Midterm Review 1

What is happening between 0 and 20 seconds on the yellow graph?

• slowing down
• stopped motion
• constant speed
• going back to the beginning

Which of the following is only abiotic factors?

• water, sunlight, trees, and soil
• animals, plants, and rocks
• soil, river, plants, and sunlight
• rain, nighttime, soil, and a cave

According to the diagram, when did the common ancestor of giant pandas and spectacled bears exist? 

• 5-10 mya
• 10-15 mya
• 15-20 mya
• 20-25 mya

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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Movement of materials down the concentration gradient through a protein channel is an example of 

• facilitated diffusion
• active transport
• respiration
• osmosis 

Which list includes only structures that would be found in a prokaryotic cell? 

• Cell wall, plasma membrane, mitochondria
• Central vacuole, cell wall, lysosome
• Cell wall, plasma membrane, cytoplasm
• Plasma membrane, nucleus, mitochondria

What is the function of this molecule in organisms? 

• Storage of genetic information
• Structure and support
• Short term energy storage
• Long term energy storage

Which best describes the function of enzymes?

• to speed up chemical reactions in a cell
• to produce cellular energy
• to produce proteins
• to speed up cell division

What are the products of photosynthesis? 

• glucose and oxygen
• glucose and carbon dioxide
• glucose and water
• water, carbon dioxide, and energy

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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Which process uses ATP to move materials across the plasma membrane against the concentration gradient?

• passive transport
• active transport 
• facilitated diffusion
• osmosis

Which process of the carbon cycle removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere? 

• photosynthesis
• cellular respiration
• combustion of fossil fuels 
• death and decomposing organisms 

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