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Hackbarth Challenge 3rd Benchmark Review

Total questions: 115

Worksheet time: 2hrs 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why aren't viruses considered living things?

a)

They aren't made of cells

b)

They don't have DNA or RNA

c)

They make us sick

d)

They are made of protein

2.

Viruses can only reproduce with the help of a ​ (a)   cell. This is another reason that viruses are not considered ​ (b)   things.

Choose from the below words
host
living
dead
3.

When a virus takes over a cell, it can cause the cell to create many more copies of the virus until the cell bursts open and releases them. What part of the virus's lifecycle is this?

a)

Lytic

b)

Lysogenic

4.

Unlike ​ (a)   , viruses cannot reproduce on their own. Viruses need a ​ (b)   cell to reproduce.

Choose from the below words
cells
host
virus
water
5.

If someone is sick with a bacterial infection, they may be given ​ (a)   . That doesn't work if you are sick with a ​ (b)   , because viruses are not alive.

Choose from the below words
antibiotics
virus
cell
water
6.

A virus is bigger than a cell.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

How are virus' like living things?

a)

both made of cells

b)

both contain DNA

8.

What type of virus starts replicating right away, as soon as its DNA enters the host cell?

a)

hidden virus

b)

active virus

c)

a very bad virus

9.

When a virus takes over a cell, it can cause the cell to create many more copies of the virus until the cell bursts open and releases them. What part of the virus's lifecycle is this?

a)

Lytic

b)

Lysogenic

10.
What process is this?
a)
phagocytosis
b)
lytic cycle
c)
lysogenic cycle
d)
formation of antibodies
11.

How are bacterial cells different from the cells of eukaryotes?

a)

The bacteria are prokaryotes, and the genetic material is not contained in the nuclei.

b)

The bacteria are eukaryotes, and the genetic material is not contained in the nuclei.

c)

The bacteria are prokaryotes, and the genetic material is contained in the nuclei.

d)

The bacteria are eukaryotes, and the genetic material is contained in the nuclei.

12.

Tiny single-celled organisms that live almost everywhere

a)

ribosomes

b)

cytoplasm

c)

bacteria

d)

virus

13.

A whip-like structure that helps a bacterial cell to move

a)

Flagellum

b)

Conjugation

c)

Endospore

d)

Pasteurization

14.

Bacteria are....(select all that apply)

a)

Single-celled organisms

b)

Multi-cellular organisms

c)

Eukaryotes

d)

Prokaryotes

15.
Bacteria are only found in dirty places
a)
True
b)
False
16.

When a virus attaches to a host, what does it inject into the host

a)

protein coat

b)

Capsid

c)

DNA/ RNA

d)

Envelope

17.
Which is smaller, a virus or a bacteria?
a)
virus
b)
bacteria
18.

Identify this protist:

a)

Amoeba

b)

Euglena

c)

Paramecium

d)

Volvox

19.

How does this protist move?

a)

Cilia

b)

Flagella

c)

Psuedopod

d)

non-motile (does not move)

20.

How does this protist get its energy?

a)

Heterotroph

b)

Autotroph

21.

Identify this protist:

a)

Amoeba

b)

Euglena

c)

Paramecium

d)

Volvox

22.

How does this protist move?

a)

Cilia

b)

Flagella

c)

Psuedopod

d)

Non-motile (does not move)

23.

How does this protist get its energy?

a)

Heterotroph

b)

Autotroph

24.

Identify this protist:

a)

Amoeba

b)

Euglena

c)

Paramecium

d)

Volvox

25.

How does this protist move?

a)

Cilia

b)

Flagella

c)

Psuedopod

d)

Non-motile (does not move)

26.

How does this protist get its energy?

a)

Heterotroph

b)

Autotroph

27.

Identify this protist:

a)

Amoeba

b)

Euglena

c)

Paramecium

d)

Volvox

28.

How does this protist move?

a)

Cilia

b)

Flagella

c)

Psuedopod

d)

Non-motile (does not move)

29.

How does this protist get its energy?

a)

Heterotroph

b)

Mixotroph

30.
A member of a group of eukaryotic organisms, which have a membrane-bound nucleus, is know as:
a)
Protist
b)
Fungus
c)
Algae
d)
Diatom
31.
What are short, hairlike structures that grow on the surface of some protists?
a)
Cilia
b)
Paramecium
c)
Amoeba
32.
What are the 3 structures of a protist that allow it to move?
a)
Cilia, flagella, and pseudopodia
b)
Cilia, amoeba, and protozoans
c)
Cilia, flagella, and amoeba
33.
Protists are capable of producing:
a)
Sexually
b)
Asexually
c)
Asexually and Sexually
34.
Some organisms produce their own food. They are defines as:
a)
Autotroph 
b)
Heterotroph
c)
Ambiotroph
35.
Some organisms cannot produce their own food and must find it elsewhere to survive. They are know as:
a)
Autotrophs
b)
Heterotrophs
c)
Ambiotrophs
36.
A plant-like protist is capable of producing its own food through photosynthesis. 
a)
True
b)
False
37.

Which domain has organisms that live in harsh environments?

a)

Bacteria

b)

Archaea

c)

Both

38.

Are archaea multicellular or unicellular?

a)

Multicellular

b)

Unicellular

39.

Are archaea prokaryotes or eukaryotes?

a)

Prokaryotes

b)

Eukaryotes

40.

Which of the following is one of the 3 domains?

a)

Protists

b)

Animals

c)

Plants

d)

Archaea

41.

Fungi obtain energy

a)

Directly from the sun

b)

From inorganic (unnatural) materials in their environment

c)

By absorbing organic (natural) materials

d)

From nuclear fusion

42.

Fungi are important to an ecosystem as

a)

Producers

b)

Controllers

c)

Decomposers

d)

Regulators

43.

Which is not true about fungi?

a)

All are consumers

b)

All are multicellular

c)

Are eukaryotic

d)

Can be useful to humans

44.

Fungi are _____, which means they cannot make their own food.

a)

Autotrophs

b)

Heterotrophs

c)

Carnivores

d)

Omnivores

45.
What is an example of a fungus?
a)
moss
b)
mold
c)
bryophyte
d)
protist
46.
Which is an example of a disease caused by fungi
a)
Diphtheria
b)
The Common Cold
c)
Strep Throat
d)
Athlete's Foot
47.

Fungi are like plants in many ways except fungi

a)

Do not have cellulose

b)

Do not grow upward out of the soil

c)

Cannot make their own food

d)

Do not have eukaryotic cells

48.
Which are examples of fungi?
a)
mold
b)
yeast
c)
mushrooms
d)
all of the above
49.
Fungi are like animals because...
a)
they all reproduce sexually.
b)
they get their food from other organisms.
c)
they can move from one place to another.
d)
They are not like animals.
50.
An antibiotic made from a species of thread-like fungus.
a)
lichen
b)
mold
c)
penicillin
d)
asprin
51.
Which one of these isn't one of the 5 kingdom names?
a)
Animalia
b)
Protista
c)
FUngi
d)
Virusia
52.
A scientific name consists of 
a)
Genus and Order
b)
Genus and Domain
c)
Genus and species
d)
Kingdon and Phylum
53.
The most general in the order of classification is?
a)
Kingdom 
b)
Phylum 
c)
Class 
d)
Order
54.
The most specific of the classifications is?
a)
class 
b)
order 
c)
genus 
d)
species
55.
What kingdom's organisms often live in super harsh environments?
a)
archea
b)
animalia
c)
plantae
d)
protista
56.
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, _______
a)
Family 
b)
Order
c)
Genus 
d)
Species
57.
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 
58.
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
59.
The science of describing, classifying, and naming living things is called:
a)
Geology
b)
Biology
c)
Taxonomy
d)
Chemistry
60.

Why do scientists use scientific names?

a)

to confuse people

b)

to have a common language

c)

to allow people to say the same thing

d)

because common names are not appropriate

61.
Who first proposed binomial nomenclature as a way of classifying organisms?
a)
Carolus Linnaeus
b)
Aristotle
c)
Charles Darwin
d)
Louis Pasteur
62.

Reorder the following taxonomic Categories from least related to most related

a)

Class

b)

Order

c)

Family

d)

Genus

e)

Species

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
63.

Domain, ​ (a)   , Phylum, Class, ​ (b)   , ​ (c)   , Genus, ​ (d)  

Choose from the below words
Kingdom
Order
Family
Species
64.

Which of the following taxonomic groups would contain plants with the greatest amount of variety and differences?

a)

Kingdom

b)

Phylum

c)

Order

d)

Family

65.

Which of the two organisms are the most related?

a)

Tiger and Polar Bear

b)

Polar Bear and Mountain Lion

c)

Mountain Lion and Tiger

d)

Zebra and Tiger

66.

Which of the following organisms are the LEAST related?

a)

Zebra and Tiger

b)

Polar Bear and Mountain Lion

c)

Polar Bear and tiger

d)

Mountain Lion and Tiger

67.
Which of the following is an organism that eats only meat?
a)
herbivore
b)
carnivore
c)
omnivore
68.
Which of the following terms describes an area where an organism lives?
a)
community
b)
habitat
c)
area
69.
Which is represented by all of the bullfrogs living around a pond?
a)
community
b)
habitat
c)
population
70.
Which is an example of a parasitic relationship?
a)
a bee pollinates a flower
b)
a tapeworm takes nutrients from a dog
c)
an orchid lives in a tree but does not harm the tree
71.
In which type of relationship do both species benefit?
a)
parasitism
b)
mutualism
c)
commensalism
72.
Barnacles grow on whales.  Whales give the barnacles a place to live but the barnacles do not help or harm the whale.  Which type of relationship is this?
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
parasitiesm
73.
An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:
a)
Autotroph
b)
Producer
c)
Consumer
d)
Mutualist
74.
Consumer that eats plants
a)
heterotroph
b)
herbivore
c)
producer
d)
community
75.
What does a food web represent?
a)
All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.
b)
The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
c)
A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 
d)
How carnivores get their food. 
76.
Where an organism lives
a)
habitat
b)
niche 
c)
heterotrogh
d)
biosphere
77.
An illustration that uses arrows to show the MANY possible directions in which matter and energy can pass through the organisms in an ecosystem.
a)
Food chain
b)
Food web
c)
Energy Pyramid
d)
Succession Map
78.
The nonliving aspects of an ecosystem.
a)
Abiotic factors
b)
Biotic factors
79.
A collection of organisms that make up a community as well as all of the nonliving aspects of the environment.
a)
Population
b)
Community
c)
Habitat
d)
Ecosystem
80.
 plants that convert energy from the sun
a)
decomposer
b)
primary consumer
c)
secondary consumer
d)
producer
81.
Different populations living and interacting with each other in the same area
a)
Biome
b)
Ecosystem
c)
Community
d)
Niche
82.

What happens when different species try to occupy the same niche?

a)

The species compete with each other

b)

The species cooperate with each other

c)

The species coexist with each other

d)

All of the above

83.

What is a niche?

a)

The habitat that an organism lives in

b)

An organism’s “role” in an ecosystem

c)

A type of consumer

d)

The relationship between a producer and consumer

84.

What is biodiversity?

a)

The different ways species reproduce

b)

The degree of variation of life on Earth

c)

A way to describe similarities between different species

d)

The process of creating new species

85.

The first organism in a food chain is ALWAYS a:

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

decomposer

d)

Any of the above

86.
What may happen if the snowshoe hare was removed from the food web pictured?
a)
The insects in the habitat would increase.
b)
The shrew population would decrease due to being only hawk food source.
c)
The willow tree population would decrease.
d)
Foxes would dies due to no food source. 
87.
What is it called when water is changed from a liquid to a gas?
a)
EVAPORATION
b)
PRECIPITATION
c)
TRANSPIRATION
88.
Nitrogen makes up _____ percent of the atmosphere.
a)
66%
b)
78%
c)
90%
89.
In the food web shown, the snail would be considered...
a)
primary consumer
b)
secondary consumer
c)
tertiary consumer
d)
producer
90.
In the energy pyramid here, how much of the energy in the producers gets passed to the herbivores?
a)
10%
b)
20%
c)
80%
d)
90%
91.

Which process removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

a)

deforestation

b)

tree farms

c)

burning fossil fuels

d)

cellular respiration

92.

Which of the following is correct?

a)

There is as much carbon on earth as when it was formed

b)

Carbon is being created whenever it is recycled

c)

Carbon is lost every time it is recycled

d)

Carbon changes to different forms and is never recovered

93.

Where does SOIL get its carbon from?

a)

The sky

b)

The sun

c)

Dead animals and plants

d)

Worms

94.

Where does the SKY get its carbon from?

a)

The sun

b)

Animals breathing

c)

Water

d)

The sun

95.

Where do ANIMALS get their carbon from?

a)

The sun

b)

Other animals breathing

c)

The dirt

d)

Their food

96.

Label the following Carbon cycle.

a)sunlight
b)photosynthesis
c)animals breathing (respiration)
d)fossil fuels
1
2
3
4
1)
2)
3)
4)
97.

The step of the nitrogen cycle that is in red is called...

a)

Denitrification

b)

Nitrification

c)

Nitrogen Fixation

d)

Ammonification

98.

Nitrogen fixation...

a)

animals eat the plants and other animals that contain nitrogen and release it through their waste

b)

Bacteria in the soil and lightning in the atmosphere “fix” the nitrogen

c)

Once in the ground, bacteria in the soil also nitrify the nitrogen

d)

plants absorb nitrogen through their roots and return it back to the atmosphere

99.

What converts nitrogen gas into a usable form for plants and animals?

a)

bacteria

b)

rain

c)

fungi

d)

car exhaust

100.

Bacteria break down the complex compounds in dead organism & animal waste

a)

Carbon/Oxygen Cycle

b)

Nitrogen Cycle

c)

Water Cycle

101.

Clouds are formed during condensation process

a)

Carbon/Oxygen Cycle

b)

Nitrogen Cycle

c)

Water Cycle

102.

When carbon is released into the air by animals it is called____

a)

Carbon Trioxide

b)

Carbon Oxide

c)

Carbon Dioxide

103.

_______ is the cooling of water in the atmosphere, changing of gas to a liquid.

a)

Precipitation

b)

Condensation

c)

Evaporation

104.

Oxygen is produced by photosynthesis by plants.

a)

True

b)

False

105.

Animal waste is associated with

a)

Carbon

b)

Nitrogen

106.

Which of the following is an example of symbiosis?

a)

A mother bear taking care of her cub

b)

A married couple who agree to split their rent and share housework duties.

c)

A worm living in a cow's intestine.

d)

One chimp cleaning and grooming the hair of another chimp.

107.

Which of the following is an example of a parasite?

a)

A flea

b)

An orchid

c)

An Egyptian plover

d)

The bacteria that live in human intestines

108.

How is commensalism different from mutualism?

a)

In commensalism, one species benefits while the other is unharmed; in mutualism, both species benefit

b)

In commensalism, one species is harmed while the other benefits; in mutualism, both species benefit

c)

In commensalism, neither species is harmed; in mutualism, one species is harmed

d)

In commensalism, both species benefit; in mutualism, one species is harmed

109.

When a honeybee pollinates flowers, the bee gets access to nectar, while the flowers gain the chance to reproduce. This is an example of:

a)

Amensalism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

d)

Mutualism

110.

Remoras are fish that swim alongside sharks, eating scraps that the sharks leave behind. This is an example of:

a)

Amensalism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

d)

Mutualism

111.
 The stork uses it saw-like bill to cut up the dead animals it eats. As a result, the dead animal carcass is accessible to some bees for food and egg laying. The relationship neither harms nor benefits the stork.
a)
parasitism
b)
commensalism
c)
mutualism
112.
a relationship that occurs when two or more organims of the same species need the same resource at the same time
a)
competition
b)
symbiosis
c)
predation
113.
1.  A bee and a flower work together to benefit each other. This is an example of _________________. The bee helps the flower by pollinating it and the flower helps the bee by providing it with nectar. 
a)
commensal relationship 
b)
parasitic relationship 
c)
mutual relationship 
114.
A coyote captures, kills, and eats a rabbit. What type of symbiotic relationship is this?
a)
mutualism
b)
commensalism
c)
parasitism
d)
predation
115.

The bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana, is most closely related to the

a)

spotted chorus frog, Pseudacris clarki

b)

asian flying frog, Polypedates leucomystax

c)

northern leopard frog, Rana pipiens

d)

african bullfrog, Pyxicephalus adspersus

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