BIO 181 Paciulli Final Exam NCSU UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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BIO 181 Paciulli Final Exam NCSU
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
You are studying the color-changing Smith's dwarf chameleon (Bradypodion
taeniabronchum), and trying to get a handle on what is going on with their population
fluctuations. For a few years, the chameleon popu...
BIO 181 Paciulli Final Exam NCSU
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
You are studying the color-changing Smith's dwarf chameleon (Bradypodion
taeniabronchum), and trying to get a handle on what is going on with their population
fluctuations. For a few years, the chameleon population seemed to be increasing, but the next
few years the population appeared to be decreasing. Upon closer examination, the data
indicate that population growth is most influenced by the - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔number of females in the group.
You are part of a research team tasked with coming-up with a plan to measure the total
amount of energy produced in a Sumatran (Indonesia) rainforest. This means that you will
have to figure-out how to measure. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔a. primary productivity
Different species of Caribbean anoles consume the same prey. - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Exploitative
Two species of sea snails, the small Siphonaria lessoni and the larger Fissurella crassa, once
competed for living quarters inside crevices. Although both species liked to burrow into
cracks, the heftier snails eventually edged out their diminutive opponents. The tinier
organism was forced to seek different shelter. This change negatively impacted the species,
because the move exposed them to a less hospitable environment. This lowered the
reproductive rates of the refugees. They eventually died off in certain area - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Competitive Exclusion
Large aphids defend feeding sites on cottonwood leaves by kicking and shoving smaller
aphids from better sites. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔interference
Give the specific name of an organism that is the most likely to have the least amount of total
energy available - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔tertiary consumers
Name one of the three main characteristics of a population that we covered together in class. -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔size
dispersion
, age structure
independent variable - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the variable that is changed or controlled
in a scientific experiment to test the effects on the dependent variable
dependent variable - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the variable being tested and measured in a
scientific experiment.
Which of the following is the biological organization of hierarchical ordered complexity of
life that we will be covering in this course - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Organism,
population, ecosystem, biosphere
In class, the textbook, and on our PowerPoint, we learned that all organisms share the
following characteristics except which one? In other words, which of the following is not
shared by all organisms - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Survival
Darwin's work on the Galapagos Islands led him to derive all of the following concepts,
EXCEPT - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Inheriting acquired characteristics
Our ancestors had much bigger jaws than we do, which helped them chew a tough diet, tear
apart meat, etc. Their teeth also wore down quickly. Wisdom teeth (third molars) grew later in
life, and helped our ancestors continue to eat. Today, ~35% of people are born without
wisdom teeth. This is an example of - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔evolution
Two members of the initial Amish migration to Pennsylvania in 1744 shared the recessive
allele for Ellis-van Creveld syndrome, which results in a long narrow chest and shortening of
the limbs. More Amish people have these traits than the surrounding non-Amish population. -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔founder effect
Alfred Russell Wallace - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔had the revolutionary idea of evolution
by natural selection entirely independently of Charles Darwin
A population that is infinitely large and in which mating is completely random is mostly
likely to - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔not evolve
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