Organize the following organisms into food chains – there is more than one food
chain
Grass
minnow
Wildflower algae
larva
snake
rat
hawk
raccoon
grasshopper
spider
Use your food chains to draw a food web in the space provided below.
Identify the producers in your food web –
What are the primary consumers in your food web?
What are the secondary and tertiary consumers in your food web?
Draw and label a picture that shows primary succession.
Identify whether each statement is quantitative data or qualitative data.
__________________ The milk in the coffee is frothy.
__________________ The cup holds 24oz of coffee.
__________________ The coffee is body temperature.
__________________ The coffee has a rich aroma.
__________________ The coffee is brown.
__________________ The cup holds 3 servings of coffee.
Which of the following are appropriate ways for scientists to share their
research with other scientists? Circle all appropriate answers.
Research posters
Email
Peer Reviewed Journals
Wikis
Scientific Journal
Press conference
Facebook
Chat rooms
Articles
Television Interviews
Identify the following as examples of pure or applied science:
__________________ Discovering a molecule that causes cancer
__________________ Developing a medicine to target a cancer causing molecule
__________________ Researching the function of enzymes
__________________ Discovering the structure of DNA
__________________ Using Jellyfish DNA to genetically engineer a bacterial cell
__________________ Isolating DNA from Jellyfish
__________________ Getting your throat swabbed by the doctor.
__________________ Doctor prescribes an antibiotic based on the results of your
blood test.
Color the biotic factors green, color the abiotic factors red, circle an organism that is a
predator, and put a box around an organism that is prey.
Label the trophic (feeding) levels of the pyramid below.
Place each organism in the appropriate trophic level(s) in the pyramid below:
Bear - Ponderosa pine tree – Deer – Rabbit -Mountain lion – Wolf – Grass - Hawk
How does the energy change as you go up the pyramid? Draw an arrow showing how much
energy is transferred as you go up the pyramid.
How does population size change as you go up the pyramid?
After a forest fire, the forest slowly recovers as various organisms grow back.
This is an example of what type of succession?
What are the stages of growth for this type of succession?
Using a t-chart, list the pros and cons of a wildfire.
PROS
CONS
In the national park, several key strategies are used to protect the forest.
Seedlings or seeds are dispersed by the rangers after a fire:
______________________________
Areas of smaller brush and younger trees are periodically removed:
______________________
List situations that would lead to ecological succession: ___________________
Draw a typical prokaryote cell and label the typical parts.
Compare and contrast prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells using a Venn diagram.
Prokaryote
Eukaryote
Complete a Venn diagram for a Plant and Animal Cell
Plant
Animal
List the four social factors that influence human populations:
_____________________, _____________________, _____________________,
and _____________________.
Sketch and label a graph of the human population
Sketch and label a graph of other, non-human populations
Explain the shape of the two graphs.
J-curve –
S-shaped -
Explain the factors that affect population growth rate. Circle the factors that
increase population and underline those factors that cause population decline.
birth rate –
death rate –
immigration –
emigration –
Why is it important that all variables other than the independent variable are
controlled in an experiment? What do we call those variables?
Why do scientists conduct experiments?
Underline the IV and circle the DV:
If plants are given different amounts of water, then their heights will be
different after 6 weeks.
Bacteria are grown in different types of nutrient agar, and some types of
agar allow more bacterial growth than others.
The number of holes in students’ jeans affects their number of trips to
detentions.
Does the frequency of sneezing affect the rates of infection?
Does the proximity of bacterial colonies affect the number of colonies that
will grow in nutrient agar?
The amount of light in an area will affect the number of earthworms
present.
The amount of hours studying affects your grades.
The number of snake eggs laid is affected by the amount of rainfall that is
received.
The incubation temperature of a tortoise egg affects the sex of the
hatchlings.
For the next few questions, use the following diagram:
Circle the most closely related to the butterfly - The spider or the worm?
What do all the organisms after F have in common?
What do all the organisms after B have in Common?
Circle which 2 organisms would have the most similar DNA - The Fly and the
Grasshopper or the Worm and the Spider?
What 3 things would be used to classify these organisms?
List and describe the 4 morphological features used to classify organisms.
Does classification always remain the same? Why or why not?
Natural selection is based on observations, List and describe the 5 observations:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
What does natural selection cause in a population (on the genetic level)?
What is absolutely necessary for natural selection to take place?
What happens to organisms that are better suited to the environment when
compared to organisms that are less well suited?
List and describe the 5 key pieces of evidence for evolution:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Image From http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/released_tests/2003/test03_biology.pdf
The above diagram shows undisturbed sedimentary rock layers containing fossils.
Circle which statement best summarizes the history of the area.
The area was once a forest and was replaced by a freshwater lake.
The area was once a freshwater lake and was replaced by a saltwater sea.
The area was once a saltwater sea and replaced by a coniferous forest.
The area was once a saltwater sea and later replaced by a forest.
To see an animation showing fossil layer formation click on the following
link:
http://www.phschool.com/atschool/phsciexp/active_art/index_fossils/inde
x.html
Fill in the missing levels of organization:
Determine the type of graph needed for each situation:
150 fish were caught in a net. Calculate the percentage of the total for
each species, and graph the percent caught. What kind of graph would be
needed?
Plant heights were measured for 6 weeks. What kind of graph would be
needed?
A bacterial culture’s population was measured every 30 minutes for 18
hours. What kind of graph would be needed?
You ask 200 people “What is your favorite type of movie?” What type of
graph would you make for these answers: Comedy-200 students, Horror-75
students, Animated-115 students, Drama-48 students
You measure the shoe sizes of the students in your class and break them
into the following categories:
5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, 15-16
What kind of graph would you draw?