Quiz about Biology NGSS

Question 1

What is an organism that uses energy from the Sun during photosynthesis?

Accepted Answer

Producer

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Predator

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Prey

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Keystone species

Question 2

Which of the following best describes a relationship between an herbivore and a producer?

Accepted Answer

An herbivore obtains energy from a producer for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth.

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An herbivore is the prey of a producer.

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A producer provides energy to an herbivore when it releases carbon dioxide.

Question 3

Which organisms in the food web are producers?

Accepted Answer

Grasses and seeds

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Dingoes

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Kangaroos and bush rats

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Goannas and bush rats

Question 4

What structure in the cell is responsible for organizing and packaging proteins?

Accepted Answer

Golgi apparatus

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Lysosome

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Nucleus

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Mitochondria

Question 5

In genetics, what is the term used to describe an organism's genetic makeup?

Accepted Answer

Genotype

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Phenotype

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Allele

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Trait

Question 6

Which of the following is considered the "powerhouse" of the cell because it produces energy?

Accepted Answer

Mitochondria

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Nucleus

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Ribosome

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Endoplasmic reticulum

Question 7

What is the main function of the cell membrane?

Accepted Answer

To control what enters and leaves the cell

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To provide energy to the cell

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To store DNA

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To produce proteins

Question 8

In genetics, what term is used to describe the physical characteristics that are expressed in an organism?

Accepted Answer

Phenotype

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Genotype

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Allele

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Chromosome

Question 9

What is the function of ribosomes in a cell?

Accepted Answer

To synthesize proteins

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To produce energy

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To store DNA

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To control what enters and leaves the cell

Question 10

What is the term for a segment of DNA that codes for a specific trait?

Accepted Answer

Gene

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Chromosome

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Nucleotide

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Protein

Question 11

Which organisms in this food web have a predator-prey relationship with each other?

Accepted Answer

Dingo and goanna

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Bush rat and seeds

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Wedge-tailed eagle and dingo

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Kangaroo and bush rat

Question 12

What is the relationship between a keystone species and its ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

keystone species is essential to maintain balance and biodiversity in its ecosystem.

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keystone species is always the top predator in an ecosystem.

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keystone species provides energy to all other organisms in the ecosystem.

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keystone species is always a producer.

Question 13

What is an animal that is hunted by a predator called?

Accepted Answer

Prey

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Keystone species

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Producer

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Consumer

Question 14

A lion hunts and kills an antelope. What is being demonstrated?

Accepted Answer

predation

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mutalism

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parasitism

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commensalism

Question 15

Any relationship in which two species live closely together is called _________

Accepted Answer

symbiosis

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resource

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mutalism

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succession

Question 16

A living relationship between two species in which one organism is harmed is called _____________

Accepted Answer

parasitism

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mutualism

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commensalism

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niche

Question 17

Which best describes primary and secondary succession

Accepted Answer

Primary is the very first growth, secondary grows where plants have previously been.

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Primary is the most important growth of vegetation, secondary succession is not necessary for survival.

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Primary is the growth in top of plants ruined by natural disaster, secondary is the very first growth of an area.

Question 18

Living and nonliving things interacting in an environment is called: ________

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ecosystem

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organism

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producer

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consumer

Question 19

Biology NGSS

Accepted Answer

A) Photosynthesis is a process that converts solar energy into chemical energy in the form of glucose.

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B) Photosynthesis is a process that converts chemical energy into solar energy in the form of glucose.

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C) Photosynthesis is a process that converts solar energy into mechanical energy in the form of glucose.

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D) Photosynthesis is a process that converts mechanical energy into chemical energy in the form of glucose.

Question 20

Biology NGSS

Accepted Answer

A) The mitochondria is responsible for cellular respiration, converting glucose into ATP.

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B) The mitochondria is responsible for photosynthesis, converting sunlight into glucose.

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C) The mitochondria is responsible for protein synthesis, assembling amino acids into proteins.

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D) The mitochondria is responsible for DNA replication, ensuring genetic information is copied.

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