Exams & Reviews

Click below to see review questions for the lecture exams and answer keys to the lecture exams that have been given in previous semesters.

For Summer 2005

Writing about Evolution and Adaptation - some guidelines and suggestions for accurate use of words

Advice on writing answers to essay questions (You really should read this, as well as look at Chapter 9 in Pechenik.)

Exam 3 will be given Thurs 30 June from 4:00-6:00 pm. It will cover Chapters 12 (pp. 199-200 on r- and K-selection and the section on "Diffuse Competition"), 13 (pp. 228-231 222-225 only), 14 (pp. 239-242 only), 18 (pp 333-337 only), 19 (as it supports lecture material), 20 (skim pp. 386-394), 21 (skip pp. 409-412 and 424-430), 22 (pp. 448-450 only, BUT you must also be familiar with one hypothesis not discussed in lecture), 23 (pp. 471-476 only) and Appendix IV. In addition, info from the"Bug Man of Ithica" and "Plant Politics" videos is fair game.

Questions 33, 34, and 36-49 in the Review Questions , a few Questions and Problems from the text (Chapter 13, questions 3, [4], 9, [Overview]; Chapter 19, questions 1 and 4; Chapter 20, question 2; and Chapter 21, questions 1, 6, 7, 9 and the Overview), questions 5 and 8 from Practice Exam 2 (from Spring 1999), and question 6(f) on Practice Exam 2 (from Spring 200) also deal with material that will be on the exam.

Exam 2 will be given Thurs 16 Jun, from 4:00-6:00. It will cover Chapters 9, 10, 11 and 12 in Krebs.

NOTE that you can skip the following sections of the following chapters: multiple-census & dilution in mark-recapture (124-125) and "Mortality" (128-129) in Chapter 9, and "Reproductive Value" (145-146), "Calculation of stable/stationary age distributions" (147-148), and "Evolution of Demographic Traits (149-153) in Chapter 10.

Questions 10-19 and 22-30 in the Review Questions deal with material that will be on the exam (click here to see answers to questions that require calculations), as do the following Questions and Problems from the text: Chapter 9 (1, 3, 4, 5, Overview); Chapter 10 (3, 6, 8, Overview); Chapter 11 (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10); Chapter 12 (3, 4, 7, 8).

And, finally >> Questions on the following exams from previous semesters should help you prepare for Exam 2:
     Practice Exam 1 (from Spring 1999; only questions 8 & 10)
     Practice Exam 2 (from Spring 1999; only questions 1-4 and 9-10)
     Practice Exam 2 (from Spring 2000; only questions 1-4, 6a-d,
           7 & 9)

Exam 1 will be given Tues 7 June from 4:00-5:50. It will cover material from the Preface, Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7, as well as from the handouts that supplement the lecture material on statistics.
   >>> Questions 1-6 and 9 from the Review questions for Exams are relevant
   >>> You should also look at the following Questions and Problems from the text (note that some questions are included from chapters 3-6, even though we have not yet dealt with the material in those chapters- just consider the questions, not the chapter materials):
     Chapter 1: 1.1, 1.4 (and consider how to test the hypothesis), 1.7, 1.9
     Chapter 2: 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.7, 2.10, 2.12
     Chapter 3: 3.6
     Chapter 4: 4.2, 4.6 (just consider why flightlessness might evolve in birds or
          other organisms)
     Chapter 5: 5.5, 5.9 (these questions deal with natural selection)
     Chapter 6: 6.2, 6.4, 6.6, 6.9
     Chapter 7: 7.3, 7.6, 7.9, Overview
   >>> Questions will also come from things that we have discussed or dealt with in lab (e.g., be able to calculate summary statistics (mean, variance, standard deviation, standard error of the mean - I will provide formulas, so you don't have to memorize them), construct and interpret scatterplots, and construct and interpret bar charts with standard errors).
   >>> Finally, you can look at the following exams (with answers) from previous semesters to help you prepare for Exam 1:
     Practice Exam 1 (from Spring 2000; skip questions 3-5)
     Practice Exam 1 (from Spring 1999; look only at questions 1-3, 5c and 7)

From Fall 2004

Exam 4 will be given Thurs 16 Dec from 2:00-3:50 pm. It will cover Chapters 12 (pp. 199-200, on r- and K-selection), 13 (pp. 228-231 222-225 only), 14 (pp. 239-242 only), 19 (as it supports lecture material), 20 (skim pp. 386-394), 21 (skip pp. 409-412 and 424-430), 22 (pp. 448-450 only, BUT you must also be familiar with one hypothesis not discussed in lecture), 23 (pp. 471-476 only) and Appendix IV. In addition, info from the "Plant Politics" video and the optimal foraging lab are fair game.

Questions 32, 37, 38, and 41-44 in the Review Questions , a few Questions and Problems from the text (Chapter 19, questions 1 and 4; Chapter 20, question 2; Chapter 21, questions 1, 6, 7, 9 and the Overview question), question 5a from Practice Exam 2 (from Spring 1999), and question 6(f) on Practice Exam 2 (from Spring 200) also deal with material that will be on the exam.

Exam 3 will be given Thurs 18 November, from 3:00-4:40. It will cover Chapters 6, 10 (pp 138-145 only), 11 (pp 160-169 only), 12 (skip the sections on "Evolution of Competitive Ability", and "Diffuse Competition"), 13, 14 (pp 239-242 only), and 18 (pp 333-337 only).

Questions 10-17, 19, 21-29, 35 and 36 in the Review Questions deal with material that will be on the exam (click here to see answers to questions that require calculations).

The following Questions and Problems from the text also deal with material that will be on the exams: Chapter 6 (2, 4, 6, 9); Chapter 10 (3, 6, 8, Overview); Chapter 11 (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10); Chapter 12 (3, 4, 7, 8); Chapter 13 (3, [4], 9, [Overview]).)

And, finally >> Questions on the following exams from previous semesters should help you prepare for Exam 3:
Practice Exam 2 (from Spr 1999; only questions 1-5, 8, 9d & 10)
Practice Exam 2 (from Spr 2000; only questions 3, 4, 6c-e, 7 & 9)

Exam 2 will be given Thursday 21 October, from 3:00-4:40. It will cover Chapters 3, 4, 7, 9 and 10 in Krebs, and the "Baja California" video.

NOTE that you can skip the following sections of the following chapters: multiple-census & dilution in mark-recapture (124-125) and "Mortality" (128-129) in Chapter 9, and "Reproductive Value" (145-146), "Calculation of stable/stationary age distributions" (147-148), and "Evolution of Demographic Traits (149-153) in Chapter 10.

Questions 6, 7, 9, 10, 18 and 19 in the Review Questions deal with material that will be on the exam, as do the following Questions and Problems from the text: Chapter 6: (2, 4, 6, 9), Chapter 7 (3, 6, 9, Overview), Chapter 9 (1, 3, 4, 5, Overview), Chapter 10 (8).

And, finally >> Questions on the following exams from previous semesters should help you prepare for Exam 2:
     Practice Exam 1 (from Spring 1999; only questions 5, 7, 8 & 10)
     Practice Exam 2 (from Spring 1999; only question 9)
     Practice Exam 2 (from Spring 2000; only questions 1-3, 5 & 6a-d)

Exam 1 will be given Thurs 23 Sept from 3:00-4:40. It will cover material from the Preface, Chapter 1, Chapter 2, and pp 94-97 in Krebs, as well as from the handouts that supplement the lecture material on statistics.
   >>> Questions 1-5 from the Review questions for Exams are relevant
   >>> You should also look at the following Questions and Problems from the text (note that some questions are included from chapters 3-6, even though we have not yet dealt with the material in those chapters- just consider the questions, not the chapter materials):
     Chapter 1: 1.1, 1.4 (and consider how to test the hypothesis), 1.7, 1.9
     Chapter 2: 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.7, 2.10, 2.12
     Chapter 3: 3.6
     Chapter 4: 4.2, 4.6 (just consider why flightlessness might evolve in birds or
          other organisms)
     Chapter 5: 5.5, 5.9 (these questions deal with natural selection)
     Chapter 6: 6.2, 6.4, 6.6, 6.9
   >>> Questions will also come from things that we have discussed or dealt with in lab (e.g., be able to calculate summary statistics (mean, variance, standard deviation, standard error of the mean - I will provide formulas, so you don't have to memorize them), construct and interpret scatterplots, and construct and interpret bar charts with standard errors).
   >>> Finally, you can look at the following exams (with answers) from previous semesters to help you prepare for Exam 1:
     Practice Exam 1 (from Spring 2000; skip questions 3-6)
     Practice Exam 1 (from Spring 1999; look only at questions 1-3 and 6)