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Topic Knowledge Quiz - Ecosystem Processes

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the role of the Cell Membrane?

a)

Controls what goes in and out of the cell

b)

The place where the cells reactions occur

c)

Controls what the cell does

d)

Supports and protects the cell

2.

What is the role of the Cell Wall

a)

Controls what goes in and out of the cell

b)

The place where the cells reactions occur

c)

Controls what the cell does

d)

Supports and protects the cell

3.

What is the role of the Nucleus?

a)

Controls what goes in and out of the cell

b)

The place where the cells reactions occur

c)

Controls what the cell does

d)

Supports and protects the cell

4.

What is the role of the Cytoplasm?

a)

Controls what goes in and out of the cell

b)

The place where the cells reactions occur

c)

Controls what the cell does

d)

Supports and protects the cell

5.

What is the role of the Chloroplast?

a)

Controls what goes in and out of the cell

b)

A storage place containing sap

c)

Controls what the cell does

d)

Supports and protects the cell

e)

Contains Chlorophyll and where Photosynthesis takes place

6.

What is the role of the Vacuole?

a)

Controls what goes in and out of the cell

b)

A storage place containing sap

c)

Controls what the cell does

d)

Supports and protects the cell

e)

Contains Chlorophyll and where Photosynthesis takes place

7.

What is the equation for Photosynthesis?

a)

Carbon Dioxide + Oxygen -----> Water + Glucose

b)

Glucose + Water -----> Oxygen + Glucose

c)

Carbon Dioxide + Water -----> Oxygen + Glucose

d)

Oxygen + Glucose -----> Water + Carbon Dioxide

8.

What is the process of making glucose from our environment called?

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Chemosynthesis

9.

Anything with the 7 processes is called?

a)

A Human

b)

A thing

c)

An Organism

10.

M from MRS GREN stands for?

a)

More

b)

Movement

c)

Move

d)

Make

11.

R from MRS GREN stands for?

a)

Respiration

b)

Recovery

c)

Remember

d)

Respond

12.

S from MRS GREN stands for?

a)

Sometimes

b)

Secrete

c)

Sensitivity

d)

Smell

13.

G from MRS GREN stands for?

a)

Gone

b)

Gas

c)

Grass

d)

Growth

14.

R from MRS GREN stands for?

a)

Respiration

b)

Recovery

c)

Reproduction

d)

Respond

15.

E from MRS GREN stands for?

a)

Excretion

b)

Easy

c)

Energy

d)

Eager

16.

N from MRS GREN stands for?

a)

Name

b)

Nutrition

c)

Noise

d)

Nutrients

17.

What is the long molecule made up of lots of glucose called?

a)

Starch

b)

Protein

c)

Sugar

d)

Glucose

18.

What solution can be used to test for Starch?

a)

Copper Sulphate

b)

Sulfuric Acid

c)

Iodine

d)

Distilled Water

19.

What colour will the solution turn if Starch is not present in a plant?

a)

Brown

b)

Blue / Black

20.

Where does photosynthesis take place?

a)

Chlorophyll

b)

Chloroplasts

c)

Stomata

21.

What is the role of Chlorophyll?

a)

Make money

b)

Take oxygen from the atmosphere

c)

Make food

d)

Take energy from sunlight

22.

Where do gases enter and exit a plant from?

a)

Guard Cell

b)

Stomata

c)

Palisade Cell

23.

How are Palisade Cells specialised? (Pick 3)

a)

Contain lost of Chloroplasts

b)

Long and Thin

c)

Top of the leaf

d)

Large surface area

e)

Strong

24.

What is the name of the process which plants use for exchanging gases?

a)

Osmosis

b)

Active Transport

c)

Diffusion

d)

Gaseous Exchange

25.

Where do plants get water from?

a)

Rain

b)

Soil

c)

Roots

d)

Leaf

26.

What happens if plants do not get enough minerals?

a)

Dry out

b)

Mineral deficiency

c)

Die

d)

Wilt

27.

Nitrates are involved in making?

a)

Carbohydrates

b)

Lipids (Fats)

c)

Protein

d)

Amino Acids

e)

Sugars

28.

Why do farmers use fertilisers on their crops? (Pick 2)

a)

Give them nutrients

b)

Hydrate them

c)

Grow healthy

29.

Can manure be used as a fertiliser?

a)

Yes

b)

No

30.

What is respiration?

a)

The process that the body uses to release energy from undigested food

b)

The process that the body uses to release energy from digested food

31.

What is the equation for respiration?

a)

Glucose + Oxygen -----> Carbon Dioxide + Water + Energy

b)

Carbon Dioxide + Water + Energy -----> Glucose + Oxygen

c)

Glucose + Energy -----> Carbon Dioxide + Water + Oxygen

d)

Carbon Dioxide + Oxygen -----> Glucose + Water + Energy

32.

What is the substance in your blood that binds with oxygen?

a)

Haemoglobin

b)

Plasma

c)

Red Blood Cell

d)

White Blood Cell

33.

What substance dissolves glucose from the small intestine?

a)

Plasma

b)

Haemoglobin

c)

White Blood Cells

d)

Red Blood Cells

34.

Aerobic respiration takes place without oxygen.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

Anaerobic respiration takes place with oxygen.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

What is lactic acid?

a)

The incomplete breakdown of glucose during anaerobic respiration

b)

The complete breakdown of glucose during aerobic respiration

c)

The incomplete breakdown of glucose during aerobic respiration

d)

The complete breakdown of glucose during anaerobic respiration

37.

What is oxygen debt?

a)

The amount of oxygen needed to breakdown lactic acid remaining before exercise

b)

The amount of oxygen needed to breakdown lactic acid remaining during exercise

c)

The amount of oxygen needed to breakdown lactic acid remaining after exercise

38.

What beverages use yeast in their production? (Pick 3)

a)

Beer

b)

Gin

c)

Wine

d)

Cider

e)

Rum

39.

What is fermentation? (Pick 2)

a)

The chemical break down of a substance by bacteria

b)

The chemical break down of a substance by chemicals

c)

The chemical break down of a substance by yeasts

40.

What do food chains and webs start with?

a)

A Predator

b)

A Consumer

c)

A Producer

d)

A Herbivore

41.

What do the arrows in food chains and webs signify?

a)

Eating

b)

Eaten by

42.

What is a decomposer? (Pick 2)

a)

Bacteria

b)

Plants

c)

Fungi

d)

Human

43.

Where does the energy go from food consumption? (Pick 3)

a)

Warmth

b)

Digestion

c)

Movement

d)

Breathing

e)

Excretion

44.

What is interdependence?

a)

When other organisms in food webs rely on each other for survival

b)

When other organisms in food webs don't rely on each other for survival

45.

What is a bioaccumulation?

a)

When toxins build up and affect the top of the food chain the least

b)

When toxins build up and affect the top of the food chain the most

c)

When toxins build up and affect the bottom of the food chain the most

d)

When toxins build up and affect the bottom of the food chain the least

46.

Poisons can be passed through food chains and get concentrated at each step?

a)

True

b)

False

47.

What are pesticides?

a)

Killing of humans

b)

Killing of birds

c)

Killing of plants

d)

Killing of insect pests

e)

Killing of animals

48.

What is an ecosystem?

a)

Community of non-living organisms interacting with each other and the environment around them

b)

Community of living organisms not interacting with each other and the environment around them

c)

Community of living organisms interacting with each other and the environment around them

d)

Community of non-living organisms not interacting with each other and the environment around them

49.

What is a habit and what is a community? (Pick 2)

a)

Community = The non-living part (physical area which organisms live)

b)

Habitat = The living part (all the different organisms living in that particular habitat)

c)

Habitat = The non-living part (physical area which organisms live)

d)

Community = The living part (all the different organisms living in that particular habitat)

e)

None of the above

50.

What is a Niche?

a)

The role an organism plays in an ecosystem

b)

The role a population plays in an ecosystem

c)

All of the above