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BIOL1902 Natural History Lecture Notes (exam study guide) complete 2025 Carleton University Lecture 1 What is Natural History? Natural History - The observation of living plants and animals - Flora and Fauna - and their interactions • An observational science Naturalist - Someone with a general interest in Natural History Component 1: Staying Alive Defence Appearance: Camouflage o Concealment o Only works if there is no movement o Different habitats offer different op...

BIOL 1902 Natural History midterm exam 110 questions and answers Carleton University BIOL 1902 Natural History midterm exam 110 questions and answers Carleton University Q1) Canada Goose “chinstraps” and common Loon “necklaces” are examples of a) masquerade b) startle patterns c) background matching d ) disruptive patterns e) fashion accessories Q2)Batesian mimicry involves a) an animal looking just like its background b) an animal looking like a non-living object that is no...

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The following drug produces the least physical damage to humans: A)alcohol B)cocaine C)heroin D)Nicotine E) LSD - B)cocaine A new BC pill has a pregnancy rate of 0.3 per 100 woman years. This means: A) every sexually active woman taking it has a 3% chance of getting pregnant B) for every 1000 women taking the pill for a year, 3 become pregnant C) for every 100 sexually active women, 3 become pregnant within a year D) 300 sexually active women taking the...

What is the shape of the demand curve faced by a perfectly competitive firm? - Horizontal A profit-maximizing competitive firm will produce up to the point which...... - marginal revenue equals marginal cost. A competitive firm is said to maximize its profit when....... - the price is equal to marginal cost. In the presence of technology spillovers, the market tends to ____________ and _____________ the product relative to societies best interest. - underproduce, overprice Suppose th...

The mass of ice that flows under its own weight and forms when snowfall exceeds snow melt over long periods of time. Occupies ~11% of Earth's land area today. - Glacier 1. Powerful agent of geomorphic change. 2. Source of freshwater - ~77% of all freshwater are locked in glaciers. 3. Release nutrients locked up in rocks. 4. Contributes to change in sea level. - Environmental significance of glaciers Related to water volume and ice volume. - Eustatic sea-level Related to land 'posit...

Types of Criminal Offenses - Indictable: more serious, preliminary hearing, right to jury, choice of court Summary: less serious, no right to jury, 6 month limitation, can be indictable due to criminal history Hybrid: judges discretion What is a limitation period? - A period of time the authorities have to charge someone and convict them. In a summary offence, the limitation period is 6 months. Thirteen Stages of a Criminal Case - 1) Investigation 2) Laying of charges 3) Decision to pr...

What are stromatolites? - rocks formed by the accumulation of sedimentary layers on bacterial mats What are stromatolites? - rocks formed by the accumulation of sedimentary layers on bacterial mats When was the oxygen revolution? - 2.7-2.3 bya Oldest Eukaryotes - 1.8 billion years ago Oldest fossil of a multicellular eukaryote - 1.6 billion years ago What is a protist? - polyphyletic group of unicellular eukaryotes when was the earliest direct evidence of life, and where was it...