GNS 205 quiz question

A population has unlimited resources and exhibits rapid and sustained population growth. This
type of growth would be best described by which one of the following?

A) Sigmoidal
B) Parabolic
C.Exponential
d. Logistic
e.Inverse

The range of tolerance for a species is largely defined by the presence of.
● a. physical, behavioral, or physiologic adaptations.
● b. behavioral, or physiologic adaptations
● c. physiologic adaptations only

Which stage of the scientific method immediately follows forming a hypothesis?

a.Observation
b. Collecting data
C.Drawing a conclusion
d. Making a prediction

What is the main advantage of using qualitative data?

● a. The ability to collect data in a cost-effective manner
● b. The ability to perform statistical analysis
c. The ability to provide in-depth insights into complex phenomena
• d. The ability to generate numerical data

Population ecologists are primarily interested in.

● а.understanding how biotic and abiotic factors influence the density, distribution,
size, and age structure of populations.
● b. how populations evolve as natural selection acts on
heritable variations among individuals and changes in gene frequency.
● c. the overall vitality of a population of organisms.
● d. studying interactions among populations of
organisms that inhabit the same area.
e. how humans affect the size of wild populations of organisms.

Which of these ecosystems has the highest net primary productivity per square meter?
a.temperate forest
b. savanna .
c. open ocea .
d. tropical rain fores t
e. boreal forest
To recycle nutrients, an ecosystem must have, at a minimum,
● producers and decomposers.
● producers, primary consumers, and decomposers.
● producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, and decomposers.
● producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, top carnivores, and
decomposers.
● producers.

Birth control and sex education gain greater acceptance during the.
A. early transition stage
B. post-industrial stage
C. late transition stage
d. industrial stage

What is the difference between potential and kinetic energy?

a. Potential energy is only found in solids, while kinetic energy is only found in liquids
b. Potential energy is only found in gases, while kinetic energy is only found in solids
c. Potential energy is energy in motion, while kinetic energy is energy that is stored
d. Potential energy is energy that is stored, while
kinetic energy is energy in motion

What is the process by which plants release water into the atmosphere through tiny pores on
their leaves?
•
a. Transpiration
b. Precipitation
c. Evaporation
d. Condensation

Which one of the following age groups would most likely to lead to rapid population growth in the
future if it contained the greatest relative abundance within that population?
● a. 46-60 years old
● b. 31-45 years old
c. 0-15 years old
● d. 16-30 years old
● e. 61 years old and greater

What is wind energy used for?

a. To generate electricity
b. To power vehicles
c. All of these options
d. To heat buildings

Ecology is NOT the study of the interactions between living organisms and their surroundings,
including their physical environment and other forms of life.
a. True
• b. False

An ecological footprint is a construct that is useful

a. for a person living in a developed nation to consider to make better choices when using
global food and energy resources.
● b. for a person living in a developing country to see
how much of the world's resources are left for him/her.
● c. in converting human foods' meat biomass to plant
biomass.
● in determining which nations produce the least amount of carbon dioxide from the
burning of fossil fuels.
● in making predictions about the global carrying capacity of human

One of the broad categories of ecosystems is ...

● Ecology
● Freshland ecosystem
● Marine ecosystem
● Shallow river

Do Prokaryotic cells have organelles?

● None of these options
● No, Prokaryotic cells do not have organelles
● Yes, Prokaryotic cells have organelles
● Both Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells have organelles

What is the study of the natural world and the way human beings interact with it called?
a. Environmental Science
b. Political Science
C. Natural Science
d. Social Science

The main reason polar regions are cooler than the equator is that.
•
● sunlight strikes the poles at a lower angle.
● the polar atmosphere is thinner and contains fewer greenhouse gases.
● the poles are permanently tilted away from the sun.
● there is more ice at the poles.
● the poles are farther from the sun.
The density-dependent growth-limiting factors will cause the population's growth.
• a. To grow and eventually stabilize.
● To slow and eventually stabilize.
● To grow or slow and eventually stabilize.
● To slow, stabilize and eventually die back

What type of experiment is conducted so the experimental subjects do not know which is the
control and which is the experimental group?
a. Test
B. Practical
C. Randomization
• d. Blind experiment

The Four Pests Campaign sought to eliminate.

a. Elephant, Hippoppotamus, Lion and shark
● mosquitoes, bees, sparrows and bugs
● Birds, ants, mosquitoes and sparrows
● Rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows.

Who believed that air was not a single "elementary substance", but a "composition" of gases?
● Monica Price
● Tony Blair
● Joseph Priestley
• d. Edward Jenner

A population is correctly defined as having which of the following characteristics?

I. inhabiting the same general area
II. belonging to the same species
III. possessing a constant and uniform density and dispersion
● I, II, and III
● I only
● II and III only
● I and II only
● Ill only

Which of the following could be a density-independent factor limiting human population growth?
◎
● famines
● pollution
● Earthquakes
● social pressure for birth control
● plagues

What is the study of the distribution and behaviour of human populations and their cultural and
economic activities called?
● Environmental Science
● Physical Geography
● Political Science
● Human Geography

What is the bond between two polar molecules that results from the attraction of opposite
charges?
● van der Waals bond
● hydrogen bond
● ionic bond
● covalent bond

One of the broad categories of ecosystems is ...

● Marine ecosystem
● Shallow river ecosystem
● Ecology
● Freshland ecosystem

Population size begins to increase exponentially during

● post-industrial stage
● industrial stage
● late transition stage
● early transition stage

As climate changes because of global warming, species' ranges in the northern hemisphere may
move northward, using effective reproductive adaptations to disperse their seeds. The trees that
are most likely to avoid extinction in such an environment are those that.
● a. disperse many seeds in close proximity to the parent
tree.
● b. produce well-provisioned seeds.
● c. have thin seed coats.
● have seeds that become viable only after a forest fire.
● have seeds that are easily dispersed by wind or animals

In ecosystems, why is the term cycling used to describe material transfer, whereas the term flow
is used for energy exchange?
a.Materials are cycled into ecosystems from other ecosystems, but energy constantly flows
within the
ecosystem.
• b. Both material and energy are recycled and are then
transferred to other ecosystems as in a flow.
● None of the choices is correct.
● Both material and energy flow in a never-ending stream within an ecosystem.
● Materials are repeatedly used, but energy flows through and out of ecosystems.
Which of the following is not a characteristic of preindustrial age?
• a. food shortage
b. poor sanitation
C. provision of electricity
d. lack of access to modern medicine

What is the study of the distribution and management of water resources called?
a. Zoology
b. Hydrology
C. Geography
d. Botany

Deserts typically occur in a band at 20 degrees north and south latitude because.
a. descending air masses tend to be cool and dry.
• b. trade winds have a little moisture.
c. moisture-laden air is heavier than dry air and is not carried to these latitudes.
• d. ascending air tends to be moist.
e. these locations get the most intense solar radiation of any location on Earth.

Which of the following cycles within an ecosystem?

a.Insolation
● Matter
● All of these options
● Energy

What are the raw materials required for photosynthesis?

● Oxygen and water.
● Glucose and water.
● Carbon dioxide and water.
● Glucose and carbon dioxide.

data are recorded measurements, which are

sometimes organised into tables and graphs.
a.Quantitative
● Derived
● Direct
d.Qualitative

What single factor has most strongly contributed to the rapid population growth in the human
population witnessed over the last 150 years?
● Reduced death rates
● Increased morbidity
● Longer life spans
 ● Increased fertility rates
● Economic growth

Why do populations grow more slowly as they approach their carrying capacity?
● a. Density-independent factors lead to fewer births
and increased mortality.
● b. The incoming energy decreases in populations experiencing a high rate of increase.
● c. Individuals voluntarily stop mating so that overcrowding does not occur.
d. Density-dependent factors lead to fewer births and
increased mortality.
e. Hormonal changes promote higher death rates in crowded populations.

Population ecologists are primarily interested in.

● a. the overall vitality of a population of organisms.
● b. how humans affect the size of wild populations of
organisms.
● c. how populations evolve as natural selection acts on
heritable variations among individuals and changes in gene frequency.
● d. understanding how biotic and abiotic factors
influence the density, distribution, size, and age structure of populations.
e. studying interactions among populations of organisms that inhabit the same area.

All scientific studies, regardless of complexity, follow the same series of steps, called the
● scientific method
● procedure
● protocol
● process

Birth control and sex education gain greater acceptance during the.
•
● late transition stage
● post-industrial stage
C. industrial stage
d. early transition stage

Of all the living things on earth, humans have greatly disturbed various ecosystems.
Select one:
True
False

Which type of cell is typically larger in size?

Marked out of 1.00
● Plant cell
● Animal cell
What are all atoms made of?
● Protons
● Neutrons
● Electrons
● All of these options

Dwarf mistletoes are flowering plants that grow on certain forest trees. They obtain nutrients and
water from the vascular tissues of the trees. The trees derive no known benefits from the dwarf
mistletoes. Which of the following best describes the interactions between dwarf mistletoes and
trees?
● parasitism
● competition
● mutualism
● facilitation
● commensalism

In the hierarchy of classification humans are placed in the class Mammalia because.
● a. Have a nerve cord along the back.
● b. Cells have nuclei and organelles (eukaryote).
c. Warm-blooded, gives birth to live young, has hair.
• d. Multicellular. Unable to produce own food
(heterotrophic)

Which of the following is NOT a common outcome of an experiment in the scientific method?
● Rejection of a hypothesis
● Refinement of a hypothesis
● Development of a theory
● Establishment of causality

refers to the role an organism plays

within an ecosystem.
● Dominance
● Habitat
C. Critical factor
d. Ecological niche

What single factor has most strongly contributed to the rapid population growth in the human
population witnessed over the last 150 years?
a. Longer life spans
• b. Reduced death rates
● Increased morbidity
● Economic growth
e. Increased fertility rates
Trees are not usually found in the tundra biome because of.
● insufficient annual precipitation.
● acidic soils.
● extreme winter temperatures.
● permafrost.
e. overbrowsing by musk ox and caribou.

The middle belt of Nigeria belong to which type of terrestrial biome?

Select one:
A. Tropical savanna
● Tropical rainforest
● Temperate grassland
D. Chaparral

A controlled experiment is one in which

a. the experiment proceeds at a slow pace to guarantee that the scientist can carefully observe
all reactions and process all experimental data
b. there is one group for which the scientist controls all variables
c. there are at least two groups, one of which does not receive the experimental treatment
d. the experiment is repeated many times to ensure that the results are accurate
e. there are at least two groups, one differing from the other by two or more

Which of these wavelengths are plants NOT able to use as a source of energy?
a. Orange
● Yellow
● Green
● Red

What is the main difference between a scientific theory and a hypothesis?

● a. A hypothesis explains a phenomenon, while a
theory predicts it
● b. A theory is more established and widely accepted
than a hypothesis
● c. A theory explains a phenomenon, while a hypothesis predicts it
d. A hypothesis is more established and
widely accepted than a theory

Approximately 1% of the solar radiation that strikes a plant is converted into the chemical bond
energy of sugars. Why is this amount so low?
● a. Approximately 99% of the solar radiation is
reflected.
● b. Approximately 99% of the solar radiation is converted to heat energy.
● c. Only the green wavelengths are absorbed by plants for photosynthesis.
● d. Most solar energy strikes water and land surfaces.
 ● e. Only 1% of the wavelengths of visible light are absorbed by photosynthetic pigments.

An ecological footprint is a construct that is useful

• a. in making predictions about the

global carrying
capacity of humans.
• b. for a person living in a developed
nation to consider
to make better choices when using
global food and energy resources.
• c. in determining which nations
produce the least amount of carbon
dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels.
d. in converting human foods' meat
biomass to plant biomass.
e for a person living in a developing
country to see how much of the world's
resources are left for him/her

What type of light do plants use in the process of photosynthesis?

a.X-ray light
b. Visible light
Ultraviolet light
d.Infrared light