STAAR Biology Practice Assessment

Viruses are considered nonliving because they need a host to reproduce.

• True

• False

Passive transport requires ATP while active does not.

• True

• False

What form of energy does photosynthesis convert Electromagnetic Radiation into?

• Mechanical Energy

• Heat Energy

• Gravitational Potential Energy

• Chemical Energy

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What is the purpose of photosynthesis?

• To create glucose

• To warm the plant

• Change energy from the sun into a form that it can be used

• To turn the plant green

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What do respiration and photosynthesis have in common?

• They have the same products

• The products of one are the reactants of another

• The reactants are the same

• They both occur in animals

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NGSS.HS-LS2-5

Where does respiration take place?

• Nucleus

• Mitochondria

• Lungs

• Chlorophyll

Which of the following depends on energy from the sun?

• plants making sugar

• people using sugar

• a plant using energy

• energy being released by a volcano

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Which forms of energy does food change into during respiration?

• Electromagnetic radiation, Sound

• Sound, Electrical

• Electricity, Mechanical

• Mechanical, Thermal

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Why do humans give off heat?

• We store heat during the day

• We break down food in our cells

• We create food in our cells

• We move around and create energy

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

_______________ + 6O2 → 6CO2 + 6H2O(fill in the blank)

• C6H11O5

• 6CO2

• C6H12O6

• 6O2

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS1-5