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Content Exam 305 Questions and Verified Solutions
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Host - (answers)a food source
Decrease in atmospheric pressure - (answers)associated with stormy weather and
precipitation
Barometer - (answers)an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
Anemometer - (answers)measures the speed of wind or gas current
Hygrometer - (answers)measures humidity of air or gas
Independent Variable - (answers)quantity that is known, plotted along the X-axis
Dependent Variable - (answers)quantity that is unknown, plotted along the Y-axis
Recessive - (answers)little t, an allele that is masked when a dominant allele is
present
Dominant - (answers)big T, describes a trait that covers over, or dominates,
another form of that trait.
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Commenalism - (answers)a symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits
and the other neither is harmed nor benefited
Mutualism - (answers)a relationship between two species in which both species
benefit
Parasitism - (answers)a relationship between two organisms of different species
where one benefits and the other is harmed
Osmosis - (answers)diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane,
how water enters a plant
Nimbostratus clouds - (answers)gray rain clouds
Cumulus cloud - (answers)puffy, cotton like, fair weather
Cumulonimbus clouds - (answers)developing thunderstorms, hail, lightning, heavy
rain
Stratus - (answers)associated with wet conditions
Scientific questions - (answers)is testable and can be answered by observing,
measuring, and experimenting
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Greatest threat to biodiversity - (answers)destruction of plant and animal habitats
Tides - (answers)the regular rise and fall of the ocean's surface influenced by the
moon's gravity pulling on earth
Spring tides - (answers)the highest tides, formed when the earth, sun and moon
are lined up in a row, this happens every two weeks during a new moon or full
moon
Neap tides - (answers)smaller tides, formed when the earth, sun and moon form a
right angle, this causes the sun and moon to pull the water in two different
directions, happens during a quarter or three-quarter moon
Mechanical energy - (answers)relates to the energy an object has due to its
motion or position
Advances in technology support - (answers)increase in carrying capacity and size
of human populations
Carrying capacity - (answers)number of individuals that the environment can
support over an extended period without causing environmental degradation
Potential energy - (answers)position of an object, stored energy (ball at the top of
a hill)
Content Exam 305 Questions and Verified Solutions
Correct Already Graded A+
Host - (answers)a food source
Decrease in atmospheric pressure - (answers)associated with stormy weather and
precipitation
Barometer - (answers)an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
Anemometer - (answers)measures the speed of wind or gas current
Hygrometer - (answers)measures humidity of air or gas
Independent Variable - (answers)quantity that is known, plotted along the X-axis
Dependent Variable - (answers)quantity that is unknown, plotted along the Y-axis
Recessive - (answers)little t, an allele that is masked when a dominant allele is
present
Dominant - (answers)big T, describes a trait that covers over, or dominates,
another form of that trait.
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Commenalism - (answers)a symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits
and the other neither is harmed nor benefited
Mutualism - (answers)a relationship between two species in which both species
benefit
Parasitism - (answers)a relationship between two organisms of different species
where one benefits and the other is harmed
Osmosis - (answers)diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane,
how water enters a plant
Nimbostratus clouds - (answers)gray rain clouds
Cumulus cloud - (answers)puffy, cotton like, fair weather
Cumulonimbus clouds - (answers)developing thunderstorms, hail, lightning, heavy
rain
Stratus - (answers)associated with wet conditions
Scientific questions - (answers)is testable and can be answered by observing,
measuring, and experimenting
, 3|Page
Greatest threat to biodiversity - (answers)destruction of plant and animal habitats
Tides - (answers)the regular rise and fall of the ocean's surface influenced by the
moon's gravity pulling on earth
Spring tides - (answers)the highest tides, formed when the earth, sun and moon
are lined up in a row, this happens every two weeks during a new moon or full
moon
Neap tides - (answers)smaller tides, formed when the earth, sun and moon form a
right angle, this causes the sun and moon to pull the water in two different
directions, happens during a quarter or three-quarter moon
Mechanical energy - (answers)relates to the energy an object has due to its
motion or position
Advances in technology support - (answers)increase in carrying capacity and size
of human populations
Carrying capacity - (answers)number of individuals that the environment can
support over an extended period without causing environmental degradation
Potential energy - (answers)position of an object, stored energy (ball at the top of
a hill)
