3rd 9 Weeks Test - Biology

Which of these is an example of an adaptation for defense from predators?

• giraffe’s long neck

• baby deer’s spots

• Sharp Quills on a porcupine

• Milk snake with similar patterns as coral snake

Based on the key, which two characteristics are shared by the Red-winged blackbird and the hairy woodpecker? 

Select TWO correct answers.

• Does not have a crest

• Is not blue 

• Does not have a short beak 

• Does not have reddish coloration 

• Is not mostly black and white 

Animals that survive pass their traits onto

• Each other

• Their offspring

• Nobody

Organisms that thrive in hot water that is 90°C (194°F) and do not need sunlight or oxygen to live.

• Eubacteria

• Archeabacteria

• Protista

• Plantae

Which situation will populations experience gene flow?

• hybridization between two populations

• natural-selection pressures between two populations

• mate competition between two populations

• intersecting migration routes between two populations

Which of the following is an example of how a species may change over time?

• Bacteria become resistant to antibiotics.

• Dog fur becomes thicker in the winter.

• Turtles become male or female based on incubation temperature.

• Humans become immune to a certain illness after vaccination.

Which evidence from the fossil record could be effectively compared with modern day evidence to compare two species?

• similarities in bone structure

• seasonal shifts in food supply

• consumption of the same plant species

• tree rings indicating the return of a similar climate

Why do humans produce sweat?

• response to an increase in the body's

  temperature

• response to a decrease in the body's

  temperature

• response to an increase in the body's

  breathing rate

• response to an decrease in the body's

  breathing rate

What is the correct flow of organization in biological systems?

• cell-tissue-organ-organ system

• tissue-cell-organ-organ system

• cell-organ-tissue-organ system

• organ system-organ-tissue-cell

Select the two body systems that work together to maintain the level of glucose in the blood.

• nervous system

• digestive system

• muscular system

• endocrine system