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WorksheetsPJH 2019 - 3rd 9 Weeks Exam Practice
Total questions: 49
Worksheet time: 37mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Trait that helps an organism survive in its environment.
a)
Adaptation
b)
Survival
c)
Misery
d)
No way
2.
I am the father of Genetics
a)
Arnold
b)
Gregor Mendel
c)
Albert Einstein
d)
Regional Punnett
3.
How do adaptations help animals?
a)
To escape animals
b)
to hunt for food
c)
to survive in their habitats
d)
All of these are correct
4.
What are the most studied animals in the galapagos?
a)
Finches
b)
Tortoises
c)
Turtles
d)
Lizards
5.
The theory of evolution by natural selection means that what is changing over time?
a)
The inherited traits of a population.
b)
The acquired traits of a population.
c)
Hair color and eye color
d)
Attractive features.
6.
Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?
a)
Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
b)
Because they come from dominant alleles.
c)
Because they come from recessive alleles.
d)
Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.
7.
Mutations are a change in what?
a)
DNA
b)
tRNA
c)
genotype
d)
phenotype
8.
The purpose of selective breeding is to
a)
Get bigger animals
b)
get smaller animals
c)
create animals with desirable traits
d)
create animals with bad traits
9.
All of the following statements are reasons for selective breeding except:
a)
To produce offspring with desirable characteristics
b)
Farmers increase their profit by improving crops
c)
To improve the quality of food products
d)
To increase migration patterns
10.
"Survival of the Fittest" is a good way to describe which theory?
a)
natural selection
b)
selective breeding
11.
Where humans have bred organisms together based on traits we like.
a)
Evolution
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Extinction
d)
Artificial Selection
12.
What are the reactants (what's needed) for photosynthesis?
a)
glucose and oxygen
b)
light, water, and carbon dioxide
13.
What are the products (what's made) during photosynthesis?
a)
glucose and oxygen
b)
water, light, and carbon dioxide
14.
What is the energy conversion during photosynthesis?
a)
chemical --> chemical
b)
thermal --> electrical
c)
chemical --> electrical
d)
radiant --> chemical
15.
What is the source of energy for photosynthesis?
a)
carbohydrates-chemical
b)
sunlight-radiant
c)
heat-thermal
d)
television-electrical
16.
What does biodiversity mean?
a)
Only one species in an area.
b)
The different amount of species in an area
c)
All abiotic life
d)
Nitrogen fixation
17.
A greater a habitat's biodiversity, the greater will be that habitat's -
a)
sustainability over time with varying conditions.
b)
consumption of energy in the form of sunlight.
c)
temperature ranges across the seasons.
d)
distance to the nearest water source.
18.
The number of individuals a habitat can sustain with the resources it has available
a)
Carrying capacity
b)
Limiting factors
c)
Resources
d)
Population
19.
What is a decomposer?
a)
Organism that makes its own energy
b)
Organism that breaks down dead organisms
c)
Organism that eats other organisms for food & energy
20.
What is a producer?
a)
Organism that makes its own energy
b)
Organism that breaks down dead organisms
c)
Organism that eats other organisms for food & energy
21.
What is a consumer?
a)
Organism that makes its own energy
b)
Organism that breaks down dead organisms
c)
Organism that eats other organisms for food & energy
22.
If a disease destroying barley plants in a field swept through an ecosystem, what would happen to the barley eating bird population in the the field ?
a)
The bird population would stay the same
b)
The bird population would infinitely increase
c)
The bird population would decrease
23.
If the carrying capacity of a predator decreases, what will happen to the carrying capacity of the prey?
a)
Will Increase
b)
Will Decrease
c)
Will stay the same
d)
Will fluctuate
24.
Any thing or organism that regulates the size of a population is known as __________.
a)
a limiting measure
b)
a limiting factor
c)
carrying capacity
d)
biodiversity
25.
Which best describes what a food chain shows you?
a)
Energy flow through an ecosystem
b)
Food flowing through an ecosystem
c)
Consumers going into other consumers
d)
Who eats who
26.
What are plants called in a food chain?
a)
Producers
b)
Consumers
c)
Decomposers
d)
Scavengers
27.
What are animals called in a food chain?
a)
Producers
b)
Consumers
c)
Decomposers
d)
Plants
28.
Where does the energy start in this food chain?
a)
Plant
b)
Sun
c)
Deer
d)
Wolf
29.
Which type of consumer eats meat only?
a)
Producers
b)
Herbivores
c)
Carnivores
d)
Omnivores
30.
Which type of consumer eats meat and plants?
a)
Herbivores
b)
Carnivores
c)
Omnivores
d)
Plants
31.
Which type of consumer eats plants only?
a)
Herbivores
b)
Omnivores
c)
Carnivores
d)
Scavengers
32.
Which of the following organisms is a carnivore.
a)
greenfly
b)
titmouse
c)
mouse
d)
buzzard
33.
The owl receives energy from which organisms?
a)
grasshopper and mouse
b)
mouse and rabbit
c)
rabbit and butterfly
d)
butterfly and frog
34.
How many predators does the squid have?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
35.
Name the producers in this food web.
a)
seagull and fish
b)
penguin and crab
c)
phytoplankton and seaweed
d)
seaweed and zooplankton
36.
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
37.
In the energy pyramid here, which organisms have the most energy available?
a)
Producers
b)
Carnivores
c)
Herbivores
d)
Top Predator
38.
In the energy pyramid below, which organism has the least amount of energy available?
a)
Producers
b)
Herbivores
c)
Carnivores
d)
Top Predator
39.
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
40.
The diagram is intended to show relationships in an ecosystem. What do the arrows represent?
a)
The direction of population migration
b)
Differences in dietary habits
c)
Progressively smaller organisms
d)
The direction of the energy flow
41.
The diagram represents different levels of a marine food pyramid. Between which two levels is the greatest amount of energy transferred
a)
R and Q
b)
S and R
c)
T and S
d)
U and T
42.
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
43.
A dichotomous key for trees is provided. Hikers found a tree that has large brown cones and single sharp needles. What species of tree have the hikers found?
a)
Juniper
b)
Pine
c)
Spruce
d)
Fir
44.
The scientific name for an organism is made from the:
a)
class and family name
b)
genus and species name
c)
domain and kingdom name
d)
kingdom and phylum name
45.
An illustration and a dichotomous key are given. What is the correct classification for this organism?
a)
Class Insecta
b)
Order Amblygygi
c)
Order Araneae
d)
Order Scorpiones
46.
When using a dichotomous key to identify organisms, what do we look at?
a)
physical features
b)
weather patterns
c)
environment
d)
diet
47.
What is the name of bird W?
a)
Certhidea
b)
Geospiza
c)
Camarhynchus
d)
Platyspiza
48.
The first part of a scientific name is an organism's _______________ and the second part is its ________________.
a)
species, genus
b)
phylum, order
c)
class, spices
d)
genus, species
49.
What is the proper order least to greatest
a)
cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism
b)
tissue, cell organism, organ system
c)
organism, cell, tissue , organ system, organ
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