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Pacific 6th Grade Biology

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A biome is......
a)
Like a snowglobe that you shake and can see different types of animals.
b)
A large region of earth with a certain type of climate
c)
An area of earth only found in the United States.
d)
A community of living things.
2.
Type of forest biome near the equator; receives a lot of rain; temperatures are warm all year.
a)
desert
b)
tropical rain forest
c)
arctic
d)
temperate rain forest
3.

What are plants called in a food chain?

a)

Producers

b)

Consumers

c)

Decomposers

d)

Scavengers

4.

What are the organisms that break down dead stuff?

a)

Producers

b)

Consumers

c)

Decomposers

d)

Organisms

5.

Which two animals below are primary consumers

a)

moth and ant

b)

mushroom and moth

c)

ant and hawk

d)

spider and mouse

6.

What may happen if the snowshoe hare was removed from the food web pictured?

a)

The insects in the habitat would increase.

b)

The shrew population would decrease due to being only hawk food source.

c)

The willow tree population would decrease.

d)

Foxes would dies due to no food source.

7.

Birds migrate during the winter to less cold areas. What type of adaptation is this?

a)

Behavioral

b)

Structural

c)

Radar

d)

Mental Telepathy

8.

The ears of this fox are an example of...

a)

A behavioral adaptation

b)

Poor breeding

c)

A structural adaptation

d)

Plastic surgery gone horribly wrong

9.

These moths are all the same species. The differences between their wings is an example of ________________.

a)

Selective breeding

b)

Variation

c)

Homeostasis

d)

Extinction

10.

Fishermen work hard to catch and remove all the starfish that get into their “underwater farms” where they raise clams & oysters. In the past, they put the starfish into their boats, cut them up with knives, and then throw the pieces of starfish overboard. They thought this would kill the starfish. What they did not know was that each piece of starfish will grow into a whole new animal. What type of asexual reproduction is taking place?

a)

Fragmentation

b)

Vegetative Propagation

c)

Budding

d)

Binary Fission

11.

Is the following asexual or sexual reproduction?

A labradoodle is a type of dog that is crossed between a labradoor retriever and a poodle. The labradoodle puppy takes on the traits of both of its parents. Female dogs have a pregnancy period of almost 70 days.

a)

Asexual Reproduction

b)

Sexual Reproduction

12.

The purpose of seed dispersal is for the seeds to __________.

a)

germinate at the same time

b)

move to the same place and grow

c)

move further away from the parent plant

d)

compete with one another for minerals in the soil

13.

What is one possible reason for seeds to have hooks or barbs?

a)

to stay warm during the winter

b)

to protect themselves from sunlight

c)

to get attached to passing animals and get carried away

d)

to stick to animals and steal nutrients from them

14.

What is a feature?

a)

everything (living and nonliving) that surrounds an organism

b)

an instruction for making a protein molecule

c)

a change that happens because of an event

d)

a characteristic that all members of a species have

15.

What is a trait?

a)

A physical characteristic passed down from your mom

b)

A behavioral characteristic passed down from your dad

c)

A physical or behavioral characteristic passed down from your parents

d)

A behavioral characteristic passed down by your mom

16.
Which of these is an inherited trait for humans?
a)
knowing how to read
b)
speaking English
c)
being able to play the violin
d)
having two arms 
17.
Which of these is a learned behavior for a dog?
a)
walking on four legs
b)
rolling over on command
c)
barking
d)
panting 
18.
A type of gene that can be hidden is called
a)
genotype
b)
recessive
c)
dominant
d)
allele
19.

Mendel bred plants that had green pods with plants that had yellow pods. All of the offspring had green pods. How did this happen?

a)

The yellow pod gene is recessive and was hidden

b)

The green pod gene is recessive and was hidden

c)

The yellow pod gene is dominant and was expressed

d)

Yellow and green pods are equally dominant.

20.

Which is true about a dominant gene?

a)

It's represented with a capital letter

b)

It can cover up and hide a recessive gene

c)

It is usually expressed in one's phenotype

d)

All of these are true

21.

Anna has brown eyes, black hair, and is left-handed. These are all descriptions of her

a)

Genotype

b)

Phenotype

c)

Homozygous

d)

Heterozygous

22.
Aa, DD, bB, yy are all examples of
a)
genotypes
b)
phenotypes
23.
G = green, g = yellow
The genotype for a yellow plant is...
a)
GG
b)
Gg
c)
gg
d)
all of the choices result in yellow
24.

An organism with 2 of the same alleles for a trait is said to be

a)

Homozygous

b)

Heterozygous

c)

Heterowhatsis

d)

Hybrid

25.

An organism with 2 different alleles for a trait is said to be

a)

Homozygous

b)

Heterozygous

c)

Heterowhatsis

d)

Purebred

26.

What are the possible genotypes for this cross?

(Click the picture to see it without the text)

a)

TT = 25% Tt= 50% tt=25%

b)

all tall

c)

TT= 75% tt = 25%

d)

Tt = 100%

27.

Brown fur (B) is dominant to white fur (b).

In the Punnett Square, what is the probability for white fur?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

28.
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
29.

Since the 1800s humans have stopped burning coal, and the trees have returned to their original lighter color. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?

a)

Dark moth

b)

Light moth

c)

Both will be equally successful

d)

Neither will be successful