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College Prep Final Exam Review So. Windsor
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Converts food into simpler molecules to be used by the cells
Circulatory System
Urinary System
Respiratory System
Digestive System
2
What do all organisms have in common?
They use DNA and/or RNA to pass on information
They are all prokaryotes.
They are all eukaryotes.
They are genetically identical.
3
An organism that uses energy to produce its own food supply is called a(an)
primary consumer
autotroph
heterotroph
consumer
4
Which of the following is a flowering plant?
Fern
Pine Tree
Moss
Tulip
5
Similar genes are evidence of
different anatomy
common ancestry
mutations
binomial nomenclature
6
Which one of the following is true of grass in an ecosystem when they undergo photosynthesis?
It converts water to energy.
Produces glucose & oxygen from CO2, water, & sunlight
It produces carbon dioxide and oxygen from glucose and water
It converts oxygen to glucose.
7
Pollution causes rain to become acidic, after 2 years how will this affect the living organisms
more plants and animals since acid is a food source
Fewer plants and animals because the acid will dissolve them
Fewer plants & animals, they cannot survive in acidic water
More plants & animals, acid will kill microorganisms
8
Since natural resources are limited, all organisms
must migrate to new habitats.
face a constant struggle for existence
display vestigial structures.
have a species half-life.
9
Which of the following levels of organization is correct?
communities make up organisms, which make up populations.
Populations make up species, which make up communities.
Organisms make up populations, which make up communities.
Populations make up species, which make up communities.
10
Which of the following is
NOT
used as evidence in evolution?
blood samples
comparative anatomy
fossil evidence
comparative embryology
11
Provide oxygen needed for cellular respiration
Digestive System
Circulatory System
Respiratory System
Urinary System
12
The first organisms on Earth were most like todays
eukaryotes
multicellular organisms
DNA molecules
bacteria
13
The producers are found at level
3
4
2
1
14
The pathway that food would follow as it goes through the digestive system is
esophagus - small intestine - stomach - anus
trachea - stomach - large intestine - liver
esophagus - stomach - small intestine - anus
stomach - liver - large intestine - small intestine
15
members are multicellular, cannot make their own food, have locomotion, ingest nutrients.
Plant
Animal
Fungi
Protist
16
composed of primarily one-celled organisms with eukaryotic cells, an amoeba is an example.
Animal
Protist
Plant
Fungi
17
Which of the following is NOT an adaptation of a plant living in the desert
Absence of leaves to avoid drying out
Store water in their stems
All of the above are adaptations of desert plants
Have long roots to reach water
18
The following are characteristics of all living things, EXCEPT
use of energy
movement
reproduction
growth
19
Biology is the study of
the land, water and air on Earth
all living things
the environment
animals and plants only
20
Bacteria can be distinguished from the kingdoms Protista, Plantae, Fungi and Animalia because
they are more complex than both plants and animal cells
they have more mitochondria and other organelles
they lack an organized nucleus
they have a cell wall
21
The species name for humans is
sapien
primate
homo
mammal
22
Vestigial structures have little or no function. What is the reason for this loss of function?
The structure was not highly beneficial to the organism.
The structure was over utilized by the organism.
The organism is experiencing genetic drift.
The organism is undergoing speciation.
23
Air travels from the external nares (nose) through the trachea on its way to the
heart
lungs
diaphragm
esophagus
24
When the tortoises are said to have adaptations for their environment, ‘adaptations’ means
being big and strong to survive
an inherited trait that increases their chance for survival
they're able to change their body traits as they move
a color that allows them to blend in the best
25
Darwin’s theory of evolution is based on the ideas(s) of
tendency toward perfect, unchanging species
the transmission of acquired characteristics
use and disuse
natural variation and natural selection
26
Which of the following in NOT a characteristic of a dicot
petals in multiples of 4 or 5
long tap roots
parallel lines on leaf
2 cotyledons
27
The amount of available energy passed on from level 2 to level 3
is less than the amount passed from level 1 to level 2
is about 50% of all the energy
is more than the amount passed from level 1 to 4
is about 10% of all the energy
28
The similarity of these structures suggests that the organisms
lived during the same time period in history.
evolved slowly instead of quickly
all grow at nearly the same rate.
have a common ancestor.
29
Connecticut is part of the _________ biome
coniferous forest
temperate grassland
tropical rain forest
temperate deciduous forest
30
An example of a community is
the soil beneath a grassland
a grassland
the organisms that live in a grassland
the herbivores that live in the grassland