Insecticides are sprayed over a large area in an effort to reduce the number of grasshoppers that are eating the corn plants. How will this change affect this food chain?

The number of grasshoppers, lizards, and hawks will decrease

The number of grasshoppers will increase

The number of lizards will increase

The number of lizards and hawks will decrease

Which of these contains steps in the right order?

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State your hypothesis, ask a question, research, share data, experiment, analyze

Which of the following would be the most likely effect, if there were a sudden increase in the cricket population?

There would be a decrease in the grass/flowers population.

There would be a decrease in the small bird population.

There would be a decrease in the mice population.

There would be an increase in the grass/flowers population.

Which of the following would most likely have a negative effect on the biodiversity of an ecosystem?

combustion of fossil fuels releasing nitrogen gases and sulfur compounds in the atmosphere

detoxification of human and industrial waste

stricter control over transportation of plants or animals between state and national borders

increase in the number of wind turbines

Chloroplasts in plant cells allow the plant to perform a function that animal cells cannot do. What is the main function of the chloroplasts found in plant cells?

to absorb light energy and manufacture food

to remove waste materials by active transport

to manufacture chemical energy from food

to control the shape of the cell

The study of interactions between living and nonliving things in the environment.

What are the ecological levels of organization from smallest to the largest?

organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere

organism, community, population, ecosystem, biome, biosphere

organism, population, community, biome, ecosystem, ecosphere.

organism, community, population, biome, ecosystem, ecosphere

Biology Diagnostic Exam

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Biology

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8th - 9th Grade

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Hard

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NGSS

MS-LS2-3, MS-LS2-4, MS-LS2-2

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25 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A food chain is:

an animal that eats only plants.

a diagram that shows how energy moves from one organism to another. (Grass>Mouse>Owl)

An animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where does the energy start in this food chain?

Plant

Sun

Deer

Wolf

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of these organisms would receive energy from the snake?

Plant

Rabbit

Mouse

Hawk

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the study of the interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environments called?

Biology

Ecology

Astronomy

Biosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An abiotic factor is:

Living

Non-living

Neither

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An biotic factor is:

Living

Non-living

Neither

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

succession that occurs in an area with no soil

ecological succession

primary succession

secondary succession

pioneer speciles

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Where does the energy start in this food chain?

Which of these organisms would receive energy from the snake?

What is the study of the interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environments called?

An abiotic factor is:

An biotic factor is:

succession that occurs in an area with no soil

succession that occurs in an area where soil is already present

the first organisms that appear in an ecological community

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