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