Biodiversity Quiz- Grade 9
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Will go over several topics such as: pollination, parts of a flower, heritable and inheritable traits, reproduction (asexual and sexual) etc. Good Luck :)
- 1.What is the purpose of the petal on a flower?
- A.
To attract pollinators
- B.
To help make a garden colorful
- C.
To protect the seeds
- D.
To absorb sunlight for photosynthesis
- 2.What is the stigma used for?
- A.
The sticky part of the pistil, used to collect pollen
- B.
Contains the pollen
- C.
Stalk that supports the anthers
- D.
The male part of the flower
- 3.What is sexual reproduction?
- A.
Reproduction where a partner is involved
- B.
When a organism clones itself
- C.
Spores
- D.
Passing on reproduction to its offspring
- 4.What is asexual reproduction?
- A.
When an organism clones itself
- B.
Cross pollination
- C.
When the new organism contains some traits of its parents
- D.
When zygotes are produced
- 5.What are the different types of asexual reproduction?
- A.
Vegetative Reproduction
- B.
Spores
- C.
Binary Fission
- D.
Budding
- E.
Zygote
- F.
Gametes
- 6.What are the advantages to sexual reproduction?
- A.
Provides variations of individuals
- B.
Requires a lot of energy
- C.
Doesn't need any specialized cells
- D.
Can produce many species quickly
- E.
Finding a mate
- 7.What are the disadvantages to sexual reproduction?
- A.
Requires a lot of energy
- B.
Requires a lot of time
- C.
Can only produce limited offspring
- D.
Population decrease in unfavorable environmental conditions
- E.
Doesn't require gametes and zygotes
- 8.What are the advantages to asexual reproduction?
- A.
Can produce many individuals quickly
- B.
Doesn't need any specialized cells or bringing gametes together
- C.
Provides variations of species
- D.
Has wide niches
- E.
No predators can disturb reproduction
- 9.What are the disadvantages to asexual reprodcution?
- A.
Population could be erased if environmental conditions are unfavorable
- B.
Requires time
- C.
Reproduces slowly
- D.
Has to split genetic code
- 10.What are 'gametes'?
- A.
Sex cells
- B.
Male gametes
- C.
The cell created in sexual reproduction
- D.
A type of asexual reproduction
- 11.What are 'zygotes'?
- A.
The cell created after the union of 2 gametes
- B.
The process of meiosis
- C.
Heritable traits
- D.
Asexual reproduction in animals
- 12.What is a 'embyro'?
- A.
A new multi-cellular life form
- B.
Division process of cells
- C.
When a organism clones itself
- D.
Where eggs are fertilized
- 13.What is 'cleavage'?
- A.
Process of dividing 2 cells to create an embryo
- B.
Process that produces 2 new cells with the same number of chromosomes
- C.
The part the protects a flower in pollination
- D.
Part that produces pollen
- 14.What is a niche?
- A.
The role of an organism in an ecosystem
- B.
Dividing resources equally among species
- C.
A way of living with other organisms
- D.
Biotic and abiotic substances
- 15.
- A.
It divides a resource equally
- B.
It divides a resource unequally
- C.
One organism benefits whereas one is harmed
- D.
Both organisms benefit from this relationship
- 16.What are the different types of symbiosis?
- A.
Parasitism
- B.
Mutualism
- C.
Commensalism
- D.
Intraspecies
- E.
Interspecies
- 17.What is the relationship between organisms in parasitism?
- A.
One is harmed and one is benefited
- B.
Both are benefited
- C.
One is benefited, but the other is not harmed
- D.
None of the organisms are benefited
- 18.What is the relationship between organisms in mutualism?
- A.
One is harmed and one is benefited
- B.
Both are benefited
- C.
One is benefited, but the other is not harmed
- D.
None of the organisms are benefited
- 19.What is the relationship between organisms in commensalism?
- A.
One is harmed and one is benefited
- B.
Both are benefited
- C.
One is benefited, but the other is not harmed
- D.
None of the organisms are benefited
- 20.How many flowers are involved in self-pollination?
- 21.How many flowers are involved in cross-pollination?
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