Quarterly Exam - First Quarter

Glucose molecules are the building blocks of what class of macromolecules?

• Proteins

• Lipids

• Nucleotides

• Carbohydrates

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The energy used to obtain, transfer, and transport materials within an organism comes directly from

• ATP

• DNA

• sunlight

• starch

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What are the abiotic factors that characterize a forest ecosystem?

• types of procedures and decomposers

• light and producers

• pH and number of heterotrophs

• temperature and amount of available water

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Compared to a natural forest, the wheat field of a farmer lacks,

• autotrophs

• heterotrophs

• significant biodiversity

• stored energy

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Which group of organisms in an ecosystem fills the niche of recycling organic matter back to the environment?

• predators

• producers

• decomposers

• carnivores

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Organisms that undergo photosynthesis would have many ________ within their cells.

• small intestines

• chloroplasts

• proteins

• mitochondria

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The transfer of genetic information from one population to another...

• adaptationn

• gene flow

• mutation

• homologous

Each of the cells present in a woman contains a complete set of chromosomes. The only exceptions are her...

• egg cells

• nerve cells

• lung cells

• skin cells

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Male turkeys are birds that naturally strut and display their large tail feathers, which attracts female turkeys. This display is an example of...

• a behavioral adaptation

• a learned beahvior

• selective breecing

• asexual reproduction

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What organelle releases energy for metabolic activity in cells?

• mitochondrion

• chloroplast

• ribosome

• vacuole

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