Biology Exam 4
This quiz is used to help those college students who are having a hard time with Biology. This comes from the Principals of Biology.
- 1.
Which of the following ways can flowering plants pollinate?
- A.
Wind
- B.
Birds
- C.
Mammals and insects
- D.
All of the above
Correct Answer
D. All of the above -
- 2.
Which of the following may lay dormant for long periods of time until conditions are favorable?
- A.
Sporophyte
- B.
Gametophyte
- C.
Plant embryo
- D.
Meristem
Correct Answer
C. Plant embryo -
- 3.
Which of the following, by definition means increase in size or weight?
- A.
Development
- B.
Growth
- C.
Differentiation
- D.
Germination
Correct Answer
B. Growth -
- 4.
Which of the following means an increase in the number of organs?
- A.
Development
- B.
Growth
- C.
Differentiation
- D.
Germination
Correct Answer
A. Development -
- 5.
This particular plant's organs are produced by shoot apical meristems, thought to have evolved from leaves, and also has a reproductive shoot.
- A.
Algae
- B.
Flower
- C.
Moss
- D.
Trees
Correct Answer
B. Flower -
- 6.
What are the 3 basic organs of a plant?
- A.
Gametes, sporoes, and microspores
- B.
Gametes, spores, and macrospores
- C.
Stems, roots, and leaves
- D.
Stems, leaves, and sporophytes
Correct Answer
C. Stems, roots, and leaves -
- 7.
This behavioral process causes the young to follow its mother during it's critical period.
- A.
Ecological footprint
- B.
Imprinting
- C.
Learning
- D.
Conditioning
Correct Answer
B. Imprinting -
- 8.
What is the study of how populations grow and what promotes and limits its growth?
- A.
Ecology
- B.
Ethology
- C.
Population ecology
- D.
Behavioral ecology
Correct Answer
C. Population ecology -
- 9.
During this type of interaction, both participants are beneficial.
- A.
Commensalism
- B.
Ammensalism
- C.
Mutualism
- D.
Parasite-host/predator-prey
Correct Answer
C. Mutualism -
- 10.
This particular part of a flower functions to protect an unopened flower bud.
- A.
Stamen
- B.
Stamen
- C.
Carpel
- D.
Pistil
Correct Answer
A. Stamen -
- 11.
The observable resonse to an organism due to internal or external stimuli?
- A.
Ecology
- B.
Imprinting
- C.
Conditioning
- D.
Behavior
Correct Answer
D. Behavior -
- 12.
What is another term for the number of organisms in a given unit area?
- A.
Population
- B.
Ecology
- C.
Demography
- D.
Density
Correct Answer
D. Density -
- 13.
This part of a flower serves in attraction of pollinators
- A.
Carpel
- B.
Stamen
- C.
Pistil
- D.
Petal
Correct Answer
D. Petal -
- 14.
What is the first thing to emerge from a germinating seed?
- A.
Hypocotyl or cotyledon
- B.
Embryonic or radical root
- C.
Endosperm
- D.
Embryo
Correct Answer
B. Embryonic or radical root -
- 15.
This area of science focuses on the physiological mechanisms of behavior.
- A.
Behavioral ecology
- B.
Ecology
- C.
Ethology
- D.
Kinesis
Correct Answer
C. Ethology -
- 16.
Simple visual count, and mark-recapture method are 2 different ways for?
- A.
Figuring out an areas demography
- B.
Seeing how population growth affects population density
- C.
Quantifying population density
- D.
Quantifying population ecology
Correct Answer
C. Quantifying population density -
- 17.
Which interaction is involoved when one species has a negative effect on the another, but the reverse effect is neglible.
- A.
Commensalism
- B.
Mutualism
- C.
Predator-prey/parasite-host
- D.
Ammensalism
Correct Answer
D. Ammensalism -
- 18.
This part of a plant produces distinctive spores by meiosis.
- A.
Pistils
- B.
Stamens/carpels
- C.
Filaments
- D.
Ovary
Correct Answer
B. Stamens/carpels -
- 19.
The development of a plant includes which 2 of these?
- A.
Gametophytes and a root apical meristem
- B.
Gametophytes and sporophytes
- C.
Root apical meristem and a shoot apical meristem
- D.
None of the above
Correct Answer
C. Root apical meristem and a shoot apical meristem -
- 20.
Genetically programmed behavior is also known as?
- A.
Sign stimulus
- B.
Innate behavior
- C.
Conditioning
- D.
Habituation
Correct Answer
B. Innate behavior -
- 21.
Dispersion patterns in an ecosystem can be which of the following
- A.
Clumped
- B.
Uniform
- C.
Random
- D.
All of the above
- E.
None of the above
Correct Answer
D. All of the above -
- 22.
Immature male gametophytes are what?
- A.
Spores
- B.
Gametes
- C.
Embryo
- D.
Pollen grains
Correct Answer
D. Pollen grains -
- 23.
The shoot apical meristem (SAM) includes which of the following
- A.
Stems, leaves, roots
- B.
Stems, leaves, and other organ systems
- C.
Stems, leaves, and nodes
- D.
Stems, leaves, and internodes
Correct Answer
B. Stems, leaves, and other organ systems -
- 24.
Male stickelbacks attack red ventral surface while ignoring realistic fish model lacking red underside is an example of what fixed action pattern?
- A.
Innate behavior
- B.
Learning
- C.
Sign Stimulus
- D.
Habituation
Correct Answer
C. Sign Stimulus -
- 25.
Which type of reproductive strategy allows an organism to produce offspring in a single reproductive event, then die?
- A.
Iteroparity
- B.
Semelparity
- C.
Seasonal Iteroparity
- D.
Continuous Iteroparity
Correct Answer
B. Semelparity -
- 26.
If 2 organisms (same or different species) use the same resources (or nearly the same) and those resources ar insufficient for their combined needs, they are in what type of interaction?
- A.
Ammensalism
- B.
Predator-prey/parasite-host
- C.
Competition
- D.
Commensalism
Correct Answer
C. Competition -
- 27.
This part of a flower contains veins of vascular tissue that deliver nutrients from the parent sporophyte to the developing gametophytes.
- A.
Carpel
- B.
Stamen
- C.
Style
- D.
Ovary
Correct Answer
A. Carpel -
- 28.
The root apical meristem (RAM) has rapidly dividing cells and consists of what part of a plant?
- A.
Stems and leaves
- B.
Leaves and other organs
- C.
Roots and other organs
- D.
Roots and root branches
Correct Answer
D. Roots and root branches -
- 29.
This type of conditioning allows and organism to modify behavior based on a previous behavior.
- A.
Habituation
- B.
Learning
- C.
Innate Behavior
- D.
Sign Stimulus
Correct Answer
B. Learning -
- 30.
This type of conditioning is the simplest form of learning.
- A.
Learning
- B.
Innate Behavior
- C.
Habituation
- D.
Sign Stimulus
Correct Answer
C. Habituation -
- 31.
Which type of reproductive strategy allows an organism to reproduce in succesive years or breeding seasons?
- A.
Semelparity
- B.
Iteroparity
- C.
Seasonal Iteroparity
- D.
Continuous Iteroparity
Correct Answer
B. Iteroparity -
- 32.
Competition between individuals of the same species is called what?
- A.
Interspecific
- B.
Resource Competition
- C.
Intraspecific
- D.
Interference Competition
Correct Answer
C. Intraspecific -
- 33.
A carpel of a flower is composed of what 3 flower parts?
- A.
Stamen, pistil, ovary
- B.
Stamen, style, ovary
- C.
Stigma, pistil, ovary
- D.
Stigma, style, ovary
Correct Answer
D. Stigma, style, ovary -
- 34.
Within an ovule, a diploid cell produces what by meiosis?
- A.
2 gametes
- B.
Lots of spores
- C.
3 megaspores (2 die)
- D.
4 megaspores (3 die)
Correct Answer
D. 4 megaspores (3 die) -
- 35.
A female gametophyte consists of how many cells, including the egg cell?
- A.
3
- B.
5
- C.
7
- D.
9
Correct Answer
C. 7 -
- 36.
This process leads to the production of a young sporophyte which lies within a seed.
- A.
Mitosis
- B.
Fertilization
- C.
Multicellular sporophyte generation
- D.
Meiosis
Correct Answer
B. Fertilization -
- 37.
Plants that die after producing seeds their first year are called?
- A.
Perrenials
- B.
Annuals
- C.
Biennials
- D.
None of the above
Correct Answer
B. Annuals -
- 38.
This type of learning helps an organism develop and association between the stimulus and the response.
- A.
Habituation
- B.
Conditional Learning
- C.
Learning
- D.
Associative Learning
Correct Answer
D. Associative Learning -
- 39.
Semelparous organisms with same aged young are called what?
- A.
Cohorts
- B.
Iteroparous organisms
- C.
Younglings
- D.
None of the above
Correct Answer
A. Cohorts -
- 40.
Competition between individuals of different species is called what?
- A.
Cohorts
- B.
Intraspecific
- C.
Interspecific
- D.
Resource Competition
Correct Answer
C. Interspecific -
- 41.
This process involves one of 2 sperm cells fertilizing an egg to produce a diploid zygote, the other sperm cell fuses with 2 nuclei located in a different cell therefore producing an endosperm by mitosis.
- A.
Fertilization
- B.
Pollination
- C.
Multicellular gametophyte genertation
- D.
Double Fertilization
Correct Answer
D. Double Fertilization -
- 42.
Which of the following is a structure that encloses and helps disperse seeds?
- A.
Stamen
- B.
Pistil
- C.
Fruit
- D.
Leaves
Correct Answer
C. Fruit -
- 43.
The ovary of a flower during fruit and seed dispersal changes into what?
- A.
Fruit wall
- B.
Pericarp
- C.
Stamen
- D.
Both a & b
Correct Answer
D. Both a & b -
- 44.
This process results in a spectacular array of flower colors and forms.
- A.
Fertilization
- B.
Coevolution
- C.
Fruit Dispersal
- D.
Seed Dispersal
Correct Answer
B. Coevolution -
- 45.
Flowers develop when a leaf-producing shoot apical meristem becomes transformed into what? (which produces flower organs)
- A.
Root apical meristem
- B.
Sporophyte
- C.
Angiosperm
- D.
Reproductive meristem
Correct Answer
D. Reproductive meristem -
- 46.
What are the 4 flower organs that occur in concentric rings or whorls?
- A.
Sepals, Petals, Stamens, and Carpels
- B.
Pistils, Ovary, Carpels, Stamens
- C.
Calyx, Corolla, Androecium, Gynoecium
- D.
Both A & C
Correct Answer
D. Both A & C -
- 47.
Plants that do not produce the first year, but may the following are called what?
- A.
Perennials
- B.
Annuals
- C.
Biennials
- D.
Angiosperms
Correct Answer
C. Biennials -
- 48.
Plants that live for more than 2 years, often reproducing each year after maturity are called what?
- A.
Perennials
- B.
Biennials
- C.
Annuals
- D.
Bryophytes
Correct Answer
A. Perennials -
- 49.
Plants have a distinctive architecture which includes which of the following?
- A.
Upper, apical pole
- B.
Lower Basal, pole
- C.
Protoderm
- D.
None of the above
- E.
All of the above
Correct Answer
D. None of the above -
- 50.
Plant Meristem cells that remain undifferentiated but can produce new tissues are called what?
- A.
Plant meristems
- B.
Stem cells
- C.
Procambium
- D.
None of the above
Correct Answer
B. Stem cells -
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