First Semester Exam

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of all living things?

• growth and development
• ability to move
• response to the environment
• ability to reproduce

Cellular respiration is aerobic process because it requires

• light
• exercise
• oxygen
• glucose

Which of these species might be classified as a pioneer species?

• pine tree
• oak tree
• lichen
• grass

Plants are

• Primary producers
• Primary consumers
• Herbivores
• Omnivores

Which two biomes have the least precipitation?

• Tropical rain forest and temperate grassland
• Tropical savanna and tropical dry forest
• Tundra and desert
  
• Tiger and temperate forest

If you stir salt into boiling water, you produce a

• Mixture called a suspension
• Mixture called a solution
• A solution and suspension
• A mixture only

Which organelle breaks down organelles that are no longer useful?

• Golgie apparatus
• Lysosome
• nucleus
• Mitochondrion

The products of photosynthesis are the

• Products of cellular respiration
• Reactants of cellular respiration
• products of glycolysis
• Reactants of fermentation

Which of the following is not a monomer?

• A glucose molecule
• An amino acid
• nucleotide
• A protein

Which of the following organisms does not require sunlight to live?

• chemosynthetic bacteria
• Algae
• trees
• photosynthetic bacteria