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Living Environment Regents Review

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Cell Wall?

a)

The outside layer of the cell in plants and not in animal cells.

b)

that protect the cell

c)

the cell membrane and cell wall work together

d)

cell wall protect in animal cell not in plant cell

2.

What is Photosynthesis?

a)

use moonlight to make their own food

b)

that you eat the plant

c)

use sunlight to make their own food

d)

the plant use energy to eat

3.

What is Ribosomes?

a)

it is a cellular respiration

b)

sites of protein synthesis

c)

that makes energy

d)

that makes their own food

4.

Mitochondria?

a)

ATP and Cellular Respiration takes place here

b)

makes energy

c)

make protein

d)

to protect the cell

5.

Cell Membrane?

a)

contains DNA

b)

work with cell wall

c)

smallest units of life

d)

control what goes in or out of the cell

6.

Nucleus?

a)

make protein

b)

Contain DNA that controls the production of protein

c)

make their own food

d)

work with chloroplast

7.

Cells?

a)

Smallest units of life

b)

found in plant cell

c)

make energy

d)

Contains DNA

8.

Chloroplasts

a)

found in animal cells, sites of photosynthesis

b)

make energy

c)

Found in plant cell, sites of photosynthesis

d)

produce energy and food

9.

Organelles?

a)

make the cell

b)

work with animal and plant cell

c)

smallest units of life

d)

are the structure inside the cell

10.

Guard Cell?

a)

Specialized cells that control the opening and closing of the pores on the surface of a leaf

b)

Help the cell wall and cell membrane

c)

found in plant and animal cell

d)

makes energy and food

11.

Cellular Respiration?

a)

nutrients to make carbon dioxide and oxygen

b)

Cell that makes carbon dioxide and oxygen

c)

process that uses carbon dioxide to make energy

d)

Process that uses oxygen and nutrients to produce energy

12.

In a graph, where would you plot the independent variables

a)

Y axis

b)

on the graph

c)

x axis

d)

in the middle of the graph

13.

In an experiment, where would you label the dependent variable

a)

y axis

b)

x axis

c)

The top of the graph

d)

Bottom of paper

14.

What is a hyposthesis?

a)

a testable statement about the relationship between two or more variables or a proposed explanation for some observed phenomenon.

b)

A question

c)

The control group

d)

What you can control in an experiment.

15.

Independent variable

a)

What you measure in an experiment.

b)

What you can control in an experiment. Adding or taking away

c)

How many tests you run

d)

The group that does not receive treatment

16.

Based on the graph, what is the optimum temperature for this enzyme? 

a)
15 C
b)
40 C
c)
30 C
17.
What happens when enzymes are heated to a high temperature?
a)
The enzymes die.
b)
The shapes of the enzyme are altered or denatured
c)
The enzymes' amino acid sequence changes.
d)
The enzymes remain the same
18.

When a cell shrinks in size, what type of solution was added to it?

a)

Salt solution

b)

Tap water

c)

distilled water

d)

iodine solution

19.

What molecule has the instructions (blueprint) for the cell?

a)

ATP

b)

RTI

c)

DNA

20.

If a segment of DNA is ATCGA what would its complement be?

a)

UAGCU

b)

TAGCT

21.

What term is used to describe the living components of an ecosystem?

a)

Abiotic

b)

Biotic

c)

aerobic

d)

anaerobic

22.

Substance X directly supplies energy for various life functions, as shown in the diagram below. Which substance is represented by X in the diagram?

a)

ATP

b)

DNA

c)

starch

d)

glucose

23.

Rejection of a newly transplanted organ is caused by

a)

the immune system reacting to the presence of the organ

b)

antibiotics that stimulate the immune system to attack the organ

c)

inheritance of genetic disorders from infected individuals

d)

development of cancerous cells in the organ

24.

Doctors often use certain medications to treat infections. A few people have a reaction to some of these medications, such as itching, swelling, or trouble breathing. This is an example of

a)

using antibodies to cure a medical problem

b)

the body’s immune system overreacting to a usually harmless substance

c)

the body creating a mutation to fight unknown pathogens

d)

a vaccine causing the body to produce antigens against the infection

25.

A small lizard spends the morning hours lying in the sunlight until its body temperature rises. Later on in the day, the lizard rests in a shady area until its body temperature cools. This type of behavior is important to

a)

maintain homeostasis

b)

detect variations

c)

attract mates

d)

obtain nutrients

26.
What happens when enzymes are heated to a high temperature?
a)
The enzymes die.
b)
The shapes of the enzyme are altered or denatured
c)
The enzymes' amino acid sequence changes.
d)
The enzymes remain the same
27.

What is letter C pointing to?

a)

active site

b)

enzyme

c)

substrate

d)

products

28.

Do all systems work together to keep you in a state of homeostasis?

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Both true and false

d)

Some work together and some do not

29.

What is the correct order of organization?

a)

cells->tissue->organs->organ systems-> organism

b)

tissue->cells->organs->organ systems-> organism

c)

organs->organ systems-> organism->cells->tissue

30.

Many different kinds of animals and plants =

a)

biodiversity

b)

organism

c)

population

d)

niche

31.

One animal hunts and eats another animal. This is an example of . . .

a)

predator-prey relationship

b)

parasite-host relationship

c)

competition

d)

resources

32.

An insect bites a person and drinks their blood. This is an example of . . .

a)

predator-prey relationship

b)

parasite-host relationship

c)

competition

d)

resources

33.

An animal or plant's job in the ecosystem =

a)

biodiversity

b)

organism

c)

population

d)

niche

34.

The way an ecosystem changes over a long time from few small plants to many different large plants.

a)

ecological succession

b)

carrying capacity

c)

limiting factor

35.

The biggest number of animals a place can support. (Depends on resources.)

a)

ecological succession

b)

carrying capacity

c)

limiting factor

36.

Something that holds animals back from increasing. (Why can't the population grow? What resource are they missing?)

a)

ecological succession

b)

carrying capacity

c)

limiting factor

37.

Animals that eat other animals or plants.

a)

decomposers

b)

producers

c)

consumers

38.

Many different species of organisms interacting in a particular environment are an example of a

a)

biome

b)

population

c)

biosphere

d)

community

39.

How do we know when a population has reached its carrying capacity?

a)

The fish come to the top of the bowl looking for food

b)

No more members of the population can occupy the given space

c)

The leaves begin to drop off the tree

d)

Decomposers are visible

40.

The lowest layer of a food web would have

a)

carnivores

b)

ecosystems

c)

autotrophs

d)

saprophytes

41.

The lowest layer of a food web would have

a)

carnivores

b)

ecosystems

c)

autotrophs

d)

saprophytes

42.

The sum of all living matter on Earth

a)

Hydrosphere

b)

Geosphere

c)

Lithosphere

d)

Biosphere

43.
How much energy is available to be passed on to the next trophic level in an ecosystem?
a)
100%
b)
10%
c)
50%
d)
75%
44.
What do the arrows represent in this diagram?
a)
who is being eaten
b)
the flow of energy
c)
the decomposition of organisms
d)
what things can change into
45.
Which level will contain plants?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
46.
In an energy pyramid, energy_______ as you move up the pyramid.
a)
Increases
b)
Decreases
c)
Stays the same
d)
Changes up and down
47.

In this energy pyramid, which organism has the least amount of energy available?

a)

Producers

b)

Herbivores

c)

Carnivores

d)

Top Predator

48.
Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?
a)
Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
b)
Because they come from dominant alleles.
c)
Because they come from recessive alleles.
d)
Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.
49.
Change over time
a)
Natural Selection
b)
Selective Breeding
c)
Homeostasis
d)
Evolution
50.
The trees these moths used to live on were white, but have been covered in soot from coal factories. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?
a)
Dark moth
b)
Light moth
c)
Both will be equally successful
d)
Neither will be successful
51.
The diagram shows fossils in different rock layers. Which of these statements about the age of these fossils is most likely correct?
a)
Fossil A and C are the same age
b)
Fossil B is older than fossil C
c)
Fossils A is older than fossil B
d)
Fossil D is older than fossil C
52.
What does Darwin's theory of evolution suggest?
a)
species change over time
b)
extinct species are not related to living species
c)
different species can interbreed
d)
animals that look alike are most closely related
53.
Which of these best represents a time period in which an organism could evolve?
a)
5 days
b)
100 years
c)
10,000 years
d)
2 decades
54.

According to the phylogenic tree which organism is LEAST closely related?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

55.
Maintaining body temperature is an example of a:
a)
negative feedback loop
b)
positive feedback loop
56.

Which is NOT a Sexual reproduction DISADVANTAGE

a)

High genetic variation

b)

Can be complicated

c)

smaller population

d)

requires courtship or mating

57.

Which is NOT an Asexual reproduction DISADVANTAGE

a)

No genetic variation

b)

Only need one parent

c)

Bad characteristics are passed on

d)

difficult for organisms to adapt

58.

Combining of egg and sperm

a)

Asexual Reproduction

b)

Sexual Reproduction

c)

Diverse

d)

Uniform