Biology Review

Who is noted for the discovery of microscopic organisms?

• Robert Hooke
• Antoine van Leeuwenhoek
• Matthias Scheiden
• Rudolf Virchow

Which of the following statements is NOT part of cell theory?

• All living things are made up of cells
• New cells are produced from existing cells
• Cells are the basic units of structure and function in living things
• Cells are considered non living matter

What is a particularly close, interdependent relationship between two species called?

• keystone species
• mutualism
• parasitism
• symbiosis

When a disturbance affects an existing community but does not completely destroy it, its succession is classified as

• primary succession
• secondary succession
• tertiary succession

If a volcano erupted and destroyed every living plant in the blast zone, what type of succession would occur?

• ecological succession
• primary succession
• secondary succession

Which of the following is the definition of mutualism?

• Relationship between 2 species where one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.
• Relationship between 2 species where both benefit.
• Relationship between 2 species where one species lives inside the other and it harms the organism it is living in.

Photosynthesis uses light energy to convert _____________________ into high energy sugars and oxygen.

• oxygen and glucose
• glucose and water
• carbon dioxide and glucose
• water and carbon dioxide

The process that releases energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules in the presence of oxygen is

• cellular respiration.
• photosynthesis.
• anaerobic respiration.
• aerobic respiration.

Photosynthesis removes carbon dioxide from the _____________ and releases oxygen back into it.

• biosphere
• atmosphere
• hydroshpere
• geosphere

Cellular respiration uses the oxygen from photosynthesis to

• make glucose.
• release water from glucose.
• release energy from food.