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QCA3 Test Review

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
If there are no decomposers in McKinney, what would McKinney look like? 
a)
Dead bodies everywhere
b)
It would look the same
c)
Organisms would live forever
d)
There would be more producers
2.
If there were no decomposers in McKinney, how would the soil be affected? 
a)
There would be more nutrients in the soil
b)
Soil would be depleted of nutrients
c)
Soil would erode immediately 
d)
The soil would not be affected
3.
If there were no decomposers in McKinney, how would producers be affected? 
a)
Plants would quickly grow out of control
b)
Plants would become the new decomposer
c)
Producers would deplete all nutrients from the soil
d)
Plants would not be affected
4.
If there were no decomposers in McKinney, how would consumers be affected? 
a)
The consumer populations would become the new decomposer population
b)
The consumer populations would quickly increase
c)
Consumers would not be negatively affected
d)
There would be less producers which would make more consumers die off
5.
What type of stimulus is the sun during phototropism? 
a)
Internal
b)
External
c)
Both, Internal and External
d)
Neither, Internal nor External
6.
What type of structures (internal/external) are gills in fish, xylem in plants, and bones in organisms?
a)
Internal
b)
External
c)
Both, Internal and External
d)
Neither, Internal nor External
7.
The group in an experiment that does not have the independent variable is the:
a)
Control
b)
Constant
c)
Independent Variable
d)
Dependent Variable
8.
The response in an experiment is: 
a)
Control
b)
Constant
c)
Independent Variable
d)
Dependent Variable
9.
The effect in an experiment is: 
a)
Control
b)
Constant
c)
Independent Variable
d)
Dependent Variable
10.
The stimulus in an experiment is: 
a)
Control
b)
Constant
c)
Independent Variable
d)
Dependent Variable
11.
The cause in an experiment is: 
a)
Control
b)
Constant
c)
Independent Variable
d)
Dependent Variable
12.
The part of an experiment that is changed on purpose is the: 
a)
Control
b)
Constant
c)
Independent Variable
d)
Dependent Variable
13.
The part of an experiment that is changed because something else was change first is: 
a)
Control
b)
Constant
c)
Independent Variable
d)
Dependent Variable
14.
Food energy is: 
a)
Radiant Energy
b)
Chemical Energy
c)
Mechanical Energy
d)
Thermal energy
15.
When you eat cake, you are receiving ___________ energy. 
a)
Radiant 
b)
Chemical
c)
Mechanical
d)
Thermal
16.
When you run, you are using your food's energy that has been converted into _________________ energy. 
a)
Radiant 
b)
Chemical
c)
Mechanical
d)
Thermal
17.
Organic compounds must have what element? 
a)
Carbon
b)
Hydrogen
c)
Oxygen
d)
All of the above
18.
Organic compounds usually have what two additional elements in addition to the element that is must have? 
a)
Carbon
b)
Hydrogen
c)
Oxygen
d)
Both Hydrogen and Oxygen
19.
Which is an example of an organic compound? 
a)
NaCl
b)
H5O23Cl10
c)
Na2Br13
d)
 C8H9NO2
20.
Which is an example of an inorganic compound? 
a)
C20H36
b)
H20
c)
C10H11ClN4
d)
 C8H9NO2
21.
What are arrows in food chains and food webs are used to show?
a)
Where the energy is coming from and going to
b)
What each organism eats
c)
The symbiotic relationship between the organisms
d)
All of the above
22.
Which level on an energy pyramid contains the most original energy from the sun? 
a)
The Tertiary Level
b)
The Secondary Consumer Level
c)
The Primary Consumer Level
d)
The Producer Level
23.
What is the location of producers in an energy pyramid? 
a)
Below the Tertiary Level
b)
Above the Secondary Consumer Level
c)
Below the Primary Consumer Level
d)
The top of the pyramid
24.
What is the location of primary consumers in an energy pyramid? 
a)
Below the Tertiary Level
b)
Above the Secondary Consumer Level
c)
Above the Producer Level
d)
The top of the pyramid
25.
What is the location of secondary consumers in an energy pyramid? 
a)
Above the Tertiary Level
b)
Above the Producer Level
c)
Above the Primary Consumer Level
d)
The top of the pyramid
26.
What is another name for a primary consumer? 
a)
Carnivore
b)
Herbivore
c)
Omnivore
d)
Producer
27.
What is the main function of the Nervous System?
a)
Send and receive messages from the brain to the body and from the body to the brain
b)
Break down food and absorb nutrients
c)
Filter blood and excrete liquid waste
d)
Exchange gasses with the environment
28.
What is the main function of the Digestive System?
a)
Send and receive messages from the brain to the body and from the body to the brain
b)
Break down food and absorb nutrients
c)
Filter blood and excrete liquid waste
d)
Exchange gasses with the environment
29.
What is the main function of the Excretory System?
a)
Send and receive messages from the brain to the body and from the body to the brain
b)
Break down food and absorb nutrients
c)
Filter blood and excrete liquid waste
d)
Exchange gasses with the environment
30.
What is the main function of the Respiratory System?
a)
Send and receive messages from the brain to the body and from the body to the brain
b)
Break down food and absorb nutrients
c)
Filter blood and excrete liquid waste
d)
Exchange gasses with the environment
31.
What type of reproduction needs 2 parents? 
a)
Sexual Reproduction
b)
Asexual Reproduction
c)
Both Sexual and Asexual Reproduction
d)
Neither Sexual nor Asexual Reproduction
32.
What type of reproduction needs 1 parent? 
a)
Sexual Reproduction
b)
Asexual Reproduction
c)
Both Sexual and Asexual Reproduction
d)
Neither Sexual nor Asexual Reproduction
33.
What type of reproduction uses DNA and produces offspring?
a)
Sexual Reproduction
b)
Asexual Reproduction
c)
Both Sexual and Asexual Reproduction
d)
Neither Sexual nor Asexual Reproduction
34.
Water vapor evaporating out of the leaves of plants through the stomata is: 
a)
Transpiration
b)
Respiration
c)
Photosynthesis
d)
Turgor pressure
35.
Water pressure inside of plants is: 
a)
Transpiration
b)
Respiration
c)
Photosynthesis
d)
Turgor pressure
36.
Watering plants can increase _______________ inside of plants by being absorbed by the xylem in the in the roots and transporting the water throughout the plant. 
a)
Transpiration
b)
Respiration
c)
Photosynthesis
d)
Turgor pressure
37.
The process of plants making their own food is known as: 
a)
Transpiration
b)
Respiration
c)
Photosynthesis
d)
Turgor pressure
38.
Because of the substance that is evaporated during transpiration, what cycle might transpiration be a part of?
a)
Carbon Cycle
b)
Water Cycle
c)
Nitrogen Cycle
d)
Hydrogen Cycle
39.
What is produced during the process of photosynthesis?
a)
Radiant Energy
b)
Glucose
c)
Oxygen
d)
Both Glucose and Oxygen
40.
What gas is absorbed by producer in order for them to carry out the process of photosynthesis?
a)
Oxygen
b)
Carbon Dioxide
c)
Hydrogen
d)
Carbon Monoxide
41.
What organisms recycle matter between the dead organisms in a food web and the environment?
a)
Producers
b)
Primary Consumers
c)
Secondary Consumers
d)
Decomposers
42.
The radiant energy from the sun is transformed into what kind of energy  through the process of photosynthesis?
a)
Radiant Energy
b)
Thermal Energy
c)
Mechanical Energy
d)
Chemical Energy
43.
What are the reactants for photosynthesis?
a)
Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen
b)
Glucose and Oxygen
c)
Water and Carbon Dioxide
d)
Sunlight and Chlorophyll
44.
What are the products for photosynthesis?
a)
Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen
b)
Glucose and Oxygen
c)
Water and Carbon Dioxide
d)
Sunlight and Chlorophyll
45.
How much energy is lost in the energy transfer between organisms?
a)
.1%
b)
1%
c)
10%
d)
90%
46.
How much energy is passed from one organism to another when it is eaten?
a)
.1%
b)
1%
c)
10%
d)
90%
47.
If energy is 100% in the producer level of an energy pyramid, how much of that energy would the secondary consumer get?
a)
.1%
b)
1%
c)
10%
d)
90%
48.
If energy is 100% in the producer level of an energy pyramid, how much of that energy would the primary consumer get?
a)
.1%
b)
1%
c)
10%
d)
90%
49.
If energy is 100% in the producer level of an energy pyramid, how much of that energy would the tertiary consumer get?
a)
.1%
b)
1%
c)
10%
d)
90%
50.
The process where roots in plants always grow down or with gravity is known as:
a)
Phototropism
b)
Geotropism
c)
Photosynthesis
d)
Transpiration
51.
What is the correct equation for the photosynthesis equation?
a)
6CO2 + 6H2O ----> C6H12O6 + 6O2
b)
C6H12O6 + 6O2 ----> 6CO2 + 6H2O
c)
6CO2 + C6H12O6 ----> 6H2O + 6O2
d)
6H2O + 6O2 ----> 6CO2 + C6H12O6