, the single greatest threat to biodiversity is _________________.

a. global warming

b. primary succession

c. exotic species introduction

d. habitat destruction

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Conservation Biology

$200 Question

What percentage of the prescriptions dispensed by U.S. pharmacies contains substances derived from plants?

a. 25%

b. 30%

c. 50%

d. 75% ANSWER

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Conservation Biology

$200 Answer

What percentage of the prescriptions dispensed by U.S. pharmacies contains substances derived from plants?

a. 25%

b. 30%

c. 50%

d. 75%

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Conservation Biology

$300 Question

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) __________.

a. are used as pesticides

b. are a useful energy source

c. add to acid rain

d. deplete the ozone layerANSWER

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Conservation Biology

$300 Answer

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) __________.

a. are used as pesticides

b. are a useful energy source

c. add to acid rain

d. deplete the ozone layer

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Conservation Biology

$400 Question

Burning fossil fuels and deforestation have resulted in an increase in the concentration of ______ in the atmosphere, which may be causing the global climate to change.

a. CO2

b. O3

c. NO2

d. DDTANSWER

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Conservation Biology

$400 Answer

Burning fossil fuels and deforestation have resulted in an increase in the concentration of ______ in the atmosphere, which may be causing the global climate to change.

a. CO2

b. O3

c. NO2

d. DDT

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Conservation Biology

$500 Question

Kangaroos are found only in Australia. Thus, kangaroos are said to be ____________ to Australia.

a. extirpative

b. exotic

c. endemic

d. alien ANSWER

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Conservation Biology

$500 Answer

Kangaroos are found only in Australia. Thus, kangaroos are said to be ____________ to Australia.

a. extirpative

b. exotic

c. endemic

d. alien

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FINAL ROUND Question

A sperm whale in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean is in which oceanic zone?

a. intertidal

b. pelagic

c. benthic

d. neriticANSWER

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FINAL ROUND Answer

A sperm whale in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean is in which oceanic zone?

a. intertidal

b. pelagic

c. benthic

d. neritic