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WorksheetsBiology Semester Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which is NOT a step of the scientific method?
a)
hypothesis
b)
draw conclusions
c)
observations
d)
identify boundaries
2.
Which is an example of a hypothesis
a)
The plant will grow.
b)
The plant died after 5 days.
c)
Water the plant with 1/2 cup of water per day.
d)
The plant in the sunlight will grow faster than the plant in the dark.
3.
Which is not part of a typical lab report?
a)
Materials
b)
Results
c)
Works Cited page
d)
Conclusion
4.
What is a controlled variable?
a)
The condition kept constant so as not to confuse results.
b)
The variable responding to the changes being made.
c)
The variable that changes throughout the experiment.
d)
The tools used in the experiment.
5.
What does the arrow mean in a food chain?
a)
Who is eating who
b)
The passing of energy
c)
The highest consumer
d)
The direction that water is passed
6.
Which is an example of a producer?
a)
Rabbit
b)
Corn
c)
Deer
d)
Wolf
7.
The top of the food chain is likely to be a...
a)
omnivore
b)
herbivore
c)
carnivore
d)
none of these
8.
Trophic level means...
a)
Located in the tropics
b)
Food level
c)
Energy level
d)
Award-winning
9.
How is a food web different from a food chain?
a)
It shows a more balanced ecosystem
b)
It shows how organisms can get food from various sources
c)
It includes all of the organisms and what they eat
d)
All of the above
10.
What happens to the primary consumer if the producer decreases?
a)
it will increase
b)
it will decrease
c)
it will remain the same
11.
What happens to the secondary consumer if the quaternary consumer increases?
a)
it will decrease
b)
it will increase
c)
it will stay the same
12.
What is carrying capacity?
a)
The lowest amount of consumers that can eat the producers
b)
The biggest size of an organism in the ecosystem
c)
The maximum number of individuals of that species that can be supported by the ecosystem.
d)
The highest number of predators in an ecosystem.
13.
Which cycle is most directly affected by the burning of fossil fuels?
a)
nitrogen
b)
carbon-oxygen
c)
water
d)
phosphorus
14.
Which nutrient present in our air is unusable unless it is converted into another form in the soil?
a)
nitrogen
b)
carbon-oxygen
c)
water
d)
phosphorus
15.
How do organisms survive natural selection?
a)
adapt and reproduce
b)
do not adapt to environment
c)
migrate to a new area
d)
destroy other organisms' habitats
16.
Divergent evolution is...
a)
organisms that adapt to become more alike
b)
organisms that do not adapt and die off
c)
organisms that start from a common ancestor and adapt to become more different
d)
organisms that migrate to new areas
17.
Convergent evolution is...
a)
organisms that adapt to become more alike
b)
organisms that do not adapt and die off
c)
organisms that start from a common ancestor and adapt to become more different
d)
organisms that migrate to new areas
18.
Which structures are found in organisms that came from a common ancestor?
a)
homologous
b)
analogous
c)
selective
d)
convergent
19.
How do scientists use uranium or carbon dating as it relates to fossils?
a)
To find fossils
b)
To identify fossils
c)
To determine the age of fossils
d)
To name unknown fossils
20.
Which lists the levels of classification in the correct order from most broad to most specific?
a)
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
b)
Domain, Order, Family, Species, Class, Phylum, Genus, Kingdom
c)
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Family, Order, Genus, Species, Domain
d)
Kingdom, Domain, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
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