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Biology Semester 1 Final - 2025

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 2hrs 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
If I listen to Mr. Castro's instructions, then I will have less accidents in the lab. What is the independent variable?
a)
Yes
b)
Maybe
c)
Listening or not listening to instructions
d)
Likelihood of having an accident in lab 
2.
If I study for my scientific method test, then I will have a better test score. What is the dependent variable?
a)
Scientific Method
b)
Studying
c)
Independent variable
d)
Test score
3.
If you increase the amount of spinach you eat, then you will increase the iron in your blood. 
What's the dependent variable?
a)
increase the amount of iron in your blood
b)
spinach you eat
4.

In which of the following months did the eighth graders raise more money than the seventh graders?

a)

April

b)

May

c)

August

d)

September

5.

What is the total per-student budget for the years 2012 and 2013?

a)

$40

b)

$50

c)

$70

d)

$80

6.

How many students are there in total?

a)

15

b)

17

c)

39

d)

49

7.

Which restaurant sold the fewest number of pizza slices?

a)

Pizza

b)

Pizza Italia

c)

Antonio's Pizzeria

d)

They all sold the same amount of slices

8.
Directs all cell activities through the DNA located there.
a)
Lysosomes
b)
Nucleus
c)
ribosomes
d)
Mitochondria
9.
I am a protein packaging and shipping machine! Who am I?
a)
vacuole
b)
ribosome
c)
mitochondrion
d)
golgi apparatus
10.

What is the name of the genetic material that is inside the nucleus; it is also known as deoxyribonucleic acid?

a)
ER
b)
ATP
c)
YOLO
d)
DNA
11.

This is the site of protein synthesis.

a)
Golgi body
b)
Mitoichondria
c)
Chromosomes
d)
Ribosomes
12.
The site of photosynthesis
a)
ribosome
b)
mitochondria
c)
chloroplast
d)
nucleus
13.

I am the outer most layer of an animal cell. I control what enters and leaves the cell. What am I?

a)
cell wall
b)
nucleus
c)
cell membrane 
d)
cell skin
14.
What are tiny organelles that convert glucose into ATP?
a)
Ribosomes
b)
Vesicles
c)
Cytoskeleton
d)
Mitochondria
15.
A rigid layer that lies outside the cell's  membrane is...
a)
Cytoskeleton
b)
Cilia
c)
Cell Wall
d)
Flagella
16.
What particle uniquely identifies an element?
a)
Number of Valence Electrons
b)
Number of Protons
c)
Number of Electrons
d)
Atomic Mass
17.
If an atom has 10 protons, 10 neutrons, and 10 electrons, what is the mass of the atom?
a)
10
b)
20
c)
30
18.

Carbon-12, Carbon-13, and Carbon-14 are

a)

polymers

b)

isotopes

c)

biomolecules

d)

macromolecules

19.

Electrons move about the nucleus of an atom in regions called

a)

nuclei

b)

electron clouds

c)

air

d)

isotopes

20.
The subatomic particles found in the nucleus are 
a)
A. protons and electrons 
b)
B. only the neutrons 
c)
C. protons and neutrons
d)
 D. neutrons and electrons 
21.

Diffusion occurs only in solids

a)

True

b)

False

22.

How do the particles move in diffusion?

a)

From a region of low concentration to a region of high concentration

b)

From a region of high concentration to a region of low concentration

c)

From a region of low concentration to a region of low concentration

d)

From a region of high concentration to a region of high concentration

23.

The movement of particles is __________, resulting in the particles being spread throughout the container

a)

Structured

b)

In a straight line

c)

Random

d)

In curved, way motions

24.
The pH scale is a range from:
a)
1-7
b)
0-14
c)
1-5
d)
1-20
25.
A(n) ______ is a substance with a pH less than 7
a)
Acid
b)
Alkaline
c)
Base
d)
Buffer
26.
A(n) _______ is a substance with a pH greater than 7.
a)
Base
b)
Acid
c)
Buffer
d)
Water
27.

In a test of pH levels, a baking soda has a pH of 9 and bleach has a pH of 12. What is true about there relationship?

a)

Both of the solution are Bases

b)

Both of the solution are Acids

c)

The Baking soda is an acid and the Bleach is a base

d)

The baking soda is a base and the Bleach is an Acid.

28.

Something is ___________ ____________ when some molecules can cross the membrane while others cannot.

a)

Selectively (or Semi) Permeable

b)

Passive Transport

c)

Full Diffusion

d)

Heavily Patrolled

29.

_______ are all the chemical reactions that take place within a cell or organism.

a)

Metabolism

b)

Nutrition

c)

Cell

d)

Defense

30.

______ is keeping conditions in the cell balanced and maintaining a stable internal environment.

a)

Homeostasis

b)

Response

c)

Metabolism

d)

Nutrition

31.

Which choice is NOT part of the cell theory.

a)

All organisms are composed of cells.

b)

Cells are the basic unit of life.

c)

All cells come from previous cells.

d)

Cells are always the same size and shape.

32.

Eukaryotes DO have...

a)

Nucleus

b)

Membrane Bound Organelles

c)

They have both

d)

They have neither

33.

This is a(n)...

a)

Prokaryotic Cell

b)

Eukaryotic Cell

c)

Neither

34.

The set of instructions that is found in DNA

a)

phenotype

b)

meiosis

c)

trait

d)

gene

35.
A large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plant and animal communities---
a)
population
b)
community
c)
biome
d)
ecosystem
36.

The symbiotic relationship between a flower and the insect that feeds on its nectar is an example of

a)

mutualism because the flower provides the insect with food and the insect pollinates the flower.

b)

parasitism because the insect lives off the nectar from the flower.

c)

commensalism because the insect doesn't harm the flower, and the flower doesn't benefit from the relationship.

d)

predation because the insect feeds on the flower.

37.
Which of the following lists the levels of organization in an ecosystem from the smallest unit to the largest?
a)
population, organism, community, ecosystem
b)
organism, population, ecosystem, community
c)
organism, community, population, ecosystem
d)
organism, population, community, ecosystem
38.
All the different populations that live together in an area make up a(n)
a)
ecosystem
b)
community
c)
habitat
d)
organism
39.
A nonliving element in an ecosystem is an 
a)
animal
b)
abiotic factor
c)
biotic factor
d)
organism
40.
The study of relationships between biotic and abiotic factors interacting in the same area.
a)
Ecology
b)
Biology
c)
Zoology
d)
Botany
41.
The earth's coldest biome is the....
a)
Antartica
b)
Grasslands
c)
Tundra
d)
Freshwater
42.

Biome with plants and grasses, but no trees.

a)

grassland

b)

desert

c)

forest

d)

arctic tundra

43.

Biome with many different species of cacti and reptiles and very little rainfall.

a)

Desert

b)

Temperate Rainforest

c)

Tropical Rainforest

d)

Arctic Tundra

44.
Type of forest biome near the equator; receives a lot of rain; temperatures are warm all year.
a)
desert
b)
tropical rain forest
c)
arctic
d)
temperate rain forest
45.

Which one of these is not a major type of aquatic biome?

a)

marine

b)

estuaries

c)

freshwater

d)

lakes

46.

The region in water where light cannot penetrate is known as the __________.

a)

photic zone

b)

aphotic zone

c)

trophic zone

d)

atrophic zone

47.

An aquatic biome where freshwater and saltwater mix is known as a(n) ______________.

a)

marine

b)

estuary

c)

freshwater

48.

Missouri would be most like which two biomes?

a)

desert and temperate forest

b)

temperate forest and taiga

c)

taiga and grassland

d)

grassland and temperate forest

49.
An area where an organism finds food, shelter and water in a specific arrangement
a)
niche
b)
biosphere
c)
biome
d)
habitat
50.

Which statement best defines ecology?

a)

the study of how living things interact with each other

b)

the study of how living things interact with each other and their environment

c)

the study of how living things interact with their environment

d)

the study of how living things interact with their habitat

51.

Organisms that look similar and can produce fertile offspring

a)

Species

b)

Organism

c)

Community

d)

Ecosystem

52.

The relationship between autotrophs and producers is:

a)

that autotrophs make the food the producers eat

b)

that producers make the food the autotrophs eat

c)

that autotrophs eat producers

d)

that they are the same organism

53.

This increases when resources are scarce.

a)

community

b)

food

c)

competition

d)

population

54.

Which describes the best possible flow of energy in an ecosystem:

a)

snakes to frogs to caterpillars to trees

b)

trees to frogs to snakes to caterpillars

c)

trees to caterpillars to frogs to snakes

d)

caterpillars to trees to frogs to snakes

55.

Which organism would usually be in the 4th trophic level?

a)

rats

b)

humans

c)

rabbits

d)

hawks

56.

A heterotroph that eats only plants:

a)

herbivore

b)

carnivore

c)

omnivore

d)

decomposer

57.

A heterotroph that eats other animals:

a)

carnivore

b)

omnivore

c)

decomposer

d)

scavenger

58.

A heterotroph that eats both plants and animals:

a)

omnivore

b)

decomposer

c)

scavenger

d)

herbivore

59.

A type of heterotroph that breaks down and uses nutrients from dead organisms:

a)

decomposer

b)

scavenger

c)

herbivore

d)

carnivore

60.

A niche refers to the place an organism lives within its ecosystem.

a)

True

b)

False

61.

Herbivores are a necessary link between producers and other consumers.

a)

True

b)

False

62.

One species benefits and the other is neither benefited nor harmed by the relationship.

a)

mutualism

b)

parasitism

c)

commensalism

63.

One species benefits from the relationship at the expense of the other.

a)

mutualism

b)

parasitism

c)

commensalism

64.

Both species benefit from the relationship.

a)

mutualism

b)

parasitism

c)

commensalism

65.

A climax community occurs when ______________:

a)

prey and predator population are equal

b)

there are no biotic factors

c)

herbivore and omnivore population are growing quickly

d)

stable populations or little to no change

66.

What is the carrying capacity?

a)

40

b)

60

c)

65

d)

3

67.

J curve - as population gets larger, it also grows faster. This occurs because there are more individuals reproducing as the population grows and is known as

a)

exponential growth

b)

logistic growth

c)

stable growth

d)

birth rate

68.
What factor describes when populations decrease because animals are moving out of a population?
a)
Emigration
b)
Limiting Factors
c)
Immigration
d)
Exponential Growth
69.
Name that population pyramid...
a)
Rapid Growth
b)
Industrialized Country
c)
Declining Growth
d)
Stable Growth
70.
Name that population pyramid...
a)
Declining Growth
b)
Rapid Growth
c)
Stable Growth