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Benchmark Review (Atoms,Cells, Ecosystems)

Total questions: 49

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If you looked at Alphabet Soup, you see the alphabet represented... but if you looked at a Beef Stew, what would you see?

a)

body tissues

b)

starch and sugars

c)

ribosomes and ER

d)

organelles

2.

Which of the following does NOT belong?

a)
b)
c)
d)
3.

Which of these is unicellular organisms?

a)
b)
c)
d)
4.

Which is a correct description of how Multicellular organisms are different than Unicellular?

a)

Multi requires energy to survive

b)

DNA is only found in multi

c)

Photosynthesis plays a large role in multi

d)

Multi have connected cells that have special jobs

5.

Animal cells are similar and different to plant cells... but what allows materials in and out of an animal cell?

a)

vacuoles

b)

vesicles

c)

cell wall

d)

cell membrane

6.

All living organisms have limbs.

a)
b)
7.

All organisms produce their own food and energy.

a)
b)
8.

All organisms breathe air.

a)
b)
9.

All living things are made of cells, according to Cell Theory.

a)
b)
10.

Why do both plant and animal cells have a nucleus?

a)

Both need a recycling center.

b)

Both need a control center.

c)

Both do not have a nucleus.

d)

Both need a place to store energy.

11.

Why do cells need mitochondria?

a)

photosynthesis

b)

eliminate waste

c)

food production

d)

energy production

12.

What are the differences between plant and animal cells?

a)

cell wall

b)

ribosomes

c)

ER

d)

chloroplast

e)

vacuole size

13.

Which would best represent the cell membrane?

a)

strainer

b)

brick wall

c)

balloon

d)

jacket

14.

Which of the following are SIMILARITIES between uni-cellular and multi-cellular organisms?

a)

can be part of plants and animals

b)

have a nucleus and chloroplasts

c)

specialized

d)

get rid of waste and reproduce cells

e)

have a flagella

15.

How are uni-cellular and multi-cellular organisms DIFFERENT?

a)

uni carries out all the processes while multi are specialized

b)

uni are single cells responsible for all life processes

c)

multi-cellular have a longer life span

d)

uni and multi both allow cells to share workloads

16.

Invasive species can be compared to WEEDS in a flowerbed. What can be considered the reason that the native plants would die while the weeds live!?

a)

overwatering

b)

overcrowding

c)

parasite

17.

If there was not enough water, or not enough soil, or even not enough sunlight for plants to survive... these things would be considered

a)

parasitism

b)

commensalism

c)

limiting factors

d)

carrying capacity

18.

If an environment, ecosystem, or habitat is maxed out with the resources it can provide... it has reached its

a)

limiting factors

b)

carrying capacity

c)

mutualism ability

d)

parasitic capacity

19.

Recall the Energy Pyramid LAB we completed. The different levels recovered or changed at different rates. Why does it take longer to build from the bottom back up?

a)

herbivores eat producers too quickly

b)

it supports the entire pyramid and it is harder for them to recover

c)

carnivores eat each other first and then focus on the producers

d)

only one level of the pyramid is affected by a change, not all of them

20.

Why would a consumer begin eating another food source?

a)

easier prey

b)

original food source had decreased due to disease or human hunting/fishing

c)

no reason, just bored

d)

original food source lost nutritional value

e)

prey became bigger and a harder challenge to capture

21.

Arrows in a food chain or web represent

a)

single relationships between predators and prey

b)

the flow of energy in an ecosystem

c)

how animals move and migrate

d)

the smallest to largest animals

22.

Kelp shelter plankton. What would this symbiotic relationship represent?

a)

mutualism

b)

commensalism

c)

predation

d)

parasitism

23.

Fish are the main food source of Seals and Sea Lions, and they eat other organisms as well. What would this relationship represent?

a)

mutualism

b)

commensalism

c)

predation

d)

parasitism

24.

Pilot fish travel with sharks and whales to eat their leftovers. What would this symbiotic relationship represent?

a)

mutualism

b)

commensalism

c)

predation

d)

parasitism

25.

What all would result in an Ocean food web (otters, seals, sea lions, killer whales, kelp, etc.) if commercial (large-scale) fishing was reduced?

a)

more fish = more food for seals, sea lions (inc population)

b)

more fish = more killer whales

c)

more seals, sea lions = less otters for killer whales

d)

more seals, sea lions = killer whales eating less otters

26.

If a predator has 2 main types of prey, and one prey (#1) population increases, the predator will most likely eat less of the other prey (#2).

a)
b)
27.

If a predator has 2 main types of prey, and one prey (#1) population decreases, the predator will most likely

a)

eat more of Prey #1

b)

eat more of Prey #2

28.

Can land and water ecosystems overlap and SHARE the flow of energy?

a)

Yes! You dork!

b)

No! You crazy!

29.

If a prey were to disappear, whether by migration or extinction, what would their predator have to do to survive?

a)

try to get to the best temperate part of the forest

b)

compete with other species

c)

be sure to become the dominant sex

d)

go to the most humid part of the forest

30.

Which of the following could be considered a decomposer that breaks down the dead wood into nutrients that make the soil more fertile?

a)

fungus

b)

caterpillars

c)

mushrooms

d)

worms

e)

butterflies

31.

What would be a possible impact by removing decomposers and dead material from a forest?

a)

increase chances that herbivores will take over

b)

decrease soil fertility and nutrients

c)

decrease vegetation and photosynthesis

d)

increase forest fires

32.

What could be a possible reason that a species' population would decrease even when at carrying capacity?

a)

reproduction increased

b)

competition decreased

c)

predation decreased

d)

competition increased

33.

How do abiotic factors play a role in a forest community?

a)

increased rain increases mosquitoes and dragonflies

b)

invasive species aggressively decrease native plants

c)

a fungus infects the ecosystem and decreases herbivores

d)

increases in fly populations create increases in bird populations

34.

Which of these would be considered abiotic parts of an ecosystem?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
35.

A tree by itself can be like an ecosystem. What does it use and process through its roots, trunk, and leaves?

a)

the roots pull water from the soil for nutrients

b)

some water is released as water vapor

c)

carbon dioxide is taken in, processed, and released as oxygen

d)

decomposers decrease nutrients available for the trees

e)

animals that burrow beneath the roots take away from the food available to trees

36.

Which of the following are considered mutualistic relationships?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
37.

Which pictures would NOT be the best to represent molecules of carbon dioxide, water, or another group of bonded atoms?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
38.
How many Magnesium atoms are represented in this bond?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
39.
How many elements are in C6H12O6?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
40.
Atoms combine to form _______. 
a)
electrons
b)
molecules
c)
nuclei
d)
neutrons
41.
an atom with atomic number 6 would have how many protons 
a)
6
b)
12
c)
3
d)
cannot be determined 
42.
Particles in an atom that are neutral and have no charge are 
a)
negatrons 
b)
electrons 
c)
neutrons 
d)
protons 
43.
What is the atomic number for an element with three protons?
a)
2
b)
1
c)
3
d)
6
44.
The symbol for Carbon is
a)
6
b)
12.011
c)
C
d)
Ca
45.
Beryllium has how many protons?
a)
4
b)
9.0122
c)
2
d)
13.0122
46.

All substances change their phase BEFORE their temperature can increase at certain stages (ex: solid, liquid, gas).

a)
b)
47.

Temperature and movement of molecules BOTH increase, or BOTH decrease together

a)
b)
48.

Which of the following animals have increased in extinction danger as human populations have increased... they have a DIRECT RELATIONSHIP?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
49.

What are the three main natural resources humans consume from Earth, and it it causes lots of pollution and danger to animals!?

a)

coal

b)

corn

c)

oil

d)

natural gas

e)

sunlight