Cumulative Test

1. What are the products of photosynthesis?

a) carbon dioxide and water
b) glucose and oxygen
c) light and dark
2. What colour is chlorophyll?
a) red
b) yellow
c) green
3. Where does photosynthesis take place?
a) in the chloroplast
b) in the cell wall
c) in the nucleus
4. A green plant is usually a
a) producer
b) consu!er
c) director
". What does a food chain always start with?
a) a top predator
b) a herbi#ore
c) a producer
$. Which is the secondary consu!er in this food chain
grass %& grasshopper %& frog %& hawk
a) grass
b) grasshopper
c) frogs
'. What does an o!ni#ore eat?
a) ani!als only
b) plants only
c) ani!als and plants
(. What is wrong with this pyra!id of nu!bers?
a) hawks don)t eat thrushes
b) the clo#er should be at the botto!
c) snails don)t eat clo#er
*. What can we conclude fro! this pyra!id of nu!bers?
a) the producer !ust be #ery large
b) the producer !ust be #ery s!all
c) the pri!ary consu!er !ust be a carni#ore
1+. ,ow !any predators are there in this food web?
a) 3
b) $
c) '
11. What is likely to happen to the population of slugs if the population of thrushes decreases?
a) it will increase
b) it will decrease
c) it will stay the sa!e
12. What is likely to happen to the population of thrushes if the population of #oles increases?
a) it will increase
b) it will stay the sa!e
c) it will decrease
13. What is likely to happen to the population of foxes if the population of rabbits decreases?
a) it will increase
b) it will decrease
c) it will stay the sa!e
14. Which best describes the acti#ity of autotrophs?
A. -hey use sunlight to break down large co!plex. energy%rich organic !olecules
/. -hey con#ert carbon dioxide and water into co!plex. energy%rich organic !olecules
0. -hey use the energy har#ested by other photosynthesi1ers
2. -he use the energy har#est by heterotrophs
1". Which is released as a byproduct of photosynthesis?
A. carbon dioxide
/. carbon
0. oxygen
2. water
1$. Which best describes light%independent reactions?
A. -hey are the first stage of photosynthesis.
/. -hey utili1e the energy stored in A-3 and 4A23,.
0. -hey use carbon dioxide to synthesi1e proteins.
2. -hey create energy%rich A-3 and 4A23,.
1'. Why do we percei#e chlorophyll as being green?
A. /ecause it is green.
/. /ecause it absorbs green light.
0. /ecause it reflects green light.
2. /ecause it absorbs yellow light.
1(. Which would you expect to increase the rate of photosynthesis?
A. increasing the carbon dioxide concentration
/. decreasing the intensity of exposure to red light
0. increasing the oxygen concentration
2. decreasing the duration of exposure to red light
1*. Which could be used to !onitor the rate of photosynthesis in a plant?
A. carbon dioxide production
/. water production
0. oxygen production
2. hydrogen production
2+. 5nergy 6 -rue or 7alse a herbi#ore eats only plants
A. -rue
/. 7alse
21. 3ri!ary 3roducers 6 the first le#el of a food chain
A. -rue
/. 7alse
22. -he sun 6 plants get their energy fro!
A. -rue
/. 7alse
23. -rue or 7alse 6a detri#ore eats !ainly plants
A. -rue
/. 7alse
24. 3ri!ary 3roducers 6 trophic le#el has the s!allest a!ount of organis!s
A. -rue
/. 7alse
2". 8uaternary consu!ers 6 What is the first le#el of a food chain called?
A. -rue
/. 7alse
2$. -rue or 7alse6 if one part in a food web dies off e#erything else will die off to.
A. -rue
/. 7alse
2'. /acteria or 7ungi 6 Where do plants get their energy fro!?
A. -rue
/. 7alse
2(. A wor! li#ing in a cow9s intestine is an exa!ple of what sy!biotic relationship?
co!!ensalis! c. parasitis!
co!petition d. predation
2*. Which of the following is 4:- an exa!ple of a parasitic organis!?
a. lice c. tapewor!
b. !istletoe d. ter!ite
3+. Which of the following is a sy!biotic relationship where one partner benefits and the other
does not benefit or lose fro! the relationship?
a.co!!ensalis! c. !utualis!
b. co!petition d. predation
31. Which of the following is a sy!biotic relationship where both partners benefit?
a. co!petition c. parasitis!
b. !utualis! d. predation
32. Which of the following is a sy!biotic relationship where one partner benefits and the other is
har!ed?
a. co!!ensalis! c. parasitis!
b. co!petition d. predation
33. What kind of relationship is always one specie dies and one specie li#es?
a. co!!ensalis! c. predation
b. !utualis! d. sy!biosis
34. Which of the following relationship helps !aintain the health of a population by lea#ing only
the strongest indi#iduals to reproduce?
a. co!petition c. parasitis!
b. !utualis! d. ;y!biosis
3". Which of the following relationships below !eans li#ing together close relationship between
2 species?
a. co!petition c. predation
b. !utualis! d. ;y!biosis
3$. All of the state!ents below are true 5<053-
a. 3arasites li#e inside a host9s body.
b. 3redation is the feeding of one organis! on another.
c. 3arasitis! can li!it the species !o#e!ent.
d. 3rey find ways to escape being eaten.
3'. Which of the following state!ents describe !utualis!?
a. :ne organis! captures another organis! to sur#i#e.
b. :rganis!s pro#ide each other with food=or protection.
c. :ne organis! benefits while lea#ing the other unhar!ed.
d. :ne organis! benefits while the other is har!ed.
3(. >n predation. the organis!s eaten by another organis! are called ???????????.
a. co!!ensal c. prey
b. host d. predator
3*. 0o!!ensal is the organis! ???????????.
a. eaten by an organis!.
b. feed on the other organis!.
c. benefited while the other is unaffected.
d. benefited while the other is affected.
4+. Which of the following organis!s are considered prey of cheetah?
a. tapewor! c. leeches
b. clown fish d. !onkey
41. What organis! can har! an organis! inside or outside its body?
a. co!!ensal c. parasite
b. host d. predator
42. Which of the following is an parasite?
a. dog9s tick c. fungi
b. earthwor! d. ter!ite
43. All of the state!ents below are wrong 5<053-
a. dog and tick benefit fro! each other c. 3rey captures predator.
b. potato is a parasitic plant. d. daisy are parasites.
44. ,ost prey on organis! in what relationship?
a. co!!ensalis! c. parasitis!
b. co!petition d. predation
4". 0o!!ensal is the organis! benefited in what relationship?
a. co!!ensalis! c. parasitis!
b. co!petition d. predation
4$. plants need these to !ake food 5<053-?
a. 0arbon dioxide c. water
b. nitrogen d. sun
4'. @eeches ha#e been used for !edicinal purposes. -he leech benefits by getting blood fro!
hu!ans and hu!ans benefits fro! leech by i!pro#ing blood flow. Which of the following
relationship does it shows?
a. co!petition c. predation
b. !utualis! d. sy!biosis
4(. When a solid changes to a liAuid it is called what?
A. e#aporation
/. condensation
0. !elting
2. boiling
4*. When a gas changes into a liAuid it is called what?
A. condensation
/. !elting
0. boiling
2. e#aporation
"+. When solids reach their !elting points they beco!e what?
A. liAuid
/. solis
0. gas
"1. When a gas reaches its condensation point it beco!es a what?
A. liAuid
/. solid
0. gas
"2. What is it called when a solid changes directly into a gas?
A. e#aporation
/. subli!ation
0. precipitation
2. transpiration
"3. -rue or false? Bases are hard to co!press.
A. -rue
/. 7alse
"4. -rue or false? @iAuids are easy to co!press.
A. -rue
/. 7alse
"". -rue or false? ;olids do not take the shape of the container they are in.
A. -rue
/. 7alse
"$. -rue or false? 3las!a is a state of !atter.
A. -rue
/. 7alse
"'. -rue or false? -he particles of a gas are packed tightly together.
A. -rue
/. 7alse
Answer:
1. b
2. a
3. a
4. a
". c
$. c
'. c
(. b
*. b
1+. b
11. a
12. c
13. b
14. a
1". c
1$. b
1'. b
1(. a
1*. c
2+. a
21. a
22. a
23. b
24. b
2". b
2$. b
2'. b
2(. c
2*. a
3+. a
31. b
32. c
33. c
34. a
3". d
3$. c
3'. b
3(. c
3*. c
4+. d
41. c
42. a
43. c
44. d
4". a
4$. b
4'. b
4(. c
4*. a
"+. a
"1. a
"2. b
"3. b
"4. b
"". a
"$. a
"'. b