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WorksheetsPittman Milestones Review
Total questions: 90
Worksheet time: 2hrs 38mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
An organism that produces its own food supply from inorganic compounds is called a(an)
a)
heterotroph
b)
consumer
c)
detritivore
d)
autotroph
2.
What is the original source of almost all energy in most ecosystems?
a)
carbohydrates
b)
sunlight
c)
water
d)
carbon
3.
What is the term for each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a biological community?
a)
energy path
b)
food web
c)
trophic level
d)
food pyramid
4.
Autotrophs make up the _______ level in all ecosystems.
a)
First
b)
Second
c)
Third
d)
Fourth
5.
which symbiosis is this
a)
parasitism
b)
mutualism
c)
commensalism
d)
nonalism
6.
symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit
a)
competition
b)
Mutualism
c)
nitrogen fixation
d)
energy pyramid
7.
A living relationship between two species in which one organism is harmed is called...
a)
mutualism
b)
commensalism
c)
parasitism
d)
niche
8.
What does a food web represent?
a)
All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.
b)
The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
c)
A single pathway or energy flow between organisms.
d)
How carnivores get their food.
9.
The image provided is an example of a(n):
a)
Carnivore
b)
Herbivore
c)
Producer
d)
Autotroph
10.
The amount of energy that usually transfers from one trophic level to the next...
a)
10%
b)
20%
c)
80%
d)
50%
11.
Which of the following would be the definition of a detritivore?
a)
Animals that eat insects.
b)
Organisms that feed on rocks, recycling the nutrients back into the ground.
c)
Organisms that eat only pants
d)
Things that feed on dead organisms, recycling the nutrients back into the ground.
12.
The image provided is an example of a(n):
a)
Producer
b)
Autotroph
c)
Consumer
d)
Insect
13.
An illustration that uses arrows to show the many possible directions in which matter and energy can pass through the organisms in an ecosystem.
a)
Food chain
b)
Food web
c)
Energy Pyramid
d)
Succession Map
14.
The nonliving aspects of an ecosystem.
a)
Abiotic factors
b)
Biotic factors
15.
A collection of organisms that belong to different populations but all live in the same area and interact with one another.
a)
Population
b)
Ecosystem
c)
Community
d)
Ecosphere
16.
A place where an organism lives.
a)
Terrain
b)
Habitat
c)
Community
d)
Population
17.
A collection of organisms that make up a community as well as all of the nonliving aspects of the environment.
a)
Population
b)
Community
c)
Habitat
d)
Ecosystem
18.
Organisms that can capture energy from inorganic, nonliving sources.
a)
Producers
b)
Consumers
c)
Detritivores
d)
Carnivores
19.
Organisms that feed on both living producers and other consumers.
a)
Carnivores
b)
Omnivores
c)
Herbivores
d)
Detritivores
20.
A graphic illustration that shows each trophic level and the amount of useable energy contained within.
a)
Food chain
b)
Food web
c)
Energy Pyramid
d)
All of these
21.
What Organelle In A Cell Makes Ribosomes?
a)
Nucleus
b)
Michochondria
c)
Nucleolus
d)
Lysosomes
22.
How many parents is needed for sexual reproduction?
a)
1 parent
b)
2 parents
c)
3 parents
d)
190000000 parents
23.
what organelle controls the cell.
a)
Lysosome
b)
Nucleus
c)
Nucleolus
d)
Chromosomes
24.
How many parents is needed for asexual reproduction?
a)
0
b)
3
c)
2
d)
1
25.
What are female sex cells called.
a)
Eggs
b)
Sperm
c)
cell
d)
none of the above
26.
The basic unit of all living things is ______
a)
cells
b)
Protien
c)
oxegen
d)
bones
27.
Earth supports a great _______of life
a)
dogs
b)
diversity
c)
cats
d)
rhinos
28.
Each different kind of life is a __________________
a)
cell
b)
species
c)
thing
d)
none of the above
29.
What is the job of a lysosome in the cell?
a)
Clean up
b)
control the cell
c)
make ribosomes
d)
It's just there
30.
What is the job of mitochondria in a cell.
a)
make ribosomes
b)
control the cell
c)
produce energy
d)
make protien
31.
what is the job of chloroplasts in the cell
a)
produce protien
b)
catch sunlight and turn it into energy
c)
nothing
d)
clean up
32.
What is the job of the golgi body in the cell.
a)
Send stuff to the E.R
b)
controls the cell
c)
make protien
d)
nothing
33.
What is the job of E.R in the cell
a)
Make energy
b)
make protien
c)
sends stuff to the Golgi Body
d)
a passageway for protein to travel
34.
What is the body system that sends and recieves electrical signals from the brain?
a)
Skeletal System
b)
Nervous System
c)
Muscular System
d)
Digestive System
35.
What body system produces cells for the body?
a)
Nervous System
b)
Digestive System
c)
Respiratory System
d)
Skeletal System
36.
What system controls voluntary and involuntary life functions?
a)
Nervous System
b)
Skeletal System
c)
Digestive System
d)
Respiratory System
37.
Why is the blood that flows from the lungs to the heart bright red?
a)
It has oxygen in it
b)
It has carbon dioxide in it
c)
It has food coloring in it
d)
It has waste in it
38.
What system allows motion in the body?
a)
Digestive System
b)
Stomach
c)
Musuclar System
d)
Veins
39.
What requires energy to grow and reproduce?
a)
Cells
b)
Feet
c)
Hair
d)
Muscles
40.
The blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart are called what?
a)
Veins
b)
Stomach
c)
Arteries
d)
Lungs
41.
Which body system transports oxygen and nutrients through out the body?
a)
Muscular System
b)
Nervous System
c)
Digestive System
d)
Circulatory System
42.
What system receives oxygen and gets rid of carbon dioxide?
a)
Heart
b)
Muscular System
c)
Veins
d)
Respiratory System
43.
What system breaks food down into energy for the body?
a)
Stomach
b)
Digestive System
c)
Respiratory system
d)
Lungs
44.
Which of the following is in the correct order from smallest to largest?
a)
tissue-organ-system-cell
b)
cell-organ-tissue-system
c)
System-tissue-cell-organ
d)
cell-tissue-organ-system
45.
How does the circulatory system and the skeletal system work together?
a)
the circulatory system makes cells while the skeletal system transports the cells where the need to go
b)
the skeletal system makes cells while the circulatory system transports them where the need to go
c)
The circulatory system produces energy for the body and the skeletal system makes cells for the body
d)
The skeletal system digests food and the circulatory system brings air into the body
46.
How does the digestive system work with all other systems?
a)
The digestvie system transports blood to all the other systems
b)
The digestive system puts oxygen into the body
c)
The digestive system gives the body energy and nutrients
d)
The digestive system allows the body to move
47.
How does the cardiovascular system and the respiratory system work together?
a)
The cardiovascular system transports oxygen around the body while the repiratory system gives the body oxygen
b)
The cardiovascular system makes cells while the respiratory system moves them where they are suppose to go.
c)
The cardiovascular system allows the body to have energy while the repiratory system makes cells
d)
The cardiovascular system transports nutrients around the body while the respiratory system brings oxygen into the body
48.
Which of the following is a term for a group of similar organisms that can reproduce fertile offspring?
a)
individual
b)
population
c)
species
d)
fossil
49.
Which of the following is a fossil?
a)
a plant that has recently died
b)
a group of organisms that can reproduce
c)
a structure or organ that no longer functions
d)
a trace of an organisms that existed in the past
50.
The difference in the physical traits of an individual from those of other individuals in a group is called a(n)
a)
change
b)
adaption
c)
species
d)
variation
51.
what did Charles Darwin observe in finch populations of the Galapagos Islands off the coast of South America?
a)
different species on different islands
b)
all species on one of the islands
c)
identical species on all the islands
d)
the same species as North America
52.
In natural selection, the selective agent is the
a)
humans
b)
mutations
c)
breeders
d)
environment
53.
a bird that can easily outcompete other birds for food and that can produce many eggs has a high
a)
life expectancy
b)
mutation rate
c)
fitness
d)
adaptability
54.
All rabbits living in a particular area would be an example of a(n)
a)
population
b)
species
c)
fossil
d)
individual organism
55.
which of the folllowing is an exammple of a vestigial structure?
a)
the wings of a red-tailed hawk
b)
the hind limbs of a house cat
c)
the fins of sharks
d)
the wings of an ostrich
56.
Some organisms that share a common ancestor have features that have different functions, but similar structures. These are known as
a)
vestigial structures
b)
analogous structures
c)
homologous structures
d)
fossil structures
57.
Two organisms that are closely related would have
a)
very similar DNA sequence
b)
exactly the same DNA sequences
c)
no proteins in common
d)
completely different DNA sequence
58.
The more genetic variation a population has,
the more likely it is in the same individuals,
will
the more likely it is in the same individuals,
will
a)
evolve
b)
migrate
c)
survive
d)
mutate
59.
How many alleles (letters) do each person carry for a trait?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
60.
Dominant alleles are represented by a:
a)
Male gene
b)
lowercase letter
c)
recessive trait
d)
capital letter
61.
In a heterozygous genotype, the ___________ allele takes over in the phenotype.
a)
recessive
b)
dominant
c)
lower case letter
d)
both
62.
What you see, or the physical appearance.
a)
Genotype
b)
Phenotype
c)
Homozygous
d)
Heterozygous
63.
B = brown eyes
b = blue eyes
What is true about these two brothers that have brown eyes?
One has genotype BB the other Bb.
b = blue eyes
What is true about these two brothers that have brown eyes?
One has genotype BB the other Bb.
a)
they have same phenotype and genotype
b)
they have different genotypes and phenotypes
c)
they have same phenotype but different genotypes
d)
they have same genotype but different phenotypes
64.
What ratio of the offspring from the cross shown will be homozygous recessive for the trait of tallness?
a)
0 in 4
b)
1 in 4
c)
2 in 4
d)
4 in 4
65.
Which of the following genotypes is heterozygous?
a)
Bb
b)
BB
c)
bb
d)
B
66.
Which of the following is homozygous recessive?
a)
Tt
b)
tt
c)
TT
d)
T
67.
Which of the characteristics is a lion least likely to pass on to its offspring?
a)
fur color
b)
length of tail
c)
scars on leg
d)
body size
68.
What gender has an X and a Y chromosome?
a)
male
b)
female
c)
transgender
d)
all of the above
69.
Using carbon dioxide and water to create glucose and oxygen is
a)
photosynthesis
b)
respiration
c)
diffusion
d)
osmosis
70.
Why do we eat food?
a)
to provide energy/fuel
b)
to eliminate waste products
c)
to prevent diseases
d)
to kill pathogens
71.
Where does photosynthesis occur?
a)
mitochondria
b)
stomata
c)
xylem
d)
chloroplast
72.
Which of the following is not needed for photosynthesis to occur?
a)
sunlight
b)
carbon dioxide
c)
water
d)
oxygen
73.
The main source of energy for all life comes from ____.
a)
the Earth
b)
the moon
c)
the sun
d)
the food we eat/make
74.
6CO2 + 6H20 + light energy -> C6H12O6 + 6O2
In this chemcial equation, the highlight red is called the ______.
In this chemcial equation, the highlight red is called the ______.
a)
product
b)
reactant
c)
yields
d)
production
75.
6CO2 + 6H20 + light energy -> C6H12O6 + 6O2
In this chemcial equation, the highlight red is called the ______.
In this chemcial equation, the highlight red is called the ______.
a)
product
b)
reactant
c)
yields
d)
production
76.
Which of the following carry out photosynthesis
a)
elephants
b)
trees
c)
humans
d)
ducks
77.
A molecule that diffuses down a concentration gradient foes from an area of ______ concentration into an area of ______ concentration.
a)
high, low
b)
low, high
c)
passive, active
d)
active, passive
78.
Passive transport requires no
a)
concentration gradients
b)
osmosis
c)
motion
d)
energy
79.
This example of passive transport is the diffusion of water.
a)
osmosis
b)
concentration gradient
c)
isotonic
d)
facilitated diffusion
80.
This cell organelle helps organisms maintain homeostasis by controlling what substances may enter or leave cells.
a)
vacuole
b)
nucleus
c)
cell membrane
d)
cell wall
81.
This process gets rid of wastes.
a)
endocytosis
b)
exocytosis
c)
osmosis
d)
diffusion
82.
This takes substances into a cell
a)
endocytosis
b)
exocytosis
c)
both
83.
What can only be found in plant cells?
a)
Cell membrane
b)
Vacuole
c)
Chloroplast
d)
Mitochondrion
84.
I am fluid filled and surrounded by a single membrane. What am I?
a)
Mitochondrion
b)
Vacuole
c)
Chromatin
d)
Cell membrane
85.
The powerhouse of the cell is the...
a)
Mitochondrion
b)
Golgi body
c)
Nucleus
d)
Ribosomes
86.
Where are proteins made?
a)
Golgi body
b)
Mitoichondrion
c)
Chromosomes
d)
Ribosomes
87.
What makes the endoplasmic reticulum rough?
a)
Vessicles
b)
Vacuoles
c)
Ribosomes
d)
Chromosomes
88.
Cell membranes are found in
a)
Only animal cells
b)
Only plant cells
c)
Some plant and animal cells
d)
All plant and animal cells
89.
The ______________ is the brain of the cell.
a)
Vacuole
b)
Nucleus
c)
Chromosomes
d)
60 W light bulb
90.
What is the function of the cytoplasm?
a)
structure that organizes the motion of the chormosomes
b)
Structure that contains DNA and directs the cell
c)
Jelly like substance within the plasma membrane
d)
Sac filled with digestive chemicals
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