Biology Diagnostic Exam

A food chain is:

• an animal that eats only plants.

• a diagram that shows how energy moves from one organism to another. (Grass>Mouse>Owl)

• An animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Where does the energy start in this food chain?

• Plant
• Sun
• Deer
• Wolf

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of these organisms would receive energy from the snake?

• Plant
• Rabbit
• Mouse
• Hawk

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the study of the interactions among organisms and  between organisms and their environments called?

• Biology
• Ecology
• Astronomy
• Biosphere

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An abiotic factor is:

• Living

• Non-living

• Neither

An biotic factor is:

• Living

• Non-living

• Neither

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

succession that occurs in an area with no soil

• ecological succession 
• primary succession 
• secondary succession
• pioneer speciles

succession that occurs in an area where soil is already present

• ecological succession 
• primary succession 
• secondary succession
• pioneer speciles

the first organisms that appear in an ecological community

• ecological succession 
• primary succession 
• secondary succession
• pioneer speciles

Which of the following is a finite resource?  

• solar energy 
• wind energy
• trees
• fossil fuels