Biology STAAR Rapid Review

Match the following symbiotic relationships with their descriptions.

• Both organisms benefit from the relationship.

• mutualism

• One organism benefits while the other is harmed.

• commensalism

• One organism benefits while the other is unaffected.

• parasitism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Match the following components of the food chain with their roles.

• Decomposer

• Sun

• Tertiary Consumer

• Snake

• Primary Energy Source

• Hawk

• Final Consumer

• Fungi

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

How much energy is available to be passed on to the next trophic level in an ecosystem?

• 700%

• 20%

• 5%

• 10%

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Match the following term to the description

• Producer

• eat producers

• secondary consumers (carnivores)

• organisms that make their own food through photosynthesis

• Primary consumers (herbivores)

• must eat other organisms to get energy

• Consumer

• Eat herbivores

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Match the organ system with its function

• Hormones

• Circulatory System

• Transports oxygen and nutrients through the body

• Endocrine System

• Removes waste

• Nervous System

• Controls the body

• Excretory System

Which two body systems are interacting in this scenario:

Your brain signaling the release of hormones.

• nervous and integumentary

• nervous and endocrine

• endocrine and circulatory

• nervous and circulatory

Xylem ___________________and phloem __________ inside of the plant.

• transports water up, transports food down
• transports water down, transports food up
• transports food up, transports food down
• transports food down, transports food up

What is the correct description of pollination?

• Pollen grains are transferred from anther to the ovary

• Pollen grains are transferred from the anther to the stigma

• Pollen grains are transferred from the ovary to the stigma

• Pollen grains are transferred from the stamen to the anther

Match the parts of the flower with their labels.

• Label H

• Ovary

• Label G

• Stigma

• Label J

• Pistal

• Label F

• Style

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Reactants of Photosynthesis

,

(b) Products of Photosynthesis

• Water

• Carbon Dioxide

• Oxygen

• Glucose

• Sunlight

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3