Biology STAAR Review Category 5

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

• mutualism
• commensalism
• parasitism
• niche

According to the food web, which of these supply energy for all the other organisms?     

• snakes
• insects
• grasses
• cougars

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Striped fish are affected by abiotic and biotic factors in the environment.  Which of these factors is biotic?

• water temperature
• mineral nutrients
• algae
• sediment

Refer to the illustration above. Level “A” is composed of

• secondary consumers
• primary consumers
• producers
• predators

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The amount of energy that usually transfers from one trophic level to the next...

• 10%
• 20%
• 80%
• 50%

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

12. White clovers, Trifolium repens, are plants that are native to Europe

and Central Asia and are able to produce the poison cyanide within

their cells. Skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus, is a plant that

is native to eastern North America and can produce a chemical that

makes it have a strong, foul odor and bitter taste.

The chemicals produced by both the white clovers and skunk

cabbages are adaptations that allow them to —

• attract more pollinators

• survive a long-term drought

• protect against herbivores

• grow better in colder habitats

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A student makes a model of energy pyramid by stacking cups as shown. the producers are represented at the bottom level of the four cups.

How much energy will be obtained at the top of the energy pyramid if the Cups represented by the primary consumers have 37,000 Kilojoules (KJ)  of energy?

• 37,000 kJ

• 3,700 kJ

• 370 kJ

• 3.7 kJ

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

This question has two parts. 

Two students giving the following presentation to their classmates:

Student One starts the presentation by describing members of one species.

Student Two adds informative information about members of another species and explain some members of both species interact with each other and with the abiotic factors of the environment.

Part A

 Which are the levels of biological organization presented by student one and student two of this presentation?

• Student one: organism

        Student two: population

• Student one: ecosystem

   Student two: organism

•  Student one: community

   Student two: population

•  Student one: population 

  Student two: ecosystem

The picture shows what type of succession?

• primary

• secondary

• tertiary

• quadanary

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Succession that occurs in an area with NO SOIL

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