EOG Science Review Microbes Biotech Ecosystems

Which microbe would be considered the smallest and can cause a cold or the flu?

• Tick

• Bacterium

• Virus

• Germ

Which type of microbe comes in various shapes such as rods and spirals and causes strep throat?

• Bacteria

• Protozoa

• Virus

• Fungi

Which symbiotic relationship is when one organism benefits and the other is not impacted (positively or negatively)?

• Predation

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

Breaks down and feeds on the remains of other organisms

• decomposer

• consumer

• producer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

• Abiotic Factor

• Biotic Factor

• Ecosystem

• Food Web

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which statement describes an autotroph?

• It is an organism that makes its own food.

• It is an organism that eats other organisms.

• It is an organism that eats decaying matter.

• None of the above.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

• a desert

• a shallow sea

• a tundra

• a rainforest

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What does the picture show?

• Food Web

• Ecosystem

• Food Chain

• nice scenery

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The population density of marine life is denser along the shorelines of the ocean than farther out in the deep waters of the ocean.  Which statement provides the BEST reason for this situation?

• Ocean currents prevent many smaller marine organisms from living in deep water.

• The shallow waters have fewer predators.

• Coastal waters are less polluted than the deeper waters of the ocean.

• There are more nutrients in shallow waters.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Which project is MOST LIKELY to interest a scientist working at a biotechnology company?

• study and reconstruction of fossilized bones

• conservation of key species within ecosystems

• development of genetically modified corn plants

• prevention of sewage leaking into water supplies

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4