Bio Sol Review

What is the complementary DNA sequence for the DNA strand ATCGGAACT.

• ATCGGAACT

• UAGCCUUGA

• CGATTCCAG

• TAGCCTTGA

The hypothesis that evolution of a species occurs in periods of rapid change separated by periods of little or no change is called

• divergence

• gradualism

• punctuated equilibrium

• isolation

Which statement best describes the role of photosynthesis and respiration in the carbon cycle?

• Respiration and photosynthesis both add carbon to the atmosphere

• Respiration and photosynthesis both remove carbon from the atmosphere

• Respiration adds carbon to the atmosphere, while photosynthesis removes it

• Photosynthesis adds carbon to the atmosphere, while respiration removes it.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The German physician Robert Koch provided evidence to support the germ theory of infectious disease. Koch isolated bacteria from a cow with anthrax, then injected the bacteria into a healthy mouse. To support germ theory, what must have happened to the healthy mouse?

• It became immune to viral infections

• It spread smallpox

• It became sick

• It produced antibiotics

What energy level would be at the bottom (the producers)?

• 1 kg

• 10 kg

• 100 kg

• 1000 kg

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A fire destroys a forest. Overtime, small mosses and plants bloom overtime. This would be an example of

• primary succession

• climax community

• secondary succession

• biodiversity

In the graph to the right, what is the population of deer at the carrying capacity of the environment?

• 3

• 7

• 70

• 40

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Coyotes cross the winter pack ice and enter Newfoundland. The moose population starts to decline.

• Density-Dependent: Competition

• Density-Independent: Competition

• Density-Dependent: Predator-Prey

• Density-Independent: Predator-Prey

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The process in which organisms with traits well suited to an environment are more likely to survive and to produce offspring is

• Natural Selection

• Origin of Species

• Genetic Principles

• Trait Mechanism

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The trees these moths used to live on were white, but have been covered in soot from coal factories. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?

• Dark moth

• Light moth

• Both will be equally successful

• Neither will be successful

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4