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Exam Review

Total questions: 80

Worksheet time: 7hrs 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the prefix a- mean?

a)

round

b)

together

c)

not

d)

below

2.

What does the prefix co- mean?

a)

round

b)

together

c)

not

d)

below

3.

What does the prefix de- mean?

a)

round

b)

together

c)

not

d)

down

4.

What does the prefix -troph mean?

a)

nourishment

b)

beyond

c)

not

d)

below

5.

What does the root -zyg- mean?

a)

round

b)

join together

c)

not

d)

below

6.

What does the prefix bio- mean?

a)

life

b)

heat

c)

meat; flesh

d)

plants; veggies

7.

What does the prefix pro- mean?

a)

layer

b)

before

c)

meat; flesh

d)

false

8.

What does the prefix omni- mean?

a)

layer

b)

heat

c)

all

d)

plants; veggies

9.

What does the prefix carn- mean?

a)

layer

b)

heat

c)

meat; flesh

d)

plants; veggies

10.

What does the prefix -vor- mean?

a)

life

b)

across

c)

all

d)

to devour

11.

What does the prefix geo- mean?

a)

life

b)

rock, land

c)

all

d)

to turn; change

12.

What does the prefix eco- mean?

a)

life

b)

across

c)

house

d)

to turn; change

13.

What does the prefix homo- mean?

a)

outer

b)

study of

c)

different

d)

same

14.

What does the prefix hetero- mean?

a)

middle

b)

together

c)

different

d)

same

15.

H2O

a)

ozone

b)

oxygen

c)

nitrogen

d)

carbon dioxide

e)

water

16.

What does the prefix auto- mean?

a)

middle

b)

oxygen

c)

self

d)

other

17.

What does the prefix cyan- mean?

a)

self

b)

oxygen

c)

different

d)

blue

18.

what does the prefix herb- mean?

a)

plant

b)

oxygen

c)

meat

d)

life

19.

graphed on the x axis

a)

control

b)

independent

c)

dependent

d)

super variable

20.

dependent variable

a)

x axis

b)

y axis

21.

Y axis

a)

horizontal axis

b)

vertical axis

22.
Is a weather an abiotic or biotic factor? 
a)
abiotic
b)
biotic
23.
Is sunlight an abiotic or biotic factor? 
a)
abiotic
b)
biotic
24.

Which of the fallowing has only abiotic factors?

a)

Sunlight, algae, and temperature

b)

Guppy, crab, oxygen

c)

Sunlight, rocks, and weather

d)

Algae, temperature, and dog

25.

A body part that helps a living thing survive

a)
instinct
b)
physical adaptation
c)
hibernation
d)
migration
26.
Which is an example of a behavioral adaptation?
a)
claws
b)
beak
c)
thumb
d)
migration
27.

If the amount of food resources increases, the population of an animal would

a)

increase

b)

decrease

c)

stay the same

d)

go extinct

28.

If a disease destroying oak trees swept through an ecosystem, what would happen to the acorn-eating squirrel population?

a)

Nothing, the squirrel population would stay the same

b)

The squirrel population would increase

c)

The squirrel population would decrease

29.

The largest population an ecosystem can support is the

(a)  

30.
Food, water, sunlight, shelter, and space are resources that are  __________.
a)
limiting factors
b)
wet
c)
messy
d)
found in rocks
31.

A consumer that eats only producers.

a)

Primary Consumer

b)

Secondary Consumer

c)

Carnivore

d)

Omnivore

32.

An organism that makes its own food.

a)

Autotroph

b)

Heterotroph

c)

Herbovore

d)

Carnivore

33.

This organism is always first on a food web.

a)

Plants

b)

The Sun

c)

Apex Predator

d)

Primary Consumer

34.

The energy organisms need to live and grow first enters the ecosystem when-

a)

decomposers break down dead organism

b)

plants take in light energy from the sun

c)

primary consumers eat plants for food

d)

secondary consumers eat primary consumers

35.

What level consumer is the frog

a)

Primary Consumer

b)

Secondary Consumer

c)

Tertiary Consumer

d)

Apex Predator

36.

Consumers that eat only plants.

a)

Producers

b)

Herbivores

c)

Carnivores

d)

Omnivores

37.

Consumers that only eat other animals (meat).

a)

Producers

b)

Herbivores

c)

Carnivores

d)

Omnivores

38.

A consumer that eats both animals and producers.

a)

Carnnivores

b)

Omnivores

c)

Herbivores

39.

Select all the abiotic factors from the list.

a)

Water

b)

Turtles

c)

Log Turtles are Sitting On

d)

Sun

e)

Grasses

40.
The arrows in a food chain or web represents what?
a)
They point to the organism that is being eaten.
b)
It shows how sunlight flows within an ecosystem.
c)
They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms. 
d)
They represent how water is transferred within a habitat.
41.

How much energy is available to be passed on to the next level in a food web?

a)

100%

b)

10%

c)

50%

d)

75%

42.
Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This relationship neither harms nor benefits the whales. 
a)
parasitism
b)
commensalism
c)
mutualism
43.
Yucca flowers are pollinated by yucca moths. The moths lay their eggs in the flowers where the larvae hatch and eat some of the developing seeds. Both species benefit. 
a)
parasitism
b)
commensalism
c)
mutualism
44.
Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from a spruce tree. The spruce tree is harmed. 
a)
parasitism
b)
commensalism
c)
mutualism
45.

In a Punnett square, a lower case letter stands for a ____________ allele.

a)

dominant

b)

recessive

c)

homozygous

d)

heterozygous

46.

In animals, shaggy fur is dominant to short fur. The Punnett Square shows the genotypes of the offspring of a shaggy fur animal and a short fur animal. What were the genotypes of the parents?

a)

FF and FF

b)

Ff and ff

c)

ff and ff

d)

Ff and Ff

47.

In animals, shaggy fur is dominant to short fur. According to the genotypes shown, what percent of offspring will have short fur?

a)

0

b)

25

c)

50

d)

75

e)

100

48.

Heterozygous is when...

a)

the alleles are the same.

b)

the alleles are different.

c)

the alleles are absent.

d)

the alleles are present.

49.

T = tall and t = short

In the punnett square shown, what belongs in the missing square

a)

tt

b)

Tt

c)

Bb

d)

TT

50.

Which of the following genotypes is homozygous dominant?

a)

A

b)

Aa

c)

AA

d)

aa

51.
Organisms that reproduce asexually generally have offspring that are 
a)
unicellular. 
b)
multicellular. 
c)
genetically varied. 
d)
genetically identical. 
52.
A plant that has traits identical to the parent plant provides evidence that the plant 
a)
resulted from sexual reproduction. 
b)
resulted from asexual reproduction. 
c)
will develop many seeds. 
d)
will have large leaves. 
53.
Many invertebrate animals, such as the hydra, reproduce asexually. What form of reproduction in this stage of the life cycle of the hydra is shown in the diagram? 
a)
binary fission
b)
budding
c)
fragmentation 
d)
vegetation propagation
54.
Requires only one parent
a)
sexual
b)
asexual
55.
Requires two parents
a)
sexual
b)
asexual
56.

Budding is a process in which a new individual is formed that is a clone of the parent. This type of reproduction is _____.

a)

Sexual

b)

Sporulation

c)

Asexual

d)

Binary Fission

e)

Fragmentation

57.

Which organism reproduces through binary fission?

a)

Startfish

b)

Hydra

c)

Bacteria

d)

Coral

58.
Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule?
a)
double helix
b)
contains ribose
c)
made of amino acids
d)
contains Uracil
59.
Adenine bonds with ______________.
a)
Guanine
b)
Thymine
c)
Cytosine
d)
Adenine
60.
Guanine bonds with ______________.
a)
Adenine
b)
Guanine
c)
Cytosine
d)
Thymine
61.
Which sequence of DNA bases would pair with this partial strand
ATG TGA CAG
a)
ATG TGA CAG
b)
TAC ACT GTC
c)
GTA AGT GAC
d)
CAT TCA CTG
62.

How do you "win" at natural selection?

a)

survive

b)

go extinct

c)

survive & reproduce

63.
Which organisms are most likely to survive?
a)
the best adapted
b)
the fastest
c)
the strongest
d)
the most domesticated (tamed)
64.
Why is the mouse population changing over time?
a)
The light mice can reproduce more successfully than the dark mice
b)
The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because the dark mice taste better
c)
The hawks eat more light mice than dark mice because they can see the light mice more easily
d)
The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because they can see the dark mice more easily
65.

Natural selection results in change in a population's _____________ traits over time.

a)

inherited

b)

acquired

66.

Charles Darwin observed that finches of different species on the Galápagos Islands have many similar physical characteristics, this supports the hypothesis that these finches

a)

are twins

b)

acquired traits through use and disuse.

c)

all eat the same type of food.

d)

descended from a common ancestor.

67.
According to this evolutionary tree, birds are LEAST related to: 
a)
Amphibians
b)
Sharks
c)
Ray Finned Fish
d)
Crocodiles
68.
Which rock layer in the diagram seems to be the oldest?
a)
F
b)
E
c)
B
d)
A
69.
Which Rock type would be best to find fossils?
a)
Igneous Rock
b)
Sedimentary Rock
c)
Metamorphic Rock
70.

In a population of ladybugs, black bugs are more successful in escaping predators. Overtime, this gene becomes more popular in the population and the ladybug population loses its red color. This is an example of?

a)

Natural Selection

b)

Mutation

c)

Genetic Drift

d)

Gene Flow

71.
Comparing human hemoglobin of chimpanzees, horses, kangaroos, and chickens, reveal that humans have the fewest amino acid differences with 
a)
Kangaroos
b)
Horses
c)
chickens
d)
chimpanzees
72.
The diagram shows fossils in different rock layers. Which of these statements about the age of these fossils is most likely correct?
a)
Fossil A and C are the same age
b)
Fossil B is older than fossil C
c)
Fossils A is older than fossil B
d)
Fossil D is older than fossil C
73.
Using this dichotomous key, identity the name of the circled fish.
a)
band-tail puffer
b)
spotted goat fish
c)
peacock flounder
d)
trumpet fish
74.

The condition in an experiment that is changed or manipulated.

a)

Dependent Variable

b)

Experimental Group

c)

Independent Variable

d)

Control Group

75.

The condition in an experiment that is observed or measured

a)

Dependent Variable

b)

Experimental Group

c)

Independent Variable

d)

Control Group

76.

In an experiment the group that serves as a standard for comparison and receives no experimental treatment.

a)

Dependent Variable

b)

Experimental Group

c)

Independent Variable

d)

Control Group

77.

The condition that does not change in an experiment.

a)

Data

b)

Inference

c)

Variable

d)

Constant

78.

Data expressed in words.

a)

Qualitative Data

b)

Quantitive Data

79.

Data expressed in numbers.

a)

Qualitative Data

b)

Quantitive Data

80.
Question Image

Match the following terms with the best description.

a)

Some abiotic factors in an ecosystem

1.

Rock, water, sun, wind

b)

Some biotic factors in an ecosystem

2.

Plants, animals, microbes

c)

Breaks down waste and dead organisms

3.

decomposers

d)

Every food chain begins with this

4.

sun

e)

Makes their own food

5.

producer