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BIO 181 Paciulli Final Exam NCSU Study Guide Questions and 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 ...

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BIO 181 Paciulli Final Exam NCSU Study

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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

- 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. - ANSWER✔✔-a. primary productivity


Different species of Caribbean anoles consume the same prey. - 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 - ANSWER✔✔-Competitive Exclusion


Large aphids defend feeding sites on cottonwood leaves by kicking and shoving smaller aphids from

better sites. - ANSWER✔✔-interference



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Give the specific name of an organism that is the most likely to have the least amount of total energy

available - ANSWER✔✔-tertiary consumers


Name one of the three main characteristics of a population that we covered together in class. -

ANSWER✔✔-size


dispersion


age structure


independent variable - ANSWER✔✔-the variable that is changed or controlled in a scientific experiment

to test the effects on the dependent variable


dependent variable - 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 - 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 -

ANSWER✔✔-Survival


Darwin's work on the Galapagos Islands led him to derive all of the following concepts, EXCEPT -

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 -

ANSWER✔✔-evolution



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