FIRST SEMESTER BIOLOGY REVIEW

Two thousand and fifteen years into the

common era

QUESTION 1

Pine Tree Pine Beetle Woodpecker Black Rat Snake

Which of the organisms in the above food chain is a

tertiary consumer?

A. Woodpecker

B. Black Rat Snake

C. Pine Tree

D. Pine Beetle

The answer is “B” the

Black Rat Snake

QUESTION 1

What is ecological succession?

QUESTION 2

The correct answer is:

Succession is the

replacement of one

community by another

as environmental

conditions change.

QUESTION 2

QUESTION 3

The stage of a compound light

microscope carries out which function?

A. Provides light for viewing the image.

B. The part of the microscope a person

looks through.

C. Magnifies the image of the

specimen.

D. A platform that supports a slide

holding the specimen.

QUESTION 3

The correct answer is

“D” a platform that

supports a slide holding

the specimen.

QUESTION 4

Tissue Organ Organelle Organ System Organism

Above is a list of organization in a multicellular organism.

However, one of these terms does not belong in this sequence.

Which term does not belong?

A. Organelle

B. Organ System

C. Organ

D. Tissue

QUESTION 4

The correct answer is “A” an organelle.

QUESTION 5

An army ant colony travels on the forest floor, they stir up

various flying insect species. As the insects flee from the

army ants, birds following the ants catch the fleeing

insects. This is an example of

A. Parasitism

B. Mutualism

C. Commensalism

D. Competition

The correct answer is

“C” commensalism.

The Bicoloured

Antbird is almost

completely

dependent on its

commensalistic

relationship with

army ants for food.

QUESTION 5

QUESTION 6

In this graph, the

average speed in this

experiment is the

A.Control Group

B.Independent variable

C.Dependent variable

D.Qualitative variable

QUESTION 6

The correct answer is

“C” the dependent

variable.

QUESTION 7

The aerobic cellular respiration generates how many

ATP molecules?

A. 2 ATPs

B. 4 ATPs

C. 32 ATPs

D. 36 ATPs

The correct

answer is “D” 36

ATPs

QUESTION 7

QUESTION 8

The process by which you are able to maintain a

constant 98.6 degree body temperature in 0 degree

weather is called:

A. Homeostasis

B. Evolution

C. Symbiosis

D. Metabolism

The correct

answer is “A”

homeostasis.

QUESTION 8

The Golgi Apparatus

A. Processes and

packages proteins.

B. Makes proteins

C. Makes fats/lipids

D. Stores water

QUESTION 9

The correct answer is “A”

processes and packages

proteins.

QUESTION 9

QUESTION 10

The smallest unit that has all the characteristics of

life is

A. Tissue

B. Atom

C. Organism

D. Cell

QUESTION 10

The correct answer is

“D” the cell.

QUESTION 11

Give the correct order for the levels of ecological organization

from largest to smallest:

A. Population, Biosphere, Ecosystem, Community, Organism

B. Biosphere, Community, Ecosystem, Organism, Population

C. Ecosystem, Biosphere, Population, Community, Organism

D. Biosphere, Ecosystem, Community, Population, Organism

QUESTION 11

A. The correct answer is “D” Biosphere, Ecosystem,

Community, Population, Organism.

QUESTION 12

Molecules move from an area of low concentration to

high concentration by

A. Diffusion

B. Osmosis

C. Passive transport

D. Active transport

QUESTION 12

The correct

answer is “D”

active transport.

QUESTION 13

Which of the following is the correct chemical

equation for photosynthesis?

A. 6C + 6H2O C6H12O6

B. 6CO2 + 6H2O C6H12O6 + 6O2

C. C6H12O66CO2 + 6H2O

D. C + O2 + H2O CO2 + HOH

The correct answer is “B”

6CO2 + 6H2O C6H12O6 +

6O2

QUESTION 13

QUESTION 14

What color light would

produce the lowest

rate of photosynthesis?

A. White

B. Blue

C. Red

D. Green

The correct answer is “D” green

QUESTION 14

QUESTION 15

Which of the following is an aerobic process?

A. Glycolysis

B. Citric acid cycle

C. Electron Transport Chain

D. Lactic acid fermentation

QUESTION 15

The correct answer is “B and C” the citric acid cycle

and the electron transport chain.

QUESTION 16

Which biome is characterized by a significant lack of

precipitation?

The correct

answer is the

desert

QUESTION 16

QUESTION 17

Which of the following in not found in both plant and

animal cells?

A. Mitochondria

B. Plasma membrane

C. Ribosomes

D. Cell wall

QUESTION 17The correct answer is “D” the cell

wall.

QUESTION 18

What are the products of cellular respiration?

A. Carbon Dioxide and Water

B. Oxygen, Water and Glucose

C. Oxygen, Water and ATP

D. Carbon Dioxide, Water and ATP

QUESTION 18The correct answer is “D” Carbon Dioxide, Water

and ATP

Question 19Which of the following is a characteristic of all

living things?

a)A) The ability to move.

b)B) Having an orderly structure.

c)C) The ability to breathe.

d)D) Having blood.

Question 19The correct answer is “B” having and orderly

structure.

Question 20Which of the following represents a cell in a

hypotonic solution?

Question 20

The correct answer is

C

Question 21

Something that inhibits a

populations growth is…• A) abiotic factor• B) limiting factor• C) homeostatic factor• D) multiplication factor

Question 21

The corect answer is ‘B’.

A limiting factor is any biotic or

abiotic factor that restricts the

existence, numbers,

reproduction, or distribution of

organisms.

Question 22 The best scientists once believed that the

Earth was flat, now it is believed that the

Earth is round; this is an example of science

being:

A) empirically based

B) subjective

C) tentative

D) socially and culturally embedded

Question 22

The correct answer is ‘C’

Tentative means that it is

subject to change.

Question 23 Which of the following are

considered abiotic factors in the

environment?

A) water

B) temperature

C) sunlight

D) ladybug

Question 23

The correct answer is A, B, C

Abiotic factors are non-living.

Question 24 Bacteria breaks down a dead lion,

this make the bacteria which of the

following?

A) heterotroph

B) decomposer

C) autotroph

D) tertiary consumer

Question 24

The correct answer is ‘B’.

A decomposer breaks down

dead material.

Question 25 Which of the following is an example

of quantitative data?

A) the room has 16 desks

B) the room is warm

C) there are 29 students in the room

D) the students in the room are smart

Question 25

The answer is ‘A’ and ‘C’.

Qualitative data deals with

measurements and numbers.

Question 26

What organelle generates

ATP for the cell?

Question 26

The answer is

mitochondria.

Question 27 Which part of an experiment is the

part that you change or manipulate?

A) dependant variable

B) control group

C) hypothesis

D) independent variable

Question 27

The answer is ‘D’.

Question 28 All of the squirrels living in

Chicagoland is an example of…

A) a community

B) an ecosystem

C) an organism

D) a population

Question 28

The answer is ‘D’.

A population is all the

members of one species

living in a given area.

Question 29

Approximately what is the

current world population?

Question 29

The answer is 7 billion.

Question 30

The plasma membrane is

selectively permeable. What

does selectively permeable

mean?

Question 30

Selectively permeable

means that some materials

can pass through while

others can not.

Question 31

Why is it a bad idea for a person

lost at sea to drink the sea

water if they are thirsty?

(Describe the environment

created in the body and what

would happen to the person’s

cells.)

Question 31

The sea water has a higher

concentration of solutes than

the body cells so you create a

hypertonic environment. Water

would leave the cells and the

cells would shrink. Drinking the

sea water would make you

MORE dehydrated.

Question 32

Why is a pyramid a good

representation of the

energy structure in an

ecosystem?

Question 32 There is more energy at the bottom

(producers) than the top since only 10% of

the energy get transferred from one level to

the next.

Question 33

Which biome includes the

part of the ocean that light

is able to penetrate?

Question 33

The answer is photic zone.

Question 34 An experiment is set up to determine which color

light makes an aquatic plant undergo

photosynthesis the fastest. 4 different plants are

placed under white, red, blue, and green light

while a 5th is placed in the dark. All oxygen

produced by the plant is captured and measured.

A) What is the independent variable?

B) What is the dependant variable?

C) What is the control group?

Question 34 A) The independent variable is the

thing that you manipulate- color of

light.

B) the dependant variable is the

thing that you measure- amount of

oxygen produced

C) The control group is the group

that does not have the variable- the

plant in the dark.

Question 35

What cycle is the picture

depicting?

Question 35

The answer is the water

cycle.

Question 36

Name one thing that a plant

cell has that an animal cell

does not.

Question 36

A cell wall

A large central vacuole

Chloroplasts

QUESTION 37

Which of the following

shows metaphase?

QUESTION 37

Which of the following

shows metaphase?

C

QUESTION 38

What happens during S

phase of interphase?

QUESTION 38

What happens during S

phase of interphase?

The cell copies its DNA

QUESTION 39

What is produced in

mitosis?

QUESTION 39

What is produced in

mitosis?

2 diploid cells

QUESTION 40

What is produced in

meiosis?

QUESTION 40

What is produced in

meiosis?

4 haploid cells (gametes)