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Biology 1st Semester 2022-23

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Flammable materials, like alcohol, should never be dispensed or used near

a)

an open door

b)

an open flame

c)

another student

d)

a sink

2.

Long hair in the laboratory must be

a)

cut short

b)

held away from the experiment with one hand

c)

always neatly groomed

d)

tied back or kept entirely out of the way with a hair band, hairpins, or other confining device

3.

In the laboratory, the following should not be worn

a)

loose clothing

b)

dangling jewelery

c)

sandals

d)

all of the above

4.

Which of the following best describes this graph?

a)

water temperature decreases with time

b)

water temperature increases with time

c)

water temperature remains constant

d)

water temperature increases and decreases repeatedly

5.

Which of the following best describes this graph?

a)

x axis: temperature; y-axis: time vs temperature

b)

x-axis: time; y-axis: temperature

c)

x-axis: time; y-axis: amount of water

d)

x-axis: amount of water; y-axis: time

6.

An object is round and scaly, similar to a turtle. It responds to touch and appears to grow. The object contains carbon, nitrogen, water, and DNA. It can maintain homeostasis.

a)

yes, it meets all characteristics of life

b)

no, it does not respond to stimuli

c)

yes, it grows

d)

no, it does not have DNA

7.
Which of the following is the correct order of organization in living things from most basic (simple) to most complex?
a)
a.  Organism, cell, tissue, organ, organ system
b)
a.  Organ system, organ, tissue, cell, organism
c)
a.  Cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism
d)
a.  Cell, organ, tissue, organ, organism, organ system
8.

Communities have a tendency to change from simple to complex in a process called succession. If a wooded area is cleared and left alone, plants will slowly reclaim the area. Eventually, the area will be transformed into woods again. This kind of succession, which occurs in areas where an existing community has been disturbed, but soil remains, is called

a)

primary succession

b)

secondary succesion

c)

keystone species

d)

prairie succession

9.

The heart rate of a person was measured for 7 hours. Which graph best matches the data table?

a)

b)

c)

d)

10.

What is a claim?

a)

Answers a question or problem

b)

long and detailed paragraph

c)

Explains why something happened

11.

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

12.

What is an example of reasoning?

a)

Honey is stored in hives.

b)

Honeybees store their honey in hives.

c)

Honeybees use hexagons to store the honey and pollen they bring to the hive.

13.

What is an example of evidence?

a)

Football players are 33% more likely to get injured than baseball players.

b)

Football is more dangerous than baseball.

c)

Baseball is a fun sport.

14.

Which graph is an example of exponential growth?

a)
b)
c)
d)
15.

A prairie experiences a severe drought. Most plants die. Watering holes dry up. The buffalo that live on the prairie experience a decrease in population due to lack of food and water. What term best describes the plants and water that have been lost?

a)

abiotic factors

b)

biotic factors

c)

limiting factors

d)

habitats

16.

Which of the following an example of a BIOTIC factor that could threaten a frog population?

a)

water

b)

mosquito

c)

lack of food

d)

snake

17.

Which of the following an example of an ABIOTIC factor that could threaten a frog population?

a)

lack of water

b)

mosquito

c)

lack of food

d)

snake

18.

Which of the following is an example of intraspecific competition?

a)

bucks competing with each other during the rut (mating season)

b)

hawks and bobcats competing for rodents

c)

mint plants competing with grass for the same land area

d)

birds of different species competing for nests

19.

Which of the following is an example of interspecific competition?

a)

bucks competing with each other during the rut (mating season)

b)

hawks and bobcats competing for rodents

c)

tall pine trees on a river front competing for the same access to sunlight

d)

birds of the same species competing for nests

20.

Relationship between two organisms in which one benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped

a)

commensalism

b)

mutualism

c)

predator-prey

d)

parasitism

21.

What type of relationship is expressed in this graph?

a)

predator/prey density dependent

b)

two species in exponential growth

c)

carrying capacity

d)

competition

22.

Relationship between two organisms in which both benefit

a)

commensalism

b)

mutualism

c)

predator-prey

d)

parasitism

23.

Relationship between two organisms in which one benefits and the other is harmed

a)

commensalism

b)

mutualism

c)

predator-prey

d)

parasitism

24.

Which of the following is a correct food chain?

a)

sun --> alligator --> zebra --> lion

b)

sun --> plankton --> fish --> eagle

c)

hawk --> fish --> insects --> plant

d)

fish --> bear --> plants --> insects

25.

What is a food chain that can be made from this food web?

a)

foxes --> mice --> grasshoppers --> carrots

b)

carrots & grasses --> rabbits --> foxes

c)

grains --> grasshoppers --> rabbits

d)

owls --> mice --> grains

26.

What are the primary consumers in this food web?

a)

limpets, zooplankton, mussels

b)

whelk, lobsters, crab

c)

gull, fish, prawn

d)

seaweed, phytoplankton

27.

Organisms, like plants, that make their own food

a)

autotrophs

b)

heterotrophs

c)

decomposers

d)

consumers

28.

Only 10 percent of the energy stored in an organism can be passed onto the next trophic level. What happens to the other 90% of energy?

a)

lost as heat

b)

stored as fat

c)

used in reproduction

d)

reused by decomposers

29.

Which phase of the water cycle demonstrates water being moved to the atmosphere (clouds) from plants?

a)

photosynthesis

b)

transpiration

c)

condensation

d)

evaporation

30.

What activities can decrease the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

a)

burning of fossil fuels

b)

photosynthesis and replanting forests

c)

volcanic eruptions

d)

deforestation & land use changes

31.

Carbon dioxide is released into the environment through all of the following EXCEPT:

a)

burning of fossil fuels

b)

inhaling oxygen

c)

volcanic eruptions

d)

deforestation & land use changes

32.
Primary succession is... 
a)
When a hurricane causes a river to flood its banks
b)
When a farmer ploughs his fields to remove all existing plant life.
c)
When fire burns through a forest and ills all vegetation less than 1m tall.
d)
When increasing temperature causes a glacier to recede from an area of rocky ground
33.

How many years does it take to establish a climax community?

a)

15 years

b)

35 years

c)

80 years

d)

115+ years

34.

If producers provide primary consumers 68,000 joules of energy. which trophic level receives the least amount of energy available?

a)

producers

b)

primary consumers

c)

tertiary consumers

d)

secondary consumers

35.

The _____________ holds the DNA, and controls the functions of eukaryotic cells.

a)

Nucleus

b)

endoplasmic reticulum

c)

Mitochondria

d)

Lysosome

36.
The cell below is in a _________ solution.
a)
Hypotonic
b)
Hypertonic
c)
Isotonic
37.
The cell below is in a _____________ solution.
a)
Hypertonic
b)
Hypotonic
c)
Isotonic
38.

Movement of SOLUTE through the cell membrane from high to low concentration is called.....

a)

diffusion

b)

active transport

c)

facilitated diffusion

d)

osmosis

39.
Which organelle converts sugars into energy?
a)
lysosome
b)
mitochondria
c)
nucleus
d)
ribsome
40.

Where are proteins made?

a)

Golgi Body

b)

Ribosomes

c)

Chromosomes

d)

Mitochondria

41.
A cell will __________________ in a hypotonic solution.
a)
swell and perhaps burst (lyse)
b)
shrink
c)
the size of the cell will not change
d)
the size of the cell will change from large to small and from small to large
42.

What structure is referred to as a "phospholipid bilayer with embedded proteins"?

a)

cell wall

b)

cell membrane

c)

nucleus

d)

mitochondria

43.

The two kinds of cells are Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes. How are they different?

a)

Prokaryotes are plant cells

b)

Eukaryotes have a nucleus

c)

Prokaryotes have a nucleus

d)

There is no difference

44.

Checklist: Which structures are found in plant cells?

a)

centrioles

b)

mitochondria

c)

chloroplasts

d)

cell wall

45.
Active transport requires ______, moves materials from __________________, and goes _______ the concentration gradient.
a)
No energy, low to high, against
b)
ATP, high to low, with
c)
ATP, low to high, with
d)
ATP, low to high, against