TSCIE - Quiz
  • 1. In the food chain grass grasshopper, frog snake, which organism is the primary consumer?
A) Grasshopper
B) Snake
C) Frog
D) Grass
  • 2. What is the ultimate source of energy most ecosystems on earth?
A) The sun
B) Soil nutrients
C) Water
D) Decomposers
  • 3. Which process removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?
A) Respiration
B) Decomposition
C) Photosynthesis
D) Combustion
  • 4. Biomass refers to:
A) The amount of sunlight absorbed
B) The total mass of living or previously living organisms in a given area or trophic level
C) The volume of water in an ecosystem
D) The number of organisms only
  • 5. A food chain, arrows usually point from:
A) Decomposers to the sun
B) The organism being eaten to the organism that eats it
C) Predators to prey
D) The consumer to the producer
  • 6. Which organism break down dead organic matter and recycle nutrients?
A) Herbivores
B) Producers
C) Decomposers
D) Autotrophs
  • 7. In a pyramid of biomass, the widest level is usually:
A) Decomposers
B) Primary consumers
C) Top carnivores
D) Producers
  • 8. Which trophic level would a hawk occupy in grass, mouse, snake, hawk?
A) Tertiary consumer
B) Primary consumers
C) Secondary consumer
D) Producers
  • 9. A food web differs from a food chain because it shows:
A) Many interconnected feeding relationships
B) Only one predator and one prey
C) Energy moving upward only
D) Only producers
  • 10. Bacteria convert atmospheric nitrogen gas (N2) into forms plants can use during:
A) Nitrogen fixation
B) Combustion
C) Evapotranspiration
D) Denitrification
  • 11. Unlike carbon and nitrogen, phosphorus mainly cycles through:
A) Rocks, soil, water and living organisms
B) Ozone
C) The upper atmosphere
D) Sunlight
  • 12. Temperate deciduous forest are known for trees that:
A) Have no leaves
B) Grow only in deserts
C) Remain underwater
D) Lose leaves in autumn
  • 13. Which aquatic biomes is a transition between freshwater and marine ecosystems?
A) Lake
B) Taiga
C) Estuary
D) Tundra
  • 14. Which biome is also called the boreal forest?
A) Grassland
B) Dessert
C) Taiga
D) Tundra
  • 15. Which freshwater ecosystem is permanently or periodically water-saturated?
A) Taiga
B) Coral reef
C) Dessert
D) Wetland
  • 16. Which pair correctly matches a biome type with an example?
A) Freshwater-ocean
B) Terrestrial- estuary
C) Freshwater-desert
D) Marine-coral reef
  • 17. When water vapor cools and forms clouds, the process is called:
A) Runoff
B) Percolation
C) Transpiration
D) Condensation
  • 18. Which process returns carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
A) Nitrogen fixation
B) Evaporation
C) Photosynthesis
D) Cellular respiration
  • 19. Which group captures solar energy and makes organic molecules through photosynthesis?
A) Producers
B) Predators
C) Consumers
D) Decomposers
  • 20. Chaparral is best described as:
A) A deep ocean zone
B) A freshwater marsh
C) A polar ice sheet
D) A dry shrubland with tough-leaved plants
  • 21. How many major terrestrial biomes are commonly recognized in many ecology textbooks?
A) Eight
B) Four
C) Twenty
D) Two
  • 22. Which two broad categories make up aquatic biomes?
A) Terrestrial and aerial
B) Freshwater and marine
C) Tundra and deserts
D) Forest and grassland
  • 23. Which aquatic biomes has very low salt concentration?
A) Marine biome
B) Coral reef
C) Estuary
D) Freshwater biome
  • 24. Which biome is dominated by grasses with few trees?
A) Tundra
B) Estuary
C) Grassland
D) Taiga
  • 25. Which of the following is an example of an inherited traits?
A) Having attached earlobes
B) Reading a book
C) Playing the piano
D) Having a scar from an injury
  • 26. Which organism did Gregor Mendel used for his historical study of inheritance?
A) Garden pea plants
B) Honeybees
C) Fruit flies
D) Mice
  • 27. What is an alternative form of a single gene passed from generation to generation called?
A) Trait
B) Allele
C) Genotype
D) Locus
  • 28. Which of the following represents a heterogeneous genotype?
A) BB
B) None of the choices
C) Bb
D) bb
  • 29. Who is Universally recognized as the "Father of Genetics"?
A) Watson and crick
B) Charles Darwin
C) Louis pasteur
D) Gregor Mendel
  • 30. What is the primary purpose of a Punnett square?
A) To isolate specific DNA fragments.
B) To sequence an organism's whole genome.
C) To predict the dynamic probability of genotypes and phenotypes in offspring.
D) To calculate the exact lifespan of an animal.
  • 31. A Punnett square grid has 4 small boxes inside. How many total traits are being tracked in this monohybrid cross?
A) 2 traits
B) 4 traits
C) 1 traits
D) 8 traits
  • 32. If a plant grows bent because it is blocked from sunlight, this shape is considered which type of trait?
A) Dominant mutation
B) Acquired traits
C) Recessive trait
D) Inherited traits
  • 33. If two parents with blue eyes (homozygous recessive, bb) have children, What are the chances their child will have brown eyes (dominant)?
A) 25%
B) 100%
C) 75%
D) 0%
  • 34. What name is given to the natural differences in traits among individuals of the same species?
A) Variation
B) Cloning
C) Heredity
D) Pure-breeding
  • 35. What did Mendel call the structural units that pass traits from parents to offspring?
A) Genes
B) Factors
C) Chromosomes
D) DNA
  • 36. What does the Law of independent Assortment describe?
A) Traits blend together in the offspring.
B) Homologous chromosomes never separate.
C) Dominant alleles always mask recessive alleles.
D) Alleles for different traits segregate independently during gamete formation.
  • 37. A brown eyes parents (BB) and a blue-eyed parent (bb) have children, What genotype will all their children have?
A) bb
B) Bb
C) BB
D) Bbb
  • 38. The muscular system helps maintain:
A) Nutrients absorption
B) Gas exchange
C) Posture and movement
D) Hormone balance
  • 39. The endocrine system regulates processes using:
A) Nerves
B) Muscle
C) Hormones
D) Enzymes
  • 40. Gas exchange in animals accurs through:
A) Skin only
B) Kidneys
C) Lungs or gills
D) Heart
  • 41. The endocrine system includes glands such as:
A) Thyroid and pituitary
B) Kidneys and bladder
C) Hearts and lungs
D) Skin and nails
  • 42. Nervous tissue coordinates responses by:
A) Absorbing nutrients
B) Storing fat
C) Sending signals
D) Producing enzymes
  • 43. The primary function of red blood cells is?
A) Immunity
B) Hormone regulation
C) Oxygen transport
D) Clothing
  • 44. Unlike plants, animals obtain nutrients by:
A) Photosynthesis
B) Absorbing sunlight
C) Producing chlorophyll
D) Consuming other organisms
  • 45. The integumentary system's primary role is:
A) Circulation
B) Digestion
C) Hormone regulation
D) Protection and sensing
  • 46. Animals are classified as:
A) Autotrophic organisms
B) Multicellular eukaryotes
C) Unicellular prokaryotes
D) Photosynthetic organisms
  • 47. The immune system defense against:
A) Infections
B) Hormone imbalance
C) Bone fractures
D) Digestion problems
  • 48. Specialized muscle and nerve tissues in animals primarily help with:
A) Movement and response
B) Photosynthesis
C) Circulation
D) Reproduction
  • 49. The correct order of biological organization in animals is:
A) Cell - organs - tissue - organs system - organisms
B) Tissues - cells - organs - organs system - organisms
C) Cell - tissue - organs - organs system - organisms
D) Organs - tissue - cells - organs system - organisms
  • 50. Cardiac muscle is part of the:
A) Nervous system
B) Muscular system
C) Endocrine system
D) Skeletal system
  • 51. Which part of the brain controls balance and coordination?
A) Cerebellum
B) Cerebrum
C) Medulla oblongata
D) Hypothalamus
  • 52. In the circulatory system, the heart works together with:
A) Blood and blood vessels
B) Lungs and trachea
C) Muscle and bones
D) Kidneys and bladder
  • 53. When a person runs, the muscular respiratory, and cardiovascular system work together to maintain:
A) Digestion
B) Excretion
C) Hormone balance
D) Homeostasis
  • 54. The urinary system filters:
A) Oxygen
B) Blood
C) Nutrients
D) Hormones
  • 55. Which chamber of the heart pumps oxygenated blood to the body?
A) Left ventricle
B) Right ventricle
C) Right atrium
D) Left atrium
  • 56. The respiratory system removes removes:
A) Nutrients
B) Oxygen
C) Carbon dioxide
D) Hormones
  • 57. Which tissue covers body surfaces and lines organs?
A) Muscle
B) Nervous
C) Connective
D) Epithelial
  • 58. The primary function of red blood cells is?
A) Hormone regulation
B) Immunity
C) Clothing
D) Oxygen transport
  • 59. Chalk powder in water is a:
A) Colloid
B) Suspension
C) Pure substance
D) Solution
  • 60. Distilled water is classified as a:
A) Suspension
B) Pure substance
C) Solution
D) Mixture
  • 61. Soft drink with bubbles are considered:
A) Colloid
B) Pure substance
C) Suspension
D) Solution
  • 62. Carbon dioxide in a soda can is a:
A) Suspension
B) Mixture
C) Compound
D) Element
  • 63. Table sugar ( C¹² H²² O¹¹) is classified as a:
A) Mixture
B) Compound
C) Solution
D) Element
  • 64. A bowl of mixed cereals is:
A) Homologous mixture
B) Pure substance
C) Heterogeneous mixture
D) Solution
  • 65. A smoothie with pulp is a:
A) Suspension
B) Pure substance
C) Solution
D) Colloid
  • 66. Pizza with toppings is an example of:
A) Compound
B) Homologous mixture
C) Heterogeneous mixture
D) Pure substance
  • 67. Salt can be separated from seawater by:
A) Filtration
B) Distillation
C) Evaporation
D) Chromatography
  • 68. Vinegar (acetic acid in water) is a:
A) Compound
B) Homologous mixture
C) Heterogeneous mixture
D) Element
  • 69. A student dissolves sugar in tea. The resulting drink is a:
A) Compound
B) Homologous mixture
C) Element
D) Heterogeneous mixture
  • 70. Coffee with sugar and milk is a:
A) Mixture
B) Element
C) Pure substance
D) Compound
  • 71. Top water containing dissolves minerals is a:
A) Heterogeneous mixture
B) Pure substance
C) Suspension
D) Homologous mixture
  • 72. Iron fillings mixed with rice grains can be separated using:
A) Filtration
B) Distillation
C) Evaporation
D) Magnet
  • 73. Hydrogen gas in a fuel sell is a:
A) Element
B) Compound
C) Colloid
D) Mixture
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