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Biology Semester 1 Review JHS

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A testable prediction about a scientific investigation is a(n)
a)
Question
b)
Observation
c)
Hypothesis
d)
Experiment
2.
The summary at the end of an experiment that explains the results is... 
a)
conclusion
b)
procedures
c)
materials
d)
responding variable
3.
What is the first step in the scientific method?
a)
Make an observation --> Question
b)
Design and conduct an experiment
c)
Make an hypothesis
d)
Share your results
4.
Information you obtain through your senses, such as touch, sound and sight.
a)
observation
b)
hypothesis
c)
question
d)
conclusion
5.
Research Question: Does the type of gasoline put in a car effect how fast the car can drive. What is the independent variable?
a)
Type of gasoline
b)
which car the gas is put into
c)
how fast the car can drive
d)
how much gas is put into the car
6.
Research question: does the distance a person kicks a soccer ball effect how well they will do on their math test.  What is the dependent variable?
a)
How far they kick the soccer ball
b)
who the person is
c)
how well they do on the math test
d)
Type of soccer ball.
7.

What is the DEPENDENT variable (effect) in this experiment?


"Does eating breakfast improve test scores?"

a)

eating breakfast or not

b)

the grade you got on the test

c)

what time you get up in the morning

d)

how tasty the breakfast is

8.

What is the control group?

a)

The group that changes

b)

The group that is used as a comparison

c)

The group that responds to the changes

d)

The group that wants everything their own way

9.

Information gathered from watching a plant grow 2cm in a week is called what?

a)

Variables

b)

Data

c)

Hypothesis

d)

Theory

10.

When is a hypothesis created?

a)

Before making observations and asking questions

b)

After the experiment is performed

c)

Before the experiment is performed

d)

After results are communicated

11.

There are two types of data. Which type of data involves numbers that are obtained by counting or measuring?

a)

quantitative

b)

qualitative

12.

There are two types of data. Which type of data involves descriptions that cannot be counted or measured?

a)

qualitative

b)

quantitative

13.
A _____ is something in the environment that causes an organism to respond.
a)
stimulus
b)
response
c)
cause
d)
effect
14.
When a baby kitten becomes an adult cat, this is an example of...
a)
energy metabolism
b)
growth and development
c)
response to stimuli
d)
having cells
15.

Living things are based on a universal genetic

code. What molecule is responsible for that code?

a)

RNA

b)

Lipid

c)

Protein

d)

DNA

16.

The combination of chemical reactions through

which an organism builds up or breaks down

materials as it carries out its life processes is called ...

a)

absorption

b)

metabolism

c)

digestion

d)

consumption

17.

Maintaining a stable internal

environment is called

a)

homeostasis

b)

equilibrium

c)

balance

d)

evenness

18.

Identify the characteristic: when you step out into the cold, your body shivers in order to keep its temperature at 98.6oF.

a)

All living things use energy

b)

All living things contain cells

c)

All living things maintain homeostasis

d)

All living things grow and develop

19.

Identify the characteristic: a caterpillar hibernates in a cocoon and emerges as a butterfly.

a)

All living things adapt to their environment

b)

All living things use energy

c)

All living things respond to their environment

d)

All living things grow and develop

20.

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

21.
Which of the following characteristics of living things best explain a cat having a litter of kittens?
a)
living things respond to their environment
b)
living things maintain homeostasis
c)
living things reproduce
d)
living things are based on a genetic code
22.

Which characteristic of living things is represented in the picture?

a)

Share similar chemicals

b)

Grows and develops

c)

Responds to stimuli

d)

Evolves (as a population)

23.

Why don't populations grow indefinitely?

a)

limiting factors

b)

only biotic factors

c)

only abiotic factors

d)

none of the above

24.

What is the arrow pointing at?

a)

carrying capacity

b)

biotic potential

c)

density-independent

d)

density dependent

25.

Parasites, disease, and predators, are examples of what type of limiting factors?

a)

density dependent

b)

density independent

c)

survivorship

d)

type 1 curve

26.

What does the carrying capacity mean?

a)

The number of individuals an area can carry

b)

the number of births

c)

The number of deaths an area has

d)

not sure

27.

Immigration is ...

a)

the movement into an area.

b)

the movement out of an area.

c)

the migration process.

d)

an exponential graph.

28.

Emigration is

a)

the movement out of an area

b)

the movement into an area

c)

movement in and out of an area

d)

migration

29.
When a population grows past the ecosystem's carrying capacity, what happens to the population?
a)
Continues to grow
b)
The population starts to die off to return to carrying capcity
c)
The population will go extinct due to lack of resources
d)
The population grows then finds a new carrying capacity
30.
Which of the following would INCREASE the carrying capacity of an ecosystem?
a)
increase in predators
b)
disease
c)
increase in available food
d)
drought
31.
A group of organisms of the same species living in the same place at the same time is called a(n) _________.
a)
ecosystem
b)
population
c)
community
d)
organism
32.
Any factor that limits population growth
a)
Limiting Factor
b)
Immigration
c)
Succession
d)
Abiotic Factor
33.

This graph shows ________?

a)

exponential growth.

b)

logistic growth.

34.
Which limiting factor is independent of the number of individuals in a population?
a)
competition
b)
parasitism/disease
c)
stress
d)
natural disasters
35.
What type of growth is represented behind?
a)
exponential
b)
logistics
c)
a good kind
d)
representative
36.

Subatomic particles that have a negative charge

a)

electrons

b)

protons

c)

quarks

d)

neutrons

37.

Basic unit of matter.

a)

molecule

b)

compound

c)

atom

d)

isotope

38.

In what part of an atom can the protons and neutrons be found?

a)

nucleus

b)

neutrine

c)

electron cloud

d)

proton cloud

39.

Which parts of the atom move around the nucleus on orbitals?

a)

electrons

b)

protons

c)

electrode particles

d)

neutrons

40.

What is a subatomic particle without an electric charge, located in the nucleus of an atom?

a)

neutron

b)

proton

c)

electron

d)

valence electron

41.

What is a subatomic particle with a negative charge? It is found on orbitals surrounding the nucleus.

a)

neutron

b)

proton

c)

electron

d)

electron cloud

42.

What are the 3 subatomic particles?

a)

the nucleus

b)

electron cloud

c)

positive charge

d)

electrons, protons, and neutrons

43.

The chemical combination of two or more elements in definite proportion.

a)

compound

b)

atom

c)

ion

d)

isotope

44.

6 elements of life?

a)

CHONPS

b)

CHOMPS

c)

CHFNPS

d)

CHONPF

45.

Type of bond that shares electrons between atoms.

a)

covalent

b)

ionic

c)

hydrogen

46.

Type of bond that transfers electrons between atoms.

a)

ionic

b)

covalent

c)

hydrogen

47.

Type of bond that holds one water molecule to another.

a)

hydrogen

b)

covalent

c)

ionic

48.

Which of the following is a function of the nucleic acids?

a)

store and transmit genetic information

b)

used to store energy

c)

used for structural purposes in plants

d)

used to insulate the body

49.

The building blocks (monomers) to proteins are:

a)

amino acids

b)

glycerol

c)

nucleotide

d)

saccharides

50.

The building blocks (monomers) for carbohydrates are:

a)

fatty acid chains

b)

amino acids

c)

nucleotides

d)

monosaccharides like glucose

51.

Which of the following macromolecules is the main energy source of all living things?

a)

carbohydrates

b)

lipids

c)

nucleic acids

d)

proteins

52.

Giant molecules!

a)

macromolecules

b)

micromolecules

c)

really really big molecules

d)

tiny so small molecules

53.

Type of protein that speeds up the rate of chemical reactins?

a)

enzymes

b)

hormones

c)

antibodies

d)

saccharides

54.

Enzymes belong to which group of organic compounds?

a)

proteins

b)

lipids

c)

carbohydrates

d)

nucleic acids