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Africa: Intro and Data set 1-2 Key vocab

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 30mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which statement best describes the feeding niche of carnivore?

a)

Organisms that fill this niche are strictly meat eaters

b)

Organisms that fit this niche are strictly plant (vegetation) eaters

c)

Organisms that fit this niche eat both meat and plant material

d)

Organisms that fit in this niche feed on dead or decaying material

2.

Which statement best describes the feeding niche of herbivore?

a)

Organisms that fit in this niche eat strictly plants and other vegetation.

b)

Organisms that fit in this niche eat strictly meat or other animals.

c)

Organisms that fit in this niche eat both plant material and meat.

d)

Organisms that fit in this niche feed on dead or decaying material.

3.

Which statement best describes the feeding niche of omnivore?

a)

Organisms in this niche eat both plant material and meat.

b)

Organisms in this niche eat strictly plant (vegetation) material.

c)

Organisms in this niche eat strictly meat and other animals.

d)

Organisms in this niche feed on dead or decaying material.

4.

A role that an organism plays in its environment or community is called a

a)

feedback mechanism

b)

niche

c)

dentition

d)

limiting factor

5.

Homeostasis is best defined as

a)

the requirements needed for an organism to survive

b)

the type of feeding niche an organism belongs to

c)

the maintenance of a stable internal environment

d)

the type of environment an organism is most successful living in

6.

The type of nutrition in which an organism makes its own food

a)

saprophytic

b)

heterotrophic

c)

autotrophic

d)

detritivore

7.

The type of nutrition in which an organism must consume other organisms to obtain energy

a)

heterotrophic

b)

autotrophic

c)

saprophytic

d)

detritivore

8.

Type of reproduction that involves two parents

a)

asexual reproduction

b)

sexual reproduction

c)

regulation

d)

binary fisson

9.

Type of reproduction that involves only one parent

a)

asexual reproduction

b)

sexual reproduction

c)

binary fisson

d)

regulative reproduction

10.

Select all that apply to sexual reproduction

a)

involves the fusion of sex cells (egg and sperm cells)

b)

offspring are genetically diverse (different)

c)

involves one parent

d)

offspring are typically small

11.

The answer to a scientific question is the

a)

claim

b)

evidence

c)

data

d)

reasoning

12.

The data or information that is used to support a claim

a)

evidence

b)

reasoning

c)

conclusion

d)

analytics

13.

The type of evidence that is gathered by using your senses

a)

sensed data

b)

qualitative evidence

c)

quantitative

d)

sensory measurement

14.

Select all statements that are examples of qualitative evidence.

a)

The apple tasted very sweet.

b)

The lizards tail was 23 cm long.

c)

The sky was cloudy and grey.

d)

The cows were brown and white.

15.

The type of evidence that is expressed by a measurement

a)

quantitative evidence

b)

qualitative evidence

c)

sensory evidence

d)

metric

16.

Cellular respiration is best described as

a)

the release of ATP (cellular energy) from the nutrients for metabolism

b)

breathing in and out daily

c)

the cell excreting wastes to release energy

d)

metabolic activity as a result of breathing

17.

The life function of growth can be characterized as an organism increasing in either cell number or cell size.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Select all examples of an organism maintaining homeostasis

a)

maintaining blood sugar levels in the body

b)

sweating in order to control body temperature in response to heat

c)

reproducing during a mating season

d)

migrating to a new habitat

19.

Regulation is best defined as

a)

an organism having control/coordination in response to a stimulus

b)

creating ATP (cellular energy) from nutrients

c)

the removal of cellular wastes

20.

A detritivore is an organism that

a)

feeds on dead or decaying matter

b)

creates its own food for energy purposes

c)

consumes only plants to obtain its energy

d)

consumes only meat material to obtain its energy