Random Vocabulary Review 1

10 Questions | By Bkanoy | Last updated: Dec 9, 2014 | Total Attempts: 101

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1.

In the food chain game, the "popcorn plants" represented what energy role?
- A.
  
  A consumer
- B.
  
  Decomposer
- C.
  
  Producer
- D.
  
  Scavenger
2.

In the FCG, the popcorn kernels, as they were passed from a grasshopper to a frog, represented
- A.
  
  The contents of a stomach
- B.
  
  The undigested plant material that was passed on to the next energy level
- C.
  
  The available energy that was transferred to the frog for its use from its grasshopper meal
- D.
  
  The amount of energy transferred into heat energy and therefore no longer available to the grasshopper or the frog.
3.

If the frogs have trouble surviving in a food chain game round, which of the following would most likely NOT be a good idea to try to help them to survive?
- A.
  
  Decrease the number of hawks in order to reduce their number of predators
- B.
  
  Increase the number of grasshoppers to get more popcorn into grasshopper stomachs and to give the frogs more potential food
- C.
  
  Increase the number of frogs so more have a better chance of survival.
- D.
  
  Clump the popcorn in the field so that the grasshoppers can pick up food more easily
4.

What do we call the process of a seed starting to grow?
- A.
  
  Propagation
- B.
  
  Pollination
- C.
  
  Germination
- D.
  
  Fertilization
5.

What is a radicle?
- A.
  
  The first part of a seedling to emerge from a seed
- B.
  
  The first root
- C.
  
  The part of a seed that protects the dormant embryo
- D.
  
  The first 2 choices
6.

Which of the following would be considered quantitative data?
- A.
  
  A detailed description of the appearance of the plant
- B.
  
  The number of leaves on a developing plant
- C.
  
  The percentage of plants that have begun flowering
- D.
  
  The second 2 choices, but not the first
- E.
  
  All of the above
7.

The chemical formula for water reveals that
- A.
  
  It is composed of hydrogen, oxygen and carbon
- B.
  
  It is composed of 3 atoms
- C.
  
  It is composed of 3 different molecule types
- D.
  
  All of these
8.

Oxygen is found on the Periodic Table. Therefore, we know that oxygen is
- A.
  
  An element
- B.
  
  A compound
- C.
  
  Composed of molecules of different elements
- D.
  
  None of these
9.

In a closed system, matter is neither created nor destroyed, but can change form. This is a(n)
- A.
  
  Scientific assumption
- B.
  
  Hypothesis
- C.
  
  Scientific law
- D.
  
  All of these.