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WorksheetsUNIT 1 AOS2 revision
Total questions: 155
Worksheet time: 2hrs 51mins
A group of organisms that belong to the same species living together and interacting with each
other are called a
biosystem.
community.
population.
ecosystem.
The main source of energy for producers in an ecosystem is:
kinetic energy.
thermal energy.
chemical energy.
light energy.
Two abiotic factors that affect an ecosystem are:
temperature and animals.
soil and water.
plants and animals.
water and bacteria.
The panting responses that are observed in overheated dogs dissipates excess heat by
counter current exchange.
acclimation.
hibernation.
evaporation.
Humans can lose, but cannot gain, heat through the process of
conduction.
evaporation
convection.
radiation.
An example of effectors' roles in homeostatic responses is observable in young children when
an increase in body temperature results from involuntary shivering.
an increase in body temperature results from exercise.
the rising sun causes an increase in body temperature in a stationary animal.
an increase in body temperature results from fever.
The body's tendency to maintain a constant and optimal internal environment is termed:
balanced equilibrium.
physiological chance.
homeostasis.
static equilibrium.
An example of a properly functioning homeostatic control system is seen when
the core body temperature of a runner rises gradually from 37°C to 45°C.
the kidneys will increase their filtration rate producing more urine, when the body has too much fluid.
a blood cell shrinks when placed in a solution of salt and water.
the blood pressure increases in response to an increase in blood volume.
Huddling is used by many animals in cold environments. By huddling
The surface area of the group of animals is reduced and less heat is lost by radiation.
Animals can lose heat by conduction from each other.
Some animals will die on the outside of the group for the survival of the others.
The group of animals together would be more threatening to the predators.
The source of energy for the grass comes from
nutrients in the soil
the sun
rain
fertilizers
Frogs compete
with snake for rabbit.
with rabbit for grass.
with mice for crickets.
with hawk for mice.
In terms of feeding the hawk would be classed as
tertiary consumer only.
secondary and tertiary consumer only.
quaternary consumer only.
secondary, tertiary and quaternary consumer.
Which of the following is an example of an organism maintaining homeostasis??
A plant using the openings on its leaves, stomata, to exchange gases and evaporate water to allow more water to get into the plant
A Runner perspiring while running on a hot summer day
The human body releasing insulin to keep blood sugar steady
The maintain ace of a body temperature around 98.6 degrees F
All of the above
which of the following statements concerning scientific hypotheses is false?
they must be testable by experimentation
they are not always correct
they are the same as theories
they are constructed based on observations
water is the universal....
solute
solvent
when a person does alot of exercise, blood vessels near the surface of the skin increase in diameter to allow blood to be nearer to the surface and help cool the body. this best illustrates...
synthesis
homeostasis
excretion
locomotion
Observations or data deal with numbers
Quantitative
Opinions
Qualitative
Numerical
Check all of the following that would be considered Qualitative Data
The color of the grass
The number of tomatoes on the plant
The time is takes for a dog to run 200m
The smell of an exotic flower
When testing your hypothesis, how many independent variables should you be testing?
1
2
3
4
What is the purpose of the Control Group?
To control the results
To make the experiment official
To test the constants
To be compared to the Experimental Group
On a line graph, which variable is displayed on the bottom axis?
Independent
Dependent
Codependent
Non-dependent
An amoeba and a bacteria are unicellular.
True
False
Based on the method by which they get food, organisms are classified as autotrophs or heterotrophs. Which organism listed below is correctly paired?
Tiger - autotroph
Human - heterotroph
Grass - heterotroph
Fish - autotroph
An unicellular organism is one that...
Can make its own food.
Cannot make its own food.
Has only one cell.
Has many cells.
Some organisms are capable to reproduce by budding or splitting. The mode of reproduction of these organisms is...
Heterotrophic reproduction
Asexual reproduction
Sexual reproduction
Autotrophic reproduction
What is a species?
particular type of living things that can breed and reproduce
characteristic of life
study of life
step in scientific method
What is metabolism?
single stage of offspring
group of related parts that work together
fully grown
chemical processes that happen in an organism
These organisms more than likely are also...
Which description is most likely shown by this graph?
A population of wolves increases and then increases rapidly.
A population of birds increases but then become stable and constant.
A population of mice slowly increases and decreases over time.
A population of fish increases in the spring but decreases in the fall.
Which of the following questions could be answered based on the graph shown?
Has the rabbit population been impacted by recent construction?
How do the rabbits acquire food in their environment?
What types of shelters are available for the rabbits?
Why are the rabbit's average weight declining?
What is the dependent variable for this graph?
Number of individuals in population
time (years)
Which organelle makes proteins and BOTH prokaryotes and eukaryotes contain?
nucleus
mitochondria
ribosomes
cell wall
Taxonomy is ____________________________.
Study of fossils.
Study of plants and animals.
Classification of living things.
Classification of living and non living things.
An Eukaryotic cell is ___________________.
A cell that has cytoplasm.
A cell that has membrane bound organelles (nucleus)
A cell that has no membrane cell organelles (No nucleus)
A cell that has ribosomes.
A prokaryote is _________________.
A cell that has membrane bound organelles.
A cell that has a nucleus.
A cell that has no membrane bound organelles (No nucleus).
A fungi.
Some organisms are capable of making their own food. These kind of organisms are called...
Multitrophic
Autotrophic
Heterotrophic
Semitrophic
Organisms that are NOT capable of making their own food are ...
Autotrophic
Producer
Abundant
Heterotrophic
An organism that has no nucleus, lives in hot, salty, extreme conditions is...
Fungi
Protista
Plantae
Archaebacteria
An organism that has a nucleus, is autotrophic, and multicellular is...
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia
Protista
An organism that has a nucleus, lives in ponds, and is mostly unicellular belongs to what some scientists call the "Junk drawer". What DOMAIN does this organism belong to?
Eubacteria
Plantae
Protista
Animalia
What type of cell do organisms that are less diverse, less complex, produce identical offspring, and are more abundant have?
Akaryote
Prokaryote
Nonkaryote
Eukaryote
Organisms that are autotrophic have the following in common:____________________.
They have mitochondria
They have chlorophyll
They have ribosomes
They have cell membrane
What do we call the part of the graph where the line starts to flatten out?
carrying capacity
logistical growth
exponential growth
Which line represents a population without a limiting factor?
blue
red
What would happen if producers were removed from this food web?
primary consumers would become primary producers
Hunger Games
there would not be anything for primary consumers to eat, so everything would start to die.
nothing
Which of these would be an immediate result of an increase in the number of producers in an ecosystem due to additional nutrient inputs?
The overall rates of decomposition would increase as well.
Predation levels on herbivores would reach new levels.
Genetic drift would occur more often at the consumer level.
There would be an increase in the amount of available energy.
Which of the following food chains correctly lists a squirrel as a primary consumer?
Acorn → Squirrel → Bobcat
Bobcat → Squirrel → Butterfly
Seeds → Squirrel → Bobcat → Wolf
Flower → Lizard → Squirrel → Bobcat
Nuts → Squirrel → Coyote → Mountain lion
Which of these environmental changes can impact the stability of an ecosystem? (you can select more than one answer)
A decrease in primary productivity
An increase in foraging for food
An increase in the available habitat
A decrease in nutrient recycling
A linear representation of the energy flow in an ecosystem is called —
a food chain
a food web
a trophic level
a food pyramid
A sea worm will emerge out of its tube during high tide to find food. What type of adaptation is this?
physical
social
behavioral
physiological
An angler fish produces light to attract prey. Producing light is what type of adaptation
physical
social
behavioral
physiological
What process helps keep a consistent amount of salt and water in the fish's blood?
Respiration
Swim Bladder
Eating
Osmoregulation
Which of the following is an example of positive feedback?
Thermoregulation
Blood Pressure
Childbirth
Blood Sugar Levels
The reaction of the effector is called..
response
sensor
stimulus
set point
A noticeable change in an organism's environment.
control center
response
stimulus
set point
The feedback system that returns the body back to the normal set point.
positive
negative
neutral
returnable
What type of feedback system is described above?
positive
negative
neutral
leofied
What type of feedback system does the model represent?
positive
negative
neutral
glyogen
What is the stimulus in the model above?
body temperature
increase in body temperature
decrease in body temperature
blood vessels dilating
What is the control center in the model above?
Hypothalamus
muscles
thermoreceptors
Blood vessels
What is an effector in the model above?
Hypothalamus
sweat glands
thermoreceptors
sweating
ADH
Inhibits the absorption of water in the proximal convoluted tubule
Inhibits the absorption of water in the distal convoluted tubule
Increases the absorption of water in the proximal convoluted tubule
Increases the absorption of water in the distal convoluted tubule
ADH is created in the:
Hypothalamus
Posterior Pituitary Gland
Brain
Kidney
When ADH is secreted, urine will:
Be more dilute
Be more concentrated
Have a larger volume
All of the above
When you drink a larger volume of water than is required by your body tissues:
ADH secretion will be increased
ADH secretion will be inhibited
ADH secretion will not be affected
None of the above
Cells that detect high blood concentration are called:
Chemoreceptors
Osmoreceptors
Thermoreceptors
Nociceptors
Insulin converts glucose to
glucagon
glycogen
glycerol
glucose
Glucagon is
a neurotransmitter
released in response to high blood sugar
secreted by α-cells
secreted by β- cells
Glucose does NOT come from
diet
glycolysis
gluconeogenesis
glycogenolysis
Adrenaline leads to...
glycogenolysis
glycogenesis
parasympathetic nerve stimulation
pupil constriction
Insulin's target cells =
cells of the Islets of Langerhans
cells of the hypothalamus
epithelium of the ileum
hepatocytes
Glycogenesis
Converting glycogen to glucose
First stage of aerobic and anaerobic respiration
Synthesising glycogen from glucose
Synthesising glucose from non-carbohydrate sources
Mutualism refers to
Interactions where both partners are adversely affected
Relationship in which both species are mutually benefited
Interaction where only one of the species is benefited
None of these
A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unharmed.
Mutualism
Competition
Parasitsm
Commensalism
Two organisms that are so similar they can interbreed in nature and produce fertile offspring.
biotic factor
herbivore
ecosystem
species
Silverfish live and hunt with army ants. They share the prey. They neither help nor harm the ants.
Mutualism
Parasitism
Commensalism
Predation
A cuckoo and a warbler are both birds. A cuckoo will find the nest of warbler instead of building her own, and she harms the warbler by knocking a warbler egg out of nest and laying her own. When the warbler mother returns, she isn’t aware of the switch. The warbler will then raise the baby cuckoo bird instead of her own baby. Which term best describes this relationship?
Predation
Parasitism
Commensalism
Mutualism
Barnacles are sea creatures that create a home by attaching themselves to whales. The whales are unaffected by the barnacles. Which term best describes this symbiotic relationship?
Commensalism
Parasitism
Predation
Mutualism
Ostriches and gazelles are two animals that live in Africa. They graze for food near each other because they help each other spot predators. The gazelle has excellent eyesight, but poor hearing, and the ostrich has excellent hearing, but poor eyesight. These two animals will alert one another when danger is near. Which term best describes this relationship?
Predation
Commensalism
Mutualism
Parasitism
Look at this image- What is the carrying capacity of this population?
21
5000
2000
1000
What type of growth is represented by this graph?
exponential
logistic
As resources become less available the growth of a population
slows or stops
decreases or increases
up or down
in or out
Factor that causes population growth to decrease.
growth factor
limiting factor
density factor
environmental factor
Which of the following is a density-dependent factor?
Disease
Weather
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
The term diversity means
similarity
variety
The variety of life in an area that is determined by the number of different species in that area.
Biodiversity
Genetic diversity
Species diversity
Ecosystem diversity
Which levels of hierarchy form the scientific name?
Class and species
Order and genus
Phylum and species
Genus and species
Which kingdom is eukaryotic, multicellular and autotrophic?
Animalia
Fungi
Eubacteria
Protista
You would find mushrooms in which kingdom?
Plant
Protists
Fungi
Animal
Canis lupus
Biologists who classify living things into groups are called
Biologroupist
Dichotomous
Taxonomists
Binomial
This kingdom contains multicellular autotrophs.
protist
plant
animal
fungus
These two kingdoms contain multicellular heterotrophs.
fungus and plant
plant and animal
fungus and plant
fungus and animals
Type of diabetes characterized by insulin resistance
Type I
Type II
how can you prevent Diabetes from happening?
Eat a lot of fast foods
exercise
Eat a lot of candy
Drink a lot of soda
High blood sugar level in the mother does not affect the fetus' sugar level.
True
False
Gestational Diabetes usually disappears after pregnancy.
True
False
Desert plants have adaptations for survival, such as -
Stems and roots store water
Leaves with waxy coating or hairy covering
Fewer and smaller stomata
All of these choices
Why do tundra plants typically grow close to the ground?
This allows their roots to grow very deep
To prevent herbivores from eating them
To avoid the wind and conserve heat
All of these choices
____________ cells open and close the stomata
palisade
guard
xylem
epidermis
What is excess water being released from the leaves called?
transpiration
perspiration
chemosynthesis
photosynthesis
