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2019 Honors Bio 1st Semester Review

Total questions: 90

Worksheet time: 59mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This variable in an experiment is the one being deliberately changed by the scientist. 
a)
dependent variable
b)
independent variable
c)
data
d)
control group
2.
In a controlled experiment, how many variables can be worked with at a time? 
a)
one
b)
none
c)
two or more
d)
how ever many makes sense.
3.

Mrs. Mack sets up an experiment to see how the mass of a ball affects the distance it rolls off a ramp. Identify the independent variable:

a)

distance traveled by the ball

b)

height of the ramp

c)

mass of the ball

d)

weight of the ball

4.
A student is planning an experiment to find out how the height from which he drops a ball affects how high the ball bounces. The dependent variable is the _____.
a)
Diameter of the ball
b)
Force acting on the ball
c)
Height that the ball bounces
d)
Height from which the ball is dropped
5.
When experimenting with the growth of a plant, a scientist uses three (of the same type of) plants, two different fertilizers, equal light, and equal water. What type of variable is the fertilizer?
a)
Dependent
b)
Independent
c)
Control
d)
Compound
6.
A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question. 
a)
scientific method
b)
recipe
c)
data collection
d)
metric system
7.
A testable explanation to a problem that has not yet been tested. 
a)
data
b)
theory
c)
hypothesis
d)
fact
8.

Testing a hypothesis often involves a(n):

a)

answer

b)

controlled experiment

c)

problem

d)

safety check

9.
Which of the following would be considered quantitative data?
a)
Color
b)
Smell
c)
6.84 cm
d)
texture
10.

Explaining the color of a chemical would be what kind of observation?

a)

Qualitative data

b)

Quantitative data

11.
What skill is a scientist using when she listens to the sounds that an elephant makes?
a)
drawing conclusions
b)
making observations
c)
interpreting data
d)
making a hypothesis
12.
An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:
a)
Autotroph
b)
Producer
c)
Consumer
d)
Mutualist
13.
Consumer that eats plants
a)
heterotroph
b)
herbivore
c)
producer
d)
community
14.
What does a food web represent?
a)
All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.
b)
The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
c)
A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 
d)
How carnivores get their food. 
15.
relationship in which two species live closely together
a)
resource
b)
mutualism
c)
succession
d)
symbiosis
16.
The rabbit in this food web would be considered a:
a)
Decomposer
b)
Producer
c)
Secondary Consumer
d)
Primary Consumer
17.
Where an organism lives
a)
habitat
b)
niche 
c)
heterotrogh
d)
biosphere
18.
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
19.
What is the term for each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a biological community?
a)
energy path
b)
food web
c)
trophic level
d)
food pyramid
20.
The image provided is an example of a(n):
a)
Carnivore
b)
Herbivore
c)
Producer
d)
Autotroph
21.
The living portions of the ecosystem.
a)
Biotic factors
b)
Abiotic factors
22.
A collection of organisms that make up a community as well as all of the nonliving aspects of the environment.
a)
Population
b)
Community
c)
Habitat
d)
Ecosystem
23.
As you move upward, from level to level, in an energy pyramid, energy _____.
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
stays the same
d)
increases exponentially
24.

plants that convert energy from the sun

a)

decomposer

b)

primary consumer

c)

secondary consumer

d)

photoautotroph

25.
What are the Abiotic factors in this image? 
a)
water, sunlight, dirt, air
b)
birds and plants
c)
birds, water, dirt
d)
plants, water
26.
Organisms that feed on both living producers and other consumers.
a)
Carnivores
b)
Omnivores
c)
Herbivores
d)
Detritivores
27.

A living relationship between two species in which one organism is helped and the other is harmed is called...

a)

mutualism

b)

commensalism

c)

parasitism

d)

niche

28.
symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit
a)
competition
b)
Mutualism
c)
nitrogen fixation
d)
energy pyramid
29.
What is the original source of almost all energy in most ecosystems?
a)
carbohydrates
b)
sunlight
c)
water
d)
carbon
30.
When a population grows past the ecosystem's carrying capacity, what happens to the population?
a)
Continues to grow
b)
The population starts to die off to return to carrying capcity
c)
The population will go extinct due to lack of resources
d)
The population grows then finds a new carrying capacity
31.

Which factor may cause the population of a certain species to increase?

a)

increase of food supply

b)

removal or decrease in number of predators

c)

elimination of disease

d)

all of these

32.
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
33.
A species that is not native to an area is called: 
a)
Native Species
b)
Natural Species
c)
Invasive Species
d)
Symbiotic Species
34.
Why do the populations of invasive species grow so quickly? 
a)
Invasive Species are native to an area. 
b)
Invasive species are prey to many animals.
c)
Invasive species have no predators.
d)
Invasive species keep the ecosystems in equilibrium.
35.
The maintenance of an organism’s internal environment is called:
a)
compensating
b)
homeostasis
c)
balancing
d)
routine
36.
Which of the following is the correct order of organization in living things from most basic (simple) to most complex?
a)
a.  Organism, cell, tissue, organ, organ system
b)
a.  Organ system, organ, tissue, cell, organism
c)
a.  Cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism
d)
a.  Cell, organ, tissue, organ, organism, organ system
37.
When you step out into the cold, your body shivers in order to keep its temperature at 98.6F.
a)
All living things use energy
b)
All living things contain cells
c)
All living things maintain homeostasis
d)
All living things grow
38.

Green plants produce their own food through the process of photosynthesis exhibits which characteristic of life?

a)

All living things use energy

b)

All living things contain cells

c)

All living things maintain homeostasis

d)

All living things grow

39.

A baby song bird hatches from its egg with both parent songbirds watching exhibits which characteristic of life?

a)

All living things reproduce

b)

All living things maintain homeostasis

c)

All living things use energy

d)

All living things grow

40.

A camel has eyelashes that work to keep the dust and sand out of its eyes exhibits which characteristic of life?

a)

All living things adapt to their environment

b)

All living things grow

c)

All living things have cells

d)

All living things use energy

41.

A caterpillar hibernates in a cocoon and emerges as a butterfly exhibits which characteristic of life?

a)

All living things adapt to their environment

b)

All living things use energy

c)

All living things respond to their environment

d)

All living things grow and develop

42.
An amoeba is a unicellular organism. Which characteristic of life is this?
a)
All living things use energy
b)
All living things contain cells
c)
All living things respond to their environment
d)
All living things grow
43.

A tulip opens in the morning at sunrise and closes in the evening at sunset. Which characteristic of life does this exhibit?

a)

All living things have cells

b)

All living things use energy

c)

All living things respond to their environment

d)

All living things grow

44.

A cat is an organism that has a respiratory system that contains lungs and a trachea. Which characteristic of life does this exhibit?

a)

All living things contain cells

b)

All living things maintain homeostasis

c)

All living things have different levels of organization

d)

All living things grow

45.

Over many hundreds of years, a population of rabbits living in the woods adapts to its surrounding with brown fur. Which characteristic of life does this exhibit?

a)

All living things adapt to their environment

b)

All living things grow

c)

All living things use energy

d)

All living things have cells

46.
What is a similarity between photosynthesis and chemosynthesis?
a)
Both are metabolic processes which produce energy for living things
b)
Both use sunlight
c)
Both are performed by bumblebees
d)
Both produce Carbon Dioxide
47.

What are the four most commonly occurring elements in living things?

a)

Copper, Nickel, Calcium, Zinc

b)

Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen

c)

Helium, Silicon, Silver, Gold

d)

Magnesium, Phosphorous, Nickel, Sodium

48.

Organic compound who helps in chemical signaling, works with the immune system, is a structural component of cell membranes, and regulates chemical reactions:

a)

carbohydrate

b)

nucleic acid

c)

lipid

d)

protein

49.

An organic compound used for short term energy:

a)

carbohydrate

b)

nucleic acid

c)

protein

d)

lipid

50.

An organic compound used for long term energy, protection, and insulation.

a)

carbohydrate

b)

nucleic acid

c)

lipid

d)

protein

51.

An organic compound responsible for storing and transmitting heredity information:

a)

carbohydrate

b)

nucleic acid

c)

protein

d)

lipid

52.

Carbohydrates are made up of:

a)

amino acids

b)

glycerol and fatty acids

c)

monosaccharides

d)

nucleotides

53.

Nucleic acids are made up of:

a)

monosaccharides

b)

glyerol and fatty acids

c)

amino acids

d)

nucleotides

54.

Nutrients move through ecosystems in

a)

biogeochemical cycles

b)

water cycles

c)

energy pyramids

d)

ecological pyramids

55.

What is the most important role bacteria play in the nitrogen cycle?

a)

break down nitrogen compounds into nitrogen gas

b)

denitrify nitrogen compounds

c)

change nitrogen gas into plant proteins

d)

change nitrogen gas into ammonia

56.

What is the only form of nitrogen that is usable by plants?

a)

nitrites

b)

ammonia

c)

nitrates

d)

nitrogen gas

57.

What process removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

a)

respiration

b)

combustion

c)

volcanic activity

d)

photosynthesis

58.

What process returns carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?

a)

combustion

b)

photosynthesis

c)

respiration

d)

both respiration and combustion

59.

Cellular respiration is a ____ reaction

a)

synthesis

b)

decomposition

60.

Photosynthesis is a ____ reaction:

a)

synthesis

b)

decomposition

61.

Which of the following best represents parasitism?

a)

+,+

b)

+,-

c)

-,-

d)

+.=

62.

Which of the following best represents mutualism?

a)

+,+

b)

+,-

c)

-,-

d)

+,=

63.
What is the carrying capacity of the graph?
a)
around 500
b)
more than 500
c)
less than 500
d)
around 600
64.
An environmental factor such as storms and extreme heat or cold that decrease a population are considered to be. 
a)
density- dependent factor
b)
population density
c)
dispersion
d)
density- independent factor
65.

A lion and a cheetah attempt to occupy the same niche. The more aggressive lion survives; the cheetah does not.

a)

Density-Dependent: Competition

b)

Density-Independent: Competition

c)

Density-Dependent: Predator-Prey

d)

Density-Independent: Predator-Prey

66.

Since lynx prey on hares, an increase in the hare population causes an increase in the lynx population.

a)

Density-Dependent: Competition

b)

Density-Independent: Competition

c)

Density-Dependent: Predator-Prey

d)

Density-Independent: Predator-Prey

67.
The number of individuals per unit area is the definition of which?
a)
Population distribution
b)
Population density
c)
Survivorship type 1
d)
Survivorship type 2
68.
A community is defined as
a)
All the different species that live in an ecosystem
b)
All the members of the same species
c)
All the non-living things in an ecosystem
d)
the average number of species in an ecosystem
69.
Competition between members of different species in a community
a)
Interspecific 
b)
Intraspecific
c)
Conterspecific
d)
Aspecific
70.
Competition between members of the same species
a)
Interspecific
b)
Intraspecific
c)
Conterspecific
d)
Aspecific
71.
Which is an example of interspecific competition 
a)
Trees in the rainforest competing for light
b)
tadpoles in a pond competing for food
c)
big horn sheep competing for mates
d)
Wolves competing for food in the pack
72.
Which is an example of intraspecific competition
a)
2 types of bacteria competing for food
b)
Big horn sheep competing for mates
c)
Trees in the rain forest competing for light
d)
Lions and leopards competing for food 
73.

An organisms Niche can be defined as

a)

The role its plays in the ecosystem

b)

It's physical and biological requirements

c)

the interactions between it and the water cycle

d)

What it feeds on

74.

The idea that no 2 organisms can have an identical niche and coexist in an ecosystem

a)

Generalists principle

b)

Competitive exclusion principle

c)

Specialist principle

d)

Wild Urban principle

75.
What relationship does this graph represent?
a)
Mutualism
b)
Commensalism
c)
Symbiotic
d)
Predator/Prey
76.
The number f births in a population during a certain amount of time
a)
changes in population
b)
birth rate
c)
births
d)
population density
77.
When part of a population leaves an enviroment
a)
changes in population
b)
carrying capacity
c)
emigration
d)
immigration
78.
When organisms move in from another environment
a)
changes in population
b)
immigration
c)
emigration
d)
limiting factors
79.

What does an energy pyramid show?

a)

Energy flow in a community

b)

Longest lifespans

c)

The stronger animal the higher it is on the pyramid

80.

What would happen if the primary consumers died out?

a)

the producers would grow and the secondary and tertiary consumers would die

b)

producers would die out

c)

consumers would grow

81.
In the energy pyramid here, how much of the energy in the producers gets passed to the herbivores?
a)
10%
b)
20%
c)
80%
d)
90%
82.
A third-level consumer has to be which type?
a)
Carnivore.
b)
Decomposer.
c)
Producer.
d)
Herbivore.
83.
The deer, grasshopper, and bird are all examples of which type of consumers on this food pyramid?
a)
decomposers
b)
omnivores
c)
carnivore
d)
herbivore
84.
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
85.
Which organism recieves the least amount of energy from the producer?
a)
Owl
b)
Grasshopper
c)
Lilypad
d)
Mouse
86.
Which of the following is a herbivore?
a)
cricket
b)
frog
c)
hawk
d)
shrew
87.
The shrew provides energy for the _______?
a)
cricket
b)
grasshopper
c)
frog
d)
snake
88.
Sum total of all chemical reactions in a living thing
a)
metabolism
b)
heredity
c)
evolution
d)
homeostasis
89.
What is a substance called if it speeds up a chemical reaction?
a)
reusable
b)
catalyst
c)
specific
d)
fragile
90.

Is it possible for an energy pyramid to have a producer level that is smaller than a trophic level above it?

a)

No; producers have to convert light energy into chemical energy for heterotrophs

b)

No, because there are always more individual producers than any other level

c)

Yes, because small insects have more energy than most producers

d)

Yes, because tertiary consumers have a larger mass than producers

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