BIO 181 Paciulli Final Exam NCSU Questions and Correct Verified Answers
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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 ...
BIO 181 Paciulli Final Exam NCSU
Questions and Correct Verified 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
✓ 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.
✓ a. primary productivity
Different species of Caribbean anoles consume the same prey.
✓ 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
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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
✓ Competitive Exclusion
Large aphids defend feeding sites on cottonwood leaves by kicking and shoving smaller
aphids from better sites.
✓ interference
Give the specific name of an organism that is the most likely to have the least amount
of total energy available
✓ tertiary consumers
Name one of the three main characteristics of a population that we covered together in
class.
✓ size
✓ dispersion
✓ age structure
independent variable
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✓ the variable that is changed or controlled in a scientific experiment to test the
effects on the dependent variable
dependent variable
✓ 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
✓ 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
✓ Survival
Darwin's work on the Galapagos Islands led him to derive all of the following concepts,
EXCEPT
✓ 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)
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