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Class
Date
1.
Which biome receives the least amount of precipitation?
a)
Desert
b)
Grasslands
c)
Savanna
d)
Tropical Rainforest
2.
Which biome is characterized by low temperatures and low amounts of rainfall?
a)
Tundra
b)
Desert
c)
Temperate Deciduous Forest
d)
Tropical Rainforest
3.
Abiotic factors are parts of the environment that are...
a)
Nonliving
b)
Living
c)
Populations
d)
Vegetation
4.
Which biome is MOST LIKE the "desert" in terms of precipitation?
a)
tropical rainforest
b)
temperate deciduous forest
c)
tundra
d)
coniferous forest
5.
The permanently frozen soil below the arctic tundra.
a)
porafrost
b)
permafrost
c)
perlafrost
d)
polarfrost
6.
Which biome do we live in?
a)
temperate grassland
b)
temperate rainforest
c)
temperate deciduous forest
d)
chaparral
7.
In which biome is Georgia located?
a)
tropical rainforest
b)
temperate rainforest
c)
temperate deciduous forest
d)
alpine forest
8.
True or False. In this Food Web Pyramid Which type of consumer gets only 10% of the energy stored in plants?
a)
Herbivore
b)
Carnivore
c)
Omnivore
d)
Secondary Consumer
9.
In the energy pyramid here, how much of the energy in each level gets lost as heat or used by the organism for survival?
a)
80%
b)
90%
c)
10%
d)
20%
10.
If there is 1000 Kcal available in the producers in trophic level 1, how much energy is available in the herbivores in trophic level 2?
a)
10 Kcal
b)
1 Kcal
c)
100 Kcal
d)
1000 Kcal
11.
If these organisms were arranged in a food pyramid, which organism would have the least amount of total energy available?
a)
coyote
b)
insect
c)
lizard
d)
shrub
12.
Which organism in figure 1 contains the most available energy?
a)
plants
b)
mountain lions
c)
hawks
d)
none of the above
13.
Despite having plenty of sun and rain, the tropical rainforest has very poor _____.
a)
biodiversity
b)
soil
c)
animal life
d)
air quality
14.
Who first discovered and named cells?
a)
Rudolph virchow
b)
Matthias schleiden
c)
Anton van leeuwenhoek
d)
Robert hooke
15.
Which of these is not in the modern cell theory?
a)
Cells cant reproduce without another cell
b)
All living things are composed of cells
c)
Cells are the unit of structure and function in living things
d)
New cells are produced from pre-exsisting cells
16.
Which is an example of prokaryote cells
a)
plants
b)
fungi
c)
bacteria
d)
protists
17.
Which stores materials such as water?
a)
Cytoplasm
b)
Vacuole
c)
Ribosomes
d)
Lysosomes
18.
Which packages protein and other materials through the cell?
a)
Chloroplast
b)
Golgi apparatus
c)
Nucleus
d)
Cell walls
19.
Which makes proteins for the cell?
a)
Mitochandria
b)
Ribosomes
c)
Lysosomes
d)
Chloroplast
20.
Which breaks down materials such as food and waste
a)
Cell wall
b)
Vacuole
c)
Lysosomes
d)
Chloroplast
21.
Which stores genetic material,directs the nucleus on how to run the cell
a)
Nucleus
b)
Chloroplast
c)
Cytoplasm
d)
DNA
22.
Which uses photosynthesis to make food for the plants
a)
Chloroplast
b)
Cytoplasm
c)
Nucleus
d)
Vacuole
23.
A _________________________ is a large area characterized by its climate and the plants and animals that live in the area
a)
stadium
b)
biome
c)
oasis
d)
wasteland
24.
A biome that has snow and ice throughout most of the year is called a _______________________.
a)
valley
b)
tundra
c)
volcano
d)
swamp
25.
Which biome is very dry and has the least amount of rainfall?
a)
swamp
b)
grasslands
c)
lagoons
d)
`desert
26.
Tundras receive very little rainfall. They are also called ______________________
a)
frozen deserts
b)
wetlands
c)
rainforests
d)
rainfall heaven
27.
____________________ is the layer of frozen soil below the surface of the arctic tundra.
a)
permanent marker
b)
frostbite
c)
permafrost
d)
roots
28.
______________________ have huge trees that create canopies. Very little light reaches the ground due to the thick leaves and trees.
a)
deserts
b)
tundras
c)
tropical rainforests
d)
frozen tundra
29.
How does the cactus adapt to the limited supply of water in the desert?
a)
the cactus can shoot spines at nearby predators
b)
the cactus can store large amounts of water
c)
the water attracts bees and feeds off of their honey
d)
the cactus uses jackrabbits for protection
30.
The earth's coldest biome is the....
a)
Antartica
b)
Grasslands
c)
Tundra
d)
Freshwater
31.
surrounds the cell; controls what enters/leaves cell; maintains homeostasis
a)
vacuole
b)
cell wall
c)
cell membrane
d)
lysosome
32.
control the cell's activities; contains the cell's DNA
a)
mitochondria
b)
cell membrane
c)
nucleus
d)
golgi body
33.
breaks down food to release energy
a)
nucleus
b)
lysosomes
c)
mitochondria
d)
vacuole
34.
moves substances within a cell (pipe like structures)
a)
endoplasmic reticulum
b)
nucleus
c)
cytoplasm
d)
vacuole
35.
cells that contain a true nucleus
a)
prokaryotes
b)
eukaryotes
c)
carbohydrate
d)
plant cells
36.
cells that lack a true nuclues
a)
animal
b)
prokaryotes
c)
eukaryotes
d)
fungus
37.
What is the function of the cell membrane?
a)
Supports and protects the cell
b)
Controls the cell
c)
Controls what enters and leaves the cell
d)
Metabolic reactions occur here
38.
What is the function of the cytoplasm?
a)
Stores water and mineral ions
b)
It holds all the organelles in place
c)
a.Controls what enters and leaves the cell
d)
Supports the cell
39.
Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers. The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower. What type of symbiosis is this?
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
parasitism
d)
predation
40.
Red-billed oxpeckers are birds that often feed on parasites that infest impala. This is an example of _______.
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
neutralism
d)
competition
41.
A Remora fish will eat the left over food scraps from the shark's meal. What type of relationship is happening?
a)
mutualistic
b)
commensalistic
c)
parasitic
d)
competition
42.
Examples of a producer
a)
frog
b)
sunflower
c)
worm
d)
mouse
43.
Example of a consumer
a)
grass
b)
bacteria
c)
mushroom
d)
hawk
44.
If a frog is the prey, what could be the predator?
a)
Grass
b)
Insect
c)
Snake
d)
Snail
45.
Where does the energy start in this food chain?
a)
Plant
b)
Sun
c)
Deer
d)
Wolf
46.
Which of these is always located at the bottom of an energy pyramid?
a)
Producer
b)
Second-Level Carnivores
c)
Herbivores.
d)
First-Level Consumers.
47.
The way energy is passed from one organism to another
a)
food chain
b)
energy
c)
extinct
d)
habitat
48.
An organism that is eaten by another organism
a)
pray
b)
prey
c)
predator
d)
hamburger
49.
A relationship between two species where one benefits while the other is harmed.
a)
Mutualism
b)
Commensalism
c)
Parasitism
d)
Naturalism
50.
A tapeworm and a cat have this type of relationship.
a)
mutualism
b)
parasitism
c)
commensalism
d)
competition
51.
A frog eats a fly. The frog and fly are demonstrating ________.
a)
mutualism
b)
competition
c)
predator/prey
d)
parasitism
52.
A tick and a dog have this type of relationship.
a)
mutualism
b)
commensalism
c)
neutralism
d)
parasitism
53.
A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unharmed
a)
Mutualism
b)
Competition
c)
Parasitsm
d)
Commensalism
54.
Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This neither harms nor benefits the whales. What kind of relationship is this?
a)
Mutualism
b)
Parasitism
c)
Commensalism
55.
Yucca flowers are pollinated by yucca moths. The moths lay their eggs in the flowers where the larvae hatch and eat some of the developing seeds.
a)
Mutualism
b)
Commensalism
c)
Parasitism
d)
Competition
56.
Two male elephants are fighting over a cute little elephant at the watering hole.
a)
Commensalism
b)
Competition
c)
Predation
d)
Mutualism
57.
A symbiotic relationship that involves species having to fight for something they both need or want
a)
competition
b)
predation
c)
commensalism
d)
parasitism
58.
In parasitism
a)
Both species benefit
b)
One species is harmed
c)
Species fight for something
d)
One species is unaffected
59.
In competition
a)
One species is killed
b)
both species benefit
c)
Both species fight for something
d)
One species is harmed
60.
In mutualism
a)
both species benefit
b)
one species is killed
c)
both species fight for something
d)
one species is unaffected
61.
In commensalism
a)
Both species fight for something
b)
Both species benefit
c)
One species is killed
d)
One species is unaffected
62.
Look at the blank Energy Pyramid. Which Trophic Level is where we would find the Tertiary Consumers?
a)
The bottom level
b)
The second from the bottom level
c)
The top level
d)
The second from the top level
63.
Who are the primary producers in this food web?
a)
The lizard and the Hawk
b)
The Grasshopper and the Mouse
c)
The rabbit and the Hawk
d)
The lizard and the snake
64.
Which of the following are abiotic factors in an environment?
a)
People
b)
Cow
c)
Salinity
d)
Chicken
65.
What level consumer could you consider the deer?
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
c)
Tertiary
d)
Quarternary
66.
An organism that consumes only other animals is also known as a what?
a)
Autrotroph
b)
Heterotroph
67.
An organism that eats both plants and other animals is also known as.....
a)
Weird
b)
Autotroph
c)
Omnivore
d)
Carnivore
68.
In a food web and a food chain, you show arrows to demonstrate how the ___________ transfers from one organism to the other.
a)
Food
b)
Animals
c)
Energy
d)
Producers
69.
What organism consumes both rabbits and birds?
a)
The Hawk
b)
The Wolf
c)
The Plant
d)
The Mushroom
70.
What level consumer is the owl in the food chain?
a)
Tertiary
b)
Primary
c)
Secondary
d)
Quarternary
71.
A Quarternary Consumer will receive energy from which of the following?
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
c)
Tertiary
d)
Producer
72.
A rabbit eats the grass, the snake eats the rabbit and the hawk eats the snake. Who has the most energy in this food chain?
a)
The rabbit
b)
The snake
c)
The hawk
d)
The grass
73.
A mouse eats the grass, a snake eats the mouse and the hawk eats the snake. Who has the least amount of the original energy from this food chain?
a)
Mouse
b)
Grass
c)
Snake
d)
Hawk
74.
A food web, is a series of interconnected food chains put together to represent an environment. The arrows which represent energy transfer, show energy leaving an organism, to be consumed by another. Who or what does the rabbit, get its energy?
a)
grasshopper
b)
fox
c)
rabbit
d)
green plants
75.
If the grasshopper were to be removed completely from the food web, what organism would be most effected?
a)
The squirrel
b)
The shrew
c)
The deer
d)
The rabbit
76.
Which of the following organisms in the food web is a producer?
a)
Giant Panda
b)
Snow Leopard
c)
Mushroom
d)
Bamboo
77.
What part of the food chain is missing?
a)
Producer
b)
Consumer
c)
Decomposer
d)
Heterotroph
78.
Which of the following organism provides energy for more than one organism in the food web?
a)
Mouse
b)
Hawk
c)
Snake
d)
Lizard
79.
Based on the food web, which shows correctly the one way that energy flows?
a)
Plant -->Rat -->Owl
b)
Plant <--Rat <-- Owl
80.
In this food web, which two organisms could be harmed if the mouse population were to decrease?
a)
Deer and caterpillar
b)
Wolf and snake
c)
Oak and grass
d)
Hawk and songbird
81.
A tapeworm and a cat have this type of relationship.
a)
mutualism
b)
parasitism
c)
commensalism
d)
competition
82.
Skunks often live in burrows that have been dug and abandoned by woodchucks. This relationship is an example of _______.
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
parasitism
d)
predation
83.
Lice attach to the hairs of the body or head, and then suck blood from the host. This relationship is known as ________.
a)
Commensalism
b)
Parasitism
c)
Mutualism
d)
Optimism
84.
What biome has the most rainfall per year?
a)
Tundra
b)
Taiga
c)
Tropical Rainforest
d)
Deciduous Forest
85.
What biome covers half of the USA?
a)
Tundra
b)
Taiga
c)
Tropical Rainforest
d)
Deciduous Forest
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