Winter Diagnostic Review Questions from Google Form

Plants, fungi, and many single‐celled organisms are able to reproduce asexually. What is a main characteristic of asexual reproduction?

• A. Offspring that are genetically unique 

• B. Offspring that are not able to reproduce 

• C. Only one parent organism that is required 

• D. Sperm and egg that join through fertilization 

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Plant and animal cells are complex structures with many different internal compartments. Chromosomes contain genes, which are segments of hereditary information (DNA). In which part of a plant or animal cell are chromosomes found? 

• A. Cell membrane 

• B. Cytoplasm 

• C. Nucleus 

• D. Vacuole 

Structures in the human body work together to perform specific functions. The diagram below shows the organization of structures found in the human body. A picture of which of the following structures belongs in the box below? 

• A. Cell 

• B. Organ

• C. Organelle

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  D. Tissue

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Pedigree charts are often used to track a heritable condition or disease. A circle represents a female and a square represents a male. A shaded circle or square means that the person is affected by the disease. Based on the pedigree chart below, what can you conclude about the disease? 

• A. Neither parent has the disease. 

• B. Only males can get the disease. 

• C. The disease is a dominant trait. 

• D. Both offspring have the disease.

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Jose’s teacher gave him the chart below. The chart describes characteristics of four different types of organisms. Based on the table, which of the following organisms is most likely a member of Kingdom Protista? 

• A. Organism 1 

• B. Organism 2

• C. Organism 3

• D. Organism 4

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Which of the following kingdoms are a part of the Eukarya domain? (choose 4)

• Plant

• Animal

• Eubacteria/Archaebacteria

• Fungi

• Protista

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What kingdom is made of organisms that are multi-cellular, usually green, and use photosynthesis to make their own food using the Sun's energy?

• Animalia

• Plantae

• Protista

• Bacteria

• Fungi

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Which of the examples below can BEST be described as mutualism between animals?

• A tapeworm lives in the intestine of a bird and consumes the food that the bird has eaten
• Mountain lions and wolves fight each other for the same deer
• A bird eats parasites off a rhinoceros while the rhinoceros provides protection to the bird
• Rats live in the garbage dump of a town and rarely interact with people

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Tabitha ate a turkey sandwich and an apple for lunch. Later that day, she ran 2 miles during soccer practice. Which of the following energy transformations occurred between lunchtime and the end of Tabitha’s run?

• A. Thermal energy was converted to kinetic energy.

• B. Kinetic energy was converted to chemical energy.

• C. Electrical energy was converted to thermal energy.

• D. Chemical energy was converted to mechanical energy.

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Sharks are the top predator in a marine ecosystem. By consuming smaller organisms, sharks maintain a balance in the population. If the shark population were to decrease, the smaller organisms would increase, interrupting the food web. Which of the following relationships is MOST similar to the relationship described?

• A. frog eats flies and lizards in a swamp ecosystem

• B. Leaf-cutter ants eat grass in a prairie ecosystem

• C. A wolf eats small mammals in a forest ecosystem

• D. An owl eats mice and insects in a forest ecosystem

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