UIL Science - Released District Test Questions

Carnivores that eat herbivores are considered:

• primary consumers
• secondary consumers
• tertiary consumers
• secondary producers 

The process that converts sunlight energy into organic material occurs within the ____ of some eukaryotic cells.

• chloroplasts
• mitochondria
• peroxisomes
• plasma membranes

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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A recessive gene located on the X chromosome is lethal.  What percentage of any surviving offspring will be a carrier for the gene in the following genetic cross?
X_AX_a x X_AY

• 75%
• 66.6%
• 33.3%
• 25%

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

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All of the following are forms of asexual reproduction except:

• budding
• mitosis
• parthenogenesis
• conjugation

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

____ light has the highest energy per photon.

• Infrared
• Red
• Ultraviolet
• Green

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NGSS.HS-PS4-4

Which of the following represents an early stage in primary succession?

• Pine tree
• Moss and lichens on bare rock
• Weedy annual plants in an open field
• wildflowers

Which one of the following pairs of elements would be expected to form the most ionic compound?

• hydrogen, carbon
• rubidium, chlorine
• arsenic bromine
• sulfur, fluorine

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NGSS.HS-PS1-2

The minimum level of organization required for a division of labor is the _ level.

• cellular
• organ
• tissue
• organ system

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

The number of valence electrons in the lowest valence state of one tin atom is ___.

• 14
• 8
• 2
• 4

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NGSS.HS-PS1-1

If R is dominant to r, the offspring of the cross of RR with rr will ____.

• be homozygous
• display the same phenotype as the RR parent
• have the same genotype as the RR parent
• have the same genotype as the rr parent

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1