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BIO 182 FINAL EXAM ASU Questions With Complete Solutions
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What is extinction? correct answer: The loss or death of a species 
 
What is mass extinction? correct answer: A decline in biodiversity greater than the background extinction rate 
 
What is background extinction? correct answer: Background extinction occurs when certain populations are reduced to zero because of normal environment change, emerging disease, predation pressure, or competition with another species 
 
How are mass extinctions detected and how many have been detected? correct an...
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Biology 182 ASU Exam 1| 268 Questions | With Complete Solutions
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Key point #1 
Even the most desperate organisms share some features, suggesting that 
the single, nine random process generated diversity. 
 
 
 
True or False #1: biodiversity on earth will likely decrease in the near future. 
True! Fingerprints of human activity, spread of an invasive species, Rapid change and global climate, habitat destruction, Deforestation 
 
 
 
What are three Worlds Views? 
1. Natural Evolution - Evolution by natural process 
2. Theistic Evolution - Evolution guided by G...
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CLEP Biology questions with correct answers
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What is the key limiting factor on cell size? Correct Answer-The size of a cell is limited by the ratio of its surface area to volume. 
 
A cell will only remain stable if... Correct Answer-...the surface area of the plasma membrane maintains a balance with the volume of the cytoplasm. 
 
The salivary gland... Correct Answer-...secretes saliva which enters the digestive tract and aids the digestive process. 
 
Gregor Medel Correct Answer-Studied the relationships between traits expressed in pare...
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Test Bank for Biology Today and Tomorrow With Physiology 6th Edition Starr
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1. What name is given to the scientific study of life? 
a. geography 
b. statistics 
c. ecology 
d. geology 
e. biology 
ANSWER: e 
POINTS: 1 
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Remember 
REFERENCES: 1.1 The Secret Life of Earth 
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice 
HAS VARIABLES: False 
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.21.01.01 - Application 
DATE CREATED: 11/18/2019 2:47 PM 
DATE MODIFIED: 12/3/2019 10:01 AM 
2. The current rate of extinction in rain forests is about ____ species every minute. 
a. 2 
b. 20 
c. 2...
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GEG 111 - Exam 2 Geography - Chapters 9-17
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Which of the following is an exogenic process? 
Volcanism 
Weathering 
Earthquakes 
Flows of heat and materials in the mantle - Weathering 
Which of the following is an endogenic process? 
Weathering 
Glacial erosion 
Volcanism 
Stream deposition - Volcanism 
Uniformitarianism assumes thatmountains, plains, and canyons formed by catastrophic events. 
catastrophic episodes have regularly occurred. 
Earth is quite young and is shaped by dramatic events. 
the same physical processes we see today ar...
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ABA - Chapter 24 Extinction questions and answers graded A+ 2023/2024
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ABA - Chapter 24 ExtinctionEscape Extinction - correct answer Behaviors maintained with negative reinforcement are placed on escape extinction when those behaviors are not followed by termination of the aversive stimulus; emitting the target behavior does not enable the person to escape the aversive situation. 
 
Extinction - correct answer The discontinuing of a reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior (i.e., responses no longer produce reinforcement); the primary effect is a decrease ...
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Animal Diversity 8th Edition By Hickman - Test Bank
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Animal Diversity, 8e (Hickman) 
Chapter 1 Science of Zoology and Evolution of Animal Diversity 
1) A characteristic of science is that 
A) it is not explained by natural laws. 
B) its hypotheses are testable. 
C) its conclusions are final. 
D) it is not falsifiable. 
E) it seeks to define the vitalistic forces of life. 
Answer: B 
Section: 01.01 
Topic: Principles of Science 
Learning Objective: 01.01 Explain that science consists in testing, possibly rejecting, and improving our simplest and be...
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GEG 111 Exam 3
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Which of the following is an exogenic process? - CORRECT 
ANSWER weathering 
Which of the following is an endogenic process? - CORRECT 
ANSWER volcanism 
Uniformitarianism assumes that - CORRECT ANSWER the 
same physical processes we see today are a key to 
understanding the processes that have been operating throughout 
geologic time 
Which of the following is CORRECT regarding the geologic time 
scale? - CORRECT ANSWER The bulk of Earth's history has 
occurred during th...
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Test Bank for Biology Today and Tomorrow With Physiology 6th Edition Starr
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Test Bank for Biology Today and Tomorrow With Physiology 6th Edition Starr 
1. What name is given to the scientific study of life? a. geography b. statistics c. ecology d. geology e. biology ANSWER: e POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Remember REFERENCES: 1.1 The Secret Life of Earth QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice HAS VARIABLES: False LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BTAT.STAR.21.01.01 - Application DATE CREATED: 11/18/2019 2:47 PM DATE MODIFIED: 12/3/2019 10:01 AM 2. The current rate of extinction in rain f...
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BIO 182 ASU Exam 1| 95 Questions | With Complete Solutions
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Key Point 1 correct answer: Even the most desperate organisms share some features, suggesting that the single, nine random process generated diversity. 
 
True or False #1: biodiversity on earth will likely decrease in the near future. correct answer: True! Fingerprints of human activity, spread of an invasive species, Rapid change and global climate, habitat destruction, Deforestation 
 
What are the Three World Views? correct answer: 1. Natural Evolution - Evolution by natural process2. The...
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