Biology pre- Assessment

What is a producer?

• an organism that gets energy from eating other organisms
• an organisms that uses sunlight to make its own food
• an organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material or waste
• an organism that uses chemical energy to make its own food

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A community of living and nonliving things in their natural environment makes up a 

• food web
• ecosystem
• food chain
• population

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What is a herbivore?

• an animal that gets energy from eating other animals
• an organism that gets energy from eating only plants
• an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and other animals
• an animal that eats only herbs

Directs all cell activities "Brain or Control Center of cell"

• Lysosomes
• Nucleus
• ribosomes
• Mitochondria

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Jelly-like substance found inside cell that acts as a medium for chemical reactions within the cell

• Nuclear Membrane
• Golgi Body
• Cytoplasm
• Ribosome

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"powerhouse of the cell" breaks down sugar molecules to release energy, site of cellular respiration, double membrane, self-replicating, contains own DNA, cristae

• Mitochondria
• Chloroplast
• Cell Wall
• Vesicle

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"Storage tanks" Can hold food, water or waste for the cell

• Ribosomes
• Vacuole
• Chloroplast
• Nucleolus

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"Gatekeeper" Separates the cell from the rest of the environment and helps control what passes in and out of the cell.  Semi-permeable: allows some materials to pass through but not all

• Cell Wall
• Cytoplasm
• Mitochondria
• Cell Membrane

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If we would like to make a chicken lay larger eggs which method would be more apropriate?

• Selective breeding
• Natural Selection
• Invasive
• Biome

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The land next door just completely burnt down.  What is the likely sucession to occur in the next month

• Grass will return
• Trees will return
• Shrubs will return
• Nothing will return

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