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Quiz 1 | Scientific Inquiry

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Read and Understand the Phenomenon: While exploring a forest trail, you find a strange object stuck to a tree branch. It has a rough, outer shell and inside is a soft, greenish material. Over several days, you notice the shell cracking, and tiny, leaf-like structures emerging. A week later, it is fully open and producing small spores that fall to the ground.
Which characteristic of life is best demonstrated when the object produces spores?

a)

Energy Usage

b)

Reproduction

c)

Response to stimuli

d)

Cellular organization

2.

Read and Understand the Phenomenon: While exploring a forest trail, you find a strange object stuck to a tree branch. It has a rough, outer shell and inside is a soft, greenish material. Over several days, you notice the shell cracking, and tiny, leaf-like structures emerging. A week later, it is fully open and producing small spores that fall to the ground.
If you were to determine whether this object is living, which additional evidence would best support your conclusion?

a)

It is green in color.

b)

It can photosynthesize to produce its own food.

c)

It can be found attached to other living things.

d)

It contains a protective outer covering.

3.

Read and Understand the Phenomenon: While exploring a forest trail, you find a strange object stuck to a tree branch. It has a rough, outer shell and inside is a soft, greenish material. Over several days, you notice the shell cracking, and tiny, leaf-like structures emerging. A week later, it is fully open and producing small spores that fall to the ground.
Which conclusion best explains how multiple characteristics of life are shown in the scenario?

a)

The object changes color and size over time.

b)

The object has a shell and cracks open in the sun.

c)

The object is green and attached to a branch.

d)

The object reproduces by producing spores and grows by emerging from its shell.

4.

One grape is placed in tap water and another grape is placed in salt water. The change in their mass is measured after a day.
What are the variables?

a)

IV - mass of grape

DV - volume of water

b)

IV - type of water

DV - size of grape

c)

IV - mass of grape

DV - type of water

d)

IV - type of water

DV - mass of grape

5.

Cockroaches are exposed to a pesticide.  After 3 hours, 95% of the insects are dead. What are the variables?

a)

DV is the amount of pesticide used; IV is the number of hours the roaches found dead.

b)

DV is the number of roaches affected by the pesticide and the IV is the pesticide used.

c)

DV is the 95% insects dead while IV is the Cockroaches.

d)

DV is the pesticide used while IV is the amount of dead cockroaches.

6.

An organism is made up of ​ . It is either prokaryotic or eukaryotic.

(a)  

7.

Arrange the correct sequence of the levels of biological organization, which is the correct sequence?

a)

cell -> organ -> tissue -> organ system -> organism

b)

tissue ->cell -> organ -> organ system -> organism

c)

cell -> tissue -> organ -> organ system -> organism

d)

organ -> cell -> tissue -> organ system -> organism

8.
How many seals were present in 2011?
a)
25
b)
30
c)
40
d)
50
9.

What is the label on the y-axis in this graph?

a)

Rainfall in mm

b)

Day of the month

c)

Rainfall during the first 9 days of a month

d)

Number of Days

10.

What is the trend in New York snowfall between January and May?

a)

It increased

b)

It decreased

c)

It stayed the same

d)

It is constant (the same) from January to May

11.

Look at the line graph. Which is the best description for the line representing country A?

a)

The population increased steadily then declined.

b)

The population remained steady then increased slightly.

c)

The population remained steady then increased dramatically.

d)

The population is always high.

12.

A scientist tracked the summer eating habits of brown bears. His results are shown in the graph.


If the brown bears’ reliance on leaves increased by 14 percent, how would the combined total of all the percentages be affected?

a)

It would increase by 14 percent.

b)

It would decrease to 86 percent.

c)

It would remain at 100 percent.

d)

It would change to 114 percent.

13.

Joseph counted all of the different trees in the woods near his house. He made a graph showing his results. Which of the following conclusions can Joseph draw from his graph?

a)

There are more elms than oaks in the woods near his house.

b)

Cedars are the tallest trees in the woods near his house.

c)

There are 95 trees in the woods near his house.

d)

Maple trees are not able to grow in the woods near his house.

14.

The graphs show the population size of Organism A in a local lake, and the average temperatures of the lake by month.


During which month would you expect the Organism A population to be greatest?

a)

August

b)

May

c)

July

d)

June

15.

A scientist wanted to determine the toxicity of venom in five species of snake. He collected data on the mortality (or death rate) from each snake species' bites.


Which of the following lists the snakes from most deadly to least deadly?

a)

European viper, Bushmaster, King Cobra, Eastern Coral, Western Diamondback

b)

Bushmaster, Western Diamondback, European viper, Kind Cobra, Eastern Coral

c)

European viper, Western Diamondback, Eastern Coral, King cobra, Bushmaster

d)

Bushmaster, King Cobra, Eastern Coral, Western Diamondback, European viper