Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Animal | Length of digestive system | Diet
category | Animal weight | Koala | 305 cm | herbivore | 10 kg | Dog | 135 cm | carnivore | 11 kg | Rabbit | 272 cm | herbivore | 9 kg | Bobcat | 145 cm | carnivore | 12 kg | | | | |
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What is the
average weight of the animals in the table? a. | 9.5 kg | c. | 22 kg | b. | 10.5 kg | d. | 42 kg | | | | |
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What happens
after ribosomes pass into the cytoplasm? a. | They pass through the nuclear envelope. | b. | They attach to rough
areas of endoplasmic reticulum. | c. | They copy DNA. | d. | They sort and
distribute proteins to cell organelles. | | |
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Which
organelle is most like a miniature stomach? a. | Vacuole | c. | Chloroplast | b. | Golgi apparatus | d. | Lysosome | | | | |
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How are
ribosomes able to reach cytoplasm? a. | They pass through the plasma membrane. | c. | They are not enclosed by membrane. | b. | They are located
outside the cell. | d. | They contain
chromatin. | | | | |
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Which of the
following describes the nitrogen base in this nucleotide? a. | a straight
chain | c. | a ring
structure | b. | a branched chain | d. | a macromolecule | | | | |
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Which of the
following is NOT necessarily an inherited human trait? a. | skin
color | c. | musical
talent | b. | earlobes that are attached to the head | d. | the ability to curl the tongue | | | | |
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Which of the
following processes results in an RNA copy of a DNA strand? a. | translation | c. | replication | b. | transcription | d. | mitosis | | | | |
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Using the
art above, what is the phenotype of each parent? a. | both dominant | c. | one dominant and one recessive | b. | both
recessive | d. | unable to tell from the
square | | | | |
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Which of the
following best describes the bacteria shown in A? a. | streptococci | c. | diplococci | b. | staphylococci | d. | diplobacilli | | | | |
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Which of
following best describes the bacteria shown in B in the diagram? a. | streptococci | c. | diplococci | b. | staphylococci | d. | diplobacilli | | | | |
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Bacteria
that grow in the presence of the antibiotic, penicillin, develop holes in their cell walls. Which of
the following explains why penicillin is effective against some bacteria? a. | Water enters the holes
in these bacteria and causes osmotic rupture. | b. | Penicillin causes the
flagella to become inactive. | c. | The pili of the bacteria puncture the
penicillin. | d. | Penicillin produces oxygen, which kills any kind of bacteria.
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The
surface of liquids in a glass cylinder is always curved. This curved surface is called a meniscus.
When reading a volume of a liquid, read the bottom of the meniscus. What is the most precise volume
of the liquid shown in the figure?
a. | 19.4
mL | c. | 19.57
mL | b. | 19.42
mL | d. | 20.58
mL | | | | |
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Using
the art above, which of the following statements is true? a. | A Celsius degree
is larger than a unit on the Kelvin scale. | b. | A Celsius degree is smaller than a unit on the Kelvin
scale. | c. | A Celsius degree is the same size as a unit on the Kelvin
scale. | d. | Zero on the Celsius scale is the same as zero on the Kelvin
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A school
implemented a peer-study group with one class of students to determine how it affected their science
grade. The school had four grading periods. The average science grades of the students who
participated in the study program were recorded for each grading period. The table below shows the
results.
Average Grade of
Students in Study Program | Grading
Period | Average Science Grade | First | 81 | Second | 85 | Third | 86 | Fourth | 89 | | |
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Which graph
correctly illustrates the results shown in the table?
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Which type
of graph is shown here?
a. | line
graph | c. | bar
graph | b. | circle graph | d. | pie graph | | | | |
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Nitrogen
makes up 78 percent of Earth’s atmosphere. Suppose you wanted to make a circle graph of the
gases in Earth’s atmosphere. How large of a section, in degrees, would nitrogen take
up? a. | 360° | c. | 78° | b. | 280.8° | d. | 100° | | | | |
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Which of the
following is the larger classification of organisms? a. | Species | c. | Family | b. | Genus | d. | Order | | | | |
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Which of the
following would NOT be used to classify an organism? a. | Biochemical
analysis | c. | The behavior of the
organism | b. | The structure of the organism | d. | The population of similar species | | | | |
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A family of birds commonly called the Hawaiian honeycreepers is unique to the Hawaiian
Islands, which are located in the Pacific Ocean far from major landmasses. The honeycreepers have
similarly shaped bodies and are about the same size. They differ sharply, however, in plumage color
and beak shape. Each species of honeycreeper has a beak that is adapted to the type of food it eats
and occupies its own niche. A niche is the role of a particular species in a community regarding
food, space, reproduction, and how it interacts with nonliving parts of its environment.
The honeycreepers are thought to have evolved from a single ancestral
species that came to the Hawaiian Islands millions of years ago. The pattern of evolution shown by
the honeycreepers is known as adaptive radiation. Adaptive radiation is one example of divergent
evolution, a pattern of evolution in which species that were once all similar to the ancestral
species became more and more distinct. Divergent evolution occurs when species begin to adapt to
different environmental conditions.
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Based on
information in the above statement, the Grosbeak finch is one honeycreeper. It has a short, strong
beak. What kind of food makes up the bulk of its diet? a. | Seeds
| c. | Insects | b. | Nectar from flowers | d. | Worms | | | | |
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Which of the
following best describes a pack of wolves? a. | An organism | c. | A community | b. | A population | d. | An ecosystem | | | | |
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Which
statement best summarizes the trend on the graph? a. | Predation affects population size. | b. | Predation is harmful to
the species involved. | c. | Animals use predation to acquire energy. | d. | Predator-prey
relationships do not affect population size. | | |
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What factor
limits the number of links in a food chain? a. | Scarcity of prey | c. | Type of ecosystem | b. | Population
size | d. | Energy
loss | | | | |
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What
adaptation allows a redwood tree to grow to towering heights? a. | Vascular
tissues | c. | Rhizoids | b. | Broad leaves | d. | Cuticles | | | | |
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What is the
function of the plant structure shown in the diagram? a. | To obtain
nutrients | c. | To conserve
water | b. | To protect the embryo | d. | To trap sunlight | | | | |
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Which
trophic level represents producers? a. | Level one | c. | Level three | b. | Level two | d. | Level four | | | | |
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