CP Biology Mid-Term Review
(2015-16)
Please select a Team.
Producers
Herbivores
Omnivores
Carnivores
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Which of the following is not a
characteristic of life?
Growth
Reproduction
Use of energy
movement
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The process by which an organism
maintains a constant internal
environment is called
Metabolism
Homeostasis
Photosynthesis
Plasmolysis
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What type of electron is important
in the formation of chemical bonds?
Covalent
Nucleus
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What type of ion is formed when an
atom loses an electron?
Negative
Neutral
Positive
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The most abundant substance in
almost all living things is?
Carbon dioxide
Sugar
Water
Sodium chloride
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Solutions with a pH of 1-6 are
Acidic
Basic
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Which of the following is true?
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1. Simple sugars
are made from
polysaccharides.
2. RNA is made of
nucleotides
3. Amino acids are
made of
proteins
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Isotopes are atoms of the same
element with different numbers of ?
Electrons
Protons
Orbitals
Neutrons
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Covalent bonds form as a result of?
1. Losing electrons
2. Sharing electrons
3. Transferring
electrons
4. Losing protons
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Solutions that contain
concentrations of H+ ions lower
than pure water
1. Have a pH below 7.
2. Are bases
3. Are acids
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The main energy molecule of living
things is:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Carbohydrates
Fats
Proteins
Nucleic Acids
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Fats
Proteins
Nucleic Ac...
A substance that regulates a
chemical reaction is a :
Lipid
Catalyst
Element
Suspension
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Organisms that produce their own
food are:
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2.
3.
4.
Consumers
Heterotrophs
Autotrophs
Detritivores
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Consumers
Heterotrophs
Autotrophs
Detritivores
Carbon cycles in all of the following
except:
Transpiration
Respiration
Photosynthesis
Decomposition
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Most energy in a energy pyramid is
eliminated as heat. What % goes
to the next level?
1.
2.
3.
4.
55%
40%
25%
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55%
40%
25%
10%
The largest combined area of living
things are included in the:
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2.
3.
4.
Ecosystem
Biosphere
Community
Biome
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Ecosystem
Biosphere
Community
Biome
Chemosynthetic bacteria and green
plants are:
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2.
3.
4.
Omnivores
Carnivores
Consumers
Producers
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Omnivores
Carnivores
Consumers
Producers
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Interconnected feeding
relationships are included in:
1. Food chains
2. Food Webs
3. Food
Interactions
4. Food Networks
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Food chains
Food Webs
Food Interactions
Food Networks
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Decomposers and parasites are
examples of organisms that are:
Heterotrophs
Autotrophs
Chemotrophs
Detritivores
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Pyramid type showing the amount
of living tissue at each level:
1. Food Pyramid
2. Egyptian
pyramid
3. Numbers
Pyramid
4. Biomass Pyramid
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Food Pyramid
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Numbers Py...
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Nitrogen fixation is…..
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1. Carried out
plants
2. Carried out
bacteria
3. Carried out
carnivores
4. Carried out
omnivores
The differences in solar energy
cause
1. Wind and ocean
currents
2. Heat transport
in the biosphere
3. Impacts Earth’s
climate regions
4. All of the above
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Heat trans...
Impacts Ea...
All of the...
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What biotic factor impacts
ecosystem?
1. Number of
predators
2. Number of rocks
3. Type of soil
4. Amount of water
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Number of predators
Number of rocks
Type of soil
Amount of water
What is an example of a symbiotic
relationship?
Parasitism
Predation
Competition
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What is climate?
1. Daily weather
2. Average yearly
temperature
and
precipitation
3. Clouds
4. The ecosystem
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Why do temperatures on Earth
remain within a livable range?
1. Greenhouse effect
2. Loss of heat to
space
3. Sunlight radiating
to Earth
4. Unequal heating of
Earth’s surface
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the range of physical and
biological conditions in which
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all the physical factors in the
organism’s environment.
the range of temperatures
that the organism needs to
survive.
a full description of the place
an organism lives.
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A symbiosis where one species
benefits and one is neither helped
nor harmed is….
1.
2.
3.
4.
Parasitism
Mutualism
Commensalism
Predation
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Parasitism
Mutualism
Commensalism
Predation
What is ecological succession?
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2.
3.
4.
Random changes in
an biome due to
global climate
change
Series of predictable
changes in an
ecosystem
How organisms feed
in a food chain
How populations
grow expotentially
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Random changes in...
Series of predict...
How organisms fee...
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How populations g...
Acid rain is produced when water
combines with which of the
following?
1. Carbon dioxide
2. CFCs
3. Sulfur and
Nitrogen oxides
4. None of the
above
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CFCs
Sulfur and...
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None of th...
Sustainable development is best
described as…
1. Not overusing or
depleting natural
resources
2. Creating
biodiversity
3. Not using
nonrenewable
resources
4. Not using harmful
pollutants
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Not overusing or ...
Creating biodiver...
Not using nonrene...
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Not using harmful...
The current human population is approximately 7.2
billion. What is it approximately expected to be by
2050 if we complete demographic transition? what
will it be if we do not?
1. 9 billion; 12
billion
2. 9 billion; 90
billion
3. 12 billion;12
billion
4. 7.1 billion;300
billion
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A population that has a population
explosion has a/an _________
pattern …
1. Logistic growth
2. Arithmetic
growth
3. exponential
growth
4. Demographic
transition
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Which of the following is NOT a true
statement about current population(s)?
1.
2.
3.
4.
The biodiversity of the Hawaii
islands was altered by pigs and
rats that were invasive species
12%
24%
India & China have had such
huge human population growth 12%
that they have caused habitat
fragmentation
The pesticide DDT has caused
many birds of prey like the eagle
to become endangered due to
52%
biological magnification
Early hunters and gatherers
were careful to maintain the
carrying capacities of natural
animals and plants
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The biodiv...
India & Ch...
The pestic...
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Early hunt...
The study of populations and how
they change over time is called...
ecology
biology
demography
epidemiology
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Which of the following is a correct
density dependent and density
independent factor respectively?...
1. earthquake;
competition
2. disease;
weather
3. Population
growth
characterisitics
;carrying
capacity
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43%
57%
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earthquake...
disease; w...
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Population...
Which is true about population
growth rates?...
1.
2.
3.
4.
Emigration causes
growth rates to
increase
Factors like biological
magnification cause
declines in species
population high on a
food chain
Excess nutrients can
lead to algae blooms
which increase most
aquatic populations
All of the above are
true
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41%
12%
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Emigration causes...
Factors like biol...
Excess nutrients ...
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All of the above ...
Which is NOT a renewable
resource?
1. Water
2. Fish
3. Old-growth
forest
4. humus in a
compost pit or
some forests
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The ozone layer has been mostly
damaged by …
1. Burning fossil
fuels
2. Chlorofluorocarb
ons
3. Acid rain
4. UV light
5%
0%
37%
58%
10
Burning fossil fu...
Chlorofluorocarbons
Acid rain
UV light
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The number of organisms in a
particular area is how you calculate
the ….
1. Growth rate
2. population
3. Population
density
4. Carrying
capacity
6%
11%
11%
72%
10
Growth rate
population
Population density
Countdown
Carrying capacity
Which organelle breaks down old cell parts and
other compounds into small particles that the
cell can use?
1. Golgi apparatus
2. Lysosome
3. Endoplasmic
reticulum
4. Mitochondrion
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Which organelle makes proteins using
the instructions from the DNA that
comes from the nucleus?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Golgi apparatus
Mitochondrion
Vacuole
Ribosome
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Golgi apparatus
Mitochondrion
Vacuole
Ribosome
Which cell structure contains the DNA
and controls many of the cell’s activities
1.
2.
3.
4.
Nucleolus
Cell membrane
Nucleus
Cytoplasm
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Nucleolus
Cell membr...
Nucleus
Cytoplasm
What is the main function of the
cell membrane?
1. Breaks down
lipids,
carbohydrates, &
proteins from
foods
2. Stores water, salt
proteins, &
carbohydrates
3. Keeps the cell wall
in place
4. Regulates which
materials enter
and leave the cell
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Diffusion occurs because…
1.
2.
3.
4.
Molecules never move
or collide with one
another.
The concentration of a
solution is never the
same throughout a
solution.
Molecules move and
collide with one
another.
The concentration of a
solution is always the
same throughout the
solution.
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Molecules never m...
The concentration...
Molecules move an...
The concentration...
Which item do eukaryotes contain
but prokaryotes lack?
1. Cytoplasm
2. A cell
membrane
3. A nucleus
4. Genetic material
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Cytoplasm
A cell mem...
A nucleus
Genetic ma...
An animal cell that is surrounded by salt water
will shrink because osmotic pressure causes…
1. Water to move
into the cell
2. Water to move
out of the cell
3. Solutes to move
into the cell
4. Solutes to move
out of the cell
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The cells of multicellular organisms
are…
1. Smaller than those
of unicellular
organisms
2. Specialized to
perform particular
functions
3. Not dependent on
one another
4. Simpler than those
of unicellular
organisms
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Specialized to pe...
Not dependent on ...
Simpler than thos...
A tropical rainforest is best
characterized by which abiotic
and biotic factor respectively?
1. A climax
community; high
temperature year
round.
2. precipitation; a lot
of biodiversity
3. Nutrient-rich soil;
many grazing
animals
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A renewabl...
A nonrenew...
A microcli...
Poor in bi...
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IN A COVALENT BOND, WHAT IS SHARED
BETWEEN TWO ATOMS?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
GAMMA RAYS
PROTONS
ELECTRONS
NEUTRONS
POSITRONS
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GAMMA RAYS
PROTONS
NEUTRONS
POSITRONS
ELECTRONS
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WHAT IS THE NUMBER OF VALENCE
ELECTRONS IN AN ATOM OF LITHIUM(Li)?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1
2
3
4
5
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS
IS NOT A MAJOR COMPONENT OF THE
HUMAN BODY?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
CARBON
HYDROGEN
NITROGEN
OXYGEN
MERCURY
0%
10
CARBON
HYDROGEN
OXYGEN
MERCURY
NITROGEN
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WHAT TYPE OF BOND HOLDS THE ELEMENTS SODIUM AND
CHLORIDE TOGETHER TO MAKE SALT?
1. COVALENT BOND
2. IONIC BOND
3. HYDROGEN
BOND
4. MAGNETIC BOND
5. FISSION BOND
ND
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