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Circle of Life check up

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of a hypothesis?

a)

A prediction using prior scientific knowledge

b)

What you change in an experiment

c)

The title of an investigation

d)

The average

2.

TRUE OR FALSE?

Adaptation is the process which enable animals or organisms to adjust to their environment in order to survive.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

3.

What is Behavioural adaptation?

a)

The actions of an animal that enables them to live in their environment

b)

When an animal chooses to live in an environment because its fun

c)

The way the animal or organisms body functions

d)

Internal features of an animal or organism that enables them to survive

4.

What is Structural adaptation?

a)

The structure of the animals skeleton

b)

Internal/cellular features of animals enabling them to survive in their environment

c)

The way the environment is built for the animal to live in it

d)

Physical features of animals enabling them to survive in their environment

5.

What is Physiological adaptation?

a)

The way the animal thinks about things

b)

Physical features of animals enabling them to survive in their environment

c)

Internal/cellular features of an animal enabling them survive in their environment

d)

The way the animal behaves or acts in their environment

6.

A penguin has a layer of flubber to protect itself from extreme cold temperatures. What kind of adaptation is this?

a)

Behavioural

b)

Structural

c)

Physiological

7.

Bears hibernate in the winter to avoid the cold and preserve energy.

What kind of adaptation is this?

a)

Behavioural

b)

Structural

c)

Physiological

8.

Snakes produce venom is ward off enemies and capture their prey.

What kind of adaptation is this?

a)

Behavioural

b)

Structural

c)

Physiological

9.

Scientists classify consumers into Carnivores, Herbivores, and Omnivores based on how they meet their need for ___.

a)

Food

b)

Water

c)

Shelter

d)

Air

10.

A carnivore is an ____.

a)

Organism that eats only meat

b)

Organism that eats only plants

c)

Organism that eats all things - meat and plants.

11.

A herbivore is an ____.

a)

Organism that eats only meat

b)

Organism that eats only plants

c)

Organism that eats all things - meat and plants.

12.

An omnivore is an ____.

a)

Organism that eats only meat

b)

Organism that eats only plants

c)

Organism that eats all things - meat and plants.

13.

Organism that makes its own food

a)

consumer

b)

producer

c)

decomposer

d)

predator

14.

Organism that eats other things for food

a)

consumer

b)

producer

c)

decomposer

d)

prey

15.

Passing of energy, in the form of food, from one organism to another

a)

food cycle

b)

food network

c)

food chain

d)

food system

16.

Overlapping food chains

a)

food cycle

b)

food network

c)

food system

d)

food web

17.

Amount of energy in a food pyramid transferred from one level to the next

a)

0%

b)

10%

c)

78%

d)

100%

18.
All energy on Earth ultimately comes from what source?
a)
Water
b)
Sun
c)
Consumers
d)
Oxygen
19.
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. 
20.
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. 
21.
The shrew provides energy for the _______?
a)
cricket
b)
grasshopper
c)
frog
d)
snake
22.
 You would find mushrooms in which kingdom?
a)
Plantae
b)
Protists
c)
Fungi
d)
Animalia
23.
The scientific name for an organism is made from the:
a)
class and family name
b)
genus and species name
c)
domain and kingdom name
d)
kingdom and phylum name
24.
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
25.
What is the most specific level of classification?
a)
Family
b)
Domain
c)
Species
d)
Carolus Linnaeus
26.

the largest classification category

a)

Kindgom

b)

Phylum

c)

Order

d)

Species

27.
Which kingdom do humans belong to?
a)
Plantae
b)
Fungi
c)
Animalia
d)
Protista
28.

Which group of animals are warm blooded?

a)

Aves and Mammalia

b)

Reptilia and Amphibia

c)

Mammalia and Pisces

29.

Which animal group drinks its mother's milk?

a)

Reptiles

b)

Birds

c)

Mammals

30.
What is the purpose of a dichotomous key?
a)
to find a common ancestor
b)
to show the evolution of organisms
c)
to show relationships between organisms
d)
to identify organisms
31.
When using a dichotomous key to identify organisms, what do we look at?
a)
physical features
b)
weather patterns
c)
environment
d)
diet
32.
A dichotomous key for trees is provided. Hikers found a tree that has large brown cones and single sharp needles. What species of tree have the hikers found?
a)
Juniper
b)
Pine
c)
Spruce
d)
Fir
33.

How many options should every branch in a dichotomous key have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

34.
What is the name of bird Z?
a)
Certhidea
b)
Geospiza
c)
Camarhynchus
d)
Platyspiza
35.
A student discovers an arachnid with a segmented abdomen, long legs, and a tail with no stinger. The student uses the dichotomous key below to identify it. Which arachnid has the student found?
a)
Whip Scorpion
b)
Wind Scorpion
c)
Daddy long legs
d)
Scorpion
36.

Which of the following features are used to classify a centipede (select all that apply)?

a)

Has wings

b)

Has no wings

c)

Has more than 8 legs

d)

Has a shell

37.

An abiotic factor is

a)

Living

b)

Non-living

c)

Both

d)

Neither

38.

A biotic factor is

a)

Living

b)

Non-living

c)

Both

d)

Neither

39.

What type of factor is this?

a)

Abiotic

b)

Biotic

40.

Which abiotic factor would be the main reason a polar bear not live in the desert?

a)

Salt concentration

b)

pH

c)

Temperature 

d)

Light