Benchmark Assessment #4: Animal/Plant Systems & Ecology
Animal/Plant Systems & Ecology
- 1.Which figure represents bone tissue?
- A.
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- B.
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- D.
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- 2.The presence of what cellular structure distinguishes a plant cell from an animal cell?
- A.
Cell membrane
- B.
Chloroplast
- C.
Mitochondrion
- D.
Nucleus
- 3.What level of organization best describes a group of living organisms and their abiotic environment?
- A.
Community
- B.
Ecosystem
- C.
Niche
- D.
Population
- 4.Louise places 1 bacterium in a Petri dish at time 0. The population increases exponentially, doubling every hour, and there are no limiting factors. How many bacteria will be in the Petri dish after 6 hrs?
- A.
6
- B.
16
- C.
32
- D.
64
- 5.As the result of an accident, a railroad worker received damage to the frontal lobe of his left brain. What effect would this type of injury most likely have on brain function?
- A.
A change in demeanor from well-balanced to impatient and obstinate
- B.
An inability to understand expressive or receptive language
- C.
An inability to see a whole picture, only seeing minute details
- D.
An extreme loss of both balance and memory
- 6.Adam visits Redwood National Park and learns that redwook trees grow to heights of more than 100m. How do trees get water and nutrients from the soil to their tops?
- A.
Transpiration from the leaves pulls water upward.
- B.
Gravity continually pulls water and nutrients upward.
- C.
Xylem contract and push water and nutrients upward.
- D.
Trees use energy from ATP to push water and nutrients upward.
- 7.What is the correct sequence of events during photosynthesis?
- A.
Light absorption, photolysis, electron transport chain, Calvin cycle, chemiosmosis
- B.
Photolysis, light absorption, chemiosmosis, Calvin cycle, electron transport chain
- C.
Chemiosmosis, light absorption, electron transport chain, Calvin cycle, photolysis
- D.
Light absorption, electron transport chain, photolysis, chemiosmosis, Calvin cycle
- 8.Based on their taxonomic classification, which 2 organisms share the most recent common ancestor?
- A.
Squid and octopus (same class)
- B.
Lobster and eel (same kingdom)
- C.
Chimpanzee and gorilla (same family)
- D.
Iguana and mouse (same phylum)
- 9.An entomologist identified a new species of beetle in a South American rain forest. The beetle has all the features of the darkling beetle family Tenebrionidae and closely resembles other darkling beetles of the genus Tenebrio. What should the entomologist do next?
- A.
Give the beetle new genus and family names.
- B.
Give the beetle a new species name not used in the genus Tenebrio.
- C.
Name the beetle after the species it is most similar to.
- D.
Discard the beetle because it is not found in existing taxonomy.
- 10.Alec studied an unknown microscopic organism and recorded this information: - It contains DNA. - It has a cell wall, but no nucleus. What is Alec most likely studying?
- A.
Bacterium
- B.
Fungus
- C.
Protist
- D.
Virus
- 11.In what kingdom would scientists classify a multicellular, nonmotile, autotrophic organism?
- A.
Animalia
- B.
Fungi
- C.
Plantae
- D.
Protista
- 12.Which path best illustrates one way energy travels through a forest ecosystem consisting of mouse, owl, plant, snake, and sun?
- A.
Sun -> plant -> owl -> snake -> mouse
- B.
Sun -> plant -> mouse -> snake -> owl
- C.
Plant -> sun-> snake -> owl -> mouse
- D.
Mouse -> owl -> snake -> plant -> sun
- 13.Which energy pyramid accurately represents the transfer of energy in a desert food chain including cactus, hawk, insect, and snake?
- A.
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- D.
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- 14.An oxpecker is a bird that usually feeds on parasites on a rhinoceros’s back. It occasionally picks scabs off the rhinoceros’s back and drinks blood from the wounds. Describe the relationship(s) between the oxpecker and the rhinoceros.
- A.
Mutualism only
- B.
Mutualism and predation
- C.
Mutualism and parasitism
- D.
Mutualism and commensalism
- 15.Which statement best describes a population at, or near, its carrying capacity?
- A.
The birth and death rates of the population are approximately the same.
- B.
The birthrate of the population is declining significantly.
- C.
The overall population is increasing exponentially.
- D.
The overall population is increasing logistically.
- 16.Approximately 10% of the energy absorbed by one trophic level is transferred to the next successive level. The same number of calories are available at the primary producer level of each of these food chains. Food Chain 1: phytoplankton --> zooplankton --> smelt --> trout --> humans Food Chain 2: phytoplankton --> smelt --> humans How much energy is available to humans in Food Chain 2 as compared to the energy available to humans in Food Chain 1?
- A.
10 times less energy
- B.
100 times less energy
- C.
10 times more energy
- D.
100 times more energy
- 17.When a new volcanic island forms, the pioneer species is the first species to successfully inhabit the island. Which organism is the most likely candidate for a pioneer species?
- A.
A seagull hatched from an egg laid on the island
- B.
A palm tree grown from a coconut that washed onto shore
- C.
Lichen deposited on rocks by the wind
- D.
Insect larvae carried on a piece of driftwood
- 18.Renaldo grew algae in the presence of a poison that stops the light-independent reactions of photosynthesis. As a result, which molecules will the light-dependent reactions stop producing?
- A.
ADP and NADP+
- B.
ADP and NADPH
- C.
ATP and NADP+
- D.
ATP and NADPH
- 19.These animals are all placed in the vertebrate class Amphibia and the order Anura. - wood frog, Rana sylvatica - bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana - western toad, Bufo boreas - spadefoot toad, Scaphiopus hammondi What is the most likely conclusion about the evolutionary relationship between or among these organisms?
- A.
The wood frog and bullfrog are better jumpers than the western toad and the spadefoot toad.
- B.
The wood frog and bullfrog share a more recent common ancestor than do the western toad and the spadefoot toad.
- C.
The western toad and the spadefoot toad share a more recent common ancestor than do the wood frog and the bullfrog.
- D.
The western toad and the spadefoot toad both evolved in western North America, while the wood frog and the bullfrog evolved in the tropics.
- 20.Zooxanthellae are protists that live inside reef-building coral polyps and provide the corals nutrients. Corals protect Zooxanthellae and give them access to light for photosynthesis. When most of the Zooxanthellae inside corals die, the corals also die. Zooxanthellae living in closely related coral species may not be closely related, while Zooxanthellae living in distantly related corals may be more closely related. Which description of the relationship between Zooxanthellae and corals is accurate?
- A.
It is a chance relationship that occurs frequently only if both types of organisms exist close together.
- B.
It is a chance relationship that occurs frequently because Zooxanthellae are common on coral reefs.
- C.
It is a symbiotic relationship that most likely evolved on coral reefs in 1 geographic location.
- D.
It is a symbiotic relationship that most likely evolved on coral reefs in a number of geographic locations.
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