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Biology Benchmark Review P2

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When you eat food, a hormone is secreted by the pancreas to control the amount of sugar or glucose levels in your blood, called insulin. What systems work together to produce and transport this hormone?

a)

Digestive and Nervous

b)

Circulatory and Endocrine

c)

Immune and Endocrine

d)

Muscular and Nervous

2.
What amino acid is represented by the codon UUA?
a)
Phenylalanine
b)
Tyrosine
c)
Leucine
d)
Stop codon
3.
Invasive species have a negative impact on...
a)

The designated species they are supposed to eat

b)

Species they are not supposed to eat

c)

Any species that they want to eat, regardless of design

d)

Only species named Bob

4.

A student discovers an arachnid with a segmented abdomen, a tail, has a stinger. The student uses the dichotomous key below to identify it. Which arachnid has the student found?

a)

Scorpion

b)

Wind Scorpion

c)

Daddy long legs

d)

Tick

5.

What is one organelle that a virus, a eukaryote, and a prokaryote all have in common?

a)

Vacuole

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Cell Membrane

d)

DNA

6.

Which biomolecule is great for short term energy and can be found in soda, pasta, and many vegetables?

a)

Lipids

b)

Proteins

c)

Nucleic Acids

d)

Carbohydrates

7.

If one was to describe the flow of gases between Producers and Consumers, how might they write it?

a)

Producers absorb oxygen and turn it into carbon dioxide, Consumers do the opposite

b)

Consumers absorb oxygen and release carbon dioxide, Producers absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen

c)

Both absorb oxygen and release carbon dioxide

d)

Both absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen

8.

Which cell organelle helps maintain homeostasis by controlling what goes in and out of the cell?

a)

Nucleus

b)

Golgi Complex

c)

Ribosomes

d)

Cell Membrane

9.
What determines the code, or information, of a DNA molecule?
a)
the shape (structure) of the nitrogen bases
b)
the order (sequence) of the nitrogen bases
c)
the color of the nitrogen bases
d)
the frequency (number) of nitrogen bases
10.
Which of the following organisms are LEAST closely related?
a)
organisms that share a domain
b)
organisms that share a family 
c)
organisms that share a genus 
d)
organisms that share a species 
11.

Which of the following correctly gives the levels of organization from smallest to largest?

a)

Population, community, ecosystem, biosphere, biome

b)

Organelle, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism

c)

Population, community, ecosystem, organism, organ system

d)

Cell, tissue, organ, organelle, organ system, organism, population

12.
Mutated DNA sequences that can be passed from parent to offspring --
a)
occur in somatic cells (body cells)
b)
occur in gametic cells (sex cells)
c)
are rejected by meiosis
d)
only occur if the parent is exposed to harmful substances
13.

Native sponges and introduced muscles are both filter feeders in many of the Great Lakes. What is the ecological relationship?

a)

Mutualism

b)

Parasitism

c)

Commensalism

d)

Competition

14.

Ants protect soft bodied aphids and in return the aphids feed the ants a sugary drink. What is the ecological relationship?

a)

Predation

b)

Parasitism

c)

Commensalism

d)

Mutualism

15.
Pseudoscorpions often hitch rides on the backs of large beetles or true bugs. What is the ecological relationship?
a)
Mutualism
b)
Commensalism
c)
Parasitism
d)
Cooperation
16.

What takes place during interphase?

a)

Cell grows and divides

b)

Cell grows and DNA is replicated

c)

DNA is replicated and cell divides

d)

Cell grows, divides, and DNA is replicated

17.
What happens in the first part of Interphase?
a)
Mitosis
b)
Cell Growth
c)
DNA Replication
d)
Anaphase
18.

Organisms produce more offspring than can survive

a)

Overproduction

b)

Variation

c)

Struggle to Survive

d)

Survival of the Fittest

e)

Inheritance of Traits

19.

If this image were real, use the rules of codominance. What is the resulting percentages of a white bear (WW) and a black bear (BB) crossing?

a)

25% white, 50% both, and 25% black

b)

0% white, 100% both, and 0% black

c)

50% white, 0% both, and 50% black

d)

50% white, 25% both, and 25% black

20.

In the illustration, which organism is on multiple trophic levels?

a)

Grass

b)

Owl

c)

Frog

d)

Squirrel

21.

What body system is attacked by the HIV virus and why?

a)

The reproductive system, for transport

b)

The respiratory system, needs host to reproduce

c)

The endocrine system, for transport

d)

The immune system, needs host to reproduce

22.
According to the diagram, which of the following pairs of insect groups likely share the least homologies?
a)
beetles and moths
b)
grasshoppers and mosquitoes
c)
mosquitoes and flies
d)
flies and moths
23.

What role does bacteria play in soil ecosystems?

a)

They add air to the soil

b)

They break down rock

c)

They return nutrients to the soil

d)

They tunnel through the soil

24.

Plants curling around a pole or mailbox is an example of:

a)

Phototropism

b)

Chemotropism

c)

Geotropism

d)

Thigmotropism

25.

A person boards a plane headed for a vacation. They get infected by a nearby passenger and the symptoms start to manifest 3 days later. Which of these is the probable virus?

a)

Influenza (Lytic)

b)

Chicken Pox (Lysogenic)

c)

HIV (Lysogenic)

d)

Herpes (Lysogenic)

26.

This illustration is the process of crossing over, which of the statements are true-

a)

INCREASES GENETIC VARIATION

b)

TAKES PLACE IN PROPHASE I

c)

EXCHANGES GENETIC INFORMATION FROM ONE CHROMOSOME TO ANOTHER

d)

All of the above

27.

Which body systems interact in the lungs?

a)

the urinary system gets rid of waste and the reproductive system creates offspring

b)

. the endocrine system sends messages for lungs to move and the lymphatic system holds off infection

c)

the nervous system controls the actions and the muscular system moves the body with the diaphram

d)

the respiratory system brings in oxygen, circulatory system transports it and the muscular system moves lungs with the diaphram

28.
The 8 levels of classification, most broad to most specific.
a)
Domain, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Species
b)
Domain, Species, Kingdom, Genus, Phylum, Family, Class, Order
c)
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
d)
Order, Kingdom, Species, Domain, Phylum, Family, Class, Genus