Living Environment Lab Practice Questions

The starch indicator...

• Diffuses into to the cell
• Diffuses out of the cell
• Stays where it is

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What did we add to the inside of the cell when we started the lab?

• Starch and Protein

• Starch and Iodine

• Glucose and Iodine

• Starch and Glucose

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To change A to B, salt water was added. Water ____ the cell.

• Left 
• Entered
• Stayed in the cell

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According to the theory of natural selection, why are some individuals more likely than others to survive and reproduce? 

• Some individuals pass on to their offspring new characteristics they have acquired during their lifetimes. 
• Some individuals are better adapted to exist in their environment than others are. 
• Some individuals do not pass on to their offspring new characteristics they have acquired during their lifetimes. 
• Some individuals tend to produce fewer offspring than others in the same environment. 

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Several of the Galapagos Islands are inhabited by grasshoppers, beetles, flies, bees, and butterflies. Finches that feed on these consumers would have beaks adapted for

• probing, only

• probing or grasping

• crushing or probing

• crushing or grasping

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Which two finches would compete the least for food?

• small ground finch and large ground finch

• large ground finch and sharp-billed ground finch

• small tree finch and medium ground finch

• vegetarian finch and small ground finch

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The diversity of species seen on the Galapagos Islands is mostly due to

• genetic engineering

• mutation

• natural selection

• selective breeding

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In the Relationships and Biodiversity lab, we used scissors to cut the DNA (colored strips of paper) into fragments. What did the scissors represent in this activity?

• molecular bases

• enzymes

• hormones

• ATP molecules

What is the purpose of gel electrophoresis?

• to make DNA smaller

• show structural characteristics of the organism

• to separate and compare DNA of organisms

• allows you to replicate an exact organism

Which two bear species are most closely related?

• Bear 1 and Bear 2

• Bear 1 and Bear 3

• Bear 2 and Bear 3

• There’s no way to tell

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