STAAR Biology Practice Assessment

Match the following words with their definitions.

• water moving

• adaptations

• simple organisms

• eukaryote

• changes that increase survival

• prokaryote

• complex organisms

• osmosis

• energy source

• ATP

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Where does respiration take place?

• Nucleus

• Mitochondria

• Lungs

• Chlorophyll

What form of energy does photosynthesis convert Electromagnetic Radiation into?

• Mechanical Energy

• Heat Energy

• Gravitational Potential Energy

• Chemical Energy

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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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What do Photosynthesis and Respiration have in common?

• They are structures of organisms

• They are energy pathways for living things.

• They are chemicals of life.

• They are classifications of living things

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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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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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Which forms of energy does food change into during respiration?

• Electromagnetic radiation, Sound

• Sound, Electrical

• Electricity, Mechanical

• Mechanical, Thermal

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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_______________ + 6O2 → 6CO2 + 6H2O(what reaction is this?)

• Acid base reaction

• Photosynthesis

• Mechanical

• Respiration

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