4. Leaf thickness represents a trade-off between ______.
(A) water retention and carbon dioxide absorption
(B) light collection and carbon dioxide absorption
(C) water retention and oxygen absorption
(D) light collection and oxygen absorption
(E) light collection and water retention

50 下列那一個國家不是杭廷頓所論述第一波民主化逆流的國家？ (A)德國 (B)義大利 (C)捷克 (D)葡萄牙

1. Tay-Sachs disease is a human genetic abnormality that results in cells accumulating and becoming clogged with very large, complex, undigested lipids. Which cellular organelle must be involved in this condition? (A) mitochondrion (B) lysosome (C) endoplasmic reticulum (D) Golgi apparatus (E) ribosome

2. Several of the different globin genes are expressed in humans, but at different times in development. What mechanism could allow this? (A) pseudogene activation (B) exon shuffling (C) differential translation of mRNAs (D) differential gene regulation over time (E) natural selection

3. Most causes of speciation are relatively slow, in that they may take many generations to see changes, with the exception of ______. (A) colonization (B) sexual selection (C) reinforcement (D) natural selection (E) polyploidy

5. What is the only type of chemical signal that does not alter the physiology of the animal producing that signal? (A) paracrine (B) pheromones (C) neuroendocrine (D) neural (E) none of above

6. Which of the following causes populations to shift most quickly from an exponential to a logistic population growth? (A) competition for resources (B) favorable climatic conditions (C) decreased death rate (D) removal of predators (E) increased birth rate

7. Matter is gained or lost in ecosystems. How does this occur? (A) Heterotrophs convert heat to energy. (B) Photosynthetic organisms convert solar energy to sugars. (C) Chemoautotrophic organisms can convert matter to energy. (D) Matter can be moved from one ecosystem to another. (E) Detrivores convert matter to energy.

8. Which of the following provides the best evidence of a biodiversity crisis? (A) the incursion of a non-native species (B) climate change (C) increasing pollution levels (D) decrease in regional productivity (E) high rate of extinction

9. An earthquake decimates a ground-squirrel population, killing 98% of the squirrels. The surviving population happens to have broader stripes, on average, than the initial population. If broadness of stripes is genetically determined, what effect has the ground-squirrel population experienced during the earthquake? (A) disruptive selection (B) a genetic bottleneck (C) directional selection (D) a founder event (E) stabilizing selection

10. If a cell has completed meiosis I and is just beginning meiosis II, which of the following is an appropriate description of its contents? (A) It has double the amount of DNA as the cell that began meiosis. (B) It has one-fourth the DNA and one-half the chromosomes as the originating cell. (C) It has half the amount of DNA as the cell that began meiosis. (D) It is identical in content to another cell formed from the same meiosis I event. (E) It has half the chromosomes but twice the DNA of the originating cell.