A paradigm ________.

Correct Answer: b.
is a dominant world view in science


Question 2 1 out of 1 points
The scientific process and knowledge is based on ________.
Correct Answer: b.

testing hypotheses that are built on observations


Question 3 0 out of 1 points
Scientific inquiry is based on ________.
Correct Answer: a.
an incremental approach to truth


Question 4 0 out of 1 points
A hypothesis is ________.
Correct Answer: b.
a testable proposition that explains an observed phenomenon or answers a question


Question 5 1 out of 1 points
Qualitative data ________.
Correct Answer: e.
can be acquired in the detailed examination of personal interviews or observations


Question 6 1 out of 1 points
Ecology is ________.
Correct Answer: c.
the study of organisms and their interactions with each other and with the environment


Question 7 1 out of 1 points
What is the definition of sustainable development?
Correct Answer: b.
Using resources to satisfy current needs without compromising future availability


Question 8 0 out of 1 points
Ecosystem services __________.
Correct Answer: d.
economically, socially or spiritually valuable services provided by natural systems


Question 9 1 out of 1 points
The cumulative total and kind of living things on Earth is _________.
Correct Answer: e.
its biodiversity


Question 10 1 out of 1 points
The oceans face pressure from __________.
Correct Answer: c.
overfishing


Question 11 1 out of 1 points
_________ is defined as the number of protons plus the number of neutrons
Correct Answer: a.
mass number


Question 12 1 out of 1 points
_____ are composed of amino acids
Correct Answer: a.
Porteins


Question 13 0 out of 1 points
Which of the following describes a property of pure water?
Correct Answer: e.
dissolves many ionic and polar chemicals necessary for life


Question 14 0 out of 1 points
Cellular respiration ________.
Correct Answer: d.
liberates carbon dioxide and water


Question 15 1 out of 1 points
The San Andreas Fault in California is an example of a(n)_________
Correct Answer: e.
transform plate boundary


Question 16 1 out of 1 points
The force driving plate tectonic is __________.
Correct Answer: 5.
heat in the deepest layers of the earth


Question 17 1 out of 1 points
Coal, oil and natural gas are __________.
Correct Answer: b.
fossil fuels


Question 18 1 out of 1 points
Type of rock formed when magma or lava cools
Correct Answer: b.
igneous


Question 19 1 out of 1 points
Rock that has undergone heat or pressure that causes it to change form is called _________.
Correct Answer: d.
metamorphic


Question 20 1 out of 1 points
The process of subduction ___________.
Correct Answer: b.
occurs when denser ocean crusts slide beneath lighter continental crusts


Question 21 0 out of 1 points
Most extinction is _________.
Correct Answer: b.
gradual


Question 22 0 out of 1 points
The two processes that determine the world's current biodiversity are _____________.
Correct Answer: d.
extinction and speciation rates


Question 23 1 out of 1 points
The functional role of a species in its community is its ______________.
Correct Answer: d.
niche


Question 24 1 out of 1 points
Population distribution describes____________.
Correct Answer: c.
spatial arrangement of individuals of a single species within a particular areas or ecosystem


Question 25 1 out of 1 points
The carrying capacity is the ____________.
Correct Answer: a.
maximum sustainable population that a given environment can support


Question 26 1 out of 1 points
Groups of organisms with low biotic potential, such as gray whales, that produce at most one
offspring every other year ______.
Correct Answer: b.
are K-selected


Question 27 1 out of 1 points
One example of artificial selection is ____________.
Correct Answer: e.
broccoli and brussels sprouts


Question 28 1 out of 1 points
A number of coyotes move into an area and begin to eat a population of small harvest mice.
After several years, the harvest mice are much speedier runners than before the coyotes came. This is
an example of ___________.
Correct Answer: b.
directional selection


Question 29 1 out of 1 points
A Type I survivorship curve, with higher death rates at older ages, is typical of _______.
Correct Answer: d.
large mammals such as gorillas


Question 30 1 out of 1 points
An example of a density-independent factor would be _________.
Correct Answer: b.
cold weather causing the lake to freeze


Question 31 1 out of 1 points
Individuals of a single species fighting over access to a limiting resource is one example of
_____________.
Correct Answer: d.
intra-specific competition


Question 32 1 out of 1 points
By definition, parasites ________ their hosts.
Correct Answer: c.
feed on and harm


Question 33 1 out of 1 points
___________ capture solar energy and use photosynthesis to produce sugars
Correct Answer: a.
producers


Question 34 1 out of 1 points
Zooplankton-eating fish are__________.
Correct Answer: c.
secondary consumers


Question 35 1 out of 1 points
Secondary succession_________.
Correct Answer: c.
often occurs after a fire or flood


Question 36 1 out of 1 points
Which terrestrial biome has the most biodiversity
Correct Answer: c.
tropical rainforest


Question 37 1 out of 1 points
Desert and tundra both_________.
Correct Answer: d.
have relatively low precipitation


Question 38 0 out of 1 points
_________ are typical primary consumers in a temperature deciduous forest
Correct Answer: b.
deer


Question 39 1 out of 1 points
Herbivory is a type of _____________.
Correct Answer: e.
predation


Question 40 1 out of 1 points
Global climate change may produce major shifts in biomes for any given location because
__________.
Correct Answer: b.
mean temperature, precipitation and salinity will change


Question 41 1 out of 1 points
A system receiving inputs and producing outputs without undergoing any changes in size or
function is said to be in ___________.
Correct Answer: e.
dynamic equilibruim


Question 42 1 out of 1 points
The eutrophication that has taken place in the Gulf of Mexico and other locations appears to be
due to __________.
Correct Answer: e.
excess nutrients from fertilizers


Question 43 0 out of 1 points
The rate at which biomass becomes available to consumers is termed _____________.
Correct Answer: e.
net primary productivity


Question 44 1 out of 1 points
The biosphere consists of the _________.
Correct Answer: c.
sum of all the planet's living organisms and the abiotic portions of the environment


Question 45 1 out of 1 points
Ecotones are the ___________.
Correct Answer: e.
transitional zones between ecosystems


Question 46 1 out of 1 points
The largest pools of carbon in the carbon cycle are ____________.
Correct Answer: c.
sedimentary rock and fossil fuels


Question 47 0 out of 1 points
The origin of all phosphorus in biological tissues is ____________.
Correct Answer: c.
phosphorus weathered from rock


Question 48 1 out of 1 points
Humans have dramatically altered the rate of nitrogen fixation into forms usable by autotrophs
_____________.
Correct Answer: c.
as we produce synthetic fertilizers and apply them to crops, lawns and parks


Question 49 1 out of 1 points
Aquifers are__________.
Correct Answer: c.
underground water reservoirs


Question 50 0 out of 1 points
In an eutrophic aquatic ecosystem dissolved oxygen ________ and dissolved macronutrients
________.
Correct Answer: d.
decreases / increase