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Living Earth Midterm (Spring 2022)

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 2hrs 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question.

a)

scientific method

b)

recipe

c)

data collection

d)

metric system

2.
What step does every scientific experiment begin with?
a)
hypothesis
b)
question/problem
c)
procedures
d)
conclusion
3.

A possible explanation to a problem that has not yet been tested.

a)

data

b)

theory

c)

hypothesis

d)

fact

4.

A prediction is most like a(n)

a)

math problem.

b)

educated guess.

c)

memory of a past event.

d)

observation about the text.

5.

The clouds are grey and ground is wet.

a)

qualitative

b)

quantitative

6.

Your teacher has asked you to explain the difference between quantitative and qualitative observations. Which statement is correct?

a)

Quantitative observations use numbers, qualitative uses the senses.

b)

Quantitative observations use the senses, qualitative uses numbers.

c)

Quantitative observations use measurement, qualitative uses numbers.

d)

Quantitative observations use colors, qualitative uses the senses.

7.
Which observation is quantitative?
a)
It is 5 cm long
b)
It is smooth
c)
It looks red
d)
It is dry
8.
What does Inference mean?
a)
finding details in a story
b)
Use clues and what you already know to come up with an idea
c)
Giving a reason for your answer
d)
Using what I know
9.
An experiment is being done to determine how light affects the growth of small zinnia plants. One plant is placed in full sunlight, the second in a shaded area, the third in an unlit closet. What is the independent variable in the experiment?
a)
the amount of light
b)
the type of plants
c)
the type of soil
d)
the length of the experiment
10.
The part of the experiment that remains the same for the control and experimental group.
a)
constants
b)
control
c)
independent
d)
dependent
11.
Steve wanted to see if the type of fertilizer made sunflowers grow larger. What is the dependent variable 
a)
Type of fertilizer
b)
Size of sunflower
c)
Type of sunflower
12.

What two words should be in your hypothesis?

a)

I think

b)

If ...then...

c)

It will

d)

No idea

13.

What variable comes after the word IF

a)

independent variable

b)

dependent variable

14.

What variable comes after the word then?

a)

independent variable

b)

dependent variable

15.

Choose the correctly written hypothesis for "What is the effect of putting Pam Cooking Spray on the bottom of a sled?"

a)

I think the sled will slide faster.

b)

If I put Pam Cooking Spray on the bottom of my sled, then I will win the race."

c)

If I put Pam Cooking Spray on the bottom of my sled, then I will slide faster.

16.

The independent variable is

a)

the part the scientist measures

b)

the part the scientist changes or is testing

c)

a letter

17.

The dependent variable is the part

a)

the letter in the equation

b)

the part being changed

c)

the part being measured

18.

Which step in the scientific method comes after writing the hypothesis?

a)

Test hypothesis

b)

Ask Questions

c)

Draw Conclusions

d)

Share Results

19.

What is a claim?

a)

Answers a question or problem

b)

long and detailed paragraph

c)

Explains why something happened

20.

What is evidence ?

a)

Answers a question

b)

Anything you see, hear or read or experience that causes you to believe something is true.

c)

Long and detailed paragraph

21.

What is reasoning?

a)

Answers a question

b)

Explaining how evidence supports a claim

c)

Used to prove something true or false

22.
According to the American Health Association, peanut butter is a great source of protein.
a)
Claim
b)
Evidence
23.

Peanut butter is a terrific snack.

a)

Claim

b)

Evidence

24.
What are good examples of Evidence to help support your claim?
a)
Research and survey results
b)
Statistics
c)
Expert opinions
d)
All of the above
25.
Most students participate in extracurricular activities and do not have time for community service.
a)
Claim statement
b)
Reasoning statement
c)
Evidence statement
d)
None of the above
26.

Evidence is your __________________

a)

Proof

b)

Question

c)

Reasoning

27.

Reasoning shows ______________ and _______________

a)

Questions and problems

b)

How and why

c)

Evidence and reasoning

28.
"Sleepy students are more likely to be tardy, absent, inattentive in the morning and less able to learn" is an example of:
a)
Claim
b)
Reasoning
c)
Evidence
d)
None of these
29.
Has specific data, numbers, values, or qualitative descriptions. 
a)
Claim
b)
Evidence 
c)
Reasoning
d)
All
30.

An author's statement that can be argued and proven with evidence is ______

a)

claim

b)

evidence

c)

reasoning

d)

theme

31.

In the graph to the right, what is the population of deer at the carrying capacity of the environment?

a)

3

b)

7

c)

70

d)

40

32.
When a specific population grows past the ecosystem's carrying capacity, what happens to the population?
a)
Density Independent limiting factors start to occur resulting in the population going farther above carrying capacity.
b)
Density Dependent limiting factors start to occur resulting in the population going back below carrying capacity.
c)
The population will go extinct due to lack of resources
d)
The population grows then finds a new carrying capacity
33.

A lion and a cheetah attempt to occupy the same niche. The more aggressive lion survives; the cheetah does not.

a)

Density-Dependent: Competition

b)

Density-Independent: Competition

c)

Density-Dependent: Predator-Prey

d)

Density-Independent: Predator-Prey

34.

Since lynx prey on hares, an increase in the hare population causes an increase in the lynx population.

a)

Density-Dependent: Competition

b)

Density-Independent: Competition

c)

Density-Dependent: Predator-Prey

d)

Density-Independent: Predator-Prey

35.

What does the yellow line represent?

a)

exponential growth

b)

logistic growth

c)

carrying capacity

d)

none of the above

36.
Food, water, sunlight, shelter, and space are resources that are  __________.
a)
limiting factors
b)
wet
c)
messy
d)
found in rocks
37.

Two arctic fox are fighting with a polar bear for a sea lion carcass. One fox distracts the bear while the other eats. What type of limiting factor is the polar bear?

a)

Predator-Prey Relationships

b)

Competition

c)

Herbivory Effect

d)

Weather

38.

A group of elephants gets stuck in mud at the edge of the river from a recent mud slide. A lion waits for an elephant to get tired before it attacks. What is the limiting factor to the elephant population?

a)

Predator-Prey Relationships

b)

Natural Disaster

c)

Herbivory Effect

d)

Competition

39.

A duck population normally begin migrating south right after the last rain of the late summer season. Suddenly, they’re migrating much earlier. The climate has been changing far too often which is altering the effects of their magnetite.

a)

Predator-Prey Relationships

b)

Weather

c)

Herbivory Effect

d)

Competition

40.

The wolf goes extinct, and the deer population has no predator to worry about. They graze the land. Because there is no more food. Some of the deer begin to bite at each other, while others die of starvation. What is the limiting factor to the deep population?

a)

Competition

b)

Overcrowding

c)

Predator-Prey Relationships

d)

Herbivory Effect

41.

What do you call an animal that only eats plants?

a)

niche

b)

carnivore

c)

parasite

d)

herbivore

e)

predator

42.

What is the general term used to describe the interaction between two different organisms that are living in close physical association?

a)

photosynthesis

b)

symbiosis

c)

habitat

d)

prey

e)

omnivore

43.

This term describes a consumer that feeds only on other consumers - in other words, the 'opposite' of vegan…

a)

mutualsim

b)

niche

c)

prey

d)

autotroph

e)

carnivore

44.

The animal in an ecological relationship that results in another animal being hunted, killed, and eaten…

a)

autotroph

b)

habitat

c)

predator

d)

herbivore

e)

producer

45.

What would you call an ecological symbiotic relationship that is helpful to both organisms involved?

a)
commensalism
b)
niche
c)
mutualism
d)
habitat
e)
parasitism
46.

An ecological symbiotic relationship between two organisms where one benefits and the other is harmed…

a)

parasitism

b)

herbivore

c)

mutualism

d)

carnivore

e)

commensalism

47.

This is the job or role of a specific organism within its habitat...

a)

producer

b)

prey

c)

carnivore

d)

niche

e)

photosynthesis

48.

What you would call an ecological symbiotic relationship between two organisms where one benefits, but the other is not helped or harmed?

a)

mutualsim

b)

predator

c)

commensalism

d)

parasitism

e)

herbivory

49.

The name of the process that producers use to make their own food…

a)

respiration

b)

commensalism

c)

food chains

d)

photosynthesis

e)

symbiosis

50.

This is transferred between organisms in a food chain and is represented by arrows…

a)

nutrients

b)

photosynthesis

c)

niche

d)

energy

e)

food web

51.

Another word for a plant or other producer that makes its own food using energy from sunlight…

a)

photosynthesis

b)

autotroph

c)

consumer

d)

carnivore

e)

herbivore

52.

Technically speaking, ALL food chains should end with these types of organisms so that nutrients can be recycled back into the habitat…

a)

parasites

b)

predators

c)

herbivores

d)

symbiotes

e)

decomposers

53.

Where does the energy come from initially for this food chain to work?

a)

Plants

b)
Sun
c)
Deer
d)
Wolf
54.
What are animals called in a food chain?
a)
Producers
b)
Consumers
c)
Decomposers
d)
Plants
55.
What are plants called in a food chain?
a)
Producers
b)
Consumers
c)
Decomposers
d)
Scavengers
56.
What are the organisms that break down dead stuff?
a)
Producers
b)
Consumers
c)
Decomposers
d)
Organisms
57.

Click on the image to make it larger-- Choose all that apply: The hawk gets energy from...

a)

mouse

b)

rabbit

c)

wildflowers

d)

snake

58.

Click on the image to make it larger-- Choose the living things that are producers...

a)

wildflowers

b)

rabbit

c)

snake

d)

grass

59.

A ____________________ shows how energy is passed from one living thing to another...

a)

ecosystem

b)

food chain

c)

habitat

60.

Bears eat berries and salmon. Bears are ...

a)

producers

b)

carnivores

c)

omnivores

61.

In the food web shown, who is the secondary consumer?

a)

grass

b)

mouse

c)

rabbit

d)

fox

62.
What does a food web represent?
a)
All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a ecosystem.
b)
The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
c)
A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 
d)
How carnivores get their food. 
63.

After completing your calculations, what is the average amount of energy transferred from one trophic level to the next?

a)

90%

b)

70%

c)

50%

d)

10%

64.
In an energy pyramid, energy_______ as you move up the pyramid.
a)
Increases
b)
Decreases
c)
Stays the same
d)
Changes up and down
65.

In this energy pyramid, which organisms have the most energy available?

a)

Producers

b)

Carnivores

c)

Herbivores

d)

Top Predator

66.
If there is 1000 Kcal available in the producers in trophic level 1, how much energy is available in the herbivores in trophic level 2?
a)
10 Kcal
b)
1 Kcal
c)
100 Kcal
d)
1000 Kcal
67.
Which organism in this food chain is a producer?
a)
Fish
b)
Grass
c)
Grasshopper
d)
Hawk
68.
Which organism in this food chain is a secondary consumer?
a)
Fish
b)
Grass
c)
Grasshopper
d)
Hawk
69.

A species that plays a critical role in the health, maintenance, growth, or definition of an ecosystem.

a)

keystone

b)

invasive

c)

engineer

d)

predator

70.

Which of the following would be the most likely effect, if there were a sudden increase in the cricket population?

a)

There would be a decrease in the small bird population.

b)

There would be a decrease in the grass/flowers population.

c)

There would be a decrease in the mice population.

d)

There would be an increase in the grass/flowers population.

71.
Where an organism lives
a)
habitat
b)
niche 
c)
heterotrogh
d)
biosphere
72.
Where does photosynthesis take place in the plant cell?
a)
Nucleus
b)
Cytoplasm
c)

Chloroplast

d)
Mitochondria
73.

What is one of the "reactants" for photosynthesis?

a)
Sugar (Glucose)
b)
Oxygen
c)
Carbon Dioxide
d)
Yeast
74.
What are the two products of photosynthesis?
a)
Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide
b)

Oxygen and Sugar

c)

Sunlight and Sugar (Glucose)

75.
What is the opposite reaction of photosynthesis called?
a)
Cellular Respiration
b)
Fermentation
c)
Photosynthetic Process
d)
Non-photosynthesis
76.
Pigment in green plants that captures the energy in sunlight is called _______.
a)
Pigment
b)
Chlorophyll
c)
Stomata
d)
Green Thing
77.
Where does CO2 enter the leaves through?
a)
Roots
b)
Stem
c)
Chloroplasts
d)
Stomata
78.
What is one of the 3 products of cellular respiration?
a)
Sunlight
b)

Energy (ATP)

c)
Oxygen
d)
Sugar (Glucose)
79.
The three things plants need are sunlight, water, and CO2 for photosynthesis.
a)
True
b)
False
80.
Which of the following is the correct equation for PHOTOSYNTHESIS?
a)
CO2 + light + H2O --> O2 + Sugar
b)
CO2 + sugar + H2O --> O2 + light
c)
O2 + light + H2O --> CO2 + Sugar
d)
CO2 + O2 + H2O --> Light+ Sugar
81.
What is photosynthesis?
a)
The process in which humans eat their food
b)
When a photographer takes a photo.
c)
To get your pictures from the photo lab.
d)
The process in which plants make their food.
82.
Which of the following structure is where cellular respiration occurs in the cell?
a)
nucleus
b)
cytoplasm
c)
mitochondria
d)
vacuoles
83.
What is cellular respiration?
a)
the breakdown of glucose  to release ATP
b)
the breakdown of glucose to release NADH
c)
the breakdown of glucose to release FADH
d)
the breakdown of glucose to release carbon
84.
What gas is released by plants during photosynthesis?
a)
sulfur
b)
carbon dioxide
c)
oxygen
d)
hydrogen
85.
What are the products of photosynthesis?
a)
water and carbon dioxide
b)
oxygen and glucose
c)
oxygen and carbon dioxide
d)
oxygen and water
86.
What are the reactants of photosynthesis?
a)
carbon dioxide and oxygen
b)
water and oxygen
c)
carbon dioxide and water
d)
water and glucose
87.

This is the chemical formula for a molecule of...

a)

Oxygen

b)

Carbon dioxide

c)

Glucose

d)

Water

88.
TRUE or FALSE?
All of the carbon in existence is continually recycled in the carbon cycle.
a)
True
b)
False
89.
Organisms that do not decompose can be buried and become what?
a)
water
b)
nutrients
c)
air
d)
fossil fuels
90.
Carbon can be found in...
a)
The atmosphere
b)
Soil
c)
Fossil fuels
d)
All of the above
91.
Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?
a)
Combustion
b)
Respiration
c)
Photosynthesis
d)
Death
92.
Respiration is the process by which animals take in _____ and release _____. 
a)
photosynthesis, air
b)
carbon, oxygen
c)
oxygen
d)
oxygen, carbon dioxide
93.
What process occurs when coal (fossil fuel) is used for energy?
a)
Decomposition
b)
Combustion
c)
Pressurization 
d)
Respiration 
94.
Lactic acid fermentation occurs in your muscles after a workout because your cells are struggling to get...
a)
Glucose
b)
Sunlight
c)
Oxygen
d)
Water
95.
Fermentation is cellular respiration without which molecule?
a)
CO2
b)
O2
c)
C6H12O6
96.
Fermentation is:
a)
Cellular Respiration 
b)
Photosynthesis
c)
Aerobic
d)
Anaerobic
97.
Which of the following is an example of COURTSHIP behavior?
a)
growling at foe
b)
barking for attention
c)
nursing young
d)
showing bright feathers
98.
Which animal displays migratory behavior?
a)
geese 
b)
moose
c)
deer
d)
wild hog 
99.

What type of behavior is inherited rather than learned?

a)

Instinct

b)

Innate behavior

c)

Imprinting

d)

Society

100.
A dog rolls over and gets a treat, so she rolls over again. This is an example of a...
a)
learned behavior
b)
inherited behavior
c)
physical trait
d)
instinct

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