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Biology final study

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 29mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which organism in the experiment has an average heart rate of 50 beats per minute?

a)

Cat

b)

Whale

c)

Horse

2.

Given the above experimental results, which of the following would be the most likely conclusion?

a)

Animals with higher heart rates live longer.

b)

Animals with lower heart rates live longer.

c)

Cats live the longest because they have 9 lives.

d)

There is no relationship between heart rate and life expectancy.

3.

Which of the following cell structures enables plants to make carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water?

a)

Cell wall

b)

Central vacuole

c)

Chloroplast

d)

Nucleus

4.

Which process is best represented by the following chemical equation?

sunlight + 6H2O +6CO2 → C6H12O6 + 6O2

a)

Cellular respiration

b)

Photosynthesis

c)

Glycolysis

d)

fermentation

5.

Autotrophs, such as plants, use light to make their own food. What happens to the light absorbed by a plant during photosynthesis?

a)

It’s converted to kinetic energy

b)

It is converted to chemical energy which the plant stores.

c)

It powers a reaction that produces carbon dioxide and water.

d)

It powers a reaction that produces oxygen and carbon dioxide.

6.

The part of cellular respiration that needs oxygen takes place inside the

a)

Nucleus

b)

Mitochondria

c)

thylakoids

d)

Cytoplasm

7.

Which of the following molecules found in the food we eat is most commonly broken down to make ATP?

a)

Carbohydrates

b)

Lipids

c)

Proteins

d)

Vitamins

8.

The chemical equation for cellular respiration is shown below. Fill in the missing molecule.

C6H12O6 + 6O2 → 6H2O + 6CO2 + _________

a)

Glucose

b)

Water

c)

Energy (ATP)

d)

Sunlight

9.

Grasses, hawks, mice, and snakes are all organisms that live in a prairie. In the prairie food chain, which is the correct arrangement according to matter and energy flow?

a)

hawk → snake → mouse → grass

b)

grass → snake → mouse → hawk

c)

grass → mouse → snake → hawk

d)

hawk → mouse → snake → grass

10.

Which organisms help convert gaseous nitrogen into ammonia in the nitrogen cycle?

a)

Bacteria

b)

Trees

c)

Squirrels

d)

Grasses

11.

If the energy pyramid shown started with 25,000 k/cal, how much energy would be left at the top trophic level?

a)

2.5 k/cal

b)

250 k/cal

c)

0.25 k/cal

d)

250,000 k/cal

12.

Which biogeochemical cycle does the diagram in Figure 13.1 show?

a)

Nitrogen cycle

b)

Water cycle

c)

Oxygen cycle

d)

Carbon cycle

13.

Photosynthesis and cellular respiration are interrelated processes. During which biogeochemical cycle do the biological processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration play key roles?

a)

Carbon cycle

b)

Nitrogen cycle

c)

Hydrogen cycle

d)

Phosphorus cycle

14.

Which statement best explains how destruction of forests could affect the carbon cycle?

a)

destroying trees would cause CO2 levels in the atmosphere to drop dangerously low

b)

a loss of trees would have only a small effect on the carbon cycle, because they are green all year long

c)

forest destruction would cause only a small increase in CO2 levels if the roots were left to remove CO2 from the air

d)

cutting down trees could increase atmospheric CO2 levels, because trees that could take up CO2 would be removed

15.

What is the carrying capacity of the graph?

a)

600

b)

800

c)

8000

d)

1000

16.

If the amount of food or resources available increases, the carrying capacity for a population ____________

a)

Stays the same

b)

Increases

c)

Decreases

d)

Fluctuates

17.

What happens if a population grows past its carrying capacity?

a)

The population keeps growing, and growing, and growing.

b)

The population will eventually go back to original carrying capacity

c)

The entire species will go extinct

d)

The carrying capacity just increases

18.

What organisms are at the bottom of an energy pyramid?

a)

Scavengers

b)

Producers

c)

Decomposers

d)

Consumers

19.

Which model above correctly shows energy flow in an ecosystem?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

20.

If 25,000 kg of vegetation is planted in the ecosystem above, how would the lion population change?

a)

Decrease by 2,500 kg

b)

Increase by 250 kg

c)

Decrease by 25,000 kg

d)

Increase by 250,000 kg

21.

Field mice were recently brought from England to Australia. The field mouse population in Australia has grown so fast that they eat an average of $4 billion of wheat every year. Their fast growth is caused by?

a)

The mice like to reproduce

b)

A lack of a native species to eat the field mouse

c)

Abundant food supply

d)

Both B and C

22.

If an invasive species is brought into an ecosystem which organisms will be affected by their presence?

a)

Producers

b)

Consumers

c)

Predators

d)

All organisms will be harmed

23.

Identify the macromolecule in the picture on the above (glucose).

a)

Lipids

b)

Protein

c)

Nucleic acids

d)

Carbohydrates

24.

What is the purpose of an enzyme?

a)

give permission for a reaction to begin

b)

raise activation energy

c)

speed up reactions

d)

control how many reactions occur

25.

An enzyme speeds up a reaction by ___________

a)

lowering the activation energy

b)

raising the activation energy

c)

Releasing energy

d)

Absorbing energy

26.

Above normal body temperature, the body’s natural biological enzymes will __________

a)

Work properly

b)

No longer work properly

c)

Be affected

d)

Bind to a different substrate

27.

What is the cell membrane mostly made of?

a)

Proteins

b)

Phospholipids

c)

cholesterol

d)

Fluid mosaic model

28.

ATP is a form of energy needed for ___________

a)

passive transport

b)

Facilitated transport

c)

Active transport

d)

Osmosis

29.

Using the image shown above, where will the water move?

a)

Into the cell

b)

Outside of the cel

c)

It will not move

d)

It will move equally in and out

30.

The structure shown above has what function?

a)

Contains DNA

b)

Produces energy

c)

Performs photosynthesis

d)

Digests worn out cell parts

31.

Which two organelles are only found in plants?

a)

Cytoplasm and chloroplast

b)

Cell wall and cell membrane

c)

Chloroplast and cell membrane

d)

Cell wall and chloroplast

32.

Which organelle is like the postal service of the cell, sending packages to anywhere they are needed in the cell?

a)

Lysosomes

b)

Golgi apparatus

c)

Nucleus

d)

Mitochondria

33.

The basic unit of life is the _______

a)

Cell

b)

Organelle

c)

Atom

d)

Nucleus

34.

Which is the correct order for levels of organization from simple to complex?

a)

organ, tissue, cell, organism, organ system

b)

organism, organ system, tissue, cell, organ

c)

cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism

d)

cell, organ , tissue, organ system, organism

35.

What is the difference between a cell and a tissue?

a)

a cell is the basic unit of life; a tissue is a group of cells that work as one.

b)

a cell is the basic unit of life; a tissue is a group of different cells.

c)

a cell is a group of organs; tissue is a group of different cells.

d)

a cell is a group of tissues; tissue is the basic unit of life.

36.

Arrange the steps of the Scientific Method in the correct order.

a)

observation → conclusion → experiment → results → analysis → research → hypothesis

b)

experiment → hypothesis → results → research → analysis → observation → conclusion

c)

observation → research → hypothesis → experiment → results → analysis → conclusion

d)

conclusion → analysis → results → experiment → hypothesis → research → observation