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Exams - Biology 423: Fall 05 Multiple choice (1.5 pts each) 1. What technological innovations were responsible for the demise of the passenger pigeon? a) high quality firearms b) the railroad c) a+b d) neither a nor b 2. Which of the following are true? a) coarse soil has greater matric forces than silty soil b) coarse soil has a lower value of ??than silty soil c) a+b d) neither a nor b 3. Which is true of the surface winds at 45 degrees south latitude? a) they tend to blow from east to west because the Earth spins more slowly the further north they go b) they tend to blow from west to east because the Earth spins more quickly the further south they go c) a+b d) neither a nor b 3. Which of the following describe heat flow between a solid body and a moving fluid? a) Hc b) Hs c) Hm d) Hcd e) Hcv f) Hr g) He 4. Which of the following is surprisingly important in the natural history of skunk cabbage? a) Hc b) Hs c) Hm d) Hcd e) Hcv f) Hr g) He 5. Which of the following could be an example of type II statistical error? a) your analysis of human effects on global warming fails to show any statistical proof for humans contributing to global warming, therefore you conclude that humans are not contributing to global warming b) when comparing the mean values for two categories, you get a p-value of 0.04. Therefore you conclude that the mean values for the two categories are statistically significantly different c) a+b d) neither a nor b 6. In Bormann and Likens’s study of the Hubbard Brook ecosystem, which of the following is true about the deforested watershed? a) there was a tremendous increase in ammonia output b) there was a tremendous increase in Ca++ output c) a+b d) neither a nor b 7. In Bormann and Likens’s study of the Hubbard Brook ecosystem, the forested watershed showed negative values for net output of two nutrients. What factors probably caused this? a) these nutrients were being sucked up by plants b) rocks were being