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Biology Review Quiz

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is more stable?

a)

Forest with only one oak tree

b)

Forest with a variety of species

2.

Which is more stable?

a)

Aquatic habitat that exists for a hundred of years

b)

Aquatic habitat that experiences overfishing

3.

A dock was built over a large bed of seagrass in a manatee habitat. The dock shaded the bed of seagrass from the sun. The population of manatees decreased in the area even though the manatees could still swim under the dock. Why did the population of manatees decrease?

a)

The seagrass was poisoned.

b)

The seagrass grew too thick.

c)

The manatees swam to another area to eat seagrass.

d)

The seagrass died because the dock shaded it from the sun.

4.

Which ecosystem is the most unlikely to reestablish itself after a natural disaster?

a)

A lake with several different species of fish

b)

A forest made up of only oak trees

c)

A marine ecosystem containing high level of diversity

d)

A desert inhabited by several heat-resistant organisms

5.

Why will knowledge of the human genome enable scientists to better understand proteins involved in human diseases?

a)

DNA contains the information used to make proteins.

b)

Nucleic acid molecules have shapes similar to those of proteins.

c)

The bases that make up DNA are also present in RNA.

d)

Chromosomes can combine to form proteins

6.

Carbohydrates are more easily metabolized than lipids. However, on a gram-for-gram basis lipids provide cells with more-

a)

nitrogen

b)

proteins

c)

structure

d)

energy

7.

In all three complex carbohydrates, the subunits of glucose are bonded together differently. Because they have different structures, they most likely-

a)

contain different chemical elements

b)

form different proteins

c)

carry different nucleotides

d)

perform different functions

8.

How are ferritin and glycogen similar in their primary functions for an organism?

a)

Both store materials needed by the organism

b)

Both store energy used by the organism

c)

Both support the structure of the organism

d)

Both store information for the organism

9.

A students preparing for a hike wants to pack a snack that has biomolecules that provide quickly available energy but few excess calories. Which nutrition label lists the best combination of biomolecules that provide quickly available energy while providing the fewest calories from other types of biomolecules?

a)
b)
c)
d)
10.

All the animals to the right of the hagfish would have the common characteristic of-

a)

fur

b)

claws or nails

c)

lungs

d)

jaws

11.

The diagram shows a dichotomous key and a picture of a fruit. According to the key, the fruit comes from which species of tree?

a)

Fraxinus americana

b)

Fraxinus nigra

c)

Acer platanoides

d)

Acer negundo

12.

A tick feeds off the blood of a deer. The deer is negatively affected. The symbiotic relationship between this two organisms is an example of-

a)

mutualism

b)

parasitism

c)

commensalism

d)

predation

13.

A cuckoo lays its eggs in the nest of the warbler. The cuckoo's eggs hatch first and the young kick the warbler eggs out of the nest. The warbler raises the cuckoo babies and the warbler babies aren't hatched. This symbiotic relationship is an example of-

a)

mutualism

b)

commensalism

c)

competition

d)

parasitism