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Spring Final Exam Review

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What do you call the 2 name scientific name given to every organism?
a)
binomial nomenclature
b)
trinomial nomenclature
c)
taxonomy
d)
classification
2.
A genus is composed of several related...
a)
orders
b)
species
c)
phyla
d)
kingdoms
3.
All organisms have...
a)
nuclei
b)
organelles
c)
genetic material (DNA or RNA)
d)
multiple cells
4.
Which of the following contains all of the eukaryotic kingdoms?
a)
fungi and eubacteria
b)
archaebacteria and plantae
c)
plantae and animalia
d)
protista, plantae, animalia, fungi
5.
What are fungi's cell walls made of?
a)
cellulose
b)
sucrose
c)
chitin
d)
lactin
6.
What is the difference between eubacteria and archaebacteria?
a)
eubacteria have cell walls and archae do not
b)
eubacteria are multicellular and archae are unicellular
c)
eubacteria have nuclei and archae do not
d)
archae live in harsh conditions and eubacteria do not
7.
Which of the following terms describes an organism that makes its own food?
a)
carnivore
b)
autotroph
c)
consumer
d)
heterotroph
8.
Which of the following terms describes an organism that consumes its food (can not make its own food)
a)
heterotroph
b)
autotroph
c)
producer
d)
plants
9.
Which of the following is necessary for photosynthesis to occur?
a)
ATP
b)
glucose
c)
sunlight
d)
oxygen
10.
What is the function of vascular tissue in plants?
a)
carry materials (food and water) around the plant
b)
anchor the plant to the ground
c)
provide support and structure
d)
absorb sunlight for photosynthesis
11.
Which part of the plant is responsible for support transporting substances between the roots and leaves?
a)
flower
b)
stem
c)
anther
d)
leaf
12.
Which of the following controls gas exchange in a plant?
a)
guard cells
b)
leaves
c)
cell wall
d)
stomata
13.
What are tropisms?
a)
plant's ability to absorb water
b)
plant's reaction to the environment
c)
plant's ability to perform photosynthesis
d)
plant's ability to make glucose
14.
What is phototropism?
a)
plant will grow toward the light
b)
roots will grow down due to gravity
c)
plant's response to touch
d)
none of the above
15.
What is gravitropism?
a)
plant will grow toward the light
b)
roots will grow down due to gravity
c)
plant's response to touch
d)
none of the above
16.
All plants are multicellular.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
All plants are eukaryotes.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
What is the function of the anther in a plant?
a)
absorb water
b)
capture sunlight
c)
transport nutrients
d)
produce pollen
19.
A period of dormancy can allow seeds to germinate...
a)
under poor conditions
b)
under ideal conditions
c)
in extreme temperatures
d)
in a drought 
20.
All animals are unicellular, eukaryotes that can NOT make their own food. 
a)
True
b)
False
21.
Which of the following vocabulary words means that an organism cannot move?
a)
mobile
b)
motile
c)
sessile
d)
flagella
22.
Animals that have a backbone are called...
a)
vertebrates
b)
invertebrates
c)
porifera
d)
nematoda
23.
Which of the following is NOT an example of erosion?
a)
wearing away of soil by water
b)
adding new soil into a garden
c)
wind wearing away soil
d)
water destroying rock
24.
Which of the following is true about the organization of an ecosystem?
a)
species make up communities
b)
species make up populations
c)
communities make up populations
d)
populations make up species
25.
Which of the following describes a biosphere?
a)
combined portions of Earth in which all living things exist
b)
group of individuals that live in the same area
c)
different populations that live in the same area
d)
all living and nonliving factors in an area
26.
Which organism is responsible for nitrogen fixation?
a)
plants
b)
fungi
c)
bacteria
d)
protists
27.
What is an organism that only feeds on other animals?
a)
omnivore
b)
herbivore
c)
carnivore
d)
all of the above
28.
Which of the following is NOT a goal of conservation biology?
a)
regulate laws for the environment
b)
protect ecosystems
c)
protect natural resources
d)
consume more forests
29.
Which of the following is a biotic factor?
a)
dog
b)
rock
c)
soil
d)
water
30.
What kind of food does  a decomposer eat?
a)
plants
b)
meat
c)
plants and meat
d)
dead, decaying matter
31.
How to plants obtain energy?
a)
They produce it (producers)
b)
They consume it (consumers)
32.
90% of energy at each trophic level is used for life processes and lost as
a)
ATP
b)
glucose
c)
heat
d)
protein
33.
Which of the following describes the maximum population size that an environment can sustain?
a)
limited capacity
b)
carrying capacity
c)
extinction
d)
limited resources
34.
What is the process called when a bacteria changes the nitrogen into a form that plants can use?
a)
nitrogen changing
b)
nitrogen fixation
c)
photosynthesis
d)
cellular respiration
35.
Which of the following in NOT a limiting factor?
a)
low food supply
b)
limited space
c)
abundance of water
d)
lack of rainfall
36.
Which of the following describes a food web?
a)
interconnected food chains within an ecosystem
b)
limiting factors within an ecosystem
c)
living or once living organisms
d)
all of the biotic and abiotic in an area
37.
Which of the following describes ecology?
a)
interconnected food chains within an ecosystem
b)
limiting factors within an ecosystem
c)
living or once living organisms
d)
study of organisms and their relationship to eachother and the abiotic factors
38.
The large bird in this food chain is a ...
a)
primary consumer
b)
primary producer
c)
decomposer
d)
secondary consumer
39.
The flower in this food chain is a ...
a)
carnivore
b)
primary consumer
c)
decomposer
d)
primary producer
40.
What is Earth's main source of energy?
a)
ATP
b)
water
c)
sun
d)
mitochondria
41.
A symbiotic relationship in which one organism is helped and the other is neither helped or harmed is ...
a)
mutualism
b)
parasitism
c)
commensalism
d)
none of the above
42.
Which relationship do the lion and zebra have?
a)
competition
b)
commensalism
c)
predation
d)
mutualism
43.
Which of the following maintains earth's temperature?
a)
greenhouse effect
b)
sun
c)
nitrogen fixation
d)
respiration
44.
Which kingdom contains the "catch all" organisms?
a)
animalia
b)
protista
c)
fungi
d)
archaebacteria
45.
What is a niche?
a)
where an organism lives
b)
how an organism obtains nutrients
c)
physical and biological things an organism uses
d)
none of the above
46.
Which of the following is NOT a function of the integumentary system?
a)
makes vitamin D
b)
obtain nutrients
c)
protection from injury
d)
first line of defense
47.
Which of the following is an important function of the skeletal system?
a)
excrete waste
b)
regulate water 
c)
secrete hormones
d)
make red blood cells
48.
Which body system is responsible for transport of materials throughout the body?
a)
integumentary
b)
excretory
c)
circulatory
d)
endocrine
49.
Which body system is responsible for obtaining oxygen?
a)
excretory
b)
endocrine
c)
respiratory
d)
nervous
50.
Animals have a cell wall. 
a)
True
b)
False
51.
The cheetahs are fighting over a limited resource (food) - what is this called?
a)
mutualism
b)
competition
c)
symbiosis
d)
homeostasis