PSSA Science 8 - Life Science Review

An ecosystem that offers many different niches 

• supports animal life but not plant life.
• cannot support very many species at once.
• can support many different species.
• usually only supports insect life.

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Which of the following bodies of water are included in the freshwater biome? 
I. Rivers
II. Oceans
III. lakes
IV. Streams

• I, III, and IV only
• II only
• I and IV only
• I, II, III, and IV

When precipitation falls onto land surfaces, it is either soaked into the ground or becomes runoff. Runoff is surface water that travels downhill and drains into streams and rivers.
The area of land where water is drained downhill into a body of water is known as a drainage basin, or _______. 

• delta
• aquifer
• watershed
• water table

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The table above lists many features of an ecosystem in the taiga biome. Based on this table, what are the abiotic features of the taiga? 

• wide range of temperature, very little annual rainfall, foxes, bears, raccoons, birds, insects
• bears, foxes, raccoons, birds, insects, pine trees, fir trees, spruce trees, mosses
• mountains, lakes, wide range of temperature, very little annual rainfall
• mountains, lakes, spruce trees, fir trees, pine trees, mosses

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Which of the following is a producer in the food web shown above? 

• grass
• ant
• snake
• sunlight

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Which of the following is a secondary consumer in the food chain shown above? 

• Skunk
• Sunlight
• Rose
• Honeybee

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Which of the choices below gives a true example of how a natural resource can be renewed? 

• When the wind is calm, electric fans can be turned on to make the windmills move.
• When forests have been cut down, new native trees can be planted.
• When an area's natural gas has been used up, oxygen can replace the gas.
• When all of the coal is gone from a mine, new coal can be grown in its place.

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Which of the following is an effect of pollution?
I. global warming
II. increase in human poulation size
III. acid rain
IV. ozone depletion

• I, II, and III only
• I, II, III, and IV
• I and II only
• I, III, and IV only

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The narrow, elongated, hollow cells that make up xylem tissue of plants allow for 

• the production of glucose by photosynthesis.
• the transport of water and ions.
• the longterm storage of starch for future energy requirements.
• pollination of flowers by insects.

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Behavioral responses in complex organisms require coordination and communication between 

• II and IV only
• I, II, III, and IV
• II, III, and IV only
• I, II, and IV only

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