Topic Review: Living things
Quiz by NYSED Living Environment
High School
Living Environment (1996)
New York State Learning Standards
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- Q1Which human activity most directly causes a significant increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?growing corn for fooddriving cars long distancesnot using products containing plasticsplanting large numbers of trees60s4.1
- Q2Which statement most accurately predicts the result of interfering with populations in the web?Removing all the mountain lions from the food web will benefi t the ecosystem.Removing the cricket and rabbit populations would cause the number of trees to decrease.Removing the cricket population will have little effect on the balance of the food web.Removing deer from the food web will affect the rabbit and grass populations.60s4.1
- Q3Which system in a multicellular organism functions most like the cytoplasm in a singlecelled organism?immunereproductivecirculatorynervous60s4.1
- Q4The ATP molecule above is commonly used tobalance the nutrients in an ecosystemdiffuse water across a membranemove molecules from a high to a low concentrationactively transport molecules in an organism60s4.1
- Q5Single-celled organisms are able to maintain homeostasis, even though they lack higher levels of organization such as organs and organ systems, becausesingle-celled organisms are able to coordinate organ functions to maintain homeostasissingle-celled organisms do not carry out the same life processes as multicellular organismsmulticellular organisms do not rely on tissues or organs to carry out life processescell structures work together to maintain homeostasis in single-celled organisms60s4.1
- Q6In single-celled organisms, materials are stored primarily invacuolesnucleiribosomesmitochondria60s4.1
- Q7The presence of these fish in American waters is of concern because it might offer too much competition to nativeherbivoresdecomposerspredatorsproducers60s4.1
- Q8In a food web, which type of organism receives energy from the other three types?decomposercarnivoreherbivoreproducer60s4.1
- Q9An amoeba is a single-celled, heterotrophic organism. In order to meet its energy needs, it relies directly on the interaction of which cell structures?chloroplasts and the cell membranevacuoles and the nucleusthe cell membrane and mitochondrianucleus and ribosomes60s4.1
- Q10Which cell structure plays a direct role in the release of this chemical from the cell?cell membranenucleusribosomechloroplast60s4.1
- Q11The removal of the predator populations from an ecosystem would most likely result inan increase in all the producer populationsa decrease in all the prey populationsan increase in ecosystem diversitya decrease in ecosystem diversity60s4.1
- Q12A corn field includes corn plants, mice, hawks, and various insects, fungi, and bacteria. Which nutritional role is correctly paired with organisms that carry out that role?heterotrophs - corn and bacteriaproducers - insects and fungiconsumers - mice and insectsdecomposers - hawks and bacteria60s4.1
- Q1360s4.1
- Q14The brown tree snake was accidentally introduced to the island of Guam during World War II. Since then,this snake has caused the extinction of twelve native bird species by eating their eggs and young. One negative result of this snake's introduction was most likelyan increase in mosquitoes due to an increase in bird species in the environmentan abundance of brown tree snakes as a food source for humansa disruption of food chains and food webs in Guam's ecosystemsan increase in diversity as new species evolved to replace extinct species60s4.1
- Q15A direct result of the rapid decline of the passenger pigeon population was most likelyan increase in chipmunk and squirrel populationsan increase in owl and falcon populationsan increase in chipmunk and squirrel populationsa decrease in squirrel and chestnut tree populations60s4.1
